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i GEORGIA COURIER. J. G. JI’WHORTER AND IIENRY MEALING, PUBLISHERS. Trrmf.—This Paper is published every Monday and Thursday afternoon, nt fW) per annum, payable in^ad- eance, or 00 at the expiration of the year. T/’ Advertisement* not exceeding a square, inserted Tiie 6rat time or t>2 1-2 cents, and 43 3-4 cgjiL* for each cou- hiuanca CONGRESS. Washington, Dec. 10, 1827. The following gentlemen comoose the State 2Ufltelatuvc. IN SENATE. Wednesday, Dec. 12. BILLS PASSED. To amend an act to compel the Judges of the Superior court of this State to con vene at lhe seat of Government in this State once in each year, for the purpose of establishing uniform rules ol practice throughout this State, passed the 24th December 1821, and also to authorise said Judges to decide questions of law re- | served by them, or either ot them in their ! several circuits and to make such deci- j sions binding and obligatory upon the said j several Judges. [On the passage of this bill there were yeas 33—nays 28.] To incorporate the Ajgusta Library of /‘iOO per annual, chargeable upon the , Consolidated Fund, to the widow and fa- j mily of their late colleague. It is slated from Manchester that the general Cotton Trade is still in a very de pressed state, and prices are on/ the de cline,from the materials up to manufactur ed goods. Theie is evidently too many goods made for the demand, and stocks are accumulating notwithstanding the sa crifice made in price to keep them down. From the East.—Despatches from ad miral Codrington announce, that the E- gyptian fleet, in the harbour of Navariuo, had violated the armistice. On the 4th of October, apart of this fleet was inter cepted by Admiral Codrington, steering in the direction of Patras, and as it after wards appeared intended to relieve that place. They were subsequently joined Advices from Modon, to the 5th ult. state that on the 30th of Sept., Ibrahim Pacha, ordered two strong divisions of troops to inarch from Navarino by land ; despatching at the same time, by sea, 30 ships ef war, with 15 transports loaded with provisions, to Patras. Having heard that Lord Cochrane was in those seas, with his large frigate, a corvette, and twenty small brigs of war, Ibrahim Pacha embarked in person on board a sixty gun ship accompanied by an equal force, six frigates and six brigs, and directed bis course towards Cochrane with a full de termination to attack and board his ship wherever he might find him. POLITICS OF THE DAY. Standing Committees of the House of! Representatives, appointed by Mr. Speak-j Society. er Stephenson, under the Standing Rules j To make the estates of all attorneys at | by another division. Admiral Codring- aud Orders of the House :— j law liable for the payment of all sums of ton apprised them that they were violat or Elections Messrs. Sloane, Ander-' money by them collected, and not paid,! ing the armistice which had been concluded son, Alston, Tucker of S. C., Claiborne, i before the payment of other debts due by | with Ibraham Pacha. The Turkish Phelps, Stoner. ’ I such attorneys. ; Commander replied that he was acting r __ r _ ' ~ * To amend an act incorporating the . under the oiders of the Pacha, and affect- j regard the extract which it contains, Marine and Fire Insurance company of j ed not to know that the proceeding was j 0 f a letter from Henry Clay, dated Decam- the city of Savannah, arid granting bank- , any violation of the existing armistice. Ad- j ber 2g ? 1824, as a triumphant refutation of ing powers to the same; and also to re- ! miral Codrington fired at some of l he c hnrtre S of corruption preferred aig a inst ' 1 transporters to make them show their co- him by Gen j ac k son , in relation to the lours. Three or four disregarded the V - 0 ( R wliich he gave in the presidential election : and then the liberties of the state will be substantially supported. Despots and ty rants may deprecate the spread of knowl edge among their subjects, lest they should find out that all men are born free and e- qual ; but in republican government, the general diffusion of correct information and virtuous principles is indispensable.— The governing power is in the hands of the peeplc, and ia order that they should govern well, they should be well taught and well disposed.— Gardiner Chron. —•©*— An unusually large proportion of the Legislatue, now in session, are new, but it is nevertheless a useful and talented bo dy. The mechanic arts are well repre- | sented, as there is a Taylor, a Smith, a Cooper, and several Moore.— legend of Popish superstition.—Some monk of the dark ages must have invented and bequeathed it to us, who loitering j n trim gardens, and watching the silent march of time, as his fruits ripened in the sun, or his flowers scented the balmy air felt a mild languor peroade his senses, and having little to do, or to care for, determi. ned (in imitation of his sun dial) to efface that little from his thoughts, or drawpa veil over it, making of his life one long dream of quiet: floras non numero nisi serenas, being at repeat when the heavens were overcast, and the gathering storm scattered the falling leaves, and turn to his books, and wrap himself in his golden studies ! Out ofsome such mood of mind, j indolent, elegant, thoughtful, this exqn;.- ite device (speaking volumes) most have Ways and Means—Messrs. Randolph, | M'Duffie, Sprague, Verplauck, Dwight, Brent, Gilmer. Claims—Messrs. Williams, M’Coy, Whittlesey, B.irber of Conn., Clark of ,N. Y., M’Intyre, Ramsay. Commerce—Messrs. Cambreleng, New ton, Thompson <>f Geo., Gorham, Barney, Harvey, Sutherland. Public Lands—Messrs. Isaeks, Vinton, \Vhipple, Jennings, Haile, Duncan, Da vis of S. C. Post Oifce and Post Roads—Messrs. Ingham,- M’Ko.an, Yancey, Conner, Ma gee, He dges, Russell. District of Columbia—Messrs. Alex ander, Ingersoll, Brvan, Weems, Kremer, Varnum, Allen of Va. Judiciary—Me srs. P. P. Barbour, Liv- ingston^ Buchanan, Reives, Wickliffe, Kerr, Storrs. Revolutionary Claims—Messrs. Wolf, Hunt, Creighton, Dickinson, Tucker of N. J., Frev, Healey'. Public Expenditures—Messrs. Johnson of N. Y., J. S. Barbour, Bailey, Martin- dale, Bock, Gale, Nucholls. Private Land Claims—Messis. Buck- ner, Moore of Alub., Armstrong, EaTle, Sheppard, Bates of Missouri, Steregere. Manufactures—Messrs. Mallarv, Ste venson of Pa., Conduct, Moere of Ken., Wright of N. Y., Stanbury, Martin. Indian Affairs—Messrs. M’Lean, M’- Kee, Carson, Daniel, Swann, Lumpkin, Smbh of Indiana. Foreign Affairs—Messrs. Everett, Taylor of N. Y., Archer, Sergeant, Dray ton, Owen, Polk, Military Affairs—Messrs. Hamilton, Vjpicf, Smith of Va., Desha, Floyd of Geo., Hobb'e, Orr. Naval A (fairs-—Messrs. Hoffman, Bart lett of N. II., Crowumshield, Carter of S. G'., M'ller of Pa., D noflv, Ripley. Agriculture—Messrs. Van Renselaer, Roar.e, Whson of Md., Barlow, Halleck, JMerwin, Culpeper. Territories—Messrs. Strong, Clarke of Ken.. Sawyer, Wright of Ohio, Banner, Lea, Conker. Military Pensions—Messrs. Burgess, Mitchell of Ten., Bates of Mass., Law rence, Long, Lecemnt, Forward. Expenditures of the State Department— Messrs. Blair, Letcher, Trezvant. Expenditures of the Treasury Depart ment—Messrs. Hall, Mitchell of Peon., ~ Barringer. Expenditures of the War Dcpa: tmrnt— Messrs. Havnes, Woodcock, Turner. Expenditures of the Navy Department— Messrs. L'Uio, Lvon, K.*ese. Expenditures of the Post-Office—Mes srs. Holmes, Leffle•■, O’Brien. Expenditures of Public Buildings— Messrs. Sprigg, J. J. 'Food of N. Y., Swift. Rcvis^l and Unfinished Business— Messis. Pearce, Reed, Wilson of Pa. Of Accounts—Messrs. Allen of Mass., j Belden, Plant. This being the day appointed for the i election ol the Standing Committees of! ij c j- the Senate, the Senate proceeded to their j ele.ction, after lhe mode established last j Session ; balloting first for the Chairman ; of the respective Committees, a majority \ being necessary to a choice, and then for i the remaining four members, a plurality | onlv being requisite to a choice. The \ following are the Committees chosen: ! On Foreign Dilations—Messrs. Ma con, (Chairman,) Sanford, Tazewell, Bell and White. On Finance—Messrs. Smith of Md , ('Chairman,) M’Lane, Smbh of S. C , Parris and Branch. On Commerce—Messrs. Woodbury, (Chairmai .) Sikshee, Johnston of La. M’- jLune and Williams. On Manufactures—Messis. Dickerson, j (Chairman,) Knight, Ridgely, Ruggles J and Barnard. ' On Agriculture Messrs. Branch, I (Chairman,) Bateman, Boulignv, Willey j and Barnard. OnMiliiary Affairs—Messrs. Harrison, (Chairman,) Johnson ; of Ken., Benton, Chandler and Hendricks. On the Militia—Messrs. Chandler, (Chaiiman,) Harrison, Marks, M’Kiuley, and Tyler. On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Havne, (Chairman,) Robbins, Seymour, Taze well and Woodbury. from the geneva (n. y.) chronicle. It gives us great pleasure to lay before our readers, the following letter from Ge neral Geo. McClure, to the Hon. Ro bert S. Rose, on a subject of much in terest to the people of the United States. AUGUSTA. gulate intercourse between the several chartered Banks and Branch Banks in this State, so far as relates to the demand of payment from one another of the notes issued by them respectively. | To administer" to the 'comforts"^?' life, j originated.—New Monthly Magazine. ! there is a Baker who never Burns his J ■ - ■ - ■ ■ ~ bread, and a Fisher who at all times can > furnish Salmon—though such as dislike ! fish can have a Drake ty w ash it down i with a Little Cherry. When fatigued with the strife of political Battle, they have always at hand, a Harper to soothe them with the song of Love, Love Love, or if tliev prefer a Wilder strain, he can give them the Falls of Niagara. The House is certainly a Royal one, for they THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1827. (£/=* Our City Subscribers will oblige us by attending to the applications which will be made to them this week, for those smnmous, when they were immediately i boarded, and the remarkable circum- j stance transpired, that they were protes- j ted by Austrian nepers, and a Turkish ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j fi i man, conjointly. They were of course Thursday, Dec. 13. On motion of Mr. Wofford, The engrossed bill to extend the civil jurisdiction of this State over the unloca ted Territory thereof now in possession of the Cherokee Indians, was read the 3d time and passed, yeas, 100—nays 14. The House went into Committee of the whole on the bill to compensate grand and petit jurors. The bill was reported to the House with amendments. To which report Mr. Bums offered another bill as a substitute. On motion to leceive the same the yeas were 51—nays 60. Mr. Lamar then offered as a substitute- a bill to compensate petit jarors, when Mr. Byne called for the previous ques tion, and on the question “ shall the main question be now put," the yeas were 59— nays 53. So the House sustained the call lor the previous question. The bill was then read the 3d time and on the question of its passage the yeas wore 53—nays 60. So the bili was lost. Friday, Dec. 11. On motion of Mr. Burns to reconsider so much of die journal of yesterday as re lates to (he proceedings had, and the final rejection of the bill to compensate grand and petit jurors, the yeas were 53, nays 52. The tax act was taken up on motion of Mr. Daniel. The second section being read, which provides that half the general tax he paid into the treasury, and tho other half to the rom.Uie s respectively. Mr. Iverson moved to strike out the wotds “ one half,” and insert “one third.” On motion of Mr. Freeman, of Ogle- suffered to depart. At first, Admiral Codrington intimated tot he Egypitan fleet which had left the harbour of Navarino, that as they had violated the armtslice, they should not be permitted either t<> proceed, or to return to Navarino. This however, was not persisted in, and at the date of the despatches they were on their return to join lhe rest of the fleet. The Bath, ls£. Nov. 1827. lion. Robert S. Rose, Sir: Y r our letter of the 29th ult. was dulv received. You request that I will transmit to you, a copy, or extract of a certain letter which J received from Mr. Clay, in December, 1824, on the sub ject of the Presidential contest. Nothing but a regard for the character of Mr. Clay could induce me to comply with your re quest, believing, as I do, that the charges exhibited against him by George Kremer 4’ Co. are false, and cannot be support- little favors, which, though small iadividu- have a King, who though not arraved in ! ally considered, form collectively a very Gold, is always attended by a Baillw and desirable addition, at present, to our little a Marshall. Though Adams and Ja6k- son are both members, we hope their friends will have Morchead than to settle any differences of opinion, by the use of a Belli or any Sharp weapon. As is natu- stock of necessaries. Our Couutrv Sub scribers will also allow us to hope for that attention, which, if it should not make us merry at Christmas, will enable us to ral, the young members fairly Shine and hold on our journey rejoicing through the vicissitudes of a new year. Russian squadron was in sight of Xante,? on the 11th to join Admiral Codrington. j ’ After thee]ectors 0 f Prf *ident and vice A paragraph in the Augsburg Gazette, j Presjdent were chogen in 1824, it was as- amrms that the Porte had received infor mation of the blockade of the Egyptian fleet in Navarino, on the 4th aad the British Traveller of Nov. 1, adds that by advices from Leghorn which had reached London that morning, they learn, that ac count had been received there, by two ships which had sailed from Modon with extraordinary speed, one of which was on lv nine days on the voyage, to the follow ing effect:—“ On the 27th of Septembei, the frigate Caroline arrived at Navarino, from Smyrna, charged with despatches from the Porte to Ibrahim Pacha, contain ing the resolution of the Sultan, not to accept of any mediation of the Allied Powers in regard to Greece, as well as a declaration, that in case of extremities, the Sultan would put himself at the head of his forces, for die purpose of termina ting the war. The armistice concluded with Ibrahim, contains conditions that hostilities shall recommence against the Greeks, if ■ r is approved of by the Sul tan, or tho Victory o'Egypt.” LONDON, NOV. 3.—The Paris pa- ( pers of Tuesday and Wednesday, which j arrived last night, contain accounts from } Constantinople to the 9th of October.— j On the 6ih there had been a meeting of j Glisson in their White, Grey andlGrcen, j and some of them will probably ask a I Boon of some Lilly of our city ; at least, i they will be caught in her Webb. If so, j we hope she will neither put a Lock on her heart, give a Blount refusal or mani fest a Hardy disposition, but Scawell to the Mann who makes the application. Raleigh Register. curtained that the election would come before the House of Representatives ; and that Mr. Clav would not be amongst the number returned. Not knowing his sen timents in relation to the candidates, I ad dressed a letter to him, stating, that in all probability, the contest would be confined to Mr. Adams and Gen. Jackson ; and, in that case, wished to know which of them he would prefer. Mr. Clav answered me promptly, hv letter boaring date 28th De cember, 1824, of which the following is an extract : “ I have no hesitation in saving, that I “ have long since decided in favor of Mr. “ Adams, in cas'e the contest should be “ between him and General Jackson.— “ What.T would ask, should be the distin- “ guishing characteristic of an American “ Statesman? Should it not be a devo- “ tion to civil liberty ? Is it then com- “ pntible with that principle, to elect a “ man whose sole recommendation rests “ on military jiretcnsions ? I therefore say “ to you unequivocally, that I cannot “ consent with mv own principles, ofsup- “ port a military man.” Yours, respectfully, GEO. M’CLURE. . , , r... >he Divan on the Greek question, and it thmpe, the motion was divided. I he appears to have been supposed that tbo 1 L j tendency of tho deliberation was pacific, j though it is not alleged that any decision took place. Among the Greek leaders considerable dissensions are reported to prevail, which are attributed to the intrigues of Colocotmni. It a loiter da ted Trieste, extracted from the Augsburg Gazette, there is a very confused and obviously inaccurate account of the ren counter between Admiral Codrington and the Turkish fleet. According to this account, 60 sail of Turks got into Patras. The accounts from Spain in the Moniteur and Gazette de F r anrc contain fuither instances of the submission of the Apo#- tolicals, and represent the success of Fer dinand in suppressing the insurrection as complete. question striking out was decided in negative—Yeas, 33, nays 70. Mr. Shorter moved that the hill he a- mended by inserting in place of the said 2d section, a provision to reduce the ge neral tax twenty five per cent. Mr. Iverson proposed a proviso, the object of which was to authorise the In ferior Court to levy extra taxes not excee ding 59 per cent, on the general tax for county purposes, whenever they deem proper. , Mr. Daniel, called for the previous question, which c di was sustained—Yeas 72—Nays 35. The bill wrs ieaj the 3d time and pas sed. Saturday, December 15. To give a more ehnctual and speedy re- Fto bona fide purchasers of property which is incumbered with judgements and j mortages previous to . : :ransfor. More effectually to enforce the provis ions of the statute of 1826, so far as the same regards the arival of persons of color in the several ports and waters of tills State. To authorise certain persons to plead and practice in the several courts of this State, and to make a pai t of them liable in law for their contracts after a particular time. —®G©— An artide in the Greek Bee says that the son of Lucien Buonaporte, who some time since set oft' for Greece, in company with the vephew of Lord Cochrane, killed himself on the 5th September on board the frigate Hellas, in an attempt to unload ft double barrelled pistol, which went off ®Jtd lodged its contents in the lower part his stomach,—Balt. Pat. Thexneuph of Mind.—The march of mind, so conspicuous at the present crisis is not unlike what soldiers call Mark lime, a prodigious noise and shuffling of feet, but no onward movement ; a march, in lac?, without an advance.—Printers Devil Ten Days later From England. NEW-YORK, dec. S. The packet ship Manchester, Capt. Lee arrived this morning from Liverpool whence she sailed on the 4th of Novem ber. By this arrival, we have received our files of papers to Saturday, the 3d of November, inclusive. The ship Josephine, Capt. Coles, arri ved last evening from Belfast, whence she sailed on the 8th of November, and brought Liverpool dates of the 3d of No vember. The latest advices from Constantinople, communicate the submission of the twelve insurgent districts of Greece, without the Peninsula. They transmitted to the Greek Patriarch at*Constantinople, two petitions signed by all the Captains and ministers of tho districts, announcing sub mission, asking amnesty, and begging a revocation of the dperee proscribing them. This act of submission was solemlny brough to the Porte by the Patriarch, A- gathangelos, accompanied by twelve of his principal clergy, and delivered to the Ki- aja Bev, with these words—“May the I Omnipotent remove the bandage from the i e ves of those who are still blind, and en- j able them to see in all its brightness the merry of the Porte.” The Kiaja Bey received the act, and declared that the Porte, conformably to the principles of Islamism, would always be ready to receive and pardon the erring, who should manifest their repentance, and to throw the veil of oblivion over the past. In consequence of this event, all the hos- I tages of the Greek Continent, who were — Importance of Knowledge and Virtue in a Republican Government.—In a go vernment like ours, where the majority governs, it is vitally important to the puri ty and continuance of our free institutions that that majority should alwaj’s be well- informed and virtuous. We hold it to he a solemn and highly interesting truth, that our government ctr be sustained only bv virtue in the great body of the people. If the time should ever arrive in this coun try when the largest oart of our electors shall be unprincipled and licentious men, we may be prepared to expect the down- j fall of that political fubrin which has been reared by the wisdom and patriotism of our venerated sires. Written constitu tions and paper laws can preserve no go vernment which depends as ours doe*, up on the majority or the people for the sup port, unless that majority is wise and vir tuous, The people govern, and if they are corrupt it is a moral certainty that the government will he corrupt also. Far, very far be it from us to wish to see the power taken from tho hands of a majority and given to a few aristrocrats. This would indeed be to prepare the way for a most cruel tyrant, as intolerable as anar chy itself. We admire that feature in eur political institutions which declare that “ all powers eminate from the people,” and which admits that a majority of them shall rule but we do say that it is all im portant that those who have the power in •heir hands should know enough, and be disposed* to make a good and careful use of it. Hence the necessity of diffusing in formation and inculcating virruous princi ples among all class of the people, in or der that they may be qualified for the im portant trust committed to their charge.— Parhaps we view this subject in a more serious light than do some others. We have thought that we have discovered a- j mong too many of our politicians, of all parties, a disposition to consider our elec- A hill has been introduced in the S. Carolina Legislature, by Ex-Governor Wilson,giving the power to creditors to redeem real estate, for one year after sale, with other powers for other creditors, af ter each subsequent sale, until the title of the purchaser be perfected by a lapse of one year. We like the provisions of the hill much and should like to see such a law enacted in our State. Its reasonableness will appear from the following explanation of its object. Suppose a man owns a tract of land, worth $10,000. Suppose that he owes, three persons the one 2,000, another 3,000and a third 5,000. Shppose the first debt be injudgenent, and a levy be made upon that land to pay $2,000.— The creditor becomes the purchaser.— Now if within a year the industrious Defendant acquire $2,000 let him have the privilege of redeeming the land by paying down that sum. But suppose he cannot raise it. There is a creditor on note, $3,000. Let him go forward and pay up the debt of the first nurchaser, and ! to eac j, p erson take the land. Again before the end of j the year, the Bond Creditor, $5^)00, in order to secure his debt, goes forward and pays $3,000, the full amount of the second purchaser’s debt, and the land then vests in the Bond Creditor. Thus the land is worth $10,000; and the defendant has with his property, in three years paid every debt he owed on earth. Observe the use of the land each year is equi valent to the interest money. But more than this; within the fourth year the poor debtor becomes enabled to pav $5,000. The land returns to him without incumbrance. It has w*ked itself clear, and reverts to its master for half price.—ibid. J.G. S. Walker Esq. was on the ISth inst. elected 1st Lieutenant of the Hamil ton Riflemen, Mr. L. Brux 2nd. Lieuten ant, and Mr. F. M. Robertson Ensign. A bill has been introduced into Con gress to fix the ratio of Representation, after 1833—one Representative for every 60,000. A bill also to repeal in part the duty on imported salt. Mrs. Decatnr’s claims have been brought forward again, both in the Senate and House of Repre sentatives. A resolution to instruct the- Committee on Public Lands,to inquire iu- to the expediency of continuing in force, till March 4th, 1828, such acts for the re lief of the purchasers of public lands as have expired ; and also the expediency of reducing the price of public lauds— those which have been or may hereafter be in market 5 years, to $1 00 per acre ; 10 years, to 75 cents; 15 years, to 50- cents; and those which have been, or shall be in market 20 years, to be entered, by any setler who lias been constantly residing on the land for 5 years, SO acres The weather for a fortnight past has been more like April or May, than De cember. In our rambles a few evenings ago, we found a yellow Jessamine, from which we plucked a flower, and enjoyed its sweet fragrance in the depth of winter. We are informed by the Postmaster of this city, that after the first of January,we shall have six mails a week, between Au gusta and MilledggviJle. Loyd’s Lists of the 20th and JOih G f! g ua ^d b y the Bostandgi Bachi were im-j t i ons a s a mere game, at which he who Oct. give a variety of accounts fromSmyr- j me iae - ^ a ‘ er ',V • r, • j play's the best hand is the best fellow.— na to the 24th of September, and Triests ; Morning Courier. to the 24:h of October, of the robberies! of merchantmen by the Greek pirates.— j Among others, the Cherub, from America ! with a cargo of colonial produce, has been completely plunder^ off Carabussa.—! The pirates make no aiscriiniuaiion. but [ Greeks CONSTANTINOPLE, Sefit. 28. It is reported to-day, that the Sultan has resolved to send the Greek Patriarch to the Morea, to negotiate with the English, Swedes, and all that tall in their way are plundered, The agricultural report lor October, gives a most favorable view of the results of the harvest, both in England and Scot land. The London Gazette of 30lh Oct. con tains an order of his Majesty in council permitting vessels of the U. S. to enter ports of the Bahama Islauds, in ballast, for the purpose of exporting theticeyr«i£ and salt. Among the on dits of the day in London was one that it would -be proposed by Ministry to parliament to grant a pension The Now Times of Oct. 27th says;— The intelligence brought by the French papers last night, from the Levant, seems rather calculated to increase than to re move perplexity. We are now told that the Dragomans of the Allied Ambassadors had been officially informed by lhe Kiaja Bev, that the Porte insisted on the un qualified submission of the rebels, and that it would show its accustomed moderation towards the Allied Powers (a mighty condescension indeed,) “as long as they committed no violence; but that it would return blow fur blow and bullet for bullet if it were forced to it ” j We cannot consent thus to trifle with the i means put into our hand of preserving our ! liberties and of conveying them down un- ; impaired to succeeding generations.— This is not a democratic, it is not a repub lican government. The people do not legislate in our state & national concerns, their representatives do this for them; and if a due regard is not paid to the talents and virtue of the persons elected for the purpose of legislation,—if men of unprin cipled chracters are clothed by the peo ple with power to enact and enforce laws, we have no right to expect a healthy and virtuous administration of government. As a general rule representatives will partake of the character of the majority that elects and chooses them. This is at least implied in the fact, that they are their representatives,—i. e. that they represent their constituents. A virtuous paople will elect for their rulers men likethems^lvejs, From the Frankfort, (Ky.) Commentator. Sheep.—Numerous droves of sheep, containing altogether, as many as five or six thousand head, have been driven through this town, westwardly, this fall.— The whole number sold in this state, may be computed at 20,000. The prices which they have brought have been only from thirty seven and a half to seventy five cents, averaging about fifty cents a head ! though a considerable portion were much improved by tho Merino cross. Hill, the person who has been confined as one of the murderers of Morgan, upon his own confession, has been discharged by the grand jury of Niagara county. The Boston Statesman, an Opposition paper, says, that it is rumoured that Mr. Webster is to be nominated Minister at the Court of St. Sanies, to supply the place of Mr. Gallatin. The New-York Evening Post, of the same stamp, says it would be “ a very judicious selection.” [Balt. Pat. floras non numero nisi serenas—is the motto of a sun dial near Venice. There is a softness and harmony in the words and in the thought unparallelled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. “ Icount only the hours that are unclouded.” What a bland and care dispelling feeling! How the shadows seem to fade on thg dial plate, as the sky lours, and time presents only a blank, unless its progress is mark ed by what is joyous, and all that is not happy sinks into oblivion ! W hat a fine lesson is conveyed to the mind,—to take no note of time but by its benefits, watch The sloop Cadet was to have sailed oa the 9tn from Norfolk for Savannah, with the Theatrical Corps destined for Au gusta. The prize for the best Address, to be spoken at the opening of the Augus ta Theatre, has been awarded to a gen tleman of this city. With respect to his identity, we must for the present, adopr the motto of Junius, “ stat nominis um bra." It is remarkable that two Judges, in two adjoining States, should be impeach- at the same time by their Legislatures, and we believe for rhe same cause. The Committee were tlosely engaged in ex amining the testimony in Georgia, and were expected to report immediately, and the resolution to impeach in South-Caro lina. passed the House of Representative.'^ 199 to 12. Our Legislature is expected to adjourn, on Saturday next. Col. Tattnall is announced a candi date for Congress, at the next election- Suppose we were to swear those who offer us obituary eulogies for publication. “ You do solemnly swear that the con tents, &c. ate true &c.” Now, they an filled with exaggerations and entitled to as little credit as epitaphs, which seldom contain hut the one truth—“Here las- This we would apply not so much to the only the smiles, and neglect the frowns ot i position of the individual who was mouldy fate, to compose our lives of bri Q ht and j er j below, as to the act of him above * gentle moments, turning always to tne | 6 ■ ■ wha was detailing his history. gentle sunny side of things, and letting the rest slip from our imaginations unheeded or forgotten ! How different from the com mon art of tormenting! For myself, as I rode along the Brenta, while the sun shone hot upon its sluggish, slimy waves, ray sensations were far from comfortable; but the reading of this inscription ou the side of a glaring wail in an instan^ restored me to myself; and still, when I^hink of and repeat it, it has the power of wafting me into the region of pure and blissful abstrac tion I cannot help fancying it to be a William Gaston, Esq. has been elects ed to fill the vacancy, occasioned by ‘be resignation of John Stanley, Esq. in fb® Legislature of North-Carolina. The Gallery of Cuttings which is a: present exhibiting at the Planters Hote., in this city, is certainly a great curiosity. One would not expect much from a pa *