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RIHTEI) BY THO HAS HAYNES. ESQ. VOL. 111. NO. (vis of 13 V 3?. 3i. iW B<tV S O t'f. Publisher (By Authority,) of l£ Laws of the United Slates: |. Office on Greene Street, nearly oppo- site the Market. , , Issued ewi'y Tuesday morning, at $3 per annum I No subscription taken for less than a year j ■nd no paper discontinued, but at the option oi the puulisßcr, until all arrearages are paid. ’ - Advertisemests conspicuously inserted at the usual rates —those not limited when handed in, will be inserted ’till forbid, and charged accord ”gl *’ CHANGE OF DIRECTION. 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Persons wishing to become subscribers to the Standard -efUuion,are particularly requested to give their ■attention to this; or they will not have the pa per forwarded to them. NOTICE. -'WMTIEL be sold on the fifteenth day of Decent, WW her uext, at the late residence of Mrs. Susannah Moisey, dec’d a number of articles con sisting; of Household ami Kitchen furniture, Beds- Corn. Fodder, Pork and stock Hogs, Horses, and ■ large stock of cattle and sheep ; plantation and ; farming tools, with many other things too tedious , te mention. Sale to continue from day to day. : until all is sold. The plantation will be disposed •fan that day. if not previously sold. At the same time and place will be sold by Gideon Moisey, from I 10 to 15 likely negroes. Terms on the day GIDEON HOLSEY, HOPKINS HOLSEY, JAMES M. HOLSEY. Hancock, Ga. 42—tds. ■ The Southern Recorder will please publish the i abort until the day of sale, and forward their ac smunt for payment. Leonard Burns ) Libel for divorce in W. S Pike Superior court, I Martha Burns. y Sept. Term, 1836. i IT appearing to the court that the said defen- > daut has not been served with the usual proceas ; and it appearing she caunot be found,: it is therefore ordered court, that she ap pear at the next Supci to be helu in and for Pike county, ou the Ist Monday in March 18.37, ■nd then and there answer to the above suit. Anu it is further ordered by the court, that service of this rule be perfected, by its being published '•nee ■ month, for three months, in one of the public gazettes of ibis State. A true extract from the minutes. 6th Septem ber 18.36. EGBERT P. DANIEL, c. s. c. Nov. I m3m. 3000 SHARES BANK OF AUGUSTA STOCK. AT AUCTION. THE sale of the increased Capital Slock o this Bank will be resumed in front us thc Banking house, at II o'clock, on the morning oi Wednesday, the 18th January next, at which time the Board of Directors w ill offer at auction the pri ▼iledge of subscribing for TH 11 EE 1 HOL SAND additional shares, being the balance of the increase authorized by ibe act of December, 182 b. By order of the Board of Directors. ROBERT F. POE. Cashier. v —*f Augusta, Nov. Islh, 1836. AL'' •-"ian. Charlestoi (jy» Ihe ftavamiah Geo, b ••• . • Courier, Southern Recorder, Standard ot i ,n< Georgia Journal. Federal Union, Macon Mcssen ger, Athens Banner, and Washington News, will publish this advertisement once a w eek until the 10th of January and present their accounts for payment. Milledgcvile. Nav. 24 45. FOUR afterdate application will be ■untie to the Honorable, the Inferior Court of Telfair County, w hen sitting for ordinary pur poses. ®»r leave to sell all the real estate of U ill jam Buy is late of said Comity deed. STEPHEN HUBBARD. Guard'* 'MjIOUR MONTHS after date, application will _JT be made to the honorable, the inferior > court of Glynn couuty, while sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real and personal - estate of the late Martha Childers, of Washington e county, deceased. Brunswick, 7th Nov. 1836. I JOHN Bl RNETT.jr. adm'r. I TWrOTH/E. —All person, having any demands: J-M against the estate of Martha Childers, late of Wasliiugton county deceased, are requested to present them, in the terms of the law, and all per sons indebted to said estate, are hereby called on to come forward and settle the same. Glynn coun ty, 7th November, 1836. J. BURNETT udmr. December. 1. 46—nt-liu .l\ 9 l.’s £). JIMES STEM,urr. respectfully announces 1 to liis friends, the public, that be w ill resume \ rhe charge o| ilie S< fined ul tun Xhiliug i House, lor the )enr jßU7,x>Jtl ihtl Monday ru January. Youths are here jM-epamd for a respectable en- i trance into or for ProjewuHtil tluiiiet, | and thoroughly qmd/licd fur tlommerciul or Mer cantile bustmss Kates ul Tuition In noti-sitbscribcrs. a»bit)rerte. Hancock comity,<shl November j&'il. Deecmher. I. .j<; EXLLLJOIt'B SALE.—• Agn ealdc to tin. ■ hud will mid testatmnt ot John IVoodal sleceased, Kill be .old, on the first 'I uesrlay in I'ebruary m'»t. within ibe legal boms, before the; court bouse dour. in DcraZur Dekalb county, tiitlu negroft to w it; Peggy, a woman about 60 years of age. mid Turkey, a woman about 60 years of ag* I Duke, a man about 38 years of age, a firs rdt". blarksmilb : Bob,about thirty years of ngo ; 1 Putsey. a woman about twenty seven years silage i Httscy, it wotnan about twenty years os Atfimy* a gill about sevetiie*'ii years os age, ;mi her two rliildten ; Warren a boy about five ymrs oM; and Kamttntby, a girl about eighteen months old ; also, a small tract of laud, containing sixty-1 acres, it bring part of two fraetionss no 310, ' the lllti district ol Gwinnett county, for-[ l««riy, now Dekalb. Terms m ule known ou the slav of ihle. I Illi Nov. 1836. JOHN DOBBH, ) „ HASTEN D. PALMER, $ L ’ /(rv^r ‘- Jfficcu/bff, I. 45 ..M !t of flpiW BAIR 11EPO TS. MECHANICS’ BANK, ♦ Augusta, October 8, 'i 3.5. J To his Excellency IF. Schley, Governor of (teorgia. Sih, —I herewith transmit the semi-annual report and statement of the affairs of this institution, as required by law. And have the honor to be, &c. A. SIBLEY, President. Statement of the Funds of the Mechanics'Bank, Augtts a, Geo. on Monday, Oct. 3.1836. To amount of capital stock paid in, 4<)0,0<)0 oo Bills issued, 1,124,966 ' t» “ Bills on hand, 553,649 00 “ Bills in circulation, \,. “ Reserved Fund and undivided profits, 76,966 31 “ Unclaimed Dividends, ,2, ‘I’ H» “ Due other Banks, 75,037 16 “ “ on Deposite by individuals, 71,231 35 “ “ “ bv Georgia Insurance and Trust Company, 42,469 58—113,71 0 93 $1,239,335 99 Bv specie in our vaults belonging to the Bank (Gold and Silver coin,) 189,414 04 “ Bullion do 2,625 89 J “ do. sent to Philadelphia, 8,479 85—11,105 74—2<M»,519 78 I “ Notes of specie paying Banks, _ > ~ “ Notes discounted, running to maturity, payable in Augusta, considered good, " “ Exchange, running to maturity, on New Yor Boston, and Philadelphia, 160,308 J 4 “ Chat lesion, Savannah, and Mobile, . „ A j a< ’ 247,374 56—4 '7,683 13 “ Notes and Bills payable in the interior, t 42,598 58 | “ Amount due by other banks, « Jr-r - , ■ To Amount due by agents, o.WO /U i “ Bills and Notes under protest, but not in suit, 3,568 47 of which is considered good, 2,979 15 of which is considered bad, 589 32 “ Bills and Notes in suit considered bad, 560 29 “ Banking House and Lot, 8,300 95 “ Real Estate in Columbus, Ga, 3,984 00 “ Protest Account, ® BO “ Current Expenses. . 3,577 CO 1 $ 1,239,935 99 A list of Stockholders in the Mechanics' Bank, Augusta, on Munday, October 3, 1836. Amount paid in SIOO on each Share. Names. Hesidence. Shares. Total j John M. Adams, Augusta, 122 12,200 I Foster Blodgett, do 30 3.000 Thomas G. Casey, do 80 8,000 1 George Collins, do 80 8,000 Collins &. Manton, do 25 2,500 i a muel Dowse, Guard. Maria Whitehead, Burke Co. 15 1,000 Do. do. do. Rebecca Whitehead, do. 15 1,500 jE. P. Holcombe. Charleston, S. C. 2 2 ! ?0 ! Holcombe, Peck &, Co. Augusta 1UI» 10,nOO | William Holmes, do 10 1,000 ■ Marshall Keith, Columbia co. Georgia, 310 31,000 jG» B. Lamar, Savannah, 330 33,000 ’G. W. Lamar, Augusta, 85 8,000 1 Elisha Manton, do 80 8,000 Tiros. S. Metcalf, do 100 10,000 Celia G. Metcalf, do 100 I',ooo I Geo. H. Metcalf, do 100 10,000 i Lorano D. Metcalf, do 100 10,000 T. S. &G. H. Metcalf, do 200 20,000 E. Molyneux, Savannah, 175 17,000 W. B. Maclane, Augusta, 20 2,1-00 Eliza Moore, do 4 400 Fanny Moore, do 6 603 II John Morrison, du 1 (> 11 G. M. Newton, do 65 6,5 0 j John Nesbit, do 10 l,ol>o | Robt. Nesbit, do 20 2,000 ' } Thos. Nesbit, do 20 2,000 ■ Mary Ann W. Nesbit, do 20 2,000 j M. £. Phinizy, do 5 500 . ' Edward Padelford, Savannah, 15'0 15,'••00 : Moses Ross, Jun. Augusta, 25 2,500 IW. P. Rathbone, do 75 7,500 W. J. Rhodes, Guard. M. E. Walker, Richmond c. 30 3,500 'i >A. Sibley, Augusta, 530 53,000 ; Lucy Smith, Abbeville District, S. C. 1* 0 lt),00o i- i Jo-1 Smith, do 125 12,500 > John Smith, Laurens Di.tri t, SC. 150 15,'’<'tl eN. Smith &. Co. Augusta, 20 2,000 )' 1..R. St. John &. Co. do l'»0 I',ooo jA. Siblev, Trustee, do 30 3,000 ■I. S. Tuttle, do 200 2 ,000 ' Geo. Thomas, Savannah, 25 2,500 n Wm. Urquhart, Burke county, 16 1,600 ’• ' Asaph Waterman, Augusta, 33 3,300 : B. Webster, do • 57 5,700 i Edw. •• do 100 10,000 , 1 B. Walker, do 10 1JM)O : i G. O. K. White, do 10 1,000 I Anna E. White, 4 county, 10 1,000 i Rebecca Walker, Richmonu 10 1,000 , Susan. A. \V alker, Burke county', 000 $40,000 Total, I AY ACT, To authorize the construction of a Rail-Road c< mmuiiication from the Tennessee line, near the River, to the ; point on the South-Easter i bank of the Chattahoochie River, most eligible for the running of branch roads thence to Athens or Malison, F’orsyth and Coiptnbus, and to appropriate monies thembr : Se< td>\ Ist. Be it enacted bySenate and Jlcuseefßep retentntivcs < f the State of Georgia in Ge neral Assembly met, and it is hereby < nacted by the authority of the same, That a rail road communication, as a State work, and with the funds of the State, shall be made from some point on the Tennessee line, near the Tennessee river, in the most direct and practical route to some point on the Chattahoochie river, which shall be most | • liaildc for the extension of branch rail roads, thence to Athens Mill. (Igex tile, Forsyth, ami Colniiilms, and to effect this, a suffi cient portion of the fund to be derived to this Slate from the surplus fund of the United States, be, and the same is hereby ■ appropriated and set apart. Sec. 2d. Beit further enacted, That a Engineer be forthwith appointed by whose duty it shall be to make an accurate and instrumental examination, sur vey ami locatrm of said road, and an estimate of the proba ble cost. Which said E igit eer shall he authorized and em powered to employ sttclt Assistants, Surveyors, and attendants ms shall he necessary, speedily and rffeetively, to accomplish such survey and location, and the expenses thereof; and the salary of silt h Enginter shall be paid out of the Treasury of this State. Sec. 3d. zlw/Z Ztezf further enacted, That so soon as a report of such survey, location and estimate shall have been made by tluf said Engineer to the Executive, shall be appointed by the Executive, whose duty it .hall be to advertise for proposals for the constrm tion of said road, < r of such parts thereof, as shall l.e d« tertnined by under the advice of.said Ei.gineer, to l«e first built. And, on the receipt of satisfactory proposals, the said shall accept such of litem as shall he 1 most advantageous to the State ; and shall ensure the ctmsltuc ' tion thereof within a time, to he allowed by I and have authority to require such securities as shall he deemed qyccssaiy to cps'tre lite faithful perftfrmunev of th? contract. Our CtoJiMMrMoe —»/-—«>*<>• *«-.<»/• IIIE D E I>O I’] VIL. lx E, Cm EOK <w IA, TH! KSO AY JWB.QIKi, S Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when funds shall be needed to defray the expenses and cost oflhe work on said road or for materials, or for the ful ilment ol contracts, the same shall be applied for, to the Executive, on the certificate ot and on the production of said <-e. tt cate, it shall be the duty of the Executive to make a requisition on said fund for the amount of such certificate. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Engineer, and ,nake ’ generally, to the Comptroller General, a return ol the lull amount of their respective disbursements and to produce their vouchers therefor, and it shall be the duty of the said Comptroller to audit such accounts, and to make a full and detailed report thereof at the end of the Session. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That when any person shall feel aggrieved, by said rail road being cut or carried, through his land, or by the use of lumber or other materials from any lands in the neighborhood of said road, or by any other works of the State in its erection ; or when said Company cannot agree with any person, through, or on whose land the said rail way, or its appendages, shall he conducted ; or from whose lands timber or other materials shall be taken for the use of said road, as to the damage sustained, the amount of such damage or injury shall be determined by the written award of three sworn appraisers, all of whom shall be disinterested freeholders of the county in which the land lies ; to be chosen, one by the State, or its agents, one by such owner, if he thinks proper, and one by the Inferior Court, of the county where the land lies, (or by any three of such Justices in vacation :) but if such owner slia'd refuse to appoint an appraiser, then two to be appointed by the Inferior Court, or three Justices thereof, in vacation, as aforesaid, and one by the said agents on behalf of the State, the award of whom, in writing, shall operate as a judgment the amount against the company, and shall oe enforced by au execution from the Inferior Court, with the right of appeal, to either pat'iv. to be tried by a special jury at the next Su perior Court oi’ .saitt* County, and the decision shall vest in the company the fee simple pf tu? in question ; and in the other party, ajudgment for the value <h land thus ascertained, which may be enforced by the ordinary proce»^ “* e Court. In making the said valuation, the appraisers, or the Ci.'iirt, (or in case, ol appeal) shall take into consideration the loss or datrtage which may accrue to the owners in consequence of the lain* being taken; or the right of way being obstructed, and, also, the bene fit or advantage he, she, or they, may receive from the erection of the rail road, and shall state particularly the nature and I amount of each : And the excess of loss or damage, over and above the benefit and advantage, shall form the measure of va luation of the said land, or right of way : Provided, That no difference or disagreement between the State and any landhol der shall operate, by injunction or otherwise, to suspend the progress of said work; but the same shall, in all cases, be conti nued without interruption on adequate security being given by the State to such landholder, to pay such damages as shall be assessed, in manner aforesaid. And, provided, further, that it do not interfere with the house, mill, or other buildings, or yard iiiclosure of individuals. And provided, further, that nothing in this section shall be so construed so as to bring, by any val uation, the landholder in debt to the State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said rail road shall intersect any public road, the State shall be Ipund to build a safe and substantial bridge, or other means of crossing, to be afterwards maintained by the State, and any public or pri vate bridges may afterwards be built across the said rail raod : Provided, Such bridges shall not incommode the use of the rail I road. I Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any person injuring I the property oflhe State, or who shall dhrow earth, stones, rub- i i bish, trees, logs, or any other matter in or upon the rail road, I I shall be punished by indictment for a misdemeanor, and, on | j conviction, may be fined ami imprisoned at the discretion of the ■ court; ami shall, also, be liable for such damages as may be oc- ; casioned thereby, (and which damages, when so ascertained, | shall, on application, be doubled,) to be recovered by action at. the suit of the State ; or of any person aggrieved, in any court' having jurisdiction. j Sec. 9. An I be it further enacted. That said rail road shall be known and distinguished as the “ Western ami Atlantic rail road of the State of Georgia.” Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That three or more branches | shall be built from the Southern terminatiwn of the State rail i I road, on the East ru bank of the Chattahoochie river, to the I cities of Athens or Madison, and Milledgeville, Macon and C o i Itttnbus in this Slate, whenever a sufficient amount oi capital shall be subscribed therefor; And it is also enacted, That when-, ever companies are formed for the purpose of running such branches from the point designated, upon the subscription of half the sum requisite, in the estimation (ascertained by actual examination and survey,) of a competent Engineer, to build, such branches; the companies thus organized, are hereby constituted corporations with all the powers, privileges and immunities, and subject to all the limitations of the charter of the Western Rail j Road Company of this State: Provided, That any companies | availing themselves of the benefits of this section, shall proceed ; forthwith, to the completion of said branches within five years : after the subscription of the requisite stock, or the rights heieby • conferred shall divest as to them, and vest in other companies I who may proceed, under similar restrictions, to the execution of I said work, and so on, successively, until such branch rail roads are completed. f >EC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the State shall have vilege ami the preference of subscribing for one-third . of the nt '' sl °ck of said branches: Provided, said subscription the eamt'' '*’ ed the s,,m of a,,<l l J,ov " i,,d ’ shall notex " e £ le ct or failure on the part of its partners shall f..rtl„.r .I.'. X "••ittire oflhe rights of the State hereby conferred. ' ’ . . ' !-' be it further enacted, That no disagreement St r tV* A I '”" es ”" d !, "- v l: ‘ lldl,,dd, ‘ r ’ as re L r at'ds the iz. /nil shall operate, bv injunction or ise, be ween such comp work ; | )1)t the ame shall, in al) value or prtce of laud, e securi bel „, • enio pa v to suspend the progress ol . a tribu|ia| -mparlial cases becontmnetl, on adt , SOII rgrie v<- sue h damages as shall be asse , (rt ,■ ; rb ,| )( > persons, one selected by the pet n) n-biter pany, and one by the Inferior Co< t shall land lies, and ou failure of the coirq „ f j t, v two shall be. chosen by the Inferi' operate as a judgment, except ir a special jury at the next ter county in which such vest in the compativ the t< r . r . - • .i . i ■ a’ process of the Com other party, a juilgmen* f ■ enforced by the ordtnar .piMiinted on that portion of the Governor's Mcs-; The Commilteer, elates Io a Gecdogical Survey sage which r< th, !d have gtten the same due crmisdciniton, and , floorgia. sa: 7 the following REPORT, .hev feel sensible that this is a subject entitled to the j That t orablc consideration oflhe Legislature at this lu,t j most fa» importance of developing the resources of Gem- onlvfi- s they are conuectetl with tlte arts, the agricult oral, the gia’ a a " d tl,e manufacturing interests of this State, but, horn H.i.ii. further consideration, that site is bound to contribute her the ‘ re will; those States who have engaged tn a similar enter-| S ha . >ze, to the came of science, and the diflustou of that tnforma n-' <ion that emmot but be useful to our sister States, and that ol j . thti Whole emtetry. Your Committee believe, that, perhaps, no , ‘State of the Union is more m such an examination than Georgia ; with a most ext< n .ive territory, reitching from the marshes of the sea coast and the Pine forests to the A|>a lachian mountains, traversing u large extent of country, of even variety of location and soil, containing localities, doubtless, af fording the most important means of enriching and restoring her impoverished and barren lands. A subject hiost intimately con nected with the interests of agriculture, whilst the arts and ma - nufaciures will find ample materials for their euierpiize 3nd profit. Your Committee bel’jve that new articles of commerce will be developed for the employment an I the enriching our citizens. The extensive mining region of the Western portion of our State, known, as they are, to contain extensive ami rich deposits ol gold and other important metals, Itiruish .-triing incentives to this undertaking. That our t itizcps may not waste their re sources in :i regular amj, unscientific experin ■ nts, much may be done by the employment of one suitable and ieutificindividual, or hlOre, whushall fut nisb such facts, undj.iay tloy.o x h princi ples as will enable them to direct their enterprize with greater security against losses and ’6 well calculated to check the spirit of enterprise. Intimately connected with this subject is the great interests of internal improvement, whether byineans of our navigable rivers lor inlets, or by means of rail roads. Ihe streams of the State, with their extent and capabilities of navigation, the ridges, j mountains, and general face of the country, with its capacity for I agriculture and commerce ; it is high time that Georgia, with all her treasures, in money and resources, should, forgetting j Jarty bickering and strife, make an effort to raise herself to that 1 exalted station among her sister States to which she is entitled, bv the extent and fertility of her territory, the ample resources . of commercial and agricultural euierpi ize, her favorable location in reference to the other States, afid the energy and intelligence !of her citizens. Your committee, therefore, beg leave to report the following resolution : Resolved, That bis Excellency the Governor, or his successor in office,be, and he is hereby authorized to employ, as soon as convenient, one or more suitable and well qualified persons to I undertake the work of a careful and scientific survey of all the ! counties in Georgia, under his direction and-advice. And be it further Resaved, That the sum of thousand dollars be appropriated for that purpose, subject to the warrantof the executive, out of a y monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropria’ed, and said s-im be inserted in the appro i prime act of thi; year, - . _____ ; The Committee on Public Education and Free Schools, have given due consideration to the sssue, and REPORT, That so deeply are your Committee impressed with the im portance of education to the vital interests of society', in a moral and political point ol view, involving tint only the ip.tirovement and perfection of our religious arid political institutions, but even their perpetuity. We teeltbat we should be recreant in Oitrdttly as legislators, and traitors to the best interests of Georgia, did we not call the attention, of the General Assembly to this subject. I At a time of great prosperity, the most ample means in , jour Treasury, we feel bound to ask of this General Assembly i ir. behalf of the cause of education mid the rising genetation, I a portion of her ample'treasure for this important purpose. The"aue'in wit ch w<?ftve, is mat Ted Gyvan umtsual attention to, and advancement on this subject. In governments less free than ours, education is rapidly advancing,' elevating and ame liorati.ig the condition ol their people; in-otw own happy country, what advances and improvements should we not expect, if we believe in 'he common saying, “ that iuteUigence i$ tile life ol liberty.” No people will so surely preserve their institutions ! as those who best tinderaarid their value ; w it|i Hie proper degree lof intelligence, may we not expect to jterjqjUfate the.il to the , latest posterity. • ■ Whilst the energy and enterprize of our capitalists are mak- I ing the most laudable exertions to increase toe wealth and re socreesofour State, by the best systeiu ofititertial improvements, 1 whilst our statesmen and legislators are engaged in perfecting 1 our system of government and making permanent Iter instilti -1 lions, shall the friends of education overlook the mental and moral • cultivation of the rising generation, satisfied, as they are; that, on the intelligence and virtue of the rising generation, every thing depends. _ .... - " Your Committee do not now allude to the institutions ot our Stale, in w hich the higher branches of learning me taught, thom’h they most cheerfully admit their vast impftrtance. But thevotppearihe advocates of a system of education that shall be feit'aml carried to the humblest ’portions of society, and shall be as extensive as our means tire ample. A, system, that shall af f.n d to every member of die rising generation a common, p ain English education--the great avenues through which intelligence, science, and religion may be admitted. The foundation on which may be raised the highest attainments of science, the most exten sive usefulness, and the most enviable fame. The imperfection of our present system of education has long been felt and acknowledged. Thousands from our Treasury have beeij lavished with little, ceitainly with vastly inadequate returns. It is the grossest injustice to those for whose benefit it was designed to make no exertion to reform'our system. The introduction of Manual Labor intojhe systems of education, ha* formed a new era in its history ; and your committee confidently believe, can be made the means, with our present pecuniary re sources, of affording a plain English education to every child in the State of Georgia. Your Committee urge these consider ations with more confidence, from a knowledge that this system lias been successfully introduced into the common, or public education systems of one or more of the States, and they beg leave to Report the following Bill: 1 t - ■ i ■ ! ■ j AY ACT i To be-entitled an Act, to establish Public urwl Free'Mr.nual’Ln ’ bor Schools in the several Counties of this State-; to appro priate money therefor, and to apply the di idemls ttpott bank ! stock, now appropriated as the T*oor School Fund, for the I support of the same. • 1 Be it enacted btj the. Satiate and House of Represenfaiires df the State of Georgia in General Assembly, met, and it is hereby enacted bi/'the authority of the. same, That there shall be estab- lished ’in each ot the Cotmites'of this Stale, at ot neat the most central part thereof as public convenience niqy require, one Free , School to be conducted upon the plan ofwhrttis now called and I known as Manual Labor Schools, which Schools shall be estab- I lishrd under the direction of, and be superintended by Trustees, to be appointed in each Comity by the -Governor, tin tier the recommendation of the Inferior Court thereof, who shall ; give their bonds, with good and sufficient security, to his Excel ! Rncv the Governor, for the lime being, and his successors io 1 office, in such sums, not exceeding double the amount they may ! receive,- conditioned for the faithful disbursement of all monies they mav receive for the purposes hereinafter contemplated. And be it further enacted, Tffht it shall be the duty of sni.l Trustees to purchase for the use of said School, a suitable tract of land and cause to be erected thereon, the necessary building* i for said School. The title of which property shall vest in saiti ; Trustees and their sttecesswrs in office, for the use and ben fit of' i said School; and they shall be further authorised to purhease I su. it horses, provisions and subsistence, and such mr.t.iu. u 0.- sil* and articles as may be deemed necessary to carry on the farm of said School, the title whereof, vesting in the same maiii»er m aforesaid. , And be it further enacted, That there shall be employ* d by sueb Trustees, some suitable person a« Steward, w.,use duty it shall be, to board, wash lor, mid prm me suitable clothing for the scholars of said school, and whosi-D receive lljenfor reasona ble compensation, jjx < , And be it furling-ef-d, Tim* it shall be the duty of said Trustees to employable number of Well qualified Teacher*. • to instruct the st holms in said st hook mid that nil applit am* for admission to the tame, shall register their names with the Trits tees on or before the first day* ol January, in each year, ami in the event of there being more applit ants thmi Can be-accvnimodau d; it shall be the duty of said Trustees, to detennin- by h»t, in th* presence of such of the parents or gioartliaus 0f applicants, a* may chouse to be present, those wlie shall be received, preser-, viu'g, likewise, a record ol lhose whayr quit received.* And be it further cnu< ted. That no scholar shall be educa ted at the public expense at said »cho«N, TtmgerHl an and when any vacancy shall occur in the number of said scholars, such Vacancy shall be filled by 101, from those rejected, but in the event of the proper number not apply ing at tlievommem emeut of the year, they shall, in that event, be received asapplication*m;.;r be made at any time. And be it further enacted, That the following shall be the* studies taught in said schools, viz: And be it further enacted, That no scholar shall be received into said schools, who is not between the age of and years. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustets shall furnish each scholar in said schools, with good, cheap and suitable clothing, and provide them with the necessary books and sta tionary. And b: it further enacted, That said Trustees shall have pow er to make ail by-laws, and regulations *rcessary for the govern ment and management of said schools; to prescribe tins vacation* thereof, which shall not exceed one month in eat h year; to pre scribe the hours of study and labour, and do such other acts, as Trustees of Academies’usually do in reference to the plan and manaaement of said schools. t- And be it further enacted, Thas tone-half of the surplus reve nue which may be received by the Stale of Georgia, bom the United States, for the year eighteen hundred anti thirty-sevru t be divided out among the several Ceunlies ol ahis Slate, at c-otd itpr to their white population, to be appropriated, or *o mink thereof as may bemecessaty, in the purchase-ol land, enet iiug' buildinirs and the like, for the commence mt nt<ofsaid schools, ami it shall be the duty of the Governor of the Stale, upon the re ceipt of such funds from the United States, to rrppntka rhe satire among the respective couu.ies, as aforesaid; to makeprpr lamation thereof, aud upon the application of the Trustees, or » majority of them, to pay over to them, the share rj.etich CtHUixy, who shall invest the-same as aloresaiil, in good ta'fih. An I be it further'enacted, That one-half of all die surplusrev enue which shall Iweafter be received by Georgia .from the L uiu ed except that before disposed ot, shall be appropriated, under the direction of ■subsequent Legislatures, to create a per manent literary ami -education fund, for the support ol said schools. ' „ , , i And be it further enacted, That the fund b<>w known as the i Poor School Fund, sbwil be appropriated toihe annual support of the said M < m i’> Labo. Schools tn earn C miity, aud when Lie t Governor shall receive satisfactory inhumation that : ny selmuS shall .have none into mg tlte e.nsumg year with u statement oflhe number of sclWrs, it shall be hts dmy to ts.u< his warrant in favor of said’Tn^t'es, for the share or pwportmn of said fund to which said Couiity may be entitled. And be it further i n Aed, That toe sum ot dollars, shall be, ami the same is hereby annually appropriated by llu* ’ State, for the support of said schools, to be dtvided among the Comities, according to their w hite ipopulatwii. And be it further enacted, That the said 1 rustees <>f each ■ school, shall auuuallv make a return to his Jikxcelleney the Gover nor, <m the second Momlay of October 61 each tear, m which ' said return, thev shall present a fair and correct statement ol all funds received and expended by them, with the vouchers for the ' same to<’-e'her with the number ami mimes ol all scholars ■ taught in°said schools, the studies taitgbl, wi It the profi. tei.ey ' made, the numbor of hours allotted each day for labor and study, I the emnlovmcnt of the scholars,ifhe quantity of provisions raise* ■by them, the valr.e <•!’the same and the kind, together with tho ' amount of income derived Irorn th* farm. And be it further enacted, That toe trustees, aforfeaid, shall ' receive for their services per cetU. up» a , the amount annually expentied’forsa'd citunM , I 1 joint Slanding Committee on Internal Improvements to uhich ' was submitted the Memorial of a Committee oj the lecAif ' Rail Road Convention hc'A at Macon,acspectjuhy REPORT, That the’subject of internal improvements by which to give facilities 'to our citizens to attain, •with the least possible »t --pense and Josyoftime, « market for.their produce, and lor tu» purchase wf-their surplus, - has been considered always one oi bigsi importance, as is eviuced by the many applications lor import ing the navigation of our rivers ; by the many roads opened, and the appropriations made to accommodate mem the b. iter to travel and transportation ; by the experiment made, at one lime, in the purchase of a large number ot hands to eilcct lace ,pui posvs, mid bv the many reports made, by similar committees, iot>® found on the jotirnahofthe ’two Houses. Agricutiuial State,’producing an pnmense amount ot an article that net to be brought to a market always to bemsured a good pi ice , J ith a lar-e trn ritorv, susceptible ot the highest improvement, wnh an extensive sea board, offering an outlet for its products ; and, in relation to the great West, holding that position at the bout hl that I the State of Ne a-York does to the North, it was natural that public I attention should be directed to the means of using these hauj luges, that nothing heretofore, comparatively, ias this Stale, whilst oiff-sister States have been actively at . may, in some measure, be attributed to the fact, a-large territory, over which our right of ‘’ ce !T ; ‘ ’ bec " .'progressively extended, and the necessity which la thereby eh St <rf ™e„„ raS m ß ... u* S.a.e .. lands haseugrossed so much oi public attention as to pie tut its f ’ action on this subject. But the time has now am .£ , w hen jt J ! ever, this State must assume that attitude in this vaticrw Inch . I will enable her t« preserve her rank among her suteis, g we M o,w Fcta-Ctoes .live ,o U.h sub- J. In die far aest, the youngest States,yet in then- mlauey. are stru-'gling <o imitate the noble example set them by Ne*- York, Ohio ,nd Pennsylvania, On onr borders, our neigh bors are seeking to attract, lotheir marts, our produc ~nd become the sources of our surplus. Ihe pas > A t t. e birth to the gigantic enterprise ot connecting the valley of th Oh . with th Atlantic, andnatural obstacles, heretofore thought mbe rmountable, are now considered but as mcent.ves to creased exertions. By this scheme, is contemplated al me of communication which, if effected, must place the State of South Carolina in a mostcommamb.ng nltitui.e and makehe.l » Charleston, that emporium to the South, whnh Act 1 ■ the North: ’ To accomplish this, mountains are to ted rivers to be crossed, the provisions ol nature lUell, v mhittil and Georgia, with facilities of Country, infinitely superior ; route, with ample funds and every inducement to action which WHOEE T