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From the Georgia Journal.
finances <*£ (iev»rgia—in
duction.”
Wc o'-served some lime ago, that the
large nuinbur of Senators and R-preaenta-j
tires, o( which our legislature is composed, 1
hail produced, and will continue to produce, j
if their number is not reduced, two great!
evils. First, had legislation, undigested i
laws, imprudent and injurious measures.
Secondly, a wasteful expenditure el (he I
public money. We observed also, that our
aim was to consider the subject as involv
ing unnecessary expense, producing there
by a wasteful ex wnditure of the public 1
money and as leading the, resources .<nd
present means of the Siaie to c nnpleto ruin.
We therj gave at> ief, hot we believe fair, 1 '
statement and estimate of Ihe m'-ans Geor-i
;;:a possesses, of the sources of revenue, for !
the present end next year, and of the per
manent and necesGtry expanses o 'the gov- '
eminent, in order to determine whether the
means, resourcec, and revenue of Georgia, 1
could meet the expenditures, without tn
crnaching upon the capital invested in bmk '
stock, and without saddle.g the people wih
a heavy tax. The esiitn.ies we submitted
to tha considers ion of Hi people of G or
gia, were subsfa i• ia Ily as f Hows : j]
There was in the Treasury, on the 3Xst October, ,
ISJ3O, a balance of, #189,549
Deduct State Uaolc Slock, received
fiom the Commissioners of the Oconee
Hiver, and included in the ttiiiemeiu of ine < i
Treasurer, 10,000 i
Actual balance, #179,540
Estimated receipts, 163.0J1)
Bitimi'ed rsceip's for 1831, including
the balance remaining on the 31si October, ,
1830, #342,540 (
The Expenditures were estimated as follows
Legislative sessions of 1830 ami 1831, 130,000 i
Hivil osiablishment to Jan. 1,1832, JU.OoO
Poor School and Academic Funds, 40.000
Printing fund and road fund, 40,000
Penitentiary fund, 8,000
Protection ot ihe mines, 20,000
Sundry appropriations, 4,000
Surveying 1 Cherokee land and miseellane- - f
oua expenses, 30,000
#323,000
Bstimated balance in th* Treasury on the
31st December, 1831, 39,540,
, #342.540
The estimated balance in the Treasury on the Ist;
January, 1832, from which will have to be dedoc ed
the expenses for akiog 'he census, is #20,000
The receipt for the tax of 1831, and col*
looted in 1832, wdl not exceed #40,000. tor
hy a Isw ol last session the State tax was
reduced 25 per cent. Say, 40,000
Dividends on bank stock, 63,0u0
Tax on bank atock, or. Pecllera end ven
due tux, 25 000'
Feea on grants, Br.o, 10,000
#360,000
The expenditures are estimated thus i
Legislative session of 1832, 239 members, at ■
least, #75, COO 1
Civil es'ablish uenl, Bc-. 40,000
Poor School and Academic funds, 4 ,000
Printing fund, miscellaneous expenses,
kc. 15,000,
#170,000,*
,t will b? seen that we entire t'ed ih tiil j
atice remaining in the Treasti'V nn he 31st
December, 1831, at only g’.9.540
The question at the p eseiit time Brian*,
will this estimate be correct? So die mate
ment presented by 'he Treasurer to 'he le
gislature, at 'he (resent session, a few days
ago, anil which will be found below, it ap
peals that the receipts for the year ending
October 31. 1831, with the balance rem til
ing in the I'reasuiy October Sl, 1830. have
amounted to,
#351,981 86'
And that the expenditures, for the V
«iunc period, have amounted to, 252,932 64
Leaving a balance on the 31*1 Oct.
1831, of #99,049 22
lint from which musr he deducted) ]
in slock of ihe Hank of the
Slate, #IO.OOO
hi (taper medium, 2,787 73 |
Leaving a real cash balance in the
Treasury, on the 31s' of O •(. 18 3, tx
covdmg to the s aleroom of ihe i'reasu
ary, of #66.261 4S
To which may be added the receipts
for the tuxes o. 1830, and oilier inciden
tal receipts. 50,000 00
Estimated receipt* jn the Treasury
fur the year 1831, ' #136,261 49
i?rom which should be deducted :
Legislative session of
1831, #70,000
Civil establishment fir the
residue of year 1831, printing
fund, contingent fund and
.-Miscellaneous expenditures, 40.000
Estimated balance in the Treasury,
snti,c3l Uecemb *r, 1831, #2>261 49
We euiiuated in April last, thia bal
ance to be 19,340 00
!.i our estimate was nearly correct in on.
. ostarce, it is reasonable to euj po»e, t;u«t'
our es tmaie. lor the year 19.33. will prove
equally so, which/ehnws n J.-licit in the re
ceipts of that year, o meet ,(he estimated
expenditures, of gIO.HOO, and withuu' (■ k
ng into account any appropriation tor mad*,
or for defraying the expert ot keeping «
,uarj in the Chemk-n Territory and nt h
>u‘ including any incidental expenses.
- concluded our statement with thegr
t'erairkg :
I
I " roay be saui that the State owns »nt
| millior> dollars of bank stmk. True ; bul
jthe proceeds of this stock are pledged for
■ { public .education and free schools particu
j Istly, aiii; for internal improvement, and
ccnr.ct be apnrop: iated for any other object,
iwi'hnut a breach of tbc pubhe faith. I
j may be said also, that a vast amount is due
by individuals to the Slue. True; but
icati this vast amount be made available «t
any moment * ihe Sa'e could perhaps
collect enough to meet the current expenses
jof the government for several years; bu
he,v; long will tiiis vaxt amount of debt due
the Stale las' ? H-sides, niter the Chero 1
kee rerritory is obtained, and organised inj
jcou-i ties, will nut all the funds which will;
teat the disposal of the State b* need-il
for internal imprnvipent in roads, canals,
? Unless we diminish our expenses, in
j which rise the State tax, and the inteiest
lof the capital owned by the State, either as
bmk s»ock nr ?,s note*, bonds, &c. will be
sufficient to meet all demands, we will have
to draw on that capital ; and from 'he mo-!
men we break in upon it, there will be my
stopping, the ruin of the Sta'c may bo ex
pected, its credit will be Inst. am*, th'* peo
ple will have tube loaded With taxes in nr- !
der to meet (he necessary and unavoidable
eSpenses of the government. We must
not deceive ourselves ; this state of hings
will certainly happen if v/e do not in time
exercise economy, and curtail our legisla-!
[live expenses. By reducing the number of
|members in bdh branches of the general
assembly, we shall curtail an i'em of unne
cessary expenses and remove a crying evil
in our sy.i etn of legislation.”
TREASURER’S REPORT,
Acco r ili"g 'n the annual statement of the
finances of Oeorgit, laid by (he Treasurer
before the L “iis!a"lre, it appears that the
receipts into the Treasury, for the y ear end
ing Oct 31, 1831, amounted to,
&162 442 57
Balance remaining in the
Freasury on the 31 at Oct. 1830 189 539 29
Total, 8351,981 80
’ The expenditures were ;
For c-'uu'y aca
demies, R 20.156 541
Poor School fund, 24,570 46
Roads and rivers. 20,009 OP
Proter ion of Ihe
gold mines, 10 000 00
Legislature of 1830 70 391 83
Surveying Chero
kee land, 11 381 19
Penitentiary, 5,(00 00
Furchnse of negro
es, &c. 4 998 00
Civil establishment
of 1830, 9 837 50
Civil establishment
of 1831, 23,850 00
Sundries, contin
gent fund, &c. 32 633 93
232 932 04
Remaining in (he
T'easury on the
31st of October e
1831, viz: >
In bil's of the j
chartered banks,
8G261 49 : |j
In slock of the
Bank of the
State, 10,000 CO
In paper
medium, 2 787 73
i. 531,981 86
Mim.kdokvillr, Niveinbe’ SI.
On Sa urday last, in tha Senate, Mr.
Nesbit "Hered tlie following resolutions ;
I'he legislature of the S'ate of G rgia,
confide in the firmness abUiy and in egn
v of the dis'inguished head of the Federal
- administration. They believe tha' his ad
mmistratto.i is based uonn the great and
(ftiodamenuil princi ; ' ol pta'e eoveieigoty,
j unfettered icduetry. rconomv in ihe dts
bursement of the public money, equal feder
al legislati >n, and a rigid exac mi of res
' peci, and equal privileges " with the moat
favored, nations,” from foreign Sta'oi. The
re-election of that diaii"guished statesman,!
and venerable patriot, they hold to be ne-j
1 cegsary, to prevent the re-chartering of the
Btnk of tlie United S ales, to preserve the
j Constitution of the Union from infraction,
'he S s'es from consolidation, and the South
I from pecuniary bankruptcy and political
, prosetiption. fit his Indian policy he has
recognised the just rights of Georgia, has'
co operated with us in our endeavours to re-1
move the Indians withiu cur limits, west of*
the. Mississippi, and has contributed the aid!
of his name anil lalen s to relieve the S'a'e;
from the embarrassments which have grown
, | o“t of agitating and much agitated Che
rokee question.
; Therefore resolved, by both branches of
the Legislature, that Andrew Jao.k»on be,j
) ami he is hereby, nominated a candidate for
;the Presidency o! the United States at the
' I next election, and (hat he h*. and is hereby,
1 1respec'fwlly recommended to the states of
■| the confederacy, as the citisan best qualified
■ jli't the duties and eoletan responsibilities of.
■jthat high trust.
Many of the public presses throughout tlie
, L otted .Mates opposed to the administration
i m Pi evident Jackson, have labored to in-|
ihice a beluf, that a portion of the people 01,
ate willing jo imke cxnmon cause!
oi!h tint Vice President, and thereby con- 1
ti ibute to Hie defeat of Gen. Jackaoa, R«-i
e cent evsnl* in this State have been hade
t in scime of our sister States, as p c»"f of th
r triumph of t'ue Hon John C. Culimun, an
his principles over the Presiilm his irietul
i and hia pi inciples. Thfgrea'bdy of ih
,! people of this Stale, ha?e no fcelii g in cosn
j itiofi with the pretensions, or with many o
•i tlie principles ufM/. Calhoun. They wei
t unequivocally nppus d to the claims whicl
' hia fiicnds have set up for him to the Presi
i dcncy, arrayed as they are against the right
i fu! claims of G n.Jickson No man cat
be the fiend of Jackson, who direcily, o
indirectly, gives aid or countenance to th
'must industrious, the moat bit ter and nios
j talented of his opp mers.
Therefore be it resolved by both branches
\°f the Legislature, That they will, in no
event favor the pretensions of Mr. Calhoun,
ei'her to the Presidency or the Vice Presi
d-ncy of the United States, and that his
Excellency the Governor be, and he is here
by, respecdally requested, to furnish our
,R- presentativea in Congress with copies of
j these resolutions.
’ M ini
VP J,' SP-J"
Vveb Tvade. Douvealion.
We publish the following for its wit and
grin h'C description :
Lost d'iy of the Free Trade Convention-••
Great interest disappointed■ -No debate
after all Slti'ful movements of Mr. Her
rien nod Mr. GaUatin to prevent debate
Curious incidents-- Boston JSuhiJiers---
Oeneral effec's.
- - Pmilaeelfhia 8:h Oct. IBSJ.
The dangt-T is over—a'l excitement has
ceased the t»i.i w* curling with re, have
subsided in .« a gentle swell, equally flat and
unprofitable—“ What is the matter f” you
will ask. Why, the Free Fade Convention
has adj urned without any storm of elo
quence—without a particle of fi ry debates
it has actually separated in the m inotous
style which you w mid .x tec' from an as
»einb yof anti~inasona, or naiioDals—of man
ufacturers, or Wool grower.
During the w.nde of yesterday morning,
the expectation ot ‘he loungers and the la
dies—of ihe hanger* on to all conventions
and the unthinking portion of the public—
waa roused to the highest d »,)■« imagnia
ble. rlie Musici Fund 13 ill was crowded
■h r an early houij me inside of the b.r fi led
with females in (he most fascinating were;
and the outside crowd. <1 w h siiaug rs,
young lawyers, idle-s. pulitici < s. at d whal|
not. At ten o’clock be sessi i of ■*» C m-J
vention waa to open, bu long before that l
houi the membeia were on the ground and ini
possession of their sears—tbe reporte « at I,
(heir desks—-ami all the spectators w .tch
mg with feverish anxiety every mom ■ ts
the supposed orators and speakers, !t w.*
circulated widely, that at least forty or sis j\
eminent speakers pf the- SoU'h. h,.d come,
down to Philadelphia, with ablei
and powerful speeches. Dow they we«. in'-I
troduced— on what motion tucked 'o. no
one pretended to know or care. The speech
es were there, end m they must come,
| After the President, Mr Barbour, had
taken Ihe chair the interest and anxiety in
creased to a gieat extent. Who was to
throw the first s nae ? Who commenced he
dreaded contest? 0 „ as Hacked would say
in some of his Y u kev charter, ' Wh > dares
'koock (hat are chip off my shuuhlei ?” Mr.
B rrien ros. first, at the foot of the Secre
tary’s tab h» Who is that ? was circulated
among ‘ho crowd. His name was soon
I known among the female portion of the audi
j tory , for if ihey are careless about measures,
i they are pretty accurate about met*. Mr,
.Berrien is a very handsome ami elegant
speaker, and setting aside his foolish course
in relation to Mr. Fa'on, would be generally
esteemed h man of sagacity ■ and cousidera
ion.--Fr.-m the very first word that fell
from his lips, i was visible 'hat he had as
sutned a most difficult and trying posiiion---
he s’lller of a threatening ocean. After
statiog 1 motion of mere form, he gradually
b’oke ground on he great point which ex
cued every one in and out ot the Convention!
the flotie'i u iorjalitj of the Tiriff. I !
was some time b-fore 5 could underetan j
the object of his remark there was no mo-j
tenn of consequence before the Convention ;
he proposed no motion but one of form. Hr
.gradually and softly, and very feelingly, mi
folded his purpose, and told ihe Convention
that a certain po'r'ion of the delegates, in
justice to themselves and to their constitu
ents, had objections ton particular passage
of the Address; and that it was probable
that the gentleman from New-York'(mean
|ing Mr, Gallatin) would make a distmc mo
tion lor the pmposs mere'y of recording their
votes, in obedience to those conscientious
| views and principles.
it was very evident that Mr. Berrien felt
himself approaching the point of danger —lt
was very evident that he waa making an es
fort of more than his usual skill and caution
in debate to prevent some impending dan
ger. He solemnly declared that every aen
j uuent in the address was-rather under than
over (he lone ut public feeling in the South
jin relation to the Tariff--.fie avowed the
[Warmest and most unwavering attachment
to the Union and denied that the address
contained a sentiment that did not corres
l pond with these views.
I As soon as Mr. Be. rien sat down, Mr.
Gallatin was announced to be on the floor,
ile commenced ids remarks with equal cau-i
1 1 lon and skill, and after aome pathos, s iit-
;11 e eloquence, and no small portion of cir
jcumiucution, he proposed to strike out those
'clauses which a:ated that the tariff was be
lieved to bo uncoußlttutionaf. You will
ed find in (be daily papers a more extendi ,
hejrepmt of therein.! ks ot both these and oth
id it gentlemen. The intense interest ezeit
ds <d— the skillful game played by Mr. Ber
he rien and Mr. Gallatin—playing into tad
n other hat (Is ao as to prevent di-cussion—
of eaanot be reported. It was iaimi'able. A
it- majority ot the New-Yofk c Conmc.icut
:h and New Jersey members were opposed tc
i- the address, should it contain the clause de
t daring the tariff law unconstitutional. How
in could the Delogatea have an opportunity of
ir recording their names, withou' bringing on
i the discussion of the question ? This was
3 (be point. And yet it was very evident that
a discussion between the northern Ik south*
;j ern delegations was the least of the dang.-rs
nto bo apprehended. Should any of the
i, northern members denounce nullification,
would not that bring out tha nuilifiers in de
3 fence of their peculiar di ctiines ? - if the
- nul ificra made a defence of those doctrines,
r would not that huny oir the U ion pat ty ?
if Many of the ablest and most powerful of
the South C .rolinu U'lion pany were pre-j
sen*. Mr. Leslie was an host la himself,'
besides Judge Sin ha id other# The d.teud
of a contes be ween the *wo great local
J parties of theS.uth—the No-lifi r» and 'he'
Unionists—or the ‘movement parly and doe
Irinairts as I call them—was the principal|
g feeling which occupied the attention of the
great southern leaders, such as Chews, B r-!
rien, Miller, and others. But how difficult
. it w.s to restrain these animated gentle ,
men ? '
Afi*r the proposition of Mr. Gallatin was,
9 quietly dispo-ed of—and it was a difScult!
? a-k to do so—Mr. Johnson, of South-Ca*'
I rnijoa, made a motion which again excited
, the deepest expectations of the crowd J
j “ Now for. a fight I Now for a figh* !”j
. “ Hare comas the thunder and lightning at j
. last !•* H • objected to hs clauso vrhich re
3jcogni»ed the incidental power to protect
inanutactures. I'hig motion almost lead to
, a complete disruption of harmony. The
clouds lowered and mutters of the thunder!
were heHrd. i never flaw any assembly soi
plunging into a fiery deba e which
m ght l ist for days. Me, Sherman of Con
.liiecicu*, and Theodore Sedgwick had also
, broken down every (eelr g of caution.* Hap
pily Mr, Sedgwi k threw into his speech
I some eccentric *u-v« which created a gene
, raj smile over the C invention. His views!
( of t e Tariff were quite original. He be- I
’jlieved it to be perfectly constitutional, but
.{radically uhjust. His objections to it rest
ed on a higher ground than uneonstitution- 1
jali y—'he tariff law# were contrary to the
jlaws of God and na ure, and that was the.
treason of his opp<otii)D. He uppearcd to
; believe ha 1 Fee Trade w aß # God-felmighs
,'y principle, and therefore an Tariff mea
{were obdurate sinners, and imcoverably
i damned. 1 his made th# southorn Diilhßers
smile, find others laugh outright*
! «"u w 'dl be surprised when t tell you
> »l)at the South-Carotin* nullifies are sane,)!
reasonable men, when compared with those 1 1
from Boston. During this latter debate, at j
was he greatest difficulty in the world toj,
proven' one of these Boston gentlemen from ,
1 Seeing up and •• letting slip tha dogs of,
war’—opening the very chambers of the!,
tempest and hurricane. There is a comical ,
anecdote told of three true blue Southern
nullifiHrs laying ho!d-~=(ine on sacb arra, a i
third by the tail of hia coa —and keeping
one of he red-hot Boston nullifiers quietly
' n b' - 9ea t» in spite of his attempt to make
a Wauling speech. A Southern nullifiar on
;/y believes that a single S'ate has a right to ,
a tariff law-=--the Boston nullifier i
goes much farther--" damn (he Union,” ,
' «ayg he, " who’s afraid ?’»—Not only has a •
State, but a (own—a county--wy, a single
■ man, has s right to nullify a law of Coo- <
1 gress and secede from the Uaion.”
By such great effir's and consumate skill
; with many cries *f “ question,” " quea- i
tioop” tiiey at fast succeded to pass the.
address without any modification from the
original draft. To do this, however, seve
' rat of the southern gentlemen had to with
jdraw their •bjectiuns to those parts which
j ‘hoy declared were not strong enough. The
jv<'te is curious. On Mr. Gallatin’s amend.- '
* merit, which empris d the portion contain-'
’ in g 'he argument and statement of the con
' ntjtutional question, there were 22 neg»-
, "ves—principally ' from New York. On
the vote on the address there were only 2S
’ negatives. Several of the New Yorkers
and several others Med the course when the
day of fiial came.
There is one curious point which should
j. not be foigo*. After the address was pass
s ed, Mr Berrien offered a series of resolu
tions instructing a committee to prepare a
i memorial to be presented to the nest Con
, gress. These resolutions are drawn up per
r. j haps stronger on the constitutional question
{than the address, and yet the very men from!
. New Yoikwho were so scrupulous abuul
. the address swallowed the whole of the re
n solu'iuns without a murmur. The south
h erner * ask, •* was this consistent ? waa it
t honest ? Did they come here with honest
, views ?”
* In 'he afternoon Mr. Leonard of Nsw-
Voik very generously proposed (hat every
member should subscribe to Mr. Raguel’#
Jjuurnal. 3 see some paper of *his city has
jiaid that this was done at the suggestion of
~Col. Stone of New York, it was not so.
Mr. Leonard needed no suggestion other ■
. 'ban his own good feelings and seal for the'
, cause ot free trade. The Convention was '
, then adjourned sine die
N. K Cour, 4* En f. 1‘
6 Nkw York, Nov. I£.
t ‘; latest trom IHbi altar.
r . Wa have received from our correspon*
:h dent at Gibraltar* complete files of tbs
- Chronicle us that place for several vcika—•
\ extending down to October llih. By the
t,. following extract of a letter from Madrid, it
o ! appesra that the Court of Madrid Iras deter
. mined upon the total suppression of the trc«»
v dom of the port of Cadis, as noon as such a
j measure can be done consistently with the
rj Decree of February last, noted in an official
s article extracted the other day from the
t Globe ;
-1 Extract of a letter from Madrid of the 22 d
3 j September.
= i “By a Royal Decree dated the 18th inst.
. it is ordered that, in one year’s lime from
(that dale, the freedom of the Fort of Cadiz
: shall be altogether abolished,”
>' The Chronicle us October Ist, gays the
Cadiz Diary of the 28 h of September,
1 brings the Royal Decree, mentioned in
[Thursday’s Chronicle, relative to the aboli
tion ot the freedom of that port,
i The Madrid Gazette of September 24,
1 say#
| “Dm Pod ro wag preparing to sail against
Portugal tt the head us an expedition, which
jhas been just joined by the many Spanisis
cmigran a ”
! His Excellency Sir William Housfouo,
Lieutenant G vernor and Comtnuatler-iu*
jChief of the Garrison and Territory of Gib*
j.-alt&r, arrived at the Rock on the 20ih of
Sep ember, and was received with Che übu-
Id hone a. He was waited upon by the
'Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Mem*
bers of 'he Exrhange CmiKuttee, on the foU
! lowing day, who presented an address of
[congratulation, tendering, on their own be*
[half, and on that of their constituents, as*
surances of their loyalty and of their wil*
lingoes* to co operate with him in ail mea
sures for the advancement of the interests
of the colony.
| The U. S. ship Ootario, Capt. Gordon,,
[sailed from Gibraltar on the sihof Sept, foe
Mahon. [Com. jUJv,
.FROM BUENOS AYRES,
The brig Mars, Capt. Uevereaus, arriv*
ias * eve,| i“S from Buenos Ayres, brines
papers from that place of the 10 h Sept.
! The Mail from Cordoy# brotigh' intellU
gence of the restored authorization, which
ha.l been given by several of the Provinces
to the Governmeot of Buenos Ayres, for the
management of the foreign relations of the
Argentine Republic.
Accounts Iron* Chili state that Senor J, J,
M irso lies b.*en expelled from that country.
Fh particulars ot this event are not w iven.
The Peruvian frigate Brucla, was run a=
way with from Islay, (Pe u.) by the crew ow
the 28th June—*no tidings had been receiv
ed ol them on the 13th of July.
On the 7 th icsfsHhe decree of Tth Janu*
ary las. came into force by which the Gov
ernment has fixed the follows g, as the scale
iof i upon foieign flour introduced here.
| ’ j ‘l n .', he va * o,i pf each quintal does not
exceed g,45 in current money, it shall pay 8
duty of 89 on each,
“When it ie above forty-fi.e dollars and
no exceeding-six.y.-.the duty to be seven
dollars on each.
“Exceeding sixty dollara—the duty t 3
be five dollars on each.” J
L Daily rfdvtrtiwr*
SROM THE CaPEOF GOOD HOPE.
V/e are indeb'ed to Captain Varney, pas«
senger in the ship Bengal, for files of the
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette
and of the South' Africa Commercial Ad*
verier. The latest date is August 24,
| “ The spirit of the age” has reached the
Capo. The papers contain accounts ofe
j meeting held in July,! for the purpose of
[procuring a reform in the government. The
result was a petition to the British Govern
ment that the adminioration of the internal
aftjirs of the Colony should be committed
to a Governor appointed by the Grown ; « D
Executive Council chosen by him; and"
Legislative Assembly, composed entirely of
Representatives, fraely elected by the in
habitants. In the debate, the institutions
;of America were alluded to as example,
’Resolutions were passed, reprobating iu
sti or,g terms the abuses of the present sys
tem. 3
Public attention hes aho been successful*
1 J tfrftvrn to Savings Banks.
2he papers contain a favorable notice of
fr.at numbers of “ The Freemantle Observ
er, Perth Gaz. & W astern Australian Jour
nal,” a newspaper published once a week
" 5n little colony of the Swan River.”
Myriad# of Locusts appeared at some
parts of the Cape about the middle of July*
| A writer aays, A cloud of them passed
; within a few yards of my house, in a train
lot many millions thick, and about aa hour
in length.”
The “ annual examination of the students
of South Africa College,” ia favorably no
ticed. J
Wool, it is said, must eventually be the
staple article of the Eastern part of the Co
'wnJ‘ Salem Mercury .
(Vi (from the Gods. —At our theatre a few
overlings ago, while (he Russian horns were
preparing to sound, end all wan anxious
silence, aa inhabitant of the upper regions
called out, " Play up the cholera morbus,”
There was an instant call of “ Turn him
out ” When the g"d replied, with thsi
utmost sang fj-oid, “ What should you torn
me out for? it’s a Russim air, isn’t i* ?”
Birmingham (Braid.