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ate, at intervals, a large quantity,
and on the second day after was
quite recovered, and able to quit
his bed. In the summer of the fol
lowing year he again dispelled at
tacks of the disease by taking ripe
strawberries. The third year the
attacks were renewed, but in a
slighter degree than in the prece
ding years. After this, Linnaeus
never neglected to eat strawberries
every summer; his blood seemed
to be purified by this means ; his
countenance was more cheerful, his
colour fresher, and he was ever
after free from the gout, though lie
lived to the age of 7U years,
~—...
fiusnsGrtau
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1822.
FOR THE GEORGIA ADVERTISER.
—-♦*
It was not my intention to notice the
strictures and animaclversidh| which the
late exercise of authority oft the part ol
Governor Clark would naturally call
forth from his enemies, until a lull and
impartial investigation of the aflair had
taken place by proper persons, not doubt
ing they would effectually clear him from
the charge of assuming and exercising a
power not given him by the elective body
of the state: But as the opinion appears
to he gaining ground, that the silence ol
his friends arises from a conviction on
their part that his late act was unconsti
tutional, and that they are unable to de
fend him on tenable grounds,—thereby
leaving him to be condemned on ex parte
evidence alone : 1 beg leave, through
your paper, to deny thUt the Governor
has exercised usurped power, and to
prove that the lata dismission and ap
pointment conics fully and explicitly
within that clause of the Constitution
which gives him the appointing power in
case of death, resignation, or otherwise.
In rny remarks, at present, I shall con
line myself to that clause in its plainest*
sense and interpretation, and to a brief
reply to an article published in the
Chronicle of the 2Gt,h hist, and extracted
from the Southern Recorder. *
In the ninth section oi the second arti
cle of the Constitution, which is the clause
vesting the power of appointment in the
hands of the Governor, with certain re
strictions therein named, I find that power
defined in the following words; “ When
any office shall become vacant by death,
resignation, or otherwise, the Governor
shall have the power to fill such vacancy;
and the person sd appointed shall conti
nue in office until a successor is appointed
agreeable to the mode pointed out by
this Constitution, or by the Legislature.”
It is on this the power of the Governor
rests ; and I think I shall be able to prove
to the satisfaction of all unbiassed per
sons, that this section docs give the power
he has exercised ; and that in using it he
has but acted up to the strict letter and
spirit of the law. In the case of the death
•or resignation on the part of the Secreta
ry, the power could not have been ques
tioned, and of course they have grounded
their accusation on the office becoming
vacant otherwise- than by these means. —
The insertion of the word otherwise has
left that section of live Constitution en
tirely in his favor, because the office may
hecyme vacant by his inability from sick
ness or from any other cause that may
produce inability. In the section (trea
ting the Secretary of State, there is no
part that authorizes the appointment of
deputy,—and in the of Decem
ber 17, 1817, allowing an extra Clerk
for certain special purposes in the Secre
tary’s Office, I do not find they considered
it as expedient to give Ipsa the power to j
do the official business of the office by at-!
torney. We of course must presume
they thought the appointing power of the
Governor sufficient for the purpose in
case of inability on the part ol the Secre
tary, arising from any cause the Legisla
ture could not foresee or provide for.
That this is a correct interpretation of
its spirit cannot be denied—in proof of
which I cite the 4th section of the same
article, which provides, that “ the Pre
sident of the Senates shall exercise the
executive powers of the government”
when there shall be cause, either from
“ death, resignation, or disability,” on the
part of the Governor. Now, if in the
case of the Governor, disability gives the
executive power to another, in the case
of the secretary likewise, (an office which
requires equal particularity,) it must
'■ more forcibly apply; because the Legisla
ture have in the Executive itself vested
all the power necessary to create anew,
when the vacancy be occasioned “by
death, resignation, or otherwise,”
which last comprehends disability from
whatever cause it may originate. 1 pre
sume it is not Decenary to pursue this
argument further —the plainness of the
Constitution prevents but momentary
. t
misrepresentations, for the good sense o 1
the people will easily detect the spurious
constructions that may be attempted to
fae palmed on them, and the conscious
ness of that on the part of Governor
Clark’s enemies may prevent them
from continuing assertions which they
have bo proof to substantiate,
\'' ' *
I will now give as reply to the
positions taken by the Southern Recorded
as may be consistent with the suited,
without allowing brevity to dwindle in
to obscurity. In ‘.he first place it is de-*
dared, if he (the secretary) had a right
to be absent with , he had also a right to
be absent without the permission of the
Executive, —illustrating this simple posi
tion by the text, that they are separate
and distinct officers, both appointed by
the same high powers. I grant them
this, and allow them to make the most of
it. He may, likewise, not be dependent
on the Executive, but he is not indepeud
ent, for tfie Legislature gives the Gov r
nor the right to appoint to any office that
| may become vacant. The extension is
| unlimited, nor is any office exempted
! from his power. But neither the Go
| vernornor his friends, 1 believe, have re
j lied on that or upon his visit being to St.
Augustine, that he could be removed be
cause out ol the State. They do contend,
however, that the Constitution gives the
power, unu that that power has bctu
• Justly exercised; and the Editor of the
Southern'Recorder may “ place his fin
! ger” upon that part of the Constitution
. 1 '
tom, time immemorial, for some friend to
1 ] sign for the officers when absent, and
!
some precedents are given to prove the
1 assertion; but it will not be contended
I 1
.! that custom can alter or amend the Con-
M
slitution; it may answer as a principle
1
in common law for custom to decide
when there is nb written law on the sub
ject; but it will never do when so mo
mentous a concern us altering the Consti
tution is iu idea. In contending against
i a °
the power of the Governor to appoint,
the Southern Recorder has strayed so
far from what is the true principle of his
pow er, that it is really too much trouble
for me to follow him beyond a 'general
boundary,—when it returns to the charge
and takes its station on the appointing
clause, I aiay consider it worth while to
meet it; but till it does so 1 give the
j, first part of this as a text for it to com
' meat on, —not only to it, hut to all who
I I consider the Governor to have transcend
j ed his power in considering the office of
j the Secretary vacant, and filling up the
office when so vacant. SIDNEY. '
i
j
From the Charleston City Gazette..
YOUTH.
Every school boy is acquainted
with, and many have doubtless
memorized the splendid reply made
1 by Lord Chatham, (when a very
young man) to the sarcasm passed
1 upon his youth by Sir Robert Wul
' pole :
' “ The atrocious crime of being a
■ young man, which the honourable
; gentleman Ims, with such spirit and
decency, charged upon roe, I shall
• neither attempt to palliate nor
, deny ; hut content myself with
wishing, that 1 may be one of those
whose follies may cease with their
youth, and not of that number who
are ignorant in spite of experience.
Whether youth c in he imputed to
any man as a reproach, I will not,
Sir, assume the province of deter
mining, hut surely age may hecom
1 justly contemptible, if the oppnrtu
nites which it brings have passed
away without improvement, and
vice appears to prevail when the
■ passions have subsided. The
wretch, who, after having seen the
, consequences of a thousand errors
continues still to blunder, and
whose age has only added obstinacy
to stupidity, is surely the object of
either abhorrence or contempt, and
deserves not that ins grey head
j should secure him from insult.—
! Much more, Sir, is he to be abhor
j red, who as he has advanced in age,
; has receded from virtue, and he
! comes more wicked with less temp
tations ; who prostitutes Himself for
money which he cannot enjoy, and
spends the remains of his life in the
ruin of h;s country.”
1 ■ Thus,did this great man repel the
I charge made against him, for vied
• dhng in the Councils of his country,
or rather for infusing info them his
; own intellectual light and energy.
1 Mr. Calhoun, it appears, is lia
, ble to a similar objection. Although
, fifteen years older than the great
| man above mentioned, his youth is
j also mentioned as a serious objec
tion to bis elevation. His talents
are admitted and admired ; his in
' tegnty and services and activity
1 are approved—but forsooth, he is
a Young Alan!
1 Nluvv, vve shall leave the Presi
> dentiul question out of the discua
r sion j -indeed we candidly declare,
’ that at present we have no allusion
i to this subject, nor shall we discuss
- it for some lime to come, Cod will
s ing and, our candidate, whoever he
s may be,' alive and merry. P*nt it
f really is ridioqjjous to read about
f the youth of a man between thirty*
3 eight and forty years of age ! Mr.
3 Calhoun is not a young man, either
. as regards his age, Ids acquirements
r or his experience in public life.—
a He is iu the very meridian of his
y faculties; and whether he become
President, or remain Secretary, or
retire to private life, this objection j
to his capacity tor receiving and
exercising new dignities, throws his
character into brighter relief, (ban |
* if he had attained the age of Me- |
TIIUSALF.iI.
In “ Lacon” —an American pro-!
duction, a sensible little volume, I
full of good morals, and written in]
an admirable style of simplicity—a
volume with which our readers |
ought to be well acquainted, wej
j* were struck with the following just i
reflection :
“ When honors come to us, ra
thertbanwe to them; when they
meet us, as it were, in the vestibule
of life,*it is well if our enemies can
' say no more against us, than that we
are too young for our dignities : *lt
' would be. much worse for us, if
they, could say that we are too old
■ for them: time will destroy the first
■ objection, but confirm tiie second.”
CRUISE OF THE HORNET.
i
NORFOLK, AUGUST 13.
In yesterday’s Beacon we an
' nounred the arrival, in the Bile of
Craney Island, of the U. S. ship
- Hornet, Capt. 11. Henley, from a
> cruise after Pirates, in the West
[ India seas.
, We have conversed with Capt.
1 Henley, who has been permitted
. to come up to town since our last
, paper went to press ; the stale of
, being generally healthy,
15 of the Hornet!s men have been
very sick, but are now all convale
scent, and only II remain on the
Doctor’s list—that of Midshipman
1 Myers is the only death that has
’ occurred on hoard since the ship
’ left this port.
3 The Hornet sailed from Havana
J on Sunday 4th iust. having under
I her convoy three brigs and a sloop,
3 for ports of the United States,
; names, kc. unknown, and parted
j with them at different times,
s T(p; French Slave Brig re-cap
- tured from the Pirates by the Hor
j net, was released by Capt. Henley
. to the agents at that port, on re
f ceiving nearly SIO,OOO in doubloons
, as salvage. Capt. H. considering it
, more consonant with humanity to
accept of this sum, offered by the
agents of the brig, than to send her
to the United States for adjudication,
as the latter course would, in all
probability, be attended with a
great sacrifice of human lives, from
; the number of Slaves on board.—
The Captain of the brig had pre
| viously offered $17,000 to the
Pirates as a ransom, hut they re
fus d to accept it, expecting, no
doubt, to extort a larger sum.—
1 Capt. H. had n< t heard of any act
! of piracy, subsequent to that coin
-1 mitted on this brig, although the
‘ Coast of Cuba swarmed with these
desperadoes, who managed to elude
1 the utmost vigilance ofour cruisers.
r We learn from an officer of the
Hornet, that a very favorable im
' pression had been made at Havana,
by the respect show n to the Reve
1 line laws of that Island by Capt.
I Henley, in asking permission to
take on board tile salvage money, a
courtesy not usually paid by British
and other armed vessels. The
I I permission was very promptly giv
| en, with a suitable acknowledgment
I of the respectful sentiment that had
! ! dictated the Application.
: 1 The British naval force in the
i West- India seas is represented as
I quite respectable, but they arc too
]. profitable engaged in transporting
1 money from port to port, to attend
' to the acts of piracy committed even
lon their own commerce. Their
conduct in this respect had excited
much dissatisfaction, and itwas said
' representations on the subject had
bqen made to Lloyd's , with a view
of their being communicated to
government.
I The Hornet, we learn, will come
: up to-day, to her old anchorage off
Town Point.
>
DARIEN, AUGUST 17.
. During the past season, upwards
o {fifteen thousand bales of cotton
. have descended the Alatamaha to
, this place, a great portion of which
t has been purchased and shipped di
j reel to different foreign ports —and
. we have good reason to believe,
g from the rapid settlements which
have been made in our yevvly ac
/ quired territory, that the quantity
3 of prouiice which must naturally
come to thi, market, will, in a few
jears, be quadrupled, and couse
. queutly increase the intercourse of
the place with different nations.—
, The communication of Darien with
s the interior has been greatly facili
. tated by the appropriations of cer
- 21 tain sums of money which had pre
t viously been made by the legisla
t ture, for the important purpose of
. removing the obstructions in the
rWer. in contemplating the grow
r mg importance of our city, being
s supported by a rich and fertile back
_ country, we are prone to exult in
g her many advantages. Here the
g emigrant would hud every encou
, ragement to settle, and theadven
.-w •
i turer a ready market to vend his
goods. Materials for building are j
I to t<« bad from the saw mills in the ;
neighborhood, at a low rate, and
stores and dwellings are daily mul
tiplying, many of which would do
credit to any’of the northern cities.
Gazette. j
Treasure Found. —A young man
iu the vicinity of Mancocksville,
j Union District, in this Stale, a few
jdays since, while at work on his '
; plantation, dug up a pot containing
1 several thousand dollars in silver
and gohl 1 This treasure must have
been buried there many years ago. (
No person in the neighborhood has
an, knowledge of it. It probably
was deposited during the Kevolu
; tionary War, and its owner might
1 have fallen a martyr in that strug
gle before disclosed the deposit.
Charleston ('iuj Gazette.
COMMUNICATED.
On the 20th lust, at las residence on
the Sand-Hills, Mr. Thomas Gardner,
1 in Hie 50th year of his ago. Panegyric
i of the dead, seldom embalms their mo
, mory or benefits the living—but those
who knew the deceased cannot think too
much said, when he is pronounced as the
tenderest and most affectionate husband,
. ant] father, a kind master, a warm mid
| faithful friend; and a man iu whose soul
was hourur’s resting place, and who was
j< known ap the core of honor itself.
u. -
i {£3° Several genteel young
men can lie accommodated with Board,
. in the middle tenement of the Bridge
Bank.
August 2!] 359 ts
j Just Received,
AT Tilth AUGUSTA BOOKSTORE,
JOURNAL of a Cruise made to the
Pacific Ocean, in the United States’
Frigate Essex, by Capt. David Porter.
2 vols.j
A Sketch of Old England, by a New
j England Man,
’ The Protest, by the Author of Annals of
1 the Parish Ayreshire, Legatees, and
1 Sir Andrew Wylie—greatly improved
’ with p|:Ues. Edition of 1822.
ALSO,
A Very excellent GUITAR, and a few
| VIOLINS, of a good.quality.'
August 20 359 2t
i i-l ———
1 i For Sale,
00 Barrels superfine FLOOR, from
New Wheal, Just received from
Richmond, via Charleston.
A 1.80,
in bids. Newark'Cider, Ist quality,
(J boxes Goshen Cheese,
15 do. Claret, 1 doz. each,
100,000 best Spanish Segara,
Apply to
Florence & Co.
Sign of the Golden Eagle, Hamburg.
August 28 It
Mackerel, Rale Rope,
400 Barrels No. 3 Mackerel, 1
17. i coils Bale Rope,
;J boxes Wlnltunore’s Cotton Cards,
No. 10,
1 box do. Wool do.
2 qr. casks Teneriffe Wine,
ft tierces prime Rice,
7 demijohns and ftkega old Irish Whis
roa SALE nv [key,
Henry Harper.
Also, to Let ,
i Jhwfl The TENEMENT west o(
1 iftfsHf M cssr ' : - 11. &B. Lang’s, w<ll
fi»|rjadapted for a Grocery and
Cotton business. Immediate
1 possession can be given if required.
Enquire of
Henry Harper,
on
J. & W. Harper.
August 28 ' 4 359 ts
To Rent,
'(Possesion the Isi if October next
Tenement No. 11, Bridge.
IMiaH R,ow. Apply on the prmises.
August 28 359 If
L. St—
Masonic Notice.
AT a regular meeting of Lodge Stith,
No. 4, in Sparta, on the 15th inst.
) Thomas H Kendall was unanimously cx-
pelled from said Lodge, for conduct high
ly reprehensible and unjnasonic.
Published by order of the Lodge.
1 John Abercrombie,
> Secretary.
1 Stith Lodge, No. 4, Aug. Hi, 5822.
. i i . _____
, *
■
l Georgia Fencibles!
A Regular Quarterly Meeting of the
Company will be held, at the Eagle j
’ Tavern, on Saturday evening next, at i
8 o’clock. Members are hereby notified j
1 to come prepared to meet the third quar
terly payment.
James M, Glynn,
* Augu 120 2t Secretary.
WILL BE SOLD,
This Morning, at 10 o’clock.
Before the l J ust-o[licc,
FOR CASH',
BARRELS No. 3 Mackarel,
\r 50 barrels superfine Hour,
20 Tierces Rico.
Fraser & Bowel re,
August 28 Auctioneers.
Executor’s Sale.
On Friday morning , the 1 t//i Oct. next,
WILL BE SOLD,
4 T tile late residence of John Wijlson,
i. deceased, the personal property be
longing to his estate. Sale to commence
aUIO o’clock. 'l’erms—sums under $ 100
Acash, tuul over SIOO, four months credit,
for approved endorsed notes.
By order of the,Executor.
Fraser & Bowdre,
Anrliinirtn,
August 28 359 wtds
LIME.
On the River, and will he. sold low at the
Landing ,
CASKS superior Dexter-Rock
'STONE LIME.
Rath bone & Andrews.
August 28 359 3t
k To Rent,
a A Store & Dwelling House
on Broad-street, near the
Planters’ Hotel. For terms
vuply to
B. G. Sims.
August 23 359 2tvv
Western Hold.
flTOiji /UIJIE subscriber still re-
HB*B™h ,it mains at Capt. B. Mims’
SlilW wt, R known stand, where
Crceno and Centre streets
intersect e.c h other, and directly oppo
site the Market from Ihe Augusta Bridge;
and when taking into consideration ihe
pleasantness of the situation, good water,
low prices, and his attention to make
those comfortable who call, ho hopes to
obtain a reasonable share of public pa
tronage.
An excellent Wagon Yard is also kept
bv the subscriber.
RATES.
Man per day, . . . $1 25
Man and Horse per day, 2 00
Horse per day, .... 75
tec. Sen. Ate.
Woodson Ligon.
Augusta, Aug. 21 357 wild
10 J The Editors of the Georgia Jour
nal, Savannah It epublican, Washington
News, and Columbia Telescope will
please give the above an insertion once a
week till the liisl of January, 1823, and
forward their accounts to tllls office for
payment.
The above Subscriber
II AS OH II AND
About 7000 [ls. prime
BACON,
A part of which is prime Hams, which
he wishes to dispose of
August 21 357 w4t
LAW.
f ffAHE subscribers, having connected
-1L themselves in the practice of Law,
will promptly and diligently attend to
all business which may he confided to
them in the line of their profession.—
They will attend all the Courts in the
Flint Circuit, and such others in adjoin
ing counties as (lie arrangement with
respect to the time of thoir sitting may
permit.
Anderson Holt.
J. W. Cook.
Monroe County, J uue 5 343 3m
Richmond, & Baltimore
Howard Street,
Superfine Flour ,
Foil S '. I.E AT
Mackenzie Ponce’s Warehouse.
August 21 ’ 357 01.
FOR SALE,
Tu close Consignments,
250 BBLS. SUGAR
20 ~ Loaf do.
20 ~ Green Coffee
10 lilids. Rum
4 pipes Gin
4 ~ Brandy
I>o boxes Tallow Candles
30 ~ Sperm, do.
10 «„ Raisins
2(*qr. casks Malaga Wine
100 tons English, Swede and
Russia Iron
2500 bushels St. Übes Salt
100 pieces Cotton Bagging.
Mackenzie & Ponce.
ILf* They offer their remaining Stock
of Dry G ods, Hardware, with 2UU box
es East India China, on a credit of one
and two years, for country paper,
August? 353 2m
• To Kent,
And immediate possession given ,
JtegrfL A House on the Sand-Hills,
i suitable for a small family,
i PBgjßffl adjoining Mrs. Moore’s, Mr,
Fin illFfliLi jlopkins’ and Dr. Feudall’s
lots. For tonus apply to J.&W. Har
per, Augusta, or JolmNellson, uear the
Quaker Spring*. -
August 14 355 ts
Removal.
Walmslej Foster,
I line removed to the store recently occu
pied by Messrs. Stewart k Hargraves,
OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE,
Whore they have now on hand a pretty
general assortment of
DRY GOODS,
AMONG WHICH ARK
Nankin and Canton Crapes, black and
coloured,
Crape and Rich SatilT Robes, assorted
colours,
Cashmere, Crape and Plaid silk lldkfs.
Flag and Bandana Hdkfs. suite very
elegant
Irish Linens, in half pieces, some very
line,
Parasols & Umbrellas, in great variety,
Rombazetts, Plain and Figured,
Cotton Flaggs and Bandanoes,
While and colored Cravats,
Silk k. Tabby Velvets, assorted colors,
Tortoise Shell, Imitation, dressing fond
pocket Combs, , .
Cambric, Jaconet and Mull Muslins,
Power and Steam Loom Sheetings,
Printed Marseilles and Valencia Vest
ings,
Vest Shapes, a new and superior arti
cle,
Black Silk Florentine Vestings,
Silk, Cotton & Wool Hosiery, assorted,
Gilt, Coat, Vest and Pearl Shirt But
tons, •"
Imitation Russia Duck and Sheeting,
Damask, Bird’s Eye & Russia Diapers,
Sewing Silks, black, blue tuidlajportej
colors.
Stripe Drilling, blue and yellow Nan
keens,
Rorum and Imitation Beaver Hub ;
Which are ottered low fur cash, or
town acceptances; and one of the liru
being now in New-York, will occasional
ly receive through the season such sup
plies ;ts will suable them to keep their
assortment pretty general, and on the
most accommodating terms.
To Rent,
Til! the. Jirsl njW'evcnibrr next,
The Store lately ocr upied hy *
pjlPdi- the subscribers, adjoining the
Book-tore of Win. .). Hobby, Esq. For
terms apply as above.
June 22 340 wlf
JScidlitz, Kochclio
A.\l>
; Soda PMvders,
' FOR SALE
L. Rossignnl.
August 21 ts 307 tit
1 OR SALE,
A Y wluwblv VlaivtaUuu
IN t’CTNAM COUNTV,
W'l rillN a few miles of the flourish
ing town of ICalonton, containing
four hundred acres,-at this time rented by
James Burt. The improvements aio
good, consisting of a frame dwelling, with
(he necessary out buildings. PaitolTho
, purchase money may remain in the hands
I of (he purchaser if required. Apply tu
, DIMAS PONCE, Esq. Hancock, or to
i Mackenzie &l Ponce.
August7 . 343 'Jin
Sugar, Coffte and Ivon.
150 I Ihds. Prime Sugar .
lf>o bags do Green Collet
50 tons Swedes Iron assorted
• 3do Plough Moulds
TV IT H A
GENERAL SUPPLY OF
GROCERIES,
EOR SALE HY
S. HILLS 4* .ILLEX.
May 11 320 ts
Notice.
A 1,1. peHpps tire hereby cautioned
. from trading for a Note of Hand,
drawn by J. Grey, jun. of Edgefield Dis
trict, S. C.’in favor of Suttie k. Elder,
of Augusta, Geo. for s'-’SO, and payable
ton days after date, —the said note ha
ving been cither lust or mislaid.
John Elder,
Hurraing Partner.
August 21 357 3t
To Kent,
And possession (siren on the Jirsl day of
„ n October next,
fefa I! Three STORES, belonging
gill I Jo the Estate of John fury, dec.
situated on the south side of liroad»stroet
—all well calculated lor a Grocery bu
siness.
Martha Fury, adm'x.
N B. For tcims apply to Win. P.
Dearmond.
August 21 357 51
For Sale,
MA (louse and Lot, fronting on
Broad-Street, about seve.nty
cigfai feet and extending to Ellis-Street,
with the same front. It is situated in the
most healthy and desirable part of the
city, for a private residence, adjoining
J. 11. Mann, Esq. and directly opposite
Judge Montgomery’s—The above jtro
perty will be sold low for cash, and in
disputable titles will be made.-—Apply to
G. R. Marshall,
July 21 340 11
A Horse.
AN excellent draught or saddle Horse,
and a neat Gig, (or sale for Cadi or
Groceries. Apply at this office.
August 21 357 3t
Mr. Win. Rankin is
authorized to attend tu the business of
the subscriber during hU absence.
) Win. Henry Egan.
! August 21 3j7 4t
Powers of Attorney
For sale at the Augusta Bookstore.