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Our State University.
' A notice of the report of the Rev. Dp>iHsW<h,
the aO?e President of Frankliu College,i^jabith
• erto been crowded out. We now fHtHtnh the
firstportion of it, from which the gratifying fact
wilijb® seen that the College is in in? flaMrisbiog
condition, it well deserves. the fostering care
of our Legislature. * f
CotdtKok, Usivnimv of Georgia,
>W\- November Ist. 1853.
To the Semttu Academi&k of the State of Geor
;• Grntlkuen In acCbrd&ice with the re
quirements of the Charter oi the University of
f. Georgia, I now make the following report, con
> cerning Franklin College, during the last two
years : fi
» • -, A very large proportion ofthe young men have
:i r been regular m their attendance upon College
duties, and industriously pursuing their studies ;
and I am happy to say that during the present
; year, more than thirty of them pave made a
public profession ot religion, and united with
-the different religious denominations. The last
report, which was made to your honorable body,
etated that the whole number of students for
the year 1850, was 131, for 1851, 155. During
the year 1852, there were connected With the
Institution 173, and during the presentjyear there
have been 182. The largest number ffei#tfen*
dance at any one time, during each of the four
preceding years, has been Isl, 144, 151, 159.
The number of graduates in each of the last
four classes which have left this Institution has
been 19, 23, 28, 36. I mention taese numbers
, to show that the College has been gradually in
creasing in the number of its students—as rapid
ly perhaps as could have beea reasonably expect
ed, when we consider the number ot other Col
leges in the State, and .the patronage which, from
their peculiar organization, they must be expec
ted to receive. At the present time, probably
* 500 young men are receiving the elements of a
respectable and useful Collegiate education in
our State. ; .
A comparison with other States in this re
spect, will npt be to the discredit of our own—
I Maine, with a white population exceeding
ours, it the last census, by more than 60,000, has
not half the number of students at College which
we have. New Hampshire, with a population
ot more than three fifths of our own, has not
iftord than half the number. Vermont, with
more than three fifths of our population, has con
siderably less than halt., -Massachusetts, with a
white population ot nearly double ours, has only
about 700 to our 500., New York, wjthawhite
population about Six times the amount °f ouf s,
has less than double our number of students at
College. Pennsylvania, with a white popula
tion fofir and a half times ferger than ours, has
j considerably Ifess than double the number ol
J voung men at College. Ohio, with a white
l>opfilatßr/abaut four time* that of Georgia, has
only abqfit two fifths more students at College,
than We have. An inspection oT the Triennial
Catalogue of our Colleges up to 1852, will show,
I apprehend, that those whe have left the Insti
.->* tution, have left it with mental and moral train
i ing, which, if usefulness in public and private
L life be the criterion, will inhibit a favorable
I ea, comparison with the most respectable Colleges
I * in our country.
■|L I do not intend by these remarks to intimate
that'tbe Slate College,is as well endowed as it
mV should be,or as it must be to re tarn that respec
■ j table position which it occupies, and w hich 1
I \ donbiphyiits founders intended it to take, and
I 1 which it is unquestionably the interest of the
B / State that it should occupy. Learning is pro-
BTt gressive, the Sciences and Arts dependent upon
B-ril scientific attainments axe progressive, but public
S r IJ Institutions, to sustain themselves with usetul
■ rjl ness and credit, niust Del ui rushed with i ncrea:.
■ ' ing nieans for imparting knowledge.
Ik jsisr. s-kss
■ & most t-npertant would «rpw,
■ ■ but ...roly aid t!.« ud jfeil to satisfy
ti
■La,. Whiie the division of labor among scientific
■ ” and li'era.y men c.illo for a lariermdnbe^^
ryliPrat’er increased the labor
of each Profess or in the u>e/f officered College.
Hf The man, who a few years since, would have
I | been considered competent to give all the in
■/' struction necessary iu Mathematics, Astronomy,
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Geology,
would now, ifdevotel to his profession, find ail
; his time and talents requisite to give proper in-
struction in either of these departments ol science.
■ Indeed, the science of Chemistry might be most
!■ profitably divided in our common Colleges; and
if the State would establish a Professorship of
Chemistry, and make it the duty of the Proses
Plftlosophy to that of Agricultural Chemistry,
it would be, I doubt not, a most useful expendi
ture, undone whose good ellect would, in a
short time, be seen in the improvements in ag-
riculture, as well as in the usefulness and repu
tation ol the College.
As students multiply, additional buildings, or
improvements in those formerly erected, becomes
rk£^Bnecessary. The limited funds ot the St.re Col
■ (.A ege. have thus lar not permitted the Trustees to
all the buildings necessary lor the con
venience of the Institution. The rooms used
thus far, for lecture and recitation rooms, h ve
f‘ for the most part, been necessarily, rooms in the
College buildings erected for dormitories. These
Hr rooms, when the classes were small, were not as
inconvenient as they are now are. They are,
H however, now much needed for students, besides
being inconvenient for large classes, often oblig
; jog the officers to divide a class and double the
labor, when it would be more useful to have the
whole class together. 1 mention these, and
■ might refer to other improvements which are
desirable, and it would seem to me very impor
tant to the similar Institutions of the State, that
the State College should be placed upon a footing
|H of high respectability. It should be the model
|H Institution of the State. It should have the ad
|H vantages of any of the best endowed Colleges :n
the country. Placing the State College upon
such high grounds, would in effi-ct. be placing
§§§ the private Colleges upon a similar foundation;
K f or t heir friends, who have expended so much in
Vhe establishment of these Colleges, will not
I " iermit them to remain far inferior to any other
/mi the State.
The library has been selected with great ca- p,
Hr by the Faculty, and now contains between ten
§■> an( j twelve thousand volumes of the most
imiortant works in the various departments ol
|'vff Science; and the Faculty endeavor, annually,
|H from any appropriation which the Trustees aie
|H able to make, to procure the most important
H works ol recent publication.
The I'hilosophical Apparatus is very valuable,
if: and supplied with the best instruments. The
Professor is yearly adding such important new.
|H or materially improved, instiuments, as he may
H think necessary to render the whole as complete
K as all if similar apparatus in the country.
H Xhe Cabinet of Minerals is a veiy respectable
H| one and the Botanic garden is capable ol beinj
§H i,n ornament, and a very useful appendage to the
frdlpffe. _
ICJOi
A good foundation has thus been laid for i
most valuable and useful literary and scientihi
Institution; not, indeed, a University as was a
first intended by its founders, but an Institutior
in which the sons of the State may acquire sucl
an education as will fit them well to prosecuh
the studies of any protessron to which they ma;
see proper to devote themselves. And any smal
appropriation which the State may herealtei
from time to time, be called upon to make, ii
order to sustain the Institution, and to raise it. t
an equality with the most favored in the coun
try will be unimportant, as affecting the publi
Treasury, while of vast importance totbe genet
al interests of knowledge. *
Having been long connected with this Semi
nary I feel that I should be recreant to a hig
*rust’ii i did not uige upon the Senatus Acad*
important source of good?*® the whole State. Not
that every vouna man in the State can be educm
e—this may not
K table. Butitun
»me o/eaeh claw,
ning are not *iw
rfit of the more
ses. These clas
ses nftay be befiefitted by them, but they ere pot
absolutely necessary to them. But those in the
more humble.stations of life, who are destitute
of large wealth, must have Institutions near
them, or their sons must forego the advantages
of higher education. An observation of nearly
forty years, wi h respect to the, advantages of
State College, convinces me that tbernfdrhe and
|>wer classes have received far greateratfvanta
ps from it, than the rich. Knowledge is pbwer
—and though mere physical force may occasion
ally risa and seize the reins of Government, and
attempt to control the interests of a nation, it
will be only the desolation ofthe tornado whose
destructive effects repaired by peaceful
wisdom, when the storm is past.
If our republican Institutions be continued, our
people must be educated; the highest advantages
of education must be within the reach of those in
the bumbler walks of fife, that the aristocracy of
wealth and knowledge become not hereditary.
Every well educated young man, frotn the mid
dle and lower classss, will be the advocate of
general education, his example and influence wilt
be largely felt in stimulating the intelligent
and virtuous of his own class, to aim at higher
attainments—to endeavor to rise to a Wore pro
minent and useful position in society; and it is
undoubtedly of vital importance to the interest
of a free people, that every Class in society should
have among its own members, those who will
be able and willing to protect its rights,
In this country, the educated among the low
er classes, are the tribunes of the people, and
the larger the number placed in this office, the
safer will be the rights and liberties of those
whom they represent.
I From the Baltimore Sun 1
Steamer San Francisco, Further Particulars.
The anxiety for the safety of the disabled
steamship San Francisco continues unabated.—
On Saturday we received the following dispatch
from Boston:
“ Reading-Room, Boston, Jan. 7—The brig
Napoleon, Captain Stout, arrived here this morn
ing, from Matanzas, reports, Dec. 25tb, lat. 38 4,
lon. 69 30, that she fell in with the steamship
San Francisco, in distress, her masts and all
above her decks gone. The sea was making a
lair breach over her. The captain stated that
she was leaking badly, and requested Capt.
Stout to lie by him, which he did. The neitt
morning the San Francisco was npt to be seen,
, she having drifted fast to the eattward. When
; the Napoleon spoke the San Francisco there
were about two hundred persons on her deck.”
’ From the above it will be seen that the San
Francisco was spoken the day before she was
! seen by the Maria Freeman, arrived at Liver
pool, Nova Scotia, and that sfe was ifijuearly
. the same longitude, on both occacions. Trite in
j teligence is deemed favorable, inasmuch as the
, San Francisco, if she. had floated for one day dufr
ring the gale, wouhf probably cbnHnue afloat
after the gale had subsided, as i' ~t bought it did
! after the “Maria Freeman” had seen her.
1 From the account already before the public it
[ was uncertain whether the engine was stfß in
J such % condition as to b>r£ept at work. To as
-1 certain this Mr. Aspinwall telegraphed>ftom N.
Vork. on Saturday, to the captain of the Maria
• Freeman, who soon after returned an answer
1 that the emoke-pipe had been carried away; com
: sequeutly the machinery is rendered unavailable.
• A second despatch from Boston if stiH more fa
’ vorable, and is M -follows :
, Boston, Jan. 1.-Mura^M^eJhvoM
t: Ziokr su , \ ftbrfa the°ealley!j^,
s f ’ TheS T. was on thXfeftth
thougnt that the
steamer was in less danger than his own vessel.
The following interesting dispatch was receiv
ed yesterday by the Secretary of the
Messrs.
Sari Francisco.
New Yurk, Jan. B.—Mate of the brig Na
poleon spoke the steamer San t rancisco, Decem
ber 25th. He gives a consistant and intelligent
report, and states that Captain Watkins had
plenty of provions. He had, however, lightened
the ship. There were no men at the pumps.
The brig Nopoleon was at the nearest point
within thirty yards of her, and saw twenty male
passengers on deck. The cabin, hurricane dgck
forward and wheels were standing. The damages
to the steamer were merely in her upper works,
amid-ships. The wheel-houses were gone, but
the wheels were entire, and both guards in good
order. The mate is sure that the rudder was all
right. The foremast was gone above deck, but
the mizzen-mast, (an important fact towards her
safety.) was standing. Both smoke-stacks were
entirely gone. The hull looked to be in good
order. The sea was heavy with a strong night
breeze from the north-west. As far as could be
ascertained the steam pumps were working.
The steamer was again seen on the 26th De
cember sale, with the drag out lorward, and her
head to the wind. The damages to her occurred
in the gale ot Dec. 24, which was intensely se
vere.
The San Francisco is insured in Wall street
for $300,600. It is stated the Government paid
SBO,OOO tor the conveyance of the troops to their
ports of destination. Among those on board, it
is said, are a married daughter of Mr. Everett,
and a married daughter ot Judge Taney, the wile
of Col. Taylor.
We learn from the Washington Globe that the
Secretary of the Navy has directed two ener
getic officers of the navy, Lieutenants Ganse-
I voort and Boggs, to proceed in the Alabama,
I (the vessel chartered by the War Department
lor the purpose ot rendering assistance to the
San Francisco,) to afford such aid and advice as
their experience and judgment may suggest.
Thi Alabama, with coal sufficient to last fitteen
to eighteen days, and fresh provisions for passen
gers, sailed irom New Yoik eaily yesterday
morning. The Globe says :
The Secretary has also directed the sloop ot
war Decatur, now fitting for sea at Boston, to
proceed in th« search, if, in the opinion ot the
commandant of the yard, she can be ol service,
aince the above was in type, we learn that
l the Secretary of the Navy has directed the
steamer North Star, at New York, to be char
tered, officered and manned, and sent to the le
lief ot the San Francisco.
I Tt.e Revenue Cutter Washington was de
; spatched from N. Y. on Friday, lor the purpose
’ of rendering aid to the disabltA steamer.
e Opinion of a Naval Officer.
We have from a distinguished officer of the
I Navy the following letter, indicating strong pro
| babilities of the salety of ttie steamer San Fran
cisco. It is ardently to be hoped that his calcu
a lations may be realized ;
c Washington, Jan. 7, 1854.
it To the Edito.s of the Sun The telegraph
n despatch from Liverpool, N. S., in regard to the
h steamer 41 Saa Francisco,” has caused apprehen
e sions for the safety of those on board, which the
V report of her disaster does not justify.
II The " San Francisco,” it is said, was seen in
r lat. 38 W N., long. 69 W., with her decks
n swept.* “ boats gone, and “ completely disabled/
o Decks swept” is a very ambiguous term, and
the worst meaning to be attached to it is, thal
j,. all uer masts have been carried away close tc
deck, which we wili suppose to have hap
i/ued. .
J 7- Loss of boats” is comparatively asmad mat
t ter>: Completely disabled” is another ambiguous
term, and would apply to a steamer dbmaiWaa
With her engiues only temporarily deranged- I
to the preservation of the vessel and those on
If the vessel ha* been dismasted, jury mastsj
will be riggjed out of the spars which every vessajf
carries to. meet similar emergencies. Thougin
•the progress of the ship would be uMauffig
slow under jury masts, the northerly winds now
prevailing on our coast would take her to the
southward in fair weather, and a fair wind to the
West Indies.
The engines if disabled may have been sub
sequently repaired, in which case, from my per
sonal knowledge of the resources and energy of
Capt. Watkins, it is possible he Las gone on to
Hie de Janeiro—but most probably he it retura
ing to New York under steam,
j wGapt. W. is the ablest man in his vocation I
| mow. He has been in worse scrapes at sea than
line one recently reported without losing his ves
sel or any one otftbtiard.
marks will tend in the least to mitigate the so
licitude ofthe many who are interested in the
fate of the “San Francisco,” you are it liberty to
[From the Charleston Courier , Extra lltk in*!.]
Later from Havana and Key West.
. The U. S. mail steam ship Isabel, Captain
[ William Rollins, arrived at her wharf in this
1 city at about four o’clock this morning irom
; .Havana and-Key West, having left the former
r port on the morning and the latter on the evening
‘ of the Bth inst ...
Havana, Jan. 7.—The amount of business
done in purchasing Sugars actually in market,
has not been great, as the Stock is small yet of
new crop, only about 400& boxes having come
to town. The whole stock on hand is about
35,000 boxes. There is a desire to purajpwe, but
planters stand out for high rates. From what l
have seen,.l should consider that the cane will
not yield very well. That labor is about as
abumfent, perhaps more so than it was last year,
notwithstanding the losses by cholera, I am as
sured of by one who has made the matter a study-
In regard to the weather, it is favorable to
manufacturing the sugar, but hot sq to the cane,
which in many parts is already too ripe and be
cominglike reeds; Taking every circumstance
into consideration, I should suppose that the crop
of this year will not exceed that of last. The
exports from Havana during 1853 amount to
762,112 boxes, and from Mdtanzas to 311,306;
total from these two ports alone 1,073,418 boxes,
agaUjkl.Ol’M ßo in 1852, and 847,675 in 1849
In la3y, 109,970 boxes were sent to the United
States; in 1852, 33,881, and in 1853, 244,698,-
and Great Britain and Cotves, a market iq the
same years, 307,353.260,516, and 399,070^
Tnave to quote prices similar to those in my
last, and until the stock of new Sugar becomes
important, little change can be effected or prices
fixed.
Coffxe —Small lots are still being sent to N.
Orleans, and prices are now sl<H a 10| per quin
tal for best quality in market-
Molasses is very scarce and worth 3i a 3| per
keg of 5i gallons.
Havana, Jan. B.—A happy new year to you,
my friends! In noy correspondence of last month
I gave you a translation of an order in relation
i to the enaan cipated bUcks, which gave a kind ot
liberty to all of the denomination imported pre
viously to the year 1835. I also informed you
'• that another was in pickle. On the firstiost., a
new ordinance, was published which will ac
company this with itstjf&nslatiort, the fust words
j as which are, “The negroes known by the de
nomination of emaneipados are all free.” Free
‘ they are by rights, but Ido not see that, by the
■ new ordinance, they will be more so than they
• 1 are now, or be better off. The interests of this
• Island, 1 consider, ate at this., uonient in * very
JBfecartous statj. andik is that the wm*
of our glorious Union are so apathetic at
R appears that the second decree j (
about by the English Judge, who consider# t,h e .j,
first not sufficiently clear and k\
haps to moriovv u nod may bring ii>|ih c
( Spanish freedom) to all ClSflSeS tri",sl [
it appears ■strange that people beefcake'he'
matter so calmly. It is true that carno t ,
help themselves, still I should hav# expect'd
more conversation o.i the subject. The numbir !
of our inhabitants, capable of considering aid
reflecting upon acts of Government j s compara
tively small, still of this class, few of my ac"|
quaintance have made any comnflents in relation ■
to the late decrees. Many are in favor ot eman- <
cipation, and the bulk indifferent in regard to'
any change in the condition es the Blacks. Had
not the affairs of the East prevented it, Great
Britain, L am informed, by those in the secret,
intended to have sent a fleet out here to support
the authorities or compel them to carry out what
has lately been agreed to by the Spanish Gov
ernment.
President Pierce is getting into discredit
amongst the Creoles, by whom the news of an
approaching expedition has been caught with
much satislaction ; but a subsequent rumor that
some vessels had been seized by the authorities,
in New York, has caused, in its turn, a cloud to
cover them.
The American sailors which went to Africa
on a legal voyage, where the vessel was sold,
and they detained by force on board, and made
to help in the navigation of the vessel to Cuba,
with slaves, where the vessel was burnt, and
they lelt to shift for themselves, afterwards being
taken up by Government and imprisoned, are
still in durance vile ; Gen. Pezuela I am inform
ed. having refused to deliver them up to the
Ameiican Consul, in accordance with the desire
of that functionary.
It is hard that these men should thus suffer;
were they negros, there might be some hope ot
British interference, which being bold, is all po
tent, not only with the Spaniards, but with the
weak Governments of more daring people. Any
one can imagine how easy it is for a sailor to be
kept a prisoner on board of a ship, and be bro’t
to Cuba with a negro cargo. The relation ot
these sailors appears to me, from my experience,
to be very probable. I should with to know
how many Spanish sailors are in prison for per
forming the voyage to and from Africa of their
own accord. I can guesstbat not one is.
The Carolina negro that was kidnapped and
sold in this Island, has a brother and his mother
living in Nassau, New Providence.
We have had another horrid murder, prompt
ed by jealousy. It is said that the murderess, a
white female, had proofs of her husband’s infi
delity. Tne object causing him to stray Irom
hi.- marriage vows beinga negress, a slave in his
own house. It appears Vhat the prod's of his
culpability were too strong[ for the offended one
to put up with, and led herto watch the oppor
-1 tunity of all being out of doors, except the cause
of her anger and victim of her rage, when she
despatched the negress with a blow from an
1 iron.
The negress wasthen placed on a cot, a doc
tor sent for, as if she were in a lit, he pronouiic
i ed that she was lead, took bis fee and gave a
! certificate, anJ tfit negress was buried—but Go
■ vernment obtaining through another servant,
. some information which caused to suspect foul
play, the body 'as disinterred and examined,
i and the arrest of the guilty one followed,
s Amongst th; passengers per the Isabel, arriv
> e( ] the Roman Catholic Archbishop Hughes, who
1 comes here tospend the winter.
t The wearier has been very cold for some
> time back, making cloth quite comfortable; and
- the papers say that near Matauzas, and in other
parts, a slight frost has beeng„bserved early in
- the morning- Havana being low, its tempera
ture is always higher than thatot' the country.
3 M. M.
IK Key West, Jan. 8, 1854.
Editors :—Since my last, the barque
■Sard, of and lor New York, for Havana, with (
ot molasses, arrived here leaking; she
about two thirds ol her cargo, was ,
«L" 1 llon ? copper up, has again taken in ,
5 an “ *® now awaiting men, to proceed on
voyage—expenses $t.200. On the 29th
Texas arrived here from the reef,
barreU flour, taken out ol ship Rebecca,
S l< master, from N. O. for Rio Janeiro ; she
ashore on the inside of the reef, near
jjßt Vacas. Capt. Wolfe made his arrange
mejp with the Master, of the Sloop Texas, and
fortEother wreckers, to get lis ship off, put her
jgafliide thereef in the Gulf Stream, for 6()0 bar-
KfcJiour ;7f it required a larger quantity to be
out for the purpose, it was to be replaced
onjboard of the ship again—all of which has been
dully done, the Rebecca has proceeded to
■Sfjfaneiro, and the wreckers have sold their
&<#' here at about $6 50 per barrel; which gave
th#n a snug New Years Gift of about $4 000.
MpP the sth kist., the barque West Wind, from
sf9|r York for Saint Maiks, passed through our
jfcjfSbr ; her Captain reported that he had board
edfce ship Hudson, of and for New Orleans,
w|b an assorted cargo, ashore on Orange Keys,
(Ifittamaa,) and no assistance near. Our three
piMboats, the Dart, Florida and Champion, left
•*became evening for the Orange Keys, with the
of being iu time to aid her.
you will find an abstract of wrecked
vessels, &e.. &c., for the year 1853 ; it may be
inserting to your readers.
Abstract of Vessels wrecked on the Florida Reef,
■ end arriving in distress at Key West , from the
' January, to 31st December, 1853:
Nqarbur vessels wrecked 28
Number arriving in distress 28—56
Shq4*9 ; barks, 14 ; brigs, 20; schrs., 13. . .. .56
AiiejHcans, 47 ; English, 8 : French, 1 56
Atijoiint of salvage paid $174,350
A (daunt of expenses [>aid. 155.750
VaUwoi vessels and cargoes 2,082,000
Nuttjlef of vessels bilged—Americans, 4 ; Eng
jp|2... 6
Number of vessels condemned—English, 1 ;
Krarcb, i 2..
j Groswßeturn of the Trade at Key West, for 1853
ARKI VALS.
Pyar# No. vessels. Tonnage. Crews.
AiAl-au 80 24,193 1089
nnfMfc-r* 26 4,551 305
Spanish 1 37 4
I F‘enek 1 131 8
IPapM 1 132 13
| 109 29,044 1419
■ DEPARTURES.
American 59 4035 344
<] Spauiih 1 37 4
Danm. 1 132 13
j 84 7752 634
The J. S. Mail steamer Isabel enters from, but
Mdoes not clear for Havana—which accounts for
>} ' e . in tonnage and men.
PpE^^Ps*t, a 3lst December, 1853.
Observer.
BE?.
« T ' ~~—
[From the Chronicle,Sr Sentinel, 10th mst.\
feA The Augusta Bridge.
H f our city papers have published the apol
<jgy (?) ,with which the Charleston Courier at
tempts s sooth the just indignation ot this eom
*riiuity,at the late legislative action ot South
Ca ofiua. in regard to this Bridge.
"fbe pertinacity, w ith which the law-givers of
that State have striven, for eight years, to de
prive us tis property, to which we hold their own
warranty title, cannot be excused, on the pleaot
“ha*ty action.” or want of lamiliarity with our
rights, fn 1845, they made a grant to their own
Railjtoja'jjCompany, which “sober second thought”
in due'id .be in to revoke;) and from that day to
this; repeated attempted to patch up.
(ait.&gfmr Shultz, and his successors, a pretended
title, *lm-h their own Courts, and those of the
Do jJwjL'ltates, have concurred in deciding to be i
jroundlifs. How far such a contest, with a
roßiuctill corporation in another sovereignty, is
with the dignity of a high-minded
of her people may answer, who are
SjSWTrFb' l ' of designating Augusta, es- a "little
: i tnwnP -How far arch action is con-” I
-il.clirun ~1 qni’irhe. nht '
tueir o w .
brief statement of
The gentleman, »!■ is saio, by \j
>, fl ve taken the lead/ln this last procelUifJffhay ,
ii,J the document, of which the Courilnyfiposes
i'# Legislature to have been ignorant/d' a pub
lijy record, within a lew minutes’ waMc of his
Dion office, viz: in the Register of a'gefield,
B.jfck Y. Y. fob 192 to 194. This )S a d/ed from
the Hon. Bay lies J. Earle, acting under a special
authority, granted tor this very purpose by the
Legislature of South Carolina, to Samuel Hale,
who was agent for the then owners of the Bridge,
and whose title our City Council now hold. 1 he
instrument is dated Decenqjrer 2*, 1830, and con
veys a pieep of land “extending from the margin
of the iSavannah) river at low water mark, to
the southern line of Jlarket street, [in Hum
burg] hounded by east and west lines, of the
width of the Abgusta Bridjp.” “It being un
derstood that this last niece or parcel of land is
to be used, held and enjoyed.solely and exclusive
ly for the purpose of the bridge abutment and
highway.” Observe—this conveyance is to
Samuel Hale and his assigns, in fee simple and
forever, with a warranty of title from the State of
South Ca olina ! \ nil, in the face of that war
ranty, the State of Soith Carolina, without ot
tering any compensation to the holders of their
own title, authorises two ot her own citizens,
who have no more Haim to, the property than
any two natives of..3w“ifgealanff?*’ to.exercise
over it a franchis*. whjfe, renders it v; ' 'eless!
And, this. too£ wlen the S.ate received ti f.the
purchaser fiat nousand iollars , for pro; "ty
which. but tor tb> franchise, was not worth n«
“■'•“I ■.■.HUIK, "
hundred.
In discussing tie act of 1845, above referred
to, about th» tire: of its passage, the Charleston
Mercury stited tiat the purchase niontjy thl ®
property w»s revived by the State’s agent, but
was, in realtyyhe money of Henry Shultz. 1
give the substnee, not the language, ot the
Editor—and he was correct, though 1
know nothiig abo’t it. If it be so, the matter
assumes a phase, sili more preposterous, the
State gives a waranty lee simple tit.e to pro
perty, at an enorrrwus price, and then
compensation to tie purchaser, grant? eso e
right to use this very property, to the .assignees
of the man, whom they allowed to pocket the
money!! / . ~ „
Is “anv erroneous impression as to °f r rI S 8
an apology lor an act like this ? of have t e eg* *
lature ot South Carolina yet to learn f * ‘
are while people, living on this side ol the
nah River? Their own warranty g'V»sus the
abutment on their side. 1 his very S T . • ,
pressly recognires our right to tne m
structure of the said bridge, ’ within the o
limits: and yet, they undertake, w . lt *° u *
compensation, to givetostrangeis a right, 1
destroys the value of the whole property
Their entire action speaks to us, thus- You
outside barbarians own the abut men ,on w ic
the bridge rests. You own the bridge ‘tsetf.You
may keep it in repair, av-J pay. as you havtehere
tofore done, all damasks that may be sustained,
tiom any delect i» the material structure. But
Jonco S* Kemiidy belong to the celestial empire,
and Jones & Kennedy shall take the profits.”
What this profit may ultimately prove, to the
beneficiaiies if this precious specimen of legisla
tion, doth notyet appear. The end is riot yet.
The Courts oliouth Carolina have never failed
to maintain t4s honor of their State : and perad
venture, they nay refuse to sanction, even in
their own leg-iiture, an act which would blot
her palmetto tanner with “the indelible stain ol
broken faith, aid a violated contract.”
Richmond.
Serious Los. bv Fire.— We regret to learn
that a fire occured, on the evening ol the 7th
inst., at the plantation ol Mr. C. Hines —a most
excellent citizet of Liberty county—by which
that gentleman’, gin house was burnt and about
sixty bags of ciiton. Mr. Hines’ loss is sup
posed to be not less than $6,000.— Savannah
Georgian, llth i\st.
List of Aois
Passed by the Legislature and signed by the
Governor, previous to tbe recess :
No. 1. To alter and change the time of hol
ding the Inferior Courts of the county of Paul
ding.
No. 2. To authorize the State Treasurer to
make ceitain advances.
No. 3. Amendatory of the several laws in
corporating the City of Milledgeville, so far as
relates to the election of officer* by the people.
No. 4. To appropriate money from the Tieas
ury as a contingent fund for the political years
1854-and 1855.
No. 5. To lay out and organize a new county
from the counties of Cherokee and Gilmer.
No. 6. To lay out and form a new county
out of the counties of Walker and Whitfield;
and to add a portion of Walker to Whitfield, and
to organise said new county.
No. 7. To incorporate Marshall College in
the City of Griffin.
No. 8. To lay out and organise a new county
from the counties of Franklin and Elbert and to
provide lor the organization of the same.
No. 9. To amend the several acts relating
to the Court of Common Pleas a id of Oyer and
Terminer of the City of Savannah, and (or other
purposes.
No. 10. To incorporate the McDonough Col
legiate Seminary, and to give the Commissioners
ofthe incorporation ofthe town of McDonough,
that shall hereafter be elected, full .power and
authority to pass and enforce all such by-laws
and ordinances as they, in their judgment,, may
believe necessary to guard the interests of the
citizens re' iding in the corporate limits of said
town of McDonough, and to insure the perma
nent prosperity of said institution.
No. 11. To indemnify Henry M. Burkhal
ter for loss sustained by him in consequence ol
the State selling to him a frac: ional lot of land
to which it had no title ; also, to indemnify Wrr.
Toney for a lot purchased by him under similar
circumstances.
No. 12. For the pardon ol Elijah Bird of the
county of DeKalb, now under sentence of death
for the crime of murder.
No. 13. To lay off aod organise a new coun
ty Irom the county ot Baker, aud to attach the
same to a judicial, congressional and military
district.
No. 14. For the relief of Nancy S. Hender
son.
No. 15. To lay out and organise a new coun
ty from the county of Stewart and to provide lor
the organization ot the same.
No. 16. To allow certain citizens of the
State of Alabama to obtain letters testamentary,
and for other purposes ; and to authorize Robert
Kennedy, administrator, to sell lands in this
State.
No. 17. To authorize the Treasurer of this
State to make to the members of the present
General Assembly and its officers, certain pay
ments therein mentioned.
No. 18. To divide the offices ol Receiver of
Tax Returns and Tax Collectors ot the counties
of Baker, Gwinnett and Pulaski.
No. 19. To add a |>ortion of Habersham coun
ty to the county of Lumpkin ; and to amend an
act to add the tract of land known as the Shear
wood’s mill tract in Hall county, to the county
of Gwinnett, approved January 12, 1852.
No. 20. For the relief of the stockholders in
Ruckersville Banking Company.
No. 21. To consolidate the offices ot Receiv
er of Tax Returns and Tax Collector, so far as
relates to the county of Decatur, passed 2d De
cemcer, 1841 ; and to provide for the election in
future of one Tax Receiver seperately in said
county, as provided for by the general laws of
this State in such cases.
No. 22. To provide for the payment of cer
tain census takers of this State therein named.
No. 23. To abolish, change and establish
certain election precincts in the counties herein
after named.
No. 24. To authorize the Mayor and Council
of Macon to lease a portion of the City com
mon, known asNaper’sold field.
No. 25. For the relief of Samuel Pascoe.
No. 26. To remove, abolish a ; rtd create new
election precincts in certain counties in this
State.
No. 27. To lay out and organize a new cmui-
I ty fiom the county of 'DeKalb, aodfijJjk|^Bjjj|
To lay oiSfflaorganise a new coun
ty froif/the counties Vs Dooly and Irwin, and
attach the same to judicial and Congressional
- Ks»rjct, and for otker purposes.
AsaiQted to ‘</lh Dec., 1853.
(Tclcataphed for the Baltimore Sun)
j 3 j, 7. —Frie Troubles—Proclamation of
Gov. Bijfy. —The two Kilpatricks. D. Sherwine
and John v j ac k, have been arrested and taken
to XU is quiet at present.
.•SCOND DISPATCH.
The arrest of\jje Kilpatricks and other lead
ers of the mob ha* completely cowed the rioters,
and the ringleaderiare absenting themselves.—
The U.S. Marshall here, fully determined to
enforce the is W; an< ixiaintain the rights of the
Railroad Comply |
The following •;L, a f c | l f rom q ov Rjg) er w ill
doubtless put an eiY; o th# disturbances .
. . jr . Harrisburg, Jan. 6.
c J° ff A ' r * d . k,n 7 iUor, and S. B. Vincent, -
Sheriff, of Erie. i \m Bigler, Governor .
of the Commonwealth oT, B B lva ’ n . for the <
purpose of enforcing obedie the [aws a|)d
in order to see them faithfully t . .
authorize and require the said
S. B. Vincent, to call upon all roo€“ £‘"S and ,
if the military, to aid W 1 ""* ““ 1
sing riots, if any should occur, and tC u PP res i
the public peace; and also to secure oK s ei ve
to the laws and orders and desires ol thd‘ ce
preme Court ol Pennsylvania, against the l:
struction of the property of the Franklin Canai
Company ; and further, that you advise obedi
ence to the orders and decrees of the U. S. Court.
You will also give publicity to this communica
tion (Signed) Wm. Bigler.
New York, Jan. B.— Destructive Conflagration
Burning of Metropolitan Hall and La Farge
Hotel. —Afire broke out about, 10 o’clock this
rooming in the Metropolitan Hall, by, which, in
the space of two hours, that magnificent building
and the new marble fron'ed hotel, called the La
Farge Hotel, were entirely destroyed. The hotel,
which was not yet occupied, was probably the
most costly in the city, having a large fronton
Broadway and extending back to Mercer street.
I'he loss is immense. Several other buildings
on Broadway and Mercer street were damaged.
SECOND DESPATCH.
New York, Jan. 8 —No buildings were burnt
other than the La Farge House and Metropoli
tan Hall. The roof of a frame building on Mer
cer street, was crushed in by the falling of the
rear wall of the hotel and several qther building
were scorched. Nothing but the walls of the
hotel were left—which were levelled by the
firemen. The hotel was leased by Charles
Waight—and furnished entire, and was to have
been opened in a few days. Nearly all the fur
niture was burnt or otherwise destroyed. The
fire originate ! in the Metropolitan Hall, where
Jullien was preparing tor a grand dress hall.
The La Farge House was one among the most
magnificent houses in the country, and cos- over
$600,000. The loss by this fire is very heavy,
and partially covered by insurance.
Portland, Jan. B .—Destructive Fire at Port
land.—The custom house at this place was en
tirely destroyed by fire this morning. It was
occupied besides by the Post-office, Reading
Room, Atlantic Bank, U. S. Court, Natural
History Society, Bailey’s Bookstore and other
tenants. Everything in the Post-office was
saved, but the contents of the Custom House,
the splendid collection of the Natural History
Society,Judge Ware’s valuable library, the Read
ing Room and Court Rooms were entirely de
stroyed. The loss is heavy, and falls chiefly on
the Government. The building was formerly
the Exchange, and was sold to the Government
for $129,000.
Supreme Court. —The Supreme Court of this
State commenced its session in Savannah or
Monday last. Present, Judges Lumpkin, Starne:
and Benning. Quite a number ol cases ar<
pending final adjudication.
Eden held an inquest yesterday over
the body of Jonas, a negro belonging to Mai.
W. W. Starke, who was drowned on the 9t*
December while attempting to cross the rivet
from Fig Island to the city. The body was re*
covered yesterday. Verdict in accordance with
the facts.— Sav. Republican , 11 inst.
Homicide. —We learn by a letter from a friend!
in Darien, that a negro man belonging to CoL
Chas H. Hopkins, was killed on the 24rh De
cember by J. H. Bozeman and Wm. R. Padgett,
two white men from North Carolina, and that
Col. Hopkins has forwarded the necessary evi
dence to Gov. Johnson for the purpose of pre
vailing upon him to issue a reward for the appre
hension of Bozeman and Padgett. We would
publish the letter in full, did we not know it
would be misunderstood and distorted abroad.—
lb.
An Inquest was held yesterday by Coroner
Eden over the body of Capt. O. Hubbard, wh#
wsas accidentally drowned, on Saturday night
last, by falling overboard from the ship Audi*
at Venus’ Point. The body was found by sane
fishermen on Monday. Verdict in accordance
with the facts.— lb.
A Revolutionary Relic. —Mr. A. F. Tor
lay, Keeper ol Laurel Grove Cemetiy, has laid
upon our table a cast-iron cannon-ball, exhumed
on. Monday last, at Laurel Grove. When it was
made, or when fired—whose hand gave it shape,
or whose cannon gave it motion, are questione
which we must leave to the antiquaries. It
bears the marks of great age, is much battered
and worn, and weight 173 pounds. We have
placed it upon our reading room table for
the inspection ol the curious.— lb.
Government Advertising Unprofitaiilk,
—The Boston Daily Times, wh'ch has lor eight
years successfully claimed the Post Ollke adver
tising, on the ground of its having the largest cir
culation of any paper in that city, now surren
ders the privilege as not paying its expenses. It
says:
‘‘At the rate now paid of one cent per letter,
we have for 1,600 letters, sl6—cost of putting
in type, $12 —balance,the enormous sum of four
dollars, to pay for three columns of the finest
printed matter. In a year, we therefore give
iifty-two insertions of this large amount of mat
ter for only S2OO. We should charge to all other
advertisers for the same amount of space, S6O for
each insertion. Deduct Irom this 16, all that
the government allows, and w e are, by the opera
tion, out of pocket just $44 per week—amount
ing to Two Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-
Eight Dollars per annum. To this should be
added from two to five hundred dullais annual
expense of defending our rights under the law.,
and thus we find ourselves a nett loser each year
of nearly three thousand dollars, for the privilege
of advertising this list of letters.”
The Revenue Cutter Jf.fff.reon Davisu
—We learn that the Revenue Cutter Jefferso*.
Davis, Capt. Pease, will proceed to sea this after
noon in search of the steamship San
under orders from the Hon. Wm. F. Coloock,
Collector, leceived from Washington by tele
graph.
The Jefferson Davis is a superior and com
modious vessel, manned with a crew of thirty
men ; and should sfie fall in with the San Fran
cisco, we are satisfied will render efficient ser
vice.
The Cutter is bound to Puget’s Sound, Wash
ington Territory, and will cruise on the southern
edge of the gulf stream, where the steamship is
supposed to be,and iffound, or any information
obtained other, will leturu to theMieiirest Atlan
tic port.
i Capt. Pease and his officers, during their so
■ journ at this port, have made many and warm
liientls amongst our community, and carry with
1 them many fervent wishes for their prosperity
and happiness. — Charleston Courier , 12M iuse, , J
The Weather, for the last three or four days,
r has been unusually cold, cloudy, wet, and
3 changeable. Monday was the coldest day o»
the season, the thermometer
S o’clock in the rn< rr" ""
daYwars foggy and pouted
dofvn in torrents, with violent gusts of wind
dwring the night, accompanied with thunder and
li|htning—yesterday again was quite a spring
day, with the thermometer up to 60 degrem.
There was, however, a cons derable quantity of'
rain at intervals.— Charleston Courier, 12t/i mat.
The first sale of a gam, of negros which we
have heard of this year, was made by Louis De~
Saussure, Esq. There were a Lout eighty in
number,and averaged $532 each, which indicate®
that the price as negros is likely to keep up du
ring the winter.— l 6.
Organization of the New Territory of Ne
braska.
We clip the following synopsis of the bill or
ganizing a government for the new Territory of
Nebraska, on the principles o( the Compromise
of 1850, from the Washington
correspondence:
Mr. Douglass reported a bill for organizing the
Territory of Nebraska, which covers fifty pagee
of manuscript. It provides that when the said
Territory, shall be admitted as a State or States,
the Territory, or any portion of the same, shall
be received into the Union, with or without)
slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at
the time of their admission ; provided that noth
ing in this act contained, shall be so construed as
to inhibit the Government ot the United States
from dividing said Territory, into two or more
Territories, in such manner and at such time ae
‘Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or
• jym attaching any portion of said Territory to
i. ~,'jier State or Territoiy oi the United States ;
* Either, that nothing in that act con-
be construed to impair the rights of
t Jjj ans now pertaining to the ln
e Section t , . , . _
cers &c Se*° n ' ,le ) relative to details of ofK-
Supreme Court" " in *t all °* B a PP eals to
vo l vin« the ntlfc t! ‘ e United States, m eases in
vaiue ofthe maV av * B without reguid l to the;
error and appeal ai ln „ controversy. V. „ts of
Court of the United K^ owe ‘l to the Supreme
the Territorial Courts,** 8 ? n V ‘tecision of
volving ques’ions of p«r2 n a llab , eas COrpUS ’ lft '
Section 10 is as follcws?Uj’ e ?^?S n ‘ - - i
of the act, entitled an * be P ro 'f' Blo,! \
from justice and person&s*c a j !B P ec * ln S, 1 ugitive«: J
of their masters, approved from the service /
and the provisions of he act t»i ru * r y , 1 '•’L • /
plementary to the afoiesaid act, kym an< * | U P" j
tember 12, 1850, be, aid the same 'Ved Sep- i
declared to extend to aid be in full forcehereby j
the limits of said territory ot Nebraska. httt
Section 13, Provides for the location,
arily, of the seat of govenment at Fort LeV* /
worth. \ j
About 2 o’clock this morning, an alarm of
was given, which was found to proceed from a 2
building on the West side of the Bay, a few
doors, South ot Tradd-street, owned by Mr. Jno.
McNellage, occupied on the first floor, by Jas. Fi.
Gray, as a Grocery, and otherwise by private
families as a residence.
The fire was found to originate in ihe cellar,
in which a number ot tar barrels had been stowed
away, the cause, we have not been able to as- ;
certain definitely. We learn that there as aic \
insurance on the building in the firemen's In- \
surance Company for a small amount—but per- \
haps sufficient to cover the damages.
The proprietor, we learn, was a passenger or
board the steam ship Marion, arrived this morn
ing.—Cliar Cour. 10 Ik inst.
Savannah Water Works.— The laying down
ofthe pipes tor the City Water Works which
had been temporarily suspended, was resumed &
tew days since, and is proceeding with muck
spirit. For the last day or two the workmen,
have been engaged in Whitaker street. Though
it is impossible to fix the precise time win n the
work will be finished, we are assured that tbr*
desirable consummation is by no rneaus distant
— Sav. Rep. 10th inst.