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’TThRONIOLE AMI) SION TIN KL.
AUGU S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER «i-
The Union Convention recently assembled
Milledg 'ville, have nominated the Hon. Charles J.
McDonald as n Candidate for Governor.
The Bank of Hamburgh, S. C., has declared a
dividend of $3,50 on each share of the capital
t stock, being at the rate of ten per cent, per annum,
for the last six months.
Mr. Biddle’s Letter.
t. Mr. Biddle has addressed a highly interesting
latter to the Hon. John Quincy Adams, cxplana
|Ll tory of the course of the United States Bank, in
r reference to the suspension and resumption of spe
cie payments. We shall lay the letter before our
1 readers to-morrow.
I Tiie reader will find iu to-days paper, the roso
Jutions recently passed in the House of Repre
sentatives, of this state, on the subject of the cur
rency.
AVe have not time to point out minutely and
in detail, the mainfold inconsistencies, absurdities
f'and/nrors contained in this rigmarole of political
and financial crudities, but as they arc to go forth
to the world, as the opinions of the people ol
Georgia, we shall merely point out some of them,
and ask the people, if they ever desired such
tilings to be put into their mouths.—lt will also
be borne in mind, that these resolutions, have cost
the state something like SIOOOO, and wc now ask
the people who “ pay the piper, to institute a Dr
*s- and Cr. account, and calculate the interest on it,
W. every year, and sec if, ten yea.c hence, they arc
benefited by these resolutions to the amu»,t op |
» their cost.
The preamble sets out with the declaration
that sub-treasury involves two questions, each of
“great importance,” —first the divorce of bunk
and state,—and secondly, the description of cur
t reney to bo received in payment of government
dues.—Now if the character of the currency to
be received, is a matter of “great importance.
point ouf, what currency" 'should 1 ' Tie 'iwwived l
Why conclude with the tame non-committalism,
& that the government ought to be left to do as it
W pleases ! Why this fear to express an opinion
| upon the specie clause 1 Why expatiate upon
the “ importance,” of the question, and then blink
. it with a want of independence, degrading to the
character of the people, whose opinions they pro
fess to speak in this matter!
They pronounce any sort of a National Bank
to be unconstitutional; deny to the Government
the power to create such an institution, and yc t
recommend that the Government itself be made a
banker! They recommend an issue of Treasury
notes, bused upon the funds of the Government
in its coffers, and redeemable out of them ! What
is this but a bank of issue and circulation 1 The
resolution admits the necessity of a national cur.
I reney, and these Treasury notes, these bills of the
m Bank, are (o constitute that curren
cy ! What a glorious consistency wo have here.
Deny to the Government to power to create a
Bank to issue bills upon the faith of capital in
vault, for the purpose of making a national cur
rency, and y< t recommend that Government to is
sue, notes, bills, yes Bank Bills, upon the faith
of public funds in its coders, fur the purpose of
suppiping that very currency ! ! It is a settled
L maxim of law, that what a man may do himself,
he may authorize another to do for him—and if the
I Government has power to issue, emit,and circulate
notes or bills payable on demand, for the purposes
of a currency, why can it not authorize a bank or
an individual to do the same tiling? And do the
wiseacres of our Legislature expert these con
tradictions to be heralded to the world as tire set
tled opinions ofthe people of Georgia ? We pro
test against the infliction of such gross injustice 1
A majority of (he people may believe that Con
gress has no power to charter a Bank, but while
holding that opinion, that they believe that body
has power to authorize the Secretary of the Trea
sury to become a Banker upon the public funds,
wo should not do their bolter judgment the injustice
to believe, even if they themselves should say so
—but out of respect to their intelligence we should
still treat it as a joke !
Important from the Western Frontier,
By the Express Mail ydSbrday morning, we
received the New York Herald slip of the 13th,
containing the following accounts of the move
ments of tlic Patriots in Upper Canada, and on
the Western frontier.
News from the VVest.—On the morning
i of the 4th, the Patriots, whose number has been
variously stated, at from five to nine hundred,
crossed the river four miles above Sandwich. This
I village is directly opposite Detroit, and about
twenty miles above Malden. It was four o’clock
A in the morning. Soon after, they attacked the
■W regulars and militia at Sandwich, and after a spi
rited action of twenty minutes, repulsed them.
The British loss is reported at thirty to forty kill
ed. The Patriots lost killed Capt. Scwr, and
two men, and three wounded.
The British armed steamboat Thames, was set
on tire at Sandwich. This was at six o’clock in
the morning—and the burning buildings—the j
flaming vessel—the red glare upon the waters, 1
and the illuminated spires and edifices of the o]>-
posite city, with the noise of the eoutlict, made
the scene one of unsurpassed sublimity, which
hundreds assembled to witness.
Our letter places the number of royal militia
who joined the Patriots, lower than our first ac
count, and at fifty or sixty instead of two full
companies.
The Patriot forces immediately proceeded to
ward the London District, leaving Malden, the
strong hold ofthe Loyalists, for them to guard at
their leisure.— Buffalo Mercury.
Git eat Meet ino iv Buffalo, on the
Nectkaeity l.iw, — On Saturday evening, in
consequence of the call, published in our paper
of that morning, one of the largest meetings
held in this city for many months, convened at
the Hall of the Merchants Exchange Coffee
House. The room was crowded to its utmost
capacity, and it is to be regretted a larger place
was not selected. As it was, it is estimated that
more than than six hundred citizens were present.
The meeting being organized, a committee of
three were appointed to draft resolutions, and a
memorial to Congress, expressive of the sense
of the meeting.
Several gentlemen responded (o the call ofthe
meeting in brief and pertinent addresses upon its
loading objects, which were received with all the
enthusiasm with which our citizens arc accustom
ed to receive appeals to their patriotism—and the
deep feeling with which the great body of the
northern people look upon the pending struggle
for freedom in the Canadas, and the efforts that
are made by our government to restrain that feel
ing, by unconstitutional enactments, and daring
usurpations of power.
Mr. Nichols, editor of the Mercury, first re
sponded to the call of the meeting. His remarks
wore brief and confined to its special objects, and
were received with frequent outbursts of feeling,
and strong expressions of disapprobation at the
conduct of certain frontier officers.
He was followed by E. Cook, Esq., who, in a
spirited manner, commented upon the unconstitu
tionality of the odious neutrality law, and elo
quently defended tiie rights of American citizens
to sympathise with those who are struggling for
liberty upon our borders. His speech, though
evidently impromptu, was replete with eloquence,
and was received with the most flattering plaudits.
Dr. McKenzie was called for, but after thanking
the meeting and the speakers, for their friendly
feelings towards Ills countrymen, excused himself
from taking any part in the proceedings. The
delicacy of his motives were fully appreciated.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That immediate, strong and energe
tic action by the people of the United States, is
required, to show to Congress and the Executive,
that they consider the passage of the Neutrality
Law of last winter, and the action of the cxccu
tiv«- -dicers under that law, n violation of their
natural right*, all insult to their feelings, and
contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitu
tion— unprecedented, dangerous and tyrannical.
Resolved, J lint the late- Proclamation of tiie
President of the United States, virtually making
the died of generous sympathy a crime, and suf
ficient cause for the with Irawal of the protection
of our Government, is not in consonance with
p'T.deelings of the. great mass of the people of all
Rcsbleexh ie».
pic of every cou'trtybe recommended to the pco-
Union, to memorialize C*«Vf n State, and in the
in its present session, respectfully liiiVkk i !. r ' T
ing for a repeal of the odious neutrality law, or
such a modification as will render it less objec
tionable to tiie great body of the people, and more
iu consonance with the spirit of our institutions.
Resolved, That we recommend to our fellow
citizens in every county on the northern frontier,
and throughout the northern slates, to call public
meetings on the 39th of December, the anniver
sary of the burning of the Caroline, to remind
our Government that that bloody outrage upon
the lives and property of our fellow citizens has
neither b cow atoned fur, avenged, nor forgotten !
MEMORIAL.
I o the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States, in Congress assembled:
Your memorialists, citizens of the county of
Eric, State of New York, respectfully represent
J bat in the opinion of your memorialists, the
Neutrality Law passed at your last session, vests
unusual and extraordinary powers in the Execu
tive officers of the Government, of a purely judi
cial character, and dangerous to the rights of citi
zens as they arc contrary to the express provisions
of the constitution. That giving such judicial
powers, unprecedented in character and unparal
leled in extent, is an anomaly in our laws, and a
dangerous approximation to arbitrary power, and
liable to constant and gross abuses. ’ That it is in
direct violation of those articles of the constitu
tion which provide that “ the rights of the people
to J>c secure in their persons, houses, papers and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by oath or af
firmation, and particularly describing the place to
be searched, and the persons or things to bo seized.”
(4th article of the Amendments.) And that a
citizen cannot be deprived of “liberty or property
without due process of law,” (sth do.)
Your memorialists further represent that in open
violalion of the spirit and letter of these provisions
ofthe Constitution, officers ofthe General Gov
ernment have, under pretence of authority, given
by the law passed last winter, without process or
oath, searched private dwellings, seized private
property, arrested and kept in duress our fellow
citizens, and in some instances, confiscated private
proper.y to public use, and while every aid and
assistance has been given to one belligerent par
ty, our citizens have 1 een prevented from holding
commerce witli the other, by the most oppressive
abuse of power, making the action of tiie govern
ment partial instead of neutral, and at variance
with precedent, with constitutional rights guar
anteed to every citizen, with national gratitude,
national faith, the exp relations of every friend of
freedom and republican institutions, and the voice
of public opinion.
Your memorialists therefore respectfully ask for
the repeal or essential modification of that law.
I iiis report was adopted, and those resolutions
passed—first, by acclamation, and then, by the
unanimous vote of the assemblage.
In answer to the call ofthe meeting, the chair
man, H. I?. Wing, Esq., made an eloquent and
spirited address, to tiie frank, manly, and liberal
sentiments of which the audience warmly respond
ed. Wc never saw a greater unanimity of feeling.
Indeed, the spirit of tiie whole meeting—the
tone of the resolutions—the enthusiasm with
which they were adopted—the indignation which
was expressed at the recent outrageous conduct of
Gen. Brady, in seizing American citizens, and
American property, by aid of a British steamboat, !
and carrying them, in defiance of all law, into a
British port—the feeling of generous and enlight
ened sympathy in behalf of the suffering Canadi- I
an Patriots, marked it as a deep, strong and de- j
tennined expression of public feeling, one which !
cannot be mistaken, and cannot safely be disre- I
gn.dcd—and one which will be met, by a similar !
expression ofthe popular will throughout the fron
tier states, and we believe throughout tile Union.
Let these memorials he prepared and circulated
in every county of every state. Let these meet
ings be called on the Twenty-Ninth of December,
the anniversary of the horning of the Caroline.
At that time let the last names he placed upon
these memorials, and let them go to Washington,
in the same mails that carry the intelligence of
those meetings.
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Mili.eiiokvillf., December. IP.
In the House, yesterday afternoon, the bill to
appropriate an additional sum of money to defray
the expenses of the agent of the Stale, now in
London, in procuring a copy ofthe colonial records
of Georgia, was lost, yeas 79, nays 80. This
morning, however, a motion of re-consideration
prevailed, by yeas 99, nays 70.
The House ibis morning refused to reconsider
the bill lost yesterday, to compel the Owners of
plantations and slaves to pay taxes in the coun
ties where the same may be situated.
In the House, a bill was passed to alter and
an ,ud the road laws, so far as to compel the
Georgia Rail Road, and other rail road eompan
nies, to keep in repair the public, roads, when
crossed by rail roads.
The House was occupied witli (lie General Ap
propriation Bill, when it adjourned to meet this
afternoon.
This afternoon has been set apart for the elec
tion of three rail-road commissioners and bank
directors.
In the Senate, this morning, a bill of some im
portance, which bad already occupied much of
the time of the Senate for several days, was reject
ed by yeas 38, nays 50. The title ofthe bill was
“more effectually to prevent trespasses on real es
tates, and to punish (he same as a penal offence.’
By this bill a free white person, committing tress
pass on real estate, by entry thereon, taking, cut
ting, or carrying away any of the timber, either
for building or fuel, &e. was guilty of a misde
meanor, and punishment by fine and imprison
ment ; the provisions of the bill, however, not to
extend to road hands, wagoners going and re
turning from market, &c.
The bill for the construction of a rail-road from
Floyd County to the Western and Atlantic Rail
Road, was laid on the table for the remainder of
the session.
The Public Education bill wan made the order
for Thursday next.
The bill to incorporate tiie Augusta Academy
of Fine Arts, was passed.
The bill to amend the corporation laws of Au
gusta was passed. Besides several amendments
to tiie existing laws, by this bill the choice of Judge
of tiie City Court is given to the City Council.
Mr. Howard's Resolutions.
WIIEH f as, the question of dispensing with
hanks as the agents of the Government in the
collection and disbursement of the Public Reve
nue, and the accompanying question of the Cur
rency most proper to be employed in the fiscal
operations of the Government, arc both of agi
lallng A *.«,lwg n!,0.a..1a» tw well ns of Omit
importance in their consequences, it becomes the
right (and under the circumstances of the ex
citement) the duty of the General Assembly, to
express freely their opinions in relation to both
branches of this important subject. The Inde
pendent Treasury, or Sub-Treasury system, cora
r 'jjpnly so called, involves two questions, each
‘ The but wholly independent.—
* and State, or aiiL** 15 °l , j( ic L i‘ l •' divorce of Bank
• witli its revenue, 'K disconnection ofthe hanks
mine and establish the kiiui 0 BCe^s t 0 eter "
I currency most safe and convenient ™ ctc [ u * tllc
vernment and least oppressive to the poop? °°’
’ In regard to the first, we, the representative. I
of the people of Georgia, influenced by a settled
1 conviction of the unconstitutionulily of a United
’ States Bank, and for its inexpediency also, should
deem it extremely impolitic to entertain any lon
ger the idea of such an institution ever becoming
f the fiscal agent of the Government. Wc are
equally opposed to the introduction of the local
f Banks as agents or depositories of the public
. funds as well to avoid the influence of that cx
. traordinary patronage, resulting to the appoint
i ing power from such connection, whether that
. power be suffered to rest with the Executive or
. taken into the hands of Congress, as to prevent
. the unavoidable tendency of such a system from
i swelling the revenue to an unnecessary and dan
-1 gerous extent, producing fluctuations in trade
and prices, not only by the increase of the revo
i nun, but from the changes frequently made of
1 those corporations us depositories and agents of
i the public money. Properly rejecting both of
, these agents for various other good reasons not
necessary to be set forth, as it necessarily results
that the Government must conduct lier fiscal
transactions through the agency of her own off- !
ccrs. appointed for that especial purpose.
There arc but few systems which can lay claim
to perfection, and as imperfect us the Hub-Trea
sury system may he, yet, under proper guards,
with its details perfected, we believe it the best
system which has yet been devised for the gene
ral good.
In devising and discussing the plans best calcu
lated to secure safety to the revenue and con
venience to tiie Government and its people, it
should not bo overlooked that in this widely ex
tended confederacy a circulation is demanded,
and very much needed, that will maintain equal
value throughout the Union. The bills of a
Bank of the United States would satisfy fully
all expectations of convenience from sueh cur
rency, hut as it is the opinion of this Legislature,
that even had Congress the power to charter
such institution, the inexpediency of the mea
sure should forbid its incorporation, they pro
pose a system which, while it lias none of the
characteristics of a bank, would afford a conve
nient and safe medium of remittance, without
any violation of the powers of the government
or rights of the people. The government is
compelled to raise sufficient revenue to bear the
current expenses of the year ; upon this fund
there docs not appear to this body, any well
grounded objection to tiie Government’s issuing
1 reasury Notes, limited by law to the amount in
the Treasury, redeemable on demand, at as many
points of redemption as the commerce of the i
country may require—the quantity payable or I
redeemable at each point to be graduated by the I
amount of revenue received at these points I
J hesc I reasury Notes, issued upon funds actu- j
ally ill the Treasury, would form a safe and !
wholesome medium of circulation and remittance, i
as the means of payment would at all times lie j
at hand. Therefore,
1. Resolved, That the revenue should be com- |
! mensurate with the wants only of the Govern- |
ment.
3. Resoled, That the establishment of a Na- j
I tiona! Bank in any form is unconstitutional.
3. Resolved, That had Congress the power to j
charter a Bpnk of the United Stales, the exercise ,
i of such power would he highly inexpedient, im- j
politic and dangerous, as its great capital and con' i
sequent credit would not fail to give it n rontroll
influence over nil other monied institutions,
by which it would control the commerce ns well
as the polities ol the country, thereby destroying
both the freedom of trade and freedom of opinion.
•1. Resolved, That the lessons of experience
has taught us the utter inexpediency of permit
ting the public, funds to be controlled by the local
institutions; that the system of depositing in
them either upon general or special deposite, is in
effect the same, and contrary to sound policy, as
well on account ot the partiality and favoritism in
granting the use of the government money to
these corporations, ns from the political inlluence
which such deposites necessarily have over all
connected with them, arid to prevent a recurrence
ot these effects and other great evils, it is indis
pensable that an entire disconnection or total di
vorce of the Uovcrninenl from all Hanks should
be the established and permanent policy of the
Amcriiftii people.
f>, Resolved , That (he principles of the Inde
pendent Treasury or Sub-Treasury system, is in
strict conformity with the requisitions of the
Constitution and the practice of the government
for many veers.
(i. liesul-td, That the government can collect,
keep and disburse its revenue in no way so per
fectly free from partiality, favoritism, or oppres
sion, as through the ageuey of its own officers
appointed for the purpose.
7. Resolved, 1' or the convenience of the good
people ot the In ted States, that it is proper for
the government to issue treasury notes or checks,
limited by law to the extent of the revenue on
hand, redeemable on demand at all the conven
ient points of the Union, in proportion to the
revenues received at sueh places.
8. Resolved, That, with regard to the currency
to be received in the payment of public dues, the
legislature is of opinion that the General Govern
ment ought to he left tier to exercise the rights
and privileges of other creditors, in the collection
of their debts, mid that in the collection of the
revenue, we are further of opinion, that, while
the interests of the Government should in no
case be jeoparded, yet the convenience and inter
est of the people should ho promoted as fur as
practicable.
9. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor
be requested to forward copies of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions to each of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress.
From the New York Herald.
.Honey Market.
Thursday, Dee. 13.
The rate for money in this market remains very
nearly the same as for some weeks past. The
old hanks are steadily pursuing the same line ol
conduct with regard to discounts, taking none but
strictly business paper. The description will
readily command money at 6 a 7 per cent, but
from the nature and extent of the mercantile busi
ness which has been done this fall, the quantity
ollcring is necessarily small. Thus the circula
tion of the old hanks is not large, while the new
institutions arc rapidly filling the stale with their
emissions, Both in this city and at the West, the
amount of the bills out is quite large, and are re
mj tur,witli o;r4*ai V.y •Uiaittrs ill
goucrul. The cugenwn.i mnnifosted liy tliciwc in
stitutions to gel tVifc atari of each other, in build
ing up their circulation, may, unless pursued with
great caution, lead to disastrous results. The IN,
Am. Trust and Ranking Co., has already boon
drawn on largely, one draft off 30,000 was pre
sented within a day or two.
The news received in this city of fresh out
breaks on the Canadian border, has had a depress
ing eflect on the market to-day. Private accounts
have, in a measure, corroborated the statements
ol the western pape s. It appears that apprehen
sions of an attack have been for some time, enter
tau—d by the inhabitants in the neighborhood of
Jctroit n.o r , (0 KU cii an extent as to cause the
Wair
the political J C , ( ' , 0f
..-..1.-,,. 1 , ~ that quarter, and the
probable expense to the Unites, whi . wl „
necessarily grow out of these di-itu.i,, ,
financial men to the consideration of thtr m ’,i ) .,i,i,,
course of the federal government with regard to
the revenue and its disposition. The report ot
, • ecrctnry ol the Treasury recently made,
snows an estimated excess of expenditures over
the receipts of 1839 of one million and a half.
1 he prospect is that the expenses of the mili
tary service will he greatly increased, and the
question arises, what course will Congress adopt
on the subject, the creation ol a National debt,
the recalling the surplus revenue from the Slates
with which it is deposited, or a further issue of
1 reasuiy notes,— 1 hat the party- in power will
consent to the creation of a National drill, is not
to he supposed; but its necessities are such as to
render one ot the above measures indispensable at
the present session. The favorite movement of
the dominant party will be doubtless to call upon
the .States for the three instalments already com
mitted to their care, and thus tree, themselves from
responsibility in ease of non-payment. The pro
bability is, however, that the old measure will be
resorted to, and arc-issue of Treasury notes he
authorized. I util some definite arranginient is
made thole ran be no steadiness Tis the money
market. Mercantile men have ol late \cars been
so much in tiic habit of looking to the acts of
government witii regard to the currency, as arule
of conduct, that any uncertainty attending an
important measure, creates that feeling of insecu
rity, than width nothing is more detrimental to
financial operations, 'file present and prospective
condition of the treasury, renders the sub-treasury
■question of comparatively little importance at this
time; indeed of so little interest has it become
■that there are indications ol a division of opinion
in the whig ranks on the subject. One class ap
«pear to he in favor,of the reinstalment of the U.
fB. Dank us the fiscal agent of the government—
another set are fpr the establishment of an entire
new National bank. Again, there are those
whose inclinations point towards a return to the
State bank system. These contradictory views
and opinions involve the future in a gloomy un
certainty which will not he cleared away for sonic
weeks to come.
A slight reaction has taken place at the Hoard
of Hrokcrs to-day-. Sales have been to a fair ex
tent, hut prices have, in most instances, declined.
Fin a.—Between nine and ten o’clock, yester
day morning, two brick two-story houses, at the
corner of Hath and Davis, streets were discovered
to he on fire. The speedy arrival and prompt
exertions of the firemen, prevented the flames
from doing any further injury than burning a por
tion of the roof, but the interior of the houses
were considerably damaged by the water which
was necessarily showered upon them. The pro
porty belonged to Mr. M’Colgau, and wo believe
was not insured.— Baltimore Run,
Fitai Railroad Acciukxt. —The locomo
tive of the train of cars from Harrisburg to Lan
caster, Pa., ran off the track, near Mount Joy, on
Tuesday, and being precipitated down a hill, rolled
on the fireman and engineer, killing the former
and dangerous y scalding the latter. On Wed
n idav the curs again ran oil" lour the same pla< c,
but no injury- was sustained lb.
Nonni ( .vnoirxa.—Resolutions, intended to
act in the light of instructions to the Senators/rum
Noith Carolina, generally condemnatory of the
measures of the administration and particularly
of the expunging resolutions, and the sub-treasury
«•heme, have been introduced into the Legisla
ture of that State. They also express un opinion
adverse to the pre-emption act ol* Congress, and
declare that the most proper and equitable dispo
sition ol the Public Domain, is to divide the pro
ceeds arising from their sales among the several
Slates of the Union, according to Iho ratio of their
federal population.
[ Correspondence r.f the liatlmure Cum. Tran script.
Mn. Prick and -rue. Dbfai.catiox*.—The
New-k ork Commercial Advertiser states that the
defalcation ol Mr. Hwartwont was known lo the
government officers some time before it was made
known publicly, and that Mr. Price, the lute U.
S. District Attorney, received a letter from him,
in w hich, after expressing surprise that there was
a deficiency in his money accounts with the Trea
sury, he stated that he had uegorialed a sale of
his Maryland properly ora part thereof for $350,-
000, and that it would he unwise in tho govern
ment to make a stir on the subject at present, as
an agent was coming over from England to exam
ine the coal lauds, and as soon as the bargain was
concluded, he should he able to pay over to the
gi vernincnl a million of dollars.
In a conversation between Mr Price and a
triend, it was suggested that perhaps it would he
well for government to hush the matter up until
the result ol Mr. Swartwout’s negoeiations were
known, and perhaps the default might lie conceal
ed it the deficiency should he made good ; ami Mr.
Price replied, “but there’s the stain.” Compare
this with the letter to the President, in which he
denies the deficicnccs of Mr. fSwmfwout, and it
places him in an odd position. The scruples ex
pressed in his letter in regard to the justice or con
stitutionality of the proceedings against Mr. Swarl
wout, and his sureties, are proved to lie mere pre
tence, by the fact stated in the Globe, that he par
ticipated in the origin of these proceedings, under
the direction of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and
advised their extension so ns to lay hold of the
property of Mr. Hwarlwout in oilier Stales.
Mr. Price, so far from objecting to these pro
ceedings which he now affects to consider uncon
stitutional, officially received the distress warrant
I on the 12th ol November, and continued without
objection to discharge all his duties in connection
| with it until the (sth hist. It is nothing but a ri
diculous subterfuge on the part of the attorney, to
' condemn a proceeding resulting from an act of
Congress, and recognised for eighteen years in
practice, and make it the ground of not only abun
’ doning his office, but Ida country too. His escape
was managed with much calculation and shrewd
ness, and his departure was delayed until the very
last moment before the departure of the Liverpool,
when Captain Fayrer was raising his speaking
toumpot to give tho order for easting off the last
hausor Jus carriage drove down to the wharf, and
, he and his sou alighted, and went immediately on
I, hoard. The letter to the President was left by
i s( ’ ,r J e P®” on , u " Uw,n for publication at the office
ot the Connor Enquirer.
When lie was seen about to leave, tho fact im
mediately wenfito Wall street, and created sensa
tion. Upon inquiry, it was known that he hod
■ been buying gold At many of the Brokers, paying
H over the market value even for Spanish Doubloons,
B aid sweeping the Brokers of their sovereigns.
The New Era says—
f “It is supposed by some of the best informed
3 men in Wall-street, that lie absconded with con
, s derably more than half a million of dollafq—
f some say 900,000. It is now said by the Widl
,. street brokers, that ho has converted bonds and
j bank paper into cash lo the amount of $300,000.
I within a few days, and that he sold one bond of
t , 50,000 for £30,000 in specie. It is also nndcr
„ stood that he did not leave a dollar in any of the
„ hanks with which he did business. The Journal
. of Commerce of (Saturday says : '/’lie bonds of
,r Mr. Swartwout’s sureties, wo understand, are not
taken away, as was at first thought likely. It is
:- understood thsu. there were some $809,000 of
„ 1 rcamiry notes recently in tits inn u ls, which
t not been paid over to the Collector. The urgen
t r y °f <hc Collector on this point is supposed lo
g have brought Mr. P. to this determination.”
if “In regard to the extended bonds, which were
1 f -aid to have remained in his hands for collection,
I amounting to millions, the Globe says,
3 “It is not true that the extended bonds wcrcal-
I lowed ton main in his hands after tho-passago ol
| the law which required them to lie returned to the
, Collector. All those which were entitled to ex
. tension, he was directed to return to the Collector,
I as soon as the act of Congress was parsed ; and
. lie forwarded to the Treasury Department the re
ts eeiptt; of the Collector, Swartwouf, for thtm. No
e bonds could have remained except tlion-dn suit,
s with nit fraud and collusion between him Mid the
f Collector.
j “ The great latitude, however, given by existing
f laws, lo district attorneys, in the eolleetifm of
b debts due tile Government put in suit—anil nspe
i (dally since the relict laws to tho merchants, and
- tin: extension of their bonds wero entrusted to the
, collector and district attorney —moke it impossible
, to say how far the collusion between those officers
may have enabled them to perpetrate frauds on
, the revenue and conceal them.”
It is well known, says the Express, that he
i held in his hands suspended bonds to tiie amount
of millions of dollars, and tho street is full of all
sorts of rumors as lo amounts paid. It i» ascer
tained that within the last two or three weeks
large, very large bonds have been paid, and jt is
stated that one .individual paid thirty thousand
dollars. Whether these sums were paid over to
i the government prior to his departure, is not yet
known.
’Fite Evening Post contradicts the report of his
having lost 540,000 on the election, and says his
bets were only >IOOO. The Post adds :
“We also understand, that large sums of money
has passed through his bauds hut that he lias paid
over to the presorit collector for all the hotels re
ceived from him, except an amount for which it
is supposed he could have provided if he had cho
sen to do so. The collector has taken measures
to ascertain that amount. When bonds arc sent
to the District Attorney for collection, duplicate
receipts arc taken for them, and that ends the col
lectors connection with them, until the money is
returned by the District Attorney.
“If the bonds are paid after judgment, the mo
ney comes through the hands of the marshal, and
not the Attorney, and it is therefore only such
bonds as arc paid before judgment that the District
Attorney receives the money for. The amount
deficient in tins respect, it is supposed is not very
large, but wedo not undertake to say w hat farther
developments may bring forth. A scrutiny has
j already been instituted.”
'=■ ~ r r
DIED,
f n the loth inst. Mr. James S. Speeman a native
of New York, aged foity years, at the house of hn
brother, R. P. Spelmrn, in this city
Georgia, Columbia comity:
HF.REAS licnjamin S. Cox, administrator of
II James S. DaiuUell, deceased, applies lor !
letters dismissory.
These are therefore to rite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and ereditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections, (if any they hare,)
at my ollire, according to law.
(liven under mv hand, at ollire, this 17th Derem-
I-S3S. idee 2l| GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
iTiu (.OODS.
WM. H. CRANE, has lately received a variety
of iew good;, which makes his assortment
as good as can be found in this city, he will dispose
of them either at wholesale or retail, at a very
small advance. Country merchants will do well
to call and examine his assortment,
dec 2 i wlm
I AW NOTICE.— WINBOMN J LAWTON
A having located himself at JttekSonboro, Scriven
county, will faithfully attend to all business en
trusted to him. w3m dec 12
"IkTOTICE.—James T. Hothwell, Attorney at
i-N haw, Louisville, Cleo., will attend to all
legal business intrusted to him in the Counties of
Burke, Jefferson, Washington. Emanuel, Tatnal,
Montgomery, and Laurents, and lie flatters himself
hy his diligence and att( ntion to business, to share
a part of public patronage. All communications di
rected as auove will meet with immediate atten
tion. wßm dec 12
EAW NO I ICE.—The co-partnership heretofore
A existing between the undersigned, at Monti
cello and Katuntun, under the firm of K. Y.fy J.
HILL, was dissolved on the 10th inst, by the elec
tion of the former as Judge of the (cmnlgoe Circuit.
The latter will attend to the unfinished business of
the late firm, as well as to any new business en
trusted to him. Oflicc at Montiecllo, Geo.
EDWARD Y. HILL,
dec I wGI JOSHUA HILL.
]' AW NOTICE.—J. J. U. FLOURNOY has
A opened a I.aw Office in Waynesboro, Burke
county. He will attend to any business intrusted
to his care with promptness and despatch,
nov 10 wlm
rAYV NOTICE. —The undersigned having
i removed irom Clark conniy lu Linculnion,
will atiend to the practice of Law in Iho Superior
nnd Inferior Conns ol Lincoln county, and liiu ad
jncent comities. Business iulrusted to kis care will
be promptly attended to,
HENNING 11. MOORE.
Reference* —Hon. Charles Dougherty, Hon. A
S. Clayton, linn. Thomas W. Harris, (ion. Edward
Hanlon, Alliens ; C. J. Jenkins, (». W. Crawford,
A. J Miller,Col. John Millodge, Willin.n E. Jones,
Angnstn Lincolnlcn, March 24, IdtlM. wlf
LAW NOTICE.
ffWlKncdersigncd having united in the practic
J. ol tho LAV. .other their torviccs to lltopublic
They "ill atiend the courts of Muscogee, Marion,
Stewart, Randolph, Early, linker, Lee mid Sumter,
of the Chattahoochee Cirt oil; Houston, ol the Flint
fire nil; and Twiggs, Pulaski, Lowndes, Thomas,
Decatur and Dool/, oft ho Southern Circuit Ea
siness entrusted to their earn will meet wit It prompt
attention. Their otlico is in Amencus, Sumter
county, where one of them mi.v always ho found
when not obsonl on business.
LOTT WARREN,
out 10 wtf W.M H CRAWFORD
PROPOSALS
For publishing, in the city of Augusta, a semi
monthly paper to he called
j The Southern Botanic .1 oitniul,
( and Medical Reformer.
“ (iresf name - may give splendor to error, hut cannot
transform it into truth.”
The papers bearing the above titles, heretofore
and at present published in Charleston, N. C., and
Washington, ( a., will, very short y, be united, and
placed under the control of the subscriber. 'The
publication of the united Journals will be eom
menced us soon as the necessary arrange merits for
punting can be mado.
The principles which shall gov* in the conduct
rs the new Journal, will be the same its prcdeccs
lors have sustained —opposed to Poisons, animal,
itinera I, ami vegetable —bleeding, blistering, and
the endless train of debilitants used in modem med
ication —we shall, from time to time, exhibit the
fallacy and danger of the baleful means so often
employed in the “heroic” practice of medicine—
means, which we believe, are antagonist to th«
laws of vitality, and in utter violation of one of live,
most incfrr.gifile facts in modem physiology, But
in advocating our principles of medical practice, we
shall not forgef the respect dun t 0 (hose who may
entertain dilletent opinions. -Mon of character and
talents are liable to be deceived, but tbeir motives
cannot he impeached. Our pages shall not be con
fined to the support of our principles only. Essays
opposed to the Botanic practice shall find admission
to the public, with as much pleasure as tho e of an
opposite tendency.
The now Journal will contain a likeness of Dr.
Samuel Thompson, and likewise each volume will
he furnished with from twenty to thirty engravings
of herbs or plants used in the Botanic practice of
medicine. The paper will remain in its original
form, butbe printed in a more elegant style, and
contain more reading matter than heretofore. The
terms will continue at two dollars and fifty cents in
advance per annum. W.M. JI. PRITCHARD,
dec IS *tf
fljj Twenty Dollars Itewurd.
Runaway from the suhseriber, about a
gjfcji month tines, a negro girl hy the nnnui
M fe- (>l AphoilUine, likely, ami abottl sitt-
QjvVn IHIM years <>i age. The above reward
will he paid lor her apprehension nnd
JSssAdelivery to J. I’. HETZE.
tig 27 trwtf
BAIRD .V ROWLAND’S
Fire ProofWarc House, Augusta Geo.
fBHIFI undersigned grateful lor the pntrennjeso
X liberally extended to them by the public tinea
they have been in the Ware House nnd Goininiftion
biiflinoss, beg leave to inform llteir friends that they
common to transact the tame at their old stand
wltoro business ":ll meet the snrne prompt attention
as heretofore. All orders lor llto sale ol cotton will
have (lie greatest possible c-tre, and orders for Hog
ging or oilier articles ol merchandise will bo filed on
the best terms onr market will afford; but not hav
ing an interest in any wholesale grocery or other
goods establishment, we shall buy Irom Ihose who
sell cheapest and ehargo the regular commission for
purchasing, which we trust will be to the entire
satisfaction of our Who required, ad
\antes "ill be made on produce in store, and'all
the i suai facilities given nicer friends that ore t«n
erally given by regular Commission Houses,
ocl 3 BAIRD & UOVVLAiNik—
D 3" Each ol tho city papers will publish the
above once a week tinlil Ist January next BA K
NOTICE. —Tho Trustees of Culvmbia County
Academy are happy to announce to the public
that they have secured tuc services of Mr. Lewis
1 Potter, from one of the oldest Colleges in New
Fingland. He has had ample experience in teach
ing, and will give instruction in the Latin and
Greek Languages, so far as to fit young men for
College, or further if desired, and in all the branches
of English usually (aught in Academies. He will
also give a course of Lectures on Natural Philoso
phy and Astronomy. Tho Academy is furnished
with a good apparatus. Tl a School will be opened
on the Ist day of January.
NATHAN CRAWFORD,-j
J URIAH HARRIS'S, {.Trustees.
NATHANIEL B.MEV, J
dec 14 wtf