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4* £&***>« CEtlfflvanty iiv* I *«» V -H'V » •/ , | ... IK! ilie pay of the surgeons and i nieni. 1 Iwnkrup cy, "on the principles ol mu us of ilie army of ilie United late English aci. All that part of last year s iriion totlio length of the time bill which was of the nature of a general in- - ... ' ——- ettey of erecting the -'fli of commissioner of She customs, whose duy it shall lie, under tiro difect.oii of the secretary of the Irensttry, to Htpennten.1 h« important branch of the reve nue, ami to enforce a greater uniform''y .u lie collection of ho same. On motion of Mr. Hamilton of South Caro lina, it ty.it Resolved, That the committee on military affius be u'.stiucte l to inquire into the expedi ency of graduatiii, assistant surgeons States, in propi they may h ive been in the service. On motion of Mr. fhevvurt of Pennsylvania, Resolved, That the committee on roads and canals bo instructed to inquire into the expe diency of surveying and opening a road di verging from the national road at some point near jite western base of the Alleghany moun tain, through Pittsburg to Lake Erie. Mr. Livingston of Louisiana submitted the foliowing resolution, which lies on the table one dav: Resolved, That ths following article he added uudur its proper head, to the standing rules of his house: “Whenever any subject is proposed to he referred to any designated cominir.ee, and another commi tco shall bo proposed to he substituted, the question to v lecli cmnmiucc it shall be referred, shall be taken wiilmut debate.” On motion of Mr. Campbell of Ohio, it Was Resolved, That the sundry reports made to this house at the last session, by tho secretary of war, in relation to desertion from the army, be referred io the committee on military af fairs wi.h instructions to inquire into the ex pediency of adopting some .further legal pro visions which may more effectually restrain clo ser'ions. On motion of Mr. M'Manus, it was Resolved, That there be appointed a select committee of five members, on weights and measure.-;. Ou motion of Mr. 'Ward of New York, it Resolved, That the committee on manufac tures be instructed to inqu.ro into the expedi ency of augmenting the duty on slate. The speaker laid liuforo the house a mes sage from tho president of tho United States, tr uismittiii a copy of three art ides (marked A.) referred to in the protocol of t he third conference of (he American and British plenipotentiaries, on tho 5ih of February, 1826; which papers were called for by a resolution of the lyth ins'. The secretary of stale says, in his communi cation to the president, that tiie two first of those articles relate only to the British coloni al trade, an I were accidentally omitiejl when thee her dominions were communicated. The thud article role s to another subject, which is sell under negociution between tho govern ments of Groat Britain and the United States, and the propriety is therefore submitted of its be ng communicated at this time, to tho house of representatives. It was communicated us follows: v III. “It is rfgrcod hy the high contracting parties, that tho. navigation of :he river St. Lawrence sh ill ho, at till times, free to the ci.i- zcasof the United States as to the subjects of Great Britain, in its whole bread li and length, to and from the sea; and that the vessels be longing to either party shall not bo stopped, vi sited, or subjected to any let, impediuicut eft Inndranco whatsoever by the oilier; nor sli41 they bo liable to the payment of any duty wit never, for the right of passage on the said river. Bat respecting such moderate and rea sonable tolls as either parly may claim and ap pear entitled to, the high contracting parties agree to treat at a future day, that tho princi ples regulating the same may be.adjusted to mutual satisfaction.” Ann.her message was received from the ; president, transmitting information, requested by a resoluion of the house, relative to the construction of a road front Little Rock to Can onment Gibson. Tlie speaker laid before the house three sev eral communications front the war department, affording information called for by resolutions of ihb house. First. In relation to’the defence of the har bor of Charleston, South Carolina. It is stat ed that tho plans of tho necessary works will be completed as soon its practicable, which may he in the course of March next; and that it is contemplated to commence tlie works as soon therctifter as au appropriation for that purpose can be obtained, and an officer of the engineers to superintend the same can be spar ed for that purpose. Second. In rcla ion to the public piers at 'Chester, in the river Delaware. A drawing exhibiting tho result iff a recent survey of the said piers, and un estimate of the cost of re pairing them arc furnished. ‘ Third. Relative to the survey of Oswego Bay and Harbor, a dt awing of which and the report of engineers who made it, tire commu nicated. The report states, that it fortunately happens, that (ho point WlMiii yields the great est facilities to the construction of the neces sary^ works, is the one which will give to tho woiks their greatest value, both,in a commer cial and military' point of view, as connected vtith the United States* fortifications and light houses, and also with a branch of the great E- rie canal, which the state of New York has terminated in this harbor. The amount of money necessary to complete the proposed piers is computed at $33,348. An engrossed bill making nn allowance to interpreters in <he courts of the United States was read a third time, and the question being put, “shall the bill passl” Mr. M‘Coy of Vir ginia said, he for one was opposed to its pas sage. lie thought that litigants ought to come into court with their translations or pay their own interpreters; and widiout further debate, the bill was rejected.- The legal committee of the senate, who have been for some time very industriously employ ed in reconsidering and new modelling the bankrupt hill, have at last finished the r labors, anti agreed upon a bill which they wifi repel" to the senate on Mondtiy. I have not seen tlie proposed bill, and of course cannot give you ns details with any minuteness or accuracy.-— I learn in general from some of the commit tee, that it is strictly confined to cases of coin solvent law for tho relief and discharge ot in solvent debtors on their own application now omitted, and all the provisions are confin ed to merchants anp traders. The several acts of. bankruptcy, (as they are technically called in the English law,) which may entitle a creditor tti claim a com mission of bankruptcy against his debtor are enumerated and defined; and in addition to those of die former bill, a stoppage of payment ts constituted one of them. The law is proposed to be administered by a single commissioner in each judicial district, to he paid hbertdly, hy the day, ami to possess extensive powers. This, 1 presume, will bn a sort of judiclapoffire, requiring professional learning and experience. Tiie commissioner is empowered to appoint sub-commissioners for various purposes. These and other details were settled after much deliberation and discussion in a very ti lde committee, with the aid of many sugges tions, communicated hy several distinguished judges and jurists. It will lie warmly opposed in tho senate, lint I think will pass that body, though per- h qis with material modifications. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. ■ BANKRUPT BILL. Upon this snbject a Washington correspond ent of the New York Evening Post, gives the following information: VVe give below a Synopsis of the Acts pass ed during the Session, which arc of a general and public nature. Recorder. An act—To provide for the improvement of tho navigation of certain water courses therein expressed. [This act. appropriates lor the Oconee river $20,000—for tho Ocmul- gee 30,000—$10,000 to bo expended above tnd $20,000 below Macon—For the Altamalia $20,000—for the Chatahoochie $10,000—for the Ogechoe $5,000. 'Tho foregoing appro priations to be paid by the Treasurer in bills of (he Dar en Bank—but no money to be drawn for until the Engineers shall h ive ex am lied tho rivers—lioso of mo a importance to the commerce of tlie slate to ■ have prece dence of examination, and this to be determined by tho Govornori] To extend the time for District Surveyors to make tlic.r returns in the contemplated lottery and to authorise the Governor to fill vacancies in cortain cases- therein muntione'd.—[Time for making their returnsexfonded to the 15th of February next, and in all cases of default tho Governor to appoint a fit person to com plete the work of tho delinquent Surveyor.] To rope tl in part the 12th section of an act, entitled an act, to dispose of and distrib ute the lands lately acquired, &c.—[Repeals the pyovision to prevent persons from selling lheir chances, in the lottery, except so much us declares it illegal for a magistrate tondra.n- ister an oath to any person selling his chance.] To authorise and direct a further sale of lots in tho town of Macon. [The Commissioners appointed to lay otftho-town are directed, with in three months from tWo pus'sago of tho act, to offer at public sale, forty of tho town lots, and twenty lots of four acres each adjoiuing tho Common.] To change' and define the compensation of tho Secretary of State, Treasurer, Surveyor General and Comptroller General, &c—Each of these officers to receive $2000 as a full com pensation for all services required of them-by law—the perquisites now allowed them to be paid into the Treasury, and the act not .to lake effect until after the next election for State- House officers.] To rent certain Reserves and improvements within the late acquired Territory.—[Tho Governor tp appoint one Commissioner for tho counties of Lee, Muscogee and Troup and the Ferries and .Bridges in said counties and another for the counties of Cowota and Carol), the Ferries and’ Bridges in said coun ties and the Reserve at the old Agency—the renting to take place on or before tho I0;h of February noxt, and 20 days previous notice to ho given in tho gazettes of Milledgeville aud Macon of tlie time and place. The Commis sioners to value and place on the Fractions a minimum price under which they shull not be rented.] To alter and fix the times of holding the Su perior Courts in a part of the Southern Cir< cuit, and to alter tlie time of holding tho Su perior Courts in tho Flint Circuit.—[After the first of February next, the Courts in Early to be held on the first Monday in July and 3d Mon day in January.. In Baker on the 2d Monday in July and 4th Monday in January,—and in Dooly on tho Thursday thereafter. The times of holding-the Superior . Courts in the Flint Circuit in future to be. as follows: In Bibh, on the 4th Monday in February and Au gust. In - Monroe, on the 1st Monday in March and September—In Upson, on the 2d Monday in March and September,—In Pike, on the Thursday thereafter in March and Sep tember—In-Butts, on the Thursday thereafter in March and September—In Newton the 4th Monday in March and September—In Craw ford, the 1st Monday in April, and on the, let Wednesday after the 1st Monday in October —In Houston, on the 2d Monday in April and October.] To amend the Judiciary act of 1799, so far as relates to mortgages on real estates.—[Re quires rules for foreclosure.of mortgages to be published in a newsp qier once a month for six months-, or that a copy he served on the mort gager three months before the money is direct ed to be paid, instead of requiring the publi- cutioif for 12 mouths or the service of the. no tice six months previously us heretofore.] To after tho mode of filling the vacancies of Sheriff*, Clerks of the Superior and Infe- lier cour.s and Tax Collectors, and provide for tilling the vacancy of Receiver of Tax Re turns. [When a vacancy in tiny of these of fices occurs, twenty days notice to he given by the Justices of tile Inferior court for holding election, by persons of the county entitled to vote for members of tlie General Assembly —tho Justices qj' the Court may appoint a person to discharge the duties ol the office un til au election can he held.] To extend the charter of the Bank of Augusta, and to authoi- ise an increase of the capital:—[The charter is prolonged to the first of May, 1850, and, the capital authorised to be increased by the Stock holders, us they may deem expedient, $600,•> 000, in addition to die presen. capital of the B iuk, reserving onesixdi part of such stock to bo subscribed for hy die. State.] To amend the acts distributing certain funds for the use of the several Academies in this Suite.—[This act requires that tlie Trus ees of die Poor School fund shall, in uddiiimi to tnak.ug their annual returns to the Senatus Acitdeuticus, make the same to the Governor; aud uutd such returns are made (in all cases where money has already been d.stribuled, or may hereafter he distributed) shewing an ac curate and clear disposition of tlie money ad vanced, the Governor is authorised to withhold any further distribution.] To amend the act relative to feme coverts, passed in 1760, so far as tho same relates to feme coverts, convoying their dower.—[Pro vides that the widow shall ho entitled to dower, only in the lands the husband acquired by in termarriage with the wife, and in those of which tho husband died possessed.] • To alter and amend the seventh section of the second..article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia—'The Governor has power to grunt repr eves for offences against the State? except in eases of impeachment, and to grant pardon or remit any part of a sentence in all coses after conviction, except for treason or murder.] To raise < a tax for tho support of Govern ment for tlie year 1827. [Cominues in force the act of 1825, one half the tax of each coun try to bo paid into the Treasury and the other half to the Inferior Courts for county purposes. A tax of 31 1-4 cts, to be paid on every $100 employed by Exchange or Money Bro kers.] To extend the time for fortunate drawers in ilie LanJ Lotteries to take out Grants and to reduce the price on Lottery Gi ants:—[Time extended to 25th Dec. 1827 and the price of grants red iced to $10.] To amend an act io incorporate the Bank of Darien &c.—[Provides for die removal of iho Principal, Bank to Milledgeville and leav ing a branch at Darien ] . To appropriate money to improve the nav- gation of Savannah river. [The sum of $20,000 is appropriated for this river above and the like sum below Augusta, to be expended in co-operation with South Carolina for its im provement.] To repeal an act further defining the duties of Tax Collectors, passed 9 h Docembor, 1824—Dispenses with the Tax Collector’s at- tcndance-at the polls in elections for members of tlie Legislature and of Congress.] A concurred resolution requests vo'ers at the next General Election to endorse on their tick et “Convention" or “No Convention,” with a view of ascertaining their sentiments relative to altering the 3d and 7th sections of the 1st articlo of the Constitution of ibis state, so far as to authorize a reduction of the members of the Legislature, to be apportioned upon the principles of population alone. lOSEION. LONG LIVE THE SENATE!, Old Bachelors.—Mr. Koncan introduced a bill (m the legislature of Tennessee] by which it was . made the duty of the sheriff of each county, to m ike an annual return of every man wlio shall have attained the age of thir ty without marrying; and also'of all his pro perty , on which a tax of twenty-five per cent, •s to bo laid; and the fund thereby created, by tho provisions of the bill, is.to be divided n- tnong such‘unmarried ladies as have reached twenty-five. The bill further provides that if any old bachelor suffers himself to be returned three limes; ho shall thenceforth he deemed incorrigible and the tax increased fifty per cent. The hill passed with great unanimity the house of representatives, but (he senate ordered it to lie on the table for thirty years. —Nashville Republican. The gold mines of North Carolina, are now' worked by a steam engine procured from Phil adelphia. It answers all tlie purposes well. It will probably be carried from one mine to another until tho entire gold region shall have been explored. It is said that one of tho best results of this novel application of steam pow er will he, the dispersions of the hundreds of idle and dissipated loiterers about the mines, who instead of enriching themselves, have ad ded to the number of their habits, and increased their poverty. * * Labrador Fisheries.—Thc qunntily of fish taken this year, on the Banks'of Newfound land, have been very considerable. Besides those' brought into the United States, a late St. John's paper states that 14,591 quintals had been shipped from that place to the West 'Indies, and 12,679 quintals to the Brazils; be sides leaving 23,000 quintals for future ship ments. Fifty thousand pounds' worth of gold and silver are said to be annually employed at Birmingham in gilding uud plating, aud of course forever lost as bullion. LATE FROM FRANCE. New York, December 19, By the packet ship Edward Qucsncl, cap tain Hawkins, arrived this morning from Ha vre, wo have received the Paris Constitutioncl and L’Etoile to tho 15th November, inclusive, with Havre papers to the l&h. The revolt in Algarves, (Portugal,) is en tirely at an end, and the rebels have retreated into Spain, where, to the number of seven hun dred, they are in the most abject distress.— Tho Spanish government gives each, one ration a day, of bread and vegetable. Tlie Stockholm Greek committee has just sent a further sum of ten thousand francs to the Paris committee. Accounts from the frontiers of Poland of the 26th October state, that besides the-twen ty thousand Cossacks and the division of in fantry which have proceeded to the frontiers of Persia, jnany other corps have received or ders to place themselves under the command of field marshal Sacked. It is the intention of the emperor of Russia-to settle matters with the Persians in one buttle; but, it is thought that it will tako two campaigns, as the season has so far advanced. It is also said that the Russian soldiers have more to struggle against, from the want of provisions, than from ihe en* my. Letters from Lisbon of November 2, inform that the chiefs of ihe iiisunection of AJgatves, who could not gain the Spanish territory, had been arrested and delivered up to all ihe rigor of tho laws. The mmisier of war, who com manded the expedition against the rebels, writes that tho Portuguese refugees were di rected by the Spanish authorities of Ayanton* upon Ecija, in Andalusia. The intell gencc from Spam that these refugees could no longer depend on the protection of the Spanish gov ernment is thus confirmed. Reports were current at Constantinople un favorable (p 'he Russians in the contest With Persia. The captain -pacha arrived there on the r7lh of October. Sir Frederick Adams, lord high commission er of tho Ionian Isles, left Geneva on the 7di ult. for Milan. Whilst there, he ment.oned that the number of women and children who took refuge on tlie islands,.was so great, that it would be impossible to provide for their ne cessary wants, if parliament did nut vote spe cial aid for their relief. There is a project on foot in Germany to unite the Weser and the Rhine by means of a canal. Poor Richard’s Almanac, tho work of the late Benjanrn Franklin, has been translated into French, and published in Paris. It has already reached its second edition. Translated for the Constitutioncl of November 15. Ionian Islands—Xante, Oct. 15. Extract from a private letter:—Rescind pa cha is again before A'hens; since the battle which took place on the 19di September, no- •hing decisive has taken place; ihe Greeks daily attack them; fur each attack the p- clia meets with a loss, but this gives him liiile unea siness, for these trifling losses will not cause iiim to give up the object he has in view.— Much is expected from the second expedition to Athens; it is numerous and well organized, and must have arrived the e by. this time, and no doubt have had repealed rencontres, tho’ we have not yet heard of them. Ibrahim pa cha has been more unfortunate in Pcloponesia than Rescind; after his attempts to penetrate in the interior of Mania, all the Muneotes have fallen upon lom and annoy his troops exceed ingly wherever they meet him. He lately seat into Messina a body of fifteen hundred men; but the corps attempted in vain to open a passage in the defiles of Dermenia, in which attempt ho lost several hundred in killed, and retraced his steps. Tho Maneotes have ex tended themselves as far as Nissi, and occupy ing all the posts of Messinus. . Ibrahim is so weak at present, that, he appears to he on thc-evo of being annihilated, without prompt and very considerable succours reach him from Alexandria. The whole summer has passed away to his prejudice: he still occupies a large part' of the wesiern Morea; but what use is the country to him, which he has devastated! Our countrymen, who have travelled in Pe loponnesus, write us that this fine country, so fertile die second and third years of the Greek revolution, present at present a dreary desert strewed here and there ,with ruins, which ex cite the sympathy of all who behold them. In deed from tho roports wo have received, Ibra him now acts in the Peloponnesus ns a despon ding enemy, having no other object in view than to render the country uninhabitable as long as possible. The barbarians destroy die viues, olive and fniit trees, whorover they pass. Children, old men and women, who fall into their hands, are massacred with unexam pled ferocity. Such are the actions of the he roes that the Austrians prido themselves in naming the young Hannibals; it thus that a Christian peoplo die in tho nineteenth century, conquered under th'o eyes and through tlie means of the Christian power.” LATEST FROM FRANCE. The ship Garonne, Capt. Story, which ar. rived at this port last evening in 34 days.f ro ®| Havre, has brought, we understand, Paris n£| pers of the 19th, and Havre of the 21st of So, I vember we have not beep able to obtain these I papers, and are therefore denied the pleasui t I of presenting any. extracts from them to 0® readers. A gentleman, however, who had, cursory glance at them, informs us that they contain nothing of importance. The only thing tangiblo we have by this arrival, is the I following commercial news:— ; Letters from Havre, of the 21st Nov. re. I present the Cotton market to be very dull, n n ^| a decline in prices as having taken place with! no prospects of their being better. The stock] was very heavy say 50,000 bales and the man. I ufactures doing-but little. Since the 313! Oct. 7377 bales had arrived: . { Rice was in pretty good demand. Nonec!| good quality iu market. New prime wotlll probably command 38 to 40. ! Tlie sales at Havre, from 15th to 21st No. j Vember, were 1187 bags, of all sorts, of which I were 62 Sea Island at 46 a 47; 35 good ord.1 38. Sales on tlie 20th, 93 Georgia, squmtj hales, very good, 19 1-2; 59 Mobile, ord. U;l 34 Georgia, square hales, very good, 191-2;] 21 do round do good 19. The following is a letter of the latest “Havre Nov. 21.—Since our respects cfl the Gill inst. there has been a continued de>! pression and increasing decline, in cottons, til what extent it is difficult to determine exactlj as. important sales could hardly be effected a any rate, at least not without great sacrifices. Some fair lots of Uplands have been sold at] 18 so s, and ordinary at 17 sols; which is 11-;] a 2 sols under our last quotations. Our stock is rather heavier than when we| last advised you ; uud, we are sorry 10say, w»| see no immediate prospect of amendment, Rice is without alteration. Savannah Republican, IIAYTI. The Boston Commercial Gazette.gives del following extract of a letter from an intelligent I Ilayften: | "The commerce.of this country is all bell annihilated, uud confidence is entirely destroy-1 ed. .There is no money in circulation, a til bu,t very little produce, and that worth butt mere trifle. Foreign produce of ail kinds ill high. Never teas this country in such distm I as at this moment. Such is the state of thtl treasury, that they have issued an ordinance] for putting a paper medium into circulation,] which, agreeably to the proclamation of the] president, was to have taken place on the U’l of October; but it has not yet appeared, prod babiy on account of the foreign merchants ( Port au Prince having sent a petition io president, praying him to defer putting S3 paper into circulation tor six months, in ortMl to give them an opportunity of closing their rf| fairs, as a preparatory measure to their leaved the country! All the generals commanding tin] different arrondizemems. are called upon it hold a grand assembly at Port au Prioc«-u lie 20th of this, 111011 ill, tor what purpose itk| not yet yet known; but we are encouraged 10 hope that it may result in someihiiig ivlticl] may serve to tevivc (lie drooping hopes of lh's] suffering community.". • | Another -letter, of the same date, says:—“I am inclined to think that the government bed g ns to he aware of its danger, and would if ill were | ossible, be glad to back out; but the] chief and his adherents to. the French haul committed themselves so.egregiously that tftcirl hands are comple ely tied, and they have in] means of extricating themselves front absolute] slavery and dependence, except by break®; entirely their connexion with France.” We have perused other letters vthich gavot melancholy picture of ihe commercial and pw litic.il affairs of Ilayti. Tlie following is so] extract front one of them: “Tho gloomy foreboding, which wo uni-| formly anticipated and entertained, after tin] first glimpse we had of, the ordinance of tti] king, of the 17th April, 1825, are moretm verified: and we have only to mal^e a quoaj tion from that masterpiece of French adrtiv| ness, to give you and the iqiiverse an.adequai conception of our “full and entire miser)’| and of the actual state of our affairs,' both t teriorly and exteriorly; Such and so ‘terribl are the effects produced by that gracious ij of Charles \. the liberal, (as he was called ty] his slaves, tools and fools at Port au Princtj" for suspending over their heads chaitis, 1 age and misery. * ‘-You have no doubt heard that gc Nord, Prophet, and others, were ams edfd account of their having been considered- traitors to their country, for having express some doubts relative to the good faith of 1 French government in their treaty With Ih, ! ti. .They are all at liberty, and those of tP who would accept of their former epipltiy 11 have been reinstated;, but some of them 1 never again serve under this pusillanimous« corrupt administration." A letter of the 30th ult. from Leghorn con tains the following intelligence: “The most recent letters that have reached tis from Napoli are of the 5th instant. Intelligence from the second expedition to Attica was looked for with impatience. The Greek squadron was hover ing about tho shores of Asia Minor, to watch the enemy closely and prevent an attack.— Tlie isle of Sumds is now organized in such a maimer, tliat in case of danger, it can send a- gaiust tlie enemy twelve or thirteen thousand men well armed, who havo all made oath up on tho Gospel to die at their posts Hither than lot the barbarians advance into, the interior of (licit* countty, Two Greek vessels, laden with^mmunition, left Napoli for that island ou tl|B23d of September.” The Spanish epast continues to bo infested with Algerines, Colombians, and every thing else that cap cut up-tlte last remains of their commerce. REVOLUTION IN ST. DOMINGO. By the Anti Maria, from Falmouth, (J*®*) ca) wo have rccoived papers to the 22d Nj vember,-Inclusive) frpm which we have copi tlie following.—iVeto, York Statesman. A rcyolutiou has taken place in St. Doinjj go, in consequence of the coercive mcasur resoried to for the purpose of enforcing d free laborers to cultivate the soil for their 0 maintenance, and towards the support of | government. Mr. Lister, tho vice comull St. Domingo, has arrived in this island in 1 American vossel from Hayti, and was in the neighborhood of Port Antonia, he sent on despatches to the governor and* miral, with which he was entrusted, and * Harlequin proceeds this morning for Pod® Prince, to afford protection to the British. 4 jects resident there. Captain Elliot, of* vessel, was at a private party in Spanish To* on Thursday evening, and received ordeal join, the ship that night. Other VC ?*?,JL war are to be sent up to St. Domingo. ’.^1 ous reports ore m circulation upon this subj e