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3 'f»amj*iiagss CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. file sitting of the MuRri yester.ky, vnt almost' en tirely occupied it* buffiothig-for the numerous C annulate^ they have determined to establish.—ib. Hows* or ftmuassTATtrs, December 13. Amongst the petitions presented 1 a day, was one by Mr. Archer of Md. from a .lumber of the inhabitants of I Iwiford county, Md. stating the almost total failure of the crops of cbm, their inability to provide it in suf- , ficieut quantities Fir their support, and praying the in terposition of Congress, by a temporary prohibition of the exportation of grain. Referred to the committee lit commerce and manufactures. TONNAGE DUTIES. Mr. Lowndes of S. C. from the committee of ways ant! means, introduced the following report and bill: “The committee of Ways and means, who have been Instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act entitled “an act to regulate the duties on im ports and tonnage,*' so far relates to the duties on ton nage,” report, - " That it appears By a letter from the secretary of the treasury, which accompanies this report, that under the construction put by the treasury department upon “the act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,' the duty paid upon foreign vessels entering the ports of the United States has been two dollars per ton, as well since asbeforeAthe 3l)th of June last. The committee ^ have no hesitation in recommending to the house a bill, which will make the rate of duty upon the tonnage of vessels engaged in a trade which is open to American na vigation, the same as is provided by the act of July 20th, 1790. By .this act the duty upq>V vessels of the United Slates entering from a foreign port, is six cents per ton, on Vessels built within the United States, after the 20th da. of July, 1789, but belonging wholly or in part to sub jects of foreign power-, thirty cents per ton; and on other vessels -fifty cents per ton, This low rate rtf duty cannot prudently be applied to vessels en gaged in a trade between the United Siates and ports from which American tonnage is excluded. The sub- of such trade has been referred to the committee . ■of foreign relations, and the second section of the bill proposed is intended only to continue it in the state in which it has been placed by the construction of ttie act of the last session, until that committee can have time to mature a more extensive and adequate remedy for the embarrassments of our navigation. The. bill proposed Contains a referrcncc to the act of 1790, instead of a re petition of its enactments. A different course, though it might be moretfegular, would spread upon the statute book many minute provisions, which the passage of a navigation law, before the close of the session, might mo dify or repeal ” - .7 bill supplementary to "an art to regulate the duties impot ts and tonnage.” Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of .Imerica in congress assembled. That the tonnage dutit s.to be paid by ships or vessels which shall he entered in he United Stales, excepting onlv stfch foreign ships or vessels as shall be enterec from any foreign port or place to or with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, shall be the sam e as arc provided by the act, en titled, “air act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels,” passed on the twentieth day of July, in the vearofour Lord 179b. Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall shall be deemed in any wise tb impair any rights and privileges which have been, or may lie acquired by any foreign nation under the laws anu treaties of die United States relative to the duty, on tonnage of vessels. And be it furtner enacted, That on all foreign ships or -vessels which shall be entered in the United States be fore the thirtieth day of June nest, from any foreign port or place to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dollars per ton. And tHe duties provided by this act shall be levied and col lated in the same manner, and under the same regula- i tions, as are prescribed bv law in relation to the duties tipon tonnage now in force. The bill was committed. UNIFORM BANKRUPT LAW. Mr. Hopkinson of Pa. from the committee on the, judiciary, reported a bill “to establish an uniform sys tem of Bankruptcy.” The bill received the usual readings and commitment. COMPENSATION TO LATE OFFICERS. Mr. Johnson (of Ky.) from the military committee, Reported the following bill: A bill making donations of land to the disbanded offi cers of the late army. Be it enacted, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled That donations of land be granted to all the officers of Xje regular army who have been disbanded as super numeraries, either in consolidating regiments or corps during the late war, or in re ducing the army conforma bly to the act of Maecli the third, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, as follows, to wit: to each major general, one thousand two hundred and eighty acres; to each brigalier general, one thousand one hundred and twenty acres; to each colonel and lieutenant colonel, .nine hundred and sixty acres to ear-li major eight Inin dred acres; to each captain, six hundred and forty acres; to eacn subaltern, four hundred and eighty acres;’ and to officers of the medical and othei stall', who hav e no rank, iff proportion to their pay according to the scale afore said. This bill took the usual course of resiling and commit ment. THE EXCISE OF SPIRITS. Mr. Hardin (ofKy.) rose to propose the following Resolution to the house, p ith a view to call for the con- sidcratipn of it at a future day: Resolved, Tllat it is expedient to repeal the act, enti- tied, an act “an act to repeal the existing duties on li censes to distillers, and to lay otlter duties in lieu trf those at present imposed on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors,” except such parts thereof as may enable the government to collect the sums now due under said act, or may become due before the repeal of said act takes eifect. The motion of Mr. IT ;rdin lies on the table. COM MlaSnjN Eil OF CLAIMS. Mr. Forsyth (of Ga.) again called for the considera tion of the motion, made by him a few days ago, to re quest the president trf order the commissioner of claims to suspend the execution of the act under which- he Was appointed, until congress should hate acted on that subject ‘ i' ' “*■ 1 The house having agreed to consider that resolve, a debate arose, desultory but animated, tvluclt continued lor more than two hours. The resuit of the debate was to leave the question '■.-here it found it, the resolution befog again ordered to be laid on th£ table. The speaker laid before the - house a letter from the feting secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with r o order of the house at the last session, a plan of a sys tem for the organization and discipline of the militia of the United'S loves, which on motion of Mr. Harrison (of Ohio) was referred to the military committee. '' The house adjourned to Monday. In giv ing the proceedings on Mr. Wendover’s motion to alter the flag, we overlooked a remark of Mr. W. af ter Mr. Taylor had sat down, wherein he intimated that his views were not very dissimilar to Mr. Taylor’s rather to reduce than to increase the number of Stars and f» tripes.—National Intelligencer, 14th iiut. General Galhes’ station ijyet on the - Southern frontier, whither he proceeds in a few days. Captain Nicholson, of the navy, is at present in this city. % The public will please excuse an •ixrllvLdiialfbr ribtrtrt mjf himself on i;. notice, tlie necessity which compels iiint he hopes hi ill be considered as a sufficient a&oWv. , apology Joun G. Mixciixjua Philadelphia, December Id, 1816. 1 - LIST OF ACTS INCENDIARIES. Our city and liberties are infested* With a ging wretches, who it is believed, commit arson for the pur pose of plunder. -Vi less than fourfret occurred uesterdity, and tin dnub! exists of their having proceeded from design/ —Philadel phia Democratic Press, Dec. 11, SOUTH AMERICA. Cuiucoa, November 2. The following are extracts from various letters, re ceived in this Island from Barcelona and S'. Thomas, which we present to the public rn the shape tie v are hand ed to us, without vouching for the correctness of the in telligence they convey “By letters from Barcelona of the 29th and 30th of September, received in this island by the schooner Te reza, and others from fit. Timmas of the 2M and 23 tic to her last, it appears that the division, which in the month of July last proceeded from <' ciront, under the command of genera! sir Gregor M‘Gregor, after having obtained several advantages over the royalists in the val leys of Onoto, Marac »y, Cl.ngaram s, and the small emi- iltnces of the valleys of La 1’asuna, finally trained a com piety victory over them ut Quinrqrta Honda, where the royalists were entirely round Thai at the siege of Al- acrap they als defeated, with charged bayonets, a su perior force under the Spanish chiefs L pes amlQ ic.xad' from whojn they took-three p eces of cannon, arms and baggage; that having Occupied the ci y of Barcelona, they were informed t’.at brigadier .VI ■ rices was advanc ing to attack them, and after being reinforced by gene ral I'iar, they proceeded, together with the generals Monagas and Zarozas-towardsipm, and met him, formed in battle order, in the -valleys of Fi'.nt al, three miles from Barcelona, occupying a very favorable pos.troii, wiu 1.5JO cavalry and (he like number of infantry, amongst whom m. re 800 veteran^. That in the morning of tile 27th of said month of September, after a contest of four hours, they completely defeated the royal army; the held of battle remained covered with upwards of a thousand dead bodies* besides prisoners taken in great numbers amongst them ft teen officers, and the whole band of music, 1200 muskets, and a whole park of artillery and booty. General Monugas had followed Morales and co lone! Query, w ho was severely wounded, and the rest of the defeated army wt;^ joining every day that of-the Independents.” By a launch which arrived yesterday in this port, five days tram the coast, the above mentioned news would seem to receive some degree of corroboration, and that the republican army was in the town of Aragua, in the prov.ncc of Barcelona. ( Translated for the Freeman’s Journal.] Gregor M- Gregor, Gene a! of Brig tie, in the Republican Armies, and commander in chief of that of the Centre. TO T3F. IXHABITAJTTS OF BABCKLOXA. HinrnovrsF!—Libertv, nftsnrfog of Heaven, has de scended upon the heights of Ocnman and Chorony, and her voice, terrible to tvrants, ha- resounded through the deen Valievs of Aragua, over the vast plains of Ypire and the Oronoko. and -n the silent caverns, where innocence and modesty sought shelter frJlm the Spaniards, among tigers. At her err, thet-most powerful bulwarks of des potism crumhledjnto dust. Their armies were scattered like heap? of sand driven before the hurricane; and nei ther the strongest, most courageous, or h~st disciplined of them all, were able to make a stand for a moment in the advantageous poet of the Alacran without Heine- com pletely destroyed. Tint few obstacles remain for you to overcome; the operation of mere force and courage is brought to an end; and already is the'time to begin the exercise'of wisdom and virtue. I.et a brazen wall di vide the past transactions from tln.se which are before us: .every tiling must he forgotten, every thing forgiven; feel no other liatred but that of despotism, nor any other at tachment but that to liberty. Barcelonese! Yon will have the reward and honor of being the firs! to assist in the furtherance of this illus trious transaction. Give to the people of Venezuela thr most splendid example df republican liberality, pat riotism, union and brotherly concord. Let them see that the instnicti'"is of experience have not been lost up. on you; in short, let us endeavor to lav the foundation upon firm principles, ofa government free, and beneficial, qualified to raise our fine country to that-exalted rank of power and happiness, which nature spontaneously would have guided her to, hut-for the stupid and deplorable swnv of the Spaniards. Head Quarters, at the Carito, September 11, 1816. Gksgou M‘G u ( a.uh. From the Democratic Press. GeXTU AT. TOT.CTIO, Such evidence of your guilt, has been laid lx fore me; and of your being a traitor to the patriot cause, that I should he more than a sceptic longer to doubt the truth '■' * In consequence of a publication, some time since, of it. in the Democratic Press, denouncing vou an apostate; I repaired immediately to New-York, (your head quarters I f or the purpose of learning whether you could rebut the charge, considering it as ruinous to yourself, the cause in which you were engaged, and to those Ameri cans who might be. willing to repair (under your direc tion) to the standard of struggling Mexico. Instead of finding you at your post as I expected, and as you ought ■to have been, I Jearnt on my arrival that you had fled for Philadelphia, whether l pursued you; my exertions though indefatigable, to discover, your lurking pLce, have been unattended with success As tins is the onlv means left in my power to state to vou, inv detestation of your conduct, I have availed myself of It. After rea ding the intercepted dispatches of the governor of Ha vana, the letter of yourfather, and reflecting onvoursub- sequent c ’induct, I have come to the following conclu sions:—First that you are a cold hearted villauu-^-Sccond- lv a traitor to the patriot cause:—Thirdly a dastardly poltroon:—and fourthly a swindler, first a cold hearted villain for daring to request me to raise men for the purpose of having them and niyself-butthered to expiate your former acts, and to restore you to the favor of Fer dinand “the beloved.” Second’s' r.sa traitor fordcserting “tliesacrcd cause of lihe:ty”af'.r having engaged in the patriot army of South America, and selling yourself and services to the king of Spain.—Thirdl v, r.'s .1 dastard- Pasned dttrifg the late session of the ■ Georgia, tsgislatnre. 1. An act, to pardon Agues* Hogg alias Agnes* Yale-. 2 To pardon Robert M‘Mamins, of the countv of Richmond. 3. To incorporate the Miiledgevilie Mechanic Societv. 4. To incorporate Eatonton academy m llig c- unify of Putnam, and to invest the funds of the Union Academy m said county, in flu-Jrustees o Eatonton academy. 5. To divorceami separate Nance Jones and Thomas .lopes her huslfand. / . ®vest in Esther Johnson and James Johnson, their heirs and assigns, all the property both real and personal of which one Faisha Brothers, deceased, late of Warren county, died possessed. 7. To alter and change the names of John XV. Samuel and (boons Y,.MyricLt to that ol Joliii \V 7 . Samuel and rhc r.au, Y. llerrv. ^ I f * incorporate the town of Irwmton in the countv of Wilkinson. 9. To amend the second section of gilnde the geueftil election* ir of ’«*^erai ass1n.hK^n P i a - : Ol.,r r tiie tOw n t0Wn cena an r(C*t errMtled act ti) incorporate the town ol NV;ivnehh'iroii , ^h in {»i;j*]ce cotinl v, and to rest certain powers in the cummissioners thereof.- Id. To incorporate the town ofCiinfon in the countv of June's, and for (lie appointniyi-t ot commissioners f,»r the better regulation and government of said tow<\ II. to restore William Wall uiul Andrew Guard, two persons of colour, to the privilege of piloting, vessels to and frun the several ports in this state,. Jo. To appoint trustees for Twiggs county academy, alii(to ine.oi pur.ite the same and for other patrvoscs. 13. To alter a--d amend the several estrav latfs, now in force in this st ,te. 14. To author.::!* James Ron-seau toerict a bridge over the i tconec nv er, at or near his ferry tmi tbe eicouee layer, leading from. .Miiledgevilie to Augusta and .Savannah. l'o vest the interest of the state to certain proper ty, therein named, ill the heirs-of Adam Ross, late of Greene county. 16. To secure to Robert M‘Rea and Richard II. Long the exclusive right and privilege of running a line f st .ge-carriages from Augusta via Columbia court-house in Columbia county, the town of Washington in the countv of Wilkes, Levingtonin the county of Oglethorpe, and Athens in tiie county of Clark, for the term of ten years. 17. For the relief of Hannah Davis, widow of Thomas Davis, dec. 18 To alter and amend nn act entitled art act to keep open tue main channel of Broad riv er, passed the 13th December 18)9—also, an act authorising Shaler Hiher to build a milt dam across.said river—passed the iltii December 1815. . 19. To authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of Burke county, to cause the records of the court of ordi nary of said county to be fairly transcribed into bound books, and to legalize the same. 2i). 1 o secure to Daniel Hotchkiss, his heirs and assigns for the term of ten years, the sole and exclusive right of running a line of stage-carriages between the city of Savannah and the town of Miiledgevilie. 21. l'o repeal an act entitled an act respecting ven due masters for the city of Augusta. 22. To amend an act to incorporate the town of Hart ford in the county of I'ulaski. 23. To amend' the several llcts regulating vendue in this st -.te, so far as to authorise ihe appointment of a vendue master for the town of Greensborough in the county of Greene. 24. For establishing a rate of ferriage over the Great Satilla river, at the otd town bluff in Camden county. 25. To change the time of holding the Inferior courts in the county of Jasper. 26. Supplementary to an act entitled an act to amend the several judiciary actsnow in force in i kissfate. so far as re lates to justices courts, passed on Hie 14th of December. 1811. 27. To incorporate the town of Darien. 28. To prevent the circulation of notes emitted by un cluttered banks, and tiie issuing of due bills of certain descriptions, and for other purposes. 29. To amend an act to incorporate a bank to -be called the Bank of the state of Georgia, passed the 14th Dec. 1815. 30. To appoint commissioners for the better 1 regula tion and government ofthe village of Appling, and for incorporating the same. 31. To alter and change the names of certain persons therein named. 32. To authorise the justices of the inferior court of Effingham county to levy an extra tax, for the purpose defraying the expence of building a court house in said comm, ami to authorise them to sell and dispose ot a decayed brick building, in the town of Ebein-zer. 33. To repeal the fifth section of an act, passed 16th ante r- quires all general “lections to be Lid**?” •< holding the superi * courts. clat l * lc 55. To a if,end an act; entitled an art to remove and prevent obstructions iri Savannah ^ aulated to impute the free passage of Fish 'aSlT purposes; passed the luth of December I8l v , io miUtorike the commissioners’of m Miiledgevilie, tolease an acre of iaudof tl ‘ mums. k 58. To amend r.n act, entitled an act to -,t t of me tudocated territory of this state,'which r I n the umits of the present counties, to the comn’ W L t1, per; passed Uie 23d of November, 1814 - V of J<i 59. Ti/ alter and amend an ac'. to a,ter anB 12th section of ail act to protect the estates l, ‘ and to make permanent provision for the „ * li the lfitlf December, 1811. » P°or; pas St j 6j. To amend an act, entitled an act, tore town of Lexington; passed the 24tli Nov cn 'h ate old an act to a.,, end the same, passed the ^ 18 '4 nr, 18*7, alnl for other purposes. * ‘ J • ■ 0 61. To amend an act to appoint cotnmhs; the better regulation and government of ii, e 10ncfs fef Washington, and for incorporating the same lU '" 1 °- 7th December, 1So5, aiul for.otlmr puroosr u i' ,a...„.i posts ua-f eui m er . turned. 62. For the relief of Elish* Wright 63. To all er the time of holdin g the siinerln ferior conr.s in the county of Wilkes ami o ?r n' u * ' n * I-eh. -lone ... - . a, id tiie f. n , ot the superior court in the count)- of Madiat * ttr,7i 64. To vest the appoimment of commissioned n - ileniies, vendue masters, notaries public ahtl^h,r h suerers in certain persons therein named. ' cr men. 65. To ampnd an act, entitled an act to amino.: , tntstecs erf tire University of Georgia, to k1| q, Z , ei ”* ngmgto said University, and to systeinati/rt!-p"'-* ngmg thereto, passed' Decciuher ’l816, ami to' m""l 1,1 s>e'er.a acts heretofore passed for the mun fn i en(i ;)h e estaL.ismnent ofa public seat of learn, oo. Amendatory of the several acts rcLuv.- ... low n ot Gretrnsboroiigii. ° 67. I u legalize the proceedings of the superior Lrmr courts of tiie respective counties in this state’..‘.'j t” rent er valid the acts ofthe pqblic officer.- ofthe 68 1 <» enable U.micl Hotchkiss, Reuben Tavl-m, ham G« don and John Fryer, tin- present proprietor,nf the hue of stages between the cities of Savannah , ri(1 gusr.a, to give security for running said stages for ' the end of m»i.™- S ■ ° . as . Ul D4W1I] “Ollp*r to suit and convey six lots in the tow h of Milh-clra-vti" mr the benefit of saul academy. a ' ‘ Uc ’ m 0 w: a 1 ! n. r ! h !. t ‘ mC r °f llo 'id»«r the superior ecu* e end ot tiie time, which right of running tne said ];! stages,. Was granted to Lew is Calfrw and John (\ ■ 09. To autliorise the commissioners of Baldwin m tiie Middle circuit of this state. *71. lo alter and ci.ange the names of certain persor, therein named. 1 12. To regulate tiie admCasui-ment and inspection nf l III! lf*T* Ct '.la'PC elunrri.oo of December 1815, entitled an act to establish and incorpo- Fire rXte an Insurance Company called the Marine and Insurance Company of the city of Savannah. 34. To incorporate the town of Marion in the coun ty of Twiggs, and vest certain powers in the commission- el's thereof. Tbe house of representatives, it will be perceived, are daily carving out work, and have already on their table, or before their committees, more propositions titan they pan possibly act on daring the session. There is every ^respect of s busy and laborious session; and every ap pearance of a< disposition to mature and dispatch the public business. . Among the evidences of this disposition, we do not count tne debate df yesterday; which appeared to us premature and out of season, since the house had net before them tbe information which they themselves had thguglit it pccessaty Yo oaU for, to enaibte them to make up ati opinion. If nothhlg was gained, however, nothing jFas lost; a free interchange of opinions on public topics “•Otijr itWays beneficial, -** promoting correct conclu- rinds of the ♦•.•.as. The minds ered bv ImWr b' , member* have probaldy been v l/Ctll . * . - » 4 ’ 4 — — -. • • hsj wash- .V ..krred bv the debate., more tlinn they would other- J ly poltroon for injuringfno, and not having courage o afiVJrdme an opportunity' of demanding that satisfaction which as an injured man I had a right to expect, and as a swindler for having harrowed of me at different times money for which you have noi accounted/ Tnere is point ol tolerance beyond w inch it is imprudent and unbecoming any map logo, that you have exceeded, by your oiitiogcous conduct and cannot consequently c-x- lect from me any regard foryour feelings. You, ini fc-l- i ow countrymen, who have a wish to find- a helping hand to a brave and oppressed people, struggling for the salvation of their country', pause for a moment and take the advise of him who has a lively interest in your wel- fare* (and who is one of you,) never embark in any ex pedition in which Toledo is concerned, for if you ’do, l warn you of a death, from which no innocence can es cape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent,- There Was an antidote, Toledo’s oath, but even tlial adamantine chain which bound tiie integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice was solved and melted by the flame which issued from the traitor’s mouth, con- 8cienc £. " win l^ from her moorings, and the appalled and affrighted wretch, would seek his own safety, in sur rendering you as'victims. Toledo, though you have forfeited every claim or pretension to die character of a gentleman, I am willing to give you any satisfaction for for this publication, (it there should be a dying’spark of honor or courage left in your bosom to require it) for which purpose I will remain in Philadelphia a week. 1 conceive it a duty I own my tiunily, my friends, nsy conn- 1 !a -* ti> a -Llr aiyl fi«-i r\:»iriiv.'“m of W'C 51 i as, . . . • . ,-c^ i ' ' • „m~ j.c. ‘ti»- **■ ■ i .< i. t general fotedo in Philadelphia, and to state publicly iu the vnfiil, that t was not concerned, Neither did 1 y 1 " 1 ’ 'f 'he plots and treasonable p'-iclices of ge:K*rul • ^ \ the 'Gbey ilicr ite'viihs, im- tug- airj.ratt dr whiit 1 h, > vt aSStia.il l. A 35. To repeal an act to authorise a part of the Cam den battalion lo muster in the tow n ofSt. Mary’s. 36. To authorise the trustees of the Richmond Aca- lemy, or their successors in office, ti. lay off a range of lots oi) \Valiser street, in the citv of Augusta, aiul to sell and dispose of, and convey the same, au.l for other purposes 37. To amend the fifth section of an act for the appoint ment of county officers, paused on the 6th day Tcbruarv i799. } 38. To divorce certain persons therein named. 39. Altering the uniforms of militia officers of the state of Georgia. 40. To authorise thecommissioners ofthe Academy of Washington county, to dispose of certain lots in the town of Bandersrille. 41. To prevent boat ow’ners or patroous from permit ting boat hands, «r other negroes from trafficking in corn or other produce, or from carrying the same to market on board of the boats accustomed to navigate the river Savannah, between Augusta and Savannah 43. To legalize and make vaud the .acts uul other-pro ceedings of tiie sheriff’s, Clerics and other officers belong ing to die middle judicial circuit, or district, of this state. 43. To provide for taking the census of this state, as required by the constitution. 44. To alter and amend an act to regulate tiie town of Eatonton, passed the 12th December, 1809. 45. To explain and amend an act, entitled an act to regulate escheats in this state, anil to appoint esclieators m this state, passed tl e 5th December 1801. 46. Tb open, and keep open the streets and alley- in the town' of WuiTcutou, in the county of Warren, and for other purposes. 47. For the better regulation of the town of Monticel- lo, in the county of Jasper. 48. For the better regulation and government of tiie town of Powelton, in the county of Hancock. 49. To authorize Russel Goodwich, Nicholas Byers, David Russel, Arthur 11. Hanley, and John Lawrv, to open a road from tiie head ofboatabie water onTugalo river, the most direct rout to tad into tiie road at Samuel 1 hompson’s on nine mile creek, in east Tennessee, and to incorporate themselves mto a company by the name ottheUnaca ar Uuaoi Turnpike company.* lumber, staves, shingles, and for other purposes trier, nurtita. 73. In additHinto, and amendatory of an act to rera late arachn.cnts in this state. s 74. To repeal an act to authorise John Martin D .she- to keep open and improve the navigation ofthe F . zer Mill creek, and to erect mills thereon, and to pm persons from placing obstructions so as to prevent t " free use of the navigation of the same. 75 To incorporate the trustees of Warrenton acad-. my, in the county of Warren. 7 ?:. To autu nse lJ,e justices of the Inferior court FelL.ir county, to levy an extra tax. 77. To divorce and separate Jeremiah Pittmm aid Relany Pittman, his wife. 78. l’o amend the act of 1814, entitled an art to au'I- ■ise tiie collection of rents within the eitv of Aurauta and tiie prec nets tiiereof 79. To amend an act entitled an act, to establish trie scite of tiie Public buildings in the county of Jones, aid to appropriate t.ie money arising from tne -Jeof tor,. 8u. To prohibit slaves from selling certain coin.i oa. 1 . ties tlii-rein mentioned. _8l. To appoint commissioners for improvin'-- dteti. vigation of tiie Oakinalgte river. 82 1 o amend the several road laws now in force,:, far us respects Clarke countv, Sec. 80. Jo authorise tnejustic.es of.the Inferior court-; Elbert county to build a new court-house within three hundred ) arils of the old one. 84. For tiie better regulation of Watkinsville. . 85. To compel clerks of the Inferior courts to pay over money deposited in their hands. 86. To authorise Armstead Burt and Scott’s represen tatives to keep a ferry ov er Savannah ri> t-r. 87. For the trial and punishment of slaves and free people of color. 88 To levy a tax for the support of government for tiie political year 1817. 89. To appropriate monies for the year 1817. 9d. l'o carry into effect the Penal Code of this state and the Penitentiary system founded thereon. 9l. 1 o reform the Penal Code of this state and adapt the same to the Penitent.ary system. INTERESTING—FROM FRAXCE. We arc indebted to a highly respectable gentleman of Turnpike company: dO. To provide lor the payment of costs in certain ca- ~i therein mentioned. this edy for the following intelligence: The following is an extract ofa letter from an intelli gent person in Bordeaux to his friend in tins city. “Public opinion has undergone an extraonlharv change here. These legitimates are no longer the i.iois of the people. Even those who firs' supported them »»J contributed so much to tiuitlcgreilaiion of this dt-ii,ikril country and its amiable people, begin to hang their heads from the contempt and scorn in which they are held.— Rely ou it, this state of things cannot last. “To give you an idea of the wretched shifts to which the Anglo-royalists have been driven to endeavor to sup port their sinking cause, I have only to mention th..t there are at present in this countin', eighty three tributu. or pres ota! courts, (one in each department) which an solely occupied in trying people for what they are pleas cd to call political crimes, and twenty fair military :r.- buna’s, (that is, one.ii) each military circle) who are enga; ed in the same laud-bie work. The prisons are fined with their victims^ and terror is stalking about m every form'. This is the government that promised to make Frenchmen forget the horrors of their revolution, oi which, it now appears, they were by their agents in a great measure the authors. Even the tyranny of Bonaparte is regretted. If he was am bitious, say they, he at least rendered us independent and powerful What a change for this high minded na tion! The time, is fast approaching when the distin guished exiles who have sought refuge on our happy shores, will be called back to support tiie independence of their country, and to assist in raising the French name from the degradation to which these puny Bourbon* have reduced it. I iiope tlie conduct of our feliow -citi- zens towards these distinguished men, is such as will be remembered by them with pleasure hereafter, and tints prove beneficial to u.«, who are greatly beloved here by the nation at large. I found our minister at Paris hij,a- ly respected, i bough he did not appear to me to be en tirely satisfied with the present state of affairs—at least such was nay impression.” In addition to the foregoing, we learn that the Bour bons are so fallen in the estimation of the very royaiKts of France, as. to seein already deposed. Austria »'!1 insist on placing the v oung Napoleon in the seat ot Louis the Eighteenth—important events may be expected British influence in France will fall with the Bourbons. —JVcrw-York Columbian. 51. To alter ami amend an act entitled an act Jor the better regulation and government ofthe town of Sparta, in the to wn of Hancock, passed tiie 3d December, 1805. 52. To incorporate tiie Protestant Episcopal Society of Augusta, and county of Richmond, and to authorize tire trustees of Richmond Academy to convey a lot of land in tiie city of Augusta to tiie «aid Protestant Episco pal Society. 53. To alter and amend an act entitled an act, more effectualy to open and keep in repttfr the publick roads, causeways and bridges in this state, passed on the Ifidi December, 1811, and the act amendatory tiiereof, named the 10th December, 1812- so for as respects the county of Warren. * 54. l’o impose an additional taxon Pedlars and-other itiiH rant U“i'Ur?. . - ■ J* atbTiO vu ch of an art, cmilu.-l jmact*to re- We have been Favored with the perusal of a letter fro a house iu Liverpool, respecting British goods return^' to England, and annex an extract for the information our mercantile friends: - “We have made inquiry as to the possibility ot landing British manufactured goods, that may have sent out to the United States, and find it will a ? wiliout the necessity of any order in council. ‘ ue ments you forwarded us for the goods belonging to T ’ will be quite sufficient. Documents sent. Copy of original invoice. Bill of lading • Custom-house landing certificate. ia_, r Consignee’s cert^cate before * notary, of f£0(D g unsaleable, except at* lo*S *nd tho e certified by 2 , Y9em y s Jmr***.