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MACON TEMGKAPH.
/oil. Neiiliei of tho prisoners, tts you
infiino closed iheir eyes. Louis kept
! died on his mother. Silo sat upright
.ak ireo iho cord was fastened around
vafsi, and round the tree, which had been
_ / Aedby lightuingi the moon poured its beams
'yCiigh tho naked branches upon tier face, cou-
Ilsod with tho agony .of despair and fear,
pith one baud sho held a crucifix to tier lips,
lie other on her rosary. The sight of ills
moilier in such a situation, stirred up daring
thoughts in thu bosom of the heroic boy—but he
lay powerless in his uucte’s naked and brawny
arms. lie tried to disengage himself, but at
the slightest movement, Mecumeh, tho* still
sleeping, seemed conscious, aud strained him
closer to him. At last tho strong sleep, that in
tho depth of the night steeps the senses -a ut
ter lorgetfulness, overpowered him, Ills arms
relaxed their hold, and d»opt beside him, >uid
lei Louis free. ' ’
He rose cautiously, looked for one instant on
the iudiaus, and assured himself they all slept
profoundly, lie then possessed himself of
Mecumeh’s knife, which lay at his feet and
severed the cord that bound bis mother to the
tree. Neither of them spoke a word—but with
tlie least possible sound they resumed the way
4 by which they had come from the shoie, Louis
in the confidence, and Marguerite witii the
' jy.nt hope of reaching it before they were over-
' taken.
‘They had nearly attained the margin of the
i river, witere Louis meant to launch one of tho
> canoes uod drop down the current when thu In-
? diati yell resounding through the woods, struck
1 on their ear.—They were missed, pursued, and
escape was impossible. Marguerite, panic
struck sunk to thu ground, nothing could chock
the career pi Louis. “On—on, mothei*, he
* cried, to tho shore—to the shore.”—She rose
v and instantly followed tho boy. The sound of
tho pursuit came nearer and nearer. They
' reached tho shore, and thero beheld three ca-
'noes coming swiftly up the river. Animated
with hope Louis screamed the watch word ol
the gairLou, and was answered by his father’s
voice. . "*C .
* “The' possibility of escape, and the certain,
• approach of her husband, iofusefi now life into
Marguerite, “Your father cannot see us, ” slid
said* “as wo stand here in the shade—hide
yourself in that thicket, I will plunge into th|
water. Hbuis crouched under the hushes, and
was completely bidden by an overhanging
grape vine, whilst his mother advanced a few
steps into thu water and stood erect where she
could be distinctly seen. A shout from the
canoes apprised her that she was recognised,'
and at the same moment, the ludians who had-
now reached the shore, rent the air with thoir
cries of rage and defiance—They stood for a
moment, as if deliberating what next to dp;
Mecumeh maintained an undaunted and resolv-.
ed air—but with his followers tho aspect of
armed men, and a force thrice their number,'
had its usual effect. They fled. He looked
alter them; cried “shame” and then with a
desperate yell leaped tnto thu Water and stood
beside Marguerite. Tho canoes wero now
' within, a few yards—Ho put his knife to her
bosom—“The daughter of Tecumsch, he said,
“should have died by the judgment of our war
riors, but now by u brother's hand must she
perish;” and lie drew back his arm to give vig
or the fatal stroke, when an arrow pierced his
own breast, and liu fell insensible at his sister’s
side. A moment after Marguerite was in the
arms of hor husband, and Louis with his bow
unstruug bounded from tho shore and was re
ceived m his father’s canoe, and tho wild shores
\ rang with the acclamation of the soldiers while
bis lather’s tears of pipde aud joy ware poured
like rain upon his cheek.”
liiisti-iotis heron,' for its prey-?—look up yonder
glade, w here the long moss waves its sombre
trc>scs thick among thu forest, ns if nature was
in iiiouruuig for the tlocay of somu ol her han
dy work—all, ull these gifts wore once tho sou’s
of tho forest:—poor, wretched nice, whom are
I hey now 1 Forlorn, miserable, and dejected-
reduced to the miserable romitant pt a onco
powerful, nation, they were to end their days
far to the west across the groat Mississippi, and
reiimpiisli the find of their childhood, and the
bone* of their fathers, now laying sileutly un
der the clod of tho valley, to the rapacious en
croachments of tho White'Mini, t arcwell, ho
frauticly exclaimed; my once happy Ian*.and
rushing into the forest, Was quickly lost a-
mOiigst its thick foliage. I almost repented
that I had solicited from him the tradition of
die snake, since the history of tills monster had
lad to a digression so affecting.
Columbus Eng.
From the Signs of the Times May, 24.
We arc indebted to the kindness of a friend
for an opportunity of presenting the following
interesting letter to our readers. It will be pe
rused with deep attention by every citizen who
values tlie councils of wisdom aud venerates tlie
disinterested patriotism of our revolutionary
patriarchs.
SALEM, April 18, 1828.
“Dear Sir.—Since closing my letter in an
swer to your inquiry, I have thought it might
not be unacceptable to you to liavu a short ac
count of tho defence of.Ni Oileuns, derived
from a source which you may nut have
seen.
“All admit that Gen. Jackson deserved well
of his country for that defence. I have read
the details of it, as given by an English officer,
who served with tlie British army there, and
witnessed all that passed. Tlie first budy of
British troops, 1600 strong, advuuced and res
ted some miles below tho city. There were
Queen Ann, gninedso niauy signal victories
over tho French Armies for which lie was cel
ebrated throughout Europe, as Wellington has
been in our day, for his victories-over tho nine
enemies' af Britain ;—of ihat great D’nko of
Malborougk Lord Chesterfield says—“I knew
him extromuly well.”—“He Was eminently
illiterate, tvrolo bad English and spelled it
worse.” Deep reading and scholarship, it is
well known iu-tlio United States, arc not essen
tial in the bond of'our government to insure
its faithful administration. An immense quan
tity, of learning may ho acquired, much to the
pleasure of tho individual; but to little purpb.se
us respetts the public. “The older Adams, in.
his detailed dolence of tho American Consti
tutions, long siiico avowed a truth:—alus but
too well known that KNOWLEDGE is by
no means necessarily conuected with WIS
DOM nor VIRTUE.”
Mr. Clay called General Jackson a “Mili
tary Chief,ain,” But with with what views!
Did Mr. Clay beliove that tlie liberties of our
country would be endaegored if this “Milita
ry Chieftain” were raised to the Presidency!
Not at all. If ever so ambitious of military
glory, how would he raise an at ?.iy; and how
obtain a revenue to support it! Where would
he find a sufficieuily numerous band of officers
ready to become traitors, to destroy the pub
lic liberty! Mr-Clay perfectly well new, that
neither General Jackson, nor any other A-
tnerican citizen could effect such wild projects.
Why, then, did lie so emphatically call Jackson
a “Military Chieftain !” Obviously, to excite
the fears of the uniformed and unreflecting
portion of our citizens for their liberties,—and
to rouse and inflame the prejudices ol others.
General Jackson is a citizen of tho west. Had
he beeu chosen president instead of Mr. Ad
ams, tlie political pendulum, in it next vibra
tion, would probably .swing to the East or
South; and thus deprive Mr. Clay of the chance
two American armed vessels on the river, at °f rising to the Chair of State—the object .of
itocksonVetmwiMuk - Otw-ofthose mill ..ffTmi I ilis supreme ambition. In votiug himself, thore-
— .1.1. ..C TV 1 • Tnr#» fllirl norcnnlni.r Uin (V>!on/le in unto Ini* M IP.
TRADITIONAL.
■; THE TIE-SNAKE.
Among the many interesting and curious
' trad i, ions handed down to us from the Indians,
the story ot tho Tie-Suuke is not the least re
markable. In one of my hunting excursions a
few day 8 ago, along the banks of the beautiful
and lomainic Cliatahoochee, a few miles above
the town of Columbus, Fatigue, and the scorch-
ing ruys of a (topical sun, inclined me to rest
under the cool shade of a large Magnolia, oppo
site the greatest full of water on the river.
While musing there on thu grandeur of the
picturesque scenery around; heightened by the
Loam of water thrown into a-tbousand channels
and. counter currents by. the rapidity of the
stream, my attention was arrested by the ap
proach of an old'Indian, with whom I was
well acquainted. After the usual salutations
had passed, 1 bade him sit down with me in the
•hade and give me an account of the Monsters
that, in ancient times, had frequented the falls,
to the great terror of His nation. The Tie-
Snake, he said, was perhaps the most danger
ous serpent that ever infested those huge rocks,
pointing to the falls—In times goue by, many
hundred moons ago, the serpent, in length a-
bout quo hundred feet, and having the appear
ance,- when floating in the wator, of a number
cfkegs tied together, could at any time be seen
catching its prey by folding its helpless victim
in tho coils, or lie of its tad, and instantly de-
privtrig it . of life by a deathly hug:—Many of
jus people, he continued, had been destroyed in
crossing the river by this amphibious monster,
which the Evil Spirit had sent as a curse upon
the Red Men for their misdeeds, until of late
years the Tie-Snake had descended the Chat-
ahoocliee,' fifty or sixty miles beluw, as far as
the Suako Shoals, where he is to he seen to
the present-day. Thero, said he,.the Great
Spirit iias placed him, for many purposes; and
as the White Men had taken tlie.poor Red
’Man’s home away, and wero ascending and de
scending the river with large smoking Boats,
the Tie-Snake, as an avenger for wrongs done
the Indian race, would frequently enfold his
coils around the Boats and retard for raoaths,
tlmir progress. Look, said he, around at the
nfigfttifick grandeur of Nature’s wotks; seek the
tail forest filled with herds of deer and garao of
ever) description; behold the monarch trout
that AIL the liquid stream; tlie Indian corn that
luxuriantly “rustles to the breeze”—see the
t» ehty eagle, chief his trib k,e, sitting in silent
■ajesry on yonder d# ofoft epwatchingtho , pn
lion on the opposite side of tho Mississippi;
and with her shot raking thu position of the
British tt oops, soon caused them to flee to thu
bank (called by the French the Levee)
raised on tho brink of the river to prevent an
inundation, which in time of freshes, would
otherwise deluge the flat, or interval land on
its border. Jackson marched down and attack
ed the enemy, in tlie evening of the same day;
and after several hours ofhard fighting returned
to the city. The officer states, that in this
action 500 of the british troops had fallen.
The first battle, on the 23d or 24tb of Dec. was
a momentous check to the enemy; and in my
view laid the foundation of tho final victory of
tlie 8th of Jan. Jackson without delay, began
to throw up a breastwork across the whole flat,
or intervalo, from the rivor to an impassable
swamp, erecting, at the same time, one or two
batteries for cannon. On these, ituheir upfin-
Wd Slafo,'lUb'Bfitish“nJaidd "an attack and
wero repulsed.
“About this time arrived Gen. Pq.ckeuham,
and one or two other British Generals, with tho
remainder of tho troops composing the British
army. Tho breast work, with the ditch in
its front, then appeared so formidable, Pack-
cnltara judged it necessary to make a breach
iq it. Accordingly, in one night ho raised six
batteries mounted witii heavy cannon to batter
in breach. But Jackson bad erected a battery
on the other sido of tho river, the shot from
which enfilading these batteries, rendered that
project of the enemy unavailing—Thus disap
pointed, the British General, witii great lab
our and some days* delay, essayed other means
to attack his enemy to advantage. At length
he made his last gallant but desperate effort, to
pass over Jackson,s lines. In this fruitless
attempt he persevered until he was slain—un
til the second in command received a mortal
wound, and about a thousand, of their, troops
had fallen. This is the number stated in the
narrative of the British officer. The remainder
of the army then withdrew, and after obtaining
a truce, to enable them to bury their dead, they
departed and re-embarked on board their
ships.
“You, my friend, are an old soldier of the
revolution, and if you place any valuo on nty
opinion as a fellow soldier, you will permit mo
to express it in relatio'ff to Gen. Jackson. And,
after an attentive examination ofliis measures for
the defence of New-Orleans, as they appear in
the narrative of the British officer, I assure you
that they exhibit to my mind that quick dis
cernment—prompt decision and energetic ex
ecution, which.characteriso a man fitted to com
mand an army.*". And is a man thus endowed,
incompetent (o discern and adopt the measures
calculated to promote the welfare of his country
in its civil administration ! The idea is absurd.
A strong mind will soon grasp n new subjocl to
which it turns its attention.—Bat Politics, the
most common subject of conversation aud rea
ding among American citizens, cannot be now
to General Jackson. He has lived, I suppose
sikty years or more—was (as have understood’
attorney general of Tennessee, and assisted in
forming its constitution was a judge of its su
preme court—a member of tho iionse of rep-'
rercsentatives when Congress sal in Philadel
phia—and of late a Senator in . Congress
at Washington. With these advantages and
ail the additional light and informaiion which
ho will derive from heads of departments whom
he will select for tlieso officers, I entertain not
a shadow of doubt that under his presidency^
tho government would be wisely and faithfully
administered.
. “But I have heard it sed that Gon. Jackson
was an illiterate man ; and in evidence of it,
a short Ietteror note to a printer in Washington,
is adduced, in which they are two or throe let
tersoftho alphabet misplaced or superfluous. 1
And of what moment isue.
The Earl of Chesterfield, an English noble
man, eminently distingui.hed to his talents, and
employed in some of the highest officer of gov
ernment in Great Britain, took occasion (in his
"Thiilettcr, we are positively assured by a gentle
man of tlir first respectability was pronounced a sheer
fabrication, by Gen. Jackson himself, in the hearing
of our imormanL* .. n v
tSGtlt letter to hi# 'ion) to g$ik of the grea t I mqjr beglad to realize prcsctrtgwices in Novum-
Duke of Marlborough, who in the reigu of bar next.*
fore, and persuading his friends to vote for Mr,
Adams, of the remote East, ho was preparing
(he way for his own elevation when Mr. A’s
jerm should expire; to effect, voting for him
self. Especially may his management be so ter to take
Viewed; since by securing Mr. Adams’ election
ho must have confidently expected to be ap
pointed Secretary of Slate; an office which three
successive elevations Imd shown to bo the step
ping stone to the presidency. '
. “Pardon me, my good sir, ono word more.
Fdo not know that iu a single act of my public
life, I ever considered, before-hand whether
qny advantage would result to myself. Adverce
results indeed. I have repeatedly contempla
ted ; und I was willing to encounter them. 1
am now almost 83 years old; and I have no
thing to fear or to hope, ’at aught this world can
threaten or indulge 1”—If you, or your friend
fat Albany, shall think this letter and my other
of the samo date, may contribuo to tho removal
of prejudices and errors, they are at your and
his disposal. For you called on mo for infor
mation which had relation to General Jackson,
as a candidate for the Presidency; and I was
willing to lend my aid to remove some ground
less objections.
1 do uot know that gentleman; nor is it at
all probable that, I shall ever see him. But I
have no apprehensions for ra/ own rights, for
the few years I may yet live, nor for those of
my chrildren and grand children; all of which,
indeed, at convolved in tho rights of our country;
and I shall consider thorn ns perfectly secure,
should Gon. Jackson bo raised to the.Presi
dency.
“With pleasure and respect I return your
salutation—your old revolutionary friend.
TIMOTHY PICKERING.'
General Philip Van Corllandt."
The Manchester people . hold lolerabHt
large stock of Suit Island ({Otton. 'I lio stock
hero is mainly in the -hands of specul ators, the
cnnsuiflptiolt is largo and’at 2*0 lent* "for com
mon cotton, wo think good .will bo dune un
less your crops prove larger titan represcit-'
tod. , . ,
I Liverpool. 6th Maj/p~\Ve enterifahfcfbfl
more favorable opinion of Uplands at present
rates, than Sea Islands, tlm latter being already
comparatively higher and any material advance
would immediately check consumption.
London, May 3.
Portugal.— Tlie latest ncounts from Lisbon,
through Oporto, of tho data of the 21st,' front
the laiter place, state, that Don Migpel* has
evinced signs of a better disposition ; that lie
had ceased to bo under tlie influence of tho
Queen mother, wholly separated#! find gone
to reside at the palaco of Bemposta, while the
Queen remained in that of Queluz. The ob
noxious Bastos had been removed from the
office of Intendant of Poliefe, and an'individu-
al of more moderate character of tlie name of
Barrata, had been appointed in his stead.
Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts—
The following is the form of declaration to be
made in the lieu of the sacramental tost; tlie
passages in Italics pro the amendments intro
duced by the IIouso of Lorijs; • :A-
„l. A. B. do solemnly and sincerely, in the
presence of Cod profess testify, and declare,
upon the true faith of a Christian, that I will
never exercise any power, authority or inflbr.
which I may possess by viri'uo of the cffico
of.. ‘ ..to
injure or weaken the Protcstniit Church ns it
is by law established in England, or to dis
turb the said Church, or the Bishops and Cicr-
gy of the said Church in the possession of
any rights or privileges to which such Church
or the Bishops and Clergy, are, or may be by
law entitled.
Tito Lords’ amendment on the Test Law
Repeal Bill wero agreed to last night in tho
House of Commons. It seemed to bo very
generally foil that tho Act-was not improved
by being amended, but that it would be bot-'
FOREIGN.
> Savannah, June 12. ‘
Tim late hour at which we received tho Liv
erpool aud London papersjty tho Octavia, on
Tuesday night, prevented ntoro than a few
hasty extracts. However, upon a more careful
perusal, wo find nothing of consequence,
The accounts of tho Colton Market contin
ue favoiable, as will, ho seen by tho extracts of
letters annexed.
Liverpool Saturday May 3.~In. the early
part of tiro week tire Cotton market was dull,
andsomo sales wero made at a reduction of an
1-4 per lb. from the price current last week,
but during the last two days the demand has
been more animated speculators have purchas
ed ubout 2,000 bags, and prices may now be
considered the same as at tiro close of last
week. Tho trado appear decidedly, opposed
to any further advance at present, and conse-
quemly buy very sparingly. The sales from
tho 26ih ult. to last evening, inclusive, amount
to 9400 bags, viz :—20 Sea Islands, at 13 to
15 1-2(1; 110 Stained do. 7 1-2 a 10J and. 10
a lid; 2350 Upland*, 5T*2a-7d {* 1100 New
Orleans, 1050 at* 6 to 8d and 50 at 8 l*2d ;
2700 Alabama, 4651 at 5 1-2 to 6 l-2d and 49
at7d ; 1370 Brazil, 7 1-2 to 8 l-2d ; 850 Egp
plian, 7 to 9<1: 90 Porto Rico, 9 1-2; 340
West India, &e. 5 to 7 l’-2d; 270 .Surat and
Bengal, 3 1-2 to 4 l-2d. ,
Tho import of the week is 12451 bags ; tho
Import into this Port in April was 71185 bfigs.
against 66211 iu April 1827 J being an increase
of 4974 bags.
Rice. Tho sales amount to 440 casks, at
lfJsto 17* 9d per cwt., tho quality uiddling'to
good.
The Cotton market to day has beon quiet,
tho sales amounting to 1500 bags only. ''
May 6/A—Yesterday thero was afair dc
maud for Cotton, and about 3000 bags sold at
the full prices of last week. To day there Is
a fair enquiry, and the market has a steady
appearance. '
Liverpool, 6th May.—Our cotton market
has a steady appoarance, and as xve look for
a largo falling off in the import this month,
compared with May 1827, and as tho consump
tion is still unabated w.c hope for further im-
Indians on our southwestern bZT***
Kcctok returned to tl.U pW**^*!
ijist, ii uiii Miller county, Whither’I
soqie weeks since, by the Governor
dt rsto i emovo certain Indian, who V 1 * *
rolle^mg in that county forsom e ti,J.' c k*»
we are 1. (,^y to learn,• that
seeded i„ tha object of hi,
>{he Indians showed q disposition I oV n A ’ 6, « 1 |
l0, - v ’ remove li om p .
agreeably to the orders of the (', C0U: *V,
winch Col. Rector applied to Cam * ,0 ? r ’ 0:1
Comma,,dmg Officerm Canton
for assistance, but was informed Lv ir^'-1
no troops to spare, tmd did 'fat |
lie- ha
any. [Col R. w»s informed by an Offi"" 1 * .
'Hal post, that then weie GO niwn r,7 a ' r ^
lor duty on the same nmrmt,i'"' 1 -'•'fc j
assistance from the garrison, Col R ' ng, ° get
plied tortile citizens, and his call »
ap-%ete<J v ^Sixty-three armed men
under
“ Proceed.
atel^turned out, and piirceti themlcLv !
Ins orders. With this little band J,,. ,f on,!tt
cd;without delay, towards,he
of‘he Indians, w,th' the intention uf a' 11 ^ I
them oil by force, if they should
sistatice. Bu , fortunately, this show M?*'
had the desired effect; The Indian,' ,‘^ Ce
pence, which was granted, on condition ji -
removing beyond the limits ofourTr • i
within 20 days, which time was awes .■f 0 ?’
lowed them, to enablo them to c»IU,- y ,
hunting parties who,were absent. Ark.
Death of Captain Clapperton.^wr.
Cnpt. CliippcH ton’s servant Richard Land
arrived on Thursday at Portsmouth
Eshjltmp of War; und from him w P learn ih a! i
Capt. Clapporton died on the 13;i, April ju,,
ai Sock®)o, where lie had been detained */**
live niotitiis, in consequence of the Suit*
Bello of Rockatoo not permitting him » a Dr
coed, on account of the war between him P Ji
Bornou. Ho liw) waited there in bopefSZ
ting permission to go oil to Timbuctoe U
lived in a small clay hut belonging to th,
Sultan’s brother. He was attacked' with d«.
emery, and LiU^rly fell nway rapidlv, andbo
came much emaciated. Ho was buried u’» I
small village (Jimguli,) five miles to the s" E. ■
■ ■ ■ of 3, ickatou, and followed to Its grave by Hij I
ike.it with tho small quantity of intol- faithful attendant and five slaves, Lander then 1
erance which it contained, than to risk its journeyed to B idagry, which occupied !nm «. I
fate'by sending it back .to the »Lpras. Mr.,- r 1 «
Croker foretold that the Bill, when passed in
its present shape, will require another Act of
Indemnity.
We see some of tho London Papers aVo cal
ling on tho King to interpose his vote to pre
vent the passing into a law of tho Bill, which
has passed through tlie House with such large
majorities. The idea that tlie King would be
so excessively absurd, is no doubt chimerical
enough; but it is another indication of the
state of feeling among tbo very small party
whicli is at all events determibed to maintain
intolerance in England.
Tito Duko of Wellington said in tho House
of Lords, that he woulu cousenr to tlie ap
pointment of a committee, ‘with a view of have
ing a fair inquiry into tho depression of tlie wool
trade, but by no means with an intention to fol
low up tho inquiry by raising the duty on this
article. Ilis opinion was, that the NoHIe Lord
(Malmesbury) would be satisfied with the in
quiry, and would seo that depression was not
to be removed by an additional duty.’ It as
Imped, therefore, that Ministers will oppos-
tliis absurd attempt to injure the manufactures
of the country.
" , . ; 1 .. •. \ ■’ London (Eve.) May A.
Russia and Turkey^—Despatches were
received to day,at the Foreign Office from
Lord Coloy, our Ambassador at Vienna. It
is reported that they confirm the assurances
already given relative to the policy ofRussia.
Her explanations have been so satisfactory,
that they have smoothed whatever difficulties
might have existed, and lifivo established a per
fect reconciliation between the Three Powers.
The explanatory declaration of Russia, of
her views relative to the Porto, was (itccbrding
to an article in the Froncli papers of Wednes
day, und Thursday) delivered to tho Court of
London on the 12th of March. VTho Court
of London accepted with'pleasure tho assu
rance of tlie Russ'tuu government that it had no
conquest in view, and declared in consequence
to accord with France, and in maintaining tho
execution of tho Treaty of the 6th of July, that
she would preserve Iter neutrality.
A congress ot Vienna, to deliberate on Eas
ter# affairs, was .confidentiallySpoken ofiyes-
terday.afternoon at both ouds of the towrt,
though nothing of tho kind is mentioned in the
latest advices from the Austrian capital, by the
arrivals, of yesterday, whence the most recent
dates rcpcli dowa to the. 25th, ult. according to
whicli the.bustle and alarm occasioned by tlie
warlike preparations of Russia, had subsided.
It wa3 said that the Emperor Francis intended
to.be presenut tho Coronation of the Emporor
Nicholas, at .Warsaw, which, it is alleged'is ta
.take piaco in the course ot tlie present month.
Taking this for granted, tjiis does not'show
any whnt of cordiality on the part, bf either
power.
Tbo appointment of Mr. Stratford Canning
onsomo fresh missioq, is understood- to havo
beeu determined upon at the Cabinet Council
whicli was held yesterday afternoon. 11 is
destination is Corfu, in order to reuovv tiie
negociations with tlm Plenipotentiaries of Rus
sia and France, for tho pre servation of Peace.
We should, therefore, conclude that their is
no truth in the report of the Congress tho Vi
enna. . ,’ / •'V, ‘’V y;
, Gr«er.—Wo, learn from our Paris corres
pondents, that beside the tueasurc of, sending
Consuls,to Greece; the French Government
is about to authorize,, pr rather to be a party
to, a loan, for the immediatn service of the
Greek Government The money Is to be. sent
in monthly instalments. Times.
An architect inj London has circulated a
prospectus for building a Pyramid, for enclos
ing tho dead: tho length of tho base to bo 1200
feet, the height 1500. He estimates ihoex
ygral months, ami was taken off-'die coast bv 1
Captain Laipg, 6f tlie merchant brig JIuria, j
W»ndb0,7ifl;-/mmary'1823. Ho confirmWl
account thaCMungaPiirk was lost on a rwuf j
rofeW'.tvIHch 'itln from the Island of Rus>, (,*]
Bou^ay) to the Niger. Pmk.gol on the ntf, I
and <vas unable'to jrfit off. When the mmva]
suttf h ; m,‘ they came down niid fired oulijgi A
his party. Three black slaves and two wit.;* I
companion? threw, themselves in despair m I
each others arms into the river, and perished.
Gupt. .ClapperlotlV-Seryimt also status, that l
Park’sSbn died at five day’s jduruey.in the in>
rior fromAqcra, in.Jan. list. Ark tin.
The Editors of tho Augusta Cbnstiiutiouslijt j
seem to be alarmed nl the prospeci'oVtheir Lc<
■ tig more candidates for seals in Conj.'iess./’A
their party, titan tho people an eluci; aud lYir
that advantage will thereby in? given tu |lifa j
opponents. They therefore recommend ti*( r
gentlemen of their party should.consult (sijtffc. j
or and determine wh.it seven ufllie cnuiiffiirJ,
should besttjeredto solicit-lhe suj.u^s ojtlt
people. ^*5V *
Now, this method of arranging all these lit
tle matters in Camus, is very convenient to
partizans ; it enables a lew active and intriguing
individuals to control thu destinies of the Slate,
and take out of tho hands of the people the pri
vilege of electing their officers ; aud in effect,
rcutier null and void thoir elective fraiictso.--, |
Suppose now,'for instance, theso Lords dic
tators, to wjiom tho Constitutionalist appeals,
should say to Col. F. ar.d Doctor W. irfit they
liavo already said to Col. L. and Col. II.,' 1
Gentlemen, you must give way, there u
room for you on our ticketand the conse
quence should be that the seven candidiies,
selected by tlie Caucus, should run xviitiou; op
position. Would the result bo a freo, election
by tlie people, or the bargained appointment
of a Caucus ? The people cannot he saiJ m
elect, .bociiucs election presumes iho privilege
of a choice ; and thore can be no chotco where
thero is fio such privilege. And nothing cm .
be plainer than tho proposition, that this pn«’
b‘”o is destroyed by an arrangement wh.cn jin.*
vents competition.' -aL.\• *
• -.Where several individuals are lionora y
competing for the same office, tlie P r0 P‘ c t ,‘‘
exercise thoir- sound discretion, and select ^
most worthy. But they can make no S!1C1 . S
lection, if there be but ono candidato
them. Such candidate is equally elucrco,.
or lie receive twenty votes or twenty tnous •
Any. private arrangement, ar private c “ ucu ”
therefore, whicli goos ip prevent andion
competition lor offico, is an infrmgnten
rights of the people—a conspiiaty sW ! ^
freedom of elections, aud ought to bo
witii indignation. Yet the appointing
members to Cougrars, for the Inst ,,,n
venrs, witii ono or two exceptions ,. 3 .. j,
effected in this way. Some fuw ,n 7
who felt, themselves competent to t»® ^
their own shoulders tho affrirs of the - ’^
to superintend #11 the interests oftno j>
have annually mot at-Atheus, and ^
the plcnitnde of their wisdom, who s .
sent to Congress, made Governor, a ,yt
While the people have nil along infl k'
their Representatives to Congress * e, h ( ‘ e i, c r,
by tliemselvM on the first Monday 1,1 u lt ,jy
Bnt no such tiling ; the matter w JS c
settled nronths^efore at Atliens.
It may, perhaps, in some c’* ,er ^ enc _ x ’^.pnt
important principles are at issue, he • P ^
for tho people to submit to » ^ au ^ u .' fit 1
purpose of arranging conflicting* 1 *
tiioy should alwavs be viewed vritU J 1 '-' -
provement, but it will be all up-hill work, and
‘ ifyour short crop should all come forward, wo
tilOy should In •—* - ^fpn.,1
suspicion ; and ought never to be co {gdi-
wlien tlie quostion is meicly a cJ^ctit*
vidunls of the s-tme principles. 1 , y^a,
fr.inchiso should be ns Ireo as air ; » u ‘; r(11 ia-
i>r set ot’nmn, who would iindt-rlske- .
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penso of foity millions sterlin:;, whicli ho wants -.crilie its limits, or control its opcrnji*^^
the government to ndvanec at the rate ol''‘.siv la- looked upon as conspirators
'million per annum!
erd^nky of the people.
