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MEETING AT FOllr-Y'l’H
I’irtntinnt to ;.ro' l«u« notu*e, u !nu r ' •
anl rc'.qiectuljlf ju>rlion ol lit*' citizen- ol i
Itlonnii' county, uml u number of {fi nite
nn a irotn other coimlicH, in utteinlunre (
on the Superior Court of the county, eon '
veiled in the <b»iirt llonne on the loth i
inst. to exjiresn their sontimentM in rein i
tion to the recent decision ofthe Supreme
Court of the I'nileil Stales, denying the >
constitutionality ot the la w of Georgia, :
extending her jurisdiction over that por
tion of her Territory in the possession of I
the Cherokee Triho of Indians. '
On motion, tinijiiimu 11. Hut her- J
foci was ended to the i hair, and Uldridgc
Ctibaiti-s appointed Secretary.
The object ofthe meeting having been |
announced by the Chair, and a lew l< p
murks made by A 11. Chappell, Eeq. the I
billowing preamble and resolutions were
biibmilted t»y (lenerul 13. lieull.
Among the dearest and highest rights
of treemen, is tire attribute of judging and
determining upon these rlimiiH ot sove ,
i eighty. That a nation or people, claim
tag lo be free and independent, shoal *
permit their privileges, rights and immu
nities to he adjudicated away hy a jrilm
jnd usurping nathorily, is ineonsistent
with national honor, national i ight, and
national dignity.—The people ol Ge.ir
gia claim to he, and will maintain, that
t he is a free, sovereign and independent
Slate —that she entered into ll.e feilcia |
league as mieeli—lhal in (or aing a link in
the eliiiia of the • nion ofthe Slates, she
did not divest hersell ol her sovereign
character—her sovereignly she retained i
—that she eonseated to grant to the ;
‘Stall’s as a federal union for national
purposes, certain rights which were ue- i
I. now bulged to be hers. I bese are foninl ,
ia the federal eompael e died tin* < 'onsii |
lation of the I nils ,1 StaUo. —Ail except
those there speeiully delegated, she re
served in herself. Am aig those ol hei |
former and sovereign rights, and whiel’ [
• he Inis never ceded or granted to apv j
[lower or governnienl, is the right el ab |
solute soil and jarisdietion, over llie ten i
tory within her chartered limits. Acer
min portion ol that territory r.niomiibig
to millions of lien s, is etaiini d by n part
ofthe tribe of Indians known as the ( her
okee tribe—(this nation, if there be one,
is beyond the Mississippi,) bandits, out
(a w s, demagogues, mercenary n i -siona
l ies and trait .rs have sought a home and
a refuge (here in violation of the pahlb
laws if the .Slate. Some of them have
been in rested (first having been kindly
notified of our laws and advised to lenvr
the territary, to avoid the legal eolise
ipienees of an illegal residence there.)
They have been tried, convicted and are
now undergoing the punishment pre
scribed by law. They have appealed to
a Iribanal for redress, which w e diselaim
Inis any right of jurisdiction ol tin ir
crimes. or over can’ territory in matters i i
that kind. A sinall in jority of the Sn
preme Court of the f ailed Stales, has I
assumed to themselves the right to pro
nomine upon the eou-dituiinnalily of our
laws, ami have decreed iheni aneonstitu
tional, and their mandate is directed to
be exeealed in spite of oar laws, oar
l ights and our liberties—and this decree
too. from tin* \ cry same heneh w Inch Ins
hitherto said in relation to the samemib
ntluelied to her sovereignty, within her
limits, and w hich tire secured to her by
the lid Section of me lih article ofthe
Constitution of (lie railed Slates, at
which (he (Tubed States could not eed,
eilb rby their power over the terriler. 1
or their treaties with tlie l'iieroke<‘s. am. 1
by the treaties or compacts, .the Uniter <
‘lt lies, never contended for ine iig!i!
jurisdiction ever that territory—ilia
rigid has 1 aig since been admitted It.
hnv e passed to (ieorgia—The decree. I
that Cnarl seeks in w by judicial eon f
straelioii to i;c>>n-< Imiiaa s.-v eieignt j I
Irom it ) long slaaibcr. and bring it in.
imliiediiiteaelioa against tlie States, 1 .
mi extra jtiilicial liat. 'i’o this Ceorgi ,
iii'ut will consent—Hclbio she doe |
‘may it he recortlcd that ' leorgia iros.'
from the same heneh on nnolher m
elision we have been told (Init Cr< at I'.v 1
tain before oil • Independei ee ecnsiileV. 1
lliein (the < Iterokee) ns her subjects
whenever site chose to elaim their idle
gianee. and their country as hers both in
soil and sovereignty, and that the for
heunuice exercised towards (hem b\
'beat Ibitain was voluntary, and not
train supposed want of rigid to extend
her laws over them, did she abstain from
doing so. ITum the Utilish right to t 01l
and j ifisdiitiun the i igld aecrued to us by
the treaty of ITKI ml that rigid not to the’
iederalgovernment bat to (ieorgia. The
Clierohces have never been pec gamed
as bolding sovereignty over the territory
lb. v < oapy—the same Sn) iviae Court
him i d heretofore that European d.s
rov i • i., notoriously assented and e\-
* ca:r ’ the rigid of sovereignty as well as
hi .. .. .••l ere the Cheroluo ■ inhabit, and
ii i- I'oin lliat source we derive our right
ami there is not nn instance < f u cession
<.I limd by nn Indian nation in w hich the
i igld of sovereignly is mentioned as a
purl of the matter ceded. Hal the poo
pie of (leorgia hold that lids question >
not now debatable—the matter bus been
long since settled hy the only coinpet< in
imtboi ily and that upon a dear right, tin
deeiee of the Supreme Court to the eon i
trary not withstanding. Car rights havt ■
been repeatedly veeogiii/.ed by the Cm
i lltive of tin' Culled Slates; these right* i
it is our prov iuee as well as our duty ami ’
interest as a free stale to support and j
nodal da
W/v/inc hr il resolved. That we hold the i
decree ofthe Supreme Court ofthe Cm- i
ted Stales as extra judicial—that as good |
mid faithful citizens of (leorgia in behidli
ofonr slut, rights and state sav ereignt v, ;
we will to the utmost extent of our means. I
sevcrtiily and collectively maintain uml
support the stale against the execution of
said decree.
bV.Wtvi/, That short of paramount ph>
sic.nl force to that of (leorgia, said decree
shall not he executed
/iV'idci".', That we will liold our person
ul services and means at (ho disposal of
o n-stale executive at all times when he
tuny call upon us to save the state from
s n ii a jud . m.| despotism
/!• * J Pa.it t! e (orritorv oo< upio t
by a p alii! >fihe < herokec t rihe ot 1
di.ii,. vviihii, the chartered limbs of tic
gni. h a,, j, Ue.-rgia. unit that she will
never -a. render the jurisdiction or so.'
!°’’!d power on enrih unless overcome
by to. ce
Hi i Th twe have the fullest eon
ndcuce m the President of the tnited
k.
-tates. that lie will not lend the Execa
ti\r arm to attempt to enlorce said <le
"fooW, That wc recommend to our
fellow citizens of die other counties in the
state to hold public meetings on this nl
iuqiortant subject, uml to lake a stand
(inn and decided.
The crisis is near at hand—we ha vc to
uni,,, lit as slav es or maintain our freedom I
and onr i ig.'-.ls J
Hn>‘d V-.■/ fiirlher, 'Phnl the Secretary ot i
(hi- mec ting fm want a copy ol these pro- |
reeding*signed by the Chairman, t * the .
President ofthe United States. j
■\ motion was made to erase com lb" ,
preamble the word ‘‘mercenary 1 "P°"
which m .linn a eonsiderabie dmenssnai
j..i se in whicti (I W. (lordan, lisp. •« ’n-
IJ. Ceall. A. II Clmppell, Es<| . 1
Torrance, Es;q. mid J. Enmar. te<| look
part. .
The motion lieinar pt:» hy the chair.
was lost, the preamble and r. soluti :n*
were .hen adojttcd without a dissenting
voice _ ~
On motion of (I. AA ■ Cordon. I'.sq.
It was resolved. That n'l Ivdttnrs o!
papers in this Mute, be, reipiesled to pub
lish (he proceedings of this meet in J, - .
Tlie meeting then adjourned, mv
lIKN.I 11. lUi PMEUrOKI), Clin.
Ei,mutioi'. C. C.vn.vMs;-, <SVe n/.
jafi— warn f i
A1 t 4r a 'fSTA 8
HATI C I? \ \ - M \ noil 24. Ibtc.
“ Hr. ] ■'ft, Q-"d Jr.nr not.”
TO C(M.lli;M‘«M>liN'liN.
“ J*. 1’.," “A Vm.rvi KK.n,” and “ Skit*,
.‘i.-fj ncri'ss.i. ily <■ x<-,bided fur a tint of room, hut
| dinll, if [uiK.-iblu, a;>, rar in tnir next.
—
; THM M'Pl’tl'.MH COi'IIT DI-TCIMON.
| Wo libr* ilr. s, iit of tin; pnaanli!* ari l tesolu
i lion, of iho’Mnn comity meeting, nlnl coj.y
I iln r.i into our | a;.er with pleasure—as n pro or
<ixaiii| to to llio citizens of Georgia generally,
mill |i:iitii nl,nly tlioso of oiirovvn city and conn*
ly ; w ho vvo 'rust will proparo iinnioiiiulcly, by
i a vimibir cxyios.ioa of | übliu opinion, to inert
iho crisis vvbicli now throatnns n total doslmc
lion to llio sovoroignly of the. Htutcs, and the lib
o: tins of Iho |.co It*, and culunial hiwiliinc to tho
.Stale of tioorgiu, with proper dignity Ali inncss
.—with il'irnifictl uf.sista sc K —uol that coiilianp
tilde ‘ 4 f/' ii rti/li'<l olnnlirrim" vvliich is rucoiniin'iid
ed by the (ieorgia Coil lor—a paper ever to o
most lu oppos'd ion to llie tine into rest sand pi inei
plusoflhit South, ofropublicaniimi, & stale saver
eignly, in every shape. “ obi!
Ifovv eotdd any bind of übtilirnee to a decision
vvliich would stiiji the Stale ofils dearest lights
and liberties, nod reduce il at once to a stale ol
1 rrbwidil rassnlfige, ' ossibly ho ilii'iiljiiil, in iiny
sense of llio lorni— or otherwise than evoilast
ingly disgraceful, both to tins people mid the
St.de? This is no time for set phrases, honeyed
words, and nainby painhy terms. The lihorty,
and honor, and eharaeter of the Slvte, are assail
ed, and at slake: and he who under sm-li cir
cumstances would cry peace, peace, when there
... mr i-’jhi.* f m »r: Mtunj mu gtViT*w* «.n «»r» j— rx
I eaeo. The only way to preserve an honorable
pence, is by speaking out, one and all, boldly
and manfully, tho feelings and opinions of the
■Stall—that they who might otherwise be misled
by a seemingly tacit acquiescence on the part of
the people, into a fruitless clVo t to enforce the
decision, may be warned ofthe consequences of
such a Me ~ e u it In. too late to preserve peace,
and that Uninv, so continually in the mouths of
on o minnis, which would inevitably lie forever
severed by any act of coercion on the part ofthe
gi him nl government.
The Uielirnund 1 Inquirer, in speaking of the
decision, says, “ L strikes nl tbe sovereignly of
tlie Slates—while, we humbly conceive, it i<
fraught with no a gmnents, which cam cany irre
sistible conviction, or justify Iho ala ruing at
tempt.” And the New Vo I; Courier and T.n
qttirer, says, in concluding its remarks on the
decision, and the outcries of those N irtliern faint
ties, who are in favor of il—“Ou New ling
land ancestors killed oil’all their Indians, mid rc
tu nod thanks for having done so—they now
seek to vvoiry Georgia, who more humanely
wishes her Indians to emigrate to a better
country. The whole afl’ui - , from beginning tn
end, is a mice political t iek—an anxiety to
misli on mischief, and strengthen the Church and
Stale party.”
\V • again say, let the o; iuions and feelings of
the Statu he spoken out, openly and | lain’y,
exactly as they are —that they may he funlv
known, both at homo and tihroad, and each par
ty properly advised, and prepared to act under
standingly, in whatever measures it may take.
This is strictly duo, nut only to ourselves, but
to mi: o ponenls, that when properly iufoi rued,
limy may have none to lilamo but themselves
for the consequence* of any rash Soorciou they
may meditate. Lot there be public meetings,
then, hero, and every whoie else throughout the
Stale; and he who would madly prevent thorn,
mi the plea of preserving peace and harmony,
| must be sensible, on re. fleet inn, th it such a com so
tends di ectly to bring about tbo very eouso
| quoiiccsbo professes to deprecate,
! ’
’ THE rii UILESTOX CONVENTIOX,
Wo did not see tbo denial of the Georgia
j Courier and its “informant,” of our statement,
i in relation to tlie feelings and opinions of the
j Georgians present, at tbe second meeting ofthe
j Stale Rights and Tree Trade Convention in
Charleston, till sometime after it appeared : and
I other matters have heretofore prevented us from
noticing rt. Indeed, so far as the Courier itself
is concerned, and perhaps its anonymous cor
resuorulenl also, wo should have deemed U alto
gether unnecessary to reply—and particularly
alter Mr. Tamar, with that independence, fear
lessness, and love of truth, which form so slri
king and honorable a part of bis character, has
openly stopped forward and branded upon the
denial the charge of folstluH'd —but that some
poisons, who ditfo. f our those Georgians, might
choose, for political effect, to const uo ou. si
lence into a tail admission of the tnth of that
denial, however they might believe to the con
trary. I 4 or our own credibility in the matter, wo
tear nothing. Humble though we are, we are
as capable ol estimating the value of truth, and
the consequences of a uniform adherence to-it,
I ns any man; and wc fool frmly conscious, that
tlm people of Auausta, who have had a continu
al opportunity of marking our professional course
for many yours, however they may differ Horn
us in opinion, will neither doubt our truth, not
the honesty of our opinions, whatever they may
think of their honest errors—at least, not when
oik credibility comes ifi contact, either with the
editor of the Courier,or an anonymous informant.
.1 Tile statement which called fo;th the denial
|of the Couriu', was as follows : “A number of
| (i.'o plans were present, and took seats with the
i Delegatus —all known to ho in the city having
1 been * eehilly invited to do so—and we believe
I they all heartily concurred in the proceedings,
ami partook of the patriotic sprit that dictated
(hem,” We have not the denial of the editor of
1i,,. ier now by in, but, if we recollect right
ly, be cliosti so far to misrepresent the above, as
out the qualification, “wo believe,” and
b,y cm.sidotalilo stress on the word ••all”—thus
quoting, and using, as a positive and unqualified
assert inn, what was simply expressed as a Ld’cf.
The wilful injustice and malignant artfulness ol
ibis, is evident. To justify the assertion Ids
garbled statement has made out Torus, wc were
Pound to have known the individual opinions of
“all” the ‘ Georgians present,” by li st enqniiing
them individually; ami it is presumable be was
aware, that while his statement implied that we
had done so, or that wo had a reckless disposi
tion to make unqualified asset lions of what we
wished rather than wh at wo I:new, his showing
of even one dis enter, only, (his informant.)
would [ l iiuly disptov e the assertion so far, and
leave good reasons for a belief, that if it was un
true so far, it might ho farther, and as much fui ■
iher as ho chose to indicate, on the authority o,
his informant. Now, what must honest men
think of fl igranl ; nr version and injustice like
this! Who is safe against such conduct, he the
I nth or honesty of i statements what they
may? And, since each man, he he who ho may,
may at some lime or other he so injured and
that 100 without the means of redress, for v fall the
wilful misrepresentations of the Cou ier against
us, & which wo have fully disproved, notone has
been col lected in that paper —it is evidently the
duly of every man to set his face against such
conduct, he his political opinions t\ lial Ihay may.
for eve y honest man is interested, even for his
own sake, in the punishment ol injustice and
llio suppression of falsehood.
We cert up. ! not n, at i us of
“all the (o-e.giHti present lea ,1()i
did our s‘u •* r-nl indicate li. id- 11 had
we done si c should then ot co h.” ’ ■ sort
od whattb-x actually won;, and not ’ wc
bdiercil tin' were. We spoke on n icct,
to all whole we had an opportunity king
with on the Hour; and from what car i ■ said
■ for himself, and for others whom i • ton
versed with, were fully justified in i mg
that “all the Georgian* ) i ,d hearldv ur
red,” Art', i I was net tfll after W -tin ten
and (inwall id Idle • Wc m of a
single one i... .. -*-nlcd; ami even we
have hea d bo names of but lire “lb pans
present" vv e\ i ” concur.
l-’iorn vrh 1 -ier rav •of the dar
ammiers, ■< o ... eel
confident ll vv. .nm li him wc
mistake not is die one v- i. .mm ■ u "si
poe.nliaily conspicuous, by his dunimeiatiuiv o
Nullification and Mr. Calhoun, on sundiy occa
' sions, and in places peculiaily unusual and ini
proper —of that N.'fllifiealion, in relation to which
' in arguments with us, when pressed for bis tea
sons against it, bn lias repeatedly said, “ I agrei
' with you in principle”—and of that sumo Mr
Calhoun, too, whom ho, hut a few years ago
openly advocated in our Legislatu. o, as a can
didafe for the I’resideney, in o|ipositiou to fieri
: Jackson and Mr. Crawford—and wo believe of
f lured resolutions to that effect—violent a Jack
i son and Anti Calhoun man as he is now. Am
what are his opinions worth, either in ielution li
Nullification, Mr. Calhoun, or any great j übli,
question, so far as p.ineiplo is concerned. Due
■ he closely inrestipalc | uhlic questions, mu) de
cideon them so: himself alone, and with refer
■ nnco to truth and piinciplo only, regardless o
• men, or popularity? Or, as the Coin ier indicate;
■ (we forgot its exact wo;ds) is lie not a man u
“no; ular manners," Ac. and a popular man, i
r popularity seeking man. and one who, in forming
’ his opinions, looks to what is popular, or will be,
> rather than to what ought to he, and therefore
1 does not think for himself? And have we not
known him, while a representative in (lie I.cgis
f lalurc, to change his opinions, on a vitally im.
, po- taut subject to come be foe that body, f. om
r one side to the other, several times, n as many
days! —And, was he. ono ot the “Georgians pre*
• sent” at the second meeting, of which wc spoke,
. in the which called foith his cortrndic
l lion? Wc arc inclined to think not. We did
, not see. hint there, nor have wo lioardofhis behm
s there ; and, bom his urging ns nut to attend the
! •“ sl . on the ground that he believed (lie building
, would fall, as a judgment from heaven on the
t Nuilitieis, one might have expected that he would
, 1101 lli,v « attended that, either; and, but for bis
, conduct there, which took place du ing our
, absence, vve pci haps should not have known
that he was there. Wo regret to come thus in
conflict with him ; for, notwithstanding all this,
there is much in him lliut wo admbe; and, sen
sible that ho possesses gieat popular means, and
, powers of doing good, we have always been
ready to aid him in i tty good onterprize, and tc
do him evert mine than justice whenever we
have spoken of him ; but be has cause to know,
, fi°m oilier instances than this, that wo never
I permit our personal regards to check our proses
, sional duties, and that wo consider the cause ol
truth ami justice us paramount to all other con
siderations. We feel no less friendly to him,
personally, for anything ho has done, or wc have
said, in this matter ; fur the weakness h c has
evinced is by no means unusual with him, and
vve have permitted no personal feeling to enter
, 1,1,0 »hat which vve have said of him ; which vve
considered duo to the cause ho has assailed—a
cause which, whatever he or otheis may think
of it, and however unpopular it may he for the
moment, wo consider the greatest, the purest,
the noblest, and the most important, that lias
agitated this country since the days of the Rev
olution and that on Us final success depends the
libftities, happiness, arid prosperity of the coun
try, the purity of its institutions, and the perpe
tuity ol the Uttiotr. 1 *
As to the political opinions of tire editor of the
* Courier, on this or any other subject, they have
: so completely played the vvealhcrvnne to everv
i popular breeze, “boo’d and boo’d ” to every
i change of circumstances, and danced to eve \
i popular tune—" up the middle and down again,
1 change hands and hack again”—that they lav 0
2 long not been worth a straw, in the estimation
. of intelligent men, and arc scarcely cv cr men
I tinned hut as objects of ridicule or rei-roach.
f There is hut one thing in which he hnshecn coin
b si-tent, except inconsistency, and that is abuse ol
r (ho South, and cveiy thing Southern, republican,
o or patriotic—every thing connected with >l‘°
, cauS o of the South, its interests, and prosperity, i
1 and the defence of its honor and character, it- j
f gainst its assailants font ahioad. And yet ho
* talks patriotism, republicanism, honor, Ac. j
s in nB <* learned nspiit ” as any political la so of
’■ them all, and till each render is almost ready to |
s exclaim, with Othello. “ this fellow’s of exceed-
I inn honestj!" Talks! yes, “ Gods, how he does
* talk!” But,
,(• •'Tims do all trailers ;
3 If their piirgaiinn did cr-nsi-'l in r routs.
They were as inincenl a« grace itself.”
13 Ho prides himself in being among tho first to
f oppose Nullification. Yes, and that is consistent,
" too. When was ho not among the first to op
* pose anything in support of the interests, honor,
‘ eharnctcf, institutions, or liberties of the Stale
in which hc was bo n, and her i ureal and no
blest pall iots-or tho State in which he earns his
" bread?—and not affectedly prone! of it, too?
' And wlial knows lio about Nullification ? W bat
1 reasonable a gmnen! did ho ever urge against it?
What feeling or quality appeal to, but prejudice,
r ignorance, or fear? or what evidence give, that
lie understand* it—or ought in relation to it, ex
cept that it is not popular with the enemies of
' the South and his native Slate ? No wonder that
l ’ i, s does not lik i it. It relies not on any of those
* political clap-traps, popular whims and prejudi
’ ecs, threadhiuc pat.iolisms, mere sayings, por
sonal (I ittcries, and cringings to men and power,
which save tire trouble of investigation, spare
* .(|,o labor of argument, and the iulelh
S gonce, and have long been considmcd the safe
and easy toad to popularity. It is n cause ol
’ princi.de—ono that requires labor, to investigate
> |( intelligence, to understand it—patriotism, to
* respect it—com ago, to avow it—reason and ar
' ijmnciit, to sustain it—patience and fortitude, to
hears its trials —and unbending confnlcn o in the
f ultimate success of truth and virtue, to await its
1 i itrniphs. It is notan every-day cause of you’
! “ small beer politicians,” appealing to their aid,
full of their individual consequence, controlled
3 by their petty intrigues, waiting theii nods, cx
’ ailed by their huzzas, or humbled by their do
-3 nunciations—and therefore it .is no wonder that
I it should not have their support, in its dav of trial,
nor till that day of its glory and triumph, when
3 they will assuredly cling to it with monr seeming
love and devotion, than its oldest and most con-
II sister.l advocates; and their “ huzza for Nidi ifi
cation,” will then bo no less bun!, long, and b e
u quenl, than their eleventh-hour “ huzza for Jack
s sou.”—Vvl.cn was their voice ever lh» tost ol
t nth, or their popularity the test of me ill—and
ir what great and good principles, or men, in joli
■d tics or religion, ivoni llio unuimii i epuhlit-a ami
o tho t.’li. islian ora, to llio present day. have ever
10 reached the pinnacle of fame, or the standard
as of universal approbation, without having passed
t- th ough the o:deal of their direst abuse, their
i- stoutest opposition, and their most malignant
t. and unsparing pc:sedition? Who, then, will
i- hopelessly pause to conciliate their aid, or lake
c counsel of their opinions, when their united op.
position is ominous olTuluc tiiurnph, am! should
“> bo looked upon as« beacon-light to lame. Had
*• they, and their fears, anil their opposition, tri
f*. unij bed, in the days of ike Revolution, what
f would have been the result of that Rcvo’ution,
and where tho liberties, bequeathed by its illtts
-1(1 tiious jmt. ic.ls, for which wo are now contend
,u «ig? And is not the same spiiit that induced
m the lories of that day, to cling to old abuses, so
ts vero oppressions, and corrupt men in power, and
0- brand with the epithets of rebels, traitors, Ac.
t- Ac. all who essayed to correct their, now to be
of found in lire language of tlie enemies of tiro
as South, and particularly in the columns of tire
of Goo gia Courier ?
a Will the Charleston Courier (in which vve saw
ig the article of the Georgia Courier,) and other
’, papers which have published that article, do us
c tiro-justice to j üblish our reply ?
it ID'’ i'hc above article was written in the conn
;• try, previous to onr rolti.n to Augusta. And
1- since returning, we find that our conjecture, as
ir to the identity of tho Couiier's iufoi inarit, iscor
y reel. On reference to the Courier’s ailtole, too,
vve find,that in addition to tho gross misrepresen
r. lation lofoiTcd to, it even represents us to have
> said that all the Georgians in the city, instead of
d “ all the Georgians present ” at tho Contention,
g -as wo believed, “heartily concurred,” Ac,
e Shame, shame!
e COTTON MARKETS.
( ) Our advices from Liverpool are of the -Ith Feb
is mai y. The following extract of a letter of that
ir date, shews the situation of its Cotton mat kel at
11 that period ; “Ot Cotton the supplies come for
„ ward very sparingly, nor does there soopr the ini
1, mediate prospector any important increase. The
i- slll,e our market fur several months past, has
d been very discouraging to shipments. Last week
n *> ir >° packages were received, and 14,770501 d,
o Birring the present, the import Iras been very
c Byht, and amounts to 9,111 bugs and bales, with
~ ahi isk and lively demand. The sales sum up
ir -°i-lb packages, as follows: 11,800 hags Ho vv
j- edsatsu7d; 2,774 do Orleans at 5.S a 8d; (10 a
,p 8(d;) 11,518 Alabamas at 4J a Oid;-&c. Ac.—
i- Tllore l,as > throughout the present week, been u
i, very good inquiry both from the trade and on
e speculation; with the latter object, about 5,000
s hales of American, of common quality, have
,1 been purchased at 5d a sjd. also, so.no parcels
r of East India for shipment. With so b, isk and
u general a demand, an advance of u [d. has
;l been established on the lower qualities of Ante
k 1 ican, and on all other descriptions Jfl. per lh.
V Jtlß 1,1 ui kel closed yesterday steadily, but with
■ :i IBSS ur S cnt demand than llio two preceding
s llil - vs ’ Smce tlle beginning of the year our
. Stock is considerably reduced, being at present
3 estmialed ut °“b 1*2,000, Whilst at the corros.
. ponding period last year, there remained on hand
. 285,400 bags and bales.”
Hy the arrival of the ship Sully, at N. York,
we have advices from Havre of the 11th Felwu
■iry. Wp give 6m following extract of a Icttor, o
which shews the condition of the Cotton trade in v
Franco: “Out Colton mills, as well as other c
branches of the trade, have been in full activity, t
and although the prices of their piodwcts have c
not improved, still, their sale is easy, and affords t
a trifling profit to the manufacturers. The do- a
mand for raw cotton upon this market, during the s
last ten days, has been, and continues, very:,
brisk. The sales have amounted to 6,928 bales, j
but our prices have not advanced more than one c
centime, and that only upon the middling quail
ties. Our slock is reduced to 25,000 bales. i
I'lie sales of Cotton in New Orleans for the {
week ending the UKh hist, exceeded 15,000 j
bales, at an advance on previous prices. Quo- ,
talions 9 a 12 cents. I tj
Letters from Savannah, by Monday evening’s j
mail, advised us of an advance in the Liverpool (
matkcl of : !d per lb. f.om the Isi to the 7lb 1 eb- ,
ruarv. This produced considerable excitement ,
among our dealers, and some parcels of good (
Cotton changed bands at 9;] alO els. On Wed- ,
nesday, wo learnt that the report was without |
foundation —since when, prices have been gra- ,
dually recoding, though hut little has been done* i
Holders,having confidence in the article, arc dis- j
posed to wait for later intelligence f.om Lnrope. i
Our receipts of Colton during the week, sum t
up small, and wo incline strongly to the opinion, ;
that the quantity now remaining in the interior, i
is r ci ti considerably hss I hail is usual at this sea- j '
son of the year. 1
Wo continue our former quo'ations, remark
ing, that it is next to impossible to ascertain the 1
true situation of the market.
Prices Garrett-'. !
LIVERPOOL. AUGI’STA!
Ordinary 5.1. Inferior 8} els. 1
Middling s]d. Common 8j
Fair sjd. Fair 9
Good fair sjd. a Cd. Good 95.
Good and fine, Cjd. a7d Frimc&.choico 9 J a 10
Fkeiguis—to Charleston, $1 per halo—to
Savannah, 50 cents.
Exchange.—Hills on Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New-York, Providence, and Boston, at 60 days
sight, I per cent, discount—at sight, on the same
cities, 2 per cent, premium —United States'
Bank Notes, 2 per coot, premium.
Savannah, March, 18.32
Considerable business appears to bo doing '
here, but net so mm h as about three weeks ago,
when 1 passed through the streets, while on my
way to Charleston, us the Steam Packet lay for
about an hour at the w hurt’. A large quantity of 1
shipping was then at the wharves and in the bar- '
hour—about thirty sail of which went to sen in
two days, about the 15. d and 4th insl.—and the :
lading and unlading of vessels, the songs of the
stevedores, the yeo heave yco, of the seamen,
the rattling of drays, and the crowding, and pas j
sing and repassing, of men, vehicles, goods, Ac. j
in every direction, gave peculiar life ami aniiiui- 1
tiun to the city and its business, and made it all j
look like Bavatmahii) its best and proudest days. ;
It is not now as it was, era ilio desolating do
merit had swept over it again and again—tiid ,
the still more desolating b eath of that tiKmslei. !
,i . i
rim TurillZ— which has withered away the pros j
polity of every Southern city, and village, and j
valley, cud still poisons the atmosphere of every i
plantation, ami tubs the indust, ions husband (
man of the best foils of his labor—'earing him ;
to wonder, that a country so blest by Provi- |
denoe with almost every natural gift that conk! j
possibly be bestowed on it, should become .a I
prey to so much poverty ami desolation, and I
yield so little pirofil to the labor exerted on it,— ■
Vet still, tdavamiah has much left of its fo.mer
self—die splendor of its buildings, the taste
and beauty of in daughters, and the intelligence
of its inhabitants, and their gciioions and sump*
limns hospitality. And while tho stranger pau
ses to adiuiic tho one alnl pat lake of tho other,
he may look around him occasionally, and find
much to iute xst in tho scenes which meet his
eye. A strikingly beautiful view of the citv,
and country around, is to bo mot with from the 1
cupola of the Exchange, a large brick building
on the Bay, in which is the Post Office, the i
Custom House, Council Boom, Public Ball '
Room, Aic. &o. From the cu, ola may lie I
seen tho city, stretching up and down the river, i
and far oat to the South, S. E. and S. \V. over i
the river, iu tho N. and N. W. and on the Islands, i
the j laiitalions of Gov. Hamilton, Mr. Spald
ing, Mr. Sea crook, Mr. Ciujoeu, and olho-s— i
to the S. E. the plantations of Mr. IVntinu, Col. (
Tattnall, and others, and on a clear day, the I
Light House at Ty hoc, about 17 or 2l) miles dis.
taut—and to the S ,on the common, a slant dis- ;
tauce beyond the city, Cantonment Oglethorpe, i
gan ironed by United Slates troops, under the i
command of.Capt. Merchant, who was sta- <
tinned, with the same troops, at the Arsenal |
near Augusta, Inst summer. This station lias ■■
boon rather sickly during the summer months, t
and on this account were the troops removed; ]
lint 1 understand tho citizens are desirous to ro- (
tain them in the city dining the ensuing sum- I
mcr; and to this end, the State Arsenal is sug- |
gesled as capable of affording suitable barracks 1
for tbo piivates, while the oliicors might obtain ,
comfortable lodgings in some of the unoccupied
dwellings in the vicinity. This Arsenal (which, i
with some few exceptions, I would suggest j
as a suitable model for the one contemplated by 1
some of the citizens of Augusta, who I believe i
have corresponded with tho Governor on the t
subject through Gen. Montgomery— to whom I
the people of Augusta are much indebted for I
his attention to tho subject—and solicited v
liiin to lay it before the Legislature at its next i
session, with a recommendation of a suitable I
appropriation, &c.) is built of brick, with thick t
"’alls, plastered outside in imitation of stone—its i
size CO by GO and two stories high—a door in *
front, of common size, and one at one end, much g
larger, to admit cannon on carriages, and one at t
the back, opening into a small lot, the length of a
tbo building and about 20 feet wide, round | ;
which, is a high wall. The improvements I: s
would suggest, arc, thicker walls; a somewhat c
larger size; a flat roof, or one nearly so, with u 1
parapet wall around, as high us the breast; and c
a larger lot, to extend entirely round the build- j
'■>s- —The building contains very few aims, and p
but little ammunition—a few cannon of diflerent r
sizes, and a few stand of small arms—if 1 reeol- 0
loct rightly, less than a hundred—and some can- I
non ball and grape shot. But little better sup- a
plied, is the Arseugl in Millcdgoville, tho oaly ,
other, I presume, that lh o 8t . ""'■Ji
which contains but f. lW nmdtw, V’
cavalry swords, and no jAstols. T| "'.‘'‘HlS
thus entirely destitute of , ; , IV;i ’|’ v n ’*" Ml
consequently born unable to 1 Mi
leer cavalry corps which Have
and is shamefully deficient ..f .. "'Wj
should not be, and we trust 'h t „ " 'SI
patriotic Governor will lay
fore the next Legislature, whl, ®|
commendations.
. Tl,e i nr,ce,si, y hr «" Arsenal i„ Au -I *
mg strikingly obvious, it is
Legislature will not xvithhold a sui , ll
prialion for the erection of one; and f’j I
one us that suggested, Ish J,i‘.... 'H
SIO,OOO would boa snflieiont sum. '
But to return to Savatmali, anil C m i
Oglellmrpo, The latter consistsnf a I,
ofsrpiaro posts,set perpoii.lieularly j n ,l°,,®®
and close together, so as to exclude olis° J I
IVom without, and a range of wooden wMI
within,extending nearly around tho s- , M®
i" which is a beautiful parade ground J|
with short close grass, Tho only entrap
a large gate on the East side; an 'd on U
you enter,arc the barracks, on the rMnuM
cers ((tiarlers, and in front, „t
the spi are, the Arsenal. 1 believe. I\.-J®
ground is exceedingly level, the . .H
and oven, and the buildings white— li,e
wearing a peculiarly neat, clean.' iI!H
tiioie o) 'jtonrnnce.
Os several Imndsomo churches, the mm-H
king is the Presbyterian one, ercclfd f JM
I) . Bollock, which is said t„ t!|i .®9
splendid building of the kind iu t | le ■■
Slates. It is built of granite stone, all
f.orn tho North, with « steeple of tv U n,|‘
high, and of exceedingly rich and taslefulrlß
rnansliiji, ns is also the portico, alike Mi
and *ho variegated pavement inside il,„’...■a
roof, tho gallery, and the organ, arc very kKfl
ful. Hie pulpit, of mahogany, is
splendid, but perhaps rather lou large,
vy in its stylo.
Os the Stores, the most shilling arcVo-fll
and Gibbons's largo ranges, Ei-rt of i||, ; Jk®l
and lire range on tho Bay, extending Trull
comer opposite the Exchange, to liiemutH
above. And nlThe Dwellings, nf vvkielitlicrU
many very splendid, among the inn.it can-H}
ous is the peculiarly beautiful one el'cHl
Owens, Es j. Mr. Williamson's, Mr. Ti:i.m|lS
vvC. Ac. a
Willi the G.-nenc and Pulaski Monuincn'Hj
Johnston's S p.rarc, I was somewhat dka pHj
ed. for though it cost, if I recollect iHilly',;ilH|
$7,000, it is exceedingly plain and him Bl
sive, looks rather rough, ami lias nu in-e.l
whatever. It consuls of an obelisk, ih,. ®j
bahly about fifty fee! above the g.mii|.J,.nu|®|
mg on an oblong square pedestal, v/Im
cornice around,above and Imlovv—and
lii.ee <*i f.mr stops. Tim base should Irm'Hj
much higher, even for the present state t;',ll
g ; ..mill, and particularly, asune nl'ilie fnlu.ciH|
most imj ortant im..rovcnicii!s of the ..Hi
wniihl rloii lit less have hoen to raise the
tho centre, if that were not precluded, ariu-Ht
i-', by i!m low base of lire mouunient. . '
Tin. new Court House, lately erected.
}et quite finished, is a laigo hui ding, nf. fl l
■nnl somewhat st iking in its extnmal a «li
mice ; hut its style, is rather 100 simih c
vy, and tho ''ohiimis, particularly, ivliiciisßS
1 oil llm pediment, appt'ar niueh 100 la
100 close to the wall. 1 had not an
of seeing the Court room—the door ofill-JB
locked when I entered tho building—lalißgi
said lobe very handsome and euinmialioiii.
present, the building is siinimiideil by
ing, and therefore appeals to uimh .ii-.'r-H
tage.
The Theatre is a la-go buck hui'dnig, wH
model, both in size and interior ar■ angmißi
generally good, particularly in the foliumofS
stage, pit, boxes, vAc. Its co(l\cniencc.iß
dies.ing rooms, &c. arc extensive, l.tii
of order; and its decorations, in front tlfl
stage and boxes, liavo been very cegr.nl®
tasteful, but mo now much la nirlied amU'H
cod. The situation of it, near the southern®
troiuily of the city, is had, and must :il«B
operate materially against its valflc; xtJ'H
suiprising that so valuable ahuilJiug, aaJos®
dependant on tho patronage of tho wliolct.®
was not placed in a more central position. ■
cost, originally, I believe, eonridoiably ujiwf®
of $90,000, but I presume might nowbecret®
for one third of that amount, or little more. ■
The city is very handsomely laid out, atri®
angles, with nuir.oious open semves: ami ins®
mor—when the trees are in full verdure, ®
mingling their beauties every whore vvilliti®
of the splendid buildings—presents, l.oni ilk®
poll cfllio Exchange, a peculiarly ga:den ■
and strikingly beautiful view—perhaps one ■
the veiy finest in our country for a pano
painting—and Mr. Parker, who has left inwja
ous fl rtteiing specimens in our city andfitateS
his great skill and taste as a painter, was cut's-*
for some time in taking sketches for one, "’*■
last in Savannah; but, whether or not he o'*
1 doled them, or the painting, I have never lie®
The most pleasant excursion from SavaM
is along the Thunderbolt Road, mid by tls-T'
ground, to Bonaventure, the count ry seat of
late Governor Tattnall, ami now the :' oit
of Col. E. F. Tattnall, about five miles tr.’
the city. The mansion house, width kas k
been destroyed by lire, is said to have been'!
handsome, and the situation certainly u'
while the remains of its former garden, W 1
into various fanciful slia; es, and extendin'-J
terraces, downward toward tho river,
extensive and numerous avenues of slater) •*
majestic Liye Oak, wide, and completely or |
shadowed, at a towering height, all Icß
splendor, elegance, and taste. Tho sits ’
the bend of the river, which passes by it td rl r
angles, on lire North and East; ami immeiW
at the point, is a high and very pretty bluff 1
seems to be a place of much interest, fur l!
came there, during the short lime 1 staid. ;
haps an hour, as many as six or seven cariwp
occupied mostly by ladies—and several g eI q
nieu on horseback. It cei tainly deserves
place of interest, for it presents a striking', l
muntic and beautiful appearance: am' ll! ] ,c
other thirds I have omitted to mention, the 1 1
ly Tomb, recording the deaths of Gov. Li M
and others, male and female, is by no tm.
culled t? lesson that interest,