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2 ... <& ai2&tmtsyMk> WILLIE E. JONES. AUGUSTA, CEO., THURSDAY EVEYIAC YOVE.UBgK 0, 1837. [Semi- WCcLI).]-Vol. 1.-j\o, 8« 111 ■ — uamWl I" J 'Ml— ■ fl. I iWn 1 ■■.,■»■ ■MU-1 IHf HTI’M —!■ r ' *’*'»- 33nblisJ)fB DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY Al\D WEEKLY At No. 261 Broad Street. LTERiill —l>aily papct, Ten Dollars per nnnum m advance. Semi-weekly papjr, ai Five Dollars u borelolon- i i ailvance, or Six at the end otthe rear* Weekly paper. Three Dollars in advance or Four at ;l be end of the year. m • CHftONICLK AND SENTINEL W Aucus'r i. Morning, Nov. 8 ..., ■ ■ ■ ■ ri - Jtttticipitc our usual hour of publication yin I lay the message of Gov. Schley before our as early as possible. It was received in thia cite last night at 11 o'clock, nu 1 wj s in circu lation flora our press before 4 o'clock this morning. Otheajfralior prepared for to cay's paper is neces sarilyen link'd owing to the great length of this ;||jrTh-3 Hunchback is the pliy at the Theatre to-night. Mr. Cooper as Master Walter, and Miss Csiopcr as Julia, will doubtless attract an auiien' r. - Afce Mobile Examiner of the 4th hist, says tha t lh»Board of Health of that city have made no re- JsH fur ,the last three days, and infers the absence .•Cno new cases of fever. MIELEDGEVILLE, Tttead^TNov.9. ) 1 o’clock, I*. M. i day at 12 o’clock, the Governor transmitted M-botli branches of the General Assembly, his an neal Message, Enclosed I send yon a copy for (■plication. A bill to authorise limited partnerships was this Mining introduced in the Senate. In the House, lh members have been busily engaged in drawing for kheir scats. No other business of importance was transacted. «»TERXOE’S Ftl MESSAGE- Feilo-w- Citizens of the Senate, and House of Representatives: During the past year, the people of Georgia, in coinmon with their brethren of the other stales, have had in some respects, to encounter diffi culties and submit to inconveniences produced by a concurrence of extraordinary and untoward cir cumstances. But in their general condition and concerns, thoy have reason lor profound gratitude •to Divine Providence for manifold blessings con ferred-en them- They have enjoyed a stale of health almost unexampled—their agricultural la bom have been requited with abundance, and in dustry! generally, has found full employment and tfair reward. The deranged state of the monetary affairs of the country has, it is true, compelled our mer chants and traders to pay high rales of exchange 'on>the 'North, and caused all our banks, except ■the Central bank, the Coiumbus Bank, and the Insurance Batik of Columbus, in common with those of the other -states, to suspend specie pay ments. But the precious incuts have had a cir culation in thia stale sufficient for ordinary cx ■ changes, and the great body of the people have g suffered less from the general calamity than most lofcthe other portions of the Union. A diversity of opinion exists in regard to the ‘viause'Of the difficulties to which I have adverted- Political ambition, both disappointed and expect ed, personal interest and honest error, have all been busy in attributing them to the Veto on the •act incorporating tho.BaWk of the United States, the removal of the deposites, and the specie cir ,cu!sr. Jut the majority of the nation, who have mo purposes of cupidity to subserve, and who are (too enlightened *.o be long deceived, have found more adequate causes in the overacliqp which Jhas occurred in almost every branch of business i»td speculat.on, in “overtrading and orerbank ing» - Nor would the existing difficulties have been, liy so many persons, thus attributed, but for the expectation that the people,in a moment of pan «ic, could bo induced to call for the establishment •of a National Bank. But happily, the rccenl decided action of their, -Representatives in Con gress has dispelled the delusion, and admonished the friends of such institution to seek some more successful expedient for the attainment of their object., It'is lobe regretted, that in the contest which has so long agitated our country on the Bank question, private pcCuriiary interests and party hopes, or hostility, have frequently been permit ted to outweigh every consideration o. constitu tional propriety —but I rejoice to say that Geor gia, notwithstanding some of her citizens of character and influence dissent from her princi ples, is still on the side of the Constitution. The government of the United Stales has no ’fight to interfere with the monetary concerns of the country, except “to coin money and reg ulate the value thereof, and of foreign coins ” The Banking system is an emanation from un delegaled slate sovereignty, which alone, has the power to modify or control il. If over-issues, or other irregularities have caused embarrassment, the remedy is in restriction and retrenchment and not in boH clamor against feigned evils, nor’ in the establishment of a National Bank to reg ulate the States , as well as the currency. The argument most used at the South in sup port of such an institution, and which, in the tnindil of commercial men, seems to have had more influence than any other, ie, that it will equalize exchange, hut experience has not veiili ed this pretension; In prosperous times the great staples of the Southern Slates supply the means of adjusting balances against them, but in periods of pressure and panic every thing ap pears Impotent, and even the great Bank has been found to he either perverse or powerless. If, however, the assumed effect were real, its benefit to the South, in an enlarged view, is questionable—as long as we permit the North to import and export for us, we must be tributary to their prosperity, and submissive to their exac tions. But, if exchange were permanently and greatly against us, our capital and enterprise ’ would be directed to our own ports, now languis hing Under neglect—our cities would be increas ed- our highways improved, and all the means of prosperity which spring from successtul com merce, would bring our people into more profita ble and patriotic communion, and enrich and em bellish our country. It is a reproach to Georgia that (he permits her great resources ts be, in pari, wielded uy persons who, in some respects, are as foreign to her ni feelings, as they are in position. It is time that State pride should rally and throw off that sub jection which is crippling her energies and must impair her spirit. It is the true conservative principle, which, looking beyond the moment, will sacrifice temporary convenience and transient benefit for the permanent blessings of independ end. * But. apart from coniiderations of interest.what haa the government to do w ; lh commercial ex changes ! The mctalic currency is the only one known to the Constitution, and no other can be substituted but by common consent. Bank notes. *tke other promissory notes, are merely evidences of debt and are only convenlionable money , al though, generally, a convenient and safe circula ting medium, In a commercial country like this, Banks, con ducted on proper principles are ot unquestiona- Wa benefit. It is only from abuse of the power to grant, and of the grant itself, that evils connect ed with them have arisen. If their issues were restricted by being adjusted to their specie, in stead of their nominal capital, or by limiting their profits, we should not so frequently suffer by great expansions and contractions of the cur rency. and the controvertibility of their notes tn to gold and silver, it the will of the holder, would ceuue to be mere theory. TheOoorgia Banks appear to have discharged their duty to the community as well as the emer gencies of the times would allow, for although the .suspension of specie payments cannot be justifi ed a reasonable excuse for il m-ty bo found in ' the inherent error of the banking system ns \ now establishc I—in the great depreciation of cot ton, which prevented those indebted to them from meeting their engagements, and in the fact that the Northern Banks had let the example under necessities which those of the Sou It could not expect to avoid or overcome. The conduct and condition of the Ranks is a subject of great delicacy and importance, calling for intelligent and prudent action on the part of the General Assembly, that they may devise and enforce such improvements as shall secure the - rights and interests of the community, without ( impairing the privileges necessary fur a safe and profitable business on the part of these instil u tiics. The propriety of such a reform is to me more apparent than the means of obtaining it, hut under a sense of duly, and with a diffidence tiecoming the limited knowledge which I brought to the investigation, I respectfully make such sug gestions as have resulted from my best research ! and reflection. In the charters of some of the hanks there is a provision which declares, that a refusal on their part to redeem their bills in specie, shall operate as a forfeiture of their privileges; hulas this pen alty is not general, and as the pressure, to which I have refecred, has extended alike to all, it will he for the Legislature to determine the propriety of overlooking past delinquencies, and passing an act requiring all hanks to resume specie payments on a certain day, sufficiently distant to allow am ple time for the present crop to he made available; and that those which shall there fler fall to pay their notes in gold or silver, shall, ipso facto, be disfranchised. The desire to make large dividends, which in creased competition has recently so much stimu lated, has greatly influenced some of these insti tutions in making excessive issues, and thereby con'ributiny in a great degree to their present embarrassments. To restrict I tis molLe will in my opinion, more effectually than any other mca sure, keep them within the bounds of safety, by: repressing that slock jobbing spirit which has induced them to depart from propriety, and made their stuck an object of speculation, instead of what it was designed to be, one of safe invest ment for surplus capital under the prospect es moderate income. This may be done by declar ing that no Bank shall, on its future operations, divide among its stock-holders more than such specified per centum per annum on the amount of its capital actually paid in, as may bo deemed just and liberal to those institutions; and that the surplus profits so arrising in each, shall, at the end of every year, he paid into the Treasury of Ihe State at the proper credit of each Bank to make good, as occ ston may require, any defi ciency in its profits not exceeding the amount necessary to afford the permitted dividend. But the authority of the Legislature peremp torily to modify or abrogate these charters, and thus interfere between chartered rights and the rights of the people, is denied by .many persons whose judgment is entitled to high respect; whilst others believe, that when privileges so momen tous have been granted on the sole motive of ad vancing the general good, and this consideration,! which cannot be viewed as constituting a con tract in the sense of the constitution, has failed, it is not only the right, but the duty of the su preme authority to interpose for the public safely, and, if necessary, to resume a power so potent lor good, or for evil, and which should never be per mitted to escape the control of the people. On this subject I forbear to give any opinion. It in volves an important principle of constitutional law, requiring much investigation aud reflection, which other engagements have not allowed me time to bestow. The law making power will de cide for itself, and if that decision be affirmative of the right, the judicial authority of tho govern ment may be invoked for the final determination of .ho question. By the last semi-annual report of the “Insur ance Bank or Columbus,” it appears that Nicho las Biddle,” of Philadelphia, is the ostensible, it not the real, owner of five thousand fouii iiun d«ed and fiftx shakes of the capital stock of thisinstitutiun, and that the remainder, amoun:- ing to only five hundred and fifty shares, is own ed by eight citizens of Georgia. Mr. Biddle is the President of the “Bank of Ihe United States,” which was lately chattered by the State of Pennsylvania, with a capital of TU'ETI FIVE MILLIONS OF IIOLLAUS. How far the other Banks ot this State may ho injuriously affected by the transfer of this stock, time only, perhaps, can determine. Il is not, howeyet, in this view alone that the transaction has I e tome important. The charter was granted to the citi zens of Georgia under the impression that the Bank would be, not only in name, but in fact, a State Institution, under the conirol of men hav ing like feelings and interests with ourselves; whose private properly would be within the reach of our laws,and not that it would be transferred to a|person residing in a distant Stale,having neither his person nor his property here to bo “li ble for all insurances or debts made or due by said Bank” and controlling a powerful institution there, whose means can be brought through the agen cy ofthis Bank, to bear upon our inteiests and institutions. The subject is respectfully suamit ted to the intelligent and tamperale consideration of the Representatives of the people. Tho wisdom of the Legislature, in establish ing and sustaining the Central Bank has been made manifest, by events which have trans pired during the past year. Tnis institution has been managed with great ability, justice and im partiality, and has, during the existing difficul ties, done much good in relieving the people throughout the Slate from embarrassments creat ed by the sudden fall in the price of cotton, and other causes growing out of the general stagna tion of trade. The Slate now owns twelve thou sand shares of stock in four of the other Banks, for which she has paid one million and Jive thou sand dollars. The objects sought to be effected by the creation of the Central Bank were, to ac commodate the great body of the people through out the State with loans for a long period,at a low tale of interest, and, at the same lime, to make the funds in the Treasuary productive of income to Ihe Stale. But, only one of these objects is attained by owning stock in these Banka —there the people at large can receive no recommenda tion, whilst a few persons engaged in trade, re siding in and near the towns and cities, receive all the benefits resulting from Bank accommoda tions. And it is a question for the consideration of the Representatives of the people, whether it ia not their duty to cause this bank stock to bo sold, and the proceeds to be placed in the Central Bank with the other funds of the Slate to be. in like manner,distributed among the people! On mature consideration of the subject my mind • has been brought to the conclusion that it is and i theres ire I respectfully recommend that course ; which I do the more willingly, because no injury can result to those institutions, inasmuch as their capital will not he reduced by an operation having 1 no other effect than to change one stockholder ■ for another. ! Thcte is a further reason why this slock should ! he sold. The surplus revenue of the United ■ Stales was, by an act of Congress passed on the • 23d day of June, 183 G, ordered to bo divided ■ among, and deposited with the states. The ■ amount allotted to Georgia was one million, four hundred and one thousand, eight hundred and ' ninety six dollars, and twelve cents; to be paid in ■ four quarterly instalments, and the legislature at 5 the last session, directed, that (he money, when ■ deposited, -honld he placed in the Central Bank B and loaned to the people. The first three instil ■ mentswere received, and disposed as required, ! and the Directors relying on the faith of the Na r tion, ordered a dividend of seven hundred and '■ fifty thousand dollars, in which amount was in i- eluded the fourth instalment of the surplus reve -1 nue, which they then had no reason l.> doubi would be paid on the first of October last. Li 1 this expectation, however, they have been di-ap pointed, and consequently there will be n deficien ts cy of funds to carry out the views of the Lcgisla - tine. i The Central Bank, as now constituted, cannot s issue more bills than tho amount of specie and ■ hills of other chartered banks in its vaults. This i provision places it in the condition of a mere loan I office, having none of the advantages, and deri i ving none of the profits incident to other charler -1 cd banks of the State. Indeed, the issuing of bills under this restriction, instead of being bene, i ficial to the Slate, is a disadvantage, because the ; expense of the issue is incurred without the pos s sibility of any corresponding benefit to the Bank. I Being unable to discover any good reason for ; this difference in the privileges granted to the I Central and other Banks, I respectfully recoin- I mend that all he placed on the same ground, in . regard to their issues. i The act passed at the last session of the L 'gis , luture, “to provide for the payment of volunteers > in this stale.” has been attended with much dilfi t cully in its execution. Many claims were pre . settled which could not be.allowed; and when t the officers, to whom was confided the adminis tration of law, endeavored, in the conscious dis t charge of their duty to the people, to ascertain ■ the will of the Legislature by the usual and • commonsenso mode of construing aws, they . were condemned as unfriendly to the volunteers, j and attempts were made to lessen them in the | public estimation, by missiatesments of the facts r and unjust inferences and conclusions. But , whatever may have been the opir ions of gnyi n s regaid to tie correctness of the construction . placed on the statute, all knew and elt that, as ; no interest accrued to tho officers, there could be no motive to do wrong, and therefore their integ . ri’.y remained unimpeached. The prin ipal difficulties hive aiiscn under the fourth and fifth sections of the act. The fourth provides payment for articles lost “in bat tle, or in the immediate pursuit of Ihe Indians, orwhile employed in actual service,” which shall n t extend “beyond the loss of horses and cquip pages, wagons and wearing apparel of the sol dier." And Ihe fifth section declares that the Governor shall pay all accounts for “subsistence, forage, ammunition, clothing, tents, camp-cquip page, cooking utensils, medicine, hospital stores dtc. Under tho fourth section payment was deman ded for horses which died a natural death, and (or clothes which cost higher prices than was sup posed the Legislature intended to comprehend, within the meaning of the words ‘ wearing ap parel of the soldier.” The construction placed on this section is, that no horses can he paid for unless, “lost in battle, or in the immediate pursuit of the Indians, or whil e employed in actual service," which serv ice 1 caused the death or other loss of the horse', and that the phrase, “wearing appatrel of the soldier,” being clearly intended to designate a particular quality or kind of clothing, the Legislature must 1 have designed such only as is famished by law tosoldicts. But as no such apparel was Bosses- ! sed by the volunteers; and as il could not be pro sumed that the Legislature intended, by the words they used, to comprehend all demands for apparel lost, including fine cloth coals, over coats, gold bresl pins and other expensive arid- 1 des; and, as some of the accounts presented ar 1 mounted, for a single individual, to upwards of 1 one hundred dollars, it was deemed proper by the 1 Comptrollers to give notice that he would pass no accounts for .clothing, but refer the matter to the 1 Legislature for their action. The same difficulty occurred in the construe- 1 tion of the fifth section, in which the wont “cloth- 1 ing” is used. And as it could not be supposed : that any distinction was intended to be made to the prejudice of those volunteers who tost their property “in battle, or i« the imnediato pursuit of ihe Indians, or while employed in actual ser vice,” and in favor of those who purchased cloth ing before they took up tho line of inarch for Florida, it was considered just to all concerned to postpone the demands under both sections of tho act. No other course could, with propriety, have been adopted, because a majoiity of the Judges consulted, expressed the opinion that soldier's and not citizen’s clothing was intended by the ; Legislature 1 In addition to the accounts for clothing con. traded by the. officers of Miij. Cooper’s batinlion, other claims were presented for various articles ofluxury not authorized by any known law or usage. Payment was, of course refused. Two of these accounts still remain in the Executive office. Besides this battalion, the following vol unteers marched to Florida about the same lime: Two companies of Infantry Irom Augusta, un dot command of Captains Bones and Robertson —Otto baltallirm of mounted men, under com mand of Major Douglass—One baltallion, com manded by Major Ross, and an independent company of mounted mountaineers under Captain Nelson. And, in ihe Creek wa>, these were about four thonsaand volunteers. If any cloths, or luxurious articles of subsistence, they paid for them out of their funds, ho demands itave been made on tho government for them. The laws of the United Stales allow each militia man in the service of the United S ates two dol lars and fifty cents per month, in lieu of clothing, and this amount, tl is presumed, was paid to each volunteer when he received his other pay. Under this act, upwards of one hundred and se ven thousand dollars have been paid from the Treasury, and many accounts yet remain unpaid. A portion of, this amount has, no doubt been drawn on fraudulent muster rolls and accounts, as will appear by reference to the documents ac companying this communication. It will be seen by the letter of Hamilton W. Sharpe, Esqr. of Lowndes county, that a man named Wra. T. Thompson has committed a fraud and received the sum of one thousand five hundred and ninety four 14-100 dollars upon two muster rolls— one in his own name, and the other in the name of John Homes for whom he acted as agent.— And, by (lie letter of captain Nathaniel H. Hicks, of Decatur county, I am informed that an individual of that county, has drawn a considera ble sum more than he was entitled to. Many other cases of a similar character, no doubt exist, but it was impossible to prevent these frauds— that sestion of the act, authorizing payment on muster rolls requires no oath of the captain,nor certificate of a superior officer, and therefore we were bound to pay every roll presented, oh the mere certificate of the person representing him slcf as Ihe commanding officer. Tha Comptroller, on whom was imposed the task of auditing the accounts presented under this act, was compelled to employ a Clerk to aid him in the discharge of his duties. He has performed much labor during the past year and should be 1 remunerated for these extra scrv ces. 1 The period fixed by the trea’y with thcChoro -1 kee Indians for their removal to the West is fast I approaching, and when il shall arrive, they must I go, « peaceably if they will, but forcibly if we i must.” John Ross; who has a powerful party ’ (i as always been opposed to emigration and still r induces the common Indians to believe that be ' can obtain such modifications of the treaty as r will permit them to remain on the soil of Geor gia ; and for this purpose,at a Council convoked 1 liy his authority in the month of August last, a • delega ion.of which he is a member, was appoint e el to visit Washington during tlie ensuing scs. I s i„n of Congress. Wo know that ho can never B succeed; and that his conduct can h avc no other r effect than to excite, in the breasts of tbe ignor d an t Cherokces, delusive hopes which cannot be II realized. What may lie tho effect of the dieap it poinlinenta to which they are doomed none can n fully forsec, but it is the part of wisdom to antic k i ()atc the worst and prepare to meet it. The 1- fC ,nes wh ch were acted in mir view by Ihe Creeks and Scrninolcs on the Cliolahoocbie and >- j n Florida, together with our knowledge of the d i„Jian Character, admonish us to lie ready for t* c uning events. The 23d day of May next wil t-rmtnate their right of occupancy, and longer, at | t | ie y cannot slay. This fact they must he made tl I i 0 understand through the agency of a competent . military force composed of citizens of Georgia . and therefore I caused a full regiment of Volun leers to be raised for that service, which wa placed under the command of Col. diaries 11 Nelson, to ho called to llie field when futun dcvelopcinenta might render the employment o such force necessary. After the order was issued for tho organizatior of this regiment, I advised Ihe Provident of tin United Slates of the course I had determined tc ’ pursue, and requested to be informed whether il would he sanctioned by (be Federal Government that theie might be nodifftcul y in mgard to sub aistence and pay. The correspondence on the subject will he found among tho documents ac companying this Message, by which it will In seen that the President, with his present views is not disposed to approve tho measure—bnt il would, nevertheless, have been executed when the lime should have arrived for action. On the 19th of October I received by express; a communication fiom Col. Nelson, requesting mo to relievo, him from his obligations to mo in regard to this service, as Governor Call hod in vited him with a regiment of Volunteers to Flo rida and the result of the election had deprived me of the power to execute my plans for the pro tection of the people of the Cherokee Circuit, and for the enforcement of the Treaty. Having no knowledge of tho views of my successor on this subject, and being unwilling to deprive this gul. fantand meritniioua officer of the opportunity of fered to go into active service, 1 submitted tho matter to hhi own judgment, leaving him free to act as ho might deem proper. The correspon dence between us is herewith submitted. Tho offices es Uti jadier General of tho firs Brigade of the Foss f t Division, the Second Bri gade of the Fourth J vision, a d tbe First Brigade of the Sixth Division of the Militia of this Siate, have become vacant by the resignations of Briga diei Generals J. M. Tate, Thomas F. Anderson, ami Eli War.en. During the difficulties wi,h the Crock Indians, a largo number of muskets and accoutrements were distributed to the several counties on the frontiers, for ihe use of the people and the volun teers; many, no doubt, have been lost and oihcr wise disposed of, so that they will probably never bo reclaimed, but some are still to be f lund.thougli in a bad condition. It would be well for the Legislature to determine wliat shall be done with them—whether they shall remain where they arc, or be brought to the Arsenal and repaired fur future use. Those sent by order of General Jes sup to the United Stales Arsenal ia Alabama, have not been returned, ami those which were,on the dissolution of tho Georgia Guard, left in the care of Win. E. Carson, Esq., at Spring Place,in obedience to a resolution of the General Assem bly, passed on tho 18th Dec. 1835, have been committed to the (lames and emir, ly destroyed by the Sheriff and some other persons of Murray County. 'l’itc attention of tho General Assembly has so often been called to the subject of our Militia laws that I deem it unnecessary, on the psesent occa sion,to do more than remind them that by virtue of a Resolution of the Legislature, passed on the 23d December, 1833, a ‘ new code for tbe regulation and government of the Militia,” was reported and laid before the Legislature at the commencement of the session of 1834. and that there it has been permitted to rest. Three sessions have passed and no action has been had on the report. Will the present session he permitted thus to passl In my lust annual message, I called the alien lion of the Legislature to the constitutional pro vision in regard to a Supreme Court fur the cor rection of errors in law ; and now, under a sense of duly, again bring the subject to their notice, respectfully referring thorn to that communication for tny views of the necessity for such tribunal. In confunnilv to a Resolution passed at Ihe last session, Col. F. H. Cone, of Greensboro’, and Widiatn 1.. Mitchell and Junius Hillyer, Bsqrs., of Athens, were appointed a committee to exam ine a now digest of the laws of Georgia | compil ed by O.iver H. Prince, Esq. Col. Cone’s en gagements prevented him bom attending to the examination as early as was required, and there fore tho du i.:s were performed by Messrs Hillycr and Hitched. They made a favorable report, and an advance front the Treasury of live thousand dollars was made to Mr. Prince, to enable him to pul the wojk in press. These gentlemen have received no remuneration for thicr services, and it devolves on the Legislature to make such ap # propriation for them as shall he deemed proper. The office of Receiver of the Assets ot the Bank of Macon having become vacant by die resignation of Col. Zacbariah B. Haigrove, Charles H. Rico, Esq., of Houston county, has been appointed to suj ply bis place. Benjamin V. Iverson, Esq., of Columbus, half been appointed the Commissioner to expend the amount of tbe appropriations made by the acta of the 22d December, 1839, and 26tb December, 1836, for ihe improvement of the navigation ol the Chattahoochee river. The contract for tbe execution of the work was undertaken by Col. Asa Bales, whoso bond tor Us faithful pet form uhee is on file in the Executive office. On the General Assembly, at the present ses sion, will devolve tho duly of providing by law lor taking the nexi census of Ibis State, the last having been taken in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one by virtue of an act pass, ed on the 23J December, 1830. In conformity t > a Resolution of the sion, tho stock owned by the Stale in the “ Sa vannah, Ogcchee and ‘Allamaha Canal Compa ny,” was sold to Mr. Amos Scudder for the sum of ten thousand dollars; which amount was placed in the Treasury. Various resolutions in the Legislatures of sev eral of our sister States have been received on the subject of tile North Eastern boundary ol the U. Slates, the Slave Question, the I ranking Pnvt ledgc, the Expunging Resolutions, the Tariff', the Disliinution of the Surplus Revenue, Internal Improvements, and Texian Independence, with a request that they-should belaid belore the Gene ral Assembly. They are herewith transmitted to ihe Sena • Copies of tho semi-annual Reports made to the Executive Department by tbe several loco poralcd Bunks of this slate in terras of tbe law, as also tbe annual tepotl of tbe Central Bank ol Georgia, are herewith submitted to the General Assembly. A list of Executive Warrants drawn on the 'I reasury during the lust political year, as also ol Executive Appointments during the same period, accompanies this message. I have received tbcomioumcatiun from the War Depatlatent, staling that seven hundred and for ty-two tides and the same number ot accoutre ments have bei-n awarded to tins slate, in lull ol her quota of arms, under the act ot Congress of 1808, up to the 31st December, 1830. They will be delivered when called lor. A copy ul tins communication will be (bund among the doc uments. Reports have been received frem the Commis sioners appointed to superintend the improvemet ofthe navigation of the Cbatialioocliic, Alumaha, Flint, and Ichawattolchcway rivcp, copies ol wh ch arc herewith transmitted to the Legislature. Mr. Timothy Porter has been employed to su perintend the erection ofthe Governor’s house.— During the past summer he lias been engaged in procuring materials and mechanics, and is now prepared to proceed with the work. The fence around the Capitol Square was undertaken by Mr. John Daniel, who is now engaged in putting it up, and will shortly have it finished ; and the hou.-c for the principal keeper ol the Penitentiary is nearly completed. No contract has been made for biii.oing the porches to the Capitol, because it was deemed most adv-sable to have them erect* t el undtr tbe superintendence of Mr. Puller, , with whom an arrangement may be made loi I that purpose. t The Reports ofthe Keepers of the Pith r ic An-enals at Savno-ah and Millcdgevillt will show the number ami condition ol 'ht > arms and accoutrements, and the quantity o ' I the aminiininon. it appears by that of Mr II Slone, that the Arsenal at Savannah require! ia, repairing, an I it woti'd bo well for the Lej n- islalurc to make provisions lor that purpose. ls The contract made through lint agency r 1- the War Department lor the Cavalry arm rc authorised to be purchased by Ibe act olTSß has not been compl 0.l with. | I'-hos words a it! accoutrements have been received and pat ,n for, but the piste s have not yot been fabrics ted. Major Craig, of the Ordnance Depat ° inent, who is Attending to the purchase o t these arms for Georgia, has informed me Ilia i ( | he has nut been able, to obtain them but wil ie do so as soon as possible, The Reports of Inspectors and Principal Kec ie per of die Penitentiary, herewith submitted, wil s> show that the nett profits of that institution havi it been less than during Ihe year 1830. Varioui n causes have conspired to produce tnis result. Tin stuck of seasoned wagon limber and oilier mate i; rials became exhausted early in the year, am g consequently, during tbe Spring and Sununei „ months, the must favorable for profitable employ i. incnl, tho convicts had to he engaged in dressing i. green timber and doing other unproductive work cl because there were no pro er materials for fabri i. eating such articles as were called for by the pub j lie. In add lion to this, the expense ot the in o solution has been'enhanced to the amount of two s thousand eight hundred anil seventy-eight dollars . end sixty-six, cents, by the increased pay of the officers and guard, and the high prices of sub -0 sistancc. If they had remained as formerly, the , profits of tho past year, notwithstanding the , want of proper materials, would have fallen short of, those of the preceding only thirty-eight dollars s and sevevrly-nino cents. —Still, however; after tbe payment of all the debts due by the Peniten. 1 tiary, there will be a nett surplus in its favor of , twenty five thousand one hundred and three dob - tars and fifteen cents, , JmiJlunry, ilm Creek Indian, who stands c'tged with the crime of murder in the couu , ly of Stewart, and who was t cmanded from • the Governor of Alqbamo, as a lugative from • justice, has been accpiiLed of ibe offences charged against him in that State, and do • hvered to Captain Thomas C. Evans, of Co lumbus, the agent on the part of Georgia, who ias conducted lint to Muscogee county and placed him in j til, where ho now awaits hisuial, Immediately after the enactment ofthe law of the last session, authorising the construc tion of tho "Western & Atlantic Kail Hoad n correspondence was opened with M j McNeil and other gentlemen, with the view of ob taining a competent Engineer to conduct Hie surveys of a route f.om the Ohatlahoochie n verto the Tennessee line,and to locate and construct the road: but unavoidable delays oc curred, and a person properly qualified lor the office of Chief Engineer could not he procu red until a period touch later than was ex pected or desired. Fortunately, however, on the 12ih day of Way last, a contract was made wi'h Colonel Stephen 11. Long, woo deservedly stands at the head of his profes sion, and whose education and experience have eminently qualified him fur the tusk of conducting tins great work. No lime was lost after the appointment of Col. Long. Ho immediately proceeded to organize three brigades of Engineers and provide the necessary instruments and camp equipage for field service—and on the 4ih day ol July last the surveys were corsmended on the Chullahooc.hie river near Pill man's furry, throe mile* below Warsaw', in Forsyth Coun ty. Several linos have been examined with Hie view of ascertaining the most direct and practicable route from the Tennessee line alorncar Uossvtllc, to some poiul tin the Suuilieaslorn hank of the Clmttahuochio riv er, which shall he most eligible for tho exten sion of branch Uul Hoads, thence to Ath ens, Madison, Milledgevdle, Forsyth and Columbus." And although Iho surveys have not yet been comp eted oi ough has been dune to establish the lact, tlirfiqltnil Hoad can ho extended between the points ties glin ted by law on very favorable ground, with a grade not exceeding, at any place, thirty feet in a mile and with no curvature ol less than one thousand feel radius. This important work cun be completed in two or thee years if the necessary funds be pro vided. A portion ofthe amount appropriated at the lust, session lias been expended on the surveys, and most o' the balance is considered pledged to Mr. William Uoaring, of Athens, who, by a verbal contract with the Executive, has umlettaken to mport tbe iron required for tb 9 road, upon as favorable terms lor the Stale us any importer will lurninslt if. Labor and materials can be obtained with out difficulty, and as it is all important that the road s.iould he fioisbo.l as soon as posible, I would respectfully recommend that very liberal appropriations be made, at the present session, for that purpose. A detailed report of the progress of the work was expected fiom tho chief Engineer, in time to accompany this Message, hut it has not yet arrived. A letter was received from Col. Long, a few days ago, dated ui Allutoony on the 22d ultimo, m winch he say that he will he enable to make such re . port by ihe meeting of the Legislature, so that il may be expected at art early day ot i the session. Il will appear, however, from the communications ot linnsell & Gen’l Ur s banc, which are her'With snbinitied, that i about twenty-four miles of the road have • hem located aid are newboady lor contracts, • III! P ll arrangements have been made to lot i out the work, because the Q’'error lias tig 1 au’.bony lo appoint a tdupcrintendan!, wh •, • alone can make contracts, nul l alter "a report ‘ of the survey, locution and estimates shall 1 haie been wade by the Engineen lo the Exe cutive showing the work io be practicable ’ at a reasonable expense.” 'f’nis lias not been ’ done, and consequently the appointment could | not be legally made. Having objections to tho provisions of the third section ofthe act authorising the con struct) in ofthis road Col. Long would not I consent to engage in the work, except tcni [ poranly, and until the subject could be sub ’ mitU’d to the General Assembly; bill it is un. r derstood that if the law be so modified as lo . obviate his objections, he will then eniet*into h oerm ment contract. Tins section ot the act I gives to the Superintendent, I herein provided >f lor, certain powers wh ch Col. Long conceives y to he incompatible wit ll Ihe duties and res* if ponsibihtios of the Chief Engineer, For > example :he is made the sole judge of Hie reasonableness of contracts ottered, and who - lh ,j r 11. ey will be beneficial lo :h : Htate; & all ■t contracts of every kind, In-ving any connex i, ion with the constranclion, would teem lo he d under Ins control and direction, whilst the Chief Engineer ofthe work will he heard res ' pons blo lor its proper and econolical con " si ruction although he will have no legal con [l trol of the tnaitcr. 1 am satisfied, upon v examination ofthe subj;ct,that the objections n are well founded; that no individual, not ac y qiiainted wdh the science of engineering, is s compentent to execute the dunes required e of the Bupermlendant, and that the Chief Engineer who shall engage in tho work under • the law, as it now is, will hazard too much, (. Feeling great interest, in the cause of in (" tcrnal improvements, and particularly in the ,r enterprise ol connecting Ihe Smtheru Atlan tic Coast, with the Western Stales by moans ofthe contumplited Hul road, I have -devo ’■ 1 tedto the work now in progress, all tho t me e that could he spared (rent tho discharge of lC * the duties in the Executive OjlL'.e During the past Hummer 1 have twice visited the r ‘ ( Engineers on the several routes, fjr the j ur •o * g- pose of giving such instructions as seemed proper, and obuiningsuch inloriimtion in ro ot g;rd to the surveys and other matters inti is, mutely connected with llie subject, as it was •■>. proper Hut the Chief Magistrate, entrmted id with tire execution ot the law, should know, id This great enterprise, tho completion ol a- which will redound so much to me imere*! t- and honor of the Slate, well deserved the ol patronage of tho Logislaiure and people of at Georgia. The examinations already made ill demonstrate the fact tint the work is not on ly practicable, but easy of execution, and no ci thing, therefore, is now wanting to carry into ill effect the objects contemplated by lire Logis ,-o bi'ure, and to place Georgia high in tbe esti ts million of her sister Htat.es, but a cominu ition ie of that public spirit and State pride, w hich -■ actuated the Representatives of the people •d at the lust session. 1 lam well from personal inter- ’ n course with tire people, and other sources ol “ information to he reliednn, that they approve j’ the act, and when we take a view ofthe ud vantages which must nccessanlly result Irom it, 1 am persuaded that fno person, who 0 '-'if In y comprehends the subject, will refuse a his a-iseni . measures as may be no u c- ssury to consummate an enterprise which i. when completed, will open to us the bkteti e save trade ofthe West and be the means of c c eat ng a commercial emporium in the t South—in Georgia, which may, in lime vie » with the proudest oilies ofthe North. r Let us, for a moment, contemplate the im portance ofthe work hi which we have enga f ged. Very soon tint "Georgia Rail Road” ■ will be tin shed by wliieb Alliens at.d Madison will bo connected with Augusta. Charleston j and Savannah; and the “Central” and ‘Mon • roe” Hail Hoads, when completed wII con -1 neet Nuvannah with Mutt m and Forsyth. 1 'Flie Tennessee River, from the p'-ini at • which it is proposed to terminate the ‘■.Ves-j tern and Ail tntic Riil Road, ’is said lo boa good navigable stream, welt the exception of i the “Stick” and the “ Muscle Should.” These lit is ime. picscnt obstructions, but they are by i o means insuperable harriers and will bo overcome when the interest ofthe country shall demand lire employment of lire neceasi ry means. Thia riven inpires into- the Olffo in the Siate of Kentucky, opposite to a rail mad ab nit to bo const meted from tho Ohio River to Lake Michigan, llie State of Illinois. Thus are presented to us two important parts of a groat die in of internal improvements rc qn ring only the connecting link of lire •■‘Wosiern Atlantic Rad Road,” and its branches lo Madison and Forsyth, lo con *tilu'.<|an nibiukrn line of nil road and steamboat coinmnnic.ilion from Savannah and Charleston lo Like Michigan and the Western navigable waters. This Is no fiction ; and who, that is a Georgian, can view this extensive map of hu man enterprise without emotions of pride and pleasure, when he discovers that Ins own ( Stale will reap tho glory and Hie profit ol the achievement ! In confirm ty to u Result-Aim of lire Inst session, I wrote to the Governor of T lines sue, to ascertain on wnat terms lire "Western and Atlantic Rail lloud" could be extended through that State to the Tennessee river. By t the ansa er of Governor Cannon it will be seen that he has no power to act on the sub ject., Imt will submit it to the consideration of the Legislature of that Stale, A copy ol this correspondence is amonglho documents. Tire great cause of Education deserves your (oslering cure. About forty thousand ( dollars are now annually distributed to tire J countries, and constitute what are denomin- ( at nil ‘the Academic and poor S bool Funds.” i Tnis system is believed to be radically defee- i live, There should he no such designations j as “Academic” and "I‘oor School,” because J they arc invidious and insulling. I’ovcriy, , tuough a grrat inconvenience, is no crime, e and it is highly improper, whilst you offer to ( aid the cause of education, to say lo a por- J lion of the people, "you are poor.” Tlretis , auds of freemen wh >, tlmtigh indigent, are | honest, patriotic and valuable citizens, will refuse your bounty and despise,tire hand that off’-rs it, because it is accompanied with in- I suit. These funds should bo consolidated under lire title of ‘Education Fund," and oppl ed to tire uses of primary schools, teaching only, the rudiments of un English education. By a Resolution of tire last session, a com mittee of gentlemen was appointed to visit tire North for lire purpose of collecting informa tion on tins subject, which may enable the General Assembly to adopt a plan belter sui ted to affl ct the object HI view, than llmi now in operation, and it is hoped they may make: a satisfactory repmt. None hul an educated people can preserve the hheriy and happiness voucltsaled lo us by the blood and treasure expended by our forefathers, and therefore tire Legislature should extend, as far as possible, Ihe means of intellectual improvement to tho whole mass 1 of tire community. Too much ought not to he attempted; but it is believed that a great deal of good may be done by distributing the money set apart for education, to the d ffer oni counties, to be applied for tho use of coin i men schools, at winch all maybe taught for , a portion at least ol every year. A sysicm ofthis kmd is in successful operation in some • of tire States, and will, if adopted here, it , i* hoped, effect tire great object of the Con siitunon in regard to education; 1 ThrH r. Ej Hi Sim airiias hem rontmued - in the office of Commissioner ,0 curry into ; effect the Immune and charitable vo vsofilre i Slate, in regard to the indigent Deal mid I Dumb. Tire amount of Ins 0001(180*111100 rests with the Logislaiure, and should he hh ■ - oral. Mr, Sinclair is eminently qualified-far ■ this duty, which he lias performed with ere- I dit to himself and benefit to the unfortunate ■ ohj'-cis ofthe Stale’s bounty. Jn execution of the Resolution ofthe l.Vst ■ session, providing for a geological exam.na > tion of the State, Mr. John R’ Colling was i ippointed Slate Engineer, with a salary of I two thousand live hundred dollars per an- I mint i As sot nas the necessary instruments cou’d • he proceed, Ire commenced his labors, and r nud succeeded in completing tho surveys of ; the comities composing I Ire Eastern section - line of the Slate from Ty bee Island to Rabun I county. It, was deemed Impotent to the interests of 3 the State, and to the cause ot loarni.ig and 3 science, tlnti Mr. Cutting should col'-cl all - the information which could, with any pro - prioty be required of him in Ins chancier of - Geologist ami therefore very extensive dot es 1 were assigned him as will be seen by ti c s instructions given him a copy of which is . herewith stibtni ted. The latitude and longi s 1 title of places, the courses of streams, and I many other part clars contained m these in i' studious, aic important in limn ng 0 correct r map of Georgia. The communication ot Mr. Cutting accom . puttying tins messige, shows tnal he has e performed considerable labor and collected - much useful information. Duru gibe session s he will submit a more detailed and compio 1. pensive report, by which yon will be enabled c better 10 appreciate the value of his services, 1 and the importance of Hie etntn nation ami g bU'veys in wh-ch Ire is cugaw d. u jn a c-nrespunduncH with llie Gover rer 1 f • m in,herewith subra.tied, it will te seen that on the 21st day of June last, I demi»m!ed of , "‘ n ,w “ "■'••ed Daniel Plidbronk ami g ‘7 w,IU lu,|1 t l!ru ''i »» liife-iiivps Iroin j " Biund cliarg- d win, dm crime of larceny imviiij taken ami carried away from Hie ,1 L ' oU " l J r '* t t-’lmiliam, certain negro man „ »">ve. named Allium. tl.o property m Jan,™ a Sapors and Henry H.gerg and mane (onr.: i pastcd on ~w ; Tne Governor of Mai nr, for the rcasona stated in Ilia lutier, dared on lire 13il, day of , August last, lias refuesed lo comply with tliia dcnian i and Cona. quenlly ih - aginl of this . appointed to receive and conduct ifies'e ’ ren to Chatli m ..on .ty.tobc tn, d for the of. , ‘once charged returned without tlicm. TUI reasons assigned lor lies relus.it are, in my mind, wholly unsatisfactory and such as w ill; d permitted to justify or excuse it, render llib .. constitutional provision on the nuject a dead leiler, and place onr right to a certain species of property at the mercy of any amt every theicf who may have n domicil in that Slate. A remedy fur the evil growing out of this disregard of our rights should he. uo«gl*,. hat what that remedy »l*t!i 8*; «? a rfnestion not easily solved None now ekisl, except ttio ultima ratio, and tins cannot pbo resorted to . wi11...i11« violation of the Federal compact. Tins act ol the (Jovciior of Maine has rais ed a question ot deep interest and vital impor tance to the South. We intist submit li> have our pioperly stolen with impunity—re sort to a consolidated .overnnient, with pow er to enforce our rgihts in every part ot tin* eonfedejitlioii, thus merging out State sover' eighty—or redress ourselves by Our own laws. These are dreacHM aftetitutives.—Neiiher of Hie two first can be submilled to and the last may produced a stale ot things which no pat riot desires lo witness. But on iho subject of our slave properly there, can' Be- no argu ment—no eomprent-tie ; the 'rights, of The South must be inspected, mid if the constitu. lioiiul guaranty bo disregarded, or too weak (or our protection,' we Wiil be compelled, in onr own defence to follow the example of our fathers, ‘"by providing new guards fur eur fu ture iecuritu." ' \ . , ■ 7 w m. fchley, Milledgeyille, JVov. 7. Vg o 11* ille Jocky Cl«l» 1C SUM'S. I fl.I. r nmmcnco on the second Tuesday m » f Nntcember next The following are the a ni. .unis of each day's Pomp. First Din/- Milo fir Colts—a fine Silver Pi elier and Cup, wuilb $l4O Seen ml Way—2 untie bents,(roe (nr|nfl —Purse?3oo Third Win/—3 “ “ “ filKI Fisn th Dr/'i/—1 “ “ “ “ 800 fifth Dai/- - I “ best 3, in 5 •• 350 '1 lie money 111 ho heng up cadi .lay, and to bo governed by the rules of lailiiyette course, Augusta. 11. F. YQUNU it Co. Proprietors, sept 19 wul 381 JTlotU'jr liUsl. 4 ON (lie )2lh August Insl, I enclosed in a lister addressed n> ,Vlr. M.A. While, Augusta, Ceo Two Hundred Dollars in hills sis the liinowmgde criplioo—Blol) hill, Central Bank of G'orgla, loil ter A. iVo. 891, dand Ist A'epl 1829—one (#sofills Commercial Dunk of 5/acon, No. 2SB, Letter A,da led Ist iSepi. 1836,0ne fSO lull, Post note, payable Iwo day I alter dale, Insurance Dank of Columbus, So 883. f.eiter A. dated 3d iVov. 1836, 'I he uhovn Letter should h ive reached Augusta ih lloee days after leaving this ofliee, lint an jet I have heard net thing from it. All persons urn forewarned (min re ceiving eilhcr of iho above bills, ami all iho Hanks of this isinle and persons lo whom ihoy muy be of fered are requested to give iiUbrmglipn of the fact,; and by giving me sneh inform oion as wdl lead id the detection of the villian, or the recovery of the money or any part of it, shall be paid to their satis fuel ion, S. S. KENDKICK. Burncavillc, Oct 22 vv3m, 243 liiiiui for Sale. riMIE subscriber offers the following La 1 a far X sale On reasonableterms: A). Dim. Sec. Nol Dis. Sec. t-ANI) LAND 61 17 1 29 10 3 Oi “ 13 3 142 « 88 » rioi.u ou i, a 339 “ If, 4 1157 • 3 3 H » I 3 836 1 4 1135 “2 4 828 •• 13 2 182 » 17 4 Hot) “ II | 285 - 3 4 470 •• 3 4 133 “ 18 2 339 “3 3 571 “ 21 2 228 “3 2 20 “ 26 Early, 119 “ 12 Early 153 “ 7 do 265 •• 10 do 411 “ 5 Irwin 12 “ 9 Irwin 90 “ 7 .lo 209 “ 8 do 129 “ II Dooly 16 “ 8 Dooly 237 « u Carroll 269 •• 8 Carroll 53 “ 30 Leo' 4 “ 4 Lee 99 “ 3 Appling. AI.SO, The place I now live go sixteen miles from Au guste, and ini the 20th section of ibe Georgia Kail Kuril), and iiir bculib it cannot be surpassed by any Os ihe adjoining counties, for fur; lu-r particulars apply to the subscriber at Dowery. E B. I,OYLESS, oct 14 r w4m 240, ■. l*autluse T'arJuru tor &ate- IN confurmily to a resoluliuri adopted nr a meeting of the .stockholders ol lie (Vaui ln. s Manufactur ing Company, I heir establishment will be sold at public aucliiiinun the second Monday m November next, 111 Vauciuse. , Terms—O no Ibunh cpsh, and the remainder on a credit of one, two and three years, in equal instal m nls; Iho purchaser giving personal security, and a mortgage on tire promises It is confidently believed I lint no simdnrestnblish men I in llie Hum hern Stales combines so many ad; vantages. Situated on a bold and nrpi.l stream run ning amidst sand bills, it is entirely exempt from lbs lever's el i lies country The supply of water, at all seasons of the year, is sufficient to impel ten times the existing machinery. The house is lUQ feet long, forty wide, and live stories high; built of solid granite, of w hicb there is an inexhaustible quarry in thirty yards of it. There are in operation 1056 throstles,6o!) mule spindles, 120 wool spindles; 36 looms, two dressers, and all the other machinery requisite tn keep I hose m moduli. The tract of land contains 1200 acres, abounding in the finest hind pi pine timber, with several fine spring, ofaure water, nurqiuillcd m Ibn iSlalo, and there is; saw mill upon it, capable of supplying all die wants of the com pany in extending I heir buildings; also n gr stmill. Vauciuse is 14 miles from Augusta, Gl., 6 miles from Aiken, 18. C., 16 miles from Kdgi leiil Court House, 8. ft, and 4i miles from the Clpir.'r sign.;md Hamburg Hail Hoad The proximity to Aug »'a renders it unnecessary to keep a considerab'e inac tive capital invested in raw cotton, as a weekly sup ply can bo ccrtaiole, and at all limes, obtained ai lair "3 •’ 61- '■ In the hands of n man who understands the man uiuCturing Imsiness, and would personally attend to it, this Factory would be a splendid lortnne. Agid if tin re bo any desirous oi, purchasing this de scription of properly, they are toques!ed to examine JJ or themselves, before the day of sile. - JAN. G O. Wll.lvl President ol the Duq^lny^gißmr junc.34 iC/’Tbe Dost 111 Atlas, Providenr-e jl/armfiintnring Juiilnal.New Yorkjf'ourier and Enquirer, At Charles ton Courier, will publish ill - above onre a week un til ibe first ot Nuvemlior, and send ibeir accounts to this office for poynieiil. . , pj BROUGHT to Augusta Jail, JSf on die ISth insiQnipx negro man Ck-s. who calls luiiuelf Btcphen, m says’ be belongs to ArP-r, Wesl brook ufChesier Dislncl, 8 C. ' He is 25 years r Id, 5 feel 1 inch 'gSSeSmiSaimae high, dark coinplecla.l, very knoc need. The owner is requesied lo come (or , vv uni, pay cxjH'i’ses, and • ijm idm (Wan Jail. LLi .IfORGAN, Jailor. O.’t 19 wJI *w