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da vs for the Wiililacoo- cess on the Canada frontier
March in
^General Read is on the Witlilacoocliee
with Ins command, where lie has estab
lished a depot with a large quantity o!
provisions. ,
Colonel Warren, with lieutenant colo
nel Mills’ battalion is preparing to take the
field. These officers have been m service
from the commencement ol the wat, ex
cept for the short period that general
Scott was in the country. hatever may
be the achievements ol tins campaign,
their exertions and their deeds, \\ ill merit,
a conspicuous place in die history ol tins
war.
Should general Jesup notai 1 ite at roit
Drane before the preparations are com
pleted lor removing to where Oseola s
warriors may be found, got cinot Call wid
continue in command.
From the preparations, tne troops, the
officers, and the fact that the command
of the friendly Creeks is given to the en
ergetic, the unwearied, anti the daring co
lonel Fierce, much confidence is felt, that
this movement ol our forces, will be pro
ductive of the most important and favora
ble results, if it do not put a termination
to this protracted war.
Mrs. Jane Johns, who was so barba
rously scalped a short time since in this
vicinity, is convalescing rapidly. Her
health is sufficiently restoicd to enable
her to leave her room. Her suffering has
been extreme, though much relieved by
the praise worthy attention and skill of
Dr. Welch. The 6th nit. Mrs. Johns
gave birth to a still born child. She had
been married for nearly a year, w hen her
husband was thus inhumanly butchered.
From fhc Columbus Herald, 1 oth inst.
Trial of Indians.—At the late sitting of
the Superior court in this place, fifteen
Indians were put upon their trial, ibr de
predations commuted during the Creek
war, at the plantation of General \Y atson
iu this county. After a full and impartial
hearing, they were all discharged, there
being no positive evidence introduced a-
gainst them. The court assigned them
able counsel, Messrs. Thomas and Co-
lightlv, and the utmost lenity was exercis
ed towards them.
A white man by the name of Basil was
tried lor murder, and the jury lbutul him
guilty; but his punishment was commuted
by the court, and he was sentenced tolhe
penitentiary for life. The circumstances
were these; Basil had contracted, unluc
kily, a great fondness fora certain widow,
whose flowers, bv the way, were fast
withering. Basil himself, we should take
for a man of fifty years of age, at least.
This “bit of sweetness,” however, did
not overmuch fancy Old Bas, but was
suffering her “virgin fancy” to rove o’er
nature’s garden; in search of other and
fresher flowers. One night, under the
maddening influence of love, the old man,
taking his gun in hand, bent his way to
wards her domicile. Arriving at her
house, he discovered, through a crack in
the chimney, that another man was sitting
by his dulema, and that she who, as he
believed, had “never told her love” to
other ear than his, was locked in die em
brace of a stranger! This proved too
much for the old man’s weak senses; plac
ing his gun through the aperture of the
^hinmrjTj jmlk j u 1 ” “l t atal luiljgcj ,i
full charge of buckshot near the vitals of
the poor woman, who was thus hurried
to an exchange of worlds, totally ignorant
uf the hand by which she fell! At .first
blush, it seemed a most aggravated case,
but during the trial it became evident that
Basil was not, at any time, more than one
degree above an idiot.
The Honor and Honest j of the Opposition.
—We have just received in some of our
Georgia exchange opposition papers a lit
tle handbill, which was folded up in it
for home circulation. It is headed Hugh
L. White and Martix’ Vax Burenv—
Under each head is contained a summa
ry of the blackest falsehoods that were
ever invented. It is, in fact, throughout,
at total inversion of the truth of history.
Judge \\ bite, on his side, is represent
ed as descending from the bench of judges,
and flying to the succor of general Jack-
son, when surrounded with difficulties,
his army starving, and contributing to his
relief; when the fact is, judge White ne
ver moved a muscle in the service of the
country during the war. He did repair
to general Jackson’s camp, to relieve his
own father from penalties which he had
incurred, by refusing to obey orders.—
While on this private and personal er
rand, lie contributed to relieve the general
of a portion of the little stores he had on
hand, and relieved his father from Bis
troubles, hut not the army or the general,
and then hastened back to his domestic
case and comforts. This is the sum of
his services during die war.
The same flagitious handbill charges
Mr. \ an Buren with entering the senate
of New York during the war, and devot
ing all his abilities to embarrass its prose
cution. 1 he truth is, before the war was
declared, and before he entered the sen
ate, lie was the open and bold advocate
of a. vindication of the lights of the na-
liou by aq appeal to arms. When he en
ter
a the legislature, the federalists J
Mr. Van
Buren followed up his earlier movements
by a proposition, which was to array al-
most the whole power of New York a-
gainst the enemy; and this is the man
who, after thus devoting all his energies
in the support of the war, in the most ef
ficient and successful way, is now charg
ed, by the torv federalists, with having
played the treacherous gams that was ex
clusively their own.
This is but a specimen of the abomina
ble falsehoods contained in the handbill
to which we refer. Every paragraph
contains a fabrication equally shocking.—
H’asliinston Cih/ Globe.
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
IN SENATE,
Monday, November 14, 1636.
Mr. M'AlIisler reported a bill to incorporate
the Savannah and Augusta steamboat compa
ny; also to incorporate the Savannah Insurance
and Trust Company.
Mr. Shot wed, to authorize and empower the
Brunswick and Hail Road Company to con-
struct a branch from any point on said road lo
any point on Flint and Chattahoochee rivers.
Mr. Morgan, to incorporate the Western
Bank of Georgia, with banking privileges, to
be located at Cassvilie.
Tuesday, November 15, 1830.
.Mr. Stockton, to incorporate the Bank of
Brunswick, with banking and insurance privi
leges, to be located at Brunswick.
Mr. Powell of Talbot, to amend an act to in
corporate the Insurance Bank of Columbus.
Mr. M'Allister, from the select joint commit-
lee, reported a bill to establish a court for the
Correction of Errors.
Bill passed.
To extend the charter of the Planters’ Bank
of the State of Georgia.
Wednesday, November 1G, 1830.
Nothing was done in the senate this day.
The resolution to admit Mr. Lawslte to take
his seat as senator from the county of Bibb, was
agreed to yens 47 nays 31.
Thursday, November 1 1, 1836.
Mr. Dunagan, reported a hid to prevent the
circulation of hank bills under the denomination
of twenty dollars.
Mr. Lawshe, to provide fir closing the busi
ness of the late Mayor’s court in the city of
Macon.
M r. LidJefto authorize the principal keeper of
the penitentiary, at his discretion and under ce r
tain regulations, to employ convicts without the
wall of the Penitentiary.
Friday, November 18, 183G.
Mr. Mitchell of Clark presented a memorial
from the Hail Road Convention with accompa
nying documents; which was referred to a joint
select committee, without being read, and one
thousand copies ordered to be punted.
Mr. Bond reported a bill to incorporate the
Flint and Chattahoochee Hail Hoad company.
Mr. Swain, for the relief of John Love of
Emanuel county.
Mr. Cone, to remark and make plain the line
dividing the counties of Bulloch and Emanuel.
Mr. P owell of Talbot, to repeal the 1st, 2d,
3d, 4th and 9 It sections of the act to regulate
the licensing of physicians to practice medicine
in this State, passed December 24, 1825, and
the 17th and 18th sections of the tenth divisions
of the penal code, passed December 23, 1833.
so fur as they subject to fir.e and imprisonment
persons practising medicine consisting of vegeta
ble preparations, and to relieve said persons from
other disabilities of the sections aforesaid, and
lo authorize them to practice and collect under
certain restrictions.
BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the St. Mary’s and Columbus
Rail Road company.
Also to remove the public site from Ricebo-
rOUgh in Liberty rnnnty lo tlia (loners! P-.ro.to
Ground, and to organize the same.
Saturday, November 19, 183G.
MR- MCALLISTER'S RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, the election of the President of the
United States may be transferred from its legiti
mate tribunai, the people, to the house of repre
sentatives; and whereas the election of William
Henry Harrison to the presidency is an event
to be deprecated by every republican, and, if
consummated, to be deplored by every southern
man; and whereas the question of his elevation
has never been submitted to the people of Geor
gia, and, it is believed, if the same were sub
mitted, it would be answered by a decided nega
tive; and whereas, although a majority of the
people of this State have given their suffrages
in favor of the honorable Hugh L. White, such
suffrages were not given with a view to the
election of William Henry Harrison.
Be it therefore resolved, Ape., That, in case
the election of President of the United States
shall devolve upon the house of representatives,
that our representatives in that body be and
they are hereby requested, in no event, to vote
for William Henry Harrison.
Be it further resolved, fr., That our repre
sentatives iu Congress be requested not to urge
the claims of the honorable Hugh L. White in
that body, if by so doing, the election of Wil
liam Henry Harrison is to be effected.
MR. BOND'S RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, during the late session of congress,
various petitions were submitted to and received
by that body, having for their object the aboli
tion of slavery within the district of Columbia:
and whereas opinions exist in relation to the
right of that body to receive such petitions and
to act upon them, and strange as it may appear
that diversity of opinion was found even among
the delegation from this State; and we believing
that the period has arrived when not only Geor
gia but the south should present one undivided
and uniform front upon this all absorbing sub
ject.
Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and
lloiiSC of Representatives in General Assembly
met, 1st, That congress has no right, under the
constitution, to interfere with slaverv in the dis
trict of Columbia or any where else within the
limits of the United States.
2d Resolved, That con
u
control <>l one branch ui it, and directed
all its strength to paralyze the general
government in its efforts against the ene
my. The republicans had the majority
in the other branch, and in that majority
Mr. Van Buren was conspicuous asa lead
er. The dissent between the branches
made repeated conferences necessary,
and In these Mr. A an Bun n was conspic
uous as the champion, to whose eloquence
the republicans confided their cause.—
1 he conferences were held in public, and
it was through debates in them that the
parties appetded to the public opinion of
the great State of New York, upon the
co-operation of which with the general
government, the fate of the war seemed
to depend. The power which Mr. Van
Buren displayed on these occasions, the
ardent and enthusiastic patriotism which
was propagated through his speeches, and
the luminous and fervid appeals which
he made through the press, gave at last a
complete triumph to the republicans,
gave them both branches of the legislature
and the governor, and arrayed the giant
Slate of the north against the Hartford
convention conspiracy, then in embryo.
It was this that turned the tide ©f suc
cess has no right to
receive any oq il[I0n whatever, praying for ac-
l0 - m that body upon any matter whatever not
within the constitutional sphere of its action.
3d. Resolved, That Congress, in receiving
petitions for abolition of slavery in the district of
Columbia, violated the spirit of that constitution,
and that the members from Georgia, who voted
for their reception by that body, grossly betray
ed the interest of their constituents.
Mr. Powell of MMntosh, reported a bill to
amend the charter of the Auraria and Blue
Ridge Turnpike Company.
BILL PASSED.
To pardon John Howard of the county of
Talbot.
JOHN W. BURNEY of Jasper was elected
major-general of the fifth division of Georgia
Militia.
GEORGE W. SUMMERS, of Augusta,
was elected brigadier general ofthe first brigade
of the second division of Georgia Militia.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, November 14, 1836.
On motion of Mr. Bums, the house determin
ed to reconsider the rejected resolution for au
thorizing the introduction of hills instantor, and
dispensing with notices and application for the
appointment of committees.
U. Dart, Esq., a member from Glynn, ap
peared, and having taken the oath provided,
took his seat.
Bills read first time.
Reported by Mr. Flournoy, to incorporate
the Planters and Mechanics’ Bank of Colum-
Inis.
Mr. Rhodes, to amend the charter of the
Georgia Insurance and Trust Company.
Mr. Bryson, to change the name of Martha
G. Conally.
Mr. Harris of Newton, to incorporate Little
River Academy.
Mr. Hampton, to appointfour additional trus
tees for Dublin Academy.
Mr. Daniel of Madison, to alter the 3J, ith,
and 12th sections of the 3J article of the consti
tution.
Mr. Holland, to raise by lottery the sum of
830,000, to build a masonic and city hall iu Co
lumbus.
Mr. Kinsey, to extend the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace.
Mr. Keith ol Decatur, to compensate volun
teers in the southern and southwestern counties.
Mr. Price of Gilmer, to appropriate money
to lay out and open a road from Dahlonegah to
Murray county.
Mr. Cleveland, to amend the tax laws.
Mr. Hall, to remove the court-house of Ap
pling to some central point.
M r. John B. La mar, to incorporate the Mer
chants and Planters’ Insurance and Trust
Company of Macon.
Mr. Harris of Burke, to compensate the
sheriff of Burke for his services in summoning
the grand and petit jurors.
Mr. Harris of Burke, to compensate the jurors
ol Bm ke.
Mr. Harris of Burke, for the benefit of
posthumous children.
Mr. Clark of Camden, to incorporate the
Centreville Rifle Company in Camden.
Mr. Drvsdale, to change the name of Patrick
Ramsholtom.
Mr. Duncan, to amend the charter of the
town of Perry.
Mr. Burns, to alter a part of the 1st section of
the 3d aitide ofthe constitution.
Mr. Hill of Jasper, to indemnify the owners
of slaves executed under the laws of the State.
Mr. Gray, to compensate witnesses in behalf
of the State, attending courts out of the coun
ties in which they reside.
Mr. Gray, to authorize the justices of the
inferior court of Jones to levy an extra tax, to
build a jail.
Petitions presented and referred.
Bv Mi. Rogers, the petition of the administra
trix of Joel Rushin.
Mr. Drvsdale the petition of the Georgia
Medical Society.
Mr. Drysdale, the petition of the pilots of
Savannah.
Mr. Pryor, the petition of sundry citizens of
Harris, iu relation to the Botanic System ol
medicine.
Mr. Pitman, the petition of sundry citizens of
Troup, in relation to the Botanic System of
medicine.
Mr. Rhodes, the petition of the central com
mittee of stockholders of the Darien Bank,
praying certain alterations in the charter.
RESOLUTION AGREED TO.
On motion of Mr. Harris of Baldwin, calling
on the governor fur copies of letters not traits-
initted with his annual message, touching the
demand made by him oir General Jesup, fur the
delivery of Jim Henry; and especially copies
of the letters of Colonel S. Rockwell, and Cap
tain II. Garmany.
The house was informed through Mr. Sturgis,
of the appointment liv the senate of the joint
standing committees on the part ol that body.
A message was received Ir in the governor
by Mr. Gaither, his secretary, informing the
house that he had approved and signed the iv-so-
lotion fur the election on this da} 7 , of a senator
to the congress ofthe United States.
The speaker announced the reception of
communications from the treasurer, Thomas
Havocs, Esq., and the comptroller general, John
G. Park, Esq., which were read and referred to
the committee on Finance.
The following message was received from
the governor, by Mr. Gaither, his secretary:
Executive Department, Ga.
jorrrtt avenue, rrucemorr 14, 1836.
Colonel Brisbane and Mr. White have com
pleted the survey of the route through the
mountains on the northern and northwestern
frontier of Georgia and made a report of the
result, which is herewith transmitted to the house
of representatives.
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
It was read and referred to the committee on
Internal Improvement.
The senate was received into the representa
tive chamber, and the general assembly pro
ceeded to elect a senator to the congress ofthe
United States, forsix years from and after the
3d of March next; and the honorable ALFRED
CUTIIBERT was duly elect< d.
Tuesday, November 15, 1836.
On motion of Mr. Jenkins, the house agreed
to reconsider the reference of the memorial of
the Central Committee of the stockholders of
the Darien Bank.
RESOLUTION AGREED TO.
On motion of Mr. Hairis of Baldwin, to
authorize the employment of additional assis
tants in the surveyor general’s office, promptly
to accommodate applicants for grants, until per
manent provision be made therefor bv the legis
lature.
Resolution from the Senate agreed to.
To authorize and request the governor to
grant to John Lasse ter, of Troup, lot of land
number two, in the sixteenth district of originally
Carroll, now Troup.
To print select documents accompanying the
governor’s message, with an amendment.
The following message was received from the
governor, by Mr. Robinson, his secretary :
Executive Department, Georgia,
Milledgerille, loth Nov., 1836.
The representatives of the State’s interest in
a meeting of the stockholders of the Darien
Bank, who were appointed in conformity to the
charter have discharged the duty assigned them
and submitted to the executive a report o( their
proceedings, which I herewith transmit to the
House of Representatives.
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
Bills from the Senate, read first lime.
To authorize the Roman Catholic church of
Augusta to dispose of certain real estate therein.
To repeal the 8th nnd 9th sections of nn act
to incorporate the Mount Pleasant academy in
Murray.
To change the times of holding the superior
and inferior courts in the Cherokee circuit.
To repeal an act to consolidate the academic
and poor school fund of Wilkinson.
To amend the 2d section of an act authorizing
the issuing of grants to fortunate drawers in the
Cherokee territory.
Bills read first time.
Reported by Mr. Davis of Elbert, to niter
the times of holding the superior and interior
courts of Taliaferro and Wilkes.
Mr. Merriwether, lo encourage volunteer
companies.
Mr. Bryant, to compensate the petit jurors of
Walton.
Mr. Dougherty, to alter the times of holding
the superior courts of the Coweta circuit.
Mr. Miller, to regulate proceedings in certain
cases, where the plaintiff shall die after judg.
ment is obtained.
Mr. Bulloch, to add a section to the 12th
division of the penal code.
Mr. Harris of Baldwin, to require all acknow
ledgment of debts barred by the statute of
limitations, made after the 1st of Mnv next, in
order to be binding, to be in writing, nnd signed
by the party making it.
Mr. Harris of Baldwin, to appropriate money
for the improvement of the navigation of the
Oconee river.
The speaker announced the following select
committees on portions of the governor’s mes
sage.
On public buildings and improvements of the
State House—Messrs. Brown, Hammond and
Branham.
On the institution for the reception of lunatics
and idio’s—Messrs. Gordon of Chatham, Hines
of Effingham, and Rhodes. Tins matter was
subsequently referred,on motion of Mr. Gordon,
to t;ie committee on free schools and public
education.
On the subject of I’te Small Pox—Messrs.
Bulloch, Cone and Quurtermau.
Mr. Harris of Baldwin, was added to the
judieiary committee.
Petition presented and referred.
By Mr. Easley, the petition of sundry ci:i-
zens of Walton, in behalf ol the practice ol
medicine on the Botanic System.
The speaker announced a communication
from O. II. Prince, Esq., on the subject ol
digesting the laws of this State, which was read
and referred to the judiciary committee.
Wednesday, November 16, 1S36.
Resolution agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Bolton. To furnish ten cop
ies of “An abstract of infantry tactics ’ for the
use of the militia officers of W ilkes.
From the judiciary committee. Jo refer to
the judiciary committee for consideration, all
bills to amend the judiciary system, except the
biil to repeal the clause of the constitution for
establishing a court for the correction of er.
rors, and the biil to carry said clause into ef
fect.
On motion of Mr. Harris of Newton. lo
call on the governor Ibr information whether
there is any vacancy at this time in our delega
tion in congress; whether any resignation has
been tendered to him and withdrawn, and re
questing a cop} of any letter lie may have re
ceived <>n the subject.
Also a resolution requiring the clerk to cause
to he engrosse I every hill passed and every re
solution agreed to, before it shall he carried to
the senate; and allowing one additional assis
tant clerk for this duty.
Resolution from senate concurred in.
To pay to Charlton Hines, for the use of the
trustees of the poor school fund of Liberty all
dividends which may have been apportioned to
said fund.
Bills read the first time.
Reported bv M . Hall. l o establish pre
cinct elections for the election ol county officers
in Appling.
Reported bv Mr. Hammond. To repeal the
first, second, third, fourth, and ninth sections of
an act to regulate the licensing of physicians,
passed 24th December, 1825; and the seven-
teentli and eighteenth sections of the tenth di
vision of the penal code of 1833, so far as they
subject to punishment persons practising medi
cine consisting of vegetable preparations, nnd
to relieve said persons from the disabilities ere-
ated hv said sections, and to authorize them to
practice and collect under certain restrictions.
Reported hv Mr. James Lamar. To amend
the charter of the Monroe rail-road company,
and to extend its routes, and to change its
name.
Reported by Mr. Rogers. To incorporate
the Carrolton rail road company.
Reported bv Mr. Bulloch. To punish slaves
and fine persons of color.
Reported by Mr. Foard of Cherokee. To
appropriate money to said county, for the im
provement of its roads and bridges.
Reported bv Mr. Colbert. To compensate
petit jurors in Crawford; and also the sheriff for
summoning them.
Reported by Mr. Diamond. To compensate
one justice of the peace for carrying up the el
ection returns from tin- precincts in DeKalb.
Reported in Mr. Mitchell. To establish a
ferry acroosTugaio river.
Reported bv Mr. Holcombe. To reduce the
ntimb'-r of justices of the inferior court to one,
and lo define tile duties of that office.
Reported bv Mr. Smith of Hancock. To
prescribe the manner in which property may
be loaned to children.
Reported by Mr. Petit. To compensate the
|,oto ol' I l. nrv.
Reported bv Mr. Pitman. To appropriate
money for the support of government for the
political year 1837.
Reported bv Mr. Campbell. To compel
owneis of plantations and slaves in Jeffeison,
to pay tax for the same, in said county.
Reported by Mr. Crane. To prevent a levy
and sale of growing crops in certain cases.
Reported by Mr. Reeves. To compensate
grand and petit jurors in Merriwether, and the
sheriff fin- summoning them.
Reported by Mr. Catliall. To improve the
roads and bridges in Murray.
Reported hv Mr. M-Kiuley. To incorpo
rate the Chilowhce Turnpike Company.
Reported by Mr. Bryson. To add a part of
Cobb, Campbell, and Carroll, to Paulding, and
to lay out and organize a new county.
Reported by Mr. Rhodes. To authorize the
justices ol the inferior courts in the several couu
t:es, to compensate grand and petit jurors, ami
to provide a fund for that purpose.
Reported bv Mr. Miller. To amend the se
veral acts in relation to the citv of Augusta,
and the court of common pleas of said city.
Reported by Mr. Dismukes. To compensate
persons for p ovisions and transportation during
the late Indian wars, and to pay those \v ho have
served therein, and received no pay.
Reported bv Mr. Stephens. To provide and
regulate court seals iu courts of record.
Bills passed.
To regulate the commissions of tax collectors
and receivers.
To enable W. J. C. Allen and W. Campbell,
aliens, to bold certain real es ate iu Richmond.
Memorials and petitions presented and referred.
By Mr. John B. Lamar. The memorial of
the trustees of the Georgia Female College.
Bv Mr. Easley. The two petitions of sun
dry citizens of Walton, in favor of the Botanic
system ol medicine.
Thursday, November 17, 1836.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend the 2d section of the act anthoriz
ing the issuing of grants fin- land in the different
Cherokee counties, passed December 23, 1835.
To reorganize the office of adjutant general.
The following message was received from
the governor by Ins secretary, Mr. Kobinson:
\uxecutire Depart as i Ga.,
17/A November 1836.
I have received this morning a co ; munica-
tion from brigadier-general Aaron W. t mr, of
the 1st brigade and 2d division Georgia Militia,
notifying me ol bis lunoval beyond the limits of
bis command.
A vacancy lias therefore occurred in the
office of Brigadier General of the 1st brigade
and 2d division. WILLIAM SCHLEY.
MEMORIAL
Of tlm Rail Road Convention recently assem
bled at Macon, was presented by Mr. Gordon of
Chatham, and referred to the joint standing
committee on internal improvement; and three
hundred copies were ordered to be printed.
flic following message was received from
the governor by Mr. Robinson, liissecretary:
Execulire Department, Georgia,
Mi/ledgcri/le, Nor. 17, 1836.
By a resolution ot the house of representa
tives passed on the 16th instant, and laid on my
table this morning, the governor is requested to
inform that branch of the legislature if any
vacancy now exists in the delegation in con
gress, and whether any resignation has been
tendered to him and withdrawn; and also to
furnish this house with n copy of nnv letters he
may have received on the subject. In answer
to the first part ol this resolution I have to in-
form the house of representatives that one
vacancy now exists in the delegation to con
gress, which has been caused bv the act of
Providence in depriving the people of Georgia
of the services ol their able nnd virtuous repre
sentative, the much lamented General JOHN
COFFEE. So soon as his death was made
known to the executive, an election to fill tire
vacancy was ordeiOd to be held on tho 7th of
this instant, which was accordingly done and
many ofthe returns have been made to this de
partment; hut as all have not arrived it is not
in my power now to inform the house who has
been elected. Upon the second branch of the
resolution, I reply, that no resignation has been
tendered to me since I have occupied the execu
tive chair by any representative ol the people
in the congress of the l uited States, and as a
matter of course could not have been w ithdrawn.
I have net received letters oil the subjects of
resignations of members of congress either from
the members themselves or any of them nor
from smv other person or persons. A lew days
ago. I received a communication from the Hon.
George W. Towns, dated at 1’albolton on the
7th ins'ant, a copv of which accompanies this
message. Whether this letter has any reference
lo the subject embraced in the resolution, is a
question that I am not able to answer, and there
fore respectfully refer it to the house of repre
sentatives. WILLIAM SCHLEY.
Resolution laid on the table.
Bv Mr. Davis of Elbert, for the appointment
of a committee to c insider unsettled accounts fin-
subsistence and clothing purchased by officers
commanding companies in the Seminole cam
paign, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Friday, November 18, 1836.
Mr. MKinlev moved to reconsider the bill
passed yesterday to reorganize the adjutant ge
neral’s office. The house refused to rcconsid
er.
Resolutions laid on the table.
Bv Mr. Bentlv, to supply the county of Hon
rv with sixteen copies of the militia law.
Mr. I larris of Newton, to employ suitable
engineers to examine the rivers of this state.
Resolutions agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Kelly ol Houston, for the
election, on the 19th inst. at twelve o’clock M.
of a brigadier general to command the first bri
gade of the second division, Georgia militia.
Mr. MMxinloy, to refer to the judiciary corn
mine an inquiry as to the propriety of making
gambling debts collectable.
Mr. Cleveland, to refer so much of tbe gov
ernor’smessage as relates to consolidated returns
of the votes given in for representatives in con
gress to tbe select committee, to consider tin
propriety of laying off the Slate into congres
sional districts.
Mr. Crane, for the election on the 19th inst
at twelve o’clock M. ol a major general for tile
fifth division Georgia militia, to fi I the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of general R. C
Shorter.
Mr. M-Kinley, to refer to the joint standing
judiciary committee several ainendinent^of the
judiciary system.
Petitions and memorials.
Presented by .Mr. Strickland, for the relief of
John Wilson.
Mr. Colbert, the memorial of sundry citizens
of Upson and Crawford, iu relation to the Botan
ie System ol Medicine.
Mr. M-Donald, the memorial of sundry citi
zens of Darien and a portion of tho stockhold
ors of the Bank of Darien, protesting against
removing said bank from Darien.
Mr. Flournoy, a memorial in behalf of Wil
liam Cox.
Mi. Miller, the petition of P. Bennoch, on
the part of the Augusta Insurance company.
Mr. Harris of Baldwin, a petition for the re
lief of Hannah Lanas.
Mr. Foard of Cherokee, for the reiiefof John
Naior.
Bills read the first time.
Reported by Mr. Kinsey, to appropriate mon
ey to build a bridge across the Chattuhoochie,
near Dobb'ti’s Ford in Hall.
Mr. Mitchell, to amend the road and bridge
laws, so far ns relates to letting of bridges.
Mr. Dart, to increase the capital ofthe Bruns
wick canal and rail road company.
Mr. Hamilton, to provide fin-the compensa
tion of the grand and petit jurors of Gwinnett.
Mr. Ogilby, to authorise tbe collection of
tcrest on open accounts.
Mr. Brown, more effectually to prevent the
digging of gold by Cherokee Indians, or per
sons claiming through them, or as head of an
Indian family.
Mr. Flournoy, to compel purchasers of lots,
fractions, and town lots from the state, to pay-
taxes thereon.
Mr. Flournoy, to authorize James Monroe
Mitchell of Muscogee to plead and practice law
Mr. Flournoy, to vest in purchasers who have
paid for the same, titles to lots and fractions ad
vertised in 1834.
Mr. Kelly of Houston, to appropriate money
for the improvement of the Flint river.
Mr. Kelly, to increase tbe salaries of the at
torney and solicitors general.
Mr. Allen of Laurens, to amend the law re
gulating the poor-school fund of Laurens.
Mr. Strickland, to repeal the 17th section of
the 10th division el" the penal code.
Mr. Harris of Newton, to change the names
of certain persons, and to legitamatize them.
Mr. Ford, to exempt grand and petit jurors
from paying toll across ferries on the Flint in
Lee.
Mr. Bolton, to amend tiie road laws, so far as
relates to Wilkes.
Mr. James Lamar, to consolidate the acts
chattering Macon.
Mr. Harrison, to prevent judgments and
executions hereafter obtained, binding property,
until levied on in the liuudsof defendants.
Mr. Espey, to appropriate money to open a
road in Cass.
Mr. Bulloch, to give jurisdiction to justices
ofthe peace in Chatham, in actions for damages
not exceeding thirty dollars.
Mr. Davis of Elbert, to repeal the act of
1835, adding a part of Taliaferro to Wilkes.
Mr. Keith of Decatur, requiring precinct
elections in Decatur to be held at the places of
Inildiug justices’ coui ts.
Mr. Drysdale, to revive an act to incorporate
the Georgia Medical Society, passed in 1804.
Mr. Colley, to add the academic to the poor
school fund of Baker.
Mr. Beck, to assess a tax on shows in Henry.
BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Pioneer Steam Boat Com
pany.
To incorporate the Chatlaiioochic Steam Boat
Company.
Messages were received from the governor,
asking ail appropriation to pay the accounts of
Colonel Brisbane and Mr. White, engineers
employed under a resolution of the last legisla
ture, in answer to a resolution of the house
as lo the available arms and other Sciences of
the State, and its other d_fences, the arms in
tho arsenals at Muiedgeville and Savannah, and
ti'iuso drawn out to be employed in the Seminole
and Creek wars; and communicating the resigna
tion of .Major General R. C. Shorter.
lists, particulars not received.
tember, that general Hodil had gained Campbell and las friends; f (rr lt ,
some important successes over the Car- j him oa ground on which il u , v
(support him without doing Vioff, " ot
; their principles of honor and n a trinr tn
and they voted against him. Usn >,
The flaming zeal ofthe nullifie.,
gainst the abolitionists is sheer affect;,^*
ev
professions are as hollow as t |, e
FEDERAL UNION.
MII.LEDGEVILI.E, NOV. 22, 183G.
THE SYNOD of 1 ho Presbyterian
Church of Georgia and South Carolina
will convene in Millcdgevillc, on the 25th
instant.
MIDWAY MANUAL LABOUR IN
STITUTE. The examination which
closed the summer and fall term of this in
stitution has sustained its high reputation.
It was of the most searching character;
and the scholars evinced that thorough ac
quaintance with t lie branches of science
in which they had been instructed, which
is always attained under that eminent
scholar and disciplinarian, the Rev. Car
lisle P. Beemax. The assistant teach
ers also are worthy of great commenda
tion. This institution deserves the high
confidence of an enlightened public. It
will constitute a solid foundation for the
superstructure of a university about tube
reared on it, under the same auspiciou
management. The trustees hold their
annual session, in Milledgeville, on the
24th instant.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
MAINE,—The Democratic ticket has
succeeded, ir is thought hv a majority of
five thousand—ten electors.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.—All the towns
heard from have given democratic ma
jorities—seven electors.
CONNECTICUT has given a demo
cratic majority of seven hundred and eight
—eight electors.
NEW YORK.—The counties heard
from make it certain that the democratic
majority will he about twenty thousand
—fortv-t.wo electors.
PENNSYLVANIA,—All the counties
hut five have been heard from, and the
democratic majority, so far, is four thou
sand two hundred nnd eighty-four; the re
maining counties will not materially vary
the result—thirty votes.
VIRGINIA. All but twenty-seven
counties have been heard from, which
give a democratic majority of four thou
sand five hundred and forty eight—twen
ty three electors.
These States will give Air. Van Buren
one hundred and twenty electoral-votes.
Vermont, Delaware, Maryland and
Ohio also have been heard from; and they
have given whig majorities. From these
States Harrison will receive forty-one
electoral votes.
From North Carolina, Mississippi, and
Louisiana, the returns, as far as received,
are favorable to the democratic cause;
hut the information is not decisive. The
reports from Alabama also indicate the
success of the same good cause; but we
cannot as vet announce it with confidence.
( 'tDo.
arc loud. We know that, in com,*
wttii die whole South, they arc , m ,n ° n
to abolition; but they are constantly Jr
tins topic merely for party Greet atl 10 ' %
The subjoined are the addresser . ■
President of tho Senate and Sn en |f tllc 1
the House of Representatives ofitht^
gislature of Georgia, on taking their. H
after their election. >ea k
TilR PRESIDENT’S SPEECH
Gextlemkx OF Tin: Sexatk—The r
lteh has been shown me bv this bodv in ,
mg me to the discharge of the duties J* '
chair, is duly appreciated; and this mnU-L, lhe
pression of yoi
duct, demands
flu
in call.
this m -° f '
pression of your approbation of mv
' my " nrmcst "jknowWgmeJ
list of my own ihT *
to perform- the important and arduous ditties i*
cumbent on the chair correctly, causes
enter upon them with tho greater diiG p*
Every effort however shall L
part to render as faithful and impartial 1° U
charge of those duties as I an, cnpnbh
With the aid and co-operation ofthe S'.n
flutter myself that that order and dAni^m
be maintained which should character!™ „ w /
!ffin" hlS ’ " " h0Ut ' l 1 °' !ire n ° f l )romisc you an!-
Such rules as you may adopt fi„ r your
vernment during the present session, I £
strictly nuhere te: and, on any question in w hl
I may feel a drffieulty, I must claim the
diligence of the Senate in calling to my aid,I*
counsel of abler and more experienced
than mvself.
m rnbei
Advices from Madrid are to the 28th
September. The news of the victory
gained by brigadier general Alaix over
the Garlists under Gamez, Cabrera, El
Serrador, and other chiefs, is fully con
firmed. 'The Carlists lost thirteen hun
dred prisoners. The pursuit ofthe living
Carlists resulted, in the course ofthe next
four or five days, in the capture of five or
six hundred more prisoners, and the total
dispersion of the small parties into which
the Carlist forces had broken up.
The government had issued a decree,
confiscating the temporal possessions of
all priests who have absented themselves
front the kingdom, without permission ob
tained since December, 1S35.
Don Carlos has solemnly decreed the
re-establishment of the inquisition.
News reached Madrid on the 27th Sep-
FRANK LIN COL LEGE.—Monday,
the 14th instant, being the day appointed
by law for that purpose, a quorum of the
trustees with the president of this insti
tution convened in the senate chamber
with a quorum of tlie senators, the gov
ernor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives, and firmed the Senatus
Academieus. Tbe usual business of this
body was transacted; and it adjourned
on the loth, sine die. The trustees did
not appoint a successor to the lute Dr.
Presley, in the Bil/rs Letters professor-
hip.
MILITARY ELECTIONS BY THE GE
NERAL ASSEMBLY.-GUSTAYUS HEN-
DRICK, General of the .second Brigade of the
fifth Division; JOSEPH RENNET, General
ol the first Brigade of the eighth Division;
GEORGE W. SUMMERS, General ofthe
first Brigade of the second Division; and JOHN
W. BURNEY, General of the fifih Division.
HOLLOW PROFESSIONS. We
have often charged lhe nullifiers with hav
ing used the abolition question merely as
party engine. They professed to be in
dignant at the imputation; but their course
it the late election of a senator to the con
gress of the United States demonstrates
the justice ol’ the censure. During the
ast session of congress, Gen. Glascock
poke and voted against receiving the pe
titions of the abolitionists. In the very
time session Col. Alfred Cuthbert also
poke and voted against receiving ihose
petitions. When Gen. Glasecok was a
candidate for re-election, the nullifiers
professed the most cordial approbation of
this course. Because he had opposed
the abolitionists in this especial manner,
Col. Howard, the favorite candidate of
the nullifiers, must -decline in his favor;
his early and persevering champion of
nullification is honored and glorified bv
his party, because he withdraws Ids own
aims, and commends Gen, Glascock to
that support which h-.d been designed for
himself. But when Col. Alfred Cuthbert
>3 a candidate lor re-election, the verv
same course on his part does not concili
ate for him the vote of a single nullifier.
To speak and vote against receiving the
abolition petitions suddenly cease to be
acts of distinguished patriotism; and their
whole force is rallied in united opposition
to a man who pursued a course on which,
a month ago, they bestowed unmeasura
ble applause. There is another circum
stance which marks their unparallelled in
consistency. Their favorite candidate
was withdrawn to secure the re-election
of Gen. Glascock; but to prevent the ro-c-
lection of Col. Cuthbert, they adhere to no
candidate of their own party; they act
under the banner of a gentleman who dis
sents from their entire political creed.—
\\ e have reason to believe, that on this
occasion they used the name of Col. John
W. Campbell without his knowledge; and
that had he been present, he would n t
have permitted them to make him the in
strument for attempting to mar the har
mony which has been restored between
those Union men who prefer Van Buren
and those who have supported White.—
The manoeuvre was unkind both to Col.
I trust, gentlemen, that on all important
questions winch may be presented before
nothing like sectional feelings will be p cr
rnitted to have any influence over our actions' Hi
but that tho happiness and prosperity 0 f th’ ®
whole people of Georgia, under the nroterii*.
of Providence, mav he promoted by our
sion.
Accept, gentlemen, my humble acknowledf.
monts for the honor which you have beep
pleased to confer upon me, and my best wishes
for your prosperity.
THE SPEAKER’S ADDRESS.
Gextlemkx-—Under the provisions of i|, e
constitution of our State, w e have, in our reprr.
sontativc capacity, once more assembled to^eth.
er, and ns a co-ordinate branch of the legist
ture of Georgia, are about to enter on the dis
charge of the trust confided to usbyourcon.
stituents.
Our’s is an important and responsible trust.
We are the immediate representatives of neai
half a million of people, who look to us for the
preservation of their rights, and the promotion
ol their welfare.
Many important subjects will be presented
for the consideration of this body, on which va
rious and conflicting opinions prevail among the
people, f hat sectional feeling, and sectional
interests, should be found to exist to some ex
tent, is a natural consequence arising from the
present state of affairs in our country, but
feelings and such interests should not be snlfi'rrd
to predominate over the- genera! welfare oT the
community at large.
Although this house forms but a co-ordinate
department of the government, in framing nnd
passing laws, we should nevertheless he equally
as cautious and vigilant as if the whole law
making power, rested with us alone. For our
acts we are accountable not only to our constitu
ents but to posterity.
In the discussion of such matters ns mnv be
introduced before us, I entertain the fond hope,
that on all occasions, a calm, dispassionate course
will be pursued, that unnecessarily warm ex
pressions, personal allusions and bilti t sarcasms
will be avoided, that moderation and forbear
ance will, during tho present session, character
ize the proceedings of this house.
In deciding the many points of order that will
necessarily be raised, errors may and in all pro-
liability will be committed. I will promiseno
thing but nn impartial and strict attention to
tho business confided to the chair. If errors
are committed they shall he unintentional on
m}’ P ar f a,,( l for such I ask the indulgence of
the house.
For the honor conferred on me in theap,
pointment, suffer me, gentlemen, to make you
a tenner of my warmest acknowledgments.
FOR TItE FEDERAL VXIOX.
THE SURPLUS REVENUE.
Among tiie many very important questions
that present them-'el ves to the serious considers,
non of the present legislature, there is one, in
the disposal of which, the people of Georgia,
feel a deep nr.d abiding interest. It is, what
ate 1110 proper measures to be adopted in rela
tion to the surplus revenue? Upon this question,
to ) much reflection cannot be bestowed, or too
much caution exercised. It brings with it,
considerations peculiarly impressive/and claims
an interest of no ordinary kind. The oreat
monied interests of the State, flourishing as it
now is and a? we hope it ever may be, will ia
the event ol a faithful discharge of the duties
ol the present legislature, receive an accession,
tnat will puice her schemes of improvement up-
on a basis, too firm to be shaken by the pre.
judiecs of party, or overturned bv tl.J machina
tions of the unprincipled. Yet, should a »aiss
gimled policy, advocated as it may bo, with «lf
the force and energy of talented and self-inter- "
ested men, be forc.-d upon tho tide of public
lavor, and control the understanding of those
who are honest and unsuspecting, then where,
wo would ask, will be found tbe arm, that could
arrest the rapid succession of evils that would
fohow. Hie step to be taken must be a .leci-
stvo one, the principles to be expressed must
iio.m K r, tiactej. If the sacred spirit ofthe
consuuui. , has been misconstrued, and inisap- -j
k) - • ov congressional legislation, then let the
v.iice of Georgia, as it ever has been, be heard
wil l an energy no* lo be misunderstood, in loud
and lasting condemnation. By nn act of con
gress, to regulate the deposites of public money,
Georgia in common with her sister Stales, re
ceives a portion of the surplus revenue. A*
the consideration of the propriety of receiving
or rejecting this apportionment, is now to hr
laid aside, iherc is but one important point 1°
be considered, which, is the manner of dispos-
ing of it. [ am not one of those, who would
attempt to advise or dictate to a council of my
Slate, hut I am one among the thousands, who*®
interest and feelings on this subject, stag' 5 '
fears and forebodings, that are not to ho vie**®
as the idle whims of lhe ignorant, or the hyp®*
critical slang of the ambitions politician.
I have watched the progiess o" events for d |n
last few years, fora very little purpose, did ^
not now sec, that these are times of groat polili*
cr.l corruption. The anxious patriot knows not
whom to trust, or whom to suspect. Parti®' 11
warfare is urged with a zeal, that triumph 3
over principle, and political dishonesty secure 3
a passport to distinction. It has been very truly
observed, that “monoy is power.” It regular
the conduct of man, forms tlie orion of his ulth
matuni, and sways with nn irrcsistable fere®
tho destinies of nations. In the contests be
tween parties for power, the acquisition of d' 13
great lever forms no common part. It is n |J *
to be wondered at then, that those who are not
permitted to join in the investment of the great
amount ol capital that soon falls into the posses
sion of Georgia, look with such anxious solic*’-
tude, to the conduct of those to whom su( -h
power has been delegated. In the disposition