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Ad*i-nlme at Waterloo.
On the IStli day of June, ISIS, the
battle of Waterloo was raging fiercely.
Napoleon and Wellington were in the
midsi of their “great game,” and each in
tently regarding the “moves” upon the
complicated and chequered field. Squad
ron after spuadron Lore down upon our
gallant infantry, as the big waves rise
and break upon the level shore, and then
retire in unavailing fury and dispersing
foam. Then followed the devastating
fire of infantry, rending our brave and
living masses into gory fissures, which
were closed as soon as made, or avoided
by change of attitude; and then again
came the horse borne and enthusiastic
foe, with cutlass and upliited sabre, to
be as often repulsed by our own reso
lute and strong armed cavalry. Confi
dent in the strength of numbers and the
success of other days, Napoleon depart
ed not from his favorite and furious sys
tem; and firm in purpose as conscious
of the unfailing means which he possess
ed for siip|Hirting it, Wellington saw the
devasting havoc made upon his advan
ced bnttaliious, while he despatched aid
de-camp after aid-de-camp from point to
point, from position to position, prepar
ing lor various aspects, availing himself
of casual results, or fresh intelligence,
until his whole stall'had left him. The
directing spirit of the British lines sat
apparently as ppotl a review day, di
recting his eagle glances over the field,
as though penetrating the dense smoke
which arose from hard fought encoun
ters, and distinguishing individuals a
mong the countless figures mingled in
the bloody conflict. The hand glass
was constantly at his eye, and his favor
ite charger, ‘ Copenhagen,” seemed con
scious of the importance of his good be
havior upon that important day.
A few paces in the rear of his Grace,
and mounted on a Flemish nag, sat an
unpretending young man with a ruddy
countenance, and in musty delibrately
contemplating the scene of hitman strife
in which he took no part, nor in which
from his demeanor, one might imagine,
was he deeply interested, lie woje a
dark green surtout, with drab trousers,
and gaiters; a hat of less dimensions than
were the fashions of the day inclined o
ver the left ear, from under which, for
it was firmly fixed upon his head, some
wiry, sandy colored hair just showed its
edges. In his haud he held a cotton um
brella, with which he ever and anon
evinced his dislike to the slightest cur
veting on the part of his horse by a thump
on the fiauk. Here was an odd figure of
“Peace and Quietness,” in strange con
trast to the surrounding din of war and
conflict. Occasionally he would rise in
his stirrups, as fresh shouts of onslaught
reached his ear, or sudden peals of
thunder from a fresh quarter attracted
his attention.
Then settling down in his saddle, he
would wait complacently the result, or
watch with undioturbed countenance and
amazing sang- f void, the course of a stray
shot, furrowing the earth right or left of
his person. Suddenly his Grace turned
quickly round, as though seeking some
body to whom he could deliver an order,
when his eye rested upon the unmilita
ry personage whom we have described ;
it then glanced in other directions, and
then returning to the daring but passive
spectator.
“Who, and what are you. sir?” in
quired the commander, in quick autho
ritative accents. “.Vie, sir,” replied his
companion out of arms, bestowing a
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blow upon the flank of his animal; “my
name is Jones. lam a travelling agent
of Smith A Jenkins, of Holbom in the
hardware line.” Here was a pause, du
ring which the Duke seemed for a se
cond, and but a second, to withdraw his
mind frotn the immense responsibility of
his situation; when the last speaker
continued, “I was at Brussels for orders,
and understood there was to be a fight—
so I came to see it. I amrather thinking,
if I don’t mind, I shall have to pay for
this horse, which I have only borrowed
for the occasion. There (pointing to
some scattered earth,) that shot would
have spoilt my dny’s pleasure; but I
shall see it out.” “Mr. Jones,” said his
Grace, “I want an order conveyed to a
certain position ; wouid you serve your
country and oblige me by delivering it?”
“Oh dear yes ?” instantly replied the bag
man with another whack on the beast,
“I don’t mind going a hit; what is it ?”
Hereupon the Duke pointed out the quar
ter, bidding him inquire for General ,
and communicate to him a certain com
mand. “But it is a question whether
he’ll believe me,” observed the wary bag
man halfdoubtingly.
“Take this ring,” added the Duke,
giving him a signet, - and a minute after
the traveller was on his way amidst the
battle, with an order in which the firm
of Smith A Jenkins had no participation.
The General’s eye followed him as he
escajied the bullets and took h'is course
over everal fields, and many hundredsof
dead and dying. In due time the effects
of the order were manifest, and the ser
vice was done. Nothing more was seen of
the adventurous bagman. The Duke
made many inquiries for Mr. Jones, but
in vain ; and he at length came to the
conclusion of his having fallen with oth
er “good men and true.” Many years
have elapsed when a servant from Ap
sloy House, announced the name of a
visiter, one Mr. Jones. The Duke hap
pened to be disengaged, and gave per
mission for him to enter his presence,
when who should present himself but
the “civil” hero of Waterloo, who with
scarcely any change of costume from that
which lie bore on that memorable day,
advanced, saying, “I an Mr. Jones, if
your Grace remembers a trifling service.”
“I remember a great & personal one, my
dear sir,” said his Grace interrupting
him, and shaking his hand. “How can
1 serve you ?” “Why lam of the firm
of Smith & Jenkins, in the hardware
line, and ask the honor of your patron
age.” “I shall not fail to exert myself in
your behalf,” said his Grace; “but what
became of you immediately after yon de
livered your order to General———?”
•‘I can scarcely tell,” replied Mr. Jones,
looking up to the ceiling. “At first I got
into the corn field among one regiment,
then over a hedge among another, then
into the wrong reserveamong the French,
then my horse was killed, then back a
moug a square while the fight lasted be
tween our horse soldiers and Bonaparte’s
horse soldiers (and your’s beat ’em fair
ly,) and then I got out of a charge, and
hid up a bit, and after that I was some
times in one place and sometimes in an
other; but I had nothing to do with the
fight, and so I did’nt join one side nor
the other.” The Duke kept his word.
If some of the Government clerks of the
present day, when they stir for the hun
dreth time their winter ollice fire, can
find leisure to examine their pokers,
they will find stamped thereon, “Smith,
Jenkins ‘A Jones, makers.”
From the Democratic Review.
Original Anecdotes of Washington.
“ On one of Washington’s return visits
to Mount Vernon, while commander-in
chief of the revolutionary armies’ said my
informant, whom I shall call Capt. L.,
“ he come to Fredricksburgh to pay bis
respects to his aged mother. And when
about to take his leave of her, he brought
in a small bag of silver dollars, and plac
ing them on the table before her, said ;
“ ’Here inolher, not knowing when I
may be permitted to visit you again, I
have brought you these, to be used, by
you as jour comforts shall require, or as
your pleasure dictate. And I hope
you will be free to accept and use them.”
“ ‘You- we e always good and dutiful
to me, George,’ replied she with emotion ;
‘ and I have often taxed myself, in your
absence of late years, with being back
ward in making suitable acknowledg
ments to you, and resolved within myself
that when I next saw you, I would have
a more familiar talk with you, and tell
you how much I think of your kind—
very kind attentions. But it has always
happened, that when I again found my
self in your presence,the thoughtof your
elevation by your countrymen, or some
thing else, which I cannot define, has
prevented me from talking to you, as I
should to my other children.’
“ Washington attempted some playful
reply, hut could not succeed in disarming
even his mother of the awe which his
presence never failed to inspire in the
bosoms of all who approached him.
“ Washington, while in the army, was
known to be exceedingly careful of hu
man lives; and he applied the principle
to the brute creation, by abstaining from
(the destruction of all animals, however
inferior, whenever it could be done con-
MACON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1843; .
| sistently with the safety and absolute
i wants of man, with unusual scrupulous
ness. As I was once’walking with him
over the grounds of Mount Vernon, a
, small snake of a harmless species, np
! peared in our path. I instinctively lifted
j my heel to crush it ; when he instantly
caught my arm, and in a tone of earnest
expostulation, exclaimed,
“ ‘Stay, sir ! Is there not room enough
in the wojld for you and that harmless
little reptile? Remember, that life is all
—everything to the creature, and cannot
be unnecefsarity taken without indirect
ly impugning its Creator, who bestowed
it to be enjoyed, with its appropriate
pleasures, through its natural term of ex
istence.’
•‘ The same system and order which
were exhibited by Washington in all his
public transactions, were seen in all his
private acts and domestic arrangements;
even his charities, which were not stinted
were nicely systematized. It was his
custom, in years of plenty, to hoard up
grain against times of scarcity. And
when such times arrived he threw open
his- store-house to the poor; and how
ever irresponsible they might be, he al
ways made it a point to supply them in
preference to others with all the grain
they needed at the old or ordinary prices,
for which he regularly took their bonds
or notes, but never demanded payment.
“ Some writers, in treating of the pri
vate character of General Washington,
intimate that he was a man of warm,
temper, which would often have exhibit
ed itself but for his great self-command.
His self-command wasundoubtedly great,
but I do not think he had often to exer
cise it to prevent any outbreaks of pas
sion. On the contrary I believe him to
have been mild, and not easily ruffled -,
certainly quite as much so as men in
general. I nevej saw him angry but one
time in tny life. And that was consider
ed so remarkable a thing by myself to
well as his family, that although we
knew he had good cause to Ire provoked,
or such at least as would have provoked
most other men to anger, we were yet
greatly surprised, and looked upon it as
quite an anomaly in the General’s life.—
It happened while he was President and
travelling in his carriage, with a small
retinue of outriders, from Mount Vernon
to Philadelphia. It was during the first
day of our journey; and we were passing
through the barrens of Maryland, where
at intervals •< a few miles, the solitude
of tile road was relieved at that time by
a set of low taverns or groggeries, at
which we did not think of stopping.—
But we had a thoughtless young man in
our train, who by favor had beert admit
ted into the family as a sort of gentleman
attendant, and who seemed much more
inclined to patronise these places. The
General, by his request, had permitted
him to ride a favorite young mare which
he had raised on his plantation, and of
which he was exceedingly careful, the
animal being almost as slight in propor
tions as aroebuck, and veryhisrh spirited.
But the young fellow, notwithstanding
the intimations he had received at start
ing to deal gently with her, appeared
bent on testing her speed and other qual
ities, and that too in a manner little like
ly to meet with favor in a man of Wash
ington’s high sense of propriety. He
would leave the train, and riding up to
one of these l quoring establishments,
there remain till we were out of sight;
when he would come up upon the run,
ride with us awhile, and gallop on for
ward to the next. This he repeated three
times, the last of which brought the met
tlesome creature to a foam, and evidently
much fretted her. At the first transgres
sion thus committed against the General’s
orders respecting the mare, as well as
against his known sense of propriety, he
seemed surprised, looking as if he won
dered at the young man’s temerity, and
contented himselt’ with throwing after
him a glance of displeasure. At the se
cond, he appeared highly incensed, al
though he said nothing, and repressed
his indignation, acting as if he thought
this must be the last offence, for the pun
ishment of which he chose a private oc
casion. But as the offender rode up the
third time, Washington hastily threw
open the carriage window, and asking the
driver to halt, sharply ordered the former
alongside ; when with uplifted cane, and
a tone and emphasis which startled us
aIJ, and made the culprit shrink and
tremble like a leaf, he exclaimed. Look
you, sir ! Your conduct is insufferable!
Fall in behind there, sir! and as sure
as you leave again I will break every
bone in your skin !’
“ It is needless, I presume, to say, that
the offence was not repeated, or that the
young gallant needed any more taming.
“ Here,” said Capt. L., now taking
from a drawer and handing me for in
spection a deed of Washington’s draft
ing, so singularly brief as to be all em
braced in seven or eight lines written in
a bold hand across a half-sheet of short
foolscap, yet constituting, though not one
word could have been spared, a bonvey
ance of real estate to the grantee any
heirs, which, as far as could be perceived
was perfectly legal; “ Here is a deed of
plantation from General Washington to
me, which I show you, not only as a cu
, riosity of itself, but for the sake of intro-
duceing the pleasant little incident out
of which it originate and. Soon after leav
ing the general’s employment, I chanced
to be riding through the interior of Vir
ginia, when I came across a deserted
plantation, the situation and general ap
pearreuce of which, though overrun with
weeds and bushes, yet pleased me so
much, that I took the first opportunity to
make some inquiries concernftig its own
ership, Ac., and was told that it was
supposed to belong to General Washing
ton. The night after I reached home, I
went to sleep thinking of this plantation,
and wondering that I, who supposed I
knewall Washington’s lands, never heard
of it before : when 1 happened* I ktlow
not why, to dream that the general made
a present of it to me. The next day as
it further happened, I rode over to
Mount Vernon, the General being then
at home. After attending to the more
immediate object of my visit, I asked him
if he owned such a plantation as the one
I had seen, now describing it to him;
At first lie replied in the negative, but
soon rising and going to consult a book
in which he kept a record of all his
deeds, he said lie did own this tract of
land, but though of value, he had entire
ly overlooked it for some years.
“ Well, General,’ said I banteringly,
“I dreamed last might that you gave me
that plantation,’
“ Washington, contrary to his usual
habit, laughed outright, and observed,
“‘You did not dream Mount Vernon
away from me, did you, sir?”
“ ‘ O no, I was not so grasping as that,
though I honestly had the dream,’ 1 re
plied in the same vein of pleasantry;
when nothing map* being said, the affair
on my part passed from iny mind as a
joke, and was forgotten. It seemed, how
ever, that rav dream was not so vain a
one as I had supposed; for the next
morning, as I was taking my leave, the
General dropped a folded paper in my
hat. carelessly remarking that I cotild ex
amine it at some leisure opportunity. I
did so, and to my agreeable surprise,
found it to be jhis very deed, made out,
probably, after I had retired the night
before, and conveying, as you perceive,
fertile consideration of natural affection,
the valuable plantation I had dicov
cred.” D. P. T.
Montpelier I?., Oct. 1813.
Which Dope is Right.?
In 1539 the reigning pope of Rome is
sued an edict sanctifying the traflic in
slaves ; then first carried on by the Por
tuguese, Lisbon was then the great slave
market in which from twelve to thirteen
thousand slaves were sold annually. In
1843 we find the present pope has issued
a bull in denunciation of the Africau
slave trade. In this case, which is falla
bleor infallible?
A Fated Family;
The hist numbers of the Subterranean
contains « sketch of Mike Walsh, which
after stating that his father, who was
once worth SBO,OOO, became insolvent,
and died of a broken heart* says ’
“ The children, consisting of four
brothers of whom Mikewas theyoungest
and a girl, scattered in all directions, the
latter alone staying with the mother. A
singular fatality attended them all. One
of the brothers fell by the side of Crocket
at the massacre of the Alamo. Another
were shot in a duel fought across a table
inthe .South. The third was burnt in
the Ben Sherod, and the sister perished
in the ill-fated Lexington. (And yet
God is above all!) The mother soon
followed, and left him, like Logan, the
last of his race.”
The following enigma is brought us
by a fairy from England, where it has
circulated in good society in vain quest
of an expounder. It is said the only per
son (besides the author) who knows the
solution is Mr. Hallam.
Isit alone on a rock whilst I’m raising the wind,
But the storm onre abated. I'm M and kind ;
I have kings at my feet, who aw*A fco* my nod
To kneel down in the dust in the ground I have trod;
Though seen to tire world I’m known to but low,
The Gentiles detest me—l’m Pork to the Jew;
I never have passed hut one night in the dark,
And that was with Noah alone in the Ark ;
My weight is three pounds, and my length is a mile,
Add when I'm discovered, you’d say with a smile
That my first and my last are the best of our isle,
A word of one syllable.
Ocorgia Legislature.
Correspondence of the Savannah Georgian.
Milledueville, Dec. 2, 1843.
In tlie Senate, Mr. Powers of Bibb, in
troduced a bill for the relief of the Chief
Engineer and Fire Masters in the City of
Macon.
And Mr. Miller introduced a bill foT
the relief of the Trustees of the Masonic
Hall, in the City of Augusta.
The bill to re-organize .the Judicial
Circuits, and to equalize the labor of the
Judges, was taken lip as the special order
of the day, and occupied the attention of
the attention of the Senate during the re
mainder of the session to-day. On tak
ing the vote, the bill was passed—yeas
43—nays 32.
In the House of Representatives, this
morning, Mr. Crane moved to re-consider
the rejection of the bill “for the protection
and preservation of the rights and prop
erty of married women”—which motion
did not prevail—yeas 70—nays 91.
The Speaker presented the memorial
of a number of citizens of Floyd county,
asking for the removal of the Penitentia
ry, which was referred to tile Committee
on the Penitentiary.
The remainder Os the day was spent
on the bill to carry into effect that part
of the first section of the third article of
the Constitution, which requires the es
tablishment of a Supreme Court for the
correction of errors, and to regulate the
proceedings thereof. At dark the vote
was taken, and rcstilted in the rejection
of the bill—yeas 72—nays 88. 1 think
it will be reconsidered on Monday.
For the last thirty six hours, it has been
raining here, and some of the water
courses between this place and the Rail
Road, are so higl*i that the mail could not
pass to-day.
I send you the report alluded to in my
last, the Monroe Rail Road report, and
Mr. Iverson’s resolutions.
December 4.
In the Senate, Mr. Phillips, from the
Committee on Finance, to whom the pe
tition of Mr. Trezvant was referred, made
a report in favor of the payment of that
claim.
Mr. Miller called up a resolution,
which was adopted, fixing the time of
the meeting of the Senate at 9 o’clock A.
M., and 3 I>. M.
Mr. Reed, from the committee to whom
the subject Os the deaf and dumb was re
ferred, reported a bill to amend the act on
that subject, providing for the election of
a commissioner, Ac.
The following bills were rend the third
time and passeif:
A bill giving the consent of the Legis
lature to the purchase, by tl>e United
States, of a small parcel of land near the
Arsenal, in the vicinity of Augusta.
A bill amendatory of the act in rela
tion to the manner of collecting wages
due to persons employed on steamboats,
Ac., running on the Chattahoochie, Oc
mulgee and Savannah rivers.
A bill to change and fix the time of
holding the Superior Courts in Henry,
Monroe, Pike and Newton counties in
the Flint Circuit.
A bill in relation to unexpended bal
ances of appropriations in the Treasury,
and to require the State House bfllcers to
give bonds.
A bill to authorize all volunteer com
panies now organized, or which may be
organized hereafter, to draw arms from
the State.
A bill to alter the Constitution of this
State so as to authorize the people to
elect Major and Brigadier Generals of the
Militia. Passed by a constitational ma
jority.
The bill to compel levying officers to
take bonds for the delivery of property
(house furniture, stock, Ac.,) in certain
cases, was read the third time and re
jected;
The hill (passed by the House of Rep
resentatives) to pardon Nathaniel Green,
df LUitlpkin county, was read the third
time and passed. Green had been con
victed of murdering his sou, and the evi
dence read on the occasion*seemed to
show, not very clearly, that lie was occa
sionally deranged;
111 the House of Representatives, Mr.
Howard moved to reconsider so much of
the journal of Saturday ns relates to the
rejection of the billto organize a Supreme
Court, which motion prevailed. Yeas
87, nays 85.
Mr. Chandler introduced a bill to make
due-hills, and other written contracts, ne
gotiable in the same manner as promiso
ry notes.
Mr. Clark, of Chatham, introduced a
bill to incorporate the Savannah Port So
ciety.
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, introduced a
bill to compel all Banks and Agencies of
Banks in this State to pay county and
town or city taxes, where located.
Mr. Howard, introduced in the House
to-day, a preamble and several resolutions
relative to Texas. They urge the claim
of the United States fc extend as far as
the Kio Grande; that the citizens of
Texas are therefore citizens of the Uni
ted Jltates; that the United States cannot
permit Mexico, or any other foreign pow
er to assume any control over Texas;
that Texas ought to be admitted into the
United States as one of the States of the
Union, &c. Mr. Howard’s preamble and
resolutions are so long, that f have not
time to copy them before the mail closes.
1 will send them to-morrow.-
Resolutions about Western and Atlan
tic Rail Road.
Kesoieed, That rt is expedient and
proper to sell and dispose of the Western
and Atlantic Rail Roml upon the follow
ing conditions, and with the following
restrictions, viz :
1. That the same be not sold for a less
sum than one million of dollars, to be
paid by instalments of fifty thousand dol
lars per annum, with interest at the rate
of six per cenr.
2. the purchaser or purchasers
shall complete tire said road upon the
plan heretofore adopted by the State,
within the space of five years from the
time of the purchase.
3. That the purchaser or purchasers
be placed under obligations to equip the
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road with engines, cars, Ac., sufficient
to do all the business of the road, and to
keep up and continue the same for the
space of twenty years.
4. That the purchaser or purchasers
lie restricted in the rates of toll or freight,
td the rates which other Rail Roads in
this State are allowed by law to charge.
5. That all other Rail Ronds in this
State shall lie allowed the right to join
said Western and Atlantic Rail Road at
its eastern terminus.
6. That the owner or owners of said
road shall not be allowed to neglect or
refuse to transport any article or articles
usually transported upon Rail Roads,
over the same, to whatever point or place
the same may he destined, provided the
usual toll or freight shall be paid thereon.
Resolved , That the Committee on the
Judiciary he instructed to report a bill to
effect the object of the above Resolutions.
Millkdgeville, Dec. 5, 1843.
In the Senate, Mr. Phillips (from the
Committee on Finance) reported a bill to
regulate the payment of interest on the
public debt.
Mr. Spalding, from the committee to
whom a petition from citizens of Darien
was referred, reported a resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the influence of
the members of Congress, to get the line
of stage coaches re-established between
Savannah and St. Marys.-
Mr. Brown introduced a bill to extend
the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
to SSO, and to authorize a stay of 60
days on executions.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed;
A bill for the relief of the Trustees of
the Masonic Hall of the City of Augusta.
A bill for the Relief of the Chief En
gineer and Fire Masters in the City of
Macon. ,
A bill to make slaves and free persons
of color amenable as accessories in the
commission of crimes, Ac.
A bill to authorize the .Superior Courts
in this •Stale to incorporate Churches,
Hotels, Theatres, Ice, Manufacturing and
other Companies, and to change the
names of persons.
A bill to authorize plaintiffs to dis
charge persons arrested under a capias
ad satisfaciendum , and for their proper
ty still to be bound for the debt.
A bill to extend the time for fortunate
drawers to take out grants to land. (Time
extended to Ist October, 1544.)
Mr. Miller presented a memorial of
the mechanics of Augusta, in relation to
the Penitentiary, which was referred to
the Committee on (lie Penitentiary.
Mr. Bartow introduced a bill to incor
porate the Grand Lodge of the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of
Georgia, at Savannah.
Mr. Bartow also introduced a memori
al for the establishment of a Savings In
stitution, which was referred to a select
committee.
Mr. Bartow also presented the memo
rial of the Commissioners of Pilotage and
Chamber of Commerce of the City of
Savannah, requesting resolutions to be
passed, urging an appropriation by Con
gress to remove obstructions in the Sa
vannah River, which was referred to the
Committee on Internal Improvements.
Mr. King, (from the Committee on the
State of the Republic,) to whom certain
resolutions frotn the State of New Jersey
were referred, on the subject of repudia
tion, submitted the following resolutions;
Resolved, That we regard the slight
est breach of plighted faith, public or
private, as a want of that moral principle
upon which all obligation depends. That
when any State of this Union shall re
fuse to recognise her great seal as the suf
ficient evidence of her obligation, she
will have forfeited her station in the sis
terhood of States, and will no longer be
worthy of their confidence or respect.
Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor be requested to transmit copies
of the foregoing resolutions to the Gov
ernor of each of the United States, with
a request that he will cause the same to
be laid before the Legislatures thereof.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.
Meriwether, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported the following bills :
A bill to levy and collect a tax for each
of the political years of 1544 and 1845.
A bill to fund a part of the public debt,
and to create a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the same.
A bill to repeal an act to enforce a tax
for the support of Government for the
year 1811, and from thence afterwards.
A hill to cause all payments from the
State Treasury to be made in specie or
its equivalent, and to provide for the
same—to regulate the affairs and to re
store the credit of the bills of the Central
Bank, and to prescribe the plan of pay
ment of interest on the Federal bonds.
Mr. Grieve, from rhe Committee on
Bank's, reported a bill to require the Cen
tral Bank to issue certificates of deposite
in certain cases.
Mr. McDowell introduced a bill to
provide for collecting taxes from itener
ant merchants of this State, and to assess
a tax on all capital now invested, and
hereafter to lie invested in Rail Road
Stock and manufactures.
The bill to repeal the act passed De
cember 20, i832, regulating the admeas
urement of lumber in this State, was read
the third time and passed.