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15.3 United States, beg le.ivo lo state, tint in confor mity to the duties assigned them they have pro- (ureJ sundry-siffi hviis marked No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and C, and Into herewith submitted them <> tin? Sou no and 11 also of Represent stives <>• go her widi nv.i si iteiuents m inted No. 7 and 8. Unsolved ilrii the coinin't e» view with roere', from the information they have obtained da* ring die enquiry, that Ihe laws of the Uiii.ed States m ly have been viola ed in a manner contrary to the letter and sjii.it of the non-im- (uirtaiiou laws of tho United States, interdic ting intercourse between G oat Britain and the U. States—The comuiitteo being se iously im- pr. s.'.osl with tho imjiroprie'v of officers ol the general government for tho district o! Georgia, authorising and sanctioning the landing and selling British goods in the pons of the Uirjeil States, before a regular trial ami condemnation should have taken place in conform ty to law, whereby the provisions of the iioiHniporlafion laws of the United Stales may ho evaded, and tho government may lie defrauded of her reve nue; wo therefore recommend that our Sena tors and llojiresomativs in Cyngross lie infor med of this late transaction in the District of Georgia, to rosorl lo tlio licda of IA <* | )l rt 1110 lit for correct information, that the recent pro ceedings in this affair, tolerated by the District oliicors of Georgia, may be sanctioned or an imadverted upon in tlie proper manner." On the rpiestiiin to agree thereto, it was resolved in the affirmative—The yeas and nays being required, are yens 39, nays 17. Jourdan is here again found voting in a small minority a- gainst tho investigation, while Bayne, Boothe an ! Blount vote in favor of the investigation and in favor of the laws. 1 trust in quoting the votes of .Messrs. Bayne, Booilieand Blount, on the foregoing question, I do not trespass on their feelings—such a thing is not intended, for in my conception their votes as above quoted do them honor. I have only used their names on this occasion because they are well known to tho people whom I nddross, and are men in whose honesty they confide. The above h is in >st unquestionably heott tli c courso Jourdan pursued in the Douse, accor ding lo tho record of tho proceedings of that 'VuesiVav, .lu\\ 3\, . » Our fou»>lry....O»ir irhu!e Co:»ry No person, on routing iho .accounts ol ihtf late 4;h of July Celebrations, blit roust lie struck with the obvious difference, in tone, temper and feeliug, that {hariictorizes the Toasts of the two contending parties. The sentiments of one, warm though they may he, breathe nothing hot patriotism, devotion to the Union, veneration for our republican institu tions, and unbounded gratitude for the achiev ers of our country’s independence. While the toasts of the oilier, moro inflammatory and boisterous, teem with seditionary and treason able allusions, hostility towards the govern ment and its authorities, and a lurking contempt for the Union of tho States. Our best men are ridiculed, revolutionary worthies insulted, •uni those who fought nguinst us, and their de scendants, loaded with praise. Dow are we to acroont for this difference in feeling and principle among citizens of the same state ? a state too that has always been republican in .character, and patriotic in prac tice? Are the Troupers as a party inimical to our form of government ? Do they wish to sev er the gnrdian knot of our Unio'n, and reduce these colloaguercd republics to distinct and belligerent states ? Do they, in a word, wisli to light the torch of civil war, and envelope our beautiful country in rSiin and desolation? Such dreadful infatuation cannot be attributed to the great body of tho party, but that a few ambitious demagogues have designs like these, cannot be doubted. The clamor, the intrigues and treasonable proceedings of the leaders of f n winch rharnc.ori.se Communications lo | l,is frequent assertions at a moment when his | ' ■ station and audience were guamiitees for his fended. " ] pervoual safety,* and the beat of his temper had You weie a candidate, (at least by tlie promiseJ drawn aside the veil which prudence and am- of your etuis) some time before you bee into j hitioh had thrown over h.s sincerity, a citizen of our county; and as you are almost -Were the reverse to obtain—were anterior i perfec sinii 'cr to many of those whose suf- instead of subsequent opinions to he received (rages yon solicit, it is not astonishing, that as the standatd in morals—were prior circtun- thoy should wish to know something of your stances to be received as testimony in crira u d past political conduct. I tribunals, to tho exclusion of jiosterior facts,— You wi re once a representative from the j what bun t roba could be considered unchaste? countv of Jones and some of vour conduct do- } what malefactor could be convic.ted or punish- ring that tithe, is said to be peculiarly exccp- I ed? The harriden would have only to advert to tionahle. I w II not take upon myself to say, | tho days of her innocence, and of course would but wiil only propound to you a few plain ques-: escape bridewell and the disgrace of a black’ tions, which bc.ng candidly answered by you, face and a drum; tho murderer would have but may save much unnecessary altercation and j to refer to the time when his hands were un- nable the people of this county, to judge more stained with blood, to procure an acquittal; correctly ol'yoili claims to their confidence and support. V Fiist, sir, Igvouju inquire the cause of so groat a cltange in your feelings towards Gen era) Jackson,.as you seem to evince, and wbe- Arnolil, by adducing his conduct at Quebec, remove the imputation of treason, and establish his claims to the title of patriot and hero; Trotfp, by showing that ho was formerly a bachelor nnd chairman of the military conimit- tlier you do not see in him, tho same faults .in tee in the lower house of Congress, prove that 1827, that you thought were so glaring and ihe has never abused Irs wife or attempted 'to tho Troup Taction, sufficiently prove this fact. Iiousc; whether his conduct in Ihe joint com-1 _ , 1 . , .. , , , mi I tee was less reprehensible, is for those to tell But *>»y mistake if they expect the people will who witnessed it, hot from some circumstaccs, J should judge no*. Shortly af.er Jourijan mo ved into this county, it was predicted by one of tho gentlemen before mentioned, Mr. Blount, in the presence of a rcs|)cctahlc man in this county, tint Jourdan would before long be a candidate for tho Legislature, and that ho (Blount) liy way of camion referreu tho gen tleman with whom lie was conversing to a mem ber of the joint committee for a correct detail ofJourdan’s conduct"on the blanket subject. Jourdan was mot at a public collection some time this summer by a member of that joint committee, for tho purpose of having an inter view with Jourdan on that subject, which Jour- d in declined by giving an evasive answer to tlie invitation, ’the circumstances I under stand were, that the member’of that committee had made some statements relative to Jourdan’s conduct on the blanket subject, which Jourdan had doffed; this member then requested a pub lic interview with Jourdan for the purposo of establishing his assertions, which Jourdan, as before stated, declined. Tlie public acts of men, who put themselves before the people for popular favor, are always proper subjects of fair investigation in a govern ment like outs, whore neither riches can place a maq above tho public scrutiny, nor the most abject ..poverty disfranchise, or'even forbid a free and independent expression of their opin ions of public men and public measures. When incontrovertible facts arc laid before the pub lie, everV man has an equal right to draw his own conclusions; and so far as regards the cor rectness of the foregoing, I havo no appre hension of contradiction. And, fellow citizens, you can now determine whether you can risk your welfare, and what is more dear, your lib erty, which is guaranteed to yon only by an ob servance and support of the laws, or not, with a man who has manifested so much indifference at an open violation of the laws of the land, and that too at so important u crisis; and who mani fested so mud» zeal, and who used so much ex ertion to suppress an investigation, as Jourdan did on the blanket subject. For my own part I love the government under which I live—I lovo it first bocauso it is congenial with my own feelings—I love it secondly, because it is a legacy left us by our Royolntionary Wor thies, at tho expense of much preciuus blood and treasure, and I am particularly averse to any'candidate for popular favor, who docs not reverence tho laws and institutions'of our gov ernment. There are however, in my humble conception m my ambitious and tyrannical men in our country, who would rejoice to witness a change .of our beloved government, to one of Kings, Lords nnd Nobles, in which ihoy might fill dignified offices’without any responsibility. Who those men are, arc for you fellow citizens, in the exercise of a sound discretion, to deter mine. Indifference on a subject of so much importance, is dangerous indeed if not criminul; Therefore select your representatives from hon- csi, philanthropic and patriotic men, wliose in terest is your interest, and who arc susceptible of sympathy nnd regard for every class of man kind in every circumstance of life; nnd if you ' are at all controlled by the Presidential contest, teach the Monarchies of the world, by support ing the ouly candidate for that office, who in early life engaged nnd distinguished himself in the * glorious Revolutionary struggle, which gave freedom to our country, nnd in the last war led our armies to signal victories over our British and savago foes in support of that free dom, that Republics are not uogratoful, and in so doing you may look forward with confidence for the blessings of Heaven upon our country, and for the gratitudoofsucceeding generations’.” JONES. At a party of “/rood iTriilladelnha, not ton* ago. was a young lady from B . In the course of the evening conversation became slack, and a pause of a few moments became unavoidable. A gentleman broke silence by observing—" awful pause." Tlie poor • girl, wliojhongt tha observation was meant for her, - you would have bear them out in their nefarious schemes. The reflecting portion of our citizens, of whatever party, aro not to be urged into treason to pro mote tho views of any aspirant. They will support tho Union, and the laws of the Union, let them bo administered by whom they may, so long as they arc righteously administered. When officers of government are not their choice, they will await the remedy provided by the constitution, rather than violate its sanctity. The abuso lionped by tho Troupers upon our late esteemed citizen, the venerable John Clark, (he youthful soldier of the revolution, and Georgia’s firm champion in all her subse quent difficulties, corresponds precisely with the sentiments of Forsvth, as expressed for the im mortal WASHINGTON! “There was no thing (says ho,) in tho Revolutionary or subso quent services of General Washington to in- duco us to set so high a value [$500!] on any thing which bad been in his possession.” Sim ilar insults have been offered by the same par ty to Gen^ JACKSON, and other heroes of the last \far—showing an invincible hatred for every one who has added to the glory of the nation. Georgia may well mourn the decen eracy of her son*, when her etiemies aro fos tered, nnd those who risked life, honor and for tune in hor defence, loaded with opprobrium. Patriotic Governors! Georgia is not tlie only state, wo aro sorry to learn, that is rid' den by a governor whoso predominant trait is any thing else than patriotism. Kentucky groans under a similar dynasty. Desha pre sides over that stato in as despotic a manner, and shows as little regard for law or justice, as our own famous governor. Tho pardoning of his son, who had been convicted of an atro cious murdor, by the governor of Kentucky, evinces a disregard for public opinion almost as conspicuous as somo of tlie acts of Gov. Troup. Major General Broion, who passed through this place Jhe latter end of April, nnd his aid Lieutenant Vinton, arrived at St. Louis, Mo. on the 20th June. Ho roviewed the troops at Jefferson Barracks, partook of an elegnnt cn tertninment given by the oliicors, and loft thero on tho 27>h, in tho steamboat Hercules for Louisville, Commodore Porter, nccompaKcd by two of his midshipmen nnd his sun, arrived at Pcnsa< cola on tho 12th instant, in a pilot hoat from Key West. Commodore Laborde’s squadron, consisting of two frigatos and a brig, wero still cruising off tho harbor of Key West. Th Mexican privateer Molestador had arrived there just as the pilot hoat left, with a prize in company—she had a fow days before captured and destroyed seven sail of Spanish drogers, off Maricl, within gunshot of the battery, which was firing on her at tho time. COMMUNICATED. To Colonel Henry G. Lamar. Sir—You havo been publicly announced the people of this copnty, us a candidate represent them, in the next Legislature; and from the zeal and interest manifested by your self and friends, one would conclude, that you aro at least willing to be elcctod^r-This then, sir, must bo my apology, for obtruding a few iivAc ttp rather pertly—“Well, y ou would hire " ud ° r0mar,M at,cn . , j on - 1 am a P ,ain . a?f/uj ncicMjo, UVm should wailxwa scrub as much jWuntjnan; and therefore, if my communica- i tion should wont that beauty and suavity of Why ilteij does the writer in ,| |p ^ n lemon of vour cloth, you wll not be.of-j station and audience were guarantees for his (shun an isstm on 'hu weWts, and r*A " I -.1 O..<*.«•» nn.l »l>« !•»•.* lisa rnmnor Is i«l n*HCC Oil B tOQSt 111 I irfiltUU? £{J ^ in :ii in that State so fur transcends •],” creation, that all his sentiments are What knowledge of Benjamin J. II the people of. Georgia, that his toav.it, if, received as an a bi.reinetil? If none' a,, ter in question assumes a mos* rirodigiim, * faience anil consequence. Without and without reason and even without ;l„, „ of his own name, he obtrudes on ,| le e zens of this State the sentiment of a n J timjuished stranger as the utierijng star.G-?! truth! This is a grado of egotism »|,ul man of talent Cannot entertain, and man of common sense would be askinw* utter. If Virginia and Virginians be asini ble ns tho language of that writer implies 7 may, with the best reason, condemn i|,j penso of legislation in Georgia, audrea! mend the enforcement in this State of the?, lutes of Virginia;, or urge the wisdom of adopting tho Virginian constitution with all* disqualifying clauses, and insist upon oor eh ing to till stations of trust or profit y Jvj only. I cheerfully confess that Virginia l given birth to several-of tho best anJ men that shine in our National History; ajjj concede as willingly that the people of' Vi,,* nia, though oppressed, arb in general bn',' generous and enlightened; but it must als»]j acknowledged that Virginia is notwithout t full complement of rogues; fools ami prei« ors, and. that the opinion of a Virginian, j. every other man’s, is good when it j with reason and contemptible without. Had the writer aforesaid, iti his compt, of dinner parties on the 4tli instatii, Im. more nearly to home, ho would have beenk indecorous in his language towards the den crats at Forsyth. Unlike a certain asscmtl of forty-seven invited and inviters, they d not exhibit tlie sublime spectacle of a preside) with a bloody head presiding over uproar it confusion, with colors scathed and rent by^ lightning dangling by their lashings and da™ tho shreds in tho “troubled air,” us ifupbi ing the things which were passing at the C_ The democrats at Forsyth raised no lmndt. barod no dagger against the silver hair of 'id they met in peace and parted in friends) and, as to their opinions, it is hot to badoul that, should the calamitous hoim arrive, i would as promptly maiptain them in the i as one of them at least has at the Bar and j] Congress. PAUL PINEKNOT.; oliv.oils, ill 1824? . A/ram,. did you not’m 1823, voto against the Bill to extend the time of taking out Grants and reduce tho fees on the same? If you did, will you be candid enough to say, in honest sincerity, whether you \hiuk in doing so, you pursued a course likely tt» promote the interest, of the poor, as well as of Uie rich? And, again, sir, did you not in your celebrat ed speech in tho Legislature, in 1823, say, that the people were not capable of governing themselves, and did not know their own wish; and that you (their Representative) were sent to tho Legislature, to protect them a- gainst the'r worst enemies, themselves; or words of similar import? Now, sir, a candid, frank and ingenuous re ply to each and evory of the foregoing interro gatories is solicited, not with a view of injuring you unjustly, but that the citizens of Bibb .county may know the character of tho man, who so etirnestly, wishes to represent them.— Should’ you not think proper lev reply, then, sir, such other means must be' resorted to, as will he most likely to give satisfaction to those who aro so dfecply interested. HAWKINS. ./ sever tho Union; and, by a single allusion to the ten years.preceding 1811, I could establish beyond contradiction that John Forsyth has al ways boen an nvowed federalist, a strenuous advocate of abridging the liberty of tho press, speech and conscience, and an enemy of civil equality.- It is however on such a rulo of evi dence that they rely for the exculpation of their id6l for his unprovoked and wanton abuse of a herd and a Christian sainted even in the most despotic nations of Europe. It is by such means that they hope to impose on tho people of Georgia os governor a traitor to his nation’s glory, a pander of principle to self-aggrandize ment, an enemy in youth to individual liberty and a foo in old age to the rights of the peo ple. If his cause were hot desperate, would such stratagems be considered expedient to sup- lort him. Attempts of the kind will however le exposed, whether they bo made by tho jack- ail of a barbacue or the sovereign of a sawpit. A WARDER OF LIBERTY. COMMUNICATED Poe's Potato Oven.—Notwithstanding tho pains taken to keep secret the cost of erecting this noble edifice, it is probable that the public will soon come into possession of the truth; the Corporation having, on the 23d inst. been garnisheed in a suit in which tho great brick architect is defendant. QUID. • FOR THE MACON TELEORAFU. JOHN FORSYTH. It is lauglmblo to observe what alarm this renegndo’s illiberal reflections upon Washing ton have occasioned among his subalterns, nnd what pains arb taken to avert tho burst of in dignation and tho lasting hatred which senti ments so derogatory to the American charac ter cannot fail to produce in every bosom that feels vcnciation for alFthat is honorable in a public man and noble in humanity. They can- not deny that lie has soriously and solemnly declared, in ono of the most august assomblies on earth, that lie can see nothing in the ser vices of Geuen l Washington, during the Rc- tihitioii or siiliseqiiemly to authorize Congress to give five hundred dollars even to secure to the Nation possession of some medals present ed to that hallowed Chieftian as memorials of this Nation’s gratitude, but which fortuitous circumstances havo placed in private hands. Now, if nothing in tho services of Washing ton exists to authorize Congress to purchase for the Nation memorials which this Nation a- warded him declaratory of its high sense of his services nnd his virtues, it follows by necessi ty ns a consequence, that the Congress award ing tho medals either overrated his virtues and abilities, or indt Iged their veneration by tres passing upon the Constitution nnd expending the funds of the epuntry improperly; hut as the presenting of the medals was not wlion tho re solution passed deemed illegal, nor has tho pur chase of his portraits, busts and statuos sinco been looked on ns contrary to law,objections to the constitutionality of purchasing tho medals cannot bo admitted as tho cause of Forsyth’s opposition to tlie measure: the literal meaning of the sentence must be taken, and a contorap tilde estimate of tho Gonerid and his services constitutes the objection. Forsyth’s minions foresee tho dangor, and endeavor to avert it. This Iteinous contumely of the man wlio, in tho opinion of Lords Er- ikino and Knimes, was tho most virtuous of his age, they gravely insist differs so .widely from reprehension, ns to amount to unqualified ap plause and reverenco; nnd to prove thoir point, they cite Forsyth’s eulogium of the Goncrul in .ail oration delivered at Augusta on the 4th of July, 1812, about twenty-one months after he had lost his election as federal candi date for Congress, and but shortly aftor ho had become apostate ,o federalism, the sedition act and gag (aw, privileged orders and an es tablished religion. But the argument is as no vel as it is de facto irrelevant lo tho purpose.— It is not to be con'ceded, that any convert from political heresy, aspiring to official distinction, nnd still dripping with the waters of redemp tion, would, whatsoever might be his senti ments, adventure, in those days of republican purity aud in a large audience of Georgians, to denouoce a man inferior to none whom the finger of God created and to whose exertions the country, in a great measure, owes its inde pendence;’ in those times, no man, how unam bilious soever might be his views durst, iu any section of the Union, hazard tho fury of the populace by denouncing General Washington on the 4th of July. It would have been as safe to reprobate honesty and advocato mur der. So that no expressions of reverence used by Mr. Forsyth or any otlior fisher of popu larity, on the anniversary of freedom, in refe rence to an individual canonized by the united sanction of tho civilized world, can, in reason, be taken ns evidence ofhisundisscmbled opin ion at the present hour in contradistinction to FOR TnE MACON TELEGRAPH. TROUP, TREASON, &c. If silly expedients be symptomntick of the desperation of q cause and tho fearful forebod ings of its partizaos, the puerilo vindication of our insurrectionary Governour, by a moping scribbler in tho last Messenger, must be taken as, a gloomy prognostick for disunion and for those who endeavour to promote it. It appears, that ono Benjamin J. Harrison, of Brunswick county, Virginia, thought fit, ou the 4th instant, to toast the Executive of Geor gia as tho "zealous and unprecedented supporter of State Rights,” and to wish that tho Governouis of the other States may imitate his example.— This sentiment of Mr. Harrison, in connexion witli the Troup toasts in Goargia and tho re sult of our last gubernatorial election, .is, in the opinion of the correspondent—who, pci Imps in anticipation, assumes the name of Bibb—an unanswerable argument in justification of the puhlick conduct of Troup. But, if he had recollected, that, as the toasts in reference are not intuitive truths, they need evidence; aud, until such shall have been pro duced, that they cannot be received as authori ty,—he would haply have saved himself from the corroding feelings of chagrin to which pre tenders are subjected on the exposure of their ignorance before the community. Tho re-e lection of Troup by a majority of five or six hundred is equally foreign to the subject.— When tho factitious reputation of that man for talents, tho predominance of avarice in nil commercial countries, the high value sot upon land, tho assiduity to inculcate the belief that upon his success rested tho possession of that land, that of the thirteen newspapers then is sued in Georgia nine wore zealously employed in promulging and but two active in correct ing the misstatements made by his subalterns, and that tho offices and oaths of postmasters wero in many instances prostituted to suppress publications ndvorso to his pretensions,—when all theso circumstances aro taken into conside ration, it augurs badly for the rectitude of his cause, that, with so many instruments of delu sion, his excess of votes amounted to fivo or six hundred only. Had howevor thnt surplus been twenty thou sand, or had ho failed in his efforts nt distinc tion, the result in itself would in no wise havo altered tho guilt or rectitude of his motives: for free States as well as free individuals aro accossiblo to Orrour; as happened when tho most worthy of the Greeks was banished by tho ostracism, and the Roman people espoused tho cause of Antony and Augustus against Brutus. An unerring test, coeval with God and as unchangeable as Ins essence, does exist; nnd thnt test is justice. How disguisod soever it may be by sophistry or shaded by prejudice, it is and has in conscience been the rulo of right in nil ages and in all nations. Tho general consequence is its chart, and reason its com pass. Its bearings, abstractedly, are well un derstood nnd its boundaries noted. By the aid of these landmarks—if a trope may bo indulg ed—engagements are snares no longer, nor du ties enigmas. As a treaty is a contract 1 , tho paction of the. Indian Springs must, to bo valid, compriso tho prerequisites of all contracts—tho absence of any one docs not annul it but shows it to be void from tho beginning. I shall dis' pense with fire of tho attributes, aud demand the establishment of one only—tho ability of tho contracting partios. Let this point be confirmed, by the rules of evidenco observed in our courts of law and by the principles laid down in tbo code of nations; and, while I may regret the unnecessary stretch of power that lias suspended tho issuing of process out of tho natioual court in our State, I will bow with veneration to Troup for his determination to maintain, at every hazard, what will thus have been proved to be right nnd dignity of Georgia. This courso would bo a brief way to sottle tho dispute and silence opposition. It is the only conclusive method: no other proce' duro can be called honest; no other mannor deserves courtesy—for all tho testimony, ar ranged nnd embodied, *rroup and his subal terns have in their possession. FOR TnE MACON 'TELEGRAM.) THE CAMP MEETING, A TALE. “And heart* tint own affection*! power, “Shall feel that power increase/* The good old puiitan custom, of enema for days together, for the purposes of rclij worship, though getting uufasliiomiUe ins of the older States, is still adhered to in tiff However objection,ddo the custom may br,i| thinly populated districts, it is certainty tin mendable in a new country, where suilitlj buildings cannot often be obtained, and i tho number of preachers of the gospel is g ally limited. It was undor such circumsu Hobably, that the practice originated; ■ nalil leneficitti results havo tended to peqietmlei] By this means families can enjay tlie blcuis of the gospel, that, from thoir -remoteta would otherwise be left destitute. Tho wonderful sp. o.td of denominationstl havo pursued this plan, is evidence of iispoll. Aud exclusive of their boasts in.H refo'osj point of view, tho good effects of Camp Mtj ings in a moral, social and rational sense,,( very conspicuous. Here, tho labourer rd front tlie fatigues tif the field; the merchants capes from the' perplexities of the com house; thc.qioliiic'nn forgets the object of I ambition; tho student loses sight of his Wt and the professional man of his fee—tvheroil wholo country assembles; nnd where all " tinctionsof wealth, and rank nnd party areh gotten; where tho high and tho lowly—list 11 ministrationist and the anti-administration* the Unitarian and tho trinitariaff, all meet« the same footing, and worship Nature’s Cm’] tho same altarjlkA spirit of benevolcneeir hospituiity pfevlils—while sectional diiw and party spirit, and private animosities," may have rankled long in tho bosom, are m forgotten or extinguished. . Here, nlso,.? acquaintances aro formed, and connM* made, that would otherwise never have eW" Friends and relatives often meet here and** brace, who, from tho cares and incidents oth have not perhaps soon each other, sinco ® met and parted on tho same spot. Ami oiJ a ono, who may have boon absent fur J* suddenly returns at this time, receives Pi ? ;ratulations, and unites in tho devotions o> 1 rionds. 9 Society bocomcs softened and improved, those gathoriugs-7-our natural asperities off—our manners become moro polis ■«" become better acquainted with ourselves with our neighbors—and misundorsiano 10 ? less frequent. Besides the advantages coo atod, the moral and religious instruction *e? ed,'is perhaps far more important than all ' finally, after a fow days spent in this return to our labors and duties with o“ f “J* refreshed by rest, our hearts softened, a“ a minds improved. It was at a Camp Meeting in in 18—, that the expediency of this 1 ,I0U> B tom, was ntoro forcibly brought homo ^ and its good efl'octs have been Hflmnw . mind, from an incident that then occur On tho soebnd evening of tho mectmgi. tho blaze of day had given place to a ca ^ light, tho umbrageous oaks and tall soqueslered grovo of which tho Camp v was situated, waved gracefully in in* breeze; and tho murmuring of a small • formed by several clear springs, as 1 ■ fitfully througlttlio grove,uowsuiooiu quil, and now foaming and daslnogt : with the songs of birds, aud inspire r and solemn reflections. The innumerable torches of blazing the abseuce of tho sun hardly p*f**r^ they shed around a melancholy hght,