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Athens. Jan. 12,1830.
County bUtcliom, —The following election# of Sheriff
und ol*>rk« of the Superior Court#, which were made
pn :!i« first Monday in thin month, are from all the coun.
■nea which we have yet heard from :
Clark-JMW HENDON, Sheriff.
Robert Lignn, Clerk of the S. & I. Court#.
Gwinnett.—THOM AS WORTHY, Sheriff
J. O. Parke, Clerk S. Court.
M.—JACOB FBERHART, Sheriff.
James Law, Clerk S. Court.
Jickton.—JOHN RANDAL, Sheriff
Edward Adam#, Clerk S. Court*
AUdhon. MOON, Sheriff
H'oho t.—0U1N STROUD, Sheriff.
V. Llaralaon, Clerk S. Courb.
A Vo publish to-day a synopsis of the report ot the
AJecroiary of the Tn aauiy, giving a atalement of the
date of the finance# of the country, for which we are
indebted to the Georgia Journal. W e have also re
vived the Report# of the Secretary at W ar, of the Na
vy, and the Po#t Master General. Wo do not find any
‘thing particularly internting, and our limit# will not
•pcunit ub to publish them.
to improve the great read to the north treat—bttt be
cause like advantages are not given to all the other
sections of the state, another bill must be substituted
giving advantages in the ratio of about one to four to
the low country, or the proposition must be “put
down.” And because we do not like to see the up
country paying all the taxes and getting but one-fourth
of the benefit of them, and think that the road bill as it
stands is likely to he worthless “a» to us,” we are
guilty of “carping” and show a “narrow policy.” We
do not hesitate to say that the north west has been
treated with illihcrality and injjstice. It is the most
dense portion of the state. It pays most taxes into the
treasury, either directly or indirectly. It ha* decidedly
the worst roads in the state, and yet the leust has been
done for them. Let the Legislature first do us j istiee,
and then see whether the north west will be wanting in
liberality and courteous d« meaner towards the other
portions of our state.
The Tariff.—“ Our information,” *»ys the New York
Evening Post, “ received from various sourc.es ut Wash
ington, leads us to the conclusion, to which we are
somewhat reluctant to arrive, hut which we feel bound
to express for the sake of our commercial readers, that
no change will bemado in the tariff during the present
session, except, perhaps, in the article of tea and cof
fee. The South may make an effort to bring up the
question, but we cannot predict their success. If a*»y
thing efficient is done, which, however, we do not think
likely, it will come from New England.”
And the National Gaxette states, that at Wanhing-
ton it is doubted that the tariff w ill und< rgo any gene
ral modification at the present session of Congress.
WVANCE9 OP THE UNITED STATES.
Congress. ,.
*******
The expendituca f° r the same
ye.r amnuut«l 10
$22,656,764 04
Tli* Trustee* of Richmond Academy ha*e re-ap-
peinted Mr. Jane. P. VVxddsl, R'dor, and JaMta
JUoore, Principal of the Engliih department.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has, by
vole of 67 to 1, passed a resolution approbutory of
the tariff of 1828. To thin the Philadelphia Gazette
says— 11 turn about is fair play.” Let Congress return
the compliment bv passing a resolution disapprobatory
of the financial quacke-y of the Legislature.
The balance it the Trcainry on
the lat Jan. 1328, was
The receipts during the year 1823,
were
'Making an aggregate of
The erpenditurea for the sam.
year wore,
Leaving a balance in thoTreaaury
on the 1st Jan. 1823, of
The receipts during the year 1829,
are estimated at
Making with the balance on the
1st tan. 1829, an aggregate of
The expenditures for tiie year 1329,
arc estimated at
Leaving in the Treasury, the 1st
Jan. 1330, an eatiinaled ba
lance of
The Secretary of the Treasury es
timates the receipts during tho
year 1830, at
Which with the balance estimated
to remain in the Treasury on
the lat Jan. 1830, of
Will make in agregate of
Tho expenditures for tho year
1830, are estimated at
Which will leave a balance on tho
1st of Jan. 1831, of
$6,668,286 10
24,789,463 61
31,457,749 71
25,485,313 99
$5,972,435 81
24,602,230 98
30,574,6G6 69
26,164,595 10
$4,410,071 99
The editor of tho Constitutionalist, in hia paper of
Hhe 5th hut. take- us to task, somewhat haraldy, for
our cuiaory remark! of the 29th ult. in anticipating the
4 (Tecta of ilia road bill upon this a. ctinn of tliocountry.
The dogma with whielt he sets out, that it waa tho act
oftho majority, and therefore noedi no apology, is one
lhut wo cannot readily (uhseribo to. It is too much in
brewing with the liackn-tni ad.gn n the other aide ot
'•the Atlantic, that the king can do no wrong. At leaat,
jf itis majority can do as they pic ase, wc hope we will
J,e permitted an equal freedom to say wlist we please.
We are quiteaaiistied to leave .ns point with ‘‘tilth
masters, tho people,” and b> ing one of that number,
we shall hot hesitate to read them a lecture, whenever,
. jn o.tr humble opinion, they slum! in need ol it. W c
.havu laid that we anticipate but little benefit to this
aection of the countiy from that bid. tie hope we ,n »)
be disappointed, as the editor of the Constitutionalist
Hearns to think wo will. Ho says, “ the editor (mean
ing us) •unity forgets that tltu mercantile interests of
Augusta aro no directly and intimately connected with
tho north western part of Georgia, that tho City Coun-
cil would be acting under a strange delusion indeed, to
give any direction to our internal improvements which
did not embrace that aection of the country in which
’out merchant, ar. mainly intercted." We had not
f orgotten a word of all this. But in thinking of it, wc
Vmltd not help thinking al.o that tho City Council of
Augusta (and wo mean no disparagement of that re-
spcctabln body) are very much liko other City Coun-
wila, and will bo disposed lo use tho hands put under
their direction, in the way they may deem most bonefi.
tiaiybr heir city. Now as tho trade from the north
writ mint go to Augusta, as it has no other outlet, and
that ftom tha we.t and south may go to Millcdgeville, to
Macon, to Darien or to Savannah, who dnee not tec
•that the temptation willbovory strong to put the hands
■on the roada tn tlrcwa latter ptacai, to the neglect of
tho north west J Anguata is secure of our trade, let
the roads be what they may) but a considerable portion
of tho trade botweon Augusta and tha other mentioned
places will dopend upon the good condition of the
roads. Will tho City Council of Augusta be acting with
other than common policy, if, under these eircufnatan
«cs, they give a decided preference lo thee latter
mails J And what do the merchants of Anguita care
whether the planter la one or two weeks on the road
with hia produce! Whether he kills none or half a
dozen horaea, or whether it coala hi n fivo or fifty del
Jars to bring hia produce into market ? So the mer
chant geta the cottou, ho will give l.iinsclf but little
coneeru u to thecircumatenccs under w hich it iacairiul
there. It is therefore futile to talk of mercantile into-
aits, Tho interest to Augusta as regards us is the
same, whatever disadvantages we labor undeij and
this ia tho cauae of our greatest fears. We repeat, we
Imps wo may be disappointed in our anticipations; it
nu have justice done ua we will be. It was no doubt
'jte intention of the Legislature for the hand* to bo
ijinly worked on the roada lo the up-country, and we
| nj tka editor could have spoken advisedly in asaur-
^uleavVthat they should be. We shall for the present
tion o*® r *9 comfort onmelvea with the usual conaola-
shall sd hwnlieur under similar circumstance*» "We
The ke.",
kill, siedHor, by way of apology for the defects of the
noitftfW*i “ fhere were numberless loeat mteres's to
. (hri, and It was only by throwing the bill into sueh
^nrjra as to embrace tho greatoft possible tango of
at s'‘ty thal'Ui friend* were enabled to effect any thing
i|. Bel the bill, extensive as it was in its oprrs-
A,ns, w»» blown up In the Senate by the Pint and
’ Chattahoochee interests; in conjunction with thoae
A, ho were h nown aa ‘‘the river men," who alledged that
/ they would never submit to the original bill which
took all the State’s hand* from the rit era and placed
tham upoo the roada, and upon those roads only which
could not possibly benefit their constituents. Thia
juorlo of reasoning was certainly fallacious; but theae
men had the power in Senate to put the bill down, and
as they believed that their interests were vilelly con-
. cerned in the rejection or adoption of it, it would hare
teen • kicking against the prioks’to attempt lo slier
their ideas. Thus it appears, although the substitute
.» exceedingly defeetire, yet it was the best provision
which the Georgia Legislature during the late session
could possibly hara made. It was certainly intended
jlrr tha benefit of tha whole State, and it evinosa a nar
row policy in the Albanian to sxelatm H. “ 1* worthies.
Id Df* 19
It is the** u Mowing up” and" puffing down" move-
meats of th* last Legislature, of which we think w*
. have aright toeompWn. An appropriate™ is proposed
for the College-hut because forsooth Oov. Gilmer hap
pened to announco himself at Athens a*, a candidate
for the office which ha new fill*, tha College most, in
jgMy revenge ba " Mown op." Apropos*™, is wade.
The New York Daily Advertiser, referring to the ac
count we published a short time since, of an attempt
to aaancsinnte Mr. Poinsett, related by a gentleman
arrived at Bouton, atatea that there are other gentlemen
who have just nrrivrd from that country, who have not
corroborated this story in any respect, but represent
every thing quiet nod peaceful. Readers arc not gene
rally aware what a great accommodation such rumors
are to the printer. This for instance, has furnished us
Iuj paragraphs; whereas, had it been true, we should
tinvu had but one. Dr. Johnson, in his Idler, has a pa
per on the subject, and shows that a rumor of thiskind
may very conveniently be spun out, by a judicioue
newsmonger, to give interest to half a dozen papers.
—
Dr. Scuddor, of New York, who has devoted his at
tention to the subject of artificial eyes, and has met
with great succ es in hie profession, siateB that ho has
now sneerrded in accomplishing whst he has long stu
died to attain—which is, tn have tho pupil of the eye
contract and dilate in the same manner as the human
eye. Tins is done by n discovery purijv hifl own, and
is accomplished hv the rays of light which ore thrown
upon it. The artificial eyes put in by Dr Seudder, so
nearly resemble the human eye, that it is almost im
possible to distinguish one from the other.
23,810,000 00
4,410,071 69
which U now approaching. ft U kn °” n . ‘J 1 ?*
the most unexampled exertions are making t
all civilized nations, to increase the produc
tive power} and those who shall aland fore
most in this laudable strife, will bo assured of
success in maintaining, not merely the pros
perity of their people, but n high rank among
the family of nations.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
8. D. INGHAM
Prom the Georgia Courier.
I shall not hesitate to consider an anony
mous Communication in the Constitniitnalisl
of the 29th ult. the production of a gentleman
who voted ngainst the “ College Bill.” The
disguised effort ot personal justification, is a
signul decisive of the authorship. He does
not, in so many words ndmil his opposition to
the Bill, though the spirit of the piece evinces
hostility to the University; and tho arguments
used, and the views tuken by him, exhibit the
narrownoss of o crampt, and the illiberahty of
a prejudiced mind.
I am authorised to believe, that the gentle
man alluded to, felt the forcible truths, incul
cated in an extract from that able periodical,
the Southern Review. That Work affirms the
“ first of all internal improvcmcn/i” to be
that, “ which affec ts not, perhaps, the pecunia-
28,250,071 69
23,755,526 67
$1,494,543 02
Public Debt.—There will have been P” id nf ' h *' | f''^;
lie debt, during the present year, $12.405,095 80
Which will have reduced the who e debt of the U. f>.
on the first of Jan-ary, 1830, including 7 millions of 5
percent, slock,subscribed to the bank of the United
States to $48,565,406 50
rv resources, but the rank, the character, the
* ... — - - „t.nn (Im
have explained! If after SS060 had been ap
propriated, but n " pittance” would ha '|® r ®*
mained in the Treasury, «t 0 ^ 1,rs ,0 " ,e ’ t0
ask,if,considering the real wealth of’«»■«*
that wretched “ pittance” could have been s*
t*3w«S,Vr Satiny WlSHl-a
have rendered essential service to ffie' °P era *
lions oTthe Central bank 1 Would SSOOO n
propriated for a permanent and general object,
have interfered more with the Central Bank,
than an appropriation ofglO.OOOfor another,
and a local object 1 I thought b®«> c°“M ^ve
been granted without injury to the Stafe-anri
believe the former had a prior claim to be
gf Th^gentleman says, that ‘‘this Institution
at Athens,” although intended ' to be devo-
ted exclusively to literary purposes has bee*
for years past, and is yet, converted into a po
litical engine to advance the influence of »
party.” I consider this the language of politi
cal pique and resentment, and therefore unwor-
thy of an answer. He who had once been »
clamorous caucus man. should have been tho
Inst to break the weapon which had once de-
fended him, because it did not always prove
qua! to the task. But as to what is said
about the use of the college,, ‘for the advance-
meat of certain individuals, I shall oppose to
. what Governor Troup has sensibly said
the subject, nnd leave the public to
Cotomlie.—The news of tho design of Bolivar tn have
himself crowned omprror, is gaini' g strength, nnd the
rovnlt of Gen. Par* thoreopon is also confirmed. There
has been no great good feeling on tho part of Pars to
wards Bolivar for some years past, and he may consi
der thia an opportune time to foment tho feelings of the
people against him. A letter dated Venezuela, Nov.
28lli, published in n late Na'ional Gazette, is of (he
following import: “ Affairs aeem to have undergone a
change in Venezuela, arising, ns it appears, from an
official proposal made by Gen. Urdancta, tho Secretary
of IVar, to Gen. Paez.to forward tho coronation of Bo
livar. The public voice is raised against the act in
Venezuela. * Death to the tyrant—death to the crown-
long live tho constitution'—isthecommon cry through
out the streets. It seems that this portion of the cnun<
try will form a separate independent end republican
government.******You may perhaps recollect lo have
heard this distinguished officer and true patriot remark
ofton, that he would follow Bolivar as long at ho had
no idea of erecting a monarchy, but that there aliould
ho no crowns in Colombia. The time, it appeari, has
arrived wticn he will verify his assertions.”
Another letter, dated Lagttayra,26th Nov.saya: "1
liaic just received news ot the acts of Cararcas,de
claring a separation of Venezuela from the Republic.—
There wore hut three disa-nting votes. Gen. Parzis
now at Valencia, hut has been eent for. Porto Cabello,
ictoria, Valencia, Caraccas, Ac. have all declared. In
abort, separation will lake place, and as it apparently
comes t om the pteple, there will not be any disturb
ance of the public order.”
Prcrruiofthr Virginia ConrmMo*.—We fear, aaya
the Richmond Enquirer of the 29th ult. it is almost
time lo strike out the first term from our usual caption,
11 Progre-a." A' e can scarcely pay that they arc ad
vancing to the consummation of their labors. Some aoy
they are stationary; olhera that they arc going hack,
and some that they will never be eblc to do any thing—
so various a; e the view* of members, and ao opposed, it
is said, arc the intcrostsoftho Eaat and West.
The University oj.tUbansa.—The trustees of this Uni
vrrsity, oil tike 12th ult. elected Dr, Philip Lindsley
PnAasor of Moral Philosophy; John Fielding Wallace,
Esq. Professor of Natural History and Chemistry; Dr.
Uurden Sultonetall Protestor ef Mathematics; Rev.
Wm. Hooper Professor of Ancient Languages, and on
the 23d Dr. William King Adjunct Professor of Chern-
iatry.
The Tnaealooea Intelligencer atatea, that an honor
able gentleman, a member of the Legislature we pre
sume, in a speech of thirty-seven minutes, used the
word " Sir," more than lice hundred end forty times, or
on an average, flfsr/y aerrn timer per minute f
Thn Bank of Darien, says lb* Journal of the 2d, in
the term* of its original contract, dissolved by the act
chartering tho Central Bank, but renewed by an act of
the last Legislature, redeemed from the Central Bank
$75,000 of Us bills.
The New Orleans papers announce the arrival of the
Message of the President in that city, in the short apace
of five day* and a half after it* departare from Wash,
ington. The Message would probably have reached
here (says the New Orleans Argus of tho 16th ult.)
in (ess than fivt day*, had not tha mail boat unfortu
nately grounded in tho lakes.
On the subject of the public debt the Secretary of the
Treasury observes:
“ If the foregoing eslimnto of the revenue
nnd expenditure be correct, the sum at the tits-
posal of the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund, for the year 1830, will be §11.500.000;
and when the increase of population is consi
dered, tnav probably be sately computed at
§12,000,000. for the four succeeding years.
This sum will complete the payment of the
whole Public Debt within Jhe year 1834, with
out applying to bank shares.”
The Secretary thus crnirludes his report:
“It may not be unprofitable to observe,
that n total revolution is taking place in mnny
of the productive employments throughout the
cizilized world. The improvements in scien
ce* and arts, no longer interrupted by war,
have been directed to other objects, and have
so increased the power of production that the
tide of prices which had been long on the flood,
is gradually ebbing, even under a depreciated
currency. " The relative values between la
bor and products have also changed, but. are
not yet adjtiBted. The depression of prices,
fnlling unequally on the different syccies of
property, is ruinmis to mnny. and repugnant
to tho feelings even of those who do not really
suffer. It may he long before a proper ad
justment of these values removes the evil;
and until then, the busy world will be agitated
bv the convulsive struggles of its various in
terests, ench to avert from itself, and throw
upon others, the impending adversity. The
ramifications oftheso connecting and conflict
ing operations are so complicated, that it may
be doubted whether any degree of intelligence
hnweverfree from the influence of special in
terests, could, by the exercise of its political
power, materially lessen the evil. The ac
tive energies of man, stimuiatod by necessity,
emulation, and love cf wealth, are perhaps the
agents most to be relied upon, in maintaining
a salutary equilibrium in the various operation
of human enterprise. Every new disposition,
therefore, of the motioy power, to be safe,
should be gradual, nnd requires great caution
to avoid increasing the unequal nnd irregular
action winch is so obviously prejudicial both
to individual and public welfare.
Whatever objects may, in the wisdom of the
Government.be found for llio application ofstir-
plus revenue, after the public debt shall be
paid, there will probably remain a considera
ble amount, which may be dispensed with by
n reduction of the import duties, without pre
judice tn any branch of domestic industry.
Such a reduction will present a favorable op
portunity for averting a portion of the evil re
sulting from the general depression in the price
of property before relerred to. The repeal of
a tux is similar in its efforts to tho relinquish
ment of so much mutual debt; relieving, to
that amount, the various species of labor upon
which it was charged, and distributing its be
nefits. in proportion to consumption, upon
every individual of the nation.
The extinguishment of the public debt tends
to the same result in another way. The in
terest is now pnid to the capitalists, out of the
profits of labor; not only will this labor be re
leased from the burden, but the capital thus
(brown out of an unproductive, will seek a
productive employment ; giving thereby a
new impetus to enterprise, in agriculture, the
arte, commerce, and navigation, at a lower
charge for interest than before. The heavy
impositions on the labor employed in these
pursuits, in those nations where the arts have
attained their highest perfection, had become
in a great measure counterbalanced, in latter
years, by the inciensed capacity or that
labor; but these burthens still remain, and
with but little prospect of diminution. In the
mean time, the industry of the United Slates
will have a positive advantage over that of other
countrisra, equal to the difference between their
respective rates of taxation; and it ia worthy
of consideration, lliat there has been probably
oo period, in which such an opportunity for
advancing the general economy of the Ameri
can people, and aiding them to maintain a suc
cessful competition with that of other coun
tries, could have been more propitious, or
more necessary to their interests, than that
reputation or THE country ; nay. even the
stability and duration of its civil institutions.”
What species of improvement is alluded to ?
Popular Education. The object of the bill
under consideration, (as the gentleman h is
drawn the argument to its merits,) was “ the
more certainly nnd effectually to advance the
future, and best interests” of the University of
Georgia. Dr. Branham had moved a Reso-
lutiorTin the Senatus Acndemicus prior to the
introduction of n Bill into tins Legislature, re
questing the Trustees of the University to lay
before the S. A. “an estimate of the amount
of funds necessary” to effect tho object, wnich
subsequently formed the matter ot the Bill.
A Report was made in pursuance oftho Reso
lution. laving before tho S. A. nnd the State
at large, a candid statement of the wants of
the University, and the appropriate estimates
of the pecuniary means, requisite to endow it
for more extensive utility, and for producing
more vnried and profound individual scholar
ship. After the Report was read, Dr. B. mo
ved the following Resolution, viz :
Resolved, “ That the Senatus Acadqmicus
concur in so much of the Report of the Board
ofTrustees, a* relates to the engagement of
two additional Professors, the erecting a Cha
pel, the addition to the Library, and the pro
curing a Cabinet of Minerals; and that the
Legislature ib hereby requested to make ade
quate appropriations to carry into effect these
objects.”* This resolution embraces all tho
objects which were included in and for which
the “ College Bill" intended to provide. They
were deemed prominent incidents of an Uni
versity, and were considered essential to its
prosperity, and enlarged utility. But the gen
tleman holds the doctrine, that “ an appropri
ation for a compartively immaterial object,'
(the University) could not bo warranted “ by
the condition of the State Treasury,” while the
main roads to our chief market towns remain
almost impassable.” Here, another remark of
the intelligent Reviewer of our Sister Stnte is
verified, viz : that “ the citizens of the United
States, whose wealth seems so exhnustless,
when canals, railroads, &c. are brought to
their view, are only poor when called upon to
support the first of all internal improvements,”
i. e. the mental improvement of tho citizens-
Whether the degree on the scale of public be
nefits, at which the gentleman plaees popuh.
cultivation, showa that he, as an enemy of th
“ College Bill,” is in “ decided opposition to
the cause ot science,” or whether it furnishes
“ incontrovertible evidence” that he, with
others, i* “ labouring to impede the march ol
mind,” I leave to be determined by tho public,
I place facts in contrast with evasion, nnd pro
fession. I regret that it frowns so darkly tip
on thn gentleman—I had sincerely hoped that
the light of his favor would have shone upon
our depressed University.
It was considered, it is said, that the Col
lego Chapel, “ with n small appropriation
could have been repaired, and placed in 'nleru
ble order.” Now, those who say so, (among
whom the gentleman is one,) have never visit
ed the seat of the University, und personally
know nothing about it. For aught I knew
they may even take pride from tho fact, of ne
vrr having seen any College whatever. And
as they, together with the gentleman, will place
no reliance upon unimpeachable testimony, it
would be useless to tell him, the chapel is too
small for the annual commencements—its
plun is bnd—it is decayed throughout, and is
nn unsightly ndjuncl to the other more elegant
collegiate edifices.
The gentleman says, “ tho Legislature were
modestly asked for §8,000, to buiM a Chapel
at Athens.” Pray, were not the Trustees
cnlled upon by Dr. B’s resolution, to lay be
fore the 8. A. a statement of the wants of the
College, and “ estimates of the amount of
funds,” necessary to relieve them ? Docs the
gentleman cast a sneer upon them for perform'
ing their duty 1 He cannot blame others fori
sarcastic commentary on the performance of
duty, when he tells us, that “ those who voted
against” the Chapel appropriation, “ did so
from a sense of duly lo the people.” Whyl
Because there was already a Chapel, dilapi
dated, it is true, but capable of repair, Would
not the same idea of duty lo the people, have
prevented his moving a resolution to appro
priate §10,000 to buy “engines, buckets,”
&c. for Augusta—because forsooth, we have
old engines, and old buckets, which may do
some service 1 This idea of duty ia a curious
one. Its nature is like the Cameleon'a akin
—all colon in auccession, but not one peculiar
to the animal and fixed. Such a variable idea
will not bear examination.
The mysterious connexion between the Col-
upon MIC «» -
judge between the gentleman and George Ub
Troup. “The poor,” (says Gov Troup)
« have contributed their mite, os well as the
rich, and they should come in for a proportion,
al share of the harvest. That they have not
done so, isnottke fault of the Institution, buloj
the inslilutors. Its foundations were laid ID
poverty. It has lived in poverty, and it hne
prospered, through various change*, in des.
pito of poverty. Rut the poor cannot give
alms In the poor. This, Sir. is indeed, matter
fi.tr xorinii* consideration. The poor are, an a
I trust, will continue to be the governors oj this
country. It is our first duty to enlighten, and
qualify them for government. How is this to
he done ? I would say. without hesitation, by
connecting tho Institution with tho Poor
‘School system. A judicious organization of
that system, with the most ample and liberal
endowment of the University, would mako the
former a nursery of tho poor for the latter.”
But the gentleman is the first who has evor
heard of the Chapel’s being the meeting-place
of" designing men” to "form political cabals,”
instead of a place for “ worshipping God aa
Christians in this country should, t” I apprev
bend that this country exhibits as much rever^
enee for the Deity, and rcsocct for tho places
dedicated to His worship, a* any other coun
try in the world. The singulnr novelty of th*
gentleman’s last conceit of a Christian’s duty
in “ this country,” united with tho gratuitous
falsity of his direct charge ngainst our public
men.will entitle him to the merit of n sagacious
discerner, nnd to the honots of prudonce, and
distinguished voracity. OBSERVER.
* I rteommond tn thr polilic, the pornaal of tha Re
port or the Trustees of tho University, to bo found ua
the Georgia Journal of the 8th November last.
From the same,
Least some of our public Journals may mis
lead our City Council and the People, in re
gard to "the true intent and meaning”of the
late Rond Law, " for tho improvement of the
main Roads and Rivers of this Stnte,” it is
deemed necessary more explicitly to define
what was understood in the Legislature,
among nil the members from tho Northern
and Western counties, to lie the true intent
and meaning of the Act—at least so far ns re
lated to the 75 hat'd* to he placed on such
main “ Roads ns may bo directed by tho City
Council of .Augusta.”
After the original bill passed the House',
where it originated, and was sent to the So«
nnte, it was entirely remodeled m that body,
i d a substitute ws«. after much debato at d .
tunpromisina, adopted passed und sent bar k’
to the House, but at so lute h dnv oftho Fes-
rinn that there was no other alternative, for
wnnt of time, but to concur with the Seeate',
or let the whole session pass without doing
any thing for the improvement of tho Roads.
It wns understood thnt the original bill had
been thus remodeled and entangled, tn the di
rection of the work, with the City Counrils,
in hopes of defeating tho measure, which
would then have left the public hands as they
were, tinder the control and disposal of the
River Commissioners. To defeat those who
were aiming at such a result, it was thought
best to receive the substitute in the House,
and concur with Senate, without offering any
amendment; inasmuch as it would go to
change the current of the public funds, so as to
give 75 hands, al all events, to commence an
improvement of the main Roads from Augusta
Athens and Gainesville and from Augusta to
Warrenton and Miiledgeville; and from War-
renton to Montb ello, Eatonton, &c.
It will bo perceived that, tho City Council
ore not compelled by the law, to direct that
the 75 hands shall be worked at all on the Ri.
ver— this is left discretionaryand to satisfy
many members from the Northern end West,
era counties, (which trade to Augusta,) a
pledge was given that we did not want tho
hands to work upon Savannah River, nor with,
in the the county of Richmond, but to work
constantly on the main Road leading to Athena
and Gainesville, and to Warrenton, and ao on.
And to do os much equal justice to the back
counties aa the force would, at present, admit
of, no doubt waa entertained but the Council of
Augusta would so direct, that 40 hands would
be placed upon one of these main road* leading
into the interior, and 35 upon the other.
This is the true intent and meaning of the
Act, eo far aa regards the 7A hands to bo pla
ced at Augusta—the term “ at Augusta,” was
understood to be merely nominal.
It is expected by the members of the Le
gislature, and the people of the Northern ant)
Western counties, that this will be the course
by which our Council will be governed in their
lege cad the Central Bank, I would be glad to | part ef the basineM, during the present year;