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strung evidence ot the abundant resour
ces ot the country, and of tlic prudence
and economy with which the Govern
ment has lierctohirc been administered. —
We have waged two wars since we be
came a nation, with one of the most pow
erful kingdoms in the world—both of
them undertaken in defence of our dearest
rights—both successfully prosecuted and
honorably terminated—and many of those
who partook in the first struggle, as well
as the socond, will have lived to see the
last item of the debt incurred in these ne
cessary but expensive conflicts, faithfully
and honestly discharged—and wc shall
have the proud satisfaction of bequeutil
ing to the public servants who follow us
in tlie administration of the Government,
the rare blessing of a icvcnue sufficiently
abundant—raised without injustice or oji
pressiou to our citizens, and unincumber
ed with any burthens but what they them
selves shall think proper to inqioso upon
it.
The flourishing state of the finances
ought not, however, so encourage us to
indulge in a lavish expenditure of the
public treasure. The receipts of the pre
sent year donut furnish the test by which
we are to estimate the income of the next.
The i hanges made in our revenue system
by the acts of Congress of 15*3:1 and 15*33,
and more especially by the former, have
swelled the receipts of the present year
far beyond the amount to be ex pee ted in
future years upon the reduced tariff of
duties, The shortened credits on revenue
bonds, and the cash duties on woollens
which were introduced by the act of l
and took vfleet on tile till of March last,
have brought large sums into the Treasu
ry 1833, which, according to the credits
formerly, would not have been payable
until 1834, and would have formed a part
of the income of that year. These caus
es would «f themselves produce a great
diminution of the receipts in the year
1831, as compared uiiii the present one,
and they will be still more diminished by
the reduced rates of duties which take
place on tlu- first of January next on
some of the most important and produc
tive articles. Upon the best estimates
that Can be made, the receipts of the next
year, with the aid of the unappropriated
amount now in the Treasury, will not be
much inure than sullicicnt to meet the ex
penses of the year and pay the small rem
nant of the national debt which yet re
main* unsatisfied. 1 cannot, therefore,
recommend to you any alteration in the
present tariil ol duties. The rale as now
fixed by law on the various articles was
adopted at the last session of Congress as
a matter of compromise with unusual
unanimity, and unless it is found to pro
duce more than the necessities of the
Government call for, there would seem to
be no reason at this time to justify n
change.
urn while 1 forbear to recommend any
further redaction of the duties, beyond
that already provided lor by the existing
lu Wjy 1• a• u.»t wwi'nv ftnil I'oupuattullv
press U|>on Congress tlic importance ol
abstaining from all appropriations which
are not absolutely required for the public
interests, and authorised by the powers
clearly delegated to the United Slates.
We are beginning anew era in our Gov
ernment. The national debt, which has
so long been a burthen on the Treasury,
will be finally discharged in the eourscol
the ensuing year. No more money will
afterwards be needed than what may be
necessary to meet the ordinary expenses
of the Government. Now, then, is the
proper moment to fix our system of ex
penditure on firm and durable principles :
and 1 cannot too strongly urge the neces
sity of a rigid economy, and an inflexible
determination not to enlarge the income
beyond ilia real necessities of the Govern
ment, aud not to increase the wants of the
Government by unnecessary and profuse
expenditures. If a contrary course should
be pursued, it may happen’ that the reve
nue ot 1831 will tall short of the demands
upon it: and after reducing the tariff in
order to lighten the burthens of the peo
ple, and providin'' for a still further re
euction to take effect hereafter, it would
be much to be deplorable if, at the end of
another year, we should find ourselves
obliged to retrace our steps, and impose
additional taxes to meet unnecessary ex
penditures.
It is my duty, on this occasion, to call
your attention to the destruction of the
public building occupied by the Treasury
Department, which happened since the
last adjournment of Congress. A tho
rough inquiry into the causes of this loss
was directed and made at the time, tlic re
sult of which will be duly communicated
to you. 1 take pleasure, however, in stat
ing here, that by the laudable exertions of
tli« officers of the Department,and many
of the citizens of the District, but few
papers were lost, and none that will ma
terially affect the public interest.
The public convenience requires that
another building should be erected as
•*>oa as practicable ; and providing for
it, it will dc advisable to enlarge, in some
manner, the accommodations tor the pub
lic officers of the several Departments,
■n l to authorise the erection of suitable
dejios'.torics for the safe keeping of the
public documents and records.
Since the lust adjournment of Congress,
th* Secretary of the Treasury lias directed
tit*. Money of tl|i; U uted Statu* to be deposi
ted in certain State Hanks designated by linn,
• lid In will nn "led ately lay before \oil Ins
ris - 'in* ftr this direction, leonrur with
him entirely in the vo w he has Liken of ft*.
•object ; and, some month* lieforc the remi
ss!, I urged upon th : Department the pio.
POrt/ nf I ■** n. g tin,! *|ep, Tlic near ap.
jiSo-ir-H nf the iky on w men the rhailcr will
myu>, s* well as the conduci of the (tank,
•Cf* ,, ' , l to *i' is eal| for tln« nmature, upon
the Uttfli 'i.n*ider*iuMi* of pulilie interest
in* iciblie it ol v • | lie “Stent of its itnsciin.
dwri, bnwi *• r, nitiMSugh known lu he great,
at that tiuK fully drtrlojird by proof.
It was sat woiii Ist# in th# looniti of An|fu«i,
•bat I receiv'd from the Government Direc
tor* an official report, establishing beyond i
question, that this great and poueilul insti
tution had been actively engaged in attempt- j
ing to influence the elections of the public !
officers, by means of its money ; and that, in
violation of the express provisions of its char
ter, it had, by a formal resolution, placed its i
funds at the disposition of its President to be
employed in sustaining the |iolitical power of :
the Bank. A copy of this resolution is con
tained in the report of I fie Government Direc - |
tors, before referred to; and, however the
objects nmv be disguised by cautious lan
guage, no one can doubt that this money was
in truth intend' and fur electioneering purposes, 1
and the particular uses to which it was prov
ed to have been applied, abundantly show
that it was so understood. Not only was the
evidence complete, a* to the past application
of the money and power of the bank, to elec
tioneering piir|Mtscs, but that the rcsoltion ol
the Board of Directors authorized the same
crtirse to lie pursued in future.
It being thus established by unquestionable
pi oof that the Bank of the United Stales was
converted into a permanent electioneering
engine, it appeared to rue that the path of du
ty which the Executive Department of the
Government ought to pursue, was not doubt
ful. As by tile terms of the Bank charter,
no officer but the Secretary of the Treasury
could remove the deposites, it seemed to me
th.it this authority ought to he at once exer
ted to deprive that great corporation of the
support and countenance of the Government
in such an use of its funds anil such an ex
ertion of its powers. In this point of the
case, the question is distinctly presented,
whether the people of the United States are
to govern through representatives chosen by
tlinr unbiassed suffrages, or whether the
power and money of a great corporation are
to be secretly exerted to influence their judg
ment, and control their decisions. It must
now he determined whether the hank is to
have its candidates for all offices in the coun
try, from the highest to tlic lowest,or wheth
er candidates on both sides of political ques
tions shall he brought forward as heretofore,
aud supported by the usual means.
At tilts time Inc efforts of the Bank to con
trol public opinion tlnoughthc distresses of
some and the fears of others, nru equally ap
parent. and, if possible, more objectionable.
By a curtailment of its accommodations more
rapid tiioit any emergency requires, and even
while it retains spe< ic to an almost unprece
dented amount in its vaults, it is attempting
to produce .great embarrassment in one por.
tioti of tlic community, while through puss,
es known to have been .sustained by its mo.
iiev, it attempts, by unfounded alarms, to cre
ate a panic in ail.
Toes-: are the means by which it seems to
expect tiiat if. can force a restoration of the
deposites, and as a necessary consequence,
extort from Congress a renewal of its charter.
1 am happy to know that, through the good
sense of our people, the effort to get up a
panic has hitherto failed, aud tiiat, through
the increased accommodations which the
State Batiks have liecu enabledloalford,no pub
lic distress lias followed the exertions of the
Bank; and it cannot be doubted that the ex
ercise of its power, and the expenditure of
its money, as well as its efforts to spread
groundless alarm, will be met ami rebuked as
they deserve. In my own sphere of duty, I
should feel myself called on bv the facts dis
closed to order a scire facias against the
Bank, with a view to put an end to the char
tered rights it has so palpi,ably violated, were
is not that the charter itself will expire as
soon as a decision would probably be obtained
from tlie comt of last resort.
1 called tlie attention of Congrcsc to this
subject tn my last annual message, and in
humed them that, such measures as were
within the reach of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, had been taken to o->»i.i» Li<» j.-i..-
whether the public deposites in the Bank of
the United States were < nlirely safe, but
that as his single (lowers might be inadequate
to the object, I recommended the subject to
Congress, as worthy of their serious investi
gation : declaring it as my opinion, that an
inquiry into the transactions of that Institu
tion, embracing tlic Branches as well as the
principal Bank, was called for by tile credit
which was given throughout the country to
many serious charges impeaching their char
acter, and which, if true, might justly excite
the apprehension tiiat they were no longer a
safe and pository for the public money. The
extent to which tiic examination, thus re
commended, was gone into, is spread upon
your journals, and is too well known to re
quire to be stated. Such as was made re
sulted in a report from a majority of the Coin
mi |tec of ITaysaml Means, touching certain
specified points only,concluding with a reso
lution that the Government deposites might
safely be continued in the Bunk of tlie Uni
ted States. This resolution was adopted a*
the close cf the session, by the vote of a ma
jority of tlie House of Representatives.
Althongh I may not always he able to con
cur in the views of the public interest, ot tlic
duties of its agents, which may ho taken by
the other departments of the Government, oi
either of its branches, I atn notwithstanding,
w holly incapable of receiving otherwise than j
with the most sincere respect, all opinions oi i
suggestions proceeding from such a source :
and in respect to none atn I more inclined ti !
do so, than to the House of Representatives.
But it will be seen from the brief views at this
time taken of the ct by myself, as well
as the more ample ones presented bv the See
retarv of tlie Treasury, tiiat the change in tin
deposites which iias been ordered, lias been
deemrd to he called for by considerations
winch are not affected by the proceedings re
ferred to, and which, if correctly viewed bv
that department, rendered its act a matter ol
imperious duty. *
Coming as yon do, for the most pari, im
mediately (root the pcoplo and the States,
by election, and possessing the fullest oppor
tunity to know their sentiments, the present
Congress will be sincerely solicitous to car
ry into full and fair effect the will of tlicit
constituents in regard to this institution
It w ill be for those in whose behalf vve all act.
to decide whether the Executive Depart
inent of thu Government, in the steps which
it has taken on this subject, has been found
mi the linn of its duty.
Tlie accompanying report of the Secretary
of St nr, with the documents annexed to it, ex
hibit lb- operation* of the War Department
for tlic (wist year, and tlie condition of tin
various subjects «nl runted to its adiuinistra
lion.
It will be sc» u flout tb'ui that the army
maintains the ebaraeter it Inis heretofore nr
q«‘red far <Jfi> leney sod military knowledge I
1 Netlunf has eetu.-rcd since your last rtf .on 1
GEORGIA TIMES AND STATE RIGHTS’ ADVOCATE.
ton quire its services beyond the ordinary ;
routine of duties, which upon the sea-board
and the inland frontier devtlopc upon it in a
time of peace. The system, so wisely adop.
ted and so Song pursued, of constructing for
tifications at exposed points, and of preparing
and collecting the supplies necessary for lb. 1
military defence of the country, and thus pro
vidently furnishing in peace tlie means of
defence in war, lias been continued with lie
usual results. I recommend to your consid
eration tlie various subjects stiggi sted in ilie
report of the Secretary of War. Their adap
tion would promote the public service, and
meliorate the condition of the army.
Our relations with the verious Indian tribes
have been undisturbed since tlie termination
of the difficulties growing out of the hostile
aggressions of the Sacs and Eox Indians. Se
: vx-ral treaties have been formed for the relin
| quishineiit of territory to the United States,
and tor the migration of the occupants in the
region assigned lor their residence wi st of
the Mississippi. Should these treaties be
| ratified by tlic Senate, provision will have
j been made for the removal of almost all tlie
j tribes now remaining east of that river, and
| for the termination of many dfficiilt ami cm
j liarrnssing questions arising out oftheiranom
! alous political condition. It is to be Imped
that tliosc portions of two of the tvouthern
; tribes which, in that event, will present the
only remaining difficulties, will realize the
necessity of emigration, and will speedily re-
I sort to it. My original convictions upon this
subject have been confirmed by the course of
events for several years, and experience is
every day adding to their strength. That
those tribes cannot exist, surrounded by etir
settlements and in continual contact w ith our
citizens, is certain. They have neither tlie
intelligence, the industry, tlic moral habits
nor the desire of improvement, which are es.
sential to any favorable change in their con
dition. Established in tlic midst of another
and a superior race, anil without appreciating
the causes of their inferiority, or seeking to
control them, they must necessarily yield to
the force of citcmnstanccs, and ere long dis
appear. Such lias been tiicirfatc heretofore,
and if it is to be averted, anil it is,it can only
| iic done, by a general removal beyond our
| boundary, at.d by the rc-orgariization of their
i political system upon principles adapted to
! the new relations in which they will lie
placed. The experiment which lias been
recently made, has so far proved successful.
The emigrants generally are represented to be
prrspcrqus and contented, the country suita
ble to their wants an.; habits, and thu essen
tial articles of subsistence easily procured.
When the repott of tlie commissioners now
engaged in investigating the condition ami
prospects of tiiese Indians, and in devising
a plan for limit intercourse and government
is received, I trust ample tneai sos informa
tion will lie in possession of the Government
for adjusting all the unsettled questions con
nected with this interesting subject.
The operations ot the Navy during the
year, and its present condition, are fully ex
hibited in the annual report from the Navy
Department.
Suggestions arc made by tlie Secretary of
various improvements, which deserve care
ful consideration, and most of which, if adop
ted, bid fair to promote the efficiency of this
important branch of the public service. A
inong these arc the new organization of the
Navy Board, tlie revision of the pay to ofii
cers, and a change in the period of tune, or
in the manner of making the annual appropri
ations, to which I beg leave to call your par
ticular attention.
The views which arc presented on almost
every portion of our Naval concerns, and, cs
pec tally, on tlie amount of force and tlie
number of officers, and the general course
of policy appropriate in the present state ot
ic. securing the great and useful
purposes of naval protection in peace, and
due preparation for the contingencies of war,
meet with my entire approbation.
It will be perceived from the report re
ferred to, that tiic fiscal concerns of the es
tablishment ate in excellent condition; ami
it is hoped that Congress may feel disposed
to make promptly every suitable provision
desired either for preserving or improving
the system.
Tiic General Post Office Department lias
continued, upon the strength of its own re
sources, to facilitate the means of communi
cation between the various portions of the Li
nton with increased activity. The method,
however, in which the accounts of the trans
portation cf the mail have always been kept,
appears tohavc presented an imperfect view
of its expenses, it has recently been discov
ered, that from the earliest records of the
Depnrtinant, the annual statements have been
calculated to exhibit an amount considerably
short of the actual expense incurred for that
s rvico. These illusory statements, togeth
er with tlie expe.. sc of carrying into effect
the law of the last sct.-ion of Congress, es
tablishing new mail routes, and a disposition
on tlie part of the Head of the IDpartmcnt to
gratify the wishes ot the public in the . xti n
sion of the mail facilities, have induced h,;r>
to incur responsibilities for their improve
ment, beyond what the current resources of
the Department would sustain. As soon as
he had discovered tlic imperfection of the
method, be caused an investigation "to or
made of its results, and applied the proper
remedy to correct the evil. It became ne
cessary for him to withdraw some of the im
provements which he had made, to tiring thu
expenses of the Department within its own
resources. These expenses were incurred I
tor the public good, and the public have eu- i
joyed their benefit. They are now but par- j
tially suspended, and that, where they may
be discontinued with the least inconvenience
to the country.
The progressive increase in the income
from postages, lias equalled the highest rx
ucctations, and it affords denionstrhtivc evi
fence of the growing importance and great
utility of this Department. The details are
exhibited in tlic accompanying report from
ihe Post Master General.*
I lie many distressing accidents which have
of I* l * o occurr'd in that portion of cuir nnvi
ration carrier! on by the use ot steam power,
leserve the immediate and unremitting ut
■cnlion of tlioconstituted authorities of the
'iiunirr. The fact that the number of those
i-ital disasters is constantly increasing, not
withstanding the great improvement* which
ire every where made in the machinery eai
doyed, and in the rapid advances which have
leeu made in that brunch of science, .bow
very clearly that they are in a great degree
lie result of eriiniiiiil negligence on tlie part
it tiiose l.y ulinui the v ane's are nnvtgnied,
and to «h***t raft and attention the l.vt* sud
property of our citizens are so extensively
entrusted.
Tiiat these evils mav be greatly lessened,
if not substantially rt moved bv means of pre
cautionary aud penal legislation, seems to be
Highly probable ; so far therefore as the sub
ject can be regarded as within the constitu
itonal purview of Congress, I earnestly re
commend it to your prompt and Bcriouscon
sideration.
I would also call your attention to the
view s I have heretofore expressed of the pro
priety of amending the Constitution in rela
tion to the mode of electing the President
and the Vice President of the United States.
Regarding it as ail important to the future
quiet and harmony of the people that every
intermediate agency in the election of these
officers should be removed, and that their eli
gibility should be limited to one term of ci
ther four or six years, I cannot too earnestly
invite your consideration on the subject.
Trusting that your deliberations on all the
topics of general interest to which 1 have ad
verted, and sucii others as your more exten
sive knowledge of the wants of our beloved
country may suggest, may be crowned with
success, I tender you, in conclusion, tiic co
operation which it may be in my power to
afford them.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Washington , 3<f December, 183?.
GEORGIA IS MOVING ONWARD.
Every political movement in Georgia is an
indication that the days of her thraldom to
men arc numbered, and that Nullification :s
fast rising to be the star of the ascendant.
How rapidly—how tnt.ch marc rapidly in
that, than in this State—has th.i Union ma
jority diminished 1 In one year, from a min
ority of eight or ten, the Nullifiers are now
nearly one half of the Legislature ; anil the
conduct ol the Union majority shews that
they arc conscious of their going down, and
that they even dread discussion lest it should
accelerate their doom.
In the Legislature our friends are fighting
the great battle nobly, -and wielding an ac
knowledged predominance of talent and elo
quence. Tin; resolutions of Mr. Chaitkll
and of Mr. Cgofxr, have exposed with ad
inirabic power the principles of the Procla
mationi, which declare that the States have
“ surrendered ” their sovereignty. Though
rejected by the majority they are before the
people, and armed with the majority of truth,
us ill prevail. The Union majority shewed
that they were afraid of discussion, by put
liiigdmv.'i the debate on tlie principles of the
resolutions as out if order ! This fact has
been laid before tlie people in a protest by
tlie minority, and by itself it speaks volumes.
Wc rejoice that tlic line has been drawn, as
the able and judicious Editor of tlie Augusta
Chronicle lias so lo g exhorted his friends
that itsliould lie. Success is now certain.
The people too, without the State House,
have been animated and encouraged, and
have resolved on a general State Rights Con
vention, and the organization of a State
Rights Association, for which purposes meet
ings arc holding throughout tiic State.
The following extracts taken from papers
at a distance shew the true aspect of thing,
in Georgia. A travelling corresponded ol
the New-York Commercial Advertiser wr s
as follows, from Augusta.
Os tlic present political aspefct of Georgia
you can torni a s gro t an opinion without as
with any light 1 might shed upon the sub
ject. Mr. Crawford, the conductor of the
Troup pally has been defeated, in my opin
ion, as much by the unpopularity of the doc
trine of Nullification, tlie party professing
which came out unanimously in his supjiort,
3S i,,. i-.iirae. ino result nas been
tlie re-clcctionof Lumpkin, a politician dis
tinguished by neither consistency, firmness
nor talent. The nullification party I think is
on the increase. One year ago it had hardly
showed its head. One year lienee it will
hold the balance of power and will weilil it
no doubt in support of the Troup party, oi
that great majority of it which now rally as
the State Right’s Party in opposition to that,
which par excellence, calls itself the Union
Party, formed of a majority of the old Clark
party and a jiorlion of the Troup party.
A member of the Georgia Legislature
writes under date of the 7th November from
Milledgeville, to his friend in Lexington,
Kentucky, as folio,vs. The extract rs pub
! iished in the Lexington Intelligencer.
“ Political parties, v z : Union and' Nulli
; ficatiun, run high. The former have sue
! cecded in electing their President, Speaker,
[Clerks, Ac., but bv small majorities. In
[joint ballot about 15—Whole number 2WU
|So you perceive that we can just hold our
• fiends above water. Mr. Calhoun and liis
Iricinls have introduced th- mselres and their
principles among its, and have affected the
unwary, and produced much evil. From the
present temper of the Nuilificrs, as manifest
ed already, we have to apprehend warm work
before the close of the session.
Mr. Foraytn has arrived, and Mr. Wayne
would have been here also to back us, but is
unexpectedly ill at Savannah. These are
; .'ic only two ot our Congressional members
•ei Wl.Jiil wc can relv for aid or support: the
others are citl.'r on the fence, or worse, ex
cept Gen. Coffee slid Mr. Schley, who are
true Union men.”
What is much, the Unionise have depriv
ed themselves of a name which is a host”
ind “ a lower of strength,” in cutting them
selves off from all association with Troup.—
It is impossible tiiat he can sympathize with
men who urged, as one of their chief ob
jections to the resolutions asserting State
Rights principles, that “ their passage would
millet a pang on thatgicv headed old man,”
Gen. Jackson. It is impossible that he could
coincide with the majority of the Scmte,
w ho voted for the following resolution of Mr.
Baxtf.r :
Hesolred , I hat this General Assembly
h*ghly disapprove the insinuations, censures,
and denunciations directed against the ven
erable Chief .Magistrate of the United States
for his patriotic sentiment, “ The Federal
Union—it must be preserved,” and for those
provident measures of his administration, by
w hich lie succeeded in preserving that unicii,
hi a most cvcritf.il crisis, mid in saving our
beloved country, from all the crimes and hor
rors of a bloody civil war. The General As.
senility feels unfeigned gratification in af
firming, that Andrew Jackson is entitled to
the gratitude, the confidence and the a flee
lions of the people of the Unitep Slates, and
more ••specially of the people of Georgia,
lortlie skill and valor, with which in the field
he has trnimplisnt'y defended our national
safely ami honor, and the wisdom, purity,
eeonemy mid energy, w ith w Vch in the esbi
net, he has maintained all those rights of the
|ieople» which have been confided to his care,
tso long as he shall continue to act on those
republican principles, and that sacred regard
for the constitution, which have heretofore
marked his administration, he shall receive
our most cordial support.
W hen it is remembered that Gov. Troup
voted against the Proclamation as embodied
in the Force Bill—when it is remembered
that he approved of the proceedings of the
State Rights meeting in Milledgeville, ns
we arc assured by the Macon Messenger, it
is plain that he could never go with those
who thus eulogize the Proclamation, and the
enigma in his letter of resignation is solved.
He said “ if the people of Georgia arc not
ns they were, he would be the last whom
they would select to serve them at all.” Ol
eouisc, lie could outgo with a Senate which
returned thanks for the Force Bill against
which he voted.
One tiling in the last resolution thus quot
ed ought to he remarked, which stiowscon
scious weakness in its movers. They assert
that thciropponeiits had censured Gen. Jack
son for saying “ that the Union should,he
preserved.” No such censure had been ex
pressed ; and it is only spoken of as a pretext
for lauding the Proclamation.
To conclude—There is another favorable
indication which'must he forgotten. Wil
liam 11. Crawford, whose health is said to be
much improved, took part in the proceedings
of the State Rights meeting at Milledgeville.
Some have suggested that his name may have
been used in his absence. This was not'.lie
case. We are assured on the best authority,
that Mr. Crawford attended the meeting in
person, without further solicitation than the
general call on the friends of State Rights,
and took a ready and active part with the
Committee, of which he was appointed a
member.
This is pleasing evidence that private am.
jicrsonal considerations, have been generous
ly laid upon the altar of principle.
Oh the whole, we only wish that the good
cause may prosper ns well every w here it
now prospers in Georgia.
[Char. Mtr.
Abstract.
The Retort. —The grei t length of the
Secretary es the Treasury’s apology for the
President, leaves us room only for an abstract
of other things requiring attention.—ln this
document Air. 'Fancy blames the bank for
extending, and blames them equally for cur.
tailing its accommodations. He shews also
his consciousness of the arbitrary usurpation
of the President, by disengenuously .epresen
ting the removal of the deposites as result
ing from his own sense of duty, when every
body knows that he was only an instrument
of the President’s in its perpetration.
Congress —On the stli inst. a Message
was received in the Senate containing the
President’s reasons at length for vetoing Mr.
Clay’s l.siid Bill passed last session. Mr.
Clay rose and handled the President very
severely for Ins conduct in retaining the Bill.
Mr. Benton answered coarsely amt warmly.
The Message was laid on the table. Mr.
Clay gave notice that he would, on Monday
next, bring bring in anew Bill precisely sim
ilar to that rejected by the President-
Mr. Calhoun gave notice that he would,
on .Monday bring in a Bill to repeal the Force
Bill,
A Committee was appointed to consider,
and report on the Rhode Island Election.—
The Senate then adjourned.
In the House, a further discussion took
place on the Kentucky contested Election,
and resulted in a decision that neither of *h»
Claimants snotnu dc sworn, and that the
whole matter should be referred to the Com
mitte on Elections.
The rule relative to Committees was al
tered so as to make the Cbimnittc consist of
nine members instead of five.
The President’s Message was referred to a
Committee of the Whole for Monday next;
on which day tile Speaker will announce the
standing Committes. The House then ad
journed.—Chas. Mercury..
ITte Troops for Alabama. —The transport
ships Herald and Jane, with the United
States troops received at Fortress Monroe,
went to sea fretn Hampton Roads on Sunday
Morning last. The troops consist of the
■ following corps:
1 “ Companies A, 11, and I, of the Ist Regi
ment of Aitiilery ; B, and l:,of the 3d ; A,
. 13, and C,.of (lie 4th. The regiment is com
manded bv Major lleiteman, of the 2d Ar
tillery. His staff is composed as follows:
Lieut. S. Dusseubury, Ist Art., Qr. Master;
Incut L Gates, Commissary of Subsistence;
Lieut. J- E. Johnston,. 4th Art. Adj’t; Assis
tant Surgeons, Heiske-ll and Beny.
“ I’lie Regiment is accompanied by the
hand of the Artillery School of Practice.—
The companies are nearly full, and under
good discipline. At Savannah the Regiment
will take steamboats to Augusta, and from
thence to Fort Mitchell, in Alabama, vm
Milledgeville.”
ihe Norfolk Herald of Monday, from
which we derive tins information, adds the
following paragraph :
“ As much political consequence has been
attached to the movement of troops tn Ala
bama, in which, at the first, we participated,
it may not he amiss for us now upon better
information, to avow our disbelief of its hav
ing i;ny connexion with the recent iriisunder
•stano'inL' lietwwecn • the two Governments,’
hut that it is merely a precautionary measure
in reference to anc'hcr party. Our informa
docs not permit us to he more explicit at pre
sent. It is enough for us to say, that the
alarmists may quiet their apprehensions—
their will he no war in Alabama.”
Curiosity. —Wc invite the curious to
sec at our office a very singular Pumpkin,
sent from Mat It resembles in
shape a turban, the part next to the stem
being a truncated Squash, which is pres
sed into a regular saucer, ditlering in color
and resembling a Pumpkin, which forms
the flower end. It is in fact half Squash
and halt Pumpkin, with a very distinct
line of division between the two kinds
which unite to make it; and it looks as
much like a Jackson State Rights man as
•'* dove like a pigeon We are informed
that it is anew production, being found
no where else than on a vine near Malan
ias, this season, it is worth the atten
tion of our Horticultural Society. Per
haps we would describe it better by iiken
.. it to an Acorn, of which the Pump
kin part form* the '■up.
LATEST FROM LISBON.
“y J lhe schooner Swift, Cnpt. Younn
hfrived yesterday, we have received the
New Bedford Gazette, of the 4th instant
lrom which we extract the followin'' M
ragraplis : o p> ■
••Messrs Topliff l,av. pheed in our
itands, (say s the Boston P ranscript) a file
of Lisbon papers to the 2Cth October, i n .
elusive. They contain nothing 0 f inter
cst except daily reports of the continued
success of the Pedroitns, The forces of
Miguel were beseiged at Santarem, an
insulated position, which they would soon
be obliged to abandon, according to a pa
per of the 25th, on account of the priv a
lions they endured—particularly want of
bread—although it is said thev had | ar „ c
stores of wheat, but neither mills to grind
it, nor wood wherewith to hake it. The
Queen had been proclaimed at Estrcnv
dota and it was reported that Coimbrk
had declared in her favor. Every :f>h%r
was going on well at Lisbon. Don Pedm
had been confined a few days to the l> a ,
lace by slight Indisposition, but had rj
covered, and was as active as ever,
"Capt. DcvereuX, of the ship D rww ,
arrived this morning from St. Übes, which
place he left on the Ist Nov. He reports
that five days Udore he sailed, a IVdroite
frigate and sloop of war lanced their sai
lors at St. Jago, and drove out the Mi
elites—so that Don Peru had entire pos
session of the sea cost from Algarve tit)!
porto.
REOKIiIi I.IX.IxUATT lti:.
IN SENATE^
Tuesday, Dec. 10
The Evening Sittings wore devoted to.
reading bills pro forma.
Wednesday, Dsc- IK.
An unsuccessful inobeti was made t(>
Consider the vo«e of yesterday, reacting Hit
resolution for requiring a vote of the ptnle
on the question of reduction.
The Senate look tip, in Committee, the
lull to limit and define the possessions and
other rights of the Indians, usually called the
Indian Bill, and went through with all the »
month no ills offered, and reported it.
'Saak It up in Senate.
Oil its being taken up in Senate, Mt. Neaf
offered ax a substitute for the whole bill, that
grants issue for all lots indiscriminately
lost,
A discussion ensued between Messrs
Wofford and Liddel in sup|n>rt of, and Messrs!
-Gordoa. of Putnam and Dougherty airainst
;tbe lull-
Mj- Dougherty moved to s rike out from
the title the word* “Government and prolec
lion” and substitute “Explosion”—Lost.
Mr. Chppcll moved to strike out the same
w ords ami insert Regulations and restrictions
—Dost.
After tn unsuccessful motion by Mr. Neal
to strikeout 810(10 a pay to the Indian Agent,
tile bill was passed.
Evgnig Sitting.
The hill to establish a Kail road betueen
1 Savannah and Macon, was the principal bu
siness ofthe evening sitting After mncli
discus-ion on various features of the lull it
was made the order of the day for Thursday.
* The Senate met at I-2 after 6 P. M. to
read the bills the Ist and *2d time.
Friday, Dee. 13.
The Seuatc had before them, lor most us
the forenoon, and passed a hill directing a
sole of the public hands. The proceed* lo
■tre ~l„oeii m We Central Rink and set apart
as a lurid for internal improvement.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Phe evening ami night sittings were prin
cipally ocaupied in reading lulls the Ist anil
second tune. lii the course of the day, the
House passed hills for the divorce ol Re .ee.
ca and Basil Davis ; Elisha and Alvin • ilea
driek ; Perry and Elizabeth Ozier; Jane ami
Bobcrl McCurdy ; Cloud and Ann Barton;
Isaac and Rachael Melton; and Elizabeth
Reynolds.
And they received from the Senate bills
passed by that house for the divorce of Ocorg'
and Penelope Ea.-on; Joseph and mir.dr
Dixon; James and Ann Crosby ; Churl s
and Mary Murgcriiitle ; .Mary and Eijsh
Thornton; Catherine and \Vm- Taylor;
Polly and Uryant Warden ; and Elizabeth
and John Patten.
Wednesday, Dec. II-
The House n fused, Yeas 68 Nay* "C ,l>
reconsider the vote of yesterday rt j< cling me
repeal the act of 1831. imposing a bo
on pedlerSjSO that question is disposed ol tor
tlio present session.
There was some discussion on a motion
between Mi ssrs. Gtr.shaui, Aairen, Suukf"-
Paco, Sellers an I Young of Dgktliatpt 011
reconsidering a hill rejected yesterday a**'
,iriit young men to practice law. There*'
the mornings proceeding we understand* I
were principally of a private or local charac
ter. I
Tile evi.rang and night sittings were taken I
up in the &rsi arid, second reading of bills-
The hill to create anew (the 11th), ib' ls- 1
ion and to form the 2d Brigade 9th Diuaiaal
was passed.
Mr. Stuck on leave reported sistanttr al
hill to incorporate theCciitral raid read an I
canal company of Georgia [tor a rail tow ot |
canal from Savannah to Macon-] I
Mr. King of Mclntosh laid on the ta > e I
resolution that his Excellency ne requc' lc ‘ I
to appoint .3 capable and disinterested p* 3
sons as a committee to investigate the cofl I
tion cf the Darien Ban's as to its *® v * - J
whose duty it shall he to report to 1 e I
ernor lube laid before the next W IS I
THURSDAY) 1 ■ I
Evening Sitting. , I
The Georgia Medical Institute hi A
prominent measure before the h» U:,c ‘ j|
its evening silting. The blil was .fr'a jndl
by Messrs. Glascock, Clayton, A jyJ
Sayre, and zealously opposed by Mr«
anti by Mr. Groce. The House in * J
none of the stillest . After rhuch •-
of Mr. Puce’s motion to reject t e .
laying it on the table (or the s*esu ,n > J
lion was lost and the hill * as en 1 ||
tabic for the present. .3, I
FkidaV. D ec j ( J
The House as well as the or'J
tins forenoon engaged in ihsrnssm!?
oils provision* of a bill for sellifi?
hands, a lull fur that object h „,n
ported in each house- In •h® ea
the dav, wc heard Alters. I"’* 1 '
(ig'ethorpe. Stsn/brd, Hull) !!•**•* j