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MACON GEORGIA ;TE -L, E (i II A F II
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The Count rfe Moffat, (Jeronje Bonaparte,) left
Brussels on the 9th ult. with his son, for Germany
The New York Journal of Commerce Extra of th
25th inst. says, « There is no new feature in merchan
dize.—Stocky have fallen i ff.”
1837.
COTTON MARKET.
Our Cotton Market has not been quite so active the
^ent wit was the pa«t week. General sales from
at about 1,5] to 16 cents, and rather more com-
ins ia. ....
money market is said to he something easier at
^, ^' or tli, than it has been fur some time past.
NEW PAPERS.
The mails of a few days past have brought us sever-
,if »cw paper* for exchange, showing the rapid pro-
prcw.and in some instances improvementin the week
ly newspaper pte»
' . fjl£ Detroit Spectator, exhibits a very e’ear
ami neatly printed sheet, and on unusual share of ori
ginal literary matter, highly creditable to our new sis
ter Michigan. We sincerely hope that the moral and
literary character of this new State may keep pace
wtlii her rapidly increasing population, and that the
enterprise of the proprietors of the Spectator way
meet a due reward in a numerous list of patronage.
Tiik Soctiiehs Telescope, a neat little sheet, pub-
lUied at Grecnsborough, -N- C. comes to us in a new
ami appropriate dress. We see by the prospectus
that the proprietors design to enlarge the publication,
as well os to give the papers more decided religious
character. We hope it may receive a patronage cor.
responding with its merits.
Tut Athens Courier, published at Athens, East
Tennessee, proposes to inform its readers, of the po-
ditir-nl ►talc of the Union, bv affording them the lead-
in,, movements and most important facts pertaining to
all Jecrti: parties; especially avoiding the vulgar epi
thets ami course abuse of blustering demagogues; wc
hope it will do so, end would say go ahead.
\ fire broke out in Augusta la>t Friday, 3d inat, hut
was won extinguished, and the loss occasioned by it
was quite trivial. The greatest injury was sustained
fit die edicc of the Constitutionalist, in the remov 9 *
im.lconsequent derangement of its type, and th ; loss
of some of its papers.
The Bank of Charleston has resolved to increase its
capital stock front two to four millions of dollars, and
to divide the new stock among the members of the
Corporation.
CHARLESTON & CINCINNATI RAIL ROAD.
The Knoxville Register, of the ‘doth u’t contains the
proceedings at length of ihe late meeting at thnt place,
ef the Stockholder* in thip great work. The repre
sentation of Stock wm ns follow*:—South Carolina
Ufi.fJO shares, giving 9,429 vote*; Tennessee 3,088
shares, giving 650 votes; North Carolina 1868 share*,
giving 433 votes; Kentucky 268-1 shares, giving 470
rates; Cincinnati, 274 shares, giving 81 votes—in all
34,133 shares, giving 11.008 vote*. From the report
of the Committee to examine the subscription returns
■>o take the following statement of shares subscribed
for, auj amounts paid in.
, -1
gflATlKS.
PAID 15.
hi Cincinnati,
302
$1,610
K.uitnckv,
2332
14,110
Tennessee,
3613
18,065
North Carolina,
1234
6,420
8oill!i Carolina,
35251
176,255
43,332
$216,660
TV above is cxcl:;.
tivo of the niillipa-to lie subscr:
FOR THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
MR. WEBSTER’S PROTEST,
"As reed Jau. 16, against the passage of the Expung
ing Resolution.” The great defender of the Constitu
tion apd the lutes, a second Daniel, read this protest on
his own Itook and tjiat of the nation of Massachusetts.
He sets out, os would a culprit after his conviction, to
write his own memoirs, making his present condition
the starting point, and goes on to prove his own inno
cence, inasmuch ns since he has been under arrest, he
has violated no law -, leaving the crime of which he
stands accused out of sight. But neither his arguments
or his logic can hide die stab which the '-bleeding'
constitution received at lint hands duriug the Senato
rial Bank panic, in arraigning, trying and convicting
the President of the United States without a hearing.
He stands condemned botli by the laws and by the
constitution, which he so highly vaunts of supporting.
Ten of the guilty Senators have been already removed.
Solitary Ewing, of Ohio, was expunged on the same
day that Mr Benton’s Expunging Resolutions passed,
which is quite a “coincidence.”
“1 rise, says Mr. Webster, to make this Protest, in
this manucr, iu the face of the Senate, and in the face
of the country. This record the Constitution solemn
ly declares shall be kept.” This constant canting of
Mr Webster about the constitution, reminds one of the
old gentleman spoken of in the Vicar of Wakefield,
Ma * Jenkins, ever holditig forth on the ‘‘Cosmogony ol the
world—tiic world is in its dotage,, fct.” end subse
quently so grossly cheated the Vicar’s son Moses.—
Does the Constitution provide that Senators shall try
und convict the President before he is impeached by
the House t If nay, then does the Constitution provide
tor an unconstitutional act being tints returned upon
its recordst “We have seen (says Mr Webster) with
deep and sincere pain, the Legislatures of respectable
States instructing the Senators of those States to vote
for the Expunging resolutions. No doubt it gives Mr.
Webster much uneasiness, and we hope the pain it-
cute enough to lead him to deep and sincere reforma.
tion. And M r. Webster’s “belief and entire convic
tion is, thnt these proceedings of rcs| ectable States
had their origin and promptings from Washington, and
that it is nothing else but the influence and power of
the Executive branch of this Government thnt ’has
brought the Legislature* of so many of the free States
of tins Union, to quit the sphere of their ordinary duties
for the purpose of co-operating to accomplish this Ex
punging Resolution.” The guilty arc the first to cry
ihiel. The promptings the llou. Senators were daily
in the hahit of receiving from Biddle (luring the panic
session, and the amount of money expended, and Ihe
cart loads of ■ pccches of the lion. Whig Senators
which were printed and paid for hy Biddle, is a “cau
tion” tn Air Webster, not again soon “to quit the sphere
of his ordinary, (not to say unconstitutional, duties, to
try the President before he is impeached, or even ac
cused.
“Having made this Protest, (says Mr. Webster,)our
duty is performed; we rescue our own names, char
acter and honor, from all proscription in the matter.
You'll wash your hands, will you ! hot will it he waslr
ing of regeneration ? will it wash from your forehead
the stigma set. not only by the popular voice, but by
the award of numerous States, your numbers are n«w
reduced from tuentv-cightte eighteen. If by this in
glorious action you had increased in the same ratio by
tile public approbation of your conduct, your numbers
now would have stood at forty instead of eighteen!—
You will rescue your i.amc, will you l Not so quick
If Mr. Webster will coiiscut to become .the tool of ag
itators, by countenancing, as during the panic session
the Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York agitators’
committees, and by holding forth at Biddle’s dinners,
and at Baltimore Sabbath mobs; and hy outraging,
not only the Constitution, but the feelings of humani
ty, as he did towards the President, he must receive and
wear the stigma of an agitator.
In withdrawing from the other sixteen and setting
up this protest on your-own account, beca use of this
separation, did yon think to be received by the new in
cumbent of tiie Presidential Chair? Even there you
would be ill at case, for the Court of St. James, and
the recall would be rontinunlly haunting your breast.
In the present posture, nothing is left you but to wear
the expunging stigma os best becomes the defender of
tilt Constitution and laws. PASCAL.
•-<1 by South Carolina. Reports recommending the
acceptance of 'he Acts of South Carolina conferring
Untiring privileges on the Company, and amending its
char*, t were couenrrej in.
GEORGIA RAILRO.\D
A Convention of the stockholders pf the Georgia
Rail Hoad and Ranking Company, was held in A.
then* on Saturday, k’-'lli ult. to take into consideration
die pronrii tr of accepting the amendments of the char
ter made at the l«-t -i-iou of the Legislature. Up*
v.acrLo;' sh.ir, - were represented, aud the a*
moudmenU were uuauiuiou.dv acceded to.
Jlilitnry Court.
[ Corrspondence of the Baltimore Patriot]
FREDERICK, Jan. 20.
Before ten o’clock this morning, the court room was
literally thronged with a brilliant array of beaut}' and
fashion, brought thither by the anticipated address of
Gen. Scott, prior to the closin' of his case. The Pre
sident having announced tin: Court ready for business,
Gen. Scott arose with bisidcfonce, and requested the
reading of three letters directed by him to the Secre
tary of War, upon the subject of a Court of Inquiry,
lie then commenced'as follows :
Mr. President, agd Gentlemen of the Conrt;
When a certain Doge of Genoa, for some imaginary
offence, imputed to him by Louis XIV. was torn from
government, and compelled to proceed to France to de
base himself before that inflated monster; he asked in
the pjgce what struck him With the greatest wonder,
am j.st the blaze of magnificence witii which he was
surrounded ?" “To find myself here,” replied the indig
nant Lescari. And so, Mr. President, unable as I am
tore neraburonc blunder in my recent operations, or
a single duty neglected, I may any, that to find myself
in tiie presence of this honorable Court, whilst the ar
my I but recently commanded is still in pursuit of
the enemy, fi-Is me with equal grief and astonish
ment. ' ■ *•
After a few more preliminary remarks, General
Sc«tt fell into a review of tiie mass of testimony before
the Court, with such reference to its particular char
acter as he deemed requisite. The causes of the fail
ure of his campaign were divided into ten parts, and
respectively arranged according to their importance
or bearing. The lateness of tiie season at which he
received orders to prosecute the war, ranked first; the
movement of General Gaines, upon which he descan
ted at sonic leugth, came next; and among the rest, he
enumerated tiie want of proper kind of subsistence—
the bad stale of the roads—ignorance of the topograhy
of the country—want of good guides—wholesome wa
ter, clothing, &c. for tiie trroops.—absence of suffi
cient means of transportation, &c.‘ Each of the
points were more or less discussed, according to tiie
importance which the General attached tn if. ■
CREEK PATENTS.
We published in our last, from Judge Iverson, a se
ries of letters from the War Department in relation to
Creek Patents. The subjoined letters from oiir Rep
resentative iu Congress, Col. JIoLscy, refer to the same
subject—Columbus Sentinel.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jar,. 10,1837.
Messrs. Editors: As the Cpeek Reservations in Ala
bama have become die subject of very general negoti
ation and conveyance, I deem it proper to send you lor
publication the enclosed-correspondence in iclaiiouto
patents for these lands. ' ■ ■ • •
Very respectfully,
HOPKINS HQLSEY.
Editors of the Scutiuel.
MICHIGAN.
Tiie bill for the admission of Michigan into the U-
niouonn footing with the other States, passed the
House of Representatives on the 25th January. It
find passed the Senate previously, and has doubtless,
ere this, received the sanction of the President.
Thompson, the infamous abolition lecturer, lately
stated in a speech, at Manchester, England, that $15,.
OOO were collected at a meeting of tiie Anti-Slavery
inhabitants of Charleston, S. C.!
Wc are glad to learn, says the Augnsta Courier, by
a slip received from our attentive correspondent of
ilie Journal of Commerce, that the report of the great
Rank failure at .Manchester, England, is without any
j-Ht foundation. The share holders of that Bank,
twelve hundred in number, and men of great wealth,
are all obligated as copartners, hence there can be n°
uhimnie loss.
Tiie aunolinemcnt at the Washington (D. C.)The-
a ire, that Santa Ana would bo preaent tiie next evc-
"'ng. was received with groans and hisses—and many
people from the country cainc to tiie city tiie next day,
*' ringing with them pans, horns, trumpets, Stc. with
tl.e intcntii,n of serenading him at the theatre in tiie
evening. Santa Aim iiowcver, did not make his op,
pcarance.
Mr. Chang, one of the Siamise Twins, is said to
have fallen iu love with a young lady of Wilmington
wi.-» reciprocate* the passion. She however objects to
•iking Eng into the concern—the hist accounts left'
•hero in a quundary !
The importance of tiie Southern State*.to nearly
the whole scheme of industry that exists at the North
has been proved to absolute demonstration, if proof
were wanting, by the late Commercial pressure m that
section of tiie Union. Our principal staple, it is well
known,! has long I cep the aln.ist sole equivalent for
the heavy importations which supply the demand of
the United States for European Manufacture*. But
•if late it has constituted the means and mode of relief
for the Commercial embarrassments of tiie North to
an extent which was heypnd all calculation. Being
the great staple of export it forms the basis of opera
tions for drawing and re-drawing witii certain and
speedy effect. Tiie Sterling Bills which are drawn
against its shipment arc convertible into active funds
with so much facility that it has been almost the
only resource of the New-York Merchant when he
was unable to convert anv species of property or des
cription of storks into cash, to meet his engagements.
Many would have been the cases of Northern Bank
ruptcy recently, had the Southern States not supplied
the Commercial aliment, in their principal staple, to
relieve the choked up channels of trade aud system'of
exchange?.
There is, therefore, n dependence of the North on
tiie South, not merely on ordinary occasions, when
reciprocity settles the conditions of Commer-
j ciul intercourse, hut when under heavy money enibar-
i assnients, which cannot be relieved without the com
mand of some Mercantile equivalent speedily conver
tible into money.
’ Now, under these circumstances, is it not passing
strange that the whole scheme of Southern industry,
which is tiie foundation of commerce so intimately
connected with Northern prosperity, should be inva
ded fanatical zealots and countenanced by such men
as Mr. John ftuUcr Adams? He has the presump
tion to sitenk of the genius of slavery! Why it is tiie
genus of slavery which has built up Northern Manu
factures, those very manufactures of which he is tiie
most strenuous surpt Her. It is tiie genius of Slavery
that has given a steady impulse to tiie great stream of
Mercantile adventure for which the iJastern Slates are
characterized, and which has earned for a portion of
their Merchants the enviable name of ihe American
Medici ? It is this very genius of Slavery which is the
parent, not cnly of wealth, hut of refinement, stimula
ting the spirit of enterprize and rewarding it by re
turns that lesser conduits of trade and channels of in
dustry, has invigorated the whole commercial system
of the Country with health action and progressive
prosperity; yet Mr. John Uuincy Adams sneer* at the
South for what he calls tiie “forward progress of the
genius of Slavery.”—So. Pat.
import
The SekoinoJo case having been finished on his part,
he adverted to the delay imputed to him in open
ing the campaign against the Creek Indians. As
might have been expected, lie was extremely severe
iu uis animadrertions upoi; the conduct of General
Jcsup. Once or twice he alluded.to his being in dis
favor witii the managers' at Washington; and to tiie
Utter of Colonel Joseph' M. White, ho also alluded as
one of the primary causes of his. call from the South
ern command.
The document or address, take it as a whole, was
welldrawn up, although I confess I observed sevcri’l
discrepances between it and .thp evidence, ns record
ed. It was delivered in a beautiful and effective style,
noth with-finding the ill health of tiie General, aud oc
cupied him incessantly from ten o’clock until near 4
P. M. On closing. General Scott pain a well meri
ted tribute to the Co.urt, and especially to its able, dig
nified aud excellent President, whose bland aud cour
teous conduct has won for hiiu tiie admiration of all;
his every movement is characteristic of the polished
metropolitan gentlemen.
The usual facilities afforded your corespondent, and
be of tiie Chronicle, were on this occasion lpty aside
to make room foi* the ladies, which will account for
the absence of tiie defence fropi your columns.
The Court will resume tiie case of Gen. Gaines on
Monday. General Smith, of Louisiana, and Mr/Sur-
geon General Lawson are hourly expected. Dr. Har-
ral and Capt. Marks, of Lousiana, witii several others,
have been siibpa-naed on the part of General Gaines.
Lewis Cass lias Also been summoned to attend, or if
impracticable to obtain him, Carey A. Harris, acting
Secretary of. War.
The post week has been extremely gay—every night
a party: three or four hymcuial engagements "arc on
hand, which will be consummated in the course of
lime.
. The military officers now here are Major General
Macomb, Major General Gaines, Major General Scott,
Brigadier General Atkinson and family, Brigadier
General Brady, Captain Cooper, Captain Bradly,
Capt. Hatclieock, Captain McCall, Lieutenants Betts,
Morris and Mitrlicll, and Col. Depcystcr.
Saturday night, 11 o’clock, Jan. 21, —The cars have
just arrived from Baltimore, having been detained by
tiie snow drills fourteen hours. Lieut. McCrnbb, who
was subpamaed on the port of Gen. Scott, also ar
rived,
Sir:
General Land OrncE, Jan. 2 1537.
: Upon tiie receipt of your note requesting to ilc
informed whether patents for lands under iiii provis
ions of the last treaty witii tiie Creek Indians will Is
sue upon tiic presentation of tiie contract approved by
tiie President, as the treaty requires,” information was
requested from the War Department as to tills extent
of the investigation which is now making under the
direction of that Department, into tiie circumstances
connected with the sale of tiie reservations; ar.d I now
cnclhsc for your information a Copy of a letter of the
30:11 nit. from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to
this office upon the subject, by which you will perceive
that it Ls considered inexpedient to issue patents until
tins office is advised of the final di* ision of the Presi
dent respecting those sales. • • ••
I am, respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
' JAS. WHITCOMB,
, Commissioner.
Hon. Hopkins Hplsoy.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, /
Tuesday, Jan. ;>1.1837- )
CALLED. *1 U.T1 :VG,
P RESENT the Mavor; Aldermen,Cowles, Camp
bell, Hi: :gins, Ralston, Robinson, V igalaud Wil
liams.
On motion of Aid. Higgins.
Resolved, That all drays which are or may be licen
sed by tiic city council, bctvg 5>;0 tur single, and $15
for double drays, tiie year, may pass tae budge toll free
during quell tena nt Recuse, v. lieu employed in hauling
goods, Wares un.i mvr.Jiai.dizc.
Council adjourued.
Extract ficm the tjiinqtes, this 7th February, 1837.
Ji’.SS" I.. OVVi-.v. c. c.
CM.-i.tll>, W, I
Thursda: , Feb. V, 1837. (
CALLED MEETING.
P RESENT tiie Jjayyr. Aldermen Copies, Robin?
so.;, V i/ad and Williams.
.petition was received front Win, S. Normas, and
others, asking council to lay 'oii a sin cj ii. froif. of their
lots on the common, which was reigned to the com
mittee on stn ety.
Council then adjourned. *
Extract from -ihe miitntes. this7i!i Feb 1837.
JESSE L. OWEN e. c.
From the Ntic York Herald, Jan. 23.
SINGULAR CASE OFCftlM CON.—Wc learn
that Mr. Blackstock, who eloped with young Jones
to Europe, some months since, intends to'bring an ac
tion for damages against the latter, he having arrived
in the <4ucbe£ last iveek, in company with his lather,
Perez Jones, Esq.
It appears that vonng Jones carried off with him a
bill of Exchange for a large amount on W J Brown
&■ Co. of Liverpool. Tiie father started in die pack
et Philadelphia, in pursuit of the runaway, and arri
ved in Liverpool three days after the Cosmo at Bristol,
in wbicfrtiie beautiful Mrs. Blackstock and young
Jones sailed. On arriving in Liverpool, the eider
went immediate!v to the house of brown Co.
and stopped the ifill of Exchange. Next day the bill
was presented. It was delivered to the father who
went immediately up to London in pursuit of his son,
and his inamorata. On reaching Londun, young Jones
was arrested by his father for debt, and "thrown into
prism: for want of bail. This, of course, soon brought
the yotn.2 gentleman in to reason. At first, the bea u-
lifiil fdrs E'lackstock was terribly shocked, but after
visiting him twice 'in prison, she became 'reconciled
to the loss of her lover, especially on finding lip had
lost his money.
Yong Jones after a short time, was released by his
father, un promising to return home and he a good boy
in future. He wrived’here in the ship Quebec ftom
London, and tin? suit of crim ton will he instituted as
soon as the husband ran catch him al large.
Mrs.Blackstock, the frail beauty, is noW;in England,
and a most curious story is told of her dexterity' and
address in procuring an interview with one of the prin
cipal Secretaries of the "State of the British court.—
W e promised tiie particulars by the next arrival.
BIT 'i’UE I VPRESS MAIL.
NEW-ORLEANS, Febttary 3.
Trial and eoneietion of Harry White.—Mr. W. L.
Brent addressed the Jury in behalf of the prisoner on
Monday last, and spoke for about tijree'lioiirs. The
learned gentleman commented iipop tiie evidcuce for
and against the prisoner witii great force and ingenu
ity. His defence of Hariy White, like that of Rich
ard II. White, was marked throughout with ability,
zeal and intrepidity.
The District Attorney made a very powerful appeul
to the Jury in behalf of tiie prosecution. The case
wept to the jury about 5 o’clock, and after retiring to
tlieir room for about two hours, returned into Court
witii a verdict of GUILTY'. The prisoner, who, while
the Jury was in their room, behaved with a good deal
of apparent levity and unconcern, seemed to be some
what astounded at hearing tiie verdict. The Court
adjourned at about 7 o’clock.
Tuesday, January 17.—Mr. W. L. Brent moved tiic
court for a new trial in tiic case of Harry White, on the
following grounds:
First—Because tiie Court had misdirected the Jury
in reference to tiic statute of limitation.
Second—Because tiie Court had refused to give ccr
tain instructions to tiie Jury.
Third—Because the Court would not peunit ques
tions to be put tending to degrade witnesses.
' The Court intimated their intention of. hearing the
argument of the learned counsel in support of his mo
tion htreaftcr.
Mr. Brent observed that, if he should, not succeed in
this motion, he should move for an arrest ofjudgmenf
for reasons apparent ou the record.—Metropolitan.
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OBITUARY.
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COUNCIL CHaMim.i.. (
’ Gih Ye binary, 1837. <
. _ „ REGULAR MEETING.
x. RESENT tiie Mayor. Aldermen Cowles, Camp
bell, Higgins, Robinson, Ralston, Williams and
Vigal.
Tuo minutes of the previous meeting were read and
approved.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls at ti;c bridge the
last week, $-205 00
, ,blr. \ igal waspddod to the Committee to' audit the
Treasurers a.‘r(io;,t in place of Mr. Higgins.
*Jbe contracting committee reported that they had
contracted witii Berry lingers to ftiriii>ji the public
haiKif iiuu horses tiie present year at Fifteen Hundred
dollars. A resolution was passed confirming the con
tract.
The commiltoe on streets, to w hom n:;:s referred the
petition of. Win. S Norman, and others, asking council
to lay olf a street in front of tlieir lots reported, “We
rcecmniepd Ur give (.0 feet for •street, jirnvided the
petitioners give ou tlieir part,bO lict to make a street
120 feet »,ne. •
*i lie contracting committee reported that they had
contracted >viih Beimel Adauis to cook for the public
baud.; ior $125,
On motion of Aid. Higgins,
Resolved, That the granting of License* f.*r drays
shall be tonsideredand termed acoutract with the coun
cil of tije city of Macon, to pass the bridge free of toll
for one year, when hauling goods, wares, .mcrraiid.re,
and cotton or empty, brick, wood and lumber except
ed, and witpu hauling either of wkifh are to pay the
customary toll. ..
On motion of the Mayor,
Resolved that ihe Mayor be authorised to employ
some suitable person to set out shad (Rees on the side
walks in the streets of Macon; commencing with tie
most public ones, and to have tiie same rojrn.i. tiie ex
pense attending the same to be paid out of tiie luuds
of the city
A resolution was passed, setting apart Friday nijditr
for the meeting of Council iu future iu place of Ai«:i-
i ay nights as heretofore.
A rcai.EiUo'i was offered by Aid Ralston, in reiath n
to ditching a part of tiie city near the Magazine, which
was referred to ili-> commhti e on streets.
Council adjourned.
Extract from the minutes, tins 7th Feb 1837.
JESSE L. OWI N, c
Laws of Georgia.
A -> ACT to amend the Penal Code now of force
. in this State, so far as relates to tiie trial of per
son* committing otleiices, where it requires the joint
a'-tion and voiicut,o,ice of two or more person* to
commit the same.
Whereas hy th" n n 'v existing Penal Code, of force
in till.; 8|nte, it is imperative.on the several faupeiior
Courts in this State, to try por ous jointly, committing
offence* Which require the joint action, and a concur
rence of two or nior- to commit the smile ; in conse
quence of which offi nders are peVmitteo to escape
unpnnished} lor remedy whereof.
he it enacted by the- Senate and House of Pry.resenta
tires of the Mate of Georgia, in Generdl At*",My v.et’%
and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the mwue. 'I lia?
from and immediately alter the passage «r"thi» act
it sliali be lawful for the several Superior Courts m
this State; that when any person sit'd! o«- arraigned be
fore any of the aforesaid courts, charged wivti nriy of
fence which requires the joint action nno concurrence
of two or more persons to commit the seme, it shall be ‘
lawful for said Superior Courts, to try any two or
more of surli persons so offending; al d that all laws,
atjd parts of laws, militating against this act, be and
tiic qpme is hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY
Speaker' of the House, of UcpTrscntatices,
R. tvl. ECHOLS,
Pnsiduit of tU. senate.
Assented to 26th Dec. 1836.
WILLIAM SCULLY.
A N ACT To be entitled .".;i Act to repeal the ninth
section, and all other k.vvs now iu force iu this
State, by which caveats are directed to he 'gJh’.Ltrd be
fore the Governor, and directing such caveats to be
tried in the Superior .Court of tiie county in width f^e
land lies.' " ’ '-
Sac. 1st. I?e it enacted hy t!:c Senate cud Ifcitseof t
Ittpresentalircs of the State .f Georgia ti: General As-
semUy fi.-': and it is.hereby enacted hy the authority of
the same, That the ninth section <,f tl.e act of the25th
February, 1785, and uii other laws, allowing caveats
entered by parties, claiming giants for hinds, to i e tried
by the Governor of the-State, Le end the same is, and
are hereby repealed.
Skc. 2d. And be if farther enacted by the authority a-
faresaid, That alfcaveubror appeals, ei:tc><d against
the granting-of any tur^j of land, which has hcreto-
Ibre been directed" to be tried hy the Governor and
council,* or the'Governor, be, nod the same shall be
hereafter returned to tiie Superior Court of the coun
ty where the land may be; and the said court shall sub
mit the'same to a jury, with tiie evidence, in the same
manner, and under the same rules of law, as are usual
in nil cases, for the trial of titles to land; and tin* ver
dict of a jurv shall be fi.-ml and conclusive.-
- JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of lleprascntatices.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
, President of the Seuat*.
Assented to 29th December, 1836
• WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
A N A
±S L of J
of } 'maims
Died, iu Butts county, on the I4th day of January
last. Mrs. Sarah, wife of Mr. Samuel Uurford, in tier
28th year, after a long and protracted illness.
Although comment on the character of the dead is
often passed witii heedless feelings by many, yet the
writer deems this tribute due to tiie iiicuiory of "the de
ceased, who, though in the humble vale of iife, was a
pattern of Christian obedience in the practice of those
virtues which exalt, cinbclish and render life delightful.
In this dispensation of Providence, it is truly addicting
to the friends and relations of the deceased, as they
too deeply feel the loss of her who was esteemed the
highest ornament of her sex. She was but in the
youth of life, and the cheering prospect promised that
her iLselUluess might continue long, when the threat
ening symptoms of dissolution became evident, under
which she suffered for many months. In this instance,
death has dissolved ties of the dearest kindred, embra
cing the mingled affections of tiie kindest husband, and
the untimely bereavement of five innocent children.—
To th.* many instances in human life, hers has furnish
ed another proof that
“This world is all a flee ting show
To man’s illusions given.” D.
F-l. 9
BOARDING HOUSE,
AIDS. M. SEYiilClC,
.Idaeax,
Corner rf Cherry and Sea,nd Shut
19 ’ tf
i
Commercial iJane.,
Macon, 7th 1V1>. JS37.
B Y’ a resolution of the Board of Directors.
dead at the cite of eigfit per cent perauunm
will be paid out of the profits of tins Bank for the lint
.weive months, to tiie stockholders thereof, ou and lif
er Monday next, the Jbtli inst.
19 THO HARDEMAN. Cash.
f-gv.
P£11035 tfSTJS.Al.fiJSar-P.
| Prices at
MORE INDIANS.
The Tallahassee Watchman of the 2olh ult. says—
“ YVe have been informed by a gentleman of rcsjiec-
tability, who arrived last evening from the Oscilla, that
oh the night of tiie 22d insi. two Indians approached
tiie house of a Mr. Holton, at Widden’s Ferry, about
30 miles from this place, and snapped a gun at him, ii-
bout’40yards distaul. Ou tiic uight following, (33d) a
party supposed to consist of nine, stole his mure and
made off. They were heard Hud immediately pursued
by Mr. Holton, his father, and two young men wild
lived with him. When within about 25 yards of tiie
swamp, they were fired mi by the Indians. The fire
was returned, and it is thought two of the enemy fell,
whilst the rest retreated. By this time, they were join
ed hy some of tiie neighbors, and pursued them, but
without success. They expected to renew tiie pursuit
ou the morning that our informant left.”
YVn. IIcrod, Esq. has been elected U/iitod States’
N-nator from Indiana, in the place of Mr. Kiunard>
deceased.
It has been decided by the military Court .of Enqui-
•7, that “the Florida campaign failed in consequence
of causes over which the Generals had no control.”
Caution to TrareJers.—Travelers should be careful
«ys the Spirit of the Time*, to deliver their choice ar-
•teles to proper persons, as a gentleman, ‘ a few days
••nee, on alighting from a stage coach, entrusted his
> '*ifc to a stranger, and he has not heard from her since.
The Hon. Josiah Ogden Hoffman, one of the Judg*
. ** of Supreme Court pf New-York, died ia that
on the 24 th in*.
Abolition Petitions—Our reader* will porceivc from
our Correspondent’* letter, that tiie House of Repre
sentatives 4ias again pronounced its fiat by a solemn
and almost unanimous vote, against the reception of
Abolition Petitions. What infatuation could have in-
?dnccd Mr. Adams to persist in Dressing them on tiie
attention of Congress, after the determination so ein-
phaticnlly expressed at tiie Inst session against their re
ception, it is impossible to comprehend. A politician
of his gravity'of character, experience aud age, should
have disdained to become tiie mere cats paw, of a set
of desperate fanaties and misguided old women, but he
seems to have reversed tiie order of nature and lost
discretion witii tiie progress of age, while be seems to
luive renewed the undisciplined enthusiasm and false
fire of youth amidst the snows of nearly three-fourths
of a centniy.—So. Pat.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.
Yesterday some few stocks took a slight rally, but it
was generally very weak. The general impression
•till is that stock will advance before summer to very
biMi rales as compared witii present price*.
Foreign exchange is beginning to be called for in
considerable quantities. It is now quoted at 109j to
109], aud a belief is entertained that it will get beyond
110 before next packet day. There is agreat scarcity
of foreign 'exchange—or rather there is a great de
mand foi it. This arises from the increasing importa
tions of foreign goods, and tiie deficiency of tiic ex
changes from the South. Some difficulty has intercep
ted the coming in of southern bills. Possibly they
have not enough to supply our appetite, increased by
the large importations now pouring into the city.
Americans abroad.—A letter from Paris says—“Our
countryman, Mr." Robert Walsh and family, I see much
of. He is doing our country great good. Mr. Cass is
wcl received. Wc have "many Americans here,a-
mong them Mr. W. VV. Chester and lady. Wo are
expecting Mr. Pcrit daily. The Rev. Messrs. R. J.
Br’cckenbridgc an^ B^thunc are he;0 at presoot.—N
Y, Com. Adv. 1
The late order of Gen. Jcsup for another draft of the
Florida Militia, to act with the regular troops against
tiie Seminole Indians, has caused groat excitement in
that Territory, and the Tallahassee Floridian declare*
that it will not be obeyed, The Governor has issued
tiie necessary orders for carrying it iuto effect, but the
Legislative Council has taken the matter up. and will,
it is affirmed, in view of this grievance, niter material
ly, o»' repeal the militia laws. The Floridjan says—“It
is rumored that tiie Colouel of the 7th Regiment will
stand a Court Martial,” rather thou be the instrument
of enforcing' an. order, which is so oppressive. It is
computed that one filth of the nieu capable of bearing
anus, must be taken at tiie planting season—and such
of them as are poor, will be depnved thereby pf the
means of subsistencefor the whole year.
A rumor has reached us, /hat the Troop from Frank
lin county, which passed through tins city a few weeks
since, has had an engagement lvitii tiic hostile Creeks
—hut no particulars as to the result.—Stand, of Union.
The Portsmouth, (N.H.) paper* announce the death
of Thomas Harvey, a revolutionary pensioner, at the
age of 85. When Lafayette visited that place in i824
an interesting scene occurred in the hall of audience.
Harvey w-as introduced to tiie General, a* a soldier un
der whom he fought. “ Do you recollect, Marquis,
(said Harvey) who bore yob ou hi* back, alter being
wounded at the battle of Brandywine, to the surgeon’s
quarters?” “ He was called Tom Harvey," said tho
excellent Lafayette. What took place thereafter, if
we knew; it is not proper to relate.
A'e» York Salt.—The quantity of domestic Salt in
spected at Salina last year and the neighboring towns
Syracuse, Liverpool and Geddes, was 1,912,858 bush
els, which i* less by 297,000 bushels than tiie a-nount
of 1835—supposed to be owing to the severe cold of
last winter. ' .
The people of Marblehead,'Massachusetts, (like the
tea drinkers of tiie Revolution) propose to abstain
from the use of flour until reduced to eight dollars per
bairel.
Bacon, Hams
Sides
Shoulders
Bagging, Hemp
Tow
Bai.e Rope,
Beep, Mesa
Prime
BuTTEn, Northern
Caxdi.es. Sperm
Tajlow
Castings,
Cheese,
Coffee, Java
Rio
Cotton,
Con.x,
Flour, Northern
IjlDES,
Iron, Sired & llu
Lard,
Lead,
ist,
Mackerel, No. 1
N'o. 2
fro. 2
Molasses,
Meal,
Nails,
Oil, Spcrin ■
Linseed
Oznaburgs,
Pork, .Mess
Prime
Powder,
Rice,
Steel, Cast
German
Blistered
Salt, .
Spirits.C Brandy
Peach • do
Macon.
151 a 17
40
12
7
16
14
15j<
37
45
18
8
18
18]
16
16
Prices at i Prices at
Augusta. | Columbus.
17 j a 18j 13 n 18
15
15 a 16
22 a 26
17 a 20
J2ja 14
14 « 15
a 75
10
7
1
10
$4 50
44
20
15
11
30
18 ,
12
$13
$8]
28 i
56 *
11 a
Apple do
Whiskey
Gin, IIol
Domes
Rum, North
Jam
Sugar, N.Orleans
Muscorad
’ St. Croix
Iroaf
Soap,
Shot,
Tallow,
Tobacco, lstqual.
2d do
Tea, Green,
Black,
Twine,
Wines Madeira {
Teneriffe,!
Malaga j
FREIGHTS-To Darien.
Savannah,
Charleston,
River good.
750
i 6
25
15
12
112 a 125
125 a 250
125
87 a 100
65
125 a 175
65
65
125 a 200
12 a 14
15
• 15
18 a 22
8
250 a 275
10
50
[ 20
100
75
25 a 37
23 a
40 a
18 a
5J a
12 a
15 u 16
12 a 14
14 a 17
So a 87j
$J2 a§13
6 a Ci
18 q 20
8 « 9
$3 50
$12 a $13 $11 a $12
32
35 a 45
13] a 18]
6 a 8
12 a 15
14 a 18]
16 a
87.J a 100
t>UOB» A a €08 * .
U E undersigned have determined ou closing their
business and aje now offering tlieir stock, cou-
sisung of a general assortment of
Maple aud Fancy DryCoods,
Hats, Siioes, SadtlicriJ, Htirdiftti e Sic.
<at toil j^rt cenlouNeW \ oik and Boston-cost, at leiuii
-for cash; and 5 percent at wholesale for cash, or good
paper, payable 1st January nexf,' wilh ijpti rest. \i e
respectfully invite our friends and the public to give
us a call. WILLIAM FORT & Co
Those indebted to us would iio well to make imme
diate payment. ” v *-
Feb 9" 19
Turning.
T HE subscriber having tun n the Tinning shop
lately occupied by A I) Brown; in this city, and
having employed a competent workman, is prenared
toexecuicull work in the above branch, v ith great fa
cility and neatness at u reasonable mice. All orders
ill the above business will meet the most prompt atten
tion. Als's hewn timber Ar round timber, or posts of
every description delivered at the shortest notice.
Foli9 19 WM. DANII L
ACT To be entitled an Act to alter the times
holding the Superior Courts for the counties
msl, tieriven, and Jefferson, iu this State, in
the lull of the year.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrpreser.ta-
ileesof the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
,r,ul it is hereby enacted by the authority of the’same, That
llic Superior Court for the comity of Emanuel, in this
State, shall hereafter be held in the fill of the year, on
*J;e third Monday iu October, in each amt every year,
instead of the Thursday after tho serond Monday in
October, the time now prescribed by law. And the
Superior Court for the county of 8rliven, shall be
held in ti;e fall Circuit, on tiie l'ourtji Monday in Octo
ber. instead of the third Monday in October, ns now
by law prescribed. And the Superior Court for the
county, of Jefferson, fhall be I cld in the fall of the
year, on*the second Moi day in November, in *ach and
cvety year, instead of tiie lburth MondAy in October,
as now by law prescribed.
.iud be it further tnacial. That all laws and parts of
law*, militating against this act, be, and tire same are
hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY’,
Speaker of the House of I'eprescntatiTSS-
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate,
i Assented to, December 26, 1836,
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Got.
13
8
•h
11a 12
T.ja 8
45 a 50
87 a 100
7J a 8
120 a 137
125 a137£
8J a 11.)
44«* &
9 a
8 a r J
50 a •*
9 a 10
ISibb Micnfl gale.
O N the first Tuesday in March licit, uill he sold I r-
forc the court hous', in Macon, the following pro
perty.
Pivt of Lot IV > 3 an 1 improvements, in East
Macon, formerly owned by Dnt ifel B Brooks, it being
all of said Brook's interest iu said lot, quantity of land
not known. Levied upon by a mortgage Ii" fit from
Bibb Superior Court in favor of Isaac Scr.lt vs s-uii
Brooks. Dec 27. H*H HOWARD, !?h’ff.
POSTPONED BALE.
Also, will he sold at the same time and pl.ice, 300
acres of pine land lying in the 4th district of formhrly
Houston, now Bibb county, No 184 and part of lot 1*5
being part of the lot Joshua Johnson lives oti’and the
other being the lot that Jacob Johnson formerly' lived
on. but occupied at present hy G W Ellis, as the pro
perty ofR W Ellis to satisfy one fi fa from llibli Supe
rior Court, in favor of Canctou I) Cole vs G W I'.liis
and li W F.liis. Property pointed out by R W Ellis.
Feb 1 9 BENJ. liUSSLLL.rfr/i. slf.
Xotice—A Good Bargain.
T HE subscriber offers for sale his valuable Lands
and settlements, eight or nine miles below Ma
con. cuusistingof between eighteen hundred and two
thousand acres of Land, with a good Grist Mill: and
lie{wcen six and eight hundred acres of said land i
lo’*v grounds. Apply for terms, in Twiggs county, to
Feb 7 19 2tn ROBINS ANDREWS
w-
20 a
16 a
$7 a
5J a
23 a
75 a
125 a 200
75 a 100
50 a 56
46 a 50
125 a 175
53 a 60
52 a 56]
125 a !50
10 a 11]
11]a 12]
13]a 14
18 a 20
9 a 10
250 a 275
15 a 50
100 a 112]
25
19
$8
6
25
18]
12 a 20
100 a 112
200 a *250
125 al50
62]
62] a 65
150 a175S
65
50 a 62]
175 a 223
12 a 13
14 a 16
13 a 22
7 a 9
225 a 275
8 a 10
40 a 50
16 a 25
100 a 150
30 a 37] 37
200 a 300 3(,'0 a 400
150 150'
pO a 76 J 65
$1 50
2 00
3 50
75
iui. uo solo ul ilia laus iCSIW-I.cc ifi. ’.u.m
Wise, deceased, in Butts comity, on Wed
nesday. the22(1 MARCH next,
■ The Household and ki’chen Funiitnrc belonging
to the esiate of Jacob Wise, deceaed, together with
various other articles of perishable property too tedi-
qus to mention. WEBB C. WISE, Ex’or.
Feb 3 19
F OUR months after date application will lie made
to the honorable the interior court of Butts
conuty' when sitting for rrdinary purposes, forlcav
to sell all the real estate of William Redman, hue of
said muntv, deceased. Feb 3 19
" • JAMES CANTER. Adm’r.
MARY REDMAN. Adm’rx.
4 X ACT To compensate persons who may be
compelled to attend ihe Superior Courts of this
Slate as witnesses in behalf of the 8tate, in counties
other than whore snch person or persons may reside.
Si c. I. Be it enacted by the SenaU and House of U ep-
rcsciUulitcs of the State of Georgia in .General Assembly
met, and it is henhy enacted bp the authority of the same,
That from and after the pass’go of this act, than any
person or persons, who may be co4npellcd by subpoma
or recognizance to : ttend any of tiie Supplier Courts
of this State as a witness, ou th j part of tiic State, in
counties other than where such person or persons re
side, shall receive for each day, while lie or she may
be in attendance on said court, the sum of two dollars,
and the like sum of two dollars, for every thirty miles
lie, she or they may travel, in going to ami returning
from said court, which said several sains shall he tax
ed in the hill of cost, and paid for out of the county
fund, in such conuty as the case may be pending, as
soon as-such case may be disposed of l,v said Court.
8 ec. 2d. And be it father inerted, 'iiiati.liy perron
or persons who may attend the euij.erioi- Courts as a-
bove directed, shall iie entitled ;o such pay as therein
stipulated, whether there Lea conviction of the defen
dant or not, upon his malting affidavit before some
Judge of the Superior, or Justice of the Inferior Court
or Justice of the Peace, to the number of days which
he or Hie lias been iu vttiutdauce on said Court, which
said affidavit must ye signed by the (Berk of said
Court, and in that ease, it shall become a warrant on
•the county treasurer, or Clerk of the Inferior Court of
such county, wherein the witness has been in attun-
da pee.
S>-.c. 3d. And be it further enacted, TI nt nothirg
herein contained, shall be so construed, as to prevent
the cost iicing collected in the same manner as hereto
fore pointed out by law. ficm any defendant or defen
dants in State cases.
And be it further enacted, That so tnttcii of said cost,
wlicn collected, as Have been paid out by llic county
treasurer, or the Clerk of tire Inferior Court, to wit
ness or witnesses, w ho may reside without the limits of
such comity, shall ho paid over by the sheriff, or clerk
of tile Superior Court to such county treasurer, ol
der!: of the Inferior Court, as may have pmd the same
aud be applied to county purposes.
JOSEPH DAY’,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to December 26. 1336.
r " ‘ • WILLIAM SCHLEY’, Cov.
N ACT To.cr.able defendants in action at coui-
F OUR months after date application w 11 lie made
to the inferior court of Houston county, when
sittirg for ordinary purposes, for leave to t ell 250 a
cres of land n Burke comity, the property of the or
phans of. Thomas Bell, deceased.
Feb V- IS HUGH ALLEN. Guard
G EORGIA. Butts county—Mary Cargd- toils bj
fore Wade II Giles, a justice of the peace it
and for the 55?d d : s rict, G. M one large bright bay
horse, with a black mane and tail. 9 or‘ If yeais old ;
right eye out, with one white bind foot, and a star in
bis face; no other marks or brands perceivabl„-rap-
praised to 65 dollars by William Giles and Thomas J.
Giles. JOITV GOODMAN, Cl’k.
Feb 2 I?
Carpeting.
8T> 41i PIECES-j-son e splendhj patterni. just re
A5^1’ reived by CRAFT &. LEWIS,
nov 10' ”■'* 6
L
The vacancy in tiie Indiana delegation, occasioned
by the. death of Mr. Kinnard. has been filled by the e-
lection of YVilliam Herod. The vote stood: Herod,
(Whig,) 3,703; Wick. (Vaa Daren) 3,493-210 ma-
| jority-
Por &ale or Rent.
MY DWELLING HOUSE adjoining
T. G. Hoi:, Esq. Possession given im
mediately.
DAVID JAMESON.
Jan Id . 16 9t
S’or Sale,
Hhds prime St Croix Sugar
. > 300 bags prime Green Laguira Coffee,
jau 5 H REA & COTTON.
FRUIT TELES.
AN assortment climee truit trees from
Baltimore.
Also.
A few dozen Chinese Mid berry, the
best for Silk Worms. Fc: salt by
10 GKA' fi » LEWIS
rnon law, to give in evidence, a partial fuilurc of
thffcohsidcration nf tiic contracts upon which such ac
tion may be brought.
Be it enacted by Ike Senate and House of Representa
tives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly nut,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of ihe same, 1 hut
from and after the jiassage of this act,-whenever any
action or actions shall he commenced at common law,
founded upon any contract or contracts, i t .-dial! and
may he lawful for the defendant or defendaiiJS, to ,-u< b
action or actions, unon tiie trial thereof, to give in evi
dence to tile jury, that the consideration or cosidera-
tions. upon which said contract or contracts arc, <-r
were founded, have partially failed, any thing iu any
law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.' Pro
vided, That such plea or' partial lailirre. of eortsidern-
tion shall only he plead< d, in such cases, under such,
circumstances, and between surli panics, as would
now admit ami allow the plea of that lorn! failure cf
consideration. And Provieled further. That - the plea,
contemplated hy this net, shall be fplly aud specially
pleaded at die first term of the court- to which me ac- -
tion may be returnable, and Rot ntany time-thereafter,'
either at common law. or on the appeal.
JOSEPH DAT,
Speaker,of the Mouse of Pevrecrr.tatirtsp
ROBERT' SI. ELUtOLS, .
./ President if the- i'rsaf,}' *
Absented taj December 26.1836. ■
; ‘ ■ WILLIAM»SCHLEYvGpr.
V5»—tg— » ;— -
I! ’pltsioti - are herebv can tioneda.-'
c
gainst trading for upromissory botes vri;tK.tr os'
foi lan>:
Dollars 1410.—By tr.o twenty-fifth day nC Brceni-
bernext, wo promise tu pay Isaac Wotkic*. IVutjw
(for Mr. Shepherd) or bearer, 14!0 cidHai* fer valhe
received, ana if not punctually pawl, interest ftom ci.to
11th January, 1837. (Signed LyY *•'
V,’. ft WART HEN#
r.i War PrsIlN
Asthecsn.ud. rati „• foi v buii Out ..aid note war-pi
ven has entire)* failed, liftn tieierrr, : 7>''d tirt "•pay it.
Jen 24 17 W.B.UAR3HBN,
tL/\ Editor? in thi* State wbei vti3 give the a' • L
notice one insertion, shall be paid Ij» tfcatfliD* ‘ f -
warding tiierraswam*** Sands»rri)!n>€ks *
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