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Capture of Gnatcinozin—l*rcsc»tt’« Mexico. j
While this work of butchery was gc-.
ing on, numbers wore observed pushing
off in the barks that lined the shore, and i
making the best of their way across the
lake. They were constantly intercepted
by the brigantines, which broke through
the flimsy array of boats; sending off j
their volleys to the right and left, as the j
crews of the latter hotly assailed them.— j
The battle raged as fiercely on the lake !
as on the laud. Many of the Indian ves- j
sols were shattered and overturned.— ]
Some few, however, under cover of the
smoke, which rolled and arkly over the Wa- J
ters, succeeded in clearing theanselves of
the turmoil, and were fast .nearing tire
opposite shore.
Sandoval had particularly charged his
captains to keep an eye on the move
ments of ntty Vessel in which it was pro
bable that Guateindziii might he conceal
ed. At this crisis, three or four of the
largest piraguays were seen skimming
over the water, and making their way
rapidly across the lake. A captain, na
med Garei Holguin, who had command
of one of the best sailers in the fl<«f, in- j
stautly gave them chase. The wind
was lavorable, and, every moment, he j
gained on the fugitives, who pulled their !
oars with a vigor that despair alone could 1
have given. Hut it was in vain; surd, I
after a short race, Holguin, coming
alongside of one of the ; piragnays ,
which, whether from its appearance, or
from information lie had received, he
conjectured might hear the Indian empe
ror, ordered his men to level their cross
bows at the bout. Hut, before they could
discharge them, a cry arose from those in
it, that their lord was on board. At the
same moment, a young warrior, armed
with buckler and mufjUahnilt , rose up,
as if to beat off the assailants. But, as
the Spanish captain ordered his men not
to shoot, lie dropped his weapons, and
exclaimed, “1 am Guatemozin ; lead me
to Malinche, I am his prisoner; but let
no harm come to my wife and my fol
lowers.” *
Holguin assured hi n that his wishes
should be respected, and assisted him to
get on board the brigantine, fill lowed by
his wife and attendants. These \yere
twenty in number, consisting of Coana
co, the deposed lord of Tezeuco, the lord
of Tiucopan, and several other caciques
and dignitaries, whose rank, probably,
had secured them some exemption from
the general calamities of tile siege.—
When the captives were seated on the
deck ol his vessel, Holguin requested the
Aztec prince to put an end to the combat,
by commanding his people in the other
canoes, to surrender. But, with a dejec
ted air, he replied, “ It is not necessary.
They will fight no longer, when they
see that their prince is taken.” He spoke
truth. The news of Guaicmozin’s cap
ture spread rapidly through the fleet, and
on shore, where tlie Mexicans were still
engaged in conflict with their enemies.
It ceased, however, nt once. They made
no further resistance; and those on the
water quickly followed the brigantines,
which conveyed their captive monarch
to land. It seemed as if the fight had
been maintained tints longer, the better
to divert the enemy’s attention, and cov
er their master’s retreat.
Meanwhile, Sandoval, on receiving ti
dings of the capture, brought his own bri
gade alongside of Holguin’s, and demand
ed the royal prisoner to be surrendered to
him. Bat his captain claimed him as
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a prize. A dispute arose between the
parties, each anxious to have the glory
of the deed, and perhaps the privilege of
commemorating it on his escutcheon.—
The controversy continued so long that
it reached the ears of Cortes, who, in his
station on the azote , had learned, with
no little satisfaction, the capture of his
enemy. He instantly sent orders to his
wrangling officers, to bring Guatemozin
before him, that he might adjust the dif
ference between them. He charged
them, at the same time, to treat their pris
oners with respect. He then made prep
arations for the interview; caused the
terrace to lie carpeted with crimson cloth
and matting, and a table to be spread
with provisions, of which the unhappy
Aztecs stood so much in need. His love
ly Indian mistress, Dona Marina, was
present to act as interpreter. She had
stood by his side through all the troubled
scenes of the Conquest, and she was
there now to witness its triumphant ter
mination.
Guatemozin, on landing, was escorted
by a company of infantry to the presence
of the Spanish commander. He mount
ed the azotca with a calm and Steady
step, and was easily to lie distinguished
from his attendant nobles, though his
full, dark eye was no longer lighted up
with its accustomed fire, and his features
wore an expression of passive resigna
tion, that told little of the fierce and fiery
spirit, that burned within. His head
was large, his limbs well proportioned,
his complexion fairer than those of his
bronze-colored nation, and his whole de
portment singularly mild and engaging.
Cortes came forward with a dignified
and studied courtesy to receive him.—
The Aztec monarch probably knew the
person of his conqueror, for he first broke
silence by saying—“ I have done ail that
I could, to defend myself and my people.
I am now reduced to this state. You
will deal with me, Malinche, as you list.”
Then, laying his hand on the hilt of a
poniard, stuck iu the General’s belt, he
added, with vehemence, “ Better despatch
me with this, and rid me of life at once.”
Cortes was filled with admiration at the
proud bearing of the young barbarian,
showing in his reverses a spirit worthy
of an ancient Roman, “Fear not,” he
replied, “you shall be treated with all
honor. You have defended your capital
like a brave warrior. A Spaniard knows
how to respect valor even ill an enemy.”
He theu inquired of him, where he had
left the princess, his wife; and, being in
formed that she still remained under pro
tection of a Spanish guard on board the
brigantine, the general sent to have her
escorted to his presence.
She was the youngest daughter of
Montezuma; and was hardly yet on the
verge of womanhood, On the accession
of her cousin, Guatemozin, to the throne,
she had been wedded to him as his law
ful wife. She is celebrated by her con
temporaries for her personal charms ;
and tile beautiful princess, Tecuichpo, is
still commemorated by the Spaniards,
since from her by a subsequent marriage,
are descended some of the illustrious
families of their own nation. She was
kindly received by Cortes, who showed
her the respectful attentions suited to her
rank. Her birth, no doubt, gave her afi
additional interest in his eyes, and he
may have felt some compunction, as he
gazed on thedatightei of die unfortunate
Montezuma. He invited his royal cap
tives to partake of the refreshments,
which their exhausted condition render
ed so necessary. Meanwhile the Span
ish commander made his dispositions for
the night, ordering Sandoval to escort
the prisoners to Cojohuacan, whither he
proposed, himself immediately to follow.
The other captains, Olid and Alvarado,
were to draw off their forces to their re
spective quarters. It was impossible for
them to continue in the capital, where
the i crisonous effluvia from the unbnried
carcasses loaded the air with infection.
A small guard only was stationed to
keep order in the wasted suburbs. It
was the hour of vespers when Guatemo
zin surrendered, and the siege might be
considered as then concluded. The eve
ning set in dark, and the rain began to
fall, before the several parties had evacu
ated the city.
During the night a tremendous tem
pest, such ns the Spaniards had rarely
witnessed, and such as is known only
within the tropics, burst over the Mexi
can valley. The thunder, reverberating
from the rocky amphitheatre of hills, bel
lowed over the waste of waters, and
shook the tcocallis, and crazy tenements
of Tenochtitlan—the few that yet survi
ved—to their foundations. The light
ning seemed to cleave asunder the vault
of heaven, as its vivid flashes wrapped
the whole scene in a ghastly glare for a
moment, to be again swallo.wed up in
darkness. The war of elements was in
unison with the fortunes of the "ruined
city. It seemed as if the deities of Aua
hunc, scared from their ancient abodes,
were borne along shrieking and howling
in the blast, as they abandoned the fall
ing capital to its fate I
Indian Appetite
No people so soon get tired of any
particular diet as Indians! and their
longings for change, even amidst dies
best chcor, are often truly ridiculous. —
MACON, WEDNESDAY, .1' NUARY 17, 1814.
The flexibility of their stomachs is no
less surprising. At one time they will
gorge themselves with food, and are then
prepared to go without for several days,
if necessary. F.nter their tents; sit there,
if you can, for a single day; and not for
an instant will you find the fire unoccu
pied by persons of all ages cooking.—
When not hunting or travelling, they
are, in fact, always eating. Now it is a
little roast, a partridge or rabbit, perhaps;
now, a tid-bit broiled ; anon, a portly
kettle, well filled with venison, swings
over the fire ; then comes a choice dish
of curdled blood, followed by the sinews
and morrow hones of deers’ legs singed
on the embers. And so the grand busi
ness of life goes unceasingly round, in
terrupted only by sleep. Another physi
cal singularity of the northern tribes is,
that though capable of resisting, with
great fortitude, the most intense cold,
they are wonderfully fond of fire. At
an establishment, even when the weath
er is mild and pleasant out of doors, they
are to be seen heaping on fuel in the
house, and actually sitting cross-legged
on a hearth where a white man would
speedily be roasted.
[Discoveries on the North Coast.
The T.eadcrsol Republican Home.
Who, when looking back upon the
nations, with the view of understanding
what that specific charaater of greatness
may have been, which, in the highest
power of human achievement, rested in
simple heroic magnanimity, most abso
lutely upon itself, feels not his imagina
tion drawn irresistibly to the old war
riors and statesmen—real or fabulous, he
cares not—the more fabulous the more
real—of Republican Rome? Wielding,
as they did, the only unmatched power
that was ever known upon earth, nursed
in arms and danger, sustaining each in
his person the celebrity of a great ances
tral name, and growing up alike to the
highesi charge of civil and military com
mand—there could not well be a birth, a
morning, and a noon of life, in which the
spirit of the human heart might rise more
gloriously and steadfastly in the con
sciousness and the capacity of a great
destination. They knew nothing higher
nor greater than the lot to which they
were born, and they saw nothing aliove
themselves ; they stood at the top of
earthly pre-eminence, Serving their
ambitions country, they were called to
enterprise without bounds ; they must
know no fear, nothing unachievable.—
The renown and safety of the republic
rested on the single leader of one day’s
battle. They must feel themselvesto he
invincible. And these ore, indeed, the
characters which we find in these heroic
minds; no height of daring was above
their hope lo climb; no invasion of peril
could appal them ; and, whatever duty
might be laid upon them, extraordinary
is, that among such numbers of intrepid,
ardent and unconquerable minds, eligag-.
ed too in prosecuting ambitious wars, so
many should have been found in whom
it doesnot seem that ambition had a place.
They servtd iheir country’s passion for j
conquest and renown, and yet kept them- {
selves temperate, austere, and just. We |
cannot blit tbink we are to ascribe to the
virtuous and simple manners of the re
public that peculiar character of these
great men, their own virtuous simplicity.
We imagine nothing above the powers
of their minds, or their noble desires, in
those spirits which have made the earth
blaze with their course. These ancient
fathers of Rome are their equals.—
Whence is it, then, that tneir greatness
did not break forth in ceaseless and con
suming flames? Because the hand that
thrice triumphed returnedto the plough;
and the dictator must leave his new
turned furrows to take upon him the de
liverance of Rome. It was the simple
virtue of those stern but pure times—a
virtue never forgotten—that was able,
like a mighty spell, to comrol the gran
deur of those unconquerable spirits, and
confine them within themselves. And
hence it is not possible for us to read
their history without feeling that there I
rests upon them the august renown of a
moral greatness. They were sages in
the calm mid meditative quiet of their
little field, ns they were awful rulers
while they held, in their might of prince
ly counsel, tire sway of the state —as
they were dread leaders in the front of
victorious fight. We can find :io other
explanation of what is scarce elsewhere
to be found nowhere else in such fre
quent example, the very height of heroic
greatness with the simple plainness and
contented obscurity, if the expression
could Ire used, of these men, who, when
they had discharged their part to their
country, were indifferent further to their
own glory. 4
[ Professor Wilson.
StvliUi Hesuing.
Willis, in his last letter to the Nation
al Intelligencer has the following ac
count of a nc\y scene in life in New-
York:—-
“ Apropos of beggars—the system of
engenious betrgary, so curiously descri
bed in Grmrt’s Great Metropolis,’ is begin
ning to be tried on in New-York, There
is one yong lady (of very correct habits,
1 believe, in point of fact) who makes a
living by means that wear a somewhat
questionable complexion out of ‘distin
guished strangers.’ A member of Con
gress, or a diplomatist in transit, for ex
ample, receives a note the day after his
arrival is advertised, in a handwriting of
singular beauty. In the most graceful
language, and with the daintiest use of
French phrases, he is iitfoftned that a
young lady who has long watched his
career with the deepest interest—uffio has
a feeling for him which is a mystery to
herself—who met him accideiitly in a
place she will recall to his memory
should she be so fortunate as to see him
again—who is an unhappy creature of
impulse, all too fondly tender for this
harsh world and its constructions —
would like to see him on a certain side
walk between eight and nine. Hy hold
ing his across his left breast, he will be
accosted at that time and place, The
ladylikeness and good taste of the note,
so different from the usual tentatives of
that description, breed a second thought
of cariosity, and the victim is punctual.
Alter a turn or two on the appointed
sidewalk, he encounters a tall young la
dy, deeply veiled, who addresses him by
name, takes his arm, and discourses to
him at first upon his own anibitions his
tory, contriving to say the true and flat
tering thing, for which she lias duly in
formed herself.—She skilfully evades
his attempts to make her talk of things
more particular, and regretting fee linsriy
that she can only see him on the side
walk, appeals to his ‘well known gene
rosity’ for ten dollars to keep her and her
mother from being turned out of doors !
She takes it with tremulous pathos, de
mands to his honor that he will not fol
low her, and slips round the corner to
meet another ‘distinguished stranger’
with whom she has appointed an niter
view fifteen minutes later in the uext
street! I was in a company of strangers
at a hotel not long ago, when one of
these dainty notes was produce I, and it
so happened that every man present had
one iu his pocket from the same hand !
Among the party there were four ap
pointments proposed by the same lady,
to come off on the four sides of a certain
square, for that evening ! She is proba
bly doing a good business.”
Nall lutl ideas of Paradise.
Almost all nations have united to make
the future abode of good spirits a garden;
a name among the Assyrians synony
mous with Paradise. The Mahometans
call the Paradise to which (he faithful :
will be called, Jannat le Nam, the Gar
den of Pleasure ; Jdnnat Aden , the Gar
den of Perpetual Abode ; and not unfre
quenfly by (he name of At Jannat, the
Garden, to distinguish it from all others.
The Laplander believes Paradise to be
situated in the centre of the snow of Swe
den ! The Muscogulgees immagine it
among the islands of the vast Pacific.—
'l’he mexicatis conceived that those who
died of won lids, or were drowned, went
to a cool and delightful place, there to
enjoy till manner of pleasures ; thttse who !
died in battle Os itt Captivity, were waft
ed to the palace of the sun, and led a life
of endless delight. Alter an abode of
four years in this splendid habitation,
they animated clouds, and birds ofbeau
tifill feather, and of sweet song ; having
at the Same time, liberty to ascend to
heaven or decend the earth, to suck sweet
flowers and warble' enchanting song-*.— ,
The Tonquinese imrgiue the forests and
mountains to be peopled with a peculiar
kind of genii, who extbreiSe an influence !
over the affairs of mankind ; and in their j
ideas, relative to a stale of future happi
ness, they regard a delightful climate, an
atmosphere surcharged with odors, with
a throne profusely covered with garlands j
of flowers, as the summit of celestial feli
city. Among the Arabs, a fine country, :
with abundance of shade, form the prin
cipal object of their promised bliss/
There is a tribe rtf America who believe
that the souls of good men are conveyed
to a pleasant valley, abounding in deli
cious fruit, 'file heaven of the Celts
was called E/uth-innis, “the good and
the brave;” tlieir hell, Jfurin, “the island
of cold climate.” The Druids, as we are j
informed by Amniinnus Marcel!imis be
lieved that the soul of good men were
wafted, in progressive course, from plan
et to planet, enjoying at every successive
change a more sublime felicity titan in
the last.
Witty 'I mseilian.
“Don’t you think my execution of
Othello a capital performance ? it is in
my line, is it not?”-askcd an eminent
Tragedian of Cooke.
“ Why, yes,” replied tire provoking
punster, “ail executions may be consid
ered capital performances; and your
performance of Oflielio is certainly one
of that class, for you execute hijn in youi
line, so effectually, that as soon as you
lay hands upon him, he is no Moor.”
Fouche, the famous head ofthe French
Police, speaking to Lord Brougham of
the perilous times iu, which he acted,
said “ he had slept upou thp guillotine
for twenty-live yqurs.”
Georgia Legislature.
LAWS OF TIIF SESSION OF ISIS.
The following synopsiscomprising the
leading provisions of most of the impor
tant nets of the last Legislature, we cx
trret from the Recorder,in a dige: t and form
briefly presenting every important meas
ure, adopted hy the Legislature. The
details and whole features of many ofthe
enactments of the whig Legislature of
1843, cannot be laid before the public in
a newspaper publication, but, we hope to
have the acts printed in pamphlet by the
tenth of the next month, ready at lens'
to be in the hands of the Judges and bar
by that time. Tire Journals of the Ses
sion will necessarily require longer time
to have them put to press, and will per
haps delay the distribution of the laws to
u later day.— Sav. Georgian.
CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution ofthe State has been
amended, by the second passage of nets
in conformity to its requirements; in three
of ils features : Ist, by a reduction of the
number of the Get/ernl Assembly : 2d.
by making the General Officers of the
militia elective by the people; 3d, bf
providing that indorsers, like.joint oblig
ors, may besued intlie same county with
the maker or drawer. A farther amend
ment relative to representation in the
General Assembly, is proposed hy an act
which had its first passage, and is inten
ded to supply an omission in the late a
mendmenf, by providing for the repre
sentation of new counties which may be
hereafter formed. By it, the limitation
of the House of Representatives to 130
members is removed—the 37 largest
counties are to be entitled to two repre
sentatives, and evi ry other county to
one.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Senate.— The arrangement of the
Senatorial Districts, under the amended
Constitution, we have already published.
The elections are to be held and returns
made as heretofore, to the Governor, who
shall have the returns consolidated, and
declare by proclamation the Senator elec
ted.
House of Representatives. —The 37
counties having the largest ntsmber of
representative population, viz : Chatham,
Talbot, Troup, Monroe, Meriwether,
Harris. Stewart, llenry, Newton, Gwin
nett, Muscogee; Burke, DeKalb, Rich
mond, Coweta, Elbert, Franklin,' Greene,
Washington, Walton, Jasper. Cass, Clark",
Columbia, Oglethorpe. Pike, Bibb, War
ren, Upson, Jones, Itymston, Putnam,
Habersham, Wilkes, Jackson, Hall and
Hancock, shall elect two representatives
each, and the remaining 50 counties one
representative each.
JUDICIARY ACTS.
Accounts. —“ Physicians, blacksmiths,
& all others exercising any regular craft,’
are declared to be authorized to prove
their accounts hyexhibition of their books
in the same maimer as merchants and
traders.
Appeals. —A derlrrrntdry act affirms
that appeals foe allowable from the first
verdict of a special jury iu equity cases,,
in the same manner as from decisions in
cases a( common law. Another act pro
vides an extension of the right of appeal,
in the case of the death of either party
between the trial of a case and the expi
iration of the four days allowed for enter
ing an appeal. The legal representative
is allowed to appeal torifh'iii fo’nr days af
ter his qualification, and to revive the
suit without a scire facias, upon giving
30 days notice to the adverse party. If
the appeal is on the part ofthe defendant,
the case shall stand for trial at the uext
term of the court after the expiiation of
12 months from the date of administra
tion or qualification of executor.
Ca Sa.— Plaintid's may discharge de
fendants from arrest under ca sa without
its operating a satisfaction of the judg
ment —and hy another Act, when the
defendant escapes after arrest, and the
officer is compelled to pay the debt in
consequence thereof, control of the ca sa
is to be given, by order of court, to the j
said officer, with all the rights and an- I
thority in the premises which belonged
to the plaint iff.
Commencement of Action— -for remedy
or conflicting decisions, declared to be
the filling of the writ in the clerk’s office;
for the correct ascertainment of which it
is made the duty of the clerk to endorse
the date thereof on the writ, with his
official signature.
Disrnis sal of suits. —may he made in
vacation, on the same terms as during
the session of the court.
Distribution of Intestate's estates .< —
The proviso to the Ist section of an act
of 1804, teaching this subject, which de
clares that tire mother, afterinterrnarriage
shall not be entitled to any portion ofthe
estate of a deceased child dying intestate
is repealed ; and it is now provided that
sire shall not so inherit, unless it be the
last or only child.
Executors, Administrators, d*c. —If
dismissed liefore final administration,
suit may be instituted against the suc
ceeding Executor or Administrator, for
any cause of action against the testator,
or intestate, at any timo after the expira
tion of 12 months from the qualification
of the fiisf executor or date oil' the nrst
| NO. 35.
letters of Administration. Another act
declares that executors are not compelled
to give security, on the removal of the
settlement of an estate from one county
to another. The returns of nn executed
administrator or guardian, if beyond the
limits of the State, may be verified hy the
oath of one ofthe securities on his bond.
Exemption from levy. —The act
which exempts from levy 20 acres of
land for the head of a family,and 5 acres
for every child under 15 years of age, is
amended hy substituting in their stead
50 acres, the home of the family, liable
for no contract hereafter to be made, ex
cept for the purchase of the same. And
all property evempt from levy under f.faj
is declared exempt from levy under pro
cess of attachment.
Liabilities of Rail Road Companies .
—*The act of 1840, rolatiesto stock'kill
ed or woundtd hy cars, and other inju
ries to propci t\, is amended in its c etails;
but as the subject is not general in its
interest, and the details not sufficiently
suscepli ble of condensation tor this
Synopsis, we must refer those interested
to the act when published.
Justices’ Courts. —The act of 1812,
clwnging the times to once in every four
months, is repealed—with a provision
that the Courts of January 1844 may be
held, as under the law repealed, for two
days.
Penal Code.
Oath of Jurors: —The oath of Jurors
on their voir dii e, shall be : “ Have von,
from having seen thecrime committed, or
having heard any part of the evidence off
oath, formed or expressed an opinion”
&A.—with the farther oath as heretofore,
as lo prejudice or bias.
Sentence. —Convicts, for ofTenccsberc
nfter committed, are to be sentenced to
lahor in the Penitentiary, “or elsewhere
as the Governor may direct.”
Embezzlement of County I'unds.—
hy' a clerk of the Inlerioi'Court or Coun
ty Treasurer, is declared a misdemeanor,
punishable by fide and imprisonment
not exceeding six months. Refusal - cr
failure (except from Providential cause)
lo make exhibits to the Grand Jury,
is made prirna facie evidence against
them. Any bill of mdiclment plainly
setting forth the offence, shall bo held
sufficient ; and no identification of tlin
particular species of funds embezzled
shall be held necessary.
Importation of slaves. —The act of
1812; repealing all laws against the free
introduction of slaves into this State, for
trufic or otherwise, is repealed, and the
former penalties revived.
Free Negroes. —Such as have resub and
ill this State since the Ist June, 18S6,
are declared exonerated from any penal
ties incurred: hy a failure to have the
registry made which is required by law,
provided they hereafier comply with the
same ; and these penalties are not to at
tach in any case t > such as are under 14
years of age. A failure hereafter shall
not compel the offender to leuve the
State; but only subject him to arrest, and
ttptfn conviction, io a fine, under the 2d
section ofthe act of 1836.
Attorneys.— Alter the election of aa
attorney us Judge, and before the com
mencement of his term of service, he is
forbidden to practice in the courts of the
circuit over which he is to preside, ex
cept in the cases for which he may al
ready have been retained. A violation
of this act is declared a nil-demeanor,
punishable at the discretion of the court.
[This prohibition is made in reference to
cases, which may occur under the amen
ded system of biennial sessions, where a
successor is elected 12 months before the
expiration of the term of the presiding
Judge.]
COURTS.
'Flic time of holding the January term
of the Courts of Ordinary, and the Land
Courts, in the several counties of the
State, is changed from the first to the
second Monday, from and after January*
1845.
Alterations are made in regard to the
Superior and Inferior Courts of the fol
lowing counties, and the times fixed as
follows:
SUPERIOR COURTS.
Muscogee—4;h Munil.ivs in May and November.
Aiiiron, l»t do A pril and October.
C raw lord, Ist do February arid August,
Ujisdn, 2<l do Frbn a y and August,
l’ikc, 3d do February and August,
Monroe, Ist do March and September.
INFERIOR COURTS.
Randolph— CJ Mondays in January and July.
Clark, 4th do April and October,
Decatur. fst do April and October.
CORPORATIONS.
To disembarrass the General Assembly
of a large mass of local and private legis
lation, authority is given to the Superior
and Inferior Courts to incorporate ail
Churches and Camp Grounds, Acade-'
rnies, Volunteer Corps, Manufacturing,
Trading, Ice, Theatre, Hotel. Fire’
Bridge, and Kerry Companies, and to
change the names of individuals, upon
applications by petition. No banking or
insurance privileges can be conferred nn
der this act; the corporators are bcuni
individually, as in other cases of general
■partnership; and tliechnrteradprivileges,
(which are those usually granted by the
such its using a common