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[From the Savannah Georgian.]
Family Ballads—NO I.
1 stood within the old church door awaiting there
the crowd,
A wedding was to be that day, the parties rich
and proud :
1 stood within the doorway of that venerable pile.
And waited there to see the bride, in all her
pomp and style.
And health was on their rosy cheeks, their
figures light and free:
A tro'p of girls came flocking in, in joyfulness
and glee.
And simplest wild field flowers were braided in
their hair;
So I knew they were but peasants, who such j
ornaments did wear.
They stood before the altar then, the peasant
and his bride,
A stalwart form was he, and she a slender one
beside;
He took her little hand in his, and on it put the
ring,—
•‘A good true heart, my Bess, is all the wealth I
have to bring.
“A pair of hands, that in time past, have worked
for me and mine,
“A pair ol hands, that time to come, shall work
for thee and thine :
" A good true heart that never, Love, a wrongful
act shall do,
" And where the heart is willing, Bess, the hand
is willing too ”
And thi re too, stood the minister, that good man
and so kid!
Prepared into oio being, two joyful hearts to
bind :
He said the service thro’ and thro/ and never
made a blunder.
"The knot that Heaven itself has tied let no man
cut asunder!
-for ever and for ever, for better and for worse.
"I take tbee as a blessing, or take thee as a curse,
"I take thee for a loving rife unto a loving heart.
"And there ihou’lt keep thy place, my Bess, until
death doth us part.”
And she said nought, but gazed on him with per
fect trust and love.
While kneeling down he sought with faith a bles
sing from above :
Then rising up he humbly thinked that preacher
kind and gray,
And they two then rejoicing, together went their
way. .
And I took prayed ‘“the Father.’ that their love
might never cease,
Aud that they’e live their life time out, in hap
piness and peace:
But then I thought within my heart, that they
must happier be
Who 1 v id >n ’wealth and splendor aud who were :
of high degree. . j
Again the doors were open thrown; in all their
pomp and pride
Advanced the lordly bridegroom and his silk at
tired bride .
In satin aud in velvet, with jewels rich and rare,
Adorning a i her person and thick biaaed in her
hair.
But her eyes were red with weeping, and her face
was very pale.
And her sad’and deep dejection told of blighted
iove a tale :
When sht.' stood before the altar too, she shudder
ed as TV-lh cold ;
Then 1 knew, that tho’ so lovely, she'd been
bartered for and sold.
No joy smiled on the nuptials: all was gloomy, sad
and grave.
And she looked around all wistful for some
friendly hand to save;
But V e preacher read the service thro’, tho’ pity
ing her lot,
Then she sigh d as if heart-broken, and fainted
on the spot.
So tell me now good people! Ohtell'me now, I
pray !
Which was the happier couple, of those mimed
on that day ?
Was it th" stately couple, in all their pomp and
pride,
Or the poor and humble peasant with his loving
little bride ?
Savannah, Sept. 14th, 1849. &. Y. L.
[Correspondence of the New York Herald.)
Cultivation of the Tea Plant.
Greenville, S. C. Aug. 23.
In mv Last, 1 promised to give an account
of the tea garden near this place. You must
remember Mr. Junius Smith. He was origi
nally from Litchfield, Conn., a student of
Yale College; a merchant of New York ; but
the greater portion of his life a resident of
London. Several years were devoted by him
to the great subject of Atlantic steam navi
gation. Having demonstrated that ihi j could
be accomplished by the passage of the Sirius,
he continued the agent of that line until the
loss of the President, when the company
■wound up their concerns, with an immense
loss to himself. Mr. Smith was obliged to turn
his attention to some other occupation. His
exertions were mainly instrumental in get
ting a bill through Congress empowering the
Postmaster General —the memorable Cave
Johnson—to make contracts for carrying
the mail; but instead of giving the contract
for the Atlantic mail to Mr. Smith, the worthy
Cave gave il to Mr. Mills, of your city.
Mr. Smith had but one child, who married
the Rev. Mr. Maddock, a clergyman of the
English church, who was afterwards appoint
ed by the East India Company, a chaplain, and
removed with his wife to a station in the Hi
malaya mountains, where the company have
large tea plantations. Some three years ago
this daughter wrote a letter to her father,
calling his attention to the subject of tea, and
recommending its introduction into the Uni
ted States. The old venerable wai struck
with the idea; and after giving the subject
the most attentive examination, became con
vinced that it was practicable, and m the
69th year of his age took the matter in hand
with the greatest earnestness. He found that
the soil, climate and latitude of several of the
States of this Union, by comparison with the
great tea districts of China, were adapted to
its cultivation, for the tea plant flourishes in
its greatest strength between the 20th and
40th degree of latitude, and that contrary to
popular opinion, is proof against several frosts,
mow storms, and all the stern severities of
winter. After making a very extended exa
mination in different States, he selected, as the
best spot he could find lor the experiment,
this region. His tea garden is about three
pruachiug Deafness . +>'om this village. In the
deal lor ten. fifteen, or i*v> plants were received
'subject to use ear-trumpets, h an( j j_ n December
or two bottles, thrown aside thes«. consid
made perfectly wetl. it has cureu _
fifteen, aud even thirty years standi* 3 P lanted th °
All of the above named articles are
HA VI LAN I), RISLEV At CO , Augm the mult.—
LAN!), H AKRt'L A CO., Charleston .dously severe
&l Or r, iiranclivilie ; TOLBERT At, Xhe plants
Columbia. Also, oar by Agents in evei Ja . an( j y e t t
Georgia aud South Carolina. Nov. L
on. I
saw several specimens of the green and black
plant in bud. The experiment has succeeded
beyond a doubt. Mr. Smith has only to fol
low it up, and increase his stock by new
plants, cuttings a nd seed. It is ol slow
growth. Like'the oak, the tea plant buds
one year, but does n°t fruit till the next.-
Next year, I presume, Mr. Smith will begin
to pick tea. although his great object for some
time to come, will be to increase the quantity
of his plants. The tea seed was planted at a
warm season and did not amount to anything. ,
He is daily expecting an increased number
and assortment of plants, and more seed ; the
latter if planted at the right season, (in the .
spring) will succeed, I think. Mr. Smith
has a garden superior to anything about here.
It contains only an acre of ground. He has t
erected a snug little cottage in one corner of
it, where he is as happy, contented, and con
fident of auccess, as man can be. Having sa
tisfied himself, by actual experiment, that his
theory was correct, he has prepared to in
crease his operations, by purchasing about
three hundred acres of suitable land, on the
Saluda river, nine miles from the village,
where his future operafions will be on an in
creased scale. But his tea garden and plantation
do not occupy the whole attention of Mr.
Smith. He is an agriculturist and horticul
turist by experience. He has introduced into
this sect on, and brought to perfection, the
finest of foreign fruits. I noticed a large num
ber of fig trees, almond trees, dates, and
grapes, which he has procured from Europe,
and which will undoubtedly flourish here as
well as there. I have been daily in the habit
of eating fresh figs as good as any I ever met
within Europe, and I see no reason why they
should not be cultivated and prepared for
the Northern market, to an extent that
shall supersede the necessity of their importa
tion from abroad. The same remarks will ap
ply to dates and almonds. It is really re
freshing to see an intelligent old man who
has pass his three score and ten, devoting the
remainder of his life to successfully accom
plish an object which can never benefit him
personally. I have no doubt in my mind that
the introduction of the tea plant into this
country will prove of vast and incalculable
benefit to the Union. It has been attended
with great expense, all of which has been
borne by the old gentleman himself. With
his own resources he has published a work
on the cultivation of the tea plant, written by
himself, and which his actual experiments
have partially demonstrated to be true. Mr.
Smith estimates the annual consumption of
tea in the United States at eleven million of
pounds, in Europe, fifty ; total sixty-one mil
lions
He estimates the productions'* in China to
be over nine hundred millions of pounds, of
which the Chinese export only about seventy
million. He supposes that an acre of land
will produce 547 pounds; consequently the
cultivation of 20,109 acres of land in the four
teen tea growing States, will supply the
present consumption of the United States.—
To supply Europe would require 91,411
acres of land. He supposes that there
are fourteen of our States that would
grow tea, and that 111,520 lacres of land,
cultivated as tea plantations, averaging
7,965 for each of the fourteen States, will
supply the consumption ot the article both
for Europe and the United States. It may be
some years before tea plantations become gene
ral, but that they will eventually be found in
| this region Ido not doubt. Mr. Smith de
serves a great share of credit for his bold un
dertaking. More than that—this State that
he has honored by selecting for his first ex
periment, and to which it will prove of groat
benefit, ought to encourage and sustain the
old gentlemen, and give him the means to
extend his operations to an extent that will
prove of immediate benefit to the State and
the country at large.
Money and Business. —The New York
Commercial of Saturday evening says ■
“The demand for money for business pur
poses is steadily increasing, but as yet it ap
pears to be freely met by banks and private
capitalists, so that the rate of interest has not
essentially varied, and loans on demand or for
fixed times, can be negotiated upon terms
nearly or quite as favorable as at the begin
ning of the mouth.”
The New York Express says Judge Duer
has recently made a most important decision,
in relation to the exclusive right of manufac
turers and merchants to “trade marks.” Judge
D. held that every manufacturer and mer
chant for whom goods are manufactured, has
an unquestionable right to distinguish the
goods he makes and sells, by a peculiar mark.
If this is not law, it is good common sense,
and the decision will have a beneficial ten
dency in protecting the community from the
impositions of ignorant pretenders. A man’s
“trade mark” is as much his private Iproperty
as the signature of his name to a note of hand.
Some of the high courts of New York have
been recently re-affirming some decisions as to
the endorsement of notes of importance to all
parties; but these decisions are believed to be
in accordance with decisions in Massachusetts
and elsewhere. Every notice of protest, jit is
slated, should contain the words “payment
having been duly demanded,” or words tan
tamount thereto. We quote:
“The forms at present used in nearly all the
States, and in the city of New York at this
time, are defective in this essential point.
The cases now quoted, backed by “Story on
Bills,” the (first authority on this subject) say
that the notice of protest should contain, in
substance, the following requisites:
1. A true description of the note, to ascertain
its identity.
2. An assertion that it has been duly pre
sented to the makes for payment, at maturity,
and dishonored.
3. That the holder looks to the endorser for
indemnity.
Now, very few notices in this country com
prise the second requisite ; and it .becomes ne
cessary, on the part of holders of negotiable
paper, that proper and legal forms shall be
observed by our Notaries Pubi c. Usage and
former practice may exculpate a Notory Pub
lic in the continued use of old forms ; but the
Courts of our State will not bind an endorser,
where the ordinary notice has been served
upon him.”
F Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
New Orleans, Sept. 18.
The Cotton market was at a stand yester
day, only 80 bales having been sold. Factors
are asking extreme prices.
Small sales of Fresh Rice have been made at
5 to s*.
The health of the City is excellent.
Havana dates to the Bth have been received.
All is quiet in Cuba. It is reported that the
revolted Regiment is to be desciraated as a
■ punishment.
Robber Detected. —A man named /. W.
Reed, some time during the month of August,
abstracted some money and clothing from an
individual in New York who had befriended
him, and then made his escape to Boston.
From thence he came to this city, but officer
j Levy, having information of his crime had him
secured, and one of the New York police is
now here, and will take the culprit in charge,
and convey him back to New York for trial.—
Charleston Courier, ISrA inti.
False Packed Cottok.—A* the season has
but j ust opened, it is proper to notice a circum
stance that has been communicated to us,so as
to put those interested on their guard, A lot
of new Cotton was landed on one of our (
wharves a few days since, and snld at a high t'
price, some seven bales of which we:e water
packed.— lb.
1— —. v . c
Thk Weather.— Although the precise period t
when, according to thejprognnstications of the
almanac makers, the sun is to cro«« the equi
nox, has not arrived, the storms which usually
occur about that time have already commenc- °
ed. In fact, we may say without fear of con- v
tradiction, that the, equinoctial gales have set
in. About the end of »ast week the warm
weather which had previously prevailed was F
succeeded by a cool north wind, which lower- 1
ed the mercury to a point that made blankets $
very comfortable at night. The sky continued j
clear and the temperature cool till yesterday, ‘
when in the morning the sky’ was overcast, |
and towards noon the rain descended in tor- , f
rents. Throughout the day and evening there ; t
were frequent and heavy showers, while the | c
wind became very inconstant, shifting £*prn
i point to point with great rapidity. In the city ~
I we can scarcely say the wind attained the dig- r
1 nity of a gale; but we learn that seaward it i s
I has for some days been so violent as to prevent I ]
1 vessels from leaving the Balize. Despatches j .
from the S. W. Pass state that it is blowing a
heavy gale from the East Southeast, with every 2
I prospect of a continuance for many days. While 1
* such weather holds, vessels cannot proceed to t
j sea.— N. O. Picayune, 14 thinst. (
, The Gale.—There is a considerable number
of vessels now due at this port from all parts.
No doubt many of our Gulf coasters, from the s
severe weather now prevailing at sea, have put ;
back to the place whence they sailed. H e
steamship Yacht, from Galveston, which was
due last Tuesday, and the steamship Globe,
from Brazos, due yesterday, are most probably
j in this category. — lb. ‘
im CaNSTiTI TiONAUST. |
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Cbcorgia. *
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT, 20.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. TOWNS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
GEV. VALENTINE WALKER.
JOHN PHINIZV, JR.
Democratic Nominations for the Senate
Ist. Dis. THOMAS PURSE, of Chatham,
fth Dr. THO.S. 11. DUNHAM, of Camden.
sth u WILLIAM JONES, of Lowudes.
7tb W. 11. RAWLS, of Bulloch.
Bth “ QEO. W. BOSTON, of Effingham.
10th “ ROBERT HIGDEN, of Laurens.
12th “ CHAS. 1. MUNNERLVN, of Decatur,
13th “ RICHARD H. CLARK, of Baker.
17th « WM. B. BRYANT, of Houston.
13th t: Maj J. W. G. SMITH,of Talbot.
20th “ SAME. T. BAILEY, of Bibb.
21st “ R K. DICKSON, of Jefferson.
2oth l: ALBERT O. MOSELEY, of Putnam.
261 h “ A LLEN COC HRAN, of Monroe.
28th « IR AE. SMITH, of Coweta.
31st “ JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette.
32d « DAVID J. BAILEY,of Butts.
39th “ CHAS. MURPHY, of DeKaib.
41st “ JOSEPH E. BROWN, of Cherokee.
12J “ Col. IRA R. FOSTER, of Forsyth.
43d “ W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
41th *' WM. WOOD, of Lumpkin.
47th “ J AS. M. SPURLOCK, of Floyd.
45th “ Col. E. CHISOLM, of Paulding.
Wm. H. Crawford, has accepted of the
appointment to deliver the Anniversary Ora
tion before the Literary Societies of Oglethorpe
University, on Commencement Day, Novem
ber 14th.
Whig Nomination. —The Whigs of Chat
ham have nominated Judge Law, for the Sen
ate, and Messrs. R. R. Cuvier, and F. S. Bar
* tow for the House of Representatives.
. The Huntsville Advocate says ; “We notice
: that some of the Merchants in Middle Ten
nessee are receiving their fall goods through
this place. They are brought on the Railroad
i to Chattanooga, down the river in boats, and
1 are then hauled. The power of Railroads in
changing the course of trade is truly wonder
; fui.”
t
A Farmer's Convention.
We would call the attention of Planters to
1 the following article taken from the Abbeville
1 Banner of the loth inst. We approve of such
a convention. It can do no harm, while it may
be the means of bringing together plan.ers
: from all sections of the cotton growing region,
1 and the free interchange of opinions will be
highly beneficial to all of them.
“It has been suggested to us by a planter of
this District, that a meeting of the Farmers be
called to take place here on Sale Day next,
1 with the view of considering the propriety
and practicability ol holding a Farmers’ Con
vention, at Montgomery, Ala., about the first
of November next, provided the suggstion
meets with the co-operation of other Districts
in this and the cotton-growing States. The
object of this convention will be to ascertain,
i as accurately as possible, the amout of the
- present crop, and adopt such measures as may
be thought expedient to advance the price of
, cotton.
, “We think this a capital suggestion, and
1 one which the farmers generally should take
up and carry into execution, as by doing so,
they may materially promote their own inter
ests. There can be no doubt now upon the
’ mind of any man who has examined the con
dition of the crop in this country, and seen
t the accounts from the West, tha: the present
crop will not exceed two millions of bales,
should it even reach that figure. True, we
, have often been deceived by dolorous state
\ ments from a distance of extensive ravages by
boll worms, floods, &c., which turned out to
be incorrect, or at least so partial as not to ef
* feet, to any considerable extent, the amount
[ usually produced and thrown upon the raar
l ket. This, however, is not the case now; and
. the numerous complaints we receive from the
r Western States are literally true;—of this fact,
| we are assured by letters to many of our citi
zens from Louisiana, M ssissippi, and Alabama,
■ from gentlemen w hose varacity may be relied
upon, and who would have no interest in
5 misstating the condition of their crops These
’ letters state that the crop will generally full
I jhort in the West from one-third to one half.
“It is supposed that the frosts of April, and i a
;■ e extraordinary floods of the Mississippi and c
ts tributaries, which submerged for weeks s
entire fields, would cut off from the crop in i
that region at least five hundred thousand f
bales, whilst the cholera has swept off hun- i
dreds ox slaves ami caused the abandonment c
of plantations. T hese items, taken together, 1
with the continued and heavy rains, succeed- j
ed by a drouth of some, weeks, all go to , 1
prove the crop must be unusually short. — <
There never has been a year perhaps, in which i
so many causes have operated against the ’
production of cotton. 1
“ A concentrated action upon the part of the i
planters of withholding from the market i
their cotton for a length of time, would most |
certainly raise the price of it; and they ;
should take advantage of the state of things : '
now, to realize a fair price. Cotton, from its I •
scarcity, and the reports which have reached 1
Europe of the probable shortness of the crop
in this country, is commanding a good price,
and every steamer that arrives brings tidings
of a further advance, and this we may con- | !
tinue to expect as the affairs of Europe be- | 1
come settled. - |
« What say you, farmers, to the project r
Come up on Sale Day and speak fur your
selves. And will the press sanction and aid '
in the matter r”
The Penitentiary'
The Federal Union of the 18th inst. says.-The ’
slanders and gross misrepresentation of cer
tain prints, have forced the Principal Keeper
to lay before the public a statement of the
financial condition of the Institution, From
the time the whig press commenced its as
saults upon the Penitentiary, we have assert
ed that its finances Were in a better condition
now, than they had been for years. We spoke
then from the record ; that record we now lay
before the people.—lt proves all, and more
than we have affirmed —we ask for it a careful
examination.
GEORGIA PENITENTIARY, )
Mxlledgevtlle, Sept. Bth, 1849. )
To the Editor of the Federal Union:
That the true condition of the Finances of
this Institution may be known, and the on
features and un founded declarations, of certain
newspaper scriblers, be estimated according to
their merits, I hand you for publication, jthe
subjoined statement:
Manufactured articles and Job- A
work, turned over by Colonel > §4,094 68
Redding, Jan. 3, 1848. J
Notes an Accounts turned over
same lime, 33,784 38
Making total amount of assets, ) ay s"9 05
turned over, y ‘’ 1
From these assets have been re
alized and paid to debts due
previously to January 3rd,
1848, ' §8,433 64
Pronounced worthless
by the Finance Com
mittee, §12,262 57 —20,696 21
Leaving old assets still on hand, $17,182 85
The Book Keeper’s Department, shews the
following to be the present financial condition
of the Institution :
Total amount of Merchandize,')
Notes and accounts, being a- ! ot!7 „„
vails of convict labor since Jan. ’ *
3d, 1848. j
Debts created since thet date and
unpaid, 7,980 00
§22,007 88
From this amount is to be de
ducted the value of raw mate
rials used and on hand, Jan.
3d, 1848, estimated not to ex
ceed, 5,000 00
Leaving as profits since Jan. 3d.,
1848. $17,007 88
W. W. WILLIAMSON,
Principal Keeper.
(.COMMUNICATED.)
Me. Gardeeh : —Dear Sir: 1 received your
letter of August 22J, by due course of mail,
but failed to get the Constitutionalist of that
date —the 29th came to hand promptly. So
you see we are minus one number of our file.
I wonder if the new and official disease called
Collamer morbus has any thing to do with this
failure ? About as much as our excellent Post
Master at Montgomery, Neil Blue, Esq., had
to do with the failure of the Alabama Journal
to reach its destination onoe or twice last year,
for which he was slain by that same “Co lamer
morbus ßy the way, I think the discoverer
and namer of this said disease deserves a great
deal of credit for his originality—there is so
much truth in the application. Faithfully
does it represent its prototype. F irst ic pur
ges, so does “cholera morbus” —secondly, it
proves fatal to all it attacks, so does its God
father generally—Thirdly, it attacks the good
as well as the bad; so does our new malady.
The analogy is perfect, with one exception-the
late disease is more malignant and less dis
criminating than even the Asiatic cholera it
self.
I think the democratic doctors will soon find a
specific for this pestilential scourge, from what
has recently occured in the colieges ot Alabama,
Tennessee, Virginia, Connecticut, Indiana,
Kentucky, and North Carolina. What say
you ?
lam much gratified to sec that your pre
sent efficient Governor has been nominated
for re-election. He certainly deserves well,
not only of the democratic party, but of all the
good citizens of your noble State. He is a pa
triot, statesman and a polished gentleman, and
Georgia could not honor herself higher than
to elect him without opposition. This injus
tice to the position your State occupies, and
the great and absorbing questions of policy
now agitating our Republic, and on which
your Executive will no doubt be called to de
cide ana act, requires just such a man, enter
taining the views that he does. Hence, I say,
he ought to be elected without opposition,
j Hill may be a man of talents, but no one
i knows it. I perceive he is playing “ Zachary
Washington," so far as an avowal of principles
is concerned. If he has talents he keeps them
buried in . My advise to the whigs is,
, that they pursuade “Neddie” to haul down his
■ colors and confess at once, “that discretion is
| the better part of valor”— for if he holds on he
| will be about the worst whipped candidate for
Governor, you State has known for mapy
years. But I expect ray advise will be treat
ed, as good advise generally is, particularly
when given without being asked —not heed- I i
cd. There is but little passing in our State ; 1
since the election to interest you. The State ]
finances are in a deplorable condition. Ihe i
only currency we have here is from neighbor- 1
ing States, the Mobile Bank excepted, and it ,
does no or but Tittle discounting. The taxes are •
high, and I think manifestly unequal and un
just. To tell the truth, we are in debt and
have nothing to pay with, and from the signs
of the times I should not be astonished if the
approaching Legislature, which meets this
winter, did not charter Banks by the whole
sale, if the Constitutional restrictions can be
gotten over. MARK.
[COMMUNICATED.]
3/r. Editor .-—Dear Sir ; — ln my first, I
crave vou my plan of establishing Common
Schools—or, the plan upon which they should
be organized. And I promised you, that in
my next, I would endeavor to provide away
for the payment of Teachers. But in endea
voring to do this, I am almost persuaded to de
sist, for well I know*, that my plan will differ
so widely from the masses, that I shail hardly
be enabled to influence any one. And fur
thermore, that in laying out the present plan,
which I consider the only sure one, that be
sides running so diametrically contrary to the
opinions of others, I shall also run into other
subjects, on which I am not sufficiently en
lightened, to give others information upon.—
This within itself, would be enough to deter
me from proceeding further. But, inasmuch
as you have published ray first piece, and I
have promised, remembering the old adage,
that “ great things are accomplished by little
means,” I therefore, am encouraged to go on,
hoping that by my feeble efforts, if I can do
nothing myself, I shall, peradventure, at least
enlist the attention of wiser heads and better
hearts that way, so by that means, if wc do
not get the Schools this Legislature, we shall
at least engage such a feeling of the public
mind on the subject, that the second Legisla
ture from this time, will not adjourn without
doing something on the subject.
Well, without further prologue, we will
come to the plan of raising the funds for the
employment of Teachers. There are several
plans that might be named, by which this
may be done. But the most certain and sure
way, is by taxation, direct, for the purpose,
! (as raising the money for that purpose, in any
way, must be by taxation, direct or indirect.)
If we lay a tax for that express purpose, a
question will then arise, (if it be conceded
that we shall resort to taxation,) How' shall
this tax be levied ? By a general tax through
out the State for a general fund, or on each
Coun'y, for the children within the County or
State at large ? By the first of these plans, all
the moneys after being collected from the dif
ferent Counties, would have to go to the seat
of Government, and there be from thence
again re-distributed to the Counties, pro rata,
for the number of children in each. By the
present plan of assessing and paying our tax
es, this would be the most just and equitable
plan ; for then, each child in the State would
receive an equal benefit. But whether it
would not act unjustly towards some parts of
the State, particularly the thick and densely
populated portions—such as the cities —I can
not pretend to say. Therefore, I suggest the
bet'er plan, that each County pay its own tax
for that purpose. A Treasurer of the School
Fund be appointed or elected in each County,
under bond; and that the School Tax of the
County be paid over to him by the Tax Col
lector. But in order to do this, the Legisla
ture must so change the mode of paying taxes,
that all taxable property shall pay tax in the
County where the property is, as I believe that
a great advantage would be gained to the
State thereby ; for the State would then col
lect the taxes on all the lands within her
bounds; as well from non-residents, as from
residents of the State. And all of the lands
should be assessed, by valuation, every three,
five, or seven years, and taxed accordingly, by
Commissioners being appointed for that pur
pose. We should then get clear of the annu
al commissions of the Assessor on that score,
and the Tax Collector could then go and col
lect the taxes, and make it his duty, in cases
wherever a transfer has been made, to enter it
on the books, and transmit in his returns, a
return of the same to the Auditor,
Thus much upon Taxation. The second
plan would be, that the fund now already ap
propriated by the State, should be increased,
if possible?, and divided equally among the
Counties, prorata, for the children in each;
and that should go in part pay to the Teacher,
he being employed by the Commissioners at
a stated salary ; and then, each child attend
ing school, should be assessed pro rata, for the
time attending school, to make up the defi
ciency of the salary, and the parent forced to
pay the assessment. But from this plan, there
arises a great difficulty, whether the children
will be sent to school, or if sent, there will be
so few, that in the pro rata assessment to make
up the deficiency of the salary to the Teach
er, the burthen will be so onerous upon
those that do send, as to make it to their ad
vantage to send to a private Teacher. There
fore, the conclusion must be, that taxation
directly on the taxable property, for the pur
pose, is the most sure and certain course for
ensuring the employment of good Teachers,
and an assurance that the Schools will be well
attended. For then, each parent knows that
he has paid for the purpose, and it is his right
to send to school; therefore, he will not neg
lect any opportunity of availing himself and
his children of the benefits of the institution.
That many will object to taxation, is beyond a
doubt; and to attempt to notice all the ob
jections, would be perfectly futile and useless.
But I shall offer a remark, and close.
Now, the State haa taxed her citizens heav
ily (not that 1 condemn it, but approve of it,)
to raise funds to budd a Lunatic Asylum, to
take care of those unfortunate beings ; and
also a Mute Asylum, for the purpose of
eating and making comfortable aq olher rla _.
of the unfortunate hsi-g, oar "community*
\\ ell, all th;s is very good, and what every
philanthropist approves of. Now, let me ask
every candid and thinking mind, if they wil
lingly eonsent to be taxed sufficiently to
raise two hundred dollars each, u year, f )t .
benefit of those persons whom I h.tve r,yj;,
I would then ask, who would refuse tj
taxed the sum of five or eight dollars per y
for each child between the ages of eight
sixteen years —the beings who are to
the stand of citizens of our great Republi c
the boys, who are to become the
counsellors and statesmen —to uphold our
cred edifice, as well as the soldiers and ti?? .
rals to protect our rights and lead our art;
to victory—the parsons and teachers to ,
and instruct the generation to come a fu
them ; and the girls to be the bright, tender
and intelligent mothers, who are first to u :
fold to the infant and juvenile mind, the tr,
spirit of truth, love, virtue and honor, as -,v.
as to keep man in the true track of virtue;;
where you find the morals of women diss
there you find a miserable race of beings—
I do believe, that as long as the women 5 .
well instructed, the men are obliged to be:
same. Now, I will close, by asking if a
candid and sober mind can think of the
things in their various bearings, and then r.
fuse to come to the plan r If there can be,
envy him not his opinion.
bachelor
MARRIED,
Oa the 26th of August, by the Rev Janie,
Gunn. Mr. Lafayette Eldridge, of Loui«.ia&»
Mis* Caroline Brautly, of Hancock couuit.
At the residence of L. J. Cross, Esq ,in g a „
ter countv, on Wednesday, b th inst.. Lv the H
John K. Morse, Miss Hope L. Pearson to t 0,,,,
Samuel P.Jones, of Dooly county.
SPECIAL NO mm
O” We are uuthoiizcd to announce
SHOPP as a candidate for the office of Ih tv r
of Tax Returns, for Richmond County, at tin
suing election in January next,
sept 12
fTf We are authorized to announce AS.! X
DER PHILIP, as a candidate for re eiecu
the office of Receiver of Tax Returns for K
raond county, at the election in January next,
sept. 8
wood7~wood7
We wish to Contract for tw. nty-.eri
Cords ot seasoned Black Jack and eight Com-
Pine Wood, to be de iveredas wanted. A.,
his office. sept!)
O* Miss C. Mackenzie will resume the
ties of her School the Ist October, at the te
dence of her mother, Corner of Broad ana
ballstreets. 6 „ r .p 1,
!TF F. A. METCALF, A. M,., JlTff
may be lotiud at his office, next to tae store
Davis A. Wakefield.
Doctor METCALF has paid much attend
diseases of the Eye and Ear and Chronic A
ions generally, and is ready 10 give to a«•
may be afflicted the benefits of the b est adv;..
in .Medical Science.
Greensboro, Sept. 2, Gmo sa .i.
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CHARLESTON. Sept. 19,P.M
Cotton—The sales reach 600 bales to d,.
9$ a 10$ cents. Prices are in favor of seller..
MACON, September 13.— Cotton. —We hjr
change to no notice in the market during the f
week. We quote a9s cems.for old—»tiL"
9| for new crop.
MACON, Sept, 10, — (Jottan —Since the reo
of the Luvopa’s intelligence on Thursday la>
market has been qu te unsettled. We quote'
tr ernes 8 a Sales light. Receipts ligh;
(torn, 50 a 55 cents per bushel.
Fodder. 75 a 80 cents per cwt.
Meal, £5 a 60 cent* per bu-hel.
Flour—Country, $6 a per bbl., 5 a S-iV
cwt. Canal a 3 per bhi.
Bacon—Hog round CA a 7, Hams 8* a9.
Lard, G£ h 7.
SA VAN NA H IMPORTS—SEPT. 17.
LIV EHPOOL—Br. ship Tamarac —2791 ■■
Rail Koafl Iron, 97 tons Coal, 410 ba rs D
132 coifs Rape. 1116 Iron Pots, 520 do Ore:-
Covers, 500 Spiders, and 90 Skillets.
CHARLESTON LMPORTS—SEPT. 1
Liverpool—Bark ttavannah—6,2so bags ;
toJ. Robertson.
1 11 11 mini
Slipping intelligence
ARRIVAL FROM CHARLESTON.
Schr. Three Sisters, Lovett. St. Augustine
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Brig Chief, Thompson, at Baltimore.
Schr. Monterey, Downer, at Now Yo k.
Ship Charleston, Morrison, from New Yor
SAILED FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship Charleston, Morrison, from New York
UP FOR CHARLESTON-
Ship Harriet, Robinson, at New Yor’i,
Bark Alice Frazier, Curtis, at Ne wporf, (VVT- •
Brig Henrietta, Dubel. at BalLmore.
CHARLES TON. Sept. 19. Arrived ste* i!! ”
Northerner, BudJ,N. York; barks Savannah-*
Ltvernool; Gibraltar, Jordan. Newport,
schr. Louisa Gray, Sharp. Phil a Jelphia -
SAVANNAH, Sept. 18.—Arr. Br. ship T»f
rac i Patching, from Liverpool; schr. Atha ’*,,
Hams, from New Y'ork ; Schr. T.C. Bartlett. h
kins, from Camden, Me.
Went to sea. barks Texas. McNair. N- *
Exact, Stevens, do.; brigs Majestic, McV*
Maccp, VVatkias, do.; schr. Gratitude,
Philadelphia.
NOTICii TO DEBTORS,.AND CRE*
ITORS.
ALL PERSONS indebted to th*
ASA WADE. Sr., late es Gwinnett ecu
deceased, are requested to make imuiedii a
ment; and all persons having claim* or d*
against said estate, are requested to P rejeD^‘. f
within the time prescribed by law to the
signed ter settlement.
ASA WADE, JH , \ fii’it
stpl U HARRIS WADE )