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Slf fit Ctvitnp C. H, C, WILLINGHAM, EDITOR. 1 J j AGRANGE: Frio tv noiuvixc, .jaMauy id, iscg. iilf pcirfrr. flic llypocrlcy ol Northern Radical $‘olit*ctans and the Xcrrdaily cf a New National Parly. al ethics has been so clearly j ar as 111" liyj> cricy of North- ! ■ mean, especially, ; those in , u Cily a <1 their satellite?, at j ver th" defeat of the Southern 1 the basest hatred towards 1 ptions of the rhagna- j ti in! of.Mr. D •pience of the .Nothing*: P"ii proven by Ihc lit cm politicians power nt Was],in; home. Kvnfa-i am people—fill'd wi them —with no propev r.imily ruverv Wish H r»ppves° n Mrxrdy fi. H of li* r \oo ciw*n’llv t<j t!i *19 d chivalry of the people tV.ey j •r having ttvd them ut’.on the , ‘ I contest, neCause they were exroro their title carcass-s : (^■■■niaHaadnaaMHnsMsgSvna * Thk Ca?e o? Mr. D.vvls.- -It appears that the has been rl- ferr d in cotn-e- that the United States Attor ney General has -1-ci h u that ha must be tried in some .State where be was present in person :n a" r* of hostility to the General Government *• and, that, as ‘ none cf the Justices of the Supreme Court have held circuit courts in tlKy- States and Districts since actual hostilities Lave ceased," no opportunity has been afford"' 1 , for the trial of Mr. Davis Mr Sm-nsays: ‘* WlUr. the courts are opened, tu.d ail luv.s cite, v- peacefully adminis tered and enforced iu (hose States where the peo ple rebelled again-.! the Government : when thu- peace shall hav . eott-ie. iu fact and in law. the per sons now lit ',<t «.j military custody as prisoners of war. an-1 ciho m -.v not hav been tried ami con victed. for offenses against the laws of war, sbna.u be transferred into the custody of the civil mi- ‘.borities of the proper districts, to be tiled for : Such crimes.” We see no reason why Mr. Davis may not have | an immediate trial. ud1<fs the (iovi-mnn-ru has in volved itself in a difficulty In it? attempt to prose, cute Mr. Davis for tienson, arid is putting tfi the evil day as far as possible. f the luxuries we actually p'iriicipating' in the making tumiamcntal law, they were incapable of participation in the most trivial act <’fm- d divided responsibility, divided bickerings, criminations tions, and the inevitable compensate the criticism 1 be entirely abandoned, and the whole thav can have neither pi doing of them? Imagine . - upwii republican government which such a j time given to the work, state of things would evoke from monarch- ! oral inade quately comp ists of the old world. Let uS not antici view might he extended, hilt you Will - v-^ LUC „ um . If there be sev- readily follow the train of tHbught. qnntely compensated, each will j My recommendation, therefore, Is, that j 1 operations shall have been partially realized. Iu the tabular estimate, before iei< ir-•<! in 1 have for convenient reference set tor Hi a st ti-ment, made up troin the report of the lute t'ouiptiollerGencral —showing what sums different rates per cent, upon the assessed value of propel ty iu lsGO (otaer than slaves.) will yield. Owin and the circ brief session, no appropriation of money for th civil establishment, in the current year. ha9 been made. The first quarter has very nearly expired, and to meet iis demands it will be necessary to —Msjaa In like roann r 1 have included n ih„ . the sum usually accruin'' from , fist,m Mes stocks, set apart for thepurp iseson'*,’"™'" ° n ***«'&• Tt,i,;iik C ,L^™”. , n 'S»Scb4 cljaritu-s in behalf of the Insane an,l t>,' 7, nobl n too important, and too .wend a ehargo to B ^ nd *« on yieiu. . _ , mitted to lanaui.M and die for want n per * to the late period of your organization. j eV en in times such r.s tb,-. e t» i aune W, jircunistanees . surrounding you in your j not far distant when cinch more e i.? i li ™* «« ■». w i • - . ; . , r . .1 . * x t -» ; auu in tucbu nc? m inuuuo i *- " m uvvi j *< >ok to some other employment to supply i instead ol abandoning, you ,iildtess y out- j appropriate a sufficient sum, before a general ap pate this result. It Would be too great Ins deficiency of attention to their joint j selves, with the light of experience to j propriation act can be matured, and iuderd as .... outrage upon the excluded States— 1 trust, and thus a great interest will re- j the work of irnprovihg the system. One i quickly as possible, the amount of which cani be dope by the Stiih- for j!n erffi^iffim'of Wi " ^ 4 d ‘V 1 *? rfclk ' f an(1 comfort of thw *£2*1 the na tural senses, or still worse of reason \> of haps nil we can do now is to keen fh«„ : 1 er ' tions alive, that,they may hereafter rei^R^ nurture, and fulfill their missi, ns. - *° ro^t too disturbing to the self-respect of the | ceive little faithful supervision. All can-1 of its greatest recommendations, theoret- j ijeL.,.,, actors—too damaging to free institutions ■ not be adequately compensated for the j ieallv, is that it tends to the reformation 1 ii, ianc j a | affiirs.it , at | yielding of their whole time, without in- of the convict. This merit-is wholly dc -- may make the cm eg-! curring enormous expense.’ Tin's, how- S nied to it by its opponents. The truth Tin-entire inuebtc ever, is the least substantial objection. It is to be conceded that capacity for P^t it has accomplished less than was I Goon Coffee.—Coffee Is nne they, bit" impotent cowards,shield', d and protect'd from per oii-il dauq^*. are enabled to give vent tn acrimonious -p‘. :n and poisonous venom which no truly ;.f affd magnnnimous people evur ex hibit towards & fallen but courageous enemy. In nil tlielr newspapers end speeches (hey endeavor to malic the - omin.rn p. ople odious itt the eyis of the world ; and iu tiio ..urn; breath tiiey demand that the pc< pie ( llt'i/ do not exhil prr, and r- tin n t dren rcturu to li being chastised, people Will only piainltlgly to an) have been long now that wo hav is a vi ry ex]ie*ivi old process of It waste, and makt A •priv'.'l of in the oppurtunit; e luxury. C'-f oidinary C"ffi- this luxury stil lie South : and, of buying it, it ■e made by the pot is a great more expensive. matter of economy, we Would recommend every house keeper to procure the "Old Dominion Coffee Dot," by the use ; f which the pure aroma of the coff-e is retained instead of being allowed —if not too ltigb a crime against them least too conspicuous a blunder in the leg islation of their chief exemplar, tucb an idea may possibly possess the minds of a few persons, having peculiar intellectual and moral idiosyncracies, but surely, will never control the action of the Congress of the United States. Then, let us not be so uncharitable as to harbor the suspicion. Being recognized Constitntion-makersy'or the Union, we shall be, ere long, legisla tors in the I liiun. I have said thus much on the subject, because of the disquiet- it produces in the public mind, which I Iain would aid in allaying. KEl'ORT of THE COMMISSION', i The Commission appointed by the Con- I volition, which met in October last, to consideration a c--de or deducted from the estimates in the general bill. couraging, as is the present aspect of our may safely be affirmed that yon Embarrassment only temporary.— btedness ol the -State, cjearly uscer- i fairly stated', probably is, that in this res- | tl ' ine3 - ^Hiding its funded debt, interest upon it i * 11 - - - > in arrear, and the temporary loaas euecU'd recent- LAWS REGULATING INTEREST I respectfully invite the attention of the <W al Assembly to the whole subject of legal£ £ on money. 1 here is no creater vice in ment than governing too much. Undue intert?/ enee with an individual’s use of his property with transactions between individuals whJr^ ,ni ' "“erein the management of so vast a business can expected- Ihe practical qnest.on is only be fully ascertained by trial. Who- i "’-W it not be made to accomplish more? ever may entrusted with it, or however i ^ ^ convicts will prove mcorngt- . ... v ' i.I^-v v^ f/» .n ovnrw'tiin and in inner inoian. appointed, should be subject to removal instantaneously when incapacity, or inti- del i tv, is developed ; and usually the powers of appointment and removal are placed together. The people, in the nature of things.could not exercise the removing power. The General Assembly are not itt sessio. one-sixili of the time, in an average of veins, and when in recess, cannot convene of their pleasure, and therefore are unfit depositories of the rO- If this were separated prepare for your consideration a code or j moving power, system of laws for the government and j from the appointing power and vested in tection of persons recently emancipat- ; the Executive, (supposed to be always in pi -I the So itti etmil br punished it ■ ( 0 nniinlilinciao m tern- | ^-onscip ipe t tl ire i- it does by'the ordinary pot j and the mce.ts, better coffee is secured with two- may impri policy win M h .i their i a etuhl 11 is a -:uhmit coielil if they iric li their U idle, evidence that they •iici ,il Gnvet iiinent, and icd accordingly, as h< -lured to civil lights ni lieu 1 'I’ll if g! posit ■a that, vernmi to be 1 i ,,ref r 11 l,o| that. W( vc re as Of the United cLpecl In fr-i •ms of the N< 1 (oil d Ft; i e- of their parents after i right, if the Southern gracefully and line-m an of restoration they -eo lit to demur to any Is may adopt, it is bona are still hostile to the then fore, must he pull ing unworthy of being and the confidence of the fort is to create a popular limn is opposition lo the ms lo get tin- popular mind til! rebellious, lo confess that vre would returning to our former i-d Stan s if the Radical e regarded as tin pi iriciples iis country ; and, although ll--giai.ee to t.-.c (lovrrn- ■s in all good faith, wo - with the Radical ilc- ho are now so rnmiiaut "rring chi’r j tfiirdo f the quantity usually necessary for muk- ! upon its provisions Hi detail, I take gr5at 1 from slavery, and for other purposes, ! place,) difficulties still present themselves. have reported, and I transmit a copy of their report herewith. Without dwelling ble is to be expected, and in most instan ces this will be indicated very soon after their admission. These should be subject ed to the hardest labor, and to the great- j est attainable isolation, th us diminishing their corrupting influence. As regards the less obdurate subjects, it is worthy of consideration whether hope, that great excitant of human action—hope of return to free life, under favorable auspices — hope of shortened imprisonment—hope of mitigation of its severity while it lasts, may not be more freely and more judi ciously used as a reforming agent, lias it been considered—has it been fairly- tested. bow far feward in the shape of car,anil the temporary loans ellected recent- I “ , .‘t 'Buivmuais. wherein put the government again iu operation, falls | eflc " *j e . s * w . out col J T inou9 practices, to ad- $S.5OO.O0O. If. to this were atltled j'2.500.- xance his own interest, always affects, injuriously the general welfare. Hence, good GoTernme n ti do not seek to fix the prices of articles. e ith er af necessity or of luxury; nor do they attempt t 0 si the compensation to be paid by oue man for the temporary use of another’s property. Money or rather the use of it. is as fluctuating as the mi or occupation of a tenement, or the hire of a horse or other chattel. .Yet, while rent and hire are left to lie regulated by contracting parties, interest on ly to short $3 000 to repair all repairable (Jpmuges,and meetpre sent necessities, without impos hg heavy burthens tipun a people temporarily exhausted l^y protract ed wat, the whole amount ot indeb't-Jness would beSOjOOO.OOO. The annual interest upon this sum. and the annual appropriations for the support of Government, upon the scale of estimate here pre sented. would not exceed SStKUOOO. ■ . - . . From the earnings ol the Western & At Ian Me Railroad, pu ; in goi-d working order tax of one eighth of one per cent, upon tue prop , , , . . . . —„„ erty of our people, (these estimates being put I what principle this difference rests. The ustu| intentionally low.) we may sately calculate on an i pretuXt.is, that t.l>9 restraint is a necessary protec- income of one million and fifty thousand dollars, j D jn nCl *fj) against the usurer. Rui does he Tliis annual surplus might be treated as a sinking I reqnne^it trjpie than another child of want, who fund lor th-public debt. as follows: It the debt j ^ozurx to sheltering roof for his family, by - ; reason of the-.occasional appreciation of rentsf.1 ! Docs he require it mo-e than another unfortunate who. at times,, caauot give his family bread, by S anil unpaiu ; m ! reason of tile high frices of provi lo'n? Scnnd f interest on the funded debt; ! Political economy and rigkt reason are against »l| nch interferences with pnees and value in com- Allan 1C ■■•"rest on id trout a ! money is fixed by law, and that law enforced bv tnc pi"p- i vindicatory sanctions. I am unable to perceive o® be raised to six millions of dollars, (and it may fall considerably short of that amount,) the bonds to be hereafter issued, in redemption of ti;ose ma- tured witliin the last four years, and unpaid binding the arrears and to meet the pressing necessities ot-the Sti.te, ing effee. We have tried the “Old Dominion Coffee Dot ” and would recommend its general use, not only as a matter of economy, but for the purpose of securing a letter flavored coffee than is obtained by ihe usual process. Don't I.ikkto hi: ''ai.i.ko men exhibit considerable di as negroes. The) couf- un Inched to and expressive of s! result of ignorance. If they books" lh-'v will find that the X k<;mi." ke to be i the term The fretd- ietioininate-1 as being at- very. Tibs is the will consult *• the lefinilion of ni gm is‘'One of the black rue of one descended from thi We Very frequently hei call' d ii'-gro. and have bee pressions of dislike to b- education ol the free-line taught that tli'-y are .= 1.11 race (>! people. : (if iiu-n in Africa race'.” r freedmen object t n diverted by th•• ir ing so called, la tin i th"y W..1 have to la m gi -a-s and an inferio x- Gr: *K ni: * 11“ ‘ nob! ins. I!ut, to tile truly conservative— ! and magnanimous portion of the North, i who are not only-willii g but anxious to see the j F.tiuth r- .-toM if to her former position in Ihe Union j - we are rcaly and willing to extend the hand el j frak ruity and good will, and to endeavor to bury ] the past as deep in oblivion as it is possible, in ! order that we may build up the waste places of t' <■ ; country ami restore that unity of sentiment which I has, iu tim-9 pa l, made the Union oue of Ihe | grandt st pow its of the earth. Dut how are we met in the hulls of our National ! Legislature—we mean by a majority of its mi in- J hers Are we met in tlmt truly manly and noble j spirit which rkould ebaraeteri/.e and control the j actions of the conqueror towaids the conquered “ \ No! We are mi l tt the tin:shold by the Radicals with uieiiaciug and II • biltrrrst feelings of re venge— so met l-y men whose wuf-hwoi ! through the War was, ‘lu.-loriiliiiiioj thr Union, a *1 in-w that the Union is in a fair way to bo restored f.-r- Dkatii died al li Slate, on the lit’i instant—ag'-i ovt-rsev lfeservi.il his native county (Dull'.-cl two years in the St;ile Senate. In 1S12-1.') lie served a- Captain undi r G Ji . -Tliis g'-ntlenvan h county, iu this nty years lor ibrly- ic war of j. Andrew kson, was in command of his company taking of Tallahassee by lb? Indian V t Lie Di-.i.avkd. Ilavif.g received Govt Message yesterday, at noon, alter o ready for the press, the puldicatim is delayed till noon to-day. The M l-o seen, tills nearly all the space u: by us to Editorial an-1 N ws matter I S<>r J UN KINS’ nr !oi ’C" were l ol our paper t Nii-.iilv Jcv( pltuisnre in commending- it, as a wlinle, to your most favoruLile cotisitlcration. It is just and liberal, as it slioltld 5>e, to the freedman. It is safe, as it should be, to the citizens. It extends no political rights to the former, but it gives ample security to ids rights of person and property.— Like a great majority of the States which never admitted, or have long since abol ished slavery, we are wholly averse to in vesting him with political rights and priv ileges. For that very reason, we are mi der the highest conceivable obligation to protect him in his rights of person and property, and to aid, by all just means, his advance in civilization. Tins aid we gave him, tliis advance we effected for him, whilst in slavery. \\ hyslmuid it be withheld now? Whilst we insist upon oc cupying, in relation to those persons, the pnsitii'ti of the governing class, let us ful ly and fairly meet its responsibilities. With the original report, I also trans mit a copy of it with alterations suggest ed by tin* commissioners themselves, upon revision. 1 invoke for the product of their labors a careful examination divested of all lingering prejudices. The commis sioners have earned your gratitude, as well as the compensation suggested hv the Convention, which it will be your pleasure to make. vacancies made should l>e speedily filled, but tliis could only be done by giving t.» the Governor the power o*' appointment for an interval longer or Shorter; accord ing to circumstances j and thus by a free exercise :f the power of removal, lie might at a§t draw to bimSelf, in a good degree, flat of appointment. This, too, would occisioti jealousy and dissatisfac tion. Tony mind it seems abundantly clear, that s*stern is the best, fur such an [enterprise, N'hicb most cerlainiy fixes personal resptiisibibty. and most eflectu- ;i!Iv scones pKunpt removal, h>r incapac- i itv or faitlilesmess ibis is attained by having all the responsibility of superin- iici- centered in one —and all the re- iibiiity of his appointrnftd and con tinuance in olict*, centered in another, himself inuncdatcly accountable to the people. The qualifications for superintendence and management f such a woik are by no means common, and cannot be secured without adcqjate compensation. Lack been applied with sufficient judgment and persistency? ihe solitary element of the Convict's imprisonment is, doubtless, very potent because tery bitter. Its stringent enforcement to restrain bad influence, and tu conquer obduracy, would be eminently proper; whilst its judicious relaxation, as a reward of good conduct, and earnest i t- fiut at amendment, might be very s»*Iuia- tende Spi 'll.- will GOVITKNOirS 31KSS YG Mit.i.vi Acci pt ldili. U m it- ever, tin iiuperativ part of 111" Si gruuiva, U3 m clop til- -f P'di restore the Ut liuiulle the i restore th" 1 ini're Futii"cti util. f.uiatii-isi lUil.s for u, ills lor h in- our \i •aailation. a. m. or .lo ullieru j. linn, why I of the th ee i to ttll- loWt-St my I )nm* ■ r that f rungI iccut re. dlil.itin •Png n after THE WE ST I'AX Ax D A'iLaS fit RAILROAD. This very valuable item of State property has, as you are well aware, suffered great detriment from the war. The Govern-! Gnpi.: ment of the United States, upon taking possession of it, through the military authorities, made such repairs as were necessary to make it available for their | l’ 1 ' 01 ' my change bo made in the present s\>- that the salary of the spperinten- increased to srteh extent as, in of qnalilicatioi cannot be supplied by the j ts jr (MK mere multiplication of employees I- tlian one-balf the aggregate* salaries five, and but li tie more than half the ag- j gregate ol three commissioners, placed at j the lowest rate that would command very j moderate ability, would doubtless secure \ one supei inteinh nt of high capacity.— . g that thr great importance of the j subject will be 'egarded a sufficient rea- ! son for giving it so large a space in this ■ communication, i leave it with the res- j minendatinn that very little it liver tend the i must uses, but these were not of a perma- i or substantial character. \\ hen di al to the State authorities in Sep- j er last, not < nlv was the condition of | oad itself bad, but there was an al- j entire destitution of rolling stock, ! am -nt -i y authority ot the t mins is not the it The Union is not Union of con 'rut. S publican govern ment an 1 know ing it they : pie If they wish to lent they lie ir.' The snithern Stales to the -ail Government by force of alien of the Union iu spiri • rlh a hauler if it is not a •uch is not. the spirit of re ins the Radicals know, the worst cm mics of the •i eat • uragi i our liavi (list: an ' f 1 nne skous cars, iTialct ry supplies, ’r U iair ri mi cut cut : ic la , ;»tid file pi riniehiierit (wi on that Ik* pnreha enumerated from Ot li )<•' ir»', ,| i- J--; n.sr-f] in them, or- !. Tito report of i -cl l will be laid ft-Cciverf) will in- Ped of the articles the United states m j" v. No ■ l.-tl i the tin ir fallacious ami vcrninent of a n-puhtican shocks of poi tical commo- pl s to o| pi i ss any sect ion = in the majority. ,-\ peo- our whole body politic. No measures I decided demons!! -deptt d ileal will not impart a healthful, i will bo pursued b lo: Government ruinous polk form can wit tl«ns proilue thereof by o ulc who have Urcn, far a century, .-choolcil in the atmosphere of free government, trill not submit j in oppression longer than they hu?e an opportani- ' ty ot csvapu’g such o ; pression. Hence, the im port.nice of a conservative policy prevailing i throughoi should be glow to the spirit and sentiment of the trholr pro- j oral Govornmcnt f’lc. W lieu the people of rme section are oppre sed pifi-d to justitv th at the instance or will of the people of another section, theu the lm;‘y politic becomes deranged and—billion*. ^ No people ar-> better apprized of the foregoing facts than lh" Radical Northern politicians are. They know it all. And, hence, we charge them with the lro-t shameful hyitokh-y in the utter ance ot th.-ir favorite watchword during the war —-**haloedtion ot the l moil . 11 hen the time has arrived -Tor such restoration ; when the best opportunity is presented for c.-m -nting the Union by ties stronger than “hooks of steel,’’ by a mi and persuasive, but-just and healing police ; when i the people of both sections ate tie d of civil war. I and are willing and anxious to forgive the past and unite in the effort to re-establish the harmonv ol the States m perpetual peace and fnnernity*: - when the world i= locking on with the utmost so- j ficilude as to tne results id the triumph of the i power of the l nil. d Stales Government to enforce j ’Is supremacy over the States lately ia revolt I some hoping that our political wounds may be forever healed, and others desiring the failure of j republican government on this continent; and. in line, when every thing is so auspicious for the ■ establishment ot uutiona! unity of the whole cotin- ! try, wc are met by a diabolical party in Congress, '• who have risen upon Ihe political surface by for- j tu it ous circumstances, who, to make themselves ! odious for all time to come, and to manifest a cowardly and unmanly revenge, are struggl ng. w ith might and main, to thwart the national de sign of re uniting the people of the States into one indivisible and indissoluable whole. Not* will the policy at Washington be changed until the people all over the Union rise inlhe majesty of truth and peace and good-will, and hurl (rum power these political gamblers in the destiny of the nation. Nor will we be able to hurl them from power until * New National Party is organized upon the basis of the Constitution-the necessity of which every true friend of the country must sec. W e again ask, iu our solicitude for the peace and harmony of the country, if 8UC ^ a <•■ 'tiilitii-n siii*i;il of !v: - mi's i ic ecu in -ii i v. i \V tiiin a wet k ;ifti liis excellency, tin- I’m States, was | !*-aseil t i the lak- 1’invi.-: .pal ( in it the W('V( i nnii-ia i "ia into the liamls <>t' the elm: ] the ]K o|ile. This was certai i iing advance in his reshwativ j illustrates Imlli tl e kindness 1 post s and the wisd> tn j wait ing? and pnident act Dntiitw in-,u jy tin- wli absence trotn tin* capita! the United States lias lik cess, and there have, thTTfeTm tli that branch i But enutt'fli has t rans * cxncctntion, tiiat tmt many nmntiis will elapse before our people will be rejwesA'ntt d in the halls of Con- "■ii'ss. As surely as the layi?i<g of afunn* dation gives promise of a superstructure just so surely are we guaianteed an eailv restoration to all our rights as members of the American Union. In popular governmenfa, the highest alive functi m is that of fran insr or •rninent stated, a very : cost of which hundred tlions- Althoiigh this pttrcliase in c assumption of a l-uge discic- n it is considered that there was at the time no higher authority emanating from the people which could be consulted — that, without the property purchased, the mad, so necessary to commerce and ihe supply of the -.vaniff of the people, could not have been operated — that it could net have been purchased elsewhere j on a credit, and, therefore, not at all — and ' that even in its dilapidated state, the road, in the short space cf two months, I yielded a nett income exceeding one-half the amount of purchases—the viodetn of j the act will be fully exemplified. But large as is this outlay, it falls far short of what must yet be expended to j repair the damages, and put tlie road in your judgment, will secure the hignest capaeitv for the position. < earnestly re quest early action upon the tvh- !e subject, that there tnav In* n<> unneeessarv delay 111 putting the road mi tin: proper ba*!.-<. THE I'E.N'JTEXi!.”°*V- Public opinion seems to liars been greatlv divided upon the expediency of tin* Penitentiary system. The burning of several of the buildings appertaining to that institution, by the l nited .’■'tales’ forces in their progress through the State, lias furnished its opponents with a favor able opport vti.ty lot* attack. The history of punitive justice in the United States, and in Great Britain, from whidh country offr ideas ol jurisprudence, civil -and penal, have been mainly del ived, clearly devclopes througli a Series of years, a perceptible fee ssion from sun guinaty and degrading* puuislimerii. For these have been substituted punishments of decided seventy, but redeemed by their connection with reformatory appli ance?. Chief among them is solitary con- T’iic tendency in such institutions, as in schools for boys, and higher seminaries ot learning, is tonne unvarying disciplinary course, regardless ot diflcrei.ee in traits of character,* or in degrees of depravity. It makes the daily administrative routine more easv, and lienee the strong tempta tion to it, but no /-diTcatord > f the young achieved distinguished success under ik and prison disimdino Co conducted must fail likewise. .Should yon detit mini lo a.ihoi\ in the - ; system, much will have to be done to re pair the material injury sustained by the institution, into which, doubtless, your committees will inquire, management, i as much a stranger as any | many ot yon. I The question will probably arise [ or, if it be continued, it shall be ! here or established anew at soi I point. There are certainly advantages in I having such an institution at the seat ot j government, which will readily occur b the reflecting mind; and one great obji cl heretofore existing to the locality, viz; t- inaccessibility, by railroad transportation, is overcoim do ibtless it will, ere long, be still more easy of access. [’here may, however, be 1 advantages, in some other locality, com- ! mending it to preference. Oft is, you, in ! your wisdom, will better determine — Should you determine to locate it else- : wlion*. I respectfully suggest that thepre- i sent site, with necessary repairs to the j tm ild i ngs, i.ot dost royed, a ml the addition ! of others, in vi iving no large expend il in e, , might be used advantageously, as a labor ; prison tor persons o( color convicted « f j ceitain efimeg. Ful'Fc works of suitable ■ descriptions', such as tf.o binning of leath er, and tlie lower and more easily acquired ! mechanic arts, coming within the purview | of the report of the eommissioners, liere- i with transmitted, might be advantageous- I ly establish'd hero. | Bv act of the General Assembly, ap- ! prpved Ilecember 5lh, the FxC-culivc j was authorized to establish, in conm-etion I with Messrs. Ocvine, .Jones -& Lee, a (bu d | Factory, for the supply, of a want sorely | felt throughout the State. The coimec- I tier) was formed and factory established j on the Pemtoritiary grounds. As in the : changed circumstances of the country it 230 tiei). won 1<1 leave one ImniRed ami ei^lii)* thoiisaiul. eight hundred and seventy five dollars. This suin set apart and applied faithfully- to the pavnieiit id the bomb* now extant, would (as a little calculation will slew ) pay their lull amount, as tlit-y mature, until l s 72, when it would rxliu- miish nearly half ; tear ing about, three liumlr d and seventy* thoimaml dollars to be otherwise pro- j vitlid lor. six v-nrs henot*. That done, the annual ; surplus wtuld in ei.’di year extingni li tlie maim- ; iriu' di br now exisli**g, and cnj-e that account ill 1.-st. Mcan'.iine, the sil king fund provided, as 1 pi -po.-t-d for the newly created debt, if faithfully set apart, and judiciously invested, would silently but surely woi k out it- red- niplioii. One great ■ advantage ol the sinking fund is, tl; t it secures ; coufidemi--, and en,-n' tim way f--r fa-.oraldc nega- ■ tiatne.; ot the securities for which i.l may be pi d- j vided D'H anolln-r incalculable ad-entage to the i debtor Slate is. that it distributes the burthen of! payment equally over all the years the debt has j I,> run. which tor that reason, can never come, I vita a stunning shirk upon the Treasury, nal i necessitate a repetition of the borrowing oficin ! lien. These are matters of calciiuitiou. data tor ; who b are ton ml .n t lie (Tun pi r'l (L-nTs R. q ort. cx ' cm pt tlie e-t male I r'-ceip!’ fliun llifi Western and i Atlantic Railroad, in wliieh 1 liavi full c-"llidenee. ! it it l.c llmugiit s.iltk-ieiil margin has not been left i as well as mb to which I an and more U*a: '.VHi ■ 111- rebuilt e 'it Ik -1 ainy, viz; travel, already. , tli nti-CellaneoiK ai.nual ine"i taxation not tak< den is on Railtuii l.-l I nut. !>.a bv Ihe gradiia e.xi-tiu v. i liei iu-e l lie ;h meet tile ovc- d: eveiy leas- in eiU-ct iu; i send )*U from Ik-w I hi airman ol holder-' I Am •I ial i- the: . -i, a a ppm | ■nation*' the leply is. that lie will I." swelled l.y items ol n into ilic nccmiir.. and I " ilivi- I stock, owned by M e -iate, al o ml immediately avai I able ; whilst. Min lieu nt the public d'-bl iinv ill b.- a corresponding reduct,on f inter,-st to hie a'linually paid, - a large surplus, le-eii s’ '-a 'li-a.! it is proposed to :• ’'on;:.- by is.-uing oilier bonds*, the inl"| , . I in rr, ar. TTn-re is ,-liev e lhat im dil'leully w ill occur ieaol!-i'.:nn. As evidence of this, v.illi a copx ol a couifuiinicalion Ita-lewnnd, E-q. nl Eolldoli. ,ik"iH!a; p ,in;,*d nt a nieOI ng K-i can .a-eiiraics. on which tle le 1 In- v.-ry liberal propnsi i> In’* I all I lie urr-ai s ol mcrcial transactiohs. There arc times when the money is worth much more than at others, arely worth less than the legal mu but it is often wort j more. The polb y laws generally il, th place the leg*! e lowcs. poir.t to w hi-'h,Gn a series of years, it would go. if uulrauellcd, an,( to keep it there, despite the varying relations of de-mind *oj supply. Ilcncc. law-abiding CapilaTists Jisuallj prefer other modes of employing mouey. . Acth; capital, like running water, w ill always leave an obstruction for an unobstructed channel open lo it Rut export, nee proves that usury ’aws. u s general rule, arc only olislructions in money-lend ing to conscientious or to cautions men. Their withdrawal leaves a more open field to the un scrupulous and the daring, enabling them tner t .rt from the borrowing Mass higher rates thac with free competition could he maintained Thus, it appears to me, thu restraint imposed on th;| bran h of business is not only wrong in principle, hut fail* to afford tlie intended protection. There is at this time in Georgia a great want of money Some need it to revive a suspended business—oth ers. to commence a new in place of an old enter prise. nil'll)* broken tip. The Capitalist abroad woijd bring bis money here, if he were allo«*ed to charge for i's use what it Is worth without in- eurring fol teiture. It is probably wise, however, for any people to make decided changes in their monetary system gradually. I suggest for your consideration the expediencr of* so modilying tho law mi this subject as to make seven per cent, the legnl rale, where int<*re<t ii chi’.rgald:: according to law. and no rate fivd by coni: act ; an-I to provide further, that any rale of interest nut exceeding t,*n pe? cent, may lie estab-/ li-lted by. and collected under, a contract for the' payment of money. This advance will, probably, tie sufficient to t>* :t practically the merit of the proposed '.ha ge; and i; will he easy, from ibis point, to recede ol* r.;Vance ftfrtl.vr, us exper.ence may dictate. INCREASE of PAUPERISM. Owing to the sudden emancipation of pereom of color, and their consequent deprivation of un« failing provision, hitherto enjoyed, for th.-ir wantnq whether in infancy, in ohl age. or in sickness, thorn will probably b-c for a time at least, a gn at in- cr-as- of pauperism. Against its growth from id le be direct' guards ar uvoidabb. vc. slrmgi ,i I. and for such' provided in ih poverty and - rimina'ity. pro ml, interest l, id, inuary. bv •nl. i il bl. not o igin lies 11 lb Ill- Will, in-.l cmbr.'C g t-i bind i ■st of .1 illy -,-n months -Iwi II Ion ir inn- that , ,= tabhsii ,l fit debt •l- d. I ol Isolds o tliollsn’id I r vd'fo it Is ,-gal p naliii'S should. .-;-s pr<tmhly sufficient ipw code. Rut lor un- • , r sli!>'ii(,n. invo vine no rovi hon must hr made.— he very a,-t of emancipa- i ik-v* luivihen.-hav?bren, veri-h- l me] it is hard Id sireulUint iu-ly. in the i- .lii'-ii th-on. (udv.a rc- to a .-I i .. they of the Si a virtue and stituent--. wliieh now these dear lien is indispi Georgia should sy'lein. I r'.'Tr.Rtmond the Executive, •1 ty ill al I dep bilily ; or mt to s,o ollit-rs. ,1 only oi a-t. but In-l eal Ho aei-ril'liL' 11 -inking I lie falboi Unless it _our bonds 1 them at an ein/r nal iate of 7 per 10 per cent., and it' d ; or you iiiu-t i.ses, including salari'-s. banish from Ihe service Koits, ciliz-ns ol sterling i must cause your enn- an undi r a weight ot faxution are illy able to bear. To avoid illenia!is earnest, decided ac- able : and it is high time that I,,pt a judi'^ous, ctable limmcial • In. t Hi/., r. can it b<- sup •> d; tors will hi s: late to fund th a I 1=1 inst.*' W.thoiit an ad,-,pnti u cannot resuscitate promptly I yeiir.Stite U’illj it you can. 'ciiat'-d. )• > - ii im 11 -1 c-ilh'-r hawk y it: money centers, arm : acrific-. making a m •quiv.ll, III to l|-,,|ll a t 111 I- er, I: * ai w a v- ib pi e d the tar nd to do their win v . II a- o-diti'-al. I igt't t hat the *,v|ie] IT"CIS •r:Ki*. t •t and el 1,,-ar »ilh sup,-r idded annual ■y have, with 'fpiv s col,-cqiienctJ.rind . s, • al and moral, - ri- itlicr n--',-.-sary ? should be I brown fiiiomont at hard labor, fur a term.appor-1 will not fis desirable to either party D tinned to the character of the ofic.ise.— j continue tlie donricction, I advise tlie ap require llie So than t 1 Stale may i j nfi j ri th a bonds o'* nor rnon This, which makes the Penitentiary sys tem, lias been generally adopted in the States of tlie Union, and seldom, if ever acarrdoned after trial. Its introduction, alwavo makes a very marked change of lotrd11ion to meet the demands upon it j sj'stem, a:/! I am incline 1 * to think that the transportation of passengers and the disappointment so often expressed n Georgia with its risults, has been occa sioned mainly by unreasonable expecta tions entertained in its inS2ption. The wit of man can devise no schema of puni pointment of a:* ajr-firH, or agents, with full authority to settli all matters in ac count between the partied', and to divide the assets, and make sale of each as may be allotted to the tfitate. altering a written constitution, llistorv freight. Several of the largest bri were destroyed, and must be rebuilt i Three of the temporary structures erected j to supply their places have been either ! swept- away or greatly damaged by fresh- ; ets during your recess, so no trains can now run continuously betweeu Atlanta turuishes no record of a people, not only [ and Chattanooga. Daily communication in both directions is indeed maintained, - j but with much trouble and expense, and . par- fm men il,i 1 P lMIn 'tted, Imt urgently invited, tieipate in the exercise'of this hi tion, actually exercising it and bitrarilv denied particrpatioR in the ordi nary legislation springing out of if An Amendment ot the Constitution of the U. States has been proposed bv the U tigress, in the mode pi escribed by that instru ment, to the Legislatures of the several States, and its adoption depended upon the concurrence ol the Legislatures of three fourths of those : stinted, seriatim, siun, to act up, had never separ a rate tliemselve These bod ics as lates. as they came into ses- 3 it; those States which -ted or attempted to sep- troin the Union, and whose governments,, therefore, had never suflered disorganization, acting fiist. A point was touched when a concurrence of the requisite nunibcr'dvad not been attain ed. and possibly might not be. At tliis ar- jwith diminished income. Tho night trains are now unavoidably dispensed with. I doubt not you will be admonished, by this unfortunate result,of the necessity of mak ing speedily such expenditure as will ef- Icctuaily prevent its recurrence. she funds necessary to the object must be raised upon tlie credit of tlie Slate.— So soon as I am furnished with an esti mate of the pruhabiM cost, I will lay it before yon for consideration. You will, i am persuaded, feel no hesitation in- in curring* such debt as may be necessary bn* the purpose, in view of assurance furnished by its operations that the road will $pou work out its own redemption, and then resume its suspended function of feeder to the treasury. Nothing now i is needed to make it a source of immense juncture, States, situated as was Georgia, j revenue, than solid, permanent intDrove- were one alter another getting again into ments,motive capacity correspondin'/* to a-n organised condition; and their Lcgis- its position in connecting lines of railroad mama »- t . . n 1 » «7 cannot bo organized at Washington City * j^re there not true ami bold aud noble spirits enough at the North to sound the notes ot alarm and gather the people under tbs white banner of Peace and Fraternity? latures, npon their assemblage, were dis tinctly invited, by Federal authority, to take action upon this verv important amendment. Most, if not all of them, among whom was Georgia, not onlv act ed, but gave their concurrence. A proc- lamation lias gone forth announcing 1 for- mudy, that the proposed amendment had been adopted by tlie Legislatures of three- par- fourths of the States, the names of which Loss or a SicAMKK. We regret to learn from the Macon TU, graph ihat the fine new steamer Asher Ayres, was destroyed by fire, on her first downward trip from Maoon to Savannah, on the Cth ins.ant. Tbe fire was first discovered among the cotton oil deck—Ibid bales—all of which was also consumed. The passengers and crew, with the exaeption of six negroes, were saved. Tbe •Mjamex cost $60,000, and was insured for to0,000. i sar) ction. Host of the cotton was insured. aie set forth. In this catalogue are cm- braced Georgia and several other States not recently represented in Congress, but now prepared and desirous to be so reD- resented. Strike their names front the ca a ogno of the proclamation, and it would have no constitutional basis upon vh.ch to rest If those States be not in the Union, the Federal theory upon which the war was waged is wrong—and they could not rightfully have voted on the adoption- of the amendment* Yet their ^ cre distinctly solicited, have been counted, aud have given it the desired Shall it be said of a Confederate Repab- — j nc, that certain States were in tho T rt * IhSSrJfi is the regular meeting ofUnlon | for one purpose, and out of itfor all others s,.r.. a. . m.".. that whilst invited to participate, and anu skillful management. All this Geor gia can supply, and will, without: un necessary delay, if true to herself. ihe last mentioned condition of itysne-* cess, skillful management, demands pres ent consideration. Although F should derive from it incalculable relief, I caunot concur tn the suggestion, that tlie man agement of this great public interest should be transferred to a Board of Com missioners, to be elected- by the people, pi >3 the Geueral Assembly, fn discharg ing the responsible duty of “givin 0 * j T ou from time to time information-of the state the Republic,, and of recommending to your consideration such measures as I may deem expedient,’* I shall yield neither to suggestions or morbid delicacy,- nor to the fear of being reproached with Inst < f power. Iu discussing the relative merits of tlie present and tlie proposed schemes lor the management of tlie road, both of- which have been brought to experimental test the former finds abundant support in the fact, wliieh I think will scarcely be contested, that the greatest success has been achieved under it. But I rest not this argument on this alone. With a ^Board of- Commissioners, you will have live justice which will ptevent the com mission of crime—under any system the criminal calendar will increase with in creasing population. If the system which has so long existed in Georgia be aban doned, what shall replace it? I am aware of no other suggestion than a return to that which preceded it. About thirty years since, the General Assembly of Georgia made this experiment, hut the scenes of the whipping post, and the pil lory, and the exhibition in open court of the red hot brand, burning infamy into human flesh, produced in one 3*ear a re vulsion of popular feeling, that their im . llien?fnre,yi»i<. that you n:itlir.ri is lh“ necessities of the that e xtent on I v. to is=u ■ te liiwNig net less than twenty, ii ty yea: s to run. Rearing interest not ex- • ceeding six per c'-nt. (Hr an amount. *'.*iiich, affile'! ! to 1 lie existing lueffi-d ffiffit. not yet iri iture-'l, shall : not exceed six millions of dollars. Serottil/y, that j for the payment of th - interest, ari l lor the cre-a- ! tioii of a sinking fund (accumulative) to discharge ; tlie principal of the debt, now proposed to be creat' d, ot two per cen*. per annum on that pirn- The: Penitentiary, if continued in opera- ; cipal. so much "i the annual income ol the Western *" 1 1 ■' 1 ■*' • and Atlanta Railroad as may be necessary, be i •acr* Tly pledged, and that this pledge be set lorth in ih" bonds, 'thirdly, that to the extent < f this | pledge, ell appropriations hitherto made, tor State ; uses and policy, of that income,'(not involving the ; violation of cm tract) short loans, to meet pressing necessities; but these rnay be extinguished a-= longer ones are efieciedy education. Hitherto the State has aided the ca;j=e of Edu cation chiefly in two ways: first, by the enffi>w- i inent of a University, and, secondly, by s- fling apart certain (units for distribution among the . counties in aid of common scboolj ?!••} gage of the University is somewhat peculiar, but readily [ understood. Its original permanent endowment was in lands, which, with the consent and appro- ] I’atq ei >s n Is M-rtitulior.'cf r Himiilated raeani ol sntisistence, c.millin'd wilh inability. Irt-tQ i physical "r mental c.-upi-s. to produce tlnin ; hut it only becomes a matter of public concern.when j no private relief is afloide i. ! has always existed among that | >1 belore. challenged attention : [ Why this difference V Mi-cause | ded system, each paup r Afrii j who cared for his wants—car { cared for them cheerhiUy. flow was hc-etia | to do this.yearly ? I n m tlie tact that associated j with these paupers, as u -II hy lies of consanguin ity as in fetters of bomb were others cap.'ffi! j remunerative labor. The support'd the j'.'inp' l was nominally a charge upon the master, bu a imp!" fact, it iss. but has nev- a social evil- rider the exf'lo*. a had a master for thvtn wi ll— hied of he rcr, Btand- tion, will doubtless need tlie :ip]>mpnatioii cf triore or loss mnrir-y fo extinguish' ini whole, of in part, the amount due it by | tlie State, as stated i*n the report of the j Principal Keeper, at:d to which your at- ; tention is invited. STATE FINANCES. The financial condition of the State demands se rious consideration and wise action. The curren cy in tlie treasury when hostilities ceased is utter ly worthless. The functions of all officers of the State Government having been for several months suspended, no tax hits been collect',*<1 during the year just ended. The expenses incident to a reor gauization of the Government have been, thus f ar. ) defrayed it from Ihe earoings of tl. relation to him. Now, his pre- t xiffiing relation both topaupei and labore r is an- null« -1. Tlie tiauie? .it no more ajhargt; on him than on th5 rest ol Tie body politic. Ihe hint’ of the laborer's tod are transferred from hr* to i!ic laborer himself. But the relaiior.so < -a.9 anil of kindred, be? ween the p infer and the labor er, r.re undisturbed. T ic questions to ered in view of the whole subject are, ' n ’ ! * transfer of the fruits of ...e laborers toil discharge them wholly from the -■artlK-n o! .s'lpf ,r j’- -the master ha big ’-i t l-tosc tri. .- -T • is a cliaige. do• s u to tne that, met by temporary loans, and these are now very j priation ot the General Assembly, the Trustt nearly exhausted. For all practical purposes the treasury may now be said to be empty. broin uhat has already been said, it is apparent that, Birring the year upon wliieh wc have enter ed. large sums miist be expend'd, in the revival of important interests. In addition to these, the ar- • j rears due upon the civil list of the last year, the 'old n a credit, taking bonds and mortg:ig"S for the purchase money. Sub-equently. the State a-sum- ed the colle-A’.on of these securities, anil assumed to account to the University for the funds as col lect'd In liquidation of the resulting transac tions. the Slate transferre ' to the University one thousand shares of the Dank o? the State of Geor- piuper which the pauper s .-upper’ still adhere t" him: R a [ l P‘ .... whether regarded as qinstieus iu p^lit'eal cconee my, or of abstract enti-tj' tuc answer m n<r " 1,tiTe - , -We -,f ‘«6ca» There is. however a"*.';. ‘ , ,7.-_ ,,i vdiich must not be overlooked. T l,,; "*’ '*'* • the relationxj ma-t- r and slave, winch ' nua ' . vote relation, inake-tbe existing panpeo-ms ter of public concern, to the relief of whwh tm* cipated laborers, as a class, thoegh no. ; lv bound, are liable to contribute. : re-;". ■ - advise Ihat a moderate apitation tax. * erson of color, capable of earning w-8 " voted exclusively to the support of p«P'' " 1 suggest, also, that f »‘* purpo=e”in each county, be pa •! h» the Justices of the Inferio r.-lcr rules and rr-guiat"^i mediate successors undid their work, and j interest upon the public debts, unpaid for several | gia. owned fy her. the par value being one hun restored the Penitentiary. It tnav well j y eari b a portion of the princr*"’ ~ 1 be questioned, whether our constituency j ^th'maJk^J^a^th^n? " would now look with more equanimity upon such proceedings. In making the change under consideration, the crimes now punishable by confinement in the Penitentiary,- must be divided into two classes—the p»ore aggravated added to the list of those entailing capital punish ment—the other fie mitted to the barbar ous sanctions of an exploded code. To the latter I have already alluded. In re ference to the former, it may be well to consider the probable eSeiency of the proposed penalty. Statesmen, jurists, and publicists, o? th>‘s day, agree in the opinion that certafinty gives mbre efficien cy’ fo punishment fb-an severity. Inhere trial by jury prevails, no reliable estimate can be made of the certainty with which any proposed' punishment will wait' upon crime, without'consulting public opinion, regarding its propriety. We are not without some data for the application of this test. The number of crimes now sub jected to capital' punishment, in Georgia is comparatively’ small; ; yet it is perfectly notorious, (using fhe mildest form of ex pression,) that in such cases, tbe charac ter of the foreseen punishment, marvel lously increases the diflJculty of satisfy- ing jurors that the accused' has* commit ted the crimes charged. So evident is that feeling, that your existing code,-pro vides as one test of the qualification of a juror, before he is put upou the accused, the question “Are you conscientiously op posed to capital punishment?” This test, as all know, excludes from the jury box', many good, but, as I humbly conceive, years, a portion of the principal of that <k-bt. ma tured. while tve have been: cut off' from connection arv expenses of the Government during the political years 1*566 and 1807, must necessarily be provided for. I include t. e expenses of 1807, because if resort be bad to taxation, the u-*ual resources of supporting govern ments, the tax must bp imposed and collected the present year. Tlie arrearages of the past, and the regularly accruing expenses of the present year, can be met only by the sale of valuable property possessed by the State, or loans predicated on her credit. The former alternative 1 may dismiss, as an expedient without advocates. Recourse must, then, be had to the credit of the State, and the practical questions arc, to what ex tent and iu what Inrm it shall be used. I accom pany this communication with a tabular estimate of money which will be required for the years 1866 and 1867, which I think will admit of no ma terial reduction. Sup«-radding to Ibis sum, so much as you may determine to expend in the re construction and refitting of the Western A Atlan tic Railroad,and the Penitentiary, and such other appropriations as it may be your pleasure to make, for the relief of disabled soldiers, for the suffering fam lies of those who fell in the war. which pre” sent strong claims upon our humanity and our gratitude, and for any other purposes, you will he enabled clearly to estimate the necessities of the State. We may at once assume the whole outlay in monfey vfhtch you may determine to make iu the political )*ear now curfient. which will terminate on tlie first -It November next, must be borrowed, unless yz>u not only resort to taxation, but mate rially advance the payment <jf the tax. Looking to the year next ensuing, (1867) it will be necessary to determine during your present session, whether yoj will jfrovide for its wants by levying a tax during the present year, or whether you will put that burthen also upon the credit ot the State, and give to yoir constituents, in their reddted circumstances, another year’s exemption from State taxation. It must be borne in mind that there is upon the statute book; an Unexecuted law, requiring the payment of a tarf in the year recently ended—unexecuted, because of the disor ganized condition of the Government. I recom mend the remission of this tax, and the imposition of a moderate one to lie collected during the latter dred thousand dollars. Tbe Trustees were expre s-- ly forbidden to sell ot it: any **ay to dispose of (his stock, but were by act ot tlie G'-ncra! Asscm- bly guaranteed perpetually eight per cent, income (rom the stock; any overplus that might accrue ’ from annual dividends, enuring to the benefit of j tbe institution, and anv deficit of the eight thous- j and dollars the State to make good; And this has : often been done, no special appropriation being made in each instance, but the deficit being always j paid at the Treasury by provision of the act an buildings and gronrids there ravagancf is act Haiti degree .sadly mistaken tnett.- I submit whether,. hibiti mpi) tat ion, there . . _ r ;", r ving.find of taste in beautifying them UW'.f Which is Wholly inexcusable. ; oeHiens of Crl. Frobi-I. an'l of vour committe-- "harge.i with this subject, Will aid you more anything I can say. < c3 . Whatever of error may be found in the „ mediations herein suli,bitted T trust "ill 1^' reeled hy your superior w stlont, airteo a from the unerring source of all truth- our fori surest reliance, and the best hope of " and struggling constituents. ■ Rrspectfullv submitted, CHARLES JiJENKl.-* thorizingthe transf.-r of thestock.aud guaranteeing R"Iffi c 4 u “U"'j'u t ., lra " 7; i Z ance, in us. le the annual income from R of eight thousand *lol- 1 hlb!U,,i c ilp ' -‘ bus. This guaranty was doubtless induced by- two considerations : First, that (as the history of the transaction upon the statute book show'?) the transfer of ihe stock was intend'd ns a satisfaction uni s-iti"merit. °f money collected by the State on the Ldiversity bonds and mortgages. because in making ihe transfer ot Dank .Stork the State assumed to inhibit the sale of it, which w-’iil 1 have been unjust, without assurance ot a ceriair annual income beyond all contingency. Deficits of the amount of dividend, and entire laflure s nl dividend have always in good faith been respei d- ed to by the State Coe result of the late war has been, the utter failure ol the Bank oftHC State of Georgia, and the consequent extinction of all pet sibility of farther dividends I am not aware of any purpose'on the part of the Trustees to urge, at this time of financial embarrassment, any claim for those arrears, ami I trust that they w>!l forbear it ffir the present. Dut to the lesumption ol the payment ot the annuity, they arc clearly entitled, and without it cannot keep the University in suc cessful operation: The late Convention*, having the history 1 have already detailed fully presented to them, and in View of tYo importance of the whole subject, placed upon the Genet a I Assemb y a Constitutional obligation, to ‘* provide for the •■ariy resumption of its exercises, (which had’been* unavoidably suspended) by a permanent uudow ment of the Un versity.” Relying upon the annu ity ol eight thousand dollars. tlieTruslees ha?e re opened the institution, and l have, as you will perceive, in the estimates accompanying this com-' muuication, included this Hera At as early a day as returning prosperity will permit, it w* 11 less be the pleasure of the General Assembly o make permanent the endowment enjoined by e r=»* each and . ot the same cffii collected fi>r thi; to and di* ense' Coui’t of 'hat County, as yog may choose to prescribe. rr.ATM 0? COTTON. . • „< In answer to a coi.iinunicatioujromj^'o^- Gm’nor.Johnson.relative to c< pIBre (j in Sa- cd bv the State <>f Georgia, " * ^ eer etary Mc- viinnah by the IVdera! »rm^ tn)( . nt in f, ;rmS him Culloch. "I the T i ra.-ury /'P acCom panies this by a letter, (a copy ■ prosecu te her claim message.) 'hat the^'e,^states. It will he in th- Court of H' . , lC fj 0 q i n *be case &s ,ny pleasure to .a-- yoti niav direct. J ' Tll rr3I.IC BCIT.DING9, Eo . improvements h a coiiy of th ,y re p 0! . t of Col' 1 17 Engineer, upon repairs, and improvement FrohJ. .- l...;],lings and grounds, to ah ch careful consideration Whilst evigun. in >j (vmnWtlo th^r^ mav bu » . oroft-j of care is. the Thesng- h.re- :=cot no , no 8 O') Xcw Council Ordinance- Couxcil Chamber. January StbJl^ ^ Ordered by the Mayor and Council following Taxes for License?, Ac., be at by of lorce for the CUf of LSCrange th. pr ye at : . -^ For i wheeled Omniba?. or Carnage n * * 4 W* t ded Hray s or VVagona used as S'icb, l 2 wheeled <io rt .--.*•• ••• ? For Livery ana Sale Sts.bles, witn vebu for hire... ., si'O 0‘> Retail of Sph-itoas Liquors, Q Wholesale do do 1 250 00. faction License,. *.••••* °.J' Gift Lotteries or Enterpnses, Jkc., 5u w True extract of Minutes. DANIEL McMILLAN. M-fTcr. ,F. M*. DEAi.r., Clerk: j-'ul2 V