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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
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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•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.”
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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.