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/r.Vfl itss a mate, wnh a short tin jajmned
speaking trumpet In lib litndi igrcli scratched
.»:id deconih'il ivii’u 5M eutbh!att,tun. .is foul
imchan, A.. & :. See. (Tie work RO d-rubt of an
UIb iioar ,-t > often occurring lo a dock u Hi car in
these lioi climes,) “citniyou sea (lio vessel round
•Sa C.i|»c yoff” “Ye* Sir,yes!" vv .-. thu reply.
•' flii'ii lioiv docs she head?” “Anont three
points under our lea!" “Very well, coari
wrist ho held, whilst with his holt-knife, dull,
und his strength almost gone, ho s.iwcJ its blunt
edgo across the
^ir.ite'itlirdut,—tnd tho se
veral arteries gushed tltoir crimson streams in
streaks over the sailor’s arm. At last victory
was given to the jnst, and tho surviving twenty-
h ‘til " ■ (Ur
live, on bonded knees andoarnost supplication
wen) granted quarters by their . conquerors,
under- our tee;- ••very win, com s whoso force was loss than their own, having
from aloft, and lend r. hand to work, lost fifteen killed, and many wounded, in this
the reasons of Sir Charles Bagot, whs) seems
to think the British hate gained all they want
ed. The reasons of his Majesty, of tho Neth
erlands, or of the‘‘Illustrious arbitrator,” as
President Jackson styled hint, aro said to bo of
a curious and extraordinary character. A se
cret session was held in the Senate on I' riday
forenoon, oil the reception of tho communica
tion which was immediately transmitted by the
(Governor; und oppareutly it was of some im*
ship.'
'fills eiuizor I stated, was a British vessel;
b*‘r rig was that of it'cutter, and bur name the
Grecian; ,her forco' was four, gnus, and crew
consisted of forty |tteu and officers—all told.—
Tim Buccaneer of modern days, or rather Pi*
rate, then in sight and at aucltor, waslhecel-
obrated Sarragotiana, nlaigo topsail schooner,
niouu ling one long heavy pivot-gun, with a
crew of ninety of tho most cruel and determin
ed murderers that the records of piracy con*
tain any accounts of. Shu had lung wngi d
a war of extermination on the traders of those
teas, and in some cases had even audaciously
exchanged shots wi.h CruiZCrs, and put them at
ilcfi met! by Iter almost supernatural speed.-—
Thu Grecian, iisr antagonist, ^as on the con
trary, rntlier a dull sailer, und it was only iu
the’ continuance of -the then existing calm any
hope of capturing this tormidaldo freebooter
seemed probable. “All hands shorten sail,
alioyl" tusounded from the throats of a rough
honest boatswain and his mate—and the sails
of the cutter were quickly brailed up and haul
ed down. “Get out the sweeps, and run iu
the guns clear fur sweeping; hurry, and get
grummets on!” Tim Older was obeyed with
alacrity, and, ere tho land was perceptibly clour
of the morning's misty veil, tho cutter moved
nt a rapid rate, propelled by the pipings und
cheering efforts .of as lively a crew as ever
graced the ducks of a man-of-war. “Give
way, my bullies, and we’ll got the fox out of
his holo before broakfist—and give gallows*
poim such a decoration as it lin- novel had!—
Give way and they aro ours;" exclaimed tho
commander, encouraging tho exertions of his
roon. “Mind your helm and keep her N. E.,
that will run us dear of the Cape’s shoals, sir,”
said the Captain to bis executive officer; “Aye,
nye, sir.” By this timo tho sun was out, und
(ho fog broke and scattered itself in small col*
umns urouttd tho undergrowth of the Capo and
edgo or the horizon, rendering plainly visible
tho object ol their search—the during Sarrng-
owantt—then deliberately weighing her anciiur,
and with u part of her mon aloft casting loose
her sails. Tito - spot she cliosu for her tempo
rary harbour was a small nook or bay, so horn-
mod in by shoals that tho only outlet‘was
through tho narrow channel tho Grecian was
theu entering by, so that no probability oxisted
of her gelling away from them in the minds ot
these hardy Britons. “Uubocket your grum
mets—lay in your sweeps, nnd run out youi
guns,” cried the < Akers—'“And pipe to quar
ters, Mr. Cntharpin.” The -order was obey
ed, arid the men mustered at their respective
guns. "Lay off your aprons und cut tompions
—rant homo a grist ol grape extra for these fel
lows, they like forced meat balls better than
cold rolls—prick yonr catridges—prime—cock
your locks—stand by. Second Captain,"—
‘Sir’—‘handle your matches—am they lilt’
—‘Yes, sir.’—‘Then mind, vhen the order is
given to tiro, you apply them—I don’t liko to
trust to a flint.'—‘Aye, aye, sir.' By this timo
tho vessels wero both fast closing, the pirate
having got completely under weigh with the
foresail hanging in the brails, so as to fight ihoit
Long Tom. The Grecian hoisted hei jib nnd
hauled out her mainsail, which brailed up (in
tho place of lowering like must sloops,) and was
laying off and on tho mouth of this channel,
wailing bor antagonist, whoso intentions be-
spoko contempt of her, and her preventive
powers. 'Hoist our colors sir,' said tho En*
ssoguinary encounter. • Where is your Cap* 1 portunce, us they were with closed doors a
lain,'—‘Esta nqaie,' said several pointing to a jgood part ,qf the forenoon. Measures of some
thick set man who lay dead across the breech interest, iris rumcrcd, were adopted. 1 Ins
of the tong gun*. ‘Etta est el Capital qut fat cominuiiicatioiffwas transmitted to (be House,
Senior,' cried all t|te Pirates;—he was no
doubt a brave fellow in a bad cause, and on the
waist of his duck trowsers was written Mitchell:
hut no further could they glean of their prison
ers, who, after they had confined thorn in irons,
and buried their dead, ns well us tbeir own,
they secured their fore stay and rove fresh
gear, took her in tow nnd proceeded ou to Ja
maica with the largest Piralo prize that had
ever been captured for many years in ‘.hose
seas. Tho twentv-fivo prisoners were con
demned to be executed on Gallows point. Old
Port-Royal. And never sinct? lias the world
been troubled with the bloody detail of thu Pi
rate or Buccaneer Mitchell—the action lasted
for one hour and a half—tho greater pait of
(lie time nearly within pistol shot.
LIFE LINE.
(The foregoing Tale, which is founded on fact, is
from the forthcoming volume, entitled -'Sketchesaiid
Scenes of Sea life. By an American Naval OUT-
ere."]
GIBBS THE PIRATE.
ty .
piracy und murder committed on bo.ird tho
Biig Vineyard, has tnude to his counsel, since
his condemnation, a confession fraught with
hotriblo and frightful atrocities. Among other
acts that lie confesses ho comitlcd, lie says, that
sjme two or tltrco years ago ho was tho com
mander of a piratical vessel which sailed from
thu Island of Cuba. That whilst out on a
cruise, ho captured a valuable American mer
chant ship,' with a numerous crew and passen
gers,-‘nil of whom excepting a female, tho wife
of ono of tho passengers, ho put to death.—
That ho lorccd tho fomalo to his embraces, for
some wooks compelled her to be his wife, but
ilio cruise being up and it being necessary fur
him to mako a port for u fresh supply of provis
ions, for fear tho female might expose his atro
cities, ho cut her throat and threw hor'ovcr-
buurd. The story of this man’s lifo stands un
surpassed in the black catalogue of crime, and
it will bo remembered long after the histories
of Pierre, Lc Grand, and Kidd aro forgotten.
Tho name of Gibbs, which tho man bears,
is an assumed one, to which, for (he sake of his
family ho set up n claim. His real nurne is
known only to his counsel, to whom it was
communicated with the charge of profound se-
ciccy. Ho is a native of Rhode Island, how
ever, and is known to be attached by affinity
and consanguinity to one of the most respecta
ble nnd ancient families of tlio State.
No punishment which Hcaveu lias yet show
ered on the damned;—no punishment which
the ingenuity of m in can conceive, can bo com
mensurate with tho foul deeds of this domon,
who despoiled a lovely woman—then murder
ed her, and in tho latter moments of his wither
ing career, boasteJ of his own villany, and un
provoked acts of brutal violence and uupnrallel-
ed ruthless butchery.—Providence Paper.
the latter part of the forenoou; and n session
was ordered iifthe afternoon on purposo to dis
cuss the subject matter.
it pr
i of it
Maine by the late arbitration of the King of
tho Netherlands. Her Legislature has taken
up the subject warmly; and a report of nearly
twenty pages has been made to the House ol
Reptcsentatives by the Select Committee.—
It is ordered to be printed, and a copy to he
transmitted to the President of the U. S. and
to the-Governor of each of the States. It de
nies the validity of tho decision upon two
grounds: 1st. that the late King of the Nether
lands having lost the greater part of his king
dom; and become peculiarly dependent upon
Great Britain, is m> longer an independent ar
biter, and his decision is not binding: and, 2d.
That ho did not decide tho question submitted
to him, and his decision is therefore n nullity.
Tho report concludes, that the Federal Gov
ernment isnot bound to ratify a decision, with-
Gibbs the pirate now under sentence of oat violating tho constitutional right of Maine,
death in the city of New York, convicted of
From the Faycttcvile (N. C.) Observer.
We have received from Mr. Kenchor, Rep*
csentativo in Congress from the Salisbury Dis
trict, in this State, k copy of his circular. The
following is an extract from it:
"Nullification.—Having attempted to un
mask some of tlia unjust und oppressive fea-
giisli commander, ‘and give her a gun across I >ures of the Tariff, 1 feel it due to the occasion
the fore-foot, sho may be a Spanish cruiser.' to stato that I am equally opposed to the means
•Aye, aye, sir;’ mid the woaihm bow gun rung ■" »'*J*t>t>«j» Si-i* •- —••*
a wido teveillio on tho placid sea, while the
shot hissing and trapping the waters, dashed
<hc briny wave, it struck under the Pirate’s
botv on her deck in ght-e.ing spray, f The
wind from tho N. and E. had now commenced,
—and first favoring the Pirate, she luff'd, and
brought the Long Tom to bear on the Gre
cian. A bright tl ish, a crash—-and tho Pirate’s
iron messenger of death preceded the loud re
port of ilieir thirlv- w-., for such were Jteir
guns' calibre, and cut iway their jibstay,
and crippled the tn-isi head of the cutter.—
•Ready? ready? all ready sill' ‘Fire.* And
British sailors (might the bold outlaws they ne
ver new how to rciurn such marine civilities, u
c.iraje was heard, and sho fired ngain, she slew
some four poor fellows on tho Grecian's deck,
and wounded several others. 'Load and fire
my lads, briskly, give hor mariners u touch of
musketry,’ exclaimed tho captain, and the bat
tle waxed close and Warm. ‘Mr. Catliarpin,’
said tho sa ling-master, ‘gel a runner on the
end of tho lore-slay, und boose it up for the
present; sail-trimmers haul in that main-sheet
and drop the peak of tho main-sail,' whicit was
soon done, and tho men ordered to their guns
again. ‘Give her language my lads'—‘aye,
aye.’ ‘Bravely done, cover, hurrah,’ shouied
tho British tar;, as the fore-n;ast of iho Piruie,
tottering, fell ovor the buns, declaring they had
them at their mercy. Fur a moment or so a
death-like stilness prevailed on either sido, and
a crowd of men ou tho schonnor’s decks, with
hatchets, cutting away ihe tigging that held
the wreck of the fore-mast alongside, sitowed
they wero getting it doarof their long gon for
further hostile purposes. 'A good uiro rny live-
lies, among thoso red shirts—ready, fire,’—and
the Grociun’s last broadside carried donlh to
at least twenty of these desperadoes, of whose
bodies some in agony wero hurled on the wa
ter, dyiog it with thoir blood; and others drop
lifeless across the head mils, with their hands
hanging down liko fenders over her bows:—
(his was tho homo thrust of tho Grecian's suc
cess. 1 ho Pijale completely sideways by (ho
J^ r ? ezu i fell along side of the Grecian, aud
the Britons, headed by their officers end cap
tains, boarded (he common enemy. Tho Pi-
caies fought, and owing to ibcir still superior
numhors, forced tho bravo tars of old Englend
back to their vessel, leaving some eight or ten
Wounded and dead of their numhors on the Pi*
*ato • dock. ‘Rally, boys, rally,—at it again.’
Way,
attempted in a neighboring State, to resist its
operation. Sou'h Curolinn, feeling herself
greatly aggrieved by the Taiiff, contends for
(lie light of pronouncing tho law unconstitution
al, und thereby nullifying it, so far us sho is con
cerned. Site claims tho privilege of remaining
iu the Union and enjoying till tho benefits,
und at the same time, tho right to nullify overy
jaw winch imposes on her unwelcome burthens,
To mo such a pretension appeals most unrea
sonable. Our Federal Coustitution was the
result of a spirit of compromise and concilia
tion. Some rights were to be given up for the
more effectual protection of others. It must
then have been foreseen by the framers of that
sacrod instrument, that from the exteut of our
country, and her diversified interest, almost e*
vory law passod by Congress, would bo une
qual in its operation upon the interest of vari
ous sections. But if ono single Stnto has the
puwer of nullifying at its will nud pleasure, tho
acts of twoniy-foiir, the legislation of Congress
wuuid be vain aud useloss; for there is scarce
u single law, which would not bo nullified in
sumo ono of tho Statos. JBut such a doctrine,
if adopted, would lead directly to a disunion
of tho Stales; which.to my mind, involves the
very worst of political .evils. The pure aud
exalted patriotism of South Carolina, and her
noble suciifices and sufferings in favor of the
Union, forbid the idea that such can be the wish
or intention of that magnanimous State. But
such would inevitably ho its effects. To me,
the Union of the States is sacred; and I am
proud to believe, the same devotion is deeply
laid in tho Items of those I have had the honor
to represent; and no act calculated to under
mine or destroy that beautiful fabric,-should
receive from us, any thing but our displeasure.
Every patriotic heart must respond to the sen-
timeutof our Chief Magistrate: "The'Union
‘ tl
must be preserved." That tho Tariff will be
modified, and made more acceptable to us, in
a few years, and pet haps at the very next Con
gress, I have no doubt. Every day’s experi
ence, and every moment's reflection, convin
ces my mind of that fact. Let us then appeal
temperately, but with firmness, to the patriot
ism and justice of the nation, rather thaa rash
ly “fly to ills we know not of.”
Mr. Rancher isa Candidate for re-election.
Northeastern Boundary The Portland
Advertiser statos that on Thursday last, the
official decision of tho Ex-Kiog of the Netber-
d they rcboarded the Pirates, who now gave lands, was brought to tho Executive at Maine,
I’ - * a jl' >0U *°" of a b h ' kil1 him i' b * a Messenger from Washington
r0ln U i1'° T “? hacko,) and J his decision, it is reported, does not differ
theh d .m 0,r <V " y ,,,rou « b ' ho motJ y « r °up of from the decision as published in the British
Jdk Lv u R Sr ' "I'"’ ??• T I (Wpe "; Rad “Pi* 1 in *° papers of this coun-
XV" JT" ' M , h n ad cleft , b y 8 I '!. ai *° "ported “»t a protest was of-
r with a woun'ifcd Pirate, w lo^o f r- by !\ - PreMe, in which he recapitulate*
We understand that Judge Law is to preside
at the Superior Court in Tattnall county ou
Monday next, nnd among tho cases for trial at
that term will be those of Bell and White, for
tho murder of Sapp, which occurred about six
weeks ngo, near tho dividing lino between Tatt
nall and Montgomery counties. Bell we un
derstand to bo a man of considerable property,
who has cherished a long continued grudge a-
gainst Sapp, in consequence of the manifesta
tion of suporior bodily powers by the latter.—
Some short timo previous to the homicide se
ven balls were at niglit fired into the huuse of
Sapp, who, in consequence of having no arms,
did not go out to onenuntor his assailants, lie
afterwards procured a rifle, and late on tho af
ternoon of tho'event walked out in company
with bis-wife, and on returning, be taw two
men * mounted mud: with "arms—ho obseived
that these might, be tho persons who made the
attack upon him, and that thoy might have re
turned to renew it, and desired her to stand
back while he advanced to see if it were the
fact—he advanced but a fow steps, when lie
was shot through the body and in the foot.—
Ho survived but a short time. White is suid
to have been employed by Bell to aid him in
his designs, nnd to have received for that pur
pose, seven hundred dollors and a horse.—Sa
vannah Georgian, 8th inst.
Captain Charles E. Hawkins, accused of mur
dering M'Crae, has been discharged from custody
by an order of the Council of Florida. If ever a
man deserved to die a violent death, M'Crao me
rited his fate.
A number of members ot the Virginia House
of Delegates a short lime since appointed a com
mittee to invite the two senators in Congress from
Virginia to a public dinner to bo given complimen
tary to the part they took in the Senate in oppo
sing tho appropriation to compensate tho egent
appointed by President Jackson to negotiate the
Turkish treaty. Mr. Tazewell declit ed the invi
tation on the gronnd that ti e occasion would call
forth expressions “not well calculated to sweeten
tho natural acetbity of party feelings,” but de
clares that, as a representative of Virginia, he will
never forget what is due to her, nnd will ever strive
to maintain her rights and interest, in striving to
to maintain the federal constitution, such as she
believed itto bo when she adopted it.-- Mr. Tyler
declined the invitation on account of the sickness
of a member of his family, but expresses political
convictions similar to those uttered by his col
league. Such political farces have no good ef
fect, and ought to be discountenanced.
Tho NoHolk Herald of tho 4th notices, as en
titled to belief, a report'that Mr. Ingham lias been
removed from tho treasury department. We con-
aider it to be unworthy of credit.
Lieutenant Byrne .struck Som<- time ago from the
list of officers, without trial, for being concerned in a
duel near Philadelphia, has been restored to his rank
by the President.
John Randolph,(aceordingto a Virginia paper) Is
expected to set out for the capital of Russia on or be*
fore the month of June.
Stiver Oro.in the form of friable stone has Intel-
been found In great quantities.in Henry and Fatricl.
counties, Virginia. Aiyet It has not been analyzed,
but from the size of a goose's egg, subjected to a com-
mt-.i blacksmith’s furnace, aboutthe value of twelve
and a half cents of pure silver lias been obtained.
Tho New York Daily Advertiser of the 2d inst
says, “we are informed that tld Hays himself is
now in prison on charge'of being concerned in the
"abduction” of the money yet unrecovered bv the
City Bank."
The Legislature of Louisiana, by a .recent act,
licensed sixteen gambling bouses in that Slate at
the rate-of seven thousand five hundred dollars
each, thus deriving a revenue of ono hundred and
twenty thousand dollars from a practice that the
penal statutes of every State has fruitlessly attempt
ed to suppress.
The Germans in Ohio form so large a portinn of
(be population, that the senate of that state has passed
a bill authorizing tka publication in the German
tongue of nil laws of a general nnture.
Tho commission appointed by the French gov-
ernmentto examine into the American rlaims on
France, are expected to report favorably to their
sllowanr.o, andan early adjustment of them is an
ticipated.
Advices fiom Liverpool arc to the 24th Februa-
vyi at which time potion had advanced one eighth
of .a penny per pound in consequence of the pro
posed duty offive eighths on the pound. O'Con
nell had declared the statement of his pleading
guilty to the first fourteen counts of the pro-ccu*
tion, to be false, and denied that he has ever said
hejud 'elinquislied the project of dissolving the
union of Ireland and Britain A report was circit-
lating that Don Miguel hud been dethroned by his
subjects, and Maria Gloria declared qeeenof Pur
tugal. Italy continued in r'ommotion. Some dj .
turbanccs had taken place lilt' Paris The:r p
pression led to tho detection of a concerted pi A
of insurrection between the ultralists in Paris ai.d
La Vendee. The leaden Were under arrest. Hy
the Brussels papers it appears that the Brig* n s
are to hare for their sore-e gn the bro her of he
king of Naples. The Russian army entered Po
land on the Sth February; ' It consists
troops of the line, in four divisions,
V V,? unt Diebilsch, and moves upon
.Modlin, whither the Polish army was retreating in
order to decide there the fate ol Poland. The
TELKGKAPH.
POACOIff, CHOOSLaXA,
SATURDAY, APUIL. IG,1831,
fery were concerned in the canal project u
commissioners of the railway; the obj-ct ''c* 1
lottery iv;is as studiously ilHgnigfcd as circum !
ccs permitted; in an advertisement, j n (| le i.’"
Messenger, signeWtfy’ the commissioners a n
ted “Macon, September 19. liliO." not S
said about masonry, or a chapel, but it ircaaaSI
“Brunswick Improvement Lottery/’ 'll,!,
a time wheo tho presses inGeorgia we re -.""l
under eulogies, by William IS. Davis c, 1 '?
' Brunswick Canal, and several of the co'niti ■
era of the lottery being known as engaged iJ""
canal scheme, the two objects were so verve '
ally confounded, that the term Brunswick r
Lottery then obtained and atill continue.,
could any other result be, expected from th» '
tion of the advertisement-—“Brunswick l n 1^7
went Lottery." How could a place, with
oy COTTON, e-1-2 a 8 1-8 cents.
—— — whiskey shop, one boarding house! ami
Spring and Winter seem to have a hard wrestle three huts, be said to be improved by eren* 1
■ it. While the laughing damsel is endeavoring ••masonic chapelt" The improvement m*2* I
to pelt him off with roses and fruit buds, the old 0 n the people was the canal. The wri ei ri
codger is treading on her toes with his frozen travestv therefore did no more than use ih»° "
heels, and spoiling her apron with his spurs! Wff ■ lancei of_that time am! what also is the pa'ij
has Utely received some severe blows from his fist • now both in the up country and on the sr.iV!! ' 1 '
—the ill-bred churl has torn the flowers from her | The next point is, that the site of l! n ii .
hair, and was caught stealing fruit from her bosom! being fen feet above high water mark c »m
This is not all—his icy foot has made the corn- overflown in huriicanes. Tho waggish writerk
fields sqnat; and the snap beans he has snapt offi that daring hurricanes the salt water i, »
But we think Spring will bo able to trip up his - ---- • - al
heels at Inst: ’(is the nature of the sex to have tho
last word—and their own way in the end!
Mr. Charles A. Higgins of Mnron has, by Major
General Beall, been appointed ard-de-ramp. with
- securi'ii
V, '1
raised more than twelve feet, and that die
the harbor over every other port in ihe State
fudge—-Davis himself having proposed a lab-
place, in the creek ot the upper end oftoKn
cotton boats, for tho purpose of seeming ’
! from (lie violence of tho wind and waves' 6
the rank of major, in the place Af William P. Hen- i river, «Inch would swamp them two day.
rv. resigned. A • three the whole year ronnd. Ten fen ebote
I,]
ry, rexigned
The"Orand Jury of Fayette, a. will be veen by ! "l''
their presentments in today’s Telegraph, recoin- ! a hurrinnf thn w tor rn«n ihn i^* NT 33 ^
raeodthe withdrawal from the College _ at Athens a n h e outward islands, lint'the
m me wunncnwai irom in* college ai Ainens n f t h« nnttairrf i?,.« T” «
of the public money annually given to that inslilo- ? c henr lit is thV travostv °, CI ?»° W 11
tion. and suggest the distribution of if amon* the. ^ fhe^ntof^ ?n
several cpnnty academics in the State. Though, ! watcr wo ..i r j t i e „ !rov A *®*J n —*^
er sums so small would bo of much benefit to any
of the academies, it must be confessed that tho
proposition is more equitable than the present sys
tem. The idea of bestowing largo sums out of the
public treasury on a srminary designed to educate
the children of those able and willing to bear the
expense, whiln thousands nf children in the coun
try are, by poverty, excluded from the blessings of
learning, carries with it at least the appearance of
injustice.
.Vete Paper—In today's sheet will be found pro
posals, by N. B Jnban, for publishing at Gaines
ville. Hall county, Ga. a newspaper to be called
the Gainesville Advertiser. The importance of this
new town and its neighborhood, both as to popu
lation and wealth, would attach to the paper, un
der a man of ordinary capacity, considerable inter
est, hut in the hands of one of Mr. Julian's abili
ty and Devotion to the permanent union r-f the
States, it must at once assumo a character afutili-
ty to the farmer, merchant, mechanic nnd patriot,
equalled by lew journals in Georgia, Mr Juhan
being a sound politi-ian and excellent writer. A
most intercsting.family. dependent on his personal
indnstry, aro s guarantoo that all his energies will
be exerted. '
Most Amiable.'—Tho principal correspondent
of the Columbus Enquirer, spraUng of the Gen
eral Government, vociferates. “I^ay, and say it
boldly, this Unioncannot. ought not to last.” \\ hat
lf*“ " “
next! The rattle-snake flag and a mnsket?
The Augusta Courier will have the goodness to
credit the first article in the third column of the
second page of its sheet issued on Iho 11 ih Instant,
Georgia Journal instead of Macon Telegraph. We
have no desire to father tho language or senti
ments of others.
Duhliu, Laurens county, Ga. was. on the 8th
instant, visited by a tornado, which, though only
of a few moments dur.tlon. did considerable dam
age to Ihe buildings, fences, shade trees, &c. No
lives were lost.
Bishop Eugland ofCharlcston intends to preach
at Milledgcville on the 28th instant, and thence
proceed to visit Clinton, Macon. Knoxville, Co
lumbus, Ncwnan, Fayetteville, Covington and
Gainesville.
University of Georgia.—At the meeting in A-
tliens, on the 5th instant, tho following trustees
wero present: A. S. Clayton,-, Howell Cobb.
Georg* 11. Gilmor, Edward Harden, M illiant II.
Jackson, Angus M. D. King, Wilson Lumpkin,
Thomn-i W. Murray, James Nesbit. Edward Fame,
David A. heese, Vritliam Schley, James TinsItY,
Stevens Thomas, James C. Watson, Zachaiia'h
Williams, and Jacob Wood. A contract was
made fnr completing, by tho 25tlt December next,
the building destroyed by fire. Tho Rev. Stephen
Olio was appointed professor of Belles Lctlros.
and two new professorships wore established, one
of natural philosophy, and tho other of modern
languages. The prospects of the college aro said
to be flattering.
Understanding that President Jackson may visit
Georgia in tho course ofthe current year, Ihe City
Coum-il of Savannah, on the 7lh instant, appoint
ed a committee to address to him an invitation to
visit that city, should he travel southwardly.
are worse than the sandflies and moschcton
that section of the low country.
The writer in the Messenger is also very quit
cal as to tho security of the money arising f,
the subscription to the stock, which is to be dr,
cd into six hundred shares, and the first insiaim
ta bn five dollars on each, or three thousand ont
whole. The money is to be retained in dicta
of tho persons who open the books, until the:
suit be known. If a failure, the money h to,
refunded to the subscribers; but if the reverse,(
which tho commissioners are certainly to bejn
es) it la to go whither?—why, into the ham!
Win. 15. Davis; and fioin il a moment, respots
bilit* ceases; tor lbough Ins colleagno is, u
opinion, a very honest man, and lam fait,
questioning his own honesty, they both j
without the science and experience rcquixiie
the construction of railways, and unless 1 ki
been misinformed, are not bound in their perse
property, which however is of no great lata
Besides, three thousand dollars are tnadequa
the commencement of a railway.
It may indeed bo asked, what motive cm
Davis have for embarking in the project, a)
many difficulties before him? Tho visionary
of tho man's mind would bo a sufficient ui
were not one more cogent ready. To undtw.
his situation and views, reference must be iud
the history of Brunswick. The site of that«
was laid ofif under the British colonial gorcrnmi
nnd it is generally believed that the lot j «i
granted by the colonial governor. During li
Revolution, some of the grantees were killed,
there died, some fled for political r> asonr, and
records, if any existed, were lust or ileitroyri
that until lately the titles to lots there verc,
few exceptions, nothing more in fact, «hi.
they might otherwise profess to be, than ofthe
lure nf quit claims. Notwithstanding tbe souk
character of such titles, the hope of gain bm
so strong and the prospect so specious, wkt»
Brunswick bubble was revived by Mr. Dans'!
talisman, that several men of wealth, and a
them Colonel Jones, invested, through the,,
cy of Mr. Eleazcr Early, money to a coniklt:.’
amount in the purchase of lots in Brunswick. II
measures which tho Colonel devised anil used
break the Hank and ruin the city of Darien, it
dor to further Ihe speculation, arc well knovi
worthy of their author. Thoy failed. The ti
went down, Ueaborq's lovely piastres conn®
unproductive, and Brunswick was seldom
except as illustrative of fully.
As surveyor, occasionally sheriff, &c. Vr.-
Itad long been acquainted with iho Innds in Gin
county, their qualities and titles Ho and lh
had been at some expense in the can. 1 proj-ti:
surveying .ho route, in postage, publication). I
and only ouc method to obtain remunerntium
left them—to run up the site ot Brunswick>
head rights, knowing that titles fiom the ft
were better than quit clainls, und the land, <*
without the meretricious aid of town and ta
schemes, would bring a goo.l price as find
corn and cotton hnunnoc. They did notr,t;k
tlicir interest, as the following extracts froma*>
vertisemepi by ihcui, dated Slay 1,1829. aoJf*
iished six months, show;
Poulsnn's (Philadelphia) Advertiser gives it ns a
imor that the Cherokecs will avail themselves of
the mode intimated by Chief Justice Marshall to
brintrtheir case on its ineiits before the supremo
court. MoBt of tho writers prevent al tho trial de
ny that any such intimation was made. It is liard-
Ml
"Public Notice —The undersigned haw 1
tained l.RANTS from the STATE of OEO
G1A to three hundred sixty-nine and one fmrtt
errs al land Ivina in Glynn county, on 'I cub’
— J ’ “KUNSwr”
er, and knnwh as the SITE of BI
It K.
ly ptobahlo that tho attempt will bo m ide, the !
“The undcrsignei] have grunts for vacant lid
—they hs-« a perfect right under the laws of 4
State to apply for and receive these grants—'kfl
claim only what the Stato had a right to giveJ
—1/mds vacant and unconveyed. If it cun besM
that they labor under a mistake, and that
foot of land conveyed to them by the State k
prospect of success being poor, and tho expenses been already conveyed to others by a goori
heavy: Wirt is said to have charged ten thousaod lid title—cither ante or post revolutionary it 8
dollais.
Since his return from Washington City. Mr.
Calhoun has received a public dinner from his
.?«* ani1 ne 'R hbor * l" Pendleton district. No
nullification or disunion toasts are said to have been
drunk at it, though the last bumper was accompa
nied by a sentiment that had better been suppress,
e.l -“The present Administration—It does not an
swer the purposo anticipated by its supporters."
FOR TllE SIACON TELEGRAPH.
BRUNSWICK. RAILWAYS, t,c.
In the Messenger of the 9lh instant, a wag of a
writer, pretending to ho greatly incensed at the
travesty circular “to tho citizens of the Central and
Western Counties," printed in the Telegraph of
the2jl, leeringly attacks me ns the daddy of that
foundling, and in n most quizzical tone, roars out
“forgery," “evil aiul malicious disposition, to mis
represent and mislead.’ r &c. Sec. See. in the be
lief no doubt, that as I had said the travesty ne-
Im-, m,i — then lin- unilrisigm-d n ill at oi.ee ojl
draw their pretensions, nnd give way to the ofl
and bcttci tills.
“In conclusion, it is distinctly declared that'll
rrly on their grants to give them lands vk»»J
the time of sutvev,—that is ALL LAND u*l
the SITE of BRUNSWICK to which loai8
title in fee simple cannot be exhibited; huiM
want no man’s property in fen simple. Stri ’T
they ure ready to defend (heir own rights t^Jl
equally ready to respect the rights of others.
VV. 1). DAVI.S
lilt KANII8 DART-
Here then is proof of the interest they h ,,f 1
Brunswick, and of the means by which it wa, JJl
It is natural they should wish to turn tHepifPl
to tho best account. Should the Brunswig *
ble be raised a third third time, the Ion in
wick will a third time bring a pretty handaj
price; and the gentlemen put a pretty
into their pockets, independent of the cmri ^
1. .1—: z -TT ~Z~ *—■ r«*e- of the railway. Tho inducement is indeed »£*
mailer mn«! Eli*• s Tf ,hln K one Who would not rather s. II hi)
matter most have come to my knowledge, and that
1 would not be backward in explaining a few ofthe
points which the citizens of the central and west
ern counties do not fully nnderetand. I shall not
.altogelhcr disappoint the joker.
The pretended advocate of Mr. Davis will >iiM,
tion as town lots to infatuated cits, than
of it to a clear-sighted calculating farmer W'CT
cultural purposes—a thousand dollars to one' ^
person can blame Mr. Davis for endeavomFL
inako the most of his town; nor question the
1 of nnv man In nli! i. im in kiu urw.r-ii Irilion
_ ..._ ,h« Imran, i i or legitimate child, without funds, and. 80 M
Poles have organized 57,000 men, acd are raisin? ihr mmrJi., r 'V ° "'ll* l be railway and science, consistency and sound judgment t' f 'fl
seventeen B ew"«Efitai*u" A b^le7a* exMC ed h C Alhhi , ‘n ““iM "° ajenc > in ce ">* d - ch/recter. He ha. an i»t***jl
to be foo S ht on tbe m February. P 'oothffiL *80™ lr ,V. Yel " w i tai,,id b ? htad »**"■ >» » ot had .1 >*1
3 vu uiv *■ misunj. nothing. Some of the commissioner! of tho lot-1 tuary of Turtle nver, to which, for tho i^'l