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COU&'J?;* ZtNT G-EQZLCIA.
Time for holding the Superior and In
ferior Courts , corrected by the altera
tions mode at the late Session of the
Legislature.
SUrERXOXL COUNTS,
FLINT ClllClliT.
/ iihb, Ist Monday in Feb. and August,
llouton id do. in no do
Crawford , 3d do in do do
Upson, 4thdo in do do
Pike, Ist .Monday in March and Sept.
Monroe Sd do in do do
Pay. tie 3d do in do do
Hccry 4th do in do do
Batts, Ist Monday in April, and Thurs
day idler Ist MonJav in October.
Sewton, 2 1 Monday in April and Oct.
WESTERN CIIICUIT.
Clark, id Monday in Feb. and Aug.
Vs alton, 3d Monday in Feb. and Aug.
J ick't i, 4th Monday itl'Feb. and tug.
G ‘Vionett, id Monday in March 4 Sept.
Hall. 3d Monday in March and Sept.
Franklin, id Monday in April and Oct.
II ibershain, 3.1 iu<in lay in April & Oct.
lltlnin. !t!i Monday in kpril and Oct.
northers circuit.
Fa ia: or i. ,11 inoii iiy in Jon. and Jnlv
tV a s. ,}.| nond. i.i Fell. & Ist in July
di I i.i, i.i hi in (I ivin Vl ucli and Sep.
F be, . .j I hi l ai n in March and Sept.
A i.a'n, Ist iiionday in Api :l and Tues
day a ter tin: Ist in unlay m Oct.
ILiiicook, id inoiiiiav in April and Oct.
< Iglethorpe, 3d monday in A;nil & Oct.
Lincoln, Itb nibnd.iy in April and Oct.
OCMULGEB Cl lICU IT.
Baldwin, Itli moiulay in Fell, and Aug.
Morgan, Ist monday in March and Sep.
Greene, id monday in M trch and Sept.
Putnam, 3d monday in March and Sept.
Wilkinson, 2d monday in April & Oct.
Jasper, 3 1 monday in April and Oct.
Jones, Itli Monday in April and Oct.
SOUTH CRN CIRCUIT.
Twiggs, Ist monday in March and Sept.
Laurens, Ist monday in April and Wed
nesday after Ist monday in Oct.
Pulaski, id monday in April and Oct.
Telfair, 3d monday in April and Oct.
Irwin, oil the Thursdays thereafter
Appling, Itii inondny in Apnl and Oct.
Ware, on the Thursdays thereafter
Lowndes, Ist monday in May and No?.
Thomas, on the Thursdays thereafter
Decatur, 2d monday in May and Nor.
Early, on the mondays thereafter
Raker, 4th Monday in May and Not.
Dooly, Ist monday in June and Dec.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Fall Term.
Rulloch. on Thursday after Ist Monday
in November.
Camden, 2d Monday in November
Wayne, on the Thursday thereafter
Glynn, on the Monday thereafter,
Mclntosh, on the Wednesday thereafter
Bryan, Ist Monday in December
Liberty,* on the Wednesday thereafter
Chatham, on the .Monday thereafter
Effingham, Ist Monday in January.
Spring Term.
Bulloch, on Thursday before ttie 4th
Monday in March,
Camden, Ist Monday in April
Wayne, on the Monday (hereafter
Glynn, on the Thursday therealter
Mclntosh, on the Monday thereafter
I.iberty, on the Monday thereafter
Brvan, on the Thursday thereafter
Effingham, 2d Monday in May
Chatham, on the Monday thereafter.
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Spring Term.
Columbia, 2d monday in March
Washington, 4th monday in March,
Montgomery, 2d monday in April
Tutnall, On the Thursday thereafter
Emanuel, 3J monday in April
Striven, Itli monday in April
Burke, Ist menday in May
Jefferson, 3d monday in May.
Richmond, Is monday in June.
Fall Term.
Columbia, 2d monday in September ]
Wa-hington, Ith mond •y in September
Montgomery, on the Thursday after the 1
Ist monday in October
Tattnall, 2d monday in October
Emanuel, on the Thursday thereafter
Scriven, 3d monday in October
Je.Tt-r-on, 4th monday in October
Burke, 3d monday in November
Richmond, Ist Monday in January.
Cll AT AHOOCIIIE CIRCUIT.
Muscogee, 2d Mond. in Feb. and Aug. j
Randolph, Wednesday after 3d monday
in February and August
Lee, 4ili Mond. in Feb. and Aogmt
Mai ion, Thursday thereafter
Talbot Ist Mond. March and Sept.
Harris. 2d Monday in March and Sept. 1
Merriwether 3d Mond. in do. and do. i
Troup, 4th Mond. in do. and do. |
Coweta Ist Mond.in April anil Wednes
day after Ist Mond. in Oct.
TVtKalii 2 I Mond. in April and Oct.
Campbell 3d Mond. in do. and do.
Carroll 4th Mon. in April and < )ct.
ZVVrUJNIOR COURTS.
FLINT CIRCUIT.
Bibb, Ist Monday in May and \ nr.
Houston 2d do in du do
Crawford 3d do in do do
Upson 4th do in do do
Pike. Ist Monday in June and Dec.
Monroe, 2d do in do do
Carp He. 3d d<> in do do
Henry, itli Monday in June and Dec.
Butts. Ist Monday in July and Jan.
Xtwlon I<l do in iio do
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Clark. 4th monday in October and 2d
in May.
Walton. 3d monday in Mar an:! Nov.
J.< t iii, Ist monday m J in. and July
Gwinnett, 2d monday in June anti Dec.
II dl. Sd monday in June and lh’c.
Htihuo. I't monday in Jnlv anil Jan.
Habersham. 2d monday in July .Si. Jan
Franklin. 3d mondav in July and Jan.
NORTHERN CIRCI IT.
Madison, 2 1 monday in Jan. and July
Elbert, 31 monday in Jan. and Jnlv
Oglethoipe, 3d monday in Jan. A. July
Hancock, Ist moud.iv iiiFehnnd \n>.
W arrrn, 2d monday in Fell and Aug. j
Lincoln. Ist monday in Feb and Jnlv
Wdke, Ist mond. in May It4th in Hep
Taluferio. 3d monday in May Nov.
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Montgomery, 2d monday in June & Dec
Coluinbii. 2d monday in June and the
Wednesday after the Sfuli Dec. If
tlie2bth Dec. fulls on Wednesday,
ilien on the 4th monday in Dec,
Richmond, 4th monday in June &. Dec
Itnrkn. Ist monday in Jail, and July
Hcrlven, 2.1 monday in Jan. and July
Jefferson, 3d monday in Jan and July
Washington, 4tli inondny in Jan &. July
Emanuel, Ist monday in Jail and July’
Tattnall, td monday ia Fell, U nd An*.
OCMULOKE CIRCUIT.
Baldwin, 4th monday in May and Nov.
Morgan, Ist monday in June and Dec.
Gmene, 2d monday in June and Ist
Tuesday in January
Putnam, 3d monday induce and Dec.
j Jones, fill monday in July and Jan.
Wilkinson, 2d monday in July and Jau.
Jasper. 3 I monday in Julv and January
Southern circuit.
Laurens, Ist mouduv in June and Dec.
Appling; 3 I monday in June and Dec.
Ware, 4tlj monday in June and Dec.
Telfair, Ist iiiouday in April and 2d in
October
Irwin, Ist monday in January and July
i Early, 2d monday in January and July
I*.ila- ki, 2d inotiil. in January #nd July
Twiggs. 4th monday in Jan. and July
Dooly, 3d monday in March and Slept.
Lowndes, 3d monday m J muary and
Ist in June
Decalur, 4ih monday in January and
fid in June
Baker, Itli monday in January # July.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Camden, Ist Monday in June and Jen.
Liberty, id monday in June end Jen.
Wayne lasi Monday in May arid Dec.
Glviin td Monday in January and June
Mclntosh 9d Monday in Jan and June
Bryan 4th monday in Jan. and June
Rulloch Ist Monday in Feb. and July
F.ffingliam 2.1 Monday in do. do.
Chatham 3d Monday in do. do.
CHAT A HOOCH IE CIRCUIT.
Merriwether Ist Monday in Uayand Kev
Talbott 4t|i Monday in July and Jan.
Marion 3d Monday in May and Nor.
Lee 4th Monday in 11.. r and November
Muscogee Ist Monday in June and Dec.
Harris id Monday in June end Dec.
Troup 3d monday in June and Dec.
Coweta 4th mond iy in J tine and Dec.
Carroll Ist Monday in Jly and Jan.
DeK db td Monday in Julv and Jan.
*
From the laid its’ Mag.aint.
‘The December numbere4*irt Uale’s
periodical contains the following I <eiu
tifol effusion, by the editor, upon the de
parting year :
kiomtke.w ausDiKo -jaiar*.
We bring no earthly wreath for Time.
To man th’ immortal Time was giv
en—
Years should be marked by deeds sub
lime,
That elevate his soul to heaven,
Thou proudly passing year—thy name
Is registered in mind's blight flame,
And louder than the roar of waves,
Thundering from ocean's prison cave*.
Comes the glad shout (bat hallows thee
The Year of Freedom's Jubilee !
’Tis strange how mind lias been chained
down,
And reason scourged like branded sin!
How man lias shrunk before man’s
frown,
. And darkened heaven's o* n site w ith
in !
But freedom breathed—the fiainc burst
forth—
Wo to the spoilers of the earth,
Who would withstand its liglituin* 1
■“ O I
stroke.
And heavier forge the galling yoke—
As well the breaking reed might dare
The cataract's rush—the whirlwind’s
war!
Ay, thrones must crumble—even as clay,
Searched by the scorching aun and
w ind !
And crushed the Fuperstition’s sway
Thai v ould with writhing scorpions
bind
Tiie terror stricken conscience down
Beneathannninted •ousreh’s frown ;
Till truth is in her temple sought.
The soul’s unbribed. unfettered thought.
That, scien*e guided, soars unaeed,
And, reading Nature, rests on God 1
This must I e—is—sk” passing rear
Has rent the veil, and despot* t,md,
In the keen glance of Truth severe.
With craven brow and peleiid h%ml :
—A e, a lia would make man’s spirit
free,
And change the Old World’# destiny,
Bring forth from Learning's falls the
light,
\ml watch that Virttie's eltield is bright;
Then to the “ God ol order” reie
The vow of faith, the songs of praise,
Nod on—and sweep oppression’s chains,
Like ice beneath tin vernal rains!
My Country, thy sons are proud,
Truehcirs of Fi eedom's glorious dow
er;
For never here has knee been bowed
In homage to a mortal pow er:
No, never here has tyrant reigned,
And never here lias thought been chain
ed !
Then who would follow Europe's sickly
light,
When here the soul may put forth all
her might.
And allow the nations, as they gare in
awe,
That wisdom dwells with Liberty and
Law!
O, when will Time bis holiest triumph
bring—
“ Freedom o'er all ihe earth, and God
alone reigns king,” Cur.wki.ia.
W^3-S|WBir*L?TJg-l “TUI 081 LIITIMLS
HIi3C£LLAN¥.
“ Unt’orfirtg'."-—lt was court week,
and an unusual concourse of people was
collected. * • • • But the most amu
sing individuals were some two or three
who were tavorting. Nosv if any lady
or gentleman is so ignorant of the’ Ame
rican language as not to know what ca
vorting is, and if Webster's celebrated
quarto does not furnish the definition.
ii is necessary that we explain, that it
expresses the conduct of an individual
who fancies himself the smartest anti
best man in the world. Outlie present
occasion, a fellow might be sppii, dress
ed in a hunting shirt, with a lifleon his
shoulder, mounted half tipsy, upon a
spirited horse, and dashing through the
crowd. Now he would force his spurs
into his horses sides, and put him at full
speed, or rein him upiil) lie reared on
his hinder feet; and now he would com
mand him to stop, mid the obedient ani
tnal would stand and tremble. All the
time he was ranting and roaring in praise
of himself, his horse and the United
States of America. He boasted that he
was horn in (lie woods, rocked in a so
gar trough, mid suckled by a buffalo;
that be could tole a steamboat, and out
run a streak es liglmiisj; the! his wife
i vas as handsome asa pot fawn, unU has,
children real rourers. lit- bestowed sim-1
ilar encomiums oil bis horse ; and fin.il
ly avov. ed himself a friend to the United
States of’ America, and then Im com
meiiced again and went over the same
j round, flourishing his rille all the time,
| and exerting his lungs to the utmost. —
i Although he often declared that lie could
I whip any man in the round world, ex
cept Col, C. that lie fit under at New
Oi leans, nobody accepted the challenge
or took offence ; the w hole being con
sidered as a matter of course, and as
the natural eject of stimulant potations
upon an illiterate man of ardent tempe
rament, who, when duly sober, was an
honest, quiet and inoffensive citizen.
Illinois Monthly Magazine.
A home thrust —Some years sines,
one of our Supreme Judges was pri
vately reprimanding an Attorney for
bringing tervral small suits into tli
count over which he presided ; remark
ing laai it woa : 4 have been much better
lor both partias in each case hail he per
suaded Ids clients to an arbitration of
suinc two or thrse honest man. “ Please
I vuur honor,” replied the lawyer, “we
(nil not cliooe to truubls honest men
with them.”
“ This Ca ’d ” A disease is quite
prevalent in Boston, which it would pua
tle Galen,aT th Society of ‘(Miycicitoiw
who a mdiwt the Philadelphia. Journal
ofllealih, to assign to its proper olass ia
the aatalougc of “ills that flesh is heir
te.” We have heard no name for it,
except “ this sold,” and sometime, ** this
shocking cold.” Every second inaa
you me*t in the publio highway ha* eith
er just emerged from liia ohainber w here
be lias been laid up a w eek w iih “ this
cold,” or he is hurrying home to take
an emetia m l *uak his feet in hot water
to cure him of “this cold.” A lady,
who is well, and audacious enough to
make a few morning tails this stormy
season, rings at ike door and asks if
Mias A- it at h#ioe ? The answer is,
Ym—but she is (no sick ta see her
friends. What it the matter * I don’t
kaow, ms'iii—but I believe it's “this
cold.” If you amice the meeting of
two menaa ‘Change, teu to one, you
will hear one *r Loth cosnplaiaof “ this
cold.” Ike host preventive that we
know of against “ this” r any other
“•old,” is to threat yanr feet into cold
water when you rise in the warning,
and give them a smart ruhhiag with a
coarse towel If notwithstanding tin*
precaution, oa luve mgkt ‘ this c dd,’
you must taka a hot baih beloi: going
to bed, and drink any quantity It* than
a gallon of hot hero drink, or wine
whey. N. B. Those who have not
signed th* Temperance miss, some
time* take whiskey punch. But this
we would art recommend, lest some
people should take “ this <jold” rather
oltener than would be expedieat.
I is* ton Cauner.
Cure for Ladies Rheumatism. —Take
a good warm double tScolcb shawl, mid j
apply it imdiediately round tbeshoulders
and chest; and add also, aacandein vr
trm, i stout Welsh J auvl pettiaaat;
aad remain at home at least lang anwiigh
to put tbetu on.
Recife for tstling through the W’m Pr
fMSC.V /—Fat a Note in-the bank in Da
cembcr, fur four or fire huadred dollars,
payable in ninety day*, aad Spring will
come before you are prepared for it.
Salem Register.
DELUSION
From the Paines*!lk (Ohio) Gazette.
“ About a cauple of weeks *inc, three
men, calling iharnselves Oliver Cowdrv,
David Whiimar and Martin Nsiris. ap
peared in eur village, lade* auto anew
revelatioa, which they elan* ta be a end
i iril ta the New Testament. They
’ presetted in the Methodist Chapel, aed
from i-a is in indication, conceiving
j they might do more good vlsewhaie*.
(’•parted from iLirtland, where ia a
j “ eo'(a stock family,” under the
I charge of F.lder Higdon, a < ’ampltalite
. Ivsder af some notarietv. These men
j claim to set under a “aoniinission w rit
ivu by b>* dacer ol God"—ttoet are vei v
enthusiastic —tolerably leoibtte—but
■ from whet are can le*ra. need that tcd
f.i*t, determined resolution, and popular
tale it, which are nece>s*i v to ensure
any considerable degree of success in a
new project.
The Account which they give is suit
| xUnti.illjr a* follows:—at a recent period
in angel appeared to • poor ignorant
man residing in or near Palmyra in On
tario County in the stale of New York,
directed him to a; en the earth at a place
! designated, where lie would find the new
revelation engraved on plates of metal,
i In obedience to the celestial messenger,
| Smith repaired to the spot, and opening
the ground discovered an oblong stone
I lnx tightly closed with cement, lie
! opened the sacred depository and found
I enclosed a btindlo ol plates resembling
i gold, carefully united -it one edge with
i 3 silver wires so that they opened like u
hook. The plates were about 7 inches
I long and U broad, and the whole pile
j was about the thickness of tin. They
were engrtved in a character unintelli
gible to the learned men of the United
States, to many of whom it is said they
have been presented. The angel after
wards appeared to the three individuals
and showed them the plates. To Hinitli
was given to translate the character
which lie was enabled lo do bv looking
through two semi-transparent stones,
tint as lie was ignorant of the art of wri
ting. Cowdry and the others wrote as
Hinith interpreted. They say that part
of the plates escaped from them in a su
per natural manlier and are to be again
revealed when the events of time shall
require them.
The three individuals above named,
have subscribed their name* to an article
in the hook, ill which they solemnly de
clare, that they saw the angel, anil that
lie assured them that the book was a di
vine revelation. They say it was writ
ten by the prophets of God. during the
period embracing the time for (too years
before and several hundred after the
Christian era. It predicts, we under
stand, almost all events which have come
to pass, such as Ihe American revolu
tion. Ac.
These men are believed by their fid
lowers to he prophets ; and they say tl. it
the woild is soon to come to an end,
within tl> v#an at longest.
Ily the world coming to ea end, they
eudj ruGurt, kb..t ths incorrigible will be i
cut off by j variety of means, leaving]
only the true beleivers They have now j
gone west, for a country they know not,
where, west of the Mississippi, where;
they say is a Holy Spot, and there they
are to establish a New Jerusalem, into
which will be garnered all tbe natives,
who they say are descendants of Man
nassiih. They are led by the spirit, and
will know the ground when they place
their feet on it.
Immediately on their arrival here, El
der Higdon eininacad the new doctrine
and was baptized for the third time—
once as a regular Baptist—once as a
Campbelite, and now as a disciple of
the new revelation, lie says, he has
hitherto, ignorantly preached heresy.—
His Hock, vve understand, have princi
pally followed their shspherJ, for the
second time, and some for the third time
have gone down into the water. We
are told that the number baptized into
the new order, is rising of one hundred.
The Divorce. —A married couple de
: termined to be divorced; but not being
able to agrse with respect to disposingof
the children, they referred the dispute to
an sunt, to whose arbitration they res
peciivaiy agreed to submit. “We have
thru ehildres” said the husband, “ I
insist upon keeping two ; the third *hall
be left to the care of the mother.”—
“ But I.” said the mother “ have a right
1 to Ms—the care of une will be more
ihsn sufficient for you.” “Thereis no
wsy of settling this disputa,” said the
an ill wit!) the gravity of a judge, “ but
bv waiting f*r tbe birth of a fourth
child, you can separate topon equal
IrriV.” Th* decis:#n restored good
! humor. The contending partias em
j braced, and the idea of a divoiee was
i forgotten. Albany Ais.
Collins. —This sweet poet was much
attached to a young lady, who was burn
the day befoiehira, and who uid not re
turn his passion. “ Yours *s a hard
case,” said'a friend. ‘lt is so, indeed,’
replied Callins. 4 for I esma into the
world c day ufltr tkt fair.’
A blacksmith in Alabama havingbeen
slandered, was advised to apply to tbs
C'otsris for redress. lie replied with
(rue wisdom, I shall never sseany body
for slander ; I can ta into my shop und
work iwt a hetur character in 4 months
than l could get in the eort-hos3 in a
year.
***** w**N<i>4torw:
__ ronußiPzga
On the continent of Europe affairs
have the most troubled and hostile as
pect. The intarnal state of France is
certaialv mote tratypiil, but she has
been suddenly alarmed bv warlike pre
parations on the part of Russia and
Prussin. The former is assembling an
army of 200,400 men, with 404 pieces
ol field artillery, an her western frontier,
wbile Die iaiter is pauring troopa into her
Rhenish provinces which harder an the
Netherlands. France then does seem
•xcws.ih'e for the military prepsratiens
•he is making, and the extraordinary
levy af tb0.049 men does not teem to be
without eauae. It i* a mistake, however,
lo suppose that Russia meditates any
dasiea aesinst live ikw order of tilings
in France, for lie Autocrat toss recog
nised Louis Phillippe, though perhaps
not altogether in Ihe most fi iendly terms.
The following paragraphs, which are
said ta compose a part of the Imperial
autogia ph fr am die Cast ta the Kins; of
the French. [*ak for itself. Louis
Phillippe is ta* wise to russnt its Appar
ently Mogrscloiva Dneuage. The letter
amounts to a reeosaition of ike aew or
i der af things, and war esnwot lie brought
| atiaut without (be assistance of a fresh
set of cir< utnstssces.
“ 1 have receired from the hands of
General Athalin sfia statement al which
j he *as the beaier of the events for ever
j lobe deplored, shirk placed your Maj
j aaty in a cruel alternative. Your Maj
| esty adapted (lie only tesolution which
| appeared calculated to preserve France
j from great calamities; I shall say until
-1 mg of the motives which guided von on
that ocewsion: but 1 offer my ardent
prayers to Divine Providence to bless
the designs of your Majesty, and yonr
efforts ii the well-being of the French
people.
” lti concert with my Allies,l receive
w ith satisfaction the desire expressed by
your Majesty to maintain the relations
of peace and friendship with all Europ
ean states. As long as those relations
shall be founded an existing treaties,
and on the firm derermin ition to main
tain the rights and obligations so! -,.inlv
recognized by them, as well as tbs terii
| torial possessions, Europe will see in
| you a guarantae of the peace which is
! so necessary even for the repose of
| France. Invited, conjointly with my
Allies, to continue with France, under
: Iter new Government, those conserva
j tive relations, I shall zealously, on mv
part, employ all the cares which they
require, &. 1 shall unceasingly manifest
the sentimer.ts of sincerity which it
gives me pleasure to express towards
your Majesty, in return for those which
your Majesty lias expressed tow ards me.
1 hog your Majesty to receive, &c.”
The Ministers of the five allied pow
ers, England, France, Austria, Russia,
and Prussia, who are parties to file trea
ties w hich created the kingdom of the
Netherlands, have had several meetings
in London, and on the 4th of Novem
ber drew up a protocol, proposing an
armistice between Holland and Belgium.
This proposal, the bearers of w hicli were
Mr. Cartwright on the part of England,
.ind count Bresson on the part of France,
was accepted by both parties, and a sus
pension of arms took place. Hubse
quent accounts inform us that fuither
proposals for healing the dilfeiences
between the two countries have been
made from the aamo quarter, of which
the following is the basis
” That the Congress of Ambassadors,
united in London, declared in their
first sitting—
“First—That Belgium is separated
from Holland;
“ Second—That Belgium is to be an
independent state ;
“ Third—That the Belgians are to
choose their future Sovereign from a
mongst iht; Nassau Family; but their
refusal shall not be an obstacle to tile
preservation of peace;
*• Fourth—That the Envoy of the
Provisional Government shall be admit
ted to the conferences ; sari,
“'Fifth—That a Republican Govern
ment shall Le excluded (rout Belgium.
In pursuance of (his inlei vention the
question for the form of government was
debated hv the National Congress at
Brussels, when it was determined in fa
vor of a monarchy, by a majority ol 174
votes, 13 appearing only for HI. lie Pot
ter and a Republic. The debate was
again renewed on the question ol call
ing the Prince of Orange to the throne,
which was however decided in the nega
tive by a vote of IGI out of U>9, not
withstanding the advice of England and
the special interposition of the King of
the French, who w rote to the lielgic bo
dy, urging them to choose that Prince.
TheCongressexpressed a desire to name
a native Belgian or to choose the Duke
of Nemours, one of the sons of Louis
Philippe. Russia would certainly not
consent to this latter choice, but the for
mer, judging from the tenor of the Pro
tocol above, might pacify her. YVe do
not think that site contemplates an arm
ed interference, unless it be attempted to
establish a Republic Nor do we see
ary reason for Europe to draw the
sword, except in the affairs of the Neth
erlands. If a sufficient barrier can be
still maintained against France, the ob
ject of the treaties of laid—ls, that of
preserving tire equilibrium of Europe,
will be still secured.— Albion.
GREAT BRITAIN.
State of the Country. —The accounts
of riots, burnings, the distruction of
threshing machines, &c. continue to be
numerous front nearly every pait of the
country. The destruction of property is
not great, barns, haystacks, &c. being
generally set on fire. A desperate riot
,ook place at Statfield in Bedfordshire
at the beginning of the month ; several
of the ringleaders were taken into cus
tody. Bixly prisoners had been lodged
io Gloucester jail, and two hundred and
eighty in tire Devizes House of Correc
tion. The objection to the use of ma
chinery, seems to be tire principal cause
•f the disturbances. -
Uistrt-8 in Ireland. —Ten or eleven
thousand parsons are represented as be
ing in a state of starvation, in St. Johns
Parish, Limerick, and over 14,000 in
St. Mary's in the same city. The num
ber of the utterly destitute is computed
by tire Limerick Post to amount to
30,000.
New Yoke, Jan. S.
By the arrival this morning of the
packetship John Jav, from Liverpool,
we have received our fries of London
papers and Lloyd's List to the 7th De
cember, inclusive, and Liverpool papers
to the Oth of the same month.
The apprehensions in France of hos
tilities from the northern powers seem to
hava subsided. The assurances given j
by the French Ministry, that they had j
received from those powers the most
positive and satisfactory explanations on
the subject, hare quieted tire alarms \
which for a f*<* days prevailed. The
armaments preparing are not looked up- j
eo as demonstrations el hostility, but |
a* measure* of precaution enteied into
from a natural distrust of the conse- i
qaences which may result from the pie- !
Ent agitated state of Europe, and the
obvious necessity of keeping an toot a
force sufficient to presto ve the public
tranquility In a debate, Marshal
expressed himself in the following
terms: “ YY e receire the mast pacific
assurance* from the pow ers of the Con
tinent, yet grave events are taking place,
considerable armaments are in progress
in the greatest part of Europe. YVe
cannot remain peaceable spectators of
these warlike proceedings. The unani
mous cry of France is for peace—but
she is firmly determined upon support
ing the piinciples of nonintervention.
Bite has abandoned the idea of con
quests. she wishes for liberty at home
and independence without; and weie
she obliged to draw the sword, three
millions of National Guards are ready
to take the field ” The determination j
in France now seems to be, to be prepar
ed as well as her neighbois.
The English journals are discussing
the projects of retrenchment said to l e
forming by the new administration.
From the N. Y. Cum. Advertiser.
TIIE QUESTION OF PEACE OH WAR.
We have just read the latest letter of
the celebratrd correspondent of the Lon
don Morning Chronicle, O. P. Q. It
is full of interest, and we only regret the
impossibility of publishing it entire.—
The first lialfof it is devoted to the con
sideration of the change ol’ Ministry in
England. In the second the able and
intelligent writer considers the question
—“ H ill there he IVar in Europe I"
lie does not fear a rupture between
France Mid England, lie does not fear
i for France, because he believes England
and France will be allies, and they uni
ted, can contend against the world in
arms. He next emphatically asks:—
“ ll'hat then do I fear f" —The answer
is too important to be omitted, in any
event:
I fear that tens of thousands ofhurnnn
beings may be slain; that villages and
towns may be depopulated ; that “ the
drum’s discordant sound” may again
be heard in Belgium, in Spain, in Italy,
•n Prussia, and in France; that widows
will mourn their husbands and mothers
mourn over their sons—th.it the fiercer
passions of our nature will he again rous
j od into action, and that we shall rejoice
j at (lie, “glorious news” ol the slaughter
: of a Prussian or a Russian army.—Yes,
I fear that the consequence of war will
he the suspension of the march of civili
zation—will stop the progress of the
schoolmaster—w ill arrest the happiness
of the human race, at least for a season
—•will encourage the bigoted and intol
erant, the Jesuits and the Priests of Eu
rope, and will make *’ the orgies of the
congregation” less mournful ami sad.
1 fear that trade will he injured, com
merce ruined, the arts neglected, manu
factures and science, literature and law,
religion and morals considerably alfect
ed, and I fear lest young and regenerate
France should again he induced to think
of conquest, and to extend her thoughts
and w ishes to other lands, after site shall
have first repelled the invader from het
own.—Have 1 not then a right to sav.
as one who wishes well to France, well
to this old Europe, and well to human
nature, that 1 fear much, very much
fear, and tremble when I think that there
w ill he a war in Europe!
Hut do I believe that this w ar is prob
able! I sin obliged to do so. ct af-
ter fact occurs; ant! ciurier after cour
ier, from every eountiy in Europe, ur-1
rives with such rapidity, bringing addi- 1
tional lacts and additional news, all lead- j
ing to w ar, that I am compelled, against |
my will, to declare-—yes, war isproba-j
hie. Take my lacts. Take the news
which w e have received from the various
countries of Europe within the last for
ty-eight hours, and tell me how 1 can
think otherwise.
From Russia we have official intelli
gence of the raising of troops-—of the
non-recognition of our Louis Philip, j
King of the French—of the determina
tion of the Emperor to uniutain lire ]
cursed Holy Alliance system of 1815; |
ol the marching of troops to the envi- j
tons of Germany—-and of the Protest t
of the St. Petersburg court against the
exclusion of the House of Nassau front!
Belgium, and against the revolutionary
spirit! ! ! in the west of Europe!
From Prussia we have official intelli
gence of nearly one hundred thousand
troops being ready to inarch into Bel
gium at an instant's notice-—we have
the fact of the marriage of two members
of the families of the Kings of Holland
and Prussia which hind them together
to oppose the late Revolution in Belgi
um—we have next the official news of
concord existing between the courts of
Berlin and St. Petersbug, as to the
course w hich should he adopted, in ease
the House of Nassau should be exclud
ed.
From Belgium we have official intel
ligence of the exclusion for ever ol the
House of Nassau from all power in Bel- !
giiitn !! adopted by a majority in the j
Congress of seven to one ! But we have
more than this! YVe have official intel-’
licence that this decision was come to,
notwithstanding before its decision a
diplomatic communication was made to
the Congress on the part of Russia,
| which stated, that in case the House of
Nassau should be excluded from the
: throne of Belgium, the peace of Europe
would be disturbed. NY’lien this cont-
J munication was made, were the brave
j Belgians intimidated and disconcerted ?
Oh no ! On the contrary, they proceed
j cd at once to the Order of the Day---
paid no attention to the diplomatic com
! munication, which was intended to in
timidate them—and finally resolved
that the House of Nassau was for ever
excluded from the throne ! !
From Holland we have intelligence
which is too confirmatory of i fears of
*. ar. Prussian troops ara entering Hol
land. Meastricht is reinforced by dutch
soldiers- Venloo is said to he retaken;
Antwerp is not to be abandoned; the
Armistice is in fact broken, and King
YViJliam remains obstinate and decided.
Luxembourg is la tie occupied with an
army ol ttie Germanic confederation ;
j and the King of Holland treats the P>el
| jian revolution as an insurrection, and
! the Belgians as rebels, lie is encour
aged in this view by Russia, Prussia,
Aostiia and Spain, who have all com
| mon interests to protect and common
views to guide them
j From Austria we have intelligence of
die levy of fifty thousand men in Hun-
J can—-ol tile dissatisfaction of the Court
! of Y iena with the present order of things
in France—tli s occupation of the
south f Europe by 150.003 Austrian
troops— and of the resolution of the em
peror and Prince Mettcrnich not to re
cognise the Belgian revolution
Os Naples, Sardinia, and Spain, 1
will say nothing ! They will follow their
leaders! Jfthen we are to have war, it
” ill begin about the question of Belgium.
France will not allow Belgium to he at
tacked, and Prussia will resent the in
terference of France. Russia will not
admit the exclusion of the Nassaus, and
the Belgians have rejected them.
YY hat then do l fear? That war is,
alas! inevitable. Try to avert it! as.
wist iii preventing it. But if it must
come, then let Great Britain tind
Fiance net together, and the contest
against them in the final result, will ha
as ludicrous as that of Don Quixotic and
the w indmills. 1 am, Sir, your obedient
servant, O. P. Q
Macun, ‘Dili Dec. ltfrJO.
Pro. A. Bauer,
We the committee ap
pointed by Macon Lodge, No. lit, beg
leave to present you the unfeigned
thanks of that body, for the able, digni
fied and impartial course pursued by you,
while presiding over it.
The committee are further instruct
ed to request of you, a transcript of
your Valedictory Address, delivered to
day, for publication.
Yours with fraternal regard,
T. L. SMITH, J o
E. W. WKKIIIT, > e
LEVI ECKLY, ) ?
Macon, Dec. ibth, 11.30.
T. E. Smith, )
E. \V. Wrigbt, > Committee.
Levi Eckly, )
Brethren —Your letter of yesterday
conveying a resolution of the Lodge,
with a request that 1 should furnish a
copy of the remarks 1 had leave to tnaka
in the Lodge, alter the investment ami
instalment of the officers, has been re
ceived.
The notice the Lodge has been pleas
ed to take of my conduct while presi
ding over it, is only gialilying. It can
only he received and considered a t es
timate of what were viewed as gootl in
tentions. My obligations are nunc the
less to (he members, than it would be,
were their kindness the just reward of
actual met it.
A copy ol the views 1 had leave to
express, is herewith furnished according
to request. Nothing moral or original
was attempted, it was the suggestion ol
a single night ; conscious that the re
marks contain nothing unknown to the
craft generally, the copy is furnished as
the only return in my power, for there
iterated kindness 1 have received at your
hands. Could I consult mv own feel
ings alone, 1 should prefer the hasty and
very imperfect sketch confined to the
inembcisnf our own Lodge.
V\ ith my obligations to the Lodge,
accept for yourselves bitlhreii, the best
assurances of my (internal regard.
A. BAUER.
The Officers of Macon Lodge, No.
l!t, were installed S7th ult. Alter the
investment of the Officers and the usu
al charges, the following Addtess was
made by W. Ambrose Haber, P. M.
WoßsitiPFiL Master—“ All prefer
ment nntfihg Masons should depend on !
real worth and persona! merit, that the ;
society inty be well served, and the roy
al craft maintained.”
lii thus performing the last Masonic
act, which results from your former
kindness, indulgence and confidence,
grant me one moment’s expression of a
Brother’s feeling.
On our order you have often seen ri
dicule point her sharpest arrows, and
calumny pour out her most copious tor
rents of abuse—in our meetings we are
often represented as either wicked or
trifling assemblies of riotous jollity and
destructive intemperance. These rep
resentations so unfounded in our collec
tive character, are but too true to us
sometimes, when reduced to an individ
uality. lihasbeen the melancholy lot
of this Lodge to witness scenes umony
its members, and tiie resident li aternity,
destructive to order, ruinous to the craft
anil humiliating to human nature—you
need no promptings from me, (• under
stand my allusion. Shall I admonish
ilia delinquents, or pass them over to the
torturings of their own consciences—but
humanity teaches us to veil in secrecy
and oblivion the past, and philanthro
phy may justify us in brighter anticipa
tions.
In all differences about our wordly
temporal engagements or interests, ap
ply first to your Lodge for adjustment.
If dissatisfied with the determination,
apply then to the Grand Lodge—all law
suits and individual strife should be a
voided until the matter cannot thus be
decided. In all matters which wholly
concern Masonry, the brethren ire the
most safe, equitable and lies; refereesof
such differences. Should a court of
‘aw or equity have ultimately, to decide
fur you, avoid all w rath, ma.iee rancour
or personal ill-w ill, and w hen the matter
is finally adjudicated, common charity
surely instructs you again to establish
concord and harmony, the cement of the
fraternity. Then will he shown to all
the world, the benign influences of’ Ma
soniy.
The qualifications to be found in
worthy brother, ate, a wise philanthropy,
pure morality, inviolable secrecy, and a
taste for the polite arts.
Political Legislators both ancient and
modern, have in vain attempted to m ike
I their establishments durable; how wise
soever their laws might have been, they
i could not extend them to every age. and
! every country. As those laws had in
view only victory and conquests, milita
ry violence and the elevation of on*
people over another, they could not be
come miiveisal, nor agree with the taste,
the genius on! the interest of every na
lion—philanthrophy was not their basis.
The love of country badly understood
and often carried to excess, in all go
vernments, destroy* ! the love of hit-
I inanity in'ge.ieral. Men are not essen
tially distinguished by the (inference of
j languages they speak, the dresses they
; wear, or the dignity with which they
; may he infested —jiie whole world is
but one gra.it republic, of which every
nation is a family, and every particular
! person a child—to revere and spread
abroad those ancient maxim*, drawn
from the nature of maa, is one of tli*
eadsofour establishment. YY'e should
endeavor to unite all men of an agree
■ hle humour and enlightened under
standing, not only by a love al the po
lite arts, hut still more by the great pi in
! ciples of virtue, and from such an unien
! the interest of the fraternity becomes
! the interest of all mankind; from such,
every nation may draw solid knowledge,
and all the subjects of different king
doms may conspire without jealousy,
live without discoid, and mutually lost
one another without renouncing the r
country.
i Masonry instructs us in our duty to
i the .Supreme Architect of the universe,
Ito our neighbors and ourselves. It in
structs us to l.e peaceable subjects to the
j civic pow ers, and naver to ha concerned
in plots and conspiracies against the
i well being af the nation. It teaches
j truth, peace and concord, it lavs opee
our ears (o the cries *f the unfortunate,
and to extend our hand to them with the
l cup of consolation. It unites men of
I all nations io one affectionate bond of
j brotherhood. It shews us we are all up
: on a level, and that merit is the only
just distinction. It orders us to lire
i within compass, and always to act up-
I on the square with the world and with
| one another. It is not gloomy, hut
| eheerhil, it forbids intemperance but en
| courages rational mirth anil innocent
pleasures—in short, it is a super-tincture
fixed with solid firmness on the broad
basis of moral and social virtue.
Sound morality i* the second dispo
sition required in our Society. Let a
man’s religion or mode ol it he what it
I will, we should not exclude him from
l the benefits and advantages of our or
; der, provided lie believes in the glorious
I Architect of the universe, and practices
the sacred duties of morality. YY'e are
directed to expand our hearts w ith ti e
most glorious sentiments, to root out bi
gotry, and stop the cruel hand of perse
cution. YY o are hill to unite with vir
tuous men of the most distant coun
tries and opposite sentiments, to unite
with them in the firm and pleasing bond
of fraternal love; to regard them with
the truest affection. Come then ve vir
tuous men of all nations, ye faithful
followers ofjvirtue of every faith and
every dime, eotne to us, and we will
with a brothers arms receive you. You
worship the universal Lord of nature,
the bounteous givrr of all good, in tiie
way you think most pleasing to him—
you practice every duty of morality,
and he docs not M jectve! and shill we?
no! Come to us and find vimr friends
and brothers. How must such princi
ples endear our order In every liberal
and benevolent mind ; Imw universally
useful do they make it; for a mason
among men of every nation, may find
a friend, a home in every clime.
The great secrecy of our institution
is a “ ise philanthrophy. sound morality,
and brotherly love. These my breth
ren, should be inviolable. They con
tiol dispositions the most volatile; the
most indiscreet rml those least trained
to secresy, lean this great science al
soon as they enter amongst us Serre
sv serves to link togrtl(fr subject* of
diUcient kingdoms, and to facilitate
and rentier mutual between them, llio
communication of benefits. Our own
Lodge will hear witness how olt the
stranger and the alien finding themselves
distressed, have made thetmelvp* knowo
and immediately have they received all
neictsary assistance. YVe ate cornice-