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POSTAGE.
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as all others, that the postage of all letters and
communications to the Editor or Proprietor
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quest all persons having occasion to address us
upon business connected in any way with the
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of giving their advertisements an extensive
circulation, are respectfully informed that
THE STANDARD OF INION presents the
means of spreading them before a larger
number of readers than any paper in Geor
gia, or perhaps in the Southern country,
with but a single exception. There is not
a State or Territory in the Union, to w hich
it has not found its way ; and scarcely a
Post Office in this Slate w here it is not ta
ken.
Milledgeville
IN consequence of the continued high price of
provisions. Servants hire, &c. the price for
regular, or yearly boarders, is fixed from and after
the Ist January 1837, ns follows;
Board per month, without Lodging, S2O 00
“ “ “ with “ 25 00
Children ami Servants half price.
BEECHER & BROWN
THOS. K HUSON,
A. M. HORTON,
D. B. MITCHELL.
Deceniber29. 50--ts.
Milledgeville ICE Company
THE stockholders met on Saturday the 20th
inst., and organized by the election of Col.
Abner Hammond, F. \ . Delaunay, T. R. Huson,
■<« a board of directors.
At a meeting of the directots on the same day. ,
Col. Abner Hammond was elected president, and
8. D. Betton, Secretary.
August 23. 22—ts.
Rockwell Kenan,
A TTORNE IS A T LAW,
Milledgc rille, Georgia,
HAVING united their PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS, will attend to business en- j
trusted to them in the Counties of the Ocmulgee
Circuit, in the County of Hancock of the North- I
era, Washington of the Middle, Tw iggs and Lau
rens of the Southern, and Houston, Bibb and
Monroe of the Flint Circuits: also in the Federal
Court.
Their office is on the second flaor of the Mason
ic Hall. Julv 19th, IS3G.
SAMUEL ROCKWELL,
M.J. KENAN.
August 2. 29—ts
Notice.
Ranaway or stolen from the subscriber's
house in DeKalb county Georgia, on Sunday
night the Sth in-tant. a very bright Mulatto slave
about 20 years old, about 5 feet high, heavy built,
and hair very strait and black, eyes very black,
lips thick, and one or more smooth black meins on
the back part ofhis neck, named Pleasant. 1 wiil
pay twenty-five do lars for his delivery at my house
or for his delivery iusome safe jail, so that I can
get him. ROBERT CROCKET.
January 19 I—3t. I
(£/” The Columbus Sentinel, Geo and the .
Montgomery Adverliser.Ala, will please insert the
above advertisement three times, and forward
their accounts for payment. Decatur DeKalb Ga
January 19 I—3t.
BrousfM io Ml,
IN Sandersville on the 14th Deeijmbei last, a
Negro man about thirty years of age, by the
name of Abram, who says he belongs to a man by
the name of Henry Coismas, living in Madison
.county, in the slate of Mississippi, near the town of
Livingston ; he is about!) feet high ratherof a light
complexion. The owner i< requested to come
/or Ward, prove property, pay expenses and take
him away. J F NORTHINGTON, Jailor.
January 19, J -ts.
FUHUITUBE
FROM THE NORTH.
of the latest style, just received ar.d for salt, by
THOMAS M, WOODIII I'r,
.At the new and splendid Cabinet Furniture
Ware-Rooms, corner of Campbell and Broad sts.
Formerly McKinzie &c B< mnoch's old stand.
pfrTn
Piaeßos.
ALSO, on hand, a fine as>ortincnt of PI ANO ;
LOR I f.S, the production of save: al pup
ular Manufactories, which can be offered with I
confidence. and sold with the most perfect guar
antee. J.-.nnary 12, 52 —ts. I
/
fi fell- C. E, HAVNES has resumed the prnc
SJr nee of Uei.itme ami its collateral branches.
<■’ w.iicli his undivided attention* w ill lie uevoted |
ulitu tue close of the sickly season. \\ hen not ;
r».<s.iuii ii. i , in, I),, may be consulted at the . ■
di.... Heretofore occupied bv him, or at the Ea
le T v.ni. I ,
Sparm, August I. 183(1. 29—ts
eyes.
FEA H >8 I'. :llli< ted v illi infi: n>< dor sore eyes
_E should be aware ul the great excellencies i
ol Dr 4</;nn s Eye D o/er. in the treatment ofthis, ' ,
tr.iuolesuinc ailhctioii. It has been before the |
puohe but a short lime, yet it has already been I
imrly tested m comparison w ith all the common I (
i remedies, ami with what success may be inferred I
from the extensive demand now existing for it. j
! ami from the numerous testimonials of its value j
now in the hands of th ■ proprietor, one or two
i of which it was deemed proper to subjoin. i,
Sir : It is with pleasure I state to you, that my t
wife who was troubled w ith sore eyes, was com- t
pletely cured by using one bottle of Dr. Adams'
I Eye W ater. I .
JOHN GARDNER, Green street, near 7th. I
Norristown Pa.
i Mr. Fisher : I take pleasure in bearing testimo .
! ny to the superior excellence of Dr. Adam’s Eye ;
| Wafer overall the others that I have tried. Ha- ' |
ving given Dr. Thompson's a fair trial 1 consider <
Dr. Adams' by far the best, as it is free from that i
smarting produced by Thompson's. I know sev- |
: era! gentlemen in this place who have tried both ,
and they decidedly prefer Dr. Adams’ Eye Water ,
, a very valuable medicine. Yours, j
BEN.I. POWELL.
Prepared and sold by the sole proprietor, Jo- ,
saph Fisher, south-west corner of Seventh and i
Buttonwood streets, and of Huddleson, Norris
town.
A constant supply of the above for sale at
JOHN M. SHARP'S Sparta.
Oct. 11. 39—ts.
Bsahn lor the
TOOTH-ACME:
Petersburg, Va. 2 June, 1836.
H. D. M’lntosh, Esq., Henry Comity, Ga.
Dear Sir:— l am this morning in receipt of
your favoui of the 18th instant, requesting to ‘
have some of the Balm sent out to your State as *
soon as possible. Such is the pressing demand !
in every section, that 1 hive, as vet, not been ;
able to supply the orders that have been some . |
time on hand. I have had an order from Au- ; t
gusta, Georgia, and Savannah, since last win- ' I
ter, and only last week sent one gtoce to each t
place. Dr. E. R. Calhoun, of South Carolina,
has contracted for that State and Georgia, and '
1 have shipped to him near five thousand hot
ties, all that 1 could spare. As soon as I can, 1 1
will send him more; but when, I cannot say, as ,
i 1 must divide it as well as I can, until I can sup
ply each State fully. I willdomyself the pleas- :
ure of requesting Dr. Calhoun to establish ana- <
gency at your office as soon as other engage t
meats will allow. I have been putting up near
ly two thousand per day, and now find myself 1
in want of about fifty thousand for immediate ’
use, and have not fifteen bottles, but what are I
packed up for shipment. From the present de- i ]
maud, 1 should not be surprised, if it were to '
take five hundred thousand bottles a year to sup
ply the demand. i .
Yours respectfullv, &c.
11. B. MONTAGUE. >
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES. j
Albemarle, April, 1836. ,
Dear Sir:— We suppose you tike good news,
particularly when you are mostly interested, i
We have hut two bottles left of the box of Balm
you sent us, \ <>u can draw at sight for § ,! ’
which we believe will be the amount, after de- j
i ducting commission and expenses We will *
thank you to send to our friends, Messrs. * * *, |
of Richmond, by first conveyance, a double box, j
which you will put at your wholesale price, for ' .
which you can also draw on us. It has failed
in two instances in this neighborhood, but one of
I the persons that we have seen, thinks it was!
i (with him) rheumatism, as he had the tooth
drawn, and the pain still continued.
Several persons have used it, with defective 5 1
' gums, or scurvy, and are so much delighted with i
i it, that we are charged to keep asupplv. The !
ladies arc using it with the tooth-brush, and say !
that it is the best thing for the teeth and gums
. thev have ever used. We are glad, for the sake
of the suffitrers, as well as on your account,
1 Wat this remedy is not only not of Northern or
i igin, (from whence all the patent nostrums
1 come,) but is a Virginia preparation, and by a I
‘ Virginian. Nor does it detract from its efficacy, !
<on account of the place of its preparation, (Pe- 1
tersburg.) once styled by Mr. Jefferson, the
I “cockale of zkm.trica.” It seems to us, that
i all you now have to d >, is to see to it, that yon
keep a sttpjilv sufficient for the demand—for if
it sells elsewhere as it has done Ivre, there will
he no end to the demand. Several merchants
of mv acquaintance, mean to send for a box.
Allow us to congratulate you, and the public,
at the discovery and use of the oirly remedy (ex
cept drawing) for tooth-ache, that has yet been
discovered.
Respectfully vours,
R. R. & T. T. G.
Huntington, (
near Cabin Point, 24th March. (
; Dear Sir: I bought a bottle of vonr Balm
1 from Messrs. , in Petersburg, in Februa-
ry, chiefly because I had a servant who had
snffeied most exerutiatinglv for some months.
We had tried all the remedies which were in
our reach ; an attempt was made to extract the
tooth, but broke it off. I caused the Balm to
be used after warming it in a cup—this was re
-1 peated with a second spoonful, when she vas
entirely relieved. The next night she came for
more, saying that a tooth on the other side
ached, and also lequested some for her Inishand
1 who, she said, had hr en steering with the same
disease for some weeks. I cheerfully gave it,
and the next day on inquiry found tliat both were
relieved. One of my neighbors of high respec
tability sent to me for some for his wife. I ■
have this day seen him, and he assures me that ,
I it afforded immediate relief, an I there has been !
no return; before she suffered almost constant - ,
ly, and could not he ir t> I t < - oUI w ver touch
the tooth, and for two nights previous to theap
-1 plica'ion,she had not been able tn sir eu scarce
ly a! all. Now she his tin iu'-onveirenrc from
i col l water or any tiring else that corm s in con
tact with the tooth. The night before last he
use ! some with one of bis own men, w ith the
i same success, and says if he coulrl have havr-had
i this remedy fifteen years ago, and known its </-
i ficaev, he ' v old I wiHin'/lv have given a hundred
I dollars for it, I have written in haste giving a
1 plain statement offacts.
Yours rcspi cifullv.
WM. F. R. RUFFIN.
SipfcmL'er 9, r’4- —ts
TfiJlttSiHAY JArWAESV 31,
To 9 ® ba y w s a- 2 :e is n, iVg err 3b ss se t n 1
ssnacQ g* @sbeb
Drug fllcilecii.'cs, Dt/e Slujfs, Paints, Oils,
II indow Glass, Perfumert/, Pat
ent Mctlieines, Hat
ter's Materials,
&,-e. b/e.
E subscriber having; recently purchased the
® Drug Store of the Lite JAMES M. CAR
TER. liespectliilly inform the public, their friends
iiliii the Lite patrons of the Establishment that -
tlicx will continue the business at th-* same
stand, (No. 232, Broad Stieet.) where tiny are
now, and will be constantly receiving, from I’liii- : 1
a lelphia. New \ ork and Boston, a large ami well
selected assortment of DRUGS, MEDECLNES,
Nc. w hich they will dispose of upon terms as low
and accommodating as can lie obtained in any
Southern Market. They will warrant their arti
cles to be fresh and genuine.
the terms above specified, a liberal
discount wiil be allowed upon all cash sales.
MR. N. B. CLOUD.
DAVID E. BOTHWELL.
Augusta, Nov. 25. (
Standard of Union, Southern Whig, .
Washington News and Athens Banner will copy ,
the above until the Ist of February, and send us (
theii accounts. C. & B.
. Doe. 22. 49—7 t. 1
— |
EXPRESS MAIL.. .
PROPOSALS will be received until tlie '
15tli day of February next, al 12 o'clock M. ’
(to b ■ decided the next day,) for carrying a daily i
Express .Mail on horse back, for the purpose of >
carry iug slips from newspapers, in li uof exchange .
newspapers, and letters, (otbe, than such as con
tain money) not exceeding half an ounce, in ‘
weight, marked “Express Mail,” and publish de- '
spatches, on the the routes, and during tlie limes !
hereinafter stated, to w it: (
No. 11, from Mille geville to Columbus, 133
miles, and back, daily on horseback, to stop at I
not more than three intermediate offices.
Leave Miliedeville at 3 P.M. I'
Arrive at Columbus, the next day by 3A A. M. i ,
Leave Columbus at 12 P. M. ! |
Arrive at Milledgeville, next day by 2P. M
No. 12. From Columbus Ga. to Montgomery '
Ala. and back daily, on hoisebaek, to exchange I
mailsat one intermediate Post Office, if requited, i
Leave Columbus at 4 . A. M. (
Arrive at Montgomery by 12 M.
Leave Montgomery at 2.J P M 1
Arrive at Columbus by 1 I j P M 1
Tile service is to be commenced on tlie 15tb
March 1837, or sooner it practicable. ,
No proposal will be considered, unless it lie ac
companied by gi aranty. signed by two respond |
blepersons in the following form, to wit:
“The undersigned and ;
Auaraaty that if his bid for carry ing the
Express Mail from to
be accepted by t.n Post Master <General, shall cn
te. into an obliga .on prior to the 15th day of
Earth next, with good and sufficient sureties
to perform the service proposed, dated 183 ’s
To winch tlie guaranties shall sign themselves.’
It is also required, thtit tlie bidder, < r bidders for
ward with their bids, tlie certificate of a post mas
ter, in the following form to wit :
“I certify that and
who have signed the foregoing as guarantors of
in his bid for earring the Express 1
ail, from to are men ;
of property, and able to make good their guaran- :
ty. Dated" ,
Each route must be bid for separately. The |
route, the sum, and the r. sideuce of tlie bidd. r, I 1
should be distinct y stated in each bid.
The Post master General reserves to himsei j
the power »f changing the schedules, but not so as |
to imcrease the expedition.
Tlie mails are to leave precisely at the time set. ■
Three minutes only are allowed for opening
and closing them at tlie intermediate Offices.
For each failure to arrive at the time set in tlie
schedule, the pay of the trip shall be forfeited, sub
ject to be increased to a penalty often times that
amont ; and for a repetition of failures, the con- |
tract may be annulled.
I fit should liecon » necessary at any time to '
discontinue the service contracted for, (a result i
which is not expected) the contractors shall re |
ceive two months extra pay.
Those who enter into this service must makeup '
their minds not to let bad roads, nor storms, nor!
floods, nor casualties, nor dangers, prevent their ;
p -rform -iice according to contract.
The proposals should be sent to the Department j
scaled, endorsed “Pi oposals for carrying the Ex
pi ess Mail” and addressed to the Ist Assistant
Post Master General, S. R. Ilobbie.
If the mail shall regularly exceed seventy pounds |
in weight, tlie department will consider itself |
bound to pay for an addi ional horse, wlure the
express is carried on horseback.
January 12, 52—It. AMOS KENDALL.
The following is a list of Li tters remaining in
the Post Office at Decatur Ga. and it nut
taken out before the nt of April next, will be for
warded to the (Jen-P. O. Department as dead.
Decatur Ga. January Ist 1837.
T. A. SULLIVAN, P. M.
A. John F Adair 2, Samuel Abernathy, G D
Anderson.
B Warren A Belk, Jepneth Banotte, Jeptha
' Browry, Nailing Brown 2. Miss Binam, I- Bald
: win. Sarah Bini. .1 M Boring.. Elijah Bird jr 2,
John Breedlove, Elijah Bird senr, William Bryce,
Richard Aurdett. J.B Ba<lger2.
G William Clemons, Robert Cochran, Robert
Clemons, .1 L Cash.
D James Donahoo.
E Elizabeth Eaton.
F Thomas Fowler. James Ferrell, William Fer
rell 3,.1 C Farrar 2, Elizar Fowler.
Josiah Grisham, J R George, J O Graddy,
Drury Greydon,
J W Hawkins, .1 C Hightower. Wm Heath
cock, P Honsworth. A Holcombe, ES Henderson,
Isham Hendon, John Hardman, .1 B Hicks, James
Howard, .A Heiidman, Martin Harding
I& J Larkin Johnson, John Jones, Henry
Johnson
K Thomas Kenedy, Josiah Kirksey
L J R Loyless
M Joseph Minehcw. P A Me Daniel, G B Mc-
Intosh I. I’ McColester. James Morris, Wfti Ma
son. Wm McEver, Amy McVev, Isaac Morgan,
John McDonald, Micajah Martin, Nancy McGee,
Daniel McGinis, 3, John Metcalf
N R II Norman. Alston Mahers, 2
A Joseph Bitts, Isaiah Parker, Samuel Potts,
Dempsey Pei kerson, Jtine Pudley. Elizabeth Par- .
ker
James Robinson, A Rateree
8. B D Shnsnate, Hannah Snow, Wm Smith, 1
John Shnsnate, John Sprayberry, Thomas) Si- ,
minis .lolm Sartin, David Smith, J Southward
T James Tri me n. Wm Traflord, Win II Tan !
mu, John I'urni il, John Trnuble, G B li Adams
V W & Y I hiisa Varner: J M Weims, II H
' Watt tsoii, John 'A endrin!’. Fram is Ward. Wm '
! Wa'lis. in \Vvlie, T<’ \\ illiani-a-n, Jesse Wood.
I Ini M ilkersoil, Constantine Wood, N H right.
I I'lioin-as White, Mm M Idle. Robert Young,
i i allies Voting January 12, 52—3 m
Jk LIST of Letters remaining in the Post Of
/'tl fice at Cumming Forsyth, Georgia.
W H R XY. P M
, M’rn An !erson2: Powell Blair; Jacob Carroll
) 3. Mrs Elizabeth Ctiriie, Thomas S Chapliar.
■ ( John Crow ; Ransom Foster; Curtis Green. G
| | W George; N G Huiderson ; John Jolley, John
M Jack : John Keith ; Archibald Lindsey. David
|i Lister; Jacob Martin. Thomas McDonald. S
Moore; G B Nuckles. Stephen C Naler; Henry
1 I Parks 2 ; Robert.Smilhwick. John Short jr; Vi’
W Walker, George Willinghnm Esq. Burrell
I White, Jose ph Woodall. Messis Hays &. Whorton.
\V 11 RAY, at Cumming Ga.
Jatiuary 12>, 32 3m-
Our Conscience —fhtr Centner t/ —flier tariff.
iLirews of 13a© Uassteil States.
«•
'
[BY AUTHOIIITf.] ;
— ( ,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE SE- |
COND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH
CONGRESS. 1
[Public, —No. I.]
AN ACT to regulate, in certain cases, the
disposition of the proceeds of lands ceded
by Indian tribes to tlie United States,
.Be // enacted by the Senate and House |
of Representatives, of the United, States of I
America in Congress assembled, That all
moneys received from the sales of lands, I
that have been, or may be hereafter ceded
to the United Stiles by Indian tribes, by
treaties providing for the investment or
payment to the Indians, parties thereto, of
the proceeds of the lands ceded by them re
spectively, after deducting the expenses of
survey tint! sale, any stints stipulated to be
advanced, and tlie expenses of fulfilling
any engagements contained therein, shall
be paid into the Treasury of the United
States, in the same manner that moneys re
ceived from the sales of public lauds ate
paid into the Treasury.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That all sums that are or may be required
to be paid, and al! moneys that are or may
be required to be invested by said treaties,
are hereby appropriated in conformity to
them, and shall be drawn from the Treas
ury as other public moneys are drawn
therefrom, under such instructions ns may, ;
from time to time be given by the Presi
dent.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That all investments of stock, that are or
may be required by said treaties shall be
made under the direction ol the President;
and special accounts of the funds under
said treaties shall be kept at the Treasury,
and statements thereof be annually laid be
fore Congress.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That tlie provisions of the 4th tection of
the act of June 14th 1536, entitled “An act
making appropriations for the Indian De
partment &,c.” be and are hereby ex
tended in such manner as to apply to the
disposition of all moneys that may here- f
aftc be reeeived under the treaties
therein named, or under any others con
taining similar stipulations for the pay
ment to the Indians, annually, of in
erest upon the proceeds ol the lands cedad i
by them.
JAMES K. POLK, !
Speaker of the Hou*e of Representatives.
M. VAN BUREN,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, 9th Jan. 1837.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Public. —No. 2]
AN ACT Making an appropriation for
the suppression of Indian hostilities.
He it enacted by the Senate and i louse '
of Representatives of the United St des:
if America in Congress assembled. That
the further sum of two millions of
shall be, and the same is hereby apprpro’a- i
ted out of any money in the Treasury not !
otherwise appropriated, to defray any ex- I
! penses which have been, or may be incur
red, in preventintr or suppressing the hos
tilities of atty Indians ; to be expen ied tin
der the direction of the Secretary of War,
conformably to the acts of Congress of
the nineteenth of March, and the second
of July last, and of the acts therein referred ;
I to.
IL si ws of
[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT.
To authorise the construction of a Rail Road
communication from the Tennessee line, near
the Tennessee river, to the point on the south
eastern bank of the Chattahoochee l iver, most
eligible lor tue running of branch roads, thence
to Athens, Madison, .Milledgeville, Forsyth, and
| Columbus, and to appropriate monies therefor.
Section I. He it enacted by the Senate and
House of llepresi’ntiitives of the State of Georgia, in
(>< neral Assembly '.m t, and it is hereby enacted by
the. authority of the same, That a Rail Road com
munication as a State work, and with the funds of
the State, shall be made from some point on the
Tennessee line, near the Tennessee liver, com
-1 mi ncing at or near Rossville, in the most direct
j and practicable route, to some point on the south
| eastern bank of the Chattahoochee river, which
j shall be most eligible for an extension of branch
i rail roads, them e to Athens, Madison. Miiledge
| ville, Forsyth and Columbus, ami to tiny other
J points, winch may be designated by the Engineer
«r Engineers, surveyi ig the same, as most proper
I and practicable, ami on which the legislature may
i hereafter determine. Provided, that no greater
I sum than three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
j shall be appropriate !, annually to the w ork con
! tcmplated by this act, unless a future legislative
' shall otherwise direct.
j Hec. 2. And beitfurther enacted Ly the authority
• aforesaid, Thtit a competent engineer s all be
i foilhwith appointed by the governor, whose duty
| it shall be to make an accurate and instrumental
j examination, survey and location of said road, and
,i an estimate of the probable cost; whicli said cn
; gineer shall he authorised and empowered under
i 1 the control and direction of the Governor, to ent-
I I ploy such assistants, surveyors and attendants as
I 1 shall be necessary, speedily mid effectually to
, i accomplish such survey and location, and an e<ti
’ ! mate of the expense thereof—and the stilariesand
I expenses shall be paid out of the Treasury of this
. State for w hich purpose the sum of sixty thou
sand dollars bo, and the same is he: obv appropri
ated art'! set atfart,
Sec. 3. Anil be it further enacted by the 1 autho- |
rity aforesaid. That so soon as a report of such i
survey and location, and estimate shall have been
made by the said Engineer to the Executive, if
the sameshall shew the work to be practicable at I
a reasonable expense, a siipeiintendent shall be !
appointed by the executive, w hose duty it shall be I
to advertise for proposals for the construction of
said road, or such parts thereof, as shall bo deter
mined by said superintendent under the advice of
said engineer to be first built. And on the receipt .
of satisfactory proposals, the said superintendent I
shall accept such of them as shall be most advanta- !
geons to the State, and shall insure the construe
tion thereof, within a time to be allowed by the su
perintendent ; and shall have authority to require
such securities as shall be deemed necessary to
ensure the faithful performance of the contracts,
Provided that the width of the tract of said rail
road sliall be live feet from the inner edge of one
rail to the inner edge of the other.
And be it further enacted, That the sum of two ’
hundred and ninety thousand dollars be, and the i
same ;s hereby' set apart and appropriated for the
year 1837, for the accomplishment of the work
contemplated by this act.
Sec. 4. .4n<Z be. it further enacted, That when
funds shall be rniedcd to defray the-.expense and
cost of the work on said road, or fur materials, or
for the fulfilment of contracts, the same shall be
applied f'i to the executive on the certificate ?of
the superintendent, and on the production of said
certificate, 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 superinten
dent to make quarterly to the Comptroller Gen
eral a return of the full amount of their respec- !
tived isbursements, and to produce their vouchers j
therefor, and it shall be the duty of said comptrol- '
lerto audit such accounts, and to make a full and :
detailed rep art thereof, at the end of the session.
Sec. 6. And be it Jurther enacted, That the en
gineer and superintendent of the state shall have
full powerand authority to treat with any owner
of land, or executor, administrator, or guardian,
having the legal custody and management thereof,
through which said rail road may be cut or con
structed., or from which any timber or other ma
terial maybe taken for the construction of said
rail t oad, and to fix and agree upon a compensa
tion for the same; and when said engineer and
superintendent canuot agree with such owner so
aggrieved, (ami in ail cases where an executor,
administrator or guardian is concerned) the amount
of injury or damage sustained shall be in writing
submitted to, and shall be adjudged and deter
mined by three arbitrators, sworn to do justice be
tween the State of Georgia and the party so ag
grieved. one of whom shall be chosen by the said
engincerand superintendent, one by the other par
ty, and a third by the two so chosen, or in the event
oi’their disagreement in such choice, by atty three
or more of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the
county in which such land may’ lie either in term,
time or vacation ; al! which submission, choice or
appointment ami award shall be reduced to wri
ting, and no act bona fide of any executor, adminis
trator or guardian, and in conformity w’itli this
act, shall in any manner prejudice his. her, or their
interest, but shall be binding on the heirs at law,
legatees or orphans with whom he, she or they
may have to account ; and it shall and may be
lawful for the said engineer or superintendent for,
and on behalf of the State, or for the other party
to the award of said arbitrators to present to them
a written declaration of dissatisfaction therewith,
and desire to appeal therefrom, who shall ’here
upon transmit forthwith to the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of the county xvherein said land may
lie, all previous proceedings in the case together
I with such appeal, to be tried by a special jury, as
I in other cases of appeal, without formal pleadings
I or issue, which said appeal shall be prosecuted on
j behalf of the State, by the Attorney or Solicitor
General officiating in such court; and upon pre
sentation to the Governor of atty such agreement
or award; attested by a Justice of the Inferior
Court, of the county wherein said land may lie, or
of aveidict of a special jury, in any such superior
court, certified by the clerk thereof, whereby the
payment of a sum of money has been accorded,
aw arded, found adjudged to tiny individual in
the manner herein pointed out, together w ith a re -
inquishment of the land, if aiiy w ere in dispute,
i it shall be Itis duty to make a requisition upon the
] fund hereinbefore appropriated, in satisfaction of
the claim so adjudged. In making the said valu
] ation, the appraisers, or the court (in case of ap
peal) shall take into consideration the loss or dam
- age which may accrue to the owners, in conse
! quence of the land being taken, or the right of way
I being obstructed. Provided, that nodiflerettce or
i disagreement between the State and any laud
| holder shall operate by injunction or otherwise, to
' suspend the progtess ofsaidwork; but the same
: shallin all eases be continued without interruption,
if such submission to said award shall be tendered
by said siipeiintendent, and’ agent as aforesaid ;
! and Provided further, that it do not interfere with
the house, mill, or other building, oryard or grav»
yard enclosure of individuals or churches.
i Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted, S,-c.' That
j whenever the said rail road shall intersect any pub
! lie road, the State shall build a safe and suhstan
j tial bridge, or other means of crossing, to be after
j w ards maintained by the State, and any public or
piivate bridges may afterwards be bnilt across the
I said rail road: Provided, such bridges shall not in
| terrupt the use of the rail roads.
i Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, &fc. That any’
i person injuring the property of the State, or who
, shall unlawfully throw earth,stones, rubbish, trees,
; logs, or any other matter in or upon the rail road,
! shall be punished by indiement for a misdemeanor,
j and on conviction, may be fined and imprisoned,
or fined, or imprisoned, at the discretion of the
court; andshall also, he liable for such damages
I as may be occasioned thereby, to be recovered by
i action, at the suit of the Stale, or of any person
j aggrieved, in any court having jurisdiction.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, &rc. That said
rail road shall be known and distinguished as the
Western and Atlantic Rail Road of the State of
Georgia.
Sec. 10. And for the encouragement of the con
struction of branch rail roads from the termi-
I mis of s lid State rail road, on the Chattahoochie,
to the several towns of Athens, Madison, Milledge
ville, Forsyth and Columbus —
J*e it firthi r enacted, i,-c. That so soon as char
! ters shall have been obtained for.tlie construction
i of said branch rail roads or any es th. in, and one
. half of the stock shall have been subscribed for, in
j all, or either, it shall be the duty of the Governor
to subscribe, in the name of the State, for o:ie
' fourth of the capital stock of such company or com
i panies: Provided, that sai l subscription shall not
exceed two hundred thousand dollars, to any one
branch: And Provided also. Aril State shall
1 not be required to pay any part of said subscription,
; until the whole capital stock of any such compa-
I nies shall have been subset ibed for: Provided also,
! that nothing in this act shall be so construed, as to
’ ! prevent the State Itom authorizing any company,
i now, or hereafter to be incorporated, to intersect,
’ j or cross said main trunk, or tmy branches, with any
’ 1 other road--- and further Provi led, that the tracks
i of all brain II roads, by this act contemplated, shall
‘ : correspond in width with that of the main trunk.
Sec 11. And be it further eiiicted, f,’c. Thattbc
' said rail road sh ill cross the Chattahoochie river, at
soon' point between Campbellton, in Campbell
county an I Wynn’s ferrv. in 11 ill county.
' Sec. 12. And be it farther enacted, t/c. That the
' Engineer shall, fro n time to tint ■, at least every
three months report, to the Governor, the progress
r ofsaiil work, and that Ito cause the same to be itn
mediately published in the several gazettes of Mil
' ledgeville.
’ JOSEP 1 DAY.
J Speaker of the II ntse of Representatives:
; ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Asscntct.'l o, D 'ci-mber '2 l, 1836.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
AN ACT entitled an act to authorize th<
sheriffs of the counties of Cass, Cobl
Cherokee, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray
Paulding, Floyd, Union and Walker, to sell a
the State’s half of lots which have or may h
condemned as fraudulently drawn in the lai
Land and Gold Lottery, and to make valid cet
tain sales of the State’s interest in lots sold uu
tier the existing laws, by the consent of the In
formers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the State of Georgia h
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enactci
by the authority of the same, That from am
after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty
of the Clerk of the Superior court in each o
the counties ofCass, Cobb, Cherokee, Gilmer.
Floyd, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding
Union and Walker,to furnish the sheriffs of eacl
of their respective counties a certificate, ttndei
their hand and seal and countersigned by th<
presiding Judge of the Superior court, of al
lots that have been condemned as fraudulentk
drawn, designating the half assigned to the State,
with a copy plat ; and it shall be the duty of ib<
sheriff to proceed to advertise such half lots ant
sell the same, by giving thirty days notice of tin
time of sale under the same rules and regula
tions as sales are authorized io be made by sher
iffs under execution.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the sheriff to sell all such half lots ol
land, at the time and place of selling land under
executions, and the highest bidder shall be the
purchaser.
And be. it further enacted, That the sherifi
shall grant to such a purchaser a certificate ol
the amount of-sale, setting forth the number,
district and section in which said land may
be situate, with a plan of the State’s half of such
lot.
And be it further enacted, That the holder
of such certificate shall, within sixty days after
sucn sale have the right todeposite his note, for
the amonntof sale, in the Central Bank of Geor
gia, under such rules as the Bank shall deem se
cure.
And be it further enacted, That when such
: purchaser shall deposite his note, as aforesaid,
it shall be the duty of the officers of the Central
, Bank to give such person a certificate, shewing
the amount he has paid in Bank, being the full
5 amount of the sale of such half lot, he giving
i the number of district and section.
And be it further enacted, That his exccllen
cy the Governor shall issue his order to the ,
! Surveyor General, to let the grant issue without j
further cost.
And be it further enacted, That the Sheriffs!
aforesaid shall be entitled to five per centum on
’ the amount of all such sales, besides the usual
j advertising fees.
And be it further enacted, That, upon the
| returns of the sheriff to the Executive Depart
j ment, it shall be the duty of his excellency the
Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury
for the amount due such sheriff.
And be it further enacted. That all sales
heretofore made by sherifis of til! such half lots
as have been sold, as have been condemned as
fraudulently drawn, by the consent of the In
former, and who has not paid the amount of the
purchase money, due the State, shall have the
privilege of paying for the same, under the
same rules as are allowed by’ this act.
And be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws militating against this act be, and
he same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, Decembci 19, 1836.
Jan. 19 I—lt.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, C?ot'crnor.
The Milledgeville papers, Columbus Sentinel,
Georgia Telegraph, (Macon,) Southern Banner,
Southern Spy, Miner’s Recorder, Georgia Con
stitutionalist and Courier, (Augusta.) and Sa
vannah Georgian, will publish the above one
time.
AN ACT
To regulate the Auditing and payment of Ac
counts against the State.
Sec. 1. Re it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Geor
\ gia, iu General Assembly met, audit is hereny
enacted by the authority of the same, That from
and after the passing of this Act, all accounts
exhibited against this State, shall be audited by
the Comptroller General and certified by hint
to be correct.
Sec. 2. Re it further enacted, Sfc. That
when accounts so audited and certified by the
Comptroller General, shall, be presented to the
(Jov'emor, it shall be his duty to order the same
to be ptiid by a warrant on tlie Treasury ; Pro
vided, That the Governor shall have the right,
in any particular case, to withhold his approval
j of any account certified and approved by the
! Comptroller General.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nil
j laws, or parts of laws, militating against this
I Act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
,i .JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Sonata.
I Assented December. 26. 1836.
\\ ILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
Jan. 19. I—3t
d?’ Such accounts only, as are attested
• i by affidavit, shewing them to be correct
i anti just, w ill be audited, under the requi
l sitionsof the foregoing act.
JOHN G. PARKComp’t. Genl
Jail
fN Greenville Merriwether County, on the
2d inst. a Negro fellow supposed to he about
•!250r ’6 years of age, says his name is Jacob,
i says he belongs to Win. Sanford of Baldwin
j County, has a large scar immediately over his
i left eye—the owner is requested to come for
. ! .card, prove If s property, pay’ charges and take
i him away.
ALSO.
On the 18th inst. a Boy who says his name is
\ Jacob, that he belongs to John Blakely, a spec
ulator who bought him in Laurence (list. South
_ ! Carolina and whom he absconded from neai
| LaFayetto, Chambers County, Ala. Jacob i-
J about five feet ten or eleven inches high, light
complected, and supposed to be about 25 or
!39 years of ago th.- owner is requested to come
forward, prove property, pay charges and take
I him awav. J. C. McGIBONY, Jailor.
( January 19 1837 2— ts.
BY I». 9.. KO It IN SOM
WiSOLE aio. 15S
POETRY.
r
WOMAN. «
If ’twerc not for thtf splendid light w
That trembles from yon beauteous star, .
How dark would be the form ol night
Careering in her dusky car !
’Tis thus enlivening woman cheers y
Mari’s gloomiest hour with fond caress,
When nought of kindred life appears
To soothe the pangs of deep distress.
AnTt yrt Hbw oft his reckless heart
Neglects lier in her reign ofbliss—
’Tis only in affliction’s smart.
We truly know what woman is.
Then wherefore, man, forget that friend.
When fortune’s brighter planets shine I
Remember, when their beauties end,
Hom dark the night that must be thine !
But thou art like the thoughtless roe.
That sports around the fountain’s brink.
Nor heeds the rill that glides below,
Nor cares its limpid wave to drink.
Not so wlicn’’mid the desert’s heat,
She feels the pains of thirst begin—
'Oh ! then the bittercstdraugbts were sweet
To slake the fire that bums within.
So, when with grief and care opprest,
How soon we fly to woman’s arms !
And, suppliant round her generous breast.
Forget our woes for beauty’s charms 1
What a capital thing it would be in those com
plaining hard times, to be blessed with a wife
gifted like the lady mentnened in the following
lines.:
THE POWERS OF MUSIC.
Touch, touch once more those keys ofibone,*
And let me hear those notes again ;
Though notes of hand, unlike my own,
They give more pleasure farthan pain.
Now with those strings, I pray my dear,
Unite that siker voice of thine;
For silver sounds still please my ear,
Though I can call no silver mine.
Music, the poet tells us, can
Make soft the flinty rocks with ease,
I wish my creditors, dear Ann,
Were present when you touch the keys.
Thy notes should liquidate each bill,
Such power would.have thy melting strain,
And give Pilgarlic courage still
To try his bettor luck again.
Fast by your chords of music bound,
Loosened should be my bonds of debt.;
And listening to vour change of sound.,
Duns should their sounding change forgtt.
•The keys of the Piano Forte are some
times made of bone, and sometimes of ivory.
jyffasceElzasaeoos.
ITMoT)ITi<N ROYIANCR '
The following trial is a perfect modern
romance. M.de Pontalba is one of the
greatest proprietors, of France. His son
had been a page of Napoleon’s, and after
wards a distinguished officer, aid-de-camp
to Marshal Ney, and a protege of the Duke
ol'Elchingen. He marr ed the (laughter
of Madame <FAlmonaster, and for some
time they lived happily J but on the death
of her mother, Madame de Pontalba began
to indulge in such extravagances that even
the enormous fortune ol the Poutalba’s was
unequal to it. This led to some remon
strance on the part of the husband ; on the
morning alter whieh site disappeared from
the he vl, and neither he nor her children
had any clue to her retreat. At last, after
an interval <»f some months, arrives a letter
from her to her husband, dated New Or
leans, in which site annotmees that she
means to apply fora divorce; but for eigh
teen months nothing more was heard of her
except by her drafts for money. At last
she returned, but only to afflict her family.
Her son writs nt the military academy of bl,
Cvr—-she induced him to run away, autl
the liov was plunged in every species of ex
pense. This afflicted, in the deepest man
ner, bis grandfather, who revoked a be
quest whi< hhe had made him ofabout four
thousand pounds a year, and seemed to ap
prehend for him nothing but future ruin
and disgrace. The old man, eighty-two
years of age, resided io his chateau at Mont
Leveqile, whither in October 1834, Ma
<l;hdc de Poutalbii wt?ul to aiteinpt <1 recon
ciliation with the wealthy senior. I hen
and there occurred the most extraordinary
and unaccountable scene that, though we
have read a hundred French novels, we
ever met with. On tho ninete« nth of Oc
tober, the day after Madame de Pontalba’s
i arrival, she found she could make no im
-1 presston on the father-in-law, and was
’ about to return to Paris, when old M. de
’ Pontalba, at the age of eighty-two, obser
ving a moment when she was alone, in her
apartment, entered with a brace of double
-itirelled pistols, locks the door, and appron
< -Iting his astonished daughter-in-law, de
- sires her “to recommend herselfto God,
> for that she has but a few minutes to live;
1 mt he does not even allow her one minute
—he fires immediately, and two balls enter
1 her left breast. She’starts up and flies, her
blood streaming about, to a closet, exclaiin
’ iug that she will submit to any terms if lie
till spare her. “ No, noj you must die!
and he fires his second pistol. She hud