Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-01-25
AFFAIRS OF THE STATES.

Dc,dUdre. Hon. Thomas Clayton and Hon.
Richard II. Bayard have been elected to the u. $.
Senate; the latter Tor the vacancy and the former
for six years from the 9TH of March next. Both
I gentlemen are Wings
The Governors message was received and read
on The 9th inst. Speaking of the financial con-
Germs OF the State, the Governor says:
1t is source Of pleasing contemplation, also,
that whilst many of sister States are deeply
involved in debt, and some of them scarcely able,
from their resources TO pay the interest on their
loans, our own state is free from The slightest pc
cunlnry obligation; and with population of but
lI5,OUO, she can boast of credit undoubted and an
honor untarnslIed, with n redundant treasury and
invested funds to the amount of nearly $600000.
Georgia. llames Holt, (whig) has been elected
to Congress in place of Judge Colquitt, (loco) re-
signed.
Ohio. From n synopsis Of repor; OF the state
auditor for the yenr ending November Is, 1S40
we gather the following: state debt $l4,s09477
IA, on which the interest to be paid was $685.
4S5 30; the fund applicable to the interest II.
mounted to S630,550 SO, leaving large amount
yet to he raised by loan. The total income was
81, l960Gl ~, and tile expenses, exclusive of
public works for original constructions, Sl,16I,-
$50 SIS. Ohio received Sl4S32 ~ from the fed
eral government last year, being per cent Of The
public lands sold in The state during the year.
Georgia and .lIaine. The Senate of Georgia
have passed the bill from the House, quarantning
all vessels from n nine for 100 days, with an a.
mcniment that whenever Muine shall comply
with It's constitutional! obligation to Georgia,
the governor shall, Ivy proclamation, suspend the
, operation of the nct.-N Y finer.
! The Governor of Georgia has very wisely
withheld his approval from this act, probably on
the ground that It is unconstitutional.
The special session of the legislature of Illinois
closed on the 10Th instant after two weeks labor
,ieithout maturing a single bill ! Smart
7 Maine The canvassiny committee having rejec-
ted sundry votes on the ground of illegally, re-
ported the following as the official canvass for
Governor:
Edward Kent, wing, 1854
John Fairfield, loco, 45507
Hannibal tlamlin, loco, %
+. o. J. Smith, wing, Is
Scattering, 63
b This report was accepted and the House re-
turned Messrs. Kent and Fairfield from the four
| highcst,) to the Senate ms candidates between
whom the last named body must chose: whereupon
the Senate elected Edward Kent Governor of
Maine, ny vote Of l6 TO 8. Gcv. Kent commune
Gated his message on the l4th inst. 1t is good and
long, but almost exclusively devoted to matters
particularly interesting to the state of Maine. A
reduction of executive power, and distribution
OF the public lands, are urged tie boundary ques-
lion also is treated of at large, and the rights of
Maine strongly insisted upon. The recent occu-
patton oflhe disputed territory, by British armed
force, is considered violation of the subssting
arrangement and Gov. Kent says he shall call
upon The President to take a similar military pos-
session in behalf Of the United States. The debt
of the state is Sl,G7S,367 "A, payable at from three
TO twenty years, and the annual interest SIO2OGI.
Samuel p. Benson, wing, has been elected Secre-
tary of State.
alabama. The Legislature of Alabama have
passed bill for the election of Congressman by
general ticket The wings will lose two mem
bers by the change. The vote in the Senate stood
10 TO ~ in the House, 4S to as. Pretty close
shaving. The election takes place next August.
We hope against hopel that the wings will be
able to carry the entire ticket. 1t would be lust
punishment TO the locos for their rapacity.
In the lower house of the Alabama legislature
a provision has been adopted in the Penal Code,
which makes death by dueiing Il crime OF murder
in the first degree.
Michigan. The Legislature of this State con-
vened NJ Detroit on the 4lh inst. In the Senate,
Daniel w. Kellogg of Wasltenau was elected
In the House, Pho G.. Fuller. of Adrian, was
elected Speaker, having received 81 votes to 10
for Kingsley :, Bingham. For Clerk, Mark How
ard Of Washtenau was elected. The vote stood,
for Howard 81, J. r. c. Emmons of Detroit 10
The officers elect in both Houses are Wings.
Pennsylvania. Resolutions have been adopted
in the House in favor of distribution of the pro-
ceeds of The public lands, and instructng their
Senators accordingly. Both parties agree in this
important matter W hat n re.,nke to to the ocos
OF the VI. legislature Of 1899 Similar resolutions
are before the Senate and were adopted in part on
the 18th. resolution nstructing the Pennsyv Iva
mia Senators TO vote for the repeal ofhe sub-treas-
ury has also been brought forward in the Senate.
One Presidential Tenn. The joint resolution
before the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of such
an amendment to the Constitution of the United
Suites, is should debar the President from re-eec-
ton, has passed both Houses by large majorites
South Carolina. The day before the adjourn
ment of the South Carolina Legislature, resolu-
tons 10 the following effect were adopted:
lst That United States Bank was unconsti-
tutional, unnecessary and in furious.
III is worthy of remark that Washington, Mad
ison, the U. S. Supreme Court, and at least three
different Congresses have differed from South
Carolina in this matter.
ID That the Independent Treasury was the
constitutional way 10 keep and dsbnrse the public
money.
3D.. That Tariff, unequal in its operation and
designed protect fay orite employnent,was al
against The letter and spirit OF The Constitution,
and that in the emergency of the passage of such
II measure by Congress, the States would Judge Of
f the means and measure OF redress.
[lf this be true SO is the converse of il, viz n
Tariff equal in its operation and designed TO ex-
tend protection TO all employments, is constitution
al. Hence it follows, that the question OF cons-
nationality lin the opinion OF The S. C. Legisature)
: depends entirely upon The manner in which u
Tariff operates. Now we defy tho South CARROLL