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•.vf iTy between L ixetnluirg a;l th3 (i?in)jn Customs’ Union was officially communicated to the Prussian ministry at this court. This event Ins caused a great sensation in the di plomatic corps.” Russia. —The emperor has issued several recent decrees intended to obliterate still more the nationality ol’ Poland. Russian coins are to be substituted for those heretofore used by the mint at Warsaw, and all accounts are to be kept in Russian currency alter the Ist of Jan. 1842. Letters from Trebisonde of the 16:h Sept, say that an insurrection has broken out in Georgia against the Russian authorities. The insurgents, it is said, by way of a sequel, burnt the quarantine establishment, Akheslika (pro bably Achalziek.) The sultan has refused to grant, at the re quest of the English government, permission to erect a protestant church in Jerusalem. The military organization ot l urkey was going on rapidly and satisfactorily. From die New Yoik Herald. B7i aTIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES —THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. We have received some authentic and highly important intelligence in relation to the negotiations that have recently been going on between our government and that of Great Britain, on the subject of the right of search, the most vital question that has ever been discussed between the two countries. From the character of the information, we are led to believe that this is destined to become the most troublesome ‘ point of difference with Great Britain, and very likely lead to distur bances, and possibly an open rupture hereaf ter. It will be recollected that on the arrival of the last steamer, we published the correspon dence between our late minister, Mr. Steven son, and Lord Palmerston, on the subject of the alleged seizure of American vessels on the coast of Africa. That was merely the commencement. Wc learn, through our pri vate correspondence from London, that the discussion was continued up to the moment of Mr. Stevenson’s departure, and that to wards the close, a. great deal of spirit and an i(nation was displayed on both sides. The correspondence was conducted with good temper and moderation, but the tone was firm and decided throughout. It has covered a space of six or seven letters, some of which were full and elaborate, going at length into several branches of the question. The whole was brought over by Mr. Stevenson, and is now in the State department at Washington. The point of departure in the discussion was the seizure of American vessels on the African coast, but it opened up the w hole con troversy growing out of the asserted right ot search of Great Britain. There is no point of difference between the two countries so fruitful of difficulty. One of the main causes of ti e war of 1812 was the assertion of this right, and its vexatious exercise by Great Britain. The protrated contest on the continent of Europe, and the constant employment of the immense navy of Great Britain for so long a period, created such a demand for seamen, that under the pretext of seizing her own subjects, she im pressed the citizens of every other country upon whom she could lay her hands. The severe discipline and scanty pay of the Brit ish navy, had driven many of her best seamen to seek employment in the merchant service of the United States. Even the right to de mand these deserters, under any circumstan ces, is not recognised by the laws of nations, but there is usually a disposition among friendly governments to assist each other in securing them'* when it can be done without any deep injury. But for nearly a quarter of a century anterior to the war 1812, Great Britain had not only asnerterl tnis rigid, but site had exercised it under circumstances of the most aggravated insult and injury. Amer ican citizens, and even natives, with ample proof of their citizenship and nativity, were forcibly impressed from our merchant, vessels, and compelled to do duty under the English Hag. Our commerce was interrupted, aud voyages frequently were broken up by these high-handed proceedings. All remonstrance on the part of our government was disregarded ! and the practice was persisted in, without itation or compensation. Our flag was insul ted, and the rights of individuals violated without any color of right, and on the naked demand for their service. At the period when these outrages bad be come the most frequent and oppressive* party spirit had taken a form in this country the most dangerous and ttie most discreditable.— livery wise patriot saw that war was the only preservative of nation! honor, but the country was split into two factions, whose contests were conducted with such violence that the credit of the nation was a secondary consider ation. At length, however, the attack on the frig ate Chesapeake, in our waters, and the forci ble removal of three American citizens, on the pretext that, they were deserters, aroused the whole country, and after four years of feeble attempts at preparation, the war of 1812 fol lowed. In the negotiations at Ghent, which term!-1 nated in a treaty of peace, the right of search j formed a prominent topic of discussion. The I debale vas long and acrimonious. The Brit ish commissioners, under the peremptory or ders of their government, refused to yield the right. It was strenuously urged by Mr. Ad ams and his associates, but without effect.— : The American commissioners finally waived the question, and the treaty of peace was con cluded. The war on the continent was ter minated the following year, and peace pre vailed ovef the whole civilized world. That peace has hardly been interrupted up to the I present tune, and Great Britain has found no 1 active use for any very large portion of her j tremendous navy. She has always found abundance of men for her peace establishment! and consequently there lias been no occasion j for impressing her seamen employed in the service of other countries. But while there has been no necessity for the exercise of the right of search, the British government has never yielded it, and the seizure of our vessels on the coast of Africa lias revived the old con troversy afresh. \\ e are now to begin anew chapter in our negotiations with that imperious and arrogant power. All other questions now in discussion between 1 lie two governments sink into insig nificance in comparison with the right ol search, it involves the honor and rights of the nation. It involves the great principle of independence on the ocean. It is a question of sovereignty. Great Britain, in her lust for universal empire, has long grasped at the su premacy of the seas. The only nation on earth to contest this dominion with her is the United States. In this matter we must not concede an iota—we must not yield a single inch of ground. We must treat with her as a nation that knows its strength as well as its i gilts. There must be perteet reciprocity— absolute equality between us. If there is any one question in the long catalogue of na tional ditterences on which the people would by to arms as one man. it is the right of search. l,e. us settle it peaceably if we can-*—if not, give ns a clear field and no favor, and GuJ de fend the ‘.••ght. We ha\e e\ery reason to believe that this subject \\ ill occupy a prominent place in Bres i lent Tyler’s message at the opening of the next congress. And we have no dffubt that he will treat it in such a manly, pair, otic and energetic.form, as lo command the Sympathy and concurrence of the whole nation. The Bench vs.the Ban. — At M\ Vernon, Kv, sometime since, a judge seized a bench five feet long, and floored a contumacious law yer. The latter boasted that it took the whole bench to put him and mu. LEGISLATURE OP (JEOIIOIA. IN SENATE. Saturday, Nov. 20. Dr. H million of Cas--, from the joint stand ing committee on ititei nal improvement, made a report relative to the Western and Atlantic Ru ilroad. Saturday, Nov. 20. BIEL READ FIRST TIME. T<> regulate the manner ol selling art.cles manufactured in the penitentiary. BANK STOCKS. Oil motion of .Mr. Dunagun, the order of the day, being the bill to authorise the sale of stocks in the Bank of Augusta and the Bank of the Sine of Georgia, was taken up. Mr. Me Dm. gald moved to amend the re- J port of lHe committee, bv striking from the 1 first section the concluding clause viz,: “At a discount not greater than ten per cent, low par,” and insert in lieu thereof, the ing, t> tv it: ‘Ami that said sale of shall be mane and effected upon such and at such rates as shall he deemed most ad vantageous to the public interest by the Pres ident and Directors of the Bank, with the concurrence and approbation of his Excel lency the Governor.” Mr. Stocks called lor a division of the ques tion, and the question being on striking out, anil the yeas and nays uquired, were, yeas 45, nays 36. Mr. Miller moved to amend the amendment, of Mr. McDougaid, by adding thereto, at a discount not greater than ten p r cent —and t >e yeas and nays being reqtmed were, ve&s 39, nays 42. Mr. Miller again moved to amend the amendment of Mr. McDougaid, by adding, at a discount not greater than 1-2 1-2 per cent —and the yeas and nays being required were, veas 35, nays 46. Mr. G raves moved to amend by adding, “provided the sa’ can he effected without too great sacrifice,” which was agreed to. The report as am-ruled was then agreed to, and trie question being on the final pa-sage of the bill, the veas and nays were required, and are, yeas 45, nays 34. Tresevanl Claim. —On motion of Mr. Mil ler, the report of the select committee on the elaim of Peter Trazevant was agreed to. Mail R ouir. —Mr. Graves proposed the fol 1 lowing resolution which was agreed to: Resolved by the Senate-and House of Rep- | resentative; of the State of Georgia, in Gen- ! eral Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved by the authority ot the same, That our Sen ators and Representatives in Congress be re quested to use their exertions to establish a mail route from Starksville, Lee county, Ga. by Cuthbert, Randolph coun'y, to Irwinton, Ala. And be it further resolved, That the Gov ernor be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to each of our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress. •Monday, 22, Bills read first lime —Mr. Mays : To amend an act to make (leaf and dumb persons idiots | in law, so far as to authorise the appointment of guardians in certain cases. Air. Anderson : To prescribe the mode of serving defendants in actions of ejectment in certain cases therein mentioned. Mr. Beall: To compel officers commanding regiments,and where there is but one battalion in a county,the officers comma ading battalions, to have an annual drill for tlie instruction of the officers of said regiments and batalions. Mr. Harris of Warren : To prohibit all and every person or persons win re suit or suits are pending against them or either of them, from dividing their note cr notes, to give an advantage to one creditor over another. Bills passed. —To alter and amend the sev eral acts in relation to attachments, summons, of garnishment and bail process. To alter and amend the several acts in re, lation to insolvent debtors, arid u*so the act for the relief of honest debtors. To alter and amend the 6ili section, of the Judiciary act of 1799, so far as relates to no tices provided for in said section, and to regu late the mode of issuing scire facias m cases therein mentioned. Petition. —Mr. Mahone presented the pe tition of sundry citizens of the county of Tal hot, requesting the present General Assembly to repeal an act passed at the last session, en larging the limits of the town of Talbotton, which was referred to a select committee con sisting of Messrs. Mahone, Coffee and Col lins ot Columbia. The annual report of the principal keeper of the Penitentiary was received, and referred to the committee on the penitentiary. Veto. —On motion of Mr. Miller the com munication of his Excellency the Governor, containing his veto of the bill to alter the time of holding the superior courts in the countif sos the Chattahoochee c rcuit, was read and ordered to lie on the table for the present. Adjournment— Mr. Miller laid on the tabic the following preamble and resolution, which was agreed to, to wit: Whereas, both branches of the General Assembly have resolved to adjourn sine die on the 30th inst : Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the Senate, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the House, for the purpose of ascer taining the amount of business yet to be trans acted, and recommending some plan for the accomplishment ot the same before the time fixed for the adjournment. Messrs. Miller, Black and Anderson, were appointed that com mittee. Tuesday, Nov. 23. Bills read first time. —Mr. McDougald : To regulate the mode of prosecuting actions against joint and several contractors in certain cases. Also, more effectually to secure the solvency of banks and other incorporated com panies, and lo prevent the same from suing in the name of any other pe.son. Mr. Hamilton : In relation to the Central ! Bank of ihe Slate of Ge rgia. Resolutions. The following resolutions , were read and agreed to: Mr. Spalding; Whereas, the people of \ Georgia have seriously suffered m conse iquenceof the abduction of their slaves to the ! Northern ports: and whereas, the existing | laws provide no adequate remedy tor this evil, I Be it therefore resolved, That (he President i appoint a committee of five to examine into ; the propriety of altering op amending the jaws I now in force, so as better lo protect our peo { pie i-n the enjoyment of their constitutionally j sacred rights. And be it further resolved, That such com ! mittee report to this body at as early a date as , practicable, the result of their deliberation?. Whereupon, Messrs. Spalding, Williamson, | Waitbour, Smith of Camden, a,.d McDougald, ; were appointed that committee. Mr. Briers: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his excellen cy the Governor he, and be is heiebv authori sed and requested to pay out of the contingent fund, all expenses attending the interment of the Hon. Nathaniel Bradford, Senator from tlie county of Crawford. And be it further resolved, That in testi mony of the respect due to the memory of our associate, his excellency the Governor he, and he is hereby authorised and requested to have the grave enclosed with, a monumental tomb, and that lie pay lor the same out of the contingent funds, &c. Mr. Cos le : Resolved, That Win. 11. Stiles, Esq., who was appointed by his Excellency the Governor to examine into the application of the funds appropriated to the improvement of the navigation of tl-e Ogfteehee river and lo report thereon, be allowed further time to make said rep rt. Disabilities relative to Testimony. —Mr. Pos ter. from the select committee, male the fol lowing report, 1o w it: The select committee to whom has been referred “A bi’l to be entitled an act to re move all disabilities whatsoever from persons in this stato from testifying in any of the’ courts thereof, or having their oath touching any matter or thing where an oath cr affidavit 1 is necessary to secure any right or interest by reason of any religious opinion they may | entertain cr express,” have had the same un der consideration, and beg leave to report said j bill, together with a substitute for the same, to wit: A bill, to be entitled an act to remove all disabilities whatever from persons in this state, , from testifying in any of the courts thereot, !or having their oath or affirmation, when the same is necessary to seeme any right or in- Iterest whatever by reason of any religious | opinion, he, she, or they may entertain or ex ! press. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of of lira State of Georgia, in . -Hfcral Assembly met, and it is hereby en- by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act no person shall be excluded from testifying as a witness in any of the courts ot law or equity in this state, or deprived of his, her or their oath or affidavit touching any matter or tiling where an oath or affirmation is neces sary to secure any right or interest whatsoever, by reason of anv religions opinion such.person or persons may entertain or express: Provi ;ded, nothing in this act shall prohibit such disabilities going in evidence to the jury to | affect the credit of such witness or witnesses. Bill passed— To regulate the sale of the articles manufactured in the penitentiary, &c. I Evils of Banking. —The Senate look up the report of the committee of the whole, on the | bill to repeal an act m >re effectually to pre j vent the evils of banking, &.e. when Air. An jdersoii offered the following as a proviso to j the second section: Provided, Persons who | have issued change bills contrary to the pro j visions of the aforesaid act, shall return the amount tliat they bad in circulation on the Ist I day of July last, and pay as a tax 31 1-4 cents • for every hundred dollars so in circulation. On motion of Mr. McDougaid,. the report j was laid on the table for tiie present. Supreme Court. —The Senate took up the report of the committee of the whole, on the j bill to carry into effect that part of the first j section of the third article of the constitution j which requires the establishment of a supreme [court, &e. ! Mr. Cone moved to lay the report on the ; table the balance of the session, on which | motion the yeas and nays being required, were • yeas 39, nays 39. There being a tie, the president voted in the affirmative, and the bid was laid on the table for the balance of the session. Bills passed. —To prohibit from sale or gift ail printedor written books, papers, pamphlets, writing paper, ink, and all other articles of stationery whatsoever, to any slave or free I person of color in this state; and to punish | those who may violate the provisions of the same. To remove all disabilities whatsoever from persons testifying in any of the courts thereof, or having their'oaths touching any matter or ihing where an oath or affirmation is necessa ry to secure any right or interest by reason I of any religious opinion such person or persons j may entertain or express. W eukesdat, .Nov. 24 Bills read first time. —Mr. McDougaid ; To more effectually protect the rights of en dorsers, upon promissory notes which shall be given for the purpose of negotiation or intend ed to be negotiated at any chartered bank* or which shall be made on the face thereof, pay able at any chartered bank, or which may be deposited at any chartered bank lor collection, and to point out the duties of notaries public in protes ing the same. Mr. Harris of Warren: To require all en dorsers to sue tha pi incipal in his, her, or their district. Bills passqd*- To alter and amend the 3d, 7th and 12th sections of the first article, and the 3d section of the 3d article, and the 15 h section of the 4th article of the constitution ol this state. r lo give to aWpersons employed, in steamboats and other water crafts on the Chattahoochee riv er a lien on said steamboats and water crafts, for his or her tenges, and for wood and provision furnished, To authorise William T. Cowart and his associates to construct a turnpike road across the Pine Mountain in Harris county, &.c. Reports of Chartered Banks. —Mr. Stocks, from the joint standing committee on banks, to whom have been referred the annual re ports of the different chartered banks in this state, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report: From a careful examination of the reports of the following hanks, we find them redeem ing promptly ail their liabilities in gold and silver, and entitled in the opinion ofyourconv | mittee, to the confidence of the com ..unity, to wff ; The Bank of the State of Georgia and branches, Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the Stale of Georgia, Planters’ Bank o r Sa vannah, Central Railroad and Banking Com pany. Bank of Augusta, Bank of Ruckersville, M echanies 1 Bank of Augusta, Commercial Bank of Macon, Ocmulgee Bank, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Bank of St. Mary’s, Bank of Brunswick, and the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. In addition to the foregoing your committee would remark, that the branch of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company in Augusta has since the first day of February last con tinued to redeem her fells promptly ; and from information recently received upon authority entitled to the most implicit confidence, your committee are happy to be able to state, that the mother Bank at Athens has, within a few days past, met all their cash liabilities, and is now paying her bills in specie. Or the Central Bank of Georgia, your com mittee are not prepared to make so minute a report as would be satisfactory to the Legis lature. from want of sufficient time to exam me thoroughly into her condition, and would therefore ask leave to refer the Legislature to the report of the-select committee appointed at. tlie recent session to examine into the ad ministration and affairs of that bank, and which report your committee learn i* ill in a few days ne laid before both branches of the Legisla ture. Your committee regret to be constrained to say from tiie evidence exhibited in the reports ot the following banks, and from other credi ble sources, that they are not redeeming their issues in terms of their charters, to wit: Bank of Hawkinsville, Planters’ and Me chanic’s Bank of Columbus, and Bank of Co lumbus. Your committee, however, would remark, that from the exhibition of means in the possession of those banks, thev will be enabled eventually to redeem all their liabili ties. Your committee cannot express so favora ble an opinion of the Western Bank of Geor gia as of the other non-specie paying banks, whose reports have been before them; but on the contrary, have tears that the bill hold ers ot that institution must sustain a consid erable loss. The report was ordered to be laid on the table for the present. Resolutions. —Mr. Cone laid on the table the following: \\ hereas, it is the duty of the representa tives ot the people lo conform to their wishes : and w hereas, various efforts iiave been made to create and organize a supreme court .for the correction of errors. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the managers of the next general election be, and they'are hereby reqi feed to make out and transmit with the election returns, the vote for and against the organization of a supreme court, and the peo ple are requested to endorse on the back of their tickets, Court, or .Wo Court. Bill pus an d authorise an 1 prescribe the mode of serving defendants in actions of ejectment, in certain cases therein named. Bill read firs’ time. — Mr. Spalding : To secure and protect the citizens of Georgia in the possession ol their slaves. Thursday Nov. 25. Bills read first time. — Mr. Redding of Har ris : To repeal part of Ist section of an act touching the distribution of intestate estates, obc. Mr. Morris, from the committee on finance: To direct the Central Bank to pay interest upon the public debt. Bills passed —To more effectually secure the solvency of banks and other incorporated companies, and to prevent the same from su ing in the name of any other person. To regulate the mode of prosecuting actions against joint-and several contractors in cer tain cases. Relative to the Central Bank of Georgia. Central Bank. Mr. Kenan, from the spe cial committee appointed, to examine into the affairs of the Central Bank, made the follow ing report, which was read aud agreed to. to wit: The special committee to whom was as signed the duty of inquiring into the causes of the embarrassed and exhausted condition of the Central Bank, with power to investi gate its administration, bog lease briefly to report the following facts : That their investigaMon discloses the em barrassed, and exhausted condition of the bank to have resul ed from the following causes : From, the embarrassed condition of ihe bank in 1837, arising from the excessive dis tributions to the peopie during that year* the Legislature,, which immediately succeeded, was compelled for its relief, to author.iso the directors to borrow of the Phoenix Bank of New York ‘<s2oo,ooo. In 1841, we find the directors issued a dis ribution to the people of 8 750,000. By a reference to additional amounts discounted to individuals, during die mean time, upon bills or drafts drawn upon New York and Savannah varying from, live hundred to fifteen thousand dollars and which returned protested, we find the sum of $338- 000. These amounts added to the surplus revenue of $>151,422* the entire amount of which was distributed to the people, together with the sum of <5221,000 advanced to the treasury during the year 184S, with the sum advanced to the Western and Atlantic Rail road, an amount comparatively small to the amount loaned by distribution to the people, are believed to be the causes of the embar rassed and exhausted condition of the Centra! B<nk. Upon the subject of its policy or rulminis tration, a subject of deep and intrinsic impor tance to the people, we directed our attention to the following inquiries: Firs', as to the manner of the payment of the New York debt. In tbe investigation we find that at the time the New York debt of 200,000 was reported to have been paid, the Central Bank had an outstanding liability up on that debt of 870,009, showing that alt ho* the debt was extinguished to the Phoenix Bank, the liability of the 8 200,000 was not extinguished by 870,000. We find that the directors discounted in 1840 and 1841, <598,000 in the Darien Bank lulls. In the investigation of the discount to St. Clair and Holmes of <570,000, we find their bills to the amount of about $35,000 have returned upon the bank protested. But those bills, as well as many others although protested are considered generally good. Among the protested drafts drawn upon Sa vannah, we find one discounted to John R. Anderson for $2,000, without any endorser. The directors inform your committee that they took $3,000 in Darien bills as collateral secu rity- . . . In takmg leave of tins investigation, your committee would respectfully recommend the passage of a resolution, requiring the Direc tors ot he Centra] Bank to proceed forthwith and without further delay, to the collection of ail protested bills or notes, and prohibiting the further discount upon bills, until tho bank shall bo in a condition to make a distribution to the whole people. Hill-last. —To prohibit all and every person or persons where suits are pending against them cr either of them, from dividing their note or notes to give an advantage to one creditor over that of another. Bills passed. —To consolidate the offices of receiver of tax returns, and tax collector, so fa- as relates to the county of Sumter. To incorporate the town of Albany* in Ba ker countv, &.C.. To make copartners who are plaintiffs in the courts of law and equity in this state, to maintain and prosecute their suits in said courts in certain cases, without being com pelled to adduce proof of their copartnership. Central Bank. —Mr. Stocks laid on the ta ble tiie following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the directors of the Cen tral Bank be required to inform this branch of the General Assembly what amount of run ning or active paper is in the Central Batik— what amount of notes is lying over—what amount of hills discounted or running, and what amount is lying over—-and what amount of nates and hills are in suit. And be it further resolved, That said direc tors report what amount of each denomina tion or description of debts they consider good, and what amount they consider bad, and lost to the bank. Bill lust. —To increase the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace, &e. Fkiday, Nov. 2®. Executive Assent. —A message was receiv ed from the Governor transmitting his assent to the following acts : To repeal an act to regulate the intercourse between the banks of this state and other in stitutions and brokers—also, to alter and amend the act authorising the recovery of damages against banks : and the act of the last General Assembly requiring the banks of this stale to redeem their liabilities in specie. To alter and amend the several acts in re lation to the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. To authorise Win. Moore to erect a dam across part of the Clfattahoocli.ee river, in Harris county. Bills puss:;!. —To suspend operations on a part of ttie Western and Atlantic Railroad, and to provide for the execution of contracts on a part of the same, and for other purposes therein specified To withdraw the appropriation of to the University of Georgia. Central Bin!;. —The resolution relative to the Central Bank, introduce! yesterday by Mr. Slocks, was taken up and agreed to.* lIOUSB OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wa i uiidaV. Nov. Banks. —The House agreed to reconsider so much of the journals of yesterday ns relates to the Resolution calling upon hi>. Excellence the Governor for all tlie information at lus command relative to the judicial proceedings that have been ordered against the several Banks of this State, &c. Bills read first time. — Mr. Jordan : To sus pend the operations on part of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and to provide for the execution of contracts on a part of the same, &c. Mr. llardage : To Lay out and organise a new county out ot the counties of Franklin, Habersham, Hall and Jackson, and to attach the same to the Western Circuit, &c. Mr. Watson, ot Muscogee: To releive Jas. Kivlin, late military store-keeper ai the city of Columbus ; also, to add the residence and possession of I’lt anas WcGinly of the coun'v of Muscogee, to the county of Talbot, and also, to impose a special tax on the persons and properly of the city of Columbus, OCc. Mr. Powers : To release the State of Geor gia from her interest in the Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company and to provide for the connection of the same with the eastern ter minus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Mr. Mitchell, of Stewart: To limit the number of peremptory challenges to jurors on ! the part ot the State and prisoners, in ail trials j on any indictment for murder in this State, ’ and for preventing challenge an ihe part of j the Slate to the whole array. Bills Passed. —To alter and amend the 2d , section of an act for the better selection and drawing of grand juries for the several coun ties m this State. Reports from Judiciary Committee. Mr. Colquitt reported the following Bills: To legalise and make valid certain acts of the clerks of the Inferior Courts of the State of Georgia, so far as attesting deeds, &c. Recommended to the favorable consideration of the House. To repeal and amend the words “petition” in the latter part of the Ist section of the 3d. article of the Constitution of this Slate. Re commended to the unfavorable consideration of the House ; as also, the bill To facilitate the collection of debts against incorporations and. the stockholders thereof. To alter aud amend the 13. h and 21st sec tions ol the judiciary acts of this State, so far as relates to Justices Courts, and to abolish the practice of requiring an endorsement on justices executions of no personal property to be found sufficient to satisfy execution or exe cuiions, before the same can be levied on land and negroes—declared it inexpedient to pass the same. To amend the judiciary of the State of Georgia. Passage recommended; as also the bill To declare and make valid, binding and. legal, all bonds given or that, mav hereafter be given in tins State by administrators aiul guardians, payable to the Court of Ordinary, Judgosof the Inferior Court sitting for ordina ry purposes, Judges of the Court of Ordinary and Justices of the Inferior Court sit ing for ordinary purdoses, in any county of this State. Bills Rejected. — To repeal restrictions upon private Banking, and to provide for the pun lsliment of frauds therein. To repeal an act to add an additional section to the sixth division of the Penal Code. i'o make accounts entitled to draw their equal portion with notes on insolvent estates. i'o alter and amend so much of the 14th division and 48th section of the Penal Code, as disqualifies petit jurors for trying capital offences. Bills Read First Tims. —To extend the time for the completion of the Central Kail Road between the cities of Savannah and Ma con, and to reduce the number of D.rectors of. the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. To extend the provisions of an act to facili tate the recovery of money out of the hands of Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Clerks of the. Superior and Infe rior Courts, and Attorneys at Law. To amend the Ist section of an act ta- ex empt from sale for debts contracted after a given time, certain articles chiefly necessary lor the subsistence of the debtor’s family. To require Judges to grant rules absolute against Sheriffs in certain cases. To cause a straight line to be run between the counties of Sumter and Lee, and to provide for the payment of the same. To extend the time to fortunate drawers in the late Land and Gold Lottery to lake out their grants. To incorporate the Georgia Conference, and to vest therein the title to certain property, with authority to dispose of the same. Mon da v. Nov 22. Bills Read First Tims. —Mr. Armstrong : To authorize the Commissioners of the Wes tern and Atlantic Rail Road to issue change bills redeemable in script. Mr. Simmons: To explain and amend an act to exempt from sale for debts contracted after a given time, certain articles chiefly no cessary for the subsistence of the debtor’s family. Mr. Crane : To amend the charter of the Central Bank of Georgia, and to repeal cer tain acts amendatory thereto, and to require said Bank to make a loan, and to confer upon said Bank further banking powers and privi leges. Mr. Pitts : To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the'several counties in this State, to alter and change names and legalise | the same. Mr. Howard: To relieve the City Council of Columbus, and to exempt the Bridge across Ihe Chattahoochee river, in said city, from tax ation. Bill Lost. —To repeal an act to alter and amend an act for reducing the interest of mo ney in this province, passed March 27th, 1759, so far as relates to usurious contrats, &.c. Bill Passed. —To establish an additional election precinct, in the county of Troup. Bili Read First Time. —.Mr. Dyer: To authorise and require the Governor to have suits commenced on all bonds, given for the forthcoming of public arms, &c. Bills Lost. —-To authorise appeals from Justices to Superior Courts in this Etate, in certain cases, &c. To extend the stay on judgments in the Justices Courts of this State. To exempt Millers from road, jury and military duties. i'o exempt the Justices of the Inferior Courts from performing certain duties therein specified. Resolution.--The House agreed to a Reso lulion authorising the Governor to pay the funeral expenses of the late Nathaniel Brad ford, deceased, from the county of Crawford, and that his Excellency be requested to pay for, and cause to he erected, a usual monu mental tomb over the grave of the deceased, &c. Tuesday. Nov. 23, The following message was received from his Excellency ihe Governor, by Mr. Harris, his Secretary, to wit: His Excellency the Governor has approved a resolution of the House of Representatives, authorising lorn to draw his warrant on the Treasury for <51,23 27, and pny it over to the Senator from tiie county of Troup, which amount was appropriated by the Legislature of 1833 to L Ly Alien, of said county. The H >nse took up tho amendments of Senate to the bill of the House “To regulate ihe sale of the articles manufactured in the Penitentiary of the Stale of Georgia,” &c., and concurred therein. The House went into comm ttee of the whole, Mr. Brown, of Wilkes, in ihe chair, on the bill *• To appropriate money for the politi cal year 1842,” and having spent some time therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Brown, from the committee, reported the biil without amendment. The report was then taken up by sections, and several amendments being made thereto, on motion, the same was laid on the table tor the present. Wedne-da v. Nov. Resumption of Bank Liabilities. —— Ihe House took up the Report on the b.ii “ To re peal an act to compel the several Banks of this State to redeem their liabilities in specie, and to provide for tbe forfeiture of the chartor or charters of such as may refuse, and to im pose and pass a tax upon such banks as refuse to redeem their liabilities m specie, and to provide for tiie collection and the appropriation thereof to tiie use of the Poor School System, and the same* being read, considered and amended, Mr. Howard offered as a substitute ior the same, “ A bill, to repeal an act to compel the sev eral Banks of this State to redeem their liabil ities in specie, and to provide t >r the forfeiture of the charter or charters of such as may re fuse, and to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Justices of the PeacG in all cases ot Bank notes, or other paper, circulated or intended to he circulated as money or currency, and to provide lor tlie speed}’ circulation ot aii sucu notes or other paper, and to appoint a receiver m cor: i-in eases, and to prevent Banks irom issuing paper by their agents at any other pla ces than those designated by theif charter.” Tne question being on receiving the sub stitute ot Mr. Howard, in lieu of tiie o; i final bill, Mr. Eppinger offered a bill “concerning the Banks in tins Slate,” as a substitute lor tbe original biil and substitute, which was rejected ! by ihe House. Tiie substitute for the original bill as oiier ■edby Mr. Howaid, was then taken up by sec ! lions, and the part of the first section being read, which is in the following words, to wit: “Tne jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace l in and of this State,shall be, and the same is ! hereby extended, and admitted to any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, besides inter est, in ail cases or suits where bank bills,notes* or other instruments issued, circulated, or used as money or currency,” &c. ‘The substitute being furt her considered and amended, a motion was made for adjournment which prevailed, Belore the adjournment a communication in writing from his Excellency the Governor was delivered by Mr. Harris, ins Secretary, as also tiie following message : His Excellency the Governor has assented : to the following act; An act toautimnse constables to serve sum j mows nine days before the sitting of the Court to which they are made returnable. The committee on Enrollment was directed i to carry the same forthwith to the office of the Secretary of S ate, and see the great seal of j the Suite affixed thereto. Thursday. Nov. 25. Bills Read First Time- —Mr. U atson, of ■ Heard : i'o grant all clerks and sheriffs ihe | privilege of advertising their proceedings in any public gazette within the Coweta Circuit. SPEECH OK MR. HUGHES* OF RANDOLPH, On a bill to repeal the secouJ sveuun of an act to pro vide an ad atonal fund for the support ol die uni v< rsily ol Georgia: Devin-red ii the House of Kepre-entalives, November, 1841. Mr. Hughes said, that he did not rise as the oppoiit ut oi E location, but as the advocate ol that retrenchment winch tiie country so much needed. He admitted tne importance o! an institution of this high literary, character --Inn, really, could not see the necessity of continuing an annual appropriation, which j seemed to him already to have bordered upon a lavish expenditure of money.. Sir, said Mr. 11., it is a fact admitted by ihe j honorable gentlemen irom Ciaik. (Mr. Hull,) | 1 1 1 ot at the commencement of this instiiuiion, , the s:a e gave it lands which were afterwards Isold fir one him lied and thirty odd thousand dollais, for bonds due in three annual instal lucnts—that the trustees of the college pro posed to the ssaie to take the bonds aud give it §j,l<X),ooo in slock in the slate and Au gusla banks, which the stale, in order to aid the wishes of the trustees, agreed to do, and j also pledged, herself annually to pay the inler |csi thereon. With these means, and the an. j nuaj income of §3,000, the interest arising ! from the bank stock, together with ihe income j resulting from the tuiiion of students, the j fund of the institution had been amply suffi |cm nt to answer every neciasary purpose up |to the year IS2&—at which t mu a portion j of the college, edifice was consumed by fire. The legislature of 1830 authorised a loan |of 10,000 to tbe institution, and at ihe same ■ lime gave it an annual donation of §6,000, which sum-ii Iras received since that period. — Now, sir, to say nothing of the inducement and ihe appropriations pa and to the year L 320, we find that, including §B,OOO interest, the §IO,OOO loaned aiul the §6,000 annual v for ten years, they will make the aggregate sum of §150,000, given by the state to that iusti tution—equal to an annual donation of fifteen thousand dollars. This, sir, is a munificent ! liberality. j Bn:,sir, permit me to direct your attention to another section ol the act of I*3o. The one to which I allude, makes i! the duty ol the trustees of tiie college to educate graiui tously at least one youth from each county, to be selectd by (he inferior court thereof— How do gentlemen explain their failure to perform this duty ? Why, forsooth, they tell you that the number was so great that ii was impossible for the trustees to provide for so i many—and, as they had no power to sell ct j Irom among them, they determined to reject : die WHOLE of them !. This* sir, is the ac knowledgement of gentlemen who arc advo ca ingthc interest ol ihe institution. Now, can you sir, imagine a greater fraud? At the time when ihe donation is given them, with tiie express understanding that they were j to educate ninety two students gratuitously, ! as soon as they received the money, they fell | you that the number of youth is 100 great— j that, as they cannot select ale.-s i timber. i therefore, they would net take any!— J3u i. did | they propose to refund to the Slate ihe money j they had thus obtained ? No, sir. But, now, that the stale is no longer disposed to grant : an appropriation which she is unable Ui pay. ; we are told that it argues ignorance and nnr ■ rowness of soul, which are incompatible with j the character of a man of “ an hones] heart!’’ |t has been contended lor by gentlemen ou t this fi ior, th.il they were in favor of reduc tion —ihat ihe salaries of the pubhc officers Ought to lie reduced ; and as an argument in j support ot'th s position, we are told that I vn,one-v is worth 20 per centum les- now, than four years ago. Is ii not strange that gentle men, in speaking of money, seem to have ; forgotten that the professors of Franklin col ; lege would 1)’ subjected to up greater incon ! veiiieiice than ihe judges ol our super or ; courts !—licit, say gentlemen, retrenchment j ought not to he'carried into our college! Anil, whv? is ihe education of a few youth : of more inteiest to the slate than the pro tection of itie properly, reputation, limbs. I ff, laud liberty of t tie whole of her citizens? If ’ not, 1 ask, whv is it that gentlemen contend I fiat the professors ol Frankhn college are !entitled to two thousand dollars each, while the judges ol* our superior courts, who are • conservators of the rights of every cidz-'n, ! areoi.lv allowed the inferior sum of §1,630? I Again, sir, the app opriation to that msiitmion |is partial and unequal From what 1 can learn, there are not more than forty gradn -1 ales, annually. If this he (rue, which i.onr pretend to deny, then, ( very young man who receives a diploma from Franklin college, costs- I the state of Georgia not less than §350! Is it just? Is it equal? Aud, sir, who are ihe youth who are reviving ibis amoout'of money from die slate, to aid them in Iheirednral on r Thev are tha sons <>■( ihe wealthy ! Yes, die sons of'those who are able to erlnca'* their chil dren, independent of die stale! Vet, we are told all this is right. Now. sir. suppose | wen to introduce a hill asking an appropriation to die education ol forty poor youth that would average §350 each, do you imagine that it would lie entertained by li e opposition for a moment? No, sir—they would ridicule die idea. Yet, will they contend that die poor and common people ol tiie stale shoo'd he taxed f >r — uhat? Why, to raise money for the rich aud opulent.! Gendemen may talk about democracy and equal rights, and make for themselves a bril liant Utopia—r-hut, so lon as they draw a distinction of this character, I can asm re them that I for one can never be found in its sup port, I believe that the honest people of Randolph are entitled to as many privileges as anv—and if they are not to receive the be nefits held out to them by the college, it is no reason that they should he taxed to enable others to receive it, and I, as their represen tative, can never vote for it. Good Dividend. —We know of no stock that has paid so well in this part of the State for a long while, as that of the ‘ Savannah In surance and Trust Company.” A dividend of five per cent for the last six months, has just been dcdqred.->-Savannah Republican. From the National Intelligencer. GOST OF STEAMSHIPS? The construction of the noble steam frigate’ Kamscbatka, at New York, by contract, for the liuss,an Government, has been made the occasion iu a Nov York paper of some com parisons between her cost and that of die two steam frigates (the Missouri and Mississippi) building at the New York and Philadelphia navy yards by our Government, unfavorable n> the latter ; ii being alleged that these cost §930,000 each, while die Kamscbatka, of din e hundred ions burden more than either of them, cost hut §450,000. ‘This allegation has been met by the North American of Phil adelphia, with sundry refuiory statements wiuoii. in just.ee to the Navy Commissioners, we think it proper to transfer to our columns —divesting them of every thing beyond the naked tacts presented. ‘ The public have been amused, ever since the 1 a .inching of the Kam-chatka frigate, with !>•'listings ol her qualities, performances, and ; clieaphess ot construction. Ami in extolling tins vessel, pains lih -e been taken to hold her m contrast with our Government steam fri | stales now being constructed, and to prejudice ihe public mind against these vessels nail tha.- Administration under which they are build ing. “ We are not conversant with the acts of the N.ivv Board in tin men years, but whatev er mav have been die errors in times past, the noble specimens of naval architectures which have been constructed under their stu pervisiou and o.ders, and presented to die- American public iu the Uvo steam frigates Missouri and Mississippi, ought to entitle therm to entire confidence. Ol die machinery and performance of these vessels we will not speak, heeau.se it lias not yet been brought to thev test ol trial, and we do not feel disposed to lake a hand at “ die game of brag.” When completed, these ship's will tell their own storv,, but as specimens of naval architecture they | are before Ihe world, and stand, l>v the ver dict of public opinion, unsurpassed, even hv j die vaunted Kamscbatka, whose beautiful proportions have been so justly admiied. But o die article m question : ‘ It is charged that li e ‘ navy ships will* cost upwards of §OOO,OOO each.’ That ‘the Kamscbatka- is three hin d ed tons larger,’ iv! lii ‘ two decks instead of one,’ arid is • su p rior iu wot kmansliip and engines,’, and ‘will be del vered in Cronstadt for §450.000 |or csy ‘including Schuyler's profit of §30,- 000,’ all which we will show to he the reverse ol the irulii, so far as regards the American vessels, irom information derived from the most authentic sources. We have also in formation on wh eh we place firm reliance, dial the cost of die Russian is enormously-'’ underrated, aml-that she will riot be delivered ai Gronstiadl short of §600,000. “ All three of these vessels are two deckers, (ami as .such we have rated the tonnage,) except in die engine rooms, where thev all leave single decks. Tiie Missouri and Mississippi measure on llio’ upper rll-ck, hum Use font of ihe stem to aft sletn post,, ruin'd! ; tip ... 224 rtY. long.. Breadth ofbeem - - -40 ft. Depth of hold, - - - - 23 6 Tonnage measured as two deck ers, - R6S4 20-I9G lons* The Kamsclialka measures, as above, - 219 ft. Rrcfedth of beam at the paddle wheel shaft ... 35 ft. 10 in... Depth of hold - - - - £4 6 Tonnage By tha same rule, 1.355 89-95 lons. The Kamsehtilka is sponsou built. ‘Thai is to say, she widens above ilie water line fore and aft the water wheels, in order to give- her a more roomy deck. The breadth !&re given’ is die body ot the vessel as she sits upon the water. But the act ol Congress, which was 1 1,Q.0l intended for a craft of this build, nquiies die measurement of breadth to he at tW widest point above die wales, and const quenu- Iv the register gives a fallacious tonnage of* 1,137 46 96; tiie breadth across the sponsons’ be.iiig 41 leet 10 inches; the real bieadth at* ih’e water line being 3 leet 2 inch* s narrower, j than die navy slops. ‘The cos! of the Mis*-- | sissippi has been ascertained with as much I accurrcy as their staie of forwardness wi f j admit, within asi ort pi rit and. Including their ! armament, the expense of these vessels, fitted j complete, will not vary five per cent, from | one million of dollar?, or five hundred thou j -.and ilokais each. But vie have some de- I elections to make. The frame of the Km schaika is die fra me of a 1,400 ton slop, while , the dames of the American vessels are ot* 1700 tons. ‘I he dune ol the Russian is j while oak, worth ffriy cents a fool, and will) : rot in ten-years. The frames of die Amen-• jeans are Florida live oak, of largest dimen-- i siirt'S, cost ii g one dollar and seventy-five cents Ia cubic foot and vyill last for ages. The 1 Kams-chaika is lastcned w, t h wooden or nails. I i he Amt r cans are fastened throughout with I copper, without a trenail in them. Let us j pot tins to figures : j 21 CCO cutis feet of live oak timber in the I American fiame*. nt £1 “5 - 36 750 ! 16 COO < übic feet of while oak in the Russian, at 40 cents, • - - 6 4CO It tfVrence, - 30,350 ICO COO ibs. copper fastening in Ameri <•!■!>£. at 25 cciils, - - - 25 (00 20 OCO lbs. copper in Russian, - SCtO DlU'u elite - 20 0(0 These tvifs items of materials give - £50,350, iu excess for ihe American riit| s, exprne'eet ion ake the ships more I.sting ami stable, arid to save iuluie r< paiis. We have given tbe cost of the Americans, each, ------ §500.000 ‘1 c bring them on as equality wi h the Rus sian in point of ijutiiiy, we must deduct 50,350 Showing the ros! to lie - - - §449 650 or about the same as the pretended cost of that \e-scl. “ These are but two items of excess, for it timsi be ho:ne m muul that evety dimension a In in i lie Rossi in it as less than the American, ;u the pn)| oiiion ol fourteen to seventeen. “But we have another test of comparative cost, withh cannot be controverted. •‘ We will assume, for die moment, that ihe minerals n! die two vessels were ofsigfi ,ai cosi. ‘The displace ment of a ship in tons, and the comparative cost of two ships should he nearly as their weight*. ‘The Russian’s displacement, with ail machinery on board, was, or ought to have In en, 2,100 tons. The J splucement of the American’s, will) all on Ii .inf, will he 2 700 ions—consequently the cosis, re-j ectivelv, shmtld he as 21 is to 27. “Now, ihe American costs §500,000.—. Therefore, die Russian, by i Iris proportion, oogfil to have cost §390,000; arid it we take ihe prnport unite tonnage, she ought to have cost ab<hii §400,000; winch brings: the tWQ modes of estimating very close. “We t fink we have clearly shown that the much abused Navy Board have htrrlt two ships, superior in every respect to the Rus sian frigate, at a saving of sixqy thousand dollars over die cost of the Kamscbatka.” Beginning in Season. —We understand that ‘ne city corporation have already issued four hundred more licenses for selling ruin linn were granted last year* and that the. committee of the Common Couuc. l, are daily in session for issuing more. What is the ob ject ] Is it not to conciliate the favor of the small dealers in grog, preparatory to the Spring election ? Ii so, we trust the men who are endeavoring to win support in this manner, will find that they have forged a weapon to be weilded against themselves, N. Y. Herald. The revenue of the port of Boston for the third quarter of 1841, in comparison with the corresponding quarters ol the two previous years, as is follows ; For the quarter ending Sept. 30,2811 $1,266 875 “ ~ 1840 ’911.624 ‘ , “ “ ‘* 1839 1 281.748 1 h;s shows an immense increase last year, and nearly equal to that year of large imports, Tnl9. Ihis increase has no doubt been fa cilitated by the Liverpool steamers that now