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(xffi *Tj fKfftM Hi iwii fti ■ ■- -. W.-« -^4 WILLIAIfI E, JOIVUS. AVCWSTA, «KO., «j|TUfc»AY HOKIVIIVa, «»> ' ~ '""T ’ Li. j [Trl-weekly.]--v«|. 11--NO. i i»t. Published DAILY, TUI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, Jll .Vo, Jlrouil Street. Terras. Daily papoi, 'l'en Dollars per annum in advance. Tri-vvenkly paper, at Six Dollars in advance orseven milieu,id ol iho year. Weekly paper,three dollars ,n advance,or lour at lliu end of the year. The Editors end Proprietors in llns city have Brio;, led the following regulations : 1. Alter the Ist llay ot July next no suliserij,- tions will lie received, nut ot the eily, unless paid in advance, or a city reference given, unless the name be forwarded hy an agent ot I lie neper. 2. 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VVe will ha responsible to other papers lor at advertisements ordered through inns to ho copied l,v them, and if advertisements copied hy ns rum other papers will he charged to the oil,on Iron, which the request is made to copy, and will receive pay for the same, according to their rales, and he responsible according to our own. ||. Advertisements sent to ns from a distance, with an order to he copied by other papers, must be aiu-nmpaniiMl xvilb lho cash to tho amount il i« <lesiro<l thny should bo published in eacli paper, or a responsible reibronco ufT uv.it- -■ -•- WKt — — - CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. Friday Morning September . 'J’lkmo arc now before the people ot Richmond county two tickets for tho Legislature, from which are to he chosen those to whom our interests arc to bo confided in the approaching session of that body. What fault have the people to find with those who represented them last year! Were they not vigilant, faithful, capable I If so, why shall they ho dismissed from the public service, to make room for others who cannot ho said to he more capable than they 1 Our representation was elected last year hy a largo and decided ma jority, after one of the warmest and most tho rough canvasses ever had’hi Richmond county. The qualifications and political principles of the •several candidates were thoroughly scrutinized and discussed, both iu the newspapers and among the people. Wo ask now if ihe gentle men who were elected have done any thing b> forfeit the confidence reposed in them! Have the people of Richmond changed their political principles since the last election ! It un he the answer to these questions, wherefore, or to please whom shall there he a change 1 From Florida. The Floridian of Saturday says: ‘-We are hap. py to learn that a detachnic.it of (,’apt. Rowel’s company of Florida militia, on the 11th first while on a scout near the mouth of ihe surprised Tiger Tail’s camp and fired inlo it. Tho warriors (led on their ponies and our men being on foot could not overtake them. The de tachment consisted of sixteen men, the, Indians supposed about Several wan iors were woun ded and two squaws taken prisoners, both mor tally wounded and died soon alter. The baggage of the Indians was captured. The troops return, ed to Camp Taylor, when Maj. ,f. L. Taylor re commenced the pursuit with a sufficient compa ny of mounted Volunteers. lie has not since been hoard front, but from his activity and energy we anticipate a good account.” The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says:— The schr. Pita he £> .M'irgari-l, Capt. Smith, ar rived yesterday from St. Augustine, bringing in formation that a party of Indians on the night of tho 7th inst. paid a visit in the vicinity of that place, and look possession of a drove of between 50 and 75 horses, with which they were making to the interior, hut having been overtaken hy Lieut Mnv, who was on Ihe march from St, Augustine to Fort King, the Indians abandoned their booty, and look themselves to the woods. Abolitionism i.v N. Yonit.-Ju the recent ■abolition case of Corse, H iggles ik Co., a wit. ness being culled on, deposed as follows: “ I am not connected with tire* abolitionists; but 1 purpose taking an agency from the New York Vigilance Committee. Their business is to seek slaves that are brOught her ■ from the South, and give them protection and aid. If a man runs away from the South, and comes here, it is their duty to give him clothes and protect him in any legal way. (iettlle ii n IV un the South, says the Hai ti more Sun, may Judge from this expose, now much pleasure they arc likely to have if they take a servant with them, on a visit to the North. Anticipation of suits at law are little less agreeable than the suit itself, both of I | , i | which they may realize. There is no safety I in travelling farther North than Haltimore. . I A Rumple of the “Democratic’’ Tenders. Hurl Williams nl Maine, imd G. I). Wall* of N. ,1.. U. 8, Senators, Tarty - ) - the Attorney Gen eral, Buchanan) Kx-Mimsier to Russia, luger soll,§ 11, 8. Attorney ol IVnnsylvania, Hubbard,|| If. 8. Senator, liancroft, Collector of Boston, Ihenliss and Kornlile, •’ members of Congress from New York., Croswoll, editor of the Alba ny Argus, Potter, Vanderpoel, R. Ranloul, Jr.,** Ate. Ate. These are the men who call themselves, and who the Administration parly culls true “Demo erats.”-—During the war they opposed the war. They insulted Madison and abused the then De mocratic patty. But, now, forsooth the Whigs ate the teal Blue Bight Hartford Convention, alien and sedition-law federalists, while the lend— j ing friends of the Administration are the most do- I vout and unsophisticated Democrats ! What jewels of consistency! ’ This Mr. Wall said at the last session of Congress in the I/. S. Senate—“ Here, Sir. m the presence of tho American people, i grave that 1 was m federalist and acted wi h that party, zeal ously and actively, so long as their llag waved in New Jersey” •jlu 1815, Mr. Taney denounced Mr. Madison, as ‘ worthy only es a halter !” Was it for this specimen of Democracy, that he received there, ward of his present ulliee ! -[•This same James Buchanan once said—‘‘if I thought I Imd one drop of Democratic bleed in my veins, 1 would lot it out. § This Mr. [tiger soils once said iu a letter to Mr. Uinns, dated June 7, 1807— “If! had been capable of reason and reflection when the American Colonies look up arms against the mother country, I should iiavk iibkx a TORY, nor can I kvkii consider that an appel lation of reproach.” This Mr. Hubbard, U. S. Senator in Congress, was the prime mover in getting up the meeting at which delegates wore chosen nl llto Hartford Convention from N. H. From this same Slate of New Hampshire, there is a Van Buren Rep resentative by the name of Samuel Cushman, — the man who is appointed by the parly leaders in Congress lo gag debate by moving the previous quesli m. This Mr. C. during the last war was an officer of a Society, arid publicly declared im a parade in Portsmouth, during the war, as re ported by the N. H. Gazelle, that “Ac hoped lo O—d evert/ American soldier who marched into Canada -would leave his hones there" I ! •j This Mr. John 11. Prentiss, is a Van Buren member of Congress from New York. Mr. P. published a paper at Cooperstown, N. Y. during the late war, from Which tire following extracts are copied;— “ft is with sensations of indescribable pleasure that I find myself entitled to announce lire com plete triumph of the federalists.” “If my hum ble labors in llie cause of my native country have produced the change«m favor of federalism , in this country, then have I arrived at the acme of my hopes, the summit of all m;j -wishes.” “The frightful Hydra of Democracy begins to dro p its bead before the Heaven derived spirit, of Fetler~ alisin.” ‘Democracy! a monslvr wild as that which roams the Lyhian waters and joys to drench his tusks iu blood—a pestilence I hat spreads contagion over the whole extent ol our e < ulry— a pernicious blast that withers every thing- it loaches .” * * Robert Ranloul, Hsq., of Beverly.—Mr. Rantoul was a member of (ho Legislature of Massachusetts in 1811, 13, Li, 14, 15, and 1(1, during the, whole of the last war; was the teviler of Jefferson'and Madison; the bitter oppnscr of the lust war, an inveterate foe of democracy; the advocate and defender of lire Hartford Conven tion, and m 1814 as a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts advocated and voted for the measure.”. From the New Orleans tier, lath. ihst. Trial off hi! Murderers of Darbti. . Juook Canosck PiiKsimsa. In lire Beo of the 21st July, we published in detail the history of the atrocious plot by which a Spaniard, Gespi Barba by name, was sacrificed to the avarice and ferocity of five assassins. Tire crime was perpetrated ou the Itith of July—lour of the culprits wore arrested in the city almost immediately after its commission—the fifth suc ceeded in effecting his escape, and has hitherto continued to elude the vigilance ol justice. It is scarcely necessary to recur lo the circum stances which distinguished the horrible catastro phe to which wo refer. Its details must yet Ire fresh iu the memory of our readers. The trial of the miscreants who were concerned in litis re volting deed look place on Thursday, ! n the parish iu which the crime was committed, luteir-m in terest was felt in the proceedings; many of the inhabitants of our city were present. The court was crowded—all were anxious to discover if any possible circumstances would arise nr the course of the investigation, which might palliate the guilt of the assassins. By the ;.t lof an intelli gent arid faithful reporter, w>o have, been enabled lo transcribe lire account of the .trial, and we lay it before our readers, convinced that every thing in relation In this allair will bo perused with an interest commensurate with the importance of the case. The court assembled on the Kith instant, at half past It) o’clock, lira Honorable Judge Ca nonge presiding. Mr. Mazurea, as the Stale’s attorney, was present in person. Mr. Gairiore was appointed by the Stale a* counsel for the ac cused. The Gazadores of Sr. Barnard, duly armed and equipped, escorted the criminals from the prison lo the court house, and remaamod there during the continuance of the trial. After the jury had been sworn, the clerk read aloud the charges, anil demanded of the accused if they were ready to proceed with their defence. One of the accused (O’Neil) replied, that one cf bis witnesses was not present. The Judge—“We desire a positive answer; are you ready or not for your defence. This is what the court wishes to know.” O Neil—“l have received certain information that all the inhabitants of die parish have already formed unfavorable opinions in relation (o us.”” The Judge—“No no yon arts in error; justice is impartial to all. 'Flic jury now present have made oath before (toil, In judge you conscienti ously and impartially, ll -.bo evidence should fail lo exhibit your crime in all its nakedness, they will acquit you, but it facts condemn you, they will punish you in behalf of society which they here represent. No other justice can be had bes re this tribunal.” Attorney General—Let the accused say, where the witness is lo ho found, to whom they a 1} tide.” O Neil—“He is now nut of the Stale.’’ Attorney General—“Wo have then nothing more to do with him.” Alter some observations of Mr. Mazurcon, ou the nature of the crime as he had learned it. court proceeded lo the examination of tin* • winu-.-M-. Tin* fust wimess «ras Mr. Ramon To. J 11! deposed as follows:— ‘ I was Mr. Barba's clerk. Un lhe 1311 1 ol July Inst, I saw iivotnen arrive in a carnns»(*. Tour ilcsrcnded and wejit into tin* niiMri’i—one remained in the carriage. The la! or had a wooden leg—ho is railed Thus. I Welsh. They ended for hu‘akfust, which was . i immediately prepared for them. They then ’asked lor drink, and alter wards took a Oh h glass lo him who remained in the conch. I observed that they looked on all sides with groat aticalion. ; They penetrated every comer and seemed to ; spy the movements of Mr. Barba, who had just n*iired lo his room, alter telling mo lo attend lo Iho shop, while he went to sleep. {Suddenly 1 . heard a pistol shot in (he bed.room. firing 1 frightened I tried to runaway, when the imlivi- I tlual named Janies Tobin stopped me, and pla cing a pistol lo my breast,diew iho trigger with out ellect. lor the cap snapped, but llie pistol did not go oil. 1 then succeeded in escaping mid : sought lor Mr. 1 .lucres, who relumed slraighway 1 vvilh me to I lie spot. It was Welsh who was in the.carriage, li was O’A'cil whom I saw enier the room ;it was Adams who fired at ihe negro woman, and Tobin who placed llie pistol to my haeast.” The Judge— 11 1 l ad you ever seen Ihe accused hcf.ite Iho (Liy on which the murder was periie iraled !” Witness—" Yes ihey had come lo Iho carburet I two days previously in a carriage; they had a negro lor a coachman. They likewise asked for breakfast.” The Judge—‘Did they do nothing llinn ?’ Witness—‘They did nothing, but 1 remarked that they seemed to regard the locality with much attention.’ The Judge—‘What was Welch doing when the minder occurred V Witness—‘ll o remained in the carriage, look ing on all sides. I must inform ihe court that there was a negro on Ihe gallery, whom they drove away, saying that he had no business there, and ordering him lo icpair immediately lo his master’s,’ Attorney General—‘Do you know tins poig nard.’ Witness—‘Yes, the blade was found stained with blood, in the yard near Ihe gallery, and the scabbard in the middle of the room.’ Attorney General—‘And this watch.’ Witness—‘l know it to have belonged to Mr. Barba.* The second witness Mr. Gabriel Valloro, was called. Attorney General—‘Tell (he court all you know relative to this aflair.’ Witness—‘When I arrived 0 n the spot, the murderers had altendy escaped. I saw the corpse ot Mr. I .at ha, all his wounds appeared to have been inflicted with a sharp instrument.* Judge—‘Do you remember the dav 1’ Witness—‘lt, was the Kith July last.’ Attorney General, shewing the pistol which was in the court —‘Is this the pis'ul you saw in Barba’s house ! Witness—'Yes, sir.’ Attorney General—‘Was the poignard stained with blood'!’ Witness—‘Yes, the blade was found in the yard, and lire sheath in the room.’ The third witness, Mr. Tardier, was called, Mr. Tardier—‘On arriving, 1 found that Burba had been laid out. 1 counted six deep wounds, one of which was three inches and u half wide. One wound was in Iris navel, two other was in lire breast, a tmnh in the left eye,and two others on the head. Attorney Genera!—‘Do yon think that Barba died of lire wounds he received.’ Witness—‘ Yes, certainly.’ Attorney General —‘Do you know this hall ? Witness—‘Yes—lt penetrated lire bed and we found it under lire mattresses.’ Mr. Ducros, fourth wi.ncss, was excused from givitrg itis testimony, as ho could only depose to tiro same ell'ect as lire evidence already given. The filth witness, Mr. Harper was called. Attorney General —Do you know the accu sed 1’ Witness—‘Yes. I did not see Barba’s hotly, hut I learned the crime from the mouths of the four criminals themselves. Tobin first spoke lo me. He said one day lo me, ‘has Welsh told you nothing V I answered that Welsh had made a declaration. ‘Then,’ replied lie, T believe i have nothing belter to do, than lo declare con scientiously evety thing that has taken place be tween us.’ He assuied me that on his side, he had only gone to Barba with a view to rob, and that he had not sought to kill, but only lo intimi date the clerk. ‘Welsh,’ added the witness, ‘likewise told mo that he had gone to Barba’s solely that he might rob him, U’iVeili made the same declaration. Adams said, he hail been engaged by Welsh to assist them; that he had joined them to rob Barba, and that in firing at thu negro woman, he only wanted to frighten her. After the testimony had been heard, Mr. Ma y.ureau addressed the court, and staled his conclu sions. -Mr, Gairiere then spoke in behalf of the j accused. Against the clear, amt unimpeachable lev'iniony rendered, it must ho confessed that no ordinary courage ail'* £!l!!! were required to oiler any thing like a defence. Mr. Canicrc said eve ry thing that ingenuity and legal kiJOV'.dcdge could devise. Wo hero transcribe that portion or his speech in which the argument is summed up, and which exhibits the manner in which he con ducted his defence. Genii men ol tire Jury : Whatever be the atrocity of the crime which subjects these men to your verdict, unfortunately there exist crimes far more revolting and frightful. The parricide who plunges a poignard itt the bo som of the author of his being, is far rrn re guilty than the murderers of Barba; he, who forgetting every emotion of the heart, every sentiment ol | nature, tramples under his feel the frail and help I loss body of iris infant, whose protector ho should I he, is lar mure culpable than these men ; be who meditates in silence and seclusion a conspiracy winch involves the lives ol thousand;-; who, gras ping in one hand Ihe torch of the incendiary and in the other the dagger, spreads terror and con' sternal ion around, must he considered as dillbi ing widely from those criminals, and nevertheless, gentlemen ol die jury, for these crimes, so atro cious, so horrible, and differing so greatly in des grec, what are the. penalties, what the modifica tions of punishment. There are none, gentle, men, or rather (here is hut one ami the same pen ally for all these diverse shades of guilt—for him who kills a man, whoever ho may, death for him who destroys his parent or his offspring, death—lor him who robs, plunders and murders, death—nothing hut death. Vet these crimes are not alike, but lire law confounds whatever diver sity may exist between them. II there existed no other moans of protecting society, from those men hut by consigning then, to Ihe grave, I would he lire first to say to you erect the seud'old and let their heads he forfeited, for we emmet preserve in the bos on of society individuals who subsist by murder and rapine. No, let them undergo ibis chastisement, however severe it may be, - nice iln*re is no remedy; but if j there ex st a punishrm nt, the severity ol which i-, ’ proportioned to tire crime, you will not heshate ’ I in selecting it, and you will thus fulfil the tunc ! Hons,with which you arc charged, of punishing I ibeguilty. Gentlemen of the jury, you will appreciate the a i delimit- position in which !am placed, U m| it (h -, j iloi-niuc I nr,il'ess ho not t-mirciy m unison with i ; your opin.ons, you will respect it as the expres , j sion ol my proibund conviction—you will res . j peel it, fpr you 100 must feel Hint punishment s ] --hould lie proportioned to crime. My | ns k j« i marly ilotto. t did not deceive myself with a s v: ‘iu hope in undertaking the arduous ami pain. 1 lul duly ol counsel to these men. II 1 have found . a point upon which a defence might he raised, it > is because in reality it is the only point which 1 can he fairly employed. If Iliad 'demanded hold. > lv and imperatively the acquittal ofiheso men 1 it I had falsely said to you, ‘‘Acquit them, for they t " m innocent —il ] had used expressions such as ihe e, ynn would not have believed me, and I would have felted my own conviction. 1 have mil attempted lo snatch from the Jaw the victims ol its just « fnl h. I have told you, on the contra, ry, lo punish the gmilly, hut let ihis chastisement mu he the same as that indicted upon criminals ol a deeper dye. Banish them hy condemning them lo live, and grow old amid chains and slave, ry. Lei I hem live, and let the thorns of romorse liarrass each moment of their lives. They will then, perhaps, learn, that ihcre are tortures more hot tilde than death—they will then expiate hy long-continued agony, the crime of which they are the authors.” When the counsel for Ihe accused had closed the defence, the Attorney-General addressed the Court lor (he third lime. He has rarely exhibit ed more eloquence than on this occasion. He as sailed the defence of Mr. Carriero with all the power of argument ol which he was capable, and overthrew it hy a train of cogent reason and elo quent argumentation. He repeated several times in hmd and overpoweiing tones, that ho •■wished lo crush ihe doctrines which had just been put lorili. W e will quote the commencement ol his brilliant rejoinder, as well as our recollection will enable ns lo do, regretting at the same time our inability lo give the forcible and admirable lan. ol the orator, as il poured from his inspired lips, “1 do not rise,” said he, “to refute the argument of the hono'a I dc young man, who has consented to grant the prayer of the slate, and lend Ids aid lo the accused who arc borne down hy the weight of Ihe testimony you have heard. I was well aware I lint a man ot honor could not explain away facts so irresistible. Hut while 1 respect the person of the counsel for Ihe accused, 1 am far from extending that respect to ihe crimes he has attempted lo sustain. I did not intend rising again, lint my indignation compels mo to address the court, and to crush these doctrines, to nip them in their germ, and eradicate, their very principle. They are subversive of every thing like order; and those who seek (ho abolition of the penalty of death, likewise seek the abolition of slavery. Those pretended philanthropists who now cry ‘No more gibbets,” are hut Ihe said echoes of ihe ambitious men who spread in eveiy country this spitit of pseudo-philanthropy, and [ feqhly sustain die dogmas of a I’eccaria. They | look for changes in the form and substance of I government, that they may leave a pretext for displacing its officers, and substituting in their | place the paiti/.aiis of n ivcily ; they look for trou-! ble and commotions, that they may bo revenged on their enemies; for confiscations, that they may be enriched ; for wars, that they may obtain command; fur anaicby, that they may usurp power” The attorney-general combatted the opinions 'tv opponents of ibe punishment i f death.— i : repented several limes ihe emphatic words, "denih/ov death." lie who kills with (he sword * hall die by the sword, ft any one shed tho blood of man, Ids blood shall he shed hy tho hand of man. ]i»cry where the doctrine is upheld ol “tilooilj'ur 6/ood.” When Mr. Mazurcau had concluded, lire .fudge addressed the jury. Afier charging them, he turned towards ihe counsel for the accused, and publicly manifested the esteem lie entertained for his talents ns a lawyer, and his zeal as a citizen, lie then added. “This cause which offered no resource to Ihe counsel: which, on the contrary, was a stumbling block for tho best established reputations, and from which the most experienced counsellors had withdrawn ; this cause which could not be otherwise,than a painful and diffi cult one for a young man, was undertaken hy Mr. Curriere, ot Ihe request of the slate with all the alacrity and energy of youth. He has sacrificed his own glory to the impulse of humanity.— While I reprove his doctrines, I admire his sensi bility which has perhaps token an injurious ten, dency, but which has nevertheless preserved its character, ami which yet merits tho name of sen sibility.” The jury then withdrew, and after ten minutes’ absence, returned to the court, and presented a verdict of HUIJ.T V'. Sentence is lo fro pronounced hy tho court this day. Tram the (iol.uinlms Sentinel. Cor.UMiius, August ys, Igds. Gentlemen. 1 have received your communica tion calling for my opinions ‘relative lo the con stitutionality and expediency of establishing a United States Hank; and to make known my choice for tho next Presidency, between Van liu ren, Liny, Webster, and Harrison.’ I have also I seen ill tiro last Standard of Union the inlerroga. ■ cries of a portion of tho citizens of Taliaferro county, asking of the several candidates for Con gress •whelm';!' *h n y aru fur or against an entire separation of the CroVorn"!cnt from nli connexion witli Banks—whether they are furor against the establishment of a National Bank—of lor CT against the reorganization of the Pot Bank sys tem!’ As the subjects err,braced in the interrogatories of the citizens of Taliaferro, are intimately con nected with the principles involved in your in quiries, I take the liberty of responding to both in this communication. The lateness of tho hour, and the numerous responses which will douhi less be made to tho questions propounded, render it proper, it appears to me, to give my opin ions as briefly and explicitly as possible, without entering at length into an elaborate defence ut I hern. 1 am now and ever have been of the opinion, that Congress has no power, under the Constitu. lion, lo establish a National Bank. lam one of those who believe that the Federal Government, can exercise no powers except those specifically granted in the Constitution,and such others as aru necessary and proper lo be used in order lo i carry specific grants into operation. I can find no clause in the Constitution granting the power to create a National Bank, nor am I satisfied that ihe establishment of such an institution is at all necessary to carry any specified power into exe cution. But when it is remembered that lire very Convention which framed the Constitution re jected a direct and distinct proposition lo bestow tho power in question upon the General Govern ment, if seem, to rnc lobe extraordinary that il should ever have been claimed or exorcised. But if the power to National Bank was undoubted, 1 should be mpiaily opposed to its ex | ereise, upon principle.,ol expediency. A United j : ' tales Bank prajnn'ty re-triclcd anil Jtnifteila managed, might t.e rendered of grea' t,eni.fi. and ■ convenience lo the Government and tbo people; l but how can the guarantee be secured, that a ■ power ao vast would lie used with moderation and propriety? The history of the Hank of the Uni ted States for the last eight years, furnishes the most conclusive proof of ilio utter uselessness of 1 local or moral restraints upon the ambition and ■ cupidity of men wielding the incsisiilde influence ■ and power of money, ilcstdcs, such has been I the course of recent events, that no Hank of the * United Stales could now bo established without > being allied to the Government, and identified with tliir party policy and principles of the admis. I ration which brings it into existence. Such a union would, in my opinion, he 100 strong for the Constitution and the laws,and would title and tide with remorseless tread over the prostrate lights and liberties o( the people. I urn opposed to the reorganization of the i’et Hank system. ' Experience is the best teacher, and the transae lions ol the last two years are enough to satisfy every candid and disinterested mind that such a 1 plan, however preferable to a National Hank, is nevertheless subject to objections that aro insun mountable. The only remaining system for the collection and disbursement ol the public revenues, is the one which in my opinion is the best of all, and winch consists in a total and completo separation of the Government from all Hanking institutions. I cannot be better convinced ot any proposition not having the lest of actual trial, than that the Constitutional Treasury proposed by the present I administration, possessing as it does, none ol the objectionable attributes and dangerous powers of a Hank, but furnishing every facility for the col, lection, transmission, and disbursement of the public funds, would ho the simplest and safest mode for the management of the fiscal operations id' the Government. Upon the subject of the next Presidential elec* lion, my opinions have been long since formed and frequently expressed. That Mr. Webster and Gen. Harrison aro both Federalists of the strictest scet, entertaining sentiments wholly at variance with the political principles and interests ol the South, would hr an objection sufficient in itself to exclude them from the suffrage of any man claiming to be a disciple of that illustrious school founded by .lell'crson and Madison and Macon. It is scarcely necessary, however, in my opinion, to discuss at all the merits of these two individuals. No one who looks at the signs of the times, can resist the conviction, that Henry Clay and Marlin Van Huron will ho the only candidates for the next Presidency. That Mr. Clay is the favorite of the Whig party, there can he no earthly doubt, at d that he will he nomina. lei) by them is equally certain. There is no per. son in the tanks of the Democratic party likely to unite greater strength than the present Execu. live, and if his administration in future shall he as satisfactory to (ns friends ns it lias heretofore been, no one ought, or is likely to, supplant him. The contest then must he between Clay and Van Huron, and what Southern man, uninfluenced by prejudice and open to the convictions of truth and reason, can hesitate which of the two to choose'! I For my own part, I have been the admirer and j supporter of Air. Van Huron liom the day that I I was first entitled to the inestimable light of suf frage. I believe him to he not only otto of the I most able, hut one of the most orthodox and con sistent public men in the United Stales. Upon all the great questions which have divided the two parties in this country, he has been amongst the first to declare and the. firmest to adhere to his opinions, and they have uniformly been in accor dance with the principles of the great Dcmocrotic i party which has so long controlled the bright and brilliant destinies of the Republic. He is opposed to the establishment of a Na lional Hank—to t lie system ol irnernai Improve, merit by the General Government, which has its foundation in the broadest constiucliun of the Constitution—and to the great American System, which derives its only recommendation from the overgrown and bloated wealth of Northern manu facturers, and the exhausted, impovetished pock els ol the Southern planter. Hut above all, Mr. Van Huron is opposed to the wild and dangerous schemes of the abolitionists, and is at the Iteail of the only (tarty in the northern States to which the South can look for sympathy and support in that, tremendous struggle which is approaching with giant sit ides, and which will shake the Union to its base. Hieak down Mr. Van Huron, and the (tarty which supports him in the non-slave holding Slates, and what harrier will remain to oppose the mad, destructive fury of this deluded faction'! I verily believe that the happiness mid safely of the Union, eminently depend upon the maintenance of that political power, in the North ern and East"in Stales, which lias heretofore bean wielded by the party of which Mr. Van Huron is at present the acknowledged head. Entertaining for Mr. Clay’s talents a very ex alted admiration, it would he a source ot great pleasure if I could approve his political princi ples; hut I cannot perceive how any man pro fessing the creed of the Democratic parly, and more especially a southern man, identified with the interests and prosperity of the South, can conscientiously contribute to his election to the Presidency. H.e has not, in my opinion, a single political opinion or feeling in common with the long cherished principles of the South. He has been and is the advocate and champion of every political principle which has distinguished the Federal school since the formation of the governs ment; and if he is not an abolitionist himself, he s at least greatly preferred by that (tarty to Mr. Van Hu ten, and will as certainly ho supported by them, an a party, for the next Presidency. If elected, he will in no small degree owe his sue cess to them, and the history of all parly strug gles proves that a man elevated to power by the influence or aid of a [tarty, must and will mould his I,;casuies to suit their wishes, interests, anil opinions. I should consider the election of Mr. Clay to the Presidency as fraught with the most alarming danger to the harmony and union of these Kialcs. —Under these circumstances and with (hose opinions, I cannot hesitate to support Mr. Van liuren over all his competitors for the distinguished and exalted station to which they aspire. I have thus, gentlemen, responded loiofly to i/vuv c all, as well as to the interrogations of the liiti/.cns of Taliaferro. It will he a source of pride anil pleasure to me it the opinions herein ex (ires, sell shall meet the approbation and sanction of my fellow citizens generally; however that may ho, I have endeavored to express myself as plainly and explicitly as possible, that my sentiments may neither lie misunderstood nor misrepresented. 1 am respec'tnlly, Your fellow citizen, And obedient servant, A J.FRED IVERSON. Pol.k Cat Sea i nos. ('mkrokki; Co. jl September 3d, 1838. 5 Tolhc ('ilizmi* nf Tulini rni ft h'rnnktni ('ounlu’* : I cheerfully comply with the request of those citizens of Taliaferro anil Kniriklin counties, w ho wdsli to la: inlbtmed ot the opinions of candi . dales For Congress upon ccilain subjects of pohli cal interest ot tho day. Ist. I am in favor of sef iraling tho Govern- I ment, fmm all Hanks, leaving the Treasury and i Hanks alike, wilh their own means, in n. Kjiiiit 1 nf mn/nnt forkrunuur’, to discharge their duty ; to t tic people. i 84, fam opposed to the charter of a United I Slates Hank. believing it unconstitutional and inexpedient lo do ho. t 3tl - 01 'lie names presented—Van Buren, (/lay, Wehaler and Harrison—for the next ProsL dcnlml term, I am decidedly in favor of Manii* \ an Duron. I Imvc re < pec I fully lo request lhat this answer no made known in ihe same puldic manner that Ine cull was. I am, With very high consideration and respect, your obedient servant, CHARLES IT. NELSON. Lt.llr.rcA Lam.uv.— Aoi affecting incident rela live lo this lady, who it Will he remembered; vra* one nl the female survivors of tho ill-starred pas sengers on hoard the'Pulaski, has just aoine to our knmvln-ge. Mias Lamar says a gentleman I min Charleston, whose lile was saved on liny Hiime portion ol lire wreck, was our guardian an gel, cheering the desponding, alleviating the sor rows of those who had seen the waves of the ocean, close over their nearest and dearest relatives, and administering hope and consolation even to the veteran sailor, lo whom scenes ol terror and dia nmy had long been familia-. trto great in line, was tho confidence she. inspired in the hsarti of every member of our unfortunate hand, that those' whose fate it was never lo reach the shore alive, , when they fell their hour approaching requested I as a favor, that they might ho allowed to rest their heads upon her lap, and breathe- out their dying moments with all the consolation she was caps, hie of affording. And thus all those who were unable to survive the horrors of ihe awlul hour, with their hist looks turned towards her who had never quailed or blanched beneath the terrors of the scene, although ihe stoutest hearts had failed and the boldest trembled in anticipation of their fate. ilow do the glories of a Catharine, a McmarL inis, or a Margaret de Valdcmar, pale before 1)10 virtues of such a woman. Lot those who hear *he name ol Lamar, henceforth cherish it more proudly, than if it conferred wealth, or power, or nobility upon the possessor.— Huston Times , Mfiiimn will out.— lt will he recollected by our readers that 11(1001 two years ago, a very general excitement prevailed in our coumunity, in consequence of a murder most foul, cruel and wanton, which was committed in broad daylight, in Turner’s Lane, in tho vicinity of the Norris lon and (icriniintown Rail Road, upon the person °f "ged man, a stranger, who had hut recently arrived in this country from England, sinew which lime no trace has been discovered of the murderers, who were supposed at the lime to have been two men, who were seen in company with the in mile red individual, crossing the Held* and high ways, to the fatal spot. Yesterday morning, a young man, an Irishman, il. is said, named Robert O’Connell, was brought into nnr city in irons, and under sufficient guard, who was apprehended in Bewick, Pa , and after having an examination before a magistrate, at that place, has been sent on hoe, charged with the murder. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the particulars, upon which the committal has been made out, but they will no doubt, be made known in a few days. Tliilndeljibia paper. Total Ansnsf.jsck,—A loafer whoso nn speakahles exhibited undeniable marks of the encroachments ot time and the waut •! .jood hoiisu-wifery, lately called in at our office and inquired : "How much do you rharge lo put an adver tisement in your paper 1” "One dollar, sir,” was tho answer. "1 want to advertise my wife, mid I thought as 1 should have considerable of that business to do, I would call and see if I could gel il done cheaper 1” ••Alt f you have several women lo advertise?” “No, hut I m going to apply fora divorce, and that wilt have lo he advertised, you know.” " V es, lint how long lias your wife been gone V 9 "Ever since last May.” "Hut it requires wilful absence for three years to sustain a petition for divorce.” “Does it ! said the fellow, and his lips drop ped ; he crammed his hands into his trousers, shoint his head and muttered— “ How’s that, mister ?” said he; "did you say total abstinence fur three years?” “Exactly.” "Well then I guess I’ll wait a spell.” And he rni/zled,— J\lnnmee (Jity Express* Honium.K Co m 11 at. — A light took place in Canton, Miss, lately, between Ihe brother of Mr. Calhoun, Congress member from Kentucky, and another gentleman, whose name is not stated. It grew out ol the duel between Messrs, Dickens and Drain—the hitler gentleman charging Mr. C., the second of one of Ihe parlies, with unfair ness and cowardice. They fought with Bowie knives, toe to too, and were both terribly mutila ted—so much so ns not to he expected to survive. From the Athenenm. A fragment of the Pestilence. “Bring forth the dead !”—and the words came fa.-t h'lom the haggard lips of these on aghast; "Bring forth the dead I We wait not now For priestly prayer or virgin’s vow !” —The crimson cross of the Pest was o’er The sculptured arch of I lint lofty door, But no menial hand unbarred the gale—. No sound was heard from those halls of state, Save, aye and anon, the howl of u hound That moaned, ns if struck with a mortal wound | And it was the only living thing 'Neath the roof that had wont with joy loring! But Ihe cry passed on.—" Bring out your dead!”— And 11 tardy fuoliull’d solemn tread And a low, faint wail, were heard to romo I’lom the desolate gloom of that humble home. A little Babe ! —And its Mother, there, Kissed the loved corse, in her mad despair I —Why should she weep that it first should rest. Since the purple spat is on her breast 1 — \V hy should she seek such leprous kiss ? —To-morrow will see her a thing like this! “Bring nut your dead!”—and the Buryers stand Under the porch of a hostel grand ; And strange wild sounds from that gorgeous hall Their hardened courage of heart appal. Oh ! (head is the echo of laughter, heard In (he chamber where death has newly been ! —Like a tranquil lake that is fiercely stirred By the monstrous wings of a fiend obscene. And ribald shouts and riot loud, And the jests and tho oaths of a drunken crowd ; And the crash ot the glass and the goblet there, Alii.,Me with songs i;i the sickening air. ••Oil! and away, ye fetid crew. Whose badge is the boil and the plague-spot blue ! Oil! and away !—We are merry here, Leave us to night lo our wassail cheer ; t To-mnrruw, perchance, ye may find us fit For a loathsome shroud and a yawning pit. >l .More wine! fill high !—Away from hence! Here’s a health lo the speckled Pestilence!” And thus, through many a scono of woe, Do these gloomy Buryers swiftly go; While their solemn cry sounds overhead Like the mock of u demon —"Jiring Jorth (lit 1/end