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The trnirnittee io whom was referred mu-h ofthe Go eruui’s nie.-s ge as re •’S to the fnovcimnls of the aboiitio; lists he north, haveen leu vured lo hi in eto the Dsideration oft'ie subject.tl.at d spussioi - > deliberation its importance demands; d beg leave io make the following lie it: They would remark that ‘he for nation ur glorious Union, was ,t great exper ■nt made by patriotism in t ie Ciit.se civil liberty. Thus jar successful, its tits have been most beneficial spread . with unexampled profusion over our ensive country, blessings wh:chdi-tin ‘sh her above all oth rs. The oflspri g >mmon suffering and common triun pbs ng the Slab's, th * prest-rvali. n of inis aion is d pendant up n a community of •mpatliy, and good keling among their spective people. Any attempt by a por un of the people of one State, to inter* ice even indirectly with the domestic in itutions of another, has the inevitable ’ ndency to destroy that feeli g Such 'ttetnpt is an insult to the Slate ngrieve , 'nd the motives which induced it, are nt Dtire variance with the fraternal spirit which constitutes the people - fthes.-state* brethren ofone great family. But when inch attempt involves the Sfifety ofthe peo ple of a s'-it ,—the robbery of their proper ty, —the desecration oftheir constitutional i rights,— the violation of their domestic ! peace: Infatuation herself must admit I that such attempt, persevered in will inev- | itably convert pr -eUsttnt good feeling in -17 deadly’ hostility, the certain consequen- I ces of which,are a sundered union,and all ' the horrors of civil commotion. That such I attempt is being at this time made by cer tain fanatics, by the discributii n of pam phlets, prirts, circulars, annu -.ls, alman acs, and every species of publication, your committee, with mingled feelings of re gret and indignition, believe cannot ad- i mit of doubt; yet it is a matter of heartfelt j congratulation to the friends ofthe Union, I that the general and spontaneous express- I ion of feeling which lies burst from the j patriotism and intelligence of the north, ‘ affords the chi eriag hope that the people are prepared, to “frown indignantly upon the first dawning ofevery iittem.pt to allie nate any portion of cur country from the rest; or to enfeeble the sacred ties which . now link together the various parts ” But I notwithstanding the mariifest.-tion of this I spirit, the movements of the domestic Inna- I tic and foreign emissary, and the invidous I means to which they resort, are fraught I with so much pain to ourselves, our fam- ; ilies, and our iii.d iub ed rights, that the ”ste r n necessity,’ m.f) a j ist r ‘card for the peace and harm-nv of ourcountry.de maud that tlie people of this state should, in temperate, respectful, and determined language, declare their unalterable deter mination to protect their domestic institu tions and constitutional rights, from all interference direct or indirect, from any and (Very quarter, Upon this point there can be no discussion—no compro mise—no doubt. They found their right upon the guarantee afforded by the Con stitution ofthe United Stales: and if the j revisions of that character ar? to be sac rificed to the spirit of fanatic ism or the impulses ofu false philanthropy, calami ty and ruin will soon o-era helm this now happy confederacy’, fmpr -ssed with the importance ofthe duty’ which devolves upon them a’ the present crisis, your,com mittee, in aedi’ion to the bill in amend ment of the laws regulating slaves and free pri sons of colour within this state, would respectfully submit the following resolutions with the single remark, that, it a rigour, heretofore unknown to our do mestic legislature, b found in the features of the. bill th* y have introduced,it has be -n froced upon them by’ the mo’ements of men who, assuming to be the friends, are indeed the most cruel enemies of those whom they have taken under their espe cial care. Ist. Resolved, That in this country, freedom of the press and freedom of speech are sacred and invaluable rights—that in proportion to their sacrednvss and value, is the obligation to preserve them from the abuse of thos** who would prostitute them to the vile purpose of “enfeebling the sacred ties uhich li,.k the various parts” of this happy union. 2d. Resolved. That the people of Geo gia stand prepared to protect the domestic institutions of her sister states, from the unauthorized int®tfenpnce of individtutls or coiTibinWtio.,9. within her limits. od. Resolved, That thft perpetuity’ of this glorious union, uhich has shed such blessings on us isti people, is only’ to be insured by a strict adherence to the letter of the constitution which has guaranteed to us certain rights, with which we will suffer no power on earth to interfere — that it is deeply incumbent on th? people ofthe north to crush the traitorioii* de signs of the <holitionists —and that we look with confidence to such movements on their part, as will effectually put an end to impertinent, fanatical, and disloyal interference with matters settled by the consitution. Reeolvetk That wc hail the semi-- meats expressed Uyjhe resoluiicittfsofsomc ofthe resent meetings al the north upon the subject of abolition, as the evidence of the existence of a right spirit among the great mass of our northern brethren,and a determination on their part to discharge ti e duties imposed upon them by the con i siitmion of their country, and the exigen ' ci sos the t’mes. | sth Resolved, That the imperative do ily devolves upon Congress, at their ei.su i ing session,sb to modify the laws regula i ting the Post Office Department, that an I establishment created for the convenient e, lof the people, shall not be converted into I the means of servile war, and civil strife ; among the states of this confederacy. 6th. Resolved, That the District of ( 0- lumbia, and the several Territories ofthe United States are the picperty of the peo ple of the States—that the right of exclu sive l< gislation in the former, and the power to make all useful rules and regu lations for the government of the latter, I which are vested in the Congress of the I United States, are derived from the Con- ' stitution, which recognises and guaran- i tics the rights resulting from domest c . slivery—and th it any interference by; that body with these rights, will be tinau- i I :hoi ized by, and contrary to the spirit of ; that s.icrid chatter of American liber j ty. . : 7th ZZcsofrerZ, That copies of the fore-j ' going preamble and resolutions, be trans- ; ; mined f v his Excellency’ to the Presid nt ' j ofthe United States, the Governors ofthe I j respective States, and the Senators and j I Representatives of this State in Congress. I Th .* provision ofthe bill alluded to in i the above report are, in substance, as ft I- I lows; 1. Clerks to register no person of co four who shall net establish, by proof, that he is bona fide a free persoruof colour five years before the passing of this act. The clerk violating this provision of the act, to be guilty of a high misb-meanor, laid on conviction to be fined B >OO, &c. I 2 No free person of colour, except sne h as have been admitted to registry, accord ing to this act, is to remain in this State after next, to pay a fine of Sioo. and in default, the Inferior Courtis authoriz ed to bind him as a laborer, &.c, 3. No free person of colour, after leav ing the State, is allowed to return to it, un less leaving it and going to an adjoining State; if he violates this provision of the act, he loses the right of registry and is subject to the punishment described in the 2d section of this act. 4th. A person ol colour charged with a violation ofthisact.and claimed asa slave by any individual, this individual is to de pose on oath, that such fellow of colour is bis property’; in default of such oath, the free person of colour is subject to the pun ishment described in the 2d section. , 5. No male slave is. allowed to come or be brought to this State, who has been in any non-slave holding slate, or Fore gn countries; such male slave to be forfeited and sold as a slave; and any person aiding in introducing such slave, to be indicted, &c.but this provision is not to be construct ed as to prevent owners from reclaiming fugitive slaves, &c. 6. The Inferior Courts to have jurisdic tion ofthe offences mentioned in this act. 7. The provisions of this act not to ex tend to any’ American Iridian, free Moor, or Lascar, c,, 8. The Inferior Courts have power to refuse the right of registry to any tree person of colour, of bad character, &c. A BOLIT ION DUESTION. Extract from Gov. McDuffie’s Message. Since your last adjournment, the public j mind, throughout the slave holding states, • has been intensely, indignantly and justly j excited, by the wanton, officious and in- ; cendiary proceedings of certain societies ; and persons, in someoflhe non-slavehold- i in ’ states who have been actively employ- ' ed in attempting to circulate, among us : pamphlets, papersand pictorial represen tations o! the most offensive and inflamma tory character, and eminently* calculated to seduce our slaves from their fidelity and excite them to insurrection and mas sacre. Those wicked monsters and delu ded fanatics, overlooking the numerous objects in their own vicinity who have a moral, if not a legal claim upon their charitable regard, run abroad, in the ex pansion of their hypocritical benevolence, muffled up in the saintly mantle of Chris tian meekness, to fulfil the fumd-like er rand of mingling the blood of the master and the slave, to u hose fate they are equal ly* indifferent, with the smouldering ruins of our peaceful dwellings. No principle of human action so utterly baffles all hu man calculation, as that species of ftn?.ti cal enthusiasm, which is made up of envy’ and ambition, assuming the disguise of religious zeal, and acting upon the known prejudices, religious or political, of an ig noiant multitude. Under the influence of this species of voluntary madness nothing is sacred that stands in the way of its pur poses. Like all other religious impos tures, it has power to consecrate every act, however atrocious, and < very peison, however covered over with “multiplying i villanies” that may’ promote its diabolical ! ends or worship at its infernal altars. By iis unholy creed, murder itself becomes a ff.bor of love and charity, and the felon renegado who flies from the justice of his country, finds not only a refuge, but be comes a sainted minister, in the sanctuary’ of its temple. No error can be more mis chievous than to underrate the danger of such a principle, and no policy can be more fatal than to neglect it, from a con tempt for the supposed insignificanceofits agents. The experience of both France I and Great Britian, fearfully instruct us, from what small and contemptible begin nings, this nmi des noirs philanthropy may rise to a gigantic power, too mighty to be resisted by all the influence and en i ergy of the government; in the one case, a wealthy and flourishing 1s- 'and in the blood of its white inhabitants, in the other, literally driving the minister, by means of an instructed Parliament, to perpetrate that act of suicidal legislation and colonial oppression, the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies. It may be net unaptly compared to the ele ment of file, of which a neglected spark, amongst combustible materials, which a timely stampt ofthe foot might have extin guished forever, speedily swells into a i sweeping torrentoftiery desolation, which Ino human power can arrest or controul I In the opinion of intelligent West India I planters, it is because the local authorities, ! from a sense of false security, neglectidto hang up the first ofthese political mission aries that made their appearance on the British Islands, that they ;.re doomed to barrenness and desertion, and to be the wr< trhed abodes of indolent andjjrofligate blacks, exhibiting in their squalid poverty, gross immorality and slavish subjection to an iron despotism of Briti.-h bayonets, the fatal mockery of all the promised bles sings of emancipation. Under these circumstances and in this critical conjuncture of our affairs, thesol umn and responsible duty’ devolves on the legislature, i f “taking care that the re public receive no detriment.” The crime which these foreign incendi aries have committed against the peace of the state, is one of the very highest grade known to human laws. It not only strikes at the very existence of society, but seeks to accomplish, the catastrophe by the most horrible means, celebrating the obsequies ofthe state in as-iturnial carnival of blood and murder, and while brutally’ violating all the chiriti -sos life and desecrating the very altars of religion, impiously calling upon Heaven to sanctify these abomina tions. It is my deliberate opiiii >n that the laws of every community’ should punish this species of interference by death without benefit of clergy, regarding the authors of it as enemies of the human race. Noth ing could be more appropriate than for South Carolina to set this example in the present crisis, and I trust the Legislature will notadjourn till it discharges this high lutyof patriotism. It cannot be disguised, however, that any laws which may be enacted by the au thority of this State, however, adequate to punish and repress oflinces committed within its limits, will be wholly insuffi cient to meet the exigencies ofthe present conjuncture. If we go no further than this, we had as well do nothing. 'l’hese outrages against the peace and safety of the State are perpetrated in other communities, which hold and exercise sovereign and exclusive jurisdiction over all personsand things within their limits. It is within these limits, protected from re sponsibility’ to our laws by the sovereign ty ofthe Slates in which they reside, that the authors of all this mischief securely concoct their schemes, plant their batteries and hurl their fiery missiles among us, aimed at that mighty magazine of com bustible matter, the explosion of which would lay’ the state in ruins. It will, therefore, become our imperious duty, recurring to those great principles of international law which still exist in all their primitive force amongst thesove reign states of t his confederacy, to demand of our sovereign associates the condign punishment of those enemies of our peace, who avail themselves of the sanctuaries oftheir respective jurisdictions, to carry on schemes of incendiary hostility against t he institutions, the safety and the existence of the State. In performing this high du ty, to which we are constrained by the great law of self preservation, let us ap pronch our co-stat.es with all the fraternal mildness which becomes us as members of the same family of confederate repub lics, and at the same time with that firm nes and decision, which becomes a sove reign State, while maintaining her dearest interests and most sacred rights. For :he institution of domestic slavery we hold ourselves responsible only to God, and it is utterly incompatible with the dignity and the safety of the State to per mit any foreign authority to quesfon our right to maintain it. It may nevertheless be appropriate, as a voluntary’ token of our respect for the opinions of our confederate brethren, to present some views to their consideration on this subject, calculated to disabuse their minds of false opinions and pernicious prejudices. No human institution, in my opinion, is mere manifestly consistent with the will of God, than domestic slavery, and no one of his ordinanc s is written in more legible characters than that which con- I signs the African race to this condition, ■as more conductive to their own happi ' ness, than any other of which they are susceptible. Whether we consult the sa ' cred Scriptures, or the lights of nature and I reason, we shall find these truths as a i bundantly apparent, as if written with a ' sunbeam in the heavens. Under both the Jewish and Christian dispensations of our religion, domestic slavery existed with the unequivocal sanction of its prophets, its apostles, and finally its great Author. The patriarehsj themselves, those chosen instruments of God, were slave holders. In fact the divine sanction of this institu tion is so plainly written that “he who runs may* read” it, and those over right eous pretenders and pharisees, who affect to be scandalized by its existence among 1 us, would do well to inquire how* much I more nearly they walk in the ways of I Godliness, than did Abraham, Isaac and ! Jacob. That the African negro isdest n ; ed by Providence to occupy this condition ; of servile dependence, is not less manifest. I It is marked on the face, stamped on the skin, and evinced by the intellectual infe riority, and natural improvidence of his ■ race. They have all the qualities that fit them for slaves, and not one of those that , would fit them to be freemen. They are utterly unqualified, not only’ for rational I freedom, but for self government of any’ I kind. They are in ail respects, physical, moral and political, inferior to millions of the human race, who have tor consecutive ages dragged out a wretched existence un der a grinding political despotism, and who are doomed to this hopeless condition by the very qualities which unfit them for a better. It is utter astonishing that any enlightened American, after contempla ting all the manifold forms in which even the white race of mankind are doomed to slavery and oppression, should suppose it possible to reclaim the Africans from their destiny. The capacity to enjoy freedom is an attribute not tube communicated by human power. It is an endowment of God, and one of the rarest which it has pleased his inscrutable wisdom to bestow upon the nations of the earth. It is con ferred as the reward of merit, and only up on those who are qualified to enjoy it. Until the “Ethiopian can change his skin,” it wiil be vain to attempt, by’ any human power, 'o make freemen of those whom God has doomed to be slaves, by all their atrifiutes. Let not, therefore, the misguided and designing intermeddlers who seek to de stroy our peace, imagine that they are serving the cause of God by practically ar raigning the decree of his Providence. In det d it would scarcely’ excite surprize, if with the in.pious audacity of those who projected the tower of Babel, they should attempt to scale the battlements of Heaven, and remonstrate with the God of wisdom tor having put the mark of Cain and the curse of Ham upon the African race in stead ofthe European. [Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] In conversing the other day with an intelligent friend upon the next presiden tial election, the claims of Mr. Van Buren and Mr While were discussed and ex amined. J observed to him that he had been himself, until lately, the warm ad mirer of Mr. Van Buren, and that I. was surprised of the change that had taken place in his opinion of that gentleman, be cause nothirg had occurred in the politi cal conduct of Mr. Van Buren, which could have led to a different course. This intelligent friend answered, that things had been brought to light with which he was not acquainted, and which he ac knowledged, had happened before he had changed his opinion. 1 could not help replying, that he was not sincere in his declaration, for the political life of Mr. Van Buren had been most thoroughly scrutinized when he was nominated by the Baltimore Convention as a candidate for the Vice Presidency. This nomina tion received the sanction of himself and of all those citizens of Georgia who are now most violently’ opposed to his eleva tion to the presidency. My friend could not well reply to my observation; he there fore ei;did by saying, that Mr. Van Bu ren wtis supporter of the Proclamation and of the “ Bloody Bill,” and a decided opponent ofthe doctrines of Nullification Thus speak almost all the enemies of the Vice President. And what can this en mity avail them in the next presidential electit n? Nothing. Mr. Van Buren, if elected, will follow the course pursued by General Jackson; this is what th< people of Georgia desire; and this is what will induce them to give the vote of the State in his favor. Mr. Van Buren has done nothing since 1832, to forfeit his claims to the presidency, but to have been, and to be st.ll a firm and immovable friend of the present federal administration. If by this friendship to General Jackson and to his administration, he has forfeited all claims to tl e support of Georgia, then let the Nullification party give the votes of our State to a man who will pursue an op posite course, and, by pursuing an oppo site course, who wiil render the country more prosperous than it is now. But where is the man, that can perform such wond rful things, to be found ? Will the man chosen by the Nullification party be able to perform those wonderful things? Can the people of Georgia confide the fu ture destinies of their country to the man chosen by’ a party which brought that country to the very brink of civil war? No. A large majority ofthe people of Georgia will confide in the man who will strictly follow the policy of the present ad ministration ; and as Mr. Van Buren will follow the same policy, he will certainly receive the votes of Georgia for the pres 'de.ncy, noiwitbstanding the opposition of the Nullification party’. NOTICJE, TITHE Copartnership of MUSGROVE & JI. BUSTIN, will be dissolved on the 30th inst. EDWARD BUSTIN, Surviving Partner of Musgrove and Bustin. Augusta, Nov. 23, 1835. The undersigned will continue the Ware House and Commission Business on his own account, at the old stand of Musgrove & Bustin, from and after the first day of December next. He solicits the patronage of the customers of the old firm, and the public generally. All business confided to his charge, willmeet with prompt attention. EDWARD BUSTIN. Nov’ 25 Btw 140 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD "g" OST, on Sunday last, between Warren- and Augusta, a small Wallet, contain ing between 6 and 700 dollars, in Bank Notes, principally of the Darien Bank, and sundry* pa pers. The Wallet has the owner’s name mark ed on it in four places. The above reward will be given to any person who shall return it to the Augusta Courier Office, or at Mr. Har ris’s Hotel in Warrenton,|<»rj at the Circus in Augusta. J. W. BANCKER. Nov. 25 . ts 140 DRY GOODS—-NEYV-YORK. THE SUBSCRIBERS have entered into Partnership for the transaction of the WItOLSALE DRY 7 GOODS BUSINESS, under the firm of SEAMAN, LEE & WARD. (JOHN B. SEAMAN, J GEORGE W. LEE, WARD. New York, January Ist, 1835. SEAMAN, LEE & WARD, have opened in the New Store,No.l2o Pearl-street,an extensive assortment of English,French,German&Domes tic DRY GOODS, expressly suited to Southern and IVestern, Sales, which they are prepared t o offer to their friends and the public, on the most liberal terms- Feb 23 ts AUGUSTA, N t >i_A Y , NQV K3l BILK 30 . RICHMUND ACADEMY. Governor M’Dufiie thus speaks of one of the means of rescusitating the South Carolina Col lege: “ Our experience, however, but too con clusively proves that a munificent endowment by the Legislature, and a faithful performance oftheir respective trusts, by the trustees and faculty, are not of themselves sufficient to in sure the success of the institution. The com munity at large must give it their countenance, and support, and in some sort, their superin tendence. Fiom all parts of the State, there should be a general attendance of our promi nent and educated citizens at the annual com mencements, who, with all the public function aries shock! be present to witness the perform ances of the youthful competitors for literary fame. Nothing could have a more salutary in fluence, in stimulating the exertions of the young men during the whole course of their College studies, than the prospect of this annu al contest for distinction, before the assembled intelligence of the State.” Is not the immense concourse of citizens end strangers that assemble annually at our com mencements, at Athens, the great cause of the nourishing conditi >n of otir University! It is immaterial what is the cause, which calls them together. A great number of the most respect able, intelligent, and influential assemble there, from causes connected with the interests of that Seminaiy. The Governor and so large a body’ of trustees as attend regularly, give a powerful impulse to literary* competition. Its influence reaches both the student and teacher. With out such an interest manifested by the public in the prosperity of any of our schools, they’ must languish and die. That this apathy is one cause of the state of the Richmond Acade my. whose drooping fortunes we noticed in our last, is unquestionable. The Trustees can do but little, without the cheering aid and counte nance of parents and guardians, and an intelli gent public to encourage the teachers, animate the pupils, and give eclat to all the public exhi bitions. But what have those exhibitions mani fested! Generally a beggarly account of emp ty* seats. At the public examinations, two or three individuals, and they trustees, have formed the applauding audience, that was to hasten the young devotee of science on his literary journey—animate his daily* studies and sustain him in his midnight vigils. What undertaking could flourish under such dis heartening neglect from those, whose interest it is to cherish iis prosperity and insure its in creasing usefulness! We apparently let fall some censure on the Board of Trustees, not so much because we Knew they had been remiss— but because we were determined, this matter should undergo some degree of excitement —in hopes that every body, who might be to blame, would be roused to a degree of zeal in this mat ter, proportioned to their interest in the institu tion, and its usefulness to the public in general. Censure can scarcely fall amiss, where ail are to blame. We feel our portion of it, as much as any one, for whenever vve have attended the examinations at all, we have on no occasion found more than three individuals present, dis connected with the academi at duties. We learn, that th- Trustees have succeeded in se cui iiig the services of those, whom they have every reason to believe are experienced and shccessful teachers, and, if they have the char acteristic zeal of their profession, and are pro perly* seconded by* the public, Richmond Acade my will lift its drooping head, and then again will cheerful smiles lead its inmates up the hill of science. We understand, the reduction of the tu ition, on the .basis we suggested, will form a subject of consideration for the Board of Trus tees. CIRCUS. The Circus has been opened during the last week, though we suppose all our readers know it, that are within attending distance. It would seem every body has been tlrnre, and therefore every body knows how well it has been fitted up. When we say open., we beg leave to be un derstood. We mean the doors— the inside has been shut up by people. On Friday and Satur day nights, squeezing was the order ofthe even ing. None of your double entendres novi*, Mr. Wiseacre —your imagination is always run nine riot. YVe are plain folks and talk plain —and intend to be understood as we say. YVe mean nothing more nor less than to say, that there was a multitude of people to partake of Mr. Bancker's entertainment. A contempora ry will allow us to ad apt his description of a similar crowding to the one, of which we are speaking. Our Circus is stuffed nearly as bad. It is “crowded nightly like three in a bed. Peo ple cram in so full that they* are obliged to I stand spoon fashion; and a fat nfan who went j in there early the other night to secure a seat, ■ came out at the conclusion ofthe performances as thin asa case knife. Poor fellow! they | squeezed him so in the crowd, that his eyes j fairly obtruded from his head; you might have hung your hat on one and your surtout on the other, as you would on two pegs in a post. Why, I you could’nt get a man out from the centre with ; a patent Y’ankee stump-puller, was he as lean j as Calvin Edson.” Take care of spontaneous combustion to night. Our brother, ofthe Sentinel says, he receives but eight papers north of the Potomac, and seems to think that the majority* of the papers in this state, are in the same predicament, and infers that from that southern papers rare, ly read at the north. For our part, all we have to complain of is, that we deceive too many —and we very seldom opi'. j Oiie without seeing an extract from some southern paper. We get from New York 14; Philadelphia 8; Boston 4; Baltimore 3; besides one from almost every lit tle town in the northern states. Should our brother ofthe Sentinel, be in want of northern papers, he can be supplied on application at this office.— Constitutionalist of Saturday. The above is true of the Courier and we ma ke the same tender to the Sentinel. Its Editor took a list of the papers in our Reading Room fur the purpose of forming his Exchange, he must re member the proportion of Northern papers it contains. Our desk groans under them. We have three times as many as we ought to take, the circumstances of the times make us bear it. The Macon Volunteers for Texas passed through Columbus on the 22d, under command of Col. YVm. YVard. Some of our cotemporaries (yes, they live in the same age with us) have been making lations as to the relative numbers in the two parties, who not long since rejected the bill for the lormatiori of a Court of Errors. Will these calculators, in fuftire; please to remember that in all the errors ofthe Legislature, we are enti tled tothe majority, both by thfiir opinion of our merits dnd by the possession of superior lum bers 1 We hake nedrly donble the right to go wrong that they have. But what will they say to the news of to-day ! RtcHAnD Dobbs Spmght has been chosen Governor of North Carolina for the ensuing year. Under the amended Constitution, which has been adopted, an dl&ction ftyr Governor will take place in Augupt next; For Spaight, 103 Meares, 80 Scattering, 5 ~ Nathan A. Stedman was elected Comptrol- ler. A Si'jn.— Mr. M’Clvng, the Speaker of the Home of Representatives of Alabama, is a ne-- phew of Judge White. We are disposed to believe, with the Editor of the Montgomery Journal, that the Texas folks’ are fighting more for land than liberty. But as" it is revolution, he says, he wishes them sucees’ tor all revolutionists are apt to be right. Whaf did he intend to admit by this reasoning 1 How much ot it was intended to include the party, to which he belongs! That party has always hetetofore denied revolutionary views. The Jackson Banner, says that Judge Lynch the opposition candidate, is elected Governor of Mississippi, over Gov. Runnels, the Van Buren candidate. Ihe majority’ is slated at about one !thousand. Gov. Gayle, of Alabama, says in his Mes sage, that he has made a formal demand on the Governor of New York for the delivery of W^illiams, (Editor of the Emancipator,) to the authorities of Alabama. [editorial correspondence.] MILLEDGEVILLE, NOV. 28. We are just getting under way with business and each day* developes some new scheme with fare combinations, showing much sectional feeling as weh as determined opposition ofi the part of those who fail to get their project ad vanced by a refusal to combine with tl era.— Banks and Rail Roads are all the go, and I tremble for the success of any project in favor ot the Georgia Rail Road which depends upon the munificence or liberalty ofthe Legislature. There is an effort to compromise with the friends ot the Central Rail Road and endeavor to re concile what has heretofore seemed a conflict ing interest, that instead of viewing each other as antagonists they are and should be identified! in interest, as the interest of Augusta will be that of Savannah with resp;ct to the effects of the Road. I think the matter will if prudently managed be reconciled and the Central Rail Road bill pass the Senate as it did the Homie, and the credit ofthe state be pledged toa certain amount for the Georgia Rail Road paper, the pledge of the stock as a security to the State, at a deduction of 25 per cent from the amount in vested. I Yesterday the expediency of chartering new Banks, was tested in the House, by the fate of the bill to charter the Georgia Bank, which was to ba located at Milledgeville, and which was rejected by a large majority. I think from the disposition manifested towards that bill that all new charters will share a similar fate, and I fear there will be as little prospect for the pass age ofthe New Bank in the upper part of your city, as well as the extension of the stock ofthe Bank of Augusta and Mechanics Bank, and I think the friends of the several measures had belter withdraw their applications for the pre sent, and present them at different periods, at some future Legislature, when the signs may be more auspicious than at present; for coming events, with respect to them, have already cast a shadow before them. We are counting noses every day*, with the hope that we can pass a bill for the Court for Correction of Errors. To-day we want but two; some friends as well as enemies are absent, and we are ready upon the first hint of an applica tion, to grant leave of absence to the latter, but, tike a bad penny, they will remain with us. I think fortune will yet turn the scale in favor of the bill. Day before yesterday the bill which provided for the call of a Convention introduced bv Mr7 Chandler was, after a little discussion, laid on the table for the remainder of the session, and in the mean time those who voted for .Vo Rati fication, can suggest some equitable plan, w*hich will accord with the interest and prosperity of the whole State, and when they shall do so and the Legislature is convinced of it, they will no doubt pass an act for the call of another Con i vention. The Steam Doctors received to day in the Senate some indication of a quietus. It arose upon the application of a Mr. Thomas of Ogle thorpe (I thinkj who wished to be permitted to practice without a diploma or licence from the Medical Board, which was refused by a consid erable majority. In the House likewise, I think they will meet with as little, indulgence judg ingfrom something of atest yesterday, when the bill was called up to permitth em to es tablish a Botanical Board for the purpose • 1 granting licences to practice according to their system—the author of the bill mov ed to have it engrossed and there was a counter move to have it committed, which the House sustained. So I think it will be rejected in tola or clogged with amendments so that it will d& them no good unless they shall graduate in some regular Medical College. Since writing the above,we called up the Su preme Court bills,which passed, Yeas99— Nays 44, which caused many smiling countenances as well as signs of‘great approbation in the Lobby and Gallery. As a native Georgian I feel proud in knowing that our judicial charac ter will now takeastand with our sister states. Mr. Bates’bill for Biennial Sessions was ta ken up to-day* and lost, and I hope the people will suggest somei?equitable plan of Reduction, as I think the situation of our State with regard to our Indian relations will make it necessary for annual sessions to continue a while longer. Yet so anxious was I for Reduction that I was in favor of the bill, believing if it passed, the people would by the next session decide whether they* would have a Reduction or Biennial ses sions and so instract their members.
