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— r -■ VOL. XXXVII. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1845. NO. 19. VH2 QSOKOIA JOV3.STAX. 13 piikikhiii truer. a wir.K iiu hi si: Till'. 3r.3i.in nr TIIK I.I.MSL* I'UK.. ASK WKI KI.V THK HUIAIMH H or th> ysak, nr PETCIMOK T II V» E A T T , EDITOR A!fl) PROPRIETOR, AT rilHKK nOl.l.AKH PBK ANNUM. IN ADVANrK OK, pouft DOULAHS AT TIIK KNI) OF THE \ EAll. No«iibs:ripllonwillhH rsoeimxl for Ipp.IIii.ii n ycnr. noi will nn v iinitpr lip ioeiml inneiimaihilliirrennirrun r /mi.l. Flip imppr willniil Ilf ppnl In mil perpnll mil lit tlie sums, until Hip .iilwcripliiinmono, i« pniil in »il*niiteor.uli»f:iPion iftference «iv«*n. . \UVBHrMK3\IE.N rs ar« insortf.l at / o cent* per sqimir for the fir*! insertion, nml 50 ueutu |»rr wquari- for emit Inurlionlhprealknr. A inllip J.iur.inl i. n ppupp ol ipi, | |l1tH in mu iiii v|»f .coutitiui'i* *« it n»*« iiiimlrril womh II. Stl***<>l'L WDS.liv Ailitiini<*tr«tf>r* F.xoi tii«in>, or Gimr«li*»n». nr* required l*y Uw, to lie lirlil 011 tin* fi»>- Tuea.l iv in 1 lie tivinlli, t>et ween 1 lie tionre ol ten m lln 1 *«»»** noon mul 1 lire*' in 1 he afioiiiuoii. mi tlie Uouvl-lioiine. in 1 lit cun 111 v in Which Hip Iiiii.I i» «iitiiil.;.l. N'ltip.- nl Hicpp phIpp muntlip civnn in a piililio gnmcUcsIX I \ 1) A1 S prcviuiiH In tlie ilav of**nlr . . c . Snleauf \KGKOK* muet I.cmI m public ntiction.on llit-fiiRl TuMitiiiiv olilie iiioii:I»,between lta« annul linurMil """’.nt Hu- place of|>il»|i»* *al**t»iu the roiinly w* ’ ’ • of I lie of tho Court iioime, where Mich *nle« »»re to lie held. Notice for the «ule of I'ernonul Property, most l*e Civen i like manner, FOUTY «U\ “ previous to ihe duv of mile* Notice to the Debtors *ml Creditor* ol ■*" 1 published FOIITV day the letters ten In ini' tarv. of i.|ii»iiii*tratioiior(«o«»dian»hip,uifl> have been ff rant ed.' first giving SIXTY D A YS notie i r.strttu mast he ide to the Court ofOrdinn he published for FUl II Notice that applienlion will hen; ry for leave to sell LAND, must ^NotieeV'nr leave to sell NF.G HOES, must he puhli-hed to. pjUll IN PllsA,before any order absolute slmilbe mtub thereon hy the Court. ... , . . I'lTSTioKs for letters of \H ntnt«tintion. most he publisheri thirty il'iyi —lor Jisims*ion I'mm administration, monthly month*—ior dismission Irom C3i.ardiaoi.hip, forty day*. IlMLKS for the form* o«are ol Mortir ige. must he piildislieo monthly hr four mouth*—forestahli-hinir lost papeis.yor the lull uparr ol throe month*—tor compelling •»** tors r Ail oioistralors, where a Bond has lire deceased,<Ae full npoee of three month*. Public'.lions will alwnvs he eoiitinued «i routing to tlie the legal rei|iiiremriils, unless otherwise ordered. All business of 'his kind continues to receive prompt atten tion ni t ho (Mice ol the G EOUCJIA JOURNAL. finin F.xet given l*y the AKU STl AMI M4COS, (l'in Madison) STAGE NOTICE. The Xearest. Cheapest, and only Route, between these two important points, now in operation, that runs directly through without delay upon the mad. L EAVING Madison on Monday , Wednesday, and Frida v Morniujs, niter the arrival of the Cars from Ani:u“ia, passing hv B.iouton. t'l'iphiuV Mills, Blouutsville, t hutnii. nml arrive ut M icon at 7o’r.lork. P. M.. where we intersect the line for Tallnlia-sce, und ft daily lino of Four Horse Post Conches fm Columbus. Ri: TCRXIXG. Leave Macon on Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday at 2 o'clock, A. \L, passing through the above numed places,Mild Hrriving nt Madison lit 3$ o'clock, P. M-. where we will nr\er fail to connect with the downwind tiuin of ('nrsfor Augusta. \VV also run « line to Milledgeville and Montieello for Milledgeville. Leave .Madison on Monday, Wediiesiluy and Friday mornings,alter tho urrival of the cars Irom Augusta, passing through Eatouton, and arrive at .Milledgeville ai h o’clock, P. M. wh-re we will connect with a dully litiMol four horse Coaches for Savannah and Mai nil. Rrturuiitf?, leave Milledgeville on Tuesday. Thursday and Haloid iv, ut 3 o’clock, A. M , pa-sing by Eatouton, ami ur- rive at liadisou at 3J o'clock.P-M. For Montieello, leave Madison on Monday, \\ •• Ine-day, and Friday morning, after the arrival of the cars from Angus tu, pissing hv Whitfield’s, and arrive ut Moniicclh. at I o’clock. P. AL Returning, h ave .Montieello, on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, at 8$ o’clock, A. M., and arrive at Alrtdistm at 3$ o’clock, P. IM. Travellers may relv upon good horses and conches, and sober and sternly, ami careful drivers. Wo hope, by good and close ntteiiiion to share a part of the public putrouage, C. II. CAMPBELL, Agent, Madison. ,ST. LAMER, “ Macon. \VM. GOOLSBY, “ Montieello N. II I WKJjN.S, “ Milledgeville. Col. BRYAN, “ Entonlon. HAWKINS & BRIGGS, Proprietors Sept. 30, 1IJ15. 1 ft STATi; or GEORGIA. Ry GEORGE IF. CRA WFORD, Governor oj said State \ VACANCY having occurred in the 29th (’nngioss o the United Stales hv the resignation ol the llonoruhh WASHING ION' POE, member elect from the Third Gnu gressionat District of this State, Ido hereby issue this, in; proclamation, requiring the duly authorized oliii eis ol mho District to hold ail election in their irspec live comiln MONDAY,the 5th day of Jaiuiury, L'»4l’>, ill manner and tom as hv law pointed out, to till said vacancy, und that tin > gi'* certificates thereof. Given under my hand and seal of the Executive Denar meat, ut the Capitol ill Milledgeville,this (he 1 tun du of October, A. I). 1845. GEORGE W.CRAW FORD. 4 if A. PROCIiAMlTIOK. STATU OF OEOItOIA. liy a ICO lit; r: It'. Clt.i WFOKl), Governor ojmid SI air H AVING ruccivnj inr.irinttli,.n (Iiutf. mui.l^r w.n. It'd Mil 111* Ut duv ill Aiixii.I, ill 111.’ r°l»ilv«f 1 U|i<iii ilm bnilv uf Suit'll. M vut.i'KN, hv DAVID V* who has fled from justice, I liuve tlmug' t proper my proclamation, oflViing I. a as, to any person, or p deliver said fugitive, to t county. . r . .. And I do moreoverchurgeand require all ollicers,civil military,to he vigilant in eiiileavonug to appiehcnd KING, in order that im may ho w hit!It he stands charged. , , , ,. . Givcu under my hand and the great seal of Ihe State, at the Capitol hi Millcdg A. D., 1845. ownde-, KING. t -no this, vuril id Okk Huniiuki; Dm. us, who may apprcliend and ShurilT, or J illur, of Lowndes u i*il for tit*! oflfrtiieo i 15th day ol : GEORGE W. CRAWFORD. By the Governor: N. C. BARNETT, Secr’y ol Sin , >ecr BF.SCR’IP no.N The said KING is about 23 veavs ..f age, th:n visage, •wnrtliy complexion. l»lue eyes, daik hair, bus a down look and is about G led high. In addition lo llio Covornor's Kcward, w* *.ill |ihv TWO lUJNDREH AM) FIl'TV HOI.EARS |',r ■ ... il..tivt'rv '.f III. »iud II A VII> \V. KING to imy uiieul us, or lit. Siieriff or joilurul'KiiiviHlcd ciiuniy. MAUI.01.N, A. GltooVT.U, T. J. lir.NMAiiK, in. oiioov Kit, J. KICK, if lt }. s. onoovr.ii. " new - fire~pr6oF’v^re-hquse, «TSttCOtt, (■'< i’O. _ 'PHE undersigned having erected n Fiijk JJ Pit >"F W \!tK U!U sF.>itmited nt the head « f Cntto i Avenue, letnleiR his services to his trieiid- h ml the public ceiicraliy, for the etn* luge uf (’niton and Men hunilir.e, and ilie iransncti.m ol 4 in all its branches,pledging Inmsdf to use ever, exeiiimi to prniuulc the interests of, and render sutiafaclioii to, tlioaow lio may confide busint ss to his charge, Tlie storage mid sale of( ,*oMon will lie under the direction nud control ol .Mr. JOHN JONES, wlm has long been known in the Ware house business, uuil will give puiiieiitur attention to tho si to ut{.’niton und the tilling of on! •rsfufjpmdit. Lilreral advance* w ill he Hindu on (.'otti-n in store or to he shipped. KAOtfiw;, kcopIo .no hvim:, i.igeth'-r with any other articles, will im furnished customer* at the lowest unnki t price. N. 11. Storage uml Commissions nt customary rules il*cnn,?tth Jttne,1CI5. MINORITY REPORT OF THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TIIE PENITENTIARY. The minority of the Joint Stumling Committee on the Penitentiary have lm<l the various mutters connected with that institution under consideration, nad ask leave to sub mit the following Keport: How the vicious and lawless should lie controlled, govern ed nud rendered harmless to society, has engaged the atten tion of the philosopher and statesman of every age. To pre vent crime,to reform t ho criminal, nud to protect the public from harm, we find the Penitentiary system of punishment now permanently established in this State. Whether this is the most wise and salutary system that could possibly he devised, does not seem to present itself as n. question nt this time to he solved ; whether the Penitentiary should he abolished und abandoned, and some oilier system substituted in its place, might be presented for consideration. Vet in (lie opinion of your committee,any alteration or change of the present sys tem should be well and long considered before adopted.— We know that it is objected that the Penitentiary yields no revenue, but is an expense to the Stato. To this it muy be answered, that the mas is sanguine indeed who expects to make the law less nud abandoned an advantage to society. It cannot reasonably he exported that, the public can profit by criminals. To reform and tender them harmless, is the end of punishment. Surely this cannot bo done without expense, it is true, l but I lie ollicers of ibis instil ut ion have been, and are, in tlm practice of reporting it a money milking business.— And it is also true, which truth ought generally to be known to the people and their Representatives, that these reports are delusive, and tlmt the institution lias been, since its ori gin, an expense of more than eleven thousand dollars per annum to the State, So that it is manifest that the ollicers of the Penitentiary have in the main been deceived, or nt least made reports calculated to deceive others. Thus much for the institution and its financial advantages. Your Committee have, as fur ns their limited opportunities enabled them, examined the internal management and po lice of the institution, and have no hesitancy in saying, that every thing appeared to lie well ordered, well arranged, and well managed. Defects in the internal police and tnannge- tuent of the establishment would not readily suggest them selves to a committee composed us ours, during a necessarily hasty and partial investigation. The improvements in these particulars will have to originate with, and lie perfected by the officers of tho Institution. They only huvo the requisite opportunities of observation and experience to direct und carry out proper reforms. Your Committee find the Books of flic Institution neatly und correctly kept. Having briefly said this much, we come now to the most important consideration connected with this establishment, to wit: the state of tile finances. Upon an examination of the report oi the majority of the Joint Stand ing Committee on the Penitentiary, submitted to the Semite on the Pith day of December, 1S43, it w ill lie found that said Committee reported the Institution indebted to individuals in the sum of $35,000, possessing then available means to the amount of $3,000, which they thought prudent to apply to the payment of debts, and asking an appropriation of $32,000 for the purpose of paving the balance unpaid by the $3,000. By a schedule of the liabilities of tlm Penitentiary prior to the first of January, 1-4-1, furnished the Committee hy a report of the Principal Keeper, it appears that the indebted ness of the Institution was $0.5,580 74, at the time the Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentiary reported. These reports show a difference of $30,580 74, between the Joint Standing Committee of 1843, and the present Principal Keeper, in regard to the then indebtedness ol’tlie Institution. This is a vast difference, and shows gross error some where. So great n difference could not escape the attention of your Committee, who conceive it, to lie their duty to submit the fact to the (Jeucrtil Assembly without further comment.— We will now proceed to the examination of the finances of this Institution for the Inst two years, or rather from the time of the present Principal Keeper's appointment. In do ing this, wo will not so much enquire into the actings and do ings of any particular officer or officers of the Institution, as the condition (and if we may he allowed to use tlm term) the conduct of the Institution itself. The enquiry will he what amount of assets belonged to ilie Institution on the first day of January, 1844, and whut amount it has since received ? For tlieconsolidutcd amount of these two sums it now prop- etlv stands indebted. The next enquiry will he, what lias it. paid, and what does it now possess? The consolidated re sult of these two amounts will constitute the creditor side of the account, and tlm difference will certainly present the loss or gain of the Institution. the penitentiary, dr. 1. Stock turned over to present Keeper by ins predecessor, $28,951 95 2. .Manufactured articles turned over to the Book Keeper, 9,147 42 3. [Old] Notes and accounts owing the Penitentiary turned over to ihe Book Keeper, Ii,o04 ®7 4. Hash [in two items, viz: $019 74 and $3,- 299 84, turned over to Book Keeper,] 3,919 58 5. Appropriation of 1843 opaydeins, 32,000 01) 0. Appiopriution of 1843, to rebuild the Pen- iientiury, 10,323 57 7. Amount paid bv tlie Treasury to the In spector, for the years 1814 und 1845, 1,000 00 8. Amount of debts made, and since the 1st of January, 1844, 2,529 27 Thus wo sec frow the above state of the account of the Penitentiary for the last two years, that the assets it then hud, and has since received, amounts to the sum of [And what it Inis disbursed in the payment of debts owing hy the Penitentiary, und tho value of ruw materials and manufactured articles now on hand, and the amount of debts now owing the Penitentiary, amounts to the sum of Showing nn actual loss by the sum of For which there is nothing to show or set off against this sum, except the amount of imt- teri.ils used and labor expended in re-build ing the work-shops mid extending the walls of the Penitentimy, which, according to tho prices charged in the P. Keeper’s Report, amounts to the sum of Which would show ugam of $12,410 02; but there bus been collected on the old debts turned over by Mr. Derrv to the piesent Book Keeper, (lie sum of Also received from the sale of old manufactur ed articles, after I lie reduction of $1,702 43 trom their original prices, the sum of Making in all the sum of And there lias also been received hy the Book Keeper, from his predecessor, in cash or its equivalent, Total, From which sum it appears that lie lias paid outstanding debts to the sum of $105,465 86 91,798 12 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oil Efir.limm—Messrs. Hamlin of Maine, A. A. Chapman ofVn., Chase of Teim., Dobbin of N. C., Ellsworth of N. Y., McGaughey of Indiana, Chipman of Michigan, Culver of N. Y. JVays and Means—McKay of N. C., Dromgoolo ofVa., J. R. Ingersoll of Pa., Hungerford ofN. Y., Houston of Ala , Winthrop ol Muss., Norris of N. II., Vinton of Ohio, Jones of Geo. I Claims—Vince of Ohio, Daniel of N. C., Hoge of III., $13,007 i4 ! Stephens ol Geo., Gordon ol N. Y., Pollock of Pa., Ligon of j Mil., Ucnkeof Ya., Rockwell of Conn, i Cam im r ci:—MiClellimnd ol'Micli., Tihbatts ofKy., Went worth, ol 111., Simsou of S. C.jCrinnell of Mass., Lawrence | ofN. 4 Giles of Mil., Levin ol Pa., Thibodeaux of La. ( Public. Ijinds—HlcOlcrimnd of*111., Smith of Ind,, Colla- | in or, ot V l., Hunt ol Mich., Moseley ofN. Y., Morris of Ohio, $20,184 30 | Relf of Mo., Simpson of S. (’. | Post Offices and Past Hands—Hopkins of Ya., Kennedy of j In., Reid of N. C., Cranston of R. I., MeJIvuine of Pa., j Thomason ofKv., Murtin ofTenii., Hough ofN. Y., Hil- $5,013 00 j Hard of Ala District of Columbia—Hunter of Ya., McDowell of Ohio, Firkliu o' III., Payne of Ala., Marsh of Vt., Hunt of N. Y., 3.58S 71 | Chapman ol Mil., Sims of S. C. McHenry of Ky., I Judiciary—llathhun of N. Y., Pettit oi'Indiana, Lumpkin $8,002 31 lofGco., Brown of Tcnn., Buffington of Pa., Constable of ! Md. Thin men < f Oliij Dixon ofCt., Biggs ofN. C. | Hrroluiioiiari/ Claims—LcibofPu., 1‘icklin, of III., King 3,919 58 of Mass , St. John of Ohio, Grider of Ky., Ewing of Pa., Clark of \. C., Herrick ofN, Y. Cabell of Florida. Public Ejpaiditurcs—Dunlap of Maine, Yost of I’a., Cun ningham of Ohio, Russell ofN. Y. Arnold of R. I. Ruuk of N. J. Houston of Del., Campbell of Pa., Lewis, ofN. Y. Public Lunds—Bowlin of Mo., Yancey of Ala., Wick of Indiana. Johnson of Tenn., Adams of Miss., Morse of Lou., Long of Md., Toombs of Gu. A aval Ajjairs—Holmes ofS. C. Buyly of Ya., Muclayof N. Y King of Geo., Schenrk of Ohio, Darragh of Pa., Sinn- ton of Tcnn., Mi-Crate of Me., Wood of N Y. Foriiffu Affairs—C. J. Ingersoll of Pa., Rlictt of S. C. Payne of \la., Beddinger of Yu., Cobh of Geo., Smith of $12,521 89 $8,117 11 $4,404 78 Bv which it will appear tlmt the Book Keeper Inis recei ved from collections made on old debts,and the sale of inun- iit'actured articles tlmt was turned over to him hy his prede cessor, the sum of $4,404 78 more than Ims been applied to the pnvtnentof the outstanding debts owing hy the Peniten tiary prior to the 1st of January, I “44, (ii list of which had not been reported hy Mr. Derry to ihe Legislature in 1^43.) w liicli Conn., Cullom of Tcnn., Smith of la., Perry of Md. sum of $4 401 78 it is presumed has been applied to the sup- Territories—Douglass of III,, Bovd of Rv ( Graham of port of the Penitentiary, and which would reduce the profits i N. C., Dillingham ot'Yt., Jones of Tcnn., Rockwell of Mass., I for the last two years from the sum of $12,410 02 to the sum 1 'Thompson of Pa., Price of Mo., Young, of Kv. j of $8,011 84, and this sum is merely nominal, being of such j Manufactures—Adams of Mass.. Woodward of 8. C. Stew- u nature as cannot he converted to any use in the future sup- art. of Pa., Hudson of Mass., Yancey of Ala., Brown of Vu., | port of the Penitentiary, as it is for labor and materials ex- j W i 11 mot of Pa., Johnson ol’N. II. Martin of Ky. 1 ponded in its re-building ; yet the Principal Keeper is cuti- j Agriculture.—Anderson ofN. Y. Black of Pa., Wright of lied to a credit for that sum.] 5. J., Perrill of Ohio, Grover of N. Y., Dockcy of N. C. 'Thecommittee deem it proper lo refer to an item of $2,900- 40, w hich Book Keeper says is due by individuals to the In stitution, that dors not appear upon the regulut Books, and is intended to he allowed the debtors in barter for supplies to the Institution : was this item allowed us a credit to the In st it ut inn, its payment hy necessaries would hereafter create it vacuum in future accounts with the Institution. Rc- ,Simms of Mo., Erdmnu nl'Pa., Root of Ohio. Indian Affairs.—Thompson of Miss., Beaton, of N. Y. Chapman of Ala., Yell of Ark., Foote of Yu., Buiraugei of N. C\, Sawyer of Ohio, Hampton of N. Y., Cathem t of I nd. Itevnlu!ionary Pensions.—Brottdhead of Pa., Atkinson of Yn., Parrish of Ohio, Leainuu of N. Y., Ow en of Indiana, sporting the indebtedness of the Institution, your committee Barringer of N. C. Jenkins, of N. 5'. Hamplin of N. Y., tin I, as has been previously noticed, tlmt the J inf standing . Tombs of Geo. committee on the Penitentiary of 1843, reported that the In- Militia.—Black of 8. C. Hubbard of Va., Abbott of Mass., stimtion was then indebted toindividualsthe sum of $35,000. ; Tildrn ot Ohio, Ritter of Pa., Giddings of Ohio, Dr Mott of The documents accompanying the Principal Keeper’s re- ■ N. Y. F.dsullofN. J. Hubbard ofConn. port, and submitted to the Committee hy that officer, show ! Military Affairs.—Harralson ofGeo., YellofArk., Brink- thc indebtedness of the Institution to have been, when he ; eroff ofOliioj Burk of S. C. Ramsey ofPu. Nrivn of N. Y. went into office,in the yar lM4,the sum of $65,580 74. ; Beddinger of Va., Baker of III., Thompson of Mass. 'The Legislature ol‘1843 nppiopriatcd the sum of $32,000 — — to pay the debts of the Institution, which, according to the Mexico ami the Umted States.—The renewal of di- Treasurer’s report, was applied to tlmt purpose. Your com 'our com- plomatic relations between this country and Mexico lias, ac- furuished 1 cording to letters from Vera Cruz, been accompanied with $105,465 86 Total, THE PENITENTIARY, CR. 1. By debts puid by the npprnprintionsnf 1843, $32,000 00 2. Bv debts paid ut the Penitentiary, 8,117 II 3. By amount, of raw materials now on hand, 18,348 95 4. Tan-yard stock on hand, 8,215 87 5. [New debts made since the 1st of January, 1844,] and now due, 5,955 30 6. [Old debts owing the Institution prior to the 1st of January, 1844, and remaining unpaid, 12,580 47] 7. [Old nuintifaetiired articles, made prior to 1844, on hand, 3,838 <5] 8. [New] manufactured articles, [made since 1st January, 1844,] on hand, 2,741 07 [Total, $91,703 12] mittccalso find from the documents before them, hy the Principal Keeper, thu'. the sum of $8,117 11 has been J propositions on our part fora settlement of the boundary paid at tlie Penitentiary, Hm-mg his term, to old debts created I question in the following mnunc before he went into office; these two sums amount to $40,- 117 I I, and constitute all that lias been paid to the debts since tlm first day of January, 1844, leaving of old debt* unpaid, according to Principal Keepei’s report, the sum of twenty- five thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars, sixty- three cents. But upon further and fuller examination, the committee find that tho sum of seven thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seve.nlm n cents, was due from the State to ihe Penitentiary before the first day o. January 1844, which reduces the item tlmt Principal Keeper reports to have been due from the Poniti nt in ry to the Cen tral Bank from $10,093 70 to $2,857 73, and nK-orcrlur.es the balance of the old debts to rhe sum of $ 18,227 46. To which add the sum of $2,529 27 of new debts, which ap pears from the Report of the Principal Keeper, und nccom panying papers, to have been made since the first duv of January, 1841,and we have the present aggregate of indebt edness of the Institution, to-wit: the sum of $20,756 73. So the Penitentiary now owes the mm of $20,753 73, which will have to he provided for, either hy Legislative ap propriation or by tlie resources of tire Institution. [But had the sum of $4,404 78, which hurl been collected The United Stutcs to pay an indemnification of 4,000.000 or $5,000,000 ; their ho lary line to he the Rio Bravo del Norte, including purl of the States of Tumaulipas, Colmhui- b, Chihnahnalnm, and New Mexico, together with the city of Santa I*e. I he Vera Crugatro gives the following state ment ot tho los., of territory hy Mexico under such an ar rangement. Tlm whole of Texas—21,000 sq. leagues; Chi huahua—out of 21,526 sq. leagues, she will lose3,000 ; New j Mexico—out of 11,000 do., she will lose 6,000; Cohahuilti —out of0,500 do., she will lose 1,175 ; Tumaulipas—out. of 6.400 do., she will lose 2,300. Total loss, 34,075 srruare ; leagues. The writer of the letters from Vcrn Cruz does not believe that the Mexican Government w ill accede to such a proposi tion, at least not tor so small an indemnification as 4.000,000 or $5,000,000. Ir is also stated hy the same authority that propositions have also been made for the acquisition of New ! California. The boundaries would m that ease be—tho River Gila, which unites with the Colorado near its mouth, and empties into the Gulf of California. This stream runs 1 almost due West from the Rocky Mountains, through tho fiom the sale of old manufactured articles, and the coliec- j 8tate of Sonora. 'This acquisition of territory v.-ould give lions on old debts due the Penitentiary prior lo the first of j as the hat hors of Sail Francisco, Monterey anti San Pedro. January, 1844, been upplied to the payment of the old out- j standing debts, they would have been reduced to the sum of — $13 822 68, instead of 40.] Jt'DGr. G ari.axm.—The Picayune of Friday tlm I2t!i inst. says:—There were n number of reports in cii dilution yes terday respecting Judge Gurlttml, some of which were un doubtedly without foundation, and others, it is to he hoped, were also. It has only become known, that the examina tion, of which we spoke yesterday, resulted in issuing a war- Your Committee deem it necessary to remark, tlmt while the Principal Keeper in his account current, lias thought proper to credit himself with the stun of twenty-six thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars, thirty-six cents, for re pairs done to the Penitentiary, lie has omitted to cliargs himself with any part of the eighteen thousand dollar ap- ! rant lor his arrest under a charge of forgery. Since (hen, no propriuiion, granted hy the act of 1843, for the purpose of authentic intelligence has been received respecting him. He rebuilding tlie Penitentiary, although, your Committee, hy had not been arrested last evening from which we infer that an examination, finds that the sum of $10,323 57 oftliis tip- he was not to he found at his usual residence ; Inti what hits propriation Ims been paid hy the Treasurer of the State. 1 become ofhim, whether lie is in tho city or gone hence, or if [Your Committee recommend the appropriation of four gone, whither, has not transpired. It was rumored that lie thousand dollars for the Penitentiary for the two cnsuiii" : made renewed attempts lo put an end to his existence. years, as the Institution has no funds nn hand that can he This we fain hope is not the case. There Ims never oecut-r- used immediately, and tecommcnd that tho balance of the ed so remarkable, so terrible a fall as this ; and hut that the eighteen thousand dollar appropriation of 1843, amounting, ; public mind is restless, oppressed and uneasy under the (le as per Principal Keeper’s Report to the stun of $7,G7C 43 ; velopments that have been made, wo would not allude to the should not be drawn from the Treasury.] ! case again. If wo could we would drawn veil over the trnris- netion und the memory of the misguided matt forever. From -» ; the depth of the public grief ut the abasement of one w ho i held a lofty position in the State, may he inferred the over whelming uffiction which is in store for the immediate mem bers of his family. Muy heaven temper this visitation with its mercy, and pour its healing in to hearts that are sorelv tuiui ad. As storm following storm, and wave succeeding wave, give additional hardness to the shell that et,closes the pearl, so do the storms and waves of life add force to the char acter of limit.