That all just and bona fide land warrants which have been issued by the State of North Carolina, or any warrants issued by the Register or Commissioners of Tennessee, shall be subject to entry on any vacant and unappropriated land south and west of the congressional reservation line agreeable to the act of 1835 and '36. On motion of Mr. Brown the said resolution and amendment were referred to the committee on public lands. Then the Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY MORNING, Nov. 27, 1839. The following message from his Excellency James K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, was announced by Luke Lea, Esq. Secretary of State, and read at the Clerk's table, to wit: Fellow Citizens of the Senate EXECUTIVE DEpartment, and of the House of Representatives: In pursuance of the 9th section of the Act of of December 5, 1837, entitled "An act to confer Banking privileges on the Stockholders of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company, on certain terms and conditions," I lay before the General Assembly a statement of "the affairs" of the South Western Rail Road Bank of Charleston, South Carolina, and its Branches, including a statement of the condition of the Branch thereof located at Knoxville, in this Statewhich statements have been transmitted to me by the President of the Principal Bank. JAMES K. POLK. SOUTH WESTERN RAIL ROAD BANK, Sir In conformity with the 9th section of the Charter of incorporation of this Bank, you are herewith respectfully furnished with the affairs of this Bank and its Branch as they stood on the morning of the first day of October, to be laid before the Legislature of your State. There are three statements. The separate statement of the Principal Bank, the statement of the Branch, and the consolidated statement of both. STATE OF THE SOUTH WESTERN RAIL ROAD BANK, CHARLESTON, S. C. Due to other Banks, Due to Comptroller General of South Carolina, Due to the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company, Divi $1,335,882 84 684,575 00 66,762 11 dend No. 1, Bank Commissioners, who paid the amount, but have not returned their lists of stockholders, 127 30 25,538 94 Due from Bank Agents, Due from Bank Commissioners for amounts received, returns made but not paid in, Ocmulgee Bank Stock, Capital furnished Branch at Knoxville Tennessee, State five per cent, Stock of South Carolina, $1,005,091 40 97,724 90 43,128 59 Statement of the South Western Rail Road Bank, and of the Branch at Knoxville, Tenn.-Ending 30th Oct. 1839. Liabilities of the South Western Rail Road Bank and Branch for notes in circulation and to individual Depositors, with cash and securities immediately convertible into cash, to meet the same, independent of other Bank assets. The whole amount of notes issued by the Principal Bank and the Branch, have been $779,575, of which there are on hand $297,735, leaving in circulation $481,840, to which add amount due individual Depositors, $80,687 3S, making the liabilities of the Bank on these accounts, $562,527 38. To meet which, there is exclusive of other assets of the Bank, Gold and Silver, $204,924 44, Notes of other Banks, $34,474, of State and City 5 per cent. stocks, $213,475, Exchange on New York and Philadelphia matured and maturing within 60 days $127,053 29, besides funds in the hands of Bank Agents $31,045 95, in all amounting to the sum of $610,972 68, leaving an excess of $48, |