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I qj., of land and negroes by Administrators,
or Guardians, are required by law, to
j, f e'don the first Tuesday in the month, between
’hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
tUC th> afternoon, at the Court-House of the Coun
!! i n which the property is situated. Notice of
i gse sa ]es must be given in a public Gazette
_, , h . <|avs previous to the day of sale.
Notice of the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner, forty days previous to the
djv of sam.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate,
£iust be published fox forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be pub
lished four months.
MACON SALES
or THE RESERVE LANDS, THE TOWN
LOTS , AND
THE BRIDGE,
tt ILL commence on Wednesday the first day
V-- of next October, and will continue from
<jsv to day, with the exception of the first Mon
day and Tuesday of that month. We shall then
oposeto sale in Macon, to the highest bidder, in
conicrinity with a late act of the G eneral Assem
bly: . ,
All the town lots not heretofore disposed of;
bfin? upwards o forte hundred in number.; on the
uestein side of the river: among them are twelve
idioining the river, and a few other choice lots for
business. The residue are in more retired situa- j
lions, and generally afford good building sites in a i
pleasant and growing part of the town.
Forty-two gardening lots of 10 and 20 acres
each; laid cut from 1 to 1 1-2 miles distant from
ihetown in two ranges around the Western Com
mon. Also, twenty eight lots on the Eastern side:
that is to say, 4 of twenty, 8 of ten acres, and 10 of
one acre each These last include ihe place some
times known as Newtown; and will be sold, sub
jects certain leases from the United States, to
expire next January.
The residue of the lands in the two reserves, ‘
are laid out in tracts of 100 acres, and fractional
pri: of c :h tracts. Gi unese, the Uplands will
be next offered; the last numbers first; beginning
with those on the western side.
On Wednesday tbe22d of October next, at 11
oclock A. M. will be offered at the place of the
other sales, the
RRID GE A T MACON,
Together with one acre of land on the eastern side
of the Ocmulgee river, as one of the hutments;
and the privilege of using so much of Fifth or
Bridge street on the western bank as may be ne
cessary for the other hutment of the Bridge.
0a 1 hursday the 23d of October, we shall pro
ceed to sell the swamp and bottom iands within
tire Reserves, those on the Western side first; and
tiiitmue from day to dav until completed.
The particular numbers that will be sold on each
ay cannot be specified ; but it is intended to put up
i !a e sever? 1 kinds and descriptions in the order here
oentioned.
The Reserves are generally well watered and
contain several good mill seats The area of the
thole cannot be exactly known until the platting
completed; but twenty-one thousand acres is
tie estimated quantity contained in both Reserves
adjoining fractions, exclusive of the tow n
surreys. Perhaps no body of land of the same
U*:?nt can Le found that embraces a greater va
jSttyin its surface, soil and timber. Situated just
Lchat region where the pine of the lower country
I flanges to tiie oak and hickory of the upper: it
Includes both these growths, and soils in most of
jiaeirvarieties; in some portions entire, in others
[interspersed or blended. Tracts of very hilly land,
I® that which is quite level, or gently undulating,
had of almost every quality ; either of oak
hickory, or pine, or river lands; and several
Ithese kinds occasionally united ; in tracts of
■ w acres and fractions of various sizes, adopted
jtomobt of the purposes for which land is wanted.
| from the pressure of the times ; and more es
[fecially from the quantity of lands and town lots,
pit Will have been lately in the market, these
pust unavoidedly sell low. And, lying at the
Mos navigation, immediately around the third
| An of the State in population and trade, thero
\ f ’ y , er y reasonable prospect of their soon rising
p value. 1 1
lasers have now an opportunity, and appa
lir e^ast that will soon offer, of obtaining
L chea P a nd very indulgent terms of payment,
I “ ice situations for residence, for trade or for
” TERMS OF SALE.
of lands and lots are to pay the Com
[P';‘ ers on the day of the purchase, one fifth
purchase money in Cash or current
01 c j} 3 rtered banks of this State ; and the re
, e< l u al annual instalments No secu
rWllnequired.
Iccjj ! “ r idge will be sold on the same terms ; ex-
the purchaser will be required to give
V' T< i 0r more approved sureties for the
c ‘ the four subsequent annual instai-
W. N HARMON, )
I C. B. STRONG, } Comvi'rs.
■jo r O. H. PRINCE, S
Icette, f “ihditors of the Charleston City Ga
■P;4r Usca ‘ 00sa Mirror, and of the several
’v 3 n ttes j n this state, will publish the fore
■prs. gjj e ~;ty> nine weeks, in their respective pa
i harvard their accounts to MARNlA
rs,iiisu k . iJF, Esq. Clerk of the Commission-
Cil time as to reach him by the Ist of No-
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ftfylE • NOTICE
ml W M m i Creßt “ hich Jno. C. Hot .comee and
• Methebor had with the subscriber,
,lniJlSs ion business, expired, by its own
■ -Mn the 20th day of June last.
■ CHARLES LIPPITT.
iSu > C J fJ L ULES LIPPITT
K° K hlJsmpQ^ TORAGE AND COMMIS-
K'continn own accoUn t, and soli
■ Duhli7 UCe °* ? atroua^e h° Ul his friends
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THE AREITS.
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MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 25.
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T he disunion demagogues are endeavoring, by
broad assertions and positive statements, to ini- i
pose upon the people the belief that the passage of
laws for the protection of domestic manufactures
is an unconstitutional stretch of power, and anew
thing in the ience of our government. The
framers of our Constitution, say they, never con
ceived that a right to lay imposts could ever be
used by Congress indirectly, for the purpose of
encouraging one branch of national industry in !
preference to another.
Now, that the framers of our Constitution did?
in truth,conceive that they had cloathed Congress
with sufficient powers to authorise them to pass
laws for the protection of domestic manufactures,
may be clearly proved, from the fact, that the first
Congress which was ever held under the Consti
tution, composed in a great measure of the same
individuals who framed that Constitution, passed
a law of which the following is the caption:
“ Whereas it is necessary fur the support of go
vernment-—for the discharge of the debts of the
United States — and the encouragement and
tkotection of manufactures, that duties be laid
on goods, wares and merchandize imported .”—
Laws of Congress, vol n. page 2.
On Tecourse to the published debates of the first
Congress, it will appear that the policy of pro
tecting domestic manufactures was advocated by
Madison, Clymer, Carroll, Ames, Boudinot, and
others of our greatest statesmen, and vve also find
| that it was sanctioned by Washington and Jeffer
son ; yet the green politicians of 1823 call it a
new doctrine, and one never conceived of by the
i framers of the Constitution !
A Correspondent of the Georgian writes from
Athens, that “the death of Col. Campbell has left
the Clark party to be led by Judge M Donald, Dr.
Fort, and John A. Cuthbert. Dr. Fort is spoken
of as candidate for the government.”
We suspect that the writer of the above is not
very intimate with the councils of the Clark party, i
and that he is either playing off a hoax himself, or j
. tiiat he is the subject of it from another. Should !
I the Clark party deem it advisable to run a candi- !
date in opposition to the present governor, the se- J
lection will fall on a different individual from Dr.
Fort.
From the Georgia Journal of the 1 8th hist.
j “The Savannah Mercury, of the Cth of August,
’ quotes from an anonymous writer in the Journal,
these words : “T/ic memorable scenes of our Re
volution hare to be acted over again.'”
This quotation tho Mercury makes in such a
way as to leave the impression on every body’s
mind that it is made from the Editorial head of
this paper. And in the last paragraph of its re
marks, it attributes the sentiment directly to the
Editors of the Journal. The Mercury, it is hoped,
will perceive the disengenuousness of such con
duct, and make the proper atonement.”
The Editors are right ; we should have been
more explicit in giving credit to our quotation,
and it was rather from carelessness than a desire
to do the Editors injustice that w T e failed to do so.
FOR THE SAVANNAH MERCURY
JUDICIARY OF GEORGIA.
NO. 111.
: Mr. Editor: I attempted, in my last number
to support the necessity of organizing in our State
a Court of Appeals, by arguments drawn from the
unlimited and uncontroled powers which are vest
ed in the Judges of the Superior Courts, undor the
Constitution and Judiciary act of 1791), whether
\vith r any effect, time will determine. I now pro
pose, sir, te extend that argument; and, from a
consideration of the many and complicated duties
which are required to be performed by the Judges
*ofour Superior Courts, under the present system,
further to show the necessity of the measure.
We have heretofore seen, by a reference to the
Constitution of our State, as well as to the Judi
ciary act of 1799, that the Judges of our Superior
Courts are vested individually, in their respective
Districts, with final and conclusive jurisdiction, in
all civil, criminal and equity cases. The many
and important duties which naturally arise from
these jurisdictions, and which are necessary to be
performed by a Judge, can alone properly be esti
mated by a mind accustomed to legal investigation
and the practice of Courts. To such a mind, they
at once present an extensive field of duties to be
performed ; duties as difficult as they arc numer
ous, and as numerous as they are interesting and
important. To a mind, however, unaccustomed to
such study and investigation, the duties of a Judge
may appear light and unimportant. To such a
mind, therefore, a brief outline of the many duties
which a Judge under our Judiciary system is com
. pellcd to perform, may possibly not be uninterest
| ing, and will place the subject of this number in
its proper light.
What, then, are the duties which a Judge, un
der our present Judiciary system, is required to
perform ? They are numerous, difficult and re
sponsible. Upon the common law side of the
Court, he is required to decide upon the effect and
extent of all the various contracts which men en
i ter into, one with another; their liabilities, and
tho extent of that liability ; embracing the exten
sive, complicated and interesting doctrine of pro
mises, originating from bills of exchange, promis
sory notes, and all other simple contracts. On
the same side of the Court, he is called to decide
on the doctrines embracing debts, covenants, tro
ver, distress, trespass on the case, and the doctrine
relative to the tenure by which he hold our real
I estate, each of which directly affect every mem
, ber of community in his person or in his property,
j Against actions arising from these sources,he is,on
the other hand,called to decide on the numerous de
fences which niav be set up, in order to destroy
t that original liability. Among the most promi
nent of these defences, may be placed the doc
trines of accord, release, payment, set off, tender,
want of consideration,fraud, and many others, too
numerous to mention. But, sir, one of the most
important, and, to my mind, one of the most diffi
cult duties which a Judge, under our system, or
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY MOUNINJ, AUGUST 28, 1828.
any other, is required ?>erform is his duty of de -
ciding on the do~Ljuu*> evidence as it daily and
casually arises. The competency or incompeten
cy of witnesses ; the admission or rejection of
what has been determined to be relevant or irrele
vant testimony, under the varied circumstances
of each particular case ; and the weight which
ought to be given to that evidence, when deliver
ed, is a doctrine not only complicated but inter
esting, and which, if properly estimated, is suih
cient, of itself, to occupy the undivided attention
of any single Judge, to attain perfection in it. It
is the most important doctrine in the whole sys
tem of jurisprudence, because, upon it hangs the
dearest rights we possess. It is the most impor
tant doctrine, because, upon an intimate and tho
rough knowledge of it in the Judge, depends the
question whether our rights have been properly
or improperly decided on.
But, sir, what are the duties under the present
Judiciary system, which our Judges are required
to perform on the criminal side of the Court ?
Here they are required to sit in judgment on
the multiplied crimes and misdemeanors which
the ingenuity of man can possibly invent and com’
mit—upon his guilt or innocence ; upon his life
or liberty; and to pronounce judgment in relation
to both.—lndependently of these important and
weighty duties, he is frequently required, both on
the civil as well as criminal side of the Court, to
decide motions for new trials; motions in arrest of
judgment; motions to set aside non-suits; mo
tions for the payment over of money ; motions to
amend proceedings, and many T others, embracing
arguments on the nicest points of law which can
possibly be presented for investigation and deci
sion. Now, sir, it seems to me that it must strike
the commonest understanding, that the series of
duties which are above required to be performed
by our Judges, under the present Judiciary sys
tem, on the common law side of the Court alone,
are sufficient not only to require and demand the
very best talents the State can produce, but also
the strictest integrity in the individual who is call,
ed to perform them, in order to ensure their faith
ful and honest discharge. But, when to these im
portant duties, the same Judge is required to as
sume a double character, and act also a3 a Chan
cellor, to decide upon the intricate and complicat
ed cases which arise in a Court of Equity ; when
lie is in the same hour required to enforce the ri
gid rules of the common law, and then to relax
them and apply the principles of Equity, founded
upon natural justice; when, in addition to his
other common law duties, he is called to sit in
judgment on the doctrines of accident and mistake, 1
account, specific performance of contracts, trusts
and frauds, besides exercising a. jurisdiction over :
the interests of infants and the estates of lunatics, 1
it may with emphasis be asked, where is the sin- :
gle individual who can conscientiously, rightly i
and correctly discharge such a mass of duties ? ,
Giving to our Judges all tUe talent and integrity i
they can possibly merit, I ask, is it reasonable to j
suppose that with such numerous and complicated i
duties as is thus thrown upon them to perform bv
the present Judiciary system, that they can, in all
instances, properly decide on the rights of.clients ? ,
Certainly every reasonable mind will respond to •
the question that they cannot —that our Judges ;
are not angels, neither are they gods,
To any one who has been an attentive observer
of the proceedings of our Courts under the present
system, it will not appear strange to assert, when
he reflects for a moment on the many duties the j
Judge is called on to perform under that system,
that he must—nay, does frequently err, For, has
it not frequently happened, that, in the course of
a single day, a Judge, under our system, has been j
required to decide an important criminal case—a
litigated common law eaj**, ano a complex case of ,
trust and fraud, arising on the Equity side of the
Court ? And has it not as frequently happened
that every litigated point whicli has been present- !
cd during the investigation of each cause, has been i
decided by the Judge before lie left the bench
with as much confidence and certainty of being •
infallibly right as if he had known and studied the *
facts for a twelvemonth ? Is it then too much to.
say, that such a Judge will frequently commit er
ror ? And if he does err, whore is the remedy to
redress the injury he lias done? From this view
of the subject, then, does not the necessity of the
measure for which I have been contending forci
bly strike every candid mind.
It must be admitted, that England has, during
the last century, produced as great Judges as ever
graced the hall of Justice —men whom vve vener
ate, not only for the greatness of their talents,
their extensive learning and sound legal decisions,
but also for the purity of their lives and the good
ness of their characters. But England has not tho’t
it wise or prudent to load her Judges, notwith
standing their acknowledged great and transcen
dant talents, with such extensive and complicated
powers and duties to perform as we load ours.—
She has thought it prudent to separate her com
mon Law and Equity tribunals—to vest the pow
ers of each in distinct individuals of the best ta
lents in the Kingdom—wisely judging that the
duties to be performed on either side of the Court
are fully sufficient to occupy the undivided
attention of several Judges, instead of one. She
has further thought it politic to give her subjects
the right of appeal to higher tribunals, least, by
possibility, there should injury be done to their
right, without a remedy. So have most of the
States of our Union, the decisions of whose Judges
vve esteem, followed a similar course. But Geor
gia ! Georgia has thought it wise and politic and
safe to rest the performance of all the complicated
duties, arising from civil, #Hminal and Equity ju
risdiction, in a single individual, without one
check upon his passions or prejudices—without
one place for refuge from his ignorance and liabi
lity to err. Opropudor. JUNIUS.
FOR THE SAVANNAH MERCURY.
TO THE REV. JOHN S. WILSON.
Sir :— lt is difficult for one who respects the
Christian religion, and admires the institutions
which owe their origin to its prevalency and prin
ciples, to address its ministers in any other lan
guage than that of kindness and encouragement.
You are a minister of that religion ; and 1 doubt
not, zealous in the discharge of your clerical
duties. For this you deserve respect; and your
foibles should be covered by the broad mantle of
charity. You have the prejudices and passions,
feelings and attachments ot other men; and lam
not about to rebuke you for those weaknesses from
which the strongest minds and the purest hearts
are not always free. You may be a useful preacher
and a valuable member of society, and yet a
very ordinary 4th of Juty orator—a prejudiced,
short-sighted, miserable politician. You may be
a good theologian, and a competent instructer of
youth; and, while you confine yourself to your
appropriate duties, deserve the attachment and
confidence of those who listen to your ministra
tions, or intrust their children to your charge. 1
have read the productions of your pen on religious
subjects, and have heard you from the pulpit, and
always with pleasure ; but you must pardon me if
I cannot speak so favorably of your address, at
Lawrencevflle, on the 4th of July last. This pro
duction you have given to the public, and it has
consequently become the legitimate subject of
remark. The thoughtless flattery of your friends,
sir, has done you a lasting injury, not only among
those who may differ from you in opinion, but
with such as may affect to believe in the truth of
your bold and unsupported assertions. There is,
happily, a feeling of disgust always manifested
among men to political declamation from the
mouths of the clergy, whatever may be the occa
sion which calls them from their appropriate du
ties ; and 1 will venture the declaration that no
intelligent and candid man, who reads your ana
themas against the executive and representative
blanches of the government, whether their friend
or their foe, can feel any thing but deep regret
that such language should come from a pro
fessional minister of the mild gospel of “ Peace
and good will to men.'’ With your private opin
ions 1 have no right to interfere ; and, in your
ordinary intercourse with your fellow-citizens,
you have a common privilege with us all to ap
prove or condemn public men, or public measures.
lain not one of the many, who would put a poli
tical seal on the lips of an American citizen be
cause be is a clergyman ; but I would beg him to
remember always that “in speaking evil of digni
ties,” lie should do so rather “ in sorrow than in
anger;” and should make himself quite certain
that he does not become more a gross calumniator
than an honest reprover of official delinquents.
In your anniversary oration, printed by your
express consent, in the Athens paper, you use this
extraordinary language: “Will any man doubt
his own existence ? Then may he may .doubt that
corruption and bribery find a place in the cabinet
transactions of the day !” Now, sir, 1 undertake
to say, and I do so with a better knowledge of
public sentiments than you can possibly have,
situated where you are. that not one man in
twenty, either in Georgia or out of it, believes
any such tiling ? No, sir, every man of common
sense knows that the claim of the west, to a pro
minent representative in the cabinet of the nation,
could not be overlooked or rejected by any presi
dent, not himself from that section of the union.
I have no doubt of my existence, and I have just
as little doubt that Mr. Crawford would have done
the same as Mr. Adams lias done—made Mr. Claj
(the most distinguished of western statesmen) the
offer of a seat in his cabinet. Your next attack
is upon Congress; the members of which, you
are pleased to denounce as a turbulent and con
tentious band of robbers ! Ido you no injustice,
reverend sir; for such is your language. You
they have done little else than to “ rub one por
tion of the country for the benefit of another.”—
You doubtless alluded to the Tariff; but you
might have reflected that men whose moral or
political honesty never has been impeached, su;
polled that measure—men, too, who have been ii
the high councils of this nation before you we
out of your cradle. Sir, a venerable senator war
one of these robbers, who fought in the battl
fields of the Revolution; and,in the last conflic
with Great Britain, led one of our armies to vie
tory and glory—rescued a vast frontier from the
desolations of the tomahawk, and carried the wai
into the enemy’s country. I allude, sir, to Wm.
Henry Harrison. Os the Tariff I am not the
advocate. It may be impolitic and unjust; it is
not the only act of Congress which has proved to
be both. Our legislators are neither angels nor
devils; they are men like yourself, sir, liable to
err; and liable to the indulgence of feelings in
debate, which ought to be better restrained. But
they are amenable to their constituents, not toihe
clergy, for their political offences. Your despon
dency, in relation to the existence of our liberties,
seems to me very unappropriate for the day.—
You speak of an “ usurper,” who is “ hurling fire
brands, arrows and death.” Who is the usurper,
reverend sir, and where are the fire-brands, and
the arrows, and the death?” You had just told
your auditors that “ God had not dealt so bounti
fully with any other people,” and that every
citizen “ walked proudly forth, protected by the
majesty of the laws. “ Already, (say you) 1 see
the harbingers of dissolution creeping on our
beloved country—her gfave is preparing, and
she is investing with the gloomy habiliments
of the tomb.” Come, come, reverend sir—you
arc certainly a priest by profession, but you are
not, therefore, a prophet by induction. I trust
you will behold no such things. Why, sir, the
“ dumb ass,” of your own stall, might rebuke
such “ madness !” Is Gwinnett county in a state
of revolution, and about to resume, (to use a cant
phrase of the day) its “ original sovereignty ?”
Or does the excitement prevailing among a small
portion of the American family, in relation to a
law of doubtful expodiency, threaten to subvert a
government which has been sustained after it had,
at one fell blow, annihilated the whole bommeree
of the country, and afterwards maintained and
carried through, to an honorable completion, a
vigorous contest with the strongest power of
Europe ? Why, sir, before this last and most glo
rious example of self-government has ceased to
exist—before you hear the yell of triumph from
the sceptred tyrants of the old world—before you
behold your country’s liberty attired for the tomb,
you will see a million of bayonets worn to tlieir
sockets; you will see a struggle which this world
has never yet witnessed —and you will learn to
estimate the character of your countrymen by a
more elevated standard. Your hackneyed allu
sion to “millenial glory” seems very ridiculous,
after you have paid funeral obsequies to the liber
ties of the only nation on earth, where religion is
suffered to maintain itself by its intrinsic import
ance and dignity, —unsupported by civil enact
ments, and a constitutional priesthood. Do you
expect your milleniuin to commence in Italy, or
Sjxun ctr Russia? Your apostrophe to Bolivar,
though somewhat out of place here, is too char
acteristic of your address to remain unnoticed :
“ Who would have believed it, that the ardent
imitator of our own Washington, the immaculate
patriot of Colombia, would, at last, assume the
imperial purple ! Yet Simon Bolivar is dictator
for life, with the power of naming his successor !”
Alas, for Simon Bolivar ! —the seal of infamy lias
now been affixed to his character forever ! But,
reverend sir, will you be so good as to inform the
American public, how the news of this defection
of the aforesaid Simon Bolivar reached your domi
cil in Gwinnett ? Out of that county, the char
acter and designs of this “ immaculate patriot ” re
main to be better known before judgement is
pronounced. But my business, sir, is with you. —
You are a presbyterian; and your denomination
has frequently been accused of designs hostile to
the genius of our government. I believe the
charge wholly groundless, for the great body of
that sect, (clergy and laity) lias uniformly advo
cated liberal political views ; and during the pre
sent sharp contest for the presidency, John S.
Wilson, of Gwinnett county, Georgia, and the
notorious fanatic of Philadelphia, Ezra Stiles Ely,
have been the only presbyterian clergymen who
have made both pulpit and press the instruments
of their political malignancy. The last named
personage has dared to call on ft*
tion of the country to take the g
their hands, and Ji *s estimated the
of the lour great orthodox dene. .
presbyterians alone, he says, can : .
million of electors into the field !
sense and patriotism of his brethre :*
reverend promoter cf religious p cr.:
party discord without a second, fc : * *
John S. Wilson. You, sir, have ventm
voke, on a day of national festivity
to “ deliver us from evil”—a min
is the “ Balm of Gilead,” which i
wounds of this nation ! Such, sir
and unequivocal language,—and ct, *
the same breath, you talk in true sophom*.
of our “ happy country,” our civil and r
freedom. How dare you, sir, after dei,
your government as corrupt, proci iming
sident an usurper, and Congress a oand of i
— mock the God of Heaven with nch pa
inconsistency! Sir, lam not c nplaini.
your preference of General Jacks >n for t*.
sidency ; but I ask you seriousl *, where was
respect for the character of your country
your constitutional rulers ; for y cur sacred <
and your Christian charity, when thus reta
the exploded slanders of Duff Greene an o
Jack Code of Pennsylvania. “ honest Geo. >
mer ?” Are you ignorant, sir, that to the ta.
and influence of this same villified Henry- C
is this country mainly indebted for the pres* .
tion of public tranquility when the dreaoeu
souri question was discussed? Yes, sir, He.
Clay, more than any other individual, contribu
to hush into silence the elements of discord wL
the best men began to despair of our union ; a
when the floods of Billingsgate have been e
hausted, the lasting gratitude of the country w i
be his reward for services, in my view, mora, i*i
portant than were ever rendered by Gen. Jacks.
Had New-Orleans fallen, it would have bcun b
the reverses of war ; and by reverses of war, t
disaster might have been retrieved : at the wc:
the treaty of peace, (concluded before the LaUi
w T ould have restored it immediately to our p*.
session. But the hateful Missouri quest
threatened to subvert the constitution—to destr
the sacred bond of union—to involve us in a ci.
and perhaps a servile war; to do us a mortal j
jury, which no battles, lost or won. coul! e\
repair. Sir, some of the very men, who now, ii.
yourself, are traducing the character of JL i;
Clay, were then invoking blessings on his he. .
I hope, reverend sir, you will not attribute
article to any feeling of personal dislike ■
writer. He indulges none. He has spoken xn.
not because he esteems you less, but bee
values truth, and your sacred calling more :
lioving that you have, through the influence .
strong passions and prejudices, and a gross ign
ranee of political men and measures, traduced t.
government, and degraded the character of y r
country, he could hardly be expected to say ie_.
and might have added much more. Ii LL.
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
ELECTION ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER NEX
T. U. F. CHARLTON, of Chatham.
JAMES M. WAYNE,
JOHN A. CUTHBERT, “ Monroe.
DANIEL BRAILSFORD, “ M’lntosh.
THOMAS F. FOSTER “ Greene.
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Baldwin.
WILEY THOMPSON, “ Elbert
RICIiARD 11. WILDE, “ Richmond
WILSON LUMPKIN, “ Morgan.
JAMES MERRIWEATHER, Clark.
GEORGE R. GILMER, “ Oglethoro
CHARLES E. HAYNES, “ Hancock.
WILLIAM TRIPLETT; “ Wilkes.
The Fresident of the United States arrived ‘
his seat in Quincy on Sunday evening, the 1
inst.
A letter lias been received in Philadelphia fr
Mr. Win. Tudor, our Minister to Brazil, dat;
boaid the ship Star, from which vessel he lam.
at Rio early in June.
On the subject of the difficulties at Y ale Coll’
between the students and the Faculty, the 2
Haven Chronicle observes—“ Order is now res*
ed in College, and there is little doubt, that nea
all the students will return, except such as will r...
be re-adnntted by the Faculty.”
The New England Palladium says, “Peril-:
the near approach of the planet Mars to the ea
may be claimed as a sign favorable to the ‘
ry Chieftain.”
New York Weekly Report of Deaths. —The
Inspector reports the death of 127 persons, in
the week ending on Saturday, the 9th nst.
23 men, 10 women, 43 girls, and 43 boys.
The steam boat Benjamin Franklin (says the k.
Y. Journal of Commerce) is said to be now e, -
, plete—she is intended to run between Providence
and this city, under command of capt. Bunker —
j her first trip will be round Cape Cod to Boston.
A benevolent individual has offered to pay for
the tuition in Yale College of one hundred indi
j gent pious students, preparing for the Ministry.—
S The price of tuition is thirty-three dollars a year;
consequently the offer is three thousand and three
hundred dollars a year.
A steam boat is building at Springfield, Mass,
to navigate the Connecticut River above Hartford.
On the first experiment, she succeeded in over
: coming the Falls, and ascending from the landing
j injSprmgfield, to South Hadley Canal, a distance
( of 11 miles, over the Falls, against a strong cur
rent.
The Phvsicans of Boston, as a tribute of respect
to the venerable Dr. Edward A. Holyoke, of Sa
; lem, have invited him to partake of a public din
ner, to be given by them at the Lafayette Hotel,
in Salem, on the 13th instant, the hundreth anni
versary from his birth. He has accepted the in
vitation.
The Secretary of the Treasury gives not ice to
officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Arm}*,
entitled to the benefit of the Act of May 13, 1828,
that a half yearly payment will become due on
September 13, and will be made to all such offi
cers and soldiers, producing satisfactory evidence,
in the manner pointed out by him, of their being
alive on that day.
An attempt was made on Tuesday night, 12th
inst. to fire the shipping at Brooklyn. A large
quantity of cotton, says the Journal of Commerce,
which had been discharged and lay [died up under
the bows of the fine ship Cowper, was found to
be on fire. Around the Cowper, on all sides, lay
a large number of other ships, which, out for tne
timely discovery of this incendiary attempt, would
have been in great danger of destruction.
Stage Accident. —We learn from the Baltimore
papers, that one of the Washingt n line of stages
wap lately overturned, broken to pieces, and some
of the passengers considerably bruised, but none
dangerously hurt. The leaders took fright at the
reflection of a fiash of lightning upon a pond of
water, and turning suddenly round, the stage
, went over with much violence.
[No. 14.