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The last Mails from Philadel
phia bave brought *ui intelligence,
vrhiali was to u, and, we presume,
to every body here, very unexpect
ed. At a Town Meeting, held in
that City on Wednesday afternoon
last, to review the prooeedings of
the Ward Meetings, at which Del
egates were appointed to attend a
Convention about to be held at Har
risburg. (for nominating candidates
forelectors,) Mr. Gborgb M. Dal
las, representing the persons, who
first put in nomination Mr. Cal
houn for the Presidency and who
have pertinaciously pressed him oo
the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
formally surrendered liisolairns, and
himself moved a recommendation of
Gen. Jackson for the Pr**<vlen*y
The ftbj rt of (bis pre ceding on
the part of the Philadelphia town
meeting is, by any m*arts, to <*.
©omplish the eud of defeating the
Domination which has been made at
the ’apitol. the avowal of which ob
ject was accompanied by a vehe-
intemperance of lan
guagt®unpreurderiicd. a far as we
know, in any Asse nbly pretending
to be deliberative. I’ is n>t our ol>
j*ct to retort upon this citizen of
Philadelphia and Ins adherents the
epithets of a desperate and heed
less faction,” which be has not been
ashamed to cast upon that assembly
of aged, upright, consistent, and
h nnruble men who constituted the
Meeting at the Capitol. The cause
we support needs not such aids as
these We go further: it disdains
them. But we grieve that the de-
of a worthy and lamented
Republican sh >uld have been the
man to cast this stigma on the
friends and associates of his father's
youth, # of whom he was, when living,
pr md as his fellow laborers in the
political vineyard. ‘Vc are most
sincerely sorry for it.
To the recommendation of (tan.
Jackson, abstractly considered, we
man to take no exception He i* a
distinguished citizen, and a fair
competitor for the Presidential Os
fire: and the People of Philadel
phia preferring him for the office,
have dnno right to iiomi’ ate him.
What we now say oo this subject
proceeds from an astonishment winch
it would he a vain aitempt to con
ceal. that he should be now taken up
by that party who have within the
last month denounced hi other sup
porters in that city, in the grossest
terms, as any thing hut honest m ! *n.
VVe are not entirely of the opin
ion, attributed to one of our most il
lustrious statesmen, that great cities
are great sores on the body poluio.
On the contrary, when danger me
nat“s the Republic, when sacrjices
are required, we have witnessed in
our cities a noble devotion—a gen-
erou* surrender of private interests
and personal prejudices to the pub
lic good. RuS in the quiet limes
we find their palliation
too often factious, and. alas! too of
ten fickle. It is not to-day or yes
terday. that this reflection has arisen
in our minds : it is one which is de
du ihle from every page of hist ory.
Happily, in our l&publie, no city,
nor all its cities confederated, ctvi
ever a quire the power, by its or
tfkeir tumultuary movements, t> rule
tWe national destinies. The steady,
refl • ting, well principled yeoma ry
of the country, will ever possess a
decisive oontrol over the national
weal. If we wanted another rea
son for satisfaction in this convic
tion, w© have it in the unparallelled
desertion of Mr Calhoun by those
who. hut a few days ago, sung lo
sannas to his praise. The very
number of the Washington Uepubli
can which announces this political
somerset, contains a paragraph,
which we suppose was in type be
fore the news came, importing that
“Mr, Calhoun’s prospects were
better than at this moment/’
and that “his prospects in Prnnsyl
“vania have considerably impro-
S •‘ved.” How astounded must (he
conductor of that print have been,
on opening the Franklin Gazette of
Thursday last, at the clap of thun
der from that quarter, whence lie
was wont to hear the dulcet echo of
bis eulogistic strains!
Fnoogli, enough, of (his. We
have not been the supporters of Mr,
Caluuun for the Presidency out,
we are his friends. li’ we had been
his *upportcr9, from conviction, of
his superior claims to the Presiden
cy, we would have cut ;c iT)ur right
hands before we would have treach
erously deserted his cause.
JVuf. Intelligencer.
From the Democratic Press.
it would seem (hat the Caucus ne
initiation has carried much alarm
into the ranks of the opponents of
that good old mode of selecting can
didates. To no other cause can we
ascribe the prompt withdrawal o*’the
name of Mr. Calhoun, who, within a
few days sitieei was held up as one
of the most popular of the candi
dates. Now, ilia friends not only
“strike his flag,” but they fall into
the support of General Jackson,
who, hut a Few days ini*e, they
falselv and indecently denounced as
a Mh rius or a Cataline.
In ilie discussion of this subject,
we shall avoid ail epithets, and, hy
the moderation, consistency, and
firmness of our conduct and lan
‘ git ige, labor to do ouc duty to the
Democracy of ihe l i;o. and pre
serve unbroken the ranks of the D--
mo"ia ! i'‘ party of Pernsylvrv'iia.
Our path is not strewed wi h
yet we shah tread it firmly, We
ask the countenance arid support of
tliM*e Democrats who, at fa-lied to
the principle) of J. ffVi son and Uadi
son, desire to support the system
which give ii< ‘hose excelle..* chi
zensus Chief Magistrates, and who
wish to see a man of their principles,
‘ a <d approved hy them placed to the
Presidential Chair.
REVOLUTIONARY relic.
At ihe Birth* night Call in Balti
more ou the 23d ull a sacred relic
iof the revolution was suspended
among the decorations of the room ;
the original standard of that brave
and valuable corps of cavalry, Pu
laski's Leginn . It was embroidered
hy the Moravian nuns iu Bethle
hem, Pa. The Baltimore American
gives (he following history of it.
On one side are the letters U S,
surrounded by the motto, “unitn
vi fitsfin tior"~oa the reverse, the
ALL seeing rib, with the motto,
*'non alias regit. 99 The Legion was
raised in the spring of 1778, and
rendezvoused at Baltimore, where
it was organized and dig ipliued.
It joined die American army in New
Jersey early in that year, and in the
fall its lieutenant colonel was killed
iu hat Me. In 1779 the Legion w'ts
ordered to the southward, and in
the spring of the year the colonel
was killed before Charleston. At
the afta k .f Savannah, the same
1 year, General Pulaski received his
mortal wound, and in his dying rai
ment bequeathed his sword to his
aid de camp and his belt to our fol
low citizen, C donel (then captain)
Renfaiou In 1780 the major im
nmndant of he Legion was kiMed
at Monk’s Corner, 8. C.and Col.
Reotalou, being the senior captain
of dragoons, became (he commander,
and as such, at the close of the war
retained the standard in his possess
ion.
From the JY*t;i tucket Enquirer.
Mr. editor: 1 noticed in a Yew
York paper, a piece headed ‘‘Yar
row Escape,” which gave an ac
count of the danger the Secretary
of War had been in, owing to the
horses riinni ig away with his ear
riage, about one minute before lie
and hi#lady were ready to step info
it. Some people have a great fa
culty of making a great deal out of
nothing. 1 have no doubt, and all
considerate people will be of ra y o
pinioa, that had Vfr. Calhoun been
in his carriage, ho would probably,
yea certainly have had his brains
dashed out, or would have been
floating in the Tiber with the wreck
of his vehicle. I should like to
knowhow near the Secretary’ was
to his carriage; because, if I could
ascertain this, I can tell to a cer
tainty, how near I came towards
having my brains knocked out the
other day (and every one knows I
have none to spare) by a horse that
was about thirty feet from tne, kick
ing and plunging most outrageous
ly.—Till now 1 never thought my
self in danger; hut since the *re
tary had such a narroio escape. I
apprehend the good sense of the
community will consider that my
escape was as narrow as his. It
puts me in mind, by way of a cir
cumstance that happened to one of
our ancient skippers, about a hun
dred years ago: Captain Amaziah
—... u-ed to sail from this
phi e o Yew Y o k in a small vessel,
ad generally took wi i\ him his son
Z mri, a sleepy headed fellow, who
always reposed on the quarterdeck
in one particular pla *e, and who
was never known to change it, un
less the weather was inclement, or
leave it except from dire necessity,
it happened that ihe vessel met
with an accident in one of her
trip* which bad a terrible effect up
on the Captain. AU at oace his
countenance was altered, hi* mind
was remarkably gloomy, and every
thing about hint, was changed Cos
sadness. However, except the mis
fortune alluded to, Amaziah arrived
in safety at New York, and with a
face lengthened considerably by
mental suffering, he went to the
counting house of the merchant to
whom he was eoosig e*l:—•‘W’ll,
Amoztah,” asked the merchant,
“what kind of a passage have you
had Mi§ time ? M •*! uhfferently
good,” replied Amaziah, though his
countenance gave the lie to his as
sertion ; <oni>” con inued he, “I
liked to have ln fc my son Zimri ;—-
the poor fellow, used to sleep on ooe
particular spot *n de k. a .<! *r> the
passage the boom h<- kc a* .1 fell on
the very spot where he used to
sleep :—“and fell upon poor Zimri
too I simple*” said tie merchant,
qu th \muzi di j “but I am
sure it w<mld. \ I u*d not left him
at home, and if it had, it would
have killed him as dead as a nit ”
P. Q. R.
From Bell's London Weekly Messenger, Dee. 5.
Extraordinary Presentiment
and Fortunate Escape.
Abou* twelve o’clock on Saiurday
night last, as the family es Mr.
Elsegood,apothecary,of Park street,
Grosvenor square, were preparing
to retire to rest, Mrs. Elsegood,
hearing a noise in the street, desired
Mr. Elsegood to look out and see
where the fire was, which she was
sure was in the immediate ncigh
hourhod. as a fire engine had
stopped almost at their own door.
Mr. Elsegood looked from the win
dow. and found that a chariot,which
bad stopped at *ho house next his
own, had caused Mrs. Elsegood’s
alarm. The family then retired.
About half past two o’clock on Nat
urdav morning, Mr, Elsegood wa9
awakened by a strong sensation of
suffocation, a*:d was immediately
convinced that bis room was full of
smoke. He jumped out of bed,
opened the door of his chamber, but
closed it immediately upon perceiv
ing the staircase in flames. Mrs.
Elsegood was, bj this time in strong
hysterics. With a heavy chair Mr.
Elsegood broke through a nailed- up
door, which communicated with the
adjoining room, in which slept four
of his children and a maid servant.
To escape was the next point to be
considered, when he fortunately re
collected that S years before he had
from presentiment provided a rope
with a noose, us a mode by which to
save himself in ease of fire. The
want did not forerun his need, fast
ening this rouud the of his
servant, he lowered her first from
the roof of the house into the street,
and in succession 3 children and
Mrs. Elsegood. Fastening the cud
of the rope to a rafter, he next pre
pared lo descend himself, and had
gone down some feet, when reeoliect
iug that he had toft a tin bos, con
taining, deeds, papers, and cash, on
the parapet, he re-aaceuded, secured
it. and readied ihe ground in safety.
Then fi iding that one of his child
ren was missing, he fi vv to his shop,
found the door open, and the child
standing inside, having run down
the burning staircase without any
other injury than the burning of its
cap and the singing of its hair. A
servant who slept in the kitchen was
next extricated. By prompt exer
tions the fire was almost immedi
ately got under, but a very fine lad
who slept in the shop is missing.
He must have been fully dressed,
with the exception of his hat; and
the shop door having been open
ed from the inside, leaves room to
hope that he has escaped ; the cause
of the fire and his disappearance
remains a mystery. We are sorry
to add, that Mrs. Elsegood remains
alarniingiy ill
Sales of Fractions in Mil
ledgeville.
The Commissioners appointed to
sell the Fractions io the lately ac
quired territory have completed the
business assigned to them, and have
had a full ami final settlement with
the Treasurer. The following state
ment gives a general idea of their
operations:
N umber ol acres sold, 160,987
Amount for which they
sold, g 262.325 25
Average p ice per aare, St 62 12
One tounh of the whole amount
of sales was paid by the purchasers
to the cdimnisioatfrs, and has been
hy them paid aver he the Treasurer,
Gtoigia Journal*
THE NEWS.
W ASHINGTON, March <3.1 *2*
GEORGIA LEGISLATE RE—CENSUS OF
1824.
The constitution of ’he s'ate provides,
“That the House of Representatives shall be com
posed of members from all the counties which now
are or hereafter may be included within this
suae according to their respective numbers of
free xohi e persons and including three-fifths oj
illl ihe peop'e of color: the actual enumeration
shall be. made within two years , ami within eve
ry seven years thereafter, at such time, and
in such manner, as this convention may direct;
each county containing th-ee thousand persons,
agreeably to the foregoing plan of enumeration,
shall be entitled to two members; seven thousand,
to three members and twelve thousand to four
members; but each county shall have at least one ,
and not more :han four members ” By a re.s
orabie calculation, ihe number of represent a
♦ive-. will increase, from one hundred and ele
ven, the number hr house is now composed
of, to one hundred and thirty five, according
to the census w.iich has tw be akeu this year.
To prevent the number from increasing every
seven years, which must indubitably be the
case in proportion to the increase of the popu
lation, the constitution must be amended.
And it mus- be an,ended if the people of lie
state are under the impression, that the num.
ber the bouse of rt-piesentatives is at present
composed of, is fullv sufficient for the perfor
mance of the hifjh duties prescribed to the le
gislature in the constitution. This is a sub
ject of greater importance than the people
are aware of. It is important because ii is
connected with the public expendi ures, and
with the republican principles upon which the
public institutions are established An in*
, crease of the number of represen at ives must
naturally increase the expenditure#,- a num
ber two small mus ; lead to ao hasty and undi
gested adoption of measures which may be
detriment! to the welfare of the sta-e; and a
larger number must protract the debates, and
1 lead to the adoption ot measures of an indeci
sive nature: which frequently leave a doubt of
their constitutionality, because a itgislawve
compromise of opinion is resorted to, to en
sure a majority. The question then ari
ses, what is the necessary number? We sub
mit to ou? readers some remarks on this in e
, resting subject.
It is an incontrovertible fact, that in all de
’ liberative assemblies, a few only of the mem.
, bers have almost the absolute direction of the
business therein transacted, own:g principally
to the superior talen.s and great eloquence ot
[ those few. In the Grecian republics the ora
* torical powers of some ot their citizens, had
■ the greatest influence in their national con
, cerns; and peace or war depended frequently
on he display of rhetorical figures. In ihe
Roman senate eloquence was all powerful; and
before it the grey-headed senators were of
tentimes obliged to bow down with submis
sion. In the British Parliament the most el
■ oquent members have had and have yet. the
• entire management of that body: a few only are
the guides of 650 men. In the beginning of
the French revolution, the e.oquence and ia
-1 lents of a very small number of be members
i of he national and legislative assemblies and
. of the national conventin, managed as they
pleased ihe concerns-of a powerful kingdom.
Even in the Congress of the Utu’ed States,
and in the state legislatures, the power of el
oquence is sensibly felt. Then, if it is admit
ted that in deliberaiive assemblies, * few of
the membets direct the proceedings, it fol
lows of course that too great a number isuse
i less, unless all the members were equally elo
, quent, and possessed in the same degree the
same talents in'he science of legislation. It
is impossible to find a great number of men
of equal talents and eloquence: then those in
ferior musi, in a deliberative assembly, re
main idle spectators of the debates, and give
a silent vote for or against ihe adoption ot any
measure. Ii is true that men may possess
splendid talents for legislation without any
oratorical powers; but in a deliberative assem
bly hose talents are in a measure los* if ‘he
possessors cannot read.ly,in a precise and c m
prehensive ma ner, convey their ideas to their
audi'ors VVe say lost generally,
great orators are m-n of warm passions and
acute sensibili y, which frequently carry them,
in the course of debates, nro&er than they re
ally intended, when they find a strong opposi
tion to their views, is likely to prevail. In
this case the greatest patriots loose sight of the
principal objects they had originally in view;
they let their better judgment be subdued by
their offended pride and their passions; and
finally they support principles which under a
ny other circumstance they would condemn.
They employ all their rhetorical powers to
carry their points ; and however erroneous
their arguments may be, they ane presented
under such beautiful colours,that an audience
not to be moved must be composed of marble
statues instead ot men. In the legislative a-
semblies of republics, opportunities are fre
quently offered for the display of oratorical ta
lents on the wrong side of a question. When
such cases happen, those members whom na
ture has endowed with a good share ot stoic
ism and who are always masters oft heir senses,
never let the main question escape their sight,
or sophistry and rhetorical figures have any
weight in the scale of reason : But if men of
this description can give a conscien ious vote,
can they prevent a great many ot their col
leagues, bewildered by the charms of elo
quence, f rom leaning on ’he side of the ora
tors? If such men have eloquence and talents,
they can turn the scale and rebut the fallacious
arguments of those whom excited feelings and
passions have carried too far. If hey have no
eloquence, if they are silent, vie ory remains
on the other side, their votes will count only
in the minority. In a numerous legislative
assembly, great orators have much more influ
ence because there are m re men of ordinary
ta ents than of great mental acquirements : In
a small assembly, a choice *f members must
have been maae ; and consequently an assem
-1 b!f thus Composed is less liable to be led
astray by the great eloquence of a few of its
members.
The above remarks can be better applied to
the legislative assemblies of consolidated gov-
those of England and Fi ance, than
to a confederate government like that of the
UnitedS*ates,wbere themembersof the confed
eration are sovereign and independent states,
and must necessarily be represemed in the fed
eral assembly proporionabiy to the population
of each state In a con9ol Hated g vernment,*he
members of the legislative assembly have in
View the interest of he whole state without
anv distinc iun to the integral parts, white in
a federa ive gov rnmeni, the m-mjers of a
like assembly have to watch wer tne general
interest of the eontedcrauuo, and the leva! m
> tsrtsl of the slates they represent: two inter
ests which often come in collision, and re
quire the belter judgment of man to concili.
ate. !n such a gover-.ment, especially in a
country possessing immense tracts of unculti
vated and uninhabited land, the number of
representatives cannot well be limited; the
number must increase in propot lion that the
population increases and the lands are cleared
and cultivated, op that new s:atc3 or coun iea
are admitted in the federal compact. In tins
case it may be said that the evils attending an
innumerable gssemblv, will be felt if the ra
tio of he population fop each representative i<4
not augmented proportionably to the increase
of inhabitants. But ti e evim are less perni
cious in a federal legislative assembly because
its labours are not confined to one particular
object, the interest of the whole without con
sideration for any of its parts ; the duties of
the members are divergent, though they
spring from one focus, the general assembly i
the members are not to consider the interest
alone ot the whole, they are to take that
this general interest does not clash with that
of any of the staes or counties they respect,
ively represent. It naturally follows from this
reasoning, that the members ot a federal as
sembly are less liable o be influenced by pop
ular orators and ensnared in the labyrinth of
sophistry, because they are much more alive?
to a sense of he high duties they have to per
form, and are be ter prepared to resist spe
cious arguments, and to look with indifference
at the beautiful rhetorical flowers that may
be si re wed before them.
However, the number of rep resen tat ivesr
must not be too great; otherwise it is expen
sive to the nation, and occasions a dilatonnesa
in legislative proceedings which is frequently
attended with bad consequences Experience
must teach men what number is necessary for
useful purposes ; we entertain no doubt that}
the people of Georgia will find-it out. The
plan we think the best at the present time, is
to increase the rado so as the number of rep
resent ives will remain as it is now In sw
ver. years, the poptiU ton will have again in
creased, and Jprobubly new counties formed 5
then, if experience demons rates ha> he pre
sent number, with he addition of about wen
ty four, will be fully adequate to administer
one of the two legislative branches of the gen
eral assembly, the ratio will have to be increa
sed by an amendment of the constitution.
03* Both branches of the Virginia Legisla
ture met on thr* 2ist and 25th February, fop
■ the purpose of forming an electoral ticket for
the election of President and Vice President
of die United States Before proceeding to
the formation of a ticket, it was agreed by the
meeting to ascertain bv ballot the favorites of
1 the majority for those two high offices. On
counting lie vo.es it was asce tamed, that;
W. H. Caw ford had 139 votes, J Q Adams 7 f
N Macon 6, Andrew Jackson 6, and Henry-
Clay 5, tor the office ot President; and Albctt
Gallatin 131, Langdon Cheves 30, and N. Ma
con 10, for Vice President. Upon which is
was declared that W. H- Crawford and Aiberti
Galla'in were the favorite candidates of Vir
ginia for President and Vice President of the
U. S. The meeting then proceeded to the no
mination of electors.
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‘Administrators Sale.
WILL be sold on Saturday the
24rh of April next, at the late
residence of Tsbitha Burton, deceas
ed, in Elbert county, all the property
of said deceased, consisting of one
gig, crop of cotton, corn and fodder,
coars and ca res, stock of hog*, ba
con, one black mare, and sund y ar
ticles too tedious to mention —Terms
made known on the day of sale.
Leroy Burton, adm’r,
March §, 1824. 11—tds
Executor’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in April
next, Will he 9oid, agreeably
to an order of the oourt of Ordina
ry of Wilkes eounty, at the Court
House of said county,
Fourteen Negroes ,
consisting of men, women, boys and
girls, belonging to the estate of Jo
seph Cohron, deceased, ‘for the be
nefit of the heirs and creditors;
Terms—twelve moths credit, tho
purchasers giving bonds and appro
ved securities.
Joshua Morgan,
Surviving
March 12,1824. 11—tds
Georgia—Wilkes County,
WHERE \SSolomon Lee applies to me
for letters of administration on the es
tate of William Lue, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to shew
cause (if any they have) why said letter*
should no be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this stb d#
of March, 1824.
JOHN DYSON, c c O;
A FIRST HA IE
J A CK,
ILL stand the Spring season
w w at my house in Wiikes coun
ty, at the low price of SIX DOL
LARS the season—and TLN DOL
LARS to insure.
Isham Branham.
•March 10, 1824 j. 11— ts
\jINE months after date appli
ration will be made to ihe bon
o able the Inferior Court of Lioeola
County, while sitting fur ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell the real
estate of Ha uah Holmes, deceased,
for the beoeht of the heirs and creefc
itors.
Ichabod Holmes, adm’r.