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Columbian j&itfcum, ANI) SAVANNAH GAZETTE. TRurtT-n and published on the bat, bt MICHAEL J. KAPPEL, & CO, -fr--” ‘Terms.,... patlt payable in advance. Touttht papvr, issued <n Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, (containing all the news and mew advertisements of the daily paper) §5 per an num-payable in advance. SAVANNAH, Ttrcnsmr Monmjeo, Dec. 4. COMMUNICATED. At a time like the present when death and tickness have stalked through our land, and are traced by misery and poverty, it becomes the imperious duty of those who have escaped their ravages, to extend the hand of friendship and charity, to raise the “ bowed down,” and sooth the affliCted hearts. At every season which rolls over our city, the misery is constantly increased, and objects of charity constantly 7 multiplied.—lt is useless to pay the compliments attendent on charity to our citizens ; their open hands are too well known, and thir liberality too well estab lished, to need a newspaper puff: Rut the pre sent year, more loudly than usual, calls on their benevolence, and demands the exercise of their humanity. If there is an object which can move the soul to all the energy of active feelings,it is the sight of a fellow-creature in distress; and if there is an action that soothes the soul, and leaves the warmth of an angel’s feeling in the heart, it is the exercise qf charity to this object. He is cul pable, by the words of our Saviour, who to the calls of hunger closes his ears, and to the de mands of penury opens not his hands“ Re ye clothed,” defends not the shivering objects of distress, from the piercing chilly winds—and “be ye filled,” allays not the cravings of appe tite, and awakes not the fire of gratitude & plea *u r e in the hollow and dim eyes. Fortune has smiled on your exertions to accumulate wealth, and frowned on them, your situations may be reversed—ls you wish the glow of self-approba tion to dwell within your breasts, then admit charity to a seat-in your bosoms; and pour a part of your ivealth into the laps of the indigent, and exclude poverty from among us. There cannot be a want of object: the Female Asylum and many otheT institutions in our city, would ,gladly receive the contributions of your good ness Rut there is c • other call now made on your charity.—The Missionaries now with us, request assistance ; and though the object be richly wonhv, yet it should not interfere with our charity at home. Rut let us first attend to {he interest of our own poor, before we extend our exertions to strangers ; let the individuals of our own community be enabled to hear our own ministers, & be enabled to enter our own church es, from which their poverty has in many instan ces excluded them,*even within the sound of our bells—let the helpless widow be first consol led, whose miserable cliildren daily weep for food, and who in tlie prospect before her has on ly a dark and gloomy road, with no gleam of comfort, and no light to dispel its darkness— who knows not but the morrow may terminate her existence, and leave her helpless children to perish by famine, or left a prey to a merciful world,—first pour comfort into her broken heart, raise her from the bed of sickness, sup port and defend her children, dispel the clouds of despair from around her, and point her to happiness here, and joy bereaffer. Think not by this I would endeavor to cool the feelings of humanity towards the savage of 1 the forest, or the wild Arab of the desart—by Do means : it is an object on which angels smile with rapture, and on which our Saviour looks with approbation. Man applauds, angels sing j with joy, and the Omnipotent blesses. With one hand throw a part at least*of your ricl/es into the hands of your wives and daughters, and let woman, lovely woman, dispense comfort •round, and thus fill the station appointed by Providence—the soothers of misery and the comforters of distress. With the other hand ♦xtend the mercy, the goodness, and the power of your maker. Thus, giving with a cheerful heart, you must he blessed; for him to whom “you lend,” will surely repay. Your dying bed will be a bed of down ; and as your sunken and giftring eyes close on objects here, they shall open bright and joyful in worlds above; as the chill of death creeps on your stiffening limbs, you shall arise in elasticity and an angel’s form, in the heaven of glory. X. Two men were apprehended on Friday last on suspicion of havin'? been on hoard a privateer, which robbed the French ship Maly, when on her passage to Havana, from whence she lately arrived here. One of the men was committed for further exam ination ; the other discharged. Churlenton Tunes. At'ourrx, *my. (J 9. Outbfipt."— We are informed by a gentle loan from the up-country, that an • tof out lawry luu been declared against 2 negroes in Washington county, in consequent'* of tome alarming murders ami faring depre dation* which they had recently t om nutted. COMMERCIAL. Extract of a http? from a respectable mer cantile house, dated London, Vet. 7. 1 •’ In hopes that it may prove acceptable, I now beg to hand you annexed, the last quotations from Hamburg, for American produce; in the event of yourselves or friends, finding inducement to tftake a trial of that market. The importations of Rice,have fallen far short of what was expected, and you will perceive that prices leave a handsome profit even on the high cost of g 6 50 cts. Though the supplies of cotton were more abundant, a good deal has been taken out of the mar ket, and our quotations are fully maintain ed. Os sugar and coffee, ready and profit-’ able sales have been effected. In Tobacco, much has not been done lately, though pri ces are not lower. *A good deal will depend on tfic pros pects of this year’s cotton and rice crops. PRICES CURRENT. HAMBURG.!!, OCT. 3. Maryland yellow, ctvt. 25 4 a §33 Do. coloured, do. 18 a 24 Do. brown, do. 12 a 164 Virginia, heavy, do. 164 a 221 Do. middling do. 134 a 164 Do. common, do. 104 a 12^ York River, do. 10 4 a 18 Carolina, 1 - Georgia, C do. 9 a 15 Kentucky, j Cotton, Georgia and Louis, lb. 38 a42 cts. liite, Carolina, 100 lbs. 9 a s9s GRENADA, OCT. 11. The governor has received the following communication from his excellency S. F. P. Robinson, pernor of Tobago, of an alter ation that has taken place in the currency of that island : One penny weight of gold is now equal to nine shillings—itwas formerly worth ton shillings. One grain is worth four pence half-penny. A Spanish dollar, nine shillings, or twelve bitts. The cut dollar is now called p ten bitt piece, and not a dollar. The joe consists of eight twelve bitt dol lars. At present there is but one joe, and one dollar—formerly there were four different kinds of (lollars N viz—one of eleven, one of twelve, one of thirteen and one of fourteen bitts. —•— x BRUSSELS, OCT. 2. The labour of fortifying our strong places on theufrontiers toward France proceeds with extraordinary activity. The town of Charleroi already presents the aspect of a garrison of the first order, and will be come a most important bulwark to the Netherlands on the side of the Sambre. On the other side, the line of the Meuse also begins to assume a formidable appearance from the fortifications at Namur and Liege. LONDON, OCT. 9. Jerome Bonaparte is said to have pur chased the estate of Engersfeld, adjacant to his estate of Schonen. Madame Murat, it is said has purchased for 900,000 florins the lordship of Ort, between Vienna and Presburgh, belonging to the banker count Fries. The count is reported to have con cluded with Fouche in conjunction with the banker of Prague, M. Von Lamel, the sale of his estate near Paris. BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 30. Major gen. Count VonTuvl ambassador from the emperor of Russia to the United State of North America, has passed through here on his way from St. Petersburg to Philadelphia. Trial for Highway Robbery. —ln the course of the last week, Joseph Jackman .was tried before the supreme court, at Sa lem, Massachusetts; on a charge of aiding in the robbery of major Goodrich. The Salem Gazette states, that the jury, after receiving the charge,retired on Friday mor ning, anti continued together until the open ing of tlie court on Saturday morning, when they stated that they could not agree. The prisoner, of course, was ordered for anew trial at the next term. The cause of the Jrws. —A letter receiv ed in this town, from mrs. Hannah Moore, the celebrated English authoress, dated Sept. 3, states, that the “ Hebrew New- Testamcnt is finished ; and so great is the demand for it, that a second edition is print ing.—-Mr. Way, a gentleman of immense fortune and high character, who has devo ted himself to the Jewish cause, is now gone to Petersburg with two German Jews, Ids own converts } one of whom waa ordain ed pi iest the day before they came to take„ leave of us. The sultan of Tartary (o Chris tian convert) is alsn one of the party. They preach to the Jew* in the cities they pass through.” Jhtton llte. From the United States’ Gazette. I)r. WATERHOUSE'S ‘Lecture on the pernicious effects of smoking Cigars. The professor of the theory and practice of physic finished his discourse by a public lecture in the chapel of Cambrige, which ha 9 justly excited no small attention with out, as well as within the walls of the col lege. We shall not attempt an ahalysis of it, but simply mention some of its most stri king features. The subject is indeed inter esting to the community, being a compara tive view of the health of the scholars at present, and in years past. It was clearly proved, that instances of depraved health had increased, and were increasing ; and that there were more hectical and consump tive complaints within three or four years past, than for upwards of twenty years pre vious, during which the professor made his observations. He adduced this strikingfact, that the table-set for the freshmen in the h.fil, was generally cleared of its contents; while those students three or four years in advande, left nearly half that was set before them. If a keen appetite be a criterion ol health, there was something of late years in a college life, which depraves the appetite, inasmuch as those who come in ruddy,hale, and hungry, go out pale, languid, smoke dried and dispeptick. The cause of this declining health was sought for, when it was found to originate principally from an indolent or sedentary habit of life, brought on and continued by the very prevalent and nearly universal custom of smoking cigars. Itr-was-rendered evident, that these two causes co-operated and aggravated each other; that the relaxing habit of smoking, disinclined them from exercising in the open air, as was the custom, before the filthy fashion of smoking became so inordinate and so general.* The professor then des canted on the narcotick effects of tobacco, which lie said, like rum or brandy, first stimulated and then stupified ; that when chewed it was a consolidated or dry dram. He then explained the importance of the saliva to digestion, and showed how the function was injured; especially in young persons who had not obtained their full growth, by ejecting it. It was said that in ordinate smokers were in danger of be ’ coming tiplers, from the unnatural thirst, created by the process of hot fumigation ; and that to remove the fainting and sinking of the stomach, incident to young smokers, too many had recourse tostimulatingdrinks. The professor held up to view the picture of intemperance, and contrasted it w : th the picture of juvenile health and Vigour ; he entreated the young gentlemen in an affec tionate manner to guard against, and resist the first inroads upon their youthful consti tutions, and pointed out, in a forcible, but delicate manner, the effects of that folly, “which most easily besets them.” The doctor allowed that smoking was cordial and comforting to elderly people, in certain situations, and under certain cir cumstances. He said he should be unwil ling to deprive the laboring man of the so poriferous regale, after a hard day’s work ; or the grief-worn weary negro, after he has finished Ins hard task on die plantation, and whose wretched condition excites a wish “tosteep his senses in forgetfulness.” Nay, said he, I would light the pipe myself, for this dark son of affliction, if its fumes would induce him for a moment to forget his ■wretchedness. But for a young person, a young gentleman, not yet arrived at the perfection of his growth, and faculties, and who is, or ought to be, all life, activity, alertness and neatness; for him to wish “to steep his senses into forgetfulness,” is,if not a vice, a shameful depravity; absolutely unworthy the blooming energies of youth. Tho professor likewise remarked, that it was allowed by all, that since the foun dation of the college, the custom of smoking was never so general as of late years ; and that it was conceded by all, that individuals never carried the practice to such excess before ; and that it was confessed by all, that the sons of Harvard never appeared so languid and unhealthy, and that he could say, as a physician, that during the three and twenty years he had been a professor in the college, he had never seen so many marks of declining health, nor ever knew so many hectical habits and consumptive affections, as of late years; and that he could trace this alarming inroad on their tender constitutions, to the pernicious cus tom of SMOKING CIGARS, and its equal ly pernicious concomitants . Although this lecture was replete with solemn advice, and was in some passage* a strong invective against a darling fashion; yet the students immediately requested a j copy tor the press, which, we hope, will be 1 1 lie means of checking a very serious evil. * cIfFAfC liav6 b*tn Im ri*iiig ftini going to ly po'Wg vl 17 or 1# yearn of s£<>! By Last Nights Mail. From our correspondents. Office of the N. T. Daily, Advertiser, Nov. 23. Insurrection at Saporonase—A Calcutta paper, brought by the ship Trident, capt. Rae, arrived at this port on Saturday even, ing, contains intelligence under the head of Madrass, July 19, of a very serious insur rection having broke out on the i9th May last at Saporonas.one of the principal res idencies attached to Amboyna, in which the resident and his family had fallen vic tims to the treachery of the natives. A force df 200 men had been sent by the dutch authorities the day after the insur rection, to quell the disturbance, but the whole party had been destroyed immedi ately on thei: landing. A letter from Saporonas dated tha 17th june, gives the whole particulars relating to the above affair. It was received by the commissioners of his majesty the king of the Netherlands at Amboyna, from mrs. Vandenburg, the wife of the resident. She states that her husband had been seiz ed at the Negree of Hasia, or Porto, by the natives, and that in consequence, she had taken refuge in the fort. The party who were sent to, quell the insurgents, consist ed of 150 european sailors and soldiers, with about 50 natives. The attack was made in boats. The eiu-opeans were over powered, and nearly all destroyed ; among them several officers. We learn from capt. Rae, that the gov ernor of Calcutta had set out for the western provinces, for the purpose, as was reported, to put an end to some premedita ted insurrection. DlED —at Darien, on the 19th ult. after a short illness, capt. H. Donor., of New-York, a native of Salem, Massachusetts. A sorrowing - and bereaved family are left to mourn the untimely death of a husband and fa ther, distinguished through various vicissitude* of life, by those virtues of the heart which con stitute the estimable man. To the refinement and manners of a gentle man, he added, a character of unimpeachable in tegrity ; and the many amiable qualities which distinguished him in every situation, will long be impressed upon the minds, and entitle his memo ry to the esteem, of the many friends he had acquired. Pert hf tf>ab3*uM r i. ARRIVED, Ship Armata, I.eeds, Baltimore, (noticed in our last) 8 days, in ballast, to Campbell & Gum ming. Passengers, mr. and mrs. Hall, mrs. Cal houn and family, misses Cattell, Pressman, Jack son, and servant. Sloop I.eander, Robbins, Middletown, Conn, potatoes, onions, apples and candles, to W. Rob bins and Sylvester Adams. CLEARED, Ship Ariosto, Barry, Havre— TVin. Gaston. Ship Ceres, Mix, West-Indies — Minis & Henry. Schr. Marcellos, Duckendorff, W. Indies— master Sloop P.liza, Webb, Darien— Master. Sloop Hermit, Bashlott, Charleston — Master.’ Arrivals from this port. brig Levant, Wood, at New-York, 9 days. sloop General Washington, Campbell, and schr. Harvest, Lanneau, at Charleston, 1 day. Vessels up for this port. At Nevv-York, Nov. 24. ship Mary-Augusta, Porter, was to sail ofl the 26th ult.; ship Adonis, Champlin, on the 27th ; brig Wm. Henry, West, on the 30th ; brig Eliza, Thayer, in the course of a week ; brig Roderick, Harding, positively on the 27th ; and schr. Ariadne, I’endjfton, on the 27th. Charleston, I)ce. 2. Arrived, French ship La Villa de Rouen, Lc Pont, Havre de Grace, 50 days, plaster of paris, merchandize Stc.; ships Pennsylvati. * Robinson, Philadelphia, 8 days ; Ceres; Webber, Boston, 8 days; Radius, Delano, New - York, 8 days ; Dutch barque Five Brothers,Williams, Ostend, 52 days, bricks and tiles ; Venezuelan government brig Arismendi, captain Beluche, of 6 guns and 95 men—she is 30 days from New Orleans, and was bound to Margarita; but having carried away her rudder 3 days after sailing, has put into this port to refit—has made no prizes since she left New Orleans. Brig Comet, Bond, Boston, 11 dais. Went to sea vesterdav, Mexican prjvateer schr. Commodore Champlin, Stiles, on a cruise. Baltimore, Nor. 24. Ar. brig Good Tntent, Dew, Havana, via Nor folk, sugar, coffee and fruit; schr. Harriet, Crowell, Boston, 10 days. Cleared—sloop Lady Washington, Gillet, N. York : brig Brazillian, Baker, Leghorn and In dia ; Brothers, Leddell, Kingston, ,lam. ; ship William Henry, Blackwell, Charleston. New- York, Nw. 24. Ar. brig Janus, Brown, Rotterdam, 47 day*, dry goods, butter and cheese ; sehr’s Pennsylva nia, Green, New-Orleans, 24 days, cotton tobac co, &c. The U. S. brig Boxer, wrecked oii south Pass—specie, armament and crew saved ; Gen. Jackson, Howland, Aux Cayes, 35. days, sugar, coffee and logwood ; Eagle, Russell, Washing ton, v. c. 16 days; ship Trident, Rea, Calcutta, 102 days, cotton, sugar, coffee, and a fine living elephant; ship Francis, Boyqr, Turks Island, 16 days, salt. On the 26th Oct. the price of salt at T. Island was 15 cents a bushel, cash, and 20 for good bills. kinds of provisions very cheap. Boston, JVfor, 22. Ar. brigs New-Packct, Luce, Richmond, 16 days; Janus Monroe, Sswver, Baltimore, 9; sr.hr’s Packet, Foster, Phifadelpqis, 18; Gen. Lincoln, Whiton, do. 9; ship Oscar, Hart, Cal cutta, 127 days, piece goods, sugar, ginger. &c. New-London, Nov. IH. Ar brig Adels, Kirtland, I’orio-Hello, 44 days | .at 344, b'tt- 76. spoke sell Decatur, Andrews, JU da* * from Vew Orleans for Gibraltar. Five nu n died on the pa on Ihibm! the Adels, I and when she -orbed there rem itted only two. Itiyti and • Ii"). NOTICE.—The ship itOMER ciipt. Bell, for Greenock , only wants about 200 bales cotton to fill up , freight of this quanutv will be taken, if early application be made to John spearman- a co. dec 4 83 Fraser’s wharf For St. Mary’s, The stanch sloop Alexander Cltm, Chs. -EesafcClun, master, will sail with all despatch” For freight or passage apply to the master on board, at Howard’s wharf, or to P dec 3 82 ISAAC COURSE & SOX. For Darien and St. Mary's The sloop HARRIOT, Tardy, master, will sail in all this week. For freight or passage apply on board, or to G. F. df Oliver Palmes. dec 2 i 81 For Alexandria Washington, The schooner Freemason, John Lyn. JfijgCfcburi), master, burthen 96 tons, sails well, and m good order. For terms apply to F. h Welmax, or to Ghee’ f & Liwtt. dec 2 For Baltimore, The fast-sailing sloop Experiment, Bradley, master, will, sail on Sunday next. For freight or passage apply to the mas ter on board, at Bolton’s wharf or to dec 2 81 ISAAC COHEN. ’ . For Liverpool, The fast sailing copper ed ship MARGARET, captain M'Lellan, nov /Vmk loading, and intended to be reajy for sea in 12 days, having 3-fourths of her cargo ready’. Ear freight or passage, apply on board, or to STURGES & BURROUGHS, no. 3, Commerce Rov. Deceived per said ship, and for sale low, Clear and merchantable white pine Lumber, of first quality and seasoned. dec 4 83 jfX-T For Liverpool, ie PATENT, LHggjgjßgo captain Barugh, carry ing 500 bah, SBrnmUiisS. only ; has 300 engaged, and will be iminouia eiy despatched. For freight of the re mainder, apply 7 to li. RICHARDSON & Cs. dec 4 83 For Liverpool, .JrC’l'y The stanch, fast sailing ship Scsis, .lenaM Winslow, master, will have immediate despatch, having 500 bales ready to go on board. For freight of 350 bales, apply to JOHNSTON U HILLS. WHO HAVE FOR SALE, 250 barrels pilot Bread 25 do no 1 Fqrk 50 kegs Richmond man. Tobacco, Bs. 10 hhds. N. E. Rum. dec. 3 82 Johnston's upper wharf. T FOR LIVERPOOL, Jja|\ The fast sailing ship Halcyon, J. 8. .Sgiffy, Wooster, master, will be despatched in ten days, weather permitting, having ToO~bslei ready to go onboard; for freight of 200 bales, apply to JOHNSTON & HI LI A dec 3 82 For Liverpool, The good substantial ship JUSTIN A, Andrew Tombs, commander* having half of her cargo ready to go on board, and wil soon be despatched ; for freight or passage, ap ply on board, or to Wm. TAYLOR, dec 2 81 For Liverpool, The ship Liverpool Trader , captain iSSrSe Fenno, wants freight 0f250 to 300 bales cotton. The ship Edwin Bolton, capt. Cardner, wants only 300 bales. The British brig Scipio, capt. Madders, wants half her cargo, or about 250 bales. Also, the ship Belfast, capt. Bunker, for Havre, has all but 300 bales of her cargo ready. Tb< whole will be immediatelv dispatched, dec 2 81 R. RICHARDSON & co. For any port in Europe, The very superior fast-sailing ship Niagara, Lambert, master, stands A 1, is nearly new, having made only two voyages, and carries 1000 bales cotton. Apply to the captain on board, at Rice’s wharf, or to JOHN THOMAS, Rice’s wharf Who has fur sale, on (ward said ship , 150 hhds. liverpool coarse Salt 4sooo superior quality Bricks 82 bundles Hay •45 boxes Herring 40 firkins But ( ter 5 barrels Apples I2 do Cider 160 bushels Potatoes 81 dec * Fop Liverpool, I The ship REMITTANCE, Coffin- I master, is now in readiness to receive* ■ cargo. For freight or passage apply on hoard. fl M’Kinne’s wharf, or to REA & BUTLER- ■ Who have for sale, on boat'd of said ship, fl 38 chaldron best Liverpool CO AL, which ft be sold low, if immediate application is made. E IX STOKE, B 40 boxes Raisins | 8 bids prime Pork 1 20 firkins Goshen Butter, first quality 1: 130 half boxes,Soap 1 20 cases Claret § 20 qr. casks L. and T. Wine 6 do. & ? S j ci , y Maf i. Wine I 7 pipes 5 1 1 bale English sewing 1 wine J 2 chests imperial Tea | 4 boxes tea sett* China 1 10 bid* Brooklyn Gin | 1 mahogany c’ounting ltouse Desk | 300 pieces cotton Bagging | 1 fine toned Pianna Forte, and A general assortment of Windsor and Un. ■ Chairs. nov 28 >i. f Lm. J a letter addressed to the rev. Micl*el /V •* Augustine, Florida, containing * certificates ol U ttlatea* *i* f.er egnt *to* - I suitable reward Will be u*d to the fin li ’ ‘ quirvd CIAUDKY * IH dec 4 f