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From the ,Vs» York Sunday Morning ,Vcw 3.
TO THE FIRST OPENING FLOWER.
Why do you lift, you lovely one,
The green veil from yout face,
Oh why, oh why do you peep «o soon
From out your dwelling place!
Oa back, go back; it ie not here
That you can live and bloom;
The first rude blaat that pastes near,.
May eweep you to the tomb.
You arc not for this world 1 ,1 ween ;
Your homo ehould be the sky ;'
And bettor were you never seen,
Than seen so soon to die.
For thcro are storms and tempesU hero,
And Death you
For he doth always soonest lake,
The very fairest one.
Why is it then you lift your head
From out your leafy berth!
And what do you see, when you peep abroad,
To welcome you on earth 1
Is it the summer wind that stoops
To breathe upon your face !
Foi you do nod your tiny head
To welcome it* e 1,1 ’lTaeo
Is it the sun that dries your testa
Upon the opening morn t
Tor you do smile when he appears,
And weep when he is gone.
y
Then, if ydufknow, as it doth seem, ,
From whence his beams are given,
Oh 1 do not wither hero on earth,
But go, hits thorn, to Heaven.
u. u. n.
From the Georgia Journal.
Excerptsfrom the papers of the late John
y James F'uirserdee, Esq. of Fairvieiv,
Connecticut.
(TELLULAII.)
Cl.irxsvu.lk, Geo. Ist Nov, 1330.
'Dear Sir —ln my last 1 described to
you, (hu mountain and the
beautiful Fttll of Tuccoa. And having
read my account of, the solitary Peak ami
the wildly beautiful Tuccoa, you are no
doubt prepared to admit that tltc hills of
Connecticut, are not alone rich in trea
sures of natural scenery—You will now,
maugre your Yankee predilections, and
anti-southern education, accede to flic
truth, that nature, like nature’s God, ie
no respecter of places. But that even
hero, she clothes herself in majesty ami
loveliness—and ns you will soon learn;
in imposing, subduing sublimity. This
region, my dear friend, like the people
who inhabit it, has been sadly tnisrcprc
seated in New England. It fs not alone
curious to (he traveller, for its marshy,
miasmatic rice plantations—or its vast
interior cotton fields—but exhibits moun
tain and morass, cassade, cataract and
cavern—dell and dingle—fountain and
flowing stream, in rich and varied pro
fusion. Its mountain breath is sweet as
ever fanned the valley of the Merrimack ;
ami its sunshine glad and vivid as ever
played upon the summits of the green
mountain. I speak now of the Northern
rrt of the State—(he region from whence
address you. I have fell, alas how
deeply felt, the calm, quiet, inspiring
loveliness of a moonlit night, when we
were wont to tread together (he elm
guarded walks of New Haven. I have
men the heavens smile in the court of
their queen;—and the stars veiled from
view by curtains of silvery light, yield to
the moon, the empire of the firmament—
anil tower, and temple—field and forest
-—and the hushed ocean; revel in the
chastened ray, which seemed to clothe
them in robes, wrought of innocence and
truth. I would, if I could, forget those
moonlight walks; and teach my heart to
forget the proud and deceitful hopes ol
my youth. But the memory of some
things, may not, will not die." I cannot
escape from the past; it is ever with me,
and brings around me the warm affee
tions, the eager aspirations and melon
choly disappointments of other and bet
ter days. -But I forget; I advert to
these things, for the purpose of s tying to
vou, that the same moon that sheds’iH
beams upon the bosom of our lakes, and
the cultivated fields of our valleys, is
hung in these Southern Heavens* and
pours its radiance upon the forest clad
rills of Habeoham. This county de
rives its name from a family distinguish
ed not only for its services in the early
and late history of the Citato; but also,
for the integrity and amiability of its
members. I have heard it said, that the
Habersham family, illustrates the posi
tion, that genius and virtue, like an es
tate, are hereditary; and that some men
ere constitutionally amiable and honora
ble. lam unwilling, however, to admit,
that the talents and virtue ol tltc sire arc
born with the son. If this be true, dis
tinguished worth of mind and heart, may
claim for itself no merit. No more
than the inheritor of wealth may claim
for himself, die praise of having accu
mulated an estate. No, there is no he
reditary quality in genius; it mav be
long alike to all claims fit is of no sect,
and has no politics. The fluid, whose
force splits asunder, the granite moun
tain, and scathes (he deep foundations of
earth, is found in (lie vapour of the morn
ing, as well as the storm bearing cloud ol
the summer evening. Not, I admit, in
equal quantities. Genius is no doubt in
part a natural gift; but the gift is to in
dividuals, not generations. Virtues are
transmissible 1 believe, not by right of
birth ; but by dint of educations. Not
withstanding these views, 1 am convin
ced that there is in the Southern States
more practicularlr. an aristocracy of ge
nuß “de facto ” only.
And as to virtue, albeit it is democratic
if is in its consequences you
know, highly conservative.
The Falls of Tellulah are upon a stream
r tj , name> which divides the county
ot Habersham from Rabun. The latte'r
county is so called, in honor of a former
Governor of Georgia. His virtues were
those.of simple honesty. A plain, unlet
tergij, unambitious upright man—A thing
rarely found occupying the high posts of
Government, in these days of peculation,
mtrjgdewnd unfounded pretension. Prac
tical good sense, «»u-nd-politics and un
unwav*nng integrity, placed him for a
short time, in the Gubernatorial chair.
His name is not associated with deeds of
aims ; civil triumphs or literary renown ;
yet this Stale has voted his memory an
ovation, by inscribing it imperisliably
upon her moutain tablets. It shall there
fore live when the traces of its owner’s
identity have perished ; and whilst many,
whose deeds gave hope of fame, shall bs
irredeemably lost in the mass of accumu
lating ages. ’ It has ever been with me, a
matter of some astonishment that men
covert posthumus fame.
So far as it subserves the purposes of
utility, an honest fame, is greatly to be
desired ; but it must he wholly unsatis
factory to its object—l mean the antici
pation' of it. For my own part, I should
like to know, and feel that the world es
teemed me. That my#virtues and my
genius are evej now gpprcefktcd. Dreams
of what may be, cannot satisfy the pre
rent longings of a fitind, burning with am
bition fir distinction. iVhen the mind
ehall have taken its flight, and the grave
shall have closed in silence, upon its
clayey tenement; then it seems to mo
that this world’s plaudits might ns well
be hushed ; they reach not the cold dead
car of departed greatness. Excuse me
for moralizing: 1 propose now to redeem
my promise and ted I you of Tellulah.
I must assure you in advance, that 1 dare
not hope to impress you with the actual
scene. No pen untouched with inspira
tion, can convey any accurate conception
of a scene, so overwhelming and magnifi
cent. Tltc emotions ol the beholder, as
he stands for the first tim<- upon the verge
of the wide, deep, dark chasm of Tellu
lah, arc such as the poet nipt fancy, and
burning pen, may not embody. As well
might one expect to embody the light of
Genius, as paint in visible form, tbe
feeling of this scene. The scene itself,
the painter’s pencil, steeped in dews of
Castalia, ran alone pourtray. For my
own part, 1 can claim no aid from the
tuneful nine—being more expert at a
chemical analysis, or the solution of one
of President Day’s algebric propositions,
than inditing prose or verse. To (he
walks of science I have been long a stran
ger, and from the groves of the Academy*
too long a truant. I would 1 could again
return to her quiet shades, and hide me
in literary seclusion, from the heartless,
heated strife of the world. To the altar
of science my heart has been ever votive;
but upon it I have laid but few offerings.
I love the Muses and would gladly dwell
with them on Pindua’ height, or Ida’s
sacred summit; but when they invite to
bower or grot, my destiny, drags me
unrelenting back, to the dull things of
Earth.
How sweet is (he name Tellulah 1 It
is melody itself when spoken in the Cher
okee Vernacular. The Indian language
is full of harmony, and its words strik
ingly descriptive of objects. Tellulah,
I have been told, means the river of the
bounding waters. Have you never re
marked, (hat mythology has assigned to
such scenes ns Tellulah no presiding De
ity? The futile mind of heathen anti
quity, could find in the fullness and va
riety of its beautiful and fanciful mythol
ogy. no patron for the awful exhibitions
of nature. The earthquake, the avalan
che, the tornado and the unsounded
hiatus ol the hills, have no tutelar saint
in (he Calendar of the Gods. They are
therefore, like the temple which Paul
saw at Athens, dedicated to (he unknown
GW—unknown in the hidden mysteries
of his nature, and the unrivaled glories
of his throne.
Should you ever visit the Fulls, take
for the inspection a full fair day, for your
curiosity must be moderate indeed if it
can be satisfied in less time. You will
do well to sleep (he night before at Mr,
P’s. the cicerone of the neighborhood ;
and if vou are earthly enough to enjoy
the good cheer, (such as venison-hum and
w ild honey,) which this forest Inn affords,
in order to get it, vou will not fail to re
member that the Salique law is not of
force in Georgia ; and that in this family,
it no where else, woman reigns with un
qualified supremacy; and so remember
ing, pay your best court to the hostess.
■Start then with the sun, like him in his
morning course, you travel upwards ;
and like him you will rejoice in your
strength; your flame braced with the
elastic air of the mountains, and your
imagination fired with hopes ol novelty.
\s you advance, you will discover a con
stant but gradual rise in the country ; at
first you behold nothing to indicate your
object; neither peak, nor vale, nor rill
nor river. Soon however you will know
your elevation ; not so much by the labor
ol your progress, as by the occasional
prospect winch opens far, very far below
you. Your advance however is not alto
gether without labor; for you will be
compelled to surmount at intervals, bills
which rise before you in progressive alti
tudes—clad in tlie irregular, sombre,
melancholy pine forest so common in
this region. After laboring thus gradu
ally upwards for nearly six miles, you
w ill realize a consciousness of very great
elevation, and stand upon the summit of
the last hill in your ride to the falls.—
Before you, ge'ntly and beautifully de
clines the hill—sloping away in graceful
case, as far as the eye can reach. Sur
rounded with forest, the range of the vis -
ion is confined, and you will begin to fear
(hat alter all, the scene you approach will
atf ml no indications of‘its grandeur; and
that Tellulah is striking only to the un
practised eye of the low lander. If you
will listen however, vou will hear‘the
smothered roar of the rapids, breaking
upon the ear like the thunders of God*
let loose in the central caves of earth.
For the purpose of disencumbering your
self of the fluest, you will turn aside
from your path ; anil ascend a small hill
which rises uncovered, a few paces on
your right, and having attained this point,
look ground you and be still. Here build
your tabernacle—linger delighted here
anti forgot that you come to see the Falls;
for human orb, scarcely ever opened upon
a wider, bolder, more diversified picture.
—To the North and in front, rise the
mountains of Rabun, presenting numer
ous combinations of mountain scenery.
1 ou see before you the Southern point of
the Blue Ridge, perhaps not here so lofty
as elsewhere, yet quite ns picturesque,
and not less imposing. The mountains
appear to start almost at your feet, and in
crease in altitude, compass and magnifi
cence, until their indistinct summits min
gle with the clouds. Near at hand is. the
rugged, rocky sides of the primary hills.
You may almost distinguish tire cavern
of the rick—the torrent in its course,
and the stinted and rare forest trees,
which spread their arms, leafless to the
breeze. The aspect of these hills is ster
ile and lonely; their roughness unsmooth
ed hy distance, and their heathy sides
unclad with the robs of blue, which
space throws around them. Farther on
anil in middle prospect, rise the greater
hills—unequal in height and various in
form. Same attaining to the dignity of
mountains; and others, with humbler
hopes, seem only to relive against the
idea of vastness and depth, which would
without them, attach to the- frequent re
furring valleys. Here are mingled in
rude, but mighty majesty, the lofty and
lonely peak—the extended and elevated
table land—the gentle declivity, and the
precipitous descent. Embosomed here,
perhaps, there arc smiling valleys, whose
shade is rarely broken with the sun-beam*,
whose fountains arc sweet and flowing,
and whose verdure knows no autumn. —
The home perhaps of happy genii, or
harmless spirits, or fun and frolic-loving
Pucks. Yet higher and more remote,
the towering peaks of the Ridge, lilt to
wards Heaven their glimmering heads—
Some are bald and bare, scathed with the
lightning of ages—others in grotesque
outline, present to the imagination images
of Feudal tower, Baronial castle, or di
lapidated city. Whilst painted upon the
clear horizon, in the distance, are the di
versified figures, formed by the inequali
ties and eccentric shapes of the moun
tains.
To your right, in full, prospect, opens
tlm fertile valley of the Tugalo, through
which the river in its wanderings, marks
its course for many miles, with a fresher
and livelier green. Your position will
command a view of the valley, until it is
shut in by approaching hills—like, the
dolphin, it is more beautiful, as it dies.
It looks to the enlightened eye and quiet
conscience, like the poet’s dream of Ar
cadia. With fields and woods, and
fruits and Hocks, and sighing swains and
cruel Daphnaes. Perhaps it is but the
valley of the cotton plant and the (ask
master. Yet it were cruel to break the
charm which the imagination throws a
• round it. For myself I could not then,
as 1 saw it. stretching far to the East in
quiet loveliness, believe that it was any
other than the home of love; and I shall
thank no one, to distrust that sweet con
viction. How fit, 1 thought, is this place,
for the cultivation of virtuous affection
and hbuschold graces. Here surelv
might dwell primeval innocence; ant 1
here too, nature herself, might inspire
the soul’s impassioned, sinless devotion
to God.
Fuming around in the direction from
whence you came, (he Currahee, in its
solitary beauty and lonely altitude greets
the eye. It rises abrupt and shaft-like,
from a plain, level as the slumbering o
rean, to a height not grand, but beautiful
It is a regular cone, and at this distance
its head and sides seem carpeted with a
texture of unbroken azure. All together
the scene is worth an Earl’s ransom.
But I must now bid you adieu, having
lingered on the way so long, you must
wait my farther leisure for my impres
sions of Tellulah. .
J. J. Fairservice, Esq. Fairview, Con.
From the Charles!on Courier .
OUR LITERARY PROSPECTS*.
■Sooth Carolina has never yet occupied
an eminence in Literature, commensur
ate with (he genius of her sons, or wor
thy of her rank and importance in (hr
Union, and the scale of her agricultural
and commercial wealth. Talent she has
in abundance, and of a high order, but it
has for the most part avoided or deserted
(he flowery walks of literature, to tread
the more exciting arena of politics—anti
there its display has been indeed magni
ficent, and its influences potent. In
general, however, the aspect of her intel
lectual fields has ever exhibited, in its
comparative barrenness, a sad contrast
with the fruitful returns, in golden grain
and richer than golden fleece, of her ag
ricultural harvest. Until very recently,
“the march of mind” has been even re
trograde with us—the vis incrlte, the in
dolence, natural to a warn climate, and
still more, an inexcusable want of foster
ing liberality, have pgralized and discour
aged literary effort. Is it not a serious
reproach to us, that our chief city—the
commercial emporium of the South—
should be almost destitute of those liter
ary monuments and appendages, which
should be characteristic of her wealth and
refinement, and enable her to enter into
an honorable rivalry with her sister cities
of the Union? How discreditable is it
that she should not have a quarterly nor
even a monthly periodical to call forth
and preserve the stirring thought and
high imaginings of Southern genius ? Is
it not a blot upon the escutcheon of the
State, that the Southern Review, that
proud testimonial of what Southern talent
can achieve in literature, should have
been suffered so speedily to close its bril
liant career? Does it not deeply affect
the reputation of our city, that the Aca
demy of Fine Arts should have been per
mitted to languish, decay and die; and
that the Literary and Philosophical So
ciety should be even now dragging out
but a sickly existence?
But let us turn from this dark picture,
which belongs m are to the past than the
present, and hail the dawn of a better
and brighter day which is now opening
upon us. “ Our Literary prospects” are
decidedly and rapidly improving The
momentum, which is propelling our State
in an onward career of commercial and
general prosperty, seems to have exten
ded its impulse to (he interests of litera
ture ; and it needs but little sagacity to
discern, that we have now arrived at that
auspicious tide in our literary affairs,
which, taken at the flood, must lead on to
fortune. We invoke, therefore, the li
terary, the liberal and the patriotic, to en-,
gage in the good work of building up, for
I Charleston and Smith-Carolina, a litera
ture of that steady brightness, which will
indeed render it “ the graceful ornament”
of their free institutions.
We proceed to notice some of the signs
of the times, which betoken not only the
revival, but a coming “ high and pal (in
state” of Carolina Literature. Charles
ton etui now boast of the nativity of one
of the first, if not the very first of Ameri
can Novelists—one who' is busv. too. in
weaving the web of romance from the
materials of Southern history and tradi
tion—and she also lays claim, by adop
tion, to a female pen, the graceful emana
tions of which hebdotnadally form the
eiwmam.m
fitting “ Rose Bud”—soon to be expan
ded into the full blown “ Rose”—of our
literary parterre, Columbia, too, has her
successful candidate for nocc/honors,and
romantic fame. The Medical Faculty of
our city are wooing science with success,
in their rival institutions, and even the
i junior members of (he profession, have |
manifested their zeal for knowledge and j
disposition for usefulness, and constitu
ted a nursery of future professors by the
establishment of a Southern School of
Practical Medicine. The South Caroli
na College—the literary nursery of the
State—has been once more pul on a foot
ing favourable to the cause of education,
and will doubtless again draw to its aca
demic walks and shades, a goodly portion
of the rising generation. The Charles
ton Library, which has been so long the
sole visible and tangible monument of
our literary character, is about to emerge
from the obscurity which has hitherto, in
a measure, impaired its-usefulness, as
well as dimmed its light, and occupy a!
line building of its own. the purchase of
which has been effected through the awa
kening liberality (still mure extensively
needed, and not yet exhausted, we trust)
of our citizens, and which is to be fitted
up in a style of taste and convenience,
worthy of the intellectual treasures of
whith it is to be the repository. We are
shortly, too, to have a literary periodical
published in this city, tinder highly pro
mising auspices; and we trust that the
“ Southern Literary Journal” of Charles
ton will arouse in South Carolina, as
the “ Southern Literary Messenger” of
Richmond has done in Virginia, a gener
ous host of pecuniary, and a gifted one of
literary contributors.
The principal indication, however, of a
newborn literary zeal in our State, is
the recent establishment of a Literary
Association at Columbia, numbering a
tnong its officers and members the most
elevated names in our State, without
distinction of party, and intended to em
brace all of our citizens, who have a taste
for literary patronage, in an intellectual
and social fraternity. From this asso
ciation, the most auspicious results may
be expected, as a most vigorous, well di
rected, und sustained effort is to be made,
to establish it on a basis of permanence,
prosperity, and extended usefulness. It
is likely that it will forma Union or a
malgarnation with the Literary and Phi
losophical Society of this city, a step
which would doubtless redound to their
mutual advantage. An object of primary
importance with the Society, is to obtain
funds to erect or purchase a suitable
building for its “ local bibitatinn and
individual liberality must not shrink
from the tax necessary to ripen into ma
turity the embryo project. Among the
objects of this institution will be the col
lection of minerals, and geological speci
mens, (in which, we understand, consi
derable progress has been already made)
and the revival of the Southern Ileview,
in the conduct of which minds of the first
order will be enlisted. A circular will
shortly be issued, disclosing more in de
tail the design and objects of the associa
tion ; and we only notice it now to in
vite a favoring ear, whenever itmay urge
its claims in propria persona, to public
attention and support.
From the Jackson, Miss., State Rights Banner.
PROCLAMATION.
By H. G. Roswels, Governor of the
State 5f Mississippi.
Whereas, it has been represented to
the Executive, that there is a band of
lawless, base, villainous white men tra
versing the country, endeavoring to get
up an insurrection among our slaves.
And whereas, it has been further repre
sented to the Executive, that disclosures
have been made by those concerned, well
calculated to excite the most terious ap
prehensions that a widely extended con
spiracy is on foot, calculated to producean
alarm, and to call forth the vigilance and
energy of our people.
I do therefore issue this proclamation
exhorting all good citizens, and com
manding the officers, both civil and mili
tary, to use the most untiring vigilance
to suppress all such insurrectionary move
moots, and to anprehend nil suspicious
persons, and deliver them to the proper
authorities, that they may be brought to
condign punishment. To which end 1
especially call on the members of the
Board of Police of each County and Dis
trict, to exert the authority given them
by an act of the Legislature of the 23th
December, 1833, of organizing in their
respective beats active and efficient pa
trols. I repeat the importance and ne
cessity of much vigilance in all quarters
us the sState j and, should it become ne
cessary, I do hereby order the Quarter
Master General, and each of the assistant
Quarter Master Generals to deliver the
arms of the State, into the hands of the
people for their defence taking the re
ceints of responsible persons for the same,
and at the same time having due regard
to the proper distribution according to
(he exigencies of the case.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the great
[l. s.] seal of the State, to be hereon'o
affixed at Jackson, July 13, 1833
H. G. RUNNELS.
DAVID DICKSON, SeF-nj of State.
From the Charleston Courier of the s ih inst.
COMMITTKE OP Cl rl/,K.\s.
A meeting of the Committee of Twenty One, |
appointed by the Citizens on Monday, was hold j
yesterday at IS o’clock. They nude an arrange
ment with the Past Master that no Seditious
Pamphlets, or other incendiary publications, shall
be issued 01 forwarded from the Post Otßco in
this city—and appointed a Sub-commiltce to take
pioper measures to effect that object. The prompt
and energetic manner in which the Committee
have proceeded—the high chaiacter and standing
of the gentlemen who compose it—and the per
fect confidence reposed in the entire co-operation
of the Post Master in any measure which may
concern the safety of the community—should
quiet the apprehensions of our citizens, and in
duce every individual to give thoir countenance
and support to the constituted authority.
In preventing the evil whiclt now threatens the
people of the South, it should bo the object of our
citzens to avoid the adoption of violent measures,
unless the necessity of the case require it. Let
the infatuated Abolitionists sec, that there is no
human piospcct of the success of their unholy
schemes. Let the .Imerican People know, that
to countenance the designs of these ruthless visi
tors of our vested rights, is but to assist in demo
lishing the government of their choice—the fair
fabric of which every American is so proud. The
Southern people are united to a max on this
question. They will exhibit to their Northern
brethren the grand moral spectacle, of an injured
and insulted community, rising up in their might, j
and with a coolness and deliberation that can only I
be equalled by their determination, warning their
adversaries of the danger they provoke, should
they advance another step in this forbidden path.
Wc repeat, that it becomes necessary for our
citizens to be prudent while they arc prompt; and
we confidently believe that the people of the North
will sec tire necessity of themselves interdicting
the continuance of the nefarious measures of the
I abolitionists.
! The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by the Committee of 21.
Resolved, That a Committee being appointed
to communicate to the Citizens the arrangement
! made with the Post Master, that no Seditious
Pamphlets shall leave his office until the civil tri
bunals of the city are informed upon the subject,
and that they be authorized in the name and be
half of the Citizens of Charleston, to accompany
the Mail from the Steam boat which is expected
to arrive this night or to-morrow, to the Post Of
fice, and to make the necessary arrangements
with tfre Post Master to prevent the distribution
of the Seditious Pamphlets which may at any
lime bo received by mail.
The Committee consist of 1
Gen. R. Y. HAYNE,
JOHN ROBINSON, Esq.
CHARLES EDMONDSTON, Esq.
H. A. DESAUSSURE. Esq.
Capt. JAMES ROBERTSON,
Capt. JAMES LYNAH,
EDWARD R. LAURENS, Esq.
From the JVew York Evening Star, July 30.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
We are indebted to Messrs. Grinnell, Mintum
& Co. and to the American office, for the follow
ing summary:
By the Roacoe packet ship of the 241 h, from
Liverpool, London papers to 23d are received.
Onr boat is not yet up, but we are indebted to the
editors of the Gazette for a file of the latest Lon
don papers—from which we extract all that is of
interest. *
Mr. Cobbett died on the 18th, at his farm, aged
73. He has not left behind him a more vigorous
political writer, nor a more worthless political
character. He retained his faculties till the very
last moment, and died with perfect composure.
A very warmly contested election at Ipswich
had resulted against the Conservatories, and in
the choice of two supporters of the present min
i.try.
Accounts from Spain are still indecisive.
The marriage of the Duke of Orleans with a
Princess of Wiriemhurg seems decided. The
Emperor of Russia, uncle to the Princess, had
consented, and the Duke was about to leave Paris
for Switzerland, there to meet the Queen of Wir
tombuvg and her daughter.
London, June 33.—Our Paris express has
brought the whole of the Paris journals of Sun
day. The Peers sat on Saturday in their judicial
capacity, and another attempt was made to prose
cute the refractory prisoners. Ot seven of them,
dragged in by force, six would not make any re
ply to the President’s question, and an uproar
was caused by one of them, who would quit the
Hall in spite of the Judges and guards munici
paux. As we have already stated, the court will
most probably proceed with the cases of the
Lyons prisoners, whether the latter will submit or
not, and the more arduous task of trying the Paris
and Luneville Republicans will be adjourned to
the commencement of next year. Another Peer,
General Lagrange, did not answer yesterday’s
call, and a member of the same chamber, General
Bonardide Saint Sulpice, retired in the course of
the day. It appears that Marshall Clause! is not
yet appointed, but is likely to succeed General
d’Erlon in the government of Algiers. The ap
pointment appears to be delayed by certain con
ditions proposed by the Marshal, who has always
been a warm advocate for the advantages to be
derived from the north African possessions, and
as warmly opposed to the ambiguous course
which the French government has pursued with
regard to M. de Bourmont’s conquest. Should
he accept the governorship it is likely that a great
change will ensue in the whole pcrsonel of the
colony, civil and military,
Post Offices in Georgia. —From a general list
published in the Globe, of post offices establish
ed, discontinued, and offices the names of which,
have been changed, since the first of January
last, we have copied the following which relates to
Georgia.
Counties. Offices.
B fi’b Websterville Established
Burke Sardis do
Cherokee Leonard do
Coweta Willow Grove do
Crawford Francisville do
Do Kalb White Hall do
Early Spring Creek do
Floyd Hermitage do
Gwinnett Windsor do
Hall Galley's do
Henry Tucker’s Cabin do
Jasper Planter’s do
Jones * Lamington do
Lumpkin Cilola do
Merriwethcr Wo >d House do
Morgan Palestine do
Murray Benton do
Richmond Richmond Factory do
Troup Shiloh do
E'rly Smilhville Discontinued
Elbert Mien's Mils do
Franklin Tugalo do
Houston Janesville do
Jackson Story's Mills do
Monroe Milford do
Newton Lindley do
Pulaski Barkwells do
S-riven MoundviUe do
Tattnall Reidsville do
Troup Flat Creek do
Floyd Livingston Changed to
Vann s Valley
do Head of Coosa do
Rome
Cherokee Cherokee C. 11, do
Canton
Heard Heard C, H. do
Franklin
Hqpston Ireland do
H tyneville
Union Coosa do
Blairsville
Ecclesiastical Expenses. —The following table,
showing the comparative expense of the church of
England, and of Christianity in all other countries
of the world, is taken from “ Four years in Groat
Britain,” by the Rev. Calvin Colton, now in the
press of the Harpers, and to be published in the
course of a few days.
“ Comparative expense of the church of England
and of Christianity in all other countries of the
world.
Total amount
of Edpendi-
Nuniberof lure in each
Name of the Nations. Hearers. Nation.
France, 32,000,000 £2,000,000
United States, 9,600,000 576,000
Spain, 11,000,000 1,100,000
Pnftngal, 3,000,000 300,000
Hungaty, Catholics 4,000,000 330,000
Calvinists 1,050,000 63,000
Lutherans. 650,000 26,000
Ital y. 19,391,000 770,000
Nutria. 18,918,000 950,000
Switzerland, 1,720,000 87,000
Prussia, 10,536,000 537,000
Gorman Small States, 12.763,000 765,000
Holland, 2,000,000 160,000
Netherlands, 6,000,000 232,000
Denmark, 1,700,000 119,000
Sweden, 3,400,000 238,000
Russia, Greek Church, 34,000,000 510,000
Catholics & Lutherans, 8,000,000 400,000
Christians in Turkey, 6,000,000 180,000
South America, ' 15,000,000 450,000
Christians dispersed
elsewhere, 3,000,000 150,000
203,728,000 9,949,000
England and Wales, 6,500,000 9,459,565
Johnson’s yellow wife and niece, who run n
way with two of the Chootaw Students, have been
apprehended. Mrs. dohnson, we suppose, ere this,
, is restored to the arms of her affectionate husband.
| Onr readers will bear in mind that the present
Mrs. J. is the second wife of the Col. His first
I is dead.— Edgefcld Carolinian.
AUQUiSTA I
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8. 183 S.
“ Be just , and fear not
STATE RIGHTS NOMINATION#
FOR GOVERNOR,
HU’S 12. DOVGHEKTV.
AUGUSTA CHROMCLG, FOR SALE.
Anticipating engagements which will mate
rially interfere with our present ones, after the
first of October next, we offer the Augusta
Chronicle for sale, with possession at that lime,
and will dispose of it, to a satisfactory pur
chaser, on accommodating terms. It has a
very large subscription list, which for some
time has been larger than it ever was since we
have had the control of it, or probably before,
during the previous 39 years of its existence—
being the oldest existing paper in the State, and
the first, except one, ever established in it. Its
advertising patronage is also large, and the whole
establishment is now as prosjfcrous and profita
ble as it has ever been, and indeed more so. Its
stock of printing materials, of all kinds, is very
large & complete—probably unsurpassed if equal
ed, by that of any other similar establishment in
the South—and generally new—the whole news,
paper type and press having been in use but a
few months —while the exceedingly large and va
ried assortment of job type, is as good as new.
A statement from the books, and the books them
selves, together with the printing materials, will
be submitted to the inspection of those who
may desire to purchase, so that each may judge
for himself; and we doubt not they will satisfy
examiners, that a similar amount of capital can
seldom be more safely and profitably invested, in
any way.
Editors with whom we exchange, would con
fer a favor, by publishing the above, which would
cheerfully be reciprocated.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“ Baldwin” is received, and will be attended
to as early as possible.
BANK OF AUGUSTA.
On Thursday last, the Board of Directors of the
Bank of Augusta, made the following appoint
ments: —Mr. William A. Kain, Book Keeper;
Mr. Samuel C. Wilson, Collection Clerk; and
Mr. Geo. W. Mono as, Assistant Book Keeper.
TYPOGRAPHICAL. ERRORS.
The Editor, who is absent, informs us that the
compositor made terrible work with his reply to
the Constitutionalist, as published on Saturday,
by the omission of some words and the addition
of others, and the substitution of the word “ Supe
rior” for “ Supreme ” —“ sit ” for “ set ” —“ her ’’
for “ him ” —“ held ” for “ hold ” —“ subjects ” for
“ the subject”—“ counted ” for “ courted ” —“ the
men ” for “ those most”—“ well ” for “ will ”
“ know ” for “ know ” —&c., &c., but very justly
supposes, that, as the manuscript was very hasti
ly written, at a late hour of the night, while wai
ting for the stage, and without time to revise it,
some part of the blame is to be attributed to its il
legibility,
THE RIDDLE.
A gentleman, who unriddles riddles and cracks
conundrums with equal facility, tells us that the
word indicated in the following paragraph, is
feiisist —a most admirable virtue when well di
rected :
“ A gentleman who was paying his addresses
to a lady, at length summoned up sufficient cour
age to ask if they were agreeable to her and whe
ther he might Hatter himself with a chance of suc
cess. The lady replied— stripes —telling the gen
tleman to transpose the letters so as to form out of
them another word which was her answer. The
reader who can find out the word need never fear
being nonplussed by a lady ; those who cannot
must cither persist till they overcome the diffi
culty or may give up all thoughts of wooing.”
TRIBUTE OP RESPECT.
The following tribute of respect and esteem for
the character and services of an amiable member
of society,and a gallant citizen soldier, is published
with much pleasure. We also avail ourselves of
the occasion to express our admiration of the
excellent discipline which characterize the Rich
mond Blues, and the zeal and spirit which dis
tinguish alike both officers and privates:
Fon THE AUGUSTA CIinONtCLE.
At a special meeting of the Richmond Blues,
the Captain having announced the resignation of
Colour-bearer, J. W. Catiswell, the following
resolution was offered, and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of
four members, and the chairman of this meeting,
be appointed to express to Mr Carswell the
feelings of this company, on receiving his resig
nation. The following gentlemen were appointed
to act with the chairman, viz: Lieut. W. M.
Martin, Sergt. 8. C. Wilson, Corpl. J. W.
Stoi. and 0. E. Carmichael.
The Committee addressed the following letter
to Mr. Carswell, his reply to which, is subjoined.
Augusta, August 4th, 1835.
Dear Sir :—At a special meeting of the Rich
mond Blues, the underwriten wore appointed a
Committee, for the purpose of expressing to you
the feelings of the Company, on receiving your
resignation.
Wo most sincerely regret that your removal
from our city will deprive our corps of one of Tts
most efficient members, and valued officers. You
had the honor of first receiving, from the hands
of our commanding officer, the beautiful and ap
propriate standard that was presented to us, by
one of the pairlorlc daughters ot our country, on
the Anniversary of our National Independence,
in 1834. We hoped that you would have con
tinued to bear that Standard, which we shall ever
delight to see floating over our heads. It was a
post to which you were called by the unanimous
voice of your fellow-soldiers; and, which, by
your gentlemanly deportment, and soldier-like
bearing, you have shown yoursolf so worthy of
occupying.
In parting from us, be assured that you carry
with you the sincere wishes of your follow-sol
diers for your prosperity and future happiness;
and should you again became a resident of our
city, it will afford us unfeigned pleasure to give
you a soldier’s welcome into our ranks.
With much respect we remain your obedient
servants,
F. M. ROBERTSON, ~
W. M. MARTIN, |
8. C. WILSON, v. 3
J. W. STOY, r
O. E. CARiMICHAELJ p
To Mr. J. W. Carswell, Augusta, Ga.
Augusta, August sth, 1835.
Gentlemen: —If any thing can mitigate the
regret, with which I leave a corps, to which it has
been my pride and pleasure to bo attached since
its formation, it is the flattciiqg testimony of ap
probation which you have been the medium of
conveying to me. Nothing, but circumstances
of the utmost importance to me, could have di' -
solved the bond which has united us; and I shall
ever treasure, with grateful remembrance, the
period of our connection.
Should the time arrive, when our country, or
its institutions, shall be endangered, which Heav
en avert!—it shall be my glory to be found side
by side with my late companions in arms, con
tending under the folds of that proud banner,
which I have heretofore had the honor to bear.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I beg leave to assure
you, and through you the corps, to which I now,
reluctantly bid adieu, that, in any situation of
life, the permanency of the Richmond Blues, in
their present high state of discipline and efficien
cy, and the prosperity and happiness of the mom
hers, individually, will be the ardent prayer of
Your obedient servant,
J. W. CARSWELL.
To Capt. F. M. Roiiertsox, Lt. W. M. Mar
tin, Sergt. S. C. Wilson, Corpl. J. W. Stoy,
and 0. E. Carmichael, Committee, Ac.
THE GEORGIA COURIER.
“ Truth is mighty and loill prevail .”
On Friday, the 31st ultimo, the Courier made
the following assertion, in relation to the reoep
tion of Abolition papers in this city :
“We have investigated this matter, and with a
single exception, in this county, have found those
receiving them, all JVullifiers.'’
This is what the Courier said at the time noti
ced, and on Wednesday evening last, for the pur
pose, no doubt, of substantiating its declaration,
published the following letter from the Post Master:
“ Dn. McWhorter :
Sir —My attention has been called to a portion
of your Editorial remarks of 31st July, to which I
had not before particularly adverted.
You say we have investigated this matter and
“with a single exception in this county, have
found those receiving them (abolition papers') all
Nullificrs.” v v 1 '
As the inference might naturally arise from
this expression that the investigation made was
by enquiry at the Post Office, and as no such en
quiry was made by you, I would thank you to
make this explanation. At the same time, as you
have been misinformed as to the fact, it will bo no
more than justice to correct the statement itself.
The addiess of Incendiary papers, so far as it
has been observed in the Post Office, has given
no reason to suppose that they arc sent so one par
ty more than another. The most usual form of
address is to the Clergyman to “ Cler
gyman” and, the denomination printed, the place
written. The only instances that have been no
ticed for some time in this office of abolition pa
pers addressed to individuals by name, have oc
curred within two or three weeks. No list of the
names was preserved, but those which I enclose
are recollected. The number was not more than
13 or 15, of which the enclosed list are ten. Jl
mong those, if lam correctly in formed, you will
find only three who are known to be nullifiers.
W. C. MICOU, F. M."
We have again alluded to this subject, merely
to expose the shallow artifices of aur adversaries,
and to shew how easily they noose themselves
without our aid.
THE COMMENCEMENT, Sec.
Athens, August 3d, 1835. ’
The people are rapidly coming ’m as usual,
and the place will soon be crowded to excess.
Vehicles of all descriptions crowd the avenues to
the town, and the stages have almost as many
passengers outside as in. The one I arrived in
brought twelve, and the previous on a sixteen. By
the bye, the one I came in was upset immediately
opposite Mr. Callier’s Hotel, in turning too
short up the hill to come to the door ; but though
several were wounded, more or less, no one was
dangerously injured. I received a cut to the scull,
close to the temporal artery, and a bruise on the
shoulder—Mr. Thompson, engineer of the Geor
gia Rail Road, a deep graze on the temple, and a q
severe sprain in the hand, and Mr. Kneeland,
and Dr. Battet, several bruises. Judge John
Schley was in the stage, hut not hurt. The re
port was, that it was his brother, Judge Wm.
Schley, the candidate for Governor, and that I
had fallen on him with such force, as to render
it doubtful whether he could continue his jour
ney through the State during the present canvass ;
and Nullification being thus repotted uppermost,
the joke held it for a while, to be symbolical of
the result of the Gubernatorial contest. The
truth is, however, that Nullification was com- I
pletely undermost, this time, and pretty well
trampled on to boo t; but, it rose, if not as always
heretofore,
“ the stronger for the knocking down: ”
at least undiseouragpd and undismayed ; and as
Goldsmith says, “ true glory consists not in never
falling, but in always rising when wo fall.”
This beautifully picturesque and romantic place,
has greatly improved since my last visit in ’33,
at least in the buildings connected with the Uni
versity. The new College Chapel is finished,
and considered a fine specimen of classic archi
lecture. It is very large—sufficiently so to ac
commodate the numerous visitors who attend the
Collegiate exercises of the Commencement— and,
consequently, a great acquisition to the comfort
and interest of the occasion. A library building
has been erected, also, adjoining the Hall of the
Demoslhenian Society, and a new Hall for the
Phi-Kappa Society on the eastern side of the en
closure ; and the Hall of the Demoslhenian So
ciety has been greatly improved and beautified.
The Commencement Sermon was delivered
yesterday, in the College Chapel, by the Rev. W.
Howard of Milledgeville, to a numerous audito
ry, and is very highly spoken of. To-morrow,
the Exhibition of the Junior Class occurs, and an
address before the Alumni Society, by Col. Wm.
C. Dawson of Greene—next day the addresses
of the Senior Class ; and on Thursday, the usu
al annual Oration before the two Societies, and
the strangers generally, by Daniel Chandler,
Esq. of Washington. It was said in Washing
ton, as I passed through, that Mr. C. was very
unwell, so much so as to Jie unable to attend
Court there on Friday, and it is consequently
feared that he may be too much indisposed to de
liver the Oration. Col. Dawson, also, is said to
be much indisposed from injury to his jaw in the
extraction of a tooth, so that it is feared that he,
too, may be prevented from attending.
The general condition of the College is said
to be highly prosperous—never more so. The
Board of Trustees, I believe are nowin session
no vacancy to fill, either in its own body, or the
Faculty, unless the Rev. Mr. Shannon should
finally determine to vacate his Professorship, to
accept the Presidency offered him in another in
stitutidn, I believe in Alabama ; but it is general
ly hoped that he may not do so, as his resigna
tion would be a decided and much-regretted loss
to the institution.
Athens, August 5, 1835.
I am gratified to state, that the fears entertained
and expressed in my last, as to the health and pos
sible absence of Col. Dawson and Daniel Chan
dler, Esq. have not been realized. They are both