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—■—— ..■■■■ L* .■-■■UL—L_! UHKOM-;LiK AxSb SKiSTiNfcIL. AUGU S f A . THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5. The Electiifcms. In this morrdng’s paper will !>»’ found the result ■of the Electoral election as far as heard from, which is truly gratifying to eveiy ft tend of Reform thro’- out the Union. There is a icTdar increase, which extends throng!i every county. Rut in none have we noticed that increase with more unalloyed pleasure than in old Republican Burke, whi h has wheeled back into her former track. tVe have long been "satisfied that her intelligent and patriot ic sons cou!d not be long estranged from the re publican TWnlts, and the election on Monday has fully attested the justice of our estimate. She is now in her ancient moorings, from which she will not again be hauled out, particularly in the devi ous sea of Locofocoism. Governor’s Message. In this day’s paper will be fuond the Message delivered by the Governor to ffie Legi'lature on Tuesday. And now that we a:»e on the subject, we must take the opportunity terder our ac knowledgements to his Excellency for his promis ed copy, as soon as he could “do so with propriety ,” and we must admit our enlightenment by his con struction of the phrase “do so with propriety.*’ by which we infer he meant he would forward one, when every other editor had been supplied. Os the merits or demerits of the Message we shall say but a word —and we are confident wc do it impartial justice in saying that i s brevity is its only recommendation. We confess we have been much disappointed in the ability displayed by his Excellency. For whether we an.vize it for argu ment or as a piece of finished eorrr>( sition it is both weak and defective, A few Shares of Georgia Insurance Company Stock were sold on Monday, at an Estate sale, for - cash, at $54 per share, for 75 paid in; which is • equal to $79 for full Shares. •; Off A friend informs us that Mr: Thomas Flor * ence, of Lincoln County, has raise l a politic that measures 28$ inches in length, and 23 inches in ‘ circumference, and weighs eight poi.nds. This is a .genuine Tippecanoe potatoe, and no mistake Mr. T. challenges the Locos to produce a larger ‘one. ; The Southern Recorder says:—V;’a had hoped to be enabled to gratify our readers ;by presenting them witlr the fine speech wiiich. Mr. Speaker Jenki-.s delivered to the House, on assuming the chair, but we are disappointed, as Mil, Jen ins de clines furnishing his remarks for publication. We can only say, then, that the speech was a most happy effort of this highly talented and accom plished gentleman. The Augusta Chrenicie calls a n|>ccting of the “Bloody 600” boys. What does Le mean?— Butcheis / Crescent City. \ Yes, they have butchered the LociA'ocj party in •this county in away that is “■shocking— positively ■shocking.” ELECTION RETI I£ NS . PRESIDENTIAL. COrp i RESSION AL VOTE. : VOTE. t A 'l ( • * y < 1 •’ > n “ S i! O COUNTIES. z- » ! = H- 2 o S » S • 3 IS * 3 ’ > • . I m . . / 1 Appling, -M 100 115 Baker .... .... \ 199 239 Baldwin,.... 731 533 ••• 4 r 330 323 8ibb,....... IS ; j 675 676 Bryan, 69 36 Bulloch, 25 356 i. 7 365 Burke, 593 195 .... 523 27! •mi 11 •• • • •• • • . •.. 23 i Camden 190 227 ■Campbell 199 530 Carroll, .... .... .... 256 451 Cass .... • • 469 662 Chatham.... o9\ 647 . ...I; 556 6U Chattooga,.. •••♦ I; 211 268 Cherokee,... 7361 504 Clarke 630 319 i.619l 360 Cobb,.. .... ■ 407 659 Columbia,... 470 223 .... J 479 274 Coweta, .... 652 654 Crawford,... 435 459 |j.4!7 448 Dade, •••• ; 23 145 Decatur, 4'M £4B DeEalb, .... .... ...• | 6J6 "753 D001y,...... | 228 330 ■Early, ... .... ....j* 240 354 Effingham,... 158 55 ....1,173 75 Elbert, .... d 909 133 Emanuel,,... • | 124 170 Fayette, if 406 513 Floyd, 26 i 281 Forsyth, 330 511 Franklin, •••• f 33 815 Gilmer, 84 338 •G1ynn...... ?l0 28 ‘Green 594 127 •••• ;840 106 .Gwinnett,... 125 703 689 Habersham, 1 344 802 Hall 1 527 024 Hancock, ... 482 ' £4l .... 469 243 Harris, .... ' ....i, 933 386 Heard,.. I 32 v 374 Henry, :j 853 752 Houston, ; p;>7 6.7 IrWin, ; i>o l s ß Jackson, i 534 569 Ja-per, 495 494 1 HO 509 JeiTefoon 93 Jones, j 456 Laurens, i 2 <2 4 Lee, 3v2 153 Liberiy, 1:51 121 Lincoln, 317 123 .... -«94 154 Lowndes 4d:2 1-3 Lumokin, 1 244 718 Macon, *.... | 535 325 Madison, 324 297 Marion, i £57 312 Mcl«osh lOt 145 Meriwether, 7 Jt> 790 Men.oe, 796 675 31?- 733 Mobt:omery. .... , 25? 7 . Morgan, 478 27S .... 48* 330 Murray, 23| 481 Muscogee, ; j 9v J 848 Ne wton •• ....| 9V$ 39s Cglrthorpe, 655 132 Paulding 8-p 263 2 »rke, s;j*? 626 Pulaski, 2*i 315 Putnam, 316 Rabun, Randolph, I •••• Richmond, .. 939 4'b ••••; Sr riven, fi'iO 199 .... I’ih? k3< Stewart * Sumpter, |£? 3/1 Talbot .... .... -U Taliaferro,... 431 47 ....1 33?,r 61 Tatnall, 2% 24 Telfair, I | 131 Thomas, 447: 145 Troup 11 Vs 463 Twiggs, 37if| 423 Union, 94 422 Upson, 632 293 I 6'd 308 Walker, I 38C 509 Walton, 62* j 681 wave, 2(1 *! 46 Walien, 552 243 5K:,; 336 Washington. 593 433 •••• 57 I 517 Wayne,.... 7d. • 80 Wilkes 433 353 4€ ; 3SI .... * .... j** -1 From the New Orleans Picayune of the 30th. A ICoyal Conflagration. The Empress and the Monarch »two majestic boats, were completely demolished hy tire upon the river early yesterday morning. The Empress was up for St. Louis, and would have left at me ridian on Wednesday hut for the violent rain storm which prevailed at that lime.—Between three and four o’clock yesterday morning she was discovered to he on lire, hut so rapid was the pro gress of the flames that all elfors to check the conflagration proved unavailing. There being no possibility of saving the boat, and her pre sence placing the other boats in manifest dan- I ger, she was at length cut loose and suffered to j float off into the slieam. This produced a sin i gularly novel and magnificent spectacle for those j who left their beds and sought the Levee at the : sound of the fire bells. The blazing boat, one sheet of flame from stem tos'ern, fell ofi into the ; current, illuminating the vessels and houses along i the Levee, spreading a broad glare of red around i the sky and lighting the deep Mississippi with the long quivering reflection of her flames. She floated almost directly across the river touching the opposite shore at Slaughter-horse Point, and communicating her fire to the Mon arch.. which was there at the ship yard, under going repairs. Both the doomed vessels were from here towed out in the stream hy a ferry boat and cast loose from whence they floated down the river, and the two hulks sank in fifteen feel wa ter some six or seven miles below the city. 'The Empress was owned principally in Frank fort. (Ky.) and partly in t>t. Louis. She was commanded by Capt. Bacon, who never left the blazing vessel until she was cast loose by the fer ry boat ami actually sinking. It is possible that , the fi.e of the Empress might have been quench ed on this side, but the risk to the adjoining boats | was so great that the other crews cut her loose. | The loss of boat and cargo, which was principal- I ly salt, is estimated at $30,000. The Monarch was va.ued at $40,000, upon | which there was insurance to the amount 0f25,- | 000. | A Negro Peot. —A plan of revolt has just 1 been detected among the slaves in the Parish of Bt. Martin. Ten have Keen arrested on the in | formation of r negro woman, wife of one of the I leaders. The chief, on being apprehended, hung i himself with his handnercuief. It is said that two white men are concerned with them, and i were to have lurnisheh them with arms, at a place in the rear of St. Martinsville, called the Big I Woods. 'Those who have been arrested are to be tried in a few days, when we sincerely hope that the poor slaves may be rna ie to tar, feather, and ride the white rascals who misled ihem upon rails, according to the most approved decisions of the venerable Lynch.—A. O. Picayune. Annual and Bjennial.—ln our last number an important error was command in slating the ■ vole on this question. We were led into it oy a I misapprehension of the statement furnished us Iby a friend. The vote as exhibited by official re turn. stands for annua! sessions of the Legisla ! ture, 5,672 —for biennial, 37,911. —Southern Ke- I carder. Three White men Taken.—The Apalachi j cola Gazette of the 24th ull. stales, that a few i days sime in Middle Florida, three white men were raken on suspicion of aiding the Indians, in j their depredation on the lives and property of our i citizens. It seems a company of men were on a scout in search of Indians, accompanied by sever al of the blood hounds and were led by sevetai trails to the house of the men, which at length | induced the commanding officer to have them arrested, and on examination, found tbe\‘ had scarcely freed themselves from the paint with which they had been painted to prevent detection. They also found on still closer examination, oth er proofs of this connexion with the Indians. This is, we behove, the first arrest ever made of , white men tor a connexion of the Kind, and is a convincing proof of the utility of the dogs. GOV EK NO It’S M ESS AG E. Executive Department, Milledgevillc, November 3, 1»40. 5 Fellow- Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : The recurrence of the legal period for the us se nbiageof the Representative* of ihc people, liluJs UUr country abounding in plenty. The uleasiugs which daily surround us, cai! Jot the response <>t grati-iul hearts to their benificenl Author, and a proper ceaeideruliun ot them, should impress on us the high obligation we are under to regulate our conduct by his v ill. The difficulties which have embarrased the commerce of the world, and produced in many places distress and ruin, have been fell by our ! people, but not so severely as in many States of the Un on. The restless sp.rit of speculation which seemed to have taken possession of the country, exciting the public mind to a slate of de lirium, abstracting many of the people irom their : j customary pursuits, with the inspiring hope of j the sudden accumulation of fortune has been the chief and prolific sources of our embarrassments. | Debts were contracted without leflcctiun. or upon ; the wild supposition that the staple commodT.y of the South, the great regulator of the value of p/o- I perly, would maintain an undiminished price, and habits of prodigality as extravagant as this un warrantable expectation, were indulged. Men i who never before yielded 10 delusive temptations, j caught the contagion, and those alone escaped who trusteu themselves not within the sphere of 4ls infection. When the paroxism was o.er, and ; tne day of retribution came, and brought with I it that sober consideration which Tne debtor, di - i appointed in las imaginary means, realizes when I thrown upon his actual resources to meet his en gagements, the true condition of the country was known, and it was one ofextraordinary pressure, i Fortunately for (he debtor class of the commu i nity, the severity of the times lias been greatly 1 mitigated by the magnanimous forbearance of j many creditors to urge the collection of their debis, and by the timely aid afforded by the Ccn | tral Bank. This Institution, with a liberality ; becoming it, administered to the general relief ! with all the means at its command. It could not have done mor without expo-logits issues to a ruinous depreciation, which would have oei n far i more calamitous than the evils intended to be ■ remedied by its kind interposition. Though the j late distribution has been liberal, it has come i far short of relieving tl e embarrassments of the i people. It is impossible, and perhaps iucoueis i tent with the principles of sound policy, for the j government to undertake to protect the citizen i from the consequences ot imprudence or miscai ; dilation. A reliance of tuts so?t would beget | a dependence destructive ot individual enterprize, engender and cherish habits ot reckless specula tion, and luster a spirit of indifference to active and industrious pursuits, hostile to the welfare of society. Habits of industry and a rigid econ omy that would forbid the expenditures of ihe I year to equal ihe lowest esiima'e of iho probable ! income, and a firm resi.-tauce of the allurements to speculation held out by the tempting prospects of unreasonable gain, are sure guarantees ol im munity from pecuniary troubles, as wed asof in dividual prosperty. With U.e Act of the 23d of December last re quiring the Directors of the several Banks and Branch Banks to disclose the amounts due by ihem respectively to the Banks ot which they are Directors, and enjoining on the President or Cash ier the duty of staling the aggregate amount of indebtedness by Stockholders, cither for capital s’oek or moneys bo rowed, but few of the Banks, have complied. Upon the receipt of their April Reports, I addressed a letter to the officers of those Banks whose Reports did not conform to the law, calling their attention to this Bt*lule, and 1 invitin'? a compliance, with its requisitions. Some of them responded to the call by forwardin'? toe required statements, others declined obedience to tne law, assigning reasons for it, and a few disre garded altogether the communication addressed to them. The reasons assignee are untenable: some of them are predicated on the inexpediency of the law, while others, in addition, occupying the high er ground of the want of consitulionai authority in tin- Legislature to enact it. With regarded to j the objection on the ground of inexpediency, it I may be remarked, that when the Legislative wi 1 is constitutionally declared, none has the right to question it, or set up his judgment in opposition 1 jto it. All owe it obedience —it is the law of the land. The constitutional power of the Legisla ture to enact the law, cannot uc questioned. It cannot lie conceded that when a corporation is once created, it is placed beyond the reach of le gislation. So far as the charter constitutes a con tract between the Government and the corpora tors, no law can be passed impairing its obliga tion ; but it may be punished for a perversion or fraudulent use of any of its privileges. If the stock is not actually paid in, the only 1 consideration which imparts to the charter the semblance of a contract, or having been paid, is fraudulently anstracted. the act of incorporation may be repealed, or such other measure adopted ; as may lie deemed necessary to protect thecoun : try against tne consequences of paper issues up | on fictitious capital. The law to which I have adverted, was inten ded to expose the transactions of the Banks, so ' far as to ascertain whether their operations were based upon a paper or a specie capital. This was no assault upon the chartered rights of any Bank, and a delicate sensibility to the credit of stockholders, di I not warrant the assumption ot a discretion to refuse to make such disclosures as were considered by the Legislature necessary to guard effectually die community against un justifiable impositions. Many of the Banks arc still in a state of sus pension; an evil which has subjected the com munity to gieat Josses. Extraordinary privileges have been granted to these corporations, not for the purpose of substituting a worse for a better currency, and enabling the proprietors to grow rich by the operation, but that they, furnishing a | less unwieldy and more convenient medium of exchange than the precious metals, convertible | into com at the option of the holder, might re | cetve and enjoy rill the benefits resulting from these privileges. When therefore they permit their notes to fill below the value of specie, they 1 break their faith with die community, and violate the spirit, and in some instances, the letter of the | grant, under which they exercise their functions. ‘ i This is perhaps, a difficulty which cannot he en tirely obviated ; inherent in the system of sub stitutin'll-a paper for a metallic currency; but it is one that cannot long exist when Banks are con ducted on proper principles ; when their capital | has in good faith been paid it, and when such pa per alone is discounted as can be made available in time of pressure lor the redemption of the notes tor which it was negotiated. Every class I es society is interested in the maintenance of a j sound currency, and this great end cannot be ac complished without requiring punctuality of in stitutions to which has been granted the ext aor !dm try privilege of furnishing it. To tolerate ■ their delinquency, ns to offer a premium for mis j conduct, for iney aloncare benefited, while every j holder of their notes sustains a mss. This is an I evil which has been inflicted on the country for ! more than a year, and d« mauds your serious con ■ sideration.— The nature of the remedy that should j he applied, resting in your sound and patriotic dis ■ cretion, will doubtless he such as is demanded by ) the in'erest of the people. 1 would respectfully ; recommend that a day he fixed for me resumption ol specie payments, allowing the Banks a reason -1 able time to prepare for it. and that such penalties 'be annexed to llroir refusal as will eusu r c their i compliance. The Centra! Bank, under the management of ! an able and experienced Hoard of Directors in j addition to the distribution already alluded to. has ' afforded to the Commissioners *»t the Western , and Atlantic Railroad important facilities, which have enabled them to discharge many of their j heavy obligations, which it was expected would J have been met by the sale of State blinds. This I measure, warranted by law, was also dictated l.y H Bi‘lN' ol jlhtu'c hi contractors wlm had la iioied 1 ’aithiuily in bis great work, anti had incurred | heavy liabilities, rely ing on me punctuality ol the Commissioner. It has also ma e arrangements for the payment of the -Sew Vnrk debt, which, unless prevented by the unexpected default of i deoto. s.wiU be extinguished early in the next year, 1 by which the State will he relieved from the dis grace inflicted upon it, by permitting its credit to be sacrificed. It has met all the apfwopriatious of the Legislature, including the am Hint set apart for the support of common schools. Though these operations of the Bank have resulted m great advantage to the Slate and people, they hare i left in circulation a large amount of its notes, i which must he so reduced, before turther accom modations can be granted, as to save the country from the enormous mischiefs of a depreciated cunency. It is lobe hoped thtt this Bank, so long the Benefactor of the people, will, with its ample aesells, be enabled to counteract the un generous efforts of other Banks to discrediting its j issues, provided its liabilities are nut increased by I legislative req tisilions. If, however, the appru i pnations of the Legislature, w hich are annually i increasing in amount, are to be provided for by ! the Central Bank, their payment must he made in the notes of the Bank, lor the redemption of | which no fund is provided, it must cease itsopera- Uoxls as a Hank, rolled its debts, speedily recall its circulation, which creates an obligation para mount to all others, and wind uu its affairs. As a timely provision against a measure ol this sort, I won Id recommend to the Legislature a resump tion of the entire amount ol tStatc taxes, which ; have for some years been given to the counties, with bur little benefit to them, hut greatly to the injury of the finances of the Btate. It may be possible that the arrangements made i by t lie Central Bank forth' payment of the Debt j due by the Slate in New-York, to which I have already adverted, may fail. It depends entirely on the punctuality of it debtors. As this is a mat ter involving the character of the State, it should be p aced beyond doubt. It is due to the creditor, whose crrcumstances may he seriously affected by the suspension of so large a debt, it will be re collected that what creates a legal liability in the case of an individual, imposes a moral obligation only on a State, and her honor must suffer when her debts are not punctually paid. It will he necessary to provide for any deficiency that may occur in the means provided by the Central Bank for tne payment ol this debt. Sale has not yet been effected of all the Bank Stock owned by the Stale, and it is highly im probable that that owned in the Bank of Darien cantbe sold, upon the terms prescribed in the Act directing the sale. This Hank, fran an exlraor diihiiy prihKHre. was compelled to precede others in a suspension ot specie payments, which gave to its credit a shock horn which it has not been able to recover, and of which purchasers will not fail to seek advantage I would recommend that the Stale either purchase the interest of he indi vidual Stockholders, and take the Institut.on into ; its own hands, or sell its own on such terms of liberal credit, as will offer an inducement to pur -1 chasers to buy, and in either event, to protect it self against the notes tn circulation, ami against the re-issuing of those that have been redeemed. A balance is due to Contractors on the V\ ext ern and Atlantic Railroad, for work for widen cash was to Rayc been paid. The Branch of the Georgia Rndroad and Banking Couipanv at Au gusta. advanced in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, a considers ole sum to the Commie 1 sioners of the Western and Atlantic Rai'road, on a pledge of State Bonds, which by contract was 0 have been long since o founded. The Commis sioners having been disappointed in realising means upon the sale,of Btate Scrip, have not been able to comply with their engagements. — 1 hese claims present demands upon your justice, for which it will be necessary to piovide. The system of Education through the instru mentality ot Common Schools, as at pressnt a.- ranged, is far from answering the purpose intend ed hy its projectors. The fund to he distributed is so small in proportion to the number of child ren entitled to share it under the existing laws, that none can derive any substantial benefit trorn it. It is impossible for the State, with its limited means, reduced as they are by the inal-appropria lion of the taxes, to afford gratuitously the bless ing of education to every child within her bound ary. I would therefore recommend that the laws on this subject he revised, and that the children of such parents only as are unable to educate them be embraced within their provisions. Our politi cal institutions being based upon an enlightened view of the rights of man, cannot be supported hut by the virtue and intelligence ol the people. These should he nurtured and fostered by the State, and the door of instruction should be open ed to the humblest child of poverty. Every citi zen then, by proper industry and application, might acquire such a knowledge ot the history of his Government, its true policy, and the tendency i of its measures, as would enable him to detect the : machinations of the corrupt politician, and to I distinguish properly between the mad pageantry and low appeals of the demagogue, and the lofty I and principle-sustained arguments of the patriot. \ The Preamble and Resolutions adopted by the i last General Assembly, instructing our Senators 1 in Congress, ami requesting < ur Representatives to have the Act of Congress respecting fugitives from justice, to carry into t fleet that section of tne i the Constitution of the United States which re i lutes to the same subject, so amended rs to require ' its execution by officers of the General Govern \ ment, and amenable to its authority, were forwai ded in due season to our Senators and Kepresenla ! fives. Thev were presented by the Senators, but j the Representatives declined laying them before ' the House, and assigned their reasons in letters ' addressed, lo me, copies of which, and also of my reply, are herewith communicated. In December last, the whole of the grading of the Western and Atlantic R.til-road from Cross Plains to Ross’s Landing, with a small ex | ception, which has been since let, was put under [ contract. The confidence of our citizens in the , credit of the Slate, relieved the Commissioners from the emoarrassments in which the meagre | demand for State Stocks in foreign markets had plated them, and saved l> file State In.e trouble, expense and loss, attending the sales of bonds to distant capitalists. These contracts, payable in bonds redeemable n thirty years, interest at six per cent., pay aide semi-annually, were l iken at an average rate much lower than those previous ly let to he m' t with cash, which ■naniiests how highly the citizens of Georg : a estimate her credit, while it is so lightly appreciated abroad. The grading of tins road has reached that point in its progress lo completion, that longer delay in the purchase of iron will result in a public less. The work alieady done is exposed to con’inual inju ries from lain and other casualties, which must be repaired at great t-x pense. The Commission ers, not believing that iron could he purchased with the means at their command, except at a sac dice not to he tolerated, have deferred contrac ting for it un'il the Leg s a ure c ul ’ make other p ovi-ion for it. I would rtcommed you t > give i this subject your earliest consideration. Ills un derstood that it can be purchased, on such lime j as will suit the convenience of the Legislature, if the manufacturer can he inspired with confi dence by an arrangement under tlic authority o' law that will guarantee the payment. This toad has been graded lor two tiaeks, but believing that what is not clearly demanded hv the pu tic good, should not be attempted in the present and perspective low state of our finances, I would PC ■ commed that but one r>e constructed. With turn-outs at convenient distances, one will be sufficient for a!i the traveling and transportation that may be expected on this road for some lime to come ; and by the temporary abandonment of the other, the cost of r nisrutiion will lie great-i ly M’duCOll. li 001181 Ji’fdtion not to he disregarded in the existing -stale of tilings. When the road n pot in operation, which should he done with ou' delay, that the country may receive its bene fits, the necessity for a second track will he ascer tained, and it may then he constructed or finally abandoned as the public interest may demand. Colonel Stephen H. Lung has resigned his office of Chief Ei gineer , and James S. Williams, Es quiret a gentleman highly recommended by the | Commissioners, whose situation enabled them to 1 form a just estimate of his merit and qualifica tions, has been appointed to succeed him. The appropriation fur paying the salaries ami expen ses of the Engineer department, has been exhaus ted. It will tie necessary to provide for the sup- j port of this branch of the puolic service. A party of marauding Indians from Florida in ' vaded the counties of Camden and Ware in Au ; gust last, and after having murdered some of the ! inhabitants, and plundered and destroyed their | farms and dwelling , disappeared. Generals j Floyd and Hilliard adapted prompt measures for the protection ot the exposed district, in which : they were warmly seconded by the patriotic citi- ’ j zens of those and some of the contiguous coun- i , ties, who stepped forward to the relief of the. suf- | j lerers with a spirit and magnanimity worthy of the hi ghest commendation. As soon as intt-lli genc»! of these outrages reached this Department, 1 communicated it to the Secretary at War, w ho. with his characteristic promptitude, gave orders tor a force to be detailed from the army in Flori da, and marched lo the assailed point; and he as ii sures air, that the whole exposed frontier will he 0 protected. At the same time, I despatched that aihle and experienced officer, General Nelson, to shojpeene of these depredations, with orders to raises sufficient force to pursue the enemy 7 , and j a-apturo or drive him from his hiding place in 1 (Georgia. He has returned from this service, lie penetrated and thoroughly examined the Oke femokee and adjacent swamps, hut made no dis -1 ftjvery that would justify the belief that the Indi j ft.is were s*ill in that neighborhood. Yet fearing I 3Vom the impunity w 7 ilh which they had comrnit i led former aggressions on this thinly settled sec | 'lron of the Btate, they might return ; in fact, ha 'Ming heard that in all probability they were on ; their way, he stationed, for the protection of the country, four companies under the command of 'Captains Clarke, Tracy, Sweat and Jernigan. •who will be retained in the service for that object, ,in.til relieved by the United Stales forces. Co j pits of reports of his operations are laid before j y«u. The people residing near the Okefenokee i at»«l the neighboring swamps, have been greatly i .nnnoy i d and injured by the occasional ’.rcursotj . vuf the Indians, who, from the facilities for escape | and security afford d them by the situation of the j ctHantrv, and from the impunity with which their ! ‘xfik-nces have heretofore been committed, have of I 'iaste become much emboldened. They have pre e«3ted themselves in Ihcreased numbers, and made j their attacks in open day, a circumstance very un- I -usual in savage warfare, and as they are pressed i in Florida, it may he expected that they wdlseek a place of refuge in our spacious swamps, and j thence more frequently repeat their attacks on the j lives and property of our citizens. Congress at I its last session failed to appropriate money for the support of the war in Florida, and as it is qaes i Lonable. from the interminable discussions w hich ] ,at l, ody has of late inflicted upon the country, j a w dl he raised for that purpose, you ■ ®' R rov itie tor the protection of the Slate. I. were belter that thousands should be expen- » dcd, than that a single life should he lost from a want of fidelity in toe 3late to her citizens. The question of bound .try, wnich olieti proves a fruitful source of angry contention between conterminous States, 1 am happy to inform you, has been finally settled with Alabama. 1 hut Stale, with a spirit becoming her. has adopted the line run by the Georgia Commissioners, in eighteen hundred and twenty-six, commencing at Miller’s Bend, on the Oiialtahoochce iwiver, and terminating at Nickajack. I place before yhu a copy of the Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama on ibis subject. :i l have contracted for the manufacture of tne standard weights which, by an Act of the last Session, it was made my doty to procure, and they will be delivered in December next. '1 he standard of measures has not been furnished by the United States, and was not in the Executive Office, as supposed by the Legislature, at the lime of the passage of the law. The building intended fur a Lunatic Asylum has not yet been completed, i'he contractor tor the manufacture and delivery ot bricks, has been prevented by the unprecedented rainy season from complying with bis engagement, Irom widen great delay in the construction has arisen. It is expected, however, that it wid be ready for the reception of the unfortunate persons for whose benefit it is intended, by the first ot June next. It w ill be necessary for you to prescribe the rules under wnich tins humane Institution shall go into operation, and provide for it a Physician and the necessary superinlendants. Congress failed at its l ist session, though one of extraordinary length, to appropriate money to pay the State of Georgia her claim against the Government for disbursements to the Militia for services, subsistence and losses. Ine attention of Congress was not called to the subject until the session was considerably advanced. It is to be hoped that those who represent the interests of their State in that body, at the approaching session, will urge its consideration at an early day. 'i'he Secretary of War has manifested a friendly disposition towaals it, and all that is ne cessary to insure its payment, is tbo authority of law. I lay before the Legislature, the address and resolutions of a convention held in June last, in the British Metronolis, of an extraordinary cha racter. The lone of denunciation u-ed in these proceedings, proclaim the madly fanatical spirit that dictated them, and fully demonstrate the fatal extremities to which a false philanthropy may impel its votaries. The suggestion to any measure to the General or State Governments of this Union, whether constitutional or not, by the subjects of foreign powers, is an impertinence not to be endured ; but an olfer to dictate an uncon stitutional policy, subversive ul the authority of the States, violative of individual rights, and en dangering the peace of any raemb r of the con federacy, is an injury that should he felt be eveiy American citizen; and the nations whose sub jects are thus offending, should be required to bring them to condign punishment, 'i'he history of this Convention proves, I regret to say, that citizens owing allegiance to the Government of the United Stales bound to its support by ail the obligations ot honor, duty, patriotism and reli gion, enjoying the blessings which flow from a Constitution ordained and established to ensure domestic tranquility, have joined tne unholy combination against an institution recognized t>y that instrument. A member of the Congress of the United St des lias made himself accessory to this wanton aggresion unon the Constitution, and by sending to this Department, in a packet bear ing his frank, one of the papers now communi cated. The whole matter is referred to you, not doubting that you will give it all the considera tion to w hich in your enlightened judgement, it may be entitled. The attention of the Legislature has been so ; repeatedly called It) the amended Constitution I authorizing the establishment of a Sup emc Court for the Correction or’Errors, that it is only I necessary to bring the subject before y u to en- I sure such action upon it as is required !>y the i public good. j I herewith communicate a statement of tha ! Warrants drawn upon the Trca ury for the p> ■ lineal yeai just ended, and also a list of Exoru j live app untments mane during the same lime. | 1 ,a y wore you the report of hcCoaiinisski- I ITS of the Oconee Navigation. The law establishing .m Independent Treasury, ! was passed by Congress at its late session by I which the Government has taken into its own j hands the management of its tiseal concerns. ! This measure, recommended by the nnwarranta- I blc issues of the Banks which had been cunsti I luted the depositories of the public funds, the heavy losses sustained by the mal-management of these institutions, their profligate waste w ith out responsibility, and the heavy uuties neces sary to supply the deficiency, will, when its practical edicts are felt and seen, receive the general approbation. It wrests from the hands , of the Executive ail the patronage they wielded, through the Deposite Banks, their stockholders and debtors. It can bestow no favors and pur i chase no influence. The Revenue will not be more exposed to peculation by the Officers of , Government, than it was mid r the late system by the officers of Banks ; and the former with their sureties will be primarily liable while the latter were only secondarily so. I'he money of the Government will be much more safe too. in its own vaults, than in the custody ot an institu tion which when deprived of it, is compelled to i resort to loans on both sides of the Atlantic to I sustain its credit. i In the published laws of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, an Act s found having all the re quisites of the Constitution to give it authority, by which the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is i appropriated for repairing the Arsenal, and re ’ pairing and cleaning the public arms, when, as I ; have been informed, the sum of fifteen hundred ! dollars on!} - , was set apart in the Act as passed | for that object, the error having occurred in tran scribing it for the signature of the officers. The several sums appropriated to the Cornp ! troller General, Treasurer and Surveyor General, I in the fourth, fifth and sixth sections of the Act to appropriate moneys for the political year 1840, for compensating them for extra clerk hire, have not been drawn from the Treasury, ample allow ance having been made these clerks in another part of that Act. I would recommend the repeal of the sections above referred to, and also the Act in regard to the Arsenal, so far as it respects the excess of the appropriation above fifteen hun dred dollars. Copies of the reports of the Military store keeper at Savannah and Milledgeville, are sub mitted to you. I would recommend the sale of all arms too much injured for use. and the dam aged powder referred to in the report from Sa vannah. By an Act of the la-d session.! was authorized sh pay Messrs, (’harles DhUuherty, James A. i Merriwether, and Samuel A. Wales, for profes sional services rendered in defending certain eases in the Superior Court of Habersham coun tv, agreeably in n Resolution of the previous General Assembly. Upon referring to that lie solution. I found that the Governor was author ized to employ eounsei to defend those cases, and Col. Wales having been retained by the individ uals interested, and not by the Governor, under that resolution I considered myself bound by re strictive terms oi the law to exclude him from the benefit of its provisions. If it were the pur pose of (be Legislature to place him on an equal ity with those gentlemen who were engaged by the j Slate, and to relieve the ndividuais employing | him from the payment of his fee. it is now in your power to carry out that intention. Brigadier General John W. Rabun of the Se cond Brigade of the Second Division, has resign- 1 If d his offi A copy of bis letter „r i >i laid before you. ° r?! %i' I tiansmit to you copies „f )hp „ passed by the Legislatures of (•* ' OJOttl, New-York, Kentucky, jj e . n ! cllc «. s anna and Maine, relating to nvife er ' ,-V 'l concern; and also resolutions' 0 /a° f 1 South Carolina, on the subject of t | 5 S: ' s sy between this Slate ami the State Among the resolutions communis J* hnd one with a preamble, f ro , ri Connecticut, whose object i= fn “ e sage of a law by Congress for thf 5 the manutactuimg interests. T ’•, this policy should be resisted (,y ei,eft constitutional means. It cannot 1 "r * bow obnoxious it was to one section of m * fedency, nor with how much tenac ;- -■ bored to by another. In some of the s W3i tiuguished citizens were ;ound who w U ' e * to throw off the glorions Union with 3** (its, rather than submit to its iurdshin ' ' j others there we;e prominent men C, ; see the southern cities covered with f * ! require that the calamity be traced dm *** ;his cause, before they would consent to*?' *. it. Ihe bitterness ol temiug engendered t exciting measure is a sufficient ohjecuoi re-adoption: but there are other reason*h their foundation in principles of comm', wherefore it should n«>t be revived, jj cultivates the earth, or labors at any f ,f a.’ chamc arts, should not nay tiioute to if * ' manufactures the materials in which he*”* * * ® A choice of occupation is open to all an( j : has a right to select a trade, alter a due , ' alion of its comparative advantages, and t j rnand of the government to levy a conlr | on the rest of the country to increase his m * ; There is still a greater objection, which nf,- merit of convenience or expediency sim per milled to overcome. This preamble ■* -f resolution assert the constitutional pn.- Congress to enact a law imposing * tariff’, without reference to the necessities, i eminent. Concede this, and the Consul | creates no barrier against the exercise of abs I* i authority. All will depend on the caprice unrestained will of the legislator. The Cor tution confers no such power, and if car tjj> assumed without awakening a set-ling lliose who arouse it will find it difficult t os ' due. i'he Slate of Connecticut seeks the compiishment of its object by obtaining ib t fiience of the expression of sentiments tavorr to the measure, by the legislatures of the seve States. This expression I confidently belie* they cannot obtain from Georgia. Dr. Colling, the State Geologist, has cotuir.. bis labors up to this lime, though the approx, lion for the payment of his salary was ethami* on the Gth day of July last. lie was Lfartv by me lirai the failure of the legislature at lu»t session to make further appropriation for , t support of the office, might be construed into* intention to discontinue it, after tae consul* Uon of the oalance ol the fund and that it discharged the duties beyond tha time at w:. the sum set apart lor that special object skoij j be expended, he must rely for compensation. ! the esinm te placed by the legislature on tlie 1 cessily and value of his sir vices, ii ;n k j opinion the public interest requires the lr ! p osecur.bn ot’ this survey, an appropriation .<1 !be made to defray its expenses. I would reie: ■ I mend tuat payment be made tor what has kill j done. The fourth Annual Report ot ihalofeH |is now communicated from which it will* 1 j seen that disoveiies have been made in re j 1 counties valu ible to ihe interests of agr.cultn, | I recommend to you a revision of the Infer m tiie government of the militia. From there; 1 1 of a proper organization under the tem, it is impossible to bring a force, liowr,.- I small, into the field, without great diliL ; ; when it is necessary io resort to a draft, jy j j ders cannot be executed hut through office .19 I and in counties in vvh cii a draft was recently . I dered to till a requisition under ihe auffiour 1 tiie General Government, lor a single eompt mere was scarcely a company to be found ff. J eily organized. Much delay was occasioned? I this cau.,e; l>ut after the draft was compife new embarrassments were thrown in the war | the unwarrantable interference of evil di?p PWOih, who advised lilt) iDoii not to yield u».| enie to a call made by die aa'lmriiy <<i’ the L- I'he exoni.in of so wicked an influence slk f t»e made the subject ot the severe rctribuuj, which it merits. It iscafculalcd to ensnare tilt nocenl for he who ignorantly hiedsthc unfortnae council, is subjected to a punislimont irons sir. it is impossible, in the rigor of the military lit 1 to escape. Cases may be imagined in winciim 1 safety of a wliulo community might oe enJ*- - I geietl. The Octolicr report of the Bank of Rude 1 | vilie is transmitted to you. 'l’he seiui-annial- f ports oi the other banks, that have been receive are in this department, subject to thecxaaiins. and order of the Geneial Assembly. Three bills, passed by the last legislature^ ; presented for my revision, which were disse J to tty me, and whose lelurn to lhatbdy«t ; prevented by its adjournment, are herewithcoe municaled, together with my objections. A copy of the report of tlte principal keepr; s tiie penitentiary, recomm'mding such am ■’ raentsof the rules for the police of that instm lion as has been suggested by his reflection V experience, is placed before you. Great difficulty was experienced in the be 0 ;- ning of the year, from lae want of materials keep the convicts profitably employed. piopriation was made by the last GeneralA» sembly to purchase mein, and the officers «r compelled to rely, in a great measure, otT- i credit of the institution, which hau become DM impaired by the heavy amounts of unsettled inands against it. Advantageous not Ire made under such circumstances. 1 small appropriation of three thousand Jolt* 1 * made at the last session, was drawn from ; Treasury before the first Monday in Ja |lUi last, so that the institution was compelled to lf on its own resources for the present year. D ?f! is now on hand a large amount of good materia • for the purchase o. which new debts to a con=i“ erabiy amount were necessarily contracted; - 1 from the manufacture of which the State expect to realize a handsome profit. For b year 1838 and ’39 the sum of twenly-fi ve sand dollars was voted to. this institution, f that is now ar-ked is a loan, not an appropria llo '" and if the institution should be neicafier cot ducted with as much energy' and wisdom has been during the present year, the State)' 1 - be reimbursed in a very short time. 'I he enclosure around tne lot on which then 1 ecutive mansion is situated, and other necessa'.’ improvements authorized by an act of the session, have been delayed by the difficult' - procuring the suitable materials. I'be outbu- 1 - mgs have been erected, j F ram tne oth.dal returns made to this Dr}' 1 ment, a most decided and unequivocal cxpre=-' |,! ‘ 1 of the popular will in iavor of biennia! se?> !l of the General Assembly has been given-"- ‘ vote being thirty-seven thousand nine hu» ; and eleven for biennial, and five tboussiid hundred and seventy-two for annual sessions more than seven-eights favorable to the t" rn,f ’* i The heavy expenses of the annual session °* i numerous a body, the abortive efforts hereto ' | made to reduce the number, and the consUl» lw J> s ‘ | authority vested in the Executive to convene ' 1 legislature on extraordinary occasions, have. iloubt, concurred in creating this strong sentiment in iavor of tbo measure. Ii t' ie vV ‘ sl ' [ , of the people are permitted to exert the to which .hey are entitled io representative g° r emmentf, they must be decisive of your acli' : on this subject. CHARLES J. McDONALU.