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•i counties as a poor school fund, is twenty-. Olio thousand and eighty-nine dollars and sixty four rents; an amount so inconsiderable, regret to say, as to afford them but little means | of defraying the expenses ottlie education of, t hire ’lor whoin it was intended. But lor en- j casements that may have been nude with j teachers for the present year, dependent on the j funds expected from the State, I would rec ommend its being retained until another div-, i.lend shall arise upon the stock applicable to, this object, which will be in April next. 1 lay before you a statement of Executive vv rrants drawn upon the treasury for the past political year; and also a list of Executive appointments made since the first of Novem ber last. , , , , [ also submit copies of the reports of the military storekeepers at Mill- dgevtlle and Savannah, and of the report of the new com | missioners ot the road leading irom Elijah to j the feJeral road in Murray county, relating to j their proceedings in regard to an attempted .settlement with the former commissioners, j Major General Harwell J. Wynn has re- j signed his command of the second division of] Georgia militia. ! John 11. Watson, Esq. has resigned h.s of- > fice of Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee circuit, and Alexander IL Cooper, Esq. has been appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby. . j William H. Stiles, Esq. has been appointed, according to a resolution of the last General Assembly? to examine into the application of the funds appropriate I for the opening and m proving the navigation of the Ogeechee river. The operations of the “Penitentiary, under its present able and energetic keeper, exhibit a protit of nearly six thousand dollars since ttie fourth day of January last; but the large amount of manufactured articles on hand shows the necessity of making some new reg ulation for the sale of them. To prevent their accumulation, and the injury they necessarily sustain from time, I would recommend that the inducement be held out to purchasers that payment may be made through the Cen tral Bank, in notes well secured, and that all articles on hand be sold annually at auction, on the same liberal terms. The improvement made in the management of the institution and the mode of keeping the accounts, will, it is hoped, prevent the evils complained of in the report of the principal keeper, and effectually prevent the errors and impositions there exposed. It will be seen, from the report, that in former reports, art;- j cles and expenditures have been placed among the available means of the institution, which ought to have been charged to its inci- j dental expenses. It is necessary to the profitable manage ment of the institution that provision be made j for the payment of its debts. If upon the con- j sumption of its present stock of materials it is J left without means, and destitute of credit, its operations must cease. If the proposed change be made in the mode of selling the manufac tured articles, the State may expect to be re imbursed in good notes, bearing interest, for all sums advanced. For information in regard ; to all other matters connected with the insti tution; its present condition and future pros pects, &.C., 1 refer you to the very full report of the principal keeper, which will be communi cated in a few days. I lay before you the October report of the Bank of Ruckersville. The reports of the other banks are in the hands of the Stale Printer, and will be ready for delivery in a short time. Several bills passed by the last General Assembly, presented for my revision, and dis sented to by me, are herewith transmitted,! with my objections. One of the buildings intended as a Lunatic j Asylum will be completed before the close of! your session. It will therefore be necessary j to adopt for the reception and cus- j tody of the unfortunate class of persons for whose benefit it was constructed, and to pro vide for them suitable medical and other at tendance. A balance is due to the Georgia Rail Road | and Banking Company, lor advances made to the Commissioners of the Western and At lantic Rail Road, for which the tionds of the State are hypothecated to a large amount. I had the honor to call the attention of the Gen eral Assembly to this subject at the last ses sion. It is equally due to the State and the company that this claim should be settled. In the exercise of the discretion given to you by the people, to make all laws and ordi nances which you may deem necessary and proper for the good of the State, not repug-: nant. to the Constitution, you will doubtless take into consideration other measures than those herein recommended. We require i nothing but wholesome laws, faithfully exe- j cuted, to make us a happy and prosperous people. A kind Providence has surrounded | us with blessings, moral, religious and politi- j cal, and has cast our lot in a bountiful land, j Our prosperity and happiness then depend upon ourselves. Invoking the aid and gui dance of the Supreme Being, let us aim at their attainment. CHARLES J. McDONALD. From Ihe Federal Union, Extra. GOV. McDuNALD’S INAUGURAL. The llilteringevidenee afforded me, fellow citizens, of the continuation of the popular confidence, in being called lor a second term to the administration c.f ilie Slate Govern, j ment. renews and strengthens my obligation to the people to use the power they have confided to me for their exclusive benefit. Toj this, I now pledge myself. Bu:, I can accom plish little without your co operation ; lor the j the period at which I enter upon the discharge | of this duty, is one of no ordinary difficulty, j The State Treasury is exhausted ; the reve-’ nue now about to he received, not sufficient ; to reimburse the expenditures of the political year just ended, cannot be made available lor future exigencies; the meat.s at the com mand 1 1 the Legislature, for carrying on the ‘ operations o! the Government, are confined to the Central Bank, already greatly Weak ened by the heavy drafts heretofore made’ upon it and upon which new contributions! cannot be levied to any considerable extent,’ without periling its indispensible responsibili ties, and destroying its usefulnessto the peoplt; a great public work, undertaken and carried on half way to completion, and which is per haps identified with the future prosperity of the States, is to be sustained; the interests of education, moral and intellectual, are to be fostered; the public credit, upon which de-i pend the pride and honor of the State, is to, be supported; a question, difficult and embar rassmg, is to be settled, by which the lives and property of our citizens are to be pro tected from the robbers and incendiaries of such of the other SuUes, as by affording them a sanctuary and justifying tbeii outrages con stitute themselves accessaries to their crimes ; the dreadful disordt rs of the currency are to be healed or checked ; and, superadded to these things, we have to struggle under the pressure of the new policy of the National Government; the gratuitous and unjustifia ble distribution among the States ot millions from the Treasury reduced by the public tie cessities almost to bankruptcy; the enact ment of a bankrupt law partial and unjust in its operation, and corrupting and demorali zing in its tendency, and a renewal of a sys tem of duties and iriiports upon a principle which but a few veers since jeoparded tin integrity of the Union ; these considerations comtitule this a time truly of difficulty and embarrassment. But according to the emer creitcy must be the firmness and resolution to - meet it, and on vuur aid, gent emen, i confi dently rely. - Wuajever measures you may deem it ivp x cessarv and proper to adopt for li e good of the State, not repugnant to the Const it uirnn.- and having a tendency to suppress evil and rj mole the interest of the people have r.y s3&c?:ou - I:J> In the administration of the a flairs of the Stan*, I shall as heretofore be regulated by a conscientious regard for the public welfare: and, in discharging the solemn obligation 1 am about to renew, “to cause justice to be executed in mercy,” while ihe cireumstanees of each ease presented for Executive action will Ire allowed their due influence, the safe ty of society shall be with me the paramount consideration. We, fellow-citizen::, are servants of the p ople, and are not delegated to serve our selves. Let us then dismiss every sentiment of ambition, not identified 7. ith the public good, bnrv the strifes of party, and earnestly invoking the presence of HIM who can snide us a right in all things, proceed to the disci,arge of our respective obligations to our country. THE TIMES. Tlie union of the states and the sovereignty of the states COLUMBUS, NOVEMBER 11, 1841. I HE INAUGURAL ADD rESS AND ANNU AL MESSAGE of gov. McDonald. We spread before our readers to-day these two documents. The first is short and sen sible—the latter able and well written. In deed, as (arr as we have heard, the political opponents of his Excellency speak in compli mentary terms of the style and manner which characterize the Executive communication. We*do not see how any part of the mes sage of Gov. McDonald can be condemned’ His remarks on the Banks, and the deranged condition of the currency, are just and appro priate—and the desire evinced by him that the Legislature shall resuscitate the Ceniraj Bank—afford to it such aid as'may be found necessary to place it on a specie basis—and enable it as soon as practicable to discharge all the obligations to the State and to.lhe peo ple,contemplated in its organization,will surely nowhere meet with object.ons. A difficult task for the present Legislature is to he found in the arrangements proper for the prosecution of the Rail Road in the Cher okee section of the State—at the same time that the other expenses of a public character are promptly liquidated. We had hoped, and so said, that some scheme might he de vised to relieve the State to some extent of the burdens accru rig from ihe farther prose cution of the work, while at the same time it might he permitted gradually to proceed. It has beer, said that some of the incorporated companies in Georgia, or out of it, would per haps lend a helping hand, and give some guarantee to the Slate of the ultimate accom plishment of the work. The suggestions of Gov. McDonald to proceed gradually with the road in the proportion that the State could provide the means, without jeoparding any of its other interests, are in themselves judicious and prudent—and such oniy as could prop erly, under the circumstances, have emanated from the Chief Magistrate of Georgia. In reference to this message, we hear i l said, it is true, that it is “outrageously long”’ contains “a good deal of humbug,” &c.—yet we doubt extremely whether any of the Whig journals of the State will take any ot the prin cipal topics presented in the message', and question, in the main, the correctness of the views of his Excellency respecting them. The Milledgeville correspondent of the Enquirer says that the “State Rights doctrine (of the message) will answer well enough.” Toat the message is Republican, or if you please Democratic, throughout, will,we think, be generally admitted —and that its princi ples are in accordance with those of the an ! oieni Republican school, all its members will readily perceive. ‘I he State Rights doctrine, alluded to by the above correspondent, may not, perhaps, be so entirely apparent — that is.ihe p ain meaning he intends to convey by the words—for he says, in another place, the State Rights Harrison party. Now what is the meaning of this cognomen ? We have understood tha t Gen. Harrison said, not many years back, that c the Proclamation of General Jackson contained the best exposition of the principles of our Government, and entitled him to a higher place in the affections of the country than the victory achieved hv him at New Orleans. Il we are not misinformed on the subject, State Rights men—not of the ultra sort—condemned the principles of the Proclamation as a direct attack upon the whole ground-work of State Rights—and Gen. Jackson himself disavowed she interpre tation put upon the paper, and that gave \t such special favor in the eyes of Gen. Harri son. And we hear now, in Georgia, of a State Rights Harrison party!! When will won ders cease ? A COURT OF ERRORS. ! W e are extremely happy to perceive that the Governor, in his annual message, has not omitted to bring prominently to the notice of • the Legislature the necessity—the indispen sable necessity—for the establishment of a | tribunal for the correction of the errors of j inferior judicatures. The reasoning of the Governor cn this pond, although brief, seems ’ to us to be conclusive and irrefutable ; and ; we do hope that the Legislature will give to | this portion of the executive communication the consideration to which it is entitled by its preeminent importance. Georgia is the only State in the twenty-six, we believe, which has not an appellate court i to review the proceedings of subordinate tri ; biinals, and to give both certainty and effi ciency to the regular administration of the j law. We are thoroughly persuaded that a | calm and unbiased examination of all the i reasons in favor of and against the establish ment of a Supreme Court,would result in the ’ conviction that our judicial system can never be made what it ought to be—and what it is in other states—without th 6 organization of a head. competent to determine, and vested ! with the power to settle, the conflicting prin : c pies of law which arise in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the state. I-- Arrival of distinguished Visiters —Ex- Governor Lumpkin and Ihe Hon. Mark A.. ♦, Cog per reached ibis city last week ; and, we learn that Ex-Gov. Gilmer and the Hon. Win. I C DawS ‘u arrved on Sunday evening last. ! * t e-icui Ctuju of .sit ruesda. r GEORGIA ELECTUN —TAXES—t HE 1 Cu.iRLES'iON CuUUfaK hND CURTIUS The subjoined article is from the Charleston j Courier (a-Whig pape- - ,) of the 25th of Octo | her. The Courier oufht to have understood the “key to the recent Democratic victory” in ! Georgia, as v ell Lefort, as since the “startling truth” disclosed by tie Patriot and Certius. jlt was, doubtless, in weekly receipt of most •of the journals of Gergia, of both political parties—and saw the iisues presented to the people of the State, ant upon which the con test w.as conducted and we question ex ceedingly whether the Courier discovered in any democratic print tie slightest intimation j of a wish, much less and an intention, to violate the plighted faith of tie State, or disown any of its-legal responsiblities. The eyidences of tiro points involvet in the struggle are, it appears to us, as proptrlv drawn from the col umns of the democratc papers, as from the arbitrary statements ofa foreign journal, (the Patriot,) or the foreigr correspondent of the Courier. We were among th number of these who complained of the prtsent tax law, adopted by the last Legislatuie, as an act of unwise and unnecessary legislation ; and our opposi j tion to it was grounded, not on any facts ap pertaining to it within our personal knowl edge, but on the representations of respecta ble journals at the Capital of the State—and ! the statements of respectable individuals else- j where, who had the means of acquiring, and j who professed to have correct information! respecting the indebtedness of the State, and ‘ its means of payment. So much confidence had we in the truth of the facts derived from these different sources, that we felt not the slightest hesitation in arraigning the last Le gislature for the adoption of an improper and oppressive law ; and in asking for it the con demnation of the people. Not a thoughtever entered our mind—nor were we able to dis cover one akin to it, in any democratic print, during the whole canvass, that the present tax law was demanded to maintain the public creditof the State, or that its repeal will’jeop ard, in the slightest degree, the stability of that credit. It is not within our knowledge, nor do we believe in that of any other indi vidual in the State, that any design is enter tained to repudiate any of the liabilities of Georgia—or to neglect to make ample and timely provision to cancel them as they be come due. Whence, however, has arisen this cry of alarm about State credit, and its inevitable prostration, if the Democracy succeed ? Are the destruction of State credit, and a refusal to cancel public liabilities, the questions upon which the Democracy, in different parts of the Union, have placed the contest; and to : carry out which they are so anxious to tri j umph 1 With the exception of the State of Mississippi—where the Bond question has ! been brought into the controversy between the two parties—and with the merits of which in that State we are totally ignorant—where else has a refusal or compliance to meet pub- I lie engagements, been made the test, or formed an essential ingredient in the conduct of the political canvass 1 Cannot a question about the details of a tax law, or the amount to be raised under it—whether the former are cor rect, and the latter is too great or too smaP, | arise without the alarm being given that trea | son is abroad—and the character of the Na | tion or some particular State, for integrity and | punctuality, is in jeopardy 1 Have not Penn ! syl vania and Alabama -large outstanding lia ; bilities—and although in the uncontrolled charge of the Democracy for years, has either of them intimated the remotest wish or design to resist its creditors ? Whence, then, we i say again, proceeds the cry, if the Democracy succeed, away with state credit and stafe'lia bilities ? Is it justified by facts ? Or is it set in motion to prejudice the respecters of probity and fair dealing—and thus, by unfair means, to weaken, aird perhaps finally destroy the Republican party J As we have before remarked in regard to the late political struggle in this State, the discussions respecting the propriety or impro priety of the adoption of the existing tax law, had nothing to do with the public indebted ness of the State—or rather were designed in nowise to question that indebtedness; or to interpose any obstacles in its prompt and satisfactory liquidation agreeably to the terms upou which it was contracted. From the Charleston Courier, Oct. 25. Georgia Election. —Our Correspondent “Curtius,” furnishes below a key to the re cent democratic victory in our sister State.— The W bigs have been defeated because they taxed the people to preserve the faitii and credit of the State—the Democrats have been victorious because they promise relief from taxation, in disregard to the faith and credit of the State. We fear wo.have indeed fallen on evil times, and that democratic ascendancy will be attended with faithless misrule, it is remarkable, too, that it is the so styled hard money party which has succeeded in Georgia; and yet relief laws, state bonds, and the worst of papier currency are likely to be thp fruits of its victory. ‘fit is much to be apprehended that we are on the eve of beholding the wreck of State credit. The test applied jn-tnany of the elec tions now in progress, is whether the candi didate for favor is or is not friendly to direct taxation, to sustain the faith of the States.— in .Maryland, in the recent canvass, the peo ple have given their suffrages for none of the candidates who were favorable to increa ed taxation. We fear that such will be the case; also in Pennsylvania. Now there is but oi e ] escape from the disgrace of a deliberate in- i fraction of State engagements, and that is the i voluntary assumption of those burthens by ! the peoplp, that they seem willing to avoid j I by a sacrifice of honor in all time to come for j I present ease. Nothing else can restore con- J j fide nee in State obligations—can give them | any value in tiie eyes of foreign or domestic i capitalists. But unfortunately the faith, as well as the credit of several of the States, | appears on the verge, of rum, from the preva j lence of counsels liiat dread popular disfavor. I and truckle to ultra democracy.”— Patriot , | 19/ h inst. There is startling truth in this. Whether j the direct issue has been any where made— j whether the people have fairly understood that the faith of their State was involved in the question of increased taxation, we are not prepared to srev. But this much we do know, that in several-of the recent elections, when ever the .democratic ticket has been signally triumphant, all measures based upon an in crease oi taxes as the only honest and effect ual means ot liquidating the debts and sus taining the credit and patriotism of all parties, have been-prostituted-to. electioneeriiig pur poses, and rendered odious to the people as tyranny and misrule. - This is especially applicable, to the recent Gubernatorial contest in Georgia.’ The in debtedness cf that State has grown out of a fttien* of Ititerutti Improvement, originated md prosecuted during the supremacy of what J s now known as the Democratic party. The! Legislature of IS4O, in which there was a de eded whig majority, lest, the permanent stigma jf a dishonored credit should attach to the State, made provision for the extinguishment of her obligations by direct taxation, as the proper mode, and that to which she would sooner or later be obliged to resort. This honorable measure, the only earnest of good faith, which the State could give to her cred itors, and the burthen of which is so lightly borne, that it would not have been sufficient to have attracted public attention, but for the clamor of designing politicians, Ims been stamped as Whig, held up to the people as the first fruits of Whig administration, and, with all the eloquence of partizan malice, exhibi ted as fastening upon the party and their can didate a system of policy, grinding and crush ing in its operation. That it was brought to bear powerfully upon the popular mind during the contest was evident to the most superfi cial observer. If the honest payment of State debts by direct taxation is a financial expedi ent, peculiarly Whig, and repudiated as such by the Democracy, let it be proclaimed far and wide, if the party is to be overwhelmed under the ruins of State credit, let it not be without a desperate struggle to avert the evil destiny which threat-ns the country. Cuetius. THE SOUTHERN RECORDER—SUGAR AND COFFEE. Believing as we did, from our personal knowledge of the Editors of tin Recorder, that their aversion to humbugs was sincere, and proceeded from a thorough conviction, not merely of the impropriety, but absolute dan ger to the rights of the people, of their em ployment in a political contest* we could not suppose, a case of any emergency in which their use would be deemed, by the Recorder, justifiable. Imagine, then, our surprise at discovering in the Recorder of the 23th ult. the following.as its leading editorial: SUGAR AND COFFEE. By the last prices current of the New York market these articles have fallen. Ihe quo tation in.regard to the first is, that “The mar ket is very dull this week, and prices are a little lower, 1-4 to 12 cent, for muscovados.” In reference to the latter article, the quotation is, “ The sales have been moderate, and at a decline of 1 4 per cent.” Now, is not this a very strange effect of the wonderful tariff which was got up by our Van Buren opponents, and which many of our good citizens w r ere misguided enough to believe to be actually the fact. And no wonder, for such weie the asseverations of our opponents, so absolute and unqualified their assertions on this subject, that tlie people had either to dis credit whofiy their testimony, or to believe that the Wings had actually saddled an enor mous tax on the necessaries used daily in their families. And, indeed, to such an extent was this absurdity promulgated and believed, that we have been credibly informed since the election, that even in adjoining counties, the people were made actually to believe that twenty cents was added to the price of every pound of sugar, as a United States tax. v Now we only ask of all such, is it not a strange tax or ! a riff, that actually reduces the prices of the articles taxed, rather than ad ding to them ! Did you ever hear ol such a filing before I and if this is the effect ot tax es, will you not hereafter pray that they may be laid on without limit ? You see from the New York quotation's that sugar and coffee have both fallen in price since this wonderful Van Buren Tariff. If this is the effect of tariffs, don’t you say ‘go ahead.” We bring up these matters of fact and of public record, not only to shame our opponents tor their gross deceptions, but to impress by the evidence of facts on the public mind, the ! necessity hereafter of being especially guard ed in the reception or belief of any future humbugs, to which our opponents may resort for party purposes, and the free use of which in the recent elections lias so widely affected the public mind, and prostrated tor the wholesome principles which, in the hands of the Harrison party, had but just begun their healing and restoring influence. The present lesson is a striking one, and comes so borne to the common sense ot all, that we may hope future mischief from simi lar causes will not be so easily accomplished. Will the Recorder answer the following queries ? They are put merely to show that the above article of the Recorder is, perhaps unintentionally, bordering on the humbug or der : Do not the laws of supply and demand prove that, fluctuations in the prices of articles fre quently occur, independently of any influence exerted by duties, or exemption from them ? And may not, therefore, the sugar market in New York be duller one week than another, and the price of the article lower one fourth, or even one half a cent, and tins result be .accounted for by the aforesaid laws of supply and demand, -without the slightest possible connection with import duties, or the absence of them ! There is a daty on sugar—a high duty— and which, the Recorder will admit, the last Congress did not abolish. Now if this duty did not exist, although sugar lowered in price this week in New York, would not the price of the article have been still farther reduced to the extent of the rate of duty now imposed ? And is not this the correct way to state the case, to relieve it of any appearance ot hum bug Y Again, coffee also has tallen, and yet there is not now, nor has there been for many years any duty on this article. It is, therelore, per fectly clear that the “Van Buren Tariff” hasj had nothrngfio do with the rise or fall of coffee,! and it follows as a matter of course that the i reasoning (if the Recorder is fallacious, and j that the prices of articles may- vary, uninflu-1 eticcd by a tariff—while, at the same time, those prices may be still farther increased or! diminished, precisely to the extent that duties are levied ou, or taken from them. Certainly the Recorder will not deny this. ! PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION—OFFICIAL, j Purler’s (Dcmociat) majority, 1839, 7,746 | “ “ “ 1541, 23,003 New Jersey. —The Mobile Commercial Register of Nov. 4tb, says—“ We have the lull reiutns of the popular vote in New .Jer sey, except in die counties where there was no party contest. It stands thus: 1340. 1841. Whig majori'y, 6,067 1,7 10, showing a falling off cf 4,852 voles. There are six counties in which there was no contest. Allowing for these, the average falling ofF of the whig vote, and the poll will show that Harrison’s majoiity of 2,323 is more than dou bly overcome.” Ohio Election. —The State Election in Ohio for members of the Legisla tire merely, has resulted in a Democratic majority of two in each Branch; making a majority of font on joint ballot. The Legislature eleced on Thursday last Col. Samuel Robison, Map General 2nd Di vision G. M.-—and Maj. Bedford H. Darden,! Br.i-ad Get.etui !nh D:ViSuii C. M. THE HON. JOHN FORSYTH. f Our readers generally are apprised of the; decease of the distinguished gentleman, whose! name stands at the head of this article. We publish to-day the proceedings of a meeting, held in this city, on the receipt o( ‘the death of Mr. Forsyth. I’ was attended without distinction of party —and all joined in rendering honor to the memory of one who had, through a long series of years, main- j tair.ed with unrivalled Zealand ability the j honor of Georgia. Few men hive lived in our day who uni ted, in a more remarkable degree, the ac complishments both of mind and person. For the last twenty-five years Mr. Forsyth has bee t a distinguished man in the history of his country, receiving the just trihute of respect from every class of society, for Ins extraordinary qualities as an orator and states man, and his elegant deportment as a gentle man. Mr. Forsyth, since his entrance into public life, has successively occupied stations calcu lated to elicit his powers as an orator, a states man—and a writer —and, in all of them, lie exhibited a brilliancy—a readiness—and an ability, which few may expect to equal—none to rival. . A brief period since, Mr. Forsyth exhibi ted, in his person and his carriage, but slight marks of declining years, and his friends and political admirers anticipated for himvet highe r honors and a more-extended field ol usd ill ness. Death, however, has blasted their hopes, and hurried to a premature grave one of the distinguished men of the age. MR. WEBSTER. We mentioned some weeks since—about the period that it became apparent Mr. Web ster preferred Mr. Tyler to Mr. Clay—that if the Secretary of State had the presumption to interfere with the political aspirations ol the Kentucky statesman, his conduct during the war would be brought in judgment against him—and we took occasion to inti mate that some journals in this neighborhood , il they would speak of Mr. Webster in less general terms of eulogy, would find themselves hereafter in a much less awkward predica ment, when it became necessary to advance the claims of Mr. Clay at the expense ot those of Mr. Webster. The New York Times and Evening Siar, a Clay and Taiimadge print, has thus early commenced the war, on the plan suggesttd by us : “Go ahead, as they say in the Wesl—make up the issue between the merits of Henry Ciay and Daniel Webster; it is precisely the thing that every good Whig requires to place these distinguished men belore the country as they stood C *3"during the late War with England. Siiould this pail ol history be neg lected, we may find it necessary to fill up the picture.” PRICES CURRENT. We have revised our table of prices this week, and placed it in better form. It haS been prepared by John D. Howell, Esq., who has politely ottered to coriect it weekly, as well as to furnish 11s with regular informa tion respecting the state of the cotton market / THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE Assembled at Tuscaloosa on the Ist day of ■ his month. The two Houses were organi zed by the election of the following officers : SENATE. Maj. N. Terry, of Limestone, President. Col. B. A. Philpot, of Morgan, Principal Secrets rv. Maj. (if. B. B. Clither.vl, of Greene, Assis’t. C. C, Dutioho, of Tuscaloosa, Doorkeeper. HOUSE. Dr. D. Moore, of Madison, Speaker. Col. T. B. Tunslall, ol Tuscaloosa, Principal Clerk. Algernon S. Cook, of Wetumpka, Engross ing Clerk. James H. Owen, of Tuscaloosa, Doorkeeper. Davis, ol Bibb, Messenger. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. The message of Gov. Bagby is a very long paper, and is occupied mainly with the dis cussion of two topics—the General Ticket Law, and the Banking System of A'abama. He slates the circulation of the Siarv Bank and branches, to be about seven millions— admits (hat they have been wretchedly man aged, and that a thorough reorganization, on wholly and fie re lit principles, can alone render the syst'-m accep'able or safe. He recom mends tie)t the Bank be immediately relieved from the burden f supporting the State gov ernment. and that direct taxation he resorted I to lor this purpose—as also, that the law re- Iquiring the Bank to pay.annually $200,000, for school purposes, be repealed—and that its business hereaiter be confined to collecting and settling existing claims, and to discounts, at short dates, and on actual shipments. He argues long, and, we think, ably against the repeal of the General Ticket Law, in ihe election of Members of Congress, and in !iw vor both of the constitutionality and justice of that law. He condemns in strong language the lead ing acts of the late extra session of Congress. This document is altogether too long for insertion in our columns, although we shall endeavor to extract, next week, tbe most im portant parts. __ THE WESTERN BANK OF GEORGIA AND ITS PRESIDENT, R. A. GREENE, Esq. We copy what follows from the Georgia Argus, of yesterday, as an act of justice to the individual implicated: “ During the present session of our Superi or Court, the Grand Jury found a true bill against lihodam A. Greene, President of the Western Bank of Georgia, for a high misde meanor. The charge is founded on the re fusal of the Bank to pay specie. There is a provision of the charter of that Bank, which declares that the Bank shall not at anv time refuse to pay specie, and that upon srh re fusal, the charter shall be'lorfeited. There is also, a section of the Penal Code, winch pro vides, that if any hank officer shall violate any provision of the charter, he shall be indicted j i'or a high misdemeanor. “ The Legislature certainly never contem plated, that the mere act of failing to pay spe cie unconnected with fraud, should be an in dictable offence; if they did, then every offi cer of every suspended Bank in the State, is subject to indictment.” DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Bv the recent loss, bv fire, of Jefferson Col- 1 lege in Mississippi, the archives of the Terri tory of Mississippi (which had never been removed to the seat ofX3overnmesi ) rere to tally destroyed. new York elections. The mail of yesterday morning biir.gs Cheering accounts from the Empire Slate. The subjoined communication will show the render that the Democracy |iave succeeded beyoud their most sanguine ex pf Cations. As far as beard from, tlie not saved a man ; and even the counties 01 Albany and Rensselaer —whig unin term iCTpyjTqr ihelast five or eight years, anil rarely c< jcrl bv the Democracy—have turned from theFYdols urt i to the true and living faith. Wf-.-r : The New York Herald says ihe D.i#iiW:its have the Senate, and the Assembly by an 1 overwhelming majority. [communicated.] THE EMPIRE STATE REDEEMED. AND DISENTHRALLED FROM UNDER THE YOKE OF FEDEKALI-M AND THE PIPE LAYERS. From the returns in this day, it would seem that victory had once more crowned tbe es- I f, M ts of the Democratic Party, in the Ntate of New York, and that, too, in spite of the attempts of Gov. Seward, Tiiurlow Weed, and Bishop Hughes, to deceive the Demo cratic party in the city of New York, upon ! the school* question. Much credit is due to : the great body of adopted citizens, for their j determination not to be led off from their political faith upon a question of so little importance as that, con-pared with a main tenance of Democratic principles. 2'he Log Cabin. Hard Cj.der, Coon Skin, \ Red Ptpper and Gourd Party are used up. 10,000 CIIF.ERS FOR THE EMPIRE STATE ! ID* Appended to the official returns of the recent election in this State, published in the Federal Union, we find the following RECAPITULATION. la 1833, Gov McDonald received 34 6>4 votes. l * Judge Dougherty, 32.807 McDonald’s majority, 1,827 In 1840, Mr. Dawson, for Congress, received 39,019 ■ “ Judge Colquitt, “ 35,662 Dawson’s majority, 4,057 I In 1811, Gov. McDonald received 38,725 votes, j *• Air. Dawson, 34 539 votes. Gov. McDonald’s majority, 4,186 We take the following from the Natchez (M iss.) Free Trader, of the 2Sih of October | Mr. Richard Biddle, of Pittsburgh, (Penn.,) an eminent lawyer, and recently a distinguish ed member ol the United Slates House of Representatives, lias expressed an opinion similar to that of Mr. Binney . “ Horace Binney, one of the great leaders of the V\ big Patiy, and confessedly at ilit head of the Philadelphia Bar, a lew weeks since wrote a letter to a member of the Penn sylvania delegation in Congress, declaring Mr. Clay’s hank bill, wh ch President Tyler veto ed, clearly unconstitutional. We have this dhectfroui a gentleman who read the letter.” The Fever in New Orleans has abated. THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR. The ridiculous parade ot the New York Courier and Enquirer, respecting the vast in tellect, and the vast powers of application, of Mr. John C. Spencer, is thus treated by a Virginia paper: From the Virginia Statesman. A FORTY HORSE POWER SECRETARY, ANOTHER STEAM ENGINE IN BREECHES. The New York Courier and Enquirer, speaking of Mr. Spencer, the new Stcreiary ol War, uses the following unique expres sions : I “ VVe believe him to be quite as honest as J any other politician in the counti v, and we may almost say we know him to he the most laborious and indefatigable business man in the Union—aye in the Union. With power .of mind fully qualifying him for any position lie possesses ability to labor for toe mere love of labor, such as has rarely, if ever, been witnessed. Wheiherat Albany or Washing, ton, fie will not only discharge promptly all the duties of his office and t e duties of most of the cleiks under him, but fie will insist that tbe duties of all the other Departments be discharged vvitfi equal promptness, or en ter upon their discharge himself. He is no respecter of persons; and the President and Daniel Webster will find the finger of John C. Spencer in their Departments as well as his own, if they do not all, and a little more than ever Executive, or Secietary of Suite ever did before.” “ We know him to be the most laborious aid indefatigable business man in the Union —ave in ttie Union.” Then Colonel Webb knows ihe laboring calibre of every man in the Union. Tbe colonel must be a man of rather extensive personal acquaintance —a man prodigiously versed in t tie “ strength and stress” of intellectual timber. .Mr. Spencer, i the new Secretary of War, “ possesses ability j to labor lor tl.e mere lore pi labor,” &.c.— Aye, hut does he possess the inclination “ to labor for the mere love of labor?"’ “there’s the rub.” * Mr. Spencer will not only dis charge promptly all the duties of ins office and the duties of most of the clerks under him, but he will insist that the dunes ol all the other Departments be discharged will) equal promptness, or enter upon their dis charge himself.” Well, if Mr. Spencer is to discharge (he “ duties of most of liis clerks | it is evident that the offices of the said cleiks will become sinecures, and in that case they ought to lie discharged. For when the.gov ernment is borrowing so much money to keep Ihe wheels of the great machine in mo tion, it would he strange for a Refoi m Ad ministration to employ clerks to do nothing. But besides performing Us own duties, which is as much as the officers are commonly expected to do, and those of most of bio clerks, which is more tt an the best officers vveie ev er before expected to do, it seems, by way of filling up the interstices.of his time, this giant j Secretary is to keep an eye of supervision over Messrs. Webster, Forward, Upshur and Wicklitle, and keep a finger in their pies as well as their own ; and if they do not dis charge their duties with equal promptness .(which from the Courier and Enquirer’s ac count is plainly impossible) why Mr. Spencer. good man, will feel it incumbent on him to “enter upon their discharge himself.” Now should this case actual y occur, and Mr. Spen cer he found performing, besides his own du ties and those of'most of his clerks, also those of the several departments, it is submitted whether it would not be as well to send ihe other heads of departments home to reflect upon the comprehensive powers of the < real New York Labor-saving Machine, in the shape of the Hon. John C. Spencer. But the acme of the climax has not yet been reached. “He (Spencer) is no respecter o! persons, and the President and Daniel Web ster will find the finger of John C. Spencer in their departments as well as his own, if they do not do all, and a little more than anv Ex ecutive or Secretary of State ever did before.” ! It is quite evident ti at Mr. Spencer is to clear the hoard, and make a clean sweep of the whole divan at Washington. If the Courier and Enquirer he rioht. Mr. Tyler has caught a perfect Tartar, who, like the rod of Moses, is to swallow op ail other rods. According to Col. Webb’s description, Mr. Spencer is a mental giant, with the hundred eyes of Argus | and 1 fie hundred arms o’ Brareus. The at i tention of the Swallow Barn Cnunisses must lie diverted now from the vetoes of Mr. Tv ler to the portentous character of this neie one man poterr, in the bodily shape of the new‘head*of‘he War Department—the man mountain. 1 [official.] GOVERNOR’S ELECTION. Visit. 1829. * S3 J 55 1. s3 a 7 ‘7. M<Vii ? *V 4 2I©a I a cs counties, i Si? JI3II .a 5 * N j ! ? 1 ? 1 ? $ Appling, ‘t 205 85 jj 46 Baker, a 313 176 137’ 142 Baldwin-. 350 333 17 52 Biob, ‘ * 750 581 169.___ 210 Bryan, 72; 83| 11 92 Bulloch, 338, 4 334 ‘| 305 Burke, 305 406 1011 4C9 Butts, 396 207 IS9 j 213; | Catuden, 231 99 132 SO 1 Campbell, 532 157 375 315 Carroll, 562; 300; 262 326’ i Cass, 793 418; 375 224’ j Chatham, 567 608 41 30 j Chattooga, 263 126 137 60 I Cherokee, 598 394 204 54 1 Clark, 373 590 : 1271 221 Cobb, 753 436 317 312 Columbia, 118 323 205 122 Coweta, 710 661 5Sj \ IS2 j Crawford, 483 364 1191 224 ‘Dade, 181 24; 160 115 Decatur, 253 3SB 135 30 DeKalb, 775 568; 207 j 200 Dooly, 406 178 228 165 Early, 328 194 134 195', Effingham, 51 139 8S’ \ T 1 Elbert, ; 242 547 605 I 826 Emanuel, 1 216 109 107 3s Fayette, 620 279 341 200 v Floyd, 401 241; 163 fj 14 1 Forsyth, 561 313 248 !’ 119 . Franklin, S79’ 302; 577 1 i 386 Gilmer, 381 110, 271; l Itnf Glynn, 28; 117 89 j Greene, 92 649] i 557 745 Gwinnett, i 709 675 34; i 11 Habersham, 740 29b 444 ; 214 j Hall, ; 570 362 208 I 41 Hancock, j 320 400 80 ; 75 Hairis, 465 790 325 ‘ 314 Heard, 413 290 123 j 123’ Henry, 906 831 72 216; Houston, 705 599 106 I 25f1l Irwin, 309; 330 G 1 243 Jackson, 631 497 137 8 Jasper, 504 474 30 67 Jefferson, 120 428’ j 308 348 Jones. 493 435 5S 56 Laurens, 21 4951 471 385 Lee, 190! 270 81 18 Liberty, j 128; 132; 4 52 Lincoln, 159 t 240 81 49 Lowndes, 355! 319 36 125 Lumpkin. 78 lj 321 461 ‘! 402; Macon, ‘ 333; 348; 15; j 25 Madison, 368: 306’ 62 39; Marion, 299; 375 76 i j 108 Mclntosh, 131 102; 29 ! 9! Meriwether. 825; 727 98 j 95 Monroe, 770 742; 28 j 132 Montgomery, 27 201 174 232 Morgan, 320| 425 105 j 138 Murray, 456 138; 318 j 455 Muscogee, 878 836 42 ; 1! Newton, 497 793; • 291 j 383? Oglethorpe, j 150 584’ 4341 j 372 Paulding, | 292i 222 70 151 Pike, | 774’ 588 186 147 Pulaski, ; 317 123; 224; 151 Putnam, j 330 420 96 276’ Rabun, j 321 j 8 3131 283! Randolph, i 549] 396 153! >i IS; Richmond, 372| 7261 ! 351 77’ Scrivtn, j 222; 187 35] 77 Stewart, 811: 732 79 ! 42 Sumter, 1 337; 396 i 60 12 Talbot, ; 816; 828’ ] 12 G 9! Tatiaffero, 7i 4 10’ 330 j 3-4 Tattnall, 81 238 ; 157 208 Telfair, 177 20) 21. • ‘Thomas, • 175; 346 17! , ?09 Troup, j 426] SOS’ 472; 1 297 Twiggs, ] 444 39(>i 144 123; Union, ] 5411 73! 466, 430’ Upson, 327’ 536 ! 209, 151 Walker, ! 568 325 213; j 234 j Walton, ; 745] 412] 303] 181! Ware, j 242; 75 167 181 Warren, j 359 473; 121 112’ Washington, 54! 543; 2 j 69 Wayne, 110 58; 51 83 Wilkes, 404 405! 1 J 36 Wilkinson, | 535 3491 IS6 91) McDonald’s vote, 38,725 ; Dawson’s vote, 34,539. McDonald’s umjoiily, 4,1t6. PUBLIC MEETING. The melancholy intelligence of the death of the lion. JOHN FORSYTH, late Secretary of State of tbe United States, having reached tins city) a public meeting was forthwith called, when, on motion of tbe Hon. Thomas F. Fos ter, Gen. James C. Watson was called to the Chair, and Dr. William S.Chipley requested ta act ao Secretary. On motion of Col. Foster, a committee of seven was appointed to report suitable resolu tions oil tile sad occasion which convened tho meeting. The Committee appointed were the Hon. Thomas F. Foster, Dr. Thomas Hoxey, Hon. Mansfield Torrance, Hon. Grig>by E. Thomas, Dr. John J. Boswell, Kennith McKenzie, Esq. Philip T. Schley, Esq. The committee retired, and after a short ab sence returned, and rt ported the following preamble and resolution, which, after a most elo quent eulogium on the deceased by the Hon. T. F. Foster, and som exceedingly interesting re marks by the lion. G. E. Thomas, were unani mously adapted. The occasion which convenes us is one of sad and solemn interest, and of deepest affliction to” the people of Georgia. The knell of death is again sounded in our ears. Our State has lost of its brightest ornaments —one ol its favorite and tno t distinguished sons —JOHN I OR- I SY'TH—the public servant of thirty y< ars—the j gifted and accomplished orator —the statesman [of liberal and elevated views—of high intellec tual endowments—is no longer among the liv ing. He died on Friday, the 22d of October, in the city Washington —and in contemplating this melancholy dispensation of Divine Provi dence, there is a mournful consolation in the re flection that lie breathed his last on the theatre of his most useful labors, and of his greatest intellectual acheiveinehts. He fell, it may be said, on the field of his fame. The halls and domes of the Capitoi still reverberate with the thrilling tones of his attractive and masterly elo quence. The Files of the State Department abound with enduring monuments ol his suc cessful diplomacy. In his hands the interests ofhis country were never sacrificed—its dignity never compromitted—its honor never betrayed. He was the sentinel that never slept—the champion that never cowered or quailed. But it is not our purpose to speak his eulogy.— ”We come to bury, not to praise him.” We come to mingle our griefs and sympathies with a bereaved and afflicted family, who have been overwhelmed by this awlul dispensation ot an a!!-\vise and overruling Providence. We come to condole with our fellow countrymen on the great public loss which we have sustained, and to gather with them around the tomb, and render the last sad tribute of respect to the deceased patriot. I'lien fbre Resolved, That we have received with deepest emotion the melancholy intelli gence of the death ot our distinguished fellow citizen, JOHN FORSYTH, and that while we how with humble submission to this afflict ing dispensation, we will cherish his fame, and honor his memory. Resolved, That in testimony of our respect for the memory ol the deceased, we will wear Ejc-usu.it badge at mourning for thirty days.