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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.