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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1833.
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Augusta, Sept. 30, 1835.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“One who knows,” in reply to “Nccker,” in
the last Courier, was received too late for today,
but shall appear in our next.
RAIL-ROAD ACCIDENT.
“ Owing to an accident—the breaking of the
rail-road a few miles this side of Charleston—we
did not get Saturday’s mail till yesterday evening;
though this is far from being the worst result of
the accident. The Engineer, we learn, got his
thigh broke, and a black man lost his life.— Cou
rier of Monday,
SILK CULTURE.
“ Any person in Georgia, desirous of entering in
the culture of the Mulberry, for the purpose of
raising silk-worms, can have a good opportunity
of accomplishing the object. There are now in
Augusta, two persons well acquainted with the
culture of the mulberry, the raising of worms, and
the manufacture of silk thread, who wish to get
employment in their line of business, which was
their profession in Europe. Immediate applica
tion should be made at this office, when all the
information desired respecting these two persons,
will be given.— Constitutionalist of yesterday.
MORE UNION SIrtNDF.lt !
We extract the following from the last Georgia
Courier, as endorsed by it from the Columbus
Sentinel:
From the Columbus Sentinel.
Who arc the leading abolitionists at the North 1
Arthur Tappan & co.
To what political parly does Tappan & co. be
long 1 The Whig.
Who at the South rejoice at Whig triumphs 1
The nullies.
Do not those individuals who unite with the
Whigs, and aid their cause, favor Abolition 1 I
think so. What think ye, Gcoigians 1
LACON.
We have no other comment to make on this,
than what maybe found in the following Resolu
tions, adopted unanimously, the first, by a meeting
of the people of Scriven, and the second, of Clark
county ; both composed alike of Union and State
Rights men:
“ Resolved, unanimously, by the Slate Rights
men and Union men of Scriven, that he who
charges either of the above political parlies of this
county, with participating in the designs of the
Abolitionists, is a Liar, and that such a charge,
if made to us personally, in our county, would
subject the offender to the immediate infliction of
Lynch’s law.”
“ Resolved , That it is no party question, and
there is no division of opinion among the people
of Georgia on the foregoing subject, and any at
tempt to make the people of the South, or the Fa
natics of the North, believe otherwise, will be un
true in fact, unjust in principle, and tend manifest
ly to the injury of our cause, by strengthening the
confidence, and encouraging the zeal of our blind
and infatuated adversaries.”
ELECTION RETURNS.
Our friends in the country, are earnestly re
quested to furnish us with the Election Returns
for Governor, Congress, and the Legislature, in
their respective counties, os early as practicable.
Those doing so, who arc not subscribers, shall be
furnished with each number of the Chronicle,
till the entire returns are completed.
r I A SIGN.
On Saturday last, an election was held at the
. house of Mr. Smith, for a Justice of (he Peace, fin
the 119th District, in this county. The following
is the result r
- State Sights. Union.
Col. Wx. Dotes, 50 | Mr. Jason Watkins, 37
5 We notice the result of this election as a sign
of the times, from the peculiar circumstances un
s dcr which it was canvassed. Gen. Thomas Gl*s
, ! cock, one of the most distinguished tacticians in
- the Slate, a prominent leader of die Union party,
’ and, withal, its favorite nominee for Congress,was
, | on the ground, and espoused the pretensions ol
t | Mr. Jason Watkins; but, after all that he or his
j I friends could do, his candidate was beaten by a
, majority of 13 voles; and the General wended his
i way home, with the philosophical remark, it is
said, that he was tired of electioneering.
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LITTELL’S MUSEUM
I Os Foreign Literature, Science, and Art.
I The September No. is before us, but we have
barely had lime to glance at its contents, the table
of which may be seen in our advertising columns.
The subjects arc varied and interesting, as usual,
and they arc no doubt treated with the usual abi
lity of the leading foreign periodicals, from which
they fire extracted. We ran our eyes hastily over
the article on Gastronomy, from the London Quar
terly Review, which the able editor of the Museum
says, “ is, alone, a ‘feast’.” We were induced to
this, from a perusal of “Bon-ron,” by Eiioar A.
Poe, Esq., in the last Southern Literary .Messen
gers and from the slight comparison which our
time permits us to make, w- think that the “ Bon.
bon” is, at least, as savoury a tid-bit as the ‘‘Gas
tronomy and Gastronomers” of tire London Quar
terly.
This No. Is embellished with a fine engraving
of “ Snargate Street, Dover," which is a beau
tiful specimen of the pictorial art, particularly in
its perspective view of the towering and majestic
clifl's, in the back ground.
THE SCHLEY PARTY.
G. Ilolsey, Esq., in communicating to Judge
Win. Schley, the charges preferred against him,
says:
“ Thus have I, sir, in the most unreserve I man
ner, stated the olt repeated accusations that are
supposed to lie heavily against your political or
thodoxy, and which, again permit me to say, it not
refuted, must prejudice you in the eyes of lire peo
ple of Georgia, and thereby defeat the most san
guine hopes and expectations of our friends.”
Now, we respectfully and seriously ask Mr.
Holscy, and every impartial and intelligent man,
no matter to what party lie is attached, tlio follow
ing plain and unequivocal questions:
Have those “oft repeated accusations” been
“refilled 1”
Have not ale the material charges brought a
gainst Judge Schley, been fully proved, by unim
peachable testimony 1 And,
Has there been, either by Judge Schley, or his
advocates, any rebutting evidence presented, inva
liHaling or destroying that testimony, in the slight
est degree 1
As honest, candid, and intelligent men, Mr
Hidsey and his friends, must answer the first and
last question negatively, and the second, affirma
tively. The charges against Judge Schley, being
therefore, fully proved, and their truth firmly estab
lished, they “must,” in the language of Mr.
Holscy, “prejudice Judge Schley,” anil justly too,
“in the eyes of the people of Georgia, and there
hy defeat the most sanguine hopes and expecta
tions of his friends.”
Judge Schley has led his friends into error, in
relation to his political character—and, many of
them now well know it, and are justly incensed
at the delusion which has been practised upon
them. Although political opponents, wc can feel
for the very delicate position in which Mr. Holscy
and others of his party are placed, by the disinge
nuousness of Judge Schley. As honest politici
ans. their only alternative is, to renounce him ;
and this, we arc credibly informed, great numbers,
much to ihcir credit, have already done.
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
We earnestly recommend attention to the fol
lowing highly interesting and instructive letters
from our able and intelligent correspondent at the
North, whose former ones have been read, we un
derstand, with great interest. We can assure the
Southern people, tirat there breathes not a man
amongthem more completely identified with them
in interest, feeling, or principle, or from rigid hon
esty, patiiotism, and intelligence, more worthy of
their confidence. We need not say how warmly
and decidedly we concur with him in Iris able and
judicious views and suggestions, generally :
New York, 14th Sept. 1835.
Dear Sir, —I am so much concerned on the
subject, that I beg you will excuse the trouble of
another letter, on tire necessity of the South taking
immediate, and prompt and energetic measures,
i for its own protection, in regard to Slavery.
1 In South Carolina, they forbid any slave or
1 f rC c person of color, from returning to that state,
! after having been in either of (lie Non-Slavehoid-
I ing States. The policy of such a law is obvious
f ly good, on the least reflection; but much more
so, when it is known how very hostile and in
! flammatory the language of the blacks here, is, mi
- the subject of slavery. They have engravings and
■ prints of all the leaders of the Insurrection in St.
Domingo, and ol Boyer and Pelion, suspended in
3 their houses; and those who can read (and most
i of them can, for they have free schools establish
ed by the whites for their use,) know all the par
ticulars of that sanguinary conflict, belter thar
the whites here, or at the south ; beside which
the whites consider it the highest degree of phi
S lanthropy, to aid slaves in the acquisition of the!
II freedom ; and all consider slavery utterly abomi
nablc. Depend upon it, the lectures given t
c slaves or free colored persons, on a visit to th
north, are not such as will produce anything bit
• gv-il, at the south. I know a slave who was let
I lured by a barber, (a colored man) in Boston, on
0 tlie subject—and though the former was wiser
>r than most slaves are, and preferred his present
g condition to that of the free colored persons at
the north—and gave cogent and forcible reasons
1 for his preference— yet he was told of the d:s
--7 grace of being a slave—and a most artful appeal
n was made to his passions, which sooner or later,
1* |in some moment of discontent, may and will
i- doubtless have its infl. Tier. Laws on this mnt
n tor cannot be too rigid-—whether we consider the
f, good of the slave, or his master,
is' I have before suggested the necessity of sepa
)f rating the free colored persons entirely from the
| s slaves, by sending them out of the state—and in
a this expulsion, I would include all who arc aclu
[a i ttxally free, and held, nominally, as many arc, con
ig tmry to law, by their white friends. It should be
sufficient to see a colored person in the state, to
prove ho was a slave. I would prevdht them hi
ring themselves, or living off the premises of their
owners—and I would compel each owner, to keep
c a white superintendent on every place occupied
e by negroes, on which he does not himself reside,
whether it in l in town or country. Tim bene
-1 fit of this would lie felt by the whole community
who arc now depredated upon, to raise the means
I, °f paying w ages to the masters of those who have
~ these indulgences—and a wholesome control and
.. observation ill make the slaves happier, as wcl'
n as more useful to their owners, while their exam
-0 pie will not cause dissatisfaction to those who
j may lie denied such privileges. I would suffer
j llO preaching to them, exoept by a native born
r southerner, duly licensed, for the purpose,
or in the presence of at least, three respocta
hie freeholders of lie neighborhood—and all such
meetings should lie held in day-time. I would
| make it penal for any person, not a resident of the
I South, to ije seen privately talking or giving books
’ to read, to any slave, on any subject, unless in the
hearing of a freeholder; which might lie mitigated,
i when (he non-slavcholding stales should make it
c criminal, to write, print, and publish incendiary
articles, and circulate them at the south, through
the mail or otherwise. The laws already make it
„ criminal for residents to circulate such doctrines
among them.
And, above all, 1 won! 1, in ail measures, and
. a h tilings, on ibis, and on all other subjects of in
, terest between the south and the north, take pains
- to speak with unanimity—with one voice, if jirac
-1 licalile—and, ns I said before, such a voice from
_ the south, will be heard, and soil! prevail. The
Editors here may bluster and li ia~t, and add par
. a graph lo paragraph in denial ; but the sonili is
i, 100 important to the very existence of these peo
. pie, to be treated with disrespect, when she speaks
with unanimity and decision. Th y may not ac
, know ledge it, but most of them know it.
Yuur’s, &c.
New York, I.9th Sept.. 1835,
When I last wrote you, I said that all the pec.
pic at tlie North w ere Abolitionists, immediate or
s ultimate. I now call your attention l» tlie . ililo
rial of the New York American ofi. the 17tli, as
addi ional evidence of what I then stated. The
editor is openly and avowedly an Abolitionist, ami
declares that the people of the North are and
1 have been so for fifty years, or more—anil calls
• iipon them to sustain their doctrines on tins point.
He ridicules tlie assertion if the Charleston Pu
- triot, that slavery is a benefit lo the South, and
• treats the propo ilinn ns startling to the whole poo*
, pie of the North. Mr, Otis, and all his coadjutors,
• in their speeches, and in their resolutions, which
• have otherwise been so justly landed, declared
their mo t unqualified disapprobation of Slavery,
i in every form, in every country, and under every
f circumstance—and Mr. Otis further declared, that
1 it had always been his opinion, and he hoped that
! opinion would sooner or later prevail, that funds
j should lie provided, from the Treasury of the Genc
j ral Government, lo be used by the several States in
which Slavery existed, for the removal of the
evil, &e. &e. Look, too, at the resolutions of eve
. very meeting in tire State of New York, and you
I . J
will find two most important and unjustifiable po
sitions, asserted for the North—that they have the
right of discussing the question—and that they
anticipate the removal of slavery, sooner or later.
Depend upon it, there is no security, nothing, in
R fact, hut danger, imminent danger, at tiro North,
on tliis subject —ami that tlie Southern Slates must
rely upon themselves, and themselves only, to
sustain their rights, and counteract this Northern
feeling, which will otherwise, sooner or later, burst
1 upon them with uncontrollable violence.
Let not party influence be allied to this subject.
You do not support Judge White, any more
‘ than Mr. Van Buren—nor do I—though I have
no doubt that the latter will obtain thousands of
1 abolition voles, while tile former will not probably
g-i one. Vet neither is such a man as we ran
s pp-irt, consistently with our State Rights prin-
I ripe-. Ld us have no band, therefore, in sup
porting either. Let Judge While suffer for his
vote on the Force Bill. Had lie ten thousand
*’ lives to sacrifice, he could n t remedy that fatal
i measure, in my estimation. Let him be detested
‘ fur it, accordingly—even let him lie as low as Van
’ Buren himself, for any distinction to be given by
Southern men.
’"j But, let not Mr. Van Buren escape with false
• colors, by imposing, as he has always done, upon
the S nth. He, or his party, gave the cue to all
" those meetings, in the Slate of New York; and the
' Desolations of those meetings, go to the very
utmost, that he or his party can be induced to go.
"1 1 do not speak unadvisedly, or wiibout -abundant
I I evidence of what T assert. It has leaked out, that
Hat the meeting of the committee of genllem n
r ' I w ho prepared the Resolutions of this city, great
n exertions were used by some one or more genlle-
men , to obtain a stronger expression in favor
"■ of the South ; but they could not; and, after
!lr great lalror and exertion of argument, they got
t | ie ton(! of them to the point yon have seen. A o
l ° more could be had; nothing more would be yiel
hc ,lcd! But whyl—l slisll explain; and then
ul w hat I have learned will nut require confirmation
!c " stronger.
'( 'The Regency has one interest, maintained
' 1 and existing at Albany. It is the Aristocratic
Democracy—that is, they are Democrats in name,
only, and live upon monopolies obtained by their
1 | Democracy, both from the State and Federal Go
j vernments.—The other is the Agrarian Democra
cy—the Ultras, composed of Trades Union men,
vagabond foreigners, and all the base and mean,
of ail the large towns and cities—who, having no
slaves to be the lower class, arc meaner, am) more
servile, than any people in this country. Tliis
party division is led by unprincipled dema
gogues—M— , a recently elected member of
Congress, the Editor of the Evening Post, an I
others of similar slanp. Toe Fort is their organ—
and they have the power, holding the position
between the Regency and the Whigs, to contiol
either party—and they are increasing so fast in
numbers, that the Regency, with whom they now
act, is compelled to conciliate their views ami
wishes. Hence, the tone of tlie Resolutions—and
banco, the limitation, as to measures against tlie
Abolitionists. The Agrarians would go no fur
ther—and the Regency could not outrage their
wishes, because they could not spare their services.
Tins fellow, M——, lectures every Sunday
night, from the Bible, in Tammany Hall. He is
an agrarian advocate, and, altogether, a most
dangerous character. He knows his power, and
how to wield it to his own advantage, as well as
lo retain and ineiease it. lam told that tlie Regen
cy, in negoelating for bis support, off-red various
inferior stations, as his compensation; but ho was
not to be had below ins value: lie named his sta
tion, and they had to succumb at last. He was
placed on their Congressional Ticket; and he was
elected, while no honest and intelligent man. of
any party, will pretend that he will not be a dis
grace to tlie State. lam told his Sunday evening
Lectures are numerously attended, and that Ins
commentaries on tlie Sacred Writings are shock
ing in the extreme.
I trust the subject of Slavery will not be per
mitted to sleep in the South, tilt the people there
shall have secured it upon the most indubitable
basis. If the counsels of Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Guieu,
ami others, prevail—if the Southern people calm
ly sit down to rely upon their Northern brethren
ill the matter—-they will Wake up, sooner or lalen
with an earthquake beneath them. They should
immediately summon a Convenri in of all die
Slates interested, where firm, decided, and merger
ic measures should hi- adopted, for tlie preserva
tion of their rights, and the safely of the r persons.
They should mark the line of e.oiiduet between
them & the north —and pi dnlv declare,that when
ever it slioul I he violated hy he latter, the po
litical connexion between them should instantiy
couse and measures should lie prepared fir tlie
proleetion of the southern s ates on tiieir own re
sources, as a separate and nub-pen lent people.
If you would preserve die Union, an I the rights
and tlie lives of die southern pi-Ojde, su-di is die
ntccssnry, and I believe die only measure, that
can preserve it long. The north cannot, and will
not, so far forget themselves, and lln-ir best inter
ests. as lo cause a dissolution. They would so m
er do us justice, uni aid us in punishing the in
een liiiiier—and when assured, as in that ease
they would be, of the disruption, they would be
abundantly careful not lo pass the Rube-on.
But, tills is not the only dilfignlly which it be
hoves us to provide against. These agrarians will
soon overrun the North. Toey will soon have
possession of the entire political power oldie eonn-
Iry —and they have no (e.-ling in common wit,
lie Southern people. They will go from die ex
treme of one measure, to tin- extreme of another*
till not an institution of the present day will he.
left standing. All will be rlno at the North—
and.the South, always in the minority, must fall
a sacrifice, sooner or later, unless they provide for
the event—and learn lo protect themselves by
virtue of the conservative rights of the S.ales.
I feel some apprehension that doctrines, origi
nating at the North, and received without exami
nation at the South, may al length prove injurious
to the latter. It is admitm! here, as a boon lo the
South, that tlie Legislatures of tlie Slave States
alone, have the authority to emancipate. I deny
dieir right to do any stieli thing—or any right on
eartii to do it, but with the consent of die owner
—else, of what kind of use or protection is that
clause of tlie Constitution, which declares Unit j
private properly shall not he taken for public n e, ■
without compensation—and how could the Legis. j
lalurc compensate the people for their slaves, hut i
by taxing tlie same people for die amount neces- i
sary to do so 1 which could Ire nothing more or
less than taking them wilhont compensation.
Let the people hewaro of tins insiduons doc
trine. There is a day coming, when their pre
sent assent to it may lie used lo their ruin.
Mr. Ritchie, and Old Virginia, will not meet in
a Southern Convention—because Virginia must he
a border state, in the event of a dissolution—and
because Mr. Ritchie would lose tlie rewards lie
has been earning from Mr. Van Buren and the Al
bany Regency. Be it so. Let Virginia occupy the '
neutral ground, then —or lake sides with the
north, as she may prefer. We shall loose some
good and great men, (who might go farther south
and he saved,) yet, when wc get rid of Ritchie,
.'■'tevenson, and others of that kidney, we need
not count the cost. And we should be greatly j
benefited, by having Virginia, a slave state, be
tween us and tlie north, without being compelled 1
to contribute to her defence. She cannot alter
her position—and she cannot do better than go
with the south. The rh-ice is her’s.
Yours, tec,
JUDGE W.M. SCHLEY.
The closer we examine the political doctrines
of Judge Win. Schley. the more revolting are
they lo our republican ideas of a representative
governin' nt; and more particularly, lo the safely
and welfare of the Slate, Our readers are, no !
doubt, familiar with tile celebrated ease of ilit-
Missionaries, Worn esteii and B. i--tn. To y
boldly claimed, as it will bo recollected, not only
I j the right of interfering with our Indian relations,
hut urged the .Aborigines to disregard our laws,
, and, it necessary, forcibly to oppose them. They
■ were treated with more humanity and justice than
they deserved. The most kind un.l persua tve
measures were |iur-i i(-d to c nivneo tlie n of the
criminality ot their conduct, and they were urged
lo desist Iroai their seditious ami insurrectionary
purpose, of stirring up the In.lima against u .
I *
Uul it was of no iiv.iil. Our in nloruti mun i for
i, . .
n»»uraiico give impunity to t letr crime, auJ flut
tered them into tlie belief, tliut they could con
summate their object, by b »ld!y in their
treasonable and factious operation:*. The strong
' arm of ja litre, bovve er, at last convinced them,
that I here \va.*a limit to forbearance, by their ar
-1 rest, trial, conviction, nnd punishment. To over*
' rule this just and lenient decree, and remove
them from our penitentiary, the .Supreme Court of
the U. S interposed an extra-judicial decision ;
and attempted to protect and defend from their
more than merited punishment, the Indian insur
rectionist*, who were Virtually organising the
scalping knife and tomahawk, against the well
known laws of ourStase, and publicly glorying in
titling SO. JCHOK W.M. Scilf.KY SUI'POIITKII A.XU
defeviiko this DEcisiox, as will appear front
the following evidence, which was published in
our paper three years ago. True, ho afterward
denied, 01 attempted to evade (he responsihilty of
that opinion, when the whole State decided
against it; but, be it lemcinbercd, that this was
while he was a candidate for Congress, and in
terested in doing so, as he is now, in evading his
old Hartford Convention and Alien and Sedition
law Federalism; and how far be succeeded in
that denial or evasion, we leave the reader to judge
from the following evidence. Wo think it must
satisfy every unprejudiced mind, in connection
with the other recent developments ngiin-t him,
that Judge Schley is now, as heretofore, a rank
Federalist, at heart! always roa ly to advocate and
support foreign tyranny and oppression, and
equally ho to deny or evade the responsihilty of it,
when bis own interest prompts or requires it
It is bad enough, certainly, t» hold bad principles*
but ten times worse, to deny them from selfisli and
deceptive motives. If any <1 mbt that be is capa
ble of doing this, let them turn lo his positive as
sort ion, in his reply to Mr. Ilolsey, that •* an
occasions, of rejoicing, &c, I,mil am. my ruU
tious, jo ned ami illuminated our houses, M &c. and
contrast it with the full and cU ar proof, that on
one occasion, neither he or his falne , both residing
in the same house, j nned in a general illumina
tion. After ibis, will anv one believe h s bare
word, in*tko following ease, again l the « o nbined
testimony of (i n. F«ouu .or, Judge L»j -
sr tiLt.r, mid M-.-ss.h. JS.iiic < f.r.r, iiminr. Mi •.*
leu, and Piipnr, and Judge A * mikws I Os run
the people of Georgia think kucli a man lit to rub
over them ?
We rdgrei (hat wo have! n »t h i I room f»r this
article earlier, as we have been repeatedly regno -
led to republidi it, within the last live or si . weeks-
For the Jl iffilita Citron th, .S pi. 21 1332.
•i Udo i .».
Air. E Utor: Consideration.* mi dug from the
r ‘liiuoiiH . elween constituent' and candid d s in
duced mo t) Htiic to I lie pub ie, vvli.it 1 did, over
I tie signature of- Wu/ms.*
In our government no effort of a citizen to lay
before the public* tlie political creed oft one, • n •
solicit the suilVigcsot th ■ people c.u b con
demned; and li.) ap-iio ;v can be r-qnired im
llies • remarks, intended to red-em i pledge male
lo the public, in winch it was alleged. Hut Jndg*
had held Uieopi.n »n. lelalive to the iJr
cision of the duple me l-oiirl. in lb case o! . ♦
Mtssionaiics vs. die 8 ate >1 Cr lugia, winch iiad
been charged up m him by * W veins.”
When my lir-l r Miimunicati* n win made, u
was under the confident bebef, that not a magic
word would ever be denied by one, whom I h.»d
beard so emp/mi cully exp ess h mselt, in favor f
of the Decidon. lUr, mini ».y d my e<|>ccta
tions, h' lias imp >•« d upon inn tlio neces:»iiy ol
producing print of my assertion ; the perform
ance of wliieii, nece-saniy compel* me in appear
before the public—a necessity I would willingly
forego, did not the duty ofpla nig Judge |»Sch ey
in his proper attitude before the ireemen of Geor
gia, forbid me t» sliri >k from a responsibility, 1
have \oluntarily assumed.
C. H. .SMOv’iafcV.
When tlie Jn Igc’s denial toi the first time made
its a, pearan ein a public Gazette, (the Federal
Union of the Gib in J addressed the following
Circular to those Gentlemen, whose answers arc
hereunto annexed ;
(J -n’i Thomun Fluwnoy,
dm; iJiniiig t lie la t term of our Superior
i Court, the late Decision of the Supreme Court ol
I tlie I 'nited iSbites, in the caseol Worcester vs. the
•Slate of Georgia, was received at this place : and
, I understood Judge Schley lo say, tlie Decision
wan right, and Iso publicly staled. Helms since
| publicly denied it. In the vindication of truth,
and the preservation of my own reputation, you
must find my apology for eqnesting yon to state,
what you heard the Judge say upon that subject.
Respectfully yours,
C. H. SHOCKLEY.
Appling , 10 th Sr pi. 1832.
I have no distinct recollection of what Judge
Schley said on the subject, but somehow was un
der the impression, that he thought a* 1 did.
(which was,that the decision was right.) After
wards. I met Judge Schley in Augusta, and at
rny other, lie informed me, that I had misroncciv
ed him—and proceeded lo stale his objection to
the Deci ion, but I do not now recollect them.
THOM Ad FLOURNOY.
Similar letters to the one addressed to Gen*l
FI 'urnoy, were addressed lo those Gentlemen,
whose replies arc uh follows:
Apcuno, 10th Sept. 1833.
C. //. Shockley, Eitq,
8m : Could 1 feel at liberty to consult my own
wishes upon this occa-fon. I should certainly pro
| fer remain in uhheard upon the question submit
ted to me, in your note ot to d « y. 13ut I ch not
temporize a moment with lectin ** of delicacy,
when my testimony is require.) upon' an issue,
involving personal “reputation.*’ I therefore
promptly and frankly reply to your enquiry.
I cannot now recall a single word which f
heard Judge Hchley utter, at (lie la.-t term of Col
umbia Court, in reference to the Derision of the
Supreme Court of the United Stales; hut I well
remember, that he was pr* "cut at Mr. Hobby's
! office, when I read that decision t >r the fir-H lime;
j and from remarks which beocn-ionally interpos
■ cel, d ring the. r<- iding of it, ant from his observa
] linns i ll'll' di'jody ..fer varfo and in several u!>
sequent c »»r er ; ■ 1 "‘ **
fully convinced that he acquiesced in the iXcn*-
. ion, as I was, that it met with the approbation of
Gen. Flournoy or myself.
I remain Sir, your oh’t serv’U
AUGUSTUS 13. LONGSTREfiT. ,
i
Ai*pt,tx7, I2ih Sept., 1832,
lb 'B Sin ; In reply t * y.-nr no;c ofthn 10th.
I that il I am capable of understanding the
UogliMi language, Judge Schley did, ul our la-
Court, i„ frequent com ec ntioie; tu which I w »«
, prevriu, and hi which I often participated, de hurt
. ly assert and in liniain, that the Decision of the
s np eaie < ’mm. to vx hieh you relbr, was right, and
that i was uiir duty to > nbmit to it.
U|»on this subject I deem il impos.siblo that I
r can ho mistaken; my rccolleciioiiH arc perfectly
r clear. At the commencement of our Court, in
deed. the Judge's sentiments were somewhat
doubtful, though he evidently leaned towards the
Supremo Court, and his arguments in converts
. 1 1 m, were generally, if not always, in its favor. We
5 had not then received the Decision. At length
il ciime. It was read aloud on the evening of its
j arrival, at my olfice, h\ Jndge Longstroel, when
1 Judge S liloy vas present. I asked Judge Long
siieei. when ho had finished its perusal, what he
thought of it f He replied “ that it was right,”
an 1 1 am confident Judge Schley Immediately
| added, •• there can be no doubt of if.” The same
evening, il was again read by Judge Schley him
sell, in the room then occupied by (ion. Flour
noy ; and I then understood Judge Schley to co
incide in opinion with Gen. Flournoy, who cer
tainly used any oilier hut equivocal language, in
expressing hitt approbation of ir. The paper con
taining the Decision belonged to myself, and was
for a day or two, the only one 1 believe, that wc
had among us ; and those first pcmsals of a De
cision. df such absorbing interest and importance
could not but have made upon my mind, u strong
impression. 1 and many others of his personal
and politieal friends, viewed with much surprise
and regret, the strong and decided stand which
do foe Schley took, in favor of the fcJupiernc Court
Wo often ex preyed these sentiments lo one u
not icr, and while the Couit lasted, I did all in
my power, lo convince the Judge that he was
wrong. I directed his attention to an arlielc on
our In Han controversy, in tin* 4 U No. of the
Southern Review, and I also placed in his hand
the celebrated article of Mi. Turnbull, on the
‘ Tribunal ol Dernier resort,” which appended
in the !2diNo. of th at valuable wo k. The
only m ulilleati m of the Judge's opinio », which \
hoard from him after th ir perusal, was that it
the question was new, he might perhaps think
dillerently ; but Georgia had acquiesced so long
in tho construction, given hy the Federal Govern
ment, to its powers relutivv lo Indian intercourse,
an I the whole country, in the const! ntionalby o'
the section of the Judiciary Act under which the
S tproine fo'ourt, e aimed jurisdiction in our ease
that lie did not believe ilia* either, hut p.\riicuhrl\
tlie. latter, could now lie ma le u matter of contro
versy. This, if n>t his c\a *l language, was wba
I understood to>»b his opinion, aflei many un i rc
. pealed arguments with him. Certain i urn, ilia;
when he left here, ul the close of the Court. I hud
come to the reluct int cmvhisinn, that my duty
t » my count y would not permit me again to ad-
I vu ae or support his pretensions, to Cong vss-o
. *■» th • Denc'i, if lie wa* ever again, to he a candi
date fore Tier of lit mo reap nisi' |c stations —* *
objectionable did I deem his opinio. ,s, and so de
cided was lie in theexpres ion of iluuu.
Very rLspccthdlv, your .
WE V 'LEY HOBBY
If. Shocki.nr, E<q,
I*. 8. Since w iting the rtbotfr, I have had
conversation wit i Judge S uley, in nhiih lie en
deavored to call to rny mind some conversation
held between us, (as lie say ) about Ins Report
up m tie Hnbj'vt, Inle .1 mem jer ul mo Reg I fu
ture. Tne mly aln imto I tat Report; whi bI j
.eeolbvl. was nude by my-« Il to him, one day a
■linne , h i re we oa 1 ret eived the Deei mu *1 the
S.iprc ne Cfoun. Ills senti icnis sc.med to m
«o ,a\e so decided a leaning toward-; tlie fchtpreim
• onrl. Hi t I directly asked linn, if ho was n »t the
Mitno. ol tne Jfopoil alluded to, 4n<l i «ti«J so t
|U ie In* own int.io iiy again t him elf. He
a'd lie ” i* if;- .mill n, ,1 mi uflu'n be wro e it li,
opinion’ wee n. li as it om lined; but ho did
noi kn *vv wins clJJvt f, .e Devi ton of tne Supreme
C mil mi.’,;il have*' when hr’ hid read it, Ar. &r.
vVomi Hi il i\r -I .toll came, it ■ efieet did scefn to
me. very speed) and w*ry decisive. I recollect no
•lie i conversation, in which Judge S. hley’. Re
port was alluded 10. W. HOBBY.
A:v .isrn, 10th Sept. 1832.
C. //. Shock! ’y, Esj.
■ In pi. to nn note nf this dale, I con
only slate, dial I anJer. tood Judge Sc.Jiley to say,
»H tne lime yon mention, that the Derfoimi of die
Supreme C uri wa light—his language |do not
remember. In asuhan.juen conversation with him
.n Augusta, on Tie subject, he said dmt I had
mi* on-irued wba he snd j and entered into an
expbin ition. which Ido not now remember. In
the la* I c avers .lion, he said he believed the Decis
ion t » he wrong.
Your obedient servant,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
Slctem atn 10lh, 1532.
C. If. Shockley ,
Deah Hia : In answer to your note this morn*
ng. reqn ’sling me to state my recollection of the
pinion expressed by Judge Schley, in reference
tube Decision of the Supreme Court, in the ease,
of Butler ami Worcester, at our last Superior
fo’ourt, I can only say, I Suit there was so much
corner a ion among the Gentlemen of the Bar on
the snbj ct, and not charging my memory pa.ticu*
I irly with the sentiments of any one, I cannot
now separate in my recollection, the several opin
ions expressed by them. But the impression 101 l
upon my mind is, that Judge Schley appioved the
Decision, in a greater or less degree, hut I cannot
say that he approved il fully, nor ran I sny that
he did not, a < I have not a perfect recollection of
Ins conversation.
Very rcrpcctfully,
13. PETTIT.
Appu*-, Sept. 13th, 1622.
C. //. Shockley, Erg. —
Hin—ln answer lo yours of Tin 11 th inst. re
questing me to say what I heard Judge Hrhley
say, at the List term of this Court, on the subject
ol the Decision of the Supreme Court of the U.
Slates, in the case of Worcester vs. tlie Slate of
Georgia; I will premise by saying, that ”*y memory
is s > eonfn**l, that I dislike to trim it. in reciting
a iytiling that happened six months since—And
t’ pei i dlv n conversation on a subject like the
one alluded to.
In speaki .ig of the decision, I think that I heard
two gentlemen remark, that they could not say !
whether it wns correct, until further examination.!
One of these gentlemen, it is my impression, was
Judge Schley.
I Ont lum recollect, that I was impressed with
the (irltef, that Judge S. was, or would, ohcxmni-j
nation of the Decision, be in favor ol its correct
lies.-. j
It may be pro cr lo remirk, that the otlie* gen
tleman above alu led to, ha* inform d me that
my rocplfocMon so in correct., in attributing to him •
the expressiri'ttbefore mentioned.
Very res.-e- M u!lv, youra. drc.
GARNETT ANDREWS.
1 »0B THE AtrOTTSTA CHRONICLE.
u Where are yo ganging, Sawney 1 99
“ Book agon, moxr*
Baii] Drpfif. wllh hi* horft,
“•Am Mir * in I’m horn,
ru carry so Mac’s, my • O’i ! Cruel; ”
1 Then Lazy lang'iej out.
And cried, with a shout,
“ 0, do it, my Dreg—you’re a jewel/*
“ But, d ar Dreggy, tell—
Did ye write it yer scl t ’*
Said Lazy, with look rather doubting,
“ M i conscience ! ” cried Dreg,
" I’ll pawn phi la beg,
To prove tlmi I did it, my tpr outing i
’Mid Alter of Roses,
That tickles the noses,
I wrote it, as quick us a hop: * x
Then I.ozy. quite Sly,
With n cock of his eye,
Said, “ Dreg, why it smells of the shop”
QUOZ.
rn« TilK AUDI’S r\ CHUONICIE.
•l/cwsrs. Eil' tore, ~~ l’ll tell you “ a good ’un/*
At the 119th Di tvict election 911 Saturday, there
wua, its you may well suppose, more than one can
didate for popular favor. One of them, who is a
vciy exemplary man. asked my old friend, Tom
Touoii, if ho would vole for him. “No, (said
1 oui,) I can’t do that—but. I’H pray for you,”
tINKUM FIDELILU
I’OIT TItK AVll ÜBT A (' II HON J C LE.
K lt H\T V.
Tim Editor of the Augusta Chronicle is reques-
I ted to make the following alterations in the pre
amble and resolutions id’ the Lincoln Meeting*
held on the 7lh in*t«, us Errata, to wit:
Instead of “ a question in which wc are deter
mined that no power on earth hut the S.’avehohD
inj ‘Slut s, unitedly , shall interfere’—read, nor
po-w ron earth hut ourselves shall interfere.—Af
icr tin* words ‘right against wrongs shall demand
of us/ insert, * we mo willing to unite, heart and
hand, laying aside all paily distinctions, with any
uid every person to put down the dangerous prin
1, les and incendiary movements of the Abortion
-1 ts. lii the second icsoluiion, instead of tbo
word “ protection read favoritism.
THE COMMITTEE;
Foil Till; A OUST A CHRONICLE.
“ I toll thee Phi ip—and mark wc well—
“ scouts abroad, declare, thou art looßlt.’*
Old Play .
1 our neighbor of the Constitutionalist is very
tenacious about the appro aching elections. He
in suit tame that they can have no iwaring
at all, upon Ihe Presidential canvass. Then,.why
•rouble his head about them—for if that canvass
cannot he ailc ted, one way. or the other, by the
result of the general elections, it is a« plain aa are
the taels ol Col. H. M, Johnson’s being an arnal-
I mnmtionisr, and Mu tin Van Bi ren’s being a
dis-son/i re >liit tionint and advocate for free ne
gro suffrage, that if is useless for the Conalltu
lioiiiilitft to talk about thosuhjxct. But, I’ll wager
"> I -ha co-box again t, flic sifrers[iC( (acta*of the
on li'uiional t, that, if the I dit;>r thought his
'fiend , Mc.iio ind Dick. cvuld derive any ad~
vantage from bung talked about, he would raise
it sli«»iit annul I our ears as lon lan the one, which
m days of yore, ro- ■ from the Campus Martiuain
Home, mid, by an aim spherical concussion, lulled
trn hlach crows.
The trqrh i 4 !, tlie vion.titotionalist is afraid 1o
make the preference of flic Union candidates for
Congress and our Hfale L'gi latufc, the test of
their political principles. But, no matter—every
body known (hey go for Van Buren, Johnson, and
8chl» y, and will estimate them accordingly,
TIMOTHY QUAINT.
v*■, n ■ mr »—»■»w—wa—pp
«'OT|
iUKHWTI ill 11! K KT.
COTTON. —Tlie Liverpool accounts to tho
24th ult., have proihiccil a decline in this market
of a cent and a half per Hi., and tlie market is dull,
at this decline. Tim daily receipts continue to ins
crcasu ; and the safer, mi Saturday, Monday, and
Tuesday, were made at from IS to 10 cents,
chiefly at 15} to 15}. Wc quote 15 al6 cents.-
FREIGHT*—To Savannah, Jl 00 per bale—,
to Charleston, per Rail Road,fl 50 cents —Ths
River is very low, and it it with much difficulty
that hoala Can get up or down.
Mv it min.
In this city on Monday morning last, by James
W. Meridith. Esq. Rost. W. Noof.ST, to Miss
S. it an N kai., both of this city.
DIM 11,
In Montgomery, Ala,, on the 2nd in Mart, Mr.
Oampfiild Dr.cn, foimctly of Augusta, but for
a lew years a resident of Montgomery.
HITT— H—'llI 1 1 WIUMB——B—^
.VO TICS. \
f 3K HE Subscribers ha-r re-united in
under thn former firm of
PADDOCK, and offer their servicer as Agents, at
< ‘hurleslou, S. C,, and at Augusta, Geo., for col.
looting and transmitting funds.
SOLOMON ALLEN,
MOSES ALLEN,
G. 11. PADDOCK. ;
g, pi 3u 4t V
,v.) /■#/;/;.
FBn’C'l B-arl of Directors of ihc Branch Bank
i ft. of tho Stale ofO lorgi t, at Augusta, will re.
I reive npplieafinn*'. and elect on Fmnrr, fhelßlh
I ol Oi lolirr next, a Receiver of Polls and Suporin
dent of Repairs, at lit ) Augusta Bridge, in tho
I place of xl r. Fraser, resigned. Salary, one thou
! situ I dollars per annum, with the uro of tao Toll
[I mse, fitted up for a small family.
I Tho perron elected must be a competent me
chant - , well qualified In superintend tho repairs of
I order ol the Board,
1 I. HENRY, Cashier.
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