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In respect to the statements which have been
made in several of the newspapers of the day
that I disagree with many of my political fripnds
in the estimate they have formed of Gen. Har
rison’s military merits I am not aware of hav
ing said any thing to justify them. Having
never admired den. Harrison as a military
man, nr considered him as possessing the
qualities which constitute the commander of
an army, I have looked at his political rela
tions alone in the opinions I have formed or
expressed respecting his pretensions to the
Presidency, and the consequences which would
result to tiio country, should the suffrages of
the people place him in that high office.
I urn very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
ANDRRW JACKSON.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
1'IiIDAY, .JULY 21, IS 20.
Drmocratir. Kopiihliniii Nominations.
For President.
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
For Flrrtors of President tout Vice President,
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
JOHN BATES, of Murray.
SAMI!El. BEVEL, of Wilkinson.
WILLIAM B. BULLOCH, of Chatham.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMI EL GROVES, of .Madison.
EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark.
SK A BORN JONES, of Muscogee.
JOHN ROBINSON, of .I :isper.
AAII.LIAM 1$. AN OEEORl), of Habersham.
THOMAS WOOTTKN, of Wilkes.
POP CO.XGRKSS..
EDWARD J. RLACK. of Striven.
E»Avas> CAJH'Br.i.i., of
Vt. T. COI.QI ITT. of JInMogec.
NARK A. i'OOPRR, off EBull.
JOSHS IIILI.YRR, of Clark.
ALI'RHD iVHRSOY, of Nimokcc.
JOI1.A BI. 1.1’JIPKIY, off Floyd.
.lOSIAIi K. PATTERSON, of Early.
ROBERT W. POOS.RR, of Chatham.
To < orrrspoudcuts.
AA e have several Communications on file, which
shall appear as soon as wo can possil.lv find room.
Our friends, wo hope, will not think their articles arc
rejected, ber-tnso we do not give them an immediate in
sertion. These we have on hand, will not spi il by
keeping.
Fourth of July lit dlilledaeville.
On our first page will be found a portion of the let
ters and toasts presented at the Milledgeville rclebra-
* inn. in continuation of the details given last week.
There arc still a large number of letters which we are
< .impelled to omit; among w hich we may mention
those from It. L. Pinckney, J. S. Kliclt. Jas. Lvnah
and others, from Charleston: Hon. F. W. Pickens,
lion. F. It. Elmore, Hon. R. Strange. Gov. Reid, of
Florida, Hon. W. II. Roane, lion. Silas Wright. N. Y.,
lion. R. B. Rhett, J. K. Paulding. J. C. Calhoun,
Levi Woodhnrv, Gov. Bagliy, Ac. Arc. These, with
the toasts, of which we have given but a small portion
will appear in the pamphlet with the Oration, which we
hope will he generally disseminated.
Gov. Lumpkin.
Our columns lo-dav contain some remarks from this
gentleman on the subjc t of reform, precisely where
that work ought to commence—among the members of
Congress. We are happy to see that lie lias taken up
the subject. We know his energy and perseverance,
and cannot doubt but something silutarv will be ac
complished ore he leaves the field. If members of
Congress w ill set an example of economy, hy paving
themselves only what in justice and equity they are
entitled to, they will then be inclined to bo less pro
fuse in their public appropriations; and if they do
their duty in this respect, we shall never hear even a
plausible tale of Executive extravagance.
“ Augusta Mirror.”
The design of the proprietor of the “ Mirror," lately
announced, to change it to a weekly publication, has
bc-ui for the present abandoned, and it will continue
as heretofore, a semi-monthly. The valuable services
of Hon. A. It. Lonostrkkt have been secured in the
editorial department, which we trust will give no-.v in
terest to the pages of this already well conducted pe
riodical.
“Southern I.iternrv Messenger.”
The June number of this work, (the last before us.)
is one of the most interesting we have recently seen.
Besi les a variety of lighter articles, we notico a paper
upon Arabian Literature, rich in valuable information,
and elegantly written. It is the first of a series w hich
are to appear in future numbers, in the perusal of
which wc promise to ourself much pleasure and profit.
Hank Resumption.
We are gratified to learn that all the suspended
Banks in Charleston resumed specie payments on
Monday last. When will those of Savannah, Augus
ta. Athens, Arc. follow their example ? Shortly, we
hope.
Louisiana Flection.
Partial returns only have been received from the
late election in Louisiana. It is pretty well ascertain-
e I. however, that one AA'hig and one Democrat have
been elected to Congress, and that in the third district
a Democrat has probably succeeded. The State is
now represented in the lower House of Congress by
three Whigs.
Ncw-Jersey contested Klectiou.
After all the flummery and falsehood with which
the country has been regaled since the opening of the
present session of Congress, il turns out that the five
Democrats claiming the seats, are legally and equita
bly entitled to them. Hie committee on Elections
gave the question a thorough examination, rejected
every illegal vote, and found in summing up, that the
Democrats were elected by a larger majority than was
given them upon tlie face of the returns—more bad
votes having been given for the AA’higs than for them. 8,,s '
The *• broad seal,” then certified a falsehood, and the
friends ol the people placed a proper estimate upon it,
by deriving its binding force.
Hooc was convicted upon neglro testimony, and dis
missed from the service.- This charge is shamelessly
false. No such conviction has taken place, and no
such assent has been given by the President. More
than a year ago, Lieut. Hooc was tried for *' treating
his superior officers with contempt,” disobedience of
orders, crucify to sailors, Arc. In the progress of the
investigation, two negroes or mullatoes belonging to
his ship, were examined, but the Lieut, was not con
victed upon their testimony. Proof by white men,
amply sufficient to convict him, was adduced, and upon
their testimony was he convicted.
The affair has slumbered on, until political excite
ment begun to wax warm, when Mr. Bolts, a member
of Congress from Virginia, thinking a little political
capital might be made of it, brought it before Congress
under a resolution raffing for information from the Se
cretary of the Navy; but without waiting for that in-
form.ii ion to be given, published to the world a gar
bled statement of the transaction, with a view to excite
feelings of hostility to the Administration at the South.
Even if the conviction had been had upon negro testi
mony, no man knew betterthan Mr. Bolts,that it would
have been in conformity with law and with the usage
of the Government, from the organization of the
Navy, flown to the present time. He was urged
to move the commitment of the subject to the Judi
ciary Committee, with instructions to rejiort a bill al
tering the law, and excluding such evidence hereafter,
if it should be judged proper, but this he refused.
Even if lie desired the change, lie knew his Northern
AA big Abolition friends would not go with him, and lie
dared not push the measure with the aid of the Demo
crats, for this would show who were with the South,
too conclusively for the interests of his party.
1 lie object of getting up this excitement, is shown
to be pitiful and contemptible, for the following rea
sons :
1st. The rase lias slumbered for a year, and is
brought out near the close of the session of Congress,
when the friends of the Administration had not time to
force a thorough and satisfactory investigation.—
-■I- A garbled and false account was published to the
world, in advance of the official documents which had
been called for. 3d. A falsehood was stated, in say
ing that Lieut. Hooc was convicted upon negro evi
dence. I. 'I’lie author of the slander, refused to ask
for an alteration of the law through the agency of the
Committee on the Judiciary, a majority of whom were
AA’higs. r>. Lieut llooc is acknowledged to be guiltiy,
and to have received no more punishment than was
due to him.
AA itli these facts before the country, wc cannot doubt
blit that it will .lete.-t Ibis miserable attempt to bbn.l
their eyes and excite their prejudices.
A plain and conclusive slntemont ot this transaction,
and ol the ctforts of the Administration to suppress the
unnecessary an J illegal use of degrading punishments
upon our seamen, will be found in another column,
copied from the Globe; to which wc invite the parti
cular attention of any who may need more light on the
subject.
military services; and 3dlr, the information required
under the statistical head.
With regard to the first, the act prescribed the classi
fication to be adopted in the enumeration, and attached
a penalty of $20 to the refusal, by any free person of
more than sixteen years of age, belonging to a family,
to give the necessary information.
For the information under the third head. Congress,
choosing to depend on the voluntary disposition of the
people, provided no penalty for a refusal to give an
swers to the questions propounded, it is presumed, be
cause such a refusal was not to l>e anticipated, as the
information sought could not but be considered as val
uable to every citizen of the United States, to his coun
try, and to the political and civilized world.
In order to carry into elfect that part of the act
which required all such information in relation to mines,
agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and schools, as
would exhibit a full view of the pursuits, industry, ed
ucation. and resources of the country, tabular forms,
to contain such information, and correspond mg inter
rogatories, to be pul by the marshals and their assist
ants, to elicit it. were prepared. And so broad was
the field of inquiry proposed by the act, that, in pre
paring these tables and interrogatories, although en
deavoring to include all that was contemplated, it was
found necessary, in order to keep within the bounds
of practicability, to reject many inquiries of an inter
esting nature which suggested themselves, or were
suggested by those who had made statistics their
study.
In consequence of the contradictory terms of some
parts of the act, and its being without the provisions
found necessary in that to provide for taking the fifth
census, and introduced in amendatory acts, the Presi
dent, hy a special message to Congress, early in the
present session, recommended the subject ><> consid
eration. With his message he transmitted a report
from me iqioii the subject, stating in detail all the pre
paratory measures adopted, and containing copies of
the instructions to the marshals of all the forms to he
used, including those for the statistical information,
and of the interrogatories by which it was proposed to
obtain it. The whole subject was thus again brought
under the notice of Congress, to be acted upon in any
matter in which the Executive, in the preparatory
measures, hud failed to meet the views of tliat hotly.
But, so far as this Department is informed, no ob
jection was made from any quarter; and the nmend-
i ments proposed, having been adopted, the Executive
The Hooc Case—Negro Testimony.
AA’e have been content hitherto, to reply to the slan
ders of the Whig press against Mr. A’an Burcn, on the
subject of Lieut. Hooo's cajc, hy simply giving a state
ment of the affair, and appending the opinions of the
Attorney General and the United .States District At
torney, showing that lits trial was conducted in confor
mity with law, that white proof sufficient to convict him
upon most of the charges rtiade, had been fully adduced,
and that the President could not therefore, consistent
ly reverse the decision of the-Court Martial. But the
liertinacitw with which our opponents have seized and
held on to this affair, with n view to accomplish some-
tiling towards the defeat of Mr. A’an Burcn, compels us
once more to expose' their shameless misrepresenta-
I at ion.
The President has been charged with assenting to
The Census-—More AYhisgery.
AA'o have never mot w itli any thing more perfectly
mean and contemptible, than the efforts now making
by a por'ion of the AA’higs, (for we cannot charge the
party with conduct so base.) to induce the people to
believe that the census for 1810, is taking with a view
to tax them. A’et such attempts arc making, and wc
have reason to l clicvc that some honest, but ignorant
people may be misled by them. The President, too,
is charged with this matter, and he is to be bold ac
countable for all the evils the fertile imaginations of his
enemies suppose to exist or to be in danger of existing
hereafter. The law, however, was not passed by him,
but by Congress. The clause asking for information
relative to corn, cotton, poultry, fee., was introduced
by Mr. R. Garland, a AA'hig, and the whole bill passed
without a dissenting voice. AA'e conceive it to be a
good law. It will enable us to know our own wealth
and resources, as well as our population ; and this in
formation, generally diffused, will be immensely valua
ble. The ilea that it is for direct taxation, is entirely
erroneous. Congress lias passed no law for direct
taxation, and the President fins neither the disposition
or the power, of himself, to levy such a tax.
AA'e rail upon all good citizens to read the following
history of this law, its objects, and the measures adopt
ed under it, written by one whom Georgians know,
and in whom they confide—and then use their inllu-
enec with those who have not the same means of in
formation, by presenting this matter in a proper light,
to allay the fears that have arisen in their minds. It is
desirable that all the questions should he answered—
the statistical information needed, will be imperfect
unless they are; but it should be known that the pe
nalty ol $20, for refusing to answer, applies only to
picsiions touching the numbers and ages of the dif
ferent families. The rest is merely voluntary. For
more minute and satisfactory information, read the an
nexed.
Department ok State,
AA’ashington, July 10,1810.
Sir : I have had the honor to receive your letter of
the Dili instant, informing me of the existence of mis
apprehension on the subject of the interrogatories di
rected to be put by the Marshals and their assistants
to tho citizens in taking the census, and asking for ex
planation on the subject. In reply thereto, I beg leave
to state that previous to tbc period at which it would
become necessary to provide bv law for the sixth cen
sus. or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States, as prescribecd by the Constitution, suggestions
were made hy the Editor of tho American Almanac, a
valuable work published at Boston, that much valua
ble statistical information, which, although very dcsi
ralde, was not attainable by individual exertion, could
be procured in connection with the sixth census. The
President, in his annual communication to Congress,
suggested tho subject for the consideration of that
body, in the following words :
“In recommending to Congress the adoption of the
necessary provision at.this session for taking the next
census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States, the suggestion presents itself whcihertlio scope
of the measure might not tie usefully extended, by
causing it to embrace authentic statistical returns of
the great interests especially entrusted to, or necessa
rily affected hy, the legislation of Congress.”
On the 1 Itli of February, 1839, Mr. Rice Garland,
without the action of any committee or inquiry of this
Department as to any of the necessary provisions, in
troduced into tlie House of Representatives a bill to
provide for taking the sixth census, or enumeration of
the inhabitants of the United States; being nearly a
copy of the original act, without the amendments there
to, to provide lor the taking of the former, or fifth cen
sus. 1 be bill thus introduced contained twelve sec
tions. On the 28th of February, the House being in
Committee of the AA hole, Mr. Garland moved two ad
ditional sections, which were agreed to. One of these
provided for the statistical inquiries. It is in the fol
lowing words;. i if ' t- ; , /,"
Sec. 13. Amlhe.it further enacted, That tho afore
said marshals and their assistants shall also take a
census of all persona receiving pensions from the
United States for Revolutionary or military services,
stating their names and ages; and also shall collect
and return in statistical tables, under proper heads, ac
cording to such forms as shall be furnished, all such in
formation in relation to mines, agriculture, commerce,
manufactures, and schools, as will exhibit a full view
of the pursuits, industry, education, and resources of
llm country, as shall be directed by the President of
the United States. And it shall be tlie duty of the
Secretary of State, under the direction of the Presi
dent, to prepare such forms, regulations, and instruc
tions, as shall be necessary and proper, to comply with
the provisions of this act.”
Tlie bill, thus amended, was passed, it is believed,
without opposition from any quarter. The information
sought by it was of a threefold character; 1st, the
enumeration and classification of the inliabitants of the
United States; 2dlv, a census of all persons receiving
federacy; tho second, “ That Congress aught not to
. *8 au y, wa y with slavery iu the District of
“ ? hlr<J ’. wh,cl ‘ was .»« substance, that
all papers and motions bearing upon the subject of
slavery, should he laid upon the table without any fur-
tner action thereon. They were accompanied bv an
f| lak0 «n!° a,uJ , ver y ab,e report, setting fotth at large
the reasons in favor of the opinions reported, and the
course recommended by tho Committee. The whole
suoject was finally discussed, considered and decided
upon. The first resolution passeu by a vote of 182 to
9 the second, ol 132 to 45—and the tliitd, of 117 to
1U - f r at , e ’ ,be ntatter was considered upon
a memorial from the Quarterly Meeting of the Reli-
dome V° C '? ly 01 nunds. praying for the Abolition of
domestic s.a\eiy and the slave trade in the District of
Columbia The subject was by that memorial pre
sented in terms,which offered no violence to the feel
ings of any class ot citizens, and were best calculated
to secure to the questions involved, a fair hearing and
impartial decision. After several davs’ discussion.
r " ioc '"'' **•
to carry them out m lus oflicial acts, taken in connec
tion with the known condition of the Congressional re
presentation of t.ie several Slates iu regard to the slave
question, would, it was thought, during the contimi-
ffio s.d f icc? c h OI ' s,m “' ona! >enn, prevent all agitation of
the subject before Congress. The consequent cer-
tainty that nothing could for years at least he accom
plished in that way, would, it was hoped, present suf
ficient inducements to all tvho were governed bv con
scientious motives, to desist from pr^sentfn-r their me
morials, and leave all others without even a plausible
prctenceforcontmuing to agitate the subject in that
form No one could, it was supposed, believe, that
our Southern brethren could lie driven into a peacea
ble emancipation by tho mere force of agitation—by
appeals to the fears of the master and the passions of
the slave—these might indeed, if persisted in, draw
after thpm a servile, and probably a civil war, with a
hnal dissolution of the Union. Attempts to expose
our country to such tearful hazards for no othor as
signable motivethan to harrassthe slaveholding States,
or to subserve poli-iral purposes, would not, it was con
fidently believed, be endured, much loss countenanced,
by the American people. Partaking largely in the
- . general apprehension in regard to the fatal effects of
firanch ol the Government could only proceed to carry mis baleful agitation—having seen enough to satisfy
r ‘' ' ' ■' me that no circumstance so directly and inevitably
tended to impair the stability and interrupt tlie harmo
nious action of our complicated political system, as the
existence of a doubt .in the public mind concerning the
action of the Federal Government upon this disturbing
subject—sincerely anxious to promote tlie commenda
ble design of Congress to restore tranquillity to alaree
and uniformly patriotic portion of the Union—and
the subject to l>c ot sufficient importance to
justify a departure from the ordinary usage of the Exe
cutive, I embraced the first public occasion to refer to
the opinions I had expressed before my election, and
to ccclarc, formally, that no bill conflicting with those
views could ever receive my constitutional sanction.
1 hose opinions, and that determination, have been
greatly strengthened by subsequent experience and
reflect ion.
No one can doubt that the tendency of this species
ol agitation is, as your House of Representatives have
very justly observed, to “ disturb the amicable relations
subsisting between the slave-holding and non-slave-
liolding {States of this Union,” and it is not the least
remarkable feature iu its history, that tlie menus em
ployed are precisely those best calculated to defeat the
avowed objects ol its aithors. It is, to my mind, a
most dangerous delusion to believe that the people of
the slaveholding States arc likely to he induced to
change a condition of things over which, under the
Constitution, they alone have the control, which they
had no agency in producing, and for the consequences
of which, whatever they may be, they cannot he justly
he'd responsible—which is interwoven with their do
mestic relations and political institutions—by charging
its existence upon them as a crime against God'and
man, against humanity and religion : or tlm» to awaken
the apprehensions of ihc master by appeals to the pas
sions ol the slave, is the way to improve the condition
ol the latter. A11 candid and temperate observers must,
on the contrary, admit that such are not the means l>y
which salutary ends are produced—that furious de
nunciations and unmitigated reproaches as little ac
cord with Christian charity as with brotherly love, and
are much more likely to produce stern resistance than
quiet acquiescence. These truths are demonstrated
in the results of the labors of the Abolitionists in the
United States, which have hitherto been productive of
nothing but evil, new restraints upon the colored race,
vexation to the owner, and distraction to the councils
of the nation. In reference; then, to such practices as
those to which you have called my attention, I can, as
a public man, find tlie path of duty only in one direc
tion—that of undisguised opposition.
I am. gentlemen,
Very respectfully,
Your ob’t. servant,
M. VAN BUREN.
To Leva Tyler, Jacob Geiger, D. Meriwether, and
Tims. J. Read, Esqs., Committee, &c.
Tlie Sioi-th Carolina Senators.
The papers of North Carolina contain a let
ter from the honorable Messrs. Brown and
Strange, announcing to their constituents their
resignation of their offices as U. S. Senators.
The reasons given lor this step on their part,
are sensible and proper, and are such as should
govern representatives in a democratic govern
ment. They do not wish to be considered as
denying the right of the Legislature to instruct
the Senator,—the “ right of instruction” being
an item in their own political creed,— and in
view of tlie resolutions passed at tlie late Ses
sion of the Legislature, they desire to submit
tlie matter to the people at the approaching
election. They name in their letter the day
on which the Legislature of the State will next
meet, as the time at which their present resig
nation shall take effect .—Hamburg Journal.
up by other expeditions that which Is now oh
the point of termination.
Commodore Elliott.
The Naval General Court Martial, which
convented at Philadelphia on the 4th of May
last, for trial of Commodore Elliott, found
him guilty of the 1st, 3d, 5th, Oth, and Sth
charges preferred against him, nnd sentenced
him to be suspended for four years, with a sus
pension of pay for the first two years.
The sentence has been approved by the
Secretary of tlie Navy; but so much of it as
deprived Commodore Elliott of his pay has
been remitted by the Presidknt.— Globe.
DIED, vtO
In this^ place, on Tuesday morning last, MOSES
AA ADDED, D. D., formerly President ol' Franklin
College. An obituary notice hereafter.
GREAT DOINGS!!
F RANCIS AA ALDRON would resoectfullv inform
the public, that he intends baking' a
COMMENCEMENT CAKE,
Weighing 250 lbs.,
Trimmed and ornamented in a stvle that cannot be ex
celled.
It will be prepared for inspection at his Store, from
Moiiilaj, August 3d, until Wednesday, Aug.
5th, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at which time it will bo cut
and disposed of in quantitic* to suit purchasers, lie
will also have on hind,
Plain aiuFOraaiuented Cake,
Of various sizes and descriptions, suitable for private
parties.
ICE CR.I.WS, or a Superior quality.
July 24—10—2t.
GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY,
A^HEREAS Atnanda S. Corley applies’ for Let-
▼ T tore of Administration on the estate of John IL
Coi lev, late of said county, deceased i
•in-Ur**.u rC , ,h ^ rcf ? rc toci,c and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
hv w app ? ar , at mv within the time prescribed
by law, and shew cause (if any they can) whv said
Letters of Administration should not be granted!
Gtvoa under my hand, this lOlh day of July IB40
GEORGIA, HABERSHAM COUNTY.
T?, LI £ D fce / 0ie n;e - J ' L- Richardson, a Justice of
\r 1 ,r cace for sald count y> in the -127th dist. G.
m. by Hughes Torbet, a stray horse poney, a bright
chesnut sorrel, nine or ten years old, with a blaze
lace, the right hind foot and left fore foot white, with
some saddle spots ; four feet seven inches high no-
brands. Appraised by Edward AVilliams, and John
Robinson, to forty-five dollars, this 30th June, 1840
JOHN L. RICHARDSON, J. p‘
A true transcript from the Estray Book, 15th July.
18 *°; J. T. CARTER, d. c. i. c.
July 21—19—21.
into effect tjie provisions of the act on the plan which
appeared to have met general approbation in both
brandies of Congress.
In connection with this subject, I take occasion to
advert to remarks in some of the public newspapers
respecting a manuscript postscript to tlie printed in
structions addressed to a certain marshal, whose com
mission would expire previous to the commencement
of the enumeration, informing him that any appoint
ments of assistants he might make, would be subject
to be continued or not by His successor, in case he
should not be reappointed. This has been treated as
il il had occurred in that one case only, and represent
ed as a menace. In every instance where the com
mission of the incumbent marshal was to expire pre-
viou- to tl.o piitoJ f.r (ho cornmciicoincv., u C,!.o onu-
iiieration, the same manuscript postscript was added
to the printed circular addressed to him. This was
requisite, as well from a sense ofjustice to the mar
shals as to their assistants, that all parties might know
the tenure of the appointments to Ik: made; which, in
relation to the assistants, could alone depend upon that
of the principal.
Injustice to the marshals who received such man
uscript postscript intimations, it should he added, that
the Department does not believe that any of them look
ed upon them as designed for any other purpose than
the one herein indicated.
I have the honor to he, sir.
Your obedient servant,
JOHN FORSYTH.
Hon. Felix Grundy, of the Senate.
the decision of the Court Martial, by which Lipuf,. pension? from the United States for Revolutionary or
The Contrast.
Gome time since a Committee of citizens of Louis
ville, Ky. addressed to the candidates for tlie Presi
dency, a scries of enquiries on the subject of abolition,
and in order to secure an answer from Gen. Harrison,
sent two of their number to carry the letter and wait
on him in |>crson. Read the account those gentlemen
give of their mission, and then the able and satisfac
tory reply of Mr. A’an Buren, which was promptly
furnished. Contrast the miserable non-committalism
of tho one, with the noble and manly declarations of
the other, and choose between them.
Louisville, Kv., April 12, 1840.
Gentlemen:—Early on the lOili of April inst., we
called at the residence of Gen. AA'in. II. Harrison, at
North Bend, Ohio. AA'hcn wc entered the house ivp
were informed the General was indisposed; but in
something less than ail hour he made his appearance.
After the usual salutations were exchanged, one of the
undersigned (AVni. Chambers) handed Gen. Harrison
a letter addressed to him by the Democratic Central
Committee of Kentucky, on the subject of Abolition.
He received it, perused it—turned back and re-exam-
ined parts of it; expressed astonishment that his opin
ions, so repeatedly expressed, were not known to those
gentlemen, and said that nothing could induce him to
answ er such interrogatories, coming cither from friends
or foes.
In a subsequent conversation, ho referred to opin
ions heretofore expressed by him, but made nofurthcr
response to the. letter of the Central Committee.
A’ery respectfully, vours, Ac.,
AYM. CHAMBERS,
('. VAN BUSKIRK.
To the Democratic Central Committee of Ky.
A duplicate of the letter sent to Gen. Harrison, was,
is stated in the body of it, also transmitted to the
President, who, instead of taking ■ shelter behind a
committee, or “ standing mute,” replied as follows :
Washington, April 21st, 1810.
Gentlemen :—I have received your letter of the 2nd
inst., and cheerfully comply with your request. You
have inadvertently fallen into an error in supposing
that the questions propounded to me by the Hon. Sher
rod AVilliams, in 1830, embraced the subject of Aboli
tion. My views and opinions in regard to it were,
however, communicated to the people of tho United
States, in reply to a letter received in the same year,
from Junius Amis, Esq., and other citizens of North
Carolina, and also through other channels. Perceiv
ing that L cannot do justice to your inquiries in the
form which you have given to them, by a general re
ference to the answers I have heretofore given, I will
repeat the substance of them.
First: That the relation of Master and Slave, is a
matter which belongs exclusively to each State within
its own boundary,—that Congress has no authority to
interfere, in any respect whatever, with the emancipa
tion of the slaves, or in the treatment of them in any
of the States; and that any attempt to do so by the
government or people of any other State, or by the
General Government, would not only he unauthorized,
but violate the spirit of the compromise, which lies at
the basis of the Federal Compact; and which is bind
ing in honor and good faith on all who live under the
protection of the Federal Constitution, and participate
in its benefits. This doctrine is in strict conformity
to the principle embodied in a Resolution passed by
the House of Representatives of tlie United States, in
1790, upon the report of a Committee, consisti ng al
most entirely of northern men.
Secondly : That conceding to Congress the abstract
power of interfering with, or abolishing slavery in the
District of Columbia, under the broad grant of exclu
sive legislation in all cases whatsoever over th it Dis
trict, there are, nevertheless, objections to the exercise
of this power “against the wishes of the slave-holding
States, as imperative in their nature and obligation, in
regulating tlie conduct of public men, as the most pal
pable want of constitutional power would be.”
Thirdly: That I desired the peopls of the United
States then to understand, that, if elected, I would go
into the Presidential chair the inflexible and i ncom-
promising opponent of any attempt on the part c f Con
gressto abolish slavery in the District of Columbia
againstthc wishes ofthc slaveholding States; aid also
with a determination equally inflexible to resist the
slightest interference with the subject in tho States
where it exists.
The Twenty-Fourth Congress, whose ronsti'utional
term expired at the moment when mine, as President,
commenced, had avowed its belief that it was “ex
tremely important and desirable that the agitation of
the subject of slavery should be finally arrested for the
purpose of restoring tranquillity to the public mind,”
and made it the basis of extensive and deliberate ac
tion in both Houses. In the House of Represen tatives,’
a Committee (a majority of whom were from nor -slave-
holding States) reported, pursuant to instructions, two
resolutions; the first was—“ that Congress possess no
constitutional pbwer to interfere in any way vrith the
institution of slavery in snv of the States of the eon-
CHARLES H. GAY,
Successor to B. B. LORI), &. Co.
W OULD respectfully infotui
the citizens of Athens, that
he has just returned from N. York,
with a complete assortment of
Watches, Jewelry, and
Fancy Goods.
lie is now opening an assortment of A’ery Superior
Gold Lever, and Duplex Watches,
Selected with great care, nnd warranted inferior to
none. Likewise, a fine assortment of
Silrer Levers and Common M'ntchex.
Gold Guard and Fyb.Chains,
“ Seals, Keys, Ac.
New Patterns of Gold Finger Rings, Breastpins, &c.
Silver and Plated Goods,
Consisting of Silver Spoons, Butter Knives, Sugar
Tongs, Cups, &c.,
Plated Fruit and ('ake Baskets, Castors, Candlesticks,
Tea Sets, and Plated Waiters.
Slot Id l SaTWIJO,
AA’ith New Pattern of Frcnclt Transparent Embossed
Shades.
(dilt and Bronze Branch Candlesticks.
A fine assortment of Fntlcry, and almost every ar
ticle usually called for iu the Jewelry and Fancy hard
ware line.
ID’Having first rate .workmen engaged, he is pre
pared to do all kinds of
Repairing of Clocks, AVatches, aucl Jewelry,
In a satisfactory manner.
ILF Tlie services of Mir. ®. Jl. ® riffcii, are still
engaged, who will attend either as salesman, or to
any work intrusted to his care, and is authorized to
attend to the settlement of accounts of tlie late firm of
B. B. Lord & Co.
July 24—19—tf.
Fuivcrsity of Georgia,)
Athens, July 9, 1840. C
T HE Trustees of this Institution, will begin their
{session on Monday the 3d August next. Th®
exhibition of the Junior Class, will take place on
1 uesday the 4th, and on AA'edncsday the 5th, will be
the annual commencement.
On Thursday tho 8th, the Annual Oration before
July .0—17—3,. ASBUHV HULL, S«c>.
CONFECTIONARYflND BAKING.
9 U , h . untlc raigned would respectfully inform the
-*- Citizens of Athens and the surrounding country,
nf-ii ifi>l u,vc a store in the new BRICK
litILJ)I.\G opposite tlie Post Office, on Colleger
Avenue, where may be had at all times, all kinds of
Candies, Syrups y
Cakes,
EUklCSy
ii'iltrs,
Seyarsy
Emits,
.Yii/.v,
Be. Be. Sfc.
Haying engaged a first rate workman at the Candif
and Cake Jinking, we can supply those in the trad®
as chcu|> as at any shop in the country.
Ip* 1- amilics also supplied with all kinds of Tea-
Lakes.
IG” Wc have made arrangements to be supplied with
Bee, and are now spared to furnish Icc Creams,
B-ttmoitatle, and other refreshments.
• . , CLOAA ER & IIART,
Athens, June 19—M—tf
From the Sydney Herald.
Exploring Expedition.
Discovery of tue Antarctic Conti
nent.—Amongst the arrivals to be found in
onr shipping list of this day, is that’ of the
United States ship Vincennes, tinder the com
mand of Charles Wilkes, Esq. The Vincen
nes has been absent from this port almost eigh
ty days, most of which time has been spent
in southern exploration, and we arc happy to
have it in our power to announce, on the
highest authority, that tho researches of the ex
ploring squadron after a southern continent
have been completely successful. The laud
was first seen on the morning of the 19 of Jan
uary, in latitude 04° 20m. south, longitude
154® 18 cast.
The Peacock, (which ship arrived in our
harbor on the 22d ultimo, much disabled from
her contract with the ice,) obtaiued soundings
in a high southern latitude, and established
beyontf doubt the existence of land iu that
direction. But the Vincennes, more fortunate
iu escaping injury, completed the discovery,
and ran down the coast from 154® 18 to 97®
45 east longitude, about seventeen hundred
miles, within a short distance of the land, of
ten so near as to get soundings with a few
fathoms of line, during which time she was
constantly snrroanded by ice islands and bergs,
and experiencing many heavy gales of wind,
exposing her constantly to shipwreck. We
also understand that she has brought several
specimens of rock and earth procured from the
land, some of them weighing upwards of one
hundred pounds.
It is.questionable whether this discovery can
bo of any essential benefit to commerce: but
it cannot be otherwise Ilian highly gratifying
to capt. Wilkes and the officers engaged with
him in this most interesting expedition, to have
brought to a successful termination the high
trust committed to them by; their country; and
it is hoped that so noble a commencement in
the cause of sciencfe and discovery will induce
the Government of the United States to'follow
LADIES’ SHOES,
STRAW AND LEGHORN BONNETS,
Twisted Silk Shawls,
French Muslins, Swiss mid Jaconet Muslins.
J OHN II. NEWTON lias just received a large stock
iff Ladies’, Misses’ and Infants’ Slioes,
of Superior quality.
—also—
, . Supr Sujir Frcnclt Muslins, . . f „ , v
• Black twisted Silk Mantillo Shawls, ’ • 1 r ■
Supr plain and figured Swiss Muslins, v. 1
Supr plain and crossbarrcd Jaconets,
Rich figured Silks,
Plain j>ro dc nap Silks for Bonnets,
Ricli figured Satins for Bonnets,
AVhalebone Bamboo Splits for Bonnets,
Marseilles Quilts, Corded Skirts, ’
Drapery Muslins, Furniture Dimities,
Straw and Leghorn-Rgnncts,
Palm leaf llcods, .
Linen Carpeting, India Matting, < ~
Dutch Bolting Cloths,
AA'liich with liis stock on hand, comprises almost eve
ry article usually kojit in a Retail Store—all of which he
is offering on accommodating terms.
Athens, July 21—19—tf. ,
CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT.
John Reynolds & Co.,
A RE constantly manufacturing and have for sain,
Carriages, Baronches, Buggies Sul
kies, Dearborn Wagons dee. &c.
Of Sufierior style and workmanship, which they oiler
on the most liberal and accommodating terms.
They also arc prepared to do all kinds of repairing
with the utmost neatness and promptitude.
EVERY VARIETY OF
Single and Double Harness,
WILL be made to order, or repaired at the shortest
notice.
Persons desirous of procuring neat and durable ar
ticles, and who are disposed to patronise their own
citizens instead of sending abroad, arc'respectfully so
licited to give us a call.
Athens, Geo. J uly 21—19—tf. ' i
JUST RECEIVED,
fi) A LARGE lot of Misses Calf Walk-
eit.YJ_^wX \.insSIio<‘s, and high quarter kcatli-
Fh*. cf Shoes, of Superior quality for School
girls. Also children's Leather and Morrocco high
quarter Shoes.
Ladies’ Kid Slippers, and Morrocco
Walking Shoes.
Gentlemen’s Leather and Morrocco Pumps, and Calf
Slippers, Men’s and Boys’ Kip and coarse Brogans,
Women's Prunella, Seal, and Leather Boots.
—also—
On hand, a large stock of Shoes, of various descrip
tions, and
Gentlemen’s home-made and Northern Calf
As most of the above were manufactured expressly
for the Subscriber, he believes they will give safiafr
tion.
A liberal discount made to Cash purchasers.
SAMUEL TENNEY.
July 24—19—tf.
GLOWER & HART,
'kyOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Athens
and its Vicinity, that they have opened a Store
in the new brick building on College Avenue, opposite
the Post Office, where may be found at all times, a good
assortment of t °
Confectionary, Emits, Sc* , L ,
They have just received—
5 Boxes Lemons,
to Drums Figs,
30 Jars Prunes,
15 Fancy boxes do,
30 Boxes Raisins,
200 Lbs. Currants,
2 Boxes Citron,
25 Lbs. Nutmegs,
Cinnamon,
Cloves,
Alspicc,
Ginger,
Lemon Syr;up,
Brandicd Fruits,
Pickles,
Having made arrangements to be supplied with
ICE, they will soon be able to furnish
Soda Waft**’, Icc Creams, Ac.
Athens, May 29—II—tf.
A Inlands,
Filberts, '
Madeira Nuts, 1 *
Champagne Wine#
Madeira do,
Muscat do. •"
Sherry do-..
Port do.-
l<ondon Porter,-
Scotch Ale,-
Champagne' Cider,
5000 Principe Segars*
7000 Spanish do-
Tobacco.
NEW STORE,
T HE subscriber having received a considerable
assortment of .• "t
SEASONABLE DBF GOODS', f j
Together with an assortment of Shoes and Hate
to ho sold for Cash, would respectfully invito, hi®
friends and the public generally, to call at. his new
•Store on the corner opposite the residence ofjMajor K
Hill, where lie is satisfied they will find it to tiieir’jti.'
tercst to lay out their cash. ..- ■'rT-aTri
WILLIAM
May 29—11—tf. ■’ Mi
J 1 — ■■■■”■ iL
SUMMER HATS. fS
L ATELY received by the subscribers, a good sup
ply of Leghorn, Palinleaf and Straw Hats ; also
the latest style of Fur and Silk Hats. All kinds of hat*
made and repaired toordcr.
W, NICHOLS & Co. r
Athens, May 15, 1840.
ROGERS & HART,
Manufacturers of, and dealers in
RIFLES, tarns, PISTOLS, dec-
H AVE opened astorc in Athens, Geo., wliero a good
assortment of the above mentioned articles may
at all times be found.
Bines made to order, and W*arranied,
Aud every description of liepairing done in the best
manner. They have also for sale.
Powder, Shot, Lead ; Hunting Equipments /
Fine Cutlery ; Gun Materials, ij-c. $*c.
Athens, Dec. 28.—41—if.
LAND FOR SALE.
fDHF, Subscriber offers for sale, two tracts of land
X on the Oconee river, in Jackson co. about seven
miles from Athens, adjoining lands of E. L. Newton,
S. Mays, and others, connected hy eighty acres now in
market, the whole making 428 acres. Botli the pla
ces have been occupied, and have on them nearly al!
necessary buildings. A large number of ]icach and
apple trees are u]K>n the land. Between 200 and 300
acres arc woodland, and the whole is well watered.
Persons desirous of purchasing farms near Athens,
will do well to oxatn ne tho premises—a good bargain
may be had. ABRAHAM WILLIAMS.
July 10—17—9t.
HOUSE LOTS.
„ld voolo-.if .PPM
Athens, July 24—19—tf.
In House of Representatives.
W HEREAS a bill has passed both branches of
the General Assembly, changing the time of
holding the sessions of the Legislature, from aqnual
to biennial: rut whereas it is proper on all occasion*
to ascertain tlte will of tho people, whenever it can
he done without interfering with tlte ordinary course
of Legislation : Therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Represent
ta'ii<es of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby resol red by the authority of the
same. That on the first Monday in October, 1840, the
voters of this State be requested to endorse on their
tickets, the words, “ Annual," or “ Biennial," as they
may favor the meeting of the Legislature eyenr year,
or once in two years; and that the resolution be pub
lished in the newspapers in this State for three montli*
before the first Monday in October aforesaid.
JOSEPH DAY,
Sneaker of the House Of Representatives,
Attest—Joseph Svurois, Clerk.
In Senate, concurred in, 2tst December, 1839.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Attest—David J. Bailey, Secretary.
Approved, December 24th, 1839.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
The newspapers of this State will insert the above
three months from the 1st of July.
June 26—15—3m.
“’•F' ' '
NOTICE.
A LL those indebted to the estate of Jack Lumpkin,
late of Oglethorpe county, deceased, are request
ed to make immediate payment,, and those having de-
mandji against said estate, are requested to present
them as the law directs.
N. M. LUMPKIN.) ...
WM. BEASLEY, $ txrd *
.Tj-uiri*
July 17—r8-*-10d.