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[FORGET ME NOT.
nr itxis WALBimior, trask.
.1 lady to her husband.
Forget tnc not—though brighter even
May beam with sparkling fire :
Forgot me not—though fairer forma
L May esuae thee to aJmirc.
Within my bosom beata a heart!
From sin and falsehood free,
Aud in the bloom of youthful hope,
I gave that heart to thee.
Who left for thee that happy home.
And took thee aa her guide,
Who would not for the world buve sold
Her station at thy side ?
When sickness racked lliy languid frame,
Who watched thy painful bed,
Whose lingers wet thy parched lips,
Who bathed thy selling head 1
Whose silent step at midnight hour,
Whose form then met thy sight,
Whose eyes, when pain released its power,
E’er sparkled with delight 1
Will prouder dames, with fairer forms,
Thus on thy sick bed stay —
Should you for false docoill'ul hearts,
Cast mine, that’s pure, away 1
O ! leave me not—though brighter eyes
May beam with sparkling fire,
0 1 leave me not though fairer forms
May cause thee to admire.
Within ray bosom beats a heart
From sin and falsehood free,
That heart while life’s weak lamp shall bum,
Shull ever heal for thee.
STARLIGHT REFLECTIONS.
H'illcn for music to be composed by C. E, Horn.
a r Tan avthoh of “ kotihixi.”
’Twas night. In the woodland ulono
Wc met, with no witnesses by,
Hut such ns rcspleiulralty shone
In (he blue-tinted vault of the sky.
Your head on my bosom was laid,
As you said you would ever be mine j
And I promised to love, dearest maid,
And worship alone at your shrine*
‘Your love on my heart gently fell,
As the dew on the (lowers at eve,
Whose bosoms with gratitude swell,
A blessing to give and receive.
And I knew by the glow on your check,
And the rapture you could not cantroul,
No power had language to speak
The faith or content of your soul.
1 love you as none ever lovod,
As the steel to the pole 1 am true ;
And I, dearest maiden, have proved
That none ever loved me like you.
Till memory loses its power,
Or the sands of my being have rnu,
I’ll remember the star-lighted hour,
That mingled two hearts into one.
■■fr.'MuuiMM 11 isw ■
From the Charleston Courier.
MISSISSIPPI DISTURBANCES.
The following letter, addressed by «
recent emigrant to Mississippi from this
State, to a gentleman in (Ins city, gives
tin appalling picture o( (lie state of things
in that section of (he Union. Abolition
ists ! look at (lie fruits of your wicked la
bors and false philanthropy.
"Tiger Bavou, Madison Co. Miss.
Before this reaches you, no doubt you
will have heard through (he newspapers,
that the citizens of this and the adjoining
counties have been, since the 29th of
June, under the most serious apprehen
sion and excitement, up to the present
time ; and as 1 have been an eye-witness
to most of the proceedings anil transac
tions that took place in the village of
Livingston, 1 will detail them for your
information. On (lie 29th of June, n
conversation was overheard two gen
tlemen between some negroes, of an in
tended insurrection. Information was
immediately extended to the citizens,
and expresses sent to the adjoining conn
tics. The citizens of Madison, on the
SOth ult. held a meeting; at Livingston,
to concert together. Upon examination
of the report, it was deemed alarming,
and two negroes were examined on Is
July—one fellow belonging to Rum
Blake, and the other to \Vm. Johnson :
but the evidence being insufficient to sat
isfy the people of their guilt, they were
remanded to prison for farther examina
tion. On the 2d, many of the citizens
becoming sensible of the great danger
and guilt of the (wo who w ere first ex
amined, seized and hung them without
further ceremony, they confessing (hat
white men were the leaders and instiga
tors of the plot. Forthwith a committee
of thirteen of the most respectable and
wealthy Farmers was organized, and in
vested with full authority (extending to
life, over black and white) to try, con
demn, anil execute,all suspicious persons
brought before them—the citizens unani
mously pledging themselves to support
the committee in all their arts. The
committee were composed of J)r. M, 1).
Mitchell, James (Jralton, Israel Spencer,
William Waide, Nelson Taylor, Mar
don 1). Reynolds, John Simons, Jesse
Maybrce, Charles Smith, Robert 1 lodge,
Thomas Hudnal, Sac P. Gee, and David
Hailey. The first two white men brought
before the committee, were l)rs. Joshua
Cotton and Sandeiis, (Steam Doctors)
who were on the 4th inst. tried, convicted
and executed. Cotton confessed (not |
under the gallows, for there 'was none, i
and they were hanged by the side of an '
eld Jail, suspended from the grating of I
the window) his guilt, and implicated
many white men and negroes, and said
that there were some negroes attached to
his cause on nearly every plantation in
the State, and warned the people to “be
ware of to-night, to-morrow, and the
next night.” Vanias of horsemen were
detached to arrest many white men and
negroes, and until the present time, were
at all hours of the day and night arriving,
at Livingston with prisoners. On the
6th, Gregory, aged 72 years, was sen
tenced to 50 lashes, and to leave the
State in 48 hours. Terrel, about 50, re
ceived 150 lashes, and to leave the State
m4B hours. This punishment is called
•licking-, and is performed in the follow
ing manner: The prisoner is stripped
naked, laid on his belly, his hands and
feet fastened to four pegs; when, with a
coleman, he receives the stripes Irom
different hands. The younger was slick -
cd with a vengeance, his back was lite
rally flayed. Lee Smith was srdered
oat of the State in IB hour*, but teas
afterwards arrested by Ids neighbors of
Hindes county, and slicked; and it was
observed by one of the committee, had
he not been discharged so booh, lie would
have been hung, as sufficient testimony
was afterwards adduced against him. —
Two more while men, Dean, of Connec
ticut, and Donavan, of Kentucky, were
convicted, and on the Bth expiated their
crimes under a i ude gallows, erected in
the centre cf the village. .Mitchell, a
black smith, was entirely acquitted, and
his services a . a smith held in requisition.
He seemed the happiest man on ihtj hill,
rendering every service required, with
the utmost promptness and cheerfulness.
Holden wasalsoacijuiltcd. Hiram Hall,
Wm. Benson, Lunsford Hai nes, and
Nickolds, were ordered out of the Stale
in 48 hours, or to receive 500 lashes, and
not to return under penalty of death;
(of course (hey tramped, and thank ye
too!) On (lie 6th, a party of horsemen,
headed hy Hiram Perkins, had arrested
three Ran son’s, and another man, who
have been deeply implicated, and are said
to be in possession of a roster of (lie
names of all the whites in the Slate, who
v.ere engaged in the conspiracy. These
men were rescued by a Mr. .Mat. Shur
kie, a man who has stood high in the esti
mation of his fellow-citizens, and is a
wealthy man, working 60 hands. Re
port being made to (he committee, they
ordered the detachment to be strengthen
ed, and to recapture the (lawsuits. This
party came in contact with Shurkie,
when a fire commenced; Perkins was
mortally wounded, Hodge severely in
the thigh, and shurkie had his right hand
lorn to pieces. The Governor’s nephew,
Hiram Reynolds, had his horse shot, and
lie narrowly escaped, having the collar nj
his coal, on each side of his neck, cut.
This 1 heard with my own ears, from his
own mouth, therefore it must he true.
“An express arrived from Vicksburg,
that Rucl Blake, one of (he conspirators,
and for whom a reward of SSOO had
been got up among the citizens of Madi
son and altered, was arrested, and on Ins
way under escort of a guard; and appre
hensions being entertained that he would
be likewise rescued, a parly was detach
ed after him. On the 9th, at 3 o’clock,
P. M. lie was brought in by a parly of
40 horsemen, headed by Mr. Albert G.
Bennett, and delivered over to the com
mittee, and in one hour after he was re
manded to prison, under sentence of
death, tube inflicted between the hours
of 3 and 4 P. M. on (he 10th instant;
and he was at that hour accordingly exe
cuted under (he same gallows that Dean
and Donavan, his accomplices, had suf
fered, denying his guilt to the last mo
ment. Blake was arrested at Vicksburg,
whilst witnessing the execution of live
men, the sequel to an affair of the fol
lowing nature. The citizens of Vicks
burg, in consequence of the nefarious
conduct of a horde of gamblers, held a
public meeting, and resolved that they
should forthwith quit the (own. Five of
the gentlemen vetoed the ordinance, and
taking shelter in a house, resolved to nul
lify any man or men who should attempt
to enforce it. The people, exasperated
at (heir refusal, resolved to force them
into obedience, and in attempting to force
(he. premises, one of the sporting gen
tlemen shot Dr. Dudley dead, (a worthy
and respectable gentleman.) The fire
was returned, wounding one of the party,
when the citizens rushed in, and captur
ing the live, without further ceremony,
hanged the whole of them, thus claiming
more than even the Scripture allows, “an
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”
North, Adams. M’Call, Dutch Bill, (nick
named) and a fifth, name not recollected.
It was reported at Livingston, by a gen
tleman, who saw the prisoner at Benton,
Yazoo county, that one Hunter had been
arrested, and in consideration of a pro
mise of pardon, hail acknowledged bis
guilt of being an accomplice in the plot
of urging the negroes to insurrection, and
hod implicated a great many more. An
drew Boyd, a conspirator, was required
by the Committee of Safety, and Mr.
James Dickson. Hiram Reynolds and
Hiram Perkins (since killed) w ere order
ed to arres him. They discovered he
was flying, and immediately commenced
i the pursuit, with a pack of trained hounds.
He miraculously effected his deliverance
from his pursuers, after swimming Big
Black River, and running through cane
breaks and swamps until night fall,
when the parly called off the dogs. Gar
iy the next morning they renewed the
clis.se, and started Boyd one mile from
whence they had called off the dogs. But
he effected his escape on horse (fortune
throwing one in his way) the hounds not
being accustomed to that training after
he quit the bushes. There are many
whites still undergoing their trial before
this committee, who are cautious, but
rigid, fully under the impression, that
although the testimony by which those
fellows arc convicted, would not be sufii
cient, in a legal Court, that they are not
fitness guilty, and they are determined
that they shall not be screened by the
“glorious uncertainty of the law.”
It appears that Ibis conspiracy was first
generated by a monster in human shape,
named John A. Muuei., "thegreat Wes
tern land pirate,” but who was last year
sentenced to ten years imprisonment,
in (he penitentiary of Tennessee. Cot
!ton, who was executed, acknowledged,
that he was an accomplice of Mvkel’s
and that he had been engaged for two
years. Last December was the time ap
pointed to‘‘cry havoc! and let slip the
dogs of war;’* but in consequence ol
Me bee’s arrest and detention, it was de
ferred until the 4th July, 1835. Every
, day the number of arrests increases, and
every day the testimony strengthens, and
the plot becomes fully more developed.
“A large number of blacks have been
executed in the different counties. If
my paper had held out 1 could have filled
I it wall news, for 1 have not told you half,
but only given a running account.”
—.»ee——
From the Clinton, (.Hist.) Gazette, of July 11.
HORRIBLE CONSPIRACY.
Since the commencement of our edito
torial labors, wo have not. been thrust
upon the performance of a duty so tneI
■ ancholy, as that to w hich we arc called at
the present time.
A few davs anterior to the 4th of July,
severcal circumstances excited some sus
picion in the minds of a few respectable
citizens of Madison county, in the neigh
borhood of Beattie’s Bluff, ot an insur
rection among the slaves of that settle
ment being about to occur. Several
slaves were at different times overheard,
whilst engaged in secret conversation
relative to the proposed plot. A scruti
ny, such as the crisis seemed to demand,
was fnrtwilb instituted, which led to the
development of facts of a most startling
and extraordinary character. It was ve
ry soon ascertained in the progress of
the examination which ensued, that two
individuals, by the name of Cotton and
Saunders, both of them steam doctors by
profession, were prominently concerned
in this nefarious scheme. Both these
individuals were immediately apprehen
ded. A large meeting of the citizens of
Madison county was held to deliberate
upon the momentous crisis which had
arisen, at which it was unanimously re
solved that a committee of investigation
should be immediately organized, in the
name and upon the responsibility of the
whole body of the citizens, louse all ne
cessary means for ferreting out this nefa
rious plot, and bringing the offenders to
speedy justice. This committee, thus
organized, composed of 13 ol the most
respectable citizens of the county, men
of elevated standing in the community,
for moral worth, integrity and discretion,
proceeded us soon as possible to the task
assigned them ; and discovering that the
evidences of a conspiracy having been
formed were perfectly conclusive, aud
that (he guilt of Cotton arid Saunders
was placed beyond doubt, with but little
delay ordered them to a public execution
by hanging, which took place in the
town of Livingston, on Saturday (he 4th
of July, Before Cotton was hung, he
made repeated confessions of his guilt,
bo h privately and publicly, in the pre
sence of an immense multitude, and fur
nished a detail of the plan of operations
agreed on, and a list, of the conspirators.
It seems from Cotton’s confession, which
was, as to the most essential particulars,
reduced to writing previous to his death,
and subscribed hy him in presence of
numerous witnesses, that he was an ac
complice of the celebrated Mu rrel; and he
in fact acknowledged that he had been a
member of two grand councils in associ
ation with Murrcl himself.
The project embraced the whole slave
region Irom Maryland to Louisiana, and
contemplated the total destruction of the
white population of nil (lie. slave States,
aud the absolute conquest and dominion
of the country. A large number of hold,
enterprising and unprincipled white men
are concerned in (lie scheme,..scattered
over the country along the whole line of
contemplated operations, who have suc
ceeded in engaging the aid of such among
the negro population as, from (heir pe
culiar characteristics, were regarded as
best suited to such an enterprize —the
bold, Ihe sagacious, the desperate. Arms
and ammunition have been procured,
aud deposited iu various secret places,
and all other arrangements effected
which are deemed essential to the adop
tion of incipient operations. The publi
cation of the Murrcl pamphlet is under
stood to have precipitated die attempted
execution of (lie plot, and to have indu
ced earlier hostile movements, by several
months, than was orginally contempla
ted. So far as we have been informed,
the scheme of operations agreed on was
as follows:’
On die night of the 4th of July, au at
tack was to be made on the town of Ver
non, in Madison county, at a time when
most of its white population would be
asleep. The whites thus taken hy sur
prise, were to he indiscriminately butch
ered. All the ammunition and arms of
the town were to be seized, and the whole
force of the insurgents, as rapidly as pos
sible, was to be directed against the town
of Livingston, where similar proceedings
were to be had. By the lime (Ids could
be accomplished, it was expected (he
whole hotly of white people would he
overcome with panic, mid would be con
strained to tly from the scene of terror;
and every black in the country able to
wield the weapons of warfare, would he
found arrayed around the insurgent
standard. This army of incendiaries
was men to march upon the town of Clin
ton, burning, sacking, mid laying deso
late the whole country as they advanced.
By the time the destruction of Clinton
could have been accomplished, it was
expected that the insurgent army would
be greatly strengthened aud amount to
perhaps several thousand. A precipi
tous march was then to be made to the
•tunny of Claiborne, along the skirts of
\\ m ien, and tiie whole country upon
the river bank was to be ravaged and in
undated with the blood of men, women,
aud children.
Such arc the outlines of this plan of
conspiracy, related by those who have
witnessed much of the investigation
which lias taken place upon the subject
in Madison county. \Ve are sorry that
we are unable at present to furnish an
account ot all the lads disclosed in the
progress of that investigation; but we
have been promised a statement of all
the evidence furnished to the committee
in Madison, as soon as it shall he conve
niently prepared ; when we shall deem
it our duty, as a sentinel of the public
safety, to make them as widely known
as possible, that a due degree of vigi
lance and activity among the white pop
ulation to secure our present safety, and
(he utter eradication of this accursed
conspiracy.
\V are assured by a gentlemen who
was in Livingston on Monday last, (hat
the utmost order seems to pervade the
community there. An intense excite
ment certainly exists among the whole
white population; but the excitement is
ol that awful and profound character
which discloses not itself in noise and
uproar. — The committee of investigation
occupy a room withdrawn from the mul
titude, and the utmost calmness and dig
nity have marked their whole procee
dings. The investigations which take
place, as the various cases arc brought
before them for consideration, are con
ducted in a manner that would not do
discredit to the most dignified judicial •
tribunal of the country. Every oppor
tunity is furnished to the persons iucul-1
paled ofcross-examtningwitnesses, intro-!
during testimony in their own defence j i
and explaining all doubtful points by
their own voluntary statements,which the
most humane could desire; and what is
truly creditable, not a word of unkind
ness is permitted to be addressed to the
culprit on trial, and no question pro
pounded to any of the witnesses calcu
lated to produce a statement of the case
not entirely in accordance with truth and
justice. SVe arc told that five while
men, altogether, have been hung in Liv
ingston. Re el Blake, one of the prime
movers of the conspiracy, and who, it
was said, was the individual designated
to lead on the army of incendiaries
against the country, had (led in dismay,
but was apprehended in Vicksburg, car
ried iTack to Livingston and tried, and
executed on yesterday between 3 and 4
o'clock. Tne number of negroes execu
ted we have not heard precisely enume
rated, but wc suppose it to amount to
some 14 or 15.
Wc are just informed that Hukteb,
one of the chiefs of the conspiracy, has
been apprehended near Benton, in Yazoo
county ; and that he has made some ma
terial disclosures in addition to those al
ready made.
A emmittee similar to the one in Ma
dison, has been in session several days
in Clinton. Various suspected white
men, from different parts of the county,
have been arrested, brought before them
and discharged. Several negroes have
also been hauled up ; hut nothing having
been elicited which authorized punish
ment, they were set at liberty.
We sincerely trust that our country
men will be on the alert through'ml the
Slate ; for indeed we do feel that there
is danger abroad. Timely precaution
will ensure our perfect safety, and utter
ly defeat this abominable project; but
inaction and apathy may be productive
: of consequences which we do not dare to
name.
THE ABOLITIONISTS.
“The dangerous designs of these des
perate fanatics, and their attempts to lay
a foundation for executing them, has been
(he source of much newspaper remark,
and are designed lobe, if persevered in,
the fruitful cause of an excitement,
■ which, if it do not dissolve the Union,
will shake its existence to the centre.
Wc are loth to persuade ourself that the
incendiary purposes of Tappan, Garrison
and Co., are cither seconded or counte
nanced by any respectable portion of our
Northern brethren. If they be, it is high
time the South was looking to herself,
and preparing for the bloody emergency
which will unquestionably arise the mo
| ment the attempt is made to lay sacrile
gious hands on a particular species of our
‘ property. But we really do not see any
I evidence that the people of the North to
• any extent, favor such a project, on the
contrary, wc think the evidence of an
, opposite character, if the great excite
ment of the whites in New Work, last
fall, against the blacks, and more recent
ly in Philadelphia, are to be looked upon
as at all expressive of (he sentiments of
the populace.- It is to the interest at
present, of a particular class of presses,
to produce a jealousy against our North
ern neighbors, and they are very willing
to consummate their purpose at the ex
pense of truth, and with (ho aid of any
species of exaggeration to which Ihey can
plausibly resort, to excite (he fears of
those on whose minds they desire to ope
rate. We ask the people, who are so
loud in their clamors on this subject as
the opponents of the Republican candi
date for the Presidency ? Hatred of
Martin Van Burnt and his cause, we are
constrained (perhaps uncharitably) to be
lieve, are the quickeners of their other
wise commendable zeal in‘behalf of
Southern interests.”— Petersburg Con
stellation.
This, then, is the secret of this indif
ference qn the part of the Administration
press at (he South to say any thing on
tlie subject of the Slave question ! It
will hurt Marlin Van Buren! A fear is
entertained that it will, or by possibility
may, diminish the chances of his elec
lion; and the interests of the whole
South arc to be sacrificed to the supposed
interests of a New York intriguer. We
knew tliis to bo the case, but scarcely
expected so indiscreet a confession of it.
We are told above, that hatred of the
cause of Van Buren actuates those who
see danger to the Union in the incendiary
movements at the North. And what
then? Is the cause of Van Buren so
sacred, that it is sacrilege to warn the
people of the dangers ahead ? Must the
editor of a public press prove traitor to
his duty, lest by possibility the interests
ot a corrupt politician may be affected ?
And this is Democracy in Virginia, is ilf
I’lie Constellation would fain make us
believe, that so loyal is the Old Domini
on, that she is willing to sacrifice her own
interests and honor to gratify the ambition
ut Martin Van Buren.
It would seem, from the article in the
Constellation, that the first thing to be
considered in bringing any tiling before
the public, is. how far Mr. Van Buren is
to be affected by it. It is acknowledged
that danger may be apprehended if the
Abolitionists are encouraged by “any
respectable portion of our Northern breth
ren!” Now what is meant by the res
pectable portion? Are clergymen res
pectable ? Are ex-members of Congress
respectable? Are Presbyteries respec
table? Are Synods respectable? Are
rheological Institutions respectable?—
Are two hundred and filly societies,
formed of all classes, respectable ?—of
which societies, a single one has collect
ed twice as much as the whole Coloniza
tion Society, at the head of which are
some of the first men of the country!
It all these do not constitute a sufficient
portion of respectability to warrant the
Constellation, and other friends of Mr.
Van Buren; to call (he attention of the
people to the subject, then wc suppose that
nothing will be considered as sufficiently
respectable to merit their attention, but a
bill passed in Congress to emancipate the
slaves, or to lay taxes for their purchase.
Then, wc suppose, the Constellation, and
the apostate at Richmond, would tell us,
“that it was really time to begin to think
about the matter.”— U. S. Telegraph,
From the Columbus Enquirer.
It is positively amusing to witness the
(act and cunning by which a hard run
politician, will attempt to struggle*out of i
a tight place. Instead of meeting and i
repelling a charge that has been directly I
made, it is now the fashion to hatch up
a kind of hypothetical imputation in one’s
own behalf, and (hen swear downright
that the accused is not guilty in manner
and form as set forth in Ids own bill of
indictment. Nothing is more ingenious,
bv way of misleading public investigation,
than fora man when he is guilty ol steal
ing, to aver that lie is innocent of mur
der, mid call upon others to substantiate
the latter change. This mode of defence
is of peculiar service to those, who hav
ing sinned with a high hand against the
political faith of the republicans, find it
now convenient to assume a virtue though
they have it not. The following extract
from the last Standard of Union is a strik
ing example of this peculiar defence.
“A report has been circulated in a
neighboring county, that when the news
of the victory of Orleans reached Louis
ville, then the residence of Judge Schley,
he refused to illuminate his house, and
that it was stoned or brick-batted in con
sequence of such refusal.
We are authorized to pronounce it a
base fabrication having no foundation in
truth —and the author is challenged to
the proof.”
Mr. Schley it is known has been charg
ed again ant* again, with an attachment
to the doctrines of the old school federal
ists, which charge, as far as we know or
believe he has never undertaken to palli
, ate or deny. It is also known that the
. federalists and Mr. Schley among them,
\ were opposed to the principles and poli
cy of the late war. Now, friend Haynes
thinks, by placing the proposition in the
. shape he has, to divert the public mind
( from the acknowledged sins of his friend,
, and provoke an unprofitable discussion
as to whether in truth, and in fact, he did
j refuse to illuminate his house upon a
„ certain occasion. This cunning editor
\ no doubt supposes, that if this last foul
imputation cannot be sustained, his can
didate will stand free from all censure.
Not quite so fast if you please. The
fact, of his federalism will stand just
• where it does, whether his house was il
r laminated in honor of his country’s vic
i lories, or battered with brick bats for its
i owners /aeA>patriotism.
, If we thought the Judge would give a
, few answers to a few plain questions, vve
, would with pleasure propound them to
. him. These questions would be put to
; the editor of the Standard, but that gen
i tlemau lias of late so many bad charac
- lets to endorse, that we fear he might
■ strain a point in this case, and by going
i a little too far make the matter.a little too
, plain. We prefer therefore, to address
' them directly to the proper witness, and
■ upon his refusal to answer, we are con
tent that he of the Standard shall come
■ in as second best, and act Sancho for his
present master. The questions are six
i in number, and in the following words
i and figures, (to wit.)
First. Has not Judge Schley been an
open, uniform and consistent federalist,
during his past life, and has he even in
these latter days abandoned any of his
long cherished principles and opinions
relative to the unlimited powers of the
Federal Government?
Second. Was not Judge Schley the
open opponent of tt>e Administration of
: Jefferson and Madison, and the avowed
advocate of the doctrines of the “Elder
Adams ?”
Third. Upon every occasion where
the mandate of the Supreme Court has
been levelled against the sovereignty of
this State, has not Judge Schley invari
ably maintained the authority and omnip
otence of that fearful tribunal ?
Fourth. Was not Judge Schley op
posed both to the policy and principles
of the late war, and in accordance with
the feeling which generated this opposi
tion, did be not rejoice at the burning of
the capitol by the British, and wisli that
Mr. Madison had been, consumed in the
dames ? If so, what gave rise to that
fiend-like joy, and still more liend-like
wish ?
Fifth. When the news reached Louis
ville that the freemen of this country
had triumphed in the glorious struggle,
and that honorable peace had visited its
shores again ; did not Judge Schley re
fuse to illuminate his house, and was not
a house close in his neighborhood brick
batted? If so, whose house was it?
Sixth. Did not Judge Schley offer to
represent the people of Jefferson county
in the State Legislature, since the war ,
and-scarcely received votes enough to
e ect a corporal? If so, what objection was
there made to him, and why so small a
vote ?
The chargeswhich these questions im
ply, are believed to be true by a large
portion of the citizens of Georgia; there
was a time when the most of them were
known to be true. Things have strange
ly changed. The impresssion of past
events has gradually worn away from the
public mind. The man who was known
to be guilty of all the sins contained in
the black catalogue of political Atheism,
becomes suddenly transformed into a
more thorough-blooded republican than
old Jefferson himself, and rises from the
polluted pool of Federalism, sanctified
by the mysterious influence and magic
virtues of Unionism. Such is the effect
of time and change. When a man be
comes a candidate he can easily set forth
such a set of principles us will suit tlie
people. The way to judge him however,
is, to take his whole private and public
life together, and if by doing so he is
found unworthy, brand him with Tckel
and let him go.
—•••»»© £) ©««•••
Prom the Milledgevillc Recorder.
Errors Corrected.— The tone of
surprise affected by our neighbors, at our
bringing belore the people of Georgia,
the different politics of the candidate ask
ing their suffrages tor the highest office
in their gift, and their futile effort to
withdraw public attention from the main
point ofinterest, by unfounded charges of
inconsistency against our political friends
and ourselves, is not all surprising. On
the contrary, come such disingenuous and ;
shuttling mode of reasoning was, under i
the circumstances, alone to have been 1
expected. '
M e_ tints characterise their mode of j
reasoning, because our statements were i
made in a spirit of moderation and can- t
dour, characterished by no bitterness, !
scrupulously abstaining from tlie too t
common folly of substituting abuse and ‘
insult for fact and argument, and most j
easily susceptible of refutation, if errone- ’j
ous, by .application to the gentleman t
himself, whose politics wc have, to the v
best of our belief and information, de- f
scribed. It is shuffling, because, if the
inconsistency of the State Rights party |
be even as flagrant as they declare it to j
be, that circumstance makes Mr. Schley |
no more nor no less a federalist, than if s
it were not so ; and that is the only point i
in discussion. It is shuffling, because i
our charge is not, as they have is, that '
“Judge Schley, their candidate for the
Executive, has been a federalist;” but
our charge (if they will have it so,) it that
Judge Schley, their candidate for the
Executive is at this moment a federa
list, according to the best information we
can obtain from those who have been in
timate with him all their lives. And it
is furthermore shuffling, because we sta
led (hat their candidate, as the result of
the reflection of his own matured intel
lect, preferred the politics of Alexander
Hamilton, and considered Mr. Jefferson
as a mere theorist in politics. Is this-so,
or js it not so ? for (his is the only point
in issue. Judge Schley can answer this
definitely, and it is due to himself, and
the people, whose chief magistrate lie
1 seeks to be, to answer it. Nor are we
disposed to confine the gentleman, in
■ his answer, to a period long antecedent
to the present, when he is asking for pop
■ ular favor. If he has changed Ins politics
at a time sufficiently remote from the
present, to take from it the obvious ap
: pearance of insincerity, we shall be the
. last to cast in his teeth the political er
• rors of the past. The course is a plain
s and easy one: let Judge Schley express
: to the people his renunciation of feilera
-1 lism ; we will not ask him to enter into
, detail, but only to say that he prefers the
i plain republicanism pf Thomas Jefferson,
J to the federal doctrines of the Hamilton
i ian school; and the people may then vote
r for him, as one who now, at least, avows
1 the politics of the state, which always
- have been, and are even now, with all
• our errors, genuinely" republican at the
2 bottom. And we will conclude this point,
t by r merely giving it as our opinion, that
- Judge Schley will make no such renun
- elation ; and for the very honest reason,
s so far as we can learn, that “he is of the
same opinion still.” Nous verrons.
2
j From the United States Telegraph.
3 THE “SOUTHERN” FARCE AT NEW
YORK.
The Southern meeting at New York was quite
an abortion. It was even worse; and is calculat
ed to do more harm than good. It will encourage
the fanatics, by making them believe that the
• South do not intend to oppose any serious obsta
-3 etc to their progress; and they arc disposed to
1 leave the whole matter, as they express it in the
. resolution adopted, “in confidence to the intelli
, gcncc of our Northern brethren.” The declara
, lion with which it is accompanied, that the right
( of property “shall he held sacred and maintained,”
‘ is mere moonshine —a declaration that follows,
> of course, and which will have as much effect as
whistling to the wind. And, In fact, so little ef
l foot does it appear to have had at the place where
it was made, that the very journal from which
! we take the extract, openly avows that it hopes to
see the surplus revenue of the Government ap
• plied to the extinguishment of slavery.
’ It surely was very little worth while for the
J Southerners in New York to put forth a flaming
proclamation of tho momentous subject which
, they were going to take into consideration; a
(• subject, say they, which involves “ the sacred
. rights guaranteed to us by the great charter of
our liberties. It is a subject involving not only
r our private interests, ourpersonal immunities, but
the very lives ol ourselves, our wives, and our
; children—nay, it must inevitably shake, to its
, foundation, tho Union of the States !’* And yet,
j 1 when they meet, this momentous subject dwindles
down to a mere bagatelle, scarcely worth tho at
tention of the people of the South ; and one that
ought to be ‘Heft in confidence to the intelligence
of the North," the very persons against whoso
action the object ot the meeting was, wc presume,
1 to protest, and to take measures to guard against.
, There is something almost mysterious in these
proceedings. It would have been much better to
r have let alone doing any thing, than have thus
‘ eompromitted in some degree the interests they
t were avowedly designed to defend.
2 It is very extraordinary, and to us most unac
t countable, that the meeting should have adopted
a the resolutions they did. They would have been
excusable even if their apprehensions had gone
beyond the extent of the danger ; but that after
the acknowledgment that the aspect of things at
r the North was such as to call upon them for an
, expression of some opinion—for the considera
-5 lion of tho adoption of some measures by which
. the danger might he lessened—then to end with
j. the resolution that there was no danger at all,
that they had been frightened by a shadow, was
certainly the last thing that was to have been ex
pected.
) We regret that by so doing they have furnish
' cd the fanatics with an opportunity to exult over
the discomfiture of the South; for such they, and
, all others will consider it. It will be thought that
j timidity has prevented them from carrying out
what they begun, or that they were really con
-1 vinced by a few milk and water speeches, that
there was nothing to apprehenJ from the raachi
■ nations of the incendiaries. If the latter bo the
case, how will the fanatics rejoice at the prospect
, of operating undisturbed and unopposed; and
, what discouragement will it be to those friends of
tho South, who have come forward so promptly
to defend her rights, and denounce all interference
with her domestic institutions 1 They may say,
why need wo wield our pons or raise our voices,
where no apprehension is entertained by those
immediately interested 1
From the If. S. Telegraph.
OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
It would seem from what is below, that our good
friends, the British, are of the friendly
disposition of out present Administration, and so
encouraged by the impunity with which they have
boon permitted to make possession of one third of
the State of iVlaine, that they are disposed to make
tho same expei intent in relation to New Hamp
shire. The case .in Maine holds out to New
Hampshire a of a settlement of tho
question. Gen. Jackson has been near seven
years in office, and tho Maine Boundary question
is just where it was. The settlement of the ques
tion has been sacrificed to the more important ob
ject of making Van Buren President.,
A SPECK OF WAR.
Further dispute on the subject of the Eastern
boundary, it seems, is about being added to those
which have already occasioned so much unprofita
ble excitement. Indian Stream, embracing a
portion of tei ritory heretofore considered within
the jurisdiction of New Hampshire, wc learn from
the Concord Statesman, is now claimed as being
within the jurisdiction of the British authorities,
and measures have actually been taken for carry
ing the claim into practical operation, placing the
territory of Now Hampshire in a situation similar '
to that Maine at Mcdawaska, about which so much |
has been said. Tho inhabitants have heretofore
been numbered with the population of the state,
and the resident authorities have always acted un
der the authority of New Hampshire. The fol
lowing letter, which we copy from the Statesman,
will show the nature of tho dispute as well as the
spirit in which the controversy is maintained.,
Major Downing must take the mutter in hand, tl
and the sooner he gets upon the ground the bet
ter will it be for all patties. The letter is dated a
Stewartslown, Saturday, July fourth. d
“On Sunday last, Mr. Luther Parker, of Indian ti
Stream, by assumed authority, from tho province a
of Lower Canada, was arrested on a charge of hav- si
ing furnished a neighbor of his, Mr. Sampson
Thurston, with weapons of defence, with an in
tent to resist the Jaws of Indian Stream, since I
which, for that offence, he has been lodged in I
Sherbrooke Jail, to await his trial in October next.
“ For the further information of the public it
may not be improper to add, that the inhabitants
of Indian Stream, with tho exception of Mr. Par
ker, and a few others, have zealously contended
for laws of their own make—and by which they
attempted to arrest the body of Mr. Thurston, who
with no less zeal, contended that place was with
in the jurisdiction of the statcofNcw Hampshire
—but he being well armed, defeated their design.
After this repulse, application was made to a ma
gistrate of the province of Lower Canada, for as
sistance, who issued a warrant against Mr. Parker
as before stated, and one against Mr. Thurston
but he has not been arrested, in consequence of
his leaving the place. The person who acted as
Sheriff in tho affair, and also those who assisted
him, reside at Indian Stream, and are in open re
bellion to the laws of New Hampshire. How long
shall affairs thus remain I” —United States Gaz.
Georgia, Columbia County.
WHEREAS, Jesse S. Walton and James
Cartlidgc, Executors of the estate of Sa
-1 rah Walton, deceased, late of said count)', apply
1 for Letters of Dismission front said estate.
These arc, therefore, to cite and andmonish all
i and singular, the kindred and creditors of said dc
l ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the
, time prescribed by law, to file their objections, if
, any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not bo granted.
1 Given under my hand, at office, in Appling,
I this 37th of June, 1835.
GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
3 July 1 film 7!)
- lull and Winter Hoods.
VHIHE undersigned has received a full supply
J JSL of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, comprising
- an assortment of English, French and American
1 goods, more extensive th in he has over yet offered.
$ Also, a full stock of GROCERIES—aII which he
offers for sale on favorable terms,
WM. BOSTWICK.
’ NOW LANDING,
2 100 boxes and 20 casks Superior Cheese
> 80 barrels superior family Canal Flour, ftom
new Wheat, “ Ely’s” rod brand.
C Oct 23 7
s Superior Corded Skirts.
? Snowden <s* Shear,
B"WAVE Just Received from New York, a
6 Sw supply of very superior English Corded
Shirts ; also, a large supply of J\lusquito JVet
,t ting,
. July lg 83
t CHLOSE HOTEL
0 Augusta, Georgia,
10 rmHE Subscriber has taken the entire control
' iS. of that spacious and well known Establish
ment, on the comer of Broad and Jackson streets,
which will bo open to customers on tho Ist o
*’ September next. The building has just been re
L " fitted, and the rooms newly and handsomely fur
nislted, and tho table will be supplied with the best
the market will afford. Transient families will
also meet the most ample accommodations and at
f tendance; and every effort will be made to give
satisfaction to those who may patronize this es
.e tablishracnt. He hopes from his experience, and
1 earnest efforts to please, tnat he will deserve the
0 patronage ho solicits.
BENTON WALTON.
o August 20 92
® Georgia, Jefferson County.
a HEREAS, Littlcbcrry Bostick, Adminis
J V v trator on the estate of Nicholas C. Con
if nelly, deceased, applies for Letters of Dismission
y from said estate.
it These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish, all
ir and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
:s deceased, to be and appear at my office, within
t, the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
is if any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
t- should not be granted.
it Given under my hand, at office, in Louisville,
a this 2d day of May, 1835.
o D. E. BOTHWELL, Clerk.
>, may 6 6tm 63
e * Administrator’s J\*otice.
o Bi T OUR months after date, application will bo
is JB? made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
y of Jefferson county, while sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the real estate of Isaac W.
Mulling, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
d WINIFRED MULLING, Adm’r.
n July 11 4tm 82
ie ——•
!r GSuOSIGSA, Hu rtic County:
lt tkMZHEREAS, George Gunby applies for
n 'f V Letters Dismissory on the estate of
l " James, Joseph, and Martha Hines, deceased.
11 These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all
h and singular, tho kindred and creditors of said
*> deceased, to be and appear at ray office, within
lS the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
if any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not be granted.
” Given under my hand, at office, in Waynesbo
r rough, this 29th January, 1835.
d J. G. BADULY, Clerk
lt Feb 4 Otm 3”
it _____
Guardian’* Notice.
t HA OUR months after date, application will be
- JT madeto the Honorable Inferior Court of
e Burke county, when sitting for Ordinary purpo
t ses, for leave to sell two hundred and fifty acres
i Land, adjoining lands of Turner, Lewis, and oth
f ers, belonging to the minor heirs of E. Thomas,
i deceased.
e MATISON ROBERTS,
, Guardian of the heirs,
t January 10 4tm 30
2 ——
EXECFTOK’S NOTICE.
FOUR months after date, application will
bo made to tho Honorable the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Burke county, when sit
ting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell tho
1 scgrocs belonging to the estate of Adam Brin
' non, deceased.
) STEPHEN BRINSON, 7 „ ,
CYPRION BRINSON, i ±,x rs
March 28 52
Woorfrin, Jcdersoit Comity:
WHEREAS, Maurice Ruiford, Executor l
applies for Lettets dismissory on the
1 Estate of Maurice Raiford, deceased.
1 These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors o fsaid
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within
the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
if any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not bo granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Louisville,
the 7th February, 1835.
D.E. BOTHWELL, Clerk
Feb 11 39
Administratrix’s JVotice.
FOUR months after date, application will bo
made to tho Honorable the Inferior Court
ol Jefferson county, while sitting for Ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of Eli
zabeth Feme,deceased, late of said county
MARY STEPHENS, Adm’x,
March 21 4tm 50
Georgia, Kurke County.
WHEREAS, Samuel Andrews applies for
Letters Dismissory on the estate of Ca
tkcrinc Taylor, and Robert Taylor, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said dc
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within tho
time prescribed by law, to file their objections, t f
any they have, to shew cause why said Letter
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Wayncsbo.
rough, this 29th January, 1835.
J. G. BADULY Clerk.
Feb 4 6On 37