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rOi.lTK'AL.
GEN. JACKSON AND THE TARIFF.
11 will h«- (hut 1 <st winter tin; Sen-
ate of Jn<ii ill i llt;<] upon Gen- Jackson,
through ike i' Governor, to express his senti
ments on ih e subjects of tho internal improve
ments, an I the protection ol'tlie iloinestic indus
try »f tin 1 country. Tin* General has deigned
to answer this call. \\V subjoin the resolution
and Ills re,ilv.— Cincinnati Ha-..
“ Win at as, The friends of General Jackson
in the Western Stales, advocate Ids election to
the Presidency of the United States on the
ground of Ills bein'.' friendly to internal improve
ments, and the advocate ol a judicious 1 arid, for
pledged himself to the anti-tariff, anti-manufac
turing and anti-American doctrine, that protect
ing duties nre unconstitutional!” and quotes us
as authority for the unfounded assertion. He
Inn written no such letters.—And again, the
Baltimore “Marylander” repeats that “the Ed
itors of the It. Enquirer have seen a letter from
the General, only a few months since, in which
he speaks of Mr. Adams’ views of the powers
of the General Government, as contained in his
first message, having shocked him; those views
were, no doubt, in relation to the American
System.”—Now, this is “ineffably stupid!”—
for, Gen. J. could scarcely think, of criticising
in Mr. Adams what Mr. A. has never thought
fit to express. “Those views,” to which the
| Marylander is pleased to refer, were not “con-
the protection ol’ American Manulacturcs; ^ ^
whereas, the friends of the same distinguished tamed either in Iris first message,” or in his 2d.
individual in Virgin a, the ('uirohniis, Georgia,!—(j,. will give them probably in rztenso in his
Tennessee, VI ib im i, and Mississippi, advocate Message" of the 2d Term, if the people
Ills claims 10 the first oflice in the nation on ac- \ should he so far infatuated as to replace him on
count ofliis opposition to die above measures or (|„, saddle.—Richmond Enquirer.
fore, for the pur|
policy—Umi elore, lor the purpose of enabling
the citkens ol Indiana to ascertain what ore the
real sentiments of General Jackson, and to
give them an opportunity to vote uiulcratand-
inglq at the next Presidential election, in refer
ence lo these great interests,
Itrsolved by the Senate, That his excellency,
tile Goveiieil' lie requested to address a respect
ful letter lo General Andrew Jackson, inviting
him lo stole exphe'idy whether lie favors that
construction of the Gonstitution of the United
States, winch aallioriyes Congress to appropri
ate money for the purpo -e of making interna! im
provement* in the several states, and wJirther he
is in furor i t such a system of protective duties
fur the In nr Jit of American Manufactures as wilt
in alt eases, where the ram material, and the u-
hititi/ to manufacture it, exist at our country, se
cure the patronage of our own manufactures to
tin: ctclusion of those of foreign countries, and
whether, if elected President of the United
Slates, he will in his paid c capacity recommend,
foster and support, the American System.
Unsolved, That his excellency, tins Governor,
he requested, as soon as lie receives the answer
of General Jackson to the letter contemplated
in the precedin': resolution, to cause the same to
he published, love,her with the resolutions, in
the newspapers pvin'ed at Imliattopolis.
J/is Juice Henry James Hay,
Governor of Indiana.
11 latuiTAOt'., Fell. 28, 1828.
Sin—T have h id the honor to receive your ex*
celhoifx’ lo'iur, of (lit* 4()ili ultimo, enclosing a
set nf resolutions ol'tlie Senate of Indiana, adopt
w ih a view of ifflrci
religious.
id, as it appears
['naming my
EXTRACTS FROM G'llAUIKR’S SERMONS.
“There is a class of what miy he called sh.
dor and sentimental religionists, who do profess
a reverence for the matter, and inainliun many
of its outward decencies, and are visited with
occasional thoughts, and occasional feelings of
tenderness about death, and duty, and eternity,
uid would he shocked at the utterance of an in
fidel opinion; and with all these symptoms of a
religious inclination about them, have their
minds very comfortably made up, and altogeth
er free from any apprehension, either of present
wrath, or of coming vengeance. Now, on ex
amining the ground of their tranqu ility, wo are
at a loss to detect a single ingredient of that
peace and joy in believing, which we read of
among the Christians of the New Testament.—
It is not that Christ is set forth a propitiation for
their sins,—it is not that they stagger not at
tlm promise of God, because of unbelief,—it is
not that the love of him is shed abroad in their
hearts, by the Holy Ghost,—it is not that they
carry along with them any consciousness what
ever, of a growing conformity to the image of
the Saviour,—it is not that their calling and their
election are made sure to them, bv the success
ful diligence with which they are cultivating the
various accomplishments of tlm Christian char
acter; there is not ono of these ingredients, we
will venture to say, which enters into the sat : s-
i'action that many feel with their own prospects,
and into the complacency they have in the r
own attainments, and into their opinon, that
God is looking to them with indulgence and
terms of tastefulness, by the orators of a genteel
and cultivated piety.”
“How must the pure eye of an angle be
moved at such a spectacle of worthlessness,—
and surely, in the records of heaven, this great
moral peculiarity of ottr outcast race must stand
engraven ps that, which of all others, has the
charactcnof guilt most nakedly and most essen
tially belonging to it. That the bosom of a
thing formed should feel cold or indifferent to
hi in who formed it,—that not a thought or an
imago should be so unwelcome to man, as that
of his Maker,—that the creature should thus
turn round on its Creator, and eye disgust upon
him,—that its every breath should he enven
omed with haired against him who inspired it,
or, if it he not hatred, hut only unconcern, or
disinclination, that even th s should be the real
disposition of a fashioned and sustained being,
towards tho hand of ids Preserver,—there is a
perversity here, which timo may palliate fora
season, hut which, under a universal reign of
justice, must at longthbe brought out to its ade
quate condemnation. And on that day, when
the earth is to be burnt up, and all its flatteries
shall li ive subsided, will it he seen of many a
heart that rejoiced in the applause and friend
ship of th's world, that, alienated from the love
of God, it was indeed in the gall of bitterness,
and in the bond of iniquity.”
“ First, then, it is said of Papists, that they as
cribe an hg’ill bility to the Pope, so that if lie
| were to sap one tiling and the Biblo Another, his
an liority [would carry it over the authority of
God. Aid, think you, rpy brethren, that there
no such Popery among you ? Is there no ta-
tu.-o, and should hold their offices fire years. In
these Circuit Courts there should be but one
trial, and that before a special Jury, to he strick
en or selected in the usual way, by the parties.
If either party be dissatisfied with the verdict of
the Jury, or the decision of the Judge upon any
point of Law, it should be his right to appeal-.to
the Court of Appeals. The appeal shouldhc
entered with the Clerk, upon payment of costs
and without security—and the Clerk should,
within a certain time, transmit to the Clerk of
the Court of Appeals, the papers of the cause,
that is to say, the statements and briefs of the at
torneys and the presiding Juges.
Thirdly, the Court of Appleals should sit at
Miiledgcville, immediately aftpr the conclusion
oftlic Spring and Fall Circuits, and should con
tinue in session until all the questions submitted
for its decision, he finally disposed of. The
Court should consist of three Judges, to be
elected by the Legislature, for a term of eight
years. The Judges should be attended by a
Clerk and a Reporter, the latter to receive a.sa-
lary from the state. It should be the duty of
the Clerk to keep a regular docket of Appeals,
and the Judges should cal! and decide the cases
in iheir order, hearing counsel on either or both
sides, and without the aid of a Jury. The do-
swallowed ices, oranges, liquors, and received
the salutations of the members, who went and
came as ou ordinary occasions. Here the door
keepers on the Mountain side opened and shut
the boxes reserved for the mistresses of the
Duke of Orlcans-Egnlite; and here, though
every sign of approbation or disapprobation was
strictly forbidden, you heard the long and indig
nant “Ha, has!” of the mo:her-duchess, the
patroness of the bands of female Jacobins, when
ever her ears were not loudly greeted with the
welcome sounds of death. The upper gallery,
reserved for the people, was during the whole
trial constiuitly full of strangers and spectators
of every description, drinking wine and brandy
as in a tavern. Bets were made as to the issue
ol the trial in all the neighboring coffee-houses.
Ennqr, impatience, disgust sat on almost every
countatimice. Each member seemed to ask
whclhgr his turn came next? A sick deputy,
who was called, came forward wrapped up in his
nil!Ill-cap and night-gown, and the Assembly,
when they beheld this sort of phantom, laughed.
The figures passing ami repressing, and rendered
more ghastly by the pallid lights"that in a slow
and sepulchral voice only pronounced the word
Death; the Duke of Orleans hooted, almost
spit upon, when he voted for the condemnation
cisior.s nf the Judges should he delivered stria- ef his relative; others calculating if they should
tint. The proceedings of the Court of Appeals have time to go to dinner before they gave their
should be published annually by the Reporter,! verdict, wli.lc the women were pricking cards
for the information of the people. Whenever
an Appeal is decided, it should be certified by
the Clerk of the Court of Appeals to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court, and the decision should bo
held to lie fin d between the parties.
Let us in ill a fourth place consider the effect
of the present and proposed systems,.as respects
the cause stands for trial in November, but the
Defendant continues on affidavit; in May next
the Plaintiff continues, and the cause is tried in
king of your religion upon trust from another, | tlc i. iy Hn j exl .,. nse . According to the present
when you should draw it fresh and unsullied from j pl „* A . commences an action of Trover to the
ili<» fountaiji-houu of inspiration? iou all have, Superior Court of Kichmoud coilntv in Mav—
or you ou<1it to nave, Lillies; and how often is . ... ' - •
it’Vepeaied there, “ hearken diligently unto me?”
No, do you obey this requirement, by making
the raiding of your Bibles a distinct and earnest | November following, exactly a year and u half
exorcise? Do you ever d ire to bruit' >onr f.i- ! after its commencement. The verdict is against
vounte minister to the tribunal of the word, or j j> the Ut.-ffnd.inf, who, t •m" dissatisfied ap-
would you tremble at the preemption of such | pea ] s> an ,j (ile .,s, pea | Mail ,i, for trial m the fol-
an attempt, so that the hearing ef the word car- i 0Wlll2 May, when die Defendant continues—
rins a greater authority oyer your mind than the m November after, the I’l diitiff continuing—u
reading of the word 1 Now tins want of dear- , M , y tllu Jetend ,nt again, and in November the
ing, tins trembling at the very idea of a dissent ilU( j (hen, in Miy it is tried upon the
h um your m.nistc", this indolent acquiescence in , ap j> o;l ]—tints, according to the course of busi-
his doctrine, is just calling mother mitt mas ei; f nesS an j jj, e practice of our Courts, four years
it is putting the authority ol mm over the au-. m , y (.( jpS Q before a trial on the appeal, but this
thorny of God; it is throwing yourself into a is nol u j|—,| 10 Plaintiff being dissatisfied with
prostrate attitude at tire the footstool of human j verdict against him moves die Court for a
opin nils on certain political topics, i he respect friendship. With most of them, there is not
w liicli I enter’ lin lor the executive and Senate only an ignorance, but a positive disgust, idiom
of your slate, excludes hominy mind the idea | iht'se tilings. They associate with them tiir
tii U an unfriendly disposition chelated the interro
gatories which are proposed, lint 1 will confess
my regret at being fin ml, by this sentiment to
depart hi the smallest degree, from that detor-
m nation on which 1 have always acted. Not,
Sir, that I would wish to conceal my opinion,
fie in the people, upon any political or national
subjects; hut as they were in various ways pro
mulgated in 1824, I tun apprehensive that my
appenance before the public at lliis time, may
lie attributed, as has already been the case, to
improper motives.
With those remarks, I pray you, sir, respect
fully to stale to the Sdnate of Indiana, that my
opinions, at present, are precisely what they
were in 1824 and 4, when they were communi
cated, hv letter, lo Dr. Coleman of N. Caro
lina, and when 1 voted for the present tariff and
appropriations for internal improvement. As
that letter was written at a time when the divis
ions nf sentiments, on its subject, were as strongly
marked as iliev are now, in relation lmth to the
crpediencq and constitutionality of the system,
it is enclosed herein ; and I bog the favor of your
excellency to consider it a part of this commu
nication. The occasion, out of ulrcli it arose,
was embraced with a hope ol preventing any
doubt, misconstruction, or necessity lor further
enquiry, respec ing my opinion on the subject
to which you refer—particulirly in those Stales,
which you have designated as cherishing a poli
cy at variance with your own. To preserve our
invaluable eon t lotion and be prepared to repel
the invasion of a foreign fos, by tlm practice of
economy, anil the cultivation, within ourselves,
ol’tlie means af national defence and independ
ence, should he, it seems to me, the lending ob
ject of any system which aspires to the name of
“American," anil of every prudent administra
tion of our government.
I trust, sir, that these general views, taken in
connexion wi It the letter enclosed, and the votes
referred to, w II bo received as a sufficient an
swer to the enquiries suggested by the resolu
tions of the Sett tte. 1 will further observe, to
your excellency, that nty views of constitutional
power, and Viuorirau policy, wore imbibed, in
no siii ill deg iv, in the times, and from the
si.gts if the revolution, and that my experience
lit' not disposed me to forget their lessons: and,
in I will repeat that my opinions re
main as they existed in 182.) and’24, iminlluen-
ced bv the hopes of personal aggrandizement,
and that i am sure they will never deprive me
ol'tlie proud s uisfiction of having always been
a sincere anil consistent republican.
Ih avc the honour to be, very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Gen. Jackson’s reply is such an one ns might
have been expected from the singular resolutions
of die Legislature of Indiana, and die elaborate
and (we must sa\) insidious letters to Gov.
Ray.—Did this Governor think to entrap him
by spreading his web so far around him 1 Else,
wits did he pm so many particular and categot-
ical questions to Gen. J. I Did he expect to
draw forth some answer to some ono of them,
which the partisans of the Administration might
try to harp upon and turn to the best account!
—And why did they not address similar que
ries to Mr. Adams? He has never been half as
explicit ort the 'abject of the Tariff as Gen.
Jackson. Not a word has escaped Mr. A. in
his own messages to Congress—and it has been
left to Mr. Rush, to step out of his line, and “fe-
commend measures” which would better have
become the President himself to suggest.—We
seize this opportunity to notice two assertions on
ties subject, in xvh'ch we have been brought in.
The Massachusetts Journal affirms that “Gen.
Jackson, wri’es private letters, (not intendod to
charges of methodisin, and mysticism,, and fanat
icism: and meanwhile cherish in their own
hearts, a kind of impregn tide confidence rest
ing entirely on some other foundation.
We believe the real cause of their tranquillity
to he, just that eternity is not seen nearly i^-
nougli, or urgently enough, to disturb them.—
It si tnds so far atvay outlie bark ground of their
contemplation, that they are almost entirely ta
ken up with the intervening objects. Anv
glimpse they have of the futurity which lies on
tho odier side of time, is so faint, and so ocra-
sioni(J, that its concerns never come to them
with the urgony ofn matter on hand. It is nol
so much becauso they think in a particular way
on this topic, that they feel themselves to bo lit
peace. It is rather, because they think so lit
tle of it. Still, however, they do have a tran
sient ami occasional though!? and it is all on tho
side of tranquillity; and could this thought be
exposed as a minister of deceitful compiaccnrv
to the heart, it may have the effect of working
in it a salutary alarm, and of making the possess
or of it see tho n ikedness ofliis condition, and of
undermining every oilier trust hut a trust in the
offered salvation of the gospel, nml of unsettling
the blind and easy confidence of Ills former days,
and of prompting him with the question, “ What
shall I do to be saved?” and of loading him to
try this question by the light ol'reu 1 uion, and
to proseetito it to a scriptural conclusion, till lie
came to tho answer of, “ Believe in the Lord Je
sus Christ, and thou sh dt he saved.”
What is tho wav, then, in which they do act-
u dly m ike up their minds upon tins subject!
There is, in the first place, a pretty general ad
mission, that wo aro sinners, though along with
this, tliero is a disposition to palliate the enor
mity of sin, and to gloss it over with the gen le
epithet of mi infirmity. It is readily allowed,
then, that we have our infirmities; and then to
make all right, and secure, and comfortable, the
sentiment with which they bring the in itter
round again, is.that, though we It ive our infirmi
ties, God is a merciful God, and ho will overlook
them. This vague, and general, and indistinct
apprehension of the attribute of mercy is the an
chor of their hope; not a very sure nnd stedfust
one certainly, but just assure and us stedf.isl, as,
in their peaceful state of unconcern, they have
any demand for. A vessel in smooth water
needs tun he very strongly fastened in her moor
ings; and really any convictions of sin they
have, agitated them so gently, that a very slen
der principle indeed, uttered occasionally by the
mouth, and with no distinct or perceptible hold
upon the heart, is enough to quiet and subdue all
that is troublesome within them. A slight hurt
needs but a slight remedy, nnd however virulent
the disease may be, yet, if the patient lie but gen
tly alarmed, a gentle application is enough to
pacify him in the mean time. Now, a tasteful
and a tender sentiment about the goodness of
God, is just such an application, lie will nol
he severe upon our weaknesses; he will not
east n glance of stern and unrelenting indignation
upon us. It is true, that there is to be met with,
among the vilest dregs nnd refuse of society, a
degree of profligacy, for which it would'really
be too much to expect forgiveness. Tho use of
hell is for the punishment of such gross and cn-
oinius wickedness as this. But tin* people who
are so very depraved, and so very shocking, stand
tar beneath tho place which we occupy in the
scale of character. We, with our many amiable,
and good, and neighbourlike points and accom
plishments, are fair and benefiting subjects for
the kindness of God. When we err, we shall
betake ourselves to a trust ill that indulgence,
which gives to our religion the aspect of notch
cheerfulness; and we will school down all that
is disquieting, by a sentiment of confidence in
that mercy which is soothing-to our hearts, nml
infall bility; it is not just kisx'ng the too of re
verence, hut it is the profounder degradation of
the mind anil of all i’s faculties; and without the
name oIT*ropery—that it une which lights up so
ready and antipathy in your bosoms, your soul
new trial, and his grounds are ordered to lie
filed; in tho November following, they were ar
gued, ami a now trial is ordeicd; in the next
May the new trial is in order for detail, and is
. continued by tho Defendant, in November enn-
nt iv lie infer tell wall the substantial poison, and | lmllo j by ,j lc iMamutl, in Mav hv Defendant
your conscience he. weighed down by the op-! a ,_, alll _j n November by 1M iint.iV,*anil in Mav
piessive slmckies, ot l’opery. And all tins, m • al -, t . r a fln ,j Jecision
of Popery.
ihe noonday effulgence of a Protestant country,
where tho Bible, in your mother tongue, circu
lates among all your families—where it maybe
met with iu almost every shelf, and is ever so-
licitingyoti to look to tho wisdom th it is inscri
bed upon its pages. O! how tenderly should
we deal with tho prejudices of a rude and uned
ucated people, who have no Bibles, and no art
of reading among them, to unlock its treasures,
when wo think that, oven in this our land, the
voice of human authority carries so mighty an
influence along with it, and veneration for the
word of God is darkened nnd polluted by a blind
veneration for its interpreters.”
ii i i, id hough even then,
either of the parties is at liberty to move anoth
er new trial—m this way, A’s action of Trover
is not finally disposed of until seven years after
its commencement. Now all this time, hoih A.
and B. must pay a heavy sum to witnesses and
in-officers and Court costs, and Attorney’s Fees.
How would the plan proposed operate, allowing
to it as wo have done to the oilier, the utmost
latitude of delay of which it is susceptible? A.
commences his trover case in May— t is ready
for trial in November—it is continued by Plain
tiff again in May, and by Defendant in Novem
ber, by Plaintiff again in May, and by Dcfeud-
and in November, when a‘verdict is rendered
for Defendant. A. appeals to the Court sitting
in J a unary at Miiledgcville, and the cause is de
termined in favor of tho Defendant, or a new-
trial is granted; if the latter, tho case is ready
for trial in May, and Plaintifi'continues—in No
vember Defendant continues—and in the fol
lowing May the final verdict is rendered. Thus
the time consumed is four instead of seven yeai s
—and the fees and expenses are lessened in pro
portion. Many persons aie impressed with a
- . . belief that suitors must attend with their witnes-
,0 rejection of “similar propose , sosl , L q mc tUe Bppeal Court—not so—.hat Court
ai t e, the I resident nominated | ouiy tries thc Law of the case, and tho expen
ses of that trial will only extend to the Lawyers
fee, and a trifling feo to the Clerk. The ex
penses of a second trial before a Jury w II be
DOMESTIC.
Washington, April 25.—The House of Re
presentatives yesterday passed a resolution to
instruct its military committee to bring in a bill
to abolish the oflice of Major General of tho Ar
my of the United Stales, now vacant by the
death of Gen. Brown. This vote, we presume,
is founded upon the belief that the office, in re
ference to our present Military Establishment, is
au pci (luoiis. It is generally understood, howev
er, that, after thc
lion by tlin Sc
Brevet M ijor General Alex. Macomb to fill the
vacmey; tlin this nom n:\t.on isstdl before the
Senate; and tint some of the friends of other
eandala es for the office have been displeased at
this selec'on. It is probable then, that this feel
ing of dissatisfaction at the nomination, or rather
ofsynipuhy for esteemed friends, whom differ
ent members desired to see preferred, h id an in
fluence upon the vote of yosierd iv to such a de-
with pins in order to count the votes; some of
tho deput es fallen asleep, and only waked up
to give their sentence; Manuel, the secretary,
trying to falsify a few votes in favor of the un
fortunate kin:;, and in danger of being.niurderei
for his pains in the passages; all this had the
tppearance rather of a hideous dream than of
the re d.ty. When M iloshorbes went to carry
the tidings to the King, lit found him with his
head reclined on tho table, in a musing posture;
and he observed to h m at his entering, “1 have
been for these two hours trying to recollect what
I hive ever done to incur the ill-will of my sub
jects.” The very ende ivor showed goodness
of heart and a certain simplicity of character;
but it would be long before one taught from his
childhood to believe tli.it lie could do no wrong,
would find just ground of offence in li'.s behavior
to his people. The execution of the sentence
was fixed for the gist of Jnnu .rv, 17f)3. Louis
mounted tho fatal sc iflu!d wadi thinness; af
ter administering .he 1 ist sacrament, his confes
sor addressed him, “Son of St. Louis! ascend
into Heaven!” He however manifested some
repugnance to submit to his fate, nnd tvoujd have
addi -cssed the spectators, staggering to one side
of the pl itfoi m for that purpose, when the drums
heat, and he w is suddenly seized by Ihe execu
tioners and underwent the sentence ofbisjudg
es. It is s fid that the indecent li sic an.cj.cager-
nias of these men to complete their task arose
from orders having been issued to the soldiers,-,
m cam of any attempt at rescue, to lire at the ■
scaffold, and that they were afraid of being them
selves despatched if any alarm was givon, or
thcrowerc any symptoms of commotion among
the crowd. One person tasted the blood with
a brutal i \ lamntion, that it was “shockingly bit
ter;” the hair and pieces of the dress were sold
by tho attendants. No strong emotion was
evinced at the moment; the place was like a
fair; but a few days after, Paris, and those
who had voted for the de ith of tlio monarch,
began to feol serious and uneasy at what they
had done. Louis XVI. had occupied his time
while in prison, where his confinement was strict,
chiefly in consoling his wife and sister, and Ih
instructing his son. Ho discovered neilher im
patience, regret, nor resentmen . Tho truth is,'
that great and trying situations raise the mind
above itself, and take out the sting of personal
suffering, by the importance of thc reflections
and consequences they suggest. He read mucli
and often reverted to the English history,
where ho found many exanples of fallen mon-
arclis, and one among them condemned like him
self by the people. Ho was attended during the
whole time, and in his last moments, by his old
servant Clery, who never left him. The names
of those who are faithful in misfortune are sa
cred in the page of history! Tho Queen fol
lowed tier husband to the block, after an inter
val of almost a year. There were circumstan
ces of a dastardly and cold-blooded barbarity
, , .... „ , ! alternate—the Juries are special and stricken.—
gree as to preponderate the scale m tavor of the | and the fina , decision m «de b y these Judges di-
m at ion. It tins vote have no other result, .. j tinguishe(1 for legal acq.iiremems, and who are
wall proh ibly prevent the Senate s acting upon unknoum to them.
.ho uom nation until die question raised m the /';/«/».-The Powers ofa Court of Ordina-
otlier House sh ,11 , ive been finally determined j ry sU „ ul( j bc vestcil in Judges of Probate, one
llieto. \a mna n < igencei. | to be appointed for each county, with an appeal
THE COURTS OF GEORGIA i *' rom decision directly to the Court of Ap-
" And Moses henrkeiirtl to the voice of Jethro his fi- j peal',
ther-iielavv and chose Ohio men nut of nil Israel nnd tliev j This subject is a most interesting and impor-
:ivoided, and the parties litigant in our Courts attending the accusation against her. But thc
will come at justice bv a shorter, less laborious, I revolutionary spirit had then attained its highest
and cheaper journey than they are now obliged j virulence and fury. She expressed her appre-
to undertake. Besides, they will have nodi ne ; hensions of being torn in pieces by tho mob on
to fear from prejudice or bias, where the Judges ! her way to the sc.aflbld, and was gravely assured
judged tlu> People at nil sens jus; the hard causes they j tant one—we invite the investigation of it, and
brought unto Moses—hut every small matter thev judged
themselves.”—l.xod. XVIII.
M my good meali ng people are opposed to a
ch mge in our Judiciary, because they cannot
foresee wliat tho change may be, and there are
also persons who acknowledge the evils of the
system, hut domit like to intermeddle with them,
for foar of m iking bad, morse. For the purpose
of shewing that ire are in favor of a reform at
once reasonable ami necessary, wo seize this oc
casion briefly to sketch an outline, which all will
readily comprehend, and if, upon duo considera
tion. it shalwqvpear tint the plan proposed, is
better thin that now in use, it cannot be thought
presuming, when we sav, that the one should be
adopted and the other abandoned.
First, then, we would divest the Inferior
Courts of their law jurisdiction. They should
no longer be permitted to decide upon rights and
principles, of which they are wholly ignorant,
but their httsiness and duty should be confined
exclusively to county waiters.
In the second place, the Judicial Circuits in
the State, should be remoulded, and so construct
ed as to make the business and labor of the Judg
es as nearly equal as possible. For every Cir
cuit a Judge should be appointed, who should
reside within the Circuit. Tho courts in the
several Circuits should be proceeding at the
same time, and the Circuits should commence
and conchtJe as neatly as practicable, at the
same periods. No Circuit Judge should be per
mitted to ride thc some Circuit twice iu succes
sion, but the Judges should alternate. They
clieetfully throw open our columns to all who
would discuss it.— Constitutionalist.
HAZUTT’S FIFE OF NAPOI.EON.
Thc fallowing is the account, ol’tlie trial and execution of
tile unfortunate Louis.
“The behaviour of Louis XVI. on his trial
was simple, tnanlv, and affecting. Ho rested j
his defence chiefly upon a positive denial of any [
knowledge of the letters and documents th it
were brought as proofs against him. His advo
cates on this occasion, Mnlesherbcs (who no
bly volunteered his services on the refusal of
Target,) Tronchet and Deseze, did themselves
great and lasting honor by their eloquence, in
trepidity, and disinterested zeal. The conven
tion pronounced his condemnation by a majority
of only twenty-six voices out of above seven
hundred. The smallness of this majority was
made a plea to set aside the .sentence. “ De
crees are passed by a simple majority,” said a
member of the Mountain. "True,” it was re
plied, “but decrees may be recalled." Some
were for relieving themselves from the responsi
bility by an appeal to the nation, but this, it was
thought, would betray a distrust of the cause,
and might also breed a civil war. Thc sitting
of thc Convention which concluded the trial,
lasted seventy-two hours. It might naturally
be supposed that silence, restraint, a sort of re
ligious awe would have pervaded the scene: on
the contrary, every thing bore the marks of gaie
ty, dissipation, and the most grotesque confusion.
The farther end of the hall was converted into
be juade public), to Richmond, in which he which we -delight to hear expatiated upou, in should be elected as at present, by tic Legisla* boxes, where ladies, iu a studied dishabille,
by one of thc gendumes who accompanied her,
ihat “site would reach it without meeting nny
harm!” It is an affecting incident, that just be
fore she expired, she turned round her head to
look back ut the Thuilleries, and then laid her
neck on the block.”
Lightning.—Some extraordinary effects of
lightning occurred lately in tho ship New York,
on her passage from New York to London. A
conductor attached to the mainmast was melted
and tell in drops into the sea. An excellent
chronometer was so deranged that it gained 34
minutes in the voyage; the cause of which was
discovered on the arrival of tho vessel in Lon
don ; when it appeared that all the parts of the
instrument had acquired so strong a magnetic
power, that its general movement depended very
sensibly on the position in which it was placod.
But the most singular operation of the lightning
was the following. There was a passenger on
board, very old and corpulent, whose legs were
so paralyzed that for three years lie had not
walked half a mile, and who since liis embarka
tion, had not been able even to stand. After
the discharge of thc lightning, which passed
close to the place where this poor cripple xvas
lying, every body was astonished to see him rise,
pace up and down tho deck, and walk about for
a lung time, as if nothing.had over ailed him.—
At first his head was a little affee’ed; but that
soon went off,while tho benefit which lie had ex
perienced in his limb's remained. He continued
to use them freely during the passage, and on the
arrival of the ship in port, lie walked with ease
to thc place ofliis residence.
Indian Relics.—A farmer re ir this place, a
few days since whilst ploughing in one his fields,
threw up a tomahawk and horn, both made out
of flint stone.* The Tomahawk is a perfect
resemblance of those now in ust*, with a cavity
in the centre for the handle—whilst the horn is
said to bo a beautiful specimen of the ingenuity
of tite aborigines.
•Qcere—A home, made out of flint store.