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3. f hcns Dec. 13 1031. , j - ■[-!,( r ,. S u!l of the election which took place lor ■!o- ■ oooty veateidav, to supply the vacancy in Con occasioned by the resignation of Wilson Lump- ..in, is as follows : Fur A. S. Clayton, 313 William Schley, 1H' Majority for Clayton, 214 -<S5>- To Correepimdente—The poetical effusion of “ Kit- f,. in.” ami the aerio-romico-lnilicro half prosaic and half tiral communication of “Juik Junnipcr,” are both vivoidably postponed until our next. ;r-y* The Cherokee delegation to '■'"aaliington, eon- ■: ting of Judge Martin, John Bidgo, F.lias Boudinol, . t,d loscpli Goody, arrived in this town on Wednesday hu t, B'ld departed the next morning for that city. -<SS>- 5I_J» tVc learn that a lull is prog, easing in tlie Sen- sl„rinl branch ot the Legislature, to lay nut the Gold ic'Oonin the Cherokee Nation into small lots, and dis pose of it by a separate lottery All white inales of the age of eighteen yenrsand upwards, who have been citizens of the Slate years, and all widows and fumiliej of orphans, of like residence, to he entitled to a draw. The Cherokee Land Bill, providing for the survey and or* upuncy of the Country, has passed the House of Representatives, and the ltocordcr says “ will probuhlv wna the Senate. Whether the Governor will give hie absent to it, is cnniidnred doubtful. It j*, to say the looirt of it, » measure cf fearful responsibility.” ~<SP 5trT* We omitted to mention... of Mr, rMuJufiotie in the Lrtfislaturo, na re la- J t.„j • f■ J„hn C. Calhoun, wore passed with a slight mod- itira»n-n, by the Senate unanimously. Those offered by M \\ ootl, rer omniending the re-election of Jin drew Jirkson to the Presidency, were before acted upon and pa-Mr. Nisbit’s resolutions will be found on the fourth page ot last week s paper. —<5®>— •Vor/A Carolina.—The annual session of the Legisla ture ol North Carolina, conmienced on the 21st of No vember. In tha Senate, David F Caldwell, of Rowan, was elected Speaker, Samuel F. Patterson of Wilkes, Principal Clerk, Win. J. Cowan, of Bladen. Assistant rlerk, Thomas B. W’heeler, Poor Keeper, and Gram Hill, Assi^anf. The House of Commons appointed rhnrh s Fisher of Salisbury, speaker, Charles Monlr Principal Clerk, Edmund II. Freeman, Assistant rlerk ltieh»rd Roberts, Door Keeper, and Lumsdm Assistant. The Message of Gov. Stokes was trana niitfed on tbe23<l. It is very short, and confined mostly Hj wt .J.'ie. 'OL^ n^aLj^l 1 . pl iiu, practical, cnmninn-acnse, hu.incaa dnciimcnt, in all respects creditable to it. author.” —<mt~ South CtraUna.—Tho l.egieleliirc of Soutli Carolina convene,! mi Monday the 28lh Nov. nl Columbia. C the following tiny f!nv. Hamilton trnnainiitcd the ni mial mtaeage. It evince* the reeling of a patriot min.I, devoted to the interval, of the .Into over which he pteaide., i. written in achn.lo, nnd nervous, and inanU style, and though perhaps .honing a little too mtrrh Marrnth rrt aontr place., i, generally rrtild ami tempera'*'. Cf the fiscal concerns of the State h apeak. as follow., “ I am gratified lo be able to inform you (lint the finances of nur Stato. if not exhibit ing rt largo surplus, nre in a sound, and undtir judicious and provident management, will, in future, bp in an increasingly prosperous cund 1 - tion. The htilunee in. the Treasury on tlift 1st Oetulre.r. !S3Q._w;i- f>! 13.7511,33, Between tho 30th September, IS30, and the 1st of Or- tober, 1331, the ret etpts from ull 'll- eonree. or Revenue, hnve amounted $276,836,30, nn'i tIto pnvtnetila 8235,302.69 leaving a bain me in the Tteosnry on the 1st October, 1831, of 159.240.94. For Urn year prom- ding thnt tvloeir lias just dosed, the disburse- mpnis ex.-ended the inronto by lltc amount ol 817. 166,34. In tho lust year ending the 30th September, the receipts have been greater Ilian iltp payments bv $41,533.61. Tho Tr easing, however, stands « barged with spe cific .pprnprmtions made at the last Session of Hot Legislature, and which have not yet been applied for, in tins aunt of $46 800, a great pari of which will probably Ire drawn be- lore the rinse ofvour present Session. The .inking fond iimumtcil on the lit of October. 1831.10 8302.852,68. to this sutn is to Ire lidded the profits of the Rank for the year ending the 30th September, 1831,amount- ,n e ,f ' $120,000 presenting an aggregate of 3-F>2>53,68. It will be recollerted that the sink rig fund is charged with tho payment of the interest on tin, 5 and C per rent stock of the debt, wlu.-l, amounts to $85,500, so thnt Ira fiind, after tho profits of tho last year ure added, Will soon begin to diminish and wt.i e nttnun lo do so until the 1st of Ooelo- to r in, J bn public debt, winch amounts to $1,753,770,91 will become an increasing 57 ' ° r ‘"'frost n 8 tho permd approaches fur the paynam, of ,|, .,. V crat inM almcnts, as ,e *P*'«' vp, y fal > The fallacy of the .Tr.b "n l* e " ' ,,<,u 'e”>>. of the capabilt- y of the Rank to meet those instalments, will Jet omo more apparent as iho period, for their »a- ment approximate. Ids sufficiently cm- xto that, after paying the interest on the pub- If.s' !" 0 Bank wilJ n,, < be able lo transfer , the sinking fund more than 825,000 per an- 7’ and 'hat on t|,e 1st of January, 1810, 10 Dr$t instalment of the public debt falls duo, ■•Htrilmg t„ 880t> 000, and in 1842 the ee- " "' lilmotf, amounting to 8200,000. At ** ,e fund, with the annual *tion» ef th» aurplu* profit* of the dictate for ic-clecticn to il»e Ptesidency. Tiic*c reso lutions were opposed by a motion to pontpone the con- fiiderntion of the qJfetion at that time, upon which Romo debate enauci. An adjournment wtt» then tnov ed and carried, the Free Trs^e party withdrew to the Representative Halil and org»nizcd a separate meeting, while the Union pai^y remaned in the Senste cham ber. The resolutiorb first proposed were then adopt cd by the Union pan|-. ThsFree Trode portion of the Legislature al»o sdoRcd a resolution to the effect, that 11 the State of South Carolina, being engaged in n con tcft for great Constitutional rights and interest* of par amount importance, it is inexpedient at thiR time to involve her in the struggles of the Presidential Election or to pledge her to any particular candidate.” This proceeding was not only unnecessary but irritating to the majority of the people of these United States, who arc the supporters of ihe present ChietMagifitrate. The meeting was called for ** thefriendso f Central Jackson those therefore who did not rank thentselves as such, should not have intruded. We may he fold that we have no concern with the affairs of other states ; per haps we have not, but we regard a proceeding like this ;»» ofleefing the interests of other States having a com mon interest with South Carolina. On national sub jects it is important that the Southern States should he united, and in what we regard as minor points, the Free Trade party appeared to do the nomination of (Jen.Jackson, if weeannot assent to etch othei’sviews, wc should not oppose them. »‘Vubama.—Agreeably to ■ he constitution of Alabama, the Legislature of that State convened on Monday tho 21st Nov. The Senate elected Jnmea Jackson, of Lauderdale, President, Cluirlea D. Conner, of Marengo, Secretory, and James A. Baifs, of (irecne, Door Kerp- er. In the House were clios-S James Penn, of Madi- mn, Speaker, Thqu.rs B. TunwaM, Principal Cb rk, ! T. Nixou Van Dvk'*, Assistant Clerk, Wm. B. McCIfl- J Ian, Engrossing Clerk, and John Tatom, Door-keeper. | f On Tucsdny the 22d, Acihg Governor .Moore trana- initted Ilia message i- both b.anches of the Legisla ture. It is a thorough going huKincBS document, writ ten in a plain, frank and independent though aomc- Bar.k, will only amount to SC14,G01 74, leav ing a halanro of S-107,6‘16,0^ to bo provided for.” The operations of the Tank of the Slate appear to have been very successful during the past year. The capital of that institution amounts to $1,150,318 48, and after deducting §17,000 to cover incidental losses, the nett profits of the year are §120,000 The Public Works have not as yet realiied the ex pectations of the people, resulting, as the Governor in timates, from the defective manner in which they were constructed; yet lie recommends their continuance, unless they can be disposed of to enterprising compa nies at a moderate price, which he believeB the better course. Of the College, its professors, the means of instruc tion it affords, a*id the general qualifications of its gra duates, he speaks in terms of high commendation. The number of students on the lists last year, waa 115, and for the present 114. He recommends tho reduc tion to one linlf, if not the entire abolition of the in struction and term fees, which now amount to $40 per annum,in order to make the benefit* of the institution more accessible to persons in indigent circumstances. In his message the Governor alludes briefly lo a let ter written by Gen. Jackson to a portion of the citizens ot Colleton distric*, nnd nl*o, to tho case which was presented for adjudication by the Circuit Court of the United States at Charleston, to lest tho constitution ality of the tariff law$. He complains of the decision in the case, perhaps justly. As it regards the letter, we arc compelled to believe he has taken a wrong view of the subject. Thin event, he snyw, “ presented the extraordinary anomaly of the Presidsnt of the U. States, taking sides in the strife of the domestic parties in a State, in violation of those principles of public du ty, which were so ubly expounded and so steadfastly adhered to by the greatest of Ins predecessors h.iv* one.” This sentence, with other remarks on the same ! subject, we regret to perceive incorporated in ibis able j and otherwise generous production. Gen. Jackson permit, and what his chivalrous and high minded feel ings could net condcsccnd t< Of the tarifT, the Governor rcniurks at some length, arid with considerable feeling. He speaks of it as u system of unconstitutional and unequal laxat our last, that sonn’ch I diminishing the price of our staples, and drying up the source* and rewards of our industry. The remedy for Ihiscvif, if all others should fail,he boldly asserts to he no less than the interposition of the Stnto in her sove reign capacity, eitlu r by the Legislature or a Conven tion, to resist its operation. From the concluding re- t.aiks on this divinion of nis subject, wc make the fol lowing extract: ** On thin great right of Stato interposition, depends not alone the liberty nnd happiness, hut the very existence of the South. Without this check, tho Constitution so far from being a source of security, would he one of oppres sion, and not worth to us the paper on which it t* written. For, if a numerciai majority in Congress, with a supple federal judiciary at its back, arc to he, alone, the expounders of the Constitution, is it not obvious that they have the power of making this instrument, by construction, wlmt they please? May they not, after pillaging one section of the Union, MiJIOxieL qoAlKor. inpujurn pohry of the States, und thnt too, in n form to us, the most portentously perilous thnt the imagination can possibly conceive ? Whilst we. look hack to the pages of history, and see what peculiar style, and contains many suggestions of much importance. t Among thorn wc notice recom mendations to establish a separate Supreme. Court, to erect a Penitentiary, to abolish the punishment of death for the crimes of counterfeiting and forgery; to extend the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the State over the Indians within her limits; to erect u State Arsenal; to aid in the accomplishment of works of internal im provement, for commercial and other purposes, &c. The University of Alabama, which by the unexam pled munificence oflhat Slate, has been recently er ected and generously endowed, went into operation on the eighteenth of AprU last, and now bus eighty-eight Students, with the prospect of speedy additions. Gov. Moore congratulates the State on the “ the fortunate selection of a President a.id Professors,” and very just ly observes of the Institution, that “ nothing but a misdirected administration ot its resources, can pre vent its most c.xt« naive usefulnessin the Republic.” lie suggests the propriety of allowing tho Trustees a suit able compensation for their services. On the subject of Banking Operations, the Governor remarks at smne length, nnd displays considerable ta lent and acuteness in its management. He regards Banks as a tax upon the people, and from this deduces that every institution of the kind owned by private vW^Jc* 1 !n*somc ? fVonfwhfcirothers ore excluded. -He is therefore opposed to'Bank* o' every description, ex cept those which ,u ay be the property of the State, anil managed lor its benefit. He ulso speaks of the vvt.at ,ho love of power anti wlmt famtlicium I B " nk ul '" ,c U “ i,c ' 1 S 7‘” and sub,niu ,0 ,hc L '« i8 hove .Iona, where i» the man who will have I«««rethe propnetyofm«k,n 8 « .trong .nd decided few losses and miscarriages which occur, must he matters of astonishment to every one. And it must excite surprise in every consider ate mind, that the occasional loss of a newspa per, or delay in its receipt,—the accidental, or perhaps careless miscarriage of it letter,—the failure of a mail to arrive within a few hours of the specified lime, owing to unforeseen and unavoidable accidents, which, perhaps, no human agency could avert, should be so loud ly rung on all its changes, and subject the bead ol department to the severest animadver sions. “ We understand that Messrs. Saltmarsh and Overton, the contractors on that section of the great south-western route, extending from Milledgoville, in Georgia, to Montgome ry, in Alabama, will soon have their route supplied with new post-coaches, and that the whole line from Washington City lo New Or leans will, for expedition, regularity and con venience, equal any in the United Stales.” SUMMAR Y. Hon. Peter D. Vroom, Esq. has been jre-elected by the Legislature, Governor of New Jersey. Mr. Vroom is a friend of the present national administration. From the 1st of June, 1S30, to Oct. 1831, there were sent to the New York State Prison and Penitentiary, 1021 persons, of whom three hundred and ninety serai were free negroes! Col. Eld red Simkins, Sen. departed this life, at his residence in Edgefield, on Thursday evening the 17th ult. after a lingering illness. Col. S. formerly repre sented this district in Congress, and lias filled many public offices under the Stato Government. Extraordinary Subscription.—The Christian Advocate and Journal, being the official organ of communication between the officers of the Methodist Episcopal church and their people, has at this time a subscription list of Twenty-five thousand. It is the largest newspaper subscription in the world.—Af. Y. Commercial Adver tiser. John Q. Jfdams.—A Philarlelphin paper says of this distinguished individual: " Wc learn that he intends to fake hin^cat in Congress, without uiaa for parties or men,but, we trust, with the disposition to assist our national councils according to the measure of his pecu liar experience and unqualified political knowledge.” In making new no.*cs for those who by diseases or accident hnve lost their face handles, Mr. Liston, of Edinburgh, instead of taking the columnn or septum from the forehead, takes it at a period subsequent to the first ope—*»«n from the upper lip, a practice gene rally approved by surgeons. Several patients have lately been discharged from the Edinburgh infirmary with new noses, and others with repairs. Robert Potter, one of the North Carolina Represcn tatives elect to Congress—notorious for the commis sion recently of a most horrible mayhem, has very pro pcrly resigned his seat in that body. The late elections in New* York havo resulted in fa vor of the Jackson ticket, by a majority, it is thought of nearly six thousand votes. Some one of our numorons Editors, call? tho address ofthe TarifT Convention, beautiful and sublime. He must have been surveying the scintillating wool of a black ent’s back, in a dark night, under the walla of a woollen factory. There appeal's now to he no doubt ofthe re-election of Mr. Lincoln as Governor of Massachusetts. The Patriot gives returns from 170 tow ns in Massachusetts. In these, Lincoln has 21,863; Morton, the Jackson candidate, 8,332; and L&lhrop, the Anti-ma6onic can didate, 9,292. The Columbia the dating presumption to lift tho veil offutu- ruy and any what they are not cupable of do- ing. u It is only by tho recognition and exercise, it . eed ho, of this effective chock, that wc can hope to preKorve the federative character of our national government. Without it, tho work of encroachment will go steadily on ; eaaea of usurpation to-day will become prece- | dent**, furnishing acknowledged princi pies of expression against the policy.of re-chortenng that in stitution, ” especially on its present principles, and with its present powers.” The Tariff and the means of redress from its grievan ces, occupy tome portion of the Governor’s attention. As will he seen from the subjoined extract, he believes in the efficacy of nullification ns a last resort, but not until every other hope is exhausted. Hear what he ssjson this point: “ Having now exhausted all tho means known to the Constitution, and consistent with the Union, to »y*. that its value is incalculable.) U is now, by reverting u»iUiltiit principles ot self-prutoctwm, it*® Ktwto may nullify the acts of Congrcds bydvcluring them inopera tive and void within its limits, and set up for itself. But before it takes this step, it ought carefully to weigh the advantages of a secession, against those of the Union, and see that the former clearly preponderate.” On the whole we are much pleased with the mes sage; it ia so blunt, eo just, ao original, and yet in some parts so eloquent. Indeed, since it* perusal, we have almost regretted that his pro. tern. Excellency did not succeed with the people at the late olection. lie would no doubt have made an excellent Governor. administration to-morrow, until tho rights ot I relief from legal oppression !n vain, if the evil tho State* nro swallowed up in a vast and ir- f still exists and bo insuffe rable, it is now the State may reversible despotism. bogin to calculate tho value of me Union, (a painful re- W lul.l 1 am lints explicit in affirming the flrcti "' 1 to a l,C!,r ' * h ‘ l h,s “ ,woy * chorW " J vmquuationablo existence of lbi& right of inter- position, and that too, in a form not incupFi*< tout with our just obligation* to the Union, (tor wo owerno obligation* to the Union, ex cepting tlioso necessarily rosulting from and founded on the powers we have clearly delega ted,) I would, ho fiir from recommending that you should now interpose this sovereign pow- r, rather suggest tho expediency of suspend ing it* exercise at tho presont.momenL” The reasons assigned why this sovereign power should not note be intorpo*cd, are, first, the public debt will »|tortlv he extineuished, and that ‘‘wo nre hound to w ait until wc *cu what this body [Concre**] will do, w hen they shall not have a single pretext for denying us the blessing* of free trade, and light taxation.” Se condly, that one ofthe most respectable assemblies ever convened, formed bv delegates from fifteen Sta'es, ha* responded to the justice of our complaint*;” and hoping for some good effect to arise from the delibera tions of that assembly, (tho Fieo Trade Conventional Philadelphia,) he thinks it best not to “ put at hazard a good cause by premature action.” Though we can not reasonably hope much from a sense of justice in a majority of Congreas, yet it ia evident that public opin itn is fast tending towards the cause of free trade— Iroin this cause, and this alone, may we expect refief. Moderation, therefore, is best to be exercised until “ forbearance ceases to be a virtue”—then, and not till then, let us exercise that privilege which belongs lo the people of the State*, and with all the energy that God lue given us, assert our rights and foarlessly maintain them. Presidential -.Nomination.—^The commencement ofthe ■CMion of the S. C. Legislature, has been distinguish ed by an event which we fear will have an unhappy ef fect upon the affairs of our already too much oppressed •action ofthe eountry. On the second day ofthe tea- aion, a meeting of the members of the Legislature friendly to the re-election of Andrew Jackson'to the Presidency, was called for that evoning at the Senate chamber. Immediately another notice waa posted up, requesting the member* of the Free Trade and State Rights Tarty, ” one and all,” to attend that meeting. The assembly convened, the clni mxn hi* appointed, and resolutions Mtroduced appro*mg of' the adminis tration of Gen. JseVoir, mid in? Mtjv as a cxn- d\hril Route Improvement —Though ther# arc some acts for which we have* been disposed to censure tho Post Master General; for instance, various changes for the worse that have be$n made in the mails con nected with this place and the section ofcountry above here ; yet we are happy to perceive that on routes of the greatest extant and importance, that officer has bestowed some attention, and instituted several valu able improvements. If he would attend to the wants ofthe people in the up-country of Georgia, as promptly as he docs in souic other places, he woulj be doing an act of justice, accompanied with but triftng expense, that would gain him the gratitude and good will of a respectable portion of those for whose interest he is appointed to act. We make the following extract from the Columbus Enquirer.* 41 Tho daily line of stages, which was, Borne weeks past, extended from Macon to the Creek Agency, i» now in operation the eifire route to New Orleans. The readiness and promp to ascertain whether it will be profitable to establish a branch here, and we understand that his inquiries have resulted in a determination to do ao. The Democracy of New York nro in oxtacies with their recent political victory, and arc about to celebrate ! the event by a public dinner. Vermont.—Another attempt to elect a member to Congress from the 4th congressional district has failed. An eighth trial is to be made on the first Monday in December. Mr. Audubon, the distinguished naturalist, arrived at St. Augustine on the 21st inst. on an excursion through the unexplored regions of Florida, in search of new ornithological specimens. Judge Marshall left Philadelphia on Saturday morn ing, 19th ult. for home, his health being restored. Large Pumpkin.—A pumpkin weighing 100 lbs. and raised on the plantation of Mr. Flournoy of Putnam county, may be seen at the Store of Mr. P. Caraic.— •rfitpula Courier. Gen. VV. H. Ashley has been elected to Congress from Missouri, in place of Mr. Pettis, deceased. The Bank of Augusta has declared a dividend of four dollars per share, from the profits ofthe last six months, being at the rate of 3 percent, per annum. Sunday Schools.—The number of those institutions in the United States is 7344—teachers 03,216—nu; 451,075. The smallest coin in Venice was called a Gazette, and as tho first newspapers printed there were sold for that sum a-piece, they were thence called Gazettes, Proceedings of the Legislature IN SENATE. Tuetday, Xov. 29.—On motion of Mr. Roykin, Resolved, That the committee ot, Financo he instructed lo report to this branch of the Legislature, as soon ns practicable, tho probable dishurrcmenls of the present politi. cal year, together with the probable permo* nent ways nnd means of the State to mcc'. said disbursements. Hill Pasted.—To repeal the 15th section of an act, to authorise the survey anddistribu. tion of lands within the limits of Georgia it, the occupancy of the Cherokeos, &c.—Veas 47, N ays 20. Wednesday, Xov. 30.—Notices for the op. pointnient of committees. Ry Mr. Wood, To enquiro whether the ri ver Altamnha and its tributary streams, ore not tho rightful channel through which tho products nnd commerco of Central Georgia might to puss, togetherWith such other mot- ters as may he connected with the same. Mr. Wofford submitted a preamble and re solution, which were adopted, relative to fractions purchased by Dttrins Echols,al a sale in Habersham county, and transferred bv Echols lo Henry Smith, &c. The Senate took up the resolutions of Mr. Nesbit, relative to an appropriation of money by the present legislature, ns a reword for the arrest and delivery of any person or persons, concerned in the publication or distribution of n certain seditious paper called “ The Libera tor,’’ published in Boston, Massachusetts, or any other of n like character. The blank in sttid resolutions was filled with 85000, nnd the resolutions ao amended, as not only to require the arrest nnd tiiul, but ulso the “ Con viction” of till such offendors. So amended, the report and resolutions were agreed to. Thursday, Dec. 1—Bills Passed.—To in corporate a Banking company in the town of Hnwkinsvillc. To pardon Isaiah Gaines, of Hall county. To add a certain Lot of Land in tho county of Randolph to tho county of Stewart. To compel county officers holding public monied, to keep a book of record of the.re- ceipts and expenditures of the same. To compel the Clerks of the Inferior courts of Iho different counties in this Stato to claim estroyed properly when lovied on by execu tions in certain cases. Hills Rejected.—To divorce Nathaniel urn! Sally Perfitt. For the relief of Thomas G. Gordon. To incorporate a Bank in the town of Ma* con, on the cast Bide of the river, to be called the Planters’ Bank of Macon. To alter and amend the several laws of this State, regulating and defining patrol duty, and lor other purposes. Friday, Dec. 2.—The Senate took up the reconsidered Resolutions of the House of Re presentatives, appropriating 81500 to pay tho expenses of Dr. Alexander Jones to London, for the purpose of transcribing the Record.-, ia (S. C.) Telescope aavs ■.—"An agent I nzjtc in t!*o Hu4.nl of Trade ami oilier colonial r.7h.: n office* Of that city, which relate to our early colonial History, &c. Mr. Raker offered a substitute for tho original resolutions, which was nogatived ; and the Sonatc concurred with the original resolutions. ITIteprovisions of three rcsnlotiona are, (hat tha sum of fifteen hundred dullars altall be appropriated; “to pay tho expenses of Doct. Alexander Jones to London, for the purpose ot transcribing the records now in thcBoard of Trade and other Colonial Ofticrenf that city, which relate to our early Colonial history : provided the. raid Jones first give* security, in a bond ofan equal amount, to the governor of this State, for a faithfol discharge of Ii>3 duly,and for the safe return of >ht money la. the Treasury, in the event the records at: not procured." If after exhibiting a correct account of all his expenditures wbiloengaged.in the above Mis sion, it shall appear that the amount expended is more than the sum appropriated, the deficiency shall bo sup plied; ifless, the balance lobe returned; but bafnre the settlement ofhis accounts, raid Jones ia required to deposit in the Executive Office ot this Slate, “ a copy of all the historical records obtained from tho foreign Colonial offices.” Doct. Jones neither asked, nor is he to receive any compensation for his services. To us it appears that a correct history of Georgia from iib earliest settlement to the present time, is a desideratum of no small importance, and should the intended Mis sion bo successful, oiher necesssry materials be ob tained, and the whole carefully and correctly arranged, the benefit will bo much more than commensutato with tha expense.] Central Banin—Supposing that Iho result of the oporationa of this institution for tho past year, may be a matter of internet to our renders, wo copy bo much of tho annual re port an relates to it. “4 Ih—Of the Profits.—Thes profit ofthe Bank on its operations during Iho year endinn on tho 7th Nov. consists of the following items. Interest on settlement rf debt* duo tha State, S3.t7fi 59 Discount on accomodation notes, £0,155 88 Discount on bills of exchange, 4,652 57 Dividends on United States Stock, 119 92 Dividends on StatcStock, viz : State Bank, 535.(100 Bank of Darien, 14,625 Bank of Augusta, 6,000 Planters' Rank, 4,800 Savannah, Ogcchce and Alta- malta Canal Company, 000 560,104 96 ■ 62,425 9122,529 96 The dividends of the Slate, Darien, Augua- titudo with which tho Post Master General j ta. and Planters’ Bank, havo been collected, has acceded to- tha wisbes.of jmpertant sec- 1 and deposited in the Bank to the credit ofthe tions of the couth, in the establishment of dui-1 Treasurer according to law, after deducting ly mails from Columbia to Charluston, in | the amount paid to tho Darien Bunk out of its South Carolina, from Savannah to Augusta, .'dividends, in settlement, by (he Treasurer, un- m Georgia, and from" Macon to Mobilo nnd;dcr the provisions of the art to reliovo John New Orleans,entitle Citato the warmest thanks I A. Jones, John D. Chapman, John R. Ma- of the country. The Poft Office system, as j hone, and the legal representatives of Abner conducted in the United Stales, is not only i Hammond, deceased. the most complicated and intricate, but the I The fund arising front Interest, Discount most perfect m the world. And tho safety nnd Dividends on V. S. Stock, remains sub* and expedition with which letters and paper* ‘ joct to the disposition ofthe General Asaem- ure conveyed from one extremity of the Union,' My. after deducting the cxpen«e» of tho Bank to the other, t„ every city, every village, and .Yorihe pattyear, nnd tho appropriations to the almost every door, with the comparst-velyi University of Georgia, ” ^/j'rnr^ia.fovrnnt. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Xov. 2S.—Tho hill to purdon Isaiah Gaines of Hall county, was rend tl,c third time and passed—Yeas 77,. Navs 32. Bills reported and read tho first time, viz : By Mr. Byrd, To authorizo a lottcrv for the purpose of raising the sum of92000 for building a Bridge in Hall county, and to ap point commissioners for the same. . Mr. Neal, To repeal an act to extend the charter of tho Bank ofthe Slate of Georgia, and the acts now of force amendatory thereto. Mr. Gholson, To repeal tho 2d, 3d and 4th sections of an act, to appoint eleven Trus tees of the University of Georgia, and to pro vide a permanent additional lund lor the sup port of tho same, and to declare the number of Trustees which shall bo necessary to form a board, and lo uuthorise a loan of $10,000 to the Board of Trustees of said University, and to provide for tho education of certain poor children therein mentioned. Hills Passed—To authorize the Clerks. Sheriffs, and other officers of the county of DeKalb,to insert their advertisement* in anr of the public Gazettes at Mtlledgeville. To provido for the recovery of costs in Jus tices' courts in certain case*. Bills Rejected.—To prohibit the Judges of the Superior courts of this Slate, from char ging juries on matters of fact. To amend the Judiciary act of 1799, so fat as regards the payment of costs in certain ca se* therein specified. To reduce the f«« of conntv officers there - in named.
