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- v» From <t he GreenciUe Mountaineer.
’ UNION MEETING. . * '
At a meeting of the Union parly conven
ed at Major Tully Bollings on Friday th.e
17th January, 1834, Capt. Henry Smith was
called.to the chair and John II. Harrison
appointed Secretary. On motion, Nathan
Berry, Wilson Cobb, Wm. Davenport, John
.Maciicn, John Gambrell, Owen Jenkins,
Robert (Jains, Capt. Ccolley, Micajah' Berry'
" and John \V, Harrison, a committee to pre.
pare and report a preamble and. resolutions
expressive of the sciisc of this, meeting on
the present alarming crisis of our public- .af
fairs, who having retired a short time report
ed the following which was unanimously
adopted: ' _ -i
Because said oath is predicated on.the ‘or
dinnnee that was past on tlie 18th of March
1833 by what is called the StatQ convention
The second section of-the said oTHinanco of
said convention declares and ordains, “That
the allegiance of the citizens of tho state
while they continue such, is due to the State,
and-rtliat ’obedience .only and not allegiance,
is duo by them to any other power or au
thority, to whom a controul over them has
"been, or may be delegated by the state,” [mark
this,] it expressly says that obedience is due
to any power or authority “ to whom the state
has or may delegate power to,” [suppose the
power delegated to Great Britain, where
would State Rights be ?J
Preamble, Whereas the dominant party*
of the State of South Carolina, while they by
their nullification professed to be in aid of the
minority of the United States, they trample
into the dust the most sacred rights of 'the
' minority of their own state.—The proclama
tion and forcc-Bil! haring hedged up their
path of disunion—they appear determined by
their-late acts to pour out their fury on the
Union party of the State,—they have got tho
-purse of the State and are grasping after the
sword. By their late preparations it appears
they intend to fight for Nullification and to be
pirtB oUt of tho public treasury. If the union
party ^attempt to defend their constitutional
rights, they must find their own arms and
ammunition, their own provisions, and expect
'no pay but glorious liberty—tho production
of the American soil, which her sons are
bound to defend, and-support.'
. ^Therefore, Resolved, that wo the
jupion party view the organization of tho mi
lilia tlie forerunner of proscription, disfran
chisement and confiscation of property, a dan
Ijgrous pdlicy" unca11 ed for and impolitick:
'^ReSbKed, That test oaths are at van
adee with our republican principles—they
t may be forced down subjects but not freemen,
Therefore we will not respeet the command
nor obey the orders of any officer that has
taken or may hereafter take the test bath pre
^scribed in the military act past by the legis
Mffturg.. ' _ '
3d. Received, That wc view - the acts
passed by the legislature an open declaration
of war against the Union party of the State.
4th. Resolved, That we will continue
maintain the character of peaceable citizens
while we are permitted to remain in the en
joyment of our civil and religious liberties,
^firec trom indictment avid military fines, pre-
-scribed in the late militia acts.
5th. Resolved, That we will consider any
attempt to enforce the late militia acts by in
dictment, fine, or imprisonment of any of the
pinion party for not obeying test oath officers,
^a.ijommenccmcnt of hostilities on the part of
he nullifiers; and that we will defend our
HU^bcrties, our property and our persons, with
all the power lhat God and nature has given
us against such tyranny.
oed, That we pledge to each
our sacred honors, our property and
in defence of the liberties bequeath
ed to us, by our forefathers.
7th. Resolved, That tho Union party of
this district be and they are hereby advised
to be provided with arms and ammunition, *not
to attack any one, but to defend themselves,
thaUif any union man is put in goal on ac-.
.count of the military Bill, that we will at all
hazards release him, viei armis,if necessary,
and that a committee of safety be 1 appointed
at the general meeting next sale day at Green-
villc Court House. .
8th. Resolved, That we think it expedient
that a Union convention of tho State bo con
vened as soon as practicable to take info . bon-,
sukration our grievances and to point out the
•best mode of Redress. * _
9th. Resolied, That the editor of the
Greenville Mountaineer he requested to give
this preamble and resolutions a place in his.
useful paper. Also that .tlSn»d me request be
extended to all Jibe editors in the state on both
•sides of the question, that the dominant, par-
JJJ^y f»Hy understand our- determinations.
- . * ubuvc objections, preamble and rc’solu-
tions, were read by the chairman of the com-
nuttee and unanimously adop ted by. more than
-^iWndrcd union men, . present notwithstand
ing the inclemency of the day.' . .
On motion of Mr. Harrrison, Mr. N. Ber-
rjrwaf requested to prepare the papers*and
forward them to the press, the meeting then
T
tures of our system—-in that body the several
Slates of our Confederate Union appear as
equals, without reference to amount of popu
lation or extettt#f.terriitoryv’fcnd it is wcll di-
kened to a Congress of Ambassadors. *. Now,
who- ever heard of on'absolute sovereign that
could, not recal or change. Ambassador at
will ? Yet such is the lamentable.predicament
of the so-styled, absolute sovereignty of Rhode
•Island—ithds nolocuspcnilentias, after it has,
, a -‘ifl its jjowcr ttf appointmerit-^nay
Sofi^^ltol^ecftlitig whether
it has legally^ or illegally executed Jthe pe-wer.
Its legislature may enactr.and its*Convcnlicin
may ordain,* but the rights of tbe Senate; -aud
the;'’sovereignty. of the Union, will prevail
against the sovereignty-of the State.
There are other views growing, out of tivp
relation of the federal Senators to their Res
pective States, calculated to show how” base
less i^jffie^abric oT' unqualrfeetl ^State^Sove-
reignty. Not only, ayc^.these absolute sove
reigns compelled to retain their Ambassa
dors
their
wholly independent of the sovereignties they
represent, that they can go counter to the will
and fly in tho very faces of tlie constituents,"
without danger- of removal, until the 'regular
expiration of their official term. This state
of things actually, exists jn thif American Sen-
ate, at this moment, several senators he-
ing bitter opponents, of an administration,
which-is in high favor with ' their resp'eetivo
States—those puissant sovereighs^riiicfi' arc
powerless either to control jor. dismiss from
office their public servants. Again, it is but
fair to,presume that absolute sovereigns meet
ing by their ambassadors, should have on eve
ry question, a consistent, undivided and effec
tive will-—but in the American Senate, there
being two. Senators from every State, who
vote per capita, it often happens that one votes
one way, and one another, thus completely
state. The
neutralizing the voice of their
States, if represented as perfect sovereignties,
could severally have but one will. The pow.
er of their Senators to disagree, shows con
clusively, that although the Senate is federal in
its mode of appointment,and in its equalization of
the States, it is wholly national in its mode of
action. So far arc the states from being rep
resented as perfect sovereigns, that nothing is
more Common than for onc^Scnator to repre.
sent the majority, and the other the minority
in a State, and sometimes both represent the
latter, things which cannot consist with the
hypothesis wc arc controverting. The true
theory is that the American Senate, although
so constituted as to give equal influence to
every State, .yet acts on the.popular princi
pie, and wields, with its co-ordinate branch of
the national legislature, a power superior to
that of any individual 'State-Mthe power of the
federal constitution, the supreme law of the
land, any thing in the constitution or laws
of
any State to the contrary
Charleston Courier.
not withstanding.—
Henry Smith, Chairman.
J. H. Harrison, Secretary.
pate Sovereignty.-—-The proceedings
the Senate of the United States, in tho mat-
tor of the contested'seaf. between Messrs,
Robbix3 and Potter, of Rhode Island, sug.
gest some reflections rather.unfavorable to the
new-fangled hypothesis of absolute and un.
qualified sovereignty in tho several States.
-The. sovereign State-of'Rhode Island has
thought fit to .annul the election of one of its
Senators in Congress, and substitute another
in his place, but the Senate of the United
States, standing on Constitutional ground, re
fuses to abide by the decision of Rhode Islat *
and insists on the prerogative of determining
for itself, which of tho two claimants is entitled
to represent that Sovereignty, Tho Cdnsti^
tution of the Renate'ifl one of the ifVtSeral fta-
of
From the Okarlcston Courier.
Allegiance.—The following extract from
the Journals of the old Congress, found in the
hand-writing of one of the most distinguished
worthies of the revolution, and furnished us
by a friend, will shed no little light on this
much controverted subject. It conclusively
establishes the fact, that, in the opinion of our
illustrious ancestors, even under the imperfect
union formed by the old articles of Confeder
ation, allcgian-c was due to the United States
from the citizens of the several -States, and
seems to import that the authority of the Union
was held, at least by the fears of some, to ex
tend to the .cession of a State as the price
peace. If allegiance w^s due to .the Union
then, wlienit was little better titan a mere con
fcderacy, How much more must it be due
it now, under a constitution which bos render
ed it more national, botii in (brm and- authori
ty. It will be difficult for those who claim
allegiance as due only to the States, to do
in future without impcaching the wisdom of
our ancestors, and imputing to them a strange
ignorance of the principles of those institutions,
which constitute the rich inheritance of their
posterity. We now give the .extract refer
red to. • , "
“Friday, June 23, 1780.—«»The Commit
tee to whom was referred the. letter from*
Governor Rullegc, brought in a report; where
upon Congress came to the folitfWing rSsolu
•tion:. .
“‘Whereas, it has been represented, in or-
der, to seduce the citizens of l outh Carotina and
Georgia from their allegiance to these Uni.
ted States, that a treaty of peace bdtw'ccn
America and Great Britain was about to take*
place, in which these two States would be ceded
tih Great Britain. % •
“ Resohcdunanimoushj, that the said report
is insidious* and utterly-,void of foundation.
- That this Confederacy is" mos( f sacredly
pledged to support ip- liberty and -indepen
dence of every one of its members ;*nnd thftt
in a firm reliance of. the:divine blefsing, will
unremittingly persevere in the/rjexeriidifs for
-the establishment of the .same, and also in-the
Recovery anibpreservation of any and every
part of these United States, that has been of
may hereafter be invadcd.'or possessed by the
common enemy.—^90.” '
the.
It may riot be unimportant, as respects t
^ltipv^^.^hSfflWthVUilitcd States declar
ed'their iftdepe.idenct^as separate -sovereign-.,
tics or as a whole,' toTemark tlial tbc ratifi.
cation of the old articles of confederation
strongly” favours the latter conclusion. It
reads thus:««do^fatJf^hilade!phia,mthe State
of Pennsylvania, the 9th day of July, in the
year of our Lord, 1788, and in the third year
Courier P€ndhlCe ^ Americtt ”— Charleston
kdbjyires'ented to’lhe Legislature
orLouisiama, for the incorporation'of a Com
pany to construct a Rail Rbad to Mobile, via
Baton Rouge, &c.-the estimated cost
which, is $1,000,000.—-JA
The Legislature of Noith-Cnrolina-adjoaro.
ed sine die on Monday/the 13th uft, after
session, of seven weeks.
-
Monday, Jan. 20.—In the Senate, Mr.
Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, presented’ the
resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey,
instractlng the Senators, and requesting the
members from that state to sustain, by; thqjr
-votes’ and influence, the course adopted by the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. ’Taney, in re
lation to the Bank of the United Statesi
and tho deposites of the Government m’o-
In; the House, Mr. Dickerson of New Jeir.
sev, prosentedlho same resolutions of thej
jemirature of New Jereey, which 'Mr; Fre-
iinghuysen h'ad presented in the Senate.
r Tuesday, Jan.' 21.—In the Senate'on mo.:
tion of Mr. Webster, the bill making appropri
ations in'part for the'support of Government*
for 1834, was taken up.
In'tho- ilouse, - Mr. Jbnes of Georgia,
finished his speech on the deposite question.
Wednesday, Jan 22.—Mr. Ewing conclu
ded his remdrks oh the removal of the depo
sites, and on motion of Mr. Preston, the Seri-
ate, after sitting on Executive business, ad-
joumed.
' In tfie House, after the transaction of the
usu.al morning business, the contingent appro
priation bill was taken up. The question un
der consideration, was on concurring in the
amendment of the Senate, to strike out the
clause prohibiting the expenditure of the con
tingent fund without a vote of both Houses of
Congress, and a specific hw.
Mr. Polk moved that the house insist on its
disagreement, and ask a conference. Mr.
Adams of Massachusetts, dissented.
After debate, a conference with the Senate
was agreed to.
The House thei^procceded to act on the bill
for the construction of a lateral rail road be
tween Baltimore and Washington. The bill,
it appeared from the debate which arose upon
it, had bc«?n referred to the Committee on
Roads and Canals, but it was, after some re
marks from Mr. Chinn, Mr. Stoddard, Mr.
McKim, and Mr. Heath, committed to the
Committee on the District of Columbia.
Thursday Jan. 23.—In the Senate, a rcso-
lution was received from the House, propo
sing a conference of the two Houses on -the
bill making appropriations in part for the sup
port of Government, for 1834. On motion of
Mr. Webster, the resolution was referred
the committee on Finance.
Mr. Rbeston addressed the Senate on Mr.
Clay’s resolutions, in regard to the removal of
the deposites ; ami before he had couciuded
the Senate adjourned.
In the House no business of general intc.
rest was transacted. • .
Friday, January 24.—Mr. Preston con
cluded his remarks on the removal ot the de
posites ; when, after attending to Executive
business, the Senate, on motion of Mr. For
syth,' adjourned till Monday.
In the House, after the transaction of the
usual morning business, the consideration
the resolution to grant pensions to those enga
ged in warfare with the Indians, was resumed
and Mr. Lane, of Indiana, concluded his re.
marks. A communication from the Postmas
ter General was received with a statement
the receipts in the various post offices for the
year 1833. The resolutions and bills on the
speaker’s tabla were then taken up; and after
the discussion of private business, the house
adjourned till rnonday.
latter will soon be executed. We cannot
help observing that a town must be very badly
guarded wh6n sixty horsemen can ^invade if
and plunder the houses^before^their presence
A highly important and interesting-discus^
sion has been going on at the last three mee
tings of the London Medical-Society. Dr:
Tytler, a gentleman, longTesident iir India, who
has just returned to this country, alleges, upon
the ground of long>experience and a jnost ac-
tive investigation of: facts connected with the
progress of the disease in that country, that
cholera whs produced in its awful violence*in
18lf; by the consumption of the rice -the
growfh of that year which had' becomo dele
terious from being harvested hefore *it whs
.ripe, and from "a .prevailing scarcity, having
caused the worst kinds to be consumed. The
previous opening of the trade with India hav
ing caused a demand among the free traders
for the cheapest article, a quantity of this
rice is traced to Cadiz' where the dreadful
pestilence of 1819 followed its use, and swept
away the Spanish army assembled'for the. in
vasion of South America. ’ Since that period,
Dr. Tytler affirms that a similar kind of poi-
sonous rice has found its way to the different
countries in Europe, and that its consumption
has produced the diseases which have scour
ged all countries alike. In the course of the
discussion, Dr. Tytler stated that the poiso-
nous rice is now commonly exposed in the
shops of London, at th|ee halfpence per
pound, and laid before the Society some sam-:
pies of what he had found. ■
Mr. Rives addressed tho Senate on Fri Jay
the I^Tth ult., in support of the administrate:
Central MteUt&ence.
of
of
A Gentleman writes that it was «a splen
did speech—that it tore Clay all into tat-
ters—that he never heard in his life a more
triumphant argument, or on? delivered in finer
taste—that it rivettedthe Senate, Galleries,
and all, for the lust two hours of it, with more
intense interest thau any Speech which h:is
been delivered bore this session—and that
when he closed, he was surrounded by mem
bers of the Senate of all parlies, who congrat
ulated him on the splendid effort he had
madel”—Richmond Enquirer.
iFcrctsu
From the New OrUans Bee.
Latest from Mexico.—We are indebted
to the politeness of Capt. Harper, of the schr.
Two Brothers, from Tampico,- for a file of
Mexican papers, to a late dale, from.which we
derive the following extracts:
Tho State of Tumanlipas has passed a de
cree to admit foreigners from all nations,* ex
cept such as arc at war with Mexico; all po
litical and religious privileges enjoyed by the
iiativc^nre granted to the emigrants. They
may alike settle where they please, and
they will.-be maintained in peaceable possess
ion of such lands as they may purebaso or oc-
of
ty tu
the Government to those disposed to settle,
Formalities prior to doing so arc, however,
pointed out; but 7 ns they, are similar to those
known heretofore to prevail, we will dispense
with a particular notice of (hem. s J ■;
.Mexico,^November. 30.—General Victoria
marched on .the; 23d. from Tepeuilahuaen to
RioVerede, state of Ojaca ; on that day* tho
Supreme Government was-informed of .the
part General MocteZuma has taken. TJie
engagement lasted 6 .hours ; the -insurgents
were completely-routed and the remainder of
the- troops of Canalizo were destroyed. The
troops who took flight were pursued in every
direction and could not join together—we
fondly hope soon to obtain similar success on
the ibsur^ci.t Moreno.* -Thus the' revolution
is now put to an end. ...
• It b reported that on the 15th Nov. at 6
o’clock-in the morning, the town ofZacaseiar
Was attacked by a troop of nbout GO robbers
dressed in uniform, well armed and equipped;
they entered with the shouts of long life to
Arista-—plundered . several houses, among
others that of th'3 administrator of the revenue.
Tho Captain called his company to arms and
the banditti were soon routed, some killed and
Fourths Augusta Constitutionalist.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In .tlie' discussion wliich;has been for some
time carried on in the newspapers,.in refer
ence to Franklin College, an unprovoked
and unjustifiable attack has been made on the
Rev. Mr. Olin, late a professor in that Insti
tution. In an article which appeared in .the
Southern Banner, signed Justice, it was as
serted that he was inefficient and- unfaithful
as an officer, and wholly worthless to the
College. A writer in the Georgia Journal
who styles himself A Retired Observer, has
substantially repeated these charges, accom-
panied with insinuations and assertions’ 2 of.
to the most injurious character.' Mr. Olin has
called upon these anonymous writers to give
their names to the public, and pledged him-
self to refute those charges or any others that
may be alleged against his official conduct,
whenever they shall be put in such a form
that he can properly meet them.
In Georgia where Mr. Olin is pretty ex
tensively known, no -further vindication of
his reputation is necessary, but as he has
now left the State to assume the Presidency
of a College in Virginia,'where he is com
paratively a stranger, his friends believe
due to that Institution, ui which they feel a
lively interest, as well as to him, that they
should publish the conclusive and ample ref.
utation which they possess, of all the charges
which have been made or which can be made
against bis professional character. The an-
nexed certificate was forwarded after the
publications in the Southern Banner and
Georgia Journal. It is signed by five of the
eight gentleman with whom Mr. Olin was as
sociated in the College at Athens.
It may be well to add, that the author of
“ Justice” has been giveft up by the publisl
ers, but as the certificate of the Faculty fix
esupon him the most unfavorable imputations
wo forbear to expose him, out of our high res
pect for his relatives, whose good name has
uot often been disgraced by unworthy actions.
‘"AthensfJan. 11th, 1834.
The undersigned with unfeigned satifaction
give this their testimonial of Professor Olin
ability and faithfulness, in the discharge of
his duties while associated with them .in the
government of Franklin College. To talents
and acquirements of the highest order, Pro-
fessor Olin added unwearied application in
imparting instruction. Ilis success received
as it deserved, universal commendation.-
his intercourse with the Faculty ho was uni.
foriflly mild, courteous, and gentlemanly, in. a
high degree. Wo regard his departure from
Franklin College as a serious' loss to the In
stitution. - In his high moral worth, distin
guished attainments, and unswerving iiitcgri
ty in the performance of his duty; we have the
most unbounded confidence.
H. Hull, Professor of Mathematics.
James Shannon, Professor of Ancient Lan
guages.
Malthes A. Ward, Professor of Natural
History.
Wm. Lehman, Professor of Modem Lan
guages. >- :
Wm. H. Hunt, Tutor.
The Georgia Journal and Southern Bann
aro requested, as a matter of justice, to pub
fish the above notice and the certificate an
nexed to it.
Loss by Fire of TiiU Steamboat Water
Nymph, from Macon for Savannah.—-We
learn from the pilot of -this boat [a colored
man] that said boat left Darien for „ Savanjriah
>oh Sunday last about-9’- o’clock; ?with about
509'bales cotton " bn board; - That' on the
itight of that day, imrriediatel v after crossing
St. Catherine’s Sound; the boat was discover
ed to be on fire on the boiler deck, and in
less than ten minutes after, she was in a blaze.
She was run ashore on Miligan’s Island.’
All the cotton was-burnt w jth the excep-
ception or about 200 bales throwri’over board,
150 of which were carried to sea, 49 passed
down the Sound; and 2 picked -Up by Cupt.
Devergor. We regret to state that a negro
Woman arid her grand child, owned by Messrs.
Low, Taylor and Co. of this city, have been
burnt to death. They were in theCook’s Of
fice, and had rio opportunity to escape. The
captain,’crew, and the other passengers, (wit
the exception of the engineer and pilot,) .30 ip
all, went on board the sloop Jackson, Capt.
DeveYger, from Sunbury bound to this port,
but not yet .arrived. . . -
We learn that there was .no ^insurance on
the boat; which was totally consumed. Most
of the cotton, principally, cousigneato Messrs.
J. Stone and Co. was insured.
The engineer, Mr. Holland, who has since
reached this city«. confirms the above, and
states that tlie survivors had barely time^to
escape.;—Ca’pt..White alone sifted any prop
erty—a trunk,—the rest lost every thing.—
Savannah Georgian,
others taken prisoners; it is expected.that the
Post Offices in Georgia.—From an offi
cial fist of the Post Offices established, dis-
continued, and offices the names of which
have beep changed,' -sj®ce the lst- of July'
last to the 1st January, 1834, published in
the Washington Globe, we have made, the
fbllowipg .abstract concerning Georgia.
Offices established.—Laurel Hill, in Carroll
county j Altts, in Cass; Golden Mount,
Cherokee; Lebanon and Cobb*C.-,H;
Cobb -; Bowery, in Columbia; Hopewell, in
Crawford; Carrersville, in Fayette ; Tug'alo,
in Franklin; Standfast, in-Hancock ; Lump,
kin C. H» and Auraria, in Lumpkin ; Brook
lyn, in Madison; Pleasant Yalley, in Murray;
Unionyillc, in Monroe; Simston,. in Ogle
thorpe; Cedartown, in Paulding; Graham, in
Pulaski; Reidsvillc, in Tattnall; * Groover-
villc and Tired Creek, in Thomas; Higgsvillo
in Twiggs: Pistol Creek, in Wilkes ; Coosa
in Union.. ■
Offices discontinued—-Mulenia and New
ton, in Baker; Valley town, in Cherokee
Van’s Valley, in Cherokee; Crump’s Farm-
Dobb’s Store, and King’s Bench, in Frank
lin ; Talking Rock, in Gilni^r; Temperance,
in Greene; DowdePs Mills, in Harris; Hud-
sonville, in Jefferson; Coxviile, in Jones;.
SumterviUe in Lee; Harbm^s Store, in Lump
kin ; Ra<;k.'CreeluJt&&usgogee;.Hartford, j u
Pulaski ; Aebura, in TaU-ot,:
Names of Offices changed.—Two Runs cUn.
ged to CassyillOj in Cass Kemps to Fowl-
ton, in Decatur, Hollingsworth Farm to IIol-
ingsworth, in Habersham ; Wood’s Store to
Corinth, in Heard ; Willingham to Fosterij
ville, in Henry; Barnesville to . Boston, in.
Talbot. " ''
and the inventors think they would be '
ruble, and in some respeots better ri,, 43 ^
l„ : . tj t. . " ia ®
mode of improvement.—Baltimore
can. d- *- •
of
Highly Important Tariff Regulation
It will be seen by the extract, which follows,-
from the New York Courier' and Enquirer,
that a very unexpected decision has .been
made, by tlie Controller of the. Treasury,
as to the opera(f||jrof the Tariff of 1833,. oh
cotton goods subject to minimum duties.under
the Tariff of 1832, calculated to effect itijuru
diisly, botlrlhe domestic manufacturer, 'and
the importer, whose' importations- Have been
made previous to the 1st instant. The gen;
c-ral unddrstahflin^of the cduritr^ was' that
the domestic manufacturer was to enjoy the
protection afforded by the' Act of 1832* sub*
ject to gradual add cbm'p.ira'iy'cly ineonsitt
crable reductions, lor the period of nine years
according to the provisions of the Act
1833, bu; tb snew c-nstruc':io j completely de
prives him of‘the b.neiltof the provision'of
the Act of 1832,*directing a duty of ”25 per
cc t. ad valorem to be imposed on all cbtfbri
goods, assuming 30 cents the square yard
as the minimum value. if not colored, dyed
printed, oV stained, and 35 cents if dyed, col
ored, printed or stained. T!»o great reduc
tion-effected by this mode of calculating the
duty on the actual, instead of the assumed val
ue of the fabric, will, it is obvious, operate
with great'.hardship^ bn all who have made
importations, previous to the period of the re-;
duction, on the faith of the construction put
upon the Act of 1833* by its friends and foes
at the time of its passage. Wc think it Will
be absolutely essential that an clxplanatoi'y
-Act should be at once passed by Congress
well to secure to the manufacturer hi's pro
mised pronction, as to prevent commercial
embarrassment." _ t ,
wji, j;nr,-
- To 'Cor:u:31‘o.\dents—Tho inleresti^T^
cation of our frie'hd “ Confucius," s ) la ]|
in our next. Wo hope he will f avor Us * *
tinuation of his sketches, &c.
Our/< tTnclo,Fod». (good old soul) must
little patienoe—-lie is not forgotten, ahhouirh
licen compelled to elbow^ hirri aside for tl,« *'^1
Uit Road Stock—-Rooks for receiving
tions.to stock .in tho “ Georgia Rail Road°Co'
were opened in this place on Monday
half the amount limited by tho charter (2o00
to this place have been subscribed • ....
,. b^en subscribed; and » e
ined there is little doubt but that the whole ^
will be taken before tho books aro closed
day next. 1
oaTt^l
* Sunday Sciibdrfsl—Our town has been ht e '
ted by-tho Rev. Mr. Shepard, an able an indel"
ble agent of thc American Sunday .School U *
and wc -take pleasure in stating that his
have been eminently successful. On Sabbath\r
noon last, a' subscription was taken up in the ft*
terian Churcli, at* which* 55390,25 were cot.
Oh the evening of tho same day $81 woresabs^
at the Methodist Church, and we undcretani »■
our liberal citizens has increased it to §10(1
in all, $490,25. THe money thus collected hen*
elsewhere in the State, is not to, be sent oat c
but will be expended in paying the expense of a-s;
and furnishing Sunday School Libraries. flcV
our example may be followed through -ut tie e-i
try, and the cause find many zcalou
and efficient frionds. I ‘
—It is n>t
Nuw tyATERiN-q Place—It is n>t perhaps
ally known, that there is, about four miki foa
place, a valuable Mineral Spring, the water of sL,
fb far as,it has been tested, has been found of tsao
service to invalids in many cases. Its prcpcniei;
similar .to pilose of the well known Mulisoncpt
and. wc. jfavq heart it pronounced fully equal to
deservedly popular fountain. Hitherto, thuspot
liecn or\c of.al:iiost utter seclusion, out we undi
that out neighbor. Mr. John ..Jackson, late pro-
of'tho”Franklin and Georgia Hotels, has corair-ca
tiiOibusiness of erecting a largo and comstak
House of Entertainment near it, and will be rejq;
accommodate visitors early in the ensnis* su»l
It.will be ^delightful retreat from the dust and
of t.io town during tile warm season, and our citi
—our low! country friends particularly—will no Ik
consult their, interest and their comfort by patic
sing- its .enterprising owner.
* CoNGREss.--Nothing of general interest to ti
people, has, as yeti been - effected by the deliberate
of this hiody. Tho-wliolc- session thus far, fc-.; he
.almost entirely devoted to tho doposite question,:.
rather-in-waging-tr jfurious, but fruitless «rarfo
against, the administration and General Jackson. !
tyill probably end * whero it began. The depart
will - retpain' where they ore, and “Old Hicktfj
.where,ho ever was, in the hearts of his country on’.
election
Thoman is so well known for hi* integrity as a na
ahd skill as a^practical surveyor, that wo deem in
most unnecessary to' recomm' nd him, as wc do,'- ,
the^otronage ahd support of the public.
I American Gold.—-The mineral riches of
this country are as yet but partially explo
red ; but enough is known to convince us that
it is surpassed, in this respect, by few coun
tries in the world. Our iron, coal and lead
mines are of excellent quality and perfectly;
inexhaustible. Within a few years post it has
been ascertained that a range of Gold Mines
-extends for hundreds of miles through the in
teriorof the country East of the Mississippi
In Virginia; North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia,, Alabama and Tennessee^, this val
uablc mineral has been found in coniideiable
quanties. Gold'was first received at the
Mint for coinage fVonifNorth Carolina in 1804 ;-
from no other State until 1829. From.1804'
to 1823 iticlusivo, the amount reg^ived did
not* exceed - 2,500 • per annum: • Ri 1824,
$5,000; 1825, $17,000; 1826, /$20,000;
1827, $2V,000; 1828, $46,000; ^429, $140,-
000; 1830; $466,000"; 1831; $520,000,
1832,-$678,000. Total in- four years $1-,.
804,000. Total since 1804, $1,9^3,000. It
is calculated that the" amount; 6f American
Gold coined during tho .last year, of which,
we have returns, does not much exceedi one
half of the amount ac;uaHy obtained from the
mines during the sarpe period ;lhe.remainder-
having been exported .in an uncoined state,'
or used in the arts. Consequently the whole-
production of the mines duri.ig the year-1832,
may bo set do^n at notices than $1,250,000.
Discoveries recently made render it probable;
that the amount will hereafter bo much in-*
creased.—-Neto Yprk Journal of Commerce.
Principles and ParYi'es.—The principles sbo
baaught Mr. Jefiltson and the demoeatic party to
power in-1801; welyivo always looked upon sstta
that’ean alonb; amid the convulsions of paifi« »
tlie thrigtt. of feibtions, save'the const itutionofB,
great Re^^lic, arid the Iiopcs of freemen throuj
tho world, fr6m a common grave. And what r
those principles ? Why,' they arc all embraced in-
• following.-emphatic words of Mr. Jefferson liiras-
“ The itttariiiacat • of - tho pcoplo to conslituti*
'right#?." “it was this that saved that sacred ms-*
mofft in *1800 from tlie ruinous grasp of thoso to
attempted to’make it any thing and ovciy things
would subservo their*iimhitious, selfish views. ?
look to them now as the only hojw to which free#
cari k 'ciihg for this preservation of it from tbc &
contempldte'd. by the nullification faction. ®
principlos 1 whioh prodbeed the civil revolution-^
1800, had for their object tho maintenance oft
constitution* in’its oTigmal 'sirnplicity-—wc hive s<
a nobler.object for their employment, viz : tl*e»
cuo of U hat chart of our liberties from entire
lation l ’ THP' Federalists of *98 only abused ^
powers'conferred by-the constitution. The*-
fieri:"of 1^31 would wrest ftyn it all’power—
its glprious guarantees of freedom to mankind '<■
unmeaning jargon—strip it of every vestige of <
thority andtlfrow tho people back’into worse than'-
nativo chaos and confusion out of which it bresf
'them after tho establishment of our national indeac
dence. And yet theso principles aro ekimed bj ^
modem anarchist, as lights to guide him .in his<® p
Track Roads.-^—Messrs. John S. Williams
and John Hartnnan, of Connecticut, have in
vented a new Kindi of roads, for which they **
have.taken q^t patents, which Jh^mall Track-
Roads. They are made by ltfppg tfmber'.
lengthwise ^n tivo or more continuous lines of:
such a width apart as to bear the wheels o’’
carriages of pleasure or burden* Such roads ;
could be constructed at much less cost than
the, Boil Bonds usually made, and in districts
of country where there is 6iit little if any,
stone, and where timber is plenty*'the inyen.
tion cannot faiHo be abundantly useful. Those-
roads are entirely different from Rail roads in
being calculated for common carriages, and
consequently, they are for common purposes,
superior to Rail Roads. The cost of such
roads would be less than the M’Adamized roads
of ruin and-dcsolation f Yes, the popular name '■
Thomas Jbfiersbn is invoked by him, and attempt^■ _
Thomas Jofl , . VHH
bo'ihadc tho scnpolg’oat of liis dark and treachery
design? A^airisTtlio liberties of this country!
With these remarks, we proceed to enquire intotk
-trutlfof the following position, assumed by “A^
s-criber,” in our pap r of the 25th’ult. “On the » j
cr hand, that ihc other, portion, whether by tbdn^ 9
of Democrats in ’89, and ’99, (sometimes called A*
archists, AptsFodcralists, Revolutionists,) ^
cratic . Repuldicans in : 1812,- Radicals of 1824 ;
“ State Rights’ Party”.of the present day, Uiey^
eve* ah uniformly upheld.the undiminished sovereif
ty of the States, a strict construction of the
pact &c. Theso wore tho doctrines which olev
Mr. Jefferson to power in 1801, and they are t
upon which the government of tho United StatM
been administered, fr^in that date up to the
mation of tho ill-fated 10th pf December, 1832, ^
only tho four years of Jno. Q. Adams’ reign" * ®
we deny that tho Democrats cf '98 who ele^
Mr. Jefferson to p8wer, bofiovod in any sue-
A*