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STATE S O V E K E I U N T V.
THE RECORDER.
MILLEDGEVILLE.
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Tuesday, November G, 1S38.
The very able Message of the Governor of Georgia,
which wo present to otir readers to day, will iusten theii
attention. Ir is replete with interesting topics, views,
and recommendations, on subjects with which the public
welfare is intimately connected- Governor Gilmer, ns
usual, is open, independent and decided, in the expression
of his opinions, on all the subject* of interest now engros
sing the feelines of the people: and those who even may
not agree with him, in nil his views, will be compelled to
• ward him the highest tribute a» « statesmen, the fearless
and independent advocacy of his own honest convictions,
without the slightest regard to its effect upon his own popu
larity. Such statesmen are at this day almost as rare as
the phoenix among birds; and the very scarcity of such
public men, gives Georgia just eausc to congratulate her
self, that she ha* at her helm a man w ho w ill do his duty,
and serve hi - country with fidelity, even should ho sacrifice
himself in doing so. We glory in the support of such a
man. We must postpone further remarks on the message,
and commend it to our readers.
Alabama and the Van Berks Sub-Treasury.—I
si ill he noticed by the reader, that Alabama, according ti
the account of the Intelligencer, published at the seat t f
government of that State, is decidedly opposed to the Sub-
Trensnry measure of the Federal Administration. We
had feared, that a combination of untoward circumstances,
wauld have rivited the fetters on our neighboring State,
more firmly than ever, and that it would have been evi
denced by an increased subserviency to the Federal Ad
ministration, and the advocacy of its leading policy. In
this it seems, we were deceived; and with unfeigned
pleasure do we reiterate the expressions of the Intelligen
cer, in rejoicing “that Alabama has hurst tho shackles of
party vassalage, and taken her stand w ith her sisters of
the South, the Old Dominion, North Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi and Louisiana, in opposition to the leading
measure of Mr. Van Boren’s administration.’’ Thus is
the South once more united; and thus united, we may
laugh to scorn all the machinations of the enemies of oor
institutions and of our prosperity. We can now present
a front, which must and will he respected, in the halls of
Congress, and throughout the Union. Well dune Ala
bama.
Cotton—In Macon, on the 3d instant, 8 a 12.}.
“ Augusta, on the 1st inst.. 11a 13}.
“ Savannah, on the 29th ulr., 8 a 12}.
freights from Augusta to Savannah $ 1 per bale.
“ Augusta to Charleston by Railroad, } per
cent, per pound.
Tho General Assembly convened^in the State Ilottso
agreeably to the Constitution on yesterday; after examin
ing tho credentials and qualifying thejmembers, they pro
ceeded to the election of officers, when upon the first baL
lotting the Hon. Charles Douguertt, of Clark, was
chosen President of the Senate; and the lion. Jo3EP3
Cat, of Jones, elected Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives. The balloting as follows ;
Tor President of the Senate—
Charles Dougherty. (S. R.)
Robert M. Echols, (U.)
Peter Lamar, (no candidate,)
Sp eakcr of the House of Representatives ;
Joseph Dat, (U.)
James A. Meriwether, (S. R.)
Neither of the candidates in either house voting. There
wero of tho State Rights members of the House, absent 3,
resigned 1.
For Secretary of Senate—Mr. Horn declined after the
3d ballotting, and Mr. J. T. Lamar was taken up.
Horn, (L\)
Lamar, (U.)
Hardeman, (S. R.)
Hill, (S. R.)
Cherry, (S. R.) ,
For Clerk of the House:
Dyson, (U.)
Thornton, (S. R.)
Carnes, (S. R.)
Cubbies*. (S. R.)
Clark, (S. R.)
Blank,
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GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
To-day, both Houses of the Legislature received fror
his Excelienry the Governor the following Message:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, >
Milledgeville, 6th November, 1338. )
Tcllaus-Citizens of the Senate
and House of Representatives :
I congratulate you upon the successful removal of the
Cherokees from the State; that you will no longer be ha
rassed in your legislative proceedings, by the perplexing re
Intions which have hitherto existed between them, the
United States and Georgia; that our citizens are at last in
the quiet possession of all their land: and the State the
undisputed sovereign within her own territory.
Immediately upon coming into office, a correspondence
was entered into with intelligent persons in different parts
of the Cherokee country, for the purpose of ascertaining
the temper and designs of the Indians, and the extent of
the danger to be apprehended from them; and with the
Secretary of War, and Col. Lindsay, (then commanding in
the Cherokee country) as to the force which should be pro
vided to give security to our citizens. Enquiry was made
into the conduct of the agents who had been appointed to
protect the rights of the Indians. It having been found
that this trust, important both for thwcharacter and peace
of the country, had not been discharged at all, by some,
and abused by others, and that considerable irritation had
already been excited by trespassers upon the property of
tho Indians, and by the unauthorized interference of the
officers of the United States, in assuming the right to ad
just them ; measures were taken to control this improper
conduct of the officers, and respectable agents were ap
pointed to take care that wrong6 done to the Indians should
be properly redressed.
It was considered highly important not only to secure
the people against actual danger, but create among them
such confidence in their safety as to prevent the panics
From idle rumors, to which those who are exposed at all
to attacks from Indians, are peculiarly subject.
J he militia of the Cherokee country having been disor
ganized by the withdrawal of a considerable part of its
force to Florida, orders were given and repeatedly enforced
upon the officers, to perfect their commands.
A regiment, composed of one company of mounted in
fantry in each of the Cherokee counties, was formed and
armed, in pursuance of the act passed at your last session.
Upon the urgent request of this department, ten volun
teer companies of mounted men, of the militia of the State,
were taken iuto the service of the United States, and sta
tioned near the large Indian settlements in fortified posi
tions, as assembling places for the people in cases of alarm,
and to control the conduct of the Indians.
When the requisition was made by the authority of the
President of the United States, for twenty companies of
the militia of the State, to be employed in enforcing the
execution of the Cherokee treufy, orders were immediate
ly sent by expresses to the commanding officers of the
twenty regiments nearest to the Cherokee country, to raise
one company from each; have them organized, and march
ed w ithout delay to Nevv-Echota, the place appointed for
their rendezvous. Upon Gen. Scott’s arrival at that place,
on the evening of the twenty-third of May, he found an
army of Georgia militia, armed and ready to execute his
command.
On the 2Qd of May, the day before the expiration of the
time when the Cherokees were to have completed their re
moval from the State, according to ihe treaty, the Presi
dent laid before Congress the terms of a new contract with
the Chiefs of the tribe, by which he assured them, that
they should be allowed two years to remain in the State,
if that length of time should be found necessary for their
comfort arid convenience, that they should emigrate them-
•elves if they desired it, that the Government would pro
tect their persons and properly from all illegal acts of en-
cioacbment and violence, and that instructions should be
sent to the commanding General, to act in conformity with
these assurances. Fortunately for the country, our people,
Bnd the Indians, the dreadful scenes of strife ana massacre,
which this conduct of the President was calculated to pro
duce, were prevented by the promptness and energy of
Gen. Scott and the Georgia troops; all difficulty in remov*
ing the Indians having been overcome. Gen. Scott left the
State before he received the instructions issued in pursu
ance of the proposals of the President to the Cherokee
Chiefs.
Nc troops were employed but the militia of the State, in
removing the Indians. The State is grently indebted to
them, Gen. Scott and Gen. Floyd, both for the efficiency of
their services and -the universal kindness with which the
Indians were treated.
1 he accompanying documents will show the course pnr-
marf by the Executive Department upon this subject.
About the last uf May, a body of Indians from Florida,
took refuge in the Ukeliuokee Swamp. Directions were
immediately given to the commanding officers of- the mili
tia ot Camden and Ware counties, to call out the whole or
such portions of their commands as they might consider
necessary for the defence of the inhabitants.
The President was informed at the same time of this in
vasion of the Stale by Indians, and requested to order to
that part of the country a competent force to repel them.
Ihe scarcity and high price of provisions, the sparseness
of the population in the neighborhood of the Okcliuokee
and the want of u:i appropriation of money bv the State
tor that purpose, rendered it very difficult to keep the mi
litia in the tick!. Under those circumstances, frequent ap
plications were made to the President and Sec.clary of War,
to direct supplies to be furnished, so as to enable the mili
tia to act efficiently in affording protection to the people
until the United States troops should supply their place.
The Department was answered that the United States had
no quarter-master or Commissary, who could be spared to
perform tins service.
As soon as information was received that General Tay
lor had sent troops to the neighborhood ot the Osefinokee
orders were issued to discharge the militia. lh:s was
done w ith less hesitation, from the confidence which was
had in the vigilance and ability of General I aylor, a.id the
iuforni.iiian which had been previously received from the
most respectable sources that the Indians were few in num
bers and had made no attacks upon the inhabitants Jm-
mediatelv after Gen. Tavlor had stationed bis troops around
the Oke.fuiokfce, and before the discharge of the militia eight
or nine persons, mostly women and children, were horri
bly tur.ssactvd by the Indians in tint immediate vicinity c>!
the station of a company of United States Dragoons, and
not very distant front a considerable miiitia force under
the command of Col. Hilliard. The alarm produced by
this unfortunate event caused the general abandonment
of their homes and property by the people of that part of
the country, au i brought upon them cpvat distress and suf
fering.
Additional troops wero taken into the service,and orders
given for raising a regiment which has been since orga
nized and musters d into the United States service, and is
now operating under the command of Gen. Flovd It is
to bn expected from the gallantry of this officer and bis
regiment, that the savage enemy will soon be distroyed or
driven fioin the state
Application bus been ma le to the War Department to
pay the militia of Ware and Camden counties who were
called out by the State to repel the invasion of the Indians.
I have been answered that there are no funds subject
to the payment uf such claims. It will be proper, there
fore, fur the Legislature to make immediate provision for
tiio payment of the militia and for the supplies furnished
them so that the accounts may he laid before Congress for
reimbursement.
Tiie sum of one hundred and f.irtv-six thousand three
hundietl and forty-four dollars, eighty-five cents has been
paid by the State in the execution of the law of 1839 to
provide for the payment of the volunteers in this Stare for
services, losses, and expenditures during the Creek and
Seminole campaigns, and the law upon the same subject
passed in 1337. This sum has been charged against the
United States with a credit of four thousand eight hundred
and eighty three dollars, 3 cents. The unexpended bal
ance of thirty-five thousand dollars pda red in the hands of
Governor Sciilev by the Secretary of War, to be expended
by him for the public srrvioo in the Seminole and Creek
campaigns, and which is now on deposit in the Central
Bank, making the actual amount charged againist the Unit
ed States, one hundred and forty-one thousand five hun
dred and thirty-one dollars, eighty-one cents.
As soon as the accounts wero audited and paid off and
copies made our, they were forwarded to the War Depatt-
ntent, with the request that they should bo passed upon as
soon as possible.
A communication was addressed immediately thereafter
to each Senator and Representative in Congress from the
State, informing th>'m of what bad thus been done, re
questing that they would ascertain what portion cf these
accounts would b-> paid by the War Department, and apply
To Congress for the passage of a special law directing the
payment of tho remainder. Tho session of Congress was
too near its close when the accounts were transmitted to
Washington City, to admit of anv settlement before its ter
mination, and no information has been received from the
War D.-partmnm upon the subject, since that time.
The progress of the Western and Atlantic Railroad has
been satis factory. The grading and masonry of one hun
dred miles have been contracted for upon favorable terms;
fifty of which will bo exeented by the month of July next,
and tho remainder by the end of the year.
The entire route for the road to the Tennessee river has
been surveyed. Several new routes of parts of tne road
which had been located, have also been surveyed, in order
to satisfy the demands of different sections of the country,
and to ensure the best location.
Th p length of the road from its southern termination to
the Tennessee river, will be one hundred and thirty-four
miles; and its cost, according to th** estimate of the chief
Engineer, (exclusive of the right of way, and of the ser
vices of the Commissioners) about two millions five hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars. The survey and loca
tion have cost about fifty-one thousand dollars.
The chief Engineer is of he opinion, that the cost of
the road will be less than any other railroad in thn United
State', constructed in the same manner, and on an equal
scale.
In pursuance of the law authorizing the Board of Com
missioners in conjunction with the Governor, to sell .State
Stock, to raise funds for carrying on the construction of the
road, one hundred thousand pounds sterling of stock have
been issued. The President of the board (Mr. Crawford)
who was deputed to sell this stock, found it unsuitable for *
the market, in consequence of the form in which it issued.
Mr. Crawford was however enabled to raise three hundred
thousand dollars, with the promise of an additional hun- |
drod thousand, if it should he wanted, by pledging n part
of the stock anil agreeing for the Legislature, that it will
at its present session authorize the issuing of such stock as
will suit the European market; that it shall he offered for
sale to the contractors as early as the month of April next;
and that the money which has been advanced shall be re
funded out of the. proceeds of the sale. The State is to
pay five per cent, interest upiui the loan of this three hun
dred thousand dollars, tiom the lime that the bills drawn
by Mr. Crawford on the contractors, shall be accepted and
paid in London. The funds (bus obtained in Nmv-Vork
have been sold Jiere for a premium of about four per cent.;
so that the use of three hundred thousand dollars in Geor
gia money for one year, has been procured for the Statu
without cost, or not exceeding one percent, per annum.
The Legislature, is requested to make immediate provis
ion for fulfilling this contract.
Means must, also he provided during your present ses
sion. for the purchase of the iron railing for the road. As
the State will probably have to rely almost entirely upon
credit for carrying on its works of internal improvement,
it would perhaps be good policy to authorize at once the
sale of Stock, sufficient not. only to repay the three hundred
thousand dollars borrowed, and for the purchase of iron
tailing, but for whatever amount may he necessary for the
entire completion of tho Western and Atlantic Railroad,
and for giving to the railroads which are now progressing
by incorporated companies, such assistance a£ may be de
manded by the public interest.
The great value of our agricultural productions in Eu
rope; the freedom of the State from debt; and the high
credit of our Banking institutions nnd mercantile men,
will enable the Stale to enter the Stock market with many
advantages. The accumulation of wealth in Great Brit
ain, nnd the filling up of all the avenues of profitable labor
and investment, have tendered the price for the use of
money exceedingly cheap there, when compared to its
value here. The extended commercial connection be
tween Great Britain and the United States, nnd the np-
proach which they have made to each other, by the late
improvements in steam navigation, have made the surplus
money of Great Britain almost as accessable to us as its
manufactures of iron nnd cotton. Nor is there any strong
er objection to our becoming borrowers of that surplus
cupital, to ndd to our means of accumulating wealth, than
to our purchasing its products when they can be obtained
cheaper than similar products in our own country. So
long as the use of money is worth eight per cent, per an
num in this State, it cannot he injurious to the public in
terest to bring money from abroad at five per cent, to be
employed in constructing works of internal improvement,
whose piofits will most probably repay the capital and in
terest expended upon them, in a very short time, and which
might not be executed at all without thus obtaining the
aid of foreign capital.
The risk and delay which must always attend the trade
from the Gulf of Mexico around the peninsula of Florida
with the cities of the Atlantic, nnd with Europe, can be
best avoided by a line of railroad from the Chattahoochee
river to the Atlantic. Great advantages would he derived
from thus uirerting this trade to our seaports, and the
course of travelling between the South and the North,
through this State. Still greater advantages may he anti
cipated from completing the Western and Atlantic rail
road, and the railroads which connect it with our principal
cities. The difficulties which the Allegany and Blue Ridge
mountains present, to the transportation of the va^t pro
ductions of the Western and Southwestern States of In
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and the upper part of Alabama, to the markets on the
seaboard, can no where be overcome with so much ease as
through these lines of railroad.
If we shall ever succeed to the extent of our wishes, in
enjoying the advantages of direct importations from Eu
rope, of the proceeds of the sales of our agricultural pro
ductions exported thither, it must be by these facilities for
transportation, bringing such an accession of capital to our
cities as to enable, the Southern, Southwestern and
Western merchants to sell what they have to export, and
obtain the supplies of Europenn goods upon as favorable
terms, in our markets, as in New-York. And by inducing
the Northern manufacturers to seek an exchange of their
fabrics in the same markets for our rice atnl raw cotton,
and the flour and pork of the 'Vest.
I consider it therefore of the highest imjiortance, that
the State shall proceed with the construction of the Wes
tern and Atlantic railroad as rapidly ns possible; and give
such assistance, bv the use of its credit, to the companies
now engaged in making the railroads which form the other
portions of the communications between our cities and the
South and West, as may be necessary for the successful
completion of their undertakings.
The application of the means of the State to assist these
Incorporated companies, » justified from tWa be- hrfcalling the attention of the Legislature to the propriety
wll j, ,p e pni,ii c good, nnd because the State of fixing the commissioner s salary bv law, providing for
ing identified with the public g —
can obtain money upon credit upon cheaper terms than rnm-
pnnios, whilst the companies cun construct the road and keep
them in repnir. much more economically than the public.
In thus supplying the means to chartered companies to
complete their roads, the use of which is not fiee for every
one, the State should take core, however, that sufficient
security is furnished by the improvements themselves, lor
the repayment of the money advanced.
The Highwassee Railroad Company in Tennessee, are
constructing a road from Knoxville to Red Clay, on the
line of this Suite, nnd about fifteen miles from the line ol
the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It will add greatly
to the trade and travelling 'which will pass over the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad to be connected with this road
whrn completed. The Highwassee company have- unei
with difficulties in procuring the means of carrying on
their road, which will probably be overcome by the Le
gislature, giving a.i assurance that this State will proceed
to make tiie branch road to connect the two roads togeth
er, whenever the Highwassee company shall have so far
progressed, as to render it certain that their road wiil be
completed. I would, therefore, recommend to the Legis
lature to pass a resolution giving such assurance.
In pursuance of the resolution passed at your last ses
sion. an agent was sent to negotiate with the Legislature
of the Slate of Tennessee, for the right of way for the
Western and Atlantic Railroad from the line of this State
to the Tennessee river. He succeeded in procuring the
passage of an act by the Legislature of Tennessee, grant
ing to this Slate for the Western and Atlantic. Railroad
the right of way with the same privileges nnd under the
same restrictions as had been previously granted to the
Highwassee Railroad Company. The copy of the net,
the instructions to the agent, and correspondence with the
Governor iff Tennessee, are laid before you. Great credit
is due to Genera! Newnsin, the Agent of the State, for the
zeal and intelligence with which lie performed the duty
assigned him.
Tne most admirable structure of Government, ttnd the
wisest system of laws cannot give security to the rights of
its patment, and of carrying on tiie benevolent purposes
of the Legislature in the education and support of the in-
ifi^mt deaf and dumb of the State, by snnjfe ceilaiu legis
lative provision.
The Legislature required of the Kx^Wtve Department,
by an act passed at its last session, to cause thebnnistering
and railing which formerly divided the lobby from the
Senate Chamber, to be replaced, and the Gallery of the
Senate Chamber to be enlarged, so as to correspond in
size and form with the Gallery of the House of Repre
sentatives, and approprinti d one thousand dollars for tlie
accomplishment of these objects. That sum has been
found entirely insufficient for the purpose.
Tho building and repairs of the public arsenals, the
keeping, repairing, distribution, nud collection of the pub
lic arms, and the appointment and salaries of the military
store-keepers, rrquil^to be regulated by law. Most of
what lias been done upon these subjects lias been either
without authority, or in pursuance of occasional resolu
tions of the Legislature, varying in their provisions from
each other.
The reports of the military store-keepers in Milledgeville
and Savannah, are laid before you. i here have been re
ceived from the United States, under the act of Congress
of 1803. during the past year. 788 muskets and 7-12 rifles,
nnd 2 brass 6 pounders, with the proper accoutrements.
The two brass six pounders were received as a part of the
States quota of public arms, at the request of the City
Council of Augusta, and have been placed in the posses
sion of tho volunteer company of that city, known as the
Augusta Artillery Guards. An effort, attended with some
success, has been made to collect into the Arsenal the pub
lic arms which had been scattered over the country during
the Seminole, Creek, anil Cherokee campaigns of 1836,
nnd those which had been in the possession of volunteer
companies become extinct, nud were either, becoming np-
propriated a# private, property,or destroyed from the want
of the car- necessary for their preservation. There are
some military stores and defective arms in the Arsenals
R -d elsewhere, which can never he of any further use.
citizens unless aided by a well constituted judiciary de- j and ought to ho sold. I would recommend tout you rc-
pnrtment.
universally
That our rights are without this security is
acknowledged. Since the Constitution has
j thorize this to bo
I transmit to you a list of Executive WOtTonfs, which
been altered so as to permit an improvement of our pre- have issued
sent system, none has yet been devised which would not
he attended, in the opinion of the Legislature, with evils
as great as those from which we now suffer. This dread
would seem to be excessive since the sensitiveness of the
public would be certain to direct the attention of the Le
gislature to the correction of any mischiefs consequent upon
the reform which might be adopted. Having expressed
my opinion to the Legislature upon this subject, very fully
in a former message, I again refer to it from a sense of the
strong obligation which continually rests upon the Govern
ment to provide the best security for its citizens against
injustice and oppression.
According to the form of our Government, it is made
the special duty of the Legislature to correct such imper
fections in the Constitution as may have been rendered evi
dent by experience.
On n former occasion, your attention was called to the
importance of reducing the Legislative body, and of equali
zing the representation of the people.
The necessity of reforming the Constitution in these
particulars, has become more pressing front the removal of
the Indians, and the great increase of the population of the
State. The apportionment when made according to the
census which has just been taken, will add greatly to the
number of the m'tubers of the Legislature. This enlarge
ment. of the Legislative body must lessen its responsibility,
: the past political year,, and of appoint
ments which have been made during the same time.
Resolutions of the Legislatures of Alabama, Ohio,
Kentucky, Maine, Arkansas, nnd Connecticut, upon vari
ous subjects of supposed common interest to the States,
are, by their request, luid before you fur your consider
ation.
I transmit to the House of Representatives the returns
of the Census of the State, which have been received
from the Clerks of the Superior Courts, of the several
counties.
Miij. Gen. Samuel Armstrong Daily, Brigadier Gen.
Mark Wilcox, and Brig Gen. Tally Vinson, have resigned
their respective commands.
The Rev. Chns. Wallace Howard, has been sent to Lon
don, for the purpose of procuring copies of such of the Co
lonial records us relate to the history and settlement of
this Stale.
The resolution past at your last session directing the
j publication of the annual report of Dr. (Jotting's Geolo-
; gical Survey, was not presented for approval until after
the time hud expired within which, by the Constitution,
the Governor is authorized to sign resolutions. This cir
cumstance, together with some difficulties which occurred
between Dr. Clotting anil the Stnto Printer, as to the time
and manner of printing, has prevented the publication of
: the report. This is, perhaps, not to be regretted, as it ap-
enha.nce the public expense, render its deliberations more ! pears to be the intention of the Legislature to publish a
tumultuous, and increase the uncertainty of its determma- 1 full report svh<-n the entire survey sh 1! be completed,
tions. J The Legislature is referred to the correspondence with
The great variety of sectional ar.d local interests existing ; the State Geologist and State Printer, for further explana-
tn our extensive territory, render it just to tho whole and
each part, tha' the representation of the people should be
made equal. But it is especially important, that tiie Sen
ate should be constituted differently from the House of
Representatives, and that it should he a smaller, more se
lect, and stable body than at present.
If the proposed amendments of the Constitution would
tend to secure a wise and just administration of public af-
lairs, it is due to the community and to the principles upon
which our Government is founded, (the capacity of the
people to govern themselves) that they should bo made.
The resolution passed at your last .session, authorizing
this Department to employ a competent Engineer to sur
vey the Chattahoochee River from West Point to Winn’s
Ferry, and report the obstacles to its navigation, and the
expense of removing them ; and also, upon the practica
bility of constructing a Canal, from the navigable waters
of the St. Marys to the Chattahoochee, was not carried
into effect, on account of the informality of the resolution,
and the want of an appropriation to defray the expense.
1 he transportation of the heavy agricultural productions
of the interior upon rivers, is usually the cheapest mode of
their conveyance to market, when it can be used. 1 would
there fire recommend that a general survey and examina
tion he made, not only of the Chattahoochee, hut of all
our rivers capable of being rendered navigable; and that
an experienced an<l skilful snperiutcndaut be appointed
to direct the application of the public money appropriated
* 1 “■* improvement, instead of the loose and wasteful
tion upon this subject.
The accompanying report of Dr. Cutting shows what
have been his operations during the past year.
The affairs of the Penitentiary have been conducted
during the past year, very successfully under the guperiu-
tendance of the present vigilant Principal Keeper, and
Board of Inspectors.
The police laws of the Institution require some reform,
principles upon j especially for preventing tho intercourse which is now-
permitted among the convicts. The buildings, also, re
quire some improvement. For information upon this and
other subjects connected with tho Penitentiary, you are
respectfully referred to the reports of the Board of Inspec
tors. and Principal Keeper.
At no time has public opinion been more alive to the
value of education, in producing individual excellence,
the security of public rights, and the general prosperity of
society.
The Presbyterian. Baptist, and Methodist denomina
tions of Christians, have, by the liberal zeal with which
they have endowed and are supposing the Oglethorpe
University, Mercer University, Emory College, and the
Georgia Female College, given tils full weight of their
highly important influence in favor of the be.'irfils to be
derived from intellectual cultivation, and the nhffuriou of
knowledge. The flourishing state id’ these vetarian
literary institutions, has not at a'! impeded the increasing
prosperity of Franklin College, its last graduating class
havitjg been its largest. The interest of the College
talent* fbtwesh flit n»a of their credit and capital; tho
great advantages wtrich they afford for carrying on trade;
the means which they tarnish for developing the natural
resources of the country, and coostructiag important works
of internal improvement; the stimulus which they give
to enterprize ; their tendency enlarge the quantity of ac
tive capital, and render its distribution convenient to the
people, fix the rate of interest, and lessens the exaction* of
usury.
Banks should be strictly prohibited from engaging
in any speculation whatever. I would respectfully recom
mend that the privilege of banking shall not hereafter
he conferred upon companies chartered for other purpose*.
I uni of the opinion that it will ndd to the public, security,
for the proper conduct of Banks which may hereafter be
created, if their chatters shall require, that the stock shall
Ik: distributed among numerous persons, and the amount
to be held bv individuals limited, so that no one, nor even
a few. will he able to obtain the entire control or manage
ment of any Brink—experience having proved that private >
Banks lire too apt to run into speculation, and that the j „ ^ J _ „,u,nrr*
temptation to fraudulent combinations, and excessive ere-j „f the South, the Old Dominion, North Carulinr >! * r *
ALABAM A AGAINST THS SCB-TRSASCSt !
We continue our report of the Alabama election. .
the Sub-Treasury bases. P"®
Casting up the account, we find that the House n f R
lesentatives stands Sub-Treasury seventeen, anti tfi"
three, showing an anti Sub-Treasury majority of it li
even if the 26 members not embraced in the fores,, ’
classification are all Sub-Treasury men; which weh»y^
reason to believe is not tho fact. Last year the Van j”
ren majority was from 12 to 15 ; this year there will
we think, an equal anti Sub-Treasury m ijoritv. °**
In the Senate we are inclined to admit that there »;n
he a majority of two or three in favor cf the Suh-Treastirr
though of the Senators elect, of whose politics we have
ceivod authentic Information, four to three are opposed**"
the Sub-Treasury. There wus a Van Burcn majority iJ"
year of a few votes.
There will he of course a decided ami Sub-Tr»a
majority on joint ballot. 7
We heartily rejoice that Alabama has hurst the shari
les of party vassalage, and taken her stand with her sin
ilit to individuals, is too great to he usually resisted, when
Bunks are in the hands of a few.
I gia, Mississippi and Louisiana, in opposition to the lend"
1 ing measure of Mr. Van Buren’s administration. p 0 '
Intimately connected with the subject of our Banks, is j old Somh Carolina—there she stands “ solitary and alonT'’
he policy proposed hv the Administration of the General j ,i monument of fallen greatness. “The union nf'w.
iovernnient, of collecting the public dues exclusively in | South 1”—ha ! ha ! hn ! But we will not exult over hT
lieu fortunes.
We intend to publish next week, it li.t of the member,
itli some remarks, which our present curtailed ’
the
Gov
old and silver, and entrusting their safe-keeping, until r
quired for expenditure, to individuals, instead of Banks, j
i he effect of these measures, if they had been a looted by }
Congress
all good
cully of purchasing public lands to every citizen, except
large capitalists and office-holders; endmigerud the cur
rency, bv constantly withdrawing from the Banks the ba
sis of their circulation ; lessened the safety of the keeping
of the revenue; added to the uncertainty and expense of
transferring the public money from the places of collection
is, would have been to have added to the cost of s ;„„ s u i|] „ot permit us to subjoin.— Tuscaloosa Intel
< upon which duties ate paid; increased the diffi- j
! The Apalachicola Indians are removed—and rontnirr
, to the expectations of litany of our citizens, without d tfi"
| cuity. Tiiis result is to be attributed to tiie weH-fim^i
j movements of Gen. Taylor, ar.d ihe officers and trou
| under bis command, who passed through this citv on th/j*
return to the Eust, on Wednesday last. Two
Eonipaniv,
to the places of expenditure; and to have locked up the | of mounted men, one of dragoons, under the con maud r
r c -.f :i r~.. r • . t ... . • r i . . 11 u *
Lieut. Lawton, the other infantry, commanded Ip C
*j>t.
public money, from the time of collection until wanted for
the purposes of the Government, instead of permitting it j Backus, crossed th- Apalachicola river nnd were pujb4
to add to the circulating wealth of the country, through J in the i ‘ r - T - -
the means of general deposites in the Banks. Nor would j p
the country have been compensated for these injurious
consequences from the proposed measures, by any corres
ponding advantages. The divorce of the Government
liom the Banks, could only have resulted in forming x
more intimate connection between its beneficiaries and the
people’s money! and increasing the dependance of the
officers of the Government and public contractors upon the
President, by enlarging tbu profits of the spoils to he di
vided among them.
Blessed, as our country is, with the most happily con
stituted form of Government, it belongs to those who are
entrusted with its administration, so to direct public af
fairs, as to afford to the people the fullest enjoyment of all I stipulated in the treaty for their lands and tmprorrmrm,
its advantages. That we may he enabled successfully to j by Major Boyd, the agent, who has been indefatigable iii
discharge that portion of this duty, which is imposed his exertions to induce them to remove, and likewise to
upon u*. is the earnest desire of
^ our fellow-citizen.
in the immediate vicinity of the Indian towns, a few J,, (
previous to the expiration of the time stipulated in t^
treaty for the removal of the Indians, the 20th inst. |y
learn that every preparation had been mr.V bv the Ind; ani
to take to the woods. Provisions and ammunition were in
readiness, and hut for the presence of a well discipHtw I
and determined force, and certain nightly amusements »,
up bv the officers and two friendly chiefs of the Tallahi*.
sees, brought on by Gen. Taylor, their plaits would doubt
less have been put in execution. On Saturday last tbev
were embarked, to the number of 230, men, wotura *rn|
children, on board the steamboats Izard ai d llodnev f„ r
their destination in the far West.
On board the boats the Indians were paid the amount
GEORGE II. GILMER.
ITEMS.
The poet Campbell, we ate told by Willis, in -me of
letters “ under the bridge,” is coming to our country to
visit the liailowed vale of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, which
his pen has immortalized, though never beheld by the au
thor. itis also said that Mr. Dickens, who writes under
the signature of Buz. nnd is the author of Pickwick,
Nicholas NirtVleby, &c., w ill shortly embark fi>r this coun
try in the Great Western.
The following definitions of ex]>eriraental and natural j
philosophy, (says Major Noah,) were given to us a few •
days since by a Pearl-street merchant. “ Experimental '
philosophy,” said h>', “ is. to ask a man to discount a note; i
Natural philoxopv is, to refuse it.”
The celebrated Indian warrior, Black Hawk, died atj
his camp on the river Des Moins, on the 3d ultimo.
A void argument with ladies; in spinning a varn among j
silks and satins, n man is sure to be worsted.
Throw a handful of charcoal into your pen every dav or !
two—your hogs will eat it freely, and thev will lie more !
hearty and healthy; besides you will never ho troubled i
with mealy pork.
A rich man is a slave to his feelings—a poor man to his j
wants.
\ Dictiosart used up.—A few days since, a gentle |
man requested a by slander to loan him two dollars, lie I
said he hadn’t it. “ Well,” said lie, “I’ll bu grided if I
the times ain’t right curious!”
Delicate wax of describing a kicking.—“ When !
E. was an his 'eg* again, Mr. T. paid his most sensitive i
parts divers severe visitations of shoe-leather. ”
j capture the fugitixe Creeks. Maj. Boyd has hern m-aj,
I the whole summer engaged with Capt. II utter’s command,
in their expeditious through the Oclockoney and Apalaebi-
j cola. We regret to leara that recently in n fracas with,
person named Britt, he was shot through the leg; lrappljy
i however not dangerously.— Tallahassee Flo., Oct. 27.
We learn by a gentleman from the East, that the Irnfi.
ans have come in at Fort Mellon to the number of nion.
than 100, where they are detained, preparatory to being
sent west. Tho Indians generally it is hulievrd, hit*
retired east, of the Suwannee, as no recent signs have !**,
discovered by any of the late scouts. An Indian vilbn
has been discovered this side of the Suwanne, supposed t»
have been occupied within two or three month*. Tli*n>
were some half dozen houses, well put lip for tm Indian
town, and inhabited, from all appearance, a cunsidenbis
length of lime. We are told that travelleis pass tlimigb
the nation ill almost every direction unmolested bv the hi*,
tiles.—lb.
Disgraceful Riot.—Last evening the disgraceful f»rr»
of Fanny Wright and Co., was again repeated at the Me
sonic Hall, and we venture to say a more brutal smieu-
ver disgraced the annals of the great Commercial limps
riiirn. At the usual hour for the commencement the H«il
was filled to overflowing, ami not less than 5000 tickets,
probably, were disposed of at the usual price of nursLik
ling each. At the commencement of the lecture, sum
slight interruption took place from the hooting nnd hi«mc
of tiie crowd, hilt ibis w as speediiy put down bv the inter
ference of a linge body of the \V atch, wltu had been order
ed in Bttendence by tin* Mayor. 1 lie Lecture proceeded aid
w as gone through with without further interruption. Tin
crafty Fanny carefully avoiding throughout, anv siludwy
to politics on either side of the question.
At the close of the performance, nearly an Inmr x«*
consumed before the male portion of the audience rrtifsd
from the Hall. Bv this time the cruwtl without Hadis-
manner which lias been hitherto pursued of expending ibe | however, suffering from the difficulty of forming a hoard
public money appropriated for such purposes.
1 would call the aticntion of the Legislature to the ne
cessity of ptoviejing for the settlement of all public ac
counts. According to the law now’ in force for auditing
public accounts, the Comptroller General is only authorized
to pass upon demands against the Treasury. The interest
of the Slate equally requires that the accounts of the
agents of the State entrusted with the expenditure of the
money appropriated for public purposes, and drawn from
the Treasury, should be subjected tothe supervision of some
officer specially charged w ith that duty. The public mo
ney has frequently been wasted, misapplied, or not applied
at nil to the objects intended, from the want of strict ac
countability on the part of puhiic agents. The Legislature
has the evidence of this at each session, in the defective re
ports received from the Trustees of the Academic and Poor
School Funds. Ihe large sums now appiopriated for the
erection of public buildings, improving the navigation of
rivers, and for the survey and construction of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, require that this subject should re
ceive the early attention of the Legislature.
Upon consulting with distinguished physicians in every
part of the State, it was determined, under the limited
discretion given in the selection of its location, to place
the Lunatic Asylum in the neighborhood of Milledgeville.
Doctors Fort and White were appointed, both to direct the
construction of the building, and to collect information in
regard to the proper regulations and management of the
institution; and will make their report directly to thn Le
gislature. Ihe large number of lunatics which are found
throughout every part of the country; the great aggregate
amount of suffering which they bring upon families and
neighborhoods; the expense and trouble of guarding, nnd
medical attention, when they are under the care of indi
viduals; the assurances given by experience, that in well
managed Asylums the cure of the insane is more certain,
and their suffering much less than under any private treat
ment whatever—make it one of the most important duties*
of the Slate, to provide such an institution for this unfortu
nate class of its citizens. It must be such an institution
too as will secure the public confidence, or the sympathy
which is felt for the insane by their friends, will confine its
use to the most hopeless cases, or those in whose restora
tion society has the least interest. I would therefore ear
nestly recommend, that the Asylum which is now erecting
shall be made to conform to the best models, without any
fear that the cost will exceed the benefit which it will con
fer upon the people. Tho appropriation made at your last
session will be thrown away, unless it is greatly increased.
Several acts and resolutions passed at your last session,
which-I considered violative of constitutional or important
legislative principles, were presented to me for revision so
immediately proceeding your adjournment that they could
not he returned. They are now transmitted to the Senate,
where they originated, with my reasons for not approving
them.
Elections for county and militia officers, tire frequently
contested before this Department, nnd the executive hns
constantly assumed the authority of determining upon their
validity. It is due to the rights of the people that the ex
ercise of this power should he regulated by law.
Some embarrassment has occasionally been met with in
inducting county officers into office, on account of the dif
ferent forms required for different officers. I would recom
mend that the law be so altered, that all the county offi
cers may be inducted into office under the same dedimut
potestatum.
A set of Standard Weights, prepared for the use of the
State, in pursuance of a resolution of Congress, have been
received from the Secretary of the Treasury, and tire now-
in the Executive office. The Legislature will have to
prescribe by law the mode by which the weights now in
use in the cities and counties of the State, shall be made
to conform to this set of Standard Weights.
In 1834, the Legislature appropriated $3,000 for the
support and education of the indigent, deaf and dumb of
the State, at the Asylum in Hartford, State of Connecti
cut, and directed the Executive to appoint a commissioner
to select and take charge of the deaf and dumb who
might he found willing to accept of its bounty. Of this
sum, $933 86| were expended during that year. At the
session of 1335, the Legislature appropriated fortbe same
purpose $4,450, in addition to tiie unexpended balance of
the appropriation of the preceding year, makfr.g the sum
of $6,516 13}, and the sum of $750 to pay the commis
sioner for his services. During that year, $345 were ex
pended by the commissioner. At the session of 1836-, the
Legislature determined that no additional appropriation
was then required for the benefit of the deaf and dumb,
and passed a resolution directing that $400 should be paid
to the commissione.r, which sum, not having been inserted
in the act of appropriation, was paid by the Governor out
of the contingent fund. At the session of 1837, the
House of Representatives passed a resolution that the
sii.n of $2,750 should be'appropriated for the education
and support of the deaf and dumb, in addition to the un
expended balance of previous appropriations in the hands
of commissioner; and that the commissioner should re
ceive $600 for his services, during the year. This resolu
tion was not definitely passed upon by the Senate, and no
appropriation was made by the Legislature for the benefit
of the deaf and dumb, or for the paymentof the commis
sioner. The commissioner has been paid $600 out of the
contingent fund. This statement is made for the purpoiw
of trustees for the management of its affairs. It ;s neces
sary either to lessen the number of trustees, or iii** num
ber which is required to form a quorum for doing business.
The law passed at tour last session, to establish a gene
ral system of education by common schools, was delayed
in going into operation, for the purpose of enabling the
people to express their opinions, through their representa
tives, in relation to its expediency. You are therefore, no
doubt, prepared to act in such manner upon this subject,
as your constituents may have determined u> he for their
interest.
A true bill of indictment was found at the !a«t January
term of the Superior Court of Chatham county, against
Philbrook and Killemn, for the same offence with which
they had been charged, when demanded ns fugitives front
the justice of this State, by my predecessor. The demand
for their arrest and delivery up to the Agent of this State,
as fugitives from it9 justice, was renewed upon the Gov
ernor *f the State of Maine, and by him again refused.
Copies of the report and resolutions adopted by your body
at your last session, upon this subject, were in consequence
of this conduct of the Governor of Maine, and in coniply-
•nce with your request, transmitted to the Governors, to
be laid by them before the Legislatures of the several
States; to the members of Congress from this State, to he
submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives,
and one to tho President of the United Slates.
As the Legislature of Maine does not meet until Janu
ary, 1839, its proceedings in answer to your resolutions,
cannot he reported to you during youi present session.
There can be but little doubt, however that those proceed
ings, when they do take place, will sustain the course
which has been pursued by the Executive authority of that
State. On the20i.li of March last, the Legislatureof Maine
passed a law upon the subject of fugitives from the justice of
other States, bv which it authorizes the Governor to satis
fy himself by investigation into the grounds cf a demand,
and whether it ought to be complied with. The Legisla
ture of Maine, in passing a law to direct the Executive of
tho Stale, is a matter which is determined bv the Consti
tution and laws of the the United Stales ; nud tiie Govern
or, in justifying himself under such a law, in refusing to
do wlmt is made imperative by the Constitution, lias evi
dently only acted in obedience to the state of public opin
ion in Maine, arising out of the opposition to the institu
tion of slavery in this Siute. llad tho persons who have
been demanded of the state of Maine, by this State, been
charged with any other crime than stealing a negro slave,
there can he no doubt but that they would have been deliv
ered up without difficulty.
If the people of Maine wiil thus prevent their authorities
from delivering up to the authorities of Georgia, for trial,
those who entice away from citizens of Georgia their slaves
and escape from punishment into the State of Maine, the
people of this Stntemust take menus to secure their rights
of property from tin: danger to which it will be thus expos
ed. The State of G eorgia hns the power to protect, its
own institutions, and it will he it* duty to exert it, if neces
sity should require.
Nothing but necessity, however, should induce the State
to adopt any course which may disturb the harmony of
the U nion, Having referred to the consideration ot the
Legislature of Maine, the conduct of the Executive of
of that State, in refusing to deliver up to this State, the fugi
tives from its justice, Philbrook nnd Kelleran, by your res
olutions, it will be proper to take no mensure upon this
subject until it shall have been acted upon by Maine.
Copies of the correspondence of this Dcpatmcnt, and all
the papers relating to the lust demand made upon the Gov
ernor of Maine, of Philbrook and Kelleran. are luid before
you.
I transmit to the Legislature copies of the last semi
annual reports of the Bunks of this State. Forming, as
the issues of the Banks do. the almost exclusive medium
through which all business i* transacted, and the value of
property estimated; it is one of the most important du
ties of the Legislature to examine into their state, to com
pel them to fulfil the conditions of their charters, and to
strengthen their capacity for usefulness.
The ruinous effects produced in many parts of our coun
try by the late extraordinary commercial pressure and de
mand for specie, have been, comparatively, but slightly
felt in this State. The general soundness of the condition
of our Banks enabled them, during their suspension of
specie pa\merits, to retain the confidence of the country,
and tit the same time, to give the usual facilities to busi
ness through the use of their credit. Their reports show
that all the hanks which had suspended, have resumed
specie payments, except the Farmers’ Bank o( Chattahoo
chee. Whilst the course of the Bank$ In suspending
specie payments should he cx.cused on account of the
force ot the circnmstghCOs under which they acted, the
Legislature should take care that it is not again pursued
but from the like necessity. Indeed the general converti
bility of Bank notes into specie, without difficulty or de-
lay, is so important for settling balances when trade 1ms
been against us, and keeping the rate of exchange at its
proper premium, that it may he udvisihla for the Legisla
ture to secure this object by additional enactments.
Batiks, when established upon priq>ef principles, and
compelled to act up lo their design, should be sustained by
the State as exceedingly valuable instruments for adding
to the wealth and prosperity of the community, by the
prafitah' p),ove*nt which they give to industry* aad
Mr. White of Florida contends that he first proposed » i crease to a most fearful extent—not less than lO.QflB
direct trade between Europe and the Southern ports of this •' persons were assembled in front of the building. A large
Republic. Why. the newspapers proposed the same ! number of females who (to their shame be it sshl)hsil at-
thingbefore Mr. White or any body else. But the news- ! tended the Lecture, now attempted to effect their *jr*»*.
papers do not alw ays get credit for the good they do, whilst
ail the harm they effect is very carefully remembered.
[Alexandria Gazette.
There are upwards of fifty millions of yards of various
fabrics manufactured at Lowell annually.
A Goon Suggestion.—The editors of the Boston Mer
cantile Journal suggest that Postmasters should he chosen I hour made her appearance. As she passed down the stub
by th« people. Every office in tho country should !;e j case and the long passage wnv, no symptoms of person*!
chosen by the people, from the President down to a con- ; violence were exhibited, hot the feelings of the assembl***
stable. i were manifested by moans a ud groans, loud and deep. A*
Reaping Machine.—There are several machines too | the fair Fan "> r( ‘ iuhed ti,e ^ei <l»or the whole cro«.l
late for exhibition at the fair, one of them a mowing nia- I n ” ,d ” u simultaneous rush towards her.
chine worked hv horses, which cuts and clips the erniu • < r ‘ - body ot the police, she was
like shears, and "is really a most ingenious plan, and can | '^“‘7 fmm .?7° ! f« ce : b,,t > ct so ,h «“ P'**^
mow ten or fifteen acres per day. It is the invention of
This movement was not effected without the most de
grading Insult, and partial and personal violence from
the nioh. .
The bonnet of eacl* female was upturned as she pa-ool,
and the most disgusting epithets applied to each passerby;
the crowd eagerly searching tor the object of their inerm*
c<i and outraged passions. At length the Heroine of the
Being surrom.d-
in h measure pro
W m and Thus. Sclmbley, of Oaserstown, Maryland.
Specie too i.atr.—Three c’tK=t* of United States
specie ($15,000) were stolen from Fort. Crawford, Wis
consin Territory, the 29th ult., spite of iron doors, walls
and sentinels.
election of Judge Doty (Whig) to Congress.
Sublime Comparison.—A gallant New-Englnnd knight
of the quill, describing the splendor of a country hall,
says: “ The gorgeous strings of glass heads glistened pti
the bosoms of the village belies, like polished rubies rest
ing on the delicate surface of warm apple dumpling*!”
Beautiful Idea.—Mr. Stephens, in his incidents of
Travel, mentions that the tomb stones in the Turkish burv-
ing grounds are all flat, and contain little hollows w hich
hold the water after a rain, and attract the birds, w ho re
sort thither to slack their thirst and sing among the trees.
A man i* more faithful and true to another person’s se
cret, than his own; a woman on the contrary, keeps her
own secret better than another’s.
Nf.w Cars.—Mr. Imlev has made some cars fur the
that she was lifted from her feet and forced along the walk
to tiie corner of Anthony street. Dow n this street 1st
supporters were forced, and the vvatriimen forming * d"’*
hie fib* cordon, for a moment stayed the violence of th«
mob, till the modern Hecate was hurried into a cn»A
t which was fortunately at hand, and »he was hurried flC
1 he specie arrived too late to prevent the j homeward hound, amid the horrid din of oaths, and she**
and iniprecautioi’S of the outraged multitude, thou.-atnh <1
whom followed her even to the door of her lodging*.
1 he *cenes of violence did not end here. Severnl b
male* who were at the time pa-sin*; on the west side r f
Broadway, were assailed hv a hand of ruffians, and nw*
shamefully treated.—N. Y. Express, 23 ult.
Brunswick, (Ga.) Oct. 2.x
Late from South America.—The schooner Olirt.
Ainsworth, 31 days from Chntrre. Isthmus l’anama, brix
to New-York—put in, in distress. Bv the politeness^
Mr. F. E. Ilassler, the American Consul at PimiM* *
passenger on hoard the Olive, we are favored with Tanan*
dates to 15th September, which furnish the following hf
portant intelligence:
Panama, 15tb Sept., 1338.
By an arrival from Guayaquil, we have received
Philadelphia ami Baltimore Railroad Company, tuat pro- j following intelligence, w hich vvr. extract fiom Ictterf d
miseto create a new era in railroad travelling. The cars 1 authenticity from that place and I’aita.
are fifty feet long, and contain lateral seats for dav-riding.
H hen thev run at night, these seats are converted into
berths, and by having three tiers, forty-eight passengers
can be accommodated with lodgings.
TPhiladelphia Gazette.
A correspondence between a Yankee schoolmaster, in
Mississippi, and his mother in Maine.
May 15, 1838.
Jlrar Son : Conic home. A rolling stone gathers no
moss. Y'our affectionate mother, till death.”
July 4th, 1833.
Dear Mo her: I wont. Come here. A setting hen
never gets fat. Your dutiful and obedient son.”
On the night of the 27th Julv. the Bolivian troop*.
j gether with two battalions of Peruvians,'under (Jenertl
Al«ran, left Limn, and <>n the following morning, Kief 1
entered the city, accompanied hv Oibcgozo and about
I 2000 men. and declared the Constitution of ISSSiOri'ef""
! za bring named Provisional Director. On the 7tli AujjMt.
: the Chilian squadron arrived off Calloa, consisting ol 82
1 vessels, including transports, nnd ten men of war:
I the oth landed at Aueon 5000 men.
j The Chilliniis demanded twenty millions of dolhtX
; and possess!**:: of Callao, uulii the arrangement .-houM'-*
j concluded. ’1 uese demands were considered iuadnii* 1 '
1 hie. They then advanced and look Callao ana l*it»*
after an action, in which it is said 29GU met) were kii!'**i-
General Gamarra has hern proclaimed President. W
Destructive Storm.—A writer in the Tarborough
(N. C.) Press of late date, estimates the damage by the j South still adheres to the cane.* of Santa Cruz,
storm of the 23th September, to the crops, &c.. on the 5ai ,i t wni! within three davs «.i Lima with an :*mr id5^
Tar River gnd ila tributary streams, at ibrre millions of j — ' 1
dollars.
Experiments in Cotton.—A planter in Mississippi ;
has beon making the experiment of mixing Mexican and j
Egyptian cotton seed; and the product of the nmafga-I
mntion, the third year, is represented lo he “ superior [
in quality to any other kind of cotton hitherto known.” .
men. The dates from Calhio are up tothe 22d Attend,**'
Guayaquil to 1st September. Urhegoza had #ptl t»U>*
mountains.
But a few* days since, the official organ d**rl*rf-(l, tlintth#
Sub-treasnrv system is in full operation all over the o>» D '
try. Said Mr. Cambroling, “defeat this hill (tlx* S**"
i treasury) and go ho me, the Stth-treasnrv is now the i»*
We confess the gullibility of the people, a* proven hv I the land and will so continue throngb 1339, 40, and d*
the results of the recent election, is greater than we could ; ' n spi rr of lamentations bore or elsewhere.” But null*?”
ago loan Monday night, it was stated it* the Glul**
— * — * 1 -■*
have imagined.—Savannah Georgian.
That’s exactly whut we all eav, v. b* iL an election goes i I * uerni Treasury was provided for,’ ar.d that “ goW
i the ' silver, is the coin in which the treasury pavs.”
contrary to our wishes. But the truth is, we think
people of Georgia have just shown, that “gullible” sis i the treasury provided for?
they may be, they intend to he gulled no longer.
[Alexandria Gazette
_.*y pay*
authority to issi* ,f
Yoothfui. Maternity.—Accnrdingto tlieN. V. Even
ing Star, the returns of the number of children in tin* se
veral school districts in Connecticut, between the ages of
four and sixteen, required by law tr*. be made annually,
fo>* the purpose of regulating the distribution of the avails
of the school fund, show this ycara remarkable fact. The
Hartford Courant states that the names of a mother and
child, both between the ages nf four and sixteen, art: re
turned as among the children attending the district schools
in one of the western towns. This fact is probably with
out antecedent in New-England.
The Calhoun party in Charleston, denominates itself
the “ Independent Republican party.” It reminds us of an
anecdote which we lately heard of the Editor ofthe Washing
ton Chronicle. He was seen lounging, with a portion of bis
dress very much deranged ; when a by-sta:ider remarked,
“what’s the matter with Mr. C’s*****; it seems as if the
bind part was before?” A wag replied, “ Yes, Mr. Cal
houn mates him turn round so fast, that his clothes can’t
keep up with him.” It is a fine burlesque to call politicians
who whirl around, at the bidding of Mr. Calhoun, Inde
pendent Republicans.—Petersburg Intelligencer.
Brick Laying Match.—A brick laying match came
off last I riday, on a section of the Crottou (New-York)
Water Works, between R. H. Nicholson, of Hartford,
Connecticut, aged 21 years, and G. B. Ncagle, of Phila
delphia, aged 19 years. The parties commenced their
labor at 6 o’clock in the morning, on the roofing arch of
the Aqueduct, and at half past 11, Neagle, being of a
light frame, found hi3 strength failing, and gave up, hav
ing laid the incredible quantity of three thousand seven
hundred brick in five and a half hours. Nicholson con
tinued until 12 P. M., at which time hit had laid five
thousand three hundred and fifty bricks.
illion of Treasury shin plasters; and by the T'p 3 ’“^
Department humbling itself to the Bank of the * :I '
States, nnd accepting Mr. Biddle’s own terms to
count his own lionds, a part of which were not
nearly a year and a half; one of the conditions **-;
that the Treasury should appoint his bank, i ts ^
lh»
jent.
Mr. Biddle has recently established an agency m ^
city, which is made the fiscal agent of the
here! The Treasury Department is daily drawin- ^
drafts on this agency, in payment of pu’"lic d®**
how are they payed ? Jn bank notes signed by or t»r •
Biddle! We saw ourselves tens of thousands of a ,
so paid it) one payment. The Treasury pays in go*
silver, says the offiria'
shall soon see the
firial organ. We do not doubt tW
President, Mr. Woodbury, Mr. he
and even Mr. Blair, sending Air. Biddle’s notes to ^
their marketing w ith. This is the divorce of B 3D
mg
State.—Madisonian.
The coming Elections.—Fifty-four member* ”
next Congress are to he elected this month. (
forty will he chosen in New-York, on tbe first *
Tuesday and Wednesday in November—twelve w ^
chusetts on the second Monday—one in Dela' var ^,
2d Tuesday—and .me in Michigan on the
and Tuesday of November. Ninety-two member*^^
already been elected, and the remaiuing members^ ^
chosen in the course of the spring and suniiner
year.
This ***
John C. Calhoun vs. Waddy Thompson. 1 ^
so essentially the true issne in the late congre** 10 ®
vass, that in a part of the District called tb*
Corner,” no other light than that of the Hon. e * eeU j|t>
ing Senator, seems to have broke into the gloom*
said a good bandful of sub-Treasury votes were y c ;.
being given in for “ J. C- Calhoun.’’-—