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Communication on i!v* subject. Ten prosed with the bnii' f that the existing quarantine law* of this Sure were never intended io Mi‘f‘l seen ex! reticle* as in«* one now pre-.eiped, I have deemed it most expedient, the Legisla-t ture b -ing in session, to submit lhe subject io < the consideration of that body. Conne ted with the foregoing subject, I also ' herewith submit to the Genera! Assembly a ‘ communication teceived from Wm. W. Gor-1 don, Esq Mayor of the city of Savannah, ac-1 rrmpamed by an application from the authori- ! ties of that city, to be reimbursed for monies' expended for cholera and small pox Hospitals, &c. Under the law of 1793 referred to in the ; Mayors letter, the Executive might bejus ified ! in paving the amount claimed by the corpora- . lion from the contingent fund, but I have rea son to believe that upon principles of justice the ci»v is entitled to additional remuneration, nil of which it is presumed will be more fully explained by the Delegation from die county of Chatham*', when the subject shall receive the attention of the General Assembly. The subjects of this communication requiring im mediate attention, 1 transmit the papers refer red to the House of Representatives to avoid the delay in ideal to preparing duplicate co pied. Wl. SON LUMPKIN Which was read and referred to a »elect committee. NOTICES FOR BILLS. Mr. Cary, introduced mstanter a bill to con solidate he Academic and poor schoel funds and to provide for a more equitable and effi cient mode of applying the annual proceeds thereof to the dissemination of useful instruc tion among the poor children of the several counties. Wednesday Dec 3. Mr. Young, of Oglethorpe, moved to re consider so much of the Journal of yesterday, as relates to the passage of the bill to extend the charter of the Darien Bank, the Ho'k* refused to reconsider by a vole of 85 to 63. Mr. Wood, from the select committee to whom was referred the Communication from his Excellency the Governor, relative to the small pox. made a report which was taken up read and agreed to. REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL KEEPER. Penitentiary _ Oct. 11,1334. To the Inspectors of the Penitentiary: Gentlemen: —It! presenting for your con sideration this my annual report, I have noth ing to communicate that is discouraging to the friends of this system of punishing crime. The fiscal concerns of the Peniten’iary are in as flourishing a condition as could be ex pected under existing circumstances, falling short about eight hundred dollars of defraying ing the expenses. I have no reason on fur ther experience, to change the opinion given iu my first annual repot t, ih.it it would require the labor of ninety convicts to defray the ex penses ofthe instiutton. with the presen numbei of officer and g «ard. The average number ol convicts during the past veur ha* been eighty two, and three or four of these, invalids; be sides several who are superannuated; and to this may be added, the following enumerated causes, which have tended tn prevent the m- Rlituti<m iroin, ut hast, defraying its expenses during ’he past year, viz : 1, There was much loss of time during the last winter, by the convicts, in consequence ofthe extreme inclemency ofi ,e wedherr 9. The men were not so invariably heilthy na :ht v were the two previous year*. 3. Twenty-four convicts have been dischar- ged during the year, among whom were the bi- m> t hai.!< S the in*: itu:; n •> <!• d ■ini' those •" w .a the ins ami- m . j sily br nm Hitler >d ‘er rio point n ‘edl to Wl' it lo re has neet. h» i.i - > ) i < hi.;w Im gurpri*n)g when it i* ui »v<. tli.il I %•» thirds or fitiv eight of the numb* i prison have been iec< iv r wi hi > ‘he L-. t * o years a 1 <i seven months. 4. The expens. -of the yrir .©••! riling p-v of officers unci guard, suhsis .■nee. >r nsp<>r> i lion, and clothing of «u vcis, am; < l-uhing nnd money furnished dis< t ;>ged com icts.and other incidental expenses, have amounted to ten thousand nine hundred and i weiity-eigiii dollars and forty-two cents, which ex eedstl.r expenses of the previous year, <n the sum of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dol lars and three cents; the excess has been caus ed by the salary of an additional assistant keeper, the high price of provisions, iud ihe extra number of prrsont rs r« c* i*»‘d and dis. bar ged during the year. These things taken into consideration, it will readily be perceived that the business ot the year will not suffer by a comparison wi'h that ol any former year since I have been in office notwithstanding the leur was peculiarly tibinvo. aide to a profitable bU'ioess. The number of convicts miy be increased to one hundred and twenty-five, without an increase of expense, except in substance; and tn pro portion ns the number may exceed ninety, wdl the profit to the State be increased. Il is a pleasing reflection, g< utlemati, when I revert to the mors/ condition of the institu tion. In the absence of u regular ch pl tin. (winch it is to be regretted the institution hi* never been supplied with,) the re-idem m m* ters ofthe Methodist 'tid t* resby'.«*ri iu chur rs have humanely pre iebed once a »vet-K the convicts; in addition to tins, nicy u.iv, been turmshed with the bible and *>iti. r • ’ gious hooks bv the institution, anti a retu. i baitbuh School established under my euperiutendanco, assisted t>v several enb ©ned gendemen ot Milledgw ill- , wh>» '■ » taken classes, mid labouied witu .« zeal, w-»* « f the benevolent uLjee ; the result -. I'enign providence, have been mu* < ■ f-j the phd nihri>|»i«l and Christian. So’ 1 arm forty lhr eouvtcts h.ve. sub e Ai-.-i tee*. a proltiSiuu ol ©w, whom, have njaimained tliejr etirishab chai'AC* ter by an humble and obedient walk. I came into office, (Ist January,l332) there have been fiftv four convicts discharged, out of that number, thirteen have not been heard from; one only has been re-'ontmiiled; nine exhibited no particular evidences ol re formation; and thirty one are orderly citizens and doing well. Li conclusion I would remark, that nearly three years experience has thoroughly convin ced me that corpot ea| or other barbarous and degrading punishments, are highly objectiona ble and unfavorable to moral reformatton that tyranny and severity are better calculated to drive men to desperation than to mend the heart or subdue the passions; while I have been mild in my government, I have endea vored to be steady and firm, and have al wavs found that when punishment was necessary, confinement in a solitary cell, on bread and water, was sufficiently humbling, while it left the offender free from that sense st degrada tion, which (he lash would but too nocessarily impose. Mv government has consisted main ly in moral influences on the minds of those unfortunate men under my control, and it is gratifying to me slate, that 1 have so far s teceeded as to have bu> little difficulty in the government <>*" the institution, and rarely have to punish offenders. The institution can still sustain itself without legislative aid unless it should he deemed ad visable to make an appropriat ien for the pur pose of purchasii g three or four years supply of wagon and carries timber, which it would bo desirab'e to have, as the credit of our work in these particular branches must suffer, with out an adequate supply of seasoned timber, which the resources of the institution cannot supply to an extent desirable, since the fire. An appropriation of eight thousand dollars will be necessary to carry on the contemplated addition and improvement in expected,) will make it absolutely necessary io increase the b iddings in the course of the en«uing year. Very respectfully your obedient servant CHARLES C. MILLS, P K. P. z 01. John d. Cuthbert, Dr. lienjamin d. White, William D. Jarrett, Esq. Ins. I»R.ESXD23CTT’3 NS3SAG3, Fellow-Citizens ofthe Senate and House of Representatives. In performing my duly at the opening of your present session, it gives me pleasure to congratulate you again upon the prosperous roi diiion of our beloved country. Divine Providence has favored us with general health, with rich rewards in the fields of agriculture and in everv branch of labor, and with peace to cultivate and extend the various resources which employ the virtue and enterprize of our citizens. Lotus trust, that in surveying a scene so flattering to our tree institutions, our joint deliberations to preserve them, may be crowned with success. Our foreign relations continue, with but few exception*, to maintain the favorable nsneci which ihev bore on my last annual mes-age; and promise to extend those advantages which the principles that regulate our intercourse with other nations are so well calculated to secure. The question of the northeastern boundary is still pending with Great Britain, and the proposition made in accordance wi’h the re solution of the Senate tor the establishment of a line according to the treaty of 1783, has not been accepted by that government. Believ ing that every disposition is felt en both sides to adjust this perplexing question to the satis faction of all ihe parties interested in it, the hope is yet indulged that it may be effected on < (he basis of that proposition. Wi'h the Government of Austria, Russia, Fiuiice and Holland, Sweden and Denmark, he Le*t under- Hiding exists. Commerce, with all, is sos ered and protected by recioro- , al good will, under the sanction of liberal j conventional or legal provisions. In the midst of her internal difficulties, the j Qu» < u of Sp.mi nas ratified the Convention !>r h payment of the claims of our citizens ari-i ng since 1819. It is in the course ofex »• iitiou on her part, and a copv of it is now laid before von for such legislation ns mav be lour d in cessary to enable thosti interested to di rive ihe benefits of it. Yielding io the force of circumstances, and to the wise counsels of time and experience that power has fmallv resolved no longer to occupy the unnatural position in which she stood to the new governments established m ibis hemisphere. I h ive the great satisfac tion ot stating to you that tn preparing the way for the restoration of harmony between those who have sprung from the same ancestors, who are allt<‘d by common interests, profess ihe same religion, and speak the >aine lan guage, ttie United States have been actively instrumental. Our efforts t« effect this good wo.’k, will be persevered in while they are deem?- Usefuful io the purtie*, nnd our entire disinterest: ron’inues to be felt and un derstood. i’hd act of Congress to counter vail the duties, levied to the prejudice of our u.ivigati; n in Cuba and I'orto Rico, ba* been transmuted the Minister of ihe United 8 ate* at Madrid, to commnni < aied io tiir Government ofthe Queen. No i 'eil genre ot its receipt has yet reached the 1 i >rpa,iiiii-ti o! s'ate. If the present conditio© Le rounirv pcinn s the Geveinment i<» .akt a rureiul enLirgtd examination of •• tiue inteu sis of ihese important portion* i os dominion-, no doubt i’ entertained that r lu ure intercourse aith the U. S. will be ' i ed upon a mote ;u-t and liberal basis. [ I v Florid< archieves have not yet l»“en ed and delivered. Recent orders have , grill to the agent of the I tilled Suites at ( <i i, to return *»ib all that be can obtain, he ma» t>® in Washington be’ure the I ot the Bupieme t ourt, io br u.-ed in uai question* mere pc; dii'g, to v. Inch • m. Lv.yeinatir. » 3 Infernal Iranquiffity is happily restored to I Portugal. The distracted slate of the conn-' trv rendered unavoidable the postponement of a final payment just claims of our citi-j zens. Your dipwiatic relations will b ■ soot: , resumed, and tlißlong subsisting friendship, with 'hat power aW>rds the strongest guaran- I (ee that the balance due will receive prompt attention. The first installment due under the conven tion of the King of the Two Sicilies, has been duly received, and an offer has been made to extinguish the whole by a j prompt payment —an offer I did not consider myself authorized to accept, as the indemnifi cation provided is the exclusive property of individual citizens of the United Slates. The original adjustment of our claims, and the anxiety displayed to fulfil at once the stipula tions made for the payment nfthem, are highly honorable to the Government of the Two i Sicilies. When 1 is recollected that they were i the result of the injustice of an intrusive pow- ; er, temporarily dominant in its territory, a re- . pugnance to acknowledge and to pay which, | would have been neither unnatural nor unex peeled, the circumstances cannot fail to exalt ns character for justice anc good faith in the eyes of all nations. The Treaty of'Kmity and Commerce be tween the Um'ed States and Belgium, brought to your notice in mv l ist annu-d message, as sanctioned bv the Senate, but the ratifications of which had not been exchanged, owing to a delay in its recep'ion at Brussels, and a sub sequent absence of ihe Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been, after mature deli beration, finally disavowed by that Govern ment as in- ansistent with the powers and in structions given to then minister who negociat ed it. This disavowal wasentuely unexpected as the liberal principles embodied in the con vention, and which form the ground work of ihe objections to it, were perfectly satisfactory l io the Belgian representative, and were sup posed to be not only within the powers grad ed, but expressly conformable to the instruc tions given to him. An offer, not yet accept ed, has been made by Belgium to renew nego tiations for a treat} less liberal in its provis ions, on questions <>f general maritime law. Our newly established relations with the Sublime Porte, promise Io be useful to our commerce, and satisfaciory in every respect to this government Our intercourse with the Barbary Powers continues without impor tant chahge, except that the present political state of Algiers has induced me to terminate the residence there of a salaried consul, and to substitute an ordinary consulate, to remain Iso long as the place continues in the possess ion of France. Our first treaty with one of these powers—the Emperor of Morocco— was formed in 1756, and was limited to fifty years. That period has almost expired, I shall take measures to renew i with the grea ter satisfaction, as its stipulations are just and liberal, and have been, with mutual fidelity and reciprocal advantages, scrupulously fulfil led. Intestine dissenfious have too frequently occurred to mar the prosperity, interrupt the commerce, and distract the governments of most ol the nations of this hemisphere, which have separated themselves from Spam. When a firm and permanent understanding with the parent country shall have produced a formal acknowledgement of their independence, and the idea ofdanger from that quarter can be no longer entertained, ihe friends of freedom ex pect that those countries, so favored by na ture, will be distinguished for their love of justice and their devotion to those peaceful arts, the assiduous cultivation of which coo lers honor upon nations, and gives value to human life.— In the mean lune I confidently hope, th it the apprehensions entertained, that some.of the people us these luxuriant regions may be ictnp'ed, in a moment of unworthy distrust of theii own capacity for the enjoyment of liberty, to commit ihe too common error of purchasing present repose by bestowing on some favorite leaders the fatal gift of irrespon sible power—will not be realized. With al) these Governments, and with that of Brazil, no unexpeitul changes in our relations have occured during the present year. Frequent causes of just complaint have arisen upon the part of the citizens of the Untied States— sometimes from the irregular action of the constituted subordinate authorities of the rn iri time regions, and sometimes from the leaders or partisans of those inarms against the esta blished Governments. In all cases, represen ■ tations have been, or will be made, and as soon a» their pohucal affairs are in a settled posi tion, it is expected thin our frt- ndly rernon stances will be followed by adequate redress. The Government of JVJexico made known )in December |.i«t, the appointment of Corn j missioners and a .Surveyor, on its pari, to run, 1 m conjunction with ours, the boundary line .between i’s territories and the United States, nnd excused the delay (or the reasons antici ; paled; the prevalence of civil war. The ; Commissioners and Surveyers not having met | within the time stipulated by the treaty, a new I•rrargetnent became necessary, our Charge ; d’Affairs wax instructed in January last, to ne gotiate, in Mexico, an article additional lo the * pre-existing treaty. This instruction was ac knowledged, and nodiffiitiliy apprehend ed in the accomplishment of ihat object. Bv information just received, that an additional 'article to ihe treaty will be obtained, and transmitted io this < oumry, as soon as ii can receive the ratification of the Mexican Con .gress. The re-union of the three States of New Grcncda, rnezuela, and Equador, forming die Republic of Columb a, seems every day iu become more improbable. The Comrnis »ioners of the (wo first are un< orstuud to be now negotiating a just divisiuu of iti<- ■lions contracted by them wi.en united under , one Government, 'i tie civil war n Equader, pi is beheved, Las prevented even the aupoint '. J a k ?HUDt?eipaer cd its park T propose at an early day lo submit io t |iS proper form, the appointment of a diplomatic agent t<> Venezuela. The importance of the commerce of that country to the Untied .s'a.es and the large claims of our citizens upon toe Government, arising before and since the di vision of Columbia, rendering it, in my judg ment, improper longer to delay this step. Our repre entatives to Central America, Peru and Brazil, are either at, or on their way to the ir respective posts. From 'he ’.raenime Republic, from which a Minister was expected to this Government, noth.ng further has been heard. Occasion has been t iken io, on the dep inure of a new Consul 10 Bnenos Ayres to re nmd that Gov ernment fl at its long delayed Minister, whose appointment had been made known to us, had not arrived. |i is my unpleasant duly to inform you that this pacific and Highly grintfying picture of our foreign relation*, d >es riot include those with France at this lime. It is not possible that any Government and People could be more sincerely desirous of conciliating a just and friendly intercourse with another nation, than are those of ihe United States with (heir an cient ally and friend. This disposition is found ed, as well on the most grateful and honora ble recollections associated with our struggle! for independence, as upon a well giounded conviction that it is consonant with the true policy of both. The people of the U- States could not, therefore, see without the deepest regret, even a temporary interruption of the trien.lly relations between (he two countries; a regret which would, I am sure, be greatly aggravated, if there should turn out to be any (easonable grouud tor attributing such a result to any act es omission or commission on our part. I derive, therefore, ihe highest satisfac tion from being able to assure you, (hat the whole course of this Government ti -s been cha racterized by a spirit so conciliatory and for bearing, as .<> m ike it impossible that our jus tice and moderation should be questioned, whatever may be the consequences ol a I*mi '(•er perseverance, on the part of ihe French Government, m her omission to satisfy th conceded claims of our citizens. The history of th* accumulated and unpro voked aggressions upon our commerce, com mitted by authority of the existing Govern ments < f France, betwean the years 1800 and 1817, nas been rendered too painfully fami liar to Americans to make its repetition either necessary or desirable. It aill e sufficient here to remark, that there has, for many years, been scarcely a single administration of the French Government by whom tho justice and leg dity of the claims of our citizens to indem nity, were not, to a very considerable ex'onl, admitted; and yet near a quarter of a century has been w .sled in ineffectual negotialioss to secu e it. Deeply sensible of the injurious effects re- , suiting from tins slate of things upon the inter- i ests and character of botli nanons, 1 regarded : it as among my first dunes to cause one more effort to be m >do to satisfy France, that a just and I beral settlement of our claims was as well due to her own honor as to their iticon testible validity- The negotiation fur tins purpose was < ommeiiccd wilti the fate Govern ment of France, and was piosecuted with such success, as lo leave no reasonable ground to doubt, that a settlement of a character qmie as liberal as that winch was .subsequently made, would have been effected, iiad nut the revolution, by winch the negotiation was cui off, taken place. The discussions were re sumed with the present government, and ib< result showed, that we were not wrong in supposing, d.at an event by which the two governments were made to approach each other so much near in tl.eir political principles, and by winch the motives lor Hie must libera ' and ftieiidly intercourse were so greatly mul- Hphed, could exercise no oilier than a salutary influence upon the negotiation. Auer the most deliberate and thorough examination ui the whole subject, a treaty between the two Governments was concluded and signed ut Paris on the 4ib of July, 1831, by which n was supulated that ‘The French Government, in order io liberate itselt from all the reciaii.a tiuiis preferred against H by citizens ot the Ulined btales, for unlawful seizures, captures, confiscations, or destruction ul itieir vessels, cargoes, or other property, engages to pay u sum ut twenty live millions ol irancs to the United states, who shall distiibute ilurnoiig those entitled, in ihe m >uuer and according io the rules it shrill d. icriiiioe;’’ mid it wan al so stipulated on the part of the French Gov ert.iiieni, ihat this twenty-live millions of liaucs should “be paid at Puns in six <muuul instalments of four millions one hundred ui.U sixty.six housdnu six hundred und sixiy-six francs «nu sixty-six cetintnes eueb, into me : bunds ui such person or persons us shall ue uuinurizeu by tie Government ol the United ! States io receive n.” 1 tie first ms.ulmtiil tu |b© paid “at ti e expii auon us one year next lloltown.g the exchauge ot me luuficuiions ul i this cunvention, and me others at successive intervals of a year, one alter unume*r, mi die whole shall be paid, lu ihe amount ut each ul the said msiulrnunis shall be uddt d imetes. at four perceutum ikeieupun, as upon the omcr mbtulmcuis, .hen reinuining unpaid, ihe 'said mieiesi lu be cumpuieu treu. me d..y ul I the exchange ot .he present runveu nun.” j It was also supulaied, on itie part ul me Um ed btutes, fur the purpose ol being i completely liberated from ail the j Hous piQaented by lrai.ee on beliull ui is that ihe sum ot one million live : hundred thousand francs should be paid io ihe i Government ot France, iu six annual instal ! (hunts, lo Le ueducied out us the annual surns which France had agreed to pay, intciest tfiere ’ upon being m like inannei computed from the ‘day ut me exchange ul itic ratifications. in f addition lo ir.is stipulation, in.purtunt udvun i tages were secured tu France uy me fuiluw •mg article, viz; ‘ i he wines ol France, num •and et'.cr the exchange of the rauljcaucos of the present Convention, shall be admitted to consumption in the States of the Union, at du- I ties which shall not exceed the following rates by the gallon, (such as it is used at pre sent tor wines in the United States) lo wit: six cents for red wines in casks; ten cents for white wines in casks: nnd twenty two cents 1 * foi wines of all sorts in bottles. The propor- W lions existing between the duties on French wines, thus reduced, and the general rates of the tariff which went into operation the first Januaay, 18'29, shall be main!ained, in case the Government of the United States should think proper io diminish those general rates io j a new tariff in consideration of this stipulation, which shall be binding on the United States for ten years, the French Government abandons the reclamations which it had formed in relation to tiie Sih article of th- treaty ol cession of Louisiana. It engages, moreover, to estab lish on the long staple cottons of the United Slates, which after the exchange of the ralifi. catiens of the present Convention, shall be brought directly thence to France by the ves sels of the United States, or by the French vessels, the same duties as on short staple cottons.” This treaty was duly ratified in the manner prescribed by the constitutions of both coun tries. and the ratification was exchanged at the city of Washington on the 2d of February, 1832. Ou account of its commercial stipula tions it was, in five days thereafter laid before the Congress of the United States which pro ceeded to enact such laws favorable io theT commerce of France, as were necessary to carry it into full execution, and France has, from that period io the present, been in the unrestricted enjoyment of the valuable privi- . leges that were thus secured lo her. Tli*' failh of the French nation having been thus solemnly pledged, through its constitutional organ, for the liquidation and ultimate pay ment *f the lung deferred claims of uur citi zen©, as also for the adjustment of other p«inus of g’-eat and reciprocal benefits to both countries, and the United States having with a fidelity and promptitude, by which their con duct wtlfi 1 tru*t, be aLvays characterized, done every thing that was necessary to cany 1 the treaty into full and fan effect, on their part, I counted with the most perfect confidence, on 'equal fidelity and promtitude on the part of the French Government' lu this reasonable expectation w e have been, I icgret to inform you, wholly disappointed- No legislative provision has Loen made by France for the execution of the treaty, either as it respects the indemnity to be paid, or the commercial benefrs lo be secured to ihe United Slates, and the relations between the United Stales and that power, in consequence (hereof, are - placed in a situation threatening to interrupt (ho good understanding which has so long an J iso happily existed between the two na ions. I Not only has the French Government been ! tiifii? wanting in the performance ofthe stipu lations, it has so solemnly entered into with he Uui'ed Stats, but its omissions have been marked by circurnsfaces which would seem to ; leave us without .satisfactory evidences, that I such jieiforinance will ceriaialy take place al [a fuiuie period. Advice of the exchange ofthe ;ol raiiilication icached Pais prior.l< the Blh of of Apt 1 1832. Too French (Lumbers were ! then silting and continued in session until tlm l2lst ol ihat month, uud although oiieinstal j met ot the indemnity was payable on the 2nd- > ul F 1 biuaiy, 1833, one year alter the exchange ; ru'ificiHions, no application was made to the 1 Churnbeis for ihe required appropriation, and > in consequence ol no appropriution having then been made, the draft id ihe United A’lutes Gov ernmeni fur that instalmen, was dishonored by i ihe Minister ol Franc*, and the United States then by involved in much comroveisy. Tiru Giexi session ot die Chambers cuumiaucr d©a ■ 'ihe 19 hoi NoMindei, 1832, and continued ‘until uie 25.1 i ut April 1833. Not withstanding ’me oiniiion to pay the first installment, hud ’ oecn nude the subject ut earnest retnoesiramo on our part, the lieuty with the United States and a bill making the necessary ap'propmiions to exec";* i', w< r, n i laid before ihe L'hatn- Lere of D> p -ties until the 6lh of April, nearly live moi.ihs alter i's meeting, and only 19 days , before the close of the session. The bill was icad and referred to a connnHiee, but there • i was no further action upon n. The nt xt ses-- ion of ihe Chambers cominenced on the 26th I ut June following. A new bill was introduced ; on in> Hili ol June, but nulhing important waa dune in relation io it during the session. In i the rnontti of April, 1834, neuily three years after the signature of the treaty, the final ac ; non ot the French Chambers upon die bill to l cm ry die ticaty ir/to effect, was obtained, and ; resulted in a lefusal ol the necessary appropn t u'lons. Tne avowed grounds upon which the ‘ bill was rejected, ure to be found in ihe pub- I lished debates of that body, and no observa- • lions ol mine cun be necessary to satisfy Con i giess ul their ut'ur insufficiency. Although l;thegto*s amount of the claims of our citizens ■ is probably greater lhan will bo ultimately al ; low' d tiy the Commissioners, sufficient is, ne i vei iiielcss, shown, to tender it absolutely cer- * tain that he iiiuernniiy falls lar shott of the : I actual itnouiit of our just claims, independent :j ot ihe question ui damages and interests for I the detention. J hat the settlement involved i sacrifice in this respect was well known at . j the nine — a sacrifice, winch wus cheerfnllv , ucquiesucu in by ihe different branches of th© . j I‘ederui Gow-rmneni, whose action upon tho , ireuty was n quncd, hum a sincere desire to . avoid further collision upon this old and dis* . i lurbmg subject, and in die confident cxpecla . lion that the general relations between (be two , countries would be improved thereby. ibeiclusdlto vote the ajiproprialion, tho ; Le news of wtiicii, wus lec'ived from uur i .Minister hi Pans, aboui (be 15th day of' May ■ last, might have been consideied ihe fin d de- ■ 1 ivriniriaimn ot the Trench Government nut to ’ execute the stipulations of' the treaty, and I I Wolfit! t.avc j cn taaiuidtaX’ corntnuct*