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mm Awwm* SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1828 ***For the purpose of illustrating the idea, that it is sometimes cheaper for a community to pay, no * midhlly, higher prices for many articles of con sumption, if manufactured among themselves,than to bring the same articles from abroad, at a less task price y we will give a short sketch of the his tory of a country village, which we have some where seen or heard of, though we cannot at this moment tell when or where. As the history goes, in the state of—we will say Massachusetts —there existed in times past, a very flourishing village, which, from being situated in a remote corner of the state, had but little foreign trade, and the villagers were consequently in the habit of manufacturing almost all articles for do mestic use among themselves. Mr. Roram sup plied his neighbors with hats, Mr. Snip the tailor made coats, and Mr. Crispin made shoes. In short, the blacksmith, the carpenter, the cabinet-maker, silver-smith, all found employment, and supported their families in ease and competence. The school master, the doctor, the lawyer, the parson, the printer and the barber, found sufficient patronage among them ; and all together gave a profitable business to the tavern-keeper, the grocer, and the dealer in fancy articles. The farmers also, for twenty miles round, felt the general effects of this Village prosperity. They found a ready market for their corn and pork, and flour and butter and beef; and even the good woman derived a proportional advantage from the prosperity of others; she found no difficulty in exchanging her poultry and her eggs, and the productions of her loom, for cash or sugar and tea; or tabacco and snuff, if she happened to prefer those articles, as some good women will—and was never at a lossfor anew bonnet on a holy day. But time effects changes every where. The lawyer went to Boston, and found that he could obtain a coat for a less sum than he was in the ha bit of paying Mr. Snip, the village taylor It was Ijis interest, he thought, to buy on the cheapest terms. So he bought all his coats at Boston ; it became fashionable, and all the villagers followed his example. They were not to be taxed, they said, for the benefit of Mr. Snip. The taylor lost his business—mortgaged his house to the lawyer —became bankrupt, and moved away. It was soon found that hats could be purchased in Bos ton cheaper than Mr. Roram could manufacture them. So Mr. Roram soon lost his business, and was obliged to follow the taylor. The farmers found that they could send to Boston for their fur niture, their saddles and bridles, instead of pur chasing them as heretofore at the village. Dr. Pestle said he could buy better and cheaper shoes in Boston than could he furnished by Mr. Crispin. Thus one after another, the mechanics lost their business, and left the place. The shop-keepers soon followed their customers. At length the bar ber found that, saving the lawyer, the doctor, snd the parson, he had no chins to scrape—so, in a fit of the blue-devils, he drowned himself in his own auds. What became of the printer, we could never exactly ascertain—though we felt it to be our du ty to make particular enquiry. From a habit, how ever, which he had contracted, of feeding entire ly upon thin air, like a camelion, it is conjectured by his fsiends, that he evaporated! But the doc tor finding none left to take his pills, shifted his quarters. So did the parson. And in the end, the lawyer, having monopolized all the real estates of his neighbors, by foreclosing the mortgages, found himself the sole inhabitant of the skeleton of the once flourishing village AT Fairtown—and himself totally ruined by the utter worthlessness of the property he had acquired The farmers in the neighbourhood no longer found a market for their corn and their pork.— Whatever they might raise over and above their own consumption, became worthless, because it could not be sold. The good woman found no purchaser for her butter, her poultry and her eggs. The people had no means of raising money for the payment of their taxes, their medicines, and those comforts which former indulgence had rendered necessary. They became poor; run in debt; their lands sunk in value ; and, finally, those who were able moved away to some new purchase, Such is the history, as we have heard it. If it is not authentic, it is no fault of ours; but still it is just as good for our argument as if it was true. And, furthermore, if it is not now true, it may become so, in a dozen instances, if our citizens do not look the better to their own permanent inter ests. A citizen of this place, who has lately visited the falls, a few miles above Augusta, and who is, perhaps, one of the host practical machinists in the Southern States, assures us that mills or fac tories of any description, and to almost any extent, could be easily put in operation at that place. The estimate of capital for an establishment sufficiently extensive to manufacture a thousand yards of coarse cottons, does not exceed forty thousand dollars. By the evidence taken before the Committee on Ma—llwtursa, at the last session of Congress, it appears that the capital invested in manufactories, at. the North, where the coarser descriptions of cot ton are fabricated, yield an interest of ten per cent., and upwards! What would the profits be, were the raw material furnished them at a deduc tion of nearly one third ? Now, labour, of that-description required in cot ton manufactories, may be obtained as cheap in Georgia as in Massachusetts ; and the raw mate rial 30 per cent cheaper. Individuals are under a mistake when they suppose that labour is cheaper in the northern states than with us. The work in the manufac tories is performed by men, women, and girls and boys. The men receive the average wages of a dollar per day. The girls and women from two to four dollars per week, and the boys and girls from 8 to 12 years of age, 25 cents per day. This is far above the average price of labour in this state. How long will the people of Georgia be blind to their own interests ? Millions of money are now invested in plantations and hands for growing cotton, which, instead of being a source of profit, is a tax on the owner; and yet we content our selves with wriggling along in he old way, ex hausting our spirits in unavailing complaints against the Tariff, every day growing poorer, when the road to prosperity and wealth lies plain and direct beforf us ! For the article of cotton bagging alone, it is es timated that $250,090 annually drained from the State Now, even wete this one item, out of many others, saved, what a difference would it not make in the pecuniary transactions of the whole community ? And yet w T ho can doubt but that this article could be manufactured among ourselves, from Cotton, at a saving of one third of what we are now paying for hemp bagging ? The Editors of the Augusta Constitutionalist seem to be alarmed at the prospect of there being more candidates for seats in Congress, from their party , than the people can elect; and fear that advantage will thereby be given to their oppo nents. They therefore recommend that gentle men of their party should consult together, and determine what seven of the candidates should he suffered to solicit the suffrages of the people. Now, this method of arranging all these little matters in Caucus , is very convenient to parti zans; it enables a few active and intriguing indi duals to Control the destinies of the State, and take out of the hands of the people the privilege of electing their officers ; and, in effect, render null and void their elective franchise. Suppose, now, for instance, these Lords Dictators, to whom the Constitutionalist appeals, should say to Col. F. and Doctor W. what they have already said to Col. L. and Col. H., “ Gentlemen, you must give way, there is no room for you on our ticket;” and the consequence should be that the seven candi dates, selected by the Caucus, should run without opposition. Would the result be a free election by the people, or the bargained appointment of a Caucus f The people cannot be said to elect, be cause election presumes the privilege of a choice ; and there can be no choice where there is no such , privilege. And nothing can be plainer than the proposition, that this privilege is destroyed by an arrangement which prevents competition. Where several individuals are honorably com peting for the same office, the people can exercise their sound discretion, and select the most worthy. But they can make no such selection, if there be but one candidate before them. Such candidate is equally elected, whether he receive twenty votes or twenty thousand. Any private arrangement, or private caucussing, therefore, which goes to : prevent an honorable competition for office, is an infringement on the rights of the people—a con- j spiraey against the freedom of elections, and ought ! to be viewed with indignation. Yet the appoint- , ment of our members to Congress, for the last ten or fifteen years, with one or two exceptions, has been effected in this way. Some few individuals, who felt themselves competent to take upon their own shoulders the affairs of the State, and to su- , perintend all the interests of the people, have an- ! nually met at Athens, and decided in the pleni tude of their wisdom, who should be sent to Con gress, made Governor, and so on. While the people have all along imagined that their Repre sentatives to Congress were chosen themselves on the first Monday in October. But no such thing ; the matter was completely settled months before at Athens! It may, perhaps, in some emergencies, when important principles are at issue, be expedient for the people to submit to a Caucus, for the purpose of arranging conflicting claims. But they should always be viewed with jealousy and suspicion ; and ought never to be countenanced when the question is merely a choice of individuals of the same principles. The elective franchise should be as free as air ; and any men, or set of men, who would undertake to circumscribe its limits, or con trol its operations, shoufo be looked upon as con spirators against the sovereignty of the people. The proposition that Georgia must become a manufacturing State, is every day making itself more evident to reflecting individuals, in every section of the country. If the people of the North can afford to purchase our cotton, pay-the expen ses of transportation from the plantation, say in the middle and upper counties, to the manufactory, which must amount to a charge of about 30 per ‘ cent, on the raw material, and transport their fa brics back again to Georgia, and still find a profit in their transactions, it would seem evident that our own citizens could manufacture the same ar ticles, and bring them into market in fair compe tition wfith their Northern neighbours. We have every means, and every inducement, for becoming a manufacturing people. Our agricultural inter ests are greatly depressed ; provisions are plenty and cheap ; labour is cheap ; we have the raw ma terial at our own doors ; w 7 ater power in the great est abundance ; enterprise and capital are not lacking. Nothing, indeed, is wanting, but an ef fort on the part of distinguished individuals, to direct this capital and enterprise to the most pro fitable pursuits. It is the opinion of many en lightened individuals, with whom we have con versed, that the planter who employs a large force in the cultivation of cotton, must be constantly sinking his capital. In other words, a gang of slaves cannot, by a great deal, earn their support, pay the tear and wear of a plantation, (without bring ing into view the interest on the capital), when employed entirely in the cultivation of cotton.— J Let a planter employ his force exclusively in this branch of agriculture, and he will shortly become bankrupt; and the larger his force, the sooner will be the result. Yet, at present, cotton is the great staple of our country, the only article from the plantation which will command the cash. This state of things cannot long exist; industry will shortly find other channels, and the sooner the better. Instead, therefore, of wasting our re sources in useless experiments ; instead of letting the golden moments for exertion pass away in idle murmurs and useless complaints against the Tariff, let us seize upon the advantages which it presents, and divide with our Northern brethren the profits of that policy which they have pointed out to us. * By the Octavia, Capt. W. M. Candler, from Liverpool, we have received Mercantile Letters of the 6th May, and Liverpool papers of the sth. Extracts wfill follow. The King had not signed the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts as late as the 4th of May, and considerable doubts were entertained on that head. London , (Eve.) May 4. Russia and Turkey.•— Despatches were receiv day at the Foreign Office from Lord Coley, our Ambassador at Vienna. It is reported that they confirm the assurances already given relative to the policy of Russia. Her explanations have been so satisfactory, that they have smoothed whatever difficulties might have existed, and have estab lished a perfect reconciliation between the Three Powers. .The explanatory declaration of Russia, of her views relative to the Porte, was (according to an article ,in the Freprn papers of Wednesday and Thursday) delivered to the Court of London on 1 the 12th of March. “ The Court of London ac cepted with pleasure the assurance of the Russian government that it had no conquest in view, and declared in consequence to accord with France, and in maintaining the execution of the Treaty of i the 6th of July, that she would preserve her neu j trality. A congress at Vienna, to deliberate on Eastern affairs, was confidentially spoken of yesterday af ternoon at both ends of the town, though nothing : of the kind is mentioned in the latest advices from the Austrian capital, by the arrivals of yesterday, whence the most recent dates reach down to the 25th ult. according to which the bustle and alarm occasioned by the warlike preparations of Russia, had subsided. It was said that the Emperor Francis intended to be present at the Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas, at Warsaw, which, it is alleged is to take place in course of the present month. Taking this for granted, this does not show any want of cordiality on the part of either power. The appointment of Mr. Stratford Canning on some fresh mission, is understood to have been de termined upon at the Cabinet Council which was held yesterday afternoon. His destination is Cor fu, in order to renew the negociations with the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and France, for the preservation of Peace. We should, therefore, conclude that tKere is no truth in the report of the Congress at Vienna. Greece. —We learn from our Paris correspon dents, that beside the measure of sending Con suls to Greece, the French Government is about to authorize, or rather to be a party to, a loan, for the immediate service of the Greek Government. The money is to be sent in monthly instalments. Times. For the following particulars, we feel ourselves highly indebted to Mr. Rochester, our Charge d v Affaires near Guatemala, whose arrival at this port we had the pleasure to announce yesterday. Georgian. The U. S. sloop of war, Falmouth, Capt Mor gan, arrived at La Guayra about the 20th of April, and at Cartbagena, on the Ist of May.— Every thing was quiet on the Main ; —the recent attempt at revolution in the latter place was then put down, and the alleged leader of it (Pedillo) sent to Bogota for trial. He was charged with holding secret communi cations with Hayti.—The convention for the for fofctscm of-a,#ew Constitution for Colombia, was in session, and had made little or no progress in their labours. There was much speculation and no little anxiety as to the result of their delibera tions. The main question would be, whether Bo livar should be made Dictator simply, or whether he should be invested with the power of naming his successor; he had left Bogota, and was in the neighbourhood of Ocana. There was little doubt but that the Liberator would successfully en counter the opposition to his views of Santandar, and his party, who favour more republican doc trines—if necessary, the military were prepared to demand a specific representation in the con vention. From Carthagena the Falmouth sailed for Trux illo and Omoa, which latter place she reached on i the 16th ult. At Truxilio were the American brigs Carib and Hebe; and the Albion left at Omoa three American vessels, the Moro, the Con stants, and the Cobossee Contee. Our shipping and their cargoes had not been visited by any of the vexations which it had been previously thought, the unsettled political condition of the country 1 would subject them to. The civil war in Central America (if the Federation may be said to have an existence) was raging with unabated rancour between the Guateinalticans or Centralists on the one part, and the St. Salvadoreans or Liberalists on the other—the former styling themselves the friends of order and religion, the latter the friends of the Constitution. President Arze had resigned; the prelude to his resignation was the dismission by menaces and force of the officer whom the Pre sident had appointed to the command of the Gua temaltican army. This violence was practised by the other military chiefs, disdaining the authority of the I ederation, and declaring that they acted as State officers. The States of Honduras and Costa Rica were quiet. Nicaragua was convulsed by internal factions. By the latest accounts at Omoa, an undecided battle had been fought be tween the cities of Guatemala and St. Salvador— posterior to which the Salvadoreans had received an increase of 1500 troops, which made them the more powerful in numerical strength. There was much diversity of opinion on the coast, as to the time and the manner in which the war would terminate. The Liberalists were com manded by Merino, who has seen much service in the Colombian army. Mr. Canas had retired from the Cabiaai in disgust to the neighborhood of St. Salvador.—Arze was at old Guatemala, but nar rowly watched—in fact, little else than a prisoner at large. The Chief of the Centralists is Ayce nena, who is at the head of the old Noblesse, and backed by the higher order of the Clergy. It is Mr. R.’s decided opinion, whatever temporary success may attend the army of the Centralists, that in the end they must fall-—that they have no master spirit to conduct them through safely, W’hffst the spirit of the age and of the people is against them-—that they have a penchant for ex ploded principles, and are controlled by unwise counsels—that they are vainly striving to uphold doctrines w’hich they are too weak either to en force or abandon. The Afljion left Omoa on the 17th, and English Key on the 22d ult. Mr. R. has returned from a conviction that under existing circumstances, the residence there of a diplomatic agent from the U. S. would not only be useless but impolitic, and that our,Consul there, Mr. Sa vage, will be adequate to all our public objects. LATEST FROM FRANCE. We are indebted to the editors of the New- Yojrk Journal of Commerce, for a portion of their French papers, received by the Don Quixotte From Havre. The Paris dates are to the 29th of April, and Havre to the Ist of May inclu sive. We have translated such articles from the papers sent us, as appear to possess any interest for our readers. In the Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th of April, General Sebastiani, from the Committee appointed for the revision of the project of law re lative to the-Joan of 4,000,000 of Rentes, gave it as his opinion, that in the present situation of Eu rope, when all the Powers are uniting their forces, and when war has broken out in the East, the French government could not longer postpone the raising of funds, without being subjected to just reproach. The Commission proposed the adop tion of the Report, with some amendments, and it was ordered to be printed and distributed. The late elections to the Chamber of Deputies appear to have been conducted with much spirit and animation, and the papers are principally oc cupied w r ith election details. M. Martin Lafitte, merchant of Havre, and bro ther of the famous banker Jaques Lafitte, has been elected Deputy by the College of Yvetot. a member of the Normal School, formerly a distinguished Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce of Rouen, and an individual as much estemeed for his liberal principles as conspicuous for his wealth, has been chosen Deputy by the College of Rouen. M. Prosper Delaunay has been nominated De puty by the College of Mayenne. The Arch bishop of Bordeaux, De Cheverus, (formerly Bishop of Boston), presided over the proceedings of that College, with a dignity and impartiality worthy of that virtuous Prelate. It is deemed unnecessary to notice any more of the elections. Suffice it to say, that in all the Colleges, the Constitutional candidates succeeded, and by very handsome and decided majorities. Under the head of Brest, April 24, we find the following statement of government vessels, which were then in the road, and ready to sail. The Jean Bart, 74, line of battle ship, and the frigate Arethuse, of 54 grins. The Ceres, Arriege, Bail leuee, Adour, sloops of war—and the schooner Egle. The frigate Nymphe, which was to have fol lowed the* expedition commanded by the Jean Bart, sailed on the 19th on a secret mission. The following vessels were fitting out. The Duquesne, 74, line of battle ship ; the Terpsi chore, Pallas, and Themis, frigates of 54 guns. The Bisson and Trementin, both transport ships, had just been launched. It was reported that the Prefect had received orders to cause four other line ships to be fitted out immediately. At Toulon, the following vessels were getting ready. Three line ships, eight frigates, three sloops of war, ten brigs, six store ships, six schoo ners, and one steam ship. Geeece. —An article from Zante of March 31st, states that the interview between Sir Frederick Adam and Ibrahim Pacha, had not for its object, as had been stated, the evacuation of the Morea, but related solely to the release of the Greek cap tives, whose liberty he demanded. We are as sured, says the writer, as far as verbal statements can be relied on, that the application Vas success ful. Spain. —Accounts from Barcelona of the 19th of April mention that the King had issued a Pro clamation ordering the government vessels to ar rest and bring into port all ships or vessels fomfo under suspicious circumstances, at a distance ot and under three miles from the coast. The ob ject of this regulation is to abolish entirely the smuggling trade carried on so extensively on the coast of Spain. Dutch Ships of War. —The King of the Low Countries has granted permission to the ships of the Royal marine to transport gold, silver, jewels, and other precious articles, under certain limita tions, which will prevent the commanders from becoming carriers. The Consols are never to per mit such articles to go on board, where thei'e are other opportunities to transmit them, except in. particular cases. From the Journal du Havre, May 1. Sales of Cotton. —2o bales Louisiana, If.; 68 Pernambuco, If. 10c. a If. 15c.; 44 Virginia,Bsc.; 40 Cumana, 75c ; 150 Cuba, 95c. 34 bales Loui siana, at auction, 73 a 92c. 400 bags St. Domingo Coffee, entrepot, 43 l-°. Funds, Paris, 30, Five per Cents, 102f. 60c.; Three per Cents, 70f. 15c. Bank Action, 1885f. It is now many months since public attention has been much excited by the uncertain state of affairs in Europe, and has daily expected scane developement of the policy of the various powers immediately or remotely interested. As it is very probable that doubt and uncertainty have hung even over the cabinets themselves, it is not sur prizing that the quid nuncs should have been puz zled likewise. By the confession of the foreign journals, which may seem to deserve a semi-offi cial character the relations which have been caused by late events, are somewhat complicated. This complication, as to the affairs of the East, arises out of the position in which Russia stands towards the Porte, first as a party to the Treaty of Mediation of the 6th of July, and then as a power having separate treaties with Turkey. A certain train of measures, having in view the in dependence of the Greeks, and the remedy of the mischiefs to commence in the Levant, wa3 no doubt arranged by the treaty of July. As the oc cupation ol the Principalities appears to have made one of them, the passage of the Pruth, pre paratory thereto, will of course take place with the assent of the Allies, wli® thus far, as also in such measures as will terminate the Greek war, are not neutral, but the actual confederates of the Czar This alliance goes no farther, so to speak, than the bank of the Danube, where Nicholas is to de mand his own terms, and enforce them with his own arms, for the infraction of treaties by the Turk, which are his own concern merely. It is : therefore, when he comes to the passago of the Danube, that anew point i9 opened for the con sideration of the European powers. It is here too, most probably, that* the Sultan will either contest the ground, or yield to the terms which are dic tated to him : So that the long expected passage of the Pruth may take place without indicating decisively either the ultimate policy of the powers, or the finalj-esolve of Turkey, which, with the w eakness incident to her wretched government, is like to he put off’ to the last moment, and when the alternative presses. Should she determine to abide the conflict, it is not probable that there is any thing in the trea ty of July by which Russia is restrained from the exercise of a power incident to her sovereignty; that of punishing the infractions by Turkey of the Convention of Akermann, and the alleged aggres sions on her subjects and commerce.—She may push her demand of indemnity for these as far as she pleases, only that she must expect, unless the complexion of European politics is much changed, to be checked by the fears of the other powers, for their own safety, and the preservation of the balance of power. Their measures, in respect to the two belligerents at such a crisis, are therefore, in diplomatic language, an ulterior consideration, which must depend on the problem of the degree of resistance of Turkey to the progress of the Russian arms, and, perhaps, the amount of their own probable share of the plunder. By these views may be understood the expression of one of the new Ministry in Parliament—that though wil ling to support tfie treaty of mediation, he was not prepared to go farther.— Balt. Jim. June 2. War in Europe. —'* Have the Russians crossed the Pruth is the all engrossing enquiry with those over anxious about the political movements of the Old World, as one whose solution W t to deter mine the question of war or pence. Os course every article from an European Port is an event of most important in terest. Expectation however, which has been on the tiptoe, has as yet been doomed to disappointment—and no ration al conjecture can be formed as to the ulti mate determination of the Autocrat of the Russias. To what then is this un certainty to be ascribed, is another point of most curious enquiry Is it, that Rus sia is still restrained by a decent sense of propriety, from violating those very prin ciples she was of late foremost in the ad vocacy of—the legitimacy of power and the integrity of empire—and therefore cannot interfere in the intestire commotions of Turkey, in aid of her rebellious and revolt ing subjects ? Or does she fear the jea lousy of her present allies, whose oppos ing interests may snap asunder the cords of union which now holds them together, and interpose a check to her ambitious pro jects I Or, in fine, is it that she too, has not yet recovered from the exhnustiors of the long wars and the severe depriva tions when in common with the other powers of Europe, she has but just passed through, and with all the physical material has not the more important adjunct of pe cuniary resources, to attempt a perilous, uncertain and expensive conflict 1 Per haps indeed all these circumstances com bine to induce that vacillatory policy which has some time past apparently marked her course - for conjointly they constitute so formidable an obstacle, that nothing but the most cosummate confidence w ould venture to oppose it. Latest from Africa. —By the brig ft, ris, Capt. Mathews, of Baltimore, P i here yesterday from the coast of via St. Barts, we have received the ing intelligence : The Buenos Ayres brig Oriental, ft Cobbett, Esq. commander, on her tva * Cape Mesurado to wafer, boarded ootl° 22<J January, off Cape Mount, thcSnan brig Volador ; this vessel cleared from R TANARUS” fimore in November, for the Cape J* Verd Islands, but ostensibly for the CO3S{ \ Africa, where she arrived in safety landed her cargo at Galioas, af;er \vh j! she proceeded to one of the Cape de vC J Islands, where she increased her supply provisions and water; and at the \ her being boarded by the Oriental was n ° doubt, on her way to Galinas to receive * board her cargo of slaves. It will be collected that is the same brig that was rui s on board of by the Guatemala and notwithstanding she was considered \ v her commander a fast sailer, the Orieut-Jj eame up with her so three hours although I at the commencement of the chase she full ten miles distant. Captain M. states that the Colony 0 f Mesurado was in a very flourishing cordj. j tion. J. Ashmun, Esq. Colonist and Uni* ted States Agent, came out passenger with Capt. M. as far as St. Barts. He is return ing to this country for the ben fit 0 f h s health, which was much improved by the voyage. He had determined to try thebe, nefit of the West India air for a few weeks I Tim markets in St Barts, were extreme! I ly dull for all American produce. Flour I uom nal $3 3-4. —iV. Y. Journal of Com-- I mercCy May 31 Resolution. — As the ship Queen vfdb 1 was sailing through the Narrows on Tues-1 day, James Hoyt, a sailor, fell overboard I unobserved by bis companions. The wind! blew so violently that his cries did not I reach the ship, and he was left to mfke the 1 best of his condition. He accordingly div- ] ested himself of his clothes and addressed! himself to the voyage. After buffeting ttal waves for more than two hours, hew* I aiscove.’ed and taken up hy the sch Cotn.l peer of Philadelphia He has since mad| arrival in this city.—iTL XVashiwf n, June 1. This day, a case was decided in the Cir cuit Court of this District, which has ex cited an intense feeling in this quarter, and which, from the nature of the subject, must! create more general interest than any other tried in this country since the declaration of Independence. It was. au action for as sault and battery, brought by a young lady of the name of Eleanor Hurley, agaitiJ Doctors Frederick Way and Alexander McWilliams, and James Young and VVn\ Emack, E>q. Justices of the Peace. Ini the courre of the trial much testimony wail elicited of a very delicate character, a:J not suited to the columns of a newspaper] We forbear to make further mention oftlel matter, as we understand a sketch ot tLel trial is rapidly preparing for the press, fil ken by two experienced reporters. There! was a very great display of eloquence and! ingenuity on the part of the counsel enJ ployed on both sides. The trial commenced at an early hcol on Saturday morning, and closed at sil o’clock on Monday evening, when the jurjl retired, aisd on this clay at two o'clock! brought in a verdict for plaintiff of Url thousaud dollars I! From the Philadelphia National Gazette, More than once we have taken occasion to a madvert upon the wanton introduction of priva and domestic concerns into political controvert W hen accusation and obloquy are not confined! that which is public and political, or which hast! character of some certainty and public intcres rights and feelings are gratuitously and crue outraged, and unlimited scope and infectin’ example given for the worst license of malevolen or levity. \\ e were particularly struck witi column in the Washington Telegraph of the 3ft inst. consisting of a most acrimonious recriiu® tion pursued in two of the Kentucky papers cfl cerning the private debts of Major Barry, whci we believe, an eminent politician and lawyer.® those of the Hon. Henry Clay, Secretary of Stall TL he editorial head, too, of the Washington Tei graph, i3 dishonored by very severe and inviditl remarks on the same topic, directed of course! gainst the Secretary. One of the Kentucky articles is 11 a list o firm gages made by Mr. Clay followed by a senes j arbitrary Questions tending to destroy his tion for probity and solvency. The injustice sj harshness of this mode of hostility must be appi ent to every observer who has anv knowledge! the ordinary business of life, Morgages may 1 main on record though the mortgager possess j ample surplus in the aggregate ot his resources! though the greater part of their amount mayh J j been discharged ; just as promisory notes, bo*! bills, &c. may be outstanding, when it is c crt j that they will be paid, or could be at once setfij without difficulty out of an exuberant fund. Al man, of whatever substance, who has been, acw in the transactions of property, might treflisj one side only of his situation were thus invest* ted and proclaimed. Let us take an illustrates! this species of wrong from the case of Mr which we have been at the pains to examine- I Two of the mortgages, cited in the blM* M are—one of s22,ooo,.dated July, 1820, andanoij of $1666 66, dated 24th December, 1822. Branch Bank of the United {States in Lex^J Here then, according to the Kentucky partisMj a massive, terrible debt of ticcnty-threc tM&U six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sium cents, proving how much the Secretary is blamed for living hospitably in W how far he may be suspected as a sort ot do in his political ambition ! Now we aver, *■ the highest authority on the subject, that Bank itself, the following plain tacts :—Tb® * debt has been for several years in a course f l * duction, and ai this time amounts to no mo# M about four thousand dollars : Even for tbi* ■ there is already deposited in the Lexington <*■ paper payable to Mr. Clay, at tl/e niatl Yj'■ which, in the next autumn, the whole probably be extinguished. The 6mall b |C! ® is entirely discharged. The reduction, J was effected by actual payments, without a - B or receiving indulgence by the substitute 111 estate—an alternative which the bank B so often obliged to adopt in regard to Vvß debts. Mr. Clay’s engagements with that tion have thus been fulfilled with the g reH fl delity ; and we can add, from another g 1 ’ B of information, that they were incurred B indorsements for the benefit of others ! JM It is very likely that most of the ot * lcr ! s ] e (B incumbrances on his estate are suscep t! |. ■ explanation not less satisfactory, and that S total of seventy-four thousand dolla die proportionally or more, upon prof 1 ' 1 and substruction. We shall not, however, 1 further with what we cannot at once d*f \B 1 certain. We are catistfed with exemr l '*. ‘*B