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TAHEWELT, ADDRESS OF
CEXEIUL ANDREW JACKSON
TO T»r.
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
[CanclHiie.l.]
Il is well known that there have always been
those amongst us who wish lo enlarge the powers
of the General Government , and lxyv.it nee
would mum to indicate lltal ilicrx: is a tendency
on the part of this Government to overstep lire
Iroundaries marked out for it l.y the constitution
lu legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient
for all tire purposes for which 'it was created
mid its powers lining expressly enumerated there
not ha no justification for claiming any thing
bay mid them. Every attempt to exercise power
b.-yoiid these hauls should be promptly and
firmly op|H>-ed. For one evil example will lead
l.> other measures soil more mischovious and il
the principle of constructive powers or supposed
advantages, or circumstance* shall ever be per
mitted to justify the a -.umptioii of “ P OW j T 'n't
given by the constitution! the General Govern
men* will b lore long nb- all the powers of
legislation and you will have In elk* d but one
consolidated Government. From the extent ot
our country, its diversiited interests,difierent pur
suits and drtlercnl habits it is 100 obvious lor ar
gument would Ire wholly inadequate to watr.lr
over and protect its interests ; and every friend
our free institutions should 1 always prepared
to maintain unimpaired and in full viguor lire
rights and sovereignly ol tin Mates, and to eon
line tin; action ol the General Govcvntmcnl
strictly to the shperc of its appropriate duties.
Tiler. 1 is perhaps, no one of tile powers confer
ral on tlie Federal Government so liable to u-
I.use as the taxing power. The most productive
and convenient sources ol revenue weto nccesaa*
rdy given to il that ilmtighl in' aide to perform tlie
important doles imposed upon it and tlie taxes
which it lays upon commerce being concealed
from tlie real payer in the price ol tile article
they do not so readily attract tire alien ion ol the
pool.! as smaller sum . demanded from them di
rectly l.y til laxgatherer. lint the tax imposed
on goods fiih'inees lie so much the price ol tile
comm r.lily la con miners; arid as many of these
duties arc impos' d on in liclea of nccesity which
are daily used by tlie gieul body of the people ihc
money raised l.y these imposts is drawn fioin
their pockets. Gongreas has no right under lire
constitution to lake money irom the people, unless
it is required to execute same one of tire specific
powers intrusted to the Government and il they
raise more, than is necessary for such purposes,
it is an alms.' of the | ower of taxation and un
jual and oppre ire. It may indeed happen that
tbe revenue will sometimes . xcecd Ilia amount,
dirieipal doh ri tin 1 lav. - were laid, VV lien,
hu.vevevcr this is ascertained it is easy to roriuce
them for no circumstances can jnstiiy it in as
ttii.i.iiw a povver not given to il l.y the constitution
in r in taking away tin; money ol tlie people when
ii is not no'dud lor tlie legitimate wauls of the
<1 ivermnent,
Plain as these principles appear to bo, you will
yet find (hat ticre is a constant eilorl to induce
tin General G ..eminent to go beyond tiro limits
of ils taxing power, mid to impose unnecessary
burdens upon tin* people. Many puweilul inter
ests are continually at work to procure heavy du-
Itox on commerce, and to swell the revenue bey
ond tlie real necessities of lire public service; and
Ilia country has alioady leit tiro injurious ol
f.vts ot their combined infinenec. J'liey suc
ceeded in obtaining a larill ot duties beating most
oppressively on the agricultural and laboring
classes nf society, mill producing a levenue that
v-onld not be usefully employed within the range
of the powers conferred upon Congress; slid, in
order to fiat ii upon tiro people this unjust and
unequal sysletn of taxation, extravagant schemes
of internal improvement were got up in various
quarters, to squander lire money,and to purchase
support. Thus one unconstitutional rneasuro
was intended to lie upheld by another, and thoo
huso of the power of taxation was to ho main
tained by usurping the power of expending the
money in internal improcomenls. You cannot
(l ive forgotten tile severe and doubtful struggle
through winch wo passed, when the Executive
Department of tiiu Government, liy its veto, on
deavoie.l to arrurl this prodigal sehonre of injurs
lioe, an I to bring back tbe legislation of Congress
I i the boon lades prescribed l.y the constitution.
-tbe g ... 1 ore and practical judgement of the
people, when the subject was brought before
all an, sustained the eeuise of the Executive; and
l!i s plan of unconstitutional expenditure for lire
purposes of corrupt lallucnee i-; I trust finally o
ve. throw n,
'i'lie result of tltis decision has been fell in the
■ api.l extinguishment of the public debt, and the
targe aeeuaiolulnm el a surplus in tlie treasury,
«. rtwith'l.iii ling tlie larill - was reduced and is
now very lor below the amount originally con
u* nplaied l.y its advocates. Uni. ro!y upon il,
tire design to coiled an oxlrava pint revenue, and
to burden you with luxes beyond lire economical
wants ol tbe Government, is not yet abandoned.
Toe various intcresis which have combined lo
gt'lir r lo iaipose a heavy larill. and to produce
sir overflowing I. .miry, are too strong, and bane
too much at slake to surrender the contest. The
corporations and wealthy individuals who are en
gaged in I irgo manufacturing establishments, de
sire a high land h. in tea e their gains. Design
ing polio bans will -upport it, lo conciliate their
favor, and to obtain the means of profuse expen
diture, (or tire put peso of purchasing influence in
ether qu, liters, and since lire people have decided
that the Federal Government cannot he permit
ted to enijiloy its income in internal improve
ments, elf ru will be made to seduce and mis
lead tire citizens es the several Stales, by holding
mil lo the n tire deceitful prospect of benefits lo
lie d 'lived tVoai a surp'us rovenna collected by
the Gc tor il Gov r.tin. tit. and annually divided
among the Slate., And if, encouragedby these
flilaci .us hopes, the Si lies should di-regird lire
principles of re.mo ny wtiic’i ought to character
ir.e every republican Government, and should in
dulge in livislr expendituresexceeding their te
soorees, lit *y will, before long, find themselves
oppressed with debts which they are unable to
pay, and lire temptation will become irresistible to
support a high laraif, in order lo obtain a surplus
for distribution. Do not allow yourselves, my
fell iw-eiiixeus lo Go misled on this subject. Tire
Federal Government cannot relied a surplus for
such purposes, without violating the principles of
the r.msiiutii m, & assuming powers which
have not been granted, ft is, moreover, a sys
tem of injustice, and, if persisted in, will inevita
bly, lead to corruption, and must end in ru n.
The surplus revenue will be drawn from the
pockets of the pa..pie. from toe farmer, the mc
ehn lie, and the laboring classes of society; but
who will receive il when distributed among the
Stales, where it is lo be disposed of by loading
State politicians who have friends to favor, and
political partisans to gratify 1 II will certainly
not he returned to tlr .so who paid it, and who
have most need of It, and are honesty entitled lo
it. There is but one s ifij rule, and I lint is, to con
fine the Geneial G ivernmcnt rigidly within the
sphere of its appropriate duties. It has no pow
er to raise a revenue, oi impose taxes, except for
lire piAposes enumerated in the constitution; and
it its income i. found to exceed these wants, il
should be forthw ill reduced, and lire burdens of
the people so Ur lightened.
lo reviewing ib • moil. Is which have taken
pi ICC botw ■ m did' .vie. intcresis in the United
Hiatts, and the policy por-u 1 since die adoption
of our present form ifti . ruuv.mt, vve find noth
iug lint has produced such deep sealed evil as
the course of l<*gid r tun in relation to the curenev.
The constituti. rof the K died El ites unquestion
ably intended to secure to dm people a cireul iling
me lium of g d.l ami d'ver. Hut the establishment
of a National Hank by (Ingress, with the privil
age of issuing pipenn mey receivable in the pay
ment of iho public dues, and the unfortunate
course of Legislation in the several states upon
the some aubjiW. 'rove Iron general circulation
the constitution il currency, and substitute done of
paper in it* place.
It wa. n it easy fm men engaged in Iho ordin
ary pursuits of till die' s, whose atteuti in had not
licenp.artie ila.ly drawn to the subject, to foresee
•II tho eonsequece* ufa currency exclusively of
piper; turd we ought not. on that account, lo Ire
surprised at the facility with which laws wore
obtains I. to carry into < licet the paper system.
Honest,Ac even on enlighten. I mcn.ara •otnelimex
toi-ded by th •*;>- *. ■■ ■! unusable statements
f EVff Jr dj'oiuj. Bat ext rbnee lm new pr n-H
the mischiefs and dangers of a paper currency,
and it rests with you to determine whether the
proper remedy shall be applied.
The paper system being founded on public con
fidence, and having ot il.-e|( no intrinsic value, it
is liable to great and sudden litieluations; tbr reby
rendering properly insecure, and live wages ol
1 labor unsb a.ly and uncertain. The corporations
which create the paper money cannot be relied
upon lo keep the circulating medium uniform in
amount. In nines of prosperity, when confidence
is high, they are templed, who hope to profit by
it, to extend their issuers of paper beyond the
hounds of discretion ami the reasonable demands
of business j And when these issues have been
pushed on, from day to day, until public confi
dence is at length shaken, then a reaction takes
place and they immediately withdraw the credits
they have given ; suddenly curtail their issues ;
and produce an unexpected and ruinous contrac
tion of tire circulating medium, w hich is felt by
tire whole community. The hanks, by this means,
save them; elves, ami the mischievous conscquen
cci of their imprudence and cupidity uro visited
upon the public. Nor does the evil stop here.
These ebbs and flows in the currency, and these
1 indiscreet extensions of credit, naturally engen
der n spirit of speculation injurious to the babes
and character of the people. We have already
seen its effects in the wild spirit of speculation in
the public I mds, am) various kinds of stock,
which, within tire last two yaurs seized upon such
a mulriludc of our citizens, and threatened to per
vade all classes of society, and to withdraw their
attention from the sober pursuits nf honest indus
try. It is not by encouraging this spirit that we
' shall best preserve public virtue and promote the
true interests of onr country. Hut if your cur
rency continues ns exclusively paper as it now
is, it will foster their eager desire to amass
1 wealth without labor; it will multiply the num
| her of dependants on bank accommodations and
bank favors ; the template n to obtain money at
any sacrifice will become stronger, and inevitably
lead to corruption, which will find ils way into
’ your public councils, and destroy, at nr distant
1 day, lire purity ofyour Government. Home of the
evils whicli arise from this system of paper press
with peculiar hardship upon the class ol society
least able to hear il. A portion of this currency
frequently becomes depreciated or wotthless, and
all of it is easily counterfeited, in such u manner
as lo require peculiar skill and much experience
lo distinguish lire counterfeit from the geniiic
note. These frauds are most generally perpetra
ted in the smaller notes, which are used in lire
daily transaction of ordinary business; and the
losses occasioned by them arc commonly thrown
upon the laboring class of society, whose situation
and pursuits pul il out of their power to guard
themselves from those impositions, and whose
daily wages are necessary for their subsistence.
It is the duly of every Government so to regulate
its currency as to protect this numerous class as
fur as pruclicirhh from the impositions of avarice
and fraud. Il is more especially the duty of the
United Hiatus, where the Government is empha
tically tlie Government oflho people, and where
this respectable portion of our citizens arc so
proudly distinguished from the laboring classes
of all other nations, Gy their independent spirit,
their love of liberty, their intelligence, and their
high tone of moral character. Their industry,
in peace, is tiro source of our wealth ; and the
Government of the United Htatcs will but ill dis
charge ils duties if it leaves them « prey to such
dishonest impositions. Vet il is evident that their
interests cannot Ire effectually protected, unices
silver and gold uro restored to circulation.
These views alone, of the paper currency, are
sufficient to cull for immediate reform ; I.at there
is another consideration which should still more
Wrongly press it upon your attention,
ilccents events have proved that the paper mo
ney system of this country maybe used as an
engine to undermine your free institutions; and
that those who desire to engross all power in the
hands of lho few, and to govern by corruption or
force, uro aware of its power, and prepared to em
ploy it, Your banks now furnish your only cir
culating medium, and money is plenty or scarce,
according to the quantity of notes issued by them.
While they have capitals not greatly dispruppt
lioucd to each other, they are competitors in busi
ness, end no one of them run exercise dominion
over the rest; and although, in the present stale
of the currency, these hanks may and do operate
injuriously upon the habits of business, the pecu
niary concerns, and Ihc moral tone of society ;
yet, fiom their number and dispersed situation,
they cannot combine for lire purposes of political
influence ; and whatever may bo the dispositions
of some of them, their power of mischief must
necessarily ho confined to a narrow space, and
felt only in their immediate neighborhoods.
lint when tlie Charter for the Dank of the U
aited Slates was obtained from Congress, it per
fected tire schemes of the paper system, and gave
lo ils advocates the position they have struggled
to obtain, from iho commencement of the Federal
government down to the present hour. The im
mense capital and peculiar advantages bestowed
upon il, enabled it lo exercise despotic sway over
the other banks in every part of tho country.
From its superior strength, it could seriously in
jure, if not destroy, the business of any one of
them which might incur its resentment; aniT it
openly claimed lor itself tho power of regulating
the currency throughout the United States. In
other words, it asserted (and it undoubtedly pos
sessed,) the power to make money plenty or
scarce, at ils pleasure, at any time, and in any
quarter of the Union, by controlling tho issues of
other banks, and permitting un expansion, or
compelling a general contraction of tho circulating
medium, according to its own will. Tiro other
banking institutions were sensible of its strength,
and they soon generally became its obedient in
struments, ready at all limes to execute its man
dates; and with the hanks necessarily went, also,
that numerous class of persons in our commercial
Cities, who depend together on hank credits for
their solvency, and means of business ; and who
arc therefore obliged, for their own safely, lo propi
tiate the favor of the raoncyjpower, by distinguish
ed zeal and devotion in ils service. The result of
the id advised legislation which, established this
great monopoly, was, to concentrate tho whole
moneyed power oflho Union, widt its boundless
means of corruption, and its numerous depen
dants, under the direction and command of one
acknowledged head; thus organizing this parti
cular interest as ono body, and securing to it
unity and concert of action throughout the Uni
ted Htatcs, and enabling it to bring forward, upon
any occasion, its entire and undivided strength, to
support or defeat any measure of tho Government.
In the hands of this formidable power, thus per
fectly organized, was also placed unlimited domin
ion over the amount oflho circulating medium,
giving il the povver lo regulate the value of pro
perty, and the fruits of labor in every quarter of
lire Union; and to bestow prosperity, or bring
ruin, upon any City or section of the country, as
might best comport with its own interest or policy.
\Ve are not left to conjecture how Iho moneyed
power, thus organized, and with such a weapon in
its hands, would lie likely to use it. The distress
and alarm which pervaded and agitated the whole
country, when Iho Bank of tho United States
waged war upon the people; in order to compel
them lo submit to its demands, canont yet be [for
gotten. The ruthless and unsparing temper with
which whole cities and communities were oppres
sed, individuals impoverished and ruined, and a
scone of cheerful prosperity suddenly changed
into one of gloom and despondency, .ought to .be
indelibly impressed on the memory of the people
oflho United Htatcs. If such was its power [in u
lime of peace, what would it not have been in a
season of war, with an enemy at your doors! No
nation but Ihc freemen of the United Slates, could
have come out victorious from such a contest;
yet. if von had not conquered, Iho Government
would luxe passed from the hands of the many
j to the hands of the few ; and this organized mo
i ney power, from its secret conclave, would have
dictated the choice of your highest officers, and
f compelled you to make peace or war, ns best suit
ed their own wishes, Tho forms of your gov
eminent might, for a lime, have remained; but
. its living spirit would have departed from it.
i he distress and sufferings inflicted on the pco
. pie by iho bank, are some of the fruits of that
system of policy which is continually striving lo
enlarge the authority of the Federal Government
beyond the limit fixed by the constitution. The
I rowers enumerated in that instrument do not
| confer on Congress the right to establish such a
corporation as »bo Bank vt the United States:
and tho c\il consequence* which followed may |r
warn us of the danger of departing from the true j t
rule nf construction, and permitting temporary i n
circumstances, or the hope of ! ' tier proranti „• ! !
the public welfare, to influence in any degn ■, 1 1
) our decision* upon the extent ol the authority ■ f i
the General Government. Let u . abide by the
con-titution as it is written, or amend it in the :
constitutional mode, if it is found to be defective, j I
The severe lessons of experience will, I doubt j i
not be sufficient to prevent Congre- . from again
chartering such a monopoly, even if the constitu
tion did not present an insuperable objection to
it. lint yon nm.-t remember, my fellow-citi
zens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the
price of liberty; and that you must pay the price
if you wish to aeemo the Messing. it behoves
you, therefore, to be watchful in your States, as
well os in the Federal Government. The power
which the moneyed interest can exercise, when
concentrated under a single head, and with our
present system of currency, was sufficiently de
monstrated in the struggle made by the Bank of
the United States. Defeated in the General Go
vernment, (he eamo e.lass of intriguers and poli
ticians will now resort lothc Sutes, and endeavor
to obtain there the same organization, which they
failed to perpetuate in Union ; and by specious
and deceitful plans of public advantages, State
interests and Slate pride, they will endoavor to
establish, in the different Stales, one moneyed in
stitution wilh overgrown capital, and exclusive
privileges sufficient to enable it to control the op
erations of the hanks. Such an institution will ho
pregnant with the same evils produced by the
Bank of the United States, although it* sphere
of action js more confined; and in the State in
which it is chartered,' the money power will be
able to embody its whole strength, and to move
together with undivided force, to accomplish any
object it may wish to attain. You have already
had abundant evidence of its power to inflict in
jury upon the agricultural, mechanical, and la
boring classes of society; and over those whose
engagements in trade or speculation render them
dependent on hank facilities, the dominion nf the
Slate monopoly will ho absolute, and their obedi
ence unlimited. With such a hank and a paper
currency, the money power would, in a few days,
govern the State and control its measures; and if
a sufficient number of States can be induced to
create such establishments, the lime will soon
come when it will again take the field against the
United States, and succeed in perfecting and per
petuating its organization by a charier from Con
gress
It is one of the serious evils of our present sys
tem of hanking, that it enables one class of so
ciety—and that by no means a numerous one—
by its control over the currency, to act injuriously
upon the interests of all the others, ami to cxer
ciso more than its just proportion of influence in
political affairs. The agricultural, the mechani
cal, and the laboring classes, have little or no
share in the direction of the great moneyed cor
porations; and from their habits and the nature
of their pursuits, they are incapable of forming
extensive combinations to act together with uni
ted force. Such concert of action may sometimes
he produced in a single city, or in a small dis
trict or country, by means of personal communi
cations Willi each other; hut they have no regu
lar or active correspondence with those who are
engaged in similar pursuits in distant places;
they have hut little patronage to give to the press,
and exercise hut a small share of influence over
it; they have no crowd of dependants about them,
who hope to grow rich without labor, by their
countenance and favor, and who arc, therefore,
always ready to execute their wishes. The plan
ter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer,
all know that their success depends upon their
own industry and economy, and that they must
not expect to become suddenly rich by the fruits
of their toil. Yet these classes of society form
the great body of the people of the United Stales ;
they ate the bone and the sinew of the country ;
men who love liberty and desire nothing hut
equal rights and equal laws, and who moreover,
hold tile great mass of our national wealth al
though it is distributed iu moderate amounts a
moug the millions of freemen who possess it.—
But, with overwhelming numbers and wealtlt on
their side, they are inconstant danger of losing
their fair influence in the government, and wi li
difficulty maintain their just rights against the
incessant efl’orts daily made to encroach upon
them. The mischief springs from the power
which the moneyed interest derives from a paper
curioncy, which they are able to control; from
the multitude of corporations, ami exclusive pri
vileges, which they have succeeded in obtaining
in the different Slates, and which are employed
altogether for their benefit; and unless you be
come more watchful in your Stales, and check
this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive
privileges, yon will, in tire end, find that the most
important powers of government have been given
or bartered away, and the control over your dear
est interests lias passed into the hands of these
corporations.
The paper money system, and its natural asso
ciates, monopoly aud exclusive privileges, have
already struck their roots deep in the soil; and
I will require all your efforts to check its further
growth, and to eradicate the evil. The men who
profit by the abuses and desire to perpetuate them,
will coniine to besiege the halls of legislation in
the General Government as well as in the Slates,
and will seek, by every artifice, to mislead and
deceive the public servants. It is to yourselves
that you must look for safety, and the means of
guarding and perpetuating your free institutions.
In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty
of the country, and to you every one placed in
authority is ultimately responsible. It is always
in your power to sec that the wishes of the people
are carried into faithful execution, and their will,
when once made known, must sooner or later be
obeyed.—And while the people remain, as I trust
they ever will, uncorrupted and incorruptible, and
continue watchful and jealous of their rights, the
Government is safe, aud the cause of freedom
will continue to triumph over all its enemies.
But il will require steady aud persevering ex
ertions on your part to rid yourselves of the iniqui
ties ami mischiefs of the paper system, and to
cheek the spirit of monopoly and other abuses
which have sprung up with it, and of which it
is the main support. So many interests are uni
ted to resist all reform on this subject, that you
must not hope the conflict will be a short one,
nor success easy. My humble efforts have not
been spared, during my administration of the go- I
vernment, to restore the constitutional currency ,
of gold and silver; and something, I trust, has
been done towards the accomplishment of this
most desirable object. Hut enough yet remains !
to require all your energy and perseverance. (
The power, however, is in your hands, and the ,
remedy must and will be applied if you determine
upon it. * '
While lam tints endeavoring to press upon I
your attention the principles which I deem of vi 1
lal importance in the domestic concerns of the ,
country, I ought not to pass over, without notice,
the important considerations which should govern
your policy towards foreign powers It is, un- I
questionably, our Irbeinterest to cultivate the most
friendly understanding with every nation, and to .
avoid by every honorable means, the calamities of
war ; and we shall best attain this object by frank- I
ness aitd sincerity in our foreign intercourse, by !
the prompt and faithful execution of treaties, &by |
justice and impartiality in our conduct to all. But
no nation, however, desirous of peace, can hope *
to escape occasional collisions with other powers; '
and the soundest dictates of policy require that i
wo should place ourselves in a condition to assert
our rights, if a resort to force should ever become
necessary. Our local situation, our long line of '
seacoast, indented by numerous bays, with deep 1
rivers of opening into the interior us well as our i
extended and still increasing commerce, point to
the navy as our natural means of defence. h t
will, in the end, bo found to be the cheapest and
most effectual; and now is the time, in a season ,
of peace, and with an overflowing revenue, that ,
we can, year after year, add to its strength, with
out increasing the burdens of the people. Il is
your true policy. For your navy will not only ,
protect your rich and flourishing commerce in |
distant seas, hut will enable you to reach aud an
noy the enemy, and w ill give to defence its great
est efficiency, by meeting danger at a distance *
fiom borne. It is impossible, by any line es forti
fications, to guard every point from attack against .
a hostile force advancing from the ocean and sc- J
looting its object; but they are indispensable to ,
rvtcct cities from bbmbetdmcnf, do.'k-vards and .
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naval arsenals from destruction i and to give
shelter to merchant vessels in time of war, and to h
single ships or weaker squadrons when pressed C
by superior force. Fortification* of this descrip- f
tion canot be too soon completed and armed, and 5
in a cundi ion of th« most perfect prcpcratioii. c
The abundant means we now possess cannot be \
applied in any manner more useful to the coun- si
try ; am) when this is done, and our naval force (
| sufficiently strengthened, and our militia armed, s
I we need not fear that any nation vriil wantonly -
insult ua, or needlessly provoke hostilities. We t
shall more cert .inly preserve peace, when it is I;
well understand that we are prepared for war. fi
In presenting to you, my fellow-citizens, these t
parting counsels, I Save brought bes ,ro you the t
leading principles upon which I endeavored to *J
administer the Government in the high office 1
with which you have twice honored me. Know- t
ing that the path of freedom is continually beset t
by enemies, who often assume the disguise of t
friends, I have devoted the last hours of my pub- t
lie life to warn you of the dangers. The pro- t
gress of the United States, under our free and t
happy institutions, has surpassed the most san- (
guiim hopes of the founders of the repuhlia. Our
growth has lieen rapid beyond all former example, <
in numbers, in wealth, in know ledge, and all the
useful arts which contribute to the comforts and 1
convenience of man ; and from the earliest ages <
of history to the present day, there never have |
been thirteen millions of people associated to- |
gelhcr in one political body, who enjoyed so <
much freedom and happiness, as the people of 1
these United States. You have no longer any
cause to fear danger from abroad; your strength I
and power arc well known throughout tlie civil
ized world, as well as the high and gal/ant bear- .
ings of your sons. It is from within, among
yourselves, from cupidity, from corruption, from
disappointed ambition, and inordinate thirst for
power, that factions will be farmed and liberty '
endangered. It is against such designs, whatever
disgusc the actors may assume, that you have es
pecially to guard yourselves. You have the high
est of human trusts committed to your care.
Providence has showered on this favored land
blessings without number, and has chosen you
as the guardians of freedom to preserve it for the
benefit of the human race. May ho, who holds
in his hands the destinies of nations, make you
worthy of the favors he has bestowed, and enable
you, with pure hearts and pure hands, and sleep
less vigilance, to guard ami defend to Iho end of
time, the great Charge he has committed to your
keeping.
My own race is nearly run ; advanced age and
failing health warn me that before long I must
pass beyond the reach of human events, and
cease to feel the vicissitudes of human affairs. I
thank God that roy life has been spent in a land
et liberty, and that ho has given me a heart to
love my country with the affection of a son.
And filled wilh gratitude for your constant and
unwavering kindness, I bid you a last and affec
tionate farewell.
ANDREW JACKSON.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
Tuesday Evening, March 14, 1837.
The failures in New Orleans continue. The
papers of that place say but little about them,
endeavoring, no doubt, to hide the real state of
things from the public. Those immense failures
must have some influence upon the cotton mar
ket, and a much greater upon the price of ne
groes, Time, however, can only developc the
extent of each.
GEN. JESSUP.
After this officer has done all he could (0 put
himself up and others down, ho has at last been
compelled to make the amende honorable to Gen.
Scott and Gen. Gaines, for what he said about
their failures in Florida. Sec the article in to
day’s paper from the Columbia Telescope.
We conclude to-day, the document which pre
sents itself to the reader as the farewell address
of Andrew Jackson to the people of the United
Slates. We have read it with much attention
and with mingled feelings of mortification and
disgust. Mortification for the weakness which it
beliays and gross inconsistencies in which it in
volves the author—disgust that he should aspire
to place himself by the side of Washington
With some few exceptions, it is purely a partizan
document and intended solely to continue upon
the public mind, that influence which its author
possessed while in the Executive Chair. It may
be summed up in four words—the Tariff—Nul
lification —the Dank—the Gold Currency ! It
may bo answered in almost as few. I denounces
the Tariff and its authors, and yet he voted for the
Tariff of 1834—it points distinctly and plainly to
the nullificrs of the South as enemies of the
country, and yet Gen. Jackson himself, when
that doctrine was first advanced in the Senate of
the United States by Gen. Hayno of South Car
olina, addrosed a letter to that gentleman decla
ring that doctrine to bo the true republican, Jef
fersonian doctrine, and that Genl. Hnyne’s speech
ought to be hung up in the same frame with the
Declaration of Independence and Washington’s
Farewell Address. It denounces the Bank and
nil Hank's, and yet ho once proffered his services
to Congress to draft the charter of a national
Bank. His visionary ideas about a return to a
mctalic currency, arc well fitted to come from him
who has deranged all currency, and set afloat up- 1
on the ocean of experiment all the great ’
of society.
There is a vein of demagogue-ism which per- ,
vades the whole document, about the rich and
poor—the laboring classes &c. We ourselves
are as poor as the most of people, and work as
hard to make a living, but we detest and despise *
that hypocritical cant, fashionable now a days, 1
which is ever full of professions of love and re- f
gatd for the poor, while it never puts a penny in 1
their pockets, or brings a loaf of bread to their 1
mouths. We look upon it as tho first evidence
of a paltry demagogue, to hear a man always 1
preaching his special love for the poor, and wo ‘
have always felt less confidence in the stability t
of our institutions in proportion, as we have seen 1
the people gulled and deluded by such specious t
professions. t
All the tyrants who have overthrown the re- 1
publics of tho world, have sung syren songs to the c
people and the poor. Even Robespierre, the t
greatest and the bloodiest of all tyrants, could c
preach as pretty a homily to the poor as any of the I
demagogues of the present day, and perhaps s
w ithin twenty four hours afterwards, order a score f
of these same dear people to the scaffold. t
Wo copy from the New York Herald the fol- h
lowing article, to which in the main we assent as 1'
a correct and giaphic description of the farewell
address. fi
From the New Fori- Herald. tl
GEN. JACKSON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS. ~
The Farewell Address of Gen. Jackson is one "
of the most remarkable documents of the present
day. It concentrates in its columns all the cncr- S
gy, the folly, the wisdom, the knowledge, the pie- r
judices, the patriotism, the antipathies of the sin- e
guhu and mysterious being whose signature it
bears, it is not probably written by Andrew P
Jackson, but it contains bis mind—his soul—his
passion—bis feelings—his good and evil traits, ll
Like the Supremo Being of the ancient fire wor- „
shippers, this document contains a good and evil ,
principle,—his appeal to the lowest prejudices of 1
the mob against the commercial institutions of ''
the country, springs/mm his evil principle of ao
sou.
This remarkable and mysterious document wilL 1
have a greater effect than the world dreams of.j
General Jackson’s Farewell Address lays the]
f.nmdat on of the ruin of his successor. On the
subject of bunking and currency—of trade and
commerce —of speculation and public lands, Mr.
Van Buren is decidedly with the commercial clas
ses and|ihc higher interests throughout the Union.
General Jackson is a personification of the mob
spirit. He has left the mantle of his popularity
—not to the kitchen—not to the regency —not
to Mr. Van Buren—he lias gallantly and fearless
ly flung it over the mob of Mew York—the loco
focos, just as much as Elijah did Elisha, when
tho former ascended to heaven and loft the latter
to continue Ins power and influence on earth.
The parting advice of General Jackson will light
up a flame ti.at will spread conflagration round
the heads of the young administration. His bit
ter denunciation of banks and paper money—of
the credit system—of all tbe institutions of com
merce, by which the country has prospered so
much and so well, will call into existence a party
that will overturn the hypocrites now in pow
er.
From this moment we expect to see tho politi
cal events of this - country take a singular tin n.
The Farewell Address lays the foundation of a
new party. The locofocos of this city—the whole
elements of the mob—plant themselves on this
paper, and begin a war against the possessors of
power that will startle many before the year is
out. There can be no mistake in this opinion.
Events are daily bringing those matters to light.
Watch the mob of this city—of every city—
throughout the Union.
From the Charleston Mercury of yesterday.
From Marseilles, via Malaga ash Gib
11 ALTAR.
By the brig Charleston, Capt. Burnett, arrived
on Saturday from Marseilles, we have received
Gibraltar papers to the 17th January inclusive.
The U. 8. Sloop of War John Adams sailed a
few days previous for Mahon. Officers and crew
all well.
the principal matter of interest is the battle of
Bilboa, in which, after fourteen hours hard fight
ing, the Carlists wore entirely defeated, wilh the
loss in killed, wounded and prisoners, of near a
thousand men and twenty-five pieces of heavy ar
tillery. The loss on tho Queen’s side was very
severe. The Carlists had reappeared in small
bands and committed depredations in Valencia,
Cordova and Arragon.
The widow of Gen. Minahad been ennobled,
and Gen. Espartcro made Count of Luchana.
The greatest disorder seems to prevail in the
Queen’s Government—her troops arc deserting in
some parts, and so irregularly are they paid, that
when a member of the Cortez asked the Minister
ofFinance how much was due to the Army of
Arragon he replied, “God may know, but men do
not.”
A dreadful storm occurred at Malaga 2d Jan
uary, in which 7 vessels were drivon on shore
and lost in the harbor, and an English Erigate
was dismasted. The city was then quiet, but
strong spmplomsofa Revolution were manifest.
Left U. S. Frigate Constitution, Com. Elliott,
from Tangsers, who bad concluded in the most
amicable manner, the Treaty with the Emporor of
Morocco, on which occasion, 50 guns were fired
by the Emporor, to bo rnpoated on each anniversa
ry of the Treaty; Officers and crew all well. The
Constitution was to have sailed the same day for
Malaga news having been received hy an English
steamer’ that a Revolution had broken out and
that the inhabitants were engaged in the work of
mutual destruction.
From the Charleston Mercury, March 13.
SHIPWRECK.
Tho barque Havre, Higginson, from Balti
more for this port, with a cargo of bricks, lime
hay,]whiskcy,&c. consigned to sundry merchants,
went ashore on the South Breakers at ISjo’clock
Saturday night, owing to herhaving missed stays;
her rudder unshipped as soon as she struck, and
she bilged in half an hour afterwards. The ves
sel and the greater part of the cargo will he
totally lost. Tho officer and crew reached the
city in a pilot boat at noon yesterday. Several
smacks left the city for the wreck, immediately on
their being apprised that tbe Barque was ashore,
two of which returned to tho city last evening.
They staled that the water was two feet above
the lower deck ; they unbent all the sails, but
could not take them off, owing to tho heavy sea.
Several smacks were in tho vicinity, walling the
first favorable opportunity to wreck her.
From the Columbia Telescope.
Gen. Jessup’s last official despatch contains
an apology to his predecessors in comjnand in
Florida, for his misrepresentations in regard to
last year’s campaign. It comes wilh rather a bad
grace, now that ho is himself in tho situation of
those whom he formerly accused. The circum
stances in which he stands arc aggravated, too, by
the dishonorable mode by which he obtained
his present command, as well as the extreme con
trast between his boastful promises and small
performance. Tho passage is as follows. The
thing is done without art. Gen. J. appears to be
rendering a magnanimous atonement to others,
while the fact is that he is merely making excuses
for himself.
“As an act of justice to all my predecessors in
command, I consider it my duty to say that the
difficulties, attending military operations in this
country can be properly appreciated only by
those acquainted with them. I have had advan
tages which neither of them possessed, in better
preparations and more abundant snpplics; and I
found it impossible to operate with any prospect
of success until I had established a line of depots
across the country.
“This is a service which no man would seek
with any other view than the mere performance
of his duty; distinction or increase of reputation
is'out of the question, and the difficulties are such,
that the best concerted plans may result in abso
lute failure, and the best established reputation
lost without a fault.
“If I have at any time said aught in disparage
ment of the operations of others in Florida, either
verbally or in writing, officially or unofficially,
knowing the country as I now know it, I consid
er myself bound as a man of honor solemnly to
retract it.”
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a meeting of the Richmond Blues, on Sa
turday, the'llth instant, called for the purpose
paying a tribute of respect to their late officer
and comrade, Lieut. THEODORE J. DROWN,
the following preamble resolutions were unani
mously adopted.
W’hcrcas, an afflictive dispensation of Provi
dence having bereaved us of our highly valued
Second Lieutenant, TiiEononE J. Bnowst, Esq.
who was alike respected as an officer and be
loved as a friend—an honor to our Corps, and to
the community in which ho lived—an affec
tionately united to us by all the inspiring and en
dearing associations of military life, both in the
city and in the camp; and tho many virtues of
tho officer and the soldier, the citizen and the
gentleman; it becomes our last, sad, mournful,
but pleasing duty, bearing his remains in deep
sorrow to the grave, to condole with his afflicted
family and kindred on their irreparable loss, and
tender to them and the community our feeble
but affectionate tribute of respect and regard for
his worth and memory—Therefore, Resolved,
That we sincerely condole with his bereaved
family and relatives, and deeply sympathise with
them in the afflicting loss which we, also, strong
ly feel, and greatly share.
That, in testimony of profound respect and re
gard for his worth and memory, this Corps will
wear crape on the left arm for thirty days, and
erect a tablet over his remains, wilh au appo
priate inscription thereon.
That a Committee be appointed to provide for
the erection of said tablet, and another to trans
mit a copy of these proceedings to the family of:
the deceased, and provide for their publication in
the gazettes of the city.
I. M. ROBERTSON, Cltairman.
J. B. Robrbtsor, Sec’v.
• )
COMMERCIAL. ‘
From the True American.
Kkw Oi'.t.eanj, March 8, 1537. ,
The failures continue. To-day two mere houses
went by the board, What tire effect is to hr upon
stacks, we cannot say, but so far as the general bu- ■
siness of the city is concerned we do not apprehend .
any serious results. Temporarily a slight check has .
been given to that briskness in business for which !
our city has been so remarkable, but a lew days will t
bring all right attain. Cotton is at a stand still, cam- J
poratiYcly speaking. Nothing is recorded by the j
board of bickers Some few transactions have ,
taken place out-doors, but they are small and can- |
not be adduced as evidence of the state of the mark
et. ihe general feeling is to hold off under present
circumstances, particularly as the difficulties have
taken place among the great Cotton Factors.
The prices of the principal articles of trade as will
be seen below, have varied in some degree
In Sugar there is scarcely any improvement. Wr 1
hear es a sale of 100 hhds prime on the Levee at 6 i
a Cl. A considerable quantity has been detained on i
the Levee during the late rain, and purchasers have
held off till the weather shall clear up. i
Molasses stands at old prices, 33 a 31—a sale of
300 bbls. '
In Tobacco we have no sales to record. About
350 hhds landing this day.
Some little doing in flour to-day. We note a sale
of 500 bbls at $8 62.
No alterations in the price of pork. Some small
transactions not worth recording.
Some falling off in bacon. Hams may be quoted
at 12 cents. Sides 12 a 121 cts.
Lard is dull at 81 a 10cts. We record one sale
of 200 kegs at 9 ; another of 500 do prime at 91.
Western Butler is dull at 18 a 20; Goshen at 28
cents, fair supply.
Kentucky Bagging is going off in small sales at
23 a 25.
Rope, 10 a 12. The demand is not great. The
Northern article commands 21 a 22 cts.
From the N, Y. Com. Adv. March 9.
nm JANEIRO COFFEE MARKET TO JAN. 20.
Cnfee. —Prices advanced simultaneously with the
decline of the Exchange; and the demand has be
come very lively chiefly for good first and superior;
there is, however, very little of ordinary first and se
conds on hand. To-day 3,000 bags wire sold at
our quotations, after which the stork on hand inclu
ding to day’s arrivals, remains 13,000 bags. The
I supplies during this month have been pretty fair, and
are expected to continue so on account of the favor
able weather that has been prevailing.
By our annaeil annual statement it will be seen
that the export of 1836 exceeds by 63,455 hags that
of 1835, but that from the Ist of July to 31st Decem
ber, (being the Ist six months of the crop year) there
was a decrease of 34,235 bogs.
This decrease is not considerable, and jnstifies
what we anticipated in the beginning oflhe crop, as
well as in the beginning of the year. It is not like
ly that there will be a greater proportional decrease
in the ensuing six months, ending 30th June.
To the United Stales were exported last year 49,-
213 bags more than 1835, and the deimnd for t hat
' quarter still appears to be on the increase. The
new crop promises very- fairly in almost all parts of
the country, and is likely to bo much earlier than
the last. There is no want of hands, the supply of
now blacks continuing to an enormous extent; be
sides more attention is being paid to the roads lead
ing to the coffee districts, as well as to the means of
conveyance, so that by far greater quantities hence
forward can bo brought to market than could have
been brought in former years.
From the New York Herald.
WALL STREET,.
March 9.
Difficulties crowd upon the money market.
The singular confusion in which Congress broke
up, and the myslcry and incertitude of the new
administration begin to speak a baneful effect a
round. Stocks yesterday again fell and the lan
guor increased. In this state of gloom, only a
solitary ray is seen, like a flood of gold upon the
venerable bead of the Delaware & Hudson con
cern. The surplus of that institution is equal to
6 per cent, and a dividend of 3 per cent is to he
declared in June next. It is whispered, however,
that some extraordinary transactions have been
discovered in relation to the Delaware & Hudson.
By some mysterious procees, the same coal which
the Company sold up the river at 55 per ton,
brought the next purchasers 58 and 59 here in
the city. By such means, several hundred thou -
sand dollars have been made during the present
#fea ;on, by some of those who havo the longest
and cleanest lingers.
Wo should not he surprised to hear that an in
vestigation of these operations had been ordered
by the legislature. Who will bring it before that
body 1
Yet the interest produced by any local affairs,
or solitary transactions; cannot take away men’s
minds from the singular position of the monetary
concerns of the country, and this new crisis ap
prehended in our commercial affairs. • The prices
of all the necessaries of life continue as high as
ever—and money is as scarce and dear. The le
gislature is at this moment devising remedies
and relief, but it is generally believed that as
Congress did, so will the legislature. The Bank
Investigation is forgotten—the usury law defea
ted—the new private bank law will be defeated—
and almost every measure devised or discussed is
cither ridiculous or impossible. The government
treasury overflowing with money—the merchants
paying 2 to 4 per cent a month—and the neces
saries of life 100 per cent higher than they were
a year ago.
A great deal of declamation and twaddle are
expended by the Wall street prints, on the recent
law repealing the Treasury order. What does it
amount to 1 What is the use of mere technical
discussions I We want practical and prompt
movements. What will Van Buren do I. He
was originally against the removal of the depos
its, which many believe was the first great dis
turbance caused to our commercial system. We
know personally this fact. Will Mr. Van Bu
ren, gradually but slowly, retrace the steps of the
last administration, and restore the commercial
interests of the country to their former condition!
Tliis is the great point—this is the Gordian knot
—this is the question to be solved. If ho does
not we shall see a more terrible crisis in our com
merce—in our currency—in our exchanges—in
our hanking system, than the country ever yet
saw'.
A Dry Goods Spring business appears to be
somewhat lively at thisearly period of the season.
A sale of 250 packages of foreign and domestic
dry goods was made yesterday, by Haggerly &
Sons, at fair prices. It was well attended.
The market for Bread Studs is in a singular
condition. Western flourhomains firm at 512 —
but a decline has begun, and we believe it will
not stop till it fall considerably. The weather
was quite open yesterday. In a week more, the
rivers may break thus release vast quan
tities of grain and flour on their way to this city.
The general opinion is, that flour will fall to 58
before the next crops can be reached. The pre- 1
sent extraordinary prices ars produced entirely
by speculation. Some talk ot selling flour on
time, at 52 under present quotations, deliverable
to a week after the rivers shall have opened.
Foreign grain is still atrivingin great quantities.
Yesterday wo had another import of 12,846 bags
of wheat. It aso calculated that 500,000 bags
arc on their way to this port from the ports of
the Baltic and Black Sea. It is not possible that
the present high prices can continue long. Flour
is higher in Now York than in any city of the
civilized world either in Europe or America.
What a strange anomaly!
By the Express Mail wo have accounts from
Mobile to the Ist inst. Money is scarce in Mo
bile, but there is a slight reaction for the better.
Sales of cotton considerable, but at low prices.
Receipts in the week, 12,842 —exports, 14,290 —
on baud, 55,819 bales. 1
Marine Intelligence.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Etiwan, from Charleston. Merchandize,
&c.—to A, Lomond, agent, and others.
-
Charleston, March 13.—Arr. Br. barque Lady ’
of the Lake, Cunningham, N. York: Prussian brnque I
Charlotte Caroline, Cchlutow, N. York; brig Char- I
loston, Burnett, .Marseilles, via Malaga, and Gthral- t
tar ; sehr. Samuel 8 later, Brightman, Newport, R. 1 |
7 days; schr. Caledonia, Brown, Windsor, 5 days • 1
schr. Reaper, Charlotte, N. C. 18 hours: brig Juho’, 1
Balhidge, N York; <Sw. barque Maria Johnna, Con- i
rodsun, Boston, 16 days ; Bremen barque Elizabeth I
Haake, Baltimore, and 48 hours from the Capes '
schr. George Franklin, Robbins, Folly Landing, Va' f
48 hours.
fil’d, Br. schr. Anna, Clements, Nassau. 1
Went to .Sea on Saturday, Narw. brig Princess
Josephine, Pcnderson, North of Europe ; brig Cer- c
vantes, Kendrick, Boston ; schr. Alciopc, Arcy. Bos- i
ton; schr. Abaco,Nicholas, St. Joseph; schr. Can- o
ton, Read, Darien. j
The steamer Cincinnati, Curry, for Hamburg am!
Augusta, started on Saturday.
New York, March 9,—Cleared yesterday, ship
Anson, Sinclair, Charleston.
Arr. this day, ship Niagara, Bechcr, C days from
Charleston.
Brig Augusta, Pomeroy, 9 days from Savannah.
(Miiai’diaii’s Notice.
I "''OUR months after date, application will bo
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Scrivcu county, when silting for orutnarv purposes,
fur leave to sell 600 Acres of Lind, more or less, in .
said county, one third of which is Oak and Hickory, *
one third Swamp, and tho balance Pine Land; ad
joining lands of James Bevillc, William Black, and
others; belonging to Nancy Ann Bevill and hci’
three children, W ilhara, Robert, and CaKrey Bevill. I
ROBERT BEVILL, Guardian. 1
March 9,1837 66 4trn
Adiuinislratur’s Sale.
ON Friday, the 27th day of March next, at the
late residence of Edward Wade, dec’d, in Co
lumbia County, will be sold, the whole of the per
sonal property (Negroes excepted) belonging to said
estate: coni isting of Household and Kitchen Furni
lure, Plantation rbols and implements of husband
ry, Corn, Fodder, Pork, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and
Hogs; with a variety of other articles to tedious te
enumerate.
Terms made known on the day of sale; and sale
to continue from day to day if necessary.
ROBERT BOLTON, Adm.
Felt 8 32 wlds.
Lxccutors Notice- “
4 LL persons indebted to Mathurin Verdery de.
ASL ceased, late of Richmond County ore requited
to make payment to the undersigned, and thosrr
holdi .’g claims against said deceased, are requested
to hand an account of their demands within the time
prescribed by law.
LEON P. DUGAS, > ,
AUGUSTUS N. VERDERY,
Feb. 28 48
GUARDIAN’S NOTICE.—Four months after
date, application will ho made to the honora
ble tho Inferior Court of Columbia county, when
sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell three
Negroes, belonging to Mrs. Lydia Bugg.
Jan 6 4 4tm*J BENJAMIN BUGG, Guard.
raXWENTV DOLLARS’ reward
JL will be given for the apprehehsion
UfaiA and lodgement in some safe jail, of a Ne
ffw gro woman,named CHARITY, who ran-
K K-3S away from die subscriber on the 24th ot
December lost. Charity is twenty-five
or six years of age, rather light complect
esSiSiSaed, five feet two or three inches high,
and very compactly built. She has (as well as I re
collect) a large sear on the left side of her face, ox
tending from the lower part of her ear to Iter nose
She was raised in Columbia county, in this Stale,
and has no doubt gone to that county.
TUGS. T. WILKINS. *•
Eatontsn, Jan 16 12 ts
L»w Notice.
GRAY a. CHANDLER, (late of Georgia,) has
permanently located Himself in the town of
Columbus, Miss, and will practice law in the coun
ties of Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Win
ston, Oktibaha, and Chickasaw; and in tho Su
premo Chancery Courts of Jackson, Miss.; and in
the counties of Pickens, Fayette, Marion, anil 7’us
caloosa, in Alabama.
Ho will also, as agent, attend to the sales of
Lands in the late Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations,
at a small commission.
GRAY A. CHANDLER.
Office, Columbus, Mis*.
The Macon Messenger, Columbus Herald, Au
gusta Constitutionalist, Chronicle & Sentinel, and
Savannah Georgian, will publish the above once a
week for four weeks, and afterwards once a month
for 6 months, and .forward their accounts to the sub
scriber. G. A. C.
Feb. 24 Iw4w&lm6m 45
Bliazim,
Will stand the ensuing season st
Josiaii Patteßson’s near White
L fc Hall, and at Cambridge, at S4O lira
Kseason, 560 to insure, iliazim is full
\il (Tjf« sixteen hands and a half high; he was
old Sir Archy Out of the dam i
of the celebrated running mare Polly Hopkins.
Pendleton, (S. C.) Feb. 10 L. GOODE.
The Greenville Mountaineer, Columbia Telescope,
and Edgefield Advertiser will publish the above
once a week, until the let of May, and forward their
accounts for payment. L. .G
Feb 14 tM 36
Acisnaiilstraloi's’ Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May '•
next, before the Court House door, in Jack- 1
sonborough, Scriven County, between the usual
hours of sale, —Three Hundred and Filly Acres of i
Pine Land, adjoining lands of William G. Hunter, i
W. Williams, and Airs. Ann Newton ; sold by or- i
dor of the Honorable tho Inferior Court of Scriven I
County, for a division among the heirs of David £
Archer, deceased.
JOHN L. SOUTHWELL,) . , .
ELI ARCHER. } Adm rs. J
March 9, 1837 56 wtd |
Uautlon.
,4 LL persons are cautioned against t rading for two
i w proinisory notes given by me to Geo. J. Tur
ner of Jefferson county, as I am determined not to <
pay them unless compelled by law. They were gi- I
ven in consideration of a tract of Land, upon which
he had previously executed a mortgage to Elam
Young, which will have a lien upon it, in preference
to ray deed, and I shall not pay the notes until the
mortgage is satisfied. The notes caclt bear date a. ]
bout the 28th or 29th December last, botli due on j
the first day of January next, one for two hundred
and thirty-seven dollars and some cents, and made j
payable to Elam Young; the other for three hun
dred and sixty-two dollars and some cents, payable
to said Turner. CHARLES CLARKE.
Burke county, March 2, 1837 wlJan 50
Ten Dollars Reward.
jm RANAWAY from tho subscriber,
living four miles below Columbia
Court House, on the road lending to
Augusta, a Black Boy, by tho name
W® of Solomon, about 12 or 13 years of ■
V4 age. Solomon is quite black, speaki
f quick when spoken to, and is rather
’| 1 ~~ ti)H small lor his age, wore off a while
bome-spunjrouudabout and pantaloons, both filled
in with wool. He is supposed to be harbored in
Augusta, or on the Sand Hill, having been recently
seen at both places, and having relatives belonging
to the estate of John Fox, deceased. Any person
taking up said boy Solomon, and delivering him to
me or lodging him in Jail so that I get him, shall
receive the above reward as well as the thanks of
fob 27 4tw WM. COLVARD, Jr._
A PLANTATION FOR SALE.-I offer for
sale my Plantation in Scriven county, contain
ing 1450 acres, of which 1100 are oak and hickorr,
and the balance pine land. The situation is healthy
and lies about lour miles from the river: 450 acr«
of the land arc cleared and will average 800 to 12M
pounds of cotton to tho acre. 1000 bushels Cora
on the place can be had at tho market price; also,
eight Horses and mules.
Price 15000 Dollars—part cash, and tho halation
in bankable paper. J. M. WADE.
Jan 4 2 t s
William Taylor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HAVING settled himself in Cuthbort, Randolph :
county, will practice LAW, in the several
counties of the Chattahoochee Circuit.
March 6 f m 35
John Bascombe.
«THIS Celebrated Racer will make |j
; iVrSv t his first season at the HAMPTON i
tf* COURSE, near Anguata, Go., under
the direction of Air. Freeman W.
\ I (f JJf Lacy, ami helot to Alarcs, theensu
-’IV-ve-Ka ing season, ut One Hundred Dollars,
the season, payable 251 h December next, with Dnr
Dollar to the Groom ; the season to commence the
15lh February, and end the 15th July next. It is w*
quested that persons sending mores, will send a note
for the season and a pedigree of the marc.
John Bascombe never Having covered, his powers
as a foal-getter are, of course, unknown ; such mar*' 3
therefore, os do not prove in foal, shall have tit* j
benefit of another season, free of charge* j Vej int - i
Glascock & Lacy are extensively provided with Lo ,s
and Stables, for mares that may be sent to remain
with the h rse, and will be fed at fifty cents
day. Black servants, sent with mares, led gratis.
Every care and attention will bo taken to go l ™ ,
against accidents or escapes, but no liability will M
incurred for either. A report having gained ctrcula- ,
lion that John Bascombe would not cover, 11 0 " 0
this method to contradict it, so far as In has not re
us d
PEDIGREE.—John Bascombe is a light cheat*,
fifteen nnd a half bands high,fine bone and muse . j
with very superior limbs and action, six years 0 j
tlie ensuing spring; he was got by the eeleuiaje
horse Bertrand, sen., his dam was got by ncoi 1
and he by imported Citizen; his grand dam by '
ported Buzzard ; and his great grand dam by " .
Hampton’s Paragon,.ami heby imported I'bmn.p.
his dam by Harwell's Traveller, bis grand dam
miilia, by old Fearnought out of Calista, iroi'e
by Col. Bird ; Harwell's Traveller was by ™ort
Traveller, out of Col. Bird's C ilista. JJaseotn
great great grand dam by imported figure, lusg
great grand dam was old Shnmerkin, who J*'* ‘
by imported Wildair, out oflhe imported Lit' ■
Bascombe's performance on the Turf area
cent dale, nnd consequently so well known, 1
it unnecessary to trouble the public with any re .
of mine, in relation to them, except to slate .
has never lost a heal since j/j j'| O •J-
March 10 "' 7