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JJf ( £ . Vniylfted it °o the 17th, with Jr , rv , »u4#*»t«rned a verdict of mis- jfJTeiiiuVe.y After the inquest had sepa- ,’.iU’d, beafo there were other wounds. 'J he j'/y were again assembled, and g.ite »n n verdict of murder. When dicy first examined, the clothes were not tifcen ofl’deceused. Dr. Goss gave a ve ry particular description of the wounds, three of which, the one on the back ot the head that penetrated to the brain, the one on the check, which broke the jaw, and the One on the arm, which penetrated to the bone, he considered as -unquestionably done with an axe or simi lar instrument. Doctor John Manning, who examined the body, gave a similar description of the wounds. Mr. Mostly nnd Mr. Andrews, in de fence of the prisoner, contended that the conduct of the prisoner, before and after the accident, was proof of his innocence, and that the wounds might all be the ef fect of one blow. The Attorney General contended that his conduct and his contradictions were proof of his guilt, and that it was utterly impossible that the wounds coulJ have been the result of the same blow, and of course could not be accidental. The chief justice charged the jury to the following effect : “ Upon the whole, the cause appeared barren of incidents either before or after the death, which can have much hearing on the question of innocence or guilt. The opinion must be formed principally on the nature and relative situation ofthe wounds. If they were satisfied that all the wounds which appeared to have been made by the axe, might have been occasioned by a single pi l'«v would have little doubt that the death came by accident; as the conduct in . ^iisouer before and after the tact wa= not inconsistent with that supposi tion ; but if they were satisfied that there had been two or more distinct blows, it was exceedingly difficult to impute both of them to accident. Considering the extraordinary circumstances ofthe case, either on the supposition of innocence or gudt, if within the limits of reasonable probability they could find that all the wounds might have been given, or have been the result, of one blow, they would ref-r the death to accident, and acquit the prisoner ; if they could not, even by the exercise of ingr.nuity within reasona ble limits, come to this conclusion, they ought to convict.” At 7 o’clock the cause was committed to the jury, and at 11 they returned into Court ith a verdict of Not Guilty. n rnTffMT ~~ j; —f.•■■wfiiffsr./ 9U !>mit demands. One of the conditions upon which the Russian Cabinctlnsists, particular ly since the late events at Bucharest, is a guarantee for the political and religions ex istence of the Greeks. It has, it is said, tie- dared, that the security held out by treaties appear 'd the less sufficient, since the scenes at Bucharest prove that the Turks continue to cherish the principle that no obligation is binding with regard to infidels. Russia de mands then, it is said, n sufficient guarantee, that is, the occupation of the most important places in the several quarters of Turkey in Europe by Christian garrisons. These gar- Isons shall he of sufficient strengh to enforce the execution of treaties, and afford prompt assistance to the Greeks, in the event of their violation. Conformably to those demands, tlm Eng lish and Austrian Ministers, have made some propositions to the Forte, with a view to the occupation of all the fortified places of the Pdoponeaus, with the exception ofthe capi- ¥01\E,I0K. Further extracts from London Papers receiv ed at the office of the Boston Patriot. Paris, October IS. ’ On the 9th inst. about 250 Liberals gave a dinner to M. Corcelles, on his return as dr , puty for that city. Toasts were given to r 'Liberty, the Constitution, * * **. The com- j tiariy then adjourned in a body to the French | hills: where t ere was a display of fireworks, serenade, ami other amusements, in honor of that deputy ; but unfortunately the com- 1 pany did not coufine themselves to cries of “ Live Corcelles"—there were others inter mixed, which cannot be repeated, and which divested the assembly of its festive charac- j ter. To put an end to the confusion and I tumultuous proceedings, two proclama'ions, ( .the one by the Prefect of the town, and the Other by the mayor of the city, were issued, nnd had the desired effect, without the effus- ’ )on of blood. , The heads lately exposed on the. gntes of 1 the Seraglio, were those of Veil Pacha, the son of Ali of Janina, and of his son Me- hemed Pacha. Their death has been pro voked by Ihe intrigues of Ismael Pacha and f Bekir Theiokador. They have insinuated o the Divan, that Veli and his son had de posited a sum of 5,000,0001. at Santa Maura, if which they declared the English General, "ir F. Adam, to be heir in case of their death. negociation to remove the money had lieen entered into with the Turkish Chiefs ivhomwe have named. They contended '{'fiat a Pacha being a slave employed bv his lighness the Sultan, was not likely to make will, except in favor of the mosques, and consequence they demanded the deposit, be reply was that Veli and others could pt be divested ofthe property. A second epand was made, a reply was given, and 4 Divan, in order t* cut the knot ofthe .fficulty, ordered the heads of the two per- Mt to be cut off who had been employed - refuse the treasure. Madrid, Oet. 4. Francis Villamora, charged with having favored to substitute the republican, for ♦tonstitutional system, was condemned l> trie Sotli of September, by the Tribunal First Resort of Saragossa, to eight years’ lishinent to the city of Santa Maria de I ntacuria, in one of the Canary Islands, to deprived of his commission and rank, and fay tile costs of the process. The pro bings against Cugnet du Moutarlot are , finned with great activity. *t Cartlingeua, ns well as at Malaga, the I 1 ,' .'I »nd military authorities have assisted at tend procession in honor of ltie Vine of the most distinguished of our chief xitary oiheers, General Mill.ires, Governor , alaga, has expired, after a short but se- s illness. The country has lost in him a jnt defender, and the new institutions an | hleued aud ardent friend. Journal des T)ebals. Sarauossa, Oet. 8. iten o’clock at night on the first of thi I pi, about 20 persons having assembled, VVd the streets with a stick, to which a qterchief was tied, crying—“ Death t< WWa and Riegn, and live the Holy Vir "yhe soldiers attacked them and seiz - two were grievously wounded. Tin jities are exerting themselves for the I* 6 discovering the other offenders. . . Vienna, Oct. 5. |*negocutions entered into with the 1 mediating Ministers of Austria r»gtaiiit, f lir t (, e prevention of a war • *?;,,"T' A nn,) Pwrto, continue fM.tlJT 0 "’ ls bought, ' ? f . thoae diplomatists' t,d of Tripolitan, of the port of Novnrino, of DuriiEtoin Albania, of Salomon,in Macedo nia. and of Widditi and Belgrade, by garri sons composed of Russians, Austrians, and English. It ; s not yet known what recep tion the Divan has given to these proposi tions ; but it is the more doubted the Porte will accept them, since in its political rela tions with other Powers, it is desirous that all concessions made to them should he con- idered as a proof of its generosity, and not as extorted from its weakness.—Journal de Paris. Brossei.s, Oet. It. The Journal called Ami do Uni, contains an article on the negocidtions between Eng land and France on the affairs of Turkey.— There are in it statements 'very hold, and evidently incorrect ; but we think the fol lowing passages worthy of attention, al though they may not deserve implicit credit. “ England has proposed, (it says.) to pre serve untouched the possessions of Turkey in Europe, with the exception of the two principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, which are to he ceded to Russia, and of some districts of Croatia and Bosnia, of which Austria is to obtain possession. On the other hand, Russia is to cede a part of the kingdom of Poland, to serve as an in demnity to the Princes wbo are to alienate a part of their possessions. England, it is added, contented with the numerous and im portant advantages which are secured to her by the late treaties, has no other object than to maintain in Europe a real, and not a nom inal, equilibrium, between the prepondera ting Powers. “ This Memnire, which was transmitted by the Duke of Wellington, is, it is said, a master piece of justice and policy, and con fers the greatest honor on him who drew it up. England maintains that no government has the right to persecute (he immense ma jority of its subjects, because they profess a eligion different from its own. She then proclaims those eternal truths, engraven on the heart of man by the law of the gospel as well as by that of nature, that every govern ment is bound to protect the persons and ropertics of its subjects. Setting out with these principles, she concludes that the two Powers, if they pulled together, might easi ly, not only induce, but even compel the Grand S"iguor to consent'to the cessions mentioned above, and to ensure to the Greeks full and entire protection for their religion, laws, and properties. The Divan it is supposed, would he more tractable on tliis lu-ad, as it cannot but perceive the dan ger which threatens the European part of its empire. As to the objection which will doublless be made, that the Sultan, depend ing on the Mufti and the Elcmas, a fanatical body, and on a sanguinary and undisciplined soldiery, cannot offer solid guarantees for the fulfilment of the stipulations of the trea ty, the Memoirs replies that, in the exti ent ity to which the Porte is reduced, all the ex acted stipulations might be easily obtained, nd consequently nil the necessary guaran tees against the violation of them, on what- ver side it might occur; England and France expressly reserving to themselves the right of inflicting vengeance on the violator, In case of impunity or negligence in the Turkish government. “ Henceforward, according to the author of the Memoire, we. calculate that none of those horrors which make humanity shud der, and of which Greece has been the thea tre for nearly four centuries, w ill be renew- d, because the favorites of the. Seraglio will excite.no more massacres or spoliations, nor will the Pachas, ihe militia, or the populace, dare to commit the outrages with which they have lately been familiar, when they shall be convinced that no influence or in trigue will be able to withdraw them from a punishment justly merited. “ The Greeks will then enjoy n happiness unknown to their ancestors i'or perhaps ten centuries ; for it is not only since the inva sion of the'Porks that they have been un fortunate : they were so in every respect, •xcept as regarded their religion, under their own emperors. The history of no other country presents such a list of cruel, indirtive, aud rapacious or weak Princes. It cannot be dissembled, says the author of le Memoire, that any other mode of assist- ig the Greeks would he unfavorable to the equilibrium t>f power in Europe. This would he the rase even though Greece was declared independent; for it is to be ohserv- d that the Greeks profess the same religion is the Russians, and that they are more at- acited to it than the latter. Their hatred ind fanaticism against nations which profess mother religion, are well known. Russia would therefore, exercise over the Greek the same influenee as Napoleon exercised over the confederation of the Rhine, aud ev en a greater. The latter was founded only on force, whereas the former would b founded upon force and religious principle- The happiness of Europe, therefore, require that the Ottoman throne should be preserv- :d, for if this throne were once destroyed Ihe colossal power of Russia would become daily more formidable to Europe, if fortified by the immense resources which it would find in Greece." ;aw*t i*o : ™ vr*’”""- vn* “ Gentlemen,—Since I expressed to the Cortes my motives for believing it ndvisD'de to call an Extraordinary meet ing of (It-- Cortes, nothing has so much engaged tny attention as the desire to see them assembled. 1 now see them with the greatest satisfaction, and give myself wholly up to the pleasing and just hope ofthe good which the country will derive from their labours. The sub jects which I have prepared to lay be fore the Cortes for their consideration, are mostly such, the regulation of which is necessary for the more speedy consoli dation ofthe constitutional system, such as the division ofthe territory, and the best means of placing, according to it, the Political Government, the Cortes, the Military Ordinances, the Plan of Decree ofthe organization of the Naval force, and the decree for the organization of the above militia. “ 1 particularly urge you to place every thing in consonance with the fundamen tal law of the State, leaving the Admin istration free from all those serious em barrassments which it oAen meets with for want of this necessary harmony, and winch the Government cannot remove. 1 have also thought that some other points ought to be determined, which though not so intimately connected with the Constitution, have a great influence on the general prosperity, such as the measures to be adopted to restore the tranquility, and to promote the welfare of the Americans, the examination and reform' of the duties of customs, the means necessary to prevent the serious loss which the nation sustains by the cur rency of false or defective foreign coin, and the project of a Decree on the Chari table Institutions ; though all the sub jects that are going to he discussed by the Cortes are of so much importance, the fact itself, of their being assembled to discuss them, is still mare so. This new proof and guarantee of the union which prevails between all the chief powers of the State, must convince all the enemies of our Institutions their ef forts to subvert them will be vain. “ I shall take advantage of the period in which the Cories will continue as sembled, to give orders, to propose any measure or project which may appear iu my Government necessary and urgent, as well as to ask their co-npc'ralion, when circumstances may require. The field, Gentlemen, is most extensive, which is open to your zeal and to your talents ; and those qualities which so greatly dis tinguish you, combined with the pru dence and circumspection which have marked all your deliberations, insure to the country the completion of those ad vantages which it already owes to you. “ I have the confidence that you will gain, in both respects, the admiration of the nation and of Foreigners, entitling yourselves more and moTe to the par ticular esteem of your King, who will always consider the Cortes as the firmest support of his Constitutional Throne.” To which the President replied in substance. That the country was indebt ed to his Majesty for calling this Extra ordinary Cortes ; this they considered is an unequivocal testimony of mutual love and confidence. The Spanish na tion, he added, equally abhors despotism and anarchy j though desirous of liberty, they ask such liberty ns may he founded on the laws, and that does not degenerate into licentiousness. They will have ne government but a limited Monarchy, such as the Constitution has established; ami they entertain the most unbounded love and respect towards his Majesty’s sacred and inviolable person. A committee was then appointed to draw up an Answer to his Majesty’s Speech, and the Assembly adjourned till the following day. Opening of the Extraordinary Cortes of Spain. Madrid, Sept. 28. A notice from the Secretary of State having been read, in which he announc ed that his Majesty had appointed ele ven o’clock as the time to open the Ses sion, a Deputation was appointed to re ceive the King in the usual form, and a- notherto conduct her M ajesty the (|ucen to the seat prepared for her. A salute of artillery having announc ed their Majesties’ departure from the 1 alace, the Deputations went to receive them at the entrance of the Palace of the Cortes ; and Ihe King having taken his seat on the Throne, delivered the jfmrowing speech Extracts from the Communication of Go vernor Randolph to the Legislature of Virginia, now in session. “ The commonwealth has undergone the, humiliation of having endeavored in vain to vindicate and assert her rights and her sovereignty at the bar of the. supreme court of the United States, and now endures the mortification, notwith standing the great talents, learning and efforts of the counsel employed, of hav ing altogether failed to procure a disa vowal of the right, or the intention to violate that sovereignty, and those rights, by the procedure which was announced to the last legislature, and what has been consequent thereto in the usual course. The supreme court of the United Stales has asserted in the broadest terms, the right of that court to exercise appellate jurisdiction in cases where n state is a party, and where it i« brought before them by a writ of error to reverse the sentence of one of its courts inflicting a penalty on some of its citizens foi a vio lation of its penal code. It lias asserted the right, in cases where a state is a party, to enforce witi.in that state, laws ofcongre»s framed for the District of Co lumbia, within the limits of which, Con gress has exclusive jurisdiction, by su pervising and cor.trouling the decisions of the state courts upon municipal regu lations of their own, intended to preserve the morals of their citizens. Although it is admitted that under the provisions of the particular act of Congress authoriz ing a lottery, for the benefit of the Dis trict of Columbia, the venders of the tickets were not protected from a liabil ity to punishment for infractions ofthe state laws prohibiting a sale of them in the respective states, it has intimated its opinion in a manner which admits of lit tle doubt, that even in support of regu lations framed by Congress for the Dis trict of Columbia, it may dispense with, or overreach the municipal law* of a state which are in conflict with them. The principles thus contended for by the supreme court, are manifestly cal culated to impair most essentially the so vereign rigliis retained by the states, and ultimately to change the character of the government from a constitution of limited and defined powers, to one inves ting unlimited authority. The supreme court of the United States, lias long at tributed to Congress a discretion to use any means they may judge expedient to carry a power specified in the constitu tion into effect. It arrogates to itself, always, the high authority to judge ex clusively in the last resort, how far the federal compact is violated, and to ar raign before it not only the decisions of the state courts, but the stales them selves. As the states are parties to the com pact, it is their duty to exercise a proper degree of vigilance aud energy to pre vent its violation. In a difference of sentiment as to the authority conferred by the federal constitution, it surely can not be pretended to be an exclusive right of one of the parties to decide whether a power is conferred or not, and particu larly not the parly who claims its exer cise. If the principles plainly upheld by these opinions and decisions are success fully maintained, jt is manifest that the amendment to the constitution intended to guard the sovereignty of the states has no longer any force, nnd the adop tion of it has proved a v.iin measure.— The definition of power* granted is no longer of any use ; the limitation of those powers and the reservation of all re maining powers to the state governments which before possessed the whole, are no longer of any avail. If Congress can pass all laws which it may ever on any occasion deem necessary to carry any power imputed to its government into effect, it is evident that that government is one of unlimited powers by construc tion, whatever may appear on the face ofthe constitution to the contrary. If it can go to the outer limits of the field of legislation, presented to it by the states, it will eventually soon occupy the whole field so fully, that no decision can be made in a slate court, which miry not be construed to involve some law of the U. States, and be therefore reversible at the will of the federal judiciary. The state courts will then be virtually anni hilated, for their proceedings will be subjects of jealousy until they become useless ceremonies. The constitution ofthe United States is a durable monument of the wisdom and ^armony of limes past. Its very imperfections constitute an impressive memorial of the necessity for good faith in the passing and in future times. It is not a mystic writing given in charge to the federal judiciary as to a priesthood, to he enveloped in a studied obscurity, consulted through mazes, and made to give such’ responses as may suit the pe culiar views of a political sect, at any pe riod. But to argue against the uncon stitutionality of the jurisdiction asserted, and the pretended conservative powers assumed, after the dignified and emphatic declaration tnade by the last legislature, is useless, and can produce no good con sequence. The only legitimate remedy, whether sure and lasting time will shew, against the certain effect of this effervescence of judicial ambition, which if disavowed by the present enlightened Congress, may hereafter be tolerated or encouraged by some other, is unquestionably an amend ment to the constitution, confining both the power claimed and the jurisdiction asserted, within such well defined limits as may make the state governments se cure against the fatal consequences of a right existing in olher tribunals, to re verse the decisions of theirs, upon mat ters of their own internal policy, and in a tribunal created by one party to the compact, to declare iu detail what that compact intended. Anticipations full of despair for the future welfare of the Union must una voidably accompany the harsh supposi tion that the alarming assumptions in question can have had their origin iu wilful error, induced by motives of po litical expediency connected with views of government very different from those of the framers of the constitution.— They must have had the same under standing of the different clauses of the instrument at that time, if not similar in tentions when they assembled, or views in the discussion. All then gave lemn pledge to support it, ns it came from their hands. All declared it to be the best contrivance they could make to bring the whole power and influence of all the states to hear, in mass, upon foreign na tions, in peace as well as in war, without diminishing their internal means of pre serving tranquility, of encouraging vir tue and knowledge, and promoting pros peritv to anv of them. If all did not de precate consolidation, as much as disun ion. it was tiecause a few had not the foresight to discover that n corrupt, mag nificent, extravagant, impoverishing and enslaveing government, must he the con sequence of it. If it he said that the minority then has become the majority now, let it he put to the test, by another convention. The highly distinguished citizens who compose the supreme court nl this time are far above the imputation of had faith, ever poorly defended by a ny consideration of expediency, but they are certainly too learned to have unin tcntinnnl error attributed to them with out painful doubt. The gloom of thi prospect is not a little deepened by the reflection that the places of thosp judge are very likely hereafter to be filled b\ the same men who have given their o pinions ns counsel, it is hoped merelv professional, in support of such a viola tion of state rights. It may bo useful to consider whether the practice of ass.lining an unwarranta ble latitude of construction, ns to consti tution and law, may not also have been indulged in our own state affairs. To have our feelings softened towards those officers of the general government who follow the same unpromising course, will he one pleasing effect ot' the enquiry.— But that ought by no means to blind us to the consequences of suffering all the points in politics and jurisprudence, once deliberately adjusted, and all the limits of rights, powers, and functions, once scrupulously determined ; to remain per petually liable to be unhinged, unsettled, and shifted by a capricious ambition, or a grasping policy, "’he ultimate effect of that must he to perplex, weary, dis gust and irritate the people, who arc, while tranquil, the only sure guardian of ail rights as well ns the only legitimate source of all power, and probably to sub stitute the farce of mobs, directed by their leaders, who unavoidably soon be come their masters, for the reign of set tled law, upon the unassailed stability of which, all the dignity of man, and every prospect of human happiness must ever depend. That state which suffered most in the war of the revolution on both its frontiers, the ocean and wilderness, from civilized robbers of the sea, and savage man-hunters of the forest; which had the good fortune to witness, on its own territory, and to contribute most largely towards the most signal successes ofthe united arm* ; which first and most li berally reduced its original extent by grants to the confederacy, and relin quishments, to increase the number of its members, which was most prompt to take arms in support of the laws of the Union when outraged in 1794, and most patient to sacrifice its youth in unhealthy service against the common enemy in 1814, may without arrogance take the lead in such a cause. The circumstance, in addition, of hnving hitherto led the way in all.ameliorating proceedings ; of having once before applied the legitimate remedy with so much energy and suc cess, and of having ever disclaimed all other means of redress, will justify Vir ginia for making an endeavor, alone, to rouse the other states ofthe Union to n proper consideration of the importance of the crisis. The number of persons confined in the Penitentiary prison ofthe commonwealth, on the 30th September 1821, was two hundred and one, of which one hundred and fifty-nine are white men, and two white women ; thirty-three are colour ed men, and seven, coloured women ; not including slaves, who are only lodg ed there for transportation. Within tile year ending on that day forty-eight con victs hare been discharged in regular course of law ; fourteen have died ; and sixteen have been pardoned by the exe cutive department. Fourteen persons are confined for hav ing caused the death of human creatures, nineteen for all other acts of violence committed on human creatures, and one hundred and sixty-eight for criminal ac quisition in various modes. A propen sity to the perpetration of homicide, without its deepest shade* of guilt, has been formerly attributed to our state.— An unfrequency of the instance of it for our actual population may now be safely asserted. Somewhat of proneness to violence in our citizens could not for merly have been denied ; but it was rarely ever accompanied with predeter mined intentions of guilty acquisition.— It was a mark still remaining of those peculiar dispositions which a fondness for the chace inseparable from extensive forests abounding in game, have always formed in man. The qualities which distinguish the hunter, gained for us those civic laurels which decorated our early banners in 1755. Among such as sociates, iu such a state of society, was formed that wonderful mind which guided this confederacy through the heartweary- ing storm of the revolution, and amid the more dangerous, although less furious swell of human passions, which accom panied the succeeding calm. May our legitimate union with the other re publics of our confederacy endure as long, as the renown of that sublime character in which were united qualities, civil, political and military, more admira ble, more exalted, and more practically valuable, than ever appeared in any o- ther man 1 TIE M. RANDOLPH. Ion, in the acquisition of a territory nhicli will one <ljy add so greatly ty her irturest ; and which will giiu to tfio Fleridn* an importance not interior to the surrounding states. The following extract of a letter from thk Secretary of the expedition, dated Charleston, Nov. 6, whs politely furnsih- Vd as by a respectable merchant in this <lty. •It is with pleasure that I announce to you our arrival in this place. We did intend to touch at St. Augustine, but w«rr prevented from so doing by bad weather. Il’e have succeeded in our en terprise.”—Florida Gazette. RECORDER. MILLKDCiEVILLK, Tuesday, December 18. St. Augustine, Nov. 24. We are happy in stating, that through the mercy of Divine Providence, our city has been relieved from the dreadful dis ease which has for some time prevail ed, and which has almost desolated it. It will be seen by the Report of the Board of Health, published in this day’s paper, that no new case has occurred for 10 days. The weather for several days has been warm, and we last evening had a very heavy rain. We do not how ever, think the change of wheather, from cold to warm, is calculated to renew the disease—the air appears pure and whole some : and we think that persons who have left the place in consequence of the sickness, may safely return to their homes. COFFEE LAND EXPEDITION. It will be recollected, that some time since wn mentioned the circumstance ot the sloop Hunter, capt. Carter, from Philadelphia, having touched here, on an exploring expedition—to explore the in terior part of the peninsula below the 27th degree of latitude—in search of land suitable for the cultivation ofthe Coffee Plant. We have now the satis faction to learn that they have succeed ed in their laudable undertaking. W not only congratulate the fortunate ad- GEORG1A LEGISLATURE. The bill published in our last paper, to re gulate intercourse between the Banks incor porated by this state and the United States Bank amt its branches, has passed the Sen ate, where it originated, by a large majority.. This branch of tho Legislature has rejected the hill which passed (he House, to repeal the net restricting the introduction of slaves into this state, 22 to 18. The Salary ami Fee hill, in consequence of a disagreement between the two branches, has been lost.— The House of Representatives have passed the bill from Senate for electing tty Govern or by the people—to effect the object con* teinplated, this hill must be repasaed by the constitutional majorities in each branch ol the next Legislature. The session will close, it is supposed, on Saturday next. On Saturday last the election of State House Officers, to wit, Treasurer, Comptrol ler, Secretary of State, and Surveyor Gene ral took place. All tho old Officers were- re-olected—For Secretary of State, the con test between Col. Iiammond and Gen. Ncw- nan was very close. 1st Ballot, id Ballot. 3d Ballot-, Hammond, 53 70 73 Newnan, 57 69 71 Porter, 21 3 Whitaker, 9 S I Tennille, 0 1 On the same day, Cicero Holt was elected Solicitor General for the Western Circuit. The former Principal Keeper and Inspectors of the Penitentiary were re-elected without opposition. ’President’a Message. (T7**The late hour at which we received the President's Message, and the great length of that Document, will not allow us to place it entir«^wfore onr readers this week—the whole shall he printed in our next paper— for the present, we extract those parts of it which to us appear most important. K large portion of this interesting state paper treats of our commercial relations with for eign powers—speaking of the restrictive re gulations adopted towards each other by France and the United States, the President says, 11 It is much to be regretted, that al though a negotiation has been long pending,' such is the diversity of views entertained, on the various points, which have been brought into discussion, that there does not appear to be any reasonable prospect of its early conclusion.” Extracts from the Message transmitted by the! President to both Houses of Congress on the r oth inst. With Spain, the treaty of February £2d>, 1319, has been partly carried into execution. Possession of F.ast and West Fiorida has been given to the United States, but the offi cers charged with that service by an order from his Catholic Majesty, delivered by his Minister to the Secretary of Stute, and trans mitted by a special agent to the. Captain General of Cuba, to whom it was directed, and in whom the government of those prov inces was vested, have not only omitted, in contravention of the orders of their stwe- reign, the performance of the express stipu lation, to deliver over the archives and docu ments relating to the property and sove reignty of those provinces, all of which it was expected would have been delivered, ei ther before or when the troops were with drawn, hut defeated, since, every effort of the United States to obtain them, especially those of the greatest importance. This omission has given rise to -several incidents of a painful nature, the character of which will tie fully disclosed by the documents,, which will hereafter be communicated. Ill every other circumstance the law of tlnv 3d of March last, for carrying into effort that treaty, has been duly attended to. For the execution ot that part which preserved in force, for the government of the inhabitants, for the term specified, all the civil, military, and judicial powers, exercised by the exist ing government of those provinces, an ade quate number of officers, as was presumed, were appointed, and ordered to their respec tive stations. Both provinces were formed into one territory, and a governor appointed tor it, but, in consideration of the pre-exist ing division, and of the distance and difficul ty of communication, between Pensacola, the residence of the Governor of West Flor ida, and St. Augustine, that ofthe Governor of East Florida, at which places the incon siderable population of each province w;>° principally collected, two Secretaries weie appointed, one to reside at Pensacola, and the other at St. Augustine. Due attention was likewise paid to the execution of the laws of the United States relating to the re, venue and toe slave trade, which were ex tended to these provinces. The whole tei- ritory was divided into three collection dis tricts, that part lying between the rivi r St , venturers in this expedition, but the na-1 Mary’s and Cape Florida, forming uur, liuvU