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 ELECTIONS ny THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. --On Friday, ihe 18th inst, the Two Houses met tn convention, and proceeded to the election of Digester of the Laws, Bank Attorneys, and Financial Receivers for ihe different branches of sIIe Sta,e Bank. The election resulted as follows:

 F., II. ENGLISH was elected Digcster with out opPosi,ion. For ibe Bank at this place \. r. THORNTON was elected Receiver, and l. k LINCOLN Attorney. without opposition For the Branch at the Post, JAMEs SMiTn and A; W. DoRRis were reelected without opposition. For the l5rnuch at BafnkvIle BIvENs was elected Attorney without oppo- siiion, and Cook Receiver over Mir Gather of the Senate. For the Branch at Fayet,e- vile F.. PuLLiAM was elected Receiver with out opposition, and JoxAs M TEBBErrs Attorney, over his competitors Neal and Murphy.

 On Monday last, both Houses met in con- venilon, for the purpose of cleeting a col- iector and Land Attorney for the smlc. E, CuMMINs, Esq, was elected without opposi- ton.

 The following is the very ila,,ering report from the committee on Internal Improve ments, to whom was referred the resolution requiring an investigation of the Office ol the State Land Agent, ano the manner in which he had discharged his duties 

 MR. PRESIDENT: The Committee on ln- ternal Improvements, to whom was referred the report of the Land Agent of this State. together with resolution of instructions to said Committee to examine into the coudi- ton oG said office, and the manner in which the duties of said agent have been dischar- ged,

 REPORT,

 That the committee have discharged the duties assigned them, and find, from care full examination ol the books, &c., of the office, that the report of that officer, accom- panving the Governors Message, is full. ac- curate, and correct, in every particular: that he has collected oi the debts reported due, since the date of sad report, lhe sum of l $ l99 j5, which Is now on hand. Your Committee further report, in justice to that officer, that he has performed the du- ties of that office in a manner faithful, prompt, and skiiiul, and, in the arrangement of the detail of it's duties, he has adopted and pre- served system, clear, regular, and well cal lated 10 afford, upon the shortest notice, the most satisfactory information of the staie aHd business of the office

 They find that the duties and labors of the office have accumulated so much as to re- quire great amount of labor, skill, and close attention, and has become very important addition to the public duties, requiring lhe continuance of that office as a separate cs- tablishment and branch of the Treasury.

 In conclusion, your Committee cannot too highly commend the necessity and impor- tance of the office, and the very able and ac- tive manner in which its duties have been discharged All of which, is respectfully submitted. UNDERIilLL, Chairman,