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I Y'.. .. aa y', that ho Iviicvr not why the public' fund/, which weie the common property of the nation, should be so applied ns to conduce to the benefit of one or more of ,| 10 States rather than of any of the u- tliers Under these considerations he should move to luy both the original re solution and the amendment on the table. The question being taken, and a divi sion being called for, there appeared, ayes 70, noes 104 , , . So the motion to luy the resolqtion on die table was lost. Mr* Sevier moved to add, after the . wor ,l “ States,” the words, “and Territo ries," but being informed that such uu a- mcndinent was not then in order, the ques- uon was taken on the amendment of the member from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Steui- uere,) which was decided in the negative },v n majority of 103 to 72. Mr. Sevier then renewed his motion to • amend as previously stated. The question being taken on the amend ment, it was carried in the affirmative. Whereupon, the question being submit ted upon' the resolution us amended, Mr. Vance observed, that the Territories having no representation on the floor of tlmt House, the amendment in question might, m h* results, prove rather injuri ous, ns far as regarded those sections of the country. Mr. Martin, of S. C. observed, that no one could be uuuwure of the fact, that 1 jnucli anxiety wus manifested, and natu rally manifested, whenever the question of (lie disposition of tlm Public Lauds came under public discussion. It was to him, .a subject of the utmost amazement, that so -many applications should be made in res pect to that matter. He had not kept a list of the number of motions and amend ments of motions, wliieh bad been pre dated during the day, on that very subject, lie thought it entirely unnecessary, inas much ns that every gentleman then present must have lmd no equal opportunity with iz/tdielf of observing the fact to which be alluded. It would seem that these claims had been pouring in from tlio four quarters of the Union. Tlie desire to obtain pos session of some portion of the public do main, appeared to be insatiable. For himself, he must say, that ho was opposed Id the apportionment of that domain a- Diong the States as proposed. It was not, in his opinion, the time to discuss such u question : and if truth, justice or reason could he supposed to actuate the conduct or influence the motives of the members of the House, then was the -time to mani fest it. lie proceeded to observe, that in considering the question proposed for the ■distribution of the public lands, it might be thought proper to calculate what por tion of them had been already appropria ted to those States, for any purpose whatso ever. Those, who preferred the claims for the lands in question, might perhaps be prepared to render a debtor and creditor ac count, so that a balance sheet might be struck, showing what bad been received by the Atlantic States, from Maine to Georgia, und by the States west of the Al- leglianies. That was the test. There was another circumstance, also, which would form a test ns to the advantages derived by the various States from the public lands, At Which liadnpurticularbeariiigou the ques tion at issue. lie alluded not merely to those grants which bad been made to the States alone, but to the grants which bad been made for the Hdvautnge of public in stitutions in those States. He would not calculate the amount of those grants; were he to do so, his statements might be consi dered as romantic, lint this lie could say, and he was sure the sentiment lie expres sed on that subject would be responded to hv the House, that, should the measure in question be adopted, they would pervert tin) object of those public resources which stood pledged for more worthy und hon orable purposes. He should therefore move ns an amendment, that with n view to avert the consequences which iie could not but anticipate, in the event of tlrp u- doption of the resolution before them, that after the word “ inquire," there should be appended the following words:—“the a- mount und value of public lands given by Congress to any States, or to public mid private iiiL-titutiotis in any Stutc,” &c. Mr. Vance thought that the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Martin,) had looked at the question only in one point of view, and that not the most perfect one. Hu had spoken not so much as to the mode °f education of the people in the western ■sections of the Union, but as to the causes which operated upon the facilities of their 'attaining education, so fur as respected the appropriations of portions, of the public ‘and lor the effectuation of that purpose, b) the observations made by the gentleman, rt could not but be remarked, that be hud omitted to tuke notice of what he, (Mr. yAnce,) considered a very csscutiul poiut in me argument on that subjeqt. It would no doubt be borne in mind, that in the grant a fraction of laud for the purposes of education, the Government was a gainer; becuu.se, when thirty-five sections of lund Were sold, the money for which was re quired to be paid into the public Treasury, mccircumstancc of the thirty-sixth section being gratuitously allowed for the purposes , Public education, formed an inducement ° settlers to locate themselves upon the •and, and thereby enhance the price of it. asides, he continued, that was not the part of the question to be taken into "ur consideration. Could, they fail to orget the disastrous circumstances, nttch- ai >t upon the first settlement of the west ern country—the fevers and the fogs.—the 'angers from those epidemics which pre- jmled in all new Inuds upon their first clear- •bgs—the bnzurds run by the orginnl set- ® rs hazards of which none but those "'nose adventurous and enterprizingspirits . tl'cm to eucountor every danger, could r v° rm ° r co,nn,un ' calu l h e idea. He jmr. Vance] was willing to meet the sub let under deliberation in any shape, or at Ume.. 41c had not provoked a discus sion upon the matter, nor wus'it his desire to continue that which lmd arisen regard ing it; but this he would maintain, that the right claimed in those lands, was not mere ly a gratuitous assumption. Each of the occupants lmd puid his money, und many hud been fleeced to his last dollar. He, for one, well knew the correctness of the pic ture which he had drawn. He was not now prepured to go into the question, or rather, he might more properly say, it was not now the proper time for its discussion ; but, nevertheless, he had felt himself he wished to invito their attention lor a moment. The House had referred to a committee the consideration of the means of disposing of the surplus revenue, after the liquidation of the Public Debt; would it, then, after agreeing to what was to be done with the whole of the revenue, hesi tate to consider of the menus of disposing of part of it, for such were the proceeds accruing from the side of Public Lands* 1 Mr. Huy nrs, of Georgia, after a few pre liminary observations, moved to lay the resolution und the amendment on the ta- duty bound, to meet the subject on its very j ble threshold. Upon a division, Mr. Haynes' motion Mr. a]altary said, that according to the I was curried, by a majority of 90 to 78. notice taken by ..... of the resolution, it j Mr. Hall proposed the following res..- wns not intended to lead to uny practical J lution which, after a modification suggest- results u but simply to produce au enquiry cd by Mr. Haynes, und assented to by tlie mover, wns subsequently to some dis cussion, negatived by u majority of 84 to into the merits of the proposition. It wt necessary for him to enlarge upon the im portance of the questiou, It bud been u- gitated in every portion of the Union. A large proportion of the people were of o- pinion tlmt the avails of the Public Lands should be placed at the disposal of the se veral States; and, therefore* it could not but be considered u proper subject for in vestigation, whu’ever discord might be supposed tourise f rom tlie conflicting views of the different sections of tlie Union.— He proceeded to observe, tlmt for bis own part be saw nothing iu the amendment, averse to the opinion be hnd formed of the subject, although it might be considered by some honorable gentleman, tlmt it might be preferuble to introduce it as a separate and distinct proposition. The proposition was to inquire bow much lund had been appropriated to public purjtoses, not only for the States, but also in aid of various Resolved, Tlmt a Select Committee be appointed and instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the Consti tution of the United Stales, so us to de fine more clearly the separation between the .powers delegated to the Government ot tlicUnited States ami those retained by the people or delegated to tfic State Go vernments. fffjt lUfotUrr. xm WMMgagvxaay■: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1830. fJ' ordered to be printed .—Afterheving passed through file remaining resolutions of the Legislative Cqm- tmttec, the Chair pissed oti to the Eieoutlve Re. port. The 1st emended resolution, which cento up from tlie Committee of the Whole, directs tlie election of the Governorby the legislature. Mr. Mercer proposed tu elect hiitriiy (lie People—'This amendment prevailed by n majority oft votes.—A Debate next mine on, upon a proposition to eon- stitete n controuling Executive Council of throe members. The motion ftiiled, by n tie of tbe House—and then the resolution itself for nppoint- injg a Lieutauant Governor, in the same manner ns the Governor, was also lost.—I'rom the. Dehutu which took place oa these two prnpoxitious.il seem ed sufficiently obvious, that the fnto of Mr. Mer cer’s propdsitition had been affected by tlie l.nsis of representation, one gentleman nf least declaring tlmt, since tlie vote of Saturday in fuvtir of Mr. Gordon's resolution, lie lmd determined to give the election of Governor to the Pimple—und ano ther declaring tlmt since this last meusiira lun! been adopted, ho lmd determined to give tlie Governor nn Executive Council—And thus it is, tlmt the all-iihsorhing question’’ ms it bus been too truly called, h found mixing itself up with so uuiiiy other questions. thoruiug a loan of $ 100,000 to the Com pany for seven years. This amendment I * . o«mi. on in** him J iiitfiufiy tv oa concurred in by the Hoiiue, after tome ft} rawitoty nem, nt the Court-house in the town opposition, Ultil ufW tha yeas and nay* *** Swildwisvllle, Washington county, within th* liml dCiU .skaiX' USUKl hours iff snUMhelolluwIng property, to wits One negro boy by (lie name of Tom. about 10 t)rs, When the years old, levied on es the property of David Y, late, flint body Farmer,to setisfy sundry fi fas issued from a Jus- ,1 .I,,, ... <ics'» court in favor of John H. Ne December 31 had ngniu been tukeu. . To tin aitoniah- lltfht of ovoty Mrey ( Bill was rbturnnd toItu asked leave of thu lloUso to erase the a- ‘l 1 *!* '' iurt l, t ' r VT of ■>”»•'* H Newton vs. David immdtxeiit, u»d ll.o — „p. “T'SKnIG JS.Tsh* propriutmn which bud originated with it- ” ‘ self. The uyes and nays in the Senate wore, uyes 19, nays 18. Tlio llouso very naturally and properly rufused permis sion tu the Senate to erase it. T' Somite insisted, uyes 16, nays 14.- Tlio House persisted in refusing leuve.— A Committee of Conference wus then ap- LAXtfD TO ai WT. T HE PLANTATION called Byne’s place, belonging tu tile estate of Fleming Grant- Tile land, deceased, lyin;' near Low’s Mill, in Baldwin * county, and containing about 150 acres of cleared ’■ud, is for rent the present venr. Apply to Jamntry 1 8. GRaNTLAND. Adm*r, In looking over the recent proceedings of Congress, the attention of the most cureless ob server must lie arrested by llie numerous npplicu- tious for portions of the public lunds. A member , . . . ... , ~ ,, from Ohio Ims offered it resolutiou for reliwiuish- public institutions within the Mates, lie j ing to his Stute the public lands within it—but this expressed his perfect willingness that the judiciously amended by the change of a singly . . ... .. i» I . I 111 1 s Ulltrii Slllmtitlltlmr o A A...! statement referred tu should be made, and presented to tbe House; for, in bis opi nion, it would form an interesting and va luable document; nor could he see any tiling in tlie amendment prejudicial to the object of the original resolution. It might per haps, be anticipated tlmt when tlie amount received in the shape of public lands, by the various States, either directly or indi rectly, wns ascertained, the sum so ascer tained might lie deducted in tlie apportion ment of tbe lauds, according to tiie pro posed resolution. Ilut thut was a subject for ulterior consideration. He, for him self, should of the two propositions, prefer to spe tlie lnttor adopted. If Ohio, for instance, bad received one hundred thou sand acres, or live hundred thousand a- cres of tbe public laud, that wns not at present tbe question to be discussed. It might be thought that tbe donations in question were beneficial only to the State to which they were made ; but such they could not be considered by any reflecting man ; for ultbougb they were beneficial to tbe State in particular, they must likewise be considered beneficial to the Union in general. He concluded by observing, that he was in favor of the resolution, with tbe amendment proposed by tbe gentleman from S. Carolina. Mr. Johnson of Kentucky, said that he should prefer thut the proposition be vest ed on a liberal basis. He conceived it to be desirable that they should legislate on ge neral principles, A, iu their public conduct, not to be guided by retrospective views, but to view the subject which came before them in futuro. lie did noturge this doc trine so much iu refereucc to tbe present question, as certainly bis constituents would uot loose, even if thu views which he entertained upon the subject should uot be adopted. Tbe Legislature of Ken tucky, bus bud tbe subject m considerati on during its Inst session, and bud memo rialized Congress upon it. He concluded, by observing, that, ns the district which be bad the honor to represent in that bouse, bordered oil tbe Ohio liver, which separated it from the new States within whom; limits the lands iu question were principally situated, the subject became peculiarly interesting to himself and his constituents, independent of its intrinsic importance. From these circumstances and the magnitude of tlie interests involv ed in the decision of the question, he had felt it his duty to meet the subject thus eur- !y. Mr. Reid said, that, it was uot his inten tion to rise for the purpose of debating tbe question, inasmuch as it lmd been ful- Iv discussed last session, at leust so tar ns tlm information sought for by the amend ment. By u reference to document, No. 95, it would he seen what portion of the public lands had heretofore been distribut ed among tbe States. Mr. Taylor said, that ho rose for tlie same purpose as bis friend from Massa chusetts, who had last spoken. The re port in question, of which six thousand co pies had lieen printed, did not, however, relate to the value, but to thu number only, of the acres of land distributed or grant ed to the States or public institutions, within their limits. That fact would be ascertained by turning to the tabular state ments comprised in thu document nlluded to. Say, for instance, to those winch re garded tbe State of Illinois ; and it would therein be evident, how difficult it was to obtain any accurate information with res pect to the value of the lauds. In his opi nion, the report No. 95, contained all the information necessary for the House to receive, and to act upon. After some fur ther observations, he concluded. Mr. Wilde spoke in fuvor of the amend ment. For his own part, he suw no suffi cient reason, for its rejection. The ve ry facility of access to the former report on the subject, to which the gentleman who lmd Inst spokeu, [Mr. Taylor,] hnd alluded, was, iu his opinion, one of the strongest arguments which could he adduc ed in favor of the proposition ; because it showed that with all the advantages afford ed by that facility of access, the subject hud not yet been so sufficiently understood, as to enable them to ascertain the value of the lands distributed among tbe States. There wins another subject, nlso, to which word, substituting selling tor rtlitniaishing. Ano ther resolution proposed giviug to Louisiana ull the lands within her hounds which were overflowed or sterile—this gilt might not be considered, in some parts of the country, worth the asking by so rich a 8tate us Louisiana—hut whether thus,; overflowed and sterile lands be valueless ortlie reverse, the ap plication was promptly rejected. Next comes Indiana, uot however petitioning for tile relin quishment of the United .Stute*’ title, nor for the, gift of overflowed and sterile land, but boldly in serting hick kiuht to the public lands within her limits. This is a proud little State. She does not mince matters, but " goes {he whole hog," as they say in Kentucky. Alabama, more modest, but scarcely more reasonable, by a memorial of her Legislature asks a grant of am. the unsold lands within tier limits, for purposes of Internal Im provement and Education ! " Bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh" as Alabama is, we enter tain for her and her people none but the most kind: ly feelings. But can she desire to appropriate all tilts to her individual use? Would it tie generous or fair towards her older and not more wealthy sis ters ? We had been taught to consider the public do main as constituting the great common stock fund of the Union—us held for the equal benefit of all the Stutes, old as well as new. The liberality, or rather tlie prodigality, with which this public pro perty has been given uWny by entire Townships* within a few years past, has probably encouraged the belief, tlmt Congress do not care how soon they get rid of It; and this has set tho States ill which these lands lie, to begging for them. If they are to be given away, Ohio, Louisiana, Alnba- ma und other States in which they are situated, have certainly as good a right to ask for and to get them, as any corjiorution or public iuitituliou can have. The indications are becoming too numerous and plain to allow us longer to conceal from our selves the unpleasant truth, that the time is ap proaching & perhaps near at hand, when the pub lic lands, which have been looked to as a peren nial source of revenue to the Government, will be come the cause of jealousy, if not a hone of con tention, between the oldandneui States. Where the Government lauds have been all offered for sale (as is probably the case in Ohio) it may be sound policy to reduce the price to individuals be low the present minimum, and after h certuin time, to sell or give to the stutes in which they lie, tbe refuse lands that cannot he sold nt a half or a quarter of a dollar an acre. Something of this kind was proposed by Mr. Benton of the Senate several years ago—if adopted, it would gradually reduce the number of the stutes which complain of lhe public lands as a burthen und iucumbruiide to them. * Congress passed nn act a few yenrs ago giv ing to tlie Deaf and Dumb Assylnm of Kentucky two Townships of the public land. The land w as taken in Florida, as it would there sell for the best price, but tlie Agent of the Assy III in not find ing in that Territory two entire Townshi|is of first rate land, was permitted by the then Secretary of tbe Treasury, Sir. Kush, to locale tlie quantity con tained in two Townships (46,080 acres) in small parcels iu several Townships, so thut the donation, instead of amounting to about $50,000 us was in tended, is supposed tu bo worth fivo times that sum, or $^50,000 ! The Richmond Enquirer of the 22d Decemlier speaks of tlie Saturday preceding as affording re- ults iu the Convbntioii, which murked it as a me morable day in the protruded sitting of tlmt body. It was (says tlio Enquirer) interesting on many accounts. The “all-ubsording question” of tlie Basis of Representation came up again to be decid ed. Tlie ayes and lines were called seven times during the day. The question assumed a variety of forms. The sense of the Convention was tried on Mr. Leigh’s scheme of representation—It was tried on tho plan of the Federal Basis in the II. of Delegates, and the White Basis in the Senate—It wus tried on the mixed Basis in tlie H. of I)., und the federal basis iu the Senate:—on the plun of taking Mr. Gordon’s apportionment for the present &u prospective rc-upportionmeut in tho year 1841, and every 20 years thereafter, founded on the number of free wlpte inhabitants for the II. of I). and on the federal basis fur the Senate. But, nit those propositions were lost, and (he last one, by an equal ijivision of all the Convention, 48 to 48.—And filially the only proposition for the Basis of Representation, which was found to unite a majority of votes, was Mr. Gordon’s resolution, which adopted no sjiecifieil basis, and provided for no prospective apportionment.—This resolution prevailed by a majority of 14 votes. But what made this day still more interesting, were the speeches which were delivered just be fore the vote, was taken—A* the chair was in the act of propounding tlm question, Mr. Cooke of Frederick arose to address the House. lie rose to give his reasons ut large for voting for Mr. Gor don’s resolution—He was followed on the same side tiy Mr. Henderson of Loudoun—The speech es of these gentlemen aru this day laid before our reuders, mid they will best speak for themselves. But we cannot transfer to this paper the earnest and emphatic mid eloquent mauiier with which they poured forth their sentiments—Few are the scenes, w hich, during this Convention, have equal led this one in the intensity of feeling thut it pro duced. The speeches of Messrs. Cooke and Hen derson, successively culled up Messrs. Thompson, Johnson, and Mercer—undtheremarksofMr Mer cer called up Mr. Upshur—and some scenes were developed to the House, which had been exhibit ed elsewhere, and which seemed to have affected in no slight degree the Proceedings of the Conven tion itself. The House did uot adjourn till after sun-set, having protracted their sessiou nearly 6 hours. Yesterday, a new scheme for future apportion ment, founded on the basis of qualified voters, was presented by Mr. Stuart, laid upon the table and Tbe National Intelligencer of tlie 24th ult. suys, " Front Itirlimoud we learn, privately, that not withstanding tlie vote uf Saturday last, (the day noticed by the Enquirer as memorable for its re sults) every thing is yet unsettled iu the Conventi on." It seems then quite probable, thut if also late a period nothing had been settled, no Consti tution will be agreed on—or if one be passed in Convention fiy a lean majority, tlmt it may not inspire endugh confidence to'insiire its acceptance by the people. A remarkable incident occurred in tile Virginia Coirvpntion on Friday last. It was tho circum stance of Mr. Mamson'* voting nguiost every otli- member of the Convention, on a proposition, too, not iiis own. Of the grent variety of projects firu basis of representutaion, which have been pressed hy their res|ieclive' authors, for several weeks past, one wns deemed by Mr. M. us the most lair and expedient, anil he embraced it; but, it appearing in (lie end, that it could not be curried, ami that one variant w ould unite more votes, the fdeiils of the former, including the mover himself, nhaidoued it for tlie latter—tlie opposite party vot ing Sgaiusl it of course; so that when tlie question cane up on ugreeiug to the first proposition, every meixber voted against it excepting .Mr. Madison, wlm, seeing no reason to change his opinion, maiitained his consistency by voting (or it. Thus it wii that this veuernhle and illustrious citizen, whose pane atone is “atower of strength,” pre- sentjd the extraordinary spectacle of giving his soliury vote aguinst the w hole Convention.—A'a- lioiul Intelligencer. -—•••— Wahiuncson, Dee. 18. Noiatsinessol' consequence Ims yet been trunsutted iu cither House of Congress ; nor is it probable tlmt any .will be for some days tti come, Tlie little symptoms of eoiiteslj which Lave taken place in the House of Representatives, on incipient propositions, are but the skirmishings be tween the sentries, preludes to more im- porUut engagements.—Nat. ltd. Fayetteville, Dec. 24. North-Carolina Hank Notes.—It will afford pleasure to our readers to learn, that thu lute able and correct management of the local Hunks in this State, lias gradu ally appreciated their paper, uutil it m now actually on a par with the United States Bank Notos. Tho Branch of the U. S. Bunk in this place has, for severaI du vs past; received theta in payment for checks on the 'Nbrthcru Cities at the usual rate of 4 per cent, premium. Au idea* of the value of property, in Market-street, Philadelphia, may he form ed from the terms nn which two stores are about tu be erected near Fourth-street.— The lot is about thirty feet front, mid is leased for ten years ut the rent of $ 1400 per unman. Two brick stores are to he buTit upon the lot by the lessee, which ut the end of the term, become the property of the owner of this ground.—Nat. Gat. pointed by both Houses. On the part of tho Senate it wus composed of Messrs. Griffin, Haig, und Glover—on the part of th6 House, of Messrs. Black, Lugare, Butler, R. B. Smith, and It. \V. Alston. 'Plie Joint Committee recommended tlmt the Scnato should recede. Tho Sennte did recede, and the appropriation was re stored.*’—-CAor. Covr. We have received the tw o first numbers uf the work noticed below, and consider it fully entitled to ull the coiumcndatiou bestowed on it, It deserves, and wc hope will cotniiiund, success : The American Recorder.—Under this title we received to-day, the first number of u very useful publication, just under taken at Washington by Geo. HI. Grouurd. It is a record in a pamphlet form, of slate papers, atid public documents of all kinds —neatly printed, of about 20 pages, and promising, from this fust specimen, to be a very valuable addition to the channels through which the people of the country may he made more acquainted, than they are, with the details of national affairs.— It is to he a Recorder, and not a Com mentator—to give the text of public mea sures, and not editorial opinions. We much like the plan and the execution; and, us it is only an experiment thus far, wc recommend it to putrouuge, in the hope that may lie permanently continued. Tlie price is $5 per annum.—N. Y. American. A letter from Columbia, gives the fol lowing account of a very extraordinary proceeding in the Senate on the last day of tho Session. It tvrll be recollected that the vote in the Senate on Thursday, on the clause granting u loan of $ 100,900 to tbe Rail Rond Company, was, yeas 20, nays 17- On Friday a proposition to strike out that clause, was received by u vote of 19 ayes to IS lines; nt a later hour of tho day, when the House refused to strike nut, and when seven members had left the Semite, that body persisted in striking oat, by a vote of 16 to 14, and it wns iiot until a conference was held through committees, that the clause was permitted to remain: “ A subject of difficulty occurred in re lation to un appropriation of ij 100,000 for the Rail Road Company. The histo ry of this difficulty is an unomaly in legis lation. The House of Representatives, two dqys .ago, decided, by yeas und nays, to authorize nn issuo of Stock for the be nefit of tlio* Company to the amount of 250,000 dollars. On tlie sume day, a si milar Bill was rejected by the Seiiutp, by a very, large majority. Of course the friends of the Rail Roud considered tbe matter totally lost, and reconciled them selves to the rejection us well ns they could. On the day following, however, the Senate upon motion of Mr: Senbrook, supported by Mr. Huger, inserted nn n- mendinent in the Appropriation Bill, ug- N’xw-York, Dec. 23. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. By tlie Racket ship George (.'aiming, Capt. Francis Allyn. which arriveil lint evening, we ip- rajivrd ut n Into hour, Liverpool papers of24tb and London of 23d Nov. The most important in telligence Is that which relates to this country. It tvus said that the intended steam communion' tiou tint ween Valentia in Kerry, mid America, would be carried into execution on thu meeting of Parliament, w here it would receive the suppict of the Marquis of Lansdow n und Mr. O’Connell. IajNdon, Nov. 23. WEST INDIA TRADE. We announced some days ago thut npprehrn- slons were entertained that our government were seriously thinking of throwing open the West In dia trade to the United Stutes. There is now no doubt, extraordinary as it tuay appear, thut such is the fact. The negociations upon this subject huve been going on suh rosa, for some months. Extract of u letter dated Liverpool, 20th Nov. with u Postscript of 24tli idem. There has been nn active deinund for Cotton thi; week, 28.310 lialys of ull descriptions having liiund buyers—Uplands 6 a C^d., Orleans5J a 74; 140 at 8d., Alabama 5 a Cjd. The market has been ussisled l>y speculators, whose operations amount to 0000 tales, of which 3500 lire American, and the remainder Brazil.— The sales made have been generally at on ndvnncc of 4 per lb. upon the previous currency, and in some cuses holders have realized an improvement ol j in the middling qualities of Upland. Mim e the 1st January, 420,033 hales have been received into this port, against 378,634 to this |«riod lust year. The increase from the United Stutes is now 41,309 bales. Died, on the morning of Decemlier I2th, nt the residence of his son, iu Washington City, in the 60th ycnrofhisage.thc Rev. Wm. Staughton, D. I). President ot the College in Georgetown, Ky. GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA. At an Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, held at the Masonic llall in the town of Milledgeville, on Monday, the 7th day of December, A. D. 1829, A. L. 5829, information being communicated ofthe decease of our highly respected Brother, the R. W. B. D. Thompson, Pust Deputy Grand Muster, it wax, on motion, Resolved, That in testimony of our high regard for our deceased Brother, mid as a mark of respect to his memory, the Jewels and Furniture of the Grand Lodge lie clad in mourning during this Grand Communication, ami that the Brethren wearcrape on the left arm for thirty days. Resolved further, That Bros. P. T. Schley, T. F. Green and It. K. Hines, be a committee to trans mit ii copy of these resolutions to tlie family of our deceased Brother, and that they he published. A true extract from the minutes, TIIOS. F. GREEN, Grand Sccratnry. purpose therefore, of ascertaining the People on this fill-important and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 17th December 1829. W HEREAS the number of memliers, which, ■nder the present provisions of the Consti tution of this State, compose the General Assem bly, is considered by many of tbe good citizens of the State, by far too numerous, and consequently unnecessarily expensive, for nn economical Peo ple.—For the pi the voice of the interesting subject— ^ Be it therefore resulted, That ull tlie voters of Georgia who feel for the interest and prosperity of the State, and who wish to reduce tho number of the members of the General Assembly of Georgia, be required on the first Monday in October next, to say, on their ticket, if Ln favor of a reduction— “ REDUCTION"—ifuguinstit, " NO REDUC TION.” t Resolved further, T,kut the Superintendents of Elections on that dayVcep a poll of the same, and certify it to the Govern.»r, a statement of the poll, and that he cause the same to be laid before tbe next General Assembly ; and that he cause these Resolutions to lie published once a month in the Gazettes of Milledgeville, until the election. Approved, Deceipher2l, 1829. GEORGE R. GILMF.R, Governor. AN EXHIBIT Of the Fiscal concerns of the Corporation of Mil ledgeville, in the year 1829. 1829 DB. , balance from tbe year 1829, 9 « 52 Taxes . . . 1695 54 Licences, . . . 400 00 Kents, , ,,. . - . 1676 40 $ 3778 46 3691 86 Li the Treasury, .. . ... w .,. . . $ 86 60 1829 CR. By Secretary, Murshal and Deputy Mar shal's salury, $ 750 00 " Hire, hoard and clothing of 8 negroes, 1126 00 “ Two Mules ]30 00 “ Forage for four Mules, 328 93J “ Jus. Clark, for the use of the Jail three- fourths year, 37 50 . “ Penitentiary for two Carts, Ac. . . . 109 12J “ Sani'i Tucker, for runuiiig Kuck-wnll in Green street, 226 374 “•Do. do. for walling Well iu Montgo mery street, 38 50 “ John lilarlor fur repairing Guurd- house, . 45 75 " Penitentiary forthe year 1828, .... * 77 374 “ Board and clothing for a Pauper, 13 50 “ Blacksmiths work, 151 121 “ Scantling iu the year 1828, , 29 25 “ F. M. Stone for freight of Fire-buck ets from New-York 7 50 “ Tomlinson Fort for lumber in 1828, 13 20 o D. Ft. Halstead for Lime io 1828, 17 59 “ William H. Torrance,for professional services in 1825 . . . , . 15 00 “ It. K. Hines, for do 59 09 “ II. P. Humphrey, adm'r. for V, E, Vickers, 8 124 “ Commission on collecting $3371 94 n C.j percent, 210 74 “ Incidental El|ieiices, ......... 246 80). $ 3691 6G R. B. WASHINGTON, Treasurer. Jaotnry 1, 1830 JL GTON Sheriff's Sale...* HI lm Sold, on the first Tuesday MvunA lxodgp. ol! littovg'ia. A NNUAL Communication, Dec. 7th, Tlie Grand Lodge proceeded to the eleetiou ot Officers for the ensuing Masonic year; on count ing out the ballots, the following was declared the result: M. W. William Schlev, Grand Muster. R. W. N. II. Oi.mstead, Dep. Grand Muster. It. W. S. JtocKWKLL, Deputy Grand Mustuix R. W.M. Neal, Deputy Grand Master. K. W. J. Hudson, Senior Grand Warden. R. W. W. P. IIavnes. Junior Grand Warden. R. W. K. K. Hines, Grand Treasurer. R. W. Thomas F. Green, Grand Secretary. Rev. Bru.'TuostAS Daklky. Grand Chapfalt% VVor. P. T. Schley, Grand Marshal. Wor. J. Mn.LEn, Senior Grand Deacon. Wor. P. Cam.an, Junior Grand Deacon. Bros. Henry Darnell and l „ , e ,„„. , • LT.Ccsh.no. J Grand Steward Dm. J ames Clark, Grand Tyler. A True extract from the minutes, TIIOS. F, GltEEN, Grand Secretary, January 2 NEW SCHOOL. M ISS BENIIAM, (Into Principal in several distinguished Female Institutions at the North,) will re-open her SBLBOT SCHOOL for Young Ladies,iu Milledgeville,on the first Mon* day iu January, (inst.) which she trusts to rendet worthy the patronage of all who regard the Well- ordered education of their daughters and wards, of primary importance. Avoiding an nstenlntionsrmimemtion of stailies not often pursued, and less frequently understood, the more essential elements of learning proposed to he taught in this School, are—Orthography, Rending, Wriling, English Grammar, Geography— Ancient, Sacred ana Modern—Arithmetic. Geo metrical construction, Drawing and Painting of Mails, use of the Globes—the various Departments und Epochs of History—particularSy of America and the United Stutes, including Lectures; Belles lettres, Composition; Logic, Moral Philosophy and Algebra, so tar as requisite for the Demonstra tions in Natural Science, or Analytic Philosophy y Chemistry, Botany and Astronomy, with Experi ments, Lectures; Velvet and Laudsearie Painting, Ac. Ac. While neitherzeal nor assiduity will bo spared in accelerating the advancement of her pu pils, so un fidelity of concern shall he wanting to form their manners and improWtheir virtues. MUSIC.—'l’lic assistance of a first rate Music’ Teacher, of approved experience, will be added to the other advantages of this School, as soon as the number of pupils, entered iu this department shall warrant it. It shall lie, in short, her great endea^ vnr, to tender the advantages ut this School so en tirely adequate to all the wishes and interests of female education, as to leave Milledgeville and its vicinity under no necessity or motive for going e- broad to obtain similiar instructions. Mllledeevtlle, January 2 49—2t7 S) a IFiULlIt W ILL continue to PRACTICE MEDICINE at his old stand, in Morgan county, twelve miles Sdlith of Madison, where he expects to i^)l tend to calls in lhe various branches of his profession. He also earnestly, invites persons dropsically affected to give him u call, us lie can assure the public, that for the last twelve yeurs, he hus cured the various forms 'of thut dangerous complaint with quite a superior de gree of certainty, from what is ordinary. It de sired, he will undertake, so tlmt if he effects no cure, he will have no pay for whut be docs. Per-- sons nt a distance must come to, or near hint, no matter what part of the body is tbe seat of the Dropsy, nr Imw deenly affected by it, provided mortification hus not already taken place. It is also believed, that in cases where from seri ous collections upon the brain, persons are subject to Epileptic Fits or other violent and irregular nei« votis and muscular affections, lie can perform a cure ; hut sufficient numbers have not ha:en sub jected to experiment to enable him to decide posi tively on this brunch. I do certify, that Dr. Fall tried his medicine up on u negro man of mine, who had been subject to strong Epileptic Fits for upward^of four years, and I have evgry reason to believe by iierseverance. • perfect cure will be effected. The effect ofthe medicine on my fellow was truly astonishing. JAMES CAMERON. For the encouragement of persons afflicted with; Dropsy, I wish to state to the public, that I hath the Dropsy fully two years, notwithstanding I had the best medical assistance in (ny neighborhood* but I still grew worse and worse, until iny life be* came despaired of; while in thi* condition, I hap pened to see Dr. Fall's advertisement respecting Dropsy, and immediately went to his house, who quickly, and I believe effectually relieved me, so that I enjoy better health and vigor since, (hats T have for many years nest. VVM. T. MORTON, of Putnam county. January 2 49—e3mtf T Yi&nd i’osr Sa\». IIE subscriber offers for sale i TRACT OF LAND in Troup county, No. 109,12th dis trict, containing 2024 acres oi OAK AND KXOKOR7. An elegant water-course runs through the greater . part of it. The said Tract of Land su drawn by Jacob Waver. Apply to JOHN J. WAVER, December 23 49—3t JiLOllGlA, Laurens county. W HEREAS Edward Bryan applies for letten of administration on the estate of Jesse See. late of said county, deceased : These are therefore to oite and admonish ell and singular the kindred and creditors of said decent eel, to be and,appear at my office within the tiinA prescribed by luw, to shew cense, (if any they cun,) why said letters should not be granted —Giv en under my liuud. this 24th day of Dec. 1629. January 2 THOMAS MOORE, Cl’k i. o. l^OTIUE.—All persons indebted'to' the estate ly| of William Bivins, late of WijKiiison nunr-. ty. deceased, are required :o make immediate pays ■uent; and all having demands egainst the estate, ■ tu render them in legally attested, to JOHN HALL, Fi’or. and POLLY BIVINS, Ex’ixs January 0 4! 1 —6t F OUR months after date, ftpplicttiiou will bo medu to the honorable the Inferior court of Butts county; when sitting for ordinary E urposei), for leave to sell the reel estate of Jobo arklev, late of said county, deredsed, consisting of one Lot of Land, No. 2ld, in the 1st district fog uierly Henry, now Butts enuutv- ' SAMUEL k. N1TT, Adm’k, JANE BA^RLCV Jtdm’rmT J 8 Htf»ry2,.ie.3Q <£-