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to give cffoct to the arrangement, ty issuing
the required proclamation, of which a copy is
likewise herewith communicated.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Washington 3d. January, 1830.-
The Message was read, and together
"with the accompanying documents were refer
red to the committee on commerce, and o,000
copies ordered to be printed.
The House then adjourued till to-morrow at
12 o'clock
ifsvsrM Wiuieu
XftIItX.EI>GX:VII.X.33 :
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SATURDAY, J ^NUARY 15, 1831
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
F'»r the Inst six months the events which have occurred
in Europe have assumed a character deeply interesting to
the people of the United States. The revolution in
Fi ance, it is now apparent, is but the beginning of a se-
sif-s of great events whose consequences not e can con
template without solicitude. The people of this country
have, with one voice, hailed the even’s of July, because
tin y felt, tint a gallant people in the lace of the greatest
dangers, bad wrested p.*wer from the hands of a tjranica!
orid irresponsible government, to place it in other bands
tvho would < Xercise it for their good and under their oh o
eanction. Burn in a country the first principle of whose
government is the responsibility of every depository rl
power, we can hardly conceive the greatness of the
change efficted in France by hi r splendid, noi to say t li-
paralled revolution. In Europe the greatness of tins
change is not only seen or heard of—it is felt, and that
fcvjtb an intenseuesp of feeling brought home to ev< ry
lioart. It i- impossible to c iu> ive lfiat France should
continue the boundary of ibis great change. No man in
Europe, alleast none south of Russia, can expect to re
main beyond its influence; and it is natural to conclude,
that hundreds of thousands are ready to ask themselves
wh it position am I to occupy in tins great impending dra
in j. But if this reflection so naturally pressed its< If on
the minds ot individuals unconnected with governments,
how much more docs it affect the depositories of power
Without responsibility. We h ive no doubt the first and
lifost anxious enquiry’ of persons thus circumstanced is
how shall we escape this feaiful reckoning. It is known
to our readers that hereditary kings arid herxdi ary neb es
constitute the basis of every government in Europe. The
Fope who is also a King, and other minor except ons, do
not materially affect the proposition. Time, and a suc
cession of events, have accustomed the people of Europe
to look on these depositories cf power wi hout responsibili
1y as a natural organization of society. Yet perhaps it is
only in Spain that the cry of '‘Jong live the absrtute King”
is really the voice of the people. But it is obvious that
eince our glorious revolution the people of the old world
tnvi gradually awakened to a sense of their situation and
o know ledge oi tbeir rights. On the Continent, monarchy
end aristocracy have in many instances, yielded something
to the just demands of the people. Constitutions or char
ters h.ive been given to several nations whereby a quali
fied exercise of ahsolute power was promised. But it is to
be remarked, that in all these arrangements, the principle
of power without responsibility is still held on to, and
when power could no longer be retained it wis uniformly
yielded as an act of grace or favor to the people. The
French people have no a second time br km through
this rule of the action of King*. The example is, in our
opinion, fatal to Monarchy. Every monarch in Europe
feels the necessity of putting d' tvn the French. They
have once combined lor such an object and succeeded;
Lot will they dare to attempt i’ again? This great ques
tion is no doubt by this time decided, and should an ap
pral to Hrms b : rrsolved on, rivers of blood will agiin lie
ehed in the vain attempt to force back the people of Eu
rope to the exploded opinions of their ancestors. But we
feci the pleasing assuranco th ‘ in this great struggle iib-
« rtyand n it «le«votisni will triumph. Revolutions never
£ i hack- Every one must recollect the struggle it co-t to
put down the former Fr< rich II jvubition: and where with
nil that was done, di t they place it? Not buck on the
ancient footing. Charles the Tenth, and his bigotted
Court, in attempting to force the French people still farth
er back provoki d them to the late glorious revolution.
The events whi”*h have fallow< d the achievements of
th< Fren«h arc full of interest—full of instruction. Eve
ry reason which existed in 1733, to cause a world inarms
t » rise against France exists at this-day. She has agiin
Ur km down that legitimacy so vital to Uie European
ay stem if governin'nt. She has, it is true, set up again
« Monarchy,' but end r circumstances fatal to the whole
plan of monarchical institutions. France Is in our opin
ion essentially a republican nation. Thai she reorganiz
ed a monarchy was au uc' of policy, urged on h- r by her
position with regard to other powers. But the questioi
most interesting to us is, what part will England act in
this iuiporiant crisis. The civil revolution which has hap
pened in that country is scarcely less imp-Ttatit than tin
events in France. We think so on many accounts, bn
principally because it is a movement purely democrat! r
iis principle. The Speech of the King oq the opening gif
parliament, shewed any thing rather tinn a spirit «
friendship towards the progress of liberal opinion on ih<
continent. His vaporing threats at the disaff cied cJ Id
own people, shewed him either ignorant of the extent uT
that disaffection or reckless of its consequences. YVt
cannot suppose that he ineditut d a champ of the minis-
tiy at the time of its delivery. Nor does it se-ni that his
ministers wpre better informed; every thing necured ir>
the most sudden and unexpected manner. A det ill of th
circumstance* will be found in our columns. It is evi
dent that i ie greatest consternation prevailed <lurin ,T th'
passing of these events. Every member of the ministry
appear to have been remov»d and an entire new set ap
pointed from the ranks of the wbigs. If these wings in
office retain their principles they will hot interfere in tie
affairs of the continent. If a war breaks out and they
take sides they are on the side of France. We have nr.
doubt but the neus of this civil revolution will operate
powerfully to cause the Emperor of Russia to pause, if
he meditates an attack on France. One circumstance
we have observed with rrgret. Mr. Brougham whose
splendid talents and acknowledged patriotism pointed him
out as a conspicuous member of any whig ministry hkcl)
to be found, eome3 in it is true, but brings with him a new
title of nobility. Ibis fact while it proves how modi
alarm hail invaded the bosom of the King, shews also lha ;
the government has not forgotten its old policy of pur
chasing every able man from the peoples side. YVe hav*
great confidence in the strength of character of Mr
Brougham, but at present do not recollect a single indi
vidual who has remained firm to his principles under
6uck circumstances.
We are indebted to the attention of our Representatives
in Congress, the lion. James M. YY’atne, YY'ilson
Lumpkin, and C. E Hatnes, for several documents of
Interest, recently received. YVe w ill < ndeavor to furnish
Sn our next paper such extracts to our readers, as are of
general concern.
The weather.—For several days past we'have had hesv-
J'fills of ruin acompanied by intense cold—on Thursday
evening the clouds assumed the appearance of snoto, an
Last wind blowing. Friday morning it commenced sleet
ing, ’if rath r small hailing, which gradually gave way to
fl >kes of snow—since then snow hu3 fallen with a rapidity
Unusual with us—our houses, trees, and fences are clad
m fine white vestments of “hoary winter.”
A eut Papers. Y\ e have of late received the Grst num-
^ s ® k ®ttd respectable paper* recently established in
different parts of the United Slates—Among them the
‘Al ibamt Index.” publish'd «t Claiborne, Alabama, and
edited by John Erskine Kean, and P. M. S. Nr.nfville,
Esqrs. The first named gentleman is wetl known in this
State as having formerly edited several respectable Tour-
nils The “Index” is a neat hebdomadal, furnished
w.th interesting extracts; the original communications
j] e respectable, and from the known capacity of Mr.
Kean, the paper will doubtless prove an acquisition to
. Cl | U3e °f the people, who have, with our republican in-
/Ulutions, ever found an advocate in that gentleman.
cannot refuse to let “A Gold Digger’s” com-
plnints be made known through our columns—although
rve should have been better pleased had his “wrath” per-
Oiitted him to employ in tome parts of his communication,
language more courteous. We have not had time to
examine the merit of his argument, and therefore can
not either disapprove of, or sanction them, although we
confess upon some points there appears great plausibility
in bis reasoning. We have always deprecated and op
posed the doctrine of nullification, but if those who advo-
Ckte it in our legislative Hall force abortion of their own
citizens to resort to that measure For relief from wW
they conceive to be oppression, the sin of the example
wi-l not be found at our door. In relation to this thing
called sovereignty, we ihinkit assumes a shape less defi
nite in every bruin through which The idea pusses. For
merly it was deemed a word sufficiently precise to ex
press an intelligible idea-Mbut latterly it has been ex
plained away so as to cover the views of any dissenting
politician, who finds it necessary to sbrtftid his projects
in the darkness of mystery. Some tell us. it is limited to
a certain extent, others give to it a more expansive mean
ing—and when we reach the designated point, we’area-
gain informed that it is ytt beyond ns. Upon the whole
wc fanrythe meaning of the term sovereignly has been
placed in a situation not unlike the description given us
by Popeof the location of the North—
“Ask wherfe’s the North] At York ’tis on the Tweed;
In Scotland, at the Orcadts; and there,
At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.”
The late heavy rains and extreme cold weather have
produced some irregularity in the arrivals of our mails.
Our advertisements of Sheriff’s Sales from Franklin and
Habersham counties, postmarked on the 22d and 30th
of December, were not nceiv.ii till the I3ih inst. YVe
have thought it our duty Jo insert March instead of Feb
ruary. YY c also learn by a letter from the Sheriff of Y\ T al-
toc county, that lie hud forwarded to us certain advertise
ments of stir*to be held in February next. The adver
tisements have not yet come to hand. These ogcurien-
ees are sufficiently vexatious at best, but should they ope
rate to the »r*jny of the officers who have relied on the
public mails we shall feel the deepest regret.
FOR T!IE FEDERAL UNION.
Among the many grounds of objection heretofore cur-
rituagainst franklin College, one of the most popular
seems to have been its aristocratic tendency—in other
words it has been regarded as a medium of b neiit to th<
rich man only; as a stream of knowledge which was nev
er directed t>) tire poor man’s door, hut d.spensi d its fa
vois partially, and almost exclusively to 'hose beat able
to furnish ttieir children wiih instruction without the
aid ol a •'Stale expenditure. 1 say this idea has g .t a-
liroad among the people of the State, and produced a ve-
<y natural feeling of jealousy and distrust to vard the in
stitution; and certainly in nractice the effect has not
been calculated to remove this opinion. Of the m it)
graduates since the commencement of Franklin Ct lit g ,
hon /etv of them do »e find from that class of our popula
tion designated as tbe labouring class; bow still smaller
the number (if indeed tin re cxi-tsa solitary iristanc ) >f
graduates ft nn the- poor, emphatically so called. The t x-
pense attending the attainment of a collegiate education
is such as operates in the nature of a prohibition to all
bul the wealthy— and makes “fair science frown” open
.such ns have not first obtained the favor of the blind God
less. This, like that “bill of abominations,” the Tariff,
is oppressive and unjust, because it operates unequally.—
IV pom - .ire taxed to.support an institution for toe bene
fit of the. rich. Tne funds they might appropriate to the
euuciilmn of their own children, are taken out of their
hands and employed to furnish their tn-re Wealthy neigh-
b >rs with the means (which they do n >t w.int) of educa
ting their children nearerhome than otherwise they would
he able to do. Like the fable of the boys and the frogs
this may he fun for one pa' ty, but surely it is any thing
else than futvf r the poor mao oppressed by it.
Under tlus state i»f things it becomes a wise Legislator
to devise some mode ofrem .vmg this just cause of com
plaint—some means by which such benefi’s as the insti
tution was intended lo<lispense, should bo permitted to
fl iw to all classes of society alike. For if all pay tax s
for its support, common justice requires that all should
reap alike its advantages. YY'ilh this equitable constrnc-
•ion of Legislative obligation in view, the Hon. Senator
from the county of II ib rsbam proposed an additional
section to »he bill lur he relief oT the College, passed b)
he last Ltg si tore, by which the poor min, heretofor
• loomed to suff r from the reflection that his children
were grown g up in ignorance without the possibility of
receiving that mental culture necessary to fit them for.fu
ture usefulness, may now be cheered with Ihe prospect of
having the gate of the temple of science unbarred f r-lhe
recap-ion of a son, having iq i.il chance with others to en
ter, and occupy a station, in the Temple ofF'ine. I sav
such is the ff ct of Col. Blair’s addition to the Coll'ge
Bill w hich provides for the selection from each county of
one promising youth from the poor schools, tu be sent to
Hip College and educated at tiie expense of the State, out
of t he ap>pi opriat ion m.'de to that institution. It is an ef
fort to extend the benefits of liberal education to that class
most ne* dins it, but heretofore cut off from all participa
tion in its blessings. Strange as it may se> rn. however,
this henevo'ent intention has not only raised up <>pp >
rients, but »licit*.<1 the rib Idry and scorn of some who
have pretended b f re the People of Georgia to be the on
ly friends of the College. Their Honors of the Consti
ilutionalist ainl’Athenian, have signified in much bitter
ness of spiiit, theft utter at horience of this attempt to
contaminate th** aristocracy of Franklin College, wi'h
11 ic sons of Plebrtan*! Tins extraordinary show of ex
citement whm literally the people are permitted to have
iccess *o our College, a dm us ol but one construction.
r hey desire to restrict the means of furnishing to the peo
,>'e knowledge which is thought bt thr cpi fided to tiie ar
islocracy of the State. The body of the people are becom
ing too well informed to be lead by them as hereto-
’ire—Troupism and Nullification cannot abide the light
f intelligence—therefoie U.e people must be kept in dark
ness. - The. “Pierian.Springs” must nut be tasted by
hem, or straight they become waters of bitterness to then
Honors!
It w ill not be mutter of surprise, if it should be counsel
ed to the true btlitvtrs to abandon Franklin Callege to
he occupants contemplated in Colonel Blair’s additional
•ecti"ii;-nor would it occasion more astonishment to
car that their honors had in disgust thrown Types, quills
■ »d impoiing stone into the Oconee and Savannah Kiv<-rs,
than to learn that any thing tending to advance the growth
Tintellect among the poor of our State, should find ad
vocates with them. * YY ALTON.
any taw or regulation prohibiting the exercise of industry
by digging gold, more than by any other mode of applying
it—mure especially as lin y had been taught to look "upon
the land as their own; make the most of it, and the offence
was merely constructive. Crime was the ground, bowev-
er, upon which our enemies based their efforts—we ba'd
violated the laws, and that was enough to furnish a pretext
for depriving us of the rights of citizens. Now Sir this is
the hardship of which 1 speak—that whilst we were thus
abused and disfranchised l or doing wbat was not denoun
ced as^in offence until after the commission, men who are
in the daily habit of violating the most severe positive
penal laws, remain possessed of that right from which we
have been excluded! Gen. Wofford, from the county
of Habersham, proposed a section to the BUI by which no
torious Gamblers, Keepers of Fttro Tables, and other of-
ft nders therein designated, were, also to be excluded from
the right denied to geld diggers; but this was withdrawn
by the G; neral who discovered that it would have been
voted down. This was a sufficient test of the fact that
tiie rage of these worthy Legislators was not excited a-
gainst crime an I vice generally, but against a certain
class of men—and lor no other reason that I can conceive
of, but because it was believed the gold diggers were prin
cipally from certain counties, of late peculiarly obnoxious to
certain would be-g* eut men of a certain ebbing parly. |i
I err not, the persons intended to be. excluded by General
YVoflbrd’s additional section were such as had commiitid
offences punishable by imprisvnment in the Penitentiary.
There existed no law prohibiting the dijgu got'Gold. In
the eye of the law Ihcrcf re, [he gold diggers had com
mitted no offence. YVi'h h lut propriety then the latter
have been proscribed, and the fornu r taken into favor, let
common sense, and a moral community decide.
But, Sir, ns free citizens of this State, We have mht«,
and can enforce them. VYc compose a part nf Uie sorer-
eign people of the body no die. VY e have constitution l
rights of which corrupt Legislation C i.uot deprive us —
Tue law >v which we have been thrown out of the pale of
Illinois SnMrots —We bavd ffie pie •sure of ap. t«n foot from Liitrorfh Castle to Edinburgh,!* tonMfi
quence of its having be«i recommended by the I >mou»
tophet Prinee HoBtuloUe* who after a comroun:cai»o«
nouncing to our readers the te-election of the Hon. E.
K Rank to the Senate of the United States from the
State of Illinois. He was elected by an almost unani
mous vote, having received 42 out of 52 votes.
Gen. John M. RoXinson, (a Jacksonian) was also e-
lectcd to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death ol the
Hon. John M’Lean.
Illinois it will recollected, is one of the states, claim
ed by the opposition—claimed too in consequence of the
result of Uie state elections which took place last summer
for governor and members of the Lt?i»l»tiife. By the
same mail which brought us the Lbuisville Public Adver
tiser with the agreeable intelligence given above, we re
ceived the National Journal containing the following par
agraph.
The Missouri Republican, in announcing the appoint
ment by Governor Edwards of Illinois, ol David J..Baker,
Esq. to be United Statea Senator in the room of John
Yt’Lean, deceased, adds,—“The selection is a judicious
one, and. in making it, ihe Governor has shown a pro
per regard for the will of the people, expressed at the
late election. The p Jitical temts of Mr Baker are op
posed to those of the President uiid his cabinet.”
The Legislature of Itliuois, we should with all due de
ference presume, know quite us much about the will of
tbeir constituents as the Missouri Republican. They
have nidified the appointment of Mr. Baker by Govein-
or Edwards, electing a lacksonian over him, and re-elect
ed Mr. Kane, a firm and undeviutiog friend of the ad
ministration almost unanimously.— Nash. Jlep.
National Expenditures.—A Document yesterday trans-
initti d fr< m the i ieasury D pnr'nent, in answer to a
Resol .tion of the House of Ropresentatives, passed at
the last Session of Congress, presents fuels highly neces
sary to the formation of a proper estim te of the charac
ter md policy of the National Government. It is a
“Statement of the disbursements made sinee the adoption
citizenship, is unconsti iitiona', and therefor*- net binding j . f the Federal Constitution, under the following heads:
upon us. VY’e will not submit. t*> its operation. Shall
we b‘-charged with reoelliun for thi-? AT hull the free
and sovereign pftple rehei. !! aiwl b< fore tvhat tribunal
shall we be arraigned and punished? Let it he rem inher
ed that we are free men—and that the existence of free
dom excludes the idi a of coercion; any attempt at the
latter will be an act of usurpation, '■ od would ;n«vtt bi\
lead to a separation of the upper from (lie lower com
lies—of what worth to us is the continuance of this U
ni >n with them, when it is used to divest us of the right-
of fjtrmi n?
YY’e wili throw our-clves upon our sovereignty—-we will
marshal! our reserved r.ght-:—a convention w ill be called
an t in imitation of the example S: t ub of late, vve will
proceed to - nullify fhe ii iqitituus clause in 'he law by
which it is alt* mpte'd to di prive us of our privileges.
YVe have bee# deprived of itnpmt nit ng ns withopt
suflieien’cause—for uehave not violated any known Ian
of our country—whilst men h ibifu Hy trampling on h r
foot the most s deuin laws of our Laud, ami the laws of
God, havebcen invested with the rights tu torn f dm us.
These grievances call fur redress —let '.hose who rive s*'
madly under fancied oppression, K ware how they im
pose the yoke upon the freeborn sons of YY'esti rn Geor
gia. A GOLD DIGGER.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and with the advice a:id consent of the Sen ate
Jam-s \V. Ridley, to b Colt-ctor uf the Customs fur
the District of Pnssamaquoddy, in the State of Maiue
vice Leonard Jai vis, resigned.
YY illiaui Clnggett, to be Naval Officer for the District
of Portsmouth, in the Slate of Nov Hampshir*, vice Eli
jah Hall, deceased.
Leonard M Parker, to b Naval Officer for the Di-trim
of Boston and Charlestown in the Stale of Massachusetts,
vice John P Uoyd, «h cea>ed-
YY illiam G. llammand, to he Surveyor for the District
and Inspector of the Revenue forth- Poll of Newport, in
the Slate f Rhode LI .nd, vice lohr Slueum. deceased.
Arthur fayl r, Junior, to-be Survi vor for the District
of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and !n«p- ctor of the K> venue
'or the "ort of N >rf dk, in the State of Virginia, vice
Copeland Parker, deceased.— U. S. Tel
•Iff- rson Glenn tube Surv-voi, ami Inspector of the
Revenue fur tin Port ofSt. Inh in (he Territory of Flo
via, vice Mat"bevy Jenkins, removed.
JohnS. YVestwooo tube Surveyor and Inspector of the
Revenue for the Port of Hampton tn the State of Vir
ginia, from the 21 day of March, 1830, when his presen'
commission will ex: ire
Berry B. Baker tube Surveyor and I ispector of the
Revenue of the Port of Sauth Q iev, *n die .Vale oi Vir
gitiin.from the 24 h December, 1831, wheu Ins commis
sion expired.
John Hodmen to be Collector of the tiunom* for ibe
District, nod Inspector of the Rev ime for th*- Port --f
>t. Augustine, in the T iritory of Fh rida, from the 3d
day of 'larch, 1S31, when his pie6 ill commission will
exuire.
Faugh YV. Sullivan to be Surveyor and Inspector of
the Ke.vrune fo- the Port uf YVest P*ntit, in the Stale of
Virginia, vie* Eugene Sullivan deceased.
John J VlaxiV' II to be CuMt^-tor of fhe Customs for
the District, and Inspector of the R verm for the Pur
of Hord-vicke, in the State of Georgia, vj, e Alexander
Ncthcrclifl, dtecased.
Edward M. Kvlandtohe, R eiver of P-.hiic Moneys
for the District of Lands vuhj* t to sal at t.ex-ngmn, in
the St ite <»f Y!i8sou>-i, from 'lie 21 t d >y of Decernb* r,
1330, wh* ii tiie commission of Aodre v S. 'tcGukaXpir-
c.d.— Nut. Int.
[cohhdmcated ]
JVfr Editor:—I write to you in great wrath, consider
ing that 1 am one of those unfortuate men who have been
proscribed by act of the Legislature merely for digging
gold upon land, which the aforesaid Legislature and oth
ers before them, claimed as our own. L is strange logic
>o me, to have it said th t certain lands belong to thecit-
z- ns of Georgia, and yet denounce those citizens for ex
cising in a small degree the right of ownership. I ven
ture to assert that not one in ten who dug gold in the na
tion, entertained the most distant idea that they were vio
lating any law, or comndlting a hr* ach of any moral ob
ligation. We knew not of any prohibition against taking
what was acknowledged to be ours—-and in truths if oui
Toceetlings are at all censureable, the blame ought just-
y to fall upon the shoulders of those who betrayed u» in
to the measure. Troup kicked up a row with the Gener
al Government on tbt score of our claim to Indian Lands.
YY'e were told by him and those who wrote for bint, that
the land belonged to Georgia, and her citizens; and as
Mr. Adams hacked out, we concluded Troup was right—
Supposing that if our right to the soil was thus indisputa
ble, we might lawfully appropriate its products to our use,
we went.lo gold digging with as little tho-ghtof wrong, as
wc would have gone to a corn shucking at a neighbors;
when lo! and behold these same men whose chattering
encouraged us to the deed, are among the foremost to
pour out upon our devoted heads the vials of ttieir wrath.
\lr. Editor it would have made any gold digger brandish
his spade and pick axe, lo have heard as 1 did, some of
those sdme Troup men curse, abuse, and vilify all and eve
ry individual who had even dug a spade lull of earth, or
washed a pan full of the same. Such language was sel
dom heard among the gold diggers themselves as was ut
tered on the legislative floor by some of these gentry. I
thought at the time i! some of the gold diggers could but
procure the pleasure of a few moments convention with
these limber jawed legislators, w hat a speedy act of ntilli
fication would be passed! I r, peat that as it was the en
couragement received from TroHp and his adherents,
which induced us to think we did no wrong in digging gold
in the nation, our being divested of the right to draw for
the land in common with other citzehs of tiie State, is an
evil justly chargable to them; and this wrong on their
part is increased to a tenfold d< gree, when we n fleet that
our disfranchisement has been effected through the instru
mentality and by the exertions of the e very men.
There is another consideration attending this pitiful
transaction, more fully .llustrative of the peculiar hard
ship imposed upon us—it is this : Th* reasons urged as
justifying our exclusion from the right to draw for land,
were that we had committed a violation of the laws, and
therefore are unworthy to be bencfiited by them. I have al
ready said that nine out of ten among the gold diggers
were not conscious that they were doiog greater wrong
than to pick up the products of nature undet the general
custom existing among all nations giving this ri^ht to lb<-
first discoverer, or fortunate finder—they did not know of
Ohio.—The Governor uf Ohio in his mes-
£ '*£e to the Legislature refer* lo the imn*un
health and genial season of the present vear
The rapid progress of the public work- (to 1 r
sing credti of the State, toe promo? pavrnen
of the public dues, and the great increase ot
population are also made the su' joct.of re
mark.
Alterations in the Judiciary department, re|
ating to the sessions of the Supreme- Court,
are suggested, some difficui!re> under fhe pro*
ent arrangement having occurred during the
yer.
The claims-against the S'ateforthe current
year, amounting to $209 '708 have been dis
charged in good faith leaving at* unappror tia-
ted balance in the Treasury of 6 000 The
receipts from the sales of public lands -granted
by Congress to aid the construction of canals
amount to $65 005.
The Governor suggests to the Legislature
the propriety of requesting the delegation in
Congress to vote againt-d thp Bril graduating
the price of public lands, for the reasons, that
such a measure trill depreciate and unsettle
the valueoflhe lands ofthe state, affect their
'system of revenue, revolutionize the industri
ous habits ofthe people, generate a spirit of
speculation, and enable speculators and men of
capital lo grasp all the valuable lands of the
Government at 26cent-, per acre.
The tolls received for the present yeer on
the Miami Canal are estimated at $50 000;
those on fhe Northern division ofthe Ohio Ca
nal from Cleaveland to Newark—opened in
July last—arecomputedat $30,000. Another
year, it is thought, trill enable the contractors
to complete the southern division.
The Governor inculcates the necessity of a
rigid adherence to the American System, and
expresses his disapprobation of the nullifying
doctrines; speaks of the gradual increase of
common schools, notices the flourishing con
dition of»h(* Colleges ami Academies, and com
mends the Deaf and Dumb Asylum—contain
ing at present 18 pumls—to the especial pat
ronage and support of the community.
Reform in the Pepiteotiary is strongly urged,
no one ofthe objects for which it was designed,
having been attained. It is represented as
h**ing in a disordered and sinking state
The Governor reeomtncnds the adoption of
some measure to stop the retail of ardent spir
its in small quantiles.
The Militia ofthe State amount to 116,000.
—Nashville Republican.
Fortifications, Light Houses, Public Debt, Revolutiona
ry and other Pension?, and lulcrqal J • provement; shew
ing, as nr as practicable, the amount disbursed in each
rear, nnd in each St.tc and Territory.” The statement
comes up to the close of the year 1829, and exhibits the
fallowing aggregates. .
Th< re has been disbursed, lor
Fortifications,
Light Houses,
Pi/tdic Debt,
P- n-ipos r
Interna! Improvement,
The fa tt r sura of expenditure, being that to which ex
ception has tx > n taken on the score of its prodigality, em
braces “the bui'd'ng of pit r.s, preservation of ports and
harbors, making roads, and removing obstruc tions in riv
ers.” And of he .ini «mt here stated, $2,443 420 ‘20 was
expended un ih Cumb rland Road leaving for i ll other
xprnditures under the cotnprehertsiv> head of Internal
Improvements, $2,897,609 91 onlyT^JVat. Int.
$13.C0,639 «4
3 343.716 34
180,301679 31
20 4.*2,647 27
6,310,930 11
held with the Lord in three ff^led 0>al »h0
Duke ac Bordeaux would re-g^Gblisn the" luroofe of St.
Louis. j., ,
Brussels, Oct. 30 — Antwerp present* animated Tint
desolate *p« ciude,-since the bombardment.. AL itetr'l
are barricaded; mid the patriot flag is floating over the
city. M. Oliver is how command*' t of the place.
ny persods were buried in the ruins ot their houses- 1 he
appearance »f the city was terrible, when set on fire b|
d shower of bombs, grenades, &c. the streets deserted by
alt, i xcc.pt now.and then a few fugitives. The landing
of a quantity of arms was the sigaul of instil rettibli—eve
ry citjzec took arms.
Uterary.—The London Literary Gazette sta'es that
Sir Waller Scott is engig'd upou a romance, the name
of which is to be Robert of Paris. That Oapt Hail has
on the anvil Fragments of Voyages and Travels in vari
ous parts of the YY'mld—That Uie Edinburgh. Encyclo
pedia is at length completed, and the editor and proprie- •
tors have gone to loggerhtads about the preface.
T. uri-i-r - ~ -TL - '
On Thursd.iy*nvcning last bv John Bcz man Esq. Mr.
Charles E. Tatlor, to Miss Charlotte Pan irs, aH
of Poiaski county.
DILD,
At his residence near Oarnc&Tille, Ga on the 2tst Dfr*
ceniber, John Stubbs. Sen. in the 54th year of hi-* a
he died as he had >ivcd, -O Christian, at peace with aT
men, and in full hope of a blessed imm-Ttnlitv.
^^7" E a re authorised to announce Robert Brown,
¥ V E q. of Jasper county, a candidal* for Surveyor
for the purpose of running -ff the Lands within the bound*
of the Cherokee nati on of Indians. Jun 15
Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 30.
Capps’ Mine--—This Mine is notv work'd by a Sali.diu-
ry Company, who have leased it for a term of years. The
following c n be d* pended on as a correct statement of
the product uf the •tine at this time. Of the bunds rm-
pl->yed. there are 38 negrors, 10 >;f whom are women
!'ho capital invested is $20,900; end the weekly product
ofGuid is from eight to msm hundred penny-weights.—
The ixpenses per week arc $125. One sixth of the pro
duct ofthe Mine is paid to the heirs ofthe late James
Capps.
A steam engine of 14 botse power has been put up at
he Mine, which is applied to pumping water from a shaft
9" feet in d p h: the engine also works two mills fur
grinding ere, «n some of ttm 'lntc plans. Th$ engine eon- I
S'lines 1 J cords '.f wood in 24 boors. 1
The compuny have lately cstablshed on Mallard creek,
□ hout 6 miles ast from the Mine, aud have now in oper
ation, 4 mills for grinding and 18 poundeis for pulveris
ing the ore. all by Wot'.r power.
At the Mine they ar< 75 leet deep from the surface on
the principal »yin, which is not so rich as it has.bcen, but
'lieore is more abundant and the vein more extensive
It siatcd io us abou 1 a week r<g >, that the last 3 ice-
in depth on the vein hud produced as Urge an amount of
G dd as .my f rmer 3 ieetin the Mine; Hird at th*- present
depth oaf 75 ft ct, tue evidence of future productiveness is
as fl itteuug as at any former period,—Nut. Jut.
Administrator’s Sale.
W ILL be sold, on the hrsi Tuesday in March next,
at the coui t-bouse in Troup county, LOT num
ber two hundred and ninety three. (293) in the fifth dis
trict of originally Troop. Sold for the benefit of fhet
heirs and creditors.
FRANK! IN ADAMS, Guardian,
January 15
28
ids
GEORGI Y—Baldwin county.
W HEREAS Dr Tomlinson Fort, applies to me for
letters *>f Administiution on the c:4ate of Newbal
Moure, deceased!
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time presetibeol by low, to
show cause, (tf any they can) why said letters should not
be granted. Given under my hand, this 1 f'h day ef Jan
uary, 1831. R. A. GREENE, c c o.
Ian »5 98 f> r
GKpKGlA—F'daski county.,
W HEREA8 James \t. Kinion applies to me for let
ters of Administration on the estate of Thomas
Atkinson, late of said county, deceased:
Tbe.se are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular th< kindred and creditors of said deceased, to.be
and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law,
to shew ca**se, if any they have, why said letters should
not b>- granted. Given under my band this 9t)i day of
January, 1831. JOSEPH CAHllUTllLRS, c, c o.
January 15 23 St
Accident—The life of ;VJf. P teN, ti e antipodean, Was
very iieai falling a -iicriice to one of his balancing 'ricks,
>t ibe Norfolk Tbea're ou YVednesduy.iast. YY hue in ibe
act uf b.illancifig five inu.-k'.ls, supported by a single bay
onet. with the point resting <ia one of l.is lore teeth, the
point slippeil l*etween bis teeth.and passing directly down
ni- throat, infl ated a severe and dangerous wound. Tti*
idor fell back upon the stage, bleeding profusely. A
- ingcoii being soon in attendance; he ivasplucedin ,<i pos
ture l'» pr( vent 11 ic fl >w oi blood to ibe stomach, and i*
was thought he would recover from the . ffacts uf Ibe
wound in the course of a few days.—Nat hit.
31 iiU of George Crowninshield.—The' trial of Geovge
t'rowinshicld f-r misprison of Felony, at Salem, Mass,
was closed ou the 25’h November.
The indictment contained two counts, 1st. alledging
hat R. Crowninshield, j . and J J. Knapp, jr. formed a
conspiracy to murder <.apt. Joseph-.Yv hile, and that the
defendant w as cq i:ted with all ihe faC' fc Tue 2d count
■ Ie ego . that the murder had been perpetrated by R.
> • uvtiiisnield, jr» and-.i. F Knapp' as principals, and J.
. K*».'|>p,jr. a» accessary b* forelire fact, and the defend-
<iaii was privy lotlie whole transaction, and did not dis
close it. T .c jury return-d a veruici of not guilty, and
be prisoner was accordingly acquitted.—A*. C. Spec.
Large Skeleton —An account of an enormous skeleton,
discovered in Big Bone Lick, K nlui-ky, has been recent-
■> very generally published. The Vincennes G.-Z^tte,
piinted at Vincennes. Ind. says that the particulars of
that account an: substantially confi mod l y a young gen-
* it man of ihai place, Mr. YVm. Elliott, wlm has just re
turned liom th- spot where the bones were found. He
lias favored ihe editor with the following memoranda
made by himselfl—Tusks twelve feet in length, twenty
live inches in circumference; grinders each weigh eleven
pounds. J Head three feet long, two feet deep, [breadlh
not given J The space between the eyes two feet—
weight of head four hundred pounds. Skeleton of the
animal complete save two or three ribs—its length siXty
two feet—height twenty-five feet. It was toitnd twmty-
five feet below the surface of the ground; and another
head of the same size had been found near the same place.
If the accounts of (his discovery are truej a new and wide
field for Zoological investigation is thus opened. The
Bank of thfc United States, to which th* land belongs, has
prevented lor the present further research.—Georgian.
On Monday last in Savannah, thedoHon ing gentlemen
were elected by the Stuckbolders of the Planters* Bank,
Directors for the ensuing year:—George YV. Andersen,
F. Sorrel, P. DeVdlors, YY m. Gaston, Thomts Young,
los. An*o, John C. Nicoll, and R. R Cuyler. Those
on the part of the State, Elias Fort and John H. Morel.
On tiie 4 h inst.'Geofe YV, Auderson, Esq. was re-elec
ted President i f the Planters’ bank in Savannah.
The Beaulort Gazette of Thursday inform us, that in
the very severe weather of the preceding we* k, n-vin
negroes were frozen to death in a boat in YV all’s Cut, on
their way to Savannah. One account says that they t.e
lung to Mr. iMongin, another tbatthey were Mr. H> gg's.
It is said that tw o negroes died of cold in another boat,
netween Brda'd river and Savannah. A fellow of Mr.
Jacob Goebard’s also perished in a paddling b >at near
Etibaw;' and one of .VI. B. Oswald’* was drowned, near
Cat Island, in St. Helena river.—Aug. Chrffn.
——<tr*oo—
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Antwerp.—\Ve learn that a private letter, received in
this ciiy from Antwerp, written since tiie bombardment,
states the loss fit property Jo be very great, probably 12,-
600,000, a large proportion of which, we regret te learn,
falls upon American merchants.—Patriot.
Spain and Portugal.—Accounts from the peninsula
are very vague. Letters from London oi Oct. 30th an
nounce that the standard of liberty was raised at Cadiz,
Fcrroi, and Corunna; and that Don Miguel bad given
positive orders to send troops to assist the Spanish Roy
alists. '
It was said that England was about to acknowledge
Don Miguel. - ■ * " -
The patriots were still active and accumulating on the
frontiers of Spain. There had been lome skirmishing,
but nothing decisive bad been tflected. YVe shall give
more particulars tomorrow.—Columbian CenUnel.
Charles X. and family had permission of the Emperor
of Austria to fix tbeir residence at Klagenfurf..
It is stated in the ’Paris National that the Duke and
Dutchess of Anguulsme Hereabout to nt&Jua pilgrimage
BANAWAY
f AnOM the company ot pu-ift*: nanUs stationed near
A/ Milfedgeville, about the -fifteenth of May last, a
negro man named YV YLKER, who is six fCet and one
inch high, of black compl* xion. He has lung been the
property ofthe State, and fur many years employed on
Oconee river. It is-supposed he is lurkine about the.
j'lantetions on or near the river, wilhin If* or 20 miles of
th<s place ns he claimed to have a wife thercab. uts. Teh
Dollars reward will be paid for his apprehension and deliv-
eiy to ihe Overseer of the public hands near this place, or
for his imp<isanmtnt in any jail of thi^State, and a prompt
notice thereof to said Overseer, or to
D. P. HU LHOUwE, Superintendent, &c.
MiMcdgpvillc. Jan'i r - IfY 183; ?8 3
FaSAFES'
On the first Tuesday in Al.liiCIf next,
% ¥ EFORE the cou* t-house door in Carnesville, Frar'c-
lin county, between the usual hours of satcy niff b«'
said, the following PROPERTY, to wit:
Two hundred and thirty acres of LAND, on the n a*
tors of Broad n*er, adjoining McEntyre on*i "ih'-ra— le
vied on as the property of Joel Huht, to satisfy a fi. fa. vs
him, in favor of James H Little and Samuet'Snannon. ex
ecutors of Richard \Yuod9, r deceased; pointed out by the
defendant;
Also, the jntefest of Adcra Looney in the Estate, r^al
and personal, of Robert Wallers, deceased, to satisfy
sundry fi. fas. io favor of Edmondson & Banks, vs. svid
Looney^ levy made and returned in me by a Fonslahle.
Jan 16 tfAKRI3S TONEY, Sheriff.
POSTPONED SALfe
Also, at the same lime and place, will be sold, thefollovtl-
ing properly, to wit:
One thousand acres of LAND, ou Shoal creek, in said
county, adjoining Hardy & others Fifty acres < f LAND
in the Acadtmy land, know as number 19, on &boal creek
—Icticd oh as the property of Richard Cbappelcar, tn sat
isfy two fi. fas. in favor of William YV. Carnes, against
said Chappelear.
Jan 15 HARRIS* TONEY, Sheriff.
HA3SRSHA2ME SALfiS.
, On the Jirst Tuesday in MARCH next,
W ILL be sold, before the court-house door; in fhtf
tiiw ri of Clafkcsville, Habersham county, the lot-
lowing PROPERTY,lo wit:
One sorrel HORSE—levied on as the property df WiL
liam England, to sa T isfy two fi. fas. one in favor of Th< m*
..s L. Upton, for the use of Robert Houston, vs Santuc-I
Hughs-and William England, also one fi fa. in favot of
John Stance! and Lewis Ralston, vs said England.
One negro WOMAN, by the name of Judy—levied on
as the property of Adam Simons, to satisfy a fi. fa. in
favor of Henry Miller, vs said Simons
LOT number twenty-six, in the twelfth district of Hab
ersham county—levied on as the property of Lewis Clark,
to satisfy two fi. fas. one in favor of John R. Stanford,
bearer, vs. Lewis Clark and Jesse Hoge, security on ap
peal, and Jacob Herndon, security on stay; the other in
fa»or ol Benjamin Chastain, vs said Clark,
LOT number eighty-five, in the tenth district of flabt
ersh :m county—levied on as the property of Ilardige VY ul-
ker; to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Hamilton Wynn, vs said
Walker.
All the right., title and interest of one hundred and twrrs.
ty fivg acres of LAND, more or less, in the tenth district
Habersham county, number not known, adjoining I"mis
of David Highficld—levied on as the property of YViWiann
Scalf, to satisfy S fi. fa. in favor of the Officers 6f Court.
Jan 15 A. MAULDIN, D. Sheriff.
- GEORGIA—Oglethorpe county.
Thomas Howard, jr.
Ex’r. of Mordecai Howard, dec. I Bill for Discovery^
vs. i Relief, &c.
The Legatees sf. I
Mordecai Howard, dec’d. J
I T appearing by the shewing in said Bill that Snsair
Newsom, Nancy Newsom, and Elizabeth Newsom,
defendants in said BiiK ace residents of the Slate of Vir
ginia, and cannot be per?->naUy served with a copy of said
Bill—//** theiefore ordered. That the said defendants
do ipp- a? and plead answer or demur, Rot rLm'*rirg a-
lone, on or before the first day of tbe next Term of this
Court, or the said Bill shall be tskeirpro confesso as to
said defendants; and that service of this Ordff r be perfect
ed by publication in one of the public gu zettes of this'
State at least three months before the first dav of the next
Term of this Court.
A true extract from tbe Minutes, this "V, j»nnnrv
1831. JOHN LAND,V{Um t Cl’k.
jjvnuvrv 15 - 88 3^
TNUUR months after date nnpl.r^ tlon w , n be made to
JL the Inferior Court of Riildv/io C m*nty, when sitting
for Ordinary purposes for lean \o sell the Real Estate if
Theodacus Turk, deceased.
MA.ry ANN TURK, Adm*x,
January 15 98 5^
B LANK DEEDS, of an approved fora, neatty prim.
tod and far sale at this Office^ fottt