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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE' Charleston, Feb. 18. About 7 o’clock on Saturday evening a tire broke out in a small shop, next to the corner of (he market, on East bay-street, occupied by Messis. Lovett and Hawley mg and cotton mongers. Mr. Hawley having occasion to go t p stairs with a light, stumbled and fell, and the light came in contact with a parcel of loose cotton, which immediately ignited, and in a moment the whole was on fire. In a very short time, the entire cluster of wooden build ings on the square between the market and die mansion of (lie late Gen. C. C, Pinckney weie in Hames. From tho combustible nature of f hese buildings, and the wind blowing fresh from the East, the fire had made considerable progress before the engines could bo brought Into service. The tool of the market house was soon in a blaze, and the dense mass of wooden houses on the south side ol the street ’vore threatened with destruction. Fortunately, I however, the \ igilant Fire Engine, together with some of the city companies, were placed in a very favorable situation to play upon the buildings, and although several times the fronts j of some houses were in a light blaze, they sue- i reeded in extinguishing the Hames and perveit- ! std them fiom burning on that side. Had they I not succeeded in this effort, it would have been n’liHost impossible to have saved the whole square ' from total destruction. On tho north side of. Market-street the fire swept all the houses as fir west as Anson-street, where, by the most 1 unremitting exertions on the part of the firemen, and the blowing of several houses, it was finally stopped. The ravages of the fire extended from E ist-Bay-sticet on the East crossing Reaper’s Alley, to Anson-street on the West, and from Market-street on the South, including the small meat mat kef, and tho wooden vegetable t market immediately to the west of it, which was pulled down, to Ellery -street. Col. Blankhead, with a strong detachment of United States’ Troops, from Fort Moultrie, and a large body of seamen from the Natchez, and other tinned vessels in the harbor, under the orders of their respective officers, came prompt ly to our aid, and rendered very valuable assistance in arresting the progress of the destructive element. The soldiers and sailors being fresh, continued the working of the en gines, &,r. after men who had been previously ! engage in that service were completely exhaust ’d. The latter, especially, from their fear- ' less character and readiness at mounting the tops of houses, were greatly instrumental in savirij the range of buildings on the south side ot Market-street, which were repeatedly on fire. To the Military and Naval officers, and the soldiers ami sailors under their command, tie' gratitude of the community is due, for their aiduous and efficient exertions upon this mel micholy occasion. Too much praise cannot bo awarded to those j by whoso active ami indefatigable exertions the I city has been saved from wide-spread desola- j ' lion, which, from the height and direction off the wind, ami the combustible materials in 11 most of the adjoining streets, seemed to be in-J ‘ evitable at. one period of the conflagration. Several of ihe houses destroyed belonged to ' { the estate of the late C. C. Pinckney—they j | weie mostly occupied as stores, eating houses, ( &<’. < We learn that the houses and other proper ty destroyed, were not generally insured, prob- ' ably to not more than the amount of eight or ten ( thousand dollars. The houses destroyed, were ' about 40 in number, and mostly belonging to j tenants. The loss of the property' generally, ! has fallen upon a class of persons (he least able to bear it. The destruction of such a mass of wooden buildings, affords an opportunity to the proprietors of the lands in that quarter, to erect houses of a more permanent character, and thus subsei ve their own intert st, ami both improve the appearance, and promote the safe ty of the city. Tho loss of the city, in the portion of Mark et destroyed, is considerable. Several acci dents of a serious nature are said to have oc- ; cm red. A negro man belonging to Mr. John I Howard, was run over by an engine, and very ’ seriously injured. Much is said about Georgia Nullification; no ; doubt for the purpose of justifying the high-| banded course of the South Carolina made.ips , ami dictators, we say madcaps and dictators— | we believe the people, the honest people, of i that state have been led astray, by a tew ns- J piring demagogues and disappointed politicians, The fact is, GEORGIA HAS NEVER NULLIFIED. Did she nullify the ncio treaty, she did not the ol<i treaty was regulaily ratified by Con gress—the right of Georgia to her territory at that moment, passed into her hands from the | highest authority, and that right could not be j taken from her without tier consent. At the I moment the old treaty was ratified by the par ties, the geneial government had nothing more to do with it. 'l'lio general government then attempted by forming a veto treaty to nullify Georgia but in tins it failed—every person knows the result of (his matter. Again- —lt is asserted tha* Georgia nullified the mandate of the supreme court : this is not so; Georgia made her own laws; regarding l her internal afl’iiis and concerns; extending her crimiu.il jurisdiction over the Cherokee Territory; the Missionaries violated her laws, ami of course inclined their just penalty. Ati attempt was made by the Federal Judiciary to Nullify these laws of Georgia, but she has failed in the attempt. In imprisoning the Missionaries, Georgia violated no law of the : general government ; nor did she nullify any law nt Congress. In both instances ;m attempt was nude by the general government, to nulli »Ws <H‘ Georgia; GEORGIA has NEVER NULLIFIED I——Standard of trnwn. Kaw Notice. The undersigned hai located himself in C A39 county, and will practice LAW in the several counties otthe <taro*ee Creai/. All I etters addressed to him .at I wo-Runs, will be promptly attended to u WILUASI L MORGAN- march 15— u—<• MUSCLE SHOALS CANAL. We have recently conversed with several of our most intelligent citizens, who have visited and examined the operations of the Muscle Shoals Canal. Every man seems to speak with pleasure of the rapid progress with which this ' work is now going on, and with renewed confi- j dence tn itsfinal success. Some parts for short ' intervals, are completely finished and exhibit . beautiful specimens of the work. On the whole line from Campbell’s to Lamb’s ferry, we are told that there is no-; a single interval of as mur h as a mile between the separate points of active operations. The contractors and sub contractors are going on with an energy which can only be inspired by the fullest confidence in the success of the work. The distinguished i engineer gives it as his opinion, so we are in formed, that the whole work will be accom ; plisbed for a sum less by 15 per cent, than the .estimated cost. I-rom representations thus made to us by men on whose judgments and opinions we can rely with security, our antici pations have taken the most lively colour— I hey tell us that no man who will go and ex- I amine the work and consider the plan of op ; pei aliens, can for a moment doubt of the prac . libility of the scheme, or of its speedy accom- j : plishment. I The result of this canal will be a downward I navigation for flats at all seasons of the year, ; I and a steam-boat navigation up and down du- i ( ring the winter and spring seasons. Whenever j steam-boats of light draft can come to Florence,' which is about six months, in the winter and i spring, they will be able to ascend the Tettncs- i see above Lamb’s ferry, the highest point of this section of the Canal. It will be a happy event for the people above the shoals when this public work is done, and they should feel in its successful and energetic prosecution the deep est solicitude.— Huntsville Democrat. GO AHEAD. There are at present, from six to seven httn i dred hands at work on the Tennessee Canal. 1 In addition to this number, Messrs. Henry Kibhe aredaily expecting the arrival of fifty Ne-1 groes, hired in Virginia. At the close of this > year, the Canal will have been so nearly made, that it must be finished. Iris the intention of, i the contractors to perform their engagements as ' ! eaily as possible. This is perhaps too only op- , , porlunity the state may have soon, to obviate i I the formidable obstructions of the Muscle Shoals. [ Is this important national work to be defeated ■ by local jealousies, and legislative twistification! —We shall sec— Florence Gazette. A FRIENDLY DINNER. Give me the “friendly dinner;” that dinner which draws fiotn an Irishman’s cellar its oldest bottle of wine, and from his 10-art its oldest story. In Ire land. the tree of hospitality is never out of blossom; and, nt the friendly dinner one is always happy, be cause we are permitted to enjoy our happiness in our own way, ami because we feel ourselves as welcome as the flowers of May. It is here that we forget the irritating and vexing littleness of life ; it | is here that we, once more, contemplate life as an j enchanting scene, inviting to action, pregnant with pleasure, and rich in hope. Give ine, then, the friendly dinner, where hospitality is caterer; where hearty welcome is the cook ; where sincerity is president of the board, and where ceremony is not , even second-cousin to the family. The people, of Georgia must be convinced, by I the experience of the past, that a wise, prudent, and well applied legislation, can alone promote the i prosperity of the state, and put into action the im- i mensc resources she possesses. 'l'hey are no doubt 1 well convinced also, that to obtain a prudent legis j lation, a material change must be effected in the legislative branch of stale government as now con stitutionally established. These are positions ae, knowledged by a vast majority of the citizens, to be undeniable. The questions then follows: shall the people give their unanimous assent to the pro posed conv -illion, by choosing the best men in the county, that the changes should be effected in the legislative branch of the government, may hereafter produce a wiser and more prudent legislation than heretofore ? This question, it is to be hoped, will be decided in the affirmative in April next. When we look around us; when we consider the i extent of territory and the geographical position of j Georgia ; her numerous water-courses ; the large ; quantity of vacant land she possesses ; we cannot ; but anticipate the time when this state, if her local concerns arc probably administered, is to exercise : 1 a c rntroling influence in the affairs of the Union. ' | Georgia is placed in a more advantageous situation ! than all the other states comprising the vast south- I cm region of the United States, and waich is in creasing in wealth ami population. With Alabama, I Mississippi and Louisiana to the west; Florida to ! •he South ; Tennessee to the north ; South and i North Carolina to the east ; Georgia must become : in the course of time, the bulwark of independence j and freedom of those states, should the Union be J ' ever dissolved, and attempts made to subjugate ' them. Georgia is the connecting link between Al j abama, Mississippi and Louisiana, on the one side, 1 and South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, on the other. She can, consequently, in case of I a dissolution of the Union, keep the balance ofpow- j cr between all those states, should a southern con- > federacy be formed, or should they become united only hv treaties of alliance. Such a supposition is expressed at this time only to show the impor- ' tance of Georgia even at present, to the Union, and the influence she would exercise, if her population was commensurate with the extent oi her territory, .and if her resources were in active employment. We shall hereafter enlarge upon this branch of our ' remarks. The streams by which the state is intersected, almost every where, can with industry, enterprise and labor, be made navigable ; these streamescan be connected so as to join the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, to draw from Tennessee, North and South Carolina, a great portion of their trade to this state. It is true that much time must elapse i before such an undertaking can be accomplished, ami that the population of the state must be more , dense. Hut this period may be. hastend by a wise and prudent legislation ; by offering inducements to emigrants, of the enacting of laws fully adequate to the protection of life and property, and to the assistance which the government is hound to give to industry and enterprise. Prepareand enact such laws, and the country will be settled with honest. ; peaceable, industrious and enterprising citizens. (The population would increase rapidly, and as it increases, the legislation of the country would keep peace with it, and with the increased demands of that population for an active employment of the immense resources of the state. e say. moreover, hat th? nopttl uion would increase in a greater ratio than it has heretofore done. In 1790 the popular tion of the state was S-2,518. In 1.3(H), it was 162, 606, producing an increase in 10 years of 80, 133- 97 per cent. In 1810, the population was 252,43.-?, producing an increase in 10 years of 80,747 or .*>s I per cent. In 1820 the population was 340,980, producing an increase in 10 years of 88,5,56, or 35 percent. In 1830, the population was 5'6,567, ' producing an increase in 10 years of 175,578, or 51 percent. The increase of the last 10 years j may be mainly ascribed to the land obtained from ' the Indians, and distributed by lotteries in 1818 ! 1819, £1 and 1827. As the vast extent of the j Cherokee territory will offer many inducements for ; settlement, which the Creek territory did not pos-) sess, it is reasonable to suppose that the emigration ! for the next 10 years will be greater than for tho 10 yeas between 1820 and 1830. The population 1 of the state in 1840, according to our calculation ; may be safely estimated at from 850,000 to 900,000. And it must be observed, that this increase of pop- < illation will be proportionally greater in white than in black inhabitants, because the vacant territory to be settled, is remarkable for the salubrity of its j climate. With this population, and wise laws, the j inarch of Georgia to wealth and in the Union, ! will be as rapid as the most sanguine of her i sons would wish. But to have wise laws, we i must have a wise legislature, and to have a I wise legislature, the constitution must be so i j amended, as none others but wise men will be- ! 1 come legislators. The time has arrived when 1 the people should act very cautiously in the ' choice of their rulers. If therefore they wish the welfare of their state, the improvement of i the public mind and the contentment and hap-1 I piness of themselves their wives and children now is ’.he time to prepare tho means for ob taining the earthly blessings which a benign Providence has placed within our reach. We shall return to the subject of these desultory remarks. We have always taken a lively interest in the subject of “Reduction” and we shall not be satisfied, until we have contributed in accomplishing the desirable ob ject in view. We consider the subject of vital importance to the state and to the present gen eration. As every true Georgian should have , his feelings enlisted on the side of reform in the legislative branch of the state government, we hope that those who can throw light upon the subject, will do so, before the election of ' delegates, or the meeting of the Convention. ! Our columns are open for their comminunica- j I tions,— -Democrat. COFFEE. I The coffee-pot should be three parts full of boiling water ; the coffee is to be added a spoon ful ata time, and well stired between each ; then | boil gently, still slicing to prevent the mixture ■ from boiling over as the coffee swells, and to force it into combination with the water this will be effected in a few minutes, alter which, the most gentle boiling must be kept up during an hour. The coffee must then be removed from the fire to settle, one or two spoonsful of cold water thrown in assists the clarification, and also precipitates the grounds. In about an hour, lor as soon as the liquor has become clear, it is 1 to be poured into another vessel, taking care not to disturb the sediment. Coffee made in this ! maimer will be of (he finest flavor and may be ! kept three days in summer, and four or five in > winter ; when ordered for use, it only requires j heating in the coffee-pot, ami may he served up ‘ at two minutes notice. Coffee should never be roasted but at the precise time of its being used, and then it should be watched, with the [greatest care, and made of a gold color rather ; than a brown one ; above all, take care not to burn it, for a very few grains burnt will be suf- I ficicnt to communicate a ransid taste to several pounds of coflee. It is the best way to roast in a roaster, over a charcoal fire, which turns with the hand as by that means it is not forgot, which often is the case when on a spit before (he lire. AUBUR N P RISO N, N E W-YO RK. 'The annual report of the inspector of tins prison, was made to the Senate yesterday.—- The total amount of the earnings of the con victs for the year, is stated <u $41,833 47; and ‘ (he expenditures for the geneial support oi the j prison at $38,305 31, leaving a balance in favor of the prison of 3,528 16. In addition to ; tins balance the inspectors state that the prison ; should be credited with the expense ofkeeping, i feeding and clothing about 100 convicts who have been employed since the Ist of June list, ! in the erection of the new cells in the South 1 wing, whose labor lias not been taken info ac counts of profit to the prison; and also the J erection of a workshop 100 feet by 40. The number of convicts in the prison t the com mencement of the year was 616 , received ; during the year 192 , discharged by expiration lof sentence 115, by pardon 27, one by order of j the supreme court, and 27 by death; leaving ■ at the prison on the first inst. 653. Os the number received during the year 60 were from , the prison at Sing Sing. The 200 cells direct- ■ 1 ed by an act of the last session to be erected in j i the South wing of the prison, are completed and were occupied by convicts on the Ist. inst.—j Albany Argus. \ The Knoxville, Tennessee, Register asks: “What has become of Ainos Ellmaker, who, if we recollect right, was the anti-masonic can- ’ didate for Vice President ? We have never j heard of his death, nor does he seem to be in the land of the living. If living is he Vice j President or not? And if not, how near did he come to it ? And where is bis voters loca- ' ted ?” j | As the above questions are asked merely for the sake of information, we shall take the trou -1 hie to answer them to’the best ot our knowledge and belief: We believe that he is still living, I and we presume is pettifogging at Lancaster, about a day’s ride from this place. He is not Vice President ; but he came within 138 eloe torial votes of it, 145 being necessary to a, choice. His voters are located in V ermont.— Reading (Da). Chronicle. W<- thank friend James sot the information— . Editor Register. LOSS AND GAIN. A man of-.vit oncestid, rightly enough, “He who finds a good son-in-law gains a son—be who finds a bad one, looses 3 daughter.” ;i' /X x- v -7 i;- :■< :-•<. :. ' CHEROKEE, Saturday, March 16, 1833. >*4 >♦'. '»Z MZ xv; •»< •*»< Our information is, that Mr. Clay’s Bill has, after being received in the House of Representa- ■ lives as a substitute for Mr. Verplank's, passed ' the Senate by a large majority, and is now, there ( fore, the law of the land. Comment, upon this oc- i casion, we deem superfluous ; the satisfaction of i the people, cannot be uttered in words. Thus, all ! cause of disagreement being removed, tranquility is I restored to the country. 1 • The following Officers were elected on the first t I Monday in the present month : i In the county Cass, James Orr, Samuel May, | J. A. Thompson, Nathaniel Wolford and J. L. 1 . Parker, Justices of the Inferior Court ; Chester Hawks, Clerk Superior Court; L. Rankin, Clerk : Inferior Court; B. F. Adair, Sheriff; E. R. For . syth, R. T. R. ; W. Dumeron, T. C. ; J. Pack, I Coroner. In the county Floyd, James Hemphill, James Ellis, John Elli«, E. Maybry. J Caldwell, Justices of the Inferior Court ; E. G. Rodgers, Clerk Su perior Court; P. W. Hemphill, Cieik Inferior Court ; A. 11. Johnson, Sheriff; S. T. Mayo, T. C. ; P. Randolph, R. T. R. i In the county Murray, Robert C. Cane, Hugh I Price, W. Oates, R. Reed and N. May, Justices of the Inferior Court; Nelson Dickerson, Clerk Su perior Court ; James Barnett, Sheriff. In the county Paulding, W. Hubbard, John .Brooks, J. Johnson, Green Kearnes and Thomas Dothard, Justices of the Inferior Court ; J. Hicks, Clerk Superior Court; E. Brooks, Clerk Inferior Court; William S. Hoge, Sheriff. “We have heard a regret more than once expressed that the stiring scenes in the course of the session of Congress, now closed, has never brought Governor Troup upon his feet, i We cannot ourselves join in the regret ; for al- i though we should have felt a livelier interest in a speech from him than from perhaps any other member of the Senate, it would have been ac companied by a fear that it was his last effort. Nothing but a high sense of duty, we presume, 1 could have induced him to spend his winters in > that climate, with an ailment in the breast that i ■ must hazzard his life ; and has in fact, as we ! ste in the papers, confined him to his room 1 during a considerable part of the session. He is public property, it is true, and will probably be used as such as long as he lives, but is it wise, or just or generous to “use him up” in his present service which lie can perform but I at intervals, trs to place him where we most I 1 need him, and where he can serve us longer ] | and better? The great question of the rights 1 1 of the states is now to be settled, and we hope, | finally. The time is fast approaching when ' that cause must be sustained by all the moral force we can put forth in its support in a final effort. Who ought we, who shall we have j “to the fore,” as the Highlanders say, on the i | occasion ? We verily believe if the question was put to the whole people of Georgia, in , one great assembly, nearly every eye, most of them gladly, and the rest involuntarily, would Ibe turned on George M. Troup. The people ! placed him in Congress for good reasons ; he j W4s certainly wanted there. But the extraor ! dinary events of the time now require him here. Should he not be brought home and replaced in the Executive Chair?”— Georgia Journal. The above, as it is credited, is from the Georgia Journal, emanating from such a source, every thing | on such a subject, must be taken to mean some thing, however much ambiguity may be thrown ' about it. We do not know which conjecture to rely upon most, whether colonel Troup has consented to stand a candidate for the office of governor or whether his friends wish him to do so ; if the liist i conjecture he correct, then wc have something to | say, if the last be correct, not one word. Proceed ing upon the former conjecture, we remark : that it is commonly observed, in the natural world, that ; a storm is, immediately, succeeded by a calm ; yes, when the elements have spent their force and vented forth their anger ; after the raging wind has swept the surface of the briny Atlantic, throwing I the Inigli abyss of waters into convulsions, causing : its waves to lash themselves into foam against its shores ; after threatening the mariner with inevita ble destruction, by dashing his barque against some hidden rock or foundering it upon some latent quicksand, its fury abates, its anger appeased, and, as ifexhausted with the effort, it becomes tranquil —a calm succeeds, not disturbed by the moving of the softest zephyr, and the sea presents one broad expanse, of beautiful green, not broken by the slightest ripple. Or when the windy element passes violently over the forest, laving low the head of the towering oak ; prostrating the trunk of the slender pine and leveling with the ground the hum , 1 bier undergrowth, it is lost in its course and is suc j ceeded by a profound stillness ; nothing moves to ' disturb the enchantment. How much we wish the I politilcal world was governed by sucir rules ; but how ditferent ! Instead of that repose, so much ! desired, we pass from one storm into another or | rather arc in one continued storm, though in a dit i fcrent latitude. This figure is drawn to illustrate I our present situation ; the laws of the Union, were I threatened with violence, nay, the Union itself, with , dismemberment ; a state, one of the good old ♦ thirteen too, was about to leave us, every thing put ; in requisition to prevent the catastrophe had failed. when from an unexpected quarter came that help I which enabled us to weather it, and then we ex I pected to enjov the succeeding calm, but there is no : - calm ; another a new. an unexpected, uncalled for, i contest must be entered, must be carried on.—- j Governor Lumpkin must be displaced, who can do jit ? none but Troup. But let us see. 11 he capable I ol discharging the arduous and complicated duties [of that office at this interesting period ? the Jour nal says he has been confined to his room nearly all the winter withan ailment in his breast and that a single effort, in speaking, would perhaps, end his life ! Is this colonel Troup's present situation ? The Journal says it is ; we cannot see why, then, he has not abandoned a post he cannot protect.— But his ambition is not to porta!. p ol the imbecility of the physical system. This brings us to the re i collection of Senneca's description of this passion, “ .Ambition is an abyss into which every thing that is thrown is lost, and although you throw in pro vince upon province and kingdom upon kingdom, (you never can fill the mighty void.” Those who wish to remove Governor Lumpkin, we a->k these questions ; what has he omitted to do that he should have performed ? what has he done that he should have omitted ? We do not invite the con test we have been contemplating, but if it is urged j and we must enter it, we arc rca ly “On FucsciiuV the 12tli inst. the CcMenial anniversary of Oglethorpe’s first landing on tho banks of the Savannah, for the purpose of founding the colony of Georgia, was celebrated tn this city in a becoming and spirited manner. At ten o’clock, the different volunteer corps, formed on the right of the Exchange under the command of Col. Williams, and after marching in the route prescribed by the Committee of Arrangements, returned to the same ground and fol med the escort ol ihe procession. And about half past eleven, tire procession moved to ihe Methodist Church, which with a com mendable prtriotism had been lent for the oc casion. After an address to the throne of ; Grace, from the Rev. Mr. Pierce, ol the I Church, Robert M. Clrarleton, Esq. recited an Ode written by himself for the occasion, with which we, in common with a crowded auditory, were highly delighted. His manner of deliv ery, and his matter elicited from his delighted auditory frequent bursts of approbation. As ter the recital of the Ode, Matthew II di M‘Allister, Esq. pronounced an Oration, in every respect suitable to the day. We must remark, that it has never fallen to our lot to be more pleased on <my occasion than we were with the spirit-stiring productions of both the Orator and the Poet. We trust they wiil be given to the Public, as of right their property and not from a fasti 'iousdt licacy be withheld from their fellow citizens. The Church was crowded. The P nriotic Fait ia numbers successfully cheered with their happy smiles the Poet and Orator, and inspired the 1 citizens soldier with renewed determination to j guard with jealous anxiety those institutions I which are the pride and bulwark of our coun try. No altar of Disunion was there ererted but the spontaneous smile of a grateful people ■ announced a holy determination to cling to the Union, “the main pillar of their indepen dence.” After the services, the procession returned, to the place of formation, where it was dis missed. The Military then marched to the lower end of the Bluff, that received the first i footsteps of Oglethorpe, where a salute of one hundred guns was fired by the Chatham Artill- I ery from two pieces of cannon captured off Yorktown, and presented them by General Washington, to evince his regard for their military appearance, on his visit to our city. A salute and feu de joie were then fired by the Riflemen and Infantry. A brilliant and crowd ed ball closed the celebration of the day. A splendid supper, prepared by Lnddin on, added ' a zest to the entertainment, and the Company retired at a late hour, pleased with themselves, • and paying a deserved tribute to the patriotism and taste of the Committee of Arrangements It was emphatically a proud day for Savannah —a day to which our citizens will often revert, as the most excelling epoch of their days of patiiotic feeling.”— Republican. We lay aside, for a moment, the sterner duties of our station, to say a word and breath a wish for old I Savannah ; we have been invited to this ab | erration of usual duty and these reflections by the | above, copied from a Savannah paper. | Savannah is our birth-place, there we first saw the light, there we first breathed the air ; in rctros pecting our life, the scenes of our juvenile days are ' located there ; we remember the old lady of whose ' family we were a member, and too, that old lady’s instructions end admonitions and how frequently she Jed us to tlie House of God, at the altars of I which that great and good man Dr. Kollock minis ! tcred ; we remember the fervency and eloquence with winch he addressed his audience upon the I all-important concerns of the soul, and the fatherly I lectures we received from him on occasions of re citing our cater hism . we remember well the return of the anniversary-day of the Union Society, when we, among the other objects of its care, were sum moned before it, to display our books, reading and j writing, to its members.and how much satisfaction j it afforded us to receive a word of approbation. I Here we contemplate assembled, a large company 1 of generous men, that have associated themselves ! for the purpose of protecting and educating, the in ! digent orphan ; amongst the prominent members I of this excellent society, we remember Mr. Berrien, ! colonel Johnson, Mr. Owens, judge Wayne, Mr. j Bulloch, Mr. M‘Ahstcr, colonel Cuthbert and Mr. ; Habersham ; we remember the day when we were I notified that the Society had determined that tho time ha<l arrived when we must be put to learn a ' trade, and we, accordingly, placed in the old Re [ publican Printing Office ; we remember, with fa ‘ miliarity all the furniture and appendages of that i Office, but suppose that in the course of fifteen years, most of it, like our school-follows, has gone I anti nothing but the name survives. In our mental ■ tour through these scenes of younger days, we visit j as inseparably connected with the rest, the eeme l tery, here lies deposited, within these walls, our mother, who died when we were but a lew years i old, here an affectionate half-brother, who imme diately after bis return from the Florida expedition j under the command of colonel Cuthbert, dtf-d of an ■ inflamation of the lungs, contracted in that service, ■ but the name of Torrey is remembered v.\ h plea sure by his associates and fellow-soldiers ; his brotherly advice has enabled us to avoid many a danger ; ah ! here lay, almost all our school-tnares and many of those generous patrons and kind ! friends to whom we are indebted for their care of us at the unguarded period of life of which we arc speaking. This stone tells that Dr. Kollock re poses here ; that, that Mrs. Christie died name years ago , it is all melancholy , we look around us, ' there stands the old hearse-house, there the willow, there the cherry tree ; this vault contains the de . ceased part of the Boltcn family, there is the crave ’ stone of Mr. Charles Odensill ; here lies John Y. i Noel, esq. there Richard M. Stites, esq. and here, in an humbler place, John J. Evans, esq. whose, apprentice we were. We go through with our visit to the spot consecrated to the dead, and examine every ramification of the city and its hamlets, hut scarcely a vistage of any thing with which we were acquainted now remains ; the pestilence in 1820, 1 carried off almost all our acquaintances and sub sequently the fire has swept from.the city almost all that pait with which we wore familiar, how changed every thing is, like the prisoner of the Bastile, we are willing to withdraw from the scene. Savannah was one hundrt d years ol > at rho time of the above celebration : through how many i‘>i tudes ?he hr.s passed since OJmltorm- and his followers ur'ier the grant of George H m 1 , ~2, hi.led upon her beautiful bluff! She ha, hrn ginshed , ‘’ r ® evr .X^ tje , v „ ti; ve. mentiotmd. but quence ot the misiort.nes . . 1 , . , destined to outshine the davs of splendour; to re-msitate at everv point that nil! ami to her ■mifcrtauce ns a c.ty and ; minister condh.r and pleasure tGfher pa'none am. benevolent citizen?.