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“A pjjlt’a hand ami prophet's fire, j
Struck tin: wild warhlings of his lyre.
l AM".'S I.AND.
There’s a land, a pure and beautiful one,
Yet no bounds to it may be given ;
”f is brighter tlirtlt aught beneath the suu
✓Hs the Poet's Waal Heaven—
,\ud its skies are ever bright md cherry,
And its breezesever bland ;
Oh! the warm heart could never weary,
lit Fancy’s magic Land.
And flowers there are ever springing,
’Mid Spring’s balmy zephyrs to birth;
Ami *.n troll ic’d bowers are wild bird s singing*
And every thing is mirth;
And, oh! at thtf hush of eventide hour.
When the stars are stiil and grand,
llow sweet to soar m the wrapt soul’s power,
To Fancy’s magic Land.
■’Tis a gladsome clime, and 1 love a roaming,
By some clear wood-circled lake ;
For visions of by gone times round me coming,
The soul’s deep echoes wake —
And childhood’s hours seem to pass b< fore me
And childhood,s mates to stand—
And joys like childhood's once more come
o’er me,
Oh! there’s nothing like Fancy’s Land !
Eor, wandering there, the passionate lover
May clasp his absent pne;
And there the spirits around u? hover,
Of those from our own world gone;
And fondly-loved friends, tho’ their homes be
parted —
Tho’ oceans between them expand—
May meet again—the joyous-hearted —
Jn Fancy’s magic Land!
OCT AVI AN.
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From the London Literary Gazette.]
niK HIVAL WREATHS.
Two playful Doves, at break of day,
Went forth insearch of flowers;
To deck their brows with garlands gr.y
They sought the dewy bowers.
A rose clad bank appeared in sight;
And soon one blue-eyed vagrant
Intwined his sunny rigid# bright,
With flowrets fair and fragant-
His brother Cupid onward strayed,
Unmoved by his alluring’,
To where an amaranth displayed
Its blossoms long enduring.
The rose-crowned ( upid laughed aloud
To see his.humble brother :
“Let day-light cen, o ere thou'art proud
And scoff,” replied the other.
TJjey met again at close of day—
The roseate wreath had faded ;
Toot Cupid wept in dire dismay,
Ilis brow by thorns now shaded.
•*‘l bade tliea wait,” his pi lymate crie %
“Till shades of night descended
And showed each purple flower with pride,
Among his fair hair blended.
These flowret ; take, like buds of spring
The rankling thorns they’ll cover:
So constancy i balm can bring
When Love’s warm dream is over.
rFrom 'lie New-York Mirror.]
TO A UK IDE.
To w-.h thee bliso in courteous phrase,
Be theirs who love thee less;
Tor fervent thoughts and anxious hopes
The lips iiuy not express. _
"*T\vcre vain to breath the haeknied prayer,
That thornl 'ss wreaths should twine
Thy brow, or joy's full sjfarkliitg cup,
As now, be ever thine.
Deem u ’ the lay tco sad, young bride.
For Hymen’s first-born hours;
Dregs will bo in the cup, and thorns
Inwoven with the flowers.
Exemption from the general doom,
I dare not at for thee;
But should thy path o’er sunny hill.
Or through th” valley be.
Thy mother’s spirit he thy guide !;
Her l'aith thy chi rished guest,
Heaven can tranche; boon confer,
To live—to die so blest.
rUS MISERIES Or A VERY AGREEABLE MAN !
A thousand curses upon that forward old
Beldame, Nature, for having sot upon me a
ctnrk, more inconvenient tiian thut home l>\
~-i he world’s first wanderer,” —Cain himself!
e >Mirteo: s reader! the world, in its pjenitud.
• f goodness, is pleased to tcnii me—“A ten
Agreeable mart,” or “a most delightful crca
■ i re,” “the host tempered fellow in the uni
verse.” Moreover I am extremely hand,
p>rac ; all the picrglassesin, and the peerless
' whale possessors oftho finest suites of apart*
rerlfo in the London and Parisian circles of
•. a r, assure nse of that beyond controversy.—
‘"iirtbertnore, 1 am rich, well-bred, clever,
teomplished, and whatnot? Wretch that I
n,to centre in myself a whole constellation !
„•{' those "ifts a d gr. cts, r> ■, ot which would j
; ’orn any ordinary, pret* n iordess character, I
c a star on his-bosom, or coronet on his
gw! Wretch that 1 a id why were all these
• rarities lavished on C, . when so many oi '
v fellow -beings, now arki.ig the most coiti
on place socisd qualities, might have ben:
- ndered prosperous and 1 a py by particisvw
i a with myself in th ir equal distribution 1
•ssrssing but ow efthese agremttns urnh r
a complication of wl i :li 1 labour, happier,
* r happier, would have proved my mortal ca
i -or. Had I, for iustrnc**, been only hand
-• ne, —escaping a thousand persecutions, i
. ou!d have been allowed to pursue “thi
- .vii tenour of my way,” w ith tin' reputation
r a fatuity and poverty; whereby rational
'r ungladies would have shupird, and, some
• • . . ar, pretty fool, have blest me. Ag in bad
-been simply wealthy, 1 might pcichancc
* -vc jinrciiasad that jewel “which n \>r may
: dot, w / ib l r I i■i 1 lavislied
?; money ig the usual rovt'ac of a man oft
on’s town-life, or w hether, as a sober 15, ,ie
riict, residing on ir.y own estate, 1 had in fos
tering my idolizing tenantry,
“Husbanded life’s taper toth. close,
“And kept tho llame from wasting, by repose.”
In either situation, I might have enjoyed a
state of paradisaical quietude, compared with
that against which 1 now unhappily struggle.
Had 1 also been the fortunate possessor ol but
a single talent or accomplishment, my days,
devoted to the cultivation, display, and en
joyment of that one, would have glided on in.
the dear society of the “ehofiMi few” whom I
loved and valued, and by whom 1 should have
been duly, but not inordinately appreciated.
I J object not to the possession of an excellent
temper and colloquial tact; both are esseritial
to a.man’s.social happmes and interest; but
the ground of my complaint, and the reason of
my present strong appeal to the feeliugs of
the world, is, that 1 am over-valued—vstuna-
mated beyond price! Society would weevy,
conversation flag, tho arts droop. literature
languish, anil the beau sexe absolutely expire
from chagrin and cnnuiri, were l to withdraw
from them my fascinating presence and vivi
fying influence. In vain do i at times deny
myself to all visiters, hoping, by a wili-known
ruse, to secure to my aching head anu lan
guid spirits, the needful, temporary refresh
ments of a little inglorious ease.” lam dis
covered, assailed, assaulted, besieged, and o
bligcd to “turn out,” as regular as upon uni- j
itary duty. Iu my progr se- through town, 1
in the perambulations to which rnvmululuri
ous occupations unhappily subject me, I make
a point of avoiding as much as possible all
those fashionable sere, is and their dependen
: eies,-which are the haunts, par excellence, oi
my dear delightful, and elite acquaintances;
and yet in vain do 1 creep through unfrequen
-1 ted passages, bye-lanes, and rut-throat look
j big short-cuts ,1 cannot pass unheeded ’Some
! luckless autlior has dogged, some unhappy
| actor has “providentially” overtaken me; from
i one nook starts up the “distressed mother ’ ot
; se\ en fatherless little ones, with heart-rend
| mg appeals to my “well known beneficence”
und in another,per happy accident, I encoun
j ter a broken tradesman, or one of those pests
j of society, a *!uiinii>.g triond, who merely re
quires the “obliging loan of a few hundreds,”
: to kecj) him out of the King's Bench, and in
i his accustomed profligate courses ! I flee to
, “rural si: id* ami ilntin rdo tow u e.u .•••:.
etios follow inc! Then, ay if 1 were a target for
bull-practice, i!o they Imrl at my defenceless
head, a thousand missiles in the form of let
ters, in vituttons petitions for loans,, charities,
patronage, pensions, palaces, votes, dedica
tion.;* cSiScc. Arc. Manuscripts are sent which
lam expected to peruse, correct; present to
book-sellers or managers, get published, act
ed, and handsomely paid for? Friends, too,
must be entertained; need {specify how? A
las! the country proffers amusements almost
as numerous and exciting, if not quite so re
cherche, as those of town; and hunting cour
sing, shooting, hawking, anging?, vacing, ar
chery and county-club meetings, quarter-ses
sions, and assizes, with their usual addenda,
dinners and balls, —not to mention every va
riety of private fete, —occupy as ‘much time,
and require from “a very agreeable man,” as
taxing .attention, as his formidable routine of
town gaieties.
In fact, 1 again beg to observe, that 1 am
fast -sinking under the intolerable prcssu.e
and toils of those pleasures with w hich the
superabundant kindness of friends over
whelm me. .And oil Imy excellent and val
ued ad irers, deem me not ungrateful when
1 thus solicit your compassion ! though your
Ladies!—butl willl address you separately
through your favorite and favored medium iff
the Court Journal.
Dowagers] have the charity to remember
that I cannot, night utter night, sit at every
whist and quadrille-tabic, at the self-?.a,nemo
ment, in every fashionable saloon in town;
nor can l always chaperon those “little dar
lings,” your younger grand-children, to their
Christmas and Buffer sisters, to the Opera,or
Almanack’s to the morning concert: or the
evening oratio. Matrons! concesccnd to re
collect, that J am not of the genus polypi; 1
cannot divide into ten or ten hundred decim
al fractions this “too, too -olid flesh,”so as to
form the like number of doubles )Kibcrnice)
of my fascinating self, which shall adorn your
salles-a-mangcrand hail-rooms, and flirt, sing;
dance with and marry your daughters! And
oh ? Demoiselles! allow your tender hearts to
consider, that 1 Toallv have but two arms to
offer, (not having the felicity to be a kraken)
for the favor of quadrille, waltz, galopade, and
mazurka. 1 have but two eyes, wherewith to
gaze upon your countless attractions; and oil!
above all: bear in mind that 1 have but one
poor organ of speech. Furthermore, univer
sal favorite as 1 am, even this advantage ren
ders my hope of always procuring for all mv
fair applicants a box- at the Opera, an admis
sion to W illia’s a director’s ticket to the an
cient music, ive. unavailing. Above all,
“lights of my lift!” “sweet soothers, of my
toil!” remember, w itli a feeling of commisera
tion, that j, your hapless and devoted admi
rer, having but one heart and one hand to be
stow in matrimony, uni compel led, to compli
ment to the many who aspire to that heart and
hand, to remain that marked man in society,—
a bachelor.
Gcntlemcn’of every degree and denomina
tion, whether nobles or commoners, to you do
Im xt address myself? Allow me to entreat
your mercy and forbearance! I have not, in
deed i have not, a tytlio of tho power, talent,
nlluencc, and wealth, (or which your abun
dant kindness and florid imaginations give
me cre.ui*. 1 really have not tho means ol ob
taining places and tensions for you all; and i
cannot vote on bolh sides in e very vit-l ques
tmn. 1 cannot espi use and redress the quar
rels ot ad parties, i or stand second irrsoinc
hundreds of dm Is. when my own mild dispo
sition has prevented me from acting as princi
pal in one. 1 cam <t, iny friends, undertake
to purcliesi Car you t use things of precarious
nature, dogs, hors, • mid carriages; especially,
too, when (as you w 11 have the goodness ff,
recollect) iny chant- s <-f re-payment for the
sale pure liases arv r more precarious than
th- art id's thcmsd'c 1 1 cannot undertake to
S.waliovv that quant.<in of wine with which
your thousand feasts and trn-thousand Jiha
tionsto the ivy-crowned deity would it. Unite
mr; cne ffinst >rr dier., is as much as I ask, as
much as I can reasonably hope to discus.-;
therefore, let not so many hospitable boards
be spread in expectation of my company, when
they cannot all at the same time welcome me, i
and whilst so many of my less loved, or less
fortunate f How-creatures are perishing of fa, i
mine in the streets? Gentlemen? there are a;
few other trifles upon which I earnestly crave
your consideration. Indeed I have not so li-‘
beral a fortune, a* to render me worthy of the :
favor of defraying all your trifling expends.
1 cannot dia barge your debts of honor, nei
ther can i re-establish in credit and business
the unfortunate tradesman who is already ga- j
z.'itcn, on account of your non-pnvmeiit of the
' •trifle,” the “pallrysii.il,” which you request
ias a loan from in . 1 cannot, strange s.- vt u
I may deem it, subscribe to every institution
! a our modern Babylon* lie its nature te.ligi
j ins, charitable, literary, scientific, or merely
j a musing; nor can i be a member of even
j <-lub: a fi .eiieiiter of every hotel, collec-house,
i and cigar divan; a reader of every newspa
j p. r and periodical work; a write r in the same;
j die author of every cle.vcr anonymous produc
tion; oi every cutting satire, and piquant re
pview; or the uttercr of every “good tfing,”
! which tlie penny-a-line operatives choose to
i ascribe to “one of .the cleverest ehturacte rs of
the day.”
Also, it is utterly impossible for me to bes
tow, as 1 ant required to do, a general patron
age upon all persons and tiling.- which have
the remotest affinity. to merit. .Wither, as
t.ir as respects my own character and reputa
tion, should 1 be expected always to retain
thy “w ry agreeable” claims upon public fa
vor. How should I have ready, pleasant,
sensible, conversation -upon anv forthuitons
topic, w hc*i I am literal! v besieged, dunned,
and bored into stupidity/ llow can 1 always
be “the first tempered fellow in tho universe,”
when 1 am absolutely -“teased into wrath!”
And how the most talented and accomplished,
when no time is allowed me to foster talents
and mature accomplishments? It is ifson
strousto expect me, to sing ut night the ball-
ed published only in the morning—nav,(ar.d
here once more 1 address myself to the ladies)
1 eauot always be eve n “handsome,” for care,
anxiety, a multiplicity of employments, and
late hours, with little or no repose, make in
roads upon thcjcaustitutio;],destructive carnal
ly to life.
In .order, ere it-be too late to prcse.vc an
existence, of so much consequence as in my
own, tc society, m general, 1 have been thus
induced toappeal to the-ood w-nso, justice,
and mercy ot the public ; and 1 tni.-t, nat
without avail. Should the event, however,
[wove me mistaken, and should 1 found my
self still subjected to th persecutions which,
as a universal favorite, 1 have patiently en
dured for so long, I have a domic; resort of
retaliation in reserve, which, in its execution,
w ill not a little amaze my thoughtless and
ungenerous fiiends. 1 will immediately
unite myself to the least .eligible, ami corpse
quentlymost desparingof my fair admirers;
give the cut direct to all but her peculiar
friends ; retrench shall be the watch-word of
ol my now system ; and w hen J have really
retrenched the exercise of my faculties, flow
ers, talents,and interest, and when (far worse!)
I have limited very considerable my present
pecuniary expenditure, l entertain the most
lively hope# that my ci-devant friends w ill im
mediately discover me to be “the greatest
bore in existence,” apd treat me accordingly!
From ui* V\ ashmgton ( ity t.ljLe,
BKTUKUANUES ON THE NORTH EASTERN FRON
TIER.
Accounts of the occurrences that have late
ly taken place cn the disputed territory on
cur .North East* rn Boundary, have lately
been published, which, with the editorial anil
other comments that have her n made, tend
to irritate and mislead the public mind.
The truth of the cas. is, that when the sub-'
mission was made to the umpirage of the !
King of the Netherlands, there was a distinct■
.understanding tiiut until the question should j
be finally decided, each of the parties should '
remain in tue exercise of the same jurisdic-!
lion over such parts of the territory as was i
tlien held by them respectively—or in diplo-1
matte language that tue status quo should be 1
♦strictly preserved.
The settlement of Madawaska, although
within what the United States, upon the best
grounds, asserted to be the boundary of the
treaty ot 1783; was, at tlie time of the sub
mission, and has ever singe been, in the oc
cupation of the British, under the jurisdic
tion of the ’Government of New Brunswick.
'Filings remained in this situation until
within a few weeks past, when, by virtue of a
law for organizing the several settlements ol
the State of Maine and establishing the mu
nicipal authority m the several towns, a num
ber of A mcricans, settled at Madawaska, met
to elect town officers cf the British Govern
ment juo'.estcd against this proceeding—but
the election proceeded notwithstanding.
This was certainly a breach cf the u-re- cmerit
between the two governments, in which it is
believed the State of Maine acquiesced and!
if such act had been authorized might justly I
have been considi red as a notice tout the U- 1
mted States would not accept the award made
by the King of the Netherlands, and were no
longer bound by the agreement above refer
red o, w hich was understood to be obligato
ry until the award should be executed, or de
clared not to be binding. But no such
judgment has yet bet n passed upon the award:
that question must be submitted to flic dis
cretion of other branches ol' the government*
Until they decide, it is presumed that the
President will think it his duty to observe ,
with good faith the understanding between
the two nations.
It is, therefore, equally to bo lamented,
that on the part of the American citizens, the j
t lection for officers, was inconsiderately held ’
m the settlement then actually governed bv
the civil and military autliorities of Great*!
Britain—and on the part of the British, that 1
violent measures have bee'll thought necis- 1
sary to punish or counteract these procet and
ings—and that too, when mutual forbearance, !
for a few weeks longer, would have [ c <[ to
il< hi ite, and it is hoped, a friendly settlement j
of the question.
It is confidently expected that the repre-i
sc M V ions made by our Government will pro-I
rtiro the n Ip/mjc ot the arrested, and 1
that, on the part of the patriotic State of
Maine, the influence and authority of those
w ho direct its affairs, and the moderation and
! good sense of its citizens, will prevent any
| act that may embarrass the councils or endan-
I gev tiie peace of the United States.
“ Wisdom, Justice, Moderation."
S? 5 Senate.
Monday, Not. 14, 1-3 1.
Agreeable to notices given, committees;
were appointed, as follows—
Messrs. Mealing, Avery and Alloa, a bill
to change the 1 present inode of voting to tiiut
of proclaiming, a rim tore.
.Mr. W oil'ord, from the committee appoint- ;
id, reported a hill to abolish Penitentiary con-:
fiueuient iu this state, except incortain cases,'
and lbr other purposis therein specilied;
which was rea ! the first time.
Mr. Wolford give notice, that he would ask
lor a committee to prepare and report a bill
to incorporate the North American Mining
Company.
Air. Swain, from the committee, reported
a bill ioaltcr and amend an act passed Dec.
23, ] 830, so fur as respects the Free School
Blind of Emanuel county; read the lird time.
Air. Paris, gave notice, that alter to day, he
would move for a committee, to report a lull
to carry into cticct the first section of the
third article of (lie constitution of this State,
so far as to give the election of the Judges ol
the Superior Courts to the pcojde of then
respective Judicial Circuits, over which they
.nay tie elected to preside*
Mr. Cone, g..ve notice, that he should ask
for a committee to report a bill to reduce the
pay-of .the members of the Legislature of this
.State.
Mr. Cone laid on the table the following,
resolution :
. .Resolved, that the hour of 12 o’clock on
Saturday next, be set apart tor the election
. of Secretary of State, Comptroller (.'• neral,
Treasurer, and Surveyor General, of the Statu
of Georgia.
Notices for coinmitlecs io report Bills.
By Mr. Prior—Making it .tiie duty of the
clerks of the Inferior Courts of the different
counties in this .State, to claim estrays in cer
tain eases, for their respective comities, w hen
levied on by executions, also, to report a bill
to compel the Judges of the Superior Courts
of tins State to alternate with each other in
their different circuits.
Mr. Mitchell—To lay out the the gold re
gion in the Cherokee lands into small lots,
and to dispose of the same by separate lot
tery.
By Mr. Cleveland—To lay off and divide ;
this statu- into Congressional districts.
By Mr. Everett—Placing the puhe hands]
stationed on Flint Bivei, under the direction
of certain commissioners.
By Mr. Well..—To conpensate one of the
slperintcndants of each election districts,
wbo shall meet at-the Court-house for the
puposc of consolidating the returns.
Jy Mr. Daniel —For the construction of a
card from the Savannah & Oeinuigeecana],
to tie Chattahoochie river.
iv Mr. Bowen—T-o create an election dis
trict in the countywof Carroll.
B Mr. Bowen —To compel all county (offi
cers holding public monies to keep a lu>ok of
referred receipts and expenditures of the
’BILLS lIEI CiITED.
By Mr. Stapl :ton —To authorize the Justi
ces of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county,
to establish an institution for the invalid
poor.
liy Mr. W iHiatus —To incorporate the
the Stew art county Academy.
By Mr. Woeitolk—To create and form a
view Judicial circuit out of the Southern and
Chattahoochie circuits;—
lo vest in the lntendant and commission
ers ol the town of Columbus, and successors,
the controul ol the public hands in that vi
cinny ; all of which, were read the first time.
'The joint committees were appointed on
the part of the Senate, by the President, as
published.
On motion of Mr. Ncebit,
Resolved, that so inucli of the Goveror’s
annual communication as relates to the Chero
kee lauds, and the Cherokee Tribe of Indians
be referred to the joint committee on the
state of the Republic—so much thereof as
relates to tue resolutions from the state of
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and from
other states, to the joint committee upon the
state ot the Republic—so much as relates to
the inequality of the representation of the
people, in the General Assembly, to the com
mittee on the state of the Republic—so much
thereof as relates to the Penitentiary to the
joint committee upon the Judiciary—so much
fh%col as relates to public education and
Free Schools—so much thereof us relates to
tin- militia law’s ip this State, to the joint
military committee—so much there.fas relates
to Banks to the joint committee upon Banks
—so mucJi thereof as relates to the Florida j
line to the joint Judiciary committee—so
much thereof as relates to roads and internal
improvements, to the committee upon agri
culture and internal improvements—amf so
much thereof as r ,ates to the election laws
to the joint Judiciary commitce—so nmrli
thereof as relates to oaths of the eommitti e on
the Judiciary—and so much as relates to
Quarantine Laws to the committee upon fi
ua.ucc,
Notices given to prepare and report Bills.
LyAr .Spann—’To make null um | void all
contracts entered into between plaintiff and
tltu'iulant and aitornics at the ut
'orttey shall fail to attend to the suit m per
son until the condition of a payment
By Air. Johnson-Toine, Urate Harmony
Academy in the county of Henry ami to
corporate iruste s f or the <,nm*.
Mr. Wmitii presented (he petnion of a nnuT
rofciti/onspr *)diii!T in Fast Macon, Bihh!
county,praying the incorporation of a Bank,
under the name and style of “ the Planter’s
Bank of East Macon ;” which was read and
reft rred to.a select c; -iiiniltee*consistiiig of
Messrs. Smith, Stewart and Cleveland, power i
to report by bill or authorise.
On motion of Mr. Staph ton,
Ilcsolvcd, that his Excellency the Governor
! be, and lie is hereby repeclfully requested to
j rej • rt to thin branch of the General Assembly
| all the information in the Executive Office
| relative to- any proceedings which may have
bceir instituted iu the nature of. a quo war
| ran to by the Attorney General of the State,
! against the president and Directors of the
j Ogechec Navigation Company; which pro-'
| cccdjngs wer • directed by a joint resolution
j of the General Assembly, passed Dec. 11,
jIB3O.
j Mr. St. George gave notice, for a commit
! tee to report a bill tor two election districts
m La wrens county.
The following bills wervread 2d time, and
ordered to a committee of the whole ;
A bill to pardon Isaiah Games.
A hill to repeal so much of an act passed
' Dec. 22, 1828, lor the better distribution and
j application of the poor school fund, and to
j point out the inode of accounting for the dis
oursement of the academic, funds, as relates
| to tiie bond required to bo given by the Trus
' tee.
A bill to amend the 13th and 35th section
of an act passed on the 21st 1 c. 1831, pro
viding for the disposition of tho Cherokee
country.
A bill prohibiting the issue or circulating
ol any post note, or Lank note, under tiie sum
ol S's.
A bill to reduce the salary of the Judges
ol the Superior Courts of this State.
A bill to incorporate a Banking company
under Lie name.and title of “ the Commer
cial Bank at Macon,” and
A bill to incorporate a banking company*
in the town of Hawkinsvilie.
The bill to repeal the 15th section of an
act entitled ail act to authorise the survey and
disposition of lands within the limits of Geor
gia, in the occupancy of the Cherokee tribe
of Indians, eNc. passed the 2Ht Dec. 1830,
was made the order of the day lor Thursday
next.
The Senate resolved itself into a commit
tee of the whole, on tiie bill to grant purchas
ers of reserves, tractions and town lots, grants
from tiie state for tiie fine, free of charge,
and having gone through with the report, the
bill was Ia iel on the table for the balance oi'
the session.
i The bill to incorporate tho Roman Catholic
j Church of St. Philip and St. Janies, in the
town ol ( o'tmibus, was read the tnird time
; and passed.
Mr. Daniel gave notice, that he would ask
; fur a committee to reporta bill to regtlatcthe
i transportation ofguupowd. i wit bin this Slate.
Tuesday, IS or. 15.
Committees were appointed to report bills,
I agreeable iO the notices of yesterday.
Notices tor commutes to report bills were
given,as follows:
By Mr. Hall—A bill declaring what gifts
ol slaves shall be valid for the prevention of
frauds.
By Mr. Echols, of Coweta—To alt r and
amend the 3d, 7th, and IxJtii sections of the
Ist .-.rticle of the Constitution, so far ns re
spects the annual ( lection of Senators and
R, prcsentatives, and meeting of the Legisla
ture, to that of biennial, &c.
By Mr. Parish—To repeal an act passed
'Jist Dec. 1830, to alter the Judge’s fees in
tins State, and to compensate grand and petit
jurors of Jones county, out of the county
funds.
By Mr. Bailey—to amend and explain the
6th section < 1 an act. passed tho 20th Doc.
1828, to sell and dispose of the State’s inter
est in lots of land which have been or may !
hereafter be condemned as fraudulently drawn ;
ui the counties of Lee, Muscogee, .Marion,
Harris, J’aiuot, Troup, Mcrri wether, Coweta
and Carrol.
By Mr. Nesbit—To pre vent free persons
of color anti slaves from preaching to, exhor
ting, or addressing any assemblage of slaves,
or Irt.e persons of color, met toge ther for the
purpose of worship; and more effectually to
prevent owners, agents, executors and admin
istrators from hiring their time to such slaves
as may be under their control.
By Mr. Graves—l o prevent the bringing
oi vexations suits at law, and compel persons
to give security for payment of cost, in cer
tain cases.
By Mr. Ector—For committers to report
the follow ing bills :—t > detach from the coun
ty of Merritt-ether certain lots of land, and
attach them to another county : A bill to
facilitate the collection of debts in the Supe
rior and Inferior courts in this State : A hill
to charge tun present mode oi electing mili
f-iry field officers : A bill to regulate costs
cJu.ined by court officers in certain criminal
cases: and a bill to compel tho Justices of
the Peace which may in future be elected in
this state to gtvc bond and security for their
faithful disci;- rgc of pfflic duty,’ so far as
relates to paying over all moniescoming into
ilieir hands by v:ituo of said sp'poiijtinent.
HOUSE OF XIF PR ESE.NTAT! VES.
Monday Nor. 14. 1831.
lor enmmittn s to n port hills •
Bv Mr. Merriwcfhor—to regulate the in
tercourse b< tween B nks and private indivi
duals, and to subject the several Banks in,'
tills State to the payment ofdaman-es in , -sc i
they refuse or fail to pay specie for their'
notes worn the same may io demand,,! ‘ n '|
to prescribe more particular! v t>- e ‘
-pons of -iatillSuc
By nJr. Holt To remove the seat of Gov
crimmut of Georgia, from Milledgeville to
y A , Ir * Ho P king ’ of Mclntosh—prohibit
me •.m.ocs m too Superior (Amrts of this
~ charging Juries in matt, is of fact.
i.y Air. Burn. y—A bill to. bo entitled an
nr to amend the Judiciary act of i s°Q f ar
as t° a.,1 ho, isc agents, attorneys in fact, or a! j
1 ’ to 1,01,1 ?° bail in certain eases.
By Mr. Barnett—to amend the road and
m.r law °f this State, so as to railherisc the!
pimlic hands to work by the wav of Jefferson !
.■acksnn l 'mmtv. 2L '
By Mr. Bates, ol Hun—to r tuu
of all county officers in this State.
By Mr. Wood—to lay off a ’ no -v com .
from the counties of Coweta; MerriwX'
riKe ami l ayette,
'* r - Cleveland—to incorporate the \!;„
oral Banking Company, in the village "*
Uurkesvtlle, in the county of Haherslmn
By Mr. Pearson—to re-establish elect ,
districts in Twiggs County, and also a bill *
make the Clerks of the courts of Ordii in
the Ftate elected bv the people ' 01
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
By Mr. Byrd—from B>e citizens ofGainei
w!.r, in Had county, praying the establish
ment ot a Lank at Gainesville— refem ,! ,
.Messrs. Byrd, Mason and Kinr as a °
: mittee. ° a COin *
By Mr. Brown—from David P. Hillhn,,.
j mid Thomas Pace, superlntendants of r 0
i ' l!,d rivors i,J thl * State ; which was rcfem'l
| to a committee of Messrs. Brown, UlascJi
and Howard. c “'
Mr. Merriwether,submitted the follow!*.
Ucsolriu , that the Surveyor General he iT
quested to make out a list, allowing the amoJi
oi taxes paid by each county i n this RtJ
and that the same be attached to the list f
Census, and printed in alphabetical order k,
the use of the General Assembly.
On motion of Mr. Ryan, i, was resolved t
consolidate in one bill, applications f orc h r
gmg names, also incorporation of
<md Citiirches ; and to nt ike into one hill a j|
applications to admit persons to plead -„,,t
practised law in this State.-
BILES REPORTED.
By Mr. McMtchac!: to alter and fix ,p e
time ol holding the time of holding the Inf,,
rior Courts of Butts county.
By Mr. Oliver of Elbi'rt— providing for a
call of a covention to revise and amend the
oil, Ith, 7th and Bth sections of the Ist an
of the Constitution of this .State, and a fso to
amend an act to alter the jury’s and attornics
foes iu this State.
By -ri r. Byrd—to niter ana amend the fourth
section ot an act passed assented to 22il ]>,
1 oU, entitled an act to authorize the survev
and disposition of lands within the limits j
Georgia, in the occupancy of the Cuuroke
tribe oi Indians, and all other unseated lam!
within the limits of said State, claimed s
Cret k lands and to authorise the Governor t
call out a military force to protect surveyor
in the discharge of their duties, and to pro
vide for the punishment of persons who irm
prevent any surveyor from performing i‘l
duties, as pointed out by this act, cr whoshaj
"nl idly ("lit down and delace anv iimrkfl
trees, or remove any landmark, which niariJ
made in pursuance of this act, and to [mite
tiie Indians in the peaceable possession o
their improvements, and of tiie lots oa wiiici
the same may be situated.
By Mr. Burney—to require justices of th
peace to give bond and security for the faith,
ful discharge of their duties.
By Mr. Hudson, of Jefferson—to proven
the assemblage of free persons of color, o
slaves,in thisS'ate, under the pretenceoiro
ligious worship, or for any other purpsu
whatsoever, without the ajiprohatioa ut taei,
owners, and in the presence of one or mat
responsilile citizen or citizens of this Stale.
By Mr. 1? iker—to appoint comuiis.-ioncis
and authorise them to receive money frm
ths i reasury of this State, by wav of loan, fo
the purpo-j of building a bridge across t;i
Chutauooohie river in the town of Columbus
to make permanent the same, establish li;
rates ot toll, and to vest the same in the Inter
dant and Commissioners of said town.
By Mr. Solomon—to reduce the salariest
tiie public officers of this State.
All ol which bills were read the first tin
The bill delining the liability of purchase
el real estate, at executors, administrate
and gpurdian sales, when they refuse cr U
•o comply with the terms of said sales; vM
was read reu i the third time and passed.
And the House adjourned.
Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Committees appointed to report bills, a
follows:
Messrs-. Pearson, Hutchins and Carter, 6
report a bill to make the clerks of tiie cour
joi ordinary of this state, elective by the pw
pie. *
Messrs. Cleveland, Chastain andMycrs.i
incorporate tiie Mineral Banking Compan
in the village of Clarksville, in tire county o
Habersham.
Messrs. Wood, Towles and Blackburn, t
lay oil anew county from the counties oft'ov,
eta, Mcrriwethcr, Pike and Fayette.
Messrs. Bites, Long of Madison,and Jloca
to reduce the fees of all county offices ii
this .State.
__ Messrs. Hopkins of Mclntosh, Warner®
Terrel!, to prohibit the Judges of the Supe
rior Courts of this Ftate from charging j urii
in matters of fac-t.
Messrs. Holt,Howard and Calhoun tore
move the seat of government of Georgia, Iron
Millcdgcville to Macon.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
By idr. Glascock—tliatot Alexander .Bur
in relation to a colonial history of the State o
Georgia, report in h:s favor, and 500 copies
to be printed.
By Mr. Myers—frem Joseph W. Jacksoi
•Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit,pra;
ing to be allowed commissions for collectiti!
ami [laying over certain sun'.- of inoucy lb
the pitatc, as So',citor General.
Tulls reported.
By Mr. Tarver—To compel the Judges'
•'i 1 * superior Courts of this State to alierr.a' 1
By Mr. Byrd—to incorporate a Bank 1
town of Gainesville, to tie called '‘the h'
cultural and Mining Bank of Georgia.
By Mr. King—to regulate and make tin
form the proceedings against Bail in crania l
eases.
By Mr. Mcrrithcr—To regulate the hi ■
course between banks and private in<k' “
als, and to subject the several bank s Jl '
•State to tit. payment cf damages, incaspt.d
refuse or fail to pay specie for their net 1 '
v lien the same may be demanded, tint! tf in
scribe more particularly the manner inJia
the annual report of banks shall be nmde*
All of which wore road the first tinic. }
On motion of Mr. Bates of Hall, th'’° ri *'
was suspended, and a bill from S-w* " '
tend the time fortunate drawers in !
lotteries oflß]B, 1810 and 21. to tab