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John L. Shelby. Daniel I>.
' , ! Frederick Bridgman, to prautic.
s ' Tin this State.
q ~r and making certain tne law etc-
I liiihties of Indorsers and securi
roiiii?sory not* s, <A other instruments.
, ‘incorporate the Commctcial Bank at
•n C ;: ’Vr and amend an act to impose an ad
.io ‘| , ax 0 „ pedlars and other itinerant
. nise i! December 9,1834, and to pun
trf '/, traders for illegal trading with slaves.
IS ‘;,L |,il| to amend the act compelling the
T i s of the Superior Court., to meet in
Ju , rl a t the seat of government, and the
incorporate the Chestatee Mining, Ala
fac'itfin" and Banking Company of the
Stateol (ieorgia,wcfe rejected,
In senateT"
Dec. 13.
The following resolutions werelubmittcd :
~ j Mi. Or ,n, h —That the committee on
Judiciary be authorized to inquirdfinto the
expediency of providing a law Library, for
t l ).. U'C of the Supreme Court of the tinted
i’v Ur. Moore —That the Committee on
t ] u public Lands be instructed to inquire
jijio the expediency of discontinuing the
S .V ol public lands by the auction system,
ind that said Committee inquire into the ex
diencyof authorizing sales of the public
lands in" forty acre lots, and by lines either
north or south or east and west.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
ILvjne, on the “ expediedey of reviving the
jd providing for the publication of the deci
sions of the Supreme Court of the United
States, was taken up and agreed to.
Pursuant to notice, Mr. Poindexter asked
leave to bring in a bill “ authorizing appeals
atd writs of error to the Supreme Court, in
c-rtain cases,” which was twice read, and re*
fr and to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
The folio., ing Utter, 'rom the Secretary of
Far, was read:
Department of TT ur, Dec. 10, 1831.
fa.u—ln compliance with a resolution of
the Senate, dated the 14th of January last,
meeting the Secretary of \N ar “ to report to
trie Senate in the first week ol the next ses
sion of Congress, whether any land adjoining
fort MclL nry !<> necessary for the safety of
the fortifications ; and if any, what number
0 f acres, and at w hat price the same may be
purchased.”
1 have the honor to enclose a report from
the Chief Engineer, recommending the pur
chase of twenty-five acres for that object, in
v. ,i;ch 1 concur.
I have the honor fo be,
respectfully, your oh’t serv’l.
LEWIS CASS.
To the President of the Senate
of the United States.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The fallowing.i. od gentlemen compose
the several Committees,directed to be appoin
ted yesterday :
Ratio of Representation under the sth
Census. —Messrs, Folk, ot Tennessee, lloi
hrrd, of Maine, Thomson, of Ohio, J. King,
of Penn., Thomas, of Louisiana, Barstow, of
New-York, Bucher, of Penn.
0: Internal Improvement —Messrs. Mer
cer, of \ a., Glair, of Tenu. Letcher, of Ky.
Hilton of Ohio, Craig, of Ya. Leavitt, of
Ohio, McCarty, of Indiana.
On the subject of Patents —Messrs. Tay
lor, of N. York, Choate, of M ss. Corwin, of
Ohio, Potts, of Penn. Wilkin, of N. York,
uiias Cumin, of N. Jersey, Banks, of Penn.
Imprisonment for Debt. —Messrs. Johnson,
of Ky. Cooper, of N. J, Kennon, of Ohio,
liouck.of N. Y. Cooke, of Ohio, Uewart, of
Penn Whittlesey, ol N. Y.
Mi!i;iii. —Messrs. Barringer, of N. C.
Adam Ling, of Penn. Weeks, of N. 11. Pitch
er, of N. Y. Dearborn, of Mass. Cahooir, ot
M.Stewart, of Penn.
On Memorial of Nets England Assijlum
for the Blind. —Messrs. Everett, of Mass.
Sv ndaH, of Mass. Cook, of N. Y. Ifeister, of
lVnn.
On the System of keeping public Accounts.
—Messrs. Wayne, of Geo. M bite of N. Y.
I'm iijvort,of Virginia, Greeuricll, of Mass.
Mm. B. Shepard, of N. C. Babcock, of iN.
V. Made, of Vt.
Outlie subject of President and Vice Pres
iihrit, <&ic—Messrs. McDuffie,of S. C. Root,
o! \. \. McCoy, of Va. Adair, of Ky. Hughes,
ot N. J. Thompson, of Geo. Thomas, of Md.
Da f he affairs erf the Library. —Mess is.
Everett, of Mans. Vcrdank,of N.Y. Wayne,
of Uco.
A great number of peti tit ions were presen
tee! tins day. Amongst others—
•'.r. Ecerclt , of Massachusetts, presented
“ P til on praying for tile settlement of the
Oregon territory under the authority of the
"ih'd States. !,• st his opinions on the
•natter involved should he mistaken from the
hct his having presented the petition, he
I OI1 ?iocrod it a duty to state that he could not
,;r ge the granting the prayer of the petition
t is time. Because it would be impossi
-10 to grant it, without violating the stipula
' °;)s of the treaty on this subject with Great
'-ntain. There was, however, one view of
•in sijhj, ct in which it n quired tile consul, r
-3:10,1 of t!te House. It is stilted in the
•armorial, that flourishing settlements of
British subjects existed in the Oregon territo-
II • it this werg so, it was in violation of a
“‘Nation ngret dto be tween Great Britain
''' United States,that,during thoconven-
! 10: '. "o settlnru lit should bo authorized to
i,(: ‘“"do on tljc dobateablc lands, by the cit
of cither country, This was n mutter
rc( iuiicd to be looked to, and was an up
,m subject of inquiry for the Committee
U| i foreign Halations.
, Jhe lions c proceeded to ballot for a Chap
,< :i 'he part of this House.
, ir - of Alabama, nomited Inc ltev.
IV-1.
IJ.'.su prth , of Conn, nominated the
,l ■ B. 11. Gurley.
r fhrbard, of N. JL nominated the
*1 . . ’ 1. , 1 r ..
V
Mr. Milligan, of Del. nominated the Rev.
J. N. Danforth.
, bating counted, stood aa fol
io. r 6 :
For Mr. Post, 87
-Mr. Gurley, 43
Mr. Palfrey, 18
Mr. Danforth, 12
M'. I.st, having a majority of the whole
number of votes, was declared' duly elected.
fi.e follow lag arc the Standing Committees in
the House <*f Representatives;
I lie following p.mtlotricn were announced
as having beet. i}>;.oint; dby the Chair, since
the last sitting of the House, to compose the
several Standing Committee.
Cvmmiltee of FI cr! io/>.* —.Messrs. Claiborne,
Randolph, Holland, Griffin, Bethuuc, Collier,
an;l Arnold.
Commlcc of Ways and Him ns— Messrs.
McDuffie, Verplanck, Ingerson, Gilmore, A
lexander, Wilde, and Gai hi r.
Committee of Commerce —Messrs. Camhre
leng, Howard, SuthrrlanJ, Lamar, .Newton,
Davis, of Mas*., and Jarvis.
Committee of Claims— Messrs. Whittlesv of
Ohio, Barber, of Conn. Me Intire, Patton, lh
ric, Hogan, and Rcncher.
Committee on Foreign Affairs —Messrs. Ar
cher, Everett, of .Mass. Taylor, Polk, Craw
ford, Barnwell and Wayne.
Committee 0:1 Military Affairs— Messrs.
Drayton, Vance, Blair, of S. C. Mitchell, of
Marvhmd, Speight, Adair, ana Ward.
Committee on Nucal Affairs —Messrs. llofT
man, Carson, \\ liite ot Nevv-Y ork, Anderson,
Branch, Milligan, and Watmough.
Comnatire on Indian .4| fairs —Messrs. Bell,
I.ewis, Thompson of Georgia, Angel, Ktorrs,
Mason, and Lccomptc.
Committee on Manufactures.—] Messrs. A
dams, Liu is Condict, Findlay, Horn, Duvan,
Worthington, and Barbour of Yu.
Committee on Agriculture. —Messrs. Root,
McCoy of \ a. Smith of Penn. Chandlar, Jen
ifer, Wheeler, and Tompkins.
Committee on the Judiciary —Messrs. Da
vis, oi S. C. Ellsworth, Daui. f, White of Lou.
Foster, Gordon and Beardsley.
Committee for the District of Columbia —
Messrs. Doddridge, Washington, Semines,
Armstrong, Thomas of old. McCoy of Pa. and
Chinn.
Committee on the Post. Off, be and Post-
Roads —Messrs. Johnson, of Ky. Conner,
Russell, Pearce, Jewett, Johnson of Ya. and
Newnan.
Committee on Private Land Claims —Mess.
Johnson of Term. Coke, Stahberrv, Muruis,
Marshall, Carr of Indiana, and Bullard.
Committee on the Public Lands —Messrs.
Wick 1 1 tie, Duncan, Hunt, Irvin, Clay, Boon
and Plummer.
Committee on the Revolutionary Cl aims —
Mess. Muhlenberg, Nuckolls, Boiddin, Crane,
Bates of Mass. Ha nmr.as and Stumlifi r.
Committee on the Revolutionary Pensions—
Messrs. Hubbard, .sacks, Mitchell of S. C.
Denny, Pendleton, Doublcduy, and Kuva
naugli.
Committee on Invalid Pensions —Messrs.
Burges, Ford, Evans, of Maine, Reed, of N.
Y. Appleton, Lansing and Southard.
Committee on Public Expenditures— Mess.
Hall, of N. C. Davenport, Lyon, T hompson,
of Ohio, Coulter, Pierson, and Ilenry King.
Committee on the Territories. —Messrs.
Kerr, of Md. Creighton, \V. I?. Shepard, W il
lia ns of N. C. Huntington, Al.cn, of Ky. and
Roane.
Committee of Accounts —Messrs. Alien, of
\ a. Burd and Berger.
Committee on Rerisal and Unfinished Bu
siness—Maturs. Retd, of Mass. Kennon and
Soule.
Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury
Department —Messrs. Stephens, Ward well &
Fitzgerald.
Committee on Expenditures in the War De
partment—-Messrs. A. 11. Sheppcrd, Mann A
Felder.
Committee on Expenditures in the State De
partment—Messrs. Lent, Evans of Pa. and
McKay.
Committee on Expenditures of Pu blic Build
ings—Messrs. Young, Spence and Tracy.
Committee on Expenditures in the Post Of
fice—Messrs. Hawes, Bales ol Maine, and
Broadhead of New-Yoi k.
Committee on Expenditures in the Vary De
partment—Messrs. Maxwell, Hail of Term,
and IT arner.
- Nod K B.
VlflLU be sold by public auction, on the lOth
* day of February next, a number of Gold
and Silver WATCH US, and one Wooden Clock,
left With the subscriber in January 1830 by John
It. Garland .Sold for the chances upon them, if
not called for previous to that day.
RUFUS H. SMITH.
Doc. 21, 1931. CO—tf
W r E are authorized to announce Mai:- j
tin Simmons a candidate for clerk (
of the Inferior court of Bibb comity, at the
election to be held on the first Monday in
January next.
WE are authorized to announce Rob
ert BmpsoNu, as a candidate for:
Ch rk of the Superior Court of Bibb county, j
Macon "z 5, 1831. Bl
GAINER,
"S"® T V are authorized to announce, as a candidate
It for the office of Receiver ot Tax Returns
for Bibb county, at the ensuing election on the Ist
Monday in January next.
GEORGE VIG.IL,
r sr E are authorized tr say is a Candidate for
V t Receiver of Tax Returns, at the ensuing
election. July 13, I*3l. C5 - lf
OFFERS himself as a Candidate for the Mie_
riflality of Bibb County, ut the ensuing eleo
‘tion He pledges himself to his friemE that he is
induced to do so more from an earnest desire to
receive the emoluments arising from the clhce
than from the reason assigned bv most candi
dates, (to wit) the import unit’/ of friend*.
If lam elected John It. Offutt, will act as
■**&,.
- PiMIE Pews in the Presb y
05’a. teiian*Chnrch will be
'|;/:T rented at (he Church, on the
31 >l iust. at 10 o’clock, A.
i M. and on MONDAY even
; ”->d .1 mu; ry, r.t early caddie light, an election
jTi4
ZEsrgrcß&srosfe
rgMIE Howard Insurance Company of Ncw-
S York, continues to insure Cotton w hen load
ed. >1 good Boats cr Bpxts. Bates of piemium
ntoi. orate.
Apply to CIIAHLES DAY, Agent.
Macon, Dec. 2t op.
>(O rr, • .
*— —if Sf. 1 *.\ £
Tons Swede’s iron, assorted—for salt in lots
* >v? to suit purchasers.
Dec 21 DAY fif BUTTS.
V \ ’ E are authorised to announce HENRY G.
V Y UOSN, a candidate for re-election to the
office of Clerk of the Superior Court for Bibb
county. Nov. SO, 1831.
ir tt 1 - ’nr-i —i-innrnifrr~rinniiii iwnrir—~t ri~n inn~r-<y
MACON. ' '
“Our Book relates to all the vets and employ
meets of man. ' —Juvenal.
Friday, Dec. *33, 183 ft.
TO ouu PATRONS.
YY e wish our friends and patrons a pleasant and
happy Christmas : to have said a merry one,
would be desiring what is easy to be, and fre
quently is, the case. Wc assure them of our con
dolence, if they are uiF.icted with the prevailing
influenza, (colds) or, if possible, the more distress
ing torture —duns with empty pockets ! Such is
our fate. Indeed, we have been in a quandary ;
whether to do as the Legislature of Rhode Island
did.) which adjourned because of the prevalence
of coughs and colds !) or to undergo further pun
ishment. However, our Devil, who is now sick,
says he must get belter or well, before he can ven
ture to give you more lies ! And, as every body
(even the “pooh negroes”) must have a little hol
iiday at Christmas, why so must the Printers !
and therefore, our regular issue will not appear
until Friday evening next. Never mind, kind
patrons, vve will be about you again soon, “ with
news from all quarters,” and, before “ a montli
of Sundays” shall have expired, we will “ren
der unto Caesar things which arc Caisur's.”
Cotton Market.
There is a manifest improvement in the article
since our last. The market is animated, and
7 31 i freely given for prime, selections will com
mand 7 43i, and a few sales of very choice, have
been made at 7$ cents.
During all of yesterday the weather was bad,
biiug cloudy, raid occasionally a slight ruin.—
Appearances jus.ify the belief that the river wii!
improve.
TOWN COM MISSIONFRS.
We are requested to announce the follow
ing names as Candidates far Town Commis
sioners, at the ensuing election, who vail
serve if elected :
Jeremiah Smith,
Leri Eck ley ,
Isaac G. Seymour,
HU hard IF: Ellis,
David Flanders.
The r'Ur.u'ts from the Journal and Rec rdcr,
given in to-day’s paper, contain all that we learn
from Miiledgeviiie, except the nomination of can
didates for Congress, which lias but just been
determined on, in Convention, hy the Republican
members of the Legislature. It will be observed
that, although there arc changes, of some old tried
and faithful servants, who have been with us,and
for us, (we mean the cardinal interests of our
State and country) through nil the perils of the
past, yet there is a cheering consolation in the
fact, that the names which we here give the pub
lic, embody the first talents, and characters which
our State caft boast —such as would rank with
the “ choicest spirits,” and render the halls cf
legislation, interesting, dignified, and honored.
This would be the case —are we too sanguine,
when wo anticipate the reality. We are sure we
are not if Georgia remains faithful, as she has
heretofore done, to herself; yes, we repeat, our
Delegation in Congress, has long been synor.i
mous with the highest encomiums—and such an
one as is now suggested, would increase, than di
rriinish the very high character which has been
pleased . be bestowed on the members from this
s ate. Here they are reader—judge for yourself :
ft. H. WILDE,
J- M. BERRIEN, .
GEO. K. GH.MKIt,
A. S. CLAYTON,
ROGER L. GAMBLE,
SKA BORN JONES.
CHARLES E. HAYNES,
THOMAS FOSTER.
co’S’.iEßtivi. nsnic.
T!ir hill to incorporate this Bank, has finally
passed tin. House of Representatives. A friend j
has furnished us with the Yeas and Nays on its ;
passage :
Y’E AS— Messrs. Anderson, Ash, Ashley, Ba- i
cun, Baker. Blackburn, Brown, Burks of Talbot,:
Burney, Chappell, f haetain, Cleveland, Coflee,
Cotui, Coil, Crawford, Curry of W ushington, Day j
Ip e, I'iournoy,Gibson, Ciilu rt, Glascock, 1 laber
uhum, Hatcher, Hilliard ofDooly, Holt, Hopkins ,
of Heard, Hopkins of .Mclntosh, Hiidsou of JclTer-,
son. Hadso* of Putnam, Irvin, Johnson of Hen
ry, Johnson of Morgan, Jones of Jones, King,
Loug of Baker, Mason, Mays, McMichael, Mitch-,
.eli, Moi re, Murray, Myen, Overstreet, Pate, IVj
'tit, Pearnian, Pearson, Phillips, Price, Rawls of,
Pulaski, Redding, Reed, Reeves. Rutherford, Sel
lers. Slieats, Solomon, Tarvor, Taylor, Thomp
son, Towles, Vinson, Ward, Warner, Warren,
Wiggins, Williams, Wilson of Early, Wilson of
Warrt a, Wood, Young of irw in- —7l.
NAYS Messrs. Adair of Carrol, Adair of j
Madison, Allen, Archer, Bates of Hall, Black-;
shear, Blackwell, Byrd, Collier, Curry of Deca
tur, Curry of Lincoln, Daniel, Drew, Easley, Ex
am, Hazard, Gholson, Graybill, llaiapteu, Haral
s n. Hilliard of Ware, Hubbard, Jones of Jack
son, McEennon, Merriwethor, Oliver of Elbert,
j (jiiver of Striven, Powell, Rawls of Bulloch,,
Robinson, Ryan, Willis, Long of Madison and
j Barnett —31
1 ArrOKTIONMENTOF Kf.PRF.SEX f ATIVES.
j A bill forthe Apportioßmentofßeprcsentatives,
' agreeable to the late Census, has passed the
House end will no doubt succeed in the Senate,
j The bill thus distributes tho number of mem
bers to each county, making lOd representatives,
! and an increase of *il in the popular branch of
1,1., *.g; Gturi\ Tfcf <VTre*r? of the ljw**t
States consists of 2C3 members —whilst the Le
gislature of Georgia has 244 !
It will be observed, that 8188 county, with
ali her neighbors \\ est of the Ocmulgee, gain an
additional member, (each) and the county of
; iouston will be ertilled to three. The counties
oi Hall, Gwinnett and Monroe have gained a
member, and Jones, Jasper and Wilkes loose one.
I '•’* counties entitled to four Representatives, are, I
Gwinnett
llall and
Die counties eatilted to three Representatives, are
Burke
Chatham
Clark
Columbia
DeKalb
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Habersham
Hancock
Henry
1 iouston
I r.e counties entitled to tiro Representatives, ere
Baldwin
Bibb
Butts
Camden
Campbell
Carroll
Coweta
Crawford
Decatur
Fayette
Glynn
Harris
Jefferson
Laurens
Liberty
Lincoln
Jlnd the counties entitled to I Representative , art
Appling
Baker
Bryan
Bulloch
Dooly
Earley
Erliitgham
Emanuel
Heard
Irwin
Elcciiiiu l*eisrtis.
CLAYTON. fcCIILKY.
Baldwin 369 357
Baker 28 39
Bibb £l3 099
Burke £O3 103
Butts 83 173
Columbia lit? 3f>6
Coweta 160 237
Chatham 317 330
Clark 316 101
Crawford 68 SO
Decatur . 34 97
Doolv 15 50
Dekalb 2 00 345
Earley 39 17
Elbert * jEI 46
Etliiiglu.ru 126 3
Emanuel l 39
Fran!;! in 3Vi 233 *
Fayette 141 160
Greene 310 8
Gwinnett 492 365
Habersham 218 671
Heard PI 81
Hancock 268 47
Henry 143 370
Houston 107 119
.1 dckson 267 269
Jasper 368 316
Jefferson 286 212
Jones 325 324
Laurens 93 11
Liberty 72 22
Lincoln 71 107
MerriwetheT 128 180
Madison 159 111
Monroe 536 436
Montgomery 27 000
Morgan 201 92
Muscogee 251 SO7
Oglethorpe £69 66
Pike 191 282
Pulaski 112 119
Putnam 321 81
Randolph 18 38
Richmond 262 349
Seri veil 20 105
Twiggs 184 109
Taliaferro 190 15
Talbot 126 2<>G
Troup 235 100
Telfair 15 23
Upson 308 078
Walton 238 457
Warren 439 22
'Washington 214 365
Wilkes 165 3(U
Wilkinson 25 201
The votes now stand for Clayton 10*931
For Schley 10,“(Jo
Clayton’s majority in 57 counties, CJS
NOMIN ATION OT Me. fl. VYiic
Yesterday morning’s mail, brings us the pro
ceedings of the “National Republican Meeting,”
so termed, jnst held in Baltimore; from which
it will be seen, tJiat the Hon. H ENflv Clay has
been nominated for the Presidency, and has ac
cepted the nomi.ation; and the lion. JOHN
SERGEANT, of Pennsylvania, is to be run on
the same ticket, for the Vice Presidency. Read
the particulars and correspondence below:
l'rom the Baltimore Chronicle.
We yesterday attended the silting of the.
National Republican Convention* ti.nl wcioj
much gratified at the proceedings. It is sel-i
doni that so large, so respectable, and so tal-j
ented a body has assembled in this country.!
The nomination of llenry Clay, for the
Presidency, was received with enthusiasm,
and voted for unanimously, as will be seen
by the account of the proceedings, which
we give Ixdow.
Mr. Clay is now formally before the peo
ple as a candidate ; and if talents, integrity,
patriotisrft, and peculiar fitness for the station,
are to he taken into consideration in tiro se
lection of a chief magistrate, he must be
successful. But whatever may be the result,
we nail his flag to our mast, and with it will
sink or swim.
Mr. Dearborn, from the Committee appoin
ted to wait upon Mr. Clay, and acquaint him
with his unanimous nomination to tire office
of President of the United Elates, by this
Convention,laid before the meeting the follow
ing correspondence :
Baltimore, Dec. 13,1831.
Hon. Hunry Ci.ay :
Sir: —The undersigned have been appoin
ted a tromroiUcor by the Convention <jf Na-
Monroe —3.
Jackson
Jasper
Jones
Morgan
Newton
Oglethorpe
Putnam
\\ alton
Warren
Washington
Richmond
Wilkes—B4 r
Madison
Mclntosh
Merriwether
Muscogee
Pike
Pulaski
Rabun
Seri van
'Talbot
Taliaferro
'Thomas
'Troup
Twiggs
Upson and
Wilkinson—3l.
Lee
Lowndes
Marion
Montgomery
Randolph
Stewart
Tattnall
Telfair
Ware and
Way .Ta —2o.
tional Republican Delegates, now assembled
in -his city, to announce that you were this
day unanimously nominated as a candidate for
the office of President of tiic United States.
Entertaining the exalted opinion of
your eminent talents, enlarged patriotism,
and distinguished public services, we have
the fullest confidence that you mil receive
the united, cordial, and zealous support of
every friend to the Constitution, the integri
ty of the Union, all the great branches of
national industry, and tho prosperity of the
general weal j ami we pledge to you, in be
half of the Convention, the assurance of an
ardent determination to use ail honorable
means to insure your elevation to the Chair of
Chief -Magistrate of this Republic.
Y\ itli the highest consideration,
YVe have the honor to be,
Fir, t our most obedient serv’ts.
P KTint R. Livinorstcx, of : .'evv-Y’arfc
and others.
Washington, 13th Dec. 1831.
Gentlemen :—1 have the honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of the note which, ns a Con
vention of National Republican Delegates
now assembled in Baltimore, you addressed
to me, stating that 1 had been tips day uiian
imously nominated by the Convention as a
candidate for the office of President of the
United States.
This manifestation cf the confidence of a
body so distinguished, is received, gentle,
men, with lively sensibility and profound
gratitude. Although 1 should have been
glad if the Convention had designated some
citizen of the United States more competent
than myself to be the instrument of accom
plishing the patriotic objects which they
have in view, I do not feel at liberty to de
cline their nomination. With my respectful
and cordial ackiiowcdguients, you will be
pleased to communicate to the Convention
my acceptance of their nomination, with the
assurance that, whatever may he the event of
it, our common countiv shall ever find m*
faithtul lotlie Union, and thoCoro-titution, to
the principles of public liberty, and to those
groat measures of National policy which
have made us a people, prosperous, respect
ed, and powerful.
Accept, gentlemen,*of my thanks for the
friendly manner in which you have conveyed
the act and sentiments of the Convention,
i am with high respect,
Your Obedient servant,
H. CLAY-
Messrs. Fiiter R. Livingston.- die. Ac.
On motion of Mr. Prudish, f Now York,
Resolved, That this Convention do now
proceed to nominate a candidate of the .Ya-i
i timid Republican Party lo hil the office.old
i \ ice President uftho United States.
! Mr. Boyd McNairy, of Tennessee, then
j nominated JOHN .‘ ERGEANT, of Pennsyl
i vania, as a suitable candidate for that impor
i taut station. The nomination was seconded ;
’by -Mr. Jones, of Washington, and JOHN
) SERGEANT, of Pennsylvania was nouiina
| ted by the Convention for Vico President of!
1 the l nited States, with the same unanimity i
! which had already attended the nomination •
of lie.iry Clay for the Presidency.
Mr. Livingston, el New York, alluding to;
the disippointment of members of the Con
vention, in not seeing the vancrable Charles
Carroll, a gratification which they had been
denied by the severity of the weather, moved
the following resolutron:
Resolved, That a committee of— be
appointed to wait upon the Hon. Charles Car
roll, the surviving patriot who signed tire
| Declaration of our Independence, to know at
what time and place it would be agreeable to
him to receive the members of the National
Republican Convention, who wish to tender
to him their best feelings, and high sense of
gratitude for Ins patriotic services.
Mr. Combs, of ivy. said he should ho grati
fied, and considered it as nothing more than
due the distinguished individual concerned,
it.hat the blank in the resolution should he 1
j filled with the words “one member from
! each other State, and from the District of
Columbia.”
CONVENTION OP ‘IKAtItIiKS.
Agreeably to previous notin' ,circulated in
the pub'ic Gazettes, a considerable number
of Teachers, from various parts of the Hate,
i conveficd on Monday, the 1 litis inst. at the
i Court House in Miiledgevillc. In pursuance
, of the design of the meeting, they proceeded
to form themselves into a “ Teacher's Node
tyf hy calling the RcvMr.Beman to the Chair
and appointing the Rev. Dr. Brown, offe'eotts
; boro’, and Mr. Slade, of Clinton, Secretaries.
\ arious resolutions were offered, and consid
! entitle discuss.on took place, on the subject
of Education. A constitution was then pre
pared and adopted, and regular officers were
elected. Committees were then appointed
to report on several subjects relative to edu
cation, at their semi-annual meeting in June
next. The whole proceedings will hereafter
be published at full length, both in newspa
pers and pamphlctforin.— Recorder.
The bill authorizing the Governor to have!
the Cherokee country surveyed and occupi-'
ed, was yesterday amended and passed the j
Senate. As the lvi 11 now stands, the District!
Surveyors arc to hecaiicd out on the Ist April, l
to proceed to the Survey. A'fer that is com
pleted, the Governor is to call the Commis
sioners to repair to Mflledgcville and proceed
with the lottery.
A bill to create anew county out of the j
wnole of the Cherokee country, has passed the
House of Representatives. Tiie public busi-j
ness to be transacted at Homage's, and the I
county to be called “Cherokee.”
The hill from the H. of R. to abolish Peni
tentiary imprisonment, was yesterday taken
up in Senate and passed—Yeas 46-—nays 24.
The House have made an appropriation, in
the general appropriation hill, of 92000, to
| complete the cells. All offences committed
! against the present penal laws will be punish
! ed under the old code tip to the time of its re
! peal. This is the first instance, we believe,
where the Penitentiary system, after having
! been adopted, h;i3 been abandoned.
The bill culling upon the people to say
whether they thn fcavea Convention to alter
the constitution in relation to our representa
tion, has passed the House, but. has not been
, finally acted on in th? Senate.*
i. ;A i ill hits itrrrgtbrrf
price ol license for Pediais, w-vn Carriages,
1 tit s2ooo—for Foot Pedlars, at $1000; with
heavy penalties lor a violation of the lawi
The bill to lay out the Cold region, In the
lands at present in the occupancy of the Cher
okee Indians, in small hits, ami to disposo
of the same by separate lottery, was taken up
in Senate on Tuesday, and after being amend
ed, was rest! the third Arne and pass- d—yeas
37, nays 30. This section of country is divid
ed into lots of forty acres, and uli per; -:is,
With a residence of three years in the State,
j' are entitled to a draw; The bid Is be
j fore the House rtf Repres- nt a fives. ,
i Me will next week give t • captions of such
laws as miv pass. The Leg'slate re is expect
ed to adjourn on Saturday next -Recorder.
COM M{•:RCIAL. *
Savannah, Dkg. lL ’
COTTON— We have had a very lair business
in Uplands, anti the sales for the week will reach
about 3000 bales. at from 8 a 8} and t) cents,
mostly-at 8 J and 8$ for fair to good lots, which
we.consider an advance ofaho.it t cent from the
lowest point of last week - The market
day with hut little spirit ; but aa the <juati ,: ‘y of*
faring at the moment is small vve did not leant
that any concessions were made.
Charleston,
CotoH.— On Monday and Tuesday last, tha
demand for Gotten was brisk, and the sales, du*
ring tlipse two days were large, at the price quo
ted last week. Since that period, the market has
fallen oft considerable, both in price and de
mand, and towards the close of the week, opera
tions had rdinost entirely ceased—tho trifling
sales making, establishing a decline of fully 4
cent on all description*. This state of thing*
may be attrihotr-d in a great degree to the scarcity
oi shipping, as accounts from England, received
via New-\ ork, to the 25th Oct. quote, an advancer
in tlie Liverpool market of jd per lb. ’The sale
of Upland amount to over . r >ooo bales, iff prices
ranging from 84 te o}. principally at ft a ftj cents,
a very small portion reaching the highest rate,
and that as before mentioned, on the first two
lnys of the week. We quote Oi a Oj—the latter
price would be paid only for the finer sorts.
&(<niton Sifiith,
\ GENTS let the sale of Sugars manufactured
k i. at the Charleston Steam Refinery, witj keep
a constant supply and good assortment thereof.
See Proprietors advertisement below.
Macon, Dec. 23, JB3t. 70—tf
fw. utrjiis mv
OSKfijaa ’.2'ii.KrEf3SD
( Without the use of Blood.)
npHE Charli" ! u Sugar Refinery, in Anson st,
-*■ is now in fuII operation, where canal all
times be had a eomplcto assortment of 4
REFINED SUGARS.
Tlie quality of these SUGARS will bo found
equal, ifnoi superior to any lriaiiufaetan <1 in tiio
United States. T’lie prices are low and tenniiue
cummod tiling.
Tim subscriber has been at considerable ex
pense iii perfecting the above establishment upon
an entirely new and approved principal, and con
fidently looks for a share of public patronage.
EDWARD DEMENT,
Charleston S. C. Dee. 1. 70 —
Portrait PtUnting.
IJ GARDNER has taken a room in the Ers 4
.9 • nil of McDonald’s Building, ju.-jt below the
Rost Uthec, wjit-re he would i'o happy tp wait ou
those who may wish his professional services.
A specimen ol his painting may be seen at his
room. Dec. 23. . 76—tl’
Extract of a letter from T. A. Pasteur to O.
11. Prince. Esq. of this place.
Mr. Gardner has been in Washington, a few
days, and lias given undoubted evidence of hw
talent as an artist. I have examined his t'ortraita
.and take much pleasure in testifying to tin; accu
racy ofhis likenesses, and recommending his pro
fessional services to the public.
_
S'ov Salr or Tie til.
THE. valuable tract near ( ullorlefiville, Mon
roe county, being Lot 53, in the llth district
and part of Lot No, 81, in the same district, con
taining 300 acres, more or Lse,j formerly owned
by Henry K. Williams. This property is desi
rable, not only account of liio richness of the soil,
; but it is rendered peculiarly so by its healthy lo
cation, fine improvements, prosperous Acathuny
in its immediate vicinity, awl the unsurpassed
respectability of the inhabitants of the neighbor
hood. If not sold or rented befero Monday, the
Bth day of January next. It will then be let f r
one year, to the highest bidder at OuHodoitville.
For terms of fa-ale, or rout, which will he liberal
Apply to BLANTON & SMITH.
Macon, December 23, 1851. 70—3(
xfmr SAiaasraw iscii"
Shop*
■ riJAEE undesigned having purchased the in teres t’
; L and taken tlie shop lately occupied by Mr.
O. Coupee, in Bhilpot’s building, near the Mark
et house, take this opportunity of tendering try
their friends and tbo public their services in the
CABINET MAKING BMB 1 NESS.
They will at all times keep on hand a good
supply cf Materials, and be prepared lo executor
every description of work in their line.
Sideboards, Bureaus, Dc-dsteds, Bookcase?*.,
1 Chairs, &e. &o. made to order.
Every description of TURNING doik> a3
bote. Having a large and exdeiierg Turning
Lathe, (the only one of the kind in the place,)
they will be prepared to turn House Oele.mr s, Ac.-
at short notice? JAMILS A. HALL,
JOHN MORELAND.
Dec. 2‘A. 80—lv
Bsily o
PAYABLE at sight—For saR, py
Day c butts.
Macon, Deo 21 qy
4(1 barrels “PDDLP’S” best Rye Gin. et-'
lv !>BCtert to arrive TO-MQRROW, will be
sold lov. trout '.he Wharf. Apply' to
D ,,ft v - i DAY & BUTTS.
For Sale
ajaaraa
MEDICINES.
A WELL assorted stock of Drugs and
TV cines, together with all the
f RI: asart iMXTrESES
necessary fora DrugS’.Jre. The Drugs and Med
ic iocs are fro6h, arid were selected for tie up
country Market hy an experienced Druggist.—
: They are now on the shelves in a B’tore, in tire
business part of Town—the business may be. cor--
ducted to an advantage in this place or the stock
may be removed with littlee.x|ieuse to troy part of
the Country- For ttu.ris, u hicu i ill U aecotuf.
atoiE tii.g. Apply to L G. KEYMOfU?-.'
WacV'U Den.'inbef fii, t.filQ. Vfßtet