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ST.iTIi SOl'AKiiitVJTV.
M I LLEDGEVILLE :
Tnesday, February 14, IS43.
Wbig n::d State Rights Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
' l_E2 £21^3?
Congress-—Though the session is rapidly
approaching its close, none of the most impor-
1;|!)t measures seem to have been finally acted
n j an j many of them to have been scarcely
touched. Since our last, the Oregon bill has
passed the Senate by a vote of 24 to 22, in spite
, t j ic very able opposition of such men as Cal-
1 inn, Berrien, McDuffie and others. The
-erl; of the latter gentleman on this question,
p i 1 be found on our first page. The fate of the
biii is extremely doubtful in the House of Rep-
i.-eutatives, where it is expected to meet with
siiong opposition.
The Bankrupt Act.—In the Senate, Mr.
Bkrhien, from the Judiciary committee, ua
submitted an elaborate report on the repeal oi
litis act, with the original repeal bill of Senate*
amended in several particulars—the main fea<
tares of which affect the voluntary principle.
The correspondent of the Baltimoro Ameri
can, says:
One of the changes in the Bill is the substi
tution of a declaration of insolvency according
to the act of 6th William the Fourth. The a-
mendment provides that the assignees shall be.
appointed by a majority of the creditors.
' Tiie amendments also go to repeal so much
0 f the voluntary clause as allows any applicant
to have the benefit of the law upon his single
petiiimi, and changes in several important par
ticulars, the existing inode of procuring the cer
tificate of discharge.
The report states that the salutary influence of
these changes in the law will be manifested—
i s i, bv the prevention of undue credit; 2d, by
preventing partial assignments; 3d. by substitu
ting one uniform rule; and 4th, by arming the
creditor with a power to force a failing debtor to
(i into liquidation before his assets tire wasted
ljv ihe desperate speculations to which men in
such circumstances are tempted.
The following reasons are given for continu
ing tire law :
fet. The consideration that the benefits ol the
Bankrupt Law have been extended to a portion
of our fellow citizens, while its sudden repeal
wouid be a denial of equal justice to many oth
ers whose claims are not less strong, aud who
have been prevented from availing themselves of
them, or restrained by motives which ought to
command our respect.
2d. That by tire decision of the question in
relation to lire constitutionality of the law in one
of the Courts of tire U- S. tire citizens of one
of the States of the Union have been in eflect
deprived of all the benefits of this law, while
those of the other States have had the enjoy
ment of them.
3d. That a Bankrupt law is but the exercise
of a benificent power which the experience oi
every commercial State has ascertained to be
necessary, and which power lias been conferred
bv tiie Constitution on the Federal Gqjprnme.it.
'4th. That it will prevent the enactment and
operation of -‘stay laws,” some of which have
already been passed.
5ih. Finally, that such a law extends the pro
tection or tiie Government to a class of citizens,
who, (hough poor and unfortunate, ought not for
tins cause to be beyond the pale of its protection.
No recommendation to include corporations
is embodied in tiie report.
The Exchequer bili has been tinder con
sideration in tiie Senate, where it is earnestly and
ably advocated by Mr. Talmadge.
The Navi Appropriation Bill has passed
the House of Representatives.
Mr. Meriwether’s re renchtnent resolution was
negatived hv a vote of 82 to 74.
Mr. M'Dcffie has introduced resolutions in
the Senate, “ that it is the solemn and urgent duty
of th • present Congress, to adopt without delay,
efficient measures to revive the crippled and de
caying commerce, replenish the impoverished ex
chequer, and avert the alarming accumulation of
the public debt of the U. States.”— I hat a modi
fication of the existing tariff is indispensable to
the accomplishment of these objects, Sec. and
that a rigid system of retrenchment and econo
my is not less so.
Mr. Evans, of Maine, has offered resolutions
in addition to these—that among the causes
which have contributed most efficiently to the
present state of national and individual distress,
is the want of a currency of uniform value—that
another cause of the prostrate condition of busi
ness and public credit, is the failure of several of
the .States to pay the interest on their public
debt, and the countenance which has been given
to the doctrine of repudiation—that while Con
gress does not intend to adopt measures for the
payment of the debtsof the States, it deems it pro
per solemnly to declare, that these debts are bind
ing upon (he individual States, and cannot be by
them annulled or repudiated—and that it is the
duty of Congress, by all constitutional and pro
per means, to restore and preserve a currency of
equal and uniform value throughout the Union.
\ a li able Relics.—By far the most inter
esting occurrence of tiie session took place on
the ?ib, when tiie Sword worn by Washington
during the whole period ol the Revolutionary
war, aud the cane bequeathed him by Dr. Frank
lin', were presented to Congress by one of the
relatives of the illustrious owner, through the
Hon. George W. Summers, of the V irginia del
egation. The reply was made by Mr. Adams,
who submitted the resolutions of acceptance and
thanks to the donor. We regret that the Intel
ligencer with full reports of the whole proceed
ing and the occurrences connected with this
most interesting ceremony, was received too late
yesterday for their insertion. W T e shall give the
whole next week.
I ceivcd their first invoice of tea, amounting to
two canisters containing 143 ibs. In 1678 they
imported 4,715 lbs.; but the quantity so glutted
: die market, that the imports of lea during the
! ensuing six years amounted in all to only 318
jibs. But, in the space of one hundred years,
; viz: from 1710 to 1810, the East India Compa
ny sales often amounted to 750,215.019 ibs., tiie
value of which was 129,034,5951. sterling. From
tiie commencement of the present century, to
the year 1830,'tiie tea sold by tiie East India
Company amounted to nine hundred million
pounds weight; and tiie revenue paid to the Bri
tish exchequer on this lea amounted to 104,656,-
858f. sterling. This extraordinary branch of
ttade is an innutritions, aromatic leaf, grown on
the mountains of a distant continent, employing
about 4.000,000?- English capital, aud yielding
3,000,0001. annually to the English treasury, is
still capable of great extension.
Europe received from China various branches
of art and science. Tiie mariner’s compass, the
calculation of eclipses, printing, gunpowder, the
smelting and combination of metals, the weaving
ol cotton and silk, the manufacture of porcelain,
the preparation of sugar, &tc. Sec., have all been
known from time immemorial to the Chinese.
The Chinese carry on a considerable traffic
; by means of the coasting trade, for which pur-
| pose no less than 222 junks, or vessels, are em-
| ployed.
In the vent 700, Canton was first made a regu-
! lar commercial port of the Chinese empire; and
| in tiie year 1400 the Chinese compelled foreign
ers to bring iribute every third year to Canton,
j where 120 houses were buiit for their accomma-
j dation. The Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch,
| carried on a lucrative trade with China at difl'er-
j ent ports along the coast of Canton, Amoy,
i Macao, Ningpo, aud Chusnn, during the nine-
! teentli century. In 1658, tiie Portuguese, after
j their expulsion from Ningpo and Chingahew,
j made Macao their permanent residence, alter
.having temporary abodes on the island for tweu-
j ly years. They pay, at the beginning of every
| year, a ground rent of forty taels of silver to the
j Chinese Treasurer at Canton, for which a receipt
! is duly furnished. England turned her attention
j to China at the beginning of the seventeenth
j century; in 1679 the English East India Coin-
I pany had a factory on the island of Formosa,
and Decatur, as well as the j and carried on a considerable trade on those seas,
This will leave in operation, ! Particularly with the adjacent Chinese province
nrtivii ! Hokein. In 1676, A. D., they had a factory
at Amoy, from which they retired in 1680, on
the contests between the Mantchu Tartars and
the Chinese, for the imperial throne; but in
1684 the English were permitted to return to
ilieir factory at Amoy, and they remained there
until 1757, A. D., when the foreign commerce
j of China became restricted to Canton and Macao.
| In 1700 the English had a factory at Cliusan,
and in 1702-'3 at Pulo Condole. The Dutch
I endeavored to expel the Portuguese from Macao
j kee lands, and more particularly those who have j in 1622, but failed; and then proceeded to For-
concluded to suffer them to revert to the State, to j mosH , on which latter island they formed a Tac
tile adveitisement of Gen. Nelson. His prono- t0 '- v in 1624, and remained there until 1661,
... . . . I " hen a pirate (Coxiga) expelled them,
sition is surely a very fair one. ] m,, e uo j ustifiable s ' aad
HENRY CLAY.
To another column will be found an account
of the brilliant reception of Mr. Clay in Mo
bile, and his reply to tiie address of Gov. Gale,
welcoming him to the city in the name of “tiie
entire body of her citizens, who disclaimed on
such an occasion, to be recognized by any party
designations.”
By the subjoined letter to the committee of
invitation at Macon, (replies similar to which
have been received by the committees of Augus
ta and Madison) it will be seen that the citizens
of our Stale will be denied the pleasure of giv-
! ing this distinguished Statesm in and Orator a
Georgia welcome on her own soii. A general
disappointment will doubtless befell at this loss
of an anticipated opportunity of seeing and hear
ing the first orator of the age, while his political
friends will doubly regret the failure of person
ally knowing the snail they delight to honor.
New Orleans, 28tli Jan. 1813.
i Gentlemen :—I feei truly grateful for the irrvi-
: tation which ail parlies in Macon have done me
| tiie honor to give me, to visit that city, and which
| you have transmitted in your friendly letter of
| tiie 13ih inst. When 1 left my residence in No-
I vember last, 1 thought it probable that I might
j return by tire Southern route, and have the
J gratification of seeing Georgia; but the contin-
| gencies on which it depended have not been re
alized, and 1 (eel obliged to retrace the voyage
j which I made in coming here. This deprives
! me of the satisfaction of accepting of the hos-
; pitality of Macon and its neighborhood. I pray
| you, for tiie tender of it, to offer my respectful
1 acknowledgments, and to accept yourselves, gen
tlemen, assurances of the high consideration and
| cordial regard of
Your friend and obedient servant,
H. CLAY.
j Messrs. C. D. Strong, and others, Committee.
j Alabama Banks.—From the Alabama pn-
i pers we learn that bills have passed both branch-
I es of the Legislature of that State for winding
j.up the Brauches of the State Bank at Mont-
> gomery, Hnntsvill
Branch at Mobile,
we believe, in the whole State, only the principal
Bank at Tuscaloosa, and tiie *• Bank of Mobile.”
jll>poisj!iise;3t bj ibe Governor.
Frederick Hudson Sanford, Esq. of Mil-
ledgeville, Aid-de-Camp to the Commander in
Chief, with the rank of Colonel.
05 s ’ We have been requested to call tiie atten
tion of such as have not vet granted their Chero-
_ sanguinary contests
Indiana Senator.—Tire news from the seat | which tiie European nations so long waged
of Government of Indiana, is that Edward A- ! against each oilier on tiie coasts of China, com-
Hanegan (Denr.—formerly a Representative in j peiied the Chinese Government to restrict them
Congress) has been elected a Senator of tiie | ah to the ports of Canton, where, of late years,
United States for six years from the 4tit day of ( he whole foreign commerce of the country has
March next, to succeed tiie Hon. (_)• H. Smith, j been conducted But sufficient lias been said
whose term of service then expires. j to show that the inhabitants of China are not
This makes a tie in the Senate, next Congress, I av? , l " s f to intercourse with Europeans; and it is
, ... - | well known thsttbe Chinese themselves carry
and will give the decision oi the question ol par- „„ . j i c
1 1 I on an extensive maritime trade, and many of
tv predominance in that body to the Stated their large junks annually traffic along the. coasts
Tennessee, whose Senators’ scats are both at i of Cochin China and Siam to Sumatra, Java,
this time vacant.
’S'lsc Somers Case.
The Court Martial ordered by the Navy De
partment for tiie trial of Commander McKenzie,
since tiie favorable decision of tiie Court of En
quiry, commenced its session io New York on
the 2d—Commodore Downs presiding. f, ’he
accused was attended by Messrs. Duer Sc Griffin
of New York, as counsel. An application of
Messrs. Benjamin F. Butler and Charles O’Con
nor, to appear as counsel representing the rela
tives of Spencer, was refused by tiie Court.—
The charges and specifications were read by tiie
Judge Advocate, which we find thus condensed
by the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer:
Charge 1st. Murder on board a United Stales
Vessel oil the high seas.—To this there are three
specifications, charging Commander McKenzie
wiili having without form of law, wilfully, de
liberately, and with malice aforethought, hanged
Philip Spencer, Samuel Cromwell and Elisha
Small, on the 1st of December.
Charge 2d. Oppression.—The specifications
to this charge are the same as to the first, ex
cepting that they charge Commander McKenzie
with having, without good and sufficient cause,
and without form of law, oppressively killed by
hanging, Ac.
Charge 3d. Illegal Punishment
cifications charge him with having exceeded the Europe. The laborer now is pai i nearly as low
iimitsofhis authority, by hanging, &c. j as iu France or Germany, and finds it almost as
Charge 4th. Conduct unbecoming an Officer. <4jfjfictr 11 to obtain work; aud, as he fully approx-
Tlie specification alleges that Commander Me- j i male s the hard money system, he will be quite as
Kenzie did behave in an unofficerlike and un- , well off as the laborer in Lombardy, or Naples,
feeling manner, by addressing taunting and un- ; or r p l] rkey, where there is an exclusive hard
officer-like language to Philip Spencer just pre- ; money currency. A contemporary further re-
vious to his execution. marks:
Charge 5ili. Cruelty and Oppression.—The j We, of the United States, not content with
specification alleges that Commander McKenzie ( ] )c sou ,,,j specie and paper currency we had in
did oppressively and cruelly use and maltreat jgog^ when Gen. Jackson was elected to the
the crew of tiie Somers, and inflict upon them Presidency,- have been trying now for some time
{cruel and unnecessary punishment during her j to ma ke about 60 for $30,000,000 of specie rep-
i last cruise, between the 30th of September and fe3ent al | ,i le property, all the labor, and all the
25th ol December, 1842. j energy and capacity of seventeen millions of
j Commander McKenzie admitted the execu- ' people. Now, dividing these eighty millions
lion of the persons as alleged, bu. declaring the I ?f dollars among these seventeen millions,
I 1 7,11 j - - it gives us not five dollars each to repre-
: act to have been “demanded by duty, and justi- gent fi || ive }, avei 0 r all we earn—but when we
fied by necessity,” pleaded “Not Guilty'' to all the j remember that the millionaries, such as John
charges. i Jacob Astor, have a good part of these eighty
The trial promises to be one of great length. : millions, it leaves the great masses of sociely
__ _ ’ | nothing at all to represent all the industry or ca-
! pacity they have. Thus, when gold alone is mon-
Ciiina.—Recent events have given a new and . a)1 j money is made scarce, and the milionaries
additional importance to accounts of the popula- monopolize even that scarcity, it is uot at all to be
lion, commerce, Ac., of this immense empire; i wondered at that real estate is worth but little
, , , . in money, the produce of farms less, and labor
and at the present time, when our government J J’ , , ’ ,
1 - i , , least of all. Hence low prices, low wages, and
are discussing tire importance ol sending adiplo- 1
every thing down.
matic agent to Canton, for the establishment and J We are thus reapin
promotion of a commercial intercourse, the fol- . hard money currency
lowing will be read with particular interest
find it extracted by the Baltimore American,
from an article in the London Shipping List:
The empire of China is estimated at 2000 miles
Jong bv 1500 broad ; and containing, on an area
of 1.298,000 square miles, every variety of eli
the harvest sown of a
The fruits of the ‘ ex-
We ; periment’ of 1830, ’32, ’34, are yet upon us.—
We are in enjoying a few of the comforts and
and luxuries of a hard money government. We
are about as well off as the people of France,
where there is one bank with a very restricted
currency, and not quite as badly oil' as Naples,
or Sicily, or Turkey, where there is no credit,
ecial Mission to England.—It seems
pretty well settled, that a special mission
be sent to Great Britain, to settle subjects
aportance, among which the Oregon ques
ts the most prominent. Mr. Webster is
ioned as most likely to receive the nppoiut-
tr difficulty with the Emperor of Morocco,
;ng out of a breach of etiquette, committed
ur late Consul, (Mr. Carr,) is terminated,
he consulate is restored.
iere is a prospect that the demand of the
c for a reduction of the rates of letter post-
will be complied with.
esmerism.—Quite an unusual excitement,
arn from the Columbia (s. c.) Chronicle,
een created lately at the Capital of our sis-
hate, by experiments and exhibitions of
ia| Magnetism. The “plain rough farmer,
makes no pretension to any knowledge of
ce,” seems to be as deeply into its mysteries
the Medical Faculty 7 , who in talents and
ledge of their profession, have few’ equals
e country.” The Editor of the Chronicle,
elf a convert to the doctrine, after detailing
tons experiments of Mr. Shelton, the farm-
id Dr. Gibbse, says :
IC climax of Dr. Gibbes’ experiments was the
Cion of a tooth within 15 minutes alter rries-
:ing a girl of 16, in presence of Dr. J. fL
aright and Mr. S. Boatwright. She slept
mil Dr. G. awaked her in presence of sev-
ther persons who came in after; and when
’coke, she declared she did not feel it, and said
Opposed, from seeing blood, that the tooth
mate between the 18th and 41st degrees of north but a pure hard money Government. Withnoth-
latitude. The seacoast is of great extent, and ing but hard money, hard money prices must
the country possesses, in addition to its rich al- j continue. If gold is the only god that can ef-
luvial plain's and complete inland navigation, the | feet interchanges between man and man, we
1 advantage of numerous fine rivers, lakes, bays, j must live as people do where that kind of a god
harbors, and creeks, with habitable islands of I is exclusively adored. It was once an idea that
I various sizes, skirting nearly the whole mari- ! this country was well enough off, but this is ob-
: time frontier. I sulete, and now we are learning European (ash-
The population of this immense territory are, J ions..
i in a peculiar degree, an agricultural, maoufac- j — — .—77 , ,
taring, and commercial people, with a fixed and ^ irginia.—The Alexandria Gazette has the
I hereditary government, based oil simple but ef- following discouraging paragraph touching the
' fective principles, for merging the interest of the 1 condition of things in this state.
| individual in that of the body politic—a people I We regret to state that our information from
i unfettered bv the prejudice of caste, advanced to j various quarters in \ irginia, is to the effect that
: a considerable extent iu literature, arts and sci- i a continual pressure and depression is going on—
i CI1 ces, and adapted fur receiving the civilizing | that pecuniary embarrassment weighs moie and
and Christian influence of Great Britain. j more heavily that hard times are felt with
The following is stated to have been the pro- more rigor constantly and relief seems larther
•rressive increase of the inhabitants of China since , off than ever. Suits, sales, sheriffs, aud suspen-
were found, and when the officers attempted to
remove the goods, they were quietly but de
cisively told to desist, and in a manner, and an
evident temper in the public mind, that insured
obedience.
A Special Message.—We have au intimation
from Washington that the President will soon
send a special message to Congress, calling up
on that body to do something for the currency
ol the country, and intimating a determination to
sign any bill, or permit it to become a law, which
shall uot, ia his judgment, be unconstitutional.
[Philad. Inq.
Columbus, Fell. 8.
Incendiaries at work.—On Tuesday night
of last week about dark, a stable belonging to Mr.
Shippy was discovered to be on fire ; it and an
adjoining stable belonging to T. A. Brannon,
Esq. was consumed. On Monday night of this
week another fire was discovered in a stable on
the lot occupied by Dr. Billing ; although two
houses stood very near it they were saved by j State GoverntnenU—iY ' Y. AmTncan.
the exertions of our citizens;, the stable was dc- j
stroyed. On Sunday morning just before day, Algeria.—This territory, during the twelve
a fire,was discovered in the house on Broad street years of its occupation bv the French, has cost
In the Senate of Massachusetts a proposition
is pending to remove the seat of Government to
some interior town.
Only think of a Massachusetts Senate ever
entertaining a proposition to abandon Boston,
and its Cradle of Liberty, as the seat of the
occupied by Mr. Clapp as a tinner shop. This
last was evidently the work of an incendiary;
ibe house had been entered by a window and a
desk broken open for the purpose no doubt of
getting money. Fortunately the fire was discov
ered before it had made much progress and was
extinguished. Had it got fairly started, an ex
tensive conflagration must have been the re
sult.—Argus.
From ibe Madisonian.
Commerce with China.—The following
paragraph from the St. Louis Republican, of the
21st ultimo, shows that even the extreme West
is interested directly in the proposed mission of
| commercial agents to China :
j China—Western Products.—The quantity of
Missouri lead shipped to China in 1842, was
j about 100,000 pigs, weighing 3,000 tons, and
j valued at §250,000 and upwards. The whole
quantity of lead exported in 1842 was 200,000
pigs—one half of which, it will be seen, went to 1
let
the nation one hundred and twenty millions of
dollars, and upwards of twenty thousaod lives.
Marking Newspapers.—Tiie Second Assis
tant Post Master General, in answer to the in
quiries of a gentleman of Cincinnati, states that
the marking of lines round an advertisement, or
a paragraph, in a newspaper, with ink or pencil,
unaccompanied by any writing upon the same,
is not considered by the Department to be “ a
memorandum,” within the meaning of the 13th
and 30th sections of the act of 1S25.
Southern Trade.—We are happy to learn
from our largest houses, connected with supply
ing the Southern trade, that the engagements of
the Southern merchants were never more prompt
ly met than they have been this winter. The
rates of exchange, also, never approximated more
nearly to par than now, with the exception of the
State of Alabama.—N. Y. Jour. Com.
A Singular Bankrupt.—In the Lexington
Iffiinn. The whole quantity of lead produced : ( Va ‘) btar ‘ ,e oiil ,n 'J ie ‘‘ r st of i ? anl T
n the United States is about 500.000 pigs, and i ru P ,s ’ ' ve find ,be nams ° r f Read V Mor f e d L ffi h f
'Jhina takes one-fifth of the whole. The'article | of Rockbridge county. Truly may it be asked,
China takes one fifth
°f Ginseng also, a product of our Western States, !
is shipped largely to China, and the value of this
wiki western root sent thence within the last
twelve months, amounts to upwards of a million
j of dollars. We hope these facts will meet the
j eyes of our western members of Congress, and
| il an appropriation is asked for the expenses of a
1 commercial agent to China, as proposed by the
President, we trust they will not vote against it.
\ Female Defaulters—“ It has been the practice
in the Post-Office Department, to appoint the
the wives of deceased postmasters as their suc
cessors, in those cases in which it was agreeable
What’s in a name ?”
The next name following Mr. Cash is that of
Adam Fix. His creditors, no doubt, find them
selves in a “very bad fix.”—A 7 . O. Picayune.
A Penitentiary Ceased-—The Penitentiary ot
Missouri has been leased for ten years, for the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, the lessees binding
themselves to employ the Convicts in the manu
facture of hempen articles and tobacco, entirely.
A Young Convict.—On the 10th ult, George
Washington Brooks, aged 12 years, convicted
in the United States District Court of the South
ern District of Alabama, of robbing the mail,
(U* We are unable to give this week’s Bank
Note and Exchange table from Savannah, or
their latest cotton news, in consequence of the
failure of the last mail from that city.
Fio:nthe Chronicle & Sentiael, Feb. 9.
Augnsta Exchange Table.
SPECIE BASIS.
Augusta Notes
Savanxah Notes
Central Rail Road Bank Jr Branch.....
Coustrt Notes.
Branches State Bank
Commercial Batik, Macon
Brunswick Bank
Miffed-eviile Bank
Georgia Railroad Bank. Athens
City Council of Augusta, Gn
Ruckeisville Bank.
Branch Mar. and Fire las. Bank
St. Mary's Bank
Central Bank
Exchange Bank of Brunswick
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon..
Bank ofHawkinsviile.
Phoenix Bank of Columbns
City Council of Milledgeville,
Columbus,
Macon
Monroe Rail Road Bank
Bank of Darien A Branches
Chattahoochee R. R. Jr. Banking Co
Western Bank of Georgia
Bank of Columbus
Planters & Mec's. B’k Columbus
Ocmuigee Bank
T Cherokee Land Agency.
HE undersigned proposes having, under bis di
rection, all grants of ungranted lauds in all the
Giterokee counties, procured and forwarded /, ee of
charge, when the requisite provisions of law are fur
nished hitr, accompanied by money to pay the grant
fees, and the postage paid by the owner of the lot.
I further propose to sell any lot of land, when the
party wishes to sell and will advise me of his desire,
specifying his lowest cash price, and in what funds he
wishes payment, the proceeds to be remitted or de
posited forthwith to order, if sale is effected and the
party notified of the result under his or their instruc
tions. I would suggest to those who have seen tbeir
lands and believe them not worth the grant fees, to
w-nte me before the forfeiture occurs, which is the first
oi July next, placing a smaP. price above the grant
fees, as T believe that I co U !d sell almost any lot for
something, and it would only cost the postage to know.
I make ihese propositions with a view of affording
some friends I have, an opportunity of purchasing some
lands ; and as the party owning has the power of pric
ing and receiving the cash at his price for his property,
there cannot be any thing unfair in my propositions.
All instructions will be promptly complied with. In
I every instance when a party may authorize me to sell
| Ins land, the power of agency will be returned in 30
davs, it no sale is effected, unless otherwise instructed"
By the provisions of ibe fate Jaw, al] land not grant*
.bj 7 1 le 1 st of July next, is reverted to the Stale, and
wi,i be sold. To procure a grant, an affidavit is re-
quiied ot ibe owner, guardian, administrator or legal
representative of the owner, or of judgment creditors
—showing that he or they are such owner, or judg
ment creditor of the owner, which affidavit must be
filed with the Surveyor Genera], before a grant can
Geo. 6 per cent Bonds foi specie, 46 © 48 per dot. < i 5SU e, a.nj if applied for by an agent, a power of attor-
Georgia 8 “ *• “ “ none inmarket. : n ev in due form with the agent’s affidavit is required.
South C arolina Notes par. i The grant fees on 40 acre lots are $2 50, on lfiO acre
Alabama Notes 40 ® 50 dis lots $5; for which Central Bank bills are received at
checks. ' the Treasury.
On New York,sight par.
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lexington
On Richmond, Va
par.
par.
5 8 dis.
par
33 dis.
io sale,
uo sale.
mice i tain.
On Savannah
On Charleston
par 2* \ prem.
® i
par ® 4 dis.
par © J ■'
to the people. This practice has been in oper- " ns f eceived in '° tbe P^iteutiary of that State
ation » great many years, and the number of j 01 110 te,rn °‘ two ) ears -
females who have thus held office is quite lar^e. I The London Ecclesiastical Gazette says,
During all this time, there has not occurred a j “ that it is in contemplation to make an imtnedi-
sinole instance ol defalcation among them.— ate effort to raise funds for planting a branch of
Though it is no compliment to a person to be the English Church, in the new settlement of
faithful and honest, for this a matter of duty, yet j Hong Kong.
it is especially honorable to be so amid these
times and temptations in which many fall
asttay.”—_Y. Y. Ev. Post.
Manners in Marseilles—The people of this
ancient French town have the unenviable repu
tation of being very ugly tempered and cross
grained. Their character is illustrated in a
proverbial story. A boy. walking peaceably down
the street, receives from a Marsellais a rude kick,
which leaves him sprawling. The boy rises,
and with lamentation asks, what had he done to
his aggressor to deserve such a blow. “ What
have you done to me?” responds the Marseillais.
“Only imagine what a ki’ k you would have got
had you done any tiling to me.”
Singapore, Borneo, dec., on which latter-named
island alone there are, it is said, three hundred
thousand Chinese. Col. Barney states that there
are (our hundred and lorry thousand Chinese in
Siam; and in Bankok, the capital, more than
eighty thousand. Their numbers are ascertain
ed by the imposition of a capitation tax on every
male Chinese. Forty thousand tons of Chinese
shipping annually visit the ports of Siam. In
the Malay States there are twenty thousand
Chinese employed in the smelting of metals, dec.
Batavia, the capitol of Java, may be said to owe
its creation to the agricultural industry and me
chanical skill of the vast numbers of Chinese
who have been long settled in the island. At
Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and thoughout all
the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, Chinese
settlers and Chinese junks are there found en
gaged in a valuable commerce.
The New York Herald mentions a rumor that
Mr. Van Buren has yielded his consent to the
Calhoun plan of a National Convention.
John McLean is nominated for the Presiden
cy, and William Gaston, of North Carolina, for
the Vice Presidency, by some ol the Western
papers.
A young man of respectable connections has
been arrested in New Orleans, on a citarge of
violating graves, in order to steal the jewelle
ry and ornaments in which the deceased were
buried. He has confessed the truth of the revolt
ing charge.
The Washington Temperance Society of Bal
timore have it in contemplation to celebrate
their coming anniversary, which takes place on
the 5th April next, by a grand jubilee, in which
they wish all the Temperance Societies in the
From the Enquirer, February 8.
Columbns K.itef Market,
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Suite Bank and Branches.. ...par
Marine and Fire Ins. Bank Savannah par
Planters’ Bank, Savanna! par
Mechanics’ Bank, of Augusta, par
Bank of Augusta - par
Aug. Ins. and Banking Co par
Brunswick Bank and agencies...... ......par
Georgia Railroad and Branches...........par
Milledgeville Bank .....par
Bank of St. Mary’s par
Commercial Bank at Macon par
Central Railroad and Branch 5 p. c. dis.
Irwin ton Bridge Co ........5 “
Ala.State Bank and Branches ...40 “
Bunk of Hawkinsviile—obi emission 40 “
Do do new emission...... 10 “
Central Bank 41
Planters’ and Mechanics Bank... 75 44
Phoenix Bank, Columbus. uncertain.
Insurance Bank of Columbus no cir’n.
Bank of Ocmuigee, at Macon broke.
Chattahoochee. Railroad and Banking Co... *’ 44
City Council of Columbus
•* ** of Macon...
Sight Checks on New \ ork
44 44 Philadelphia... •
44 41 Charleston......
... • •• uncertain.
no sale.
.. ..4 peretprem.
...~i “ -
....i “ “
From tbe Messenger, February 9.
Macon Exchange Tabic.
REGULATED BY A STEC1E STANDARD.
Important Decision.—They lately undertook
; to deal with a sister in the church out in Iowa
for the sin of dancing. Whereupon her father i ...
I appeared before the deacons and propounded the i couu,r >’ de P m "it.ons, t0 P a ".c.pate.
following questions: Is it any harm to hear ) An English paper says:—“Chang Foo, the
{•music 1 or is it any sin to jump up ? Certainly | astronomer, observed, that just at the moment of
not, the deacon replied. Wherein consist, the ’ putting the “ vermilion pencil” to the treaty of
Drafts on New York, at sight....
Drafts on Philadelphia,
Drafts on Baltimore,
Drafts oa Charleston at sight.....
Drafts on Savannah at sight,
Drafts on Augusta,
30 da
Do
Do
■s sight on N. York,
do ( 60 days sight,
do 00 days sight,
^ prem.
h P’em.
1 prem.
$ prem.
£ prem.
1 prem.
^ dis.
Q dis.
2 dis.
bank notes.
! sin of dancing ? the father asked. To which the
deacon replied, it consists in jttping up to the
time of music. At this stage of the proceedings,
the young lady begged leave to introduce the
testimony of her musicians and companions,
who testified that she never kept time, and could
not any way she could fix it. Whereupon site
was triumphantly acquitted.
We find the following table of the prices of
produce in Ohio in the papers this morning :
Wheat, per bushel, §0 40
Rye, 18
Corn, 10 .
Outs, 10
Potatoes, l"2i
Clover seed. S'2 50 to §3
Pork, per cwt. §1 25 to §1 50
Reef, §1 to §1 20
Butter, per pound, 6'i
Chickens, per pair, 8 to 10c
Thus we are nearly brought down to the con-
The spe- j ditiun of prices in the hard-money countries of
Nanking, the “ Man in the Moon” was dreadful
ly agitated. No doubt he was aware that his
“ brother” had been making a fool of himself.
Draining the Florida Everglades.—The Secre
tary of War has transmitted to the House of Rep
resentatives a report of Colonel Abert, of the
Topograpica! corps, stating that information as
to the practicability of draining the everglades of
........par
pur
pur.
..5 dis.
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n’i r> 7 , , . . | Florida can be obtained only bv careful and well
The Bankrupt Act—f rom the subjoined ex- cond „c,ed surveys. The cost is estimed at
tracts, it will be seen that the constitutionality
of the bankrupt law is likely to produce a colli
sion of great minds, before the Supreme Court
of the Union ; and that the Key Stone State has
come out in favor of retaining that wise and be
neficent law on our Statute Rook.
The Bankrupt Law—Report says that certain
Foreign Houses in this city, aided by two Amer
ican firms well known for their uncompromising
hostility to all unfortunate debtois. have raised a
large fund, and feed the lion. Silas Wright
and T. H. Renton, to argue the appeal n„w
surveys.
§10,000
Important Decision.—TheN. A'. Court of Er
rors has just determined, in opposition ton decis
ion of the judges of the Supreme jCourt, that
where there are two executors of a will, one of
them without the action, consent, or knowledge
of the other, may legally sell and assign a bond
and mortgage belonging to the estate.
A fire caused by water!—We learn from the
Portsmouth Journal, that on the 30th ultimo, a
, - i r .ic r> ~ i tt • S r,!5t in Newcastle, N. H., was destroyed bv
pending before the Supreme Court ol the Uni- fj re . j u the storm ol that d„y, ea y a the Journal
ted States, denying the constitutionality ol the the easterly wind caused tiie tide to rise to an unit-
bankrupt Law . *V. Y. Cour. cy Enq. ; sual height, and, surrounding the mill, cut off all
! communication with the land. Tiie water at
i Important Movement on the Bankuprt Law in j n O ’ c | oc k. A. M. coining in contact with a
the Pennsylvania Legislature. 1 lie Commit- i barrel of lime set it ou fire, and soon the whole
i tee on the Judiciary System, in the Senate of building to the water’s edge was in flames.
Pennsylvania, to whom were referred sundry
I memorials asking the Legislature to take some
! steps in favor of repealing the Bankrupt Law,
i have reported against a repeal, with the reasons
I which have led them to this conclusion- The
committee consists of Messrs Gibbons, Sulli
van, M’Lannaham, Kidder and Stuart, three Lo-
] co Focos and two Whigs.
South Carolina Banks,
A li Augusta City UanU.,
■ Savannah City Banks
! Central Rail Road Bank,
j Commercial Bank, Macon...........
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon,
Branch Marine &F.Ins. Bank Macon,
Georgia Rail Road Bank,
Bank of Brunswick,
Ruckersville Banking Company
State Bank and Branches
Hawkinsviile Bank,.
“ new emission at Macon ........par
Bank of Milledgeville par
Bank of St, Marys, par
Central Bank Milledgeville 35 dis.
Lxchange Bank Brunswick,..
Pncenix Bank Columbus, .......5 dis.
Bank of Columbus. 50 dis.
Planters & Mechanics’ Bk. Columbus 75 dis.
i Western Bank Rome, no sale.
[ Chattahoochee R. R. Bk. Columbus 95 a 90 dis.
j Bank of Darien and Branches, ..70dis.
Monroe R. It. & Banking Co ... .50 a 75 dis.
Alabama Notes, 15 a 20 dis.
Broke—Bank of Rome, Darien, Chattahoochee Rail
Road, Planters and Mechanics and Bank of Colum
bus, Ocmuigee Bank Macon.
Change Bills at par—John G. Winter’s Checks
nn B’k of St. Mary’s, Scott & Carhart’s Change Bills,
Georgia ltnil Itnnd Change Bills, City Council of Sav
annah & Augusta Change Dills, K. Jt It. R. Graves.
Shotwell’s Bills, signed with Black ink, par—redink,
is paid in Central Bank.
City Council bills, Macon, 50 to 75 disc.
A recent report made to Congress by the
Acting Comptroller, shows that the Govern
ment has lost §2,310,819 by Its connection
with local banks.
Colored Population of Massachusetts.—The j
{Boston Daily Advertiser opposes the bill now be- ;
! foie the Legislature of Massachusetts, which I
prohibits Rail Road Companies, or their agents, I
from making any distinction between passengers,
as to their right and privileges, on account of;
j sect and color. In like manner it opposes the bill
to legalize intermarriages between blacks and
whites. Both these bills, it appears, have passed
the Locofoco Senate.
A Wholesale Villain.—At the Court of Assi
zes held at Montpelier, France, recently, a man
named Pomarede, after a trial which lasted thir-
teeen days, was found guilty by the jury of ar
son, nineteen highway robberies, thirty-one at
tempts to commit other robberies, two actual j
murders, and five attempts to commit murder.
An Item for Abolitionists.—While in Court |
the other day, says the Boston Rouge Gazette, ;
we heard read a verdict for damages to the a- \
j mount of three hundred and ninety-six dollars, |
I against a citizen of this parish—a whi e man—j
for cruelly whipping a negro slave. This is no i
more titan an ordinary instance of the rigid pro- |
lection extended to slaves in the Southern
j States.
Imjiortanl Decision.—Jude Bullard of the Su
preme Court of Louisana, has decided that the
recent act of the Legislature in reference to
; the Banks, so far as they place the bill holders
; in a higher scale than the depositors or other
creditors of the Bank, is unconstitutional.
WINTER PICTURES.
BY MBS S. J. HALE.
Gently, as lilies shed tbeir leaves,
When summer suns are fair.
The feathery snow comes floating down,
Like blossoms in ibe air;
Ami o’er tlie earth, like angel's wing,
Unfolding white and pure,
It sf lines the shield of power divine,
When faith may read it sure.
That He who rules the year, can bring
The life, the loveliness of Spring.
And when the bleak anil storm-rob’d day
Seemed sealed with cares and fears,
Oft, through his prLun-house of clouds,
The setting sou appears—
And io tiie pensive watcher’s "gaze,
A beam of glory hears,
Which in the noontide summer’s prime,
He never, never wears;
Like Hope, that pours her light most clear.
When grief’s darks clouds are gathering near.
Even the winds, like wavering hosts,
The dark night fill w ih dread,
Still Love may trim the genial fire,
The mind’s rich banquet spread.
And as life’s storms of sorrow draw
Kind heaits more kindly near,
So nature’s cold stern frowns will make
Dear home more deeply dear—
Thus Faith, and Hope, and Love, are given,
In Winter Pictures limned bv Heaven.
The late Dr. Thornton, in a letter to Mr. Jefferson,
says—-*!he Rattlesnake being peculiar to this eounlrv,
is the finest emblem of the United Slates that can be
found. It never acts but defensively! It never strikes
without giving a fair warning, auJ when it does strike,
it is fatal !”
[Our readers and others, indebted for subscrip
tion or otherwise to the Recorder Office, residing in
the counties of Clark, Walton, Cruwfoid, Meriwether
and Upson, are hereby notified that they will have an
opportunity of making settlements in the early part of
each week, during the sitting of their Superior Courts
within the present month, when it is hoped all will
avail themselves of the opportunity of doing so, w ith
out further notice.
Recorder Office, February 7,1843. 4 3t
OBITUARY.
Died suddenly, on the 26th ultimo, near Enon,
| Macon county, Ala. on his way home from Chambers,
! where he had been for the purpose of draw ing his por-
I lion of his wife’s mother and brother’s estate, (both of
i whom died but a few months since) Dr. 1‘en-
i dergrass, of Baihour county, Alabama, aged about
28 years.
It is ever to us a painful duty to record the death of
j a friend under any circumstances; hut on the present
| occasion, and under existing circumstances, it is so io
; an extent afflicting beyond any thing which we have
j ever experienced. When in the vigor of manhood,
! with hopes high and prospects flattering for a long and
j prosperous life; with a young and interesting family
I just rising into being, and relying upon him as their
guide mid comforter; with a companion whose love
knows no hounds, and whose happiness is measured
only by his comfort, we see one called to pay the great
debt of nature, we can but feel mortified that our en
dearments to earth are so trifling in the eye of Jeho
vah. Doubtless as lie gathered his little effects around
him, his pulse beat high in anticipation of their accu
mulation to the extent of his desires, but before join
ing them, as il were, in one, death’s summons came
and he was taken to the bar of God.
With a hearing high and honorable, and a philan
Milledgeville. Feb. 14. 1843.
C. H. NELSON.
5 tf
COTILLION PARTY.
TVTR JOHN WORD announces to the young La-
. . d | e ® ant ' Gentlemen of Milledgeville and us vi
cinity, that his fiist Cotil.ian Party will take place at
the State Right s Hole! „,. xt Friday evening, 17th inst.
i ickcts at lhe State Right’s Hotel for Gentlemen at
.1. Gentlemen are requested to procure Tickets be-
'ore entering the Dancing Room.
Fehruair 14, 1843. e ».
T nu , PK °S«'ECTUS;
UK undersigned p ro ,,ose to publish, after the first
of ” arci Mext > a Newspaper io the tow u ot Home,
to be called the
Tl v
ibe North-Western section of Geeorgia has been
for a few years past rapidly increasing io importance.
Its great natural advantages, as yet but imperfectly
known; us inexhaustible mineral resources, becoming
every day more developed; its abundant and varied
Agricultural products,—its prospective and mutually
beneficial connexion with the chief Commercial points
upon lire Seaboard, together with the immense politi
cal and social influence which it is capable of exert
ing, render tt more interesting than perhaps anv other
portion of our widely extended territory.
The want of a Periodical which would suitably sup
port the true policy of the State at large, and the'pecu-
liar interests of this section of it, while its location
would enable it more widely to disseminate political
truth, has been long felt. To satisfy this want is the
object of the present enterprise.
the columns of the Cockier will be chiefly devoted
to the liberal and moderate advocacy of Whig princi
ples, and to the support of internal improvement; en
deavoring, it possible, to avoid party heats and jealou
sies, and basing our opinions upon sound and practical
expositions of the Constitutions of the State and Gen-
ej.nl Governments.
It will also contain the current news of the day, a
tastefully selected Miscellany, and the medley of mat-
ter usually served up in snch publications. In short,
no efiort will be spared on our part to make it a pleas
ing vehicle of instruction and amusement.
W. SPENCER BROWN.
H. V. M. MILLER.
Rome, January, 1843.
Terms The Georgia Courier will he published at
Ihree Dollars per annum, payable in advance, or Four
Dollars if not paid until the expiration of the year.
Two copies will he forwarded for five Dollars, or five
c ’pies fur Ten dollars paid in advance.
4 4 rn,m tral Bank of Georgia.
r I ’ H Attorneys appointed for the collection of
, _ a “ ones to the Central Bank of Georgia, will
ta..e notice that an Agent of the Bank will attend the
Superior Courts of the several counties,' to receive
from mum the amounts collected.
“ It is expected that each Attorney will have in
readiness the fi fas and other papers of the Bank, to
be exhibited for settlement.”
A true extract from the minutes of Col. D. J. Bailey
Director of the Central Bank of Georgia.
, A - M. N1SBET, Cashier,
rebruary 14, 1813. 5 3 t
Wanted to Purchase
A likely r.ogro girl, between 16 and 20 years of age
CYNTHIA ANN SMITH, Ex’*?
A. H. KENAN, * „ ,
C. J. PAINE, \ Lx IS '
of M. J. Smith, deceased.
5 4t
February 14, 1843.
JVesrttm Postponed SberitFs Sole.
O N the first 'J uesday in March next, will be sold
before the Court-House door in Covington, New
ton county—
Ihree negroes, to wit: a woman named Mariah
and her child, and a boy named George—levied on as
the property of Marv Ballard to satisfy three fi fas is
sued from u Justice’s court, in favor of John Webb vs
Mary Balluio—levy made and returned to me by a
bailiff. FRANCIS W. McCURDY, D. Sh’ff'.
February 14, 1843. 5 t ds
LOST,
O N tbe road near Madison, one note dated Slew-
art county, January, 1839, in favor of H. H.
Lawrence, for thirty dollars, due 25th December fol
lowing, and signed by Wilson Pope. I forwarn all
persons from trading for said note, and tbe maker of
said note from paving it to any person except mvself.
HARTWELL H. LAWRENCE.
February 14, 1843. 5 3t
Postponed
H ancock sheriff’s sale.—Win be sold
at the Court-house in the county of Hancock, on
the first .Tuesday in March next, tiie following pro
perty, to wit:
430 acres of land, more or less, on Buffalo,
adjoining Gonder and others, four head i of horses,
namely, one grey mare, one black horse, one sorrel
horse and one colt—levied on as the property of George
Osborn, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of James B. Ran-
sone vs Reuben Buffington, John T. Welch and George
Osborn—pointed out bv George Osborn.
L. S. BROOKING, D. Sh’ff.
February 14, 1843. 5 tds
Poebet-BooL otsd .Homey Mrost!
T OST, on Tuesday, the 7th instant, somewhere on
-Li' the l’oblic Square, in the town of Madison, or ou
the Eatontnn road, between my place and town, a large
Calf-Skin POCKET-BOOK, about half worn, contain
ing about Sixteen Hundred and Five or Ten Dollars in
Bank Notes. Among the Bank Notes were four $100
and three $50 biffs—two of the former on the Slate
Bank of Georgia, the other two on some of the Caro
lina Banks. About half the money contained in the
Book was on Carolina Banks, the balance on different
specie paying Banks of this State.
'I he following were among tbe papers contained in
the Book : One note on R. H. Fretwell for $100. due
on the 25th December, 1841—with a credit of $90—
dated sometimein Jannary, 184C; one on R. W. O’Neal,
for $220, dated sometime in May, 1841 ; one on It. J.
Butts for $900, dated sometime about the last of No
vember or the first of December, 1842 ; one on J. C.
! tiie commencement of rite 14tit century : A. D.
! 1393, population 69,543,811, (authority, Kang-
keen-echu;) 1743, population 157,301,755, (Ami-
I ot-pieendocuments;) 1762, population 198,214,-
533, (Grossier and Pekin documents;) 1792,
population 307,467,200, (Anglo-Cliinese College : tress that exists in our county at the present tune,
report;) 1813, population 461,693,876, (census There are many who have not raised corn sut-
Fatol Effects of Millcrism.—An aged lady,
says the Boston Bee, residing in Charleston' tt,
Mass., became the victim of this delusion on
Sunday evening. Her husband had died a few
days previous, and the old lady’s nerves were
doubtless weakened by the event; and when on
Sunday evening the clouds were fringed with ^ ^ __
the hue of fire, reflected from the conflagration day.'ulVheuded,' pointed, polished and s’tuck’into pl
at Cambridge, no reasoning or persuasion would ; p Crs r ,. a ,fy for sale.
; induce her to believe otherwise than that the I
! world was then about being destroyed by fire.
Her apprehension threw her into convulsions, |
which terminated her life the same evening. j
ever lived more generallv res|Hv„. . v - — D - n,"ir>L r . . ■ —
of friends and beloved by relatives, than the subject of j Du'kly Uoimnnon, of A labama, for $1,017, dated^ about
this obituary, aud whose untimely death was more uni-
New Comet.—An official communication was made
recently to the Academy ol Sciences, silling at Paris,
of the discovery of a new comet, expected to lie as
brilliant as Halle’s, and to recur at shorter periods.
Yankee Invention.—At Stafford, Conn, there is
in operation a pin-making machine, invented by K.
Waters, of that town. It turns out 36,000 pins per
sious, are the order of the day.
Distressin North Carolina.—We believe, says
the “Obi North State,” published at Eliza
beth city, N. C. that few are aware of the dis-
.eport;) . .
taken iu the 18th year of Keaking, including the
population of Taitary and the dependent pro
vinces.)
The justly celebrated Dr. Morrison quotes
with approbation, and conviction of its veraciiy,
tHe census of the provinces of China from an
official work, called the Tasting, published by
authoritv in 1825, which table gives the popula
tion at 352,866,012, or to each square mile of
territory 288; which is the same ratable propor
tion to the square mile as in England
ficientto make bread, and have no means of get
ting any.
The Times in Pennsylvania.—The Pittsburgh
American presents a picture of general distress
in Pennsylvania quite as gloomy as that which
was given, a day or two since, of Virginia. It
says—
We find the greatest distress prevailing iu all
parts of Pennsylvania in regard to money, and
within our recollection there was never a time
The products and exports of China are vari-1 of greater suffering. In many ol the middle
* * j 1 _ / ilim-o n tnfnl nhspnrp n I mnnuv
ous and valuable, including teas, sugar, silk, (raw
and manufactured,) spices, drugs, dyes, porce
lain, metals, dec. The principal article is lea,
which, although introduced into Europeat the
commencement of the 17th century (A. D. 1602
to 1610,) now requires about sixty million pounds
per annum to supply the increasing demand ol
Europe aud America. ■- ~~— .. .. • -
Iu 1660, A. D., our Ease India Company re- made to compel payment ol these, no bidders
counties there appears a total absence of money
of any kind, and the belief there exists that it has
all taken up its location at the two extremes—
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In many of those
counties" we are told that no debts are paid in
money, or no sale made for it, and no promises
of it given; the laxes remain uncollected, and
that in some cases where attempts have beeu
; The Legislature of North Carolina adjourned
j on Saturday last. The Raleigh Register says:
| “ This Session has been the longest ever held in
North Carolina! It commenced on Monday,
i the 21st of November, 1842—and ended on Sat-
i urday, the 28tli day ol January, 1813—aperiod of\
sixty-nine days!" This is a Legislature that
meets once in two years. We dedicate this par
agraph to the [Georgia] Legislature.
Mr. A. Bourgeat, of Point Coupee, at the
Fair, took occasion on meeting with Mr. Clay
| to present him with a very handsome cotton-
[ stalk walking stick with the following speech:
Mr. Clay : I was in Louisiana under the Iron
; rule of the Spanish Government, and J was in
this State under tbe Hickory rule of Andrew
I Jackson. Accept this cane, with the anxious
hope front the giver, that he may live four years
under the Cotton Stalk rule wielded by yourself.
Singular.—Perhaps many of our readers are
not aware of the singular astronomical fact, that
there will be no new moon in February next, and
that there will be two new moons in the month
following. It will be new moon on the 30th Jan,
again on the 1st of March, and also ou the 30th
of March.
Very Reasonable■—Dean Swift livid tne doctrine
that there were three places where a ntan sho'ild he
allowed to snreak without contradiction, viz: “The
bench, tiie pulpit, and the scaffold.”
Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher
respect to wealth than lo talent; for wealth, although
it he a far less efficient source of power than talent,
happens to be far more intelligible.
Charleston, Frbruaiy 11.
Cotton.—The general tenor of the market during
the week has rather been quiet than otherwise, more
particularly towards the close when it partook of dull
ness with an apparent reluctance on the part of buyers
to operate. As near as we were able to a.-cerlaiu the
stale of the market in regard to prices, we observed
that many of the transactions were made at the rates
of ihe previous week, while in others we note a reduc
tion of perhaps i a \ cent—on the whole, the market
closed w ith all the appearance of a general decline.—
The daily sales were 8,306 hales, allrom 5 toC^ cents.
Ai'GL'sta, February 11.
Cotton.—The advance in tiie market, noticed in our
report of Wednesday last, has been fully sustained in
the operations of yesterday and rite day before, and we
continue our quotations of 4^ 1® 6} ct*. as extremes,
though a strictly prime article would bring a fraction
over our highest figures.
Exchange.—Continues at parvon almost all points,
and we have no change to note in the money market.
Central Bank25 a 30, and Alabama, notes 40 to 50 per
cent discount.
1 thropy as broad as the universe, perhaps no man has -V ( 'ore for $12 50, dated sometime in January or Feb-
' ’ e rally respected by a large circlet ™ a O' 1842, due the 25th December. 1843 ; one on
the subject of I ...
the 26th September, 1842, due 1st October, 1843—this
note has expressed on its face, not to be paid in specie
or i:s equivalent: one receipt given me by Stewart
Fioyd, in January or February, 1841, fora note on
C. J. Baldwin for2,300 dollars—with some credits on it;
one on A. Hurt for 20 dollars—with a credit of 12 dol
lars : one Bill of exchange for 1,600 dollars drawn on
the 1’hcenix Bank of New-York by the Bank of Mobile
and dated in Jur.c, 1334—it was the second Bill, tbe
id. All the above notes were made paj-
it also contained one note on R. \Y.
O’Neal, for $02, made payable to Martin & Evans, the
date of which is not-recollected ; one note cn William
Van Landingham for 500 dollars, due the 25th Decem
ber, 1839, made payable to Bryant O’Neal ;oue Notes on
H. P. Turner for 87 dollars and 50 cents, payable to
William B. Wiley, together with sundry accounts, re
ceipts, &c. My name is marked in full with type
on the Pocket-Book. All persons are forewarned
against trading for the above described notes, and the
makers from paving them to any person but myself.
JAMES O’NEAL.
February 14, 1843 5 5t.
versally regretted.
In all his professional intercourse with his fellow-
men, he exhibited the polished gentleman, and in all
his moral associations, tiie honest man and upright
Christian.
True it is, he lias passed from earth, but his placid
manner, his amiable and almost unparralled affection
ate disposition, has stamped upon the heart of his be- ]
reaved companion an impress of his worth which time | “ rtf t being pa
nor circumstances can ever eradicate. Though he is abletomyse ,
forever lost—lost to her view, yet a recollection of him
will linger like some sacred halo on her memory, till
time with h r loo, will be no more.
In Knoxville, Crawford county, on the 1st inst. Mr.
Elijah M. Amos, sr. in the 43d year of Ids age.
Oil the morning of the 1st in-t. he took breakfast
with his own family, on which he doated. About 9
o’clock, in company with Mr H. B. Troutman, he start
ed to Mdiedgeville, but had not proceeded far before his
horse, w hich he was driving i" a Sulky, scaring, rana-
wav with him. Inihe flight Mr* Arnos was thrown from
his’ seat, but somehow—tbe precise position is not
known—was entangled under the body of the sulky,
and was unable lo extricate himself. He was drawn
bv the frightened horse about half a mile, and thus al-
ninst instantly killed. The vehicle of convenience and
pleasure thus painfully became the instrument of death.
Mr. Amos was forty-three years of age, and had an
interesting family, consisting of his companion and two
small children, to whom he was affectionately attach
ed. That they, .ogether with his other friends, have
sustained an irreparable loss, no one will doubt. A
whole community would, doubtless, with full and beat
ing hearts, join in this tribute of respect *0 justly due
to a man of profound integrity and sterling worth. It
were mockery, however, to attempt to express tbe in
ward feelings of a warmly affected community. A
picture drawn by words is too dim and faint to express
the emotions of a heaving bosom ! Grief is best per
ceived by the flowing tear and deep-fetebed sigh, and
the tear and sigh arc, and have been, in almost every
eye and heart in the village of the deceased. Mr. A-
mos had not made an open profession of religion, but
in consequence of his exemplary life—his consistent
views of scripture—his knowledge of Christian expe
rience, a iiope is incited with those most familiar with
him, that his spirit is among the redeemed.
F OUR MONTHS afterdate, applications will be
made to the honorable tbe Inferior Court of Jones
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell the real estate of Asaph Hall, late of Jones county,
deceased. HIRAM DUNBAR, Adm’r.
February 14, 1843. 5 4m
Notice.
A LL persons indebted to the cstae of Asaph Hall late
of Jones county deceased, are requested to make
immediate payment, aud those to whom said deceased
was indebted, are notified to renderin their demands ia
com for nails 10 law - HIRAM DUNBAR, Adm’r
February 14,1843. 5 6t -
A GREEABLY’ to an order of the Inferior Court of
Jones county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold at the Court-house in the town of Clinton,
Jones county, on the first Tuesday in April next, all
the perishable property belonging to the estate of Asaph
Hall, late of said county, deceased consisting of fifteen
brass and wood clocks, three watches, a lot of books,
two horses, saddle and saddleDUgs, a Jersey wagon,
and other articles too tedious to mention. Terms cash.
HIRAM DUNBAR, Adm’r.
February 14, 1343. 5 ids