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GEORGIA COURIER.
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J. G. M’WHORTER
AND
HENRY MEALING,
PUBLISHERS.
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The Tariff.—From ihe activity ami
.talents enlisted on behalf of an augemen-
tation of duties on sundry poods, we are
inclined to the opinion that the point will
be curried iu the Congress which has now
assembled. Indeed, .iwne of the states,
whose resistance of it heretofore has been
ardent, we should infer from the measures
adopting, that opposition was about to
cease ; in Maryland and Virginia partic
ularly, vigorous exertions arc making to
establish manufactories in which slave la
bour is to be employed ; and the most
profitable results are relied on.-—In this
dilemma those who feel that their interests
Will be effected, may collect their best
Course from the following incident:—A
person in a northern city, whose employ
ment lay at a distance from his dwelling,
tutored a dog to bring him his dinner eve
ry day in a basket. In the performance
of this duty, the odour of the basket’s con
tents frequently excited the appetite of
other dogs whom he passed, but he faith
fully defended it, and performed his er
rand regulaily for sometime. At length
A dog who had been frequently tempted
by the smell of the other’s charge, and as
often punifted for it,\t^e day assembled
teveral of his companions, and when the
object of jliieir designs appeared, they all
assaulted tptM^once—resistance was vain,
and the prorwrons were speedily scatter
ed about; but the vanquished carrier, in
stead ofstanding to bemoan or revile the
Outrage, instantly joined in devouring
their lW’i2e, and secured a considerable
more than an equal share. We concieve
n more prudent step could hardly have
been devised ; and if the increase of du
ties will be so very profitable to those who
rr»av engage in producing the articles em
braced, we have never yet heard of any
one having the effrontery to propose, that
those states that dread its effects, shall be
excluded from participating in those prof
its.— At/ien ian.
We ate pleased to learn from several
of out memben of the General Assembly
that plans are forming in different sections
of the State by our.intelligent farmers for
considerably increasing their flocks of
sheep and also for establishing cotton and
Woollen manufactories,.as the most likely
means of relieving themselves from the
pressure which they have for some time
experienced from the depressed prices of
every agricultural pryduct. They are
now convinced, that 1 * those of our sister
itates whose citizens tye partly engaged in
manufactures, as well as in agriculture
aud commerce, succeed'much better in
providing the necessaries and comforts of
life for themselves and families than they
are able to do from agriculture alone, and
have therefore wisely come to thedeterini-
nation of following their example, posses
sing, as they do equal, if not superior ad
vantages for raising sheep and carrying
€n manufactures. The advantage which
they have for raising sheep are, the cheap
ness o f our lands and the shortness of our
winters. In the northern Stales, lands
suitable for the purpose of supporting
these animals, cannot we presume, be pur
chased for less lhan ten dollars an acre;
here it cuu be.had for one dollar. In the
New-England States farmers have to feed
their sheep four or five months in the year;
here not more than as many weaks, Our
advantages for engaging in manufactories
are equally great. We have water power
to any extent which would be required,
and the raw material at our doors. And
we hear a gentleman state a few days ago
tvlio had visited the northern manufactories
with a view to obtain information on the
subject, that iu working a cotton man
ufactory of 1000 spindles, in this State, hv
means of slave labor for u period of ten
years there would bo a saving.of $16,000,
in this article of labour alone, when com
pared with the cost of working the same
to the North. Besides saving about 2^ cents
a lb, on ail the cotton used during that pe
riod.
The great dfficulty in raising sheep in
this country heretofore, has been to pre
serve them from being destroyed by dogs.
But this danger will now be abolished, by
keeping large flocks and employing shep
herds to watch over them.
IIow much preferable would a course
of this kind be, to cultivating a jealous
discontented spirit towards our more in
dustrious and enterprising brethern of the
Noith, and how much more honerable
and useful to our State !
Raleigh Register.
out, busied in doing something to a wagon,
when suddenly, though it was raid day, an
enormous lion appeared, came op, and
laid himself quietly down in the shade,
upon the very threshold of the door! My
wife, either frozen with fear or aware of
tke danger attending any attempt to fly,
remained motionless in her place, while
the children took refuge in her lap.—
The cry they uttered attracted my atten
tion, and I hastened towards the door;
but my astonishment may well be con
ceived, when I fouud the entrance to it
barred in such a way. Although the an«
imal had not seen me, unarmed as I was,
escape seemed impossible; yet I glided
gently, scarcely knowing what I meant to
do, to the side of the house, up to the win
dow of my chamber where I knew my
loaded gun was standing. By a most hap
py chance, I had set it in the corner close
by the window, so that I could reach it
with my hand ; for, as you may perceive,
the opening is too small to admit of my
having got in ; and, still more fortunately,
the door of tho room was open, so that I
could see the whole danger of the scene.
The lion was beginning to move, perhaps
with the intention of making a spring.—
There was no longer any time to think: I
called sofily to the mother not to be
alarmed, and, invoking the name of the
Lord, fired my piece. The ball passed
directly over the hair of my boy’s head,
and lodged in the forehead of the lion im
mediately above his eyes, which shot forth,
as it were, sparks of fire, stretched him on
the ground, so that he never stirred more.
Lichtenstein's Travels in Smith Africa.
A man’s owing a large form is no ex
cuse for imperfect tillage. What he can
not improve he need not undertake to cul
tivate.
A large farm without skill, capitol and
industry, is a plague to its owner. It is
like what somebody said, of self righte
ousness—the more you have of it the
worse you are off.
Be not affraid of trying experiments;
but let them bo on a small scale at first,
and few at a time.
Gen. Ashley has had a third return of
fursftom the Rocky Mountains, more val
uable than either that preceded it, proba
bly wortli 60 or $70,000. The party
which conducted it arrived on Sunday the
15th Oct. having safely escaped all the
perils and casualties to which their exten
sive operations were subject. The grea
test cf these dangers arise from the Black
Feet and other Indians who are instigated
to rob and murder our people by the
British traders who have almost exclusive
possession of our territories at and" beyond
the Rocky Mountains, who carry off an
nually an iminense wealth. Gen. Ashley
in his first expedition in the year 1825,
fell in with one of these British parties,
which had fur in its possession to the val
ue of $200,000. The number of men em
ployed by the Britihs on our territories is
computed at about one thousand and their
annual depredations upon us, perhaps a-
bout a million of dollars in money, besides
exoiting our own Indians against us.
Missouri Observer.
FltOM THE MISSOURI OBSERVER.
Physic.-*-Doctor Wadd mentions a
case of one Samuel Jessup, who died at
tho age of65, in 1817. Thisman inthe
course of 21 years, took 226,984 pills and
40,000 bottles of mixture f He must
have taken his pills instead of peas, with
his dinner, by the spoonful, and swallowed
his mixture from Champaign glasses.-We
never heard of so complete a walking a*
pothecary’s shop as this Mr. Jessup.
A’. Y. Morn. cour.
Major Noah, in his paper of Saturday,
says—-“ The barbers in New York, it is
said, have rasolved to raise the price of
shaving Adams men to twelve and a half
cents, their faces having grown so much
longer since tho election, that it requires
double the time and labor to shave one of
them, that it does to shave the compact
phiz of a Jacksonian.”
We can readily believe the Major, with
reference to the difference in the aggregate
price of shaving in New York, for the
friends ot the Administration are men,
while a portion of the Jackson voters in
this city were boys—mere lack beards.
1. S. Gaz.
A letter from London by the James
Cropper, to a respectable house in this
city, speaking of the return of Mr. Galla
tin, says—‘‘I understand that the Com-
meicial Treaty between Great Britain
and the Uuited States has been renewed
for an indefinite time-each party to give
the other twelve months notice if they
wish it modified or to cease. The West
India question remains in datu quo, Great
Britain refusing to concede what she of
fered in the first instance. If the two
Governments cannot agree respecting the
Eastern Boundary, the matter is to be
referred to the arbitration of some friend
ly power.”
A good shot.—It is now, said Von Wyk,
more than two years since, in the very
place where we stand, I ventured to take
otic of the most daring sh*ts that ever was
the house near the door, the children
*ere playing about her, and I wja With-
Mr. Okr: Permit me to correct an er
ror in your editorial remarks of the 17th
inst. noticing thik arrival of my mountain
expedition at St. Louis. It appears from
that statement that I met a party of Brit
ish traders West of the Rocky Mountains,
in the year 1825, who had with them two
hundred thousand dollars worth of fur-. I
saw some of the men who had been of the
party alluded to, after they had detached
themselves from if, but did not see Mr.
Ogden, (the partizan) or any of the men
who remainod with him. I was informed,
bo wever, that they had ab’out six hundred
pounds of beaver fur with them at that
time, and that, in tke course of several
hunts which they made upon our territory
West of the R >cky Mountains, they had
taken about eighty-five thousand beavers,
say 150,000pounds: worth about six hun
dred thousand dollars.
Some of the American hunters who
were then, and others who had been in my
employ, went to the British camp, which
consisted of about sixty men in the ser
vice ot the Hudson Bay Company. The
circumstance which produced this visit had
nearly led to serious consequences. Mes
srs. Jedediab S. Smith, William L. Sub
lette, and several others of the American
party, intelligent youug men, of strict ve
racity, bad visited the British camp, and
reported to their comrades that the British
flag had been repeatedly hoisted during
their stay there. The Americans, indig
nant at such impertinence, and understan
ding, too, that the British camp was with
in eight miles of them, resolved to proceed
to the place, and tear down the flag, even
at the risk of their lives. Twenty-two of
them, with the American flag hoisted, ad
vanced to the spot, but no British flag
was to be seen. Thev made known their
business to Mr Ogden, and protested, in
threatning language, against a recurrence
of the same insult offered them ; they also
required of Mr. Ogden to move his party
from that vicinity without delay. Mr.
O. fust hesitated, calling upon his men for
protection, but ultimately finding there
would probably be much danger in delay,
he lost no time in getting under way, and
has kept a respectful distance ever since.
At the time of this occurrence I was de
scending the Rio Colorado of the West,
but shortly after turned and joined the
party of American hunters, from whom I
received the above account. Yours, &c.
W. H. ASHLEY.
agricultural axioms.
Endeavor to raise good grain, for it will
sell, even in years of plenty ; whereas, it is
only in dear and scarce seasons that there
is a demand for grain of an inferior quali-
»y-
Let your stuck of Cattle, Horses, &c.
be of the best sort, and more remarkable
for real utility, than for beauty or fash
ion. • _
Be not above your profession, and al
ways consider it the first that any man
can follow.
Admit no guest into your house who
canDot live upon the productions of bis
owiAountry.
No farmer ought to undertake to cul
tivate more land than he can stock and
Col. M’Kenney, of tho Indian Office,
returned from his North western and
Southern lour among the ludians, the
evening before last, having travelled, since
May last, wo are informed, about seven
thousand miles, and been successful in all
the trusts reposed in him by the Govern
ment, and among these, the important one
ot setling the Creek controversy, with
which duty he was specially charged, by
obtaining a cession of all the lands owned
or claimed by the Croeks, within the lim
its of Georgia.—Nat. Jntcll. Nov.
NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in
PortlandfiVJaincjdated Washington, Nov.
16, 1827. '
*‘I understand that a convention has
been agreed to between our minister and
the British government, embracing a
statement of facts in regard to our north
eastern boundary, but no umpire in the
case has yet been def ignated, and it may
well be feared whether any European
sovereign will consent to act as such.
Hence although the subject has not for a
moment been npglected by our govern
ment, wo have but little encouragement to
expect an immediate termination of the
difficulties growing out of it.”
PROM THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
MilledgeviUe December 6.
The Board of Physicians of tho State
oi Georgia, commenced their annual ses
sion, in this place on Monday last. At 12
o’clock the President, Dr. Milton Antony
delivered the anniversary address in the
Representative Hall.
The officers of the last year have been
re-elected, viz :—
Dr. Milton Antony, President.
Dr. Benj. A. I i 'kite Secretary.
Dr. Alexander Jones, Dean.
Dr. Richard Banks, of Elbert county
has been appointed by the board, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Dr. William N. Richardson.
Thirty four young gentleman have ap
plied for licence. Of these twenty four
have presentedjdiplomas, as evidence of
their professional attainments.
We subjoin the 17th article of the bye-
laws of the Board. ;
The Board will require of each candi
date [for a licence] a competent know
ledge of Chemistry, Materia Medica, An
atomy, Physiology, Surgery, Midwifery,
and the Theory and Practice.of Medicine;
and will hot grant a licence any can
didate, materially deficient in any of those
branches.”
hazzarded. My wife was sitting within manage to advantage. It is better to
till twenty acres well, than one huodred
is feoievealv manner.
To tke Honorable the Legisldturt
of South Carolina—
THE MEMORIAL of the Citizens of the Parishes
of St. Philip and St. Michael.
Your Memorialists would respectfully
shew, that iu the oginiou of your Memo
rialists, the present depressed state of the
Commerce of Charleston, may bp, in a
■gteat degree remedied, by improved facil
ities of intercourse with the interior. From
her situtation, Charleston is well calcula
ted for the Commercial Emporium of the
large and productive region to the South
and West, as far as the mountains, and e-
ven beyond them. As a sea port, her vi
cinity to the ocean, the facility of getting
to sea in a few hours and her salubrity,
as compared with any port iu the same lat
itude, point her out as the port to which
the Commerce of this section of the Un
ion , should centre. But without safe,
cheap, and certain intercourse with the
Interior, their rich staples cannot be re
ceived, nor their supplies fui nished. The
establishment of the town of Hamburgh,
in this State was intended to divert to this
City, the Commerce which was before ar
rested by Savannah—-but experience has
already furnished another lesson ; that the
variety of seasons, and the vast expense
of Steamboats render the intercourse with
that point of the country' so precarious
and expensive, that it must be abandoned,
and all the money expended by South
Carolina on the Savannah River, will re
sult in benefits which can only be reaped,
by the commercial Capital of Georgia.—
But, if a ready communication between
Charleston, and Hamburgh, and Augusta,
we. e established—either by means of a
navigable Canal, not liable to be effected-
by droughts or freshes—or by a Rail
Road, id is direct aceurse as the face, of
the country wiil admit, your Memorialists
feel assured that the commercial Capital
of South-Catolioa, would speedily assume
that station to which her peculiar location
entitles her; and her prosperity would
extend its benefits to every quarter of the
State. Without dwelling upon its effect
on the Bank of the State, and the increase
of taxes, by the appreciation of property
and increase of population, every states
man must at once admit, that a prosperous
commercial capital, is the very centre
and heart from which wealth would circu
late to every portion of the State. As
the whole State is thus deeply interested in
the success of this enterprize your Memo
rialists beg leave to solicit, that the Legis
lature would cause a full and accurate sur
vey to be made of the country between
Augusta and Charleston, and thereby as
certain the practicability and expediency
of opening a com muni cation by a Canal
or Rail Road, for the transportation of Pro
duce and Merchandize, and the probable
expense of completing the same. Your
memorialists feel satisfied, that if the State
thus procure the necessary surveys, aud
the result should be, that this object can
be accomplished at any expense propor
tioned to the advantages anticipated, funds
can be at once furnished from individuals
to execute the work, in this city alone ; and
that our fellow citizens elsewhere would
be eager to unite in the enterprize. They
therefore respectfully solicit, that your
Hon. Body would provide fora scientific
survey by some competent person, to as
certain the various routes, and indicate
the one most expedient for a Canal or
Rail Road from Charleston to Augusta,
and i he probable, expense, and that you
would appoint Commissioners fur this spe
cial purpose, who not being diverted by
any other, will he able to devote them
selves more effectually to this interesting
object. Your Memorialists rely on the
liberal and enlighted character of the Le
gislature, that they will nut onm any op
portunity of stimulating the citizens ol this
State, to keep pace with the rest of the
Union in honorable enterprize ; and they
trust that a more appropriate opportunity
has seldom offered to your Honorable Bo
dy.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this
Meeting forward the memorial of the Cit
izens of the Parishes of St. Philip and St.
Michael to the Legislature.
The Meeting was then adjourned.
JOHN GADSDEN, Chairman.
Edwin P. Starr, Secretary.
To the polite attention of Capt. Wes
ton, of the brig Scion, from Hax ana, ar
rived yesterday, we are indebted for a
file of Havana papers to the 28th ult.
Capt. W. informs us, it was reported
there, that Com. Porter, with his squad
ron, had arrived a' Vera Cruz.
The Spanish frigate, which convoyed
the ship having on board $ 1,000,000 for
the King of Spain, had returned having
parted company with her consont off St.
Augustine.—Charleston Courier.
The two imported Bulls, of the short
horned Durham breed, were yeterday put
up at auction, and knocked oft’at the fol
lowing prices ’.-Burleigh, $400, and Ray
mond, $315. We understand they will
remain in this neighborhood for a few
months.—ib. *
log • earner, the morning star (hone full
in his face. His feelings, be said, must be
imagined, for they could not be described.
Zions Herald.
AVGUSTA.
MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1827.
The Legislature has done very little
since our last. • The Bill to remove the
Seat of Government has been rejected,
105 to 15 ; and the sum of $20,000 re
solved to be added to the appropriation
act, for the purpose of enlarging the pre
sent State House, 92 to 22.
The reports of the Civil Engineer are
continued to No. 9, but they are too
long and too full of dry details to be gen
erally interesting.
The Governor, who, as we stated in
our last, had dissented from the resolution
iu favor of the Darien Bank, assigns his
reasons at large, and we aro sorry to say,
his arguments against the probability of
this Bank’s ever being able to redeem its
bills, appear to be strong and even conclu
sive. As the subject was an important
one to the state, His Excellency assigns
his reasons at such length as to preclude
their publication. They are, shortly,
that the
“Bank does not merit indulgence further
—that the indulgence already shewn has
been injurious to the the public—that it
cannot now be extended on the terms of
fered without further injury—that it will
not tend to secure the ultimate redemp
tion if yhe bills of the Bank in the Trea
sury—that it should not be granted with a
view to the recommencement of the busi-
iMssof the Bank—as this measure would
be injurous to the State as a creditor, to
the stockholders and to the people, it be
ing obvious that the bills of the Bank, if
thrown into circulation to any amount
would not be sustained at par—and finally
that no experiment should be permitted
which will render more insecure the large
amount now due to the Treasury by the
nstitution.”
A meeting was held in Charleston, on
the 6th, for the purpose of petitioning the
Legislature to cause a survey of the coun
try between the Ashley and Savannah
rivers, with a view to a Canal that will
unite them, and a survey of the country
between Charleston and Augusta, with a
view to a Rail Road.., These
iog conduct respecting rhe challenge. T|
provocation, though lOgkt, was still a n 1
vocation, which I could not overlook p
is out of the question for me to exnl *
retract, or apologise. I will not hear'o-’
ab ject'a D( j
>
The following affecting account was re
lated to me a few years since, while tra
velling in the western country, of two
men, who went into the celebrated Mam
moth Cave, which is situated in Green
county, Kentucky, and ie about 10 miles
in length, with the intention of exploring
it.
These men, after having provided
themseves with a lantern food and re
freshments for ono or two days journey,
entered the cave, and commenced their
subterranean tour. As they walked on
from one appartment to another, viewing,
in astonishment, the wonders of this stu
pendous cavern, they often came to large
and almost fathomless pits, which they
passed with much difficulty, by crawling
on their hands and knees. They proceed
ed in this way, walking and crawling for
about a day, and, in the mean time, had
passed a number of these pits. They had
just passed one of them, when, by some
fatal accident, their light was extinguish
ed. One of them, in the agony of des
pair, appeared to lose his reason—became
bewildered—whirled round, exclaiming,
Lord have mercy on us, and fell; and in
falling, plunged headlong into the pit they
had just passed. His companros listened
and heard him distinctly strike on the bot
tom and groan. He called to him, but re
ceived no answer—he called again^but all
was silent as the tomb. I thought, said
he, had I but fallen with him it must have
been a happy circumstance, fer to attempt
to find the mouth of the cave, and pass the
many dangerous places they had met with
in entering, must,he conceiv'd, be impossi
ble. He thougut, of dying only by starving,
lie concluded, however, to make an at
tempt to get out; he could but die, he
thought by sharing the fate of his com
panion and this would sooner put an end
to his suffering. He set out, crawling on
his hands and kuees, and proceeded safely
iu th is way about a day, when he again
yielded to his feelings, and burst into tears.
This alone Ue said relieved him of his ag
ony. He set out.again, but without little
hope of ever arriving at the mouth of the
cave, and continued winding his way in
midnight darkness about a day longer. As
they entered the cave they observed that
it branched off in various directions and
he concluded that lie had tal$en a wrong
one, and was a#far or farther from the en
trance than when he set out. The pos
sibility again occurred to him of finding
the way out; and once more he summon
ed his remaining strength, and commenced
groping bis way through the dreary, cavern
—and on the mortiihg'of 'the * third day,
when nature was nearly exhausted, and
all hope had fled, he thought he perceived
the dawn of light ; and on suddenly turn*
-g * ucac are impor
tant movements to ds and particularly In
Savannah. Hamburg has probably pas
sed into the management of a wealthy
Charleston Company, who will endeavor
to restore to Charleston, the trade she
formerly received from this quarter, and
which now goes principally to Savannah.
Hamburg is emphatically the child of
Charleston, and she will no doubt in fu
ture act the part of a kind mother. In
Hamburg, the rich districts of South-Caro-
lina, find the nearest place of deposit for
their Cotton, and the easiest and cheap-
eaaneans of conveyance to market. Who
cWFdoubt the object of the simultaneous
movements, the purchase of Hamburg bv
a Charleston Company, and the com
mencement of these projects for a Cana!
and Rail Road. It will operate to our
benefit, but it will ruin Savannah.
Mr. Cruger the Engineer, employed to
survey the route of the Canal from the O-
geechee to the Alatamaha, has arrived at
Savannah in the Emperor from N. York,
and has probably by this time commenced
the performance of his duties.
Henry W. Conway, the delegate in
Congress from the territory of Arkansas,
has fallen in a duel with a gentleman of
the same territory, the result of a quarrel
concerning the recent election of delegate.
Soon, our public men, after passing unhurt
the slanders and defamation of their en
emies, will by prescription have to fight
their defeated competitors for office. It
is now almost considered as much a matter
of course as the succession of the Secre
tary of state to the Presidential chair. We
wish our friends of the Opposition would
manifest as much zeal against the one cus
tom as they do to arrest the other. We
know half the effort would exterminate the
absurd & unchristian practice of duelling.
Why have we not an An-ti duelling Soci
ety in this place ?
Mr. Graham, the associate editor of the
New-York Enquirer, was killed on the
28th ult. in a due), by a gentleman from
Philadelphia, by the name of Barton.—A
card table dispute.
The following letter was written incon
templation of the fata] rencounter:
ll o’clock.
Dear Sir: What may be the result of
the unhappy rencontre which is to take
place in the morning between Mr. Barton
and myself, cannot of course, be predicted
by me. In the supposition that it will be
fatal I bid you farewell, in the only lan
guage that is now left to me. I am per
fectly indifferent as to myself, but I trust
most earnestly that Mr. Barton (towards
whom I have not the faintest enmity of
any kind) may escape. I admit that 1
am in the wrong—that by giving him a
blow, I have forced him into the condition
of a challenger; and that by not doing
what be has, he would have blasted his
character as a gentleman, forever. In
common justice, I am bound thus to ab
solve him from all suspicion of ucbec#tn«
message,
any settlement short of some
craven submission from him.
Mr. Barton is a talking man, who c ,Li>
very complacently on his own skill
marksman; on his experience as a d | 3
list, and on his accuracy as a person "
ton. I pretend to none of these and tb
fore must oppose the most inflexible f T
stinacy. After he is perfectly satisfied i
may, perhaps apologise—that is, j n ’ *
I am fatally wounded. It is needless V
me to say, I heartily detest and desuiv-
this absurd mode of settling disputes a- '
salving the wounds of honor. But* v h"
can a poor devil do except bow to the ^
premacy of custom.
***••*#,
God bless you, W. G. GRAHAM
His associate, the Editor of the N v
Enquirer, thus speaks of his talents and
character:
“ Mr. Graham, for neariy t Wo y
has aided us in our Editorial labours -1‘
Whatever occasional differences he ni
have had with his associates, he veveHh Jd
any with us: he was one of the first youne
men of the age, in point of educatiorr, ee °
neral information, wit, taleDt, great and
varied ; be had high chivalrous notions 0 f
honor, and has thrown away his life, a vic
tim to a custom which he himself despised
and satirised even within a few days. We
shall take further notice of the melancho
ly event.”
The Legislature of Alabama cmnroenc.
ed its session on the 19th ult. Jf r
Nicholas Davis, of Limestone, was elect
ed President of the Senate, unanimously
and Francis S. Lyon, Clerk. Mr. Samu
el W. Oliver was elected Speaker of the
House of Representative?, and Thomas
B. Tunstall, Clerk.
The Legislature of Viiginia met on the
3d. Mr. Linn Banks was elected Speak
er of the House of Delegates, and Georgs
Wythe Munford, Clerk. In the Senate,
Mr. Holt was re-elected Speaker, and
Mr. Hansford, CIsrk. The House of
Delegates was unusually full, 192 mem
bers having taken the oaths before the
organization of tho House. We have not
had time to read Gov. Giles’
which is long as usual.
That must be either a very hot or a ve-
ry filthy newspaper, which must be o-
pened by the tongs, and its contents
pointed out by the poker. The writers
in some of the papers ought to get in a
certain way both shovel tongs and poker.
It is thought that the convention which
is to meet in Virginia on the 8th January,
will nominate Mr. Clinton for the Presi
dency. Mr. Johnson who will be an in
fluential member of that body is in favor
of the New-Vork statesman. Whpn lie
was appointed a member of that conven
tion he publicly declared that” his prefei.
ence of Mr. Adatns was not founded «a
an opinion of the fitness of Mr. Adams or
on his confidence in his cabinet ; but onn
solemn conviction that- Gen. Jackson is
altogether unfit And. eminently dangerous.”
Mr. Hamblin is engaged six nights
Charleston prior to his visit to Augusta.
Mr. Gallatin and family are on their
way to the United States. Our minister
has not succeeded in his negociation with
Great Britain, the principal object of
which was the commercial intercourse be»
tween the United States and the British
W. Indies.
The Empress of Russia has given birth
to a Prince, who has received the nam’e
of Constantine.
According to the late Census jhere are
more than 30,000 alien inhabitants in the
city of N. York. During the third quar
ter of this year ending 30th Sept. 7560
passengers arrived from foreign ports.—
Great vigilance must be necessary to main
tain the purity of elections in such a city.
The daily arrivals of members of Con
gress at the Seat of Government have
been constantly announced by the Wash-
ingtonpapers. There will be a full House
the first day. All this punctuality is bot
tomed on the election cf Speaker. It
seems to be a matter of mure consequence
than the good of the country, to deter
mine whether the Speaker shall be an
Adams or a Jackson man. But for this
mighty matter, the laggard members
would have been poking along, and would
scascely have arrived at the scene of the::
duties three weeks after the commence
ment of the Session.
We bare received the following letter from t3s
Postmaster-General, relative to the use of Bose)
in the Post Office. It speaks for itself.
Gen’l Post Office Department, \
| ^TH NOV. 1827. I
Editors of the Georgia Courier,
Sirs—In a late number of your paper
I observe a communication signed "A
Merchant,” relative to the use of boxes
in the post office, and intimating an im-
prepriety in the aonual charge for theif
use.
The Department never provides boxes
in a post office for the use of individuals.
The arrangement is betwixt the post
master and the persons to whose use they
are appropriated. The practice is com
mon in all our large trading towns. No
obligation exists on the part of a post mas
ter to provide them, nor on the part of
an individual to take them. The use K