Daily National Intelligencer

MILLEDGEVILLE, GEO, MAY 11.

The following view of the subject, it is believed determined the Governor to decline the sale of the Africans, which was to have taken place on 4th inst.

These negroes, having been introduced into the state contrary to the law of the United States of the 2d of March, 1807, which prohibits the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the 1st of January, 1808, were arrested from their owners by the collector of the port of St. Marys, and by him delivered to the state's agent, appointed by the Governor, in conformity with an act of the Legislature, passed the 19th of December, 1817, founded on the act of Congress above recited. In the act of the Legislature, it is declared, that it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause all negroes so illegally introduced, to be sold, after giving 60 days notice in a public gazette, &c.

The same law also provides, "that if, previous to the sale of any such persons of color, the society for colonization of free persons of color within the United States will undertake to transport them to Africa, or any other place which they may procure as a colony for free persons of color, at the sole expense of said society, and shall likewise pay to his excellency the Governor all expenses incurred by the state since they have been captured and condemned, his excellency the Governor is authorized and requested to aid in promoting the benevolent views of said society, in such manner as he may deem expedient."

A few days previous to the day of sale, the deputy marshal came forward, with an order from the district judge, to arrest them from the state's agent, and to keep them subject to the order of the court. At the same time, the Rev. Mr. Mead, agent from the Colonization Society, arrived, clothed with full power to comply with the conditions of the law, and again to transport them to their native country. Under these circumstances, and believing that the state could not fail to have a verdict rendered in her favor on a final trial of the cause now pending, and being earnestly desirous to promote, as much as possible, the humane and benevolent exertions of the Society for their emancipation, so far as it could be done consistently with justice to the claimants, and with the high respect due to the order of the court, the Governor determined not to sell but to hold them in possession, until the final decree of the court should be known, and upon their condemnation, as having been unlawfully introduced, to deliver them to the Colonization Society, upon their compliance with the conditions of the law.

It is believed that such a disposition of them will be made as to render any future expense very inconsiderable, and probably to obviate it altogether.

This business being disposed of as well as circumstances would admit, the agent proceeded to the formation of an Auxiliary Society in this place. Many of the citizens of the town and vicinity were absent, and many from whom liberal subscriptions might have been expected; nevertheless, the result of the labors of a part of one day was such as to encourage the hope that much might be done by a zealous prosecution of the business in Milledgeville and the neighboring country.

Upwards of thirteen hundred dollars were subscribed, payable in instalments. On the evening of Thursday, there was a meeting of the subscribers, when the following gentlemen were chosen officers and managers of the Society:

Gen. John Clarke, President

Hon. Joel Crawford, Vice-President

Rev. Miles Greene, Secretary.

George R. Clayton, Treasurer.

Managers.—Rev. Edmund Shackelford, Seaton Grantland, Esq. Capt. Solomon Betton, Hines Holt, Esq. Dr Thompson Bird, Daniel Sturges, Esq. John B. Hines, Dr. Samuel Boykin, Dr. Tomlinson Fort.—Journal