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fbnn. wbo whs curious 10 know who deman
ded a.nuittauce at this unseasonable hour.
Upon opeuiijg the door, a denture looking
damsel manifested tierself, bolding a neat
waiter, on wht-li was a covered saucer over
sprea with a milk-white napkin. Poor
Jacu i looked agiia-a, when “Miss Betsey
Bid s compliments, and *a icer ol in tna
-I,le of tier own making,” were preseiite I
in his master, and im a while he remained
in a delicate dileimn i, at a loss how lo pro
ceed —his natural politeness pleading in
favor of instantly repairing to Mr. ISm'le
. »i,|e* with til*! sweets of Miss fln f. and on
tne otiier hand, restrained l>v habitual res
pert for peculiarities to uliicit formally
vt» irs lie ha I keen suoserviem. Our bache
lor, aiaiie itiomeui. was poring over one of
those long prasi leuii and massages, which
noue but a mist u.t.ulc oow.-pupei rca
,Jer could have finished to an end, when
* J iao > broke gent.y, line “tin: 4110 m on tip
toe,” into the app 1 itu 1 c 111 , and in a subdued
voice disclosed the purport of his errand.—
To a man who had long considered himself
as free from female i.np nineiice, as if an
inhabitant of that paiadisa into w hich wo
man is never supposed to enter, the effect
was stupifymg. Speedily recovering him
sef, however. anJ sariiikiui! from ihe manna
la.le as if it had been the gum of the deadly
upas, ie peremptorily ordered it to be re
turned, and too much discomposed to re
sume his employ rn tit, made a covert re
treat from the house by the back door.
From a minute chain ul 1 viiience, it was
apparent 10 ail that Betsey Bud was getting
mischievous. Tne pointed rebuff her iir*t
advances iiad received, ihrewi, her inio dis
order, and gave a momentary check toiler
•m itions, but with tile characteristic perse
verance of her sex, she quickly rallied her
■scattered energies and recommenced tios
*t4!ir»es. though in rather a more cautious
•manner.
Th ire was at the hack of Mr. Singlesides
dwelling a vacant lot—this, Miss Betsey
entered, and piseu,iy, lioin tiie hitherto bar
ren enclosure, was seen 10 sprout a flourish
ing young plantation of the morns ntulti
ca ili*. This bold manoeuvre of taking the
bachelor in the rear, was cocccaled under
the prevalent silk-worm fever, though some
were ill-natured enough to hint '.hat her
design was to make t cocoon of Mr. Single
sides, ov enveloping him in meshes of her
own jo ining; yer the mote benevolently
dispose I, considered ner as only acting up
to the spirit of toe tunes. Ii requires but
one ingenious projector to set afloat a novel
design" for thousands of others to imitate it,
were it not for the wise and valuable security
of a patent; hut. unfortunately, there was
no legal authority to secure to Miss Betsey
an exclusive right to the conquest she me
ditated. Like the intrepid and enterprising
discovery of our conlineut, she was doomed
to see others press into the new world,
which the had vainly hoped would be left
for her alone to possess.
It was not long before the bustle of clean
sing white wishing, bud the removing of
furniture, in a fine brick tenement just next
door, attracted her notice, and she learned,
to her unspeakable dismay, that a young,
Inn (some, and sprightly widow, was to be
eoina its tenant. That woman who lias
been able to secure a first husband, is al
ways suspected of understanding the art
of en ,r appiug a second. Pangs ol jealousy
a1 1 dread of rivaisiiip, began to assail
the bosom of th 5 spinster, who resolved to
keep an eye on the movements of her new
neighbor, in order to ascertain whether there
was any solid grounds for apprehension.—
Alas ! for poor Miss Betsey Bud, she never
cast a glance i a the direction oi the brick
tenement, but she saw either the bust of
Mrs. Gossamer, prominent from a widow,
ora full length* figure of the same individ
ual, placed in a picturesque attitude on the
portico. The widow had a brilliant voice:
throughout the evening the street was
filled with music, as ever and anon she
broke out with a fragment of t popular ditty,
or brought to light the memory of some
sweet bard, whose numbers deserving im
mortality, have been swept away among the
rubbish of past ages. Though not apt to
combine causes with effects. Miss Bud shook
in her shoes at tlm possible emoti ms that
might be created bv the melody of this en
chantress. In her youth she had read
Alexander’s feast, and in terror she recalled
the different passions inspiring the conque
ror by the oppo-ite measures which burst
or breathed fro:u the lyre of Timotheus,
She, herself, had once enjoyed the repu
tation of a sweet singer. loan association
called the Seraphic Society, whose object
was the cultivation of sacred music, she
hid even acquired the soubriquet of Serap
him. But since her time, music, like til
most every thing else, »ad changed its style
and character; and when sirivir.g to imi
tate the light grace, with which the widow
run or rather limed up au octave. Miss
Betsey's efforts resembled the gobbling ot
a turkey, or the more discordant notes ol a
donkey . With the occupi lion ol watching
her rival, setting snares for the bachelor,
and attending to her other numerous en
gagements, tiie duties of a diplomatist
were not more fatiguing and complicated.
But Mrs. Gossamer was the sorest evil with
which she had to contend; her mind dwelt
incessantly on tiie subject, until the lovely
widow become the incubus ol Iter sleeping
and wakhng visious. Penetrating the care
less intrepidity of her disposition Miss Bet
sey concluded it best to redouble hei efforts
to gam access to the good graces of Mr.
Sitiglesides.before weapons from that quar
ter could affect him. In consequence, she
busied herself more than ever with her
morns plantation, and even went to the ex
pense of having a neat little cot oonery er
ected in the centre of the lot, where she
was sure to be found at those hours when
Mr. Singlesides was at home, ostensibly
er.gaged"in superintending the progress of
the building. The lot was not only in the
rear of the bachelor, as has already bten re
marked, but also adjoining bis garden, eo
1 nat often when he was inhaling tne eve
breath of his flowers, the bonv arm of
the sjviuster thrust through the paling, to
fat ner 11 sprig ol verbina, or her long neck
mretched over the shrubbery like a camei-
K*o paid’s would .Startle and tliive him away.
A’ever was a bachelor so beset . ! It he took
a retrospective glance, tlte-e was the spec
tral form of Betsey i/lid, standing in giun
relief, line the apparition ot a disturbed con
science, while a forward! view showed the
5 ttractrve wi low, with siren smiles, luting
him to his destruction.
There was one stroke ol Betsey 3 policy,
which scented to promise greater success
than any she haJ tried ; this was* having
g line I Jacob, as she believed, over to her
interest. But this was not exactly the
cose. Though n 1 ways an ti-rnatrimonial,
this faith ul serritor wax not particularly
and niraiia o'" serving under a gynarehv. wailo
on the other bail he wis not destitute ul
feel, igi if gratitude for services reuderej
hi u >v Miss Bill, which ha en ie ivorcif to
taiiuttin consistently with hi* fileluy to his
nti-usr. \V ie 1, therefore, any delicacy
arrival, Tscob would secretly receive it,
ail return 1 polite mnssnga of thinks in
klhs nanus of Mr. Sihglsstde*. From cer
tain expressions that had reached her ears,
Miss Betsey concluded that she was much
indebted to her confidant for the gracious
manner with which she was led to believe
her presents were received, and in conse
quence looked upon success as more than
p obable. Coinciding in tiie opinion that
“the sure-t way lo a man's haerr, is down
his liuoat,'’she continued to attest her ten
der regard, and her housekeping abilities,
by blackberry cordial, squeezed by the
magic hand of love, custards, and nuts,
picked in unbroken halves from iliesiiell, to
give zest to a glass of madeira—with a cat
alogue of other dainties, like the smaller
articles in tiie stock of a dry-goods mer
chant—too tedious to enumerate. Nor was
this the only way in which her talents and
ingenuity were exercised, ."she had con
trived to ascertain, that n mat was wanting
for the argeati lamp, which stood upon the
centre table in the bachelor’s parlor. Im
mediately the requisite materials for work
ing in worsted, were procured, and seated
in a brooming attitude at a front window.
Miss Bud commenced a bird of paradise.
Day and night she toiled, first at the head
—then at tiie tail—till at length, starting
from the canvass, appeared the gorgeous
inhabitant of the torrid zone, arrayed iu
even greater splendor than when seen on
fluttering pinions, beneath it* own fervid
suns This working in rreurtl., was literally
crurl work both to the person by whom it was
executed, and for whom it was designed.
When it was handed in to .Mr. Singlesides,
carefully wrapper in the folds of a perfumed
pocket handkerchief, he angrily bade the
handmaid to be more particular in future,
and not pester him by mistat ing one house
for another. When the girl returned with
this evidently wilful misunderstanding on
the part of Mr. Si'iglesides, Miss Bud re
tired to her chamber to weep, and to cal
culate the cost of her mat, w hich, having
regarded frantically fur a few seconds she
consigned to the depths of a large trank, to
rest among other woollen articles which her
precaution had buried in tobacco, to prevent
the incursion of the moths.
It is not uncommon in a concern where
matrimony is the subject, that w hat was at
first entered upon merely as a matter of
speculation, ends in becoming an affair
of the heart. At the commencement of the
undertaking, from simply having iu view a
change of name, Miss Bud now imagined
herself deeply and irrevocably in love.
Alas ! she was indeed a bud with a canker
concealed within it
To be Concluded.
Matthew Carey and. hit Wife. —It would
be well, if young met) starting in business,
would take heed tothegoo I advice conveyed
by the example of Mr. Cary and his wife, ns
displayed in the biographical notice con
tained in the fast number of the Merchant-.’
Magazine and Commercial Review. Ii ap
pears Crom this that Mr. Carey married a
1 ' ’.S3 Flaharen, the daughter of a highly
respectable citizen of Philadelphia, who
like thousands of others, was ruined by his
devotion to the cause of the principles of
tiie Revolution.
She had no dowry hut of prudence, in
telligence, and industry, and these are far
richer than any other that can be bestowed.
She had united herself to a man whose
whole fortune consisted of a hundred dol
lars’ worth of furniture, and some back
numbers of his magazine, comparatively
valueless as soon as the work was all indo tied.
But what of that ! Both husband and wife
had minds filled with good common sense.
They had no false pride to retard their ef
forts. They were persevering and econom
ical, and together they resolved to make
their way in the world. “We early,” says
the husband, “formed a determination to in
dulge in no unnecessary expenro, mid to
mount the ladder so slowly, ns to run no
risk of having to deseeu'i.” What a salu
tary example is here wri'.ten in one sentence
for the young of our day I How altered is
the mode of beg.uniog the world now-a-davs.
Large rents, expensive establishments', un
limited debts, “routes and rounds of fash
ion,'’ a»e at once, launched into, and tire
young couple l.va on, so long as petty shifts,
contrivances atid deceptions will sustain
them, niid then sink into homeless misery,
from which perchance, they never recover.
“Daughters, tenderly reared, and who have
brought handsome fortunes to their hus
bands. are often obliged to return Vo me to
their aged parents, who have to maintain
them, their husbands, and 'heir children—a
deplorable fate tor old age.’’ Fathers have
the unspeakable misery of beholding their
sons, iti whom the hopes of after years
were entered, broken down, indolent, reck
less, dissipated—hanging on society as pests
and utiisances, instead of becoming orna
ments and examples of it.
MISSOURI ViN!) IOWA.
The dispute between these powers seems
to have arisen from some misunderstanding
about a term —not the first time that parlies
have quarreled ovorn worth The northern
noi'iidary of Missouri runs along the rapids
ofthe Des Moines—this is admitted on both
sides. But there are rapids in the Des Mo
nies river, and also in the Mississippi, just
below the mouth of the Des Moines, and
both are called by the same name. Hence
the difficulty—Missouri claims tiie higher
rapids in (he Des Moines as the true limit
lowa looks further south, and insists up
on the lower mark.
It is much to be icgretted that force should
be resorted to by either party to settle a mat
ter which negociatiou might easily accom
modate, mid which must bo determined by
such me ms at last. After stirring up bad
passions, and fixing hostile sentiments mu
tually in the minds of the disputants, arbi
tration must come in to decide between them
—a thing w hich could be done now as well
as some months hence. With the merits of
the question we have nothing to do. . If one
is right and the other wrong, or if both are
wrong, which is tiie most likely supposition
the appointment of commissioners to iuspect
the ground and to consult papers, might
soon remove all feelings of jealousy, puj
prevent further inis understandings. We
live in an age which will hardly sympathise
with hostile measures when other means of
deciding controversies are at hand.
Figt ting for its own sake may be left to
the beasts, who have not “discourse of rei
son.” Glory is not to be gained now by the
breaking of heads * and sensible people are
willing to acknowledge that if discretion is
not the better pait of valor, it is valor’s best
guide.— Baltimore American.
The Brutes nf Tennessee —\ proposition
to compel the Banks of Tennesse io re
sume specie payments immediately, has
been rejected, in the Senate of Tennessee,
by a vote of 14 to 9. The vote was not a
party one.
The beautiful Giraffe, imported from Af
rica by Messrs. Welsh, Weeks <Jc Cos. at an
immense expense, some two years since,
and which was for a time on exhibition iu
the south died at Newark on Friday last. It
was probably the effect of the cold weather
which caused the animal’s death.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
The following bill in relation to the banks
of this State, it will be seen, lias been intro
duced simultauiously into both Houses of
the Legislature.
Mr. Glascock introduced in the House,
and Mr. Jordan, in the Senate, the follow
ing bill.
A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the
emission of the paperof Banks muter cer
tain circumstances, and tu compel the re
sumption ofspecie payments within agiv
( n time under certain penalties and condi
tions.
Whereas some of the banks of this state
have suspended specie payments without
any apparuiitoverrulmg cause, and it is seri
ously leaicd that others will follow 1 lie evil
example, and that some hanks undersuspen
ston (for the purpose of profit to the stock
holders.) will increase the issues of their pa
per, and engage in and encourage wiiit spec
ulations, ami te ;reby retard the period of re
sumption, or place themselves in a position
again to be obliged to vield to the first pan
ic that ensues, and subject the country to
periodical revulsions; lor remedy whereof,
Be it enacted by the .Senate and Haase of
Representatives of the Slate of Georgia in
general assembly met amt it is hereby enact
td by the authority ofthe same, That front and
after the passing of this act, any bank which
has suspended, or shall hereafter suspend
specie payments of its notes, nr which does
not promptly and on demand pay gold or sil
ver for its no.es, ami which shall then have
in circulation an amount of notes more than
equal to two thirds the amount of its capital
s'oek actually paid in, shall discontinue any
further emission ol ill notes or paper until
the amount so in circulation shall have been
called iu, and reduced to an amount not ex
ceeding two thirds Os its capital stock aciu
al’y paid in—and hereafter shall not, until
such bank shall have in full resumed 1 he pay
mint promptly on demand in gold or silver
ol its notes, circulate, issue, emit, or pay o ut
its notes to an amount exceeding the rate a
loresaid—and any bank violating the provis
ions ol this section shall forfeit the sum of
one thousand dollars
9. Ariel be it further enacted, That from
and alter the passing of this act, no Bauk
which has in circulation a less amount of
notes than the rate afoiesaid, which has
now suspended specie payments, or shall
hereafter refuse to nay promptly on demand
gold or silver for its notes, shall circulate,
emit or pay out its notesduting such suspen
sion ol such Bauk to in amount extending
Ihe above proportion or rate, under a penal
ty oforie thousand dollars.
3 . And be il further enacted,, Thatitsh.il
be the duty of eve V y bailk in this which
is now or 'nail bo iu a state of suspension
°* sp eci S payments, to publish once a month
at its own expense, in a gazette at or near
the plat e ol its location, and in one of the
gazettes ofthe tow 1 of Milledgeviile, a suc
cinct but clear and full statement, on oath,
ol its specie and other inems, and of its notes
in circulation, and other liabilities.
4. And be it further enacted, That during
the sust’ension of specie payments by any
Batik in this State, such Bank shall not re
quire of any one now indebted by note to it,
a reduction ol such indebtedness beyond the
rate of twenty-five per cent, per annum or.
the debt due.
5. And Lett further enacted, That no Bank
in this State alter the day of next,
shall on any account suspend specie pay
ments, or refuse the payment of its notes in
gold nr silver under the penalty of a forfeit
ure ot its charter, and fora violation of the
provisions u s this section, it shall be and is
hereby made the duty ol his F.xcelletiey, the
Governor, upon the necessary itiforma'ion,
forthwith to take the legal steps to enforce
the same, unless he shall in iiis judgment
think proper on 'he th n condition of com
mercial and monetary affairs to extend tne
operation of tlt is act to a period not longer
than the first day of December, 1840, which
he is hereby authorized atid empowered to
do by Proclamation.
6. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the pa-sing of this act, and until
the aforesaid day of theact entitled
an act to regulate the intercourse between
banks and private individuals, so as to sub
ject banks to the payment ofdamages if they
refuse or fail to pay specie when demanded
under certain circumstances, passed 24'h
Dec., 1832, be and the same is hereby sus
pended, and declared inoperative until the
said day of and no longer, provided
that nothing herein contained shall prevent
a recovery ofdamages on all suits now insti
tuted and pending in any of the courts of
law or equity in this State, under the said
act of December, 1832.
7. And be it furtaer enacted ’Hint from
and after the day of it shall be the
duty of the cashier of every Bank of this
Stale, 011 the presentation of any bank note
or .totes at the bank where the same are
payable, and where payment is refused,
to endorse thereon the words following
to wit : “Payment refused,” and sub
scribe his name thereto, with the day of the
month and year; and on all suits instituted
on such note or notes, such endorsements
shall be considered as conclusive evidence
of demand and refusal, and sufficient to enti
tle any holder to a recovery on the same,
upon proof o.tlie hands titing of such cash
ier, and on refusal of the cashier to make
the endorsement aforesaid, he shall forfeit
the sum of dollats, on every note pre
sented.
8. And be il further enacted. That the
fines and penalties imposed by this act not
otherwise provided for, shall be recoverable
on the criminal or civil side of the court, at
the option of the prosecutor, one half of
which shall be paid to the prosecutor, and
the other half to the Inferior Court of the
county where the conviction or recovery
shall tane place, for countiy purposes, and
it shall be the duty of the Solicitor Generals
of the Stale, when a violation of this law
sha>l come to their knowledge to prosecute
for the penalty.
9. Ami he it further enacted. That from
and aftet the passing ol this act, it shall be
the duty ofthe several banks of this State in
their.semi-annual reports to the Governor,
to specify the aggregate amount due by
their directors, the aggregate amount due
by their stock-holders, and the aggregate a
mount due by individuals, without designa
ting their names.
10. And be it further enacted. That all
taws and parts of laws militating against this
act be and the same' are hereby repealed.
The House ordered that 010 copies ofthe
above bill be printed.
The following are the preamble and re
solutions introduced in the Senate by Mr.
Lewis of Muscogee:
Whereas, it is important that the Legis
lature of this State should adopt some mea
sure to protect the interests of die people j
against the dangerous and extraordinary j
powers of the b.iuks heretofore charter ed by
the Legislature; many of the
banks of this State hove recently suspended
specie payments, in direct violation of their
charters, which is calculated in its consc
iences u sut at (iefi nice yil legiffau gc
'authority and legal obligations; anti where-1
as, such acts on the part of the banks ena
ble them to have and exercise a decided ad
vantage over the people, and open wide, the
door to fraud and speculation.
Be it therefore resolved, fee. That his
Excellency the Governor be, and he is here
by authorised and inquired, to have writs of
s eire Facias issued against every bank in
the State of Georgia which ha* violated its
charter, either by suspension ofspecie pay
ment or any oilier acts therein prohibited by
law. which may be made known to his Ex
cellency.
Be it further resolved. That his Excellen
cy the Governor ba. and he is hereby author
ized and required, to employ council to be
associated with any of the Solicitor Gent r
lals of the Judicial Circuits of the State in
which any bank having violated it* charter
may be located, f«r the purpose of aiding
such -Solicitor General in the investigation
against such banks.
A BILL
To be entitled au Act to alterand amend the
several Acts in relation to taxes:
Be i» enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Slate of Georgia, in
! General Assembly met, and it is hereby cn
i acted by the authoiity of the same, That
; from and after the passage of this Act, all
! teal and personal estate, within this State,
whether owned by individuals or corpora
tions. shall be liable to taxation, subject to
the exceptions hereinafter specified.
And be it further enact' and, That the terms
“real estate,” as used in this Act shall be
construed to include land itself, all buildings
or other articles erected upon or affixed to
the same, all trees and under wood growing
' thereon, and all mines, minerals, fossils, and
quarries in and under the same, except mines
belonging to the .State; and the terms “pei
sonal estate,” as use;! in this Aet, shall be
construed to include all chattels, monies,
debts due, or to become due from solvent
debtors, whether on note, bill, draft, bond,
judgment, or mortgage; goods, wares atid
merchandise; negro slaves, stock cattle a
bove the ni-mber ol , hor
ses ; nil mules above the number of
pleasure carriages; public
stock and stocks in monied corporations;
also »uch portion of the capital of incorpo
rated companies, liable to taxation on their
capital, as shall not be ievesfed in real or
personal estate.
And he it further enacted, That the fol
lowing property shall be exempt from taxa
tion; All exempted from taxation by the
constitution ~, tills State or under flic con
stitute.n qf the United State* ; all lands be
longing to the State or the United Stales;
every building erected for the use of, & used
by a College, incorporated academy or other
seminary of learning; every building for
public, worship; eveiy school house, court
house and jail, and the several lots w h. reon
such buildings arc situated, ami the furni
ture belonging to each of them ; all books
and philosophical aparatus, not held as mer
chandize and for the purpose of sale; every
poor house, aim* 1 ouse, home of industry,
and any house belonging to any charitable
institution, and the real and pe.sonal estate
belonging to or connected with tlip same;
the real and personal estate of any public ii
brnrv and other literary association; till
stocks owned by the State, and by literary
and charitable institutions; nil plantation
tools n»d household furniture, not held as
merchandize and 'or the purpose 01 sale;
all property exenuned by law from execu
tion; ali property owned by any person
whose real nnd personal estate, liable to tax
ation, does not amount to dollars;
and all turnpike, bridge or canal companies,
whose note annual income docs not exceed
five per cent on the capital paid and secured
to be paid. The owner or holder of stock
in ar.v corporated company, liable to taxa
tion on its capital, shall not be taxed as an
individual for such stock.
And be it furthei enacted. That all lands
held under warrants and surveyed, but not
granted by the State, shall be liable to taxa
tion in the same manner as if actually gran
ted ; and all lots drawn in any lottery, al
though the grants may not have been taken
out.
Andbeit further enacted, That all mo
neyed or stock corporations, deriving in
come or profit from their capital or other
wise, except as before excepted, shall be lia
ble to taxation.
And be it further enacted, That each and
every white citizen, above the age of 21 years,
shall be taxed annually hereafter, the sum of
one dollar, which tax, after deducting the
expense of collection, shall be set spart ex
clusively as a fund for education by common
schools.
And bp it further enacted, That the Tte
ceiverof tax returns in each county, shall re
ceive all returns to him on the oaths of (he
persons making them, and at such valuation
as they may affix ; and if any person shall
fail to make a return or to affix a value, the
Recei»ershall make such valuation and as
sess the tax thereon, from the best informa
tion in his power to obtain : and in eases
where no return is made, or no valuation
made by the person returning, he shall as
sess a double tax.
And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty ol the Receiver to assess all real
and personal estate not returned, or not as
sessed by the person returning the same,
at its foil market value.
And be it fmther enacted. That in all
eases where taxes remain unpaid, and the
Tax Collector shall proceed to sell any laud
liable for the same, he shall sell the whole
tract, arid the surplus money remaining after
paying the taxes due, and expense* of sale,
shall be paid into the Treasury, subject to
the claim of the owner of the land, if made
within years after such sale;
and the Governor shall draw his warrant on
the Treasury for the same in fjvor of the
claimant, if satisfied of the justice of such
claim.
And be it further enacted, That in all
cases when the receiver shall know of any
lands in his county being vacant, or unclaim
ed, he shall give notice thereof,
in one or more of the public gazettes of this
State, particularly describing the location
and boundaries, and stating that unless the
same be claimed, and the taxes thereon paid, j
(which sha'l be assessed, in case of pay- ,
ment, at the full market value.) the same j
will be returned to the executive office as j
vacant land ; and -uch land shall thereafter j
be liable to be sold and granted, on such
terms as the Legislature shall precribe, at
any time after the expiration of
niontns from the time the same is returned
to the Executive office, which shall be im
mediately after the expiration of the time
of publishing said notice of the receiver.
But if any person shall, within
months alter such return to the Executive
office, present to the Judge of the Superior
Court of the county where said land lies, a
petition stating his clam thereto, the Attor
ney or Solicitor General shall he bound to
reply to the same instanter, in behalf of the
State, and the said Judge shall cause the
issue so made up to be submitted to and
tried by a special jury, rlthe next term of
said Court, whose verdict shall be final, 1
saving to the . Court the power to grant a
continuance or new trial, according to law
and usage. And npou filing in the Execu
tive office 4 certificate from the cleik of
said Court, of the oendeocy of such peti
tion, it shall be the duty of th** Governor to
forbear from granting or selling said land
until the issue on said petition shall have
been filially decided, in manner aforesaid.
And he it further cuacted. That it shall
be the duty of the receiver to specify, in
seperate columns,»lie several kinds ol pro
perty returned, and the quality and boun
dariesof the land.
A»d be it fmther enacted. That it shall
be the duty of the Compiroller to prepare
and foi ward to the several receivers a form
of the returns to be made, which the re
ceivers respectively shall cause to be pub
lished, iu the nearest newspaper, at least
one month before the time appointed for’
(taking returns.
And be it further enacted, That the tax
1 collectors of tbe several counties shall de
{ posit the amount of taxes due to the State,
1 from time to 'ime, as they shall receive
1 hundred dollars or more, in such of the
Banks of this State as may be designated by
the Legislature, and it no designation by it
be made, then in such as may be seltcted
i by the Governor, and the certificates of de
posit of the proper officers of such banks
| shall entitle the collectors to credit at the
; Treasury for the amounts thereof.
And be it further enacted. That if any
! person shall file au affidavit of illegality in
i relation to any execution issued lor taxes,
such execution snd affidavit shall be return
ed to the Superior Court of the county, by
which the matter n dispure shall be de
! termiued in such mode, as is usual in eases
i of illegality ofexecntions; and if the ground
j of illegality be not sustained, such person
shall he liable for double the amount of tax
in dispute, and execution shall issue from
said Court accordingly.
Andbeit further euacted, That all acts
and parts of acts now of force, in relation
to the assessment and collection of taxes,
inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
and neces«ary to carry this aet fully into
effect, be and the same are hereby contiu
! imd in full force.
| 'ndbe it further enacted. That the tax
j on the real and personal estate aforesaid, for
I the political year one thousand eight hun
i di ed and forty. shall be one of one
per ctnt. on the value of the same as afore
said.
And be it further enacted, That the com
missions of the receiver under this act
shall be per cent, upon the amount ot
his digest, and the commission of the col
lector under this act shall be per cent,
upon the amount collected by him.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The proceedings of this body during the
past week have not been of a very interesting
character. The discussion of the Resolu
tions in relation to the Western Atlan
tic Rail Road that was to have taken place
in the Senate on last Wednesday, was
postponed and made the special order for
jto day. As this is one of the most itttpor-
I tant subjects before t e Legislature, we
J shall uot fail to attend the discussion and
! to report, as far as we shall he able, the
same to our readers On Friday and Satur
day. attempts were made, but failed, in the
; (1 ouee to take up resolution* similar to
, those of the Senate, requiring the com
| mis-ioneis to suspend Inting out the con
j tracts advertised, until ordered by the
| Legislature, on Saturday the vote uponthe
• motion was a tic —but the Speaker voted
| ttgaiusf taking them up Yesterday the
| House took tip the resolutions, and in do
i then the special order of tiie day for to-
I morrow.
j On Thursday last the bill, introduced in
! to the Senate by Col. Billups, of Oglethorpe,
j to repeal that part of the Constitution ati
j thorizing the establishment of a Supreme
Court, or Court of Errors, came up, in its
j regular order for the consideration ofthe
j Senate. Mr. Kelly of Jloust<.n, offered n
substitute for the same, which proposed
1 that the Judges of th<* Superior Court id'
j the several circuits, in the State, should
! constitute a Court for the correction of er
! rors—that this Court should assemble in
j Milledgeviile once every year &c., Are.
j Some discussion having taken place on Mr.
Kel’y’s substitute, the whole matter was
| laid over for further consideration. On
Saturday, it was again taken up. Au
animated debate ensued in which several of
the Senators .tartook. The Senate rejected
Mr. Kelly’ssubstitute, and the bill introduc
ed by Col. Rilhip’s came up on its final
passage. Col. Billups made an excellent
speech of about an hours length in favour of
his measure- lie was followed by Messrs.
Kelly and Miller in opposition to the bill.
! In the course of a week o>- tiro we shall
! give to our readers the substance of their
j remarks. The bill was lost, it wanting hut
| one vote of the number required by tlu
Constitution to pass.— Recorder.
On the22d Mr. Peter Cone, of Bullock
j county, was elected Major General of the
' Ist Divisions of tbe Militia of this State.
Perhaps as striking an instance of party dis
•ipline. was exhibited iu tbis election, as
has ever been shown on any occasion. It
j is enough to inform the reader, that Gener
j al Floyd, was nominated by iiis friends tor
j the office, and that he was defeated. The
party have thus repudiated, an officer who is
acknowledged by all, to be inferior to no mil
itary man of his age "ven of the regular ser
vice. and one too who has been more >ll the
active service ofthe State, in defence of her
rights than pmbnblyatiy citizen of Georgia.
Bnt iti* unnecessary to make more than the
statement, the bear fact is enough, without
! anv comment.
Mr,. Forsyth, in answer to an invitation :
; to a dinner, from some of his friends in this
place, seems to be particularly pleased that
“the State has been redeemed from the
strangely false position in which it had bepn
1 placed by the errors of our political oppo- ;
rients.”
We wonder what was his own position a ;
year nr two ago. when little Van wanted to ;
drive him from i.is Cabinet; and what was his ;
own position when he made his celebrated ;
Appeal to Georgia and the South, in the !
Washington Globe—in which, if we have ;
not been misinformed by hi* friends, in his
very bitterest style, (and we all know uliat
that thing is) he set forth at large, the abom
inations of the whole concern. We can but
express onr utter astonishment, knowing
the man as we do. and his | ride of charac
ter, we can but feel the greatest astonish
ment. how he can reconcile to his feelings
liis own present “strangely false position,” :
in remaining in a Cabinet from which lie was
so unceremoniously dismissed ; unceremo
niously we call it. for Van knew, that he
might as well have proposed to Mr. Forsyth
to go to Africa, as to Austria. We think
the Secretary of State, in view ol this inter- !
esting little drama, would consult wisdom
and prudence both, in saying hereafter a* !
little as possible about “strangely false posi
tions. ''---Souihein Recorder.
“AN EGREGIOUS MISTAKE.”
Under the above head in another column
our readers will find a Communication,
dressed to the “Southern Advocate” f
which ,-aper we ha*e copied it into ourown
The writer, who is no doubt will and favour l
ably known to the conductor* of that p a p er
exposes to public notice, one o( the nianv
means by which the parly in power endow,
our still to maintain that power over those
who have so un*ucccslully opposed them
not with reason and atguinent, but at th»
polls. The circular brought to notire 1*
alledged by the writer to have issned Irom
the office oi the Federal Unioo, and is ad
dressed to the leading members nf |j,e
Union Party throughout the State. Its
object, is to ensure a concert of action, for
which purpose no expense, either of labor or
money, is to be regarded. More effectually
to bring about this coucert of action, induce
ments are held out to individuals, and the
worst passions of their nature “ exhorted ”
into action, by vulgar abase of those who
are opposed to their efforts. Witness the
language ol the circular. “Nullification and
abolition fanatics must and will be put
dmon"!.' Let but our readers take im,,
consideration the extraordinary zeal display
ed byour opponents, and notice the means to
which they resort to control the destinies
of the State, and they will cease to wonder
at their late defeat, particularly when tltev
reflect upon th* ir own inertness as a party
Whilst then fore, we would u ge up m the
State Right.* Party increased vigilance as
necessary to promote the success if their
principles, we would deprecate and hold up
to public rout mpt and scorn, those who
seaetly attempt to vilify and traduce our
principles by counseling the doctrine of
Nunification with tiie cause of abolition as
nl*o that effort to buy up the votes so plainly
indicated and recommended in the circular.
We publish the communication that our
readers ofthe State Rights Party may judge
of our opponents and their late uiau ruvre
for themselves.
For llie Advocate.
AN EGREGIOUS MIS TAKE.
Messrs Editors ;— An old and voombTc
gentleman of this county, who has beet) a
leading J ackson man in limes past, and is
now a s aiineli Federalist, tapped me on
the shoulder yestetday evening and asked
me to step a side, a* he wished ‘a word’
with me, at the same time drawing from his
pocket a printed document, and requesting
me to read it. V of course complied with
his request so fir as regards leading the
paper, which 1 found to be a Circular Let
ter purporting to be issued from the Office
ofthe Federal Union, in Milledgeviile, and
is a kind of confident ial and secret matter,
which the State Rights Party were to know
nothing about. The substance of the letter,
as near as L can remember from a hurried
glance, is this: That every Union in >n in
the State-- that i*. every prominent Union
man, (all of whom are to receive a copy of
the Circular) must use their utmost infl.i
ence with the party on all occasions, and
spare no means or expense which may saive
to advance the cause of Van Bureiu*m
inasmuch as that gentleman was now
I Georgia's candidate for President; and as
they now had the majority,tu ti.it g mnria
ed to he done, but to keep their soldier*
well drilled, and their spirits up, and vic
tory was certain. It goes on exhorting the
leading Union men to call on every private
in their ranks, personally, and cheer th u
iti) in their political course, iu order that
they may all be kept in ranks. Then hol
lows ihe very liberal language, *Tiixt the
nullification and abolitior l lunatics must ami
j will be put down.’
I have no doubt myself but there is now
large sums of the people’s money being
circulated and appropriated to cti.peer
ing purposes iu Geuigia. Corruption, cor
ruption most foul, stares us in tbe thee. IVom
all quarters. The Union Party seems de
termined or. remaining to po-.ver let what
will come. I trust that our friends will be
onthealert, and suffer no occasion to pass
without exercising their rights, otherwise
our once Republican Government will bo
changed into one of Aristocracy, and given
over into the hands of a set of unprincipled
and heartless \ristncrats, with Van Bun n
at their head Since tbe ballot box lias
lust its power 01 correcting abuses, is the
Sumter county rase fully proves, I am at
a loss even to conjecture what we are coin
ing to. I am sorry I have not a copy of
tbe Circular above, referred to. that you
might publish it entire, it would show to the
public what contemptible stratagems they
are driven to. How confidential it reads.—
The old man was certainly very much mis
taken when he showed it to me. '1 was not
the man he was looking for.’
1 am confident the Circular originated at
Washington City, am! more than likely wax
gotten up by Van Boren himself. It see ms,
to be a private matter only to be known bv
the Union Party, but one of them -barked
up the wrong tree.”
PAUL PRY.
TEXAS FOREVER.
If Texas cotton seed will do these things
on Georgia soil, what'will they not do on
Texas soil! Very, verily 1 say unto thee,”
Texas is the place. Read tiie following,
then bundle tip and Ix3 offlo the Eldorado of
the Earth ;go and make 6,000 ibs. to the
acre, and corn iu p'opoitiou.— Sen. IL.r.
IMMERSE PRODUCTION FROM TEXAS COTTON
SEED.
Macori, October 29. 1839.
Gen. Hamilton.— Sir; I have carefully
cultivated the Texas Cotton Seed which you
Were kind enough to present to me, and 1
herewith send you a statement ofthe result
ol its production for thi* season as lar as it
lias been picked out.
I measured off three acres, which 1 had
picked over five times and the following is
the result of each of the picking* :
Ist acre. 328, 456,604.618,909, 2975 Ibs.
2d acre, -112. 506, 598. 624 , 821, 2991 “
3d acre, 297, 357, 1 17K, 942, 9:.*, 3712 “
'1 he third acre was in a state of high ctil
- vatioti, and will yet yield from 809, to 1,000
lbs. more. The land ofthe l»t and 2d a*
cres was somewhat worn, but will yield 500
to 700 Ibs. more to the acre.
W'.en all is gathered and weighed, 1 will
write \ou. and give you the total amount
produced on each acre.
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES COLLINS.
TEXAS.
The Georgia Argus says : a friend of ours
favored us with the perusal ofa letter, dated
Galveston, Bfh inst., from which he permits
us to make the following extract:
“It is even true, that Captain Ross, lat* of
our army, is at the head of six hundred A
rHcricans, and actually commander of the
Mexican Federal Army. It has created
quite a sensation here, and strange conjec
tures are made of the orders for our army to
immediately rendezvous.
Yours, &c.