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t-',om the Charleston Courier.
! V ;• ;>/. The Report ofthe Hon.
1 li-.vi-- ( ass i a- ciilinguislied headofthe
\\ .it i «<•] ..it net.t, gives the following ac
ct- ni <>’ me condition and employment
of t.n MLi.-t y force of the Union. The
•re-rir-r v pos t>- ii of the Army remains as
they dm la t yeir:i {Companies have been
pi to -I turner General Clynch, of Flor
ida, i. ith a v;ew to check tl<e Seminole In
dat.f, who Lave exhibited an unquiet sp
rit, n i to st ctire the execution ol the tret -
ty for [heir r. movsl. The Regiment i f
• Dragoons has been employed in penetra
ting the Indian country, to impress the
snvagrs with <nr power io check and
punish their hostilities, and in adding to
our geographical knowledge of those re
mote regions. Col. Kearney, frith one
d lachmvnt, march-, d through the region
between the D s Moines and the .Missis
sippi rivers; Col. Dodge, with another,
stretched South of Missouri towards the
Rooky Mountains; and Major Mason,
with a third, joined by a detachment of In
fantry. was employed in duties, connected
with the assemblage ofa body of Indians,
at the Cross Timbers, near the Great
Western Pr.iric, to establish permanent
pacific relations between the rempte wan
d. ring binds, and the more agricultural
Indians, who have emigrated beyond the
Mississip; i.
The disci j lined morale of the army
are Satisfactory. The. officers are enga
ged in a great variety of duties, under
acts of Congress, not connected with their
professional avocations. The number of
Ufficeis in the Engineer Corps is not suf
ficient for the performance of the various
duties comm tied to it, and their compen
sation is inadequate, and the consequence
is both d lay and imperfection in the pub
lic wo ks. The same considerations ap
ply, in a cotisideiable degree, to the Top
ographi ’:.] Corps.
Ttie Report also gives following
items c f information : —The portion of
the Cumberland Road, between the town
of Cumberland an 1 the Ohio River, has
been surrendered to, and accepted by the
States, through which it passes, and those
States h ive made arrangements to collect
the tolls, and keep the road in repair.
With’ the exception of a few bridges and
necessary repairs, the road is nearly fin
ished, and passable in its whole extent.
Another important work of internal im
provement, the removal of the raft over to
Red River, is in the progress of execution,
' with unexpected facility. Timber extend
ing along 11 I miles»of that stream, had
covered a large portion of its surface,
shutting up a great natural highway, and
'inundating a fertile ajid extensive region,
•and infecting it with disease. This work
has been in progress, on the present sys
tem, little more than two years, and about
8135,000 have been expended on it, and
in preliminary experiments—s47,7ls will
be requisite to finish it, in addition* to
slo,ooo,now in the Treasury for the same
purpose, making its whole cost $185,715.
The river has been cleared for 88 miles,
and there remain but 23 miles more of ob
structions to be removed. The land re
claimed will be about 1,000,000 acres, end
will form one of the most productive dis
tricts in the Unicn.
The want of appropriations, at the last
session of Congress, has suspended the
works on fortifications, and many of our
important harbours are insecure against
hostile invasion.
The employment of floating Steam Bat
teries, in the Chesapeake and Delaware
Bays, and Haibour of New York is rec
comm.mded by the Secretary.
Experiments have been made to test the
• condition of the Delaware Break-Water
and Fort Calhoun. The alarming de-
in the foundation of the latter is
eo nearly checked’as to remove the appre
hension of further d inger; but the for
mer is in a more doubtful state. The
.•■.il;t ry Ac. 1.1 my at West Point is in a
bigii l1 ,' improved condition, and has pro
ved l.igi lv h m ficial, in impressing a
s ■ ■ c cba rm mr Oil the official corns of
the { - ~.v .
■i ar coiiotry is dependent on four pri- I
vote lounG-ms. u ,.,. near Richmond, one :
at Gei«cgetown, one opposite West- Point,
and t<4<* at P.t’sburg, for the important
wmnuitrcttire oi Cannon, and a national
foundnry is rec -ommended as essential to 1
the pub.ic d -ft nee.
An efficient organization of th e militia
is adviced, »s iodispensible in the republic
to »ej>el invosicn ot repress domestic dj s .
nirlai’H't-s : and a plan of selection for i n .
s’ruetiori and service, influenced by con’’
*.d rations of age nnd physical capacity,
is suogestt d, in conformity with the views
oi Mr. Jefferson, expressed in his mes
sage of 1805, which pointed to the embo
diment of the youth of the country, be
tween the ages of 18 and 26. A board of
officers, some years since appointed for the
purpose, under a resolution of Congress,
proposed a classification ol the adult male
population ofthe Union, and a selection
from it of so many persons above the age
of 20 years, as should be necessary to com
plete the number, required to be enrolled
and organized at ail lime for actual service
beginning in all cases wi:h the youngest
above the proscribed age.
The Indians, residing East of the Mis
sissippi, are yielding to the convict : on
that it is their interest to remove to the far
West, and the country is likely soon to be
freed from the perplexing and often per
ilous - questions, that are agitated about
that uniortunate race. Ample provision
has been made lor their comfortable loca
tion and sustenance, and for their instruc
tion in the agricultural and mechanic arts,
in their new forest and prairie home. A
considerable body of the Creeks of Al
abama were expected ere this to have
been on their way to the West, but their
is reasoi- to believe that their journey has
been postponed until early next spring.
The Seminolcs of Florida are in process
of Removal. A portion of the tribe is re
fractory, but proper measures have been
taking to ensure the performance of their
treaty during this winter, to which time, at
their own solicitation, their removal was
postponed. Gen. Stokes, Gen. Ar buck
ley and Maj; Armstrong, were ap
pointed commissioners to make a treaty
with the roving tribes of the great Wes
tern Prairie, to establish friendly relations
with the United States and the other Indi
ans of that region. Death deprived lhe
country Os the valuable services of Maj.
Armstrong, but the other commission
ers accomplished the object of their ap
pointment. Arrangement has Been made
by Col. Brooks, with the Caddo Indians,
for the cession o 4 their claim to lands in
Louisiana and Arkansas.
MICHIGAN SENATORS.
On motion of Mr. Benton, his motion
of Thursday last, that the courtesy of
the Senate be extended to the Senators
from Michigan, by assigning to them seats
on the floor, was taken up for considera
tion.
The question being about to be put,
Mr. Clay rose and said, that he was
not prepared to vote for this motion. For
what purpose were these gentlemen to be
admitted 2 Not to take part in the deli
berations of the Senate generally, nor for
the purpose of voting. Certainly not.
Why then were they to be admitted on
the floor? If admitted, to what extent
are their rights to go ? Were they to be
swornJn the usual form or not? Were
they to sit in the private as well as lhe
public sessions of the Senate? If in the
private sessions, under what injunctions?
In short, he was entirely opposed to any
action on this incidental matter, until the
principal question, whether Michigan
was to be admitted into the States of the
Union, should be disposed of. He would
not now offer any opinion on that princi
pal question ; he had not yet formed any.
But why were these gentlemen to be ad
mitted on the ground of courtesy ? It
must be because they have some rights,
perfect or quasi, to come there as Sena
tors of Michigan.
Putting that out of the question, there
was no more reason for admitting them,
than any other gentlemen, when they
may apply. He was opposed to the-ad
mission of the gentlemen, because it im
plied a right, and he was not willing th
prejudge the question which the Senate
would be hereafter called on to decode.
It would be, to some extent, a commit
ment of lhe opinion of the Senate, and
would have a tendency to mislead the
public mind. He was opposed, there
fore, to any thing which would seem to
settle the principal question. For him
self, he was ready to enter upon the dis
cussion of that principal question, as to
the admission of Michigan, as soon as
any gentleman might be disposed to
move it; and’whenever it should be de
cided, he was willing that all the conse
quences should follow, one of which
would be the admission of the Senators
on the floor, and the administering to
them of the oath of a Senator. He was
not for the inversion of the proceedings
of the Senate, the adoption of the conse
quences first, and of the cause afterwards.
The first question is, is Michigan to be
admitted into the Union? and has she a
right to send Senators? When that was
decided, every thing would follow in its
natural, appropriate, and legitimate order.
Entertaining these views he was com
pelled to oppose the motion.
Mr. Benton, in reply, stated that he had
not been curious or careful in looking for
precedents for his motion, because he did,
not see why, on a question of mere cour
tesy, of civility, the Senate should not rath
er be making, than following precedents.
He did not think, when a mere question
of courtesy was referred to their consi
deration, that they were bound to suspend
lhe action of the body, -until they could
examine a parcel of musty records. If,
in the ordinary intercourse of life, a gen
tleman brought to him a letter of intro
duction, he would ask him to take a seat.
Here are gentlemen, who have brought
letters, under the great seal, de facto, of
lhe State of Michigan, from a person who
acts as the Governor of that State, and
these letters are among the archives of
the State. He adverted to the case of the
Rhode Island Senator, two years ago, as
proving that Senators who came here had
a right to hold their seats, in case of dis
pute, until the dispute was settled. By
the report of the Committee of Elections,
in that case, confirmed as it was by a
large majority of lhe it was set
tled that a Senator |jad a right to come
here as a Senator until it was shewn that
not this right. But no such thing
was naked in this case. All that was
asked wiis t | lat gentlemen sent here by a
State should be requested to take'seats,
and that chairs be provided for them, un
til it should be determined by the Senate
what their precise rights were. Could
there be shewn any case where, in such
j circumstances, Senators were not asked
i to sit, until there could be an examination
lof all the analogies, and the nj ce ari( j
hair-breadth distinctions which gentlemen
might choose to draw ? He desired to
see the Senate, on this question, unfetter
-1 ed by precedents, and that every question
should be decided according to its own
particular circumstances. He asked what
difficulty had resulted from an extension
of this courtesy in former cases, where
seats had been assigned, under similar
circumstances? Was any effort made to
take part in the debate, to answer on the
call of the yeas and nays, to stand up and
sit down when there was a count? There
.was no instance of the kind.
If these gentlemen are admitted, a mo
tion to clear the galleries would induce
them to go out, or the slightest hint from
the Senate would be sufficient to lead them
to do that which their own gentlemanly
feelings would suggest, if they took the
time to reflect. But it seemed to be sup
posed that the civility of asking the gen
tlemen to sit down was to commit the
Sena’e to a particular line of conduct.
He reminded the Senate of the course a
dopted on the admission of Misssouri, in
which case the Senators were admitted
during lhe deliberations. The Senate de
cided against their claims, and they were
sent back ; but was any single Senator
influenced in his vote by the fact oftheir
presence? Notone. Did any one under
stand the courtesy extended to them as
having any thing to do with the decision
of lhe question? He was here himself on
that oscasion; and he was told bv that
most accomplished and amiable man who
then filled the chair, Mr. Gaillard, to take
a seat on the floor. He enjoyed all the in
cidental privileges of that seat ; he frank
ed his letters, and the two Houses paid
him from the beginning, the same, as the
other Senators were paid. Yet the prin
cipal question, so far from being prejudi
ced by this course, was determined a
gainst them. He begged to inform the
Senate that, while he felt himself bound to
act the part he had taken in bringing for
ward this motion, he, for one, should re
main entirely uncommitted on the main
question, and not only uncommitted, but
free from* any bias which would affect
his course when the Senate should decide.
Mr. Clayton thought it was desirable
that more time should be allowed for con
sideration : and, if the gentleman from
Missouri had no objection, he would move
to lay the motion on the table for the pre
sent. Without intending to commit him
self in any way, there was one distinct
view which he desired to present. By
the Constitution which Michigan had a
dopted, and under which she claimed the
admission of her Senators, she had an
nexed to her territory a considerable por
tion of the State of Indiana, as it was laid
off and recognized by Congress, when
that State was admitted into the Union.
The adoption of the claims of Michigan,
or any measure looking to that adoption,
would incline strongly against the rights
of Indiana; and every principle entitling
Michigan to this portion of the Territory
of Indiana, would operate to give Ouis
consin a large tract out of the State of Il
linois. By the same ordinance which,
according to her construction of the boun
dary line, gave to Michigan a part of In
diana, a strip, fifty miles in breadth ol the
State of Illinois, would be cutoff by Ou
isconsin.
fie was fearful of any thing which
could even touch this question at this mo
ment, although he was willing as to mat
ter ’of politeness to go as far as any Sen
ator. But while doing this he was bound
to inquire if there was not also some
courtesy due to Illinois. One of her Sen
ators was dead, and we had this day a
dopted a resolution to inform the Execu
tive of the State of that event. Before
we take any step to admit Michigan, ac
cording to the claims she presents, we
ought to allow time for the State of Illi
nois to be fully represented on this floor.
He had not made himself sufficiently
master of all the precedents to understand
whether if, after they had admitted the
Senators to the floor, they could have a
right to exclude them again. The gen
tleman from Missouri had stated that, if
admitted, they would be liable to be re
moved, and could not be entitled to sit du
ring Executive sessions. If such was
the understanding of the Senator from
Missouri it ought to be so expressed in
the motion. Unless the motion was thus
modified, they would be as free to sit in
secret session as in public. He would
prefer, however, not to be called on to de
cide the question now. If the gentlemen
could be admitted without any interfer
ence with the rights of Indiana, of Ohio,
of Illinois, or of the Senate, he could have
no difficulty in deciding his course. But
he wished, under the circumstances, more
time for deliberation, and he would move
to lay the motion for the present on the
table.
Mr. Benton signified his assent.
Mr. King, of Alabama, expressed a
wish to call the attention of the Senator
from Missouri to the phraseology of his
motion. The language used is “in the
Senate.” For this there was no prece
dent. None but Senators could sit within
the Bar. He had no objection to admit
the gentlemen on the floor, but not within
the Bar. He hoped, before the motion
to lay on the table was made, that the
Senate would so modify the motion as to
remove this objection, by saying “ without
the Bar of the Senate.” When the Sen
ators from Missouri applied, the Presi
dent of the Senate had a right to assign
seats, but the Senate had now taken away
that power.
The motion was then laid on the table.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having heard with regret
a report going the rounds, that he had re
tire:! from business—takes this early opportuni
ty t;> inform his customers and the Public m
general, that he continues his old and well
known stand on Broad street, a few doors below
tha Eagle & Phoenix Hotelontheopposite, side,
where they will find constartly on hand, a mcie
r::t .’nsive and general assortment ofCONFEC
TIONARY, LIQUORS, WINES COR
DIALS, &c. than he has ever heretofore had,
and. will be sold on as reasonable terms, as can
be had in the Southern Country.
MARTIN FREDERICK.
Nov. 13 J3n
SAVANNAH SWAMP LANDS,
REPORT OF MR. BLACK OF SCRIVEN.
The joint committee from the Senate
and House of Representatives appointed
to take into consideration the utility and
practicability of saving the swamp lands
on the Savannah river, by means of em
bankments, or otherwise, have had the
subject under constant consideration, and
beg leave.respectfully to report,
That, to improve the condition physic
al as well as moral, ofthe country in which
we live, and to which we are bound by all
the ties which consecrate our homes, is a
work to the successful completion of
which the wise and the good will anxious
ly contribute. National success is certain
ly the result of individual prosperity, and
that system of Internal Improvement
which will most probably eventuate in the
achievment of the one, will as surely con
duce to lhe consummation of the other.
That Georgia possesses vast and as yet
unexpored natural resources, is evident
to the most superficial observer; —the fa
cilities and advantages of her location, the
variety and fertility of her soil, the sdu
brity of her climate, the extent of her ter
ritory, and the genius and character ofher
people, point to her, as a State, destined be
fore the lapse of another century, to occu
py a proud and enviable position among
her emulous confederates. Ofthe numer
ous objects of Improvement within our
limits, the swamp lands which lie along
the westen bank of the Savannah river
present claims upon the consideration
of the political economist, which may
well arrest his attention; and your commit
tee, by the direction of the Legislature,
have earnestly directed their enquiries to
Utility and practicability of saving them
from the inundations ofthe river. That
part of the swamp which your committee
deem worthy of attention is to found be
tween Augusta and the head of tideway
on the Savannah river; its average wid’h
is about one mile, and the probable length
from one hundred and thirty to one hun
dred and fifty miles. These lands at pre
sent comparatively worthless to the plan
ter and of little avail to the State, are be
lieved to be inferior in fertility to no part
of the habitable globe. The soil, which
is alluvial, is a rich mould, formed orig
inally of decomposed, vegetable deposits,
balieved to be altogether inexhaustible,
and extending down to the depth of from 4
to 5 feet.
To reclaim such lands and reduce them
into successful cultivation,your committee
believe would in all probability, reslilt in
vast and inestimable benefits, not only to
that region of country, but the whole State
of Georgia. The people of Augusta and
Savannah would be. among the first to ex
perience the advantages ol such an opera
tion; and the poor of these cities who are
dependant for support upon their daily
supplies, would be enabled to procure
their provisions at one hall’lheir present
price. Corn, which is the first and most
material item inthe supplies of a family',
instead of commanding, as it does now,
from 80 cents to one dollar, would be a
drug at 25 or 37 1-2 cents per bushel, and
rice, wheat, rye, oats, and al! the bread
stuffs which are now grown in this coun
try, would be reduced in price precisely
in proportion to the increase of the sup
ply. Your committee do not exaggerate
these probabk results, for they are assur
ed by men who are experienced in agricul
tural pursuits, thatthese swamp I.nds are
capable, ivith proper cultivation, of produ
cing from fifty to one hundred bushels of
corn per acre, and other grain in the same
proportion; for even now, under every
disadvantage, and when,from fearoffresh
es, the farmer cannot venture to pitch his
crop before the Ist of May, and sometimes
not before the first of July, from thirty to
60 bushels to the acie are considered a
moderate return. If then they were sav
ed from inundation, it is evident, and eve
ry farmer knows, and will acknowl
edge, that the advantages of early prepar
ation and early planting, would in all pro
bability, with moderate and usual seasons,
ensure the supposed increase of produc
tions.
In addition to these articles of prime
and necessary consumption, the great sta
ple commodities of sugar, cane and cotton
would be diligently'’cultivated, and for
the same reasons as above, would yield
an additional increase. Cane will ripen
up to ten and fifteen joints, and short sta
ple cotton return from 1000 to 1500
weight, in the seed, to the acre on these
lands; and if the fresh water was not per
mitted to retard the cultivation, and molest
the growth of these plants, the husband
man would assuredly gather a much more
abundant crop. Horses, hogs, cattle, and
stock of all sorts, would then be raised at
home from our overflowing barns, and a
considerable portion of the large amount
of money which the the drovers of the
W est now annually draw out ofthe State,
would be would be saved to our people,
and retained in the country. Our ex
ports of raw material, would be greatly
increased—the farmer and the merchant,
would receive from thutincrease addition
al wealth—the price of real and personal
estate in Augusta, Savannah, and the in
termediate country, would be enhanced
and all the beneficial consequences of plen
ty and prosperty, in their thousand vari
ous ramifications, would be felt and ac
knowledged by the rich and the poor.
If the waters were at all times confined
to their natural channel, those who are at
all conversant with that stream,will at once
perceive that the navigation of the Savan
nah river would be in a short time most
materially improved. The s/rn/f and mud
bars which are at present thechief obstruc
tion to the passage of steam and pole boats
would in a little while be washed away
by the. direct, confined, and therefore vio
lent rush of the rush ofthe waters, and the
bed or channel pf the river would be
made through any part ofthe swamp, ov
er which the best steamboat wood could
be supplied.,at one half its present price,
at almost any point on the river; and of
course freights, which are enormously
high, would be lowered in proportion to
the increased facilities of transportation.
The miasmatic and sickly region of the
swamp, would be made dry and salubri
ous, and the health of the neighboring in
habitants consequently improved. Thus I
all classes of people—the boat owner—the
merchant —the farmer—the citizen and e
very man from the up country who trades
either to Augusta, or Savannah, would
reapalmost incalculable advantages front
the successful completion of such a work
"Y our committee, hope and believe they
have established, even from this imperfect
view ofthe subject referred to them, the
great and absolute utility of saving these
river swamp lands, and it only remains j
for them to enquire into the probable prac- I
ticability of such a project.
Ifthefiual and complete success of the j
past affords any criterion by which to
judge ofthe probable termination of future '
experiments ofa similar character, and if
well known facts, are permitted to influ
ence the opinion of your committee—then
theie cun be very little doubt ofthe entire
practicability of restraining the waters of
Savannah river to their natural channel,
by embankments. The dikes of Holland
—the artificial banks of the river Po in It
aly, and the levees which effectually con
fine the Mississippi, the most powerful
river in the world, for two hundred miles
above New Orleans, to her original bed,
are in lispulable evidence that the Savan
nah river may be dammed in, and the ad
jacent swamp rendered perfectly arable.
In addition to these facts, your committee
have availed themselves ofthe views and
opinions of many intelligent farmers and
practical men, all of whom agree with
your committee, and fully concur in the o
pinionsthey herewith express.
The only objection to such a project is
the difficulty of obtaining lhe means of o
perat ion. But it is believed that the re
moval ofthis difficulty is wholly within
the powerofthose who may interest them
selves inthe work. No effort in such an
undertaking could possibly avail any thing
unless the individuals directly engaged
should promptly adopt a judicious rysteftn
of operation, and be goA’erned in all their
movements by unanimity, and concert of
action In such a case the State of Geor
gia, being always well disposed to foster
and protect works of Internal Improve
ment, when predicated of individual enter
prize, would not inthe opinion of your
committee, be averse from lending her
name in order to negociate a loan ofrnoney,
to forward and promote the undertaking.
The State of course, injustice to her own
interests,would require to be well secured
by pledges of personal responsibility and
valuable,and available property before she
would consent to become liable for a sin
gle cent. But if the State was secured be
iyondthe possibility of loss, your commit- !
tee cannot perceive why slje should not
be ready to aid her people in the manner
proposed, in a work oi such probable suc
cess and beneficial consequences—especi
ally when the loss, if any accrues, must '
and will fall, not upon lhe Stale, bu'. up
on those whose persons, and property will
be liable to the redemption of the debt.
In consideration of all which your
committee respectfully recommend the a
doption of the following r<-solqfions:
Resolved, That it would be a work of
great utility, and that it is practicable, to
save the swamps lands on the Savannah
river from inundation,by means of embank
merits
Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor be requested to employ a coin
pettnt Engineer, whose duty shall be, to
proceed immediately to make an accu
rate and correct survey ot said river bank,
and such adjacent parts of the swamp as
he may deem necessary, with a view to
the construction ofsa’d embankment; that
he report fully ofthe premises to the tjexl
Legislature, and that the cost and expense
thereof be paid by the Governor out of any
monies in the treasury, not otherwise ap
propriated.
SZY THE friends of Mr. A. G. BULL, am
nounce him as a candidate for the office of Major
of the 75th Battailion 10th Regiment Georgia
Militia, vice Major Tobin, resigned.
Dec. 21 td 151
We are authorised to announce E. J.
TARVER a candidate for County Surveyor,
of Richmond County.
Dec. 18 150
O’ AVe are authorized to announce GARY
F. PARISH, a Candidate for the office of Sur
veyor for the County of Richmond, at the elec
tion in January next.
Dec 12 . ' td 150
O' The friends of Mr. A. IL PEMBER
TON announce him as a candidate for the of- |
lice of Major of lhe 75th Baitaflion 10th Regi
ment, Georgia Militia, vice Major Tobin, re- ■
signed., [149 td| Dec. 16.
Q- AVe arc authorized to announce ISAAC
HENDRICKS a candidate for re-election to the
office of Coroner of Richmond county at the
election, in January next.
MANY VOTERS.
Dec 9 td 116
O’ We are authorized to announce C.
PROUTA' a candidate for Coroner, at the en
suing election in January next.
Dec 7 td 145
O’ WE are authorized to announce Uapt.
AARON RHODES a candidate for Receiver
of Tax Returns at the election in January next.
Oct 7 wtd 119
O’ AVe are authorized to announce AVM.
KENNEDY a candidate for Tax Collector of
Richmond county, at the election in January
next.
Dec 2 td 143
ry wS are authorized to announce WIL
LIAM O. EVE as a candidate for the office
of Tax Collector, at the election in January
next.
We are authorized to announce WIL
LIAM SKINNER, Jr. as a candidate for the
office of Receiverof Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the election in January next.
GUARDIAN’S NOTICE.
FOUR, months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Lincoln County to sell the lot of land No. 115,
6th district oi Muscogee county, drawn by
William Cason minor ofEJzabeth Cason.
JAMES McGILL. Guardian.
September }i mit IOS
AUGUSTA,
VV E ONES I) A Y , DEC E M BEK 23.
1 hat we and ours may have an opportunity
i of enjoying the Christmas festivities, with oth
| er good folks, no paper will be issued from this
office before Monday next. AVe have crowded
all the news we have, and it is precious little of
interest, into to-day’s paper, and hope with the
I intei 'est of the season, it will do our readers till
the 28th. In the meantime, we wish our read
ers, and every body else, a merry Christmas
and as happy a one as it may be merry. May
none of us regret, when it has passe d, that we
have not spent it in a more suitable manner!
As we are under a kind of ex-officio obliga
tion to visit all distinguished. strangers who may
: ari ive in our city, we this morning, executed s»
1 much of our duty by calling to see some Pigs of
I the English Norfolk thin-skin breed, from the
I stye of Mr. Townsend of New Haven, Conn
, They are intended for Mr. Paul Roskinol of
. Clarkesville, Habersham county, whose public
i spirit, in endeavoring to improve our common
stock, we heartily commend, and wish entire
. success. There are four pigs, probably about
f | lour months old, three of which they have spent,
• rom one mishap or another, in their little box’
j . etween h'is city and New Haven. They may
he seen m the yard of Mr. C. Dugas, in the up
per part of town.
I , RACES.
. AV e bear daily of new arrivals of lhe Turf
, competitors. Last evening, on the Rail Road
a fine filly, Mattiwan, by Crusader, arrived
belonging to Dr. Boag of Charleston.
On the first day, Monday, a Match Race will
. comeoflbetweenMr.HAßßisoN’sCoZ.CrocAeMand
I a young horse of Col. Crowell’s, by Ber
[ trand, by name Billy Austin—Stakes 32000
I mile heats. 1 his will be a race of great in
terest. AVe are all disposed to cry hurra far
c °l. Crockett! particularly as he is now gone to
j Texas the best selection of places yet made
for him by himself or others; but the Aurra may
be tinned into adifferent tune. There is'vieto
' ry in the name of Bcrhand. Already we learn
the two young horses, which Col. Crowell late
; ly put chased of this blood have won him 32800.
‘ | Before you bite, therefore, be sure you are cer
; tain, which side of your bread is buttered.
i Extract oi a letter from a correspondent, dated
AV ASHINGTON, Dec. 16th, 1835.
fl “ The question of Abolition in the District
. ; oi Columbia is, I hope, put at rest for the-re
. mainder of this session, by the prompt disposi
. tion of two memorials for that object, which
. were presented to-day, and laid on the table by
an overwhelming majority, and without discus
. sion, A motion, subsequently made, to print
, them was disposed oi in the same manner, after
a slight discussion, by a majority of about four
( to one. It is thought that nothing decisive in
I* regard to our nii'airs with France will be
I known until the French Government has seen
. the President’s lale Message. The most gen
eral opinion is that peace will be preserved; bui
some here think that Fiance desires war with
I us.”
• |
MECHANIC’S BANK.
AV e learn with surprise and astonishment,
that a report has been circulated in this State,
as well as in South Carolina, that the Meehan ’-
; ic s Bank, oi this city, had suspended payment,
or was about to do so. We presume this re
port, which originated at a distance from this
city, was put in circulation by some enemy of
the institution; and we are happy to have it in
our power to state, that it is false, and wti/AffuZ
the slightest foundation. As an evidence of the
high standing which this Bank maintains in
this city, we can state,that its Capital Slock
has been sold at a higher premium than that of
i any other Bank in the State; and, we have no
. hesitation in saying, from the high respectabil
; ity oi ils Directors, that it is as much entitled
j io the confidence of the holders of its bills, as
’ any other Banking institution. AVe hope the
holders of its bills, in the country, will not be
j subjected to a sacrifice of their interests, by pla
cing confidence in reports of this kind, which
are originated by persons who are so lost toev
erv principle of justice, as to do so for specula,
ting purposes.— Chron. of this morning. ■
The iolkiwing is the result ofthe Elections,
which took place on Saturday evening last in
the House of Representatives, for Bank Direc
tors.
• For the Bank o) Darien.
AVm. A. Dunham, A. Kimberly, C. AV
Cooper, S. Palmer, Joseph Jones. A M’Donald
Henry Atwood.
Planters Bank.
Peter G. Shick, Benjamin E. Stiles,
Bank State of (ieorgia.
AVm. B’. Bulloch, George Schley, M. Hall
M’Allister, John Millen.
AVm. B. AVoflbrd was elected on Saturday
evening last, Maj. Gen. of the 7th Division of
Georgia Militia in Place of Gen. John Bates re
signed, and AVm. Steelman elected Brigadier
General of the 7th Division, of Georgia Mili
tia in place of Gen. AVm. AVofford, promoted.
In the U. S. Senate, on the 15th inst. the old
I officers of that body were all re-elected for two
years ensuing, viz:
AValter Lowrie, Secretary.
John Shackleford, Doorkeeper.
Stephen Haight, Assistant Doorkeeper.
A letter from New Orleans mentions that
Robert Potter (formerly a Representative in
Congress from North Carolina) was killed at
Texas, in a skirmish, about the sth November.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
AVe publish xvith pleasure thefollowing well
, deserved tribute of respect to Dr. Robertson, at
the request of the gentlemen who attended his
Course of Lectures on the Science of Phrenolo-
' gy:— Chronicle
‘ Tk»e members of the Class, attending Dr.
Robertson’s Course of Lectures on the Science
I of Phrenology, at the close of the term, desire
publicly to express their entire satisfaction, and
to bear testimony to Dr. R.’s perfect acquain
tance and deep research, in this highly interest
ing study. The Class part with him, as their
. eloquent Lecturer, with the hope, that at some
! future time, he will again come before the citi
i zens of Augusta, in the same capacity.
| Augusta, Monday, Dec. 21,1835.
. We understand, says the N. Y. Daily Adv.,
that Governor Edwards, of Connecticut, has
j offered the appointment of United States Sena
tor to Ralph J. Ingersoll, who declined the hon
or. It is now said that John M. Niles, Post
! master at Hartford, will be appointed.