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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.