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BPUBLICAN. J. CLRLAND, Cirt Atn Copvtt rnnTxn. NOVEMBERS], im t)*lly IY' Annum • for *' woth", ♦» Cinintrv Pspe-, .1 per Annum l f»r * nwtiUM, M. (PAVnotK IS AUVSXCX.I ’ JM, ani x-r JinttinmnK ie Iwt Peftr.. UJT Office«the cSUrnfBiv ml Ilull ilnrii,over Mr. J. B. llaudry’s ilorr. king inn! tlii* administration of laws, and the sup ml of nil iutlMtlOM and Ilia advanenmenl of all olijocnwhich forma part oflho permanent policy of n country, ami of which tfio support il l advancement create a continual drniu of mo- uev fn m tiio Treasury. •>. Thoec which arc in theit nalnro exlraordi- ■ ary. occaaional ami temporary, falling with great weight on ;nrticu1 »r and brief tioriod* oftiinc.aml t’lcn L'rqmiating forever. Of thi" kind nro* the eipcndiqtrc* growing out of a state of war, and o it of tho erection of groat end costly public work* of nn enduring character, auch a* foitrc** ok, canals, rail way*, «c. Tlu*»e two division* obviously embrace nil the orighnl and substantive catinc* of expense dial ran occur to a government, lint out of the tie- ee^xiticx to which they frequently give rise, there L* rone time* bom a thinl kind, entirely deriva tive in it* diameter* end partaking of tho nature of both the other*. Of this *ort i* a large public debt, of which the interest i« ■♦•pnhtcd to be V»«(J at regular and short interval*, and tlie principal at n remote period. Tho payment* of the intend on «iteh n debt aro appropriately clamed in the first of tho above stated general divisions; and tho ultimate redemption of the capital, in Ute so- eond. Well, Georgia ha* actually contracted a debt of thi* description to tho amount of three quarters of a million, borrowed upon her bonds, of which the interest is payable every six month* and the principal at the end of every IU) years; and her bond* for another equal amount have al ready been issued, and only await a market to As far back then ft* tho rear 1821. tho policy of raise the debt to a million and a half of dollars.— inuanently appropriating particular fund* to REPORT Otl\* Communtnnnn appointed by authority of the Legislature, on tie ttAjctl of the Matt Financet, [cortimo.] THE CENTRAL BANK permanently appropriating designed objects began. . In that year a bur was passed setting apart the dividend* on halfa million of bank stock, owned by the 8tate, to tho canse of public education; gad the dividend* on a another half million, to purpose* Of Internal Improvement. Aud »o the letter Of the law stand* to thU day. No other per manent designation of particular thuds to particu lar object* took place'till 1S37, wheintwa* en acted that one thin) of the interest arising from the United Stole* surplus revenue deposited with Georgia, should go into tho Education Fund. And subsequently.in I skid, on the nassat e of a law for borrowing a million and a half of dollar*, for the coustmction of the Western and Atlantic Rail RoaiU provision wa* inserted in that law. setting apart for the payment of the interest on the tnoit- •y eo to be borrowed, all the income*, profits and dividend* accruing from tho hank stock and other Bind* of Uie State iu the Central Bank, such por tion* thereof excepted, as wo® akeauv pledged to lb. obj«ct of Public Education. And, by tin •amt law, it wa* further provided, that until such thssss aaney could be raised by loan a* author ised, the Commissioners of tho Rail Rond should be supplied from the Central Bank xprith the fund* necessary for the prosecution of the work. The efforts to raise raouoy by loan under this law, re- I in fbilnre. except* to a limited extent* Of _je the bank became. liable to furnish a large part of die money wanted during the year for dis bursement on the Rail Road. Upon comparing the amount which, in this pos ture of thing* became inevitably deinandable dur ing the year trom tho Bank, with the amount which it bad any likelihood of realizing, by cellec- lion* and other mean*, from tho resources in it* poeeemioo. iti* manifest that tho appropriation* wove mentioned in behalf of Education and Inter nal Im provaments, were more than enough to overtask and exhaust the abilities of the Institu tion. Thu*, nothing would be left for other object*. But other object* formed a large, imperative and indispensable branch of auniud expenditure. For these other objects were none other than tho necessary support of Government, and various items therewith connected: all of which, togeth er required in the year 183d the disbursement of $186,79 553 and could not he expected to call for a less ram in the year 1839. IIow were these expenditure* to be provided fort The answer i*. that no other provision wa* actually made for them than by voting tho needful appropriations in the accuRtomed general form, which appropria tion* being thus made, were left to shift for them- naive*, ana to take the chance of extorting, by die greater imperionsnes* of their nature, pavraent out of tho only resources (those in die Central Bank,) which the State po*«e«xed, resources al ready overcharged, by specified pledges, in behalf of other object*. The consequences were inevit- The specific pledges were compelled to give way before the itxaut weeessny which claimed, for* die support of Government, die funds on which those pledges had been laid. Thus,the Education Fund has boon subjected to the loss of it* long Consecrated due*—lenders to the public to a delay oflheir stipulated repayment* and the contractor* on die public work to tho in definite postponement ol largo balances of their just reuMBc ration, for Liboriou* toils. . This remit is but die first instance of what must annually recur, with aggravation, so long n* our finance* are conducted on die principle of sad- dim* an insufficient miss of fi*mt* in the Central Bank, with the accumulated load of all the branches of public expenditure Such a principle, it is true, cannot last long; for rapidly eating out the very fund on which alone it can subsist, it nets as the voracious agent of its own certain and speedy death. Blit whilst it does last and *o long as any , any portion of die funds on whieh it live* remains It work* a practical obliteration of all designations by law of particular funds to particular ob- For every class of appropriations has, at t, the strong claim of law on it* side; nnd the icrnl appropriations for the support of govern- nt mast necessarily attach on the funds in the , Central Bank so long ns there b no other resource . to which they can look, and attaching tliero, they 1 must he satisfied from them, eveo though it be to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of other less t wants to which those funds have been cally assigned. Therefore, until a mighty s is wrought iu our Tniaticial policy, siib- uting order for chaos, and ample means in the s of poverty of resources, it i* vain and futile ippose that in point of practical operation, we d any Atud secured to the great objects of Edu- onand Internal Improvement, how much so- r, otherwise, the mittermiy appear on the ute book. As things stand, the only light in itbe stubborn facts oftthe case permit us to ithe mas* of public wealth lodged iu die a! Bank, is as a fund tom hy die necessities » fisc from the permanent objects to which k been devoted by law,nnd turned into an uni- kl, though'•insufficient resort on which every •of appropriations is indiscriminately thrown. I wide disproportion dins produced between —1 abilities and liabilities, we behold die e cause of that financial embarrassment 1 bankruptcy which have befallen the State. Vhat measures shall be adopted by which diis it discreditable andrqlnous posture of our af- • may bo at once pat m a course of rectifica- ana be prevented from again occurring, and hich the State shall bo placed iu posse ssion of M sufficient not only for the discharge of pro gressing debt* uml'tlio ordinary expenses of rernment, but ample also for sustaining, as in 1 present age dicy ought to be sustained, die Xinterest* of public education and internal oveincnt, is the vitally important matter h the last Legislature hud in vi<sw iu iustitnting omtnmission, the result of whose labors is ubmitted;* matter of which die present al Assembly canuol deem otherwise diau as f acquired an augmented muguitmio, and a imposing urgency from the events of the nt year, from dio actual state of diiugs at poment, and from the nature of the prospects b,in consequence of that state of things, im- I over die future career of llio State; and it lire a matter on which the undersigned k to bestow, in the sequel of this report, it consideration of which they are capa- e stage of their investigations, however, at . wrr j ve j^ ieonjl opportune for i order to survey aud developu jinental principles on which a of fiunnee for the State should k expenses of whatsoever kind overntneuU are liable, fall under two jt has are ordinary, permanent and ever ; with great voqiubieness, from year to oughout long and cun tinned periods of J To this clus* belong all expenditure* inci- H the uainteuanco ol government, the ilia- Moreover, Georgia has, for near twenty years, made tho patronage of youthful education nn an nual charge on the Treasury. It lias become and will forever continue a part of her settled policy and a permanent branch uf fiscal expenditure.— Ttie ordinary support of government is of course to be set down a* n permanent expeuso, requiring annual nnd perpetual supplies. We have then, cleaiiy, throe branches of ex penditures, namely, the interest on the puUic debt, the patronage of youthful Eilnration, nnd the ordi nary support of Gocernuient, which fall within tho firs! of the above stated general divisions, and from demands on th*Treasury, of a permanent, uniform nnd regular character, and wnkh there fore require that the treasury should have rap- plies equally permanently uniform and regular.— tn regard then, to making provision for these three branches of expenditure, tho course which financial wisdom inculcates is plain. It is that (torera***! shouldpioriJe fur them ha a system of recent* tehich shall with certainty and permanency bring into the Trunary an annual income (qu it to their aggregate amount. Not only is this course pointed out by inero financial wisdom—hi* com manded by a st**nr financial necessity. For there are but two other course* open to tho option of Government, both of which are in their nature but temporary, a,e) must eventually and iuevita-. bly end in that above stated. The first of these is oulyupplicablc to the case of a Government rich in the possession of large fiscal wealth already ac quired. So circumstanced, it may for a time like an opulent individual subsist on its capital without haring any iuco.ne. But uulike the individual, its life is almost sure to outlast, and its necessities to exhatt«t that capital, however large, which is daily consuming. It is at this point, that the other al ternative, that of borrowing capital on which to sab. sist, presents itself. But. Governments as well as individuals,will soon cease to be aide to borrow, if they neglect to provide the means of paying with punctuality both interest aud principal^ a* they respectively become duo. So that, in the case of a Government ho profligate, if such a case could be supposed, as to borrow without exerting itself, thnt is, without raising revenue in order to nay—upon tlse consumption nl’thp amount of tho first loan, all shifts and expedients would be at nn end.no alternation would remain—but to perish for lick of supplies, or to obtain thenecessaiy ali ment hy drawing on tlm taxable resources of the country’. But if there be good faith, and an hon est intention to fulfil ita obligations, tills alterna tive comes sooner—cotne* at the beginning of the loau, and makes it imperative to raise onnuul rev enue,sufficient not only for its ordinary support and miscellaneous expenses, but also fur the peri odical payment of interest, and the ultimate re- deinpuouoflhe capital of its debts; which last object is to he effected by raising annually revenue enough to defray all tho current charges of every kind falling on Uio year, and to leave licsides such a surplus as will, by gradual accumulation from year to year, create at length a fund sufficient to meet the principal of the debt st maturity. fa accordance with these principles, the perms, amt ftchciuc of mixing revenue which will, in tho sequel, be presented,is franied^vith tho view ofoli* tain in*, by taxation and tho profits mi Bank stocks owned by the State, anuuai income ade quate: Jst, To* the ordinary support of Govern ment; 2d To the mainieinncc of tho system of 1'ublic Education; 3d, To the periodical pay ment* of tho interest on the public, debt: and 4m, To the leaving an tliuuai surplus, after all these objects are satisfied. - wldeh shall, or constar glory which is now their'* and their country • forevert—What debasement and slavery would they not havo transmitted to ns, in placo of tho greatneos. tho felicity and llio liberty which we now enjoy nt their hand*, had they made the dread of incurring and entailing a heavy public debt, a f iresext lor submission to tyranny. A like view * applicable to every war. The principle on which it is fonndfd is thnt for tho defence of tho country nsainst groat evil* or for acquiring for it groat and permanent benefits, it is proper and pa- triotic to take moamroa necessary to th»»«e objects, even though they involve an expenditure of money too heavy to lie borne hy the period of their exe cution, aud requiring therefore to bo distributed between present ana ftituro times; a rule most equitable o* well ns necessary, because ftituro times raccccd to the advantage of such measures, in all the fullness of (Vuition, whH*t to those by whom they are achieved, they are often only felt in prelusive dripping*, and no* »»n?Vcqucnt!y en joyed merely in rapturous prospect. Andean it be argued that this noblest and most beneficent principle of human nature, that by which each generation of a country is pro nip led, whenever occarioh arises, to draw to the aid of its own energies those of unhom million* by the wimple process of fiscal anticipation, and wield the whole in n mighty effort for some great and enduring good which could bo no othonviienp complisncd, is a principle which is to lie dormaut in times of peace, anclt* allowed development and action onlv on liekts of w*ar and amidst the din of arm*! Will the people and Government ofGeorgia tie up their own hands and rcfii*e to execute a great, though peaceful work, on the ground that they uiav not, in these Inicvon days, attempt any high achievement of which they are not prepared to pay the co*t at every step, a* It i* taken? So hare not thought oar people or Govern ment. They embarked in the groat undertaking of nul ling oiir Atlantic water* with those of th« Missis sippi and its tributaries, under no such miscon ception of the policy by which such a work should be accomplished,** that tho whole cost of it should be extracted by taxation from the pockets of our citixeus, during tho proces* of its execution. Tiiey vidVvea it as a work in which the ftituro was interested ns much as the present, and more tlmn the present—and therefore, they regard it as sound and patriotic principle,to draw nn the pe- mianr resonrees of tno future in aid of the pre- on*:wiry resonrees ortho imnre in am ortne pre sent, liy contracting a debt which the future must contribute to diatiMrge. In pursuance of this principle, tho sequel of the present report treats this work os one not to lie completed, with means levied by taxation, but by loans and credits, based on nn anticipation of the resource * of the future; and suggests the manner in w hicli such anticipa tion may be nude certainly effective for'tlto pur pose notwithstanding the impossibility of obtain ing loans in tho great money market* of the world, at the prese nt era of unparalleled pecuniary em barrassment and Histnivt. (Tobe continued.) SAVANNAHS TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. C«, 18OT. (CT Subscriber* to the Daily HcpuUican in the Western and South-Western part* of the city, who do not receive their papers, will please *end for them, as the Carrier is sick. A ST. DOMINGO REFUGEE. One of these unfortutute gentlemen has com menced a detail of the rise, progress and calm** trophe of the bloody affair of St. Domingo, thro' the columns of the New-York Etening Star. He asserts, positively, that the whole tragedy bad iu origin, with the same Abolition Societies of Eng land which are now *o industriously pouring their agents and emissaries into this country. Tho Ab olition Societies of the North, are nothing more nor less than brandies of these same English pro pagandists. Garriso.v, Tam* and Dosca*, are ns much traitors to their country, a* ever Bex- edict Anxoui wa*. We have no question, but many of these arch fiends are ip tho pay of Eng lish Societies. If we mistake not, several of their agents have actually gone to England to collect money openly, for the purpose of producing an other St. Domingo affair here. Wo would republish this interesting .narrative, but it is too long—already extending to two lengthy chapters, and as it is supposed, will ex tend to a clover sized volume. THE GLOBE at its 0LDTRICK8 AGAIN. Since the result of the Ncw-York election can no longer be disputed, the decent Government organ st Wsdiiuxion, has become inspired with * b “* h0 ™ ofAbotitioplnn, ...J.d re ad.r,ho lie debt at tho time when it shall bo finally the public debt at tho time wlien it shall bo finally due. India second grand division of the public ex penditure*, namely, those which aro rxtraoiVlin- arv.occ isional and temporary, nnd which shall fall with great weight in particular short period*, aud then terminate forever-*-uo other enterprise or business in which the State is engaged, cm claim to he clamed except the great system of Rail Road improvement now in progress, for tho connec tion of our Atlantic coast and rivers with the Ten nessee River, end, through it, with tlie vast and productive region* drained bv the Mississippi. The Stole, governed by an enlightened and com prehensive \iew of the groat interests of her jieople, and of tho ndinirnuio advantages which oy reason ofher gcoxrnphical position, *dio non senses for advancing those interests to the highest point, has stopped forward and Liken upon her self the execution of that portion of tlii* system which is of common utility to'nll other parts, and to almost every part of her territory. From the moment of her espousal of the great enterprise, slio has devoted herself to iti completion with a spirit nnd energy worthy of iu grandeur ofdcsigu and of the honor nnd blowings which it is destined to bring to her through all coining time. To tlie present generation will belong the glory of ori ginating and nccoinoli-hing, within a few years, Uio tqagnificcnt work—a glory which her succes sors will contemplate with evsr admiring gaze, but can never hope to excel or equal—for neither her own natural capabilities, nor those of any sec lion of our wide spread Uuion present a nratica* ble theatre for onv similar work that could claim comparison with it—in felicity of position, extent of connections, case and cheapness of execution, nnd the vnstness and variety of its agricultural, commercial and nolitical usefulness. It would he in harsh discord with reason, with justice, with every principle of sound policy which has over cliaracterizcd enlightened com munities, to hold thnt the cost of tilts grout work, which is to descend as a rich&enrichiug inheritance to all future time*, ought to he levied by taxation, on the neonlo of the day of its execution and within the urief span of years e nploycd in its exe cution. Such a nrinciplo, if reenguized by Governments, would deter mankind from nil greet und costly works, however tiKcful or important; it would effuctuully close tho door against all val uable and permanent Internal Improvements, and doom the country to lungtiiMli under the perpe tual ivaut of till channels of communication be tween distant parts, except those which naturo gave, or jirivntu enterprise migli bo stimulated to to simply. If the same principle be carried out to its legitimate consequences, it would end in the monstrous conclusion, that a free people must he estopped from defending themselves against conquest and enslavement by a foreign enemy, if, perchance, they should be unable or unwilling both to fight tho battles of tiicir country, and to defray, by taxation on their property during the progrcs’of tlie War, the wfinlu coast of its prosecution. We dwell with exulting pride ou tlie memory of our ancestors because tiiey fought & bled & won Independence and Liberty Tor themselves & for us, although they did not lux themselves during the continuance of the strug gle, with the whole of its huge expeuso of money, and consequently, entailed upon future years, und a succeeding generation, a heavy pecuniary debt. A debt, how small in comparison with the inheri tance it contributed to purchase! And what in famy would tboy not have earned, in lieu of the U bound to tonuda Inietlo, and mo hi. poneo- Etlraclt •ioao revajed hy t cruel (be, orcomumedby the devouring element. On the contrary, * nocenl- ty ie created for exertion, end ho it »t. liberty to •trivotoetaytho progrere of tho deitroyer. In either of theed eaaee, inch » necemly exWts, u will wurrant every proper ellbrt to place our. eelvea end oltr property, in eocurity—to prevent it (ram being wreited from ire hy tire hind of per fidy, or to ehelter it (Vom the fitly of tire tempeit or the Aamee. But llio Scripture, do not con template ony with necenlty no ie often pleaded hy men. Unit unlera thoir buiincu U encoded to, they mnet lose tho value of llio labor nluoh they withhold (Vomit. Thin, ifadmluihle, would opcu the floodgate! of crime, end poor i'- drfnga of hitter watere over tire whole lend. If ono man hu » right to labor on tiro Sabbath day, for the purpose of accumulating property, every man hoe the etune right! And how torrible are tire eon- eequenece which would flow (Vom tide titiivcnul decoration of tire Sabbath. The empire of darknees would be firmly eetehliehcd among ue— and the reign of Satin, with otl hie vindictive util' ieo—with ell hie hcllieh Any, would, indeod, he perpetuated over u» ail. Amid the universal bttetle and business of men on tho Sabbith, what would become of tlie Dacitloguo of tiro authority of Supremo Being of that moral government which lie exerctece over the uhiverea t Thecoinmeudie—"Kemomber lire Snblmthday to keep it holy.” (Bxodnexi. 8.) This seventh part of our time. Cod claims exclusively for him- Mlf, nnd he command, u» to devote it to Him, in the practice of tlioM religious and moral dntiei, which ere enjoined upon ell Hie itileDigcnl crea tures. To spend this day, thoroforo, in opera tions on tiro Rail Road end in running e Stcem- boat, ie in utter rioletion of this commend. There ie no necesdty in the eese, except tho neeeeeily of maki.it money—the very evil which the commend designed to remove. I, therefore, emphetieelly and Mtieuitdy esk, whether thie will be an extena- eting plea before the Bar of God’, rigiitooiwncsa, when men -•hallbe judged according to the deeds done in the body t" Now, Sir, iftiiis wia a private end personal sin, I could not expect the privilege of addressing my fellow men, through tho columns of your paper. Dirt as it is a public crime—as it is a blot upon the character of this city—as it is perpetrated by com- panics or men—and at wa are all deeply interest ed in the suppression ofit—itie right that the eyes of the community should he opened to its black atrocity—to Ute fearful amount of guilt which is contracted—end to the .larding fact, that tire bless ing of a kind Providence, cannot bo expected to continue to raatupon tint community which eanc- tiotu such utter contempt of tiro mandates of Heaven; and it is reasonable to expect, that, if man will not obey tho Divine injunction eo far as cmblo themselves together iu the Sanctuary oaths Lord's day—at least, they will pay so much regard to the authority oftheir Maker aud to the feelings of tin religious, as not openly and dariug- ly.lo desecrate tire day. There i. a strange feel ing on this pobt which ie peculiar to a certain class. As soon as a word is said shout Christian obligation and duty, tire wer cry of Hgatrf and ma( of chant), is heard on every side—while they, in tho accomplishment of their purposes, eon treat with contempt the feelings of the Christian—can, on the Sabbath—a day of rest and hatineu to the Christian—pour from the ocean and tho land, hy mean, of Rail Road and Steamboat their living and dead freight upon the city, thus disturbing the peace and order of the Sabbath—by pro faning it themselves, nnd inducing others to pro fane it likewise. I confess (cannot understand this ind Mr. Editor, with your permission, I pur pose to rebuke end oppose this spirit of reckless indifference tn Divine authority end Christian feel* ing—until I slnU flash upon it the tight of truth, and abow it to this community, in all its hideous end revolting deformity. from OmCorruptnJmre uf the Oenrgiaa MH.LEDOF.VILI.E. Not. si. effects oftheir ibaclumtiotu upon the interests of its dear Sale Rights' friends of tire South. Blinking the matter of tho Mis,onri restriction (cats of Mr. Vav Burk* himself, would it not have fecit well—at least decent and proper—for the fiUthe to wait the result of tho Mu.sielm-etl, election, where tho Tory I’srty lure tint great Abolitionist in ilia field, Mr. Maaccs Afonvox, Esquire. Go Mr. G(u6e and dispose of Dr. Dux es., nnd Mr. Senator Tsrrsx, and (almost) Gov emor Mortox, and then talk to its of the South, about the amalgamation of the Whigs and the Abolitionists. That fat thing, Mr. Ftaxcis Prestox Blair, thinks that all the Southern Stale Rights' men are fools or children—to be frighten ed with spectre, and ghosts of Abolitionists, while lie and Mr. Vsx Uurex hugs ilia real Simon Pares to their hearts. It wont do, Mr. Globe— lake the beam out of your own eye-wash your own hands clean of these Abolitionists, and then eomo to us and prate of Slate Rights. But there is another aspect to this matter.— Whenever the Globe and iu party gel defeated at tlie North (tide New-York and Michigan) how quick it turns round withe whining canine ap peal to iu Southern allies. Dear good Mr. Calhoux—lovely State RigliU' people, come to onr rescue, tire Abolitionists of lire North will eat us up. We suspect tliat Allot turns the Northern Moil topsy turner when Fraxcii has Sira Southern ride of Ins politics uppermost It all wont do— the people of the South ere wide awake, end tiro' they may not unite upon Clay, they will still lest do so upon Vax Burex. The Southern men, with Northern feelings—may support tlie North era man, witli Southern feelings. [ion tux nxrueLicAx.] Mr. Editor—In prosecuting tho subject to which I called tho attention of this community, in Thurs day's paper, I propose to enquire whether there is any justifying plea which can be offered in favor of tha desecration of tho Sabbath hyour Rail Itoad and Steamboat Companies7 Let me ho distinct ly understood; I dosign no personal offenco in these remarks, for I scarcely know, by name, a "ingle mouther of these Companies. My object is truth—und when this is ascertained, to bring it to bear, with all iu Omnipotent power, upon tire hearts of men. b tiro plea of nocesfuy made T I answer, dial this is allowable, if it be inch a necessity as tile Scriptures admit. A man is at liberty to eat on lire Sabbath, for tlie purpose of mooting tlie de- mamls of nature—but he is not at liherty to de vote tlie day to feasting. A man is at liberty to rnuka ovory effort to save his lifo, or his proporty from destruction, on tiio Sabbath—but ho is not at liberty to spend the day in die enjoyment of plea- sure, or in tho accumulation of wealth. No one [roe tux nxroxLicAx.j Mr. Editor—In one of your lost week's papers, I soo nn anathema pronounceilagaliut olltlio good citixana who are concerned in the Rail Road and Steamboat transactions. Our Vice-President, R. 31. Johnson, has already sufficiently demonstra ted the absurdity of Church interference in onr commercial transactions, and he. left little to bo said ubotit it. Tiie Christian Sabbath, or Smith), is not of Christ's appointment, nor is the budding of Churches. Sunday, originally, was tiio day on which the Priests of Baal paid divine adora tion to the Son, (whence the name) und it was held in abomination by tiio ancient Jews. Christ said, “that man was not made for tiio Sabbath, but the Sabbath for Ilian.’’ Respecting Churches— “Tlie Most High dwelleth not iu temples made with hands;’’ and Christ says, “where two or tiireo are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Agnin—“Wlien tiioti prnyost, enter thy closet, and when then hast dint thy doer, pray to thy Father." Bat if people irent to folium die directionI of Cheist, there would be no ehurchri, nor men hired to pray by proxy, and no money paid for their exhalation!. Luther has opened the Bible far us;—we are no more bound to dopontl on priestly interpreta tions—and ns Paul oays—“Prove all things—bold fast to that which is good”—I avail myself of tho privilege of choosing, and reject tliat whieh ii not. Such is Samuel’s command to Saul > “Go'and smite Anralek, and utterly destroy all that tiioy have, and spare them not; but day both man and woman, infutil mid suckling, ox and sheep, camel mid ass.” Because it could not emanate from a Deity whoso attributes aro justico and mercy. Visiting on Ainalck the supposed wrong of his ancoktors, four hundred years anterior, would have boon tlie highest act of injustice, mid tha ex ecution of tlie bloody tiiunduto, tlie excess of the most cnicl atrocity imaginable. Obedience, then, was not “better than sacrifices,’’ but a base sub mission tn the will of a blood-thirsty monster, in whom, iu comparison, Itoberspiorre stands hut a harmless laudu MELANCUTON. [comuxicATxu.] Mr. Editor—In your last Thursday's paper op- pears a violent ranter against the citizens exetcis. ing their privileges in moving hy steam an every Lord’s day in tiio week. Ho makes a great dis- ploy of piety and wrath, but is utterly deficient of benevolence and good sense. It is well for us, that with his bail intentions, lie lias not tho power liko Elijah, wbn had two she Bears at his com mand, who tore up forty-two children, or else he would call forth the Oposoms to tear tho Locomo tives to pieces, and tho Catfish to swallow llio Sloamboale in onr River. SWIFT. [CONNUXICATXD.I If that Cottuu Mater of your Iasi Thursday 1 papor, who can roar and puff like a stoamor, will promise to move steamers by the exertion of his lungs, he may be engaged to ho useful on Sun days. TIPTOE. To*lay a bill from the Senate to repeal the bounty on.Silk cocoon* was passed. Su it waits onlv tho assent ortho Governor to become a law. 'Phe special order of the day was a hill to lay off a nrw eoiuttv from tho cotinlfos of Cass, Murray, Flovil, and Chattooga, Introduced hy Mr. 3f.iy< of Cass. Several names wore, proposed tn fill up tlm blank, as tn the name. Some asked whether the bill making tho county, had not better be pass ed before they named ft. Finally tho name of Cofi'co was earned t blit on tiio question Ibr tho filial passage of llio bill, it was lost by a decided majority—ayaa 31, noes 143. -Tho order nftlio day was suspended by the House. A hill tn change tho feints in certain trials, (forcriminal nfleiices) was iutrodncod by Mr. Stephen-., ofT«uufcrro, and waa read the first time. . Mr. .Mays, of Cass, introduced u hill to permit the Central Bank In issttu notes not to ex ceed twice tile amount ofspccio mid notea ofolli- er chartered Uanks in her vaults, to soil tho Bank Slock owned by Die Stale, and appropriate tho nroeoeds to tho liso oftlio Bank, also In establish Brunches of tho said Itmik nt uevurat places, nmnng otlmra at CassvUle, which was read the first tune. Tiio memorial (Vom the cities of Savannah nnd Augusta, in relation to the Kail Road .(Vatu tlm Central Rail Rood to Auguste rirs Wayueslmro',' praying tho loan hy tile State of its bonds, to each city, to the amount of $100,000 was laid-buforo the llonsu l>y General Glascock, which after he- Ing read was referred to the joint standing com mittee on Internal Improvement. A Bill bos pa, ed tho Senate incorporating tlie Gcogia Silk Manufacturing Company. FaiDAY, Nov. S3. This being tho day aet apart agreeably to tho amendment of Dr- Arnold, for going intn tho eleo- lion of a State Printer, and for Major (iuncrul of the ltt Division of Georgia Militia, the LrgUlahiro proceeded to the election. Outlie second ballot Win. S. Rogers, oftlio Fedsral Union, was elect ed State Printer. Upon tlm statement by the President of die Senate, tliat the Legislature would proceed to tho election nf Major General, &c., Col. A. II. Kon- nan, of Baldwin, announced tlm nnine of Brigndicr General Charles Floyd,nsa candidate, and another gentleman announced the -name of Mr. Peter Cone, of the Copnly of Bulloch. Senator IVom the •mile. On counting out the votes tiio result, was os follows i For Poter Cone, . JK For General Floyd, US Scattering, ’ . 0 Ho the President declared Mr. Peter Cano duly elected Major General of tiio 1st Division of Georgia Militia. A bill to make all Roil Roads liable for cattle, liO£*, &c., killed by tho locomotives, and to umko the finding of the (lead bodies upon or near ^ the truck primn fu ie evidence oftheir having beets so killed, was to-day rejected by tlie Senate. Satoiiuay, Nov. 23. After tho reading of the Journal, the resolution to prohibit tho Commissioners of the Western and.Xtlantie Rail Road from letting out any of tlie contracts oil said Rond, advertised to bo lot on the Lifii December next, was called up by tho mover. A motion was made to lay it on the table for tlm nru*eut. Tlioyeas and nays were called—yeas 77, nays 77. The Speaker voting in the affirma- five, it wa* laid on tho table for the present. The bill for organizing a Court of Errors,came up for its second reading. A motion was nude by Air. Gray, to make it the order of tb* day for Friday noxL Mr. ' ■ — ■ moved to mako it the ordor of tho day, for the fourth of July next. , On tho motion to toy it on the table until the 4th July neat, the yea* were 81, nay* 78. On Mouduv next a motion will bo made to re consider the above vote but I do not Irnve the slightest ides that it will succeed. Two important Bill* came up for a second read ing, oue in relation to taxation, and the other. General Glascock's Bill in relation to tlie Banks, Inith of which I have sent you. The tax Bill was made the order of the day for Tuesday and the other for Wednesday next. Mr. Stephen.* of Tulinferro, offered u Bill relative to the killing of cattle hogs,&c., hy Locomotive* similar to the one 1 wrote you a? laving been rejected' in the Senate yesterday .—This morning it was reconsid ered iu tho Semite. Mr. Gray introduced a resolution to aholisli tliat rule of the House which precludes debate on a motion to Uy any measure on the Lihle for the balance oftlio Session. This elicited a wordy dis* ciiit*ioi), and it was laid on tlie table tlie balance of Uio session. Aye* 114—Noes 41. In die Senate, this morning, tho bill to repeal thnt nrticla of tho Con*titntiou which requires tho establishment of a Court of Errors, canto very near bavins a constitutional majority, the Aye# lxuug 52—Noes 27. Mies L A Engl'.'), M„ Veto „ „ consignees perraiC vfe’SESsB&SK SjwuSwS®), Shipping; lutr-niVc^ POST or aAdAXgAH.....ivopSar; arrived 8inoFourl,«. Br. brig Belli*, Bell, Barbados. w'F; ^ last to P Sorrel 6c Co. | Steamboat Cincinnati, Smith, BlacVrv Steamboat Col Jowott, Bills, UU* p* E Henderson. Stasnilio.it Beaufort District. Six ton, to J Giiilm irtin. Steamboat Ivunhoo, 1 WENT' DJackCrrat, I SF.A. SSKTO&SSC „ , „ DEPARTED. Steamboat Beaufort District, Simpio,, memoranda. ThebngPillura, Shermaa. forth;.,..., cd at New York on tire -Jl.t jmt CHARLESTON, Nov. S5.-Arr renco, Bunker, New York 4 dan; tt« u , Tnaroos, Griffith, Kev Weri, vilnZHi* •team packet North Carolina,Davli, ))'£" Cld. U L brig Sullivan, Brown, N i Margaret, Racelcff, Jefferson, Gs. Pop Cllinrlcstoi:, viainitoniLn Beaufort nnd Kdlsto, * - The elegant ■te.mjiUm.'l ausrawdBEK.Chirac, nmutcr, will <r,nui £21 above places on ftlONDA^ MORNlXq M o’clock. For freight or passage, briar nil lent accommodations,apply onboard 91 L'LAGIIORNdk typOD. N. B.—All riavo passengers roust b tkiij. tho Custom Ilousa. nor 8H For Clin float on, vtn Honnfai ■ C* A I lie splendid new item kU I HfilHBK.BEAUFORT DISTRICT,c!l 1 ! Simpson, will leave for the abore pUcn m 1 Monday morning nt 9 o'clock. For freirlx» f MiAsngo, having splendid uccomraotlatiotmdb I o the Captain on board at Guiltnaitia'sttMT I JOHN GUILMAftm | KTThe Beaufort District goes inkndfrmb to Beaufort, outoido from thorn to Chulai*. fiov 20 Steam Packet Hnvannak. , Permanent Arrangement betimn Ssrcasalal | Charleston.—-Outside Passage. Farr $8—Turocqh tv 9 Horn. Tho splendid steam pvtaU- VANNAH, G. Freeland, tnea, will do)Mirt for Charleston every Tuesday ul Saturday at 6 o'clock in the morning; itnuiss, *1 will leave Charleston every Thursday and to- 1 day saute hour. For freight or pa»»j*, apply on board, or to nov 1ft COHEN A FOSDICK,A|rf». - CHARLESTON, Nov. 25. From Key West.—By tho U. S. Mail schooner Thames, Capt. Griffith, arrived yesterday, wo re ceived the South Floridian of Uio 2d inst. The U. 8 schr. Otocgo, Lieut. Sliubrick, arri ved at Key West on tho morning of tho 2d insL The Lightship Key We At, after undergoing re- naira In* again been placed on her station iu the north West I’oss. Four Iiuliiin*, who had gono to Tumpa Bay with while fouihere in Un*ir turbans, ns a syntho > of peace, for the purpose of bolding e talk with tho cotnm aiding officer of thnt post, havo been taken nriNonoik and uro confined iu one of the Block Houses. Correspondence of the. Courier and Enquirer. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION. Botrox, November 20,1839. It is now understood that there lias been no election of (jovemor by the People; and this I be hove'Comprises every thing that*.a definitely as certained in regard to tho late Massachusetts Elec tion. Ill Uie Senate, 15 Whigs havo been elected,nnd 13 Loco Focos. Tiioro uro tieclce vacancies in tlie Senate, to be filled by the House of Ucprc tentative*. In the Hoiiso there is nn estimated Whig maj ority of about a dozon votes. Fifty six members aro to be chosen on Monday next. On the char acter of these member* will depend the political complexion of the House; the chnmctcrof the choice of Governor. So you seo that nil thnt wo cun now definitely promise is tho non-election, therefore, of a Loco Foco Governor. The elec tion* of Monday will determine tho question whether or not Massachusetts »* » Whig Wtiito, Morton’s plurality, as reported by Uio Atlas, 244; ns reported by the Bay State Democrat, 405} by tho Post, 523. From forty towns there * ore already returns of 235 scattering votes. There is reason to hejiovo that the Whigs will now nvunito; nnd losing .sight ol the License Law, which it is nclvv agreed on all sides to abandon, secure the Whig assrcndancy in tho State. This can be done, nnd I doubt not will bo. Tho Whigs nro surprised nud disappointed, and fool tliat tho only hope of luaintniuiug the party ascendancy in tiio State i* to secure a competent number uf tha ffy-six members yet to be elected. I regret to Inurn that tho Hon. Win. B. Calhoun and the Hon. John Reed, of our Congressltuuff delegation, nro so ill that they inay be tinableqo toko their scuts in tho House in season to vota on tho election of Speaker. In tho Franklin district there can now be no election ofa member in season to take his seat at the opening of the scMion. Thus tiioro will bo in all probability throe Whig votos, in Uio Massa chusetts delegation lost on tho speakership. Commercial Journal* LATEST DATES. From Liverpool, Oct 10 1 From Mobile... .Nov. 18. From Havre Oct. 15 | From N. Orleans, Nov.13, ALEXANDRIA, NOV. 21.—Flour.—A ssle .)00 barrels of Flour wss made on Tuesday at 40. Another lot of 200 bills, at $0, ono of 150 bbfs at $6, and 100 bids, st $0 00. Wo hoard of no sales yes- tordsy. J ho nrtlclo is hold at #0 00 to 0 25, and soino not ovcndUpoaod to soil ut the Utter.—Oat. PASSENGERS Per stenmliont Beaufort District, flu Charles- jon—Mrs R 11 Kirk,Mias A Kirk, Miss Dovtuch, To Planter*. A COMPETENT Manager of Kepm, s Rico nml Cotton planter, will take vmploj- ipont for fair waxes on a Colton or Rica l’Una- lion, on tho lint day of January emulator cart, or if required. A 1111101100 on the S«s Uuh will lie preferred. Reference na to the capability, sobriety, and industrious habile uf the applicant; cau lie turd, ho being wot! known ta bur uf the wealthier planters Tn tho low part ofGtOtjisixl South Carolina. Apply at this office. nov 80 834t A Desirable Ofifer. ~ T O RENT—Tho sulMcribtr’e Store, on ks wharf, well adapted for a Ship Chsndkrj Grocery, or miy business connected with dijf- ping. It is needless for him to .ay moia of tlna adruutaguousoffer to those who wouldoeiueti embark in that tine, as it is well known to ho ras oflho host in town. . , . ,, ,, , Tlnr subscriber would also Inform kl«fnev» tinr ho has embarked in the 8teanrboal bouse* nnd hi. servicer,or those of bit second sea, «<■ F. Guilmortiu, con be elwnya had at lit. wtwb for thoao shipping, Ac. by tiio .teamen Bemfnt N. B —Also to rent, a spacious, thru House,' heretofore known as "J h® Indepcnoenl Hotel," (Vonting on the Bay, In East Broad drjrb well Adapted for a Boarding House, with axes Pin AUev, Bar, &e. attached. DorW) ZS« oa tJVr 111 pipes pure Holland Gin, rsneos brands 6 linlfpipesSoignotto Brandy 6 do 1st proof Domestic Brandy 6 puncheon. Jamaica Rum 5 qr casks sweet Malaga Wins 10 qr casks Golden Sherry, Hied/ end MB’ ■ neillorMadeira . _ ot __ 84 dox Duff,Gordon* Co’sGokknBtxnj. vintage of!889 80 dua Port nud Hock Wines £0 boxes Cici". River No. 1 S»np fill caret Pickles - 80 reams Foolscap Paper For sale on accommodating tonne. nov 80 GEORGE II. MAri_ " Ladd, Tapper * »Utar*i O FFER for .ale ou good term., 150 libds firrt qunfity Cuba MoUseos - .100 bags good, fair and prime green Cubs b°”«e 150 do superior old Jan J- GO mats very fine old Manilla Ilia), prmio Porto Rico Sugar 85 boxes Boston refilled Loaf do 10 libls first quality crushed do 80 half chests superior Black Tea 50 half boxes Baxer’a No 1 Chocolate 50 bags heavy Sumatra Popper 185 pot 48 inch Dundee Bagging 800 koss Cut Neils, assorted . 50 casks Drmvn Stout, qunruand junto 00 baskets Chauipajmo, Anchor and Jwy 50 boxes Sparkling Hock 830 M Spanish Segnrs iioantW 4 pipes Holland Gin, Beehive end Hour* 8 half pipes London Dock Brandy 10 do do J. J. Dupuy * Co. do 10 do American d° „ a,', 100 bhls Connecticut Gin, Phelps &Gowaj 100 do Boston do, Eagle brana 100 do do Rum *> > 10 do superior Baltimore Whiskey 10 do do old Mouongnhola do > _ 0(ti 100 halfpipes aud quarter casks Madeira, Jicily Mi -“ Sicily Madeira and Pico Wine* 100 bags Shot, oasorted 100 Grindstone! novflj*_ -g A FI RlS N fcKJoshra Butter, juatrecei” 4 1 Uand for ^ NG & p A TTEng5^ Tin Plate. O NE hundred boxes Tinl’tote Jx 5001b. Block Tin, 500 Hy L»| for sale by N. B. * **. nov 20 Bolts, ;i>. Caracas t ’5? c ®“’ illI , received SJAA LBS. Caracas Cocos, just "*• DUU umlforralob^ & p ^pTERSOfL_ nov 20 A N assortment of lliirain Iron Grates, J jfX. ceived and for sale by WEED, nov 83 N. B &h "