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f# ... 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 “