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REPORT . .
Os the Committee on City Improvements,
ject of the Water Privileges of Columbus.
The Committee to whom was• referred a
resolution passed bv the City ° l '.
relation ,o ,l,c oxter,l of the<™l“
within tiie corporate limits of toy 1
1 umbtis, on the Chatiahoocliee nv*r, the; a
of water tor each hundred vards, what hind
of machinery could be profitably employed,
and what extent or portion oi the Commons
will he required fbr the same ; and also to
determine and report whether the erection of
machinery would have a deleterious eflect
upon the health of our citizens, and how far
th< ad vantages to the commerce of the city,
and the means of the Council, would author
ize iheir action on the subject: have had the
same under consideration, and regret to re
port that tliev are not prepared, from actual
•tirvi-y, or close examination, to set forth the
estimate ofth; i;!l of water for each hundred
y art ) s as required by the first clause in the
resolution; but a very slight examination
will satisfy the mind of anyone at all ac
quainted with this subject, that our river, in
the power and fall of its waters, has advan
tages unequalled by any in the Union. The
extent of the falls, or water privileges, is
amply sufficient for the location and employ
ment of every description of machinery, com
mencing at the upper part of the west com
mons, and terminating just above the bridge,
a distance of three quarters of a mile; but
should a canal be cut, by which the water is
to be conducted to the machinery, a fall of
water sufficient to propel any quantity of
machinery, could be obtained the whole dis
tance of the commons on the river, at least
two miles in extent. The most valuable
portion of the Commons fir manufactures,
and that which lies adjacent to, and would
command the greatest fill and power of
water, will not exceed the distance first stated,
to wit: three quarters of a mile.
The extent of Commons necessary fir the
manufactories is not great enough <o interfere
with, or annoy the private property or con- i
venience of any of our citizens. It would i
not require more than some two or three ;
hundred feet of the commons, from the river j
hank running out east, and extending up and ■
down the hank of the river, to form lots of
suitable dimensions for the purposes contem
plated. The Committee cannot discover how
the erection of manufactories and thedivision
of the Commons in f o lots fir that purpose,
could impair the value of the property in the
immediate vicinity. On the contrary, they
feel confident that property thus situated
would be greatly enhanced and benefifted.
The alarms heretofore manifested, and the.
fears expressed by those of our citizens
whose residence is nearest our river, when
this subject has been agitated, in relation to
the unhappy influence the factories would
exert upon their health, the Committee feel
confident must give way to the opinion of
medical gentlemen, already expressed on thb
subject, that th' 3 improvement of our river,
as contemplated, cannot have a deleterious
effect on the health of those who may reside
in their vicinity. Experience, ihe best and
safest Counsellor, on tins as well as all oilier
subjects, has proven that opposition on this
ground, is untenable, and totally without
foundation.
Thu Committee now proceed to the dis
charge of the last duly imposed by Ihe reso
lution—to enquire into the facts how far the
advantages to the commerce of the city, and
the means of the Council will authorise them
to acl on this subject? This question can
well he answered by asking another. Can
the City Council do any thing for the sub
stantial pro>perity of the city without, this
measure ? Tiie preservation of the east hank
of ihe river, which threatens to become a
greal expense to the city, depends upon and
will be protected and secured hv the im
provement of our water privileges. In fact,
if wo will seriously i eflect upon the condition
of our city, and dispassionately contemplate
the prospect before us, we are constrained to
acknowledge that upon the speedy accom
plishment of this project depends our pros
perity; nothing can more successfully arrest
the decline and certain downfall of our beau
tiful Columbus, and raise her to that position
which shall make her the pride of Georgia
and the boast and beauty of the Cities of ihe
South. Nature has done every thing fbr our
city. She seems to have scattered blessings
and advantages in every direction around
her with a lavish hand. She has blessed her
with a navigable river for several months in
the year, on which can be transported ail her!
commerce. She is surrounded by an exten- j
stive and productive country, rich in all the
materials necessary to sustain and support;
li;;r manufactories, already teeming with an j
increasing population of enterprise and in
tc igence. Within our very reach the golden
fruit is planted, and grows, and we are ap
pealed to to extend the hand of industry and
enterprise, and reap its rich harvests. If we
look abroad upon the map of our country,
a : particularly to the Eastern States, we
see large cities, increasing in wealth and po
pulation without a parallel in the annals of
civilization, whose prosperity is attributable,
almost exclusively, to their manafadories.—
How, then, can vve, whose advantages in j
this particular are peculiarly great, calculate, i
or make anv estimate of what shall be tlie j
advantages to our commerce from a proper
improvement of our water privileges.
It would require more than human judger
nit nt, however enlightened by cxnerience o
education, to make a correct estimate of the
immense benefits which would accrue Jo our
city and the surrounding country* Who
can ix any limits to our prosp'ritv, or what :
•sp :it of prophecy could forete! the amount of!
our riches, when our river banks shall he lined J
with buildings, for all the various manufacto
ries our river is so well suited to sustain.—
W heu a large and constantly increasing poi
pu ation of industrious and enterprising me
chanics shall be concentrated here, and life
and activity thereby infused into all kinds of
v amerce —when property of every descrip
tion shall be enhanced to an extent never
before thought of bv those most sanguine in
the happy effects of this project, and when
too, ow citizens shall be relieved from taxa- j
non, and our Treasury made rich and capa-1
bie of furnishing the city those conveniences j
and public blessings so much needed and so
needlessly and loudly complained of by some
of our fellow citizens. In fact this measure !
is the only one calculated to place the means!
necessary for the protection of the p operty !
of the city within the control of the Council.;
Without this measure, we must suffer our-!
selves driven sin! further in debt, without the j
slightest relief of our fellow citizens from the |
exces-'lve taxation necessity has forced us to I
assess, or they must content themselves to
remain in their present unprotected condition.
AV ill-out means. Council can afford no relief, j
and (saving taxed to the extent of the law,
with a large deht and expensive public build
ings mil in progress and unpaid for, our des-
tiny i to bear the censure, an ! submit to the
uncharitable abuse of the censorous and
fauu-fin ling portion of our fellow citizens,
whose eves seem always fixed upon the dark
side o! the picture of affairs. Then ihe Com- i
muter think the issue fairly made up. AA'e
are either to avail ourselves of the advan
i.yg >s which the contemplated measure pro
poses to develope and secure to our city, by
*.h: manimity and concert of action on this
’ tof our fellow citizens; or we are j
ti n >d to look on in view of the means to!
nv ourselves rich and prosperous, with our :
energies paralyzed, our resources undeve- ]
loped, and our advantages snatched from us
bv our more fortunate rivals, on account of;
the unhappy divisions and strife, bv which
we have ever been characterised in all mens- j
urea of public policy. Need the Committee j
appeal to our fellow citizens to act in con-;
cert— need they exhort them to act in co-j
operation with the City Council in the ac- 1
complishmcnt of this great object ? V\ ill j
they not take warning from tiie past, and |
learn wisdom from experience, which to usl
has been a severe and faithful teacher ? Ihe j
Committee flatter themselves that our fellow j
citizens, on this subject, will express but one j
opinion, and that their action shall be so
united and prompt that the Legislature shall j
see that we have determined to trust no j
longer to fortune, but relying on the advan-j
ta<"3s we possess, to accomplish and work
out our own prosperity. Ihe Committee,
therefore, offer the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of Council
that the water power on the Chattahoochee i
rivet, within the corporate limits of the city,
together with tiie Commons, should heap-;
propria ted for the benefit of said city.
Resolved, That we memorialise the Le
gislature on this subject, and ask that the fee
simple title to the City Commons be vested
in the City Council, for the use and benefit of
said City.
Resolved, That the Report made by the
Committee to Council, together with the sub
ject therein referred to, be submitted to the
citizens of Columbus, for their consideraiion,
and that his Honor the Mayor call a public
“meeting of the people for that purpose, at as
early a day as convenient.
Council Chamber, Oct. 25, 1833.
To the Citizens of Columbus:
A meeting of the citizens of Columbus is
called, in compliance with the 3d resolution,
to he he’d at the Council Chamber, on Friday,
tiie 2d day of November next, ai 10 o’clock
A. M. Everv citizen is urged to he present.
‘J. S. CALHOUN, Mayor.
b ROM EUROPE.
By the arrival on Wednesday of the Royal
William, Capt. Swainson, in twenty days
from Liverpool, we have advices twelve days
later than those by the Great Western. —
j The Royal Will iani encountered adverse!
weather, as will be interred from her long
passage —had consumed ail her fuel, and
! was burning her last casks, bulkheads, &.c.
! when she arrived. She could hardly have
kept up her steam for another day.
The intelligence is diffuse and varied, and
in the present state of our markets, could noi
have been otherwise than interesting. It is
regarded as on tiie whole favorable to grain
holders, and yil descriptions of flour rallied
from 12 1-2 to 25 cents immediately. The
weather in England had been moderately fa
vorable to the securing of the harvest, hut
. the yield was still thought likely, if not Cer
tain, to prove below an average. The ac
counts from the continent were of a similar
tenor. The price had risen so high that all
the foreign wheat in bond in the English cus
tom houses Imd become subject to entry, un
der the British corn laws, at one shilling per
quarter ol eight bushels, at which the whole
stock in bond (about eight million bushels)
was passed the next day after the rise of
price had reduced the duty to the minimum,
hut no reduction of price had followed, as
was anticipated. On the contrary, holders
were very firm, and a trifling advance had
been realized. Such appear to be all the
material facts. We forbear speculations.
Cotton continued to he kept up in the face
of a heavy import and slackened demand, by
the strength of the bank agencies and capi
talists, whose interests were involved in sup
porting it. Much surprise was expressed at
this, by those who seem to forget that Mr.
Jaudon was not sent to England for nothing.
It was reported that a heavy stock had accu
mulated in India, during the prevalence of
low prices, which would soon be brought to
bear upon the market and depress it.
American stocks are rather too abundant
on the London exchange ; hut, being in good
hands, they are not pressed at a sacrifice.—
There are, however, more sellers than buy
ers. U. S. Bank shares 25Z, or at S4,SO to
the pound $l2O.
There is no important political news in
England. The Radicals in earnest are hold
ing public meetings to demand universal suf
frage, vole by ballot, and annual parliaments.
They had a large one in Manchester, but a
small turn out in London. Tiie Whig Rad
icals say that these proceedings injure the
cause of’real, practical reform. Much anxi
ety is felt to hear how Lord Durham will
take the rebuffs ho has received from his min
isterial friends in both Houses of Parliament,
and it seems the prevailing wish that lie might
| not throw up his government, as he has
I done. The French blockade of the Mexican
I ports is discussed with much animation. The
steam ship enterprise still excites much in
terest. King Leopold, of Belgium, is on a
visit to his niece. Queen Victoria ; and the
tories apprehend that he is engaged in pro
viding her with a whig husband. The
Queen dowager, (widow of William IV.)
professes not to intermeddle with politics,
avoids public observation, and is meditating
a sojourn at Lisbon the coming winter, for
the benefit of her health.
From France. —The Paris papers are prin
cipally occupied with speculations and con
troversies that would he of no interest to our
readers. The affairs of Louis Bonaparte, the
| Belgiac question, and the South American
quarrels, form the principal of their contro
versial matter, hut in neither are there any
new facts stated.
The French expedition againsf Mexico is
a subject which daily, more or less, occupies
tiie Paris press. The sailing of ships is men
tioned in the following telegraphic despatch
published io the Moniteur :
‘The Vulcan and Cyclops, bomb vessels,
and the Zebra brig of war, sailed from Tou
lon on 1 lie 11th September for the Gulf of
Mexico. They will be accompanied upon
their departure from the Straits by the Co
cyle steamer.’
The Touionnias of the 9th September states
that each of those bomb vessels carried out
500 shells. The same paper announces that
a transport vessel arrived in that port on the
2Dth u!t. at which date there were in those
roads tiie Jena, tiic Senati Petri, and the
i i'ndent, French ships of tiie line,
j Go tiie question raised between France i
land Switzerland, there is much in these jour- j
j nals to show that, the instructions of the can-j
! tons to their representatives in the Diet will!
|he hostile to the demand of Fiance. There!
j is, however, in the Journal des Debats an ar-j
j tide dated Turin, which states that Prince!
; Metternich had, in an interview with the!
Swiss deputation at Milan, declared that |
Switzerland could expect no sympathy from 1
! the Great Powers who had guaranteed the j
j federal compact. The same article repeats I
I that Louis Bonaparte had positively applied:
: to the Emperor Nicholas, through his cousin,
! die son of Jerome Bonaparte, for an inter
view, and that it had been refused by the
Autocrat—a fact which the silence of Louis
Bonaparte and his friends would seem to
confirm.
The Commission appointed to examine into
the defects of tiie French navy, has come,
first of all, to the the conclusion that the con
scription applied to the maritime departments
is not sufficient to recruit the nivv. By tiie i
conscription a young man is only taken at
twenty to become a sailor, and he quits his
ship in six years, just as tie becomes a good
seaman. To organize schools, give premi-j
um to parents, and devise every means for,
engaging the French to enter the naval ser
vice, when boys, is one grand recommenda
tion of the commission. Another is to a tig- j
ment, by one-fifth, the pay, after the legal
term of service be expired.—J Corning Chron
icle.
From Spain. —The Ministry is changed, ‘
and constituted as follows: The Duke de,
-•*
Trias, president of the council; M. Ruiz de j
la Vega, Senator, Minister of Justice; Mar
quis de Montevirgeu, Deputy, Finance Min
ister, par interim; Marquis de Valgarnera, j
Senator, Minister of the Interior, par interim; :
General Aidarria, par interim Minister of
War and Marine.
The Madrid papers and letters of the Bth
state that the new Ministers were sworn in
on the preceding night, and that on the
; morning of the Bth they entered on their
j iunctions. It was believed that the convoca
tion and the means of supposing the army
were the objects discussed, and that it was
resolved that the session of the chambers be
opened on the 30th of next month (October.)
Madrid papers and journals are to the 10th
: Sept. Tiiey state that the address of the I
j Ayuntamiento of was presented to
the Queen Regent on the night of the 9;h
Sept, referring to the state of the country and ;
pointing out means by which, in their opin- !
j ion, it might he in some degree improved.— |
The Queen Regent, in a few words, replied j
to the address, which she placed in the hands j
of the Duke de Frias, who was present.
The negotiation with the house of Roth- ;
cbilds, Brothers, was not not yet concluded. I
Despatches from General Latre, states !
that the army of the centre was animated by
the best spirit, but the troops were in want
of clothing, shoes, &c.
Austrian Italy. —The Emperor Ferdinand
I. was crowned Sept 6th, in the Duorno of
Milan, as King of the Lornbardo-Venetian
S;ale3. The scene was almost as brilliant
as the Coronation of Queen Victoria, and as
we gave our readers that, we will spare them
another description.
An act of amnesty has been granted to the
political emigrants and offenders of every
class belonging to l/Te Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom by the Emperor of Austria. —
Among the persons who will thus find them
selves restored to their native country are the
following: Count Gonfalonieri ; General
Zucchi, who was confined at Grataz for ta
king part in the revolution in Italy in 1828;
General Derneester, who has been an exile
seventeen years, for having participated in the
Piedmontese revolution of ISI 1 ; Prince Bel
rnojoso, a member of one of the first families
in Italy, who was obliged to fly his country in
1831 ; the Marquis Pallagicine ; Colonels Mo
retti, Borsieri. Zoressi, and many others, who
were for a long time confined at hpielberg;
Counts Poro, Arconavl, Arrivabene, Ciana,
and the literati Ugoi.i, Stalioni, and Josall,
who emigrated in 1831 ; The Marquis Vis
conti, Counts Malloni, Arese, Rosales, Vis
mara, Bellerio, Denibowski, and Marliami;
the advocates Ferrari and Prineti; together
with many others who emigrated in 1831,
and who are all distinguished for their per
sonal merits and social position.
From Smyrna. —Tiie Smyrna Gazette, of
the 25th August, announces the arrival in
that city of Rr dshid Pasha and Tahir Pasha.
The birthday of the Sultan was celebrated
at Smyrna on the 24th August, with a pomp
unknown up to that time. The presence of
I tiie Turkish fleet, and of three Pashas, im
parled to it an additional degree of import
ance. Nothing in the annals of Smyrna had
hitherto been comparable to it. On the pre
ceding night the city and the shipping in the
port were illuminated. The fleet, and the
foreign vessels in the harbor at dav-hreaic
appeared decorated with flags. The usual
: salutes and other demonstrations of joy fol
lowed. Their excellencies the Captain Pasha,
Redschid Pasha, accompanied by Dede Aga
(Governor of Smyrna,) proceeded at noon to
the grand mosque, with much pomp and cer
emony, when prayers were offered up for the
health of the Sultan.
From the Globe.
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO ELECTIONS.
The results, as far as ascertained, in these
two great States are cheering. They give
assurance that all the unequalled means of
corruption and deception which the Federal
party possess in their hanks and purchased
presses can avail nothing where encountered
by the intelligent, independent, and virtuous
producing classes of the country. If it were
possible, the gentry who live by their wits and
j impostures could ever succeed in making a
conquest of the political power of the peo
ple, they would have succeeded in the late
struggle in Pennsylvania.
By a schism in the Democratic ranks, they
had obtained, in ihe person of Rimer, a Go
vernor elected by a minority of the voters of
the State. With a body of the most unscru
pulous counsellors, secured by Mr. Biddle to
carry his Bank charter, because they were
1 known to be adroit intriguers, capable of the
j vilest prostitution themselves and skilful in its
| propagation—with the aid of the thirty-five
million Bank, which was the first step in the
career of profligacy —with the whole patro
nage of the State Government, drawing with
in its control the whole internal improvement
system, Governor Ritner, under Mr. Biddle’s
direction, set out on the principles of Mr.
Clay, determined, with the most unbounded
patronage ever within the reach of such
abandoned men, ‘to make himself popular.' 1
Never, in any country, were such immense
means so daringly, industriously and prodi
gally plied for t hree whole years. Under Mr.
Biddle’s immediate eye, the city ol Philadel
phia was tainted to the core. He got posses
sion ol the city councils; employed them to
infect it with leprosy of shin-plasters. Tiie
corporation was in debt to an immense
amount; the increased taxes threw into the
hands of his creditors, in addition to the other
means referred to, an amount oi money ne
-1 ver before expended in Philadelphia ; and
every dollar of it was directed to secure vo
ters for Wliigget v, ns well as laborers on the
public works. In addition to this, the same
instruments of Mr. Biddle had the command
of tiie immense Girard lund ; and tins, in di
| reel violation of the will of the patriotic man
j who bequeathed the millions disbursed by
them, they have employed in building an edi
! (ice, instead of instructing the orphans, for
whose education tiie legacy was intended.—
| i’he testator directs a plain, simple, durable
I structure, the plan of which is, ir. every par
-1 ticulnr, laid down: a year would have suffic
{ed for its erection. With the same contempt
!of the will as of the Bank charter under
! which he acts, Mr. Biddle ordered a building j
jto be erected which has cost the millions
! which should have gone to tiie education oh
the poor, and Ii is gathered thousands o!
workmen around, who, tor several successive
1 elections, have formed a wing of the Bank
j annv at the polls. These are the sources of j
! Ritner’s vast majority in the city oi Philadel- j
: pbia.
In the country, Stevens, Dickey, and the
; rest, have imitated the master ol the grand
: system of converting bank issues into votes.
In Adams county, it will he perceived that
i where Ritner had, in 1835, a majority ol only
| 200 votes, it is swelled to almost eighteen hun
j dred votes. This is the county in which the
j crooked rail road,called the Tape Worm, was
laid out, under tiie direction of Stevens, pass- ;
: ing his Iron Woiksfive times in its sinuous ,
i course. Upon this railroad and the neigh-j
; boring works, laborers, not voters of Penn- j
- sylvania, brought from various quarters, and
enlisted to support the Whig party, as a con-;
sideration of their employment. This, in a >
single township, where there are not 500 re-1
: sident voters, swelled Rimers majority to
more than a thousand.
In Huntingdon county, a break in the ca
nal afforded a pretext for the same fraudulent
importation of voters, and the same result fol
lowed. This is the county of Mr. Porter’s I
residence, and from which he has been re- I
peatedlv returned to the Legislature of the ;
State, and, as the Senator representing it, re- i
eontly resigned his seat to offer himself fori
the place of Governor to his immediate con- j
stiiuents for their suffrages. Yet the votes
of these immediate constituents were over
whelmed by an invading army, bought in by
the money of the Stale to vote for Ritner, lor
| which they were introduced through the
j breach in the canal. Another reason for col
onizing voters iu this county is, that it forms
I part of a Senatorial district, which elects two
i Senators this year. These fraudulent votes,
; t is feared, wiil elect Federal Senators by less
j than 100 majority.
By such means, in the city and country,
the Federal majority in Pennsylvania lias
been increased probably ten thousand votes;
and yet the returns justify the belief that the
Democratic ticket will succeed in the State
by a majority of An thousand. The Con
gressional representatives from Adams and
j Dauphin have been lost to the Democracy bv
tiie means to which we have alluded; but
the friends of the administration have sup
plied the loss bv carrying the Congressional
districts of Bucks and Washington, where
the system of corruption and importation
j could not he brought to bear.
Our Ohio news is auspicious. The*first
| and only district heard from, that of Belmont,
; iust beyond Wheeling, is redeemed from I lie
i Opposition. The Democratic candidate for
Congress lias succeeded over the \\ hig in
cumbent, Mr. Alexander, by a considerable
majority; and Mr. Shannon has obtained a
great increase in the same quarter over his
Federal competitor. Governor Vance.
The opening in Ohio is so far, then, in the
higher) degree, ominous of a glut ions result
in that great Republican Commonwealth.
The Times.— The following glowing but
faithful picture of the state of trade in the
Metropolis is from the ‘city’ article of the
New York Express:
‘ We are now in the midst of our full
trade ; business of ail descriptions is most ac
tive. Our wharves are lined with shipping
two or three tier deep—a iarge portion of
| them unable to find births. The burnt dis
; iriet, which is the most beautiful as well as
j the most valuable section of the business part
j of the city, enjoys a brisk trade ; every store,
j with perhaps a very few exceptions, is oecu
| pied by enterprising merchants. Pearl, and
other jobbing streets, are lined with a goodly
| number of bales and boxes, turned out, by
their marks and directions, destined to al
| most every town and village in this wide
spread country. The carmen all appear to
he fully employed ; the laborers are no more
seen sitting in groups at the corners of the
streets in idleness; the steamboats on North
and East river?, as well as those on the
Philadelphia line, are filled with passengers.
Our hotels are crowded ; so much so, that it
is evident, that in a year or two more, still
greater accommodations will be required.—
The various lines of tow boats were proba
bly never so well employed as at present.
The boats on the Great Western Canal are
loaded as deep as they can swim. Nor is
the trade of the city an unnatural or forced
one. The country, owing to the deranged
state of the currency, the prostration oi the
credit system, the want of confidence, the as
tonishing number of failures, the past want
of good crops, and other causes that might
be enumerated, had become exceedingly bare
of goods. To supply this exhausted state of
the country, is to be attributed the present
active state of business. Those who appear
here for the purchase of goods, have either
the cash, or enjoy the best of credit. So that
it may be fairly presumed that the business
done this fall, although the profits on sales
may not be as great, will turn as safe and as
advantageous as any that has been done for
many years.
Constitution of Pennsylvania. —The amend
ments proposed to the Constitution of Penn
sylvania have been adopted by the vote of
the people. We have returns from all the
counties but three, and the vote now stands,
including the Northern Liberties:
For the amendments, 117,315
Against “ 115,778
1,537
There are three small counties to be heard
from, which will increase this majority. It
will be seen dial the vote cast at ;his election
is verv large, anti on the Governor’s election
will be found to amount to nearly 250,000 —
fifty thousand more than were ever taken in
die State before. It is not strange that Gov.
Ritner should have lost his election under
such circumstances, but it will be a matter of
wonder fbr some time among the inhabitants
of the State where the votes all came from.
There are those who believe that they could
not now all he found. — Balt. Chronicle.
Ohio Election. —The Congressional elec
tion has resulted in the choice of the follow
ing members. The names of tiie V liigs are
m italics:
Ist District —Alexander Duncan.
2d “ John B. Weller.
3d “ P. G. Goode.
4th “ Thomas Corwin.
sth “ Wiiliam Doan.
6th “ Calvary , Morris.
7th “ William K. Bond.
Bth “ Joseph Ridgeway.
9th “ Win. Medill.
10th “ Samson Mason.
11th “ Isaac Parish.
12th “ Jonathan Taylor.
13th “ D. P. Leadbetler.
I4di “ George Swenev.
i 15th “ J. W. Alien.
j 10th “ J. R- Giddings.
1 7ih “ John Hastings.
| lSth “ D. A. Starkweather.
19th “ Henry Sweringen.
The Columbus (Wing) Journal states that
ton joint ballot the Van Buren majority in die
Legislature will range from six to ten.
Balt. American.
Pennsylvania Legislature. — Ihe political
ascendency in the Legislature ol Pennsylva
nia is claimed by bods parties. The Harris
burg Telegraph of Wednesday last says dial
the Senate will be composed of 23 Whig and
10 Van Buren members, and the House of
52 Whig and 43 Van Buren delegates, ma
king a V big majority on joint ballot of 17.
On the other hand, the Harrisburg ‘ Key
stone,’ of the same date, says that 56 Van|
I Buren delegates have been elected to the j
House, and that the Senate will have 15 ‘
j Van Buren members, making” a Van Buren
j majority on joint bailotol‘9.
j Which statement is coirect will, we pre-j
isume, be known in a few days, when tiie of-1
facia! returns are made.
‘Go Ahead.' —The last Picayune says that!
a ‘most astonishing circumstance is said to
have occurred yesterday at die L vee. Aj
captain of a steamboat, which was just put- j
ting out, thought he would first try some oys-j
iters that were lying handy. In the confu-|
jsion and hurry of the moment he mistook thej
lone for tiie other—swallowed his steamboat j
i —and jumping on the heap of oysters, sung|
lout ‘Go ahead.’ He never knew the dis-j
lerence till he felt the engine commencing its
movements.’
Counterfeit Mates. —The New Orleans
Bee says that a m .nufactorv of Texian notes
iis established in dint city. Emigrants to the
j republic should be careful to avoid the issues
of these banking-on-their-own-hoak fellows, j
” i
‘l’m in a devil of a fever,’ said Talfourdj
i to Wild, ‘ whenever I have any thing in the
: press.’ ‘You mean, I presume, a type-us .
i lever,’ rejoined the learned sergeant.
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, NOVEMBER 1, IS3S.
Cotton —The article is coming in more
freely than last week, and sales readily ef
fected at II a 12 1 2.
Trade generally is looking up, and all we
want to give us life and activity is a good boat
ing river, and there is no prospect for that
at present.
WATER PRIVILEGE.
Vv'e publish in another coluumn, the repart
of the ‘ Committee on city improvements,’
touching the question of Water Privileges,
which was agitated last season, and which
produced so much discussion and diversity of
opinion. It will be seen that his Honor the
Mayor has called a meeting of the citizens
for to morrow, at 10 o’clock, at the Council
Chamber. The question, whether 1 the fee
simple to the City commons, shall be vested in
the City Council, for the use and benefit of
the City,’ is an interesting and impor
tant one, and should be settled without fur
ther delay. We hope to see a full meeting.
‘POWER rs ALWAYS STEALING FROM
THE MANY TO THE FEW.’
Perhaps no political truth is more firmly
established, by the results of experience, than
that which stands at the head of this article;
none, therefore, deserves to be more duly
weighed and pondered by a lree and in
dependent people. In casting our eyes over
the history of the world, from the earliest
ages of man’s political association even down
to the present day, we shall find its verity
stamped upon almost every page. The ap
palling truth that the many—those in whom
the power, force and energies of a nation
reside, have in all ages of the work!, and with
a few short lived exceptions, been the slaves
of the few, are the lessons taught by the his
toric muse. Indeed the history of the world
is one wide and melancholy wasle of blood
shed, oppression and misrule, and the earth
may well be compared to a prison house, in
which the great mass are bound in chains, to
do the bidding of their lordly masters—
these masters too, men like unto themselves,
subject to the same weaknesses, partakers of
the same foibles. In some countries these
distinctions in society took root in the very
foundations of the Government, in others
they have been the result of accident, the
achievements of ambition, or have followed
in die train of supineness on the part of the
people, as though Deity visited upon them
thi- worst of evils, upon the same principle
that he sent the devouring armies of insects
into Egypt, because they had disobeyed his
will, because they had bowed down and
worshipped creatures like themselves.
Wherever the standard of freedom has
been planted, it has waved its ample folds
for but a short duration, and although, like
the spirit of charity, it blessed him that gave
and him that received, few were found long
to rally around, with rational bearing, the
citadel of liberty. Some bold and reckless
military aspirant marched his exulting mer
cenaries over the monuments of freedom, and
planted the standard of despotism upon her
ruins; or some insinuating or clamorous
demagogue, under specious pretences of pa
triotism and love of country, succeeded in the
accomplish meat of the same object.
In no country but America was the great
and immortal truth of the political equality of
man recognized. It was reserved for the
fathers of the revolution to proclaim to an
astonished world a glorious self-evident prin
ciple, which had slept for thousands of years.
But let us pause, and ask ourselves if we
are safe—if there is no ground of apprehen
sion for the evils which have been literally
showered upon other nations of the earth,
being visited upon us. Shall the lessons of
experience be lost upon us? Shall that
standing maxim of the European political
vocabulary be verified in our case, that man
is not capable of self-government ? Shall the
doctrine promulgated by the federalists of
this country of ’9B, that there are but two
modes of governing mankind, by corruption
and by force, be established? Is man now
what he always was, rapacious, tyrannical,
and ambitious? If he is, let not the lessons
of experience be lost upon us. for if they are
this fair temple of liberty, so beautiful, so
perfect in theory, is but a vain and splendid
mockery !
We ask you, countrymen, to examine the
machinery of society in this country, and see
if the truth of the maxim at the head of (his
article is not rapidly approaching its verifica
tion in this government. Is there not an
insidious power gnawing like a canker worm
upon our very vitals? By the legislation of
our country, you are building up an aris
tocracy of wealth, that will ere long control
you as potently and effectually as are the serfs
of Russia. We would ask, is not this done
by exclusive the privileges, which are almost
daily conferred? have not those connected
with the banking institutions of the country
already become a privileged order in your
midst? are they not above the law, holding
the rod of terror over the whole community ?
Let the history of the late suspension speak.
We find the records of almost every Court;
in the country crowded with cases in their j
favor, thus forcing their debtors to pay to the j
last shilling that they owed, whilst no manj
dared to raise his hand to compel them into;
a compliance with their obligations. And j
these are the men upon whom you have
heaped gratuitous wealth* upon whom you
have conferred privileges which vnu have j
made it penal for yourselves to exercise!
lou have made them the arbiters of vour
property, your labor, and, in many cases, ot
your persons. You ha ,r e put into their hands
a power which has already sought to control j
vour government, and which, if not arrested,
as sure as that there is a God in heaven, tlmy
will do it. Freemen, we call upon you as
you value your country, awake from your
lethargy 1 In the sacred name of liberty we
call upon you to defend your rigrds !
Justice will be satisfied.— The Inferior
Court convened on Saturday lasi for tlie pur
pose of examining the case of the negro man
Scipio, who was charged with the murder o
the mulatto girl Sally. The result of the
trial was his full conviction, upon which he
was sentenced to be hurtg on Friday (to-mor
row) the 2 J of November instant.
AUGUSTA MIRROR.
The thirteenth number of this semi-monthly
Journal is upon our table, and its perusal has
satisfied us that it is travelling the road ot
improvement at a good round pace, ihe ,
original communications are meritorious, and
the selections give evidence of good taste, j
‘ The Seasons, 1 ’ by a lady of Georgia, is a
picture of'fashionable life sketched by a pen
cil, which, if we mistake not, will draw its
bright lines still more legibly upon the page
of literary merit. ‘British Poets,’ by S. B.
Edwards, No. 1, is well written, and we
doubt not but the continuation of his num
bers on like subjects will be read with high
interest. Under the head of‘Original Poe
try,’ we find three pieces entitled * My Dying
Treasure,’ by W . of Warren ton, which con
tains somewhat o. the genius of poetry, hut
is sadly deficient in the music of measure.
Stanzas to the Alpine huntsman, by S. M.
Strong, of Macon, are pretty—too pretty to
! be so briefly expressed. • The Minstrel Boy,’
j by Jamie of Columbus, is a fair effort—the
j soul of poetry is about it, and the author—
whose productions, if we mistake not, have
found their way into our own columns in
days gone by—if he will only give free scope
to Ids muse, and let her sing as she wills,
must gain for himself a poet’s name. There
being no editorial in this number of the Mir
ror, we cannot of course pass compliments
with our brethren of the quill.
The Mirror is the only exclusively literary
paper in Georgia, and should by all means
be encouraged.
FREE BANKING.
This subject wili probably be brought be
fore the legislature of this State, and if so,
we trust it will receive that calm and dis
passionate consideration which its importance
demands. No rational reason can he as
signed against its adoption, and the currency
of the country may be as well, nay much
better secured under proper legislation under
this project, than under the present system.
If nothing else can be done, we trust the
legislature will at least repeal the law against
private banking, and compel private as well j
as corporated bankers to pay specie for their j
bills. This law was passed for the benefit of
the banks, and is a gross outrage upon the
rights of the people.
MISS MEADOWS’ CONCERT.
On Tuesday evening, at the request of her
numerous friends, M iss Meadows gave a i
Farewell Concert, at the saloon of the Ogle
thorpe House, assisted by Mrs. Brown and
Messrs. Schmidt and Hirsch.
The concert was well attended, and the
music inspiring. The singing of Miss Mea
dows has never fallen upon our ear more
sweetly; the soft touching strain breathed
into that most beautiful song, 1 Kathleen
O’More,’ and the gay and bewitching air
with which she sung ‘ Lilia’s a Lady,’ fur
nished new proofs, to her admiring friends,
that she is possessed of rare and brilliant ta
lents, which, if diligently cultivated, will ele
vate her to a proud and delightful eminence.
THEATRE.
This establishment closed on Monday
evening, with tire play of Julius Ccesar, with
the following cast: Mr. Addams as Brutus,
Mr. Forbes as Mark Antony, Mr. Brown us
Cassius, and Mrs. Addams as L’ortia. The
house was of course crowded to overflowing,
and Mr. Hart, the Manager, whose benefit it
was, had really a bumper, as lie usually does.
We much regretted the indisposition which
prevented. Mrs. Addams from playing the
part of Louisa Lovetrick, in the laughable
afterpiece of a ‘ Dead Shot.’ The part,
however, was sustained with admirable spirit
and accuracy, by Mrs. Hart, while Hart, as
Mr. Timid, kept the house in a perfect roar
with his comicalities. The company open
the Montgomery Theatre to-night.
Extraordinary Growth. —A friend sent us
this morning a potatoe, of the Yam breed,
which, notwithstanding it hud suffered under
fifty-three days of drought, had grown to ihe
enormous size of fifteen inches in length,
twelve in circumference, and weighing seven
pounds.
When it was ushered into our sanctum, we
thought the Great Western had arrived.
‘Letters from New York inform us that
the Whigs are ‘in the stocks.” Globe.
We don’t doubt it; at least their cause ap
pear., to be standing 1 stock still.’
The Southern Post. —No. 1. Vol. 11. of this
paper, published at Macon, makes its ap
pearance enlarged and improved. It is well
filled with racy, excellent reading matter, and
evinces a spirit of industry and enterprise
which must ensure its final success.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel has
put on, at least in part, anew dress, and
makes a far better appearance than usual.
Printers are growing ambitious—we like
to see it.
MR. BA! GE.
It .will be perceived by reference to the ad
vertisement of this gentleman in a Mother
column, that he has re-iished our place wit 1
a view of taking a class to be instructed in
gymnastics. Mr. B’s. capacity to impart a
! knowledge of tins useful science to pupils, is
j undoubted ; the following letters, from those
whose knowledge of the science renders them
capable of determining upon his proficiency,
and genera! capacity to teach, is indeed a
flattering testimonial, and sufficient alone, had
Mr. B. afforded our citizens no other evi
dence, to recommend him to their patronage:
Augusta, July 20, 1638.
We, the subscribers, having been members
of Mr. F. G. Bauge’s Gymnasium, established
in this city about two mouths since, and hav
ing been greatly pleased with him as a polite
gentleman and patient teacher, we would re
spectfully recommend him to our fellow-citi
zens. Mr. B. came to our city highly recom
mended from all parts of the Union, as one of
the ablest teachers that has ever been in this
country. Some of us have taken lessons in
Paris, under the best teachers of that city ;
hut we acknowledge Mr. Bauge is far superi
or to any we have ever seen. His system of,
instruction is exceedingly plain and intelligi
ble, at the same lime manly and scientific. —
Ills humor is abundant, and his patience can
not he surpassed. Borri an ) raised in Paris,
and graduating at the National Academy, he
of course teaches after the Parisian mode,
which is universally allowed to be the best in
the world. We have seen some of his pupils !
become expert sword-men in less than thirty
less ns ; and if all of us have not acquired the 1
art of self-defence-during his stay, it is solely
owing to our them neglect; for Mr. B. is one
of the most industrious gentlemen we have
ever seen. We cannot recommend Mr. B,
too highly to any community in which he may
happen to locate. We have had many Fen
cing Masters in our cities heretofore, but they
have all uniformly cleared out to Paris a
soon a3 they have realized their fortunes %
Mr. B. on the contrary, living in our State,
we shall have an opportunity every now and
1 then of practising with him, and thus refresh
jing our knowledge of the science. As to
■ Mr. B’s. terms, they are undoubtedly moder-
S ate, considering the vast labor of mind and
j body he necessarily undergoes in teaching
; the science, and the unremitting attention and
perfect devotion to the rapid progress of his
; pupils. In no case is payment exacted in
advance; where he does not make the Pupil
a proficient in the science, or the particular
I branches taught, he will not accept a cent.—
Having become a member of his Gymnasi
; uni, the pupil will always be entitled to ihe
privileges of membership wherever lie may
meet Mr. B. free of charge.
We sincerely hope our fellow-citizens, in
! the different parts of the State Mr. B.
mav visit, will liberally patronise this nohfe
‘science—so beneficial to health, and im
‘ proving to the mind. Mr. B. is very anxious
jto establish a permanent Gymnasium in
Athens, Ga. to be attached to the College;
iwe heartily wish him success. An institution
|of this kind attached to Franklin College,
1 would, in our opinion, be of incalculable ben
efit to the students and the state at large.—
Should the Legislature adopt this measure,
no man can be better qualified to fulfil the
duties of Principal than Mr. B.
We cheerfully sign the above recommenda
tion, and give Air. B. perfect freedom to pub
lish it throughout the United States.
Paul F. Eve, A. H. Pemberton, F. M.
Robertson, Wm. E. Jones. H. Raiford, E.
Starnes, J. Carswell, J. M. Park, F. H.
Cooke, R. Ward, C. B. Martin, S. C. Wil
son, IT. D. Leitner, D. L. Holliday, D.
Waugh, Wm. F. Pemberton, M. Hatch, E.
D. Cooke, G. Rackett, M. P. Stovall, G. G.
McWhorter, C. E. Greenville, T. Scratchin,
J. Marshall, J. R. Bunkley, J. M. Dye, R.
Carter, C. H. Kennon, W. H. Orchard, G.
House, J. T. Winter, A. Ramsay, T. A.
Dart, Wm. A. Kain, G. R. Wilson, S. M.
Grayson, 11. K. Gardner, J. L. Wray, W.
Montgomery Gardner, T. Gvvimmerrin, U.
E. Cashin, PI. R. Cooke, G. N. Raiford, J.
P. McKinne, Wm. R. Grot lie, J. S. Simmons,
I James Collier, Henry Hora, S. Buford, Jos.
j S, Winlar, Peter Smith, E. W. Humes, Wm.
! Philip, A. F. Rawler, A. M. Lewis, T. Caf
fin, L. Brux, B. S. Dunbar, John Sloane,
W. Montgomery, A. Robert, C. W. Rice, V.
W. Boisclair, W. G. Parker, F. P. Ammey,
Wm. Riley, J. It. E. Coutieriez, L. L. An
tony, Buckmaster, R. P. Spelman, P. Doilie,
L. Martin, M. P. Brown, Joseph Politick,
j Wm. D. Smith, J. Bignon, Lewis Robert,
T. T. Grume.
Franklin College, Athens, Sept. 10.
We, the undersigned, students of Franklin
College, take great pleasure in recommending
io the public, Mr. Francis G. Bauge, a gen
tleman of Paris, who came to Athens highly
recommended from gentlemen both of the
Army and Navy of the United States. The
said gentleman is skilled in the art of Fencing,
and as far as our knowledge extends concern
ing him, he stands unrivalled. We would
sincerely recommend all persons wishing to
> become adepts in this science, to patronise
. Mr. Bauge, as he will not fail to give satis
faction. As to the moral character of the
gentleman, it is unexceptionable,and fas been
■ tested by a stay of some mouths in our
town.
Signed —Albert R. Bowdre, Burvvell A.
Brown, John Demure, A. W. Martin, Thorr.-
i as W. Caii, A. P. Dearing, David P. Tins
! ley, J. Camak, William E. Dealing, Charles
iG. McKinley, YV m. R. Lowry, Patrick 11.
I Shields, YV. 11. Hull, I. T. Irvin, John M.
j Giles, William Rutherford, Jr., Benjamin F.
i ; Smith, Jesse Felder, Robert Donnald, Joel
. A. Huggins, John Le Conte, James D.
i \ Sharpe, N. Atkinson, A. Mathews, J. Rolen,
!C. Crowell, James Boykin, Jr. Mathew J.
Cox, R. It. Pope, A. Atkinson, P. YViun, M.
■ E. Bacon, B. C. Pressley, B. M. Palmer, J.
, P. McMullen, E. Anderson, Richard Q.
Wav, A. B. Fall, John H. Jones, S. P.
Sandford, A. O. Moseley, J. H. Echols, Eli -
! jali YV". Harris, R. H. P. Trippe, Edward
P. Clayton, James A. Bradley, T. H. Yar
borough, J. Brownlee, B. C. Bonner, Joseph
Gibert, J. F. Cone, YVm. It. Dawson, J.
Glenn, L. G. Anderson, W. Adams, Augus
tin L. Borders, YViiliam Blanton, B. F.
’ Whitner, Jr. Robert T. Lewis, C. B. Gray,
James A. Fulton, Thomas Jones. YV. B.
Evans, Edward Harrison, A. \\ 7 . Martin,
Wm. H. Crawford, Lewis A. Goneke, J.
Kendall, Wm. C. Stevens, Y\ m. H. New
ton, John T. Newton, Z. L. Nabers, Wil
liam J. Perdue, R. H. Footman, A. M.
[Graham, James H. Dunham, A. M. Craw
ford, John B. Baldwin, YY ; . H. Dabney,
j Y\ 7 . H. Turpine, J. 11. Pope, D. A. Vason.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
TO THE AUTHOR OF ‘COMMON SENSE.’
The Columbus Sentinel and Herald of the
4th uit. was placed in my hands this day,
and mv attention called to a communication
in its columns over the signature of ‘ Common
| Sense.’ The major part of that article meets
my most cordial approbation. But as it con
tains some very exceptionable remarks, I beg
; leave to correct the writer; not, however,
without thanking him, in behalf of the Bota
] nic or Thompsonian fraternity, for claiming
the paternity of the system which his com
| munication is.intended so spaciously to oppose-
Wuhout stopping now to admit or deny to
whom tlie steam system belongs, I can assure
the author of* Common Sense,’ that the dis
ciples of Escnlapius generally will not thank
him for his effort. He proves himself and his
fraternity to be the original and present
steam doctors, and seems to think that ail the
credit of the system, if any it enjoys, belongs
to regular physicians. For myself,- I care
! not a groat who is the author of the system,
but if its source is from whence he claims it,
lie siiotiid be the last man to rebel against the
• flesh of his own flesh.’ lie says‘sweating-
I or steaming is among our (his) oldest reme
dies.’ Well, pray sir, how long has it been:
! since you steamed a patient ? And have you
ever steamed any to such an extent as to*
| occasion their death? If you have been suc
cessful in steaming, I am proud to hear it,
I and here is ray hand in token of my admira
| tion and friendship for you, and I hail and
: claim you as a genuine steam doctor of tlie
| regular stamp.
You sav that ‘ Thompsonianism is nothing
more than an improvement upon the medical
practice of The aborigines oi this country.’
I grant it. Ami pray, sir, what is your prac
tice an improvement upon? But, you con
tinue, £ nearly every medicine of considerable
efficacy, described in the Thompsonian books,
is also to be found in the Materia Medica of
(he regular physician. Among these is the
boasted Lobelia, which the writer of this saw
used by a regular physician more than thirty
years ago.’ Ido not doubt what you assert;
but allow me to explain it a little more. Dr.
Samuel Thompson has used and-been ac
quainted with the medical properties of Lo
belia nearly, if not quite, fifty years. A
m dical authority (U. S. Dispensatory, p.
395) says that Dr. Cutler first introduced
Lobelia to the notice of the medical profession,
and you must be fully acquainted with the
fact, 1 hat he (Culler) derived his knowledge
of its qualities first from Dr. Drurv, an asth
matic, and subsequently, by testing i's virtues:
upon himself. An ed'tion of the AmeHeaa