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TucsAav, October 30, \S21.
BY MYRON BARTLET.
Volume \ JVo. 53.
\T%\ C Telegraph is published weekly
ffwoiiGa. Office on Cherry Street, neur
, public Square
terms.
nr« Year, ,
for Six Mouths*
$3 00
2 oo
IS advakce.
sisaMSSR GOODS.
BAILEY GODDARD,
os MULBERRY STI5KET, •
rASin.t receivedR LARGE ASSORTMENT of
['SUMMER GOODS, suitable for this Market,
a call from those Merchants,' in this vici-
f mHowMi to replenish their stock, ns he believes
K'„. h C aii he more advantageously served, than
[.mneA 1 "renter distance! Travelling Merchants,
I' lire not acquainted. and who wish credit, will
... furnish themselves with letters of rccommen-
S ' e Planters, tvbo Visit this place, are rcspect-
’ ’ill i '
jjy invited to eall.vAII orders will meet with prompt
iaiecci super black Cloth
5 nieces super tduc Cloth
10 nieces blue and mixed Cassimere
15 pieces rinttinett, 7 pieces Cassinett
w pieces white, red and yellow Flannst
*) pieces Scotch Homespun
hi) pieces striped Florence
'0 pieces cotton Cnssunepe
,0 pieces first quality Irish Drilling
H pieces second quality do,
4 pieces French do.
pieces Irish Linen * .
pieces long Laivn; 5 pieces linen Cambric
pi-cQS brown. Linen; 5 pieces black Linen
5 pieces 4 qimrtcr to 10 quarter Diaper
ijj yards Osindmre
() pieces Russia Sheeting
6 pieces Irish Sheeting
fi pieces Dimity
8 pieces Nankeen
5 pieces, uenihuEctte, plain and figured, assorted
color* *
pieces fioinbzzina
1} pieces Ceduck
I yards Negro Cloth -
W pieces Calico
cards brotvii and blenched Shirting and Sheeting
pictrs plqid and striped Domestic*
pieces English Ginghams
v'.STONE •& CO\T
HAVE IN STORE ASH OFlflR FOtl SALE,
tfLSfk pieces best 42 inch Cotton Bagging (war*
B.XJrWW ranted)
200 barrels Philadelphia Whiskey
• 85' barrels Northern Gin
25 barrels Boston Rum *
60 barrels Sugar • ,
* 30 barrels Nos. 1,2 and 3 Mackerel -
30 bags prime green Coffee
30 bags Shot, a&orted
8.kegs Rogers' anil Dupont’s Powder
500 lbs. Lead
500 bushels Salt .
15000 lbs. Swedish Iron
3500 Ills. Castings
1 cask renl London Porter
80 dozen Tumblers in straws
Loaf Sugar, Holland Gin, Jamaica Bum
Nails, Tobacco, Bunch Raisins, Tea.
' Soap A Candles
• Crockery, Glass Ware &c. Ac.
DRY GOODS.
Just received from New York an assortment of Dry
Goods consisting of
Prints, Cambrics A Muslins
Circassian, Bombazin ,
Ilnnyii Cambric, black Sattin
Yellow.Naukins, Batiste, Irish Sheeting
Flag and Levuntine Handkerchiefs, new stile
Straw Bonnots, green Gauze Veils
l’runel and Morocro Shoes
The above goods are offered at reduced pricesfar cash
July 30 40
mSCEDILANEOUS'
X pieces furnititi'e Prints
5 pieces Iti'.tUsfe
1$ pieces Barige
[5 pieces black, Canton Crape
it pieces eolured crape Robes ,
15 pieces biacli Italian Crape
II pieces white,'pink fthd straw Crape -
I dozen inm-y gauze and silk Shawl*
dozen Sriirfs and Mantles
5 pieces Sarcrnet,- Levantine, Sinchew, lustring,
plaid and fancy Silk
i pieces plain and figured Swiss Muslin
5 pieces Jaconet
5 pieces bonk, Lydia and mull Muslin
I) pieces Cambrics
b down w omen's white nnd colored cotton Hose
It dozen men aiid women's silk Hose
,5 fern first quality'fine beaver Hats
R dozen second and third quality beaver Huts
It dozen rorum Hats; 12 dozen yvool Hats
II dozen tortoise shell Combs
!■'• dozen Brazilian shell.Comb* *
II dozen cotton Card*
I) flora it'-m1ed Shoes
« dozen Leghorn Bonnets; 4 do. Leghorn Hats
t A 0 mortmeiif of Valencia Vestings
Silk, Hag. cotton and Bandana Handkerchiefs
63Vi'inh';e'las nnd Parasols’
'Thr-nii and cotton Lace- -
Ice,-ting and Footing ~
S':k miff cotton Velvet
A lar-e assortment of silk, linsn and cotta))
I ’ 'i'lirrmls
I touts* end silk Ribbons .
f Men mid women’s silk, kid and lontlirr Gloves
Astnnll assortment of llurdwnre and Stationary
A few crates of Crockery and Glass-Ware, Ac.
r’ Liberal Credit tiiil be given for'Ap-
tJ Paper.
■ tf—go
£*. HUDSON & oo.
H AVE just received, nnd are now opening, at
their store, on Mulberry ilreet, a Large Assort-,
ment of
ViUAa &JVD \V\NTFsll
Consisting of every variety nnciqiialjty of the follow
ing articles: • ,
DRESS COATS,
FROCK COATS,
COATEES, >
PANTALOONS, &c.
All of which arc w ell made und according to the
latest fashions.
Also—.! good supply of CLOTHS and
CASS I ME RES.
And a General Assortment of
quality.
ELLIS, SI/OTWBLL Sp CO.
Hare just rteeieed per boat Nancy, and <ffcr for Sale,
2m Kegs White Lead
tiO Kegs Spanish Brown
20 Kegs Venetian Red
500 Gallons Linseed Oil
300 Gallons Lump Oil
200 Gallons Train'Oil
100 Gallons Spirits Turpentine
Clinlk, Whiting Brushes, Ac. Ac.
12 Barrels I'laisler Paris
100 Reams Writing, Wrapping and Printing
Paper
10,000 Lbs. Light Castings
Also 30 packages
DRUGS AND MEDICINES;
Which with their previous Stock, make a very Inrge
nnd general assortment, worthy the notice of mer
chants, Physicians and others who wish to purchase at
at low rants for Cash.
Macon, June 18—34
[\)UVGS cV MHMCLXES.
J'AA.JS, SUOTWELB Sp CO.
i fl.it for sale, nTurge and general asssnrtinocnt
FA 'tn.Y and PATENT MEDICINES,
i '•'lirh being selected by competent judges, arc
ra v ith e.nnli.lence to the public, at .Savannah pri-
" r n; . Merchants, Physicians, I'lnntcrahndnthvrs
I rrqsesteil to call and examine for themselves,
fihaou hand a large supply of PAINTS, O/LS,
I, > DEE H OODS, DYE STUFFS, Ac. Ac
“ aeon. May l'J qa
W&2&SJ house
. AND
Commission Busincss.
T jjP RECEIVING, Scoring, anil For-
winding COTTON and MERC11AN
1&C&&VI BIZE, attended to by
v, ,, J JESSE STRATTON;
Wan. Octobers. 1S-J7 .r,()
Factorage and Commission Business
in Sarannuh. ■
aOBERT HfflALOKE.
Of AUGUSTA.
a TENDERS his services to his friends
and the public as a
General Commission Merchant,
il 'n i, ‘".Savannah, nml will he ready to at
ty w n V' Usln "« be may lie favored with by tin
te d ,r w lu ‘V' Intending in no manner to be
|Jj|c ’.’i^a'dal'ions w hatever, his personal xervi-
o mwi" , exclusively-to the interest of those
Iraihlin aVnr with their business, nml liberal
i. Rlt.it “ , J , . 1 *de on nil consignments of Cotton to
required.
WwSn nt *! nlo .". e * Gorton at A"g' ls, «, «’
! ,y Mr ’ 11 GORTON,-xvlu.se expert
frientb* 11 ^ " cn ®' , ' e him to give satisfaction
i^^dr-iot—r,o
BESDHJINES.
UnOTON OIL,
,, »ATE OF QUININE,
OI Vn GNFWUS A - CID *
FVe NK AC II),
hnr^nUOT OF f.LATERIUM,
L Hi »i„,iV, ' Vl, b a number of new and cclehrst
l t ' Heines, just received nnd for sale by
htot mr 'R FLUKER A COLLINS
n_ci
to CZ* ‘'ateSpplication will bemade
» , y.v»hi!e o, 0 ,r > ' 1 c ,hR Inferior Court of Twiggs
all il. ', n 8 for ordinary pumoses, for leave
■'iininy^J. 1 **' estate of Joseph Hasty, deceased, of
| t , l d-cen.,. i l lc benefit of the heirs nnd creditors
hitaC* ‘ ,nu - HASTY, Adm'r.
I '• *1,1827— - - itnim 18
by wholesale or retail, of the bes
49 iictuhpi l
Alacon CLOTHING Stove.
Ii. FITCH &. CO.
H - MERCHANT TAILORS,
AVE just received from New-York, a large sup-
' ,y ° l FALL AND WINTER
AND
CONSISTING OF
Superfine blue, black, brown and mixt Broadcloths,
Super blue, black,' brown', mixt, drub, ribbed, buffSnd
white Cassinieres * '
Vclvetlne, Florentine, Valencia A Marseilles Vesting
Blue, black, brown, green and scarlet Silk Velvets
Cotton. Vclvols
Fashionable' Cravats of all kinds
Silk Braid; patent Suspenders, Gloves, Stiffener*
Silk and hnir Stocks, silk Umbrellas,
Bandanna nml ling Handkerchiefs
RUSSIAN BEETS, black and brown Linen
Shirtings. Tailors' Trimmings, Pudding, Filleting
Buttons, Sewing silk, patent Thread, military Cord,
Gold and silver Epaulettes, Lace, Stars
ill and plated bail Buttons, Engles, Plumes, Ac. A-c.
Tile above Goods are of the best quality and latest
importations, nnd will be Sold low for cash;
: ' READY MADE CLOTHING.
Super blue, lilnck nrul brown Dress COATS
Do. hiue.black.brhwii, mixt. olive and claret Frock do
Do. blue, black, brown, mixt, olive, claret and green
COATTEES .
Super blue, black, brown, mixt, drab and ribbed
PANTALOONS
Do Sntinct, beaveret, and cord bang-up do.
Do. drain brown und mixt OVER' COATS
Velvet, (lorcntlnc, mnrseilles nml cn*sim«ye VESTS.
Fine linen and cotton Shirts, Great Coats, Pen Coats,
Short Jackets, Indies ami gentlemen’s plidd Cloaks.
The above Clothing !* inai’e czpressly for custom
ers, and iu Hie bint manner and lutest lashinn. We
solicit the patronage of .our former Iriondf nnd the
public generally.'
TAILORING,
Carried on in all its various brunches. Having the la
test New-York fashions, and .good workmen, their
whrk shall not be done inferior to any. All orders
thankfully received, nnd executed with despatch,
net 13 51 ■ -
From Goodman’s Natural History.
The Opossum—Tho hunting of the Opos
sum is a favorite spoil with the country peo
ple, who frequently go out with their dogs at
night, after the autumnal frosts' have begun
and persimmon fruit is in its tqost delicious
state. The Opossum, as soon as;lie discovers
the approach of his enqtnies, lies perfectly
close to the branch, or places himself snugly
in the angle where two limbs separate from
each other. The dogs, however, soon an
nounce the factjpf his presence by their hayiitg
nud ihe Inintej .ascending the tree discovers
the branch, upon _ which the animal is seated,
and begins to shake R -with great violence to
alarm and cause him to relax his hold. This
is soon effected, ub<l the Opossufi^cttcmpting
to escape to another limb is pursued immedi
ately, and the shaking is renewed with greater
violence, mil l at length the terrified quadru
ped allows himself to drop to the ground,
where the hunters or dogs are prepared to
dispatch hint.
Should the hunter, as frequently happens,
he unaccompanied by dogs, when the Opos
sum falls to the ground, it does not immedi
ately make its escape but steals slowly and
qttieilv to a little distance, and then gathering
itself into as small a compass as possible, ie-
inainsas still as if dead. Should there' he ahy
quantity of grass or ’ underwood near the trei,
this apparently simple artifice is frequently
sufficient to secure the anint 'I’s escape, as t
is difficult by moonlight or in the shadow of
u tree to distinguish it, and if the hunter lias
not carefully observed-the spot where it fell,
his labor is often in vain. This circumstance,
however, is generally attended to, and the O-
poxsum derives little benefit from his instinc
tive artifice.
After remaining in this apparently life
less condition for a considerable time, or so
long.as any noise indicative of dqnger can'be
heard, the v Opossum slowly unfolds himself,
and creeping ns closely as possible upon the
ground would fain sne.ik off unperceived,. Up
on a shout, or an ouicry in any tone from It's
persecutor, he immediately renews his death-
ke attitude and -stillness. If then approach
ed, moved or liaudled, ho is sfill seemingly,
do.id, and might deceive any ono not accus
tomed io Ins actions.—This feigning is'repeat
ed as frequently as opportunity is allowed hint
of attempting to escape, and is known So well
to the country folks as to have long since pass
ed into a pioverb—“He is pL-vyiug possum,” is
applied with great readiness by them to any
one who is thought to act deceitfully, or wish
es to appear wltal lie is not.
The usual haunts of the Opossum are. thicK
woods, and their dons are generally in lie hol
lows of decayed trees, where they pass .the
day asleep, and sally forth mostly alter ..night
fall to seek for food. They aro occasionally
seen out during the day light, especially
when they have young ones of considerable
size, too largo', to bo carried ill the., maternal
pouch. Tho female then odors a very singu
lar appearance, as she toils alon* wiilt twelve
or sixteen cubs nearly of the size of rats, eacli
wiilt the turn of his tail around the root of his
mother's nnd clinging on her back und sides
with paws, linnijs ami mouth. This circum
stance w..s thought distinctive of another spe
cies, hence c.dled-tho Dorsigern, but it is e-
qunlly true of the common or Virginian Opos
sum. It is exceedingly curious to see the
young, when the mother is at rest, take refuge
tn the pouch, whence one or two of them' may
occasinally bo seen peeping out, wi lt an . air
of great comfort and satisfaction. The mo
ther,'in this condition, or at any’time, in de
fence of, hor young, w.ll make battle, biting
with much keenness and severity, for wliicli
her long-canine teeth are well-suited.
If taken young, the Opossum is readily tam
ed and becomes'very fond of human society
in n great,degree relinquishes its nocturnal ha
bits, and grows troublesome from its familiari
ty. Wo have had one thu* tamed, which
would follow, tho ihtnates of the house witft
qnd traps for subsistence, will explore this vast
continent, and .think themselves happy when
they can obtain the flesh of a Beaver t6 dine
ip
Courier, and is going with nto to St. Pedro to
meet his men; from then to he intends to pro
ceed, northward in quest of Bearer, and re
turn afterwards to his'deposit in tho Rocky
Mountains.”
i [St. Diego and St. Pedro are ports in Ca
lifornia, W. Coast of America, near 3,000
miles from Boston’,]
From Mi* Raleigh. (No. Ca.) Star.
SAi.isScav, Si-pt. 17, 1827.
Messrs Lawrence A Leniay:—Gutuste 1 have
lint this moment seen the note of Messrs Gales A Son,
in wliicli they refuse to [inljlisli my repiv to the letter
of Governor Kent. I would most 'willingly decline
any farther notice of the matter, but that I prefer o-
thers should judge of. my “language” besides these
chaste and squeamish Editors. I must ask of you to
do me the justice iHey rcfuse.
Very respectfully, R. M. SAUNDERS.
Messrs Gales Sp Son: I am no lnnger a sub
scriber for tlio National fiitclligojicer, and am
indebted, to a friend for the sight of that, nnd
of your paper of the 27tli ult. itj which I find
an “Extract of a letter from his Excellency
Joseph Kent, Governor of Maryland, to a
gentleman- of Frankfort, Kentucky.” My ab
sence from home, and a desire to hear from
gentlemen with whom I had lived tho winter
ol 1325, and others with whom 1 hid corres
ponded freely upon tho subject/of the then sentanve capacity, to bring to light some ot
ponding election, has delayod iny notice of the improper purposes to wliicli he had sought
General Van Rensseher was the pivot on
which the first ballot was to turn, .It was '
known that 'Scott and Cook had resolved to
vote for Mr. Adams—that Colonel Mitchell
also, by a kind of suicidical morality, (proba
bly of Governor Kent's teaching) and upon
whom tlie vote of Maryland depended, would
first vole for Mr. Adams, afterwards for Gen.
Jackson, It was with General Van Rensselaer
to docido tlfe vote of New York, nnd to elect
Mr. Adams, He had asserted to a friend
most positively that lie would not vote for Mr.
Adam*. : Yet, Mr. Clay had whispered some
©Phis flatteriiig unction into his ear, the dan
ger and responsibility of a protracted ballot;
and the sly and insidious Webster appealed
to his Federal fueling. Tim appeal was not
in vain. Those with whom I had tho honor
to act, had scarcely a hope for tho success of
their candidate, and from the coarse thing*
had taken, felt hut little concern. It is possi
ble I may have inquired from somo of tins
known supporters of Mr. Adams, if they in
tended to elect him on the first ballot, and snv®
us tho necessity of electing General Jackson.
If so, no one could have been so obtuse as to
misconceive my object, much less to have lor-
tilred it into the “emphatic” exclamation as
cribed to mo by tho certifying Governor.
I shall now take Iqjive of this mattor, a* I
4i;»vo neither time nor inclination to engage in a
controversy with even the Governor of a re
spectable S'.ute. I have never denonuccd
Mr. City fiir voting for Mr. A lims. Tint
was a matter which belonged to the country,
and not to me. I endeavored, in my Repre
sentative capacity, to bring to light some of
great nsaiduiiy, and complain by a whining
noise when left alone. As it grew older it
became mischievous from its restless curiosity
and thoib seemed no posssibility of contri-
vituee I'tfectn dly to Secure it. The same
Circumstance « frequenily remarked by per
sons • who have attempted to detain them in
captivity; and, “f all the instance* which h;ivo
c«'mo' to our knowledge, 'where even a great
mimhci were apparently well secuied, they
have all in a short- time enlarged themselves
and been no more heard of. In some such
nstunces these.animals have escaped in. tho
city, and for a long time hive taken their
quarter* in cellars, wltere Hicir presence has
NEW CHE&P GOODS.
T HE subscriber has Just received, and opened, at
Ills store on Mulberry street, a general assort
ment of '
SHOES, DA TS, ■*
Cvockevx, UtmVwuve, &c.
He lias also on bam] a general assortment of
GUOCEUYES,
CASTINGS, &c.
Which will be sold low for cash.
R. COLEMAN.
Jane 4 tf 32
BLANKS
FOB SALE AT THM OfTIGB.
never been ' suspected, as during the day tho^r
remained concealed. In this way it is very
probable that many are still living in tho city
of I’liilndelphiu, obtaining plenty of food by
tliejr nightly labor*
AMERIClAN'ENTERPRlZEi
ram Capt. Cunni
)irgo, Dee. 1826.
Eztraet of a letter fram Capt. Cunningham,
....... dated, .
“There has arrived at this place Capt. Jo-
dedi ih S. Smith, with a conipany of Hunter*,
from St. Louis, on the Missouri. These'har-
ily adventurers liavc been 13 mpnths travel
ling their route, and havo suffered numerous
hardship*. Thoy have often had death star
ing them in the face—sometimes, owing to
the want of sustenance;' at• others to the numer
ous Savages whom they have,been obliged to
contend with. Out of 50 -horse* which they
started with, they brought 18 back with them:
the others having died for want of food and
water. ‘ ♦
Does it seem crfidilflo that a pally of four
teen men, depending entirely upon their rifles
this extraordinary letter.
The same inducement, I presume, wlrch in
fluenced .his “Excellency” to write the loiter,
induced its translation into the columns of the
Intelligencer, and to those of the Raleigh, Re
gister. It is, indnod, illustrative of the “Pol
lies of the day,” and of the political system,
which seems to bo the governing maxim with
those who respond to the wishes of their great
magician, tho honorable the - Secretary of
State—
“J/y author and disposer! what thou bid’st,
“Unargued I obey.”
The maxim is practised to perfection, from his
“Excellency the Governor of Maryland,”
down ro Ihe lowest minion of the obsequious
tribe of subsidized presses “by authority.”. The
signal proof ofdaring and dotc'rmined servility,
evidenced by this “extract,”'tlie bold and un
blushing lalschood it avows a*, to my conduct
and.language, shows his “Excellency” a wor
thy favorite of Isis master; and tho readiness
with which it is copied 'into certain prints, e-
vince their greedy subsorvtney to his wdl,
I know the position iu which I stand, an i
that of the personage whose word I have to
coofront. But I uui not the first victim select
ed by the .parasites of the day, to divert pub
lic reprehension from their high patron, nur is
Governor Kent the first man who is indebted to
his station for 'a little brief consequence. I
am charged, from this “high source,” of hav
ing been “decidedly in favor of Mr. Adams
in preference to General Jackson,'and not ten
minutes” before the laic election liy the House
of Representatives,- to have approached him
(Govornor KeflV)‘“with anxious countenance,
discovering deep concern” indeed, nnd used
theso emphatic words; “I , hope to God you
may bo able to terminate the election on tlio
first ballot, for fear we from North Carolina
may be.forced to vote for General Jackson.”
'His Excellency must indeed have rel axed from
the cares ‘.of office for the purusal of “The
Merry Wives of Windsor," or “Tho school
for scandal," The Arabian N'-th’s, Eutertain-
ments, or some'other work of fiction. It is to
be recollected, ih s “.niton* countenance,”
this “deep aoncorn,” this “emphatic j'auguaL'e,”
occurred more- than two years since, on the
eve of an. important election, to a man occupy
ing a different side of the House from myself,
with,whom’I*''was not iiitimate, who had beon
Opposed to.my friendsin politic*, and onc.wiiom
I had always'viewed as concealing tinder a
plausible exterior, the secret, hut deadly en
mity of a viper. On an occasion, and by a
man of this kind, my manner and words arc
‘professed to be remembered with nccumcy,
and reported with precision. Tho affi m uive
charge rests upon the ipse dizit nftliis pliant
'Governor alone'.* I meet, it therefore, as ii
ought to be mot, with the lie direct.
Front the commencement of the late Presi
dential contest, to its termination, 1 harbored
but one feeling,"and expressed but one language
—-a preference for William II. Crawford, and
the most positive 'hostility to John Q. Adams.
I Ought,' Messrs. Editors, call upon you to
of this
to apply the patronage of the Admin : stratu>n.
This is the head and front of my oflbncc. This*
is tiie lever with which lie, anil others, seek
to uphold those now in.authority, and he who
shall dare to expote to public view the hand
that administers tho pabulum, may expect to •
meet with the vilest detraction. I Inve not
the vanity, to suppose that the secret nnlig- -
nity of Governor Kent seoks to desiroy tho
character of one in my iiumbld spltorq, but to
minister to the morbid appetite of his exalted
friend, to save those who seek to m tintain tho
Prime Minister, as the main prop to tho pre
sent Administration, and who consider dislike
to him as deserving certain des ruction. Wick
ed and unhappy men! who seek thoif private
safety in opposing public good. Weak a il
s.lly men! who vnimy imagine that they sit til
ho judged in the right, and'every one who
posed them in the wrong.. But I leave thcot
and him, by whom l have beon thus forced be
fore the public, to the judgement of those on
whom they would impose.
R. M. SAUNDERS.
Salisbury, Aug. 20, 1827.
hear testimoiiV to tho truth
declara
tion. You cannot have forgotten tho early
expression of niy opinions iu hostility to Mr.
Adams.t These opinion* not only cxpressoil
my opposition to Mr. Adams, but u preference
to anv other man of political honesty.' I
could here give the testimony of those members
of Congress with whom I boarded in the winter
of l825/thd letters I then wrote to my friends
in this State, avowing my determination to
vote lor Gcuoral Jackson with a majority of
the Delegation from the State, ns our second
choice, nud not from any fear of consequen
ces—all evincing hut one conduct nnd one
langungh, and that directly in opposition t« tho
assertion and certificate of Gov. Kent. I do
not dccill'it necessary to rely upon testimony
at this time to repel so notorious a libel. As
n politician, my course has been any other than
equivocal, and my languago at all times free
from doubt. I have not the most- faint recol
lection of seeing Governor Kent on the day
of election, and certain I am, I felt oeitlior
alarm or any great concern at the'result. I
was as well satisfied as Governor Kent,
though particeps criminis t that tho vote of
"tin refers to a statement made by his friend Mr.
Francis Johnson, in the Home of Representatives.
Thera was so much of tile bagatelle in Mr. Johnson's
speech,and delivered so disjointrdly.thnt tiierewns no
collecting a fact from wlmt he did say. If he made
the statement, I did not hear il; but I nave no. doubt, •
if made, it was upon the authority of Governor Kent.
t Early in the Presidential canvass, the Editors of
the Register refused to insert the famous “Political
llofse Knee,” as refiecting upon Mr. Adams for bis
supposed countenance ot the ' Alien and Sedition
Laws. I then published several numbers over the sig
nature at “ ilur.he,’’ in which it was my object to prove
there was stronger grounds to support this supposition
than the Editors imagined. That Mr. Adams was e-
•acted hy the same Legislature of Massachusetts who
passed upofi Mr. Madison’s Report of ’09—condemn
ing that Report, and npproving of those obnoxious
laws. Tliat, from the session of 18<*3, when he first
took his seat in the Senate of the United States, up
to tho session of 1807, he. uniformly voted with tho
Federal party, therehy evincing his fidelity to tlie prin
ciples ol those by whom he had been elected. That
his Report of the hill for suspending the Writ of babe-
as corpus, and his celebrated Report in Mr. Senutor
Smith’s case, were the first acts of his conversion, by
which he became while washed a Republic**
From the National Intelligencer.
Messrs. Gales <$• Seaton—I Imvo just seen
thu fulso and scurrilous publication of R. M.
Saunders; and until l toad it, I did not sup
pose there lived an individual so devoid oftruih
and decency, as lie liaVproved himself to be.—
Defeienco for public opinion induces mo to
ask the favor of you to publish tho fallowing
reply:
In the month of May last, I woio a letter
to a private gentlem in, un old Congressional
friend ill Frankfort, in reply to one rdccived
from him, not designod for publication, as eve
ry candid m in would at onco perceive, a* well
fiont its style ns its subjoct, nud ho has since a*
pologised for a portion of it finding its way in
to the public journal*.
In this letter, in consequence of Genorql
Saunders' over-zo dons part in tho House of
Representatives, the preceding winterj'fdie lot
of <dl new converts) I adverted to a conversa
tion he field with me the morning of tho Pre
sidential election—every word of which I a-
ver to be tho fact; anti I throw back upon
Guncral Saunders tho vulgar cpithot ho has
had tho audacity to apply tome.
But a few minutes before thu election, Gcrf.
Saunders approached the fire-place at tho south
end of tho room, tupped me on the arm, drew
me aside, nnd used the strong language I have
ascribed to him; and furlhci, I saw.no indivi
dual, after the election, better pleased than
General Saunders appeared to be, iu conse
quence of being relieved, as I supposed, from
the dilemma iu which ho had considered him
self placed.
General Saunders approaching mo in that
manner did surprise me, and caused me to
recollect tho conversation (which I repeated to
a friend a day or two aftorward,) because, un
til that moment, I did not suppose ho could
havo beeu furced to vote for General Jacksou.
Our acquaintnnce was a* limited as ho states,
but not more so than I desired, having never
■undo the slightest advance toward* an intima
cy with him, because I considered him a vain.