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VOLUME X] PI’BUSHEn WIKKLT. BY PHILIP C. GUIEU. F~7* NKW A flit WGEVIENT. Ass nee has discovered to us the little attention pa!d to printing deb s. and the and faculty and expense in collecting such debts, & ** a N-w only can be called l.bcral in paying punctually wiia* they nw c justly, to the printer, v/e tiave, after due consideration, come to ‘his conclusion, ilsa’ we ought sot to oivk chemt A e are compe led, hereto e, to adopt anew plan In consequnce of h , deterinina; .on, osr terms shall in future be,for the paper three dollars per annum, and paid in advance—four d -liars, dpa and within six m-in'ht—and five donam and paid only a* the end of the year For advert is- meats, they are to be paid in ad vance sheriff sales excepted which are to be paid quarterly The above rules shall be ■ triciy observed and no one need apply who is not ready lo comply’ with them lermsot Advertising, 75 cents per square torthefirst insertion, and 62 4-2 cents for Ca.'U continuation. ovFP£rs\ JO! US, PHOCUS— . Ft — f yv—hUMr* FIDDLESTICK Mr. in. Woodly, Friseur, Coiffeur, &c, from M'lledgeville. T| EKDERS the homage of his re fiptc?! and most profound con sider? ton, to the ladies and gentle men of the town of Washington, and its vicinage propinquity, and informs that he propo es w ojouming in the metropolis of Wilkes for a few week for the purpose of exetci ir g his P’ fesswnal talents. From long ex perience in Convolving, : piralating, Br tura:ing, Ca-hura ing, t c *v c hair of every description, he has, ta ken as the e pie ton of the fact the warm elogie< of those his p asfic comb has so often beautified, aeq ai red a proficiency amounting to the “A> plus Ultra” of his art. In short, he has it in hi power to bestow upon his cu tomers whatever degree of p act or bruntii, thetr mode tyorde ficiencies in those particu ars may require - Mr. “ ood j prose ses the real To Kalon! fley* Ladie * who wish to be furn ished w"h ringlets, patent rwisrer . C irc issi n and c nvolu tion , can be supp ! ied Tho.e who wish * uch articles manufactured out of their own material-, by furnishing the raw materials shall be gratified at a 1 light expense. A liberal price giv en to fresh and beautiful hair. February 2s, 1824 Adnanstrator’s Sales. A GUFF ABLY to an order of ihe Honorable C urt of Ordi i’i> . I F.ihrn county, will lie sold a Fiberi Court Hou.se, the first Tuesday in April next, within the lawful sale hours, the following pro perly to wit: I'vvo negro men, Peter, and Ned* sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Job Hammond, sen. deceased, a credit until the 23ih December next, l.ucy Hammond, adm’x. JdihUHiv 16.1824. 3 gj fbt the first Tuesday in April next, wi 1 be sold at the Court house of Oglethorpe county. Two Negroes Jemima nnd belonging to the estate of Matthew Phillips, decea ed, of 6aid county, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. r l erms made known on the day of sale. John Harper, adm’r. Feb. IT, 182 k. B—Or FUOM THE ‘ATIO7?AL INTEUIOEXCEU. ADDRESS, Cf the Republican Members of Con - V- grcss > Fellow Citizens: Pursuant lo roii< e. and conformable to usa:r H the Republican Members of both Houses of Congress, whose names are stated foyny, have proceeded to recommend suitable persons to (ill tle offices of President and Vi< e President of the Coiled Stales, tor the term ensuing the expiration of the present. Exiting circumstan ces will justify, if they do not re quire, a brief expasi ion of the grounds of this proceeding. In it, adaption, and submission to your consideration, we have acted a* members ot the republican party, pursuing the footsteps of those who The Washington News. WASHINGTON, (georgu) SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1324. have gone before us, from the im portant revolution in the polities of the country, resulting in the choice of Mr, Jefferson, to the period of the first election to the present Chief Magistrate. That this course has not been sanctioned by all our repub lican colleagues, is a subject for re gret. Others, with whom we wish ed to associate and unite in measures of conciliation and concord, have, though respectfully invited, declined to co operate with us. Wo have been ready, and anxious, in a gen eral meeting of all the Republican Members, to submit ~tir preferences to the vi iU of ihe majority. Those who diffr with us in opinion have refused their concurrence. It is your righi, and becomes your du y, to decide between us. We intend D • impeachment of the conduct or mn’iveg of others We speak for ourselves only, without aft’ -ting to conceal our expectation of obtaining your approval of the course of pro ceeding we have adopted, ft is i;uw twenty lour years sin <e the great p*ditt al revolution to which we have alluded was effected, and the power which was then a qpbed by repub i .ms in the government of the < Union is still retained. Their en- i joymeut of this ascendancy has not, however, been undisturbed; on the contrary, they have had an mnvea tied struggle to maintain with the same adversary over whom their triumph was achieved. I? is not to be doubted that it whs hr union and i concert of action that tie strength oi the republican party was consoli d .t and, anti its sueees? i t the decisive * controversy effected* It is as little ! to be doubted that it is by adherence i t the same principle ami policy of action that its unbroken free and continued ascendancy can he preser ved. The reasons for adhering to tins policy of efficiency and safety derive, in out* judgment’, peculiar force from he circumstances which ebarat tertze (ho existing period, the correotness of this pinion is demonstrated by a revision of the grounds which have been assigned far a deviation fr m tha> p. !b*y. Those grounds we understand < he, the supposed obliteration tsf party distinctions, the change of opinion on the subject, whi*b is apprehended to have taken pla* e m the Republi can In dy, and the improbability that a general attendance of the Repute licait members could be obtained. In relation to the correctness of the first oi these grounds, the supposed obliteration of party divi minus your ability to decide can derive lit tle aid from any übserva ious of ours Thai, in some parts of the Union,where Hit* Federal party have always been weaker and less violent, the fact is, in some degree, as sta led, and that, since the late war, their exertions have no where beea as etH ient as formerly, we admit. But that danger is not to be appre hended troui this source, iu connex ion n T, th the pending divisions in the Republican party, and the angry dissensions they are likely toengen der, we deny. That our adversa ries have uot lost their disposition to avail themselves of those divisions, to regain their ascendancy, is con firmed by a reference to*the past, and ought not to be doubted. There is uot an instance to be found in the history of the politics of the different state, for the last twenty years, in which serious and continued divi sions among Republicans have not led to a temporary success of their opponents, Pue same cause will produce a more extended effect oa a larger scale of operations, and, we are persuaded, that ail calculations of a different result, will, in (he end, deceive ami disappoint those who shall he so indiscreet as to indulge them. As it respects the supposed change of sentiment amng the'Re publicans of the Union, on theqaes (ivu of the lit ness of conventions of this character, the proceedings of the last twelve months have strong iy impressed our minds with a dif ferent conclusion. Hereto fire on vetitmas of the Uepubli an Members ot Congress, for ibe nomiuatian of candidates for President and Viee P cside ii, have been held upon the pi'C.'iu ntd approbation of tueir e>- stuuejis chip. X'ae question now, however, stands upon a very differ ent footirig. .Resolutions expressive of their dissent to meetings of this character, have, dnri*g their last session, been passed by the Legisla ture of ihc state of Tennessee, and transmitted to *ho Fxesutives of the other states, for the purpose of being laid before their Legislatures for, conrirpence. No mode could have been adopted better devised to ascer tain the slat** of public sentiment* It is know, that those resolutions have been acted upon by the Legis latures of Maine, New-York, Yir gi ia, Gemgia, North Carolina, Rode Island. Onto, Pennsylvania nud Indiana ; w i< b spates are enti tled to me lin Ad and forty-six out of (he Iw o hundred ov.d sixty one Totes to he givefin tire United fetn'es. By the repubft an members of the Legislatures of the four states fi*st named aid entitled to seventy-right votes, resolutiins have been passed, with great unanimity, approving in I lie warmest mins, su"h a meeting as has been held. In the remaining slates mentioned* the resolu ions of Tennessee have been postponed, in some instances, indefinitely, and in olhers disposed of in a manner evin cive of a determination not to act upon them. In no sidle, except Ma ryland, entitled to eleven votes, has there been an expressio?; of concur rence, by the Legislature, io the views of the Legisia ure of “Tennes see. In South Carolina, entitled to the same number of votes, one branch of the Legislature, in opposi tion to the opinion oi the other, has expressed such concurrence. Nor have tlie members of the Legisla ture of any state, in their individual capacity, expressed similar views. From reference to these tacts, we feel authorized iu the belief that a large majority of the Republicans of the Union have desired and expected the adoption of the course which, under the influence of those impres sions, we have felt it our duty to pursue. O i thi rcftrdriuing subject of review, we lave a word only to offer. The circumstance of the ab sence of so raaiy Republicans from our meeting hw already been stated as a subject for regret, it is neith er our privilege nor disposition to exercise any right of judgment on their conduct. We have been uni form in the expression of our readi ness io abide bj the sentiment of a general convention of cur Republi can brethren, &od to renounce our predilections in obedience to its a ward. Vamui causes have combi ned to reduce the number of those who have attended. Several who were frie dly to the candidates no minated, had objections, which they opueeived to be to-a ruled in princi ple ; other circa mstances have co operated.— Wit it on* detaining you by an enumeration, we content our selves wi'ii a reference to the stri king fact, that although the states of New-York, Virginia, and Maine have, with their unusual unanimity, recommended to their Members, in express terms, to attend this meet ing, only thirty-four persons have represented the sixty tune votes to which they will be entitled ia the election We will not attempt to conceal the anxiety with which we are im- pressed by the present conjuncture. To our minds, the course of recent events p ints to the entire dismem berment oi the party to which it is our pride to be attached. The ad mission, unreservedly made, that, on the q lestion of the expediency of a convention, the entire amalgama tion of parties has been assumed is, of itself, sufficient ground of solici tude. Other considerations justify apprehensions of the same charac ter. The injurious consequences likely lobe produ ed by a depar ture at this time, from the ancient usages of ih - party, will uot be con fined to the election of President and Vice President. Exertions are ev ery where making, to break up the entire system of eunventious for the nomination of candidates, in refer ence to state as well as federal elec tions. It is submiUed, then, whe ther ao abandonment of the prac tice here will not involve tbe ulti ma e prostration of the system wherever it prevails, aud with it the securities of the republican ascen dancy. It is from au apprehension of such results, in the event of the ahando ment of established princi ples, and of the usage of the party, that we have adopted the proceed ings now submitted to your consul eration. The question is , in our best judgment, one touching the dismem berment or preservation of the party. This question it is your province to decide. The office we have sought to discharge has been to place the subject beiore you for this decision. The limits allotted to this address will cot permit U 9 to dwell oo the many and pressing consideiations of a more general nature, urging to union among republic ans, with a view to the decision of the approach ing election of the lust officers ot the government by the people, and the avoidante of the uualleviated mis* bid's of an election by the i House of Representatives, Among I the most striking of these oouider ations is to be ranked the inevitable ine'beieney, as it respects the mea sures, both of domestic and foreign character, of an Executive adminis tration having to rely for its support on the co-operation of a Legislature 1 distracted by angry and implacable divisions. Os the persons recom mended to you as candidates it has not been usual to speak. No motive exists to depart from the established usage in this respect. Known to you by a long course of public life, by their uniform devotion to the best interests of the nation, in stations of the highest responsibility, in which their zeal, integrity, and capacity have been amply proved, we arc sat isfied that we have only anticipated your wishes by giving them our re commendation. Without intending to derogate from the merits ol oth ers, for whom your confidence may he solicited, it is just to remind you that the candidate we recommend for the first office in your govern ment, has established a peculiar claim to the esteem of the republi can parcy, by his manly aud disin terested conduct upon a former oo casion, under the strongest tempta tion to become the instrument of compromising its integrity. Bknjvmin Rvqoles, Chairman. F, Collins, Secretary. The number of persons who at tended the Meeting at the Capitol, and voted for Mr. Ckawford, as a Candidate for the Presidency, is not, we are well informed, a~i*orreet test of his actual popularity among the Members. There are many, friend ly to his election, who, because con sidering themselvesxhistruoted not to attend, or for divert other rea sons, did not attend the Meeting. The following statement of fasts is handed to us for publication, from a responsible source. Muoh pains, we understand/ has been taken to make it correct: “It has been satisfactorily ascer tained that the whole number of federalists it) both Houses of Con gress, is forty. There being one vacancy in the Senate, from Louisi ana, the whole No. of members is 260, leaving 220 republicans. Os these, 93 are in favor of Mr, Craw ford, 38 for Mr. Ad 4 ms, 32 for Mr. Clay, 25 for Mr Camioux, and 23 for General Jackson. If the federal gentlemen ha ve a prefer ence, it is not known for whom. Most of the members in favour of Mr. Adams are from the New Eng land states, and their second prefer ence would, with few exceptions, be Mr. Crawford. Mr. Clay’s friends are chiefly from Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri, with a few scattering members in other states. Among the members, Mr. Calhoun is pre- ferred for the Presidency by a great er Dumber than Geo. Jaeksoo. This is accounted for from the circum stance that he has about teo of the democratio members from Pennsyl vania in his favour, while Dot more than two or three are for General Jackson. If this state should not support Mr. Calhoun, he stands lowest of the candidates. It will be seen, then, that nearly as many of Mr. Crawford’s frieods were absent from the meeting as of any other of the caudidatei,” /fat* Intel • -‘M Mr. GALLATIN. The following communication was# handed to us yesterday lor publica tion : •♦Albert Gallatin, Esq. is no minated, by the late Caucus held its the Capitol as a Candidate for thd Ofiioe of Vice President of the Uni ted States. Mr. Gallatin is a /hr- < eigner by birth ♦ and the Constitution of the United States declares that "no person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President” The C *u stituiion also declares, “that no per* son. consti utionally inehg ble to the office of P esident, shall be cligiblei to that of Viet President Wa* Mtv Gallatin a citizen of the United States, upon the 17th September* 1787, when the Constitution was rat ified ? If he was, by what act did hoi become so ? He could uot have b en made a citizen by any aet of naittr— alization, as the first law upon that subject, passed 20th March, 1790* I would he much pleated if some of* the friends or members of (he Cau cus which nominated him, wouUl answer these inquiries If he b<* not eligible, why hold him up foe* public choice V* We are happy in having it io our’ power, without delay, to satisfy the doubts of our correspondent, aod of such of our readers as may enter tain any, on this subject, by testU mony the most indubitable. The qualifications required by th Ist section, article 2d, of (he Con** siitution, for President of <he Uni ted States, are, that “No person* “except a natural born citizen, or a “citizen of the United Slates at the> “time of the adoption of this Con stitution, shall be eligible to the “office of President; neither shall “any person be eligible to that office “who shall not have attained to the “age of thirty five years, aud beea “fourteen years a resident within “the Uuited States.” Audthel2tU “article of the amendments to tho provides, diet “No “person constitutionally ineligible “to the office of President shall b© “eligible to that of Vice Presideot “of the United 818161.“ Let th* facts in the case of Mr. Gallatin b subjected to the test of these provU sions, taken in connection. Mr. Gallatin was elected a Sen* ator of (he United States in the Third Congress (4793-4) from thfr Stale of Pennsylvania. His a*at was contested, and in the end vaca ted, on the ground that he had 00l been “nine years a citizen of the Unitei Stales whioh is one of the qualifications required for the office of Seoator. In the course of the discussion of this question in the Se oate, a statement of faots was made up, by Mr. Gallatin and those who disputed his right to his seat: We have turned to the Journal of the Senate of that date, and copied that statement below, as a full and conclusive solution of the doubts which our friend, or any other per son, may entertain, of the eligibility of AJbert Gallatin to the Vice Pre sidency of the United States. He migrated to this country during the War of the Revolution, served in the Militia during that war, took, the oath of allegiance io the year 1785, was a citizen consequently four years before “the time of (bo adaption of the Constitution,” and from its adoption inclusive, till with in a few weeks last past, has been every hour of his life in public sta tions, eleven years of which time he was at the head of one of the Ex*- ecutive Departments, and the last twelve years of which time he baa been io different diplomatic sta tions. From the J nirnal of the Senate, of Feb. 28, 1791. Subjoined is the statement of facts exhibited by Mr. Gallatin, and a~ greed to between him and the coun sel for the petitioners, as mentioned, the 20th instant: “Albert Gallatin was bora at Geneva, on the 29th day of January* 1761. He left that piaoe for the United States io April or May. 1780, arrived in Boston, (Massachusetts,) on tbe 11th 15th July, of the sumo year, and has ever since resided [No. 10.