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TIE COTSTITUnOTALWT. I jgy glpwjrv sr Bfmg. | U TERMS— Tot the Kim. weekly paper, published i •T«ry Tuesday and Friday mom in", 0, r > [>«r annum and f«r the weekiy 0 3, all payable ia advance. fT ADVERTISEMENTS are iiiM-rted weekly for C 2 1-2 cents per square ; setni-vrcekly 02 1-2 cent* tor the first, and 43 3-4 vents for eadh sdbeequrtit insertion, sad•munthly for 01, OO.pir »qiiare lor each insertion. Tor yearly advertisements private arrangements are as fie made. Jk deduction is made on the advsrtuc answts of public officers. Postage must be paid on letters of buniae-'s. PCBLiC JffiCTWftSS. PUTNAM COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at a meeting bold on the "21st September, 1832, in EuK-ortoii, John C. Mason, Chairman, S- W. Harris, Secretary. Therefore, Resolved, That we will not sub-■ emit to said act of Congress, but will oppose and fesi.it the same by every necessary, lawlul and 'Constitutional means in our power. Resolved, That an unconstitutional act of. Congress, is absolutely null an I void, of itself, «««1 shonfd hare no binding force or efficacy whatever. That the States composing the confederacy are sovereign and independent, except so far as they have parted with their sovereignty, by ex press grant in tho Constitution. That as the State* in their separate charac ters and capacity formed tho Union, and adopt ed the Constitution, and having appointed no •tnpire to judge of infractions of the compact, It follows necessarily that each State has the right in its sovereign capacity, to judge for it. of the infractions of the constitution and to determine upon the mode and measure of re dress. That we arc strongly attached to, and do de dare unequivocally our warm and devoted love to the Union ; and we have been and still arc willing to make many sacrifices for its preserva tk*n. But we believe the best and most effec tual method to preserve and perpetuate it, is to resist and oppose at the threshold every infrac tion of the Constitution, and every encroach ment upon State sovereignty. That as we arc di.sjxwed to redress the wrongs imposed on us by the said Tariff act, in a man ner the most deliberate and peaceable, and in a way the most likely to ensure unanimity among ourselves, we do, therefore, unite with our fcl low-citizcns in a call of a State Convention, and (hat wo will on the first Monday in October next, elect three delegates, to represent us in the pro posed State Convention, to be convened at MiJ ledgcville, on the second Monday in November next, to take into consideration the mode and measure of redress against the said Tariff act, •uljjcct to revision and ratification by the peo ple. And in order that such measures may he more effectual, and the redress more certain, we recommend to our delegates to use their ex ertions to obtain a Southern Convention, in which we hope to obtain the union and co-ope ration of the other Southern States, that suffer (n common with us. Resolved, That the integrity and ability, the firmness and independence of (General Andrew Jackson, pre-eminently qualify him to fill the high office of President of these United States ; that our confidence in him is undiminished, and (hat we will use all lawful and fair means to ef fect his reflection. HENRY COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at a meeting held on the 19th September, 1832, in McDonough, Abner Davis, chairman, Amasa Spencer, secretary. Wherefore resolved. That \vc consider the Tariff law in its modified stale, will still be un equal in its operation, unjust and oppressive, and recommend to the next Legislature to use every constitutional means to effect an altera, lion and redaction of the system. Resolved , That wo consider the resolutions of tho meeting at Athens, and all others of a similar nature, as insurrectionary in their char acter, tending to supersede the regular action of tho government, and to introduce in its stead tho misrule of faction and the confusion of anarchy. Resolved, That in confiding in the virtue and intelligence of the people as tho groat conserva tive principle of the government, we do not eon aider a necessity exists for a departure from the regular or constitutional forms of the govern ment, but that public opinion may do its office, we will unite in sending delegates to the pro posed convention; but recommend that its pow ers be limited to specified objects, to wit: a for mal, solemn and public declaration of tho will of the people, in their sovereign character upon Ihe subject of the Tariff; and that it is not in tended to vest it with power to interfere with the nature of the State government, or its c©n nection with the general government. Resolved, That we consider Union and Liber t}' inseparably connected, and view the doctrine of Nullification in Theory a delusion, in practice ruin. Resolved, That wo approve of the course of conduct pursued by our Senator and Repre sentative in Congress, John Forsyth and James M. Wayne, relative to their votes for the Tariff Os 1832. Resolved, as the deliberate sense of this meet ing, that the preservation of our republican in atitutions, the perpetuity and integrity of the Union, and the sovereignty of the States depend primarily, upon the re-election of our present distinguished Chief Magistrate, and at this mo mentous and fearful crisis, we feel constrained by every consideration for tho public tranquilli ty, to oppose every hazardous and ill advised measure tending to defeat so desirable an ob ject of public solicitude. TALIAFERRO COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at a meeting held in! Crawford vi lie, on tlie 20th September, 1832, Simon Morris, junV. Chairman, F. G. Calla-1 way, Secretary. Be it therefore resolved. That wo will elect two delegates on tho first Monday in October' next, to represent us in tlie proposed Convert-! tion, to meet at Milledgeville, on the 2d Monday in November next, with the express understand-! ing, that the doings of said Convention, ho rc-i forred to the jieopie for rejection or adoption. 2d. Resolved, That we recommend to the sc veral counties of the State, to elect delegates to tho said Convention, equal in number to their representatives in the most numerous branch of the general assembly. 3d. Resolved, That we view the re-election of Andrew Jackson, to the Presidency, as intimate ly connected with the best interests of the coun try, and we feel increased obligations to redou hie our zeal in his support, from the very sound republican principles expressed in his Veto to the United Slates Bank bill. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at a meeting held in, Saundersville, on the 21st September, 1832,i| Frederick Cullens, Chairman, James A. Lan-n caster, Secretary. [Therefore, Resolved, That we recommend to «t! our •fdllow-citizens of Washington countv, ge- n nerally, to attend at the Court-House in Saun- I d. raviHe, and at the several election grounds in i said county, on the third Monday in October c | next, fur the purpose of electing three delegates-i to represent this county in the State Convention, j to be convened in Milledgeville, on the second { Monday in November next. ,< j Rejoiced farther, request the judi- | . cial officers of this county to attend to, and su- j perintend said elections-! *H cause the returns ] to be consolidated as county elections are re- ij qnired to Ik?. |i , Resolved, That we highly approve of the . ' votes given by our Senator and Representative,! ; Messrs. Forsyth and Wayne, on the reduction! of flie tariff of 1832, as we do not believe that the system either can, or ought to be abolished! at once : this desirable consummation of our; wishes and demands must be affected by de-j iS recS * Resolved, That we feel every confidence in; the republican principles and patriotic adminis-! tration of our venerable Chief Magistrate An-j drew Jackson ; that we regard him at this mo-| ' mentous crisis, as the only man of all others, best qualified lo maintain and sustain his own noble sentiment, “ the Federal Union, it must be preserved ;” and that we will use our best exertion to ensure his re-election. From the Richmond Knquirrr. THE VIRGINIA DOCTRINES, Not Nulffication. —[No, Hl.] In rny preceding remarks, 1 have denied that >i the doctrine of Nullification can derive any au thority from any precedent set by Virginia, or i any doctrines or principles recognized by any of the public authorities of that State. I pro i ceed to examine the proofs on this subject, and particularly to enquire into the character, the objects, and tendency of the resolutions 0f1798, and the rejnjrt of the subsequent session. Be i sere I refer to the resolutions and report, I will : state, that there are two inferences clearly de ducible from them. The first is, that the Le gislature who passed them, evinced through their i whole proceedings a sincere and ardent attach ment to the Union and Constitution of the Uni . ted States. The second, that the principles ad vanced, and the proceedings adopted, were bc i ; lieved by the assembly, and were in truth, ful • jly authorized and justified by the cons itution. i If I succeed in establishing these propositions, 1 ' may assert, I shall have proved the proposition • contained in tlie motto which I have assumed ! for those numbers, that ; “ The Virginia Doc , trines are not Nullification. ” That the Virginia Assembly were acting un • der feelings of strong attachment to the Union • and constitution, are fully declared in the follow- I ing passages in the report : , Pa. 34. The first of the resolutions of ’9B - ’99, is in the words following : : “ Resolved, That tlie General Assembly of , Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm reso ■ I lution to maintain and defend the Constitution of i the United States, and the Constitution of this ■ State, against every aggression, either foreign ' or domestic and that they will support the gov eminent of the United Slates in all measures : warranted by the former.” r On this resolution the Report of ’99-1800 “ comments as follows : “ No unfavorable com ; ment can have been made on the sentiments I hero expressed. To maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States and of their own State, against every aggression, both for , eign and domestic, and to support the govern. ment of the United States in all measures war- 1 ! ranted by their Constitution, arc duties which ' the General Assembly ought always to feel, and to which on such an occasion, it was evi -5 dcirtly proper to express their sincere and firm • adherence.” . “ In their next resolution, the General As : sembly most solemnly declares a warm attach, ment to the Union of the States, to maintain which, it pledges all its powers ; and that for i this end, it is their duty to watch over and op. 1 pose every infraction of those principles which • constitute the only basis of that Union, because !* a faithful observance of them can alone secure 1 its existence and the public happiness.” “ The observation just made is equally ap- I plicable to this solemn declaration of warm at - tacbment to tho Union, and this solemn pledge • to maintain it: nor can any question arise a -1 mong enlightened friends of the Union, gs to • the duty of watching over and opposing every > infraction of those principles, which constitute its basis, and a faithful observance of which can • alono secure its existence and the public hap ■ pincss thereon depending.” 1 These resolutions and the comment on them, 1 with which Mr. Madison’s Report was intro ■ duced, manifestly shew, that he was not about to 1 justify any step which could be deemed incoin. ■ patihle with the Union, or contrary to the Con stitution. Indeed, the whole scope and tendon-1 cy of the Report, was to shew that the proceed-; ; ingsofthc last session, were perfectly compati-j ble with an entire devotion to both of them. The) amount of the resolutions of the Assembly of! 1798, was a declaration that the Alien and Se-j dition laws »vere unconstitutional, and a call on: the other States to co-operate in this tion, obviously with a view to effect a repeal of them, by the influence of public sentiment. The States who responded to this appeal, refused to unite in the expression of the sentiments declared by the Virginia Assembly, arraigning the pro-! ceedings of that Assembly as unconstitutional,; and some of them vindicating the Alien and Se dition acts ns expedient and constitutional. It was to justify the proceedings of tho Assembly, and lo prove them constitutional that this cele brated report was made, and to these objects its reasoning was directed. How then can it be; C* pretended, that any thing in either the rcsolu-j lions or the report, recommended unconstitu tional measures, or advanced principles of that j character? or how can they be quoted as afford ing precedents for measures, which by no course I of argument can be proved to be remedies justi | tied by the Constitution, or compatible with the | Union of the States ? But, to make it still plainer, that the rc{*ort & resolutions were only applicable to remedies’ constitutional in their character, I will refer to , the two last resolutions adopted by the Assem ! bly of 1798, which indicate the only step which ; they intended to take, and which the preceding! j resolutions and the reasoning therein contained, : were intended to introduce, and justify. These two resolutions, and the comments on them, in , the report, clearly shew, that nothing was in-j i tended anti-constitutional in its character, but that the only object was to defend the rights of the Stales and the people, through the agency! of public opinion, as essential to preserve both; the Union, and the Constitution. In page 96 of die Report are the following passages : “ The two concluding resolutions only remain to be ex i amined. They are in the words following:” 1 “That the good people of this Commonwealth i having ever fell, and continuing to feel the most ! sincere affection for their brethren of the other States; the truest anxiety for establishing and perpetuating the Union of all; and tlie most'’ scrupulous fidelity to that Constitution, which is 1 the pledge of mutual friendship, and the instru- k meat of mutual happiness; the General Assem bly doth solemnly appeal to the like disposition ( in the other States, in confidence that they will concur with this CoinmonweaSth in declaring, as f it doth hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid | are unconstitutional, and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each, for co operating with this Stale, in maintaining unim paired, the authorities, rights, and liberties, re served to the States respective!v or to the pco-: pie.” . ! “ That the Governor he desired to transmit n copy of the foregoing resolutions to the Exe-! cutive authority of each of the other State, with;; a request that the same may be communicated to the Legislature thereof; and that a copy be furnished to each ot the Senators and Repre sentatives, representing this Slate in the Con gress of the I nited States.” On these resolutions, the Report makes the' following commentary : | “ The fairness and regularity of the proceed -i ing here pursued, have not .protected it against ■ objections, even from sources too respectable to be disregarded.” “ It has been said to belong to the Judiciary of the United States, and nut to the Slate Le gislafurcs, to declare the meaning of theTcder al Constitution.” “ But, a declaration that proceedings of the Federal Government are not warranted by the Constitution, is a novelty neither among the citi zens, nor among the Legislatures of the States ; nor are the citizens or the Legislature ot \ ir ginia singular in the example of it.” “Nor can the declarations of either, whether affirming or denying the constitutionality of the measures of the Federal Government; or wheth er made before or after Judicial decisions there on, be deemed, in any point of view, an assump tion of the office of the Judge. The declara tions in such cases, are expressions of opinion, unaccompanied with any other died than what they may produce on opinion, by exciting re flection. The expositions of the Judiciary, on the other hand, are carried into immediate ef fect by force. The former may lead to a change in the legislative expression of the general will; possibly to a change of the opinion of the Judici ary: the latter enforces the general will, whilst that opinion and that will continue unchanged.” “And if there be no impropriety in declaring the unconstitutionally of proceedings in the Fed eral Government, where can be the impropriety of communicating the declaration to other states, and inviting their concurrence in a like declara tion ? What is allowable for one, must be allow able for all; and a free communication among the States where the Constitution imposes no re straint, is as allowable among the Slate Gov ermnents, as among other public bodi s, or pri vate citizens. T1 lis consideration derives a weight that cannot be denied to it, from the re lalion of the Stale Legislatures to the Federal Legislature, as the immediate constituents of one of its branches.” “The Legislatures of the States have a right also, to originate amendments to the Constitu tion, l*y a concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number, in application to Congress for the purpose. When new States are to be formed by a junction of two or more States, or parts of States, the Legislatures of the States concerned, are, as well as Congress, to concur in the mea sure. The States have a right also to enter in to agreements or compacts with the assent of Congress. In all such cases, a communication among them, results from the object which is common to them.” i “It is, lastly, to be seen whether the confi dence expressed by the resolution, that the ne cessary and proper measures would be taken by the other State s, for co-operating with Virginia, in maintaining the rights reserved to the States, or to the people, be in any degree liable to the objections which have been raised against it.” “If it be liable to objection, it must be, be cause either the object or the means arc objec tionable.” “The object being to maintain what the Con stitution has ordained, is in itself a laudable ob ject.” “The means arc expressed in the terms ‘the necessary and proper measures.’ A proper ob ject was to be pursued, by means both necessary and proper.” “To find an objection, then, it must be shewn, that some meaning was annexed to these gene ral terms, which was not proper; and for this purpose, either that the means used by the Gene ral Assembly, were an example of improper means, or that there were no proper means to which the terms could refer.” “In the example given by the Slate, of de claring the Alien and Sedition Acts to be un constitutional, and of communicating the dccla- I ration to the other States, no trace of improper j means has appeared. And if the other States 1 had concurred in making a like declaration, sup ! ported, too, by the numerous applications flow | ing immediately from the people, it can senree i ly be doubled, that those simple means would have been as sufficient, as they arc unexception able.” “It is no less certain, that other means might have been employed, which are strictly within the limits of the Constitution. The Legislatures! of the States might have made a direct represen tation to Congress, with a view to obtain a re scinding of the two offensive acts; or, they might have represented to their respective Senators in Congress, their wish, that two-thirds thereof would propose an explanatory amendment to the Constitution; or, two-thirds of themselves, if such had been their option, might byanapplica lion to Congress, have obtained a Convention for the same object.” “These several means, though not equally e-; iigible in themselves, nor probably, to the States,; were all constitutionally open for consideration. And if the G eneral Assembly, after declaring} the two acts to bo unconstitutional, the first and most obvious proceeding on tiie subject, did not undertake to point out to the other States, a! choice among the farther measures that might become necessary and proper, the reserve wilt; not be misconstrued by liberal minds, into any culpable imputation.” “These observations appear to form a satis factory reply, to every objection which is not founded on misconception of the terms employed in the resolutions. is one other, however, j which may be of too much importance not to be added. It cannot bo forgotten, that among the arguments addressed to those, who apprehended danger to liberty, from the establishment of the General Government over so great a country, the appeal was emphatically made to the inter mediate existence of the Mate Governments, be tween the people and that government, to the vigilance with which they would descry the first symptoms of usurpation, and to the promptitude with which they would sound the alarm to the public. This argument was probably not with out its effect, and it it was a proper one then, to recommend the establishment ofthe Constitution J it must be a proper one now to assist in its in terpretation.” ••The only part of the two concluding lions, that remains to be noticed, is the repeti tion in the first, of that warn] affection to the • Union and its members, and of that scrupulous* t fidelity to the Constitution which have been m- ? * variably felt by the people of this Stale. As the, j 1 proceedings were introduced tv Ith these senli -ments, they could not be more properly closed * than in the same manner. Should there be any 'so far misled, as to call in question the sincerity of these professions, whatever regre t mat be ex- j cited by the error,the General Assembly can- j not descend into a discussion of it. Those who . have listened to the suggestion, can only he left to their own recollection of the part whica this State has borne in the establishment of our Na i liona! Independence; in Ihe establishment otour National Constitution, and in maintaining under 1 it the authority and laws ofthe Union, without a single exception of internal resistance and com motion. By recurring to these facts, they will he able to convince themselves, that the repre- i jjsentativcs of the people ot \ ifgima, must be a ijhove the necessity of opposing any other shield j to the attacks on their national patriotism, than ■ j | their own consciousness and the justice of an en ' lightened public; who w ill perceive in the reso | lulions themselves, the strongest evidence of at- ! tachment both to the Constitution and to the L nion, since it is only by maintaining the differ- ; ent governments and departments within their respective limits, that the blessings of either cun be perpetuated-” The passages quoted from the Report, exhibit with such force and clearness the views of the Assembly, that it would be presumptuous in me to attempt to make more clear, what are perfect ly lucid in themselves. The topics discussed in the Report arc of the ■ most momentous character, and bear directly upon the questions which now' agitate the south cm portion of our confederacy. lo enable the candid enquirer after truth to decide how far 1 have been sustained by the Report itselt, 1 shall for the present commend it to his serious consid , oration, and shall delay until another time the . further proofs which I shall adduce on this sub ,l ject. AGRICOLA. » j TUESDAY, OCTOBER U, 1832. ; 1 STATE LEGISLATI UE. 'i Baldwin, Boykin—Calhoun, Murray. r Bibb, Eckley—Holt, Grocc. Bryan , Starr—Bacon. Bulloch, Cone—Rawls. Burke, Harlow—Tutlo, Roberts, Grubs. , Chatham, Barnard—Wayne, Flournoy, Harrison. Clark, Mitchell—Hull, .Stroud, Graves. Columbia, Avery—-Crawford, Hamilton, White. Crawford, Blackstoms—Sims, King. > DcKalb, Cleveland— Anderson, Mays. Burly, Smith—Wilson. ■ Effingham, Waldhour—Black. Elbert, Oliver—Allen, Blackwell, Harris. Fayette, Bnreh—Sellers, Edmunson. Franklin, Freeman—Mitchell, Ash, Stanford. ■ Greene, Stocks—King, Gone, Rea. 1 i Gwinnett, Green—Gholson,;Ezzard, Martin,Hutchins. . Habersham, Wofford—Stillman, Chastain, Shelton. Hancock, Baxter—Lewis, Haynes, Vinson. Harris, McUougald—Lowe, Dennard. Houston, Colb—Wiggins, Morgan, Engrain. Jasper, Shorter—Burney’, Robertson, Hardman. ) Jejjerson , Stapleton—Burr, Hudson. , Jones, Gordon—Phillips, Day, Gox. * Laurens, Kcltam—Warren, Blackshear. Liberty, Hines—Harden, Herrington. 1 Lincoln, Henley—Curry, Lockhart. , Marion, Temples—Williams. Mclntosh, Wood—King, Young. Meriwether, Ragan—Dr. Ector, Towls. ’ Monroe, Chappell—Redding, Rutherford, Thweatt, “ and a tie between Gibson and Cowles. I Morgan, Nesbit—Floyd, Sparks, Johnson, j Muscogee, Lucas—Thornton, Spivey. Oglethorpe, Collier—Young, Hubbard, Hardemart. File, Prior—Harris, Blackburn. Putnam, Hudson—Turner, Meriwether, Nicholson-. Richmond, Mealing—Glascock, Davies, Rhodes. Scriven, Bryan—Kittles, McCall. Stewart, Williams, Jenighaii. ' Talbot, Townes—Burks, Pace. ’ Tat nail —Surrency—Sharp. ; Troup, West—Haralson, McCoy. Twiggs, Smith—Solomon, <S'hine. . Upson, Turner—Stamper, Flewcllirt; Warren, MuncrieU— Ryan, Jones, Wilson. Washington, Tennille—Satibld, Curry, Rutherford. Wilkes, Willis—Brown, Thurmond, Irvin. Wilkinson, Hall—Hatcher, CONVENTION. > Baldwin, Torrance, Rockwell. ’ Ribb, Beall, Collins. Burke, liewis, Taylor, Hughes. r Columbia, Ramsay, Collins, Cartlidgo. Greene, Matthews, Dawson, Greer. Mclntosh Spalding, Troup. Muscogee, Lawhon, Clifton. Oglethorpe, Gilmer, Billups, Moore. s Richmond, Forsyth, Gumming, King; Warren, Lockhart, Gibson, Lazenby. r - - > CONGRESS. Aggregate returns from 60 counties, viz : Richmond, . Columbia, Baldwin, Warren, Hancock, Lincoln, llurke, . Scriven, Putnam, Washington, Bibb, Wilkes, Jefferson, . Houston, Jones, Wilkinson, Chatham, Effingham, Lib - erty, Bryan, Mclntosh, Jasper, Twiggs, Clark, Madison, 5 Oglethorpe, Jackson, Morgan, Hall, Franklin, Gwin . nett, DeKalb, Upson, Greene, Newton, Elbert, Laurens, . Bulloch, Muscogee, Talbot, Monroe, Tattnall, Harris, . Pike, Numter, Crawford, .Steward, Marion, Troup, | Butts, Campbell, Dooly, Emanuel, Taliaferro, Pulaski, Walton, Habersham, Coweta, Fayette, and Henry. WAYNE, 30,227 WILDE, 26,622 GILMER, 23.290 ii CLAYTON, 23,145 FOSTER, 22,920 GAMBLE, 21,776 JONES, 20,223 SCHLEY, 19,835 HAYNES, 19,775 COFFEE, 19,386 OWENS, 19,055 TERRELL, 18,947 WATSON, 18,486 BRANHAM, 18,447 STEWART, 17,383 HARRIS, 16,920 LAMAR, 14,853 NEWNAN, 14,089 MILTON. 4,783 AGRICULTURAL. b nder our agricultural head, we publish an interest . ing article taken from the “ Southern Planter ” FEMALE EDUCATION. We hope the communication of “ A Parent” will bo ■ refl( l with attention ; and we hope also that the writer will continue to call the serious attention of the public to the subject. There is not perhaps a subject of grea ter importance to the welfare of the community, to ci vilization, to refinement, and to happiness, than female education. And yet no subject has been more neglect ed, than the adoption of a proper system for the eduea. j non of those who exercise such an influence over t 1 ,© j actions of man. If female education had, received in * .this country that attention which its importance de mands, the attraction which naturally for female I society, would have been greater ‘.'nan it really is, and the vices which are engendered by the association of! one six only, in which no restraints are exercised, i "° U ' n ° l no " s)e disgrace of our country; for it 1 , must be admitted, that when men associate more fre- ! | qUentl> ' ' vlth Ihe female sex, than they really do among I us, they become more refined in their conduct, and, es. | ! P L eCia ‘ y ’ their and very seldom acquire ! | th °f e bad hab;!3 "kick lead to dissipation, to idleness, I Ut er rdin 1,1 health, fortune, and reputation. Let ■ a proper system of female education be adopted, and { the necessary result w,U be, a greater degree of men-0 anil the female sci of a greater degree ot attraction, believe these lew ideas will not be lost uponthose who take a deep interest in the matter. Our cul. tn.is arc , opened for well written essays uiptm the subject, toy, the tendency of female education is 'to iprofnote the pubJ| He good, the public happiness, and the-improvement ot the mind, and to purify the public morals. COMMERCE OF THfcTUMTED STATES. ; We have made the following abstracts from the state- .t ! meat of the Commerce and Navigation of the timed States, for the year ending September 30, IGH, annua - . ly reported by the Treasury Department. The slate- Snout is an interesting one at this time, as furnishing a statistical view of the commerce of the United Mates, the amount of imports ami exports, and the amount of tonnage employed in the trade of the country. The , abstracts will show the amount of southern produce ex ported, as compared w ith other domestic produce ex- ported, and the diminution of American tonnage, witiij the increase of foreign tonnage arriving in, and depart-; j ing from, the United States. The friends of the *A merican System,” will Jo well to examine this state ■ meat, and compare it with those of former years, andj then declare whether the restrictive policy has been | beneficial or not to the country. | The imports amounted to, } The exports to, 81,310,533 DOMES TIG EX FOR TS. i Produce of the sea, 1,888,472 | of the forest, 4,203,-L 7 ■of Agriculture, Sundries, 4,221,823 Flour, 9,933,453 Rice, 2,910,207 Tobacco, 4,892,333 ! Cotton, 25,239,492 of Manufacture, Sundries, 2,909,435 Goituu goods, 1,120,313 Flax, heinp,&c. 3,700,927 _. 7,802,075 $61,277,057 American Tonnage in 1827, 1,020,007 1823, 1,741,391 1829, 1,200,9 *7 1830, 1,191,770 Foreign Tonnage in 1827, 137,589 1828, 150,223 1829, 130,743 1830, 281,948 The New-Tork Journal of Commerce, upon this in crease ot foreign tonnage, remarks:—“ Will the exclu sive friends of American industry tell us how we can iprevent our commercial marine from being supplanted by the British. It is fast becoming so, and it is owing to the untiring enterprizc of our merchants, that it is Hot j utterly prostrated. Will any one undertake to say that ( the amount of our tonnage is greater at this moment than it was in 1810, or even in 1807 ? Yet during this period our population has more than doubled. Had our ! commerce increased in the same ratio, we should now have been the first commercial nation on the globe.” LAND AND GOLD LOTTERIES. The following information, respecting the Lotteries which will commence drawing on the 22d of this mouth, we copy from the Georgian of the 4th instant:— “ We have mentioned that the Lotteries arc to be commenced on the 22d inst. The follow, ing, as we learn from Milledgeville, are the num ber of draws placed in the wheels, and the prizes i to he awarded to them, viz ; j In the Land Lottery in which the prizes are square lo:s of 100 acres each : Names given in, 85,000 Prizes, 18,309 , or about four and a half blanks to a prize, j In the Gold Lottery in which the prizes arc square lots offorty acres each. Names given in, 133,000 Prizes, 35,000 or nearly four blanks to a prize, j The commissioners have been industrious to prepare such a mass of tickets (which are not printed) together with the numerical hooks ne jnecessary in so short a period. The wheels ! containing the names are of great circumfer }ence, and so weighty with the tickets that a | strong man hardly turn them.—They were j manufactured in the Penitentiary, & these impor- ■ I tant aids towards a speedy distribution of the Che jrokee territory,were constructed with the united i help of two persons whose stubborn zeal in as serting its independence, has thus made them i remote agents in its dismemberment—we mean jthe Missionaries. Great accuracy being re quisite in the registry, &c. it will hardly be pos sihle to draw more than 250 or 300 names per day, so that with the latter number it will occu py seven months before the prizes are exhausted and the lottery finished. It is proposed to draw ii day alternately from the wheels of each. There are certainly a few valuable lots in this territory in the gold lottery and no'doubt many jin the land lottery, all ol which are of course well known to persons who mean to speculate, and who will ho ready during the drawing to snatch them up whenever the owners will sell. Fortunate drawers will do well therefore to pause until they are assured of getting some thing near the value of their prizes. The most valuable Jot (and report makes it invaluable) is said to be No. 1092, 12th district, Ist section.” COM MU NIC A TED. “ There cannot be a subject of deeper interest to the community, than the proper instruction of Females. From them society receives its tone, and to them is in j trusted the guidance and direction of the youthful mind, j The impressions received in early life are never cradi cated, and it is worthy of remark, that all or nearly all j | the great and good men of ancient or modern times, en. joyed the advantages of receiving their first impressions! ! fr°m women of distinguished abilities. It is a know, j ledge of this fact, which of late years, has attracted so much of public attention, and we hail with satisfaction every effort lo attain this most desirable end.” A. Y. Courier <J- Enquirer. Wc feel the full force and truth of the above remarks, and if in the region in which they were written, powerful appeals, and great ef torts, are necessary to call public attention to aid, in establishing liberal institutions for the education ot young Ladies, do they not apply equally, if not with greater force, to this com munity ? Have wc not laboured under great and manifold disadvantages in the education of our daughters ? Let every mother reflect on the experience she has had for the last ten or fifteen years. Our sons are provided with the means of a liberal education in the institutions of our country, founded and supported by • üb he authority, amply endowed with f- n J s rendered permanent. But if „ muc h is n ’ ucca . | ,;? y , ‘hem fur the active duties of 5 a give hat toj lC 0 f character, which will ’' CSl>oct and <«<«“*. « not the same 5> ‘‘ug applicable to the education of our! • t In their different capacities as mo. I fnends, and companions, do they not need j a tbe a liberal education can he-1 jStow. Fhe argument which might he advanc-i ;ed in opposition, and which asserts that extraor- i j dinary efforts are necessary, to establish, and! . sustain, those institutions for our daughters, be-1 j cause nothing has over been done, is rather spe | cious, and better suited to the dark ages, than j e present century. Well docs the writer re ‘ cr efforts of a distinguished citizen of • is btatc, in his private and public conduct, to j place the female on a level with the male, by procuring public aid to establish a Female Sem- Ijuary, on the same permanency that our Col i ef?c Was: hut alas ? he did not dwell long en |^ U ° 1 with us to carry his earnest wishes, to a oucccoolul issue. jt &ouml reasoning, because h barbarous and despotic nations have degraded the female sex for ages, it must always be so f The great improvement in the arts and sciences and the rapid march of intellect in this our a"? are unexampled, and without a parallel in fho i history of the world. Ought Wc not to keep ' pace with the current, and to contribute all i„ our power to its onward progress? j These few hints have been suggested, parity from a knowledge ol the fact, that elforts have been made and are still maturing, to establish permanently in this city, an institution for f t . . male education. I hose "w ho have had charge of it fur the last two .years, are well known a. mongst us, their examinations have beennumer. ously attended, and have given satisfactory evi dence, that the pupils wore correctly and funk, fully taught. But this is not all. To teach the higher branches of science, and those especially •oil 5 which the rapid improvement of the age nuu feudally depend, something more was necessary than a knowledge of them, and ability to impart the knowledge toothers. V\ e all feel how i m . portant it rs to understand the sciences correctly. \\\i know that k-artiing by note a few definitions in Chemistry or Natural Philosophy, is not Che-, mfetry or Natural Philosophy’-, -and conveys te the mind no knowledge of these subjects. \V e know from experience that it is impossible to learn those branches, without the ■advantage of | Lectures, and ait extensive apparatus. To ob. tain these desirable and necessary Means,no e.u pense has been spared; the Chemical and Phi. iosophical apparatus which has been pufclrasci! within the last year, and is entirely new, has been much improved by the addition of numv valuable instruments, which arc daily expected the total cost of which exceeds 8400. Theca, hinet of Minerals, to facilitate the study of Min. cralogy, is an extensive collection of the most valuable specimens, containing all that is need, ed to assist the mind in the study of this impor. taut subject. The single object in view, is tn elevate the standard of Female Education. To accomplish this, they have brought to their aid, all that could be attained, and from its attain, incut have spared no trouble or expense which the magnitude and importance of the underta. king demanded. We trust their Institution will receive a liberal and extensive patronage from an enlightened public. We simply ask the question of Parents and Mothers : Do von wish your daughters to have the best education which it is in your power to give ? Do von wish them taught efficiently and correctly , in the shortest time and at the least expense ? If so, consider well the opportunity, and the adran. tages now within your control. A PARENT. FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. Among the many excellent provisions made in the establishment of our political institutions, none shews more clearly the wisdom and dis cernment of their framers, than those respect, ing religion. Experience had taught them that human nature is the same in every station of tile, and that even those who minister at the ul tar arc not proof against temptation. They therefore wisely kept from them the alluremcnis of wealth and ambition, and left the preachers entirely dependant on their congregation for their support. T hus, whilst all the causes which might lead to the negligent performance of their duty are withheld, every motive exists fora faithful and diligent discharge of it. The lie. ncficial effects of this system is fully exemplifi ed, by a comparison of the Clergy in this conn try with those pampered dignitaries of the es tablished clmrch in England & Ireland. Whilst the former are steady at their posts, attending to the arduous concerns of their situation, ma ny of the latter are spending their vast incomes in other climes, and perhaps are notinsidoof their own church once in twelve mouths, hut even in this country, where every' divine is dc pendant on his congregation for support, wc find that those sects who allow the smallest compen sation, have (if not the most accomplished) ccr. tainly the most zealous and efficient preachers. The salaries of some of the Presbyterian mil Episcopalian ministers, for instance, are so libe ral, that by economy they may in a series of years accumulate property sufficient to cnablo them to live independent, whilst those of tho methodist clergy, barely' afford them a subsist ence. The reason then that the preachers of tho latter denomination are so successful in their Ja bours, is, that they have embarked in the cause from no worldly or pecuniary motives, and they are therefore in earnest. They have determin ed to “ lay up their treasure where neither moth uor rust doth corrupt,” and therefore sublunary things cannot induce them to swerve from the path of duty. They are contending for a high er and more permanent reward, and consequent ly ?heir exertions are proportioned to its magni tude. They have gazed on the brightness of a better world, till the most brilliant scene* ot earth have become dim and obscure to their eyes. Need we wonder then to behold the preaching of even illiterate men of ordinary ta lents, when acting under such an influence, at tended by the most beneficial results. But we not unfrequently see amongst them, young men whose talents and acquirements would be an or i narnent to any profession, and which would pro cure lor their possessors, wealth, honor and dis tinction in society. Under such circumstances, can we doubt their sincerity ? Can we be sur prized at the fervor and earnestness of their persuasion, or the deep and lasting conviction which it so frequently produces?—Whoever has attended the methodist church in this city fora few months past, will readily' perceive the cor rectness of these remarks. It is not the intention of the writer of this ar ticle to cast obloquy on the preachers or church government of any other sect, but simply to give credit where credit in due. —To admire the wisdom, penetration, and patriotism ot our forefathers, as exemplified in this and almost every other instance ; and to exult in the gene ral prosperity and happiness produced by the®# Z. X. FROM THE D, S, CATHOLIC MISCELLAN Y. Baltimore. The cholera report for the twenty-four hour’ ending yesterday at ten o’clock, A. M. affords continued evidence of the improving health ot the city. The number of deaths was four, oi whom three were white persons and one " nS coloured. Three of the deaths occurred at hospitals. The community generally wifi team with deep regret that among tliis number one of tlie Sisters of Charity, Sister George, who expired at eight o’clock yesterdaj \ morning. Luringtiie^prevalence of the epidc®•• 1 at tho Alms-house, three miles from the city, ht-i ministrations wore devoted to its suffering innia tfS with all the faithfulness and tenderness which 50 eminently distinguish the members of her P r ', Passion, fi> consequence of'indisposition wbic- 1 was doubtless brought on by the arduous charac ter of her duties, we learn that she returned* 0 the city, to Hospital No. 2, and continued in disposed for a day or two. For some days p as: she was doing well, according to the attenda# physician’s report, hut at seven o’clock on f u ’*‘ ! day evening she experienced a relapse