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MILLF.DGKVILLK, OCT. 11, in:.).
0:i our rirM pnqe will be found a curious .Ar
ticle, in re lation to penitential) punishment.
Thers is Roinetliiiv wron : in the transmis
sion of the mail !Vo:*i Savannah to this plac e.
I mil within a lew weeks pa?t, We received
Vo tiers nml papers fiom that city three times a
fteek Now we receive them lutt twice, \i/.
on Tuesday* ami Saturdays. The papers rr-
eived by the mail of Inst Saturday were of no
later date than Oet. 1th, except the Georgian,
which came as lute as ilw 7th.
Accordin': to the pres nt mail &nwnger.ruits,
we should have communications from Savan
nah m a Utile more than t\v«j days \y ill the
I apers of that c ity have the goodness to look
iiln this mailer.
Who that has any regard fer the character
,l our State is not mortified at the prospect
,.i(intid Inin llic electit n irturnsarc coming
in, an 1 the first ami the only enquiry that is
m ule when n return is recei\ed, relates to the
vote of the members elect for a successor to
the present Governor. \\ c have-not, in a sin
gle instance, heard the cncpiiry made--is the
representation of that count} improve d, as re
gards intelligence, and its capacities of doina j
essential service to the Slate. Every thing re
lating to irternal improvement, education, and
other natiCrs c aleulntcd to elevate tho chai.u •
ter of the State, is K*st iu the all-interesting
gubernatorial question. F.very man lias his
■ lip of paper and hi* pencil, ready to pop down
tl o number of votes that Col. Troup and < ’apt.
1 alln i will receive in each particular county.
The^c* tilings dioald be better ordered We
repeat wlml we said a short time ago: (Jive
!tic election of the Governor to the people, and
ut us have a l.egid.ilnre elu tii on different
C,rounds from those that now mainly iulluenpe
the choic e of it.
In the midst of these causes of di -satisfac
tion, we have one bcihivc ot coiuiort. Two
worthy men are candidates to till the e\» eu-
f .ive chair. In the cleetiun of either of them,
we anticipate belter times than we have had
The usperity of party feeling will he softened,
and hence there will be a moie harmonious
co-operation of lire parties into which ail deli
berate bodiefcin a free government are in-ees
r,nily divided, on all subjects having for tlieii
aim the public good. There are a suavity u(
manner and a iiboraiity of feeling about both
these gentlemen which fully warrant this con
clusion.
This view of the subject is taken for the
nttqmnc of introducing another matter which
m generally admitted to be one of importance
IVuM it noi le w*ll to m ice (he Convmti,n
question Y W hen it was brought before tin
people two years ago, the objections that were
urged against it arose from the violence of
party feeling which then prevailed throughout
the State, lu making amendments to so ini-
pm taut au instrument as out Constitution, sail
they, on that occasion, there should be giea
calmness of feeling and harmony of discussion
The: aspect of the times does nut warrant a be
lief that these nil important requisite* can he
obtained. Hence we w ill oppose (lie calling
of n convention at thi time —Tluy reasoned
wisely; and perhaps it is well that tho ques
tion, under all the circumstances, met with
firm uu opposition.
Wo believe that matters are ahum to
thorc propitious At all events, there rail I
tve conceive, no harm in bringing the question
again befoie the people.
The New-York Patriot lias been put under
the editorial management of mr. Osborne, tin
poet. Its tone, which has been heretofore ot
the most violent character, is already changed
In this regard there was much room for amend
ment. Men of mr. Osborne's refined feelings,
no matter to what political party they may be
Attached, uniformly abhor and avoid the
temperate slung of party warfare.
In a late number of the Patriot we find the
following observations, which wo iransfc
n.U'ni. !S'\.li.u .
Franklin—Little, Anderson, A.-li, at.irun
U.-erne Storks, Dawson, Karly, Foster
fiirinnetl—\\ ortliv, Greeili
tl tiwrsham— Cleveland, Wofford
Hull—Garrison. Bates
thwack—Brov n, Abercrombie, Birdsong,
lh nrij•—\ViHi.tms Johnson [Baxter
Houston—Mann Moreland
I twin—Joyce, Gilder # [Burns
.Ink ton—Montgomery, Cochran, Singleton,
•Ar.s/ rr~ Bunn y, McCaue, \ darns, Henderson,
Kenan
J> (ftraOH—Gamble, Harman, Stnpleton
June.—-Philips.lieu !i i< Day , Lamar,Hutch
I 'mi nis—Bluckslicnr, Hoi ue,Thomas [ings
l.iiiruin—Harper, Jones, Fleming
.•KWfion—Groves m niiel, Mcrouey
Mature—W ellx'i i . I.ou-r
Mnutppmieru Mcthiminon, Alston
—Bonner. Gilmore, Bandy, Canipl
\,„i, //—Junes, Kobinson [iMoriovv
U^/efli >i—Barnet, Fpson, Freeman, Block
/'#./<iv/ti—KoIm-oh, l'avlorj Mitchell [iiiou
1‘tibunn— Hull, Hnd»nn Turner, Branham,
Bike—Slrrlie?, Ch)|>tnn [Cloirtoi
lb,bun—Millt:!, l’owell [VVaikim
Huhuumd— Walker, < ihwrot k. Ilnlnhinson,
Scrii rn—MrKinnie. Smith, IV ilkinsoii
Tati mill—Gilmore, f ippitis
Telfair—Cuft.I.c «
/ ,, ■. v—\\ i in I tel I v, Lav. sun, U heat, C roekor
ITaliuu—Phillip*, Moore
IPiinvu—l.oikliart, l,H7.rnhv,Tlinmn», Bledsoe
II 'iixliiiftaH—(lleiin, Siiftiilil, Cullen*., Haines
II Hies—Wootnn, Gruiea, Bender, Anilurson,
Lv
IT ilk i
-Beall, Burch, IVigniiis
our coliini"* been
■ the
eom.un jus) views
o! nmllcu relating to the profession to which
we are attached.
EDITORIAL RUDENESS.
The Press it) mis country is losing
its dignity and influence, nr .it least tint
salutary influence wluclt it ought to pos
M?ss, hr its utter licentiousness of manner
—vibrating between the miserable and
abortive attempts at tv it, and the mold
ing and railing of the termagant.
On one pari, a host of apprentices
manumitted, and they must forthwith he
come Editors, forsooth!—They aie ton
proud to follow their tiatle, as Frank i in
did, in a subordinate capacity, until f
-.tine may offer, of judgment discern, au
opportunity for a lespertahlu und per-
matv nt establishment. They must be—
Tint merely printers, but—Editors! and
when seated in the Editorial Chau, they
most play the Editor: At all event*—
they must ill ike a noise .‘—if talents and
acquirements are delicient, there is out
way left to attract notice—if any num
b o ol them divide in opinion as to
didates for office, or as ruany other mat
ter that is divisible, the villain, and the
liar, ao I the mercenary, anJ the u/roita/t.
e in be bandied about by the meanest ol
them ; and every mother’s son of them
ft tally persuades hiiustdf that lie is a te
doubtable EJilor!
Now and then you m iy see a cold
hearted veteran in social intercourse,
with pet feet composure, (or at least the
appearance of it.) amusing hmisell with
these novices, and with wanton and ma
licious waggery, playing upon their pas
sions, of anger, or ill-romiealed tear.—
Then comes vituperation. The merits
of the case or eases in question are lost
sight ol; and the Editorial throng, with
out even the merit of concert or definite
course, whi' h characterizes a mob, are
involved in indiscriminate abuse and vi
olence.
When will this end? When will the
frowns of the public suppress these abu
ses ? i
On our parr, we are proud to sav, tint
we care not whether Editor Notes or
Editor Stiles (who opposed us,) aie vil
lains or gentlemen. We must to be sure,
brush the flies from our spectacles when
they light thereon; but beyond that we
have nothing to do with them.
ELECTION llETL'RNfl.
App/ing - —Swilley, ■
Jlnhlwin—.tones, Fort, Watson
Jlihl.»—Bullock, Ingersol
Bullock—Lockhart, Denmark
Burke—Alien, Tiionm.,, Bell, Tootl*
Chuham—Berrien, Law, Pooler, Fell
C.Usrku—Cook, Meriwether, S' bean, Gold,'
Colsuvbix — Crawford, A very, F t, Burn-nil,
f'.,,iuif„rd—Blaekstonc, King
liouiu—Liimkin, Farnall
DtKolb—Montgomery, ■
Elbert—Allen, llrartf, Christian. Buek«
J'svrh—Watson, #pann
r omsii sir stioS.
Messrs. Camak f Il a gland:
Y ou arc requested to publish in your
next paper the billowing statement from
the Sheriff of Baldwin county, as a reply
to a false statement which appeared in
your last paper, over the signature ol
Paine. S. 1).
Having been requested by the (jov-
eruor to stale the conveisation that tool
place between Governor(d.irk,Mr H
II, and myself, I have done so, as fol
lows :
t In Monday the 29th September, 1828,
Governor Clark stated lo me, that the
press which lie lint) been informed I had
levied upon as the property ofCosarn E
Harilett, was his property; that he
paid something like nine hundred dollars
for it; that the IMitois of (lie two other
presses were so illiberal and had acted se
partially, that he, (Governor Clark) ha,
determined more limn twelve months ago
to establish another press, to he cnudlit
ted l.y an able, independent, anil impat
tial Editor, who would do justice to him
self, as well as others; that midcr thi
letermination, he It,id written to two
lliioo gentlemen of Savannah to see Mr
Martlet! upon the subject, who, he had
lerstood, was such a matt, and soon
after Mr. IJartlett visited Milledgeville
and staled to him that he had come up
from Savannah from having seen the
letters ho had written, and s till that he
was so very poor, and so much in debt
that lie enuhl not, of himself, do any
tiling. Upon which the Governor obser
veil to him that he would purchase n ptess
winch he should have the mi? td ; and
as he believed the establishment would
lie beneficial to the country, he would
do w hat lie coni I to prumoto it, and he
had no doubt there were others would do
the same. The Governor requested Mr
I iausell, who was (he Plaint ill’s Attorney
to consult his client before he proceeded
further, anti state to them the facts, as he
(the Gov.) did not wish to be at the ex
pensc and trouble of attending to a claim
in court; which Mr. Ilansell agreed to
The foregoing I believe to he iu sub
stance what 1 heard pass in tho before
mentioned conversation ; more might
have be.cn said, as the Governor and Mr.
Mansell had some conversation that I
ltd not hear.
JOHN C. MANGIIAM.
October 12, 111 2d.
COLONIZATION.
MANAGERS OK TII E AM ERIE AN
COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
The lion. Bustinon Washington, Pre
sident.
VICE PRESIDENTS,
lion. W»i. II. Crawford, of Georgia.
Mon. Ilrsitv Clay, of Kentucky.
Mon, Wm. Phi Lins, of Massachusetts.
Hon. IIksiiy Rutoeiis, of New York.
Hon. John E. Howard, of Maryland.
Moo. John G. Herbert, of Maryland.
Hon. Daniel WEtisTF.it, ot Boston.
sve McKtsi, Esq. of Maryland.
Gen. R G. Harter, of III lrylamt.
Gen. John Martiveel Cocke, of Vir
ginia.
Gen. Charles P. Mercf.r, of Virginia.
Robert Ralston, Esq. of Pennsylva
nia.
Right Ilev. Bishop White, uf Pennsyl
vania.
Jeremiah Day, D. D. of Y ale College.
Gen. John .M ason, of the District ol
< ’uhimhta.
Sayiukl Bayard, Esq. of New-Jerscy.
Wm. 11. Ft t/,tti i.it, Esq. of Virginia.
MANAGERS.
F .vir.'s S. Kiu, Esq. Ilev. Il’tn. Haivtei.
IT tlh r Jonts, l\<q. Her. Heim, Foxull,
Hr, lb .h ues Uu
lh ••. lb. S II IU!.
lire. I l/v.u.l.’l II He,
Her Or IT. II ll'i/i
Flint 11. Culilu ti!. i- I v
/. uilei ii, ','ii’a Ill
llie\ ,r,l Smith, K q T
Rali'h HtnJvli’h (stirl,,, • I
ni
Jacob ffii/twun, i'.sq.
IT/n. Thornton, E>q.
JoS ’I. ill (, Jr. I....,
C . Ile.ini .Ishton.
MANAGERS OK
AUXILIARY
H. Strong, L-y. Tres
I TuHlIie. t. Esq
il ,„. Turner. See ret
Thorn
THE PUTNAM
SOCIETY.
Hi at.
, Tresident.
Hurdimsin, Esq. Treasurer.
OTHER MANAGERS.
. Finn
i. F. S.
I lull Si
Thom.i
Esq.
F.sq.
II
Mr .I, hu Trlpjn.
IT,,,. Il illianis,
I> Jti rrw Pea k.
John Mr 11, ul . Esq.
Mr . hr., . Me Oi l laid
Cujit. .il'uer I'cattj.
IT II. E. Mu
Her. Is ia, .1/ Ireland.
Timer II. Trip/*, Esq
Together with the Vice Presidents on
numerated in the following report.
It is believed,” say the managers of
the parent Society, in their last exposi
tion, “that a comprehensive answer
most, it not all” (of the objections to nor
h-me) “ would he furnished liv simply
statin,• ir/tnf it is, that the Society pro
poses to do.”
And fiom the same exposition, it ap
pears that the parent society propose to
plot tire h tellable territory m Africa
for siii h persons of color as are now lie
•and may choose to go, and such as may
hereafter become so, by the voluntary
ads of lheir owners: (for it should he re
nu mbered that in New-York. and some
other stales north of Georgia, the num
ber* of free persons of color are, and
will l,e, constantly augmented hv that
process, and that charity as much te-
ipiires us to aid those w lm may hereafter
peaceably fall into that class, and patri
olism as much requires us to remove ih<
nuisance cte*hd bv tins means, as tn
aid the exi.siBJfree colored population
or to remove the existing nuisance.) I
also appears that th<“ patent sottetv pur
pose, farther, to supply the means of
transporting tho einicran'.* to our l
tty, or to increase the mcahs w loch they l
may themselves provide. :
“They do not, theufore intend,'’ say
the managers of the parent society, “ and
Ikei/ hare notlhe tnc/malion, if they pos
sessed the (lower, (which we all know
they do not possess,) “ to constrain the
departure of any free man of color from
America, or to coerce any proprietor Io
emancipate his slaves.
Ann. rep. Put. Society, 1020.
“Your Committee would not tints fa
vorably regard the prayer of the memo
rialists” (Colonization Society* say the
led committee of the House of Rep
resentatives of the IJ. Stiles in 1010,)“»Y
il sought lo impair, in the slightest <lr.
grre, the rights of private property, or the
yet more sacred rights of personal liber
ty, secured to every desciiption ol free
men in the United Stalest”
“There was no fear” said Mr. Joht
Randolph, at the fnmalion of the pa
rent society, “that this proposition would
alarm the slaveholders; they have been
iccustometl to think seriously ol the sub
ject. There was a popular work on ag
riculture, hv John Taylor of Caroline,
whit It was widely circulated, and much
confided in, in Virginia,” (and it may he
added, in Georgia likewise.) “In that
Imok, much read, because coming from
practical man, this description of per
sons, (tiee negroes) were pointed out as
a great evil, &ie. Mr. Randolph conclu
ded by saying, that lie thought it neces
sary lo make these remarks, being a
slave-holder himself, to shew that, so far
from being connected with abolition ol
slavery, the measure would prove one of
the greatest securities to enable the mas
ter to keep in possession hi* own proper
ty.”
REPORT.
Tin* hoard of managers of the Putnam
Auxiliary Society for colonizing tho free
persons of color of tho United States,
with their consent, congratulate the soci
eties and the public, that, under dtscour
igeutents known to every one, they are
permitted to reach their fourth anniver
sary with the prospect of tontiuucd use
fulness.
lu the death of the late judge Harri-
the board and the society have to la
incut the lost of a valuable manager
and the public a worthy citizen, at a
time when the prospect of augmented
honor anil usefulness had opened bcl'otc
him. Circumstances rendered linnet cs
sary the exerci.o of the power of the
managers to fill his vacancy in the
hoard: The society will of course ex
ercise their power in the case.t
There being, in the estimation of the
man igcrs, no great necessity fur a semi-
atuial meeting in January last, no meet
ing was held by them.
Tho boattl of Managers, at their meet
ing on the 17ih July, concurred with the
Society in tho adoption of the amend
ment of the Constitution authorising tho
appointment of an additional number of
vice presidents, and iu pursuance of the
views of the Society, passed a resolution
requesting Mr. I Tin. Iltdkcr, sen. of Put
nam county; Dr. Tomlinson Tort and
Mr. James ('.amok, of Baldwin ; the llov.
I’cltr IT. Haulier, and the llcv. Cyrus
Whitt, of Jasper; the Rev. I a, rick
Hearer, and the Rev. Francis Cummins.
nf Greene; the Rev. Dr. Moses Waddell
and the Hon. A S. ( laid,in, nf Ulaike;
Col. Duncan il. Campbell anti Alexan
der Hope, Esq. of Wilkes; tho Rev.
Samuil Strong ami Stephen Upson, Esq.
of Oglethorpe; the Rev. Jessc Mercer
and liie Rev. Dr. John Ilroicn, of Han
cock county ; to act as Vice Presidents
of tile Society.
In pursuance of the Orders of the So
ciety, tho last annual report lias been
primed, with an appendix, in pamphlet
I'm in. Au error in judgment caused the
pamphlet to be enlarged to such » *- /,o,
as to exceed in value the stun of Fifty
dollars, appropriated for printing it.—
Messrs. Camak be Ragland, however, of
whoso friendship the Society have such
unquestionable evidence, generously de
clined receiving the excess. A request
was made, iu pursuance of the wishes of
the Society, that the teport should ap
pear in tho Gazette. In this cate, as in
relation to one or two other reports, the
request was unattended to. 'The gene
rous donations of the Editors, their
whole ilepoitincnl in relation to the So
ciety, forbid the idea that they det lined
the publication of our reports fiom mo
tives of hostility to riur scheme. No
doubt satisfactory reasons can he given
for not publishing. The board cannot
but hope, however, tiiat no circumstance
will render improper the appearam e ol
this report in the state Gazette: Indeed
they would take this occasion respectful
ly lo request, net only the Editors of the
Journal, hut all others having no purlieu
I n antipathy against mtr plans, to publish
tins report and all ot Iter pieces of reason
able length, from » h Hover sourcp, which
may he calculated to proinnto what we
mccivp to lie a gnat national object.
FoUunatilv, tho printcis through mis-
tke, struck nil’ only one hundred anti
evenly copies of our last tcpoit. As
even that number amounted to some
thing mmc than the sum appropriated
foi printing, the printers were not requi
ted lo furnish tho remaining thirty. A
usual, a number of copies of t ,c report
a cre distributed, during the late session,
uuong tiie members of the legislature.
As no meeting of lliu board took place
in January, to direitthe disposition of
reports, and as it was deemed impor
tant to make an early distribution of a
•onsiderablo number, they have aernr-
linglv been Intuled tn members of the
■iocictv, ami others, upon the ptinciplcs
prescribed for distiilmtiug our , d:er re-
purls. A considerable number of the
first, second, and third reports remain
on hand, however, to be disposed of on
the plan heretofore practised, or as the
society or board may direct.
The board have ever been anxious
not tu be troublesome to the friends of
our enterprise. Hence, iu the midst of
tho pecuniary emhariassinents of the
times, hut linle exertion ha* been made
to collet t contributions from ol I mein
lets, or to gain new ones. Still they
have succeeded in collet tine R sufficient
amount to pay the printers Fifty dollars,
■rod to transmit to the parent Society a
small amount, under an existing older ol
the Solicit.
The valued names of M ijor Junes
Meriwether, nf Clark county, M. tt. R.
Dr. Moses lladdell, P. U. and l)r. II.
Vranham, of our own county, M. II. 11.
have also been added to the list ot mem
bers. When men like these continue to join
our tanks, the Society mav well exult in
the favor they enjoy with their fellow-
citizens.! Nor alter the excitement of
the Missouri discussions, and i tiier debt
sions, have passed away, and their fel
low citizens ate again viewing their ex
ertions in a proper light, can they des
pair that, when the pecuni.ny embarra
mems of the day also have passed away,
they will be enabled to continue efficient
atd to the exertions of'he parent Society.
They must believe mat the failure of
some respected members to hand in their
contributions, and th-J failure of many
respected citizens to enter the tanks of
benevolence, are attributable to far other
circumstance* titan a want ot charity, or
a dereliction uf principle; and that,
when their embarrassment* shall pass
away, they will be found hi the discharge
of the duties of hcueficence.
In relation to certain Africans, in
whose behalf the Societies have taken an
interest, on the invitation of the state,
nothing final ha* been done. Believing
that the judicial proceedings relative to
them would tie considerably protracted,
tho friends of colonization did not press
their situation upon the attention of the
legislature, dm mg their late session.—
Proceedings in regard to them are still
pending in the state anil federal courts,
in behalf of Madrazo, of Bowen, and of
the state. Mow they are to eventuate,
the hoard cannot bo expected to say.
Should the Africans he declared subject
to the law of Georgia, the parent Society
would he authorised, by a contract enter
ed into with the state, under her law, to
transport them to Africa, first reimburs
ing the expenses incurred l v tho state.
That such reimbursement would he de
manded, however, the managers will
not permit themselves to believe. Such
belief is protlmled by the fact that the
state has already been reimbursed from
the proceeds ot the sale of Sixty of the
Milledgeville Afrit mis; by the obvious
impropriety of deriving a revenue from
such a source; and by the resolution
passed without a dissenting voice in the
Mouse of Representatives, session before
last, for placing the Alticans undisposed
of at th'* disposal of the colonization So
ciety. It has been said that it would he
improper to transport those Africans to
their native country, on the ground that
some ol them would prefer remainin,
this country. It is not believed that this
country is hound to consent to the intro
duction or continuance of a hurtful rlas
of men, merely because they would like
a residence among us. \\ e should pay
due tegarrl to our own policy'and sttfetv,
and not he entirely governed by the par
tiality or avers'on of those persons, to
Africa or America respectively, especial
ly when that partiality or aversion may
be founded on ignor oee or aeet>lnnlal
circumstances, and might ho removed on
full information, or a change m t in tun
stances. Bin, even admitting it would
he improper to transport those who may
be unwilling to go, still we might very
properly carry those who would consent
| To be continued-]
Adams lias many friend?, and Calhoun
some.
Illinois is canvassing the question of a
convention. Indiana husdeetded against
one. It is doubtful whether the Territo
ry of Michigan has elected as her Dele
gate to the H. of R. Mr. Biddle ; or the
ltev. Gabriel Richards, a Roman Catho
lic Clergyman. The N. Y. papers say,
the latter has succeeded by the assistance
of the French Party, and the great num
ber of candidates,
Kentucky is looking for relief from
Iter next Legislature.—She w ill vote lor
Mr. Clay without difficulty, though not
without dispute.
Tennessee would elect Jackson by ac
clamation.—She counts with sanguine
hut erring confidence upon his success.
She ranks Pennsylvania, Si Carolina
his native slate, under Ins banners—and
we know not Imw many others.— Her
state Legislature convened on the till)
Sept, and will have to choose a Senator
of the U. S. A strong effort will be made
to turn out Mr. John Williams—but, if
Mr. Grundy and his friends remain stea
dy in their attachments, the scheme will
he defeated.
uilSiisr*
“ A suitable territory has Wn procured,
t Since the adoption of thi.** report, tho So
ciety Invn sustaine,| ,t further ins* in die death
of Mr. Thomas Park, a w urthy member of the
boanl of managers. Sec'ry
t Since writing the report, several valuable
member* have been gained. See
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE STATES.
Our country consists of so many states
who*e interests are so various, and whose
elections recur at such distinct periods of
tho year, that we seldom ever enjoy a
pctfect calm through all our borders.—
Apart from the concerns of .die nation,
each state has its own aftairs to adjust.
Georgia is to elect at the next session
of her legislature, a Governor in the place
of Clark : The. palm lo be disputed be
tween Troop and Tul iot.
South Carolina has a lillle breeze be
tween the fitends atvl the opponents of
Judge Johnson's decision as to the case
of the coloured seatran. Her Philodi-
mus, Caroliniensis, lictto, &u'. Re. are
figuring away in the newspapers.
N. Carolina is reputing alter her elec
tion—but her prints tre still keeping up
a smart guerilla skirnish on tho subject
of the next President.
V'iigini.t is the lam of steady habits—
(Juii i enough at pnsent, though now
and then a squib it the public prints
uiiist tile Presidettial candidates or
their friends.
Maryland is about ti choose the men
hers of her Legislator*. —the Jew Gill, the
Potomac measure, Re. btc. are 'catling
the day.
Pennsylvania i* in the very throes of
an election. The ft 'tends of Shulze and
ofGregg are maintaining a steady and vi
olent warfare. Her prints are crowded
with almost every species of argument
or abuse. Wo to the unfortunate read
er. who is forced to digest the whole.—
The fate ot Sisyphus is scarcely mor
tolenble.--The polls, however, will bt
held on the 2d Tuesday of this month
and then the controversy will take a wi
dt*r range; from the chief magistrate ol
the state to that of the nation.
Her sister states on both sides of her
are enjoying oliuni cum dignitalc.—The
slate Election of N. Jersey takes place
on the 2d Tuesday in this month. The
Trenton American says, “ iu several
counties it is likely to be warmly cot.tes
ted.” We see no si,ns of it in the pa
pers.
The electioneering campaign isopen
ing in N. Y ork. Meetings are organ
ized in the different counties for the pur
pose of nominating their candidates to
the state Legislature. Some of them
are not content it ith this function ; hut
ate passing resolutions calculated to bear
on the presidential election. The fi icn«f
of Adams are recommending a change
in the inode of appointing Elector*; from
tho Legislature to the people. The
fitends of Craw ford are pressing the im
port tneo of paying respect to the caucus
nomination.—Surely lhc*e two measure
are perfectly compatible with each olh
or. Some say that Gov. Y ates intends
to r ecommend to tho next legi Jattirc the
passage el r I liv transferring to the people
the power rf choosing the electors. Olh
ets deny any so h intention. In Virgin
in, we ttotfld smile at such a dispute.—
Il tee want a law, we never ask the Gov
emor lor Ins opinion, or wait till hr gives
Our Eastern Brethren have scarcely
a breeze to ripple tliotr siii lat e. In II
ton, the coriespondence is a topic of some
discussion. And both in Massachusetts
amt Maine, the l'residential election now
and then employs the pen or the tongue
The gieat body of the presses are on tire
side of Mr. Adams ; 1 nt he has enemies
enough to disparage Ills claims and pie
tensions. Many of the republicans of
*New England arc awaiting the result of
a congressional caucus. They think
more impoitant to move together an
take the election out uf tho hands of the
H. of It., than to stickle for A, B or l
lo the West, there is no great move
mem to arrr*t the attention.—Ohio
discussing the merits of the candidates
U!o- scents to t*r her favorite—timin'
New York, Sept. 23.
LATEST FBO.M ENGLAND.
The packet slii|> Amity, Captain Max
well, arrived yesterday morning fiom
Liverpool. She left the port on the 18th
lilt, hut did not bring the London mail
of that day. Our latest | apers from
them e arc of the evening of the 11th.
YVe learn that the weather in England
fur the last few days had been more fa
vorable for the harvest than the previous
accounts represented.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool was
remarkably dull tho last week.
The Paris pnpns of the loth of Au
gust, state that a Telegraphic Despatch,
dated an the Bill, announces that Balles
teros had submitted, and recognized tlic
Recency—or, in oilier words, like Abis-
bal and .Murillo, bail turned traitor tu ins
country.
With the exception of this circum
stance, we find nothing of particular im
portance in the papers. Them are no
later Recounts from Corunna. Ferrol
having capitulated, the blockade of that
port has been raised.
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Tjondon, Aug. 13.—The following po
litical intelligence has just been icceived
from the Peninsula/ The public will see
that it amply deserves the characterise
have given of it at the head of this arti
cle. It may bn relied upon as the latest
and most authentic intelligence from Ca
diz and Madrid.
When the Duke D’Angouleme left
Madrid for Seville it was for tho purpose
of making every elfoit to bring the con
test, if possible, to a termination, by soun
ding the view* of the Cortes, and ascer
taining whether a negotiation could not
ho entered into upon such grounds as
might allow Franco to withdraw her
troops from the Spanish territory, with
out compromising the principles upon
which she. had undertaken the war. The
desire of France to terminate the contest
was further increased by the blind and
infatuated conduct which had been ad
pted by the Regency at Madrid, tend
ing to aggravate rather than allay and
aim tho differences between the Royal
ists and the Constitutionalists.
Il was liist thought that the fall of Ca-
liz would reduce the Cortes to the neces
sity of submission—but the violent party
continued to persevere in a determined
resistance, and the speedy surrender of
that remaining strong hold is not to lie
expected. Nay, to such lengths have
the violent party carried their opposition
to the views of the Royalists and the
rench, that they have openly declared
hey would saeiifice the lives of Ferdi
nand and the Itoyal Family rather than
submit. Yet some correspondence has
actually taken place between the Duke
’Angouleme and a few members of the
ortes. This negotiation met, however,
with an impediment in limine. For the
Members demanded what guarantee
his Koval Highness could give upon
which the Cortes could rely for fulfilling
liis engagements after the French army
should have evacuated the Spanish tt*r
ritory ? Spain pointed to the interference
of Great Britain as mediator and guar
antes: but this was out of the question
Great Britain, faithful to that declaration
which she made on the .list March last
through our Minister at Paris, will “he
at all times ready to renew the imerposi
lion of her good offices for the purpose of
terminating hostilities.” But then that
interposition must be requested, not by
one of the belligerent parties, but by all
Without such a request, England could
not, with consistency, interpose her kind
offices as the guarantee for securing the
ootl faith of any treaty. Now, to any
demand from all the belligerent patties of
onr mediation, France opposes a strong
obstacle. In the despatch from the Duke
tie Montmorency to the Duke of Wei
ngton, dated 2IUh December, t;;22, (|
11 of the printed papers) the former says
“ His Majesty has appreciated the sen
timents which have induced the King of
England to offer his mediation to his Ma
jesty, in order to prevent a rupture be
tween him and the Spanish government
But lus Majesty could not but feel that
the situation ol France, with regard to
Spain, was not of a nature to call for a me
diation between the two courts. In fact,
there exists, no difference between them,
nospec.fic point of discussion, by the ar
rangement of which their relations might
he placed on the fooling on which they
ought to stand.”
Still adhering to the principles laid
flown in the Duke de Montmorency'* note,
France considers that it would compro
mise her dignity, if, situated as site is,
England weie to he required to art as
Mediator in a Bourbon quaircl—site is
not disposed, therefore, to allow any par
ty to undertake this mediation.
Such was the state nf affairs when the
Inst accounts left Seville ami Cadiz —
But this is not all.
Thcio is, it might almost he said, as
wide a difl'erence between the views ol
France and the Regency of Madrid, as
between France and the Cortes. France
might have been content with a modifi
cation of the Constitution, and the resto
ration of ilie King to political and per
sonal freedom. But the Regency seem
to reject all such views, and to act as il
nothing would content them short of ab
solute am! unconditional submission on
the part of the Constitutionalists. That
any set of men could be guilty of sttrh
mfatuati in nnd blindness, seems scarcely
credible. Rut possibly it may be found
that they are less the authors of such an
unwise policy than the agents acting from
the secret suggestions of a foreign and a
distant power. If it conM be believed
that such suggestions proceeded from
that Power, the world would be at no loss
to see horv little the professions of some
Cabinets agree with their conduct. It
would be a policy which could only be
dictated by a desire to inflame, not to
sooth, the animosities of the two parties
in Spain—to prolong, not to shorten, the
calamities of war, and finally, to raise up
fresh obstacles in the way of the French
government. If France see it in this
light, and if this be a correct view of af
fairs, there would be but one policy, which
it would be the duty, not only of France
and Spain, but even of this country, to
adopt; upon which, however, we shall
not enlarge at present, 'hat the suspicions
of any such conduct may be found to
be, if not altogether unfounded, at least
greatly exaggerated.
But to return to the conduct of the Re
gency. W lien.tiie Duke D’Angouleme
was about to leave Madrid for Seville,
the Regency peremptorily demanded
that they should be the companions of
his Royal Highness. The demand was
as peremplonly refused. Still the Re
gency pressed their demand of being al
ways at the head quarters of the French
army. Upon which it was deemed ne
cessary to hold out threats, which alone
prevented their carrying their intentions
into execution. One of these threats,
we understand, was, that the French ar
my would leave them to thems Ives, and
take op a position behind tiie Ebro.
Como r.
New York, Sept. 23,
By the anival last night of the fast sail
tog ship Union, Capt. French, the editor
of the National Advocate has received
London papers to die 21st August, and
Liverpool of the 22d, being four day
later than by the Amity. The editor is
also indebted to Capt. French for late
papeis. It will be seen by our extracts
that affairs in Spain are in great confu
sion, and statements very contradictory
are made on all sides
The army of Ballastcros did not join
the French ; lie bad been suspected by
the Cortes, and preparation made to tlis
possess him of command, when he per
tidiouslyjoined the enemy. Mis army
is to be commanded bv Zayns anti Riego
A letter has been received in Loud
from the agent to Lloyd’s, dated Genoa
August 7, which says, that “ A vessel ttr
rived ibis morning which sailed on the 2d
inst. from San Felicio, coast of Catalo
nia, the master of which reports that, on
the 2fth tilt, three divisions, commanded
by GuncralsMilnns, Llobcras, and Mans,
attacked the French near Maurcsa, that
veiy obstinate battle took place, which
lasted two days, in which the French lost
3000 prisonets, und a great number of
killed and wounded, and that the*Span
iaids set fire to Manresa; that, on the
29th nit. Generals .Mina ami Rotten sal
lied out from Barcelona with all their
forces, and attacked the French on the
rJOtli, nearMataro: that the battle was
not ended on the 2d in*t. when be sailed
is lie saw a great fire along the coast, and
on the tops of the mountains, so that the
final result of this action is yet unknown/
The Loudon Courier of the 20th says,
“Nothing more is now said about the
freedom of Ferdinand, the certainty of
negotiation, or the expectation of an im
mediate surrender on the part of tin*
Cortes; but, on the contrary, ive are told
if Cadiz does not surrender by the 20th
tho bombardment of the city will com
nence.”
The same paper adds, “ There lias
been, we suspect, more fighting in Cat;
Ionia thuii is admitted by the accounts
from that quartet, and we should not be
surprised to find that the advices reeeiv
ed yesterday at Lloyd’s [as stated above]
from their agent at Genoa, told some
truths upon that subject. YVe are led to
form this opinion from comparing the
dates tu those advices, and in the last of
ficial accounts from Marshal Moncey.”
Mina, it is sai l, has imposed a loan of
200,000 piastres on the principal nter
chants of Barcelona. On the 11th inst,
an insurrection took place in that ct'y,
occasioned, perhaps, by this heavy exac
tion. It was speedily quelled, however,
and some of the ringleaders escaped on
board the French ships of war in the
harbor. Others, we are told, were exe
cuted.
The Liverpool Mercury of the 22tl
states, on the authority of late advices
from I’aris, that tho duke d’Angoulcme
had actually dissolved the Regency of
Madrid, and made other great changes.
Corunna was still in possession of the
Constitutionalists on the 10th Aug.—
The French bombarded it at interval:
and were in possession of all the heights
from which the artillery could play on it.
The ex-emperor Iturbibc arrived
Leghorn on tlie 2d August.
From the London Courier, Aug. 20.
YY'e have received the following im
portant Decree, issued by tho Duke d’
Angouleme, at his head quarters, Andu-
jar, on the Uth instant. YVe give it as it
has reached us, unable to define precise
ly the scope of its practical application,
or even to vouch for its authenticity.—
Supposing it, however, to be authentic, it
certainly indicates no very cordial fee!
ing as subsisting between his royal high
ness ami the Madrid regency, for to them
ami their adherents its articles can alone
apply. There are no other “ Spanish
Authorities," to whom sucli a decree
cotthl be addressed ; for it would be a
ridiculous assumption of power to pre
tend to exact obedience to it from the
Constitutionalists. Are we, then, judg
ing from the preamble, to infer that the
Regency have, been arbitrarily imprison
ing French soldiers ? YVe have seen pri
vate letters which state that the Duke d’
Angouleme had positively divested the
Regency of all authority. This we do
not credit, but we think the following
proclamation sufficiently proves (what,
indeed, we have repeatedly declared was
the fact) that discord has arisen between
the French and the more violent Royal
ists :
YY'e, Louis Antoine do Bourborn, Infant
of France, Dnke of Angouleme, Com
mander in chief of tho Army of the
Pyrenees, &£.c. bcc.
Considering that the occupation of
Spain by the army under our command
places ns under the indispensable obliga
tion of watching over the tranquility of
that kingdom, and the security of our
troops, have commanded, and do com
mand, as follows:
1. The Spanish Authorities shall not
make any prisoners without authority
from the French commanders of our
troops.
2. The commanders in chief of the
corps under our command shall demand
the release of all prisoners who may have
been imprisoned in an aibitrary manner
fur political motives, especially soldiers,
that they tnay teturn lo their homes, ex
cepting such as, after liberation, s
give cause of complaint.
8. The Commanders in Chief of the
corps are authorised to seize all such per
sons as shall disobey the present orders.
4. All publishers and periodical wri
tings shall be under the direction of the
Commanders of our troops.
5. The present decree shall be printed,
and made known all over the world.
Given in Attdujar, the 8tb Aug. 1823.
LOUIS ANTOINE.
By command:
GUILLEMINOT.
Late and Important from Europe.
New York, Sunday, Sept. £8.
Since our last, we have liad several
arrivals from Europe. The Maria, Cap
lin Fowler, has furnished Loudon pa
pers to the 27th August, atid by the Mar-
mion, Captain liuwkins, from Havre,
we have l’aris papers to the 30th tilt, in
clusive.
The most prominent articles of intel
ligence, are disastrous to the Spanish
cause, and give us feats that resistance
to the invaders is nearly at an end.
Corunna anti Algesiras both capitula
ted to llie French on the 14th ol August.
The hist advices from the Dnke ol
Angouleme state that, on the 18th ol
August, lie was bolding a Council of
War under the walls of Cadiz. I’tevi-
reporls stated that he atrivetl at St.
Marys uu the 1 Gilt, a ml immediately sent
into Cadiz with proposition* lor a
iatioti wall the Cortes—Jfcil tin,
Cortes, it is saitl det lined to receive* any
propositions except they came through
the British goverii]ii'*m.
The defection of Mausn, one of Mi
na’s Generals, is confinin',I. Me hail
joined the French with 42 of histroopy I
Ballasteros carried with hot) 1 litll I
troops. 1
The Regency at Madrid, it is said, jl
endeavored tu procure of llie Duke of
At'goaleme a modification of his deeren <
against their authority to imprison thu
Constitutionalists. But it appears tliu
decree was put in execution, anil up
wards of Gut) men had been released
from ptison at Madiid.
There are repurts that the Greeks had
btained further great victories on land ;
that they had encountered and nearly
destroyed the grand Turkish 11 *et, only
10 vessels escaping, and that they were
about to undertake ail entetprize against
Smyrna. .
The Pope Pitts VII. died, adwnmr,
on the 20th of August, aged 83 yojrs.
Mis pontificate was 23 years, one of the
longest rerouted.
A letter from Bayonne, August I'Jib,
says a courier passed through that place
on the 18th, leported to be the bearer of
an order from government at Cadiz, to
the Constitution Generals, for the suspen
sion if bos' ilities. Another Courier
passed tluougli R >yonne, with news of
the d'-atli of ,Vlr. Bein', ul Seville, tho
agent of the bouse of Rothschild.
Good News from Key West.
Netv York, Sept. 2a.
In the brig Abeona, which arrived on
Tuesday evening from Havana, came
p s-engers, Captain James Reushuw, of
the Uni'ed States’ ship John Adams, ami
Lieut. J as. B. Uleotworth, of the Navy.
Capt. R. is on leave of absence for a
short time lie left Thompson’s Rland
on tiie 9th inst. at which time Com.
Porter was recovering his health rapidly.
No deaths had occutr'-d in the squadron
subsequent to the sailing of the Warren,
ami the officers and crew s of the John
Adams, and Peacock, and those oftlie
snialtei vessels in the poit, weie all well.
The Island remained sickly. Capt. Jt_
took passage t*> Havana in the U. S.
selir. Fox, Lie,uf. liitchie, which was to
return to Thompson’s Island, and sail
thence for YVushington about the 19llt
inst.
The Abeona sailed from Havana on
the 13th inst. The U. S. brig S|i:uk
was to sail on a cruize the following day.
Capt. Harper informs that a ship ar
rived at Havana on the 10th inst. in 2'J
days front Cadiz, which (dace continued
closely blockaded by the French, hut was
well supplied with provisions.
THOMPSON'S ISLAND (KEY YVEST ,
YVe have the satisfaction to inform
our readers and the Public generally,
that the reports as to the unbeallhiness
of the station at Key West have induced
the Government to send out u Special
Mission, for the purpose nf examining
the causes of tho disease said tube pte-
vailing there, and the prospects of its
continuance, &ie. with full authority to
adopt any measures which the situation
oftlie squadron may seem to call for.—
Commodore Rodger.*, the highest officer
of toe Navy, has volunteered his servi
ces on the occasion, relinquishing 2T die
time his station as President of tits
Board of Navy Commissioners, and the
comfurtsof domestic life, for a duty w liirl
can have no charm for him but that o
rendering an impoitant service to tht
Navy and to his country. Four of the
oidest Surgeons of the Navy accompa
ny him.
The object of this Mission is to exam
ine ,1.9 state of the Squadron nnd th
localities of tiie island, to make repot
thereon to the government, to takesucl
immediate steps in regard to it as the it
teiesls of the service shall appear to ri
quire, and, if it shall be found expedien
to remove tbe whole squadron to Pens;
cola, or lo some Northern port. Con,
modore Rodgers does trot, of coursf, su
persede Commodore Porter, but, tlurin
Iris presence there, being of higher rank
necessarily have tbe command.—
He is expected to be absent from tbe ci
ty on tins expedition not mote than a fet
weeks.
YVe tender our hearty thanks, in th
name of the friends of those who are i
the squadron, from the Comtnodot
down tn the cabin-boy, to the secretar
of the Navy, for the promptitude wit
which, after euteiing upon ti e duties t
bis office,"he lias acted upon this subjec'
No little "praise is also due to the wortl
veteran, w ho shews, by his conduct, tin
the honors of rank and station are val
u tble to linn as the rewards of seme*
rather than as the means of enjoymei
and display. vYal. Intel.
The following is from a Cadiz paper :
Cadiz, July 24.—This morning arris
ed at the entrance of our port, tbe Arne
icau frigate Congress, winch brings ot*
the new Minister Plenipotentiary, [M
Nelson,] of that nation to our govert
ment; but, being denied an entrance I
the French bluckading squadron, the
were obliged to alter their course towan
the Straits, (el Edrecho.J \ short tic
alter, a vessel sailed from this Bay. mid,
the Ameiican flag, in which went tl
Charge d’Aff iirs [Mr. Appleton] of th
nation, who resides in this place, ar r