Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-02-19

he Government 70 purity and honoF The
d lie wings, srs opposed to tie
sorruptions &c re &c ndwicls-
"a aovernr then throw
side orrnsr hdos relly under the Clay
5sana on which ne motto 4 REFORM 2
md { III long all3 sarhest and patriot
icallY and de otss and Iaiilals will be driy-
en- from on Rome ID 1871
THE LEGISLATURE adjourned on kflday
Iast. We do not perceive il the proceedings
Of either body, up to the 18th inst. any thing
very important, except the passage Of the
Union Bank post-nots biII, snd another n
creasing the salary q the Attorney General
to 5000 Next week We probabl shall have
the captions. Of al the acts passed, together
WitlIal the information relative to the business
done at the present session. 81
: GEN. HARR1soE. This gentleman has very
unwiseIy accepted the nomination Of the Anti
Masonic Convention for the Presidency, and
has written long eleotioncering letter to
Harmef Denny, Of Pittsburg. Pa, on the sub
jet of his acceptance. We thought General
Harrison was Wing and patriot, and desir-
ed the success Of the Wing party and that,
however great his claims might be, he would
abide. by the decision Of the National Wing
Convention to be held next December. Il
appears, however, that we are mistaken; and,
to crafty his selfish feelings be s willing to
sacrifice the Wing party, and accept the nom-
ination of handful Of anti-rnasOns from six of
the twenty six States Of the Union IN caucus
assembled. If Henry Clay should be nonin-
ated by the Wing Convention, Gen. Harrison
win decline the canvass, or he is no patriot
REAL EsTATE BANKS IN ALABAmA.-The
Legislature of Alabama, at its late session,
passed an act which tears up root and branch,
every Real Estate Bank IN that State. The
bill is rather too lengthy for Us to insert entire,
but we give asynopsis Of it, which embraces
all its provisions. The act is entitled,
IAN act to prohibit ullaagful Banking As
sOctatiOns, and for other purposes
The LIST section provides, that from and af-
ter the passage of the act, it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, or any incorporation
or banking association, to issue or put in circu-
Iation, any note, post-note, draft, check, bin,
bond, or any other paper. It provides further,
that any person or association, who shall be
convicted Of the same, shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and be fined for every offence,
a sum not less than 500 nor more than
$500,
| The ID section provides that any person
signing any such bill or note, &c. &c. as Cash
Ter or President, or any other name, such sign
ing shall be deemed misdemeanor; and the
person or persons so signing, shall pay fine
OF not less than 800 nor more than $500
and the signatures Of said persons in said bill
note, &c. &c. shall be taken and held as proc
Of said signing.
The Sd section declares that from and aftel
the Sd day of July next, it shall be unlawful
for any person within the limits Of the State
of Alabama, to emit or pass off any such bill
note, &c. &c; that any person so offending
shall be guilty Of a lnisdemeanor, and shall be
liable to be indicted, and upon conviction, shall
be fined for every such note, so emitted, moi
less than $40, nor more than 500.
The 4th section makes every stakeholder OF
partner in any such unauthorized banking as.
ISOLATION liable f.. foE every nSis v the gcPp
amount of the same in any court oflaw having
competent jurisdiction.
The 9Th section repeats all laws contrave.
ming the provisions of this act
The 9th section makes it the duty of the
Circuit Judges of the State, to give this act
in charge of the Grand Jurors, who are re.
quested to make presentments, and find indict.
ments for infractions of the act.
The7t and last section provides that, from
and after the Sd day of July, next, any person
or persons who shall pass of, or transfer any
bin, note, &c. sc. of any such banking asso.
citation in the State, or any bill of any unchar.
tered association of any other Siate, shall Be
deemed and held as endorser of said bill anC
the person or persons to whom said bin o.
bills shah have been transferred, shall recover
the amount Of the same in an action therefor
without notice, protest, suit, or demand against
the maker of said paper.
ANOTHER LEG TREASURER PRAoT1cING
g TA11-wALK1Ne. Mr. w. Leggett, Sherif
ChOctaw county, in this State, after having
collected, in his official capacity, about S1s,.
600, took it into his head, that, as times were
hard, to follow the noble example of those ster.
ling democrats, Swartwout and Price. Mr.
) Leggett, lsg'd y, and his whereabouts is now
anxiously sought for Sy number of our attor.
, MES, who went over to the Choctaw court, t.