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Extracts from the minutes ofa Conven
tion of the Stockholders of the Georgia
Rail Road Company.
At a. Convention of the Stockholders
Os the Georgia Rail Road Company, held
at Athens pursuant to law, on the 11th
of May, 1835, that being the 2d Monday
of said month.
The President took the Chair, and on
motion, Asbury Hull was appointed Se
cretary.
The following Stockholders appeared
in their own persons, or proxy, namely;
***** •***••’
Whole number of Shares, 4816
Represented personally, 1748
by proxy, 1922
Absent 1146
On motion, a Committee, consisting of
Messrs. Williams, A. Janes, J. Cunning
ham, 8. Pope and E. E. Jones, was ap
pointed to examine the proxies proposed
to be used with instructions to proceed to
the examination forthwith, and report the i
result as quick as possible.
The Committee accordingly withdrew
and alter examination reported the prox
ies, as above stated, to be in due iorm <s• !e
gaily attested.
The President read the Annual report
of the Direction, to the Stockholders, with
a part of the accompanying documents,
namely, those relating to the finances of
‘he Company.
On motion Messrs. R. H. Randolph, T.
G. Janes, E. E Jon s, F. C. McKinley
and W. L. Mitchell, were appointed a
Committee on Finance; and
Messrs. B. Pope, A Janes, A. Hull
and Jas Camak, a Committee on the En
gineer Department.
The Convention adjourned until 4 o’-
clock P. M.
4 o’clock P. M.
The Convention met pursuant to ad
journment.
Mr. Pope, from the Committee on the
Engineer Department, made a report as
follows,which was read t)- agreed to, viz:
The Committe to whom was referred
the Reports of the Engineer in Chief
made to the President and Directors of
the Georgia Rail road company, have ex
amined the draft of the survey made for
20 miles, aud also the accompanying de
tail ofthe Engineer, submitted in writing.
From a mere exhibit on paper, it is im
possible that the Committee should be a
bleto arrive at any very satisfactory con
clusion upon the subject. But relying
on the capacity of your Engineer to make
surveysand estimates, andon his integri
ty to represent them correctly; and from
other data, or information derived from o
ther sources, the Committee are biought
to suppose, from the investigations so far
made,as to the country through which
the road is to pass, the probable cost
thereof, and the probable amount of freight
aiid passage, that the enterprise will be
as favorable in its results as was original
ly contemplated.
Mr, Randolph, from the Committee on
Finance, reported that the committee had
not been able to conclude their examina
tion, and asked until 8 o’clock to-morrow
morning for that purpose-—which war
granted.
* ♦ • » *
The following resolution being undtT
consideration, namely;
Resolved, That all defulting stockhold
ers in the Georgia Rail Road Company,
be allowed until the last day of this month
(May) including that day, to pay the in
stalment of 15 dollars per share, required
to be paid on the 23d Feb. last, and that
all stock unredeemed after that day, be,
and the same is hereby declared io be
forever barred, and forfeited to the Com
pany—to be disposed of there after as the
Directors may think proper.
An amendment was proposed so as to
require all persons redeeming forfeited
stock, to pay interest from 23d Feb. last;
which was lost—yeas 1357, nays 1890.
The resolution was then amended by
inserting after the words “ February last,”
the words “ those giving notes, paying
interest from that date ;” and was in this
shape finally adopted.
The Convention then adjourned till to
morrow morning, 8 o’clock.
Tuesday May 12. 1835.
The Convention met pursuant to ad
journment.
Mr. Randolph, from the Committee on
Finance, made the following report which
was, read and unanimously agreed to.
The Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the transactions ofthe Treas
vreratid General Agent oi the Georgia
Rail Road Co. beg leave to report, that
they have had the subject under careful
investigation, and find the Books neatly
and correctly kept—the vouchers and ex
planations satisfactory.
The assets, in hand, in money and notes
bearing interest, amount to $101,507 43,
and the expenditures upto this date, as
per Treasurer’s account current, together
with the appropriate vouchers; $1,794
25.
Your Committee are truly grateful
for the noble liberality of the City Coun-
cil of Augusta, and the Trustees of the
Richmond County Academy, in their do
nation of valuable land for the termination
of the road within the city From this
liberality the Committee believe and con
fidently expect the Company to derive im
portant advantages. Nor will the bene
fits be less from those who have granted
the right of way.
In conclusion, your Committee would
do themselves great injustice, were they
not to recommend in the highest terms,
the ability with which the Principal
Agent, James Camak Esq., has dischar
ged the duties of the various offices intrus
ted to his care and direction. They are
constrained to believe that the Company
has been most singularly fortunate in pro
curing the services of an Agent so able
and so efficient.
All of which your Committee res
pectfully submit.
* * * * • *
On motion. Resolved Unanimously,
That the Direction of the Georgia Rail
Road Company be and they are hereby
instructed to require the Stockholders to
pay the 3d instalment of sls per share,
on the 3d Monday in October next, which
may be discharged by note at 60 days
with interest from date, and one good en
dorser; and that they require the 4th in
stalment ofsls per share to be paid on
thr 3d Monday in April next.
A request was made that information be
communicated to the Convention, in re
gard to the reasons for the employment
of so many Engineers,and also as regards
the salaries given to the General Agent,
and to the Engineers.
The discussion was first had as regards
the number of Engineers and their sala
ries; and the case of the General Agent
coming up, Mr. Camak requested leave
to retire—which being granted, Thomas
■ Mitchell was called to the Chair, and af
ter discussion of the duties and pay of the
General Agent the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved Unanimously, That the
Stockholders are satisfied with the sala
ries paid the officers and agents, for the
present.
The President resumed the Chair, and
the convention proceeded according to
law, to elect a President and 16 Direc
tors, to serve until Tuesday after the 2d
Monday in May next 183 g. On coun
ting out the votes, it appeared that the fol
lowing persons were elected;
James Camak, President.
John A. Cobb, of Athens,
William Cumming,of Augusta,
John R. Cunningham, of Athens,
Absalom Janes, of Talliaferro,
Thomas G. Janes, of Greene,
A. B. Linton, of Athens,
William M. Morton of Athens,
John Nisbet, of Athens,
Eugenius A. Nisbet, of Madison,
Elizur L. Newton, of Athens,
Janies Shannon, of Athens,
Adam G. Saffold, of Madison,
Henry B. Thompson, of Talliaferro,
William Williams, oi Atnens,
Directors.
On motion, a Committee consisting of
Messrs. Allen, A. Janes and Camak, was
appointed to select such parts of the Min
utes for publication, as may be deemed
necessary for the information of absent
Stockholders.
******
The Convention then adjourned to meet
on the 2d Monday in May 1836.
JAMES CAMAK, PresiJenL
Asbury Hull, Se.c'y.
The Boundary Controversy, Ohio and
Michigan.— The Wheeling Gazette fur
nishes the following information respec
ting the extent and value ofthe territory
in dispute:
The Territory is about 70 miles long,
from east to west, and about 11 miles
wide at its eastern extremity, and 7 at its
western. It commands the entrance of
the Great Maumee river, or Miami ofthe
Lake. There are two villages on it, both
in the eastern part, viz: Toledo, contain
ing 70 or 80 houses, (all built within two
years,) and another about 8 miles west of
Toledo, much smaller. Toledo is on the
north side of the Maumee river, 6 miles
from its mouth, and is understood to be
owned principally by association of mer
cantile gentlemen in the city of New'
York. It is in township of Port Law
rence, and is located where that name ap
pears on the maps. Large quantities of
land in that township were purchased a
few years ago from Government, in the
belie! that a canal would shortly be made
from Lake Erie, by the Maumee River to
the Wabash, a work to which Ohio, it is
said, has given her pledge, and which is
now in progress in Indiana. It is feared
that if Michigan obtains this territory, the
canal will not be made, as that portion
only of her citizens who live within the
territory would be benefitted; and hence
their desire to be attached to Ohio, to
which State the Canal would be a source
of boundless prosperity.
West of the township of Port Law
rence, the country in the disputed territo
ry was a few years ago a wilderness.
It has been recently bought up at Gov
ernment prices, ($1 25 per acre,) and is
tilling rapidly.
The other villages in the vicinity of
the lake, and in Ohio proper, are, Mau
mee, on the north side of the Maumee
river, 20 miles by water from the lake,
containing 60 or 80 houses, and about 500
inhabitants The township extends to
the line. On the opposite, or south side,
! s -5 err y sbu Ig’ containing about 800 in- <
habitants. To and from these places
steamboats arrive and depart; and it is
said an active rivalry prevails between i
them, each looking forward to the
the proposed canal passing through one
to the neglect ofthe other.
Ihe mouth ofthe Maumee is one of the .
best positions for an extensive inland com- t
merce in the western country. Specula
ors see its importance, and have vested '
large sums in land in the neighborhood.
We know’ to what lengths the desire ot
gain will carry men—what ill will and
strife it engenders—and what crime it
perpetrates. Many adventurous spirits
have staked their all upon the issue of this
territory being attached to Ohio, that their
anticipations of gain may be realized,and
they'would move heaven and earth to ef
fect their purpose.
From the Southern Spy.
At a Justice’s Court, held in the 821st'
District, in the County of Madison, on
the 2d Saturday in May, 1835, present
his Worship, Jacob B. Swain, the follow
ing Presentments were read:
Believing it to be not only our privi
lege, but an imperative duty, as faithful
sentinels upon the watch-tower of Squire
Swain’s District, we cannot close the ar
duous duties of the session of this Court,
without noticing several very alarming
grievances in the land ; and hope that a
reprimand from so high a source as this
body, will not pass without effect:
We present the Georgia Journal, State
Rights Sentinel, and Southern Whig, for
mistakes in their Editorial remarks,
whenever they touch on the subject of
politics; mistakes which we rustics in the
upper edge of Madison commonly call
We present the various Grand Juries,
who have prated about Gov. Lumpkin
and Judge Hooper, for the same offence.
We present Judge Clayton for flying
into a passion, and cutting capers in the
last Congress.
We present the Nullifiers for being
crazy, and them with the Federalists lor
hypocrisy in assuming the name of Whigs.
We present France for swindling, and
Ohio and Michigan fora riot.
We present Davy Crockett for buffoo
nery, and Lawrence for being more knave
than fool.
We present the late U. S. Senate for re
fusing to give the President the means of
placing the Coasts in a state of defence, in
case our relations with France should re
quire it, and breaking up in a row.
We present the Georgia Nullifiers for
72(j riots during the last electioneering
campaign, and their little lawyers for a
larming swells on the tops of stumps, ex
hibited at muster grounds in different
parts of the State, last barbecue time; such
as clenching the fist, and raising it up
over the head, & bringing it down through
the air with tremendous violence; rising
on tip toe, and coming down on the heel
with such might, as to cause the 5 and 10
cent pieces to jingle in their pockets;
stamping with the left foot after the man
ner of a maniac,and with such rage as to
alarm the fair sex already crying from
the smoke of the barbecue fires,who had
come out to eat meat and hear Gen. Jack
son abused in the real Poindexter fash
ion; for foaming like rampant pigs and
striking the table with such force, as to
shake the tumblers and decanters, all the
while looking fiery, and in a passion like
McDuffiej.and for squatting almost to the
ground, then jumping up and, telling the
women how they could maul old Hickory
and the United States Army.
We present T. F. Foster and one La
mar with an outlandish name, and the
rest of the Nullifiers’ ticket for Congress
for being beaten at the last election.
We present the Virginia Nullifiers for
the same offence.
We present George Poindexter for vis
iting tippling and gaming houses, and
for being a rowdy.
We present the old tory Jackson, for re
maining idle at home during the last war
and now usurping the Office of President
to the exclusion of such men as Poindex
ter, McDuffie, Webster and the rest of
the Hartford Convention Whigs, who
were engaged in fighting the enemy in the
time of their country’s need.
We present Judge White for endeav
ouring to divide the Republicans.
We tender to his worship, Squire
Swain, and Constable Jenkins, our cor
dial thanks for their polite attention to this
body, and the ability with which they
have discharged the duties of their res
pective offices.
PETER ROAN,
WM. MILLS,
HENRY HARP,
JAS. P. WILLIS,
JNO. RIPLEY,
Small Pox,—We haye had no new"
case ofSmall-Pox since our last publica
tion; and the patient now in the hospital
is nearly well. This is the only case
which has originated in Milledgeville.
Federal Union. 26 th.
There is no scheme so wild as not to
find numbers to embrace it. Were the
people referred to below, under the neces
sity of flying from persecution,or a sterile
country, or an over-crowded population
we should admire their enterprise; but,
as it is their folly surpasses even that of
the Oregon project.
“A company of citizens of this State
(Missouri) is now organizing, to emigrate
to Upper California, on the shores ofthe
Pacific. The company consistsofabout
fifty families, principally in Jackson, Clay
and Ray Counties, who have entered into
bonds to emigrate to California. The
company will rendezvous at Independ
ence in May, 1836, when its expected
they will amount to about one hundred
families. Some individuals of this com
pany have visited the country they pro
pose to emigrate to, and find its soil and
climate all they could wish it to be.— St.
Louis Rep
In what respect are they better than the
soil and climate they propose to leave!
“ Heads I win—tails you lose.” A
bundle ofracoon skins were lately sold to
a gentleman of St. Louis. On opening
the bundle, he found that they were a
bout half possum skins, with racoon tails
tied to them •
AUGU ST As
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 T *
j* The Union Party are requested to meet
at the City Hall on Thursday, the 4th June
next, for the purpose of appointing Delegates
to the Convention at Milledgeville on the Ist
Wednesday in July, and on other business of
importance.
Our friends will feel the necessity of attend
ing to the object of this meeting, that concerted
action may insure success. If neglected, and
we allow our ranks to be divided by the enemy,
we shall be cut to pieces in the confusion, which
must follow. “ United we stand—divided we
fall.”
We understand, there will be a meeting of
: the Union Party of Burke county, on Tuesday
I next, for the purpose of nominating Delegates
to the Convention, which will meet in Milledge
: ville in July.
The citizens of Hamburg, of all parties,
i gave Gov. McDuffie a dinner on Monday last.
The Governor is said to have 'addressed the
company in his usual eloquent style.
Awful Catastrophe in New-Orleans.
The New-Orleans True American and
Bulletin, states I hut at two o’clock on the
morning of the 15th inst. the roof, third
and fourth stories of that large building,
the Planters’ Hotel, in Canal Street, fell
in with a most tremendous crash. In a
few minutes the alarm bell was rung,
and hundreds of citizens repaired to the
spot; among the rest, Engine Companies
1 Nos. 2 and 4, immediately went to work
i to remove the rubbish, and extricate those
buried beneath. It is stated, that some
j where about seventy persons were lodg
ing in the house at the time the accident
took place.
The American says,—“Some of the
escapes from the buildings are truly mi
raculous.
“ Mr. Ramage was sleeping in a room
i adjoining that of another individual, who
I was buried in the ruins and lost, whilst
1 Mr. R. was so situated, that he was able
■ to dress himself and escape over a back
'wall'.
I - ‘Mr. Edwrrd Russell was saved by
falling between two posts, whilst his bed
was crushed to pieces.
“ A gentleman found himself in the
street, he knew not how; but recovering
himself, and finding that although much
bruised, he had no bones broken, he re
turned to the spot from whence he came,
to seek for five thousand dollars, which
1 he found, we believe.
“ Among the first picked up from the
ruins, was a man who had his scalp taken
off as completely as if it had been done
by an Indian no tear, but all around as
smooth as if cut with a knife; we saw
the scalp at Mr. Sickles druggist shop.
“Mr. Cox, a young gentleman, was
caught in the ruins by the foot, but escap
ed w thout any injury.
Samuel Kenedy, mentioned in the
Daily News as being one of the missing,
' and among the ruins of the Planters’
1 Hotel, was dug from the rubbish at a
quarter before four o’clock, and although
having remained there H or 12 hours,
in a situation where it might be supposed
! a man could not exist ten minutes, is
1 hearty, and, with the exception of being
severely bruised about the arms, is in
good condition, and likely to recover his
usual vigour in a few days.
“ A Mr. J. B. Henner was found in the
morning dead, a joist having passed
through his body.
“ Mr. Monsey, formerly keeper of the
house, and Mr. Hopkins, were found in
the afternoon, dead; and some time after
wards, Mr. Dumont, the author of Wash
ington, or Retaliation, was picked out,
and is doing well. About six o’clock, a
coloured man was found, and although
he had been immured in the rubbish from
| 2 o’clock A. M. about fifteen hours, he
i had sufficient strength left to walk off to
J a tavern next door.
j Mr. Hertz was taken from amidst the
ruius, just under two joists, the fall of
which was stopped within an inch of his
body.
About 10 o’clock the body of Mr. Gil
lard was taken from the ruins dreadfully
bruised and apparently in a state of putr'i
faction; this was the only body found du
ring the night. At the time our paper
went to press this morning, the laborers
were actively employed in clearing away
the rubbish which had fallen into the cen
■ tre of the building, and beneath which,
we have no doubt many bodies yet remain
buried.
The Bulletin of the 15th and 16th says
—“The Billiard room, which had been
very full till late at night, had closed only
as hoit time before. A young gentleman
who left it but a few minutes before the
fall ofthe building, states that he passed
to the opposite side of the street, to his
boading house, went on to the gallery in
front, where he heard three distinct and J
loud cracks, resembling the discharge of
a small cannon, then a sound like an earth
quake as the mass fell, and for a moment
after, one, and only one appalling cry, as
if by the united voices ofthe sufferers!”
“We understand that there were about
fifty persons in the Planters Hotel at the
same time of its fall. In the course of the
day there were taken out the body of a
gentleman fiom Yellow Bunks Ky. of
the name of Hanna, a lawyer of much
respectability; the body of Mr. Mooney, 1
the superintendent of the tables ofthe Ho t
tels and formerly keeper of the Lake I
House on the Bayon road; and the body ,
ofa Mr. Hopkins, who had beenduring
the seasonj attached to the Circus Comp
anies playing here. j
“It is thought there are still several, 4 1
or five, buried in the ruins. More than
forty have escaped with life; some wholly (
free from hurt some slightly injured, but
many shockingly mangled- all of whom '
however, it is believed, will survive. 1
“We are informed that none ofthe pops t
or supports of the house had been dimin
ished during the process of repair; but
that the accident can only be attributed to
the age, defects, and deficiency of one of
the walls.
“Too much praise cannot be awarded
to the several spirited and efficient fire
Companies ofthe city for their organized
well directed, and energetic aid in rescu
inn the misrable victims of the heart rend
ing calamity it has been our melachoily
duty to record.”
A New York paper says, “ During the
last three of four months, probably about
eighty or a hundred foundling children
have been picked up or dropt down at
doors and stoops in various parts of the
city.”
Baltimore, May 19.
The Conventionists.— “The Jackson
Democratic RopublicanConvention” (this
is going the whole figure) are notified to
assemble at the 4th Presbyterian Church
in -Holliday street, to morrow morning at
10 o’clock. Mr. Ex-Speaker Stevenson
is upon the Ground, and it is presumed
will be called upon to preside on the occa
sion. Altera little sham-fighting, Mr.
Van Buren will receive the nomination
for the Presidency, and Col. R. M. John
son, Vice President. Mr. Rives has his
friends here, who will press him hard,
but they will have to yield for the good of
the party.
Two sets of Delegates are here from
Pensylvania, both claiming to be legiti
mate. The Wolfites are headed by hon- j
est George Kremer, and their just rights
to seats, is proclaimed by their veteran !
leader to be “as clear as a ray of light,”!
and if his claims are not heeded, he will
“cry aloud and spare not.” This the mem i
bers already begin to feel, aud even to 1
startle at his piercing glances and wistful
looks. The Muhlies are a scattered
flock, and will take seats in or out of the
Convention, according to circumstances, j
as interest may dictate.— Patriot.
The business of the Convention.— The
Jackson paper in Baltimore says, that, as
the two sets of delegates from Pennsylva
nia are instructed to vote for Mr. Vanßu
ren, it matters little which are admitted,
■ “as there does not appear to be any differ
; enee between them with regard to the bu
i siness the convention has to transact,” that
■ is, they have to nominate Van Buren, as
, per orders from Washington — Chronicle
i ——
Columbus, May 21.
! The farmers Bank of Chattahoochie.
1 The committee appointed by the last
' Legislature to examine into the condition
’ of the Farmers Bank of Chattahoochie,
have, we learn, just closed their labors
after a'tedious investigation. We are of
5 course ignorant of the facts and com
ments reported to the Governor; but we
regret to learn that the general tenor of
' the report is unfavorable. From all we
; could ascertain, we had been led to be
lieve that the Bank would be able in the
L course of a few months, not only to re
-1 deem her bills, but to commence business
■ again, and perha-ps with favorable auspi-
J j ces. But if the report of the committee
! be adverse, and a scirefaciis should issue,
■ we presume no farther steps will be tak
-1 en to put the Bank into operation until
’ the final decision of that question, and
in the meantime; the Bank will be har-
■ rassed with suits, large expenses and loss
will probably be sustained; the bills will
undergo a still greater depreciation, and
| the holders be the losers. If the Bank
1 had been let alone, it would have quietly
emerged from its difficulties; but under
circumstances as they now exist, we can
’ form no definite idea of what may be its I
1 fate. There is a want of banking capi-!
' tai and facilities in this place. Ourmer-I
1 chants and planters have felt its scarcity’,
and will feel it still more in future. It
is therefore a subject matter of deep re
gret that the charter of the Farmer’s
• j Bank of Chattahoochie (the best in the
I State) is in jeopardy. We trust the Gov i
; ernor will not cause a scirefacias to issue
unless clearly satisfied of a forfeiture.—
Sentinel.
Joselyn, who visited New-England,
for the first time in sixteen hundred and
thirty-eight, relates, that in the village of
Boston, there were two licensed inns.—
“ An officer visits them,” he adds, “when
ever a stranger goes into them, and if he
calls for more drink than the officer
thinks in his judgment, he can soberly
bear away, he countermands it; and ap
points the proportion, beyond which he
cannot get one drop.”-Joselyn’s Voyages.
Improvements in the South. — Should a
rail road, as is contemplated, be opened
from the valley ofthe Tennessee to Mo
bile. it would double the amount of cotton ,
exported from the latter. Cotton would ,
i then be cultivated also to a much greater
extent in Alabama, the natural garden
for it, because bacon and flour, which are
the chief items of expense in raising it
would be brought into the state much
cheaper from Kentucky and Tennessee.
FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
The season is approaching when many
complaints will be heard respecting the
want ofa supply of good water to the Ci
ty. The ‘Hydrant water” is too warm
and tainted apparently with some vegeta
ble impurity, and the pumpwater, though •
cool has a disagreeable (chalyerate) taste
—To remedy these, and some other ob- -
jections, I make the following sugges- 1
tions:
Let a cistern be sunk to the usual depth
of pump wells, and attach the main pipe
ofthe water works to one of its sides, and 1
to its upper side attach the service pipe, j
with a plate large enough to allow th e I I
cistern to be cleansed when required; btit
before the plate is put on, the cistern must
be nearly filled with washed gravel, pub
verified charcoal, ifc.; so as to form a fib
tre. It will be necessary to attach a cock
to the main pipe just before it enters the
cistern that the water may be shut off
from it, while cleansing, repairing 4*c.;
and it may also be necessary to have ano
ther cock in the pipe near the place,
that it leaves the level to ascend the walls,
as any accident to the pipes below with
out it would keep the well full of water
until the main pipe was taken up. I
would propose any clean barrel as a cis
tern and it would probably answer better
by procuring a lining of zinc to it, as that
metal precipitates or reduces lead to the
metallic state from its salts held in solu-
1 tion by water—a fact lamiliar to all who
have seen the “Lead tree”of the chemists
I have not seen an analysis of the Hy-
! drant water, and it may be so constituted
I as not to act on the lead which is a pecu-
I liar property to some waters, but if it does
i act on lead,zinc would with the same faci
lity produce as deleterious a salt, and of
. course could not be employed. Wooden
, pipes would set all objections to rest and
I" by the simple contrivances above mention
ed we would, through the summer, be
supplied with a cool and pure bever-
-' age.
i j A YOUNG ENGINEER.
II April, 1835.
I COMMERCIAL.
1 | HAVANA, MAY 13.—S«c«-s._Our tables
' below will show that an extensive business has
[ I been done during the past month, the exports
hence having been 49, 186 boxes, and from
Matanzas 32,173. At this date the demand ic
been more active, and such indeed the press on
i I the market that prices rather incline to advance,
i Our quotations are 8 and 12 aßf and 12} rials,
Superior qualities for Spain 8{ and 12} a 9 and
: 13 rials. Browns alone 8} rials. "Whites 10}
! > a ll}|rials. The latter description is scarce,
j ■ and the unexampled small proportion made this
. j year is worth of notice; it is difficult to purchase
j even in small parcels for the few vessels detain-
1 ed for the Baltic. Shipments to the U. States
, have been brisk since the commencement ofthe
r j season, and if they continue so, a considerable
: parr of the crop will "o to that country.
i Cqjfee.—The stock is now reduced to about
1 I 15 a 20,000 bags, and the demand so active that
s we can look for no decline. We quote 310} a
z 12}. The exports from this port and Matanzas
| in all April were 10,1044 ar.
i “JWoZasses. —Scarce and rather on the rise—
i present value 3} rs. per keg, equal to 315} per
hfrd. on board.
. I “HAVANA, MAY 15.—We have now to
1 l advise that our produce is in very animated de-
1 mand. Sugar of which all kinds are eagerly
, I sought after and taken up with avidity at 8 to 12
3 j and 8} a 12} assorted, 8} a 9} for brown, and 11
p a 11} for whites, and even 11} a 12 has been paid
for the latter in choice lots. Coflee, also is in
■. very considerable demand and no hopes of ade
2 I cline, it ranges from 12 to 13}, this article is get
fi ting every day more scarce. Molasses 3} a
’ 3}, likely soon to be higher.
J | “HAVANA, MAY 15.--Coflee 11} a 12},
-1 and scarce; Molasses 3 a 3}, scarce and advan-
> I cing.
*i MARK IED, “
" . On Wednesday evening last, 20th instant,
by the Rev. Mr. Bulfinch, Mr. Thomas M.
? I Simmons to Miss Ann Matilda Byrd, eldies®
, i daughter of Mr. John J. Byrd, all of this
. j On the 22d inst., in the Jail of this county,
I Mr. John Fisher to Mrs. Mary- A. Williams.
1 i bank of columbus"
- I 4/A April, 1835/
3 1 To his Excellency, Wilson Loimpkin, Governor,'
| ‘Pc-
Sir—ln compliance with an act of the LegisJ
I lature, I have the honor to enclose you a state
: ment, showing the condition of this
r on the first Monday in this month.
I am, sir very respectfully, yours,
SEABORN JONES, President.
1 General statement of the Bank of Columbus, on
> I Monday, the Gth April, 1835.
-1 DR.
. i Capital stock paid in 203,333 33}
Notes issued, 651,000
' oil hand 431’177
I
In circulation,
; Due Fulton Bank, New York, 74,788 7$
’ I Due other Banks, 32,036 68"
‘: Due Agent in Savannah, ’ 4 68
I Deposites, 38,985 73
. Dividends and bo.-.ds
Discount account, 17.722 97
588,234 84}
CR.
, Notes discounted, rurning
to maturity ail good, 169,028 49
Notes due ard not in suit
(of which there is con
sidered bad 31,617 79) 3,558 36
Notesand bills in suit, all
good, 18,423 70
Bills of Exchange running
to maturity, all good, 212,125 1!
o „ 403,135 66
Banking House and Lot, 7,000
Due by other Bauks, 25,980 08
Incidental expenses & sal-
aries, 4,321 66
Specie in the vault belonging to the Bank, vizi
Gold Coin, 50,436 42
Silver coin, 54,268 99}
; Notes ofthe Banks of Geor
gia and S. Carolina, 30,375’
I Notes of the Banks of Ala
bama, 12,512
“ " Florida, 205
588,234 81}
Bank of Columbus, April 6, 1835.
SEABORN JONES, President.
A. B. DAVIS, Cashier.
List of Stockholders in the Bank of Columbus,
April 6th, 1835.
No. of Amount Amount paid
Share* paid on by each
Name*. owned by each, eechshare, atoclcbo'cior.
Cary, Edward 50 366} 3,333 33}
Calhoun, Jas. S. 400 ,l 26,666 66}
Davis, A. B. 300 “ 20,000
Flournoy. Josiah 100 “ 6,666 66}
Fontaine John 200 “ 13,333 33}
Freeman, John W. 160 " 10,666 66}
Grautland, Saiah C. 150 “ 10,000
Hodges, Samuel K. 140 “ 9,333 33}
Hargroves, Geo. J. 100 “ 6,666 66}
Jones, Seaborn 400 “ 26,666 66}
“ “ adm’r
Chas. Buliock, 100 “ 6,666 661 fl
S. Jones, guar, for
Eliza J. Grantland 160 “ 10,000
Lamar, Zachariah, 100 “ 6,666 66|fl
Ledbetter, Thos. E. 20 “ 1,333 33}H
Purton, M. 30 “ 2,000 ■
Ragland, Thomas 100 “ 6,666 66]H