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fftici and Ktr Ahmi.Cmtiit*, .appear is folk Paper,.
But llio University, and the County Academics,
though worthy of nil the nttontion tmd support
im tho Stato, and of
itch more, form only it part, and indeed o
P art, of a system of pnblio education, tic-
to extend its enlightened iuflnence to tho
they have hitherto recet'
yet much
small pi
signed I
wlinle body of the people
Common schoolsnro indispensable 16 this end:
and hitherto tho State has not only heen without
any system of common schools, hut lias actually
neglected to provide adequate nieuniHYtheir sup
port, should it system be devised suitahlo. to our
condition. It is iruo'tliat this matter has not lieeh
entirely ncglectod, but tho inadequacy of tho pro-
ir-ar office at the comer of Bny and Bull-streets, over vision has in olfect rendered all our ell'orta ill this
Mr. J. B. Uaudry’s Store.
ased ami
ofllternry
certain. Their hallowed influence will he fell
all around, and our University fooling tho goni
iinpii so, anti profiting by her incr
wifi olevato yet lilgltor her own stan
and scientific attainment, . <
OF THE COUNTV ACADEMIES
Tito County Academies have been heretofore
liberally endowed, uttd may, in the opinion ofllio
undersigned, bo safety loll hereafter to the mtut-
r.gomeiit of their own • trustees, without farther
*' .. .. .. ill,, lull tut, Alt ,tl tint ItWt Slttll
REPORT
Of the Commissioners appointed by authority of the
Legislature, on tie subject of tho Stale Finances,
[continued.]
THE CENTRAL BANK.
It results from the view which ha* boeii token,
thnt the fluids of tho'Stato nro those only
which are to be found iu tho Central Bank* and
in the pockets of the people. Lest any should
believe that the unexpended balance* of former
specific appropriations would afford to their ex
tent an available fund, the undersigned deemed it
.necessary to investigate these, so far as to enable
them to form an opinion upon that subject. They
oro entirely satisfied that no reliance can be
placed upon this resource, and advert to it now
merely for tho purpose of offering some sugges
tions in relation to past aud future appropriations
of the same nature.
By die act of 1793, tiro Comptroller is required
to keep fuir and accurate accounts, shewing the
• several nppfonritions of money, Jcc* &c.; and by
tho same act, it is made his duty to report to the
Legislature, within the firs\ week of each annual
session an account of all balances of appropria
tions remaining unexpended at the close of each
politlcol year. The first part of this requisition
m complied with, by checking at tho .Comptroller’*
office, the warrant which is drawn for any specific
appropriation,-and entering it in a hook kept
for that purpose. Until the act* of 163$, to regu-
' late'tho auditing of accounts, he does not appear
to ho'*e possessed the meads of complying widi
the k st, for want of any efficionf provuion to se
cure tho accountability on those persons who are
il Ill *U* venjrcilllitufu Ilf
xy inefficient •
By examination at the Treasury office, it is scon
that there hnvo been paid in support of poor
school'* for the lost five year*, but on annual ave
rage of seventeen thousand four hundred aud
eightoeii dollars, and for the support of county
academies, for tho samo time, an average of nine
teen tousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars;
which together amount to but, thirty-six thousand
seven hundred and seventy dollars, naum scarce
ly half oqiml to tho support of common school*
alone. Wc also'by tho same means learn, thnt
there can he no certain calculation mtuto upon
the sum, small as it is, applicnblo to this purpose
and that in the short period above stated, it kas
twice varied more than two-ninths of the whole.
The same is true of the academic fund.
The effect of this irregularity in tho amount re
ceivable, stipdradded to its inadequacy to the pur
pose designed, has beeu the almost topd loss of
the appropriations, and so it must continue to be,
until the state shall provide ample meuus, that
may certainly be depended upon, to sustain un
enlarged system of public education, in common
schools. Tiie wisdom of that policy by which
the State deprived herself of such means from
her domain, is not now to be called in question.
The public domain has beeu distributed among
her citizous, to whom it remains to carry out tho
policy. 4is principle is, that capital in the hands
of the people can bo more profitably employed,
and unaccounted for, that it would be advisable
to pass an act, amendatory of thoso acts which
should authorize the designation by the Governor
of some one of tho present Stale House officers,
or tho appointment of one for that specific pur-
. nose, who should be empowered and required to
institute un enquiry into the disbursement of past
appropriations, with an authority to require ac
counts from those persons who have been intrust
ed to disburse them, and in cases which may re
quire it, to institute actions. at law, or bills in
equity, m the name and behalf oftho State, against
all such persons as may fail to account satisfac
torily, inakingitthe duty Ofsiich officer, annually,
on the first .Monday in October, to report to the
Comptroller his actings and doings in the premises,
and tho pay into tlie Treasury uny amouut which
may have been collected by him, up to that time.
Instead of the general requisition in the act of
1833,- to make, due and periodical reports, a
provision is recommended requiring that the
persons ii(trusted with the expenditure of specific
appropriations shall annually, on the first Monday
in October, render to the ConitroHor an account,
sustained by proper vouchers, shewing tho.a-
raount which has been expended by them, olid
that which remains in their hands, ntid upon tho
Kxjwioititm of die Governor, amt wtiKtiv a. time by
him to be prescribed^shallpay into the Treasury,
any unexpended balance remaining in their
hands.
That it be moreover made Uio duty of the
Comptroller, upon the requisition of tne Gover
nor, to submit to his inspection all accouuts so
rendered, whether Uiey relate to past or future ap-.
propriations, and that tlie Governor be authoris
ed, from time to time, to give such directions
in relation to the whole subject of specific appro-
• priation*,past or future, as the public interest may
in hi* judgment require.
than iu.the hands of the Government? that die
public domain is the common property of the ci
tizens, from whom uo more should bo taken or
Withheld by tho Government, than is necessary
for its wants; and that to them it succcssfuhappeul
may always bo made, for whatever dial! he acce
ded in a just and wise administration of Govern
ment.
Public education may be considered with re
ference,
1. To the University and Colleges j
2. To Uio Comity Academies;
3. To the Common Schools.
Ench of these, although parts of die same great
whole, have distinct operations, and should hgvo
distinct provision made for thorn; fill of which, in
the opinion of Uio undersigned, should, as has
been before iutimated, be separated from, andtu-
dwpoudenf of the other financial concerns of tiie
State.
OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COL
LEGES.
The undersigned aro required by the resolution
to recommend nn ample'and efficient provision
for these great agents in the cause of public edu
cation. They havp seen with regret tho difiicul-
Ues which these institutions have beeu constrain
ed to encqmiter, and the restricted course of in
struction, to which from Uioir limited means they
are obliged to cbnfine themselves. Unquestion
ably Uiey have done and are doing much good. A
certain degree of instiuction his by their instru
mentality been communicated tomany who would
otherwise have been withoutit; & tliero are those
.in your hoporahlo body, who will bear willing
testimony to their merits, who afford in, their own
.persons abundant evidence of the benefits which
Uiese institutions have conferred upon the State,
it, it may be a com
ns, that wo have bc6n
utnstances of observation.
COLUMBUS.
ion is deenioii adequate, n* experience has proved
Uiat they are capable of solf-support.nnd that those
of a private- foundation, ^\re ordinarily moat suc
cessful.
OF THE COMMON &HOOLS.
We are next to consider that clastf, which is
lowest in the acaie ofiirerary eminence, but by tar
the most important. Common School institu
tion must, mulct any form of government, exert
a decided and controlling inlhienco upon the chnr*
Most of all, is it felt in a free
actor qf a people.
and popular government, in which tiie adminis-
■»"** The Grand Trial Dance wa. probe-
Vic Maid of Caihmm has been performed
tivico, to largo ntid most fashionable hoitsoi. Tire
superb manner in which this picco lias boon got
up, mortis grotit praise. Every tiling has boon
done to render it attractive; tho sednory is really
grand, and tiie drosses extremely gorgeous. Miss
Wnr.is is certainly tho moof extraordinary young
Ludy us Zoloc; that wo have over soon—her,ex.
treine youth nnd modest dcnionnori'throw around
her an onelmntment which wo hove looked to C*-
lists nnd others for, in vain. In Miss Wills,
grace anj modesty seom struggling ft* fi'e eu *
premney, Tho Shawl Dance ns dotio by Master
nnd Miss Wills, is certainly different ftont wl.Ut
tve hnvo seen t yet, we like tlie cliatige, as being
well calculated to display Miss Wills* poenli.tr
Death n’armntof Juu's Christ.—Of the many in
teresting relics nnd fragments of antiquity tvhioh
hnvo boon brought to light. by the persevering (Moan, have lwan iSf ®j**«s«l
a.Asrt.tn.l.Aa aCnm.lnet. hl.ilnonttUts ttnl.a nnlllsl Itt.i.n UHll Q lot of IITUlIf! TTnl.,...1 . . I!!'
for themselves enlightened and virtuous legisla-
Af" ■
tors and rulers. And where nil are alike freo to
receive and to beatow ofiices of trust aud honor,
it i*obviously tho direct aud immediate interest of
every citizen, that - every other citizen should he
enlightened nnd virtuous. This iplerost is as per
fectly equal, as our -political rights. It is a per
sonal interest entirely independent of property,
and resting upon tho relation which exists be
tween tho citizen ami the government of his
choice; chosen because bout calculated for his pro
tection. To sustain this interest, all uro oqually
bound to contribute; the poor, no less than the
rich. And fortunntely there is nn one having Iho
facilities of his body tuulmiiid unimpaired, who
cannot, with perfect ease, contribute os.much a%
can bo required to support a system, of. Common
schools, quite adequate to the instruction of nil
tho children of tho State, \Vhpse .parents .would
be disposed to send thcui there for instruction.
Thoro can Surely be no citizen vvhojustly estim
ates the privileges which ho onjovs under a free
government, who Will-not be wuling to contri
bute his equal portion for nn. object essential to
tiieir preservation. Iu this matter, no le.<s than
iu the exercise of their civiLrights,’should the
Whole body ofcitizeua stand upon a perfect level,
uoiio giving m by compulsion, none receiving ps
in churity; btuhothgiving and rtceMn^ a» free-
m’eu studious to ndvaucc their own individual in
terests. and to promote tho general weal.
< By the last election returns there were about
sixty fivo thousand votes cast, aftd there are at this
time, probably, seventy five thousand male citi*
zons in Georgia, ahovo tho age of twenty one
years, and under that of sixty. If each of these
should pay a capitation tux of one dollar, it would
raise a fund,, which woNild exceed more than four
times thoamotmt of titeafera&e suin'annually paid
for poor school* during (he last five years; a fund,
which it is believed, would be adequate to tho re-
S uircment* oftho resolution.—'The undersigned,
lorefore, hike leave to recommend such a tux,
the proceed! of which shall he appropriated ex
clusively to the support of common schools, and
they urge as reasous for adopting it as the means
to provide a fund for this purposes:
1. Thnt it is certaiu, nnd may at all
safely relied on.
2. Tliut it in iy easily be kept separate from,
and unaffected by, any other financial concerns of
the State.
3, That it may be always exactly adjusted to tlie
public wants.
3. That increasing wants, Will in this mode of
providing for them, always be uttended by incros-
ed ability to meet them.
5. That an uuipb fund may be thus raised from
times bo
thus {Stited.'iaVnmroMt of°the ^■eator 1 “|3j «'*«»». wifooni pressure tip-
which tiiey would accomplish, if these means were”*
enlarged. Abat present coustitutcu, tiiey oceiipy
It remain* in the di*.ihftrg <> of - the duty assign
ed, to suggest a system of finance in terms of tlie
resolution, witii a VTiiy to tha meaas which ore
necessary to sustain,
1. A system of public education ;
2. The ordinary expanses of the Government
and the public works.
Tho subject is presented -In this divided as
pect from a belief that various considerations
concur to recommend d separation oftho fund
which is applicable to the purpose of public cdu-
catioh, from all the other funds of tiie State.
Tho Legislature has heretofore made liberal
provision for the purposes of education, byg set
ting apart fund* to be exclusively devoted to that
object; but intermingled aslhcy were with other
funds oftho _ State, they have failed to be appro
priated to their legitimate purpose. Even in the
course ofihe present year, we have seen that tiie
poor schools have been compelled to yield tiieir
claim to a fond legitimately tiieir own, the re
sources of the Central Bank, which were applica
ble to that object, having beeu appjjcd to the more
pressing exigencies of the Government.
If public education be, us ; we believe it is,
among the first duties of a free people, the fund
whiefib applicable to it should he held sdcred and
inviolable. We hope this result will bo attained
by the provision proposed.
Again, common schools sustained by the un
equal contributions of tiie poor and.tiie rich, as in
coses of general taxation, applicable to tiiis object,
ar«, howOver'unwise the feeling, revolting to tiie
pride of the pupils, and perhaps still more so to
that of tiie parents. Institutions for this purpose,
which are sustained by the equal contribution* of
all tho citizens without regard to thoir compara
tive poverty or wealth, will place nU the children
of the republic who may be educated in them, on
that footing ofperfect equulity, in which the Con
stitution does, and the laws should place them.
These considerations connected with that of
the facility with which the contribution necessary
for this spurubse, small a* it will be for each indi
vidual, may from time to time be graduated (o
rtnit tlie actual wants of the State, for the purpose
to which it is applied, have influenced tiie under
signed to recommend this .separation, and still
.further to suggest the propriety of applying this
separated fund exclusively to the support of com
mon schools. N
Tho time has arrived when carrying out the
spirit of tho resolution under which we are act
ing, tiiis appeal is to-be made to the people, in
1 nd erti
the cause of education, and ample and efficient
means provided to sustain it, us in the present age
it should be sustained.
Education is the second great object for which
ride “
the Legislature desires to provide “ampie and
efficient means.” To enlarge upon its impor
tance would seem to be unnecessary. -The very
resolution by which this commission was created,
is evidence of the deep solicitude felt by thd peo
ple for the promotion of knowledge and virtue in
their children.
Ignorance qnd vice accompany each other with
almost the. uniformity of cause und effect; and
as vice can be ro3trui’ned by Wee alone,, and by
the arru of power, vice ana-liberty can never long
vb-existi With this truth, ull experience concurs.
The founders -of tho Republic were sensible of
it and made early provision for file ehdowmeut of
a l University and, of County Academies; but
uiboppily the provisions made from time to time
lor those objects, have not produced all the good
Mat might have been expected. This is clearly
aflrlbutuble to the hitherto unsettled state of our
t denial affuirs und the cpuacquent want of sy*-
i un, and economy, in the application of the
; nds set opart for the purposes of public oduca-
Eon. ’ v.. • -r
an intermediate station between a school or aca
demy of tiie higher order, niid a college; posses-
sihg some mpans of instruction which ure not
generally to be found in the former, but at the
same time without many which legitimately be-
long to the latter. If die course sol* public edu
cation in Georgia is, a* the resolution contem
plates, to keep pace with the. spirit of tho ago,
thi* state oi things cannot be permitted to
rnntinne Tlie Htates of this con fed.
catching tho spirit which is rife among
the nations of tho earth, and imparting to it
no small portiou of their own, arc eagerly engag
ed in the pursuit of science, and in tlie culuvu-
tioti oftiie liberal aud useful arts. They are our
neighbors, and have hitherto been our compan
ions; but their march i* onward aud with increas
ing ripidity. We, too, must quicken our exer
tions, or be content to contemplate their advance,
while we linger iu the rear. It is desirable that
our youth should be educated within the limits of
iho State. It is desirable that within these' limits
they should be enabled to receive a course of
instruction a* extended as can be obtained in any
other State of the Union. They should be thus
qualified for the guardianship of our domestic
concern*, and fitted to compete with the foremost
in tiie nation. .Thw is especially true of our
State University. More than fifty years have
pawed away since tho wise & beueficeut act which
created this institution, received Legislative
sanction. The spirit in which it\yaa conceived,
as well as the language in which it was expressed,
were alike worthy ol a free and 6n!igbtened peo
ple- It will coinpure advantageously with the
similar legislation of any nation of the world: But
what did its framers contemplate/—Most certainly,
a University in its proper sense—“a universal
school, in whichare taught all bronchos of learn
ing, 1 'for .the instruction of our youth, within the
liirfits of our own State.
Against the practice of sending them to other
countries for their education, they upnealed to our
pride, when they urged it as “too humiliating an
acknowledgement of tlie iguorance, or inferiority
of our own.” They appealed to our patriotism
when they said v “it will always bo tiie cause of so‘
great foreign attachments, that upon principles of
policy, il is inadmissible.” If they could have
extended their view to the present day, and look
ing to oitr peculiar institutions.havo witnessed the
ceaseless and insidious efforts which ur« made to
destroy them, would they not have found an addi
tional, an irresistible motive, to cherish that Uni
versity, whose foundations they were laying, lo
make it indeed the literary Alma Muter—tiie
nourishing mother of our ydutii l
Thnt such was the view of the Legislature,in the
adoption of the resolution under which this Com
mission has beeu constituted, is obvious from its
terra*. That the present endowment of the Uni
versity does not meet this requirement, is abun
dantly manifest from the embarrassments' which
cramp its operations, limit tho number of its pro
fessors, and circumscribe its usefulness. If your
honorable body shall be disposed to carry out tiie
just and liberal views of your predecessors, which
the uhdersigned do not permit themselve* to
doubt, it only remains for them to suggest and
em-noady recommend the further endowment of
that Institution, under such provisions for the ac
countability of the trustees, us may be deemed
necessury.
It is a duty which tiie undersigned perform with
g leasure, to bring to the notice of your honorable
ody, the claims oftiie other principal literary in
stitutions existing in the State. They are im
portant agents in tho great business of instruction,
and cannot be overlooked in making provision
for a liberal and efficient system of education.—
They are indeed fpunded by private endowment,
but they have tho public confidence and sanction,
hud give promise of much usefulness. Though
originating \yith, and chiefly sustained by the par
ticular religious associations, under whose direc
tions they respectively are, still their character is
not sectarian. Ail ure alike eimdomrin tiie cause
of virtue und science, and will all exercise a salu-
dary influence in tiieir promotion. One of them
engaged in the cultivation of. tiie feinalo mind,
presents strongand peculiar claims to tiie liberality
of the Legislature. A system ofpublic education,
which,should leave them unprovided for, would
notift the' view of the undersigned, consist with
the spirit ofthe'resolutiou, under which they are
acting. They take leave, therefore, \o suggest
iho propriety ofau endowment lo tiie several col
leges of the Skate, proportioned to the bounty of
the Legislature to- the State University. ,T)ius
sustained by the Legislature, their success wil[ bo
winch it is to bo applied, is Considered? when
it i« moreover remembered that this !• tho
only capitation tax which U proposed*, and fi-
j_. nally, that tiiis is purt of a system whieli pro-
-tr_ poses that the poor who have not property
beyond the sum *of r hundreil
dolla.sskul pay iioothei; tax, it becomes a mere
' from tiie poorest. m
on any particular portion of them, to he returned
immediately back, not iu charities, but in public
institutions, in which pi) classes have .an equal
interest; m which nil coil participate without
nfeuliug ofliumil&tian, and by which the geneval
good will be most effectually promoted.
The capitation tqx which it is thus proposed to
bly tho most exciting portion oftiie whblo per
formance. The exertions of Zoloe to please tho
choice of her disinterested heart, were boautifid—
her love and her despair, truly affecting ? und
when in dofiance of neglect and disdain, sheofllr-
ed herself a willing sacrifice for the object of her
love, she pourtrayod to tlie life tlie selfidovotion
oftho female heart.
Mrs. Codkt danced well, and looked butter.,—
This lady is gaining fast in public estimation.—
Mrs. Lansixo sang well, aud was much upplpud-
od.
Of Master Well* we cannot *ny mncli; his
duties as 1lcmtzd, wer0 so limited; thnt-hfc had lit
tle room for display; but appearance* die much
in his favor.
Mr. Pearson was iu excellent voice, ond elicit
ed great applauso throughout the whole piece.—
Wo should considor The Unhnmtn to bo his pias
ter-piece.. Mr. Collins, os Judge Olifour, played
and sang with great effect. In fact, tho whole
was well enacted, and was received with the Wonn-
cat enthusiasm. We perceive;tlie same piece it
up for tiiis evening: we shall look for a bumper.
V THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
Speuk td one of.the office-holding itiid office*
socking tribe, About the degeneracy oftho times,
aud he assents to it as readily as uny one. Indeed,
he make* his sweep more general than we that
bring tiie charges. “Yes,” ho says, “nil parties,
are corrupt at Washington.” Now; this is an in
vention oftho arch enemy, and wo deny tho over*
whelming conclusion. All purlios are hot cor*
rupt ut Washington—and there is os genuine a
glow of patriotism in the hearts of many oftiie
present members ofCongress, as ever Beat under
tlie doublets of ^Washington's compeers. What
ora oftiie Republic has brought forth purer patri
ots than Charles Fenton Mkrckr-j-Oqden
Hoffman—Henry A. Wis£-*-ihan Stanly—
Dawson—Bolls—'Tallmadoe—Rives, and tiieir
compeers. \y:
tt is every convenient doctrine to say that all
aro corrupt, because the individual degradation is
merged and swallowed up in the assumed irresis
tible tide of profligucy which has swept over the
land. Far bo it fronfus to deny tliut thore is cor
ruption at Washington—rank and stinkingcor-
ruption; hut, let the stigma rest npon (lie authors
of it. Who then wera tho authors of it, and at
what era of thp Republic did * it make it* uppear-
assess.Is ra Itselfsinallj bnt when'tira'afifecVio “ nc0 - h ca,uo in m>*M*cisoi.ahil Vis Bu-
wilinll il la In 1... . ln „l!.,l 1 1 . ...1 -..
ren. New York imported tho system from Eu
rope, and it has been transplanted to Wnshiug-
tr.fle overt f
poorest. Yet small as it is,
tho errand result will be tmaiinnal fund, adequate
to sustain a sysiciu of common school instiuction,
on so enlarge 1 a snide, that all may be taught who
can, and ore willing to learn.
To give efficiency to tiiese benevolent pro
visions, it only remains to require, that ihe-a-
mountso collected, shnll-be annually distributed
m a mode, aud hy proportions, to be .prescribed
by low? while the collection of tlie tax may bo
rendered certain, by enacting thnt no person shuli
be permitted to vote at any election, in tlie coun
ty, city town or village of hi 8 residence, who sliall
not have paid it; ofwhich, tho only' evidence to be
received, shuli be the book ofthe Collector, or
his receipt.
of
i■ •, ““..vu.iu.i, nun mreo ui
which may bo thus briefly recapitulated:
I. The endowment oftiie University of Georgia
and oftho other principal seminaries of learning
by fixed appropriations, as recommended in the
preceding part of this report.
2, Tho distribution among tho county academies
of the present academic fluid.
3- The assessment of ait annual capitation tax,
for tlie purpose of raising a fund for tho
of common schools. 1
i support
(Tube continued.)
m t , , A BILL,
To he entitled “ An Act to amend an Act to au
thorized the sale of scrip or certificates of State
debt, and to enlarge the duties oftiie Coimnis-
. sioncrs oftiie Western and Atlantic Rail Road
Of Georgia, asmntcd to on the 29lh December,
1838,—and also to make further provision for
the completion of said Road.”. ’
Section 1st. Unit enacted by the Senate and
I louse of Representatives of the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, That should the Commis
sioner* of the* Western and Atlantic Rail Road
deem it advisable to issue and dispose ofthe Scrip
or Certificate* of State dpbt, authorized by the
above recited Act, in naypjpntof Contractors en
gaged, or that may hereafter he qucaged in tlie
construction ofthe said road, or to defray tiie ex
penses incident to said work, they shall have full
power and authority to muke such Scrip payable
at any period of time not less ’than fifteen, nor
more than thirty years from the date ofsuchScrip
or tune of its sale nnd delivery: Provided, that
not more than three hundred thousand dollui's
thereof, shall be made payable in any one year.
. 2d. And be it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That for the purchase of iron or oth
er muterial, or appurtenance, when the same shall
become necessary for the completion of said Rail
Road.ngreeubly to the provisions ofthe above re-
Ufl
cited Act, the Governor shall draw his Warrant
on the Treasurer for the requisite amount or any
part thereof, should there then be in the Treasury
any money specifically appropriated to that ob-
jectr, oraby money not otherwise appropriated.
And if no such appropriation shall then have been
made, and there be in the Treasury no,unappro
priated money, or an insufficient amount thereof,
it shall und may be lawful for the Commissioners
aforesaid toi*sue and dispose of Scrip or Certifi
cates of State debt, agreeably to the pro visions of
thji above recited Act, in payment ofsuch iron, c
other material, or appurtenance.
Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted by the author
ity aforewid, That all coupon Warrants attached
to such Scrip or Certificates of State Debt, a* may
be, or have been hemed under the provision of
this-und the above recited ucf, shali, at all times
after the same shall have become payable, bo re
ceived at the Treasury in payment'of taxes and
other duos from individual* or bodies -corporate,
to. the State of Georgia.
The weather for two or thrje days. past has
been quite cold—last night particularly; und the
apprehension now is tlmt tho Erie Canal is either
already closed, or soon will be.—A’/ Y, Journal of
Commerce, 22d inst.
We shnll recur to this subject again and again .
We intend to ring the chrtngea-upon it, until tho
people shall seo with their own eyes who aro cor
rupt, and who nro not Once upon a time', plun
derers and robbers sought the shade and the’ back
ground, but now they wall; abroad at noon day,
and hope to devour dr smother the knowledge of
tiiciriuiqiiitiesbythc cries, oh! wo are alidislion
eat—the wor|ff i» all dishonest—politicians arc all
rogues’, (fee, dec. This thing of turning thief and
starting oft’in full cry—stop thief! stop thief! has
done very well so fur, but it will do so no longer.
For ourselves, we intend to seize by the collar the
vqry rascals who cry stop thief loudest.
OCT The Texian steamer of war Zazala, Capt.
A.tk Hinton, Ekp, Commander, arrived at No w-
Orleuns, lutii inst., from Gulveston.
Kj 3 Tho New-York Express states that on the
passage of tho frigato United States from Boston, a
sailing match accidentally look place between her
and the packet ship Suldons, in which tiie latter
was successful.
To the Editor of the Republican :
A writer in your paper deprecates the wrath of
Heaven, because a high-wuy at Savannah, nnd
tlie great Ocean itself, are kept open on Sunday! 11
What will the nineteenth century produce ? We
did pud do hope, it will produce a reformation of
the abuses of Christianity. Had tiie observations
of your correspondent been circumscribed to the
drawing-room or tiie imrscry, they might have
passed unnoticed, but in appearing in your paper,
how can tho writer expect, to escape tho question
as to tlie divinity of the origin of Sunday 7 ? 7
aud a* to tiie feelings and intentions of Provi
dence—Is it not assumption at best, to speuk of
them ns your correspondent does f
This intermixture of Sabbath with Sunday—
this jostling of Religion with Politics, it was to
have heen hoped, met with a decisive rebuke in
the Report called Jonston’s,* to Congress. If the
efficacy of that report be not felt in Savannah, it
is matter of regret for all who hold in just estima
tion, tiie value of civil liberty. In our opinion,
this report was nqt kept sufficiently in view when
the City Council prohibited tho Sayminah Market
from being opened on Sunduy; a time aud an oc
casion when onrlaboring class, from tiieir peculiar
situation, required indulgence and relaxation; and
wc aro sure that we speak the sentiments of tlie
enlightened and liberal, when we express a .hope
that a City Ordinance, so much at variance with
sound policy, good feeling, and the practice of the
Colonies, lirilluudergo a revision; for, we know
of no maxim superior to that of mitigating tho
miseries of our fellow beings.
As to stopping our avonu&i of communication,
nttho suggestions, of casuistry—where would he
the end 7 We trust that none in civil authority
ore prepared to countenance a practido which in
its obvious tendency, would bo to, torpor and par-
alyze—our portage system requires stimulants,
not soporifics; and .we humbly think.that the exer
tions of the community should bo bestowed iu ac
celerating, and nolretarding the finward progress
of our internal improvements.
In the secondary importance which those re
marks attach to religion as compared with govern
ment, we will not be misunderstood to regard ret
ligion with disrespect. In the field of Christianity,
titoro is 4 vast distance betwecn.you.r correspon-
nceoant<5 Wn,
(M«s». lmvo 1.SJ3H- Se-m-raJ
researches of modern philosophy, none could have
more interest for tiie 'philanthropist und the be-
liover.tiiun the ono which wo copy bolow. ‘Chance,’
says tho Curler dcs Etuis Unix, ‘has just put lute
onr hand* tho most imposing uttd interesting
judicial document to all Christians, that ovor has
boon recorded in human riiinalss tiiat is the iden
tical Death warrantor our Lord Jesus Curist.,
Tho document was faithfully transcribed by tho.
editor, nnd, is in hate verba, ■
Sentence rendered ly Pontius Pilate, acting Governor
ofLoiccr Gallilcc\ stating that Jesus of Nazyreth
sh ill suffer death on the cross.
Iu tho year seventeen of the empire Tihcriua
CiL'snrniul tho 25th day. of Mnrdh, the city of the,
holy Jerusalem, Anna nnd Caiphas being priests,'
pucrificutors oftho people of God, Boutins Pilot,
Governor of lower Gallileo, sitting ou the pre
sidential chair oftho Prudery, condomo* Jesus of
Nazareth to die oil the cross between two thieves
—the great aud notorious evidence of the pcopto
saying—
1. Jesus is a seducer.
2. lie is seditious. • s
3. He is un enemy of the law.
4. c .lIo calls himself fulsety tho sob of God. •
5. “IIo calls himself falsely the ICinir of Israel.
9. llo entered Into the tcalpW, followed by a
multitude bearing pahn branches in their hands.
Order tho firstuenturian, Quiilus Cornelius, to
lead him to the place of execution.
Forbid to uny person whomsoever, either
poor or rich to oppose tho dentil of Jesus.
The witnesses who wgnod tho condbmnatipif
bfJTi*us are, viz:—l,Duniol RoLmni, a Pharisee;
2; Joannas RorobabloRaphael R6b?uil; 4 Cupet,
a citizen. *
Joins shall go out oftho city of Jerusalem by
the gate Of Struenus. ”
The above sentence is eiigraved on a copper
plato^cn the side are wriMon tiieso words?—“A
similar plute|is sent to each tribe,” It was found in
au antique vase of whito marble, while axcavat-
ing in the ancient city of Aquilla, in tiie kingdom
of Naples in tho year 1820, and was discovered
by tho Comtnissaricsjof Arts attached to tho French
armies. At tho expedition of Naples, ft wss
found enclosed in a Box of ebony, in the sacristy
oftho Chartrcm. The vase iu tho chapel of Ca
se rta. Tho French translation was by tlie mem
bers! ofthe Commission,ofArts.. Tho,original is
in tho Hebrew language. Tho Chartreiu request
ed earnestly that the plate should not be tdkon
away from them. Tho request was granted, as a
reward for the {sacrifice tiiey lmd made for the
army. M, Denpn one of tho savons, caused a
plate to be made of the same model. 011 which he
had engraved tho above sebtcnce. At tlie sale of
his colllection of antiquites See. it was bought by
LordJIownr^for2,890 freuncs. Its intrinsic value
and interest ure mUcii greuler.
A few years ago there was found at PattsVil), in
New York, a “shekel of Israel,” ofthe timo of our
Saviour;, On one sldo was the representation of
a palm leaf, oh the other, a picture, of the temple,
with tiie words uudcrneatli, “ Holy Jerusalem,”
in the Hebrew tongue. Relics like these; proper
ly authenticated, have about them au iuexpress ble
sucrudncss. and motlieuf. -They seem, to blend
two words, and to carry human ortriosity frora t!.e
fiuitii to the infinite.—PhUad. Gai
a lot of priino Upland !
',14c. « moa. l ua ol,5c *Om 0j 1
crop, 14c. a moa.
Flah,— r “ 1
IftrtflSl;"?!:"*
ore much 1
»ure in rhemoney
CONSIGNEES lM'P
Arrive.l yo.tcrflav—imiV*/ 1 ' jpM
berly & Jouos, H llnbcS I Coll I
h Sinclair, \V Duncan^C
Jco, Hr M Phlnl > y, L , n“,
Wnaliburn, LawUico ft,',"’ *
clfortVFay &. c q , Bo»lo,f&
Per brig August, f rom N J I
C.ly cnJcliiia, DuVooto, MjLj
Cgroy; Messrs JKeaso, M
J; ICingsloy, i Weight, u„u on w f
Hays, aud 21) in tho sttorago, '
Par sclir Frances, from Baih, via rl
Gon A Chnmllet, Messrs Chons t „j j
AUGUSTA, Nov. SS.
Rain! - Rain!—It bus been rdiuiug gently nnd
almost constantly, for more than thirty-six hours.
This is iuo bb*t news wo can give. Why 7 Be
cause we shall have a risy in the river; goods can
come iip, couou caii iuove, tiie Banks can discount
bill* upou tho article, wliich will give a circulation
to money, which will nuiko business brisk, times
euf ier, und tiio people happier. Now, if the Lo-
? ;i*luture will ouiy “do the clean thing,”, wo may
ook out for tiie “good old time* of Adorn and of
Eve;”—Chronicle Sc Sentinel*
SIlIpplug Inicllitrenl
POltT OF
7 n ' Wy ED S^tTouinl
W 8 n 8 ^ nr "< Non- yj
to Washburn, Lewi, & C „. Md za I
Long & PattBisou, F Shcils, S (inojl
dergost, B Foley, F Sorrel A Co l
Hobarts &. Cuiimagltani.G B Hcndr'1
& Coombs, Cohcu & l'osdick, J I
Braillov, Adams & Darroutths, R R1’
AKimberly W&LWUcal-liartJrnJ
O Johnson & Co, D D Conn, R u j
?v'll? « r ’ G * Co, d
}y*r Huibngton & Holcombe!
E Buss & Cor L Baldwin, Cohen. JfT
J? Diilen&pO'WTNVillianw,Tpi
^ VVoed, F W Hernomiuiu, J
ICH.re Vikul, U..t. ... or. «* . ■
Brig New Yoirk, Baker, New York!
Cohen, Slillor & Do. Bay, &c. to I
reo, A Scuddor. j
Schr Samaritan, Corson, Philadolnl
heu, Miller & Co. Milzo to N A 11
Taylor, T M & J M Turner, 11S cl
Habersham & Son. White & Bartels!
Fay & Co, Miss Telfair, M Ilnpkiu#
son, T l’urse, I Mints, 011 Lamar, 1
liamer G W Anderson & Brother, r
llosor &t O'Driscoll, Col Himtcr,
Lewis & Co, Cohen & Fosdick, U S1
1 'W Morrell, L W Bahlwia, K FA'l
Heed, P Wiltberger, 0 Johnson it I
rault, W H Smith, S Plulbrick & Co. 1
Long Sc. Puttersou, L Baldwin, Aldricr
& Co. 1
Schr Frances, Seers, Bath,Me. via 4
Potatoes, &c. to White & Bartels.
Steamboat Mary Summers, Pears
wick, to G B Lamar.
DEPARTED.
Staam packet Savannah, Freeland, Cl
Steamboat his, Clmcc, Charleston. 1
Stoombput Chatham, Wray, Augusta. I
Steamboat Duncan Macliac, -—,Anl
Steamboat J Slone, Mendull, Darien, j
Steamboat Oglethorpe, Dillon, Align.
Snow.—We bad a light full of stiow lnet night,
tho lirst ol'thascasonthat bus whitened tho ground,
.Winter is at hand.-rJ’iUmurg Aumailt, mk inst.
C(wrokcc Disturbance.—Aeaortling .to tlie St.
Louis Republican of tlie 12th, tins latest accounts
from the SoutliWost state that Gen. Arbuclde per.
sists iu his demand for the murderers of llidge to
by surrendored.to huu. The demand, it is be
lieved, will be resisted. The Goncral lias mado
a requisition nu tha Governors of Arkansas and
Missouri for military aid. Tho Govcnior of Mis
souri 1ms been nskptl for a brigade of the militia.—
From all this, it wouldmppoar that a tight is ex
pected.
DUlinguithcd Visiter.— It is said that Lord
Brougham designs visiting the United Stntes the
ensuing summer. No stranger could .eonio a-
mobgsLus,,who wouldibe more cordially received.
Every American delights to honor genius,' nnd
Lord B. may. he considered one of tiio most splen
did men of llio 19tlj century.—Philad, HcraOl.
Commercial Journal.
LATEST DATES. ‘
From Liverpool, Oct. 10 I From Mobilo..; .Nov. 18.
From Havre, ; Oct 15 j Fi-ofn N. Orleans, Nov.I3.
BALTIMORE, NOV. SO.—Cotton.—We nolo
solos of abouL 100 bales Nortlt-Carolina at ]2( a 13
cent*. , * • '
Exchange*—-'Tho rate of bills on London r.onthraos
at-. 18 a 2u per cent, and on: tho Continent at the rates
quoted last week.
_ Flour, Uouard-et.—At the time of closing our re
view of tho morket last week, tiie store price of
Howard-street Flour waB unsettled, holders then ask
ing tij} to $GJ, which was nti odvnnco of j to i ^ fibl.
on tlie highest previous rates of the tyook. Sales of
several parcels • were made on Friday aftcrnoori and
on Saturday at $}, and tho jirincipal sales of tho pros-,.
p to Tuesday, at tlie same
ent week were made up
price. Later dn that day several parcels were sold
a; $0 31 J. Sales have been since made at the last
named price and also at GJ. Wo quote the store price
to-day at fl 31 to $6 371, and the car price at $G 12 j,
Lots by wagons have been settled for at $0} for se
veral days. .
. City MUla Flour.—Thoro is no stock in market. The
mills generally have sold ahead, and the receipts
winch ure coming in go to'fulfil existing ( contracts.
Owing to tho continued drought nnd lowness of the
waters, tlie mills are doing but little work. v There is
a good demand for this description to-day, and pur
chasers Would buy at tGi.
Com.—The sales up to Wednesday, inclusive,were
made at 53 a 55 conts for new whito; at 55 a 58c. for
new yellow; at 5G a'08c. for old white; and at 60 a
61 lor old yellow. .-The supplies ^inco then.have
beep very short, owing tohead winds which havo pre
vented the arrival of vessels, but vfe find no chango
in prices, and continue to quote tlibse named above lor
tho deilerent descriptions of new and. old, * \
Molasses,—At auction on -Tqesday, 140'hhds. Ma-
nuizos woro sold at 24c. and G tcB. at 23c. Sales of
Cuba,-sweet, by private contract, at 30 cents.
Provisions^—There has been a fair business doing
m western Bacon throughout tho week, nnd prices
nro without change. We continue to quoto Primo
Western, assorted, at 8 cents, strictlyT rime Western
Hams at 10 to 11, good do. at 0 to 10, Middlings at 8,
and Shoulders, at 7 to 71 cents. ‘Mess Pork is held at
10 a $1GJ; n sale of 100 bbls. at 10; Mess Beef at
elu, No. 1 at 13, and Primo at 11, but we hear of no
sales to any extent. Wo note a sulo of 300 kegs No.
1 Lard at lOjc. Other parels aro selling at llj cts.
Glades Butter ha* urrlyod pretty freely tiiis week,
and No. 1 soils readily from storcB at 20c. For No.
2 and 3-thcro is less'demand. We quoto No. 2 at 17
to 18, aud No. 3 at 13 to 14 cents.
Whishey.—'V. herb isp moderate demand for lihds. nt
33 cents, und forbbls. at 34 cents. Stocks smaTl. The
wugon prico continues al 28, cents, exclusive of tho
barrel. ‘
BOSTON, NOV., 20.—-Cpffec.—The impofb* siuce
the last report, consists of 3,500 bogs of llio and 1.200
do. SL Domiugd; previous to tho arrival of the lattor
CHARLESTON, Nov. M.-Arr. I
ntier, Jervis, N York 7 days; Cornelia!
London 0 da; steam packet Wilmutgtol
Wilmington, NC:
Old. brig Oak, IIowos, Havre; sciu
lyn, West Indioa.. I
PHILADM PHIA, W,-Ar,l
Star, Bdnotliol, Liverpool; Inig Mail 1
Kingston, Jinn.
NEW-YORK, Nov. K.-Arr. Dr. I
Evans, Whitney, 11 tls fln Bermuda. !
Old. altins Kutublor, Lane, Chad!
hotin, O’Neill, do; brig Albert,'Sean, 1
Peter DowU, Lewis, Darien, Ga.;a:lil
ry, Gould, Alobilo.
For New-Yot;l:,
S Tlto fast sttiling ship H1L.\|
llnmqiond, will positively sail li -
and can yet toko 100 bales Com
aongers. Apply to
nov 27 PADF.LFOHD, FAi|
For BlncU Creek, via ,
wick,St. Marys & JnckstH
fa K*-— fa Tlieregidiirsleaiapi
SEbB^ShLesTEU, VVainbcMf.l
depart' for tlie above places onSAl
30th inst. at 5 o'clock. Forfrolghtor pi
ing'excellent iiccoinmodotiouB, apply fl
lp%ffiaHWN&i)0D|
All freight payable liy shippers.
nov .27 '
For'Darien,— .
rys, Jacksouvlllo aim
Creek,
The steamer IVANII
Bailey, will leave fori
nieces TO-MORROW,die 2Sth
p; M. For freight or pasaae. em«w
or to NtiB*' 1
N. B.—All (height
Slave passengers must he cleared
tom House. ■ ——
For Charleston, viaHHW!
Beaufort aad
' The elegant®® Pi
Clmse, master, will
nliovii places on MONDAY MOIL
o'clock. For freight or
lent nccominodatiom^ji^'lj^. & ,
N. B.--
tlie Custom House,
nov 26
In' *
For Charleston, via penj
Mo„daymomi« g __at9oei* 1 ■
novati , ,
Steam Packct i Sav a &[ .
Permanent A Y mgem ’n tthPiw
Charleston—OuHWf“'....a
Fare *8-THnooai( ish 1
will leave Charleston eveiy- W*,11
day same hour. For freight » r l’ J
i ’ t, I ,» 0r,i, COIIENJbF03DlC|
no“, cc :.„ of d,o I
hundred acres of 'L RIl ~’^^flogs, 8b 1
or, fifty hood of stock
one timber Cart, flM Pg t0 m ent4
and other articles t0(} f rAM^VA|
-'‘TettnellCoujMF-'* 1
nov27 • TfSmH
laundinil ‘" rs ‘i"ta.
rrtWENTY bbrs eiipoi' oir A PP l09
JL'r' “ '•'■
' 6 kegs Goshen Doftor^
ELIJAH 1
nov 27 S30»,
X B kegs Gosnen»uu«. ll , |
5 Imlfhbls F. I>7;'vJi 0r I u;.4E|
I,
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