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meat whatever, make it one of the most j
important duties of the State to provide
such an institution for this unfortunate
class of its citizens. It must he such an
institution too, as will secure the public!
confidence, or the sympathy which is felt
for the insane by #eir friends, will con-!
fine its use to the most hopeless cases, or
tHbse restoration society has the
least I would, therefore, earn
estly recommend, that the asylum which
is now erecting, shall be made to conform
to the best models, without any fear that
the cost will exceed the benefit w hich it
will confer upon the people. Th? appro
priation made at your last session w ill be
throvfh away, unless it is greatly in
creased.
SfcVeral asts and resolutions passed at
youflast session, which 1 considered i io
lative of constitutional or important legis
late principle/, were presented to me for
revision, so imtnidiately preceding your
adjournment that they could not he re-
are now transmitted to the
Senate where they originated, with my
reasons for not approving them.
Elections foPfcounty and militia officers,
are contested before this depart-,
ment, and the executive has constantly as
sumed the authority of determining upon
their validity. It is due to the rights of
the people, that the exercise of this power
should be regulated by law.
Some embarrassment has occasionally
been iriel w ith in inducting county officers
into office, op account of the different
forms required for different officers. I
would recommend that the law be so
altered that all the county officers may be
inducted into office under the same Dul
ir.ius Potcstfitum.
A set of Standard Weights, prepared for
the use of the State, in pursuance of a res
olution of Congress, have been received
from the Secretary of the Treasury, and
we now in the Executive office. The
Legislature will have to prescribe by law
the mode which the weights now in use
in the cities and counties of the State,
shall be made to conform to this set of
Standard Weights.
In 1834, the Legislature appropriated
83,000 for the support and education ol
the indigent deaf and dumb of the State,
at the Asylum in Hartford, State of Con
necticut, and directed the Executive |to
appoint a commissioner so select and take
charge of tliaxleaf and dumb who might
be found iviNsi)g to accept of its bounty.
Os this sum *8933 80 3-4 w ere expended
during that year. At the session of 1835,
the Legislature appropriated for the same
purpoge $4,450, in addition to the unex
pended balance of the appropriation of the
preceding year, making the sum of $6,-
510 13 1-4, and the sum of $750 to pay
the commissioner for his services. Dur
ing that year, $845 were expended by the
commissioner. At the session of 1830,
the Legislature determined that no addi
tional appropriation was then required lor
the benefit of the deal" and dumb, and
passed a resolution directing that S4OO
should be paid to the commissioner, which
sum, not having been inserted in the net
of appropriation, was paid by the Gover
nor out of the contingent fund. At the
session of 1837, the House of Representa
tives passed a resolution that the sum of
82,750 should he appropriated for the ed
ucation and support of the deaf mid dumb,
in addition to the unexpended balance ol
previous appropriations in the hands of
the commissioner; and thnfktbc commis
sioner should receive $690 for his services
during tiic year. This resolution was not
definitively passed upon by the Senate,
and no appropriation was made by the
Legislature for the benefit of the deaf and
dumb, or for the payment of tluf commis
sioner. The commissioner has been paid
SOOO out of the contingent fund. This
statement is made for the purpose of call
ing the attention of the Legislature to the
propriety of fixing the commissioner's sal
ary by law, providing for its payment, and
of carrying on the benevolent of
the Legislature in the education and sup
port of the indigent deaf and dumb of the
State, bv some certain legislative provision.
The Legislature required of the Execu
tive Department, by an act passed at its
last session, to cause the* banistcring and
railing which formerly divided the lobby
from the Senate Chamber, to be replaced,
and the Gallery of the Senate Chamber to
be enlarged, so as to correspond in size
and form wim the Gallery of the House
of Representatives, and appropriated one
thousand dollars for the accomplishment
of these objects. That sum lias been
found entirely insufficient for the purpose.
The building and repairs of the public
arsenals, the keeping, repairing, distribu
tion, and collection of the public arms,
and the appointment and salaries of the
military store-keepers, require to he regu
lated by law. Most of what lias been
done upon these subjects has been either
without authority, or in pursuance of or-,
casional resolutions of the Legislature, va-;
rying in their provisions from each other.
The reports of the military store-keep-j
ers in Milledgevilie and Savannah, are,
laid before you. There have been re-:
ceived from the United States, under tho|
act of Congress of 190S, during the past
year, 788 muskets, 742 tides, atid 2 brass'
6 poundbrs, qpitli their proper accoutre-,
ments. The two brass six pounders w ere
received as a pkrt of the State's quota of
publi% arms, at tb* request of the City
Council of Augusta, and have been placed
in the possession of the volunteer company j
ol that city, known as the Augusta Artil
lery Guards. An effort, attended with
some success,-ha? been made to collect ;
into the Arsenals the public arms which
had 4>een scattered over the country dur
ing the Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee
campaigns of 1836, and those which had
been in the possession of volunteer com
panies become extinct, and were either i
becoming appropriated as private property
!or destroyed from the want of the care
i necessary for their preservation. Tjtere
are some military stores and defective
arms in the Arsenals ami elsewhere, w hich
can never be of any public use, and ought
to be sold. I would recommend that you
j authorize this to be done.
I transmit to you a list of executive!
warrants, which have i sued during the!
!past political year, and of appointments;
j which have been tirade during the same j
time.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ala-;
bama, Ohio, Kentucky, Maine, Arkansas, j
and Connecticut, upon various subjects ol i
supposed common interest to the State,!
are by their request, laid before you fori
vour consideration.
1 transmit to the House of Representa-j
lives the returns of the Census of the
State, which have been received from the!
Clerks of the Superior Courts of the sever-1
al counties.
Maj. Gen. Samuel Armstrong B.iily,;
Brigadier Gen. Mark Wilcox, and Briga-i
dier Gen. Tully Vinson, have resigned *
their respective commands.
The Rev. Cluirics Wallace Howard, lias
been sent to London for the purpose of j
procuring copies of such of the Colonial
records as relate to the history and settle
ment of this State.
The resolution past at your last session
directing the publication of the annual re
port of l)r. Coding's Geological Survey,
was not presented for approval until after
the time had expired within which, by the
Constitution, the Governor is authorized
to sign resolutions. This circumstance,
together with some difficulties which oc
cured between Dr. Coding and the State
Printer, as to »he time and manner of
printing, has prevented tlm publication of
the report. This is, perhaps, not to be
regretted, as it appears to he the intention
of the Legislature to publish a full report
when the entire survey shall he completed.
The Legislature is referred to the cor
respondence w ith the State Geologist and j
State Printer, for further explanation upon!
this subject.
Thu accompanying report of Dr. Cot- !
ting shows what have been his opera-;
lions during the past year.
The affairs of the Penitentiary have
been conducted during the past year, very
successfully under the superintendence of J
the present vigilant Principal Keeper, and j
Board of Inspectors.
The police laws of the institution re
quire some reform, especially for prevent
ing the intercourse which is now permit
ted among the convicts. The.buildings,
also, require some improvement. For in
formation upon these end other subjects
connected with the Penitentiary, you are
respectfully referred to (he reports of the
Board of Inspectors and Principal Keeper.
At no time has public opinion been
more alive to the value of education, in
producing individual excellence, the se
curity of public rights, and the genera!
prosperity of society.
'Pile Presbyterian, Baptist, and Metho
dist denominations of Christians, have, by
ithe liberal zeal with which they have en
dowed and are supporting the Oglethorpe
University, Mercer University, Etnorv
Coliege, and the Georgia Female College,
given the full weight of their highly im
portant influence in favor of tlie benefits
to be derived from intellectual cultivation,
and the diffusion of knowledge. The nour
ishing state of these sectarian literary in
stitutions, lias not at all impeded the in
creasing prosperity of Franklin College,
its las! graduating class having been its
largest. The interest of the College is,
however, suffering from tiie difficulty of
forming a hoard of trustees for the man
agement of its affairs. It is necessary
either to lessen the number of trustees, or
the number which is required to form a
quorum for doing business.
The law passed at your last session, to
establish a general system of education by
common schools, was delayed in going in
to operation,for the purpose of enabling the
people to express their opinions, through
their representatives, in relation to its ex
pediency. You are therefore, no doubt,
prepared to act in sue!) manner upon this
subject, as your constituents may have de
termined to he for their interest.
A true lull of indictment was found .at
the last January term of the Superior
Court of Chatham County, against Phil
brook and Kolleran, for the same offence
with which they had been charged, when
demanded as fugitives from the justice of
this State, by my predecessor. The de
mand for their arrest and delivery up to
the Agent of this State, ns furgitives from
its justice, was renewed upon the Gover
nor of the State of Maine, and by him a
gnin refused. Copies of the report and
resolutions adopted by vour body at your
last session, upon this subject, were in
consequence of this conduct of the Gov
ernor of Maine, and in compliance w ith
your request, transmitted to the Governors,
to he laid by them before the Legislatures
of the several Stales; to the members of)
Congress from this State, to be submitted
to the Senate and House of Representa
tives, and one to the President of the U. j
States.
As the Legislature of Maine does not;
meet until January, 1830, its proceedings |
in answer to your resolutions, cannot be
reported to you during vour present ses-*
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
sion. There can be cut little doubt, i
however, that those proceedings, when
they do take place, will sustain the course
which has been pursued By the Execu
tive authority of that State. On the 20th
of March last, the Legislature of Maine
passed a law upon the subject of fugitives
from the justice of other States, by which :
it authorized the Governor to satisfy him
self by investigation into the grounds;
of a demand, and whether it ought to
he complied with. The Legislature of;
Maine, in passing a law to direct the Ex-J
ecutive of the State, in a matter which is
determined by the Constitution and laws
of the United Stales; and the Governor, in
justifying himself under such a law, in
refusing to do what is made imperative
by the Constitution, have evidently only
acted in obedience to the state of public
opinion in Maine, arising out of the op
position to the institution of slavery in this
State. Ilad the persons who have been
demanded of the State of Maine, by this
State, been charged with any other crime
than stealing a negro siavo, there can he
no doubt but that they would have been
delivered up without difficulty.
If the people of Maine will thus pre
vent their Authorities from delivering up
to the authorities of Georgia, for trial,
those who entice away from citizens of
Georgia, their slaves, and escape from
punishment into the state of Maine, the
people of this State must take means to
secure their rights of properly from the
danger to which it will be thus exposed.
The State of Georgia has the power to
protect its own institutions, and it will
be iu duty to exert it, if necessity should
require.
Nothing but necessity, however, should
induce the State to adopt any course
which may disturb the harmony of the
Union. Having referred to the consider
ation of the Legislature of Maine, the
conduct of the Executive of that State, in
refusing to deliver up to this State, tiie fu
gitives from its jutice, IMiilbrook and
Kelieran, by your resolutions, it will he
proper to take no measure, upon this sub
ject until it shall have been acted upon by
Maine.
Copies of the correspondence of this
i Department, and all the papers relating
|to the last demand made upon the Gov-!
| ernor of Maine, of Philbrook and Kcller
j an, are laid before you.
I transmit to the Legislature copies of
the last semi-annual reports of the
Banks of the State. Forming, as the is
sues of the Banks do, the almost exclusive
medium through which all business is
transacted and the value of property es
timated; it is one of the most important
duties of the Legislature to examine into
their state, to compel them to fulfil,the con
ditions of their charters, and to strength-'
I en their capacity for usefulness.
! The ruinous effects produced in many
parts of our country by the late extraor
dinary commercial pressure and demand
■ for specie, have been, comparatively, but
| slightly felt in this State. The general
! soundness of the condition of our Banks
; enabled them, during their suspension of
specie payments, to retain the confidence
of the country, and at the same time, to
J give the usual facilities to business through
j the use of their credit. Their reports
; show that all the hanks which had suspend*
'ed, have resumed specie payments, ex
| cept the Farmers Bank of Chattahoochee.
\Y hilst the course of the Banks in suspend
! ing specie payments should be excused on
j account of the force ol the circumstances
j tinder w hich they acted, the Legislature
i should take care that it is not again pursued
! but from the like uecessitv. Indeed the
i general convertibility of Bank notes into
: specie, without difficulty or delay, is so
important for settling balances w hen trade
has been against us, and keeping the rate
j of exchange at its proper premium, that it
may he ndvisihle for the Legislature to
j secure this object by additional enact
ments.
Banks, when established iijuvn proper
principles, and compelled to act up to their
design, should be sustained by the commu
nity by the State as exceedingly valuable
instruments for adding to the wealth and
prosperity of the profitable employment
! w hich they give to industry and talents
through the use of their credit and capital;
the great advantages w hich they afford for
carrying on trade; the means which they
furnish for developing the natural resour
ces of the country, and constructing im
portant works of internal improvement;
the stimulus which they give to enterprise;
their tendency to enlarge the quantity of
j active capital, render its distribution con
venient to the people, fix the rate of in
terest, and lessen the exactions of usu
ry.
Banks should he strictly prohibited from
engaging fin any speculation whatever.
I would respectfully recommend that the
privilege of banking, shall not hereafter
be conferred upon companies, chartered
for other purposes. lam also of tlieopin
ion that it will add to the public security,
for the proper conduct of Banks hereafter
to he created, if their charters shall re
quire, that tl:e stock shall be distributed
among numerous persons and the amount
to ho held by individuals limited, so that
no otic, nor even a few, will be able to
obtain the entire control or management
of any Bank; experience having proved
that private Banks are too apt to run in
to speculation, and that the temptation to
fraudulent combinations, and excessive cre
dit to individuals, is too great to be usual
ly rcsised, when Banks are in the hands
of a few.
Intimately . connected with the subject
of Banks, is the policy proposed by the t
Administration of the General Govern- j
ment, of collecting the public dues
sively in gold and silver, and entrusting !
their safe-keeping, until required for ex
penditure, to individuals, instead of Banks. |
The effect of these measures, if they had ,
been adopted by Congress, would have
been to have added to the cost of all goods,
upon which duties arc paid; increased the.
difficulty of purchasing the public lands
to every citizen, except large capitalists j
and office-holders; endangered the cur
rency, by constantly withdrawing from
the Banks the basis of their circulation;
lessened the safety of the keeping of the
revenue; added to the uncertainty and
expense of transferring the public money
from the places of collection to the plac
es ol expenditure; and to have locked up
the public money, from the time of col
lection until wanted for the purposes of
the Government, instead of permitting
it to add to the circulating wealth of
the country, through jlie means of gen
eral deposits in the Banks. Nor would
the country have been compensated for
these injurious consequences from 'the
proposed measures, by any correspon
ding advantages. The divorce of the
Government from the Banks could only
have resulted in forming a more intimate
connection between its beneficiaries and
the people’s money; and increasing the
j dependence of the officers of the Govern
j ment and public contractors upon the
! President, by enlarging the profits of the
j spoils to be divided among them.
Blessed, as our country is, with the
most happily constituted form of Gov
j eminent, it belongs to those who are en
. trusted with its administrate, so to direct
public affairs, as to afford the people the
fullest enjoyment of all its advantages.
That we may bo enabled susccessfully to
discharge that portion of this duty w hich
is imposed upon us, is the earnest desire
of
Your Fellow Citizen,
. GEORGE R. GILMER.
GEORGIA LEC IS L ATI RE.
SENATE.
Nov. 6.—Air. Gordon, of Chatham county,
presented a bill to extend the limits of Savan
nah, also a bill to incorporate the Savannah
theatre company; n hill to exempt from ordi
nary militia duty persons engaged in works of
internal improvement; a bill to incorporate
the Georgia steam-packet company; and a bill
to amend an act ro incorporate the Central
Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia.
7th. —Mr. Jones presented a bill, to be enti
tled an act to expedite and facilitate the col
lection of bank notes, and to compel the char
tered institutions of this State, to pay their
bills on demand.
Mr. Hutchings presented a bill, to be enti
tled an net further to regulate and define the
retailing of spirituous liquors, and to regulate
the granting retail license.
Mr. Foster presented a bill to reduce the
i price of grants to fortunate drawers in the
land and gold lotteries, as well as other lotte
ries, and to regulate the fees thereon, and to
j repeal all laws repugnant to this act.
I Mr. Sayre presented a bill to provide for
i the authentication of state scrip, or certificates
of state debt.
i Mr. H arris, of Wayne, reported a bill to au
thorize tiie Justices of the Inferior Court, of
; the county of Wayne, to impose and levy an
1 extra tax, for the support of the poor of said
j county. m
A bill to bo entitled an net to extend the
limits of Savannah.
A bill to incorporate the Savannah theatre
company.
Resolutions:—Air. Calhoun offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, that 200 copips of the report of
i the joint select committee on internal im
! provcinent, made to tiie Legislature of 1837,
! he [mated for the use of the Senate, which
1 was md and agreed to.
The following committees were announced
by the President of the Senate.
Os privileges and Elections—Alessrs. Floyd,
Holmes, Lawson of Burke, Sayre, and JourJon.
Ot Petitions—Alessrs. Surreney, Dunagan,
Atkinson, Smith of Floyd, and Polk.
To examine Journals—Messrs. Pryor, Shaw,
Moseley, Green, and Curry of Washington.
On enrolment—Alessrs. Lunar, Lawson of
Houston, Bivins, Hutchings, and McLennon.
13th.—This morning the following standing
; committees were announced :
State of the Republic. —Alessrs. Branham,
Billups, Echols, King, and Gordan.
Judiciary. —. Messrs. Miller, Bailey, Alexan
der, Floyd, and Holmes.
Public Education and Free Schools. —Alessrs.
Haralson, Gibson, Camden, Janes of Green,
and Maulden.
Internal Improvement. —Messrs. Gordan, Han
! sell, AlcFarland, Alien, and Maddox.
Military. —Alessrs. Williamson, Sell, Cleve
land, Janes, and Foster.
Several important bills were introduced
this morning, namely:
By Mr. Jones of Paulding, to give the peo
ple the election of judges of the superior
courts, solicitors, and generals.
By Mr. Springer, to prevent frauds at elec
tions, &c. and to divide the state into Congres
sional districts.
The bill to reduce the fees on grants in the
late gold and land lotteries, was lost in the
Senate this morning.
The bill for the organization of a Supreme
Court for the correction of errors, was taken
tip and read a second time. On the question
to commit, or engross the bill for a third read
ing, Air. Cone ot Bulloch moved to commit it
to the Ist of June. On this motion the yeas
and nays were called. The yeas were 23, the
nays 53.
The committee appointed agreeably to a res
olution of the last legislature, to investigate
the affairs of the Central Bank, made a report,
of which SCO copies were ordered to be print
ed.
Hill— This morning Mr. Springer intro
duced a bill establishing a banking system,
similar in some particulars to the one now in
force in the State of New York.
loth—i he following Joint Standing Coni- 1
mitees, of Senate, have been appointed:
Finance.—Messrs. Beall, Black, Cochran,
Harris, ot Taliaferro, Rogers, Anderson, Bost- ;
iclgflpearson, Williamson, Sagur, Smith, of
Murphy, and Tomlinson.
, Banks. —Messrs. Calhoun, Baber, Gordon,
Miller, Bryan, Sayre, Bailey, Dunagan, Harris
of Warren, Cone, Alexander, Haralson, King,
and Springer.
Penitentiary. —Messrs. Echols, Hansell, Ba
ber, Spencer, Jourdan, Curry of Decatur, Rob
ertson, Janes of Lee, Drane, Knight, Brown
of Heard, Williamson, Lawson of Burke, and
Lawson of Houston.
HOUSE.
Nov. 7.—Bills read first time: To extend
the state road from the S. E. terminus of the
same to Milledgevilie.
To carry into effect that part of the Ist
section of the 3d article of the Constitution
requiring the establishment of a Court for the
correction of Errors, and to organise • said ;
court.
To appropriate $30,000 for the coinpensa-!
tion of persons, who have been employed in
taking the census of the state.
To regulate the intercourse between the
banking institutions of this state, other insti-;
tntions and brokers.
To incorporate a volunteer company of cav
alry in the county of Wayne, to be styled the
Wayne Volunteer Guards.
To amend the 7th section of 3d article of
the constitution so as to give the executive
the power to commute the punishment of per
sons convicted of treason and murder, so as
to punish the same in the penitentiary.
To amend tile road laws relating to Cam
den—(offered by Mr. Clark.)
A resolution offered by Mr. Cone, of Cam
den, to refer so much of the Governor’s mes
sage as relates to the payment of troops from
tiie counties of Camden, Ware, and Lowndes,
to a select committee, was also passed,
j Bth.—Mr. Dart, of Glynn, appeared, was
! sworn in by the Speaker, and took his scat,
i Bills read first time—To amend the charter
jof the Commercial Bank of Macon, so as to
| increase the capital thereof to $1,000,000, and
i to extend its chartered privileges for the term
; of thirty years.
To amend the act incorporating the Alarine
land Fire Insurance Company of the city of;
j Savannah, now the Marine and Fire Insur-1
; ance Bank of the State of Georgia, so as to !
i change the name thereof to the Bank of Sa- j
| vannah, and to increase the capital to $ , [
j and to authorize the board to sell the stock of;
the institution—increased by this bill—to ex- I
; tend the charter to 1805, and to establish!
| branches.
Bills read third time.—To amend the 7th ;
section of the 2d article of the constitution, so ;
;as to vest the executive with power, in cases [
of treason, or murder, to commute the punish- j
ment to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a !
term of years, in his discretion ; and in case
i he shall not commute the punishment, he may I
then respite the execution, (as heretofore,)!
and make report thereof to the next general j
assembly, &c. by whom the punishment may j
be commuted. The bill was considered, and,!
on motion, postponed lor the present.
A resolution to adjourn, on or before the ;
20th of December next, was offered.
9th.—The following standing committees of j
the House were announced this morning from ;
the Speaker.
Stale of the. Republic. Messrs. Kelly of 1
Houston, Dougherty, Robinson, Stephens,!
j Stallings, Crawford of Columbia, Burnett,!
Aloscly, Shelton, Horton, Bateman, Statham, j
Turner of Monroe, Hubbard,'Conner, Boyd,
Stocks, Hamilton, Saussay, and Grier.
Judic : ary. — Messrs. Meriwether, Kelly of 1
| Houston, Crawford of Richmond, Drysdale, j
! Jenkins, Tracy, Lamar, Shaffer, Toombs,!
j Freeman, Stephens, Chatfield, Howard, Hard- \
; age, Rockwell, Fletcher, Hines, Stroud of
Walton, Pryor, and Sandford.
j Petitions. —Messrs. Cone of Camden, Mc-
Guire, Malone, Smith of Appling, McMillan,
j Patterson, Murphy, Richardson, Jones of Gil
! trier, Young, Sparks, and Laidler.
7’o Examine Journals. Messrs. Cone of
; Greene, Darden, Dobson, Stanley, Whiting, i
; Stell, and Rogers.
j Enrolment. Alessrs. Fletcher, Prescott, j
: Lowe, King, Gaulding, Green of Lee, Rey- j
j no! rls, Webb, Cain, Cross, Harper and Dart j
Military. Messrs. Clark, Seward, Drvs- j
dale, Floyd, Hilliard, Aleriwether, Delaper-!
riere, White of Talbot, Rabun, Ball, Lock-1
hart, Wellborn, Sullivan, Watters, Warthen,!
i Ash, \\ ilkinson, Cone of Camden, and Mose
ley.
Banks. Alessrs. Crawford of Richmond,!
Brown, Porter, Lambeth, Vincent, Howard,
Lefils, Lamar, Clark. Collier of Pulaski, Bul
loch, Fitzpatrick, Whitfield, Clack, and YVil-
I Jingham.
Printing. —Messrs. Bulloch, McArthur, An-;
derson, Stapler, Bowen, Maxwell, Cobb, Cues- !
ter, Green of Forsyth, Ilurst, Awtry, Phillips,!
! and Neal of Franklin..
Penitentiary. —Alessrs. Bryant, Pittman of
; Gwinnett, \\ lute of Camdbcii, Bacon, Lan- 1
: drum, Chapman, Carroll, Cunningham, Smith
i of Tattnall, Hammond, Hancock, Hunt, Hutch
inson, Johnson, Jones of Elbert, Cannon, Alc
! Leskey, Powel of Alarion, Sumner, Franks,
and Rawlerson.
Interna! Improvement.—Messrs. Tracy, Rock
! well, Shaffer, Shaw, Gaar, Goodman, Coker,
Swift, Martin, Evans of Muscogee, Daniel of
j Twiggs, Stroud of Clark, Renfroe, Srnead,
| Sarsnett, Kelly of Rabun, Lemon, Scarlett,
j Pittman of Madson, Berrien, Ward, and Ro
berts.
' Finance. —Messrs. Brown, Gunby, Neal of
Pike, McDowall, Wyatt, Powell of Mnnroe,
Bryant, Daniel of Madison, Hudson, Evans of
| DeKalb, Meadows, Arnett, Carr, Lessieur, and
| Collier of DeKalb.
i Public Education and Free Schools. —Messrs,
i Jenkins, Harris, Turner of Wilkes, Camp,
Cranford of Harris, Dyer, Eord, Harralson,
fryer, Hollingsworth, Jones of Washington,
Street, Rhodes, Byars, Hall. Watts, Harrison,
White, and Colley.
Both Houses proceeded at 11 o’clock to the 1
elections set apart for this day. At half past
two o’clock, they had gone through but one
election—Judge of the Superior Courts of tiie
Chattahooche Circuit. After 11 ballotings
Marshall of Wellborn, of Aluscogee, was
‘ chosen. i
Mr Scarlett introduced a bill to alter and a
mend the road laws, and to point out the mode
of electing Commissioners of roads so far as
relates to the county of Glynn.
13th. A bill was introduced to incorporate,
the Savings Bank of the State of Georgia to
be located in the county of Liberty, with a cap- 1
ital not exceeding £sfio,ooo.
14th.—The following bills were introduced:
To reduce the number of members of the
General Assembly. To accomplish this ob
ject, the bill provides for the choice of dele
gates on the first Monday in April next, to a I
convention to assemble on the first Monday in
May next.
To change the mode of election by the Le
gislature. This bill provides that hereafter all
elections shall be made viva voce.
To regulate the settlement between the
banking institutions of this State, &c.
15th.—A resolution has been adopted, for
the appointment of a committee, consisting of
one member from each judicial circuit, with
instructions to prepare and" report a bill to
reduce and equalize the representation in the
Legislature. The following members were
appointed to compose the committee:
From the Eastern Circuit, Mr. Maxwell.
Middle Circuit, Mr. Jenkins.
Northern Circuit, Mr. Brown.
Western Circuit, Mr. Freeman.
Ocmulgee Circuit, Mr. Moseley.
Flint Circuit, Mr. Tracy.
Chattahooche Circuit, Mr. Craw
ford of Harris.
Coweta Circuit, Mr. Fletcher.
Southern Circuit, Mr. Seward.
Cherokee Circuit, Mr. Burnett.
The following is the result of the election
for Generals, which took place on the Bth.
Alajor General 2d Division, Burwell J. Winn
of Hancock.
Alaj. General 9th Division, Hugh A. Har
ralson, of Troup.
Brigadier General 2d Brig. 2d Div. John
VV. Rabun, of Hancock.
Brigadier General 2d Brig. 6th Div. Thom
as Hilliard, of Ware.
Brigadier General 2d Brig. Bth Div. Thom
as Beall, Upson.
Brigadier General 2d Brig. 11th Div. John
N. Williamson, of Newton.
Brigadier Genernl Ist Brig. 7th Div. B. F.
Patton of Habersham.
The following account of the election of
Judges which took place on the 9th and 10th,
we copy from the Augusta Constitutionalist:
F6r Judge of the Chattahooche circuit,
there were eleven ballotings. At the ninth,
Joseph Sturgis received 134 votes, the union
candidate, and was not elected. At the ele
venth, Mr. Wellborn received 134 votes, and
was elected. At the ninth balloting 269 votes
were received, while at the 11th only 266
were given in.
For Judge of the Cherokee circuit, there
there 15 ballotings. At the first there wora
12 candidates , but after the 2d, many of the
candidates were dropped, and lay between
Mr. Robert Mitchell, Mr. Trippe, Mr. Hutch
ings, Mr. Kenan, and Mr. Daniel. Mr. Trippe
at one time was dropped by his own party,
but taken up again, and Mr. Mitchell dropped.
Mr. Hutchings was also dropped by the union
party, and Mr. Baxter taken up. At last, at
the 15th balloting, Mr. Trippe, of Habersham,
was 'elected, he receiving 143 votes, Mr.
Hillyer 9, Mr. Sturgis 67, though no candidate,
and Mr. Kenan 9.
For Judge of the Ocmulgee circuit, the
contest was very close. Four candidates were
announced. Messrs. Ed. Y. Hill, of Jasper,
Robert V. Hardeman of Jones, A. G. Saffbld
of Morgan, and F. H. Cone, of Greene. The
ballotings were as follows:
Ist 2d 3d 4th sth
Hill, 49 82 135 134 135
Cone, % 131 134 133 131 133
Saffold, 54 47
Hardeman, 32 5
Burney, 111 1
Baxter, 1
267 269 270 268 269
At tlyy 3d ballot 270 votes were counted,
whereas only 269 members were known to be
present.
(Ffom the Tray Daily Whig, Nov. 7.)
IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.
It appears from the following letter received
from Plattsburgh this morning by the mayor
of the. city, that there has been another rising
among the Patriots in Canada. Its statements
are, at best, mere rumors, and must be taken
with great allowance.
Plattsburgh, Nov. 5, 1838.
Hon. J. C. Hearitt,
Sir, —Last night there was a general rising
among the Patriots of Upper and Lower Can
ada. In the city of Quebec, Thelier and
Dodge (the Yankee prisoners) had 3500 armed
men under their command ; at Montreal, 2000
men commanded by French officers from
France. Dr. Neilson entered Canada by Nap
perrill, and swept every thing—took all the
loyal volunteers prisoners, and got 800 stand
of arms deposited there for the loyalists. Neil
son left Napperil! last night at 12 o’clock with
1500 men to march upon St. Johns, at which
place he was to be joined by 1000 men from
the Parish east of St. Johns.
The town was to be burned at day-break
this morning, [November sth.] All commu
nication by land is stopped. The Patriots
have possession of the lines. Bill Johnson is
to work at his old stand. Saturday night 1000
men (from Ohio,)attacked Fort Maldin, U. C.
On the whole, the loyalists of Canada are
very unpleasantly situated. I am, yours &c.
M. S. GILMAN.
New York, Nov. 9.
IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.
Martial Law proclaimed.—Jiipful Murders.
By the morning mail we have received an
Extra from the office of the Montreal Herald,
dated Monday, Nov. 5. The Canadians has
again risen and Martial Law has been de
clared. The whole country is in a state of
open insurrection and many loyalists have
been murdered in Acadie county.
A steamboat with the Royal Artillery was
twice fired into while lying at the wharf of
Laprarie. The loyalists had 10 minutes ah.
lowed to leave the village, and were obliged
to return to Montreal. Sunday night 400 in
surgents attacked the house of L. Brown at 1
Beanh irnois, and compelled the inmates to '
surrender, after 20 minutes hard fighting.
Seventy-five prisoners (insurgents) were
captured by the Lachine cavalry. L. M. Vi
gor, D. B. Viger, Mondelet, Bonegani and
Cherrier, have been captured. A steamboat
and mail had been seized by the “Patriots.”
Sir John Colburn arrived at Montreal on Sun
day, and immediately issued a proclamation,
declaring the Province under Martial Law.
Montreal is in a state of the greatest ex
citement, and the various volunteer and regu
lar companies have been ordered to enrol
themseives at once. The volunteers are placed
on permanent duty with regular allowance.
This looks like rebellion in good earnest.
If the Canadians can sustain it, let them ; but
we hope the citizens of this country will re
frain from taking any part in the affair. The
honor of the nation is pledged to England, and
let it never be said that the Americans were
the first to break faith.