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was at Hoboken—the child began to
squall—Mr. Carr began to swing it to an*!
i ,, and whistle to it—a crowd began to
assemble. * * * * In the evening Mr.
#Carr and bis charge were on their wa\
*o Albanv. The almshouse commission
ers refused to receive the child, and ifr.
Carr swears lie will “never do another
good natured thing so long as he lives.
—Boston Transcript.
From the Macon Messenger, 10/fc inst.
RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
Thin body convened on Monday. Thirty-
fight counties, and two rail road compan.es were
represented, on (ho opening of the convention,
bv one hundred and seven members. It com.
prised many individuals of the best talents of
which our slate can boast. Their proceedings
woto conducted with much harmony on all
the main objects for which they assembled.—
From such an enlightened, voluntary assem
blage of the people, for ihe sole purpose of bene
fiting the State and elevating her character,
wo have much to expect. W e confidently trust
that iheir views will lie promptly sustained bv
the legislature, to which they will be immedi
ately submitted.
The following is a brief outline of the pro-
erodings—
The convention met in the Methodist Church,
and vvas opened by Henry <3. Lamar, Esq.,
calling the members to order, and by request,
he acted as chairman for its organization, Mr.
A. Hull acting as secretary. The Rev. Mr.
Wilson offered a prayer—The delegates were
then requested to offer their credentials as the
counties were called— I he followidg appeared.
Bibb. W. Poe, I. G. Seymour, John La
mar.
Baldwin. Williams Rutherford, John A.
Cuthbert, M. J. Kenan.
Cass. Thomas Hamilton, Wm. Harden.
Clark. A. S. Clayton, Edw. Fayn», Jno.
A. Cobh, Asbury Hull.
Chatham. Jus. M. Wayne, S. B. Park-
man, Wm. Scarborough, J. M. Betrien.
Cherokee. Sant’l. Thompson, M. J. Camden.
Crawford. Henry Crowell, R. II. Slappey,
Jas. A. Miller.
Campbell. Ed. B. Thompson, W in. Boman,
Wm. Cantrcl.
Cobb. Jacob R. Brooks, Jas. P. Green.
De.Kulb. Elijah Bird, Reuben Cone, Alex’r.
M'Cleity, Wm. Ezard.
Fayette. Jno. D. Stell, Jas. Lambeth, Thos,
C. Coleman.
Floyd. Jno. II. Lumpkin, D. R. Mitchell.
Washington. Morgan Brown, Q. Screen,
Wm. Fish.
Wayne. Thos. IL King.
Walker. B. M. Avcoek, Rich’d M. Jones.
Glynn. Thos. Butler King, Dr. George
Dupree.
Gwinnett. Jno. S. W llson, A. R. Smith,
Elisha Winn, John Mills.
Habersham. Jno. Bratnan, It. S. Haber,
sham.
Hancock. Jas. B. Condor, R. S. Sarsnett,
Jas. B. Lewis.
Houston. E. E. Cmcker, Geo. Patten, D.
C. Campbell. J. A. Everett.
Henry Tims. D. Johnson, Jas. Johnson, B.
Pettit, Joshua Calloway.
Lumpkin. Edmund W. Randall, A,. J.
Hansell.
Mlntosh. Thos. Spalding.
Monroe. A. W. Redding, Alex. Spear, Os
born Rodgers.
Morgan. C. Campbell, lY H. Randolph.
Muscogee. J. W. Campbell, Burton Hep.
burn.
Newton. Jno. Williamson, Jno, Greaves,
Jno. G. Floyd, p. Luckic.
Pike. James Warthy, Jas. Effingcr, Jona
than Adams.
Pulaski. Sami B. Taylor.
Putnam. Pulaski S. Holt, Horatio T. Shaw.
Richmond. Jno. P. King, David W. St.
John.
Rabun. Sami. Beck, II. II. Armstrong.
Barhy Dover, Philip Silton.
Sumter. Thos. C. Sullivan.
7wiggs. Ira E. Dupree, Geo. W. Welch,
Henry Bunn.
Talbot. Alex’r. W. Sneed, B. Hill.
Talia ferro. Thos. Chaffin, Thos. Foster.
Upson. Jcrmtali Bell, Wm. A. Cobb, Sami.
S. Crute.
Monroe Rail Road Company. L. L. Grif
fin, A. H. Chappell, Jas A.'Nisbet, T. G. Holt,
II. G. Lamar, Sam’i. T. Bailey.
Georgia Rail Road Company. O. H.
Pi ince.
Charles A. Higgins F.sq. and Col. Ossisn
Gregory, on nomination, were appointed secre
taries of the convention.
On motion of T. Uuiler King, resolved that
the convention proceed to 'lie appointing of a
president of the convention by nomination—
carried.
On motion of A. Hull from Clark, that the
Hon. James M. Wayne be president of the con-
vention, carried unanimously. He then took
the chair.
On motion of A. S. Clayton, Resolved, that
n committee of thirty-nine, consisting of one
member from each county, and one from each
of ilie rail road companies represented in this
body, be appointed to which shall be referred
the documents already presented to the meet
ing, and such resolutions as may be hereafter
adopted by the convention.
Under this resolution the following persons
were appointed to compose the committee.
A. S. Clnvton of Clark,
W. Poe, Bibb,
J. A. Cuthbert, Baldwin,
Wm. Hardin, Cass,
S. B. Pnrkman, Chatham,
Sam’l. Thompson, Cherokee,
Henry Crowi-ll, Crawford,
H. B. Thompson, Campbell,
J. B Brooks, Cobb,
Reuben Cone, DeKalh,
John D. Stell, Fayette,
John H. Lumpkin, Floyd,
J. S. Wilson, Gwinnett,
Thos. B. King, Glynn.
James Bratnan, Habersham,
J. B. Gonder, Hancock,
D. C. Campbell, Houston,
Thomas D Johnson, Henry,
A. J. Hansell, Lumpkin,
Thomas Spalding, M'Intosh,
Alexander Speer, Monroe,
R. H. Randolph, Morgan,
J. W. Campbell, Muscogee,
J. W illiamson, Newton,
James Effinger, Pike,
S. B Taylor, Pulaski,
P. S. Holt. Putnam,
John P. Kino, Richmond,
Samuel B'-ck, Rabun,
T. C. Sullivan, Sumter.
I. E. Dupree, 'Twiggs,
Alexander W. Sneed. Talbot,
Thomas Foster, Taliaferro,
William A. Cobb. Upson,
M. Brown, Washington,
T. B. King, Wav no,
R. M. Avcoek, Walton,
A. H. C mppell, M R. R. Company,
O. H Pi nee. Georgia II. It. Company,
Adjed—F. H. Cone, Greene.
Ou motion ol S T. Rally, that the secreta
ry be request' d to procure for the use of this
con ecu; am, map of the largest scafs of the
'ed Sta'es. and also one of |j)e State of
Georgia—cari led.
On motion of W. Poo, that the committee
do now «dj i.jrn to tomorrow morning at 9 o’-
clock.
Tuesday, 9 o'clock
To.' co,;ve.! itif| met agreeable to adjourn.
nver T prestd‘ti to ik tiis scut, prayers of-
The following gentlemen appeared and took
their seats as members of the convention.
Milton H. Gaither of Lumpkin, Jno. W. H.
Dawson of Washington, W. G. Ciupley ot
Muscogee, W. W. Pritchard of Monroe, F.
II. Cone of Green, W. VV. Ilolt and Thos.
Glascock of Richmond, W. Jlossiter and John
Rawls of Pulaski.
F. II. Cone Esq. of Green was added to
the committee of thirty-nine.
On motion of F. H. Cone it was resolved
that the committee of forty be instructed to in
quire and report what system of internal im
provement, by rail roads, canals, navigable
rivers will best subserve the great interests of
the State. A committee consisting of Messrs.
Brown, Berrien, Glascock, King, Lamar and
Gaily were appointed to report rules fir the
government of the convention.
The convention adjourned to tomorrow
mornining 10 o’clock.
Wednesday morning 10 o'clock.
Mr. Chappel, of the committee of forty made
the following report.
The committe of the Macon Rail Road
Convention to whom lias been assigned
the duty of inquiring and reporting what
means are best calculated to bring about
harmonious and efficient co-operation
of the various sections and interests of
the State in constructing a system of rail
roads connecting the commercial cities of
Georgia with the Tennessee river, have, in
their consideration of the subject been
deeply conscious of its exceeding magni
tude and of its vital connexion with the
permanent grandeur and prosperity of
the State. When a commercial inter
course shall once be opened by means of
a judiciously devised system of rail roads
between the several leading places ot
trade in Georgia and the navigable wa
ters of the Tennessee river, it requires
not the gift of prophecy to enable us to
foresee that a powerful impulse and vakt
expansion will be immediately imparted
to all our resources of greatness and so
cial improvement. The whole valley ol
the Mississippi and ot the Ohio, compris
ing regions equal in extent to two thirds
of our entire country, and of unsurpassed
fertility in productions different from
those most congenial to <?ur own soil and
climate, would be thrown open to an easy,
cheap and rapid trade with us. Our
commerce in the direction of the west
would know no harrier short of the Rocky
Mountains—in that of the north it would
find an easy access to the margins of the
Great Lakes—to the east of the Missis
sippi and above the mouth of the Ohio,
the Alleghany mountains would ic its on
ly boundary—whilst below the mouth of
the Ohio, the navigation of the Mississip
pi and its tributaries would invite and fa
vor its transit through extensive regions
of kindred character and productions
with our own.
For all this vast, various and fertile ex
panse of country nature has provided no
avenue of commerce with the rest of the
world save that of the Mississippi river:
An avenue it is true, fully comporting, in
point of pit vsical grandeur, with the mag-
nificient extent of territory which it was
destined to accommodate, and adequate
to the wants of that territory whilst it
was vet but slightly reclaimed from a
state of wilderness; hut wholly insufficient
for the necessities of the present day.—
When tht' forests have given place to cul
tivated fields and to the thick abodes of
high civilization and enterprising indus-
trv—so soon as society and population in
the valley of the Ohio and upper Missis
sippi approximated to this stage in their
onward progress, the disadvantages of a
pent position barred by mountains from
commercial access to the Atlantic States
and seaports, began to pi ess with griev
ous weight on the western people.
The Atlantic States and cities were, in
their turn, quick to perceive and appre
ciate the rich benefits to themselves, that
would necessarily accrue, from opening
channels of commerce, through which
thev might supply the augmenting wants,
and receive in return the overflowing pro
ductions of the west. It was this view
of the subject, coupled with a patriotic
solicitude to corporate the bond of our
political union by the ties of commercial
interest, that prompted Washington, in
the infancy of our republic, to conceive,
and sedulously to cherish and urge tho
idea of connecting, by canals, the Ohio
river with the great Atlantic streams of
of Virginia. Such an idea, deliberately
entertained, and earnestly patronized by
the Father of his country, could not fail
to sink deep in the public mind. It ger
minated at length, and at this time it is
seen in all the great Atlantic States, from
New York to Georgia, producing its be
nign fruits in works of commercial con
nection with the west, either already com
pleted and in operation, or in a process
of successful execution, or engaging an
anxious public attention preparatory to
the commencement of active labors
The great State of New York stands
first in point of time, and foremost in the
grandeur and success of her exertions to
this end. She was stimulated to the
work, not less by the peculiar advantages
of her geographical position and features,
than by the necessities of her interior
population, and her prescience of the
mighty benefits her commerce would de
rive from making the valley of the Ohio
accessable to her great emporium. The
subsidence of the Alleghany range of
mountains into that vast extent of plain
country which spreads out from the head
of navigation, on the Hudson river, to
the borders of Lake Erie, invited and fa
cilitated the construction of her Grand
Canal. From the .western termination
of the canal her commerce was carried,
by the navigation of the Lake, to the
shores of the State of Ohio. The people
of Ohio, taking up the work in their own
borders, soon executed a chain of canals,
connecting the Ohio river with Lake Erie.
So that by the joint result of the internal
improvements of New York and Ohio,
one great outlet, embarrassed, however,
bv much circuifv, and numerous tran
shipments, has been opened from the
great west to the Atlantic coast.
Pennsylvania has vied actively with
New York in works of internal improve
ment, for attracting the commodities and
commerce of the west to her borders; and
her communications are now complete
through a succession of canals and rail
roads. Virginia, Maryland and South
Carolina, as well ns Pennsylvania, have
all distinctly entered the lists as competi
tors for the same western trade, upon
xx hich New York has grown so oxent: but
Ai I m
all these States lack the felicity of posi
tion enjoyed bv New A ork. 'J he moun
tains tmeer up across their path to the west.
It is not until we reach Georgia, that we
meet with any thing analogous or compar
able to the geographical facilities possess
ed by New York, lor constructing artifi
cial channels of commerce with the west.
The dispersion and subsidence ol the
mountains in the north-western angle of
Georgia open a way through our territo
ry for a connection ol the Atlantic with
the Mississippi waters strikingly analo
gous but greatly superior for all purposes
of extensive trade with the west, to that
which New A ork owes to the non-ap
pearance of the same mountain chain a-
cross the rout of her great canal. A ca
nal of more than three hundred miles in
length connects the steamboat and sloop
navigation of the Hudson not with the
steamboat navigation of the Ohio, and all the
western rivers, but only with that of Lake
Eric, anti from the Lake, through several
other channels, and after divers tranship
ments at length with the Ohio: whilst a
single trunk of rail road of from one hun
dred and ten to one hundred and thirty
miles in length branching oil’ into three
prongs, varying from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty or sixty miles in length
would connect our three main navigable
streams with a point on the Tennessee
from which we have an assurance of con-
tinuous steamboat navigation throughout
the whole length of the Ohio and Mississ-
ppi, and all their tributaries.
In point of geographical position and
circumstances, then the advantages ot
Georgia over New A'ork for forming arti
ficial channels of commerce with the
west seem to be neither small or ques
tionable, whilst her advantages in the
same regard over Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Maryland and South Carolina, are great
and decisive to the full extent of the dif
ference of distance in Iter favor, and to
the extent also of the difference between
the facilities of plains and the obstacles
of mountains to the construction of rail
roads. Assuredly not one of the Atlan
tic States to the east of Georgia would
have dreamed of the gigantic enterprise
ofsutmounting and perforating mountains
at enormous expense with lines of rail
road leading to the west, had nature
vouchsafed to them so direct and easy a
pathway as that which she has thrown
open to Georgia.
Will the people and government of
Georgia slight so benign and magnificent
an overture of nature in their favor? Will
they refuse to lend their own concurrence
and co-operation to effect a complete ful
filment of the grand destiny which a par
tial Providence has put so clearly and
easily within their achievement? Are
they content that the State shall forever
revolve as a secondary orb, although man
ifestly entitled by her position and capa
bilities to assert, her claims to the highest
and most brilliant sphere? Nay, more:
arc they willing that comparative pover
ty, discomfort and desolation shall have a
perpetual reign over the extensive do
mains of Georgia which might be speedi
ly and permanently converted into seats
of wealth, high social improvement, and
of a dense and flourishing population by
the simple process of executing a system
of internal improvements which all ap
prove and desire, to which the resources
of the State are infinitely more than ade
quate, and which, over and above its over
flowing advantages in other regards,
would in the very next moment after its
completion more than repay to the people
the whole cost of construction by the sin
gle effect of the augmentation which it
would occasion in the value of their lands?
The committee have propounded those
questions which nothing but the future
history of Georgia can positively answer,
not in the despondency of doubt but in the
fervor of confidence. Every considera
tion of patriotism and enlightened self-
love, all the views of sound policy and
noble ambition by which a great and
sagacious people can be expected to be
governed, must fail, in our single case, ol
their usual and natural results, if the ex
ecution of tho great work referred to the
committee, he not in a very few years
placed beyond doubt or contingency.
This confidence on the part of the com
mittee will not be considered as unwar
rantably entertained, when a closer view
is taken of the character and extent of the
proposed work, the vastness of its utility
and its almost equal diffusion of benefits
to all the various sections and interests of
the State.
Let it be remembered, then, that the
Big Tennessee river to which it is pro
posed to carry our contemplated system
of rail-roads is navigable by steamboats
throughout its whole length to its junction
with the Ohio—with the exception of the
obstructions at the Muscle Shoals. Around
these shoals a rail-road is already built
and in use, and the construction of
steamboat canal is also far advanced,
which is expected to be soon made pass
able by steamboats, and which when
finished, will furnish a constant steam
boat navigation at all seasons of the year
Ross’s Landing or some neighboring
point on the Tennessee river, just above
the commencement of the passage of the
river, through the Cumberland Mountain,
is thought to be the most eligible place for
the proposed rail-rotril to strike the Ten
nessee river. The Tennessee from this
point would he our channel of trade with
the west and southwest, seconded and
aided however by rail-roads by which it
is contemplated in that quarter of the
country, to connect the Tennessee river
with Memphis, Nashville and other im
portant towns.
From Ross’s Landing, the road corn
ing in this direction would proceed only
five miles before entering ihe territory of
Georgia at or near Ilossville, a place just
within our boundary. It is a matter about
which no doubt is entertained by those
well acquainted with the localities* of the
country', that an excellent route for the
road requiring not a single inclined plane
or Slationary engine can be obtained from
Ross’s Landing to some point on the
Chattahoochie in DeKalb county. The
distance would probably be about from
one hundred and ten to one hundred and
thirty miles. At this point or at some
neighboring point—the road might be
made to diverge into four branches, the
most easterly proceeding to meet the rail-
.. road.from Augusta to Athens: tl
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tlie capitol of the State; the next to meet .
the Monroe rail-road from Forsyth to |
Macon—the most westerly pursuing its i
wav down the Chattahoochie to Colum-
bus. The three branches would thus he
respectively united to_ the three leading :
commercial towns in the interior of the ,
State, Augusta, Macon and Columbus, J
and to the navigation of the several rivers ;
on which they are respectively situated.
Those branches like the common trunks
beyond the Chattahoochie, would pass
over a country so favorable as to require
no inclined plane or stationary power.
It will at once be seen by an inspection
of the map of the State, that this system
of rail-roads would diffuse over all parts
of the State almost a precise equality of
advantages. 'The main trunk would he
actually common in its use, and equal in
its utility to all parts of the State; and the
several different sections' of the State
would certainly receive equal, or nearly
equal benefits from their respective
branches.
There is a space of five miles from
Rossville, on the boundary between
Georgia and Tennessee and Ross’s Land- j
ing, on the bank of the Tennessee river,
which being within the territory of Ten
nessee, cannot, ot course, be covered by
a rail-road constructed by Georgia. To
supply this chasm, and make the line
complete to the Tennessee river, there
can be no difficulty in effecting a suitable
arrangement with the Hiwassee rail-road
company chartered by the last legislature
of Tennessee for the very purpose of
carrying to any point that may be se
lected on the Tennessee river any rail
road coming from Georgia to the Tennes
see line. The stock under this charter
was taken last summer, the company is
organized, and now it is understood are
waiting our movements and ready to co
operate with us.
Another striking recommendation of
the scheme of rail-road connection with
the Tennessee river, which the commit
tee have sketched, is the facility with
w hich it may, at any fu tire day, be united
by a branch with the Louisvill:-, Cincin-
liatti and Charleston nil-road at Knox
ville. A branch of only an hundred and
twenty or thirty miles in length would be
necessary for this purpose, and the legis
lature of Tennessee, in enacting the
charter of the Cincinnati! and Charles
ton rail-road, reserved to itself the right
of authorizing such a branch.
In the event of this connection with
the Cincinnatti and Charleston road, we
should have two openings to the trade of
the west—one through the channel of the
Tennessee river into the Ohio and Mis
sissippi—the other thrnigh that of’the Cin
cinnatti and Charleston road. And should
this connection with the Cincinnatti and
Charleston road never take place, we
shall still have access to the trade of all
East Tennessee and apart of North Caro
lina and West Virginia, by means of the
navigation of the Tennessee river and its
tributaries, above Ross’s Landing.
The road when completed, with the
four branches, leading to Augusta, Mil-
ledgeville, Macon and Columbus, will he
fed and sustained by the transportation <>l
all western supplies introduced for the
internal consumption oft all Georgia, and
Florida—the southern side oftSouth Caro
lina, and theeastern side of Alabama; also
bv the transportation oft all western com
modities seeking a foreign market through
the sea ports of Georgia. To which must
bo added the vast amount oft transporta
tion, arising out oft the internal trade of
the State- the products of our soil, and
the foreign merchandise consumed by our
own people. The revenue of the road
would be still further swelled by the con
veying of all foreign goods obtained from
or through Georgia, for the western
markets—to which mu.-t be likew ise add
ed, the important item of the stream of
passengers that would be continually
flowing along the lines of the road.
The commercial towns of Georgia
would also become to a very large extent,
the medium through which the foreign
trade of the west would pass; and thus
be enabled to take their stand as com
petitors with New Orleans, New A’ork,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, for the gene
ral commerce of the w est.
With these great and numerous ad
vantages—almost equally diffused through
every part of the State—profiting alike
our agriculture and our commerce—with
the certainty too that the amount oft travel
and transportation would be sufficient to
render the work a safe investment of capi
tal, tiic committee see every ground for
believing that when the enterprise shall
be thoroughly canvassed and understood,
it will unite the suffrages and be support
ed by the general co-operation of the peo
ple of the whole State.
The mode in which the public energies
would most advantagously be dim ted to
the accomplishment of the work has
occupied the anxious attention of the com
mittee. And their opinion on the best
reflection they have been able to bestow,
is that weighty reasons concur in making
it expedient that the single trunk of rail
road from the Tennessee river to the
Chattahoochie, which would he common
in its use to all the branches and equal in
its benefit to all parts of the State, ought,
to be undertaken and constructed entirely
by the Slate at the public expense, and
emphatically as a State work. The branch
es may bo advantageously constructed by
joint stock companies, particularly in
terested in the sections of the State
through which they would respectively
pass, aided by the State subscribing for a
portion of the stock.
The committee in accordance with
these views submit the following resolu
tions:
Resolved, That it be recommended to
the legislature fo commence and construct
a system of rail-road improvement, by
constructing a rail-road from a point on
the Tennessee line, at or near Rossville,
to some suitable point at or near the Chat
tahoochie river running through the
Cherokee counties on the most practica
ble route between said points hereafter
to be ascertained by legislative provisions.
9d. To authorize any companies that
may have charters and to create others
\vh re they do not exist to branch from
an}’ point of said main trunk to the towns
of Columbus, Milledgeville, Forsyth,
Athens, and to such other places as the
legislature mar designate, the State »n-
vesting one-fourth of the capital necessary
for each branch.
After the reading of the report, and
some discussion, five hundred copies were
ordered to lie printed for the use ot the
members, to be ready at 7 o’clock, to
w hich hour the convention adjourned.
At the appointed hour, the convention
met, when the report was accepted with
but two dissenting voices.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
IN SENATE,
Monday, November 7, 18:10.
Tho Senate was organized before the honora
ble Robert M. Charlton, judge of the superior
courts of the Eastern circuit.
On motion, Valentine Walker was called to
the chair, and proceeded to the election ol
president; when ROBERT M. ECHOLS, of
the county .-.f Walton, was dulv elected, JOHN
T. LAMAR, Esq., Secretary, W. DAVIS
Messenger, and JOHN ADAMS Door-Keeper.
Tuesday, November 8, 1830.
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. Hines of Liberty, to remove the site of
the public buildings in the count v of Liberty,
Ac.
Mr. Walthall, to change the time of holding
the Superior and Inferior courts in the Cherokee
circuits.
The president of tho Senate announced the
following standing committees:
On Privileges and Flections—Messrs. Saf-
fidd. Powell of Talbot, Hudson, Liddell and
Rutherford.
On Enrolment—Messrs. Cone, Burks, In
gram, Mosely and Floyd of Newton.
On Petit ions—Messrs. Swain, Robson, Coop,
er, Surrency and Whorton.
On Engrossed Journals—Messrs. Lamar,
M’Connell, Beall of Carroll, Johnson and Hop
kins.
Wednesday. November 9, 1836.
Bills reported and read first time.
Mr. Gibson, to alter and amend the first sec.
lion of the third article of the constitution ot tins
State.
Mr. Hopkins, to incorporate the St. Mary’s
and Columbus rail-road company.
Mr. M'Allister, to extend the charter of the
Planters’ Bank of Geoigia.
Mr. Walthall, to alter and amend the 50th
section of the 14th division of the penal code.
Mr. Holmes of Early, to regulate the issuing
of marriage license in certain cases: also, to
repeal the fourth section of an act passed on the
22d December, 1828, to establish a hank at
Milledgeville, known by the name of the Central
Bank of Georgia.
ROBERT M. CHARLTON was elected
judge of the Eastern circuit.
JOHN E. W A RD was elected solicitor-gene
ral of the Eastern circuit.
Thursday, November 10, 1836
Judge of Southern Circuit.
1 si bat.
2r/ bill.
Arthur A. Morgan,
Ill
130
C. B. Cole,
22
11
Jas. P. II. Campbell,
16
8
Eli Warren,
106
106
So ARTHUR A. MORGAN was
elected
idgo.
Judge and Solicitor of Coweta Circuit.
Hiram Warner, 224
George I). Anderson, 131
A nting J Long, 16
Harris, 99
So HIRAM WARNER was elected Judge,
and GEORGE D. ANDERSON Solicitor.
Solicitor of Ocmulgec Circuit.
R. O. Davidson, 134
N. G. Foster, 105
So RICHARD O. DAVIDSON, was elect
ed Solicitor.
Solicitor of Chattahoochie Circuit.
IL L. Banning, 150
A. W. Snead. 64
So II. L. HENNING was elected Solicitor.
Director Darien Bank
James Troup, 13^ elected.
Friday. November 11. 1^36.
The Senate have agreed to a resolution ap
pointing the following Joint Standing Commit
tees. to wit:
On Finance, on the Sta'e of the Republic,
on Internal Improvement, on Public Education
and Free Schools, on the Judiciary, on he
Penitentiary, on Printing, on Banks, and a
Military Committee.
Bills read first time
Mr. Guess, to amend an art more effectnallv
to provide for lit- government and protection of
Cherokee Indians residing in the limits of Geor
gia, and to prescribe the hounds of their occu
pancy, and iniiltorizc grants to issue for lots
drawn in the land and gold lotteries in certain
eases, and provide for the appointment of an
agent to carry certain parts thereof into execu
tion, and fix the salary of such agent, and to
punish persons who may deter Indians from
enroling for emigration.
Mr. Floyd of Morgan, to pardon John How
ard of Talbot conntv.
Mr. Walker, to amend and explain ihe net
incorporating the Georgia Insurance and Trust
Company.
Mr. Burks, to incorporate Greencvillc Fe
male Academy in the county of Merriwether.
Mr. Walthall, to add a part of the conn'ies
of Cobh, Campbell and Carroll to the county of
Paulding, and to organize a new conntv.
Mr. .M‘A Ulster, to incorporate the Merchants’
Insurance and Trust Company of the city of
Macon.
Mr. Whorton, in reduce the fees on the gold
lots and fractions in the land and gold lotteries.
BILLS PASSED.
1 o repeal an net to consolidate the academi
cal and poor school fund of the county of Wil
kinson.
To authorize the issuing of grants by the
State of Georgia to fortunate drawers «>f all
lots of land situated in the counties of Cherokee,
Cass, Cobb, Forsyth, Flovd, Gilmer, Lumpkin,
Murray, Paulding, Union and Walker, which
were drawn in the late land and gold lotteries,
and to repeal all laws repugnant to the same.
Saturday, November 12, 1836.
The following committees were appointed:
On thr. State, of the Republic.
Messrs. M‘A lister, Gibson, Lamar, Hutch,
ins, Powell of M‘Intnsh, Baker, Hudson, Hines
of Bryan, Willis and Mitchell of Baldw'n.
On Finance,.
Messrs. Liddln. Mosely, Hines of Liberty,
Beall of Wilkinson, Lawson, Walker, Mitchell
of Clarke, Dttnegan, Heard, Blackman and
Williams.
{On Internal Improvement.
Messrs. Powell of Talbot, M‘Alister, Flovd
of Newton, M’Lcnon, Shot well. Holmes of Ba
ker, Paulk of Irwin, Lamar, Smith of Floyd,
Gil>son and Janes.
On Public Education and Free, Schools.
Messrs. Reese Burks, White. Smith of Hab-
ersliam, Heard, Polk of Madison, Bond, Averv,
Wilson, Pike and Rutherford.
On the Judiciary.
Messrs. Scaffold, Holmes of Early, Flovd of
Newton, Lawlion, Walthall. Hardeman,*King
of Crawford, Floyd of Morgan, Morgan, Sager
and Robinson.
On the. Penitentiary.
Messrs. Holmes of Early, Oochrnn, Good,
Green, Convors. Cooper, Surrency, Echols of
Coweta, Bush, M Lcod, Whorton, Robson and
Wright.
On Printing.
Messrs. '1 a liter, Fulwood, Hines of Bryan,
Swhin, Hutchins, Hnrris, Gresham, Guess,
Smith of Twiggs, Hopkins, Ingram, Stockton
and Reynolds.
On Banks.
Messrs, Powell of Nl'lnlgsh, LMiUc, Floyd of
Morgan, Bracowell, Dean, Hudson, Rogers,
Fariss, Janes, Smith of Twiggs und Walthour.
On the Military.
Messrs. M'Conneli, Cone, Beall of Carroll,
Butt, Leggett, Wood, Rutherford, King of Fay
ette, Curray, Floyd of Newton, Lawlion, Law-
son and S.apleton.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, November 7, 1836.
The House of Representatives was organized
by the honorable Garnett Andrews, judge of
the superior courts of the Northern circuit.
Oil motion of Mr. Brown of Wilkes, Mr.
Burns was called to the chair, and proceeded
to the election of speaker; when JOSEPH
l).\A’, E-q., wusdulv elected, JOSEPH STUR
GIS, Eqs., elected clerk. ABEL L. ROBIN
SON, Messenger, and ROBERT HYDE,
Door Keeper.
Tuesday, November 8, 1836.
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. Dougherty, to extend the corporate
limits of La Grange, in Troup conntv, and to
exempt persons residing in said limits from road
duty.
Mr. Carr, to incorporate Clayton Academy,
in the county of Crawford.
Mr. Swift, to incorporate the village of Re-
lioboth, in the county of Morgan.
Mr. Strickland, to alter and amend an act to
impose tin additional tax on pedlers.
Mr. Davis of Elbert, for the better organiza
tion of the office of adjutant-general of Georgia.
Mr. Cleveland, to lay off the State into nine
congressional districts.
Wednesday, November 9, 1836.
The House agreed on motion of Mr. Merri
wether, to reconsider the vote of yesterday, re
ferring the several topics of the governor’s mes
sage, Ac.
Notices for bills.
By Mr. Hammond. To add a part of the
county of Wilkinson to Baldwin.
Mr. Clark of Camden. To incorporate the
Ccntrevillc Rifle Company in Camden.
Mr. James Lamar. To establish und incor
porate a Female College in the City of Ma
con.
Mr. K.-itli of Decatur. To compensate vol
unteer companies in the lower counties of this
State, raised for the purpose of intercepting the
progress of hostile Indians through those coun
ties.
Mr. Mays. T 'o establish two election pre
cincts in Cobh.
Mr. Cieaveland. To amend the tax laws of
litis Slate.
Mr. M‘Affee. To compensate grand and
petit jurors in Hull.
Mr. Pr yor. To appropriate money for tho
purpose of paying such persons for their servi
ces ns were called intoservice for the defence of
the western frontier of Georgia, and have re
ceived no pav therefor.
Mr. Di mean. To amend the act of incorpo
ration of the town of Perry in Houston.
Mr. Fletcher. To establish an election pre
cinct in Meriwether.
Mr. Holland. To raise by lottery thirty
thousand dollars for the building of a Masonic
Hall, Town House and Council Room in the
City of Columbus.
Mr. Dougherty. To move the Penitentiary
from Milledgeville to Macon, and to appropriate
inot.ey fur that purpose.
Mr. Ford ol Cherokee. For the compensa
tion of grand and petit jurors in Cherokee—
and
Mr. Bryant. For their compensation in
Walton.
Mr. Davis of Elbert. To authorise William
Nelms to establish a ferry across Broad river,
on his own land, between Dennis’ and Daniel’s.
Mr. Kinsey. To extend the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace in civil causes.
Mr. Robe is of Flail. To increase the com
missions of tax receivers and collectors.
Mr. Util ut Jasper. To indemnify the own.
er sol slaves executed hy the laws of this State,
and to provide a fund the efhr.
Mr. Meriwether. To amend the attach
ment laws of this State.
Mr. Miller,
itetships—also
To alter tin
—also
To reg
cas. s—;tIso
To repeal a part of the first section of the net
ol i804, relative to thedisli baton ol'estates—
also
To alter and amend the several acts relative
to thr city oj Augusta, and the court of com
mon pleas of that city—also
lo authorize course) ordinary to ord r the
sale ol property in certain Cases.
Mr. Price ol Gilmer. To open a road from
the Burnt Stand in Lumpkin, bv wav of Ellijav
in Gilmer, to the federal road at or near M*
Nail’s—to appropriate money therefor, and up
point commissioners.
Mr. Black. To repeal the act incorporating
the Central Bank, and to appropriate the funds
to works ot internal improvement and public
education
A message vvas received from the governor,
tronsmitfmg an exemplification of the records of
Talbot court in the case of John Howard con
vieted of murder, who had been respited, and
submitting the ease to the general assembly for
their consideration and decision—also,
A message communicating the resignation of
James U. Horne Esq. solicitor general of the
Chattahoochee circuit.
The two houses, by concurred resolution,
united ft >rthe election, by joint ballot, of a judge
and solicitor gene ral for the Eastern circuit,
which resulted in the election of the honorable
Robert M. Charlton as judge, and John Ward
E<q. ns solicitor of said circuit.
The senate then withdrew, and the house ad
journed till tomorrow morning.
Thursday, November 10, 1836.
RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO.
On motion of Mr. Gordon of Chatham, fir
the appointment of the usual standing commit,
less, and for tho appointment of usual joint
standing committees, should the senate concur.
On motion of Mr. Jenkins, for referring to a
joint committee the documents accompanying
the governors message, fir the purpose of sc-
ieeang and having printed, such of them ns they
may deem expedient, not exceeding three hun
dred copies, for the use of the legislature.
On motion of Mr. Gordon of Chatham, for
referring lo the appropriate committees, the se
veral parts ol tiie governor s annual message.
ResobUons from senate, concurred in
For the election, at eleven o’clock on this
day, of a judge for the southern circuit to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of the
Hon. James Polhill. a judge and solicitor gener
al for the Coweta circuit; a solicitor general for
the Ocmulgee circuit, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned bv the resignation of Hamlin Freeman
Esq.; a solicitor genera! for the Chattahoochie
circuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of James IT. Horn Esq.;.and a direct
or for the Darien Rank, occasioned by the death
of Anson Kimberly Esq.
Resolutions laid on the iab/e.
By Mr. Rambo. To instruct our senators
and request our representatives in congress to
endeavour to procure indemnity for losses sus
tained by citizens in the late war with the Creek
Indians.
By Mr. Brown. In relation to Creek Indi
ans digging gold.
Bills read the first time.
Reported bv Mr. Davis of Elbert. To or
ganize the office of adjutant general.
By Mr. Roberts of Hall. To amend an act
regulating the commissions of tax-collector and
receiver.
By Mr. Drane. To incorporate Valley
Grove, Planter’s, and Plaltsbu rg academics in
Talbot,
> authorise limited par in r-
i t relation t,i lai s- il legacies
l; e unties ol guard
i in certain
By Mr. Hill or Uglethorpe. From Sw en »
Cox. I "° n
By Mr. Cleveland. From sundry citi Z e n3of
tlabersham, m relation to a change of df r
of the mad Item the Curraltee to Clarksvill^ 3
By Mr. Jenkins. To enable W. J q 0 ’,.
len and W. Campbell, aliens, to hold’ce
real estate in Richmond. aia
The following message was received from ,t
j governor, by Mr. Robinson, his secretary 10
Executive Department, Ga
Milledgeville, November 10, 193.
I have received satisfactory informal^ r
the deaths of Brigadier Generals R,,l^. rt
I gustos Beall and Alexander Ware the
commanding the first brigade of the’eighth r
vision and the second commanding tl lf . y r "j
brigade of the fifth division, whereby thosTf
fiecs have become vacant. * or '
WILLIAM SCHLEY
Both branches convened in the representnj
hall for holding the elections appointed f on r
day. " u
Arthur A. Morgan ttas elected judge of,h„
southern circuit. c
Hiram Warner was elected j u d"e of .»
Coweta circuit, and George D. Anderson w ‘£
elected solicitor general for the same.
Richard O Davidson was elected solicitor
general for the Ocmulgco circuit; arid He
L Donning was elected solicitor general for"£
Chattahoochee circuit.
Dr. James I'roap was elected a director fur
the Darien Bank.
Friday, November 11, Ijaa
PETITIONS PRESENTED,
By Messrs. Hammond, Keith of Decatur
Bradford, Pitman, and Kinsey, from citizen* of
their respective counties, in favor of the Botanic
practitioners.
Mr. White of Butts, f or the relief of W p
Smith.
Mr. Hill of Jasper, from tho commissioners
of the Ocmulgee river, for the free pussaeeuf
fish.
Mr. Davis of Elbert, from the executors of J
VV. Carter.
Bills read first time.
J. B Lamar, to incorporate the Pionsor
oieam H«»at Company.
J. B. Lamar, to incorporate the Chattshoo.
chie Steam Boat Company.
Mr. Cm r, to incorporate the Clayton acado.
mv in Crawford.
Mr. Haves, to amend the twenty-first section
ol the charter of the Central Bank, so far asm
require notes to be renewed once in twelro
months.
Mr. M‘A fee, to compensate grand and petit
jurors in Hall county.
Mi. Clark ol Hall, to authorizca ferrv aero*
the Coosawntiee, by Isaac Whorton and G.
Kellog, on their own land.
Mr. Davis of Libert, to authorize) a ferry
.-.cross Broad river, hy W. Nelmc, on hiso»a
land.
Mr. Kelly of Houston, for a resurvev of the
town of Perrv.
.Mr. Fletcher, to establish an additional elce.
tion precinct in Merriwether.
Mr. Swift, to incorporate Rehobolh in the
county of Morgan.
Mr. Merriwether, to amend the attachment
laws.
^ Mr. Branham, to change the name of\V.
Singleton.
Mr. Hampton, to incorporate the Troup
academy in Laurens.
Mr. Holcombe, to incorporate the church*
at Mud Creek, Antioch, Shoal Creek, and
Tessentec.
Mr. Strickland, to amend the acts of 1S24
and 1831, imposing a tax on pedlers and itinw.
ant traders.
Mr. Miller, to repeat pnr t n p,f, e j st SPCt ; onn f
the act of 1834, in relation to tl.o distribution of
estates.
Mr Miller, to authorize limited partnership,
.ili. Miller, to authorize courts of ordinari
to author z • a sale of property in certain cast*.
Mr. Miller, to alter the law in relation ta
lapsed legacies.
Mr. James Lamar, to incorporate the Gcor.
I'm Female College in Macon.
Mr. Meibom, to appoint trustees for tht
comity of Union.
Mr. P yor, >o incorporate Mulberry C'rtti
Camp Ground, in I lands.
■n. .1. i>. Lamar presented the report ofth»
R .. ij. Jxinclair. mi relation to the denf and
which was re ter red to the committee no
ice set a Mils; and on motion of Mr. Dougherty
bundled copies were ordered to he printri
RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO.
On motion o| Mr. Cleveland, to request tht I
governor to furnish the House of Represent!-1
lives with a statement of the aggregate vote u)
each county at the late general election.
On motion of M r. Ezzard, to direct the commit-1
tee on the state of the republic to take into coo-1
sideration the clauses in the constitution reining j
to tepresentation, to reports bill to equalizeac-j
reduce ttie representation.
' 'n motion ol Mr. Gray, for the election,*
Saturday next, at 12 o’clock, M., for the t. : *
tion ol orieadier.general for the 2d brigade -
5ili division, and one fi>r the 1st brigade oft*j
8th division. c ’
On motion of Mr. Rambo, to consebJutc t
tho precinct bills; all the incorporation h *'
also all bills for changing names. VVhereu(W|
the follow ing committees were appointed: ?■'
the first, Messrs. Rambo, Price of Jasper, iq
Wood of Randolph; for second.
Harris of Baldwin, Miichell, and FIcwrll< £ ^™
and fin- the last, Messrs. Harris of Ne*:*!9
Blount of Upson, and Fletcher.
On motion o| ;\fr. Grav, to direct thacf 1 K
tomfoim the senate, that the House of Krp'S
sentatives has determined to appoint the b**|
standing committees, and have agreed t 111 1
resolution inviting the senate lo appoint ■'
committees, in order lo constitute joint stanJhl
committees.
A message was received from the govtri-j
in relation to Indian depredations; and t>i: ,: I
in relation to the public printing; the first *’l
referred to tne committee on military nh“- 1
the other, to the joint standing commit'^
printing.
^ On motion of Mr. Drvsdule, the
Representatives concurred in a resolution
the appointment of a joint committee to P rc T
and report a hill to establish a court lo f
correction of errors; and Messrs. Dry!" 1
Miller, Bnnvn, Price of Jasper, and Bray,
appointed on the part of the house.
Snturdiiy, November 12, l#*®-
lii!h reported anil read first time.
Mr. Mitchell, to amend the road and - ,
laws of this State, so fur as the Idling of bob
are concerned.
Mr. Daniels, to alter the 3d, 7th and ,-
sections of the 1st article, and the 1st an® 1
sections of tho 3d article of the constitnt* 03 1
this Stale.
Mr. Smith of Hancock, to define the nr" 11
in which property shall be loaned to child* 11,
Mr. Pitman, to appropriate money f° r ’
support of government for the political
1837.
Mr. John B. Lamar, to incorporate ,
Merchants’Insurance and Trust Comps”)
the city of Macon.
Mr. Rogers, to lay out and construct a .
road from the city of Macon, by the "T1
Carrollton, to the State line, at or near Ro> 5l j
on the Tennessee river.
Mr. Harrison, to prevent judgments
ecutions, that may hereafter be obtained
court in this State, from binding any p r °f l 'J
or effects until levied on in the hands ot l |l£ j
fondants. . . 1
Mr. Ogilby, to authorize the colled 1011 1
interest on open accounts in certain cases-
The speaker announced the following ■
standing eoknmirtCrs;