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A € O A <UEORGiATEI,BG
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AS ACT ' ;
To incorporals a Rc-Jc in the City of Macon, to It called ■
' The Ocmulgee Hank of the State of Georgia. t
Whereas, a ..umber ul' persons in Macon and ib
vicinity, into rented in the welfare of that place, have
capital which they are de.-iron at employing in facili-
1 tiling its business, advancing its interest, and lessen
ing its dependence on the banks of other places, by
Wtmse orders discounts era controled, and often stop
ped, whan they arc most wanted, and needed in order
to purchase me produce brought to this market. ,
Bxc. 1. lie it therefore enacted In) the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General As-
sanity met, and it is hereby enacted by Sit authority of the
same. That a Bank shall be established in fi:e city of
Macon, to be culL.-d and known as the “Ocmulgee
Bank of the State of Georgia,”-and that the capital
stock of said Bank shall be Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars, divided into five thousand Shares, of ouc hun
dred dollars each.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That books of subscription for constituting the capita-
stock of said batik, shall be opened on die lire: M in-
day in February, next, mtlie City of Macop. tinder the
superintendence of IT. B. Parker, E. Hamilton, C.
Day, O. Gregory, Levi Pckhy, J. Goddard. U G Lamar,
ana C. Campbell, who shall be -’ 'oimiussiuucrs, mid they
arc heieby appointed Commissioners for Thru Thou
sand iShurcs of said capital stock.
in the town of Forsyth, under the superintendence
of A. M. D. King, II. H. Lumpkin, and Juice 'Dunn.
who shall bit Co:nm:*sione s for receiving an' scripyons
tor Five Hundred shares of said capital slock.
in tire town pfTlio.ua.sjon, under the superinten
dence of Messrs. Malty, Goode, Bethel, L.-iiolpdrc,
- floating Jordan, who shall be Commissioners fur re
ceiving subscriptions for Three HtiudrcJ shares'oflaid
capital s;ock.
in the town of Ferry, under tlrC superintendence of
Messrs. Patton, Ihdn. Duncan, who shall be Gomniis-
siouers for receiving sultscripfiou* for Two Hundred
shares cf said capital stock. ‘ t
In the sown of Clinton, under the supcrinter.doucc
of A. II. I'icutXtn, S. Lviethcr, 3. Grisiretd, who shall
Le Commissioners for receiving subscriptions for
Three Hundred shares of Said capital stock.
in the town of Ilaivkinsville, under the Superinten
dence of John RaaU, G: R. Roberts, J.Jclks, who shall
be Commissioners far receiving subscriptions for Two
Hundred shares of said capita, slock.
In Uie to.vn of .Marion under the superintendence
of II. Sulmnon, II. ilunu, II. H. T.irrcr, wiio shill be-
Comtnissiiiiiers for receiving subscriptions for' Two.
Hundred shares of said capital stock.
in t.‘te to wn of Mouhcetlo under the snprritrtcndencc
of D. A. Reese, Alftcd Shorter, Thomas Jo, dun, who,
shall be Commissioners for receiving subscriptions
tor Three Hundred shares of -aid capital stock.
A majority of whom shall be competent to tlic dis
charge of their duties, and the books ol subscription
shall bu kept open fur the space of six days, between
<uid during the nuurs of 10 o'clock, A. 31. and 1 o’clock,
P. M. of each day, ut such house, room or office ns a
majority ot commissioners shall appoint in each place,
unless the number ol shares allotted to each place be
sooner subscribed lor, (»n which ease the books may bn
closed, as soon as tnu shares in each place may bp nil
taken,) during winrii time it why‘be lawful for any
person or co-partnership, corporation or body ‘po
litic, established in tins .State to subscribe fur any
number of si anw not exceeding 100. And niter tin-'
exaltation of hie tune herein provided, the cothmis-
sioiiera in. the several towns herein mentioned, whore
hooks have been opened lor Uie subscription of suid
capital stock, shah transmit the same, together with the
sums pum luattbo tmu of subscription, as hereinaf
ter provided fur, u uie Commissioners at Macon.—
Prodded also,' knit if tiic wnom number of shares be
not tikeu up ut the several places before mcuiihucd,
within the space of six days as before mentioned, then,
and in mil case, tue Indore mentioned commissioners,
at tiia city of Macon, shall again open tlieir books of
:-'lb*oriptiou on the tlusd Monday m February next,
ibd<, and to remain open until all ue reiiiaiuiiigshares
of the capital stock ut said Bunk shall .bo subscribed
fur, when it snail and may he lawful lit any 'person,
copdflitersbip, corporation or body politic, established
in this Burn, guanas excepted) to subscribe, for
tatjy 'dumber.of snares unsubscribed tor as aforesaid.—-
,'Aud the sum unis lospiictiveiy subscribed for shall be
payable in gold or silver coin, or m current Bank bills
uf any or* eioie.-of-ta.- Bank's; or their brancln-s. now
established in Macon, Muiydgevile, Augusta or k-avuu-
nah, in fiutmauiier loltowiug. to wit: -
Five pw cent vhah oc paid to liie Commissioners nt
the time of-subscribing tor said stuck, for w. n-.h said
uomiii.ssibuers shall giva a ceriihcate ; (wHs6 pur cent
a: nucli lime at uie Commissioner* at Macon ,-diad no
tify, is hereiuullcr provided; nd tue remaining • J
p. r cent, al such nutes mid in sue a sums us luo uiree-
tors of suid Bank for Uiu lime being, ! ah, by sixty
days' noUcb given in tliu pubhc gazettes ot Macon,
Millodgeville, Augusta and aavufioah, appoint for that
purpose; provided tliiituo payment snob no called for
m the . uo uilis of Juno, July, August ami September of
any year. Aud provided ;Rso, ttiat uotiiing herein con
tained shall be so construed as to cause or permit the
promissory notes, drafu^iinU of exchui ge, checks oh
any Bank, or any other obi.gatiou whatever, ot any
subscriber. to said capital .-Ruck, to be received as e-
tju-.valenl to live note* os bilisuf the Banks boloiCiueu-
ttoned. , ' ■ \.
Aiul prodded further, That when all the shares con
stituting sun! capital s.ock, fluul have been suoscribou
jiir, am 5 per cent paid in ui tiic time of. subocnbmg,
st? aforesaid, toen'it snail;be. die duty of thuCommis-
•ioners al M.wop to give'public nonce Uieroot ill Uie
public gazelles of M.icon, Miticiigeviiie, Augusta and
Buvam.au, and tr. ih> same nine iu ,c <li ol the ga
zettes afoto.said, in like mariner uouiy a place vviuiiu
the city of dlacb.i, ami bkcWMt a nay auu nour, 'aUbe
distance of imrty or more days Inin. the uate oi such
nutiiicauou, ft rail l ie subscrtoeis ui said capital stock
ta pay in an adiiiliotial ‘id par cent on tho shares so
subscribed, and tor procceauig to the election ot di
rectors, a,ni it shall Ou lawl'ui lur elections tiiuu and
tnere to lake place, ar.d tn.- pcrsoiu. vyuonliail tiieu and
there bh caosen, siiaii he tue first- Directors,- and shall
receive lroai ino Commissioners the money wbici. iuay
iiave been recmveii by them, audit shall be (lie duly
of said Cou.missioners to pay over to raid Directors
dill such sum or sums of money received by them, on
Account of s.iij subscriptions, alley tfedur.fuig tbea-
mount of cxpi-fiu.-s.Uu;. may have incurred iu maaa-
jgiug ike same. And tiic filofcsani .Directors fust Cbo-
scii Ill :h; Iiittiti.-er, uiul.at t ie time notified, us liefer.i
mentidiied; snail bn e«ptt:dc of acting - by virtue ot
8tic!i e.'io.cc. until liia end or expiration ot : ln« hrsi
Monday iii AovemWr nexi, ensiling said election, and.
snail inrtkwith com * iniec kie operation of siud Bank
at urn city of .M.icou,
Mud penciled /aether. That in case it should at any
time happen, that an election of Directors sir mid not
lie to ije ou any day, wlicu pursitAui to tins act here-
luMtcrpr vnled it ought to nave been made, the said
corporation shall hot tor that vatisc be i.e -mcd to be
dissolved; bin it shall be luwful on airy other day, wi;h-
iniUe'spuccfof three inontaa thct’eafier F of wrndi pnb-
lic notice sii'ill be g.vea iu Uie public gazettes ol Ma
con, In hul.l and make an election of Directors, ia suen
in inner as is-iicroiibkicr provided for, mvl as anuy be
rcgulatdd by the ru.es aud bye-U.vs or' tun said corpo-
rauoo.—P.-muiled, also, that urease ol Urn removal,
rasiguattou, absence or death of any Direcuir.liib pkute
dnay be titled up fur the rtiiuaiuacr of the term for
Which he was elected by Uie rcuiaiiiing Directors.
drc. & And to u enacted by Ihe authority ufotcsaiJ,
Tftatif tilin'.'snail be a f.uiiire in toe payment of any
ndin or .sums su.iscnnqd by any pcrsoa.copartbership,
corporation, or body poliac, Wac.i tm same is requir
ed to be paid by this act, orvv.ieu it shall be required to
t>4 puid by the Directors of said Bank, the share or
shares upon which such failure shall hupjieu or accrue,
shall be tor such failure forfeited, aud me sum or sinii*
-which may hare been paid tlierrou, shall enure to hie,
benehtol .-aid corporation—aud the share or shares so
forfeited shall be msposed oi' in such manner as the 1
Directors ora majority oi them may provide.—Frovi-
<W always, that public tioiiee was duly given in thd
ytibhc gazettes as b-loremeutioned.
i»sc- -1. A id be it further enacted, That all tliosc who
tdsdl Become sulfecriberstollie said bank, theirsucces-
sBSs and aasigus shall l>c, and they arc hereby declared,
created aad cevnauum d a corporation and body politic.
.by tl'O name and styk- of “ i'he Ocmulgcc Bank of
» tho c’tate of Heorajj,” and by tliat name shall be,and
"ere hereby made able and rapablein law, to have and
VT hold, piirrhaat,receive, possess, enjoy and retain, to
th-m and ihi irsucccssors, lands, renD, Hereditaments,
goods, chattels and.effect^ of whatever kind, nuitire
n>r ijaalky tire sauti may be, and tue same- to sell, graut,
Mctoise, alien oc ti; pose at, to sue and' be suud, plead
.und be Iin-pie «u<v],'.;.;<.v-r and be answered, defend
aodbc defeucied nt courw of record, or auy other place
wh ibaxjwr, and aiso to make use and have ft common
. A and we same to break, tutpr ajid renew .at their
TkWaaurc,and also to ordain, establish aud pul tnexe-
cation, such byo-Iaws, rales and regulations us seem
jsoocx iry and’ convenient for the government of sjid
cwporauon. Provided;, that such byc-lawa, rules and
reaufmoiu be. not contrarv- to the Constitution and
iavv^of tr, - Btate, or of the L'nitcd States, and gener
ally ta do and execute all and singular, such matters
fbi Wi*m way or seall appertain, subject,
nevt ri .cl. s to the regulations, restriction, limitations,
am: j-roViSions heieiuafter prescribed.
■': c. ... And be it enacted by the authority cforcsaitl, I
rnttufce todovvtng rules, revu. itions, InniMiBpua ami
p:.,vi i shall fonn ar.d iis uikirimentai arucic* of’the ;
con.-utulioii of said corporation, . .. 1
'’ ,f - ! iDJLBfi. .' •
1st. That for thegood management and well order
ing the allairs of me said corporation, seven directors
shall be chosen, a majority ol whom shall be coinpe-
tenttu the discharge of theif duties, who sliail be hrst
elected after bU percent of said capital slock shall have
been paid, in gold or silver com, or in current notes of
eitherof die banks of .Macon, Mitlcdgeviile, Augusta,
or triivannah, or of the branches of Banks in either of
those places, as before mentioned; and on the first
.Monday in November, in each and every yeur there-
alter, the Directors shall be choseu by the stuckliold-
ers, or proprietors ofthe capital stock of said corpora-
•bon,- when a plurality of voles given in, shall be requir
ed to make a choice, and those who shall be auiy cho
sen at any such election shah be capable of serving by
virtue of suclrchoice, until the end of uie first Monday
m .November next ensuing the time of such elect,on; or
until a new buard shah have beau elected,as hereinbe
fore pioviUjii—and no longer—and the suid Directors,
at their lust meeting, after such election, shall choose
one or" their number as President; and m case of his
retnovai, resignation, absence or death, tbc said Direc
ted .. fiaitprooeeu to fill the vacancy Ly a new clecuon
from tneirbody for tiic 'remainder of lire year—provi
ded nothing-herein contained Shull be so construed as .
to prevent silcu President trum appointing any one of-
tbc other Directors to be President pro tern, during
ins temporary absence cf tiot morc thuird mouths.—
And provided further, that in case it should at any
time happen, during the months -of June, July, Au-
ghst and. September; that two or more Directors shall
uc absent from die city of.Macon;, then, in that case,
five Directocs, or a majority of them, shall be compe
tent to do the business of said corporation during the
months betcrq mentioned. .,
fid. Thu number ol votes to which each share hold
er shall be entitled, shall be in the iuliowing propor
tion:—That is to say, for one share, one vote; for
two shares and nut'exceeding live, two votes; and
for tVery live shares above five, one vote. Provi
ded, uo pt-rsou, corporation, or. body politic shah be
entitled in his, her, or tlieir. own right to more than
thilty vole*. Provided, that, after the first election, no
sliaru or shares shall -colder a right of eutfrage, that
shall not liava been hulden and transferred on the
buoks of die Bank; three caleudai mouths previously
to tiic day of clet-non, and be heiu absolutely and bona
fide, iu bis or her own' right, or iu that of his wife, or
as executor', administrator or guardian, or ill the right
aud use of suiuu copartnership, corporation, or body
polific, of which he or she may be u member, and not
.in trust fci, or to tiic use ol any oiner person, to be de
clared upon oath, when required by uie Cashier of said
Corporation. Provided, also, that any stockholder, be
in’ absent, or unable, from any cause, to appear at the
■piuce of such election, may authorize, by uower of at-
lui'iiuy, under seal, any person to vote for him, her or
them, and to which tiic above declaration upon oath
shail and may he attached, if required as before men
tioned. ■ . . •
•*d. None but a stockholder, entitled in his own right
(which lie shall declare upon oath, if required as be-
-lure mentioned) to fifty siiares of said stock, and not
being A director any other bunk, shall be eligible as
•i director; aud if any one of the directors of said cor
poration shall, after being elected, become a director of
any other bank, or accept of any appointment or of
uce from auy other bank, of cease to ue a stockholder,
lie shaft be no longer ut to serve, and his seat shun be
vacztcti—if. the remaining directors, or a majority of
them, shell, upon their next meeting, pass aud enter on
their mniuiu uouk, an order, declaring aim no longer
to be a director.' .
4t!i. The director.!, for the time being,' shall have
poi.Oi- tu appoint such officers, and clerks under them
as they shall deem neiessary for the executing the bu
siness of said corporation; Frovideu such oInters and
clerks give bond and security for the taitnl'ul perl or Bi
anco oi' their duty, which shall be satisfactory to such
directors, or a majority of them, who shall make an
ontiy on the minute book of sai.d Corpormiuu. signi
fying tlieir ascent and approval of such uiltcers auu
clerks, and then security accordingly. - , '
util. T he board Of directors, Of "whom the Presi
dent or l'rcsiuetit pro tcin shall-always be one, *haii
convene at tfio Hanking house of said Corporation, ul
least once a week. Pioviued, tba. the mid or lix-
cliange business of the said CorporaUon may be trans
acted by a commiuce ol directors, ou such days as
there ■ may be lio meeting of tiic board of directors,'
wuo shail, at the next weekly meeting of directors en
suing, be bound to examine such business, uone by
such coium.llec, and eater ou the iniuute book or jour
nal of said Corporation, their approval or disapproval
of tlie business so done by said committee.
uth. Tbe lauds, tenements and hereditaments,
winch it shall be lawlifi tor tlie said Corporation to
hold, snail only he such as shall be requisite tor its im
mediate accommodation iu relation to the convenient
transaction of its business, ami such as have beeu, bo
na tide, mortgaged U> it as security, or conveyed to it
iu satisfacuon oi debts, previously contracted, iu the
course of iu buxines*, or purchased upon sales upon
judgments, which slufil have beeu obtained for deuts;
and only to prevent sacrifice of such property so mort
gaged or sold upon judgments.
Art. Tue total amount of die debts which said Cor-
potation shall ut any tune owe, wneti\or by boud, hill,
note,' obligation or other contract, shall not exceed
ihree.tinics the amount of tlieir capital stock, over and
above' the amounts actually deposited witu them for
safe .keening—aud iu base of excess, tlie acting board
oi directors, or such of them as may ba tu the otale at
the time, under vvnbse administration it, shall happen,
and me jtefsou who shall hold tlie olhee oi Cusuicr, at
the time of such excess, together with lije seciuit.es,
shall he liphle tor the same, m their individual, nanirai
:uld private caphcilies, anil the board of directors, tue
Cashier aud his. securities, acting as above, shall not
exonerate themselves, or any of their heirs, eiecuiors
or aduiiiiislrutors in uuy court of record having’ juris
diction over the same’, from such liability, under any
pretence whatsoever, other than by giving public no-
lice ol such lact m tlie public gazettes di file city of
Mimihi. or any other two gazette's of die State, sustain
as such excess shall conic witniu their knowledge, and
la cose of limure to give such public notice, this ^fiali
be so construed as to prevent said directors and Cash-
ler and Ids secunues Itom recovering out tit tlie cited*
of the said Corporation, nntii ail its other creditors uie
paid ytf and their claims satisUeo. ...
,dlh. The directors sltaii nave power to issue, to the
subscribers tlieir ceruhcaics i.j si^ck, iu exchange tm
liidpe grab ted by file comnussiuuers, v.bicn shall bs
traustcrabie outy or> the books ot the bank, kept ior
fii.it purpose, by personal entry ol the stockholder, hi*,
her or their iegm representative or attorney, duty au ’
tiorized by ipeeail power for Uiat purpose.
Jlli. I ue oilix -obligatory and or credit, notes, ami
other contracts, whatever, on bciiah ol said corporation,
siiuli be binding auu obligatory oip ihc. tmd company,
provided the same be sigued by the 1'residetu mid
edutuerogued uj- the Cashier ol said Corporation, a no
tiic lauds of said Corporation shall be, in no case, nek.
liable ior any cou.iact or etigageiuen; wualovcr, units
tac same shall be so signed and countersigned, cl a.
tested us aturexaio, cxo.pt cmy checks on any other
oauk in tlie fiiuted & tales, which shall be bmiuiig a
. igne J by file Cashier only—and me books, papers,
cone, poudeiicc, and the funds and accounts ul uie
eonipaiiy snail, at all times, on subject to me inspection
oi me board of directors, and stocknohlera, wuen con
vened, according to the provisions ol tins act.
10th. A nuinuer of stockholders, not less than ten,
who shall' he pruprieturs of ucl less than one Uiousaud
shares and upwards ot said -stock, shall have power,
mid may ar any time, by giving sixty days nonce in Uie
pubhc gazettes of Macon, Augusta, aud Savannah,
call u hunting of the Stockholders of said Corpora
tion.
Jlth. Dividends of the profits of the (Corporation,
or of so much thereof as shall be deemed expedieut
and proper, shall be declared und puiu hail', yearly fthe
first Ji.ui year after the bank shah have been iu opera
tion uxcepitu,) it the said divulenux shall tiein lime to
time Uc determined by a majority of Uie directors, at a
meeting to be held lor tliatput pose, oil the second
Monday in April aud November of each year—and
shall in" i. o case exceed the protits acquired by file Cor
poration.
Ifitji. I'he directors shall keep fair and regular en
tries iu a book, to be provided lor that purpose, called
a minute bo ok, or journal, of tlieir proceedings, m
which shall ixe entered a list of all holes, drain, or e?-
chatiges uiscoL'.lued, together with the lianics of ail the
parues to sueli tidies, drafts or exchanges discounted
uy the said-boar-l oi directors,' or the committee ap
pointed 'by them—aud also the yeas auu nays of the
directors voting ot t all questions whatsoever—aud these
minutes shall &t alf times be produced, when called lor,
ny any meeting e>f directors or stockholders, when
cuuveucd according to the provisions ot this act.
iztb. No person, copartnership, corporation or bo
dy politic whatever stun be permitted to borrow mo
ney, or otherwise obtain any credit from said Corpo
ration upon the faith or.pledge of his, her or tlieir
stock in said Corpora.ion, but shall be subjected to tlie
same rules ana regulations a* is generally required
from and imposed upon the other customers ol said
Corporation. And mould any of the >aid Corpora
tion be indebted by note, droll, bill of exchange, or o-
ther obligations, v.liicii shall be past dur, under pro
test, or in mhi, theo, in that case, it .-hall be lawful lor
the buorii <■! a i rectors, for die time b^.ng, to declare the
stock or shares, belonging to mi di person, for leited to
the bank, to the amount tie, she or they may be so in-
uebted to said Corporation as above.
true. 0. And be it inucied by the authority aforesaid,
Tliat all property, cither real or personal, which this
Corporation may hereafter acquire, or hold, shall be
subject to a taxation not exceeding the ratio of other
taxable property in this Slate. And the corporation of
die ciiy ot Macon, shall have power to tax auy prop
erty, whether real or personal, held in tlie city of Ma
con by said Corporation, in the same ratio of taxauon
against the like property in tlie said city—but shail not
have power to levy a city tax ou the capital stock of
stud Corporation.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the sam Corporation shah not, at any tinie, sus-
pemdor refuse payment in gold or silver of any of its
notes, bills, or omigaUons, and itfihe said Corporation
at any time refuse or neglect to pay, ou demand, any
note, bill, or obligation issued by file Corporation, ac-
cording to the contract, promise, or understanding
therein expres- ed, the charter hereby granted shall be
forfeited, i'roviued however, That ichen a demand
shall be made on this Rank by any Ranh, or Rranch Bank,
by tUetf, or its agents, this Baiui shall hace the right of
rcatemitig the bills thus dcmamUil, tetih the bills of the
Rank or its Branches waning the demand.
Bkc. fi. And be U enacted uy the authority aforesaid,
That no notice or protest shall be necessary to charge
auy maker or makers, indorser or indorsers of any
note, bhl,. draft, or oilier obligation, discounted by saiu
bauk, and in ail suits commenced by said Corporation
upon auy note, bill, draft or other obligation, upon
winch there shall be auy indorser or indorsers, the ma
ker Or makers, together with fife indorser or indorsers,
or their representatives, may be embraced and sued in
tlie same action, and no proof of nouce, demand or
protest shall be required ou any trial to authorise u re
covery.
Sue. 10. Andie it enacted by ike authority aforesaid,
That the persons aud property of the stocknolders, for
the bine beiug, of sard bank, shall be pledged and
bound/ over aud above the amount of said stock paid
hi, iu proportion to the amount ot tlie shares that each
indiviaual, copartnership, corporation, or body politic
may hold in said bank, tor the ultimate rede i.pfion of
the bills or notes issued, by, or froui said bank, in the
same manner as iu common commercial cases or sim
ple cases of debt. •. ' - '
tStc. 11. Mild be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
Tliat this Corporation shall continue until Uie first day
of January, lbo7 : and die directors, liiunediately pre
ceding die dissolution of said bank, whenever u may
happen, hist appointed, aud acluig, shall be hold, bound
to account to ihe % company, ami all others haviug
claims upon said company, for the just, proper utM
correct Closing of its concerns, to all persons interest
ed, according to their respecuvc claims or mterests—
and file oditers last acting in said bauk, shall be, alter
the dissolution ot’ said bauk, hound to continue to act
iu settling the aiiaire'of said Corporation, and m doing
aj]l filings; needful and necessary to be done ior that
S ui pose, during such lime as the aforesaid last acting
ireclors may order—this they shall do under penalty
of forfeiting their bond, for the use of whoever may
have claims, aud sue ibr recovery.
Sec. il. And be.i further enacted, That in consider
ation of the granting of this charter, the Corporation
utoresaid snail be required to pay a bonus of twenty-
fiy-tf thousand dollars, to the Trustees of the Ueorgiu
f emaie JJollege at Macon; five thousand to be paid ou
or betbri- saiu Bank commences discounts, aud the re
sidue in animal instalments thereafter of tcu mousand
dollars each. Nothing shall be so construed as to uu-
thorize me directors ol this bank to proceed to. bunk
ing until fib. per coal, of tlieir capital stock is paid in
tn specie. t JOSlsFU DA f, }
Speaker of the House of ifeprcsentatives
iiOiiEltT .\1. BCHOBS
\ Fresident of the Senate. •
Assented to fiOtlt December, lodb. ,
Wlx.Ld.-ul ’BCHLBY-
From the Penny Magazine. M
Thu May Fly.
“ The Angler’s May-tty, the most short lived in its
perfect state ot any of the insect race, emerges from
the water, where it passes its aurelia state, about six in
the evening, and dies about eleven at night,”—ll'hite’s
Hclburne. ~~
The sun of the eve was warm and bright,
‘ When the May-fly burst his shell, ' .
A«d he wanton’d awhile iu that fair light,
O’er the river’s gentle swell i \
And the deep’ning tints of til" crimson sky
tstiil gleam’d on tlie wing of the glad May-tly.
The colors of sunset pa <s’d away,
The crimson und yellow and green i /
Aud the evening star’s first twinkling ray
In tile \va» eless stream was seen;
Till the deep repose of the stillest night
Was hushing about its giddy flight.
The noon of the nigfit is nearly come—
There’s a crescent in the sky:—
■The silence still hears the myriad hum
' Of tlie insect revelry.
The hum has ceased, the quiet wave
Is now tlie sportive May-fly’s grave.
Oh! thine was a blessed lot to spring , ,
in thy lustiitood to air, ’ . , i
And sill about on untiling wiug.
Through a world most rich and fair, ■'
To drop at once in thy watery bed,
lake a leaf that tlieWillow branch has shed.
Aud who shall say that his thread of years
Is a life more blest than thine!
Has his feverish dream of doubt and fears,
Such joys as those which slime ., •
In the constant pleasures of thy way,
31 os; happy child of’the happy May f - ■ _
For thou wert bom when the earth was clad .
With her robes of buds and flowers, .
•And didst float about with a soul as glad
Asxxbird in the sunny showers I
And the hour of thy Uqadi had a sweet repose,
Like a melody, sweetest at its close.
Norton brief tlie date of tlie cheerful race—
’Tis its use that measures time—
Ami tlie mighty ripirit that fills all space -,
, With His life and His will sublime,
May see lhatthe .May-tly and tlie Man
.Each flutter out the same smalt span. ■
Ard tiic fly tliat is born with the sinking sun.
To die ere the midnight hour,
, May have deeper joy, ere his course be-run, : ‘
Than man in his pride and power;
Aud the insect’s minutes be spared the fears,
And the anxious doubts of our three score years.',
The years and tlye minutes are as one—
The fly drops in his twilight mirth,
. And the man, -.vhen his long day’s work is done,
' Crawls in tiie self-name earth.
Great Father of each! may out mortal d ty
4 Be the prelude to au endless Ma-y!
LIST OF ACTS.
Of the Legislature of tlie State of Georgia at its ses
sion in November and December, l»idd. ‘
alter and repeal tlie road laws of this State so far as
respect* the county of Glynn. .
To increase the capital stock of the Brunswick can
al and rail road company.
_ To extend tlie chhirter of the Planters’ Bank ofthe
State of Georgia aud to continue the rights, granted
by existing acts to said bank.
To alter aud amend tho fi 1st section of an act to cs^
tablish a bauk to be called the Central iir.ukof Geor
gia, so far as to require notes running at said b.itik to
be renewed once in twelve months instead of once iu
six months. - .
To incorporate the Pioneer Steamboat Company.
To provide for the election of a public printer aud
to regulate the printing required to bo performed by
the Legislature.
To regulate the compensation of lax collectors and
receivers.
To alter the law in relation to lapsed legacies. - •
To incorporate the Centerville liilie Company in
Camden county.
To enable William John Campbell, Allen and Wil
liam Campbell, subjects of tlie United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, to receive and hold certain
real estate iu the county ofUichmond in this dtate.
To direct the deposites of the fund to be derived to
tliis State from the surplus reveuuc of the United
States and to regulate tlie same.
To incorporate the M illedgcviile ar.d Chattahoochee
Canal and Bail Road Company.
To alter and amend .in act incorporating the trus
tees of Christ Church in liie city of Augusta.
Toamend enact amendatory to tii-act incorporating
tiic Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company, pas
sed 1635, so far as to construct a branch rail road to
Washington, Wilkes County.
Toamend an act to incorporate the Br
ledreville with banking and insurance priv
sed lfc.-.3; so far uj to authorize the increase ■ ns
ital stock of said bauk ibr the benefit of Oglethorpe
University.
To authorize and empower the Brunswick and
Florida Rail Road Company to construct a branch of I
said road to any point on the Flint and Chattahoo
chee river.
To revive an act to incorporate the Georgia Medi-
col Society, pas-ed the lfith December lo04.
To amend an act assented to filst Dec. ISfifi, author
izing the certificates aud acts of Notaries Public to be
received as evidence in certain cases.
To amend an. act establishing a bank at Macon
known as the Commercial Bank.
To prevent sheritis and other officers from levying
on aud selling growing crops except in certain
cases.
To repeal the 9th section and all other parts of laws
now in force in this ritate, by which caveats are direc
ted to be tried where land is sought to be granted before
the Governor and directing such caveats to be tried in
the Superior Courts of file county where the land
bus.
To remove the site of tlie public buildings in the county
of Liberty from Riceboro to the general parade ground
or Zoucli’s old field, or within ouc mile thereof, and
vest iu the Commissioners therein named full and am
ple power to accomplish, the same and to provide for
the payment and expense of purchasing land and e-
rectmg suitable buddings thereon and to make the same
perinameuL
To regulate the auditing and payment of. accounts
against me State.
To amend und alter an act to authorize the President,
Directors and Company of the Bteam Boat Compa
ny of Georgia to ran a t anal or rail road from the city
ot’AjJgusta to some point on the Savannah river, so as
to avuid the shoals aud.other obstructions to the navi
gation of said river. ’ .. '
To authorize any one distribute or person interes
ted iu au estate to mstilue proceedings in equity with
out joining as complainants or making respondents other
distributes residing without .the jurisdiction of,.file
Court. . ;
To am.eud an act to. explain tlie act to oblige vessels
aud persons coming from places infected with epide
mic diseases to perform quarantine, passed 14th D ec -
1793
To incorporate file Bank of Brunswick with bank
ing privileges.
To amend the act to incorporate the Mechanic’s
Bank of Augusta so as to increase the capital of said
bank.
■ To impose, levy and collect a tax for the political
year, 16o7, on property, real or personal, and to inflict
penalties for refusing or neglecting ta comply with
the provisions thereof.
To iuoorporatie the Savannah and Augusta Steam
boat Company. ,
For tiic appropriation of money for the Improve
ment of the Ucnmlgeo river.
To reuiovc the public building of the. couuty of Pu
laski from. Hai tford to Hawaii'* ,-iiie.
To regulate the fees of Pilots for file ports of this
State.
To regulate vendue musters in the town of Sb
Marys in Camden county.
To incorporate the Western Bauk of Georgia with
Bank privileges to be located at Rome. .
To authorize William Williams and Willis Youu,
to build a bridge over the Great Ogectiee river.
To repeal the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 9th sections of
an act to regulate the licensing of physicians practi
cing ill this State, passed in lfaaa, auu the 17th and
16th sections of the 9fii division of U,e Penal Coue, pas
sed 1633, so far as the subject of fine aud imprison
ment of persona practising medicine consisting of veg
etable aud animal substance, caloric- acd under tlie
name and style of Botanic Physicians.
To incorporate the Southern Baptist College in
Washington, Wilkes county.
- To regulate the trial ot aiijuiersun or persons’.for
an otfeuce which subjects the olienucr to one autijni-
prisonment in the common jail, or both, at tlie discre
tion of fire court, relative to tlie mode/jf unpcniieliog
aud challenging jurors for tue trial ofthe sam .
To compensate persous wtio may be compelled to
attend die ciupericr Courts of fills otateiu counties o-
ther than where such person or persons reside.
To appropriate money for the support of Govern
ineut tor the political year, 1637, aud to fix Uie salary
of die Governor after the present term.
To incorporate the Ocmulgee Bank of tlie State of
Georgia in tlie city of Macon.
To Incorporate the President and Directors of the
People’ Line of Stages^' .
To authorize a special term of file Superior Court of
Bryan county.
To incorporate a Roil Road Company to be called
the Middle Branch Rail Rond Company for the pur-
pose of constructing a rail road troiu Madison county
to the Chattaiiooche river by way of Covington in
Newton county,
To authorize a lone to die Inspectors of the Peui
tentiary for certain purposes.
To extend the time allowed to file Savannah, Oge-
cheeand Alatamoba Canal Company to finish A com
plete a continuation of the canal lroin the Ogcciicc
river to the Alatamalia river or its brunches, the Oco
nee or Ocmulgee.
To authorize tlie Treasurer of the State of Georgia
to receive tlie proportion of the surplus revenue ot me
United States, payable to tins State, and to sign , and
deliver certificates ofUepostics Uicretor
To enable defendants m actions ut common, law to
give ill evidence a partial failure of tiic consideration
of the contracts upon which such actions may be
brought.
To add an additional section to the sixth division of
file Penal Code. »
To amend tue’acts incorporating the Georgia Rail
Road and Banking Company, and Ifie Central Rail
Road and Banking Company.
To incorporate the Millcdgeville Manufacturing
Company.
To establish a company under the name of file Sa
vannah and Charleston Steam Packet company.
To increase Uie salaries of the <. dicers aud cashier
of the Central Bauk of Georgia.
Toamend the.charter of Chattahoochee Rail Road
Company and to give said Company hanking privi
leges.
To incorporate the town of Brunswick aud exteud
its jurisdictional limits, and for oilier purposes.
To niter and amend tlie several acts regulating the
foreclosure of mortgages on real estate.
To alter and amend ths jschcat laws of tliis State so
far tis relates to file disbursiuent of money arising from
ihe sale oi escheated property. ,
To reduce the fees on gold lots and fractions iu the
late laud and gold lotteries.
To amend the several acts regulating attachments
in this Stute aud ti regulate proceedings in certain
coses Whore Uie plaintifls shah die oftci reudiiion ol
judgement.
To incorporate a manufacturing compauv in the
county-ot Harris, and tlie Columbus cuiuti and water
company.
io amend the Penal Code of this State, so farasre-
lates the trial of persons committing ofiences which
requre the joint action ot two or more to commit file
same.'
To appropriate und set apart pne-fiiird of the surplus
land to be derived to tliis Stale trom tlie United States
as a perntament free school and education fund, and to
authorize the appointment of a committee to prepare
and report a plan of free schools, <3cc. to the next leg
islature. *
To add an additional section to 12tii division of tlie
Penal code of this State.
To reorganize the office of Adjutant General of Geor
gia.
To incorporate the Chattahoochee Steamboat Com-
P%-. ,
lo incorporate the Georgia female College ut
41 aeon,
To incorporate the Planters’ and ’Mechanics Bank
of Columbus.
To repeal a portion ofthe law respecting the intro
duction of slaves into tliis State.
To pro vide for fija payment of volunteers in this
State in certain cases tor services, iusses and expen
ditures during ths late creek and Seminole cam
paigns, and to point out the manner ol‘ doing the
same.
To appropriate a sum of money toopen audimprove
the road .leading from Louisville, Habersham county,
byway 91 filairsville, Union county, to the State
line. - , ‘ • • ’ . - •
To incorporate the Savannah Insurance and Trust
■company, and the Oglethorpe Insurance and Tr ust
company in the city ol 41acon, and the Western Insu
rance and Trust company of the city of Columbus.
, Savanhah, Dec. 27.
Line of Stages between Savannah and Simeon.—Our
citizens will no doubt be gratified to learn that a num
bur ofenterprizing citizens have raised, by private sub-
sription, the sum of §15,000 to establish a tri-weekly
line of stages between this city and Macon. We are
informed tliat the horses and stages have been pur
chased, and that the line will commence running a-
boutthe 10th of January next.—Georgian.
TEXAS,
ing message w
S9 *J
ltd r, W
of the United States, by
on, Jr. his Prfvn'te -ecretury:
To the House of Representatives U. S.
■ 1 It, we are but carrying out the long-established
eceived Crop the Pres-| of our government-* yoEcjr wh*h hM*eetuJ
tin. bauds ot Andrew
tOHfyj'1
During the last session information was given to Con
gress, by the Executive, that measure* bud been ta.mn
10 ascertain “ the political, military aud civ.l condition
of Texas." I now submit, for your consideration, ex
tracts from the report of the agent who liai been ap
pointed to collect it, relative to the condition of tliat
country.
No steps have been taken by the Executive toward*
the acknowledgment cf the Independence ot Texas;
and the whole subject would have been left without fur
ther remark, on the information given to Cougrcss,
were it not that tlie two Houses, at their last session,
acting separately, passed resolutions “tliat the inde
pendence of Texas ought to be acknowledged by tlie
U. States, whenever satisfactory informauou should
be received that it had in successful operation s civil
government, capable of performing file duties, and iul-
tiUmg the obligations of an independent power.” This
mark of interest iu the question of the independence
of Texas, and indication of the views of Congress,
make it proper that 1 should, somewhat in detail, pre
sent the considerations that have governed the Execu
tive in continuing to.occupy the ground previously ta
ken in the contest between Mexico aud Texas.
The acknowledgment of a new Btate as indepen
dent, and entitled to a place iu the fatui y of nations,
v 1s at all Ernes an act of great delicacy and responsibil
ity; but more especially so when, such Estate lias forci
bly separated itself front another, of which it had form
ed an integral part, aud .which still claims dominion o-
verit... A premature recognition, under these circum
stances, if not looked up0.1 as a justifiable cause of
War, is always liable to be regarded as a proof of an
unfriendly spirit to one of the contending parties. All
questions relative to the-goverumeut of foreign-nations,
whether of the old or the new world, faavo been treat
ed by file United States as questions of fact only, aud
our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deci
ding upon them until the clearest evidence was iu their
possession, to enable them, tiot only to decide correct
ly, but to shield their decisions trom every uuworthy
imputation. In all the contests tliat have arisen out of
the Revolutions of France, out of tlie disputes relating
to the crowns of Portugal and Spain, out of tlie revo
lutionary movements in those kingdoms, out of file se
paration of tlie American possessions of bom from the
European Governments, and out ofthe numerous iind
constantly occurring struggles for dominion 111 Span
ish America, so wisely consistent with our just princi
ples has been tile action of our Government, (hta we
have, uuder the most critical circumstances, avoided
all censure, aud encountered no other evil than tliat
produced by a transient estrangement 67 good will in
those against whom we have been, by force of evidence
compelled to decide.
it lias thus been made known to tho world that the
uniform pokey and practice of the United States is, to
avoid ail interference .111 disputes which merely rslttc
to the internal government of other nations, and even
tually to recoguize the authority of tlie prevailing par
ty, without reference to our particular interests and
views, or to the merits of tlie original controversy.
Public opinion here is so firmly established and well
understood in favor of this policy, finlt no serious disa
greement has ever aruen among ourselves in L relation
to it, although brought under review iu a variety of
forms, and at periods when file minds of the people
were greatly excited by the agitation of topics purely
domestic in their character. Nor has any deliberate
inquiry ever been instituted in Congress, or in any.of
our legislative bodies, as to whom belonged the power
of originally recognising a new estate—a power, file
exercise of which is equivalent, uuder some circum
stances, to a declaration of war—a power no where
axpressly deleguted, and only granted in the Constitu
tion, as it is necessarily involved in some of the great
powers giveu to Congress; in tliat given to the Presi
dent and Eenate to form treaties with foreign powers,
and to appoint ambassadors and other public ministers;
and in ttiat conferred upon the President to receive
Ministers from foreign nations. .
In the preamble to the resolution of the House of
Representatives, it is distinctly intimated, tliat tho ex
pediency of recognising tiie "independence of Texas
should be left to tlie decision of Coiigress. I11 this view,
on the ground of expediency, I am disposed to con
cur ; and do not, therefore, consider it necessary to ex
press any opinion as to the strict constitutional right of
Uie Executive, either apart from or in conjunction with
file SScuate, over the sqhjeat. It is to be presumed tliat
on no future occasion will a dispute arise, as none lias
heretofore occurred, between the Executive and Le
gislature, iu tiie exercise of the power of recognition.
It will always be considered consistent with tlie spirit
of foe Constitution, and most safe, font it should he ex
ercised, when probably leading to war, with a previ
ous understanding with that body by whom war can
alone be declared, and by whom all the previsions for
sustaining its perils must be furnished. It* submission
to Congress, which .represents in one of its branches
Au Sfetes of this Union, and,in thd other the People
of.theLniied States, where there may be reasonable
ground to apprehend so grave a consequence, would
certainly ufiord foe fullestsafisfactioii toourown coun
try, aud a perfect guaranty to ;ill_otlier nations, of (lie
justice aud prudence of foe measures which might be
adopted. ■ . . •
In making these suggestions, it is not niy.p:irpos<S to,
relieve myself front the responsibility of expressing my
own opinions of the course file interests of our coun
try prescribe, and its honor permits us to follow.
Its is scarcely to be imagined that a question of this
character could be presented, ill relation to which it
would be more difficult for the United States to avoid
exciting tlie suspicion and jealousy of other Powers,
aud maintain their established character for fair arid
impartial dealing. But on this, as ou every trying oc
casion, safety is to be found in a rigid adherence to
principle.
In tiie contest between Spain and her revolted colo
nies we stopd aloof, and waited not only until the abili
ty of foe new states to protect themselves was fully es
tablished, but until tlm danger of their being agnaL sub
jugated had entirely phase fi away. 'Then and ifotfoil
then, were they recognised. ’ Such was our course in
regard to Mexico herself. The same policy was ol>-
served in all disputes growing out ofthe ‘separation
into distinct governments of those Spanish American
States who began or carried on the contest with foe
parent country, united under one form of government.
\Ve acknowledged the separate independence of New
Grenada, of Venezuela, and ol' Ecuador, only after
tlieir independent existence was 1.0 longer subject of
dispute, or was actually acquiesced iu by those with
wh*m they had been previously united. It is true that
in regard to Texas, the civil authority of Mexico has
been expelled, its invading army defeated, and the
Chief of the Republic hiinsclfcapturcd .tiid all present
power to control the newly organized Coy< rntncii| of
Texas annihilated within its confines. Bat,on the
other hand, there is, in appearance at leas’. an * m -
mouse disparity of physical force on tho side o. c Mex
ico. The Mexican Republic, under another Ca’’=A*
five, is rallying its forces under a new leader, and men-1
acing afresh invasion to recover its lost dqgiiqioH.
Upon the issue of this threatened invasion the inde
pendence of Texas inay be considered us snspeiaiod;
and were there nothing peculiar in file relative .satia
tion of the United States and Texas, our acknowled-
mpnt of its independence at such a crisis could scarcely
be regarded as consistent with that prudent reserve
with which we have heretofore held ourselves bound
to treat all similar questions. But there are circum
stances in foe relations ofthe two countries which re
quire us to act, on this occasion, with even more than
our wonted caution. Texas was opec claimed as. a
part of pur property, and there are those among our
citizens who, always reluctant to abandon that claim,
cannot but regard with solicitude the prospect ofthe
re-union ofthe territory to tliis country: A large pro
portion of its civilized inhabitants are emigrants trom
the United States; speak the same language with our
selves; cherish foe same principles, poltical and reli
gious; and are bound to many of our citizens by ties
of frendsbip and kindred blond; and, more thap aJJ, it
Is known tliat the people of that country iiave institu
ted the same form of government with our own; and
have, since the close of yottr last session, openly re
solved,-on the acknowledgment by ub of their inde
pendence, to seek admission into the Union as one of
the Federal States. This last circumstance is a mat
ter ol peculiar delicacy, and forces- upon us consider
ations of the gravest.character. The title of Texas to
the territory she claims is identified with her indepen
dence; she csss its to acknowledge that title to the
territory, with an avowed design to treat immediately
lor its transferto tlie United Stales. It becomes us to
beware of a too early movement, ns it might subject
us, however unjustly, to the imputation of seeking to
establish the claim of our neighbors to u territory, with
a.view to itssubsequcntacquisitionto ourselves." Prus
dence,'therefore, seeins to dictate tliat we shoulfi still
stand aloof, and maintain our present attitude, if not
until Mexico itself, or 011c of tiie great foreign powers
shall recognise the independence ot’ the new Govern
ment, at least until the lapse of time, or the course of
events, shall have proved, beyond cavil or dispute, the
ability ofthe people of that country to maintain their
separate sovereignty, anil to uphold the government
constituted by them. Neither of the contending par
ties can just y complain of this course. By pursuing
respect and influence abroad, and inspired
ut home.
Having thus,discharged my duty, by preset;tin,.
and directness the views which, after '
simplicity ■
reflection-, I have been led to take of this i n 1 po r - ■■
ject, I have only to iadd the expression of un J
dence that, if Congress shall Jifl'er with me
foeir judgment will be the result of dispassion»i( .‘
dent, and Wise deliberation; with the ai8nran c jf
during tlie short time 1 shall continue connected
foe government, I shall promptly and cordiaSt
with you in such measures may bo deemed hitcn.
to increase the prosperity and perpetuate foe i, ei
our favored country. ANDREW JACKSO
Washington, Dec,21, IS31J.
The leading of the message having been t0 , |
ded, Mr. Howard moved that foe same, with t^ J
cotnpaning documents, he -referred to foe Com "
on Foreign Altairs, and that they be printed;
motion prevailed.,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Legislature of this State adjourned on\\' t
day last. The Columbia Telescope ofthe 24th,r
kin" ofthe business transacted, says—'“larger'
tity°of business than usual was transacted,
which was of much importance.
Tho Court of JAppcals last established cons;
all tiie Judges, is abolished, and two Appeal I
arc now formed;' one consisting of fire Chau
for Equity cases, and the other of foe circuit
for cases of common Law. T he chief objcctioiiju
of Jurisdiction) which attended this system on
power,}
Banking Privileges have beeu granted to th c ^
villc, Cincinnati and Charleston Kail Road Comp u .
under guarded restrictions. The SCHte has saWtyi
to file Stock one million vf dollars, onf of the s#,-.,f
revenue. The accomplishment of this greet uoct j
king is now absolutely secure.
Sixty thousand dollars are nppropriated to the C J
lege, forsbaiiding another tenement, a Library p *"
purchsing books, »fcc. Ac. §40,000 tor extending ^
Columbia Canal—§20,000 for repairing foe Stale t «
$7000 for improving the navigation of the Wj
River.—§30ii0 for Lynchc’s Creek, ifcc. &e.
Iu objects of public utility, as well as in ihe t
meat of many private claims, the Legislature has b
very liberal. A liberality however, not more foa_.
accordant with foe flourishing resources of the
and the sentiments of tlie people.—Coxstitulionclkt. f
FROM-FLORIDA
■ By a passenger in tho steamboat Florida, Carl
Hebbard arrived yesterdhy from Jacksonville, i;J
learn that Gen. Jesup, alter haying scoured the Wj
hoo Swamp and found no Indians, had returned y,
established a.post at Dade’s Battle Ground, utjj
a portion ofthe Afiny under his command tu-re-:, I
that it was his intention immediately to pursue
to the Everglades; where it was suppo.-i u tiieykl
gone.—Georgian.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
THE WAHOO SWAMP tjOOURED.
The Jacksonville Courier of the ~-d iu^L ccmfo|
tlie l’oilo.witig:
“A gentleman from Black Creek states fiiatinfc
genee from, tlie annyh&d arrived at foot ptaqu tidiel
his departure, the amount orwbieh is, that Gen. J,J
up, having reached the W uiioo Swamp, tad tnanlei|
through and through it without finding a solitary hi
dian. Ail had left the Swamp. From tliis it
that Oseola has at last abandoned his strong hold |i c ;-|
Imps to seek another, oy to retire to tlie Everglades,
The abandonment of Wahoo Swamp looks v,
much |ike declining. In:- the present, at least, atajtwl
engagement. Although v.euo uotJ.kc file being ah’-1
ed, when foe enemy is found, bathe.', wiili and thlei- f
fourths whipped it maybe; wen i:';' . h i;g is for il-
time silenced, lo set mt with a who: ■ ui-my, sostei
or J0y utiles forprovuiuns; yet there cun be r.u dealt I
that tlie late campaign, sweeping up Uotn sides of tin I
Withfacoocliee, has eflected much gor.d. Kr.owlcc; I
ofthe country is'jrainad—Indtatisrouted from tiie tort
and tlieir strong licit!, ui.d the bosiilrs must tiov.- hare
been taught to entertain some slight suspicions, at lea*. I
that tlieir swamps can be penetrated by the -jjou
faces,”
About one o’clock yesterday tlie dwelling of tk |
Rev, Mr. Brown, nearly opposite the ruins of foe bud
ding lately occupied by. tiie Post Giike’Depaifaeit,
\vas discovered to be • n lire, which ter k time seeratil
tiirCaten the destriletnin offhe building., Ourcitizciu.
however, with,praise worthy, alder.tv .hastened la tit
spot, and by tlieir prompt aud well-directed efiiirt?,
succeci • i in arresting its progress, and confining no
thc itmncdi ite vicinity ot its origin—tiic loft ubbu'
Midtcly under file roof. Too inpch praise canant Iu
accorded to tlie gentlemen connected with tlie Fraas-
lin Fire Company, a:.d tfie ciiizens generally forth
zeal attd judgment'displayed on this uccaaiot.—Gkb.
‘Tiic HoV. Win. U'. Wharton, Minister Plcnipottn-
liary from tiie Republic of Texas, and Colonel Jahr
Wrtife, bis Secretary, arrived yesterday, and have ti-
ken loggings at Uudoby's Hotel.—Globe.
Satannah and Charleston Steam Packet Company.— 1
A meeting tof foe'Stock holders fitis Company wasticH |
at the City Hotel, on Saturday last, aud the Comjisry
organize j by the appointment of live Directors, uz:—
Gen-. James Hamilton of ■Charleston, George Ila!!
Geo. \V. Anderson, Win. Crabtree, jr. atul G. ii.
Lamar, Esq’rs. oftbis city.
The charter of incorporation of tliis company isi.i
the' progress of passage in the Legisiattit'es orfiiis Staf
and of South Carolina, and it is tnu intention, 11011;°
happy to ilium; of foe company to establish alines:
swill sbiaiu packets between this port and ’ Balfutiorr
or Norfolk, touching al Charleston.
One boat is noiv under coattract to be npivaus E
20(1 feetjo>ig,'25 feet , wi,in, and 14 feet hold, with out
Ot* W'uehtnan & Bratt’s best low ptessure engiuesof
225 bor-c power and’ copper bolters, and to have ac-
commodalions for 2U0 passengers, and to be ready by
tiie firsl'Sieptcmbcr next.—Georgian.
DjtJtic.N, Dec. 27.
. Arrived.—Lino brig Amelia St ong, Brown, Jicn
York: schr Virginia, Hall, Providence; sloop Aler-
ehant, Lane, 6t Marvs; sloop Sapollo, HaUiaway, Sa
vannah; sloop Cashier, Payne, do.
Cleared.—Line brig New Jersey, Matthews, Nc»'
York; new line brig /iiui, Gorliam, do.
SaUed.—»iobp Cwqieito, Hathaway, Savannah; sip
Merchant, Land, do.; sioop Georgia, Botios, Uo.;ido0]>
tstranger, Charleston, ouvannab; schr Virginia, Hall,
.C'juuuestoii; schr Iran ...u, Charlesuni; steamer Crock-
ci, Cooley, Maco u.
Boat News.—.trriccii.—Steamer Chieftain, White,
Savannah; Root Auu v.\ion, Alacsiu; OemuigeeSu
Co’a boxes 15, l(i, ii, 1,, Jlacon; Pioneer line bosu
} & 7 end boxes . 7 cc. r.:. do.; stcutuer liawkinsvitle;
• boai 2; P. i.. Yiunge, Jr's boxes 6 it U, Aiacoa;
boat Vi lid Cm, no. • ^ '
•—Bieaiasr Ciiieftain, Savannah; steamer
Dgiiun:, fiurih!n, do.; steamer iiawkinsvilic, and tow
ljo,:tqip 2, Mucod,
Col. Pierce.-r-Thia chivalrous soldier, the hero of
Fort Drane and Micaiiopy, is now on a visit to Thoniai
Spalding, Esq. The gallant Colbnel is received with
open ai ms wherever lie goes. In Eavann&h, on the
loth inst. he was invited lo a public dinner, as & mark
of consideration for his services in the Florida Cam
paign. His reply is characteristic of die generous and
ardent heart foul throbs in his bosom. \V e subjoin it
May he be speedily restored to tliat health and vigor
which he has lost' in defence of liis country; and may
that enuntry never cease to remember nis noble deeds.
“ Honor to foe brave!”
Shipwreck,—We copy the followit g from the Phila
delphia Gazette. The brig-American, was owned h'
P, IL'-Yonge A. Sons, of Darien. We are sincerely
sorry lo record the event; but hope that our enterpris
ing follow citizens iviUseon recover tlieir loss
The brig America, Gonsales, ftiadison, Conn, for N-
York, iu ballast, went ashore at 9 PI 31. foe lSfo inst-
on iMantirucock Poipt. L. I. filled and sunk immedi-
ately, -The captain, his wife, and tu p iwssengers were
taken off by C'apt. Coleman, of the steamboat Benja
min Franklin, and brought to tliis city. The mate and
the crew, remained by file vessel. She ivas insured
here for §3000, which will no:, it is said cover one
third of her value, she having undergone four or five
thousand dollars worth of repairs.
The South Sea Exploring Kspniition.—“The vessels
built for foe south sea exploring expedition have
all been named : tho tivo barques at Boston are
the Pioneer and Consort, the schooner at New fork
the Pilot; and the ship at Philadelphia, the Relief
Assnon as the equipments are completed, these ves
sels will rendezvous at Norfolk, from whence it t®
xj ected ttiat the squadron will sail ill the course of
next month.
Lieut J. Tattnall has been appointed to the corn-
niait 1 of the Pioneer, ant Lieut. J. Gly nn to the corn-
maud of the ComoD*”—’Army and N'aru Chro^wie.