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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