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FOREIGN. PORTUGAL. London, March 28. The repulse of Don Miguel’s troops in a des perate attack on the lines occupied by the'Con stitutionalists is fully confirmed. It will be seen, by the following account, that the attack was one ofthe most serious that has yet taken place. The Scotch troops seem to have be haved, as they always do, most admirablv— The subjoined account of this affair is from the Times: On the evening of the 3d inst. the enemy made a movement upon the lines of the Serra, but easily yielded to opposition offered. This feint, and the fact of large bodies of troops hav ing been seen for two days crossing the river from the south, led to the expectation of some thing important on the morrow. The troops m the city were therefore ordered to remain under arms all night. Next morning, the 4th, at four o’clock, a brisk firing commenced all aronnd the lines, while a second attack was thieatened on the Serra, General Torrers, commanding in that quarter, withdrew, his pickets and allowed the enemy to advance on fin open space, when he opened upon them five batteries, with grape and conister, and speedily forced them to retire with considerable loss. At six o’clock, A. M. the real point of the xjnemy’s attack became apparent. At that hour, two columns of about 4000 and 2000 each, were seen advancing under colours, to attack the right, between the Foz and Lordello. At half past six, the position of Pastelleiro, and towards a redoubt on the left occupied by Sal ■danha with the Portugese, forming the right of 'the point of attack, was saluted with heavy ar tillery to cover the advancing columns, while .the battery above Lordello opened upon the po sition between Matta Sept, lying between the battery and Pastelleiro, this position being oc copied by the Scotch Fusileers, and forming the centre and the left of the point of attack, tlie former under Col. Jones and the latter under I Major Mameron. One ofthe columns, under cover ol this fire, moved on the Postelleiro, oc cupied by the 3d Infantry, while the other ad vanced between the light house and Pastelleiro, occupied by the lOih Cacadores. Both col umns were allowed to advance tiil close upon the redoubts, when a brisk firing of grape and Canister and musketry, opened upon them, which compelled them to fall back in confusion. The fugitives of the column repulsed from Pos telleiro formed with a third body intended for the attack with great boldness ; the assailants were kept at bay by the Fusileers until half past nine, when the 12th Cacadors joined and made fire so hot, that the enemy were forced to retire in great disorder, a second time they returned to he attack, and were again repulsed ana forced to retire to a hollow, keeping up however, a sharp fire on Matta Sept. At this time a field piece was brought io bear on the point from which the enemy had retreated, when they returned to the attack for the third time : they were now met by a murderous discharge of grape and canister, and by ten o’clock tiie whole line of attack had retreated, after four hours of most desperate firing. The defeat of the Migulites on this occasion has been one of th- most signal that has occurred since the s g-. ' fi'St the loss ofthe Migulites in the action * aid in Oporto to amount only to 600 kil j rd wounded, but the reports of deserts, 1 ded with the fact of about 400 dead having . seen on the ground from which the enemy retired, soon augmented the number of killed and wounded to 2000, which at one time I was myself inclined io oefieve, having accidentally be» n with Major Shaw on the 7th, when a ga lego, wno had been seized by the Migulite pack ets a fortneight before, made his escape from their lines, and reported to the Major that thev V ie still engaged in burying their dead ; but I live adopted the number of 1,500 because in a pi ivate letter from one of the Ministers, he lim its .fie Migualites to this amount. Bin to those ir'erested in this struggle, the number put hors dr combat must be of little importance, in com parison with the moral effect produced upon those within Oporto by the termination of this glorious day. The loss on Don Pedro’s side on this day vas 22 killed «nd j 6 wounded, chiefly from the Scotch Brigade, with the 'exception of (hem, thp whole of the troops engaged in the action were Portuguese, who fought most , !Ve y* The reason of the much greater s aghterot the Miguelites is of course account ed 'or by th- ir coming up in dose columns i: under the range of the immense volumes 1 of -’Pe and canister shut, which were reserv ed ♦<»•• them. - Repulse— His majesty’s steamer -'inroice arrived at Falmouth, March 30th l. sbon and Oporto. She left Oporto ’ n 4-3 ). Provisions to some amount had b“ n landed w ithin the last three weeks, and dmre niiglit have arrived in the citv this wav about .0 day s supply. The enemy had, how'- ‘■.go gun boa U al Matozinhos, which gave cmstdeiable interruption to the landing, dior -wo davs before the packet sailed, . M ,bP ' ; , On L Sunda y the 24>h there was u attack made by the Migulites the two ex hemes of the fines. Ou the right thev took an unfinished redobut on the height of' Antas homwnich they were subsequently driven with great loss lU killed and wounded, and 45 oris oner«- rr ' l • ’ * • - t>„ 1 on th’s noir” was five officers and 17 men killed, and 9 offi- < cers and 70 men wounded. Among the offi cers wounded, were Major Sadler, severely, and Capt. Wright, mortally—While this took place upon the right of our line, says an Opor to letter of the 25th, the left was kept equally employed, for the enemy simultaneously attack ed the light house, Saldanha’s redoubt, and the Pastelleiro. They were met in Gen. Saiidan ha’s usual way, that is allowed to come within] I pistol shot before he opened upon them, when! a deadly fire of musketry, and rockets, was thrown in, which forced them to retire with pre cipitation ; and, as our men were under cover, i while they were exposed, the enemy’s loss was very great. 7.S z.X v v. fir ;,s v && & 'Zs zd a- CHEROKEE, Saturday, June 1,1833. i*'- MZ MX MX M/ XfX MX MX MX W *»/ MX M/ MX ,»X MX MX MX MX /*'. .*4X X4Y St'. Si\ Zx Zx xiv .OX Zx /4X /*'. Zx Z»\ >*x >,<* u'T Z? THE CONSTITUTION. The proposed, digested, alteration of the Constitution, as contemplated by an act of the ! last Legislature, is now before the people fur their consideration and ultimate adoption or re jection. We are satisfied with its features aind j shall, however feebly, advocate its ratification. The subject of reduction, has, for several years been before the people of Georgia—ail parties have agreed upon the necessity and expediency ot the measure ; but, in this, as in every thing else, various modes and plans have been sug gested. in the discharge of our duties and in the exercise of our rights, we took occasion to submit our views in our remarks heretofore made on examining this subject ; they are not, entirely, included in the plan the Convention j now submits to the people ; but some of the • prominent features of our plan are included and we are not so selfish as to believe we are per feet in cur conceptions of this or any other, and I therefore, reject the offered plan because we { may not have offered it. We conceive that the principle upon which the Constitution founds the government remains unaltered or if altered it is bettered. We perceive that many of our brethren of the type are dissatisfied with the proposed al teration and will, we suppose, oppose its ratifi cation. Will they not yield up a little to gain a great deal ? Will they not act upon the prin ciple of concession ? we are, always, disposed to do so. A newspaper of this state assumes to say of the proposed plan, “It stifles the voice and prostrates the influence of the slave-holding, the principal tax-paying portion of the state, bv adopting the northern and repudiating the southern principle.” On reading a sentence ■ fraught with so much arrogance, we have scarce ly patience to repress our indignation and are more disposed to turn from it with contempt, than undertake its calm investigation; but as this question must be discussed before the peo ple of Georgia, through the several organs of communication, without regarding responsibility we shall proceed, from time to time, to answer the objeciions that may be urged against the proposed amendment and present, in support of it, such reasons as have convinced us of its propriety. Although we are, at all times, willing to yield to the laws and constituted authorities of the country, that obedience that a freeman ought to yield, and that respect to talents that an in ferior ought to pay, yet, when one chagrined I and disappointed, because he is not permitted to dictate, asserts what is unfounded in fact and J not supported by truth and endeavors to inflame the public mmd by, unnecessarily, introducing a subject, mure than any other, calculated to ir ritate it, there must be the exercise of more philosophy than has fallen to our share, to hear it without emotions of indignation. There is no more justification in coupling the proceed ings of the Convention with the opinions of the northern people on the subject of slavery, than han there was in the rediculous absurdity of assimilating the course of Georgia, with regard to her lands, to South-Carolina Nullification; there is as much correctness in one as the other. The northern people have not and cannot, now or here rfter, so interfere with our slave popula tion as to alter, or in any way disturb, their condition ; and it is the advancement of the converse of this proposition by Georgians, that we look upon as unwarrantable. No one man should be allowed to exercise more influence than another, in the Legislature or in the community where he may reside, on account of his property—if property is to be the standard by which a man’s usefulness and ability is to be ascertained, in Georgia, then the most wealthy man should be the Governor, the nex richest have the office next below him and so on down to the lowest office,desired by the wealthy. If property is to be the criterion, j why not permit the rich man to number his tickets lat the ballot-box according to the number of ’ slaves upon his plantation and why not graduate i and regulate the franchises of Georgia’s free- * men by the number of slaves they may have I If our privileges are to be measured by the number of slaves we possess ? why not by the number of acres of land, having a prudent re gard to its quality ? why not by the number of cows, horses, hogs or any other species of pro perty we may have? Can anyone contem plate this subject, without perceiving that the absurdities here enumerated are intimately con nected with ‘ the property qualification."— \ erilv this aristocracy does not suit our plain, republican notions but is as haisji as a whip-saw passing over a bar of steel, to them. It is urged that he that pays the most tax has ” ri °ht to a more weighty influence than he that i pays less ; in answer to that we say, that he r that pays the most tax has the greatest necessity for legislation and the performance of public duties ; much is done for the exclusive protec tion of property which results, exclusively, to the benefit ofthe rich, if this be true, no injus tice is done the rich by demanding from them a larger share toward the support of the go vernment than is required of the poor. With his I I liberty secured the poor man is sufficiently pro- I 1 vided for, in its enjoyment he might live and die [ i without that vast quantity ol surplus legislation that we find in our statute-books relative to , property —besides all this, who holds the high lucrative and honorable offices in the state? the poor? no, the rich I talent is the least qualifi . cation if property is not its companion. If the government is worth preserving, it must be done by contributions from the people, m the nature ■ of taxes : it is perfectly fair that he that has most to enjoy should contribute most to its pro- ‘ tection ; the position that we here assume is j remarkably and critically illustrated by a beau- ; ! tiful passage in the New-Testament, in the j words of our Lord—St. Luke c 21—v 123 4. I It is not our business to excite feeling against i [ the rich, this has not been and never will come | within the range of our duties or afford us any pleasure ; we, however respect no man on ac count of his property, .we disrespect no m in on account ot his poverty ; in forming tin estimate of any man, we do not enquire whether be is ' rich or poor ; we envy no man his property we ! succumb to none on that account. The amendment presented by the Conven- ( lion is, perhaps, not so complete but that per sons in some parts of the state may find objec tions to it, this would be the case with anv plan ; we hope the people, acting upon the principle of compromise and concession, will ratify the act ofthe Convention. To notice all the silly bombast that finds its way into many of the Georgia newspapers of the day, would be a task equalled in its irk someness only by its unprofitableness. When we hear it said that Mr. Forsyth or Judge Wayne is the leader of the Clark party, we are more disposed to pity the ignorance ofthe asset ter than to be offended at his meaning.— riiere is this fact learned from such reni uks, however, that those who make them, measure the policy ofthe Clarkor Union party bv their own selfish and contracted views, views that do not extend beyond the present hour. When Mr I'orsyth, Judge Wayne or any other men or individual, without regard to names, act upon the principles that form the creed of that party, matters n) e rc |y temporary and local, shall not divide us. \V e are never lead, we go in company with those that pursue the course we conceive to be right. I ° It will be seen by looking into almost any newspaper of recent date, that personal violence has been attempted upon the President of the United States, by alate lieutenant in the Naval service, named R. B. Randolph ; the history of this man and this transaction is, that he was appointed, by captain Patterson, purser, in the piace ot Mr. Timberlake, dec. Randolph was accused of acting faithlessly and a Court of .Enquiry was detailed to examine into the. charges preferred against him ; upon the return of the Court the President ordered his dismiss- I al fiom lheservice. Upon forming anopinion j of Randolph’s conduct, the foregoing facts are ' I not in view; it is useless to enumerate the reasons that influence us, they ate those tlmt.i i naturally arise upon hearing the particulars of such improper conduct on the part of Randolph. I 1 his outrage furnishes evidence that the ag- [ gressor is unlit for any sei vice, even the most slavish. EXECUTIVE DEPA ft I’ VI LN F, (i Eon g7a. I Milledgeville, 17th May, 1833. <I‘E AS, by an act of the General Asseni- : bly of this State, passed the 24th day De- i cember, 1832, entitled “an Act to provide for the I call ot a Convention to reduce the number ofthe , General Assembly of the State o f Georgia, and for i other purposes thereto named,” it is provided I “That it shall be the duty of His Excellency the I . Governor to give publicity to the alterations and amendments made in the Constitution in reference to the reduction of the nrnnher of members < om poitng the General Assembly--and the first Mon aay i.i October next, after the rising of said Con >--v.tion, he shall fix on for <he ratification, by the ! people, of such amendments, alterations or new arti cles as they may make for the objects of reduction & equalization of the General Assembly only: ami it jratified by a majority ofthe voters who vote on the question of “Ratification” or -No Ratification” —then, in that event, the alteration so by them made and ratified, shall be binding upon the peo ple oftliis State, and not otherwise.” And where as, the Delegates of the people of this State’, as sembled in Convention under the provisions of die before recited act, have agreed to, and declared | the following to be alterations a ud amendments of 1 the Constmtion of this State, touching the repn>- I sentatmn us the people in the GenerarAsssernbly ) thereof, to wit: J I ■ “Whereas, the third section of the first article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia is in the i following words, to wit: “The Senate shall be elect- ' ed annually on the first Monday in November, un- i til such day of election be altered by law,’and shall be composed ofone member ftoni'each coun ty, to be chosen by the electors ilmreof.” And' whereas a part of the seventh section of thn first article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia is in the following words, tn wit: “The House'of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties which now are or hereafter may be included within the State, accordin" to their respective numbers of free white persons and ! including three-fifths of all the people of colour:” | Anu io the same section, the following, to wit: “each county containing three thousand ners.ms I agreeabiv to t* l " r - r shal' be entitled tu two members, seven thousand to three member, and tweive thousand to four members, but each county shall have at least one' and not more than four members.” And whereas the aforesaid third section, and the said parts of the seventh section of the said first article of the Constitution, touching there iresenlation of the Gcner.l Assembly ofthe State, nas been found, by experience, so be defective, on I account of the great numbers in me Legislature and the enormous expense on account thereof—wo ' the Delegates of the people ofthe State of Geor -1 gia, in General Convention assembled, chosen and | authorised by them to revise, alter and amend the ' ! saidrfwp sbctrmi3 and other parts, if any, tduclu'n'g. I the representation ofthe people of Georgia in the General Assembly, have, after mature reflection and deliberation, declared the following to be amendments in lieu us the aforesaid third section, and parts of the seventh section, which, ; when ratified by the people of the State, shall be I taken, held and coDsitkred as parts of the Coiisti- I tutiou ofthe State of Georgia in lieu ofthe afore j said. I “The Senate shall he elected annually on tbo j first Monday it’ October, urnil such day of elec i tion shall be altered by law, and shall be composed of one member from each senatorial district to be' I chosen by the electors thereof, which said senato rial districts shall be form: J by adding two eonti gitotis counties together throughout the State, without regard to population, as is hereinafter sj>e-‘ cified and defined, the county ofMtarray excepted, which shall constitute, together with such county 'or counties as may be hereafter formed out of thn [ territory now composing s:u 1 county of Murray, [one senal'irial district, the whole Lumber of dis tricts shall be fiiriy-fiye and no more, and in the event ol the formation oi any new county or coun ties, the legislature, at the time of such formalioti. shall attach the same to some contiguous senato rial district. Each senator shall ho a resident of the district lor which he may be el-.-cted. as is required by the present Constitution, ol residence in the county. Ihe following shall be the senatorial districts: I he county bt Murray sh dl constitute the first district.- 'l’hesecond district shall be composed ol tne counties ol Gilmer aud Union: The third of the counties ol Rabun and Habersham: The fourth, of the counties of Lumpkin and Chero kee; The fifth, of the counties of Cass and Floyd. The sixth, of the counties of Ja-kson and Hall: Ihe seventh, ol the counties of Franklin and Madison- The eighth, ofthe comities of Gninnett and Forsyih; r l’he ninth, of the counties of 1 aiildmg and Cobh: f*he tenth, of the counties of Fayette and DeKalb: The eleventh, of the counties of Campbell ami Carroll; ’I he twelfth, of the counties of Coweta and Mcrriwether; 1 tie thirteenth, of the counties of T roup and Heard; The fourteenth, ofthe counties of Henry and Newton: The fifteenth, of the comities of Walton ami ( lark; The sixteenth, of lhe coun ties of Oglethorpe and Elbert: The seventeenth, ofthe counties of Greene and Tallialerro; The eighteenth, ol the counties of Wilkes and Lincoln: I he nineteenth, of the counties of Putman and Morgan: 1 lie twentieth, of the counties of Burts ami Jasper: The twenty-first, of ’.he counties of l ike and Upson: TTie twenty-second, of the coun ties of Harris anrj I’alboi: The twenty-third, of the counties of Crawford and Munroe: Thn twenty (mirth, of the counties of Ihbb and’Hou r, ton; Jfhe twemy-fifih, o f the counties of Jone* and Baldwin: ITie twenty-sixth, Os the courities of Twiggs and Wilkinson: The twenty-seventh, of the coumies of Warren and Hancock. r ! lie twenty-eighth, ofthe counties of Columbia and Richmond: The twenty-ninth, of the counting of Burke and Scrivon: The thirtieth, of the tmun jties of Washington and Jcffimsmi: T’lm thirty . ffist, of the counties of Bullock and Emamiei: ’ I he thirty-second, ol the counties of Laurens ami j Montgomery. The thirty third, ofthe counties of Doolv & Pulaski: The tbiriy-fourtli, of ;t|o conn pies of Marion and .Muscogee; The thi'tv-fifth, of . the counties of Randolph ami I'arlv. The thirtv j sixth, of the counties ol Sumpter and Stewart: [The thioy-sf’vcnih, of the comities of Baker and U' P: r , The thirty-eighth, of thecmmiies o( bwm and I’elfai.r. The thirty-ninth, of tlie counties of Appling an I Tattnall. The fortieth, ofthe coun ties of Chatham ami I’ffirtchain. The forty first, of the counties of Bryan and Liberty. The forty second, of the counties of M’ltito'sh and Glytm. [ Ihe forty-thirt?, of the ciuniies of Wayne and (Camden. The forty-fourth, of the cotinlies of i W .ire and Lowtitles. .he forty-fifth, of the conn lies of Decatur an I Thomas. 'The House of Re : pre-entatives shah be composed oi members from [ all the counties whit h now are, or may be, inclnd ,ed within the State, according to their respective ' numbers of free white persons. I he whole number of members in lite House nf Representatives shall be one hundred and forty four -and no more, except in the case nf a im ,vly created county or counties; such new county or counties shall have one member for ear: i county, unlilthe taking rd the next ceiimis thereafter, ami the whole number shall be nDpor'inned in tiio following manner, viz; the fifteen countie , having! the highest number of tree while persons nlial) be entitled to three members each, the tw. ntv.-fiva counties having the next highest nmnbe sos fren while persons shall have two members c-acit, and the remaining furty-niuc counties shall h ave one member each. • iieneyer from the creation of a new county of (counties, the whole number <d members in-liio i House of Representatives shall exceed th,e otja;- jber of one hundred and fiuty four, it sha I be tho : duly ot the Legislature, at its first sessi in after I the taking of the first census after the crejiionof ; such new county or counties, in uiporlio tih'g liui .members, to take one member from orie,o.f .the counties having three members, to supply such newly created county, always beginning v. i h th’, county that has the smallest number of fr. re wifi '.a • persons that may he entitled to three mf-m’i.-rs. Fhe census shall be taken, as hefetofoi'r, once in seven y» 3r s. and the Leg-slat nr.- shall, adits fi.-t session after the taking of e.i< n Ceu.ius, app.ir'i.i t the members among the sever 4 cirtmijes ol’th'S State, -as is- heretofore provided; provided caul county shall have one rreml.t r. JAMES M. WAYNE, President oj the. (Juaveidliui, May 15, 1833. Attest, Wll.KtX-q IL’KT. "j _