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JPrum tv,c L . J'tlei'h.ph. Jun. iiU. UO.\GKI>iSIO;NAL. Tho >*piiaU“ did not nil on Saturday. 1 In the House of Ucpresentatives, Wr. | CjLAtroN of Georgia, elected in the place of Governor I,unqik.ii, appeared and _ “ took hia seat. In the Senate, on Friday, Mr Hentos, •Jn pursuance of notice, asked lenye to in- ,troduee u joint resolution, declaring tout the currenev ol'tlir Hunk ol tl»e United ( I States in the! lonn of orders issued by the i cashiers of iis Hrunehes on the parent /Bunk, and other Brunches to be unau /tliorized by its charter, and contrary to / law. Alter considerable discussion, the i I question was taken on granting leave to introduce the resolution, and was decided in tile negative—Yeas I(s—Nays 25. In the House of Representatives, the Spkakkr presented a memorial from the Bank of Pennsylvania in favor of a re oewal of the charter of the U. S. Hank; and Mr. VVicki.iffk introduced an inter esting series of instructions to the Com mittec of Ways and Means to inquire in to the expediency ofincorporating a \a tional Bank on a new plan, on the expi ratioa of the present existing charter. — One feature of the plan i-y tlie division of tho stock of the Bank into three portions —one-third to be held oy die Li. H., one tli.rd by the slockh. iders oftlie present Bank, and one-third by such citizens id the li. W. as may choose to i ul>se.ribe. — Another prohibits the Bank from holding real property, except tho buildings tin transacting their business in—and a third forbids the establishment of a Branch Hank, without the consent of the fjegis Irilureof the Nate in which it isti» be l« calvd. Botii the memorial of the Penn sylvania Hank and the instructions of inquiry were committed to the > 'oinniil lee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. riiOM THF. NKW-fORU J(>l U.-4.U. OF COMMtIU *i. Wasiiimitos. .lan 1:5, tbd’i. There are those wlio think Mr Admin has impaired his dignity by accepting u seat in tlie House of Representatives. Admit tin supposition. Hus lie iiotgam ed quite ns imieh in |ioint of indepen deuce? Hut I deny it. Personal dignity, duiruclcristic dignity, does not depend on Station. Did the imperial throne confer any dignity on \ero, UivJitLller, who pul * tojdealh other ti.idlers, because they tid dled hr Iter than himself? Or on that n-1 ther IJmperor, who iiniused liiinsell'wiili catching (lies ? On tho <.tlier hand. 0..< (Mneimiatiis lose any dignity by putting his hand to the plough ? Dignity is war Jhi mss —elevated merit; and this is a mat ter, not ol place, or oilier, lint is inherited in n man’s character, and is the offspring of great attainments. To say r that an fix-President ought nut to return and mingle in the councils ol’itis country, is' nn attempt to disfranchise him ; to deny to the « ' untry the henelil of wise counsel And ripe ex icriencc ; to sacriiiec great merit and noble acquisitions to a false theory ..(’dignity. Wo,del the dignity of the great man, who now presides urn the affairs of the nation, be lessened l>; his appearance as a Major General at (he head of all army to light again the buttles of liis country in the field, niter ho had discharged tlie civil functions in She cabinet ? It is pleasant, therefore, to the went urtibrvki mind contributing >o try. Mr. Ailmns In of his conii . • . 1 . .vniniis li.i-. ii\ vwc.onnil) spo iien in Jus place since the opening oi '.ingie-s. IV int lie lays, seems oirecl fp 11 *" '■ ’‘'f''' object s ot'iitiiiiy. You >• •’ r*' d)(y llWare Hint ihegrnees -“Mil m ' and neiion foi m im\ i 1 A-, ni m tin- catalogue t ,f h ls , x , len.-ies as a I I’utdie sjk'.dter. Hi-- •'-•■ft' is formed » n I ran,'l- a lugli kr-.t, and does not possess ■ tlie niaseuii"'* energy of n.to.oitioo u hi- 1, ■ disfi igui nes (hat of We! it to.-, nor v t ■fines i< approach the shrill treble of Run ■ ilo.’ph, or the sharp notes off 1 . Harbour. Kl ! s gestures nre not sneu as you would ■expt c( from u gentleiimn wl.olmd deliv •‘■v.! exc.lt,-nt lectures on Rhetoric. V hey are quite aid,ten at time--, so us to ■v,-Semitic' a jirk rather than the grneeful ■ictnn of a practise.l orator. 'I he ..i ,n by ■i quick motion is thrown buck so us to ■m m t least a right angle. Hut the-I.T -■iiigqualities of (lie inudicet-tlie re ,d. ■P» of know ledge— the powers ol reu 1 ■oning—the large and patriotic views of ■hj.igs— the nuimpiMi h.ilde love ofemiu ■ i I* Ini* belong to Mr. A. pi nee him hin h i tne eslimuti n i.fihe elevated men I>v , H>’'imn lie is siirronaded, and whom In ■l.structa ■ ~, IMPRISONMENT FOR DEIIT. J no V<--v'enior m .Vtassneliu*. Us. in his , ■' .nesstige to tile legislature, m-eoiii ■nines his recommendation to relieve tlie 1 ■ ut-si debtor from inipriuonmeiit, with 1 following forcible and happy re 1— ”It must surely bo cause for tloep re i that, wlnle the claims of a class ol ; ■ fortunate and distressed fellow-eiti- } our strongest sympathies, have ■’.-o's' and justly been recogniz -d, no 11 Hbisure of adequate relief has been up u ■l ito their condition. Tlie laws ol an and liarsher age, in unmitigated ii still press upon them, and ere- f H>-»>, yet harder than the laws, hold „ fear of pei-pctUßl bondage. The of men are soon (niu s as fur the ken of hininin foresight, and " their control, as are the eoiivui, h |k‘ •ol nature. The elements, disea -c* *f> Bv-msl in friends, public ealnmitie-, Ii !>' fm with sudden rum, and Jen\« a i the wreck of substance no pros,. <ct , inability and the law’s poor J " Hfi'y lor iinperfui-iiied engagements. ' |»» u - 11 thus are lost to their families " the coniiiuinity througii Hie peril 1)1 inf!ctii-a of puuislimeut for pox er- C c-.nld they have been disehaig-- u ■>', llu ‘ «»•.' fi'sc times w hi. h befel tliem, e , jW III - "*fh «*'" enterprize in these ~ Vcl bUeeesa and general prosperity, have been restored to the enjoy- " m’ccmpetene, and tlie usefulness ddo members of society. It is to to imprisonment for debt th dv.-gs the sinking mu.i to H u , |,„t -■■lU> 1 holds him. wot - u,:l!st-„,.’s hH 1 - 1 ( i’o'o rising. Kelinemeut ofeen iiainainly mid pal t u- p .u, y alike lu ,; mt Ibis stern feature of! u an ? o<‘e should be relaxed It re -P s t ,e jurisprudence of modem |HH c ‘#' ug the dark shadows ofn har- SHf "ken tue living ff.-.j, ■vvere sold toserv ude (b ■ (b f AUttUSTAS : ■rr —•- —-r— ~r■ — - - t WHWKSDAV, PHBRIJARY 1, 1832. 1 —■- - I "Be .;«*(, and J ear not.’ < >» - ' s-. | REMOVAI.. I The olTico of the Augusta Chronicle w remov- 1 ed, for the present, to the building on the 1 corner of Jackson and Kills streets, immediately in the roar of the Globe Hotel. TO COUttr&PONDbNTfI. “ Subscribkr” is received, and shall bo at tended to as early as convenient. “ Kurus,” : “Finis," and “ Cim.NriK,” also, are received, , and shall ho published, RACKS. The Sweepstake Race, which took place yes terday, according to appointment, between 4 horees, SIOO entrance each, was handsomely won hy Mr. I’i.vor’s horse, Timulcuu, lately owned by Wm. Shxmno>, Es.;. A match Race botwcon Tirnoleon and Mr. Kki.lv's horse, Risllr.ss, will he run over the ; Augusta Turf, on Friday, tho lOdi inst., for fbUU a side. ♦ ATTACK U.\ Tilt- STAGE. Dr. Antonv, who arrived in tho city altio'clk. this morning,informed us that he met the driver | of the Savannah Stage, between six and seven I miles fcm tnis city, on the Savannah road, who j stated that two men had seized the lead horses us j lie passed the small Uiidgo, just on this side of tho 4 mile stone, and then attacked him !on the seal—that he fell in the scutHu, to the ground, when the st ,ge nsse.J over his shoulder, the reins were dragged from his hands, tho horses passed on, with one passenger in tho stage, tho men ran away, and he followed after the stage and horses. Dr. A. had (anno two nr three miles farther up the road, without seeing ought of the stage oi horses, and it is therefore proba ble they had passed down the Louisville road, or into tlie woods. Mr. Shannon, the proprietor, sent »ivoral pc.sons after iho stage, immediate ly on hearing ofthu occurence. MivShan.non (iffiiis slooßeward, for the do- RjM.ms. II it I EH. I Wo recommend to Iho attention of the reader, tho following iiticln from nn Eni'lisli paper, containing an excellent example in relation to Juries, worthy of imitation throughout tho civil ized world. Wo have heretofore recommend ed a similar iiiipiovenicnt, and are leally aston ished that, in a country like ours, whore freedom of conscience and opinion is recognized as tho dearest and most invaluable of our liberties, so vile and barbarous a system should ho permitted to exist, as that of starving n body of intelligent men into a unanimous vordiet, and one contrary to the opinions and consciences of the niinoiily, while acting under uuth! —and giving one dis honest inui), too, the powei of controlling elev cm honest ones. The editor of the Macon Ad vertiser ohsorvos, in speaking on the same sub ject, “the laws of all free governments, are [should he ] the offsprings of their constitutions —and ° * * • ..j V rules; Hindi lons a-e tliuy to bo regulated by «««aiw a «#/«*», The fact im, out ju.’v is mon sirms, Hi. i »i u1 people should look to it, at once, ;i ,v i nave it corrootmi. FROM niK LIVCHPnot. COUniKR The following i iiooilml recommendation ap pears m the Third Report *)!’ the F.nglisli Law Gominissionors, which It-s been just rioted It refers to civil eases.— -Jo-y not to bo kept In deliberation hmgo: titan twelve him s. unless at the end ol that ) n iod they itnaninioiisly imply for further lime—at the end of that time the of nine Iji ho a vo diet ; mi.l nine not concuriing, the case to boa rnuuuet, UNITED St ATEN II VIVK. Wo beg leave to ask the , espectnblo orlito- of tbo Geo.gia Join mil,bow tlie vole whic.li he pub lishes, in relation to tho United Slates Rank, is e-ilenj.iicd “ to remove any false iniorcßsion which the remarks that appeared in that paper [tbo Ghromelo,] Dee. “8, 18.11, may have e o at.nl!” It shows, sioij iy. that tbo T.nup mom be.s wore doeidedly more opposed to tbo Rank than the Clark men. Well; did wo urge that ilio - evolution o<ipo«cd to iho re chartming of ' the Rink was defeated by the lb mei ( Cer tiiinly mill We neither know, nor cared, which pa.ly was most opposed to, nr in fwor of it. ! We spoke of it as a matt rof priori 1.-, and not , "I parly ; and not knowing, in U lo least, how either party voted, wo undo not tho least refer ence to either. And wo beg leave to remind | the editor, that wo aro not so much in tho habit of looking th o' i inly s, eclaeles, as to approve { or disapprove of any measu e,because it is of tins I, onbat party; or to ask of which party it s, ore j 4 wo evtross on - opinions of it. We s-nko of' Mcsss. Crawford’s, Forsyth’s, and Re,,ion’s , "ill'ionco having perhaps boon excited in f,vor of the Rank, not hecimso they were Troup men, i hut because they were distinguished men, hav ing mthiiinco, mid known, or believed to ho, in fivoi of the Rank. The vote in question does \ not prove that that ipffuoneo was not exerted. , Tbo Troup men bad a majority, and a sufficient nuiither ot them voted against the resolution, to H( have car. ted it, hy a largo majo, it ,'i a d they voted q for it. And icc knoic that Mr. Rerrien exerted . liis inlluenco with one of tho loading Clark men, it least, who was imitf strongly inclined to on uosc tho Rank, who wo see ultimately j " voted against the resolution; and as ho is not without indueucc, Mr. R’s. inlluenco may have k,on felt llrro’hhn (if not olhe s also) with the Clark men, at least. And, Judging from tins, ' wo cannot but believe, that Mr. Uorricu ox- , jtred bis inlluence with ;|,e Troup party, also— hat it had some effect with them— and that it P ' vas “felt m the decision." Aud tbo’ we have tot the same evidence against Messrs. Craw- brdan.l Forsyth, wo aro inclined to tbo belief li' hat their influence was fell also, for tlie reasons ve gave. at The following is the article of tlie Journal, al uded to hove. Will the editor have tire good- " ICS to publish, also, the votes »Ti the snnila ! luestions, in the Legislatures ofl-A) and ’3O ! ( °p rn .u rue uxoboia Jui nKat. Sl , Forlbe into, mat ion of the editor of the Au- Vi nsta (.bioni.'le, and in cider to remove any ta i use imp essmn which the ctrnrks that appear- .. d in that ,aj er, December 28, 1811, may have lu icated, wo publish beluw the yeas and nays, sli ggmflnatft in the House of Representatives of this State, on the motion to lay on the table for the remain der of tho session, the report and resolution in structing our Senators, and requesting our Re presentatives in Congress, to oppose the re ehurtering of tho U. States Rank. This vole shows whether the Troup party in the legisla ture were opposed or not to the Rank of the Dnited States, and whether “the influence of Messrs. Forsyth and Berrien were felt in this decision.” The names tainted in italics are be lieved to belong to the Clark parly. Teas—Messrs. Ailair, of Carroll, Anderson, Ash, Bacon, Baker, Bates of Hall, Blackburn, Brown, Burks, Burney, Byrd, Chappell, Chas tian, Cleveland, Coffee, Cote, Curry of Lincoln, Day, Drew, Etum, Ezzard, (Hudson, Gibson, i Gilbert,Glascock, Habersham. Hampton, Hatch , ci, Hilliard of Dooly, Hilliard of Ware, Holt, ; Hopkins of Heard, Johnson of Henry, Jones of | J ickson, Jones of Wa.ien, Kittles Lucas, Mat thews, Mays, M’Michael, Murray, Neal, Olir-er lof tSc.iven, Overstreet, Bate, Pettit, Powei, Bawls of Bulloch, Bawls of Fulaski, Redding, Hi.cnes, it .hurts, Robinson, Scott, Sellers, Sbeats, Solomon, Terrel. Thurmond, Towles, i Ward, IV ■rner, Wiggins, Willis, Voting of Er win—Go—ldCbnk men, and ITTioup men. Nays —Messrs. Adair of Madison, Allen, Ar cher, Ashley. Barnett, Barr, Bates of Newton, , Blacksboer, Blackwell, Calhoun, Curries, Col lier, Cone, Ciawford, Curry of Decatur, Daniel, Dye, Easley , Graham, Grayhill, Haralson, Ho,.kins nf M'lntosh, Howard, Hubbard, Hud son of Jelfe son. Hudson of Fntnnm. Hull, Hutchins, Jackson. Johnson of Morgan, Jones of Jonoa, King, Leonard, Long of Madison, i M a'-'nn.Mei i wether, Moore, Myers, Oliver of El ; hurt, Oliver of Hall. Fua mu n,Pearson,Phillips, 1 Fricc, Rcid.lluthoi so-d, Ryan,Shannon, Slaike, i Tarver, Taylor, Thompson, Vinson, Warren, ! Williams, Wilson of W »ren, Young of Oglo ■ I tho e.—. r i7— G Claik men and 51 Troup men. The next day, on motion to reconsider, the vole stood.jveas 4:1, iiiysTl. Yeas — Adair of Madmen Ashley, Barnett, Bair, Bates of Newton, Ulackslreur, Blackwell Carnes, Cone, C.awfurtl, Dye Easley, Gra ham, Grayhill, Haralson, Holt, Hopkins of M'- Intosli, Hiihbaid, Hudson of Jcfl'eison, Hud son of Fulnam, Hutchins, Jackson, Johnson of Morgan. Jones of Jones, Leonard, Long of Bakor, Long of Madison, Mason, M’Lon non, Meriwether, Moo.e, Mye s, Oliver of El bert, Oliver of Hall Fearniaii, F ice, Reid, Ry ■ an, Siaiko, Wad, Warren, Williams, Young of Oglethorpe—lOTioup men and fl Claik men. Nays —Messrs. Adair of Car oil, Allen, An derson, A.cher Ash, Bacon, Baker, Bates of Hall, Blackburn. Brown, Barks. ’Bunicy, Byrd, Chap ell, Chastain, Clanton. tJerc.land, Coffee, Cm y of D.-caiu , Curry of Lincoln, Ihew, Ex am, Ezzard, Ghulsun, Gibson, Gilbert, Glas cock, Habersham. Hamilton, Hatcher, Hilliard of Dooly, Hilliard of Ware, Hopkins, of Heard, Hull, Irrin, Johnson of Henry, Jones of War ren, Kittles, Lucas. Mays, M Michael, Murray, Neal, (Hire ot'Hc-iven, Overstreet, Pule, Pear son. Pettit, Phillips, Powell. Rawls of Bulloch, Rawls of Fulaski, Redding, Reeces, Roberts, Ro hinsoH'Scutt, Sillers,Siuinnon.Phtats, Solomon, Taylor 'Terrell, Thompson, Towles, Warner, Wiggins, JTillis, II ilson of Early, Wilson of Warren, Young of Irwin.—7l—so Clark men, and 21 Troup men. UNHIT 1.. I) STATI’N BANK. Wo received, since our lust publication, tho following letter, which we voiy cheerfully lay before the public, ns requested: Pensacola, January S 3, 1833. Dear Sir:— ln your paper of ihe 2riih Nov. last, you appropriate a column, heading it “ U. Suites Bank:” and after speakiug'liy name of two distinguished individuals of Georgia, as en listed, as yen believe, in the cause of the Bank, you proceed in these wouls: “ We doubt not mar n the U ink) has Us secret age.... 14,1 “vpjr iJlp cunot, v^.„A.j-eni]/'/«;tfly’Si'ft.jy't-ftf; and took a deep into, ost in favor rs tbo Bank. He broached the subject to us several limes.” And so you proceed through tho icsidun of this piece, making this nameless gentleman figtr-o ..s a person of considerable standing in tho eye of the Bank ofthu United States. Now, it strikes mu that 1 am the poison alluded to, and that you intended your retnatks to ho plain enough to have it so understood. Assuming the g.ound that I am light in this conjoctu.ej I beg leave to he heard a little hy you, tlieien; on. 1 oe 1 1:nnly am not dissatisfied that vou are pleased to couple mo with men of such deserv ed celebrity as you have, nor indued am 1 dis satisfied that you aro ready and willing to con sider me as high in the cunfi lenco of the Bank ! ot tlie United States; both or either of these i things tire (veil calculated to call out my vanity j and my pride. But lam justly, I think dissat- ! istied, that yon have made me utter expressions, and relate as facts, two particular things that strike at once, either at my understanding or my veracity, or perhaps at both. First; Y’mr make me say, 1 sometimes express the o, inions of tlie President of the Bank of tho United .States. \mrr words are: “whose opinions he some times expressed.” Now, ifthii was so, I did suiq.ose you held in higher estimation my un derstanding, than to admit that I could bo shal low enough, o. vain enough, to suffer myself to proclaim it in conversation with any person. Th.. fact is, however, that I had not the shadow ot authority for conveying to you such an idea, and as I have unlimited c.mli,lenco In tho upright ness of your intentions, in all things, I am hound to behove, and i do believe, that you mistook my words, or my meaning, or both, in this particu lar. Second; Von m ike mo say thrill was lately appointed a Cashioi of one of the Branch Banks Your wo t ds are “ and that lie has lately been a, - pointed a Casino of one of the Branch Banks.” How could 1 have had temerity enough to say ( so, when tho country knows from one en I of < the Union to the oilier, that no Brunch Bank has 1 lately been create.l, any where, hy iho Bank of • the United States, and consequently no appoint- « mom of a Cashier could bo conferred lately, up- ' mi any person ! 1 t With these two exceptions, against the aceu ‘ racy of which I protest, I have no objection to I ,n ,h " votn- statement th on-bout •' <o tar as I suppose and believe mvsolftbo mime- 1 ess person von bad in view, when you wrote tho ° noduclion under consideration, p lam doing no mure than justice to your char- 11 icte.. as it stands in my estimation, by admit- 11 mg that I fully believe, if it had stiuek you that p he o was any chance of my dissenting front the 1 icon acy of any tart of what yon were about to 1 v He and publish, in allusion to mo, that vou ll vonld have first submitted it to my inspection. litad no idea that you would have deemed o; ttr several conversations, whilst I was in your I’ 1 lace, about the Bank of the United States, of ll efficient moment to notice them in your paper. " our kind aud attentive treatment of me, cor- ci duly was well calculated to bring mo out into a l ” all and tree disclosure of my sentiments, upon , 1 ' H topics about which we conversed, and there hi was none I felt a greater solicitude about, tban the fate of the subject of renewing the Charier of the Bank of the United States. Suffer mo to enquire, in behalf of what I con sider cruel treatment of Mr. Forsyth, why it is that you have not thought proper to cast back to the time of Chartering the present Bank of the United Slates, in 1816, and discover whether Mr. Forsyth (who was then in Congress) did not give his vote in favor of this measure. For, if it turns oat that he gave it his support, then, I say it is cruelly unjust to attribute unworthy motives to him, now, because he has happened latterly to have borrowed money of this Bank. Again: Why, as an impartial and independent ’ Editor, which you certainly are, do you not pub lish Mr. Hudson’s abortive attempt to have a re consideration of thu vote upon lay ing his vulnera ble report against the Bank of the United States upon tiie table fur the balance of the session, by which It will he seen, that the most numerous branch of the Legislature refused to reconsider, by a vote of 80 odd, to 30 odd. 1 have looked in vain, for the exhibition of this fact, in any Geor gia Gazette which 1 have seen since the adjourn ment. Unless, therefore, tliis move, and the pre cise vote theieupon, is speedily published, I shall conclude you aro afraid of the consequences of making it known to the people. I related this fact, from Milledgeville, myself, to Mr. Biddle, and I dont care to keep it fom you. Upon it I reasoned, that the more the tiue merits of the subject of the Bank of the United States, in connection with the renewal of its i Charter, were «canncd and considered of, in Georgia, the more did public sentiment hear out | the belief, that the Slate was not hostile to its renewal, and that I thought Mr. Crawford’s let ■ lor to Mr. lugersoll Was producing a beneficial result at this moment, Thanks be to that great 1 , . ... C j man s inconuptible integrity of character, who shall charge him with unworthy views,in writing this letter ? | As a subscriber to your paper, what I have ’ a right to expect of you, I think, is, to let Mr. Biddle know thro’ the Augusta Chronicle, that I • have nut made an unti uu statement to him res -1 peeling Mr. Hudson's move to reconsider the vole upon his Bank; and whatever you publish • hereupon, I must ask you to send to Mr. Biddle the paper containing it, securely enveloped. ’ In publishing this letter, which I hope you will, , you can omit or insert my name, according to • your own judgment. 1 remain, with sentiments t>f great regard, Your obedient Fervent, > 1 r A. 11. Pf, MHKRTON, Esq, The following is tho article alluded to in the above letter, which, in justice to ourselves, and > fur the better understanding of tho reader, we r publish entire: “W e understand,that the Report of tho Com mittee on Banks, against the renewal of the charter of the United Slates Bank, was rejected hv a majority of !). Tho principal grounds of objection were, that the report did not u go tho r main objection to the Bank, itsunconstitulional ity—and that it was deemed mmecessa-y to in struct our Senators, and request our Kepreson ’ tatives, to oapose the renewal of ihe charter, in -1 nsmuch as they wore presumed to he fully ac j Jub'iote' 1 w > t h the state of public opinion on tho • , .... vvevor well they m Igrre-gfl; truly—as though, an expression of opinion were at all calculated I to lessen that acquaintance I The fact is we , believe tho influence of Messrs. Fonsvrn’and IlKitniKd were felt in this decision. Bolli of those gentlemen are now, we believe, in favor .of the United States Bank—the former, since j ho loan to him of $90,000 by that instin,lion, i but whether or not he was in favor of it before. ' l,ow loan has ali’ec:cd his emulous on | the subject he has not been pleased to say, tho’ u gently called upon to do so; and he 'is not without power ot inlluence on the great Sanhe drim at Milledgeville—and ihe latter, as we have reasons to know, was not backward In exortm his influence in its favor; and ho was at Mil ledgevillc during nearly the whole, if not the whole-, of Ilia session. Has he received a loan tool Wo should like to know.—How other wise, than by the inlluence of these "ontlemun anil perhaps that of Mr. Crawford, also, who has : lately wiitten to Philadelphia in its favor, ns will |he seen by his letter published lo day—is this strange proceeding of the Legislature to he ac ! counted tor? The people of Georgia have loii" : been behoved to he decidedly opposed to the | Bank; and resolu iona, similar lo the one iin-a lived, vyerc passed, we believe by very lan’-o majorities, at the former and several preceding sessions of the Legislature; and no doubt woe improved hv the people, inasmuch as wo never bean them once objected to. What, then, we ask, lias produced this change? Where is tho ov id-nce of change on tho part of tho people ? And what, hut such a change, could properly have brought it about? Tho fact is, the in,, mense influence of this unholy Mammon is a broad m the land, and il becomes the people to look well to it, ere all their like ties ire c.t„- pleielv within its grasp—sold to it, “for so fiiuch trash ns may he grassed thus 1 *! “Tim price of lihcity is eternal vigilance.”—Wo doubt not that it basils secret agents all over the coun try A gentleman, whom we believe to he one ol them, was lately in this oily, ami took a deep imprest in lavor of the Bank. He broached the subject lo us several limes—tried very hard lo convince us of the propriety of rechnrtoring tho . ,77"" ’ il,lur vvc h:ul successfully combat ted all his arguments, asked us very particular ly, i/' vc had committed ourselns publielu in our pai’Kr, against the Rank, as he believed if we had not, that ho could still convince us of our on or, and of the propriety of not doing so, at least, till wo had mm e carefully examined the subject; and on being informed that wo had 1 done so, most decidedly, but wore always open to conviction, and fell no hesit. tion -u cm i ectiim any erro. of opinion when houdly convinced of’ ' it, he del not ever urge the snbjo.-t again tho' ' several times al’lerwaid in our company.’ Ho ( took much interest in obtaining iulormut.on on Ihe subject, and particularly in learning who of the momliora of llio Legislature wore in favo 1 of, and who opposed to, tho B oik, and the stand- ■ mg, influence, and residence of each. And we I learned from him, in tho course of conversation that he was well acquainted with the P.esidcnt r ot tii? B ink, in Plul.Hul} Ilia, whoso opinions ho c sometimes i XMossmJ; with tho two affenls of 1 lh- Bank, who had lately been in this city, To- 1 luinbia, and Columbus; with the petition from this place for a Branch ; and indeed with the nfl’ai.s of the Bank generally; and that ho had v atoly boon appointed a Cashier of one of the v Branch Banks. He said that Mr. Biddle the President, was well informed of the situations of . f , i * acc Loin m bus, and ilie commanding inlluence of both places upon-the State; their P advantageous locations, as situated at the two a apposite ext.-utilities, and most important and ,iowot ful commercial positions in tho Slate, and ihoir necessary future prosperity; ami ihat he a was well inclined to the establishment ofßranch- d is 111 those places, provided it would be in ac ai :ordance with tho wishes of the inhabitants 1, nit not otherwise, as the Bank was not disposed ; o act in opjosilioii lo public opinion hi anv Cl xay. Tins gentleman spoke, in connexion with w us enquiries m relation to the opinions, * O . of sc the members of the Legislature, of his intention 0 to tarry in Milledgeville, dining the remainder of the session, as lie passed through there on way to the west; and, knowing that wo heard from Milledgeville regularly every day, he call- V cd on us each morning, till his departure, to know 0 if we had received aiw information of the pro- c ceodings on, or fate of tho report and resolutions against the Bank. Perhaps his influence, also, as well as that of Messrs. Forsyth and Berrien, l had some connexion with the strange rejection , of them.—By the by, if the Bank really is not g disposed to establish a Branch here, 01 in Coluin bus, in opposition to tbe wishes of the citizens, t would it not be proper for thoso o( each place j opposed lo such Branches, lo get up a counter £ petition, lost their silence should be erroneously construed by tho Bank into acquiescence ? We shall now notice, briefly, the strictures of J our correspondent, in tbs order in which they stand. First, lie is right in the supposition that he is the person alluded to; but he is not right in supposing that wo “ intended our remarks to he plain enough to have it so understood.” We did * not design to bring him personally before tbe pub 1 lie, St, if it be so,the fault is his own, and not ouis, ! Wo did honestly believe him lo be a secret a- ! gent of the Bank, and his letter, so far fom 1 shaking that belief, tends strongly to confiim it. 1 As sueii, with our sense of the evils of that in sulation, and the belief abroad that the Bank 1 employs its agents to operate on public ojiimen, 1 wo fell it our duty lo stale the concurrent testi mony which hud come, unsought fur, to our knowledge—giving tile facts upon which our o pinion of the gentleman’s being a secret agent of the Bank, was. founded, that our readers might jndgo fur themselves of the accuracy of that opiuion. We do not know thut the public is aware of the individual alluded to; and when ever asked who he is, we have positively icfus ed lo toll. We slated' facts, and such as wore of interest lo the pubic; but with individuals we had nothing to do. And wo should suppose il must he sullicienlly undei stood,from our gene ral public course, that we never permit our re gard for indiviiluals, however great, to inter fere with our duty to tho public, and regard for . tiie public good. To a person in our situation, and indeed to every patriotic man, the public good ought always to be the first consideration, and individuals as nothing, when they come in conflict with it. Tho conversations alluded to were altogether open, voluntary', and given without the least restriction, and were therefore free to he communicated,with our own views of them. Had they been given under any injunc tion of secrecy, we should have fell bound lo pre serve them secret; because every individual r.as the undoubted right, In his ordinary intercourse with his fellow-men, to communicate ordina ry information to them,concerning himself or elh . ers, on his own terms,or to withhuldjl from them; | and if they accept those terms, in receiving it, , they are bound by every principle of honor, to übido by them. Wo are guiltless, so far us vvc know, of over betraying a confidence reposed in . us; but we wish it distinctly understood, that I when men voluntarily place before us intbrma lion valuable to the public, wo shall feel nobusi tation in publishing it, but with as much delicacy . toward the individuals themselves, as possible. • That delicacy was not forgotten, in the present instance; and, after mentioning iho facts,nothing , could have induced us to mention tho name, hm . a denial of those facts hv a1- - ".tsmsted, J And, so larasour readers are concerned, we are , not afraid of their ever suspecting us of stating a wilful untruth, for any purpose, and particularly 1 the purpose of deceiving them, whom to unde | ceive, as far as possible, in all public matters, has been our first object, according to the best ofou knowledge and belief, sensible always that we 1 arc not less liable than others, to honest errors. Wo arc not yet sensible of error, in staling | that “ho sometimes expressed tho opinions of 1 Mr. Biddle,” or at least assumed to do so, and even his own explanation would seem to shew that we were not in error. He says, “with those two exceptions [this, and another to bo no ticed presently] against tho accuracy of which I protest, I have no objection to admit, in the main, your statement throughout.” Now, hit the reader turn to that statement, and notice what he told us of Mr. Biddlu’s opinions of thu advantageous locations, &c. of ibis place and Columbus, for Blanches of the U. States Bank, and his disinclination to establish such Branch es contrary lo the public will, &c. and say how ho con d have told u;s all tliis, (which is of course what we alluded to at the time) without expiess ing his (Mr. Biddle’s) opinions. He was, of course, then relating to us Mr. IVs. views and opinions, and not his own; and this pa t of the statement he docs not appear to controveit. How lai he had “authority for conveying to us such an idea, we ot eon se knew' nothing, and 1 did not pretend to know. Wo certainly understood him to say, that “he ■ had lately been appointed n Cashier of 0110 of ' the Branch Banks; and we cannot see how we could possibly have been mistaken. If he did 1 not say so, ho must have said something-which 1 we might reasonably hayo mistaken for such a * declaration; and wo call upon him to say dis- ‘ tinctly what it was. There is something of o- 1 vasion in his denial, which by no meads leaves 1 it clear, frank, and explicit. Wo did not say ( that “a Branch had lately been created, ’or 1 that he had said so, and cannot sec what his do- 1 nial of such a creation has to do with the matter, 1 or why lie could not “ lately have been appoint- 1 ed a Cashier of one of the Bra cl, Banks,” will.- out the necessity of dealing a Branch Bank for 0 that purpose. Il seems to us, he intimated thut 3 tho Branch was in Flmida-peihaps in Pensaco- * la-or possibly it was an Agency, and not a Branch; but, that ho .mentioned he had lately ll received some appointment, or been promised one, of some establishment of the United States " Bank—a Branch, or wlut we mistook for a " Branch we fed? as certain of as that we live. * e certainly did not suppose it possible, that sl what wo stated, or any part of it, eoald have met r ‘ "ith any dissent frovi him. b Wo “deemed tho several conversations” allu- « m’’)' T™ mo, ' ent t 0 notic “ “> our ft pajc , lor the reasons then and above given : n amTdid not feel that any restriction was upon * us against doing so, or that we wore bound, d ftcr receiving thorn as we did. ,0 ask leave ,0 l > ■> tu.-lt he meant to ‘hit our “kind al tod attentive treatment” was intended “to bring *’ -I out.” wo positively deny it, or that wf -our ed a single statement that ho made. Tho K’holo was altogether voluntary 01, his part. Wo corn tf.o disposition 0 f pumping from jmy man,' /) ought that ho is unwilling to communicate; bu what is once voluntarily communicated, i 3 as much our property as that of him who stated i'. We scorn concealments on our own part, and equally so the dirty wo;k of dragging forth the concealments of others. And wo think our telling him plainly and promptly, when asked that we had boldly given our opinions in our paper against the Bank, and his subsequent silence on the subject, which was naturally to bo expected, is sufficient proof that wo had not design to deceive him, or draw f.om him a word more than ho fully chose to commu nicate. If he “ was shallow enough, or vain enough,” voluntarily to communicate what bo had cause to conceal, that was his own business and not ours. If our own entire openness and frankness led bim in to more than was hia wont, it certainly was not intended to “brin» him out,” and if it did, we are not culpably aa° swerable for it. Wo again declare, that we scorn to deceive any n|an into u betrayal of him self; but are not sure that our uniform, and not designed, openness and frankness has net been found contagious by others than himse. If he supposes that our ‘-kind and attenthft treatment” to him, was at all peculiar, we as sure him he is altogether mistaken. It was not more so in the least than it would huve been to any other individual, or stranger, who similarly sought our acquaintance, and behaved equally polite and gentlemanly to us. We are no ccs pectur of persons; and make it a point to treat all men as we would that they should treat us. Ami in this we are by no moans disinterested for wo believe that “the measure we meet unto others will bo ineeted unto us.” —H e w j|| rfi _ collect, that beside his communications of a public interest, there were several others, re lating to his own peculiarly private affairs, vol untury also, and altogether unsought for. These wo do consider sacred—as much so as ho could desire and would consider ourselves degraded were we ever to divulge them, under any temp tation ; because, neither concerning ourselves, nor the public, wo could have no good motive for doing so. We have no means - “of casting back to the time of chartering the L T . S. Hank, in 1810,” to discover whether Mr. Forsyth voted for or against lire measu.c; but if either ho or any one else will furnish them, we will cheerfully do so. Let his vole, however, on that occasion, have been what it might, it cannot remove the im prudence of talcing a loan, which may ho sup posed to restrain him possibly, in his duties to. his constituents, nor relieve him from the duty of explaining his conduct to them, when lespoctful ly and properly called upon to do so. The vote, on laying the Report of the commit tee on Banks, against the U. S. Bank, on the table, together with that ou the motion to rceon-. sider, will be found in an extract from tbe (icor gia Journal, in another article, which was prepa red lor the press before the letter of our corres pondent was received. We never saw these votes till they mot our eye in the extr.act in qncs-. lion, ond he owes us no thanks for giving them now. Wo will always eheoi fully give any in formation in our power, when properly request ed to do so, even though it be against ourselves; bui when any man inuiuv,., shall threaten us of wo,;, .w -ill “ conclude,” if it i, not .. B ,, cedi | y published, ,w'o -shall have no other reply l 0 m ,ike than that of contempt. We hold it no merit even to do -right, on compulsion; and when ho talks tons of our being “afraid of consoqtten, ee-s,” nothing can bo more evident than that he does not know ns, or that such an expression will ho laughed at contemptuously by those who do. Tim next paragraph shows Iris iatima y with Mr. Biddle, and that he makes it a point to cor respond with kirn upon the subject of the Dank and public opinion in relation to it. Does not this tend to confirm the opinions expressed in ou* rcma.ks of the 2fllh u t?—We believe he “rea soned” incorrectly to Mr. B. on the vote in the Legislature, m relation to Mr. Hudson’s motion to reconsider. The main cause of laying tiro Re, port on the table, ns slated to ns by one of our county representatives, arid mentioned at the opening of our rema.ksof the 28th ult. was not regard lor the Bank, or a desire that it should bo rucha. torod, as will be seen by a reference to those remarks; and lire reasons for refusing to reconsider must have been similar to those oftlrc previous vote. Wo have no doubt that a large majo.ity of the people of (,’eor-ia are opposed to the United States Bank ; but,lre ilmtas it may, the opinion of all the world would not change on s, without evidence,-and much heller evidence than that contained in Mr. Crawford’s boasted letter, which can tend on ly to conli. m it.—ls our correspondent wrote Mr. Bid,Ho from Millcdgevillo, when there, as he mentioned, as ho says, Mr. C’s letter, when writing linn, it would seem, that that letter ha I boon made public in Millodgeville before it re turned there in the public prints, and tend to confirm our suspicion, that it had its influence in excluding f. out Mr. Hudson's report, the mam ground of opposition to the Bank—-its unoonstitutionality thereby “producing a bet* cfu ial result, at that moment,” as mentioned by the writer, to the Bank, at least-thut cgclpsip,, being one of the alleged causes of defeating the Report against the Bank. The devotion of Mr Hudson and bis party to Judge Crawford,is well known ; and how to account fur that exclusion on any other ground than a disposition to avoid a direct conflict with tl, u head of the pailv.’oi. sa important a point, we know not. The paper containing this article shall ho sent to Mr. Biddle, as desired. Since oor correspondent refers to our “judg ment” the omission or insertion ofhis name, (a matter about which, as it concerns not us, wo '■are not to exercise any judgment at all) wo mull not insert it—nut as a “judgment,” but a refusal to assume the responsibility of if, which uolongs to himself alone. As already observed, WO have not desired to bring hint personally her lore the public; and as his name is not at j loscnt lecessaryto (da cause, we shall leave that to bn one by himself, exclusively— holdiug ourselves in flioorful readiness to publish his name whenever to shall direct ns to do so-and admitting, now, U the merit which justly attaches to his wil mgiiess that it should ho made known. FOR THP AUGUSTX CHKONICLE, Mr , A, e f UST i KACKS , ' tor: ~ am to learn, that th» Sustu Ruse Turt baa been purchased, or leaf-