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•s. tor which any one may continue eligible fur* the oflice of President, and also to a new organization of the Judiciary system ic establishment of a Home Department— the abolishion of Imprisonment for Debt— a permanent provision for keeping in repair the Cumberland Road-Internal Improve ments and to the Treaty with the Creeks.-- Other important matters will no doubt arise in the course of the session which will it i supposed, be long and interesting. We are sorry to find tbe following Para graph, in the National Intelligencer. The Exposition of the Commissioners is an able document and no appeal should have been necessary to secure it a place in any print, whose objects are Truth and Justice ; “ An appeal has been made to us, on the ground of justice and impartiality, which we know not how to resist, to publish the Expo sition of tbe Commissianers of the United States who negotiated the Treaty with the Creek Indians in February last. We shall endeavor to present it to our readers in a day or two.” The most prominent act of the Legisla '• -e, whose session has just expired, is that to nVide the State into Congressional Dis tricts, aid a measure more fatal to Georgia, could nob have been adopted. We have not heard whether the Governor has appro ved it or not, but we will believe that lie has f not assented to it, until we hear the contra ry from undoubted aufic-Uy. It is evident that as long as we are acqui ring and settling new territory, our popula tion must be fluctuating Divide the State as we mav, flie numbers in the seve ral election districts will be constantly and greatly varying and the consequence will be that the sma'ler will be represented in precisely the same degree, as the larger ‘ number of voters. Tbe representation then will be unequal, and by possibility, the min nriti/ in po'iticks at home may send a majority of Members to Washington City. Let anv man apply himself for a moment, to the simple rules of subtraction and addi tion, and he will see that such a predicament ii not visionary but may in reality be produ ced, Whit becomes then of the rule that the Majirity shall govern.” Is not any system wretchedly defective which may lead to the destruction of this principle—a prin ciple upon which rests the entire frame of our Government? But the chief argument in support of the District plan, is, that the people should know their Representative. Alas, how delusive is the belief, that by cir ounftcribing the sphere of (he election, the character of the candidate will be brought more perfectly to the knowledge of the peo ple ! It is true the man will be continually before them —ho will assume popular man ners—he will learn to smile graciously and id opt the most approved modes of salutation he will be serious with the grave and light with the gav—he will be “ all things to all men but When the votes are counted out, the skilful! electioneerer will have carried the day, more by artifice and intrigue, than by the weight of his character and the strength of his talents. At present the choice of the people is predicated upon the possession, either actual or supposed, of such attainments as make the Candidate , worthy of their suffrage. If he fail in his public career to confirm the belief in his | worth and qualifications, the people are not beset with treats and blandishments, but left to the dictates of their good sense, and | the member at the next election is permitted to remain at home, and some other chosen in ( his stead. Again, the influence of the State in the Nati mat Counsels is mare com- j pletely felt under the general ticket mode t of election —the members act together with f an union and harmony which does not exist among Representatives who come from j Stan-s, where the elections are by districts. , Hence it is, that Georgia has often claimedl, mom consideration and respect on the floor ' of Congress, with her seven Representatives, ( than have New-York and Pennsylvania, ( with their hosts cut up and divided by jar- ( rings and discord. But it is useless to mul tiply words — we do not know that it has oeen , •illeWed tha* any evil has appeared in our , elections to Congress requiring a remedy, ' and the true secret of the change is proba- ( I,|V (o he found in the political tenets of ourj 1 presen* members—they too supported Troup,! | and they, to use the expression applied to “ Atticus” must also “ walk their chalks,” Amongst the appropriations of the Le gislature is the sum of S 10,000 lor the use of the Medical College of South Carolina;,' g 12,000 for the support of the transient j Poor of the City of Charleston ; and SjOOO towards reimbursing the City Council for ex penses incurred by them during the visit of General Lafayette to this city. [_Ch ,s. Couriei. Two negroes were executed at Milledge ville on Saturday last. One of them was found guilty of Burglary, the other of assault-1 in°- a white person with intent to murder. An amendment to the penal code, so far as( respects the definition of the word Burglary,! ahould be made. It would be more liumanej irul compatible with onr civil institutions. —9oS f.i'.ract of a Irller from .Vtn, I'urk tj u gi'itUman in Ik, i ,'i(i ‘Mr. De Witt Clinton, Jr. has accepted! the office of Civil Engineer, for your slate on the verms proposed tohim by Gov. Troup. He will sail in a lew days in the ship Savannah for your City.” Suv. Republican. New-York, December IJ. I GREAT FIRE! 1 VVe have just returned from one of the m *st <• mlating scenes that we have wit- | ■jessed'''t many years. Almost an entire ( i> >ck buildings have been burnt to the >£■'" 'id ruico four o’clock this morning.— | i'iie fire commenced in a stable situate in | h® rear of the block or square, which fron ted on Spring, Thompson, Sullivan, or | and in a short time from six ty to eighty families were left houseless. We have given below the names "of the sufferers, as far as we could obtain them.— The buildings which fronted the streets were chiefly two story and of brick. The property destroyed is estimated at from TO to 80,000 dollars, a small proportion of which was insured. After what has been repeatedly stated of the activity of the New-York firemen, itj may be necessary to state tint the want of water was never more experienced than a’j the fire this morning. All the neighborhood gave out iu a few minutes ; there were no public cisterns, and the great distance from the river, prevented a supply from that source until the fire had extended nearly over the block. Another reason was that the bells in the lower part of the city were not rung, and very little alarm was created, below Canal street. We are told that the jail bell was not rung at all. The fire was caused by a cart man going into his stable with a light, and from the combustible materials, it spread with such rapidity that some of the families had to escape from the upper windows, widi barely their night clothing. On Spring-street —Eager & Tompkins, Col. Stevens, Jane Day, John K.oeffiug, Rev. Mr, Covell, Widow Robert Lambert, Mrs. Hayden, Joseph Colburn, Mr. Prescott, Mrs. Hendricks, Mr. Bogart, Eliza Con ningham, Mr. Julett. On Thompson street —Jeremiah Tomp kins, Oliver Tompkins, John Strieker, Mr. Jewel, James R. Westervelt, Richard Canap, Nicholas Platt, William Lewis, Widow Concklin, Daniel Tice, David Lewis, Mrs. Jaques, Mrs. Riker, Mr, Bogart, Peter Goodman, Denis Kane, David Jaques, Mr. Mellvaine. On Sullivan-street —Mr. Leatherman, Joseph Devoe 89; David Mulford, 83 ; Drake Crane, 85 ; Abraham Tompkins, 77 ; Stephen Hunt, 87; David Concklin, 87 ; John Parks, 83 ; Nathaniel Dobbs, 75 ; Ar thur Johnson, Abraham Westervelt, George Johnson, Jacob Mackie, Archibald Brady, Peter Van Houghten, Widow Smith, and Mr, Lewis. Hack Buildings —Mr. Underhill, Mr. Butman, Mrs. Hyslop. Several firemen were seriously injured, among whom was Mr. Blasins Moore, be longing to No. 5. A fireman belonging to No. 29, had his leg broken.— Com. dido. DESTRUCTIVE AND DISTRESSING FIRE. At a quarter before 5 o’clock this morn ing, the cry of fire was heard at long inter vals, to resound through our streets, by those who happened to be awake. The bells of the city, or at least in this part of it, re mained mute all the while, and we presume designedly so. The scene of conflagration was at last discovered to be in Tliompson street between Broome and Spring streets. It commenced in a stable, where a carlman had gone with a candle to feed his horse. Before (he firemen with their engines could reach the spot, the whole neighborhood was enveloped in flames ; and when they did ar rive, there being no fire plugs in that part of the city, and the cisterns all empty from a long drought, 10 supply of water was to be had nearer than the North river, upwards of a quarter of a mile distant, and near an hour elapsed before th«?y could ope rate with any great effect upon the devour ing element, which was sweeping every thing before it. As soon as the firemen had arranged their lines o hose, so as to afford water to the engines, who had in the mean time formed a corclen around the frightful raging element, a check was given to the flames, and encouraged the hope in those : whose dwellings were in (he neighborhood, that bounds would be set to the enemy, and their little habitations saved from ruin, nor! were they disappointed. After a hard strug gle for some hours, in which the greatest praise is due to our active, resolute and in defatigable firemen, the flames were got un der, but not until they laid w aste 40 build - dings, at least, and left destitute of shelter for the remainder of the winter twice that number of families. As near as we can judge, there are 9 two story brick front buildings destroyed on Spring-Street, 12 or 14 wooden ones on Tbompson-Sti eet, and 11 or 12 on Sullivan-Street. We could not obtain a list of the owners and occupants in season for this evening’s paper. Tsvo hou ses only, it is said were insuicd. We take this occasion to mention a fact and do it with sorrow and indignation, that not a single bell, except the small one at the jjail, was heard to ring in this city, for more I than one hour afiei- the conflagration of last | night burst forth. The watchmen cry fire jus they cry the hour. The city was not [alarmed, till property to the amount of near jly 8 190,000 was destroyed ! It would seem jfrom some late communications in the pa | pars, that the Bell-ringers have taken the stand, and are determined not to budge an inch, till somebody will undertake to pay them a compensation for their trouble. We | Know not the merits of the question, but foi God’s sake, let not the city be burnt down ! about our ears while the parties are settling j /. x-. -7 the dispute. The Corporation should take up the subject immediately. It will be seen, from two communications in our paper, that the destruction of wooden buildings was very great, and the individual dirtress almost unprecedented in our city.— It is hoped the public meeting which has been called on this disastrous occasion will be numerously attended, and that prompt and effectual maesures will be adopted to lighten, at least the calamity, though they cannot entirely relieve it.— Ev. Post. —SO©- - Another Fire. —We learn that the large building occupied as a public house, by M. Givan, called the Lake Tour Inn, situated a little off the llloomiugdale road, leading to the North River, was burned to the ground last riighti how the fire originated we have j nut heard; but we understand the building , was insured fur gGOOO. Ibid. | Yesterday, about 12 o’clock, the house (of John Evertson, in Tompkinsville, Sta ten Hand, and (he one next to it owned by Mi'. Peter lloughout, were burnt. The tire originated from a stove pipe, badly se cured. ’ Ibid. Two days later from England, Phii.adei.phia, Dec. 15. By the packet ship Alexander, Baldwin, arrived at this port last evening, in 29 days from Liverpool, we have, tit rough the polite ness of the captain, received Liverpool dates to the 20th, and London to the Bth of Nov, both inclusive. We perceiVe no intelligence of the least importance; and the folliftving are the only items worth extracting. Ootid remained as per last advices at Liverpool, At London it was 83d a 9d. London, Nov. 8. The Paris papers ofThursday, Friday and Saturday, have arrived in due course. It appears that the report of the Haytien Loan being abandoned was incorrect; the loan having been finally contracted for at eighty per cent for a six per cent stock, by Messrs. Laflite & Op. in conjunction with Messrs. Rothschild, brothers, Messrs: Arduuin, Hub hard & Co. and some other iiouses. City, two o'clock —Nothing of the least interest has transpired in the course of the morning. Ihe price of Consols remains as it did yesterday, 8, and literally nothing doing. The Foreign Securities and Shares are in the same situation. To-morrow will be a holyday in both maikets. The followin'* are the present nominal quotations; Mexican Scrip discount; Brazil 9 discount; Gautamela 5 discount; Colombian Bonds 73 ; Spanish Bonds 17; Greek do 25! 26; Real del Monte Shares. iAQ ; Anglo Mexican 35 pm ; LTnited 10 1-2 pn- 1 Pasco* 4 pm; Potosis l! dis; Irish Provincial Bank 1 dis; Silk, par; Rpyal Irish par;! Brighton New Town. Irish 1 pi, London Markets, No*’ ober 8. COTTON,—There was not much doing' in this trade last week, the sales amoutingl to only 2270 bales; Bourbons 10£ a ;i Per.iams 12 5-8; Bowed B,j a 9d ; Surats C|d ; Madras 65 a 6id; Bengals 5Jd a 6Jd all in bond. The sugar market was very heavy all last week, the purchasers were j barely sufficient to constitute market prices, which might be quoted rather low. This morning the market opend very heavy and the appearance of business has been clicked by the report from the West India ware houses, stating hat the delivery last week was less by 1200 casks than the correspon ding week of last year. At the close of the market to-day, several of the most exten- 1 sive holders had withdrawn there supply of sugars entirely and, generally there was more firmness in the market. The prices wen* the same as last week ; Barbadoes 70s a 765, being about 3s lower than the late highest point in the Market. Lumps were pretty brisk last week, but there being only a tew parcels at market there were no sell ers under 87s. Towards the close of the week the enquiries ceased and the prices gave way; lumps 86s, molasses 34; brown 62s a 70s. Cofl'e was brisk last week at 50s 6d a 57; generally the market was in a ve ry depressed and languid state, ordinary! Brazil 545. 1 here is not much business! doing in Rum, but the market is firm; un-l dcr proofs 2s 1 d ; some favorite marks of ! Jamaica 3s 6d a*3s 81 ; brandy is higher ; I favorite marks sold for arrival 3s 8d a 4s 6d; other marks 3s 2d a2s 4ri; and the mar ket still looks firm. Pale Geneva is Is lid. BATTALION Oil DEES. I li isli Volunteers ! ! ,4 I‘i‘KK on yoor Parade Ground on SATUR ia DAY the list hist, at 10 o’clock, A. M. on Green k Jackson-streeis, armed and equipped sceor.ling to lie bye laws of ll.c Company, with six rounds blank Cartridges, Hy order of Cofit, C^rmick, Bayfield, o. s. ; December 23 5 * Hamilton Riflemen ! ! a\ PPEAR on P trade in Iron! of the City Hull, j on 8A I URUAY lire 31st instant, at 3 o'- " 1’- M. armed and equipped as Lire bye-laws >f tiic Corps direct. liy a dor of Capt. Cummino*. Merriman, O. S. ■ l> member 23 oi 52 U ________ Blank Heeds of Conveyance; NtATI.V PUIMTKI) ON VELLUM PAPKH, c For tale at t/di Office \ , %. BATTALION ORDERS. Attention \ APPEAR on your Parade ground, in ft, tit of the City. Hall, on SATURDAY the 3lsl, ot December, at 10 o’clock, A. M, armed and equips sed according to the by laws of the corpi, with 14 rounds of blank Cartridge!. Jt>/ order of Copt Stvroes, VV r . 11. Maharry, Act. o. s. December 20 5t 51 W Mayor’s Court for December Term, 1825, stands adjourn ed to Friday next, at Nine o’clo-k, A. \I. of which nil suitors, Jurors and Witnesses will take due no tice, and then and there give their attendance. Wm. Jackson, c. m. c. December 27 2t 53 — NOTICE—I. will attend at r ny olHce, South-east corner City Hall, everyday .rum two to five o’clock, P. M. during the nonth of January next, for the purpose ot recei ving returns of taxable property within the city 1 if Augusta. O. M. Walker, Clerk c.c. December 27 53 1 -- - TH.ONA& BJiSiJVDER, No. 221, Broad-street. Has just Received, THE ATLANTIC SOUVEUIK; a Christmas and New-Year’s offering, for 1826. Price g 2 50. A Treatise on the Physical and Medical treat , mentof Children—by Win. P. Dewees. 1 Vol. Price §4. Manual of Surgical Operations ; containing the new methods of opt raving, devised \>j I.islranc, by J. Coster. M. I), the translation and n.tes by John 1). Goodman, M. 1). 1 Vol. Price §1 25, —ALIO— A variety of other new publications, School llooks and Stationary, all of which are offer ed on the' lowest terms. December 27 2>t 53 W aynesborougli Academv FllE first Term of the Wayneshorongh At a, demy. In Burk» county, will begin on MONDAY, the 2d January, 1825 Instruction will he given in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, His tory, Astronomy, Natural and Moral Philosophy j, also, in the Latin and Greek Clas-es. Terms of Tuition are from Four to Ten Dollars per Quar. ter, according to the studies pursued. w 111. 11. Williams, Rector, i N. H.—Good Boarding cheap. December 27 3*t 53 *V* The Subscriber has taken an OFFICE, in (he lower story of Mr, T. Gum minq’s Buildings, near the Pos’-Office. He pro poses to practice in the Courts of Washington, Scriven, Jefferson, Burke, Columbia and Rich Imond, & in the Federal Circuit Court for Georgia. Robert Raymond Reid. I )*ember 23 51 JUr- 1— llafi.of the State of Georgia, BRANCH AT AUGUSTA. December 19, 1825, Till'. Hoard of Directors, will on FRIDAY, the 3tn.h instant, elect a Discount Clerk for this . Bank, Candidates for the appointment, may know the | amount of salary as well as the security required, pin application to the Cashier. Hy order of the Hoard, I. Henry. Cashier. December 20 4t 51 On Consignment. KEGS Virginia Tobacco, No. 1 & 2, 10U Pieces Cotton Bagging, 42 inch, And a general assortment of MEDICINE, Paints, Oil, Window (Hass, Putty, Sfc. §•<-. Also—lndian Specific, for Colds, Coughs Con sumptions, &c. —And Swaiins celebrated Panacea. FOR sale lit j Wm. H. Turpin. December 20 3t r 51 IN .suit an off iAmimsur Mums.. The Subscriber HAS BEEN APPOINTED AGENT OF THE PROTECTION HttstmttW OF HAIITFOKI), CONNECTICUT, And will take Risks, at the lowest rates of pre | mitim, on 11U1LD1NGS and GOODS, of every description usually Insured. Persons at a distance can be Insured, on fur irshing statements of the risks offered, by mail, or otherwise. Wm. T. Gould, 286, Hroad-Slreet. 1 December 20 3m 51 khtrayT JEWIS LANIER, lolls betore me, one old i Bay Mare, no brands or marks, with a alar, in Iter forehead, and all of her feet white jap praised to be worth five dollars, hy George Cuughrun and Jacob Best, upon oath, kc, SAMUEL NEW TON, j. r. Extract from the Eslray Hook, Seaborn Goodall, c. i, c. s. c. i Scriven county, Dec. 20, 1825. 3t hi Five dollars Reward. RANAWAV from the subscriber, on Monday I 26 It irist. a negro man, 21 years of age, na ■ med LUKE. He is about 5 feet,’lo or 11 inches high, very biack, has a scar on his upper lip, and i has lost his upper (rout teeth. Had on when he ' went away, a blue broad-cloth coat, but little worn, and black bombazette pantaloons, 'l ook with him a blue broadcloth f rock coat the under pari of the sleeves worn, black satinet round about jacket, and white homespun pantalloons. Whoever takes up said runaway, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable expenses paid if brought home, or secured in any jail, so that 1 get him again. Mary Low. I Richmond County, December 27 53 the fourth drawing, OK THK , AUGISTA LOTTERY Ift DYE 11, • Ami has resulted in leaving the Wheel Rich in ; Grani\ Capital Prizes, IX A MOST UNPARALLELED DEGREE. The highest pvfee drawn at the 4th Draw ing is 8 100. the following ' Splendid Prizes REMAIN UNhRAWN, 1 Prize ot 830,000 I 4 Prizes of 8.5000 1 Prize of 20,000 4 Prizes of 1000 3 Prizes of 10,000 |lO Prizes of 5 00 Besides a Cfrent number of g loo’s. 850’s, and 10 Dollar Prizes Many very Lucky numbers at m un sold, and may be had until further notice, at the following prices : i Whole Tickets, Sll 00 Halves, 5 50 Quarters, % 75 APPLY AT BEERS’ l No. 241, Broad-Strket. 1 J. 8. Beers, Secretary to the Commissioners. 'Vcembcr 16 50 aiflaifli&aiflcQiao THE HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY , Incoi porated hy the Legislature nf the State o Nesu-Yorh, for the purpose of Insuring Houses and oilier VluiltUngs, M E RC H A N 1)18 K And other personal Property AGAINST LOSS Oil DAMAGE BY j AND AI.SO, to Insure against the Hazards of Naviga tion or 'J'rnnsjiorlaiiim Capital £tocft, s 300300, Which lias all been paid in CASH, and the pub lie itmy rely with confidence upon the whole sum being always available to meet its engagements. The subscriber having been appointed Agent for the above Company will, in its name. Insure against Loss by Fire and Hazard of Inland Navi gation, on as favourable terms as can be done in this city- A. Camfield, Agent for Howard Insurance Company.- N. H. Persona living in the country can have Insurance effected by addressing the Agent, giv ing a description of the premises to be insured, foil paid. Augusta, Oct. 25, 1825 35 ra ___ a THE MECHANIC’S FIRE Insurant: Company, NEWARK, NEW-,IEIIB EY, HAVE appointed the Subscriber their Agent i who will receive proposals for INSUR ANCE against KIKE, and the Risks of lnVam\ Navigation, op (he most liberal terms, at No, 269, Broad Street, Augusta. James Harrison, Agent. October 28 , is 36 Notice. Bank of Hamburg, S. C. Dkcembkb 16, 1825 ACCORDING to the terms of sales, on the 13th of January and 22d of February last, of Lots in the TOWN ot HAMHUUG, as advertised by Henry Sbultz, the first year’s interest, on the sewn Mr cent stock, created by those sales, will be due 'fils Bank on the IHth of January and 22d Febru ary. 1826, In persuance of the tenor and condition of the deeds of contract, the Bills of this Bank or spe cie, will be required in payment. John M, Tillman, Cashier. 1 December 20 4t t 51 DARHAAGE AIAISAXG, And Repairing. Ti\«um G. H,a\\. HAVING engaged brat rate workmen in eve ry branch of the above business, is Manu facturing light and fashionable Gigs and Carri ages, and flatters himself that his experience in die business will enable him to give satisfaction to such as may wish to favor him with their or ders. Repairing in all branches at short notice on the most reasonable terms. Dii Ham! for ft ale. Light Carriages, Gigs and fancy Wagons ALSO, A superior Plantation Wagon. November II » 40 Douk. am! Jnb Printing, Acuity Executed at this Office.