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Nr.w York, Jan. Rh
LATENT FROM El'KOl’E.
We tinvi* to imnoimee tin* arrival •>!
the packet *hip Havre, Capt. Depeyster
Trom Havre, which port she hdl ( >n the
MM h NoVember. We have received hy
tier, Paris papers to the sJ'2d unci Havre
to tho tSld.
The most important nrxiele of intelli-
Acnee in relation to the internal policy o(
France, is the creation l»y Isolds Phillip
pc of thirty-fax new peers. lor the p»r
|iow of carrying through the Ch'tuber
of Peers the hill width has passed the
Chamber of Deputies. abolishing an he
reditary peerage. This measure is de
nounced hy the liberal papers ns aticoti-
Htitationul. nnd us an attack on the rights
of the lower bouse.
At n large meeting of the members «l
the opposition, it was determined l<» pro
rest against this net of the King. tin the
latest dales however, nothing had been
done on the subject in the Chamber ol
Hepatic*. The measure was announced
hy the President of the Council to the
Chamber of Peers, who received the
ooiumiuiiratioii with apparent indill'er
enep.
Among the new peers linn created
will he Idnml many individuals, who
have acted conspicuous parts in the vary
ing seem s of which Prance has been ho
fertile a theatre. Mnret, Duke of 11assn*
no, Oenerals llrouot, Pnjol and J'xeel
inans. nit eminent and devoted ofieers ol
Napoleon. Cnvieri, a name dnr to
science, but (bat of a decided ultra royal
♦st. I'cmaiid Pay. a fun of the ch ora
ted (Jenerul and Deputy, though "illy I*'
years of age. The prim eol ,’Vloskwwa,
eon of Ilaish.il IN'cy. w hose lirstacl. it is
paid, will he to obtain front the chamber,
of which he has In come a lactnm r, and
which condemned his fuller to death
Home declaration \v hicli \v ill wash nil lltv
stain affixed l»y them on the memorv ol
his onrent. There an* other a ua< u
conspicuous however. The Con it Tiir
rci.no possesses none of tin* blood o* tin
great Turemti* and h is simply been a
<ifiamlicrlam. The Prince tic Hoaaveau.
IVota his relationr hip to tMaiiamc tin
Cay In, the niistress if (mitis Will
might have cKpeeteil an act of 111 via- from
that monarch, hat what gives iiinua title
tonne from laatis Phillippe, it would In
dillicalt to discover. Poitevia is Presi
dent of the i-ii'ir lliyulr, and it may he
supposed that hy including him in the
list, the government have had la v iew to
conciliate the members of that body.
The wile of Lord lal ward Pil/gei aid.
the celebrated Pamela, and elev e of.Mud
ami* de ttenli , who on the death of her
first husband, married !Hr. Pitcairn at
Hamburg, died recently at Paris.
Ij.VTIWT FROM I3NIII.AMI.
Nhiv-Voiik. January 12.
We yesterday announced the loss ol
the Packet Mdp (Jeorge Canning, Cap
fain Aliya, run aground oil' Ah-eemalie
iteaHi.
"•ho (Jeorge Canning sailed on the
Vo- of November, to which dale she
is ought paper*.
Tho Ki tig farther prorogued Parlia
ment on the tMst November, mild tliettiti
amber. The ,11 u'uitt.g Chronicle say
sp in lids sifjeil;
1 Ve hold longer delay, in the present
•emper of the nation, to he pregnant vv itii
ilaugcr: It is impossmli* to make peo
ple comprehend why it should he neecs
nary to delay a measure which can only
ho carried in one of Iwo ways, and I’.a
Vvhieli thesmm* means exist now which
xv aihl exist alter the year had comment
ed llul if it he impossible that mare
means for carrying the bill could be com
manded in the end of January than in
the beginning of December, it is by no
me ins impossible that fewer means
should then be at the command of minis
ters.”
The King issued a proclamation on the
Hist, declaring the " political union nti
voaslitalional and illegal.
Tin; Ciioi.i-iv *..—There seems to be no
litrther room t-i doabl that the malignant
cholera prevails in Sunderland. The
latest accounts from that place are to
the‘2lst. giving the following statement
of the number of the sick cm that day:
Ui.irrliitM J7, Common Cholera 2d, ,11a
lignaal do. !>, of which filler number I
died—and on the previous day two per
sons died of the common, and four of the
malignant cholera, about the averngt
jiiiiuber daily, according U> the Horning
Hoi aid
A letter from I/iverpool of the 2li!t,
says, "onr government lias issued nag;':
ihit nut iff of the existence i<l‘ sfiiisin'rlh- , </,/
lira in this country’. This we consider a
most mischievous act, w hich w ill alleei
oiir cDimiirrcr very imta vorahly, in all'
(trobability. Cpon the whole the aspect
ofa/lairs as it regards pruilace, i-i quite
discouraging.
The lawyers in Kilkenny. Ireland, have
refused to undertake the recovery of
tithes lor the clergy.
Kean, the actor, has been seized with
sudden indisposition in North Wales
ilis life w as despaired of.
t*?c t \r ojv \ii in:re*i.ic v*.
Sir * —You arc authorised to announce
the lion. Ja.mks .11. Wovm;, ns a eandi
dde for rc-rlnetion to Congress. lam
tally aware that it will be gratifying to
the iSlietofaof the Ihislorn District.
CII.VTH AHITH.
Mr FJIInr;-~T\tr Hun. .1 vs. 11. W wm
has been as useful and distinguished a
mem'ier idVongress, us we have laid for
man . years. This I learn from several
memt), es of other rotates of high stand
ing Prom the high committees he lias
bee.) placed, to w it; Os Commerce, and
this e ssion to that of Foreign Relations,
hi- wtiliienki ain't he satislied that he
h • i,oi been an inactive Representative.
It is .dso, i perceive, hy many Wash
ing- J " paper* one of the Joint Commit
tee oi the i.tbrary. All this goes to
peov Hr \\ \i nk entitled to the eonli
deu* ■ ofthc people of Uom-gia. He took
an n ve purlin the Insolvent Act, ami
our nicrelmnts should he sensihle of his
set tm s. Ills speech on the Indian Hdl
is at. able one. Resides, Hr. Kdilor, tu
bas I)- on a warm, decided and consistent
tV,end and advocate ofihe present Chief
„H.>;islrale, tearless of eonseijiieiuvs,
Tea ja>„pie, lam sure, are displeased
'vito the selection of the committee
vyaidi placed .Ju ige it uiucxia numitm
ts t: -,j tiie seel.iskvu ol the wishes of the
I.aslcra District, (•urtvllvw-edwcjiiy ol
gggggg jgggggggg ss*
theap-comitry had uniformly support*
the man known to be desired by the. eh '
tors ol the lower district. 1 assert, .11
i-hlitor. Judge Wavnt. is the choice, am
the polls in October next will prove it.-
VVliat, Mr. IJditor, run the Jackson pur
ty think alter the address at the publh
dialler in .11 i I ledge v ille? A e.d alle*r read
iug the printed copies in the iust Cfuri'inr.
. fp.nn the U. S. 'J'llff'iii/ih, from Jadgi
Hi'uiuk.v, to the. American Public, lav
talc whttl to «lo ! Can it be possible
they would consent to turn out so usclul
and e.onsislcnl a politician for one who
has acted so badly 1 w ho lias been so bit
ter of invective against our illustrious
Chief magistrate, when only a /no urcl;.i
before be was his warm ami decided ad
vacate I This Idler is an insult to the
feelings of the parly who heard his ad
dress at the public dinner; and I’roni it
wc must conclude his friends who pub
lished it, must have done so to deceive
the people. It hi-eanic necessary at .Mil
ledgci ille, and Judge IJr.iuui'.M knew it,
to iliseltiim any feeling against Ihe Pre
sident, or he would be pat on thf »hflf.'-
His I'riciids have endeavored to gad die
peojih—and what can they now say oi
do? If honorable men, certainly they
mast feel indignant at the course pursued
by Judge Ki-.nitiand uekowledgc bis
duplicity of character, or stand eonviel
for ivisiiing tof,o!d tin* ex- Vttorney t»ea
i-tal tip, mid to he thought popular at
home, when in fact he does not, when
opposed to tho present. .-\d(llillislr.ltio‘i,
la Ibis county we will run JA.IiHfS ,I*.
WAV.MiI.
I.mBKTVCOr.NTV.
\\\ IMIiiKN T IICH It.would
he iiiiutsin r if it was not disgusting, I"
| see the hariTaeedness ol the Nan ISour..'
papers. The Albany . /egtw in s _ been
violently-nss.-.ileil hy liie \ . Neck l.uin'in
j,p Un/iiii ( /-. Iti,- expressing hostility l(,
j the rix-limlering oflltc I llttak, "Jlfr
! \!r. Hcljank Im i come oat in its lavur.
! The Argus retai l • by charging tin- gtai
| iog illi-oiisistency of the ('olll'ii I* iV I'lli
<lllii er. tilt’ll had n inccd the “Ht-ie hos
tility as, *.v motiihs ago. I’hc Courier in
-iidisiauec rcjn.as limt so it did, hut that
iii'h r iVnnsy 1 \ ania had shewn liersc.l
s ll dccideiMy favorable to tin* i-e-cliarler,
it did not become the supporters ol the
adiaiui-traiion to press their hostility.—
Tim.-the fear of Alienating Ih-misylva
ni.i from 111 1 * junto, of coai'sc i nlweigh
all considcriilions of | utilic good, onh
' this fear of alienating Pennsylvania u
don hi less the true motive 1- a* t Jen. Jack
■ son's present lukewarmness in opposi
tion. and 111-, lieliiine’r- fri* ad-lap I" tie
Rank. Hut the most heinous oll'cnee
1 vv it 1« which the Corn ier <V I-iminirer
elnirg-.-s tlu* Argus, is that of opposing
Hr. He Dane's a-ojei-ted -iieriflee ofsi \
• -i-.il millions li> ■ the pm pose of e>.l,i,
-itl.sliing iho public il'-hl a few nieiiln
sooner. The Argus has (has prox ed it..
treachery, the Coin ier l-'in|nir< i,
ay opposing "(be u/.Vi/measure by wide,
lilt- public debt call he pai l lining tie
lirsl term of (Jen. Jackson's iidminist i
lion." .Host sinful Argn- ! lljus all to <tl
law (mti-iotism to interf' re w i;!i the pare,
ou'iiot iihjei I > I gratifying l!*.e \ unity cl
'l-ii iln N .-in ileren's oil noisier, with
1 Ihv l.im,* of pay big (lie ]Mllp:e debt. H, 'I
niggardly \rgit-! I» startle at the cos'
of any royal t y I to pal the interest of a
nation ia competition with the hobby , (
1 t President —C ‘<n\ /v'er/i/.*tg /*«</.
. ■
th:-: i) vmjhk wf i*Ri;ci:miN !■.
1 a ttrf <>f j '/i iii.i as ./ // a fti . I a ot (/a//,(/./I,
D,/. l:{, i-ii'2.
\ on know* my dimhls, or rather enn
vieiions, almnt the iineonslitiiti nmlity es
tin--tel Coi-haild ng piers on the Delaw are
mid the tears that it will lead to si bot
tomless expense ami to the greatest a
liases. There is however one intention
ofwliieh them lis -usi-eptid e, and which
will tiring it w nlii,, the constitution. \1
though the power to regulate eonmu re
does not give a power to Imild pier
wharves. open ports, clear the bed of n
vers, dig canals, liinhlw ai-elion. es Imii.t
inamd'-elm-il'.g maeliiaes. .-■< I r.i hui.i J ic
liii'iu ••iiltii ate the earth, to all of w h.eli
‘ the power w oi.ld go. ifit went to the (i; si:
1 yet ti power to provide A; maintain ano
vy is a power t > provide reeeplai lessor
it, ami places i i cover anil presi rve it.
Pm* •■hoosiier the places where the mo
aey should he laid out, I should he mu, h
disposed is far as contracts will permit
to i online it .to such place or places, us
ilie ships of war tuny he at. ami he pro
tected from ice : and I should be for sta
ting this ia a message to Congress, in or
der I > prevent the died <>,' the present
example. This net has keen exercised
on I io* power of building light-houses, as
a regulation of commerce, !*i; t i well
I remember the opposition on this very
ground, to the lirst act fur hailding n light
house. The utility of (he thing has sum*
lioned the inlViu lion. Hut if on that in
iVaelion we build a second,on that second
a third, Ac. (ill. 1 / <>iif of thf jmifif In (V- run
si It., I inn mni/ hr inni/f to cjnijn\l,.ni , iciij pon
,-/• ,•/ < lut'i rnuu ul.
We present to oar rentiers the fellow
ing extract of a letter, from one of om
most intelligent and pnlrio i;* members : f
Congress to a < iti/.en of this town. \V,
have no time I’m* remarks. Theexlnu l
is presented tlml our patrons may see
how the wind sets nt Washington—that
great laboratory oppression
How* glorious a e our prospects 1 The
fanll to he m.sf /i,so as to relieve tl
Nor h ami West. anil lix (lie hui tiiens |
of goveriimeal irrevocably upon the
South I!
••Tin re is no reasonable prospect ol
any adjustment of the tin-ill that will be
satisfactory to the tSonth. The schemes
of noth the President-making parties wall
nlii -ailely come to the same point; tin
relief of Ihe Turill'shates from almost the
entire burthen of taxation, leaving the
idanling tStales thr initrioiic njilrr t,f sus
tiiining the government almost entirely.
••The inequality of the burthen* will. I
think be i - Teased by any change that is
likely to tie made. A general <ui vnlnrfin
duly of |o per cent, would yield an am
pie revenue, and even tluit would he a
very hard bargain for the South, liven
hy llial scheme one t bird of the I'nion
(the South) would bear more than half,
the burl hens of Federal taxation."
Camdi n Jimcon.
TK» Oulumbm Telttsi-oj.-o informs us licit the
*»,-,-sss»r oi Mr. iJ.iyue, ns K,iit(vr of die t',i. . j
lilinhuv Times, is v,r. Join: llumsay I>hv is, well |
known Mutt »i>uompli‘-ia-d Jdailjr uud i*tcl!vut I 1
xviuo*. 1 1
fiiumistrt e : lji*ottict*»
At7*\rprTr**
MATI Itl> W, JAKITAWY 21, 1838. ~~
‘"Btjutl, a Dll fthr nut."
IMOIOVVI..
The ofßca oF the Augusta Chronicle if remov
ed, for tho present, to the brick building on lire
corner of Jackson.and Elli* streets, immediate!}'
n the rear oFthe Globe Hotel.
(’OHM'M, KI.i:<VMOXf*.
At a meeting oF the (lily Council, on Monday
Inst, il/ircuti.L N'm.son was re-elected City
Marshal —T. M. Likens, Deputy Marshal—J.
11. Mann, Collector and Treasurer —I - Martin,
Street Olllcer—and Messrs. Campuki-i. &. Ow
ens, Consluhles.
Ol It A \G OliV.Mh
This Kingular animat, winch has been exhibit
c«l in most ot’llm principal Noi thorn cities, much
to the interest ami wonder of those who have
visited it, is now oil a Southern Tour, ami we
understand will probably anivo in this city, a*
houl the *4511i instant.
oov. ii\im/ro\ or s. r
TMs iJiMiimruitflicil .StuiJurii elali’.-HMia arrived in
Hamblin?, on due-da) i v«nini?, l»> die Hk*am Hoal,
and N il tSirre lor AMa'viHc next day, liuving received
f.oru die iiilialdtaiiti* i'a* warmest ami moM p*a
fuiklloiir.md aU Uie alN'iiUon* which'ilo .‘••oil day wuuNi
I» n. it.
CTIAKIXSTO.V n All-V MAIL.
We learn Horn lit • I’o.-i-ma u rol liii? ciiy, lla* impor
tant and '.TatiT) inj? fifi, licit Hu? i’o.**!- .Ma-ler-t • • iicral,
• ■v:-p anximir to vr.-uiiy the jiijopli’, ai l improve for t iem
llsr fhciiiii- under rlurif. haw ruii>i , nU* I to Na\ :• tin*
mail ran dad; liriwren this •**<>* arid Cliarlotnii, and t'{-
ivc tod tl'O Ctinirai loXo rommi'iicu as early po.*>>ih!c;
wliir'i will In*, wr nadiTr>t.*>iid, as mmhi on tin? additional
Inn -«•', 'tavor, driver-, A ran lie ol»laii;'.*d and j-NiCod
on i!io road.
COTTON n VKKOT.
WV V.'ivi* a«lviff:* rom Moropoof .Vrvoinhrr.
Tin- liiverpool (’oitoi inaikot coiiUum*.! in fht* same tin’!
a?* ropre«eiilod l»y Hie advices ol‘ tin - .2l>i of iliat
month, llio .-tales avc ay in ' aliont 1000 l»ulo> per day.
Tiic sto'Sv (.ft *< lion in Ini.hoid, e*.-eedod that i f lie*,
pres ions year, at ihe-uine period, atom 1.*»,U00 i»a
We plve ilie lollovia.' «• v.racfa td’leder.*', daleil 1 «tvc r
p ml, •JVi .\ov„ I'm.ilii/M) inlollit«*» 1 1 *oa:vc..-, I'> which
it appears, there i- iiih <•: no proa u rl, of immediate
iuiprovemrnl in the aierpool Cotton market.
"Then* is little imre demand fa* Colton to-day, lm t on
the vvhole, a vcr> dut i.iarl.et, and \\e Jiave. to advise of
tiiellnlure* I*4 eoii-lu*rahle ► ( '.iiiilti; r.-P Idi.-hiiieiif. The.
►punier* are »rs \ in? on a bad hii.-aic*.-', and it appears
I » be ilie pulila* i pici-i,, th.T the advai.i';' in Colton, which
army per..'ms Jmd .U(i< ip ale 1, will not lake place. ”
“ With n*s{" ito lie | liijeal .-tale ofthu- country, it no
loabt appears at adi *.a'i' , to be Hitlii o nlly pree iriollr*,
and it onj.*il to 1* .d üßull fj li.nit our c nna, rcial opera
ion?.’*
Advices from New VorV, of |‘2l!i in-t. represent that
<’oPon inarKol arf dull, » a-loued by Hie .idvieia from
I I srope r«*-j ertiii'? the Coolcra, and tiie political .-ituaiion \
ofiliat roniitry. i
Tiie Savannaii an I (‘liarlesion Colton ni. i kvN roinair, •!
aeenfdini? to our latest adv e*tv, wiiamil any e-veiuial I
••Jianee. Hhippini?« oniim.e I -ci ree, ana Cn iv.hls hi;?h. |
The reeeip:> iafoonr marker, duiinvr fie pre.-ent vvcel:, I
inve been iv.-| • • lanlr ; and - des have b *en readily
made, cun . •spoilt!iin; vvii'i our (jn m. lions, as i«:le\v.- ; .
Prices Current.
r.tvEiu’oui. Ai'si'.n a.
Or.liiury -I;if. t.l. iliiury o {els.
'lull! ling f> | ii. Middling 7}
1 ur red. I'.dr 7 j
tiuo.l Fair r>J.l. a lid. Cuod t*iir ?[ nS:
tiofid :ii|i| line, OVil. ;i (!!,!. (loud lino 8i a8 j
l'*UKUiiiT«, to t'hiulcstcii, SI ’45 cU. per hale
—to S.tV.lllMidl, 7.T coots.
I.mti imih. Kills on Kahili.oro, Viiilaihdpliia,
New Vovk, I'ruvidoiicc, ami Ilo«ton, at (id days
sight, I per ci 01. discoimt—at sight, on the same
ritios, pi;,- cunt, premium.—Umluii dlatcs'
K.mk Notes, j per cent, premium.
tiiu iiinnitiAii c\(»i lient.
When such men as M:. Ktrum; entirely
their o din,ary piu.lence and discretion,
tbimdod on “47 years” ol' culm consideration,
deep lelleclioii, and sound judgment, to turn old
women and play the fool, it is time For those
who are eouseioits oF tlio natural cniHoi]Ucnceß
oFstleh iui'alu.ited lolly, as well to themselves as
others, lodelr. toino promptly on the host means
of arresting the evil— and on that, we should
suppose ihttro can ho lint one opinion. As to
his cry of "I'tutsi cljiliou of the Press,” that is
all nonsense, in a o. iso like this, and whore it is
the eii'oct,not only ot’ individual opinion and ac
tion, lint ol’a solemn conviction ot' its absolute
necessity to the | oldie safety and welfare. It is
dim m ight folly to assail a mail’s natural t ight to
stop his paper when ho pleases, as a “proscrip
tion of the Press;” and a pretty kind of liberty
wo should have truly, if sueh right could ha dis
puted, or even i|UU!>lionoil, with propriety. T'.aeh
subscriber has the indisputable right to subscribe
when he pleases,and withdraw when he pleases,
aceoiding to his own will, or sense of the good
or evil of tint paper, either to himself or the j eo
plo—and to assort the contrary, is to inako l!to
liheily oflho people snfcsorviont to the. hbuily ,
of the Press, instead of the proper object of it,
according to the individual o, inions of each, and
the cnmhielois of it—and to make the Press,
also, like the present Par ill*maj irily in Cong, ess,
in ell’ect, the sole and arbitrary judge of its own
conduct, whether right or wrong! S-liall a man
be assailed for proseilotion, because he icfnses
to emit: ihntc his airl to a newspaper, or anythin”
else, which ho considers a nuisance I—and, what
it*ho should he wrong in his opinion of it, surely
he lias still a full light to act upon that opinion,
neveitheless, or else w hore would lie his liberty
of opinion! which certainly is paramount in val
ue and importance to the liberty of the Press:
and without it, tho liberty of the Press could
tint exist, Iho right, not only of individuals,
Imtofeommunitios and Stales, to protect them
selves. by all reasonable means, is indisputable,
whether it be against ilie Picss.or anything else;
and wo should hko to know, in proof of tins,
whether the editor considers the proscription of
the l.Ui.Rvroa, by the Legislature of this Statin
and the oiler of a reward of n.',ooi), for the edi
tor, as a ‘j roserlptlm; of tho P.css!”
In asserting the right of every individual to
subscribe, or withdraw Ins suosctipllou. at plea
sure (subject of course to the conditions of the
paper) we are sensible it is a right which, iike
every other, may ho abused, if not exercised
with proper prudence, judgment, and discretion;
but still it cannot be pioperly contested. Wc
shuiddboveiy far from iceominemling, or de
fending, what is too f.orpnmtly done, the stop
ping of a paper for a mere honest (lUFerence of ,
opini-.:' fo.vat is absolutely imressild 'sthat any
lionest and independently conducted paj e. ca
agree altogether with all, if any. of lt3 su ,scrl
br-rs; and tor onr own part, we never vet me.
with a single individual,either in public or private
life, with whom wo could agree altogether.
Our own holiest opinions wc will never yield to
ari y one, or for any consideration that litis wo.ld
cun otfei to us, till convinced they are wrong
and then, they are uurs no longer—nor evei hesi
tate boldly to express them, in dispilo ol all cou
seipiences, on all proper occasions. In doing
this, so fir, professionally, wo have fre iueiilly
dilitired much from those whom wo most res
pect, and have frequently had subscribers not
only to withdraw their subscriptions expressly
on that account, but also to abuse us, and some
time* violently; yet wo never cried out “I’ro
sei iption of the I'ress,” on any such occasions
however wrong we may sometimes have thought
I hem; hut have continued unmoved our “on
ward course,” believing it the best way of de
fending it; fur, however jealous we may be ol
ilie liberty of the i’ress, wu are still more so ol
the liberty of the people; and, while conscious
that it is their inalienable right to judge for them
selves of the conduct ot the I’ress, and to extend
or withdraw their patronage when they please,
tho’ we would not yield our honest convictions
for every subscriber wo have, we would scorn to
complain of any one fur withdrawing his snb.sci ip
timi, tho’ everyone should do so. o have u
right to our o; iniorts, and in express them, and
so liavooui subscribers, and to stop their paper*,
uUo, when they think their own interest or tho
interest of their country requites it—aud the
same applies equally to the. Richmond Liiquiror,
and its patron*,also. Neither that paper nor any
other, can reasonably boj c to escape Ilie respon
sibility which piopeily attaches to its conduct, |
and its docilities.
As to the doctrines now inculcated by tho Ln-1
qui;i:r, there can scarcely he a single dilfeience
of opinion, among the redacting and intelligent
I oil ion of the Southern community. With the
honesty of them wc have nothing to do —sensi-
ble that they,like many others, may ho very hon
est., and still i cnj wrong, as they arc, to say the
leaslof litem. V/o have gotieially agreed with
paper, politically, as much as almost any
other, and rosp icted its editor as highly; and
while wo might s'ill continue to agree with him
on many other subjects, wo are pained ul t lie
necessity of coming so directly into cimlltcl with
him on this, as must every one of our Southmn
citizens. Tho editor of tho Constitutionalist,
alter complimenting him vety high'y, observes:
“We a:cdeeply mortified, then, to fin.l in the
ml it or ml leiiiin ks of the Enquire ', of the 7lh Jan
tin y last, iindei the {head of I 'lruinia Lcgiilu
ti'rc, opinions which seem tons to Do visionary,
1 it nothin" worse, ami from whirl* the whole /South
i
i must dissent. W o say nothing more —but we
' venture to remind the veteran champion of State
j lights, that whenever vre take leave of common
I sense upon that topic, there is no knowing to
w hat troubles our hallucinations may lead us.”—
ft behoves the whole bioullioin Press to speak
cut, upon tins inatlor, mildly and temperately,
but firmly and decidedly.
foR 1111; vfiiusrv rtntox’n r.f.
( tii:u(Ku;>; < ovntoviitisv—\o.
( Coucloi/fil front our loci.)
Botm after tho restoration ol’King Charles the
‘2nd, the old Indian Ring, or Saaliom, Mnssasoif
died, lie left two sons, U’l/iiisiitto, his eldest,
and successor, and yiotacovn!. They hot') came
to tho com t, at Plymouth, and desired English
names given to litem. " They tccoivod I’liliti
nil, though not Christian baptism. Wanisiitta
was called Alcxamlor, and M tacomet, Philip.”
Tho C'omt, soon after this, had information
that Alexander was endcitvo; ing to loan an a!-
banco with the N nragitn-ols, upon which Ed
ward Winslow, Major (ieticiail of the Colonies,
was sent to luitig him In ; lymuuth. The Gen
eral look with him hut ID men, and surprising
tho Sachem, at one of hi* hunting camps, pre
sented « eockod jnstol to his breast, and order
ed him to sma enilor upon pain of death.
Alexander, confounded at the suddenness and
boldness ol this assault, suhmit'oil, and only de
sued that ho might ho treated with the respect
due to a King, who was also tho son and suc
cessor of Massnsoit, who had been so long u
friend and father to the English.
The General offered him a horse to ride to
Plymouth, but bis wife, ami bor women, Doing
obliged to travel on foot, Alexander bad too
much pride to avail himself of the General's
courtesy. Ho was received at Pl\ mouth, bv
Governor Prir.ee, in the most respectful maimer,
and treated with great Immunity. Yet, so great
was bis indignation at the all'uint that had been
put upon kirn, that the ferment of his spoils
throw him into a nervous fever, of whicli he died
in a few weeks.
He was succeeded in his Kingdom by his bio
'•her, the celebrated who was then young,
stout, hold, politic, and iavengeful.
I'npropnreil to avenge the itifront that had do
gtaded his family, and his nation, he thought lit
to temporise awhile. To that end he visited
the English com!, at Plymouth, and renewed
Ike league that had been made with the English,
by his father, Ma.-sa-oit.
He began, from this time, to visit the neigh
bnuring .Sachems and Segiimures more fiequent
ly. and to avoid the English, more llnm his pre
decessors had done. His subjects hud commit
tod some trilling depredations upon tho proper,
ty of the English, which, together with this eon- i
duct ol Philip, eieated a jealousy hi the couit at
Plymouth, anil ho was sent for to appear before
that t.ibimal, ns his hiotlmr Alexander had been.
He appeared at Plymouth, complied with llio
demands oflho colonies, agreed to pay qUI'J for
the damages the English hud si;tiered by his sub
jects, to send to Plymouth five wolves heads
yearly, as a token of his fealty, and not to make
war, or sell any lands, without the approbation of
tho Governor of Plymouth.
John Suusiiman was the son of an Indian con-’
vert, and had been educated in tho chiistitut
faith, hut when lie came to judge for himself, ho
returned to the religion of his ancestors, mu! Phi
lip made him his Secretary. Alder some time
he came back to llio English, and changed his
religion again, and soetued so sincere in it, that
he was admitted to what was then called chun k
memh 'rshiin that is, to receive the Sacrament of
onr Lord's supper—alter whicli, ho was nrduin
ed as a preacher, and sent upon th« Vanipanoarr
I MUsion. \\ bile' residing in the dominions of
Philip, as a Missionary, ho gave notice to the
Governor of Plymouth, of lire designs of that
King, against the English—of which Philip had
immediate information, and, claiming Saiisa
man as his subject, ordorod him to be killed as
a traitor and a spy. But, as tlio A\ ampano.igs
were in great awe of the English, Philip could
not induce his countrymen to ex>eculo his ord* r
openly. Sausaman was therefore waylayed
and killed, as he wiis travelling near a pond, and
1 liia body was thrown into a hole in the ice to
1 conceal the fact—leaving his hat and gnu out,
I that it might appear that be bad slipped into the
{ hide, and was drowned. But the Governor ol
Plymouth, suspecting the murder, ordeied the
I body, after it bad been taken out ol the pond
! and buried, to be dug up, and an impiost to bo
i hold upon it.
I It is difficult to maintain a decent gravity,
( while writing the following ipuilations from Ur.
Mather, who says, that “when Tobias, one of
King Philip’s counsellors, who was suspected ol
the murder, approached the body, it fell a bleed
inf, and upon repeating the experiment seveial
j times, it always hied afreji.*'
The Jury, upon their in guest, brought in their
verdict wilful minder, and Tobias, together w iih
his sun, and Matlashiiiima, another of Philip’s
counsellors, weto seized, imprisoned, tiled,
convicted, and ban fed, by the English, not how
ever, upon the evidence of the nii.aculous ilu'.v
of blood, from the withered ami I'ozun corpse,
hot upon the testimony of Palukson, an Indian,
who swore to flic murder.
An histoiian who wiolo within ISO years of
these events, makes the following very natural
reflection : “If we look upon Philip as a Eovu
roign, independent of any oilier Prince, or I’cc
| pie, absolute in his Kingdom, valiant and enter
j prising, one can hut wonder how ho bore wiili
the English so long. For ’ lid plain they dealt
with him as their vassal.”
“They forbade him to make war, or form any
alliance, without their leave.”
“They forbade him to sell any land without
their leave, and by a law of their ow n, they
subjected all the nnimpnncd land in his domin
ions, to Jorjeitiue. to themselves.”
“They sent for 1 ini to their courts, as our
country Justices send for an elfcisder, by their
constables.
“They subjected bis counsellors, for giving
him advice, and his subjects for obedience la Ids
orders, to their penal laws, and ueeuUd them for
that adder., and that obedience, us the (Hist if
criinin a Is.”
To which we may add, that when wo consid
er, that the learned in Now England, of this age,
| have made the league between Massiisuit and
' the Pilgrims, which wo have seen was after
wards renamed, between Thilip, lliu sun of Mas-
I gasoil, and tbe sons of the Pilgrims —an era in
} their chronology,—and that they ascribe to /’/it
| Up, not only the m/ate, but all the great qualities of
i | Philip of Maecdnn, who was cuilainly the most
■ | consummate Walkman, if not the greatest Cup
j lain, of Ancient Greece —our astonishment must
i be unbounded, at the provocations received, and
| the forbearance displayed.
| Philip forbore no longer. His resenttucnl for
, the hanging of his cmiuscliois,, pm veiled bis ro
| solution to In ert'; with the English entirely, and
i to revenge the injmie:', and the inraitts, which
j they had put upon himself, Ins family, and lus
| country. •
I From the end of the l’oi|tiot war, to this pori
j od, the English had enjoyed unintorru; ted peace
I with the Indians, except in one or two instances,
j where they had taken an interest in the wars
I that had been waged between the Indian ;ia
j clients themselves.
j j) liunloninio, King of the Narragrmsel«, had
1 made war Upon Uncus, Ivin,a of tlio Mohegans,
| upon a private disgust. Eneas took the field,
: with all the forces he could muster, though not
half the number of Miiniloninto's; and got the
better of Mianloiiimy, took him piisunur, and
j cliopi ed oil'his head.
! The Narragnnscts, oniagod at tlio death of
their Sachem, resolved to continue the war, un
til they destroyed Eneas or his nation. Ericas
lied to the English for protection, who. by virtue
of their league, into which they had entered
with the Narrag inscls, and the Mohegans, in the
Poijr.ot war, cointnandod flic Nmragamcls to
lay down their aims, and ask for puueu ol the
tMohogail:-.
The Narragansets submitted, and had fi picecu
granted them, by the Mohegans, through the in
tervention i.ftbo Governnieiil at Boston —on con
dition of their paying tlio charges of the war,
and dclivoi i»g up the sons of their new King, as
hostages for their gool behaviour.
This they promise-'; but, neglecting to | er
form it, Captain Alimrtou was despatched f.om
Boston with his company, wiio entered, not on
ly the country of the Narraganscls, but the very
Wigwam of \inifit, their Sachem, whom lie
took by tlio hair of die head, and chvp| ing a I’is
i tnl to his breast, told him lie was a dead man, it
| lie did not immediately deliver up the hostages
I and pay tlio money—which was done- nut a Mar
raganset daring to lift an ami, lit the defence of;
ills Sachem.
Thus stood tlio English and the Narragausols-,
. at die commencement of die V hilt pic war.
lluslililies hiving coinmeiiced between Philip
■ and the English, the MassacluiseU forces under
the command of Captain IE ent ice, marclici! di-1
' rcctly into the Narragansel country, and pc-
I reraptuiily demanded a lenewal of th-o league,
oll'ensivo and defensive, which was aubmlUecd
to, and articles signed on t'ue loth of July 1075
'■ whereby, the Narrngaiisots obliged ihefnsolvos
j to assist the English against Philip, and all their j
, enemies—and the English agreed to pay to the
i Niurag insets, 20 good coats Ibrtlio head of Philip
—t wo for cucli Wiinipaiioag they should de
: liver alive, and one, fur the scalp of each they
might kill.
I Mount Hope, a remarkable hill near Hiistol,
•“ was the lioynl residence of Philip, ami hail been
i | that nf his ancestors, liitlier, in the peaceful
: j day of the good King Massasoit, the English us
| od to resort, to enjoy die amusements of hunt*
I ing and fishing. The capture of this place, xv.tJ
1 one o' the first objects ill this wur, in which the
English wore soon successful; and Philip became
a fugitive; and, during his brief existence he was
j seen, with bis few surviving friends, living f:tun
j comiliy to country, forming aliiances, raising
i new armies, alternately pursuing and pursued
i by bis enemies, now betraying them hi to fata!
ambuscade#, and then us
them—tin,_m a desperate attern: i, O B|
paternal seat, ho was shot throagli f
die foot ufMount Hope, hy anh''-,' ' ~
12th day of August, 107 C. ' |Jj s H
toted and sot upon poles, and |.; s :
in triumph to Plymouth, whore his sc',||, ' H
scr\ ed as a curiosity, and was shevt. '
the time of Queen Anne. *
In the meantime, sonic of die f Hpil ... B
panoags had taken shelter in die com,',' B
Narragunsets, which the B
L’mted Colonies voted to ho a breu-i* °-B
League by that nation; and, “ B
lliat they intended to join with Pin! - V -B
Winslow invaded that country, . ma „ fl
and sword literally destroyed it. 'p;,,. fl
Mianlotiimo, and his son, together J B
ciilents icsulliiig from the invasion and I’. ■
Him yf the Narragaitsets by die Ih.c.- , ■
Whisluw’scomunnid, offered da !,j ilo "H
upon which Cooper has tbunded 1, 18 ,' H
story of “ The Hepl of the Wish-ton- Iff ■
In tlio Philips War, which lasted fit e’..,. I
ami six or seven months, were slain u.^.T■
JSWW Indians, and about Jld Eagij,},' , lf ß
j'lisoiiers in the custody of the Jffi.yliJl, ,'B
elute us the war, those that had b°eii duß
arms, about 2i)U, were soi.n j-m si,ivr--B
the rest, “cxrr.pt a fur that ie,.rctMr.oi,.uZ*M
sent homo, upon promise of living iiencL,i.l..Tß
the future. Tim lands of the Wan,
w. re seized by the English, by ,-if d B
ami so ignorant Was the KritUh court at 1..,,,,*.'8
of dm foifuitu.o and sel.-me of tl„,se lands'J
F.ing Clnnles upon die apj lieatioa ofuiitjrß
Crown, a comic pout, whose woikslnj, I
ed some attention at court, fora maul . i'\| ■
Hope, and sonic adjoining lands— caused
ijaiiv to be Hindu id tne Govenniu-iit i.f V-l
England, ami a letter was written by liis„ ;u . K
in which ho wonders that the colonic# 4,:*
Have proceeded in such high mallets el .- I
without the knowledge and uppiohali.,l, „n J
self an I liis council. |
Those stern and sturdy I’u.Tturis
his Majesty’s ministe.s, that the lands v, hi, iJ
belonged to Philip dt his ancestors, “, r ,,, f.v lr l
h H l,r ' r k'fo ofcotu/iiist,’’ at their own
of blood and treasure; and that the Km; J
conm it had mi right to take them f.uauli.,l
lawful owneis, then in possession. I
Having thus subdued their ttuijniml eikim* I
and cm idled themselves hy die s, oils „f v, ; -|
tile people of New England, ssouu tinnedilk-I
attention towards their spirit,ml eucnms-aj
mifurlunalely for the Indians, dia.se e-iiamiei
were first sought for, sV. lonn.l, among dui
led race. Fo. J)r. Mather, sjioalting ol'tlio U m
Priests with the giuvity ofahistoriar*..yun!s it,
resjionsibility of a Christian Dirim:, alteitci’
what he certainly believed, that “lliey ofu*
killed persons, caused him* ness ami im u**;u
and shewed their art in performing si-Vi.-mIo!*.
or things, by human, or by a iliahulinil skit,
and this, either by desiring the spirit d:,n i g
versed with to do tim mischief limy inlendi.i,
or by forming a piece of loatlu-r like an ii-ruw
bond, lying a hair tlmrelo, or using semeliitta
li-1 1 , foul, or small animal, over which ilu*v|w
firmed certain ocreiiioni..s, and thou dismiW
them to accuttij lish their desires—“ainl *4
ouch,niled things have irmst rcrtitiuh/. litliriic
luted tire bodies oftliosu they vveie iiitcu-k-.lt•
adliet, nr live dil'H has foimed the like wife
their Jlnsli, without any out waul breticli ol'lk*
skin.”
The Uev. Mr. Paris, minister at Salem, list
opened the tragic scenes, which disgraced tin
p-uhlic tribunals of New England, dti ingih
prevalence of what lias been justly di aotiiiiniM
the II itch Pliiyne., He deehned that liisilaec'i
ter, and his neico, the one aliotil 1), :tii-l tin; oliu;
11 years of age, wore under the power of Wik!
ertil’l. Ami, -uspocling Tunidtt, an Indian «<
nian, who resided with him as a domestic w
vtiiil, to he (he Witch, lie smurfed her. till ;i«
conl’efsed she was a witch. The wise mag—
(rales threw her into jail, bulbefaru tlio iinn.
her I. ini at rived, the girls fortunately rccovc.ni
of w hatever malady hud alllicled them. T’limd*
lay in jail, until the jailor became claiinnia'i* 1
for his fees, wlicit she was sold for nioiiry ti
pay tliem— mul she. died. a. si.avkl
\\ e have seen, that Ijofoio these ceuds, if
linliaii Lillies in New England, abounded "'it
converts to ch. istianily. Those new catin.'ik
must have been eotifouudcd hy the conduit! c
the English. They had, many of them, «M
their conversion) lived t-o sec their coaulryiurti
exte: initialed as a nation, or people, and if'
homes occupied hy their con ptoturs. And t.
sec many imliv idnals of those unhappy natioiii,
transported hoyuml seas —-cnsl ived —scnil'girl-
imd liaiiiod —hy that people for wlnsu tidi;i*
they hail Ibrs.iUen that of lltctr fatln .s. 11* ti l >j
doubts arose, apostucie.i became iVo.pifnt, a».
their unconverted countrymen oj only ujipnt 11
the further propagation of the gospel.
“Jliifin with ynurteU'iiS first,” sai*l Annin'*'. *
ait Imliaii King, to Air. Max hew, the grand ■ 1
; ufoiie of tlio first missionaries—“fifty xviitt' : ->
ago, our fathers heat d your fathers, ami bah I '''
them, hut your fathers xvory more i.-uniiint! d'-
good—and otlr fathois were destroyed, and
land taken, ami you will not now give thuiuviii
a home or food.”
Fo that tlio progress ol* Christianity oil"®!
them ceased upon the death of their first
[ sjonaries, Mr. Elliot, Sir. (lotion, Mr. I""
Mr. Brown, and tho older Mayl-aw —
(the historian so often ipiotcd, say?) v.as
occasioned so much, by the want «il* iircticbm
tis the AVaistiiat ensued between tiicmaiid &
| English”—“and it must bo owned that ..»>
| was not taken t» the appointm .iU us sit.-r:
l ies. For, whore tiic morals of those xvlm c.
llienisclvca Christians, were more corrupt •
those oflhe Indians, ns wits tao often is-
I do not. sou what good the latter could 1-
proposod to thoinsolvcs, by learning toh' “ 11
to xvotsliiji, by sudi examples.”
Let nu- not be accused of a blind l ,f V "
against missionaries in general, v.lmn I '
the melancholy fact, that history adonis m o •
examples of their having laboured to c.'• ,l '
kingdoms if Hits tcor’ul, rather than to e*' ■
their thasto.’s kingdom; vhieh is mit >.
icorhl. And, while I dec; ire that
“I venerate tin- mail xvliese heart Is pur'',
XV Ijfj.-v tina-i# a:v 1-ieaii. whoseiluirtriir- ■ '
ttniie-iiti'til, cxailiit lui'M iiri»*i*
Tim lie i**- li'ititvrl ia iiis luasier's cue ‘
I must ha permitted to tw b> 'ko-as