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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28.
The Legislature.
In the House of Representatives, on the ~~<l
iiiot., the bill to authorize the Commissioners ol
the Western and Atlantic Rail Road to sell state
scrips to the amount of one million and a half of
dollars, for the completion of the work, was pas
sed, yeas 93, nays 42.
The hill to charter the Washington Rail Road
and Banking Company, was passed, but the bank'
ing privileges were struck out.
The Legislature, we understand, will adjourn
this day or to-morrow, though there are some im
portant hills still before them to be acted on.
From Liverpool.
By the ship Medora, at Charleston from Ant
werp, the Editors of the Courier have received
a London paper of the Bth lilt, from which (he
following is copied. The paper was obtained by
the ship while lying in the Downs.
Liverpool, Nov. S.
Cotton —We have had a steadier market to-day
with a greater demand. The sales are 1000 bales,
Surats, 1 ffl to 5Jd ; Maranhams G;}d to 8 jil; Egyp
tians 1 til to 13id ; Uahias 8d ; Peniams B£d to 9<d;
Americans -'hid to sd.
Middle Branch Hail Road.
At a meeting of the Directors ol the Middle
Branch Rail Road Company, on the Uth inst.
.1. Edgar Thomson, was appointed Chief Engi
neer. The survey and location of the road, is
now in progress, and a portion of the graduation
of the road-bed has already been placed under
contract, and was commenced on the 17th inst.
Albert 8. White, at present a member of the
House of Representatives from the Btate of Indi
ana, has been elected Senator to the Senate of the
United States from that State, very unexpectedly
to himself and every one else. He is a Whig.
Massachusetts Election.
We learn by the IV. York slips, that the se
cond trial for the election of a member of Con
gress, in the 4th District of Massachusetts, now
represented by Mr. Parnientor, (V. B.), has re
sulted in the election of Mr. Brooks, the Whig
candidate.
The Baltimore Chronicle, says, “There is a
rumor abroad, and which we find has been men
tioned in several papers, that Gov. Cass, lias
been recalled from France.”
The New England Society celebrated their
anniversary on Saturday last, at the Globe Hotel.
An excellent 'supper was served up upon the
occasion, and numerous toasts were drank,
which mot with a hearty response from all pre
sent. The evening passed oft’ with great harmo
ny and good feeling:
The following gentlemen were elected officers
for the ensuing year:
Samuel Hale, President.
Asaph Waterman, Ist Vice President.
Edward Thomas, 2d “ “
, Thomas J. Parmklee, Treasurer.
\ Wm. T. Gould, Secretary.
Committee on Charity.
A. Sibley, Wm. P. Rathbune, W. P. Merriman,
J. M. Adams, A. I. Huntington, and T. S. Met
calf.
From Canada.
The N. York Courier, of the 18th states, that
Montreal papers to the 15th have been received, by
which it appears that difficulties have arisen in
regard to the trial by Court Martial, of individuals
implicated in the late insurrection, previous to the
proclamation of martial law, it being contended
that, to such cases the writ of Habeas Corpus was
still applicable. The Montreal Judges have part
ly decided against this doctrine, yet it is evident,
we think, that the administrator of the Province,
Sir John Colborne, finds’great difficulty in re
conciling the instructions he received from Eng
land, with the demands of the British part of the
papulation, that, summary punishment be inflict
ed ; which perhaps the nature of the case de
mands.
Reinforcements of troops arc hastening to Up
per Canada, and indeed to the two provinces
from the other British possessions on this conti
nent. The banditti who landed at Windsor from
Detroit, arc not only completely dispersed, but if
some accounts can he believed, arc tried and exe
cuted as fast as they are caught. Sir George
Arthur, too, issues without hesitation his warrant
for the execution of those taken near Prescott.
Still Later.—By the slips of the 31st, we
learn that live of the patriot prisoners who were
to have been hung on the 19th, have been tem
porarily respited. Only three (Shultz, George
and Abbey) had yet been executed.
The sergeant and two piivates from whom
Theller and Dodge (patriot prisoners at Quebec)
escaped, have been convicted by a Court Martial
sos conniving at the escape, and sentenced to be
shot.
Important Ironi Harrisburg.
The Baltimore American slip of the 22d inst.
contains the following important intelligence from
Harrisburg.
By yesterday’s Rail Road cars we received a
letter from York, written yesterday morning,
which furnishes the following important informa
tion from Harrisburg:
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York, Dec 21, 18 :8. I
“By the stage from Harrisburg this morning,
we learn that the Senate have passed a resolution
decla ring the “Hopkins’ or Van Burcn House of .
Representatives illegally organized, without how
ever recognizing the “Cunningham,” or Whig
House.
“The Hopkins House subsequently passed a >
resolution declaring themselves to be as legally I
organized as the Senate, and appointing a Cum- !
mittceiu draft an Address to the People of Venn- •
syleania, rci/ucsting them to call a Convention I
to take the Government of the State into their
own hands ! The existing condition of things (
had created great excitement at Harrisburg yes
terday.
“An express arrived in York, last night,
at 10 o’clock, for two of our citizens who have 1
been very active in supporting the “Committee •
of safety,” and the only one of them who was at
home started oil’ at one o’clock A. M. to the scat 1
of Government.”
i
Later.— By last night’s mail wc received the ’
Harrisburg Reporter of yesterday, containing a 1
report of the proceedings in the Legislature on
Thursday, referred to in the letter above. I
Mr. Penrose resumed and concluded his re- t
marks, in favor of the resolution declaring (hat
the House organized under Mr. Hopkins as spea- ‘
ker, was illegally constituted.
Mr. Fraley of Schulkyll followed, and was sue- i
eroded in the debate by Mr. Fullerton, who con
cluded by moving an amendment to the resolution
that the name of “William Hopkins” he stricken
out, and that of “Thomas S. Cunningham” inser
ted in its place.—Mr. Fullerton’s ni ition was nc- 1
gatived, yeas 18, nays 20.
The Resolution declaring the illegal organiza
tion of the Hopkins or Van Burcn House was 1
then finally adopted by a vote of 20 to 13.
In the Van Burcn House on the afternoon of
the 30th, the following Resolution was o/lored hv
Mr. Broadhead and unanimously adopted :
Whereas, This House was duly organized on '
the 4thinstant, (December 4th, 1838,) and gave
notice to the Senate of such organization, and has
held its sessions every day since that period, in <
this Hall, and has not received an official commit- 1
ideation that the Senate, a co-ordinate branch of
the government, is organized and ready to co-ope- I
rate witli it in the duties devolving on the Legis- 1
lature of Pennsylvania ; And whereas, the pub
lic good requires that the Legislature should pro- I
ceed in the discharge of its official duties, prompt- j
ly and efficiently, according to the Constitution I
and the laws ; And whereas, it appears, by the i
journals of the proceedings of the Senate, that
that body has passed upon the constitutional or- I
ganization of the House of Representatives, and
decided thereon :—And whereas, by this decision
the Legislative departments of the Government
have become inoperative,—Therefore,
Resolved, That a committee he appointed to
report for the consideration and adoption of this
House, an Address to the freemen of the Com
monwealth, calling upon them to take immediate
measures for the restoration of the government.
The committee was ordered to consist of Messrs.
Brodhcad, Flenniken, Hill of Westmoreland,
Fcild, Fogely, Pray, Woodburn, Hoggins and
Butler.
Beware of hoover. —Wc learn from a Tex
ian paper, that it is alleged on gooj authority
$200,000 of hills of the Bank of the State of
Georgia have been recently sent thither for circu
lation.—Savannah Georgian.
Fire! —About 5 o’clock A. M. mi the morn
ing of yesterday, the thermometer below freezing
point, our citizens were aroused by the appalling
cry of (ire ! The fire proved to have taken place
in the building occupied by Hamilton, Houston
& Co., and was fortunately extinguished without
material injury. From all the circumstances, the
fire is believed to have been the result of accident.
—lh.
From the Lynchburg Virginian, Dec. 20.
Dreadful Fire.— A letter from E. M’Gavoek,
Esq., Post-master Wythe Court House, to the
editors of the Virginian, says:—“l stop the mail
to inform you that one third of our town is in
ashes. The lire broke out about 4 o’clock this
morning. Wc are in great confusion. Many of
the citizens are without houses, to which to take
their families. The loss cannot he estimated.
Comparatively it is greater than that which re
sulted from the fires in New York and Charleston.”
Present Condition of the Mormons.—
A memorial lias been presented to the Legislature
of Missouri, asking pecuniary aid for the Mormon
women and children of Caldwell county in that
State. Many houses belonging to the Mormons
in Caldwell, have been burned, about sixty men
imprisoned, forty killed, and one hundred have
been compelled to fly from their homes, to escape
the vengeance of the citizens, leaving about two
hundred women, most of them with small chil
dren. destitute and unprotected from the rigor of
the winter. — Phil. Ledger.
We learn from the Journal, that a fatal recon
tre occurred at the Galt House, in Louisville, on
the night of the 15th inst. between Judge Wilkin
son, Dr. A. Wilkinson and Mr. Munio of Missis
sippi, and Mr. Reading and three or four friends
of that city. A general fight took place between
the parties, the Mississippi gentlemen being armed
with Bowie knives. Mr. Meek, a bar-keeper in
the Wall-street House, was struck dead with a
Bowie knife; Mr. John Rothwell had a knife
passed through his lungs and died the next day ;
Mr. Holmes, a steamboat Pilot, was badly cut.—
Mr. Reading and his friends displayed no arms
during the contest. The Mississippi party were
all arrested and placed in confinement.
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Milledoevillb, Dec. 21, 1838.
Yesterday, in the House, the hill was passed to
encourage a direct export and import trade with
foreign countries, and to authorize the formation
of joint stock companies for the purpose of deal
ing in foreign and domestic merchandise and
produce.
This morning in the House, a motion was lost
to reconsider the bill passed yesterday, appropria
ting money for the support of the Government,
for the political year 1839.
The House refused to reconsider the bill lost
yesterday evening, appropriating money for the
survey of the Chattahoochee River above West
Point. j
The House passed a bill authorizing the Centra
Bank to borrow money in order to meet special
appropriations, and defray the expenses of the
Government.
The House took up the reconsidered hill author
izing the Central Bank to loan a sum of money to
the sufferers in the counties of Stewart and Ran- i
dolph, who lost property in the Creek war of 1830.
yeas 49, nays 94.
A hill was passed to authorize each county in i
his state, to retain the general tax for the year j
839, for county purposes. [
The bill to appropriate money for the improve
ment of file \\ ithlaeooehce River, wost lost.
Mr. Jenkins submitted a report and resolutions
" hich were read and adopted, authorizing the Gov
ernor to appoint three commissioners to digest a
system of finance for this state.
The House passed a resolution, prohibiting the
auditing of members’accounts, until the appro
priation bill shall have passed the Senate.
December 23, 10 A. M.
\ esterdny afternoon and evening, in the House,
the bill to establish the Central Bank, with brun
ches, and to provide fur the capital of the hank
and branches was taken up. This hill was actu
ally smothered hy the House. Mr. Toombs of
fered a substitute to it, which was adopted ; h\
the substitute, as passed, the charter of the pres
ent. Central Bank is renewed to the Ist of May,
1843, for the purpose of enabling the corporation
to wind up its business.
The House smothered also the Farmers Bank
of Georgia with a capital of fifteen millions. The
votes on laying the bill on the table for the re
mainder of the session, were yeas 119, nays 23.
A hill was passed to apportion the representa
tion of the counties in the legislature according to
the census of this year.
The House rejected the hill to compensate own
ers of slaves executed for crimes.
The House rejected the bill to appropriate mo
ney for the construction of a road from Chattooga,
Rabun county, to the county line.
Decemrer 23.
In the House also, the hill to amend the 3d sec
tion ofthe 3d article of the constitution was taken
up. This hill provides that file judges ofthe Su
perior Courts shall reside within their judicial cir
cuits, during their term of office. This bill was
passed last year by a constitutional majority.—
Upon its final passage to-day, the yeas were 130,
nays 14.
The bill to lay out the state into Congressional
districts, was ordered to lay on the table for the
remainder of the session, yeas 90, nays 53.
A hill was passed authorizing the judges of the
superior courts ofthe two circuits to appoint mas
ters in equity fur Burke and Monroe Counties.
The bill to repeal the act of 1818, prohibiting
private banking and the issue of change hills, was
lost.
The House then took up the bill changing that
part of the constitution which establishes a su
preme court for the correction of errors—on its
passage the yeas were 99, nays 48. There be
ing a constitutional majority, the bill passed
This vote is a sure indication ofthe feeling ofthe
legislature against the establishment of a supreme
court.
The Senate was occupied all the morning on
the Public Education Bill.
—J
Decemrer 84, 1838.
In the House, this morning, it was agreed to
reconsider the hill lost on Saturday, making the
conduct of pilots ofhouts and stage drivers, penal
in c ertain cases.
Mr. Patterson offered a resolution appropriating
a sum of money to erect a suitable monument
over the grave of Lyman Hull, one of the signers
ofthe Declaration of Independence, witli a proper
inscription thereon. The resolution was adopted,
and S3OOO appropriated.
The bin to charter the Tnlbofon Rail Road and
Banking Company was taken up and passed, but
without the banking privileges.
In the Senate this morning, the bill giving the
election of the directors ofthe Central Hank and
Officers of the Penitentiary to the legislature, was
lost, yeas 30. nays 45. And the hill amending
the charter of the Western Bank of Georgia, so
as to repeal the 31 st section of the charter which
prohibits the president, directors, or officers of the
bank, from borrowing money from the hank, or
endorsing for any applicant for money, was lost,
yeas 25, nays 51.
The Senate concurred with the House in the
adoption of the following highly important reso
lutions, introduced in the House hy Mr. Jenkins.
—Should the commissioners discharge their duty
faithfully, no doubt can be entertained ofthe great
benefits that will ho derived from their labors.
The preamble and resolutions, adopted hy both
houses, are as follows :
'Phe State of Georgia having heretofore relied,
chiclly, for meeting the ordinary expenses of the
government, ofpublic education, and ofthe pub
lic works undertaken hy law, on the revenue de
rived from her public lands, and her bank stock :
and one source of this revenue being now at an
end, in consequence of the disposition ofthe whole
ofthe public domain; and the state having, to
promote the best interest of posterity, as well as
ofthe present generation, undertaken a large part
of a great public work, namely, the connexion of
the waters of the Mississippi with the Atlantic
ocean, through her own territory, by rail road, the
completion of which connexion will raise her to
her proper standing among the other states, and
he of immense utility, for all time to come, to her
own people ; and as the said work will require a
heavy expenditure of money to eompletc it at un
early day, and in an efficient manner; and the
funds to meet the expenditure having to he pro
cured in part from abroad: and it being under
stood that the success of all negotiations for capi
tal with foreigners, depends in a great degree on
the system of finance adopted at home, to provide
for the certain and punctual payment, on the day
appointed, ofthe interest engaged to be paid, as
well as for the ultimate payment of the principal;
and the State of Georgia being at present altogether
without such system :
Be it resolved, That his Excellency tnc Gov
ernor he, and he is hereby requested to appoint
forthwith, three commissioners, whose duty it
shall he to take the whole subject of the state’s fi
nances in hand, arrange, digest, and report, at
the earliest possible day of the next session of the
legislature, a system of finance for the state,
which, calling into action all her resources, shall
afford ample and efficient means to sustain, as in
the present age they should he sustained, the great
interests of public education and internal im
provements.
And be it further resolved, That the commis
ionersto bo appointed under the foregoing reso
lution, be, and they are hereby, authorized to call
upon his Excellency the Governor, the Secretary
of Stale, the Treasurer, the Comptroller General,
the Surveyor General, and the Officers of the
Central Bank, for any information necessary or
proper in the discharge of the duties hereby as
signed them.
Decemrer 25.
In the House, yesterday, the hill to remove the
Seat of Government to Macon, was ordered to lie
on the table for the remainder of the session, yeas
74, nays 07. A bill was passed to compel Steam
and Thotnsonian practitioners to pay the usual
tax of regular physicians and lawyers.
The bill to amend the act establishing a gener
[ al system of education hy common schools, lias
| passed the Senate.
In the Senate, this morning, the bill of the
I House for the call of a convention to reduce the
; number of members of the legislature, was passed
alter much debate, and some amendments, h\ a
vote of 54 against 38. By this bill tic election
of delegates is to he held on the first Monday in
April, and the convention is to sit on the first
Montfcr in May next.
From the Baltimore American.
Proceedings in Congress.
Washington, Dee. 30, 1838.
UNITED states senate.
Mr. Rives resolutions, offered yesterday. came
before the Senate. lie made, one of his very
ablest and best speeches in defence ofthe Resolu
tions tillered, taking ihe occasion also to review
at considerable length Ihe policy of the Govern
ment touching the Sub-Treasury Bill—the I lulled
Stairs B mk in the ease of the sale of Bonds—
and in relation to the general financial policy of
the Administration.
Mr. Rives also look the occasion to express his
opinions upon all the prominent financial ques
tions before the country. He took strong ground
against Ihe Administration, commented earnestly,
hut respectfully, upon the President’s Message
and the Report of the Secretary ofthe Treasury
—spoke of the letter of Mr. Biddle in contrast
with the Report ot Mr, Woodbury—giving pre
ference to the former in discernment over the lat
ter, because of its holder and more positive char
lll‘ter. In the one document there was a decided
ness which was not to he misunderstood. In the
other a silence which could not he inidersto d.
Hu spoke warmly of the Sub-Treasury Bill—
declared his beliet that the friends ofthe Adiuin
istraiion, many of them uS least, —hail no confi
dence in the scheme, and only kept it up us a
feint to deceive certain portions of the peuj I .
Mr. Hives also expressed his belief in the utility
ol using State Bunk Institutions tor Government
purposes.
Mr. U right replied to Mr. Rives, with some de
gree of party spirit, which called forth a spirited
rejoinder ironi Mr. Rives. Mr. Wright answered
again, and Mr. Rives rejoined.
Mr. Niles spoke at some length in answer to
Mr. Rives, commenting upon the zeal of new
converts, and speaking under great excitement.
After Mr. N. hud finished,
Mr. Calhoun took the lloor and spoke at some
length in defence of the Sub-Treasury Bill—
againet the Deposite Bank system—in favor of a
complete divorce of the Government from the
Banks, and in declaration of the opinion that the
late defalcations in New York went to show the
utility of the Sub-Treasury Bill.
Mr. Hives answered Mr. Calhoun, and Mr. C.
rejoined, when the Senate adjourned.
house of representatives.
The House refused to proceed with the discus
sion of the unfinished business before the House
yesterday .•
Mr. Adams occupied the time of the House
nearly two hours in presenting petitions, I pre.
sumo more than one hundred petitions were pre
sented hy him.
During the day the Speaker of the House pre
sented a petition from Tennessee, asking that, the
Smithsonian Legacy he appropriated to the erec
tion of a Literary Seminary for the education of
women.
During the day a Resolution was offered that
so much ot the President s Message as refers to
Tobacco be referred to a select committee of nine
I '•■‘lifer offered the resolution,
wfncti was carried without opposition.
Petitions wore called from all the States before,
adjournment.
P. S. Additional Messages were received from
the President of the United States in regard to
the Harrisburg ailiiirs.
Washington,]) t. 21, 1838.
UNITED states senate.
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, reported a bill to
prevent the interference of Federal officers in the
elections of the people. The Bill was read twice
and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill names all Government and State officers,
and provides that any attempt to influAice an elec
tion shall he considered a high misdemeanor.
The Senate afterwards resumed the considera
tion of the bill from the House of Representatives,
making appro; nations for the expenses ol the
House and Senate. The motion introduced by
M r. Wall, making appropriations for the pay inenl
of pensioners, was brought forward, and called
out a new debate, in which Messrs. Calhoun,
King, Niles, Wall, Crittenden and Davis took
part.
Mr. Davis made a long speech, exposing the
policy of the Government and the extravagance
of the late and present Administrations.
Mr. Strange, of North Carolina, replied, throw
ing back on Mr. Davis, in a manner quite excited,
all the odium east upon the Administration hy
the Senator from Massachusetts,
i Messrs. Strange and Davis in conclusion of the
discussion for to-day, had some considerable spur
i ring—speech, answer, reply, rejoinder, and retort,
all following in quick succession.
The Senate will hold a session to-morrow, but
i will then adjourn over to Wednesday,
i P. S. Before adjournment, the Senate took the
ayes and nocs upon the amendment oilered by
Mr. Wall, which was rejected. The Bill was
then passed as reported to the Senate, and as it
i passed the House, appropriating money enough
i to pay the members, per diem, mileage, and the
contingent expenses of both Houses of Congress.
i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
; Air. Cushing, of Mass, moved to amend the
Journal of yesterday’s proceedings hy the inser
tion of a protest against the fifth resolution adopted
hy the House on the 13th inst. which protest sta
ted that lie allowed the petition presented hy him
to he laid upon the table only through the power
of the House, denying at the same time the Con
l stitutionality of the act.
; Mr. Cushing wished this protest llnsorted yes
, terday, but the speaker decided that it was not in
order. Mr. Cushing renewed his motion this
morning, which was negatived by a vote of 194 to
14.$
Mr. Wise made an unsuccessful eftort to bring
up the unfinished business—being the resolution
asking for a Select Committee to investigate into
the causes, &c. of the New York Defalcations.
■ REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
A bill was then reported for the current and
contingent expenses for 1839. Referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
A hill appropriating money for the Naval ser
vice for 1839 took the same reference.
A hill for the expenses of the Army for 1839
also took the same course.
These three bills came from the Committee of
Ways and Means.
The Committee on elections made a report dc
i daring that Judge Doty is entitled to a scat in the
House at the present session of Congress, and that
Mr. Jones, the sitting member, is not. The report
was read, arguing the points involved in the claim
at some length, and being read it was laid upon
the table and ordered to bo piintcd.
Mr. Cushman, of N. H. from the Committee
on Commerce, reported a resolution giving notice
that on Wednesday next ho would bring in a bill
or defining the number and duties of officers of
the Customs, and for re-organising the Treasury
Department. .
Reports were received from all the Standing
Committees, and in great numbers, this being the
first day of the session on which bills have been
received.
Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on public;
buildings, reported a joint resolution proposing an
examination into the claims ol the workmen upon
the public buildings, with a view to the payment
ol their claims. The resolution was read twice.
Ihe House then took up Ihe unfinished busi
ness—the Defalcation Resolution.
Mr. James Garland, of \ irginia, proposed an
amendment in the form of a resolution, asking
that the I mnmitleo selected for the examination
into Mr. Swartwoul’s affairs he chosen hy ballot,
Mr. Wisc took the floor in continuation and
conclusion of his speech begun yesterday Mr. I
Wise made one of his mod exciting and severest
speeches,declaring among other things, that it
was his solemn belief that the Secretary of the
I reasury deserved impeachment, mid would he
impeached il justice was done him, or it men
enough could be found willing to he Ihe execution
ers of justice,
M A K R I E D,
<>n the 37tli of November, by the Rev. Mr. Con
■erse, Major Aiihaiiam Van Hunch, eldest son of
(be President of the United States, to Miss S arah
Ahor.i ica Singleton, youngest daughter of Mr.
Richard Singleton, at her father's residence Sum
“istriet N.C.
CORRECT INFORMATION.
The following is the decision of Ihe ('units of
Errors and Appeals al Columbia, in lids Slate, re
specting the I |'per bridge.
In the Court of Urrors,
Columbia, S'. (',, December Term, ls3B.
The Bank ol the State of Georgia,u
vs. f-Decree.
.1. K. Kilbnrn.Jas. il:irper&others. J
The Court after hearing argument in this cause,
have proceeded to the consideration and determina
tion of the same.
And upon the question whether the Plaintiffs are
entitled to an injunction ; Chancellors Johnson and
Harper, and Justices Richardson, Evans, Earle, and
Butler, are of opinion that they are so entitled ; and
(,'hancellor Johnston, and Justices Guntl and O’Neal,
are of a contrary opinion.
Upon the question whether the Injunction
should extend to the restraining of the Defendants
from collecting and receiving tolls on account of
their bridge; Chancellors Johnston and Harper, and
Justices Richardson, Evans,Earle and Butler, are of
opinion that it should; Chancellor Johnson, and
Justices Gantt and O’Neal,arc of a contrary opinion.
Upon the question whether the Injunction should
also restrain the Defendants from keeping and em
ploying their bridge for public use; Chancellors
Johnston and Harper, and Justices Evans, Earle,
and Butler, are of opinion that it should so restrain
them ; hut Chancellor Johnson, and Justices Gantt,
Richardson, and O’Neal, are of a contrary opinion.
And upon the question whether the In junction
should also restrain the Defendants from keeping
and employing their bridge for their own private
use, and that of their servants and agents ; Chan
cellors Johnston and Harper, and Justice Earle, are
of the opinion that it should so restrain them ; but
Chancellor Johnson, and Justices Gantt, Richard
son, O’Neal, Evans, and Butler, are of a contrary
, opinion.
The different members of the Court will hereafter
offer the reasons of their respective opinions.
A majority of the Court being of opinion that
an Injunction should go, and that it shon'd extend
vo vw train ing of the Defendants from collecting
and receiving lolls on ■'"■‘■ooot oi their bridge, and
i from employing (lie said bridge for public use, nnd
i a majority being against granting un Injunction to
any greater extent.
Ills ordered that the Circuit Decree he reversed,
and that an Injunction do issue from the Circuit
Court, from which this appeal has been brought up,
to restrain the Defendants from rcceivingor collect
i ing lolls on account of their bridge, and from hel p
ing and employing the’ said bridge for public use.
, Signed DAVID JOHNSON.
“ RICHARD GANTT,
“ JN. BELTON O’NEAL,
1 “ J. S. RICHARDSON,
“ JOSIAH J. EVANS,
“ A. P. BUTLER,
“ J. JOHNSTON,
“ WM. HARPER,
B. J. EARLE.
LEGISLATURE froceedings.
The committee of Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
1 in the Senate, at its last session, made a unanimous
, report against the application of Harper,and others,
praying a charter for a toll bridge over the Savan
nah river. The committee in the House made a
favorable report hy a majority of one, on the same
application.
1 On the second reading of the bill after a long and
warm debate, the yeas and nays were called fur,
■ which wore as follows:
, For the charters)—Against the charter 78.
The result is this: The highcstCoiirt in the State
has decided against said badge once, and both
Houses of the Legislature have decided against its
: charter twice.
• Now it may he looked for that the law of the
i land will he sustained if violated.
HENRY SHULTZ.
I I lamburg, Dec. 25, IS3S.
Mn. Enmill—Yon will please give the above
paragraphs one insertion in the Chronicle and
Wuntiucl, and send your hill to me for payment.
> Yours respectfully,
t HENRY SHULTZ.
“ COUNTY niNU ACADEMY.
4 N Institution is now being established for the
’ instruction of youth of both sexes, near the
Quaker Springs, which will go into operation, and
i he ready for the reception of pupils, on the first
- day of January.
| The Trustees of this Institution are desirous of
establishing a school of the highest character, and
if encouraged hy the patronage of the public, they
will sparc no pains in placing It on such a basis as
r will be a guarantee to parents that their children
” will derive every advantage in useful education
which any school in our country can afford.
The Trustees are happy to inform the public
, that they have secured the services of Mr. Mute,
~ late of Ncw-York, a gentleman of good moral
) character and ample experience in teaching; he
will give instruction in all the English branches
usually taught in Academies, also in the Latin and
' Greek. In a word, the course of instruction will
i be thorough, complete and extensive as is ncces
> sary to prepare young men for College.
The rates of Tuition are as follows;
For Spelling, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic,
I per quarter, $5 00
For all other branches of English instruction, 8 00
5 The Classics, 10 00
And for extra studies, extra charges.
No pupil will be received for a terra less than
one quarter. The scholastic year will be divided
i into two terms, at the end of eacli a short vacation
will be given.
(• Board can be obtained in respectable families at
moderate prices, including lights, washing, ite. — ■
To parents wishing to educate their children near '
home this institution offers every advantage, apart
from the morals of the neighborhood,and its known
. superiority for health.
Information on all subjects connected with this
institution, can be obtained hy application, made to
either of the undersigned.
Harrison Musgrove,
Joseph Darling,
Thomas Skinneh,
Charles M. Hill,
Francis Tompkins, Trustees, (
December 28-wlm
" SAW Mm.J, I OR SALE."
r|li{K undersigned offers for silo his Mill, for*
I nierly known us Clietts’,on Butler’s Creek, ten
miles from Augusta. It has just been rebuilt of
(he best and most substantial materials, and is now
in complete operation—the tract contains between
Hire • or four hundred acres of land, well timbered
with pine and poplar, and lies broadside to the
Georgia Railroad lor otic mile—one hundred acres
id said land is ol lirst quality, and capable of being
irrigated, therefore suitable for the culture of the
Morns Mniticaulis, or Chinese Mulberry. Its im
mediate contiguity to the Railroad at the first stop
ping place of the cars, renders it valuable property.
Further description is deemed nnneccssarry, as per
sons wishing to buy will of course view the premi
ses. I win also sell to suit purchasers, lots from
li\e to fifty acres of land, with good springs of pure
water, with and without improvements, adjoining
the said Mill tract, also lyingon the Railroad. Also
i 1 will sell a lot of fifty acres with a first rate spring,
and some improvements, adjoining the summer re
sidence ol Johns, Coombs—and also rent a dwel
ling, blacksmith, and workshops, on the Millcdgc
' die road, where itcrosses Butler’s Creek.
The above property is offered privately till the
first Tuesday in January next, when if not disposed
01, it. will lie publicly ottered lor sale at the lower
Market house, in Augusta,
deed trwtlj A. N. VEBDEHY.
TOWN IMIOPKIITV FOR SALE.
iEsubscribers having retired from the mercan
-1 file business, now oiler fur sale their property
in the town ol Madison, Morgan county, consisting
ol a lot on the square, u illi valuable improvements,
suitable for any Kind of business. The property
will he sold privately at any time before the first
Tuesday in January next, at which time, if not pre
viously disposed 01, it will positively he offered al
public outcry. Terms—-one half crab, and the bal
ance on a credit of twelve mouths.
PORTER £c BURNEY.
Madison, December 13, I.S3*. trwtd
sj t EURGIA LlME.— Fresh Stone Dime ofas good
N. quality as any in the market, put up in boxes
stronger, tighter, and more convenient for transpor
tation Ilian barrels, and holding the same quantity.
Price SJI the single box and $2 fit) by tlm quantity,
delivered at Augusta, at and at the
month ol Briar ereek, on the Savannah river, it will
be sold at the same rates witli freight off Apply to
T. I>. SMITH, Planters’ Hotel, or
Juno M trw&dtf 1). KIRKPATRICK & Co.
AUC4HNTA F Fill A 1,10 SBJIINAUV.
r BUI IK duties of this Seminary will he resumed
0 by Mrs. 11. 1.. Moise, with eompetent assis
tants.oii Tuesday, the 3d day of January next. —
The. following ate tire terms:
First Course. pr quarter.
Orthography, Rending, Writing, Arithmetic,
and Elementary branches of History,
Grammar and Geography, ’ 00
Second Course.
History, (Modem and Ancient,) Geographv,
Grammar, Parsing, Olheopy and Dictation, 10 00
Third Course.
Comprising every brnneli of an English edu
cation, as taught in the principal Acade
mies of the United States, l.j 00
French, Spanish and Gatin Languages, each, 10 00
Drawing, 10 00
Painting in water colors, 10 00
Music on Piano Forte, including Vocal music, 30 00
Music on Guitar, including Vocal, 10 00
Use of Piano Forte, gintis.
Mrs. Moise tan accommodate a limited number
of young ladies in her family wills, Boarding and
. Lodging, where, being under her immediate charge,
strict attention will be paid to their morals and de
portment. Boarding and Lodging per quarter S6O.
December 2S-otnv
(VoFFEK. —307 Bags Luba Coffee, just received
J and for sale by JAMES it HIND.
dee 25trw6t Mctntosh-st. near Bay.
AN ALFLOURy—too Bids superfine Rochester
J Plain', Wminimum's Brand, will be landed in
all this week and sold from the wharf, by
JAMES HHIN(I,
dee x’o-trw.ft lifclnrosh-st. near Bay.
.11. ST KiirElY i;i».
A fed h l>RS ' superior French Kid Slip.
eM M f pen of various styles, a very superior
article, made to order and warranted. Also a very
large assortment of all kinds Ladies’ and Gents,
walking Boots and Shoes, which will he sold very
low al No. 32H Broad street, directly opposite the
Planters’Hotel, by
dec 13 sw2m S. BUFORD.
Bjuill BENT —The middle tenement of the
Bridge Bank building on Broad-sheet until
the Ist October next. Possession to be given be
tween the 16th and last of January. Apply for
terms to Mr. Charles or Nelson Carter,
dec 26-swtw
fBVIE subscriber has associated his son IP W
U Kneeland, with him io Hie Factorage and Com
mission business, which will he conducted under
the firm of S. Knecland & Son, they tender their
services to their friends and public, at the stand for
merly occupied by S. Kneeland Si Co. their Ware
house being Fire Proof, and extensive, respectfully
solicit a share of public patronage,
nov 14 3msw S. KNEELAND.
LAND A\l> NKUROFH FOR SALE.
11/ IJ.L be sold on the first 'I uesday in January
?? next, at Hie lower Market-house, in the city
of Augusta, at Hie usual hours, all the undisposed
balance of the wood-land tract adjoining the corpo
rate limits of Augusta, containing about 160 acres,
more or less. Also several boat hands accustomed
to planting, belonging to Hie estate of the late Mrs.
Eli/a Clayton, deceased. Alsoono W oman by name
Charlotte, ami her two children. Also, a lot on the
Sand Hills, containing ten acres, with the improve
ments. Terms made known on the day of sale. —
Purchasers to pay for titles.
A. S. CLAYTON, Trustee.
CHARLES CARTER,
dec S s'V for Mrs. A. Carnes.
tNUK SALE, my Plantation, in Richmond comi
_ ty, fifteen miles from Augusta, on Hie road
leading to Patterson’s Bridge. It contains 1304
acres, upwards of 500 acres of which is cleared and
under good fence. It is in a fine stale for a good
crop, near 400 acres of it being new land, ami the
whole of it was uncultivated last year.
Mr. N. Murphy, who lives adjoining the planta
tion, will show it and make known the price. So
may Mr. Benton Walton, of the United States Ho
tel, he called upon to learn the price; and i will be
in Augusta from 33d of this month until 20Hi next
month. DAVID TAYT/Hl, Jr.
P, S. If the plantation should not he sold by Hie
Ist day of January, it will then he rented by Mr.
Murphy for one year. sw7w nov 12
Co-partnership formerly existing between
J| S. Kneeland Sc J. K. Kilbum, under Hie firm
of S. Kneeland Sc Co. expired by its own limitation
on the Ist inst. The unsettled business of the firm
will be attended toby the subscriber,
nov 14 3msw S. KNEELAND.
IRON FOUNI>R V Ai MA HIM.’ SHOP.
undersigned has the pleasure to inform his
| friends and the public, that iie lias now in suc
cessful operation, lii> NEW FURNACE,constructed
on the latest ami most improved principle, ami is
prepared ro receive orders for CASTINGS of sUL
descriptions, which ho promises'to execute with
j neatness anddespatcli, and at prices that will not
exceed in expense, any that may be imported.
His MACHINE SHOP will be in operation about
1 the middle of November, and will then bo prepared
to receive orders for STATIONARY and LOCOMO
TIVE ENGINES.
ALSO,
All kinds of MILL and MACHINERY WORK.
All orders from the country will be regularly at
tended to.
Apply at the Establishment, corner of Columbus
ml Nassau streets, Hampstead, or at Mr. Wm. Pat
ton's counting house, Fitzsimons’ wharf, where or
ders and notes may be left, which will be attended
to daily.
dec I swlw THOMAS DOT FEBER.