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wail. The little child ran quickly out nf sight '
The ladv tn gray was hall concealed. The
young ladv returned to reply tn some gallantry
of the recruning officer, and once more her
eyes were fixed on mine. I drew my head in
hastily. fluti ■ niv hands before my face, to ex
clude all light, and again in fancy, those beau
tifiil eyes beamed brightly upon me. After a
few mi' utes I looked up. Crowds of gay pas- :
senger- still moved on the pavement below,
and talked, and laughed, and looked, as they i
passed me. Will she come again? I took out J
rnv watch, it was only 3 o’clock. Again I !
glanced at the projecting wall, and I followed, ;
eagerly,~each succeed mg group, as they emer- ’
g'd from behind it. Many a voice deceived ‘
me as it approached Many a par’y turned '
th'* corner to.disappoint me.
Four o’clock; she will not come. I rose,
from the window in despair. As * stood, the
sound of a voice I had heard before irrested
my attention. There was a laugh, and a stamp i
and a jingling noise, and the end of a sword
scabbard pointed out beyond the wall It was .
the recruiting nffi-er. Did he come alone? I
The little child ran forward; the lady in grev '
put out a foot; and again the eyes from the pink i
bonnet sought the window. AVe. blushed crim ;
son. The young lady turned to her never fail !
mg resource, the recruiting officer: I darted :
forward, seized mv hat, rushed down stairs, ,
and followed her. They had reached the hair- !
dresser’s shop, and they had stopped before it '
go examine some of his curiosities. The lady
in grey look the little child by the hand, and
walked on.—The young ladv prepared to fol
low her; but as she moved away she cast one
glance towards the window of the inn it was
qmfe deserted. I neither stirred nor spoke,
bui 1 saw from her heightened color she was
aware who stood beside her. She held a
small nosegav in her hand. She began to puli
to pieces the flowers which composed it, and
she scattered the leaves upon the pavement.
I stopped to gather them- A carriage was in
*. waning at the end of the street; it drew up as
the riartv approached. A footman opened the j
d-mr and lei down the steps, and the recruit- 1
ir .i officer handed ’he ladies into it. He laid .
hi tih unon the door, and stood and talked
f some minutes. It was an open carriage;
the oung lady was leaning thoughtfully against
on- the cushions. —The officer talked longer;
a; b gib he bowed: anil they drove away. I
ui* st mditig before a druggist’s shop, support
ing myself on the brass railing that protected
it. As the carriage whirled rapidly past, I
ventured on last glance at the pink bonnet.
She was still leaning back against the cushions,
and the remains of her nosegay were beside
her As she passed she extended the. hand
winter than snow which held it, over the side
of the open carriage. pressed it for an instant
to her btea-r. hot lips, and dropped it gently at
mv feet. Ist iited forward to receive ’he pre
cious gift —”
“ < >!■’ don’t believe him,’’ cried my wife,
interrm'tn■» me: “it is >ll a romance; it is in
fl • "fl, I lever I > kt d— f never meant I ”
1 . t rrupted her in mv turn, ami seizing the
ba d <h hid extended in tint energy of the
nmintmt I pressed t'. ns she had done the
nosegay »hh gave me.
» -.«•■» Ki'u— ii ‘iim —e—www—
pomticaTu.
''c filial Troup ,'Je.n. — AVhen wo were
I tom durum the past .summer, to convince
v ii, ‘hat the name and influence of Governor
Trnin »ere used fi>rtbp purpose ofadvancing
the <• iu .e of nullifi '.ation. there were many
among you, who entertained d mbts tn regard
■or o i’U'ins upon the sdbjecl,* a d who still
with ’he party bearing his name, : n the
>e. tiiit mir views ncre not well founded,
• ii l,y holding the party together, it would
■ u.'l'v settle down upon its original prin-
i<» mol experience, ’host- unerring tests of
. > actions, have more th n verified all our
t. • ii<’’iun.s.
D' ring die campaign of last year, the inces
ii « rv of Troup, and the Troup party, was
. fr<»m eve l v nullifying paper in the State.
ITm i wu- almost idohz d. and you were told
in s bst.inrp, that 'he salvation of the country
ruled upon the success of the Troup party.
We foi" rw, that the course then tmrsm d
pv ’hi- nnlhfiers, covered a motive bevond ’heir
vc o ration f.u ’lr»on or his principles— that
the inter st* ( >f JVr. (’alltoyn lay much nearer
••'li ir 1 • ar’i ’h i they were at that time wil-
I io :idm i. md ’ha’, if, upon the popularity
ven- " r i"i r>, hey succeeded in gaining
’ ■> cni den. y > Georgia, the political pow
*••* i -j.,te wo ,’d bp «i once transferred tn
r l' l; ; n wi. and -or dt's’inies linked tn the
.uid rcer ’ Sol di Carolina Nullification.
• . >• ri'ihcse facts are before vour eves.
AA’rM k:i > -.g as they did, the strong S’ato
Vmhts pYinriples entertained by Col Troup,
and at • e * one ’one, 1 is “early and uniform
♦fisr- b«h » • ii’dhfieatinn, letters were wri't"n
»ii I on, i'i the I cue of drawing from him, opin
ns uuon th*' subjects of State Rights, which
i hi per adventure tie construed and tortured
I fi'*;du»n; het his fir«t answer during
* nter nf 1532 and 3, brnughi them to a
’** s'a'nfl '' ' '
~a’ letter, a'ter lax irg down his State
VujM, pnurtplrs. he came to sh e verv ration
ed : Urtn’ic conclusion, “That there is no
• ■> . Mei t'V he •■nstitutton to resist lhe
.• ' * ' ‘"e I n ’ed **'ates ” 'I bat “an instj.
’ cd s ’ »• mSv fi r n moment rescue liberty.
t ch ■ f,t maintain indrpetdeore,” and ron
>i. the pore «mrit «>’ a statesq'an, t> at,
• '' • no
sf ’ ’ \ "al!'iwsb , tlhe Bex ”
t!. re vas ev>d’nee reel <nvc <T is awr
- • n ♦«» n»»ll»fieatt*»»». ns well as all other i. ««>r
r i«»n®rv and rrv<v|ufion«rv mtastire«, and
s al’ *■ ffirtent tn have ruVe<| flown upon his
i il r b’t’er hostil 'v of the nulUfiers, had
' their last hope of success. rc«ted upon the
influence of his name.
In this crisis of the«e MT irs. no ma”er hnw
much he differed with them in principle, they
' could not iibandon his name, and accordingly |
wem on to make the most of the let er, and to
pursiiade you that if it was nut ntillific.aflori, it!
was s.> much bka it. that f<>> the sake of keep-1
ing the Troup par’y together, the two might, I
in some degree, be reconciled; and from that
time, it was their policy to keep principles as
much as possible out of view, and to talk and
1 write about the Troup party to the end of the
chapter; & as far ns practicable, to stir »p and
i t>x< i « o*d par’y strifes and divisions, by abus- ;
!in .’ and jr i n r he Clark party, and all for
j the purpose oi preventing that union among;
J men of all firmer parlies then in progress, for!
| the purpose of preserving the Union from the j
assaults of Noli fixation.
■ The second letter of Governor Troup was
'' made imblic in which he States his decided
disapprobation of nullification, in the following
uneq tivocal and emphatic language:
“I am not certain that you are aware of mv
! early and uniform disrelish of the doctrine of
Nullification, as maintained by the ruling par-,
i ty jn a sister State.”
I If further evidence had been wanting of his
! opposition to the South Carolina heresy, the
: foregoing “is strong as proofs from holy writ.”
i There is nothing dubious in his language—it
> .s as plain as it can be —so plain, that sophis
j try itself, would blush at construction. But
i such was still their dependence upon his popii
! larity, tha’ the show of attachment towards
: him was still kept up.
The “Idea of” October came, and they
were defeated—signally defeated. Troupism
and nullification could not amalgamate—prin
ciples so opposite; materials so before gene
ous, could not unite, and accordingly it be
come a matter of primary importance with the
nulhfieri?, io devise some new mode of pro
ceeding, or they wero inevitably overwhelm
ed.
The session of the Legislature commenced
—their forces were assembled—their wisest
heads were laid together for the purpose of e
laborating a plan of operations for the next
campaign—witbin the. midst ol their profound
cogitations, Governor Troup resigned his seat
in the Senate of the United States, and that
too, at a time when a successor from the ranks
of the Union party was ijuvitable.
What followed? During the same month, a
meeting of the Troup party was called, which
met in the State House on the evening of tho
20lh November, al which the doctrine of Nul
lification was fully recognized, and the name
nf Troup utterly abandoned as a party designa
tion, and the name of State Rights substituted
in its stead.
Now, we ask you, in all sincerity, ifTrotip
h id been a nullifier, if he had entertained and
acted opnn the principles of that parly, do you
believe the name of the Troup party would
have been changed? T<»u cannot behove it
would—you know too well, tho respect and
confidence of the party tn h:s talents and pat
riotism, to believe for a moment, that such a
cbanjje would ever have been contemplated,
so 1 mu as the party stood firm to its original
principles-
The effect of this movement, was to draw a
closer bond of Union among the decided nul
lificrs and to identify them tnoro completely
with the same party in Smith Carolina; but
(here w ere still acting with them many of you,
who were warm and devoted friends ofthe U
nion, and who were reluctant to abandon lhe
Troup party on account of their profound re
spect for its leader, and their high confidence
in its principles as originally delivered unto
them.
That portion were mtl' h dissatisfied with
the change, and many were for the moment,
at a loss to comprehend the motive which had
; led to the measure. This was soon discov
ered by tho leaders, to whom it became mani
l fest, that unless some apparent demonstration
:of uiidimmished confidence in Governor
'Troup was speedily made, tn my of his most
devoted friends would abandon them; and ac
cordingly, a subsequent meeting, assembled
fur the purpose of nominating their Congres
sional Ticket, when George M. Troup was
formally nominated as i candidate for tho Pre
sidency of the United Spates, and announced
a oordingly in tho newspapers of that nartv.
I pon this branch of the subject, another and
a very grave question presents itself to y<>>>r
consideration Tor what purpose was he
nommaJed’ Mas it done tn good faith with a
settled dctermiti ition to give him the prefer
ence over all other competi'ors—to run hitn
and support bitn «ith energy, or was he nom
inated for the sole and selfish purpose of con
centrating the whole body oflhe Troop party
to bn eventually turned over to Calhoun, ( lav.
Leigh, nr some other candidate from the ranks
of nulhficaiion? Let tho facts answer this
question.
It is now near five months since Governor
Troup was nominated for the Presidency, and
w hat evidence have vou seen, that ho will be
even run for the office, by those who gave him
the nomination? None. So far as develop
ments have been made, they arc altogether
against such a conclusion.
Several oftbeir newspapers, wo understand
to be decidedly in favor of Vr. Calhoun, and
several others are openly tn the fv Id for Mr.
Dunne. Hou dors that tal'v wuh the nomin
ation of Governor Troup? Can anv man in
,bi- snher senses, with these fac's before his
eve-, and «ith the knowledge, that no single
paper nf that partv has made a bold, vigorous,
ar.d preserving stand fur bim, beliexe that the
nomination was anv thing more than a pohti
< al mancF'iver.
As tho early ard uniform friends of Gov
ernor Troup, wr pr<>'est mn«t solnmnlv agait »1
thr course pursued by the nuKifiers in regard
t<i tfi- nouunaifiun M »• entertain mo murh re
spe-t for his character and service*, to sen
him mad- <l:e instrument of poluicsl legerde
main. for the purpose of hna\i> g iinwtwpechng
Troup men mtn the support of nullifi ation.
Wh >t rrmst ho the feeling* .»f Governor
iroo ft- r witnessing -j pompom: armuncia
una of hmominatton, unsolicited as it is unex-
peeled —with the subsequent course of those
wtio nominated him, and he ultimate cm;vi<--
tion, that it was done expressly, and alone, to
promote their own views and wub (h e exclu
sive motive of m-nding their ow i cause? It
must be exceedingly mortifying and annoying
to him, to witness ihe purposes to w'-.i< h his
name and popularity have been conv»*r'ed. and
to all those-of his genuine old friends, who
remain firm in their first fmh.
Troup is no nulhfier—You are no nu'lifiers.
Troup believes in “'rhe Union of the Slates,
one and indivisible—so do you.
lie maintains, that “the only constitutional
remedy for unconstitutional laws, is the Ballot
Box—so do you. Fie has “entertained an
early and uniform disrelish for the doctrine of
nullification—and so have you; and entertam
ing inese opinions how can you act with the,
Calhoun party?
Let not the magic name of “State Rights”
decoy you into the toils of nullification. Your
genuine old Stalo Rights principles are to be
found with the Union party. It maintains a
strict construction of the constituuon—conce
ding no powers to the Federal Government
but such as are clearly and unquestionable
delegated in the constitution, and claiming for
the States and the people, every power, re.
served and acquired by that instrument.
For lhe redress of assumptions and iisurpa
tions of power, wq believe with Air Jeff‘rsou
and Governor Troup in (he efficacy of the Bal
lot Box, because we confide m the patriotism
and intelligence of the people, as lhe only
foundation upon which republican government
can exist.
i But we deny the right of a single Slate to
defy the government of the twenty four Stales,
and dissolve the Union of her will and pleas
ure; and will never consent io a separation,
until in ihe language of Governor Troup,
“some terrible oppression or some frightful
tyranny driving people to desomr, shall divide
them from the Umod.”
Hava you witnessed this terrible oppression
and frightful tyranny driving the people to de
spair? No.
Do you anticipate such calamities? No; but
we will tell you what we may all anticipate—
we may well anticipate ihe most reckless and
ungovernable ambition among aspiring men,
driving them to deeds of desperate madness;
men who are at this moment; agitating this re
public to its foundations, to consumetc their
unholy aspirations for power — Union.
From the Charleston Courier.
THE TEST 0 VTH
The Nulhfiess contm ie their efforts at de
ception in n.lalion to tile Sonin Carolina Test
Oath. I’he following form of ihe n. w Oath
under the Military Bill, has been prescribed
by Executive authority, Lvi ivithoui icarrant
or law.
‘ I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm)
that I will be faithful; ami true allegiance bear,
to the State of South Carolina; and tii.il I will
support and maintain, to ihe utmost of my a
bihty, the Laws and Constituuon ofthe State,
and ofthe Unitvd Sta'es: So help me G«>d ”
This is an ingenious amalgamation of two
Oaths into one, tn opposition to tho order of
chronology and of law, calculated to disguise
the meaning and hide the deformity of the
i new Mihtia Oath. W e give below the seveial
i Oaths, in their constitutional and legal shape,
: ami etironoloc.ical order.
The Constimiion of the Slate, Art. 4, di-
Deets, that “nil persons who shall lie chosen,
or appointed to any offi> e of profit or trust, be
fore entering on the execution thereof, shall
take the following Oath.”
“I do swear, or affirm, that I am duly qual
ified, according to the Constituturn of 'bis
State, to exen ise the office m wbu-h i have
, been nppoin'ed, and will, to the best of mv a
; bilities. discharge the duties (hereof, .rd pie
' serve, protect, and defend the Constiiution of
! this State, and ofthe United Slates ”
I This is the first, the constitutional Oath >o
betaken by the newly elected Militia offi
cer.
In March, 1833, the Convention of Sooth
Carolina nullified 'he Force Bill, and pnss< d
the following edict:
“We do farther ordain and declare that thr
; atkgiance of the citizens of this while
they continue such is due to the sn.d State:
and that obedience onbi and not allegiance, is
due by \}\em to any other poire r or authority,
to whom a contmll over tic tn ha- been, or
may bo, delegated by the Shite; and that ’he
General Assembly ofthe said State, is hereby
empowered from time to time, when they may
deem it proper, taprovide for the administra
tion to the citizens arid officers of the Stale, or
such of the said officer* an they may think fit.
of etiiiablo oath- or nffirma’ions, binding them
to the ohservao <• »t such allegiance, and ab
juring all other allegiance; and also to define
what shall amount to a violation of their alle
giance, and ‘o provide the proper punishment
for such vu lalion.”
In December, 1833. the Legislature of
South Carolina, controlled, bv the same nulli
fying party that ruled in the Convention, pass
ed an Act en'i’led “an Act to provide for the
Military organization of this Stale,” bv the
t 10th See. of which, it was enacted as follows; t
: —“ln addition to the oaths now required bv !
law. every officer ofthe Militia, l.ereaf' re- !
iected. shall, before he en’ors on the dutir* <> •
his office, take and subscribe, before some ;
person authorized by law to administer oaths,
the following:
“I. A. B. dn.soletnnlv swear, (or affirm, a- i
the case may he) that 1 will be faithful, and
true allegiance bear, to ihe State of South Car-;
ohna.”
This tho second oath to be taken bv the •
newly elected Maliua Officer, not as a par- ;
’he former oath, hut as a dis'met oath in addi I
lion to the old one, and having a d<ffen-r,i 1
morning, to be gathered Irom ns nec»**s»irv (
connexion with the Ordnance of Convention
tha’ preceded i», declaring allegiance to be due
ejr'hisicely to the State, and obedience only,
and not allegiance to be due to the United
Stabs.
Will ihe papers throughout the Union friend
Iv to our cause, or disposed to give us fair
plav publish ibis article? It Will servo to
corret misrepresentation; and prove that the
Union party here are patriotically and in good
faith, striving not onlv to maintain their rights
of conscience unimpaired, but to uphold the
constitutional supremacy of the Federal Un ;
ion in South Carolina, against an insidious at-i
tempt to lay it prostrate at the foot of State
Sovereignty. I
From the Jllbanq Argus.
Washington, 13th Jlapril. )
Dear Honor and glory to the demo-i
cracy of New York! Their triumph is not the ’
less important because their majority is small.
That ’hey have been able under lhe circum
stances to secure amj majority, is a matter of
wonder, and speaks trumpet-tongued in favor
of the independence and general mcorruptabil
i’v of the people ofNew York.
What a mockery has been made by the
Bmk men in vour city of the terms constitu
tion, lib ,, rtq and order! Pretending to fight
for the constitution, their sole object was to
sustain its most palpable violation', under the
cry <>f liberty, they deprived the laboring men
dependent on them, of the freemen of suffrage,
its dearest boon; claiming to be the exclusive
friends of order, they took effectual means to
break it. Purse-proud insolence which de
manded implicit submission to its will, talked
of General Jackson’s tyranny; corruption nev
er surpassed tn the old world, put on the cloak
of Washington; and the pinks of “good socie
ty,” the gentility of the city, the money lenders
and money changers, the dandies and lady’s
men, assumed the ferocity of sansculottes and
Jacobins. What could not be completed by
private intimidation, was attempted by pub
licly overawing freemen at the polls. Before
the election, threats were made of appeals to
arms, if the administration .should tic sustain
ed; and in the midst of a riot excited by them
selves, they plundered the arsenal, and pre
pared to shed the blood of their brethren!
If the bitter fruit of all tins deunciation and
violence had been tasted only by the instiga
tors. they would not have deserved pity, what
ever regret the scene might have excited.—
Those who, in a country like this, t of ap
peals to force, deserve to be its first victims;
and 1 could not help being struck with the
circumstance that one of the editors of the
American, which on Thursday spoke of an
aopeal ’<» the “baijofiet,” before night felt the
t’ iree of the bind eon, its natural precuruor.—
Wuh us, ail controversies for o iwer lie! > ig to
the ballot-box; and he who seriouslv talks of
anv other appeal, desrrvec the fate of a trai
tor. '
Your "lection ass >rds another most powerful
argument agiinst the re-charter of lhe Bank
of ihe United States, or the establishment of
any other similar institution. In its struggle
to conquer the government of the people, it
has filled your city with riot, and stained vour
pavements wuh blood. Yes, it has excited a
mass of your people to such a pitch of frenzy,
that they were ready to rush into scenes of
carnage for its support. That it should have
such power in JVe.w York, is tho more extra
ordinary, because, to your city, the Bank is a
FOREIGN POWER. Il controls your mar
ket, regulates the value of your property,
makes money plenty or scarce at will. n> d in
most that relates to vour trade and prosperity
governs yon with as absolute sway as lhe Guipe
ror of Russia docs the city of Warsaw.—
If 'hat Bank were at niiulated, your city I
would assume the poss.t.on which belongs
‘to her. become independent of foreign !
control, and her market a d property would
*he regulated bv hers"|f Yet does your for I
\eign ruler and tyrant find means to array al
mosi h .lfof vour population, including neatly /
all the mercHiitileclass, against the indepen
dence and orrtniiiient interest of their own
"ity! Philip of Macedon conquered Athen*
bv ’he mlrotl u'fion o' an ass loaded with gold,
and it is bv the subtle substitute for gold in
vented in modern tim".*. ’hat Nicholas of Phil
adelphia has attempted to conquer New York,
’’tulip’s gold moved the tongues of lhe Athe
nian ora’ors, who misled a people that could
not penetrate the mottv.-s of their eloquence; i
and ’he facilities "I Nicholas have moved the |
pen* of your editors, as well as tho tongues ot .
vour orators. Look at your AA ebb and your
iNoah— proved, known and acknowledged to i
be mercenary and corrupt; and yet they are
among the leaders of vour people! By what
standard of political or moral honesty must a
’ p -r'y be governed which follows such leaders? [
Can they have anv att ichment to their city, I
their state, or their country? Is not all the.r
morality, their religion and their patriotism, i
codeentrated tn the word MONEY?
I' is not to tue divan in Philadelphia alone '
that these corrupt men would subject you. In
league with those dignitaries is a targe portion
of th" moneyed power of Humpe. ! Trie a ven's
ofthe Barmgs ned the II I’tmguers are the
m >*t actn e of your opposition leaders, and 'be
cap'am of a picket owned by the Barings,
mines w’h one of their agen s in an assault on
; vour printing offices and vour people! Men
j pod wit • ihe tnonei ofthe Barings, and men !
connected w th 'hem in business, and depend- !
.• t o i >t.. >! * r wealth, insult and assault the
‘ 'Y'-eme . ’ N.- vY uk who dare to maintain j
ibcr i< d.v dual r.ghts and personal mdepend-
I Pfier •'
The show’of triumph a 1 the vote, upon ihe
i ik in ’he II - is" nf Representatives has pas
sed away, o.d <■ may now contemplate the
d > ■ id- of in »• -n’ending parties m their new
;> • 5. S.iv na’ they will, that majority I
o ’piftv three'ignm*! the re-charter ol he
r- >iuk,p"/ an end to the hopes ofthe
lusblution i'he hi le o'’ New-York was
<’o ig t aft tt c Kin.? * r i c Batik men served,
had h*n beoeadc ’ N<-. er w.ll a msjonty <>l
H O’Re >r"se i! litres be found t o
vote for rechartermg that corrupt institution'
It is undoubtedly true, that many who voted
l'>r die rusol.it.ion bad not made up their minds
c nehisivelv agai-.st any bank of the United
Mates; but I veiily believe there would have
(men a decided maj ri’y against such a propo- “
snion under any form or modification. That
feeling becomes stronger from day to day, as A
the power and danger of the present Bank il
lustrate themselves in its struggle for existence
arid dominion. 'That public opinion will and
ought so to settle down, I have no doubt.
A few days ago the Bank of Washington in
this city stopped payment, and it was followed
yesterday by the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
in Georgetown, and a Bank in Alexandria.
They were all in the hands of the U. S. Bank
men, and the first failure may be called volun
tary. It is said, and I believe truly, that the
Bank of Washington had less than $4C,000 of
notes in circulation, and ’bo Bank of the Me
tropolis and die U. S. Branch here offered to
lend it $40,000, if tho Directors would make "
themselves personally responsible for it. That
they refused to do. This refusal is certainly
strong evidence of something rotten in th „
condition of the institution, or of a determine
tion to add a little to the panic and endeavo
thus to serve the cause of King Biddle ! I trust
there will be an investigation by Congress info
the cause*-*ftlus failures of these Banks, and
an inquiry whether iheir managers have not
recently sold out their stock. —how much they
respectively owe, and why they have not col
lected the moneys due to them, as there has
been abundant time since the Bank of the U. |
States commenced its course of agitation. ‘
These Banks were miserable concerns, and
their failure is not to beMiegretted except for
ihe »o-ses it brings on many innocent people.,
i . wim— mu «.i »,i lawniwMßwriiwraw— >
RECORDER SPV
EK. COBB <& HI. 11. GATIIIIIGIIT, Editors.. *
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AURARiA, GJ3O. SMTAIT 24.1034.
We are autliorised to say that a meeting
of the! NION ANl‘ STATE niGIUXS !• >RTY f
of Lumpkin County, will be held at Dali* !
loEinega, on the Ist Tuesday in JTune uexts
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Ticket.
Jonrt CGFI TL, r 3M&S County.
SE ATON GRANTLIND, of Baldwm.
CH ARES E. IIAYxNES, of Hancock.
GEORGE W. OWENS, of Chatham.
WILLIAM Sf.'H LEY. of Richmond.
JOHN W. A TS <»f Baldwin.
JAMES C. TERRELL, of Franklin.
GEORGE B. TOWNS, ofTalbot,
JAMES JM. VV AYNE, of Chatham.
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Indian Outrages.
We learn that the t’itizens <»f Etowah and its vicinilr 1
ty, are in a state of great alarm, from an ap, rehension' ’
of immediate Indian hostilities. It seems that j
this alarm, has been produced from the following -.1
Circumstances. O
About a week since, as Doctor Burns was travelling'
t road in (he direction of the Village, lie passed'a j
Iu w miles from it. several Indians seated near the road. J
| After passing them thirty or forty steps, one of them,
called to him and as he turned his head towards them,
one of the party fired a rifle gun at him; the ball pas- ' '
sed through the crown of his hat, and produced a slight
ivuuu4..u ti.4.uiJa
Shortly after his arrival in Town, an Indian girl
came in and gave an additional alarm, by stating that 1
the In-iians h.ad resolved upon an immediate attack |
upon the > itizeus of th . Village. Necessary measures i
were immediately taken for the protection of the de- ’
fenceless citizens. Guards were keet out. for several
days, and we are happy to learn, that no other symp
toms of an immediate assault have been discovered. ,
That the Indians have talked among themselves, of ‘
taking up arms against our Citizens in the berokee J
country we think, is reasonable enough to believe.
But we cannot believe, that a serious and settled de
termination exist, among them en mass, of making a ,
general nttack upon our Citizens ot this country.
They are perfectly aware of their weakness, and ina
bility to sustain a measure of the kind: and that it
could only result in their certain and speedy • xter« X
mination from the country. ’
It is said that the Indian who committed the assault
m on IJoct. Burns, is one. who murdered an individ
ual several years ago, in Cat-roll county, and has been
ever since, skulking through the country as an outlaw,
and that his principal object was money.
Tlte Western Elerald.
'l'he name of 'his paper since its removal to Athens
Geo. ha* been changed ’o that of the Southern Whig, r ,
and is untler the Editorial conduct of William E. Jones* ‘ <
Esq The Whig has taken a bold and dicisive stand
for Nullification, and has adopted the following, as its
motto ‘'Where powers are assumed which have not
been delegated Nullification of the act is the rightful
remedy.”— Jijferson.
The P Office at Vanns Valley has hi enremovcL
to Livir.gston Floyd county, an I A. H. Johnston _
appointed Post Master.
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Interesting to the People of tho Cherokee J
Circuit. ,
It will he seen by the folllowing resolution,
that should ihe Committed of Ways and Means,
ma ea report favorable to ihe establishment of the
mail routes contemplated by the resolutions; that
the citizens of this circuit will be relieved, in a great
measure from their present difficult and unccriain
means ol communication Under lhe present regu
lations ofthe mail routes through this country,
papers and letters are frequently two or three
weeks io getting from one Court-house to another