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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1840.
Against ” an ultimate Abolitionist”—against
an advocate for the right of free negroes to
vole—sigainst a corrupt ami corrupting Ad
ministration ; and for the Constitution—
for Reform —and for an honest and eco
nomical ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERN
MENT.
NOTICE.
THE DELEGATES TO THE MACON
■'CONVENTION ARE REQUESTED TO
(MEET IN WASHINGTON, ON MON
DAY MORNING NEXT, AT AS
EARLY AN HOUR AS PRACTICABLE,
TO TAKE UP THE LINE OF MARCH.
OLD WILKES.
To the Patrons of the News
For the purpose of removing erioneous
■’impressions, which have been indus
triously circulated, we are again com
pelled to state positively, to our friends,
that we have no idea of removing from this
place; and as our engagement to print
the “ Christian Index” will cease with the
year, we shall, consequently, have more
time to devote to “THE NEWS” —and
we shall spare no pains nor expense in its
Editorial or Mechanical appearance. At
all events, we are “ain enough to believe,
that “ THE NEWS” will bare a compa
rison with our cotemporary. Therefore,
we would fain hope, and confidently ex
ipect, a continuation of patronage hereto
fore received.
We have been induced to make the
above statement, from the fact of seeing a
Prospectus for anew State Rights paper,
to be issued in this place, entitled “ THE
PLANTERS’ GAZETTE”—D. G. Cot
ding, Editor. Now, whether its Editor or
Proprietors, (for we learn it is a joint-stock
•concern,) expect to realize a fortune by
the enterprize, or whether they intend to
root us out, we are unable, to say. But
■one thing we do say, (speaking from past
-experience,) that all the patronage of the
county, if centered in one paper, would
barely defray the expenses of its publica
tion.
However, time and experience will test
what we have said ; and in the course of
-one year at farthest, we calculate to wit
ness their general ruin and downfall—
“ Amidst the wreck of matter, and the
•crush of” newspapers.
The Macon Convention.
We again take occasion, (says the Ma
con Messenger, of the 30th ult.,) to say to
our friends abroad, we have ample room
for the accommodation of all who are dis
posed to attend our Convention. The
house of every Harrison man in the city
■will have the string of the latch of the
door on the outside, and a hearty welcome
.to greet all comers.
Ample provisions are also made for
.-stabling horses. Les no one be detained
ifrom coming, from any apprehension of the
vwant.of accommodation.
“ The cry is, still they come !”
lEvery paper briHgs us the gratifying in
'telligence of delegates appointed to the
Macon Convention. They count by hun
dreds, and our friends must make sacrifi
ces of private convenience, if necessary,
.and give us their attendance. When once
(here, will take good care of
ithem. ‘We will cater.fqr them a
“ Feast of reason and,Sow of soul,”
ifrom which not one will depart.dissatisfied.
We are requested to say., that ample ar
rangements will be made by the Gommil
itee for the accommodation of,L*DiEs,.ivho
,pre, earnestly invited to attend.
We notice the following appointments.of
.delegates, but, no doubt, have overlooked
jpany others:
Delegates to the Convention —. From
.Baldwin Coypty, 125 ; Newton, 150, the
mechanics of ditto, 25 ; Wilkinson, 125,- 1
Twiggs, 100 ; Morga.;, 135 ; Henry, 134;
Sumter, 110; Hall, 150; Wask wgion,
150 ; Stewart, 200; Crawford, 153;
Pulaski, 72; Baker, 10; Burke, 103;
Walton, 88; Pike, 80; Greene, 120;
Putnam, 118; Hancock, 100; Jefferson,
100 ; Houston, all the Harrison voters in
the county ; Butts, every Harrison voter
in the county ; Monroe, all the Harrison
yoters in the county; Chatham, 100;
Talbot, 200; Richmond, 120 ; Jones,
300; Elbert, 144 ; and Russell county,
Alabama, 100.
We refer our readers to a “ Synop
sis of the Speech of Julius C. Alford,”
of State, “ against the Sub-Treasury
ißill, delivered in the House of Representa
tives ip Juno last.” The “ Georgia Jour
nal,” commenting on Mr. Alford’s speech,
very justly says :
“ Our readers will, no doubt, agree with
,us, that Mr. Alford has placed the correct
construction upon what our opponents,
and Messrs. Cooper, Colquitt and Black,
are pleased Jo term, the proscription by
the State Rights Party, of the three latter
named gentlemen. Labored efforts have
been made, to induce the belief that these
gentlemen have been proscribed on ac
count of their support ol the Sub-Treasury,
and opposition to the establishment of a
National Bank ; but this is not so. These
gentlemen could have supported as a can
didate for the Presidency! a Sub-Treasury
man, in the person of George M. Troup ;
and had they displayed the leust willing
ness to have occupied such a position, few,
if tiny of the party, would have abandoned
them at the polls. But contrary to the
well known opposition of ninety-nine out
of every hundred of the party, they have
thought proper to act for themselves, and,
of course, must submit to the consequen
ces. It was with them, nobody but,Martin
Van Buren. When asked, if they would
support Troup, if nominated, the reply
was, provided it does not defeat the elec
tion of Van Buren, they would do so ; hut
to run Troup, to defeat Van Buren and
they were Van Buren men. Our readers,
from the lights before them, know this to
be the case.
“ We are very much pleased that Mr.
Alford has let the peopleof Georgia under
stand the intimacy that exists between the
old, and the young Democrats. Old
“ Slippery Elm” will no doubt whisper
consolation, and instruction too, into the
ears of the “baby democrats,” whenever
he gets the chance, and as long as they
will let him. We remember, a few years
ago, when words ofcounsel from the same
source would.have been treated with con
tempt by those who may be now giving
heed to the admonitions of this “accom
plished statesman.” And well 100 do we
remember, how the halls of our Legisla
ture, echoed back the denunciations neap
ed upon the nullifiers, by one Wilson
Lumpkin, then Governor of Georgia.—
Who was it, in the Legislature, that day
after day, almost alone, sustained theNul
liliers against the broad and sweeping
charge that they were traitors to their
country? And who was it that made the
charge? Let the Journal of the House of
Representatives answer these questions.
We opine, when appealed to, it will a
tale enfold that will account for any thing
else but for this unnatural intimacy.”
{t/ 5 - In publishing the list of Delegates
to the Macon Convention, from tliiscounty,
in our lust, Captain Richard H. Stokes’
name was omitted.
(Kr Congress adjourned on the 21st of
July.
Mr. Senator Tappan, a strong Ad
ministration man, in a late speech in the
United States Senate, urging the reduction
of wages, said:
“ The price of labor is entirely too
high. The laborer in this country can
afford to work for ELEVEN PENCE A
DAY, and the hard-money system will
bring do,on wages to that sum. Wheat
will also come down to sixteen cents a
bushel, and every thing else in proportion.
This is the best tariff you can have, and
the only one that can enable the manufac
turers to compete with England. The
Sub-Treasurv will effect both objects—it
will PUT DOWN THE BANKS, AND
BRING WAGESAND EVERY THING
ELSE DOWN!”
FOR THE NEWS.
The iTlany-lle;<k‘d Wheal.
The w,any-headed wheat is an indigen
ous plant of Calefornia; six heads of
which was procured by Major Spering,
from a man in the Osage nation of Indians,
who kd been trading in the Pacific
Ocean. The six heads produced six hun
dred grains; which were planted by Mr.
Alpheus Baker, of Abbeville District, S. C.,
the production f which was leu thousand
heads.
The groimi on which the wheat grew
was measured by an aocurate surveyor—
the heads counted—and one head shekled
out, and the grain weighed; a calculation
was then made, the .result of which was,
that the wheat produced at the rate of two
hundred and thirty bushels lo the acre.
It was planted about the .last of January,
and cut on the 20th of June. The .land on
which it grew., is .poor and sandy, and was
unassisted by manure.
FOR THU NEWS.
Kocky Creek Academy.
As the Examining Committee of Rocky
Creek Academy, we take pleasure in slat
hag to the public, our en'.ire satisfaction
with regard to the manner in which the
students acquitted themselves at their re
cent examination. The piomptitude and
correctness of their answers, in that de
partment of science which draws upon the
memory, the ease and facility with which
they solved arithmetical questions, and
such others as bring directly into exercise
the reasoning faculties, we must in justice
say, did themselves much honor, and re
flected on their teacher, Mr- Foot, no little
credit; and will doubtless prove a sourceof
heartfelt pleasure to their worthy and pub
lic-spirjlecj parents. In short, the best
comment, W e believe, that can be made on
the industry apfl perseverance used by the
students, in the qttqipfnept of knowledge,
and likewise on the skill and well-directed
energies of the teacher in communicating
it, was the exercises of the day,
After the close of the examination, the
audience was addressed by Mr. Gartrell,
in a lengthy and appropriate speech, setting
forth the advantages of education, and its
claims on American citizens. We regret
that we have not his remarks for publica
tion.
In conclusion, we feel no hesitation in
saying, that this institution, conducted as it
is, by vigorous, high minded, and liberal
hearted patrons, bids fair to rival any of a
similar character, and prove an ornament
to the neighborhood in which it is located.
We acknowledge our thanks to the ma
trons ol the vicinity, for the comfort and
good cheer with which we wore greeted.
EX AM IN ING CO M MITTEE.
FOR THE NEWS.
To the l.il i tor oft lie Indepen
dent Press.
Mr. Fouclie :—ln your paper of the
29th ult., you ask for proof of Mr. Van
Buren’s being in favor of the Proclamation
and Force Bill. 1 am unaccustomed to
newspaper controversy, and before I enter
one with you, I should like to be certain
that we differed in opinion ; and therefore,
ask you two plain questions:
“ Do you deny Mr. Van Buren’s being
in favor of both the Proclamation and
Force Bill ?”
“ If he was net, which one was he op
posed to ?”
To have no mistake hereafter, please
give a categorical answer to the firs!
question. CANDOUR.
Washington, July 30, 1840.
FOR THE NEWS.
Mr. Editor :—Can you inform the peo
ple of this county, whose duty it is to sum
mons Jurors, and the reason why the Pe
tit Jury lor the July Court, which has just
past, was not summoned? Or, has the
Sheriff'or his deputy, a right to make the
selection of the Jurors, that are to try the
interest ana rights of the people, thereby
placing his immediate friends upon the
Jury ? Could not the Sheriff or his deputy,
h_v such a course, prejudice the interest
arid rights of every individual that might
have a suit in Court ? I ask for informa
tion, for it seems to me, that if the Sheriff
or his deputy, has this right, that there is
no use in giving his Honor the Judge the
trouble to draw Jurors; or for his Honor
to order them summoned. For surely, no
Sheriff would neglect to comply with any
order from the-Courl, that the law made it
his duty to comply with.
CASTIGATOR.
Washington, Aug. 4,1840.
[We presume the Judge will see justice
done.— Ed. News.]
FOR THE NEWS.
Friend Kappel :—ln the two preced
ing numbers of the News, 1 have seen the
announcement of Doctor Price for the Le
| gislature. lama friend of the Doctor’s,
and regrot exceedingly that the News, and
its correspondents, should have thought it
expedient to treat his pretensions in the
way they have. I regard the attacks as
ill-timed, and ungenerous. What, sir, has
the Doctor done, but exercised a right, sa
cred to .eatery freeman—that of offering his
services to bis fellow-citieens. Surely,
gentlemen, you do not dispute his right to
do so! But my object .is not to quarrel
with friends, but to, hold out a compromise,
which, I trust, will be acceptable to you,
to your correspondents, and to the Anti-
Van Buren .party of “ <Jld Wilkes.”
Lot the old ticket—vie., Dr. William
Qt- Anderson, Robert A. Toombs, Esq.,
and Dr. Wingfield—be run again, and let
the vacancy, occasioned by the death of
the patriotic ad lamented Killgore, be
filled by the party in convention. I have
not seen Or. Price upon the subject, but
feel warranted, from his known patriotism,
‘to believe he would fully accord in the no
mination, should it fall upon another. This
proposition seems reasonable; and I trust
it will meet with no opposition. The times
call loudly for union of feeling, and con
cert of action, on the part of the Anti-Van
Buren party of Georgia. Then, let us for
get all minor prejudices ; and unite, as a
band of brothers, upon whomsoever shall
be presented to us, and the ascendancy
of the party is no longer a question of
doubt. A VOTER.
Mallorysville, July 30, 1840.
MR. COLQUITT’S CONSISTENCY.
When Mr. Colquitt, of Georgia, a short
lime ago, was for Judge White, he told his
constituents that nearly all the abolition
ists were for Mr. Van Buren. Now, how
ever, when Mr. Colquitt is for Mr. Van
Buren, he informs his constituents that
nearly all the abolitionists are for General
Harrison!
How can contempt travel down to such
a fellow’s level I — Louisville Journal.
A correspondent informs us, that over
2,000 plates, and 350 dozen knives and
forks were purchased in this city, on Wed
nesday, being part of the preparations
making for the Harrison festival, to be
given at Macon, on the 13th of August
next .—Charleston Courier.
Cotton Planting in India.
We copy the following from a lute New
York Herald. The Southern Planter, it
seems, is in a fair way to be ass eted at
home as well as abroad. Read, and judge
what course to pursue. We see nothin'*
| • • • •
but ruin staring you in the face.
New York, Jul y 23.
The Gigantic Scheme of the East
India Comfany—The Cultivation of
Cotton in India under the Superin
tendence of Americans. —It will be re
membered that we were the first journal to
give notice of the movements of the East
India Company, by means of their agent,
Capt- Bayles, in the Southern states, in re
lation to Cotton planting. Several jour- ‘■
nals attempted to throw discredit on our
statements at the time, and to doubt the de
signs and magnitude of tlm intentions oi l
that company as we pointed them out. We
presume that all doubt on the subject will
cease when the following important para
graph from the “Manchester Guardian”
is attentively read :
CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN
THE EAST INDIES.
We are glad to find, that the East India
Company are prosecuting the design of
improving the cultivation of Cotton in their
territories, with a vigour commensurate
with the importance of the object which
they have in view. We mentioned a few
days ago, the arrival of several individuals
from the United States, with saw-gins and
other machinery for cleansing of Cotton ;
and we now copy the following paragraph
on the subject from the Atlas : “Captain
Bayles,- of the 52d Madras, N. 1., whom
the Hon. E. I. C. deputed to America, for
the purpose of making inquiries regarding
the system adopted in that country in the
culture of Cotton, has returned to London,
having accomplished the object of his mis
sion. The American plan, in its elaborate
detail, is infinitely superior to the Indian
(comparatively) primitive one: and very
extensive advantage is accordingly antici
pated by its introduction into India. In the
event of war with America, we shall thus,
in due time be independent of that country
for the supply of a staple commodity of
very extensive utility, and productive of
inconsiderable profit. Great credit is due
to the indefatigable officer, through whose
unwearied zeal and acute observation this
national benefit is about to accrue. Inde
pendent of the efficient manner in which
he-has compassed the immediate objects of
his embassy, he has, in the course of his
travels in America, collected at considera
ble personal risk from the inclemencies of
a remarkably unhealthy climate, and a so
journ in the countries where the protection
of the law is, as it were, but the nominuis
umbra, a mass of valuable information
connected with the minuticu of Cotton cul
tivation, which must eventually prove of
vast value and importance to the thorough
organization of the system about to be dif
fused throughout our eastern possessions.
The detailed exposition of the plan about
to be pursued by Capt. Bayles would oc
cupy too much of our space: suffice it to
say, that experienced American planters
have been engaged by him to proceed to
India to originate it, and to instruct the
natives ; and that no expense has been
spared by the Hon. the East India Compa
ny, in the purchase of machinery, &c. to
realize the grand object of this novel and
interesting enterprise.” We understand
that Capt. Bayles is now in this town, col
lecting information connected with the ob
ject of his mission, , and that he feels the
utmost confidence in its speedy and com
plete success—a confidence in which we
fully participate.
Here, then, we have all that we fully
confirmed, by this very best authority, and
the whole plan exposed, in England, now
that concealment is no longer necessary.
The length of the interesting letter from
one of our English correspondents, pre
vents a longer comment on the subject to
day, but we shall return toil. Connected
with the great Anti-Slavery agitation in
London, also set on foot by the East India
Company, it rises into immense impor
tance; and we call on every American to
ponder well on this matter. We find that
the agent, Capt. Bayles, was in Liverpool
when the Brittania left, with the patentee of
the improved cotton gin ; they were to
gether at Fawcett’s large foundry, super
intending the manufacture of a quantity of
machinery,J^r'^Treparing the cotton for
market,,an‘d impnfttiwt ar
rangements for ortfrving out the!Wi|(ia > i)
of raising cottdTi in India on the most ex
tensive scale imaginable TV. Y. Herald.
renunciations>\_
The last Rochester Democrat I'onffilte
a list of 560 persons who have |al3(
ly renounced Van Burenisrn. A gen
tleman now in this city, a resident of Berks
county, Pa., informs us that in his own
vicinity he can enumerate three hundred
men who have heretofore voted the Van
Buren ticket, but who will now vote for
Harrison. As old Ritchie would say,~
“now by St. Paul, the work goes bravely
on!”— Troy (N. Y. ) Whig,
Another change. —ln the National In
telligencer of the 28th ultimo, we find the
address of Dr. E. S. Davis, to the voters
of the 13th Congressional district of Ten
nessee, renouncing Van Burenisrn. Dr.
Davis was formerly a citizen of South
Carolina, a zealous member of the Union
party, and the warm personal friend of
General Jackson. And having been sent
from Tennessee as a Delegate to the Van
Buren Convention at Baltimore in May
last, in which capacity he served, he has
now, from a sense of patriotic duty, hoisted
the Harrison banner, and submitted his
reasons for so doing to those he represent
ed in that, convention.— Aug. Sentinel.
From the Southern Recorder.
Our accounts from every section of the
bate are ol the most cheering character;
and all doubts in regard to the result of
the Presidential election in Georgia, are
dissipated. Gen Harrison and John Ty
ler must receive the Electoral vote of the
State, or there is no laith to bo put in evi
dence! Even in Muscogee county, the chief
point ol disaffection towards the Harrison
nomination, we are assured that our cause
will gain, instead of suffering loss. Among
other auspicious signs, we observe in the
last Columbus Enquirer, an able and el
aborate address of the Sheriff of that coun
ty, Col. Bonner, to his friends of the Union
Party, with which he has always acted,
setting forth his reasons lor his abandon
ment ol Martin Van Buren, and his sup
port of Gen. Harrison. It is an address,
by the way, which will satisfy every can
did and unprejudiced reader, that Col. Bon
ner is right ; and we trust its effect may he
as it ought, to bring many, many more to
do right too. We congratulate our friends
throughout the State, on t;ur most cheering
prospects.
Contrasts. —President. V an Buren, when
he made his tour last year, appeared and
harangued every where as a partizan chief.
Richard M. Johnson, at whom the more
elegant ol the Van Buren men torn up their
noses, as not genteel enough lor their qual
ity—though in a less exalted station—de
clined throughout his late visit, to act, or
talk, or lie received, as a partizan. lie
considered hirnscll a servant of the nation,
and he was welcomed accordingly without
distinction of party.
Andrew Jackson, ex-President, and
therefore ol the generation no longer on
the stage, violates the decencies of his past
station, and the fitness of that retirement,
which, to be grateful and becoming should
be complete—by stepping fiercely forth
info the arena of party, mid unjustly de
nouncing an old and meritorious soldier,
for no other reason than that the people
have called upon him as the man that
might save the country.
This old soldier, Win. 11. Han isofi—in
the letter to the committee of the dinner in
Cincinnati to Solomon Van Rensselaer—
having a natural occasion to allude to Gen.
Jackson, speaks of him as “ a President
who had himself jeopardized his life, and
shed his blood, in achieving the indepen
dence of his country, and who knew how
to appreciate a. hero’s service, and reward
a soldier’s toil.”
If there be conscious shame, and manly
pride, in the bosom of Gen. Jackson, the
contrast thus presented, will tinge his cheek
with blushes.
At any rate, the contrast here brought
to notice, will not escape the observation
and comments of the people.— N. Y.
American.
Negro Testimony. —Prentice says, the
exposition of the infamous conduct of the
negro-suffrage candidate, in allowing offi
cers of the navy to be condemned upon the
testimony of negro slaves, is making the
Loco P’oco editors writhe and dart out their
tongues like crushed vipers.
An exchange savs —“ All the United
States’ government owes William M.
Price, is a rope! Perhaps it is. — N. Y.
Sunday Morning Allas.
“There’s a chiel among ye takin’
notes,” as the loafer said, when he was
mingling in the crowd at the railroad de
posite.
HI a r b* aed.
In this place, on Thursday evening, July
30, by the Rev. G. W. Carter, Mr. JOSEPH
GARDNER, of Charleston, S. C., to Miss
ADELLE BRUCKNER
On Tuesday evening, in this place, hv the
Rev. VVestly P. Arnold, Mr. BENJAMIN T.
BOUDRE to Miss MARY E. WEEMS.
At Penfiekl, Greene county, Ga., on Thurs
day morning, July 30, by the Rev. W. .1.
Hard. Mr. JOSEPH J. REEVES to Miss
ELIZA BE I’H HODGE—aII of that place.
At the same place, on Thursday evening,
July 30, by the Rev. Otis Smith, Mr. SHEL
TON P. SANFORD to Miss MARIA F.
DICKERSON.
Die (I,
On the morning of the 30th of July, after
a protracted illness of eleven days,
which he bore with much fortitude and resig
nation, Mr. EDMUND L BARRET, late of
Augusta, in the twentieth year of his age;
eldest son of, Robert Barret, Esq , of this
county. Mr.< Barret, though young, had
(formed an extensive acquaintance, and was
universally belujcd and respected by all who
knew him ; Iwpias left a numerous connexion
of relatives ulf| friends to bemoan their irre
parable loss. ..j(
£G?” The Wthranick and Sentinel , and
ConsUlutionafm, Augusta, will jiteasc pub
lish the ahovemj
lit Aliens, 38 the 2J.SI of July, the Rev.
Dr. M. VVAIM*J„ formerly President oftfie
University of dfeorgia.
School Wauled.
A GENTLEMAN and his WIFE, (re
cently from the North.) are desirous
of procuring a SITUATION, where they
mav bjc? engaged in their PR< RKSSIUN
of INSTRUCTORS of YOUTi 1. They
have been for many years employed in the
Art; and can furnish the most satisfactory
references. Theyteaeh all those brandies
comprising a solid English Education,
with Music, on the Pianoforte and Guitar,
and Painting. They would be ready to
commence teaching by the 10th of August.
Address, (post paid,) G. A. 8., War.
renton, Ga. 40
PRESENTMENTS OF THE
<RA*I> JI RY.
WILKES SUPERIOR COURT, i
July Term, 1840 l
’ | VHE GRAND JURY, empannelled
-L and sworn the present Term of the
S I P E RIOR C O U R T of WILKES
COUNTY, make the following Present
ments :
In the discharge of the duties devolving
upon us asGrnnd Jurors, we have,through
our several Committees, examined the re
cords of the Superior atid Inferior Courts,
ami find them in a condition highly credit
able to those officers.
In regard to the County Funds, we find
in the hands ol Roy land Beasley, the pre
sent Clerk of the Interior Court, Eight
Hundred and Forty-seven Dollars and
Eighty Cents; which amount, we believe,
It examination, to include the whole
amount of County Funds up to this date.
We have also examined a settlement,
made by order of the Inferior Court with
(he former Clerk, which was noticed bv the
last Grand Jury, which settlement we find
to be correct, and the balance due, paid in
to the hands of the present Clerk.
They have also examined a settlement,
made by the Clerk of the Inferior Court
with the Tax Collector for the Year,
Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-eight, and
find the amount of Taxes due for that
V ear, paid into the hands of the Clerk.
V e have also examined into the state of
the County Jail, and find it kept in good
order and in good repair, with the excep
tion of some of the grates in the windows
ol the dungeon, which we recommend to
the Inferior Corn: to have repaired as
early as practicable.
We have examined a number of execu
tions issued by the Tax Collector, and
placed in the hands of the several officers,
who have returned the same, either as in
solvent or not to be found ; many not be
ing liable, from having removed before the
‘fax was assessed ; and some that have
produced receipts as having paid in coun
ties to which they removed, previous to the
assessment of the Tax—all or most of
which appears to result from the failure of
the officers required by law, to make re
turns to the Receiver, of those persons lia
ble to pay Taxes in the several districts;
in the absence of such returns, it would ap
pear, that tiie Receiver has, in part, made
his return horn the books of former years.
H e would, therefore, recommend, in fu
ture, a strict and full compliance of the law
by those officers, whose duty it is made to
furnish the Receiver with the names of all
persons in each district liable to pay Taxes.
From the above examination, we allow the
Tax Collector, in addition to the amount
allowed by the last Grand Jury, the further
sum of Twenty-five Dollars Forty-four
and One-half Cents, ($25 44|), on the
Insolvent List.
We earnestly recommend to the > *
of the Town of Washington, throu. he:
Commissioners, to enforce the severuisaiu
tary laws now in force, relative to slaves
not being permitted to rent or occupy
houses; or to hire their time; or being
allowed to trade or transact business for
themselves and receive the profits thereby
accruing. We believe there are many
now violating the several laws alluded to.
We tender to his Honor Judge Andrews
our thanks, for his usual prompt and effici
ent administration of justice during the
present ‘Perm; and also to Isaiah T.
Irvin, Solicitor, lor his courtesy to this
body.
We request that these Presentments be
published in both the papers in this place.
LEWIS S. BROWN, Foreman.
SIMEON HESTER,
THOMAS SEMMES,
S. G. I’ETTUS,
JOHN BOREN,
B. A. ARNETT,
W. B. JONES,
HENRY TERRELL,
H. P. WOOTTEN,
GEORGE SHANK,
JOHN PERTEET,
HEZEKIAH L. EMBRY,
JONATHAN PHILLIPS,
BENJAMIN POWELL,
JOHN C. STOKES,
R. BOOKER,
L. M. HILL,
FELIX SHANK,
THOMAS BLAKEY.
On motion of Isaiah T. Irvin, jr., Soli
citor General:
Ordered, That the Presentments of the
Grand Jury be published, as requested by
them.
True copy from the Minutes, 3d
August, 1840,
JOHN H. DYSON, Clerk.
August 6. 49 It
l or Sale Cheap.
A good SADDLE or HAR
NESS HORSE.
Vy fjw A neat covered On ®
“ lllSßf Horse Wagon.
Apply at the News Office.
Wilke* SherilT’s Sale.
Will bo sold at the Court House door, ip
Washington, Wilkes county, go the
First Tuesday in September next, at the
usual hours of sale, the following pro
perty, to wit. .
ONE HOUSE and LOT in the town
of Mallorysville, Wilkes county,
containing Two Acres of Land, more or
less, levied on by two executions —ousts
favor of F. W. Cookborn, vs. Early Var
ner; William Hudspeth and M.,F. Jack
son security on appeal : one other 6. fa-’
in favor of Permesias Haynes, vs. Early
Varner ; William Hudspeth and Eliken’
Perry, security ; and M. F. Jackson, se
curity on appeal — obtained in Oglethorpb
Superior ibourl.
E. R. ANDERSON, She’fiff.
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