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change,iiCtwoon Hull .uul 'Drnytnn-streett.
Governor’s Mcssngts
Journal Office, WllcdgcrUlc,
Honmber 1040.
This day, at 12 o'clock, the Governor
transmittoil to boih binnchcs ol the Gener-
el Assemble, the following
31 E S S A (5 E:
ExcttrTii-K DrPAtnitr.xT, Gro
November 3d,'IBM.
'P*ttOWtClt«2SX».
Soon lifter the adjournment of the hist
General Assembly, the necessary measures
■were adopted to carry Into effnet the lie
solution of tho SCtlt December, 1848. re
lative lb Ihe hind inp ssossionof the Oil#'
rokccs, believed to'have been comprehend
ed in tho contracts made with the Greeks
by tho General Government. A Com
missioner, (Ctrl. Wales, tf Habersham,),
was appointed to 'collect Information in:
relation to tho bmindaty lino between tire'
• Creeks and Cherokecs. Ilia report, with
tho evidence collected by him, httvihift sttf.
ficivntly established in 'the opinion of the
-Executive, that*the-proper lino between
tho tribes In November, 1827, began at
-Suwann, Old Town, end ran thence to
the Hightower river, thence* to the month
of Will'* creek on the Coosa, and thence,
hy the old''Creek path to the Alabama
line, Col.Wales Vas authorized to employ
Sr competent Surveyor end assistants to
run and mark.teeTihe. Copies of the in
struction* to the 'Oortintlssroocr—of his
Report of the evidence collected by him,
and of tile Map of Ihe liue marked under
-his direction, are herewith communicated.
•Tho Territory in question is estimated
to contain mat square r lies, or 1,187,880
ncres-Mhc soil is represented to be fertile.-
As soon as the line was run by thoSui-
teyoi, under tlte directiuhs of our Commis
sion,-r (the evidence collected having been'
previously Iranstnitud) b map of it Was
sent to the President of the United States,
with a request that ha would have the In
dians residing upon the Territory Imnfedi-
trtely removed. The answer of the 'Pre
sident to this application, delayed'by the
'-occidental miscarriage Of the map Slit pre
pared for his use; lies Bceh recently thade
through the Department of War, in two
•communications. herewith presented to
f . In the first, we kre told, “ the I’re-
nt considers-it impro|rer fur hint to of
any opioion on the question of tide,”
bpt earnestly desires that Georgia will for
bear ait'v course that may appear comput-
aory. In the second, we are 'informed that
tho President prefers to refer the nrutier,
far the present, to a different tribunal.—
To collect ovldence on the facts, upon
Which tho claim of the Stare to the occu
pallon of tire lands is founded, the princi
ples upon which that claim tests, being
eubsuniially admitted by the Secretary nf
'War, si gentleman of high character has
been selected, Gen. Coffee, of AtabrfttYa,
who trill proceed immediately to tho exe
cution ol his ttust. The complaints oftlir
Clierokecs of intrusions upon their lands,
hare produced an order from the War De
partment, for the femoral, after the loth,
qf October, of those while persons wW
hart) settled between the aucicnt and mo
dern line separating the Creeks and Che-
rokees. This order it a deration against
its until further inquiry To what tribu
nal allusion is made, is not explained—
We cannot object to any investigation of
the facts deemed necessary to justify Hie
rpmt vs I af the Indians; hut the character
of lire Slate would be cotnpromitted by any
attempt to enter iota on investigation! as
the adversaries of the Clierokecs, before
any commissiooer, however recommended
by his important services and spotless in
tegrity. Whst 1s most to be regretted, is
the determination of the FeJerai Govern
ment to enfurce the law regulating trade
and intercourse with ih* Indians. If the
evidence collected by our Commissioner,
proves that the land between the two lines
is comprehended u the last Creek contract,
the law of Congress dues not apply toil
the Cherokecs arc nut the rightful occu
pants. If they are rightful occupants, the
law of Congress, the question of its con
stitutionality bring waited, cannot ope
rate after Julie, itido. If not already
within the exception of the I Slit section of
She act, in Juno next the Clierokecs in
Georgia will bueome to, as they will he
within the ordinary jurisdiction of tho
State, ilopa it entertained that ciieum
uancos may allow the Secretary of War
to countermand thg order before tire time
arrives for its execution, and that no be
purrence will produce any excitement nr
-collision between the Genera) and State
Governments.
The application to the President of tho
United Stares to interfere, was inconsist
ent with our aikdged right to determine
pH such questions without the intervention
nf the authority either nf the Executive or
Legislature nf the Union; but having lieon
made, in deference to past usage, end from
a sincere desire to act ill concert with (he
adimnistfxtion of the General Govern
ment, a regard for consistency, not less
than a due respect, for the authority t
which we litvo appealed, uuile to compel
us to wait tranquilly for the decision wo
have invoked The only subject Pjr con
sideration seems hr he, whetlie); irf antici
pation of that decision, Ittf is favorahlo or
adverse to the State, some- preparation is
not proper for the survey and disposition
of the land during the current year. Ity
this course', if else Indians are removed, the
country trill be earlier made useful to
tho Slate, and no other hotter mode pro
. cents itself for temperately assorting
claim of the Slate, should' un.fortmisl
tho Chief Magistrate of tlte United' St
ultimately differ with u* in thonjocsiion
right, .ihyour ilcliberations-on this subject,
you will uni fail to bear in remembrance
tfie grateful fact that (lie present Federal
Administrator is duly sensible) of the long
tried forbearance of the State, and our un
feigned anxiety to have our claims adjust
J _ _ -I .1 .Li.. .... . J ,.,,ll./..it f ,i-tlw,a airs.
gry'diseaMion.and with tho fcait possible
incottvenionce lo lilts only Tiibo of Indians
which can now bn alfcbted by them. I
have tho satisfaction to communicate an
other correspondence with tho Department
of War, on tho suhjeot of tho Indians—the'
Creeks and Cherokecs. The opinions up
on which the act extending tho Stale .laws
over theinillans within our Territory 1s
founded, accord with those of the present
administration of the Federal Government.
In tlte exercise irfuur sovereign power, li
mited ns it it,-only by tho 'Constitution of
the Unitod Slates there is little danger of
our again meeting'With formidable obsta
cle* from tile imposing authority of Ihe.
Executive of the Union, White indulging
sanguine expectations, tlsflt the compact of
180* will he either fulfilled, orpuMn train
for fulfilment before June 10SO, .prudence
requires that Legislative provision should
Ire marie on the possibility that -those ex
pectatinns may be disappointed. Tire In
dians who-may conthme within our juris
diction lifter June 1890. -will he subject
ed to Shell laws ns 'the Legislature may
hereafter prescribe. 'Great care is neces
sary to inaluie provisions for iboprolectioo
of their-persons-and properlyjf they are
to remain in'the enomnlons condition in
which tjiey aiO placed by the act of 1848.
Tribunals for tho niat of Indians nccu.od
of rimes arc to be 'designated, and tho
forms and rules Uf proceedings established
—the courts Which ateto havejiirisdiCtion
for the redress of injuries inflicted by them
or upon them, »hero Ihe Inflict™ or suf
ferer hen Indian or white man, aro to ho
ascertained or created by law, ae'd the
mode of proceeding prescribed—llow
Guardians are to be selected for them—the
authority and privileges of those guardians
when'SemCWd, require mature reflection
anil careful Legislation. Trie character
of the SMtofnr generosity and magnanim
ity, dictates enactments as liberal as'the
moral ahd intellectual condition of this
dependent‘people wdlpetmlt. Whatever
Ih'lbe exercise df a prudent ToreeaTt may,
he determined ’Upon, 'oho provision is
enuirt'd by a due rrgdrd to our 'po
sition, a* a thember of the ’GOvernmfcM
df the United States, ir small-tax should lie
tUlpOfcdtipon all the'Indians within our
Territory, that in tho nexttgeneral centos
they maybe enumerated and forma part
of out FedevSI Representative -poptila- i
lion. I
Tlte last Session of Gohgriin Having,
closed without any decislbn on the question
of the Florida line, serious doubts Were
entertained whether 'tho General Assembly
of the last year, did not Intend that the line
should be run underthe direction of the
State Government. 'On a careful examina
tion of the Resolution of the General As
sembly, and of (lie proceedings of the two
branches df Congress, and a correspon
dence With the Delegation from this State,
it w*i Considered that (he failure of Con
gress at the last session,'to net finally upon
the question, could n it he 'fairly regarded
as a refusal to piuke provision Tor running
the line. In conjunction with the uuthori-
tifs df Georgia.—Copies ofibo answers of
those of our ilclegatio'n who replied to the
Rxecntivo enquiry, and of the circular let
ter addressed to all, ate laid before you.
The appropriation of Hie last year for
til# support hf the Penitentiary remains
'undisturbed in the Treasury. When it Is
recollected that On appropriation of the
same hmount,* SWdO. made for lltepreced-
ing yeXV W*1 exhausted by the end of the
third quarter—that the institution was pres
sed for debts and \m,it/lo 10 meet its en
gagements, when delivered into the hands
of Ihe officers appointed under tlte amenda
tory act of 1848, it will be admitted that tlte
institution, has been managed with skill
and economy, It may lie safely taken
for granted that henceforward appropria
tions lor it^sopport will not be wanted —
The comparatively rigid discipline of tlte
year has not been without in moral effect
Upon tiro babilsund character of tire con-
victs. Great improvement in llrese respects
cannot be expected until -well chnngesarc
made in the building a* v ill enable tire of-
Heart to keep tlte prisoners separated during
(benight.. Tire association of some six
nr more persons of ail ages, And convicted
of crimes differing in degrees of atrocity,
in the same room without restraint ripon
their conversation And actions, fs 'ruinous
in Its consequences to theyi,tirtj> arid to the
old. The old nre hardened in lhcir guilt,
and (he yoftng thoroughly corrupted,leave
the institution when the term of their Im
prisonment is ended, adepts in ill their .1 rts
of villany.td practise on the community tho
lessons lea>ned from their Veteran instruc
tors. In my own opinion, it would be »isc
to construct a new building on same navi
gable water cOune. -where stone is almn
dent, on the model ol tire Penitentiaries of
Neiv York—outplaying the convicts in (lie
work—Believing, hdweVer.llut At present
the people would nut approve tho requisite
expenditure, as they are not sufficiently
confluent of the wisdom or the system, I
would earnestly recbrmnbnd that permit
oil Inferior tribunals. In ihe kxorcise of
this power some of tho judges isv(*o writs
to correct'tho errors of the courts created
fur Ihe tri ll of free persons of colur and
slavas. Ollier judges,belle ring that these
courts kre not recognised by tho constitu
tion, os no appelate or supervisory juris-'
diction is given by the law oraaling them
in the superior'eourts, reject all application
Tor writs of error to correct their proceed
ings. At the first glance This difference
of opinion seems to be extraordinary, and
the constitutional .potver of the superior
courts sufficiently clear. A little rciteo
tiolt on ihe dll regulating tho trial of
slaves and free poisons of color, shows that
the decision against tlte power, is at least
sustained by " legislative sanction. The
act considers slaves and free persons of.
cdtor without tho pale nf the consllthm.
Tho propriety nr reconciling the •practice
6f the judges, inn-question affecting both
property anil life, by art amendatory art,
need ndt be pressed upon tire attention xtf;
the General Assembly. J
TheCcntrnl Bank tvwrqfitl into Success-
(til operation as early as circumstance*
would permit—'Some delay was unavoid-
nlida. The persevering ami-unwearied In*
dnstry of the President ami Directots, aud
of the officers chosen hv them gave, how-
ever curlier-then couhThavc 'been antici
pated, all the relief wlriah tho institution’
could afford. The limited amount ol the
capital upon ‘which discounts could he
made.ami the provision reqiiiring llm loans
to bo distributed amongst’the-enmities
Through the State, according to a fixed
ratio, were necessarily productive ‘Of dis
appointment to matiy.persnns, who had a
right to expect their application ‘for tern
pnrarv relief would he ■stiecosifttl—Tho
principle upon which tue Bank Is extab-
islicil rentiers an adhercncc'to Ihe ’limita
lion indispensable to a safe administration
of its Affairs, and the other provision is so
strongly recommended 'by it* fairness and
equity, that ail ttbaiidonment of it would
nut he justifiable. The ability of tlm'Banb
to giro extended accommodation will grad
ublly increase hy llie collection of Hit
dcbtx'transferred lo it by the Slate. ‘In
the mean time It is boner thrit a low 'indi
viduals should want its aid, than that the
credit or 'the institution, now connected
wit li the cinrcmjy of the country, should
be impaired or endangered. That part of
tlte chatter which Telates to debts dub Ibr
land and tonu hits, purchased from tho
Slate In the yddrs'lgSB and 1810, j* defec
tive— nit anioiidutwnt'of the charter or ad
ditional distinct leg stative prevision is ne-'
ccssdrv. Neitlter tlie ’purchaser of Elate
ptoperty in thoseyouir, nor his assignee,
is cdmpelled 'to pay the instalments us
tltoy mky become due Tile privilege 6f
alikndmiin'g their purchases at pleasure, is.
secured m tlietti—Tile first payinents are
fin feited hud 'the land remains public pro
perty—'Portions of this land have been ul
ready abandoned The pYcKthiptiun is,
that rite UbnerSlAisenfijiylntbiideil lhat all
pto|ierty tluI» shandtuted, should he sub
jected To the power oTthe Bank-,id Uc Sold
on tlte most advantageous teYnts at part of:
lib capital stock—Distinct provision to
hat effect Tuit having been, it shahid flow
be made, unless tlte General Assembly
deerttsome other rtiode of disposing nfthe
property more advantageous, tho 'purchase
money being made payable to the imtitu
tiolt. An improved dot nt the Indian
Springs, of tome value, in a dbrnying con
dition, having been abandoned by tho pur
chaser, it ivas retried by order Of the Exe
cutive for Hrb current year-. Of nil htsti
lotion so exclitsivelv nf Ibgfshitire Origin
the Executive having bad nrt other con
nection » Hh its establishment tli.tn til fit of
giving to the charter a relucUnt distent, it,
is a duty to spt ak with becoming defer
ence. Tile usual action of ft great ma-
clihi" in tho political, At In Hie mcclinntcal
•orhl, depends as much upon wise ar
rangement as skilful management. If
either is wanting, injury is inevitable, in
n degree always in proportion lo the mag
nifude and costliness of thepoa-cr employ
ed. .
That tlte Central Bank may do much
jood tinder a proper modification of its
charter, and with a pradont admfnistratiun
of its affairs, is as clearly demonstrable as
the tinth ofany problem iO political econ
only. That it is iiobleto gross abuses,ami
may bring fnmiiJ.tWe evils iu Its train,
can betafely asset led ity any one whd has
marked the progress of other Slate instito-
lioiis, similar In bharnctcr and fortned
with like patriotic vieWs. We have tlte
benefit of tlte experience of other States,
and may avdid lltb rtacks and quicksands
upon which tltbir hopes IiaVe been fonttder-
*‘d. Without an exception, ilia State
Hank itivtitutions that |tavc bbbomd sortonx-
ly emliitrraxxed ih their, affairs, and produ
ced in the country greater distress than
liiey were i-reateii to alleviate, owe their
failure to an over acxietv to become pop
ular—To reach ifi.it desired object, .they
have extended accmdmb'cfetion-. Without
discr iiiinatiori.to almost all applidaiits.and
Assembly, in making such rtltet a
thms in tho preterit bdifdihg, as will afford
a separate sleeping cell for Caeh ctnttict.
From iuformafltm received front thoSe
acquainted with the probable Cost of tlte
proper alterations, it ujay be confidently
assented that .tile slim new in the Treasu
ry, set apart 10 tlte use of Ihe Penitentiary,
Will lie amply sufficient for tire purpose.—
sfon be given to the Executive to use the made large dividends as animal profits in
appropriation Ol the Inst session of the the first years of their business, Out of an
General Assci
interest, the principal ofivllich has been b
votittraMy lost hy the insolvency of the
debtors, to wlidtti it vdi loaned. The
Central Bailk, under thelimitffldni aiiea.
dr mentioned, caiinSi commit this error—
These limitations however are, like tile o
(her parts of the chailtt, fl-ibto to altera
tion at tile pleasure of the Legistaitfrec<-
Whetlirr it would not F>eprudent, nnticipa
The labtfr within the walls may be detic ting those flUcioalidn* of optniori every
by the convicts, And the materials can he —' ' : — —“ ‘ j
oht .ined with little cost. The reports of
the Jnspecldrt fot the three past quartets
of tlte year are herewith communicated—
Tlte present Condition of the institution
Where occurring, to gbard against the dan
ger of capricious nr expofilnerttal thaiigns,
by requiting more than n bare majority to
alter, the charter, is a question most res
pectfully submitted tut the consideration of
may be accurateljukumve by tf catefj&qx- tlm General Assembly.—Grcaler Stability
animation of them.-■ The attention ojjytlic will bo given <o the institultorr. Without
General Asst'inhly is invited to theWmarks d tpuer to tlte real interest of the' Btate-
of tlicTnspectoririn tho first report, on the since it is nut to bo doubted that when ini
sebjsrct of the.impolicy ahd injustice of (ltd ' " ""
sfciwof pnmshftterrt fixed by tlte penal cotAy
as exhibited Ly tho' sentences under tiltich
convicts for crintes differing irt degrees of
guilt aro now suffering, Uriel also to the fact
stated 1 in the armnaf message of 182B.- that
the crimfe of inveigling a slave; if coinin'
ted hy a white person, is pnnishod by it
prisoninent in tlte i’enilentiary for at igast
tour years, while the same offence eoriimit- „ ■■■
ted Ity a free personal color, is prtnisliable. words to become the bast? ol six month
u_ , : " *•- 1 loons—The money is nevertheless subject
bv imprisonment hi tlte I’enilentiary ./or
ope year only.-
Tho want of Uniformity in rite judicial priatiom. All tlicw active Tundi
od, and rights euforc.ed without further an-1 courts line pov.
administration of our laws, lias been so of-
ten the subject of Executive messages to
the Lcgislatureishat no aiinsion Would notv
bo made (O'if. if a case lately presented to
tlte.Executive, had not disclosed a differ
ence nf opinion, among the judge/! and
consequent variance in their practice, cm
an important branch of onr criminal' law.
The jonstitiititin gives to tl.c superior
amendment of (lie clutter is obviously im
pOYlant Stiff wise, rite requisite majority to
enact it Will De without difficulty obtained.
—Under tlte net of incorporation us it now
Stands, thC'ProeWent and Directors arc au
thorised, if not tempted, to violate Hie res-
' ictivef provisions. By tire third section
the act. |l:e annual taxes., received into
the Treasury, are to lie transferred to the
Bank to aid in its operations—in oilier
to be drawn out' to meet legislative
e nppro-
i of the
State, except tlte taxes, formi ng tlte' ea(ri-
tal of the llanlr, appropriations in n short
time must be paid out of the proceeds of
the lax alone, and Treasurer s checks, is
sued under such rules as the General As
sembly shall Pjcscribc, will be'snbstitntcd
for tlte tax money in tlte Bank. To tho
full amount of the tax drawn out, mav tlte
limitation on tlte issues of the Bank boan-
correw tpe efrots ofJ,aual|^ violated, and tho danger to the cro
rill of tho Witution trill he tinporceplibly.
incrdasctl precisely tothe note amount of
the lak paid periodically into the Treasury.
This Use of tho pnblio rtvrtiite derived
Trent'taxatinn, IS scarcely 'consisicnl with
those principles upon which pecuniary bur
thens might to ho Imposed upon the pert-
pie. Taxation-is Only justifiable to meet
the nocessitios df yjovenimtnt, and If it Is
expeoled that more tfi'iue) than tho okigen-
ole* Of tlm public servlctt mky nfqulre, will
bo paid untier the present "system of taxa-
aiiion, that system should he changed, the
laws imposing taxes repealed et modified,
by a diminution of the sums assessed upon
tlm propet ty nf tlio peoplo.
In place of the third section of tho char
ter, which gives tho use of the taxes col
lected to the Bank, 1 would respectfttljy
recommend that tlio profits of tile Bank
niitl The amount of interest paid tu it by
public 'debtors, shall bo annually or somi-
tinminlly paid-over to tho Treasurer to do
fray (lie -expenses of the government—
looking forward to the perio ., not remote.
If the Institution 'should be prosperous,
when tho agriculture of Georgia, like Ihat
of Pennsylvania, will ltd relieved from till
direct noiitributinns fur Tlte payment of
slate expenses. Copies oftho several Ex
ecutive orders relativa to the Bank, of tho
Executive correspondence with the Trea
surer, anil with tire President and Direc
tors ol tho Bank, ate laid before yurt, that
the various difficulties which have been en
countered in carrying the law lido effect,
and tho decisions upon -questions raised,
may ho known. These documents, with
the report uf the President nnd Direotors,
will give to the General Assembly all the
information necessary to a full knowledge
df tho present state of the Institution, nnd
wlll enahle them to discover and correct
any errors in tho law establishing it, Or in
the administration of that law,
The net to authorise the Executive tu
subscribe ‘to Ihe Slock uf tho Savannah,
Ogeeheesmd Altamnha Company, is as du
ly executed—140 shares svere taken, and
tlm -payment of the subscription money,
844,000, unde. In further oxeettiiun of
Iho-power given to the Executive, Culnncl
Richard W. Stites was appointed a Blrec
tor (ifthO'Botird uf direction of the Corpo
ration, ‘to represent tho ititeresT of the
State III tlio suncess of the important
enterprise, to which litis corporation is de
voted, tlte State hat now a large pecuniary
interest. Independent nf the amount sub
scribed, n loan Of 800,000 has been here
tofore made lo the company', the reim
bursement of which is scarcely to Ho look
ed for If tlio'Vmerptise fails. Of the prac
ticability of tlte proposed work and Its im-
ihchso utility when linislietf, no reasonable
doubt Can cxifr. Tlte expenso already in
curred. Is dompkratively small, svlicti that
in prospect 'Is considered. Calculations
of cost should not obstruct tlm prosecution
of n great woih, where tlm benefit promis
ed is of sufficient magnitude to repay the
expeftse. Unless the individuals who have
commenced tlte w ork shall despair of suc
cess, liitd abandon thb design, it is crt'nfi-
denTty believed that a lull share nf the
charge wi[|. be .cTmUrliilly borne by the
Stute, uTViiltlio line of I ltd canal reaches
the Chattahochee.uml forms ii channel of
communication through the State,between
the Gulf of Mexico artd lit* Atlantic ft-
ccan.
l’hs cilv 61 SaVnh’nAh iiavirig conveyed
to the State a lot for tho State Arsenal,
preparations tfre making fill the erection
of tho.buildldg. The corporation Of Sa
vaitiiah, aiixlo'tis to seclIYn tlm use ol the
building for the City Guard, tie. uitehilcil
to insert In 'IHcir deed df conveyance a
clause of retftTrqlidiii Tile. Executive
having. i'io authority to accept a deed on
other conditions Thau HIQke prescribed by
the Legislature, Ibe intention Was aban
doned .Hid a convcydnco executed in strict
compliance with the Act of tho General
Assembly. Tho correspondence with the
corporation', and tlte papers relating to tlte
Arsenal are presented-, tfleV tho General
Assembly may determine on ihe propriety
of granting tlio privileges the oity‘desires
to cfijdy.
The Bridge oVer tlio (IctHiilgeri it Mi-
con hits been sold, and transferred to tlie
corporation of that place; As directed In
the act of 40th December, loin.
. Tho Several Resolutions requiring Hie
Executive to IIAnsffiit ifio reports of lire
last General Assembly, on tire subjects of
;eneral and State niloresiriu Congress—
to the Governor’s of States composing the
Union, and 10 mtr Delegation in Congress',
Were in dug season executed.
The a cl for tho better distribution, and
application of the poor school fund, and to
point nut ihb mode of accounting for the
disbursements ol tlio Academy and pour
School funds; was published iti ihe public
Journals, for thu inhumation of the people,
gtiil the uunibei of the copifes of the report
from the joint cofitmitleu of public educa
tion aim free schools, directed by the Le
gislature, was transmitted tu each bounty
as sObn ns they itbrii received from tlio
bunds of tlte public printers’.
Sundry resolutions, relative to the col
lection of debts due tlio Slate, wire consi
dered repealed by Ilia subsequent enact
ment nfthe law, establishing tlm Central
Knuk—those debts forming a part efilieca-
pltah and ihe control over them bomg gifert
to tlm President uni) Directors of that Insti
tution.' ,
That Site Gerteritl AssOmhij’ tflhy 4 bo fffi.
ly informed nr tlte transactions of the past
year, copies qf the correspondence' of tlm
Exeeolive with the milker officers of tiro
Stele, niff #hlr fho Department of War,
relative to On Indian afatm an the frontiers
end to tho destruction of arms belonging
to tlte State,- hi the calumituus fire at An-
gustd, Uro laid before you. A quantify of
arm* Iras been placed at tlm disposal of the
Major General, commanding (he second
division of the militia of Georgia,by theGe-
rteral Government, as a part of the q-nt'n
whiclt wil be due to the Slate according
loan aCr of Congress, for arming flietnili.
tin. These document* exhibit evidences
of tlte oarnest desire ol the Genera) Gov
ernment to comply with alt its obligations
lo this soction of the Union, am 1 a praise
worthy vigilance in our militia dfficer* to
guard against all danger to tlte public satire
' A oOirtSpOrtdenee »it|i the Secretary of
|State of tlte U. S. and* With tire Governor
qf tlm State and Mayor af the CityofNetv
York, occasioned hy the abduction of a
foretgiVer who sohgltf reltjge here, is also
communicated'. The. zeal’displayed' by
the General Governtneni, and' by tlte In-
citlauliiorilias'iir Hie City add State of
Now-York, in Hie vindication nf our viola-
ted laws, will ho seen with pleasure, and
will mialoubt, be useful it) deterring profii-
galo or misguided persons from similar
attempts, either in this Stataor in any
.other ^art of Uifr |j[; g,t ny
(E
Tlte protest of Goergia against the Ta
riff whs presented to tlm Sonata of lire U.
S. nt tire Inst session ol Congress, nnd is
preserved among tho nrchivfts of Hint as
sembly. As yet, no nttempt has been
made tu repeal or modify lire obnoxious
tews, imposing duties upon Imposts for tlio
benefit of the Manufacturers. An effort at
the approaching session of Congress, To ri>-
Oonetlo the import system of tho Union, to
justice nnd the ('(institution, is anxiously
lOuked for. That it will Im at letwl par
tially successful is confidently Velleved;
tlm more (confidently, ak the ekperitnent
made under tho last obnnxlonk taw has
not-nnswered tlio ivisllck of ill iulvbcntos.
Although deeply injurious to.uk of 'the
south. 1i has as yet potlired no golden show
ers into the lup of those for whose benefit
it ivns especially intended.
-Under the pressure oT deep distreks pro
duoed bv an awful calamity, the oilizens
of Augusta addressed themSolves to tlio
Executive,in April last,soliciting succour.
A recent fire had converted rilitlu'wcl part
oftlm Oily Into a heap of smouldering W
ins, had ilostroyed ill its irresistible fury
almost nil the properly of tho citizens re
siding in llntt quarter uf tlte place. Tile
calls dfh community Whose contributions
tolhe public treasury had been compare
lively so largo, and whnsa'sufferings were
So sovorc, cottlil hot be Iteani without res
poet, nor 'rejected without pAirt. The
want bf vested potvci alone prevented tlte
Executive froln obeying thu impulsas nf
humanity, and restoring with no sparing
hand, a portion of tliefaiul heretofore re
ceived from that prolific source. As it is
Competent lor Use General Assembly in
maku donations of tlio public treasure,
when such donations are demanded tiv^lie
parental obligations of tho government,lire
address of the cUnimiltco of the cilltens iif
Augusta and the answer nf tho Executive
are laid before you, with perfect confi
dence, that the imptilscs of gcnnrijuS feel
ing under the sttiictions of jitslibe artd pro
pricty will noi bo disobeyed.
Two propositions to amend tiro boiisti
union,one from Missouri, to chango the
mode ol electing the Presided! Add Vice-
President, nnd lo prevent tho election of
those officers from ever devolving bli I lie
House of Itcpresehtalivos Of tlio CdlMjess
of thcL'niled States, tile other frUitl Loui
siana, to rentier the President itiulllgible,
dud to extend the term of SerVtce for six
yeftv'; a report end resolutions aihlpted
bv Tito General Assembly of Missouri, ap
proving the resolution of Georgia, tlbOjrlug
tho r'gltt nf Congress to appropriate mon
ey to aid The Colonization Society, And
the report and resolutions uf ihe Logisla'
lure uf Virginia, on the Tariff, and un tlio
want of constitutional power IM tlte Feder
al Government to make internal improve
ments, nre l.iid before the General Assem
bly, in toiirplinnco with tlte request of the
Lcgislntetrcpf those slatos.
Tlte anniikl statements made (Jy (fits se
veral Banks of tho Stele; a list of Execu
tive npjmlmntentsmade during the year,
and of tho Warrants''drawn upon the
Treasury .accompany tin i message.
Capr. Taylor, the Surveyor appointed
tinder tho resolution of tltolOlli December
1848, to re-'survey the lltli district of Ir-
.win, has not completed Ills work. Tile
‘amount of compensation for the ivutk,
when finished, is to he fixed by llif Legis
lature, and an appropriation made for its
payment.
A letter (Vnm the Treasurer and Comp
troller, among the papers presented with
litis message, states that smite fractions
(lpnd which payments in full were made,
have been resold as fin feited, Ihe money
paid hy the purchasers cannot Ire refund
ed without Legislative authority.
With a view to prerent n full exposition
<iT tho funds heretofore appropriated for
tire .improvement of the navigable waters
in the State, tetters of inquiry wore ad
dressed oh lire fid of August last, to the
B arils ol Commissioners, lo whom (hose
funds were intrusted. Answers were to-
quested bk llie 1st of October—some;, of
thesb Boards have not yet replied—the an
swers.of oilters have been so recently re
helved that it has boon found impractical
tiffi to prepare copies of them fur Ilia uso
of tlio Legislature, much less to give them’
that b.Irefill examination necessary to tire
fulfilment of (Ito purpose for ivh'reh' they
were sought. All (lie original r'apcrrli(hat
IiaVe been transmitted lo the Executive
Department arc presented la the lloitte of
Representatives us tlte only mode that is
left Its h.iitg tlte subject of thorn immedi
ately Underdhe inspection of tlte General
Assembly. , . .
Tlie lUitierotis appenrnnoe of tlio' build
ing devoted to tne Legislative and Execu
tive Depnrtth'ents, with its modern' body
and gothic head,- is so striking ihat (to ob
scrviitions can make more obvious .he ne
cessity of further externa) alterations.—
Tlte provoking slowness, with which the
fete Changes Have been made, and tlie con
dition In whiclt (Ito building is fmfnd by
tho Legislature, furnish bat slender in
ducements for additional appropriations
of money; still, however, they imfxt bo
sooner nt Idler made—probably :r clause
inserted in succeeding contracts, that (he
contractors Shall forfeit a given fmrlion of
tlte price stipulated to be paid to tlretii for
every week their work is p'fntrnctcd buyout)
tlte day fixed for Its completion,' white! se
cure a pmicfoul performance to tho day of
the'engagements made. ' *
Tire lioDse set apart Us (he residence of
the Governor will soun require thorough
reptrif. The expense of making it will be
so great Iliac it is probable liherui economy
will be consulted by tlie erection ot an en
tirely now building entire sumo or a dif
ferent Site. It will not escape tire roenl-
lection ol Hie Gonernl Assembly tliat m
fho original plan Of llie Boat of Govern
ment, a large square, now a barren 1 waste.
Was designated for tho Government house,
and that the lot now nfttd was purchased
as a temporary abode for (he Chief Magis
trate; Takmg ft for granted that it iS the
settled purpose of the Slate ttrfurnisli a
suitable house for the’Executive; tlio pro
priety of providing at once for tho erection
of a plain substantial edifice; of durable,
materials, as the permanent residence.of
the Governor, on the spot originally de
signed fur that object, is respectfully sug
gested. The temporary residence of the
Governor, if sold, would defray parr of the
expensp, nnd tlio property in and about
Millcdgcville; belonging to tho Stn’.o
would be more than sufficient, ifnilvnnta-
geously disposed of, to supply lbs doficien
cy.
I congratulate you on the present con
dition aua .futnre prospects of tho State!—
Blessed with peace, Health and nbundance
—with immense resources In possession
am] greater in expectancy, wire) is there
we can rationally desire lo offocl, iljat wo
may not 110(10 to> accomplish. For tlio
These
must
much
unwilling
e become all Inch; but pubir’'"
remember,(V„ m teVe ,te u
ble __
oartli,
ustgul
rcctod
hands
smile
the
ntnemuer, that ftom thett tL-v 1 *
Is given, milch Is exiiM>t..i V* hr m>
log to be classed *'J’> If
rvnnt who burW i.u sK
servant who bu led ^
gifts be,towed mmttTa're,
aecuitnt by unrcmltts,I I.I
toil- May "RL‘ n P*’
mon and empires arc dust and
on your labors, secure m . t. ->
o/ Senate, aSutthe Honorable the *1
FRIDAY EVENWG"
NorTT
(G* Advertl.emems omitVedTT
khsll bo tmended lo in cur nexi v ’
doWrhcV-s AfeMajJeZ-This ,br 0
men . whlcll wo present t 0 nur „7"‘
Tins Afternoon; wlfl be pcrltWd
interest.,,, oonveyllig In t luoldraia^T
prehentive foanuer tho cp„diti un JT
Various mUttcrs,it, ittit, |),estate|,J
ested, and we tako this opntu mll -
prettsln* our obltginiAn to Ihe tiiiri ,' <-
Georgian fiff one, of the uni, lwb ^
f Itult Stocks, fe,q. was elected
dtnt of the.Senate, and Warren L-J’
Spuako. bfUie ll.llhc ol RepiesenUti, (4
fiiJifm Agency.—f lic \VjkhttiVcOnIaL
of the fid hist, reports Wid UlidoubtnlU
Hiotity, that tile lain Cniincli held br m
Creek Indians had in view a dlrnlaHl |
whlbbthej have forwarded Id Ws»lii n „ M
Clty.e.irndsily ret)rte!iting (ho i>rcii.|enfb
rnmrtvo their prosout Agctil, Col. CiaweU
in tvhdm, it Appears, they |„, 0 | ost (Jll|
ennfidenee wlilbh It It nttoetisry iltoultlt*
ill lictween parties thus connected.
CHI. William Tliplott, or Washington I,
IS added, IMS been natrtetl by the chieliol
lllH Nalldii, at n desirable tuccesior ii
Crtitrcll.
Tire .State uf Georgia wii| chftiinly hart
nb ohjedliortt W thd Views df iht Into
od (Ills point.
Tho Nows sikgdiU (itat mi) Imgixlatart
Should forward a memorial lit limiter, n «
ufolm object proposed, Util l< linderstoud
that a similar cmlritO will be pursued it
the Legislature df Alabama.
Indian buirogb.—!Tile grekknpwtl ot
lire CherokceS.lti establisiting an •‘Itupcii-
urn in Imperio” lias extended lo a pragiV
fcal tllinifatiot) of t4trir pretenxion>c''Froin
tlie last Athenian we gain the followln;
inhirinuiiaii, whlcli.it ivell e'alculitedn
stiinulutd our ttdtiioritics ton campietion i
the measures tlptf Govontor Twitp’S
cy directedt
‘•We liate biiri tnlorrtted fromgood i
(Irnrity, ’ that Vdittt time in the iilniiili
Septoinber last, lire Cherokee lrulran-
ahuiit thirtetfir itr ititmber, sfroiled a citira
of llaborslntin cdunty, by the name tl>
soStauval, tinder thfpretencoofad
lion of (heir laws; he was detamcOiw
lotly nearly two dnjtt; artd then tnsorir
6d tu be bound, sdspeiided by the inti
a tree, aod there id tetilte fifty
his bare back, wirVofV was inflicted bjfar
Indian* wilft hickdrloS (ilfitost 'eqi-lu
clubs, in n tifosl barbarttu's nlauner. f>
dor The opernlloit o f tVhlcK, the indirihJ
was near expiring;
“Wo uudcrslttntl for this conduct Jufp
Clayton ItaS issued a warrant against tlm*
Indiana, to.lravo (Item bmindovirtbuf
Swcr .for the offenCe at the nett ffnperiqr
Conti of Mall coUnty, ihe' Seas having
been committed in thai partolthsChttO'
4ee Natiott attar.ifed to' that coimtj, fa
the' purpose of criminal jtlritdiclion.
tlte proper tribunal will hard tlie casete ^
fpre it. it is ottr ditty id iijf nothlat 1 ^
the iodividuals cotice'riie'd, further tW
remark, that ever/ jdrtti must perettiaffi
thoss Onfortuitate people oannot id'
where tliey are, without dffficuliiei gnd
intcrfu'ptivo of their own anil onr. I* 1 *
* Foreign—Accounts one day late' f 1 *
Liverpool,' by an arrival at Baltimore r»
ho found in ourcoltfmn*.
Later from Liverpool upcctcd.—'N'ci*
inda, arrived at Chtlrleston, brings Nf
York papers of the 20th ult. No new’
but lire ship Britfdnnia,- from LiverpeA'
ihe pricket Of the 1st of October, t’uh' |
low on lire morning of tho
'i'lie H6n. Felix Grundy wafir S'* "
fotli rill, elected totlie U. S'. Senaie,l (t!l
tho State of Tennessee, (o'fill the'
occasioned by the resignation of Mi.
,0l On the first balfot, bir/Grnndy reett' 1 *
47 votes, WiW. E. Anderson 18, noil"’"'
L. Brown 14 r n " tW second, Orttndy To.
Anderson 17, end Brown 12—ivhlchjfa*|
n majority, Mr. G. was ffoclarcd duly
lected.
The official rolutns of, Hto Elecljotl ^
Governor of the State Pennsylvania e» Jl
following result: For Mr, |
votes; forMr. rtUhcrV6,SS8'
discussion of rather a slngltlar n«l»«
cently occurred in the Legl‘1""^
etmessco involving the f |
special committee reported (he ««■ j
unreasonable to p_ay lor ihe public
the notice of land saos beoajeJ
direotion of the
postponed—and in *' * , I
if lleftesematiyee concurred. |
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