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X • 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. v? General Statement of the sit vat inn oj the Hun!: of JlJaear, O<,/. I 1^30. DR 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, CTv. B ir.klrig House, Bills of Exciiausce discounted. to maf uril v. .X j! ■ tuniy -pccie, .Bills of cli.irJcrei * i* inks of t be Si. <d Georgia, uni the U. Slates par, I do of at _r to mu 60,143 42 ! 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 £73 COO 482,27 3 i 6,7.83 1 d 47 30 116, 3- 33 CIO 14 (Signed) 39 127- ^290 232 25; 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