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Secondly. The garbled statement of facts in
the memorial characterizes » hah cau^c.
Thirdly The impossibility of extracting
conclusive proof frytn the many documents
submitted, argues the entire absence of evi
dence.
Lastly. The unauthorised nomination by
the memorialists of a committee of investiga
tion, three of whom are of their own number,
evinces a disposition to make themselves arbi
ters of tin: destiny of a valuable public insti
tution, for w I noli they certainly entertain no!
very arden! friendship. To grant all they ask,}
would lie equivalent to mak'ng the Bank of*
Macon defendant in a cause in which the me-1
exercised but under the pressue of necessity,
to prevent an interference in the administrn’
lion of justice; and that the act of Judge Peck
was the very illustration of despotism: he had
made the law, fixed the punishment, and car
ried it into effect, at the same time. Mr. Me
DnOie continued to address the Court until
three o’clock. Before he concluded hi, speech,
The Court, on motion of Hr. Holmes, ad
journed till 12 o’clock to morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, Dec SiO.
The Journal of Friday having b.-.en read—
Mr. liirfTnvvi asked leave of the House to
morialists would he complainants, witnesses * P,, bmit a r-scluiion; leave having beeu graot-
and jurors. Licking beyond the case under j c ^» Mr. H offered the following:
cousidcrat on your com,.ntte : urge the impro-1 liesohed, That this House will, from time to
priety of establishing a dangerous precedent, 11iu*o, resolve itself into a committee of the
ns additional reason lur rejecting the prayer of "’hole to attend in the Chamber of the Senate
the memorialists. ! en tlie trial of 'he irnjieacftmcnt against J unes*
Each successive Legislature would be trou- H. Pock, u Judge of the United States’ Dis-
bled with hivolous complaints of malicious in- lr 'Ct Court fur the District 1 of Missouri, during
dividuaK disposed to annoy, if they con id not opening <>f the cause on t tie part of the
injure officers of Bauks, whose mWorl unu it Managers, and the opening of the defence on
had been to offend them. Although banfeir*"' Hie pari of the accused, and during the final
in'-titutions, slmuld not be permi'ted to tram- ■ •••I'gument of the case and the rendition of
pie on individual rights, tun to set at naught ^judgment thereon; and that the managers
public good, it "ijl not he dented (hat they ;*bo' !n; ‘ke report of the proceedings on s;-id iiti
have absolute right-, which should be respret- ! Prochmeut at such times as Will enable this
cd. So closely are (hev identified withllie i House to take order accordingly,
general weal, that injtrsltce to them is injury to] this motion a short dehate took jilacc,
the j»ub!ic. * I in which Messrs fluffrnaa, Dwight, Wickbffe,
Influenced by tlie K e con* (deration?, yr>»jr ■ and Buchanan engaged
committee recommend the adoption of the ; JV r. D'.vight then submitted the following «ns
foil >ivmg resolution: I a mod filiation oi Mr H- ftmau’s motion:
. Jlesoved. 'i'hat the afTiirs of the B ink of, FeSalved, Tiiat, pending the trial of the im
JW’coh have Rvcn so conducted, as •& entitle peaciiuient liefoie tlie Scna'e, this House will
that Institution to Mu: approbation of the Gen-! attend at 11 o'clock in the morning, and pro-
e mi I Assembly, an>l tS; confidence oi the pub- ■ ceedon the legislative business of the Ifenisc,
l.c
T C30.
Banxr of Macon, O.!. 0
Tu His Ercclieucy George U G mcr.
(inventor, oj the State of Georgia ;
ffer—I have the honor to i».ind you (ho on
closed statement of the affurs oj lius Bank ;
ii has lost nothing since it Commenced opera
tion, by bad deb’s. N > part a! tfip p;i|>er 4
riuiv bolds, is considered bad, or even doubt-
i u 1.
I am, Sir, &c.
(Sgnei*)
JOHN T L VIM \R.
r rai'l'c/it Hank oj j] I at on.
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General Statement of the sit vat inn oj the
Hun!: of JlJaear, O<,/. I 1^30.
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To proportion of capital stock p
i.i,
Bill? in circution,
.]> ie oilier B
]> vidend- U |>a!11,
Undivided pr**.fi;s.
Lid.Vidu.il deposites,
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B ir.klrig House,
Bills of Exciiausce discounted.
to maf uril v.
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.Bills of cli.irJcrei
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! until the hour which (he Senate shall appoint,
j each day, for proceeding on the trial ot the
] tiiij) achmcnl now pending be fore that body;
| and tiiat tlie H :Usc then resolve it>elf irito.i
j Committee of the whole, and attend said (rial
I Alter further debate, in wh oh Mr Polk con-
! eluded by moving to modify the resolution ol
i Air. Hjfimon so that it should read as follows:
j "liesolved, That tI.is House will resolve it-
sell iiito a committee of the vv hole this day, tp
attend in the Chamber of the Senate, on the
trial oi liie impeachment of James H Peck a
Judge of the United States’ D^irict Court for
.he 1) strict of Missouri.”
Mr. I Iff man accepted the modification —
Tiie questM>n being then put on Mr Dwight’s,
motion, rt was npgatived; aiidlhm y»f Mr. H ffi
man. as modified, w;is agreed to by tlie ilou-e
Tiiti House then resolved ifeelf into a com-
lui.'tce oi tiie vvi.olo, iVlr Drayton in the Cnair;
Vv non on million of Mr Taylor, *
'I he House, as a Committee, proceeded to
the Senate Chamber, to attend the trial of the
ll CTO Gi ! impe..chnient against Judge I’.'ck; and after
4 2hJ 66 ttiree hours spent therein, the Committee re
turned to the Half, arid the Speaker resumed
$::M),233 23'lhe Chair.
k J Mr. Drayton, from flic sail committee of the
| Whole, reported Uiai tne Committee had, ac
^2 410 34 j cording to order, attended the trial of the s.ii.i
| impeachment in the Senate, and that the Court
bad adj lurned’till tomorrow at 12 o’clock.
On motion of Mr. Whittlesey, n was
Order- d, 'I'hat, when the 11 ui-e adjourns, it
will adjourn tul tomorrow at 11 o’clock.
Tlie House then adjourned
ild
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(Signed)
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JAMES RK\ Casb’r. |
tsr.
CQSSG-R-ESS.
IN SENA TE.
Monday, Dec. 20.
TRIAL OF JUDGE RECK.
United States Supreme Court and State Dates.
There are a class of politicians who are
115,C32 42 ■ striving to break down tin* Judiciary, and en
force tlie supremacy of Slate laws, withou
any restraint in their formation, but the ca
pr/cc or interest ot the Legislature that may
happen to pass them, no matter under what
excitement. Without su h an umpire as Lbe
Sopr-me Coiirt, it is ea^-y to perceive that
ihore coubi be no common bond of union be
tween the States, except in name'; and the
C n-ti'.uf ion, «ind the laws of Congress, when
L»V~i *»» III*: H/l iirwmii-, . v. • -» # .
for an alleged contempt in j uni-shmg, in the nv conflicting h eal interests and opinions, so
Si. Louis Enquirer, an exposition of certain few cases should have occurred, of tlie inttr-
r.h irg d to have! volition of this tribunal.
iisbmeni of that Court, to the present time, a
period of uiorcthan thirty-six years, citing the
volumes in which they are reported, nud the
ft appears by the above statement, that 2
State laws of Georgia have been pronounced
unconstitutional. 4 of Pennsylvania, 3 of Vir
ginia, 4 of Maryland, 1 of North Carolina, I
of New Jersey, 2 of Vermont, 3 of New York
1 of Louisiana, i 0 f Kentucky, 2 of Ohio, I
of South Carolina i»nd 1 of New Hampshire
—In all 24:
Me have thus hut 24 Slate laws controven-
ed by the Supreme Court in a period of thirty
six years. All these decisions have stood the
test of thorough investigation, aided by the
lights of experience, and most of them have
been acquiesced in by tfie_ States concerned
On the other hand, we find ten cases, in
which State laws have been brought in ques-
! ion, and been affirmed by the Supreme Court
That Court has uniformly evinced a deliberate
regard for the legislation of the States, and in
all cases, where the question turned Upon the
law of a State, and the practice under it, it
not clearly unconstif niional, t hev have been
governed by Unit jaw and the decisions of the
State Courts This in a recent case, involv
ing the half and whole blood question in R
i -land, although the Supreme Court had twice
construed the statute of descents in Rhode
Island, iniavorol the half blood, upon a mere
suggest fen that a different construction pre
vailed in the Slate Courts, they sent (lie case
down to be again tried, fur the express j urpose
of ascertaining- whether there was uj.y settl* d
practice in tins Staff, that went (o' exclude
the whole blood, declaring that if that fact
were made to appear, the Supreme Court
would foe I bound to conform ih< ir decision to
it On the trial b-ing had, it was clearly
Shown that there never had been any settled
practice on lHis poi.it, in tlie Slate Courts ot
it. I. hut that the current of opinion was en
tirely the oth<# way. Could the Court have
taken any method to evince a greater regard
fi r State rights ?
Infhe following cases, the decisions of the
Supreme Cuuit were in favor of ilia coii-alilu-
ttonality ot State laws, v-,z :
c
3'vperv THf .ir, 4 D ;l!:u’
Rin
14,
Georgia,
1?C0
u
"is on v \loo-e, 5 W heaton’s
Ren. :,
Penrl.
1820
o
i ings v Speed, 5 do
420
Virginia^
1820
w
itiiams v Norris, 12 do
117
Terfiks.
18:7
M
»n g .nu ! ) v )
H-rm,.«hz, \ 13 d °.
129.
Louisiana
JS27
\\
ils -n v BI .< kbitd, 2 Peter’s R
"P-
25!
D-l .ware
18*?9
s
t.erh-e v Matbewsoo, 2 <Jo
3S0
P fin.
13 J9
B
t-k '>f H uuiiluri v Dudley, 2
do
5 i i,
oiiio,
1829
W
.i!!;:t'Son v I.eJand, 3
Ad
6 ’7
R. I. 1
S-/9 r
P
ovidence Bunk v Billings, &.e.
4 do
G27
do
18 30
* The act of Rhode Gland confirmed in this case, was
a pi n-ft/e c ne, passed tviiti tiie view ol pc rficUiig title to
tu e.-tale. r °
1 hose w ho rail ; t tbeSuprrme Court, ought
to give to the above I’actsthe weight to' which
they arojuMfy entitird. How plain it is made
to appear, that yviih this course of decisions.
>t would be utterly impossible for (he Supreme
C. url evc£fo u-urp a supremacy over State
laws that could endanger tbe eiitire sovereign
ty of the St at s, as -t exists under the Censti
—[{ J American.
SATURDA Y, J .SUARV 1, 1831.
At twelve o’clock ft.e Senate r solved itsell i ever ‘hoy did not suit (he convenience ot any
into a Court of Impeachment for the trial oi particular State, must become a minify.
Judge r-cK, of Missouri. I The result <if tlie existing system, in the
[ Tile cliargt! ,ilt«-g-d against (he Judge, by action of (tic Judiciary, proves how betjtficisd
the House of Represeni.itiv-es, has bi cu iiere-J it is, from the fact that its operation is sib-m
tchore published. Ii is in substance, that hav- j atnl general, rather than direct, and is (elf
ing published his opinion, .n the Missc'uri Re- , more i.i preventing the passage oi unconsti
publican, in the case of Souiard s fieir^ against I tutional laws, than in setting (hem aside,
the United State’s, sometime alter the adjourn- I T»> judge from the: clamor \v« hear about
rneut of his Gou. l, ive dwl, unju-liy arbitrarily, (lie Uu.toiJ States Supieme Court, one woubf
•rind oppressively, commit Luke F.dw.trd Law j suppose tiiat it iiad been constantly employed
less, an Attorney in Ins Court, to prison for | in deciding against the validity of State laws;
twenty four hours, and suspend him from prac- i wh n in truth the wonder rs, th«t in a mixed
Ecu, in the said Court, lor eighteen month*, government like ours, where there are so tna
| f
St. Ijouis l^nq , ... _... ..
I c:rrors of doctrine and fact r.h irg d fo have volition oi this tribunal. Ilovv docs the iact
been set forth in t be opiidon of tin: j ;i !go. J standi
'The House oi Ilnprosoutatives. precctb <t bv ! Mr. Grimko, of Charleston, South Carolina,
I tbi.-ir managers, Mr Buchanan, Mr. M DulHbJ an able and fearless advocate of union, in an
Judge Spencer, Mr. Siorrs, and Mr. Wiokhflie, appendix to a pamjdilet recently published.
1 came into the Senate Chamber in a body, and containing a speech and oration, pronounced
t having taken tlie seats prepared for them. j by him, on the importance of preserving" the
Mr Buchanan rose and *;nd, that the niana-! Union, and on the constitutionality of the tar
|| gers on t he part of the House ot Represent a j iff laws, has collected a list ot the cases in
lives were now prepared to proceed iu H i- which the Supreme Court of the U. States
* lri.il. have decided that State laws were wnConstitu-
Mr Meredith, one of the counsel for the re* t tonal. w e arc indebted to the editor of (he
•fesnondmit, desired that tlie witnesses summon-! United Stales Law Intelligencer, ioracommu-
| "C(i in his behalf might be called. * j ideation comprising this list, and embracing all
The M irshal accordingly called over their the Cases ot this description, trom the estab-
• flames. Some oi them did not answer.
Mr Meredith observed, that three of the
KViterbd witnesses for the respondent were
rot present. Wy arc, said he, noiivithstand- years in which they were decided, viz:
ing ready to go to frial. j G et>r Ti n v Kririlsford, 3 DuHas Hep. 4, Georgia, 1794
Mr. McDuflic rose to open the cn*?e fir the Yunbornev Dolreuce, 2 Uo 304, Pennsylvania, 1795
prosecution. He mamtaineil that J*idgc l*cck ! VVare v ll > llun 3 l!! 9 ’ D ir8,ni 1’«n;>. itu7
* , ,, b , U Suits v Darrancs 2 do 371, Pennsylvania, G 97
had been guilfy of an illegal and tyrannical u-; Q>ik y Hflrwoo< , 3 d(l 34 .*; Marylnitd, 1797
surpation of power; that no contempt bad been Og.lcn v BtaeUieilgc, 2 Cranch’s Hep. 272, N. C. 1864
committed by Mr. Lawless; that the common j Hupkirk v Hell, 3 do 454, Virginia, 1806
hw<rfE : «l»j.l .»,«ch.whid,.!«J.d«j I t
had pumslicd him, was unknown to th^ judi-1 N< Je|Sey v \ ViIson>7 do F64.N Jersey,lSf2
cial tribunals of the United States, except as Terr tl v Taylor, 9 do 43. Virginia* 13J5
rules of proceeding and action; that no punish- Town of Ran-leU v Clark dodo 292, Vermont; 1815
ment could be inflicted for contempts commit-
ted any where but in-the faco of the Court, or
in the immediate and direct obstruction of the
regular and fair administration of justice; that
according to the law ot England, as laid down
by her elementary writers, a judicial opinion is
a fair subject of discussion and animadversion;
that the power to punish for contempt even in
cases of necessity, was a despotic power; an
anomaly in our government; dangerous, found
ed qpon the tyrant’s plea, and utterly incom
patible with liberty; that it should never be
m
EXECUTIVE DEPARMMCTT, 7
.diiUtigcviUt, 30/A DeCtmbtr 1830. - £
Afreeabiy tut r«u»oiutiua if tb« Lcgislaiur., O-iitietf,
Tfial the inkjuiiifd Act be published mice in the Pcueral
Union, 4ug.-i£ta Ghronrcfe and Macon Tei* graph.
By tbe. Governor,
MILLER GRIEVE, Stc’rj £x. Dip.
- • . — ■ *
AN ACT to auliinrise the Governor to tafcr possession
of tbe Gotf, Silver and o'lier Mines, >>inq; and bcir.g
in that section t,f the chartered limit-* ■ uf licorgi.i,
commonly called the Cherokee country, and those ^p*
on all other unappropriated i.<nds of the State, and i»r
pm i- hin^ ar.v'pcrson-or persons, uko may liert-of.tr
b* toiind lre*s!wssiiii; upon •ai<i Mines.
the Gold, Silver and oilier Mines, s.t-
W ▼ uatc 10 tlie Coer->kee country, wilhin Ibt jmis-
dk;ti‘-na) hmits cf Gtwrgia, are of rij-ln the prop-< iy of
Georgia—And whereas great waste !i .-* been ci-mo>it!: d
by thr* trespasses and intrusions of numberless citizens
of'his and other Sia’es, in digging, t.ikiog and earning
away> large q-janlilios or Gold from sa-d Min .a—i or
ra-nedy whereof,
be ii enacted by thr Senate and House of R.-eprcspirfn-
tires of the (State of Georgia in Gei.enl As-emMl met,
nrpa'kins of the General Gi)reriMiient-m unrestrained j sn 4 it is hereby enicted by the aeibo. t'v i.f the ?aoie,
con^t-uctioMS of (he Constitution—hut will find 'their That tbe Governor is iieieby aulh rised and rt qiired f n ,
nnconstiiotjanai grievances in a cornpiiance with its very [ anc * * n behalf of the citizens of G.onri \ t»* lake Imnn di-
letter and spirit. a-.e possession of ail the gold, siiver and other nnnes
3d. Tint it is the duty of every friend to his country to ' which have been discovered, and of all ih se «hn-b ni <f
look to the true causes of evil — to investigate, truih, pn- I hereafter b-: discovered, aa soon as practicable, in the
trammelled hv prejudice and free from the bias of sec-I s -<id Che r otiec country, within the chartered limbs i f
f tonal interest, or motives ofuuihition—and to be guided j Georgia, and of all those upon oth<r unappropriated latds
try the r'» >!t. jof lue Slate, subject nevertheless to any disposition by
If truth be tbe standard, and ri ason the guide, time ; the legislative enactment**, and tint he be empowerc!, f
though they mav palliate, can never !‘ l should in bis judgment become n- cessaiy, to en;pl .y
Connecticut in,1814, was, i n l8l4. constitutional rft Car
olina. W bat is cons' itutim&l in Carolina hi 1830, is, in
IS30, unconslitutionslin Ma>sachusettsai|tj Connecticut.
The identical doctrines, which Georgia ana Carolina con
sidered treasonable in Massachusetts and Connecticut in
1814, Massachusetts and Connecticut Considered trea
sonable in Georgia and Carolina in 1830.
Notwi'.hstao.'iing these setting radical changes of
opinion, tiiere are no principles of the Constitution better
settled than those upon which these varying sentimrnts
are founded — 1st. The right of the President to com
mand the militia of tbe States m time of w ar 2d. The’
right of Congress to l.-iy duties on foreign * ts. The
first is cxitresshj delegated by the Constitution t Q the JV-
sident. The second b is be-, n erpressty resigned by tbe
Stales, with a very trifling reservation.
From these premises several important conclusions
may be drawn.
Irt. I bat periods of high excitement ore the mostun-
f.iyorable to Ihe ieveatigntion of political truth, while
l,ho c e arc the very periods selected for such pretended in
vest gition.
2d That “r'.fkc'u'.lfuti and discontents" do not wait for
Chirac » Chirac, 2 Wheaton’s Rep. 259,Maryland, 1817
Sturgis v Crowninshield, 4 do 122, N. York, 1819
M’Mitlan v McNiel, 4 do 209, Louisiana, 1819
M’Cullochv Maryland, 4 do 316, Maryland, 1819
Dartmouth College case, 4 do 518,N.llamp’ire. 1819
FannersfcjMcch. Bank j 6 do j 31 Pennsylvania, 1821
v Smith, 5
Green v Hi Idle, 8
Gospel Society * Wbecler 8
Gibbons v O’dcn, 9
Osborn v U. S». Bunk, 9
Ogden v Saunders, 12
Brown v M irvland, 12
do
tlo
da
da
do
da
1, Kentucky,
464, Vermont,
1, N York,
738, Ohio,
213, New-York,
419, Maryland,
HtCitonul fccli-t^s.—The vp ruifoii ol leeiiiijts uiiti
pr-. j luices, wliicti agitaie tbe tliderent portions uf the U
States, may oe amusing to tlie foreigner, 1» rt -fioriis n»at
irr for*serious consideration lo the native Auieiican |„
contempiuiing this subject, on- cunsidera'iun bas struck
is with pecu-itr force, viz —that there seems to lie n
particular, settled rul<, b, which t u se lwlmgs operate
t his remark seems peculiarly auplrt-aoi t<> tlie Ninth, as
V n ell «s io that s> cion of tne Union in which out lot ha->
been cast. The Noi-ih and trie Soul Ii have b «-.n l< nga'
• lagers’ points *>n certain leading doctrines, nd w.rm
feelings aBd sharp criniin : 'ti<.ns am] reciun nati -ns oav
a .ssed beUveeu then*.. Tae uii!i!e.iflanl state of ferlinus
vvhicli now exist is professedly based on the Tariff and In
ternal ImproveiP ut, ni'* 1 the doctrines growing ou; nl'
h. m. But, i-> it not a little r* m irkabie (hat wnne these
very measures are as warmly cherished and maintain d
mi the VVcstern-Stiues, a comparatively good slst-of leel-
ing and inu-rcmirse has continued lo t xis between t ’.o-c
Sta'cs and t e Atlantic Sfa'- s M»u»b f New Jersey* If
is true, iha' we naves >me times murmured at then drove.-
• d swine, 'ii'jies, —but .-till we have no* abu-ed ih*ni,
no r th. v us—we hih: contmu* *! t<> cat th- ir pork an--
drive timr teams iri great eomfort—while ws have been
rtluiost ready tu devour brother Jonathan, u db as tili.le >e
ntm e as we s iv .flow his *1 anket now nsor webr his
Yank . 1*0013 and trmv-rrs—mu br-tmr J on-than niis
ut-^- i mad enough to “xlii.Jfee” os. f*r earning Hie mail on
Siirnitiy —wanting-our Indian limd—and electing Andrew
Jacks.) n, . . . ...
fins slate of things pre-J'-nts an uiconsis'ency which
canwot he reconciled Witn ti.ulfa and reason. In politics,
as ni ever v other br inch of sen ne , the sain** c itises must
inevitun.v pioioicc it>c same resjuds, if left to til ir naiu-
raf operation. Hence,, it the state <-f feeling between
the North and tiie -South,- were the re»ult of cool reason
.nd the die ales of an hMiwt difference of opinion op fi
cunstiiuti *oal law, we sh mid fed the sanu- «x spei au >n
towards the Hesiefn as we do 1 wards ;he lWilicm
Slates. But the same fee hug dues not exist. IVc must
therefore starch for tne causes of iscon’ent < itlu r in th<
graspings oi sord.d -vaiicc, <>f aspiring ambition, <*r of
some other passion"equally jiuhorciit to the * quanimily
of truth, or tbe beautiful consistency of sober reason
A reviow* Of our ’history tor the. last seventeen years
would furnish malteirfbr profitable speculation, and shed
considerable light upon ibis subject. We have only time
to glance rapidly over it. In 'bat short period, it is worthy
of remark that «»e North and lh$ South have completely
cinnged positions wn soaBCStf the leading .pieMtons c f con-
slituiian.il litigation. Before tiie Kuii>..rgo and iht i.i**•
war witli Gr*-»t Bvitain, who wuolii h ivc believed tiiat >tit
opening of tbe Weal India poits wouM have been ridicolid
north of the Potomac, aaaa uni...pm t int measaic? V\ Lo
would hav* beliiv.d, that Ncvv Engb.r.d,
“Wliose bread wa* onlhc moon laid wave,
“Wliose meat was on the deep,”
Would so soon have become the udvoca’c of repletions
on commerce? Who would have believed in 18:6. wh' »•
William H. Crawlordiecibmunfed ail increased Tariff,
and all the leading men of Sooth Carolina advocated tin
measure—that in 1836 many of the leading men of that
and other Southern States, would deny i s constitutional
ity'. would contend that a Slate had tlie right to nul
lify the act? Who w< uld have believed, when Gentrai
Jackson was for apply in? Hie' second action to the Hert
ford Convention, that many rd those in the South, who-
now affect tu Ire his warmest friends, would maintain tlie
ino»t ultra doctrines of Governor blrong and that same
Hartford Convention?—Extending our viewaa little forth-fj
er back—when New England was pushing off her Indian
population to the then western wilderness, and offering
(according to tier own historians) re .rands for their scalps
—who would h .ve believed she would, in so short a pe
riod, deem it a crime iu Georgiy extend her rights of so
vereignty over tli^m, or even to desire tUeirremoval to re-
■*ions more congenial totheir mode >f life? Yet such is
the truth. What the Eastern States had a right to do at
the muzzle of the rifle and the e.lg* of the scalping knife,
Georgia has no light to do, with bloodless wt-opoos, ut the
.-xercisc of her Ordinary jurisdiction.
These hasty interrogatories might be highly useful to
he Statesman. Wide they show how suvject we arc
to the influence of the passions, they show tiie lamenta
ble truth that we have not exc. ted a aalutary control over
those passion?. T kzyexh.b.t something at,/, more seri
ous. For, not only have these cxe.temenU existed-now
at the-North, and now at the Soulh-but ,t is a most dc-
dilution bas always been pTeadcu ars tbe cause of Justiflca-
What was unconstitutional in Masanchusetts and
and circumstance
sanctify Vrrar or f.ilsehoo t. tVhnt is erroneous in princi
ple in Connecticut, must be erroneous in principle in
Georarii.
But this subj* ct expand* under our hands. Time ar.d
such military force its may by itko be deemed competent to
take into possession the said mines, anti to protect and
defend them from all further trespass.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the aura of
spar-e admonish ns to (feejit. IVi: have thrown out these j twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out ofany
r fl ciious, bi fi-.-ving t!u m to be peculiarly appropriate to I monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated s«ti
the presen: cri-is. IVe may occasionally touch it again. j ecl to ‘be warrant of tlir Governor, to carrt into effect
In The mean lime, vve rarinnt do better than to recofti- ! the otijects contained in the foregoing section,
m* rid to t he People of the United States those fe.ssons.of j ^c 3. And be it further enacleH, F**r the fetter se-
ihodrration and forbearance toward the errors and frail- j curing said mines from trespass, that if any pt-r«oii or
ties of their brethren, so beautifully and appropriately persons shall be guilty of digging far g’ lii, silver ur 0* >■ r
taught them in the late message of tiie President. metal upon said mines, or who shall take from, or carry
: away anv gold, silver or other metal from any ol the said
», i j i ... . mines, uni* ss authorised bv law, he, *be or they, sh II be
Much lias been said m toe Northern prints about thr „ , } ,, „r
p,, , ,, * • ,| , .. . 1 r guiltv «f a (Uisdemcaiur, and upon convic ion luen oi,
Prrs dem s surre doruig ti e lodiain to the mercy of ^ to hard tabor ... the r«..Hcntiary for,
! ae : i ; r ? ,a - lU ** haS , and d'j. ing the t rm of five years.
Sec. 4 And be it farther enacted, That if any person
justice in m. rcy, Mid that the Indian Land Bill does not
provide fer a survey and occupancy of the country unt«f
their right of occupancy shall have been i xtinguished—it
is to be hoped that they vvjil cease their clamors. In ex
tending her laws over thr-Indians, G orgia hasonlyfo!-
lowed the example of N. Y <rk and many other Slates in a
principle that is now wefl'setlled in this country. We
should Mippos. that ilir m-ist squeamish could find no ob
jiclion to the Bill as it has-passed.
This day clos. s thr connection of our rnterp'»zing and
worthy fcBow-ritiz n Hugh Knox. Mail 'Contractor, ivitb
the L’nitto States. When he first took the line between
this plncp and Fort Mil hell, who, is tiirrt bat dors not
recollect its wretched ami crippled condition. I’ is w.-||
known ihc pr< carious mode of cor\v ytmee then furnished
for those who a cre cnmpcll* d to travel by tiie Stag • to the
v\ est. The liuili state of perfection in which Mr.-Knox
I nve« thr line, is very cre< itable to his vigilance and en-
‘rrprize—and fuHy authorizes os to say that in him the Go
vernment has lost a zealous and fjithful contractor —
Dining bis contract, when high waters swept away our
bridges over our water courses—flats were procured and
temporary bridges constructed, at the individual expense
of Mr. Knox; on one occasion, the mail was transposed at
ilie risque < f life, and will* the loss of several valuable hor
ses. We cannotbul regret, that Mr. Knox has >ostthe
eontrnc , and must own it as a public loss. We yet hope
that he may be connected with it.
Effects of cc-'.t —Tbe late cold has been very destruc
tive to garden vegetation- - cabbage, beats, turnips and
reliary have been entirely killed—and tfe- mult fl >ra
rose considerably «c.*thed. We ean only account for
this from ih<* succulent state of’he plan’s and tfe- previous
mildnes 8 of the weather—the Summer bad been so dry
that vegetation birely lived—the fall rains filled them
« ith sap, and in this unguarded stale old Boreas caught
them.
Daring the fa«t ten days wc hate had all kinds of
weather—withoi that time we have had extreme cold for
'bisclitn <te, and summer heat. On Thursday night the
30-h ult. wc had summer temp»rature—a «> vere thunder
st.*rm with almost incessant lightening. On Friday i
bt ’—me pgiin vf*rv cold
MA iilXLD,
On Wednesday r fe 2<Mu1t. by Alexander Irwin, Esq.
GEor.cF. R McEltt, of Deeatur county, to Nlrt
* ATHARINE RlTTHKOtF RD. of vVaslun^ton f-auntf.
Iu Vluii gmnery (Ala ) on Thursday evening l6th tilt.
oy the Moo. N E tfen»on, Vtr Gvonox ' v hitman, Mer
chant rif ihlt ohice t*» ' T i<s ’ iARRI^T I’ r ’-n 'ME*
H±£l£b f
R*idd- nfy in Milledgevilh*, oo tbe 26th Dec'-nibcr. Mr-
r HvRCES C. BiRru, of apoplexy. He was ir* fine
h alih the day bt-f*>re h« was taken, and survived the
“liock but three dnvs. Mr Bircli was a r- specfable citi-
7.i rt and to up'ight man. Tie has 1 ft a distressed widow
;I|'I fhiiti? *'M *
MAI7 Ann ^rjGSavijEKT
And PuSt-Odtcc Reuuta ions January 1st, IS3I.
"northern mail,
Due every day at 10 o’clock, A. M.—Closes every day
at 9 o’elotk, P. M
SOUTHERN MAIL,
D'*e every dc> at 10 o’clock, P. M.—Closes every day at
9 o’cork, A. M
T.U-LAHASSFB M AIL, -
Due every XYi diiesdav aL6 o’clock, P. M—Closes every
rhursday at 9 o’clock. A M.
ATHENS MAIL,
Doc every Thursday at 11 o’clock, A. M.—Closes every
Thursday at half past It, A. M.
- MOVTICF.LLO MAIL,
Doe every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, P. M.—- Closes eve
ry Monday tit 9 o’clock, P M.
LOUISVILLE MAIL,
Due every Wednesday at 6 o’clock, P. M.—Closes every
Monday at haif past 9. .A. M.
SALEM MAIL,
Due every Thursday et 9 o’clock, A. M.—Closes every
Thursday at half pas? 9, A. M.
IRWIN TON MAIL,
Due every Saturday at !0 o’cbek, A. M.—Closes every
Friday at 9 o’clock, A. M.
■/ office will he op* n every day except Sunday
from 7 o’clock, A. VI..to 9 o’clock, P. M. from 1st March,
io 1st November, and fr m 8 o’clock. A. M.to 9 o’clock.
P. M. f*o!ii lit November to 1st March. Oti Sunday,
i? wdl be open from 8, A. M. to 12 M. atul from 9 P. fvl.
io 9 P. Vi. THOMAS F. GREEN, P. M.
Milh-dgevple, Jan. t 26 3t
18*23 ilie Statesman
1813
1824
1824
18*27
1827
Weston v City Council? *2 Pet r’s Rep. 449, S. C- J8T I ^* r*'**’“ ' eX|S tcd, the violation of thcCotv-
B 4 nk of Hamilton T Dudley $ #25, Ohio, 1829 wocyosoever tfeyhave ex* ,
THE SC077SB0H0’
mCA.LB SEl&ZH&SJ?
I V7JLL commence us SPUING SESSION on the
V V Tnird Monday in January, instant.
ROBERT C. BROWN, Principal.
January 1 26 3t
'Jo Dhtxict Surveyors and others who may
wish Plans oj the Cherokee Lands.
S WtLL forward to District Snrreyors who may be
elected ->n the first Monday in JanuaVy, and tooth
er individuals who may want them, neat Plans of the
Cherokee country representing the several Districts,
Sections and Divisions with their respective numbers, for
one dollar—the applicant paying his postage. -
B. H. 8TURGF.S.
Milledgeville, Jawintry 1. 1831 2fe—2t
NOTICE. ' \
A LL persons indebted to tbe estnts of Christopher
Pearson, late of Wilkinson county, deceased, are
requested to settle their accounts with ■«» little delay as
possible—aad those having demands against said reat son
wiH please hand them >n attested according to law.
JONATHAN PEARSON, AdnPr.
January 1 26 .
OABDS&r SEED.
A FRESH sokph a Ikoriaau?* Garden Setdju* re
ceived by Jji. PERKIN#,
i MilkdgcviHa, N»v I3» .
or persons, not authorised by law, shall employ auv wiide
m m. Full tn, nl-gro or tnulat:.), to dig for'gold. silver or
other metal, up m said »r-.ines, or to t.d*«- cr earry away
any gold, silver or other m< tal from said mines, he, she
or they, so employing said white man, lndi.in, negro or
mulatto, io dig lor gild, silver or other metal upon said
minus, or to take or carry away g >ld, silv.-r or other nir-
lai from said mines, shall be guiliy of a misdemeanor,
anctiipun conriction thereof si.a.11 be punish**, by coniine-
rat-nt in the Penitentiary, nt hard labor, for and during
the term of four years.
Sec. 5. And be it f irtber enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be so cons'rued as lo conflate any nagro slave in
the Penitentiary ot this Sta e.
Sec 6. And be it f:tr*her enac*ed, Tbit each and rve-
ry in gro s.l&V* and other properly owned and employed
in trespassing on said mi;i> s, by rr.Y person or persons
convicted of toe mistletneanors conteniplafed 5»J this act,
shall tic confiscated and sold, and after tbe expenses i f tri
al and rood nutation shall have be« n paid the ne>i pro
ceeds of such safe, shali be paid over to tne Treasurer of
this -Male for the use thereof.
See. 7. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency
tbf- Governor, is hereby authorised to appoint one Or m *re-
•ig- iu?. it hr should deem it necc'snry, for ihe protection
Of the Goid mines in the ’Cherokee country, or other on-
appropriated lands of the Slate, and far ihe purpose of
itssistsi,g in the enforcement of 'he taws of thisSta'e over
?aid country and land, whose duty it Bhail he io give to
the civil authority, information of any trespass njwr* toe
gold mines, r. violation cf the laws . f teis State, mud '»
see that tbe hansgressors are promptly proceeded ni.-»i»!^i r
and to give information from time to tin.3 lo tu^ Exrefe
lehcy the Governor, of the actings and doings in said pre
mises. ~ *
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That such parte
of Ibis act as relates to»he puni-hment of trespasses u*
'.he mines, within the I;mit“ of the Cherokee nation, shalF
riot take effect until the first day ol January, eighties
hundred and Ihirty-cne.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That all persons
who shall be arrest-d by virtue of this act, ami shod he
liable fer costs, and who may be found ur.abio to p.v s-ch
costs as may he ipcurreri, ihe costs thus incurred s’*, ii he
JcfenjeJ 6y tiw Slate, any law to tb** contrary onto i.'h-*
• tandinii. IVovided that thr provisions of th*- set ?i.*n
shall not extend to persons residing within the old i.uitiS
of- the county where -key may be confined.
A8BUKY HULL,
Speaket of the House of fi. r 'atives#
THTMA^ STOCKS,
Lh i snientof the Senate*
Assented to 4J Decc mber, 1830.
GEORGE R. GILMF.R, Governor.
Secretary oj Slate’s Office,
ittlLLEDSCULLG, UtC-2d, 183^;
The foregoing is a true copy liorn »he origin >1 «ct oil
the file in this office, With the great sea> of the State
cd thereto. EVERAKD HAMILTON.
Secretarv Cf Slate.
. OWINMLTT saees.
On the first Tuesday in Februa ry next,
A T the cour -house in the "»wn of Lutvrenceviflr,
A G wnnett county, will be * -Id, Uie foii'jwir.g PRO-
Pi KTY, to wit;
Onr ir.mdre*! and fif y icrtes of L \ N D. it bring per* y 1
lot mimber' fifty-four in the 6th district of sntu. «•
wherct u the ortesidnnt rrsidee—!evi*P on t;>' .ah -fy a ft.
ft. in favoi of Charles Wilson, v< Frant*.a ^ .urkr-lfi d.
One hundred ah'l twenty iiv** acres of LAND, part of
lot No. 125, in the fitli district of sku coi-ety, as iiu- r^-o.
prr’y of Inh’n Lay, to satisfy a fi. la. in favor ut Zachari-
ah Cor hr, vs.feid Lay.
LO ‘ N•>. 84, ih Iht 6th. and LOT No. 14, is tin- 7 .'i
diMrict of said c<»unty, each c rrtainiog two hundred 1
nfiy acre?—as tb*- properrt of George D tvs in, to - r.i. v
twa fi. fas. from Greene Inferior Court in favor of si ?-
art and il -rgraves, vs. Georg* D »wson, and ol.iu fi 17 .
vs said D wson,
vMLI.MM BREWSTER, D. Sheriff
V>
KEWl’OW oAL S.
On the first Tuesday in February next,
ILL be sold, before tne court-ho se du"r in Hr
town .if Covington, New'on cown’v,between i e
usual hours of sale, the following PROPERTY, to wit:
Fifty acres of LAND, in the ninth district of riginnUf
Henry n.-w Newton couutv, fe ing Ihe south-east corner
of No. 206 -levied on a? the property of William Gr* m,
to satisfy afi fa. in favor of Henry H. Field, *s William
Green aid No<.hJLewis, his security on the st*y.
On.- road WAGGON and on- large BAY MARE, tw
hunt 'eu years nkl—levied on as the property of John F.d-
-Jh-inon, to satisfy aft. fa. in favor of George W. I.ati-
rencr, vs James II. Cruice, John Edtilcmon and Will
iam Batchelor, his security s.
K. W. HARGROVE, t>. Sh’ff.
January 1 . 26
ZSJVIA^JDSZ. 3AX.ES.
On the first Tuesday in February next,
A T the court-house in Swainsboro*, Emanuel county,
between tire usual hours of sale, will be sold, the
following PROPERTY, to wit:
Ouenegr - GIRL, named Chany; &bc"t six or acT^n
/*'d — !r*'h-d oti the property os Jonas Cu r M, to
siHiSiV one fi. la. issued from the Superior Court ol Xait-
nail county: levied on the 27ih November, 1830.
Jan 4 HiiNilY DURDEN, D. Sh’ff.
Administrator's Sale.
O N the first Tuesday in March next, r ill be sold, at
ihe town of Saundersville, Washington county,
one TRACT of LAND, containing two hundred anA
eigli.y-fcve acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Wilson
and others, in said county.
Also on the first Tuesday In April next, will be sold, in
the town of Bainbridge, Decatur county, LOT number
one hundred and ninety-three, in the twenty-sevenUi dis
trict of formerly Early now Decatur cou n'y. Sold as tbo
property of Christopher Pearson, late of Wilkin**' n un-
tv. deceased—Term» made known on the 4»v cf sale.
I ' JONATHAN PfiAKBUN, S-Wf.
J, January 1 - M 81