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THE ADVOCATE. BRUNSWICK, Reoatta. The second annual Regatta oi (lie .itfwilic Club of Georgia, was held hero on Tuesday last Tlic day was extremely fine, which permitted the attendance of a large num ber of ladies. The Augusta Clubs did not ac - cept the invitation given them and therefore the superiority of the two classes of boats has not been determined. This was a'severe dis appointment to the gentlemen of Ik sea-board, for from the nature of the challenge offerqjJ to the Augusta gentlemen, it was confidently ex pected they would accept some of the many conditions of racing. Rut though the pres ence of the “Wave” and “Minerva,” would have added to the enjoyment of the day, still much pleasure was derived from the races be tween the canoes of the members of the Aqua tic Club. The first race was between the “Goddess of Liberty” and the “Devil’s Darning Needle.”— The former was decidedly the favorite—in fact, she has been- for along time, the reign ing belle of our waters and has distanced many suitors in her day. But even a coquette’s reign must have an end, and she was compelled to resign herself to a black-a-moor, with a skin as dark as Othello's, but wlio aided by the ad vantages of the eddy, fairly overcame her.— The Darning Needle ran the half mile in I) minutos, 5(5 seconds, against the tide, coming out nearly three lengths ahead of his fair com petitor. They had four oars each, the lull complement of the Needle, but two less than belong to the Goddess. It is but matter of ! justice as well as politeness, to say that with an operrfield and equal advantages, the Goddess will yet blast the hopes of many a dashing buck. We regret that the time of the other races was not recorded, as several were made in less time. The second race was between the “God dess,” who nothing daunted was again on the I ground, and the “Leopard”—both full oared,! six against six. The “Goddess” was victorious —beating l>y about four lengths. The third race was between the “Leopard” with six oars and the “Emma Sarah” with eight. This was the most hardly fought contest The latter boat took the lead, and bid fair to es cape her fierce pursuer, but one of her ours gave way, yet she struggled desperately, and was only beaten by half a length. Those two were not built for racing but are \ cry superior plantation boats. The ‘Leopard’ is a very beautiful model, and is the result of! the new spirit which has been excited by the i formation of the Club, The purse was run for, by the “Tims. F. Bryan” and the “Caroline King”—and won by I the former. The “Bryan” is a ten oared boat,! and when fully manned, actually flies through . the wafer; it is no disgrace for any bout to be defeated in such a contest. The “Caroline” j had six and the‘Bryan’ eight oars, two less than j each carries. The latter bout is built more I like the Whitehall wherries, being pointed at; both ends. Though defeated, the gentleman who built her,offered to race against any other boat w hich could be produced. The “LizzarcP* was on the ground, but was thought too slippery a customer, and was not allowed even to creep over the race course.— lie is ready to give the wherries a nice when ever they feel disposed. In ti)g evening as the steamer Florida was leaving the wharf, the “Caroline King,” with a madcap for a cockswain, struck out into the stream for a race, and actually beat her bulky competitor for the distance of a quarter of a mile; but steam never tires, while muscles and sinews wij| at last wear out The Caroline was at'length obliged to desist, but not till she had fairly won the victory. The‘Bryan’was purchased immediately af ter the race, by a planter on the Savannah riv er, and the pride of the Club is to be transfer red to another State. We have no doubt that the builder v. ill at the next regatta, “bring out” one, even superior. At four o’clock the Club, with their guests to the number of fifty or sixty, sat down Vo an j elegant dinner prepared by Mr. Davis, at the I Oglethorpe House, and the evening was spent 1 in the due observance of the rites of convivinli- ! ty and good fellowship. The effect of the Club is not simply Routined j to tlie improvement of tlie breed of boats—it; serves to bring the gentlemen of the seaboard ' together more frequently than formerly, and • thus promotes the growth of that friendship : which naturally springs up among men engag- ; ed in tlie same pursuits. Living as they do at' a great distance from each other,some such as sociation is needed to bring them.together oc- j casionally, and revive tlie feelings which oth wisc imperceptibly grow dull. We do not hy any means agree with tliat class of moralists, who deem amusements detrimental to tli* cause of good morals. On the contrary, we 1 ook on them as among the best promoters of the social virtues—of those qualities, which if they do not make saints, make what is much better, kind neighbors, warm friends and good livers. At some future time when we are in a more moralizing mood, we intend to inflict on our readers, a grave essay, on the moral influence of amusements, and it shall go hard if we do not convince some of them, that balls, races, theatres, and all oilier meetings of the kind, arc accessary to a cheerful and well regulated state of society. At present we will only wish .-.access to the AqvATic Club or Georgia. Specie. We are heartily tired of* getting along without email change. We have not ’ had enough for the last few months to pay the imp #ho blacks our shoes and bnishes our ■ clothes. Small change may nm be abydutcly necessary, but it is very convenient. We wish to Heaven, that those who have been legis ; lating so long in order to procure a metalic Currency, would exhibit somfc of the genuine article. Quere ? Are not these alcbymists, too much like those of days gone by ? We, the people, have furnished the salts, the alka lies, the ores; the forge hat been set up—the bellows have been blown—ignition has appear ed cum multo sumer alembic has been distilled—the retort heated. We have been watching, watching, like the man who has thrown his all into the venture —and what have we ? A miserable caput mortuum —unworthy of analysis, even to the curious. “Yellow boys” enough, we have here at Brunswick, good for two hundred feet excavation per day, but these are not of the right kind. Interfax. Improvement Biel. As a mat ter of record, we publish the names of the Sen ators who voted in favor of the passage of this important bill and those who opposed it, and also the names of the absent members, in or der that the people may remedy the evil at the next election, by selecting such men as will promote the honor and interest of the State, and raise her to that proud station to w hich she is entitled. The list is copied from the Macon Messenger, and was prepared and published at the request of a correspondent of that pa per, the editor of which holds the following language: “Every one will admit that if the Legisla ture had ptissed the Internal Improvement Bill, and had done nothing else, they would have still done well, and deserved tlie commenda tion of the public. It should he promulgated and known from the Mountains to the Sea Board, that the most important, infinitely the most important measure of the session, was lost, because its friends had faithlessly desert ed their post. Os the ninth/ senators, there were but fifty four present when the vote upon this important bill waits taken. We lay before the public the names of the thirty Jive who were absent, as well us the names of those who were present. It will be left for their constituents to require an account, at their hand, of the thir ty five—w'hy they were guilty of such a dere liction of duty, and of those who were present and voted in the negative and the causes that influenced them in opposing a measure of such immense publie utility.” The tollowing are the yeas and nays and absentees, — YEAS.—Atkinson, Chapman, Curry of De catur, Fariss, Garmany, Gibson, Guess, Har deman, Harris of Baldw in, Hill, KingofGlynn, Knight, Lninur, McAllister, McDonald, Miller, Mitchell, Mosely, Pryor, Powell of Mclntosh, i Rogers, Smyth of Wilkes, Varner and Wil son—24. «• NAYS. —Adair, Beall, Brown of Heard, Burns, Butt, Cleaveland, Cochran, Cone, Con yers, Curry of Washington, Dunnagan, Floyd, Fulwood, Hall, Haynes, Hoisted, Hudson, Hutchins, Janes, I-a« son of Houston, Lockhart, Mays, McDaniel, Patterson, Pearson, Slone, Ste'll, Wells and Williamson—3o. ABSENTEES. —Avery, Beck, Brown of Murray, Bond, Burks, Black, Cooper, Colquitt, Cowart, Engrain, Echols of Walton, Gresham, Holmes, Hines, Haralson, King of Cherokee, King of Crawford, Key, Kitchens, Lawson of Burke, Lawson of Lee, Myers, Morgan, Me Garr, Murphey, Obarr, Polk, Powell of Talbot, Reynolds, Smith of Jefferson, Smith of Bry an,’ Stricklin, Surrency, Sheffield, Trammel, Wright—3s. Editors w hen hard driven for original mat ter, indite acknowledgments for favors receiv ed from members of Congress, in tlie way of documents, speeches, &c. Unluckily, we have never had an opportunity, to show our in genuity in concocting anew style of return ing thanks, during the existence of the Advo cate. We have received one pamphlet from tlie Georgia Delegation, and of that we feel “as proud as a hen with one chicken.” When 1 we feel perfectly capable to undertake the la bor, we shall make suitable acknowledgments. Fire is New Orleans. The most destruc tive fire that ever occurred in New Orleans, j took place on the 4th inst. It broke out in a ! row of five story stores, situated on Front Le vee, and extended across the entire block to I Ohl Levee, enveloping all the stores, offices {and other tenements oil tliat street, from Been ' ville to Custom House street. It then crossed ; over Ohl Levee and destroyed several stores j situated on tlie low'er side of tliat street The ! Picayune says, “we can form no estimate of the loss, but it is immense. We have heard 1 several remark that it is the greatest fire that ; ever occurred here. This calamity, coming : so soon alter the many severe blows which our ! city has sustained, will be severely felt. In ! the hurry and confusion w e can hardly tell w ho has suffered. The office of the Louisiana Ad- Ue.rtiser was entirely consumed, with eight or ten stores on the same side of the Old Levee.” Battle or New- Orleans. Tlie Bth of January was celebrated in Savannah, All tlie Volunteer Corps of the city were out, and spent tlie day intarget shooting,and in tlie even ing visited the theatre in uniform, A national salute in honor of the day was fired by the re sjiective companies. From El'ROgE, By an arrival at Savannah,' from Liverpool, papers to the 36th November, have bpen received. The shipSusquehannah, wh&h was supposed to have been captured by a pirate, shortly after leaving Philadelphia, ar rived at Liverpool oa tlie 15th November. — Parliament met on the 15th, The Queen <i»- : livered her maiden speech on the 28th, A | London paper says:— “All the ladies in the body of the house BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. were in %H dress, and their heads looked from above like a sea of feathers, sparkling with diamonds, as the waves rolled to and fro.— Her Majesty arrived very soon after two o’clock, with that punctuality for which she is distinguished. She entered the house ac companied by the great officers of state, and immediately taking her seat on the throne, caused the commons to be summoned to the bar. As many members accompanied the speaker as could - find accommodation. Her Majesty looked very well, and delivered tlie speech in a clear, firm, and distinct tone, giv ing each word and syllable its. proper accent, so as to delight all whoffieard her.” THE QUEEN’S MAIDEN SPEECH. “My Lords and Gentlemen, —I have thought it right to assemble you, for the transaction of public business at the earliest convenient peri od after the dissolution of the late parliament. “It is with great satisfaction that I have re ceived from all foreign powers the strongest assurance of their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire to cultivate maintain ! with me the relations of amity; and I rejoice in the prospect that I shall be able to promote the best interest of my subjects by securing to them the advantages of peace. “I lament that civil war still afflicts the kingdom of Spain; I continue to exercise with fidelity the engagements of my crown with the Queen of Spain, according to the stipulations of the treaty of Quadruple Alli ance. “I have directed a treaty of commerce which 1 have concluded with the united Republic of : Peru and Bolivia, to be laid before you, and I hope soon to be able to communicate to you similar results of my negotiations witli other powers. “I recommend to your serious consideration the state of the province of Lower Canada.” “Gentlemen of the House of Commons— The demise of the crown renders it necessary that anew provision should be made for the civil list. I place unreservedly at your dispo sal those hereditary revenues which w'ere transferred to the public by my immediate predecessor, and I have commanded that such papers as may be necessary for the full exam ination of tliis subject shall be prepared and laid-before you. Desirous that the expendi ture in this, as in every other department of the government should be kept within due limits, 1 feel confident that you will gladly make adequate provision for tlie support of the honor and dignity of the crown. “The estimates for the service of the next year are in course of preparation, and will be laid before you at the accustomed period. I have directed that tlie utmost economy should be enforced in every branch of the public ex penditure.” “My Lords and Gentlemen—The external ]>eace and domestic tranquility which at pres ent happily prevail are very favorable for tlie consideration of such measures of reformation and amendment as may be necessary or expe dient, and your attention will naturally be di rected to tlutt cftursq of legislation which was interrupted by the necessary dissolution of the last p^rijament. “TfifF-result of the inquiries which have been made into the condition of the poor in I Ireland has been already laid before Parlia ment, and it will be your duty to consult whether it may not be safe and wise to estab lish by law some well regulated means of re lief for tlie destitute in that country. “The municipal government of the cities and towns in Ireland calls for better regula tion. “The laws which govern the collection of the tithe composition in Ireland, require revi sion and amendment; convinced that the bet ter and more effectual administration of justice is amongst the first duties of a sovereign, I re quest your attention to those measures which will be submitted to you for the improvement of the law, “You cannot but be sensible of the deep importance of tliese questions which I have submitted to you, and of the necessity of treat ing them in that spirit of impartiality and jus tice which affords the best hope of bringing them to a happy and useful termination. In meeting this parliament, the first that has been elected under mv authority I am anxious to declare my confidence in your loyalty and wisdom. The early age at which I nm called to the sovereignty of this kingdom renders it a more imperative duty that, under divine Providence I should place my reliance upon your cordial co-operat ion, and upon the love and affection of all my people.” On the speech being concluded the Com mons retired, and her Majesty withdrew as she had entered, followed as long as she could be seen by all eyes. Later. Dates to the Ist Dec. have been received at New York. On the 30th of November, in the House of Commons, a motion was made and agreed to, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the condition of the poorer classes ill the thickly peopled towns, with a view of forming some plan for the improvement of their educa tion and condition. A riot occurred at Bradford in attempting to enforce the new poor law. The inillitary were called out, and acted with great prudence; the mob, however, closed upon them, and they fired and killed 12 of the rioters. Three rf-ases of plague had occurred at Odessa. The town was in great consterna tion, and the loading of ships had been sus pended. New Governor ok Canada. It was re ported in London on the Ist of December, that Lord Gosford was to be recalled, and tliat Sir John Colborne w as to succeed him as the gov ernor general of the Britisli provinces of Can ada. There was no change in t.hf*, mo r nov market. The death of Jerome Bonaparte turns out to be a mere report, which had itsorisrin in one of tlie Paris papers; he was ill, but not dan gerously, at Milan. A morning paper says, that none of the merchants or bankers in this city will have an account with Mr. Jaudon, the American agent sent over here. This, if true, is a mean and very discreditable sort of oppression on tlie part of a great mercantile community. The emperor of Russia has committed the { disgusting atrocity of levying sir hundred of the fairest young women among the Polish pens ; itntry , and taking them by force from their ; families, to be married to his soldiers in the military farms at Woznesensk! The women fled and resisted, but in vain; they were car ried off from their families, and their male re j lations who aided in their attempts to escape were flogged or banished to Siberia. State of Canada. Although the fright- j ful picture of tlie state of affairs in Lower! Canada may be a little overcharged, enough ' i remains to show that society there is in a state of disorganisation bordering oa revolu tion. The British government must either re trace its steps with respect to that distraetdd country, or events will occur which every so ber mind must shudder to contemplate. Liverpool, Dec. Ist.— Cotton — ln tlie ear ly part of the week there was very little en quiiy, and up to Wednesday, prices had re- -4d per lb. for all descriptions of American; fir the last two days' however, there has been a revival of demand, and tlie above depression is now nearly recovered. Dec. 2.-—The depression in our cotton mar ket has been checked for the two day* past, both dealers and spinners having again enter ed the market as well as the speculators who all appear disposed to purchase freely, and the decline in price of the first day or two have in some degree been re-established, though the quotations of the week are l-3al-4 lower than last week. The market closes on the whole very firm. HavUe, Nov. 15— Cotton —There has been no change worth noticing in our rates for tliis article since our last report of the 7th instant The principal sellers have been the Agents of the United States Bank at tliis port, who have disposed of 6300 bales Uplands, (received for account of that establishment) of fair to good fair quality—the most part at 90f and the rest at 89£50 the 50k duty paid. The total sales amount to 8862 bales;' con sisting of 977 b New Orleans, of which 895 b at fB7 50 to f97 50, 51 b at f99 to f 100, and 31 b at f 105 to f 107 50;—1440 b Mobile, of which 27 b at fBB, 993 b at f9O to f 94, and 420 batf9s to f97 50;—6427 b Upland of which 47 b at f 82 and 6380 b at fB6 to f95; and 18 b Gaudeloupe at f 102 56; the whole duty paid. From the New York Sun, 4th inst. THE BRITISH OUTRAGE. SPECIAL MESSAGE OF GOV. M ARC Y. To the Legislature. I received last evening, after my annual message was prepared, information of an oc currence which I hasten to communicate to you. The territory of this state has been invaded, and some of our citizens murdered, by an arm ed force from the province of Upper Cana da. By the documents accompanying this com munication, it will be perceived that the steam boat Caroline, owned by one of our citizens, while lying at Sclilosser, on the Niagara river, within the limits of this state, on the night of the 29th Dec. last, was forcibly seized by a party of 70 or 80 armed men in boats, which came from and returned to the Canada shore. The crew and other persons in this steam boat, amounting to thirty-three, were suddenly attacked at midnight, after they had retired to repose, and probably more than one third of them w'antonly massacred. The boat was detached from the wharf to which it had been secured, set on fire, taken into the middle of the river, and by the force of the current car ried over tlie Niagara Falls. Twelve of the persons who were on board of it are missing, and there is ground to fear that they were kil led by the invaders in their attack upon it, or perished in its decent over the cataract. Os those who escaped from the boat, one was kil led, on the wharf, and several others were wounded. I am warranted in assuring you, that the au thorities not only in this state, but of the Uni ted States, have felt an anxious 'solicitude to maintain the relations of peace and strict nu trality with the British Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, at all times since the com mencement of the civil disturbances therein, and have in all respects, done what was incum bent upon them to do,to sustain these relations. The occurrence to which I have alluded, is an outrage that has not been provoked by any act done, or duty neglected, by tlie government of this state or the union. If it should appear that this boat was intended to be used for the purpose of keeping up an intercourse between this state and Navy Island, which is now held by an assemblage of persons in defiance of the Canadian government, this circumstance would furnish no justification for the hostile invasion of our territory and the destruction of tlie lives of our citizens. The general government is entrusted with the maintenance of our foreign relations, and will undoubtedly take the necessary steps to redress the wrong and sustain the honor of the country. Though I have received no official informa tion of the fact, I have good reason to believe that the local authorities of this state have ta ken prompt and efficient means, not only to protect our soil from further invasion, but 'to repress any ratal iative measures of aggress ion which our citizens, under the impulse of deeply excited and indignant feelings, might rashlyresolve to adopt; and that the patriotic militia in the vicinity of the scene of the out rage, have obeyed with alacrity the call wffiich has been made upon them for these purpo ses. It will probably be necessary for this state to keep up a military force for the protection of our citizens and the maintenance of peace, until an opportunity is given to the general government to interpose with its power. In that event, I apprehend that it will be neces sary for you to provide by law for the payment and maintenance of such forces as the occa sion may require. I shall doubtless receive within a short time, official information of what the local authori ties have done and shall be better enabled to form an opinion of what will be necessary on the part of this state to preserve our rights and the public tranquility.—l shall then communi cate further with you on the subject, and such matters in relation to it as may require your consideration. \V. I. MARCY. Albany, Jan. 2, 1838. DESTRUCTION OF THE CAROLINE. The following account of this outrage —for outrage it assuredly is—comes in an extra from tlie Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, issu ed on Sunday evening. Through yesterday and to-day our city has been very much excited, in consequence of the seizure and burning of the Caroline and the killing of one of our citizens, at Schlosser.— The feeling generated by these acts is alto gether different from tlie patriot excitement which has prevailed here. It is fax deeper and more universal. Indeed there cannot be, there is not but one opinion on the subjeGta— Tlie taking tlie life of Durfee and the wound ing of other citizens and the burning of the Caroline, are acts for which our government is bound to demand tlie fullest and most ample atonement The following are the facte as 1 nearly uwe could ascertain them. The Car oline cleared from this port the forenoon of Friday last, for Schlosser, whither she went, and during the day made several trips between that place without showing her colors,in conse quence of breaking her flag staff. At evening she hauled up along the dock of a landing place at Schlosser, and was made fast. Several persons who were there at the time, and unable to obtain lodgings for the night, went aboard tlie boat to sleep. Among this number, we understand, were some volunteers for Navy Island from Rochester, Hut it is said they had no arms with them. The only arms on board were a few pistols, perhaps half a dozen, and an old musket. A little after mid night the boats from Chippewa came along side. „Os their number, there are various re ports ; they contained iff all from 30 to 50 men. As they approached the Caroline they were hailed, but without stopping to parley, they rushed upon her deck armed witli pistols) boarding pikes and cutlasses, and a general melee ensued. The affair lasted but a few minutes; the boat Was soon cleared of her crew and lodgers, towed into the stream and set on fire. She went blazing into the rapids, but probably broke to pieces before going over the falls. The scene was an appalling one, and required no adventitious aid to add to its sublimity. The story that the cries and shrieks of persons on board were heard, amid the rush of flames and the roar of the cataract, we believe to be utterly unfounded. Os the 33 persons who were on board in the evening, 9 are missing. Whether they made their escape, or were killed, it is impossible to say. It is not ascertained with absolute cer tainty, that any except Durfee was killed. He was found lying on his back on the depk, with a ball through his forehead, and remained in the same position, a ghastly spectacle, until 2 or 3 o’clock in tlie afternoon, when he was brought to town. A Mr. King is severely wounded by a sabre or cutlass cut in the shoulder.- Capt. Harding, of the brig Indiana, has a cut extending from the left corner of the forehead to the nose. A thick fur cap which he wore probably saved his life. A negro is also desperately wounded. But two prisoners were taken ; qne a boy of this city who was accidentally on board, and a Canadian from Grand River. The boy is al ready, or probably will be, released. The funeral of Durfee was attended this af ternoon by upwards of 2,000 persons. We have endeavored in the above to give a plain narrative of facts, divested entirely’of all coloring. The acts recorded speak for them selves, and they are those in which the whole American people have an interest The sei zure and burning of the Caroline under the circumstances, was a most flagrant outrageous violation of territory,and tlie death of Durfee was a murder. There may be palliating cir cumstances, but if there are, weffiave yet to learn them. What course it is proper to pur sue it does not become us to say. The affair is of that grave character that government alone should decide upon it. We do not ap prehend any farther aggressions, but it is well enough to be prepared. On this point we have no doubt that proper measures will be taken. In conclusion we would caution all, into whose hands' this may fall, not to give heed to the thousand rumors with which the air is fill ed. Some of them are so absurd as to bear the marks of falsehood on their very face, and a little examination will show many oth l era to be unfounded. \Ve have startling and serious facts sufficient, to engage our attention, without giving cur rency to idle gossip, or reports set afloat for the purpose of subserving sinister objects. The Mr. Dufiee, who was killed, was a run ner for one of the lines of stages. > [From the Rochester Democrat Extra.] Saturday evening, Dec. 30, ) 7 o’clock, p. m. $ Seven hundred stand of arms have been ta ken from the Batavia Arsenal by order of the mayor of Buffalo. Eleven o’clock, p. m.—On the receipt of the intelligence relative to the destruction of the steamboat Caroline, the most inexpressible ex citement prevailed through our city. The mil itary assembled—drums were heard in the streets—the court house bell was rung, and our citizens flocked together by hundreds, to deliberate upon tlie proper course to be pursu ed. The meeting was organized, speeches made, and a resolution passed, that those present would hold themselves ready at a moment’s warning to defend the integrity of our soil,and the lives of their fellow citizens. The meeting was then adjourned till Mon day morning. The independent companies are to meet to morrow morning at 7 o’clock. Postscript of a letter, dated Buffalo, Dec. 31st. We have seen Capt. Appleby. He states that two of the men commanding boats in the attack upon the Caroline, he is intimately ac quainted with. He escaped without being wounded. There was an attempt made to s*ab him,but the weapon only went through his vest, The accounts to-day are, that the Brit ish have landed on Grand Island. Three hun dred men have been sent from here to repulse | them. Below we give the remainder of the Acts passed at the late session of tlie Legislature, which were omitted in our papier of last week; An act to incorporate the Milledgeviße and Chatahoochee Canal and Rail Road Compiany. An act to establish a general system of Ed ucation, by Common Schools. An act to amend an act authorizing certain Commissioners, therein named, to raise, by Lottery, a fund for the erection of Monuments, to the memory of Greene and Pulaski, in the city of Savannah. An act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Macon, to appoint a Judge of the Mayor’s Court of said city, and close tlie unfinished business of said Court. An act to prohibit the use of names in Part nershipis, that do not actually belong thereto. An act to form anew county out of Walk er. An act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the counties of Wilkes and Thomas. An act to amend an act authorizing the ad journment of the Superior and Inferior Courts, by certain piersons therein named. An act to incorporate Rehoboth Academy and BaptistwL'liurch, in Wilkes. An act establishing the rank Adjutant Gen eral and assistant Adjutant General. An act to make pienal the circulating of Bank Bills, which shall be redeemable at a longer period than three days. An act to incorporate the Milledgeviße Rail Road Compiany. An act to amend the Charter of the Monroe Rail Road Company. « An act appropriating money to pay for ser vices rendered during the Creek War. An act to provide for the protection of the citizens of the Cherokee counties, and the re moval of the Cherokee and Creek Indians. An act to amend the act passed for 1836 to pay Volunteers for services, losses and expend itures, during the Creek and Seminole Wars. ,he An act to amend the mode of partitioning lands and tenements, in certain cases. ° An act to protect free persons of color, and the mode of trying them for their freedom An act to protect the citizens against the use of deadly weapons. An act to amend the act incorporating the Augusta Free School Society. K An act to incorporate the Brunswick Lum ber Company. 4 “ An act to amend the act to amend the ninth Division of the Penal Code, and to provide for the payment of cost in certain cases. An act to change the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in the counties of Wlikes and Taliaferro. An act to beentitled an act, supplementary to act passed 20th Dec. 1834, to keen ooen the mam channel of Broad and Savannah Rivers. An act to amend an act for the distribution of estates, so far as respects notice to the par ties interested. An act to point out and punish certain frauds therein specified, and annul such con veyances and transfers as may be thereby ob tained. 1 i a *^ ss a hix for the political year 1838. An act to amend the act organizing the of fice of Adjutant General of Georgia. An act authorizing the Governor to employ a Chaplain fbr the Penitentiary, &,c. An act to make all cases returned to Octo ber Term of the Superior Court of Warren, county, for 1837, triable at April Term of said Court, for 1838. An act to incorporate tlie Oconee and At lantic Steamboat Company. An act to appropriate money for the relief of the Chatham Artillery. An act to extend to the several counties of the State, the privileges of an act in relation to Masons and Carpenters. An act to incorporate the Lumber Company of Georgia. * An act relating to the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company. An act to authorize Limited Partnerships, An act to change the time of meeting of the General Assembly, and to alter certain clauses of the Constitution. An act in relation to the Public Arms loim ed to the various Volunteer Companies iivthis State. An act to regulate the admission of Oral evidence, in reference to written instruments, in certain cases. An act to -incorporate the Savannah River Embankment Company. An act in relation to the Savannah, Ogee chee, and Altamaha Company. An act to increase the number of Directors of tlie Brunswick and Altamaha Canal Com pany. An act to reimburse the Bank of Columbus, and the Insurance Bank of Columbus. An act to incorporate the Board of Agricul ure and Rural Economy, of the State of Georgia. An act to incorporate the Blue Ridge Rail Road and Canal Company. BV THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEO STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, information having been re ceived of a dangerous excitement on tlie northern frontier of the United States, in consequence of the' civil war begun in Canada, and instructions having been given to the United States officers on that frontier, and applications having been made to the governor of the adjbining states to prevent any unlawful interference on the part of our citizens in the contest unfortunately commenced in the Britisli Provinces: additional information has just been received, that, notwithstanding the proclamations of the governors of the states ofNeiv York and Vermont, exhort ing their citizens to refrain from any un lawful acts within the territory of the United States ; and, notwithstanding the presence of the civil officers of the Uni ted States, who, by my directions, have visited the scenes of commotion with the view of impressing the citizens with a proper sense of their duty, the excitement, instead of being appeased, is every day increasing in degree—that arms and mu nitions of war, and other supplies, have been procured by the insurgents in the United States—that a military force, con sisting, in a part at least, of citizens of the United States, had been actually or ganized, had congregated at Navy Island, and were still in arms under the command of a citizen sos the United States, and. that they were constantly receiving ac cessions and aid : Now, therelore, to the end that the au thority of the laws may be maintained, and the faith of treaties observed, I, MAR TIN VAN BUREN, do most earnestly exhort all citizens of the United States who have thus violated their duties,to re turn peaceably to their respective homes; and I hereby warn them, that any per sons who shall compromit the neutrality of this government by interfering in an unlawful manner with the affairs of the neighboring British Provinces, will ren der themselves liable to arrest and punish ment under the laws of the United States, which will be rigidly enforced ; and, also, that they will receive no aid or counte nance from their government, into what ever difficulties they may be thrown by the violation of the laws of their country, and of the territory of a neighboring and friendly nation. Given under my hand, at the city of Wash ington, the fifth day of January, A. D. 1838, and the sixty-second of the inde pendence of the United States, s " MARTIN VAN BUREN. By the President ; John Fobbyth, Secretary of State