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DIALOGUE,
Ftom!the Italian of Francisco da Lemena,
By It. 11. Wltde, ot Georgia,
rinus. phi i. u».
Phillis. TJ love you, Thai*, hot ... .
Tirsis. Speak out!—but what!
Phillis. I must not tell you that—
Tirris. Dearest! why not!
Phi Hit, Perhapa you'd laugh at me I
Tirrio. Indeed I sha’nt,
PhilUo. You wo’nll—l'll tell you then—O no! I
ca’nt!—
Tirrio. Tell me at once, you plague! don't teaze
me so !
PhilUo. Well then—l’d love you Tirsis—but I
know— ....
Tirrio. Know what I
PhilUo. You’re vowed to Cutoata—a’nt it true 1
Tirrio. And what of that 1 I'll vow myself to you.
PhilUo. What I two at once I D’ye take me for a
fool!
Tiroio. “ Love those that love you”—is not that
the rule 1
'Then we mutt love each other—you, we
_ , must!
Both.d
owear to love those that love you !—a’nl
. it just t
Ndupsrt, 11.1. August 23, 1831.
litm the Same,
SELECTIONS FROM MY PORT-rOLIO.
xr ow.i opj.rio.v —A la Shakctpeare.
These are, who say she is not beautiful.
‘‘Her forehead's not well turned,” erica one. “The
noso
Too large”—“Her month ill-cliiaell’d aaya u third.
With these, I claim no fsllowahip.
For mo, (’tican odd taste, I know, and now-a-doys,
When people feel by rule, such taste is thought
Exceedingly romantic—yet ’tie Into,)
I look not with this mathematic rye
On woman’s face; I carry not about,
The compass, and thosquaro—<fe when I’m asked,
“Is that face finnl” draw forth my instruments,
And coolly calculate the length of chin,
TV expanse of forohead, and the distance take
Twixt eye & nose, ami then, twist noso & mouth,
Aud if, exactly correspondent, it
Should not prove just so much, two & throe eighths,
Or, one four-fifths, disgusted, turn away,
And vow “ ’tisvile! there is no beauty In’t!”
Out, on this mechanic disposition I
Look you I That man was born a carpenter*
He hath no heart—he hath no soul in him,
Who thus insults the “ human face divine,”
And tests its beauty with a vile inch-rule,
As ho would test the beauty of a hot,
A chess-board, or n writing desk ! Oh no I
It is notin thu feature's symmetry
(I* or cuooso of earth the most eymmetric faco,
Phidias shall carvo as perfbc.t-'-ous of
That the deep beauty lies! Give me the faco
That'o warm—that liveo —Mas breatheewmatle
radiant
By an informing opiril from within I
Give mo the fcico that thought,
That answers to tholieartT iiiid seems, the while,
Willi such a sfparulo coiiaciousnoss endued,
That, as wo gaze, no can almost believe
It io iloelfa hedht —and, of itself
Doth feel and palpitate I
And shell is her’s!
One nerd but losbon’t, to converse with her!
Why I, without a thought of weariness,
Have sat and gated on jier for hours 1 and of).
As I have listened to her voice, and marked
The bcautful flashes of her fine dark eye,
And the eloquent beaming of her faco,
And the tremulous glow that, when she spoke,
Pervaded her whole being,—l have dreamed
A spirit held communion with rnc then,
And could have knelt to worship!
Auguota, Georgia, p, jj.
From the Milledgeri/le 7'imas,
GROSS OUTRAGE.
We record in our paper today, a most
extraordinary and audacious m t of law
less violence, committed by one of Gov
ernor Lumpkin s now iftaue agents, and
one of his Aids in the county oi Murray.
The details of this transaction are con
tained in a communication from Spencer
Riley, Esq., formerly sheriff ot* Bibb
county, n gentleman* of unimpeachable
character fur veracity and honor. This
transaction furnishes a pregnant com
mentary on the reckless legislation of the
last General Assembly. Colonel Wil
liam N. Bishop, it will be recollected*
was recently appointed an Agent by Gov
ernor Lumpkin, to carry into effect the
provisions of the act of the last Legisla
ture, relative to tlio Cherukeca. This
abominable act, wnich prostrated the Ju
diciary in the Cherokee circuit at the
toot ot the Governor’s creatures, and
which has already brought so much dis
grace upon our State, seems to be dcstio
ed m us execution, to east a deeper ob
loquy upon our State character.
Rumor had associated the name of this
agent with many ams of heartless op
pression, upon the “poor unlettered
Cherokee,” the rightful occupants of the
soil; but we had not before supposed,
that he or any oilier agent of die Gover
nor would have dared, under the color es
office, to invade the personal rights of the
citizen. A more flagrant act of despo
tism in our view, never disgraced the
minions of (tie Russian despot, than is
here recorded by Mr. Riley.
Assuming the facts to be true as sta
ted, which we cannot doubt, they bear
an aspect, tnat should awaken deep re-
Unction, ihe act of the last legislature.
makes *t the duty of the Governor “ upon
I L,u
- rt “
fide conveyed the same, his ag ent 0 , „„
signs to issue a grant therefor ”~U 1]
case, Kinchen W. HargroVc «ppli es “
the grant. He is not the drawer of t i, e
Lot, nor the drawer’s “ special” A vent •
nor the person to whom the drawer has io-1
. naflde. conveyed die Lot; notyetsuchper-!
sons agent or assignee—vet upon Mr.
Kinchen S\ . Hargrove’s application, the
Governor issues the grant! Was lie nu ■
thonzed to do so under ths law? Most
certainly not—Here then was a grow de
reliction ol duty on the pan of Governor
Lumpkin, and die damning responsibility
of this outrage must rest upon his shouf
«S»UKT. CS a n,ela T P rovid ”Mhat “it
ehall be ti c dutv of the a--
report tc-tnc Gc : craor. the aambtr, die
i
trict aud section, ol all lots of land sub
ject to be granted by the provisions ol said
act, which he may be required to do by
the drawer or his agent, or the person,
claiming the same.” No drawer or per
son claiming the same, according to the
(acts stated by Mr. Riley, applied to
him lor u certificate, nor was the Lot
" subject to be granted'.” yet the certi
ficate was issued by this agent! An
other section of this law, (3d section)
provides, “ that if any person entitled
to the possession of a lot of land, fee.
» shall make application, to said agent
or agents, for such possession and cx
, hibil to him, his, or her grunt, or the
grunt of the drawer, and a regular chain
of titles, recorded according to law, from
■ the drawer to the person so applying, the
* said agent or agents shall without regard
to any previous application or proceed
-9 ings had thereon, deliver possession,
&c.” Was the law complied with by
I Bishop ? Let us see. In answer to Mr.
Riley’s enquiry, he is told by the agent
that Joshua Holden seeks the possession.
i Who is he? Why the agent of Z. B.
Hargrove. Is Colonel Hargrove the
drawer? No. Dues he claim under the
a drawer? No. What right then has he
to give Holden authority to lake pusscs
-1 sion ? Why he is informer in a scire
facias. Does the law confer any right
c on an informer to demand possession ?
No. Then Wm. N. Bishop was a tres
t passer, and his act was lawless in dis
possessing Joseph Vann.
Mr. Riley was a boarder in Vann’s
house, and occupied one of the rooms;
was this unlawful? Mfe would ton
, ceive not. What right then had the
Governor’s agent to come there with a
hostile force, armed with muskets be
longing to the State, and under the au
thority of the S*ite, tooust.Vlr. Riley:—
None known to the law. Had he a right
as agent, to summon an armed force at
all ?—Let us again refer to the law un
der consideration. The second section
of the act provides, “that the Governor
is authorized upon satisfactory evidence,
that the agent is impeded or resisted in
delivering possession, by a force which
he cannot overcome, to order out a suffi
cient force In carry the process of such
agent fully into effect.” By what au
thority then was this armed force collec
ted r By William N. Bishop, who as
sumed the authority ot the Stale to em
body an armed force against a white citi
zen. Does the atrocity of this transac
tion end here? We wish we could for
the honor of the State answer in the affir
mative; but the fact is otherwise. To
save appearances, the Agent upon arriv
ing at \ aim’s house, demands possession
of Vann; the quiescent Cherokee mildly
answers, that lie considered himself out
of possession from Monday. Surely then
the ostensible, object of the Agent’s hos
tile visit was attained, and°he should
have retired; but this was not the object
of his visit, as Mr. Riley tells us—He
had iivu hidden objects, besides, one was
topuc Ills brother in possession, the other
: to kill a NULLIFIED,! The latter ob
, jeet is avowed in his character of Agent
for Governor Lumpkin; with a force of
some twenty men armed with the mus
>, k , l ' ls b elu, wpß to the,.Stale, he commands
Inem “to kill the tl d rascal,”he
has “ no use for nulliliors in the county ”
and as it to manifest fully, that headed
by authority Os the State, when Mr. Ri
ley asks (hose present to bear witness
" who shot that ri/le,” he exclaims in the
fullness ol triumph, “ the Slate of Geor
gia shot that gun” Nor is this vet all;
Mr. Riley is wounded, and robbed, and
borne off at an inclement season, forty
live miles, and I dged in a dungeon; and
when endeavoring to convey intelligence
(o his family of his situation, through a
friend, by (he Agent’s orders, he is threa
tened m till the bayonet. Can-such scenes
be performed in the bosom of our Slate
'vita impunity ?—Humanity weeps at
such cruelty; the character of the State
is degraded, by such atrocity. Where is
the Georgian whose bosom does not swell
with indigaiion at the recital of these
enormities. Such is the consequence of
the mail legislation of the last Legisla
ture- Such die result of following the
advice of an ignorant and time serving
Governor, and yielded to his hostility to
our Judiciary— Well might such mea
sures call forth the indignation of the
i high minded Grand Jurics'of Wilkes and
Gwinnett. Gov. Lumpkin’s attitude in
(Ins aluir is not to be envied ; he must
justil v or repudiate (ho act of his agent,
die former, he makes the guilt his own ;
il the latter he must hurl this Agent fom
a station he has disgraced. We shall see. j
TO THE PUBLIC.
Fiiere being many erroneous re
ports concerning the transaction detail
ed in the following statement, 1 have
deemed u necessary t a present to the
public, a succinct account of the facts.
1 cannot tor a moment believe, that this
flagitious outrage upon (he rights of the
citizen, unccr color ot law, and under |
picience ol Lxocutivc sanction, can be '
viewed with indifference bv my fallow
citizens, or approbated by the Governor. ,
1 lie taels are tacse.
I became a boarder with Joseph Vann.!
a C.icroiiee, residing near Soring Place,
in Murray county, in October last, and
contiiiueato board with him, np to the
M March, ult. w.ieu the outrages herein I
stated took place.
On toe 23d February last, Mrs. Vann, I
m tlle al} seoce ol her hushaiid, received a
written notice to quit the possession of
the lot, from William N. Bishop, one of
the Agents ot (he Suite of Georgia, ap- !
pointed by the Governor, under the law i
ol lSod._ This was done without am/ !
> (quest from the drawer or ami person
holding or claming under him. It was '
known that one Kinchen W. Hargrove
brother of Z, B. Hargrove, had obtained
a certificate from Win. N. Bishop, with
die view of obtaining the grant from Mil
ledgeyilie, in consequence of which, the
ipaut issued sometime in February, up
on his application. This Lot on which
|Jo=.epa Vann resided, is an Indian im-
SrrM *" s r of occupancy I
b - y anv l’ ro '' i;floa of die
v 0 OJJ ,l is known us Lot!
ind \Tr!wn i* D f. rict ‘ : "id 3d Section, I
aoo Drawn by a Mr. 'p ur i ey q- iy . i
, lt co:lUilU3 a spacious two story brick i
house and many outhoases, and Vwv
valuable, particularly as a public stand. ,
It had been returned a* a fraudulent i 1
draw by Ma j. Bullock, whose scire facias I,
had obtained a preference by being first 1 !
i dcd--!. was a!;j returned fcv bJ
- Hargrove, as informer, in a second scire
1 facias.
I Such was the situation of the Lot, on
i the 2d March, when William N. Bishop,
- us Agent, and acting under color of the
> State’s authority, summoned some Iwen
i ly men, and placed in their hands the
! muskets confided to him by the Gover
nor, for another purpose, and furnished
them with ammunition, came over to Mr.
Vann’s at the head of his guard, resolved
to clear the house, and put bis brother
Absalom Bishop in possession, who af
terwards opened a public house Some
articles of Mr. Vann, yet remained in
the house, & be was permitted to occupy
by suflnince a small room; I occupied a
room in the second story at the head of
the stairs. This armed force was accom
panied by one Kinchen W. Hargrove, a
sort of deputy to Bishop. When they
approached the house, I enquired of Win.
N. Bishop what all this meant, and stated
to him that he had given -Mrs. Vann un
til Saturday to remove. He replied that
Joshua Holden was the Agent. This man
Holden is notorious in the upper part of
the Slate for his vices and subserviency
to Bishop. Upon receiving this reply
from Wm. N. Bishop, I enquired of
Holden if he was an agent for the draw
er, he replied, “no, lam an agent for
Mr. Hargrove ! and have a power of at
torney (rom him.” Hargrove did not
pretend to have ayy title or claim to the
lot, as derived from or through the draw
er. Convinced as I was, that this was
all a trick to get Vann out of the house,
and to put me out, unlawfully aud fraud
ulently, in order to get possession tor
Absalom Bishop, 1 demanded of Wm.
N. Bishop to see the plat hi. grant, & his
authority for thus acting, lie stated that
“ Holden was seeking the possession,”
but exhibited no authority, and there was
no agent ol the drawer, or any person
claiming under him, seeking possession.
Win. N. Bishop rushed in the house
with his guard and commanded them to
present their arms. Having some things
m (he room 1 occupied, 1 went up to
take care of them. I heard Bishop de
mand possession of Vann, who answered
that be considered himself out of posses
sion from the Monday previous. “ Where
is thatd d rascal Riley?” was the
enquiry of Bishop, The reply was, lie is
in bis room. By this time 1 bad got to
the head of (lie stairs, and called out to
Bishop, that “ there was no use for any
violent measures, or for bloodshed, for if
he would acknowledge lie had taken for
cible possession from me, he could throw
my things out of doors. His response
was, “hear thatd d rascal: present
arms and march up stairs, and the first
man who gets a glimpse him, shoot him
down.” Upon hearing these orders giv
' eu to his guard. 1 thought it high time
to detent myself as well as I could, and
; exclaimed, “ the first man that advances
to obey Bishop’s orders, 1 will kill.”
) One man named VV inters, an itinerant
| earnedteh, advanced up stairs, with a
loaded musket, and his valiant comman
der behind him, as soon as they saw me
' they fired upon me and fell back ; 1 then
fired too. Their shot slightly wounded
me in my hand and arms, and immedi
. utel y after ten or twelve muskets were
’ fired at me, but being protected by the
sburs, their shot did not take effect; 1
being out ol sight, they aimed, at the
place where they supposed I was, and
shot the banisters to pieces. I then pre
| seined a.gun in sight to deter their fur
tlierapproach, and to prevent, if possible,
the accomplishment of their murderous
design, when a rifle was fired by Absa
lom Bishop, the ball struck my gun, and
split, one part ol it striking me gluncing
ly on my forehead just above my right
eye, and fragments of it wounded me in
several other places in my face. I desired
them to “bear witness who shot that rifle,
lor I had been severely wounded Wm.
N. Bishop called out tauntingly "the
Slate of Georgia short that gunl” Af
ter 1 was thus wounded and bleeding
freely, 1 approached the door of the ruong
and called out to them, that I was se
verely wounded, and they could come
anh lake my- arms. As soon as 1 showed
myself, several more muskets were fired
ai me, one shot struck me on the left
cheek; another wounded me severely on
the forehead, and another went through
the door over my head.
During the extraordinary outrage,
V\ m. N. Bishop was heard frequently
exclaiming, “kill the d d rascal, we
have no use for nullilicrsin this countv,”
ami K. M . Hargrove also often exclaim
ed, I should “comedown dead or (diced'’
TN m. N. Bishop also procured a flaming
nrc-brUnd, and threw it upon the plat
lonn ot the stairs, exclaiming, that he
would burn him out, or burn him up.
Alter the fire had made some progress,
and probably recollecting that if the
house was destroyed, Absalom Bishop
would have noJiouse to occupy, Vann
was requested to go up, and extinguish
the fire.
Being much debiliated from loss of
j blood, 1 laid down on the bed. They
| soon after entered my room aud seized
; my desk and papers, as if I had been a
j malefactor. I desired them to permit me
j to put up my papers in my secretary, and
lock it. Hargrove replied, “let him put
what he pleases in the desk, but dant let
him take any thing out.” I had sllO
in money in*the desk. After I had lock
jod it, they took the keys from me, and
; :hc desk also, under the pretext that they
j would secure the costs. The money J
] never saw afterwards,
i Just before the close of the conflict,
j Hargrove called out to me, and asked me
j if I did not know that there was an offi
j cer who had a warrant against me. I an
j swered no. But if such was the case, I
| would submit to the laws of my country,
and would surrender to the sheriff. Bish
op then abused (he sheriff, and cursed
him. In a short time the sheriff (Col.
Humphreys) came, and I was asked to
show myself; which I no sooner did, than
several muskets were levelled and fired
at me, happily without much injury. It
afterwards appeared, that in order to give
their conduct the semblance of law, they
: had procured this tool of Bishop’s (Hol
! den) to make an affidavit to procure a
warrantor forcible entry and detainer,
j Both affidavit ami warrant, upon being
i produced, proved to bo in the hand wri
l ting of Z. B. Hargrove, and dated first in
I February, but that month was stricken
I out, and 2d of March inserted. It is be
i lieved that this notable proceeding was
.planned in Cassville, some 45 miles oft",
i and given to K. W. HargrT-s when h»
, went up to ‘Spring Place.
I was, after mv surrender to the she- a
riff, taken oat of his custody, conveyed a
before a magistrate, also under the con- r
trol of Bishop, charged with an assault h
with intent to murder, and immediately a
ordered off, in my wounded condition, i
forty-five miles, iu a severe snow storm, s
under a strongguard, my wounds undres- p
aed, and filched of the little change 1 had
• in my pockets, and lodged in Cassville v
jail, in the dungeon. The guard receiv- b
ed their orders from Bishop and Har- /,
grove, not to permit me to have any in- .
tercourse with ny friends, and so rigidly
were these ordes observed, that when I :
arrived at Maj. Howard’s, in the neigh
borhood of my fimily, and desired him to
inform them ofiny situation, and not to -
be “alarmed”—the guard threatened to
. use their bayonets, if I did not proceed
• —Bishop even designated the houses at ,
which we were to stop on our way. I ,
was placed in a dungeon, until my friends I
in Cassville, hearing ofiny situation, re- (
leased me on bail. '
It is worthy of particular remark, that *
although Bishop professed to act under 1
color of the law of 1834; and the autho
rity of Georgia, in taking possession of
Vann’s houseand lot, yet he did notcon- '
form to any of its provisions. It is also «
worthy of remark, that the grant was is- 1
sued upon a fraudulent certificate, con- i
taining a false statement, signed by Bi- ■
shop as agent; and that his brother is now
in full en joyment of the occupant rights ,
of Joseph Vann, and keeping a public j
house, notwithstanding Holden claimed
possession as agent of Z. B. Hargrove,
who based his right as informer to a se
cond scire facias —a right, by the bye,
unknown to the law, as 1 am informed.
Such are the facts connected with this
daring outrage, upon personal rights; the
principle perpetrator and chief contriver
ot it is William N. Bishop, who is known
to be restrained by no principle, and
bound by no obligation in the accomplish -
ment of his purposes. To this man, has
been confided under the law, a delicate
and important trust, which he has per
verted to the advancement of his own
interest and those connected with him.
It remains to bo seen whether, such con
duct can be tolerated in Georgia.
The foregoing statement can be attes
i ted by many respectable witnessess, and
1 is substantially correct—Tiie transaction
has created great sensation in Murray
county, and must receive the unquali
fied condemnation of every law abtdintr
citizen.
SPENCER RILEY.
March 10 th, 1835.
t From the National Intelligencer.
i TIIE U. STATES AND THE CHEROKEE 3.
The official journal of yesterday con
■ tains the draft of “a Treaty agreed upon
at the Cky of Washington, March 14th,
j 1835, between J. F. Schermerhon on the
part of the United States, and a Delega
tion of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians,
1 which, by the President of the United
Slates, is directed to be submitted to
' the Cherokee Nation of Indians, for their
j consideration and approbation.” This
Treaty is to be submitted to the People
of the Cherokee Nation, after due notice,
' &c. “for their concurrence and adoption;
‘ and if it shall appear, after a fair, free,
‘ and full expression of their sentiments,
that a majority of the people are in favour
of the treaty, it shall be considered as
approved and confirmed by the nation;
and their whole country shall be deemed i
to be ceded, and their claim and title to ■
1 it to cease.” ,
The fundamental article of the Treaty
is in the following words; ‘ j
“ The Chcrikee Nation of Indians; for ’
and in consideration of the additional
quantity of land (which the Indians are !
to receive iu exchange beyond the Missis
sippi) guarantied and secured to them
1 by the third article of this treaty, and of
the fulfilment of the covenantsand stipu
lations hereinafter mentioned, and also
' of the sum of four millions five hundred
thousand dollars, to be expended, paid,
and invested, as agreed in the following
articles, do hereby cede, relinquish, and
convey to the United Stales, all their
right and title to all the lands owned,
claimed, and possessed by them inclu
ding the lands qy them for a school fund,
east of the Mississippi river.”
The additional quantity ofland above
referred to, is seven millions of acres.
The 1 reaty contains a number ofartis
i cles specifying the manner in which the
consideration-money of this Treatv
; (Four pillions and a half of dollars) shall
be applied, the several particulars of
1 which arc summed up at the close of the
1 reaty, in (he following schedule :
For Removal §255,000 00
Subsistence 400,000 00
Improvements and ferries 1,000,000 00
■ Claims and spoliations 250,000 00
Domestic animals 10,000 00
National debts 60,000 00
Public buildings 30,000 00
Printing press, &c. 5,000 00
Blankola ' ’ 3H.000 00
37,000 00
Kettles 7,000 00
Per capita allowance 1,600,000 00
General fund 400,000 00
School fund 160,000 00
Orphans’ fnnd 50,000 00
Additional territory (valued at) 500,000 00
§5,000,000 00
School fund already invested 48,251 715
Commutation of perpetual annuity 214,000 00
§5.262,251 76
, These allowances, with their distribu
tion appear to us to be exceedingly liberal,
to say the least ot them. Their white bre
thren in most of the States may envy
them the possesion of revenues and estates
far beyond their reach.
•***®sJ#*««*
Speaking of the late extraordinary Let
ter of the President of the United States,
on the subject of the Presidential elec
tion, the New York Courier & Enquirer
of Monday says:
“ Our correspondent states that a post
script to the Nashville letter has been
suppressed in the publication. This post
script directly charges Mr. Bell, Speaker
of the United’States House of Represen
tatives, with having prepared the article
in the Republican, of which Gen. Jack
son complains.” \
The following paragraph from the
Nashville Banner of the 20th March, '
which rgached us yesterday, confirms this
statement.
“ We have now done with the letter as j
published, but must say a word as to the
postscript, which was not-publislicd. This
postscript, had it Ten kept private from
1 the first, wc should have had no right to i
allude to ; but, as many have seen it, and «
as it is whispered about that it contains a o
reflection upon a Member of Congress v
high in the estimation of his constituents, 0
ana upon the Kditor of the Republican, a
it is due to those gentlemon that we v
should request that it be laid before the
public.” ti
As this request cannot well be refused,
we suppose the nest Nashville paper will v
bring us the Postscript.— National Intel- 6
ligencer, 4th inst. 6
SATURDAY, A PHIL U, 1835. ,
“ lie. /mt, and fear not." J
STATE RIGHTS MEETING.
Tho friends of STATE RIGHTS, In ]
Richmond County, arc requested to '
meet at the City Hall, on Saturday, ,
the 2d May next, at twelve o’clock, ]
noun, to appoint Delegates to the
Convention, to be holdcn at Milledsc- 1
vlllc. In June next, for nominatin';
candidates ior Governor and for Con
gress,
NEW-VOKK PERIODICALS.
The conductors of such New-York Literary
Periodicals as are published on Saturdays, (or
even Thursdays or Fridays,) would greatly en
hance the value of their works in this city and
neighborhood, by forwarding them by the Mail
which leaves New York in the Steam Packet
Boats for Charleston, every Saturday afternoon—
as they would bo received by that mail much ear
lier, with more certainty, and in much better
order.
SEVVSPA PER M ISC A R RIAGES.
The papers mailed from this office for Goshen,
Lincoln county, on the I4th of March, were all
returned to us a day or two ago, by the Postmas
ter of this city, with the cover torn off, and very
much dirtisd and worn. We should be glad to
know how the cover came off, and the papers
dirtied, and where they have been all this time.
They have again been put up and mailed. We
should be obliged to postmasters or subscribers
who would inform us when such miscarriages
occur.
GENTLEMAN’S VADE MECCA!;
Or Sporting and Dramatic Companion.
This is the title of a large and very handsome
Newspaper, published weekly in Philadelphia, by
Messrs. Smith & Alexander, at S 3 per annum,
and devoted to Dramatic Literature, the Turf,
and all kinds of Sporting, &c. Each No. con
tains an entire Play or Farce, and each volume
will of course contain 52. The Prospectus is
published in our advertising columns, and we cor.
recommend it, and the paper, to public attention-
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
We have had the pleasure of receiving the first
No., new series, of this interesting and valuable
periodical, which has recently passed into the
hands of Chahi.es F. Hoffman, Esq. author of
the popular work recently published, entitled “ A
Winter in the West,” and is now edited by him
and its former editor, H. W. lluhiiukt, Esq. The
contents of this No. (the table of which may be
seen in our advertising columns,) arc highly in
teresting, and we take pleasure in recommending
them, and the work itself, to the attention and
patronage of the public.
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST.
In publishing the table of contents for the A
pril No. of this most valuable work, we again ear
nestly recommend it to the attention and patron
age of the public, and particularly that portion of
it to whose immediate interests it is specially de
voted. The following just tribute to it is from tho
Columbia Telescope of the 14th ult.
“ We have just seen our excellent friend Mil
ler’s “ Southern Agriculturist” for March; being
No. 3, of the neiu series of that excellent and
useful journal , the design of which every inha
bitant of our peculiarly Agricultural region should
feel himself interested to sustain. From its in
stitution, under the late conductor, Mr. Lcgare,
it has exerted a very marked and truly useful
influence, over tho advancement of that which,
among us of Carolina, is, after all, tho chief art,
upon whose enlightenment the progress of every
thing else depends—the art, that is to say, of Ru
ral Economy ; than the neglected state of which,
among us, nothing can be stranger. A people,
almost entirely Agricultural, who, though intelli
gent and well informed, think so little of apply
ing science and information to the improvement
of their lands, and to the ascertaining of the best
modes of directing their labor, is really a strange
sight; which we trust, however, to sec less and
less, under the well-conducted efforts of such Jour
nals as the excellent one before us; whose wor
thy proprietor we all know to deserve well of the
State.”
THE INDIAN ACT—GROSS OUTRAGE.
The public will see, by reference to the state
ment of Mr. Sfenceh Riley, which we publish
today, some of the natural consequences of that
infamous blot upon the character of the State, the
Indian act of the last Legislature, prostrating the
Judiciary department, and substituting tho armed
and violent force of an irresponsible agent, for the
ordinary process of the law. Is there anything
wonderful or unexpected in the statement of Mr.
Riley, appalling and shocking as it is, under the
operations of such a law ?—anything which has
not again and again been predicted I And must
not such scenes be expected again and again, so
long as that law is in force 1 It is high time the
people of Georgia should look to the character of
their State through some other medium than that
of party i and surely, in a case like this, no well
meaning man will feel bound to excuse, sustain,
or tolerate such a law, because it has been project
ed and enacted by his own party ! Purely there
are times when regard for the general character
and interest of the State, should promptly prevail
over party feeling, interest, and prejudice—and
this, of all others, is such a time, if such there
can be.
We recommend attention, also, to the com
ments of the Milledgeville Times, on this most
mortifying and disgraceful outrage.
JUDGE WHITE.
Extract of a letter, dated
“Thomaston, April 2nd, 1835.
The more I reflect upon tho disposition evin
ced by a portion of the State Rights party, to
support such a man as Judge White for the Pre
sidency, the greater is my surprise and mortifica
tion. But, I cannot yet believe they will adhere
to their intention. More serious reflection must,
I think and hope, convince them of the impro
priety and danger of doing so. In examining
and Comparing his political course with that of
Martin A an Buren’s, we shall find that the form
er is equally, if not more obnoxious than the lat
ter, to the denunciations of the State Rights Par
ty ; inasmuch as White acted, tut the political
advisements of VanßurcnJ If, then, we should
j choose between the one who advises, and the oth
ier " I* o performs a bad action, common policy
would induce us to prefer the adviser; for, the
, timid connects of a bad nun, arc lets to be dread
ed than the daring deeds of a bold, unprincipled
one; because the repelling power of fear, which
would actuate the one, would operate less up- S
on the conduct of the other. But, when
a case of this kind presents itself, it would be p
very bad policy, and very bad ethics indeed i t}
to make an alternative between the parties; par- al
ticularly when we reflect that there are others of n
unexceptionable character recommending them- a
selves to our attention, and that, W ithout our con
sent, no human influence can direct and control
our decision. This, I think, is a conclusive
answer to the sophism, that of “ two evils we o
ought to choose the least.” Again, 100, iris a
unreflectingly said, and urged as a reason for sup- j!
porting White, that if we do not take up him, j
we shall lose our vote. Lose our vote! Great t
Heavens, what a perversion of terms. Lose our c
vote, in not voting for White 10, no, no: By *
our withholding it from him and such as him, and |
bestowing it upon one who deserves it, we should e
save our vote from disgrace and pollution, and 1
leave upon the records of our country, a monu- *
raent of the stern integrity, inflexible honesty, ,
and incorruptible independence of the State i
Rights party. A loss like this, would be, truly ■
and emphatically our gain. It would go farther to '
advance and establish the great and vital princi
ple for which we are struggling, than any advan
tage we have yet achieved ; because, it would in 1
time, convince a vast majority of the people, that 1
our principles are sound, & our motives pure, and
that upon their adoption depends the maintenance i
and durability of the Union. Pursuing this
course, (to use the language of your able con- 1
temporary of the Sentinel, but in a sense differ- f
ent from that intended by him,) “we would use i
him” (Mr. Van Buren) and Mr. White, “as 1 ’ ex
amples “to teach the aspirants to office, that the
first place in the country is not to be gained by
party discipline, shuffling mysticism, and trick,,’* i
through the sanction of a vote from a free, sover- !
eign, and independent State.
But, let us turn to the other side of the picture, ,
and behold its gloomy aspect. Should we sacri
fice and disgrace our suffrage by bestowing it up
on Mr. White, well may our adversaries laugh at
our weakness and fatuity, and taunt us with ha
ving no fixed principles. We would, in effect,
become panders to our own dishonor, and tire
ministers of our own destruction. Our easy ac
quiescence and slavish submission to the course
marked out by a consolidating government, as
would be evidenced by the support of one of its
devoted champions, instead of securing us grace
and protection, would inevitably augment our
burdens, and, by increasing the power of our op
pressors, confirm their domination. In fine, if
the State Rights party gives its vote to Mr. White,
it will inflict a blow upon itself, from which it
can never recover, unless through the interven
tion of some measure more potent and efficacious
than a corrupted ballot box. As an ardent ad
mirer of the present administration, Judge White
, will, indubitably, continue the same, or similar
men and measures that have raised, and now sus
tain it upon its “ bad eminence.” This, the most
superficial politician must admit—and the admis
sion, brings us irresistibly to the conclusion, that
the chief object of our adversaries is the annihila
tion of our government as constitutionally erected,
and the establishment, upon its ruins, of a magni
ficent consolidated system, before which the mi
nions of power may fall down and worship.”
* See Sentinel, March 10.
LF.CTrIIES O.V PHRENOLOGY.
We earnestly request attention to the adver
tisement of Dr. Barber’s Lectures on Phrenology.
FOB THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
Noni waug, Dowx East,
April 1, 1835. i
To Mister Andrew Jackson, Esquire.
General !—l’m plaguy glad you rit that
letter to Parson Gwin, about “ Gincral Jackson’s
preference.” I guess it will make some of them
darnation whigs feel kind o’ cheap. They expect
to make a great fuss about the next presidency,
jist the same as if our folks hadn’t settled that
matter long ago. It’s best to let ’em see that you
are wide awake, and intend to take the responsi
bility of regulating sich things yourself. You
know what is good for the people. What the
plague do they want to pester their wits about
elections for 1 You “carefully abstain from an
interference with the elective franchise.” Now, we
, all know this is as true as gospel, and always has
I been. You always let the people choose what
officers they please: but I hope you will stick to
, your old plan, of always making ’em choose right.
I remember my old aunt Ruth, when her first son
was born, told uncle Josh, he should name the
young one, without any “ interference" of hers.
( “But,” says she, “you must call him Beelzebub,
t or Bclteshazar, and I sat it shall be Beelzebub.”
And Beezebub it was, though uncle Josh was
; sich a fool he wanted to call him Joshua, after
■ himself, and his father, and his grandfather before
him.
! I think, upon the whole, your letter is pretty
1 well, considerin. But you have not gone quite
• far enough for us Noniwaugers; We go the
! whole crittur. Next time you write, I hope you
• will put things on the regular footin, which, in
t this one, you only kind o’ hint at. I thought
> your natur was always to speak your mind right
: out. You haint quite done it this time. You
f recommend a general convention of ocm tahtt,
t and say that when the will of that convention is
- known, resisting it will be “in effect, to oppose
, the right of the people to govern.” This is all
- true. But what is the use of dodgin about, this
> way 1 Why didn’t you say, what we all know
r you meant, that the convention of* “ the party”
1 ought to choose the President out and out? Your
1 letter means the same thing, to be sure: but there
: aint none of our Noniwaugers understand it
right, but me and aunt Ruth. You ought to
• have made it a little plainer, so that we might all
I know that the convention is to choose the Presi
dent, and Amos Kindall is to drill the conven
tion, and you are to order Amos, —and then, you
can appoint the little Buck-tail to succeed you,
jist as easy as you would stick your finger in the
fire and pull it out agm.
I remain, vour lovin and loyal servant,
’ Till deth,
“Leetenant Amabiab Bigelow.”
New Post Office —ln Meriwether county,
! Georgia, on the road leading from Zebulon to
Greenville, and within seven and a half miles of
. the latter place, a post-office by the name of Wood
House has been established, of which Mr. E. L.
Vabdaman is post-master.
1 The following definitions of experimental and
natural philosophy were given to us a few days
. since by a Pearl street merchant. “ Experimen
. tal philosophy,” said he, “is to ask a man to dis
count a note? Natural philosophy is to refuse
ill”— New Port Star.
1 Flannel. —We understand, (says the Philadel
. phia IT. S. Gazette,) that the Comptroller of the
Treasury has decided that flannels, composed of
silk and woollen, are subject to a duty of 16 cents
per square yard, although silk should bo the com
ponent material of chief value.
~
From the Constitutionalist,
At an adjourned meeting of the Faculty and
students of the Medical College of Georgia, held
it the suggestion of the Temperance Society of
Jie Medical Institution of Yale College, for the
purpose of forming a College Temperance Socie
a<a il F ' Stur B‘ B was called to the Chair,
u’i ?' - rk was a PP° inteJ Secretary,
le following Preamble was referred by acom
mittoe appointed for the purpose, which was J
adopted together with the Constitution.
. PREAMBLE.
ehevmg that the evils of Intemperance have
not, even yet, been fully estimated, and that in
proportion to their extent and magnitude is the
obligation ot every virtuous citizen to contend
against them that this obligation rests upon him,
not only as an individual member of society, but
follows him into every association or community
into which he may enter,—believing that the in
terests, of society are vitally concerned in the
character of their physicians—that the temperate
physicians alone can duly estimate and correctly
execute the responsible duties of that delicate re
lation that connect him with society that as
every community does honor and respect the vir
tuous and truly honorable physician, he has it iir
his power to influence most happily their opinions
upon the doctrines of the Temperance lieformu
lion, —and further, that such is the estimation of ~
enlightened communities as to the obligation of the ’
Medical Profession to join heartily in this great K
cause, that the manifestation even of indifference
to it by a physician, is calculated to injure that'
Profession which we honor, and whose interests
we would most scrupulously protect—and more
over, ambit ious of being associated in so noble an'
enterprize as the Temperance Reformation, with
the great and the good of all classes, and oven true
to the exalted object of our prefession—the allevia
tion of human suffering—we of the Faculty and
Students do form ourselves into a Temperance
Society, to bo called “ The Temperance Society
of the Medical College of Georgia,” and do adopt
the following Constitution, declaring our objects,
and the Laws that shall govern us.
The following articles declare the objects of the i
society and the duties of its members :
The object of this society shall be to promote
the great Temperance Reformation, and to en
courage the formation of Temperance societies in
the various Medical Institutions in the United
States.
It shall be the duly of each member to abstain
entirety from the use of distilled spirits, except
when it shall be considered necessary as a medi
cine—and to endeavor by all prudent measures
to encourage both by precept and example those
temperate habits upon which comfort and happi
ness so much depend; but more especially shall it
be the duty of each member to use all the influ
ence ho may possess as a Physician, to promote
the progress ofTempcranee. And it shall be the
duty of each member to communicate to the Sec
retary, Any information that he may esteem use
ful to the society.
Immediately after the adoption of the Consti
tution, twenty-two members enrolled their names;
then the society proceeded to the election of offi
cers, when the following gentlemen were declared
by the Chair dully elected : A. Cunningham, M.
D. President, Joseph A. Eve, M. D. Vice Presi
dent, Lewis D. Ford, M. D. Secretary, Paul F.
Eve, M. D. Treasurer, George M. Newton, M.
D., L. A. Dugas, M. D., and Milton Antony, M.
D. Managers.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to
furnish an account of the proceedings of this meet
ing for publication in the city papers, and to the
Secretary of the Temperance Society of the Me
dical Institution of Yale College. The meeting
then adjourned.
S. B. CLARK, Sec’y.
FROM NEW YORK.
Charleston, April 9.
The steam packet Columbia, Capt. Coffey, v
arrived yesterday from New York, bringing files
of New York and other papers, of the latest
date.
It was confidently anticipated that later Euro
pean advices would have been received by the
Columbia but such was not the case—and the
papers arc almost entirely barren of nows of any
description. We have made a few selections.
The ship Russell, Capt. Baldwin, was below
at New Yark on Saturday, at 2P. M. This ves
sel was left at Liverpool on the 11 th Feb. to sail
in a few days, and will, therefore, most probably,
give us several days later advices, for which we
are under the necessity of awaiting the mail of
Sunday next, unless a favorable wind should ena
ble some fortunate vessel to make a short passage.
214 shares U. S. Bank stock were sold at
New York, 2d inst. at 110 J a 110 J; 40 do. Mer
chants’ Bank, at 119. 4th inst. 75 shares U. S.
Bank,at HOj ;50 do. N. O. Canal, at 108|;
50. do. do. at 109£.
From the Macon Messenger April 9.
macon races.
Fourth day— 4 mile heats, purse S7OO. —The
following horses were entered ; and the Yellowing
is the result of the race :
Mr. Harrison’s g.f. Miss Medley, by Medley, dam
by St. Tammany, 3 years old, 11
Mr. Crowell’s b. m. Lady Nashville, by
Stockholder, out of a mare by imp. Shark,
4 years old, 2 2
Mr. Haun’s b. m. Rattlesnake, by Ber
trand, dam Devil, by West Paragon, 5
years old, 3 3
Time, Ist heat, 7m. 45 s.; 2d, heat, 7 44.
This, in the opinion of the knowing ones, was
one of the most interesting races ever witnessed ;
Rattlesnake and Lady Nashville were already
known to fame, and Miss Medley a candidate upon
whom many were willing to risk the ready. Both
heats were run in precisely the same manner.
Miss Medley taking the lead, Rattlesnake next, un
til the last half mile, when Lady Nashville then
came up and pushed the young Alley handsomely,
coming in a few lengths behind. In the second
heat, their relative positions were the same, Miss
Medley winning the heat by 18 inches a head of
Lady Nashville.
The winning horse belonging lo Messrs. Ho
ward & Kenan, of Milledgeville, has won a last
ing name, artd given an earnest of what she will
do with the advantage of a little more age and
strength.
Fifth bay, — best three in five.
Mr. Vance’s g. h. Geo. McDuffie, 2 2 4
Mr. Harrison’s b. m. Queen Adelaide, 4 3 2
Mr. Fort’s b. h. Emerald, 111
Mr. T. L. Smith’s Molly Long, 3 2 3
Time,—lst heat, 1 57; 2d heat, 2; 3d heat, 1 55.
Sixth hat, —Colt race.
Mr. Vance’s s. f. Diana Vernon, 2
Mr. Harrison’s b. c. Editor, 1
Mr. Wyehc’s b. g. Black Hawk, dist.
Time, —Ist heat, I 55; 2nd heat, 2 5.
Thus ended the races on the Macon Course, at
tended by a larger concourse of people than were
ever assembled here upon any other occasion.
The President of the United States has, we
learn, been more or less indisposed in health for
the last week.— . Vat. Lite's, ith inst.
At the Circuit Court now in session for this
countj, a bill ot indictment has been found against
Richard Lawrence, for an assault upon General
Jackson, with intent to kill. This day week has
been fixed upon as the day for trial of the indict
ment.—lbid. >
The New Arrangement.— The Washington
correspondent of the New York Journal of Com- .
merce says : “ It is now well understood that A mos
Kendall will, after some time, go into the General
Post Office, on his own terms, viz: without re
signing the office of Fourth Auditor, he will act
as Post Master General. So, in case, the Senate
should be refractory, he will not, between the two
stools, come to the ground.”
The Hon. JFm. C. Preston. —Tliis distinguish
ed gentlcmann who has shod so much lustre upon
8. Carolina, by his eloquence in the Senate, is a
native of Philadelphia, and not of Virginia, as has
been generally supposed. His father was a Vir
ginian, and whilst alatnding Congress in this city,
of which he was a member, accompanied by his
family, 'William was born, at the house of Mrs.
Madison, who then resided, we believe,» Fifth st.
below Walnut, nearly opposite the spot upon
which the African Episcopal Church now stands.
This event occurred on the 27th of Dec. 1794, so
that the Hon. Senator is just turned 40 years of
age, and has not yet reached the prime of life.—
Fhila. Gaz.