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I* vnts, Sept. '20.
The conjectures which I have oi-iniuiini-
o, that opinion J cs |,^j |„ y,,nin uiy last, concerning the dn-
iruicd (hear.) j ( -, UW( nilin
now
through.
and 7li«jrucet'.il conspiracy ag-inv-l b«r
j!aje«lv : he tiiou^iit to early in (tic l
anuss, and now, ut ils cio«
was most strongly conlir
p Ge |,|]g the danger lo which the country j which tli
was exposed from furtlier perseverance prudeiii ’
of any kind in such n bill as that in ques
tion : feeling that nil classes of society,
in a manner, (he would not indeed sav
nil classes, but a vast majority of the peo
ple) were of the same opinion : teeny
tiiis was another instance (and the strong
est instance within his memory) in which
one clasp was to sit as judges upon a Case,
while the others were arrayed against
them : looking to the infinite mischief*
likely to arise from the army and navy
taking a part upon the occasion—lor it
w.is universally known, mid it was irt vain
to deny, that there was, among all ranks
of men, upon this subject, n feeling mi
strong as had never been r p mark n il be
fore : knowing, as they did, that I lie army
and navy participated in that feeling a*
to the treatment which the Queen hid
received aware that such was the opinion
of the fleet and of the army—-and, while
the army w.is of the presnet size, it was
their master, (loud cries of “ hear
hear,") he repeated that while the nnnv
was oflhe size it now was, it was their
master : and finally, slicing llint upon
this particular question, llicso mid other
classes of the people hold opinions di
rectly in the teeth of power, and in the
face of his majesty's government ; under
nil these considerations, he could not
help looking at this transaction as one of
the most dangerous mid most inauspici
ous ever embarked in by any govern
ment. The sooner it was y&swctcd the
better for the country. I'l&f
Ho could consider it in n<^ithj»r» light. It
Was described to he. a proreeaLjJBpciiiling
lTfcftt
i cwururfewre -•!' itwvaaiu the measures
Austrian cabinet hod judged it
pi w ith respect lo the new in
stitutions of ."'tapirs, on pared nn additional
weight from Ihe long silence of the court of
Si. Petersburg!). In fact, no official docu
ment had been received since the. earliest
commencement of the Neapolitan revoluti
on. The triumph of the liberals, tin* sinis-
ter hopes w hich they expressed from the
'prospect of Royalty enfeebling itself by its
' e n hands, have been all confoundedby the
arrival of a Russian courier, in the night of
Saturday the tilth, who brought lo the Am
bassador til Paris the long-expected dispnl-
elies front his government. Though the
rnntents of them are not circumstnnti.iHy
known, yet, from the genera! snlisfiolion of
the whole diplomatic corps at Paris, their
purport has transpired. If is excellency'M.
I*07,7.n di llorgo said, in the presence of more
than one person—‘ These pieces are decisive;
we are all united.’ Thus the calculations
that were founded nn the disunion of the Se
vere' ± i of Europe, arc at once overturned.
. [Courier.]
Lisbon, Sept. 1.1.
Tit* government lias opened a subscrip
tion, by way of loan, to meet the exigencies
of the moment.
before a court of justice ; and as Tie should
freely comment upon auv procoudrngs'in the
court of king’s Hi ndi or the GiUrt of Com
man Pleas, lie should therefore feel himself
competent to canvass those of the court in
question, lie must say, that, with *11 defe
rence to the opinion of his hon. friend, the
•xperienee of his (Mr. Rennet's) own time,
as well ss that of the past, went to shew
that the character of proceedings before that
tribunal was had. It hail been remarked,
that, during the progress of this, frequent al
lusion has been made to the case ofa cele
brated English | relate—Bishop Atterbory.
He was very sure, that whoever would take
the trouble of looking at bishop Atterhnry’s
case, would see that that was a complete
jsarty measure. lie believed that this was
the first time, and this the first instance, in
which there had ever been heard cheers in a
court of justice: certainly no one ever attrn-
d«d at a t rial in the Court of King's Bench
and heard the judges cheer (hear, hear.) lie
might add, that tiiis was the first time in a
court of justice in which counsel had been
browbeaten and frequently interrupted by
the judges, and attempted to be put (town (a
laugh, and cries of henr.) It was true that
the spirit of the counsel resisted and surviv
ed it, but it was not the less true that the at
tempt to browhejit arid put down was made.
Tllia was also a singular instance of judges
nutting questions which were rejected as il
legal. It might be said, indeed,that this lat-
' ter circumstance was owing to the parties
• nut being altogether accustomed to judicial
forms and accuracy: it might ho so, hut he
was sure that this was not a tribunal before
which it was quite as safe to appear as be
fore the 12 judges. Me had now, in a few
words, shown ivhat had bepn tile effect of
this proceeding before .upwards of 200 judg
es; let the house now reflect what would lie
th* effect of a similar proceeding before mure
than GOO. • m * 'iflflll*
The attorney ^enrra! complained that the
statements of honorable members on the ci
ther side, of what had, and not only of what
had, but of ivliat had not passed in the other
house, had had the effect of inianiing the
minds of the people (hear, from the treasury
benches.) Me should not follow them in
that irregular course : but other things had
been said, upon which it was necessary for
him to offer a few words. It Imd been said
that the course pursued by hirnse.lf as attor
ney general had been disgraceful to him.—
• Whatever bon. gentlemen might please to
**av he should content himself with replying,
that it would have been disgraceful to him if
he had shrunk from that tine of conduct he
had pursued. It would he seen hereafter
'whether the proceedings which lud been ta
ken against the Queen were or were not jus
tified : but he could assure the house, that in
the present stage he should consider himself
infinitely more disgraced by any approbati
on of the honorable gentlemans, (we pre
sume Mr. Benoe.t.) (Crio* of hear, hear,
hear, from tlie-treasury benches.)
New-Youk, Oct. 24.
The regular trading ship Aun-ltaria, Cap
tain Waite, which arrived yesterday morn
ing, sailed from Liverpool 2i:th Sept, and
, brought papers of that dale, and London pa
pers to the evening of the 2Cth, being two
days later than those by the Mars. W, have
received our regular files from the 1 tub up
to the above date. Lloyd’s Lists from the
8th tft the 1 Hth, are yet wanting.
Accounts from Portugal are to the Mil)
of last month. On the 1 ith, the Provision
al Junta of the ooitli, was to lie removed to
Coimbra. The Comic d’Amu: ante and all
the troops in Traslos-Moutes, bail declared
for the Oporto party. The last letters re
ceived at Oporto from Lisbon, were of the
7th inst. by which it appeared the Lisbon
party had a strong objection to th* govern
ment-remaining in the hands of the people of
Oporto. No fears were entertained for the
British property or persons being molested,
unless the Bri'iihinterfered. Alt the troops
at Coimbra, Leira, and the ndincant towns,
had joined the Oporto party'and all were
marching on Lisbon. A private letter from
Lisbon, of the 1-ith, states, that “the Lisbon
Government hove ordered the Cortes to as
semble in the ancient manner on the lfith
November, but they have not promised to
grant the nation a constitution. The Opor
to provisional government, of course, are not
satisfied with this, and apparently require
the abolition of their government.”
On the loth, the Spanish Cortes recogni
zed thedebt contracted by Spui i with Hol
land. The report of the financial commissi
on on this subject is full of those ideas that
characterize the Spanish natian.
It was raid lit Genoa, that the consuls of
England arid Sardinia had left Algiers.
A letter from Glasgow, of (he 2Mb, says,
“ the Queen has many and powerful friends
in Scotland. An address to her Majesty-is
:n; • -cgnin- here, and is patronjyed &
VlittV LATE ntOM ENGLAND.
. New-Yoiik, Oct. .NO.
The elegant and fast tailing brig White
Oak, Capt. Fowler, arrived at this port
early yesterday morning, in the reniaiku-
bly short passage of 21 days, from Liver
pool, By her we have received a re
gular file, of London papers to the eve
ning ofthe 2d inst. and Liverpool papers
of the Ith.
Mr. Brougham was nrtivgly engaged
in preparing for the Queen’s defence.
The Queen had not intimated any de
sire to attend in the (louse of Lords du
ring the progress of her defence.
"J/he Italian witnesses, in favor of the
Queen, were constantly arriving, by do
zens, half dozens, in pairs, and singly.—
The examination was to •erAjence in the
House of Lords on the 3d efOct. the day
after the d^S of our last paper by the
White Oak.
Bergnmi arrived at Paris on the 27th
ult. took post hordes, mid proceeded im
mediately for Calais.
Countess Oldi, Bergarui’s sister, at
tended by a physician, had aim passed
through Paris, on her way to Loudon.
The London Courier contrndicts a re
port that several sail of the line, and 40
frigates, with other ships, toenrry troops,
are fitting out for an expedition.
It appears, by the language of the Em
peror Alexander, in his speech at the o-
pening of tho Polish diet, on the 13th of
Sapt. that the recent changes in Spain,
Naples, nnd Portugal, are meditated at
St. Petersburg!), filth no friendly eye.—
The progress of the revolution is ascri
bed to the “ spirit of evil" in one part of
Europe, nnd the heaping of crimes and
convulsions on each other.
It appeart certain, says a Paris paper
of the 23d, that the Bankers of this ritv
have united w ith those of Holland, to
negociate a loan for the Spanish govern
ment.—It is said that the contract i« con
cluded, &. that one of the principal sign
ing houses is the firm of Ardion, Hub-
The first audience of the French
Peers for the trial of the conspirators,
was to take place the 10th of October.
The Austrian troops in Upper Italy
have been ordered into cantonments.
The Spanish Cortes tias agreed to a
project of nlaw relative to an entire am
nesty nnd perpetual oblivion of all politi
cal offences in the transmarine posses
sion* of the monarchy.
Vienna. Sept. 1G.
The army which is in full march for
Naples, and which consisted at first of
only 21 regiments of infantry, 8 regi
ments of cavalry, and a corps of artillery
proportioned to these forces,, has been
increased to 42 regiments of infantry,
and 1C regiments of cavalry, with the
necessary artillery. This army was to
be assembled near Treviso on the lfith
inst. The officers of the regiments which
proceed to Italy, and of those which form
the garrison of this capital, have received
a gratuity equal t.o two months pay. It
is said that General Count de Frimnnt
will have the command in chief of the
troops collected in Lombardy. Prince
Philip of Hes=c Hombure, and. Count
Walmodea, who are to command under
him, are about to set out for tho army.—
The Prince of Montfort (Jerome Bona
parte) has received permission to reside
at Trieste, conformably to the wishes of
his wife.
The Prince de Cimetele, who was des
patched to Petersburgh and London, liv
the present government of Naples, has
returned to Naples, after remaining here
a fortnight. It was signified to him that
the great Powers of Europe had agreed
not to recognize the present state of
things in the kingdom of the two Siri-
liex—a state brought abbot by a miiitarv
force ; and that they could . not receive
an envov from a power established by
this military force.
The last news from Constantinople is
very unfavorable for Ali Pacha. The
troops of the Grand Seiguor close in up
on him more and more, nnd he will have
great difficulty in escaping. Tiicala and
Herat are in the hands of the Ottoman
Porte. ' According to news from Trieste,
an assault.made on Herat had failed.
A letter from Naples of Sept. 12th.
states that accounts had been received
from Sicily of a sanguinary battle be
tween the Royalists unit Palermitans, in
which the latter were defeated with the
loss of the greater putt of their force ;
and that col. Costa had entered Palermo
on the 9th at the head of his army. The
battle is said to have taken place about
1G miles from Palermo, and the news; to
have been received by telegraph.
Anton: its from Rio Jeneir-, to A'tg..
1st, lead to the belief that the B-azils are 1
by no menus in a settled -tale, end th.t,
it is not improbable the revolution in Por
tugal n ill extend itself across tiro Atlan
tic.— 1 *The Icltcrs from Bahia Ac. are
written under tin apprehension ot the
occurrence of some important event, unit
ft is even suspected that the projected
revolution in portugal was known in the
BrrziU os early tis .bine. last.
Paris, Sept. 20th, fi p. m.—We stop
the press. The c.iuuion'resounds. The
Duchess ofBerri is happily delivered ol
a Prince.
STILL LATER.
The well known, fine fast suitin': sl.ip
Importer, Cupt. Lee, arrived yesterday
afternoon in 21 days from Liverpool,
which she left on the 6th instant, by
which vessel the editors of the Mercan
tile Advertiser have received London
papers to the evening of the 4lli inst. and
Liverpool of the Glh.
The Importer has performed her voy
age in 21 days, anil was 17 days from
Liverpool to the S Shoals of Nantucket.
Liverpool letters of the Gth sav, there
is no improvement in the price of Cotton.
The llonso of Lord* assembled on the
3d. Apologies were made for the non-
aiteml.incc of several peers. Amonc
tliu«e absent, were lord Sheffield, the
ti-Loj* of Bangor, the earl of Chichester,
and duke of Newcastle ; lord* Gambler’,
Harwood, and Hillsboro, diJ not answer
on the * all.
The discussions commenced with some
explanations on the affair of the Mariet-
tis, at Milan. Respecting this business,
says the Times, the facts before the
": are, that Browne actually obliged
the father to explain away the threat
that had been denounced against the son
by Browne. This the father did. But
we now lay *I*ofore the nation, a subse
quent letter written by the father, and
explaining the new terror or threat un
der which he was obliged to disavow the
application of the old one ! ! Browne,
wo suppose, must now be given up.
Counsel were then called in,'nnd Mr.
Brougham commenced an address about
half past 10, A. continued till 1, when be
was indulged three quarters of an hour ;
he then resinned and continued bis
speech lill 4, when the house adjourn
ed. He finished on the following day in
the afternoon. His remarks occupy IB
of the close columns ofthe Times.
“ The history ofthe Queen’s long per
secution nnd the several epochs of it,
were affecliugly detailed by Mr. Brough
am. Every loss sustained by the Queen
was the signal for a fresh attack on the
part of her adversaries. No sooner was
Mr 1’itt her friend deceased, than the
first, the Douglas conspiracy, was got up
against her majesty. • The zealous and
pertinacious Percival, sprung forth in
her defence, and dispersed that foul plot,
lie fell under tho hands ofa ferocious
assassin, and his murder was the signal
for anew insult upon lfis Royal .Vi-tress
—then was the order of Council got to
restrain the intercourse between her
Majesty and her most affectionate and on
ly child—her daughter. 'That child ex
pired by the severest visitation of Pro
vidence which had ever been inflicted
on this island ; and tlie people had not
wiped their eyes after following her to
hergrave, or reading the affecting nar
rative of her obsequies, when the detes
table Milan commission was appointed ;
and to close ibis sad history, the very day
on which the old King was consigned lo
the same vault with his grandchild and
her infant offspring—that very,day was
that on which the ever memorable. .Vuh
mi Riconio man nrrived and paid Lis'first
v i-it to “ a large house w ith columns be
fore it and sentinel- placed at the gates."
Mr. Brougham in n very solcmu man
ner, closed a- follows :
My Lords 1 implore and intreat of you
to pause before you pronounce your
best judgment on the evidence that has
been produced. If vou do not, it will
be tlie only judgment that will fail ofpro-
ducing the intended effect and return
upon yourselves. Rescue yoiircountrv
ironi the impending danger. Rescue the
throne from the jeopardy in which it
at present placed. Rescue the church
from the rum that threatens it. Rescue
the aristocracy of England from the exe
crations of that people, separated from
whom you can no more escape than the
blossom torn from tlie stem. The King
and the Church have been pleased to
exclude the Queen from the pray res of
the nation ; but tht-pray res of her people
have been doubled and redoubled, and
never shall 1 cease to implore of the
Throne of Mercy to shower down the
treasure of its inercy on that generous
people, which the conduct of their rulers
does not deserve.
Mr. \\ iliiatas followed Mr. Brougl
am, and addressed the House till the hour
of adjournment on the 4:h, without Tiav-
ing finished his comments on the evi
dence against the Queen.
I.osno.N. Oct. 4.
Yesterday morning the Countess *ldi
Colonel Oliverin, and ten or eleven o-
ther per.ons, arrived at Dover, fiorn
Boulogne, to give evidence in favor o!
the Queen. It is said Count Bergami.
brother of the baron, is among tlietj).
At the meeting on the £Cth ;(t Preeinn-
son’s Hall, Mr. Hiddiou-e vVtfs called to
the chair. It was resolved—That min
isters have wantonly and wickedly cn-
trajiped their sovereign into a despotic
persecution of the Queen, in whiohlhe
laws and constitution vvero violated.iind
that the said ministers deserve impeach
ment, iic. Alderman M ood congrati lut
ed the meeting on the evidence thatwas
to he produced, which he sai l he. cctild
assert, would come out like thunder n on
all.
The Loudon Globe of Oct. 2d. qu tes
au official declaration on tlm 1 Gth f pt.
to the Neapolitan Evince tic Ciuv. He.
" ih d lb* |rts.i jajvvrrs cfKurcpr wet*
fully r>; i ;ei not tn acknowledge, the rx-
isling state if affaire in the kingdom ofthe
i’wo iiiciliis, because that state bad been
effected bj fore. arms, and that in
cousequcme tho powers find resolved
not to receive a plenipotentiary or .Min
ister on tic* part of the supreme, authori
ty lit Naples, which hud been cstublish-
I bv force of arms.”
G OVER NOR’S CO MM U N 1C ATION
Ex rxTTivr. Department, Ga. i
Alillcdgerille, 7t/i A'ov. 1820. $
FeUixo-Citizt.'is ofthe Seville
ami House of llej vtsrntatives :
When we view the oppression at this
av among (he people of other nations
and cal! to mind the circumstances under
which you have been convened, we have
abundant cause to offer our humble and
grateful thunks lo the Supreme Ruler of
tlie Universe for the many blessings we
enjoy, um! devoutly to implore from him
a continuation of his gracious indulgence
and protidortlinl care over our country.
The extravagant pretentions enter
tained by many of tlie Ruling Powers of
Europe, respecting their "Legitimacy”
and " Divine Rights,” and the violence
exercised in support of these delusions,
should teach us to estirrdli' the true va
lue of those great principles on which
our government rests. They nre well
known to yon all. The practical utility
and beneficial effects of which are ci ino
oil nnd abundantly conspicuous in the
happiness and prosperity enjoyed, for
n-curly half a century, by the people of
ihe United States. Have we not then
every indue ••neiil of inter°st and patriot
ism lo preserve, protect and cherish them
with unalterable attachment ?—Among
the means io be employed to this end,
none will be found so effectual as the im
portant subject of education, which has
been properly placed under the immedi
ate care of the Legislature, 1 trust your
wisdom and patriotism will aid in giving
it a direction calculated to produce the
mo«t desirable and beneficial results.
In reviewing the events of the past
year, none will be fmin I more deserving
your nttention and liberality, than the de
structive five, which happened in the
city of Savannah in January last, nnd
live sickness which ha«, with unusual
mortality, prevail’d there since tlie
month of August, In particular, the dis
tresses ofthe poorer class of citizens, ns
represented, rnnnot fail to excite the
most generous feelings in their behalf.—
Soon after the fire, an application was
made to me by the city council of Savan
nah in behalf of their suffering felloiv-
citizens, requesting that the Legislature
might be convened, to afford them relief.
On reflection, it was deemed inexpedient
to comply with that request ; hut as
some small relief to their immediate
wards and pressing necessities, I ad
vanced out of the Contingent Fund, the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to he
distributed ptnong the sufferers, under
the direction and control ofthe local au
thorities ofthe city. A letter from the
honorable Thoma* U. I*. Charlton, May
or of the city of Savannah, a copy of
which is herewith transmitted, will give
von a more particular view ofthe distres.
and affliction occasioned bv the sickness,
while it affords a commendable example
of an officer faithful in the discharge ofliis
duty, regardless of personal considera
tions.
Pursuant to a resolution of the last
Legislature. I appointed Generals John
M’Intosh, David Adams an I David Meri-
vrcthei, commissoners on the part of the
slate to proceed under the directions of
the President of the United Mates to de
mand satisfaction for property taken bv
the Creek and Cherokee Indians, from
the citizens of Georgia ; and in compli
ance with the same resolution, 1 applied
to the President for nn authority that the
said commissioners, with such others n<
In* should think proper to appoint, might
treat w ith said Tribes of Indians for Ter
ritory. The subjects embraced in the*
:(. solution having been laid before Con
gress by the President, an appropriation
Jo defray the expenses of negotiation,
was made, and Commissioners have been
appointed by the President to treat with
the Creek Indians. And assurances have
been given, that these Commissioners
would “ lie instructed to give notice of
" their appointment to the Commission-
" ers of the Plate of Georgia, and to co-
“ operate wiili them in promoting, to
" the extent of their powers, the interest
“ and views of the State." The corres
pondence now communicated respec-
ing the objects of tlie before mentioned
resolution, nnd the remonstrance of the
last Legislature, will exhibit a full, and 1
trusts satisfactory view of the course
pursued bv the Executive.
The sum of forty thousand dollars out
ofthe Fund for tlie improvement of In
ternal Navigation, has been advanced to
tlie Bteam Boat Company, that being the
portion of the capital stock for which
tliey would have been authorized to call
upon the State, if the whole of tlie capi
tal had been called in. This advance
was made under a special agreement en
tered into between the Executive nnd
the Company, the nature of which w ill be
fully explained l»y copies of the saam
and other documents in relation lo that
transaction, herewith communicated,—
It will be seen bydhe a^^jetiieal and do
cuments rei'erred to, that Vi.o contpitpy,
among other stipulations, have removed
the restriction heretofore imposed lo the
State’s «clti*ig her interest in the Stock,
and that the Company have “ mortgaged
14 roqj estate sufficient to secure to the.
" State the payment ofthe one hundred
“ thousand dollars which has been paid
“ by it, so that the State shall be secured
“ from any final lei's of said sum or any
11 part thereof, when the concerns of tlie
“ Company shall be closed by the expi-
“ ration of tbeir charter, nnd nl*o to
11 secure the payment annually of inter-
“ est thereon at the rate of eight per
“ cent, per annum ; the State, in consi-
“ deration of said guarantee, relinquixh-
“ ing any claim to further dividend, and
“ reserving authority to require and cn-
“ force the paymant of said one hundred
“ thousand dollars nnd interest, if tho
“ Company fail to pay up said interest
" when due, and within thirty days after
" demand made.” In lieu of these terms
and conditions ns expressed in the fifth
article of the agreement, the Legislature
at their present session have the right,
if tliey prefer it, to substitute the follow
ing, to wit; “ The Company to mortgage
“ as before real estate to secure the forty
" thousand dollars advanced with eight
“ per cent, interest per annum, on the
" one hundred thousand dollars, and the
“ State to receive in common with other
“ stockholders, the excess of tlie divi-
" dend, if any, over the eight per cent.
“ so guaranteed.” This agreement was
made not only w ith a view to the removal
of the restriction, but under the full be
lief, that the interests ofthe State would
he, by it, promoted in other respects,
more especially ns the Company were
making monthly calls on the State for
instalments.
The sum of one hundred thousand
dollars ofthe Fund heretofore set apart
for the islahli-iiment nnd support of Fre
Schools ; and the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars of the Fund for the im
provement ofthe Internal Navigation of
Ibis State, have been vested in Stock
of the Bank of Darien, for Ihe use and
benefit of tho«e Funds, agreeably to an
Act of the last Legislature, providing
for the payment of instalments as they
became due on Stork held bv the Stale
in t’,:e said Bank, i hese investments
heve paid the second instalment of twen
ty five per cent, and the t hirJ of fifteen
per cent, on the, Stock owned by the
Stale in that Bank. Owing to the pro-
caiio's situation of cur Banks, I have
deferred v esting the residue of these
1 unds and such interest ns may have nc-
cured thereon, io Bank or other Slock.
Although 1 am ofthe r x : nion that the
Ranking System, now in o, oration in the
State, is not calculated to advance the
best interests of our fellow-citizens, yet
as it would be difficult under existing
circumstances to apply a corrective to
this system, nnd as a large amount of the
Funds of the State is vested in the Stock
of our Banks, 1 consider their embarras
sed situation a subject deserving the at
tention of the Legislature. The State
from (he fiir nnd lefitim^p use of her
Bnfik Stock, •derives annually nit less
than from seventy to eighty thousand
dollars. It therefore becomes onr impe
rious duty to protect lliis branch of reve
nue, by enabling tlie Banks to bear up
against the encroachments and severe
reqiiisifj >ns made on them by the United
Stales Bank. Though a measure for
this purpose, may have a tendency to
lessen the value of our bills abroad, vet
by it, n valuable source of revrnuc, and
a circulating medium sufficient to supply
the real wants of our citizens would be
secured.
I t,.kc the liberty ofsuggesting tho re
moval cf the Darien Bank to the seat of
government. •
D bother the pecuniary embarrass
ments of our fallow citizens requite it
reduction ofthe burthens of taxation, A
w hetlier tlie other resources for the sup
port of government would authorize such
a measure, art questions respectfully re
commended lor your consideration.
In complinm-e with a resolution ofthe
hist Legislature, a line has been run,
commencing at Ibe point “f the Unnca
road, where the line run under the su
perintendence of tlie honorable Wilson
Lumpkin terminates, thence on the top
of Blue Ridge, meandering the same un
til it intersected the one run by Colonel
James Blair ; and a map of the line so
mu, has been deposited in the office of
the Surveyor General.
By a resolution oftKfc last Legislature,
I was authorized to appoint two cum-
mil-sinners to explore the Oqnafenoco
Swamp. This service was assigned to,
and performed by William Cone and Wil
son Conner, Esquires, who will, as di
rected* by the resolution, report to the
Legislature.
The fire hundred copies ofihe "Geor
gia Justice,” contracted for by a joint
committee of the last General Assembly,
having been found insufficient to furnish
I he officers contemplated, nn additional
number of two hundred and thirty-two
lias been procured and paid for o'ut of
the Contingent Fund, to supply this'defi
ciency.
The libel in tlie name of Miguel De
Castro, against ninety-five African slaves
illegally introduced into this state, nnd
the claim set up to the same by William
Bowen, have been dismissed in the Dis
trict Court wherein they were depend
ing. The Attorney for tlie State in this
case being ofthe opinion, when called on
by the Executive, that it was necessary
that those on hand should bo condemned
subject to tiic law ot the state, by an ad
judication in the District Court, be was
therefore requested to institute such pro
ceedings n° ’x'rc necessary, which are
now pending in that Court.
In compliance w ith a rcsolulion of the
last Legislature, 1 addressed a letter to
tlie Governor of Sooth Carolina, for Ihe
purpose of proentinw n co-nperntion at
the two states in improving the navi
gation of the Savannah river; and y|
though 1 received no reply, 1 learn thro’
our commissioners for this river from Au
gusta to I’etersburg, (bat the Board of
internal Improvement in South Carolina
will co-operate with them in cffectiug
this important object.
In March last the Surveyor General
reported that so much of the line that
had been run by Dr. William Grtene
between tlie province of East Florida and
this state, w as incorrect, nnd that it mugt
be run anew from (be junction of the
Chntuhoochoe nnd Flint Rivers, before
the surveyors of districts bordering upon
this line could complete.their works for
drawing the Lottery. In consequence
of this report, I addressed a letter to the
honorable W ilyion Lumpkin, with the
view of procuring his services as United
States’ commissioner, to have it run : in
reply, however, I was informed that lm
was not at liberty to do so—-Upon which
1 appointed Col. Jns. C. Watson, in whose
performance 1 had the utmost confidence.
The line was commenced by him at (he
junction of those rivers, and run the
distance of one hundred and eighteen
miles, to a point some distance beyond
the line dividing the counties of Irwin
and Appling. This enabled the survey
ors to complete the surveying of the be
fore mentioned districts.
On the twenty-fourth day of June
Inst, the Surveyor General having re
ported to this Department, that the sur
veying was in a state of readiness, to
commence preparations for drawing the
Lottery, the Commissioners were cifn-
vened on the sixth day of July for the
purpose of making the necessary prepar
ation* for the drawing, which cdfrimenc-
ed on the first day of September, i* now
in progress, nnd w ill no doubt he com
pleted with all possible dispatch. It will
be necessary that prov ision he made Ic
defray the expenses of drawing the Lot
tery.
The fund provided to defray the ex
penses of surveying the late acquired
Territory, having fallen short, 1 have
drawn on the fund for the improvement
ofthe Internal Navigation of this State,
for the sum of nine thousand nine hun
dred and thirty dollai- and twenty-seven
cents to discharge these expenses ; and
as I am informed bv the Surveyor Gene
ral, there will he due the Surveyor ofthe
tenth district of Irwin county the sum of
three thousand nine hundred thirteen
dollars ; it will rest with the Legisla
ture to reimburse this fund, and to pro
vide for (he payment of the last mention
ed sum.
By an act passsed at the last session of
the Legislature, it was made the duly of
the Executive to apoint a lit and pro
per person as Topographical and Civil
Engineer for the State. But after much
time taken up in enquiring for a suitable
person, the season of the year bud »o far
advanced, as to render it doubtful whe
ther any essential service could be per
formed by him, before the meeting ofthe
Legislature, nnd the law creating this of
fice not having fixed on a salary, and hav
ing provided for the election ofthe offi
cer on t'.e tenth day of the present month,
by the General Assembly, I deemed it
inexpedient to make the appointment.
Such information as has been procured
on this subject, will be seen by copies of
letters herewith transmitted.
The Commissioners ofthe Oconee Ri
ver (com the mouth of Fishing creek in
Baldwin county, to Baritr.tt’s shoals in
Clark county, having reported to me, that
1 liomns S. Reid and Thos. Terrell Es
quires, had completed the second, third,
4th, 6th, Gth A 7t!i sections, of said river
agreeably to the provisions ofthe Acts
of 1810 and 1819,1 have drawn warrants
on the Treasurer in thsiv fivor for the
sum of twenty-nine thousand dollars—
that being the sum lo which they were
entitled under the before recited acts
for the completion of those sections of
the river.
A statement of warrants drawn on the
l'rensurer during the political year eigh
teen hundred and twenty, and a list of
Executive appointments made during the
recess of the Legislature, are herewith
submitted.
It tnay not be amiss to remind you,
that in the discharge of other important
duties, it is with you to designate eight
Electors to vote at the approaching (•lec
tion for President and'Vice-President of
the United States.
I submit to your consideration whether
it would not be proper to revise the law
regulating our general elections, so far
as to increase the pay allowed expresses,
bearing the returns, and to exlvnd the
time for making them, except w here va
cancies are to be filled ; which being ca
ses of emergency, the time now allowed
might answer. Permit me also to suggest
the propriety of imposing adequate pen
alties on presiding magistrates neglect
ing their duty.
From n report made hy jivo Magis
trates, it appears that no election was
held on the day ofthe last general ejection
in the couutv of Bryan. Entertaining
doubts as to the authority of the Execu
tive to order an election in this case—1
submit it to the Legislature.
From the report which will be made
to the Legislature by the Inspectors of'
the Penitentiary, you will learn the sit
uation of that Institution.
That harmony tnay prevail in your
deliberations, and that oqr labors may
lie found to promote the public go^d, is
the ardent wish of your fellow-citizen,
JOHN CLARK.
SENATE.
Tuesday, .Vovernier 7.—Mr. llardin laid
or. ilie table tlir follow ing resolutions :
Whereas the questions agitated at the last
session of the Congress of the U. States re
lativii to the Missouri and Tariff bills, arc
the consequu ul determination had thereon