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•v* V A • «Be&QSA)lB Ifrimiaiif# D'il & LDJW&tf; i*ubltaiiBRi or *n» laws or tih: union. DAILY PAPER, J COUNTRY PAPER l : right dollars. : FIVE POM*Alls. IGP* AU AdvcrtjsomoMs appear in Imtli pnpcrs, iLSSiUi Tlio slim allowed foi* dOffiffiUtuCon of rations is also entirely dependent on Executive dis cretion, and while the law makes no distinc tion in this respect between the ration of the Officer and the Seaman, yet in the practice of the Deportment the Officer ia allowed fllLpcr cent more than the Seaman. The money paid thy Officers for 10 rations will purchaso 20 Seamen's rations. Such a practice is a discredit-to any public department. All the pay and emoluments of Captains on shore, tit shore stations,'and-at the Navy Yards, arc stated to originate in Executive legislation. The Navy Agents are limited hy law to one per cent on their disbursements, the amount not to exceed $‘2000 per annum, yet their compensation has been increased in *sott;o instances, to $<1000 and $0000 per an num. 11 To one Agent, it is stuted, at least a commission of 21 per cent, and 1$ nor cent over $2000 lias neon allowed swelling his emoluments to -many • thousands." In every brauch, through all tlio gradations of the Na val service, has the principlo becn adopted to disburse the public money, not only without legal sanction, but in some cases without the authority even of the Secretary of the Navy, ami with nothing hut precedent for its justii’L cation. The practice has given rise to loud complaints of partiality on the pnrt of tlio Officers, and to almost inextricable confusion in the accounts of tho Department. Tlio Fourth Auditor does not allege that these allowances on mere Executive discre tion are in all cases exorbitant, or rendur tho entire income of tlio Officers too groat; but lie protests very properly against tlio princi ple. lie urges the propriety of raising the. income of all those connected with the Nnvv, where it is inadequate, but there can he but one opinion as to the inexpcdiencyofjiorinitt ing the disbursements to take place in such a manner ns must give*rise to undue Executive inltunnco and favoritism, its sure attendant. As a consequence of this system of dis bursements, the policy of the law providing specific appropriations for each branch of the public service, has been entirely defeated, in the administration of the funds of the Navy Department. Transfers from otie division of the service to another have taken place to an almost unlimited extent. The power of transfer is restricted by law to live heads, •ii all the Htnto papers fmm tlio cotumcncctiici.t oi'ifu: j within the year lor which tho appropriations present administration. The Banner is elegantly print- i are made, and nil account ol such transfers is pd. aqdwiU form an cicellcnt volume for reference when j required to belaid before Congress within tlie Jboun'd. It iaihe intention ofMr.B.gtKi.tho editor, to con. | 11 wt wools .litheir next mwcecdinff Session, tinoetbc lupport of those liare been bo successful’ "Wo cannot hut hope, -FftlPAY MORNING, DEC. 25. This fay being Christmas Day, no -paper will b p published at this office .unlill Monday next. *Tmk I.koislati'iik.—Wo obtain tlio following intor- fuation from our Members, who returned last evening, -having led Milledgcville on Monday afternoon last.— Tho Legislature no doubt adjourned on tlio evening of Via! d§y. •tin Monday in Senate, Mr. 'Blair, of Habersham, moved a reconsideration of the appropriation law, fur the purpose of striking out tho appropriation of $d(M>0, (or tho erection of an Arsenal in Savannah, on which motion tho yeas were 20—-nays 38. Tho bill to prevent free persona of color front coming into the ports of this Stato, in merchant vessels, passed -Aho Iloiiso with many additions, which were concurred in by tho Senate. Tho principal fcaturo in this bill is to compel vessels having such persons on board, to per- fgrtn a quarantine of 40 days. Vessels from ports in Iho United States, not to bo within ils operation for three mouths,.those from foreign ports six months. It also •revives tho law of 1817, which prohibits tho introduction of negroes into this Stato for sale. ■•Tho bill authorising tho ShcriiT and others to enter -ihu houses of sailor landlords, itic. &e. has passed both Ilouscf. Alto; tho bill punishing gambling by emiimc- vnent in tho Penitentiary, and permitting playing with- betting. The Bannku of the Constnvno.v. —The Free Trado Advocato has been removed from Philadelphia 'to Woshingtsn, where it is now published twice a week, under this Utlo. -The sheet is much enlarged and im proved, and is hereafter to l*o devoted to geuem! poli tics, political economy,Htnto papers, foreign and domes tic news, &c, -In addition,.it is intended to embody ii ■tionofMr.Udgiii < i l tl)ccdit'T.tocon. first wools oHItoir next SHWeeilHiff SosbIoii. those doctrines of !rcc tr.uio svliiot. I » ^Oll.s tll.it t HTU nro UltclMad utcoiuit. on sfuiivinculcated in lit. A.ifocto.- S<« f •"■C t Auditor ,t hook* iiuilor iimviirds oi i, al a time when C.i!>n of oriy.li.M.lt. oi q|.,.n.nr,titioti, 1 ito'following c unfiirtiuiutclc tircvniictl so cone. I “ .W tl.lH point, 4H)!iticai economy have unfortunately prevailed so s«*uc It appear* that when .Agents havo railed .allyrlhatui titis.}rail of our country, tho \iapcr dcv.ucd ( nl , JU ‘.'. u|u ] or 0 f tlp]iVo|>ri.ttiotl which ,o tho exposure of them tv,II rcccvc tho pt.ro men ,1 ; ,„ lvu CX 1 IIU1B , C1 |, tc.rmcr Sccroltmes lltlVO .alcnt and sound opinion, j.wtiy claim. It will ullvrJ , ,„ jt hcfil ., 0 s01u i t | lcm m „„ cv untlor (tiller its plansnro to fortvard the it,loro,Is of Ino I.umtcr „l ! | |1)ai|s- a .| lis ia „ vir ; UI1 l tra „ s llr from one Free rnulo and tho Coiis.lliili.m at all times. j .(..proprintion to imotlmr, nml it violation of Shad wero ycstcrJay sold in market at seventy-five i law. U lion tin) officers account lbr this -<cnts a-piccc. " j 'u«mr*y, it stands charged to them on the Ail- — i ditor’.t hooks, tinder ono head, and they ob- Tlm proprietors of the Charleston City an l Carokna J tain credit under another. The money 1ms. 'Cazctto,otror their establishment for sale. Mr. Adams has resigned tho management of i! Charleston Theatre, and a conmiittco of gentlemen sc- Jcclcdfor the purpose have iiinlertukcn to conduct it. Ohio.—Tho Legi.<Uure of Ohio met on the #ih inst. and a double violation ef law, because it is a ! anti ill both homes, officers friendly to Uuurrul Jackson ! traitsJer from one year to another. -vfcro rlcclod without serimw oppomilion. Gen. Luca?, j “ When tlu* A'V.l.tot Mid Compt.‘utter have Speaker of tho Senate, ami Mr,. Hamer of tlio House settled an account belonging to a head of up. -ofRepresentatives. ' ■* *■ • ■ Count Noy, son if the lam .Marslial Ncv, and Count Otranto, (SNmcho) arrived in Charleston oil Monday from the North. I in fact, been applied to purposes other than j, c those for which it was appropriated. JJul . c .! wlien tinotlior appropriation is obtained under j tin* deficient, head, the amount borrowed is refunded. This is another virlir.l transfer, preprint loll, which is exhausted, tlio practice has boon, to pay it by an advance out of an other appropriation. This is also a palpable appropriation. This is also a palpable evasion jjf the law; the money ia npliedto purposes for which it wus not appropriated ; the account can never bo closed on tho books of this office unless Congress make an other appropriation, under the deficient bead , svizotl’un Ittlo L'.Mt.nc, | an.l t-von then it mint oomo out of another .Ii, mtfi,kcoj.itt- umii ti.o i yrar..i.i.roprmtu.ri. ........ ,1... I ".Millions ot mono yltavo boon cxpondotl by Smucoled Goods.—The Platisburg Bc|mblicao of tho 5\h instant, says, some days since a quantity of con ^ .iband goods, consisting of flannels, broadcloths, >rorlb about IOOQ dollars, was -sand conveyed to ibis F acQ ■ f*' Mar,1tiil receive, ordur. Co toock them <lo« >» *b« | Nllvv Dopitrlm™!. for p.trpoioB oilttT »»*be,t bidder. Wo ere .nfurmed that large ,|„e.,l,t,e, , „ fjrjt „.. ls npl Up r ia t 0ll. Tlio ofeletl, ere now m the other Bidet of hue 4;., tttttl | atT , un „ , t i,l-Jtc-,l, nrisittte ttoWy.iVom that tlm owncre or huhlcra are waiting for the winter to ^ w , ,,£ 1>ru |,;t!tly omltrttco Ittoro set mbeforo they cummenco their aikntah, as row Ca- | a of .dollars. Many of them arc xiadian neighbors say, by runuing thorn over in s.iughs. | aK „ m( ,| 4 oroditor under under olio head, as • Tho corroononiiont of the Now-York Joitrnnl ttfCoin., rlnbtor uittli-r nnatlicr i but tho Audit ttr litis no incrco at London,writes on the Sth oflust montl,-“ad.- power 1„ Iraimfw tlio iimmmttt, anil closo vices from tho manufacturing districts represents filings j thorn. It t? probable 1 hat $.10,000 would pay to be improving. The worst is supposed to bo over.— bb ft ^ * s r l ,st “.V dtio tipoii those accounts, and The operatives arc generally employed—riots infrequent —sales arc made with more readiness, but no great pro fit. Somo calculation is*mado on the opening of the Turkish market and tlio Black Sea {.but tho impover ishment of tho Tmks, and the cvnctiori9 to which they must submit for a long tinio, if Russia insists on the payment of tho indomtiitivs, will proveut any great spe culations in. that quarter." Co.vorf.m.—In Senate on Wednesday, lGth instant, -an Exccutivo Mcssago was received from tho President cf ihc United States, which was, of course, according fq rule, road with closed doors. It its presumed to con tain tho nomination to tho Senate of soma of tho Officers wljo havo been appointed in tho recess of the Senate, and which require the consent of tho Senate to their -continuance. In tlio House of Representatives, the resolution offiw- jed on tho preceding day, by Mr. Richardson, on the subject of tho Standing Committee on Education, was laid on tho tablo on motion of Mr. Archer, the voto be ing for the mvtion to Jay the resolution on tlio table, ayes 127, nocs 53. •Mr. BiirrongnrannouncedthodoathnfGabrielHolincs of North Carolina, a member of tho 20th, and member elect ofllto21 st .Congress, and then tho House adjourned. FounTii Auditors Resort.—Accompanying the Report of tho Secretary of tho Navy to Congress, is one romtho Fourih Auditor’s office,which is of great interest and calculated to ehew that reform in the mo Jo of dis bursing tlio public money and kcoping the accounts tat lea t is required. Wo rogrot that wo cannot give tho wholo of this interesting document. Wo copy bo following synopsis of tins Report from tlio Southern Patriot, with tho addition of un extract, which will givo R Very gooJ view of it, This document from tho Trea sury Department was elicited in conscqucnco of inqui ries from tho Secretary of tho Navy os to tho accounts of Ilia Navy Dcparlmcut. The first point ongaging tho attention of the Fourth Auditor iB the manner of compen- Htiting tho Officers of tho Navy. It is little known to the community that the chief por tion of tho income of this claBs of official pr*r- boiib ariBcs from Exccutivo Lomslntion under tho head of “ allowances.” Tlio principle of fixed compensation iB entirely disregarded, in Die modo of compensating tho Officers of the Navy from tho commandor of n squadron down to a Midshipman and a Purser. Tho income as fixed by law of the first class of jQfficers, if even in tlio command of a squad ron, is $1030 per year, allowing them to com mute their rations at 25 cents each. Hut in conscqucnco of giving them a yearly sum of Q2000 in lieu of commissions for drawing bills for support of their squadron, and $30 per montlt for cabin furniture, thoir annual compensation from the Executive is $2360. Out of an inconio of $4290 wc thus have this large sum granted entirely at Executive discre- lion, and with no authority or sanction of law. an appropriation of that sum, with power to make I ho. necessary transfers, would furnish the means to close them. No talents or skill enu adjust them without the interposition of Congress." It is suggested in tlio Report as the first stop to an effectual reform in the business of the Department, a remodelling of the whole system of pay and emoluments of tlio Naval Officers, leaving ns little as possible to cxccu- live discretion. It is Tccnmmondcd, as tho next step, “ tlmt Congress make nn appropri ation to moot all arrearages under every heud of appropriation priorto-tho 1st of January, 1830; tlmt every account, in the Navy Depart ment be settled up to tlmt day, and nil balan ces duo paid out of that appropriation ; that careful estimates ho made for expenses accruing in 1830, and .no part of the. money appropriated for tlmt. year to bo paid on any account accruing prior to tlmt year ; that ev ery disbursing oflioor lie compelled to make careful estimates of tho amounts required by him under each head, forbidding him paying out money for other purposes than those for wliieh it is sent him, and refusing him credit for all over payments ; that no transfers bo permitted except in tho emergency and in the manner prescribed by law, and such as muy bo made, bo reported to Congress, as tho law requires, that tho deficiency may be suppli ed." Tho Fourth Auditor remarks, that most of tlwsfi experienced in tho public accounts at tribute their present condition to tho system of specific appropriations. He thinks the fault is not in tho system itself, but in its ad ministration. Tlio following arc his sugges tions to render it efficient:— "With strictness and severity in executing ills low, I tiling tho present system practica ble. Hut it is complicated and difficult, and, in somo respects, unsafe. l»nt any member of Congress, or other person, however talent ed and intelligent, enter this office and at tempt to ascertain for what purposes the pub lic money has been paid during the Inst four years. Where will ho look lor the informa tion ? Will ho turn to tho books ! They will givo him none. Tho entries are all in general terms under each head, and give no clue to tho real character of t he vouchers.— Will ho ask the Clerks!—Their recollections ore indistinct and unsatisfactory. He can procure what ho wants,only by a personal in spection of the ten thousands of vouchers in t housands of accounts, which it would take mouths to examine. I have been in this of fice about six months, and all I know of past transactions has been obtained by accident, in the necessary routine of business, or in te dious investigations. Whut there may be concealed in tho numerous boxes and files of papers wliieh fill the passage, t lie sholvcs,and the pigeon holes of this offieb, I know not nor can I ovorknow,without opoiiing& care fully and inspecting the contents of overy bun dle. Without a long, research, wu cannot toll what the building or fitting out of any ship has cost, or any thing else of thoso hundred items of information which are always inter esting) • and oflen useful. Tho variousitems are scattered through tho books of tho office under various ;hcadsof appropriation ; from which it is always difficult, onu somtimvs iin-j possible to cull and collate them. .These;heads of appropriation, as they appear in the books of this office, are liko splendid abstractions, rnoro beautiful in theory than useful in prac tice. " It appears tome, all tho benefits now de rived from specific appropriations might be realized without their inconveniences, by re quiring tho Department to present specific estimates,—by appropriating a sum in gross, for tlio support ot the Navy,—and by requir ing the Secretary to account annually for the sums expended under daqn head of his esti mates. To enforce the present system, lib eral estimates must be made under each head to meet unexpected emergencies, becauso one head cannot depend for relief on another; but upon the plan suggested, a general allowance for emergencies would be sufficient, and tho aggregate amount of appropriations need not be so great. To enforce the present system, it will also be necessary to keep a balance un der each head in the-hands of overy disbur sing officer, thereby magnifying tho aggregate at his disposition, and multiplying the chan ces for fraud and defalcation., Under the plan suggested, the money in thoir kniuls would constitute a general fund, applicable to all naval purposes, and the whole sum con tinually entrusted to them need not be so large." Mexco.—Mr. Poinsett.—A gentleman of Boston informs tlio Editors of tlio Massa chusetts Journal that, ho met at New York a few dsivs ago with n gentleman who had just arrived direct from Mexico at New York by way of Vera Cruz. The Mexican was a mor- ehnnt. of respectability, and he gave the fol lowing interesting and extraordinary account.- A few days before ho departed *from tho city of Mexico, Mr. Poinsett our minister, was waited upon in the dusk of tlio evening by a person, who delivered at tho door n mes sage from tho Minister of Foreign Affairs, re questing his [Mr. Poinsett's] immediate at tendance at tho Bureau of Foreign Affairs.— This messenger was not admitted within the door, the precaution having been taken for some tiino, so to confine the door by a chain as not to permit it to open so far as to admit the passage oi'nmau, unless the chain were unlocked for that purpose, hut only to admit of conversation. Mr. Poinsett suspected somo sinister design from tho unprecedented hour at which this request was made, and re- t timed for .til answer, that he should cull on the Minister in the morning. This answer was delivered, and Mr. P. on applying at the window, saw sixty men about his house arm ed with knives umlbludgeons. The Mexican lmd no doubt that the intention was to obtain admission by stratagem, murder the minister andriilnlrs house! But this is not the only, or most extraordi nary part of the gentleman's narrative. While he was on tho ro.id between Mexico and Ve ra Cruz, travelling with a company in tho stnge, they y.-cro airci/tCiliv p band of ruffi ans, to see if .Mr. Poinsett was among them it having been reported that Uc was to leave Mexico at this time. Tho narrator of those facts being closely mu filed in a cloak, was a pumcului object, oi'mcruitiiy. ills cio'iK v. as roughly thmugly thrown open, and Ifs fea tures closely examined ; and when at. length the assailants became satisfied of their mis take, o:io of them drew tho bock of his knife across his throat with it decisive action, saying " it is lucky for him that it is not lie." Infant Eenoor..—Tim following notice of tho Exhibition of tho liii'int School of this city on Tuesday last has been furnished us tor publication :— This was the first semi-annual exhibition of tlio school, in conformity with the rule of the constitution. Tho exercises were opened by Mr. U. B. Gumming, treasurer of the commit tee, with a report of thoir proceedings in re lation to the school since its first, foundation to the day of exhibition, detailing its original difficulties, its progress, and subsequent im provement. Tho popular prejudice that stood in tho way of its -curly advancement in the favor of tho community,'.until experiment lmd tested its value, followed by a statement of the number of pupils now in tho school, (94) its teachers, finances, anil future prosgecis of support. Tlio exhibition of tho pupils then t • >k place under the management of Mrs. Brower, tho principal instructress. .The ex ercises wero various, and well calculated to awaken a deep and powerful interest in the minds of tho parents and other friends of the children. They consisted principally of infan tile hymns, adapted to lively popular airs— recitations of tho ten commandments inverse, and other moral and religious precepts—his torical, geographical and miscellaneous parti culars, arithmetical calculations deduced from the manual Inline, together with other inter esting elementary items of infant education, which, when taken in connexion with the early ago of tho exhibitors, left an impression no less moral than pleasing with the audience. Thu improvement of tho pupils, tho exact regularity and correctness oftticir recitations, their orderly olid disciplined behaviour dur ing a protracted examination, atford, perhaps the host culogiiim that con be pronounced on this system of teaching, and of tho capacity and cure of tho instructress, whose judicious and discreet treatment of tlio children com mitted to her, both in relation to improvement and discipline, was tho suhjcct of animated remark among tho numerous and respectable nudiencc assembled on this occasion. The whole exhibition gavu promise of the decided happy iufiuence which tlio school is likely to excite over the early minds und murals of tho rising generation. Toleration in France.—Trom a late London paper.—There urn in the House of Peers, 5 Protestant Peers who are nominated by tlio King, and 22 Protestant Members in tho Chamber of Deputies—The Peers are tin* Marquis of Jaucourt; ('ount Maurice Mnthiou do In Rodorte, Count Pelet do laRozire; Ad miral Count Verhuoll, (of Dutch origin,) Count do Boissy d'Angiais; ntulBuron Portal, formerly minister of Marine—-Protestant Members of tho ChamberBenjamin Con stant, Benjamin Delessert, Benjamin Morel, Cmiticr, Cnndore, (’omit do Proyssne, Profoqt. of tho Dordogne de Turckhciin, (liiA ft^lti^ id tho President of tho Consistory Gent+al of the Lutheran Churches in France,) D’Onous, Btilquorio; Oborkatnpf (Baron,) Boissy d’An- gluss, Viscount of L'Ardechc, Pilot (Baron,) Bacot do Romans, Balquerio ; Bernrd, Dau- uiiust, Counsellor of tho Royal Court of Niwnos; Acuze Flctiriun deBelleine, Gallot, De Marehegny do Lnusigny of la Vendue, Marscll, Odier of Paris.— K'omnmniiatcd. BANKING. Td TRE EDITORS OP THE OEOROIAN. Gontlomen—Permit ino to dra,w your at-' tention to an nrtielo in the Charleston Couri er, of tho 18th current, and to request you' to re-publish it—I allude tp tho extract from tho Hon. William Gaston's speech in the North Carolina Legislature. A quarter of a century ago, such senti ments would have lmd too much the appear ance of truisms, to have been expected JVom a man of nrominent talents:. But in these days of banking heresy, they are, at least to tho writer of this request, us a spring of. pure refreshing wator in tho desert, to the .weary and-thirsty traveller. / Whilst on this subject I will take occasion to express my surprise at tho manner in'Which the President has noticed tho Bunk of the United States, in his recent Message to'chut^ gross. In tlmt communication ho says • thut "both the constilulionalilif and the expedien cy of tho law creating this Bank, arc well questioned hy a largo proportion of our fel low citizens, and it must bo admitted by nil tlmt it 1ms failed in the great end of establish ing a uniform and sound currency." Now, irom the chaotic state ot our curren cy nnd finances, fimmediately before tlio establishment of this Bank, it is surprising to find how far it. has succeeded in establishing a sound currency, in tlio face of very mighty and numerous difficulties : and from the lit- conco wliieh tho several States have taken with tho Constitution on this subject, more uniformity in tho currency euulu scarcely have been expected. .But this is a minor point compared to that part of tho Messnge directed against tho con stitutionality of the Bank—This he says is well questioned. At one period it certainly was nn open quest ion—a subject tlmt might bo fairly debated—but it lias ceased to bo so for some time—It'has been submitted to that tribunal, which by tho Constitution, 1ms pro perly cognizance of such questions—the Su premo Court—and by it 1ms beun closed in favor of its constitutionality—nnd having been so decided, ought to'havo‘been considered closed by every individual in tho country, but more especially by tho Executive ofthe Gov ernment, until the Constitution is amended in tlmt particular, agreeably to the prescribed forms, Tho Supremo Court is, by tlio ar rangement ofthe Government, tho key-stone of its central arch, and especial care should bo taken, neither to weaken nor loosen its de cisions. A Friend of fair Banking $ sound Currency. Extract from Mr. Gaston's Speech, in the Legislature, of North Carolina, on the Bank Question. " One word more, in pnssing, Mr. Chair man, upon this notion of establishing it Bank of tho State. It 1ms been suggested ill another form, atul from another quar te r. I do most, solemnly warn this House and tho People,.from ever adopting so pernicious a project. Disguise it as you may, it in a palpable violation ofthe Federal Con stitution, which wo are all sworn to support. What nro bills for the payment of money, is sued by order of tho State, n ml for the pay ment of.which the.faith ofthe State is pledged but hills of credit issued i:y the Elate 1 Do you change their character by converting the Slate into a Bank, and calling the notes Bank notes! Miserable subterfuge ! Do you get rid of your oath that you will not issue bills of credit, by causing it to be done on your ac count. ! Wretched prevarication. The mea sure is as repugnant to the true policy as it •Minmnnl fVii:it tlin CO!!Sl!lUltUII. A Hia'o never can carry on banking operations with <i s *re!i«<:t. These require the keen-sighted and evr vigllaut superintendence of those who*,him* a direct and personal interest in tludr good management. For thoir success, it. is essential that they should bo ‘conducted on those principles of steady, cautious, nnd often severe policy, which alone cun attach tophein tho confidence ofthe public. But put them under State control, nnd in every emergency, these principles will bo made to yield to real or imaginary Stato necessity. " The election, tho ammol election of Di rectors, will inirdduce into tho Legislature a sp : rlt of intrigue, combination, and corruption destructive of moral principle ; nnd sooner or Jater such Banks must blow up. Sir, so far from countenancing a. Bank owned by the state, I lay it down ns a sound rule that n State never should havo any concern in a Bank.— The alliance, liko that betwcon Church and State, is unnatural. It corrupts all parties.— While the favor of tlio State is propitiated, and oiloji it is propitiated hy scandalous sac rifices of principle, tho Bank 1ms nn influence which secures to it irresponsibility. When tho favor is lost; nnd it may. ho lost without a crime, unmerited partiality gives way to cap ricious Imto.nnd tyrannical resentment. ” I would havo Banks owned solely by in- individuals, managed by Directors having a deep personal interest in their good conduct, nnd appointed by their brother stockholders. I would have them regulated by proper char ters which would compel them to a fulfilment of engagements, and denounco prompt and adequate penalties against delinquency. Such Banks, under the double control of enlighten ed self-interest and impartial law, would in deed he blessings to the community, but. from Banks ofthe State, may n kind Providence save my country!" Steamboat Savannah, Swymer, Augusta, d ds. with boats nps, 12 & 15 in tow to Steam boat Co. ' 1431 bales Cotton to 11 Malone, C Lippitt, Taft & Padelford, Beers, Booth & St. John, FH Welraan,J Stone, Ketchuin & Burrougs,R Campbell, J Ganahl, & others. Steamboat Wm. Gaston,Bowman,Augusta, with tow' boats nos. 4 & 10/ 1253bales Cot ton to J Stone,’R Campbell, J Ganahl, T But ler & Co. Taft fit Padelford, C Lippitt, Stiles & Fannin. Polcbont A. Sibley, fin Augusta, to Candler & Davidson, agents. 084 bales Cotton to D L Adams & Co. J Ganahl, E Bliss. . Polcboat Mary, fin Augusta, to Candler & Davidson, agents. 547 bales Cotton' to S B Park man,'J Stone, C Lippitt, D L Adams & Co. A Lc Bn'rbier &> Co. P DoVillers. Polcbont Entorprizo.-fm. Augusta, to Can dler & Davidsoni agents. 250 bales Cotton, Taft &■ Eadeffiml, and others. PoleboarSummcr Duck,*ftn. Augusta, to Candler & Davidson, agents 456 bales Cot ton to Toft & Padelford, S B Parkman. Polcboat Oglethorpe, fm Augusta, to Cand ler & Davidson, agents. 600bales Cotton to. D L Adams & Co. J Stone, J Ganahl. Poleboats A. & I), and Lighters fin Augus ta, to J M'Kcnzie & Co. agents. 1419 bales Cotton to R Campbell, A LoBarhier & Co O Lippitt,FII Wclman, Ketchuin & Burroughs, J fit J lleid, J Gauulil, S I) Parkman. DEPARTED, Schr. Loader, Williams, St. Augustine. Steamboat William Gaston, Bowman, for Augusta. Ship Delaware, Bnrtleson, up for this port at Philadelphia. Sclir. Mary Ann, Fithinn, up at Charles ton, for this port and Darien. FROM orn CORRESPONDENTS, Offices of thcCouricr, Mercury and Gazette, Charleston, Dee. 22—4£ P. M. Arr.—Ship Jubilee, Chaddock, Antwerp. Brig Dolly, Somers, New Orleans. Brig Hen rietta, Lyon, Boston. Brig Soule, Soule, St. John's, £. F. Cleared—Br. brig Crown, Baird, Greenock. Brig Colombo, Weston, Boston. Brig Med ford, Low, Antwerp. Sloop Mary, Brown, Savannah. FOR LIVERPOOL, Tho first rate coppered wow ship NORTH STAR, J. Benedict, master, Will commence loading immedi ately. For freight of cotton, apply to w. g Aston. doc 25 27—p FOR DARIEN, Sloop SPLENDID, Copt. J. Gaines, _ To sail with despatch. For freight apply to the Captain on board at Jones upper wharf nv to DUNNING & CAMPFIELD. doe 25 27—p Sporting. T URKEYS, Geese, Ducks anil Fowls, will bo shot for at Bonnvcnturc on Christinas day, commencing a 9 o’clock A. M. Free for Rifle’s, Smoothbore Guns or Pistols, at tho usual distance. Also, 4 Deer at 3U0 yards with Rifle, dec 23 COMMERCIAL. Livi-rpoMl dales 16lh Nov. || Huvrado. 13th Nov. Savannah Exports, Dec. 24. Bark Ilcrald, for Aberdeen—78() bales Up- and, 10-1 do. S. I. Cotton. In New York, on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Waimvright, the Hon. Daniel Wed- bter, of Boston, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Herman Le Roy, Esq. of Now York. MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF SAVANNAH. Ilifjli Wat nr ulTybce, 6 19. || At Savannah 7-19. CLEARED) Bark Herald, Goldie, Aberdeen. Wm. Gaston. Ship Envoy, Wheaton, Providence. Taft cf- Padelford. Ship Emperor, Bennett, New York. Halt, Shaptcr cf* Tapper. Brig Gov. King, Kelly, Boston. Candler cf* Davidson. Schr. Joseph Bonner, Somers, Now York. Bayard &. Hunter. ARRIVE » r Schr. Florida, Robinson, 8 d9 fm'Old Point Comfort, Vn. Passengers. Cupt. Flutter nml 30 F. S. Troops. To-Day nnd all this Week, A FLOCK oi* fine fat Turkeys, and other / u. Poultry to i*c shot for at the White House, White Blurt’Road—and on Friday, in addition, a fine stall fed Deer. Target Shoot ing. Those who do not feel disposed to engage in tlio Fhootiugmat.eh, con amuse themselves at tho Quoits, Toil-Pin-Alley, or ShulJlo Board. dee 25 25—o White’s Academy. T HE exercises of this institution will bo resutued on Monday, 28th inst. G. WHITE. dee 25 27—r Notice. T HE I.av Days on Cotton per boats Nos. 2 & 0, will expire To-Morrow, the 26th inst. W. P. HUNTER, Pres’t. S. B. C. dec 25 ■Plows. K A FREEBORN’S Plows, assorted sizes, JO for sate by dec ffit HAZARD &.DENSI.OW. Wire (sitters. fJO DOZ. Wiro Sifters, nsrortctl sizes, for && sale by doc 25 ' PIIILBRICK & BAKER. Host quality Goshen Butter, F UR sale liv DUtfNING & CAMPFIELD, Johnston's Stores, dec 25 27—p Toys and Fancy Articles. A SMALL invoice just received is of fered for sale on tho lowest terms. Ap ply at the Lottery uml Exchange Office. Bull street, to GEO. ROBERTSON, dec 25 Notice. T HOSE gentlemen ofthe Savannah Vol unteer Guards who are desirous of en couraging a military spirit or volunteer corps, will bo gratefully thanked by tho subscriber (the agent ofthe company at Athens) if they will send the Caps which’ they formerly wore to tho office ofthe Georgian or Republican ; thereby enabling him to collect them witli much greater facility nml despatch. The subscriber also requests that they will bo sent on nr before the 30th of this month. As many will bo thankfully received, ns will bo given. ’ WM. P. WHITE. dec 25 27 For Sale. (And on a long credit if required,) 4 SMALL nml vnluobre improved plnntn- j\. tion of300 acres on the Salts, calculated for either Cotton or Sugar, and within one mile’s rido ofthe City of Savannah, (having n well finished Dwelling House,otherthe con venient appendages,)—tho location ofthe en tire tract favorablo for manuring with Marsh jlfurf-—an auxiliary which the industrious and experienced Planter knows how to value. If not sold, the House, with or without tho Land, nmy be rented on earlv application to U. F. WILLIAMS, \\ ho liar. City T.offc to lease. I dee 25 *27-~?u Richland School, For Classical, Scientific, and Practical Education. FT1HE public are respectfully informed, that JL this Institution is now organized, and in successful operation, at the Rico Creek Springs. .These Springs are situated on the highlands between Columbia and Camden, South Carolina, and have long been resorted to, by many families from these places, as a summer residence of great salubrity am) com fort. The organization of the School is on tho plan of tho most approved Gymnasia in Eu rope and America. It iB designed to obviate many of tho defects in our common schoofn of learning, and to combine, as far as practi cable, all the improvements of of tho age on tho important subject of Education. Provi sion is madofora thorough course of instruc tion in tho following departments: An Elementary Department, comprising Rending, Spelling, Writing,Geography ,Arith- mctic, anti English Grammar. As a tho rough knowledge of those branches is indis pensable in laying the .foundation of a good Education, cverv student, in tho early course of liis study, will bcjrcquired to be master of them. A Classical Department, embracing the Latin and Greek, French, Spanish, and Ital ian languages. The Latin and Greek, will bo taught thoroughly and grammatically.— The student may prosecute them to any de sirable extent, but as much tiino is often un profitable spent in the study of these languag es, ho will be required to pay no inoro atten tion to them, than suits the design of his edu cation. The Belles Lcttres Department, compris ing Composition, the Principles of Taste and Criticism, Rhetoric, and History. A Scientific Department, comprising tho higher branches or Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Topography, Mca. suring heights and distances, Survey ing, Nav igation, Civil Engineering, Natural Pluloso- phy, Natural History, and the application of Mathematics to Architecture, and to the prin ciples of Mechanics. A Commercial Department, embracing Book-keeping by single and double entry, tho forms of commercial instruments, with all that relates to the details of commercial trans actions ; tho history and objects ofcommcrco, its influence on society and civil liberty, and its connection with Political Economy and International Law; tho Constitution of the United States, with tho best illustration of its principles, furnished by cotcmpomneous ex position, and legislative und judicial deci sions. An Agricultural Department, in which will bo taught Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geolo gy, Zoology and Botany, so far as these sci ences are of importance in a practical appli cation to the purposes of Agriculture. Tho character of ditferent soil?, with tho best method of improving them, and their adapta tion to ditferent productions ; tlio raising of stock for labor or food, with the grasses ami vegetables tor their uso ; tho implements of husbandry for saving nml facilitating labo-^ with all that rolates to practical fanning. well cultivated farm will bo attached to tlio institution for tho purposes of experiment and practical illustration. A Department of Military Science and Physical Education, embracing the princi ples and practice of the Military Science, Gymnastics, and all that rolates to’hoalth ami Physical Education. AU thculudcnls ofsuit- nble ago will he formed into a Military Curj» tor stated drill uml discipline. This is de signed to add one profitable variety to the department of Exercise and Physical Kfitira. tion, while it imparts practical knowledge in a science intimately connected with tho duty of every American’citizen. A regular anil systematic course ofexerciso will bo jirae- t iced by every student, in which duo regard will be hod to his former habits, pnrtieulur constitution, and the wishes or directions of his parents. Those students who arc designed for Col lege, will he prepared to enter any of tho classes. Those who wish to complolo their education at this institution, will receive a course of instruction truly liberal, audadapt- ed to their intended pursuits in life. They may pursue tho full course, embraced in all the Departments, or such parts of it only os aTo applicable to the designs of their educa tion. Apparatus, for tho illustration, and practical application ofthe mathematical ami physical sciences, will ho procured,, as the circumstances of the school require. ’ The students will bo divided into sections of twelve, and the whole number limited tc» one hundred. A teacher will bo assigned to each section, and with his section, will occu py n separate building constructed for thoir study and dormitory. lie will associato with them, both in their studies and amusements, and will at all times have a supervision over every pnrt of their conduct. Tho government will bo parental, kind nml liberal, but./irm and addressed to the good and honorable feelings of the students, who will in all cases, board with tlio teachers in tho style and manner of a well regulated family. Their lodging will be in single beds, and on matrasses, and tho whole system of regimen such, as will bo most conducive to thoir health and comfort. Tho most perfect regularity in their stu dies, exercises and amusements, and the con stant employment of time to somo useful and practical purpose, will be required and en forced, by which early habits of attention, in dustry, and perseverance, will bo formed, and will impart to after life their tone and influ ence. To cultivate, nnd establish such ha bits, tho teachers will direct unremitted ef forts. The 7iiorals of the youth will bo guarded by their removal from temptation to vice, nnd by tho parental government, constantly exer cised over them. Their health will bo preserved by tho salu brity of the situation, by tho utmost cleanli ness in thoir rooms and persons, and especi ally hy that wholesome physical discipline in gymnastic nnd militury exorcises, which, will cultivate ft manly deportment, give strength and energy to the constitution, and restore the scholar to his studio* with renewed relish and vigor. % Their tnannrrs will bo cultivated by the family order, that will bo given to tho whole internal economy of tho institution, and bv tho terms of intercourse constantly sustained between tho teachers nml students, in which the deportment of gentlemen, and tho courte sies anil civilities of well regulated society, will ho carefully inculcated und insistod on*. Weekly reports ofnll tho clnsscs, designat ing tho proficiency and conduct of every stu dent, will bo made, ftom which Bcmi-annunl report* will ho transmitted to parents. There