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Riporf of the Secretary of the Trtaturfi.,'
Tho Secretary recommend* a revision- ami nl-
cradort of the existing ilntics, to take effect from
Wd after the 3<I Msreh, 1033. Au’unciiiilrevr,-
utm of $15,000,(W>. he Mute*, Will be fully ade
quate tt> the wants of the government, including
n^i augmentation of our naval resource*, arming
tit* militia of the govern! States, extending the
public, armories, incrcaaiug tbo com|>eu>ati<m of
the officer* of the navy, nnd *nmo of the officer*
n't tbo customs, removing obstruction* rj the
Western waters, adding to tbo lalurie* of our
publio minister* abroad, and making further pro
vision for tbo officers and soldiers of tbo Revolu
tion. ....
llo recommends that no immediate reduction
bo made'in wool, woollens, cottons, iron, Hemp
aud sugar, but n gradual reduction, to take effect
ns above indicated, lfo also recommends the
retention of the duties upon those article* priori-
R ally consumed by tbo weultliicrclasses, aud their
impvolfrom those constituting tbe row materials
of onr manufactures, and those necessary to ship
building. 1 ,
Tho Secretary of the Treasury suggest* that
Congress nutliorize tho sale of the shares held hy
tho Government in tho It auk of the United States,
bat for n sum not leps than $8,000,000. With re
gard to tho Unnk, the sontimeuts of the Sccrcta-
r vara decidedly favorable, but states that although
tbs essential objects of such uu institution may
bo obtained by. means of an entirely nctv one, or
ganized upon proper'principles, and with saluta
ry limitations, yet that time and experience have
proved that tlio institution, as at present consti
tuted and condnctcd, has realized all the practi
cal bcuciiti that could bo oxporieuced from it.
It appears that the receipt* into tbe Treasury
dariug tho year 1831, arc esumat-■
ed at ^(OUUiiics'C/
Which, with tho balance remain
ing in tha Treasury on tho 1st
January, 1831, of 6,014,539‘75
*8
2I,014,95202
30JW7.201-25
3,047,751-37
*
30,100,00000
13,365,202-16
Will form an hggregate of
Tho total estimated expenditures
for 1831, arc put down at
.Leaving a balance on 1st Janua
ry, 1833. of
The receipts during tho year 1832,
into the Treasury, oro estimat
ed at
Tho espeuditurcs for tho same
period, at
Loavuig a balance on 1st Janua
ry, 1833, of
The entire Public Debt, on the Sd
January, 1832, will amount to
The sum applicable to tho pay-
ineut of tno principal of tho
debt iu 1833, will be
And which,bring so applied, will.'
leave fer tbo balance of the debt
at tbo close of the year 1833, 10,303,636-97
But if from this is deducted the
prescut market value ef tho
shares owned in tho Dank of
tha United States, ef
Johnson nqd Wilkins. ' .
Mamifnc lure*.—MessrsDickcrson, Cloy, Knight
Miller odd Seymour. "T
Agriculture.—Messrs. Seymour, Brown, Moor-
llanua mid Waggaman.
Military Affairs.—Messrs. Benton, Barnard,
Troup, Clay and Kauo.
Militia.—Messrs. Bamnrd, f relinghuysen,
Clayton, Prentiss and Waggaman.
Military AJfnfrj.—Messrs. Ilayne, Tazewell,
Robbins, Webster and Bibb.
Public Lands.—Messrs. King, Ellis, Ilolmcs,
Robinson aud Hanna.
Priratt Land Claims.—Meter*. Kane, Naudain
Prentiss, Rugglcs and Hendricks.
Indian Affaire.—Messrs. White, Troup, Poiu-
dexter, Benton and Wilkins.
Claims.—Messrs. Ruggles, Bell, Naudain,
Brown nnd Moore.
Judiciary.—Shun. Marcy, Haync, Webster,
Frcliuglwvscu and Grundy.
Poet Office and Poet Roarf*;—Messrs. Grundy,
Ellis, IlilT, Ewing nnd Tomlinson,
Roads and Canals.—Messrs. Hendricks, Poin
dexter, Hill. Mangum and Sprague.
Petitions.—Messrs. Foot, Chambers, Mangum,
Buckner and Sprague.
District of Columbia.—Messrs. Clumbers, Ty
ler. Holmes, Clayton and Miller.
Contingent fund.—Messrs. Knight, Dudley,
and Tomliuson.
Engrossed Jlilh.—Messrs. RoMnson, Ewing,
and Buckucr.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The hour of 12 having arrived, the House was
called to order by tin* Clerk: wheti the roll being
called by States,' in order to ascertain tbe number
of member* present, two hundred and two Repre
sentatives answerod to their names.
The House then proceeded to theelcetiea of a
Speaker. >
The result of the Grot ballot was announced to
be
For Andrew Stevenson of Virginia, 93;
For Joel B. Sutherland, Penn. 51;
For C, A. Wiekliffe, of Kentucky, IS:
For John W. Taylor, of New York, 18;
For Lewi* Cornhct, of New Jersey, 4;
Scattering, 6—tho number of votes'given bo
lug 195.
16,734,797-84
24,322,235-18
14,019,548-21
8,000,000-00
Thu amount of dobt on 1st Janua-
' ry, 1833. will be only
2,302,086-97
* Charleston Southern Patriot.
Peat Master General's Report.—The annual
Report of tbe Post .Master General, published by
ns thus evening, affords n gratifying proof of the
ability with which the affairs of tho General Post
Office continue' to be conducted. Tbo present is
ihe first year for a considerable period that die
revenuo of the Post Offico baa exceeded its ex
penditures. The balance on die 1st July, 1831,
was $®J,25018, while an increase of Stage trans-
purtntion from 1st July, 1830, to 1st July, 1831,
Las boon effected, of P(Jd,702 miles. The improve
ments iu tho Mail route, iu tbe middlo divisions of
tbe Union, which will have hecu secured by the
1st January next, arc estimated in the Report at
a valuo of $39,795 41, wbilo tbe saving effected
'in tho now contracts, amounts to $51,787 18, on
ih# same routes.-—Southern Patriot.
A letter from Washington, to the editor of tho
New York Evening Post, ha3 the following re
marks upon tbe Report of tho Secretary of tho
Nary:
“Tho report of die Secretary of tho Navy, ac-
-ruinpanying the President's Message, gives u mic-
ciuct and clear statement of tho employment of
the Navy during the last year; aud, under this
head, recommends die increasing of tho perma-
, went force in commission by n ship of tho lino in
addition to the usual Mediterranean squadron,
Zad by another vessel of forco always in com
mission and ready for sea, to bo employed on our
own coast ordiuarily, and in any special service
elsewhere which emergencies may demand. It
also strongly urges the importance of placing
within tbo direction of the Executive tho menus
of protecting our commerce with India and Chi
ne- Mr. Woodbury alludes to tho recommenda
tion* or the formor Secretaries for tho discontinu
ance of some of our Navy Yards, (thnt at Brook
lyn was one of them,) and the establishment of
now ones, and observos that from tbe most atten
tive examination lie could give, he he sees no
ground to concur in the former recommendation
—aud that the other, that Of establishing new
yards, must be left to tbe future wants of die
sfcrvice.
The two dry docks are nearly finished, nnd will
be ready for the reception of largo vessels on the
4th of July next—he spoakt highly of the work-
msnsbip and masonry of them, as well, as their
general utility. _ Am appropriation for two heavy
steam batteries is alto recommended. After re
peating in general terms the recommendation of
bis predecessor of a Naval Academy, tu. he in
sist*, should that not bo immediately carried iuto
effect, on tbo importance of increasing the means
of instruction for Midshipmen, Ac. now in the
service, both by better pay and increased num
bers of teachers and the purchase of books. He
thinks it important that tho pay of sailing mas
tors, gunners and riggers should be raised. Rope
walks in tho yards are strongly recommended.—
Many important detail* in relation to the Navy
are then stated, and ho concludes by saying that
ho has prepured a general revision of tbe rules of
the Navy, both in its purely naval and fiscal and
civil concerns, which after receiving tho Presi
dent’s sanction, will be submitted to Congress.
In the course of the communication, he refers
Xfr the detailed plan presented with it for tho
reorganization ot the marine corps, making it a
purely naval corps, in all respects, and stripping
jtof its present amphibious character.
CONGRESS.
Washington, Monday, December 5, 1831.
This being the day fixed by the Constitution for
the meeting of tJongrcH of tho United States, the
two Homes. assembled in thoir respective Cham
ben in tho Capitol.
IN SENATE.
Mr- Smith of Maryland, President pro tcm. of
tho Senate, in the abicnco of tbo Vice Presi
dent, took the chair at 12 o'clock and called the
Home to order. s '
Tuesday, December 6.
The President of tho Senate pro tern, announ
ced the following
« STANDI NO COMtdTTEUS.
Finance.—Messrs. Smith, Tyler, Marcy, Sila-
l>*c and Jnbn.-oB.'
Gdr. .irrtr.—Mhw*. Purmh, PaJIc-, SiVsce.
PiM liiunditura—Hall of N. C. Daven
port, I.yon. Thomson of Ohio, Coulticr, Fiorsou,
lfciirv, nnd II. King. ,
Prlreite Land Claims.—Johnson ofTenn. Coke,
Stanhcrry, Mardis, Marshall, Carr of Indiana ami
.ffantifiicterrs.-Adani-i.Condict.Findlay, Horn
Dayan, Worthington, and Barbour of Va.
Agriculture.—Root, M‘Coy of Va. Smith of
Pa. Chandler, Jenifer, Wheeler and Tompkins,
Indian Affairs.—Bell, Lewis, Thompson of Ga.
Angel, Storrs, Mason am) Lccompte.
Military Affairs—Drayton, Vance, Blair of
. C. Mitchell of Md. Speight. Adairnad Ward.
Natal Affairs.—Hoffman, Carson. While of
r. Y. Anderson, Brauch, Milligan and Wat-
mutigh.
Foreign Affairs.—Archer, Everett of Mass.
Taylor, Polk, Crawford, Barnwell and Wayne.
Territories.—Kerr of Md. Creighton, Wm. B,
Shepard, Williams of N. C. Huntington, Allen
of Ken. aud Roane.
Revolutionary Pensions.—Hubbard, Isacks,
Mitchell of S. C. Denny, Pendleton, Doubleday,
and Kavaunugh.
Invalid Pensions.—Burgess, Ford, Evans of
Maine, Ilccd of N. Y. Appleton, Lansing, and
Soutluid. , ^ ,
Revisal and Unfinished Business.—Reed of Ms.
Kiuuon ami Soule.
Accounts.—Alien of Va. llurd, Bergen.
Expenditures in the Department of Stale—Lent,
Evaasgf Pa.-nttdM*Kay.
Expenditures in the Veyirlnint of the Treasury
Stephens, Wardwcll and Fitzgerald.
Expenditures in the D.partmenl of War.—A. H
Sbopperil, M.iim ami I'< lilt-r.
Expenditures in the Dejicrtment of the Navy.—
Mux well, Hull of Timm aud Unrper.
■Expenditures in the Department of the Post Of
fee.—Ilawes, Bates of Maine, and Broadhcad of
N. York. ;•
__ Expenditures on the Public Buildings—Young.
Spencer and Tracy.
Col John W. Hunter of Georgia, was elected
assistant door keeper of tbe House of Repsesen
tatives of tho V, S. on the 8th instant.
county of the State now organized or laid off,
or which may hereafter be created by law shall
be entitled to at leiust one Kepresqtimtive in the
Reurescutativo brauch of the Geueral Assembly.
WASHINGTON, DeccmlicrO.
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Haync, on leave,
introduced a bill to provide for the settlement of
the claims of South Carolina fur advances mad*
to the United States during tbe Into war, which
was read twice, aud refereed to tise Committee
on Military Affair*. The resolution submitted
by 51 r. Sprague, calling on the President for
information as to the abduction and imprisonment
of American citizens by the British authorities of
New Brunswick, was considered aud adopted.
Tho resolution submitted by Mr. Holmes, request
ing tbe President to inform tbo Senate whether
any further negotiation is commenced, proposed,
or intended, in regard to the North Eastern
boundary of tho United States, was considered,
aud after a few observation* from Messrs. Poin
dexter, Holmes aud Ilayne, laid on tbe table.
Tbe Senate, after a short time -pent in the consi
deration of Executive business, adjourned over to
Monday next.
In tbu House of Representatives, tbe business
of tho election of Assistant Doorkeeper was re
sumed, and after several ballots. Col. John W.
Hunter iu, elected !iy a vote of It) I out oi' 177.
An order was taken upon tho motion of Mr. Tay-
lor fur the appointment of tho Stnndiug Com
mittees of tho House. The annua! report of tho
Treasurer of the’Unitcd States, and of tho Comp
troller’s unexpended balance* for the last threo
years, were presented by the Speakor, nnd order
ed to be laid on tbe table and printed. The usual
communications on tha subject of the Navy Ilos-
iit.il anil the Navy Pension Fuud. were also laid
tofore the House, nnd disposed of iu a similar
manner. The Sneaker annouhfced hi* intention
to call over tho mates iu their ordor on Monday,
for tho presentation of petition*; aud at 2 o'clock,
the House adjourned till Monday.—Telegraph.
Washington, Dei-. 13.
In the Senate yesterday, the lion. John C.
Calhoun, Vice President of the Uuitcd States,
took his scat ns presiding officer of die Scnato.
Messrs. Tazewell of Virginia, Bilib of Kentucky
Forsyth of Georgia, Brown of North Carolina
and Buckner of Missouri, aho appeared aud took
their ei-ats. Petitions were prosi-utcd hy Messrs.
Prentiss, Ruggles, Grundy, Smith, Kane, Wil
kins nnd Dudley; and resolutions were submitted
hy .Messrs. Marcy, Ilayne aud Chambers. Tbo
election of the officers of the Senate was, on mo
tiou ef 5Ir Chambers, postponed to Mouday next.
After tho consideration of Executive business tbe
Senate adjourned.
Numerous petitions and memorials were pre
scuted in tho House of Representative* yester
day, the second Monday of tho session bring tbu
first petition day. Among them were 15 tro
citizens of tho tociety of Friends in Pennsylvania,
praying for tho consideration of tho question of
slavery, with a view to its abolition, and for tho
abolition of the traffic in slaves within the District
of Columbia. Tbe petitions were presented by
Mr. John Quincy Adams, and were referred to
the committee on the District. The Speaker laid
before the Houso a communication from the Sec
retary of tbo Treasury, transmitting the annual
estimates for 1832, together with several other
public ducuincuti, which were disposed of-in tho
customary manner. Tbo usual flooding Com
mittees were announced, and will be found iu a
Mother column. Tno Home, afterwards, on mu
Bon ef Mr. Wayne, went into a Committee of
tho whole on the state of the Uuion, Mr. Adair in
tho Chair. A series of resolutions apportioning
the subjects discussed in the President's Message
among the respoctivo c . nmittees to which these
nature refers, was iutrodttced by 51r. Wayne.—
A short but nnimated discussion arose on a pro
position of that gentleman to refer tho subject ef
tbo Bank of the United States to aselcct commit
tee. Mr. M'Duffie proposed no amendment,
which finally prevail, d, referring it la the Bund
ing Committee ou Ways nnd Menas. The reso
lutions were adopted, with various modificatiims
and additions, the most important of.wbich were
resolutions for the appointment of soloct commit
tecs ou the sulij. c: of tin patent laws ami of ini
prisonmeut for debt; and at 3 o'clock, the House
adjourned.—U. S. Telegraph.
Gaorgia^Ijp^islature.
fo be entitled an act providing for the call of a
Convention, to revise and amend the third, fourth,
seventh and eighth sections of the first article of.
the Constitution ef this Stale-
Whereas a reduction’ of the members of the
General AssfrntMy has been recently called for hy
a majority of tin; good people of this State, and
whereas it is believed under existing slate of things
to be impracticable to effect the objoct of their
expressed will, by tho Legislature thereof—There
fore, ,
. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State of Georgia, in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same. That the first Monday in
eighteen hundred and thirty-two be, and
tbe same ts hereby designated and set apart, as
the day oa which the citizens of Georgia, quali
fied to vote for members of tbo General Assem
bly, may, at the several places prescribed by law,
for bolding such elections, express by ballot, the::
wish in regard to aCoventiou, for tho purpose of
revising and amending the Constitution of this
State, so far as relates to the third, fourth, seventh
and eighth sections of the first article thereof.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That tho
wishes of the voters qualified as aforesaid, on the
expediency of such a coven lion, shall he expressed
by ballots or tickets, inscribed with the words
'Convention,' or 'No Convention,' which tickots
shall bo received bytheeivil .Magistrates, and uu
dertho same rules and regulations, as are direct
ed by law for elections of raotnbon of the General
Assembly. 4> -
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of tbe Magistrate* who preside at,
and have charge of said balloting, witbia thirty
days thereafter, to securely teal up and return to
hi* Excellency the Governor, by mail or other
wise, au accurate list of tho names of the voters,
with a certificate shewing the state of tho ballot
or vote at each place of election.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That bis Ex
cellency the Governor, tfiall without delay, cause
to be made out an exact enumeration of all the
vote* so certified anil returned, aud should a ma-
jority thereof lie in favor of a Convention, fer the
purpose aforesaid, be shall forthwith issue bis
proclamation auuouneilffth-.tfict, and giving at
least thirty days notice iu all the public Journals
printed iu MiH’edgcville, designate,*day on whvh
nil the voters of tho Statu, qualified a* aforesaid,
may assemble at thoir respective places of voting
for members of tbe General Assembly, and then
anil there, under tbe care and management of the
like Magistrates within the same hours, nnd ac-
cording to the nmc form- ns are ilin-i-t.-d aud
provided Cor elections of members of the Gener
al Assembly, proceed to vote fertile shine number
of delegates to represent tbe several counties of
the state in said Convention, as by law they may
ho then entitled to, to represent them in the'Gen
erel Assembly.
.' Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every
citizen if the United idtates shall be eligildeto a
•eat in said Convention, who hits attained the age
of 25 yean and bean mi inhabitant of the state 12
mouth* immediately previous to the day of bis
*'ll*- ;:un
Sec. 6. And be it further ennetfd. That each
member MUM) as duly elected, shall previou-
to taking Ins scat in said Convention, take the fol
lowing oath ot affirmation, vis: “I. A B do so
lemnljr swear that 1 will not attempt to niter or
change any other section, clause or article of tho
Consttiutiou of the '.He of Georgia, other th
those touvhing.lh.*representation in the Geueral
AucmMy thereof, so help ms Gnu.”
’ .SrC.7, And I-, ii further enacted, That the
members of said ronveuii-m, ill assemble on
the first .Monday in i»f:-r their der-
ti-m. it MiUedge- llu, in the Rei.n m uutive eham-
botot the Statu ItoiiM-, for tut* purpose of dis
charging tbu dutio- ip- - ifiud in the firnt m-ctuiii-nf
Representative
IN SENATE.
Thursday, Dttmbtr 15.
Bills passed—To create and make permanent
a fund tor tbe establishment and support of com
mon schools throughout the State el Georgia.—t
(This bill declares that after the survey of Hie
territory now in the occupancy of tbe Cherokee*,
all fractional lots under 100 acres therein, shall
he set apart for the purpose of raising a perma
nent fund for common schools.]
The Senate agreed unanimously to tho report
of the committee outho state of the Republic as
relates to the enforcement of tho law making h
penal, under certain restrictions, for white per
sons to reside within the limits of tho -Cherokee
Nation, * •
Friday, Devrmher 1C.
M*. Allen, chairman of the committee on Agri
culture nnd Internal Improvement, mado B re
port on the report of 8. F. Miller, tho agent ap
pointed to effect a full settlement with the Com
missioners of die Oconee River beioiv Milledgc-
vilic. A report was made from tho committee,
oa tho Report of Washington Poe, ngent to set
tle with the Commissioners of the OemUlgee Riv
er below Macon.
Bills pawed—To incorporate the Town of
Franklin, in Troup county, &c.
To authorize the commissioners of Columbus
to establish a Fire Company.
Further to amend the uct incorporating tho
Bank of the State of Georgia,
To amend and consolidate tho several acts in
corporation the town of Macon.
IN SENATE. ,
Saturday, Dec. 17.
Tho bill to remove the lock on the Oconee Riv
er below Milledgcville, so far as to admit tbo pas
sage of fish, xva* rejected. .; '
Tho bill to prescribe and limit the tenure of
offico of tho Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comp
troller General, and Surveyor General, was ro
jeeied* ■ ’»' * 1 ■ ■
BILLS PASSED.
To alter and change the lime of holding the
Superior Court iu tho Flint Circuit.
To amend au act to incorporate the county
academy m the town of Greenville, with other
academies, and to appoint trustees for the same,
so far as to uppoiut two additional trustees for
said academy at Greenville, iu Aleriwcthcr coun
ty; also, lu uppuint additional trustees for Rau-
(fulfill county.
To add a p:
ty-
Monday, Dec. 19.
The substitute to the report of the Joint Judi
ciary Committee, to which was referred a letter
from tho Surveyor General, ou the subject of the
surplus number of District Surveyors elected iu
lursutiuccuf uu act of the last legislature, u ut ta-
ien up, agreed to, and is as follows;
Resolved, 1,-c. That the Surveyor Geueral be
and ho is hereby authorised and required ui'cuil
on liis Excellency the Governor, to examine which
counties thal wore provided by nil act of the 1-
Mature, to be emitted to two district surveyors,
and have returned the smallest number of repre
sentative population, agreeably to the census late
ly taken.
And be it further resolved, That when said Sur-
vejur General h;u procured sm h iulurm.itttm, In;
shall, by publishing tbe same, make kuuwn to tin
Surveyor, iu each of said counties, who was de
clared elected, and who did receive tin- lowest
number of votes, that his services will not be-
wauling, there not being os many districts as sur
veyors elected. >
Provided, nevertheless, that in any case of va
cMu-y, by death, resipmtion, or otherwise, the
said three surveyor* shall have preference to any
other person on the same principle ns heretofore
provided.
BILLS PASSED.
To establish election precincts or districts in
the several counties hereinafter named, iu addi
tion to these already established at the several
placet therein specified, and to punish tho*e who
may attempt to violate tho provisions of tho saute.
Viz: Tfriggs, Washington, Franklin. Habersham,
Madison, Heury, Stewart, Newton, Early, Jours,
Mariou, Campbell, Randolph, Hoard, Greene,
Clark, Lincoln, Talbot, Meriwether, Hancock,
Decatur, DcKnlb, Fayette, Laurens, and Cowc-
I->. md U> repeal in port au act pu.se. 1 I) - . •->.
I-2S, etuitli<1 mi act to establish mm r,,.it!.He
district elections iu the ceunty of Talbot. To
nrovido fur the improvement* of tho Ronds and
Rivers in tills State, passed December 18,1829.
Fifteen Divorce dills were passed.
Twelve Bills of the House of Representatives,
were read the third time aud passed
three years in the Btlite, are ,
Tlte bill i, now befuru the Hoii,„
lives. “pi
Wa^ill n*xt wm) E
Law* as may pass. The LijUM
to adjourn uu Saturday next.—h'tSjJl
a r EACIIERS’ CQNVfcJUjsJ
Agreeably to previous notice «ir.*, J
public Gazettes, a cousbli—t.[ t ’E!y~^>
era, from various part* of the Stm,. *
*• W) inn. at the Co
Millcdgevdlo. In pursuance of tfo i
meeting, they proceeded to form
Brown, of Scott-Wo’, and Mr uf,, k
ton, Secretaries. ^Brtat. rmlift*
od, nnd considerable discussion usl*?.
tho subject of Education. A cowLiS
then prepared and; adopud*
were elected. Committee* *«* £“*]
to report on several subjects rehui, t ^ H
til tb- ir :imm,d nm ting j, " "»L
whole proceedings will, hcrcaft .r, t* a
at full length, both iu newspapers, i °"
phlet form.—ib.c*
t part of Carroll county to Heard couu-
r to prCB'rili
« and to <
The following Stnndiug Committees of the
House of Representatives were announced on
tho I2th instant:
A Committee of Elections was appointed, con
sisting of Claiborne, Randolph, Holland, Griffin,
lk-tbuue, Collier and Arnold.
Waus and Means.—M'Duffie, Vcrpianek, Iu
gersoll, Gilmore, Alexander, Witdo aud Gaither,
Claims.—^Whittlesey, Barber of Cou. M'Intire,
Fattou. I brio, Hogan an I ltcncher.
Commerce.—Cauihrelcnc, Howard, Sutherland
Lamar, Newton, l)a\is of Mass, and Jarvis. . 1
Public Lauds.—Wiekliffe, Duncan, Hunt, Ir
vin, Clay, Boon and Plummer.
Port Offer and Pott Hoads.—Johnson of Ken.
Conner, Russel, Pearce, Jewett, Johnstoa of Va.
and Newnan.
District of Columbia—Doddridge. Washing
ton, Semrncs, Armstrong, Thomas of Md. M'Coy
of Pa. and Chinn.
Judiciary.—Davis of S. C. Ellsworth, Daniel,
White of La. Foster, Gordon and Beardsley.
Revolutionary Claims.—Muhlenberg, Nuckolls,
Bouldin, Crane, Bales of Mast. Hammons and
gtajrf?f*r.
tbi, net, shall have pot
rates and forms of bu,
tho qualification* of (heirossn
ccMary officers, uad make nil or
may deem conducive to the fu *tii. t
jeetfor which such I'i-.-cx utiou v
Sec. 8. And bt itfr ih r, -•>,
be the duty of In* Exciti-,u >k
give publicity to th * altr,i.ihan* wad
their oivn
it tunuiue ou
• v elect, tie-
ra Wttch they
,ce iif .tile ob-
amborheil.
Thnt it shall
Governor, tu
u rite third,
fourth, seventh stud eighth swtiosisot tl - first ar
ticle of the Constitution, roi triuptau-il to be al
tered hy said Convention end -ball fix ii|>«n some
day witbia six month* from th* rising of said Con
vention for tho ratifi -ation by tin y.-oiilc of such
amendments, alterations or uci* articles, nA they
may make in lieu of the sfnm i .) m-cUoiis, ofrhe
aforesaid article only, ami if ratio d hy dtnriori-
ity of the voters who vole on tho qt *stiou of'Rat-
iHcation'or‘No Ratification,' then iul in that e-
vent tho alterations so by them made \nd ratified,
shall bo binding on the people of tbb, ni „j
not otherwise.
Set. 9. And be it further enacted. Tl it itshall
be the duty of His Excellency toe Govintor, to
said copies to be put up IU the mo*’ ron.p, V ,, )U
public place* in *aid disjricts: Pro*.id '
Tuesday,’Dec. 20.
Tbe bill of tiio House of Representatives to al
ter aud amend tho act pasted last session, author
izing'the survey and disposition of the territory
nowin the occupancy of tho Cherokee Indians,
was passed with ameudmculs, yeas 53, nays 23.
The hill to lay out the gold region in the lands
at present in the occupancy of the ».'in-n>!:.-< In
dians, into small lots, and dispose nt tin- -m !-\
separate lottery, was passed, yeas 37, nays o'l.—
The 1st section provides that districts No; 1,2, 3,
4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14 aud 15, iu tlte 1st soctibn
districts No. I, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 24.
in the 2d section; districts No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 17, T3,
19, 20, and 21, in tbe 3d section; nnd districts
No. 1,2, 3, 16, and 17, in tho 4th section; shall
be subdivided into loti of 40 acres, &c. The 2d
soctionprovides for those who shall be entitled to
draws sn this lottery. - .
The bill authorizing the Governor to have the
Cherokee country surveyed and occupied, wns
yesterday uin'-nicd and passed the Senate. As
the kill now st-mds, the District Surveyors arc to
he i *',!i:d out o'i tho 1st April, to proceed to tbe
Bu.-v - , : Alter that is completed, tho Governor if
tn c.ilfthe Commiuioiicrs to repair to Milledge-
'die and proceed with tbe Lottery.
A hill to create n new couuty ont of the wholo
of tho Cherokee country, has paizcd the JIouxc of
Representatives. Thep’ublic business to be trans-
acted at II imago's, nnd the county to be called
"Cherokee:"
'1 lie bill from the II. of R.to abolish Peniten
tiary imprisonment, was yesterday taken up in
fienate and passed—Yeas -15—Nays 24—-Tho
Houso haveanadoau appropriation,'in thegenu-
rol appropriation bill, of $2000, to complete tho
cells. Al] offences committed agniust the present
penal laws will bo punished under tho old codii
up to the limo of iu repeal. This is the first jo-
stance, wl- believe, where the Penitentiary **.
tain, after basring been adopted, has been a),in-
doned. •, —
The bill calling upon tbe pcoplo to «ay whe
ther they will have a Convention to aluv the
constitution in relation to our representation, has
pasted ue House, but has not been finaUy acted
-u(i m the Senate. .
TELliGKAPH.
y TrXJLCOK, geos.agy
SATUltDAY, DEC. 24. B
“Incendiary Publications."—To,,
tnnee, in our opinion, is attached to*tkL
temptihlc vehicle* of slander and fibfLa?
can imagine no serious barm that can
them. Thuir abuse is atmovin-
is tbo buzzing of ilics—but ^,
fee notwithst unlmg. Hence, tlieL
making them the subject of spirisl
has comproruittc-d it* d%nlt>,- —d'taX
laughingstock. Uko the Antf-Msioaie
ti Sunday Mail, ami oilier, piuui ucitanu
Up to cajo:o the people, ami m jwUt u,,, '
their money, is the Anti Slavery quexfi,
ty men have taken advantage of the ,
human nature; ami arc making u>c ui it fi'
own benefit- We do not ImputB to ihe jj. ;
Garriiun, editor of the Liberator, any *
tivo iu faiming'tliis oxeitenu-m, tlun , «
fill his pocket at the expeuse of hjiiluuo,
same time he is gainiugau amiable w-r,
the apostle of iniurrectiou and «ass»».
paper does not, ami is not calculated it
at the South—hence it cannot alkctiv
of tile slaves. It It at tbe north; a*d aa,
people, bis lever is intended to opemte-
can raise in them such a spirit of f—<
will move the money'from tMrpockeu,
own—«veu’should the slave bohler* escape
out Ins throat being cut—»e prcssmelTi
be quite satisfied. We repeat it, this, J
tiuns, as far as it regards our intiwt*,*
foully harmless. Hence, all kgidatm a
subject, is worse than ridiculo-ji—ini-iiel
encourage* them iu tln-ir la-f.iriuus cob,
the publication of any tiling would sriundi.
slave* to ruvingo unit massseto, it would L-
of our own ordinnnee* respecting Oho,
are circulated in even ctqitaiu’. dutrirt
we sec it bus no such effect. WliUtur
have then, of n newspaper printed a
miles off!
Tho letter* written from the south,
tile abominations of shivery, nrcjpnrr !i J
mous fahriratious of frJsehood. '1 Ijwp-'- 1
ing to have originated from "Macon. 6*
tmdpubli,hcd in "The Liberator," wen it.
cd, wo lielicve, as iuuurrnt witt-iiin.-n
transartions as axe there related ever mw;
here; thoir licurtbc stamp offictiou oti that,
nnd we should nut deem them worthy ol
die tiou, or even notice, were they not
facts into other paper*.
The properost treathicnt for iwh (apes
their editors, is to pass diem by with silrtb
tempt. As tlicy nre bi-ueath ceasurs, ‘
curlmnly too tuntomptible for grata If,
Attempts to silence them hy IrgisUtion, tu
only to bring tli -in more into u«tkc;t
ptliuslimcut ’vimlil Jmt make them eiorc
ous; and oven the itaitgiug of- oar, wtri
make room (or aiiutiirr ,-qu.iUy recklr'i. 1
tyr to tbo cause Wuuidvitly makeitthoBMl
ular; and, hku tho kiduajipUig u( Msrp*,
crease the excitement, which would rtlr
soon bb quonein-il,' by it* own -cbulfithB
thept alone.' Li!;*! 'mosquito.-* tlut ho
•our. pavriiijit of Vtbfmnur* night, wr >tc 1
u-l by tlu-ir inipoit-uic, but eamiotl'e L "
tiuit' nial.i-r. '
No rotmectiou enn tie traced helm* ihel
insurn rtion iu Virginia aud tiiewiareu-lis^
lienuon-— aud no ugotn-y of ib>a »w
feared, Nrtrtiiuru fsu’aU.-s may inske it
tcrest.to slander us; but our unfthnre lcsthiBi
ucver mxlto it their imon-st—nor iurzri*
’belkivoit can ext.-r into thoir d:-|-* , 'two-» l
up our domustre* to cut our thryar.
„ Tn b /J eparate , taken up i
ao< l after being amend J, -
m-.-ndm'T.t cfthe afnrosaid sections, th
ap in Bejat-
vm reail
nays
| forty a errs, tad til persons, with'a resTdec “ of
tUJ t i: v. II I.L- HAoA :• J ^ aniffiidcd,
fuudanicntal ftrtirle it the formation 5*- ! This *ection l V a couni™ ,e ^7 C -j 4 j^-’ n *^*
- W” *® CUo ° °' country 1. divided into lots of
PRESIDENTS M’e'jSAGE. ,
The nitnuni -Message </. the Pr«skk*td
blitted Slates, ou tho opr, ll ;„ i; of(’cof,m.si
ready .Unre our rcatP.tz. \v'e hr.w
ono opinion re>pc-c»'. U g it; cud tint #»
it is a splendid (document-—-splcadii* 1 .
its showy periods and glittering icaBJto.
fur iu corroct views, iu. «*und W>W
business liktiv^-lc, omUrt praetairiufto 1
It is written with all tlte Prcsidiui's u»w»
tscse ortty',0 j ami tmss.-stt*s thi> yv-r
usual iut'srcst, on teedant of the rites r>t*
uur Inr ,an reit;i«ua. |tv it wo it* the**
peel Ail’ our Nnti'mal Aii'sirs, uo 'he gtv* 1
« 'lur.NatioualG.(v,vvruNn.-ut. \Vhorsa“t
jat i tho value of tho l ulvud' VtelMi 1(1
Iz.iil,- iidvuuiages ate disi-iv.ui ' . ,
Of OOP furugn pohxie.d lUJli'ffWBICt-.^'
(ions, tho President present* t Mirtin<t 5 ril
f.ileuous vieWv '• lyuiy effort in
snj-s,ywitl ho contiuued to sueugthen »u-- ■'
them,, hy Treaties, fumukd «iu jirincipb’
must perfect reciprocity of intcrot,
wg uur conceding any exckuive a-ixsat'f.
liiieratbig ax far as Ues in my jiotver. thr-
a«l industry of our folluv citizens from t*^
les winch foreign ccMnctions may * nl i R, .^l^
The various topics unbraced tuthe in
Menage, nre, . j
1st. The prasutr us condition efsridp”
ral, GoUiUH-rctal, andMaiiutactuneg •■ : " rr
Juurishjug conditiuu of tlu- orti aud auto
increased did udun of InteUigeucet 5o, k ( -. _
2d, foreign Aggnsfioei, during t 0 . 1,
an wars. There wa lerua uro all m *
adjustment.
3d. The West India V’taifr-ti" " n P tr1 ^,
whirh is daily appearing more iu.niif'» l -
few months it has be, n iu opersti 01111
ployed upWHrds of MO.tAAl tous ol
15,000 of foreign shipping in the euW* ,
ge* ; ami in tho iuwsnl nearly an < 'i“
of American sml 20,010 of foreign mun
•itb. 7"ie North Ecrtirn Jfbudnry-