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. &JSJD g'l<- asyfflß&fottaKjfeiW
II l ament is at iiawUaud wc must get up
■ ot>^ 1 101 . j t . He immediately left las
■ aliw F " elder child and commenced
■ trJ, K ,in a terrible manner, to keep (as he
I * a,ll i g ‘ ,1 • time) “ Tlie Devils oil'.”—
Ivrtldkr sprung out of bed and interfered
1 A U,U let -o the child and seized her by
■ " ’ hi* head, and before she could ex-
r he TheS from his grasp, he tore all her
I ,r:C , c ifl.es o!i; and bruised, b.t and scratch-
I '"f r fksh most shockingly ;on making her
I '’.lp she lied below stairs, and he followed
I'.hs^aftcr—in her attempt to pass the outer
I ( ,‘ a In' caueh 1 by the ancle, she tell outside,
ft t oor at the same time closing against her
■[!! in this condition she lay nearly an hour,
I d’,d. and the rain pouting down in torrents
■." luring the time, holding her by the ancle
| 1 V the door. He Dually, and o Ins own
I "cord, let go his hold and lied to the nearest
ISdihor, almost lifeless. he neighbors
| ton-alarmed, repaired to Millers house and
I found him ranging abut it; the windows were
I mostly broken to pieces-the younger child
I “s four <1 lying i" the weeds, about two rods
|( om the house, awfully wounded in several
■ ‘ rtß of the bodv ly blows apparently inflic-
IYd upon it with a hoe—it lingered a few
I I mis and died. The other child was found
I Morose in the cellar wretchedly mangled,
ft ‘ From traces of blood, and other appearan
ft jf is supposed the last mentioned child
I fi;is’killed bv beating its head against the ca
■ tji'i's of the window in the chamber in which
■the tracedv commenced, and that the body
■ was ,i,| n liove out of the window and alter-
I yards taken up and thrown through another
I window into the cellar. Mrs. Miller remain
ft e d at the house where she lirst gave the a-
I | afll)) and where she yet remains unable to
I Jcavc her bed, in consequence of the injury
| she received-
I Mr. Miller was taken before a magistrate
I on Saturday, and after an inquiry had, was
I (om mil ted to, Fa i rfield .Tail to await a legal
ft jivesti-atiou of this Unhappy circumstance,
ft it the next term of the Supreme Court for
| -his county, which commences at Danbury on
ft (lie last Tuesday in this month.
I UNITED STATES BANK.
The N. V. Daily Advertiser says that the
I'following is the substance of the Report of
| M . Biddle, to the stockholders of the Bank
I ci the United States, at their late triennial
I meeting in Philadelphia :
I Number of Stockholders, 4145. The Gov-
I eminent stockholders having paid for their
I stock have taken it up.
I 1449 stockholders ovyn from Ito 10 shares
I each; ‘JOu femalesown 20,000 shares ; 029
I trustees and executors 20,500; 126 corpora-
I tions ami charitable societies, 14,300.
More than one fourth is held in tiic above
. manner.
'file Capital is distributed between the
Bank in Philadelphia and 25 Branches—
Since 1847, two branches have been discon
tinued, and nine new ones created: making
an increase -of seven in fourteen years—
These proceed from thirty eight applications.
The situation of the Bank on the Ist of Au
gust 1 SMI, was as follows :
r Public debt fund, 3,500,000
Discounted on personal security, 41,660,000
on funded security ’eoo,ooo
on domestic exchange, 14,400 000
Circulation, 22,300,000
lVjwdts, 16,300,000
, Specie, 11,500,002
Notes of the Sfat-c Bank, equal
to specie, 2,100,000
Surplus profits, 1,750,000
Surplus provision forbad debts; 300,000
Bonds for Bank and 5 per cent,
from Government, paid and
liquidated, 1,705,000
Increase of investments since
1822, 32,250,000
Net profits for January and Ju
ly 1822, 1,469,445
Samefor I*3l, . 2,930,000
Amount of bills bought and sold
and Treasury transfers- 98,000.000
Domestic hills bought, 40,572,000
I In August 1822, amount of dis
countsof Bank and Branches
for Domestic purposes, 15.700,000
fame in 1831, 53,000,000
From the Georgia Journal.
I-aw of Elections.—The following are
the regulations to be observed at elections, a
grceahly to tlie law of 1799, the law passed
at the last session of the legislature, and the
bw altering the inode of electing the gover
nor o( the (State; We have been very partic
br in drawing tiiis sketch of the laws now
1,1 brci; wo recommend it, therefore, to the
particular attention of those who will he call
d "u to preside at the election, because mis
takes in receiving the votes, in recording
them, iu counting them, and in making re
turns of those who have been elected, may
produce difficulties and unpleasant results!
an! may prevent the will of the people from
lining properly attended to, and from having
bs eilcotivc weight. By carefully following
the intent and meaning of the law, all dilh-
T"hies will be avoided.
’/ 'c polls are to ho opened at 7 o ’ clock in
the i.io, n ' n g, and closed at 6 o ’clock in the
AVctinig,
V the ecu r t-house of every county contra
/listiiiguished h oln election districts, three or
more magistral. ? ,lot being candidates, are ,
to preside Thc*e i V|rt:c Magistrates are au
thorized to appoint litre " clerks, whose duty
shall he to 1. op three R l{ ytlm*act of
it was the duty of uif w s , collectors , to
“bend at election !, with a lisi (K persons who
M not paid nil legal taxes fur the preceding
year, such, persons not being u>, , < '
hat this act was repealed in 1826, itwtig,.'b,c-
oath that all legal ta.\q have been paid flirtJ
required by the presiding magistrates.
Ihe Slicriif, or hi. deputy, ix, required to at
hud at such election-.
, Due Justice pi'the Inferior court, or one
•' i-tiee ot the Bence, and two freeholders,
Iwo Justices and one I'V upholder, ure to
U.perinterid the elections in each and every
’ b'd ion district established in any ol tliceoun
,ll ! ' of the State. The !' rccholdt-rs will have
1,1 ,:| he tin- following oath:
‘ b A, 8., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,)
' 1 I am a treclmldcr, resident in the coun
—-,’hat I will faithfully superiubn'd
tins day’s election;, and make a just and true
return thereof, according to law, and to the
best of my ability, so help me God-”
I lie Sujjerintendants, or a majority of them
ol tlie district elections, arc to receive and
count tlie votes, at the places designated by
law for holding elections; they are to keep
a lair statement o 1 tlie polls. For this pur
pose they are authorized to apnoint, like the
magistrates at the court house, three clerks,
who shall keep three separate rolls.
ihe day or more after the election, oneor
or more of the Superintendants of each elec
tion district, will meet at the court-house of
their respective counties and there, with the
Superintendents at the court-house, will count
the votes, compare, and add together, the re
turns, produced from the several election
districts, after which they will return and
certify to the. Governor the result of the elec
tions for that county. The returns of the
several election districts, made by Freehold
ers, arc to be signed by them as such.
Vfhon there is any doubt about the legality of
any vote offirerjat any election,the Superinten
dents are to administer the following oaths,
viz:—
“1, A, 15., do solemnly swear, or affirm (as
the case may be ) that i have attained to the
age ol twenty one years, have paid all legal
taxes which have been required of me, and
which i have hail an opportunity of paying, a
greeably to law , have resided six months with
in the countv,, and that I am acitiz n of
the United States, and an inhabitant of this
State.”
‘•J, A, 15., do solemnly swear (or affirm,)
that 1 have not at this day voted at any elec
tion, held at any place, in this State, for gov
| ernor, members of congress, electors of Presi
! idont and \ ice President, members of tlie le
: gislaiurc, or count • offices so help me
i God.”
The names of all those who shall have ta
j ken such oaths, are to he tiled in the office of
! the clerk of tlie left rior Court.
At the election districts tlie duties of the
Sherd’ or his deputy, to be performed by any
constable, or anv other person appointed by
the Superintendents.
'i lie law ot the last session provides pun
ishment for the violation of the election
laws.
The magistrate or freeholder who shall
carry the returns of an election district to
the court-house, is tp be allowed the sum
of $3,
1 he two Justices of the Peace, in the dis
trict where elections arc held are to carry tlie
election laws’into edi ct.
ULECTKLN (>F COVER NOR.
Particular attention is to be paid to the ro
, turns of the election for Governor, which are
to be sealed up, separately from ail other re
turns,by the presiding magistrates, at the
court house of each country, after the returns
have been received fromtho election districts,
counted,-compared, and added; and said re
turns to be directed to the president of the
Senate and Speaker of the house of Repre
sentatives, and transmitted to the Governor,
or the person,exercising the duties of gover
nor for the time being,
The returns of the election for Governor
are to be transmitted to tire Governor by
mail- as soon after the elections as practica
ble; but in those counties where no mail pass
los to the seat of-government within seven
j days after the elections arc determined, it
I shall be the duty of the Superintendents
j totrasrnit the returns by a special messenger,
whose services are to lie compensated by the
Governor.
In transmitting the returns, care should be
taken that they be ail properly signed as the
law requires, by the freeholders and inagis-
1 1rates, together with a certificate from tlie
i gistra-cs that the freeholders, previous to
| their entering upon duty, took the oath, pre
j scribed by law. The returns from the ma
magistratcs at the comt house must embrace,
besides the returns of the votes taken there,
a general result of the elections held in the
county at the several election districts signed
i by those magistrates, and tints and in that
J form transmitted to the Gdvcinor. The form
of the returns is Very simple: it requires only
| a little attention to the law to prevent ail
mistakes.
i ■■■-'- ,'J 1 'S'-i;—■jmwaaßa
•VOT#C'J&
VN election will be held at the Court-house in
the town of Macon on Saturday the Blh day
of October next, for Captain, first and second
Lieutenants, and Ensign to command the -Macon
Volunteers, by order of
H. N. GRIFFIN, Colonel.
ISAAC 15. HOW LAND, Adju'ant.
Macon, Sept. 10, 1831. 44-tde
HAVE just received -from the Athens Factory
Cotton Yarn of diflerent numbers—also 3-1
Cotton Shirting-, (a superior article.)
Macon Sept, 20, 1831. 44
SHERIFF'S SALES.
> Uciuhcr
BBik<'8 B ik<' tiali'tt,
Will be sola at the Court-house in the town of 7.c
--hu/on, on the first Tuesday in August next,
ONE negro man bv the name of Sam, about 45
years old, levied upon as tlie property of Ca
tharine Hagan, to satisfy a mortgage ft fain favor
of So we 1 Woolfulk vs. said Catharine Hagan.
j. h. oulfeppeh; and. s.
8188 SALES.
If ILL bo sold, at the Court-house in Macon,
f v Bibb county, on the lirst Tuesday in Octo
her next
House and ground on which it stands, occupi
ed by Rufus R. Smith, as the property of Peter
p. Rockwell, to satisfy aft fa from liibh Stipe
! rior Court, in favour of Anson Kimberly, adminis
trator of Nathaniel Cornwell dec’ll vs. said llook
well.
Also, one mahogany side hoard, one pair gilt
mahogany card tables, one mahogany dining ta-j
fa, and ends, one line sofa,.or . dozen fine gilt |
chaj-s, and one mahogany stand—levied on as!
the property of Wm. .1. Danclly, to satisfy exe
ciiffoiH jn favor of M. 14. Ilnson, and others, is
sued from Bibb Superior Court.
W.M. 15. CONE, Mcritf.
Pour months iiftCT (late.
K PPIAC VTION " ill be made to the litferier
\ Cpu.t of liibh county, when sitting for Ordi
nary purposes, for leave to sell the real estate ot
the heirs of Hugh McL.-od and Joseph Clark,dec.
for the benefit el said lieir3. .
ISABELLA GI.AUK Guardian.
Mav n ' :
MACON.
“ Cur Hook relates to all the acts and employ
ments of man.”—Juvenal
Friday, Sc}>t. :io, 1 hi,
"c fjv for GILMKR and the LAWS,
Ami for the riglit. of our dear Nation 1
3lay Ood preserve ns from tlie (laws,
Of Lnmpliiu, Turn Coats, and Taxation t
f Tl£it* Qtitsfioi) ;it Lfitio,
Cue tiro propositions irhirh vow present them
selves for the decision if Georgia, arc
GILUIER
• lad the Laics,
AND
• lad Taxation ! ! !
U ill trie people hesitate “whiikif the turn to
choose?” They cannot—they will not. Let then
their cry be, on the first Monday in October ,
LONG LIFE TO GILMER >
LONG LIFE to THE LAWS!
DOWN, DOWN WITH LUMPKIN AND
lIIS ABOMINABLE SYSTEM OF
TAXATION 1 ! !
TO Tills FRIESfOB OF THE
STATE,
or
Gilmer ami its Law#.
Fellow \ oxers!—On Monday next there 1
will be a great struggle for principle—a strug-1
gle which is to decide the political character'
ol the State for two years to come. Put then
your shoulders to the wheel-—rouse all your
energies into action, and the day will beoufs.
\on have the most powerful incentives to
excite you to an active and. vigilant discharge
of your duties—not only as it relates to your
individual interests < men, regardful of your
rights ; but as patriots, regardful of the com
mon rights of your country.
As men, regardful of your own individual
rights, you are called upon to oppose the elec
tion of Wilson Lumpkin and his friends, up
on these grounds:
Ist—Because he supported, w hilst a mem
ber*!'the Legislature, an odious and oppres
sive system of TAXATION, which h-1 it
passed into a law, would have taken the bread
j out of the mouth of every Planter in the
State !
2d. Because he. through his friends, has
used all his power and influence to prevent
the present Governor of (Georgia from earn -
ing the laws of the State into effect, ami frotn
'getting a timely, a pacitic, and constitutional
possession of tlie ’CHEROKEE LANDS
within our recognised limits.
3d. Because Mr. Lumpkin, forgetful of
v-hat is due to the diameter of an Amerean
Statesman, lias politically degraded himself
l>y writing letters ail over the state, abusing
all opposed to him, and for tjie purpose of
PROMOTING 1113 OWN ELECTlON—
thereby violating a known law of the land,
which declares that no* candidate shall be
guilty of such practices.
Ami 4th. Because, he the said Mr. Lump
kin, through his friends, has said that Gov
ernor Gilmer, (although acting in conformity I
with a law of the State,) had no right to pro-1
tect the Gold Mines of fife State from the
depredations of the Indians, who had been
set on to rob us-of our treasure for tire benefit j
of POLITICAL and CLERICAL MISSION
ARIES !
Again, Fellow Voters ! —As Patriot.--, re
gat’d! ii I ot the common rights of your country,
you are again called Upon to oppose the elec
tion ol \\ ilson Lumpkin and his friends for
the following reasons:
Ist. Because, Mr. Lumpkin, through his
friends has opposed, in every instance the]
Philadelphia Free Trade Convention, which I
is designed to give the Planters, Merchants, i
and .Mechanics o! the South, an equal chance j
with the monopolizing Manufacturers—anti
thereby still expo.-a the former to a continu
ance of an unjust and oppressive load of i
Taxes. j
12d. Because, Mr. Lumpkin, through his!
friends, has slandered a large, and respecta- J
hie, unpresuming and intelligent body of
Christians for no other reason than that they
* *
censured the Cherokee Missiomniea for bid
ding defiance to, and trampling upon our;
laws. Thereby- attempting to create a hostile
feeling bottveen the State of Georgia and the j
United States—the-resu!t of which would he, j
if their designs had been unfortunately carri- j
ed into effect, another FORT Ml MS.MAS-:
SACRE—another INDIAN WAR—-and,!
prftbablv, a SE\ FRANCE of tho UNION!
—Whojffc the NULLIFIERS?
2d. Because Mr. Lumpkin, himself, said
in his public letters, that if he left his seat in
Congress he would injure the cause of An
drew Jackson, and give birth to a political;
excitement in our State much to be depreca
ted. That after having said all this, Mr.'
Lumpkin comes hack to Georgia,— virtual -i
ly resigns his seat in Congress—indirectly ;
supports Mr. Calhoun—directly opposes t
Andrew Jackson, and thrusts himself for. J
ward as a candidate for Governor —thus con
ting in the most opfii and unblushing
manner the assertions, which he had a short j
time previously made.
*A'id 4th, Because, Mr. Lumpkin, wliilc |
lie holds his scat in Congress has the liardi
hoo : :o become a candidate for the otljco of
j Governor—thereby saying, in effect, to the
i People, “I have at least, one office, out of
which you cannot throw me—for if you don’t
i elect me Governor, I am still a Congress man
, and it you do elect me Governor, why, all
| that I have got to do, is, to cal! anew election
for somebody to fill niv place—and that you
know wil. only * bring the people together at
the busiest time of the year, and take cut of
their pockets not more than live or six thou
sand dollars—a mere trifle—as it is well
known, they now get for their cotton the
enormous price of SIX CENTS!”
Such, fellow voters, of Bibb county, is the
language of Wilson Lumpkin—and such are
the doctrines and principles of his friends.—
Can you then support either the one or the
other ? But why need we put such a ques
tion ? For even now, we hear you answer
in o burst of honest and patriotic indignation,
“NO!NO !! We will not sacrifice our rights
!>y v. ing for such men.” Go then to the
i Polls, on Monday next, and seal your devo
tion to principles by voting for
I GILMER, as Governor,
kndifor
RARER, as Senator, and
HOLT, as Representative.
The lUissiouai'ietti.
We have authority for saying, that the
representations in the last .Macon Telegraph,
in relation to Governor Gilmer and the cul
prit Missionaries, are altogether unfounded.
No communication whatever passed be
tween the convicts and his Excellency, hut
, what took place through tlie medium of the
Penitentiary Inspectors. No promise what
ever was made them. They wore pardoned
upon the assurance given them, that they
would not again violate the law, and that
; they would immediately leave the Cherokee
Territory.
In addition to this, it was officially an
■ non need to the malefactors, tliat they would
! not he permitted to reside among the Chero
kees of this State, even if they should take
j the oath of allegiance,
i These statements, which we make upon
i unde niahlc authority, will show what sort
! of ci<alil is to be attached to the rumors of
j Governor Giimcr’s adversaries.
Infernal Improvement
i'H.VMLVTSO.V.
' Pursuant to notice, and founded ou the invita
tion of the Eatouton Ciicular, the delegates from
thirty two counties,and amounting to eighty-five,
met at Ehtonton, on Monday the 2Gtli iust. when
Thomas Stocks of Greene was called to the
Chair, and Messrs. Turner, Harris,and Wilkins,
j all of Putnam, were nominated Secretaries. A
few brief remarks from Irby Hudson, of Putuum,
. declarative of the object of tho mooting being
then made, O. H. Pmxcfi followed with intro
ductory remarks, to impress on the Convention,
; the importance of the objeot in view—and the best
mode to attain it; he especially .wished to shun
local and selfish feeiings, and was sustained in
his course with similar views, hy Wiley W, Ma
son, of Putnam, Dr. West of Liberty, and Wm.
Camming, of Augusta, Having thus “ broken
the ice” (figuratively) it was resolved to appoint a
committee by the chair, whie.lt should report to
counties, such plan of operation as they might
deem best calculated to further the system of In
ternal Improvement. _ An adjournment then took
place, (temporarily) to enable tlie chairman to
'select such a committee as would represent the
j different and conflicting sections of tho state. The
j meeting re-assembled at3 o'clock, when the chnir
; man, (as we think) made an appropriate and ini
\ partial selection of the following gentlemen as
j the committee alluded to.
John G. Nicoll, of Chatham,
Charlas West, of Liberty,
Win. Gumming, of Richmond,
John Wingfield of Morgan,
Joel Crawford, of Hancock,
(). H. Prince, of Bibb,
Joint Milton of Muscogee,
.-Conyers, of Newton, •and
Henry Branhafn, of Putnam.
The meeting then adjourned to Tuesday morn
ing. In the interim, the committee were assidu
ously engaged in the concoction of a report, which
after much time and discussion, was resolved on,
and submitted to the Convention, and is as follows:
The committee appointed to suggest a
course of proceeding to this Convention, has
the honor to report the following resolutions,
the adoption of which it recomnicuds—
-Ist Resolution. This convention earnestly
recommends a System of Internal Improve
ment to the patronage of tho State.
2d. The convention recommends that tlie
Legislature authorize the Governor to em
ploy a competent Engineer or .Engineers to
miike a minute and careful survey of the prin
cipal lines of commercial communication in
| the State with reference to their fitness for
rail roads, turnpikes or canals, and to diffuse
among our fellow citizens generally,the topo
graphical information thus obtained.
3rd. The convention recommend for sur
vey the following lines :
Ist. That from Savannah to Augusta thence
to Eatouton and thence in a westward!y direc
tion to the Chaltahoochie.
2d. The line from Savannah to Macon,and
tlienee to Columbus, and a line connecting
Milfcdgeville with that route.
3d. The line from Savannah to the head of
navigation on Flint liner, and thence to Co
lumbus. _
4th. The line from nhigusta to Athens, and
thence in the most advisable direction tow ards
the N. Western boundary of this State, to
get her with any other line or lines which may
afford the prospect of important commercial
advantages.
4th. If the State is disinclined to undertake
with her own resources, these improvements,
the Convention recommends that by snbetip
tion to stock, loans, or other pecuniary aid,
she co-operate '.Yfthjuchcompanies as may be 1
chartered for tlie purpose of improving the
whole or a part of any of the routes above
mentioned.
W hen this report was read, there arose a dis
cussion of great length, by some, to sustain the
report —by others, to evade and disappoint its li
beral and impartial view of the general interests
of the whole community, and to circumvent any
influence which a recommendation from the Con
vention might have on the mind of the legislature.
Here wu might enter into a detail of the pro
ceedings, had we have had fair play to do so;
but our original design of reporting all of the pro
ceeding?. and remarks (which might be worth the
ink necessary to commit them to paper) were dis
appointed by the absence of a proper opportunity
to becoino. god-father to the Convention. In a
word, we had neither chair, table, pen, ink, or pa-’
per; and thus*situated, it would have required
more stenographic skill—a quicker conception
and fancy—atul a memory more retentive than u
sually fall to the lot of humble reporters, to have
discharged tlie duty which we owed the public. (
But, as Burns says,
“ L there’s a hole in a’ yoirr coats,
I rede you tent it :
A duel's aiming ye takin notes,
And faith he’ll preut it.”
M e are thus disposed to do, hut for want ol' time
we must defer our inclination. We will hereafter j
endeavor to show a proper view of the whole
matter ; at present, we will only say,
“ There’s something rotten in Denmark.”
We have been diverted, however, front bring
ing our Synopsis to a close.
The report was wnrmjy supported by the wis
dom, eloquence, and influence, of Gumming, Ni
eholl, Gordon, and * ‘lurs, worthy and intelligent 1
gentlemen—while the puny cry of less gifted, but
more conceited imaginations, fairly “ made the
welkin ring,” in opposition to tlie report.
Tlie report being adopted, there was nothing
left the Convention to do, and it adjourued sine die',
first, however, directing the Secretaries to furnjsh
copies of the proceedings to the printers of Mil
ledgevtllc, requesting their publication ; and that
the different printers of tho state do tlie same.—
For ourseli, we have anticipated them.
Aiigcs*t:t aiid Etiloiilon
Hail Iloetdl bisecting.
The Eatouton folk being disappointed in their
selfish and sinister object by the patriotic and en
ergetic watchfulness of others, (who were true
spfltiilels’to “ good works” and a “terror to evil
doers”) made known to the meeting, as it was
dissolving, that the friends of Internal Improve- 1
men!, interested in its benefits to Augusta and j
tlie interior, tho delegates uncertain
counties, and which we believe, were IL.A'rymd,
Columbia,.Tali tferto, Warren, Hancoif (Fr .ene
Putnam, Morgan, Jasper, Henry, Fayette, &c.)
would meet at 5 o’clock, at the church, to adopt
something for the section here alluded to. Accor
dingly the gentlemen which had been seutas de
legates to tlie Internal Improvement Convention,
(and which had just dissolved) met at 5 o’clock,
was organised, by calling Thomas Stocks of
Greene, to the Chair, and Mr. Harris of Eatou
ton, Secretary. Mr. Hudson again set forth the
object of this meeting,and asked some (anv) gen
tleman to bring’forward any measure or System,
which might be suitable to the object, tor the con
vention to adopt. Them being po one then-pre
pared. it was proposed that the Chair, a3 before,
appoint a committee to prepare and present tome
plan or measure, on which the meeting should act.
The committee were Terrell,
Neal, and Murriwether, who were requested to
report, to ah adjourned meeting at 7 o’clock at the
Court-house ; when they again met, and received
the report of tlie commitee, ; which underwent
discussion—mainly, between Mr. Floyd, of Mor
gan, Janes of Taliaferro, and Messrs. Mason, of
Putnam, and McDonald, of Morgan.
The report was to this effect—-(if our imperfect
opportunity enabled us, as we believe it did, to
judge correctly,) that tho Legislature be ashed to
incorporate a company, for a rail road or turnpike
road from Augusta to Eatouton—that it have a ca
pital stock of one million of dollars, with the pow
er of increasing it to two millions—that 2-12 por
cent, be paid at the time of subscnbing-Mhat then
a survey, ftc. he made—that when three-fourths’
of the stock should be taken a certain amount be
required of the stockholders, (which we cannot
recollect) and that a c imnittee be appointed to
draft a charter to the Legislature. VYimn this re
port was read, Mr. Janes of Taliaferro, moved to
sulist * te “ Kingston, in Morgan,” as being the
most suitable, place for the upper end of the road !
to pass; he urged its advantages, as did Mr.:
Floyd, on tlie grounds of location, wealth, cen
traiitv, A<-. On the contrary, Mr. McDonald and
j .Mr. Masfon, persisted in the claims of Eatouton—
that it was the place it was cracked up to be, and
not Kingston. The discussion being over, and a
majority seemingly in favor of Eatouton, the yeas j
and nays were called for, and were—for Eatouton
2G, for Kingston 17. A-luck-a-day ! And thus.l
closed the Eatontou Conventions-—exhibiting to !
the disappointed delegates, and their still more j
disappointed constituents, the ridiculous farce, el’j
the “ Mountain in labor.”
Hnvinghenrd one of the letters,’ to which the
writef alludes, tread to some fifteen or twenty per
sons, We cannot douht the truth.
From the Athenian.
Mr. Jhhtor. —lt i mortifying to the feel
ings of honest and independent Georgians, to
know that any of their candidates lor office
descend to petty artifice and electioneering
tricks for their own advancement. Vet hu
mmstingas the thought may be,j it is never
theless true, that one of our candidates for
Governor (the Hon. Wilson Lumpkin,) lias
been known, pending the next election, to
write letters, to several individuals in
oitferent parts of the State,for 'he pur
pose of refuting objections that have
been [[urged against him, and no doubt;
with the hope of securing a few more votes.
It is nisostated th.vt not long since, he gave an
account of his prospects to his warm personal
and political friend, John C. Calhoun, infer-!
mnig that gentleman that he should get the [
support of the Clark, and a portion of the
Troup party. This of course shows some
thing—and what else can we reasonably sup. ;
pose from it, than that it is a tacit promise
from Mr. Lumpkin to use his influence in aid-1
imr Mr. Calhoun in his ambitious designs? j
Will the Democracy of Georgia tolerate such i
unworthy bartering of political influence.— |
such undignified attempts to procure the j
votes of freemen! No, they'eamiot. If their j
eyes are open they will not. Republicans !
beware, there is danger near you—Do you
wish to avert it ! vote for GEORGE 1L GIL
MER. He does not bargain for office* he
writes no electioneering letters, he is an bo- i
ru st politician- Again I say, if you wish to
escape danger, vote ler him*
MV MISTAKE.
j New Duty on Cotton — Extr VJt ef' a Ict.’v
’ received in this city, date*
! “Liverpool, A>rg. 16.—1 Have never fiftowr*
the market so dull, and even at present pri
ces, sales are with difficulty made, and the
import continues heavy. Tlie Bilffnew duty)
has passed the Lords, and wants but tho
j King’s signature. It does nothing in the
j way of mending prices. Short Cotton v. o
shall have from every quarter through the
year, and the troubles in Roland cannot be*
settled ia time to relieve our export tw ; st
trade.”
It is stated inaLiverpool paperof the 10th
nit. that an inquiry had been made from Liv
erpool, when the increased duty would take
effect. Mr. Hume, of tlm Board of trade,
I expresed his belief that it would go into ope--
i ration as soon as it received the royal assent,
j and that Cotton on which the duty has peeu
j paid, will not be subject to tho new duty, even
though it shall still be lying in bonded ware
-1 houses when the bill shall have pass*
ed.
* _ T~ *■ **’’ “••*T ** ** *• • t ii|.(nt ,-T*
■u —we will feed on air and sip the dew
shades of evening are gathered aronnJ
-the stars glimmer thickly in the skies,
the firc-ily is twinkling through tho fob.
—can any thing he half so beautiful a*
blight gerns whjch seem to be falling a
g the trees?”
es, Miss, 1 think this shower of sparks
is tailing for over our heads—first rising
a stream of fire, arid then descending in n
(1 halo ol glory, and illuming the water*
tall 1 third, this is a sight unhonorcß
insung, only from its being an every dav
~ -- - “ -L._5 l ßJL*i_t; 7 fi— r lfi—!L ■ j
I Departed this life on tlie 25th iust. after a short
illness of 21 hours, Elizabeth 5V ii,duii, constrt
ot Larkin \\ idler of Monroe county.
BY the ship Oglethorpe, intended to sail from
Liverpool on the 15th August last, the
! subscribers will receive on.-her arrival, daily ex
/acted, their usual supply of Fall and W inter
DRY GOODS, CUTLERY,& CROCKERY
\\ AHL, which will be fur sale by the package
I or piece at reasonable prices and customary terms.
LOW, TAYLOh & GO.
! Savannah, September 2d, ltt3J. 40—2 w
| . -
THE SUBSCRIBER
RESPECTf I LLY informs his friends anti
the public generally that he still keeps fan
House formerly known as the
Commercial Hotel ,
and will be thunkf 1 to receive a part rf tin
public patronage. Private Boarding can be had
en liberal terms’.
Transient persons will find it their interest t
i call; there being a LIVERY STABLE on tho
lot kept by Messrs. Towns fit Riley, who gfVo.
i almost their entire attention to the care of horses,
! amj tho price 50 ctet.lower than thay are kept a:
itheTaverrs WM. BIVINS.
Macon, Sept. 20, 131. 4C-lw
TO THE FREDA ND. INDEPENDENT
ELECTORS OF BIRR COUNTY.
Cl’i'KllXS having pemseda corn
innmc.liion, in the Mac n Telegraph of tho
'-4th ult. purporting to bo an address from Go’.
Grjflin to the i itizonsof Bibb county, where hi to
, charges me with making use of him as a cloak,
Ac. viz : That lie the said Griffin was to con it
; uuc a Candidate until it should be too late for any
j person to offer against me and that on tlie eve of
tlie election he was to decline in my favor.
f now pronounce said charge a gross calumny
void of all truth and foundation and challenge
him or any other person to prove the contrary,
j Mr. Griffin and myself having (always beca
! friendly,) in a conversation I l aid with him, a,
few days after I had pronounced mv.a-lf a candi
i date at the repeated solicitations of mv friends,
tic then stated to me when 1 requested him to in
form me whether he was a Candidate or not, ho
| answered that lie was talked of as such, but bad
j not came up. His friends likewise observed seve
' ral times that he would not come up, this iuduceJ
; me to bolieve he was not a candidate and conse
quently on the repeated enquiries of my friends,
I gave it as my opinion that ho would not oppose
i me, ou that ground, though not with a view of
injuring him or withdrawing a single vote front
him, being under a free representative govern
ment I had no idea of debarring him or any other
person from opposing me, much less Gol. Griffin,
(lad he resided more at home, he would have pro
bably come at the truth of the ease and saved
himself and me the necessity-of a written con
troversy. This being the true state of the case, I
now take my leave ot Gol. Crilliu, hoping any as
sertion of mine (which his friends are in the ha
bit of promulgating) will not be construed byr
him as an intention of mine to Injure him.
It is a tribute due my friends and fellow citizen r
to make some apology for this publication and on
ly state that having my character as an honorable
man assailed in fao public Prints, it becanm
my drtty to repel the attack as soon as practica
ble—this, only w ould have induced me to appear
before you in print, fa ing utterly averse to a ; I
crimination and recrimination between candi
dates. I only ask justice of my opponents ami
will leave my cause to be tested by the free and
impartial voters on the first Monday in October
ui'Xt. Yc nr friend and fellow citizen,
S. GROCE.
Bibb co. Sept. 20, IS3I. 4ti-2t
II 'atiii'd tt hots
From 15 to 18 years of age, of warranted cha
racter, to attend in a Store. Liberal wages wld
_be paid either ipijrterly or monthly—itii|uire at
tlris Office. .Sept, ad, 1831. 3t
Female School.
4 SCHOOL of the above character is new
iV open in the basement story of the Baptist
Church in Macon, taught by Mrs. Campbell.—
A knowledge of the Various branches of an Eng
lish Education, together w ith Needlework,Draw*
ingand Fainting, can be obtained here.
Sept. 26, 1831. 40-4 t
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE 7
l VOLE be sold on the first Tuesday in Decern*
V v ber next, at Forsyth, one Lot of Land No.
*212 in the seventh district of Monroe County—
sold as the property of Catharine Pansey, late of
Jefferson county, deceased. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
GEORGE W. COLLINS, Adm’r.
Sept, 5, 1331. 41— fiOda
: administratrix sale.
IVillbesoldut thcl'mert-hoiestin the town of Macon,
on the first Tuesday in November neat,
V NEGRO mail named Tom, about 25 years
old, a valuable boat hand. Terms made
known on the day of sale. _ *
Catharine F. Hammond, Aehn'r.
Of E. Hammond, die.
Sepl 0 41**1$