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TOE. 1 tHE TIMES £SJ2> 3t?&aa <AS/y *>3^39 WILE be published once a week, in the Town of Millcdce. rille at THREE DOLLARS per annum, if paid in advance,“or rol'R DOLLARS, at the end »t tlie year. Uj Advertisements inserted at the usual rates: those eat without a specified number of insertions, will }> e pub ished until ordered out charged accordingly. Sales of Land, by Administrators. Executors, or Guardians, are re iuired, by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month etween Uie hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the ftemoon, at the court-house in the county in which the iroperty is situate. Notice of those sales must be given in n mblic gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. Sales if neoToes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday if the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of rablic sales in the county where the letters Testamentary, of Uministration or Guardianship,'may have been granted, first riving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes f tins State, and at the door of the court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Pro lerty must be given in like mann .ortydays previous to today of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published for fortydays. Notice that appli ation will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to ell Land, must be published four months. . Notice for leave osell Negroes, must be published for four months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. NEW CLOTHMG STOKE. MILLEDGEViI.LE. rpHE Subscriber has just received, and is now openings X very extensive assortment of READY-MADE CEOTIIINO. (the work of which is warranted, J viz .- Gentlemens cloth, camblet and plaid Cloaks. Ladies plaid and cireassion do ■ Children’s do do Olive, brown, blue, green and mixt Frock Coats, do do do do do black dress do. Bluer black, brown, olive, mixt and drab Cloth Pantaloons do do do do do do enssi mere do VESTS. Blue and black cloth, Plain and figured velvet. Valencia do do Marseiles, Ac. Ac. Ac. cut in various says,some of which cannot fail to please. Also, a good assortment of liats, Boots, Shoes, Pumps and Slippers. Fine linen, cotton, and Flannel Starts. do do do . do Drawers. Studs, Bosoms,Collars, silk and cotton Cravats Bombazine, velvet and silk Stocks, Pongee handkerchiefs, Suspenders, Gloves, Hosiery, Ac. Ac. Also, an assortment of boys clothing, consisting of Cloaks, Coats, Pantaloons, Vests, Hats, Shoes, He. liv. Ac. ABEL C. VAIL. Nov. 8, 3 1 ts CHEAP STORE.-—Macon, Goo. IWVENTY—FIVE per cent cheaper than ever. JOB L MAGIE is just opening a very extensive and splendid itsortment of Goods, which has been selected in the New fork market by himself, from the latest importations, which ire particularly calculated for this market, and which wjll be disposed of fully twenty five per cent, cheaper than ever.— i’litse goods are of the latest style and most fashionable pat terns, and are offered to his friends and the public with con fidence fully assured, that not only the style but prices will fully meet their approbation. Their attention is requested o the same —a few of the articles are mentioned, viz : 200 pieces calicoes and prints, some very rich. Kxtra fine furniture callieoesand common, -50 pieces fine parish muslins and ginghams, plain and striped, figured and striped mandarines, saragoscs black and purple Grodcswiss and ltallian silks w atered gTodenap, black and brown colored do. hernani gauzes, Orleans robes, paint ed palmarinesand crape deleon, black and colored silk, cam bists and princettas, fine french bombazines, blond gauze veils (some extra sizes.) Satin straw s, scarfs, fancy hand kerchiefs and shawls, very rich, sett rap and belt ribbons new patterns, thread laces and insertingse also edgings and footings, checked and striped muslins, jackonct, swiss and Cambric do. one case grass hieached irish linens assorted, long lawns, linen cambrics and cambric handkerchiefs, super, vestings, plaid and plain drillings and fine french linens, pongees and pongc handkerchiefs, bandanna and Hags, gloves and mitts assorted. 50 dozen silk, cotton, ramlon hose and half hose assorted. 100 parasols and umbrellas, very neat and rich 100 pieces mosquito netting. Bead bags rend purses, shell tuck and side combs, cambric and furniture dimities and cotton fringes, 6,7, S, 0,-10, 11 and 12 by 4 damask table cloths, table covers, and unstable and straw bonbets, palm leaf hats, black and drab beaver hats la test fashions, travelling caps and trunks. JO bales sheetings and shirtings and plaids. 500 lbs spun cotton, tickings, osnaburgs, cotton cards Ac. Also, an extensive assortment of perfumery, soaps, ojls, powder, powder boxes and puffs, erasive balls, cologne, honey and rose waters, otto of Ac. Ac. Also, 3000 pair shoes and pumps assorted, and 100 pair morocco and calf skin hoots, same very neat and fine. And a very large supply of saddles, bridles, martin gals, saddle and travelling bags, Ac. Ac. Ac. Together with a general assortment of hardware and cutle ry of all kinds that is wanted in this market; also carpen ter's tools of all kinds. Blacksmith’s tools, cross-cut and mill 6aws, guns, rifles, Ac. Also a supply pf crockery,china and glassware, Also 10 doz. superior calf skin, gining and binding skins, sole leather, gin band leather, Ac. and a supply of groceries, family medicines Ac. await <&©®a>o & EL. YOUNG A CO. inform their friends and tho pub • lie in general that they have received their Fall and of Winter Stock, consisting a general assortment of Dry Goods. Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Shoes, Boots, Hats, Blank ets, Bagging, Ac. They have also ret eived 200 bags COFFEE, 3 tcirces do 00 coils Bale Rope 15 hhds.St. CROIX SUGAR, 10 tierces Loaf do 1 pipe MADEIRA WINE, ’0 bbls. Malaga do * 100 bbls. GIN, RUM, and WHISKEY, 10 “ Rectified Whiskey, Jamaica Rum, Holland Gin, Cog. Brandy* Together with an assortm’t. of Ironmongery, Ac. consistingof -!l ■Uj’iCy S) LBS. of fiat and square Bar Iron German. East and Blistered Steel, Nails, Nail Rods, Sheet Iron, blacksmith's Bellows, Anvils, Yiees, Hammers, Powder, “hot, Lead, Ac. Cj" The above articles were selected in particular refer ence to the up-country and will l/c sold as cheap as they can be had in this market. Macon. Geo. January 9, 1833 I—ts COOJvE k SPEAR, IVo. 100, Broad-Way, Ncte-YorJe. IXAA E constantly on hand, and are manufacturing alaVge AA assortment of Cabinet Furniture of every description, consisting cf double and single scroll Sofas, spring and hair “-eats, Wardrobes, Sideboards, Secretary, Book Cases, dres sing an j plain Bureaus, Pembroke Case, dining and toilet Fables, marble top Centrd and I’ior Tables, Mahogany, curled Maple and fancy Chairs, Ac. Ac. Also, pure curled a .p,^ at,r:lss ‘ >s ' feather Beds, Cushions, Ac. hey are constantly manufacturing the Patent Windlass edsteads, will) which thev have furnished most of the Ho c sand Public Houses in the Union, t hey are now prepared to fill all orders either for cash or' n They refer to Messrs. Cooke A Cowles, Macon. , A NIP STATE " RIG-BTF^MirMCATK. PWSTED AND PI'BLISIIED BT ’VAItXAM'KE t. #J.AI»E, AT THULE HOLLARS PER ANNE-71. REA A COTTON,-Mac®., Georgia. - U.EERS for sale on accommodating terms, 500 pieces Hemp Bajrginn- M a i dy n m , a<le cot, °" ba S 9 ( best quality) 100 bb s, Baltimore, N. Orleans and Georgia >Y luskey 1 O hhds. northern Rum (colored) lO casks Marseilles Madeira Wine SO boxes manufactured Tobacco 35 hhds-St. Croix aud Poets Rice, Sugars 5 bids. Copperas ~ bales Blankets 3 box .Saddlery 1000 bushelsalum Salt Also a small invoice of Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockery, lie. suitable for a country store, will be sold on a credit of 0 months. Oct. 1832. 25 __ CLOTIiLvG .S' TORE. . Macon, geo. f Jl’ 1 ITCH, Merchant Tailor, is now- opening, at the . JacOn Clothing Slprc, anew and splendid assort ment of Goods and Clothing, in his line, consistingof super, jlue, black, brown, green, olive, claret, mulberry, invisible green, and mixt London Cloths; stiped cassimere, anew ar article; Petersham’s Oxford mixtatinet, first rate; fashionable figured and plain Velvet, Satin, Florentine, Marseilles and \ alencia vestings; blue, black, orange, drab, buff, white, and steel mixt Cussimeees; silk Italian, and fig. fancy & white crevats; English and India handkerchiefs; duck, horse and lined gloves; lack and white silk stockings; silk, cotton and worsted randemjialf hose; French fancy velvet suspen ders; silk, webbing and cotton suspenders; shirt bosoms and bhirtcolJnrs ; velvet and bombazine stocks, and stiff ners ; linen cambric handkerchiefs; silk umbrellas; cloth caps, children’s fancy and hair seal flannel, brown shirting & sheeting; gold and sil-ver epaulets, stars; tassels, lace, buttons, &c. HL & olive frock and dress coats, and coatees ! mixed over and pea coats ; fine blue, black, brown, drab, orange ! and pantaloons ; blue and mixed sattinet pantaloons; cord ijjid berentine pantaloons ; fine figured, plain, velvet, Florentine,,Marseilles, bombazine and cloth vests; draw-! ers, shirts, monkey and short jackets ; trowsers; fustian ! pantaloons; goat’s hair Cantoons, Indigo blue and Cam- j blet eloaks ; ladies goats hair, camblet, silk and plaid cloaks i j all of which aw made up in the best manner, and will he sold cheap [for V JISU. TAILORING, in all its branches, carried on as usual. Having the latest fashions and good workmen, my work shall not be inferior to any. I solicit the patronage of my friends and the public generally. All orders thankfully re ceived and promptly attended to. 55if JUJCriOJV, BROKERAGE, AND Commission Business. FT* HE undersigned has taken tho spacious fireproof brick ■*" store, in the south- end of Ellis Shotwell A Co’s range, for tlie purpose of transacting Auction, Brokerage and Com mission Business, generally—He will be aided in the manage ment of any business confided to him, by his brother J. T. 'Rowland, and respectfully solicits a share of tlie pat ronage of tliier respective friends, and the public.... Until the store is completed his Counting room will be kept over the Commercial Bank. * WILLIAM P. ROWLAND. N. B. Cotton will be bought or sold for a moderate commission. Oct. 3, 25 11 ME—The subscriber still continues manufacturing Al .itne at bis plantation in Crawford county, where it can be had at all times in quantities tojsuit ahasers and upon accommodating terms-—to wit: By the barrel in theroekat $2 50 “ “ “ slacked 1 50 By the bushel in the rock 50 “ “ “ slacked 25 It may also be had at the following places at the undermen tioned prices—to wit : At Esq. Bell’s in Talbotton in the rock per barrel sl4 50 slacked $3 50 At O. M. Norwood, Talbot county in the rock per barrel $4 50 slacked $3 50 At T. Bryant’s, McDonough in the rock, per barrel fts 00 slacked $4 00 At J. B. Wick’s, Thomastonin the rock per barrel >4 00 slacked S3 00 At Cullodensvillc in rock perbarrel $3 00 slack ed 4r2 00 At B. Tye’s, in Fcrsyth in the rock per barrel $4 slack ed si3 00 And in Macon at Messrs. Ellis, Shotwell A co. per barrel in the rock $3 75 slacked $2 50 Also, atthe subscribers in Macon per barrel in the rock $.3 75 slacked $2 50. The increased demand lias enabled me to put the prices at a reduced rate, and 1 think 1 may venture to assert that from the improvements I have been daily making in the burning together with my selection of rock, that 1 now have Lime e qual to any Thomaston Lime, except its whiteness, and this I hope to improve. I believe for brick work and ce ment, no lime on earth is superior, but that part I am dis posed to leave w ith the public, and if it does i not sustain it elf, 1 want nothing for it. I deem it unnecessary to trouble the community with a long list of certificates vouching for thr virtues of the lime, when I propose a trial and \f not good—no pay —more is unne cessary. All orders from the country thankfully received and prompt ly attended to. J. BENNETT. Macon Aug. 27,.1832. 20-ls I>U. ( OJBFORT, SURGEON DENTIST. PERFORMS all the various operations in the Dental Branch, at his rooms opposite the Darien Bank where Mrs. Huson formerly resided—Dr. C. has a composition for the cure'of tho Tooth Ache of his own invention and pre paration, which when applied, in all cases of simple caries and most of the complicated ones of the teeth, obviates the necessity of the painful operation of extraction, none of the acids, (all of Which are more or less des*ructLve to teeth) enter into the composition ofjhis invaluablemedicine. The most desperate paihs of the Teeth and Jaw yield in a short time to its medicinal power without the slightest injury to the Teeth. Those who are troubled with this terrible, sleep less complaint, perhaps would prefer this mode of relief, to the sad exterminator of the Dental organs, the Turn Key. Millcdgeville Nov- 4, 1832. 30— SgJBWESfffIS 22STO&S, Macon, Georgia. The Proprietor having made large additions to his house in Macon, is now prepared to entertain Boarders and Trav ellers, at all times. During the summer lie will he generaliy at tho Indian Springs, whore his establishment will be kept up as hereto fore. In his absence it will be under the direction of a voung man of good character. ■ J EH WIN. N. B. The Stage Office is kept at his house in this place. Macon, June 7 1832. Btf IOHN F. B. Bl '.SSON of Harris county, Geo. has for sale this year 600,000 cuttings andflOO rooted vine...— The whole is of different kinds and best qualities to plant and will adapted to the soil and climate of this State; lie has now in hand a Treatise on vine culture, and the art of making Wine, which lie will sell at a fair price, to accom-j 1 1 nodate the public in general. . November 27, 1832. 32 — ! “W K NEVER DESPAIR OF AST THHM-TrutH USING OUR CL'IDE, WE SHALL SAIL CUD** ULK ACSeiCSS.”-|I O RACS MILLCDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, JANUARY 30, 1833. T .To. - x \ D - besom I Millcdgeville, and ; his mother, have the JLi eWablishmcnt in Macon, formerly kept by Charles " illtamson, Esq.known as the W A SUING TON HA LL. I lie house has undergone thorough repair, and with other improvements, a Dining Room, eighty feet in length, has been added to the south wing of the building. The bed chambers. have been re-painted,and the furniture is entirely new. particularly beds. His servants, the same as were employed in his house at Milledgevilje. I rom the central situation ofhis establishment and his long experience in the business, he confidently looks to the public for a liberal share of pattronage. Macon, Qet, 29, 1832. 3fl _ T HE subscriber would inform the citizens of Macon, and -M- tuose whose business brings them hither, that he haft now- completed his Stable on Second street, in a style infe nor to but few in tbs Southern country. He has also been daily adding, and will continue to do so, all that is neces sary to the comfort of the man of pleasure, and fur depatch to the traveller. He has now on hand, used in the Livery some forty head of horses, w ith a number of Barouches Gigs, Sulkeys, Ac. which are mostly new, and others are undergoing repairs nec ssary for the season ; besides which in a few days, will receive an additional supply ol Gi<rs and Sulkies, well suited to the task© and wants of the place. Attached to the Livery Stalde, is a coach-maker’s, pain ters, trinimers, and harness manufactory, as well as a Blacksntitli shop ; aud having been at much trouble and ex pense in procuring good workmen, for all these different branches, w ill enable the subscriber at ali times to keep his vehicles and harness in perfect repair. L very care and pains will be taken to promote the interest comfort and convenience of the Patrons of the Establish ment , hut the subscriber has been taught by experience, [that persons hiring must make good all these delays, and in juries, which may happen. It is proper here to remark, that ail carriages, gigs, or other vehicle?, or horse, being; injured by accident, ill-usage, or other cause, the person having hi led the same, will be held liable therefore, for each day, tlie article or horse i« withheld ns unfit fur service ; and also ail( feeding, during such delinquency. The heretofore established Prices will continue to govern, and may he seen at the Livery Stable ; they are as moderate as the times will admit. . STAGE TO MONTPELIER SPRINGS. During tlie ensuing summer and fall, the subscriber will run a daily | lack between this place 'bud the Montpelier hpnngs; commencing on the-first day of June—leaving Washington Hall, in Macon, at 3 o’clock, P. M. where seats can be procured, at the usual stage rates, to-say, sl,. 75 per seat, payable in advance. THE INDIAN SPRINGS, W ill also be visited twice a week, by hacks running from my stable—leaving Erwin’s Hotel, in Macon, every Tues day and Saturday, at 8 o’clock, A. M. and leave the Springs at H o clock, on Thursdays and Monday’s ; price .of a seat, $5 in advance. JOSEPH BENNETT. Macon, January 1, 1833. j TO THE PUBLIC. HOW E\ER obscure the character; and humble the name of an individual he is still entitled to justice ; and his complaints or appeal for justice, when addressed to the enlightened and impartial tribunal of public opinion,! j is entitled to the same consideration and should be treated I w ith the same respect as if his {retentions were backed, by all the factitious aid, which wealth and honors and widely extended reputation could give aim. Justice, strict, harsh justice if it pleases, is all that is de manded from the community I .in now addressing. If this ! is granted me, 1 do not fear theresult of the issue, pending I before the public, notwithstanding the fearful odds arranged j j against nre in the character, the power and official influence I | of my accusers. | My accusers are a committee, or s portion of a committee, | appointed by lltft Legislature to investigate llie affairs of the j i Bank of Macon and the cause of its failure and the grounds j : of accusation will be found in a report, made to that body by j j said committee. j The charge against me, though not distinctly made —Max jhe stated in its full force thus; —a violation of a contract j w ith the Bank of Macon to furnish said Bank Gold bullion I at the price or sum of 98 cts. per dxvt. w hich it is alleged in ; the report, is one of the causes though one of “ minor impor tance,” that tended to produce the present disastrous stale ofj affairs, growing out of the recent failure cf the “Bank of! Macon. Had the committee confined itself to the establish-j meet of this charge, by a fair, decent comment on the tosli-j mony, which was adduced, the reply it would have elicited.l would have been much less painful both to the member* of! that committee and myself. If the ascertainment of plain, simple honest truth had been their object and had they been disposed to make no other impression on the public mind, than what was natural from such a source, they would scarcely have bcen-so lost to self-respect, and have departed so far from common decency in argumr.t, as to descend to a mere quibble, one of the answers in my testimony and from which loosing sight of the main accusation, they pretend to sieduce the charge of “ gross iguoranee or gross corruption.” The alternative pressed upon ntc by the committee, they doubtless beli?»i> very charitable and may be astonished to learn that it cannot he accepted. If Ido not shew clearly that the author of that report, at least, is justly obnoxious to the first branch ofhis alternative, I shall be perfectly wil ling to acquiesce in the application of the Lattxr to myself. They- have a recital of the whole of my answer to the seventh interrogatory upon which the charge is founded, will be en tirely sufficient so shew that no cyuirucatiun or evasion was intended. It is as follows “ I have taken up a large amount of Macon Bills; I am not able to state how much ; neither do I know how much I had on hand atthe time of the failure. / paid part of the Bills on my receipts, the balance I have on hand, and in the hands of agents that I hare not settled with." In the re capitulation of my testimony in the body of the report, the! committee have attempted to do me great injustice. They ; say “ in the answer of R. S. Patton to the 7th int.” he swears j “ that I am not able to state how much, neither do I know ' how- much I had on hand at the time of the failure,” and this answer they alledge affords abundant grounds to answer me “for gross ignorance or gross cormption.” - Omitting entire ly tlie last branch of my answer, which 1 have inserted in italics, that it may receive particular notice, which fully re-! conciles every apparent difference in any of the parts and ! clearly establishes tho truth of the whole, the committee have ; seized upon a garbled extract from my answer and attempt ed by arts, that would disgrace the lowest pettifogger in a court of justice, to make an impression on the public mind! i against me. which the testimony wken taken together and | considered justly, will not warrant. kVhy did 1 not know ! “ how mu. h Macon money I had on hand at the time of the j Banks fai'urel” The reason is given in the same answer from which tiie garbled extract lias been made, and that part ! which has been suppressed by the committee ; simply because | I had money in the hands of agents with whom Iharl not settled. And yet the committee would require that I should know to a cent, on a particular day named by themselves; how much I money in bills on a specified Bank, I had on hand, nonvith i standing too I lead put large amounts in the hands of agents, | who were at distance from me and w ith w hom I had made no j settlements. They would require that I should be able to ; tell promptly, what sum of money I had in nty pocketk, on [every occasion— really this is demanding a great deal from i any man, certainly more than could be expected from one. i according to their own statements, who was in the habit of daily traffic and who used from one to one hundred and for ty-five thousand dollars. But 1 do not believe, that the disposition of the committee to do me injustice, by this raisrspresentation of my testimo ny, can escape the observation of any person of common sa gacity, who w ill give tlie subject a moments consideration, • I will not therefore, consume more time in exposing that, which mast he obvious to all. I cannot consent jtowerer to } lose this opportunity of presenting, principally for their com mittees own benefit, n specimen of their undoubted impartial,! >/ : it may serve*to console them, for the errors which they tliem- I selves may hereafter detect in their report. It has pleased the committee to speak in terms of approbation of the con duet of L. Atkmson, Esq. late Cashier, of the Macon Bank, ami to endorse his administration of the affairs of that institu tion as “lair and correct.” in their comment on his tqstimo ny too, every thing was fur and correct „• the most eenetratinsr subtlety could not detect an inconsistency. Nothing was found in his testimony, not even a garbled extract, which would authorize the committee to press upon them the unpleasant alternative of “gross ignorance or gross corruption.” Yet tlie following extract, from his testimony, will shew that the committee had the same grounds for censuring Mr. Atkinson, for w hich, they condemned me. The 3d interrogatory ad dressed to Mr. Atkinson, is as follows, “have any notes or bills ol the Bank of Macon been cancelled and burned, or oth erwise withdrawn trorn circulation, during yziurbeing in office — if at l !/! what amount ? —The answer is “ There have been i £Q7ilf , Xo\v it must be obvious that the answer does not afTord the information to any extent, called for by the interrogatory The object of the committee must have been to ascertain what amount of bills had been destroyed; this was necessary to arrive at the very important knowledge, what amount were still iu circulation. It cannot b« pretended that Mr. Atkin son who was the Cashier, could die ignorant.on this subject, it was his duty to possess a fair record of every bill that had been burned or otlierw-ise withdrawn from circulation and no one can doubt if this duty- had been performed and the wit ness allowed time for examination “he could have answered the question to the satisfaction of any one, without any kind of difficulty whatever.” et tlie committee required, that 1 should be able at tue moment to say what amount of money i had in my hands on a particular day, or submit to a charge of “gross ignorance or gross corruption ;” whilst they permit another individual who held “ the truly delicate aud respon sible situation’’ of cashier to the Bank, and who could not tell what amount oi the hills of that bank had been desttoyed or withdrawn from circulation, not only to pass without cen sure, but as if to make tlieit partiality- men, have endorsed j his whole conduct as perfectly “fair aud correct.” I certain ly have no disposition to Hud luull with the aporobaliou, bes i towed by the committee upon the conduct of Mr. Atkinson; j 1 believe he deserves it, ana if the committee had extended to me the same justice and judged my conduct by the same stan ; durd they did his, I should have no cause to find fault myself— | us it is, there is an obvious distraction made between us; ei j ther, Atkinson bas great reason to Hess their mercy, or J have | abundant cause to curse their injustice. Leaving tlie Committee to receueile in the best iqanner they can, to their own consciences and to the just sense of the ! community—a tribunal to which thuv, as well as myself are responsible—this flagrant act of partiality aud injustice, I | shall proceed, with all practicable brevity, to reply to the only remaining part of the Report which duty to myself the j quires that I should notice. The Report of the Committee •' discloses the fact, that on the lGth day of February, 1832, 1 j made a contract with the Bank of Macoo, to furnish said i Bank, gold bullion at tlie price of ninety-eight cents perdwt.; aud the better to enable me to make Hie purchase, the Batik agreed to advance, from time to time, such-sums of money as were necessary for that purpose. This contract I continued ! strictly to fulfil up to the period of the failure of the Bank, and even a few days before its failure, I paid ift a>um exceed ing theenormous amount of $50,000 in gold, $ 5000 of which was paid the day before the failure was announced; but be cause 1 did not still go on to purchase aud deliver to the Bank, large sums of gold, after it bad stopped payment aud wasnoturionsly insolvent, the Committee have charged me with bad jujth in the execution of my contract. To this it would appear necessary only to reply, Ural my contract w ith the Bank was nos limited to any particular period ;—the Bank had a right at any time to notify me that the contract was at an end, and stop my purchases ;—I surely had the same right whenever 1 thought proper, to cease all further operations un der the contract, aDd to refund to the Bauk any amount of mo ney I iiad on hand. But tlie Committee, in order to sustain the charge agains; me of bud faith in the execution of my con trail, have been driven to assume the ground, that I acted as the mere agent of the Bauk, and was bound in all my opera tions by its instructions. This fact, it will appear from the I testimony appended to the Report, they diligently sought to establish by every w itness at all acquainted with the tran ! auction. The question was addressed directly to Mr. Alkin : son, the Cashier, in the 15ih interrogatory—“ Had the Bauk of Macon aw agent os aoents during tbe spring and turn i mer of 1832. engaged in the pl-bchase or uou> 1” Tbs an swer was, “There was a costkact entered into with Robert •S. Patton." So did cTery man who at suy time borrowed money from the Bank cf Macon, for the purpose of pitrchas ing gold, or fur any other purpose, make a'contract with the Bank, which he was bound to redeem at the time of the con tract, by tlie payment of gold or silver; (not bullion) butcoin ; —yet there cannot be found a single individual, who became indebted to the Bauk of Macon previous to its failure, who has not, subsequent to that event, availed himself of the right to discharge his debts in bills upon that Bank. Tlie annexed certificate of Mr. Atkinson, marked [A] will shew conclusive ly that I was nolconsidered, by the officers of the Bank at least, its ugnit.- He says there was no correspondence between the Bank and myself—that no instructions were at any time given me by the Bank—that no controlu as pretended to be exer ised by the Bunle over my conduct and that / teas left entirely to my owngai-iruingnl, and that no compensation was allowed me, but what I could moke by purchasing gold for less than its real value. With this statement of the Cashier before him, it is difficult to conceive how any man can arrive at the conclu sion that I acted in the character of agent to the Bank. There was not only no intercourse between us, no iustitruuctions given me, no Control exercised over my conduct, but ther.* was no pritenctof any authority to control me—all right of di rection over my conduct, in relation to that transaction, is ex pressly disclaimed. To establish, then, the factthatl was the agent of the Bank, it must be shewn that the agent is entire ly distinct ami independent of his principal. Whenever the “gentleman from Greene.” may choose to employ his pro fessional acuteness in the attempt to establish such a doc trine, he may add to a reputation already acquired as tbe au thor of his celebrated “Macon Bank Report.’’ To elucidate still farther, the character of my connexion with the Maqon Bank, 1 beg leave to call the attention of the subjoined certificate (B & C.) the former a«cashier of the Ma rine, the latter of the Darien Bank, by whi-h it w ill be shown that I was furnished money, by each of those Institntitibns, for precisely the same object I received it from the Macon Bank and that I never was considered an Agent by either of them. Upon the reading of these certificates, I do not be lieve anv man will bo able to distinguish between the nature of my connexion with the Marine and Darien Banks, and the relation I bore the Bank of Macon. From the two former \ borrowed a sum of money to be applied to tho purchase of gold—from the last I done the same to all, I gave my receipts, mid each mad* the loan free of interest. Tne -only difference which exists, is, as to the mode of The Marine and Darien Banks requires paytnrnt in Savannah funds, the “premium on which was considered eqnivalent to the interest.” The Ma con Bank preferring gold bullion at its own door, which was i also w-orth a premium equivalent to the interest. Suppose it had been out of my power, or from some ether causo I had failed to pay the Marine and Darien Banks in checks on Sav ! anriah, What would have been the. consequence 1 Would i they not have been compelled to receive their own bills with 1 the interest 1* Could they have objected to this? Surely not. 1 The premium on tlie Savannah funds tvould be only equtva lent to the interest; and the payment of the interest would i make up for the loss of tho premium ‘ Could the Macon Bank • rn/uire more ! * Isl was unable to purchase the gold or did ' not comply with the engagement, to deliver it; wh t was the I necessary consequences 1 What would I be told by the Bank 1 “We loaned you money free of interest, with lira expectation j it would be applied to a partic air object; it has not been so applied—you must therefore return us the money with the in terest /” This the Bankeould force me to do, but neither law nor justice could require me to do more. The pretence by the Committer, that is the settlement of imy accounts with tin Bank, a fraud waa committed and a se rious injury done the bill holders, they lencw to be utifiAtodwd, The ted by the Bank for that special purpose, and. If any ndvan la U c wa » allowed me in that settlement, the responsibility cannot rest on my shoulders. But the truth is, no advantage wa 4 allowed me responsibility; restp no where, because in rela tioa to that matter, there is no guilt—and I would never offer to vindicate myself or others whom I believe as innocent as I ieel that I am. But I defy the committer by the severest scrutiny mto the settlement of my account with the Bank of Macon, to shew any fraud or the slightest injury to the bill holders. Suppose for a moment, I had at the time of the fail ure of the Bank, all the gedd suspected by the committee or twice as ranch, and had paid it into the Bank, would it not have been paid out to the bill holders & could have redeemed a greater amount of hills, than it was worth! Or suppose I had retained the gold and employed it myself in the purchase of the utils from the hands of the holders, would not the same araountb* redeemed? and can it be considered of conse quence, who redeem* the bills? It is a plain matter, and eve ry man must understand it w ho will give it a moment’s reflec tion, 1 he public are now in possession of the principal grounds ofmy defence, to tho accusations contained in a Report to the Legislature, by a Committee of that body, appointed to examine into the condition fi cause of the failure of Lite Ma con Bank. In submitting this defence, which every consid eration dear to a man who values his reputation, called upon me to make, I ask for it only a candid, impartial and unpreju diced consideration by the Public to whom it is addressed.- ~ ’ , ROBERT S. PATTON. Macon, January 4th 183-2. [A] Georgia, Bibb County, Bee. 25, 1832.'4| 1 his is to certify that there was no corre’spodence between the Bank of Bank of Macon and Robert S. Patton, in rela tion to the contract to purchase gold: that no instruction was at any time given by said Bank to said Patton, nor any con trol pretended to he exercised over the conduct of said Patton by said Bank of Macon, within my knowledge, and that the said Patton was left entirely to his discretion in the applica tion of the money furnished him by said Bank of Macon, in the purchase of gold—and that no compensation w-as allow ed said Patton by said Bank, other Ilian the difference be tween the price he gave for the gold and the frier of which' tho Isauk lo rt-cccivc u from him. L. ATKI&ON. [B] I hereby certify, that some time about the 28lh January, 1832,. loan wu made to I<obcrts. Patton by the Branch of the M. and h . Insurance Bank in this place, of which 1 was then Cashier, of Three Thousand Dollars, to he employed in buying gold, for which his receipt was taken—the payment ot the amount whereof at thirty days, in checks on Savannah and Charleston, was guarantied to the Bank by Robert Col lins and 1. K. Lamar. Checks being above par, the premi urn on them was considered equivalent to the interest, there fore none was charged on the lease.—ln this transaction, Mr. 1 atton was not the agent of the Bank, nor had it any control over his operation* in the disbursement of the money loaned hlm - * J. WASHBURN. C.j BRANCH BANK OIHIARIEN. *>3ooo. j Macon, 8M Oct. 1833. , , Received of Scott Cray, Esq. Cashier, Three Thou i ii ?'r ■ rs *" ar ien bill*, for the purpose of purchasing gold in Carrol) and Habersham, and for which I promise to returu gold at its value, or give Checks at sight on Savannah, 1 liartertoii or New-Aork, within thirty i^ays. UO BE KT S. PATTON'. Georgia, Bibb County. I certify that the above is a receipt given by Robert Patton to ih* Darien Bank, and that no interest was charged said Patton on this advance, and thafsaid Patton was not consid ered a* the agent of the Bank of Darien. SCOTT CRAY. Former Cashier iijLCTSX & lYarc-llouse and Commission Merchants-, MACON, GEORGIA. BLANTON a SMITH, IVure-llouse and Commission Mer- Macox, make liberal advances on Cotton in store, and on shipments; also on NOTES and other proper ly deposited in their liand9. Their Ware-llouses are more convenient to tlic business part of tow n than any other, possessing the advantages of a W barf, and are more exempt from danger Ly fire than any other in Macon. 1 ADMINISTRATORS* SALE. 4 GRL L ABLE so an order of tho honorable Inferior Court of Harris county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinar*, will be sold on the first Tuesday in March next at the Court House in Burke county, the following Tracts of Land, be longing to the estate of Linieberry Marsh, dec. 800 acres of laud more or less, well improved, adjoining Skinner and oth ers,one other tract containg 17 acres more or Ass, adjoining Skinner anj others, one tract containing 30 acres, adjoining the heirs of Martin, also, one-fourth of an undivided tract, containing 90 acres, adjoining Marshall and others; all of tho above tracts lying in the county of Burke. Also will be sold on the first Tuesday in April next at the Court House iir Morgan county, lot No. 219 in the 4l!t district originally , Baldwin, now Morgan county —on the first Tuesday in May next, will be sold at the Court Housa in Campbell county, lot No. IC9, in the 9th district of originally Fayette, now Campbell county. All of the above sold as the property of Uittlcberry Marsh, deceased, for the benefit-of the heirs « Said Liltleberry Marsh. Terms of sale made known on the day of sale. JOHN MURPHEY, Adm r. . ELIZABETH M. MARSH, Admr’x Dec. 14,1832. 39—tds-p PROPOSALS For Publishing at Macon, Ga. an Agricultural aVctcs jxipcr, to be entitled THE Southern hlantcr will he devoted exclusively to tho Agricultural interests of, the country ; including Hor ticulture, management of Stock, making of Wine Silk, Gardening, Domestic Economy, useful Arts, Household Expenses, Health, Fruit Trees, Ac. Ac. Ac. 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The publisher w ill bo assisted in the Editorial department i by several litcary gentlemen. i ’Tmws.—Two dollars per annum, in advance, or *>2 50 at ; the end of the year. To subscribers to the Macon Tele graph the price will be one dollar and a half, in advance, or tw o dollars at the end of tho year. The paper will be commenced us soon as sufficient encouragement offers. Editors throughout the Southern States are respectfully requested to give the above a lew iuxertions. , ■ i<' ! M. BARTLETT. ~ Maeon, July 23. 2ft— NO. 3.