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FRIDAY MORNING. NOV'EMBER It.
“ Missms.PPi.-TteN«* Orleans Bee of the
10th Inst, says: “The steamer Nashville arrived
yesterday, bringing us Natchez papers of Wed
nesday. They do not, however, contain any
election returns. We learn verbally, that Grand
Gulf, in Claiborne county, gave twenty-four
locofoeo majority—about the usual vote. The
excitement along the river counties was great,
and oecrwerc numerous on both sides.
New Books.—From S. A. Holmes wc have
“Cousin Hinton,” a novel by Miss Pickering;
“Etiquette ; or a Guide to the Usages of Socie
ty,” purporting to be written by Count D’Or
say; “Spanish without a Master;” and “Ellen
Ramsay, or the Adventures ot a Greenhorn”—
all from the Brother Jonathan Press.
Trial and Sentence rm Murdeb.—At
Pickens Court last week, Martha Brown, for
merly Martha Cannon, was tried for the murder
of her husband William Brown. The evidence
was entirely circumstantial, we are informed,
says, the Pendleton Messenger, hut the circum
stances were so very strong, that the jury render
ed a verdict ol guilty. He was shot whilstlying
in bed at night, and it was supposed that the gun
or pistol, was introduced through a crack with
in a few inches of bis head. Previous quarrels
and threats on the part of the wife were proven,
and these with her conduct on the night of the
murder, satisfied many ot her guilt. She was
sentenced by Judge Butler to be hanged some
time in January next.
Connecticut.
The Connecticut W hig State Convention as
sembled at New Haven on the Bth inst. in great
force, about three hundred delegates present, in
cluding three ex-Governors, (Messrs. Peters,
Foote, and Ellsworth.) Governor Peters was
chosen President, and a committee of one from
each town appointed to nominate State officers
on whose report the following ticket was unan
imously presented to die people, viz:
For Governor—Roger S. Baldwin, of New
Haven.
For Lieut. Governor—Reuben Booth, of Dan
bury.
For Secretary—-Daniel P. Tyler, of Wind,
ham.
For Treasurer —Joseph B. Gilbert, of Hart
ford.
For Comptroller—Abijah Carrington, of Mil
ford
Th following Delegates were chosen to the
Whig National Convention:
c ) Hon. J. W. Huntington, of Norwich.
’ f Gen. Dennis Kimberly, of New Haven.
Dist. 1. Gov. Wm. Ellsworth, of Hartford.
“ 2. Samuel D. Hubbard, ol Middletown.
“ 3. Solom m Paine, ol Coventry.
“ 4. Hon. Truman Smith, of Litchfield.
Substitutes.—Hon. Jo-cph Trumbull, of
Hartford, Hon. John H. Brockway, of Wind
iiam, id. B. CharnbLrlain, ot Hartford, Gov. 1
Samuel A. Foote, ot Cheshire, Gurdon Trum
bull, of Stonington, Hon. Thomas B. Osborne,
of Danbury.
A series of able resolutions were adoped, and
the Convention was addressed thereon by Gov
ernor Ells worth, Senator Huntington, Hon. Tru
man Smith, Hon. D. I’. Tyler, G. H. Hollister,
E. C. Bacon, and White, of Danbury, and the
hall was still crowded when, at 10 o’clock at
night, the Convention adjourned with three
cheers for Henry Clay.
Michigan.
Buffalo, Nov. 9.
The only political item from Michigan to day
isby the steamer Neiv-England, which left De
troiton Tuesday evening just after the polls
closed. Barry, the Locofoeo candidate for Gov
ernor, is said to bave carried the city by a ma
jority of 30,
Correspondence of the Phila. North American.
New York, Sunday p. m.
Loss of the Liverpool Packet Sheffield.
• A report was current in town last night, that
a ship was in trouble in the lower bay, and a
steamer was sent down to her assistance.
The ship proved to be the Sheffield, Captain
Popham, from Liverpool, October sth, with 15
cabin passengers and 90 steerage, and a freight
list of £IOOO. A gentleman who came passen
ger, informs me that on Saturday noon, the
Sheffield was coming up the harbor with the
wind £. S. E. with ait sail set, and in charge of
a pilot. The weather, which had been dull for
48 hours, cleared up, and the light house could
be seen with the naked eye. About one o’clock
p. M. she struck on Romer Shoal, head on, and
soon after swang round, the pilot saying all was
right, which, however, was all wrong, when she
again took the rocks, and alter thumping an
hour and a half, during whicli her masts were
all cut away, a hole was made in her bottom,
and she rapidly filled, driving the passengers
from the lower cabin to the upper, ana finally to
the round house on deck, where they remained
14 hours with nothing except what they stood
in. After the ship struck she bilged, and very
little ot thecabin passenger’s baggage was saved.
During the n ght blue lights were buined, in
the hope of attracting attention, which they suc
ceeded in doing witn the last light, when the
hopes of being saved were given over by all on
board the ship.
The steamer which had been sent down, was
just returning as they thought unsuccessful, the
weather being again thick, when she saw the
signal, and proceeded to her and took off the
passengers and crew, except the captain, mates
and four seamen. The Wave arrived with the
passengers at 7 this morning, and returned im
mediately to the ship to assist the lighters and a
steamer sent down early this morning. The
ship went ashore at high water, and all through
the ignorance or cardrsans of the pilot. The
ship will be a total loss, and is insured for near
herfull amount in Wall street, and her cargo in
England.
Yesterday was a great day in the slock mar
ket—stocks of all descriptions sold at advancing
rates, and the quotations now stand higher than
at any time for three years.
Xjr The valuation of taxable property in the
State of Kentucky for 1813 is $196,729,033, the
revenue accruing from which is $305,220 06
showing a decrease in the present year on that
of 1842 of $14,896 70. This result is as
cribed to the incompetency and inefficiency
of the tax commissioners, to the people valuing
their property too low on account of the increase
of taxation, and to the actual depression of pro
perty in price.
£5rA company consisting oi sixty families
are now on their way from Prussia to Quincy,
Illinois, where they intend settling.
A Yankee Thick.—During the Revolutiona
ry’ war, two brothers, from one of the eastern
ports, were commanders ot privateers—they
cruised together and were eminently successful,
doing great damage to the enemv; and making
much money lor themselves. One evening, be
ing in the latitude of the shoals of Nantucket,
but many miles to the east of them, they spied a
British vessel having the appearance* of a mer
chantman, and made towards her; but to their
astonishment found her a Irigate disguised. A
very light breeze prevailing, they hauled off in
diflerent directions—one only could be pursued,
and the frigate gained rapidly upon him. Find
ing he could not run away, the commanding offi
cer had recourse to stratagem- on a sudden he
hauled down every sail, and had nil hands on
deckemplovedin ’setting pole,’ as if shoving the
vessel oil a bank I The people on board the fri
gate were amazed at the supposed danger they
had run, and to save themselves from being
grounded, immediately clawed oil, and left the
more knowing Yankee “to make himseli scarce,
as soon as the night rendered it prudent for hnr
xo hoist sail in a »ea two thousand mthoms deep
T-'rom the Georgia Journal.
n the Editors — It will be recollected that a
very few days before the last general election in
inis ? State, an extract of a letter from the Hon.
H. Clay to Messrs. Joel Branham and Robert
Bledsoe, was published by them presenting his
views on the subject of a Tariff in a very odious
light. The whole letter was withheld from the
public, because, as allcdgcd, that he had request
ed no part of it should be published. I im
mediately applied to Mr. Clay for a copy of the
correspondence; he inclosed me a letterdirected
to those gentlemen, requiringthein to give tome,
or ‘any oilier friend,’ a copy of his letter to them.
I applied to the gentlemen accordingly, and met
with every favorable disposition from Gen
Blee.soe, to comply with the demand. Dr.
Branham pertinaciously persisted in his refusal
to do Mr, Clay Hie justice he demanded—and it
was alone by the perseverance of Gen. Bledsoe
who permitted no honorable exertion to pass
without making it, that he obtained a copy oi
the letter from Dr. Branham, in whose posses
sion the original was. and which he has fur
nished to me. From him I have obtained a
copy of their letter to Mr. Clay, and his letter in
reply- both of which Isendyou for publication.
I likewise send you extracts from Mr. Clay’s
letter to me, from all of which his sentiments
and views on the Tariff question will be fully
seen. No man who read the »arbled* extracts
which were published would ever have suppos
ed that they came from the letter which is sent
you.
The positions taken by Mr. Clay, are distinct
and Wally unexceptionable, and compare well
with the sentiments of all parties in Georgia, in
days gone by. He declares as bis opinions that
the expenses of the Federal Government should
lie economical, that the revenue to support such
expenses should be raised by duties from im
ports.
That under a revenue tariff he would dis
criminate so as to afford “reasonable encourage
ment” to our domestic manufactures.
That he is opposed to any duty w hich amounts
to prohibition of the article on which it is levied
—believing that ilompetition would advance all
interests.
That he is opposed to that iniquitous and un
just system of direct taxes, and internal duties in
time of peace.
Thar he is opposed to the doctrine of free
trade, as it is called, with foreign powers, ‘all of
wfipm’subject onr commerce with them to re
stric ions great and burthensome’ —which ‘re
strictions deprive our farmers of a part of their
labor, for the benefit of their own people—That
a Tariff should be MODERATE, REASON
ABLE and CERTAIN.’
That the Tariff of 1828 was a “fraudulent
production;” in many instances the duties were
‘extravagantly high’ and in others not called for
by any interests.
These are the sentiments of Mr. Clay, which
were so grossly perverted and misrepresented be
fore the election, and to the prejudice of the
Whig party. They are nowbefore the country;
let that impartial country say whether they are
worthy of condemnation? The friends ot neith
er of the Democratic aspirants to the Presidency
can condemn them, since they advocate in the
person of their favorites more obnoxious princi
ples. Those who are opposed to duties being
reasonable, moderate and certain, have ample
cause of complaint to the views of Mr. Clay—
none others will find an occasion for censure.
Suffer me to add, in conclusion, that through
Gen. Bledsoe alone am 1 enabled to present the
correspondence which Mr. Clay has never fear
ed should meet the public eye. •
Your obedient servant,
JAS. A. MERIWETHER.
Extract from, a IMtcr from Mr. Clay to Mr. Mer
iwether;
Ashland, 28, Oct. 1843.
"You are right so far as the record is concern
ed, in your statement that I did nut vote tor the
Tariff of 1816 or 1824; but I supported their
principles, anu bave always admittedthat I was
in favor of them.
1 did not vote for the tariff of 1828, for which
however Mr. Van Buren, Col. Benton, Col.
Johnson, Mr. W right, and other ot our present
opponents did vote.—And it is remarkable that
from that period my exertions in Congress have
been directed to the reduction and moderation
of Tariffs. Thus, in 1832 1 supported that Ta
riff, which greatly modified and reduced the
Tariff'q< insomucu.tliat it was supposed,
bv reasonable men that it.would or ought to sat
isfy the NuHifiers ol South Carolina. The
next year, 1833,1 bronght forward the compro
mise. In 1811 I supported the Tariff of that
year, which was limited to the free articles.
I never was in favor of what 1 regarded as a
high Tariff. And my present opinion is in per
fect coincidence with that of the whole Whig
party of the United States, including Georgia,
as i understand it. We all believe that the
Revenue from the General Government should
be derived trom the Foreign imports to the ex
clusion of direct taxes, and the proceeds of the
sales ol the public lands; and that no more rev
enueshould be levied than is necessary to an
economical administration of the government;
but that in levyingitsuch discriminations ought
to be made as will afford a moderate and rea
sonabk protection to American interests against
the rival and prohibitory policy of Foreign pow
ers.
I should bave preferred that the Compromise j
in all its pails (including the Home valuation) t
could have been adhered to. But you will know i
from what quarter the opposition came to the i
home valuation, without the incorporation of i
which in the Compromise act, that act never i
could have passed. t
1 think the present Tariff, in the main, is t
right, and working much good. There maybe -
excesses or delects in it, ol’ which I have not the >
means to judge; and if there be they ought to
be corrected by supplemental legislation.
I am your friend,
and obedient servant. i
H.CLAY. I
The Hon. J. A. Meriwether.
Eatonton, Geo., July 13th 1843.
Dear Sir:—Conflicting opinions ot the prin
ciples you now entertain in relation to the pro- i
lection ot Domestic manufactures are held by i
many citizens of ti.is State, while all who have
acquainted themselves with your public course i
on this subject acknowledged you to have been
the distinguished advocate of the system of pro- ,
lection.
Many have been induced to believe and assert
that your views of it, have undergone, it not an
entire change, at leas?some mollification.
The opinions we have always entertained oi
your unwillingness to conceal your principles, <
or to sutler them to be misrepresented, induce us
respectfully to propound to you the following
questions:
Are you in favor of a Tarifffur the protection
of American Manufactures?
Have your principles in reference to this sub
ject undergone change or modification?
A reply will oblige
Very respectfully, &c.,
JOEL BRANHAM.
ROB’T BLEDSOE.
The Hon.
He-NRY CLAY,
Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashland, 23J July, 1843.
Gentlemen: —I duly received your favor ot
the 13th inst. in which you inform me that con
flicting opinions prevail in your Stale in regard
to my opinions on the policy of prolucling Do
mestic manutactures, and you request ot me in
formation in relation to them. I take pleasure
in complying with your request.
My opinion is that the Revenue necessary to
an economical administration of the General
Government ought to be derived in a season of
peace, exclusively trom duties imposed on our
foreign imports, and that a Tarifl for that pur
pose ought to be so adjusted as to afford reason
able encouragement to our domestic manufac
tures. lam opposed to direct taxes and inter
nal duties except in time of war, when they
may be necesssary to give vigor and success to
arms. lam opposed to the doctrines ol tree
trade with foreign powers, all of whom subject
our commerce with them to restriction, often
vel ’.v great and burthensome.
These opinions 1 have always entertained and
still entertain. 1 never was in favor of duties
being so high as to amount to a prohibition of
articles on which they were laid. 1 have thought
it best tor all interests that there should be com
petition. 1 think it of great importance that a
tariff should possess stability, as frequent chang
es affect injuriously all our’great interests. To
impart to it that character it should be moderate,
reasonable and certain.
I voted for the Tariff of 1816, 1821 and 1832.
I think they were all reasonable and moderate,
at the times they were respectively passed. In
the infancy of manufactures, the object being to
acquire the skill and accumulate the capital
necessary to their successful establishment, a
greater degree of protection is expedient than is
requisite after they have made a considerable
progress. The difficulty lies in fixing that de
gree. In 1816, we were? without without much
experience, and failed to make, in all cases, a
proper adjustment of the measure ot protection.
Eight years experience in 1824 enabled Congress
to fix it with more equity and precision. Eight
years of progress in our manufactures in 1832
justified some reduction in the amount of duties,
and generally the Tariff of 1842 is more mode
rate than that of 1832. As our manufactures
advance and become perfected, less and less
protection will be needed, until many articles
will be able to compete with the foreign rival
. articles, without any protection at all in the
> form of duties.
i I was not in Congress in 1828, and therefore
I did not vote lor the Tariff of that year The
duties in many instances imposed by that Tariff
vere extravagantly high, and, in others, duties
were imposed which were not called lor by any
interest. That Tariff was a fraudulent produc
tion. ft was framed by a combination of some
members from the South, and some from the
North, who were afraid openly to vote against a
Ta ill, and yet wished to obtain credit for being
favorable to supposed Southern interests. It
was so shaped , with the design of defeating the
passage of any tariff; because it was believed
that it was so injurious to the manufacturing
interest in many’ respects, that the honest and
true friends of that interest would not vote for
it. Had it not been defeated, those Northern
members, who united in concocting it, would
have returned home and asserted that its really
honest friends were inimical to it. But it was
not defeated. The genuine friends of manufac
tures resolved not to lie cheated by such a com
bination, and determined to take the bill for the
good that was in it, notwithstanding the bad,
which was nut there against theirconsent. The
scheme not having succeeded as was designed,
the Southern members, who were concerned in
it, afterwards bitterly reproached their Northern
confederates lor the disappointment.
I have more than halt dozen times expressed!
within the last two or three years on public oc
casions, the opinion which I now communicate
as to a combination ot the principles of Revenue
and Protection in a Tariff. I send you here
with the last speech on that subject which I made
in the Senate of the U. S. and also a brief sketch
of the nrinciplesof the Whig Paity, as I under
stand them, which I prepsred. • •
I have no other objection to the publication of
ibis letter but that it would imply a sensitiveness
in regard to njy opinion which 1 do not fee), and
I think it has been already sufficiently pro
mulgated.
1 am your friend and ob’t serv’t
H. CLAY.
Messrs. Joel Branham, and
Rob’t. Bledsoe.
Death of CkiSvengrr, the Sculptor.—We
regret to learn from the New York papers the
news of the death of S. V. Clevenger, on boatd
the packet ship Due d'Orleans, on her passage
from Leghorn to New York.
Clevenger was a citizen, and we believe a na
tive, ot the State of Ohio; a self-taught artist,
who, after executing a number of busts in the
city ot Cincinnati, and a few in the Atlantic
cities, went to Italy some three years ago (fol
lowing the track of Powers) to cultivate his •
talents in the midst of the works of antiquity.
He was a man of genius, of great simplicity
and ingenuousness, andofthe most unblemished
private character. Had he lived and enjoyed
health, he could not but have risen to eminence
in his profession.
He died at sea on the 28th of September, leav
ing a wife and children to mourn over the loss
they have sustained.— Nat. Int.
jU’Two passengers in the ship Bazaar, which
sailed from New York a few days since for
Canton, carried out forty tons measurement of
Connecticut clocks.
Cotton Factory in St. Louis. —A stone
house in St. Louis, situated on Chesnut street,
between Maine and Water streets, has been
purchased, and is to be immediately converted,
into a cotton factory.
vy There have beenerectedin the city of Bos
ton during the present year, 671 brick and 448
wooden buildings—in all 1,118. This is an in
crease over last year of about 300 buildings.
Growth of the West. —A census ot Mil
waukie city, just taken, shows the number of in
habitants to be 6000, being an increase of more
than one hundred per cent, in three years. Ra
cine, now epntaning 1100 inhabitants, had in
1839 only two families in the place. The Mil
waukie Courier states, “the crowds of emigrants
that overflow the public houses and block up
the streets, on their way to the interior, would
appear incredible to any but an eye-witness,”
From Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.
Sketch of a Speech of Mr. Randolph.—
ft was said that tlie late Mr. Coleridge cou'd
never be reported, on account as much of hi .
unexpectedness, as it was called, as ot his rapidity;
and .such was the ease with Mr. llandopli. Otta
sionaily, a thought would shine forth startlingly
beautiful, but it was so incrusted and imbedded
in what might be called pudding-stone, as to be
of little worth to the context ofthe speech itself,
and only valuable when isolated. We are told,
by one who heard him in one of his latest efforts,
tliat nothing could exceed the singularity of his
appearance and his language. Leaning, or
rather rolling, against the railing which is fixed
in the Senate chamber, outside of he outer row
ofchairs, he was engaged in delivering a scries
of desultory observations in a shrill tone of voice
to whoever struck his eye at the time.—
The bankrupt bill was before the Senate—and
we trust that we will not be running far from
the line ol operation of a commercial magazine
in reporting the views of a distinguished states
man on so prominent a branch of our mercantile
policy—the bankrupt bill was, under considera
tion, and Mr. Randolph had already gone some
way in the discussion of principles he supposed
involved. He had just extricated himself trom
a digression on the subject of banks in general,
remarking, that the next thing to be done was
to buy an iron chest, Ibr safety against fire and
thieves, which last was wholly unnecessary, for
who would steal our paper? AU ready, and then
we issue bills. I wish 1 had one of them, (hunt
ing in his pockets as if expecting to find one)
—Owl creek, Washington city, wild-cat—they
begin with a promise to pay, sir; yes, promise
to pay. After dwelling a tew minutes more on
banks and banking, and dealing a heavy slap to
Unitarians in religion and politics, and stopping
a moment to vindicate the memory of Sir Robert
Walpole, in a connexion not now remembered,
he proceeded to express his disgust at what are
called family bibles, stating, however, paren
thetically, that he had no objection io each house
hold having the scriptures; indeed, he thought
they were bound to have them, provided they
were not ofthe cheap, Yankee stamp. The
editions he would recommend, were those author
ized bv the universities.
Passing lightly over Shakspeare, oi rather
mingling his comments upon the great poet with
those upon the holy writ, he descanted upon the
impudence of the man who had published an
expurgated Shakspeare for family use 1 To the
American Protestant Episcopal Church he de
clared he had never belonged, and, indeed, never
would; that he was a inemberincoruorateinthe
Church of England, and that he had been bap
tized by a gentleman delegated from the Bishop
of London himself, who had laid his hands up
on him, (laying bands at the same time on the
head ot tne gentleman next to him,) pronounc
ing a vivid eulogy on both bishop and priest,
whom he said he wished he could bring back
again to life, when the time came for his own
last offices to be performed. A passage in the
prayer book, he remarked, began ‘them that,’
which passagejhesaid was so un2xgmmaticaltht.t
no good man could use it. Suddenly lie touch
ed upon wine—it was often mentioned in the bi
ble. and should be drank in a gentlemanly way,
not in the closet, but at the table; btttas to whis
key, the word whiskey was not in the holy writ.
Jeptha was a land owner and a wine drinker;
he himself was a land owner, and he was proud
to acknowledge that he held his land direct from
a royal grant. He could even go back to Wil
liam the Conqueror, and beyond him, and he
was in fact able to say that he dated his origin
to the men of Kent. Banking and bankruptcy
were mushrooms of the Guelph growth.
53=The Tuscaloos Monitor gives a descrip
tion of an improved cotton gin, invented by a
Mr Kelly of Vicksbnrg, Miss., the right ot
which for this State has been purchased by Dr
Maclin. “The improvement (says the Monitor)
consists iu attaching three setts of grates and
two stationary brushes, through which the saws
pass in their revolution as closely as possible
without, friction; in enlarging the brush,wheel
if practicable, to 18or 20 inches diameter, and
by boxing the same in an air-tight cylinder, ex,
cept at and around the journals ; in attaching a
moat board under the saws, beyond which they
project though the long grates § of ot an inch in
to the brush whell cylinder.” Cotton picked by
the improved gin will bring a cent or more m
the pound than othercotton. It would be highly
beneficial to attach to common gins „ a grated
flue from six to ten feet long, through which the
dust that may pass the brush wheel, may fall
in its passage to the pick rootn.'’
Stabbing.—A most atrocious act was com
mitted yesterday morning, on Cotton Avenue, in
this city, by the keeper ot a small grocery, by
the name ot George W. Thompson. It seems
that a small amount of money had been lost by
a man named Winslow; Thompson’s name
was accidentally mentioned, when he immedi
ately made a rush upon Winslow with an open
knife. In the scuffle, Thompson inflicted a
wound on W inslow, on the left side, about two
inches above the hip-bone. Winslow is yet
alive, but his situation is considered very preca
rious. Thompson escaped through a crowd,
who, we hear, made no attempt to arrest him.
With the aid, however, ot the Marshal’s dogs,
and through the active exertions ot McGregor,
the Sheriff, and other citizens, he was caught,
and is now safe in custody.— Macon Messenger
of 9th.
Two children have been born in Lexington,
Indiana, with the breastbones united the whole
length
AUGUSTA, GAF THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER ‘23, 1843.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 18.
Extraordinary Discovery.
The “Savannah Republican” of Thursday
contains an article headed “Speculation upon
Speculation,” in which the Editors are pleased
to say they have “ elicited some facts,” which we
notice rather as evidence of the credulity, not to
say folly of the Editors, than any design to de
fend the acts of >ur Banks, which are so covert
ly attacked. Our citizens certainly have much
cause to feel grateful to the Editors for the
watchful guardianship the( have manifested
over their rights and private transactions, and
especially should the Directors ot our Banks
feel under obligations for the very valuable sug
gestions made to them. With all due deference
to the financial skill and deep solwilv.de of the Ed
itors lor the proper management of the Banksot
this city, we would most respectfully inform
them, that they are managed almost exclusively
by men who are themselves deeply interested in
the stock ot the institutions over which they
preside, and are therefore doubtless quite alive
to their own, as well as the interests of the other
stockholders of their respective institutions.
Should they, however, need to be instructed in
i! e discharge qf iheirresponsibly fX deli-rie
duties, andbe driven to the necessity of seeking
it from Savannah, which has heretofore discov
ered such distinguished financial talent in the
management of her own institutions, they may
perchance ask to be informed through the col
umns of the “Republican.” When asked, we
trust that the Editors will be as prompt to re
spond, as their suggestions and insinuations on
this occasion have been gratuitous and unfound
ed.
The Editors conclude their very extraordinary
expose of “elicitedfacts” with the expression of
a very laudable desire! lor more information,
“provided what they have stated arcfacts.” Verily
we think that the street rumors and gossiping ol
a few disappointed croakers, constitute author
ity, upon which the editors should predicate an
article at “elicitedfaxis,” in which, grave insinu
ations are made against the conduct of Bai.ks
“above suspicion,” and an expose of Jhe private
transactions of an enterprising merchant; and
we, therefore, commend the editors to the same
sources to elicit a few more facts.
This is not the first time that the same indi
vidual has been singled out, and his private
business transactions have been assailed by the
editors of the “Republican,” through their
columns. With what propriety, on this occa
sion, the editors will perhaps judge when we as
sure them, tliat since the foregoing was penned,
we have had an interview with the gentleman
referred to, who authorises us to say, that their
“elicitedfacts,” so far as they refer to him or his
business, are as unfounded as they are gra
tuitous.
If life editors in their efforts to 'deed facts, ’’
as to why so little cotton had been sent to Sa
vannah for sale this year, had attributed it to the
low state of the Ocmulgee liver, and the miser
able management ot the Cential flail Road, and
had then compared the prices paid for cotton in
Savannah with those paid in Charleston, their
“elicited facts” would, doubtless, have been bet
ter based, and they would have been spared
the necessity of attempting to drag before the
country’ the primte transactions of one of our
merchants, while they were uttering grave in
sinuations about the business of our banks, of
W’hich they knew nothing.
John Quincy Adams.—“ The eld man elo
quent” was received in Cincinnati on Wednes
day, the 9th instant, with marked enthusiasm.—
The corner Mwie ot the ooset vatory was laid oil
Thursday, and the citizens had determined to
make his visit a continued festival—business '
was almost suspended.
Mysteries of Paris.—Messrs. Grenville &
Co., have laid on our table Part 2d of Harper’s
edition, being the conclusion of this interesting
work.
Exchange at Par.—We are pleased to learn
that the Mechanics’ Bank of this city, will com
tnence checking on New York at par this day.
Consecration.
The Athens Banner us Thursday says:—The
new and beautiful Episcopal Church in this
place, now nearly completed, is to be consecra
ted next Sabbath, by the Rev. Stephen Elliot,
Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia.
Franklin College.
The Athens Banner of Thursday says:—We
learn with much pleasure, that the Rev. Wm. 1
Bacon Stevens, M. D., Minister of the Episco
pal Church at this place, was unanimously elect
ed by the Board of Trustees on Monday last, to 1
the Professorship of Oratory and Belles Letties,
in the place of Jos. H. Lumpkin, Esq., elected
last August, and who declined the appoint
ment. Dr. Stephens stands deservedly among
our most eminent men, for talent, learning and
eloquence, and we shall regard his connexion
witli the College, as a most important acquisi
tion.
Mississippi Elections.—The New Orleans
Tropic of the 11th inst. says:—We have as yet
but few returns from the elections in Mississip
pi. In Adams County the vote for Governor
is—
For Clayton, Whig 679
Williams, bond-paying Dem 81
Brown, repudiator 341
Three Whigs, Messrs. Winchester, Cotton
and Maxwell were elected to the Legislature.
In Harrison County a repudiator is elected
to the Legislature, but there is a slight gain in
favorofthe Whig ticket.
In Claiborne County the repudiating ticket is
supposed to be elected.
In Warren vice versa.
From the complexion of the vote in Adams
County, the only lull return we have seen, we
have no doubt that the Repudiators have suc
ceeded by a decided majority—so roguery is yet
in the ascendancy.
Michigan.
We have reports, says the New York Tri
bune, from the counties of Wayne, Washte
naw, Monroe, Jackson and Oakland, all of
which have given Locofoeo majorities, as
Washtenaw ought k not to have done. Gov.
Barry’s majority in Detroit is 58; McClelland’s
for Congress 153. The Locofoeos have of
course carried the State on all their tickets,
though we think by a reduced majority.
The Ship Sheffield.—The N. Y. Express
of Tuesday morning says: Every effort is mak
ing to save the cargo, and several vessels were
seen alongside yesterday. The wind has been
favorable for the last forty-eight hours for light
ening the ship, and there is hope that much of
the cargo will be saved. The captain and offi
cers of the ship, with a portion of the crew,
were npon the wreck.
The lighter Alice Elice, Ross, came up yes
terday, from the Sheffield. She left at half past
11 o’clock, when the water was up with the com
ings ot the hatches, and 15 feet alongside at low
water. She brought upthe anchors, chains, &c.
None ot the cargo had been got out, owing to
the high winds and the position of the ship.—
The steam pump was on board, and was to
have commenced operations shortly’ after the I
lighter left.
Rain.— “ The Rain it raineth every day."— The
Memphis Eagle of the 6th inst says:—We are
in the midst of another “settled” rain. It com
menced about 9 o’clock last evening, and at 8
this morning it is yet raining hard. Truly the
windows of heaven are at feast half opened ;up
l on us, for we have not had two clear days in sue.
cession, without rain, for nearly three weeks
We are indebted, says the Phil. North /liner
ican, loan esteemed friend for the following
beautiful essay, the source of vhich is indica
ted. ,
Essaj| on Forgiveness.
Written bv Mr. Henry Shears, the elder, and
father of Henry and John Shears, who were
executed, as United Irishmen, in 1798.
It is to be feared that there arc some, who,
from considering the Lord's Prayer only as it
stands in our Liturgy, have been led into an im
perfect idea of the iretition for forgiveness. In
the Greek of St. Matthew, it tjns thus:—‘For
give us our debts, as we fofifcve our debtors-,’
and to this St. Luke correspfflfa—“Forgive usi
our sins, for we also forgive (tlto.-.e who arc in
netted to us.’ Why any deviation should have
been made trom words so sacreit, I do not know.
The literal construction, ffikes in alt that
is intended by trespasses, and. more: in its first
and immediate sense, it means those obligations
relative to property which aris' from tlie inter
course of society, and extends also to the great
circle of duties which mat 05‘ es toman, and
every man to his Creator. ijfe,
Existence, reason, a possession
of temporary and an offer of gmtlless blessings,
form a debt too great to bOWiffirged. The
warmest aspirations of grat'.tfcv are faint, and
the most vigorous exertfonsi#service imper
fect; but our efforts may man, though
they fall short of Heaven, Univer-
.~a 1 < 1 red iL< ■rU”
weuo toiitiiel'S a JHP benignity,
are his favorite offerings ; and the prevailing
petition of his commandsis—that we make each
other happy.
He who stooped to instruct us to ask forgive
ness, makes the remitting ot the debts of others,
tlie express condition of our hopes. This is
the first step of the scale; and the man who
will not rise so far above his passions, can nev
er expect to go higher. To remember injuries
with kindness, to repay evil with good, and
become the cheerful benefactor oi an enemy, are
heights beyond the reach of our unenlightened
ethics. Yet to these mustevery one aspire, whe
would avail himself of the intercessions of the
teacher. But the rudiments of philanthropy
must be learned before we can feel its elevation:
until pity unbars the heart, refinement can meet
no entrance : nor can we dream ol soaring to
angelic heights while we lie stink below the
common standard of humanity.
To deprive a fellow being of ever}’ comfort,
and cover him with every misery, merely for his
incapacity of paying, would evince a malignity
100 diabolical, I hope to be human. Yet, little
better is the relentless creditor’s motive—a
wretched pride of appearing acute and prudent
in the eoes of others, mixed with a little grovel
ling resentment at the idea of a real or intended
imposition on his understanding. For these he
showers woes upon the head of poverty; and
denies to his brother of the dust a little portion
of that mercy, which, if our common Maker
did not unlimitedly possess, the only wish of
every thinking being would be to shrink out of
existence.
To the misplacing of our passions, we owe
most of our errors. Ambitious of eminence,
when in tact, we are most restrained, we are
more jealous ol our intellectual than our moral
merit. We are content to be thought cruel,
provided we are thought sagacious: and to sup
port the fancied stateliness of worldly wisdom,
descend below the rank of the common execu
tioner; we catch at a revenge, not palliated by
the plea of provocation, nordignified by theshow
of spirit—a revenge within the reach of the
most abject being in the community—at which
a man should blush, and a Christian tremble.
Real pre-eminence is bestowed by the hand of
generous forbearance; and the most thriling
flattery is the voice ot misery relieved.* To see
the tear of gratitude swelling in the eye, and the
leatttres throbbing with the emotions oi a bless
ing heart; to see happiness, like a new creation
brightening up at our touch, and feeling our
selves rising in the estimation of the source ot
being, these create a pride which humility may
avow, and a superiority which will survive the
fleeting phantom of distinction.
The eye that reads this paper must close; the
hands that hold it mnst rot—nor is the time far
off. Business in vain endeavours tc Subdue, or
levity to expel the thought. It has a voice of
thunder, and will be heard. When that which
is dreadful is also inevitable, —to disarm it of all
its terrors is all that is felt us. Religion points
to the means, and reason urges us to embrace
’ ’when'aid is vain, and joy 'When the
soul begins to disentaßgfe, and feels the presages
of the approaching future, trom a consciousness
of the past; when the stage of life is darkened,
and the great, much talked of scene begins to
real ize, and open on the view, the debts we have
forgiven, and the miseries we have relieved, will
play with cherub laces round the fancy, and
turn to rapture the pangs of dissolution.
To such jovs and prospects, some hearts have
made themselves insensible, but from the do
minion of fear there are none exempt. The
Great Former of our natures, therefore, intimi
dates while he allures, and denounces a reverse,
from which the imagination revolts in terror.
In the catalogue of transgressions inexorability
stands dreadfully distinguished. To every oth
er offender, —though he may shudder at the jus
tice of the Almighty,—there is still some re
sourceremaining in his mercy. But he who de
nies mercy, forfeits mercy. He disclaims tire
saving attribute, which softens the terrors of
Omnipotence, and quits the last hold that hangs
from heaven over the gulph of eternity I
If death and judgmentbe not chimeras; if the
Son of God knew the will of his Father; if that
will be founded on immutable truth,—lie who
does not forgive, will not be forgiven.
53r The Mobile Advertiser of the 13lh says ;
—The mail steamer Fashion, we regret to learn,
run hard aground in a fog, on Friday morning
last on the south side of Dauphin Island, in
which perilous situation she yet remains. The
mail, which she had on board, and was due
here on that morning from New Orleans, arrived
j esterday. The passengers have also arrived.
One schooner and the steamer Gen. Gaines bave
been despatched to give her relief, and it is hoped
by their assistance both the boat and the cargo
will be saved. The passengers, we learn, at
tach no blame whatever to the pilot for the acci
dent.
Ohio.—The Cincinnati Gazette says that the
Delegates to the Whig National Convention, to
be held in Baltimore in May next, have been
appointed in most of the Districts in Ohio, with
subs itutes in cases of accident. These Dele
gates have, in most cases, been instructed to
urge the nomination of Henry Clay for the
Presidency.
Philadelphia Firemen. —The Firemen in
the city of Philadelphia appear to be a set of row
dies ol the worst character. At the National
Theatre on Saturday evening they had a very
general fight; performances were for the benefit
of one of the companies, and the house was
crowded, two-thirds of the whole number present
beingfiremen. Several individuals were beaten
nearly to death and others very seriously injured.
On Sunday afternoon an alarm of. fire was
given, when another fight took place in Chestnut
street, in front ofthe State House between the
Baltimore and the Fairmount companies.
53- Col. Benton, in a recent letter to a portion
ofthe Loco Focos of Monroe county in Missou
ri, takes occasion to say that he "will not attend
the Baltimore Convention for the nomination of
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presi
dency,” in conformity with the appointment of
the members ot the Legislature last winter.
Dissensions in the Cabinet.—The Madiso
nian republishes a paragraph which we copied
trom the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, and to
which we appended a remark that the subject
of the difficulty in the President’s Cabinet was
the Texas question—and adds —
We are authorised to say, that there is no
truth in the rumors above stated and alluded to.
The Mexican Indemnity.—Fears have been
expressed, says the N. O. Crescent of Saturday,
that the vessel in which the last instalment of
the Mexican Indemnity was shipped, had been
lost at sea. When the Vincennes left Vera
Cruz on the 29th of August, the money had ar
rived there and was to be shipped in three or
four days. Nothing has been heard of it since,
and though we ha ve had no positive inst rmation
of the vessels sailing from Vera Cruz, yet there
!is no reason to doubt that she did, and hence the
fears of her loss are not without good reason.
£3rThe cargo of the packet ship Sheffield,
wrecked on Long Island, is valued at over 100,-
000, and the ship al $25,000. She is insured in
various offices in Wall street for $24,000, and
on the cargo to the amount of $37,000. The
fest ofthe cargo is insured in England.
Drinking Heaths. —Lord Bacon, on being
asked to drink the king's health, replied that he
uxmld drink far his on health, and pray for that
ofthe King
MONDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 20.
The Mails.
The northern mail failed last night beyond
Baltimore. The mail from New Orleans has
failed for two days, there will therefore be three
mails due this morning.
A W hig Triumph.
At the special election in Lumpkin county to
fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives
of Mr. Mathews, deceased, Stephen Douglass
Crane was elected, overhis two Locofbco com
petitors. Mr. C. has for years done good and
faithful service in the ranks of the self-styled
Democracy, but having recently seen the error
of his way, has renounced Locofocoism and
enlisted under the banner of the gallant “Harry
of the West,” and proclaims himself henceforth
a Whig.
Massachusetts Election.
The Boston Atlas, in an extra, dated 1 P. M.
on Tuesday, has returns from the entire State
except four towns, viz. Florida, Hancock, and
Williamstown, in Berkshire county, and Chat-
Barnstable county.
The result is that Mr. Briggs, the Whig »n
--”<fWste fd: Cor?.»'•.w, h«>. r and’Mv.
Morton 52,681 —being a Whig majority 0f4,727.
The Abolition and scattering votes amount to
8,771, and prevent an election by the people.—
The total gain to the Whig vote over that of last
year is 6,352.
Twelve Whigs and seven Locofoeos are elect
ed to the Senate, leaving twenty-one vacancies
in that body to bi filled by the House of Repre
sentatives. To the House 153 Whigs have
been elected and 109 Locofoeos, and 137 towns
have made no choice. Os the towns that have
not chosen, the Atlas says that many have voted
not to send, and many have no right to send,
having exhausted their constitutional privilege
to be represented ; and that, if those having the
right will do their duty, there, is no tear but that
the Commonwealth will be placed in the hands
ol those whom the people may safely trust, and
who will administer her public affairs according
to the counsels ol prudence, integrity, and pa
triotism.
Mr. Grinnell (Whig) is elected to Congress
from the tenth disirict by a majority exceeding
600 votes. Partial returns from the other three
Congressional districts indicate that they have
all failed to effect a choice.
The Packet Ship Sheffield.
The Commercial Advertiser of Wednesday
afternoon, says: Contrary to all expectations,
the ship Sheffield was got off on Tuesday at half
past 11 o’clock, and was taken in tow by the
steamboats Wave and Hercules, which brought
her to the dock the same evening. She was
freed of water by the underwriters’ steam pump
sufficiently to float her from the bottom, the
depth where she lay being such that at high tide
the water was up to the combings ol tlie hatches
on the upper deck.
She is now alongside the pier next to the
screw dock, and the bag made to float the West
chester is now in progress of being placed under
her, so that she will be ready to discharge her
cargo on Wednesday.
Money Matters.—The New York Courier
of Wednesday morning says—
Our Banks are oveiflowing with money: their
deposites are heavy and the difficulty of obtain
ing mercantile securities has induced them to
loan freely on Stocks. The fall business has
not been of a nature to absorb the capital of the
Batiks: on the contrary a plethora of money lias
existed, and is.likely to continue while our ex.
ports are on the increase, and our jm£SC!&
"porary Joans iseasiiy procured at 2} a 3 per
cent., and for those of longer duration at 3a6
per cent., according to the nature of the securi
ties.
There is a fair demand for exchange on the
South, and rates arc stead}'.
The supply ot Foreign Bills is large, and the
operations for the packets of the 16th have been
to a fair extent—rates however have fallen con
siderably, and there is every reason to anticipate
further importations of bullion during the winter.
With the exception of a few shipments to the
South there is no demand for Specie, and nearly
every description is at par.
Correspondence yf the Baltimore Patriot.
New York, Wednesday, p. m.
The sales at the Stock Exchange have been
to a considerable extent to-day, mostly at yester
day’s quotations; towards the close, however, a
slight decline took place in a few descriptions.
Exchanges are finii to-day, 1071 a 108 on
London, and 5,35 on Paris; nothing has been
done in Southern kinds of any account. This
being packet day other business has been com
paratively neglected. Nothing has been done
in cotton to-day worthy of notice, the market is
firm.
There has been much less activity in flour.
Genesee, Ohio and Michigan may be quoted at
$4,68f © $4,75; but few sales have been made
at the latter rate.
75 hhds New Orleans sugar sold at $6,69 ©
6,75.
The Roman Catholic Church.—We under
stand, says the N. Y. Express, that letters have
been received from Rome, by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Kenrick, of Philadelphia, announcing
the appointment of the nine new Bishops for
the United States, who were elected at the last
Council of Baltimore. They are as follows:
Rt. Rev. Dr. O’Connor, D. D.; Bishop of Pitts
burgh.
Rt. Rev. Wm. Quarters, D. D; Bishop of Chi
cago.
Rt. Rev. A. Byrnes, D. D.; Bishop ol Arkansas.
Rt. Rev. John McCluskey, D. D. Asst. Bishop
ot N. York.
Rt. Rev. Mr. Henrie, D. D.; Bishop of Mil
waukie.
Rt. Rev. Mr. Blanchet, D. D; Bishop ot Oregon.
Rt. Rev. John Fitzpatrick, D. D.; Asst. Bishop
of Boston
Rt. Rev. Mr. Tyler, D. D.; Bishop ot Hartford.
Rt. Rev. Mr. Reynolds, D. D.; Bishop of
Charleston.
Genyal Clinch.
The St. Augustine News notices the sugges
tion ofthe Whigsot this city ot the name of
Gen. Clinch for the vacancy in Congress, and
remarks:
“Though for some years past Get/ Clinch
has been a resident of Georgia, yet from his
long residence in this Territory, and his inter
est in East Florida, our citizens wilt feel the
liveliest satisfaction in his acceptance of any
station which might be urged upon him. Judg
ing from the past, we can truly say, that among
all her gifted sons Georgia has none who,
we believe, will be found more capable of doing
her justice, or more devoted to her true interests
than this gentleman. To the sincerity, the de
cision and the chivalry of a brave and gallant
soldier, he adds the comprehension and busi
ness talents of a statesman. Could he be indu
ced to accept a place in Congress, to his State
and not to himself will be the gain. To him
the station will add nothing; tn his State and the
nation his character and influence will be of
great advantage. It is a patriotic wish, that he
may be elected, ane that he may be induced to
supply the vacancy in the Congressional dele
gation of Georgia.
Well Directed natirc.
The editor of the East Alabamian in a flatter
ing notice of the candidacy of a very mili
tary’looking man for a Major Generalship of
Alabama, thus hits oil a very common ambition
for military titles, which would apply to sonic
of our “ Georgia Colonels."
“It is so common for the aspirations of men
to be directed towards offices which they have
no capacity to fill, that w hen we do chance up
on an instance of well directed, laudable ambi
bition, we cannot choose but record it. Nothing
is more common than for high military offices
to be sought by your lean, gaunt, Cassius-ltke
fellows, with narrow, cadaverous visages, legs
like ramrods, and bodies like walking caries.
Such men generally think that their monkey
like proportions are displayed to the best advan
tage, on horseback, in tight military costnme;
and are never content until they head, at least a
Battallion.
Hardened round us, encasing wholly every
notion we form, is a wrappage of traditions,
hearsays, mere words: we call that fire of the
black thunder-cloud electricity, and lecture
learnedly about it, and grind the like of it out of
: glass gfld silk; but what is it ? Whence comes
it ? Where goes it ? Carlyle
Mechauics’ Meeting.
At a meeting of the Mechanics of Augusta,
held at the Mansion House, on Friday evening,
November 17, Garey F. Parish, Esq., was call
ed to the Chair, and Alexander Philip appoint
ed Secretary.
The Chairman stated that the object of the
meeting was to call the attention of the mechan
ics to the present system of mechanical labor as
adopted in the Penitentiary, and to petition the
Legislature tor its abolishment.
On motion of Wm. O. Eve,
Resolved, That a committee of eleven be ap
pointed by the Chairman to lake into considera
tion the effect produced on free mechanical la
bor, by the prison labor of the penitentiary, and
to prepare a petition to the Legislature, on the
subject.
The Chairman appointed the following nam
ed gentlemen as that Committee:
William Phillips, William O. Eve, Alexan
der Philip, C. A. Platt, W. M. Hight, John
Finn, Israel Bond, Mr. Burleigh, E. E. Scof
fleld, Mr. Coles, Mr. Woodstock,
Who, after retiring for a short time; made the
following report:
The undersigned having been appointed a
’ Cbmnriltee to &ke into ceasX_ftiiion the effect
produced on free mechanical labor by the pri
son labor of the Penitentiary, and prepare a
petition on the subject to the Legislature, make
t he following report:
We have considered the subject mainly on
its influence in mechanical operations, and are
of opinion that mechanical labor in the Peni
tentiary should be abolished.
Ist. Because the felon who is there taught a
trade is not morally reformed, and he is thus
turned out a villain to compete with honest men.
2d. That the sales of goods made at the Pen
itentiary prevents the honest and industrious
maker of the same articles from realizing, to the
full extent of his capital, and his character tor
the faithful execution of his work.
3d. Because in as much as the demand for
our products pre eiminished, it is a tax upon us
for the support of an institution which seldom
accomplishes the object for which it was crea
ted, viz: reformation oi the convict.
4th. Because we believe that the mechanic
arts should be elevated instead of being degra- ,
ded by the Legislature. They contribute as
much, if not more, than mere intellectual pur
suits to the purposes of life. The commerce
of t* world and all the machinery of govern
ment are constantly receiving fresh impulses
by the achievements of mechanics, and we can
not consent to their degradation.
We also submit the following petition as
more fully setting out our opposition to labor
in the Penitentiary.
To the Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe State of Georgia in General Assem
bly.
The undersigned approach your honorable
bodies with deep feelings of regret, that as a class
in society they are comjoelled, in the assertion of
the equality of rights guarantied to them by the
Constitution, to complain of the former acts ol
the Legislature, and now to ask a remedy for
the evils they have created.
These feelings are more deeply impressed,
because this action on their part appears to con
tradict and oppose some of the cherished opin
ions oi philanthropic Statesmen; but, conscious
of its rectitude, and the recent conflagration of a
part of the Penitentiary, affording a favorable
opportunity, they have determined now to come
forward and present their claims, trusting that
at your hands they will receive such favorable
consideration as their importance deserve, and
tliat in your wisdom some measure will be
adoptedfor their relief.
It must be obvious to your honorable bodies,
that there must be something morally wrong in
any system which, lor a moment, admits that
the’ labor of felons and the outcasts of society can
be substituted for the labor of the honest and in
dustrious. It is arguing that the latter may be
compelled to share the rewards of enterprise
and industry with the former, and therelore, that
all mechanical labor is degrading. But to place
fttjjlPflious feature alike penitentiary system in
its most glaring light, suppose for a moment it
was the law to place the most adroit felon, &c.,
amongst the convicts under the tuition of a pro
fessor of Theology or of Law, &c. A glance
will show you that these intellectual labors,
however highly appreciated, would be degraded
by such an act. There are hundreds of young
men in the State seeking to render their labors
available, who, by the invidious distinction
thus created, shrink from the contaminating
contact of the felon, or even with a distant com
petition with them in mechanical operations.
Many of them waste their lives in the vain
attempt to acquire celebrity in the already over
stocked genteel professions, and finally sink in
to habits of vice and immorality, which renders
them a curse to society, and infinitely below the
standard which should be set up Ibr Mechanics.
That the penitentiary system, so far as it requires
the introduction of mechanical labor into the
prison, infringes our right, is quite evident.—
The penitentiary is an institution created for the
punishment ofcrime; the same compact which
authorizes the punishment of crime binds every
citizen, upon principles of equality, to bear a
share of the expense of its Infliction. But it the
convicts are set to work at our trade?, and thus
deprive us of our means, is it not a tyrannical
exaction, that, as Mechanics, we are compelled
to bear the chief burthen ?
With these views, we are willing to admit
that the penitentiary system presen s a means of
punishment more in accordance with humanity
than the sanguinary inflictions of antiquity; but
ve also believe that it is within the power ot
the General Assembly so to direct such means
as to avoid collision with established interests;
and we would resjiectfully suggest that the con
victs be employed in the construction of the
Roads or in the development of the mining re
sources ofthe Stale, or in solitary confinement.
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will
ever pray, &c.
On motion of A. Philip, it was
Resolved, That a committee of four be ap
pointed by the Chairman, one from each Ward,
whose duty it shall be to procure signatures to
tlje petition, and to recommend to the mechan
ics throughout the State, that they should hold
public meetings, and unite with us in endeavor
ing to procure the abolishment ot mechanical
labor in the Penitentiary.
The Chairman appointed the following gen
tlemen that Committee:
A. Philip, H. Blinn, W. O. Eve, and C. F.
Jones.
On motion, the Chairman was added to the
Committee.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the city papers, and that the
diflerent newspapers in the State, favorable to
the objects of this meeting, be requested to copy.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
G. F. PARISH, Chairman.
Alex. Philip, Sec’y.
The Whigs of Marion County, Missouri, held
a meeting on the 28th uli. Delegates were ap
pointed to represent that County in the District
Convention shortly to be held. Among the
resolutions adopted was the following:
Resolved, That the delegates from I his county,
be, and they are hereby instructed to vote lor
no man as delegate to the Whig National Con
vention, who will not support for President of
the United States, Henry Clay first, Henry Clay
last, and Henry Clay all the lime.
The Whigs of St. Louis County, Missouri,
held a meeting for a similar object on the 2d
instant, at which the following resolutions,
among others, were adopted :
Resolved, That, as regards the candidate of
the Whig party for President of the United
States, we do not know or care to know any oth
er than the great statesman and patriot and ex
alted Whig, HENRY CLAY, ot Kentucky, un
der whose banner we go into the approaching
contest, sharing with the Whigs of the whole
country the high and fixed resolve that he must
and will be elected.
Resolved, That the District Convention be
requested to send to the National Convention a
Whig, sound and true, who will go for HENRY
CLAY, “first, last, and all the time.”
Bearnese Proverbs.—“ One eye is enough
for the seller, a hundred is not enough for the
buyer.”
“ Give me today’s meat, yesterday’s bread,
and last year’s wine, and then adieu to the
doctor.”
“ New stories, old friends.”
“ The latest arrived gets the worst bed. ’
“ The evil speaker knows all the world ex
cept himself.”
“ Where on earth is not truth a hanging mat
ter 7”
The Price of Glory.—A writer in the last
number of Blackwood estimates the numbers
left dead on Napoleon’s fields of battle at ole
million eight hundred and eleven thousand!
Correapoudeuce ofthe Chronicle de SeiitlneL
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
Milledgeville, Nov. 14.
Messrs Editors:—The elections for State
House officers were completed about 2 o’clock
to-day, viz:
Surveyor General, Pleasant M. Compton,
ot Butts county.
Comptroller General, David D. Bothwell,
of Jefferson county.
Treasurer, Walter H. Mitchell, of Baldwin
county.
Secretary of State, Nathan C. Barnett, of
Clarke county.
I atn assured that all these gentlemen are
good Whigs, oi unimpeachable character, ani
unquestionable capacity to fill the several offi
ces for which they have been selected. Il is,
therefore, matter ot congratulation, while so ma
ny candidates have been before the Legislature,
whose claims were most earnestly urged by
their respetive friends, that the party has beet l
thus fortunate in the choice made.
I observe that the Democratic presses here
and elsewhere speak deridingly of the number
of Whig candidates for office. It is true that
their name has been legion, but it is equally
true, 1 have no doubt, that a great many of those
who have presented themselves to the Legisla
ture, were induced to do so trom certain rela
tionships which subsisted between themselves
and members on the Democratic side of the
House. What promises of collusion, of bar
gain and sale, or of back-stair influence may
have been made to them by their influence, L
know not. One ol our friends to-day facetious
ly remarked, that “he was not before aware that
the Whigs and Democrats were so closely re
lated.” On being asked to explain, he added,
“that almost every Democratic member had at
least half a dozen cousins, ranging from the first
to the forty-second degree among every batch of
Whig aspirants for office, but that by some mys
terious influence they all concentrated their
votes upon some particular favorite in the fam
ily.”
It was rather amusing, occasionally, to hear
their reasons for supporting this or that particu
lar Whig. Some would sustain A because he
had married a Democratic wife, others prefer
red B because, forsooth, from some personal
pique he had voted against some influential or
prominent Whig; but the mass of them gener
ally voted so as to delay the elections as much
as possible—to waste the time and spend the
money ibr which the Whigs are to be held ac
countable.
To this general rule, I am happy to say, that
there were many honorable exceptions among
our Democratic friends, who regarded only
character and qualifications in their votes, and
evinced an honest anxiety to press forward the
public business.
The afternoon session was short, and employ
ed in the election of certain Brigadier Gener
als, viz:
2nd Brigade, 7th division, John McAfee, of
Lumpkin.
Ist Brigade, 13th division, John W. Dill, of
Early.
Ist Brigade, lltlsdivision, Enoch R. Mills,of
Cobb.
After the election of the above officers, both
Houses adjourned over until 3 o’clock to-mor
row, to give the members an opportunity to at
tend the commencement of Oglethorpe Univer
sity, which takes place at 10 o’clock.
The Federal Courthas been in session to-day.
Messrs Law and Berrien were both in attend
ance, looking unusually well. The former
gentleman, 1 am happy to say, is universally
looked to by both parties as the presiding Judge
of the Court for the Correction of Errors, in case
it is established by the present Legislature.—
This is as yet somewhat problematical, but if
our friends are true to themselves and faithful
to the Constitution, 1 cannot see how they can
hesitate.
Now that the elections are over, I hope that I
may be able to give you something of interest
to your readers. Every thing in the Executive
Department goes on as smoothly with Governor
Crawford and his Secretaries, as if each and
all had been trained to the business tor years, I
have heard more than one express their uatia
faction at the increased promptness and facility
with which business is transacted in the De
partment. Governor Crawford will make an I
admirable Executive officer, and he has now the 9
men around him who will ably sustain him in I
his efforts.
A gentleman from Hancock county has just |
apprised me of a most bloody tragedy which
was enacted there last night. Owing to some
family difficulty, two men named Culver and
Jackson, went armed to the house of a Mr. Law
son to inflict upon him personal chastisement.
Lawson seized his gun and fled under cover of
the darkness, but finding himself hotly pursued, |
turned and fired, and strange to say, killed both
his adversaries at one shot. My informant is a
man of character and veracity, otherwise I
should almost regard the story as fabulous.
I will defer my statement of bills introduced
for a lew days, until both Houses get regularly
to work. c.
From an Oceaeioual Correspondent.
Milledgeville, November 14. |
Messrs Editors:—The Legislature has been
in session eight working days. Their time has |
been necessarily and unavoidably employed in I
the laborious and irksome duty of electing offi
cers for the State. VVhen the number of offices
which it devolved on them, by law, to fill, is
observed, it will not be wondered at that these
duties have consumed so much time, more es
pecially when the swarm of candidates for each
office is remarked, which rendered unavoidable
such frequent ballotings for each. In one elec
tion for Solicitor, there were seventeen ballot
ings. But these duties have at length been fin
ished, and on the morrow subjects of legislation
more interesting to the public at large will be
commenced.
No legislative body, in time of peace, has,
jterchance, ever assembled with more arduous
duties or graver responsibilities before it, than
the present Legislature of Georgia. They
have, as yet, but reached the base ot the moun
tain of their labors. Let us hope that they will
not weary before they have attained its summit.
Every imaginable obstacle will be thrown in
their way; their progress will be impeded at
every step. In the mere election of officers the
Whigs could have things as best pleased them,
because by constitutional provision both Houses
unite on joint ballot—but when each branch re
solves again into its separate sphere, their pow
er is by no means so decisive. On joint ballot
they have nearly fifty majority; but this major
ity, it will be observed, is almost entirely held
by the House of Representatives. In the Sen
ate the reliable majority on any question, is not
more than three.
In this condition, then, we find ourselves, with
a meagre majority in the Senate, and a fierce,
unscrupulous and relentless minority, watching,
with a feline glare, the best opportunity to de
stroy it. Can it be surprising, then, that the
reduction bill, the most important to Georgia,
and the subject ot restless solicitude to her peo- •
pie, should be<hwarted and lost in the Senate, ?
Ido not wish to be the voluntary bearer of ill
tidings, but it is due to candor and delibe rate
observation to say, that there is but too r nuch
ground for such apprehensions. Ruma c, with
her busy tongue, does not hesitate to say ( that a
certain would-be United States Sent 4 tor, has
hinted rather broadly that unless the a nmties an
so divided into Senatorial districts as to mil the Eo
cofoco party of the State, the reducti M hHJ shall
VOL. VR-NO. 47.
not pass the Senate. The passage of this biU,
it will be borne in mind, requires the votes ol
two-lhirdt of each legislative branch. If the
democratic party can defeat the bill in the Sen
ate, by combining against it, they think to throw
themselves into their strong hold, the ignorance
of the people, upon which they mainly rely for
victory, and attempt to impress upon their
minds that "the Whigs had the Legislature, and
would do nothing tor the people I”
ANON.
Mmiu. Editors—l mentioned yesterday
that both Houses had adjourned over to attend
the Commencement at Oglethorpe University-
This morning, the clouds conspired to mar our
anticipated pleasure. The public and private
conveyances were found entirely inadequate te
carry half of those who would otherwise have ,
been present. Those, however, who were for
tunate enough to reach the University, were
amply re-paid for their toil and exposure.
I have heard but one opinion in reference to
the en'ertainments of the day.—Eight young
gentlemen delivered orations, seven ol whom,
I understand, received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. One thing appears to be generally ad- ”
mi tied by those present —that the speakers clear- >
]y evinced in both the matter and delivery of their
orations, that the greatest care and labor had
been expended on their training. This was the
more perceptible because it has been so general
ly neglected in other institutions of the State.—
The Trustees of Franklin College, conscious of
this defect, have determined to remedy it by the
establishment of a distinct professorship and
the selection ot one of the most cultivated minds
in the Stole, for the performance oi its labors.
The Anniversary Oration of Henry R. Jack
son, Esq., before the Thalian and Phi Delta SO
cieties, I did not have the pleasure of hearing!
though 1 understand from different sources that
it fully sustained the growing reputation of its
author—that it was replete with sound sugges
tions couched in language at oncebeautitul and
appropriate.
The Senate did not meet in the afternoon. —
The House convened at 3 o’clock, and consum
ed the balance ofthe day principally in reading
bills the second time. C.
Millbdoevillb, November 16th.
Messrs. Ebitors —The labors of to-day have
been immense. I send you lists ol the Standing
Committees in both Houses, as appointed by
their respective presiding officers.
Resolutions have passed each House, refer
ring all Bills for the incorporation of Churches,
Academies, or Societies; for admitting persons
to practice Law, establishing ferries, election
precincts, &c., to appropriate Committees to
consolidate and report the same in proper form.
The Reduction Bill has been made the order
> ofthe day for Monday next.
The following Bills have been introduced :
| I. To extend the time lor payment of those
' indebted to the Central Bank.
| 2. To compel plaintiffs, where the plea of usu-
| ry is filed, to discover the facia on oath; other
wise to permit the defendant to do so.—This is
I to supersede Bills for Discovery.
3. To create a new Judicial Circuit to be call
ed “Dahlonega,” and fix the times of helding
Courts in the same.
4. To amend the law relating to the manner
of selecting Electors for President ol the United
States, and to regulate the mode and manner of
their meeting, Ac.
5. To authorize Justices ot the Inferior Court
and Justices of the Peace, to issue marriage
licences.
6. To exempt certain property of debtors (via:
100 acres of land) from levy and sale.
7. To authorize the plaintiff to discharge the
defendant when arrested on Ca Sa, but to retain
his property bound for the debt.
8. By Mr. Grieve—for the protection and pre
servation of the rights and property of married
women, and to provide a remedy tot the recove
ry and sale ol their property in certain cases.
This Bill is one of such novelty and impor
tance, and, if passed, will so completely revo
lutionize the relations now subsisting between
the sexes, that 1 will give your readers a summa
ry ol its provisions.
Sec. 1. Married women to become seized or
possessed of property, real or personal, by be
quest, demise, gift, purchase or distribution,
and to hold the same free from the control ot the
husband, and not subject tor his debts—provided
the same does not come to them from their hus
band after coverture.
Sec. 2. Females seized of property, &c., be
fore marriage, shall, after marriage, continue
seized of the same for their own separate use,
&c. &c.
Sec. 3. All property of which the woman is
seized during coverture, by gift, conveyance,
3k., shall enure and belong to her for her sepa
rate use, &c.
I Sec. 4. The control and management of such
property to remain with the husband for the sup
port of himself and family—but the wife may,
in case of misuse or mismanagement, apply to
the Superior Court by nprochei-n amy, and have
a Trustee appointed who shall be governed by
the laws now in force in his management of the
property.
Sec. 5. At the death of the wife, the property
to go to the husband and children, share and
share alike—and then at the death of the hus«
band, to the children. At the death of the hus
band, the wife surviving, the property to go to
the wife and children; and on the death of hus
band or wife, without issue, then the property
to ger to the survivor, their heirs, 3k.
Sec., 6. The Superior Court may grant or re
tuse permission to the husband and wife, on
joint pe.'jtion, to sell and convey said property,
and thei r joint deed, after such permission is
granted, is’good.
What is .to be the fate of this Bill, I am una
ble to say, T understand it has been prepared by
an able Lawyer and Ex-Judge, and that it has
many and ardent friends, as well as some oppo
nents. My own impressions are rather favora
ble to its general objects. It ought certainly to
be very cautious! v gnarded, otherwise it will be
the avenue to innumerable frauds. At any rate,
the proposition is worthy of, and will receive,
the serious consideration of the Legislature.
The act of 1818 raised the fees of public offi
cers 25 per cent. A Bill ba» P as9ed
lower House by a rote of 104 Io 76, repealing
the act of ’lB, and reducing salaries to the old
standard. Its fate in the Senate is doubtful.
A great variety of unimportant Bills on the
second reading has been referred to the appro
priate Committees.
In the Senate this morning, the Bill re-char
tering the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of
Savannah, after a brief disc use ion, passed—yeas
57, noes 27. This is one of the soundest insti.
tulion s in the Blate, and the friends of a sound
currency will be pleased to learn that its char
ter v rill probably be extended 20 years trom
184&.
Il the resolution referring the several subjects
adv erted to in Gov. McDonald’s Message to the
appropriate Committees, was a clause referring
';ha t part relating to “a National Bank—a high
protective Tariff, and the repeal of Gen. Jack
son’s fine,” to the Committee on the State of the
Republic.—Air. Kenan, in Senate, moved to
strike out the above quoted clause; and, upon
his motion, a spirited discussion ensued be
tween Messrs. Kenan, Spalding, Iverson, Bar
tow, and Ridley. The motion prevailed, yeas
42, nays 36. So the Senate refused to refer.—
In the He use, the reference was made without
discussion.
.Several gentlemen are engaged in preparing
Bills dividing the State into Congressional Dis
tricts. I will, at an early day, send you somn
of the plana.