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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.