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The Athenian.
The “ Sketch ef the Life of Servetuswill be in-
sertcd next week, if we can make room.
[The following is at least a spirited copy, and had '
it been perfectly origAal, we must admit it would
have been a clever performance.]
FOR THE ATHENIAN. (
She fell! and all creatioil
Seemed to moutn th* tfcrtimety fate
Ofone, whom nature had adorned
With all the graces of her sex.
Her Oeauteous form now sunk!
With hands uplifted toward the sky,
£hejcast a languid, wishful look
On those whosewat'ry eyes were turned
To see her throbbing bosom breathe its last.
With that last glance she caught
The eye of hjr» .whose faulterihg r& ja
And pallid check too plainly told
The true sensations of bis breait^
But ah ! too’brtc! too late! alas.
Her trembhpg lids, now Closed in death^ .
Refos’d to- sgeakj^f language i
cJF'
i
That her sparkling ej^.3 disclg^d !
Dear Clementine! sighed rlflfvotith,, /
And gently press’d her f oten hand;
Are thus iny hopes But swelling grief
Forbade him longer to indnTje b» words. »
Still on her cheek angelic >auty
Shed its most delightful ckarms.
The rose’s brilliant cofoigs
A tarnish would have thrown around
Her face, compass’d still about
““"th raven-ringlets, shining far and bright,
speechless lover closed her lips,
.fading, with silent kisses,
ty, HiKO’er! she closed
ion lover, earth, and friends.
of gre
- 1 same
The content of a tri»'s veins n<>ver
fluctuates •nlyin pioportjf, n to the mictua-
txto pf the quantityuf^od in the arteries :
the figure of the emulation of the blood,
being a standnrtN^vfeomparison for the cir
culation of water through the earth, is not
complete. We know that before the ve
nous blood .ran become arterial or fit for
nutrition, it has to be exposed to the air
through the medium of the lungs, and dis
charge its carbon, which is combined with
the oxigen inhaled, and exhaled in the form
/>f carbonic acid gass, unfit any longer for
respiration.—Now I will ask this writer
ho W fresh water is changed into saltwater
hen rivers empty their contents into the
eaq- if it is by any other plan than by sim-
S.
TO PULSAT.
ri vers run into the sea; ye-; the sea is not
that Mace ,fwm» .whence the rivprs came,
tSckaiastes i. 7.
How
appear a
the coni
the above pa
pot original.*
the rivers ca
(
of Pulsat
seem from
i placed on
t they are
V,' the, pla 4 h j&m whence
jr tinner tV»y
e.) the rivel|f.l0^^jfeiiiv—r = flu/sea.—
l>ut rivers from.fife ^■P^wlielb'ji;, tliev^on-
vey salt or frefo vr!!er: .ygt. ft »ve?al|
conatrucrio|^gyb^writgage, vfit might sup
pose, that tjmf^'vere Subterraneous rivers
flowing ft oiri tKe fl.i'ean towards the sources
of the ri\ete;^»wi the superficies of the
‘ ■rtg into those inmimera
ierminate again on the
forming the primitive
But the observation
earth, at
Me stretfMs
surface of
fountains of
of Philoso’
tion.-It
that, the
rivers
evj
do Tot justify this construb
jjk? roa^onabls to holievq
.posited in t he sea by the
fir-t, hv electrical
pie admixture 1 yet the saltness of the ocean
is believed, on very good grounds, to have
remained thf same in substance"and quanti
ty ever since its creation, though more salty
a great depth than on the surface, and
under the equator than towards the poles.
It is believed it would iake all the rivers in
the world 500 years to fill up the space now
occupied by the ocean. It consequently
cannot suffer much dilution by the daily
discharge of the rivers intjf its bosom ; but
suppose no, changes of any kind ao take
place in the ocean for several hundred years,
a sensible change in the nature and saltness
of the water would take place : but when it
is considered that an electrical evaporation'
is continually going on on the surface of the
ocean, in the coldest as well ps the hottest
weather, in every climate, and probably in
foe precise ratio of the influx of the rivers of
fresh water. We are nof astonished at the
perpetual sameness in the quality and quanti
ty .of marine water. What a wise provision
of God, who created the waters! "N\ ithout the
It created with the sea water, in the pre-
se quantity it exists, it would have been
totally unfit for the animals and vegetables
which live and qrow in it. -There can be no
increase or diminution of the saltness of
the sea without subverting the whole order
of nature. Destroy its saltness and we
should have an ocean of putrifying water,
destructive to animal and vegetable life
Increase its saltness and the same results
would be produced. There is but ope pro
cess known by which nature changes salt
water into fresh, and that is by evaporation
if we except its congelation into ice, which
xgain,
then precipitated on land iu «. .. , , . , . .
Wri—snA being absorbed and effected by the salty particlps being
in »hn .separated from the water in a state of a par-
;e earth, again issues in the fo
-Now the passage ahov
[^ specifically state in what
frfurn. whether by subte
ams, nr by the more probable mi
poration.—The received opinion nowt h
-that evaporation isTprodufed ,x y electrics
xrttTacttoh from the ocean', rivers, Takes an<T
«arth—the amount from the latter, being as
'1-10 to the ocean.—In the form of blonds
■the vapour is suspended by iKe same elec
trical fluid, generally to the height of 5 or 6
miles from the earth, and owing to the
Reloads always being electrified' positively or
negatively, and the hills and" mountains elec
trifled in Opposition to the clouds, of course
the clouds are attracted by the rbountain*
which are fixed, while the clouds noat in an
Btmospherial fluid. This is farther confirm
ed by the fart, that much more rain falls in
the neighbourhood of mountains, than on
any other portions of the earth.—Owing to
this electrical attraction which subsists be
tween the clouds and earth, it is said clouds
are less fluctuating over hind than (he sea;
and that mariners, in order to ascertain their
proximity land, set their compass to the
cloud which is supposed to hang over land,
and if it is regular in its movements or com
paratively stationary, they know it is over
\land. but if it fluctuates, 'it is known to be
(. over the sea.
In proof of the above, 1 will here quote a
passage from an eminent Natural Historian:
“ When ve.pours arise they carry much
ctricity ; along with them, hence they
ire the body from which they are y/apo-
:rated in a state of negative electricity. It
(freimrkahie that the largest drops of rain
always in the lower regions of the at-
)here, and never any very considerable
in. the higher. I had an exceeding
jid instance of this upon Ben Moar, in the
of Mull, about 2000 feet in height.
riJen I descended to the bottom, I found
largest drops of rain I had ever seen,
fi^reas, the gentleman who remained at
je top of the mountain felt nothing but the
►H drizzling rain usual in spring showers,
sed this must happen, for as the drop/
and it is impossible but they must coa-
and it is for this reason that the
at drops fall m the summer when the
Hal riVaporation while the water is frozen
then.we must conclude that it is by this pro-
"es| the, mountains are loathed yith cooling
showers of fresh water, and the valleys
inade ? To vegetate and bjpssom, and pearly
brooks to murmur through the lawns. “ We
-k#T"<- <«« wilnmilic ilislm-ccB to *HoW that
the sea does any where subside considerably
into the bowels of the earth. We find no
where the waters of the ocean in the interior
parts of the globe : on the contrary, we have
nvuity instances to show that a very thin
crust is capable of supporting the waters of
fhe ocean and preventing foeir subsidence.
It Whitehaven, in Cumberland, they work
the coal fora measured Thile tinder the sea
bottom. -The West India ships sail over
the bends of the colliers, and yet-there is no
sea water found in the mines. Af'Bor-
ronstonness I saw, at one time, as they are
called, 2 acres or more of coal wastes about
20 fathoms under the bottom/fif the sea,
and yet the whole water wasydrained’ oflf by
the labour of a single rpnn. At Kenniel
thev quarter of a nrife under the water
av.d in'-*^e place, to pollan 12 fathoms of
the bottom,, and ycy these are,-among the
driest mines iriyfhe country* In Cornwall
they frequented rive at a mine till within 8
feet of the bottom of the sea, and yet such
a mine is often drier than those in the inte
rior parts of the country.” (The Historian
before quoted.)
I conceive Pulsat has tailed to give a
more plausible theory of the tides, than fti«
one so long established in foe schools,
w.iich could be satisfactorily p^yen il tiVt«
permitted.—I will conclude by gi^in< ?FH
sat another nut to crack in the loflovimg
question:—May pot the Gulfslream^
dticed by a subterraneous passage, piling
from the Pacific ocean, under the Isthmus
of Darien into the Gulf of Mexico, the fo
and direction of \yhich stream, and rapidity,
of the same, may be caused by the Pacific
ocean being higher than the Atlantic"?—All
the common theories respecting the nature
-pf the Gulf stream, I conceive, are objec
tionable. Amicus Scienti-e.
B T . nd believed, departs
about the end of September,
~ a^iout the middle of Octo-
lutter tponth, M. Adenson ob
served them on the, shores of Africa after
their migrations frob Europe. He informs
us, however, foat they do not build their
nests in that country, but only come to
spend the winter. M. Prelond has not only
confirmed the observations of Adenson, in
reference to swallows, but has stated at the
same time, that the yellow and grey wag
tails visit Senegal at the beginning of win
ter. • The former (J\I6iaciUa flav<a,) is well,
know n as one of our summer visitants. The
nightingale departs from England about the
beginning of October and from other parts
of Europe about the same period. During
the winter season it is found in abundance
in Lower Egypt, among the thickest coverts,
in different parts of the Delta. Those Birds
do not breed in that country, and to the in
habitants are merely winter birds of passage.
They arrive in autumn and depart in spring,
and. at the time of migration are plentiful in
the islands of the Archipelago. The quail
is another of oar summer truests, which has'
been traced in. Africa. A few, indeed, brave
the winters of England, and in Portugal
they appear to b^ stationary. But in gene
ral they leave fos country in autumn and
return in spring. They migrate about the
same time from the eastern parts of the
continent of Europe, and visit and revisit in
their migrations the shores of the Mediter
ranean, Sicily, and the islands of the Archi
pelago. While these birds perform those
extensive migrations which we have here
mentioned, others are contented with shor
ter journeys.—Thus the razor-quilled auk,
(Alca torda,) and the puffin (.ilea nfct'ca,)
frequent the coast of Andalusia during the
winter season, and return to us in the spring.
Our summer birds of passage thus appear
to come to us from southern countries, and,
after remaining during the warm season, re :
turn agairi to milder regions. A few of our
summer visitants may winter in Spain or
Portugal ; but it appears that in general they
migrate to Africa, that unexplored country,
possessing every variety of suffocu. and con
sequently great diversity of climate. It is
true that we are unacquainted with the win
ter retreats of many of our sumfoer birds of
passage particularly of small birds ; but as
these arrive and depart under rimilar circum
stances with those whose mirations are as
certained, and as the operations which they
perform during their residence with us are
also similar; we have k right to conclude
that they are subject to thg same laws, and
execute the same movements. What gives
weight to this opinion is the absence of all
proof of a summer bird retiring to the north
riutitvg the winter sqison
In proof*) f the accuracy of the preceding
conclusion, we foay observe that it is a fact
generally acknoifedyed that the summer
i; among land attd practice of physic and surgl
irtie dove, &c. College, remarks: • u When pen
chiefly belong iyphus fever desirft cold- water
The swallow, should never be denied them ;
many idle stories should be allowed to drink ad libi
' . The important discpvery is
administering the water, which is, to give a
gilDevery twenty minutes, or half a pint
every half hour. Given thus, in fevers, for
ty eight or sixtyhours,it produces astonish
ing effects, in mitigating and removing
them.. Indeed, its power is believed to b*i
superior to any other medicine. It should
not^ however, supersede the use of other
remedies, but be given along with them.
Whiletheskm isdry and hot, it should always
be given cold; but when the body is moist
with sweat, it should be given luke-warm.
Athens, Dec. 7,1827.
K ' ?CF* To the Frateniity.>—In the numerous re
proaches between printers and post masters about
the miscarriage of papers, we believe the fault rather
more frequently belongs % the first than the last,
from the insufficient manner in which they are put
into packages.-—A printer, we know, is always aaxi
oos and attentive that his subscribers shall be regu
larly supplied: but it is the practice of many to use
the outside quires of their printing paper for envelopes
For more % than two or three papers together, this is
.entirely too weak to go any distance, particularly,
when they are put up fresh from the press, as the
moisture entirely destroys its* tenacity, and a few
tosses of the mail bag bursts the packet, and then
the size of the mail, and the short space of 15 mi
nutes allowed to overhaul it, often compels one post
master to rely on the next for repair of the damage,
and so on till they become entirely mutilated.—We
use a Common wrapping paper manutactured from
old tarred ropes, which, besides being cheaper than
the outsides, preserves its toughness notwithstand
ing the moisture; and we have Ascertained that our
print goes regularly to the distance of 1500 miles.—
Wfc frequently miss certain papers, end often among
them the National Intelligencer, which we have
known to arrive at the office here scattered about
the mail bag. „ . , •
liiledgeVilth, they would have done so, aa it has at-'. »
fays been at their option. Altogether there is not
solitary good reason for the change ; this paper cir-
iulates'as largely in Gwinnett and the adjoining coun-
as any other, and an adverse act, by suppressing
alternative, would leave those who advertise ex-
to higher charges, if wc are rightly inf;vto#w-
j>n the whole the invidious nature of the mancc'V y
is evident. * 1
The Tariff.—From the activity and talents enlist*
ed on behalf of an. augmentation of duties on sundry
goods, we are inclined to the opinion that the point
wiU be carried in the Congress which has now assem
bled. Indeed, in some of the states, whose resist
ance of it heretofore has been ardeo t, wo should infer
from the measures adopting, that opposition was
about to cease ; in Maryland and Virginiap?.rticular-
ly, vigorous exertions are making to establish manu
factories in which slave labour is to be employed ;
and the most profitable results are relied Op^—In this
dilemma those who feel that their interests wifi be
affected, may collect thoir best course wm i\tl fol
lowing incident:—Apersonin a northern «fiv, v^ios/V
employment lay at a distance from his divoTUrtg, tu
tored a dog to bring him his dinner every day in a
basket. In the performance of this duty the odour
of foo basket’s contents frequently excited the op-
peiitcof other dogs whom he passed, hut be faith
fully defended it, and performed his errand regularly
for some time. At length, a dog who had been fre
quently tempted by the smell of the other’s charge,,
and as often punished for it, one day assembled seve
ral of his companions, and when the object of their
designs appeared, they al! assaulted him at once—.
resistance was vain, and ((^provisions were speedi
ly scattered about: but the vanquished carrier, in
stead of standing to bemoan or revile the outrage,
instantly joined in devouring their prize, and secured
considerably more than an equal share. We con
ceive a more prudent step could hardly have bcc$j
devised ; and if the increase of duties will be so veiy
profitable to those who may engage in producing the
articles embraced, we have never yet heard of any
one havingthe effrontery to propose, that those state*
j.which dread its effects, shall be excluded from par
ticipating in those profits.
fc
The late arrivals furnish London and Liverpool
dates to the 6th of October, But we discover nothing
of any part cular moment in them, except a conti-
nuanci^and increase of the disordered state of Spain,
while the tffairs of Greece seem at a stand.
clhuds are elevated .highest and have far
thest, to fall.” u Along all the West coast
of Britain, which is the highest land, the
greatest quantity of rain falls. This is very
well ascertained by the manufacture of
ropes, which depends ver/ much on fair
weather. At Leith, rope-makdrs can work
30 days in the year v more than can be v done
at Greenock,”—owing to the diffeicftice in
the height of land at the two_p!aces.—This
is a very wise nrovision m nature : the high
est places on %e globe are continually fed
ihowers of snow,
ntly, our most
xnajesticTivers have theif heads fixed in the
recesses of the 'highesl^mnuntains. An
other fact that militates
[+ We see nothing in the p:
swing that foe idea of Pulsat is not
tword is mentioned about pulsation or c<
three therein.—Thu fact of flux and reflux hi
aitted by every one in all agesbut the
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
[Wo continue the following from an article wider
the same head in onf last.]
The migration of animals is another
circumstance affecting their distribution.
Quadrupeds make only partial migrations;
as the stag and the roe from the mountains
to the plftins. The winged and finned
quadrupeds migrate more extensively, as
the great.bat which 'inhabits England during
summer, and spends its winters in (a torpid
state in Italy:* and the Greenland seal,
which migrates southwards to Ireland in
winter.
The migrations of,the feathered tribes are
the most numerous 1 ; but foe same species
which is migratoiy in one country,' is in some
cases stationary in another; as the linnet
idea of which is migratory in Greenland, fid] sta
tionary in Britain. Migrating. !
either summer birds of passage,
rive in spring and depart in autumn, of
ter birds of passage, which arrive in au
and depart in spring.
The summer birds of {passage Are,. Among-
birds of passage tisit the southern parts of
the country a fey days, or even weeks, be
fore they mafetf their appearance in the
northern districts. Thus, the common swal
low (Hums (tislica,) appears in Sussex
about the begnnhg of the foird week in
April; while-TCihe neighbourhood of Edin
burgh it is sdiiStB seen before the first of
May. The/cuckoo appears in the same
district atyhnt tyc last week, of April; in
Edinburgh seldom before th? second week
in“ May/ The/reverse of this holds true
with these surimer visitantsrit their depar
ture. Thus aotterills (Charhdrius morinel-
hts) forsake fe Grampians about the begin
ning of Aiqjhst, and Scotland by the end of
that monthi while they return to England
in September, and remain there qven until
Noventbqir. A difference of nearly a month
takes place between the departure of the
goatsucker (Capt'imulgus Europeans,) from
Scotland and from the south of England.
Virtues of Water as a Medicine.—It is
not generally known, that simple water, i. e.
uch as nature affords in its purest state,
sesses important medical properties. Its
efficacy, however, as a retnedy in diseases
indubitable : the many cases hf colds and
iured by water alone, afford ample
elations, is a sub
Its power of
extensive^ there beihg
which* if-does not act,
s hot edmbine. Ta-
dilutes the acrid
Teratioit of Cathartic
nt the whole of the
canal/ th it may be
here* Being absorb-
he blood, it eihates the
We have received the first number of a well print
ed paper, entitled the “ Selma Courier,” published by
Thomas J. Frow, at Selma, Dallas county, Alabama,
which if adequately supported, argues favourably for
that quarter.—Its general politics profess to be in
accordance with those preponderating throughout
this region,
%
Among the proceedings of our Legislature we find
one item in which we have something more than a
common interest, as its consummation would affect
materially the concerns of this paper: we allude to
an Act which has passed the lower house, (though
not yet in the Senate,) for compelling the officers of
Gwmnett county to advertise in one of the Milledge-
ville papers—a favour which they have hithejto con
ferred on this.—rWe can distinctly trace the agna
tion of this measure, in connexion with ’another of
equal consequence, to individual enmity against our
publication in that county, and an accompanying
desire to suppress its circulation there, without one
particle of public utility to qualify, it; all which we
may in due time expose: yet we freely admit, that
considerable portion of the members in the majority
upon the case were led to believe they were about to
do the county a service, and others felt willing to
yield what they considered a local point, but neither
suspecting its true origin.—When the fact is so ge
nerally conceded, it would perhaps^ittw be out of
time to descant on the moral effect pf newspapers on
the society that 4olerates and support* them, by es
tablishing communications Between distant parts,
making the residents of each familiar with the ideas
and affairs of the other, and particularly by discus
sion and dissemination of intelligence so as to ena
ble the pubhc mind to act with discretion, prompt'
ness and order, whenever its action is required: but
we may remark, that notwithstanding their claims
to favour, thore is not one in the state which could
be upheld, or worth continuing, on its subscriptions
alone, and each time print the quantity of matter it
is accustomed to; wherefore no more effectual me
thod to cripple one could be devised than to.de-
priveit of advertising patronage ; and of this there
is sufficient danger by established means, without
the aid and arts of disguised malevolence; for the
manner in which it is now regulated, as respects le
gal business, renders it sufficiently difficult to obtain
a profitable share.—We are probably not aware of
all the reasons for establishing the existing regula
tions, but we will venture to submit, that besides
forming A kind of Government benefaction to a few,
they have their disadvantages with respect to many
concerned.—The law gives the option tp advertise
in a paper printed in the cirCnit, or in one at Mil-
ledgeville; ih order therefore, to attract patronage
to Milledgeville, it is customary (so it 'is reported
to make a great difference in charge between those
who have an alternative; and those \$ho have none,
thereby erecting the power for almost an entire mo
nopoly in favour of that place, and converting their
f
stoma
and assist foe
rtedcmes in clear!
cbnt aits of the in
mot w and
ed iV« mixed
whoUcirculatmg: mass, combines with the
nox/ te matters that urn in it, aod passing
off frfely* by the skin/ kidneys, and other
email Rories, exprls the viscid, sharp, and
acrid ilumors from thelbody. r ^
fo> (convinced was the r-r’J.rated Dr.
Hoffman of its virtues, that he exclaimed
** Of ail the production^ of nature or art, wa
ter cojnes nearest that universal remedy, so
much (sought after by mankind, but never
discovered.”
Dii Tissot, of whom Mr. Wesley speaks,
as a Person of strong understanding, exten
sive knowledge, and deep experience, ob
serves : “ Out of twenty sick persons who
are lost in the country, more than two thirds
might have been cured, if they were suppti-
ed with abundance of po^avafer.” boatw a» fcrm«,orthi,p.pcr th.u<W.-Tho
Formerly, m maBy inslances, "" oScmoMh, re^tiw count!., being under ibli.
denied persons sicl^with fevers. This er-ipp™ to «n cutettieir Jo a t , in the moat benetjw
tirely eradicated, is tnuclr j manner, we cannot but suppose that if tboso o
past., one in question had believed it would be an advan*
the theory j tage to thd business in their hands to advertise jnfi
■ X' ' wr v
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LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
IN SENATE.
"SATuitDAr, Nov. 24.
Mr. Crawford of Columbia, from jfie
committee on Banks, reported a bill to <•
amend the act incorporating the Marino and
Fire Insurance Bank of the city of Savan
nah, which was read the first time.
Mr. Sellers had leave to report instanter, ^
bill more effectually to define the method* \
f perfecting service pn persons whose draws
have, or shall be returned as fraudulently
given in and drawn, w ithin the late purchase,
including the countjes of Lee, Muscogee,
Troup, Coweta, and Carrol, which was read
the first time.
Mr. Scarlett laid on the table the follow
ing resolution.—Resolved, that the services
ofcthe State’s Engineer be authorised and
employed in surveying the port and harbor, ^ *
and the route of tiie contemplated canal of
Brunswick, when it shall be required of hjm
by the Brunswick canal company, during
the next year—provided at the time of Re
quiring his services, he is not engaged in
some other important duties of his office.
Monday, Nov. 26. *
Mr. Gamble had leave to.report instanter,
a bill to amend the rent laws of this Slate,
which was read the first.time.
. BILLS P ASSED..
To authorize pertain commissioners
therein named, torayY fottwrV the sum
herein specified, for fllg^uijqse of building
a Masonic Hall in the town of Monroe^
Walton county.
The bill to compel Justices cf the Peace
in this State to give bond and security, was
taken up and rejected—yeas 40—nays 19.
Tuesday, Nov. *27.
* Mr. Allen from the committee on \ gri-
culture and Internal Improvement,Reported
a bill to prescribe a permanent syste m of
Internal Improvement, which read the
first time. v
A Message wlis received froip tbo .Gove-
ner rejecting a resolution concerning the
distribution of printed copies of(the Journal
of the Sessions. R
The bill to lay out a town on the^ reserve
at the Coweta falls on the Chataftoochie ,
river, and to name, and dispose of • foe V ame, A
were both severally read the third t»»\e and
passed. ^
Wednesday, Nov. 23.\
Mr. Baber from the joint commutee on
Agriculture and Interna! Improvement, to
whom was referred the documents relating
to the improvement of the navigation of the
Ocmulgee river from Macon to" its junction
with the Oconee river, made a report, which
was read and ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. Powell, the Senate re»
solved itsqlf into a committee of the whole
on the bill for the division of the late ac
quired counties. The bill was reported
without amendment. The Senate took up
and agreed^ to the report, when the bill was f
read the third time and passed.
The bill to lay out and form a new coun
ty out of the counties of DeKalb, Fayette,
Coweta, and Carrol, was taken up and ne
gatived by the casting vote of the acting
President (Mr. Clayton of Clark.)
Thursday, Nov. 29.
.. . . . ... Allen B. Powell, Esq. was chosen by the
editors into comers instead of instructors: whereas, Senate, President pro tern duriror the tem-
-if itwas ^consigned to one of the papers in the cir- |p 0r ary absence of the President. °
Bills reported, and read the first time.
By Mr. McTyre.—To incorporate a
Bunk in the city of Augusta, to be denomi
nated the Merchants’and Planters’ Bank
in the city of Augusta.
Onfmotion of 'hlr.Eszard, a committee was
appointed to reporta bill to incorporate tho
Presbyterian church in the town of Decatur,
DeKalb county, and to appoint Trustees for
the same.
Friday, Nov. 30;
% BILLS PASSED.
Mr. Homy laid on the table the foffow-
solution :
iepastafes:
cuit, or the next most convenient paper,' an equalli-
zing system would be produced, and no doubt many
conveniences accrue to those concerned, respecting
distance and opportunity, from which they are now
excluded.—We humbly conceive that a legislative
enactment should have for its object, either the pro
motion of a public good, or the suppression of a pub
lic evil; but in this case we can perceive neither the
one nor the other, unless the gratification of the
spleen and sinister views of a few individualsddiould
ijuiy has been don^
