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Jlailv Paper, ,83 per Annum : fov fl months, 83 Country Taper, 3 per Annum : forflniumna, 83. (PATAULK IN- »!iy*S('K.) 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, RjJ