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, u . (, 1? admitlrj, have failed to accorn
jjjat ivas ik saved and t spec ted, by
; \l oi these measures. The defects
j‘J, j.. o h„cn evinced by their practi
!c Sieved.’ “bit any at-
; ‘ t t 0 establish a salutary, civ.! govern.
;l country containing nearly five
:";'lS.isofacres of land, wl.i'e destitute of
pilcials to administer t!ie law, must,
nature of things, prove in a great
* ensure abortive. A few tlioiisaml half
* ivifized men, both indisposed, and ineompe
vino the faithful discharge of the duties of
tizendiip, and scattered over a territory so
‘ tensive, can never enjoy the inestimable
licMiiiga of civil government.
1 \> u-t vertnav be the nominal diameter ot
.... illation, ivc cannot govern the country
,i, !tconsideration, with honor to our diar
. ‘ r and benefit and humanity to tljc In
*'• ’ '.‘.il -n have a settled, freehold, white
‘ | al ion. planted on tire unoccupied [lortion
V that territory .under the influence of all the
rdinary inducements of society, to maintain
.rood svstein of civil government.
r Or government over that territory, in its
resent” condition, in order to be efficient,
L- partake largely of a military character,
and" consequently must be more or less arm
‘ n . and oporewive in its op- -ittons, ll Uic
• . evstein be continued, it is important,
thar 1 uiplo powers should be afforded to the
Fxecufivc, to regime the conduct, and con
trol,l the operations, of the agents employed
taadminister the government, in th;u part of
i!;c State; but it is tioubtlut, even with this
POT-er, whether any vigilance and ontir.-ry on
; !lc p?r [ of the Executive, cm: wholly prevent
injustice and oppression being committed on
t j,Q Indians, arid at the same time maintain
tic laws inviolate.
"if Georgia wore at this day to relinquish all
rl-ht, titledand claim, to the Cherokee couii
tr, what would be its situation ! The iin
peeacy and incompetency of the Ckerokccs
tonaintain a reguiar government, even for a
fir months, perhaps lbr a few weeks, would
jjonce be demonstrated. The country would
sweuily lie over-run, chiefly by the most
akndoiied portions of society from all quar
irs. The gold mines would hold out art
irresistible temptation to all such characters.
The existence alone of the rich goldmines,
litcrly forbids the id a of a state of qui
eccncc on this all-engrossing subjec.
Our true situation and motives on this
ipastion are still misunderstood, and often
unrepresented, by those at a distance. In
order to appreciate our policy, bur true situa
!:on must be understood. I will not attempt
ij enumerate the wrongs, ernbatrassments,
md perplexities, which this State has encoun
tered, by what I am constrained to deem, the
impertinent intermcdlingof “busy bodies.”
Officious p-rsons of various descriptions have
rnt'ortunately succeeded, in inducing our In
dian people to believe, that we arc tiieir ene
mies and oppressors, and in alienating their
.elections fioin us. These various intermed
lings hastened tlic crisis, whicii compelled
flu State u the course, which she -has taken ;
and tile day must speedily arrive, when all
the heart-burnings on this subject must be
put to final rest. The combined, and com
bining influences now in operation, against
the character, interest, peace and prosperity
of the State, cannot be much longer deplored
in silent inaction : nor ought we to place any
reliance on inefficient measures. Unfound
ed calumny and prejudice, kept at a distance,
may be endured : but domestic and house
hold enemies produce unceasing disquietude
and danger.
The unfortunate remnar.t of Cherokee In
dians remaining in Georgia, ought.now to
consider themselves the admitted charge of
our peculiar care: and if possible, We ought,
as their friends and benefactors, to preserve
and cherish them. They qught not forcibly
to be dispossessed of their homes, or driven
from the land of their fathers : they ought to
bo guarded and protected in the peaceable
enjoyment of a sufficient portion of land, to
sustain them with their-families, in their pre
sent abodes, so long as they may choose to re
main; and their rights and property should
he as well secured from all lawless depretui*
dan, as those of the white man—lt would be
w cruel, as unjust, to compel the Aborigin s
to abandon the graves of wicir fathers: but in
the present extraordinary state of things, it
would he visionary to suppose, that the Indian
ei.um cun be allowed, to tills extensive tract
°* country,—to lands on which they have nci
tm r dwelt, nor made improvements.
Pri aciples of natural law, and abstract jus
tice nave often been appealed to, to shew,
that the Indian Tribes within the territorial
limits of the statej, ought to be regarded as
the absolute owners and proprietors of the
toil they occupy.
All civilized nations have acknowledgeil i
k:e validity of the principles appealed 'o ; w.lli j
r "oditie-',onß, aiid interprrAations of ,
* '' iC iciples, as the truth of Instory has j
verified, especially in the settlement ot this j
country. The foundalioes’of the states which 1
loimthis Confederacy, were laid by civilized, ’
and Christian nations; who considered them- j
selves instructed in the nature cf their duties,!
vy the precepts and examples coutaincd iu \
the su:rcd Volume, which they acknowledg
ed as the basis of their religious creed, and
obligations. To go forth; sfibdue, and rc
p'enish the earth, were considered, divine
commands. Whether they were right or
wrong, in their construction of the sacred
text; whether or not, their conduct can Ih
reconciled with their professed objects, it can-
not be denied, that possession, actual or con- J
i-'ructivc, of the entire habitable part of this j
’ ” i;1 cut, was taken by the natives of Europe:
l( l that it was divided out, and held by them,
iginnlly, by the right of discovery, as be
-1 • <!(, n :b msclvcs, and by the rights nf dis*
,vr ry ndconquest, as against the aborigin
■l biha', it apt?,
English colonic? and plantations were
and and and governed, under various charters, |
■'nissmas, and instructions, issued by the
'U’:i to individuals-or companies; and not*
' landing that the partunr uut sovereign*
‘ r< served in all the charter, to the
■ r -country : yet in the grant of the abso
niojierty m the soil, there was no rer r
; of any part of it to the natives; who
■' it to be di posed of, as the proprietors
1 ■ ■ binlv fit and proper.
• trinity, tv J the i ;1i;-i- -:k foeHtig of Ih*
i early adventurers in America, connected with
I f,1: consideration of the pow. r nml immense
I numbers of the native races, am! their savage
, inode of warfare, laid the foundation of the
policy adopted in this country, towards the
! Indians. The practical comment, to |„>
; unind in the acts of all the governments of
; .North America, evinces very little regard
1 !or “ 1C olemetiiary doctrines of theoretical -
j writers on this subject. One of the expedi-!
; ents resorted to, by the early settlers in this I
j country as a fundamental principle of policy
| | 0 ”ards flic Indians was, to appear to do noth'- !
; mg which concerned them, either in appro
priating their lands, or in coutrouling their
i conduct, without tlitii consent. But install
•< is have o cured, and will again occur, in
! w hich the interests ot civilized communities ■
have demanded, ami will ; gain demand a !e- i
uarttire fri -1 this seeming libera! policy, it!
is believed that many ot the acts of tkocolon-i
ial, as well as ot the state governments, will)
maintain the irreat fundamental principle,
that within the territorial limits of the Colon-,
ies of States, the at.- ient possession of the lu- j
dians conferred on them no rights, either of 1
soil or sovereignty. 1
The rigour of the rule for tiieir exclusion )
Irom these riglti.s has been mitigated in prac- i
t;se, in conformity with the doctrines of those j
writers on natural law, who, while they admit j
ihe. superior rigt.t of the agriculturist over the j
claims of savage tribes in the appropriation '
of wild lands, yet, upon the principle that the I
eartn was intended to be a provision for a!! j
mankind, assigned to those tribes such por
tions as, when subdued by the arts of the (
husbandman, may bo euiiieicnt lor their com- !
fortablc subsistence. 'The General Court, ofj
Massachusetts, in 1633, declared, “That the |
Indians had the best right to such lands as S
they had actually subdued and improved.”—
The government of that Colony at the same
time asserted its right to all (lie residue of
of the lands within it - chartered limits, and j
actually parcelled '‘mm cut by grant, among]
the white inhabitants; leaving to these the
discretionary duty of conciliating the Indians,
bv purchase of their title. The General As
sembly of Virginia asserted the unrestricted
right of a conqueror, and at liio same time:
conceded, w’ at. the principles of natural law !
were supposed to require, when, in 1 Gf>B, it (
enacted, “That for the future no land should j
be patented, until fifty acrc-s had first, been j
set apa' t to each warrior, or head of a family }
belonging to any tribe of Indians in the 1
neighbourhood.” No respectable jurist has j
ever gravely contended, that the right of the I
Indians to hold bands, could be supported ia I
the courts of the country, upon any other!
ground than t:; grant or permission of the I
soverignty, or State in which such lands arc |
situate. It is believed, that no title to lands, j
that has ever been investigated, in any of the i
com ts of the States, or of the United States, I
has boon admitted to depend on any Indian
deed or relinquishment, except in those cases,!
where grants had been previously made to.
individual Indians, to hold in f:e simple, c-i- 1
ther ny the state, or colonial governments. >
With all these facts and examples be fere !
us, taken in connection with the extraordi
nary state ot our Indian affairs, will any citi
zen of Georgia hesitate, upoti the question
of advancing or receding ? To stand still,
will in : fleet be, to recede—to recede, is to
handon our rights, and tacit!” admit our iu-
IcompcVucy to sustain our constitutional gov
ernment, within our own limits. Our laws
new in operation, for the maintenance of our
authority,and the preservation dr order, over
our Cherokee lands, must necessarily be tem
porary : the expense alone of the present sys
tem, is a burthen which cannofbe pcrinitti <1
to continue long. The present state of things i
in the Cherokee country, it is believed, is:
strengthening the adversaries ot Georgia; ai j
home and abroad. In order to secure ami \
protect the Indians,in their abodes, and their'
property of every kind, under our laws, their
individual and separate possessions ought to
be defined by actual survey ; in accomplish
ing w hich it will be least expensive, and most
compatible with the views of the state (as
provided by the act of the Legislature ot u.-
! lust session,) to survey the entire country.
Until wo have a population planted upon
the unoccupied poition of this Territory, pos
sessed of all the ordinary inducements of oth
or communities, to a., tain our laws and gov
ernment, our pwsent laws providing for the
government of this part of the state, should
• not only be. continued ; but ample power
1 should be afforded, to enforce obedicnco to
! their fqquirements. To effect tins object,
j *he Executive should he vested with full pow
i er, promptly to control the agents who : a\e
! been, or mav he selected, to maintain the au
! thority or the laws, in that portion of the
! stale. . ..
I never can consent to be considered amongst
the number of those, who disregard the in
terests, rights, or claims, of the Cherokee In
dians. Georgia would still forbear, it any
hope remained,.that her embarrassments could
bo*terminated by negotiation, or investigation
of auv kind ; but the present posture ot utlaus
furnishes no satisfactory assurance of u sue
i cessful issue to these injurious embarrass*
: merits and -difficulties, and the state would he
! responsible for the evils that might ensue. 1
! would recommend no course, which might
j tend, in the slightest degree, to weaken the
i just claims of the Cherokee Indians, to full
' indemnity and remuneration front the govern
-1 meut of the United Slates, for all guarantees
j made by that government to the Indians, to
lands within the limits of Georgia. _
A' a member of the Federal Union, we
should duly consider the obligations ot t ie
'United S'ales to the Cherokee likl ‘ , ‘ ,ls \'
Whether a treaty or compact be made with
one of the Mates of the Union, or
pend, nt and subject co.mnumty; the faith ol
!he Nation should not he dt,regarded*—
While the antecedent engagements of the
United Suites to G. org.a, arc entitled to
precedence in their ok rrvanee , yet, as
■is possible, tl.- Clierokoes should beicomprn*
1 said fer r.nv failure on the part ol the l nited
States, Hto rally to comply with their stipula*
tiousto'that people That be ngdon,, tim e
remains no just cause of compla. it* Tbc
I first duty of every government is, to protect
i* *35;
ioff.’.llcr” of whiitevcr ctaroctc. or comiltu.n
- 0,010! to lie wautooly rcstncU.i no. m>
tease wholly disregarded. But the p-inciple
; cannot be sustained by any fair course of
i re! ! S! on or authority, that the United States can
j "'justice, be bound to violate its relations or
compacts with Georgia, as one of the states of
;the Union,or the rights of this state as a third
paiiy, lor tiic mere consideration of perforin
;mg an after obligation, or secondary duty to
| the Indians.
of the pretensions cf others,
l yield to none, in my respect, friendship,
and veneration, for our present, patriotic
Chief Magistrate of the Union, lie has, up
on every fit occasion, manifested an unceas
ing disposition to better (lie condition of the
Indians ; am! at the same time to relieve the
'states from this embarrassing portion of their
population. In ail especial manner, he hac
manifested his deep sense ol the wrongs :
brought upca Georgia, by the want of good i
l.drh, on the part of (lie IY-dci' 1 Government; 1
and lias fearlessly advocated the rights ofj
Georgia, to the full extent of her claims.—j
Therefore, every consideration of duty and j
justice,requires our cordial support of the!
President, in all measures emanating from j
him, which may not be deemeu incompatible
with paramount duties.
In conformity with the views herein sub
mitted, 1 would respectfully recommcd to the
General Assmbly, an immediate survey of the
Cherokee Territory. After completing the
1 survey of the country, (unless it shall become
indispcnsiblo to the interest and peace of the
state to act differently,) I would vet pause
tur a tiiiKq and endeavour to maintain our
present, unpleasant, expensive, aud embar
rassing situation, in the hope, that better
counsels may then prevail among the Indians,
and that those who govern them, rnuy yield to
-ecu measures, as will obviously promote
ilieir real and lasting interest.
But should circumstances render it indis
pensible, to take possession of the unoccupi
ed i erritory, we can then sustain the Indians
in their homes, protect them in their rights,
and save them from that cruelty and oppres
sion, which have too often been the inheri
tance of this unfortunate people,—in the con
fidence, that their claims to the territory thus
occupied by Georgia, will be extinguished
by the Federal Government, id compliance
with the compact of IRo‘,\
WILSON LUMPKIN.
him; juniids;.
This is a familiar term given to Juries, when-!
ever by a dissentient voice, they are prevented
from bringing in a verdict. We need not go ffirtli- i
or, and tell our readers Ilia: when this takes.place j
our law, (which is a relic of English barbaris*u,) j
compels .ij Court to require aa unaninuty of
opinion among the Jurors by roc, -.inrr them into it 1
by a regular process of elaecation. This way of. 1
appealing to a man’s passions and appetite, in-‘
stead of con vine: g Ids reason and judgment, is :
certainly a very tease and humane method of sub- ;
serving the ends of justice 1! It would do honor j
.to the jurisnrudtir.ial acumen which Saricho j
; i’anza displayed tf'iilst Governor of the island of
! Darataviu!
Gur Lvnisi ■ .ire is now in session, and We ar- '
jdently hojie tiiar it will take ihe subject into se.l
' rious consideration. Many.of our Grand Juries,
; and particularly the Grand Juryef this county, iu
I il' curly part ot the present year loudly protested 1
! against this crying abuse of common sense aud j
j common justice. AVc hope that their remonstran- ■
j ces will be heard and respected. But where, says |
1 the advocates ol Starvation, where shall we find •
a remedy for the evil J Wo will tell them, a!-
though iu doing so, wo shall be assailing a popu
lar error which is sanevoned by the venerable!
voice of hoary headed custom . The remedy is to j
! be found in.-'uch a modification of the law, as wio
make a i-trd, :t legally returnable, although it be wit j
sanctioned by unanimity of opinion. A majority!
j of two thirds, or three-fourths of a Jury concur-!
j ing in a verdict, wctd not only render it much j
j more difficult to pack a jury, but do away in aj
! ercat degree, if not entirely, the Starving System, J
j & consequently enable that important appendage j
j of the Judiciary to dispense mer
I tween man and man, the high awards of justice, j
j We close this article with the following pertinent i
j remaks on the subject, from the Petersburg lutel
j ligencer:
“Seeinga few evenings since, our Ser-i
grant walking at (he head of a number of]
citizens, when upon enquiry we found to be j
a hung Jar;/ that he was about to lock up in )
one of our Hotels for the night, we were led j
to some reflection on the occurrence; and
we asked ourselves how it was that this rem
nant of judicial tyranny still survived the
wreck of so many of the absurd mummeries
of the barbarous ages? Especially how it
was .that a proceeding so contrary to the spir
it of our free institutions, so abhorrent to the
feelings of a republican people, could yet be
tolerated in a country famed as ours for the
many reforms her Legislators have introduc
ed in the Codes derived originally from our;
Trans-Atlantic ancestors ?—One of the chief]
.complaints in that immortal manifesto, the
Declaration of Independence, against the
j British King, was, that he called Legislative
I Bodies together at places, remote and “ un
j comfortable,” for the purpose of “ fatiguring
I them into a compliance with his measures”—
j 4nd what is it hut the essence of the same
j grievance, c:i!v upon a smaller scale, to have
I our Juries locked up for days and nights, fre
ouently at places “ uncomfortable,” debarred
jail intercourse with their families and friends
and seriously jeopardizing their health, with
; no other view that we can imagine, tut that
v{ Jb'igi.ciiig them into an agreement among 1
themselves, contrary to a conscientious re
gard for the oaths they have taken? What!
Lock up adozen men selected to decide
matters involving the property, the fame, the
lives of their fellow citizens—because they
cannot all think alike, or arrive at the same j
conclusion! The Moralist observes: “If;
| i do not believe as thou dost, it isonlyaproul
that thou dost “ not Relieve as 1 and j
i where’s the moi.al power to decide between
us V —But the law or usage declares that
J CRH'S JUST AGREE V
SOUTH CAROLINA*
Tire following very liberal remarks extracted
from the New England Review, are not only
I vividly characteristic ofthn.people of whom the
•' iUtlv r speak?, but are at tiro 6ame time, highly
■ ; ciedituble to his candor and patriotism. They
- j arc equally applicable to the Southern States, ge
nerally. VY e should he proud to sec such feelings
y and opinions more prevalent,
j “ Ihe Carolinian is widely different from
•* 10 aukee, but 1 know not that l*e is (letter,
j !l he have not our faults, he may not ho pos
l sessrd ol all our virtues. I did not remain
jin his country long enough to see many of
; his iaults ; and to bo just, he has very few
j that appear in his conduct to his friends,
• tb°ugh he is held to he rather intractable to
j his enemies, lie has, in his carriage and
i feelings, something of the Don ; yet he is
! .epublicau, and would not exact from another
w hat be would be unwilling to render in re
turn. Be gencrousand confiding,and he w ill
j n do you in generosity and confidence ; be :
j passionate and pugnacious and lie would have i
| the less estimable victory there, lie is not!
j a l|t. to give oil,! nee, for he is courteous, nor
j will he receive a provocation, without sfron
; gor retnoiistrancc than men arc accustomed
jto make in NT w-Lngland. He will peril lue
i for a word, hut w ill iigiitno longer for prin
ciplc than tii(> N’othern race I have mention
j ed- llis faults are those of liis institutions,
; his virtues are his ow n, and limy have my un
divided admiration. In the city he lives like
a gentleman, too, but alter the manner of tk
patriarch of old. lie is entrusted with cverv
thing relating to the happiness and welfare of
hundreds of his fellow men, who arc not in.
deed convicts but are yet “ guilty of a skin
not colored like his own.” in administering
justice he is prompt; for he unites in his own
person fire powers of judge, jury, attorney,
attorney.general, am! sheriff; generally speak
ing however, he abuses no trust reposed in
him by any of those incompatible relations,
lie has grown up among slaves; many ofj
thorn have that tenacious hold upon liis hi*art j
that conics from early companionship as play
mates, and some ot them are liis foster broth- i
ers.
1 have never seen elsewhere , and I fear no
j ver shall, such an outgushingof affection as I
j have seen on the arrival of “ young master”
jor mistress. 1 have even lmd a share of it
j myself in my relation of cousin to the young
heir apparent. A hundred sable arms were
extended to hug him, and he was patted, pet
ted, and thrice blessed. This is a feeling that
von ran hardly perceive i.: New England, for
it cannot subsist between a man and his cat
tle; but in Carolina it raised my estimation;
•of the master and sympathy for the slave.—
I lie slave lias nearly all tlic African good
; qualities, and his faults may he attributed to
| ills eirciinistances, and the institutions Hint
i have “reduced his soul to his condition.”
I fhe worst oi his traits arc deceit and cun
j fling; but his is a life of unrem.ittcd and un
i requited toil, and it is a natural impulse to
; avoid his task by deceiving his overseer. But j
| be is kind and cheerful, and lie is never btt
; ter pleased t.iiin when lie- can contribute to
j the pleasure of a white man. In riding 1
1 have often known boys of fifteen and upwards
•! run by iny side for miles to open the gates,
j and the happiness of any negro is complete
j when he is permitted tc “ take hi? pleasure,”
, that is when hunting or fishing with his mas
i ter or awhite. The old women who are left
in charge of the huts, will offer yams and
■ ground nuts with as much pleasure as it gives
! a hungry '.ravelfcr t., receive them,
j It is on his plantation that the planter is !
j die best known. Hi is there independent of i
i ail modes and circumstances, “ as free as na- 1
5 ture first made him,” and more powerful than
| it is sate for men to be—having iittte restraint
] upon his will, hut that o' his prudence or his
] sense of justice. In New England and other
j “ foreign parts,” he may sometimes have an
air of constraint, for lie is
“ Lofty and sour to those that love him not,
i But to all such as seek him sweet as summer.” i
Vet in his own cotton field lie is himself, |
I and what you see of him there you may con
I sider,(as we say) genuine. If you are his
guest, lie tells you that ids plantation is your
own, and while you remain it is such in all
things but the title deeds.”
j Colo.rj of Liberia. —in tu • town of Mon- j
; 'ovia, 55 now wood and stone houses were)
] erected ; Caldwell and Millsburg, and some]
; towns for recaptured negroes, share in the;
i general prosperity. Francis Devancy, an j
j emancipated slave, has accumulated a proper-!
Ity worth 8-0,000. .Mr. Waring, another
| colonist, sold goods to the amount of870,000;
j two of the co'onists own vessels, and would ]
] trade with the United States, had they a na- j
j tional flag- Net profits on ivory and dye ]
woods, passing tnroiigli the hands of the set-1
tiers in one year, was $30,786 ; eight vessels i
traded to the colony last year, from I’hiladel- i
pliia.
In agriculture, every tiling grows sponta- j
neously; tD re is no winter; 0.. c continual ;
spring blooming. There are six schools in!
successful operation. It is calculated that j
every child in'lie colony shall be educated ;
i 100 from the neighboring clans now attend
| the school in Liberia. Divine service and
Sunday schools are regularly attended. There
are three religious societies, Baptist, Meth
odists and Presbyterian. Three Swiss
Missionaiies reside there. The Christian re
ligion appears to have some influence on the!
. surrounding tribes. The population is 0,000
they liaveG militia companies, a fort, • 0
1 pieces of cannon, and arm enough to arm
I,o>K).:.en. — N. Y. HmnfscUst.
Departed this life, at his residence in Pike
county, on the 13th of October last, Mr Stokes |
Aden, in the 55th year of his age. The deceased
was long afflicted with a lingering illness which
he hore with Christian fortitude.
Dunclna Sr hoot,
I PROPOSES to the inhabitants of Macon and
its vacinity, to open a'
DANCING SCHOOL
in the TOWN HALL, on Tuesday, 13th inst-
Those Voting Ladies and Gentlemen who wish
to acquire that accomplishment, will please attend
on that dav at 10 o’clock A. M.
\ Doc. 7, 1830. Cf—
NOTICE.
r# THE creditors of the late Stokes Allen, de
ceased arc requested to furnish me with a
statement of their demands against said deceased,
by the :irst Tuesday in Janury next.
YOUNG D. ALLEN juu. Executor,
Nov. 31sS um. O■-
MJtCOiY psfnjss C unit EAT. .
~ I piaees.
Ax s r .ell I 5> i li.i ■ ~ ,
Al.h, übl. II 00
Haco.v, 11). 10 % 12*
Beeswax, lb. £o
UuTTETt lb. |8 % 00
Candles, Georgia.... lb. 15 <p\ 17
“ Sperm lb. 35 37
Castings ib. (J
lb. 15 ® 1C
Gohn Mtv.i .... bush 50
Cotton, ]b. 7 @ 7J
Cutton Bagging, Flax yard 15 @ 18
“ “ Hemp yard 18 oi 2‘
Povfstics, Shirtings yard I 8 @lO
“Shirtings, bleach'd yard <J @ J J
“Sh eting, i brown, yard 10 © 10* j
Fish, Alackarcl, No I, hi t. 10 00
“ “ bbl. i 0 (I!) j
, “ “ 3, bbl. J 7 00 j
Floor,.Northern, bbl. 9 0.1
“ Domestic, bbl. f 600
Fruit, Raisins, tnineh, box -; 00
“ “ Muscatel box 350
“ I.emons, hun. None
“ Prunes, lb. .Scarce. j
“ Almonds, fb. 16 ©
“ P‘g lfi. None
1 ODDER hun. 1 Ul) @1 23
Chain, Wheat bush iOO
M Gore bush 371 © 40 !
“ Gats busli 50 I
RyG busfi Nominal.
bush 75 © 1 00 1
Class, YV mdov.\B xlO Soft 450 1
“ . “ 10 xl2 50 ft 500 .
“ “ 12x18 30 ft 800
Gunpowder keg 750 a 8
Gibes lb. None
Ikon, Swedes lb. 6
“.Square lb. <;J
“ Sheet lb. *0 © 12
“ lloop lb. 10 a 12
Lead, Bar, lb. 8
Lard,.. lb. 9 Q, 10
Lime, Thomastun cask None.
“ Rock, cask 400
44 Slack cask 250
Lumber, Plank, iv.H 12 00
*• Scantling.. e> M 13 00
“ Timbers ... sq ft 3
“ ' Shingles... i* M 200
Molasses, gal * 3.8 50
Gils, Linseed...... gal 125 © 1 37J
“ Sperm, gal 1 13J- ©1 25
Osnaburgs, yard 10
Paints, Red Lead... lb 20 © 25 !
“ White Lead . keg 350©,4 00 1
“ Olive lb 8 © 15 j
“ Litharge.... lb 20 © 25
Whiting,... lb OJ © 10 |
Point, bbl None
Plaister Paris, .... ton 12 00
I’aper, Letter ream 350 @ 6
“ Foolscap .... ream 200 @ 5
Rice hun. 450 a 500
Salt, Liverpool, .... b'-sli 113 125
Salt Petre ib 15 @ 25
Spanish Segars, .... vM 15 00 a2O 00
“ American 3 a 12
Shot, keg 209 a 925
Spices, Cassia, lb 37
“ Ginger, . ... lb 15
" Popper,.... lb 20
“ Pimento.... lb 30
Spirits, brandy Cog. ga! 175 ©2 25
“ “ Apple . gal Scarce
“ “ Peach. gal 75 @? 00
“ Rum, St, Croix gal 125 ©1 50
“ “ Jamaica. gal 175
“ “ N. K. . . gal 55
Gin, llolimd... gal 150 ©1 75
“ 44 Country, . gal f,O
“ Whiskey gal 55
“ Cordials, hot 50 a 75
(Steel, German,.... lb 18
1 14 American.... lb 12J
j %'Gars, St. Croix,. , lb 10 © 14
f 44 New Orleans, .lb 8 © 10
44 L0af........ lb 18 a 20
“ Lump lb 15 13
Tallow lb 8
Trace Chains, pair 50 © 1 25
j Tobacco, lb 12} a 40
I Tea, lb. 123 u ‘2 00
j Wines, Madeira,.... gal 300 (© 500
44 Teneriffe,... gal 175 a250 j
j “ Malaga,.... gal 75 a 87}
“ Port gal 250
“ Georgia, .. . gal 12 50
Weeding Hoes,. .. . each ! 37} a 50
j MACON IXSUIiAXCE COMPANY',
HAS commenced business, and will take risks
. on good Boats and boxes, at the customary
! rates of premium. .Yppliicaiion for Insurance
j may be had at the office of the Secretary.
11. ULAIit. President,
{ C. A. HIGGINS, Kcretary.
December 5, 1831. 65-lm
Grigg and Carriages.
CD CD
I f'IMIE subscribers Vive just received two GIGS
I. and two Barouches, on consignment.
ELLIS, SUOTWELI, & CO.
December 7. 05—
! Musical- Instruments. •
lV r E have just received a variety of Musical
j v T Instruments, consisting of a number of Pi
| ano Fortes of different prices and qualities, the
j Spanish Guitars, Hass v iolin, double and single
! Flageolets, German Flutes, lined and tiped with
; from one V six silver keys, do plain, octave do.
; Violins extra, do common, Hass Drums, kettle do
• Childrens do. Fifes, tuning fork's <!xc.—also, Pi
! ano wires, do keys, Guitar and Violin Strings,
i Instruction Books, music, sacred do.
ELLIS, SHOT WELL & CO.
Dec. C, 1811. ‘>s—
FOB TICKETS i
IN THU
Union Uminf isOttcry.
21th ( lass,
30.000 Dollars,
Tins HIGHEST BRIZE,
Apply at TALMAN’S Of.ce.
j Dec. 7, 1831.
NOTICE.
SEALED proposals will be received by the
Inferior Court of Bibb county, tiil Monday
the 12th inst. for building a Bridge across the
Tohcsofk v creek. Specification to he seen at the
Clerk’s Office. —Bv order of the court,
MARTIN SIMMONS, Clerk.
Dec. 7th, 1831. gt
• J /.art ifnntefi y
r/V) attend in a Dry Good and Grocery Store.
JL One that Can bring an undoubted recommen
dation may hear of a situation by apply ing at this;
office. „ I
Dec. 7th, 183!,
STOLEN
X.xROM the WASHINGTON HALT* on Sa
jr turdav night last, a large, massive,
SILMIR PLATED CANDLESTICK,
A liberal reward w ill bo given for llie doteetion of
the thief, or the recovery of the C-rElcstick.
Nr.V. 27.
j msasae
JEWELRY &c.
TJIIL subscriber having determined on
permanent settlement in Macon, res
pectfully solicits public patronage, and buinjr
I devoted by taste to the mechanical part of his
j irade, a Georgian, and having vis
ited New York to become thoroughly ae
-1 quainted with the art of watch-making, hop< „
Ito1 to i , * ct 't a share of business in trade. Besides
j his services, he offers to die public (and on
! ti ms no less enchanting than the superior
quality of his goods) a very splendid and hand
j some assortment of
! WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Hiker Ware , §c.
Of which tfiere ; re M. J. Tobias & Cos. and
|J. Jolinsou’s gold and silver patent Lever
'Vafcbcs, gold dt silver either fim
watches of npprov-uJ scapements. Of Geti
tlemen’s Jewelry there are goid curb ami
safety chains', seals and keys, breast pins (k”.
Ladies Seicclry ,
Gohhj. i,variegated and enamelled'.Mtdalion..
cameo,Terquois, mosiac, enamelled, coral Jet,
variegated Filligree Topaz and agate Ear
vings, B.isket and Cable Chains, variegated
.SoaN, Keys, Watch Chains, Breast Pins,
Rings, <ro!d and silver, Gold and SilverThlra-
G(.!d r Silver and Stef i templed
SPL( lAC LLS wilji glasses to suit the e ve,
CTi/.zing Glosses, Miniature Settings,
Nicll Combs, Spara,tel and Coral Brad--,
SnwtF Boxes, *
Pocket Knives, Dirks, Pistols,
Rogers cY Sous best Razors,
Butter Knives, Snuffers and Travy.
Candle Sticks, Castors,
Silves Plated Fruit Dishes,
Waiters, Jen Prays, Mats, Brittania Cofirc
Pot<, Silver Tea I ahles and Desert Spoons
Soup Ladii g, F’lgeir Tongs,
FINE MANTLE CLOCKS,
WILLIAM) TIME PIECES, Ac.
j iie above articles are fresh, and haviifgan
Agent in New York, who in a regular dealer*
and lias constant Communication w ith the best
Manufactory in Europe, that is forwarding my
Goods, I can fill any orders that I may
have in my line with the shortest despatch and
greater f* facility*
W.M. B. JOHNSTON.
Macon Dee. 1, 183i. G t—4w
Sportsmen •litend l
rjpHK Hillsborough (Jasper eemnty) Itaees will
5. commence over the Turf iu that place, on thq
21st December ensuing, free for any horse, marc,’
or gelding raised in Georgia.
first day’s Running.—3 mile heats —entrance
l- ifty Dollars.
Second Day—a mile beats--entrance thirtv
dollars. '
Third day—l mile hcatl-ontrauceSO dollars.
Much sport is expected, particularly as the con
test will be, between hoKea exclusively bred :;
the State of Georgia*
Decembers, 183 4. g j
NOTICE.
IMIH partnership heretofore existing between
. .the subscribers under the firm cf °
AVCALL <s• r.\TTOX,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The
unst-tiled busincs will bo adjusted by Elenznr
M'Call, to whom all persons indebted to the lata
partnfer&hip, arc requested to make immediate 1
payment.
et.eazar M’CALL,
ALEX. E. PATTON.
Dec. 2, 1831. 64— If
OFFERS hTmself as a Candidate for the Sh .-
riflality of Bibb County, at the ensuing elec
tion. He pledgee himself to his friends that ho is
I' induced to do so more from an earnest desire to
receive the emoluments arising from the office
than from the reason assigned by most cundb
drtes, (to wit) the importunity of friend*.
j If lam elected John JJ. OfkuTt, trill art as
mv Deputy. .YOUNG JOHNSTON.
Nov. 30.1831. 67
LAND FOR SALE.
%V T II.L positively he sold to the. highest bid
▼ der, in the town of Forsyth, on the firs*.
Tuesday in January next, the lornl that the sub
scriber now lives on, containing 202; seres, out
hundred of which is now in cukivaikm, all fresft
and under a good fence.
This situation is in Monroe county, 15 miles
from Forsyth, 0 miles from Knoxville, and. 2;’
miles from Macon. The land is of good quail
with a good Dwelling House mid all ot et"
neeofaiy buildings. The water and health o
this place is not surpassed in the county. Per.
soil 1 , wishing to buy land may be well paid for
their trouble in viewing this place previous totho
day of sale, as the subscriber pledges himself
that there shall b • fto by-bidder, and the land
will go to the highest brdder. Unquestionable
titles will be made—one.half of the money paid
on the day, and the balauc on a credit of twelve
months, D. 11. WORSHAM.
°j° The Macon Telegraph will publish the a
hove-
November 25, 1831. 62—tf
WIHTOI' ELECTION.
GEORGIA —By his Excellency , Georgn Ik
] Giimeu, Governor and Commander in Chit f
of the Army and Navy of this State and of
the Militia thereof. — Wo the Justices of the
Inferior Court of the
this State.—
lion. WILSON LI .WftlX,elect-
K_ < tl on the first Monday of October 1831,
a Representative from this State in the Homo*
of Representatives of the Congress of the U*
nited States, for two years from and after the
3d day of A/arch,lß3l, having this day re
signed said appointment—Now in order tha
said vacancy may be filled in pursuance t -
law 1 have thought proper to issue this my
writ o£ Election hereby requiring you ;b
said Justices aforesaid, to cause an election
to be held on Monday the 12th day of Don ni
ber next, at the several places or place of bol
ding elections in your county, giving due and
public notice thereof, for .a Representative ter
fill the aforesaid vacancy, and 1 do hereby
] further require you to moke a return of said
jelecriontd the Executive Department, - thi>
the time prescribed by Jaw.
Given under mV hand and the sr;d ©f tj,.
Executive Department, this 7th c. j
of Novcn.lx r, in the year 1831.
GEORGE k. CILMT.R.
fly lire Governor:
EVERETT HAMILTON PIERCE.
Sict'y Executive Itefyurtm.