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LINES WHITTEN IN THE COUNTRY.
Dear M’**** ! again.thy lov’d.scenes F revisit.
Thy flower-scented uplands, thy vallie* and
skies,
And yet in the jnidst of these beauties, why is it
I feel that a sigh though unbidden will rise ?
Alas! such is man—though he thirst for the
fountain
When breathing its freshness, he pants at the
brink,
In alarm lest the torrents that gush from the
mountain,
May mix with his waters and poison his
drink.
And such, too, is Life I in its pleasures we sor
row,
For we know that the futnrs must snatch us
away
And in fear of the clouds that may gather to
morrow.
We lose half the sanshine that brightens to
day.
Thereare the deep affection and fervor, which
iTone but a mother’s heart may know, in the
feeling Stanzas, by Mrs. Sigourney.
THE LIT TLE HAND.
Thou wak’st my baby boy from sleep,
And through its silken fringe
Thine eye, like violet, p ire and deep,
Gleams forth in azure tinge.
With frolic smiles and gladness meek,
Thy radiant brow is drest;
While fondly to thy mothet’s cheek
Thy litde hand is prest.
That little hand I what prescient wit
Its history may discern
Ere time its tiny bones shall knit
With manhood’s sinews stern?
The artist’s pencil shall it guide,
Or spread the snowy sail;
Or hold the plough with rural pifje,
Or ply the sounding fl til ?
Through music’s labyrinthian maze,
With'thrilling ardor rove ;
‘ Or weave those tender, tuneful lays,
. That beauty wins from love ?
Old Coke or learned tome
With weary toil explore?
Or trim the lamp in classic dome,
Trtt mldillgfiVs watch He r»r?
The putse oflanguid iciuiefii prtlS
Or such high hone.
As t«» the pulpit raised, to bless
A pious listening train ?
Say, shall it find the cherished grasp
Os friendship's fervor cold;
Or starting, feel the evenomed clasp,
Os treachery’s serpent fold ?
Or linked in hallowed union, blest
' Os changeless love benign, * '
Press some fair infant to thy breast,
’ As thofi dost cling t > mine 7
i But oh'may the Almighty Friend
; From whom our being came,
, This dear and powerless hand defend
; From deeds of guilt and shame.
, Krom cruel war’s discolored blade,
From withering penurey’ spain;
; From dark oppression’s direful trade,
r.And from the miser’s gain.
, Orant itto dry the tear of wo,
Wild folly’s course restrain*;
The alms of sympathy bestow,
The righteous cause maintain,
Write wisdom on the wing of time,
I Even mid the morn of youth,
And. with benevolence sublime,
Dispense he light of truth.
Discharge a jus t and useful part,
Through life’s uncertain max? ;
Til), coupled with an angel’s ,heart,
It strikes the lyre of praise.
[From Nuttall’s Ormithology J
THE CONDOR.
The Condor derives its name from an
Indian word which alludes to its suppos
es sagacious scent. It toh'»bi<s the whele
chain of Andes of Mexico, Peru and Chi
It i and on the authority of Lewis and
Clarke, they are not uncommon in ’he
range of the Rocky Mountains, towards
the sources of the Missouri, wneie in
their journey, they are mentioned as
ortnous buzzards; the bill and talons of
one which was presented to Peale’s Mu
seum, proved the bird to be either the
present species, or the nearly allied Vul
lure californianus.
The migration of these birds into this
cool alpine region, is in conformity with
Their habits in the milder climates ->f
.Mexico and South Amcici, where, ac
cording to Humbnld, they ar<i known to
soar loan elevation almost 6 rimes grea»-
•»< iltan that at which the clouds are or
dinarily suspended over our heads A
the immense height of neatly sis perpen
dicular miles, ihe Condor is seen majes
tically sailing in the ectheral space, watch
fully jurueyina lhe vast expanse in quesi
of his accustomed prey. E'evate I far
•thee above our planet than any other ani
mal, impelled by hunger alone he descends
in the nearest pia'ux which border the
Cordilleras; but his stay in this region
is only lor a few hours, as he prefers,
those desolate and lofty mountains, and
this rartfied senel space, in wh’cb ’he bar
ometer only attains an elevation ofabnnr
sixteen inches. These rock} eyries of
the Peruvian A n d<*s (whose plain is elo
rated about 15.000 feet ahove the evel
of the sea,) have hence obtained the ver
nacular name of Condor nests. . H re
perched io dreary solitude, op lhe crests
of scattered rocks, ut the very verg*j of I
the region of perpetual snow, these dark |
gigantic birds are seen silently reposing
like melancholy specters, rousing only
from their slumbers the call of hunger.
Their peculiar residence is the groat
chain of tho high Andes, where they as*
sociate three or four together upon the
points of cliffs without cither fearing or
injuring men, so that they may bo ap»
proached within four yards without show
ing alarm, or making on their part any
attempt at attack. Hardly an instance
is really known of their even assaulting
an infant, (hough some credulous natural
is(s, with the exaggerating priyiledge of
travellers, have given accounts of their
killing young persons of ton or twelve
years of age. Their ability for such ra
pine is not to be doubted,- but their natur
al cowardice forbids the attempt. At the
same,time it is not uncommon to see them
follow and hover around a young bull un
til they have torn out his eyes and tongue.
A pair of Condors will not only in this
way attack (he deer of (he Andes, (be
Puma or American Lion (our Panther,)
the Vicogne, and the Lama (or Ameri
can Camel,) but also the Wild Heifer.—
They will pursue it for a long time, occa
sionally wounding it with their bill and
cla s, until the unfortunate animal, now
stiffed and overcome with fatigue, extends
its tongue and groans; on which occasion
the Condor seize# this member, being a
very tender and favorite morsel,and tears
out the eyes of his prey, which, at length,
falls prostrate to the earth, and slowly ex
pires. Condor then gorges himself, and
rests in stupidity, and almost gluttonous
inebriation, perched upon the highest
neighboring Sacks.
The formidable hunter now loaded
with his meal, mtiy be driven about wi’h
otii his attempting to fly; and in this state
the Indians sometimes pursue them with
tne lasso or noose, and easily take them
captive. Thus restrained, tho Condor
makes extraordinary efforts to rise into
die air; but fatigued by the attempt, he
begins to disgotge himself freely, an effort
he appeals to assist by lengthening and
shortening the neck, and bringing forward
the sheath of bis beak* They will ap
proach dwellings when allured by the
scent of food; if a dead animal will draw
down a c*owd of these gluttons, where
none at the timo were at all visible; they
tear and cut with the greatest voracity,
pushing sometimes with th'eir feet, and
flapping their wings.
They make no nest, but deposit their
eggs upon the naked rock; these are whol
ly white,& three or four inches in length.
It is said that the female remains with
her young for the sp. ee of a year 7he
young Condor has no feathers. His body
for several months is covered only with a
very fine down or whitish frzzled hair,
wfch resembles that of young owls. This
down disfigures the bird so much, that
in this state it appears almost as largo as
an adult* .
From the N. C. Register.
Amendment 4o the Constitution.— We
think the time has come when the people
of the United States must see and feel the
evils which arise from tho constitutional
re-eligibility of their Chief-Magistate. Ii
is true,thjt the lowinvulving power us pre
cedent has limited his eligibility to a se
cond term; yet we cannot but express our
belief, that this feature of our Constitution
is frought with dangerous consequences
as appears by an actual demonstration of
the all absorbing and perilons conflicts,
through which we have already passed,
and into which wenro likely to be plung
ed deeper and deeper. Under any arrange
ment, our electrons of President will be
attended with excitement, and 'we fear
will give occasion to much hostility and
bitter feelings; but the object of attack,
will be the future candidates, and those
who hold the reigns of government will
not only be above suspicion of improper
influence to secure a continuance of pow
er, but will receive that respect, from all
parties, whice is due to their stations, and
which cannot be withheld without danger
to the permanency of our Institutions.—
They will be judged only by the mea
sures, and their constituents, free from
party prejudices,will scrutinize their acts
with impartiality. The evil can only be re
moved by the change proposed-a change,
■which so far as public opinion is develo
ped on the subject,will be hailed with ap
p obaiiun by the sovereign people. The
evils to which we allude are vividly de
picted in ,he subjoined extract from Geti.
Jackson’s second Message to Congress;
“It was a leading object with the fra
rnais of the Constitution to keep as separ
ate as possible the action of the Legisla
tive and Executive branches of the Gov
ernment.. To secure this object, nothing
is more essential than to preserve the for
mer from the temptations of private in
terest, and therefore, so to direct the pat
ronage of the latter as to permit such
temptation to be offered- Experience a
bundaotly demonstrates that every pre
caution in ‘.his respect is a valuable safe
guard of liberty, & one which my reflec
tions upon -he tendencies of our system
incline me to >hink, should be made still
stronger. It was for this reason, that, in
connexion wiib an amendment of the
Constitution, removing all intermediate
agency in the choice of the President; I
recommended some restrictions on the
ro-e'igibilitv of that officer and upon the
tenure of officers generally. The reason
still xist: and I RENEW THE
RECOMMENDATION, with an in
creased confidence that its adoption will
st eng'hen those checks by which the
Consti ution designed to secure the inde
pendence of each department of the gov
ermnent, and promote the healthful and
"qnitable administration of all the trusts
’ttich it has created. The agent most
likely to contravene this design of the
Constitution is the CHIEF-MAGIS
TRATE. In order, paticularly, tha»
his apnointment may, as for as possible,
be placed beyond the reach of any im-
proper influences; in order that he may
approach the solemn responcibilities of
the highest office in the gift of a free peo
pie,uncommitted to any other course ihan
thestrict line of constitutional duiy;& that
the securities for this independence may
be as strong as the. nature of power, and
the weakness of its jfossess»»n will admit,
I cannot too earnestly invite your atten
tion to the propriety of prommingsuch an
amendmentof the Constitution as will ren
der him ineligible after one trem .of ser
viced ,
NEWSPAPERS.
An Editor of a Newspaper lately fell
in company with a respectable farmer,
who it appeared was returning from town,
where he had contracted for the sale of
500 bushels of wheat at 75 cents per
bushel. 1 Amongst other subjects the con
versation turned bn" newspapers, in the
course of which the farmer acknowledged
that he did not take any newspaper regu
larly, intimating than he could not well
afford it. Upon which the editor con
vinced him,that instead of a newspaper
being an expense to him, it would be a
means of improving his circumstances.—
The farmercould not see how this could
be. Why,.rejoined the Editor, you have
this day sold your 50Q bushels of wheat
for 75 cents a bushel and ifyon had taken
the newspaper which circulates amongst
many of your neighbours, you might have
received 81 cents for it (shewing him an
advertisement offering that price,) which
would have increased your receipt, in the
single transaction, thirty dollars and
would have paid your newspaper for ten
years !
BANK REPORT.
FARMERS BANK OF CHATTAHOOCHEE
A Slatemen) of the situation of the farmer's Bank
of Chattahoochee on the Ist April
DR.
Capital Stock paid in 1 19 825
Bank notes issued 310,000
On hand 201 463 .
In lirculation •* 103 537
Deposits to credit of individuals 54,477 87
Discount accor.ut and surplus fund 9,054
Due to other Banks, vi* .
Mechanics Bank N York 1 50
Bank of West Florida 145 73
Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company ' 94 31
Commercial Bank Macon I.O'X) 00 z
J .241 C? 4
Dividends unclaimed 248
$293 383 41
“r.
Notes discounted running
to maturity 104,139 50
Do in suit 400
Do lying over not in suit 1396
Bills of exchange discounted running
to maturity, vii .• '
On Milledgeville 1.836
Augusta i 1,392 81 J( j
New York 31,H>6 78
Mobile 8,500
! New Orleans 14,450
Tn Columbus 31,235
Lying over and notin suit 2 976 24
ne by other Banks, vix:
—€>gb-i-. SirnH U States at
Mobile 6,500
Office Bank U States at
New Orleans 1 720 44
Cash on hand, viz :
Notes of the Banks of this
State . 11.500
V States Bank Notes 7,160
Gold coin & bullion on hank 8 977 26 >
Do at. the North , 9,654 23
Spr-cie in vault 19.869 12
Do in Augusta 25,000
—— 82,160 61
Banking House and Lot 2,613 46
Incidental Expenses 2 956 57
293,383 41
GEORGIA, Muscogee <lo.
Personally appeared before me, Eli S.
Shorter, President, and Edward Cart,
Cashier of the Farmers Bank of Chatta
hoochee, who being duly sworn, say that
tho foregoing return is true to the best of
their knowledge--sworu to and subscribed,
this the 13ili day of April, 1838.
, EUS SHOR I ER, President.
EDWARD CARY, Cashier.
JOHN JOHNSON, J P.
Names of No shares Ain't p’d Total
Stockholders owned by on each am t
each share paid
Beers, Booth &• St
John 500 40 20 000
Butts Moses 50 40 2 000
Cary Edward 200 40 8.000
Ciower Peter 50 40 x 2,000
Cooper Thomas 100 40 4 000
Dillingham Geo W 50 40 2 000
Dowdell Lewis 50 40 2 000
Grantland Seaton 300 40 12 000
Hamilton Thomas 40 40 1,600
Harris William 10 40 400
I vet sod Alfred 150 40 6,000
Lumdens John G §0 40 2,000
Malone William P 10 40 400
Napier Thomas 215 40 8,600
Napier Leroy 200 40 8,000
Napier Skelton 105 40 4,200
Perry M. W 50 40 2,000
Reid Samuel 10 40 400
Sanford William 100 40 4,000
Smith & Morgan 115 40 4,600
Switzer Williamson 50 40 2,000
Shorter Eli S 410 40 16,400
Shorter James H 50 40 2,000
Thomas William C 40 40 1,600
Warren John 50 40 2,000
Woodruff P D 40 40 1,600
2.995 119,800
Five share* forfeited on which
85 per.share has been paid 25
119,825
GEORGIA, Muscogee Co.
Personally came before me, Eli S Shor
ter, President; and Edward Cary, Cash
ier, of the Farmer* Bank of Chattahoo
chee, who being duly sworn say, that the
loregoing list of Stockholders and the five
Shares of Slock forfeited is correct as ta
ken from the Books of lhe Bank.
Sworn to and subsetibed this the 13th
day of April, 1833.
ELI S SHORTER, President
EDWARD CARY, Cashier.
JOHN JOHNSON, J. P.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, MAY 13, 1833.
On Saturday last, Capt. Jesse Thompson was
elected Major to command the 75th Battalion,
10th Regiment, Geogia. Militia, in place of Ma
jor Paiker, resigned.
Wealth of Boston.— The Real estate of Boston
is valued at $39,145,200, and the Personal at
$28,369,200. The amount of taxes paid in 1833,
will be $320,000 or from seven dollars ten cents
to eight dollars twenty cents on every one thou
sand dollars.
It is said that a Convention of free persons of
colour from all parts of the Union will be short
ly held at Philadelphia; I am at a loss to divine
the object of this convention, in this city of all
kinds of conventions. Will the convention propose
to their white ft lends in Philadelphia n Union,
and devide with them shate and share alike in
i all honors, domestic and political; or will not this
Convention in order to raise the dignity of their
constituents become heirs to the inheritance of
the whites in common with their own children.
Take care, oh North how you create an imper
ium in imperio lest in your foolish project to
raise their dignity, you lose what little remains
of yours.—LOOK OUT. - ... _
A— =-
FROM «cR CORRESPONDENT.
Milledgeville, May 9, 1833.
The Convention met, d t 9 o’duck.—
Mr. Jackson of Chatham, and Mr. Ram
say of Colombia, appeared, were sworn
and took their seats. The Report of the
Committee of 27 was taken up and the
Convention immediately went into Com
mittee of the Whole thereon, Mr. Woot
en of Wilkes, in the Chair L was tak
en up by paragraphs. I annex a copy of
it. The Ist Section being utider consid
eration, the words “ thirty-six’’ were
stricken out and 'he number of Senators
left blank. On the motion to fill the
blank, a warm and discursive debate, go
ing over 'tie whole ground of the business
of the convention, took place, of which I
cannot give even a ske’ch. Major Wood,
of M’Tfi't'sh, Judge Harris, of Wahvn,
Gen. Wofford, Mt. Sturges, of Upson,
and others, debated it. The numbers 45
and 44, were both lost, by she casting vote
of the chair. The yeas "and nays, on
45, were 125 each, on 44. 123 each. —
Tho number 40, was then moved, but
withdrawn ; and it being near J o’clock,
tho committee rose «fcc. and the coven
lion adjourned to 3, P. M. at that hour
they again went into committee, and the
blank was filled with the number 36again
For 'he second section, the substitute was
moved, giving one number to each coun
ty ; two to each having over 6 000 repre
sentative population, and three to each
having over 10,000. Yeas 126, Nays
113, adopted. . This will give 129 repre
sentatives.
To the third section, Judge Harris
moved an amendment, which was super
seded by a substitute offered by Mr. Daw
son, adopting thtj basis of representoti-rw
population for the Senate, and allowing
the legislature to axunge the districts so
as to give either one or two Senators to a
district—the object being to make single
and double districts, if found most con
venient. In other respects the substitute
was substantially, the same with the ori
ginal. Mr. Dawson spoke very well in
favor of the substitute. uMr. Camp of
Columbus, answered him, - objecting
warmly to the federal numbers, as aristo
cra'ical and anti-republican. Mr. Daw
son replied; Mr, Nesbitt of Morgan, fol
lowed on the same side, and was answer
ed by Mr. Camp, to whom Col. Foster
replied. Mr. Sturges then took the floor
but gave way for a motion to rise, and the
committee rose and the Convention ad
journed »o-morrow morning, 9 o’clock.
Plan Reported by tIH- Committee.
1. The Senate shall consist of thirty-six mem
' .bers.
2 The House of Representatives shall consist
of one hundred and forty four members, and no
more, except ns hereinafter provided.
3. The day after it is announced to the Gener
al Assembly, that the people have ratified this n
mendment of the Constitution—both (louses
shall assemble in the Representative Chamber,
and proceed as one Unity, to provide for laying
out the State into 36 senatorial districts, which
shall be composed of contiguous counties, in ns
i compact a form as practicable, and each dis
i trict shall be entitled to one Senator.
4. E-ich County shall be entitled to one Rep
resentative
1 5. Os the 55 remaining Members, 40 shall be
i given to the 40 counties having the highest fed-
I eral populati m, 12 to the 12 counties having
the highest federal population and 3 to the 3
counties having the highest federal population.
1 6 At the first session of the G -neral Assetn-
i bly after the taking »>f each census according
i to the constitution now in force, they shall, by
, law, re organ’jfd said districts, and said appor
tionment of I|gpresentattves, according to the
' plan herein specifier!.
7. Tn the event of the formation of a new
i county, or counties, they shall be entitled to one
member, until the taking of the next census
thereafter.
Friday, one o'clock,
The Conversion has just adjourned to
three, P. M. The Committee of the
whole has been sitting all the morning,
Mr. Sturges made a considerable effort,
against the basis of federal members, and
in favor of territory, and was very
thoroughly and up, as I thought, by Mr.
Cospen, 6f Putnam, who answered him.
Judge Crawford moved a amendment to
Mr. Dawson’s substitute, giving, till the
next census, four Senators to each judicial
Circuit, and after that, adopting Mr. D’s
plan ! but this he afterwards withdrew,
upon Gen. Ezzard moving a proviso, to
Mr. D’s. substitute, that, till the next cen
ses,three of 'he 36 Senators should be al
lotted to the Cherokee Circuit. The
Judge gave the delegates a piece of ad
vice, which they would do well to follow,
more implicity than they aro inclined
to never to rise till they bad some-
thing to dav, and always to sit down when
they had said it.” Mr. Fleming, of Li
berty, made a short, but powerful speech,
in favor of the basis—the best specimen
of eloquence we have yet heard. Colonel
Jourdan of Jones and Col. Andrews of
Wilkes, spoke on the same side. Gen.
Wofford, and Mr. Ward, of Camden, on
the other side.
ft is utterly impossible even to guess how
all will end. Judge Crawford hinted to
the Delegated from the low country, that
if they would not take the federal basis,
they would have to be content with that
of white population alone ; for that, if lhe
former was lost, the latter would be car
ried, and he would himself vote for it. It
would be idle for me to attempt sketching
the debate, I could do justice to nobody,
nor could any one, but a regular reporter.
There is a manifest disposition to protract
the debate ar present. I think the com
mittee will get to the vote to morrow, and
I hope, this evening, on the question of
basis, but it is doubtful.
Milledgeville, May 11.
In the Convention,yesterday afternoon,
nothing was concluded. On -g”ing into
committee, Co). Foster arose, principally
to vindicate himself from some charges
made as to his course in the Convention,
and while op, proceeded to speak again
on the main question. Mr. Thompson of
Coweta, followed, who oppdsed any basis
of population, and went for a county rep
resentation io lhe Senate. Judge Harris
then moved to strike outjfrom MrDa»*
son’s subst.it ij A*» T »lre wor(Ts ‘*represenfaFtr
pOpuTalion,” wherever they occurred, and
insert "free white persons ;” and went on
to insist that if any basis of population
were to be fixed, free white population
was the proper one,though he said he
himself was in favor of compromising the
matter with the !<>w country. G<»v. Gil
mer rose to answer him, and proceeded
with his argument, tilt compelled to sit
down frem indisposition; when Mr Gould,
of your county, took tho floor, and oppo
sed Judge Harri’s amendment. Mr Camp,
<»f Muscogee, suplied to the two last na
me gen'lemen, and went quite at length
into the argument of the whole subject.—
On his concluding, the committe roso and
tho Convention adjourned.
Saturday Evening. 5 o'clock.
At the opening of the Convention, this
morning, a report was received irom the
commit’ee on revising the Journal, which
was agreed to. Mr Trammel, of Newton,
moved to strike out the word, “Esquires”
which the Secretaries had in the usual
manner, attached to tho names of the del
egates, in making tip (he roll, which was
agreed to. Dr. Braphatn moved a pre
amble and resolution denying and pro
’es'ing against the right of the Legislature
to limit the convention, or impose te'ms
on them. Dr Fort moved the question
of consideration. Maj, Wood moved to
lay the motion for consideration, Pream
ble Resolutions and all on the table. Dr
Branham, finding debate was about to a
rise, withdrew his Resolutions, and the
Convention wont into Committee. Mr
Schley, of Washington, moved a substi
tute for all the amendments under consid
eration, providing that the basis of Sena
torial representation should not be repre
sentative, nor white population ; on which
Ire made a speech. Another warm debate’
'T W-A'-^A,
Mr M’lntosh, of Camden, Mr Fleming,
of Liberty, Col Jourdan, Mr Clark, <>t
Henry, Mr Hull (Speaker of the House of
Representatives) and others, look part in
it. Mr Schley’s amendment was lost by
a large majority. Dr Fort’s (which lo
mitted ‘in the account of yesterday’s pro
ceedings) and which was to form 44 coun
ties into 22 districts of two each ; thirty
three counties into 11 districts of three
each, and 12 counties into 3 districts of 4
each, was also lost without a count. The
question then recurred on Judge Harris’
motion to strike out “representative pop
ulation,’ wherever it occurred in Mr Daw
son’s resolution, and insert “frerr white
persons.” The motion was divided; and
on striking out, the vote was veas 135
which being a majority ctf the whole, the
noes were not counted. The committee
then rose. At three o’clock the Conven
tion re-assembled. The motion to insert
“free white persons,” was carried by a
large majority, the friends of ihe federal
basis generally voting for it. A motion,
by General Ezard, to give the Cherokee
country, four Senators, till the next cen
sus, was carried. The rest of lhe report
was gone through without debate, striking
out ihe fifih section, and the committee
rose and teported the whole, as amended
to the Convention. Judge Harris hen
moved a subsii'ti'e for the whole, giving
one Senator to evei v two counties, with
out regard to population, or territory ma
king 45 in all. Reducing tin House to
135. up>n the basis of free white popula
tion only. It is much io be feared that
this will oe carried. A combination, al
most avowed, and perfectly understood,
seems t have taken placo between the
low country and tho mountains, to give
the former a Senate by counties, and lhe
latter a House on free white basis. What
becomes of the middle, wealthy and pop
ulous slave holding counties! It is be
lieved that the arrangement has been
made, under <he auspices of leading po
litical men, nnt members of the Conven
tion, for purposes best known to them
selves. And it is feared that three of tho
four delegates from Richmond will vote
for it- Dr Singleton, of Jackson, offered
a substitute, on a combined basis of repre
sentative population, and territory. Mr
Iverson offered another, providing that
the districts should be laid off on rhe fed
eral bas.s as nearly as possible, Pronided,
that no district should contain less than
two, or mure than five counties. The re
port and all the substitutes were ordered
to be printed, & the Convention adjourn
ed to Monday Morning, 9 o’clock.
for THE GEORGIA COUNTER.
The failure of a Bank is a matter of
no little interest in a commercial com
munity, and io relation to it, every Indi
vidual is authoriaed to make op an opin
ion according to ihe circumstances pre
sented. Where the Public have been
called on to give credit to the engage
ments of an Institution to pay the amounts
of the Bills they issue, it is natural to ex-
peel that some good reason should be
given why these engagements are not ful
filled. And why what was intended by
the Legislature to benefit the Public,
should become a serious and an enormous
tax upon it.
It will readily be recollected that not
very long ago, the public were favored
with several articles in the papers in re
lation to what was called the “ Up Town
Bank,” and some other Institutions io the
neighborhood of “ Mclntosh street,” ic
which ?t was pretended, there was a sort
of conspiracy against the Upper estab
lishment. It would not now, I believe,
require a very profound arithmetician to
calculate with perfect accuracy what th©
Bills of the Up Town Bank were in re
ality worth at the time this parade was
made in the papers. Suppose the List of
Stockholders of that Bank had then been
before the public—however much some
of the Individuals of that body might
huve been respected, in what credit would
the Bank have stood when resting on
the Capita! by which alone it appeal* to
have been sustained!
In the statement of tho Cunditiop of
the*Bank made to the dGp»*r«mr oi» the
Ist «»f April, when its situation must have
been well known ; it is stated in one of
the items, that of Bills of “ Exchange
running to maturity and lying byerun
paid the amount pronounced to be good,
is two hundred and eighty-three thousand
three hundred and forty-seven dollars—
and the President in his letter of 6ih A
pril, transmitting the Bank Statement, in
forms the Governor that “ arrangements
have been made to supply the specie re
quired for (he Bank.” A few
days after another statement is made,
by which it is intimated, that tho
actual value of the principal part of this
good amount,” will dep'end upon the pri
ces which may be obtained for the real &,
personal property of the debtors. Can
lhe President of the Bank justify these
representations, or reconcile them I Are
the Bills of Exchange running to maturi
ty and deemed good, such as were drawn
by one Director upon another, or how*
long have they been kept running with,
out being available 1 The President of
the Bank, it seems, owns one thousand,
and twenty-three shares of the Stock of
the Company, rlithcr more than one thitd
of the whole stock of tho establishment,
;vnd the President and three other indi
viduals, own considerably more than three
fourths of the whole Three Thousand
Shares, which, at one hundred dollars a
share wero to constitute the entire capital
of the Bank. Was such an establishment
as this warranted in sending forth its bills
in all directions throughout this commit
nity, and through ihd neighboring States?
Can tho Public be benefited, or public
credit sustained by such institutions I Can
tho paltry accommodation of half a dozbn
individuals in any degree compensate for
lhe Shock which public- confidence re
ceives when such establishments blow
Such speculating Institutions as this Bank
and the B ink of Macon seems to hayp
been, "ffolnore injury to acorn tn er na I
community, than can readily be calcula
ted in dollars and cents. A poor unfor
tunate individual for a thousandth part of
tho injury done by these Institutions,
would, after being called to answer to a
technical detail of his offences, have pro-*
bably his subsequent operations citcum
scribed within Penitentiary limits.
JUSTICE.
We have received the first No. of a neatly
printed periodical entit'ed ll The Family Physi
cian and Gazette of Hufnan Life.” Its matter is
original and contributed by a number o f practi
sing Physicians.—lt is to be published monthly
in the city of New York, at cents per No.
or $1,25 per annum, a Number contains 161
pages, in small quarto form, suitable for bind
ing. The first No. can be seen in our Reading
Room. We have selected the following aS a
specimen from the work. y
The Remedy of
THE SPLIT FOWL,
Among the most disagreeable things
attendingthepiactice of that most arduous
of all professions, medicine, are the pre
judices the physician must constantly
meet with, either in the mind of ths pa
tient, or in those of his friends. It is
easier to cure the bodily complaints nf s
hundred persons, than to eradicate the
prejudices from the mind of one. Absurd
&. ridiculous, and hurtful notions, which
have as it were grown up with them, will
adhere to the mind, io spite of all the ef*
forts of reason to root them out.
Visiting a patent a short time since,
(for it is my misfortune to boa physician)
I perceived a very disagreeable smell,
like that of putrid meat, apparently issuing
from beneath the bed-clothes at the fool
of the bed, and inquired what it was.
“Why said the good wife, who was at
tending on be sick husband, “it’s nothing
but a dunghill fowl he’s got on the bot
toms of his feet, poor man.” .. . . . . • -
“A dunghill fowl!” exclaimed I, with
no little amazement. * .
“Yes, Doctor,” said she, “I had tho
fattest fowl in the barnyard cut open alive
and one half put on one foot and on half
on t’other,while it was alive and kicking. •
It is a charming thing for fever, Poc
tor.”
‘A live fowl cut open, and put on \a
man’s fee’, to cure a fever! Who put
this foolish notion in'o your head?’
‘Foolish notion or not. Doctor, I’mu ~
sore Mr Tozer is a great deal belter of
his complaint than be was, poor man; he
doasn’t sweat so cf>nfmely,and he bealhe#
a great deal shorter and quicker than he
did. i
“So much the worse, good woman.’
“So you always tell me, Doctor, when
I’m doing all I can for the benefit of the
sick in my family... So you told me-whew T
was stuffing the cold of my first-- husband,
thedear good xMr. Pheezer,heaven rest his
soul—which in spite ofall * could do,
turned to an information of the longs J| .jut(l..
he is now in his grave, poor man.’
•But what could put into your head
this shocking remedy of the split fowl!*