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94 FROM THE UNITED STATES TELEGRA Accompanying the President ’« Message, REPORT op THE P ST MASTER GENERAL. Post Office Department, 2 ] 24tti December, 1829 $ I To the Prcsidmt oj the United States: Sir—l have the h. nor in submit the fol lowing report nl the state of this Depart ment. The General Post Office was establish ed July 26, 177f>- Tliete was then hut; one line of posts, extending (rom fal-| mouth, in iVw England, to Savannah.) in Georgia; and the Postmaster General was authoriz 'd to establish stub cross I posts as he should think proper. In October, 1782, the Postmaster Gen-j eral was required, by Act of Congress, to i cause the mail to be carried once a week to j all the Post Offices; and by the same Act, he was authorized to make provision fur the transmission of newspapers by mail. I When the federal Government w r* or-! gamzed under toe present constitution, in the Post Office establishment was revised and perpetuated- There were l then, and to lire close of 1799, only seven- i ly live Post Offices in tire Ceiled State.-; 1 and the ex lent of Post Knuds in the Uni ted states, in J 790, amounted to 1875 miles. New, the number oi Post Offices is eight thousand and lour, mid tire Post Hoods, amount to 115,600 miles. Pile flint line of mail coaches in the U. States, was in pinsiinnce ot an Act ol Congress, passed Sept. 7, 1785, ext ending fimn Portsmouth, in New Hamp shire, to Savannah, in Georgia. The trims [notation ot (lie mail in couches amounts, at this time, to 6.507,818 miles in one year, and from tire first day ot January next, it will be increased to 6,785,810 miles. The whole yearly transportation of the mail in coaches, sulkies, and mil horseback, amounts to about 13,790.000 miles. Tin- vlmlc fiimmui of postages, (itu - only wince of rev enue iu »hc l>. ii.iruu* (»•> f.oiu 17W0, to Ju> 1, >!!*'•», w.»» $4i«t.411,41)0 'I lif u l)oli r x|*. iiie» us tltp l»cpjrlmi(Bttovr -1114; ill' Min* j< imri w«t« <m luilowv:— 1 ouiptiis-iion 1 $7,C<3 3<!* Iru iiu iii.il ■ H9»-U*»7 J 1 lUsiurilution i*i liitfiiinil lCt»s'4,*iS ' 21,77910* 1 tin nt.*(rrcj;B»c tunmint of iffvffimv of r;.*» Ue vf*mir of i- v . epatttueui in uccoimt* cd for > >* 1 How »♦—• Am mnl H (in' sr>/ r.it pnymffiiU into ilic Tn-ft'ui y iioiii I7dtl m ittiiH. sl,lO-1,003 Ami.hi! I >ll lus t's in (In fiMii.'inUtioil of jiiourv »lurn»4 Hit* muii 1 ju'imil, 17.810 I’.n 1 m«t us . SlnhlD rl nn die l unln of the 1 )t*jr.ii inti'iii, cn tin* lal ol July, i(u9 f 441/»80 if) 34,01)1 . I .OITI (Ilia itmoiurHt il apprur* (liat ll o l'cp.i r.. ui has .tlwnts Duel. l»y iu own rohnurwa. ami t'uit no mom > la* m .!••’ \fn 'com iliff I r.* *ur - for Un I' • • bill lnul U lm» ton (rilmu-tl .u Git 11 i ..u i in*- Ciuvt iiuuitil. Ir nmi u*. pi i into tla»- Tr** »uiy by (lie iliilVreut IVjI-, niMlrr *»en< r»b nic :u i 'i tw> H> rim *tn> I'm jin i>cconibrr, J'W fn .tl 17**j. £47, 1 c.( l<» J.ut'jXr fie n Ju..c, ir.v, to H< pi mber, Idbi, 313,310 h) Uitlr .tr o rt*r It tv iu UfC#niUi. lf(-. 2M,*7v I liy 41 i*l*i n J :Vi-*g». li in U*nrch« 1914, lo .•ime, 4 823, £■17,203 hv Jo.nl Ml Lcrtli, uu Ju } 13*5, lO U*- teiubcr, JU2B, 13.4U1 | log*”, her, |nr fotffgolhi' >ui!i of 1 IU3 '.*• •> ’lut; uul.tnce, ol $54 1,080, exhibited by ; the bunks of litis Depai intent, on the Ist j July, J 829, covers ail the balance due, from Post masters and others, ol every de- j scriplinii which tiave been accumulating fur forty years, including those of the must <h nbtlnl, and many ol a desperate charac ter. The Keport of the lute Postmaster General exhibited a balance ol $332,105 10, a- lire amount of available funds, at the disposition of the Department, on the lit July, I'l2B. The (imoiiiil exhibit..l In the ho Its of the Department on that day, is $6(6,394: from which it appears that the sum o. of old balance's, was estimated lo be either desperate, or of so oncer min a character as that no reliance could be had upon any part of it; and it is believed hum examination, unit this esti mate did not essentially vary from what will prove to have been the actual amount i of losses from 17-89 n> 1828. I o the above amount of £334 289 J Mum bn mill'd this Bum. hr injr Huff fur ju»*l npff.« Drluc (0 July I. UUM wtiicli U niiicu [•Mint) lo li? ib’fjM'i'.rlff, 32,30* CrwiUmfrll ntoui/v funno mi liaiiJ, A2,034 ISulfb of bvukli) jl.riik.-i, J (17/ lopffOu c tUe 101.0 amount of lossei by bin! tlrbi# on ( )>ml iiumey, £,3IG t? 39 M hii )• »n *» il* ilnctct. lioni iLt* abovcinnUion bAlaiiCf of *4l 08U Le.ivr; 1 lu* n.'tual balancr. 00 the JM ofjalv, 5(590.6A0 ’J’bf It uiiiimi In C is ‘(Hr .nunt boing' iiniillcd. I lip union ( ol .1 unifys «*n Iti.iul, anti dnv from I'nsUnuv toi l iurtu'liuj uviun übiiiin ti on >l.l hi counts, tv is II pnrti'il )•> in. inu'Fobtmusti r geovrul iu bi*, on ilm> i%i (biv -l July. 1«27. i>7 ll»* ffl *• ii'punffii nn «•». «*b« t.f rvpendiUirffff brvtnul tin* iiiiumiii of |. Cfips i u Uiv year PUiUng I lit* lM ul July, IK.fol J17.02H 27 I,f«vsnp • ’ ulnncff nl nKinufi on bund and duff (1 mo f iii'niei , i u'Uuing ju.t; monta oinuiiivil on oiu Hcconntb. on lie let of July, ‘O.of ■ JTO,TOO 10 1 li*- amount of pon ipm from Jnlv 1. 1825, to July I, 1029 !*• lonml to i f ,yl <o7.till 42 f. > cipcndiiurt’s of iho I.l* - |i.irtn)t'ot of Uu* •iim- fAMiod , iirt* m (olio*9? - t'oiuponsniivm 10 PiikiuiAili m, $0*8.?37 Ti'anrporiiun of I ibe Mail, 1,163.b|t< 21 Inciilriiln) exp l»- I sci, «‘J 149 Ot • J .782 1 32 *7 ro <lr« amount of ri|M*i*l.lurr.R f tim Juiv 1,1828, • to Ju y I 1828, >m fftoffft* o#- yon i Die amount of ifffrnuff, Hilmiliiog tbftt ffv* ry crni ot uusiarr «»f tin |,i9t year hr coMrritd.ol $75,714 1* A 'ii am>Hint ot bad dffbu. nx fcffurr uirn io iffrl ol $22.2J* *J Add amouiit of ! flod money, i,aOQ 38 us I.cAving the truss of available fundi a ib» dbm >nl 01 tin* 1> ’Phi fitieni, on tiiff lit • uly. 1 trCv prmudrdao furt!,ffr k j-Ci shall be Mubuneii iu ibe collection, \Ut C’Hih in ilt-p ißjiff. $fC6 4IS 94 U • binchr due from 1\ s mai* ‘*n and odarx, VI 4*N) 2l It appears, tl erefote, that lue limds ol I ihe Department suffi-red a diminution,from ' July 1, 1528,i0 July i, 1829, of 101,25(jj 03 In this result, all (he collections made! of former debts, ns well ns all losses us-1 certained within the year,are comprehend-; ed. j The expense for transporting the mail. I by reason < f the increased facilities con- 1 fiacted for, before the commencemect of I l.e present year, from January I, to July I _ J, 1828, exceeded the expense for trails-1 portalion during die cnrrevpnncling period i us the proceeding year, $67,333 and the j expenditures of the Department foi the • ime period, being the first half of tin cur 1 rent year, had there been no increase of postages would have exceeded its revenue SGB,GBI equal to $137,362, for the year. ; Tlie actual excess of expenditure, however | owing lo the increase of revenue, for the j half year ending July l, 1820, amoonfs to but $49 ; 778 55. When 1 entered upon the duties of the Department, on the 6th of April hst, I found the contracts had been made, and | the responsibilities of trte U-pariment in- ■ ;curred, for the whole of the current year, ) and from one to four years in prospect, in the most expensive sections of the country, j b appeared necessary, therefore, to direct 1 the energies of the Department principal ly to the great object of sustaining its op j (-rations, in the engagements which it already contracted, hy its own resour. 1 ces. This could he .fleeted only by en {forcing a strict observance of the law on jlhe part of the I’ostmasteis, in preventing, ;so fur as practicable, all abuses and in >c j counting regularly and prompt!) for all : the money coming into tln-ir hands, by 'guarding against ail further increase of 1 expense, except in cases absolutely dennn . ded by the public interest; and hy iiistitu ting such checks and responsibilities iu the mode of transacting the business of the Department, ns to secure more ffl’euiu-tlly a proper application of its funds, nnd to ■ prevent, in all cases, a diversion of any part of them from their legitimate objects. To correct abuses in the privilege of franking, which had prevailed to a con siderr.ble ex ern, nod to prevent oilier*, which were beginning to show themselves, it was thought expedient pi issue n circu lar to Postmasters, calling their special attention lo the subject, and enjoining re newed vig'htnce and energy on their part. Phis circular, bearing da , «‘ the ISih ol I May last, Inis not been without its r fieri. The postages accounted for by Postmasters are accumulating in an increased ratio, which promises advantageous results.— Phe proceeds of postages for the quarter ending June 30, J 829, exceeds the (imount for the corresponding quarter, of 1828, by $30,376 50. The arcnnr.ts for the quirtur ending the 30th of September lust, are not nil tjxaniined, but so fu as the examinations have proceeded, it promises a propoi donate increase. The contracts for transporting the mail in the States of iudi ina, Illinois, Missouri, Penm-ssee, Alabama, Miardsuppi, and Louisiana, and the IVnitory of Sikansns, constituting one section, will expire widi the current year. The rapid increase of population und of business in those neo lions of the country, required considerable ..itproveincr.ts in the fn qicticy, the celer jity, and the mode of transporting the mail .on the lea ling routes, for which provision | lias been made in the renewal of the con 'ritcis, ) The mail communication between New ; Orleans mid the Seat of the General Guv eminent, byway of Mobile nnd IMontgom. |ery, in Alabama, and Augusta, in Geoigiu, | a ill (rom the commencement of theensu i • in! y-ar, h - rIJ.-oU'iJ [hue times a week, j all’ording rmnfoi Ifible ei.-nvevi.-nces (in nav e/ters, and the whole trip performed in the period of two weeks, catli way, through the capitals of V irginia, Ninth Carolm i. 1 South Garolmn, and (Jeotgiti. Lines of (our horse post coaches will also he established, from the first day of January next, to tun three limes n week, both ways, between Nashville and (Mem phis, in Tennessee. This improvement ' was deemed important to keep a regular A: certain inteicourse between the Western 1 States and New Orleans Memphis being 1 a point on the Mississippi to which steam ! hunts ran come at all seasons of the year ; it being contemplated to extend this line to New Orleans by steam hums, so soon ns jibe means of the Department will j islify, and the public interest shall require it.— To give greater utility to this improve ment, n weekly line c f cm ches will also be established at the same time fiom Flo rence, in Alabama, (when) it will connect with the line from Huntsville,) to Bolivar, in Tennessee, at which point it will form a junction with tho line from Nashville to Memphis. Such Improvements urc also provided in the transport,-.tl.m td'the mail throi-p: Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, as that tti lines of stages three times a week between Louisville, in Kentucky, and 8t L mis, in Mi» onri, will comic, t the cmespo.uieiici and the travelling in a period of two day. less than the time now occupied; nnd con tiune the line to Fayette, beyond the cen lie of Missouri, within the same lime which lis now allowed for reaching St. Louis. A i weekly line of stages will nlsa go io'o [operation on the first of January m-xt, from j Taycite to Independence, near the West • era boundary of that Slat--. j There with other improvements provi jded fu-by the cmuiacts which have just j been made, will ndd 277,992 miles to the • unniml ir-iiisportiiiion of the mail in stages. I Notwithstanding ihe increased expense j which these additional services would re quire, the new contracts have been made, | including all the improvements, for $19,- i 195 37 per annum less than the sum paid j under tin-expiring contracts, for the (mis porituhm of the mail in that section. The ! advantageous teims of these contracts will jelled a saving to the Department of about twenty five per cent in proportion to the j services to be performed. On entering the Department, my atten- I lion was, at nn emly day drawn to the , n.a .net- in which its foods were received (and disbursed. I-ircuinstuuces transpired ; at the very threshold of this inquiry, which j indicated r. looseness and irresponsibility entirely incompatible with (hut system I which ou-dit to characterize evciy branch iof the public service. Monies had been j advanced to different persons contrary to daw; and persons in the immediate employ j ineut of the Department, who receive stlpu jlaled salaties, defined ninlappropnaled by ! law, had received monies in advance from j the funds of the department, beyond the I allowances so provided, nnd whiijii had not Cflt'otuclc ,in 9 been appropriated. There stands at this d-iy on the bunks of the Department, a ba lance ofs2,lGl iG, for ninnies formerly advanced out of the funds of the Depart ment beyond the compensation provided by law to different officers & clerks, who had been employed, but who have left the ser vice; the greater part of which will proba bly never be collected. A considerable number of accounts stand open against oth er individuals, for monies advanced, some of wltum are now unknown to the Depart ment. An act of Congress, of April 21, 1806, appropriated $6,1'0 for repairing j the road from Athens on the route to New Orleans, $5,000 for the road between Nashville and Natchez to ha expended un der the direction of lhe (‘resident, who de signated the Postmaster General to carry the law into eff-'CI. The monies appropri ated were mingled with the general funds of the Department out ofwhich the expen ses of the road were defrayed; end there j are now standing on the books of the office j.a balance of $1,405 67 against the first, ' and against the other of these roads a balance of $ I 946 65, making together, the sum of $3,352 32, on account of mo nies advanced by the Department, and fur which it is still accountable as so much mo ny in band, (hough these accounts origina ted twenty three years since. These facts evinced a radical defect in the sys’ein of financial operations of the Department. It appeared that all the funds of the Department were received Si disbursed by one of the Assitslnns, while the Postmaster Geneial was held responsible in law, for [their proper application. The Assistant j h id it in Ids pmver at all limes to withdraw, jor furiii-.li (or the use of others, the funds of the Department, to a large amount, wi’h out die knowledge of its head, or ofany othei person attached to it. There was no cheek upon any such transactions, nor any thing connected with the system calculate I to bring them to light. The Assistant made doposites nf part of (he lands in d (T-rem banks, subject to his individual checks ; and retained a part in Ins own hands, but to What amount is not shewn by any docu ment or record in the Department. On the change o( the sys-em, there «,is Conor! in an iron r (Ter, in his possession, the sum "f $10,376 89 r nsisiir g of sl9 (,9 1 2 in specie, and 18.8 57 79 I 2 in bank not s ceil Acutes, and clucks, Os (bts sum, $2 633 ~6 were found to be counterfeit and $1 672 62 were in notes of broken banks, and of no value. \ part of the re mainder is of very doubtful character Such as was not asceilained to he good has been rent to the* different Slates from’ which it issued, for the purposo of deter l mining its value, and rendering ji availa ble; but what proportion of it will be found wot thless or depreciated, is not yet learn ed. The necessity of an entire change to the mode ol conducting ihis business, was most obvious. Directions have In-rn given, that the mo nry appropriated by law for the payment I of salaries, shall never he united willi the) hinds of the Department, but tint it shall be (linnn by an agent, appointed (or (bat purpose, and applied directly to the object for w hich it is appmprited; so that the per sons receiving it shall have no accounts [ opened on dn- books of the Department.— ! This will rllVonially prevent advances and ' overpayments on that head in future. ' It Wi 'S important to devise a system by ! iviiicli no monies should lie received or dis- ' horsed, or in any manner come within the 1 control ofany individual ; but that all mo nics 'Should lie paid into the Department by certificates of deposite in banks, and that ’ nothing could be drawn from such depo- 1 sites, not even by the bead ol the Depart 1 ment, without the signalure ol two distinct officeis of the other, and both, emitting to the correctness of the art ; Also, "that ihe transfer of monies (10m Poymisttrs to conlrnctots, should he subject to the same guard, and requite, in like manner, the in vestigatirn nod aigrniluie of two distil,u oflicers ol the Depailment. It was like wise necessary that the system should em brace a rule which would . t-cjuin- Pusimus ters to acci-mit promptly for the proceeds ol their 1 (lues, and prevent accumulation of post ige in their h mds. This has been done ; and it is believed that the monies if this D paitment are now as ■ fiectnaily |o o'ected ns those ofany other Department io t e Government. i lie observance of the system which lias •••on adopted will is quire additional labor, ’'tit it is deemed essential to the security an t pro-pertly of this Department. i have the honor to be, with great re gard, your ob’t serv’r, W. T BARRY. v. THE FINANCES. The Annual Repor. from the Treasury i Department was yesterday received in both II uses of Congress. We have condensed, in the subjoined statements, the substance ol the informa tion which it furnishes. They embrace the Receipts and Expenditures, actual and estimated, (or the current year, the state of the I’ubhc Debt, ami the Estimate of Re ceipts and Expenditures for the year to come. In addition to the pages from which this information i; extracted, the Report embraces a variety of suggestions of de-! leets in the existing laws, and of proposed | remedies for them. These we do not on ! ilentike to epitomiz n , as we shall soon give ! them at huge. The most material lea : lures of them are indeed sniicipaied.ini Ihe Message of tin- President of the United i States, which is in the possession of every i reader. KP.CFIPT3 AND EXPENDITURES. The Receipts into the Treasury Iro n ,-di smn ccs during Hie y«ar .1127, were 22,9;je,863 in The txpemjnmes lor the same vear, including the Public Debt, w».ro 22,(V.0 764 0*» The balance in the Treasury on die Ist .Innnary, JB.B, was 6 6 r 9. 816 10 In 18.8,(110 floor ipts were 24 7(.y,46! O' Making: an •■gsrega’o of 31.467,749 71 Tiic (XjHu’itures fjr t(<e year ————. m - ■ ■ 1 > . - 10-28, were 25 415,313 90 Leaving a balance in ths Trea sury, January 1, 1029, of 5,972,-1)5 01 Tne receip's dur.ng the three first quarters of the jinseiil year, are estimated at 19,437,230 93 The receipts for Ibo fourth quarter are ectimaled at 5,165 00)00 Making (he aggregate of 30,574,06 j 79 The Expenditures for (be three first quarters have amounted, by estimate, to 13,919,11105 The Expendi tures for the fourth quarter, including £3,669.542 93 on account ol public debt, are estimated at 7.215 101 05 Leaving in the Treasury on the first of January next, an estimat ed balance of 4.410,07169 THE PUBLIC DEBR The payment? rn idc and t. ulo, on nc coital ol the Public D ;bt, lor tn« y-,ar 1029, amount to 1 2 4J3 8 J O' which 9,041,0)1 55 j 3 pn account of the ptiuc-pd of the debt, leaving the total debt, on the first day of .1 uni ,ry, i«3 J, 43 563,-190 5 ) This debt is redeemable as follows: la 16)0 6 017 635 51 DiU 6,010,9 )9 72 I 8 *2 7,227,063 97 • 8!8 2,227 63 90 lb ;4 4,73 ) 296 3 • Ai pleasure of Government 2),296 2493) As there will, during the above years be more m nicy applicable to the redemp tion of debt, than the United Stales have contracted to pay, the Secretary suggests the redemption of the 5 percent Slock sub scribed to the Bank of the United Stales, and the authorizing the Commissioners of the Staking Fund to purchase of the three per cents when it can be done on favora ble terms. DOMESTIC EXPORTS. The value of Domestic articles exported for the year ending 30th September last, '* estimated at .$.55,800,000, being 5,130,- 331 more than in the preceding year. ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR. Tho estimate ol reci-qit. for 16 it), 13 as follws From Cu toms 22 000,900 Lands 1,2 0 000 H ink Dividends 490 Of.O Incidental 159,000 , - $23 IMt),000 The exu-n liltipep includin'* !! 5 f, 0,bn(l rqip'icsble to tho P it) ic I), bt. are cslim ited at 23 75,5 520 67 The balance which will he in the Trea sury on the (st January, 1831, is estimated at 4.491,515 02, an umonnt, it will be seen, different very little from the amount of estimated balance on the Ist January next.— National Intelligencer. Richmond, Dec. ID. The Convention has been ten weeks in session—and we nre nl some loss to con jecture its termination. Some gentlemen say, Christmas ; and others, the first ol January. For our own parts, we should ra> j titer name the latest day, than the earliest, j During the two last days I lie proceeding? have not been so interesting as heretofore. —The resignation of Mr Monroe, not on ly of the Chair of the Convention, but of his scat in that body, and still more the cause of it, the indisposition under which he is labouring, lias called forth much feel ing. His place as President, has been fill ed by the election of Mr. P. P. Barbour ; and Member, by the appointment ol Gen. laylnr of Norfolk, at the hands of the remaining Delegation of the Loudoun District. Yesterday, tiie Committee took up Judge Summers’ Scheme of Wards and Boards of Police in die counties, which was finally rejected.— Enquirer. —o- P-mt 10 Clnrlovo-1 Icecu-y Dse. 22. E \ TEST FROM ENGL AND. Bv tin- annul yesterday of Be. brig ,/cs sie, Capt WiU'Mtu), from Liverpool, we have our ii ps of English papeis, London to die L3, h, Liverpool to the 17 h. 1 he Cotton market was very active and vdcs to a considerable extent had been made at an improvement of fully a -Jd per lb. on American descriptions. According to acconnts from Barcelona, that city bus been recently visited by a tremendous tempest that did immense mis? duel to die shipping in the hailior. Af flicting details are expected from the Med iterranean. Mr. M’Lean, The American Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen on the IStliat die Foreign Office. An affair of honor lately took place at the King’s Park, between Mr. Alien, the proprietor of the Caledonian Mercury, and 'Mr. Ritchie, ol the Scotsman. The par. ties, alter exchanging one shot separated I without any injury. i. , Mr. Bollard lias been appointed the new j Baron of the Exchequer, in the room of the I lute Baron Uuilock. The remainder of the French troops had ! returned from the Morea. The insalubri. 1 °l die climate caused serious losses. The French navy consists, at present, of S 3 ships of the line, 41 frigates, and 205 brigs. &c. making a total of 279 vessels of ail sizes. 20 ships oflhe line and 22 fri gates will be on the stocks on the first of January next. I rout the Journal du Commerce ) 1 lie '‘Almanack ol Genealogies” sot the year 1830 contains the following article: !—“ I lie sun ol Napoleon, born the 20th of | March, 1811. When, in 1815, the Con? 1 grass ol \ ieniia had derided that the son of ■ Napolean could never be the Sovereign I of any country whatever, his grandfather, i the Emperor ol Austria, Francis 1., con lerr'd on him n donation of lands, and des. lined to that puipose a quantity 0/ allodial, or tree land, in Bohemia, ptoducing an nn> nail revenue of 400,000 tl irios. The Lordship of Heicbstadt was, moreover, raised to a Dukedom. This Dukedom, under the paramount Lordship of Bohemia, became lire maj.irate of (lie son of Napole on, who in 1828 received the title of Duke of Reichstiidi, and ranked immediately as. ter the Princes of the Imperial family.” il'OftVßVA*.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1829. Wc leader to our pa I-on s and the puhl c, the compliments of tho season,— tin) ing Ilia! 1 all may <nj i yis happiest fee ings, aad partake of its choicest festivities. In justice to tiie raspacto I eiiljrs of lha Ca~ rulmutn, vvecipy from their last N>. the fol lowiaj rem ir-rs on tie suhj lit ailudad to in >ur paper of tlia 19. h in,tmt. It appears from these, that tiie carcsul cons deralioa, wh.c Iwe supp.scJ might in sane d.-g-ea ailer the opi aiois adopted on b aling it read ha', on 111" 1 coolrary, (eiljJ nuro sti’oii'ly to confirm . them. Tua entire aiace.'ny of the editors oa this subject, c nmol bad) iblod ; vid vva u ihe silat ugly agree with than, that the recommon . d ton cf Ihe Brand aal oa lha sabjact of the Tariff, is not so fivorvble ni tha people of the Santa could hive wished ; but yet, is it not fully as and so as the/i-julf hivo expected, or bed a right to expect, fro a him? Is it not strictly in accordance vvi’h his opinions on the , subject, publicly expressed n id promulgated throughout Ihe country, previous to his elec tion ? and would nol, therefore, aa cn ire uo • cordanco With onr ir.shts have beoi a direlic , lion from consistency an I prinn ple ? It is con -1 sequently, in the un Icserved censors which 1 the reraai ks nf the Caroliula.i co ivey against the I’rasidaat, by encour.igt -g the opinion, and allowing (be iiiferntico, that he lus dc'aeived the people oflhe South, or disippuiated thvir just expectation 1. lint we mistly disagree with the n; th mg 1 at the same time, in iidlilion to this, we must believe that the rocommsndatiori is not so very “dangerous to our rights” as is declared by the Carolinian. As wa hava in li.n t d, it has not been believed that Gen. Jackson is a thoroughgoing An i-Tor.ff man ; end had ha so expressed himself, vve arc incl - nod to believe that it would hare done more to excite violent denunciut on and determined op position, than elm au I reasonab'e discussion. \s it is, the subject is introduced to the roa sideration ot Cong-.iss in a m in.ier calculated to elicit calm and deliberate consideration ; and -■ftns<quen ly, lb?' vsry best tn favor the influ ence of reason and the devslopemeut of truth The cuise of the So li.ll will not want for ho nest, able, and enlightened advocitcs—it wilt be fully and lairiy stated—the correc ness of the President’s op’uions, so far fr rn being ta- Uou for granted, wdl be rai ml sly ;c: 11 inized and with the ascss ioa of strength which vve huve gained from op nions cerlnhily far more favorable than those of ths preccd ng ad.n;nis -tration, and from the increasi’i;? weakness oflhe misnamed “American System,” and its failure lo meet the expectations ofils allocates, vve trust that the South has much, vcy much to expicl from the present Congress Wc shall continue this subject, as vve meet with oppor tunities : From Ihe lllgcfleld Carol! liau. “President's Message. —We place to day lf]!» [ impoitmil documen’bifore our leaders, and ' they can 11 )ivju igo of it william (he need of our gloss; hut to guard our hasty rein irks of , last vvet'U from nn-oocep i >n, we shall bncfl t'xp -. ss the opinions wo formed o it after man? cnn.'fnl cou-ideialk u. It is certainly one of the ablet! mo nao-s ever f d.livci td by any of our f.'ulef Mogistrates. The. stylo is distinguished for nca ca SS unt | strength, 1 wulioiu tdiber .hs equivocations, or the tawdry < o’ 1 u a ill cols vvhi- Ii have hern too common in our B ate papers Its doctr.nes are stn'od di 1 ■ redly nnd cxplici y, and arc m iiiaiued with ' great strung ti of rnananin/. I is? tmtter is, in 1 general, cqna'ly mfm'rable wit 1 i's manner The general tono of Ihe Message, suppo ling the lim led exercise of power bv I lie Genrr.ii Government, and advoc Gag tbo reserved rigut ol the. stales—parti nlarly evinced |, v whit is said, of (he righs ol (itorgiaund Alv bums m their Indian co-itrovcrtuin s. of Inter nal luiprovem, nt h the. Nallomi '(H-'k mrei? nrinos unijrial.fiei’lipprobalio. Teogcaoral doctrines must cheer all of our emeu tvn’o look h r no bounty from the Federal Government t beyond tlic undisturbed enj lyrnrut of dial -hare 1 of llmir own which (hoy have never reli- ipfo'i„ ed. We apprehend however, that in sms d iis practical m insures, the Mcs?;.g. ho g« re,, proa?h noon th se ahstracl opinions. For ex ample, in relation to fti* great Southern q les- * lion, ny, intimating no doubt in ll.a mull-'r. h I recognises the couslilutiooality. of fh3 Tar (V | Indeed allthai is said on this object is as dan gerous lo our rights as any thing tint coul.l bo devised by human ingenuity [fie very ' soul ol the prut ding system—that onr manir i (id u res are to he brought iu‘o fair ro mad it lon • with foreign products by the aid of high (Italics upon the Imrcign articles—is stitfe?? ;, s the ‘ p-inciple upon which the Tariffshmil I l> c a t 1 Justed: while the remarks upon (he paramount 1 importance of Agriculture, and the danger ol frequent Ifgi-laliou en the Tariff, are calcula ted by their Collocation lo g'oze over'tlic iuic- ' rious scheme, and drln le (lie 8 mlliorn people by the appearance of moderation, into their owu rule. i ( CO.XORICSSIOJS’.dL SUMMARY, 1 IN SENATE. t Monday, Dec. 14 —The Vice Br sided ap- 1 peared and took the Cluir. Numerous peli- ' j :i .ns were presented and rcfeire’; after which Mr. Lowry was re-elected Clerk, Mr. Bai ley, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Mr. Tims, Assistant D.aoikscpsr— each without sppojllion. Tho Rev. Mr. Johns was elected Chaplain. Dec. 15. —Fevei nl politlons were presented ajd referred. Tin Vioe presidant communi cate 1 the Amu-,1 R-uorl of tho Srcretary of the Treasury, which was referred to Ihe Com mittee oa Finance, and 1.599 copies were or dered lo ho pride ) Mr. Woodbury intro duct'd a bill lo rcjxea! the Tonnage duties cm American, end certain foreign vessels, which was read and passed lo a second reading, Dec 16.—Mr Benton introduced a bill to graduate the price cf public lands. On motion : ol Mr Livingston, the Committee on Roads and (Jand* were instructed to enquire into the' expeilieney of constructing a road direct from [ New Orleans. ! EOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE?. Dsc. 14.—The following standing committees ( were announced by the Clerk: ~ On Eleciions—Mcstrs. Alston, Turker, Clai. borne, Randolph, Jcbu3L?n of T.n. Beckman, Coleman. On Ways nr.,l Meymf Messrs. McDuffie, Vrrpl nek, Dwight, Smyth nf Vs l.iigersoll, Gilmore, Overton On Claims— Messrs. Williams. Whittlesey, Paikerol f ■)j. dclnlire, [lim.-y, L-:a, Lent. On Coituiieixe—' Arssrs. Camb'c cn; Nmv ton, Gorham, Harvey, Sulli -r.tmd, Howard. Wav no. On Public Lands —Messrs I sacks, Jennings, iDu ican 11 n I’otier Irvin o' Ohio, Clay. J I On Post Ojfi.its and Post Ronds Messrs.• | J ilm on nf Ky Connor, Mag.e, Ho Igos, R jji jell, McCJreeiy, Campbell On the District of Colnrnbitt —Messrs Pow ers, Allen, Waihia & !o i, Vartiam, Taliaferro, Piric, Svm-nes On the Judiciary— Messrs. Bu'hnaan. Wide, liffc, S'nrra of N Y Dtvis of S. C. Biu'din, E'lswor'li, White of L . On Revolutionary Cl aims —Messrs, Burgess, Dickinson', Fry, Wingate, Gaodenow, Voting, Brown. On Public Expenditures —Messrs fla’l, DAvenport of V.». Lyon. Maxwell of N Y. Spun, eer of «1d Thompson of Ohio Wor oi- On Private Land Claims-■ MB. Gurley, S'prigere, Nuckolls, Pettis, Tod, Foster, Bay* lor On Manufactures Messrs. Mollary, Stan, berry. C n lict, M .rli i, Daniell, Irwin of Pa, Mo sell G,r Indian Affairs —Messrs. Bel', Lumpkin, Hinds, Slorrs of Con. Hn'ihard, Gaither, ! iewis. On Foreign Affairs— Messrs A clnr, Ere r-it of \1 iss. Taylor, Polk WilJe. Crawford, Barnwell. On Military Affairs —Messrs. Drayton, Vance Desha. FinJiuy, Biair of S. C. Miloh - 1, Sppighl. On .Vocal Affairs Messrs Hoffman, Crown* inshielJ, Miller, Ripley, Car-on, Dorsey, Waite. I of New York. On Asr.cnllure —Messrs Sponsor of N. Y. Wilson, Kiss, Smith of l*.i. Stand,fer, Deber ry, Chandler. On Territories- Messrs. Cla-ke nf Kr.. Green, C eighton, Armstiong; A gall, Cowics, William B Shcpoerd. On Military Pensions —Messes Bites, Le compte, Forward, Chil'.ou, Hamm ms, Bockcc, Ford. On the revisal of Unfinished Business— Messrs. Pearce, Ileed, Pearson. On Accounts —Messrs. Halsey, Swan, Broad, head. On the Expenses nf the. Slate Department— Messrs Em il, Sill, King of Nmv Y rk. On the Expenses of the Treasury Department —Messrs. Leip.ir, Crock-iron. Kendall On Expenditures in the Department nf Bar Messrs. Maxwell, iMulilei berg rocket. On the Expenses in the Department nf the j'ary Mcs rs. A. H. Sbepperd, Hartley, Evens of Pa. On the Expenses in the Post Offce Depart ment— Messrs Yb nc.iy, B>rsi. Soul. On Public Buildings— M.ssfsi. Sprigs, Bai» ley, Swift. Select Cniuini-Eijs, On Internal Improvement —Messrs. Heranhiil Blair „f Ten. 11 -yncss, Letcher, V' ulon. Crtfa\ of V«. Butman. ' On the MJuia— Messrs Thompson of c; IC-tig ol Piinu. Barringer. Weeks, Oral- of New York, K.in aid, Calmon. On Itelrciichmrni —Messrs. WmkTffi, Coni ■ asS- Lamar, Ci-ke, Huntington, h i Vo ut. O/i the Census Messrs Slorrs of New York Crntip, Johns, Evoretl of Coa. R thaidi„na Boon, Cooper. On Pres denial EUc/ on— Messrs. McDuffie, Haynes, Carson, Lea, Martini! do, Sleplucij, Hughes. A communication was received from ill* first Comptroller ol (be Treasury, on the sub ject of various accounts rein duing ciu-'j its 1 for more than three years piLr lo September 30tb is:.» Deo. 15.—The following Message was re— W’ l cotvr-il ha m the President; To the. Speaker if the House of Rupees nta! fry A deputation from the Passair.'ii(| in My i ,-lj. ans, rr-idc it ni.bin In* limits of Maine, j n 0 arrived in (his city, and presented a tncm-• • i-,1, soliciting tiie aid of the Gursmucul ii j, ~ ,j, ding I twin the means of "npp.ort. Itacolli rmg dial this tribe, when strong and nuinci ms, (ought with us for the liberty which we now onj .y, I foot’d rot refuse lo pr.saut lo f u const lernlia i of Congvos, their su t ip!ica‘l< n for a sin II portion ol the bark and tinihei of .lie country which once belonged lo tin in. It is represented, that from iud vidti i win own the lands adjoining the present rm.nl i.os* session of this trilio, purchases can ho made sodk'icntly extensive to Secure the obj cts of the memorial in this respect, as wnl appear from the papers herewith trammitt, d. Sli mid Congress deem it proper to make thi m, i will be necessary to provide for their heir g held iu trust for the use ol the trib ; during its existence as «ui li. „ . ANDREW JACK SON. Dercmber 13, IS !>. On motion ofMr. Thompson of Georgia. Ilia Committee on Indian Ass drs wore imlructcd I , to enquire into the expediency of providing by law, to carry into full effect, Ibc 4 h article •if the Treaty of fith January 1821 with (he Crnk Indians.in relation to the claims of cilb a?us of Georgia, for injuries done prior to ISO2> The ape.' Iter commuuicaed the annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, wbirh ws« referred to the committee on ways and means, ' and 10,101 copies were ordered to be printed, Dec. I(3—Nothing of interest was dune on. tins day. The Greenville Mountaineer ol instant say?;—‘‘We haJ our lamp filled a few evening'vine a, by Captain Stringer, with oil expressed from the Cotton S’cd, a short notice of which we gave a few wrelti pait. We have no hesitation in saying that the oil b trn« ao well as any other kind wn ever saw,” •»' \ COMMUNICATED* AUGUSTA AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY’, A special meeting of the Auousta Ausii.i-- auv Bible Sociktv, was held in the Bapti.q Church, on Monday evening; 21st December 18-9. W. J. HOBBY V. P t n the rhai- W. T. GOULD Secretary pro tern. The Rev. Mr. Shannon opened (he meeting with prayer. The Rev Mr. Boies, agent of (he parent Society addressed the meeting cn the subj >ct ol the resolution of that body; lo supply every family in the United States, with a copy of the scriptures in two yearsithereafler. The Rev. Vr. Shannon, after some appro priate remarl s, moved the following resolution, which was remarked on and seconded by Dr, F oflD; and carried. Resolved, That cordially approving of the f noble determination of the American Bible ]L Society, to supply every destitute family ia the \ United States, with a copy of (he “Word of Life” ia two years, this Society will cheerfully co-operate with the Parent Society in accoqj plidting this great work. j-, The Rev Mr. T,.vf,MAnl? moved the follow,- f