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THE )EBAL TOIOIV. VOLUME 2—NO. 24. MILUiEDGEVILE, GA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1831. WHOLE NIMBER 76< EDITED BY J. G. POLIIILL & J, A. CUTHBERT. Til!: UNION is published every Thursday at THREE DOLLARS per annum, in advance, or FOUR, if not paid before the end c r the >ear. The Office is on Wayne Street, opposite McCombs' Tavern All ADVr.RTHEMF.NTS published at the usual rates. N. B. Kpc.1i Citation by the Clerks of the Counts of Ordinary that application has been made for Letters of Administration, mast be published THIRTY DAYS at least. Notice by Executors ajid Administrators for Debtors and Credi tors to remit r in their accounts, must be published Six WEEKS, Sales of Negroes by Executors and Administrators must t e ad- verri-*ed SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. <a'es of personal property (exrppt negroes) of testafo and fntftA- rate estates by Executors and Administrators, must be adveitised FORTY DAYS. Applications by Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the Con rt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published FOLK MONTHS. Applications by Executors and Administrators for Letters Dismis- sory. must he published six MONTHS. Applications for Foreclosure of Mortgages on real estate must be advertised once a month for SIX MONTHS. Sal. < of real estate bv Executors, Administrators and Guardians, must be published SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. These ti.ib s must he in'ide at the court-house door between the hours of 19 fn the morning and 4 in the afternoon. No sale from day to day is valid, unless so expressed in the advertisement. orders of Court of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of the bond, or agreement) to make titles to land, must be advertised THREE MONTHS at least. SheriiF’s Sales under executions regularly granted hv the courts, tnust be advertised THIRTY DAYS—under mortgage executions, SIX TV DAYS—Sales of perishable property under order of Court, burnt be advertised, generally, TEN DAYS before the day of saie. All orders for Advertisements will be punctually attended to. *•' AH letters directed to this office, or the Editors must be post paid, to entitle them to attention. J OHN K» WOOTA\ respectfully tenders hiinsel. ia the citizens of Baldwin county as s candidate for the Clerkship of the Superior Court at tiie ensuing elec tion i i January next. At W ii are authorized to announce Air. Lip w IS J. w . K.RAATZ a candidate lor Clerk of the Inferior C!ourt of Baldwin county. Aug 4 ”^SfS/ r E are authorized to announce Mr. RANSOM V V H. SMITH a candidate ior Clerk of the Inferi or C >iirt of Baldwin county, a-' the tv-xt election. Aug 4 W E are requested lo announce the name of WIL- LIAM i). SCOGGrlA, Esq. as a candidate for m __ Slid nf of Baldwin county, at the next election for coun- , ? § A V E ojiened {.heir Li if OFFICE at the Com JL JL missioner’s Hal! in the market-house, Milledgc- vilie, Georgia. One of them is always to be found there WATCHES, JEWELRY, &.C. &.C. I*. PERKIUS* OLD STAXfD. JiCOB7®OGLB b ? " t'Lcy i r uLLY informs -BLH/ ;iis customers and the pub- -(.jiemliy, that he has just re vived a fresh supply of GOODS i' his line of business, which add 'd to his former stock, makes his i-'sortment as complete as any ev~ ever offc - cd for sale in this place. Among the articles received are the folic win £ : Ladies and Gen; lemeTi "s • i<t I aieut Lever VV Ai CU ES ; silver parent levers and plain W alches; ladies and gentlemen’s gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; gold, plated, gilt and silk guard Chains; Cabie Chains; Ear Rings; Finger JTings; Breast Pins and bosom Buttons; Beed and ISiik Purses; Beed Bags; Purse Clasps ; La dies Divides and Clasps; Carved-and plain Tucking and Side Combs; Musical Boxes, Harmonicas, Flutes, and Preceptors; Silver Soup Ladles; Table, tea, desert, cream, mustard and salt Spoons; Sugar Tongs, Butter Knives, Pencil Cases, and Spectacles; Gold and Silver Pens, Gold and Silver Leaf Plated Castors, Fruit Bask ets, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays ; Steel Snuffers, Brass Candlesticks and Curtain Pins, Wine Wait ere and Tea Trays, Pen and Pocket Knives; Scissors, Thimbles a no Needles; Razor Simps, Shaving Boxes, Brushes and Soap; Tooth and Hair Brushes; Chess Men, Belt and Pocket Pistols, Percussin Caps atid Powder Flasks; a great variety of Walking Canes, Pocket Eooks and Snuff Boxes, and such other fancy articles as are usually kept at such places. Also, A GENKflAI. ASSORTMENT OF VvILITYUY GOODS. Speca- attention paid to WATCH REP Alt 1NG. Miiledgeville, October 20, 1831. 15—tf CUTHBERT & POLIIILL t.y ofner-rs. Nov 6 W V ‘ are authorised to announce BARRADLLL P. J ready to attend to professional calls. S rUBBS, Esq. UR a candidate for Tax-Collec- | They will practice in die following Counties and Cir cuits: f BALDWIN, tr- of Baldwin cnunty, at the next election. June 23. Yt 7 ij are authorized to announce JAaIEB CuNK > Esq. as a candidate for Tax Collector of Bald- ] win e unity, at the election in January next. August *25 C arc authorized to announce VV . G.'POWELL, kfe-q. aoanaidate for Receiver of. Tax Returns in Baldwin, at die election in January next. July 28 Oanu’~:e Flhil Circuit ALTER JELL.INS, L-q. is a candidate for Receiver of i’ax Returns for Baldwin coun Ja vv next. Sept 15 Ckata'.occhie Circuit.... Southern Circuit Middle Circuit Milled- -v:Ile. .Tone 23, ! Circuit i JONES, ^ lTCUlt j PUTNAM, l vv ILK1NSON. f BIBB, MONROE, (HENRY. ....TALBOT. J TWIGGS, ( TELFAIR, &c. ....WASHINGTON. 31 SXJ£LG£&Y or THIS T2Z2T2I. Mit* WALLACE, Surgeo n Dentist front »V. York, M u taken a itik/Al m .he Laikyeffe Jiall, (i'< •• a Hurt time,) and resqmet.fitoy offers his Fivikssioi.- a: services to the citizens <*f Mi Hedge v die and vicinuy. Ai !•. A r . jicrfnnns all neccssicy operations on llieTccdi, and inserts the different kinds of Artificial Teeth as the ?iivurttf, animal, and porcelain or “’Incorruptible Teeth,' from the. single tooth lo entire sets. Miiledgeville, Oct. 20. 15— SCHtlOMlAKES &. WHITING. ' ^PECTFULLY inform the pulilic that they % : iv.- assiR-iarid themselves in business, as MERCHANT TAILORS, sine, have just received iivhi Neu-\ork, a SiLLNDiD ASSORTMENT cf 1 ■'Consisting of ELI. 15, BLACK, I GREEN, ! OLIVE CRiaEN, ( (pr-r r%p»n'vu OLIVE, BROWN, CIjARET and STEEL .MlKT, J 'Lnvender, Fawn, iVLixt, Drab ami Fancy C.mcmcrcr— Vestings of elegant Patterns, Plain and Figured Velvet. Plain Black and Figured and Printed Mcrsailcs, Plain White Blnif and Figured Velcncias—Also a general as sortment of ready made Vests, Linen and Cot ton Shirts, Call are, Bosovas, Velvet and Silk Stocks, Cravats, Hand kerchiefs, Gloves, Socks, Strap end err, Drawers, Lc. Ac. kr* AU of which they offer on reasonable terms. S. age, •CU ord notice. __ _ r . The latest London and New-York FASHIONS just •Epceived. - Wanted immedta’cly, two Journeymen Tailors. Mih dg. vide, November l7th, 1831. 21—5t WALTON lA-IHT OF (IKDINAKY, November Term, 1831. VT t appearing to the Court that \\ iley Wliiiiey, in Ins i'.e tune, executed a Title Bond in favor of Roberi 'owed, to make a title in fee simple to lot number one •mndred and six, in ii;e fifth district of Rabun county, and oad Robert having complied fuiiy on his part with the • mditioi.s cf said bond, and said Wiley having died widiout exert ding titles or making provisions therefor by •viii—Ordered, therefore, on the jtetition of said Robert, hat three months notice of this application in some pub lic gazette and in the public places of this county be giv- : n, that Micajah ‘Vhiiley the administrator of said Wi ley will be directed at the next term of ibis Court after such notice, to make titles to said Robert according to the provisions of the siauite in such case made and provided, mess good arid sufficient cause be shewn to the contrary. A true extract from the minutes, this 15th November, • -*1 JESSE .MITCHELL, c. c. o. November 24 20—3m BALDWIN COURT OF ORDINARY, JULY TERM, 1831. tf ^ 'JLE NISI.—Upon the application of Matthew and William 13. Jordan, administrators on the cs- a.e of Richard Jordan, deceased, stating that they arc About closing the administration of said estate, and are desirous of being regularly discharged therefrom in terms of The law—It is ordered, that a copy of this rule be pub lished once a month for six months in one of the public ga zettes of this place, that all parties interested have due notice of this application, and tile their objections, (if any) to the issuing of letters dismissory. A true extract from the minutes. Juh* 12, 1831. C. D. HAMMOND, d. c. c. o. July 11 i 6m dN BOKU 1 A, jpCLASikl CUl'Ml *—VV licrtas 'kfft Daniel D. Sturges, administrator oil the estate ol ArchiVa'd Young, deceased, applies to me for letters ot dismission on said estate: These arc therefore to cite and admonish, all and sin- sliouid not be granted. Given under my hand, this 12th Hy of J uly, 1831 July 14 JOSEPH CARRUTHERS, Clerk. I m6m K A CARD. ”,tiss T 34 AC HEB., 3: i'ECTFULLY informs the inhalniants of Mil- / jedgeviile, that the exercises in her Seminary for young Ladies will be resumed on Monday the 2d day of January next. Slie deems it unnecessary to specify a!! the branches taught in her School. Her object is to qual ify her pu])ils for active life^ by instruction in ali the branches of solid and useful education. In addition to which, licr pupils will have an oport.unity ol instruction in MUSIC and PAINTING, under the direction ofj Mrs. Warner of Athens, whose schooHs connected with } hers. Airs. Warner’s high qualifications for teaching j these accomplishments, are too well known to require re- i ferences. But those who desire a know ledge of her qualifications, A'ltss rnucher womd refer to 13. B. llt.p- kins, Esq. of Athens, Adam G. Saribld of Madison, and Richard K. llincs, Em;. Rev. Mr. Sinclair and Duct. T. Tort, of Miiledgeville. December 15 -23—tf AiOsES COLLiNS. j Ex’r. f RULE NISI, T3 oceiit Collin’s, ) for letters of dismission. NTT PON the application of .Moses Collins, Executor, ti? j Ac. staling that he has executed the last will and testament of said <csta f or, and js desirous of being larly dismissed from said executorship in terms of the law VVherefore, ordered, That this rule be published once a month Ur six months m one of the public gazettes ol this place, that ali the parties may have due notice there —and if no objection be made at the expiration of said term, letters dismissory will be granted accordingly. A true copy from the minutes, this 21st November, m w 11. A. GREENE, c. c. o. 1831. November 24 in 6 m YAW REPORTS. T IIE subscriber lias obtained !r< msome ol ilie Judg <!S, and others a number of DECISIONS made in >important law cases. He expects to enlarge Iris Collec tion; and so soon as the subscription will authorize, to publish them in a plain, cheap style, in pamphlet form. The object of this undertaking is to awaken among the people a sense of the importance of a Court for the Correction of Errors. Tiie Judges, Solicitors, and Members of the Bu ■, throughout the State, are respectfully requested to fur nish authentic reports. To those who may do so, a rea sonable allowance in the price of the work will be made. fUtility alone, and not profit, is the object of the under- (takipg. And with this view he solicits warmly the co- operation of the Bar and Bench. lJis situation as an editor will enable him to print the work more cheaply than other perrons. JOHN G. POLIIILL. Miiledgeville, April 21, 1831. 41 PROPOSALS F OR publishing in Macon Ga. a Daily newspaper, devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture, Commerce, £ic. to be entitled, the DAiz.'sr xmlacoht telegraph. One number of the same has beed published as a speci men and the press will go into operation as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. Terms.—The price of the Dailt Macon Telegraph will be Five Dollars for six months—lor f-6 50 per an- /Utun, including six months daily, and six mouths weekly.] Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates. M. BARTLETT. October 27 *6— "H "3> V the first January eighteen hundred and twenty [* jp six, I promise to pay Sampson Dixon, cr bearer, fifty dollars for value received. (Signed) ABNER GRIFFIN. 1 indorse the within note unto Thomas Alien after a due collide ot law. Signed sometime in 1825. his SAMPSON X DIXON, mark. Appeared m open Court, Tnomas Allen, ivho being duly sworn, deposeth and says that the above is a copy in substance ot a note made by Aimer Giiitin and the en dorsement thereon, vith the exception of the time w hen the note was made, which is not remembered, that said note is lost, and this deponent is the lawful own'thereof. THOMAS ALLLN. Sworn to in open Court, 15th October, 1831. JEREMIAH BEALL, Cl’k. U' ULE NISI—It appearing to the Court by the affidavit, that the note of Abner Griffin, made payable to Sampson Dixon or bearer, for fifty dollars, and due 1st January, eighteen hundred and twenty six, has been lost—It is, on motion of Rollert Hatcher, attorney tor Thomas Allen, ordered, that the above copy in sub stance lie established in lieu of said lost original note at tire next Term of this Court, unless good and suffisient cause be shewn to the contrary by said Abner Griffin, or his attorney, and that this rule be published in one of the gazettes of Miiledgeville for six'months. A true extract from the minutes of Wilkinson Superi or Court, this 17th day of Octol»er 1S31. oct g(V—6m . JEREMIAH BEALL, CHr. C 'i KOKGIA, PULASKI COUNTY•—Wheresu J7 Washington Lancaster makes applicat ion for let ters of dismission from the estate of Jdmes T; Thomas, late of said county, deceased : These are therefore to cite the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause if any they have, why said letters of dismission should not be grant ed. Give , under my hand this 16th September, 1831. JOSEPH CARRUTHERS, c. c. o. Sept 25 f* GEORGIA-LEGISLATURE. REPORT Of the Committee on Education and Free-Schools. The Committee on Public Education and Free Schools have examined the several subjects referred to them, which consist of a portion of the Governor’s communication—the annual report of the President and Trustees of Franklin College to the »S'enatus Academicus—the reports of each of the Senators of the state, and condition of the schools within his peculiar county, & a refer ence from the Representative branch of the Legislature. A de tailed report on these several subjects would involve the committee in a prolixity incompatible with legislation. Some consideration is deemed necessary to each, and the more especially, as occa sional notices ot the condition of the literature of the state, as provided by law, may awaken an increased zeal in the communi ty at large on the important subject of education. In our country every man ought to prepare himself for taking a part in her public business. Should Ae never aspire to a seat in her state or national councils, he yd owes it as a duty to him self and Ills posterity, to let any talent he may possess appear at least in her primary assembles. Yet for a want of a general dif fusion ol liberal education, almost the whole business of our Leg islative Assemblies is abandoned to those whose pursuits make them talkers by profession, and who, in the habit of arguing with equal interest upon the wronc as upon the right side, lose the nice discrimination which ought to be the attribute cf the states man. If this view of our duty be correct, and it is believed it cannot be controverted, the committee feel warranted in considering the subject of education, the noblest and most important that can en gage the attention of the lawgiver, it lies, in truth, at the basis of the whole social system. It affects not only the individual happi ness, the character and the usefulness of those who are its objects, but it exerts a most powerful imd irresistible influence upon the government, the laws, and the liberties of communities. * No na tion when the majority of the ocople is well educated, can remain enslaved. No Nation when tic great mass is ignorant can retain its freedom. In proportion to /he general intelligence will be the force, the wealth, and the influence of a state, and it wall be re spected in the exact ratio of the instructed talent it can bring into its negociations. ilie committee regret to say, that they have seen strong indi cations ol a beiiai that more ci' learning than will suffice for the pursuits prescribed by parents and guardians, cr than is absolute ly demanded in the contemplated profession, is worse than useless. ryers less pa they were scholars—Merchants who refused liberally educated men as clerks ; and parents who have prohibited the study of the ancient languages and mathematics to boys intended for the count ing-house. The greet cry in considering systems of education is, where is the good 1 The ends are always mistaken for the means ; and it seems almost universally to be forgotten, that ele- 3t l Up'4 p spuBq uioSipajui m uoijay ‘.SmqoBOjdde ei ouip oip mq i t ijunoo sup ui ssoinsnq jo joojqo uu joa job si osaqi jo jsxq aqj, •poAiiop aq ueo qnsa.i pmtpujd pun appmpJA Ann ouopj at;av sup in pun ‘Appuuqmiu papjoj) oq acui ssSuuqoxa jo uopupiqjn aqj, •suopejodo 30 sajdpuud pjai aqj^ -popunoj si aomj.msui jo «nrr*ads C.I0A0 U3IUAY ^ j~ tr oil t USOJailll punodmoo jo loojqns ajoipn oqx ' 0 J!l aipircojaiu oj paidupu am qoiqAv saoAvod siq jo asoqj jo puauiOAoadun oqi poqaeuioj oAeq 01 pej uud SDpnuiaqiBui paipn^s joao saq oqAY 0110 oj^ ’oouoSiq -[0)ui jo uoisnpip |eiouo3 n Aq X[uo poAoiuaa oq ueo pun ‘popaei; -oasip oj uoiuiuoo ooj 0jc osoq; oqq suopoafqQ 'poju[no[ao si sniaaS cup jo pioq rcqno.xl otp qoiqAv .ioj pup ui ssouicaaS jo uoijepunoj oqi .(t?[ pue ‘.um ui ssoajnjjen 01 pn3[ acui qoiqAv ‘A'Sja -uo pue sJOAiotl pijuaar jo piomdojo vap jnqi oaiS o; ueip tqnsand oqioods Aim joj Ajqunb o) papa04111 ssaj jtjj si uopeaupa .{aejuom the surest and safest mode of employing capital. No one who ha3 watched the manner in which duty is perform ed, by those who are in possession cf mental resources to ffii the hours of idleness, and by those who must for a want of other ob jects of interest apply their waste time to dissipation, would hesi tate between an educated and an ignorant clerk. Who that has compared the close and pertinent reasoning of the well educated and learned Barrister would hesitate which to choose for his counsel 1 Who that knows!he powerful effects of Chemical af finities upon the substances employed as remedies, and the vast complexity of the human machine, would intrust his life to the Physician who could not judge for himself of the chemical, phy sical, and even mechanical principles on which the success of his practice depends l What harm xvill he not do to the cause of religion, whose diction is barbarous and inelegant, whose taste is gross mom a want of acquaintance with classick models, who will oppose his own interpretation of a text, or even that of his church, to the facts which the study ol the great book of nature is every day bringing 10 the confirmation and support cf revealed Religion? Frankiin College, the fondly cherished Institution, should con tinue to receive the fostering aid of the Legislature. Notwith standing the many reverses which have visited the institution, it has now an organization which promises to fulfill most of the pur poses of a solid and extensive education. The committee have the most satisfactory assurances, the contributions and appropri ations from time to time made by the Legislature, have been faith fully and profitably expended. The College edefiee destroyed by lire”is nearly rebuilt, a new library and mathematical and philoso phical apparatus have been supplied to answer the exigencies of the institution. The committee notice with great gratification the zeal, with which the patrons of the College afford a real, us well as an incidental patronage. The most sanguine friends of the College mtist have anticipated that the embarrassment occasioned by the destruction of one of the college edifices, would have de terred many young men from matriculating. Yet it is true that no year since the foundation of the institution has there been a greater number of scholars than at present* It is also an addi tional satisfaction that the committee are assured that with the progressive state of the repairs of the College edifice, all the pro- fessorshios are now filled with able and efficient professors* The fastidious schoolman will now cease to find cause of derision, and the pride of the Georgian may escape mortification. The committee would respectfully ask one other consideration of the legislature. The subjects which are now, and have hither to been taught in Franklin College, though extensive and solid, are purely elementary. Intelligence cannot be conceived to exist, without the acquisition of a greater part oi diem. An education afforded by a College or University, should not stop at mere ele ments. Higher studies should be”introduced to occupy the time that intervenes between youth and manhood, between the years when parental caution would exclude the Pupil from too close a contact with the world, and those in which a professional noviciate can be entered upon with advantage, or the society of men en joyed \mong such studies stand pre-eminent Grecian Litera ture and the higher branches of Mathematics. The former opens the door to the most perfect Literature the world has ever known, to the finest models of style, and exquisite instances of taste.— The latter are boundless in their applications, and so inucha mat ter of liberal knowledge, that an acquaintance with them may fairly be considered indispensable in every scheme of finished ed ucation. In adverting to these higher studies, the Committee do not in tend to ask at present for the creation of suitable professorships for them. The spirit of improvement which so laudably and en- thusiascicallv actuate the community, will eventually discover their importance, and the single suggestion of their intimate connec tion with comprehensive intelligence and the philosophy of mo tion, will insure such an investigation of their usefulness, among the Guardians of the literature of the State, as to carry convic tion to the mind ot every one not predetermined to oppose it, that such professorships are essentially necessary for the more com pete organization of the College. 1 he Committee beg leave respectfully to suggest the impor tance of a thorough acquaintance of the higher branches of Ma thematics to the single subject of Internal Improvement, a sub ject in which we should all be concerned, we should feel an inter est in the investigation of any and every scheme calculated to mo nopolize any of the advantages resulting from great undertakings, which may tend to defraud us of our just proportions of their ad vantages. In the application of science to the researches of this character, the advantages ultimately to he derived from machines whether propelled by anunatf”by steam or any other power, on rail-ways, ordinary roads, canals Jot other water courses ; the subject for investigation, as in all other departments of science, as the accurate ascertainment'of the relation which must always exist between an ellect, and the cause producing it; in this en quiry must be ascertained the relation existing between the mass to be transported over a certain distance in a given time, and the cause producing that effect. Various circumstances may modify these results, and these circumstances no less than the general principles themselves, can be estimated with any accuracy and precision by mathematical science alone. \ our Committee arc not uaapprized cf the great value arising from a fixed or permanent system of education in our State, where all orders and ranks of society may be equally entitled to a participation in this blessing. It is believed by your Committee, the plan recommended by the board of Trustees is not one well calculated to enlist the good feelings ot the people. That it is a plan vexy invidious in its po licy, can’t be denied, and wholly violative of the great princ 1 ' pies of equality. Therefore, in every appearance well calculated to sow seeds of strife^nd contention in every part of our State. It is, nevertheless the fact, the Siate has heretofore made liberale n- dowments for the education of indigent youth of our State, by patronizing schools of almost every description, in every section of the State. It is confidently believed by your Committee that novelty is that kind of attraction which too often supercedes merit. And it would be more congenial to the spirit of our institutions to keep down monopolies of every description, by studiously endea voring to avoid creating undue as well as unnecessary distinctions among our fellow-citizens. Your Committee have no hesitancy in believing the plan recom mended by the Board of Trustees, ”is well calculated to impair the confidence of public opinion in our county Academies and schools predicated on the poor school plan. Your Committee furthermore believe that the public funds of the State, which is un deniably the property of all, should not be taken and appropriated exclusively to. such an extravagant extent, to the benefit ol any one institution, located in any section of our community to the U13 pill VIHV1 lUVTrtl U UUXJO VxjxtMirj *jIJXrtfwi tvttui a VI** Committee have no hesitancy in giving it as their opinion, that well regulated Academies accompanied with the present advanta ges of the poor school pian is one, if persevered in, will redound in incalculable advantages to society at large. Therefore, your Committee most respectfully recommend the following resolutions* Resolved, That the sum recommended to be set apart as an an nual permanent endowment for the education of one poor boy from each county iu this State, be with held, and if any further appropriations be necessary to extend the principles of education to the poorer classes of our fellow-citizens, that it be based on the principles cf equality, and not those of mere selection cr ex tinction. A tabular statement, hereto annexed will exhibit the amount cf dividends yielded by the academic and poor school funds, the pro portions in which they have been distributed, the extent to which each county has been endowed, and the number of beneficiaries, so far as could be ascertained by the returns from each county. The view here exhibited, although imperfect, will enable the en quirer to calculate prospectively the reliance which liis county has upon the munificence oi the State'for time to come. The Committee are persuaded that no difference of opinion can exist as to the importance of the primary schools in the State, and a strict accountability in the disbursement of the poor school fund. A uniform method of conducting, managing and instruct ing, cannot fail to give increased usefulness and permanency to the primary schools, and insure that accountability which they consider vitally important to sustain and extend the munificent in tentions of the Legislature. They reecommend the adoption of the resolutions hereto an nexed. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint three suitable persons to form a sys tem of academic and poor school instruction as nearly uniform as practicable throughout the State, and report to the next meet ing of the Legislature, for their adoption or rejection, as to them may seem proper. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint a suitable person to complete, end have published in pamphlet form all the laws and resolutions now in force in this N'tate, on the subject of public education and free schools, the number of pamphlets to be sufficient to furnish each member of the present legislature one, one for the Inferior Cour; _ and one for each Justice of the Peace in each county. The reference from the Representative branch of the the Le gislature, requesting and enquiring into the expediency of estab lishing a State Library at the seat of Government has been under the consideration of the Committee. • The convenience, benefit and usefulness of an extensive and well selected library at the seat of Government seem too obvious to admit of doubt.-— The want of one, a reproach which should no longer exist. Pro fitable, useful and efficient legislation can only obtain where that law makers are intimately acquainted with the operation of the laws, and the objects to be attained by them. The first is the result of experience, the latter by a careful examination of the enactments of cotemporaries and predecessors, the last cvj\ be acquired alone by the legends of memory or the records of history. The morality of men changes as circumstances and oc casions vary. Wise and successful legislation must not only be controlled by these circumstances, but also by an intimate ac- / quaintance with all the principles involved in these circumstance^ In a government like ours, dependent for its permanency and fipf dom on the moral sentiment of the governed, it does seem^rs a position self-evident, that the Legislators and the Go^arry should always be in the possession of the means wbich^ a ciioti into operation most beneficially those principles of hv^ which foster and protect the cpm»on weal This ^