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From the Tla/risburg Ilf gorier of Dee. B.
IIE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT INVADED
BV AN ARMED EDIICE.
The Governor has at length attempted to
carry into execution the threat that the ex
pressed will of the people should ire defeated
hv force. A portion of the volunteer troops
oi the division ol Maj. General I atterson, ar
rived here from rhiladclphta, about nine
o’clock this evening. Another portion, to
gether with General Ptttlcrson and fits slaw,
is momently expected.
The arrival of this force has produced an
intense excitement. There was no occasion
lor a farce. No violence has heen commit
ted ; none was contemplated ; nor was there
the least cause of apprehension, in any indi
vidual, of danger to Ins person or his proper
ty. Even if an apprehension of violence ex
isted, no call has been made upon the civil
authority, but the Governor has dared to call
out in the first instance armed troops—not for
the purpose of putting down tumult, for none
exists, hut to intimidate tlie Democratic por
tion of the Legislature, to overawe tire people
in the assertion of their constitutional rights
to control the election of United Stales sena
tor, which takes piace on Tuesday or Wed
nesday next, and to carry out the iniquitous
design of preventing the inauguration of Gen.
Porter. For these (mil and revolutionary
purposes, an armed force has invaded the cap
ital of the State. Does the Governor and
his minions who advised him to that rash
act, suppose for one moment that they can
thus intimidate the people? Are they so stu
pid, so ignorant of the love of liberty which
animates the bosom of freemen, as to suppose
that he gleam of the bayonet can frighten toe
people from the assertion of their dearest
rights ? If they do so believe, we can infirm
them that they are mistaken. The vile plot
of the conspirators against the public peace
and public liberties, to trample upon the
Constitution, the laws of the land, and rights
of freemen, will fail. If one drop of citizen
blood be shed by an armed soldiery, ten
thousand swords will leap from their scab
bards to evenge the dark deed. The people
trill triumph.
UNION CONVENTION.
At a Convention of the Union Democratic
Party, assembled in Milledgeville, on Monday,
the 17th of November instant, for the pur
pose of nominating a suitable Candidate for
the Gubernatorial chair of the State, the Hon.
John P. King, of the county of Richmond,
was unanimously chosen President of tlie
Convention; the Hon. Robert M. Echols
and Joseph Day, Vice Presidents, and James
U. Horn and Frederick H. Sanford, Esqrs.
were appointed Secretaries.
The following delegates appeared and took
their seats, to wit:
From the County of Appling. —Messrs.
Smith and Hall.
Baldwin. —Messrs. Anderson, Cook and
Hammond.
Baker. —Messrs. Holmes and Colley.
Bibb. —Messrs. Tracv, Cone and Powers.
Bulloch. —Messrs. Cone and Wilkinson.
Butt s.—Messrs. Bailey, Goodman and Bv
nrs.
Camden. —Messrs. Clark, Cone and Atkin
■on.
Campbell. —Messrs. Cnchron and White.
Carroll. —Messrs. Springer, Cobb and
Awtry.
Cass. —Messrs. Baker and Burnett.
Chatham. —Messrs. Gordon, Bulloch, Drys
dale and Shaffer.
Cherokee. —Messrs. Camden and Ford.
Clark. — Messrs. Cobb and Flournoy.
Cobb. —Messrs. Guess and Anderson.
Coweta. —Messrs. Smith, Dyer and Grier.
Crawford. —Messrs. Bradford, Carr and
Hancock.
Decatur. —Arnett.
DeKalb. —Messrs. Wilson, Collier, Evans
and Lemon.
Dade. —Messrs. Hendrick and Street.
Dooly.— Messrs. Graham and Bowen.
Fjarly. —Messrs. Scarborough and Ward.
Emanuel. —Messrs. Swain and Sumer.
Fayette. —Messrs. Landrum and Martin.
Floyd. —Lam berth.
Forsyth. —Messrs. Foster and Green.
Franklin. —Messrs. Cleaveland, Ash, Free
man and Neal.
Gilmer. —Messrs. Jones and Price.
Gwinnett. —Messrs. Loveless, Steli and
Hamilton.
Habersham. —Messrs. Mauldin, Phillips,
Sanford and Shellen.
Hall. —Messrs. Dunegan, Hollingsworth,
Hardage, Roberts ar.d MeCiesky.
Harris. —Lundy.
Heard. —Messrs. Brown and Dobson.
Henry. —Messrs. Camp, Coker, Malone
and Johnson.
Houston. —Messrs. Lawson, Kelly, Bate
man and Laedler.
Irwin. —Messrs. Sloan and Young.
Jackson. —Pittman.
Jasper. —Messrs. Jordan, Robinson, Wa
ters and Wyatt.
Jones. —Messrs. Dav, Hutchings, Gray and
Renfroe.
Lowndes. —Messrs. Hall and Burnett.
Lumpkin. —Messrs. Oharr and Stocks.
Macon. —Messrs. Tiltbrd and Hunt.
Madison. —Messrs. Polk and Pittman.
Mclntosh. —Messrs. McDonald and Lefils.
Meriwether. —Messrs. Fletcher and Chat
field.
Monroe. —Messrs. Baldwin, Burney, Dunn,
Nall and Turner.
Morgan. —Sta llings.
Murray. —Ca r roll.
Muscogee. —Messrs. Kendall, St urges and
Williams.
Newton. —Clack.
Pike. —Messrs. Prvor and Neal.
Pulaski. —Messrs. Bostwick, Collier and
Johnson.
Putnam. —Turner.
Rabun. —Messrs. Mosely, Kelley and Con
ner.
Randolph. —Messrs. Move anil Harrison.
Richmond. —Messrs. King, Bush and Grien
Scriven. —Conner.
Stewart. —Messrs. Ball and Wright.
Sumpter. —Justice.
Talbot. —Pnne.
Telfair. —Rogers.
Twiggs. —Messrs. Pearson and Daniel.
Union. —Messrs. Rutherford and Wellborn
Walker. — Messrs. Cross and Faris.
Walton. —Messrs. Echols, Bryan, Stroud
and Haralson.
Ware. —Messrs. Malton and Hilliard.
Warren. —Franklin.
Washington. —Messrs. Robinson, SafTold
and Tenille.
Wayne. —Messrs. Harris and Rawlerson.
Wilkes —Messrs. Anderson, Dyson, Tur
ner and Brown.
Wilkinson. —Messrs. Beni! ar.d Murphv.
The Convention being organized.
On motion of Mr. Gordon, of Chatham,
Resolved, That the Convention proceed to
ballot by Counties for the nomination of the
candidate of our principles for the Guberna
torial chair.
Resolved, That the person having the ma
jority of all the votes given in bt The candi
date of the party, and that we pledge our
selves each to the other to use all honorable
means to effect the election of the person who
slia'l be nominated.
On motion of Mr. Springer,
Resolved , That where there is but one del
egate from a county, that delegate will he al
lowed to give the vote of the county, and so
with any other number less than the number
required.
The Convention then proceeded to the
nomination of a candidate for Governor, and
the ballots living received and examined, it
appeared that the Hon. Charles J. McDonald,,
of the County of B.bb, was dulv nominated.
On motion'of Mr. Bailey if Batts,
Resolved, That a Committee of seven bej
appointed bv the chair to inform the nominee
of his nomination as candidate tor the next
Governor of this Stale.
Whereupon the President appointed'Messrs.
Bailey, of Butts; Jordan, of Jasper; Cone, of
Bullock; Kelly, of Houston; Obarr, of Lump
kin: Cha'field, of Meriwether, and Gordon,
nf Chatham, that Committee.
On motion of Mr. Cobb, of Clark,
Resolved, Thai a Commit lee consisting of
three from each judicial circuit he appointed
by the chair for making another nomination
in the even; of any contingency happening
by which the name of the present nominee
cannot be presented to the people. The
Committee named were—
From the Western Circuit.
Messrs. Cobb, of Clarke,
Philips, of Habersham;
Dnnegan, of Hall.
Eastern Circuit.
Messrs. Bulloch, of Chatham;
McDonald, of Mclntosh;
Clark, of Camden.
Middle Circuit.
Messrs. Gieu. of Richmond;
SafTold, of Washington;
Conner, of Scriven.
Northern Circuit.
Messrs. Brown, of Wilkes;
Franklin, of Warren;
Polk, of Madison.
Ocmulgee Circuit.
Messrs. Turner, of Putnam;
Gray, of Jones;
Beall, of Wilkinson.
Flint Circuit.
Messrs. Kelly, of Houston;
Burney of Monroe;
Prior, of Pike.
Coweta Circuit.
Messrs. Springer, of Carroll;
Fletcher, of Meriwether;
Wilcox, of Dt Kaib.
Chattahoochee Circuit.
Messrs. May, of Randolph;
Drane, of Talbot;
Scarborough, of Early.
Southern Circuit.
Messrs. Rogers, of Teifair;
Pearson* of Twiggs;
Arnett, of Decatur.
Cherokee Circuit.
Messrs. Foster, of Forsyth;
ifaris, of Walker;
Burnett, of Cass.
The Hon. Joseph Sturges introduced the
following preamble and resolutions, which,
on motion of Mr. ‘Tracy, of Bibb, were read
and agreed to, viz :
Whereas, at a meeting of a portion of the
Union Party of this State, held in November
last, the Honorable John Forsyth was nomi
nated as a candidate for Vice President, at
die next election ; and whereas, such a step
being independent of the general and con
certed action of the great democratic party
of the United States, might endanger its har
mony, destroy its integrity, and contribute to
its defeat ; and whereas, union and concert
are of vital importance in the present mo
mentous crisis in the affairs of the Republican
Party :
Be it therefore Resolved , That the Union
Party of this State will adopt no measure in
the least calculated lo produce collision or
dissension in the Republican ranks, but will
adhere with Iraternal fidelity to the wishes
and opinion of a majority of their political
brethren in the United States.
Resolved , That this meeting approves the
policy and measures of the present adminis
tration of the General Government, and will
rally around it in support of those fundamen
tal principles by which it has been guided,
and which are essential to the maintenance
of the Constitution, the liberties and happi
ness of the people.
Resolved, That this Convention entertain
undiminished confidence in the integrity and
talents of Martin Van Buren, and deem his
re-election to the Presidency of the United
States nf !> utmost importance to the suc
cess of the democrat'c party, essential to the
interest of the whole country, and necessary
for the peace and welfare of the Southern
States.
Resolved, That this meeting hold their fel
low citizen, the Honorable John Forsyth, his
eminent talents, stern republican principles,
and distinguished public services in the high
est estimation, and consider him in every res
pect eminently qualified fiir, and entitled to
the second office in the gift of the American
people.
Resolved. That we respectfully recommend
Martin Van Buren and John Forsyth to our
Republican brethren throughout the United
States, as suitable candidates for the offices
of President and Vice President, at the next
election, subject to the decision of a national
convention of the democratic party.
Resolved, That we approve of the usage
heretofore adopted by ihe republican party,
of holding a national convention fur the pur
pose of nominating candidates tor President
and Vice President, and that we recommend
to our democratic brethren in the other States,
ihe propriety of appointing delegates lo meet
at some proper time and place for the purpose
of selecting suitable candidates to be presented
to the American people ai ihe next election.
Resolved, That the democratic members
of Congress be respectfully requested, dur
ing the present session of Congress, to fix
upon the time and place of i olding a nation
al convention for the purpose herein expres
sed.
Resolved, That a these resolutions
be transmitted by the Secretary to the demo
cratic members of Congress from this State,
and that they be requested to use their exer
tions in promoting the objects herein contem
plated.
0:i motion of Mr. Tracy,
Resolved, That there be a committee ap
pointed by the chair, consisting of seven, to
draw up and present to the people of Geor
gia, a suitable address, expressive of the
sense and opinions of the Union party of
Georgia. The committee appointed were,
Missrs. Tracv, of Bihb; Echols, of W al
ton ; Sturgis, of Muscogee; Day, of Jones;
Bailey, of Butts; Freeman, of Franklin;
, Gordon, of Chatham.
On motion of Mr. Kelly, of H Fusion,
Resolved, unanimously , That the thanks of
’ this convention be tendered to the Hon. John
• P. King, President, and to the Hon. Robert
M. Echo's and Joseph Day. Vice Presidents-,
1 tor the efficient and impartial manner they
‘have presided uver ties body during its pre
! sent session.
And on motion of Mr. Fletcher,
Resolved further. That the Secretaries,
James U. Horn, and Frederick H. Soniord,,
Esq s., are entitled to the thanks of this con-}
vention lor the prompt discharge of their
duties.
Resolved. That each of the Union Demo
cratic. papers of this Slate, be respectfully re
quested to publish the proceedings of this
convention.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
JOHN P. KING, President.
James U. Horn, J Secretaries.
rre derick H. Sanford, )
The Free Banking Law passed the Sen-’
ate on Friday right last, by a majority of 4i
I votes,
I Ibe bill for the re-charter of the Central
j Bank, edding to its capital 5 millions, (to be
j borrowed) and estaljishing branches in-va
■ rious sections of ‘.he state, was lost in the
House on Friday lasi.— Recorder.
i Trie Legislature will not adjourn probably
ihl! the hat of this week.-—- Records*. * 1
From (lie Globe.
GEN. BUCKSHOT’S EVACUATION OF
HARRISBURG.
Harrisburg. D> c. IC. IS3S’
This morning I was aroused from my slum
bers by the roll of drums, the shrill notes of
the cia'i ion, and rattle of artilllery. I sprang
out of lied, and after proceeding to the street
I found the camp broken up, and the troops
in motion. They were marching about in
companies and battalions; but in the course
of a short time they were all mustered in !
Ma rkei square, where they were reviewed by I
their valiant General, (ihe Governor not
making his appearance as cornmander-in
eiiief,) and about the time that the ‘matin bells
pealed Ihe hour to summon holy hearts to
prayer,’ they took up the line of march for the
railroad. Here they took their seats in the
cars provided for the occasion, fifieen in
number, in the presence of a large concourse
of the citizens of the town; and when the
signal was given, and the cars began to move,
nowithstanding the strict military discipline,
the troops gave way to their feelings by a
long, loud and universal shout of Hurra for
Porter! which wa j heartily responded to by
the citizens on the common. ‘The fat is this
campaign has made more Democrats than
could have b°en imagined ; and because this |
feeling began to be exhibited pretty generally 1
the Governor’s keepers have ordered ihem j
away, even on the Sabbath. These troops
were brought here (or mercenary and hellish
purposes, but il has been found that tbev
were not the men to execute the will nf the
‘ Great Unchained.’ He has. therefore, dis
charged them on the holy Sabhath, and on
that same day has brought, amongst us four
companies from Cumberland and Adams, un
der the co mand of Major Alexander, as
rank a black cockade Federalist asever drew
the breath of life; and it. is said that these
men have been picked for the occasion —av,
picked to shed the blood of the people, if they
do not submit to the dictation of Stevens,
Burrowes, and Penrose. Stevens has never
had a quorum in his minority House since the
commenc ment of the session ; vet he attends
daily in ihe Senate chamber, holding over
the Senators all the terrors of the inquisition,
if thev do not acknowledge his faction as the
House of Representatives of Pennsylvania ;
and when they do make this acknowledgment
he will have to issue writs for new elections
before he can get. a quorum.
Three of his party, more patriotic, than
the rest, have never attended his meetings,
although his journal asserts that once they
have had a quorum. These three are the
two Luzerne members and Mr. Monterius.
from Union ; and it is confidently expected
that on to-morrow these gentlemen will come
in and act with the Democrats. If so, they
have nothing else to expect from the military
Government of Stevens, but that thev will be
shot. On yesterday, the Whig Senators
from the eighth Senatorial District were
sworn in, and look their seats. The pro
ceeding in ibis case was a most palpable
violation of the spirit of the constitution and
laws, because, in the first place, the Demo
cratic members had the certificate of election,
and were refused their seats by the Whig
Senate, arid in the second piace, they never
were permitted to have a legal, drawn com
mittee, but merely got a packed committee,
appointed by Penrose, of 4 to 1 ; and this
committee was forbidden to examine the
facts in relation.to the election, and was only
raised to add up the returns as they had
heen sent in by certain of the return judges.
But usurpation and tyranny is the order of
ihe day; and what else could be expected?
The packed committee of the Senate, to re
port the facts in relation to the organization
of the two divisions of the lower House, made
report yesterday; but besides the facts, it
contained many arguments, in the shape of
special pleading, in favor of acknowledging
the Cunningham House; and the chairman
of the committee went into an argument of
great length, to show that that faction might
immediately to be recognised hv the Senate.
Trial of Benjamin Alexander for Murder. —
On Saturday last the above trial came on in
the Circuit Court of this county before his
Honor Judge Pickens. The peculiar cir
cumstances of the case rendered it a specta
cle of intensely painful interest. The prison
er is a poor, feeble, worn out old man, nearly
one hundred years of age, who was indicted
for the murderof his grand son, a young man
aged about nineteen years. The only wit
ness on the part of the state was the mother
of the deceased, who was an own daughter
of the aged prisoner. She gave her evi
dence with astonishing firmness. ‘lt was,’
she said, * her own dear father who had killed
her own beloved child.’ The scene was
truly solemn afid affecting. Her peculiarly
painful situation, cxciH the deepest sympa
thy in the bosoms of alt p~psent. But she
toid the dreadful tale that her l”av\” r bad been
‘ drinking’—that he was lying on Li’s bed i
asleep—that the young man came in and
made co siderable noise—that the old man
sprang from his bed—drew his knife from his
pocket—and stabbed her son to the heart! —
All this she relaP and with a calmness truly as
tonishing. Whilst she was giving her testi
mony, the miserable old man, whose head
was whitened with the frost of ninety-five
winters, sat before her a perfect wreck of
life, whilst tears ran in profusion down the
deepiv furrowed cheeks. Evidence was ad
duced, which showed ihat the old mar. had
been a poor but honest, hard-workino man
through bis tong life—that he had served his
country in ihe war of the revolution—that he
was .with Gen Marion in the celebrated con
flict with the British and lories in South Ca
rolina—and that he was now in his dotage,
and at times, especially after using spiritu
ous liquors, perfectly insane.
After the case find heen argued, and the
Court given its charge, the Jury retired ;
and after about two hours brought in a ver
dict of manslaughter, and the Court then
sentenced the prisoner to twenty dnvs im
prisonment. We heard nothing but the evi
dence in the case, but we learn that the ut
most possible clemency of the taw was ex
tended to ihe prisoner on account of his ex
treme old age.
It is evident that when the fatal deed was
committed, the old man knew not what he
was doing. We know the prisoner, and we
are satisfied that his mind was a perfect
’ wreck, and we could not think that the stern
demands of justice required the infliction of
any punishment on this wretched old man.
We learn tint he was ably and eloquently
defended by Messrs. Cothbert and Stanley
and Isaac H. Erwin, Esqs. who volunteered
in his behalf.
W e would not omit to remark, that this is j
another melancholy instance of the baleful
. effects of usino ardent spirits.— Mobile Chron.
I
A direct trade between Texas and Europe
j has commenced. A vessel laden with mer
chandise is now on her wav from England to
I Galveston, where she w 11 take a cargo of
! cotton for her return voyage. An arrange
ment will also be effected bv a house in Li
verpool, for extensive purchases of cotton in
Texas, with a view to direct shipment to
England.— Recorder.
The bill for the relief t)f the citizens of
Stewart eounty, and the other counties on
the Chattahoochee, on account of Indian
! depredations, was finally lost in the House
on Friday last.— Recorder,
Important from. Montrea l New York
Heiald states, that the Russian consul at
Boston, being on a visit at Montreal, where
he has several children at school, has been
arrested on a charge of aiding and abetting
the insurrectionists, ‘
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, DECEMBER 27, 1838.
Pew renting in the Presbyterian Church. —
On Monday, 31st inst. at 11 o’clock A. M.,
at the Presbyterian Church, in Columbus,
j the Pews in that Church will be rented at
J public auction for the year 1339. The rent 1
money to be applied to the support of the
gospel at that Church.
Dec. £5, 1833.
CATHOI.fC CHURCH.
The pews of the Catholic church, in this
city, will be rented, at public auction, on the
first day of January nexr.
J. GRAHAM, Pastor.
T. Howard, Secretary. 2t
IS THE REPUBLIC SAFE?
In the palmy days of Rome, it was made
the test of a good citizen never to despair of
the republic. By the constant and unre-j
mining cultivation of this feeling, every citi
zen, whether partaking of the toils and dan
gers of the ramp, the labor and zeal of the
senate, or treading the peaceful paths of pri
vate life, was indissolubly bound up with the
welfare, prosperity and glory of his country.
Such, too, was once the feeling thru burned i
with a pure and living flame upon the altar;
of American hearts. It is associated with all
the sublime emotions #f patriotism and love \
of country. It sanctifies the enjoyments of
the domestic hearth, and commingles with ali
the endearments of home. It is that sweet
link of filial remembrance which binds us to
our fathers. It is that bright spirit of hope
which enables us to look forward todays and
years of peace and happiness reserved for
out children. In proportion as tins feeling is;
encouraged and cultivated, are our liberties;
secured. In proportion as it is contemned !
and disregarded, are they endangered.
No sincere friend to his country’s happi
ness can fail to regret the existence arr.or.g**t
us, too prevalent, of a contrary feeling.—
Hundreds, we fear we might add thousands,
who, laboring under the influence of a great j
variety of passions and fears, have already!
* ... * i
despaired of the republic. Others, we doubt;
not, there aCe, stricken by the most sordid
ana selfish ambition, are eagerly looking for
ward to a period in our history when a sepa
ration of our beloved Union will take place;
when all the elements of government, will be
dissolved ; when wild and chaotic confusion
and anarchy will supply the place of system,
harmony and laws. We have heard it once
familiarly asked, in the face of an applauding
multitude, when the blessings of the Union
had been descanted upon, ‘ what is all this
worth?’ though the illustrious father of his
country had conjured ns to ‘ frown indig
nantly upon the man who would even men
tion disunion.’ We hear it familiarly de
dared, in the public streets and the private
parlor, ihat our government is inferior to the
limited monarchy of Great Britain. From
day to day the charge of corruption and mis
rule is made against the public authorities of
the country, th s charge is fastened upon by
the zeal of a partizan press, and it is thus
told again to almost every family in every
city, hamlet, tillage and cottage throughout
the republic. We are told, in glowing terms,
that this is the most corrupt government in
the world, with no proof for the assertion but
broad and unqualified declamation.
We highly approve ihat calm and philo
s iphical vigilance with which th ■ enlightened
and virtuous citizen watches over the con
duct of the public servant. We applaud that
moral courage which fearlessly and honestly
condemns a deriliction of duty or n abuse of
power; but we deeply and most bitterly re
gret that discontented and restless spirit
which condemns without candor and cen
sures without. reason. What is most to be
regretted in this matter is, that the large ma
jority of those disaffected are amongst the
most wealthy, enlightened and influential ofj
our countrymen. Their example and influ
ence must be most sensibly and powerfully
lc e ij. whilst we arc ready to believe that
numbers of er- n those would shrink back
appalled from the spectrffle which, the legiti
mate carrying out of their principles would
present, vet thev should remember that thou
sands who they may thus enlist in the un
holy crusade, when once fairly started, wifi |
never pause calmly to examine the ground;
which they occupy, and coolyto reflect upon
the consequr nees of their conduct.
It is die duty of every good citizen, whose
means of intellectual and moral improvement
have heen greater than those by whom he is
surrounded, to instil into the minds of his less
fortunate neighbors, a confidence in the sta
bility, and a firm persuasion of the blessings
and value of the institutions of Ins country.
Whilst he should fearlessly and honestly
warn them of approaching danger, and so
direct their energies, if possible, as to prevent
it, he should never exagerate the evils, if any,
which they suffer, so ns to dethrone their
reasons and inflame their passions. No ob
jects of personal ambition, no rules of party
discipline, should lead him into this ; for the
man who, from such motives, does this thing,
is a traitor to his country, and an enemy to
the dearest hopes and happiness of his fel
lows.
• We are convinced that the salvation of
this government depends upon the diairlbu- 1
lion of the blessings of education amongst the
great body of the people. The graves of the
lathers of the revolution are yet scarcely
greened with the sod of the valley. At every
step and pause ambition is rebuked in her
mad career by these silent monuments. We
too, of this generation, have hung around the
knees of our fathers, and heard them
tell, again and again, the story of that great
struggle which made us free. These are
our hopes that, fir this generation at least, 1
trie republic will last. But the next genera-j
tion will be farther removed from these pow
erful incentives, at:d what can guide tlrm in
safety but a deep settled knowledge of the;
genius of our government, and a high regard
for the sacredness of principle ; and hmv can
they acquire these without the aids of edu
cation ?
Appointment by the President, by and rcith
the advise end consent of the Senate. —Benja-
min F. Butler.of New York, Attorney of the
United States for the Southern District ofj
New York, in the place of William M- Price, j
removed. I
Female Academy. —We are informed that]
the Rev. William Cairns Ins ag-eed to lake
charge of this institution, in our city, for the
next year. From the high literary and moral
character of this gentleman, as well as on
account of his amiahk* and dignified deport
ment in society,'we hare no hesitation in
believing that the institution will prosper in
his hands. The prospect now is that the
school will be a permanent one, and cannot
fail to afibrd fins facilities to the immediate
and neighboring country.
ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE.
Railroad Commissioners — Messrs. Joel
Crawford, Samuel Laris and Thomas Ham
ilton.
Directors of the Bank of Darien —Messrs.
James Troup, Alex. Mitchell, Jacob Rock
umbra ugh, Dr. Holmes, Isaac Snow, Samuel !
Palmer and Charles H. Hopkins.
Bank State of Georgia —Messrs W. 13.
Bulloch, M. If. McAllister, G. B. Lamar and
John Millen.
Planters’ Bank— Benjamin E. Stiles and
M. Myers.
Wc have been politely furnished by a gen- \
tleman, just returned from Washington,
with Ihe following letters and order, which
I we publish liar the information of our readers.
General Land Office, Nov. 19, 1P33.
Sir; I have the honor to return herewith
1 1he approved contract, (deposited bv vou in
thi> otfice) from See-lee-ko, in favor of Short
er, Tarver & Shorter, and in reference to tire
two transfers on the said contract, viz :
One dated Bth October, 1836, and signed
4 Shorter, Tarver Sc Shorter,’ in favor of
‘ John Vinson &. James Vinson.’ The other ,
dated March 25th, 1837. arid signed ‘ John
Vinson Sc James Vinson,’ in favor of'Lovick
; P. Thomas.
I herewith enclose a Report., No. 210, from
| the Solicitor of this Office, in whose opinion
respecting the said transfers I concur.
| I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your oh’t serv’t
JAS. WHITCOMB, Com’r. I
No. 210. (Copy-)
General Land Office, Nov. 14, 1533.
Sir: Under the Creek treaty of 1832. a
tract of land was located in the name of
See-lee-ko, a Creek Indian, who sold the
same to ‘Shorter, Tarver &. Shorter,’ for
SIOO, and on tlie 21 July, 1834, the sale was
approved by President Jackson.
On the back of the Indian deed and certifi
cate of the certifying agent, thus approved, i
are two endorsements, us follows:
‘ We transfer and pell the within land and ;
certificate, to John Vinson and James Vin- !
son, and their heirs, in consideration of six j
hundred and forty dollars, and agree to war
rant and defend the title to them against all
other claims. Given from tinder our hands
and seals, this Sth October. 1836.
Shorter, Tarver & Shorter. [L. S.] i
1 We transler and sell the within land and
certificate to Lovick P. Thomas, anri his j
heirs, in consideration of fifteen hundred doi- j
lars, and agree to warrant and defend the j
title to him against ail other claims. Given j
from under our hands and seals, this March i
the 25th, 1837.
John Vinson Sc James Vinson. [L. S.] j
It is understood that this office, in obedi- j
once to a decision of the late President, refu- !
sed to issue pPhtents for any lands located un- j
der the Cieek treaty, to any person but the j
immediate or first assignee of the Indian in
whose name the same was located.
The act of July 5, 1833, (Chap. 161. p,
100) was passed, as ia believed, to a von! this
decision, and authorizes patents to be issued
to the last ‘fcona file purchaser, oicner , as
signec, or transferee,’ ot the reservation, pro
vided satisfactory proof be adduced of the
fairness of the transfers or assignments.
Lovick P. Thomas applies for a patent, as
the last bona fide assignee, at'd 11 -e question
arises, can the proof above recited tie regard
ed satisfactory bv you ?
I must answer the question in the negative.
Both of the transfers appear to he executed
bv one of the partners only. One member of
a firm has not authority to bind the otheis by
deed, unless a particular power be given him
for that piirjiosp; nor does the fact that the
partnership contract, is by deed imply such
tin authority. 7 T. R. 207; 10 East, 418.
On the present evidence, the case stands the
same as if an assortment from one member
j of each firm only were produced.
If tire partners who executed the several
assignments, did the act in lhe presence of,
and for each member of ids respective firm,
or (tad an authority by deed from his co
partners, to execute deeds in the name of the
firm, Ids signature in behalf of the firm will
be binding on each of the copartners. 4 T.
R.. 313; 3 Ves. 73, But all proof to bring
the ease within any of these rules ia wanting
Agi ; n: Those transfers purport to he
of ! and,s, or of at) interest in
lands,’ lying in Ahi.ina * they should there
fore have been made in i>;nf- mity to the
laws of that State, which pee: Ala. Dig'?V
pp. S3, 89. Ido not mean, however, to de-;
cide that nothing short of such a conveyance
as would he recognized by the Alabama
State Courts as strictly legal, can be received
by you as satisfactory proof of the .'airness of
a transfer. You may, as I think, act upon
such evidence as would jfistifv a Court of
Chancery in decreeing the party the bona
fide assignee in equity. I am, &c.
(Signed) M. BIRCHARD, Sol’r.
J. Whitcomb, Com’r.
General Land Office, Nov. 29,1833.
Sir: In reference to the subj. ct of your let
ter to me of the 22d inst. I have to state, thal
in cases where approved contracts or convey
ances for reservations under the Creek treaty
of 188-2 have been Ins*, the parties desirous
of obtaining patents li>r such reserves should
give public notice in a newspaper, once a
week for six weeks, of the loss of the contract,
stating the names of the parties to it, the de
scription of the tract, and indicating the tune
and place where they intend to take evidence
! with the intent to apply tor a patent. A copy
J of such notice, with the proof of publication,
should be forwarded to this office, with such
legal evidence of the loss of the contract, its
genuineness and contents, as would be re
quired in a court of justice in cases analagous.
The testimony ns to the loss, See. may he
taken pursuant to the public notice, before any
officer authorised to administer oaths.
Attached to the acknowledgments, howe* j
ver, in eacii and every case, ttiere should be ;
a'certificate of magistracy, under sea ! . ! rom
I the proper officer.
i In addition to the above precaution, it is
; contemplat'd to inseit in every patent to he’
j issued in s’jch cases a condition, tint it shall
I be void if the original contract be thereafter
presented fir a patent by an adverse claimant
! having a valid right to the same.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAS. WHITCOMB,
Commissioner.
| i
W ar Department.
Office Indian A\ffai r s Dec- 4. 1833.
Sir: Your letter of the23th iff. requesting,
in behalf of Grigsby E. Thomas & Cos., that j
certain contracts, certified bv Judge Tarrant,;
may he submitted to the President for ap-j
proval, has been received.
It is contemplated, as soon as practicable.
to present to the President for his approval;
those cases of contracts in whicji their fair
ness and validity remain unimpeached, and
then transmit them to the General Land Of
fice for the issuing of patents. This course,
i trust, will he safislactory, and will obviate
the necessity ol making a special reference of
j the cases referred to by you.
Very respect ful!y,
Your obedient servant,
T. HARTLEY CRAWFORD.
Eron our Correspondent at the Flotida Convention.
Sr. Joseph, Fea.. Dec. lg, IS3S.
! Df.au Sir—l should have written you at
I an earlier period, but have been waiting until
the Convention now siting here should get
fairly under way, so that I might have some
what to communicate which would he of in
terest to your readers. The Convention, as
‘you arc aware, has assembled for the pur
pose of forming a constitution for a slate,
i whenever Congress shall see lit to admit the
Territory into the Union. I have no doubt
j but that a constitution will be the result of
their labors, although some members are op
posed to it, and urge a lack of population,
constitutional obstacles and impediments, and
Iso on; but a huge majority of the fifty-six
members, who compose the Convention, arp
; in favor of going imo a state form of govern
ment, and to hear some of them talk you
| would imagine a Texian revolution near at
|hand.
It is very confidently believed here, that
Florida will be received into Ihe Union at the
I next session of Congress ; and knowing as I
do, Mr. ‘ an Buren to he a warm supporter
of Southern rights, in the great conflict which
we have to sustain with Northern abolition
i ism, and from the popular fee'ing entertained i
by members of Congress towards this voutl -
ful country, there is scarce the shadow of a
doubt that she will hr admitted, not withstand j
ing she is wanting in the requisite amount oft
! population some eight thousand, ns I am crc- I
dibly informed. There have been thirteen
committees appointed for the purpose of re
porting upon the different parts of a consti
tution ; many of these committees have re
ported ; others have not. The great subject
; which will produce the most excitement is
; that of the banks. One of the committees is
charged specially with the consideration of
! the banking system ; and from a knowledge
entertained of the opinions of some genfie
j men on that committee, it is looked for, that
I the hanks of Florida, and iri particular the
j Union Bank, will be blown 4 sky high.’ This
! apprehension creates high excitement in the
ranks o!’ the bank pat tv, and there is 4 keene
shuffling’ of the cards, and when the pack
shall be laid upon the table ready for a ‘Heal,’
; the 4 cut’ will he considered of great moment.
! But what business the Convention has with
j the Union Bank, with arm hank, or with past
i legislation, hi any shape, is question wlvch
| is beginning to he asktd in almost every cir
: c!e, and I think, that against the hank enm
i mittee report shall have been duly consi
jdeted, gentlemen sitting here upon the for
mation of’a State Constitution, will conclude
that they have •nothing to do with char
tered institutions, and that they will find
enough to do in the formation of good and
i wholesome laws for the govern cent of a peo
j pie of whom it may be sad, with at least a
j shade of reality, ‘ they arc not vet horn.’ In
i the organization of the Convention, Judge
j Ried, of East Florida, and formerly of Au
-1 gust a, in your state, was elected President by
; one vote, over Win. P. DuVal, ex-Governor
jof this Territory. Judgp Ried is a talented
i man, of rare literary attainments, as well as
j legal, ami withal an accomplished gentleman,
iHe presides with much dignity, and add**
j great weight to the Convention.
, I remarked to you, in writing from Apala
-1 ehicola, that ! was coming to this place to j
j witness the congregated wisdom of Florida, i
j Well, say you, what is vour opinion, now i
• that, you haw beheld that splendid mass ofi
solid coin? Why.! will tel! von candidly. |
I find much spurious coin. There is genius ;
and talent in Florida ; bet oh. tny country!
there is ignorance which would put a Geor- I
gia Legislature to the ‘ blush ;’ and you will I
say, from your own knowledge of the latter, |
that the former most he worse than Indie-1
rous. However, the country is r.ew, and
I as she ‘ grows in grace,’ will doubtless grow
in knowledge. There are a number of ta
lented men it) the Convention, and among
them several good speakers, of whom I will
take occasion to speak in my next. The
question of a constitution will come up for
discussion in a few days, win n ! presume the
j big guns of Florida will let loose, and we
I shall probably be deafened by the thunder
jof their eloquence. Col. White, the former
! delegate from this Territory in Congress, ar
1 rived here to-dav. with his accomplished lady.
It is understood that he is again a candidate
I for a seat in the National Legislature, and
j will, it is said, heat Col. Downing with ease,
j Florida could not select another man so well
] qualified, by experience and talent, to repre
sent her interests on the floor of Congress,
las Coi. White. He is a man of far more
J than ordinary abilities, and is thoroughly
versed in (lie history of the Territory. There
j is a high and stormy sea of * >cal politics con
j tinualiy running here, and although the peo
j pie of Florida have no voice as yet in our
National Legislature, yel they take a lively
1 interest in national politics ; and were ‘his
| Territory a state. I should pronounce it a de
joi led Van Barer) state. The formation of a
: state COti.Jitiifion by the Convention nowin
| session, and the petition which Florida will
: send up io the next Congress (or admission
; into the Union, will doubtless elicit the ve
nomous eloquence of that veteran aboiilion
-1 ist from the twelfth Congressional District, in
Massachusetts; but it Mr. Adams can listen
to the lion voice of the South, since the re
sult of the New York elections, and not
tremb'e. then shall I view him as a piece of
polished statuary, rendered impervious bv a
long course of unmitigating obstinacy. The
South will speak, and she will speak with a
j voice potential, and ihat voice will be heard
and acknowledged.
The rivalship between this place and Apa
■ lac!) cola is still kept up, and will he con
, tinned, no doubt, until there is a giving out
|of capital at one or the other place. The
| railroad to loia is Completed, with the ex
jeeption of laying down the rails—the iron
; not having arrived, but is look) and fir daily in
■ a vessel from Liverpool. The calculation
with business men at thus place is, that when
the railroad shall he fairly in operation, that
: large stocks of goods will he placed at lola,
an! thus cut ciT the trade of the up country
j from Apalachicola; while the merchants of
| the latter city laugh the idea lo scorn. Thus
they go ; and tie only remark appropriate
I for me to make on the subject is, that ‘ com
! petition is the life of trade.’ W.
3- rom the N * v Orlt-ans Bee.
FLOATING PLANT.
Doctor Samuci A. Cartwright, ofNn'chez,
j read a lecture before fine Mississippi Lyceum,
| on the 7th inst. on the health preserving pro
perties of the srrandi'flora jaisicua, or floating
| plant. Part of the lectyre is published in the:
; Natchez Free Trader of the 17ih inst., and
is to be concluded in a subsequent number,
i The doctor ascubesto that plant virtues of
i the most salutary kind, and if he can establish
them to the extent in which he says they ex
ist, the floating plant will become a very im
portant material for promoting and restoring
health. It is found on the stagnant waters
| of Lower Louisiana in great quantities, float
ling on the sufi'ace, and where it appears, the
: water of the bayou or pool on which it floats,
;is more or less clear in proportion to the
1 greater or smaller quantify of the plant. Ac
j cording to Dr. Cartwright, the pores of this
‘plant constitute the alembic through whlcji’
, the impurities of the water pass off. Til*’
phi tit is entirely aquatic, bears a flower, grows 1
mice or lour led above the surface of the
i water; , * lt> ro °l is several fed in length, lies
horizontally on the water, about two inches
below tne surface. The roots and leaves,
says the doctor, torm such dense covering to
j the water as to constitute a budge suflicient
! ly strong to enable snakes and the smaller
animals to pass over tne pools in which it
| grows. The mass is in some paces so thick
; as to offer considerable resistance to a canoe,
• ami they form a stratum of t he prairie trail-
Haute, or the shaking prairie.
The doctor supposes that the growth of
this plant is conducive to the health of the
region in which it appears; and, to support
j his theory, he adduces the following facts:
Ist. That it purifies all stagnant water in
: which it grows.
2d. That though he visited the region in
| which the plant is indigenous, in the hottest
season ot the year, he found the stagnant
j waters of the Lkes and bavous, inhabited bv
this plant, ns pure to the sight, smell nnj
taste, as ii it had just fallen from the clouds.
He gives as an example ihe waters of the
Bayou Black, which have a darkish appear-
I ance, owing to a chemical affinity between
some ferruginous matter in the soil and the
I ak trees and leaves which had fallen into it,
vet the water was free from all disagreeable
; taste and smell, li contained no green scum,
i and was as good and palatable as cistern
water, except near the Gulf of Mexico,
where it is impregnated with salt, and the in
j habitants drink no oilier kind of water. The
doctor alleges that south of the region where
i the jttssiena grandiflora grows, in the same
kind of alluvial soil, stagnant water of jtools
and bayous becomes very impure. He in
j fers, therefore, that this aquatic plant con
! sumes or feeds upon those substances which,
in other situations, corrupt and vitiate stag
| nant waters in warm climates.
| Sd. The doctor asserts a fact, which, if
well founded, establishes his theory beyond
all controversy; the region in which this
i plant abounds, contains more stagnant water
; and swamps,than any inhabited district of the
same extent in the United States, and yet
the inhabitants enjoy a remarkable degree of
health and longevity, and are exempt from
i mniaiious and miasmatic diseases. The growth
! of this plant is hounded by the 30t!i deWesol
! north latitude, and the soil and face Tf the
i country on both sides of it are similar, being
| alluvial, and containing l ikes, swamps and
| stagnant water, and covered with nearly the
j same vegetable productions. The country on
• the north side is unhealthy, its stagnant wa
iters impure. its inhabitants sickly, and hu
| man life of siiort duration. On the south
! side on the contrary, there is a wholesome at
mosphere, pure water, healthy and long lived
i inhabitants. The doctor adduces (lie coun
try or, bayou Lafourche to sustain his theo
ry respecting the healthiness produced by
the growth of the floating plant, and he says
that in the year ISSI, a great number of the
original settlers were living, who migrated
from Nova Scotia before the revolution. The
negro population, he says was very numer
ous ami remarkably healthy and long lived,
and the number of persons among the ne
| groes over a hundred years old, was greater
| than in all New England including its whole
! pop latinn white and blark.
j Tl te inhabitants attribute their peculiar
j healthfulness to the salubrious influence of
! sea-breezes. But the same efii*ct is not pro
duced by sea-breezes on soils of the same
i kind, beyond the region of the jussieus gran
| diflota. Therefore he says, it is a lair irifer
| once that this plant, hy consuming the im
; purities of the stagnant waters, prevents the
i generation of mssniata, and thus acts a pro
j plivlactic against billions ft*v.et and oilier
j miasmatic diseases.
J Doctor Cartwright is a man of science and 1
1 learning, of high character ns a physician und
jof amiable disposition. We are not suffi
i uifijifv it 4t j: ’ ; 11 trt 1 with ts-tr j >/.r , i:r rr:r??i ttC
[natural history to decide upon the merits of
this theory. If ii be correct, and the flirts
which he advances, seem to leave no doubt,
on the snhjr cf, he has made a discovery of
the utmost importance to science—arid one
which will he extremely useful to the inhabi
tants of the southern parishes of Lou Vans.
CITY HALL, Columbus. Ga. )
Decombo el, 1833. f
CrucJ met 3 o’clock P. M.
Piesent his Honor the Mayor pro (cm.,
j Aldermen Hooper, Williams, Lewis, Ware,
i Alien, Chipley and Brooks,
j By Alderman Chipley : Resolved, That
J tin: Mayor pro tern, he authorised to settle
j with the superintendant of the Hospital, un
der advice from the city Physician.
By Alderman Hooper: Resolved, That
the Mayor pr.T t* m. he and is hereby autho
rised to draw his warrant on the Treasurer,
j for five hundred dollars, m favor ot \\ m. B.
; Robinson & Cos. for work done on the Mar
kt t House.
By Alderman Williams : Ordered, That
I the Mayor pro tern, draw his warrant upon
j Use City Treasurer, in favor of John L.
j Lewis, for one hundred and twenty five dol-
I iars and sixty-eight cents, it being for the
j hire of a negro man Cato, for fine city, at the
I rate of twenty dollars per month, f:om the
15th June last.
By Alderman Hooper : Resolved, That
the Mayor pro tern, draw his warrant on the
I City Treasurer, for the sum of twenty do!-
j iars, in favor of Mr. Odd!, for services ren
dered in the prosecution of those individuals
: charged and convicted.of horse stealing.
An account in favor of Eleanah Price, fur
I $77 82, was ordered to be paid. One in fa
| vor of R. R. Hudgins, for 890, ordered to
he paid. One in favor fM. D. Jones, for
sl6l 30. ordered to be paid. One in favor
; of E. Dudley, for $196 75.
By Alderman Chipley : Resolved, That
we are more than ever convinced that our
lans, when correctly and promptly adminis
tered, are competent to secure us in life,
; liberty and property.
Resolved, That vve warmly eommrnd the
! promptness, zeal, energy and orderly con
duct of those of our feilow citizens who aided
the officers of justice in arresting a portion
of that grng cif desperadoes, who have so
long inh-sted our community, and brought
disgrace upon our county.
Resolved, That the thanks of every good
citizen is especially due to the Sheriff, his De
puty, and tiie Marshall of the city of Coiurr
buss, whose efforts have been so unremitting:
to bring those infamous beings to condign*
punishment.
Uv Alderman Williams: The protection
and advancement of the welfare and general
interest of the city of Columbus, being mat
ters peculiarly within the province of the City
Council, it becomes it, on all occasions, to.
use their exertions in its behalf, and in case
where the means of ihe city are insufficient
! for the accomplishment of great projects and.
; enierprie, the utmost which the City Coun
cil can do is to suggest measures and lend its
influence in their favor : therefore,
Resolved, That a Select Committee heap
pointed by the Mayor, to take into conside
ration and report upon the utility of a rail
road from Columbus to Pi’ dertown, on Flint
river so as to connect with Spalding’s rail
road from the same place to the head of con
stant steamboat navigation on the Oakmulgee
riv^r.
Ordered further, That said Committee re
port upon the expediency of employing an
Engineer to malm an instrumental survey of
the rout from Columbus to Pindertown.
Whereupon his Honor appointed Aider
men W illiams, Chipley, Ware, Lewis and’
Al! p n as that Committee.
Council then adjourned until Saturday the
29 h inst. 6 o’clock P. M.
J. ROBERTS, Ci ty C!etk v