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MILLEDGEVILLE i
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 4.
IEM96IATIC ICFIIUCASI NOMINATION
h* GOVERNOR.
Charles j. McDonald.
THE HARRISON REFORMERS,
vs.
THE CENTRAL BANK.
24,090 £m Saits, to muSe times belter. W
Emj liy that roll* over oar heads, affords addi
tional proof! that all the sympathy expressed by the
Reformer* la tlie campaign of 1840, for the pecu£
ary distresses of the people, and all the pledges am
promises of better tines and more money, were but as
“ soandiag brass, and a tinkling Cymbal;” and it is
eqoally manifest, that every plunge they make, to ex
trtcate themselves from the public censure, bat sinks
diem deeper in the mire.
As if the events of the last session were not suffi
cient to disgust the public mind, they are still pursu
ing a course which cannot All to bringdown upon
them, the indignation, of the people. Professing in
< 340, to hie exclusively the friends of the people, and
dtaMuucirtjg 'toe :Democrats as their worst enemies,
•they excited tbrir expectations to an extraordinaiy
(pitch, and held oat to them, die hope and the pro-
anise df better days. Bnt feeling power, and forget
ting the means by which they obtained it, they wmit
'Madly to work. Tbe sufferings of the people
unheeded, and every arena* to relief! closed t
Even the bamsae •entreaty of Governor McD<
to afford some hid in a time of unexampled pi
'was scouted as unnecessary and uncalled fur,
soen who had gained power by professions of
gled sorrow for the calamities which threatei
country, declared, they “ OCGHT ftoT if
•COULD.”
The course of the Savannah Republican in
to the Central Bank, is so extraordinary, consii
that it is the organ of a party which hasexpi
‘much feeling for tbe people, and promised tk
'* glorious reformation, that we sball not at
fathom the motive which impels h'; Only
*“eu passant,” that as “ whom-God intends
'troy, he first makes mad,” tbe Harrison ~
may be at present, vitrifying the'truth of that
•by rushing blindly upon their fete.
The Republican has announced the s^Vdiag
'fort to the public, “ that the’Central Bank iHbld be
wound np, with a dear loss twfoe State Treasury, of
from $600,000 to SeOO'OOO," and that “ in hun
dreds of instances, the borrowers from the Central
Rank, and their securities, are •irresponsible specula
tors
To the proof of ‘these statements, we challenge the
Republican before the people, and call upon it to
^joake good its assertions—if It 'can. Who are the
l,” UJ^vHiek the Republican
•llndes? If they are kotBrn-^-if'it is witliin the
knowledge of the Republican, that die Directors of
: the Central Bank have so for Violated their trusts,
and betrayed die interests of the people, as to loan
sis or eight boadred thousand dollars to a set of worth
less and insolvent speculators, they owe It to the pub-
and the whole drift of tneir remarks upon the subject,
are calculated to make the impression, that there has
been in its management, a manifest waut of ability
and integrity, and according the most rational con
struction of their language, it must Le considered as
casting a deep reflection upon the moral and official
conduct of all those who have had part or lot in its
administration ; because if the Directors have loan
ed away the money to worthless speculators, knowing
them to be such, they have acted rorrttpLy. If they
have loaned it to such men, without investigating
their circumstances, iliey have been guilty of a mani
fest dereliction of duty, and therefore the strictures of
the Republican do strike an insidious blow at their
characters.
It is taken for granted, that the Republican places
much confidence in the men of its own party, and
would be slow to charge them aith a waut of fidelity
The Republican denounces the Central Bank in I Central Bank, and to prevent it from doing further mischief.
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the following language : “ The whole Central Bank
system is a corrupt, iniquitous, worihhss, scandalous
concern, and it becomes every Editor in the Slate,
who is not the mere mouth-piece of a sect, to oppose
in the discharge of public trUsts-^then, ho# does it injustices
Will the Republican inform the public, wherein the
Central Bank is coriupt? Can it put its finger upon
a single ai l of corruption which il Inis perpetrated ?
if it can, and withholds it, it is faithless to its trust.
If it is “ iniquitous,” where is the evidence of its ini
quity ? The people will demand the proof. If it is
“ worthless,” the country should know it, and if it is
“scandalous,” its existence, should, in your own lan
guage, “ he cut short.” But until y ou make good,
these hitter and unsparing maledictions by positive
and indisputable evidence, they will be held and treat
ed by all dispassionate and reflecting men, as wanton
Mr. Dawson is the man to lend his powerful aid to establish
a w ise and judicious system ol finance upon the i inns-of this
Georgia monster. Again, there is a set of theorists who are
in favor of restoring In the pernicious, dishonest alternative
of# ‘‘stop iaw,” by which We suppose is meant a law to pre
veut speculators f.oin being compelled to pay, anti industrious
men from collecting their detils. It requires courage ami
good conduct to (ace boldly and put down ail ihese absurd
and suppositious methods of averting impending danger.”
happen, that with at least one whig Director in the
Central Bank, from 1833,and an entire whig Direc
tion for two full years of lime, there lias not been
found one, who lias been sagneittns cllotlgli to discov
er that the Bank Was throwing atVay six, Or eight
hundred thousand dollars, to fatten a hand of irre
sponsible speculator*,’* «r knowing It, has possessed
neither honesty nor independence enough to disclose
it ? If the charges df the Republican are Well founded,
his own political associates are oKtoxious to the public
indignation*—-but if the charges are not sustained,
then will his whig friends who hare taken part in I>i-
reettng the Bank, feel that they liav^. been grossly
calumniated.
Perhaps it is i.ot known to the Editors of the Re
publican, that during the years 1838 and 1839, the
Directors of the 1 ’entral Bank were all wltigs; and all
men who rank high in this community for integrity
and business qualifications; and w ho are presumed to
be intimately acquainted with the stale of its affairs.
If the policy of the institution has been so ruinous to
die public interest, they must come in for their full
share of the odium; but if on die other hand, it has
been wisely and judiciously managed, their testimony
is entitled to respect. Let the Editors of the repub
lican call upon them for information—they are candid
men, and will speak the truth
One of the present Directors is also, a member of
the Harrison party—a gentleman who also ranks high
in this community, and we ask the Republican if they
believe him guilty of participating in defrauding tbe
State out of six, or eight hundred thousand Dollars?
The Republican goes on to say, “We write not lor
the borrowers, not for those who wish their notes to
lie in Bank for a half century to come; but for dtose
who have had no favors of the Bank, and we promise
politicians of both parlies, dial we shall never cease
our attacks on die Central Bank, until its course i-
run;” and while promises are in fashion, we promise
the Republican, that we shall not rease our attacks
upon those who closed up the Bank in 1840, “topre
vent credit being extended to honest and industrious
men, to save their property from the sheriffs hammer;”
(as Mr. Dawson said,) until the interests and the w ishes
of the people shall be fairly represented—and we
promise the Republican more—if it continues to write,
until “the course of the Central Bank is run,” it will
far outlive die present generation.
But we come now, to the gist of the question; to
that portion of the article which unlocks the whole se
cret, and declares in unequivocal terms, the settled
purpose of the Harrison party to destroy die people’s
institution; and to add new terrors to the calamities
which now afllict them, by pressing to speedy pay
ment every debt due to tbe Central Sank.
On that subject, the Republican holds the follow
ing language.—“The State of Georgia wants the
$1,800,000—and she must have it. " Her credit is so
much impaired that her bonds will not sell at this
time, and she has no other resources but to take what
As to whatever the Republican may think die duty
of Editors in the premises, we have lung hud a way
of thinking and acting for ourselves} and knowing
that the Central Bank has rendered good service to
the people} and that she would at this momerit be
THE RUCKERSVILLK BANK.
This institution loo* it seems, must he sacrificed to
appease the vengeance of the Hal risou Reformers.
The Savannah Republican, not content with tiring
its pop guns at the Central Bank, has commenced
“ darting straws’* at the Bank of Ruckersville.
On the 23u lilt, it commences tbe attack, os follows:
CS^The Editors of (tie Augusta Chronicle t( Sentinel pub
lish a lor.g letter from William ii. Whitk, Esq. Cashier of
the Ituckcrsville Bank,
** Full of sound anu filly slgnifyius nothing.”
Tho letter is a lecture for the Corps Editorial of this State,
more especially the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
I he writer says that he goes for relief! relief!! rebel!!!
even to a s7oP i-itv. Thu Ituckcrsville Bauk is we suppose
iti tiilfit'iiliy having discounted ad lihetum aud its Cashier is
extending help to the needy—but fir the fiat o( tile ! exceedingly angry because, it is requiied to redeem its circu-
Reformers; and knowing «h,t her debts are as well
secured as those ol any institution iu the State, we
feel a pricltr in defi.-r.ding her against all her enemies.
She was made for the people, and belongs to the peo
ple, She is in iheir hands—they will protect her.
It has been, and now is, the policy of the Harrison
party to destroy the credit of the Central Bauk, and
to depreciate its circulation.
Tbe cry is heard from ihe Harrison press, in all di
rections, that the Bills are below par, and will go low
er. Tlie tendency of the legislation of last session,
was to render them valueless. They did not seem to
reflect, nor does their press, that whatever deprecia
tion the bills may suffer, is a dead loss to those uh..
hold them. But the Bank will stand up against all
their attacks. The money will get better in spite ol
every effort to pu» it down, and the people will send
men here, next November, who will make it what it
was intended to he, an instrument of good to the
country.
lie, to moke the disclosure—to come out with names,! is her ow,u For th,s e,,d > ,he operations «f the Cen-
dates, and amounts, so that the country may know I tr! * 1 Bilnk s,louIH be cut short—tee care not in what.
who are responsible for the act. The Republican j » ,anner - Let the existence of the Bank continue till
cannot make oaths rase; nor can the most biter cn-| ils affififs are wound up, or what would he more
emy of the Bank, after tlie roost thorough Vxami- • economical, let the notes and bills held by the Bank
aation of its affairs, find evidence to sustain the*allega-
'timts of that print.
We assert upon our knowledge of the institution,
first, that it has made a smaller amount of bad debts,
in proportion to the amount of its capital, •and the
airoe it has been in operation, than any Bank in the
■Sutf, and that, no Bank, in proportion to its capital,
"has loaned ■ as little money to speculators ; and that
•here is no Rank in the State, that could be now
•wound up, with as little comparative loss.
So for from loaning its funds to speculators, the
for greater portion, say ninety cases oat of eve-
wyr hundred, they have been loaned to the solid, indus
trious planters and farmersof the conntiy ; men who
hare means and energy, and who will meet their en
gagements with fidelity. These are the men who
•ware, and will pay the Central Bank, and these are
’khe men who are denounced by the RepuWican, as
"‘•’irnspsmsiUe speculators’*
'There are due to the Central Bank, about six
•thousand nates, which average about three hundred
•dollars each, and we ask the Republican, if specula
tors often-apply' for accommodations at Banks, for a
few hundred dollars ? or if ever a Bank was broken
by lending'“ttjfesc” speculators, a few hundred dol-
4*u£? The 'v»ry‘ fact, that accommodations for large
sums areprokihiteifby ‘the charter, precludes almost
the possibility of breaking the Bank by lending to
•peculators ; and we ask foe Editors of the Republi-
<»*i tf'-fo*II*Wk«vrlndh have failed witliin their knowl
edge,'banae nut nntforeiJly r rimed themselves by loan-
iug Urge turns to irresponsible peculators ?
Uofor os we are acquainted with foe institution,
'there : b-ant, and never'has-been, any dungHke con
cealment, and V the Editorsdf'tbe RepabKean will
-fimke a visit to this City, the Directors will afford
foem a -very antpleoppoitanity to examine its affairs.
*Thxt'the Bank wilt lose something,‘is to be expec-
Xed 'in the nature of things ; blit that 'they will be
•comparativelysmall.ihere b nbt a -shadow ofdonbt
* msreppose that all the ’Banks : in the State,
wuw'omqpdird to wind np tbrirtiffairsby the speedi-
eut processor law—mud the property which some of
foemhdUnpnn mortgages, to secure large debts con
tracted Igr Spbadators, was (breed iitto the mar
ket la foe present moneyless condition df the coun
try, would suit the losses he tremeudons ? And
would k not be fowkdlfc foe mi, that where the Cen
tral Baak might hove taut some hundreds by ^ specu
lators,” some others Would Mule in for thousand*,
naff teas of thousands ? f ffoe Editors would lake it
apna fosmsslvis to investigate foe losses sustained by
Baaks in Georgia, since she fir* adopted tbe system,
they might learn a valuable lesson upon foe subject of
speculators and Bank losses.
Although foe Republican disclaims aid intention of
making a charge of dishonesty against foe officers of
the Central Bunk, yet for assertions which they make;
Ik withdrawn from it and sent t»* tbe various sound
Banking institution's in various parts of the State for
collection, not for renewal
Here then is a proposition of the Harrison party, to
open :«p in Georgia, a scene of distress—yes of op
pressiou, at which every man must shudder, whose
heart is uot stce'ed against the sufferings of his race.
The existence of the Bank to lie rut short, and everv
note to be turned over to what the Republican is pleas
ed to term “the sound Banking institutions, for col
lection, not for renewal”—What a jubilee it would be,
fur the Lawyers, the clerks, and the Sheriffs! The
collecting fees at the usual rates of five per cent, would
throw into the pockets of the Lawyers, ninety thou
sand dollars, to be paid out of tlie avails of the Bank,
and working a dead loss to its capital of that sum.
Estimating the number of notes at six thousand, and
averaging the number of indorsers at three to each
note, a seperate action against the makers and in
dorsers, would produce twenty four thousand law suits,
simultaneously let loose upon the people!!! Counting
tbe cost upon each suit at fifteen dollars, would amount
to the enormous sum of three hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars.
We have heard of “War, pestilence and famine,”
and their visitations are terrible, but w ho can estimate
the sacrifice and the misery which would flow from
this “ fire shower of ruin,” which the Harrison refor
mers would scatter through the land l And this is
the fulfilment of all that was promised in 1840, of
peace, plenty, and prosperity.
The Republican proceeds—“ If these notes are
not paid soon, the State will not receive fifty per cent
for them.”
Will the Republican inform its readers, why the va
lue of the notes due the Central Bank, is more likely
to depreciate, than the notes due to tlie other Banks
of foe State? aud whether there does not exist the
same necessity for closing up all the Banks, and com
pelling them to force the collection of their debts ?
Are the men who owe the Central Bank, less worthy
of-credit and confidence, than those who owe other
Batiks ? Are they considered by the Whigs as a class
of scoundrels who are neither entitled to the public
protection, or tbe public sympathy ? They must be
so considered, or why are they alone, marked for
vengeance ?
We can tell the Editors of tbe Republican, they
greatly underrate tlie character of those who are in
debted to the Central Bank. As a body of men, they
•re resjteciable, industrious and high minded. They
belong to foe bone and sinew of the cuntrtry, and add
much, by their industry and g-ooi conduct, to the
wealth and respectability of the State; and the Edi
tors of the Republican would do well to travel through
the country; become acquainted with them, (heir ha
bits and characters, before they agaiu attempt to stig
matise them with the epithets of “irresponsible specu
lators.”
QUOTE FAIR NEIGHBORS.
Will the Recorder inform the public how it hap
pened, that in quoting from the Governor’s Message
upon the resumption of specie payments, they so man
gled and garbled the sentence, as to give it a differ
ent construction from that which was intended by its
author? Was it intentional, or accidental? if it
was intentional, it is an admission that foul play* and
unfair dealing have found their way into the code of
whig morality—-if accidettal, an explanation is due
to the country and the injured party.
This matter should he kept belore ihe people. The
public mind should be disabused, aud Governor
McDonald should stand or fall, by his own princi
ples, and his own acts; aud accordingly, we again
publish tlie sentence, as garbled by the Recorder, and
place by its side, a true copy from the Message itself,
taken from the Journals of the Legislature, that the
people may see the glaring injustice which has been
attempted.
It will he discovered, that the Governor, recom
mended the resumption to be “ such, as was demanded
by ihe interest of ihe people”—allowing the Banks
a reasonable time to prepare fur itand by reference
to the Recorder, it will be found, that these impor
tant recommendations have been omitted by them.
Now we think it will he admitted by all men of
sound idiud, that if tne resumption liad been “ such,
as was demanded by the inter* st of the people,” and
the Banks had been “allowed a reasonable time to
prepare for it,” it would have been well done, and
would have been approbated by the people, aud the
Batiks.
But read for yourselves, aud then decide between
the course of the Recorder, and that even handed
justice, which enjoins it upon all mankind, to “ do
unto oihers, as we would have them do onto us.”
From the Recurdcr. | From Ihe Journals.
Speaking uf tho liank sus-To tolerate tlieii tlelinquen-
peosiun, he (die Governor,) 'ey, is lo offer a premium for
says: misconduct; for they alone are
"To tolerate their delinquen- beiiefiltt-d. while every holder
cy. is to offer a premium for;oftiieir miles susiaius a loss.
misconduct. far they alone aie This is an evil n hichlias been
beuefilt d, while every holder inflicted on the country for
of their notes sustains a loss, more than a year, aud demands
This is an evil which has been vour* serious consideration,
inilietcd on the cuuutiy for The nature of the remedy that
more than a year mid de- isbould lie applied, resting in
mauds your serious considera your sound ami patriotic dis-
tion " * * leretion, will doubtless be such
‘ I would respectfully recoin-'as is demanded by the interest
mend that a day be fared for of the people. 1 would respect-
the resumption of specie pay- jlully recommend that a day
laiiou. It is unfortunate doubtless that private Itaukcrs can
not get out and keep out as much circulation as they picase
uithout being compelled to do more than to issue it at dis
crelion. hut as the people hare a right todoi.bttbe excellence
of the paper of these p ircenue institutions, it is not strange
that they should went some value for piomises to pay by the
Presideut ami Directors of the Ituckcrsville Bauk. A stop
law is the ouly thing which can save them we should iufer
font Mr. White's letter. We would beg him to remember
the hill introduced by Mr. II. II. Tarver, two win.er’s since.
That proposition for a stop law received tbe very heavy-
vote of seven iu favor of it-
To those who have examined the last Report of the
Ruckersville Bank, and are at all acquainted, with
the foundation upon uhi< h it stands, and the charac
ter of those who own its capital and conduct its af
fairs, tbe assault of the Republican will pass Ibr tioili-
Butlii wi-ver the Bank may defv the attempts of its
enemiesto depreciate its character, the public mind
cannot remain insensible to the destructive policy of
the Harrison parly, to prostrate, and trample down
the credit of the country, by destroying the very
Banks which were created for the benefit of the far
mers and planters.
The free B ifiking system is a great eye sore so the
wbigs. Tlie idea of a set of country clod hoppers
getting up a Bank, upon their own resources, is a
great annoyance to the Aristocratic admirers of char
tered rights, and exclusive privileges. We believe in
the system, and will defend it.
APPOINTMENT BY MR. TYLER.
Ge.i. D. II. Bird, to he Post Master, at Cant<>n,
Cherokee comity, Georgia, in place of W. GRISHAM,
Esq. removed. Thus continues the process of “ pro
scription foi opinions sake."
From ihe New York Evening Post, May 22.
SUPREME COURT.
that she was at Schlosser. Capt. Mozier, Ronald -
McDonald, and Alexander McLeod, went with the x
party.
When the men went away in the boats, preparations
were made to make beacon lights, and tbe lights
were made, and the boats came hack to them. McLeod
boasted that his sword had drank the blood of two
men. From what deponent saw, he has ho doubt that
McNalib knew of the expedition.
There was next read an extract from the despatch
of Governor Head to Lord Glenelgi dated 9th F«b-“
ruaiy, 1838, which said that [he expeditiod Was mode
up of Volunteers, who were ignorant of the service
they were going on. Captain Drew merely told
them he wanted a few bold fellows with cntlasses who
would follow him to the Devil.
There was next read an extract of a message front
Governor Marry 10 the Legislature, dated 2<J Janu
ary, 1S33, slating that he had received informatioa
the evening before, after he had prepared hb annual
me-sage, that this State had been invaded by an arm
ed lon e from Canada, and that the steamboat Caro
line, on tied by one of our citizens, lying at Schlos
ser, was attacked by seventy or eighty men from the
Canada shore, and that uf the crew of tbe boat, thir-
ty-tlnee in number, one-third >tf them had been pro
bably massacred ; that the boat was set on fii
twelve of the men are missing; and that one man was
killed on the wharf after he had escaped from the
boat.
There was next read a communication from Mr.
Rogers, the District Attorney for the United States,
at Buffalo, to Governor Marry, dated December SO,
1837, with the following affidavits :
Of Captain Appleby, sworn before Mr. Piper, of
Niagara, December 30th, 1837, iu which the depo
nent swears that he left Buffalo on Ihe 29tli, in the
steamboat Caroline, for Schloss-r, on the east ride of
the Niagara river, within tlie United States bounda
ries ; deponent commanded the Caroline, and had
cleared to run between Buffalo and Schlosser. When
at Black Rock lie caused the American flag to be ran
up, and soon after a volley of musketry was fired at
her from the Canada shore, hut without doing her
any damage. The steamboat then went to Nary Is
land and landed some articles of freight and passen
gers ; she then went back to Sclosser, and made twn
more trips from that to Navy Island, and in tire event
ing, at 6 o’clock, he made her fast at the wharf at
Scldosser. Her crew consisted uf ten persons, and
in the evening, twenty-three oilier persons, citizens of
the United Slates, came on board of her and asked
leave to stay on hoard of her all night, as they could
not get lodgings. They were permitted to do so,
and they ami the crew of the boat retired to rest ex
cept those on watch.
About midnight deponent was told by tbe watch
that several boats were coming towards the steamboat,
and before lie could reach the deck, 70 or SO men
came on board with musket- and swords, crying out
“d—n the Yankees, give them no quarter.” Ne re-
si-tanee was made, and all on board fled. Deponent
got several slight wounds. The Caroline was imme
diately set fire to and towed into tlie river and went
over the fills—33 men were on hoard the boat when
she na< attacked, aud only 24 were found afterwards.
One of them, named Amos Durfee was found dead on
the dock, and James C. Ring and Charles F. Hard-
The
McLeod ads. The People of the Slate of New York.
The court proceeded with this case yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. \Vood, of counsel lor tbe people, read the en
rolment of the Caroline, dated December 1st, 1837. ing was severely hni wot mortally wounded.
The enrolment stated that she belonged to William | twelve met* who are missing,, deponent has- no doubt
Wells of Buffalo, a citizen of the United States, and j were either murdered or drowned; beacon lights were
that her burthen was 45 tons and 71 Icet long. Her j seen at Chip; ewa, and n hen the boats returned there
license to navigate the Niagara was also read. I deponent heard Ihe people on the Canada side sbout-
The deposition of Gilbert Appleby was next read, ( ing; there can he no doubt those meo were some of
taken before Judge Bohen, on the 12th of December, i the British forces.
1S40, from which it appeared that the prisoner was j Several oth> r affidavits were in court which corrw-
cominitted by a magistrate and brought before Judge ! borated that of Mr. Appleby.
Bohen on a writ of Habeas Corpus to be discharged, ! The next document which was read was the balance
and the testimoy of Appleby was then taken. I: j of the letter from Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox which hail
staled that the Caroline was burned on the night of j been read the day before. Ii was dated Washington,
the 29th of December, or morning of the 30th, that! December 26th, 1840, and which the taid writer said
about !?>*lf past 12 or 1 o’clock, she was attacked by lie had the honor to acknowledge, and had laid be-
some 5 boats, containing 50 to 60 men. That they j fore the President bis (Mr. Fox’*) letter ktretationr
fired at the boat bofh before and after they'came on I to Alexander .McLeod, charged with murder and ar-
board. Deponent was coming up stairs to the deck, J sou, in being engaged in the destruction of the steam-'
when he encountered the point of a bread sword, j boat Caroline. In respect to which Mr. F. stated kt
which was thrust through the clothes, but did not hurt I to be his duty to call on the United States to take'
him much in consequence of striking against some j prompt measures foe tne release ot McLeod. The'
in- tal buttons which were on his clothes, .nnd glancing j demand, and the ground on which it was mad*, hov-f
off them. i ing been duly considered by the President, whh o’
He supposed the man who had mad-rthe thrust at proper regard for the dignity of the United Stales anth
mails.
“and that such 'penalties be
annexed to their refusal as will
ensure their compliance
be fixed for tile retfcJixijtiioti
specie payments, allowing the
Banks u reasonable time to pre
pare for it, ami tint such pen
alties he annexed to their refus
al. as will ensure their coxnpli
a nee.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON,
vs
THE CENTRAL BANK.
We have it now in our power to announce upon au
dio-ily which cannot he questioned by the Harrison &
Reform party, that if Mr. Dawson is elected to the
chief magistracy of Georgia, one important object ol
Ins elevation, is, the overthrow of the CENTRAL
Bank.
The Savannah Republican, which speaks in the
name, and by the authority of Mr. Dawson, calls upon
the people to come up to his support, as a fit and pro
per instrument, to prostrate an institution, which has
rendered so much solid service.
The cry is tip—Down with the Central Bank—
elect Mr. Daw son, aud lie will destroy the “ Georgia
Monster,” as -the Republican terms it.
The wbigs have never ceased to war upon the Cen
tral Bank, and as long ago, as 1839, a proposition
him was McLeod, whom lie had the week before seen
a: Buffalo; but Mi Lend does not now (at the time of
this deporition,) look so flushed iu the face as did
the tnan who made the t trust at hun ; cannot swear
positively that lie is tlie man ;—was always of opin
ion that McLeod was there, hut would not like to
swear that the tnan under examination (McLeod) is
• lie man. The only doubt lie has is that McLeod
h '.d a very red face ; much more so than the tnan un
der examination. Did not see Durfee killed. Depo
nent Jiffd got off, hut saw him about twenty minutes
after. He was lying about 40 or 50 feet from the depo
nent ; had got off the boat and into a ware-house on
the wharf. Five or six of the assailants came into it,
and some of them said,—‘bring a light, and let us see
if any of the Yankees are here.’ About twenty
minutes after they went away, deponent saw Durfee
lying dead about 40 or 50 feet from the dock ; he had
been shot through the head with a bullet. When the
assailants came into the house deponent jumped into
the river. Before the attack was made, all on hoard,
except the watch, had turned in, and when the attack
was made they all jumped out of bed and run for
their lues.
The deposition of Leonard Anson was next read.
The deponent resided at Lockpnrt at the time of the
attack on the Caroline ; recollects the burning of her;
was then at Chippewa. Knows McLeod, saw him
here the day before the boat was burned, and the
morning after it was burned ; was at a tavern at Chip
pewa wlien some men were bragging of the burning
of the boat, and McLeod said “ I killed a damned
Yankee and there is his blood,” holding ont at the
was made to wind it up, and place its fund* in the ; sa me time a horse pistol, which deponent thinks had
coffers of the chartered Banks: and in the legisla
ture of 1840, tlie people are well apprized of the
efforts made by that party’, to destroy it; ami in fur-
blood upon tlie breech. McLeod had also a sword
he said he killed the Yankee on boc.rd the Caroline.
At the time he heard this conversation he had known
therance of that objei t, a great struggle is to he made ; McLeod fir six or eight months. Does not recollect
in favor of Mr. Dawson. But let the Republican : w ( ia t Hie other persons said, but they seemed to ad-
speak for itself. ; mit that McLeod had done more there than lh»y;
“Never did this State ueed the aid of a man of Mr. Dawson's I witness slept at Smith’s store that night,
unshrinking firmness, enlarged views and comprehensive j The deposil io„ c f Norman Barnnni was next
knowledge, more thau at the present crisis. 1 he Wings of | _ j . i 1 r«. i o. i /• ai,
Georgia have uow the power, aud seasonable conceit of actiun | taken Du ember 31, 1837, before Alderman
is requisite in order lo tvield ibat power for ihe public good, j Hall. On the 29lh of December he was at Cliippe
The legislation of the coming winter will decide whether the
State of Georgia isto rise from her present state of depression-
aud restore her depreciated credit or not. Central Bank
money is now at 20 per cent discount, and yet but for the en
ergy and independence of the Whig Party, $1,000,000 more
of this corrupt aud corrupting currency would have flowed
wa. Saw the Caroline coming from Schlosser to
Navy Island. There was considerable excitement
amongst the officers, and it was determined to seize
her—heard Colonel McNab tell the cavalry that if
they would let their swords and pistols go he would
An expedition was got
over the Stale. Even now. the plan is uot given up by our j be responsible for doino- so.
iihauksto the intelligence of ibe youugmen ° -
composing the late Democratic Convention, the proposition
opponents, though thanks to the intelligence of the youug men | op> on ( , lat nig ,„ ,“ e I ve boats left Chippewa to
was not eutertaiued by them. It requires a firm hand, aud a possession of the steamboat and bring her to
i steady purpose to exhume and expose the iniquities of the Chippewa—Iter lights could be seen, at it was known
the previous amicable relations existing between thiaT
country and England. It was with unfeigned regret!
that the President fell liimself unable to recognize foe
validity of the demand made by the British Gotrene-*
ment, which Mr. Fox thought of so much consequence!
as regarded the good understanding hitherto
tained between the two countries.
The Jurisdiction of the several Stales, is
own spltere independent ofthe ot Iters, ood
charged against McLeod, is one against the State off
New York, and came witliin the cugnfoawra ofif tfox
bunals. It therefore did not come within the power*
with which the Federal Government was seated. Nor
would the reasous given by Mr. Fox justify it in in
terfering. The case presented a most unjustifiable
invasion of the United States by a band of armed
men, and the destruction of a Steamboat* the proper
ty of a citizen of the United States. If arrested at
the time the offenders might bave been brought to
justice by tbe authorities of the State, and their com
ing within the State, pities them in the same situa
tion. Tbe President is not aware of any principle of
law or justice which prevents their being tried, wbea
they came within their jurisdiction, because they acted
by authority of iheir superiors, or that it should
any question between the two Governments.
Mr. Hall then said, we shall not troujdff the
Court with any further testimony; we/think it
sufficient to show snmethin|^ai||^ptor to con
nect the prisouer with the transaction, and as to
the testimony taken before the grand jury we hesi
tate as to tlie propriety of presenting it before this
Court. i.
Messrs. Bradley then summed up for the Mho-
ner, and was followed by the Attorney Geoem),
Mr. Hull, and Mr. Wood, for the people. Mr. Spews
cer (hen commenced summing up for the pri-A
souer and had not concluded when tbe Court ad
journed at nine o’clock last night Journal of Com
merce.
In Ohio.—The Cincinnati Chronicle states that the
present spring season is at least three weeks behind
tlie usual time, anti adds: “Much that has been dooe
will have to be done again, in consequence of tbe seed
having rotted in the ground.—The fruit of fob neigh
borhood, it is believed, lias been but very little injured
by frosts, and tbe prospect is that there will be at feast
an average crop. We have noticed predictions of
a short crop of wheat this present season, but WO
have seen no reasons offered which favorable weather
cannot yet remedy. In tbjs vicinity the prospect ii
fair.”
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