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STATE S O V E K E I U N T V. THE RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE. • 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, 47 votes. 42 “ 1 “ 83 votes. 86 “ lit 2d 3d 4 th 5th 6th 7 th 43 41 40 43 44 45 47 31 40 33 38 37 37 43 14 10 14 11 11 10 Cl 92 41 14 23 I i 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.’’-—