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or mC imcke.ns, o,F h '
O't /Ac? rek*tm:*on promoting an inquiry into the
condition ts tin JtZjaeuuve /J>-pur t incut t. —
Tuesday, Jan, 3.
Mr. PiCKKN.S that it hail not bc«i»
originally hits inteniiou when lui* »a«
~isl broygiit befove tlio House t»v In* IricnJ IV* un
\ (Mr. VVi-*e,) to have uken any part in
Iho Uohale ; but from wknl lit; liuJ hc’ard in the
course »f this imporlaru tlucuauen, iho strange,
au l be iujsi say m<mt*truuA doctrines which he
» k ha.l heard advanced by the supporters of the Ad
mimstrati *n. he had hern led lu change his origi-
K JM’ intention, and would now, i hurt lore, oiler a
few observation* on this subject.
In opposition, to the iroloiion w hich call* for
lJ* * selcel committee with power to make a thorough
i (ivuetigfttinn into the conduct of liie Department*,
wo have I (veil told ihal there are already standing
eontrmt'eea inexistenceconstituted by lid* House
Svilh fall power* to make nil the investigation*
which ate proposed hy this resolution. let any
ge.nldoiau, (said Mr. P.) read the roles and the
duties assigned to those committees, and 1 pill it
to Inis House it' such an a p mllon i-. nny
. Hung else hut n shallow and 111 may pretext brought
forward with the design of disguising and cover
ing an unwoitliy vole against the appointment
of lire select eummiltee called for hy lire original
rrsou i 01.
Tims duties of the standing coinnilltrca of the
House aic to investigate accjuDle, lo in ,u.rc into
the various expenditures of the different Depart
ments. of tln> disbursements made, and the vouch
era of our public officers, Ac. They were never
illicit led lu embrace »uch ol jecls a* arc cintern
plaled in tie resolution ol the gentleman froan
Virginia, (Mr. Wise.) These, standing commit
tees never supp sod it lo he within their lange of
duties to investigate the Imrtarli >na ol your offi
cers with the land vp.-cu alimis of llic country, or
that stupendous tissue of fraud, speculation, and
villany, conno-led with your Indian agencies,
Indian rcserva i ms, the r locations and transfer-,
which, if ever lull) revealed, tyill develops svs
to.n of legalized crime and plunder utterly dis
graceful to any civilized (lovernmen'. Besides,
a 1 those tansaclion* can celed with the depo-iie
b inks an I t..eir agents, so full of suspicion, come
poeulialy under the cognizance of a select com
mittee, with the power lo acrid (hr persons and
papers, which power is nut given to lire standing
committees of the House.
But, air, (said Mr P.) amongst the various ef
forts and pretexts ingeniously raised In smother
the inquiry Muff called for thcro was one argu
ment, if it can ho called such, that fell from
the goutlrninii from Mow Vork, (Mr. Mann,)
which excited in him the prof mildest astonish
ment and surprise. That gentleman intimated
that the demand for a select eominitleo In inquire
into the Departments, In send for persons and pa
pers, and piolio into the dark deeds of unfaithful
put die agsnls, is unconstitutional ! lie (Mr.
Mann) says that this proceeding is to ho viewed
in the light of a general search warrant! and
therefore argues that it is co .trary to the Ci.iuli
la'.ton!!
Mr. i‘. then read the clause in the amendments
lo die Gonstilution on that point, as follows ;
**The right of the People to Ire secure in their
poraonn, houses, papers, and ellecls, against un
reasonable searches and seizures, ahull not be vio
lated; and no warrant shall issue, hut upon pro
bable cause, supported hy oath nr animation,
and particularly describing the place to he search- 1
ed, and the person or thing to lie seized. 11 Now, 1
*ir, (said Mr. P.) sinca the time when Algernon 1
Sidney had his private papers in his private apart- 1
in.nils searched because they were supposed to ■
c intain treason against a suspicious and nrhi- 1
Irmj Government, sucii an idea us is now at- 1
tempted lo ho extorted from this clause in the 1
C nu'hu'.ion, ho would venture lo say, had never 1
enured into the mind of any mill. So, then, ac
cording to this perverted and strange interpreta
tion, that great principle, incorporated into the
.system of English liberty, and Iran ferred to our
Constitution, which was intended to raise a shield
over the rights of private citizens against the law
lus < search of an usurping and despotic Govern
rneot, is now lo he Understood as intended and
designed lo protect and screen a had Government
mill seal agent in deeds of hand corruption,
aid malversation. Vcs, sir, (said Mr, P.) this
clause in your Constitution, accouling to-learned
coin.imitators of those profligate limes, is not in
tended to protect the People against encroach
meats of a harassing Government, Imt to cover go
vernment from the scrutinizing inquiries of a free
J'eople .' It is a clause intended to shield the
officers of a corrupt dynasty in their abandoned
career of fraud and speculate) i, but not designed
to protect, private citizens against rapiicious and
unwarrantable search into thoir private dwellings
and private papers! chi rely such an idea as this
could novel enter I tie mini of any man, except
o ic who had bowed the knee of sycophancy so
long before iho throne of power, that Ills heart
was ptepued lo worship at tiro sir, mo of any
l.aaga which his muter might hold up as the
popular id I of the day.
for (su.l Mi. P.) it is ihe first time in my life
111 >1 I ever heard that the pearl's, records, and
uu.ipn nU ol public ullieors, and of iho olliocrs,
wc eio he viewed as private prepeity, belonging
V- pci-at.' in uvtJu as, and. us -u, h, to hucxenipt
0. uam inqni. v am! investigation. Such a don
't (5 ic •>: c m -■ ~ i., oow to him ; it is a doc
t-iii ■ ih'. c war wiiii liberty; n is u doe
■' '■ u'c j dpal.in..l to b-jJ to the most monstrous and
„ a) .I .it. Ania i!u -i- to he the doctrine
pimls .i .1-11 iiy die t-'Uiimg Adu ioislration,
1. U' uui.i that, a deceived count y should
i.aovy .1. A'i, sir. ad he papers and doeiiuicnls,
, <1 me oii . s tis this Government, are not private;
tu.-y e iMgnol lo p i. r c -e I amen, to -v arc nut
sheltered hy tile Constitution from investigation,
they arc the properly of the ConfodoiOcy, and
the right over them, die light of search, the right
of thorough investigation, belongs to this House ;
belongs to us. the repros -.illative* of a free Peo
ple. We stand here a* guardians of popular
<i ;ht i; as a co-ordinate and rod.-pen.lent branch of
this Government; and we ore base traitors to our
country if we diminish or weaken our rights, it
we abandon the proud prerogatives g urantiod to
ns under the Constitution wo have sworn lo de
fend.
Again, sir; the amendment to tin* resolution,
■which has been proposed hy the gentleman from
Hh-rde Island, (Mr. D. J. Pearce, ) has not ex
■citcll la** surprise and astonishment in my mind,
than the doctrine I have just adverted t*. Mr.
Pickens said In could view that amendment as
it Kiting m ire than a pretext to shield the per
petrator* of fraud again* all inquiry and discovery
irv the People. If, said .Mr. P-, I was notniisiak- ]
pn in what that gentleman maintained, 1 under
stood him to say that the oiljeer* of ihe Conom
rnaui arc agents of the Hxccnlivo ; that llioy are
responsible alone to the Executive ; and that he,
the Executive, is responsible to the American
pti iple; and maybe impeached before -tire Senate
hy the vole ol this House, Such, in snlivtancc,
was the argument of the gentium ui. Accord,na
-to this doetriac, tiro People, by their repre o na
tive., have n > con.ml over the officer* ol the Go
.crnaioat; they are indopondenl of iho People;
.distinct from the People , and removed out of our
rea.'h, and out of our p >wcr. But I would have
ih it gentleman to know that wo, u* well us the
ailfuer* ot the Government, constitute a part of
lire Gpvcrnin nl; we, the representatives of the
People, ereita ivy sla ulo* theia officers, an I de
fine the dnier of ill's editors; we fix and pay
their saluics; they areullitcrsof this Haase as
wad ar of t'nc Executive himself, ere itc 1 hy our
a iliiji ity, and amenable to its for all thoir con
da at. I kilJ.v drat, for the last six or eight years,
tits eantra.y d KUrina h is been inculcaied and en
s irccd i this H o] ic has only lieon const lorod as a
pin <|f 'ha Executive, whoso only duty was t.
raaarj lUa edicts of royalty, or give sanction to
it* wishes. There can lie no more certain evi
denca ol the decay of this ll ipuhlia, titan fur this
H iq eto sloop upon it* privilege, and quietly ac
(jgiesco yqlet life aocniq ilalion of Exacqtivu
pawer, Qul, sif.i cqlj rjpnj every gonUeman
ivho fools bi'Hsolfto he a Ireent.m, the reuresunla-
Ifiye of a trae People, it >l to ah mdoa tliutr proud
prerogative, hut t« claim the high character and
of this house to know their power, and
. to liava lits iodependonoe to qsserl it. Yes, sir, I
'invoke the spirit of the entombed Constitution to
p eside over, an 1 guard the power and the privi.
jo res of this l|nq<e. lan utterly opposed to
this modern doctrine, which makes us the ntero
ogvnts of the Executive, a secondary branch of
Iho Government only ! If we are indeed thus
i
' prostituted, lost, and humbled ; if wc have ceased
ito lie what the Coiisiilution intended, it is lime
c that wc should know it. line tnc used tnciely
- |to play the part of the Kuuip Puiliamcnl, yichl
■ ing tip every tiring quietly to Iho vs ill of the Ex
, | ecutrve, shielding him and his agents in every
s act, subserving Iris ambition,& aiding him arid his
, ollircrs to trample don n the const crated harrier*
, of freedom, and to pursue unchecked their lawless
, care r lis l ine the work s jould know the infamy
| that lias I’dfcn ujain u-!
'i'he amendment ol lire gentleman from Rhode
, Island (Mr. Pearce) is mciely a pielcxt, made
, for the purpose ot wadi ,g a direct vote upon the
original resolution; that amendment provides
that, if, in the course of events, any cause for u
srxeme charge should exist, then the right ol
sending for ponon* and papcis shall bo given.
Wo do not stand in the situation of a private cit
izen ol issue with a private citizen ; we are not
hound to make un affidavit in order to obtain a
c rc'i wuiiaii'; wo arc not hound to make a
specific charge* in order to obtain permissn n lor
investigation. Each member acts upon this floor
m his ollicial capacity, end is responsible before
the country. We are the rcpre.ciiialivcs of the
I’eople, and, as the source and chief depository
of power, wc have the right to demand investi
olion, Without a»-igning specific charges. We
have the right lo investigate all the olliccs and
pa per.-, (except perhaps those that cannot safely
oe made public, relating to foreign diplomacy,)
and archives of the Government, ami of all its
iigcnls of every deportment; mid this right is
essential to maintain the purity of our Govern
ment rind ol our institutions. “But,” say lire
supporters of the Administration, “why raise a
select committee I Why incur this expense !”
1 answer, is it not heller for them to incur this
expense, than Ihal they should sit under the sus
pi ion of corrupt conduct I ll the investigation
should bring nothing lo light, will it not then
have been In Her tor the Government, by having
hid lliin opportunity of showing ils purity ami
establishing its character! Will it not look bet
ter lo sutler this investigation to lake p'ace, than
to let suspicion sp<cad, by < ufiering charges
of riielr serious character lu pass hy unmet and
■rnrepellcd!
Mr. I*, said ho wa* notone of those demag gues
whose nu u hs aie ever pouring forth declarations
■t their aluch ncnt lo the People, hut I conics* I
am democrat enough to proclaim our right* in
up losiiiiin to the insidious encroachments ol Go
vernment, while llmse who arc always dcelam
inglor ihosi riigl t serin to omo here b itto smoth
er and .mppre-i them. They profess to he the
advocates of the popular cause, while they arc all
found arrayed in close phalanx on the side ol
power, pinning out eulogies upon the Adminis
tration; screening its nllicers, justifying acts of
fraud ami conuplion, and opposing the People in
tueir demand lor inquiry uml investigation I
Though Iho parly to which I have iho honor ol
belonging ha* been stigmatised and traduced ns
the enemy of popular rights, I profess, sir, my at
tachment to them. I avow undying devotion to
the liberties of my country, and 1 hope yet to live
to see the day when tile right* of the People, the
ilghls mid power of this House, shall no longer
he trampled under foot hy base subserviency lo
Executive power hy those who how the knee to
it* mandates, mul crowd in eager anxiety to beg
I In: crumbs dial fall from the table of a royal
master.
Vcs, sir! (continued Mr. P.) I hope toli-o
to see the day when the doctrines we have heard
ns. o led mi this floor will be lost and forgot on
a ind tho“glory ofp uer and'h g ili tt days—when
ilia representatives of the People shall have their
right* an I promptly maintain their authority un
der the Guuslitutinn—when pilgrims and vota
ries of liberty from every quarter of the oppressed
cinth shall gather together here, and bow in rc
vt'ieiic.i) before that monument which a free
iVojda shall raise, whoso noble shaft shall pierce
the very heavens, reflecting hack, from its laoud
ami radiant surface, tho light of everlasting truth
and the beams of universal freedom.
Mr. P. continued. Mr, Speaker! I cannot re
frain from declaring the profound astonishments
with which I listened lo the extraordinary facts
related on this floor hy the gentleman from Ten
nessee (Mr. Pkytox) in relation to the election
coring campaign made by the President last sum
mer through the Western country. Wo have
heard that he has been zealously engaged in the
wmk ol scouring a successor to his power and au
thority. We heard of his interference in this
mailer, of his labels and undignified speeches ili
the contemptible work of raising into power otto
who lived hy fawning upon his hand. Mortify
ing ami disgusting us these facta arc, not loss as
tonishing did it appear to me, when in answer lo
them wo heard the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Gloscock) and the gentleman from I.mtisiuno
(Mr. UirLKv) itsc in ihciqscnls, .V i stead of elf r
lag apology or (lonia), exert them solves to justify
mid vindicate tho interference. Sir! I will re
member the “Gwinu letter,” which indirectly or
dered the /rircA-erizcdconvention at Baltimore to
do the bidding ol a master. 1 knew well that
the successor had hern appointed, hut I did not
km w, I did not believe, that I should see the day
when a representative of a free hut betrayed Peo
ple would use in his place in the House, and vin
dicate such appointment.
We are told, in apology for an interference ns
unconstitutional us it has been undisguised and
shameless, that the President ha.a rlgut to speak
is ow i opinions “ that lie is a free limn as well
a* any other citizen,” "that he is a man who was
nevoi ku evil lo hesitate in the frank assertion of
his opinion,” &e. Tim j r *a;o opinion of the
President is one thing, the pubi c declaration of
nis wi.-lies is another. Whenever his opinion,
whatever it may ho, ho it ’private or he it pub
lic, is sustained with all tho power and influence
of office, ir enforced In in cabinet mini-ters down
to all the petty holders of office, is proclaimed
ami preached by menial sycophants uud a sub
sidized press, notoriously under the dictation of
power, I ten, sir ! the President’s pi Hate opinion
and preference become a Into lo a hundred Ihott
sand mercenary (b lowers, who live upon his will.
Every people, from their history and educa
tion, have « peculiar ct iterion hy which to judge
of liberty. In England an idiot or a knave may
sway the sceptre of empire hy Iho law ol legitima
cy, and the plumes of a titled nobility may wave
over stars and garters, and yet the Englishman
may proudly claim to he a freeman ; and why I
Because these things are sustained by Ihe funda
ment >1 principles of the British Constitution as
pail of thoir authorized and lawful Government.
But whim Cromwell raised h s CitvcrnnieiU over
the ruins of the British Constitution and against
llte fundamental laws of the empire, although ho
added to the glory and the power of the British
name, yet lewis a d cttAor, ai d the pco; 1; wore
slaves so long a* they acquiesced in tiro usurpa
tion. So it is here. We live in a laud of con
stitutional law, every principle of which sustains
the freedom of the elective franchise, from the
higho Ito the lowest. If this gie.t principle of
Ainettean liberty be violated and defied hy Exc
, olive dicta tail, no m nter i h it character is rais
ed up as the successor of power under such a dy
nasty, we are slave* and r artards if wo tamely
acquiesce. At far at political lihctly is concern
ed, there i* no diHeioiice in elleet, as to the peo
ple interested, between the Government of him
who comes in, trampling over tho freedom of elec
tion through dictation, bribery, and fraud, and he
who comes into power waving over the desolated
fields of his country, the bloody sword of a con
queror and u*uiper. As to all practical, cflects,
b y arc the sa no.
I* there any man in this House who docs not
know that tho President elect could not have been
chosen hut by tho direct influence and inloifei vn*;
of the President! Eel no man say thorn is no
proof of this interference. Independent of tho
tacts slated by my friend from Tennessee, (Mr.
Pair pov.) and the published letters, toasts, rtc.
of the President himself, I will now call the at
letpioti of this House, and ol this country, to
soma facts, upon which I would <J. fy and sworn
jury us Ireent.m on earth l£) bring in a verdict of
not guilty.” I will introduce a witness against
whi n hirelings have poured out their malignity
and calumny, but whoso voracity and private in
pjrity i.o man dare impeach. I wilt give the
language oflltc distinguished Senator from Ten
■ nesseo, (Judge While,) as it is published in hi*
j speech at Knoxville last summer. When the
, President was on a visit to Tennessee, in the
j summer of 1831, and “after the rise of the Slate
I convention many members wished to nominate
■]mj for the Presidency, hut abandoned the attempt
after they undenfood that it would incur the
1 President’* displeasure. On hit journey to
e ( H’nthinglon the President tonicrsed freely
y ! with some of my friends, and remonstrated u
- j gainst any attempt lo nominate rue; said there
- must be a national convention, and Mr. Van Bu
; reti ougiit to lie nominated for the Presidency,
* an 11 for the Vice Presidency, and, when bis eight
■ years were expired, that I was young enough
■ then to he taken up a* President.” * * * “As
■ j ter I gave my consent to the People to run, and
bcfoie the meeting of the Baltimore Convention,
1 was repeatedly for-warned what I might expect
it my name was not withdrawn,” &c.
Such arc the unvarnished facta of the case. I
And who is there hold enough lo deny that the i
President lias interfered ! Hrr ! the facts arc he- 1
yoiul the possibility of denial, that he has inter- I
fi red, ami used his power and audio ity lo nomi- '
nalo liis successor, and lo do it hy bargain and <
arrangement. Every paltry intrigue arid profli- s
gale proposition have been used and employed to I
elleet this purpose, ’i'he chil l offices ol the Rc :
public have been bartered away, and the Presi- b
dent, through the tremendous power and patron- e
age ol his position, bus called tip a bctiayed h
country to receive its ruler from the hands of a >i
master. I
To see Iho face and hearing of these proposi- s
lior.s which the President made, and lo show that t
ho tally understood hit position and their profli- c
gate tendency, I will now refer to a scene in a
18‘Jn, when ins predecessor was chosen by thi» 1
House. In two letters written by Gen. Jackson, t
the one dated July 5, and tile other dated t
July 18, we have the following extraordinary de- l
velopment: •
• Early in January, 1825, a member of Con- e
gross ol high respectability visited me [Gen. i
Jackson] one morning, and observed Ihal he had -
a communication Itc was desirous to make to i
me; that ho was informed there was a great in- t
trlguc going on, and that it was right I should be p
informed of it ; [/raw very kind !] that ho camo c
as n friend ; and let mo receive the coimmmiea- n
non as I might, tho friendly motives through I.
which it was made, he hoped, would prevent any e
change of friendship or feeling with regard to a
him. To which 1 replied from his high standing i
as a gentleman and member of Congress, and a
from hi* uniform friendly and gentlemanly con- b
duct towards myself, 1 could not suppose he I
would make any communication to me which ho a
supposed was improper. Therefore, his motive* n
being pure, let mo think as I might of the com- c
rnunicalion, my feelings towards him would re- b
main altered. The gentleman proceeded. Ho c
said lie had been informed by tho friends of Mr. b
(.'lay that the friends of Mr. Adams had made y
ovcilurcs lo them, saying, if Mr. Clay and his y
friends would unite in aid of the election of Mr. e
Adams, Mr. Clay should he Secretary of Stale. '
That tho friends of Mr. Adams were urging ns a a
reason to induce tho friends of Mr. Clay to ac- »
coda lo their proposition, that if lie was elected v
President, Mr. Adams would bo continued Sec- d
rotary of State. [luuondo, there would he no n
room for Kentucky.’] That the friends of Mr. b
Clay slated that the West did not wish to sopa- Ii
rale from tho West; and if I would say, or per- g
mil any of my confidential friends to say, that, c
in case I was elected President, Mr. Adams f
should nut be continued Secretary of Stale, hy a I 1
complete union of Mr. Clay and his friends, they d
would put un end to the Presidential contest in ll
one hour. J1 ntl he was of opinion it was right 11
to fight such intrigues with their own weapons. H
To which, in substance, I replied, that in poli- 11
tics, as in every thing else, my guide was priti - b
ciple: and, contrary to the expressed and unbi- H
cd will of the People, or their constituted agents, a
1 never would step into the Prc-idin ial chair; & >
requested him lo say to Mr. Clay and his friends, 'I
(fur I did suppose he had come from Mr. Clay, 1
though ho used the term of Mr. Clay’s friends,
that before 1 would rcueh the Presidential chair c
hy such means of iiaroAin an» coaauo'no.v, I 1
would see the earth open and swallow both Mr. F
Clay and his friends, and myself with them. 1
This disclosure was made to mo hy Mr. James s
Buchanan, a member of Congress from Pennsyl- 1
vania, a gentleman of the first respectability and I
intelligence.
“ Tho evening before, ho had communicated, 1
substantiality, the same proposition lo Major Ea- I
ton, my colleague in the Senate, [How did the i
General know that .?] vv ith a desire, warmly I
manifested, that he should communicate with me, ‘
and ascertain my views on the subject, This he
declined doing, suggesting to Mr. Buchanan that *
he, as well ns himself, could converse with me, I
and ascertain my views on the matter; though. '
from his knowledge of me, he thought that he 1
could well conjecture my answer—that 1 would
enter into no engagement whatever. To be thus 1
approached by a gentleman of Mr. Buchanan’s 1
high character and standing with an ap< I gy prof- 1
sered at the lime for what ho was about to re- 1
mark to me; one who, as I understood, had nl- '
ways to that mnincnt”tvoon on familiar and friend- I
ly terms with Mr. Clay, assuring me that on cer- I
tain terms & conditions being assented to on my s
part, ‘then hy a union of Mr. Clay and his friends, (
they would put an end to tho Presidential con- I
lest in one hour,’ what other conclusion or infer- 1
cnee was to he made than that he spoke hy ait- 1
thorily either of Mr. Clay himself, or some of I
his confidential friends / The character of Mr. 1
Buchanan with me forbids the idea that he was I
acting on Ills own responsibility, or that, under I
any circumstances, ho could have been induced 1
to propose an arrangement unless possessed of I
satisfactory assurances that, if accepted, it would 1
' be carried fully into effect. A weak mind would
seldom or ever bo thus disposed to ac’. —an Intel- |
' ligeut one never. Under alt the circumstances ,
appearing ol tho time, 1 did not resist the impre,- ,
sinn that Mr. Buchanan had approached mo on i
the cautiously substituted proposition of some '
authorized person; and, therefore, in giving him 1
my answer, did so, requesting him Ho say to Mr. 1
Cloy nod hi* friends,’ what that answer had j
' been,” &e.
Observe what Mr. Buchanan says in his loiter i
August 8, 1827 <
“ After I had finished, the General [Jackson] 1
declared he hail not the least objection to answer 1
my question. That he thought well of Mr. Ad- ■
sms, hut had never said or intimated that he i
would or ho would not appoint him Secretary of I
Stale. y i
That those were secrets he would keep lo 1
himself-, ho would conceal thorn from the very j
hairs of his head. That if ho believed hi* right ,
hand then knew what his left would do upon the ,
, subject of appointments to office, ho would cut it
oil and cast it into the fire. • That if ever e 1
should he elected President, it should ho without
solicitation and without intrigue.” &e.
i Mr. Speaker, it is not my purpose to expose
■ contradictions, or to defend those against whom
those charges were ma le. But I call up these
. scenes that tho world may compare tho mock
t sentiments of a fleeted purity then expressed, with
the conduct and notorious facts of the present
f day. And 4 hear lake occasion to say that, if it
be true, ns the President states, that he was ap
. preached in January 1825, with such proposi
tions from a gentleman who declared “that he
: thought it was right to fight such intriguers
- with their own weapons”—l say, if this ho Into
. it proclaims that ho who could avow so base and
r infamous a sentiment, was utterly destitute of all
- conceptions of private honor or public integrity.
3 If the President in 1825, lad such a high
1 sense of honor ami respect “ for tho unbiased
- will of the People" as to refuse to let it bo known
, —not that he won Id appoint any particular in
dividual, but that ho would not appoint a certain
I gentleman Secretary of State—where was his
t honor, where was his delicacy in 1834. when he
; proposed to Judge White and “ his friends" to
> regulate and control the whole election by a
j Jiurkerized convention, and through •' baiihais
. and corruption" lo produce acquiescence hy
. offering himself the ft st office in the republic lo
- one, ami reconciling another with Ihe second of
> floe! Lit la did he think that, in 1835, he was
t uttering denunciations against his own course in
f 1831; little di»l ho think, when he penned these
; declarations in 1826, that he was writing epithets
lo he egllod up, Ike burning lettois, over his
own condup'and character in 1836.
> Mr. P.continued. Mr. Speaker! it is with
. great pain and reluctance that lam compelled to
I s; eik of these transact! )ns a* I feel that I ought.
» Nothing could induce me to do so at present but
■ the solemn conviction that I believe they are
; deeply identified with tholiberlies of this country.
1 speak of the President as officially connected
I with the institution* of freedom. I acorn to cx
; cusc him and to held up his minions and undst
strapper* fur responsibility anil denunciation.
No, air, I disdain to use moderate language. I
shall take his own epithets. I here then charge
that the President has willfully and openly in
terfered to appoint hia successor, and that he has (
endeavored to accomplish his object by shameless i
"bargain and corruption.” He has succeeded, ,
and now, standing on the defaced and spurned (
Constitution, waves aloft the unrestrained sceptre
of empire over a deceived and betrayed country, j
Let us be rich and prosjairous ; let us be happy j
and tree from personal restraint; let us retain all
the forms of a Republic, yet are we slaves, and -
history will hold up our intamy and degradation,
if wo acquiesce and submit to this lawless dicta
tion. Koine still retained the forms of a repub- J
lie, long after her conquering generals from dc. J
vastated provinces brought in the plunder ot sack
eJ cities, to be divided amongst those who were [
» yled ‘ Roman citizens.” Her people still aim
i.i ally elected their tribunes, long alter the very i
sources of power had been corrupted and polluted
by the bribery and prolligacy of captivating
chief* and abandoned demagogues. These tri
bunes, who were at first elected to defend, as they
nobly did, popular rights, afterwards became
prostituted, and, although ostensibly appointed
still by the people, yet they knew the band of
their master, and prostrated the liberties of their
country before his will. They were arranged t
ami appointed beforehand by those who held the (
power of the Republic. We, too, may still boast
the forms of a Irte I’coplc, end long preserve
them We have seen the nomination and »p- 1
puinlmcnt ol a successor to the chief Executive; i
we have witnessed the success of that appoint- ,
merit. All the popularity and influence of the
President, with his hundred thousand dependants '
—all the weight, and power, and influence of
the Government, in ab its vast and extensive ram- i
ifleations, have been brought to bear upon the up- t
poinlmeiU ut a successor. And 1 ask, sir, if we |
confirm by tc-i lection, this traudulent appoint
ment, will not posterity say, we, too, arc Ireo on- '
ly in name 1 Our country lias been foully de
ceived ; we have been basely ikluded by all tbe ,
arts of “ intrigue, bargain and corruption.” Let
it not be said that these things are of no impor
once; that they have no effect upon practical Li
hcr,y. Look to their consequences in the future. (
In physics, in morals and in polities, those causes
aro at first small which produce the most tre- I
mendous eflects upon the destiny of man. The i
collection of a few shillings of ship-money t
brought the head of a monarch to the block, and |
changed f t a time the Government of Great lin
lain. Go into the far West, and trace out.il
you can, tho origin of the vast Mississippi itself; t
you will find a bubble at tho foot ol perhaps some ,
nameless hill, from which runs a stream, at the
ripple of whose waters not a living creatine turns
aside; but follow it to the valley below, and it
swells, and it deepens, and it widens, until the
wealth of a nation floats on its surface, and at '
the angry voice of whose stormy wave the hardy <
mariner trembles. I need not say that this is a I
lull illustration of the history and progress of po
litical all’airs, that from apparently a smalt be- '
ginning the most tremendous results aro produ- (
ced ; that one stop over tho great landmark of the i
Constitution will loud to the overthrow of all
law, to the prostration of liberty, and the aban- i
dotted reign of arbitrary power. A drop of wa
ter, oozing llnough the dykes of Holland, if unno- ;
ticed, would desolate the fairest regions, and
spread terror through a ruined country. If now, 1
in the infancy of our Government, the President
has it in his power to nominate and appoint his 1
successor, the day is not far distant when we
shall live under a power more odious than hered- 1
ilary monarchy, because it will be exercised un- 1
dor the deceitful name and habiliments of a Rc- '•
public. '
We aiekold that the South is to be “ reconcil- 1
ed by the successor falling into Southern princi- *
pics,” and that it is policy to acquiesce in the np- 1
pointment. Sir, there may bo at heart traitors ‘
in the South, but it will be treason to the Con- *
stitution and to the country to submit to the die - 1
lalion. No! never, never. We have been foul- r
Iv betrayed, and against the principles of the 1
succession we declare uncompromising, uncx- 1
tinguishablc war,“ war to the knife;” It may 1
be that wc shall bo but few in numbers; it may 1
ho that out Ihig-stalfshall be shattered and bro
ken, but we Will nail the fag to the gunwale, 1
and conquer or perish under it.
Let not gentlemen • suppose that tho present 1
slate of things is to last forever—lot them not sap- 1
pose that the dominant party of to-day is to be the
dominant parly of to-morrow —let them not, in
the arrogance of power, forever forgot right.
These things they may not perhaps feel in their ■'
day and generation, but their children may have
to see the day when they will cuisc, in the bit
terness and deep anguish of their hearts, the
memory of their fathers, for having brought
down upon them degradation and ruin. Even
Robespierre himself would have paused in his
bloody career of ambition, it ho could have fnc
sicn that the same gul eline, which ho raised
over the neck of Danton, was so soon to be
brought down with a just vengeance upon his
own. Ami tho Duke of Orleans, unprincipled
as he was, when he sat in that infamous assem
bly which, voted the death of Louis XVI. would
have trembled with horror, as he gave his vote
for the death of hts own blood cousin, if he could
have known that, under thedispotisin ho was aid
ing to raise, his property was so soon to be con
fiscated and his dripping head held up by the ex
ecutioner to the vengeance of a lawless n o').
How can the South acquiesce under an Adminis
tration, the head of widen has admitted thit this
Government Inis the constitutional power to abolish
slavi ry in ihe District ofCulumbia ? I tell gentle
men they will yet be brought to quail and tremble
nndet tho tremendous power ot lids doctrine. We
will yet see tho lightning flash, nne toil the earth
quake's heave. The issue will ho made, and we
must be prepared tomeet it like men,or io crave mer
cy from one who is against us in sentiment and in
feeling.
The coming Administration has elements of weak
ness which it will bo difficult to recover from. 'I be
opposition can never be satisfied with the corrupt
and profligate principles under which it lias been
dictated. Look aro- ml and see tho strength.)hut
is to be put forth. Where is old Massachusetts ?
Thcrosho is, firm ns her granite and everlasting bills
ready for another contest. Look to those People on
both sides ol the Ohio, who have rais'd tin ir flag
over their country’s ramparts, and have so nobly de
fended ihenrselves against the mercenary hands of
power; looklo those intrepid People, through who-e
bowmi run the waters of tlt > Tennessee and the
Cumberland—where aro they all ? Ready and
eager to Hep forward in the breach that lias boon
made over the barriers thrown around the freedom
of the elective franchise Look to those People on
both sides of the Savannah, and where are they?
United in feeling mul in sentiment, with one banner
streaming aloft in tne breeze—that banner under
which the Constitutioi was made—the banner un
der which Jefferson fought bis way to victory and to
feme—the only bann r under which this Govern
ment enn ho reformed—the noble banner offroe trade
and .S'lnto rights, under which defeat is on disgrace
and victory is redemption and liberty.
We nviy be defeated but nut conqurod ; wa have
yet the undying spirit of freemen. Then lot us come
to tlie rallyVund the Jlepuhl c may yet be safe.
Mr. PtcKRNS then concluded by moving the
adoption of original resolution.
Cincinnati & Ciiarleston|Railroa.d.—
The Knoxville Register ot the lrt.li mst, gives
ussontc interesting particulars respecting the
recent meeting at that place, of tho stock
holders of the Cincinnati and Charleston Rail
road Company. The meeting adjourned on
the 14th- The French broad valley lias been
definitively adopted as the route of tho road
and the survey of two routes across tho valley
of East Tennessee, is recommended : one of
which passes through Knoxville, and the other
by tho western termination of Clinch mount
lain, about 13 miles cast of that town. The
committee on Finance, appointed by the meet,
mg, reported the following as the amount of
stock subscribed in the different stales with
the amount of capital paid in.
Ohio, 302 shares 1,310
Kentucky, 2882 “ 14.410
Tennessee, 8613 11 18 056
N. Carolina, 1234 “ 6,420
S. Carolina, 33251 " 176,253 !
43,332 8216,660
The following gentlemen were elected di
rectors of the company by the stockholders :
Messrs E- D. Mansfield, Win. Greene, and,
Joseph Bonsai), Ohio ; Messrs Robeit Wick- j
liffe, W. H. Richardson, James Taylor, J. W
Tibbatts, J. B. Casey, and J. W. Ludlow'l
Kentucky; Messrs. John Williams, J. G. M’
Ramsey, and Alex. E. Smith. Tenewee ;
Messrs. J.F.E. Hardy, Thomas J. Forney,
and Peregrine North Carolina ; un#
Messrs. R. Y. Hay no, James Hamilton,
Charles Edmondslon. Mitchel King, Lmj. 1.
Elmore, A. Bl inding. J C. Calhoun, John. W
Simpson, and Robert G. Mills, booth Carol!*
oa. .
At a meeting of the directors, on the 13tli,
R. Y. H«yne,° of Charleston, was elected
President of the Company for the present,
year. At the same meeting, Maj. McNeil
was elected Chief Engineer, and Copt W. G.
Williams, Assistant Engineer. The board ad- :
tourned to meet at Flat Rock. Buncombe
country, (N. C.) on the 2d Monday in Octo
berncit, and the stocksolders adjourned to
meet at the same place on the 3d Monday in
ha same month.
-* jrvrinT ii iiiiw mnwa—ifa— pp—
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AU GUST Aj
Saturday Evening, Jan. 88,1837.
~We had occasion to remark yesterday, upon
the appointment of William N. Bishop to the
office of Teller of the Central Bank. An act so
utterly tndenfince of public opinion, we arc grati
fied to find, has created a general feeling of in
dignation in the minds of oor citizens. Excite,
inent it certainly has not created, for in these
days of corruption and tnistule, when the people
have become accustomed to all kinds of misman
agement, nothing kindles excitement; but it has
certainly created a strong feeling of indignation
in the bosoms of many of our oldest citizens. It
will tell at the October Election.
Why is the Constitutionalist dumb upon the
subject 1 It has not oven announced the ap
pointment !
Tho“ Dcue ciats” (God save the word) of Bal
timore, intend firing 140 Guns in honor of the
passage of the Expunging Resolutions. Os this
number 25 ore for Benton, and five for each of
the other Senators who played ‘‘secaml fiddle” to
him in that disgraceful transaction! Twenty
five guns in honor of Tom Benton tho young
thief of Chapel Hill College !!—now the old
fixputigcrof tho records of t ;e Ameiican Senate.
Office New Yo»k Expiikss,'?
Tuesday, Jan. 23. 5
IT wav*. —The Government papers of Ha
vanna of tho 21st Dec. contains the official ac
count of the sunenderof the revolted troops under
the late Governor Lorenzo, at St. Jago de Cuba
The departure of Lorenzo in a British ship of
war, and the restoration of tranquillity in their
city ntul throughout the whole Island, from the
enerjetic measures of tho Captain General Bacon.
The blockade of St. Jago do Cuba by the Span
ish Squadr in is officiil y announced to be raised.
PHILADELPHIA FAILURES —MoNEY MARKET.
The last number of Bicknell’s Reporter draws
the following flattering picture of the Money
Market, &e., in Philadelphia: “ During the great
er part of lust week money could he readily ob
tained on good paper, at from to 1 i per cent,
a month, also at the same rate with bank stock as
security. Nearly every description of slocks have
advanced in price. The favorable change has
been effected through the belief, which very gene
rally prevails in this quarter, that the Treasury
Circular will he rescinded in a short time. Should
this expectation he confirmed, we may confidently
expect that capitalists will before many weeks
find it to their advantage to reduce the rate ot in
terest very materially. Wc are gratified in being
able to announce that since the commencement
of tho pressure in the "money market—aye or
since—not a single failure of importance has oc
curred among the capitalists, extensive merchants
or wholesale dealers of Philadelphia. A more
flattering indication of the soundness, solvency
and integrity of our commercial community,
could be pointed out. Under all the circumstances
of the case, therefore, wc candidly repeat our
conviction, that a spring business of unusual ex
tent and magnitude will he done this year.
More Man Worship. —“ One hundred and
forty guns to the Expungers.” —The Baltimore
Republican of Monday contains the following re
cord of its own disgrace, the disgrace of its par
ty, tho city off Baltimore, an I tho whole coun
try. Shame, shame upon such cringing syco
phancy. The Prince of Expungers is to usher
i his companions in disgrace by twenty-five guns.
The man who attempted in the open sheets to
kill “ the greatest man that ever lived iqlthe tide
of lime,” is now to receive the honors of war for
gross adulation. Baltimore, tho city of the Hum
bug and Rucker Convention, is a fit stage upon
which to introduce Benton and his friends, We
see and not far in the distance—another Caucus
—ano her Baltimore Convention—another nomi
nation for the Presidency, and another succession.
« Verily, they have their reward.
From the Amoirc it of Monday.
Honor to whom honoris due —A salute of 140
guns, will he fired at 12 o’clock to-day,from Fcd
«r.d Hill, in honor of the Senators of the United
States who voted for the passage of the Expung
ing Resolutions, by which the foul stain intended
to he fixed upon the name of the venerable Presi
dent, and the violation of justice and the Consti
tution- has been stricken fioin the Journal of the
Senate. The author of the Resolutions.
guns guns
Titos. H. Benton, 25 John M. Niles, 5
Bedfotd Biown, 5 John Page, 5
James Buchanan, 5 W. C. Rives, 5
Judah Dana, 5 J. M. Robertson, 5
W. L. D. Ewing, 111. 5 John Boggles, 5
Robert Fulton, 5 A. H. Sevier, 5
Felix Grundy, 5 Robert Strange, 5
Henry Hubbard, 5 N. P. Tallniudge, 5
VVm. R. King, AI. 5 John Tipton, 5
L. E. Linn, 5 H. L. Walker, 5
Thos. Mortis, 5 G. D. Wall, 5
U, C. Nicholas, 5 Silas Wright, 5
The Pilots Aoain. —The New York Pilots
arc getting worse instead of better. We are
hearing complaints almost every hour in the day.
from almost every ship owner in the ci y. The
last comes from the owner of the brig New Gren
ada, from Curthagena. The brig anchored in
the Lower Harbor, as long ago as Friday fist.
Signals for a pilot were hung ut until the fol
lowing Monday. No Pilots appeared, and the
New Grenaga came inside the Bar, without a
Pilot on Monday. The brig was very near be
ing driven ashore in the late storm ; she lost one
of her cables and an anchor, and was only ena
bled to maintain her position by means of new
and strong cables and anchors. Many vessels
were in the same situation at the same time.
Longer endurance under such circumstances
ceases to ho a virtue, and in the name of two hun
dred dead sacrificed upon our coast, as for the
multitude of tho living whose lives are hourly
endangered. We demand immediate reforma
tion. The Public demand it, and will have it.
MARRIED.
In Hamburg, on Thursday evening, by the Rev.
Whitpfoord . nnilh, Mr. J. STOY,o< this city, to Miss
MARY LOUISA COLE,ofCharloaton.
New music for the piano.—a good a *-
rtmeut of music, just received and for sale by
Jan 7 5 It] T. 11. & I. C. PLANT.
LAW NOTICE.—The subscriber's Law office
is situated two doors north of Jndae Long
street's, on Jackson-slrcot. No pains will be spared
in endeavoring to render satisfaction to those who
may entrust ‘o him claims for collection, or any
other Easiness connected with his profession.
Jan U 8 3twl H. V. .lOHNSQN.
I *OR MISLAID—A Dralt drawn hy C.
•v' L® cot, | 1,1 favor of Z. P. Scott for SSOO, on G.
| T- l’ l *- vw do at 4 months, duo about the loth or
j Ulih January, imt. All persons are forewarned (rom
I trading tor it, or the maker f.otn paying it to any one
but tho subscriber. T. J WALTON
Jni > 18 14 It ‘
MESSRS. A. li. A \v F. PEMBERTON,
. avo heea appointed Agents for tho stale ol
I * ,cor £' a ' o,l d are fully authorised to receive and re
j Q ." 8 !l™ 8 f or on account
j oftho United States t elegraph, or either oflhe Peri
| odicals issued from my press.
Jan 3 1 tf] DUFF GREEN.
CIOLI MBIA, SHERIFF'S SALES—O.aho l.t I
/ Tuesday in March next, will be a 1 Id, before tw*
Court House door oi Columbia county, within the (
legal hours of sale. On© negro man 1* rank, a good c
house carpenter,levied on to satisfy sundry 11 ias Iroro t
Justices Court of Oglothorp county, in favor ol lia- t
vid Reid, for the use of James tVellbom ngnmat 1
Ke se<k Hamilton, & other Executions in favor ol (
VV ilson Roberts, & others Lucy Wade, and returned t
to me by a constable. 1
WM. S. CRAFWORD, S. C. C.
Jan. 17th, 1837. ui
months after dale application will be r
made to the honorable the Inferior Court of
•Semen county, when silting for ordinary (urposes,
for leave to sell the estate, both real and personal, ol
Anntis Arnett, deceased.
AZARIAII ENNELS.AdmT,
Jan 23 X 23 4m
LrtAJJi(xJA % Jiurke County:
WWiIKEAS Green Utley and William Utley
applies for letters of Administration on the
estate of Henry "Y. Utley, dec’d., these are therefore 1
to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred t
and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at t
my office within the lime | rescribod by law, to shovv
cause,it any they have, why said letters should \vm
be granlcl
Given under my hand, at office, in Waynesßoro 1 ,
this Mill Jan., 1537.
J. G. BADULY.CIk. ,
Jan 23. -23 1
<
GEORGIA, Burke County; \
WHEREAS, Jesse Julins applies fur Letters of (
Administration on the estate of Jonathan
Johns, deceased, those are I hoi elure to cite and ad- |
monish all and singular the kindred und creditors of
of said decease-, to be and appear at my office with- J
in the time prescribed by law, ra show eanse,if any ,
the} have, why sai t h tiers should not he granted. .
liken under my hand, at office, in Waynesboro’, \
this 241 h Jan , 1837
J. G. BAL)LIiy,-qk.
Jan. 28. 23N^
GEORGIA, Burke County;
WHEREAS, John Saxon and Eli McCroan ap- |
plies lor Lt tiers of Administration on the es- ,
tat ■of John I‘. Forth, deceased, these are therefore |
to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred ,
und creditors of said deceased, to !>•; and appear at ,
my office within the time prescribed hy law, to show ,
cans , if any til y have, why said letters should not
he granted. I
Invert under my hand, at office, in Waynesboro’, ,
this 24th Jan., 1887. I
J. G. BA DULY, Clk.
Jan. 28. 23 ,
' i
GEORGIA Burke County:
W/ HEREAS, Michael Wiggins applies for Let
s'* lers ol Administration on the estate of Robert
Wn/gin.-.ld cd, these uie therefore to cite &, admonish i
ad nod singular t he kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at ray olfico within the time
prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have,
w hy said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Waynesboro’, '
t is 24th Jan., 1837. <
J. G BAIJULV. Clk.
Jan. 28- 23
GEORGIA, Burke County: (
WA. JI Lit i.A.\ James Caress and Joseph Cross ap- {
* T plies for Letters of Administration on thocs
tali* of .Sardis E. Cross, deceased, these are therefore ,
to cite _and admonish aland sin-ulnr the kindred ]
and creditors of said deceased to ho and appear at
my otlieo within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Waynesboro',
this 24th Jan., 1837.
J. G. BADDLY, Clk.
Jan 23. 23
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE—WiII ho sold
on the 17th day of March next, at the late resi- 1
donee of Sardis E. Cross, late of Burke county, de
ceased, all the perishable properly belonging to said ;
deceased's e lalo, between the usual hours of sale, for 1
lliohenclit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased
January 24, 1837.
JOS. CROSS, ) ,
jan 28 JOSEPH CROSS. S ilu ,
4 T PRIVATE SALE—A prime gang d five I
Young Negroes, at private sale, consisting of a
(in* young Woman of 20 years of ngo and her giil 1
child 3years old, Ssmart netko and intelligent Boys 1
of 13, 11, and 8 years of age. To an approv d pur
chaser a bargain will I egiven Apply to
W. E. & J. U. JACKSON.
Auctioneers.
Jan. 23. 23
WANTED —by the month, or year, n SER
VANT WOMAN, capable of house work,
wa-hing and ironing—lor whom liberal wages will
be paid.
Enquire at Rowe and Ilarp’r’shiick building near
the Planters Hotel lower tenement.
Jan 23 ts 24
-Ivi ken into Co-partnership James I’anton, the
business will hereafter bo conducted under the firm
of Thomas Barrett &Co.
Jan II 8 Iml THOMAS BARRETT.
rTvjfOMAS BARRETT & CO. havingremovrd
1. to the new Brick Store of Mr. Stovall, on Broad
street, nearly opposite the store formerly occupied
hy Thomas Barrett, lakes this method ofinforming
tneir friends and the public, that they are now re
ceiving and opening a largo and well selected stock
of Fresh Druys, Medicines, Paints, Oil, Window
Glass, rj-e., which they are prepared to put up at the
shortest notice, and hope to receive a portion of the
public pat foliage. [Jan 11 Blm
JA BENEZER SKINNER, since the disastrous
Li fire, bus taken a Store on the South side of
Broad-street, opposite tire Planter’s Hotel, near the
former stand, No. 330, w here he w ill keep constantly
on hand a good assortment of Groceries. He feels
thankful for the patronage heretofore extended, and
hopes for a continuance of the same.
Jan 10 7 1m
]V| OTICE.—Four months alter date, application
i u will be made to the honorable the Inferior Oourt
of Scriven county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
sos, tor leave to sell three shares in an" undivided
tract, of Land of the estate of John Black, and on
which Alary Black now lives, for the benefit of tho
minors MARY BIACK, Guardian.
Jan 9 X 4ra
, UitCE.—Four months after dale, application
INI will ho made to the Honorable the Interior
Court of Scriven county, when silting for oruinnry
purposes, lor leave to sell a negro fellow by the
name of Stephen; fir the benefit of Lucy Ann
Braswell, a minor,’by her guardian Barnett Newton.
Jan 9 • X 4m
OERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, &c
a. Orange Flower Water, Lavender do., Colcgne
do., Florida do,, Haney do., Snulf Boxes, Fain
Soaps of every kind, Pomatum in pots and rolls, It
dian Dye, for coloring the hair, Bear’s Oil, Antiqo
do., Wacassardn., Ward’s Vegetable Hairdo., Milk
of Roses, lor the complexion, Compound Chloring
Tooth Wash. For sale hy
CLOUD & BOPHWELL, 23J Broad M
Jan 2 1
i jwjOJ’lCE. — All persons indebted to the estate of
Wiinfifred Dunn, doc. of Columbia county, are
requested to make immediate payment; and those
having claims will present them duly attested is
; tho lime prescribed hy 1 iw.
WILLIAM S. DUNN, Ex’r.
Jan 1 4Udw
Ij lURKE SHERIFF’S SALE.—WiII ho sold on
A3 the first Tuesday in Febuary next, at the Court
House Door in tho town ol Wayneshorongh, the
i following property, to wit; One tract of Lund con
taining five hundred und seventy-seven acres, more
or less, adjoining land of Z L. F. Tamlm and oth
ers. Sold ns the properly of Thomas F. Few, to
satisfy (ii.ofi fa, in favor of Alilton Antony vsT. S
Few, sold subject to a mortgage and widow’s dow
i ery in the same. JAMES A. Si'RINGER, S. B. C.
Jan b td 4
I.vOR SALE.—A House and Lot at the lower end
of liruad-streel, the prnpcity of Mrs. C. S. Mc-
Lean. Tho Lot is large and the Huuse might be
made a comfortable residence for a family at a small
expense. For terms apply to
Jan 13 10 3tw] JOHN MOORE
I ■»-' - ~
tiAMEloiho Richmond Hotel, on tin l night ol
‘ the 4th inst. a small, chcsnut sorrel HoksE, 9
or 10 years old, both h ml feet white, a star in the
ion head, some signs ol harness on his shoulders and
sides, had on his neck when he came a rope or halter.
Tho owner is requested to call, pay all i xponees and
take him away. E. W. COLLIER.
Jan 18 14
Prunes, just received and for sale low by
SANDERFORD & COLLINS,
Opposite the Planters Hotel.
Jan 17 2t 13
fBMIE English Stallion Hkdgforu
“ —This very fine and superior
FvAiiilflt bred Knee Horse will stand Ins next
41<ri seasonal Mr. Wilpam R. Smith’s, in
district, S. C. near t .e Island
Foard, on Saluda, at Fifty Dollars the season. Par
ticulars in largo bills in due time.
Augusta, Jan. IG, 1837 12 St
.
i’i Elias VV’clbom, late of Columbia county, dee
are requestedjo come forward and make immediate
payment, and all persons having demands against
the same arc notified to present them duly authenti
rated within the time prescribed by law.
J. M. WELBORN, Adm’r.
Jon 3 1 vv4od
fIIWENTY DOLLARS REWARD—Runa-
Jl way from the subscriber on the 271 h day of
October, a negro man oy the name of ANTHON Y»
about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, one tooth ont be
fore, with a scar on the ankle, full eyes and speaks
quick when spoken to, and of light compleclw® -
it is likely he will make ids way for Savannah or
Charleston. Jailors ate requested to give miorraa*'
lion immediately to the subscriber, m Burke coun
ty, Ga, should said negro be lodged y
Jan 4 2 w2m] WILLIAM W. DA V Irs
tOr The Charleston Mercury will insert the
above once a week for 2 months and forwardUi cir
account to rtfs office for
BANKETS. FLANNEL.S,&c. &c—Tliesub (
scribers have just received
3 bales Duffil Blankets
1 do super Bed do
2 do white Flannels
2 do red do
2 do red Lindseys,
2 cases Satinets, (low pried
With a variety of other Goods in their hue, which,
having been lately purchased, and a part of their
own importation from England, they are enabled
to offer them below the present market prices.
EDGAR &■ CARMICHAEL.
Jan 9 ___
ROVVTON '.—This beautiful stallion
tinted Racer will make his second season
America, under the direction of Mr. I'. t . H. Gerow,
at W. Hampton’s Woodland Estate, five miles be
low Columbia, and be let to Mares at $75 the season,-
8120 to insure, and one dollar to the groom ; the
money to be paid in advance* or before the marcs
arc taken away.
The season will commence on the first ot reoruff
ry and end the first of luly. Extensive rye and grass’
pastures provided for mares, and separate lots for I
such as may have young foals, and mares well fed/
a 50 cents per day. Every care will be taken to*
guard against accidents, but tie responsibility should’
they occur.
Rowton is a good chestnut without w4ntc, fine err
and a half hands high, of great bone and muscle
Hie is a horse of the finest limbs, and most exom
qVipuriions, and after the exportation of AntpMßWr
was considered the most beautiful stallion in Eng
land. His stock are thought very promising, ami
arc selling as high as the get ol any staihon in the
kingdom. By a reference to the sporting periodi
cals of the day, Rowton’g pedigree and performances
may be seen, as also the very high estimation in
w hich he is held both in England and America.
N. B—Black servants sent with mares, will bo
hoarded gratis ,’ having no accommodations for
while persons on the spot, they must board in Co
lumbia or elsewhere
i tor Tho Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Courier
will please copy the above six limes weekly, and
end their accounts to this olfico.— Col. Telescope.
Jan 3 w6t
Miffpmm A fiirsl rate Pennman and Ac
coiinlaiit is desirous of employment, for a
short lime in this city. Apply at this office.
Janl7__ »f 13 N
NOTlCE.—Robert Clarke
tffliSs* Esq. is authorized to collect all dues and
demands for Water privileges.
Jan 18 11 41] SAMUEL HALE.
C~ TITY MARSHALL’S SALE—WiII fcosolda
j the Lower Market house, in this city, on Satur
day the 28th inst unices previously applied for by
their owners—three Horses, taken up within the
corporate limits ol Augusta; one is a sorrel horse,
with a short tail, and in low order; one dark chcs
nul horse, with a small star in the forehead, and lame
in one fore-leg ; and one light bay horse, no partic
ular marks discoverable.
FOSTER BLODGET, Cily Marshal.
Jan 14 11 wld
uTx ECU TOR’S SALE—WiII be sold on Mon
-BjJ day, the 20th of February next, at the late re
silience of John Olive, deceased, in Columbia coun
ty —all the personal property of said deceased, (Ne
groes excepted,) consisting of Household and Kitch
en Furniture, Corn, Fodder, Oats, Horses, Hogs,
Cattle, implements for farming,one lour whell Wagon
and Harness, two Cotton Gins, &c. &c. Sale to
continue froln day ta day, if necessary.
Jan 10 7 wtuj FABIUS J. OLIVE, Ex’r. p
EGROES FOR SALE—I willsell 4
viz; Charlotte, between 35 and 40 years of
ago; Harry, a boy, about 10 years old—Susan, a
girl, 4 years of age—William, an infant, 1 year old.
To a purchaser who will buy them together, a liber
al bargain would ho given. For further particulars,
ouquie of the subscriber. A. EDY,
4 miles N. E. of Applington, Columbia Co.
Jan G 4 3t*
HM. IIOWEY, Professor of Penmanship, wi
• remain in Augusta a short lime, to give lessons
in this useful art. He respectfully invites the atten
tion of all persons desirous of writing an elegant
h nd. Five or six lessons on his admirable system
are generally sufficient to accomplish this, though
years may have been spent in fruitless efforts to at
lain it. Those who have tried Jonncr systems and
failed, are assi rod there is no mistake in this. Their
success will be guarantied,, if the requisite attention
be given. Persons wishing to take lessons are re
quested to make immediate application to Mr. 11. at
his room in the Masonic Hall, where his specimens
may be examined and terms known. Private lessons
given, if required.
Jan 1G 12 ts
ON CONSIGNMENT—SU or GO boxes of prune
Virginia Tobacco, at
DAWSON’S WAREHOUSE.
Jan 21 X tt 17
Tt!OTICE TO BRIDGE'BUILDERS'—Propo
i* sals will he received ty the undersigned, until
tho 15th of February next, to construct a Bridge
across the Coosa River, to bo located three miles
above the Wetumpka bridge—the charier of w hich
was granted by the late legislature. Lumber and
stone may be had convenient to the site. For furth
er particulars, apply to the undersigned. 1
E. W. GILBERT, President
for the Coosa Bridge Company.
Wetumpka, Ala., Jan. 11, 1837.
The Montgomery papers, Mobile Register, Colum
bus (Ga ) Enquirer, and the Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel,
will Insert the above till the 15th Fob., and forward J
their accounts to this office. —Wetumpka Sentinel.
STEAMBOAT OFFICE, f
Savannah, December 31, 1836. j
RESOLVED, That in future a share of tho J
Stock of the Steamboat Company of Georgia JP
shall be fixed at One Hundred Dollars, and that the .xj
President and Treasurer call in all the outstanding
certificates, and issue new certificates at the rate of
One Hundred Dollars per share.
In conformity to the above resolution of the Board
of Directors, Stockholders of the Steamboat Com
pany of Georgia are hereby required to hand in
their present scrip on or before tho Ist of February
next, that new scrip may be Ist ued them at the above
rale. W. E. LONv>, Sec. & Tr.
Jan 6 4 td
Auction notice.--sandiford & Col] j \
lins, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants,
return their thanks to the Merchants and others of
Augusta, lor the very liberal support received since
their commencement as Auctioneers and Commis- -
sion Merchants, and hope to merit a continuance
of the same. They are at all times prepared to make
the most liberal advances on consignments, and
pledge themselves to use their best exertions to ren
der satisfactory and prompt sales.
They beg lea , e to slate that they have engaged
the services ol one oflhe most experienced Auction
eers at the south, whose whole lime and attention
will bo devoted to the business of the firm, and they
moot confidently say that higher prices for Lands.
Negroes, Merchandize, Mock, &c. cannot be obtain
ed hy any other Auction House in this cily or else
where.
N. B. The following are tho rates ofCommission, . j
as agreed upon hy both Auction houses in this city,
to w Inch they are bound to adhere, according to
written contract:
Dry Goods ami general Merchandize, 3 per cent.
Horses, (valuable blood stock excepted) 5 per cent.
F,state Sale of Personal property, 3 per cent.
Books and Prints, 10 percent.
Real Estate under $2.500,21 per cent.
Over $1,500 and under $5,000 2 per cent,
Over $5,000 and under SIO,OOO 11 percent.
810,000 and over, 1 per cent.
Bank slock on $5,000 and under $50,000, 1 percent.
Over 850,000, 4 per cent. vj
All Estate sales when the property is already sol(5 .
and crictl for the purpose ol making 1 itles, $5 per
Lot or House and Lot. For Negroes $2. , I
For Negroes in all cases 11 per cent. m
■lnn 21 ts 17 m
1 /U| DOLLARS REWARD—Runaway from ’’
J.OU thesubscrrlier, in Orangeburg district, 8. i
C. on the 4th of March last, a Negro Man by the
name of GLASCOU, and his wife KATEY—;*’las- ■ ,
cou is about 23 years of age, about five feet nine or
10 inches high, dink complexion, round face, n>ia- j
riling full eyes, n good set of teeth, and no heard— he
is a stout ami likely negro. Kate, his wife, isobout
2G years of age, a good sized wench, a shade Ilgam I
than Glaseou, has n scar on one cheek, tolerable tu
■ yes, good teeth and rather small mouth, and a m
inclined to thick lips. Since they left me, they
were apprehended mid confined in the jail ol Jcnc j (
son county, Georgia, and escaped from the snm J
mi the sth day ot Deceinbor, 1836—1 was ml"™
hytho Jmlorin said county, that tho weneli * v;l Hjjfj
was forgone in pregnancy ntthe lime of her escape, gffi,
I will give tho above reward of One Hundred I Eg
lars for tho delivery of said Nogroes to me in Y n " l = BS
burg District, South Carolina, or Fifty Hollars
thoir apprehension and confinement in any jat
the Slate of Georgia, so that I can get thorn. J
residence is about 2 miles distant from Branca ' J|
on the Rail Road,in Orangehurgdisuict.^^jj
Jan 14 » awlro |
I? BATHERS—1200 lbs. Feathers, just receiv® ll |9
and for sale hy |MOISE & COI *
Jan 7 . 5 “