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r SAVANNAH 2 / Uet it. C tC7* • / GEORGIAN NEW SEME•—VuL. II RA VAXAfASATURDAr MORJWTG, DECEAMRR 81,1888. MO la C-l'g 8 v A N N A H: FRIll'Y "i"'N , Ctntmt — In »l' e Home, am the u %inet. Mr Colden, of New York, iiibmittod • resolution c»H;np upon the President for tnformition with re (peril to any hostile ex pedition, prepared in the United States, •perttt the territory of any power in amity Witl! the United States, and whether any rncaaurea have been tuken to bring to pn- tishment those concerned in inch expe-^ dition. It will be perceived that this re solution alludes to the far-famed Porto-lti- co or ■* Mysterious” expedition, of which ,90 much has been said, Mr. Condict offer ed a resolution for euKailing the current expcnces of the House, and to provide for ftirther checks on the disbursement of the Contingent fund. - M The. first bill, aays tlic Intelligencer, Wrhich has passed either House of Con gress at thi^session, is an act of justice too long withheld. We speak op the bill Which has passed the House of Represen tatives for indemnifying our citizens who, When Michigan was held by the British Muring the late war, advanced their all to lanaom’he captives brought in by thclp- aliana in the British service. It would be ft reproach to the nation, had the delay been deliberate and intentional, that in demnity for an expenditure of this sort •houid have been so lung delayed. It appears that the Bangor Bank have tines July last, reduced their circula tion from 130,000 to 73,000 dollars, and have resumed specie payments. It is also itated, that they have in the City Bhnk of Boston a clear deposit ot' 40,000 dollars, and can pursue their business for the future with entire security to the pub lic. Capt. Seaward, of the schr. Frances, from Curacoa, arrived at Norfolk, states, that the markets were very dull indeed for all kinds of American produce, the Warehouses and stores were literally til- Jftd, and no demand for it, Cauan.—There was received and ship, fled at the warehouse in Hamburg, (S. * 1} between the periods of tbe 1st Marcli and Soth Nov.—received, 24,000 bales j ship, jped, 22,500—the number of 25U0 remain- _____ Urori'/.—Advices received at l'hiladel- Jlhia from Pernambuco, to the 12th Oct, continue to represent' the Brazils ns in a very unsettled state. The new Emperor *• Don Pedro,” after his coronation had ordered that those who did not take the catb of allegiance in 60 day s, were to leave Use country. A fleet was daily expected ct Pernambuco from Portugal with troops for Bahia, the government of which was snaking preparations for an obstinate re sistance. The members wore a badge on their arm, with the motto" Independence or Death.” Their object is to hold out in favor of the crown of Portugal in opposi tion to the views of the upstart Emperor, Who had a blockading squadron off Bahia, for the purpose of interrupting supplies. \/hftt the Treasury Deportment {su' 1 the Washington City Gazette,) has performed under Mr. Cjawlnrtl’s adlui nisi ration. is shewn in the Mcs- tageof the President.' On the 4th of March, 1817, there wero accounts Unsettled tn the tunuunt £103,000- 000 j of which, on the 30th of last ■September, there had beecn adjusted tipwaids til 33,000,000 dollars; hav.s ing oh that dav an unsettled balance ol less than £10,000,000. This in dustry, it must he admitted, is truly commendable ; and is, we will ven ture tb say, superior to any account ing labSr that took place under Mr. Hamilton or Mr Galatin, Tjw facts in the President's Mes sage fie of a must Ovcrtv helloing ensure fur those who hare so un justly raised an outcry against Mr Crawford, as being an enemy to Mr. Monroe's administration, From the lgrge arrears of an expensive war, he has brought the Treasury out fully supplied, alter discharging the pecu Diary obligations of Government. Mr. Monroe must be satisfied ot the great Value of such an officer in his cabinet. It he were not, he would be insensi ble to his own fame as Chief Magis trate. There will Ue nearly three million of dollars, clear ot tncutn fir,nets trout tbe demands of tbe pre gent year, in tbe Treasury on the 1st of January nsxt. New Year’s Dry vtli be a pleaaant one for the Exclie- /qun ; aud even (he prodigals, who, had they been left to their own course, would have made the Government bankrupt, smile, rub their hands, twinkle their eyes at the view ot the ,mount ol retidy money,and protest that Mr. Crswlord ii • Vtry Sgreea bin $iaittin»n. PRIVATE UOltltl 8PONDBNUK. Mnlt-dfcvile, Dec- 14. Bias Sis, I herewith transmit yon the Report of the Specitl Committee, to whom was re rerred so much of ths Governor’s Commu nication as relates ro Cot. Hammond. The evidence upon which the Report is bssed is now in press, and perbsps will be out on Wednesday next. No time shall he delay ed in obtaining a pamphlet and forwarding n to you. It is expected the Legislature will adjourn on Saturday next. REPORT, 8tc. Thb Committee to whom were re fered to so much of the Governor’s Message related to Abner Hammond, Secretary of State, and the documents which ou the same subject accoinpan ied it, RKPIIRT RESPECTFULLY! That in contflrinn v wnli the power given to ihem- by the representatives of the people, arid with a degree of attention becoming a matter so highly interesting tn the stale, involving a constitutional question of the utinnsi importance, they have from time to lime taken testimony in support of, and in opposition to, the following al legation:, ot his Excellency. The first five are considered by your committee to have been intended by that high ol finer, as exhibiting the causes of liis appointment of Simon Whitaker to the office of Secretary of State. 1st. "That about a month previous to the 12th of August last, Col. Ham mond absented himself from the seat of government without the knowledge of the Governor. 2d. “That he did not state to the Governor the length of time he inten ded to be absent 3d. "That he did not intimate to the Governor the place whither he was going 1 . 4th. "That a clerk, Contrary to the express orders of the Governor, per sisted in the discharge of the duties of the office as deputy, acting solely un der n letter of attorney from Cul. Hammond,and signing his individual name far that nr the Secretary,‘Thom as H Crawford,fiir Abner Hammond, Secretary of State.’ 5th. "That the seal of the state had been transferred to a mere bny, act ing under no oath or legal responsi bility.” To make it appear to the General Assembly that his Excellency, in ap pointing Mr. Whitaker wai governed by no motive unfriendly to tile welfare of Col. H .mmond, it is further alle ged in the message; 6th. "That the Executive mention ed lo Mr..Whitaker, that it would be gmtilying'to lee Executive that he should resign the office in the event ol the return of Cul. Hammond, und that he should retain the clerks then in ut ficc.” As matter affecting Col. Hammond alone, and not uffectiog the interest ing inquiry with relation tn the legiti macy of Whitaker’s appointment, the committee have viewed the two ensu ing charges. Upon these they propose to make a future report. 7th. "That the conduct of Col. Hammond was indecorous, rude, and vulgar, on hia return at his first inter view with the Executive, and with, the parson appointed in hi-place. 8th. "That Col. Hammond has of ten been unable, from various causes, to sign his name, and frequently got some one of the young men in the of fice to do it for him.” This charge is connected with a dec laration of generul inattention to the duties of his office. To give a summary of the mass of evidence before the committee, would be tedious and unnecessary. Tliey think it sufficient, as the entire evi dence is reported to the house, to pi e sent 6uch circumstances, together with rental ks by the committee, as appear most apposite tn the several allega tions successively.. 1st. That about & month previous to the 12ib of August last, Colonel Hammond absented himself, without the knowledge of the Governor from the seat of government. It is certain that Col. Hammond left the seat of government on the 11th of July, on a visit to the sea board, for the benefit of hia health. He had been previously infirm a considerable length of time, and believed tbjt bathing in salt water would remove his rheuma tism with which he'was then afflicted. It 19 believed by your committee, teat as much as the return to his post of a- ny officer at a distance could be cer tain, his w.ei. Mr. Cury had been in formed by him, that he intended to re'urn about the loth of August— Mr Crawford expected his return by the 1st of .September. Cob Hammond did actually return on the 17th of Au gust. It is certain that lie did not communicate to the Governor his in tention to go; but, from the evidence of Mr Crawford, it is probable Col. Hammond called at the executive of fice to impart his design, it is not certain that he went without the know ledge ol the GovtrDor t Jt seems like lv that hi« Excellency knew the Col. intended tn go; and if the public exig encies had demanded it, hr;might have do layed the accrctery’s departure, un der his F.xcellencv’s construction of his powers, until the pressure of offi cial business had measurably subsided. We think it likely, herau«e Mr Craiv- ford, Mr Askew, Mr Wood, Mr Cary, and Mr Pierce, all depose that the in tentiun of Col Hammnnil waa well known some days before hisdeparture. Mr ClnytoiYal-o gives his belief that it was generally understood. Mr Wood was then, as he yet is, a Secre. tary of the Executive department. It is in proof that the Governor "as with, in his office' on the 10th of July, and about that time attentive to his duties That Aft did not Itnnw what every state house officer and clerk, and his own secretary, well knew, is not cred ibie. Your committee are compelled to believe his Excellency intended to state that he had no official knowledge; hut ifhe had private information, was he nor, on his own principle of public utility controlling the claims of per snnal convenience, remiss in not sen ding for Hammond and objecting tn his departure? If this reinissnesj did exist, it operated as a sanction of the Secretary’s going away; as, in the opinion of your committee, docs his Excellency's subsequent virtual nffir., niaiion of Crawford's act before he went to Athens. 2d und 3d. The second and third alleg. tions are undoubtedly correct. Supposing Col. Hammond to have left Milledgevillc without the Exe culive’s knowledge, an important question inay here be considered.— Did his departure, without that know ledge, produce a vacancy "( bis of fice? If the vacancy was thereby causted, then nu one state-house of ficer now legally exercises his luric tions ; all having probably left Mil- b dgeville without the Governor’s knowledge, since their last election, for a greater or less distance, or a greater or less period of time. In truth, it must be either lawful or un lawful lor an officer to leave Millcdge- ville. As the constitution and laws arc silent, if it be lawful, the Govrr* not ‘a pet mission is not necessary ; if i( be unlawful, that permission.can not legalize it. It is believed that Cob Hammond violated no law by his journey to the low country.— Courtesy might have required a com munication of liis intention fu the Governor; but failing to be courteous cannot divest a right. The right tn locomotion is an universal nne; accep tance of office docs not destroy it; and being a constitutional officer, if lie improperly used that right, to the public detriment, Col. Hammond was liable to impeachment. The-Governor considers that Col. Hammorid’shaving absented hjmself withuut his knowledge, for an un certain time, gave him, by a correct interpretation of the word "other wise, a right to declare and fill a va cancy. We find this fruitful word in the 9th section of the 2d article of our state constitution. Your committcu liave been taught by the sages who lisve written on our forms of ^bvern- mcnt, that it is important to every free people, that the powers of their servants should be subject to res traints. They have learned that the government of Georgia is one of limi ted authority. Wherever a liberal construction of language may lay the basis of future tyranny, such a con struction is anti-republican, contrary tn the spirit of our institutions, and to he decidedly ri jented. May not liis Excellency's interpretation of the word " otherwise,” eventually, if now sanctioned, produce a tyranny f VVe know no officer in the state who is safe, il that interpretstion be legiti mate. The language of the constitn lion is—“ When any office shall be come vacant by death, resignation, or other wise, tho governor shall have power to fill such vacancy’” It is Iree from qualification — every officer may lose Ins offico at the will and pleasure of the chief magistrate. If the term " otherwise” bo not, cmifin ed in its signification to a vacancy created by operation of law, or tn some circumstance which, like “death or resignation,” by the common cun sent ot all men, occa-iona a vucanr.v — as a total removal from, and ji ved residence without the state—then is the idea o, restraint upon Executive authority an absurdity when applied to our Executive. Then we inav wonder at the folly of our ancestors who, in ont c.ffialistical word, • other wise,’ gave a power competent to de molish that safeguard of our liberties, which they intended to erect, when they declared that the legislative, executive and judicial authorities should be distinct, and consequently independent! Did they intend ou protection P If they intended it they could not have intended the word 'otherwise’ should have the signifies tion his Excellency is compelled, in •elf-defence, to give to it- Accord lo it this •ignifiedion—the elective right of the general Assembly is nugatory- the ihadow of appointment is with them thetub*Unce>ii with the Go- vor— since, the day after their ad journment, the officer whom they have chosen may he removed, because it hss pleased him, in bis discretion, to declare a vacancy. The Judiciu ry become powerless, for they also may be displaced, if to the Gover nor's comprehension, they have dot^e what amounts to a vacancy—or-it they be retsinfed and the executive smile permit their cowntinuance, the effect of their decree* may be suspend dctl by a removal of the alterin' or clerk. The language of the lection is without limit. Your committee are not »ware that they err in saying that the power may extend to the re moval of every officer known to the constitution: they certainly do not err wheti they affirm that there is no officer deliving hia authority imme diately from tin tegnUterp, who is not subject to removal if his Excellen ey’s interpretation be affirmed. Your general officers of the militia hold tlii-ir offices at the nod of the com mander in chief,—For although in the Instance ‘ of temporary absence frnm their commands, the constitu tion will not permit their commis sion! to expire, (presenting heit-.your committee conceive, the test by which the question ol occasional absence in a.iy other ofiicar may be tried,) yet the mind of man being fertile other causes of removal may be dis covered tor the in. The state may he brought into a contest with the feder al government. Fprif the word 'oth erwise,’ be equally liberally construed where we find it It/ the 9'h scolian of the 3d article of ffie U. Stales consti lotion, the Governor may displace a United States s/nator for. causes in bis judgment /strong, probably in that of flic Senate of the Union, trivi al. The word " Otherwise,” may afford numberless .orfcasions for the exer cise of passion! Confining it to the esse now befoije us, we believe that if the absence of a secretory of state (wo hundred ,miles from Millcdge ville, unil the uncertainty of his re. turn, cause a forfeiture, a governor may, at sonic subsequent period, d clare, upon the force of the preoedetri an absenca of five miles distance, and a like uncertainty, to cause another. If Ih t office:’s ulisence for five week- produce it, will not the principle equal i'y suppovj a vaouncy A lien liis absence is that or one week nr a day ? Tut principle in any of these instances, is that the incumbent is nut ready to answer, the demands of the people. The preventives known to this com mittec, against the gioss neglect of that officer, are the dread of suit upon liis bond, and the fear of impeachment, conviction and disgrace by the legis ture‘ But it il said that no system can be perfect,and that some discretiffil must be left to the Governor, that he inoy prevent the suffering of injury by the citizen. Much a discretion is said to lie pecesiary in the case before us — Your committee remind the house (hat 'necessity’ is proverbially 'a ty rant’s plea;’ and that those who do wrong invariably add o-s themselves to our passions. We should confide in our Governor, we are lolcl, because he must be presumed to be intelligent and virtuou-? VVe reply, that it must not be left tn a Governor’s conscience tn say what shall be the terms of the tenure of office; because the history of civilized man has amply proved, that among the rulers of states, some are as illiberal and unjust, as others are, benevolent and honest. VVliat surety have the people that their first magistrate would always be governed by the. purest feeling? Are not the most upright men subject to gusts ol intemperate passion? It is idlo to say that he would be curbed by public opinion! Our annals designate a be ing, now dejected and lallen—once elevated to the second post in official grade, adorning society by bis man ners, embellishing literature by dm attainments, enlivening the bur and the senate by his wonderful intellect —but who scjrned public opinion when ambition plead, It is true that a Go vernor nuy be impeached! Bat when impeached, he may (when a less exal ted officer would fail) succrasfully combat the accusation by asserting his innocent intentions, and appeal ing to a weak sen-ibiiity. It is diffi cult to penetrate the motives of vir tuous men. How much mure so those of a wily politician. Your committee present a legal construction, which they think irrefu tably fixes impropriety on tho act now under investigation. It is a settled luletliat when the lawgiver, in tram- ing a precept, on the same subject that occupied the attention of a fur ■nrr, omits words of substance used in the previous itatute, these cannot, by mere intendment of law, be con sidered as retained. The 3d sectiun of an act pasted on the 23d day of December, 1789, entitled ‘‘An act for regulating the appointment of justices of the peace in the several counties in this stite. and for empowering the Governor to fill up ill vacancies that may happen in office during the recess of the General Assembly,” decJsfes "that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor for tlii time hiring, when an office may become vacant by desth, resignation, removal from office by the Governor, nr ovlterways, to appoint some fit onri proper person to such of fice.” The words, "i e moval from of fice by the Governor," are omitted in the 9th section of the second article of the constitution, a section embrac ing the same general subject. The effect of omission it clear, if the prin ciple we assume be correct. In win firniMion, we say that although the laws of England, adopted by us as far os they are applicable to our poli tico) institutions and social condition, provide for aduni.einentx of children, requiring by the law of hatch pot, that if u child receive from hia parent a gift id peiaotui effects, that gift shall he returned into the distributive fund, before lie shall tie entitled to an equal share with others. Y, t this doctrine not being contained in our statute ol distribution of 1789, it was always considered as repudiated by its, until, the legislature of 1821 restored -its. principle by eiprq-s law. Until the words, “removal from office hy the Governor” be incorporated expressly in the constitution, we must consider them as containing a power, unknown to our free government. It ia absurd to insist upon a distinction between removal from office, and an appoint ment to a vacancy, in such a case as (liis of Abner Hammond. The ap pointment effects the removal. Proceeding to an investigation of the executive orders referred to us of the year 1798, Ike. your committee canton admit that his Excellency has a pre cedent in them. Were it admitted that the administration of 1798 would have made new appointments yet there being nothing in the constitution, ex pressly or impliedlv giving tbe author ity such appointments would have been illegal. No vacancy has even been declared for disobedience to them during tiiat administration, or since’ It is in evidence that officers have repeatedly since left the scat of gov ernment, without permission, and probably during every administration. Fbe orders hid be coin a obsolete ; iiitl your committee believe that, previous to their .publication in Octo her last, they were known tn very few individuals, and tu those only who had been limgestin the public employment. They are convinced that their exis teocc was not known by the Execu live on the day of Whitaker’s appoint, ment. But your committee deny that Gav, Jackson would have declared the of fice of Secretary of Stute vacated, if nis orders had been disobeyed. Being bound by tile 8th section of the Sil ur tide of the constitution, to give to the legislature "information Iroin time to time,” and "to recommend such mea- sures ns lie might deem necessary and expedient,” he conceived it to be At's duty, if the officers were guilty of long neglect of theirs, In give information ol it to those who had elected them, and who alone possessed the power of removal. The orders operated as a healthful caution, anil were intended to secure harmony and courtesy be tween the Governor and the depart ments. That this wos the meaning of that administration, will b; inaniles- ted b7 the following circumstances. First—Upon William R.ibertsun’s absenting himself from Louisville withuut permission, the Uovernor did not declare a vacancy after an absence of Bix weeks; although extracts might have been wanted from records of the senate $ but. isidSed an order un the lltli July, 1793, requiring Ins return. His practice, then, was certainly dif ferent from that of hia excellency, Gov. Clark. Secondly—After the adoption of the constitution, certain officers of (lie militia refused to obey it ; publicly af firming that they would not be bound by it. Ao act wus passed on the 16th Feb. 1799, to compel all officers, civil and military, to take and subscribe an oath to support it. In the second sec tion, (he Uovernor was authorised and refKired lo fill up vacancies arising from refusals or neglect to take the oath within six months after the pass age of (he act. Many officers of mi litia, justices of the peace, and justi ces ot the Inferior court, neglected to comply in due time; but the Governor, on the expiration of the six months, did nut consider these offices vacated, though tie had the sanction of a s« lenm act of the legisla'ure. “Ester taining some doubt as to the executive power of fitting the vacancies” (which the legislature hail conceived would be) “occasioned by this neglect, the consti tution having pointed out the method by which those queers should be ap pointed, and how they should be remov ed,” he I'cferred the subject to the General Assembly. Now (tie Govern or must have known that the stale house officers were liable to impeach ment under the constitution ; and it cannot lie imagined that, kuuiviog the inode of removing tlinn, lie would have usurped the legislative power.— He would have referred to the legisla ture their delinquencies in what he bclicreU to It their duty »» bt «><l to the legislature the conduct of officer* who did not ctfmplj with the I* sHviiiv* will. It is not material t i.it tho nfliccrfl neglected,rather that! f'dined, to take the until; the coneti- titinu presented to his mityil an imur- inmmtnble birrior. Yt»ur committee, fnwo thin precedent, ahewing n con- atructinn of our constitution by the enlist iidmmhtration under it, anil <•"' consistent with the liberty of tho ciiifcen, would, becumr- .lrd tojioiit the executive wdl. They consider that even the legislature could not have authorised the Governor by u statute, l)owev<*‘r eiplanatory and sp- letna, cla*tl will) all the forms of law, iru! supported by the executive sanc- •iun, tu cnitler the appointment uf ftecittary of Slate upon Simon Whjt^- hor. They proceed fnrfhrr, and uvt*r tfut If the It'KiahiJure had been iii.tteA* don on the I St h of Aug. fhev con Iff not have legally diverted Himmunit of his office, by the election of Whita ker. Thirdly—‘Voue committed next ref**’ t,o the ea tt e of Joseph Hutchinson, a notary Public of the county of Richmond, who was, in the year 1798, suspended by the Executive for supposed misbehaviour. GoVxiJackson deduced.Ids pmyer to s ii. penc!!tRittmftir.er, not troin the 9th section of till 2d article of the constitution, hut from the act of 1789, above referred lo, which your committee believe to have bten annulled bv that section. pension was oitle>rd on two grounds : 1st that no mode of tbiui was designated hy the constitution for a notary I’ublio, this officer not being known to the constitution. The law of 1789 via a believed to be in Krtce, as it waa improper tl ut there should exist an officer not amenable to the people. For the secretary of state, the administra tion of 1798 8c 9 knew u mode of trial was provided. 2d That i notary held his of fice during gootibehjiviour, and not for a limited period. The! secretary of State was known to hold hih office for two years or a limited period* and .to lie subject to non-election by tlfe Legislature if he act ed improperly Gavj Jack**ft did not un dertake, however, to/sospend an officer so humble as a notary public, for what h|? be lieved to be a Hagrapt- offence against the constitution of his country, until he hud taken the opinions Of the Solicitors Gene ral Van Allen und Caldwell. Upon these he acted, See tho Executive messages of 1799. 4th. Tho fourth charge of his Bxccltency is, “ That a Clerk, contrary to the express orders of the Governor, persisted in the • discharge of the duties of the office us deputy, acting solely under a lettar of at- * torney from Col. Hammond, and signing hit individual ip»me for that of the secrets* ry. <Thoma* H. • raw ford, for Abner Hum* mond, Secretary of State/ It is in evidence, that Crawford was left by Hammond in his office, acting under a power of attorney, it is true that Craw ford did sign r.s is stilted j*but, after tho written order of his excellency, lie did not persist in discharging any official a«t. Your committee will not pursue the exam* pie set them by the Governor, They will not decide whether, under the power of attorney, Crawford might legally act: it i» a question, believed to be exclusively for the judiciary to determine ; and having al ready come to a conclusion, that there was no vacancy in the office of Secretary of State* they do not conceive i. proper further to invade the province of a sepa rate body of magistracy, Hut they -unre servedly state, that they attach no censure to Col. Hammond for hia deputation of Crawford, During the years 1798 .99, the greater part of which, John Milton* Secretary of State, lived in llu kc county, it his residence, Horatio-Marbury acted for him, as his deputy, and signed liis name nv full—.«• Horatio Marbury, Deputy Secreta ry of Sta’e.” The county officer* commis sions, und military commissions, were is sued by him, with that style of office. Tnis was under the administration ofGovftuck- soi), who did not simply assent to such a practice, but expressly sanctioned it by an executive order of the 3d Nov. 1798, per mitting the Secretary of Senate to leave the seat of government, “he leaving some person to officiate for him in certifying any extracts that might he wanted.** Tho mas Johnson acted under a power of at torney from Horatio Marhury in 1802 or 3, when the lust wus Secretary of State, and lay ill of o-wound in Augusta. Rcnja- min Chcares also officiated for him at Milledgc ville. The records of Hammond’s office, the practice of all the cfficesfrom the your 1798—that of the Executive of fice itself-—shew that the performence of duties occasionnally by assistants, in the principal’s abscence, has been deemed ad* mlssiblc Nay> it is proved, that on the 10th of July, John Burch, a Secretary of his Excellency, signed ift his presence in the Executive office, on three platts, “ John Burch, for James Bozeman, comp troller General,” and that again on the thir teenth of August, the day of Whita ker’s induction into office, Burch sign ed, in like manner, for the same officer, if James Bozeman at the time, wus Attend ing to his duries as president of a bunk in Miiledgeville, duties inconsistent with a regular and steady attendance in h'rt office, why wss not the arm of equal justice <44 'ho same time elevated to deprive him of his legislativt appointment t When Mr. Boze man during the lust spring, went to Greene county, his duties were performed, tviik the Governor 1 * content, during a full week, by a Mr. Morgan of Miiledgeville. 7/stook no oath and gave no bond. The Governor is said by Mr. Wood to have expressed a. wish that Mr. Clayt^p would Jo hia own bu- siues— but he pstitiftaJ Mr..Gary to act for Mr. Clayton. Mr. Cary look no owih, and ga*'e no bond. Vour commltte sre informed byJfoe evidence; that 'vhen Col. Hammond left Miiledgeville, his oflicc was well famished with blanksad every des cription. This had been the practice of his offiee, and this wag the practice of the Uovernor Unfortunately the number of btgqkg for granU of had Fir Cmluwn hc ion r*s c *