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jgjgjtagw ii» ■!!#«»——wb«i REPORT OF TUi* P. MASTER GENERAL. i c Ornc. I>j.i’ar 3dlh November, 1830. S To the President of the United Slates: gir—| have the honor to submit the following' report of the transactions, con clition, anil prospects oft Ids Department: Tin* expenditures of the Department, for the year commencing with tho Ist of.f. l>, l-'S?, and extending to the Ist ofjuiy, 1828, were # 1,023,833 80 The receipts, being the a mount ofpostal'sn*tiirn eJ lor the bimic period were 1.C98.977 00 Shewing an excess of ex penditure beyond the re venue. for that year, of 25,015 K> The expenditures from the Ist ol July, to the Ist of July. 1829, "ere *1,70-2,132 57 The amount of postages returned for the same pe riod wus 1,707,418 12 showing an excess for ex penditure, for that year, of 74,"14 15 The total expenditures from the Ist ol Ju ly. 1H29. to the Ist ol July, lb.lo, were 1 * 1,1)32,707 !* To wit— Compensation to iiosl mas ters, 5:15.231 93 Transportation of the until, 1,274,000 88 Incidental ex penses, 03,403 04 The amount of postages rtv ui .ail for i. e same peri c«l, was Exhibiting nil excess of ex penditure beyond the re- vcmie, fiir the Inst year, of 82,121 85 The defied of the eurrent receipt oft he '.ast-year to meet the expenditures of the Department, it will be observed, has not increased, above that, of the preceding , t ear, in so great a ratio as that of the preceding year increased beyond the de limit of the year anterior to the 1-1 ol Ju ly, I'viH. The inference deduced from tliis fact, ns well us the increasing pros perity of the Department. will he shown more distinctly in an exhibit of the re ceipts and expenditures of the Depart . meat, hy half years, for the two pieced ing years. Tims the regular increase of elm 'revenue of the Department willsnili. cienlly demonstrate its ability. by its In tnro receipts, to fnllil its extensive en gagements, should no coasiileruble char /P‘s he created, for u few years more, in addition to those incident to the present establishment. The expenditures for the latter half ol the year I*2*. were #B5l UK) !M The receipts fur the same period, 820,255 ,s JGxeess ofevpendilure, 21,11 JO (X The exiM.'n blares ofthe first hull yriii i. 1 ■s2J .Vb,e V ij<UiO ill til I f?f rr 7oceipt«, ~ Exec's of expenditure, 411.778 05 Tho expemlitun x of the sceond linlfy ear c-lTbtW, were #!)48,:53;> 71 The receipts, 892,827 00 Excess of expenditure for lout half year, 05.53!' 11 The ■ Xpenditures of tiie first linlfy ear ol lb at. were #981.3 II 21 Tin ■ receipts, 957,753 ,K> Etc as for tho last hnlfyenr. 20.555 71 (It should he noted tlint the excess of tins last hall year would have iiopearod, ns it ocluidty was. Inti #17,018 111 a.ol not i portion of the current expenditure that were made in the preceding year been entered in the accounts "f the (irsl half of t!ie present year.) Tlie whole ninonni of postages from the Ist >f July. 1829, to the Ist ol'Jaly ofthe present y ear, its presented in the fore going >4.dement, is #1,850,583 10 Tiie ain't, of postage from the Ist of July, 1828, to tiie Ist of,lnly. 1820, was 1,707.118 42 On mg an 'increase in this *ne year, of 113.1(51 Theaniouiit Os available fluids at the dis posal of the Depart me lit on the Ist of July, 182.1, wfi- reported to he #230.810 07 Deduct the excess of expen diture far the lust your 82,121 .85 Xu'avesiiliis mn't. ofsurplus 118,723 22 Tin* system of financial operations, as mentioned in my report ofthe last year, h - I'dlllled nil the uatieiantions of its in ••il\ u ncy. The promptitude e\ ineed by til, 1 positing I’ostninsters’ in .general, ■ir,,! :ne entire certainly <>f the uecounls, hold ivilii the banks and those post aas exclusive ofllie security in nil these r.tiis.tilions deriv ed to the public from sjds system, have, in no small degree, i contributed to the übiidy ol the Depnrt \ meat I , meet its extensive demands. >. In flic several Slates, improvements in -mail facilities have been loudly called CM-; end in many iustances, the growing f poTViiatiotr and extending settlements ■>! the .country have absolutely required Arm. In making such improvements, •si#3f<ihos been taken so In extend them as ■ tn\ive the greatoetypossible neeoniiiio dutVnr nt the least Abeiise. m,. 1 in sue!) ■ 2 « Mia# u» would* most likely t.> i i Vnflrna* theneveilue Wm is in part owing to th«e improvements that the nmonni ajflxwAucis so inuch augmented, tliongh ' haLe, at tho same time, consider!!- res ofthe l»o- M&etwaAj the. Ist of July, 182!). and the ' Jf: ol'Ja!y\I810, ihotrnnsporUvtion ■ T the ~. luidj was Aw*eiwed, in stages, equal t * inljA n year; oil horseback and in miles a year; making an awamfi lnoj*e%e of transportation, equal to H&8J1 «MH a year, beyond the a . ■ Thl aimaaljhsnnspOrtaiioii of the mail; a» thalot ofJWflnst. was about 9,331,- 577 laDsa la stagw: and the whole year(g fmwlptßtatloa I* Hpoaehes, steam boats, exp ire with M ■.aaTwicalaoq.. w I 1,502 miles of post roads, on widen tin ' mail hits hitherto been carried on horses only, or In sulkies* and en which the an nual transportation In stages will, from the first of January next, unto tint to 278,- ! 050 miles. ’l'hc frequency of trips will also be increased on SOI miles of existing singe routes, to the annual increase ol 138.358 miles; mulling, together, an in crease of Wage trnnsjiortation ol the mail, from the Ist of January next, of 417,014 I miles a year. Provision is also made for tiie more frequent transportation of tiie mail on different routes, aw follows : * Increase of trips on horse routes, 31,924 miles a year; Increase of trips on existing routes, changed from ’ horse, to stage routes. 118,13® do. Increase of trips on stage, routes, 131.348 do. ’ linking together n ' total increase of 288,638 miles ol transportation of mails, in it year, beyond ’ tiie amount of present transportation in that division, besides tiie improvement ol * substituting stages litr horse traiisporta ’ lion. Among these improvements are in cluded, a line of stages from Kdonton to Washington, N. 0.; from N'ewhern to Wilmington, JV. O.; a steam-bout line from Wilmington to Smithville; and a line of stages from fSmllhville, -\. I ■ to Georgetown, 8. CJ.: nil ol which ai'c to nm twice a week each way. These ar rangements will complete the regular . ..omiiiuiiiention. hy stcuin-honts and sta ges, between llaltimore, Md. & Charles ton, S. along the seaboard, hy way of Norfolk, Vu . Mli*utie'll ( ity, Mdeiiton, . Washington, Newborn. Wilmington. iV > Sniithvillo. N. f'., and Georgetown, 8. ( —an neeoiiiinoilnlioii desired alike by the s pnblle nml (lie Department * Irrovision is also made for expediting ■ the until on many important routes: among which is the whole rente betwemi this place and Port Vliteheil. vin Itieli " moiid. Va.. Italeigb, V <5., Columbia, H. 1 C.. and tlilledgevi; e. tin.; which line u ill he traversed in two days less time * than at present ; so that, tho mail will run from this city to Nc • «>i leans in 13 days, after the Ist of Jan - try next Allowing the average expense oftralis porta lion, hy horse or snlkey. to he live cents per mile, and hy stages to he thir teen reals per mile, which is about th< mean rale paid in the southern division, the value of .hese improvements, exclu 1 sive ofthe value of increased expedition, I will he us follows : ,C Annua! amount of trnns iji portation itlmrged trom horses to stages, 278,(»56 miles, nt Bcents per mile, _ (themean difference) #23,29i. 41 jy To he added for incroased (• miniher of trips on tho K Hume amounting, nnnii % >» «"iles. ,nt_C wills (.i-.Tnlie ; Increased nM.'.her of trips . on firmer stage routes, amounting, annually, to i 1'f8.35S miles, at 13 cents per mile 17,08(5 54 I'icvimsod mtmlier of trips ; On horsi* snlkey routes, I amounting ipimndly. to 31,824 miles, ut 0 cents ■ pc; icilo 1.591 V.O I Making the total nuniml C vahieoflliyimprovements #l7,*))'i 0- j The eontrnets hnvo lire i inde for tin ensuing t■ .tit years aeiri tin* Istol ,laim , ary next, iin-hnling all tiics,- improve -1 meats, at a sum less than tho amount now paid lor (rallsporLing the iimitN in k > that division, hy #25,04, Hi To this sum add the esti maled value ofjhe iinprovo meiits, ns before stated 47,793 f/2 ) , . And the actual saving to the Depmtmeii’l i.i the re -2 Hewing of the eontraefa, _v\ ill amount, annually, b» 72,*810 89 , P.esides the very collHidernble amount . gained in the increased expedition ofthe mulls on many ronton of great interest to iliei onninmilv, the value of which enn ; not. lie well e-timated. In this saving in t n« cxjH-nso of the conli-iiets. and the additional revenue _ which may he anticipated from the im > proveinents they so are. together xvdh ” the geuerid iuer'ense of postages. _ which issiiil progressive, xvill he seen a foumla lton for tho belief which has been ex v pressed, that the current revenue of the 1 Depanmenl for the succeeding year will he snifieient for its dishurseinenis. ’ 'Fi„> rules that have been adopted in relation to tiie conduct of postmasters, , placing the luvesngauoii of all oßicinl delinqiieneies antler the immediate su perinteinlcnee ol an Assistant, nml sub jecting them to tiie strict scr > n „ Assistant, and subjecting i r- to tiie I strict scrutiny of an able nni t. igihuit 018,, ~ rcv , has lieeu productive oi the happiest j. rostills. There are, nt th* present time, , in the fu'ted States. 8.401 post offices; . and uniting that number, -a-. tiered over J the whole t'nion. it is not possible to prevent disorders, to til great loss oh ; iudividanls, and sometimes of Ihc De partment, without the iitlremillcil and , r nadiviih d attention of a competent otli a cor. The duties of this branch of the I, Department, under its present orgnnmi . lion; have, however, been so discharged na to secure as great a degree of confi dence in the fidelity of its officers, pene e rally, ns could have existed in nnyfor e titer period, w hen the number was com „ paratively small, n * ]L have the honor te be, u Willi respect, il Your very «»li l. servant, W.T. BAKKV. •%»» M • ilto>KATn or Gi;>-. Trottkii.—Our vener- citizen General Mathew '..nHKMpirol suddenly b.-tw ♦•en 5 \ (’ I HHBHlßißlWllitlff• il'’ had “ ms ftijHbiir nml i i his usual good - seized n ward-. | probaßliHWt apoplexy, and survived 5 iHily d HHpiuutes. General Trollei f was upxvSK*f.7o y»urs of age; was an t ■ officer of tltWhevolntioii with Col. Willett s at the battle of Fort Staaw ix. and other I k engagtsnenls; ho xvus ti respectable citi ».l an jKMiest tl!»l).~.-.' w; .Irguf, COvofttel.t awfl W/.SHINOTOM C'ITV, Dec. J• CONGRESS. In the (Senate, yesterday, after rewlu i tions, memorials, and petitions were pre sented hy Messrs. Hendricks, King. ISils bee, Poindexter, Boggles, SANDroaD, A W oodburY, Ac.. Ac., the Senate ballot cd tor a Chaplain, and the Reverend Mr. Johns was re-elected. So much of the President's message as relates to the sur plus revenue, was referred to a select committee, composed of Messrs. Dkk . f.rson, Ha.vdfokd, Woodbury, (Seymour, , and Grundy. Several hills were read it first and second time. A resolution was submitted hy Mr. Clayton, requiring the appointment of n committee to examine and report on the present condition of the Post <mice Department; the manner in which the laws in relation toil have been administered: the distribution of labor; the number of officers and their duties; the agents and how employed; contractors, An., Ac., as well as the entire manage ment of the Post Office Deportment. Af ter a short ti.no spent in Executive Uusi . ness, the (Senate adjourned. ‘ In the House of Representatives, after the presentation of n nninher of petitions V and memorials, various reports and re -1 solutions were submitted: among the lat ter of which was one by Mr. Barringer, to the following purport: H<solved, That the Committee of Ways ’ and Means bo instructed to report n bill, ’ reducing the duty on bur iron made by hammering, to the amount of duty paid 1 by the law ofIBKJ. 1 .1 Iso, to reduce the duty on rollon bug ’ ging to 2 cents per square yard. Also, to reduce the duty on course wool r lon goods, costing less limn fifty rs ills per. square yard at the place whence import ed, to nn ad vulorum duty of 2o per cen ’ I u in. > JlLn, to reduce the duty on coarse wool, r costing less than ten cents per pound, at the place whence imported, to uti ad vu ioriun duty of 20 per edit. Also. to reduce the duly on brown su ! gar to two cents per pound. Upon the question of its adoption, it 1 was rejected by n vote of 111 to (Mi. After some further business had been ■ transacted, the House adjourned. 1 ‘ December 17. ’ In the Senate, on the Ifilh, nftJrthc* usu al presentation of memorials, fictitious, and resoluti ns, the following (ills were ’ rend a second time and referred to (heir '■ appropriate, committees: The till for the establishment of a port of delivery on ' Lake Ponehartrain; forthe n lii I'of Dc.n Carlos Dehl liaise; Uenrge Johnson; die improvement of the nuvigni an of die '• > llcglimiy A Mfinengnheln rlvi rs; John Bronson : or prescribing the node of commencing, prosecuting and deciding v introverflies bet ween States. The bills in relation to the gold coins, and, for the "lief ofthe legal representatives®!" Gen, Moses Hnzen. deceased, were, ofthe re quest ofthe movers, ordered to lie on the able. The bill for the rslief oil Lueien Harper, was oi dered to be engrossed and rend a third time. After the ronsidera- don of Executive business, ti«_ (Senate ■ djourned. I Numerous resolutions wc re subinltti d n the House of Representatives ami re ferred to (he committees. Among them was one hy Mr. Rich aiuison. for the ap pointment of a select eommilleeou edu cation; which, on the motion of Mr. Archer, was laid up m the table, idler i n d.i ision hy yens an nays, hy a vote of | 1 ill to SO. Mr. Dratton gave notice that 1 ' fie should, on Mon lay. rail up the bill lor the regulation of the pay ofthe of ficers ofthe army? and Mr. Irwin, of Ohio, gave o similar notice* that he should, on the same day. move the House to go into a Committee of the Whole on the bill fur (lie establishment of an armory on the Western waters. A message was [ received from he President, staling'.li.it the Marshals of the United Stales had not hud time to prepare their I’Oturiis of the census of the population : it was, on ■ motion of.Mr Potivh, relerrcd to a select ■ committee of seven. Mr. Powers obtain ed leave to be excused from serving on the Committee of the District ofCohim hhi, on account of ili health. The niiiuiiil ' Report of Ihe (Secretary of the Treasury was presented, and (»,(HM) co|des of it or dered to he printed. The House then ' vv enl into a ('ommittee ol the Whole. .Mr. • Haynes In the Chair, on the hill to estah • iih.li certain post roads. The considera tion of tills bill and the numerous amend ments proposed to it, occupied theCom ' mitteetill (f o'clock; when they rose and reported, and the House adjourned, I ——— i r.-nir. l’ii' Butli. (.ttr.) Tnqulivt, Onlvngr, —The brig Elizabeth, Cnpt. Sanborn, arrived here on (Saturday from • Malnnzns. and reports the particulars of 1 u wanton mid cruel outrage committed on his vessel and crew, «laic railing out i of that harbor. II appears hy the protest , of Cupt. Sanborn, (a copy of vv Inch has I been shewn us by Coi XViMiuiaa, apart vvtier ofthe Vessel,) Unit having regu • larly cleared at the Custom House, ot>- i q. > o his pass, and deposited the same, • as usual in the !■ on. lie made ready for - sea, and on the night following, while t passing the Fort, returned the hail, which , was made from the Foit in Spanish by ; answering—‘American brig Elizabeth, r for Hath"—that the hail was several > times repeated, and as often answered by 1' Cnpt. ('■unborn, as ah.iv e : that a blank • shot was then fired from the Fort, vv hen 1 Capt. S. ordered the crew toletgothe - chain cable and nnch .r ns scon aspossi ; hie, which was done arercrvlingly, and the sails all lowered to the masts; this 1 proceeding must have been heard, ns well as observed in the Fort, still the - bulling was continued, mid to the usual - answer, Capt. t*. added—“my vessel is at anchor." Notwithstanding nil this, a 24 pound round shot was almost imme diately after fired into the vessel, and passed through the bulwarks, steerage mid cabin, doing considerable damage, m.d w ounding the mate (Jerso Holbrook) mid two seamen. On receiving the shot Cnpt. (8. hailed the fort, saying— "for Cod's sake fire nc more, or you w ill i sink me," which he also requested a v fisherman near the vessel, to communi -1 cute to the fort. After which Capt. IS. I procured a burgeon from the shore, had , the wounds of his mate and " seamen I dressed, mid the former removed; and on the following day. made an nutheli i limited eornpiaibt, to the proper nuthori t lies, of the outrage committed on his - vessel, leaving the prosecution to the management of our government agent ut , that place,. THE SURVIVING CAPTOR OF ANDRE. On the . veiling preceding die me ce lehration in the city of Nevv-\ ork, the republican citizens of the Ninth Ward assembled at a public supper, in comme moration ofthe memorable events ofthe Three Day’s (Struggle in France. The attendance was general, anti the evening passed with a well-ordered hilarity, and witli a decorum becoming the meet po pulous ward of the metropolis and the stronghold of its democracy. Among the invited guests on that occasion, was David Williams, the only survivor ofthe | captors ol* Major Andre, (Seated on the left of the President, Thomas Morris, , Esq. the veneruble participator in one ol the noblest acts of our own Revolution, was an object of peculiar interest. lie is in bis 77th year, and although the infirmi ties of age are upon him, be en joys sound health and is in the full possession ol his mental faculties. On this occasion nt the request ol the company, the aged veteran repeated the particulars ofthe important act above al luded to; and we had the grutilieution to be among the listeners. ‘ The three Americans, Pntilding, Wil liams and Van Wart, having agreed to act tbgciuer lor the common defence, ehowc I*. adding as im ir leader, anil ac tually if not nominally enrolled them selves among the volunteer militia that served as the patrol ofthe lines. After several days reconnoitering to little effect, they passed from the main road near the border village of Tarrytown. into a thicket, where, after having discussed a brief repast, they fell to playing cards,— Their attention was soon arrested hythe tramp of a horse, rapidly approaching 'They sprang to their feet, seized their muskets, and regaining the road, were in season to intercept n person in a citizen's dress, well-mounted, and riding at high speed; and with the exclamation, “where are you hound?” seized his hridle-rehi. Andre, then within a abort distance of the British lines, and within sight ofthe ground occupied hy the liritish videltes, w as impressed with the belief (hut if lianisaiid his comrades were of his own i parly, and replied, "I mu a friend, and I hope yon are such ; where do you be long? 1 ’ They answered “To below,” a « reply which seemed to confirm bis im pression, the English army lying a few miles dow n the river. He immediately . rejoined, with a fatal precipitancy, “(So ■ do I. lam (said he. assuming nn air of . command) a British officer, on urgent i business, and 1 must not he detained."— “You belong to our enemies then," was (he rejoinder, “and we arrest you in the . name of the American Congress.” “E --, ven so," said Andre, after a momentary f exhibition of surprise, “and am 1 among •my Antenr<ih friends? In these times, u [ little deception is excusable. Rend that;” .i building a pass from Wen Arnold Thai officer, then emnmnnding at West Foint, . having regained the confidence of (fen. , Washington, which his previous trial and , reprimand had alienated for a season I was held in high estimation in the army, . and no pretence for farther detenti n 5 ! of Andre c aid have been urged, if the ■ sis the Itl-coneeufed anxiety of the captive, ins lirst Mulatatlon, and his fatal admis sion, oxeited suspicion, and they proceed ed to search him. Neatly his entire per-; son was thoroughly examined, without j the discovery of any tiling material It : \ was at last insisted that he should re j move liis hose; and from (hence, under i the soke ofthe loot, dropped several pa pers [the draughts prepared by Arnold of the works at West Point, returns of the garrisons, force ofthe army, advices f.s to the mode of Inking possession, Ac. Ac.] which the captors deemed at once to he matters of importance to their country and the army. Then came (he trial: and nobody did they bear themselves through it. These men, having been deprived hy the war of tlieir ordinary employment, that offurtn ing laborers, bad obtained for months, perhaps years, a scanty subsistence hy grubbing, a term used hy the veteran. A signifying occasional mid transient em ployment from farm to farm. They w ere extremely pour; and found little else than poverty in the service of their country; but they partook ofthe spirit ofthe times, ami neither poverty nor deprivation could diminish their zeal and shake tkeir fidel ity. Seeing that all was discovered, Auilre offered them, at first, a gold watch, of rare workmanship, and of considera ble value; und then one hundred guineas; both of w Inch being refused, he increas ed the offer to one thousand guineas, with a quantity of merchandise, and a pass for the sale ol it. This being so refused he proffered ten thousand guineas, (near ly ij>50,004,) pledging a draft forthe a iiioiint on (Sir Henry Clinton, mid pro posing to remain a hostage with two of the parly until one of them could ride his own horse, to the Drib, h quarters, uml return v\ itti the money. Dul these high temptations were all rejected, and the three volunteer militia men conducted their prisoner to Co!. Jameson, who commanded the outposts. 'The gr nt value of this discovery, and the fate of the captive, every render is acquainted with. Doth remain a monu ment of American patriotism uml fideli ty. ■ • PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. “The topic of the Colonial Trade is discussed with a manliness, candor, and good feeling, that must prove gratifying to all those who have taken nn interest in that complicated, and heretofore em barrassing question—now nt last happi ly settled. The advantages which the Colonies are supposed to have obtained, in consequence of the American ports having been opened previous to those of the (’olonies, is. it is fairly enough staled, but nn equitable sett-off’ against the ad vantages conceded to the United (Mates by England, when she opened her ports in IS2o, without a corresponding opera tion on the part of Ainerirn. “It is satisfactory to learn that the set-1 tleraent of the boundary question, now under the arbitration of the king ofthe Netherlands, will, in nil probability, take place nt the period anticipated, notwith standing ihgdiflienlties in Belgium. We can readily be*.'eve, too, the observation ofthe President, that the Government of Great Britain has in this question, as in others, conducted herself with the gen erosity and candor that become her high station among the nnlionsof the earth. “Wc risk nothing in saying, that the present message, like the lust, will he exceedingly well received by all classes j people Lu England."—l mi “TT_-• x ' ' Hhnjamin Eat o s Fraser wan tried at Mobile on the 4th hist, for the murder ;«!' Isaac Elllso.v bo lung ago as The I principal witness was the? son of Hie <ie - ceased, who it appeared in evidence had j several times since the act was coininit » ted, expressed ilia determination when f arrived at manhood, to 1 Ibllnv’the man I who hud killed his lather' The prisoner was nppreiiended soon alter the marker, 3 but escaped from jail and b*'*♦' remained ' oat of the slate several years, lie tv.is » found guilty but recommended to the s mercy of the executive —Hrv Georgian. , To the editor of the .Notional Gazette, f Be.iW.v, Dec. 4, liSJO, ’ fame on shore on Synnpuxont Beach, • in Worcester county. Mil. on BOth Nov I last, a wreck, supposed to have been 1 a brig; she had gone to pieces when she was first discovered, tin her stern is “Samaritan, of Ncwbun port," and on 3 her boat’s stern “Samaritan, of.V York." B The boiiies of 6 men, who appeared to liuvc been drowned some time, have ’ drilled on slmre —1 of them ore while men, and the other Sure black. No pa pers have been found. A quantify of • logwood uni! mahogany logs have come ’ ashore, supposed to come cut of the wreck—on part of the logs are the letters I. C. anil on the balance the letter 11. \ JOHN POWELL, Wreck Muster, Enst’n. Hiorc nf.Mary'd. ’ [The N. York Mercantile Advertiser. ‘ stales that the S. was from Honduras 1 and Havana, bound to N. V] ALABAMA SILK. We have been shown u beautiful pair r socks made of native silk, grown this i season on the plantation of Hr. I’vrnel. i of Green County. They equal in ap i pcurance mid workmanship, the best . imported of the kind, and a:, a specimen . ol household manufacture, are creditable f of the (State. —.Habile Cainrnricial Register. From tits Attiens Atticaum, tbl iiist. , <lll EAT li t IN. * | After a season of unusually dry wenth er, the heavens have again opened upon i us. and poured fonli their contents in . piteous orofusiun. not only restoriog the empty channels to tlieir wonted fulness / and fdling the earth with its needful mots , lure, but, up if to make amends for lost f time, overflowing the banks of the t streams, und, in some places literally _ inundating the country. The rain com s menccd on Sunday morning, die I Sit V, a inst. and continued, with little cessation - till Tuesday night, win n the clouds, la y their laat effort, threw down njx.n ns n : succession of rapid showers, actompahi j ed with thunder und lightning In eon " sequence of this sudden and unexpected i flood, nem-ly nil the bridges <n this vicin l, I ily have been carried sway, and a ton i. sidcrahle loss sustained by the ow ners i of mills and oilier propei ty near the ri i vers. Apprehensions were entertained , for the safety of the brl- ’ges at this place, j but though tiicy were for some lime In b‘ imminent dnugei .they h‘ii , v.y’'.r..'usto6il ] I Ui**VlSmh without suslainii g se- . rious injury. The river here rose highei limn has been know n for several years, and tve believe the other streams in the • neighborhood have been proportionably i high On Thursday on attempt war made to convey the mail to Monroe, (Walton Co.) mul on Saturday to i\lii icdgcviile. but without success. W an •lerstand, however, that the Jclli rson, 1 DuniolsviUc and Augusta roads arc pus snbl . The following is a list of the toes ofhrid ges. us fur ns we have been able to us certain the facts: Outlie North Oconre. Border’s. Kings', Chnndlev's, Pinkos’ ami Pnrtahe'a —on flic Mulberry Fork oft lie Oconee. Dough erty’s Bridge, Boren's Bridge and Mills, Und Lyles Mills—on the Mitkllt River, Vartium's or Lowrey's (at Han cocks Mills.) Pickens' Mhoals, Aca demy, Prince's, Simonton's and Tate’s Bridge and Mills. ••“A®**— J List of Acts passed sit the Session of the Legislature of &)outh Carolina, Dee. IH30: An Act to alter and amend the law a- I gainst Horse Stealing. An Act giving the Town Council of , Camden the power of regulating tin , petforinanee of Patrol duty, and for otli • er purposes theiein mentioned. An Art to uuthorize the formation of a • Company, fur the purpose of eunstrnct i ing a Turnpike Bond from Edgefield i Court House to the town of iltimhui-g. I An Act for the further regulation of Ala gist rales mid Constables of tiie Par- ! ishes oftSl. Philip and fc?t. .Michael. An Act to contirm tlie saleofthc Glebe fioftlie Parish of St. James. Suntce, to i Wm. Luens, and to nulhorise the two I Vestries of the said Parish to make him lilies thereof. 1 An Act to niter nnd amend the laws ■ in relation to interest and Usury. An Act to incorporate the Village of . Edgefield. I Au Aft to enlarge tlie •powers and in i | i reuse the duties i f Masters nod Coin - inissioiirrs in Equily in this .State. An Act to authorize the President and Directors of tlie Bank of tlie State of South Carolina, to establish a Brunch of ! the said Bank at Hamburg. I An Act to incorporate certain Socic r | tics. II An Art to authorize the City Connell -of Charleston, to fill up low lots und j grounds, in the City of Charleston in cor- j “ I tain cases, and for other purposes. .' An Act to establish certain Roads, i Bridges and Ferries. 1 An Act to establish the di.iding line between SJfllh unci 27th Regiments of Mil itia, mid to lay ott’n new Beat Company f.tjancl around Sumterville. An Act to incorporate the Village of Lancaster. An Act to vest in Ann Breen and Eliz abeth Breen her daughter, certain real estate in the city, of Charleston. An Art to form n Squadron of Caval ry in the Slh Brigade. An Act to change the place of Com pany Muster in St. James,’ Santee, [ An Art concern 1 ; g Fnplic Works. An Art to dispose of certain escheated estates. An Art to authorise the Commission erp of the Poor to bind to service ilWi timnte children. An Act to renew tlie charters of the Planters’ and Merchants’ Bank, and tlie Union Bunk of South Carolina. H Ao Act to raise fey the year I ill n«i to— IKK), and for other purposes therein tneir tinned, An Act to make appropriations for the year !Bj|o, and for other purposes therein mentioned. An Act to confirm the Military to the Judicial divisions of the District of Pell* dleton, tiJWfor other purposes. AI'CISVAi FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1830. “ Be jwf, and fear not." The Hotl. Richard H. Wilde, our Repre sentative in Congress, who has been detained from |iis scat by sickness, arrived at Norfolk on ‘.be 15lb instant, and would proceed to Wash* ington next morning. The Legislature of South Carolina, adjourn* od at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning last. A list of Acts passed, will be found in another column. The Dill for calling a Convention, had failed, for Want of a constitutional majority—two thirds ofthc members in each House, being necessa* ry to carry the measure. One of the Acts audio rises the- establishment of n Brunch of the Bant of the Stale of S. Carolina in Hamburg. Darien Hunk. —The following Rsport was taken up and agreed to, in the House ofKepre#- Kentativcs, on the 18th instant, viz : “ The Commiltoo on Banks, to whom was referred the Report of the Lank of Varii.ti, have had the same under consideration, mid report: That on a careful examination of the exhibit of the affairs of said Bank, (as disclosed by said report) they take pleasure in saying, that the said Hank, ns they believe, is entitled to aiv4 continues to enjoy pnhlic confidence. Its affairs appear to ho correctly and satisfactorily man aged ; Sind the very small amount of bills of tRo said Bank, now in circulation, is a full guaranty to ike holders, of the prudent management of said Bank, und the ability to redeem all or any promptly.—Your committee are unwilling t» close this report, without adverting to the fact, that the Bank of Darien had, atone time, mor® than one million eight hundred thousand dollars of hills, in circulation ; and at the da’* of the so port now before your committee, the hills of said Bank in circulation, amounted to little iporo than two hundred thousand dollars, and that (I must he gratifying to the p uhlic, that tile Bunjl of Darien is now entitled to us much ronlidcixj. as the other Bank* in this State.” Mili.edof.vii.i e, Monday, ) December 20, 1830. y In tho Sr vat r, this morning on motion of Mr: Da mkll of Chatham, the journal of jcstcrdnjf was reconsidered, so far ns relates to the rcjdo lion of the Ihil for the encouragement of volume* tecr coin panics. Tl * bill from tbs Hon sc, to prohibit the CTy' Council of Augusta, from imposing any tax on persons vending provisions, -&—_■ time or place than the Market House, during Market hours, was referred to a committee tr iune next. The reconsidered bill, from the House, Wats amended so as to limit its operation to the- Ist Brigade, Ist Division, and to Richmond County, and then passed. It provides that nil persona within such limits, who have already fcrteol five years in a volunteer company, and shall servo eight yours hereafter, and those who have not served five years in such company, and shall hereafter servo ten years therein, shall thereafter bo entirely exempt from militia duty, except in times of invasion, insurrection, &e. The hills from the House, to alter and fix thrt timo of holding tho Superior Courts of the Mid dle District—to provide for the payment of ox penccs which have been, or may be, incurred by the Counties of Carroll, DeKalb, Gwinnett,, Ha'k and Habersham, in die prosecution of crimes committed in tho Cherokee Territory— to provide an additional district in the County of Jefferson—to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the admission of evidence, in certain cases, in the several counrls of Law and Equity —to alter a part of the lino which divides tho cdunlies of Hancock and Washington— to amend an net of 1820 providing for the payment of costs in certain cases—to incorporate the Me- I chanics Bonk in tho City of Augusta— to com- J pel purchasers of Mortgaged property .life estates J and estates for a term of years, in person-,1 prt>- I perty.at Sheriff"SjCoronor's,or Constable’s sales, to give bond—for the relief of purchasers of 11/6 .Stale’s interest in Lands condemned as frnudu lently drawn in the Counties of Bibb, Houston, | Crawford, Monroe, Upson, Ihke, Henry, Fay- I cite, Doivalb, and Newton—to legalize tho lat® I election el Mayor of Savannah—to authorize ilia § several Courts of Law and Lquity to award f judgment against Garnishees in certain cases, and pointing out tho mode by which such Gar* F nwliues may be relieved ironi the operation of 1 said judgment—to amend tlie act of 1889, pro. j| vidmg for improvement of tlie Roads and Kiw. ers, (allcr being so amended, as to appropriate L the §5,000, heretofore appropriated for the un. i' provenieul of Broad River, to tho purchase of h slaves, to v. ork on the road leading from August I is, via Goshen, I’etorslmrg, Liberton, Carnes-- 1 ville, and ClarkosviDe, to Clayton, in Rabuu § County)—were severally read the third lime and f' passed, The bill from the House, to defin* the duties F' of Justices of the Reace, and Clerks of tho In* le ferior Court, in relation to County funds, Was Bfit laid on the table for the present, I (, The bid from the House, to emancipate ref, I u lain slaves, belonging to tlie estate of the late I :i Thomas W. Cobb, and also two other slaves of 1 * Bibb County, the wife and father of .Solomoft Humphries, was rejected. J * A message wa“s received from (he Governor, ft" staling, m accordance with a resolution of the 11 Senate, that tho unexpended balance, remains ing in tlie hands of the Commissioners of tfip f 3’ugalo River, was §GG7 32. ' A ngather of bids fi om the I(ouse, wore read, j" Some the first mid soptc the second tmie, during 1, the afternoon oud night aiuiiig, in In the House, this afternoon, the bill to exempt 10 Augustus 11. Kenan from the operation of iii« r ] duelling law, after being amended to include e iuJ V 6 - r Hw sotjo L,