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ors and Creditors ol nr Estate, for six weeks.
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the usual deduction.
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to entitle them to attention.
MiNsIOS UOU.SIS.
.] aGo 15 BAilli OYV ,
Respectfully informs the public that hr
has opened aHOUsSH in the business parto!
|},oad Street for the accommodation of Travellers,
and has built new stables on his oui lot by the solici
tation of ins customers.-
March 21. S ‘s
LAW.
THE- subscribers buying connected themselves*!
the practice of LA W, wtil attend all tne
County Courts of the Chattahoochee. Circuit, and the
adjoining count ms ol Alabama. Ollice in .Mclntosh
Row, immediately over Allen & Young’s Store.
ALFRED IVERSON,
.1 uni- 14. 19tf J, M. (SIfTERItY.
CDLU.WnrS HOTEL, 1810.
Ids) sub-eriln.-r re-peetfufy iidoi ms ins friends and
8L the public geuerallv. that he still continues to
occupy the above establishment, where he promises
refreshment ami comfort to-the traveller and border.
His own pcrson il attention will i>p given to his busi
ness, in which lie hopes to give general satisfaction
an 1 share a liberal patronage amongst his brother
chips. JEr-SK 11. REEVES.
tolnmli'.w, Ga., Jan. 21, I'i.viO 61 ts
(nIW).VATSI> <>*t v;is;.v IVl'l'lil l.
IK subrcribers are now pre;ian-d lo turiii n then
Il cu.-;to tiors tiu--l the [ruble wi.h .Catbouatod oi
Sola Water.
Tli -ir appar itus is constructed in such a manner.
Hi | of such inncmis as to prevent die possihlii y f
Hiy met alio or del it ins i’liuregnations.
TAYLOR & WALK Eli,
Sign- of the Guidon .Vi ort.tr, iiroad si. Columbus.
Aprsi 21. 1-oif
VA.LU.VitLPI/ASTA ; l(h\ FOR -NA M 2
ts 1 >N I’AININti Two Uoti.ii.u Two and a Ha
Acres of Lund, mixed wish oak and pu.e. ‘i heie
ire eighty as-res cleared'. Also, o e-.-iolornitiie a.t cl-i
mg, with .tli necessary out otiives, a . • v; gtu house
m i packurg screw, a peadi a:ft apu. - tw. The
utire under good fence, li is Mtua and viiiuu 4 miles
jfColuiuhus. joining tint plantation l.uinci-h owned
jy Thomas O. Evans, Esq. Persons vrvhwg to |ur
jfiaso cannot find a more desirable location than the
Hits ottered Sn'saie fey tilts subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 441 f JOHN Ul IN
TIIDM tMUX'S ( : iKiaSK TUTSS'-.
~2u effectual and radical cure for polausus
uteri,
fSTVIE subsmiboi’S have taken tlie agency for the
above valuable insiruuicist, and have now on
hand and will, constantly Keep a variety of patterns,
willed they wiL sell a! At uiutacluvers’ prices. 1 lies.
Trusses are superior to any instrument of she kind
ever invented, ail-1 are now extensively employed i,v
soiivof the most eminent practitioners in the United
Atat es.
We anu-'x thceertitera'ei.f he late Profesnor Kherle I
who list’d them with great success in ft is own practice.
‘ Oi tyei,vna r j i*. Ohio Vlay 11th, 16 >9.
1 I hare carefully examined tins Uterine Truss in- i
vented bv Dr. Thonijsson of tins s at,, ands can con- j
tidentlv declare, that it is tuiqueslion lily the a.os
perfect and useful instrument of the kind that lias evei
hep.i ofTered to the public. It differs essentially in J
construction from tins Utero Abdominal Supportei
30i|struetvd by Dr. Hull, and is in all respects a f.v
mperior in: trumt tit.’
I’ne subscribers have also received the agenev foi
Or. Clvase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is uni-I
•ersallv ad mited lo he the most certain and lasting I
:urt) ever discovered for Hernia or Rupture.
TAYLOR & IVAKKII. Druggists.
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Bro; d-st. J
Columbus. June 20, 18JJ. 20tf
avauk uois
AND OOU.MIS.3tON BUSINESS.
• IE un Lirsigucd would inform his friends and
M. the public generally, that he v.’iil continue the
aluve business at lus Did 3.and in Front street, oppo
site the new bri.dt building -f James ti. Shorter, Esq
and that lus persona! attention “ ill be exclusively devo
ted to the same. By s’li.-t attention thereto, he hopes
to have a continuance of the littoral patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon ium He will as usual attend lo
the sale of Cotton, from wagons or in store ; and from
a general a'q laiutanee with the purchasers and tnu
situation of the market he believes he can genera.iv
more titan save the commission in the sale of cotton.
W.M. P. YONGH.
Columbus, Sent. 19, 1i39. 33y
He has in store for sale,
Liverpool an 1 Blown Salt in sacks,
Chewing Tobacco aid Sugars,
Ohaanaigne Wine, in baskets and boxes,
Bagging and Bale it.ope
LOOK AT YillS.
RUNAWAY’ f. o n the subscribers. about the first
March last, a negro matt by name Presley,
about forty years of age, somewhat grey hair, very
thin, or perhaps no ban on the ton of the iteu i. quite
black, eyt small and deeply sunk in the lead, wide
between the teeth,'broad shoulders, and stoops, he is
rathor intelligent, though unprepossessing in appear
ance, makes great profession of religion, ami prays in
jobhc every opportunity. He was in the neighborhood
of Greenville, Meriwether county, som ■ tif.een davs
after leaving this place; where he left on the 29th e,;.
taking his avife with him, who belongs to Freeman
McCien lon. living near Greenville; s!ie is by the
na:n ’ of Julia, twenty years of age, common size, a
Driglit copp r color, and ver likely. It is believed
11 it thev were taken o.T by a white man, and probably
t avelling -vest in a gig, as such nformaaon reacii.d
Mr. McOlcnd#*.
A suitable reward will be given for the apprehen
n of said negroes and thief who catritd them away,
id information given to either of the subscribers.
FdSGMAN McOLl-kNDU.V,
JOHN C. MANGHAM.
Karil 16, ISIO. £tf
cau rrorr-
THE public are hereby forewarned against trad
ing fir two promissory notes, given by the under
signed to ji. P, Guyard for the rent oi two stores, one
on Crawford strei t and th*‘ oilier on the corner ci
Crawford and Broad s'reefs, one of the notes for
fifty dollars .an 1 the other for fifty four dollars seme
odd cents, [the date id neither recollected] payable on
the Ist January, 1841. The consilera-iou t>r which
both were given having entirely failed, the undersign
ed is determined not to pay them, unless compelled by
law.
Columbus, Ga. October 28, IM'J.
MICHAEL .MQUAin.
3; S7
41 31. HIIGIIBSi Attorney at Law, Guthber
AnLH Georgia.
Jan. 26. 1840. 51 ts
FACTORAGE
riy! and ihi
COXfIOTISaiON BUSINESS,
CHARLESTON. SGI Til CAROLINA
■’’g *E* subscribers conunue their business at thei
,-r. obi stand, on ii tee & Cos. vhxrf, Cna eston,
an i an- prepared to make liberal advances on Cotton
consigned lo tlicir care.
COLLINS & CLEVELAND.
Septembers, 1840. 29‘2m
WAREHOUSE AND
CO JIM IS,S IO.V BUSIN ESS.
_____ THE unde,signed having associa
/ ted themselves under the firm of Hail,
L ‘ gj Ruse & Cos. for the purpose oftrans
ijT ** wAfyi'W acting a g, n<-rnl Commission and
ii&STsst) , arehou&e business; would inform
their friends and the piibiic. that they are now prepar
ed to a.teri 1 l , any business entrusted to iheir charge
Their Warehouse being c instructed of Brick and
detached from all other buildings, may be considered
in a I resp- *as entire Fire-proof. Planters will
therefore find it for their interest lo store with them on
account ol the great saving in the premium of Insur
ance, and thu additional safety to those wtio do not
insure.
They are prepared to advance liberally upon cotton
and oilier merchandize stored with them, and their
rates es storage and commissions, and all other char
ges will be a- -iw as those charged by other houses in
the same line of business,
J. A. DEBLOIS,
11. T. HALL,
F. N. RUSE.
THEY HAVE NOW IN STORE FOR SALE.
600 bags prime Havana Coffee,
30 J pieces best Kentucky Bugging,
150 coils best Kentucky Rope,
25 bales domestic Goods received direct from
the manufacturers.
August 29. 1840. 28tf
PHOENIX HOTEL,
Lumpkin, Suicart County , Georgia.
fPIHK subscriber having taken the above house,!
Ja. situated on the North East corner ol the court
house square, formerly occupied hi Mr. Beacham,
takes pleasure in informing his friends and the public
generally, that this new and commodious establish
ment is now completed, and in every way lilted up
for the accommodation of boarders and travellers the
subscriber will give his personal attention to the super
vision of tho house, and no pains or expense will be
spared to render all comfortable who may favor him
with a call,
N. B. His stables are excellent and will at all times
be botmli'iilly supplied with provender, and attended
by a steady industrious and trusty ostlei, who will at
a:! ihie sbe in his place and subject to the commands i
of i he visitor. Gi DEON H. CROXTON.
Jan 25—51-ts
DISSOLUTION.
nST’UfE copartnership heretofore existing under firm
J3_ ofDrs. OHIFLEY & SCHLEY, is this day
U.iS rived by mutual consent. The books and accounts
are in the hands of Dr. Schley, who is authorized to
-cute llieni. Persons indebted to the final re respect
fully requested to call as early as possible and settle.
\V. S. OHIPLEY,
WM. K. SCHLEY.
July 23,1640. 24-ts
L AAV NOTICE.
undeisigned will attend lothe PRACTICE |
f 2 OF LAW. in the name of JONES 6c BEN- I
S’ l NG. in most of (he counties of this Circuit, and a j
few ot die adjoining counties of Alabama. 1 ,1 c,r <
iAlice .viii be found near the Oglethorjir House.
SEABORN JONES,
H ENR Y L. BENNING.
Sept. 16,1839; 33 ts
lFf> : SALE
IE tract, of land, known as the Broken Arrow
JtL Bend, on the Chattahoochee river, -even miles
li, -j,’- (.'olumhus, on the Alabama side of Ihe river,
KKi’.ainiog fourteen hundred and forty-two acres, nine
!i in red oi whit’ll are eq al if not suporior, lo any land
,>u die river: with five hundred acres ofoleaied- land
under g.H-i fence and in a high state of cultivation;
die Inr me of die tract is thin oak and hickory, and
nue iaiiUs, wuli good water and-healthy situations Sir
i siiteiici’. o.i v.lneli p.nt is a good house for an over
seer end negro houses for Sif.y negroes. Persons wish
ing to piiii'iiase a river pianlation would do well to ex
-1 drtnue u while the cron is growing.
JOHN CROWELL, Sen.
Fort Mitchell, August 12, IS4O 26—ts
BOARDING,
9j||r;i.S LUCAS having taken that large and com
jY-J-i m i lions t wo-story house on Front street, uirect
;v opposite Air. YVm. ! J Yonge’s residence, would be
widmg to accommodate a few respectable Boarders.
None but those of strictly moral habits need apply.—
Terms to suit tne limes. June 11.1849. 1* ts
A llKl).
f i-ipi > E subscriber offers Ins services to the Mer
Jil chants. Lawyers, &c. of this City, as a general
aecouiit.int. Tnove whose business would not afford
to keep ape; inaneut Book Keeper, have now an op
portututN of getting their Books and Accounts w ritten
up a i l made out neatly and correctly every month, if
required, for a moderate compen.-ation.
He will also attend to any other description of writ
iug -ir codeciing, such as making out Deeds, JMort
! gages. Cotton Bd.s. Invoices. Re. and respectfully
j solicit- purrouage. 11. G. DONOVAN.
Cdmubus, Oct. 14, 1840. 33 ltn
TO COTTON PLANTERS.
! e subscriber w now olfu ing for sale a quantity
! jQ_ of valuable land. Persons wishing to establish
j cot on jilaii'atnui* in anew country, in the finest cotton
grow ing region of the Stouth, would do-well to exam
; me those lands. ‘1 hcv lie mostly in the county of 1
| Macon, and valuable tracts immediately in the vicini
ty of ib it beaut mil and romantic region denominated |
; the Chimnciiogg.i ridge, where the atmosphere is pure !
|an ! elastic, and abounding with fresh bod fountains of |
I caul lim water as can he found in any nvmntain region j
|of the South. There are also in the neighborhood of
| th-.se lands two or three well improved pian'alions for |
| sa!e—-onle believ and to be as productive as any ill j
i Alabama, as l< n bales of cotton to the hand have t.eeis j
made.. ‘ |
j Persons wishing to purchase apply to the subscriber, |
! at Valverdi P.O. Macon county. Alabama.
; Angus! 16. 27 3m. H BLACK MON.
Tiie Columbus Enquirer and Georgia .ietfersomaii j
, will copy the a'o >ve three mouths and forward their
i accounts to the subscriber. H. B.
TWZSKTiTT .1 1 7U3,
j Ji'P ANAiYiU fo.n ihe uudetsigiied, ivingin Rus
jfl.%s.’,i county. Alabama abi.utiwenty mpeswestof
I Columbus. Ga on the !3 h instant, a Mulatto-fellow, j
named Ca.*s:ir. about thirty -five \ tars id, in height be
tween live feet st ven and tivt feet eight inches, thickly ;
sei, liaht tomp ected, ii.tr ll.gent am ready in conversa- ]
tior., pleasing and regu a features, his liair closely !
cropped, very active in movi inent and f.r a negro ■
works t lerdbly well with carpenter's-tools. Hating i
form I v resided in Talbot county, G. it is not micro- |
bable that he may ben 1 his course in that direction-. |
The ab >*. e rewaid, together with all rea-onabie expen
ses. wi I be given fur bis rest rat on to the unde: signed j
j or far his being lodged in anyj.nl so that hi- owner get j
I him. JEREMIAH BENNETT,
j Oc ober 22. 1549. 37tf.
CAUTION.
fOST on Saturday tliv s;ii instant, at or near
_4 the intks of Messrs. W ii.iaiu R James Blair.
! ;n i*ie len li district vt Muscogee couutv.Geqryia. a
NOTE o! HAND for one handred and fitly dollars,
| made lv ihe undersigned, anti payable So William
B.air, dated September 4, 1840. and payable three
j days alter da e. Alt persons are hereby cautioned
, against ir&duiL for said i o c, as ;t was never dcliver
■ ed io the said Bi .ir, nor anv conside-aiion given fiirit.
AMDS SCiiUMPKRT.
September 7. 1840. 3b 3i
•
IS AST £JVT AjT .
iOM the su iscribe,, living m the Hal'.oca settle- ;
| -S? incut. .Muscogee county, Ga. on the 26 h tilt, a <
muiauoteiio • .named DICK, a eui twenty-eight vears j
.and, about live feet 6 or 7 inches high, rather round j
sliouiuered, well L ink, weighing about oi.eimndr and and ‘
forty pounds, has a scar from ;he cut of a knife under <
one ot ins shoulders, light complected, with hair aim >st !
straight, shrewd, and quick spoken, but when address- i
ed, lias a down look and is apt to smile. He is well j
known in Columbus, having been partly raised in tiiat j
city by the late Ur. Sullivan, from whose esta'e the
undersigned boi.gr,; him. Reason exists for supposing
that lie lias gone o.T with a while man. Twenty dol
lars together with reasouaide expenses will be given
for the restoration ot the negro, oi for his being lodged
in jail so that tne undersigned get him ano, if stolen,
two hundred dollars will be gtvci for proof toconviciion
ofthe hies. CHARLES KING.
August 15. 1840. 26tf
The Montgomery Advertiser is requested io insert j
iho obove three times, and forward the account to
Charles Km* Ac,l!ofa Post Office, Mus.'ogec county, t
Gto'g-i.
‘AYE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BoffN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1840.
COMMISSION’ BUSINESS.
yHE unaersigneu have ihiso:* associated ihem
.se.ves together under the firm of LOLMEfc’
SINCLAIR, fn the t: i sac nn <f a FACTOR- j
AGE AM) COMMISSION BUSINESS, ai ]
Sav.innaii. v\ ILLits HULWhb.
E. SINCLAIR.
We tender our thanks to our friends, tor iheir former
.‘.tronage, and solicit a continuance ot the same.
Octob r 7,164 U. 24 3m
3KIUIAS, INDIAN AND TIiOMSONIAA
OK,
I’iiliimVE, PRAC TICAL. BOTANICO
mzimcAZ. school,
Located seven miles Last of Alar ion, mar Hamburg
IS uniting these several .Medical Systems or modes
ol practice Dr. li. it. THOMAS, the Principal
ot Ihe School, begs leave to state, for the information
of the afflicted and public generally, that he has bei n
many years engaged in the practice o! Medicine, and
lias di voted much of Ins tune, labor and practice, with
many of the most intelligent and successful German
and Indian Doctors, botii in tlie United States and
Canada, to the treatment of acute and chronic dis -
ea-esof every name, stage and type, and of ihe mot.
malignant character ; and nas, by practicing with them,
acquired a thorough knowledge of ail their valuable
secret Recipes and manner of treatment, which is far
superior to any thing known or taught in ihe Medical
Schools, and which has been successful, by the files
-iugs of the Almighty, in restoring to health, hundreds
and thousands of persons that had been treated for a
number of years by many of the most learned and
s leutificPhysicians of tbedav, and pronounced to be
entirely beyond the reach of remedy, and given over
• die. Yet by theaimple,efficacious Vegetable Me,li
icines, not poisons, they were snatched from the jaws of
ihe gmn monster, death, and restored to health, the
greatest of all earthly blessings; for what is riches
and elegant dwellings, without health to enjoy them
Health is the poor man’s wealth, and tne rich man’s
bliss. To a mail laboring under disease, the world is
little better than a dreary solitude, a cheerless waste
enlivened by no variety, a joyless scene cheered bv
it > social sweets; for the soul in a diseased body, like
a martyr in bis dungeon, may retain its value, but it
I has lo t ns usefulness.
Will be added to ihi-’ institution, as soon as the ne
c *ssai y arrangements can be mad'*, an infirmary—the
c ild, Ijot, tepid, shower,sulphur and ihe German. Rus
sian and I'hoinsoninn Medicated Vapor Baths; and
every thing that can possibly be of any advantage in
lestoricg the sick to health, ot relieving suffering hu
• inanity , will be promptly and constantly attended lo;
] mid where the student will learn by practical expert-
I once, ( he best kind of logic,) ihe true pi inciples of
the hea ing art. Price of tuition will be S2OO. payable
in adva ce.
CJT All persons afflicted with lingering and chron
ic disea js, (of any name, stale, stage or type, for we
have bi tied disease in a thousand forms,) who cannot
convent ntly apniy in person, will send the symptoms
and their lisea-es in writing to Dr. R. li. Thomas.
Hambi! , Ala , where Medicines will be prepared in
Ihe bes’ manner to sriit each case. Alihoiigh they
may hav i bom of many years standing, and treated
bv a doz n different D ictor , it is no good reason wh’
they can ot be cured by the subscriber. Persons liv
ing at. a .’stance must expect to pay for their Medi
cine ;wh i they get them, as rio Medicines will b
sent from ir* • ffice on a credit
tfj* etters addressed to (lie subscriber will not
he taken om the office, unless post-eaid.
Nov. 1 139 45tf B. It. THOMAS.
PROSPECTUS
C 0 TTG*V- & xfJ* SI£EI£
A N 1)
IN NEK’S ttUIDE*
liY iEiiuLETON REID,
j nHE importance of properly preparing the Staple
| Ji of any country or section is well known, but to
| iiu country or section is it of such importance as ih..s
I tuat grow and produce ihe Got ion as their only staple.
I Therefore, under this and other onsideraiious, 1 pro
• jiose >o puLilish by subscripoor. uiy sy stem and pruclice
in Gotlon bill making and Ginning.
With ihe advantage ol many years, experie. ee—
die sacrifice of mucii time alid labor—anu believing
that 1 have brought it nearer to perfect on than any
oihcr person, 1 submit it lo the j). blic in a concise
and correct ni titne.—with my la>e practice and-with
many improvements tiesuie.- toe valuable one of ihe
application of ihe Friction Wheels, and new mode of
making the brush, (which l have patented in. the Re
public ot Texas) ; and the Brake or Agitator, my last
improvement, winch moc . increases the speed in gin
ning, and improves the (Jolt n, (It-is well represented
in the plates and explained in ihe work.) ‘The work
to contain-about one hundred pxges ocmvo, in good
htmiing, vvrt.i tea* well engraved plates, illustrative f
the system; of the Gm c.unpfete, plans, elevations,
sections, and figures in detail, widi references -and de
scription of every pan. Also plates of plan and eieva
ti ri of Gin House, Gear, position of the Gin, &e. < ai
culations of gear in speeding lit - gin, w/i h particular
description, expf nation and directions to the Cotton
Planters in constructing the gin-house grid gear, and
gecerai managenient oi the gin. cotton, &.
With the rules and expianatio.js given in tiie pro
posed Work, any* good workman may execute, ihe
whole plan well, and Pie Planter be enabled to judge
for himself uy constructing his House, Gear, &c., and
m selecting a Gm that is rightly made in every respect,
and of good materials; therefore being a great saving
or gain to him-, first, in cleaning nis crop in half the
time usually required; and in pick ng and moiemg his
cotton well, so as to command the Inghes price in
market; in rh durability of nis Gin, which, if made
by the directions given, will last to p ck a thousand
bass of cotton, (this would require three or four com
mon made Gins to and > the anv .) And further, there
is no ri-k . r danger of burning lire House. GoMon. &c,
by taking fire from the Gin on the new friction ‘vaet.l j
plan, though you were to gws it doubls the motion j
Gins running oil boxing would bear. Nothing will be j
set down in the proposed Work bul positive facts, be
ing the result (all prejudices aside) ot tai and repeat
eu experiments, (a safe guide to mechanical know
ledge and skill )
If i were going to continue the Cotton Gm making ]
business in tins country, I should n it trouble ihe pub- I
lie with this Prospectus for 1 would much rather j
work for money than write for it as in the first case,
I would no it strict justice,—in the latter, I must ask
; allowance for its defects, and liberal patronage for its
j support.
! Terms-—Ten* Dollars, payable on delivery*. Non
! subscribers Twelve Doliaas.
Edttots ot News Papers friendly to the ndvance
! inent of the Cotton Staple will please give the above
| an insertion:.
I Columbus September, 1840. S3 It
TO THU SOUTH.
H. PETTIS* Oounseiler at Lew. from O
_Bl ® range County, Virginia, having been located
! in ihe Citv of New York, for the last e ght years, re
! spceifully tenders his „ra; ful acknowledg: lenls to ius
fneiids in the South, for their confidence and patronage
; m various matieis of business, and solicits their comi
j nuance. ITe has liad much experience, both in this
! State and that of Pennsylvania, in cau ing fugitivi
Slaves to be secured; and wifi continue to effect such
objects, li possible, whenever called upon. His plans
aieso well matured., by having, at his command, the
m is’ ihcient aid. located at different points, and suc
cessf’iisy harmonizing that he cannot but flatter hint
j self that he will have more complete success, if possi
ble, n future, than heretofore. In defiance of ihe Ab
o'itionists, lie can cause to be secured anv fugitive
| slave, who shall be north of Mason and Dixon’s iine.
There neither is. nor can there he. any law of this
I or anv other Stale, which can militate against the Fe- j
derai Constitution, which authorises the master, or his !
regularly constituted Agent io arrest ins fugitive stave, J
j take him before a Judge or Magistrate, prove property, j
and take him away. To the end therefore, it will he
neccssarv for thove who may wish the services of Mr. |
P., to forward him a Power of Attorney dal * execut
ed, and minutely descriptive o the fugitiv . and also a
fee of twenty dollars to defray preliminary and contin
gent expenses. When the slave shall have been se
cured and handed over to th master, oue hundred dol
| iars additional eharge will be made.
.Mr. Pettis will promptly and faithfully attend to anv
| m l alt business confided to him, touching his ptefes- |
-ion. All letters. business, must be psi paid, to j
j his address. No. 3 Wall street.
i N. B.—The Southern paper?generally would sub- i
! serve the interest of slave-ho’ ‘ei- by re ■tiding ’he a- j
i nova. Nero York, ApiU 26. IS4O.
j
5250 RBWAr*-*.
ITS AN AW A Y troin the subscriber, Inst ti ght, a
SL nkeiv Negro boy named SCO T. about 17 o;
IS vears of age, o feet 10 inches high, light coiored.
ylks very picasing when spoken io; very intelligent j
ano remaikably polite in bis deporlment He look i
with him from me about 8100 in money. £5 of which
was American Gold, ‘.he balance on the PI inters’ ana
Mechanics’ Bank of Columbus. lam inclined to be
lieve that he has been seduced away by some v hitc
man, as he has hitherto been been \er\ trustworthy, j
and generally bore the chatacter of an honest and i
faithful servant.
I am induced to believe lhat he is makinc way to j
North arolina, where he was raised, or to Ohio, as I I
have been informed -ince he left, that he expressed a |
lesire to go w ith some free negroes who lately lefi j
ilumbus. Ga for that Stats.
I will five S6O reward for the Negro, if delivered to
me, or lodged in any safe jail; and if inveigled away
!bv a white man. I will give S2OO reward for the sroun
jdrel, with evidence sufficient to convict him. or $260
! fjr both, WM. D. LUCAS.
’ G:nrd. Ala., Jdy 30, 1240. >.f
j- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Miuedstviue. November 3 < 1840
! F*lhw-Citizens of the Senate
and House of Representatives:
The recurrence of the legal pe
riod for the assemblage of the Re
presentatives ot the people, finds
our country bounding in plenty.
The blessings which daily surround
us, call for the response of grateful
hearts to their benificent Author,
and a proper consideration of them,
should impress on us tlm high obli
gation we are under to regulate our
conduct by hi? will.
The difficulties which have em
barrassed the commerce of the
wothl, and produced so many pla
ces distress and ruin, have been felt
by our people, but not so severely
as in many Mates of the Union
The restless spirit of speculation
which seemed to have taken posses
sion of the country, exciting the
public mind to a state of delirium,
abstracting many of the people from ;
their customary pursuits, with the!
inspiring hope of the sudden accii- j
initiation of fortune, has been the!
chief and prolific source of our cm-!
harrassmeuts. Debts were con-j
tracted without reflection, or upon!
the wild supposition that the staple!
commodity of the South, the great j
regulator of the value of property,]
would maintain an undiminished!
price, and habits of prodigality as
extravagant as this unwarrantable
expectation, were indulged. Men
who never before yielded to delu
sive temptations, caught the conta
gion, and those alone escaped who
who trusted themselves not within
the sphere of its infection. When
she paroxism was over, and the day
of retribution came, and brought
with it that sober consideration
which tho debtor, disappointed in
his imaginary means, realizes, when
thrown upon his actual resources to
meet his engagements, the true con
dition of the country was known,
audit was one of pressure. Fortun
ately for the debtor class of the com
munity, the severity of the times
has been greatly mitigated by the
magnanimous forbearance of many
creditors to urge the collection ofj
their debts, and by the timely nidj
afforded by the Central Bank.
This institution, with a liberality
becoming it, administered to the
genera! relief with all the means at
its command, if could not have
done more without exposing its is
sues to a ruinous deprecation, which
would have been far more cnlami
tious than the evils intended lo he
remedied by its kind interposition.
Though the late distribution; has
been liberal, it has come far short
of relieving the embarrassments of
the people. It is impossible, and
perhaps inconsistent, with the prin
ciples of sound policy, for ihe gov
ernment to undertake to protect the
citizen from the consequences of
imprudence or miscalculation. A
reliance of this sort would beget a
dependence destructive of individu
al enterprise, engender and cherish
habits of reckless speculation, and
foster a spirit of iuditferenee lo ac
tive and industrious pursuits, hostile
|to the welfare of society. Habits
l of industry and a rigid economy that
would forbid the expenditures of the
year to equal the lowest estimate
of the probable income, and a firm
resistance of the allurements to I
speculation, held out by the tempt
ing prospects of unreasonable gain, |
are sure guarantees of immunitv !
C . * j
from pecuniary troubles, as well
of individual prosperity.
With the Act of the 23d of De- j
cumber last, requiring the Directors ]
of the several Banks and Branch
Banks to disclose the amounts due,
by them respectively to the Banks
of which they are Directors, and
enjoining on the President or Cash
ier the duty of stating the aggregate
amount of indebtedness by Stock
holders, either for capital stock or
moneys borrowed, hut few of the
Banks have complied. Upon the
receipt of their April Reports, I ad
dressed a letter to the officers of
j those Banks whose Reports did not
! conform to the law, calling iheir at
Mention to this statute, and uniting
a compliance with its requisitions.
Some of them responded to the cal!
by forwarding the required state
ments, others declined obedience to
1 the law, assigning reasons for it, and
a few disregarded altogether the
. . ”
: communication addressed to them.
The reasons assigned are unten
able: some of them are predicated
on the inexpediency of the law. while
! others, in addition, occupy the high
er ground of the want of consritu
jtionni authority in the Legislature
to enact it. With regard to the ;
objection on the ground of inexp**-j
diency, it may he remarked, that
when the Legislative will is consti
tutionally declared, none lms the!
right to question it, or set up his!
j judgment in opposition to it. All
j owe it obedience—it is the taw of
the land. The constitutional power
of the Legislature to enact the law,
cannot he questionetl. It cannot he
conceded that when a corporation is
once created, it is placed beyond
the reach of legislation. So far ns
the charter constitutes a contract
between the Government and the
corporators, no law can he passed
impairing its obligation; hut it may
be punished for a perversion or
fraudulent use of any of its privile
ges
If the stock is not actually paid
in, the only consideration which im
parts to the charter the semblance
of a contract, or having been paid,
is fraudulently abstracted, the act
of incorporation may be repealed,
or such other measure adopted as
may he deemed necessary to protect
the country against the consequen
ces of paper issues upon fictitious
capital.
‘File law to which I have advert
ed, was intended to expose the
transactions of the Banks, so far as
toascertain whet her their operations
were based upon a paper or a specie
capital. This was no assault upon
the chartered lights of any Bank,
and a delicate sensibility to the cred
it of stockholders, did not warrant
the assumption of a discretion to re
fuse to make such disclosures as
were considered by the Legislature
necessary to guard effectually the
community against unjustifiable im
positions.
Many of the Banks are still in a
state of suspension ; an evil which i
lias subjected the community to
great losses. Extraordinary privi
leges have been granted to these
corporations, not for the purpose of
substitutinga worse fora better cur
rency, and enabling the proprietors j
to grow rich by the operation, hut •
that they, furnishing a less unwieldy j
arid more convenient medium of
exchange than the precious metals,
convertible into coin at the option
of the holder, might receive and
enjoy all the benefits resulting from
these privileges. When, therefore,
they permit their notes to fall below |
the value of specie, they breadt their
faith with the community, and vio- I
late the spirit, and in some instaa-|
ces, the letter of the grant,, under ,
which they exercise their functions. !
This is, perhaps, a difficult.’ which
cannot he entirely obviated, inhe
rent in the system of substituting a
paper for a metallic currency ; hut
it is one that cannot long exist when
hanks are conducted on proper prin
ciples; when their capital has in
good faith been paid in, ami when I
such paper alone is discounted as >
can he made available in time ofj
pressure for the redemption of the!
notes for which it was negotiated- |
Every class of society is interested j
in the maintenance of a sound cur-:
rency, and this great end cannot j
he accomplished without requiring |
punctuality of institutions to which!
has been granted the extraordinary j
privilege of furnishing it. To role- I
rate their delinquency, is to offer <*i !
premium for misconduct, for they]
alone tire benefitted, while every |
holder of their not s sustains a loss.
This is an evil which has been in
flicted on the country for more than
a year, and demands your serious
consideration. The nature of the
remedy that should lie applied,* rest
ing in your sound and patriotic dis
cretion, will doubtless be such as is
demanded by the interest of the peo
ple. I would respectfully recom
mend that ti day he fixed for the
resumption of specie payments,, al
lowing the banks a reasonable time
to prepare for it, and that such pe
nalties be annexed to their refusal
as will ensure their compliance.*
The Central Bank, under live
management of an able and expe
rienced Board of Directors, in addi
tion to the distribution already allu
ded to, has afforded to the Commis
sioners of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad important facilities, which
have enabled litem to discharge
many of their heavy obligations,
which it was expected would have
been met by the sale of State bonds.
This measure, warranted by law,
was also dictated by a sense of jus
tice to contractors who had labored
faithfully in this great work, and
had incurred heavy liabilities, rely
ing on the punctuality of the Com
missioners. It has also made ar
rangements fur the payment of the
! New York debt, which, unless pre
! vented by the unexpected default of
j debtors, will be extinguished early
| in the next year, by which the State
| will be relieved from the disgrace;
! inflicted upon it, by permitting its
credit to he sacrificed. It has met
I all the appropriations of the Legis
lature, including the amount set a
i part for the support oi common
| schools. Though these operations
|of the bank have resulted in great
I advantage to the State utid people,;
j they have left in circulation a large!
| amount of its notes, which must be
!so reduced, before further accotn
! modattons can be granted, as to save
the country from the enormous mis
chiefs of a depreciated currency.
It is to be hoped that this bank, so
long the benefactor of the people,
will, with its ample assets, he onu-
hied lo counteract the ungenerous
efforts of other bonks to discredit its
issues, provided its liabilities oie not
increased by legislative requisitions.
If. however, tiro appropriations oi
the Legislature, which are annually
increasing in amount, nre to he pro
vided for by the Central Bank, their
payment must he made in the notes
of the hank, for the redemption of,
which no fund is provided, it must!
cease its operations as a hank, col
lect its debts, speedily recall its cir
culation, which creates an ohliga- j
tion paramount to all others, and i
wind up its affairs. Asa timelv :
provision against a measure of this j
sort, i would recommend to the Le-1
gislature it resumption of the entire j
.amount of State taxes, which have
for some years been given to the j
counties, with but little benefit to f
them-, but greatly to the injury ofj
the finances of the State.
It may he possible that the ar
rangements made by the Central
Bank for the payment of the debt
due by the State in New York, to
which I have already adverted, may j
fail. It depends entirely on the]
punctuality of its debtors. As this!
is a matter involving the character]
of the State, it should ho placed he- j
yond doubt. It is tine to the credi
tor, whose circumstances may he
seriously affected by the suspension
of so large it debt, It will he recol
lected that what creates a legal lia
bility in the rase of an individual,
imposes a moral obligation only on
a State, and her honor must suffer
when her debts are not punctually
paid. It will he necessary to pro
vide for any deficiency that may
occur in the means provided by the
Central Bank for the payment of
this deb*.
Side has not yet been effected of
all the hank stock owned by the
State, and it is highly improbable
that owned in the Bank es Da
rien can he sold, upon the terms
prescribed in the Act directing the
sale. This hank, from an extraor
dinary pressure, was compelled to
precede others in a suspension of
specie payments, which gave to its
credit a shock from which it lias not
been able to recover, and of which
purchasers will not fail to seek ad
vantage. I would recommend that
the State either purchase the inte
rest of the individual stockholders,
and take the institution into its own
hands, or soil its own on such terms
of liberal credit, as will offer un in
; diicement to purchasers to buy, and
] in either event, lo protect itself a
: gainst the notes in circulation, and
| against, the reissuing of those that
i have been redeemed*
A balance is due to Contractors
I on the Western and Atlantic Hail-
I , ,
] road,, for work for which cash was
!to have been paid. The Branch of
I tho Georgia Railroad and Blinking
| Company at Augusta, advanced in
! the year eighteen hundred and thir
ty-nine, a considerable sum to the
Commissioners, of the Western and j
Atlantic Railroad, on a pledge of
Mate Bonds, which by contract was
to have been long since refunded.
The Comuussiotvers having been
disappointed in realizing means up
on the sale of State Scrip, having
not been able to comply with their
engagements. —These claims pre
sent demands upon your justice, for
which it will he necessary to pro
vide.
The system of Education through!
the instrumentality of Common
Schools, as at present arranged, is
far from answering the purpose in-;
tended by its projectors. The lmid
to be distributed is so small in pro
portion to the number of children
entitled to share it under the exist
ing laws; that none can derive any ;
substantia! benefit from it. ft is !
impossible for the State, with its j
limited means, reduced as they me !
Ivy the mal-appropriat ion of the tax- !
es, to afford gratuitously the bless
ing of education to every child with- j
in her boundary. I would there-!
fore recommend that the laws on!
this subject lie revised, and that the
children of such paron-t* only us are j
unable to educate them, be embrac- j
ed within their provisions. Our j
political institutions being based j
upon an enlightened view of the
rights of man, cannot be supported j
hut by the virtue and intelligence!
of the people. These should be!
nurtured and fostered by the State, •
and the door of instruction should
be opened to the humblest child of
poverty. Every citizen then, by
proper industry and application,
might acquire such a knowledge of!
the history of his Government, its!
true policy, and the tendency of its;
measures, as would enable him to j
detect tiic machinations of the cor- j
nipt politician, and to distinguish .
projjeriy between tiso mad pageant-!
ry and low appeals of thedenia-j
gogue, and the lofty and principle-;
j sustained arguments ct the paliiiot.;
The Preamble and Resolutions j
adopted by the last General Assem- i
lily, instructing our Senator? in!
Congress, and requ s'iug csir lie- 1
I prcsentativcs to have the Art of
■ Congress respecting fugitives from
i justice, to carry into effect that sec
tion ot the Constitution of the Unit
ed States which relates to the same
subject, so amended as to require its
| execution by officers of the Gencr
i al Government, and amenable to its
I authority, were forwarded in due
j season to our Senators and llepre
! sent ifivcs* They were presented
Ihv the Senators, but the Represent*
Satires declined laying them before
| the House, and assigned their ren
j sons in letters addressed to me,
copies of which, and also of my re
ply, are herewith communicated.
In December last, the whole of
the grading of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad from Cross Plains
to Ross’s Landing, with a small ex
ception, which has been since let,
was put under contract. The con
fidence of our citizens in the credit
of the State, relieved the Commis
sioners from the embarrassments
in which the meagre demand for
State stocks in foreign markets had
placed them, and saved to the State
the trouble, expense nnd loss, at
tending th sales of bonds to distant
capitalists. These contracts, pay
able in bonds redeemable in thirty
years, interest at six per cent., pay
able semi-annually, were taken at
an average rate much lower than
those previously let to he met with
cash, which manifests how highly
the citizens of Georgia estimate her
credit, while it is so lightly appreci
ated abroad. The grading of this
road has reached that point in its
progress to completion, that longer
delay in the purchase of iron will
result in a public loss.. The work
already done is exposed to continual
injuries from'rain and other causa
lities, which must be repaired at
great expense. The Commissioners,
not believing that iron could be pur
chased with the means tit their com
mand, except at a sacrifice not to
be tolerated, have deferred contract
ing for it until the Legislature could
make oilier provision for it. I would
recommend you to give this subject
your earliest consideration. It is
understood that it can be purchased
on such time as will suit the conve
nience of the Legislature,.if the ma
nufacturer can be inspired with con
fidence, by an arrangement under
the authority of law that will guar
j antee tlie payment. This road has
| been graded for two tracks, but be
lieving that what is not clearly de
manded by the public good should
’ not be attempted in the present and
i perspective low st-.te ofour finances,
1 would recommend that but one be
j constructed. With turn-outs at con
venient distances, one will be sufli
cient for all the travelling and trans
portation that may be expected on
this road for some time to come;
and by the temporary abandonment
of the other, the cost of construction
ill he greatly reduced, a conside
ration not to be disregarded in the
existing state of things. When the
road is put in operation, which
should be done without delay, that
the country may receive its benefits,
the necessity for a second track will
he ascertained, arid it may then be
constructed or finally abandoned ns
the public interest may demand.
Col. Stephen 11. Long bus resigned
ii:s office of Chief Engineer, and.
James S. Williams, Esquire, u
gentleman highly recommended by
the Commissioners, whose situa
tion enable them to form a just es
timate of his merit arid qualifications,
has been appointed to succeed him.
The appropriation for paying tlio
salaries and expenses of the Engi
neer department, has been exhaust
ed. It will be necessary to provide
for the support of t bis- branch of the
public service.
A party of marauding Indian*
from i ioridu invaded the counties
!of Camden and W are in August
I last, and after having murdered
| some of the inhabitants, and plun
; dered and destroyed their farms and
; dwellings, disappeared. Generals
i Lloyd and Hilliard adopted prompt
! measures for the protection of the
exposed district, in wlin-h they were
I warmly seconded by the patriotic
j citizens of those and some of tlio
; contiguous counties, who stepped
forward to the relief of tiie sufferers
; with a spirit and magnanimity wor
thy of t u e highest commendation.
As soon as intelligence of these out
rages reached this Department, l
communicated it to the Secretary
nt \\ ar, who, with his characteris
tic promptitude, gave orders for a
force to be detailed from the army
in Florida, a id marched to the as
sailed point; and ho assures me,
; that the whole exposed frontier will
;he protected. At the same time,
i I despatched that aide and experi
! faced officer, General Nelson, to
i the scene of these depredations,
! with orders to raise n sufficient force
;to pursue the enemy, and capturo
! or drive him fioni his hiding places
j"i Georgia. He has returned from
ithis service. 1I<; penetrated and
thoroughly ex imined the Okefen*-
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