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From the Pendleton Mewengcr,
Sabitancc of Mr. {'nllioun’M Remarks
at flic Pendleton Dinner.
Mr. C. .aid : After 23 years, fellow
{itizens, of interrupted service in the '
councils of the Union, in various cupaci-:
ties, and duritig a most trying period of our 1
history, that I should receive the cordial
and unqualified approbation of rny neigh- 1
hors and immediate friends who had the :
host opportunities of judging of my mo-1
lives and character, could not but bo high
ly gratifying to me. In responding to the
general approval of my public conduct,
contained in the sentiment just it
would hardly bo*expected, that I slibuld
enter into a general recapitulation of rny
political course beginning with the second
war of Independence, the first measure of
importance in which I bore a prominent
part, after I became connected with the
General Government, and ending with the
Deposite Bill, which has just received
, your warm approbation. But I may say
of these measure*., the first and last in
which 1 bad an effective agency, that as
wide a part ns they stand in point of lime,
and as dissimilar a* they might seem to bo,
yet in one important particular they are
identical. They lino a common object,
the preservation of the constitution and
liberty of the country, endangered at the
former period by a foreign foe, and at the
latter, by a domestic. And let me add, as
great ns (ho danger was in 1812, it was
not half so formidable as at (he picscnt
time. It is (rue, (hat then our ships wore
seized, our sailors impressed, our com
merce rccolonized; yes, as completely so
ns it was before the declaration of hide- !
pendcnce, and this by the most powerful
nation on earth, for such she proved to bo
in after events. To submit to such oulra- i
ges, long continued and daily increasing, I
without any prospect of terminating, would
have been followed by national degrada
tion, and by consequence, contempt for
our institutions, to the debasing effects of
which such cowardly submission would
have been attributed. This was scon and
felt at the lime. If such was the danger
of longer submission, that of resistance to
such a toe, under the circumstances in
which the country was then placed, seem
ed not much less formidable. It was at
this moment, when our affairs stood be
tween these dangerous alternatives, I took
my scat for the first time in the councils
of the Union. The war session, as it is
called, was my first session. 1 then was
a young man without experience, having
never served previously, excepting two
, short sessions in our own Legislature, in
any deliberative' body. Circumstances
placed me at ibis critical juncture, young
and inexperienced as 1 was, at the head
of the Committee on Foreign Hclations,
the most important at the time ot all the
Committees. I saw to the full extent the
danger and felt the responsibility, hut did
not hesitate. The country was unprepar
ed tttraml without fabip j. without Pirtlfi- i
cations, without munitions, without an'
army, and without a revenue, with a party
powerful for talents, wealth and numbers,
opposed to resistance; yet these difficul
ties did not intimidate. If to resist was
full of danger, to submit was not less so 1 ;
•villa tins striking difference, which, with
mo was decisive, that if wo tidied in the
former we would fail like men honorably
and nobly resisting wrong, and struggling
to maintain our independence and institu
tions, instead of basely sinking like slaves
in humble submission, the scorn and con
tempt of the world. Fortunately for (lie
country manly councils prevailed. The
danger was met and surmounted, and a
rich harvest of renown and prosperity lid
lowed. The peril of the contest was in
deed great, but the danger was without.
The country was free from corruption.
The people were patriotic mid (lie public
morals untainted. However violent party
spirit may have boon at the tiirc, no party,
nor any public character of any party, was
suspected of corruption ; hut now the dan
ger is within. This foe is in the bosom
ol the country, and in possession of liie
government. A powerful faction, (party
it cannot bo cnlle 1,) held together by the
hopes of public plunder, and marching un
der a banner whereon is written, “ to the
victors belong the spoils,” has made suc
cessful na r on onr institutions, and con
verted all the power mid influence of (lie
government into instruments of gain. Am
pler meun#*for ibis purpose were scarcely
ever placed in the hands of a dominant i
taction. \\ itli available means, five times
greater than is required by the legitimate
wants ot the country; with the adminis
tration of a boundless public domain; with
the unlimited control, till the passage of
the Deposite Hill, over the public funds,
and through them over the currency and
banking institutions of the country, with
100,000 dependants on the bounty of the
government; and, finally, with an organ
ized, rigid and severe system of discipline,
having its centre in Washington and ex
tending in every direction over the wide
circle of the country, a scene of specula
tion and corruption lias been opened, reach
ing from the eapitol to the extremities,
embracing the high and the low, those in
and those onl of office, the like of which
ha# scarcely ever existed under the most
despotic and profligate government#. It
is this powerful and corrupt combination,
in actual possession of the government, n
gainst which the honest and patriotic have
now to wage war. It is against them,
that the Deposits Bill was levelled. 1
shall not venture to say, that the blow will
be effectual. Ji may be, that corruption
has smick its roots too widely and deeply
to be eradicated; but 1 do assert, that with
out the measure, there would not ho the
slightest hope of reform. Leave the im
mense surplus in the hands of the govern
ment, with the means of controlling (he
circulation and the banking operations of
the country, and of making whatever dis
bursements it pleased with the view to
purchase States or individuals, and how
idle would be the hope of reform! hut as
it is, divested of the surplus, with the pub
lic deposites and deposite banks placed
under the protection of law, and beyond
the control of the Executive, (lie patriot
may still hope. It is indeed a dawning—
n gleam ot light to those whojlovelhe coun
try and its institutions. If we had no o
llier evidence of its efficacy, the stern and
bitter operation, I will not say of the par
ty, but of its more prominent leaders, hea
ded by the President himself, and the loud
and continued wailings of all the organs
of the faction ever since the passage of
the bill, would of themselves aford suffi
cient With such an opposition it is won
derful that the measure'was adopted; but
vl«4 me add, ns an act of justice, (hat the
more wonderful the passage of the bill, the
/ *
wj r
more honorable to the independent end 1
sound portion of the administration party!
m both Homes, by whoso co-operation it |
I was effected. When I saw so many in the
| ranks of the party standing firm, and »u
--jerifleing party attachments to love of coim
| try, on this* great occasion, under all the
; pressure which was brought to bear on
them, new hope for our country and its
| institutions revived in my bosom.
But whatever may be the success of the
I measure, whether it be destined to open
ithe way to thorough and complete reform
of our political system, or to prove by its
failure that the disease is too tar gone for
medicine, there is one view of the subject
that brings it home to us, and which can
not tail to excite an interest in (lie breasts
-of all who hear me. . The art is the, con
summation of tile Carolina doctrines, car
ried out in their practical consequences.
It would bo idle before such an audience,
to discuss the nature of these doctrines,
and the object we had in view in their j
practical assertion. it is sufficient to say,
I I flint nnr leading object was to arrest the
I I Tariff or protective system, with the view,!
j first, to throw ofl’an oppressive and im
!constitutional burthen, which weighed
down all the springs of our prosperity, and
was rapidly reducing ns to poverty ; and,
next, to reform the government by drying
up the sources of a revenue, which we saw
would so overflow the treasury on the pay
ment of the public debt, as to corrupt the
government and destroy our liberty, un
less diminished by n great and decisive
reduction oftho Tariff These were the
motives which governed us—motives, let
Imo nay, worthy of our patriotic and gal
! lant Btate. Fixed and resolved in ourdo
i termination, we were in no baste to net.
( We wailed patiently till it was annonn
-1 eed the debt was paid, and till the act of
18 >2 was proclaimed on ho.h sides, by I
the administration and the opposition, 1
ns a final adjurtmen of the Tariff’ in the
• new stale of things consequent on the pny-
Imcnt of the doubt, —an act, which we
| clearly saw at the time and which all
must now acknowledge, fell far short of
; applying n remedy to the fatal disease a
gaitisl which this State contended. It
1 (was then and not till then, (he State in-
r lmposed its sovereign voice,—wisely and
patriotically interposed, us every impartial
| observer, enlightened liy after events,
| must see, and so posterity will with one
voice admit. But ns powerful as was the
| remedy, it could not ofitself at once arrest
a disease so inveterate and deep. There
t is iii the nature of things an interval—a
convalescent stale, between disease and
heal 1 1 1 , both in the physical and political
world. It is not in the power oftho most
potent medicine to restore the patient to
instant heallh, nor oftho moat effective
measure to restore thu body politic, when
diseased, at once to a sound condition.
Time had to ho allowed for the reduction
of the duties to the point which tho consti
tutional wants oftho country might require.
. \-A sudden reduction would have pros
, j trntod the iimanfutuies with llio Ins ("of an
immense amount of capital and skill,/and
Iho danger of a reaction that might jjrove
fatal to tho country. Wo intended ity war
. against the manufacturers. Wo wished
’ Ihcnij no jjl uiid.weio.-at all #i»—
then and before, willing to allow ample
time for a reduction so gradual, ns to a
void a shock, both to them and the conn
’ try. This was effected by tho Comprom
ise Bill, which, while it repealed all (ho
duties on articles which were thought to
require no protection, allowed eight years
for tho reduction oftho duties on protected
articles,
I saw at tho time, that notwithstanding
tho vast amount of the reduction, (as J
shall hereafter show,) (hero would bo n
considerable surplus, and that as much as
it would comparatively bo. yet it would bo
sufficient, to perpetuate power in tho hands
of those in possession oftho government,
and who had by their past acts left no
doubt that it would ho used for the. corrupt
and dangerous purpose to w hich it Jins
since been perverted. 1 stated my im
pression to the distinguished Senator from
Kentucky, who acted a part so honorable
to himself and useful to the country on the
occasion, with the view that in the adjust
ment ol'lho details, (lie evil might, as far
as possible, be guarded against. 110 was
not insensible of tho danger; but coupl
not, in his opinion, consistently with what
was due to the interest he represented on
the oceasioq, and w ithout losing its sup-
I port, do more Ilian was done.
What I anticipated followed. It became
apparent tho next year there would be a
, surplus, and my attention was at an enrlv
f period directed to Iho subject with the
view of devising and applying sofno moi-
I sure which might in its effects anticipate
, the action of the compromise act, and
. thereby apply a remedy to a disease, which
. could not, ho fully readied at once lor the
reasons slated, by a simple reduction ol
. the duties. With this view, I moved ses
. sion before the lost, torn special Commit
tee on (lie subject of Executive patronage,
. j A numerous and able Committee was ap
(pointed, selected from tho throe parties in
, | the Senate, w hich, w ith other measures,
,! reported a bill to regulate the deposite
, i banks and a resolution to amend the L’on
(| siitution, sous to authorize the distribution
t I of the surplus revenue among the States
! during the operation of the compromise
p act. it was too late in the session for de
finite action then.
] I reviewed both at the last session, and
I j had the good fortune to succeed in passing
i j them in one bid, in the form which tln v
v finally assumed in Iho deposite net. The
■ ! effort w ill he, to restore to the Stales, as
■ l l lie immediate representatives of tho pco
- pie, all the money not needed by the gov
- ennent; and of course, so far as the dis
; cased state oftho government depends on
f a surplus, at once eradicate (ho (mouse, as
- effectually as if the duties had been at once
i reduced to the legitimate and coustitution
r al wants of the government, and thaiwith
s out in the slightest degree injuriously us
- j footing the manufacturing interest of the
J j country. It does more—vastly more. It
il not only takes the surplus from the gov
it j eminent, hut by placing it in (he custody
- of the States, puts it into the opposite scale,
i- : Ihe effects will ho to convert tho Stale
- ; Governments into active and vigilant guar
d Idiansoflhe common treasury, and toen
'* j I' sl * them by their interests to become the
- advocates ol economy and retrenchment
J iin the general government, without w Inch
s i (here can ho no effectual reform. While
F | accomplishing tin's important service, it
- ; will at the same time restore to the staple
- States a large portion of that excess, which
11 they pay into the general treasury through
3 1 the duties. To the extent of (his differ
-11 cnce between what we pay and w hat we
I receive back by the act, we will still d
losers, is a money point of view, till the n
compromise bill completes the reduction. ()
: 'Fhe difference is net large. It may be s
something more than a third of the excess o
■ of our contribution; hut whether it he i!
' more, or less, I feel confident, that a fund c
i applied in a manner so well calculated to j r
i enlist all of our copartners in the union in (J
the "rent work of reform,|for which our r
■ gallant little State has so long contended I '
i almost alone, will he considered by you,, 1
as hilly returned in the shape of the most 1 1
, substantial political benefits, particularly, <
if the share which may fall lo us and the t
other States interested, shall be applied: i,
to the construction of the magnificent i
woik of connecting by Kail Komi the j’.
Southern Atlantic Ports with the Mis- j r
• sissippi and Ohio. Having thus by this it
last measure consummated the great ob- 1 f
Joel, for which our doctrines were called j t
into action, it is time to pause and enquire i i
| what have we done ? What good have j t
|wo effected I Have wo been compoosa- m
| tod for our long and arduous .struggle in I
! defence of our interests and the liberty and j j
| constitution of the country ?
i That there has bursted on this and the
■ otlicm States a. tide of prosperity within
i the last three years, to which they had
>j been for a long time strangers, none will
' j deny. On whatever side we cast our
eyes, we witnesses effects in tiie improv
ed condition of the country, and the easy
and independent circumstances of the peo
ple. To what is this to bo attributed 1 ? I
doubt not that much may be traced to gen
eral causes growing out of a long peace
and the vast improvement in id I the arts,
mechanical and chemical, which has dis
tinguished the last 5!) years, and the full
I benefit of which begins now lo ha realized,
I in the increased prosperity of (he civilized
world. But how has it happened, that this
growing, general prosperity, which has
been so long visilbe iu many portions of
onr country, ns well as others with which
we arc commercially connected, has been
. scarcely felt in the Southern section of the
Union till within the last throe years ? And
how is it to ho accounted for, that it broke
iu on ns so suddenly about that time? How
(lid it happen that wo just then passed
[ From a state of depression into one of pros
-1 pol ity, which has boon ever since increns
’ tug? To these questions, but one sensj
; bio answer can bo given ; that it was then
that tho shackles of commerce, which hud
1 long bound our industry and pressed down
the commerce, which had long bound our
1 industry and pressed down the springs ol
1 onr prosperity, were struck oft,—Yes,
struck oil, by the wise, bold and timely
1 interposition of our Blatc—by nnllifica
' tion—not only for her own benefit, but for
the whole South; mid, I may add, in u
1 wider sense, looking to political conse
■ queue##, the whole Union, Our prosperi
-1 ly as a great agricultural people, tho pro
ducers of cotton, rice and tobacco, which
depend lor their consumption on tho gen
eral market of the world, must depend on
1 "*J rre - exchange of our products with the
rest of the world, ’I lie protective sys-
l ’ tern, iu striking at (his exchange, struck
' at tho root of our prosperity, which felt
the blow to its rcutplcst hramU.<*~.
' tno TitMff of (838, nearly one half of the
hack return of our exchanges with foreign
nations, passed into the coffers of tho Gen
eral Government, to be disbursed, through
its appropriations, almost exclusively on
other sections, lionco the distress and
1 poverty which weighed down the South,
j and hence the sudden prosperity w hich
I has followed the overthrow of (he system.
1 have been looking over (said Mr. C.)
the commercial returns for tho year 1835,
since (ho adjournment of Congress, and
comparing it with those of 1832, the year
which immediately preceded the interposi
tion of this State ; not with the view of
addressing you, but to keep myself in
formed of the progress which our com
-1 mere# and prosperity have made since that
important epoch in our history. The ro
■ suits are surprising. They more than rea
■ lizo what the most sanguine among us an
-1 ticipatcd. I will state a few facts, begin
ning with the domestic exports of the conn*"
’ try.
Our exports may be said to bo the mea
sure ,of our commercial prosperity. On
j them depend tho imports, and on these tho
‘ revenue of the country, with its commerce
1 and navigation. How then stands tho ex
-1 ports of domestic products at the two pe
riods, ’32 and r 35, the year preceding the
action of the State and the last year, with
.■ an interval of only three years between?
i That ot ’32 in round numbers amounted to
$0 1,000,000,-and that of’33 had increas
■ ed in this short period of $101,000,000.
But what is more striking still, oftho sixty
e throe millions in ’;52, as near ns can he
I ascertained, the exports from the staple
i Stales, I mean that portion that grows
I- cotton, rice and tobacco, amounted ti> forty
f millions of dollars, and that from the rest
-of the Union to about twenty-three mil
- lions; while in ;)5,. the former amounted
to about eighty millions ami tho latter to
- hut twenty-one millions, showing that (he
i Southern exports find doubled in this short
i, period, while that oftho rest oftho Union
e had rather fallen oft! I doubt, if there be
- any thing on tho record of history to be
u compared to.this extraordinary conimer
s cial growth. To double in three years.
0 and that not compared with a disastrous
■- year, for that of ’32 was a year of pros
perity compared with those which prcce
d (led it. To increase more iu three years
g than in the preceding forty-five, going!
\ hack to the commencement oftho govern
e uiont, and as much as through all the pro
s ''"us period from the first settlement of
, the country! Making every allowance
. that fairly can ho mado for other causes;
i- the general prosperity of the world ; a fa
il yourublo commercial vibration, and others,
s ‘F 'hero bo others; yet this result is too
e great to be attributed to (horn. Nothing
i- but a burden taken oft 1 ; commercial shack
. los removed; toll gates taken down;
and freedom restored to our commerce
e "ini exchanges with the'world, can ade
-1 qualelv account for a prosperity so great
. and sudden, corresponding us it does,
v u ‘'l> thu great change in our commercial
). code, and the predictions of (hose who cf
p footed it.
If we return from the exports to the im
- ports, we shall find, ns might bo anticipa
-3 ted, a corresponding increase. The im-
I ports for consumption iu the year J 32, that
i as the imports after deducting the re-ship.
■ ments, amounted to $90,000,000 in round
t numbers, and that of ’35 to $120,000,000.
’ The duties levied on the former, if my
i memory serve# me, was upward# of $35,-
1 FkK),ot)o, (I speak ot (he gross revenue
- from the imports, including the expense ,
-of collection and some other charges that
do not come on the Treasury.) while (hat
of’SS may be put down at about 422,000,-
000. You will ask how liappens it, that
so small a sum in the latter was collected
on so large an amount of imports, when in
the former so large a sum was collected on
comparatively so small. The commercial
returns will explain. In ’>‘32, out of SBO,-
000,000 of imports hut 48,500,000 in
round numbers were free of duty, while in
’35 out of 5129.000.000, sixty-five mil
lions wore free of duty, rather more than
half. This with the reduction of duties
on protected articles already effected by i
the compromise act, explains the differ
ence. If the act of 1828 had remained
unmodified, the revenue on the imports of
’35 instead of twenty-two millions, would
not have been short of sixty millions, and
the share that would have fallen on our
portion of the foreign exchanges, estima
ted, as 1 have stated, our exports at eighty
millions, would not have been less than
thirty-seven millions instead of thirteen,
which may be estimated ns the sum col
looted on our share of the foreign exchan
ges the last year. The difference shows
what has been gained to us by the reduc
tion of the Tariff of ’2B, and will account
in no small degree for our present unexam
pled prosperity. Ido not claim the whole
!of this reduction as’the result of the inter
position of this State. Some reduction
had been made by previous acts; but
more than two-thirds of the whole reduc
tion may fairly be attributed to our exer
tions. In tho mean time, the compromise
net is gradually taking off tho remaining
protective duties, and will by the year
1842 remove the whole, if the act be left
undisturbed, by which time from ten to
twelve millions annually, in addition to the
present reduction, will be taken off.
The result, my fellow citizens, on (he
whole is, that a reducti on of 837,00*000
annually in the imposts has already been
effected, being nearly two-thirds of the
whole ; and that in (he next six years from
ten or twelve millions more will be taken
off under the compromise act, when only
about one-sixth of those of ’23 will re
main.
Wc may see, said Mr. C. from these
brief statements, the real cause of our
great prosperty ; and that the cause which
has effected already so much, is si ill acting
with increasing force. If we he but true
i to ourselves, and firmly maintain the posi
[ lion which wc have aqcuired by such
I mighty exertions, I hazard nothing, in
saying that without some unexpected dis
aster, resulting from the visitation of pro
vidence, or the culnnmity of war such as
wo were exposed to last winter, by (he
folly ami vice oftiio administration, (which
sought to involve the country in a war with
Franco ns anxiously as a wise and virtu
ous administration would have done to pre
serve peace,) that a degree of prosperity
unexampled, awaits ns. We may judge
of what is to come, after all (ho causes are
fully developed, and in full operation, when
such fruits ha ve followed u partial (level -
opement, and tiiq very commencement of
tUoiv opo.mtioir
Here Mr. C. nmced (ho proceedings of
Congress on lh# abolition question, and
wf»» ••«>. Aliul n>uo{)
was done by IhoTcliscussion of the subject
at tho last to enlighten the public
mind, both at the South and North, in re
lation to it, yet in conceding the right to
abolish slavery in the District and Terri
toncr, and establishing the principle that
Congress was bound by the Constitution,
to receive abolition petitions, every thing
had been yielded to the incendiaries, for
which they canid have lisped. Mq saw
in these concessions, the cause ofincreas
ed activity and exertion or their part, and
danger on ours. As yet, the enlightened
of all parties at tho North with little ex
ception were sound but with the ample
means possessed by the abolitionists—am
ple funds—complete organization—an en
ergetic press—(lie young, the thoughtless,
and the enthusiastic would receive the
poison. Tho whole section, if nothing
should be done to arrest the progress of
the disease, must become infected, when
'consequences such as alt must deplore,
would follow. Mr. C. stated also, as his
impression, that wo had nothing to hope
from the North ; that nothing" effectual
would be done there to arrest the danger;
and that wo must look to ourselves. For
tunately, lie said, the constitution loft am
ple means in our hands to protect ourselves,
as had been fully shewn, during the ses
sion. All that we wanted, were union and
concert, and spirit to apply them : and, in
his opinion, the sooner applied the better,
both for ourselves and the nation. Me
concluded this part of his remarks by say
ing, that the situation of the slave-holding
states was new uid extraordinary; that
they were exposed to dangers of unexam
pled magnitude; but great and novel ns
they were, our means of meeting, ami
overcoming them were ample, provided we
j should prove to have the sagacity of see
j ing in time, the danger, with the remedy,
I and spirit to make the application, lie
| said the destiny that awaits us is no ordi
nary one. If we successfully meet the
perils that surround us, we would be a
mong tho first and greatest people of mo
dern times; but if not, our lot would be
worse than that of tho savages we have
driven out, or tho slaves we command.
Mr. C. resumed his remarks on tho pre
sent prosperity of the country. 1 foresee,
said he, in the midst of this prosperity a
danger of no small magnitude, symptoms
ot which I fear are already visible. If we
bo not on our guard, the love of gain will
overspread tho land to tho absorption of
every other passion and feeling. In the
eager pursuit of wealth, wo arc in danger
ol forgetting the struggle by which our
prosperity was won, as well as the princi
ples on which it rests; and of forgetting
almost that there is a government in ex
istence, on whoso movements our destiny
so much depends. I rejoice to see the
spirit ol industry, activity and enterprize,
now awake in tho land. Wc of the South
have had heretofore too little of this spirit.
I shall say nothing ( 0 repress it when with
in proper bounds. Mis object was to
warn against its excess, to the neglect of
higher objects, than (lie mere acquisition
ol wealth. In the spirit in which he made
these remarks he would oiler (lie follow -
ing sentiment;
The people of the South : May they
not forget in (he midst of their ardent pur
suit of gain, that virtue, patriotism, honor,
and intelligence, and not wealth, are the
only certain and durable foundation of na
tional prosperity and greatness.
The prisons of France, by a late census, con
tam 12,440 men, 2,638 women, and 97 under
16 years of ago.
FROM ST. AUGUSTINE.
CHARLESTON, August 30. =
The schooner S. S. Mills, Captain _
South wick, arrived at this port last eve
ning, brings the St. Augustine Herald of
(he 24th, and a slip from the same office
dated the 26th instant, containing the fol
lowing information:
Office of the Herald, ?
Augusts 6, 1836. y
Wc learn that last night about nine
o’clock, the Sentinel who was on post at -
Hanson’s Plantation was fired upon by
an Indian or Negro from behind a fence
near to the house which is occupied by
the detachment who are stationed there.
The ball passed very near the Sentinel,
and through a door, and lodged in the *
sill of the door opposite. Tracts were f
discovered this morning in the field about *
50 yards from (lie house. It is supposed
there were sor 6 Indians. A detach
ment of United States Troops went out
to reinforce those stationed at that place.
Hanson’s is 3 miles West of this place.— (
This afternoon Ben Wiggins arrived in
town from the neighborhood of New Swit- j
zerland (Colonal Mallows’ Plantation)
whither lie had gone with two- others to '
collect some horses; he states that the 1
morning after crossing Sampson’s Creek, 1
on their return, they discovered a party
of Indians a short distance from them.—
They suppose there, were 15 or 30 in the
gang. They put spurs to their horses, 1
and rode with all haste to town, bringing i
with them the horses they had collected.
In coming through the 12 mile Swamp,
they say they discovered numerous signs
of Indians.
From the West, we have nothing of
importance silica (he affair of (lie 20th.—
The Post at Micanopy is to be abandon
ed, and a position taken up about 20 miles
nearer Garey’s Ferry.
The Twelve Mile Swamp is a thick,
dense Swamp, on the road leading from
this to Jacksonville, and is (he place
where Capt. John Williams was attacked
by a party of about 50 Negroes and In
• (bans, on the 11th Sept. 1812. The fath
er-in-law of Ben Wiggins, and we be
- lieve. Ben himself, figured conspicuously
■ in this battle. The Swamp is admirably
i adapted to all the -purposes of Indian
; warfare.
Tne Mandarin Company have been
■ engaged in scouring in this region of
i country several days, but the Indians
i always manage to elude our troops when •
ever they are in superior force.
'Phe following particulars of the Battle
i of Fort Drane. we copy from the Herald.
i FROM MICANOPY.
An expressed arrived in town on
Monday night last from Micanopy,
bringing intelligence of a battle at Fort
Drane, which took place there on the
morning of (he 21st. The following par
ticulars have been politely furnished us
by an officer of the army, and are the
substance of the despatches brought by
the express.
Major Pierce, of the U. S. Artillc- '
, yy . arrived at Micanopy with the train 1
from Garey’s Ferry on the evening of the
20th instant.—Fdrt Drane distant 10
miles, buying been abandoned on the 6(li,
was understood to he occupied by (he
Indians. Capt. Childs, of the 3rd Artil
lery, commanding at Micanopy on (he ar- ,
rival ol Major Pierce, had contemplated i
a movement on (he enemy. This was at
once sanctioned by Major Pierce, who
marched at 2 o’clock on the morning of
the 21st ult., to find the enemy. Mis
force was composed of Capt. Child’s
company of the 3d Artillery—of a de- 1
tachment of the Ist Artillery, and afield '
piece, manned by a detachment of Capt. '
Gaits company of the 4th Artillery—in I
all 110 men. ,
The party arrived at Fort Drane at ,
sunrise and found the Indians in the oc
cupation of the place. They were im- '
mediately and gallantly attacked—Maj.
; Pierce having completely surprised them, 1
: and given the first fire. The celebrated
chief Powell was present in person, hav
ing been scon by those who knew him,
and his voice recognized repeatedly.
1 The enemy was soon routed and driven
1 three quarters of a mile into a hammock
leaving ten dead on the field. The ac
tion lasted one hour. There can be no
■ doubt that the Indian loss must have been
30 or 40 as their numbers were estimated
at from three to four hundred. Thdr
women anil children were with them. I
Major Pierce returned the same day/
to Micanopy bringing oft*his killed anif
wounded. Mis loss being one private
killed, and sixteen wounded—among tne
latter Lieut. Betts of the late ArliFlerv
acting adjutant, it is understood that
Maj. Pierce contemplated another move
ment on the enemy in the course of a day
1 or two.
The officers engaged in the affair were
Capt. Childs of the Sd Artillery, Lieut.
■ Irwin of the Ist, Lieutenant Pickell of
the 4th, Lieut. Spaulding of the 3d, Dra
-1 K"»ns, Lieut. Betts of the Ist, and Lieut.
Herbert of the Ist Artillery. The troops
1 were all regulars.
Another Slave case is under adjudication in
; Boston, and some ol (he same actors who did so
, much honor to the Suffolk bar in tho recent affair
of tho runaway negresaos from Maryland, are
figuring conspicuously. It is a Habeas Corpus
commanding Mr. Aves, a gentleman of Boston, to
, show why lie detains a stave belonging to Mrs,
i Slater, ot New Orleans, which that lady brought
. with her from that city. Mr. S. E. Sewall and
. another appeared for the slave. Judge Wild after
I hearing arguments on both sides, ordered the case
to he continued for linal decision to Friday
afternoon, for the purpose of consulting with the
l other Judges, Mr. Aves being put under bonds to
• produce the slave at that time. Mr. Aves will
c be exceedingly lucky ifshc was not taken forcibly
, Ironi him before the lime, in order not only to
, cheat the owner out of her properly, but to subject
’ t,le custodier to the payment of a penalty, for
observing the right of property guarantied to the
proprietors ot slaves by the laws and constitution
I ot tho country. 1 lie [Jack and white gentlemen
, and ladies under tho patronage of fanaticism are
becoming omnipotent at the eastward, and Mr.
Sewall who seems to have a general power of
attorney from them to act in all cases, may proba- 1
hly think it a part of his duty lo tell tho « child” I
, that she may as well lake herself off, before the fi- ■
nal decision of the Court, as he did in the former '
case; and the ebony dispensers of Lynch law will
wc dare say. lie found ns prompt as they were be- i
fore in lending their aid.—.V. r. Cour. £tf Knq.
_ } lon do. It is stated that the services of the t
1 ennessFe brigade have liecn rejected by governor t
Call, m consequence of their having prescribed I
some condition in relation to the officers bv whom '
they were lo be commanded, which ho deemed in- h
compatible with established military regulations. I
Ihe project of a summer campaign seems to have h
been abandoned.—The Floridians themselves were b
extremely averse to engaging in it; and in general s
they evaded the draft that had been ordered for the li
purpose of raising men for this expedition.— l’e- 1
ucral L niortj 30 sh ultimo •
= AUOrSTA:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3i 1830- ,
"Be just, and Jr.ar not."
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, cf Troup.
EDWARD J. BLACK, of Scriven.
W. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. '
H. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
- JOSEPH W. JACKSON, of Chatham.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of (llynn.
EUGENICS A. NESBIT, of Morgan.
.‘ TATE RIGHTS MEETING.
The Members oj the State Rights As
sociation of Burke county, are re
quested to assemble at Hie Court
House, in Waynesborougrl*,on the Ist
Tuesday in September next.
Burke County, August 11), 1833.
TO READERS.
A number of articles prepared for to-day’s pa
per, are excluded to make room for the remarks
of the Hon. John 0. Calhoun, at the Pendleton
Dinner, and the extract from the letter of our
much respected Liverpool correspondent —both
of which we recommend to lire attention of our
readers.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
The Raleigh Register of Tuesday last, contains
the returns of the Governor’s election, from all
the counties in the State, which give Gov. Dud
ley, the anti-Van Buicn candidate, a majority of
5,007 votes.
RANK OE HAMBURG.
We arc informed, that on Wednesday last,
Mr. Bodlware, of Edgefield District, was
elected Teller of the Bank of Hamburg;
and, that the Bank commenced business on
Thursday.
UNION ELECTORAL TICKET.
At a meeting of a portion of the Union parly,
in Athens, during commencement week, Pitt
MiLNr.it, Esq. of Monroe county, was chosen to
till the vacancy which has occurred on the Van
Burcn electoral Ticket, by the resignation ofGen.
Watson.
DESPATCH.
The Savannah Republican of the 39th ultimo,
says ; —“ The Iron Steamboat Company's boat
John Randolph, Lion, Master, left this place on
Thursday morning last at half past 0 o’clock,
with two heavy loaded tow boats, for Augusta,
and returned last evening, with two tow boats at
8 o'clock—having performed the trip in the short
space of 85 j hours."
ALMANAC FOR 1837.
Messsr. Guieu & Thompson, of the Constitu
tionalist, have just published the “ Georgia and
Carolina Almanac, for 1837, which we arc
pleased to say, is executed in a neat and hand
some style. The Astronomical calculations are
made by Mr. Thomas P. Ashmore, of Lincoln
county, and ate intended for the latitude and me
ridian of Augusta. To those of our readers who
yo«-iy »n Almanac, we would say, that
the one just published in this city, will no doubt
prove to be by far the most valuable one to the
people of Georgia and Carolina, which will bo
ofl'ered to them. Independent of the monthly
calendar, there is a quantity of useful informa
tion contained in its pages, which will ho found
worth double the small amount charged for it.
CHOLERA IN CHARLESTON.
Flic Board of Health of Charleston has given
notice to the Citizens that the Cholera has made
its appearance in that city. On the 30lh nil,, in
the weekly report, they give the death of seven
blacks, by that disease. On the 31st, the Board
report that eleven cases had come to the knowledge
of the Special Committee, appointed by the Board,
since Tuesday last, 1 o’clook, two of which have
proved fatal, I lie disease so far has been confin
ed to the blacks, and a few whites of intemperate
habits. Tlie Board promise to report daily all ca
ses that come to their knowledge, and call on the
citizens not to he alarmed, by the numerous re
ports, daily put in circulation, hut to place impli
cit reliance on their daily reports, and keep their
premises clean and well purified by a liberal use
of Lime and Chloride of Lime.— Constitutionalist
of yesterday. i
[/ COL, JOHN H. HOW A lirL I
»>Vo publish below the address of this gcntlc
inian to the people of Georgia, informing them of
his determination to withdraw his name from the
State Rights Congressional Ticket. His reasons
for so doing will be found in his address; and, by
those who know him, his sincerity and patriotism
will not for a moment be doubted :
Bo nice a Hill, August 29, 1836.
TO THE PEOPLE OP GEORGIA,
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE STATE 111 Oil T 9 PARTY.
Unalterably fixed in the opinion, that the best
inleiests of the people of the whole Union de
pend upon the triumph and general recognition
of State Rights principles, I conceive it my duly
to do every thing in my power to promote, at all
times, tiie success of the State Rights Ticket.
In those; limes, as in all others, it is safer to re
ly rather upon the action than the professions of
public men. Gen. Glascock’s conduct during
the last session of Congress, upon the Abolition
question, was so perfectly satisfactory to the State
Rights party, that many of our friends, influenc
ed by the integrity of their principles, manifest
an ardent desire to give him their support. This
is nothing less than would be expected from those
whose devotion is more to principle than to men ;
and although it is improper for any State Rights
man to indulge these generous feelings while he
has a full ticket of his own party before him, tor
the substantial reason, that it would he an act of
great neglect, and indeed injustice, to his politi
cal triends, as their action upon that subject, as
well as upon all others, would have been equally
satisfactory, had an opportunity been afforded
them ; yet many, nevertheless, will make room
upon our ticket for the man who has hurst the
shackles ol party interest, and conic out upon his
country s side. Therefore, that the general ticket
may not he affected by the vote given to General
Glascock, I withdraw my name: for if a vacancy
should not he created upon our ticket, the whole
would have to divide the loss. Candor requires
us to acknowledge that wc have no votes to spare,
and the truth can never do injury to a virtuous
cause. I should have done this act earlier, had I
been in a situation to learn more of public opin- ,
Influenced alone by what I believe to be best
calculated to advance my country’s interest, I do I
hope my motives will not be harshly considered ,
or hastily condemned by my political friends, and ,
that they will examine the subject well before 1
they censure the act; hut to the good sense of <
the party, I yield with perfect submission. It is, |
1 (epeal, to give the most effectual and undivided
vote to our party, and secure the election of the 1
balance of its representatives, that I withdraw. *
It is to advance the force and power of our ever- ‘
lasting truths, that I withdraw ; and it is, lastily, 1
to call upon the people to look at who they arc
supporting, and for what they are supporting
them, that I have withdrawn. .
Very respcclfullv, i
JOHN H. HOWARD. ,
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE;
The August No. of this valuable ptdiodical id
quite an interesting one ; and it has been delayeif
beyond its usual time of publication, by the burn
ing of the printing office on the 13th July, ami
the destruction of a great portion of the materials
for this No. We hope the encouragement whicli
this woik receives will lemuncrate its enterpri,'
ctor lot the great loss which he has sustained, and
enable him to continue its publication in the
same able and spirited manner which he has here
tofore conducted it. —The table of Contents will
he found in our advertising columns.
GOODS FOR THE COUNTRY.
We are requested to state, that there arc large
quantities of merchandise now in this city, and
daily arriving, intended fhr the up-country, and
are delayed by the great scarcity of wagons by
which to forward them. High freights are now
offering to all parts of the interior.
NEW COTTON.
The first load of new Cotton, consisting of
six bales, was received at the Warehouse of
Messrs. Stovall, Simmons & co. on Thursday
last, from.the plantation of Enoch Bv.ve, Esq.
of Burke county. It was sold yesterday morning
for 20 J cents per lb.—quality not strictly prime.
Tlie second load of new Cotton was received in
this city yesterday morning, from the plantation of
the Rev. Joshua Klt, of Burke county, and was
sold for 201 cents per lb. quality not strictly prime.
A single hale was also received yesterday from
the plantation of Mr. Josr,rn Bbxan, of Han
cock county, end was sold for 20 cents per lb—
quality very good.
On Thursday, the first bale of new Cotton
was toccived in Hamburg,,at the Warehouse of
Messrs. CovinotonA Fair, from the plantation
of Mr. W. J. Wioiitman, of Edgefield district.
The quality of this hale is said to ho very good,
and it was sold immediately on its arrival, at 22
cents per lb.
A bale of Cotton of the new crop, was recei
ved in Miiledgeville, on the 27th ultimo, from the
plantation of Col. F. Carter, in that vicinity,
and was purchased liy Messrs. Cowles A Ware,
at 20 cents per lb.
Tlie second bale of new Cotton xcccivcd in
Columbus, was raised on the plantation of CoL
John Woolfolk, and was sold for 30 cents,
' THE CHEROKEES.
The following is an extract of a letter from a'
respectable citizen of Walker county, to the editor
of tlie Southern Whig, dated :
“Rossville, August 20th, 1836.
The Cherokeca continue to evince a very
peaceaCle disposition; the great mass ot them
had intelligence enough to see that they must
make a treaty, and leave the country, and were
therefore doubtless ripe for the measure. The
principal thing of which they complain is, that
the treaty was not made with their duly author
ized delegation ; if it could have been thus made,
I believe there would have scarcely been,a murmur
amongst them ; and, even as it is, a goodly num
ber of them arc preparing to leave for Arkansas
next Fall, and I think nearly all will have left
this country before the Spring of ’BB, and in the
mean time, they will, in all probability, continue
peaceable.”
The following is an extract ofa letter address
ed to the editor of the Federal Union, dated : *
“Walker Court House, August 9, 1836.
I deem it a duty to the . country to suggest
through your columns, that no more danger is
apprehended to the settler or traveller than on
any previous occasion. The Cherokeca (as far
as their motives and intentions can he gained) arc
quiet, peaceable and friendly, and are (1 have no
doubt) becoming more and more satisfied with
the treaty—several influential men among tho
Ross party are preparing for immediate emigra
tion to tho West.”
A LETTER PROM LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, August Blh, 1836.
“ I am almost incredible us to the distress and
misery said by so many, and so often, to exist in
that unhappy country. Standing on tho Docks,
in Liverpool, Steam vessels of every class and
dimension, are seen landing the finest cattle, the
fattest Hogs, Sheep, Horses, &c. &c. besides
Wheat and Flour—all from Ireland. Can it he
possible that the people of a country arc starving
of hunger, when such fat animals are exported
in such abundance from it 1 It is scarcely cre
dible—hut wc, who have seen whole sections of
I the finest country in the world, exporting a mil
lion of hales of the most valuable staple, on
which one-third at least of the world's population
depend for raiment, to a greater or less extent,
reduced to the brink of indigence and bankrupt
cy, by a system of partial and corrupt Legiala.
tion ; yes, we may have some faint idea of the
present condition of Ireland. If we saw planta
tions deserted, fences and houses in ruin, tho
owners in want, removing or running away to
seek a better abiding place, or to escape from ob
ligations they could not meet, in one. section of
country—while splendid villages, magnificent
mansions, beautiful country residences,and all tho
trappings and gewgaws of wealth and prosperity
were to he seen in another section, less favored in
soil and climate, and with only one-fifth tho a
inount of Exportjof the other—lsay, if wc saw
such things in our own country, under a system
ot partial Legislation of only 14 years duration
—may wo not be prepared to believe all that is
said of Ireland—that one-third of the people
are beggars, and a large majority of the remain
der in extreme distress and misery. When wc ate
awaic that that system of partial Legislation lias
been pursued towards her for 500 years—may we
not believe that the hunger of the Irish infant
has been stayed by the hulls of the grape thrown
from the mouth of the Englishman 1 That thou -
sands die of hunger in Ireland, while English
statesmen, who are promising justice and c
qnily to Ireland, give §50,000 for two Paint
ings, for the public benefit ! !
I subjoin, from actual reports, the Imports of
last meek, from Ireland, into Liverpool alone ,
and only of the principal articles:
Cows Sheep Pigs Horses Calves Lambs
Prom Ireland, 1440 3243 4380 286 10 105 1
English .oust
( wise 30 1010 17 2O 153
Ireland, 1410 2107 4369 280 l4OB
Besides which, tho Import of Wheat into Liver
pool, for 6 months, was 123,400 quarters in
1836; 104,000 quarters in 1835: 107,500 quar
ters in 1834; and 214,500 quarters in 1833—t0
which may be added a list of articles such as
Poultry, Eggs, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Fish,
Ac. Ac. of great value. But you should see tho
fine fat condition of the animals, which are pre
pared by Irish labor, and Irish care, for English
consumption—while they see and feel, but
dare not touch a mouthful, how great soqyer their
hunger.
English Kings gave to English Nobles the
Irish lands—lrish people cultivate them with tho
utmost care and industry, on terms of rcht,
which arc increased, by competition, beyond their