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J V v> \ S# >» GEORGIAN. 8 V VANN All: TUKSIIAV MOlINlNti, NOV. IK, UJJ Aitvetti»cmeiits omitted tin* da) «>uU be Attended to in our next. It) Ult night 1 * niHil we received from our correipundcntt it llitludgcvillc in proof, the Mettuge of the Governor to the Ecgiilature, which wot del vercd on Wed nesday Uat. We have given it entire, Tlir. principal igtcreit excited was by the elec tion of Judge* and SoLuitor* tor the differ ent circuit* of the state, which wm to tak* place on -Friday last. The following are * the candidate! for these offices 1. East ATCircuit. Judge—Charltou, Wayne.' Solicitor— Itond, D'Lynn. 2. Middle. Judge-*Walker* (iambic. Solicitor- J. Wells, T. Berrien, Crueller- 3. Northern. Judge—DotAy. Solicitor— B. Long, Bayre, Garvin, Bitter, Henly, Un Hlerwood, 4 Oakmulgee. Judge-Strong, 4-ong- Street Solicitor—J. W. Campbell, L. Q. C. Ljtmar, J. Howard, Krierwia 5. Western. Judge— Clay ton, Payne. Solicitor—Philip Abler, Holt. fo. Southern. Judge**llarrt^. Solicitor t. U Holt. 7. Pint* Judge—O, R. Prince, Cook, Saffnld, Shorter. So'idtor—U. J. M'Do nald, J. Malloy. GEORGIA JOURNAL, EXTRA, Jf r ethwday, 'M)V. 6. iGOVERNOll’S MESSAGE. Deliveredtlii* day, at It o'clock, to both branches of t'w Legislature. *•» XXKCUTIVK DRPAHTMKNT, OEOROU MlLl.KUJKVll.LK, C'll Nil*. 1622. Fellow CIO: lit of the Semite, Aiutltvuee of Heprceeiilattva, As ihu repreaentatises til' the pen pte, permit meun your annual an,rut biage to congratulate you upon the happy cnmlmun of our common coun try. At peace with nil the world 1 Our agricultural pur.uit, Airmailing car and comfort, without the lenip talion to luxury, we find the nation Vapidly advancing to a Mate of pity.i Cal .tieog.lt end importance, which will enable the Kepuhlio to defy every •ttrmpt to drew Iter into (tie vortex nl Europium turmoil, or to corrupt or abolish llte pure principle, of Mur go. vrriunent. To the principlei nl the loiiiltltution of the Union, no wisclv ■-fruited, and prudeuily adndniatered tuny be aitiibulcd Ihia prosperity. liui in ilie ei'jeyment of these blessings, we should not tie Inrgetful of the la tmurol un ull Wise Providence it) al lowing to u. . country lor a home, combining every advantago that could be asked fur by man. Uu it ouratu im prove with a grateful heart, all 'those benefits, no signally conferred. In the aH'iirv of the General Go vernment it ia believed, hut lew Chang e have taken place, a fleeting its exteitur relations, of immediate im portance to this Slate. Among the '‘mostimportant ut these, may be con- eidered the opening of many of the W-eat India porta to the vessels of thj United State,. Tina was a mcaanre a 1 xioiagly looked lor by iconaidcrablc portion of thin State, end il in Imped that the anticipated benefits will be fully realised. With all the nations uf the civilized world a perfect harmo ny exists, which promisee to our coun try a long and pioaperoua peace land it is a ciicuma'ance much to he de- ■plnred, that there should be fouud any 'thing in the internal condition of nur . country calculated even remotoly to impair the full enjoyment of such a blessing, it cannot, however, have neaped you that the tecontl Chief Magistrate ol the Union, who united ell hearts and ell voice's in hia eleva. tion, ia destined to led the weight of a restless end ambitious opposition. It would hive been a source of proud exultation that the leal of the I'atriut, whose principle! hist been purified in the crucible of the Revolution, should hive beeo supported in that policy which ie derived from Wash ington, and which eiperience has es tablished to be the best calculated to aecure to the republic, peace god pros perity. That political atihm which experience h» demonstrated to be perfectly correct, " That a due prepo. 'ration for wer it ■ mean most to bo relied on to prevent aggression,” ' teems to have been forgotten by 'Shone who manifest a disposition So pull down and -destroy those ■pationai defences which have been ao wisely planned, and as yet, -but partially executed- Wert other lessons wanting, it would be amply nufUctetit to establish the policy in •qiKlllou, to advert to the unpreparer) state of our country immediately pre ceding the late war ; much blood anil treasure would have been savefi to die nation, bj^a few additional liigrtes, a few ihouamd VtH-disciplined troops end fortifications located at the mod exposed .and probable paints oh at tack. Jtjlilwmilil seem that there •re' those who are deaf to die sugges- -tiontol experience, and whose politi cal creed «t is for die pleasure of hoai ding a dollar for the moinent to ,lhe retimreel of Ihe republic, end it- I tuition of the rounlrv, is obviously a 'dicisieof wisdom. For nodnog abort j_. nl the power of repelling injuries, will inure to the Union a rational pros poet of .scaping the calamiti.aof wai, or the d. giiidalioo ,.f iuault. Such has been die eoiighteued •ndenergr- lir course throughout, of the piesnit t hirl Magistrate, tud we niuy well hope that at may not he changed from light or transient motives,or obstruct- rd from mistaken views of economy, or the rt-at|ess sspirationa ol individual onibiliun. Turning from this slight conlem jilation of the General to the Mlate government, I, with the most heartfelt satisfaction congratulate you on the ra- lid advances which our diet. is mak- nglo that station of influence tj'consi- deratiuu which ere long she i- destin ed lu'reach m the ufTnrw of tlie nation. By her encreased population she is en titled lo an additional repiepreaenta. live in die noxt national Legislature. The 6 new counties lormed out ul the late acquiait.on ol territory from the Check Nation ol Indians, arc now in a stalo of complete organization, as contemplated by and pointed nut in an act ul the last Ueneral Assembly, and from returns received Irom each of those counties have exercised the • ighli of Trueman, to be represented in the legislative councils of the state, by the election id' a (Senator and Re presenlative from each county. As our State is fast encreasing in population, extension of territory, mill wealth, it is tube lamented that there exists so deplorable a delicien cy ill our system ol Education and to- ternal Improvement. Tncse objeers have been su repeatedly presented to the Legislature, and are iusNinsical ly of such vital importance to the prosperity happiness, strength and III- ftaeiice ol the State, tiiat it is deemed supeilluus to say more, than that it t- liqceiely lo be wiahe.il, dint we may no longer, by the asaumptiun of the name, satisfy ourselves lor the sob- staiillal benefits ut a digested and operative plan ol general education and internal improvements' Fermi, me however to c ill your attention to the Four School Fund, and tosuggest whether it would uo) ultimately re. duund mure lo the advantage of the Slate to have that fund added to the one ..ppiupriated tu County Acado- mieu by die last Legialatuie. In do ing iIns, 1- am euli ly actuated from die conviction that the brilliant ad vantages which some m ,y promise Irom tins soure-o to the cause ol hu manity and,science, will prove ilium' ry. There I-, happily, dm little po verty, and too much proud indepen deuce in our country, ever to render pour schools on un extensive plan, necessary or profitable to the com munity. And should an entire aban donment on the system, not comport with die views ot the Legislature, it ia (esnectlully conceived that all the beneficial results may be realized by making the (rannler of the fund con ditional, so as to oblige the tcvefal Academies in educate gratuitously a given number of punt' children, select ed in such manner is may he deemed meat equitable and just. Exertions have been repeatedly made to procure a suitable person to fill the the office of Engineer, but 1 regret, that they have as yet proved unsuccessful. There have been ap plicants lor the otilcu.butthe want of •ollicient touchers for their skill and experience, has hitherto prevented the Executive hnzirdiug an appoint ment. The only individul new in the Southern States, whu is known to have given practical evidences ot his qualifications, for an office ol tills kind, is a Mr. Fulton, now in the em ployment of ihe State of North Caro lina at five thousand dullata per an' num. This Stale from the talents and industry of this ge^|eman, is said to have derivod signal benefit. As the services el an Engineer are, to plan and direct and not to labor, I would reapectlully suggest the pro priety of attempting tu effect an ar rangement with (hat State, so as to ha.a the services ul lint gentleman in es, a giitg- nflBf dine Ihe slaws end interests of Ihe Male. I'll. Legislature in causing this subs , eel fo lie laid belore Congress! were impressed with the impuriince of holding a treaty with it least one of these tribes tn the course of the Ult summer. In this however, iliey hi*e been disappointed from various can- sea, The sum appropriated ia evi- dently Ion small to effect the. objects fur which il was made, end it is s subject of regret that no exertions were made on Ihe pert nl our delega tion to encrcase it, which it ia cun. ceivcd could nut with any propriety, have been objected to, when we ronai'. der the great advantage, ami immense profit (fiat has resulted to the Utli'ed Slates in their' contract with llio St.'te of Uenigia, From the correepnndence herewith communicated, it will be seen that the President ol the United States, a greeably to t rrquiat of the Legij lure, ha express,d In a resolutiui the 22d December, 1811, caused commission with which Gen. F- eston had been charged, td bo continued upen at Athena, until the 15ih March Lit, It will also appear, that on and alter application by jtlie Executive to the President, ho Iks directed that the claima in questlin, made out in conformity to the inttrticliona under which Uen. Prestos noted, be received at the War Depa/lmcht until the 1st ul Jamnry next, when such order will be taken in relation to them as justice In lay require. As this is a subject/of grout interest to many ol our pmr and aulfcring fellow citizens, 1 recur mend it to y.ur further con aiderui in. 1 dn this the more rendily from a leliet that the enure* adopted for est Wishing those claims isaori gtd as n preclude many of the clot mints/ from recovering their just i ights/ which were understood to have been pixivided for by the Indians, as well m by the commissioners un the part of ibe ata'e, ’The amount of claim an yet allowed by the Freai- d.-nr, is 888,762 62, the fint instill mem »l which has been receivi <1, a- greedily to the stipulations of the treat}, and-ie regularly paid tn the elaim.n s as they app'y, by Eli»ha tV mil, E-q one of the secretaries of this jdepuiinient. The reasons - for not alluwing interest ufilhise claims, are g)ven in the opimeHpf the attor- ney-general of the IJaWsil (States, a copy .1 which is herewith transmitted. lly a resolution of i(ie Legislature, approved 22d December last, the ex ecutive was requested to open a cor- feel upon this subject has titely been view there if er, with Ihe Fterelive greatly enlarged by the institution of and the person appointed. From the two suits in Baldwin Superior Court document herewith transmitted, it will one in'favnmf the creditors of Wil be eeen tbit this solicitude for hi. wel. Bam B iwen, end the other in favor of fare, was on his part, totally utimer. B .wen himsfll. The first it prngres ited. For years he his been more in- sing by way ol levy of executions up- i attentive tn his duties than any officer on the thirty-five Africans now in attached to the Stato House, lie has possession of the slste, anil the last: often been unable.fminvariouscaiis- by action of Trover against the etstes’ es, to sign his name, and frequently agent, charging a conversion of the , got some one of the young men in the whole number, to wit, 95. Il will be office In do it for him. If this is al io r you fo take such notice of these lowed of, he need never go info hia transactions as you may think proper, office—it is therefore communicated Thus fur the cases have been delen-, fur your ennsiderniion. (led at the instance of the executive. I Upon a deliberate view of th's act, with and the expense* defrayed by drafts »'l <he fuels amt argument! which hsve upon the fundI arising from .he .ale .f Afi leans in 1618. , . , it wsa a measure, which I then helieveo and At the request of the Irgn.latiiro of. yet conceive, the interest of Ihe slutc re- the efgte of North Carolina, t enminu. ‘ nicate iheir prncevdings relative to By the arrival tail evening of the Chip Favorite amt brig Native, we received New York papers of the eveoing of the Id but. They contain nothing of importance. Intelligence from Uudriilofthe 6th Sep. tember, stales that the Minuter of Porru- K"l at the Spanish Court, had prnpneed an alliance offensive and defensive between Spain and Portugal, but that the note bad been returned to the Portngoeae Minister because It contained expressions relative tn the affaira of Monle Video, and othere, which appeared offensive to the national dignity. The northern prdviocea continu ed in a state of insurrection, but Madrid wa« quiet. the appropriation of public lands by the general government, for the pur poses of education. I also l»y before you a enpyfija resolution of the le- gialatuie orllie slate of Soutli Caro lina, at their request, relative tn the incorporation of the United Stules’ Bnik, within tire District bf Colum bia. I likewise transmit for your con sideration, a copy ot a letter fmm the directors ol the Feniisylvaiiiu institu tion lor the education of the deaf and dumb. From the records of *he commission er* of the land lottery in this office, it appears that lots No. 156, 157, 158 und 159, in the 5th district of Monroe county, are not drawn -, and are there- tore subject tube disposed of as you may direct. In your coquiriea into the revenue and finances of Ihe state, you will no doubt discover the deranged situation oi two funds considerable in amount, and which hnvenq doubt suffered by delay. These are the fraction hoods, und sums in the hand* of defaulting tax collectors. With a view to arrive at some accuracy ot information in re- S ard to the former, Ihe Lst legislature irectcd Ihe appointment of cummis nonera to examine and digrst file ev idences relating thereto, and to report accordingly, Tho appointment was made of suitable persons, who (lectio ed to act. The examination has late ly been confided lo an individual, whose report is expected lobe receiv ed in u few rluya, and will then be communicated, A statement of warrants drawn Mb the treasury during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, and ubutiyc IL'U'JCBlru "ir wjj' n » n respondence with the president of the a hat of executive appointments, are United Stutee, with a |*iew, if possi ble, to procure a itisfaclinn in money or utherwiar, to be mad' errtain Che rokee fudiant or headsuf Mian fami lies, for reaervalioua ot land lying within the limits of (his hale, claim ed under the treaties con/lutled at the Cherokee Aaency on (he 8 It day of July, 1817, and at Washington City, on ihe 27‘ih February, 181$. Upon herewith transmitted, "lly the latter document it will be seen, that on the I2lh day of August last, Simon Whit aker, E,q. was appointed Secretary of Stale, in the place of Abner H nn- nnmd, K.q. The causes which led to tins exercise, as it is conceived, of a constitutional right and political duly of the executive, I deem it not ini proper to submit loyour con-ideration. this subject the PresideAt has given About* month previous to the I2lh ol such directions is it hoped will August last, Mr. Hammond, without produce nn amicable uijjustiuent u f the knowledge of this department, had kaacrtttce thousands at a distant UL'iiud.' > ’' > >cra 1, e to co-operute A .1— _ .i . _ * . witIV Ills* Sf_.li* ('llinniuxinnnsa 1,1 A S’eady ad-ierence to a system of MlilMiai delence, commeneuiutt with coijuction.upon such principles us may be deemed equitable and just.— From the length of t'nno he has beau in the employment of North Carolina, it il hoped and belived that such an arrongemuut is practicable, and the occasional services' of man of expera «nce and acknowledged talents aii,| industry, would be mare satisfsetor and beiivfinial, than the undivided ser. vices of one less skilful. The Legislature, by resolution bear ing dale 16th May, 1821, directed a correspondence to be opened wilh the President of the U. States, with a view ul a further acquisition el terri. tory. The same subject was revived by an additional resolution of (lie £2tl December last, which also embraced me topic nf citiaeu’e claimi aganat tlie-Cherokee nation. These tesolu tion* were duly complied wilh, aud communications made tu the Freai dent and to our Senatura and ttepre eentativea-in Cntigreas-; and au up- prepriatmn of lliirly thoueand dollars waa made lor the purpose ul treating with the'Creeks and Cberokei-s. Ueu. John Floyd. Col. Duncan U. Camp bell and Mnj. Janice MerriweNier aie appointed cummiasiunera on (lie pail ol the U. titates, to- hold a treaiy with Ihe Uhenikees. Tile said Cuiunis- with me Stole Commissioners m pro. mo.mg to llie extent ot 'their power i hose claims. From the eircumttisce of much time having been necesierily consu med in examining tile 'records and files in this office, lor evidence to sup. port tho claims fur militia services endered under the tmlem of the Pre anient, in tile year! 1792, 3 and 4, I lias unable tn comply wilh the direc tions of tho Legislature, as embiaced in Iheir resolution of the 22,1 Decern ber last, in transmitting ihe memurial tipiin this subject, with the documents, to the President and our Senators and Representatives in Congress, un till Ihe 1-51 li February following. The Secretary of War acknowledged the receipt of my cnmmunication, with the ducumenti, and states that " the President was clearly nf opininn that the whole of Ihe expense of defend ing the Union, ought tu he paid nut of Ihe general treasury, and no part of it frnm any particular state'” I also received a letter Irani our Senators, dated 1st March, and from one nf our Representatives, (Dr. Abhni) dated 6Mi March, upon the same subject which are transmitted. For the views ol the remaining part of the delega tion, I refer you to their letter of the 13 U of (he aame month, which is also submitted. The report of the military commit tee, made by Mr. Elliott Jo ihe Senate of the United States on the 15th A- pril on this subject, concludes with re commending a resolution " that the military committer be instructed tn re|>ort a bill appropriating 8129575 66 in full discharge of the militia claimi of Georgia.” It was to have been hoped that the adoption of this report would have been urged upon Congrese. Claims *„ just as these it is believed must & will ultimately be adjusted tod paid. In fur'herance ol which, 1 would recommend that the legislature again urge tho attention of mir delegation to this subject. The Digest of the Laws, compiled by L. Q. C. Lamar, E-q. under the au thurity ul' the act of the legislature, has been printed and delivered. An appropriate numb,T of copies has been distributed, end the surplus copies are on hand, to be disposed of as you may direct. The printing ot another cum pilaliuu, by O. II, Prince, Esq. has bedn centraced -for, and will Ue de livered by 1st December next. The poceedings in the District Court in relation to certain Africans illegally introduced into the Uuited States, are still pending. The coo absented himself from the seat of gov eminent, nor did ne intimate to this department the length of time he in tended to bo absent, or the place whither he was going. A clerk, con trary to the ixpress orders,if the Ex ecuuve, persisted in the discharge ol the duties of the office as deputy, act. ing solely under a letter of attorney Irom Mr. Hammond, and signing his individual name for flint of the Secre tary—"Tims. II. Crawford, for Abner Hammond, ■Secretary of State," The absolute uncertainty of the time at which th'e Secretary would return, it depending upon contnigencies which might protract.hia stay tu an indefi-i ite period—knowing that there rust ed nn law of the legislature which would legulize the actajd' his clerk, liu matter under ivhat authority from his princtp.il he might have acted—and believing that the great seal of the state, which had been solemnly intrust- exl to me, and according to the forma prescribed, solemnly committrd to the •ale keeping of the Secretary, had been by him illegally and impiuperly transferred to a mere boy, acting un der no oath or legal responsibility; in fine, knowing that the office for the time was vacant, and that it had been vacated to all legal intents by the act nf Mr. Hammond himself, ami that bis long absence, arid the uncertainty nf hia speedy returiyaffirding no sutti. cient g ound for the exercise of Exec’ utive torbearance in hia fav-.r, without a direc^and palpable preference tu individual convenience, at the ex pen«e of the public good, and the rights ol the community, 1 deemed it my impe rious duty, under the 9(h section of the 2d article of the constitution, to resume the Great Beal of the Slate, and confide it to the keeping of a more attentive officer. Mr. Whitaker was aocordingly selected to fill that vacan cy.and was the day thereafter regulai ly inducted into office. So far how ever, as provision could be made to se dure Mr. ILmmond Irom all possible injury by this act, his feelings nor his rights wore forgotten or neglected; lor it was expressly mentioned tn his successor, that it would be gratilviog to the Executive, in the events of his return, that he should resign the office, and that he should retain the clerks then in the office. AH this was done with the view to the appointment of Mr Hammond. The principal injury sustained by him, is attributable to his own indecorous, rude and vulgar con duct, on his return at his first inter- quireri, rfvI the provision* of the Constitu tion demanded. That I may hnve erred from a defect of judgment is possible, for fallibility is the lint of all men. And there nre nn inst ument* more vurimudy constru ed, than the charter* of our National and State rifth'i. In the formation of my opin ion upon the article in question, I nought neither to fu'ce * power by implication, or torture word* to a meaning not intended for them. It n a rule of construction dic tated by plain rea<ton,R9 well as founded cn le^al axiom*, “That every pa t of an ex pression on ^Itt, if possible, to be nHowed some meaning, and made lo conspire to some common end M It uevercnuld have been intended hy the wist* framer* of that instrument, which whs made for the good nfthe whole communi ty, that the operation! of the government might be auapended by the capricious ab sence of an high officer of state, and that there should exist no redeeming power lor suen an evil, both speedy and efficient in it* operation. Is it not more consistent with the principl e which they littd in view, »o construe tlut power rb a political one, speially granted and to be exercised at the discretion und-r the legal and constitution- nl responsibilities of the Chief Magistrate of ihe Bute? Such I conceive to have been the intention, such the specific grunt us ap plicablc to the case in question, and such my responsibilities. As to tin* question of vacancy or no va cancy, suffice it to say, that I conceive, hud Mr. Hamm md died or resigned on the 12'h day of Augus:, so far us it tegnrd* ed the community in the discharge nl official duties, it would have hud no mure effect than did his absences Ad tIA'Se causes aMo produce the same con sequence* to the peopie; and if, in the one, Use protection of the rights of the community should be incompatible with those of an individual, the latter must yield. Ah hough :ia regards the powers of the Ex ecutive whilst acting under oath, 1 should not conceive, precedent in any c>«se bs ab solutely binding, vet I would he disposed to give to one, the most mature consideration. !• know of no precedent entirely analogous to the present case. In principle, however, the doctrine contended for is conformable to the views and practice of one of my most cuiightcd predecessors, as will appear by do uments herewith transmitted. It is well known to those who were acquainted with the late Governor Jackson, that he, having himself been one uf the framers of the Constitution, must have understood and regarded its true principles. Under his administration of the Government, we find thus he iHBiieil orders directing the Statev House Officers not to leuve the Seat of Go vernment without his consent, and dictated the hours they should attend at their res pective offices for the despatch of business V>me that knew him, will believe that he would issue an order, 4 nullity in itsulfand which lie was not empowered virtually to enforce. Tnot this appointment of the t£xe- cutive has been by a separate and dis 'inct branch of the government re ie wed und pronounced illegtl and unconstitutional, is fully known tu you. Not arrogiting tu myself as a co-ordinate branch of the government the power to decide upon tue constitu rional rights of the Judicial depart moot, I claim to have exercised in this case, the power* properly belonging tu and expressly given to the Executive, The framers nf our cuttsliiuiiou undoubtedly supposed, that in that in 8trument,.they hail laid a solid fuun datinn un which the WHilniti ol future, Legislature* might establish laws se curing to their constituents the full ami free enjoyment of all Iheir just rights. It devolves upon you to en quire whither that end has «been suffi ciently attained—if it has not, to de vise means by which it may be more iflVetuiilly secured. Dies the Con stitution itself require alteration amendment ? Ir is with you to pro pone such alterations or amendments • your wisdom may suggest. Are The fifth day of December has been ap pointed * day of thanksgiving in Vermo^ Tho easterly S ,.le.ol the S9lh ult. was loir in Boston. The title was ihivon in to an unusual lioieht, amt overflowed many of the principal wharvev, anil csupml the removal of much property from them. Two or three small vessels were sunk, »ud several large ones da,listed. Spain.—'The Democratic Pre.* states, mm private advices have been eceived, tin which reliance mav ha placed, ttiat some of the most influen tial liberals at Madrid, members of he Cortes sod administrators of tin Government, have addressed a form; l and explicit communication to the British Minister, 1 Ids paper states the the addressers have nscert,lined noil thoroughly satisfied themselves, that, in a certain number of enumer- ateil cases, the Government of Franca has adopted hostile measures against the establishment of the Constitution- al system in Spain—That these i U ea- sores i\sve not 'heretofore, been \mb- liolj resented ; but that if after the present notice, France shall again act liost)lely, Spain will resent, and her resehtment probably issue in a repeti tion'of the case of Chailes i. and Louis XVI. which may extend to the whole of the Spanish braucli of tha house of Bourbon. iiing lawsailequaie to aecure to the people the great object of ell rightful legislation ? —the good order aud har monious administration of the govern ment in allits departments according tn the true principles oft' which our Republican institutions rest. If they are not, it is within the scope of yuu fanriinns to apply the corrective Rod in the language of (he constitution to make ail laws anil ordinances which you shall deem necessary and proper lor the good of the state, which shall not be repugnant tn the Consti tution. With these objects steadily in view, regarding the (hmstit'jtion a. s the Polar Star by which,you are fit, o e guided, and believing, »<; you Un ques tionibly do, that a purlion or the rights of the people were delegated to you, to be used fur their Common good your deliberations cannot fail to result in the adoption of measures .best calcu lated for the advancement of the high' est interest and happiness of the pen' pie. Reports Irom the different Banks in this State h ve been received, aud with matters of minor importance re served for future communications. JOHN CLARE. A bvilKtat meteor was observed to pas. through the horizon at Nea-Yor'l on the evening of the 3- ah nit. between 6 ami 7 o’clock, frjig a northerly direction. The Pitlsbug Mercury of the 83d ult. contains an account of the trial of a cause before the district court U. (States at Pittsburg, in the previous week, which excited a good deal of in. terest. Mr. W. 11. F„,ter had bevn deputy commissary id purchases, un der the U. Ntates during the late war and had staked his private fortnne (i> enable him tn furnish public supplies, particularly prior to the battle uf N, Orleans, when the United States did • not, nr could pot, furnish the supplies themselves; yet, when Mr. Foster, at the close of the war, produced his ac counts, tor settlement, certain claims were rejected, and lie'was proclaimed a public defaulter : these iloms wera rrjeeted. it seem-, first,n charge for ai rvice as special i-stqng crtmmiaiary; tecond, a claitriNbr money, paid for the public, which he hail borrowed for the purpose on his own responsibility ; and third, a claim for lotseB sustained by the depreciation of treasury, notes, t.he ejection of llicue items caused & balance tnappear due by him—for that balance suit was brought, anil uu ths trial a jury of hi* country relumed fi general verdict for the defendant, ac- eompumed by a certificate that the U. States was justly indebted to Mr. Foster, in the sum of seven hundred and tony-six dollars, "This commu nication, fsays the Mercury) is made with the hope, that, as a cautionary lesson, it may prevent fu ure unlound. ed publications, and deter the slan- iU*rer from* atttempting to expose to scorn ihe reputation of men, to whom the government i» not w y indebted in a pecuniary point of view, but to whom the nation at large owe an incalcula ble debt of gratitude.” ^ The London Morning Chronicle, received at the uffice of the Daily Advertiser, contains a narrative of the sufferings arid abuse of Capt. A-* vey, a citizen of the United States win, having occasion to visit the palacu of the King, at Madrid, was on his return thence assaulted in the street by several soldiers nf the royal guard, members of the" Jinny of the Faith,* who, after (mocking him down widi bludgeons, struck him with their a* bres across nts head, cutting hi verely m two plates. For ,-' - '’ body C ' <1 - 10 rUn tl ‘ n “ trough the ' chame ^'•■"A'reyw.s taken ia Uo- ?t - y C ? “ fficers of '<>* “Uyal Guard, who caused him' to be incarcerated in a dungeon, Where he was at length discovered by In* friends. His wounds had not beca dressed until eleven hours after their infliction, and he was kept without touduutil unon uf the succeeding day.- Alter t.confinemcnt of three dare he was allowed to depart. 1 • lhua was an American citizen as, suited and mangled by assassins of the Royal Guard in Madrid, confined in, dungeon, without medic,I assistance' for his wounds, neglected to be wa. plied with the common necessaries ef ol Isle, and relained-iu a Spanish pri- sou lor three days, merely becsu«e he was seen tocame from the Place and wore a white hat, whiclrtb them de- signaled him lo belong to the liherel «r III other words, to till- constitutional F* r }T' Although the l.eq'iinition ia -bol.abed, the tioatuientuf Capt. A