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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AIICrsTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28.
}/Ve learn by live Georgia Journal, that the
Cenlrml Bank *«»pen4cd sped* payment! on Sat
urday last. It will never resume! Tlic Direct
or* we f resume. in accordance with a suggestion
of the Standard of Union, will make some large
distributions in the spring and summer for the
purpoae of making money plenty. What a
scramble there will then be for the loaves anil
fishes! What a “gathering together” there will
■%e of the Democracy to catch the crumbs of coni
fort from "our B,ink V' (Aside.— How many
of those who voted for the bill will be applicants;
Would it not be well for the next Legislature to
look into the matter, report names, sums, et «*.)
Thenlre.
reference to our advertising columns, it
Will lx- seen that the enterprising Mr. Forbes, will
open the Augusta Theatre on Monday Evening.
Hi* Company is entirely different from both those
of The prereeding years, with the exception of
Mr. Msdison, and, if we may judge from the Sa
vannah papers, decidedly a superior one.
It has been expected, for some time past, that
the celebrated vocalists. Miss SiiiHHxrp and Mr.
Wilson, Would visit our city. We arc much
gratified to learn that they will be here, next
week, and have already engaged the public room
of the Masonic Hull, for their Ci ncerts. The
lovers of music may anticipate a rare treat. Miss
Shirreff has attained the highest celebrity, both
in England aud ibis country : and Mr. Wilson,
to say nothing of bis powers in other icspects, has
the reputation of singing the delightful melo
dies of Scotland, iu greater perfection than any
other performer of the iky. Under existing cir
onmstwces, we can conceive of no species of en
tertainment, aa veil suited to our community, as
the soothing, melting strains from the “land of
the mountain sud the Hood and wo trust the
public will show, by their general attendance at
these Concert*. *liat they agree with us.
P. S. —Since the above was in type, we have
teoeiwed a notice (which see in our advertising
column*,) that they will perform on Monday
evening next.
•Ini port mil Developcnicnt.
An editorial article in the N. Y. Courier and
Enquirer, of the 20th instant, in relation to a
charge against the house of Baring, Brothers and
C0.,0f London, former agents of the Bank of the
United Slates, deeply involving the honor of that
house, has excited great sensation among the mo
nied and commercial classes of New \ nrk. The J
substance of this charge i«, contained in the lid- (
lowing statement from that paper;— i
We charge .that, on the 23d of August, Da- ’
ring, Brothers & Co., after being in for moil by 1
Mr Jaudon, on the COth of August, that ho ;
would require some half million sterling on the f
36th, and being assured by litem there would be 1
4io difficulty in raising it upon the Slate slocks, 1
Ac., otfared as security—addressing a letter to 1
their agent in this country, divulging the fact, v
that such applications had been made, declaring j 1
(heir determination not to aid him, and nnnounc- { 1
mg that he must inevitably fail on the 20th. I I
W e now reiterate the charge ; and to exhibit j•’
the disgraceful conduct ol this house towards the | n
Dank of the United States, we state further, that \ s
a merchant of this city shipped a aluable cargo j v
to St. IVutrsb.irgh, Russia, with orders to remit j I
the proceeds without delay to Mr. Jaudon in *
Loudon, to meet his engagement with the Bank 11
of the United States or its agency in that ci:y. '
The cargo unived in due lu.ie, and was dis- '
posed of agreeably to the orders ol the shipper ; 11
but he agent or consignee in St. Petersburg!!
lias advised the house here that he has not re- '
milled the funds as directed, because letters have r
been received in •'■it. Petersburg!! Ironi the bouse 11
of Baring, Brothers & Co., aitnouning the pro- '
batile failure of Mr. Jaudon, on the 26th ol Au
gust!! And he further advises the shipper— 1
that an consequence of such information lie had
remitted the proceeds of the cargo in question to
the house of Messrs. Baring, Brothers A Co., to *
be by them passed over to Mr. Jaudon, in the . 1
■c cut of his note ha Jog been dishonored ! !
Again: two meictranls in Philadelphia shipped 1
R two different cargoes to Montevideo, fcbuiih Arne- 1
~ jicSL, with instructions to their consignees to re- 1
m a the proceeds without delay to Mr. Jaudon in 1
London, to meet their engagements with the
Bank at the United States, which hud furnished
in part tltc to:,,U tor purchasing the cargoe .
Their agent or consignee, replies, that leUeisbad
been received in that city, from llio house of
Baring, Brothers A Co., announcing the probu
b e failure of Mr. Jaudon on Hie 2uth of August,
uud that he, therefore, .retains their funds in
Montevideo until further instructions!! The
consequence is. that one of the bouses alluded to,
had ;te bills dishonored in London !!.!
Qukat vitm vrf Ootton is Eiiokfikli). i
The Edgefield Advertiser of the 25th nisi, nays i
“ 'Ve are informed, Upon highly respectable nu |
thorily, that Mr, Kilcreasr, a cotton planter
residing in this District, will average this year |
teu bales to the hand. We cull this excellent
cropping, iu any section of country, but we con
aider it ♦yiraorduiary for Edgefield, even in her
-palmiest day*. Let kiibc who till land reaem- i
bling that of Mr. ofcmigraling!”
t)i h Run Rush.—The csrs-went >^-.« 4 . rt j ß y,
{ssy* the Wilmington Chronickv, of the 25iU
iaist.) to RixAty Mount, leaving seven mile* only
ol the Road unfinished, At the last Stockhol
ders’ meeting it was supposed the whole line of
the Had Road would tie ready for use by New
Year's day. kotowing to bad weather, and other
un-satiripalod hindrances, the last seven miles
wilt not l«e open much before the first of Febru
ary.
Ksioxri Unitch States.— We have it from
what we deem good authority, that fie U. S. Fri
gate United Stales, lately filled up st Boston, at
» i expense of $82,000, lor the Brazil station, has
vsdergonr s survey at Brooklyn, aud been pro
-41 Op need unseaworthy. — .V. V. Sfnr,
|fiav—The Parslppuny (Morris county) Ho.
Mi. kspl by John Smith, was burnt about Wed
'*»4*y midnight ot last week, with most of n«
♦ outwits. The building belonged to Andrew B.
CoW., Esq . and was not insured, Los* from
A9OOU to S4OOO The Jerseyman mentions that
Mr loss is atsmt f 1000, wluch leaves
bit» And * rospactable family much oppressed
Correspondence rs the Chari eat un Courier.
Wasuinoton. December 20.
The New Jersey question is still ncforc the
House, and 1 am sorry to lie obliged to retract the
opinion I gave last night, that we were, at last, in
sight of land. The House appears to be dispos
ed, maugre the decision of the Speaker, to let the
debate goon. Mr. Adams hud lea<c to day to
speak on the general topic of the right of the New
Jersey men to their seats, and it is now under
stood that every gentleman who please* may fol
low in the same track. The debate may indeed be
endless, for it consists merely of the repetition of
the same arguments and same facts. Mr. Adams
attempted to prove that it was the duty of the
Speaker to qualify tie members from New Jer
sey, and that it was not in the constitutional
power of the House to deprive any portion of the
I people ol tlic Unite Stales of a representation.
The House, ho said, could “ Judt'e ” of the re
turns and elections, Ac. of its members; but the
term to judge, implied evidence, and investiga
tion, and a legal proceeding, not a mere arbitrary
party vole such as we had determined the ques
tion by. He dwell much on tho eonxiatency of
his resolution ol the last seasion, with Imp enrol
views. Mr. Rhelt followed, and spoke at more
length, in reply to Mr. Wise, and in vindication
of his course on this subject. He argued that
this was a House, with all the judicial powers of
a House, on the subject of elections, before the
Speaker was chosen, and that the House had, be
fore the election of Speaker, acted judicially on
this question. The question was therefore, deci
ded—or as he had before contended, it wiu “ res
adjudicuia." He defended himself from Mr.
Wise’s imputation of inconsistency, and retorted
that charge upon his course in this mutter.
Mr. Bell has declared the opinion, that, the
rules of the House not having been adopted, the
previous question may tic entertained under the
law of Parliament, (as the Speaker has decided,)
hut that, under the law of Parliament, an amend
ment may be moved to the motion for the pre
vious question, and ii|>on it the debate continued
tid-in/mHum. Mr. Bell’s opinion is, that neither
the Speaker nor the House can put u limit to the
range, or the continuance of {the debate. Parlia
ments could never have existed under so absurd u
principle ns that.
WvsniNiiToN, Pec. 21.
At length, the New Jersey qustion has been
again settled. This desirable result was obtained
at a late hour, last evening, after a very warm de
bate, and much confusion. The ardor ol discus
sion has not at all diminished, nod many, on both
sides of the question, attempted to get the floor
wmin Mr. Rhelt concluded hit remarks. (Ques
tions of order, piled one upon another for a long
time perplexed the House. Mr. Evans, of
Maine. «t last obtained the floor, and offered a re
solution that the members of the 26th Congress,
here picsent, do advise and request the speaker
to administer the oath of qualification those
members from New Jersey who have the regular
certificates, and have presented themselves to be
sworn. Mr. Evans spoke in support of this re
solution very earnestly. There wns n scufllo for
tho floor after him. Fortunately it was obtained
by Mr. Sherrod Williams, of Ky., who rose to
make a speech in support of the resolution. But
he proposed, with the assent of the House, tour
rest the discussion and lake a direct vote on the |
resolution of Mr. Evans. He appealed to the
good sense of the House to arrest the debate,
whieh, he said, made no converts for the cause of
the New Jersey members, and was detrimental
to the interests of the country, which required the
speedy organization of this House. The House
assented, and a call being ordered, the attendance
of absentees was obtained, and the resolution
above recited, was rejected—yeas 112, nays 1)6.
Some members bad paired oil’; Mr. Thomas was
sick at his lodgings, and Mr. Kempshall had not
arrived. Mr. Ilollimtn then moved that the
rules of the last House lie adopted (dr the govern
ment of this, wuh the exception of tho 11 lit rule,
which requires all elections in the House to he ,
made viva voce, instead of by linlloi. The viva
Vote system was introduced last year, for the first
time, by a vote of 129 to 90. It was fust propos
ed in 1834-5, when Mr. Bell was the speaker,
and rejected. A warm debate took place on the I
subject, lust evening, commenced by Mr. Bell, ’
who appealed to the Slate Right's men, uud es
pecially to Mr. Pickens, who thought (as Mr.
Pickens lately said) that there had been “an over
action of the Executive Deparlm- lit of this Oo
vernmmt,” to oppose the viva voce system, whieh
was introduced by the friends of the Executive,
and held over this House as u whip to lush mem
bers up to their duty. Mr. Pickens, in reply,
was glad, ho said, that the gentleman had refer
red to the time when the viva vuci: system was
attempted to ba introduced. It was at a time
when a tremendo is influence wasexerted on this
House by the Executive, and when the gentle
man was a prominent leader of that parly which
sudporled the Executive. He, (Mr. Pickens)
then opposed the proposition, as a part of the
system, by which it was attempted to break down
the independence of this House, and he should
oppose it now. Mr. Pickens, said, however, that
there were other influences felt in this house tie
sides the Executive influence. The combi nation
at lliimsbutg, of the Banking influence, and an
other influence whieh he would not now name,
might be deeply felt in this House.
The debate oil this subject was resumed to-day.
Some contended that the ballot system was the
most independent; that it served to exclude par
ty organization from the House ; that it was the
original and constitutional mode ; and that it had
been departed from, not at the instance of the
people, but of party leaders and executive cham
pions.
It is doubtful whether the House will complete
its organization to-day, so as to enable tbe Presi
dent to communicate the Message on Monday.
P. H.—The House has adopted the rules, in
: eluding the 12th rule, and is about to complete
I its organization by electing a Clerk, Ac. The
I Message will certainly be delivered on Monday.
Washiniitox, December 22.
1 Messrs. Stanley and lloll’inan yesterday gave
notice that they would introduce a motion to give
out the public printing by contract, and that per
sons offering to sxeculc it for the lowest prices
should be chosen. This rule if adopted hereaf-
I lor, will soon render the oflice ol Printer not
worth having.
It is not quite certain that wo shall have the
Message to-morrow, ns the Committee to act
with the Senate has not yet been appointed, and
>v i» supposed they will n i lie ready to wait on
the President until about 2 P. M., and as tbe
practice is generally, to have the document at 12,
some of tbe members think it will not be sent in
before Tuesday next.
Mr. A an Huron expresses himself very freely
on the misconduct of the House, in thus detain
ing the business of the nation, and it is supposed
that lie will suggest the passage of some law. by
which an occurrence of such scenes as we have
experienced during the past three weeks will bo
prevented hereafter.
The (ilolie of Saturday last, says—The House
of Representative* accomplished its organization
to day, to tar as to lie ready for the reception of
the President’s Message. Mr. Garland was re
elected Clerk. The vole stood for Mr. Garland,
118; Matthew St Cl iir Clarke, 105 ; Mr. R. U.
Mason, 8. Mr. Dorsey was re-elected Sergeant
al-Atms, by a vote of 141, over Dr. Jones, who
received 76.
The principal part of the day was occupied io
an attempt, on the part of the leaders of the Op
position. to expunge the rule requiring the vote
in election* of the House to be viva voce. The
proposition wa* lost by • large majority. The
\
rule* were then adopted at they stood ai the law
session, ami a resolution carried to elect the
e officer* of tl*; House. 'J’he execution of ihe rc
e solution was suspended, as to the election of Scr
a geant-at-Arm* and Printer, until Monday.
e State Rights’ Meeting.
“ MILLEDr.KVILLE, Dec. 17lh, 1839.
v Agreeably to previous notice, a numerous
■ meeting of the State Kiohts pautt was held
■ at the Hotel of Beecher & Brown; the meeting
e , i was organised by calling General J. N. V.'il
* li amsov of Newton county, to take the Chair,
’ and appointing Mr. Spe.nceu of Lilierty, Secre
' lary.
On motion,
I Ue.*a ved, That the Slate Rights Party of the
; several countiesin this Stale, he requested to send
from each county as many delegates .is such -coun
ty is entitled tomemliers in both branches off the
General Assembly, to a Convention to be held in
Milledgoville, on the first Monday in June next,
to nominate candidates for Congress, a candidate
for President and Vice President of the U nited
States, and an Electoral College to vote for - the
latter.
On motion,
Retohtd, unanimously, as the deliberate opin
ion o( this meeting, that neitcer William Henry
Harrison, nor Martin Van Buren is entitled to
the votes of the Stale Rights party of Georgia.
On motion,
Resolved, That Editors of State Rights papers
in Georgia, he requested to publish the proceed
ing* of this meeting.
On motion, the meeting was adjourned.
J. N. WILLIAMSON, Chairman.
J. Spknckb, Secretary,
No Messaok. —The New York Star of the
2(lth inst. Hays: —Unless we have the President’s
Message very soon, the copy which Air. Van B u
ren sent to Mr. Stevenson, by the LUeri 001, w ill
come hack to us in the London Times, by th e
British Queen; and that will he an awkward fix.
Pile sooner the question of the New Jersey mem
hers is disposed of, the idler it will lie for the
country. If that State is to bo expunged, and
the members sent home, a new eleetion will lie
forthwith authorised, and we have no apprehen
sion that by February the Whig members will
he again in their places; that is, before the plans
ot the administration can he consummated. As
to the character of the message, we arc officially
informed, by the New Era, No. 2, that it will
highly please “Ihe true radical dcmaeraci/.''
The National Intelligencer of the 2Lst says:
'Phis is the lust day of the third week of the ses
sion ol Congress, ami, owing to a continuation of
the controversy which began on the first day
concerning the representation from New Jersey,
the House is not yet organized for the transac
tion ol business. A speaker has indeed been
chosen, hut that is the only step that has been
taken in the usual order of proceedings at the
opening of the session.
The debate was continued last night until 7 II
o’clock, when the final question was taken, and
the House, by a vote of 110 to 112, decided that j
the five members from New Jersey, having the
credentials of the Governor of the Stale, should
should not be admitted and sworn in as members [
of the House.
Inciiease of Piiemujius.—At a meeting of
officers of Fire Insurance Companies, held the
other evening, it was unanimously resolved to in
crease the rate of premiums on all stores and
merchandize, to the extent of 25 per cent, when ■
the building is forty feet High or under, and 33
1-3 per cent, when the building is over forty feet
and not over fifty, and 50 per cent, when the |
building is over filly feet high— N. Y. Time*.
The Macon Telegraph, of the 24th inst., says : i
“ The price ol Cotton continues about the same
as last week, viz., 7 a 7J cents—a good deal
coming in.
Acts ofrhe Legislature.
Wc give below the captions of several of tin i
laws passed by the legislature. The balanci
will be published when received.
V To pardon James Templeton, of tin. county
of Stewart.
2 To incorporate the Trustees of the Southern
Botanic Meti cal College.
3 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Pike county, to remit u forfeiture in
curred by Archibald Porter.
4 To incorporate the Georgia Manufacturing
Company of the county of Clark.
5 To incorporate Corinth, it; the county of
Heard.
6 To incorporate the Kosstille Manufactur
ing Company.
7 To repeal an act to niter and amend a part
of tlic sth section of an act to alter and amend
the Road laws of this Stale, passed HHli Decem
ber 18U8, so l«r as respects the counties o! Hen
ry, Franklin, Fayette and Heard, passed 23d De
cember, 1833.
8 For making valid elections for members of
council of the city o! St. Marys, and for olhc.'
purposes.
!( Authorising the Justices of t e Inferior
court of Camden county to appropriate from the
funds of said ctunty, a sum of money annually,
as a compensation for extra services.
10 Further amendatory of the several acts ir, -
corpotaling the city of Milledgoville, passed it i
the year 1830 and 1837. so far as to define th e
mode of electing the clerk and marshal of th.c
said corporation, and the qualifications necessa’ y
in the mayor and alderman,
11 To consolidate the office of Tax Collector
and Receiver of Tax Returns in certain counties
therein named.
12 To establish, change and regulate election
disliicts therein named.
13 To incorporate the Georgia Historical So
ciety.
14 To lay out mid create an additional milita
ry Division, to be known and called the 13th Di
vision of Georgia Militia.
15 To alter and amend att act entitled an act
to amend an act to incorporate the Central Kail
Road and ('anal company of Georgia; to alter
and change the name ol said company ; and to
give said company banking powers and privileges,
passed \4lh December, 1830; to increase the
. road capital of said company.
16 To authorise James Morris, of Murray
1 county, to erect a mill dam across the Conncssu
i ga river, on bis own land.
, 17 To encourage u direct export and import
, trade w ith foreign countries, and to authori-c the
1 formation of joint stock companies for the pur
pose of dealing in foreign ami domestic merchan
/ disc and produce.
18 To repeal so much of the 4th section of
1 an act passed 31st Dec. 1838, to legitimatisrv
! Granville B. Bevillc, formerly Granville B. Mock,
j of Scviven county.
B 19 To incorporate the Hinesville Male Acad
emy in the county of Liberty, and to appoint
trustees for the same.
L , 20 To remove certain precincts in the county
, of Newton, and to establish an election precinct
I in the counties of Butts and Marion.
21 ’I 'o amend the several acts in relation to at
tachments and summons of garnishment.
22 To amend on act passed 22d December.
1834. entitled, an act to authorise the Justices of
3 the Inferior conit of Morgan and Elbert coun
ties, to levy an extra t.-ix, for the purposes of
, building a good and sufficient jail in said county,
, so far as to authorise the Justices of the Inferior
~ court ot Morgan county to apply a part of the
fund raised under the aforesaid act, to the com
,, plelon of a new Court House.,
'•a
sc9 To incorporate the Augusta Sugar Manu
facturing company.
24 To amend an act to authorise the sale of
scrip or certificates of state debt, and to enlarge
the duties ol the commissioner* of the Western
and Atlantic Rail Road of Georgia, assented to
on the 29th Decemlier, 1838; and also to make
further provisions for the completion of said Rail
I Road.
25 To incorporate the Memphis branch Rail
Road and Steamboat navigation company.
26 To point out the mode of creating certain
corporations, to define their rights and privileges,
to define the inode of changing the names of in
i' dividuals.
i 27 To amend an act to incorporate the Haber
; sham Iron work and Manufacturing company,
. passed 251 h Dec. 1837.
( 23 To rej eal an act entitled an act to require
the Sheriff of Gwinnett county, or his deputy,
to*residc at or within one mile of the court house
in said county, and to require said sheriff to keep
his office at or within one mile of said court
house.
29 To authorise the Justices of the Superior
Court of Pulaski county, to remit a forfeiture
incurred by Joseph J. Bracewell, Jesse B. Took,
John D. Gordon, John L. Carthers, and Win. S.
Whitfield, in a Bond, for the appearance of
Crawford Sprowls.
30 T.i incorporate Appling Female Academy
( of Columbia county, and to appoint trustees for
! the same.
j 31 To authorise and empower Farisn Carter,
j his heirs and assigns, to erect a mill dam across
the Coosawattee river, in the county of Murray.
32 To incorporate the town of New Gibral
tar, in DcKalb county, and to appoint commis
sioners for the same.
34 To alter and fix the time of holding the
Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of
Baldwin.
35 ’i'o amend an act to make permaneu' the
; site of the public buildings in and fur the same.
36 To alter and amend an act to establish a
Bank at Millcdgeville, to be called and known by
tint name and style of tlic Central Bank of
Georgia, passed 83d December, 1838.
37. To revive and continue in force for the
j limn of three years, an act entitled an act to es-
I t; dilish and admit to record certain instruments
1 w hich were destroyed with the county records of
j * ! le county of Crawford by tire, and to make va
il d the same, assented to 24th December. 1832.
38 To authorize the Trustees of the Aca
d etny in the town of Columbus, in the county of
A tuscogeo, to lay off two acres of the East Com
n ion of said town, for the purpose of building
tl tc room of said academy, and adding five uddi
ti onal trustees to the said academy.
39 To compensate Justices of the Peace who
in ay he superintending at the election precincts
in and for the county of Aluscogce.
40 To reduce the Sheriff's bonds of Dade
county.
1 41 To alter and amend the i bum laws now in
■ force in ibis State.
j: 42 'i'o establish an election precinct in the
|! -county of Baker, and two additional precincts in
!: the county of Murray.
j| 43 To limit the time within which widows
I may apply for the assignment of dower.
' 44 To amend the patrol laws of this State.
45 To authorize and empower the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Bulloch county to levy and
I collect a tax to pay the jurors of said county.
46 To alter the place or places of holding
j precinct elections in the county of Telfair,
ji 47 To authorize Thomas R Huson, his heirs
j r ami assigns, to erect a mill-dam across the 13to-
I wah river, on certain conditions therein cx
| pressed.
48 To establish an election precinct in the
j county of Chattooga.
49 To change the place of holding precinct
1 elections in the 2361 h District, Oglethorpe
; comity.
50 To make it the duty of the clerks of the
Comt of Ordinary of the several counties in this
State, to prese ve the evidence of legal notices in
certain cases; and in relation to the appointment
of administrators and guardians in certain cases.
51 To alter and change the preamble of an
act to incorporate the Cedar Shoals manufactur
ing company, in the county of Newton ; also the
second section of said act.
fez To niter and amend the times of holding
Superior and Interior Court* 0 f Pulaski and
Richmond, and the Superior Courts of Montgo
mery, Tattnall, and Etnamuel counties,
i 53 To change the place of holding elections
in one of the election precincts in the county of
Washington.
> 54 To make permanent the county site of
Chattooga, in the town of Summerville, and to
incorporate said town.
55 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the county of Heard to form new mili
tia districts in said county, and to regulate those
already laid out.
56 To authorize the Justices of the Interior
Court of the county of Cass, to remit a forfeitme
incurred by J. G. B. Adams and Edith Kim
brough, on a bond lor the appearance of Joseph
Kimbrough.
57 To alter and amend the militia laws of this
Slate, so far as relates to the county of Kich
| mond.
[ 68 To amend and explain the second section
of an act passed on the 22d December, 1828, en
titled an act for the protection ot orphans.
59 'l'o alter and fix the time of holding ihe
Inferior and Superior Courts in the county of
Twiggs.
60 To alter and fix the time of holding the
Superior Courts in the counties of Twiggs and
Aluscogce.
61 To change the names of Timothy (3.
Beasly, of Dade county. Ga., to Timothy C.
Golding, and to legitimatize him and Nancy Po
sey, the suj posed illegitimate children of Caleb
Golding.
62 To repeal the eighth section of an act as
sented to 24th Decemlier, 1826, changing the
name of Lewis McLeroy, to that of Lewis Truck
hn.
63 To change an election precinct in the
county of Carroll.
64 To authorize and empower the counties of
Emanuel and Bulloch to sell or lease the public
lands of said county.
65 To alter and amend an act entitled an act
to appoint additional commissioners on the
Ohoopy and Catioochee rivers of Talnall county,
j passed 271 h December, 1838, solar as relates to
1 the commissioners ol the Ohoopy river, and for
other purposes.
66 'l’o alter and amend an act concerning hills
of exchange, passed on the 19lh December,
L 823.
67 'l'o exempt certain persons from jury and
militia duty in the county of Mclntosh.
68 Amendatory to an act for the Dade county
academy.
69 ’l’o change the time of holding the Infe
i rior Cnuit of the county of Green, so far as re
i spectsthe winter session thereof,
i 70 1 o authorize the sheriffs ami coroners of
‘ the county ot Union, Gilmer, and Lumpkin, to
■ publishjheir sales in one of the public gazettes
1 at Athens,
I 71. To extend the corporate limits of the
town of Marietta.
72 I’o amend an act to incorporate the Au
gusta and Waynesborough Railroad.
73 To amend the 18th section of the act
passed on the 16lh December, 1799, entitled an
act to revise and amend the judiciary system of
this State.
74 Fo authorize a grant to issue to Lewis Ala
dison Dled-oe, for lot No. 154, 15th district, and
4th section of originally Cherokee, now of l ,e
county of Floyd, known and distinguished in the
plan of said district by the No. 154. <
to establish a ferry across tne Etowah river, on
his own land, in the county of ('ass, and to au
thorize Minor W. Brown to establish a toll
bridge across the Chattahoochee river, &c.
76 To appoint two additional trustees for the
Murray county academy, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
77 To incorpmate the Phoenix Steam Mill
Company, at Savannah.
78 Declaratory of the force and effect of affi
davits made without the limits of the State, re
lating to attachments and garnishments.
79 For the relief of Willis H. Hughes and
John W. Bassett, from further liabilities as the
security of John Simmons,
80 To alter and amend the 6th section of an
act passed 20th December, 1834, to name and in
corporate the public site in the county of Mur
i ray, and appoint cominis loners foi the same.
81. To amend an act to incorporate a hanking
1 company in the city of Augusta, approved De
cember 21st, 1830,
82. To regulate slaves and free persons of co
-1 ir, in the counties of Liberty and Mclntosh.
83. To rejM'al the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th, sec
tions of an act to authorize the citizens of
Mclntosh county to elect the commissioners of
the academy of said county, passed December
20, 1834, and to revive the act of the 18th De
cember. 1816, so far as respects academies.
84 To repeal an act authorizing the establish
ment of a ferry across the river Altamaha, by
Reubin Nall and Elijah Sapp.
85 To incorporate the Brunswick guards, and
for other purposes therein named.
86 To incorporate the Athens independent
fire company.
87 To continue in force the 2d section of an
act passed 25th December, 1837, entitled an act
to admit certain deeds to be recorded, &c.
88 To authorize the Inferior Court of Bibb
county to appoint Thurston Howland Bloom, a
notary public.
89 To make, permanent the town of Salem, in
(he county of Dade, anil to inP.o. porale the same.
90 To alter and change the time of holding
the Superior Courts in the counties of Floyd and
Paulding.
91 To compel all persons who have or may
hereafter buiki any dam or dams across the Eto
wah river, to build a sufficient slope for the free
passage of fish, in the county of Cass.
92 To authorise the commissionersof the town
of Springfield in the county of Effingham, to
sell tbe vacant lots in the town of Springfield, and
to make valid their titles.
93 To incorporate the Georgia Silk Manufac
turing company.
94 To amend an act entitled an act to extend
the civil jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace for
the city of Savannah, and to compel Justices of
the Peace and constables of country districts, in
the county of Chatham, to be residents of the
districts for which they are elected.
95 To incorporate the Fort Gainos Methodist
Episcopal Church in Early county.’
96 To regulate and equalise the fees between
the offices of tax collector and that of receiver of
tax returns, so far as relates to the county of De
catur.
97 To amend an act entitled an act to establish
a tribunal for the trial of slaves in this State,
passed the 16th Dec. 181 I, so far as relates to the
county of Bryan.
98 To incorporate the Presbyterian Church at
and near Lawrencevillc, Gwinnett county, and
to appoint trustees for tbe same.
09 To establish an election precinct in the
county of Baker, and two additional precincts in
the county of Murray.
100 To incorporate the First Universalist
Church in the county of Macon, called by the
name of Mount Zion Chapel.
101 To incorporate the Methodist Episcopal
Meeting House, known as Burk’s Meeting
House, in the county of Green, and to appoint
Trustees for the same.
102 To authorise Liusey 11. Smith to build a
mill-dam across Broad River, with certain restric
tions.
103 To authorise William Sheffield to erect a
bridge over the Little River, at or near the ferry
known as Sheffield’s Ferry, of which he is own
er, at any point on his own land.
104 To change tire precinct election in the
county of Dooly, from the house of Joseph
Blackburn, to tbe bouse of John Hodges, and for
oilier purposes.
10a To repeal so much of an act, passed Uith
December 1815, incorporaticg the Bank of the
j State of Georgia, as requites tbe establishment
I of an office of Discount and Deposit, at Mil
ledgevillc, and to authorise the discontinuance of
the office heretofore established there.
106 To grant the rights and privileges of citi
zenship to certain persons anil their descendants,
of the Cherokee tribe of Indians therein named,
and to remove all legal disability heretofore im
posed upon that tribe of Indians, so far as res
pects said persons.
107 To appoint three new commissioners on
the road leading from Elijay, in Gilmer county,
to Murray county.
108 To amend the militia laws of this State,
so as to exempt indigent persons being privates
in the militia of the line, from fines for not being
armed and equipped at musters, and on occasions
with a fire lock, &c. on certain conditions tbere
i nnamed.
DIED,
On the morning of the 26tb inst., Henry Ogden,
youngest son of J. I*. Force, aged seven years.
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Rond.
Hamburg, December 27, 1839.
Garvin & Haines; J. S. Hutchinson; A.
Johnson; A.Hibley; A. Gumming; Scranton &
Smith; I. S. Beers; T. Richards D’Anlignac
& Hill; G. T. Dortie; E. W. Gumming; A.
Frederick; 1,. D wellc ' W. <Sc J. Nelson ; Snow
den & Shear; S. Kneeland ; B. W. Force &
Go.; J. M. &W. Adams; H. K. Cook <Sc Go.;
and G. Parrott.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE,
Savannah, December 24.
Cleared—Brig Planet, Knowlioii, Portsmouth ;
brig Ceres, Blanchard, Havre
Arrived mice our la»l Brig Wm. Tnylor, lloey,
New York; sebr Seadrill, Walker, Boston
Wvutto sta. — w hipn Tamerlane, Theobald, Liv
erpool Gaston,Chadwick, N York; Harriet, Strout,
Liverpool; George, Mlnoti, do; hark (lx lord, Rob
ertson, Havre; brigs Wilson Fuller, Bcesent, N, Y.
independence, Evans, Havana; Planet, Knuwllon,
Portsmouth; seiir Hudson, Weyor, Jamaica; schr
Franklin Green, Smith, Havana.
Savannah, December 25.
Arrived since our last —Ship May Flower, Weeks
New York- bark Ten Brothers, Miller, Thoinnslon;
sloop Lurk, Dro[>er, Havana; steamboats Chatham,
Wrav, Augusta; John Randolph, Lyon, Augusta.
Went to sea— Ship Commando, Barden, Liver
i pool.
Charleston, Dec.2s.
, Arrived yesterday —Ship Republic, Thompson,
aN . i ork.
Cleared- Barque Jupiter, Caber, Liverpool; bri"
Salon, Curry lialßßioro. °
M ml to sea yesterday— Slop lielvidere, Mc-Kown
Liverpool; Fr baique ludustnel, Sauson, Havre.
. . , , Charleston, Dec. 27.
/ rrived on \\ edneidoy-Ut ship Druid, Ba. he,
Bristol {Lug ) ; brig Leonidas. Maples New-Or
leans; hng Commerce, K,vd, Philadelphia
Arrived yesterday--*!, ip Benj Morgan, Johnson.
Liverpool; Barque Hen./ Nowell, Burnham. Bos
nui; tir:g Josephine, Sim lb, Boston; C I. line Per
ry. Hamiltoni, N York; s.-hrs Arm Elizabeth Sum
men., N York; toiesier, Loury, Baltimore.
k \ X'^^Jons.
toe (Tiy-Conucit*mirAugusta will, onih.-lst
Saturday, tlic 4ih January, 1840, elect the follow
ing Officers, with the salaries attached.
Clerk oU.'or.nnl and Police.
Collector and Treasurer.
Ci:y .Marshal and captain of the night Guard.
Keepei of Jail.
do Magazine.
Clerk of the lower .Market.
do Upper do
Four city Constables, each.
Ke. per of the City Clock.
do City Mall
12 Watchmen, at per night.
City Surveyor.
Street Officer—-particulars of duties made known
hereafter.
Lamp Contractor—proposals will he received
ai any time before the eld tion by the ( ouncil.
And four Vendue rnasleis will be apjointed.
Ry o der,
JfL OLIVF.II, Clerk of Council.
■ (Cj M. SHAVER, ARTIST, has opened his
Kooms at the .Masonic Hall, 2d story, where he
will be happy to receive orders for Miniatures.
Correct likenesses will be warranted,
dec 28 tiwlm*
(fj J We arc authorized to announce DANIEL
HACK , as a candidate for County Surveyor of
Richmond county, at the election on the first Mon
day in January. doc o j t(1
Cij*We are authorized to announce JAMES
Me LA IVS, Esq. 1 as a candidate for the offices of
Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Rich
mond county, at the approaching election, oct-^i
Tj'Vc are authorised to announce COSO'i
DICKINSON, as a candidate for the office of R c .
ceiver of fax Returns, for Richmond countv
_ no? 27 *
KT We are authorized to announce-li M ()
EVE as a candidate for Tax Collector, at the’ap
proaching election. dec 7
C T VVe aie authorized to, announce WM. V
KERR, as a candidate for the office of Sheriff ol
Richmond county, at the approaching election
oct IM td
ufitnltnVZ author,zcd t 0 announce ISAAC
lll\Nl)RK KS, as a candidate for the office of
Coroner at the approaching election in January
dec 9 J
,r9P„ V y L ' are authorized to announce JERRY
MORRIS as a .candidate for Coroner of Richmond
county, at the approaching election in January
dec7 _ Jd_
ro Till.: VOTERS OK RICHMOND COUNTY
I ellow citizens : —I offer myself as a candi
date for the ollicc ol Sheriff of Richmond county
at the ensuing election, and respectfully solicit*
your support.
_augJ7 RENT HR ANTI. Y.
djr We are authorized to announce Col. 'VIL
LIAM DOYLE as a candidate for Receiver of Tax
Returns fur Richmond county. dec 1
O'T Wc are authorized to announce IVM. IJ.
MAHARRY, as a candidate for Sheriff of Rich
mond county, at the approaching election,
nov 7
ffj’A CARD. —Mr. Richards, Teacher of Draw
ing and Painting, will resume his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7 I
(ffj’ Wc arc authorised to announce Mr. JOHN I
C. SNEAD, as a candidate for the offices of Clerk of ' I
the Supoiior and Inferior Courts of Richmond I
county, at the election to he held on the first Mon- I
day in January next. a „g 19 I
(ffjTlr. 11. HARRIS oilers his services in the I
practice of his profession to the citizens of Augus- I
ta and its vicinity. Mcs-agcs will receive prompt I
attention it lett at his drug stoic in Broad street, or I
at his residence in Ellis street, below Washing-" I
t° n - nov 7 I
j A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. I
\ DR IV. EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOIifLNO I
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I dren, when thought past recovery, from convul- I
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: Syrup shoulol be used on the gums, to open the I
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York, whcie the Doctor may be consulted on all I
diseases of children. I
PROOF POSITIVE OP THE EFFICACY OF I
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painful dentition, must convince ever) feeling pa- I
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WM. JOHNSON. I
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vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, te- fl
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre-1
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sense of burning heat, with an intoleiahle f> r#m fl
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Sole agents in Augusta fl
J, M.& 1. M. I'UKNER,Savannah ■
T- M. COM EN & Co., Charleston, I
SHARP A: ELLS, Millcdgevihe, I
C. A. ELLS, Macon, ■
A. VV. MAR KIN, Eorsvth B
A ji. t. A r.ui.9, Druggist, Athens. H
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
july W ■