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From rim 'leorcia Jnurnsl. a rj Georgia.— \t the late session - 1 :i - Legislature, and in the Senate, ngreea- ’ V to It resolution adopted for that object, the .•.'owing statements weVo submittod, two ccsH beforo adjournment. '• X1:C cornmitloo on Finance, to whom ty'tts referred the resolution instructing it to ■ port to this hrnr.ch of the Legislature, the , pliable(lisliursetnonts o| iho present political *ear. i.'grther with the probable permanent ■ i n vs an I means of the f.late to meet said di5- hc'sein.-nts : o Report, that they have carefully availed thrni'i Ives of all the moans of intermillion lsi.iUciJ on tlal.’t otocl. Interest on old Slate deblJ, pros on grants, Sales of fraudulent lots of land, Amount collected in November uikJ Doccmher, 1931, viz : Of the general tu\ ot 1930, 959,0.12 Of Sundry account.', 23,30ft ■I, ftd,2Cl nalnnce in tho Treasury Ocluher 1 f-31, We Atrnur.t of receipts. 5272,91S i Athens* Jan.34 1832. According to tlie f’recoing statements the expenditures for iho political year 1932. are estimated at $420,087, and the receipts at could assist in making tho probable es- j $272,919; InnvYng a deficit ‘of $153,169.— rtfexpenditure nnd income of the Slato, leamrpltanco with the requisitions of the rcso- ■ The data, chiefly, upon which ninth csti- 1. s can he founded, are tho income and t. .r-otnenta of preceding year j. It is, there- r. e, id,.nt, that, snhniilicd is comparative .t, Mtcy are not offered as rigorously cruet. I mi different items of expenditures ai d . ij ( -g are prevented to the Senate as approa ch 1 is to truth, anil the committee believo in suffiriontlv exact to guide it in reference the expenses nnd resources of the Statu fur piesr-nt political year. - I'u malic the report Iho more satisfactory, , miniiltee ..ffir Iho subjoined statements. /Vis/, of Expenditures. To meet this 1 ar itnlcineiit of th deficit, committee, the we find in the . 8' 3 - . rial Cmirisof the United ijlalis," passed September ic sum of $S3,-1 r ridtiy evening last. All Iho members ol tho | 5,^ 1759, ,,|, a || fl,.dared t„ apply t» tho final judg- I edited a- o. /*. mi.r.y .1x11 .ilro.vciuse. Q-^»The Rev. William Lr.HMtv, oppointod to tho new Professorship of Modern Ganglia- ges in the University of Georgia, arrived on iho teases at thotipcBM 01 the public business, cast no r< flections, ho« ever. In tho Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 3d, Mr. XVoggaman of Louisiana, and Mr. Tifion ofVndiana, append and took their seals. Mr. Forsyth submitted 0 rrso- li.li.trt providing " that the Commiifee on the Public j Lauds ;>c instructed to inquire into tho cjpedienev of j seeming tilth c town ofColunibus, in the Stale of ticor- j via, the light lo a sufficient quantity of land in the | .‘.line of Alabama, opposite said town, fur the abutment j of n bridge over the Chattahoochee liver." I In ihe House Mr. Pendleton of New York submit, ted the following resolutions, which were ordered to lie on the table : 1. Retched, Tiial it is expedient to bring in 0 bill to regulate and declare the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme -lieI!It of tho L’niled tjtatce in crimiriu! casca arising in the Slato Courts. 2. Resolved. That in the proposed bill, the provisions of tlie 2alli section of the Ait, " Toeslabliah the Judi 00O, the produce of prolita resulling from the j Faculty .ire now nt their posts, nnd we J.iope Vnv of Legislation, (ivl Establishment, ’Mitnry Fund, poor Sclioril Fund, Acmleiny Fund, Fur Ronds nnd IlivcrR, Printing Fund, [•.iking Census, uiingenl Fund, University Appropriation, 7 o mnlco up deficit in i-nnk Div’ds., 1,000 Protection of iho Gold Mines, 20,000 Public Debt, For the Ponitcrtinry, 800,000 33.800 3,000 25,000 20,000 25,000 12,000 11,100 20,000 0,000 200 10 000 8217.100 operations of Ihe Central Rank. Hut tho ■<;- j gisliilure emitted to muko any nppropriulion of | lho«c profils ; and this onji*sion prevents tlii-d. lurgn sum of money frc.to being nvailuhle, nnd . subject lo the Governor's wnrrants. The pro- j fils of tin* Bunk ran he drnwn only by a special appropriation of them. In the act incorpora ting that institution, provision is mudo for Ihe disposition of the dividends arising from stock in other hanks, hut nothing is said about Ihe profits of 1I10 feniraI Rank. In consequence of the omission of the lust legislation to make n disposition of the profits of last year and of the estimated profits of this year, the directors would riot be authorized, l,v law, to pav any warrant which the Governor might think pro- per in draw mi account of lliose profits. IVo did not include in oor estimate of Urn expendi- tures, 811IIOO fur the University, because tho Central Bank, is, by law, authorized to pay annually that sum, i tilting x.ensus, 11,10., We find n deficit of 8153,169. Admitting cViitingenl Fund, 20,000 that the Governor could draw his w arranto on tho Central Bank for the profits of the last arid current years, amounting, according to the estimate of the committee, to $93,000, yet, after deducting Hits sum from 8153,189, there would .still remain a deficit of 870,169. And how is this deficit to bo mot f The ge neral lax of 1930 lias been nearly all paid in. The general tax of 1831, if it could lie col lected and deposited in tbo Treasury, would not unioiint to $70,169 ; furthermore, the lax of 1831 will be received only in November and December of this year. Whence then will the supply ho obtained ( Tho appropria tions made by law, iinto.iuling to 8279.314, will he called for. The Governor, Judges and Btnle house officers, will need (heir sala ries, amounting to *33,300. Tho printer of the laws and journals must pay f r his paper and Workmen. The superintendents, over seers, and hands working on the public roads, must cat and lie clothed. Tho gold mines must lie protected. And the survey of the Cherokee territory, for which tho sum of 8120,000 is appropriated, is ordered lo bn ef fected in April next. Mow cun that deficit bo met, e-pceiiilly if tho directors ol the Cent ml Back fetus., to accept the Governor's war rants fur $83,000 1 The postponement . fthe survey, which would reduce (!iu defin $ .20,- 000, would still leave a balance against the Treasury of $33,169. Those remarks and utatemonts arc nflered to the public, with the view of drawing the at tentiou of tho citizens to the subject of econo my and reduction in our annual expenditures. Should things go on as they have done; should our law making business cost annually it is enacted, 11 That tho luxes to be levied by J $60,000, the time is not far distant, when Ihe 'hi* net, (ball bo reduced nl nnd after the rate 1 Treasury of Iho Stale will bo 89,300 3.000 45,000 65,650 Second, of Receipts. Tax on Bank Stuck, Vendue Tax, .Stale Tax, Dividend on Bank Stock, Dn .‘lend on Cenlrnl Bank, 1931, 33.000 do. do. 1832, 50,000 .Interest on old State debts, 5.000 Fees on grants, .20,000 Stiles of Fraudulent lots of land, 3,000 ( Cash balance in Iho Treasury, 86.261 $319,211 r.eaiing nil ozcoss of $72,111 income over !l,c immiiil expenditoro. “ I hn tax on Rank Stock, i.- j...t fi..vvr. letsa than v. ha* has hern pan! into the Treasury the pas. year, bemuse tint committee believe B-nk Stack entitled, under the law of 1830, ■fo 1 reduction of 25 per rent. '• by the severtil revivals, from 1917 to ’MO. the net of I s 17 is revived (ot the po litical year 1931. The lux thru levied upon the capital stock of hanks, is tho sanio raised !>y the act ol 1817, and the revival of tho act jf 1817, by the act of ] U30, adopts, for the Vcar 1531, the same lax required by the net of 1*17. The. tax upon bank stock duo tho .‘ bite ter 1S31, is therefore a tax levied by the ,M of 1930, nnd ill tho 6th section of this act, of.25 porconl." The tax upon hank stock is •Jitrefore subject to this reduction.” According to thoso vtntementa tho commit tee have a balance in iho Treasury, nt tho cud of tho current political year, of $72,111. But uncording to more correct and offi.-.nl da ft, which have been obtained since tbo ad journment of the legislature, and wc.xd/ng i„ tbo appropriation net for 1832, which was not t efoiu the Senate when the riumnitreo tnndo tin ir report, it will appear that instead of a !> ilaiiec ren aming in the treasury, a large de ficit is to be anticipated, and should he calcu lated upon by lltoso who have tho manage- merit of ike fiscal concerns ot’ the State, and the disbursement of the public funds. First, then of tho expenditure* lor the political vi ar, lW2. ‘ Drawn from iho Trcamtvy* in November anil December, 1831, .on Account «*f the ci\ 11 OKtabbshmcnt of 1831, $8,150 On account of the Pool School film! of do. C,290 . On account of tho Academy Fund of do. * 3,200 • On account of tbo protection of tbo Gold Mine?, 7,500 * On Account of sundries nnd contingent fund, 21.835 • -• 815 476 Legislature of 1831, amount of Prosi- .jjent’s and Speaker's warrants. 55.098 I'siironted amount of ibr poor school *jnd for 1832, according to iho com- yi itcu’e statement, 23,000 Ksiimuied omount of tho Academy fund for 1832, also according to the Committee's statement, 20.000 mako up deficit in bank divi- cloncls - Public Debt, Appropriations for tbo political yenr \832, according to tho act pasted ut the lato session of the legislature, nnd *.ho subjoined statement of tho item*, 278,314 empty; when there will be no bank stock, no notes, bonds, or other debts duo tbo State; and when, to meet the necessary expenses of the govern ment, the people will have to be heavily bur tliened with tuxes of every description. If wo take tbo balance stated by tho com mittee, as a datum and compare it with tho appropriations wuich have been umdv, but which iho oommiitou conhj not anticipate! how would matters stand t Appropriations not estimated by the Com mittee, viz : Printing Fund, (difference) $8,000 Hoad and Kiver Fund, (dttfc rotiee,) 5,000 Census Fund, (difference,) Negroes for Kail Road Crook, Land Fund, Sundries, Balance remaining in tho Treasu ry at tho end of the political year 1833, an estimated by tho commit tee, $110,414 72,111 Deficit, 874,303 1,000 200 Amount of expenditurea, 8126,097 Second, in making a statement of the re ceipts for the political yenr 1832, w’c shall ho guided “1*0 by the report of tho committee, except in *uch data which have been obtained £incc the adjournment. Tax on Hank Stock tor 1832, 84 300 Vend uo Tex. do P Appropriations fur the support of Govern ment, for the political year 1832. Governor, 83,000 Three Secrciariefl, 3,000 Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Surveyor, 9,000 C lerk and Secretary, Houro and Senate, 1*200 Fight Judges, 16.800 Fight Solicitors, 1,900 Fruiting Fund, 20.000 Rond and River Fund, 30,000 Three Inspectors of the Pcnitcn- tinry, 072 Census Fund. 11.500 Penitentiary, 2,000 Ditto, 8.000 Negroes for Hail Hoad Crock, 10,000 Government House, Lund Fund, 120,000 Protection of the Mine*, 20,000 Overseer on Rail Road Creek, 300 Conti igont Fund, 20,000 Darnell uud Fair, 200 Sundry icdividurj appropriations, 1,312 their increased strength may adJ largely to tho number and qtiali6«*utiona of their pupil*. d^-We iiave heou informed that a two horse Mail Stage will shortly commence running between Itiij place and Clarkesville, in Hab ersham county. 'I he days of its arrival and departure we have not yrt ascertained. It is expected that die contemplated Stage route from this place to Gainesville, in Hall county, will also bo e f :abli.»hcd without much longer delay. These indications of u disposition on the part of tho Post Master General, to accelerate communication and intercourse w:th this in teresting sec tion of our country, will be recei ved, as they ought, with gretitudo and satis faction. *—«**>— —Among ihe many virtues which aro ol- ways nvi:e«sory, but atldom practised, it* there is one tor which we have a piriicular good f •.Itiiwdiip, it is can- Jot. Though some may nlTect lo think otherwise, can dor is useful in every detriment «.* public and pruute intorcourso. In the social circle il cements friendship, in political life it unarms ihe shafts of party conflict, and in religion It preserves the purity of the church. The tfjnf of this virtue in religion nnnciions and pro motes hypocrisy, cinbiticrfl political enmity, and in do- mcfUic life begets distrust, l/ikc articVs of luxury to ihe epicurean, its scarcity increases its value, and from thin cause, as well as its intrinsic worth, wntake*pl -a- sure in recording instances of its exercise, rr.m« they from whai source they may. Of Ihe po ilical jnurnats of (ieorgia, opposcrl to u«, vve liavo had great reason to complain in this respect; but in two or three instun- er a wo have discovered an exception to the general piaelice in the Columbus Democrat. That print, on hi* first annunciation, supported nur present Chief Magistrate for the office which lie fills-- when lie do- j dined, »ho Democrat took hen at lu* w rd, and in op position to the rest o' its party, cmdidlv eo >leased it cm.Id not support such .i wavering politician. Here "as one exemplification of eandor—we have another from the same paper of a more recc-.l date It is well known that in years tone by, every sentinel in the camp (.1 our political enemies, ha - g- norah'y iaided against ua the cry of “ Cnurua“ King Caucus,'' kc. warning the people that a cubal existed to deprive thorn of their right! 1 , and trample on Hie liberties of f> ecnicn. Ground!*.ss ns these alarms were, there were many who really entertained t!iem ;a while others propagated them Gr political effect. But last year the face of things was changed—the Clark folks caucusst 4 a lit tle—and oh, wonderful acquiescence! not a word is said against it except in the Columbus Democrat, which, true to its original opinions, at- > and id in ex* merits in Criminal case?, which ar« now- depending, or whirdi nliull hereafter arise in the Stato Courts. 3d. Ktsolved, That in tho proposed bill, adequate provisions shall he inserted, to enforce the return of all proct'iiS and proceedings in the Court below to the Supreme Court of the United Slates. 4. fkcsolved, That in the proposed bill it will be ex pedient to provide, that in ail cases a writ ot .error to be allowed in pursuance of the Act shall have the ef fect to suspend tho execution of the judgment com plained of, ami that adequate penalties shall be im posed upon any person or persons who shall, respect, violate the piovisiousof ihe Act. In the Senate, on the4'h (says the Globe,) Mr. Ben ton introduced a bill for the reduction of duties on In dian Blankets, and other Indian goods. I he bill pro viding for the payment of interests to several States, on advances made during the lato war, w as considered and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, '•’he bill supplementary to i)ie act for the rihut of certain surviving Officors of the Re volution,, v.ac taken tip for consideration, but, on motion of Mr. Tout, laid on the taMo for tho present. Soma time wn» spent in the consideration of Executive business. In the House ofRoprc?entativcn, tho resolutions of- } fend on Tuesday by Mr. Mercer, in relation to the pro ceeds of the sale of iho public lands, (;o be applied one half to Education, and the other to the removal of free people ofcolor,) wero laid on tho table by a vote ofl?5 to fil. The resolution submitted some days since by Mr. Blair of Tennessee, on the subject of the public lauds, and the amendments proposed by Messrs. Dun can and Mitchell, w ere severally laid on the tabic by a vote of 109 to 70. Mr. Drayton, from the Committeo on Military Affairs, reported a bill for the eroction of a National Armory on the Western watersoftho United States. Mr Polk from a Select Committee, reported a bill for the apportionment of Representatives among the several states according to the 5th Census, which was referred to a Committee of tho whole ! louse on the ^♦nt»* of the Union. Several hills of a local naturo were parsed, and a number of a similar character were ac- pi essing them, boldly cornea out and openly denounces tho whole concern. After noticing the proceedings < f what the editor terms " legitimate King Caucus,” ho proceeds to sty— “ Wo also understand there was also a kind of tide. gitirnatr, Don Pedro sort of a would-be Ktnjy Caucus, holding his court in Milledgeville at the same time — Though his tide to sover* ignty has not barn fully re- eogniard, yet he atfccted a sort of mock royalty, and sent forth tuaducices with a very cnnsi-icrahle show of puitiib-. % r • • * Now wo arc not the .iuKr**r» ofKi’ii; lupuiiuato or illegitimate, and scorn to do ti e right thing on compulsion ; so we flunk it very douhttul whether «vc shall go “ the whole hog" (an exceedingly apt pluuso in this case) for either of these ticHcia, \n honest man, perlmpr, might make a very pretty ticket out of the tw o.” Now vie must confess w** bkc ibis exhibition of can dor, even though the sentiments advanc'd are opposed to our own. We have always advocated, nnd still ad- vocate, the caucus system, csprciallv in times like the present, when with purties nearly balanced, it istmpoj- fible t.» be succrssfu! without imaniuiit). Wc arc con tending f*.r puticiplc, and should regret to sec our hopes defeated and trampled on. by a want of efficiency and concert among our friends. We, however, do not be lieve our legislators are Ihe proper perrons to select candidates for office, yet it were better for them to do it than let it remain undone, or left to individual aspi- taiits. Tho proper way we think should be, to ask the peoplo to assemble and choose delegatus from their respective parties, to meet once a year in convention at 6otiio central place, then ami there to nominate such persona for Members ot Congress, Governor, kc. as the collected information from all parts of the State, and the united discrimination of many of its citizens, might designate. There is nothing domineering or dic tatorial iu this—the people nominate their own candi dates, ao much by a convention as in any other possible muiinsr. and this suenis to us the true republican way. We quarrel with no man for his opinions. U'c are always free to express ours, and never object to bear and give all due deference to those of others. Again we would remark, of all things we like eandor. Thera is then *' no mistake," m misunderstanding, no discoid created by false impressions. - Congrtss.—The proceedings of this body for the weak following our last en tdensed account, present little ei ther new or inicrcsUng. Nearly the whole timo was "pent m discussing bills and resolutions previously in troduced, and w hich we have already noticsd, without arriving at':, fust disposition of any impottant question. The Chrutmss and Now-Year’s holidays, may perhaps >.hvo had in me influence in producing many words, and but little real business. Tho wisest heads sometimes ge* addled, and it may I In the Senate on the 5th, th** bill to reduco the c!u- tiea on Indian blankets nnd other Indian good.r, was read twice, and after considerable discussion, referred to t'«u roinmitteeon Manufactures. After some time sp-nt i, : Executive holiness, the Senate adjourned to m t again on Monday the 9th insl. Z*i 'hi* UouHuthc resolutions heretofore submitted in r.-'an. o to frauds practised on the revenue laws, to the nett revenue collected on Woollens, Cottons, &c. and to th*- amount of money expended since March, 1815, for improvements at tho mouths of rivers, inlets, bar bors, &c. wero considered and adopted. The Soulii Carolina Claims were then taken up, and diflctiSFcd un til the hour of adjournment^ Tho House of Representatives on the 6th, w as prin cipally occupied w ith business of a private nature. A bill was reported to establish a Territorial Government at Ouisconsiu—another making appropriations for the Nava! Service for 1832. Tho Iloysc adjourned at a late hour until Monday. IVora iho So jfhcaJ fiecoKV. The Pent Unitary.— No l.vgialative ad f w mitnv year*, lin*. wc think l.*en no im(.nlitir and injurious to Ihe character. f ^ Suite, ns the lull nholishin- Penitentiary con. flnemciit, and rrstorina tlio long nbsolt t e nnj odiously barbarous puntsbrr.enls of whijtpu,, tropjnng and branding. Fifteen years nan, if j peoplo of Georgia, considering lhemsel.es t,, c enlightened—too far advanced in civiiizai,-, nnd refinement, any longer to ho subjected to such ignominious nnd barbarous puniahmenli followed (ho example of ether States, nrc adopted Iho more humane and cnlightcq.z policy of Penitentiary imprisonment. JJan we,since (hat period,boon “ retrograding - - charger! by our Northern brethren) on the scale, of civilization and morals, and at Ir-ngtj) become unfit lo livo under an improved aysteq sanctioned by the wisdom and humanity of the enlightened age, in which we live ? AA'e ( ri)t . not. Has the institution, (an was asserted It its enemies,) proved wholly inadequate to purposes, for which it was established, aftc, being “ the favorite of the Legislature," and receiving such trial as tiro liberality and int, . hgnneo of ihe Stato could give it ? Tho .rf men, most instrumental in its abolition, most forwurd in using thin argument to n rfl . in liiis c , lie , ti worc those, thut, year after year, l lnvc defeated tlio ciTorts of ttafriondsto unprore its eondition, and establish it on n proper to.:; dation, by wholly refusing, or granting wnt,.. parsimonious hand,the required appropriating Has the system heen so expensive, (ag alleged.) ihnt the lender eonacienci es "f men hers would riot permit them, so lavishly |, sq lander “ Ihe money of their constituents?' Every one must know, that the expense o: prisoners, confined in the common jails, m!| he a far greater burthen on the counties, Iho-. i the t".:-;. which is contributed to the support m the Penitentiary. Why then, was the institt tion abolished ? Simply, for political efleot Popular prejudices had been excited against:' —a parly struggle was ensuing—and it war designed to operate upon thoso prejudices, for party purposes. A reference to Ihe jonrnnl;. will show what pnrty, particularly in the Sc nate, almost unanimously supported this me;- sure. We submit these remarks, in the hope thsf this ruinous step is not irretrievably taken-*- that the people's attention may yet be awaken ed to an investigation of this important suh jeet, when, we doubt not, they will give a r: per direction to the deliberations of a subse quent Legislature, and relieve us from tic curse nnd odium of fetch a code and such i. system of punishment*. Wo subjoin sorre extracts, shewing the state of public Eciuimi r, elsewhere, in relation to this act. They ate in the usual stylo of Northern philanthropy t- wards the South and their measures. SUJIMAEf. We regret to learn that tho Pnper Mill of Mr. white neiir Columbia, S. C. (tho only one in the State) has been dealroyeil by fire. We are requeued to state, that the exclusive object of tile Ameriran Colonization Society ie, to encourage tho removal io Africa of free pomona of color re.idiog in ihe United State*.—Gctr. Courier. On rhureday tho t2d of December, the Rov. H. W r . Milliard of Georgia, was appointed by the Trustees of the University of Alabama, to tho Chair of Elocution nnd English Literature; Mr- Bouflls, of Boston, lo the Chair oi Modern Languages; and Mr. Calvin Jones, of Tennessee, Tutor in the department of Anciant Lan guages. Jacob Maas, an honest and industrious native Ger man, wheeled a barrow load of mountain lea, called tho Golden Rod, from bis protetit residence in Wil liams’ Valley, Danphin county, to Philadelphia, a dis tance of upwards of 100 miles—Ins freight consisted of about 100 lbs. and he tells tbo tea at 50 cents per lb It it considered by our German inhabitants a specific for all bodily complaints.—7’At'f. Chron The brig Colombo Wcstan, cleared yesterday for Norfolk, having on board 40 sieves, emancipated by Dr. James Bradley, lato of Oglethorpe c-unty, Georgia , upon condition ot their emigrating to Liberia. Tho Boston papers contain a “ Declaration," signed by twelve hundred masons, denying solemnly and un equivocally, the allegations which, during Iho last five years, in consequence of their connexion with the ma sonic fraternity, have been reiterated against them, and particularly tlio principal one, that in ihe several degrees ol'Freemasonry, ss they arc conferred in the United States, tho candidate, on his initiation nnd sub sequent advancement, binds himself by oath to sustain liis masonic brethren in arts, which are nt variance w ith the fundamental principles of morality, and in compatible with his doty as a good and faithful citizen. George How ard, I'.eq. tins been elected by the Le- gislaturo of Maryland, Governor of that State. The Committee appointed by Ihe Free Trade Con vention lo diaft a memorial to Congress, met in New- York on the-ttli inat. The Courier ,k Enquirer says that a ‘‘powerful production may be lookedfir." There were 9308 deaths in the city of Baltimore, front the lsi of January, 1831, lo the let January 1839. The most prominent diseases in tho hill of inurtslitv are of Cholera Infantum, 218; Consumption, 310; Propry , G3; Billions Fever 117 ; Scarlet Fever, 1G3 ; From the N. A". Mercantile Advertiser. Georgia.—Tha Legislator*! of thin Stnir lias passed a law to abolish Penitentiary :nv prisonnioni, and re-estnbiished the lurinc- mode of punishing criminals, whipping, crup. ping, Sic. This is it *- retrograde march.” It is the first instance ivliero the Peniteidmn system after being adopted has been ahan dotted. From the New York American Advocate. W r e can hardly understand what is intem.V: by the following dctermimition of the Gcorgi; Legislature. When all olher Slates and coun tries are giving in their adhesion to tho policy of Penitentiary punishment, what oan induce Georgia to abandon il ? Are the .Souther; States determined lo mnko -elrogrado move ments in every thing ? “In the Senate yesterday, the bill of ibr- House of Representatives, providing lor thr abolition of Penitentiary imprisonment, w.-i passed, yeas 45 nays 24.”—JMillcdge. Joir Shelton's Mine.—This is said to bo one t' tho richest mines in tho Gold Region yet dis covered, and would pay tlio capitalist with ad ditional woultli who would avail himself of the proper moans to work it to tho best advantage. Wo saw, a few days since, upwards of three thousand ponny-weighla just taken from its rich howels, among which wero virgin masses, as large as our hand, in the stato tho volcanij explosion left them. It is situated in Haber sham county, not more distinguished for it' 1 ore, than tho tried purity of its political prii- ciplcs.—Georgia Courier. Commercial Dank at Macon.—The spir t and punctuality which have marked the ear?/ operations of this newly chartered institution augurs well for its future usefulness ntitl eff- cicncy. It is exclusively intended to promoic the facilities of our markot; and has, in cor. sequence, secured the public confidence! am enlisted a lively interest in its behalf of nj. those interested in Ihe substantial prosperity' of the town. On the 10t!i inst. 5 per cer.t. (thn amour' of the first instalment) wit* called for, whet: out of the 4.000 shares, about 3,000 vterr promptly paid for by the original stockholder; On or before the 201 h msl., when 20 perron* is to bo demanded,it is said that the whole! stock will ho owned and represented. The Bank. Ity its charter, is required to have 6100.000 in specie, heforo it commence busi ness. This it will have; nnd from the aclivi- ^ __ v ..„ . *y a,, d assiduity ofit* enterprising commission Influenza, It; Intemperance 45; Inlaniiic. 3<!3 ; Small I L ‘ rs * ** he enabled to contmence its regul*-* Pox, 25 W o understand (hit tbe will of Mr. Girard, is dated June —, 1831, and that lie having purchased much luabte property since dial lime, it it pntsiblo his heirs will have a legal claim o, said properly. The Jackson (Tenn.) Statesman mentions the fact, almost wiihoul a precedent in dial Slate, that three peraona had frozen In death m that vicinity. The qaantitynf land ceded lo the L’niled Sralea in theI State of Ohio, during the last year the pro. visions of the Indian Bit!, is -aiJ to he 381,770 acics. ——— go addled awl it mav h', Hitt even our sapient legis. ... , . , $27e.3l4 Li., r s (1 , ) .; (IaI1 i Tf ..,.x TO . r h„ ( Vnm,hcirn .^7^ _ Idj.iificdfran-y, at-.d pariah* tf Cj: cWl^two, cfJqrUtO; 37,9SPl'r«acalettred (WTsanayaaJSBela-xe. business operations, early in February ; tbo Ut of which month tho election of its ofi. cers and directors takes place.—Advertiser. Curious.—Ono of our Grocers roccnth bought u lot of Bacon, among which was one entiro hog, tha! was perfectly petrified. The piece wo saw was cut from tho middling and was hard and stony—as perfect a specimen ot petrifaction hs wo over saw. Wo boheve r: was firs* discovered by iho Grocer» Conk, who attempted to boil a ham with a Imad o. | cabbage, and was surnriocd alto coaid not r'.l