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lion is much more graceful and at homo in the
measured lines cflier poetry, than in her best
prose. Her genius brightcis in the Muses
•mile, and she can command by that spell, as
Prosjiero could with his staff, the attendance
ofth “delicate spirit” of Fancy, which, like
Ariel, brings
“ Sounds sad sweet sirs, that give delight and hurt not:’’
and those “solemn breathing strains” that move
conscience to its repentant work, or lift the
trusting and contrite soul to heaven.
“Oil God! who can describe Niagara?”
exclaimed Mrs. Butler in the agony of her ad
miration. Mrs. Sigourney has described it,
and worthily too—and this single poem would
be sufficient to establish her fame. It does
more and better, it stan ps hei as the devoti'd
Christian; for except faith in the “ dread In
visible” had sustained her genius, and trust in
the Savior had kept warm the fount of sympa
thy in her heart, she could not have surround
ed a theme so awful, strange and lonely, with
•ueh images of beauty and hope.
True it is, that female poetic writers owe
their happiest efforts to religious feelings. De
votion seems to endow them with the martyr’s
glowing fervency of spirit. In the actual
world the path of woman is very circumscri
bed, but in that “better land” her imagination
may range with the freedom of angel’s wing.
And there the genius of Mrs. Sigourney de
lights to expatiate. And this constant uplift
ing of her spirit has given a peculiar cast to lier
language and style; renderi ig the stately blank
verse measure the readiest vehicle of her fan
cies. She has a wonderful command of words,
and the fetters of rhyme check the free expres
sion of her thoughts. She is also endowed
with a fine perception of the harmonious and
appropriate, and lienee the smooth flow of the
lines, and the perfect adaptation of the language
to the subject. These qualities eminently fit
her to be the eulogist of departed worth ; an !
incline her to elegiac poetry. To her tender
feelings and naturally complicative mind, ev
ery k .ell that summons the mourner to weep
awakens her sympathy, and the dirge flows,
Its would her tears, (o comfort the bereaved
were she beside them. Nor is the death song
of necessity melancholy. Many of her sound
the notes of holy triumph, and awaken the
brightest anticipations of felicity—ay,
“ Teach us of the melody of heaven.”
She “leaves not the trophy of death at the
tomb, ” but show the “ resurrection and the
life.” Thus she elevates the hopes of the ch ris
tian, and chastens the thoughts of the worldly
minded. This is her mission, the true purpose
of her heaven-endowed mind ', for the inspira
tions of genius are from heaven, and when not
perverted by a corrupt, rise as naturally up
ward as the morning dew on the flower is ex
alted to the skies. The genius of Mrs. Sigour
ncy, like the “imperial Passion Flower,” has
always been
“ Consecrate to Salem’s peaceful king,—
Though fair as any gracing beauty's bower,
Yet linked to sorrow like a holy thing."
It is this sadness which shows her strains to
be of earth—their purity, and serene loveliness
are angelic. If there is a want felt in reading
her effusions, it is that of fervency : the light
is brilliant, but it does not kindle into flame.
Her “truths” need not to be more “ i.npas
sioned,” to produce their greatest effect. Yet
this deficiency arises from that delicacy of
taste, which makes her fear to pour forth the
full gush of her feelings. And it is very rare
that a woman can or will do this. Hence
much of the monotony and mediocrity o their
poetry.
We must not omit to record that Mrs. Si
gourney is an example to her sex in private
life, as well as their admiration in her public
career. She is a good wife and devoted moth
er; site has two children, whom she has hith
erto educa ed entirely herself—and in all do
mestic know ledge and the scrupulous perfor
mance of domestic duties, she shows as ready
acquaintance and as much skill as though these 1
only formed her pursuit. Her literary studies
are her recreation—surely as rational a mode
of occupying the leisure ofa lady, as the mor-1
ningcall, or tiie fashionable party.
NIAGARA.
Flow on forever, in thy glorious robe
Os terror and of beauty—God hath set
Ilis raiubow on thy forehead, and the cloud
Handed around thy feet. And he doth give
Thy voice of thunder power to speak of him
Eternally—bidding the lip of man
Keep Silence, and upon thy rocky altar pour
Incense of awe-struck praise.
And who can dare
To lift the insect trump of earthly hope.
Or love, or sorrow, —'ntid the peal sublime
Os thy tremendous hymn ? Even ocean shrinks
Back from thy brotherhood, and his wild waves
Retire abashed. For he doth sometimes seem
To sleep like a spent laborer, and recall
Ilis weaned billows from their vexing play.
And lull them to a cradle calm: —but thou,
\Vt;h everlasting, undecaying tide,
Dost rest not night or day.
The morning stars.
When first they sang o’er young creation’s bird*
Heard thy deep andietn, —and those reeking fires
T hat wait die Archangel’s signal to dissolve
The solid earth, shall find Jehovah's name
Graven, as with a thousand diamond spears,
On thine uufathomed page. Each leafy bough
That lifts itself within thy proud domain,
Doth gathsr greenness from thy living spray,
And tremble at die baptism. Lo ! you birds
Do venture boldly near, bathing their wing
Amid thy foam and mist—'Tismeet for diem
To touch thy garment's hem,—or lightly stir
The snowy leaflets of thy vapor wreath, —
Who sport unharmed upon the fleecy cloud,
And listen at the echoing gate of heaven,
Without reproof. But as for us, —it seems
Searce lawful with our broken tones to speak
Familiar of thee. Metbinks, to dnt
Thy glorious features with our pencil’s point
Or woo thee to the tablet of a song.
Were profanation.
Thou dost make the soul
A wondering witness of,thy majesty ;
And while it rushes with delirious joy
To tread thy vestibule, dost chain its step,
And check its rapture with the humbling view
Os its swn nothingness, bidding it stand
In the dread presence of the invisible.
As if to answer to its God through thee.
Hannah F. Gould. —The great popularity of
Miss Gould we consider a most encouraging
••k«r (or tli« lovers of genuine poetry, of that
which is true in thought and natural in des
j cription. She charms by the rare merit of
imparting interest to small things and common
occurrences. These make up far the greater
part of life’s reality, and, if truth be tlie essence
of poetry, tliey must be poetical. Unfortu
nately, but few poe's have had tlie power or the
inclina ion to invest the actual world with tlie
j beauty and attractiveness which has been lav
islted on idea' and false creatious of fancy; and
lienee it is that their labors have been account
ed idle, and tlieir profession degraded. Pas
sion has too often usuqied the place of reason,
, und a selfish sensitiveness been festered, in
stead of that healthful sentiment of compla
cency in the happiness of others, which all high
exercise of tlie mental faculties should exalt
and encourage. It is this enlarging and ele
vating the affections, which improves the heart
and purifies the taste. And this is 01 e im
portant cffi« e of true poetry —such poetry as
Miss Gould has written.
She also possesses great delicacy and scope ,
of imagination ; she gathers around her sim. |
pie themes imagery of peculiar beauty and un. !
common association —and yet this imagery is ■
always appropriate. Then she has a vet y fe
licitous command of language, and the skill of
making the most uncouth words “lie smooth ;
in rhyme,” which the greatest poet of the age
might envy. And she, not seldom, displays
humorous turns of thought, and a sportive
raiiiery which is very amusing.
Wit is a much more ra ( e quality than wis.
dom in female writers. We shall not hear the
inquiry why it is that women, who arc, pro- j
verbiully, quick in perception, and who are of- !
ten accused of delighting in repartee and scan.'
dal, should nevertheless, when submitting their j
sentiments to the public, almost scrupulously j
avoid ridicule and satire, even when the sub. 1
ject treated of seemed to justify or demand |
these forms of expressions- But such is the j
fact—and hence Miss Gould’s sprightly wit i
has the advantage ofap|iearing more original.'
She, however, uses it w ith great delicacy, and
always to teach or enforce some lesson which >
would not disparage “ divine philosophy,” to
inculcate. In truth, tlie great power of her j
poetry is its moral application. This hallows
every object she looks upon, an cl ennobles ev- 1
ery incident she celebrates. She takes lowly !
and homely themes, but she turns them to the
light of heaven, and they are beautified, and I
refined, and elevated. She brings to her God
the rich treasures of her intellect, and the
warm feelings of her heart. Every where
and in every thing she sees and feels His pre
sence ; and her song rises in those “spirituous
breathings,” which lift the hearts of her read
ers, to unite with her, in praise to the Lord.
The mania for melancholy and despairing
poetry, which the Byronian era introduced,ne
ver found any favor in the clear, calm, sensi
ble mind of our poetess. Her philosophy ii
as practical and contented as her piety is ar.
dent. Her motto seems to have been
“ The muse should'gladdcn the seasons,
Should strengthen the heart in pain.”
and like her own “ Ground Laurel” she adds
cheerfulness to every scene, however seques
tered or lonely, which her fancy pictures.—
Truly, such a genius is a blessing to the world.
Miss Gonld is a native of Massachusetts, and
now resides at Newburyport, housekeeper,
nurse, and friend of her aged father, who was a
veteran of the Revolution. She did not ap
pear before the public as a writer till her pow
ers of mind were matured, and she has, there
fore, few juvenile errors of fancy to regret. —
Her poems were first published in the periodi.
; cals and annuals, from whence she has collect
ed and issued them in two volumes. The
more permanent form was demanded by their
popularity—a strange thing for poetry, the
booksellers say. Her poeins will be popular
while truth has friends and nature admirers,
and while children are retders. And what
praise is sweeter, to >ure, good minds, than the
praise of childhood, in which the heart is al
ways given with the lips ?
THE GROUND LAUREL.
I love thee, pretty nursling,
Os vernal sun and rain ;
For thou art Flora’s firstling,
And leadest in her train.
When far away I found thee,
It was an April morn ;
The chilling blast blew round thee
No bud had decked the thorn.
And thou alone wert hiding
The mossy rocks between,
Where, just below them gliding,
The Merrimack w as seen.
And while rryhand was brushing
The seary leaves from thee,
It seemed as thou wert blushing
To be disclosed to me.
So modest, fair, and fragrant.
Where all was wild and rude.
To cheer the lonely vagrant
Who crossed thy solitude.—
Thou didst reward my ramble
By shining at my feet.
When over brake and bramble^
I sought thy lone retreat. —
As some sweet flower of pleasure
Upon our path may bloom,
’Mid rocks and thorns that measure
Our journey to the tomb.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
DEVOTION IN WOMEN.
Devotion, I believe, exalts a woman’s beau
ty to its highest perfection. There is no
picture so beautiful as the Madonas, and, if I
were a woman 1 would be rel'gious, if from
t o other motive than just from vanity. No 1
on i doubts that the human countenance is
modified by the feelings cherished in the heart,
and she who cherishes, the mild and benevo
lent ntid Christian affections cannot be other
wise than very pretty. If there are any ugly
women in tiie world, it is because they have
not been brought up religiously.
American in Paris.
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.V deceased, are requested to settle the same imme
diately to save cost, and all persons having demands
agamst the same, must hand (Item in an the law pre
scribes. GRAB- BEARS, Agent.
January 12 12
THE SOUTHERN POST.
GENIUS AND CIVILIZATION.
There is a deep-rooted opinion, which has
been eloquently propounded by some of the
first critics of our age, that works of imagina
lion must necessarily decline as civilization
advances. It will readily be conceded, that
no individual minds can be expected to arise,
in the most refined periods, which will sur
pass those which have been developed in rude
and barbarous ages. But there does not ap
pear any solid reason for believing that the
mighty works of old time occupy the wliole
region of poetry—or necessarily chill the fancy
of these latter times by tlieir vast and unbroken
shadows. Genius does not depend on times
or on seasons, it waits not on external circum
stances, it can neither be subdued by the vio
lence of tlie most savage means, nor polished
away or dissipated among the refinements of
the most glittering scenes of artificial life. It
is ‘itself alone.’ To the heart of a young
l>oct, the world is ever beginning anew. He
is in the generation by which lie is surrounded,
but he is not of it; he can live in the light of
the holiest times, or range amidst gorgeous
marvels of eldest superstition, or sit * lone
upon the shores of old romance,’ or pierce the
veil of mortality, and * breathe in worlds to
which the heaven of heavens is but a veil.’
The very deficiency of the romantic, in the
actual paths of existence, will cause him to
dwell in thought more apart from them, and
to seek the wildest recesses in those regions
which imagination opens to his inward gaze.
To tlie eye of young joy, the earth is as fresh
as at the first—the teuderest dew-drop is lit up
as it was in Eden—and ‘ tlie splendor in tlie
grass, the glory in the flower,’ yet glitters as in
the earliest spring-time of the world.
The subjects in which genius rejoices, are
not the vain and the transitory, but the true
and tlie eternal, which are the same through
all changes of society and shifting varieties of
fashion. The heavens yet * tell the glory of
God ; die hills, tlie vales, and the ocean, do
not alter, nor does the heart of man wax old.
The wonders of these are as exhaustless as
they are lasting. While these remain, the
circumstances of busy life—the exact mechan.
isms of the social state—will affect tlie true
poet but little. The seeds of genius which
contain within themselves the germs of expan
ded beauties and divinest sublimities, cannot
perish. Wheresoever tliey are scattered,tliey
must take root, striking far below tlie surface,
Overcropped and exhausted by the multitude
of transitory productions, into a deep richness
of soil, and, rising up above the weeds and
tangled underwood which would crush them,
lift tlieir innumerable boughs into the fret and
rejoicing heavens.
No advancement of natural science and of
moral truth do not tend really to lessen tlie
resources of the bard. The more we know,
the more we feel there is yet to be known.
The mysteries of nature and humanity are not
lessed, but increased, by tlie discoveries of
philosophic skill. The lustre which breaks on
tlie vast clouds, which encircle us in our earthly
condition, does not merely set in clear vision
that which before was hidden in sacred gloom ;
but, at tlie same time, half exhibits masses of
magnificent shadow, unknown before, and
casts an uncertain light on vast regions, in
which tlie imagination may devoutly expatiate.
A plastic superstition may fill a limited circle
with beautiful images, but it chills and confines
tlie fancy, almost as strictly as it limits the
reasoning faculties. Tlie mythology of Greece
for example, while it peopled earth with o
thousand glorious shapes, shut out the free
grace of nature from poetic vision, and ex
cluded from tlie ken the high beatings of the
soul. All the loveliness of creation, and all
the qualities, feelings, and passions, were in
vested with personal attributes. The soft
evening’s sigh was the breath of Zephyr—the
streams were celebrated, not in their rural
clearness, but as visionary nymphs—and
ocean, that old agitator of sublimest thoughts,
gave place, in the imagination, to a trident
hearing god. Tlie tragic muse almost ‘forgot
herself to stone,’ in her lone contemplations of
destiny. No wild oxcursiveness of fancy
marked their lighter poems—no majestical
struggle of high passions and high actions filled
the scene—no genial wisdom threw a penetra
ting, yet lovely light, on tlie silent recesses of
the bosom. The diffusion of a purer faith
restored to poetry its glowing affections, it*
far-searching intelligence, and its excursive
power. And not only this, but it left it free to
use those exquisite figures, and to avail itself of
all the chaste and delicate imagery, which the
exploded superstition first called into being.
In the stately regions of imagination, the
wonders of Greek fable yet have place, though
they no longer hide from our view the secretj
of our nature, or the long vistas which extend
jto the dim verge of the moral horizon. Well,
\ indeed does a great living poet assert their
! poetic existence, under the form of defending <
the science of the stars :
‘ For Fable is Love's world, his home, his birth.plas#;
Delightedly dwells he, 'mang fays and talismans,
And spirits; and delightedly believes
Divinities, being himself divine.
The intelligible forms of ancient pacts,
The fair humanities of old religion,
The power, the beauty, and the majesty.
That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain.
Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring,
Or chasms snd watery depths! ail these have vanish’d,
They live no longer in the faith of reason!
But still the heart doth need a language, still
Doth the old inetinct bring back the old names ; *
And to yon starry world they now are gone,
Spirits or gods, that us'd to shars this earth
With man as with their friend ; end to the laTsr
Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky
Shoot influence down ; snd, even at this day,
'Tis Jupiter who brings whate'eris great.
And Venus that brings every thing that's fstr !”•
The poet is the inheritor of the imaginative
treasures of all creeds which reason has now
exploded. The dim and gigantic shadows ot
the North—the gentle su|)erstitions of the
Greeks—the wild and wondrous prodigies of
Arabian enchantment—the dark rites of magic,
more heart-stirring than all—have their places
io the vast region of his soul. When wo
climb above the floating mists which have so
long overspread humanity, to breath a purer
air, and gaze on the unclouded heavens, we do
not lose our feeling of veneration for majestic
errors, nor our sense of their glories. Instead
,of w indering in the region of cloud, we over
“ look it all, and behold its gorgeous varieties of
arch, minaret, dome, or spire, without partak
ingin its delusion.
But we have no need of resort to argument
in order to show that genius is not gradually
declining. A glance at its productions, in the
present age, will suffice to prove the gloomy
mistake of desponding criticism.
* Cotefidga’a translation of Schiller's ‘Wallenstein.*
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
On Saturday last, between 2 at and 3 o’clock
P. M. as Mr. Samuel Patterso i, of the firm of
Patterson & Mag wood, was passing along the
street leading to Magwood’s wharf, a bundle
of Hay was rolled out of the door of the se
cond story, which struck him on the head, and
knocked him down. On being raised, it was
found tliat lie had sustained a serious injury,
and was immediately conveyed home. An
examination was had by the physicians, and
hojies expressed that the result would not
prove fatal, which, however, we regret to state,
were fallacious, as he expired between one and
two o’clock on Sunday morning, having,
without doubt, received some internal injury,
which could not of course, be immediately
ascertained by his medical attendants.
Tlie sudden and melancholy death of Mr.
Patterson, has thrown a deep gloom over the
commercial community, particularly among
whom he had been well known, for a long
series of yenrs, as an upright and honorable
merchant. He has left a large family, and a
very numerous circle of intimate friends to
mourn his premature decease; and we have
seldom seen more true and heartfelt sympathy
exhibited, than has been shown on the present
occasion. Charleston Courier.
INDIAN METHOD OF COURTSHIP.
Mr. Catlin, in one of his recent lectures at
the Odeon, exhibited a Winnebago courting
flute, which, he said, was used by the Indian
lover in wooing the dark eyed maid of the
wilderness. For hours lie had heard the sim
ple sounds of this courting flute, and he had
seen the patient lovers sitting under a tree, by
the bank of a river, or in front of a lodge, ans
never has he heard a word exchanged between
the seemingly happy pair. Many marriages
take place solely by the charms of this flute,
as he knows it to lie a fact that a single word
was never spoken by either party during the
whole period from courtship to marriage.
A boy should go to school to learn how to
earn in after life. Teach him the secret, and
his own mind will store itself with knowledge
and information from foundations most con
genial to his character. All this can be done
in the course of judicious instructions in the
rudiments of common school education.
SIGNERS OB THE DECLARATION.
Our readers are aware of the taste of one of
our fellow-citizens for autographs, and few are
insensible to the emotions which a judicious
collection inspires.
Mr. Tetit’s literary penchant has been quite
successful, and we are pleased to observe that
the literary brotherhood have so far responded
to his exertions for an interesting collection, as
to supply him with nearly all the autographs
of the distinguished Signers of’76.
Tlie fair editor (perhaps we should say
editress) of the Southern Bose, in a late num
ber, thus alludes to this kindly spirit.
Savannah Georgian.
“ A happy instance of the kindly spirit and
generous brotherhood of literature has occurred
in our country during the last summer. In
consequence of a remark in the “essay on
autograph,” inserted at the end of “ the
poetry of travelling in the United States,”
Mr. Tefft, of Savannah, has received several
letters from distinguished individuals, enclosing
documents written by the signers of the decla
ration of independence, for which he Imd long
been searching in vain. To complete his
series, Mr. Tefft now only desiderates the
names of Hart, Lyunch, Jr., Midd eton, Smith
and George Taylor, and he does not despair
of accomplishing the whole. Dear, good
Americans! look into those old barrels stowed
away under the eves in your garrets, and let
not foreign collectors be more fortunate with
the “ signers” than our own amiable country
man.”
STUPENDOUS STEAM-SHIP.
The builders of thejßritish Queen have a
new steam-ship on the stocks of two thousand
tons burthen, being one hundred tons more
than that of the noble ship just named. The
model has been materially varied, for, though
not so long, she will be much wider.
New-York Mirror.
For the Southern Poet.
Ms. Editor :— I was pleased to receive a modest lit
tle bundle the other day, from the hands of your youth
ful correspondent “ Valeria.” They certainly betray a
simplicity and tenderness of feeling, that cannot fail to
interest your readers, especially, coming as they do
from »o young a girl. I think she deserves encourage
ment. £. M. P.
Sparta , January 10 th, 1839.
ON A YOUTH WHO DIED FROM HOME.
Thou art gone my friend, who seemed as fair
As the rose that blooms in the summer air,
And as mild as a lovely morn in May,
When the birds sing sweet, and joyfully play.
That majestic form, and those dark bright eyes
Where heavenly love in ambush lies ;
And that soul as pure as an angel of love.
Too good for earth, was taken above.
Thou wert lovely, ev’n in the arms of death,
As when thou wert blessed with thejoye of health;
Tho’ thy cheek was pale, and thine eyes was bright.
Yet that sweet, sweet smile, shed the same rich light.
Though the fates did thy last wish deny,
And doomed thee far from thy home to die ;
Not a murmuring word in fear or gloom.
Didst thou£breathe o’er thy unhaqpy doom.
And when death came, round thy bed no band.
Os friends or kindred took their stand ;
But oh ! one stranger sought thy relief.
And strove against her own calmleas grief.
And weeping oft, she sought thy lone bed,
Till the soul of the one she loved had fled ;
While her heart was sad, and the tears of woe,
Down her pallid cheek ne’er ceased to flow.
_ . VALERIA
wwrtmta «, January 1938.
Georgia Legislature.
Tht following it the Caption of all the ACTS patt
ed, and approved of by the Governor, at the Annu
al Settion of the General Astembly, held in Mill
edgeville, the teat of Fovemment, in November
and December. 1838.
An Act to compensate peraons who have rendered
service* in taking the Census of the State of Georgia,
during the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
thirty eight.
An Act legalize the adjournment of Morgan Supe
rior Court.
An Act to pardon John Gray.
An Act to legalize the adjournment of the Superior
Court of Muscogee county.
An Act to pardon Jarvis Brook, of Wilkes county.
An Act to pardon William Porter, of the county ot
Pike.
An Act to provide for the authentication of State
Script, or certificates of State debt; and to punish
those who may counterfeit or fraudulently use the
same.
An Act to incorporate the Relief Society of the
Georgia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church.
An Act to authorize the businesa of Banking and
regulate the same.
An Act to provide for the call of a Convention to
reduce the number of the General Assemby of the
State of Georgia, and for other purposes therein na
med.
An Act to alter and amend an act entitled an act, to
compile and arrange the laws and resolutions of this
State, (Hissed since the political year 1800. Passed
12lh December.
An Act to appoint additional commissioners on the
Ohoopie and Canouchee Rivers in the county of Tat
nall.
An Act to make the site of public buddings and
Scat of Justice for the county of Paulding permanent
in the town of Van Wert, and to incorporate the same.
An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the county of Wayne, to impose and levy an
extra tat for the support of the poor of said county.
An Act to authorize the SheritVs and Clerks of the
county of Dooly, to hive all their advertisements done
in any of the newspapers published in the city of Ma
con.
An Act to change the election precint in Talbot
county, known as Kushen’s preciut, to the house of
Richard A. Hall, in said county.
An Act to alter and amend an act, passed the 14th
of December, 18-18, to incorporate the Town of
Troupsville in the county of Lowndes.
An Act to incorporate the Savannah Theatre.
An Act to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector
and receiver of tax returns of the counties of Forsyth,
Carroll, Madison, Habersham and Ware.
An Act to mak* permanent, the site of the public
buildings in the town of Tazewell in the county of
Marion, and to incorporate and appoint commission
ers for the same.
An Act to extend the limits ofSavannah. and to au
thorize the corporate authorities of said city to bor
row money for works of internal Improvement.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorpo
rate the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company,
passed 32d December, 1835.
An act to incorporate a Volunteer Company in the
county of Marion, known as the Marion Dragoons.
An act to alter and change the names of certain per
sons, and for other puqioses.
An act to incorporate the Fort Gaines Steam Boat
Company.
An act to incorporate the town of Albany in Baker
county, and allow Tomlinson Fort, Nelson Tift and
J. C. Harris and their associates to erect a Bridge
actoss Flint River.
An act to repeal so much of an act, passed on the
23d day of Decemlwr, 1837, entitled “an act, to coin
(K-nsale the grand and Petit Jurors of Superior and
Inferior Courts of the several counties herein named,”
so far as relates to the county of Bryan.
An act to amend an act entitled an art to punish
white persons for gambling with negroes, passed on the
25th day of December, 1837.
An act amendatory of an act entitled an Act to in
corporate the Baptist Convention of the State of Geor
gia, and to authorize certain trusters of the Mrrcer
University to make by-laws fertile regulation of the
Village of Pennfield.
An act to authoiize ths Just-res of the Inferior Court
of Oglethorpe county to establish an Asylum for the
invalid poor of said county.
An act to lay out and organize anew county from
the counties of Floyd and Walker.
An act to amend the thirty-second section of the
Judiciary system of this State, passed 16th day of
February, 1799, so far as relates to the illegality of ex
ecutions.
An act to incorporate the Georgia Steam Packet
Company.
An act to amend an act to establish an infirmary
for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted ne
groes in the State ol Geoigia, passed 24th day of De
cember, 1832
An Ait to exempt from taxes the property of the
Georgia Female College in the city of Macon.
An Act to authorize the Directors of the Central
Bank to extend the loan made by them, or to borrow
a sum of money therein expressd.
An Act to appropriate a portion of the extension
stock of the Monroe Kailtoad and Banking Company,
above Forsyth, to that portion of the road below.
An Act to change the election precinc's from Roan
oke to ihe town of Florence, in Stewart county.
An Act to alter, amend and explain the incorpora
ting the Chattahoochee Railroad and banking Compa
ny of Georgia.
An Act to authorize His Excellency the Governor
to pay to the proper authority of Pulaski county, all
arrearages that may be due said, county as its due
proportion of the Acudemic and Poor School Funds.
An Act to incorporate W illiams’ Academy in the
town of Vanwert and county of Paulding, and to ap
point trustees for the union Academy in the county of
Randolph.
An Act amendatory to an act to regulate the mode
of taking testimony ly commission dt bene esse with
in this State, and to alter and amend the several laws
retailing thereto.
An Act to repeal an act to establish and regulate the
district elections in the county of Jonea, assented to
26th of December, 1826, so far as relates to elections
being held at Old Fortification.
An Act to make legal and valid the late adjourn
ment of the Superior Court of Bibb county, and to
change the time of holding the Superior Court of Rich
mond county and the luterio. Courts of Richmond aud
Columbia counties.
An Act to compensate the Sheriff of Taliafero coun
ty for his servace* in summoning jurors in said coun
ty-
An Act to sell and dispose of a portion of the public
arms and military stores belonging to this Stale.
An Act to authorize the arrest and confinement of
; lunatic or insane |iersons in certain cases.
An Act to in. orpora e the Lagrange High School in
the county of Tioup, appoint trustees for the same, and
make said High Scb ot certain donations, under certain
conditions therein e pressed, and to confer on said
i trustees certain powers.
An Act to amend an act concerning road laws, so
far as regards the county of Camden, passed 251 h De
cember, 1837.
An Act to athoiize the executors of Lambert's estate
to sell sat 1 e-lale and vent the proceeda in stock aud
other property.
An Act to mark the dividing line between the coun
ties of Appling and Ware.
An Act to establish an additional election precint at
Yelvertou Mills, in the County of Marion.
An Act to amend an act to establish an act incorpo
rating the town of Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county,
and appointing commissioners for the same, passed 21st
December, 1833.
An Act to establish an additional election precint in
the county of Twiggs, „Uo two additional eloc.i on „
cincts in tbo county of Oglethorpe. " * >r *-
An Act to change the time of holding the B un . ri
Courts in and for the counties of Franklin, Haber*h
and Rabun, and the Superior and Inferior Court,
county of Macon. 10
An Act to be entitled an act to amend an art ...
17th December, 1834, entitled an act to
the Georgia Lumber Company. r or *e
An Act to legalize the adjournment of Baldwin N
perior Court, and to alter and fix the times of hold "*
the Superior and Inferior Courts of Baldwin c ' B *
and for other purposes therein mentioned. Unt^'
An Act to authorize justices of the pescc to acaon,.
Constables in certain cases therein named.
An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to rene.l.l,
sixth section of an act passed the 22d day of UrVT.i"*
1835, entitled an act to authorize the formation af *
or more Companies of Cavalry in the several coun ?“*
of this State, so far as relates to Companies in the cJo,
i ty of Lincon. w ®‘
An Act to suthorize and require the Justices of th.
Inferior Court of the county of Montgomery to
an extra t.z for the political year, eighteen homS
and thirty-seven, thirty-eight, and thirty-nine for ,Z
purposes therein mentioned.
An Act to authorize and impower John W. Baifo.
aminoi to act as Deputy Clerk in the Offices of thl
Superior and Inferior Courts of Camden countv and
Court of Ordinary, and Thomaa Birch, a minor of
Muscogee county, to act as Deputy Clerk in the Sum.
nor Lourt of grtid countv.
An Act to authorize certain persons therein named
to plead and practice Law in the severalfCourt* of Law
and Equity in thia stole, and prescribe their liabilities
touching the same.
An Act to compensate the grand and petit Juiora in
the County of Monroe.
An Act to incorporate the Baptist Church at Bethel
Heard County, and appoint Trustees for th* nine. ’
An Act to amend an act entitled an act to alter and
amjnd the Road Imws of this Slate, so for as respect*
the County of Union. ”
An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorpo
rate the Insurance Bank of Columbbs. ™
An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the County of Lee, to form new militia di*.
tricto, in said County, and alter those already laid out.
An Act to incorporate an Academy of Fine Art* in
the city of Augusta, and the Columbus Lyceum.
An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to compen
sate the grand and petit Jurors of the Superior and In
ferior Courts of the several Counties herein named
and to provide for the payment of the same, passed on
the 23d day of December, 1837 ; so for as relates to th*
County of Campbell.
An Act to authorize the sale of the glebe lands of
Bryan County.
An act to alter the mode of computing time in cer
tain cases.
An act to amend the road laws of ths Stats, so far as
relates to th* county of Mclntosh.
An act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors, in th*
county of Macon, and to compensate the Petit Jurors
of the county of Jone*.
An act to amend an act to amend and consolidate
the acts granting chartered riglits and privileges to
William B. Davis and Urbanua Dart and thor asso
ciate* to establish a company to construct acsnslor
railway, or both, from the Altamaha to Turtle River
in Glynn county, or to Brunswick ; passed 20th Ds
cember, 1826 rnd the 14th December, 1830 and pass
ed the 30th December. 1834.
An act to oztend the harbour rules and regulations
now in force in the city of Darien, or may hereafter b*
in force in said city, to the Island of Doboy and its im
mediate vicinity.
An act authorizing the sheriff*, clerks, and other
officers of Forsyth county to insert their advertisements
in certain newspaper*.
An act to compel masters of vessels lying or being
in Doboy Harbor to provide for their sick crew or sea
men.
An act to admit Martin J. Crawford, of the county
of Harris, to plead and practice law in tlie several
courts of law and equity in this .State.
An act to apportion the Representatives among ths
several counties of this State according witn the siith
enumeration in couformily with the seveulh section of
the first article of the Constitution.
An act to authorize the sale of script on certificates
or State debt, and to enlarge the duties ot the commis
sioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road of
Georgia.
An act to incorporate certain Churches therein fra
med, to appoint Trustees for the same, and to confer
certain rights and privileges upon the same.
An act to establish Joseph Collins, Jr.’s Bridge
across the Ohoopy River in Talnall county, and to tato
the ferriages on the same.
An act to impose, levy, and collect a tat for the po
litical year 18,39 on property both Real and Personal,
and to infiiet penalties for refusing to comply with the
provisions thereof.
An act to incorporate a volunteer company in the
town of West Point, by the name and style of the
West Point Guards.
An act to change the times of holding the Superior
and Inferior Courts in the county of Wijkes.
An act to authorize the Probate of Wills in certain
rases, in the county where the testator died or may
die.
An act to define the line between the counties of
| Rabun and Habersham.
1 An act to sell a part of the streets and passways at
the Indian Springs’ Reserve, in the County of Butts,
and to appropriate the money arising from said sale.
| An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court
of Montgomery county to alter the militia District
lines.
An act to appropriate money for the improvement
of the Unicoy Road over the Blue Ridge, and for other
purposes.
j An act to exempt Henry Darnell from the several
provisions of the acta of the General Assembly concer
ning Pedlars.
An act to compensate the Sheriffs of Camden, Lib
erty, Lumpkin and Muscogee counties for summoning
Grand and Petit Jurors of said counties.
An act to authorize the Inferior Court of Pike coun
ty to appropriate a part of the county funds for the
support of the poor of said county.
An act to incorporate the Doboy Steam Mills and
Lumber Company.
An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court for the county of Butts, to levy an extra tax for
the payment of grand and petit jurors of said county.
An act to incorporate the Weslyan Methodist Epis
copal Church, at Springfield, and to ap(ioint trustees
for the same,and for the Tuckaseking Methodist Epis
copal Weslean Church, in Effingham county, and for
other purposes therein mentioned.
An act to continue in fotec for ten years, an acten
titled an act for establishing a ferry over the river Al
tamaha, at Fort Barrington, passed the 22d day of De
cember, 1608, with the several acts amendatory of the
same.
An act to be entitled an act to alter and amend am
act passed the 20th Dec. 1834, to appoint commission
ers to build a Court House and Jail in the county of
Lowndes, See.
An art to authorize his Excellency the Governor to
cause to be paid over to the proper authority of Baker
county, all arre.iges that may be due said county as its
proportion of the Academic Fund.
An act to amend an act entitled an e. .ncorpo--
rate certain persona Trustera of the Y/ sl} Mannual;
labor School, in the county of Houston and secure
certain donation/! as a permanent endowment for the
same passed %frth Sec., 1837.
An act to compensate one at the JuetaDw of the
Peace who may be a superintendant of the eledtona
at the several election precincts in the county of Mad
ison.
An art further to amend an art for the location and
construction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company
An act further to regulate the grantite
cense ««v<t Mfte M —ti-..