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required to take such steps under the fourth section of the fourth article o! the Constitution of the United States as might seem proper. This last named measure was adopted, that, if matters proceeded to extremity, it might appear that every pro per and possible precaution had been re sorted to by the Executive. The result of these several applications are known to you. With regard to that made to the Federal Government, 1 will not now spe»k, further than to say, that having made it in the regular and consti tutional discharge of official duty, I felt hound, as Chief Magistrate of Pennsylva nia,'to protest against the reception it met with, and the highly improper reply made to it. Fortunately, however, the appeal made to the citizen soldiers of the Common-1 wealth was heard, without douht of its ne cessity or delay in obedience. The presence of Major General Patter son’s, and, subsequently, of Major General Alexander’s commands, completely accom plished the object in view. 1 heir num bers were sufficient to frown down every thing like open violence, while there cor rect and soldierly deportment obtained the confidence of the moderate of all parties. Under protection of their presence, the metnliers of the Legislature were free to settle their own differences in their own manner. With regard to the result of their deliberations, of course I, as an Ex ecutive officer, can express no opinion.— Aly only "duty was to take measures to en sure its accomplishment, by the free agen cy of Ibe members themselves, and when that was effected, to dismiss the military force. This has accordingly been done, and the hope is sincerely entertained, that a resort to similar protection may nev er again be required. To the citizens of the State, generally, the events of the past three weeks are fraught cither with instruction or fearful omen, as they may he Ircated. If from them we learn the danger of departing from law and right, even in the slightest J degree, or to accomplish the most dcsir-i able object; and if all make up their minds, j hereafter, to frown upon every originator or advocate of such insurrectionary move ments, the lesson will be invaluable, and j the present disgrace productive of lasting benefit. But if a repetition of the outrage be countenanced, and mob threats become the rule of legislation, then it requires lit tle political sagacity to foretell the speedy downfall of our liberty, and the complete prostration of all rights. The desperado who enters a legislative hall to-day, with his bullies, to compel the admission of it particular member, will assuredly, and, perhaps on the morrow, demand the pass nee of a law to promote his private inter est at the expense of others. Nor will it he long before he uses t lie same means in a court of justice to escape punishment or cheat his neighbor. Then the differ ence between guilt or innocence, the value of little deeds, and the sacredness of all rights, will be only nominal. Might will he right, and the minority and the timid, slaves. Tlie evil effects of the 1 ate disorder will, 1 (ear, be immediately felt in the pecuni ary credit of the Commonwealth, unless voti, her representatives, act promptly and efficiently. Well may capitalists and creditors doubt the faith of a community to them, when that community is faithless to its own dearest rights. It therefore be comes your imperative duty, gentlemen, not only to your posterity and the majesty of the laws, hilt to yourselves and your own immediate interests, to say to the world that similar outrages shall not again take place, and that what has happened is the work of only a few desperate men, and not of the People of this great State. This it seems to me, can be accomplish ed by the enactment of severe laws against all riotous or violent proceedings at the seat of Government during the session o! the Legislature, and t>y compelling the county or counties, whose citizens shall he orginators or ringleaders of such pro ceedings, to pay all the loss caused by them, and expense incurred iu their sup pression. It will be also proper to revise the acts of the Assembly relative to election re turns. and to render the mode of making them so plain that no one can misunder stand or evade them. In their existing shape, there is some difficulty in arriving at the true intent of the Legislature. In the present case, I have not the slightest doubt but that the duties of the proper ex ecutive officer, with regard to the disputed returns, was legally and faUhfuly perform ed. But the subject is one of such vital importance that the law should he render ed perfectly plain, and every shadow of doubt removed. 1 am clear in the opin lonlhnt the whole of the late difficulties a rose from the return judges assuming powers never intended to be delegated to them. They are merely ministerial officers. Their duty is only clerical, and consists exclusively in adding up and declaring the whole vote polled for eacli candidate within their district, and making return thereof to the proper officer. The law gives them no power to reject or exclude the vote of a district, or part of a district. It is from the unauthorized assumption of such dangerous power that the w hole of the recent disturbances proceeded. I would, therefore, recommend the infliction nereafter ol the most severe penalties on similar usurpations. I shall now proceed io lav U fore vou the messsage as it was prepared to be transmit ted on the Ith ii *j:mt [For the Brunswick Advocate.] THE LUMBER BUSINESS.— N<». 2. 1 OUE RESOURCES AND IMPROVEMENTS. j Mr. Editor, It may be nsked, if mills should in • crease to a considerable extent in this sec tion of country, where we should find a rnar ■ ket for our lumber. To this it may be replied |—fortunately, «e have several harbors and rivers into which large ships can enter with I safety, and come almost in contact with the ‘standing timber itself, which cannot with so much truth he said of uny other lumbering ' section on the American coast. And this is a very important consideration. Lumber being very bulky according to its value, will hardly bear transportation on long voyages in small ; vessels ; while large vessels can carry it at a ! great profit even from America to Europe. Being situated therefore, as we are, with an abundance of timber, and with every natural advantage and facility for manufacturing, and being situated on or near the great thorough fare from Europe and the Northern States to the Gulf of Mexico, also on the route from the Northern States to the West Indies, where thousands of vessels pass and repass annually, wanting lumber often to carry cither way, we are enabled, ns the yellow and pitch pine is every wlierc esteemed, to send it, or sell it to he carried to all parts of the world. This ren ders it almost impossible for it ever to want a market. Secondly, there is a great amount of lumber consumed in all parts ; —more value probably) consumed in lumber, than in any other article of merchandise. In the United States there is not less than four thousand mills that cut lum ber (though not in an over supply) for seaport markets. Wc may conclude, therefore, that fifty mills erected in our section, would hardly make a perceptible change in the price or demand of lumber. And certain it is the de mand is likely to increase much faster than the mills to supply it. It may be objected to the building and own ing of steam mills, their liability to destruc tion by fire. That there is some danger in ' this respect is very’ true. But there is much ’ less when the mills are properly built, than is j generally supposed. And 1 am disposed to believe that nine-tenths of the disasters that do take place from fire, are owing to want of t precaution in building, and reckless careless-1 ness after mills are built. In building steam ! mills, the furnace and the whole tire appa ratus should he separated from every part made of wood by brick or stone walls. When this is done the danger from lire is small. In the next place steam saw mills should, like other factories when not in operation, always have a watchman. They should be furnished also with it watchman's clock. That is, a ma- ; chine kept in motion by weights, so construct- j oil as to receive a pin every thirtieth minute, > anil no other time, making the watchman amenable for neglect to insert it, and conse quent neglect of duty. By such means and precautions, which nre attended with but a trilling expense, nearly all danger from the de istroving element is excluded. But neverthe less, allowing the danger from fire to ho as great as usual, insurance can he effected on steam mills for five tier cent per annum. It may be objected to lumber mills that the sale of lumber is liable to be obstructed by revolutions and convulsions in money affairs. To this it may be answered, that the sale of lumber is no more exposed to such obstruc tions than any other staple commodity of our country. In the late convulsions it was less affected than cotton, or any of the fabrics made therefrom. Nor can the danger on the lumbering business in this section in any way lie considered greater, if so great, as on the' cotton grow ing or cotton manufacturing busi ness. It may be said again, and asked with some assurance, bow it is, if the lumbering business is so very profitable, that many have failed, or lost money thereby ? To this it may be re plied, that in nil the northern states the him-; bermen have ice freshets, droughts,&c. to con tend with, which in some respects are essen tial to the business there, but oil the other hand often sweep away or deprive them of a vear’s. and not unfrequently a life's labor. Then mills have been heretofore mostly water mills, w hich nre not expected to run over one half of the year, and placed on large rivers with expensive dams, which,also to the amount 1 | of hundreds of thousands of dollars are often swept away in one hour's time. Their timber is cut at enormous expense, hundreds of miles up the rivers, sometimes on hills and biothi taiu cliffs, and can pnly' be brought to the nulls over the immense rapids that intervene On the highest freshets, amidst snow and ice j not only at the peril of loss, but immense bard ships and danger to lives. The business of getting the timber from northern forests to the mills is a trade of itself, which requires a life to learn, and then can only be endured by the most hardy and robust men, who expect and demand great pay for their labor. And further, one year from the time the timber is cut in the woods is the shortest time that is generally expected in getting it to ■ market, and throe years often elapse before r that is brought about. This causes immense | outlays in getting the timber, aside from build ; ing the mills, to say nothing about the losses. And I might add without fear of contradiction, that the white pine sells upon an average, twenty per cent, lower than our yellow and ■ pitch (line —yet many have made money at the business. Cut in this section we run no risks BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. from freshets or delays from droughts. M e have no enormous outlays for the supply of timber; in one month from the tune the tim ber is cut in the woods, it can be sold in mar ket, and that at all seasons of the year. In the next place here at the south, as well at tho north, many, for the purpose, as they supposed, of receiving a fill! supply of timber, have placed their mills above ship, and even above sloop navigation, forgetting or being ignorant, that sawed lumber is, according to its value, the most expensive of all articles to move) and above all, the most liable to injury and loss by removal. This has been the cause of many failures. But I would ask where is the ■ properly built and well managed saw mill at the head of ship navigation that lias not paid, or is now paying, an enormous profit. To say i that we cannot build good mills at this day, ; and in this section of country, and manage them properly, is to say we are wanting in sense and energy. To say that the prospects of the lumbering business here are not abun dantly better than any other business for mak ! ing money, is a contradiction of reason and facts. I beg leave, to say a word or two in my next of the effects of this business on our mor , al and intellectual interests. Reflector. BY AUTHORITY. AN ACT To apportion the Representatives among the several counties in this State, according to the sixth enumeration, in conformity with the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution. Whereas the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution, directs that the House of Represents, shall be composed of members from all the Counties, according to their respeclive members of free white persons, including three fit'll is of all the people of color; in order, there fore, to apportion the Representatives of each county respectively, according to the said sixth enumeration or census, Hr it therefore enacted Inj the Senate anil House of llrprcsrntiitiers of the State of Georgia in (irneral Assembly met , and it is lierlirij en mtiil liij the authority of the some, That in future the representation of the respective counties, shall be apportioned in the following manner to wit: the county of Appling one, tiie county of Baker one, the county of Baldwin two. the county of Bibb three, the county of Bulloch one, the county of Butts two, the coun- of Burke three, the county of Bryan one, the county of Campbell two, the county of Carroll two. the county of Cobh two, the county of Cass two, the county of Columbia three, the county [ of Crawford 'two, the county of Coweta three, the county of Chatham four, the county of Clark three, the county of Cherokee two, the ‘county of Camden two, the county of Dado ! one. the county of Decatur two, the county of j Do Kalb throe, the county of Dooly two, the j comity of Early two, the county of Effingham \ one, the county of Elbert three, the county of | Emanuel one, the county of Fayette two, the 1 ci unit v of l’iovd two, the county of Forsyth two, the enmity of Franklin 3, tin* county of Gilmer one, the county of Glynn one, the < unity of <! riTn three, the county of G win nett t line, the county ut Habersham three, the c unity of Han cock three, the county of Heard two. the coun t v of 1 ienry throe, the enmity of Houston three, ; tin- county of Hall three, the county of Harris ' three, the county of Irwin one. the county of ' Jones three, the county of Jasper three, the enmity iif Jefferson two, the county of Jackson three, the county of Laurens two, the county of Lei* one, tile county of Liberty two. tliecoun , ty of Lincoln two, the county of Lowndes two, the county of Lumpkin two, the county of Ma ’ eon two, the countv of Madison two. the* coun tv of Marion t wo, the county of Me 1 iitosli two. the enmity of Meriwether three, the comity of Monroe four, the county of Montg *mery one. the county of Murray two. the comity of Mor- I gan three, the county of Muscogee four, the enmity of Newton three, the county of Ogle ; thorpt* three, the county of Paulding one, the i eiunit v ot'Pike three, till* comity of Pulaski two. the enmity of l’litunm three, the county of Ra him one, the count v of Randolph two. the coun ty of Richmond it, the county of Scrivcn two, the county ofStowurt three, the county of Sum ter two, the county of Talbot three, the county of Taliaferro two, the county of Tattnall one, the county of Telfair one, the countv of Tliom ihi two. the county of Troup four, the coun ty of Twiairs two, the county of inion one, the county olTpson three, the county of Walton three, the county of Walker two. the county of Ware one, the county of Washington three, the county of Wayne one. the (-•unty of Wil kinson two. the county of Wilkes three, the county of Warren three. .Inti be it further enacted. That no omission of the Clerks of the Superior Courts of any of j the counties of this State, to have transmitted within the time specified in the act of Decem ber t?i?d, 1 SitT. the returns made by the takers of census of their respective counties, shall de prive said counties of the benefit of the fore men"’ section and of the provisions of this act. JOSEPH DAY. Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUCHE 11TV. President of the Senate. Assented to "Jfith December l-d v GEOROE R. GILMER. Governor. ;] ;• \ll the papers in the State will give the above act one insertion. AN ACT To provide tor the call of a convention to re duce the number of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia, and for other purpos es therein named. Sec. 1. lie it enacted hit the Senate end House of lit :ri sentati l'l sos the shite oj < i cor gin in gen end assembly met. and it is herein / enacted by the authority of the same. That the first Mon da> in April, eighteen hundred and thirty ; nine. be. and the same is hereby design ated and set apart ns the day which the citizens of Geor i gia. qualified to vote lor members of the Legis- j lature. shall, at the several places prescribed ! i by law for tedding such elections, vote for del egates to represent'them in convention, in j ! number equal to their representation in both ; I branches of the General Assembly, according | to the last census; such election to be con- | ducted, managed, and certified under the same j laws as are of force in respect to dictions of members of tlv General Assembly. isee. 2. dad he it further enacted. That it shall be the dutv of such managers to transmit to his excellency the governor the result ot said elections under the laws now of force, con-, ducting, managing and certifying elections of members oi the General Assembly, us afiorsaiil, within ten days after such election, w Hereup on it is made the duty of his excllency the governor, to issue his proclamation declaring the result of such election, hv notifying the m- diViduali severally elected to represent the good people of Georgia in Convention, as con templated by this act. Sec. 3. And he it farther enurtrd, That every citizen of the United States shall be eligible to a seat in said convention, who has attained the age of 25 years, and been an inhabitant of the state three years, immediately preceding the day of election, and who shall have resided one year in the couiity for which he shall be elected. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That each member returned as duly elected, shall, previ ous to taking his seat in said convention, take the following oath or affirmation, viz : I do solemnly swear that I will not attempt to add to or take from the constitution, or at tempt. to change or alter any other section, clause, or article of the constitution of the state of Georgia, other than those touching the rep resentation in the General Assembly thereof, and that I have been a citizen of this state for the last three years, so help me God. And any person elected to a seat in said convention who shall refuse to take the oath aforesaid, shall not be allowed to take his seat in said conventions Sec. 5. Anil he it further enacted, That the members of said convention shall assemble on the first Monday in May, after their election, at Millcdgeville, in the Representative Cham ber of the State House, fur the purpose of en tering upon and consummating the great ob jects of their convention, to wit: a reduction and equalization of the General Assembly: shall have power to prescribe their own rules and forms of business ; and to determine on the qualifications of their own members; elect necessary officers, and make all orders which they may deem conducive to the furtherance of the objects for which such convention shall assemble. Sec.fi. And be it further enacted, Thatitshall be the duty of his excellency the governor, to give publicity to the alterations and amend ments made in the constitution, in reference to the reduction oi the number of members com posing the General Assembly; and the first Monday in October next, after the rising of said convention, he shall fix on for the ratifi cation by the people, of such amendments, alterations, or new articles, as they may make for the objects of reduction and equalization of tlie General Assembly only; and if ratified by a majority of the voters who vote on the ques tion of “Ratification,” or “No Ratification, then and in that event, the alterations so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on the puople of this state, and not otherwise. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Thatitshall he a fundamental article in the formation or a mendments of the Convention, that each coun ty of the State now organized or laid out, or which may hereafter he created by law, shall in* entitled to at least one Representative in the Representative branch of the General Assem bly. The Senate shall he composed of forty six members only, from forty Senatorial Dis tricts, composed of two contiguous Counties, and in the event of the creation of any new County, it shall be added to some contiguous Senatorial District; and that the said Conven tion shall not disturb the Federal basis, in ap portioning the representation in the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. ’ Sec. 8. And he it further clinch'd. That so sooji as the act shall have passed, his excellency the Governor he and he is hereby required to cause it to be published in the Gazettes of this State, once a week until the day fixed on by Ibis act for the election of Delegates to said Convention; ns well as the number to which each cimntv shall he entitled in said Conven tion, according to the apportionment of mem bers of the General Assembly, to be made un der the late Census, taken and returned dur- ing the present year. Sec. 9. And he it further enacted. That the Delegates to said Convention be paid at and after the same rates that the members of the General Assembly now receive; and that his excellency the governor be requested to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same, out of any money not otherwise appropriated; and l.all laws and parts of laws militating against tliis act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speakerof the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY. . President of the Senate. Assented to 2tith December, 1838. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. OJ All newspapers in Georgia will publish the above Act weekly, until the first Monday in April next. EDI’CATION. AN ACT to establish a general system of Ed ucation by common Schools. See. 1. tie it rneictcd hy the Senate and House of litjirt srntatires of the Sleeh of Georgia in (inn red .Isscndily met, tend it is hereby enacted Ini the authority of the same. That from and af ter the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds of this State here tofore known ns the Academic and Poor School Funds, be. and the same are hereby consolidat ed. and together with the interest on one third part of the surplus revenue, derived to this State from the United States, and heretofore set apart for that purpose, shall compose and constitute a general fund for common Schools, for the State of Georgia. Sec. 4. .Inti lie it further enacted hy tiec au thority aforesaid. That within ten days after the reception of such notice, the School Com missioners shall assemble together, and elect from tln ir number a President of the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond and security to the Commissioners for the time being, and their successors in office, in such sums as they may fix upon, conditioned faithfully to dis charge his duty as Treasurer, and should any vacaneios happen in such board of Commis sioners, hy death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall he tilled bv the hoard itself. Sec. 5. .hid he it farther enacted hy the au- j thurify aforesaid. That it shall be the duty of j the School Commissioners in each division, or I a majority of them, to layoff their respective counties into school districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the present Militia districts, in the same, in a manner most suita ble and convenient for the purpose contem plated in this act. Sec. (i. .hid hr it farther enacted liy the au thority aforesaid. That they shall apply for, and receive from the state, their proportionable share oftlie general fund for Common Educa tion. and shall apportion and divide the same among the several School districts in their di visions, in proportion to the number of children in each, between the ages of five and fifteen j years, and shall make an annual report to the I Governor, of the number of School districts in | their respective divisions, the districts from which reports have been made to them, and the ; defaulting district-, the length of time a school lias been kept in each, and also the amount of : funds received by themselves or treasurer from , the State, and from taxes raised, and in what j manner the same has been expended, and the I number of children taught in each district, which report the said Commissioners shall cause to be recorded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that purpose. See. 7. .lint he it farther enacted hythe autho l rdit aforesaid. That the Commissioners ot each Scbool division, shall, by this act be, and they | are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Commissioners of | the Common School, and are made capable of suing and being sued, and the Trustees of the several school districts of each division shall also be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with like powers as above, both of which said Corporations, shall be allowed and entitled to own real estate and other property, upon which to erect School houses, and for other j purposes connected with the schools. Sec. 0. And be it further enacted by the autho- 1 rity aforesaid. That the Trustees shall w’ith-1 in 15 days after their appointment, proceed I to assertain the number of free white persons { in their respective districts, between the ages 1 of five and fifteen years, and return the same to the Commissioners of the School division to ! which they belong. They shall also receive ! from the school Commissioners, or their Treas urer the funds to which they are entitled un der the law, and on the first Monday of No vember in each year, make a report to the said Commissioners, showing the amount received, the manner of its expenditure, the number of| children taught in their district, the length of [ time which a school has been taught, and j the compensation paid to teachers and their; names. They shall locate and superintend the erection of suitable School houses in their respective districts, at the most convenient and suitable places for the inhabitants and scholars residing in the same, shall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools, at least twice in the year. Sec. 10. And be it farther enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees under this act, shall hold their office for twelve months, or until their suc cessors are elected, and receive no compen sation for their sevices. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor, annually to distribute to the Commissioners of each School division in the State, their porportionable part of the Com mon School fund, which apportionment shall be made (by the last census, until the next census be taken, and then by that) according to the number of free white persons, between the ages of five and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said commissioners, in each divi sion, immediate notice. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the an tliority aforesaid, That no moneys received I from the State by the Commissioners for | School purposes, shall be expended for any other purposes, than for paying teachers and purchasing books and stationary for children whose parents are unable to furnish the same. Sec. 13. And hr it further enacted by the an t limit n aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gone into operation, no Trustees for dis tricts shall be allovyed to receive any funds from the Commissioners, unless they shall have made a return signed by a majority of their number,showing the amount received by them, and how the same has been expended, and that a school has been kept in their dis tricts, at least three months in the year pre ceding, or then ending. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any such defaulting district shall be added tn the amount to he distributed the next year, and apportioned among all the districts in such divisions. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That should the Commission ers. in any’ division, fail to apply’ for, and dis- j tirhute the fund received as directed by this law, they shall be subject to a suit for dama- j ges.at tlie instance of the trustees of any dis trict in such division, in any court of law in ! this State having jurisdiction, and the amount; of damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the private property of suck commissioners, and not from the funds of the School. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That all white persons be tween the ages of five and fifteen years, shall be allowed to be taught as scholars in the res pective districts in which they reside, or in case their location may make it inconvenient in the adjoining district, by making application to tho Trustees thereof, who may proscribe, though no one over the age of fifteen years and under twenty-one, shall be excluded f r om said Schools. Sec. 18. And he it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid , That in those counties where the inhabitants are thinly’ settled, the com missioners may, if they think it best, refuse to lay off the same into school districts, but they shall employ a suitable number of Teachers who shall under their directions. teach school not longer than three months in any’ one district or neighborhood, so that eve ry section of such county shall receive, as near ly as can be, equal a; atitages from said fund; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of any such county.fin which the itinerating system may be thought best, to mention the same in their annual report: and so far as re- i lates to the county of Baker, the Commission ers shall confine themselves to the three Mili tary districts of said county. Sec. ID. .hid be it further cneectcel ley the au thority aforesaid , That the Commissioners and Trustees elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act. before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take the following oath before any Judge of the Superior Court. Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the Peace, in the county where they reside, viz; I. A. 8., do solemnly swear, that 1 will faithfully perform all tile duties required of me by law, as Com missioner of Common Schools, or Trutee of Common Schools, as the case may be. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President oftlie Senate. Assented to, gtith December, 1837. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor, AN ACT. To amend an act, to establish a general system j of education by common schools—assented to sitith December, 1537. Sec. ]. Uc it enacted by the Senate and House of lieprcsenlatires of the State of Georgia in (innred .Isst addy met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the second and third sections of the above recited act, be. and the same are hereby repealed; and in lieu , thereof, that each county in this state, shall | tie considered and known as a common school i division; and that on the first Monday in March,. | in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, ' and oil the first Monday in January, of j every vear thereafter, or so soon after the j above mentioned days, as the same can he con veniently done, the justices of the inferior I court of each county in this state, shall by or -1 der. entered upon the minutes of the court, ap i point five fit and proper persons asyommission -1 ers of common schools, in the division where- I in sucli justices may reside, and shall within | ten days thereafter, cause a certified copy of j such appointment, to be delivered to them, | which shall be sufficient notice of the same, i And such commissioners shall continue inof j lice one year; or until their successors shall J be appointed. Sec. '2 .hid be it further enacted by the aiethor \ity aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of them, sbftft be unable at any time to procure the services of a treasurer, as con templated in tfe fourth section of the above recited act, it tfhall, and may be lawful, for the president of such board of commissioners, to act as treasurer, who shall give bond and security to his excellency the governor, and his successor for the faithful discharge of his duty, as treasurer. And the said commission- ten days after their appointment, shall by order entered in the minutes of their board appoint for each school district to be laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the a j ” ov , c l recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall reside in the district for which they shall be appointed, and shall be notified of their ap pointment within ten day’s after it shall be I made. ; ®ec. And be, it further enacted, That if the ( justices of the inferior court of any county, shall not within one month after the time here in before fixed for that purpose, select and ap point five oommissioners, as aforesaid, who shall accept their appointments, the said jus tices of the inferior court shall themselves dis charge the duties of commissioners in their di vision; and unless said commissioners shall, {within one month after their appointment, se ! lectand appoint three trustees in each district i or division, who shall accept such appoint ments, the justices of the peace, and such other person as the justices of the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of trustees, in any district in which such appointment shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ appoint ment by the court, may fill by election any vacancy which may occur in their board, dur ing the year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the trustees, shall be competent to per form the duties required of them respectively. Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That it shall he the duty of the trustees of the school dis trict. to collect by subscription, such sums as the citizens of the district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be applied to supply air amount of money, in addition to what may be allowed by the state, so as to enable them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the district, provided there shall be no liability onr the trustees for said subscription money, fur ther than to transfer the said list of subscrip tion to the teachers where such school may be j taught. Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That the justices of inferior court, in the several' counties, in this state, be, and they are hereby authorized, at their discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respective counties, not exceeding fifty per cent, on the general tax, which shall be added to the common school fund of said county, and paid over to the commissioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give. bond and security for the same, as in case of other bonds, for extra taxes. Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby authorized, to pay over to the com missioners of common schools, any funds in their hands. % Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That his excellency the governor, within the month of January next, be required to cause so much of j tl: ■ > above recited act, as this act does not re peal, together with this act to he published in the newspapers of this state, and also, to cause tho same to be published with the acts of tho present session. Sec. 8. And hr it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth,, twenty-first, and twenty-second sections, and so much of the ninth section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice of the peace and j free holder to the trustees of their election, and. (so much of the sixteenth section, as refers to I the balances in the hands of trustees of ncade : mies and their treasurers be, and the same is. i hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY. Speaker of the House of Representatives.. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. Assented to 29th December, 1838. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. ITT All the papers in the state, are author ised to publish the above two acts throughout the present month (January.) Ft he. —Steamboat Burnt. —We regret to be called on to chronicle the destruction, by fire,, of the steamer Clarendon, Capt. Hart, owned, by Mr. John Guilmartin and M. Michael Dil lon, two of our enterprising fellow-citizens- The Clarendon was on her way from Darien 1 to this city, and about eight o’clock on Thurs day morning, while ‘near St. Catherine’s Isl and, was discovered to be on fire. It broke out over the boilers, a mid-ships, and such was its progress, despite the exertions of those on board, that Mr. Guilmartin, who was on board, at the time, and four of the hands had to reach the shore by leaping from the steamboat into the marsh, while the captain and the rest of the hands on board, including a passenger, es- caped in the boat There were 316 bales of cotton on board, shipped by Messrs. Rogers & Crane, of Dari en, consigned to Messrs. E. Bliss & Cos. ot this city, which were, of course, consumed. Mr. Guilmartin and his companions in suf fering, w ho lost every thing except what they wore, (such was the rapidity of the flames) express their gratitude to Mr. Johnson, aoent at the plantation of George H. Johnston, Lsq., who received them most hospitably, and sup plied them with breakfast. Also their high sense of the attentions of Jacob Waldburg, Esc., who not only offered all the assistance which Ids plantation could afford, and prepared! for them an excellent table, but when the steamer Forrester appeared in sight, had his bout manned and placed them iu safety on b °To Captain Drake, of the steamer Forrester, they also feel indebted for his promptness in receiving them on board, and his kind atten tions, in their destitute situation. To the presence of mind displayed by Mr. John Fox, the Engineer, all on- board ascribe ! their exemption from the hazard of an explo sion, which might have proved fatal to many on hoard the steamer. . . The Claredon was not insured; she is, tnere fore, a total loss to her worthy owners. The tire is attributed to accident. [Savannah Georgtan- VVe learn with deep regret (says cA» gusta Sentinel) from a highly respectable gen tleman, who arrived in this city on Saturday evening, from the upper part of booth Carolina, that Ge;. William A. Bull, of Abbeville Dis trict, has been shockingly murdered. T iiorrid deed is supposed to have been perpe trated by his own negroes, seven of whom been lodged in jail, upon suspicion. The Bowery Theatre is to be rebuilt by a joint stock company with a capital of *4O 000, in one hundred and sixty shares of *250 each. The walls of the old building are valued at from ten to Hi teen thousand dollars.