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vtffl uaatu jomurjLXb II rUBLlSHKI) WEEKLY BY f i] T 1! II 8 O N TIHVfiATTi EDITOR JN1) PROPRIETOR, AT TIIRBK DOLLAM PKa ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, OH, roua DOLLAR* AT THE END OP THE YEAR. „ «l>a r«artiv»Jfur lea*than a voar.uor will ,nv rk# Jl*coiulo««j M atilallarroiiragooav paid, Kl °p. 0 9T will not l»« •onltoaay parson out nf ilia State, until tho K.cr.i>t«oo inouojr.. »-i«llu n-lvnuor or •alisfactorjrrnftrence givan. uWkRTWK.'iKNT* *ro I mnrtoil n175 cents par square for the 4 *'*,«,on, and 50 eniiu parsnunrafor «aeh insertionthereafter. A int-»» Journal is tl»o ipiceoften lluoelu small type.coutaiuinj M** ,i [lM |0Cf words. It. Stloson«AND,l»y A Jwimsiratora, Executors, or Cluar- • «rer®4wired,hy law,to U« hold oil the Hrct Tuomiuy m the 1 h<»tween the hoursofton in the forenoon and three In the af. »«» aUhe Court*hou<0| in tliai aunty m which tho property i« j Notice of these sales must lie given in a public ficelle SIX *7 D \ Y9 previous ioim '*"7 ui ins. T LL.f(«K<«‘»KS « put ‘h. u.u.lhc, the day of «aW. ubllc auction, on the first Turs* oursof»slc,«ithepl«eoofpuh- ^•uTeThVcouuty where tho letters testamentary, of Adiuiuistrn- *•**' f iiiiirJisnsUip, may have been frauted, first giving SIXTY JfTJJl g(l |ice thereof,in onooftho publicyaaellesof this State,and nt the Courl-hoaae,where such sales areto be held. tt Voiico for the sale of Personal Proporty, must beg i veil In like man. * f^u’l'Ydjyproviousto tho day of sale. "flspeete the Debtors and Creditors of au Estate must bo published ihat'ipplicttion will be mnde to the Court of Ordinary foi . - .«lll.tvn. must be published for FOUR MONTII8. e* f., leave to sell NKOKORS, must be published fur FOUR B0.YTIl!l,before any order absolute shall bo made thereon by the C riTATioM*for Letters of Administration, must bo published tAirty /L.-fordismission from administration, monthly tit montht— for dis* - r ubl..h,d monthly for * west**—f« r establishing lost papers, for Ike fitll ounce. of three '|!LfoJfor compelling titlos from Executors or Administrators, ^J!r7s Bond liss boon given by the deceased, the full opace of three ^PsWicsiions will always bo continued accotding to these, the legal rsasirsnients, unless otherwise ordered. sit hudae** of ihishiudcoutinuestoreceivoprompt attention at the nice of the GEORGIA JOURNAL. KEBITTANCE8 BY MAIL.—"A poeMhaster may enclose money us letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to pay the subscription of a third psrson, and frank the lotter, if writtou by himself.”— Amot h'eu- itii bo ^MISCELLANEOUS. rnttml [FROM CHAMBERS’JOUR Nil..] The Last Citation. Two criminals were executed nt Madrid in 18- 38 for their ferocious and blood thirsty conduct dunn" the mats of 1835. They perished by the earota, or iron colar, substituted in Spain for tho halter—and not only protested their innocence to the very last moment of their lives, but summoned their accusers and judgos to appear in judgement with thorn, within a fow days, before tho bar of the Great Judge. Yet the guilt of these unhappy criminals was most notorious; the murders for which they suffered had been publicly committed, sod the only wonder was, that they should have escaped their just punishment for so long n period as three years. This bold and pertinacious assertion of their in nocence by such undoubted criminals fills tho mind wi:hthe most painful emotion. We cannot but shudder at the infatuation which led them to go be fore their maker with a lie upon their lips; and we begin to doubt what degree of credit may be due to the last solemn assertions of many who have died for crimes proved against them by only circum. llantial evidence. Can it be possible that inno cence and guilt, in the same awful situation, with the terrible apparatus of death before them, an unpitying crowd of fellow.men around, with no hope for the future but such as may be founded on the mercy of their creator—can the conscience- stricken criminal and tho guiltless victim of judicial error, under these terrible circumstances, feel n- like be equally able to call down upon their judges Ihe swift-coming condemnation|of the Great Judge? It seems incredible that such things should be; yet a reference to the history great of the past affords msuy instances in which this problem of our nature remains on record, only to be solved at that day when the secrets of all hearts shall be made known. Spain was governed, in 1311, by Ferdinand IV. a monarch possessing many excellent qualities, being brave, just as generous ; yet he died in the prime of life under very singular circumstances arising out of a departure from the love of justice which ho had usually evinced. Three noblemen were brought before him charged with having mur dered a fourth : they strongly protested their in nocence, and affirmed that, if time were given Ibeni, they could bring proofs of it; but the king disregarding their intreaties, ordered them to be thrown fiom a lofty rock. The unfortunate mon continued to make the strongest asservations of in nocence, decluring that the death of tho king, with in thirty days from that time, would show the truth of their statements, for that they summoned him to come to judgement with thorn before the throne of Heaven. Ferdinand,at this time, was in perfect health; but whether the startling prediction of his victims produced its own fulfillment by affecting his imagination, or whether some other malady at tacked him, history does not determine—he died on the last of the thirty days, and hence obtained the the surname of Ferdinand the Summoned. About this period, which abounds in circumstan* ces that show the superstition and intellectual dark- nessol all classes of people in Europe, the cele brated order of Knights Templets was abolished. This powerful body, half monastic, half mill, dry, had acquired a strength and influence which made them hateful to the jealous eyes of the sovereigns of Europe; while, individuality, they were feared by the people, who suffered from their vices. Warriors of the cross, they passed freely into court and camp, wherever the nobles of the land were assembled ; they were privileged to dis. play all the pomp and circumstance of war—to practio all that was then considered gay, gal. lant.and refined, oradopted to win the lovo ofdames of high degree ; while their vows of celibacy cut them off from all chance of honorable alliance with theobjects of their admiration. Many a noble house had been dishonored by these soldier priests; many a humble hearth was robbed at once of the innocence of its brightest ornament and of all, in the shape of wealth, that rapacity could wring from those too powerless to resist. Still, though guilty ofambition and profligacy—tho vices of the camp; though convicted of avarice and luxury — the sins of the cloister; those wrought not their downfall; Ihtirwealth, as a body, was immense, and greater than their political power; so Pope dement V., then at Avigon, and Philip the Fair at I (, nee dy prelate and avaricious king) caus- H all Knight Templars within their dominions to , se ' z «d on the same day, and thrown into secure dungeons. Jacques de Malay, tho Grand Master °i ihe order, and several of the best and bravest among them, were accused of sorcery, and other dark crimes against the laws of God and man, which admitted not of proof, and could only be met y a solemn denial , some of them, in the agonies of the torture to which they were subjected; con. essed to impossible enormities, and wore there upon condemned to die. Not so Jacques de Ma- J y > he appears lo have possessed qualities, bolli P ysicaland mental, that might give tho world as. u .*? nc ® a man ’ m ' n S'* n g ti>« martyr’s fuilh ‘u tho warrior’s pride, he nevor quailed un. n n er the severest torture, but strongly protested |Utonly his own innocence, but that of iiis order. f * n , ttl Hie u„i fury ordeal of fagot and slalto, bc- ro tho cathedral of Notre Dame at Pari*, lie ap. “ r ud wit hu , ! s | mkeil scrBni(y . |1| S deportment com' a , majesty, for he had long boon tho equal panion of princes ; and of culm dignity, for ho • conscious of innocence ; and he had, withal, a uistmn fuilh whose lervor could not ho chilled Imw"' l ' la ' l0Ur death.—Humbly admitting that tho a, 8 uil, y.°f'ha °ur common nature,lie denied , i crl "" ! * imputed lo him, and committing his ill,.,. ,u Maker, he summoned Clement and 1 "'hp lo n year l ,jH 1 l'*’ ar with him in judgement within a P|.[; IJwy both outlived tho period, tliougl in ii,'' . j 0 fi< ’ 01 ' after, as to occasion some doubt wl 1 ""j'us ol the believers in tho marvellous, ik- p' er a' 8 sudden death was not a fulfilment of >ntnd Mailer’s prediction. HeiiMt; duGonlault Riron, was ihe friend !o ii,, i • 1 °fl’rnneo before that monarch came adh U '’irone, and ho continued lo ho bis firm howev" 1 • r SHmo *' me alterwurils, Disappointed (,,-j *'• 'n some prujc'Cl of ambition, he caballed valet * "* m "* lc , r i and being betrayed by bis own i was committed to the Pastille. Henry was _y«L. XXXV mueli ultacliod to ibis brave chevalior. and introat. • , 0 acknowledge his fault umi bo forgiven : n t either the lliron was Innocent, and his valet n traitor, or lie continued to hope that tlml person would not ultimately criminate hint, and proudly relused to make any concession. When put upun Ins trial, he wus found guilty ; but ho still trustod to Henry’s favor for a pardon : tho King, however, was not less offended by bis ob. Curacy than by his trenson, and signed the war. l ant for his execution. Notliingcould huveexceoded tbu surprise of Biron whon he was informed tliat he was to die on the following day ; ho broke out in. to u vehement protestation of innocence, upbraid. i 11 ® king with ingratitude and cruelty, and defi. ed and denounced his accusers and judgos. nccus- mg the chancellor who bad prosidod at his trial of unfair deuling, and summoning him lo appear in judgment with him within the year. The chancel lor thrice armed in the consciousness of his own uprightness, did notjdie, but lived five years long, ertlinn Biron—until 1617. The Portuguese in 1040 threw ofTlhe yoke of Spain, and nominated John, Duke of Braganza, to the throne. At his dumh ho Ur..... ,.v r i. and Pedro, and a daughter, Catherine, who became the unhappy wife of our second Charles. Alphonzo who was a prince of mean intellect married a princess of Nemours ; she had a good dowry, a handsome person, considerable talents, and few virtues ; and they succeeded to the throne. Don Pedro tile younger brother of Alphonzo, was evory way his superior ; and tho shrewd, intriguing, un scrupulous princess of Nemours soon contrived that her husband’s imbecility should be so appurent, as to justify his removal from the throne to make room for Don Pedro. Her own divorce then fol lowed, and she artfully demanded back her dowry, well knowing that it was irrevocably squandered ; but, ns hor real object was to become the wife of Don Pedro, she managed to bo solicited to marry him, and so to reassume the name and rank of queen. Having carried this point, the guilty puir thought it necessary, for their own security, to have the deposed king and divorced husband closely con fined ; be submitted without complaint, and with only a momentary ebullition of anger, on hearing that his brother bad married bis wife; For fifteen years he remained a melancholy captive in the cas- lie of Cintra, the beauties of whose ‘gloriousEden’ he was not suffered to enjoy. When on the point ofdeulh, he said. *1 am going, but the queen will soon follow me to answer before God’s awful tri bunal for the evils she Ims heaped upon my head.’ She died a few months after him, in 1683; having been more miserable in the gratification of her passions, than tier victim could have been in his solitary prison. The last and most remarkable of these citations is connected with the history of the reigning fam. ily of this country ; and its details are, perhaps, more touching and romantic than nny that have preceded it. George the electoral Prince of Ilan- ovor, who afterwards ascended the throne of Great Britain, was married, enrly in life, to Sophia Doro. tliea, Princess of Halle, a young lady of great personal beauty and accomplishments. Sho was the only child of her parents, and had been reared with much tenderness, so tiiat she carried to the court of the elector that unchecked gaiety of heart which so often leads innocent and inexperienced females first into imprudence and then into error. She allowed herself, soon after her arrival, to make somo piquant remarks upon the rnthnronarta and inelegant ladies whom her father-in-law, after the custom of the small Gorman sovereigns, kept open, ly nt his court, and thereby she created enemies, who were ever on tho watch to injure and annoy her. Hdr own conduct was irreproachable, until in an evil hour, there came lo Hanover the young Koningsmark, a Swedish nobleman of nn ancient and honorable family, who wus high in favor at the court of Stockholm. Tho count, fascinated by the manners of the princess, (whose husband wus ab sent with his father’s army,) paid her the most flat tering attentions which she carelessly, but is be lieved innocently, admitted. This afforded the elector an opportunity of accomplishing her ruin. A trnp was laid for her, which had the effect of bringing Koningsmark to the neighborhood of hor apartments at an improper hour. The unfortunate Swede was nover moro seen in life, nnd So phia, being arrested, was conveyed, wilhout loss of time, and with the concurrence of her de. ceived husband, to the custle of Allien, on tho banks of tho river Ahlen where site remained in close confinement thirty-two years. It is not to be supposed that this incarcerations of a young nnd beautiful wurnun, the wife of a powerful monarch—for George in lime became king of Great Britain—could bo an unimportant secret. Their son, the Prince of Wales, who was never on very good terms with his father, was anx ious to seo her, and twice at the risk of his life, swam his horse across the river that surround ed the castle where she was confined. There is something very touching in this filial devotion to a mother whom ho could scarcely remember to have seen, and who was accused of such grave of fences ; but the heart of the old German baron who kept the castle was mnde of such stern stuff, ns to be proof against all fine emotions, and the young prince could not obtain an interview with his mother. There was no evidence against her that could justify a divurce, and on one occasion her husband niado overtures lo her for a rcconcili. ntion : but she proudly replied, “ If what I am ac cuseri of be uue, I am unworthy of him ; if the ac- cusation be false, ho is unworthy of me ; I will not accept his offer." Immediately before tier death slie wrote a letter lo him containing an affirmation of hor innocence, a reproach for his injustice, and a citation to appear within a year and a day, at the Divine tribunal lor judgment. This letter she con- fided to an intimate friend, with a solemn charge to see it delivered to the king’s own hand; but ai this was an undertaking of a delicate if not n dan gerous nnturo, somo months passed by without its being convoyed lo him. At length his visit to his electoral dominions seemed to present the desired opportunity, and when lie was on his way to llano ver u messenger met him, and delivered the pack cl to him in his coach. Supposing tliut it came from Hanover, he opened it directly; but its con- rents, and tho fatal citation with which it ended, bad such an effect on him, that lie fell into convulsions, which brought on apoplexy and death, lie expir- ed ut the palace of his brotlier v tho bishop of Os- nnburgh, just seven months after his unfortunate George II., thoir son, always believed in his mother’s innocence, and had she survived Ins father |,e would have restored her to tho rank ns queen dowager. Soon after his accession ; lie visited his electoral dominions, and caused some altera- lions lo be made in tho palace. On taking up ihe floor of his mother’s dressing-room, the remains of Count Koningsmark wore discovered. It is pro- MIL LEDGE VILI.U; TuBsDAY, AUGUST C, 1844. NO-45- not calculated to silence unwelcome insinuations about his parentage. Sophia’s Rtory remains on tho page of history, a melancholy example of the miseries that may result from the neglect of those minor morals so important to womon. That she was essentially innocent there is little room to doubt, but if she lind also been duly scrupulous to maintain those appearances of purity which are necessary to tho perfection of woman’s moral sta tion, her whole destiny might have adorned a pal- uco end added lustre to a crown. Sucli is a brief sketch of some of the most famous citations recorded in history. There is matter in them for serious consideration, not as encouraging a superstitious belief in marVels, but ns showing the influence of the mind upon tiie body : a subject of sucli importance, that the writer gladly leaves it lo ubler hands. The Press and “Iron Horse.”—We extract the following from the elaborate and very interest ing report o! Rev. G. D. Abbott on tho power of the press : “No reflecting mind can contemplate the present position ot tho United Oiuu.., . ( viclion that it is altogether without a parallel in the history of nations ; thut we live in an era preg. nnnt with events ; that the press has for us as yet undeveloped energies, that may in our land, ns it lias already done in otliers, work reformation or revolution. The whole land is a vast school. Tho rail car, tho steamboat, tho manufactory, tile work shop, and the (arm-yard, the mines of the Schuyl kill und of Galena, are all schools. Tho printer is the daily teacher. Cunard’s mail to-day brings tho ‘latest’ from London and Liverpool, Paris, and Canton; all night tho presses of Boston and Now York groan with their labor, and to-morrow tho car and steamer are bearing every description of news, and of moral and immoral influences, towards ov- ery point of the compass. The iron horse, whoso sinews are steel, and whose provonder is fire, ‘is olP for Washington and Buffalo, St. Jjouis, and New Orlpans. His unceasing thunder,louder than that of tiie‘war-horse,’ echoes among our hills all day, and his fiery train illumines our valleys at night. In less time than it once took to go from London to John o’Groat’s, the nows of the other hemisphere Is home over one half of this- The mail.bag with its teeming sheets is dropped in eve ry city and village of a territory 1,500 miles square! The columns of the ‘Chronicle,’ and the ‘Times,’ read the Monday’s breakfast in London, have but ono intervening Sabbath before they enliven the offices and parlors of Boston and New York; and ere tho Acadia sees Holyhead again, they are 1,- 500 miles further on, in the saloons and vernadahs of Louisiana. Every thing seems to conspire to arouse and excite the public mind, and reading it will have. Origin of Paper Monev.—The veracious Span ish historian, so often quoted by Irving in hisCon. quest of Granada, Fray Antonie Agrnpida, relates that tho Count de Tendilla, while besieged by the Moors in tho fortress of Alhama, was destitute of gold and silver wherewith to pay his soldiers, who began to murmur, as they had not the means of purchasing necessaries from the people of the town. “In this dilemmn,’’ says the historian, “what does tins most sagacious commander ? lie takes me a number of little morsels of paper, on which he in scribes various sums, large and small, and signs thorn with bio own band and name. These Old tie give to the soldiery, in earnest of their pay. "How you will suy, uro soldiers to bo paid with scraps of paper ?’’ ‘Even so,’ I answer, and well paid too, as 1 will presently make manifest—for the good Count issued n proclamation, ordering the inhabi tants to take theso morsels of paper for their full amount thereon inscribed, promising to redeem at a fuluro time, with gold and silver. Thus, by a subtlo and most miraculous alehymy, did this cava lier turn worthless paper into precious gold and sil ver, and make his lato impoverished garrison abound in money-’* Irving adds—“The Count de Tendilla redeemed his promises like a loyal knight, and this miracle as it appeared in the eyes of the worthy Agrnpida, is tho first instance on record, of paper money, which has since spread throughout the civ- ilized world with unbounded opulence.’ - This happened in 1484. Coffee Electricity.—Although it is not quite new, it is not generally known that a man may bo literally and truly electrified with newly ground Coffee. The manner of doing so was exhibited to to the writer of this a fow days ago at tho shop in New Town. A largo coffee mill driven by a steam engine, was grinding coffee into a huge bar rel. In the barrel stood a copper scoop, directly under the fall of the fresh ground coffee. An iron red being held within an incli or so of the copper scoop, an instantaneous flash of lightning, or stream of electric fluid, was nttructcd by tho iron. The same result followed when the finger was employ ed instead of tiie rod, and a slight shock, like the puncture of a pin, was quite perceptible. By a rude contrivance, a shook was also communicated from tiie ground coflee to the luil of a cat, when off scampered tiie bewildered animal in a state of tiie most earnest astonishment. Altogether the mat ter is curious, nnd nut beneath the ultentian of tho philosopher. Can there bo electricity in flour, oatmeal, or snuff? These are exposed to friction U9 well as coffeo ; and a test which proves the one lo be genuine or the reverse may bo useful with regard to tiie oilier loo. Copper Balloon—An experiment is about lobo mado in Paris on air balloons, which is exciting the curiosity of the scientific world to an extraordinary degreo. A balloon composed of sheet copper, the 200ih part of nn inch in thickness, is so far com pleted that it is now exhibitedjto tho public, anil is expected to ho ready for ascent in the course of the present summer. The constructor is M. Mar- cy Monge, who lias undertaken the work for tho purpose of testing the practicability of aerial nav igation, and of rendering balloons subservient lo iho study of electrical and magnetic phenomena. The idea of a metal balloon originated with Lans in 1760 ; and in 1784 a melalic globe was construct ed, but without success, by Guytan de Morvoan, the grandfather of M. Mongo. In tho present balloon Iho sheets of copper have been soldered by Dr. Richemont’s autogenous process ; that is, the edges of tiie sheet have been fusod together with out uny soldering substance, by means of tho oxy- hydrogen biow pipe. Upwards of 1,500 square yards of copper have been used in the construction of lliis globe, which is about 30 foet in diameter, weighs 800 pounds, and is estimated to contain 100 pounds hydrogen gas. It is stated in the Journal Universal that M. Dupuis Delcourt, the celebrated French aeronaut, will shortly moke an ascent in this balloon. Tho main object proposed by its con. struclor is the power ol traversing the air by a sys. ...... tem which he has developed in a memoir submitted i i . ILmomoiilof his arrest, and that his | to tiie French Academy. One of the advantages strangled at the moment oi ** > • j . | , , , far >ilb. or a tmosphore, it is proposed to connect it with the eurth hv a metal wire, so as to conduct the elec tricity from tho clouds ; by these means it is sup posed that the formation of hail, which is so de structive to the crops of the farmer and gardener, muy be precluded. The idea of rendering the bal. loons warders off of liuil or purgroles, is highly In genious, and most people will be glad lo witness its rrealization. An Irish Piper’s opinion of Scotch Music.— He sal awhile in silence—for such were his habits —and having “sucked his dudeen," as they say, he b-egnu to blow his bellows and played “Scots wha Iran.” When he had finished it, “Well,” 1 observ ed “what a line piece of martiul music that is !" “No, no," he replied, “there’s more tears than bl-ood in it. ft’s too sorrowful for war ; play it as you will, it is not tiie tiling to rise tiie heart but to simk it.” “But wlrnt do you think Guyner, of Scotch mu- 1 i.c in general ?” “Would you have me spake ill of my own ?” he replied with n smile, “sure they had it from us.” God knows they haven’t," ho replied “the Scotch airs, many of them, is tiie very breath of the heart itself. Even then I was mueli struck with the force of this expression ; but I was too young to perceive either its truth or beauty.—Chambers Edin. Jour nal. Times ain’t now as they used to de.—Folks don’t go to bod now.n.days—they rotirc. Nobody eats their dinner—people take some refreshment. Nobody goes to church—but tiie people attend di- vino service. There is no Sunday—it is Sabbath. No ono gets his tooth pulled—it is extracted. In stead of drinking tea or coffee, the fashionable on ly sip a little. No ono tears n hole in Iiis panta loons— but it is no rare thing that he lacerates them. The ladies dont go u visiting—they only make calls. Young men don’t go a courting—they only step in to pass tho evening. Our grandmas used hard backed chairs, but our belles have stuffed backs lo their seats. The I. - ft Vi n V Pravpu —I romomUi-, on ono oo casion, travelling in this country with a companion who possessed some knowledge of medicine ; we arrived at a door, near which wo were about to pitch our tents, when a crowd of Arabs surrounded us, cursing and swearing at the “robellers against God.” My friend, who spoke a little Arabic, turn ing round lo on elderly person, whose garb be spoke him n priest, snid "who taught you that we were disbelievers? Hear my daily prayer, and judge for yourselves lie then repealed the Lord’s Prayer. All stood amazed nnd silent until the priest exclaimed, “May God curse me if ever 1 curse ngnin those who hold such belief; nay more, lh.it prayer -shail he my prayer till my hour bo come. 1 pray thee, O Nuzareno, repeat the prayer, that it may be remembered nnd written among us in let ters of gold.”—Mr. Hay's Western Barbary. Cure for Diarrhea.—As there are numbers suffering at ibis time from the effect of this serious disorder, we publish for their special benefit the following simple remedy vouched for by tho New York Aurora :— “Even utter all other remedies have failed, a certain cure for it will be found in rico water. Boil the rice, take the water, make it palatable with salt, and 1 , drink it copiously while warm. We never knisw tliis simple thing to fail.” One of the best anecdotes we have beard of the effects of Polk’s letter, occurred in Chatham, ns we letirn it from a gentleman direct from there. 'Hie Standard, with tho letter, arrived in Pitlsborough on tiie night before the candidates commenced til eir canvass. Mr. Hauglilon, the gallant Whig who lias battled so manfully and efficiently in tile ca use, procured a copy of that paper, nnd instend of exhibiting it, lie copied off the material part, in which Polk goes for discrimination for Protection, and read it in his first speech ns his own doctrine, an d demanded of iiis opponents whether they np proved of it? No! replied Gen. Cotton and Mr. Jackson. Will you vote for any ono who holds sui;h principles ? asked Mr. Houghton. Certainly not ! again replied the Locofoco candidates. Mr. Iln.ugliton then coolly drew the Standard from his pocket and asked the General to be good enough to rend Mr. Polk’s letter, in which lie would find tho identical language, word for word, which they had repudiated ! Hero was a fix! But they soon, got over it, nnd discovered that it was the very doctrine they had always been in favor of! Fayetteville Observer. [FROM THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN.] Bear Creek, June 16, 1344. Mr. Editor:—Permit me through your little news carrier, to salute my old personal and once political friend, Garry Grice. To Garry Grice, Esq., Greeting ; Dear Sir :—I am pleused to know that you have returned to your adopted Slate, after a long ab sence, in health, and possessed of that native geni us nnd sprightly wit, with which you were when you wrote the epistle of tho Blind Bug. But, my old friend, I discover from your last discourse, found in tiie Jeffersonian of the 14th ult. that the ravages of time, which presses upon all tiie human family,and should cause you and me to recollect that awlul declaration that says: It is appointed unto men once to die, nnd ufter this the judgment, has pressed upon your memory ; in consequence, of which, notwithstanding you took tho first chap, tor of the epistle of bugs for your text, you havo been unhappy in your conclusions nnd unfortunate in your applications. To make you sonsiblo of this fuct, audio refresh your memory, permit your old friend to make a few canft'd.p'WAionW-ciuvhErU candid answer. You have at last identified your po litical position again. You know in 1840, you was like tiie Dutchman's Bull, in a gang by yourself— still, whenever you bellowed I thought it sounded Van Burenisli. In your discourse you state when you left Georgia there was no whig party then, and that you know there is magic in a name; and ask •if wo have had our feelers out—thereby compar ing the whig party to your blind hug. Now, sir, if this conclusion und application be correct, then it follows that all parlies who change, or have their name changed, nnd all parlizans who change their opinions arc blind bugs with their feelers out; and when they clinnge having received knowledge from the touch, clinnge their courso or astlo bnclc. Is it not unfortunate you did not recollect that in 1836, whon you and I belonged to the State Rights party, formerly the old Troup party, there was no such party as the Republican Democratic party. I bad known tho old Clark party, of which 1 think you were a member when we elected you to the Legis. Uture, afterwards in tho main, called Union but now Democratic parly. Ain l not correct? If yon.hnvo they bad thoir foolers out, and you, Col quitt, Cooper, Black, and perhaps my old school male Iverson, Haralson, und a few others with you, finding out something by your toucli—linvo you as a party and men turned your course or astlcd back ? You insinuate too, that Mr. Clay is the blind bug on tiie U. S. Bunk question. Now, sir, lias not Mr. Clay openly acknowledged his conviction and con- version on thutjsubject? Ifyen, how unfortunate then that your recollection lias so failed you ; fur what soever maketh manifest is light; and if lie was a blind bug lie could not havo seen his error, and, instend ol an open acknowledgment, he would have turned his course or nstled back, and, liko somo others, have been found in different company and a differ ent plnce, and have said 1 am just tbe same—which is a trick 1 cannot account fur, unless they uro like a green lizard in the spring of the year. You know you may seo them on a rail and they are green, but scuro tliem und they will run round, and when you sen them again they are a dove color. You once said you had been in the State as long as myself; but this, I presume, is an unintentional mistake. I expect you thought l had never lived in Georgia boforo I returned front Alabama in 1824. Sir, 1 was born in Georgia, Oct. 21 1796, and never lived out of the Stale but throe years and a few months in my life. Being blessed with n tol erable good recollection, 1 know something of the rise, progress, and change of men nnd parlies from the days of VVm. II. Crawford, nnd the Crawford and Clark parties, afterwards Tioup und Clark par. ties, afterwards in the main Stato Rights and Un- ion parties, and now Whig and Democratic parties. I nlso have some knowledge of the doctrines held by those parties, and tho shuffling, turning and nst- ling hack of certain bugs in that time. Now, my old friend, I will ask you a few ques tions. and I hope you will give mo a direct and cuudid answer to each one : 1. Was Gen. Washington n Republican? 2. Did he not preside ns President of the Con vention. when tho Consti ulion was framed ? 3 Was he not President of the United Stales whon Congress chartered the first United Stales Bunk ? 4 Did he not, under tiie solemnities of oath of oflice, sign tho bill ? 5 Did lie not, before signing the bill, consult Jefferson on the subject ? 0 Did not Jefferson ndviso him to do what he did? 7 Wa which, prudential motives strict secrecy on this subject (lis frequent altar- cations" with Id* father, in conjunction with the thrown upon his mother, had already given l,,ru ' . .wl anmA ri litInrv nn tho parts of the Jacobites, and this discoveiy was to study iho constant atmospheric currents. It is likewise proposed to employ this balloon in decid ing whether it is possible to prevent hail which is duo to tho electricity of concurrent clouds. As the balloon m«y be kept suspended a long lime in the A. flag.—We find the following in tiie Louisville (Ky)Journul : “Our (lag, fluttering in the sky, lias attracted the attention of thousands. Many good Whigs are a- bout, imitating our example, and at no distant day, those who view our city from a distance will be. hold tho semblance of a forest of inasts, with hun dred.* of Whig pennants streaming to tho breozo.— The Locofoeos, who look upwurd from our streets, will bo appalled by wliat they will mistake for a second stonn of meteors. “ A Locofoco friend, who often talks for the sake of talking, tells ns that wo shall be uslmmod of our flag after the November election, If Mr. Cluy is beaten, we shall certainly be ashamed of it. In that caso, we will send the flag lo some Locofoco hostler for a horse blanket, and send the staff down to the creek as a roosting polo for pokes." Ajt Important Discovery.—The Louisvil'e Journal states that a discovery was rccendy made of great importance, where limestone water is us ed for steam boilors. Mr. Kellogg, of the Louisville paper mill, was informed by a miller, near Madison, Tndia.na, that a certain kind of clay, found in that neighborhood, infused in the wnter of the boilers, would prevent the formation of the Mine crust by absorbing tho lime. Mr. K. tried somo of the clay, nnd found it effectual. Subsequently bo dis- cc'ver-ed the sanio sort of clay (a greasy bluish clay) near his paper mill, and found it to answer tiie same .purpose. His engine runs constantly, ex cept on the Sabbath. The beginning of each week be puts a quantity of bis Clay in ten gallons of wa ter nod purnp9 it into the boilor. When the water is drawn cfftlio following Saturday night, the boilers aro f/ce from crust and are readily cleansed. A New and Surprising Feat.—Mad’lle Lola Monies, a famous dancer, is making a fortune in Baris by anew and surprising feut. At her first Ic ap on the stnge, she slovs short on tho tips of her Uies, and, by a movement of prodigious rapidity, detaches one of her garters, to tho utter amnzo- ment of every opera glass. Mad’lle Lola then takes another leap lo the very adge of the pros, eeniuin, shaking with her fingers tiie ribbon which she has just detached, and, mustering tier most fas cinating grace, flings that ribbon lo the spectators, amid the most enthusiastic and extravagant ap plause. What next. A Mistake Corrected.—An orator holding forth in fnvor of “woman,” concludes thus :—“Oh, my hearers, dopend upon it nothing beats a good wife." “I bpg pardon,” replied ono of his auditors, “a bad husband does." Jefferson a Republican, and an ablu statesman ? 8 Die) lie not, when President, sign thu bill fix ing a branch of the United States Bank nt New Orleans ? 9 If tho fountain is corrupt, is not the stream equally as corrupt ? 10 Did not Madison, whon President and under his oath of oflice, sign the bill chartering the second U. S. Bank ? 11 Did not Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Mon roe, in their messages to Congress, recom mend to that body to pass laws granting protection to our manufactures to a certain extent ? 12 Did not Wm. II. Crawford hold to tho same political doctrines that Wasiiington, Jeflerson, Madison and Monroe (lid ? 13 Does not Henry Clay hold the same docilities they did ? 14 Was not a large majority of tho old Craw ford party in Georgiu Bank men 1 15 Was not iho Troup party composed, in tho main, of the old Craw ford party ? and were they not bank men ? 16. Was not the Slate Rights party, in the main, composed of tiie old Troup party, and were they not Bunk men, o a largo majority of them? 17. Is not a large majority of the Slate Rights party now Whigs, nnd are they nut bank men ? 18. If so, does it not prove (bat they nnd their great leader, Henry Clay, bold the same doctrines held by Washington, Jeflerson, Madison, Mutiron, Crawford, nnd the parties above named ? 19. If they were Republicans nnd constitutional men, nrn not we ? 20. Do you not, in declaring a U. S. Bank un. constitutional, indirectly accuse Washington and Madison of ignorance or perjury ? 21. Is not that going a great length for sucli a man os me or you ? 22. Did not the United States prosper mueli dur ing the days of the bank ? 23. Wus not exchange equalized ? 24. Did tiie Government ever loose a dollar by the bank ? 25. l)ui it not make one million and a half of dollars ? 26. Has it lost uny tiling since tho U. S. Bank was wound up ? 27. Did not tho lam pressure of limes commence the same year Hie bank was wound up ? 26. Was it not owing to the balance of trade be ing against us ,and a demand for specie? 29. If (lie country was beucfitlcd by the bank, will not tho same cause produco tbe same effect ? You next, indirectly, charge the whig* with Abo. litionism, because John Quincy Adams and others ure wliigs and abolitionists. 80 Are there none among the Democrats T 31 Can you prove, from hie conduct or his speechee, that Frelinghuyeenie an abolitionist? 32 If nay, is It not unkind to charge him, direct ly or indirectly, without proof? 33 Does it not look like you were bad scared and hard run ? 34 Are all the Methodists and Baptists abolition ists, because some at the North are t 35 Is not Mr. Clay a slave holder T 36 Is Mr. Dalits a slave holder? 37 If nay, does that prove him lo be an Aholi. tionist ? Now, Sir, I will tell you the reasons I am where I am ; viz : in the whig ranks. I was taught to believe that Washington, Jefferson and Madison, under whose administration I came up to manhood were Republicans and great statesmen, with char acters above suspicion; and from ever thing 1 could learn, Wm. H. Crawford held the seme doctrine, and observed the same practice. So I deliberately joined the Crawford party; and when I returned from Alabama, in 1824,1 found the Troup party held the same principles, and united with them, and was one or the 125, in Henry county, that voted for Troup in 1825. Did you vote with me at that time? When the party took the name of States Right, believing they held the same sentiments, Bank not excepted, I stuck to them. Now they are called Whigs. As regards the great national question, I am still with them. So, it seems lo me, l have neither changed my place nor color. As regards the local matters of the State, lam a Geor. gian, and determined according to my best judg. ment, to act in my official station, aacor<tt»g ««• »u. oath prescribed by the Constitution. And as re- ay rdtf.tj-,,- tnjrvIF ibr- mmnmBni«'Srt brought forward not only becume mediator, buthcldold Hickory with one hnnd, and untied the rope from J. C. Calhoun’s neck with tho other, I consider it the ground upon which tiie north and south united and pledged them, selves to abide. Now, sir, I will ask you a few more questions : 33 Did nut Martin Van Buren go into oflice with nn overflowing treasury? 39 Did lie not come out leaving liio Govern, ment millions in debt? 49 Was not the United States bound, in good faith to pay it ? 41 Was the rate of duty, according to the com. promise act, sufficient to defray the expenses of the Government and pay the dobt ? 42 Wlint other way could Congress havo raised tiie money, than a higher rate of duty or a direct tax ? 43 Do you not prefer a tariff for revenue pu*. poses, which always operates protective to a direct tux ? 44 Is tho duty, according to the act of 1842, moro than is necessary to pay the debt and support the Government ? If so, I say bring it down to the standard, As regards tiie annexation of Texas, lam in fii- vor of it, nnd take a different view of the matter from Olay, Webster, Van Buren nnd Benton —but I presume they are honest, nt least Cluy, Benton nnd Webster; ns lo Van, lie bus astled so many ways, 1 hardly know when he is honest. But the Convention has cliisseled him out, and poked lit .Mr. Bulk, and I say Amen. Then let him Rtn> at Kimlerhook, And, if he chooHea, read his book;— But if he tlooa not, shear his sheep,. Or else lie down and go to sleep. But while I am anxious for tho annexation of Tex as, I am not prepared to say I will support ho man opposed to it. Here I think your memory Iiqs again failed you, and to refresh it 1 will ask you a few more questions : 45. Is annexation worth contending for as con nected with tho Presidential question ? 40. If Mr. Tyler does not effect it, will it not be because the Souuto will not ratify tho treaty ? 47. Is there any prospect of a change in tho Senate during thu next Presidential lerm, unless a revolution takes place in tho minds of tho people mid Senate. 43. If you soy tits annexation of Texas is of more importance than all tho rest, why does Mr. Van Buren, who is opposed to it,go in for Polk ? 49. If the whole South, Whig and Democrat, were lo unite on one man, could they elect him T 59 Would not sucli an event, in nil probability, throw the election into tiie House ?■ 51 In that case, under existing circumstances, could a Democrat he elected ? 52 Is not that wlint your feelers are out for ? Now, my old friend, believing, as I' firmly do, that Henry Clay, with his native genius, powerful talents, commanding eloquence and exalted patri otism, which has commanded the attention nnd re spect of the civilized world, holds the same politi cal doctrines held by Wasiiington, Jefferson, Madi son and Monroe ; and in rallying to his support wi- oro only rallying to the standard reared by those illustrious patriots, I most affectionately say to you. and otliers : come thou and go with us, and we wilt do thee good und not evil all the days of our life— for it led 10 prosperity before. 50, having to go to hilling up potatoes,! must bid you Good live; WILLIAM MOSELEY. X. B. I shall expect a direct answer to my ques tions. W. M. An Extraordinary Valentine.—Perhaps one of these jokes that has lately iHken place occurred last Valentine’s day, when a gentlemen buchelor of this town, received through tho Post oflice, from one of tiie most fashionable watering places, a beautiful stuffed cat, with several mottos round its neck with riband ; one in the shapo of a iienrl, on which was written,“A gift from iho old maids of .” Another, a fireside companion." “A good housekecr daring an afternoon’s ride.” “Aji old bachelor’s friend.” "Smile if you like—la-.^J. if you can.” “When the cat is in the way, the mico nt your house dure not play.”—Manchester Advertiser. Modern Inventions.—A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Venice, has tho following in relulion to some modern invention*. Ho says :— The modern inventions of repeating and revolv ing guns, such us Colt nnd others havo constructed among us, are here found anticipated by some cen turies. In one gun there are twenty barrels, which arc turned round bv pressing a spring, while a flint and hammer, which remained fixed on top, fire off cncii in succession. In (lie other form, there is on ly one barrel, but five cartridges revolve, and are successively discharged through the barrel. This curious anticipation of both tho modes of construct ing repeating fire arms, seom too remarkable for u mere coincidence, and it would be worth while to inquire whether any of tiie modern inventors had ever previously visited Vonice. Tho Buy State Democrat has tho following good one : “A clergyman in the North of Scotland, very homely in Iiis address, choose for his text ■ pas sage in the Psalms, “ 1 laid in my haste, alt men nro liars.” “Ay,” premised his reverence, by way of introduction, “ye said in your haste, David, did ye ? Gin ye hud bccu hero, ye might hao said it at your leisure, my mon I" German Silver.—Few are aware of the poison, ous qualities of this compound- It is very good for gun mountings, rifles, &c. but nover should be used in the form of spoons, or vessels for oooking. it is composed of copper, arsenic and nickel. It civ ilises very rapidly in contact with any acid, even slight vegetable ones, nnd the small particles which ure taken into tho stoinnch imperceptibly act as a slow hut sure poison. Pure copper spoons would* bo preferable. Every one Is acquainted with thu nature of arsenic ; nickel is equally poisonous. An Irish schoolmaster onco wrote the following copy for one of his pupils;—Idleness coverelh Ihe body with nakedness,