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find we have no room for a more min-
litP detail.
The defence of the prisoner wns con
ducted by Messrs. Noyes and Fletcher,
with prent ability, ingenuity and faithful
ness. Mr. Noyes opened the defence in
behalf of the accused, in an able appeal
to the Jury on the necessity of eradicat
ing from their minds all prejudices or
sympathies that might lead them to an
erroneous decision—and cited many ca
ses to show the danger of convicting the
innocent.
Evidence wns then adduced on the
part of the prisoner, to invalidate the
testimony of the girl—and to prove that
the mother had sworn a child against F.
before a magistrate, and on examination
after death was found not to be pregnant
—and also to show that the woman did
not necessarily die of the wounds indict
ed as described by the surgeons—and to
the former good character of the prison
er.
Chief Justice Richardson charged the
Jury, when they retired, (about 10 o’
clock at night) to make up their verdict.
The Court then adjourned for an hour.
At eleven, it reassembled ; the Jury
came in, and the prisoner wns put to the
bar. It was indeed an awful, anxious
moment—at the dead of night—a death
like stilluess pervaded the vast assem
blage, iu breathless expectation, to hear
the fate of a fellow being. The solemn
question was asked the Jury, Is the pris
oner at the bar guilty or not guilty ? and
r - was solemnly answered by the foreman—
•< be is GUILTY '. The prisoner was re
manded back to prison, and the Court ad
journed (at half past 11 o’clock) to 8
o’clock the next morning.
There was never, perhaps, a verdict
given on a like occasion, more universal
ly satisfactory, than this to nil who heard
the trial. In fact the prisoner has nev
er, since committed to prison, denied
the charge of killing the woman and bea
ting the child. And since his condemna
tion, has acknowledged it to be just, and
the truth of his own guilt.
The prisoner appeared to be solemn,
nnd thoughtful through the day. To
wards the close of the trial, be manifested
great anxiety and concern. He heard
the verdict of the Jury pronounced with
out any other apparent emotion than that
of sudden, deep and fixed though*—“ but
much he felt within.” The whole trial
was conducted with much propriety, and
every consistent indulgence granted, and
every endeavor made in favor of the pri
soner—but in vain—being guilty he was
justly condemned, and must suffer the
penalty of his crime.
On Thursday morning the prisoner
was again brought to the bar of the Court
to receive the sentence of the law, which
was pronounced by the Hon. Judge Wood
bury. The Judge in a most solemn and
pathetic manner addressed the prisoner,
and manifested great sympathy of feeling,
which was participated in by the whole
audience. Never before in this state
was such a scene ever witnessed. May
heaven grant that its effects may be to
prevent our ever experiencing another.
We have now then, the awful pros
pect of a public execution of a fellow
mortal before us ! May the solemn con-
aideration prove salutary to every one—
may the guilty repent and turn from his
evil way—and '* he who thiuketh he
standeth, take heed lest he/a//.” The
time for the execution of the prisoner,
will probably soon be fixed by the Go
vernor and Council.—Cabinet.
Thr excellence of this harbor alone, together
with its situation must render Pensacola an
important place. It is perhaps the only
really good harbour iu the Gulf of Mexico,
ami is admirably situated for commerce
with all the principal points around it; a few
days sail from Vera Cruz, from the province
of Texas, ami Louisiana on tile one side, and
an equal distance from Cuba, Tampa, and
the Appalaelticola on tile other. Vessels
have arrived here in three days from Cuha,
in five or six from Vera Cruz, aud in six or
seven from Jamaica. The British while in
possession carried oil an extensive lumber
trade with the West Indies, and promised
themselves much from a smuggling trade
with Mexico. The shores of the bay are
well suited to country residences and im
provement. The ground on this hill is ge
nerally more elevated than tho other, al
though neurly opposite the town there is a
range of high bluffs. There is said to be
good hammock lands on the other side, and
towards the head of the hay, in extensive
tracts, fitted for the culture of cotton or the
sugar cane. Oil this side there ure at in
tervals small bodies of that kind of soil not
exceeding fifty or a hundred acres in a body,
covered with live oak, poplar and magnolia,
hut scarcely any attempt fias yet been made
to place them under cultivation. The shores
of the bay are every where healthy, being
bordered by a clear white sand. B.
FROM THE FLORIDIAN*
TOPOGRAPHY'.
In my former commuication, having giv
en some idea of the situation of the town of
Pensacola, I now proceed to say something
of the neighboring country and of the hay.
At the distance of three miles from each o-
ther, above and below Pensacola, there are
two large streams of fresh water which put
in, called the Eastern and Western lagoons.
The former is also called the bayou Tcxar
by the Spaniards, on account of the brick
yards during the timo the country was in
the possession of the British; I may observe
here, that there appears to be a bed of marl
without the least mixture of sand, about
three feet from the surface, at this place, and
is the same which forms the general sub
stratum of the sandy soil at various depths.
The eastern lagoon lias not more than two
or three feet water on the bar at its en
trance, nnd on the western side is bordered
by a high bank of forty or fifty feet, on the
other, there is a beautiful point of rich ham
mock land, covered with live oak, magnolia
and other growtii indicating the best soil
The lagoon soon opens into a beautiful sheet
of fresh water and continues for about four
miles to exhibit the appearance of a hand
some river, with a clear sandy beach, and the
country on its borders extremely picturesque,
but sterile altho’ covered with a very thick
crowth of biiRhes and pines, w ith here and
there a spot of better soil. The most delight
ful gardens might be made here, and at some
future day thb vine, the olive and the fig
will flourish. After proceeding some dis
tance up the lagoon, 1 struck n direction due
west towards the western lageon across the
pine woods, the soil very sandy but covered
with long grass. The ground where the
ruins of the two British forts are still visible,
rises considerably above the surrounding
country, and affords very extensive prospects
hi every direction, especially over the town
in the direction of the bay. The distance
from this place to Galvez spring is about a
mile and an half; here Galvez was encamp
ed with about fourteen thousand men during
the revolutionary war ; the traces of his en
campment are still visible. The spring and
zeveral others, which rise within a short dis
tance from it unite, and at the distance of
four hundred yards form a stream sufficient
ly large for sloops and schooners, and is one
of the branches of the western lagoon. The
distance to the bay is about three miles, the
lagoon widening and resembling tile one be
fore described, but the soil on its borders of
a better quality. There is generally about
four feet water on the bar.
There can be no exaggeration in speaking
of the bay of Pensacola, it is admitted by all
to be one of the finest in the world, its en
trance easy and safe, and affording a com
plete shelter from every wind. It is from
three to four miles in width, by about thirty
fo length, and the anchorage excellent—
An able writer in the Boston Daily Adver
tiser, on the subject of “ The Greeks and
Russians," makes the following remarks:
“ The Russians, unmolested, could find
no difficulty in one campaign in forcing the
banner of Mahomet to recross the Helles
pont, and in subjugating all Greece. The
Greeks arc nf the same religion with the
Russians, and amongst a people so ignorant
as are these two, this is the only or perhaps
the strongest bond. But it seems to be a
strange use of language to say that the Rus
sians are about to emancipate the Greeks.—
Change their masters, if you please, and
give them those who, perhaps, will be lesB
capricious and less insolent, but by no means
less brutal or less ignorant. The Russians
in a different way are as much barbarians as
the Turks, and if it did not happen that the
Greeks were of the same religion, they would
be treated with equal cruelty and oppression.
“ It will perhaps answer little good pur
pose to make any more remarks touching
the conquests of the Russians. The idea
ofa universal dominion is an exceeding an
cient one, and since the limes of authen
tic history, has been absolutely adopted
more or less into practice at three different
and distant intervals. But a universal domi
nion in its full meaning, obviously belongs
to a barbarous age. It is little to be dread
ed in Europe, for France or Prussia willal
ways be sufficient to preserve the integrity
of the whole Continent. But when stie ap
proaches the regions of Mount Ararat, of
Mount Caucasus, the courses of the Indus
and the Euphrates, and the lines of the an
cient kingdoms of the earth, there appears
to be no other limit to the dominion of the
Russians, than the certainty that heretofore
no one people lias ever been known to pos
sess power enough to hold in subjection one
half the territory it could march over and
conquer. These eastern countries are now
more easy of conqucgt than in the time of
Tamerlane or Gnengis Khan, and though
(lie Russians are barbarians like the follow
ers of those conquerors, yet they possess a
military science and experience, gained by
the wars in Europe, which wilt make them
ultimately superior to all other invaders of
those unknown countries. All are acquaint
ed with the courage, patience, and hardi
hood of the Russians, and with the despotic
will of their sovereign, able to raise and to
march by a single word of command, half
a million of men upon either pole, possessing
at this moment the sole, and uncontruled
range of the norljiern parts of Asia and Eu
rope, and just as able to lead such au army
as had nol'been seen since the time of Xerxes
along the eastern shore of the Caspian, as
along the western shore of the Baltic. It is
quite possible that the present emperor may
be a moral, humane, judicious person; and if
be be sincere in his professions Tor the peace
of th» world, and expressions of tenderness
for liis subjects, assuredly bis reign will be a
blessed one, and full of all sorts of good
works. But somebody will by and by come,,
inheriting some portion of that desire for
glory, by which the Russian rulers have
Been remarkably distinguished, who will not
delay long to lead his powerful and numer
ous nation to combat and conquest. If the
Elbe, or the Rhine, or the Alps cannot be
passed, it may descend from Caucasus up
on the plains and deserts of the old world,
and then, where the caravans of Solomon
and the Queen of the South travelled, change
and reverse the order of victory and domi
nion. In the 19th century this will be little
more than turning back the armies of Ta
merlane or Bajazet, to carry conquest from
the quarters of the west to its old haunts in
the east. Nay more, there may be those
who may see in these, conquests a restoration
of those countries to their ancient wealth
and civilization. Iu orm word the Turks
have a prophecy that their country will be
finally subdued by a yellow haired nation.
This, for a national prophecy, comes near
enough to suit the Russians."
nii-t, resembling a sea ofcotlon, thro’ which,
like so many beautiful nazes in the desert,
the top* of villages, with the spires of
churches and tall poplars, are seen in every
direction. These vapors, when about to be <
dispersed by the solar beams,assume a varie
ty of forms and colors, and exhibit, through
their airy casement*, rich glimpses of the
verdant meadows sparkling with the morn
ing dew.
I consider the Dutch to be a civil obliging
people, willing enough to accommodate tra
vellers, though probably seldum inclined to
sacrifice their own interests for the welfare
of others. Iu as far as I have gone, 1 can say,
with truth, that 1 am nut sensible of having
been imposed upon by any one, or of having
been treated with neglect wliure 1 had any
right 10 expect attention. Their cleanliness
nnd sobriety are beyond praise ; and their
honesty—with the exception of coasters and
idle seamen, who proffer their services in
taking you on shore, and who are rogues all
the world over—I have had nu reason to
doubt. The love of gain seems their ruling
passion; but,exclusive of Jews, who are ve
ry numerous in this country, I am not aware
that they employ any mean or dishonorable
artifices to promote its gratification.
Talking of the gentlemen, leads, b J a na
tural transition, to the ladies. They are in
general a handsome race, though, I believe,
in proportion to their numbers, there are
more beautiful women among the Jews in
Holland, than among the Dutch, properly
so called. Tile beauty of the higher ranks
did not appear to me to be in any degree
poruliar, or national, but admited of great
variety ; as I frequently observed in 'the
same town, features which would have been
considered, in the respective countries, as
characteristic of Britain, France, Germany,
and Spain. The Batavian embonpoint is
more frequently exemplified by the men
than by the women.
In some parts of Holland, particularly at
Haarlem and Enchuisen, on the occasion of
a birth, a piece of silk, with a lace border,
four or five inches in diameter, sometimes
round, sometimes square, is pasted on the
outside of the lady’s door, ns an intimation
to the world, that is, the neighbor on each
side of her house, of this important event.
In our own country, as I was informed by
an elderly gentleman in Amsterdam, the
same information, however atteniptad to he
disguised, and indeed solemnly denied, were
you to assert such a thing, is conveyed by a
paper, entitled, “ Please call at the low door
as if, the old gentleman added, any gentle
man not pnid for it, would accept of such an
invitation, or call by a rout appropriated ex
clusively for servants, attorneys, clerks,sick
nurses iu long silk cloaks, and square sterned
femmes sages. Many of our remote ances
tors, I am credibly assured by several old
women and some antiquaries, had only it
seems one door, and that sometimes low e-
nough.—Even at present, I am told, that
some decent looking people reside at this
moment iu many parts of Britain, up some
times one pair of stairs, and sometimes up
half a dozen: that there they contrive, no-
Imhy knows how, actually to have children
and that
“ Buirdly clilels and clever hizziet,
Are bred in sic a way as this is."
MILLEDGEVILLE, Tcesdav, Novkhbek fl.
Extract from “ Sketches of Foreign Scenery
and Manners."
ROTTERDAM.—Having been rather a
mused with the scene presented by my last
nocturnal voyage, I again embarked in the
evening, and travelled during the night from
Utrecht to Gouda. In the ruin I found as
motley a group us on the former occasion.—
The company was, however, very musically
inclined. One man commenced operations
by whistling a tune, another bummed, and a
third sung aloud. Matters did not stop here.
A young man produced a flute, and an old
one a fiddle, and to it they set, whistlers,
bummers, singern, fluto-players and fiddlers
all together, arid produced amongst them no
inharmonious concert. The love of music,
indeed, seems a prominent feature in tin
character of the lower classes in Holland
and the only amusement which I have ob
served capable of making them withdraw
their tohaCco-pipes from their mouths. This
effect, however, it does not always produce,
for I have frequently seen them smoke and
sing at the same time. In Holland, indeed
a pipe is absolutely necessary in tbn per
formance of every duty—moral, physical and
commercial.
I arrived at Gouda just as the sun appear
ed above the horizon, which in this country
is at a very early hour. As there is not a
cliff or mountain “ within the visible diur
nal sphere,” the sun is seen emerging, as from
the plain of the ocean, without an object to
intercept his horizontal rays. There is in
deed a feature of the picturesque in Holland
and a very grand one too, which I have no
ver seen mentioned by any traveller,
short time before sunrise, eacli field and mea
It is not in Georgia alone that inter
est is excited by the approaching election for
Governor of our State, as will be seen by the
following articles from the Richmond Enqui
rer, one of tile ablest conducted and most or
thodox republican papers in the union, and
the Washington City Gazette, received by
last mail.
FROM THE RICHMOND ENQCIRER OF OCT. 23
Georgia.—Tile last “ Savannah Re
publican” states, that returns have been re
ceived of 72 members elected who will vole
for Troop, 45 for Clark, and 0 doubtful
Ten counties are yet to be beard from.—We
rejoice the more in tile success nf Troup,
because he has lived a Patriot “ without fear
aud without reproach”—a republican in the
worst oftimes—one, whose ele.ction has been
warmly urged in Georgia, by those who are
still the unshrinking friends (“ through good
report and through ill report”) of the Con
stitutional principles of 91! and 99.
From the Washington City Gazette, of Oct 22
Georgia election.—This election seems to
have turned against governor Clarke from
the indignation excited by bis participation
in the Yazoo corruption, lately brought into
particular notice.
05^ From the great majority who voted
at the late General Election against a Con
vention, it might lie inferred that the people
of Georgia are well satisfied with their pre
sent Constitution. This wo do not believe
to bo the case. Very many who wished for
alterations of that instrument, thought the
time unfavorable, from the. extraordinary po
litical excitement, for effecting the object.—
They preferred to hear for awhile longer at
least, with the present Constitution, rather
than risk, inn state of unexampled ferment,
(lie formation ofa new one, which might be
more imperfect. We will not say that these
views influenced a majority of those who
expressed an opinion on the question—but
that they operated strongly in forming til
decision nf many intelligent citizens we arc
very certain.
temlihg, And, we believe, an Impartial
statement or history of the famous Taxon
use—long since put nt rest, but still too im
portant tu omit a register of, as a beacon for
the future.”
fly In the Convention of New-York,
the lollowing important sections have been
reported as parts of the state Constitution :
That the proceeds of all the lands lie-
longing to the state, not otherwise appropri
ated, which shall hereafter be sold or dispos
ed of, under the authority of the legislature,
together with the fond, denominated the
common school fond, shall constitute nnd
remain a perpetual fund, the interest of which
shall be inviolably appropriated and applied
tn the support of common schools through
out this state.
That no lottery slinll hereafter be nutlio-
ized in the state ; and (lie legislature shall
pass law*, to prevent the sale of all lottery
tickets, within the state, except in lotteries
already provided for by them.
That the legislature shall not pass any
laws, by which any person shall be compell-
d to attend upon, or support any place nf
public worship; or to maintain any minis
try against his consent, or which shall, in a-
ny manner, restrain the free exercise of re
ligious profession or worship.
Oy General Assf.mdlt.—A number of
members met yesterday in their respective
Chambers, and took the oaths prescribed by
(lie Constitution—to-morrow they will pro
ceed tn business ; the election of Governor,
we imagine, will take place on Thursday.
(jy The town of Milledgeville through
tile past summer and fall lias been extreme-
*ly healthy, and notwithstanding the warm
ness of the weather, was never more so than
at present. One. of our most active physi
cians remarked a week ago, that lie did not
know of a single person in the place confined
by fever.
fly The murderer Essex has bean con
demned to death in Effinghapi. The sen
tence of tile Court we understand, was, that
be should he hung before the Court-house
on the 3d inst.—his head tu he then severed
from his body and stuck on a pole opposite
the house where Sanders whom he killed
had lived.
fly Thn following is the most circum
stantial account we have seen of the murder
nf our late townsman John Lucas—Barney
Riley who committed the murder lias, it is
said, been put to death by the people of his
nation.—Editors Recorder.
FROM THR IMDEPKNDERT OAZrTTI.
DARING MURDER!!
Extract of a letter from 11. E. C. Dougher
ty, Esq. Principal Surveyor of the
district to the editor, dated
Chickasaw Purchase, Sept. 11.
“ Sir:—A horrid murdt 1 v.-as committed
eight or ten days since, on the road leading
from Reynoldsburgh to Natchez, near lit
state line, by a Creek Indian named Harney
Riley, on a Mr. JOHN LUCAS. He had
been exploring the country, and had em
ployed the Indian as a guide. Mr. Lueas
had two likely mules with him, and some
goods, the greater part of which lie had sold,
and was returning home. The Indian shot
him with a shotgun, stiipt him of his cloth
ing, tank every tiling he had and started for
the nations
“ Mr. Lucas before stated that he was from
Georgia, and had a family there—he was a
tall well looking ninn and appeared tn be
much of a gentleman. The Indian was a
tall, well made man, keen penetrating eye,
and a small bit out of the end of his nose.
11 The Indian was seen after he had com
mitted the murder, with the mules b. packs,
travelling very unconcernedly on the road
to the nation.
“ He had dragged the body of Mr. Lueas
about 200 yards from the road, and laid him
in a hollow Ing. Several of Mr. Lucas’s
teeth were knocked out.
“ Yours, &t-c.”
prize. The magnitude of the objects to he
undertaken may startle tho economist, but
on giving the subject due consideration,it will
be viewed in a very favorable shape. By
his bill the execution of the plan i* enirusted
to tho board nf public works.—The qualifica
tion required of the members are great, but
certainly in Urorgis can be found men whose
knowledge in the arts nod sciences, and the
integrity and patriotism of whom, will ensure
success to this great and important underta
king. Should tha bill in the present form
require amendment, the legislature will, no
doubt, wisely and judiciously exercise their
power upon it.—Washington News.
AUCTION.
On Saturday next, 10th inst
AH/TiTb-BE HOLD, in ft out of the Store of
Yv Charles W Nutter, the following COOL'S,,
to wit:
I Hlui. Imitation Rum ;
1 do Jamaica ditto;
ft bbls. Naples Brandy; i-
1000 lbs. Shear Moulds ;
2 setts China;
2 Trunksqf DRYGOODS;
3 Rifle Uuua.
M. HOPPER, AutCr.
November 8.
FOR THE RECORDER.
LET US COME TO THE POINT.
Governor Clurk—you may take my
word for it, the people are not satisfied
with this Yazoo business—they just now
begun to find out what it means—they
ulways knew there was something wrong
about it, but never knew the cue half be
fore ; they have just found out that
Georgia has been cheated out of a large
extent of territory, worth many millions
of dollars, &. this too, by bribery and per
jury. It is said you had some lined in
this corrupt business, some way or other
—some person who has written in the
papers ubout it, snys you was not at the
Legislature when this dirty business was
done, but that your name wns only put
down for so many shares, which were al
tera aids sold out—Now the people who
know you, say this wont do—they say
you would have suffered no man to use
your name for so base a purpose without
fighting through a regiment—they there
fore infer that you know something a-
bout this business, and can give them
satisfaction.
Governor Clark—did you not know,
or expect your name wus to be put down
for shares in this Yazoo purchase ?
Alter your name was put down, did
you not have a knowedge of it, nnd ap
probate the measure ?
Did you not quarrel with General
Gunn because your name was not used
tor a greater interest in this purchase ?
Did you receive any profit or did yon
directly or indirectly endeavor to be pro
fited by jhe sale of that land ?
These are plain questions which deep
ly involve your honor, nnd such ns the
dignity of your office does not forbid you
to answer.
The community are anxiously waiting
to see you clear yourse^from these
dreadful charges. Sureljgjfyty can take
the trouble to write a volume that your
children inay be assured you have been
right in one particular, and another in
dividual has been wrong, you can take
the trouble to answer a few plain ques
tions, that tour honor may stand unim
peachable, that ynur children may be
assured in this particular, you have also
been guilty of no error ; nnd still more,
that the community who have elevated
you to the highest oflice iu the state may
lie fairly satisfied of your innocence.
Ifyou do not give the people satisfaction
on this subject, I mn convinced the very
men who were elected to support you,
ill he instructed to vote against you—
Many persons are declaring they have
been blinded, and unless you set this mat
ter in a fair light, they are done with you.
I have required this to be published
until the session of the Legislature, so as
to give you a fair chance to answer it—
also, that it may be printed in rather u
larger type than ordinary, lest in the liur-
y of business you should overlook it.
A Friend to the Stale.
NEW GOODS.
T HE SUBSCRIBER hnving takeu the stand
formerly occupied by Mr. Isaac Newell, on
the enit side of the square, next door above Mr.
Jaillet’s, Is now receiving and opening a gene
ral assortment of
liowAa anvY GYoceTieft
direct from New-York, consisting of Cloths and
Cnsimeres, Flannels, plain and Agwed Bomba-
setts,Cambric?!, Muslins,Gingham
licos, Sarsnetts, Crapes, Sewing
Ineni, Ca
lais
Felices, Domestics, assortf,
Combs, Cut Glass Beads, Veil
Chains, Cotton Cards,
men’s, Mis»
Urandv, r
Together « nf many other articles too nan
roas to relate—all of which he will dispose of
oil the most reasonable terms for cash. Thn
Manufacturing of Tin Ware
will he continued os usual, and all orders meet
a prompt attendance. Gutters and Conductor*
made and put up nt the shortest notice.
A few elegant full trimmed Royal Areli and
Muster Mason's Aprons and Diplomas of tho
most approved patterns and forms, with other
Masonic Trimmings.
CHAUNCEY ROWE.
Milledgeville, Nov. 6. 39—4t
U* We are requested to announce Mr. Joins
L. Martin ii candidate for Receiver of Tax Ra-
turns of Baldwin county. Oct 30—It
C ONFINED in the JaUof Georgetown, (D,
C.) u negro fellow who calls himself
Ned Tucker or John Smith ,*
lie has a remarkable sear on hie upper lip, end
a large scar on ills forehead, low set. largo
mouth, his two up(ier foreteeth are rather wide
apart, a little grey, and somewhat bow-legged,
wssesscs good understanding—has seers on his
>aek as if from whipping, his legs have the ape
pcarance of having been scarified ; he seyi ho
is a good carriage driver, and bas been accus
tomed to go from Sparta to Augusta, and that
he Is a carpenter by trade—he is 6 feet 0 inch
es high, speaks confidently and in a supplicat
ing manner. This fellow said he belonged to
Mr Eleazar Early, Postmaster of Savannah,
who knows uoihing of him, but on seeing his
papers, Mr. Early says this fellow has stolen
them from a mau of his whom he had emanci
pated, by the nnine of Ned Tucker— the fellow
now calls himself Smith.
THOMAS BROWN, Constable.
Georgcton, (D. C.) Oct. 15. J9—3t
03** We are surprised that tho History of
the Yazoo Fraud, which appeared some
weeks ago in our paper, so impartial in its
details, and so eloquently written as to ex
tort admiration even from the friends ofYa-
zooists, has not been more generally repub
lulled iu the newspapers of our own state.—
In the northern papers it has been republish
ed with approbatory comments, and has
been deemed worthy of preservation among
the public documents. In Niles's Register
of the 13lh ult. we find it printed, with the]
We have been much gratified by the peru
sal of the draught of a bill on internal im
provements drawn by Col. E. Harden, and
which lie intends to submit to tile considera
tion of tile legislature nt tile approaching
session. We feel so anxious that some de
risive measures mny lie adopted on the in
teresting subject now before u9und we have
so often made it the leading article of our
remarks, that it must not lie surprising if we
have eagerly embraced the present opportu
nity, to say something more concerning it.
Besides, the plan of Col. Harden is so well
calculated to accomplish the desired objects,
that we could not resist the wish to t end
it public, and to give the author the praise lie
really deserves. The bill embraces improve
ments in roads and canals ; it is cuinprelien
sive in all its parts, and provides fur casualties
that must naturally grow out of it, if put in
operation.
The principal feature of the hill is the es
tahlishment ofa “Board of l'ulilic Works,"
whose duties are. well defined, and the pou
rs properly limited, with the necessary rein
edy for misconduct in the discharge of the
important trust confided. This board is to
consist of five commissioners, to be elected
annually by the legislature. They are to
give bonds and securities.—They are ac
countable for the sums of money that lie
legislature may place at their disposal, and
they are. required to rrport annually to that
hotly the state of the public works, the ex
penditurcs made iu prosecuting them, nnd tu
recommend such measures us they may think
well calculated to arcomplish the objects the
bill has in view. Tile office of topographical
engineer is abolished, its duties devolving up
on the commissioners, who are authorised to
employ assistants or such persons well qunli
fieii for the tn:.k, to act as surveyors. The
bill contemplates the opening nf» road from
Savannah to Augusta, and thence through
VVasb-ngton nnd Athens in the most direct
course towards Nashville, in Tennessee, as
far as the boundary of the nation of tin
Cherokees; another road from Augusta to
Milledgeville, and thence in the most direct
course to the seat of government in Alabama
as far as the boundary of tile nation of the
Creeks. It contemplates further, to rendc
navigable, the Oconee, Ocmulgee, Altauiaha
and Ogechee rivers, and the Savannah ri
ver to the confluence of the Togaloo and
Keowee, and the Togaloo as far as it is
thought expedient. It is required of the board
to ascertain the practibility of opening a com
munication by canal between the Savannah
and Ogechee rivers, or between the Altama
ha river and Turtle river near the town of
Brunswick in Glynn county.
The plan is very extensive; but if all the
icli Held and mea-1 . .. w , , I improvements contemplated arc practicable
dow, as far as the eye can reach, is covered followm 6 notice. We copy from th" I the means it resources of Georgia are fully
by an impenetrable mass of the whitest " Southern Recorder,” • concise,but highly adequate to meet the expenses of the enter.
Our Country.—Writers on the subject of
population, ure struck witii wonder at the
progressive enumeration of the U. States.
We ure unceasingly counting from hundreds
to thousands, and from thousands to mil
lions. Peace, Plenty, and “room enough”—
together with early marriages, ure certainly
tile primary causes of our wonderful in
crease. But it should also he taken into the
calculation, that many of our lair country
women are in the halut of bringing forth two
or three children at a time ; so that up honest
man may soon haven large family nhout
‘iim. Among other instances :—the wife of
Mr. Nathan Whitt, of Morrisvllle, (Penn.)
was on the 14th of last month, safely deliver
ed of three sons, whose aggregate weight u-
inounted to eighteen pounds. The account
adds, “ they arc all living Jz likely to live.”—
What would Burrow, were ho now “living
and likely to live," as these brave hoys are—
say to Ibis ? Would lie still insist that every
tiling degenerated in America ? Would he
not acknowledge that our Tennesseeans and
KentuckiansWe|;eas lurgeJz usbrave—our N.
Englanders as acute—our New-Yorkers an
commercial—our Philadelphians as grave—
our Baltimoreans as fashouahle—our Virgini
ans ns nobly ambitious—our Carolinians and
Georgians us polished and hospitable—our
Ohio-nns [gentle reader, which do you pre
fer, ans or esc] as thriving—our Louisianians
and Missourians as agricultural—and all our
women, maids, wives and widows, as hand
some, bandy, virtuous, and intelligent as any
in the world ? Let the comparison lie made,
and we defy any ualiiral philosopher of them
all, to shew better daughters, fonder wives,
or happier mothers. Where, then, i» the
wonder that in this country, population
thrives?—Charleston Gaz.
Shtiiff’s Sales.
TjTMLL BE SOLI), nt Tattnall Court-home,
▼ ▼ on the first Tuesday in December nett,
between the usual hours of tale, the following
profe-tv, to wit: m
CW8 acres pine Bud hammock land, with good
Improvements, lying In Tattnall countv, near
the Altauiaha river, nnd joining lands of the ei-
tute of Janies Joyce, whereon Silas Overstreet
now lives—also one negro man named George,
35 or 40 years old, one sett Blacksmith’s tools,
one 30 gallon still and worm—all levied on as
the property of Janies Cnswell, tosntisfy an ex
ecution in fevor ofthe State, and other execu
tions.
700 acres pine land with good improvements,
lying in Tnttuall county, on the waters of Wa
termelon creek, occupied by Richard Tulloi;
taken as bis property, to satisfy ari executiou in
favor of the State—property pointed out by said
lullos.
Also, one bay horse 6 years old, In the pos
session of Christopher. Mercer—also, one horse
li or 7 years old in the possession of Aaron Mat
tox, both taken as (he property of Silas Over-
street, to satisfy executions in favor of the State.
Terms cash.
3. B. STRIPLING, D. Sltf.
October 27.
>t Ivesday in
Ourt-house in
lND in the 4th dix-
_ ’490 acres, levied on as
zander Walden, to satisfy an
V of Elijah N. Hascal.
JAMES ALLEN, Sbff.
A greeable to an
Ordinary of Laurei
at the Court Horn
first Tuesday in Jai
Three lih
belonging tj
saubleaul
heirs.
November 3,
er of the Court of
ounty, will be sold
County, on (ha
F.GROESi
of Lewis P B. De
fer the benefit of tha
cREE, » .., n
WARREN. $ *"“»«•
30—Ids.
Carriage Making.
T HE SUBSCRIBERS respectfully inform
their friends and the public, that they have
taken a Shop on Washington street, fronting
the State-House, where they carry on the a-
hove business in all its various branches, and
have constantly on hand, a general assoitmant
of CARRIAGES of all descriptions.
All kinds of REPAIRING done with neats
ness and dispatch, by
WHITNEY U HUGHES.
November 5 39 3t
Qj'Mr. HENRY DARNELL, we are request
ed to slate, will lie a candidate for Harbor-Mas
ter for the Port of Savannah Nov. 6.
J\\Bt TleceivetY,
AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
21 Bags and 2 Tierces Prime Coffee ;
2 quarter casks superior Madeira Wine ;
2 pipes Holland Gin ; and
2U pieces Cotton Bagging.
CHARLES W. BUTLER.
November 5. 39—21.
KAN A WAY
F ROM the Subscriber
living in Burke coun
ty, near Wnynesborough,
on the 17th of Oct’r 1821,
a negro boy named
E L E Y.
lie is of a dark' coinplexioo, about twenty years
old nnd six feel high—he sometimes calls him*
self John. A reward of Twenty Dollars will
be given for the apprehension and delivery of
said negro to me, or Ten Dollars if secured is
aiiy safe Jail, so that I get him again.
, *OSEPH SHEWMAKE.
OctoliPr 28. 39—3\ t
Superfine, Ylour.
1^(1 Barrcis^Philadelphia superfine Flour,
v of the uew crop, just received and for
sale by
FOARD MALONE.
November 6. 39—tf.
IVfeuwvak
T HE SUBSCRIBERS have taken the Store
house on Wayne street, between the Book
and Shoe Stores, amt immediately opposite to
Messrs. Foard b Malone, where they are now
receiving and opening their supply of GOODS,
suitable to the preseut season.
E. f U. A. WOOD.
MilledgevUle, Nov. §. 39—St
RANAWAY
F ROM the subscriber living in Burke coun
ty, near Wnynesborough, Georgia, a ne
gro men named
BEN, tf his wife HANNAH, t
A reword of Ten Dollars will be given lo any*
person who will secure them in any safe Jau
so that t get them again, or twenty dollar* (oe
each, if deliveied to me.
JAMES TROWEL.
October 28.