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YLTTU, GA.
f^r-.,, vetg—it. Ai. Ay cock,-Charles J.
fJooprr.
i « MA RIE TTA—Cobb Cmtnij*
|* Lawyers — C. D. Rice, H, 11. Foot.’
Was. Mtlner , Underwood Sr Irwin. A
j Merchant — fi. A. Fraser , W.Hirris
I SPRING PLACE-Murrey Co. Ga. .
1 Lawyers— Undenoood flunks.
\ Tailj r —W. J. Cantrell.
CANTON— Cherokee County «
Lawyer—fLn. Daniel.
Saadi Hi// —Merchant— Jones. _.
To wfych rvill be added, from lime to
ime , siicA as may author id e us to do so.
by placing their names on our Subs map- :
lion Jmu . - ■ •
Tfti^amßaßmssssssssessßssmssSß
LAW OP GEOitGIA.
tntct o provide lor t tie called !
Convention to reclame the number
©C life Assembly o1 ihe State
of Georgia, and for other {purposes*
J therein named.
S£6. !.« Be it enacted by (he 'Senate
and House d RfpresenUdv***ooljo
o f Cm ear-i . nd ay \ u
thirty nine
mo^9 13 hereby designated
the day o«, wuich thg
r. ZfW of Georgia, qualified to vote
L>,j ler, ‘l H ' :$J ‘ li,e L^i&J *tore, shall,
prescribedlaw for
vc re for tk e
present
K*Stmuer eau-*J j. uven
s§|g&^4 's '' 0 ‘ e ® ° f t,,e General
or< f ln ß to the last census •
fEßteggjlKr Co “ d ' Jcteci 3 ’
The Georgia pioneer.
ed and certified under the fmme laws
as are of force in respect to election
of member* of the General Assembly.
§ec 2. And be it further enacted
That it shall be the dqty of such nriaVia
gers to transmit to his Excellency the
Governor, the result of said election#
upder the laws now of force conduct
ing, managTn’gnnd certifying elections
of members of the General Assembly,
as aforesaid, within ten days alter such
election; whereupon it is made the
duty of his Excellency the Governor,
to issue his Proclamation declaring the
result of such notifying the
individu;us>r verafty to rep re
~e.'.TTTrsoptjhlce mu
jv; .as rentethis I, Art.
I '*■ 3. And be it further enacted That
|every of the United States shall
'be eligible to a seat in
who has attained the age of twenty live !
Years,,and been.an inhabitant of this
state threeytjarsjiir.mpdiatelj preceed
ing the day of election, and who shall
have resided one. year fn the county
(or which he sfi ill be t lected. i
Bee 4. And be it Jurlher enacted That
each member returned as duly elected
shall, previ U 3 to taicinig hi3:se;fp said»
convention, take the following Oath or
affirmation, viz: Ido solemnly swear
the.t 1 will not attempt to add to or
take Irom the Cons‘iU<tWw, or attempt
to change or alter any other
clause, or article of the Constitinioiuof
the Strtte of Georgia, older than those
touching the representation in the
. General Assembly thereof, and*that 1
have been I citizen of this State for
the last three years, so help me God.
And any person elected to a real in
said convention, who shall refuse to
take the'oath aforesaid, sail not be al
lotted to take'Mns scat in -said conv< n
tion. , ■ “JJ
! Atrhej’ enacted,
(That the mem a e s-r. lC ot ive u* ion
sl»»ll
• their election at
in the Representative Chamber of .Use
State House, for the purposex>f entejjr
itig up<& and - coosurnating <
of their* coovehtioQ. to wit; j<
;reduction and equaiiz’on
al Assembly;,s«;;?!l e
’w*" \ ijj. ji . i
oii W- pieces, sp
,Us h'ct peer s s r Aty*nrfifri
°*7ieis
• to the /uiLl,*" ' ** v? ? Jef;n :oi*«fu*>l£
Sec 6 ;• y,'-i
.vsU|{-be the duty oi \
: !h e Governor, to K j ve
lileralion? ,„ d Ltt'Jf*
eheconsiitmion i„ referenrX^* '■*
•■actio, of (ho ~u , n . ,e r SaW™ re '
comp°„„g tlie.Gener.il
first Ulond.,, O ctobec Jfflj > , " ltl
of.»ch^*r‘" ,c ’ ,iw "* h y
artic
jects of
the General
tied by a. .majority of the ,i f ! '
the question of
or u No Ratification, r then and in that
cventTff the alterations so by therti
rnade.ancl ratified, shall be binding on
the people of this State, and not other
wise.
Sec 7. And be it further enacted’'} bht
itsliall lea fundamental artirlV / rffc
formation or amendments off Ate con
ventioiY, that each county qPyiv State
now organized or laid y u N or which
rnay hereafter he. by law shall
be entitled to a! feast''one Representa
tive irrthe branch of
General The Senate
'shall, be composed ofif&fty*£ix members
forty Senatorial
| ■■■ "*kl-df two contiguous. *couru4eeL
(inv in tß^^ n t of jbe creatji'rf if any!
new f,ft ' inl l i>mi b e to some
contiguous) jy s tier, or>d
that the said - convent mi shall no’fdfe'-
turb the Federal basi«, inau^^^|®p®S |
flßK!sslflSrstr?? TW
. E *2f l t"«r ttie Govern,'!, ■»
‘®“ fe)uir<-J tfa eupte-ii'lb it,;
Wfc* W* Oitziltf, ol m££
ng&sfV** ***■ * $
' ; 1 hr ‘lie election of Deleeatcsl
totmd convention; »« Wf || ns ,j !0 f ‘ e
er (0 which each ih .H '
Win^dcooventi^S;-!
>ne apportionment of members of the
Generar Assembly, ,0 be made undeJli
(he late census, taken and returned i
during the present year. ’ . L
See 9 And be it further enacted , That!,
‘ GA. MARCH'22, 1839. V
the Delegates to said convention be
paid at,and. after the same rates that
the members of the Gelu ral Asst rnbly
now receive; and that his Excellency
the Governor be requested to draw his
Warrant on the Treasure! for the same
out of any money not otherwise appro
priated*, and all laws and pai ls of laws
militating against this act, r be ,«r;nd the
same are hereby repealed.
•; JOSEPH DAY, ’
Speaker of the H. of Representatives.
CH ARLES DOUG HER l Y>
. "‘it President of the Senate.
* A Rented to 2Gth December 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
* • TABLE
Showing the Representation of the sexeral
I c 'aunties of i his Stale by the l ale Ad oj
Apportionment.
'Appling, 1 ? Laurens, 2!
Biker, ' f J l,e, E
Baldwin* $ Liberty, 2
Bi bb. ' * . 3 f Lin< tin, M \
Bryan, I'j Lew-odea,’ 2
j Bulloch, 1 i Lumdfc, -2
Burke, j 3 '
B*ilts, 2 | Madison, 2 1
-Camden,- 2 i Marion, 2
Campbell,' 2 \ Mclntosh 5 , ’2}
C ; iroll, 2‘j Meriwether, 3 t
■ Cass,' - 2 $ M-fdfoe ’U .4
Chatham, 4 \ Montggnery 1.
CJirlroka-,. 2 ? Morgan 3’
rtMark,* 3 | M uray, 2
t Cobb, 2 s
! Columbia, 3 <■ NVwton, 3
C(twpt;V r 3 j Oglethrope, 3
• CfHA thrd, 2 ' I'auhnng,, *”l]
. Dade, '4i | Pike, 3
Decatur, 2'> Ihrla-kij 1
IKKaIbJ" 3 | Putnam,
paoiy., , 2 f Rabun,
Kady, ,2 l Randolph, 2
Lftnghapi, • j f Richmond, 3 J
Rib err,, , 3 Scnven, ' 3
L|iamul, . 1 | Sifwart, f \
Ftpette, 2’ \ S/imterj.. , 2
■ 2 \ Talbot, 3
Fo7isyth, e faiiaterro,** 2
a *3 f TaWnelt' J ,
x.Fir X PTelfair, j :
* | Thomas, Sh
» f <5»». 1
• Hvr. >s Os? Washington, 3
•: J
It i kes, j 3
1 RlHiineon, y: 2
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QuAum, piyobbt in
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■:* will contain a large
f a nd well selected
' HisroßicAL Sketches,
. PbRTRf, Memories of
.tjj.-olw individu ils, and iiteratu/*
in gertjiy.f jr 1
Ihr. of the publisher is ,tlf”
cenfrhj/n this work that wtiichjs «® t c -•,
ful a<W entertaining; !and tp*oHoc
from It great iSass of publitMion in*
st wictife and pleasing 'mattef* *.*.
Bachlumber will coritama fine w«s*d
of-sym garlic
ifarpaij. y» : •'f i * : - *
7 The Amaranth frill be ipi3Asi|(fffy7f
’^T A a a/J ,
f r ’ , 0 t-aj o n /hed^
*ir rirva *r -° c<^n '
nrre?it ti ng fiver” n ** fi wl “ he
, e «Ufied to a/£/?& gopy^■’'•J
t Me rs, direct to the pub-
* hsl.t r, Jogp&f-pify % %rketftreet
» Fbila must wP 06 * paid.
1 1 CCrPosJ MasM/d.others are re*
s Quested ti> act HSwyF n tß. * •• -
j Agents will ?6 cents for
j-sch
It-; ~ 10 \imri
iTfit ■tlGUiit and icOr it the Eto-
liver, .known h£Vhe May*’ Ferry
l<^use—it calculated f<JT
PefjibbS desirous of going
that kind of Business, will do well
to |call and examine the pren?> sfi& .
J T. R. HU SON.
v No{th-Eastern Boundary. j
From the .New Yorlc Herald of the s6lh. i
THE BOUNDARY TROUBLES. -
Mr. Mein tire, 'the land agent, has
been released; So have Messis. Cush
man, Rogers and'Pillsborpugh. Mclri
! tire ha ween released cH pm ole, for
! accepting which the people of Maine
blame Trie eastern papers
brrathfeihothmg biit war. Ten thoh
• sand trrjops are ordered to the frontier
by Gov'l Fail field, the draft ofmilitia
made throughout the lo march
to the flohtier, consists of ; 74 cavalry,
; 4sl
i te
fiient in eveiy town in Maine is tre
mendotis; the militia asseaible'with
’the greatest ail set m anxious
(for a fight. i}.
i Despatches habeen received by
Gov. Fail field from from John Harvey
in.which Ibtße^bffositibi'ig:
, Ist. I’Thrift 1 ’Thrift die Provincial Land A
gent, Mr'. McLaugHin, be released ox
the same terms that Mrr-Meintire.Was
released. K . :J '*
i 2d. T.h»t 4Heq ;
up so be-tried Rriiifh'Mwsv
| 3d. That th/ force oh the disputed
territbry :bh immediately' witHdritwh.
' Sin Johh
the says'
send Grge- *
and that tii<d&rs. afejb 4i&fe¥id thfi'
disputed Jerlfory, which he will do lo
the deithb jl'h'&sh are his words to.
Gov . y ' ?
It is |)POp4 * should acquaint'
yboß Exdeilqicy, that! fwye directed,
a strong fotep as Her Majesty % troops
to be in rejdin,essp to - support Kef,
sh’i aa|ionty and protect; Hurl
Majesty:’e .si,odct s in Il:e disputed ter
rito'ry, tii thi event' 13 request not
bei ■ 11; irn'rne|ialc;ly complied with;t'
Tlie greyest alarm ;and cohstenva
tion prevatti thrUuj|hout the State
men leavrn| theiy familes— women
taking Them
’are no horses to be had. One officer
‘paid slQ.for.a a horse to go as many
Me mi re says Sir Jofityi*
geTh'g together all (be sci and
near^andc«dv wants deCy to prepare
rj 'Hl'a
tfield to Sir
and ccErjectful* but deter
rr.*w@. 1 lie tells him h»*will not, nor
will Ma.ne vmhdraw their troops from
the territory. After reiterating Che
fact twa| Maine and Massachusetts
have torjk exercised jurisdiction over
the di*p ted territory, be thus con
cludes:! -. , T V *
The jjirty of the Land Agent is
novJKp he territory engaged in ex*
;erX£i: gthe trust with’ which it was
'chargee —and <vitH my coiiseut will
h it,. Wti*4ie-the: protection of
the pro eriy'nf the StiHe from.
derefs i it neces?>Hy for
• to reman, if yo.ur Excel
*. toeendjn
their t A»uUid^*‘J y tjUK
S.ate l.
i dbe unlent' 4
■^ P £f& rr^
igEWCKroN, N. r J. JFeb. 18, T339fi
he f wherewyth
stands arged brtartJeei)
the U* piftrceis of this Pi%rdcfc» *5•;
tRV?v agaiftst th© law of
and efjreatte# Ihfin
cipi*!r. ff of this as sdc4
■ ir;ust ref^i^j^g^^pn^
fi€rd ijesty’s i
i'heret retired to pl ed S ? WSS! i
■^Diwhck 1 whenever snrdt decision
- * f(,a shall be
otherwise required by or on the part
of for this
pose you shall make known theplace i
or place) to |fhrch such reqmsitson.
shall beieont. 4 " -i-.v
■ '-1, . -Ji'., Harv'ey.' .
To the f Mcifitir'e» Gusta-
vus Ba 11 lett l
• Ebeheier WebsteryE^qrs. l ; j
1 havd>o heeit*£jy[on in giving, and
do g%e ihe Parole 6f Honor
rthevo'refp .redto. ’ >
jGrei'. Cftirf Reply to s{r J. Ilartey,
C- S7rMl liave the honpfgd acknowl
edge the receipt of your Excellency’s
■ commun’prati'on of the 18th instant, by
' the liand ofCol. J. P; Rogers.
'! '• mTo yo'ur demand for the discharge
I|oAiie persons arrested by the authori
l tics of this s'ale for beiiig engaged in
acts oftrespa -' upon t!i" public lands,
of this frtale, 1 have to say, .that thtv
WHOLE NO. 170.
persons r*athed are new in the custody
of the With that custody I have
neithei a "disposition nor the authoiity
to interfere. - :
In legs!nl to James M'L&ughlin,
Esq. Provincial Land Agent, t and Mr.
I ibbets, his assistant, 1 have hdvised,
that they be released upon the same
terms upon which the lion. Rufus
Mclntire, ond his assistants were re-’
leased, wit, upon their paroJdfrf
honor, to-return to Bangor wheneVVW
they shouldTe thereto required by the
Executive VGoveinment of this state,
to answer % any charges that may
be brofi^ghtjjjgainst Hum for ,their
acts and upon what your'
ExcelleHOy is pleased to call “the dis
puted/Territory.” 1
Fps h r'epiy to the reri?hinder*of
ydyf Excellphcy’y communication, I
' mist reier you to my letter of the
\ instant, which you will receive
: Ay the hand of R. English, Esq.—-1
jhave/lhe honor &c.
. f JOHN'FAIRriELI>. U
.Fromdhe same petpet of the 27th.
We have received no news of a
figK’yfe.Rhul exce,pf to hear M one by
; every mniL There "WSs a mmorM
theuity lasTnlght the Bntffh'
had beep killed, and h cdlonel of she
f and seyeraL- rmljtia taken;
• prisone>s£but it wants cbnfitmati
it is-that on both sides. 1
in arms & eager for the
,'y. .-!■
,1 At'Sh'JohniA.N. B. orders had beeoi
- , mm. -m ” —’ *&T ... -
received (from Str John Harvey to
send pp 4 i»ll the disposable trodps and
artillery to the garrison
place having marched for the
j Aroostook country. Gov Fairfield
has sent Mr. Yose, of the Maine Legisv
lature,.to conrfer With Gtov. Everett,-
land ask for assistance ih the shape of
.money And treopr* The following
from letters give all theau
tlrentic information that has reached
us:— *. v •' J i
W J *■-* j 4 wjusta, Feb. 23,"1839. ]
V On one thousand
men wJll al the capital, and
march forth Fb?-
<gr ! ° r jheeasterti d^iß(on^pitß^-
i thousand .meijwfjl be * "
1 of his we HDticij^jr.
conflicf v and die this
» greatly, fear the blood
will bdsbedv M t.
■'senger from
edme-HmtiheJP?®
1 Frederick-''-- -
e aye '«
arJ^fthe-ruSuU.
vWbig* 1 of Friday
'Pepkrtment of this
about three hundred
Jptihg men had «/. thee ting ye&t#rda y
organize theOiselves as a
Ibattaiiondlr Riflemen, ahdjretiUooed
, the Legtsiatuye lor a£u pply of ar*nS;
iThord seecris to he' no doubt that their
ftetjueatwiil be granted.”
thrown ap by our
-at th#>ijnnctibn df the St-. Croix .-Ty
tiijdAroostobk, is 12Teet -io.-.thick*
,v th.a sotb, the Wee ft*
*™ m v : w ■'
Jiati- hais Moihg.
libp.e 'pf,; impor- *
»ht»kd
dufingthe day. but none of x
largq.«i?|)p I .y of M.eii have ’
. ( beed'tse-.it u p. Uis repoyteqyhut witli ’ 4
i how miich
K r*»
miles ffom our vncamptnent.'lehould
- be rather disposed to doaht the cor
rectness of this fuiporydhoullvl ve
At frota * ->„.
In my letter lr|l|nerked
that Coj. ftSfeafighUn hasbeet^ffeleiis-
M'WW' : **WO
teases to accepUny*terms i
short of tm unconditional release, and •
rewg toptedge/«ts hofipt. “
he is still in cUßtbdy.
Capt. Rines, wfc learn ha&Mr#g
fortified his position, havulg thro#*
up a breastwork of timber
in thickness, which isalso surmouflW^ 8 >J •
by ordinance. About 7or 800
ddred men are