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IN SENATE, November, J.
Mr. Chappell laid on the table* the following
preamble and resolutions :
Whereas the people of Georgia, are firmly -
devoted to the Constitution ot the United States
and to that union of the States which it has or
dained, and are ever ready to yield a cheerful
obediency to the Federal authorities when act
, ...... . . ... .
AnJ whereas they are firmly devoted to the
reserved rights of the States, sn.i regard the j
faithful observance of the constitutional boun-!
dary between those reserved rights, and the <3e- j
legated powers of the General Government, ns
•tssentiai to the successful working of our Fed
eral system, and to the realization of the bles
sings contemplated by our Federal Union :
And whereas the practical observance of this
four. J ary can no otherwise be ensured or en- •
forced, t an by tire existence of a right in tire |
several States to check, resist and repel acts of i
the General Government transcending the limits I
of its delegated powers :
And whereas the right of a State thus to in- 1
terpo.-c its sovereign authority against Federal 1
usurpations within its limits, has been strongly :
denounced and denied by the President of the j
United State- in his proclamation, of the tenth j
day of De, ember last, and in the same Procln- •
nation, and also in the Act of the Congress of!
the United States, passed on the second ray of!
March last, entitled “ An Act, further to pro-1
vide for the collection of duties on imports,'’!
the measures of a State adopted by its consti !
tutO’i authorities in the exercise of this right are !
confounded, and put on tire sama footing wit!’ ‘
nets of resistance to the Federal laws hv nw r
unauthorised individuals or bodies of tnuiv.du
als, and in said Act, provision is tirade to thwart
one! detent a State in her action on this rig.*,
by confer tog normous discretionary pow ers
on the Federal executive; —by vesting the Fe
deral Judiciary with original Jurisdiction of
eases not contemplated by the constitution a-
Federal cognizance, by seizing on suits ir*;;r:-
♦ tited in the State f’ourts, and transfering the
ultimata determination thereof to the Federal
Tribunals; and finally, by placing th>’ whole
military and naval force of the country, in the
hands of the President of the United States, to
bo bv him employed for lire pu pose of sup
pressing by the sword and bayonet, the pro
ceedings o! a State to which she has had re
course undei tire sanction of her high sovereign
authority, thus tieating such proceedings, not
as the acts of a sovereign State, but as if thev
were the lawless movements of bands of insur
gents and outlaws: And whereas the said Act
was in truth and fact, passed for the avowed
purpose of being applied and exs uted against
the proceedings of a sovereign state, and yet
on its face it is aimed only at the lawless doings
of unauthorised individuals: Whence is clearly
evinced, a fixed and deliberate determination
cn the part of the General Government, not to
recognise the states as sovereign, when in
conflict with the Federal Authorities, but to
view and treat them in all such conflicts, mere
ly as refractory portions of a consolidated cm
pire :
Wherefore by fie provisions and piincipies
<>f said act. State Soveieignty is utterly oblitera
ted, as against the Government which the state
have created, and the State authorities are
made subordinate to those of that Government
us far as such subordination can flow from an
Delimited liability cf the States to be controled
nnd coerced by Federal power, legislative, ju
dicial and executive, backed by all the physical
force of ta Confederacy;—which is a subordin
ation as great, if not as degrading, as that which
marks the relation between any the most ab
solute Government and its dependent pro
vinces. Such is the condition in which the
States, of this Union stand according to the
principles proclaimed by the President, incor
porated by Congress in tho legislation of the
country, and which,-judging from past exper
ience, we may assuredly say, will be sustained
by the Federal Judiciary:—A condition every
door ofcscape from which is sought to be ef
fectually closed by denying to the several
St tes not only all righ ot interposition and self,
protection whilst mcmbsis of the confederacy,
but also tho faculty of secession from their com.
pact of Union, however much that compact
may he violated and abused by the General
Government to the destruction cf their rights
and the lasting ruin of their happiness. • j
In this State of things, a solemn duty is in.
Cumbent on those who are, in a peculiar manner,
entrusted with tho guardianship of State rights.
I* behrovs them zealously to defend the bar.
riers destined to keep off Foderal aggression,
to recur to the true principles of our political;
system, and to assert ami vindicate not only
the rights of the States, but also the practical
means by which those rights may be maintained
ur. l preserved.—
The Senate and House of Rrprcser.k.tives of
the State of Georgia in General Assembly
rnet, do theretore declare and resolve :
1 hat the several States composing the
United States of America, notwithstanding tho
compact of Union subsisting between them
and by which a Genera! Government for speci
fic purposes is established, are free, sovereign
mid independent States;—that in virtue of their
sovereignty, they have the right of preventing,
ach within its own limits, all exercises of now- ■
or by the G noral G vermne nt not autiiorise:) :
by said compact; authorities are whoily exempt
from any constitutional liability to he controul-|
ed or co-erced by the General Government, or;
any or ail of the Departments, thereof; and that I
n.s free States, they owe it to themselves, to the !
cause o( liberty and of rnankin not to sucrumh I
to the exercise of undelcgah and powers within
their respective limits.
2. And it is further declared and rcsolv
cd: —
That by their said compact called tho con-;
dilution.ofthe United States, tlie several States !
of this Union have not conferred on the General
Government or any department thereof the right
cf determining ns against the severe! States j;
questions of disputed power aiding between
the General Government and any State or
States: i or have thcvby said compact appointed
any common arbiter between the General Gov
ernment and the States for the purpose of deter
mining such questi sis.
3. And be it father resolved, as a necessary
consequence of the foregoing, that each State
has the right of judging for itself of infractions
of the constitution by the Federal Government
of interposing for tiro purpose ot arresting such
:_c : ..Ta.n ns own limits; and that such
judgment and interposition of a State is only
liable to be overruled by the decision of three
| fourths of nil the States acting under the pro
j visions for amending the constitution ot the
i U. States.
4. Resolved also—That the. fhcuitv of seces
sion is inseperabty incident to a compact sub
sisting between sovereign States, and the right
of secession in any particular instance must
depend on causes of which the party asserting,
| the right must judge for itself; amongst which,
i ea :ses flagrant breaches of the compact hv the
j other party or parties have always be n consid
ered good; and se ession—tor any cause can
! at the most, expose the seceding State only t.
| the consequences arising underthe laws of war,
I and of nations, and never to those of treason
| and rebellion.
j 5. Resolved further, that tho principles con
| tained in the aforesaid Proclamation of the •
j President, and Act of the Congre-s of the
j United States, go directly, in their practical
tendency as well as in abstract theory, to con
• solidate the States of this Union into one seve
) reignty of which the plain consequence would
j .ie a great central Government freed from all
j check, exercisable by the States in their sepn
! rut capacity, and controlling the vast and di
versified interests of the confederacy with abso
lut will and according to its own arbitraly
; nsiruetton of its powers; whence would re u!t
in the fir-t instance, the numerous ills and
irritations of raisgovernment, and in the final
i event, thi loss n! liberty and the destruction cf
t e Union ofthe States.
The Senate and House of Fleprcscr.lntrvrs
ofthe State of Georgia do therefore pretest
against the aforesaid Act of Congress entitled
“an Act further to provide for the collection
of duties on Inn orts.” and also against the
principles on win i it ts based as inconsistant
with the constitution ofthe United States, and
the rights of the States, and they do hereby
demand the repeal of said At; wit , a view to
which, his Excellency the Governor is reques
; ted to transmit copies of the foregoing to the
Representatives of Georgia in both branches
of Congress, to be bv them laid before their
respective Houses at the ensuing Session of
Bongrcss.
. Saturday Jhiov. 16.
Committees were appointed on notices of
ye: terdav.
Mr. Liddlp.—Gave notice for a committee
to prepare and report n hi!! to alter and amend
an act regulating the licensing ofPhysictans:and
Mr. Fulwood.—To extend the time for
fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery, of 1819,
1819, and IS2O‘ to take out their grants.
Several other notices relating to focal mat
ters were given for committees to to be ap
pointed to repoit hills.
The President annonced the joint standing
committees on the pait of Senate.
A number of bills were read the Ist and 2d
time.
The bill allowing appellants interest upon
cost when they prevail upon th’ final issue of
the cause was read the 3d time and rejected.
Monday Nor. 18.
Committees were appointed in pursuance of
notices of Saturday.
Mr. Beall, reported a bill to make valid all
contracts for lan<i diawn in the .late Land and
Gold Lotteries by persons over the age of 18
years.
Mr. Flit wood, a bill to repeal the act extend
ing time for taking out grants, in th lotteries
ot 1818, 19, and 21, and to fix op the Ist rlav
of October next, as the day on which such
right shall expire.
Mr. Dun ■gan, laid on (lie tabie a resolution
to authorize the Governor, to contract with
some person to cover the State House, with
some metalic material and to appropriate an
annual sum as a reward to a negro man (Sam,)
for his services in the late fire.
The Senate went into committee of the
whole on an act requiring all receivers ot fax
returns to advertise the names of all defaulters
previous to closing their books. Senate took
up and agreed to the report 1
In Committee of whole on the hill more ef
fectually to guard the interest ol planters and
ofhers who may have produce in store in ihe
market towns. Deport taken up in Senate and
the bill ordered to lie on the table.
A message was received from the Executive,
respecting the late fire which was read and
refined to a select committee consisting of
Messrs. Echols of Walton, Wofford, ’"and
Chappell.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, JYov. lfi.
Committees were appointed on notices of
yesterday.
fhc Speaker announced the joint standing
committees on tha part of the House ofßepres
enlatives.
The house went into committee of the whole
{ to despose of and distribute by lottery, all the
i fractional parts of surveys in the ‘Cherokee
t counties,
i t * Monday , Nov. 18.
i I\lr. Murray reported several’ bills, one of
j which was to incorporate the Rank of Georgia
j to be lor ated at Milledgevillc.
Mr. Cla ton r -ported a hill to provide a
i hmd for the Medical Institute of the State of
’ Georgia.
A resolution was offered by Mr Clayton,and
| substitutes respectively, by Messrs. Easly,
Solomon and Meriwether, to provide assistance
to the Surveyor General and other officers, to
get their offices in order. Mr. Pitman of Wal
ton, offered a substitute, that a committee he
appointed to examine into the state and cbn
dition ofthe scvetal offices, and asceituin the
time probably necessary fi r their adjustment,
and what assistance may be icquisite, which
was agreed to: whereupon, the Speaker ap- j
pointed Messrs. Pitman .Meriwether, Easly, j
Clayton and l! ml. —Theeoininittee afterwards ‘
reported a resolution that the several officers j
have leave to employ such aid as they may j
deem necessary; which was agreed to.
Among thsfc-joticos given, were a notice by
Mr. FfWe, to authorise the justices of the In
ferior court of Columbia county, to establish
an Asylum for the invalid poor of that county.
By Mr. Moore of Emanuel: To authorise
tiie justices ofthe Inferior court of the several
counties ofthe State, to levy a tax on neat
cattle, and other stock belonging to nonresi
dents.
By Mr. Hammond: Respecting the removal 1
of the public lands.
By Mr. Steelman: To remove the Seat of
Government to Clarksville in Habersham coitn
ty.
Bv Mr. Meriwether. To define the duty of
division and brigade inspectors with regard to
the public arms.
By Mr. Little: To authorise tho justices of!
the Inferior courts to commission all captains
and übaltcrns, arid also to commission justices
of the peace.
By Mr, Hilliard: To prolong tho time of,
I taking out grants in the land lotteries of 1818
ISI9.
By Mr. Harris of Walton: For the nppropii
-1 ntion bill of 1834.
Mr. Cooper reported a bill to add and further
define the duties of’.tax receivers.
The house took rip the message from the
Governor, accompanying a memorial of the
Medical College, and recommending it to the
eonsid ration es the Legislature, which was
referred to the joint committee of tho State of
the Republic.
A message was received from the Executive,
respecting th fire on Saturday last.
rir. Wilson reported a bill to repeal the act,
which repealed a former act, compelling clerks
of Superior courts to keep their offices within
one mile of the court house. Read the Ist
time.
Mr. Pitman of Jackson: To reduce the sal
aries of the public officers, and the county offi
cers fees. Rem the lbs time.
Mr. Sa re: To regulate the relation of
employer and apprentice,in this State. Read Ist
tune.
Mr. Dobbs: To define the duty of justices
of the Inferior courts, when prisoners are sent
tro one county to the jail of another, and to
provide for the collodion ofjail fees.
Mr. Meriwether laid on the table a resolution
for the appointment of a committee to investi
de the affairs of the Merchants and Planters
Bank of Augusta.
On motion of Mr. Mciiwether, the house
agreed to the resolution calling on the Governor
lor information relative to the public lands &c.
employed in working on the roads.
Til w i ?;ev ? • 5),
ACJRARIA, GEORGIA, NOVE* BIG; 30. 1833.
To C orrespondents. —The Communication over tlic sig
nature of “ Connection of Motley,” contains charges
which we cannot give \ ul.licity to, onenr own responsi
bility wc must first be marie acquainted with the name
of the writer, Thcpoetryoi Theodosius” is inadmis
sible.
•
The fiiends and nicmb* rs of the ‘‘State Rights” jarii
m Lumpkin county arc- requested to assemble at the “\!I-
N KRS r§ALL”intnis place,on V/edncsdcy evening next,
I the 4th cf December, fur th* purposo of electing a Dele
j gate, to reprosen them in the proposed Conventional
.Milled “cvil!c
Cur County Totcit.— V e , r ave publicity some numbers
since, to the name of Talonega , os that by which our In
ferior Court had called ihe Court-house town lot of this
county. W e have stnee been informed frem a source
“Licli seems authentic, that the above method of spr!-j
ling this place is incorrect, and would not convey the at* 1 ,
curate sounds to an ear accustomed to the Indian accent
and pronunciation. A native of the Cherokee tribe, who
lias had the advantages of a classical education, and is
an alumnus of a Northern University, gives us the follow
ing method of spelling it; PAH-LOf t-NU-GA. Tlius,
many with ourselves have been deceived by the similarity
of sound in the “ D” and “ t”— the propriety of the addi
tional 14 h” in thefirst and second syllables, must strike
t: loss*’ who have been accustomed to hearing the natives
pronounce t - is word; as it gives an idea of the Indian as_
pirate; separates the proper syllables, and enables
the eye at once to recognise a word, before known only
to the ear.
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Cold Region. —e arc informed that arrangements
a: e now making, for an extensive operation upon the cel
ebrated Mine in Habersham county, Known as the “Eng
land \ ein.” Manjr adits have already been opened at a
eondiderabie depth below the surface. The lowest one
about 414 ft. below water level. Sosoonas the operations
and machinery are fairly under way, it will afford us
plrasuri to communicate to • ur readers, the success of
tho enterprise, and to give an account of the daily pro
| coeds, &c.
In our own more immediate neighborhood, the Mines
are still doing well and promis* fair. ,\e w discoveries
are daily making, but the season of the year is fast ap
proaching, when we presume that many of the operators
will be compefle Ito suspend for awhile their efforts. It
is supposed on a moderate calculation, that 700,000 dol
lars worth ot gold, has been extracted from the mines in
this county, during the past season I hat Cotton grow
ing county in the elate can compete with us ?
~&£23Z :
Slate Righto Convention.- Ihe friends and members of
the the State Rights party in this State, are requested
and urged to send delegates to a Convention to be held in
Milledgevillc on the Pith December next, for the purpos
of nominating a Congressional Ticket, to l>o supported
bv the party, at the General Election in October next.
Those ofthe party unrepresented in the Legislature, n
only partially so, arc requested to send delegates i quit! in
number to their representation, or the deficit. It vv,.l be
remembered In the party here, thatwc have but one who
isofvsin the Legislature from tills county, av.d will be there
fore hut half representco in the proposed convention. The
call a* the h ad of our columns, we hope w ill be heed ‘d
by our friends at home.
It becomes us io he active; enr enemies are at work;
the “ daw” ot Federalism has decked herselt in the pltt
niase ofthe bird of liberty, and croa'.s the doctrines of
and ”J 9, but the noil's suit not her discordant throat,
e believe in the ultimate triumph of free and republi
can principles; but we must not be idle—the triends of
freedom mustbe at their posts —the enemy fight us on
our own shores, and though their ultimate overthrow is
certain, it behooves us to remember, that “ the price of
liberty, is eternal vigilance.”
We publish to day the letter of Col. Troup's resigna
tion. The submission presses in lilt* state have construed
his resignation at this time, as an intention on his part
to favor their party; but bis own words need no miscon
struction, they speak to the party in poiver, ill a voice cf
thunder 1
Gov. Troup, “the Champion of State Rights;” the
Hercules who slew the Hydra of’2s, “ A Democratic
Republican, Fo'sytli, Wayne, Lumpkin Troup Union
man !” ‘ i di shame, w here is thy blush.” But no, Troup’s
principles are steadfast; “ he seeks no change,” and least ■
of all, “ueli change as they would have them.
• Whole /fog.”—The talented JOHN M. BERRIEN,
has been beaten tor a seat in the United Slates Senate, in
the place of Col. Toup, resigned, by john p. king, esq. of
Augusta, by 30 votes, < ‘f the latter gentleman, we knew
but little, and presume the generality of the people of
Georgia know less; suffice it to say, in tho language of
the Savannah Republican, “ he is well calculated to pro
mote the views of the present majority in the Legisla
ture.”
-: •
e loam by the papers, that the singularly beautiful
phenomenon, “ the shooting stars ” was seen nearly
thiougliout our Whole country. We have now before us,
accounts of its appearance as far North as Richmond,
Va. and South to Mobile Alabama. The appearances
were pretty mucli the same, differing only in time. Much
philosophic speculation has been every* where excited.
It seems that occurrences of similar magnificence, have
been at different times witnessed before, producing tenor
in some, and admiration in others of flic beholders. A
sim lar phenomenon was witnessed by ! umbolt, while
at Cumana, in South America, on tho 12th Nov. 1799,
and .another was seen at tho City of Quito in 17d9, thirty
years before.
A friend of ours tells a good joke about the appear
ance ts a prodigious Meteor some years ago. lie was at
the time of its appearance passing through the country
with ome wagons. The wagoners and himself had
arisen just before dav, and were preparing for an early
departure; a meteor of alarming size and brightness,
flashed with tlievolocity oflightning through the atmos
phere before them: Great God! exclaimed a wagoner,
in all the simplicity of terrilic wonderment, “ the Moon’s
got loose!”
FOR THE WESTERN’ HERAt.I>.
“ Now flamed the dog-star’s unpropitions IT",
Bmotc ever)'brain, and withered every bav.”
The debate in the House of Representatives
on Mr. Cooper’s resolutions, has brought to
my recollection the above lines of the poet, and
their applicability to the gentleman from Ha
bersham, who stated, that he “ had rather see
the Legislature dissolved, & the State-house de
iTiolished.than that the teelings of the triumphant
Governor should he wounded,” must strike
every one. lam not much in favor of giving
such consequence to a man, who could be so
abject as to utt r such a sentiment, as any no
tice of what he has said, might seem to imply;
and I am even afraid that this brief allusion to his
remarks, may cause him to entertain tow ards
himself, some of the feelings of the Scotchman,
who after receiving a flogging, placed his arms
akimbo, and strutted into the streets boasting,
that “ he had been horse-whipped by a Duke,”
But there is a kind of factitious consequence
which a seat in the Legislature gives, no matter
how or by whom obtained, as may excuse one,
i paying that attention to what may be said by
each person in that capacity, as would he oth
erwise considered an inexcusable condescen
sion, and a prodigal waste of time. Ho is, lie
! says, the “ friend of the Governor ;” one would
j suppose him the slave, for I doubt whether his
| Excellency has “ a field hand” or shoe black,
• who would have been so tender of his feelings;
j such friendship indeed is rare in this age; may
it not have been possible that the heat of this
gentleman’s friendship, when adde to that of
“ Jim Crow,” the “ Democratic Yeoman.” and
“ Die in the Ditch,” (that of the last three being
new, and of course warm,) produced the late
conflagration in the State-house? Those who
understand the laws of C ombustion and Caloric,
may possibly solve this question; should the
hill which this gentleman has introduced to re
move the “ Workshop” to Clarkesville, fail to
become a law, will he not remove to Milledge
ville, and take up his residence in the “ Work
shop,” that he may at all times he ready to pro
tect “ the feelings of the triumphant Governor,”
from the rude attack o! some straggling fly or
musqueto, which might annoy him, as they
once attempted to disturb “ my uncle Toby.”
If this burst of adulation docs not procure
from the “ Superintendent,” some Dukedom
or Earldom,then 1 think he should “kill the next
Douglass himself.”
A LOOKER ON IN VENICE.
FOR THE WESTERN HERALD.
“UNION,” 1 would suggest, whether this
word “ I nioii,” is not served a little like the
word “ Captain” was in Dol Tearsheet’s day,
and is very much “ dissoitec!;” for instance,
when the bare pronunciation of this word, and
its continual reiteration by those in (many in
stances) who understand its import, about as
much as the Parrot in the cage, is the surest
passport to office of all grades, from the “ Su
perintendent of the Mighty workshop,” down
to fho second Constableshipof a Captains beat;
and no other qualification required; docs it not
prove, that a very good word may he prostitu
tetl, and made by “ disserting” it, to subserve
“ base men,” and “ base purposes.”
WESTWARD HO !
Trie following is a copy et Col. T,s. lotu-r at
resignation, communicated by the Governor t 0
the Legislature •
Laurens Courtly, Nov. S, 1833.
In execution of a deferred resolution, I resign
my sent in the Senate of the U. States.
sons merely personal, it would concern you y e
ry li'tle to receive— and others, which arc c f
higher import, belong to my constituents, *!,,>
might not choose to be troubled with them. [•
may suffice, that if the people of Georgia arc as
they were, another can serve them more useful.
Iy ;and that if they are not, I would be the | a =.
whom they would select to serve them at a!!.
Your foliow-citizcn,
G. M. TROUP.
To Gov. Lcsitkin.
fc>- Col. Troup’s term would have expired
in March, 1835.
The resignation of Col. Troup, has, very
naturally, created much speculation in the p o f.
itical circles. There is a great deal of guessin
about the meaning which his very peculiar and
emphatic phraseology conveys. To me itj 3
not at nil oracularly Delphic. It is as plain as
day light. Mere I called upon to construe it, I
would say that it simply means that the great
champion of State Right, considers at present.
“The post of honor as a private station”
. It may be, also, that he is conscientously sr.-
dispused to recognize a certain honorable mem
her, as his colleague.— Savannah Republican.
GOVERNOR LUMPKIN.
His Excellency, with all the politeness that
so pccutiary characterises him, has most kindh’
issued an order—not, however, under the broad
seed of the State— requesting that the Savannah
Republican he not sent to the Executive De
partment. Vi e are not in the least surprised,
that llis Excellency should seize the first op
portunity to exhibit his hostility to tho fear
less and Independent course pursued by the
Savannah Republican in -the late Gubernatorial
contest. We protest not against the right of
his Exce'leney, to discontinue his subscription
to the Savannah Republican: but, wc do most
seriously contemn his effort to control the free
dom of the Press. The withdrawal of/ns pat
ronage will not, we assure him, embarrass us—
nor, will it in any mannor, superadd to the sen
timents entertained and already expressed In
ns, of his political inconsistencies anil unfitness
for the dignified station he now encumbers. If
his Excellency—as it appears from his order
lias taken his stand in warlike array against
those who will not bow down and worship hive’
—as old as he is, and skilled as much as hn
may be in calculations of political chances, he
lias yet a lesson to learn. The People have a
deep interest in the security ofthe Freedom cf
the Press—they speak iheir sentiments through
it. upon all subjects and they look to it as a con
stant source of information. From its visita
tion, no political man can screen himself, anil
no political man need shrink from its power, if
he is blameless. If his Fxcellency, influenced
by feelings of deep resentment against the inde
pendence of the Press, thinks proper, with all
the pageant of an Executive order, to erect op
position to if, we say lo him take the full mea
sure of your experiment.
By way of conclusion, wo taka leave to state
to his Excellency, that we will never tender to
him, that which lie most admires, Jlallery —nor,
w ill we desist from detecting his mistakes and
exposing his errors, whenever they are brought
to ofir notice — Savannah Republican.
Ilcre follows the Executive Order.
Executive Detautmext (Ga ) f
JMillcdgeville, 9 th Aon 1833. )
ORDERED That die editors of The Wash
ington News. Columbus Enquirer and Sa
vannah Republican, be tequested todiscontinuc
their papers sent to this Department, and pre
sent their accounts for payment.
Attest. R. A. GREEN, Secretary,
Mr. Ja cob Wood, President of the Senate, in
: his over anxiety to proclaim iaducparUamentari
form, the election of Mr. M ilson Lumpkin t<>
| the Chief Magistracy of Georgia, announced it
; in the following approved words:—
“Knowye! know ye!! know ye!!! Thai IVilson
Governor, is Lumpkin of Georgia, having got a
majority of the wotes of this State, lie is,
i therefore Governor for the ensuing two
years, and is to be obeyed and respected accor
ding.”
The learned President who is always trarqv’,
on great occasion, and i-ooks big at all times,
is peculiarly blessed with a good recollection.
Did the President intend to Yazoo Ms Excel
lency?
SERIOUS AFFRAY.
A great tumult occuired in this place last
evening, w hich resulted in the death of one in
dividual, and thi wonnding of several, one ve
ry dangerously. The circumstances were re
lated to us as follows, but we cannot vouch lor
their accuracy. About dusk Wm. Ward and
Henry Byrom (the one who shot Ellis in Ma
con) met with a Mr. A G. Vail, whom the lat
ter charged with leaving Macon to avoid go
ing testimony in the Ellis case, and made an
attack on him by choaking, and slightly stab
bing : after which they went to the Confection
ary store of Mr. Dubourg, whom they tauntc
and insulted, and broke a large quantity ot n |S
Decanters, tumblers, &c. and beat a r -
Hamilton Gaither, who took, or was suppose
to take, some interest in the injury done to Mr..
Duhourg. They then went to McComb’s ta
vern, where they were rude and on being expos
tulated with,struck the Bar keeper, who ran,an
on Mr.M’Comb coming, as it is said, with pi®*
tols, they seized him aud pressed him back n*
they cot into the dining room, where it < s
Byrom, or Ward, levelled a pistel to tire at - r *
M’C omb, and a Mr.Barclay Martin, struck up
tre muzzle, and the contents entered the ceiling-
A scuffle ensued, and another pistol was i
charged, by which Ward was shot a little be o’
the breast, and was carried oft’ supposed to ‘o
killed, and for some lime after was expecte
die immediately, out is better to-day, and m
recover. His recovery, however, is at pres
