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Iran School, whose principles are so admirably exposed in
that immortal declaration, to hope that you, sir, would do
ins the honor to communicate this letter to both Houses of
4 ^onsjress at the sains time that, in the name of his afflict**!
iami|y, you would present to them tny venerable father s
gift. „ j
In craving such an important favor, sir. the Son of Gen- ,
era! Lafayette, the adopted Grand-Son of Washington, know * ,
and shall never forget, that he would hecome unworthy ol
it, if'he was ever to cease to be a French anJ American pat
riot _ (
With the utmost resrr'et, I am, sir. your devoted and
ob t servant, GEORGE W. LAFA\ EFi h.
5. Resolved, That the charge of fivo hundred dollars
made by said Wiiliain B. Davis lor his services, is unau
thorised and unwarrantable, and in the opinion of this house
highly censurable.
Air. Davis of Glynn offered a substitute, for the same
which was rejected by I lie house.
Mr. Cary then also offered a substitute for the report, Ac.
| which was also rejected.
The report aiiu resolutions were then agreed to.
BILLS PASSED.
To establish election precincts in the several counties
hereinafter named, and to repeal certain laws passed for ,s- county of Crawford.
’ tablishing election precincts, and to provide for the punish-
inenl of persons w ho may commit frauds at said elections.
For the relief of Edmund Gresham of Walton and Launce-
were i Incit'd directors for th? Bank of Darien;—Peter G. 7b legalise and rank valid certain aits of the present to transcribe the minntes of the Superior Court of said j
Sltick and Thomas Purse were elected directors of the sheriff of Paulding eouitiy and his d ptUV.
Planters’ Bank;—and William B. Bulloch, Matthew H. M‘-
Allister, George W. Owens and George Schley were elected
directors of the State Bank.
BILLS REJECTED.
The bill of senat • for the removal of obstructions in the
State roads; also the bill to amend I. tilth section of an act
concerning free persons of color, tneir guardians and color
ed preachers, passed the 25tli December, 1833.
7b authorise the issuing and serving of attachments and
bail processes in certain cases on the Sabbath dav.
7b alter and amend a part of lit first section of the third
article of the constitution of this state.
7b appoint commissioners to build a court lionsp and jail
in th county ol Lowndes, anu to select a suitable place for
the same.
7b reduce the sheriffs' bonds in this state, so far as re-
IN SENATE.
W ednesduy, December 10, 1331. . , . ..
The chair communicated a letter from the secretary of j ° Eu* the rebel' of “.Harmon II. Howard.
■war, covering a report from tha engtnwr department relative , Variollg biUs Wero ri . !ld a second time and committed.
*, the repairs of (he Cumberland xufd, which was laid on , The bjl , to miuMJ , he fees on grams i n H,.- 1,,? -.Id lor
Die table, and, on motion of Mr. Lwtt.g, ordered to be print- j tery of the , amJs uf this SlaU . t w £ laid on lhe table the bal
ance of the session.
The house adjourned till nine o’clock .Monday morning.
Monday, December I j, 1834.
The House passed several bdis, and adjourned to three
o’clock, p. tn.
3 o'clock, p. m.
The House in u pursuant to adjournment.
The bill to lay oil’ the state into nine congressional dis-
'I o incorpo: ale and establish a manual labour school in the specie the conniy ot Union,
unty of Crawford. 2b create additional lection precincts in the county of
To add a part of the county of Merriw eth-'r to the county Henry, and the several counties therein named, and to
of Harris. I change the places of several precincts in the sev ;-ral counties
Ths-house then adjourned until to morrow morning. ; therein named. .
— 7V oi!h,irtc‘th''justices of the inferior court of Campbell
IjIS'i’ OF ACTS 1 county levy and coll ct an extra tax forcoimty purposes.
7b make |»erman-’iU the ferry across ihe Oe uulgoe riv r
know'u a- Pope’s ferry inth- cofl.v v ot .Uuiiro?
ed. , .
The resolution offered bv Mr. Southard, relative lo the |
appointment of the standing committees, was taken up, and ,
on motion of Mr. Southard,amended so as to fix the appoint- i
incut of the ccimmittees for tomorrow, at one o’clock, and j
carried without a division.
Mr. Webster, front th* select committee appointed jrester- ;
day oil French spoliations, reported the bill on that subject i
j -- r - • | . tf* I 1 X lit* Ulll »v» 1.1 v "y 11 m.. 1II4.V# X
without amendment, and gave notice that he would on v> ed-, tripts was ; :li<! 0]| t|ia t(l „ balance of tin
nasday next,or the day thereafter, call up 'ha bill
On motion uf Mr. King, of Alabama, the senate proceed- j
ed totheeonsideration of executive business, and, when the
duvjrs were opened, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 10, 1331.
Mr. IIuhbard offered the following resolution:
Resolved, Fltal the secretary of the treasury be directed i
to communicate to the house of representatives, us soon as !
practicable, copies of the correspondence, not heretofore
communicated, which 1ms taken place between him and the I
president of the Bank of the United States, on the subject I
of the bank drafts', and i i relation to the claims made by the :
bank for damages, and the course pursued by that institu- i
tion on account of the protest of the bill drawn on the French |
government by I he treasury department.
The resolution, bv rule, lies on the table one day.
The House passed several bills, and adjourned to 9 o’clock
tonn • row fnorniug. *
Tuesday, December 16, 1331.
Mr. Kenan announced the death of Aaron Jones, Esq., a
member from the county of Lee; whereupon the Speaker
appointed Messrs. Kenan, Bivins, Sharp of Tattnall, Quar-
terman, Reynolds and M‘lntyre, to make the necessary ar
rangements for his interment, and the House adjourned to 3,
p. iu.
3 o'clock, p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Attended the funeral of Mr. Jones, and adjourned to 5
o’clock this evening.
5 o’ clock, p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and passed
bills.
BILLS LOST,
To authorise the tax collectors of the counties not benefit-
Passed by legislature of Gee: ia, during the scesiun of 1834. 1
7b alter and .amend an acl t-niilk-t an act r: gulaliag the
commissions of Tax coil etors and Receivers m the several ,
counties in this state. _ - j
To Jay out the city of Macon into wards and to amend th? :
several laws for the incorporation of the city of Macon and
to prevent the erection of nuisances in the Town < ’ommori
7b retieal an act passed the T.Sih day ol D'-ecm'ier, 1829,,
entiiled an act to authoriz? the sh rills of Campbell and Lee j
Counties to advertise their sales iri any public Gazette putv,
lislted in Macon so far as the same relates to tbs county of,
Campbell.
T* . i.ii. -h a ferry across th • Hightower river, &c., arid
to authorise Deveraux Jarralt to erect a toll bridge across
Tugalo river in Habersham county, Ao.'
7b am nd an act mtiiled an act to incorporate the Madi
son county acaii 'tny, and to appoint trustees lor the same,
pass"d 13th Dec mb r, 1823.
7b vest the title of lot 197, in the second district of Troup
county, in Anthony Liz -nby of '.Viikin -on county
7b s’pa-aie and divorce Sarah Sand-ford ami Jam's
Sandeford h r ImsbauJ, Andrew Parke and Mary Parke his
wife, William Fuller and Jane Fuller Ins wife, William
Johnson and Linnv Johnson his u ife,and Cynthia Strickland
To amend an act incorporating Casville academy.
To appoint a time of holding the Inferior Courts ol Wal- a nd ilil|i ar( | Strickland her liasband
ker county. 1 7b incorporate th; Protestant Episcopal church in the
7’o emancipate and set free Patsey and Cyrus, the wife town of Columbus,
and father ol Solomon Humpfries a tree person of Colour and */’o provide for the compensation of the hearer of returns
Edmund late I lie property ol Tilt ophilus Hills estate of Ogle- , () f di? p 0 ]] s 0 f i he respective piecincts of elections within the
thorpe County. .... . ■ county of Tattnall
7b alter the several laws on thesubjecl of the poor school
fund, so far as relates to the time of disbursement by the
Mr. Foster moved the following resolution, which lias on j ed |,y the labor of the public hands, to pay over lo the coun
tin' table one day. ! tv treasurers the tax ot 1836 and 1837.
Resolved. That th? president of the United States lie re-1 * To incorporate the Bank of Georgia at Milledgeville.
quested to communicate lo this house (if not in his opinion To appropriate money lo the Manual Labor schools,
incompatible with the public interest) uny comniuiiicniions j ’p 0 appropriate money for the purpose of builoing acade-
or correspuiidence which may have taken place between our j Qiies j a die counties of Cherokee, Arc.
iniiiistet- at Paris and the French government, or between j (£*„ reia j t die interest on the loan to tlie corporation of
I lie minister from France and this government and the seere- j Columbus.
tary of Stale, on the subject of the French government lo j To repeal-the 26:li section of the 10th division of the Penal
1 Code.
Adjourned to 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
J Wednesday, December 17, 1334.
| The hill to alter and amend the 3d, 7th and 12th sections
| of the first article, and the 1st and 3d sections of the third
j article of the Constitution of this State, (biennial sessions,)
I was read the third time, and on the question, shall this bill
j now pass, the yeas and nays were required, and are, yeas
j 103, nays :">?.
i Those in the affirmative are
Messrs. Adair, Ash, Baker, Bass, Btck, Bennett, Bivins,
! Blackshear, Bracewtll, Brown of Wilkes, Burke of Burke,
i B antes, Busby, Bush, Bryant,Camp, Cary, Carr, Cart ledge,
I Chaffin, Clayton, Cote, Cone «J Camden, Cone of Greene,
j Davis of Glynn, Davis oj Upson, Dobbs, Bosley, Ezzurd,
\ k'lewellcn, Flournoy, Floyd, Cranberry, Grisham, Grubbs,
bill to legal- ! Hull, Hamilton, of Troup, Hardman oj Jas/wr, Hardeman of
re session in ! Oglethorpe, Harness, Harris of Pike, Harris of Warren,
; Harrison, Hays, Heard, Herndon, Higdon, Hilliard, Hines,
i Holt, Hubbard, Hudson, Hast, Irvin. Janes, Kelly, King,
Krofl, Lewis, Lockhart, Mays of DeKalb, M'Affee, M'Coy,
j MDonald, M’Farland, MTseunan, M'Mtillin, Mitchell,
; Moore of Clark, Moore of Taliaferro, ’Morgan, Morrow,
Murphy’ Penlicost, Puree, Pitman, Powell, (Juarlcrrnun,
j Rambo, Ray of Henry, lliley, Rivers of Wilkinson, Robin-
j son of Washington, Robson, Rutherford, Sharpe oj Tattnall,
j Solomon, Simrkes, Strickland, Shawl, Swniiny, Tarver,
| Thomas, Ward oj Burly, Wellborn, White, Wilder, Wilkin
son, Woo!folk, Wright, Young of Irwin, Young oj
make provision fir the execution of the treaty concluded be
tween the United States and France, on 4th July, 1831.
The Roy. Mr. Smith having a majority oi' the whole
number of votes given, was declared to be duly elected as
chaplain, on th? part of this house, lor the present session.
The house then adjourned.
GEORGIA I^fiKLiTUBE.
m SENATE,
Tuesday, U'lth December, 1834.
Bills passed that originated in the House of Representa
tives.
For the relief of Edward J. Black.
To incorporate and regulate the Georgia Lumber Com
pany.
Mr. Reese had leave to introduce instanter a
i/.e the ads of the late sen it us aoademicus at the
Nova mher last. '
Wednesday, December 17, 1534.
Bills lost in the Senate.
The hill to pardon Dennis X. Owen was lost, yeas 30,
nays 50.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, December 12, 1834.
BILLS REJECTED.
A bill to repeal a part of the thirtieth section of the tenth
division of the penal cot
to be held at the various precincts in the counties of Cass,
Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Lump-
kill. Murray, Paulding, Union and W alker.
To add additional trustees to th Stewart county academy.
For th“ relief of W illiain Lasseter, tax-collector of the
county of Burke, for the year 1833.
7b am nd an act, passed the 23d December, 1833, to
compensate one ofihe justices <d the peace, who may he a
trustees.
To regulate th? fees on grants for lots ten and one hundred,
heretofore s t apart for academic purposes.
To revive and continu • in force an act to admit certain
deeds to record, and lo authorise th.- sum ■, or copies thereof,
to be read in evidence; and also the copies of certain other
deeds assented lo 23d December, 1826
superintendent of the elections at the several election pre- To repeal the act authorising a mayor’s court in the town
cincts in the county of Warren.
7b alter and amend the road-laws ol this Slate, so far as
relates to the county of Glynn
> compensate on? of the justices of the p >ace, who may
he a superintendaut of the elections a t the several election
precincts fir iHe county of Burke, and for oilier purposes.
To extend an act, her; tofore passed, entitled an act for the
incorporation of the Steamboat Company of Georgia.
of Columbus, and an act to establish a court of common
pleas in the ciiy of .Macon, and for the organization of the
same.
I’o appropriate funds for th- improvement of Locust stak.
road. &e.
To amend on act entitled an act to incorporate the Sa
vannah St Andrew’s society.
To aulhor.se the justici s, &e. of Upson county, to imposi
A bill to authorize tti»eity council of Savannah to grant i thorpe.
Oide-
liccnccs for the sale ol'lottery tickets.
A lull to provide for the payment of cWsts and other ex-
p.uiaes, which have b -en or may be incurred by the arrest
and prosecution of Indians for criminal'offenc's in the cottri-
ti'-.-i of BauMing, Cobh, l’loyd, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Union,
Gihn?r, Murray, Walker. Cass and Cherokee.
A bill creating
of slaves executed under the laws of tins State
A lull to appropriate money to improve the navigation of
lit? Olioopy river, and to appoint commissioners for the sum-.
A hill to alter and am -nd the nineteenth section of the
constitution of the State of Georgia.
bills passed.
'Pilose in the negative are
Messrs. Allen, Brown oj Hancock, Burkes of Talbot, Bur
nett, Burney, Chandler, Chastain, Clark, Crowel, Daniel,
Day, DismuUes, I'Jtis, Espy, Guana, Gordon, Harris oj I'ut-
nam, Harris of Richmond, Holcombe, Howell, Junes of Mon
roe, Jordan, Kenan, LaniKum, fMuter, Lauishe, Jjiwson,
tii* the compensation of the owners j Luckie, Mays of Cobb, M'Inf if re, Meriwether, Milan. Pepper,
Perdue, Rea of Greene. Redding, Reid, Reynolds, Rhodes,
Robinson of Jasper, Rogers, Sanford, Shaw, Shick, Sims,
Smith. Stanley, Stewart, I an Lunduigliam, l arutr-, H a-
easer, Ward oj Camden, Walker, Warthcn, \fdcos, Wynn,
Yopp.
The House passed bilt3.
A biii to alter the times of holding th? superior courts of i The bill providing tor the call of a C onvention to reduce
the southern circuit ami the time of holding the superior and I ihe number of the General Assembly, was laid on the table
inferior courts of tlie comity of Houston. I the balance of the session. Veaa 85, nays G7.
A bill to open and keep open tbs streets of the town of J Those who voted i.t the affirmative are.
M’Intosb. j Messrs. Adair. Allen. Ash, Baker, Blaekshenr, Bracewtll,
A bill to alter and amend an act regulating the cotumis- ! Bradford, Brown of Wilkes, Burke of Burke, Burnett, Busby,
siohs of tax-collectors and receivers in the several counties. | Bush. Cump, Cartlsdge, Cole, Cone oj Camden, Croux tl,
in this State. t Davis of Glynn, Davis of Vpson, Dismukts, Dobbs, Lllis,
A hill to reduce the grant fees in the land lottery of 1827 j Flewtllen, Flournoy, Gnann t Granberry, Grisham, Grubbs,
A bill to authorize the justices of the inferior court of. Halt, Hardman of jasper, Harrison, Higdon, JliUiaid, Hines,
Clark county to provide for and establish an asylum for the j llowell, Hudson, Hast, Irvin, Kelly, King, Landrum, Law-
iuvulid poor of said county j she, Imwsoii, Lockhart. Martin, Mays oj Cobb, Mays of De
A lull to incorporate u volunteer company of rifi?aien iu • Kalb, M'Affee, M' Donald, M‘Faria nd, ni Intyre, M'Lcnnan,
the county of Habersham, to ho coiled the Clarksville Union j Morgan, Mu-phy, Pierce, Powell. Uuurierman, Kay of
Kiile Company. j Henry, Reynolds, Riley, Rivers of Randolph, Rivers oj
A lull to amend an act passed th? 19th December, 1327, m , Wilkinson. Robinson of Washington, Robson, Rogers,
authorize the commissioners of Washington county acade- Skarpr of Tattnall, Sims, Solomon, Stanley, Stewart,
my to raise, by lottery, a certain sum of money lor the bene
fit of said academy.
A bill to extend ua act for the incorporation of the steam
boar company of Georgia.
A bill to authorize Jotin Belhune to establish a farry across
Die Oostamdla river, at or near New Town, on lot number
ninety-two, of the fourteenth district of th— third section.
A bill to extend the benefit of ah act entitled an net tonn-
thorizeand empower the inferior courts of Stewart and Pal- . , _
hot counties respectively, oil application, to grant roads and Richmond, Harris of W arren, Hays, Heard, Herndon, Hut,
Strickland, Stroud, Tarver, Thomas, Ytucaser, Walker,
Ward of Camden, W ard of Early, While, Wilcox, U ilkin-
| son, W right, Yopp, Young vj Irwin.
Those tn the negative are
Messrs Buss, Back, Brown o f Hancock, Burkes of Talbot,
Burnes, Burney, Bryant, Cary, Carr, Chandler, Chustain,
• Chirk, Clay ton. Cone of Greene, Lasley, Lspy, Lzzard,
Gordon, Hamilton yt Troup, Hardeman of Oglethorpe,
Harkncss, Harris ot Pike, liurris of Putnam, Harris oj
settlement cart ways to private individuals to go to from and
return to his, her or their place of abode, passed ilu* 2l)tli
December, 1833, to lie* county of Jasper.
A bill to prevent any teacher of the poor children iu tin*
county of Telfair from receiving any payment out of
poor s'-hool fund of said county, unless said teacher shall
have been examiie 9 arid found qualified by the justices of
tha inferior court or a majority of them.
A bill to amend ih a several ads relative to issuing of sum
mons of garnishment and proceedings ngainst garnishees.
A bill to authorize the courts of ordinary of the different
counties of this State to issae commission* of lunacy and to
regulate the proceedings thereon.
Saturday, December 13, 1831.
The house took up the special order ol the day, which
was the report of the select committee to whom v»as referred
theeommiunemioii of William i). Davis, in relation to his
conduct, relative to the public hands, and the fume being read,
to wit:
Thaselpct commiit'v to whom was referred an investiga
tion of the conduct anJ accounts of William B. Davis, m
relation to the public hands lately under his charge:
Bv the resolution of 1832, William B. Davis is eu
To authorize the justices ol the interior court of Greene, | aad levy an extra tax for conniy purposes, &r.
Bibb, Decatur, Glynn, Houston and Talbot counties, to pro- j 7\, repeal an act to incorporate the town of Marion, in the
vide and establish an asylum lor th** poor of each ol said i county of Twiggs, and to vest certain powers in the com-
eounties, and to appoint directors for the management of tho ! missioners thereof, passed on th * 12th December, i816, and
same. _ _ all other acts passed as amendatory of the above recited act.
To authorize the justices of the inferior court of Forsyth To authorise the inferior court of Decatur county to lay
rtottnty to levy and collect an extra tax, for county purposes, 0 ff militia, districts, and to establish two additional precincts
for the years 1735, ’6 and ’7 in said county.
combe, Hubbard. Jams, Jones oj Monroe, Jordan, Kenun-
Kroft, Lanier, Li wis, Luckie, M'Coy, M'AluUm, Meriwether,
Mitchel, Moore of Clark, Moore of'Taliaferro, Morrow, Ted
dy, Penticesl. Perdue, Pitman, Rumba, ilea of Greene Red- \ man. deceased.
ding, Reid, Rhodes, Robinson of Jasper, Rutherford, San-
fuid, Shaw, Shirk, Smith, Sjmrkes, Swiuney, 1 an Isin-
d inghaut, l arner, Wartlien, Wellborn, Wilder, 1 ouag oj
Vglethorjie.
Tho House adjourned to three o'clock, p. iu.
3 o clock, p. m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and passed
bills.
'The bill to carry into effect the first section of an act ti*
provide a fund anti outfit fir the JVIedical institute oi Geor
gia, was laid on the table the halancewiClh' session.
Various bills ol'Senute were read a second* lime und com
mitted.
The following Message was received from hts Excellency
the Governor:
Executive Department, Ga.,
MdledgevUtr, December 17, 1834. ,
I herewith lay before the 1 louse ol li preseulativ.*s, a
utrnsted, | communication received at this departui- m, on the subject
To repeal the seventh section of an net entitled an art to
define the duties and authority of the commissioners of the
town of Washington, Wilkes county, passed 7tlt December,
1821, together with so much of the 5tli section thereof as
relates to the town limits; and to extend the said limits, and
the duties and authorities of the rominissioii‘*r8 imposed and
conferred to be exercised therein to th corporate limits men
tioned in said act, and to make the phrases “corporate limits’’
and “town limits,” wherever occurring in said act, of equi
valent import.
7'o name and incorporate th? county site of Murray coun
ty and appoint commissioners tor the same.
Authorizing any person to apply, to a justice of the pence,
for the speedy removal of obstructions to fish in Broad and
Savannah rivers.
To authorize the inferior court of leff' rson and Bibb
counties to levy an extra tax for county purposes
To legalize the acts of the last Senat us Aeademicus, in
November, 1834, and to make certain giants mentioned
therein valid and receivable in evidence m the several courts
of justice m this State.
To authorize the taki' t 'g of the census of Walker county,
and to require his excellency the Governor to pay over the
poor school fund belonging to said county.
To add fraction number one hundred and one in the sev
enth district ol originally Baldwin new Jones county to the
county of Bibb.
For the relief of Felix Lewis.
7b authoris the (!h-*r»ikee Indians to dispose of their im
provements for public purpo s.
To authorize the citizens *il MHntosh county to elect com-
mi-sioners of the academy of said county, and to alter the
act regulating tlie election ol'commissioner of poor schools,
and the poor school tax of said county.
7o define the mode under which costs under tin* act enti
tled an act to revise and amend an act for ascertaining the
fees of public officers of this State, passed 18th December.
1792, shall be taxed and collected in future.
7'o incorporate Macedonia chur. lt and academy in the
county of Me.rriwe'.ber, and th. United Baptist church and
the Z bulon Baptist church in Z Intlon in the county of
Pike, and to appoint trustees for tlie same.
To compensate one of the justices ot th * peace, who may
b? a sujHjrinU'iidaTit of tho election at the several election
precincts in Jackson county.
To establish a turnpike road and for constructing and
keeping up the same, t orn Dahlotugn in Lumpkin county,
by tlie way of Eliijay in Gilmer county, to the Tennessee
line, so as to intersect the Federal road at or near w here the
said road crosses lh> sum line.
7b make permanent 'll ’ ( ounty site of Gilmer county at
the town of Eliijay, and i:u orporan th” same.
To amend an act entitled an act to make constables elec
tive by the people, and the mode of taking their bonds and to !
point out th, ir duty in certain cas-s.
7b incorporate the Savannah Lye uni.
To add a part of Newton to Jasper county.
An act supphmeniary to and amendatory of “an act to |
gram i !i tnas Spalding and iiis associates the right of con
structing a rail-road of wood or digging a canal from the)
Ocmulgee to the Flint river, with certain privileges,” assent- j
ed to December 22, 1827.
7b authorize Seaton Grantland to erect a toll-bridge over
lh° Flint river, on his own land.
For the relief of James B. Hanson of the county of Rahun,
and John JJ. Low, administrator on the estate of John Sil-
2b iiicorporat-* a volunteer company of infantry, at Stall
ing's Store in Monroe county, know u as the Mouror Blues.
To change the name of John Golphin Wiggins, of Emanu
el county, to that of John Golphin Paulett.
For tli* relief of John W. Carter of Elbert county.
To incorporalt the Baptist church at Mar’s Hill in the.
county of Clarke.
To incorporate the Baptist church at Providence in Hab
ersham county, and the Presbyterian churrli at S a lrm in the
county oj \\ tikes, and tie* Methodist church at Crowell’s
county
To amend and consolidate the acts heretofor* passed in
corporating th-’ Brunswick Canal and Rail Road Company
To aid the opening of the port of Brunswick to the central
and interior parts of Georgia.
To incorporate Cedar Town academy in the county of
Pauiding mid to appoint trustees for the same.
Po amend an act entitled “an act to make permanent the
site of the public buildings in the county f Henry, and to
incorporate the viHag. thereof under ihe name ot M'Don-
ougli,” passed 17th December,-1823,
7b add a part of th" county ol' Murray to the county of
Cass.
To authorize the recovery of mesne profits, and lo prevent
a separate action for tnesn profits and to restrict the opera
tion of judgment for tlie same.
To require the justices of the inferior courts of this Jstal
while sitting for ordinary purposes to declare an intestacy
in certain cases.
7b change the name of and legitamatise William S
Smith.
For the relief of Edward J Bkck, Curtis Humphries and
John G. 11(
To authoriz- certain persons therein named to pi -ad and
practice law in the ? v ral courts ol law and equity in this
Slav, ami d, fim th. ir liability touch, ng the same.
'I appoint two additional trust *es tor the Pleasant Grove
academy in the county of Paulding
To open and keep in repair the road leading from the
Three nuns of .-.aiuly creek in 'lie county ol Twiggs loth?
cuy of Macon by th ■ way ol Harvey’s and M'Cali s mills
t u change tli? name ot John Mershon to John Tompkins.
For the r- Ir f of Anderson Craft, tax-collector for the
county of Elbert.
To incorporate the Georgia Lumber company.
To reduce the sheriff’s tiondol the county of Baker.
To appropriate a sum ol money, to cut out and putin or
der the road lately marked from Columbus to M. Marys.
7b repeal an ai l passed 23d Dec* tuber, 1833, entitled an
act, toauthonze i li? clerk’s of the superior and inl'erior courts
and court el' ordinary of Montgomery county, to keep their
offices in any part ot said comity.
7b repeal in pari tli • second section of an act passed on
the 21st Decemti'r, 1822, entitl' d an act ;,i confirm certain
conveyances of lit? town common of Savannah, made by
the mayor and aid. rmen, and to invest in th injertor court
and -hel d! oi Chatham county, the direction of the county
eourt-hous? and jail, and lo constitute the said mayor mid al
dermen the commissioners ol the jail of said county.
7'oainhonz, die truste -sul the academy in Coimnbus, to
select and lav off two acres ol ihe town common lor an
academy square, and to lay off into lots and sell the present,
academy square lor the use and benefit of said academy.
To make ail cases relumed to the September term io34 of
Etb rt superior court, stand lor trial at March term, 1835.
To change then nine of the town of Etowah in tlie county
of l licroket- to that of Canton
To change the names of James Thompson Felts and Gran
ville Felts of Semen county, to James iliompson Bevtil
and Grain hi • l*evill,jun. and io legitamatize th m.
7b sell with lie* consent ot the informer, all lots of land
drawn in tin. gok; lottery,in the Clit ;okee territory returned
and condemned as fraudulently drawn.
7b incorporate the savannah Fire company.
7’o compensate one of the justice's of the peace, who may
be a superiiu ndanl of the eit clions hi to at tlies'-vvrai elec
tion precincts m tli counties of Fioyd atui Walk* r.
7b add three additional trustees to the Etowah academy'
in lie county of Ch rokee.
To incorporate certain persons under the name and style
of the Richmond laciory'.
7b alter and amend an act, to change the time of holding
tlie superior and inferior courts ol’ tin Flint circuit, and of
the counties of Jones, Jasper mid Heard, so for as relates to
the inferior court of • eard.
7b make permanent the site of the public buildings at the
village of Marietta, in tin* county ol'Cobb, and to incorporate
the same.
To amend an act incorporating the Rock Spring camp
County.
To authorize William Towns of the County of Talbot to
erect a toll bridge across Flint River on his own land.
To reneal th.: 4th Section of nn act entitled “an act to
atn?nd the several acts incorporating the town of St. Marys,
passed on the 24th December, 1825.
7b change the name of Sarah Logan to that of Sarah
Johnson and to changp the name of Jane Thompson to that
of Jane Brown, and to legitimatize them.
To establish one additional prpcinct in the Connties of Ir
win and Early, and to establish an el. • cinct i.t he
Couniv of Laurens, and to punish those who may attempt to
h 'i- v. he same.
To authorize the Ju-fices of thp Inferior Court of the
County of Baker to alter and regular * th • bounds of the mi
litia districts in said County.
To comp nsate lie* rnanau rs of elections in th" Counties
of Gvinn. tt, Early, Franklin, Carroll, Houston, Cobb, Stew
art and Baker.
To change the time of holding the Superior Courts of the
Chattahoochee circuit.
To incorporate the Atlantic and New Orleans Seaboard
Linn Company.
To authorize the Inspectors of th" Penitentiary to place
the debts do" th? institution into thp hands of any attorney
iu the State lor collection as they may d**em expedient.
To authorize the Justices ol the Inforior Courts of thp
several Counties in this Slate to grant private ways in certain
cans.
To authorize William J. Thrvin to establish a ferry across
Costanallie River.
To open and keep open the streets in the town of Melntosh.
To amend the several arts in relation to the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Augusta.
To incorporate a volunteer company of Riflemen in the
County of Habersham to be called the Clarksville Union
Rifl * Company.
To incorporate certain academies therein nam 'd, and to
apjHfint trust *es for the same, and to confer certain privileges
upon th? same.
To change the name of Lurenn Elizabeth Smith to that of
Lnrena Eiizah th Redding, and make her the adupted heir
of James P. Redding of Monroe County.
To manumit and set free certain persons ol color in Burke
County.
7b authorize the Courts of Ordinary of the different Conn,
ties in this Slate to issue commissions of lunacy, and to regu
late the proceedings thereon.
To alter and change the law regulating County Academies
so for as relates to the County oi Baldwin
To authorize and permit such p rsonsas may have drawn
lots in the.late land and gold lotteries of this State which
may he in the occupancy of Cherokee Indians or other per
sons claiming in right of Indian families, to test the same for
guld and operate thereon under certain restrictions, either by
themselves or p'rsons legally authorized thereto by said
drawers.
To sell and dispose of two aerps of the State's interest to
the western bank of the Oconee River near Milledgeville,
and to vest in the purchaser certain privileges therein men
tioned.
To authoriz** the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke
County to provide for and establish an asylum for the invalid
[Mior of said County.
To authorize the elections for colonels and majors to be
held at the different parade grounds and precincts establish'd
by law iu th*: County of Monroe for the election of members
of the General Assembly.
— authorize and empower the City Council of Anzusta
and the 7’rustees of Richmond County Academy to conv y
to the Ath?ns Rail Road Company in fee simple ten acres of
the town common lots of Augusta.
— make valid Constables’ Bonds in certain cases.
— r*p al so much of the act to lay off the County of Lee
into election districts as relates to the 2nd district, and to
establish other election precincts in said County.
— authorize the establishment of a ferry over the Alta-
maha, &(.
— establish a turnpike road commencing on the Tennes
see line, where th * old f'deral road intersects it, thence run
ning to the eastern hank ot thp Etowah.
— authorise the inferior court of Jasper to grant roads, and
settlement cartwavs to private individuals
— incorporate the town of Cumtuing in the county of
Forsyth.
— remove and make permanent the rounty site of Paul
ding.
— change the name of tho Camak factory to that of the
P.iiiretori factory.
— incorporate the Methodist Episcopal church at Cul-
loden, Monro? county, the Baptist church at Concord, Car
rol county, and the Presbyterian church at New Hop;', Ma
dison county.
— appropriate money for the support of govern men t, for
the political year 1835.
— consolidate the poor school fund with the academic
fund of \\ ayne county.
appropriate money for a military fund for the political
years 1834 and 1835
— make permanent the site of th? public buildings in the
town of Cuinining, Forsyth county, and to incorporate th?
same.
, — incorporate first particular Baptist Church in tlie city of
Darien.
— keep open Nolly river for th? free passage of fish and
to appoint commissioners for the sam?.
— alter and amend the second section of an act to incorpo
rate the town of Lincoln ton, in lit? county of Lincoln.
For the relief oi’ certain persons who drew land in the
late loll: v as orphans of David iltulgtns.
— extend the charter of the Rank of Darien, and the arts
now of force amendatory thereto.
— amend an act for the organization ol a court of common
pleas and oyer and terminer for the city of Savannah, and
for reppaling the civil jurisdiction givpn riy the laws of this
State, to tin* mayor and aldermen or to the mayor of sail
city, passed December 18,1819.
“’Tis the star-spangled banner,oh, Ion? may it wave
“O’erDie ianti uf tnefree amt the home of the brave.”
FKORSAL UNION.
M LLEDGEVILLE, DEC. 24, 1834.
THE LEGISLATURE.—The General As-
sembly closed its session late at night, on the 20th
instant, after a session of seven weeks. We are
frequently asked, “why is the session so Ion2?”
The censure should fall, not on the members of
the legislature, hut on our system of legislation.
Our legislative bodies are too large for dis
patch in business. The more numerous the
members of ;my deliberative assembly shall be,
the greater will he the number of propositions of
fered, and of speeches made, furor against anv
treasure proposed; and m proportion, a longer
time will be required for its deliberations. With
the present number of members of the general
assembly, tlie session cannot be very material
ly shortened. And there is also a verv great
defect, relating to the subjects submitted for le
gislation. A separate act is now passed for the
incorporation of each academy. Why c tld
not a single act be passed, giving to all properly
organized academies, those advantages and ben-
efits, which they expect to derive from a sepa
rate charter in each case? Iu like manner se
parate acts of legislation are passed, to incor
porate county sites, volunteer companies, chur
ches, camp-meeting grounds, and in many casesa
separate act is passed, for appointing additional
trustees for such institutions already established,
or for altering their charters. We can see no
reason why, in relation to each of these interests
a single act of incorporation should not be deem
ed sufficient; and tho adoption of such a plan
would diminish the time occupied in legislation.
Two acts have been passed, which reflect the
highest honor on the late legislature; and which,
if consummated by the concurring action of the
next general assembly, will form a new epoch
in tlie history of our state. The first of these
acts abolishes the money qualification now reo air
ed fin- a seat in the legislature, and for the ex
ecutive office. 1 Ins vestige oi aristocracy is
an odious blemish in the system; and we wonder
that it iias nut long before this been wiped awav
from our republican institutions. It is ostensu
bly founded on the unjust assumption, that a
poor man is less honest and patriotic than a rich
man. But this insulting dogma is not believed
by its advocates; and the real motive for retain
ing this odious aristocratic feature in our institu
tions, has been, as far as practicable to keep the
iMtiors and emoluments of government as a mo
nopoly in the hands of the few The democra
tic spirit of our institutions forbids this odious
disfranchisement and degradation of the poor;
and requires for the popple an tin restricted choice
in tlie election of those who are to make, and ta
execute their laws. They have a right to call
any man to tho discharge of these important
functions, whom they believe to be possessed of
sufficient talent and virtue.
I he other act to which we allude, is that
which creates a tribunal for tlie correction of
meeting house in Crawford county;
To incorporate Jackson academy in the county of Forsyth, ground in the county id’ Putnam, and to appoint additional
'To amend an act entitled an act more effectually to pro- trustees lo the Massy Creek Methodist catupground in the
vide for the protection oi' the (Iherokee Indians within the county of Habersham, and to appoint a trustee tor Ihe Evans-
limits of Georgia, and to prescribe the bounds of their aeon- ville academy in the county ot Morgan, and to incorporate,
pant claims, and also to authorize grants to issue for lou: the White Plains academy in the comity of Greene, and ap-
dravvn in the late land arid gold lotteries iu certain cases, and
to provide tor the appointin' nt of an agent to carry certain
parts thereof into execution and to fix the salary of such a
ns superintendanl of the public hands, whilst they are at of constructing a road from Athens in Tennessee, to Lump- 1 gent, and to prosecute those persons who may deter Indians
Kail Road creek station, without any compensation. In kin Court House in Georgia, from which it vvili be seen that
1833, the house, by resolution, appropriated five hundred | the legislature of our sister state, Tennessee, has provided
dollars for liis services; inis resolution was not concurred in lor the commencement and accomplishment ot' her part of
by the senat**, and of consequence, he vvns not entitled to this important project, which should admonish theauthori-
ciitnpeiisatiou. By tho act of 1833, the public hands oredi-! ties of Georgia, nut to suffer the present auspicious moment
reeled to he sold by the soperintondants. to pass by unimproved, when an object of so much import-
Aftor this net was passed, it was discovered that the act ance to a great portion of our population might be accom
had omitted to leqoire from the superiutemiants a bond to i plished at so small an expense.
account for the funds of such sale. A resolution to supple WILSON l.lMTKIN.
that omission was adopted; and, hythnt resolution, the gov- ) Which was read and referred to the committee on inter-
ernor was authoriz *d to appoint a competent person to take nal Improvement.
possession, in behalf of the State, of the slaves and other : Adjourned to nine o’clock tomorrow morning,
property, whenever his excellency might deem it exjiedierit, 1 Thursday, December 18, 1831.
for the interest of the State, and to sell them. Under this I The bill to incorporate the Sumter county academy at
resolution, the governor believing that 1 he interest of the j Americas, 11ml to appoint trustees lor tlio same, was read
Slate required tlie appointment of a person other than Will- the third time and rejected.
iam II. Djvis, appointed'Thomas King to this duty; and it j The House took up tlie resolution authorising his Excd-
t hereby became the duty of said Davis to surrender lie* said j lency the Governor to oiler a reward, in such sum as h * may
negroes, Ac. to King. From lbs documents submitted, lie j deem necessary, for tlie arrest and continent *nt of Duck and
did not do mi, but left King to get possession of them as lie , Swimmer, two Cherokee Indians, for tho murder of Eli
from enrolling for emigration, passed 2lith December, 1833.
To prevent any twher of poor children in the counties
Treasury Department.—The Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, under date of the 10th instant
writes—
l’he Report from th? Secretary on the subject of the re
organization uf th." Treasury Department, has been present
ed, and is gone to the printer 1 understand that it proposes
to abolish tlie office of the Second Comptroller, now filled
by .Mr. Thornton, and also th? office of Second Auditor,
now filled by Mr. Lew is. It is supisised that 1 h *se gentle
men will he translated to higher offices. Further, it is ru
mored that the abolition of the office of Solicitor of tin
Treasury is reromra> nded, and that the duties of this office
will he 'ransferred lo the Attorney General, whose compen
sation is proposed to be placed on an ('quality with that of
the Heads of the Executive Departments. Another sugges
tion contained in the Report is. that the different Auditors lie
arranged to the several Departments,according to the routine
of their respective duties; at present, they are all attached
to the Treasury Department. It is not probable that th ore
will he any definite action on the subject of the Report at
this Session.”
On the 11th instant, Ui? same writer odds—
“ A report was in circulation this morning, that while the
Senate were yesterday engaged in secret session, a serious
passage of words took place between Mr. Poindexter and the
Vice President. It is probable this report may find its way
into sum" of the public papers. It is, however, altogether
without foundation. 1 have taken the trouble to make in-
quiry in an authentic quarter, and find - hat there is nofoun
dal ion iu truth for th * statemeut. It is no doubt to he traced
to some one oi the thousand and one tale makers who infest
the galleries of the two Houses, as correspondents of news-
point trustees for the same.
To seperate ami divorce Eliza Dotson (formerly Eliza
Strain) from her husband David Dotson.
To alfi i and change ihe time of holding the inferior courts
of the county 01 Henry.
2b incorporate the Aurat ia and Blue Ridge turnpike com-
of Telfair and Franklin from rcciv ing any payment out <>f pany, and tlie Union turnpike company, and lo grant certain j papers in every part of the United States, and who, having
thp poor school fund of said counties, un!es> said teacher privileges to tie same. « no clear or accurate conceptions of what is going forward in
shall have been examin d anil found qualified by the justices To idler and amend an act passed the 22d day of Decern- 1 or out of Congress, and being without the means of access to
of th- inferior court, or a majority of them. j her, 1828, so tur as relates 10 the hond to he given by the trus- ’ proper sources, are obliged lo lay heavy taxes on their ima-
To authorise the justices of the inferior courts of Morgan I tees of th * poor school fund of the county uf tmianuei. J ginations, to infuse an interest into their letters. You would
and Elbert counties, to 1* vy an cxlro tax for the purpose of | To apportion out the county fund of Camden county, to be surprised to se> how numerous is this class of pensioners
building jails in said counties. aid in the education of the pool children of said county. on the Press, and panders to the public curiosity. Thpy
To authorise Rolierl M‘A fee to erect n toll bridge across j 7li compensate one of thejustiee’s ofihe peace, whq may
tlie Chattahoochie river,and to regulate the toll ofihe same. 1 be a superintendanl of the election at tho several election
To authorise certain persons therein named, and their as- \ precincts in th* county of 7’w iggs.
sociates. their h<*irs and assigns^to build a bridge over the ' For the r.**liet ot the tax-collector and receiver of tax-re-
Savannah river, at or mar the end ol M'Kinnee street, or j turns of Henry county lor the year 1332, and for other pur-
Mill street, in ilmeity of Augusta. ; poses.
Tocorapcn>'ate the grand and petit jurors of the county of j To extend to the Bibb County Cavalry the same exempt-
Deeatur, and to provide for tho puym nt of the same. 1 ions and privileges that are now enjoyed by the corps of
could. King sttcee d.*ii in ge.ting possession of the negroes;
and a few days after, some one or more of them absconded
or were enticed away, and, finally, on the day appointed un
der lire law lor thosai**, one of said negroes, by tiie name of
Salomon, was not forthcoming, ond from a letter from said
Davis to th? Central B.uily, it appears that said negro was in
Is to possession of Davis, and was afterwards sold by him,
hut iu vvliat moaner, w nether at public or private sale, does
not appear. The committee refrain from the expression of
any opinion which might affect the criminal prosecution now
Hicks, and ugreed thereto
The House took up the preamble and resolutions offered
by Mr. Tarver, for the appointment of competent persons to
visit the ports of Savannah, Darien anil Brunswick, and to
report the relative advantages of each lor the outfit of the
products, and for the introduction of the supplies of the
state, Ac., and on motion, the same w as laid on the table the
balance ofihe session.
The House took up the report of the select committee to
whom was referred the Executive communication ofihe 6th
pending in the superior court of Glynn county agaiustsuid j instant, accompanied by a letter of Benjamin F. Curry, re-
Davis for inveigling, Ac. said irgro. But that the ronduc
of said Davis w as most improper and highly censurable iu
possessing himself of said negro, after the appointment uf
King, and tb it his subsequent sule was without authority,
und that such sale is wholly void, this committee cannot
doubt. 'The committee has examined the accounts submitt
ed, which appear to he sustained bribe vouchers except
one charge, and that of so grave a nature that it cannot l»e
passed without notice; and the charge alltided to is one for
live hundred dollars for his services as superintendaut, when
hy the resolution of 1832, it uppears that his services were
to he gratuitous, and so considered hy huuself, us is shown
hy hts continuing to perform Ihoscdiuies, and when a reso
lution by this huttse in 1833 to give him five hundred dollars
liad been rejected by tli? senate—that this charge was most
unaccountable and unauthorised was within the knowledge
ot Davis. The committee therefore respectful!? offer the
following resolutions:
1. Resolved, 'I hat the conduct of William B. Davis, in
failing to deliver the public hands to Thomas King, vvas
censurable and improper.
2. Resolved, 'That the sale of the negro Solomon made by
W illiam B. Davis w as contrary to law and void, and his con
duct in selling said negro highly ee.nsurable.
lame to the protection of our own citizens in the Ch(*rukee
country and the friendly Cherokees, and agreed to
'l lie House then adjourned until tomorrow morning.
Frulay, December 19, 1831
On mftlion.tho House reconsidered so much of the jour
nal of yesterday as relates lo the rejection of the lull of
Senate, to remove the site uf public buildings frontal he town
of Livingston, and to locate them pennant inly at Rome in
1 ho county of Floyd; also so much ofihe journal of yester
day as relates lo tho rejection of the bill of Senate to alt<*r
and amend part of the first section ofihe third article ofihe
constitution of this stale.
Mr. Gordon offered the following resolution, which was
taken up and agreed to, tu wit:
Resolved by tlie Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly met. That at the next annual election of
members of the General Assembly, the question be submitted
to the voters whether in tavor or against a court for the cor
rection of Errors, and that those in tavor of such court, en
dorse 011 their ballots “court,” and those against it, “no
court,” and that the vote on such question Ire returned by
the managers of said election to the General Assembly; and
that if a majority of the voters ol’ihe slate shall vote ori the
question, such vote shall be considered hy the next G* neral
A spiniily as an expression of the feelings of the goo t oeuple
3. Resolved, That the said negro be reclaimed for th? use , ^
ot lh0 stale wherever found, and on recovery of him by j of this suite on the subject.
m* 6 * r 11 , 1 ,k. **. educed hy the act of 1833. 1 Both branches of the general assembly convened
A. Mmomm, That the solicitor-general of the eastern cir- ! representative chamber for the purpose of elect!:
ru .'; ,T.' n8,r Vr t,,d tt . **l u I f,, d to institute actions against 1 rectors on the part of the Slate of tlie Tarien
'To alter the times of the session of the superior courts of i cavalry in the city of Savannah known as the “Georgia
the southern circuit. | Ilussars”
To autli (rise John Bet hum and Lewis M. Cantclon to : To authorize the Justices of the inferior Court of Baldwin
erect ferria*, Ac. j County lo levy nn extra lax for the purpose uf erecting a
For th** benefit of the Upson light dragoons, Ac J new Court hous* .
To authoris? ?nmuel Buffington to er.-ct a toll bridge i To amend an act to exempt front sale for debts contracted
across the Ocote , Ac. ! after a given time c* rtain arifi k-s chiefly necessary for the
To ineorpornt the “Pigeon Roost Mining Company,” and j subsistence ul' thi d< Mur's family,
the “Belfast Mining Company;” in tho county of Lumpkin, j To alter and amend the 4th and 8th Sections of the 1st
For th** relief of Asa iiilL j Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
'To emancipate Sam, a u**irro slave. i To extend tlie civil jurisdiction of certain Justices of the
For th * r* lief of Edmund * Irisham and Lancelot Johnson, j Peace in the County ol Kii hmond over the City of Augusta.
To add a part of Carroll county to tic* county of JI eard, 7'o incorporate a Baptist Church in the County oi' Etna-
and to establish an additional i-fi'ctioii precinct in Heard I nui I, and to appoint 'Trustees (or the same,
county. J To establish election precincts in the several comities
To impose, l-*vy and collect a tax for the support of go- j hereinafter named, and to repeal certain laws passed for the
vernment, for the political year 1835, Ac. j establishing election precincts, und to provide for the punish-
To authorise Daniel N. Pitman, of Gwinnett county, to 1 mem of persons who may commit frauds at said el etions.
establish a ferry across the Chattahoochie river jtt his own j 7b give master masons and master carpenters liens on all
come upon us like an inundation, threatening to sweep all
before them; and many of them look like ghosts who have
a mind “to push us from our stoois,” and harrow up men’s
souls with tht ir wondrous histories and incidents.
“ During the whole of this day, the Senate has been en
gaged in the appointment of Committees. Mr. Clay has been
piu on th? Committee on Foreign Relations, as its ' hair man,
Mr. Wilkins having been its former Chairman That very
land.
To alter and fix the time of holding the inferior courts for
the county of Randolph.
'To alter anil amend tho fourth section of an act to esta
blish several ferries therein named in tli? counties of Floyd
and Ch* rokee, and to regulate the toll of lie* same.
To Incorporate the Skull Shoals manufacturing company
in the county of Greene.
To incorporate the Walihourville Union Institute in the
county'of Liberty, and appoint trustees for tin* same.
To authorise executors, administrators and guardians, to
have recorded all receipts show ing a final settlement, Ac.
For the relief of Elizabeth Clinch
To repeal the hist section of an act to make hank and other
corporations subject to garnishment, and to regulate pro
ceedings against garnishees in certain eases, passed 21th
December, 1H32,
To make penal the hiring of their time 10 slaves by their
owners, or other jiersons having charge of them, so far as re
fill*. 10 ife counties therein named.
To autharise Join W. -’'alive and Ri ’ *rd M ulnar u*
ke p ferries across theChu .tboochie rivei,&c.
To :mend an act concern . free persons uf color, their
g.iarilm.’is, ami colored pr**Uv ii r-
7b am'ml an act pass’t! tli? '? h D* r< mb? , 327, ? au
thorise -the .rommisnonors of Washington county m-a* my,
to raise hy lottery a certain sum oi' tuuu?y for the benefit of
said academy.
buildings erected hy tii?in, atui lor .materials found, and to
repeal all focal laws in relation thereto in the several coun
ties and cities therein mentioned
To incorporate the Hamburg and Camp Creek Academies
in the County of Marion.
For the relief of Harmon II. Howard and James Hollings
worth.
To amend the several acts relative to the issuing of sum
mons garnishment, and proceedings against garnishees.
To repeal in part an act entitled an act to authorize the
Clerks, Sheriff's, and other officers in any of the counties of
the Southern, Flint, Oeinulge? and Western circuits, and of
the County of Warren, to insert their advertisements in any
Gazette published in Milledgeville, Ac., assented to J7th De-
c* mher, 1825, and to compel the Clerks, Sheriffs, and other
oflicj rs in the County of <. .vinnett to insert their advertise
ments in the Southern Banner.
To remov the site of public buildings from th" town of
Livingston, and to local* them permanently at It?; n 'h?
County of Floyd, and . orporat-.* the saeie, and also to
t'i-diL nr t making hem perman nt at Livingston.
2* regulate fr. e persons of color in the town .4 G-eens-
l *oro’ in :h? County f Green, and in the town’of Madison
oi th Coupty of Morgan,
Tu k p open tin* oeiend Hatehi" Creek in Heard Coun
ty for the free passage of lumber-boats and other wat r-craff,
and to punish those w ho may attempt to d teat the same.
7b authorize the Inferior Court of the County of Murray
important part of the Message of the President which relates
to our claims on France, will, of course, be referred to this
Commit!.***, and it is easy to guess at the character and tend
ency of th * Report which will emanate from Mr. Clay, on
this subject. The probability of any hostile eollis on with
France, on the subject of these claims, is much weakened by
thp known character of two of the members- of the new
French Ministry. Gen. Bernard,* as you are aware, has
been ibr many years domesticated among us, and has received
every kindness here, lie has a strong feeling m our favor,
and will, 1 have no doubt, see the justice of our pretensions.
M. de Brisson was in this country as an attache to one of th*-
Ministers, and married a daughter of Judge Thompson, of
the ISupi-em" Court. It is not likely that he will be unfavor
able to our claims, unless he shall consider them as manri
festly unjust. It cannot be expected that there will bo great
harmony in the intercourse betw’een Mr. ( lay, as Chairman
of the Foreign Relations, and Mr. Forsyth, the Secretary of
State. Then; has been a change in the Chairman of the
Private Land Claims. Mr. Kane, of Illinois, filled that sta
tion last year. He is now superseded by Mr. Black, of Mis
sissippi, who has not yet arrived.”
* It is not yet certain that Gen. Bernard and M. de Brisson,
constitute a portion ok tlie new French Ministry.
South Carolina vs. the United States.—On the 13th instant,
th? Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Courier in
forms— >
“ Among the very many reports from the various commit
tees submitted this day, was one from the Committee on
Federal Relations, on the subject of the works to be erected
in the harbor of Charleston, hy the General Government,
embraced in a resolution of Mr. Pinckney, laid before the
Legislature in the early pari af the session —Th" Rer ,ri is
as follows:
“ Thar the Committee have bad the same under considera-
>n, iu have not been able to ascertain, by what authority
me Government have as. timed to ?rr< the works alludeii »o
inth. resohitioi.; and rrromm* isd toth« House the adoption
oi tV foliottilig resolution:
“Resolved, ’That His Excellency the Governor, be re
quested to apply 10 the Executive Department of the G«>-
verument of the United States, to ascertain by what autho
rity such works ar? er?ci"d, and to report the correspondence
on the subject, to the Legislature at its next session.—Report
agreed tQ, and ordered to the Senate.”
tho errors of our superior courts. Those errors,
arising in many instances from tlie want of time
for consideration, and in many others from ig
norance, or defect of judgement, or partiality in
the judges of those courts, are so numerous us
to be the subject of universal observation among
those who are conversant with the administra
tion of tlie law; but our present system provides
00 corrective for tlie most glaring and oppres
sive injustice from the judges. Our judges are
clothoxi with as much power as would be con-
fid’ d to infallible beings; and the brevity of
their term ol office, to which aloue^we are per
mitted to look for a remedy, (except in ext-aor-
dinarv cases calling for impeachment or remo
val) very often increases the evil m tempting
them to court the favor of the powerful and influ
ential, by a partial administration of the law.
The act recently passed, is so framed jis to pre
vent any unreasonable expense or delay in ob
taining a correction of the error by which in
justice may have been done in the superior
court.
Both of these acts are amendatory of tiie con
stitution, and require a concurrent vote of the
next legislature, in order to be engrafted in
to that instrument.
The legislation designed to remedy our Indi
an difficulties is calm and temperate, but very
efficient. The act that lias been passed does
nor impair the independence of the judiciary, as
a distinct and co-ordinate department of the
government; but it takes from the judge pre
siding in the Cherokee circuit, a power not giv
en to the courts, by the constitution the power
of resisting and defeating, by injunctions in
chancery, the settled policy of the state, and tlie
ascertained will of the representatives of tho
people. As, by an abuse of a discretionary
power, that judge had enjoined the agent of the
state from executing the act of 1833, he is now
himself enjoined from resisting that law. By
the late act he is deprived of the power of grant
ing such injunctions, as he has issued; those
heretofore granted, are rendered inoperative;
and the governor is armed with ample authori
ty to execute the law’, should it be resisted.
This special legislation, designed to check the
abuse of judicial power, is a most grave, digni
fied,and efficient censure of that judge, whose
mal-administration has made it necessary for
the representatives of the people to profbet them
from improper judicial interference. This sta
tute, while it enforces the policy of the state,
contains salutary and humane provisions against
any abuse of power, or error in judgment, of
the agents who may be appointed to execute its
possessory enactments. The governor, in his
annual communication to the legislature, when
s|*eakingof the obstacles which had been oppos
ed to the execution of the act of 1833, remarks
that “the time has assuredly arrived when more
appropriate and efficient legislation is called,
lor;” and this statute is a most harmonious re
sponse to the intii :ation of t) jexecuti e.
The act will fct published in our next number.
JUDGE HOOPER.—The committee of the
House of Representatives appointed to investi
gate the ofnci.'tl conduct of Judge Hooper, in
consequence of the multitude of witnesses who
have been subpoenaed, and the bulk of their
testimony, was unable to complete its examina
tion during the session, and will continue to sit
in the recess. It Mill receive, and embody, ao“