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■ S i> rtdvioe, nnd return with ti*m, H «■$ M-
to the camp of the tvhite chief ®.d hpu to h«
' f/t Ay v ,. Accordingly, they arrived with the Chore Ire*
oti^Sundav, all mounted on ponies, and followed bv about
iiv of their warriors and squaws. 1 he Mhmnnp ar^tl w
, of the chiefs, viz: Micanopy, principal duel, Little
Cioud. (who commanded at the celebrated ha tile o.
tVahoup Swamp,) T«s-kc- ? ee ^h-ho-loo-chee, ToWioee,
Yahalo, Hoek-pos, Yahnlo, Kith, 1 eta b Hndjo, Wko-
n .,h Chi-ha-toh-filseo. Ah-hal.-iah-chucKee, Kal-schec-lus-
tf . lia -ve. (Sam Jones’ nephew,) hah-chee-tus-te.-nagre,
Ko chce-onah, Oo-sivce, also the ehiet Coa-hadjn, hw ais-
u .r, wife and three children Sam Jones also agreed to
i , 1,:-chief ltersuaded him to remain ami send
come in, lint Ills'" 1 ' i. . . - ,
. . _ , I :1 favorite warnor, to enquire of the white
chief ^V'lds'iniclc should be received as the other chiefs, for
he'said the white chief threatened last year, if ever Vie
• ' ,<du him, he would put him in woman's clothes and
him walk through the camp. The•Geneva) prepari ‘
RE FORT OF THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE
ON THE JUDICIARY.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Judniary have
had before them, “ A bill, to lie entitled an act to repeal a
part ot the fifteenth section of an art, entitled an act to
amend an act, entitled n:i act To incorporate the Georgia
Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia; to alter and
change the name of said company, and to give to the said
company banking powers and privileges—approved 14th
December, lo35.”
The clause proposed to le repealed by the bill under
consideration, wa.’s. by enactment of the. General Assembly,
made a pert of the charter of the Georgia Railroad and
Ranking. Company. The duty assigned to the committee,
therefore, involves the question, (a question of vital impor
tance,) whether the Legislature can repeal, alter, or amend
an act, conferring on individuals corporate powers and
franchises, without an express icservation in the act, of
, ., i that prerogative, and contrary to their known wishes. For
T( ,,;ts for them near his own, and gave them in the ceiling the purpose ol restricting the present inquiry, it will he
way all they desired. The next de.y, the Cherokee Dc- j assumed, as the truth is, that there is iu the act no such
potation were invited to the Gene ,^1’? tent, to render an uc- : reservation, and that the repealing act is contrary to the
count of their visit; after wh;. c fj ( Col. Sherburne was wife j known wislies of the corporators.
him, solus, for an hour ; t'.en the Seminole chiefs for about j ^ Acts ot Incorporation, technically called charters, are in
three hours. Micanopy stated explicitly, his intention to ! ineir nature essentially different from ordinary statutes,
abide bv ike treaty, ar.d go west; and some, it is said- want- , equally affecting the whole community, and having refer
... . V;-ce Jo the absolute- and relative rights ot individuals,
homo with them. They brought in great imniheir, in j I tie latter, intended for the well ordering ar.d good govern-
rs. Application - tpent of the State, creating i
ed to go with their Cherokee friends, and ipake
lion:
dressed and undressed dear skins, and G ,r
„ , ■ » i . --o go investment of rights, are,
was made bv them, to the General, to send to .hi. Autrus- ; and should be always subject to restraint, enlargement, or
tine for Oseola, and also to send Kind words to-Aam Jones, .repeal, as the wisdotn of the Legislature, aided by the
by some o\e of the Cherohecs, with an oa?> led hoi »e, that lights ot experience, may suggest. The perfection of
he might come in with all his followers; that lie was not j a system of government, by such alterative enact-
uily very old, but had the rheumatism too bad to wan..— ) meats, is the highest duty imposed upon the Legislature.
Jb'u, manv of the officers ot rank volunteered their serv i- i out that depart me fit has other and distinct duties assigns
ces to go Vvilh the Chcrokces and invite Sain Jones to come j to it, in the discharge of which its acts assume a ditleien
in, amori'r them was Col. G. , but as yet the General has - character. It may alien the domain, pledge the faith, o
not mule'll;) his mind how to act; and the army still remain j release the uebtor of the State. All these and manv other
quiet here. Rumour says, lie intends to call a great conn- j acts of like character, it may do by contract, thus vesting
c . ) to-morrow. j 1H individuals rights, as sacred as any they can acquire by
The council lias bee t called, and lasted three hours ; at . contract with other individuals. If other guarantee to pri-
whirh was Wieauopy and all the Semiiiolcs, the. Cherokee i vale rights, accruing under such a contract, than the plight-
d, .nutation, and ail the officers of the army now at this | ed both of the sovereign contracting party, be required, it
q. and it was concluded that the Cherokee deputation : may be bumd in the Constitution of the United Slates;
T"' ■ i an ,l bring in Sam .tones and his foilovvets, j that instrument ordains, that *‘no State shall pass any law
. ,, j ■. nern'cw; and oilier warriors were se- i impairing the obligation of contracts.” Surelv, if there
accompanied by ms nvp>- .. - * - - -
t ar]( j in'inff iu the women and children and j be one class of centraets more guartfcd, or more hallowed,
l " L " j fto firing in the cattle, &c. &e.; and all j than all others, it embraces thuse to which is attached a
iiere
lectc
-warrioi
]'!,T(iarey’s' Fe'ivy on business as regards receiving or dis-
clianfei
comprebeaiftive, beniheem spirit which aliould actuate the
law givers of a free and flourishing commonwealth.
1 he committee, believing that the passage of the bill in
question, would be unnecessary, improper and pallia! legis
lation, recommend that the Senate take no farther action up
on it.
- for ten days. Gen. .Jesup hi
the volunteers from Tennessee, &r. All are now
certain (if having peace; and all is hilarity here, with
strong expectations of the return ot the Cherokee d.-pma-
tion with another strong haul ol bemu.oles and Mickiwa-
j iC es and Sam .Tones. Should any thing occur worth wnt-
i,„; 9 ho.it t before the return of the messengers, you shn.I
hear from me. Until then, I must in haste close, as the
.boat is about going off.
] am. respectfully youis.^ See.
p .§ General Jesup will send to Washington, ngreea-
tfliv to instruction from the Secretary of War, and under
^horm uf Col- Sherburne, Micanopy, king J hilhp, Useola,
and about a dozen other chiefs, as will he bere-
ir Great Father, and hav
Goahadjo.
State’s corporate seal—the higli pledge ot a sovereign’
honor.
Is the act of incorporation brought nndcr review by the
biil before the committee, ol that solemn character?
Jt has given to certain individuals—stockholders, corpo
rate existence, rights and powers, for a term of years ;.the
exercise ot those rights and pow ers, constitutes the essence
ot their being, the vis vita, by which they are seen, and
felt, and known. During that term of years, and whilst they
continue faithfully to discharge their corporate duties, to
1 ullil the end of their being, can the Legislature aribtrari-
ly repeal their charter and destroy their vitality? If it
may not do this, it is fearlessly affirmed, that it cannot, by
way ot amendment, take away any single corporate fran
chise or power. They who hold the opposite proposition,
oust be prepared to contend, that the Legislature may, by
q r tei on a visit to their Great rather, and nave i must be prepared to contend, that rite Legislature may, L>y
j*im rorfrrm nil that will be done by Gen. Jesup—and give j indirpetion, do that, which it cannot directly accomplish.
the l’n*' : dert a Seminole song and dance, which they can j Suppose a corporation, invested with ten corporate powers,
do'in fine style- Ten more warriors have just come in to
■chiefs and give up their rifles, ar.d say more are
and ten Lolls introduced by as many different Senators, each
aiming a. death-blow at one ol them, by wav of amend
ment, and no two at the same. Now each amending act
is entitled to equal favor with the others. If the Le
gislature may constitutionally pass one, it may all Ike
others; and all being passed, where is the corporation—
where its franchises—what the evidence of its existence?
i To claim the authority, therefore, for withdrawing one sub-
tar.tive right, by way of amendment, is to claim the oulhu-
py.iiul a re|in;suin.iu.o vi —, v y , - ; rity for repealing the charter. That a charter is a con-
•jve. other Chiefs, held a talk ; they have a green to tot ttiu« j between the government and the corporators, is a pro-
laid down bv the General, and have sem out umnci s to t..e j ,, os j t ; <nl long established and well settled among jurists,
different tribes, with instructions to iomt m tor.-w.in. ^ There is in every case a definite and valuable conside-
Some of the runners have been allowed 4 i i>y ^ '"on. , j ra[ q un tlJ the Government, sometimes pecuniary, as in the
und others 10—which is the longest time. I i.nn.' "' may | cilgc 0 p a bonus, usually (as in this case) an important puL-
now safely say the war is over. Micanopy an t..- ou.i i ^ jj c sel . v j ce to | )e rendered, or benefit to he secured to the
citizens composing the commonwealth. The accomplish-
see tneir <
on tiieir way- .
Ti e. chief Ueliee Billv died, in the out at bt. Augustine,
on Saturday, the ‘25th ultimo.
Correspondence ol the Savannah Repuhhcan. _
Four Mem.ok, (Lake Mntirop.) Dec. o.
To-day, Gen. Jesup andtheConiic.il headed by Mien no- j
j.,,1 ;i representative of Sam Jones, (i*» nephew) with j
. held a talk ; they have agreed to toe terms | tr
chiefs dal not offer to go themselves, but seat men as mes
sengers, in whom they could rely.
Extract of n letter received in Savannih, dated,
TjAKK IIeunky, Nov. 23.
\t 3 o’clock this morning, we returned to-the Lake, after
having gone up the river with the steamboat McLean,
m-u-h miles, where we grounded in 3A feet water. I h'din?
n would he difficult to get off’ before night, Lieut. I’lctell
started in the yawl boat with the captain of the McLean,
mate and two'lmnds at about half past four P. M., to de
termine the character of the river above. In a short time
alter leaving the bimt, the parly entered a lake Ji mites
long, and two others ; fterwards, connected by straits, tue
last 1 of which is about 250 yards wide. At the distance of
>dx miles front the steamboat, or 13 or 14 miles from the
head Ol Lake Homey, the branches generally seem to
units, jmd the channel is contnieted to a. w idth ot sevetf Or
eight yards, for more than one mile, when it again opens
out into a beautiful lake, one msie in diameter. Inis is tae
bend of the St.John's river.
In going up. Lieutenant 1’. was very pai tir.idar that no
branch should pass unexplored on either side of the river.
The jiaov ••• <oe river until ihc-.y arrived at the head.
The grass around the head is a high .-e.-,-.., the water fresh,
and from three to five feet deep. This expedition has de
termined a very important matter, ns connected with our
opei a: ions against the Indians, as well as with the geogra
phy of the.ronntrv, having penetrated the everglades to toe
source of the St.John’s river, which has been as perfectly
unknown to the while man, and perhaps the red, as the
sources of the Nile are to the Alexandrians at its mouth,
'i ke steamboat might have approached nearer to il; in tact,
some of the water above is ten to twelve leet in depth.
incut ol tiits essential
corporate existence, tin.
leiture of the charter.
CONG HESS
Lirs
„i„ c Mondav. The Vice I’residetit, in conformity I
iod, is what we call the end of the
failure to effect which, works a for-
Muy the State, then, violate the
whole, or any provision of such a contract, whilst the other
natty is honestly and industriously' fulfilling its engage
ments ! The committee are aware, that recently, a doc
trine has been promulgated from high authority, that the
sovereign people, in their primary assemLiies, had the legal
power ami the moral right, to abrogate and annul a charter
granted by the Legislature, in all due form ot law, and not
forfeited by its recipients. But they had supposed tiiat ibis
startling doctrine h.-id been exploded by a virtuous people,
under the advice of enlightened jurists, ere it attained to
the enviable antiquity of a nine-days’ wonder. They hud
also sit noosed ttijt-’the original and bold innovator, who
has the Loner of its par ;:: v, cfittfcdvd that ‘' decent re
spect lor the opinions of the rest ot uia.ikmd,’' required,
'* that the power to annul chartered rights, should . e trace.,
to a source higher than that W hich granted them.” A re
cognition of the principle tints restricted, were shame
enough, and die committee would fain hope, that Georgia
is not prepared for the deeper degradation of devolping
i more f ully this germ of modern agrarianism,
j It is contended, however, that that part of the charter
| which is proposed to be repealed, is it.-oif uuconstilu-
j tinnui, and the re lure should be annulled. The Committee,
1 believing that it is not the prerogative of the General As-
j sembly to determine this question, feel that they are pre-
i eluded from discussing it, however thorough their couvic-
j tiou that the position is untenable. Tiiat the Legislature
| is fully justified L: repealing a public law, equally uffeot-
j -nig all the citizens of the Slate, by reason of iis unconsti-
I tulionaiily, no one will question. But where by virtue of
! any statute, public or private, rights (lave been vested in,
. , or are enj wed by individuals, no authority other than the
Both Houses adjourned on 1 nui.-i.ay ^ ast, to n.t < t ii>,iun . j, )t |; e | a j ls competent to divest them, by declining ihe law
unc institutional. The settlement ot such
qu
the . ... ... ... . _ . . . .
ton. motion adopted on V ednesday, authoiizing mm t•> si -
leer the Standing Committees, announced the foilowing:
On Foreign Relations.—Messrs.Buchanan, lailmadge,
Clnv of iventuckv, llivcsand King.
On Finance— Messrs. Wright, W ebster, Nicholas, Ren
ton, and Hubbard. __ _
On Commerce— Messrs. King ol Alabama, D«vts,
lirown, nnd Norvt'll. ^
On Indian AJJ'airs.—Messrs. White, bevu-r, lipton.
Linn, and Swift.
On Mannfachircs—Mcstrs. Niles, Buchanan, I reston.
Strange, and Bierce. r i ectuniiv entitled to the protection of the law; v. i
•As—Messrs. W aikcr, I niton, Clay of | ^ ^ g , ^
On Public Land
Alabama, Allen, nnd Prentiss. . !
On Private Land Claims.—Messrs. Linn, Sevier, Ray- :
ard, Martin, and Lyon.
On Post Office and Post Roads.—Messrs. Robinson, i
Grindv. Kuigtit, Brown, and .Viles.
On Claims.—Messrs. Hubbard, Tipton, Crittenden, j
Spence, and \ oimg. .
On Revolutionary Claims. Messrs. Brown, A ■ lute,
Crittendon, Norvoll, and Smith of Connecticut.
Oil the Jndietary.—Messrs. Grundy, Morris, Wall,
CTnvton, and Strange.
On Sami Affairs—Messrs. Rives, Southard, Tall-
mrnlge, Cuthbett, and U iliiams.
Oil Agriculture—Messrs. Smith of Connecticut, Spence,
Linn. M Kean, anil Buirk.
On Military Affairs.—.Messrs. Beaton, Preston, Tipton,
Wall, and Allen. ...
On Militia. —Messrs. Wall, Swift, Clay.of Alabama, j
Mouton, and Smith of Indiana. j
On Paten's and. Patent Offer..—Messrs. Haggles, |
Stran'i', Davis, Prentiss, and Robinson. ^ I
On Roads and Canals.—Messrs. lipton, M Kean, I
Nicholas, Young, and Lyon.
I volves the construction of constitutional law with irnrne-
; diatc reference to private rights, which is universally e,-
i teemed rite highest aiul most responsible exercise, of ju-
| dicial power—the appropriate function ot minds richly
! stored with legal learning "and familiarized by long
j and laborious training to its practical application. If the
, clause, which it is proposed to repeal he palpably uncon-
! slilulicnal, it is morally certain, that on proper application
1 tiie Judiciary will so declare it. li tiie question rest in
j doubt, and if its decision involve the adjudication of con
flicting claims between natural and artificial pert sirs, both
the
question
t l ,rcs
constituted
tiom that co-ordinate department, e
for the judicial adininistraiion of justice?
But again, il the question he now encompassed with
doubts, wifi the action of this Legislature dissipate those
doubts ? Let us see. Suppose tiie hill uniter considera
tion nitssed, expressly repealing the recited clause, by rea-
I son ofita uncOaslitationaiity ; and suppose it admitted (for
1 tiie argument) tiiat tiie Legislature may repeal an uncon-
I stituuoual law, intended to vest private rights. We should
j then have the expression of the Legislature passing the law,
I that it is constitutional, and of the Legislature repealing
| the law, that it is unconstitutional. Now “ c.r concessis,”
. toe repealing power of the second Legislature, depends up-
j on the uncoustitutionaiity i f the repealed law. The one
i or the other is confessedly unconstitutional—they emanate
I from the same authority, and upon the decision between
i them, must depend the issue of the conflict between the
i natural and artificial persons whose rights are affected. Ju
j tuis state of things must there, not necessarily still be a re
sort to the judiciary to determine tiie question ? is there
' an escape from it ? If then that be the inevitable result, the
committee submit to your honorable body, whether parties
houlil not be left to resort directly to that de-
p . t, compiamin
On Pensions.—Messrs. Morns, 1 rentiss, 1 lerce, itoane, j p artment ,,f t i,e Government for redress of tiieir grievances,
nnrl Williams. j They further submit whether the contemplated action of
On the District of Columbia.—Messrs. Koanc, n n- , ^, e G en end Aasembiy would not be an encroachment upon
lium;, Nicholas, Sucnce, and Bayard. ^ j til0 perogative of a,co-ordinate branch of the Governnient.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the | ’funs far the committee have confined iheir remark* to
Senate.—Messrs. M Kean, Fulton, and Black. ^ the first section of the act refered, hut they consider tiie
On F.iigrossed Dills.—-Messrs. Clay of Alabama, Smith j geco , l( f section no loss objectionable. It purports to bede-
of Indiana, and Norveil. . ! claratpfy (in part) of the intention of tiie Legislature,
After tiifc committees were announced, several petitions, j expressed in a previse, to the fifteenth section of
upon various miscellaneous subjects, were referred, to the j ^ act tQ 'i J0 amended. That proviso declares, that
several sta ailing cool minces. . _ j “ no difference ea disagreement bctw.eeh ; the company and
Mr. Walker. Chairman of the Committee on I’ublic ! an% . | ant i_ Uo Ulei*, shall operate by injunction or otherwise to
Lands, reported a b,11 in reference to the sales, &c.., of tiie i su }eru i t ( ie progress of said work, &c.” Tim a mending
Government land'. The hitt w as read twice by its tiR’N I <etf ii oa declares, “ that nothing in the said fifteenth sekiou
ami referred to the Committee <n Bublic Lauds. Jr. emhni- , ^ ^ l)(j SQ cons:rue d as to a'utaorizc a denial of the writ of
<— ,hl ' provisions recommended l,y the President in the j j;, llncri!>n t0 a party aggrieved, etc.” Now this can only
tne« a ge, and will be one of the e,e.'.. cst subjects discus- j ^ jljU> a d’rectttiutojudicial officers not toconsirue
sed in the Senate.
Tint Goveexoii’s Veto.— The excrci>e"of t!fi s high
power always excites much feelimr; and it requires no small
share of moral courage in an officer to mft.te use of it,
One oi the f lr<1 t acts of G'lveruor (ailmer has been to si-off
back tn the Legislative body a Resolution authorizing the
payment of $30,(130 to a body of troops raised in Georgia
for the Seminole war.
His reasons appear to us to he good and sufficient. The
troops, he says, have been raised without authority from
the State or the United States. The requisition for troops
from this State, had been withdrawn previous to the enlist
ment of these men; and Gen. Nelson had no order, and
held no commission from either Government, justifying
such a course.
He thinks these troops would be injurious rather than
beneficial to the prosecution of the war. Added to this
a:i net :i•’Tenable to its plain letter and manifest intent.
T here inn tlioproviso neither ambiguity nor intricacy, it is
a legal restraint upon the pow-or of injunction reposed bylaw
in utc Superior Courts of Georgia, and the amending section
instructs the J udges by construction to annul that restraint.
In other words it instruts the Judges by construction
t 0 deprive this cmnpauy of an important charter privilege.
Ti,;s is the more remarkable, inasmuch, as it is quite noto
rious that a judge of the Superior Court has reccntL, ad
judged this very restraining previso to he constitutional.
This section, therefore, is obnoxious to the strictures made
upon the first, and to this further con jemnetion, that it evi
dent !y essays to do by indirection what the Legislature can
not directly effect. 1 he Section proceeds, “ nor shed! the
said company have power by any process or proceeding to
divest the osviter or owners of any land, through, or un
mi. ...... — , *'I‘ ; cn kne said railway or its appendages shall be construe-
they are drawn from the Cherokee country where their pres- j fed, of the fee simple in too same, except b_> < ee , n.e.y
enc.e is needed, as the time is approaching for the remoy. j and voluntarily given for a consideration to he agitet upon
al of the iudiaas
time is hpj
are very reluctant to leave,
bv the parties-
A brief notice, it is believed will suffic
• * ‘■‘•e niutu.n *v IP > til V > V l J I'.lUelUill) IV.UV I rfj t.;.- M - |
Ho deems such a resolution unconstitutional as it militates ■ lor this part ot the section, lather thouetto e amen e
ctainst the provisions of the Constitution, which provides confers “ the power’ herein recited, or it does not. b «
hat no money shall Re drawn from tho treasury except hv does. any.legislation divesting it, is improper for the n a-
nrirour'ind t i 1 .1 cci<rnpf . Tf it flOeS IlOt, Ull aUCIl iCITlSillclOn
that
appropriation ; na Je by law.
Ihe reasoning of the Governor we think royst be deem
ed conclusive, and though it may bear hard upon the intli-
v 'dna|< ) they will see its truth, and cheerfully accord to
Governor purity of intent.ou and correctness of con-
the f
duct
I ront the debate that occurred on the original passage
of the resolution, we think, ;tu attempt was made to turn
it into a party question,. We cannot conceive how it can
i^m.tde to turn on such a pivot. If the troops have been
ratserl ky authority „f t he State, she is hound to pay them
d not, not. is simply a question of fact-easily ascertain-
c- , and with .which party politics can have nothing to do.—
Drunmcifk "Advocate.
s already assigned. Il it does not, all auch legislat
is unnecessary.
In conclusion, the committee cannot forbear to notice ano
ther characteristic of the bill under consideration. Whilst
there are other incorporated companies in the .State having
thoTike powers, and privileges, this bill seems to he levelled
against one only. Are the citizens, whose rights are sup
posed to ha invaded bv the operations ot this company,
more entitled than others, to the fostering care of the Gen
eral Assembly? Have they anv peculiar claims to exclu
sive legislation ? Is this devoted company to he the victim
trpoti which the fiery zea! of experimental reformers shall
exhaust itself; oris this but the entering wedge to a level-
line svstern, of legislation !. Does it evince that Intelligent,
PUBLIC MEETING IN BURKE.
At a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of
Burke County, from every section thereof, held at the Court
house in IVayncsborough, on Friday, the 24th November,
1337, (during the session of tire Superior Court.) Major
George W. Kvass was called to the Chair, and George
H. Harris appointed Secretary.
The billowing preamble and resolutions were offered, and
advocated by Co!.'A. J. Lawsos, Senator from Burke in
the State Legislature; and. after some discussion between
him and Major MutFORD Marsh, by whom they were
strenuously opposed, they were unanimously adopted, with
the exception of one dissenting voice:
Whereas a great question lias arisen in the moneta
ry affairs of the Confederacy, which vitally concerns the
interest and principles of the people pf the respective
Srates ; and it therefore becomes their duty and that of
then: representatives, to deviate tiieir opinions and wishes,
tiiat they may he properly considered and respected in
the decision which may ultimately be made. The con
test for a Federal Bank, which has agitated the country
at various periods from the very foundation of the Go
vernment, nnd which is plainly one between aristocracy
and wealth on the one hand, and labor and industry on
the other—betvvten the friends ot the Constitution, and
those who, under every change of party r.ume, have inflexi
bly aimed to render tiiat sacred instrument subservient to
the purposes of sectional inteiest—a strong government
and irresponsible power is again forced upon the States
and people by tiieir old Federal opponents, ami those of
Georgia are again forced to array themselves on the side
ot liberty and the Constitution, in the position they have
ever occupied since the establishment of the Confederacy.
That Congress lias no authority to create a Federal Bank,
is evident from the absence of any grant of such autho
rity in the Federal Constitution, the only warrant of their
action of any kind—and that the absence of any giant to
that effect, is the result, riot of any oversight or omission,
hut of positive and absolute hostility to such an institution,
on the part of the framers of the Constitution, is iucou-
testi'olv proved bv the rejection of propositions, both to
authorize a Federal Bank, and the creation of corpora
tions generally, in the Convention which constructed that
great charter. And to make assurance doubly sure, the
constitutional currency of gold and silver was the only one
recognized by the Federal Government, or used iu the
receipts and disbursements of the revenue for two years
tifter the adoption of the Constitution. Yet in the very
face of these conclusive facts, the old Federal, now M big
party of the Union, after failing to ingraft their Banx
principles upon the Constitution itself, have even contend
ed for them against it, combined with the Bank, wealth,
and aristocracy, while the old Republican, now Stale
Rights party, devoted to the Constitution and the prin
ciples ol liberty and free government it sustained ; and
disdaining to tamper with ri.-hts and principles so vital,
for the sake of any sectional or party temptations of inte
rest or expediency, have as delerminute-ly upheld them
against al! the assaults and encroachment of power, but
unhappily not always with the success which their patri
otism ai.d devotion would seem to have deserved. The
Banking power of the country, aided by the old Federal,
now W iiig party, ha* succeeded in securing to itself the
credit of the Government, and changing tiie constitution
al ciirrnaw of gold and silver to one of their own pa
per. The results are, a monopoly of the Government cre
dit by northern capital, first: through a Federal Bunk, and
then the Skate Bunks selected us the depositories of re
venue, by which that capital ha» obtained an undue influ
ence over tho commerce of the country, completely over-
siiiidowing that of the South, and securing almost the en
tire exports und imports of the country, founded almost
exclusively on the great staple* of the South, to the Nor
thern port*. The collection of the revenue iu Bank pa
per has increased the demand For such paper, and inte
rested the Banks iu high tariff' duties, besides having the
us - e of tin* revenue between its receipts and disbursements
free of interest. The number of Banks thus unnaturally
pampered and stimulated, has'increascd loan amazing and
alarming extent The producing labor and industry of
the country has been placwd completely iu the power and
at the merry of the banks. The commerce of tho coun
try have b;ja p.-jit r.ua.1—almost annihilated. Specie
has been banished from circulation. T ha principle that
hank paper should represent specio, and be convertible
into it on demand, has long been merely seminal; and tho
bank pnpvr generally of the country, with vary few ex
ceptions, is now wholly irredeemable, and wholly unre
stricted i:i its issue*.
This unfortunate and aiarmingstatc of things culis loudly
on the people mid the Governinfiit for reform; and the as
pect, of tho times gives some hope that it may he effected,
if the former are true to ihnmselves. and the great princi
ples of tiie Constitution. Tli* people of Georgia are not
ijP'rile to credit, or a credit cut rency on the part of the
Stale Ranks, under proper checks and guards; but against
a federal bai.S in ?verv shape, they are utterly opposed;
and we, their represented* n Legislature, so
lemnly pruiesL against the creation ,J i ant «ueu bank, and
demand of the State’s representatives, in bottr hv'4?P3 v '
Congress, the utmost exertion ot their efforts, to effect a
“Tuduul return to the old constitutional currency ou the
■•art ..r U.o I. lining tbe iiioo or COUH-
teiiancp of paper money, wholly to the existing State insti
tutions. We behove this may lx* effected, by the adoption
of whs; is now termed tiie Sub-Treasury system,” which
we recognize ns nothing more than the old system of the
Constitution, operating immediately after the adoption of
111at. instrument, and for w hich the people of Georgia have
always entertained, in common with the great Republican
party of the confederacy, in opposition to a federal hank,
of any kind.
We believe that such a sy»'tam will not only advance the
great principles of free trade, and leave commerce and in
dustry unshackled, but that by rendering a specie circulation
necessary, in rite receipts and disbursements of the revonue,
it will effectually restrain the banks from over issues, by
requiring them to keep always on hand a suitable amount
of specie, in proportion to their paper circulation, and will
render them the advocates of free trade. Jow duties, a limit?
ed revenue, and economy in the disbursement* of tho Gov
ernment. as the most certain means of limiting the general
demand men them for specie, in payment of their paper ;
inasmuch as that demand must necessarily be proportioned
to the amount of ihq revenue collected and disbursed in it.
it is believed, too. that under such a system, (the unequal
and unjust protection of northern capital-, through tho cre
dit and resources of the Government, being withdrawn,)
the foreign commerce of the country will he left to a fair
and equal competition,and the South may confidently hope,
with till iis national resources and advantages, that its
sen oorts and foreign commerce, heretofore prostrated by
that unjust course of favoritism, will speedily revive and
flourish, as they did before its- commencement, in the crea
tion of a federal hank, trod taut its great staples, and the
imports which pay for them, will be no longer erroneously
taxed, to sustain art unnecessary, expensive, protracted and
indirect communication with Europe, through the North
ern ports—our own ports, under a fair and equal competi
tion of capita! and industry, being fully adequate to all the
purposes of a direct trade with those nations which con
sume our produce, and furnish our articles ot consumption.
Yet, wishing to avoid, as far as possible, all rash and
sudden changes which may materially affect existing inter
est. we are willing and desirous, tiiat this return to tiie old
constitutional principles, and currency of tlm Government,
shnli be mode gradual and easy, by a partial reception of
the paper of specie paying banks, together with specie for a
certain numb r of years, so graduated, that the proportion,
as to specie, and the entire revenue, shall be lessened each
year, till finally excluded altogether.
While elitertaing nnd advocating these principles, as the
osi!v true and constitutional ones', we disclaim all feelings nr
notions thereto, hostife to .the natural and proper interest,
or rights of the northern people, ortbeir capital, commerce
or industry. Ail we ask of. tiie government is, that freedom
of trade, capital, and industry, guaranteed by the < lunslilu-
tinrt, to tho whole confederacy, which alone can afford in a
-fair competition; atal which, above all things else, will
strengthen our regard for the Union, and other federal in
stitutions, and cheek those sectional jealousies and hostili
ties, which cannot fail to be generated und promoted even
to ultimate separation, by unjustly and wantonly persever
ing in any course of sectional favouritism, rendering one
of the confederacy tributary to another, and de
feat equitable balance of rignts and duties, bene
fits and burthens, established by the Constituri m over all.
1 he re ft > re, re sol vea,
That we consider a federal bunk, of any kind, uncon
stitutional, inexpedient, and dangerous to iihetiy.
That vye are equally opposed to the existing leagues oi
State b? ns depositories of tlu Government revenue,
and a’cuts iu the reception and disbursement thereof;
bcheviog them, so fur, virtually a federal banc, to til! in
tents a.ul purposes, and in the worst possible s-napu, and
as equally unconstitutional, and iucx-pedicut-, nnd utterly
dangerous. , . c
That wo approve of. an entire divorce of bank and state
"■raduallv, as already suggested, ami believe the Sub-irea-
surv svstem, now so called, in ns genera l principles and ob
jects, ami under proper re.-T.ricf.ons, tube the true and on.y
system the Constituli'»n. . . , *
That we confidently believe these princi^es and opm-
ions to be those of the people generally of the Stale of
Georgia ; and do, thcrefot
forward in this momentou -
and also, to join us in the injunction, now hereby made,
upon their Representatives in tho State Legislature, and in
Correress. to use tiieir utmost effort# to promote their re
cognition and establishment, by Federal legislation, through-
out the whole confeaeracy.
On motion of Gen. Joseph D..Thomas, .
Resolved, That the proceedings ot this meeting be sign
ed bv the Chairman and Secretary, and published in the
Southern Recorder and Federal Union.
Ou motion, the meeting theu adjourned.
u • GEO. W. EVANS, Chairman.
Geo. K. Harris, Secretary.
Truk Philanthropy-True Wism».—Tbe Conven-
tio . now in session to amend the Constitution of I ennsyl-
nia, have adopted a provision, tout all jne-chitdren m the
Commonwealth shall be educated at the public expense.
The details of the scheme, if uny . we have not seen-
portion
strovinar
eiirnefciJy ruijuedt them to stt p
crisis, and declare them openK ;
• ' _ | .■ , U ■> v • -.
Tbe oonception it most magnificent, uml worthy of tlw
great State which luis originated it. The benefits which
will result from it, will prove incalculable blessings to the
whole population.
In a Republic like ours, where all power res id on with the
bodv of the people, such a thing as an ignorant and unlet
tered man ought not to be found. It i* the part of wisdom
and patriotism to give the widest diffusion possible to the
rays of light among all classes of the people; and tiie State
which adopts the principle of educating its children, estab
lishes its free institutions upon the broadest and most endu
ring basis.—Richmond Whig.
Colleges in the Usited States.—Judging by the
extent and complexity of the machiney for instruction in
our country, its people ought to be the. best informed in the
world. The United States contain 95 colleges/ Their
distribution among the States, is as follows :
Maine 2; New Hampshire 1; Vermont 3; Massachu
setts 3; Rhode Island 1; Connecticut 3; New-York 6;
New Jersey 2; Pennsylvania It); Delaware 1 ; Maryland
4; District of Columbia 2.; Yirgiuia 5; North Carolina 2;
Soutlt Carolina 1; Georgia 1; Alabama 3; Mississippi 3;
Louisiana 3: Tennessee 5; Kentucky 7; Ohio 11J Indiana
3; Illinois 5; Missouri 6; Michigan 2.
These are colleges for instruction in the general sciences.
Besides these, are 12 Law-schools, 2(i Medical, and 35
Divinity Schools. The number af students in 11 oi the
Law schools, is 229, in 20 of tiie Medical. 2489, and in
30 of the Divinity-schools, 1058. The numbers in the rest
are not returned.
Five of the States contain more colleges than Virginia.
[Southern Literary Messenger.
The Exploring Expedition.—We iearu. says the
New-York Courier, with regret, that the broad pennant of
Commodore Jones, of the Exploring squadron, now lying
in the harbour, was struck on Tuesday, and that the Com
modore has left for tiie South. The state of his health is
such, that, he will be probably unable to rejoin the expedi
tion. This will lead to some further delay in tins impor
tant enterprise—at a time when it was on the point oi being
fairly underway.
Flour.—The Albany Daily Advertiser of the 5th inst.,
states that twenty-three thousand barrels of flour arrived
in New York ou Sunday and Monday—mostly on Monday,
more than a hundred thousand barrels are iu the canal and
on tiie river, on their way to this city.
Agriculture.—The Legislature of Massachusetts, at
its last session, appointed a commissioner to survey the
State, with a view of ascertaining its agricultural resources.
This'officer, in the discharge of his duty, is visiting the
villages, and, as far as possible, tho different farms. In
manv instances, the farmers have held meetings, for tho
purpose of aiding him iu his pursuits. His examinations
are rigid and thorough, and it is expected he will collect a
large amount of most valuable information, iu relation to
the soils, crops, tillage, and the various subjects connected
with agriculture.
Would not some similar course bo attended with good
effects in this State?—Brunswick Advocate.
The People’s Currency.—The crew of the United
States ship Peacock were paid off last week, and if the eyes
of certain person’s in a certain quarter did not cease to dis
tinguish day-light from darkness, it was not for the waut of
Jack’s blessings. These poor fellows, who have beeo buf-
fcltirig the billows on a threo years cruiso, (and we have the
authority of tiie officers for saying thus no crew ever
performed their duty more faithtully.) had on their return
home, the recompense of their long toil and suffering in the
service of the country, tendered to them in a currency
which, however good it may he at the place where it is is
sued, cannot bo made available for the supply of their wauts
beyond it. without a discount. It was in vain that
those creditors of the Government asked for a portion of
specio to puv their expenses on their journoy to their homes
—they were told that the Government had provided no
such commodity to pay with, though it enforces spncio
from its debtors. So tbs houest tor, after turning bis quid,
scratching his head, hitching up Li« unmentionables, and
acting over all the characteristic motions expressive of vex
ation—wife a sprinkling of oaths aud oxocrations in thu in
tervals, like tho music in a molo drama—stuffed hU ffaiu
splastors into his fob, and saiiied forth to find some accom
modating Shylock to convert thorn into specie, upon his
own terms. Reader, whether you are a Whig or au Ad
ministration roan—’Whether you are a Conservative or a
Logo Foco, it matters not—if you are a man, you cannot
fail to think with us, thuttkose dyO-hircD who aro knocked
about the ocean iu all weathers and iu all climates, and
ready at any moment to sacrifice life and limb iu the ser
vice of tho country and for the honor of the “ star spangled
banner,” have as equitable claims upon our worthy Secreta
ry of the Treasury for their small pittance of $12 a month,
u gold and silver, as members of Congress have for their
U-earned $3 a day.—Norfolk Herald.
Newly invrntsd Coaoh.—A coach that will not npsot
lias been iuvonted by a Mr. Stafford, iu England, It is de
scribed as fellows:
“ The body, instead of resting, as is usually the case,
upon spring* below, is poised upon two upt ight supporters,
rising from the beds and axles, and passing up between tiie
body and tho boots. The tops of these supporters are sur
mounted by elliptic springs, on which the body i* so sns-
-■otided, that on meeting inequalities on the road, the centre
of gravity t>i the vehicle is freefe adjusted, and the liability
to overturn is completely ccn^u«r*u.
One of t!i»se coaches was iataly pm,!* c ’y triad at Not
tingham. An experienced whip took the re,.**; ike coach
was drawn by four spirited horses, and Lad, iusiu* and out,
the full complement of passengers. Iu descending the hill
to New Radford, it was several tiroes intentionally, when
running at the top of speed, suddenly swerved off the road,
the near wheels working upon a bank three feet high, and
tiie off wheels iu the drain. In each emergency tiie couch
retained its vertical position, like a mariner’s compass, so
much so that the iusida passengers were altogether insen
sible of their.apparently perilous situation —Eve. Post.
FROM THE LONDON COURIER.
Rkofessor. Wilson.—We rejoice to b* able to contra
dict the report of the indisposition of this great and amiable
man, upon the best possible authority—his own. The fol
lowing touching nnd beautiful extract from a letter received
by one of the professor's friends this morning, ha* been
handed to us. with permission to gratify all who honor worth
and genius by its publication:
‘‘It pleased God, on the 29th of March, to visit me with
tiie severest calamity that can btfal one of his creatures,
in the death of my wife, with whom I had lived in love for
twenty-six vears; and since that.event, till about a fortnight
ago, I Jived with my family, two sons and three daughters,
dutiful and affectionate, in a secluded house near Iloslin.
1 am now in Edinburgh; and early in November hope to
resume mv daily duties in the University.
[ have many blessings for which I am humbly thankful
to the Alniightv; arid though I have not borne my affliction
so well or better than I have done, yet I have borne it with
submission and resignation; and feel thit, though this world
is darkened to me, 1 may be able yet to exert the faculties,
humble ns they are, which God has given me, if not to the
benefit, not to the detriment of my fellow-mortals.
“ I am, sir, vour’s sincerelv,
JOHN WILSON.
“6, Gloucester-place, Edingurg'u, Oct. 12.”
Statistics of Manufactures.—The capital invested
in the woollen manufacture in the United States, is estima-
ed at $60,000,000, employing 300.000 hands. In the
cotton manufacture, $50,000,000 capital, and 150,000
hands.
The value of the woollen goods manufactured hist year,
is estimated at $36,000,000, and tho imports of tho same
year at $24,000,000.
The value of the cotton good* manufactured last year, is
estimated at $50,000,000; and the imports of the same at
$20,000,000.
Tiie value of the silk manufactured in tho United States,
during the past, vear, is estimated at only $250,000, while
flic imports are stated at $26,000,000 ; and this, too, when
the home manufactured article is decidedly superior to the
imported.
There arc 25 carpet factories in the United States, con-
f.aininc 250 looms, winch turned out iti-t year 1,500,000
yards of carpet, valued at $1 per yard. Besides, there
were imported 536,000 yards, at about the same cost per
vard.
jjqqrWyT wheat,; Rotting of timber in certain situation*.
Opinion* of gvpsum. and its effects su* a manure, in Eng
land; .Account of iIm* European Oyster—ostrea eduliu;
Washington’s agricultural notes f The question as a snpeni-
bundant population in Ireland considered; Onspantaneous
combustion ; Summary view of the progress of gardening
and of rural improvement generally; High prices of Dur
ham cattle; Report of the “ Southern Convention,”
Original Communications.—On the lands and farming
of Amherst; On the repubiication of ‘ Johnstone s Account
of EtkingtonV system of draining, &.c. and Alton’s ‘ Essay
on peat or moss soils;’ Loss caused by stripping corn fod
der; Leaves and gypsum, as manure for tobacco, Natural
advantages of part of Mecklenburg, Virginia; Experiments
of the product of twin corn; Quercitron bark ; Tiie marl
of Virginia now in use in Connecticut; Remarks on the
“ Southern Convention Flan for procuring and publishing
a general re;>ort of the practical eff ects of marling; Queries
to ascertain the action and effects of shell ntarl and green
sand as manures ; Experiments of tiie effects of marl aud
green sand ; Extracts of private correspondence.
03* THOMAS TURNER, Jr, Esq., is
Receiver of Tax Returns of Putnam county,
January next.
F OUR MONTHS afterdate, application Will be made to
the honorable the Inferior Court, when sitting for ordina
ry purposes, for leave to sell the Negroes belonging to the
estate ufCreen B. Belcher deceased.
O. K. BELCHER, ? .. .
SEABRON J. SHY, *
Montireilo, Jasper county, Dec. 11. 1C37. 52 4m
MARRIED,
In Washington city, ou Thursday evening, the 7tli inst.
by the Rev. .Dr. Hawley, Lieut. Murray Mason, ot the
United States Navy, to Clara C-, daughter of the Hon.
John Forsyth.
L AST NOTICE - —AU persons indebted to the subscriber
either on open accounts or uotes, are hereby notified tiiat
settlements must be made by the first of February ensuing,
otherwise they will, after that dine, have to make settlement#
with Messrs. Hines and Harris, Attorneys. My notes and
accouns can. till then, be louud widi Messrs. Chambers, at
1 uiv old stand. CHARLES RALL.
j Miliedeeville, December la. 5C tt
GEORGIA. MORGAnTCOUNTV.
; oJT Whereas Mary Ann Maquere and Thotnss McGehee,
j Jr., applies to me for letters of administration de bonis non,
■ with rhe will annexed, on the estate of Louis Maquere, de
ceased. late of said county—
These ate therefore to cite anti admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office. 5dt December, feJ7.
52 It “ JOHN W. POUTER, c. c. o.
G eorgia, Hancock, county* : oacks.—the Montgomery jockey club
Whereas Lewi# M. Barnes and Henry Gary apply to Races will commence at the Bertram al Course on the
me for letter* of administration on the estate of Susan P. Ma- j ?3d of Januarv ldSS.andcontuu.e five troys, when the follow.
I urses will be run tor. viz:
First Day—1 mile heats—Purse
Second Day—2 mile heats—Purse
tliis, deceased, late of said county—
These are therefore to cite anil admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
il" any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under uty hand, at office, this 1 Itli December, 133/.
53 It HENRY* ROGERS, c. c. o.
$800.
a>50'J.
Third Day—3 mile heats—Purse - t70U.
Fourth Day—mile heats—Purse - ife'UQ.
Fifth Day—mile heats—best three in five—for the en
trance money of each day's running.
The Purse for each day's running, will be hung np at the
Stand on the day.of running.
On the day previous to the regular races, a sweepstake for
crartordyili.e academy.
T He Trustees of the Crawfordville Academy feel gratified
iu staling to the public, that they have secured the ser- I 3 year oils—8300 entrance—Si Off forfeit—two mile heats, to
vices of Mr. SIMPSON Fouche and Lady, to tike charge of [ name and close. By the 1st of January, entries to le made
the institution iu both the Male aDd Female Departments for : with the proprietors.
the ensuing year. The character of these instructors is too ; Merrill Aslierst enters b. c. Cider, by Beltran , dam by
well known to need comment. _ j Oscar.
Tiie school will Le opened on the second Monday in Janu- J J. B. TAY T.OR. j ,, .
ary next, in a larg« new building, fitted up in the best style, j POLLARD BROWN, )
Board can be liad upon reasonable terms, iu the best families [ Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 7, 1337. tds
iu the village.
TERMS OF TUITION.
Spelling, Reading and Writing,
$7 per term.
Arithmetic. Grammar and Geography, - - 10 "
Astronomy, Philosophy and Chemistry, - - 14
The Languages, 16 “
Music and otiter Ornamental Branches will be taught by a
competent lady from tiie North.
Bv order of the Board of Trustees.
IIEKMON MERCER, Secy.
December 19, 1837 53 3ts
IWTOITCE.—All those indebted to Newell N L-nean, and
il Isaac Newell individually, must cail aud pay up by tie '
last of January next. TRo mistake—don't tbrnet tiie Eteie.
NEWELL A DUNCAN.
Milledgeville. Dec. 12,1837. 51 3t
JEEFEBNO.Y ACADEMY,
T HE exercise* of this institution v/ill he resumed on the
first Monday iu January next, turner the management of
its former teachers, A. Richards tind wife. The course of
instruction embraces all the br.-melies usually taught in male
aud female academies. To ihnse living at a distance, who
may wish to scud to this School, the subscriber would observe,
tiiat tiie closest auen'.lon will be paid to the morals ot the stu
dents, as W&L1 as to their literary progress.
A. RICHARDS.
S tsuifurdv"lie, Dec. 19,1837 ; >3 2ts
TjYOUR months after date, application will be made to the
Jt.' honorable Inferior Court of Laurens county, while sit
ting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell Lot of Land No.
71, in the 20tli district, 2d section of Cherokee; and Lot No.
379, in the 18th district, 2d section of Cherokee—belonging to
the orphans of Absalom Payne. Sold for a division among
the heirs. " A. E. PAY*NE, Guardian.
December 19,1837 53 jRu
W ILL BE SOLD, on the first day hi February next, at
tiie late residence of Edwin S. Sisson, late of Jasper
county, deceased, all the PERISHABLE PROPERTY ot
said deceased, consisting of household and kitchen iurniture,
plantation and mechanics’ tools, one cart aud yoke ot oxett,
and many other articles too tedious to mention. r l enrts on the
day. ' MOSES CHAFIN, Adm’r.
B e ,.. 19—53 t,ls LINSEY SISSON, Adnt’rx.
P OSTPONED SALE.—Under an or ler of the Inferior
Court of Thomas county, will be soid, before the Court
house door, in Paulding county,ou tiie first Tuesday in Janu
ary next. ONE GOLD LOT, No, 655, iu uls’. district, Cd sec
tion, containing 40 acres, more or less.
Also, will be sold, on the second Tuesday in January next,
before tiie Courthouse door in Lumpkin county, ONE GOLD
go. containing 40
aid for cash.
HENRY WVUHE, ) . , ,
THOS. 0. WYCHE. ^ AjlU ”'
Dec. 12—52 12ts
itfOlYT HETUKL ACABKRY.
T HE Trustees of Mount Bethel Academy have succeeded | LOT, No. 278. in the 1 ith district. 1st >r- ;t :
in engaging tiie services of Mr. David Thompson for acres, more or less. Tne above lots win t-e
the next year, (1838) who comes well recommended to the
Board, as qualified to teach die branches usually taught in Aca
demies. The Trustees hope that tiie healthtulness of fee neigh
borhood iu which the Academy is situated, together with tiie
cheapness of board, will insure the Academy a share ot tiie
patronage of tiie public. The Academy is situated 12 miles
northeast of Newnan, on the Decatur road. The school to
commence the first Monday in January.
Dec. 19, 1837—53 2t* THE TRUSTEES.
OUl/ETUf»UPl‘: LNIVriK^fTI'.
C ANDIDATES for admission into this histitutjba will be
examined By the Faculty on Thursday and Friday pre
ceding the first Monday in January next.
The following resolution has been adopted by the Board of
Trustees:
“ Every student, before be is admitted to au actual standing
iu any class, Basil obtain from t'ue Treasurer <4 the College, ■
receipts, 'oy which it shall appear that he iias complied with,
the existing orders of tiie Trustees, in regard *u sipeusa-;
which receipts he shall produce to the officer %t die Coilega
who has at that time die instruction ot' die Gass iute which
he desires to enter. Attd if any officer admit a skudeat to tire
recitations of his class, without such receipts, such officer shall
be responsible to the Treasurer for tiie expenses ot’ such stu
dents; and ttiis rule sindl also be observed iu regard to every
„ Undent, at the commencement of every new session of College.
By order of the Board.
B. P, iJTL'BBS, Secretary.'
December 12, 1837 51 tf
i\ T
EGRO SHOES AND BLANKETS, together with
prices by
Milled Seville. Dec. 12. li
E. B. BUST WICK ic Co.
37. 51 tf
l/OOft AT Fill*.-- x-J i asi. %v
S TRAYED from the subscriber, on the 6ih of Uctuhw last,
a Chestnut Sorrel mare 6 or 7 years old—trots ami paoes ;
no marks recollected ; the mare is trying to ret to Baldwin
county, where site was raised. Any person deirvnriug her to
ine, in the 2titii district, Bumpter county, shall hare the abova
reward, or ^iU tor any ietormalion concerning her, if direct
ed to Pouutowu, Sumter couatv.
Dec. 12.—51 <t V iNCENT R. TGMMEY’.
liMf d ne Standard, Miiieffgoviiie, und all the MttCeU papers
will publish the above four times, ami forward there ae«#um*
for payment as above directed. V. K. T.
The high prices of bread stuffs for some time past indi
cate the necessity of doing something to encourage addition
al devotion to agricultural pursuits, and if such a thing be
practic title, measures should be taken to ensure the cultiva
tion of wheat, rve and corn to a greater extent than hereto
fore. Our country presents the strange spectacle of an in
creased population with a decreasing produce. Specula
tion and emigration have so taken possession of the people
that in seeching for new lands on which to cultivate the stafl
of life, they have permitted themselves to become tributary
for it to the thrifty offspring of less favored climes, and in
stead of being suppliers must be supplied,—Phiad. Inqn.
Liff. Insurance.—We are reminded:of the beneficial
effects ot life insurance, by a recent instance n tutu has
come to our knowledge. A respectable lawyer in Georgia,
having effected insurance on his life tit the o.d I ennsyhu-
nia Life Insurance and Annuity Office in Pli.ril-street, re
cently died, and the sum insured, nearly five th utsatid
dollars, was’ promptly paid by the company. Such a re
lief at the moment of bereavement, when the income of a
family is suddenly stopped by the decease of its responsi
ble le ad, must be peculiarly welcome. Those who know
their families to be entirely dependent on tiieir personal ex
ertions, would do well to set apart a small portion of their
annual income towards securing some relief for them in
the hitter hour. of. affliction.— Weekly Messenger.
CONTENTS OF FAK>IElt5 T REGISTER- FOR- DECEMBER-
Selections. O11 the purification and classification of
seeds, roots, &c..t Increased use of line in Muitie Ten
dency of soils to deteriorate,; Fattening swine feBartram,
the self-taught American botanist; Germination of old
seeds; Deep^Artesian well; Oestrus equi-—hots or grubs;
The holknv-honi; A productive peach farm ; On the pro
curing of earlv cucumbers V On die insalubrity of the air of
fresh water marshes in communication with the sea ; Blight
in pear trees; On the origin,qualities, and use of moss [or
peat] earth, No. I, Do. N’o. II.; Culture of the moms mul-
tica ulis—Silk worms ; To take out wire (or couch) grass;
Taming, wild horses; Marl for peach-trees f FrodncU Si
T
PRESENTMENTS
Of tht Grand Jury uf Baldwin County, at Suwnber odjourntd
Term, 1837.
TTTE, the Grand Jury, sworn for tiie county of Baldwin,
t T beg leave to present the following matter, iu the dis
charge of our duties during the present term :
YVe have examined tiie insolvent list of the Tax Collector
for tiie tax of 1836, and have allowed him $73 88. We re
commend that the Tax Collector be allowed tiie following
sums, being over-charges, by mistake, on the books of the
Receiver of Tax Returns lor the year 1836; and that said sums
be refunded to the persons from whom they have beeti collect
ed, to wit: Thomas B. Stubbs, $25 31; Daviu Kramer, $7 31 ;
Moses West, $6: Isaac Newell, $63 06.
We concur with the Grand Jury of this county for Mat-
term, that “the practice of slaves living separate aud apart
from their owners, is an evil in our community of great mag
nitude;” aad we would also recommend our city authorities
to have rigidly enforced the act passed 27th Dec., 1831, entitled
“An act to regulate slaves in tiie town of Milledgeville, and
to punish their ow ner or managers, in certain cases.''
We request the Inferior Court to'pass an order to have the
lDa d turned on the plantation of Augustin Harris, deceased,
so as to avoid the danger of a deep gulley, by the side of tiie
road cm said plantation. We also recommend them to pass an
order to turn the road commencing at the top of what is called
Finigin’s id ill, in the old field of Col. Carter, on the road to
Scottsboro'. and to fall into die old road again at the branch
this side of th,' mill—tue old field being turned out, and the
ground decided) v better for a road than the present one.
We respectfully recommend to tiie I nferior Court, to let out
the contract for building a new Court hause at as early period
as practicable, the present one being so much out of repair,
and in such a crazy condition, as to be uncomfortable for the
transaction of business; and- indeed, that portion of it compris
ing the Clerk’s office and Grand Jury room, we deem eutirely
A committee of this body haring examined tire county jail,
find it to be in a bad condition.
We present Boling Flail, Luk.e Robinson, and Joseph Leon
ard, commissioners of the road in Salem district, for not hav
ing the river road in said district k p pt in good repair.
We present Emily Spellings for k eeping a lewd, ill-govern
ed and disorderly house, to tiie com. non disturbance of tiie
neighborhood outlie 7th November an. 1 2d December, of the
year 1887, in the county and State afore mid: witnesses, Eli
jah Freeney and Thomas A. Johnson.
We likewise present Sarah Gibson ana Sarah Carnes for
keeping a lewd, ill-governed and disorderly h -rose, to tr.e com
mon disturbance of the neighborhood, on the ~th November
and 2d December, of the year 1837, in the cou Q ty an:! ^tate
aforesaid: witnesses, Elijah Freeney and Thus. A. Johnson.
We present Thomas Lee for retailing spiritous liquors, at ^ v . l([lrljl nv( .
his house or shop, in die county and State aforesaid, on the 2d j j exiiibilior
instant, without license: witness. John B. Cay.
We also present Martha Ann Thomason, alias Martin.' Ann
Smith, for retailing spiritous liquors 011 tiie 2d day of Decem
ber, 1837, in the city of Milledgeville, and county and State
aforesaid, without a license: witnesses, Elijah Freeney and
Thomas A. Johnson.
Before taking leave of the Court, we tender to his honor
Judo-e Polhill our regards for his courteous and respectful de
portment to our body; and also to tiie Solicitor General prates*,
F H. Cone, Esq., for his courtesy to tliis bodv.
THOMAS RAGLAND, Foreman.
GATiaii 5SOTEL, MAHON, tdfeuliUA.
T HE subscriber respectfully informs ;.is lucurts, and die
public in general, tiiat lie h is taken the above men
tioned establishment, which, having fii - n recently thorough
ly repaired and enlarged at great expense, is now open
for the reception of Travellers. Boarders. \a. 1 he cham
bers are large and airy, the servants co:i>peteus and attentive.
His table shall be eonstautiy'suppfied with every delicacy th#
season and market will furnish. Ids bar is stocked with tiie
choicest Wines and Liquors'; and in order mere effectually
to make it a first rate House, he has called to his aid the ser
vices ol Mr. A. Elder, of Baltimore, whose long experience at
Barnaul’a City Hotel, has justly entitled i :;n to’the reputation
of a caterer for die public. The subscriber, there foie' hope*
by Ills unremitting exertions to plem e, to receive a Iii oral
share of patronage. HORACE Id. WARD.
December 5,1.837.
N. B.—Good .Stabling attached to the Hotel, with faithful
and attentive Ostlers. 51 5t
03“ All the MiliedgsviUe papers. Savannah Georgian and
Republican, Brunswick Advocate, Southern Fanner. Miner's
Recorder, Augusta Constitutionalist an i Sendne). Washing
ton News, Baltimore Patriot, Columbus Enquire.- and Sen
tinel, Montgomery Journal, and Chr rlesltn Mj-veurv and Cou
rier, are requested to give the above four insertion? each, and
forward tiieir accounts tome for pavment. II. li. 5*.
MOOT JPLEA9 YNT A« A!>BMY.
1HI a Trustees of this institution U.3e pleasure in auuouiio
to tiie public that they have engaged the services of
Mr. Francis D. Cummin, for the ensuiiig year. This cat
tleman's high literary attainments and success ia teaching
are so well known, as to render any rec ininct'datiou from us
quite unnecessary. Tiie School will open on the l<t Monday
in January next. The prices of Tuition and Board shall i.a
regulated by the pressure'of the. times. la st, however, w«
should lie charged with having made false professions, tt*
subjoin the terms, as follows, viz :
1st. For Orthography, I .'ending, Writing, and Arithmetic,
as inr as the rules of Proposition, single and conjoined, per
annum. $12.
2d. Including the former, with Mercantile, Mathematical
Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, and the msual
School course of History, per annum. .8!
3d. Including tiie former, v. iiii the Greek and Latin Lan
guages. Natural and Moral Philosophy. Kin ,..ric, Belles
Lettres, Logic, and Mathematics, theoretical and practical,
per annum, $30.
The Academic tmilding is large and convenient, situated in
a healthy region 10 miles northwest oi M.-[i ucugli, Henry
county, and remote from scenes of idleness au ! dissipation.
Board can he obtained at from >,x to cigptitidlars pcrimmth.
The scholastic year has been divided into two sessions, con-
stingo! five months -each, and v/di rhveby no examination
ion. By order of the Board of Trustees.
Dec. 8. !837.—50 tJl TJIOS. ALLEN, Sec’rv.
James Bivins,
E. W. Butler,
Geo. I,. Doming,
Leroy IV. Moore,
Fielding Lewis,
Alilburn Turner,
William Jolley,
Thomas B. Stubbs,
Robert McComb,
John B. Dyer,
I I’m. A. Mott,
Thomas Turk,
Isaac Newell.
John W. L. Daniel,
Luke Robertson,
Peter Fair,
Elijah. King.
( «>U SAS,£-;.
UOIdr JJ AND LOT, in fee town ofEatonton, formerly
— owned by Lewelien li . iludson, deceased, joining the
Church and Academy square, attd oft which Mrs. Leveret!
now lives.
Also, 400 acres of Land, within etude and a naif of town,
with a good spring and handsome situation for private resi
dence.
The above property, if not sold before the 1st of January
next, will be to rent. HAMLIN BASS
Putnam ronntv, Dec. A. 1?37
50 tds
inorsT T. a a y srvs’ri'j-ETiisN.
I fjjnHIS Institution will recrrninen e m, tiie first Mondavof
j JL Janue-y next, under the management of its present in-
I structor. Mr. C. P. B. Martin.
! The Board of Trustees feel a peculiar pleasure in «n-
I nouneing again to tiie public the continuation of Mr Mar-
I tin as rector of this institution. The I’aeiiuv with which he
YVe request these our presentments to be published in the ! instruction » the youthful mind, and the lively in-
Southern Recorder and Federal Union. f ? 1,n P rov ”” ,t ' ,:t he h: " i'?i' * i h »PTJ >?’
- - flnence be acquirecover their feelings, ms 2 ? ?xuohb cerr m
cherishing t’ue refined sentiments and social feelings of #ur
nature, and the decided moral bias of character he impresses
Ordered by the Court, tiiat so much of the presentments of
the Grand J ury of Baldwin county, at tiie present term, as are
of a public character, be published, as requested by the Jury.
F. H. CONE, Sol. Gen. pro inn.
ou them, recommend the institution strongly to the patroung#
of the public: and the Board* &rdeutiy. hope that it will meet
A true extract from the minutes of Baldwin Superior C.,urt, j <«. "«• Puunc : an *V?« eoar ’ 1 '. ' ”
November adjourned tepn, 1837. j 8nd ".’L!*!™’
WM. S. MITCHELL, Clerk.
SDlCATIOJi. 1
T HE Trustees of the Lntvrcncevilie Female Seminary are
desirous of engaging die services of competent instruct j
or.s in their school for the year 1838. They hope to have tiieir j
new edifice completed in all the month ot January, and that j
the school will go into operation, at farthest, by tiie first of Feb- |
ruarv. By a resolution of the Board, a gentleman will only i
be employed to take the management of the institution, who i
must furnish testimonials of suitable qualifications ; ami ifhis J4oar.u
lady (for a married gentleman will be prof cm dj can aid him | = s i3 otLer ?“ arl of t!le gentry-
in teaching, and especially give instruction in the ornamental j
branches, it would be gratifying to the Board. To such the
Board feel warranted in promising a large and profitable
school. By order of tiie Board.
JOHN S. WILSON, President,
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett co., Dec. 6. 53 3ts
Primary Class—Orthographv, Reading ar.d Penmanships
•$8 per term.
Junior Class—English Grammar. Arithmetic. History and
Geography—(for instruction in which Infer study 3 complete
set of splendid maps, and a geographic court, wiii Le funiith-
ed, lor the benefit of the student- —812 pf r term.
Senior Class—In Mathematics—burvev ing, Algebra, Geo-
metty: and in the Sciences—Rhetoric. Natural. Moral And
Intellectual Philosophy. Botany, Chemistry ; and ir, the Clas
sics—the Latin rod Greek Language.-*-—81 n per term.
Boarding can l>e had, in excellent families, on as good terms
requested to make settlement, as early as possible, as they
wish to close tiie joint business.
FINLEY.
pit:
Newborn. Newton r 11. 3G:h Nov. 1-87
50 tf
A
TE.1CHHK WAiWOEB.
AGEYCY.
T HE subscribers will attend to the Discount anti Re
newal of Notes at the Central Bank, to taking out
and forwarding Grants, and to the preparation and transmis
sion of Records and Documents from the several Depart
me ms in the State House.
Terms—One Dollar for each Note discounted or renewed
at the Central Bank—One Dollar for a separate Grant, and
Fifty Cents for each additional one. »
For preparing and forwarding Records and Documents, the
compensation will be in propouion to the time and labor em-
1 ployed.
The money for renewal of Notes, Gram Fees, Ac., must in-j ITC-HAliE 8E3IWTABY.
variably be forwarded, and the postage of letters on business i T 3 HIE Trustees of the Monticelio F»*ma> Academy take
must be paid, in ali case3. B. T. BETHLNE,. ! creaf pleasure in announcing that they have engaged, for
C. E. KY’AN. : the ensuing year, the services of Mr. YV. H. Hunt and Lady,
i assisted in tr.e Musical Department by Miss Mather* From
By order of the Beard.
JOS. BRYAN, Secretary.
Mount Zion, Dec. 3,1837 50- f-.v
[CP The Federal Union will publish the above f. v teks. and
forward the account to me for collection. J. B.
j%j OTlCE.—The firm ol 1"I i *i S A FINLEY is dissolved
-L v by mutual consent: and ail persons indebted to them, are
to take charge of a rirkrol at or near Midw ay post-office,
the next year. Address the undersigned, at Midway post-
office, Junes county, Ga.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Secretary.
Midway. Nov. 14,1837 45 I Its
[CpNOTIUE.—The subscriber haring discontinued to act ' Mr. Hunt's qualifications, devoted attention, ant 1 experience
as Agent in transacting business at the Central Bank, and | as a teacher, with the superior endowments of Miss Mather
Granting Lands, desires all those for whom he has advanced ! in the musical department, and a vcry valuable apparatus at-
money to settle immediately; and those to whom he rp.ay be j tarhed to the institution, we invite, wife great confidence,our
indebted, are requested to call on him previous to the 15th of I friends to patronise the institution. Board can be had, on good ‘
January next, as he expects to be absent after that time, for a I terms, eitLcr at the Academy, or in its vie miry,
few mouths. He takes pleasure in recommending B T. Be- j Tiie term to commence on the second Mot day in January,
thune and C. E. Ryan to ltia friends, as Agents. i next! M. CHAMPION, SWrt'fjtrv.'**
, Dec. ID—03. 3t*/ Ijf if. 'ROljt.VfON. { .Mrtntleelib, Dee. 1,1557'