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Fcorn the Ftderal Union.
CENTRAL BANK.
We publish below the act for the amend
ment of the charter of the Ceutral Bauk.
Our readers will perceive that the powers ol
the directors of this institution are greatly
enlarged. Henceforth the State will use her
own capital in the business of banking. She
will no longer refuse to appropriate to her
self the reasonable profits arising from the
credit due to her own institution. Great
talents and unremitting attention and labor
will be necessary to give to the operations
of this bank the extent and efficacy expect
ed of it by its ft iends. We may hereafter
notice the di/erse opinions entertained of
this measure.
AN ACT to alter and amend “An act to
establish a Bank at tMilledgeville, to be
called and known by the name and style
of the Central Bank of Georgia,” passed
on the 22d day of December, 1823.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Serfale
end II >use of Representatives of the State of
Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the atihority of the same.
That from and after the pissing of this act,
the Directors of the Central Bank of Geor
shaM be authorised and eompowered to
.ssiie and put in circulation any amount of
the notes of said bank, not exceeding double
the arnoit it ofthe capital stock of sail Bank ;
an I that so much of the 2>tli section o; the
art above recited as prohibits the putting
into circulation the bills of said Bank for a
larger amount firm the aggregate ainouut of
its specie and bills of other banks, and tile
1 2th section of said art, which provides that
the tot il am ui.it of debts which said Bank
may owe at any time, shall not exceed the
a M ount of its capital stock, be and the same
are hereby repeal ;•!.
S--. 2 Ail he it further enacted, That
the Directors of the Central Bank shall be
mi'll oriz 11 to '-Cline specie payments of its
bills to the a gent or holders of any Bank
which h u s.i ipsn led specie payment of its
bills.
■Sec. 3. A > / be il further enacted. Til it the
Directors of said Bank proceed to sell and
transfer in such manner as the *ame may be
required to bo assigned in behalf of 'this
S’ite. the shores own ■ I by tin; .State in the
Bank of Augusta, in die Planters Bank
of the St lie o’G ■.>rg!a, and in the Darien
Bank, s > soon from lime to time as pur val
ue can b« obtained for the same; and the
m tney lor which the same may he sold, shall
been ne a part ofthe capital stock of said
Bank, unler its control and/or its use-
Provider, Tint such Directors shall not'
s i! or dispose of any shares or stock, the
interest an 1 profits of which have been liere
i dor.' by law secured to the use of the
I livcr-ti y of this Sta'c.
S-c. I. Ail be it fu-thcr emetef, Thai
n'fr the Site of the stock ii any of said
B inks, iv) Directors therefore sh ill be ap
p .-into. lon the part ofthe State, and jf a part
o ily of the stock be sold, the Directors on
th ! pirt of the State shall he appointed ac
c ir I ugly by th ■ G m?ral Assembly.
Sm. ■>■ A ilb - it further enacted. That
is Kiting in tin not contained sh.di be so
ell ;trhc littoc i:n ;>• ihe foo ls now known
at i cn n n to sidi »>! tuad for (he State of
G : jrj; i, to aiy o*h purpose thin that of
Vt'dit; e !i-::i?i >but the said fun Is aud the
i tteresl arising flierefrotti shall be applied
t i•-. * purpj-cs nl e l taatiou as the law may
die,:'. J
S C. And b> it further enacted, Th.-t
aii In.v: or parts of laws militating against
t i•« ..cf, b 1 a id die s t nc arc hereby reneal
c 1. *
Jo-:::Pll DAY.
Spea .er of t!i• * (house of Rejiresentatives
ROBERT AT. ECHOLS,
I’rcsident of the Senate.
Assented to. 21st December, 1830.
f ii \ld LKS .1. AIe!K)NALD, Governor.
I'd in die piis i ;c of the no ive liili in the
S■* i it** th'veis nil in vs stood thus
A .MS —A1 SSI'S. Aubrey, 11 ;ker Bates,
B id, B#‘‘U, linns, Boswick. Bradford.
Ct .i o' ri, C ichrao, C me, Ckoiper, Crane,
]) 100, Di Mge I, Eosii r. (I rail i ii. Gu 'ss.
H 'fay, Ililii ;s, 11.iff. Johnson, Kelly,
h~ iti i, fjo vis, L ivcless. .McDaniel.
At ■ r tr. 'li'tos, U iyes. Maris, Aloy°,
Bivn-b I* lilli.is, I’dk, Prvor, R nilerson,
ilu'h *rfor I, S; .rboroogh. Sou let. Smith,
o C iw -tn, S.ni’.tg *r. Staufor.l, Tatum, Wa
t os, W.tinker, YYiilimis, Wilson.—4B.
N r ivs M 'Ssrs. Alexander, Anderson.
II !ti is 11-lu uo. I! i.r.inMd.i.n len, Brown
of il i leoi-k. Bryan of Macon, Bryan, of
S " amrt. Ci n i to. jristiao, Collins, (Irecch,
l’r, ir, tiir! iiofC it h i-ii, G o l:it) of Jones,
G :e i ii iifis d‘ Tih iferro. Harris oi War
r■ 1, 11 it'i, 11 ill iw iy. U ipkius, Jenkins,
J i ics. Jour lon, K light, L uvson, Miller,
Ai irg ii, \ ■ 11 , I’oi ter ol'Greene, Porter of
A! ig ii !l ih -rtson sis Columbia, Smith of
11 •-v m. S ,ii Ii ufijetter.so'i. Tracy, Vincqnt,
W r-tl'K.i Williamson, Wright.—39.
T i» o i nos in Itaii :s a no ig the years are
St ire lights in ii—only 4. If these four
Ii i I vote Ia ; and ist the bill, it wool I still Ii ive
pi/s:l by a tn ijiritr if o le voice, there be
ii g eon igh ofili > Tlir.l Mm- :/ Democrats
with ml their lid !
VO i'E I N T.r: II >USE.
Yeas —\o Irtrsoa. Arnett. Bliley, Berry,
I! illocll, B nkos, Bi vm of Wayu", Bryant
of W iltou. il ysui Calh i in, C i op of Camp
h.dl Cin >of f'ra ikli i. Caution, Charlton,
Cars,'in. C la’itlier, Ciiisfnin Cleaveland,
Cobb of Carroll. Cobb of Doolv, Coker,
Collier of B tkitr, C illier of DeKalb, Cone,
I) ir len ofi>atts, D i-iicl of L’wig^s,(Delap
errid’C,) De.imark, D Mint'd, Dixon of Wal
ker, 1) inn, Ellis, Envoi, Earn all, Foard,
Fr'etson, Green of Forsy li, Greer, Guerry,
Hamilton, Hancock, Hand, Haralson,
H irdage, Harrison, Hilliard. Holcomb,
U inter of Cherokee, Hunter of Crawford,
Ingram, Jester, Johnson of Appling, Junes
of Gilmer, King of Wilkinson, Knox, Larey,
Ledbetter, Liddell, Livingston, Malone,
Mayes of Cass, Mayes of Cobb, McCloud,
McD > ig lid, McDuffie, McMulan, Murphy,
Neal of Pike, Palmer, Parker? Pearce, Per
ry, Pittman, Prescott, Reve'l, Riley, Rivers,
Rives, Roberts, Robinson of Fayette, Rob
inson of Jasper, Rudd, Sanford, Shropshire,
Sikes, Smith of R i.itloljih, S nith of Wal
ker, Stathain, Stell of Gwinnett, Stell of
Stewart, Straw / ofCli k, Stroud of \\ alton,
Sumner, Tanner, Tarver, Watters, White,
Wilson Wyatt—99.
Nays— Arnold, Ashley. Mallard, Beecher,
Berrien of Burke, Berrien of Jeffers-on,
Boyd, Burt. Blount, Cess ds, Chappell,
Chester. Ctnwfiml. Darden ol Troup, Dar-
Meti of Warren, Dial el oi Green. Dir', Dix
on of Talbot, Evans, Flournoy, Gartrell,
Ghent. Glascock, Gonder, Goode, Graham,
Gray. Greene of Macon, Uaggerinan, Har
ris, ilendrn Hubbard. Hudson, Jenkins,
Johnson of Heard, Kenon. King ot Greene,
Lawrence. IjCjits, L ndor, Long, Lynch.
Minn, Martin, McArthur, McDowell, i
McGjliirick McKinnon. Meadows, Milieu,
Minter. Moore, Molkey, Newsom, O iwal
of Monro \ Peeples. Reese, Reynolds, Rich
ardson, Robinson of Laurens, Scott, Ser
in ins, Seward, Spencer, S.-ephens, Shine,
V ivlor, Thomas.Toombs. Turner, Wallace,
W fil'd. Ware, Warren. Veitman. West,
>/aa.ioj, fvT,t'field oi l'attuTn, Wliighatn,
Wile her, Willingham, Wingfield, Woolley
1 hose marked in Italic in the yeas are
State Rights men, and in the nays are Un
ion men.
THE MIRROR
Saturday, Jan. fl, Is to.
For Preshlciu.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
The election in this county on Monday
last resulted as follows viz:
For Clerk Superior Court.
Gresham, S. R. 703
Pearce, V. B. 686
For Sheriff.
Rieves, V. B. 709
Clifton, S. It. 089
For Cierk Inferior Court.
Yarborough, Y. B. 687
Dennard, S. K. 083
For Tax Collector.
WilPams, S. It. 7.30
Cliesnut, V. B. 031
For Receiver of Tax Returns.
Bell. S. R. 681
Fitzpatrick. V. B. 604
For Coroner.
Jones, S. It. ego
Cartin, V. B. . 672
Surveyor,
Brooks, V. B. 676
No opposition.
The weather for a lew days past, has been
delightfully bland and temperate. Ail ap
pearance of rain is gone, and the river is
yet in bad condition for boats. Several,
however, have arrived at the wharves since
our last, btinging Groceries for this place,
but they find it difficult to go higher, on
account of the shoals just above.
Our Representatives in Congress have
onr kindest thanks for supplying ns with
sundry documents and papers from Wash
ington.
THE MESSAGE.
We gne it t<> onr readers without a v.ord
of comment. It is hardly worth the space
it occupies i" our columns, (hough we joint
it in accordance with custom. One half of
the paper is devoted to an unnecessary and
uninfetesting argument in favor of an im
practicable hard money currency, and a te
dious dissertation upon the geuefal prir.ci
pies of banking, while the other half con
tains merely au outline of our relations with
Foreign Powers. Upon the whole i; is
about as unexceptionable as any tiling that
might be expee'ed to rmenate from the
same source. But our readers 111a; judge
for themselves.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES.
The eleetioii of Ml. Hunter, Speaker,
and of Mr. Garland, Clerk, lias completed
the organization of this body, ami now there
is nothing to prevent the Representatives of
the people, from attending to the concerns
of the nation, except the unsettled question
of the New Jersey contested election
the adjustment of which, judging from tin
aspect of affairs, w ill be a source of vexa
Mous difficulty to the House itself, and o'
expense to the people. We are glad that
they have so far succeeded in accomplish
ing the object of their meeting, as to have
reduced the unruly mob that infested he
Hall a few weeks since, into a legislative
body but we grieve that it has been done by
the sacrifice of the rights of an indepen
dent State. We allude to the di franchise
menl of the State of Nc-'w Jersey. An act
which, had it been perpetrated in the early
days of this Republic, would have created
such an alarm among the Sovereignties ol
the union, as to have caused its d'smctnber
inent, and complete dissolution. But in
these days of political degeneracy, it will
doubtless he received simply as a party
achievement, and well worthy of the pat
riotism aud virtue of the party for whose
benefit it was designe I. By what means
the “warm bloods of the land of the Pal
metto, ”h've been induced so suddenly “to
abandon their well known and long cherish
ed principles of State Rights and State
Sovereignty,” it is not easy to imagine,
without a so'ution may be found, iu the
embraces and good understanding between
Air. Calhoun and the President, and in the
“viva voce” mode of voting for Speaker,
to which may be traced the secret of a great
deal of iullnence exercised upon those who
are themselves looking forward towards
personal aggrandizement It is giatifying
however, that the manoeuvring of the Van
Buren party, and their gross “disregard <*f
State authority,” were of no avail, and that
the election for Speaker resulted as it did
in the choice of a nullifier and a friend to the
Constitution. We had hoped that the sta
tion would he conferred upon our distin
guished Representative Win. C. Dawson,
and we arescarcely cured of ourdisappoint
ment, even by the election of Mr. Hunter,
to whom we have no other objection than
his Suh-Treasnrv notions. We are in
formed that Mr. Dawson was decidedly tiie
choice of the opposition after it was ascer
tained that neither Bell of Tennessee, nor
Jones of Virginia who were the regularly
nominated Party Candidates, could !»• elec
ted, tjnd in the opinion of his friends Would I
have I but for the lukewartffuess
1 ol two of his colleagues, and a failure on
j their part, to vote for him at the time an
attempt was made by the opposition to
elect him ; the vote being “viva voce,” and
the names of his colleagues being early on
the roll, and votes being announced
against him. excited general observation
and surprise, and induced eight or ten ol
the opposition, to vote against him, for Mr.
Hunter, being well convinced that Mr.
D iwson could not be elected without the
votes all his colleagues, his vote being 011
that Ballot 103—when it would have been,
if this course had not been pursued by his
colleagues 115, which would have bee
within two votes of elcet'ug him. Th.
opposition would then have remained firm
111 his support, and in all probability in two
or three more ballo'iugs lie would hav
been elected—his being in opposition to
the Sub-Treasury scheme it is thought
neutralized a part of his Colleagues. The
next ballon mg being over he caused his
name to be publicly withdrawn, no doubt
iu consequence of his failure to secure at
the proper time the entire vote of his col
leagues. We are well satisfied however
with the choice, that has been made, viewing
it as we do* as a triumph of correct prin
1 iples over party servility, and the uuscru
pulous strait-gems of a corrupt a.lminis
(ration. Air. Hunter will no doubt per
form the duties of his office with abilitv
and impartiality. In the appointment of
Committees, lie has manifested a determin
ation, to adhere to the principles which
( anied him into office, and at the same
time to conciliate matters so that the b jsi
ir ss ofthe nation maybe facilitated and
transacted w ithout regard to [tarty divisions.
SENATOR GRUNDY.
This gentleman having resigned his seat
in the United States Senate, on-account ol
ineligibility at the time of bis election, and
I aving jiKo resigned his office of Attorney
General, and declared himself an “inhabi
tant” of Tennessee, has again been elected
by the Tennessee Legislature to a seat in
the Senate.
The Whigs throughout the North and
Wes', have answered in terms of hearty
approbation to the proceedings of the na
tional convention. So look sharp little
Y.n.you have a hero to contend against,
whose army is well trained and numerous.
It may be that the people will not give you
a chance to nominate your successor.
How is it possible fur any thing to pros
per under the blight of Van Bureuism?
As might have been expected, the Ex- |
jdo ring Expedition fitted qu( by the present
Administration, and sent into the Southern
seas for the purpose of discovery, is about
to terminate, like every other enterprize
set on foot by this weak and corrupt Gov
erument, itra splendid failure. An officer
on board the Vincennes, at Valparaiso,
writing to the Beividere N. J. Appollo,
states that the expedition is not only most
wretchedly conducted,4>ut tharit will prove
.1 disgrace to the nation. lie says:
“Wilkes, I think, is getting delirious.
11- i- constantly arres.ing and suspending
his officers for'he most frivolous misde
meanors --has sent Severn I home under
charges, and a number more will be sent
home as soon as we arrive :;t Callao. The
Ist Lieutenant of the Peacock was sent
home tinder charges from this port, before
our arrival. The news of tlie different
vessels-are d-sorting at every opportunity,
and I do candidly believe that the whole
expedition is a complete humbug. In the
end it will digrace the navy, flag, aud coun
try; "ml could it be -ecalled by Govern
ment, it would save us from a great dis
grace, which will be heaped upon us a» the
expiration of the cruise Could Ibe de
tached from it with honor to myself, I would
in so to-morrow, but, as a volunteer iu such
a glorious cause, I fuel bound to see it
through, good or b.ul, as may come.”
We extract the following article from an
old file of the Columbus Herald, It js not
the less true because that same print is now
employed in lauding the patriotism of him,
whom it was wont to condemn in such
strung and emphatic terms, Tiie prognos
tic ofthe editor in 1836, wrs correct. The
people of Georgia did answer in a voice of
thundei, that they would not give their
suffrages to such a man. And will they
do il in l v 40? No; Nkvkp., while so pure
a statesman, and so good a man a* Georg k
AJ. Tit out* shall live to receive the honor.
VAN BUREN VOTES.
la 1820 Van Buren voted that Congress
had ihe CosstitutioSai# power to abolish
slavery in Territories, and instructed the
N*w York Senators in Congress to vote
against the admission of Missouri.
In 1836 lie siys that Congress has the
Constitutional pow. r to abolish slavery in
■ he District of Columbia.
In 1821, lie voted io give to free negroes
the rig't of suffrage.
In 1822, he voted in favor of restricting
the introduction of slaves in Florida.
In 1824. he voted for the Tariff.
In 1828, he voted for the Tariff Bill of
licit year commonly called the Bill of
AbomiSa noss, after promising the South
ern members to vote again-t it.
lie voted for the erection of toll gates on
the Cumberland Road, to be kept by Federal
toll gatherer,—a measure directly at war
with State Rights.
In 1828. he voted fipir tines in one session,
against the bill to graduate the price of the
public lands, to make donatious to actual
settlers, and to cede the refuse lands to the
Slate in which they lie.
He voted sevetal times against the acts
for the final adjustment of land claims in
Missouri and Arkansas.
In 1826, he voted against repealing the
duty on salt—thus keeping up the juice of
that indispensible article.
In addition to all this, in 1812 18. he sup
ported Clinton the peace Candidate, a
gainst Aladison and the war—thereby join
iug the Federalists and-aiming to crijiple
the Administration—and in 1824 he desert
ed ami joined 'he war party.
He supported Clinton at one time, and
theu turip'd traitor to him and supported
Tompkms, and then ag lit) pirouetted, aud
supported Clinton.
He supported Rufus King for the S»na
toi ofthe United Stares—.l ,mk Federalist
and enemy to ihe admission of Alissouri—
and while publicly opposing him. secretly
plotted to secure hi, elevation, and wrote*a
pamphlet for that end.
He opjiost-if iiiviug the people the privi
lege ot choosing their tors— when lb-v
imperatively demanded it ofthe Legislature
lie opposed giving the people (he elec
tion of Governor—a privilege dear to every
freeman.
He opposed the right of Universal suf-
Ir-.itte—‘lie corner stone of our liberties; and
denied to the poor white in.m the right of
voting, unless he had a freehold.
And when he found (lie Jackson party to
ne the stronger, he deserted to it; got |,im
,•■ll appointed .Secremry ol JState, contrary
•o Gen. Jarkso-’s private inclination; anil
in Mediately proceeded by fawning syco
iliancy, and servility to worm himself into
livor.
He has thrust out all Jackson's old and
fried friends* aud filled ihe purlieus ofthe
palace with cringing slaves aud corrupt
hirelings.
Ha has put the public money under the
charge ot a man w ho swore allegiance to the
British Government, in the las' war, and
itas been pioven perjured before a Commit
tee of Congress.
And. finally, he has ever been opposed to
western interests, to southern policy, aud to
republican principles, as the foregoing facts,
and many o'hers, will show.
W iflthe people of Georgia support this
man ? Ihe peujiie will answer iu a voice of
thunder—.no.
the HONORABLE JULIUS C. AL
IO HI).
The position which this gentleman has
maintained during the contest between the
two great political parties in Congress ex
cites our admiration. Urging upon that
body its sjieedy formation, ami the necessi
ty that it should proceed to transact the
business of the country, he uses ti e fol
lowing language, which we extract from a
\V.islmi;ton Ci y piper.— Ga. Journal.
“Air. ALFORD then addressed the
House, with a view,as he said, to get them
to stop talkin'*-.!nd proceed to b <siness. llis
impulses were periodical. Last Saturday
afternoon he had appealed to them to put a
stop to discussion, and the appeal was fol
lowed by the election of a Speaker. It was
Saturday evening again, and he would now
appeal to them to proceed to complete the
organization of the House. For his own
part, he had been ever taught to Relieve that
the viiavoce inode of voting was Ihe mo,t
Republican in principle, and lie was sorry
to see bis friends opposing it. He thought
t!ia- the arguments they used agaist it were
more those of policy than principle, and
that they only looked on one side of the
question. Perhaps one or two individuals,
who had not the courage to avow their
sentiments openly, might, uuder the shelter
ol’tlie bollol box, go against the Administra
tion candidates; but might not ten ora do
zen professing Whigs, under the same
shelter, go over to the enemy, while they
would take good care the lix.vutivc she aid
be informed how they VOlcii } For his own
i'ori.ne (bought that the Executive pos
sessed as many charms as ti rrors, and pre
ferred (lie open manly mode of voting l ira
voce. Mr. A. concluded by moving the
pievious question.”
The Executive Successor seems to have
lost none of his hate for Mr. Calhoun, or for
the much maligned Nnllifiers. We say the
Executive Successor, for since the fashion
has been set of the President s appointing
his successor, little Van seems determined
111 .'his, as in other things, 10 follow in the
to t-steps of his predecessor, and Col. Ben
ton, is generally admitted to be the man to
whom tl.e crown is !o descend, by fight of
Executive paieutage and favor, /lie Col.
likes nut, however, any tiling bearing the
remotest resemblance to a competitor, hence
lie isstrainiug every nerve to put Air. Cal
houn, and all who support him, as low down
in the scale of pi litical prominence as pos
sible. And he will succeed. Mr. Benton
is ihe designated successor of Air. Van Bo
ren. and unless this wretchedly corrupt Ad
ministration is itself put down by the people
A'lr. Calhoun can no more prevent such a
result than lie can purify it from its defile
ments. Neither of which are within the
range of possibilities. We arc 110 prophets,
but it requires the exercise ofonly common
sense and common observation to perceive,
that there is but a short time to intervene be
fore Mr. Calhoun will be more con emneil by
the pa>;y with which lie has unfortunately
for a short time acted, than even the regular
and untiring, and unconquerable opponents
of this vicious .mil most demoralizing Fed
eral Administration.
Southern Recorder.
The subjoined formal announcement of
the good understanding between Air. Sena
tor CalhouS and THE ADMINISTRA
TION, with its reference to the r esults of
the Harrisburg Convt ntion, may serve as a
cl%w to some ofthe late movements in the
House of Representatives of the United
dates; without v liicli, in fact, they would
be incomprehensible :— j\at Jut.
Prom the Richmond Enquirer.
“We understood yesterday that infinite
‘efforts are making to circulate the above
‘rumor, [an alleged rumor that Mr. Ca./,-
houn was disposed to support the nomina
tion of Gen. Harrison.] “We, therefore,
‘repeat in the most unqualifi-d manner,
that Mr. C. has expressed the strongest
‘determination to refuse all cooperation in
‘the Harrisburg Nomination. li r e t>pcak
‘advisedly , because ne wrote to Washington
‘to test the truth of the report;
‘and the contradiction which we now give
‘is drawn FROM THE AIOST AUTHKN
•TIC SOURCE.
“ We have not the slightest doubt that
•Air. C. trill give THE ADMINISTRA
-TION an eaincft and cordial, support. —
•We speak without disguise. \Ve speak
•freely, boldly, as Virginians, uncom- »it -
-ted to any aspirant, with no selfish inter' sts
• to promote, but determined to counter act
‘misrepresentation, to correct mistake, to
•stand by our principles.*’
Air. Alarcy of New York, Air. Dallas and
Air. I’orter of Pennsylvania, are each spo
ken of I’m the Attorney Generalship, in tho
place of Mr. Grundy, elected to the Sen
ate.
Boundary Troubles. —The Woodstock
(Maine) Times of December 7, says, “Sher
iff Putnam of Honlton, passed through
lipre last week, on his way to the Restook.
It was said that he had 1 warrant for ’he ap
prehension of the Warden. The attempt
was made, but fortunately did not succeed,
as Mr. M got an intimation of wli it w is go
ing on. He succeeded in get in g to ihe
military post at the Grand Falls, closely
pursued ny the capturing party- The ar
tillery at that station turned out, and we 1 e
in immediate readme s to rive the pursuers
a warm •ecepiion - But the gallant band
hatirprudenceepotisrh Vo call a halt before
itlicv came in sight otherwise, they would
have paid dearly for their leilieriiy.”
F>om the PorTfSfjondencc ofthe A 'at. Int.
Nkw .OkK Dmkmbek, 26.
The President’s Alessage reached us last
night about midnight, and much disturbed
the printers of the citv, who had been cal
culating on the enjoyment of a Christmas
night in quiet. Several of our riewspapt-r
offices, however, had it out by day light, aud
.Messages were soon as pientv .is black
ben ies in summer, on all sides. It had
been so long expects ', that the 1 >ual curi
osity lespectiug the document 1.0 I mger
existed, and there was hanily a disposition
to read it. Such a message would once
have had a serious effect upon the stci k
and money markets, but it now has little'or
none. It is believed, in the first place, mat
Air. VaS Bcrk.M hardly means what lie
says; 11 at it is preaching, as in Tennrssef,
Ohio, ami Verginia, but no practice ,* and,
above all, that he is a doomed man, with his j
administration; dial he lias no power, and j
rlia» in* day is over. This feelings is now |
prevalent and dcep->oo(ed, not only among 1
Whig politicians, but among money men,
who have nothing to do with politics, and
who often take either side upon a calculation
of chances, as was the case in many ofthe
"et banks, and is the case now with aevciul
of the bankers of this city, it is remarka
ble that the complete union of the Whig
party has c rried with it the ino.-tdeeji root
ed conviction of success.
THE HAWKINSVILLE BANK.
We see it stated in the Enquirer that it is
rumored that this institution lias charged
hands, Acc. We have tho authority lor sta
ting that this is a mistake. We understand
that a portion -if the stock has been contract
ed for. but that the institution remains, even
under a consummation of that contract, un
der the control and direction of its present
managers. It is therefore alike unjust to
the community and the institution, to create
ungrounded fears in relation to it.— Scut.
A Singular defence. —The New York
Dispatch mentions a suit which was tried in
that city recently against a clergyman, lor
debts contracted by his wife prrvio is to
marriage in which the very novel defence
was set up by the reverend gentleman's
counsel that no marriage contract between
him and his reputed w ife could be jiroved.
The Jury presumed that so clergyman of
standing would live in a 9tale of adulteiy,
and therefore returned verdict, for plain
til! of §350 aud costs.— Lou Jour.
OLD BACHELORS.
From the only important part of the pro
ceedings ofthe Alabama Legislature which
has come to hand, we extract the following
of rather a novel character. If the honor
aide member of the judiciary committee
were as well acquainted with the claims of
the fair Alabamians ns are some gentlemen
over this way. he would not require 'lie pen
alties of a fine to drive either himself or
friends jut J *hr tr fond embraces, --Ena.
Mr. Calhoun, from the judiciary commit
I tee, to whom was referred .1 bill to be en
titled «n act to secure a homestead to rvery
family in this State, reported Ihe same, and
offered the following amendment:
And licit further enacted. That every white
male inhabitant of this State, who shall re
main line arried after the age of 25, shall
forthc first year after that age, pay a tax of
five dollars, for the second ten dollars, and
each • ear thereafter increasing by five dol
lars until he shall marry: which shall be ap
plied by the judge and commissioners for
each county, to procure a homestead to
those families who have none.
Air. Terry off-red an amendment to the
amendment as follows : Provided. That a
ny person over the age of .'5 years shall not
he subject to the fines imposed bv this act, if
such per: on can show that he has useij
doe dilligence to marry, and that circum
stances beyond his couttol have prevented
him from doing so. Ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr Turner then offered an amendment to
the previso as follows : Provided, r s hat all
persons who have been married two years
and hav e no lawful issue, shall pay to the
State eaeli succeeding year until such time
rs they shall have lawful issue, the suin of
fiftv dollars, to be applied to the payment of
sur-li bank notes as may be consumed by
fire, upon proper proof being made iheieol.
A CHALLENGE, BUT NO FIGHT.
The editor ofthe V. B. paper at Mem
phis. called the World.” lias, for some time
past, been making cliarg* sol otficial miscon
duct a- aiost Dr. By bee, cashier of the Her
niando Bank, and the other officers of that
institution. These charges, it appears,
have at length so exasperated Dr Bybee
(D". Joseph N. Bvbee, formerly of Harrods
burgh. Kv) as to induce him to challenge
th* edi'or ofthe World to mortal combat.
We regaidthe course pursued by the editor,
on the receipt of the challenge, as worthy
of all approbation. He gives the annexed
account ol it in the last number of his pa
per:— Lov. Jour.
On Tuesday morning last whjle sitting
in our medical office, with our associate and
two other gentlemen, a rap was heard atthe
door and an individual entered upon our
call up “come in” One of Ihe gentlemen
present introduced this individual as Col.
Labauve. The Colonel politely bowing
handed us a b tier, —sayiog it was from his
friend Dr. Bybee. We read the letter and
found that it was In such form as we had
hoard challenges described ; and inquiring
oft* c Colonel—he answered us that tt was
indeed, a document of that nature. We
returned the letter to him who brought it,
and told him that we could not receive any
sitcli paper. He requested a written answer.
We refused to give one. He replied that a
written answer was customary iu such ca
ses. To this we said, if we recognized what
di/rlijitH called the “code of honor” as the
rule of our conduct, then w e should, cer
tainly return a written answer; but, iuas
much as we do not recognize any such
I “code of honor.” and choose to govern our
self according to onr own sense of right, we
declined a compliance with his request.
He then desired ns to state to him why we
would not accept the challenges.
To this we had no objection; and to en
able us to do so properly, asked him for the
letter, that vve might read it to the gentle
men present —preparatory to our verbal ans
wer. He hesitated to let us have the letter
again—expressing some apprehension of le
gal proceedings. Being assured, however
that lie should be safe, on that score, lie
gave us the letter. We it ad it to the com
pany, and then told him, tn substance, as
follows.
“ f believe duellingitobe a violation of
legal right; therefore, 1 will not, under any
circumstances fight a duel. I do not srek to
kill or injure any man. lam not ambition’s
• of the character of a fighting man, nor sna I
ifraid ot th* name of a coward; and. if 1
know myself, I am not afraid of any man or
set ol men, norm do aov thing which I be
j liev* to be right. What I have unid and
written about Df. Bybe*-, or any ode else, l
believed—and do still believe, to be true,
and peilecily *»ut,iu lue pale ofmv duty. .’
1 shall not now nor at any time, retract a
syllable ol it. 1 hold myself now and at all
times, amenable lor any thing I t. rt ve spo
ken. wntten or done,—ndl iu a duel, bui i n
a faithful deleni e ot myself, Whentver
whciever, and by whomsoever I n.av be
attacked. i neither s eek tiur avo Jaa
encounter. 1 am aware that I si a., not leave
Memphis within the next two weeks— dur
mg wnreh time I can generally be found at
one dr the oiner of my offices. You have
my answer sir ” \\, , lien feturl)e „ , Le
E'l'fbve, nn ,j ou» interview
ended by h,„ ref,ring. During the mler
vww. Col. Laban ve was duly courteous,
u:d we endeavored to be, at least, « ve »
with him in civility.
We copied from the Norfolk Beacon, oh‘
.F'turday, a brief paragraph announcing
• the decease o Airs. -Sc aS Decatur wid
j ow ot the lafe.gallati' Commodore. It\rj v , s
1 11* sincere pleasure tosfatethat the annun-
I incorrect. Although very dl.
1 Mrs. D. still lives, and, we are happy
learn, is thought somewhat belter than aha
was a week ago.
A letter leccived at Boston, from Flori
da, confirms the report that the Govern
ment has sent to Cuba, for bloodhounds.
We notice in the Milledgeville papers,
tint contracts have been taken for the Rail
Road, from Cross Plains to Ross’ Landing,
lor all the sections except one, and the Tut
hcl through White Oak Ridge. The con
tractors uie to be paid in State Scrip.
song'
A winter day ! a winter day !
Whit shall I find to Chase away
'i he dense damp air of a winter dav ?
Give me a wife whose sunny eye
Shall chase the cloud from yonder sky ; ;
Whose horneyed words and looks will say—
Love can bloom iu a winter day.
Friendsbip may come, with plausive air,
Tocheerthe hours that are free from
care ;
But worldly friends soon shrink away
Fro n tiie frust aud storms of a winter
day.
V. ill* hath a quick, but a passing power,
lo dispel the find of a gloomy hour!
But it lacks the vigor to dnv • away
The lengtheue ! gloom of a winter day.
A wife—a wife, whose sunny eye
Shall chase the gfooni from a winter sky;
Her, lei me find to chase away -
The dense damp air of a winter dav.
' T "’~.«:irrir*r. ****
In Macon, Ga., on the 19th instant, by the’
Rev. Air. Br gg, Mr. E. D. WILLIAMS
to Alias EMILY MENARD, all of Macon.
At Oak Gr vp, tones county, Ga. Col*
I RIAHJ. BULLOCH of Macon, to Mrs. -
SARAH S. COX, ofthe former place.
In Harris county on the 26th ultimo, at
the house of Mr. J. R. L .iwson, by Joel T.
Crawford, Esq. Air. WILLIAM M. MAS-
S INGALE to Miss GERBNEY A*
SYKES.
At the residence of Mr. James R. Daniel,-
«>v the Rev. Mr Mooney. Air. JOHN CY
DANIEL, to Miss REBECCA A. GIB-'
S< 'N, of Sumter county.
Dirni.
At lus residence, near Macon, on the
4th inst, after a protracted illness, Mr. Wm.
Daniel, aged about 38 vears. In the death
ol this gentleman, the community has lost
one of its best citizens, a wife, an excellent
husband, aud children, an affectionate pa—'
rent.
..... ——, , rimmniimwinw——
J/.f If •
TMIE subscribers have this day associated
themselves for the purpose of plead-.
ing and practicing Jaw in all the counties of
the Chattahoochee < irCuir.aud in ihe coun
ties of Dooly, Thomas and Decatur, under
the name 01 Graybill & Banner. Office at
Cuthbert, Randolph couniv, Georgia.
.GRAYBILL 6c BONNER.
Jan. Ist, 1840. ts 40
GEORGIA, / Beiorj tie, David'
Stcwatt county. $ (;. Sears, one ofthe
Justices ol 1 he peace, in and for said county,
personally came Peter Richardson, and af
ter being duly sworn, deposit!! and vaulti
that a certain Deed made by John R. Brooks
to Peter Richardson And William Rawls,
the twenty third November, 1838, to lot of
land No. 23, in the 25th district of Stewart
county, is lost or mislaid, so that I cannot
find it.
Fworn to and subscribed before me.
PETER RICHARDSON,'
DA\ ID C. SEARS, J. P.
Dec. 30th, 1.839.
NO I ICE.
I OS 1 or mislaid tt certain Deed givpi/
A to subscriber and William Rawls, by
Jehu R. Brooks, to lot of land No 03, in'
the 25th district of Stewart county, dated
the 23rd November. 1838.
PETER RICHARDSON.
Dec, noth, 1839. ltm3m 40
SAVE‘COST. “■
THE notes and nctftunts of'C. H, Aus
tin, 6c Cos, have been left in my hands
aud J am compelled to put them in a train
of collection. All those so indebted are re
spectfully invited to attend to the settlement
ofthe same.
JUNIUS JORDAN.
Jan, 3. 1840. 4t 40
MEDICAL. ~
15 r. A. A 52.11 KTI 2 OIYG, -
ffENDERS liis professional services to
-i- the inhabitants of Florence add vi
cinity.
He has been in practice some 6 or 8 yearn
in S. C. and Ala. Being educated in the
most respectable Schools of this Country
and Europe, and by strict attention to his
p'otession and 10 that alone, he is in hopes'
lie will merit a liberal share of patronage.
Those wishing his services, uny find him
at all time., unless proiessiunaily eugigedy
at the Elite.ux Hotel.
fft >/■-•-imtuir ts; nr» 3;
• STRAYED.
the Subscriber the last of Nov.
1839, one Bay MARE Colt, do
marks recollected.' When 1 last heard of
her she w: s in ihe neghbourhood of Bal
lacd's Stun , a liberal reward will b« civcoy
or any ir • •nnatinn respecting her will JK*
thauktudv received.
J AS. P. MATHEWS-
Jan. 4, 1840 403 r _
Florence iFetnafe .itwlSSj, '
rfHE school will commence «o the finite
.1 Monday ■»* January tinder th* care of
Miss Margaret ,i H irvey-wvd T v ti/dr.
Dec. 2«u \WI.-