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die part of the Commandment, which j says —“ Six days thou labor and , do all thy work.” This is just as ob- 1 ligatory, ns that part of the com mandment, requiring us to real on {he seventh Hay. POSTSCRIPT--We Inve just seen tire inflowing article. his good, cvcellenl* —it is very < lever in the Bumbiy mail people to announce such -•rernilnation—never too late to net wisely. Rut haw much bolter, had they never agitated this subject, and therefore? nefer hae exposed j tiieiusoives to the imputation.** lh.t ! have been east upon them. Jint let them Stick to their resolution, he quiet, keep Sammy according io| their own liking, and let their neigh bins do the same —and they wiii cer tainly find that the interests of the Sabbath will prosper far better, I’. n under, their imprudent, and inischiev- ‘ otis gimrdi;wrflijp. We hope the Indianitcs will fol low suit. The National Intelligencer of Fri day 21t ultimo, contains a long com munication signed A Friend to the Sabbath, in which it is stated that the petitioners to Congress against the Sunday mails intend to desist from their applications. The rea sons fur this Judicious measure are assigned thus :\. “Our reasojtf* for believing that it is our duty to withdraw, at present, from this field of effort, are the fol lowing : “1. The manner i which our pc ritinnfr-iuive been received and limit ed, both i?t~6a(l out of Congress, has | convinced tis thut nay further prose-! lution of the petitioning plan is not only useless, but worse than useless. | They have not only been rejected, but they have excited feelings which we wish never to see exhibited in our Legislative Ilalls. Motives and de signs w hich we abhor, have been at tributed to us. We have no hope at present that any renewal of our ap plication would be received more fa vorably: and we do not suppose that it is the duty,even off ’hristian meek ness, deliberately to court the repe- j tition of calumny and insult. “2. We begin most sincerely to! doubt, whether, even if tho repeal of j the desecrating law, which we seek, j could he at once obtained, any sub-j sfantial b mo fit would be likely to ic-! suit from it, so long as there shall continue to be such an amount of public sentiment, as we fear there is, j leagued against the measure, and j disposed at every step, to resist it ! with bilterness and passion; and, even if adopted, to thwart its infill- j cnee, by the zealous pursuit of a counter system of profanation. The truth is, experience more and more j discloses, that in all communities, and in free ones especially, it is to j litile purpose that good laws are pas sed, or had laws abrogated, if there be not virtue enough in the commu nity to sustain the execution of the wisest enactments.” SUNDAY MAILS.—We had hoped, after the publication of the! judicious and appropriate manifesto of the Sunday mail gem lemon, which we noticed last week, that they were about to cease from their unprofita ble labors. The great body of the party doubtless will cease; but still there are a few of them who seem, from defeat, to bo inspired with fresh vigor. In a spirit of kindness —w ith all possible respect for honest, per haps, but certainly mistaken mo- \ lives—we would admonish them to pause and reflect. Let them look into their own hearts, and consult their own conscience, whether idle ness be not the rootofall moral mis chief—whether the profanation by i idleness, of the six days in which we j are commanded to labor and do all our work, be not just as criminal as the profanation of the Sabbath by j labor on that day; and consequently i whether their z'Sal w ould not be more commendable —and their labors more profitable, were they directed to the enforcement of a proper ob servance of the six working days; inasmuch as they would have a field six times as large to toil in; and, moreover, that they would thus bring about a due observance of the Sab bath s a matter of physical necessi ty, as well as of moral duty. These are, liowev cr, moral consid erations connected with the subject. The |K>litical considerations connect ed with it are finely illustrated by the fable of ¥ THE AXE HANDLE. A woodman, says tij’e fable, once Tevy politely begged the forest io suffer him to take a handle for his axe. “’Tis the merest trifle,” says lie; “a smai[ limb not four feet long ami about as thick as my wrist is all I want. You will not surely deny me so paltry a favor.” The forest, m the table tells us, was a good na tured soul, and let the woodman take what he wanted. “Now,” said he, alter his axe handle was fairly fitted, “let s try how this will cut,” so to Work he went, without leave asked or give-, cut light and left just where he pleased, and when the for est satv her noblest trees levelled with the dust, she regretted too late her easy complaisance. The good tempered forest is the People; the cunning woodsman is the Priestly Politician; and the axe handle is the Sunday Mail Question. [iV. Y. Sentinel. W\S HI NCi ro N, Fi: cKIT AKY i >►, ISJI. Small Pu.c: —VV o UHler.sUiuil (rotn th Board of Health that the case which first occurred m the residence of Jtir. Stephen G. Pettits, was one of a suspi -icas character, although it could not be positively pronounced the Small Pox ; that the subject has been leuintrd About two miles from town, and that no danger is apprehended from that source, fifteen days having elapsed since the patient first cmnpiuined. Titty have, however, in order to it lieve the fears of tlu: citi zons, recommended the Cominifsioners to adopt such measures as vviil effectually prevent an iiF tetcoursc between the initiates of the family of Mr. Pettits and the citizens of the village, lor a tew d-> vs longer. The second case w hich occured yesterday, is pronounced uncquin-cully tube a plain case oi Mciules. Ourcuizeus, ami persons at a distance wi.>hing to t.Jt this place, med not be under the least apprehension of danger, as there is no cause, at tiiis time for alarm THE Superior Court tor Wilkes county, com menced iti session i t this place on Monday last his Honor Jiu#£c Crawj oitp, presiding, and will probably not adjourn until Tuesday next. His honor is-, from appearance, at this time in as good health as we ltvue seen him at any period since his -appointment as Judge. Georgia Gold. —Almost every day adds additi onal evidence to the great value and extent of the gold mines in luis itw.c. .unut.g those ueiclo ture noticed, the mine known as Elrods mine, seems to have gained ihe most celebrity and have been stilted to be immensely valuable, if vve have .been correctly informed there is one situat ed in the fourth d’tsti ict ot i label sham county su perior to any heretofore discovered, and pt onuses to be inexhaustible. Our information is derived from a source not to be doubted, and tiie utmost confidence may be placed in it. This mine was formerly known as Collins's mine, the one half of which,, at this time, is owned by Capt. Michakf. Brows, of Savannah, Alaj. James P. Heath, of Baltimore, and a DocTm Kten, of Kentucky; the other half is owned by a company of gentle men in Philadelphia, one of whom is at present in Ibis Slate. We are authorised, by unquestionable authori ty in saying that tins mine has been declared by competent judges, to be superior both in richness and extent, to any yet discovered in America, either .North or South. We have s.en a sample of the gold extracted from this mine, and also some of the lock taken fiom it, which from ap pearance and weight,justifies the opinion declar ed by those who have, experimentally, examined it. Alaj Heath, we understated is now on his return from the mine, to Baltimore, and that his most sanguine expectations have been fully rea lised. That there arc other valuable mines within that portion of our chattered limits, at present occupi ed by the Cherokee Indians is well known, and we regret extremely that our last Legislature act ed so unwise and impolitic as not to reserve them for the benefit of the State. We earnestly hope that an opportunity may yet offer tor a succeed ing Legislature to alter the law in relation thereto, so as to preserve the mines in that territory for a public benefit. It would be the means of estab lishing free schools on the most approved and ex tensive scale throughout the State, and placing \ our College on an eminence, at least equal to any jin the Union. Our public roads mi.;hr be turn piked—our rivers made navigable—canals and I rail roads put in sucessful operation, and thus | the whole community bt essentially benefilted THE NEXT GOVERNOR. “In commenting on the approach ing election of Governor, the Wash ington News, of the sth inst. asks, ‘why then has Mr. Haynes been brought forward?’ and answers by declaring that it is ‘to gratify an a ristocricy—to please the wounded am bition of a faction that strikes at the very root of the republican party.’ The remark is evidently designed for Mr. Joel Crawford and his friends, with whom the News for many a year inarched hand in hand. The ter pis are very harsh ones for one friend to apply to another, and as no man’s friends deserve the name of faction istsor aristocrats for merely advising him to offer his services to his coun try, that they may be received or rp jeclotl Jjv the ftro suffrage of his country men, the News must certain ly have other cause to sustain its ac cusation, unless it believes in the in fallibility ol a caucus and its right to j dictate die people. It is the duty of the News to reveal the mystery, and 1 to justify its long: fellowship with tile ‘aristocrats’ and ‘faction.’” REMARKS. £ W'z have copied the above paragraph from the .Macon Telegraph of the 12t!i inst. mfd leave it for our readers to say. at what perio * of our Editorial career, we have “marched hand in i havd for many a year wiili “Joel Crawford and hs liionds.” more than others of the Troup Party, lhat a small portion of any party may, from some cause desert Ihe geueial stuudurd under which 1 it marched for “many a year,’’ will not be dispul- j id, and this we call a faction, in as much as the , low clamour against the ma*\y. In the present • contest we {pi! our.-.<■!< ihe more justified in styling ihe supporteisoi Mr. Havocs a faction, as we •have reason to believe that Air. Joel Crawford w ill himself, if not support Mr. Gilmer, at least decline espousing the cause of bis opponent. But a limited portion of the Troup party wi'l be found on Ihe side of .Mr. Haynes, an.l we cannot believe the Clark party wiiljoin him. Indeed we believe it would be a charilable act in some friend lu itti ! ‘be him of the little popularity lu* possesses, and thereby save his le.dings from the mortification of a most shameful defeat. What then arc his sup porters more than n factious few. who, from per ” J -•! attachment, or tvouwitd ambition, (in hav ing tailed f > fester .in aristocracy.) arc determin ed to hold out opposition, notwithstanding it I strikes “at ihe very root of ike repitblican party?” iVe have, nothing against M.\ May ties, nor would we wish to be understood as desirous of throwing* the least censure upon him as an individual, or upon his claim to (lie principles of a gentleman. ! 1 his has nothing to do with the subject. Wk have always felt promt in main!aining a post in the front rank of the TROUP party, but deny most positively, that we have ever taken a stand in tba ranks of an aristocracy, which we have long since “looked upon with a jaundiced eye,” amt challenge our accuser the Telegraph to turn to our file, and name the date, wherein we have done so. We commenced our Editorial ca reer in April 1828, since which we have been well satisfied that a Jitc of the Crawford ( .NOT Troup) interest, we; e over anxious to sustain their House,- nl all hazards. We have ever been consistent in our course j we'avc censured the conductjof those ofoG- mvn pat ty when we believ ed it was due, and at no time have w e been so illi beral as to suppress approbation, when due to an individual attached to tire paity afiposcd to u’.. We hold that there .s still two leading parties in the state Which have existed for many years ; we are anxious to keep our own united, and regret to see it endangered bv a separation of its mem ticrs in espousing the cause of every espiranf, ie gardless of qualification or claim. We s ay to the 1 Troup party, lie firm united, we stand. At first vve intended to Remain silent upon the ] subject of tiie Governors election, and let the peo- I pie consult llu ir own feeling in relation to the ! man of their choice; hnt when we sre a determi- ! nation, made apparent by the actions of some po- ( litica! aspirants, to destroy the ancient land marks | of the Republicans’ nf Georgia, we feel (hat silence ; would be criminal.’ We denounce no regular po litical party, for those opposed to us. honestly, ) have the same right to enjoy their opinion that I vve have, and we hold it correct, that they should ■ be respected as the/Wc/tLvofour country, although opposed to us as to the manures best suited to the government thereof. Jf our own political creed j is not already sufficiently known, we wish it dis j linedy understood, that we always have, and do \ now, advocate the political principles supported ! by that party, denominated the “TROUP PAR- 1 TV;*’ and at the same time we wish it as distinct- j ly understood (hat we wear the liven/ of no man. j We are under pledge to no man, nor to any partv A ! noi wiil w e'erer be imi need to consult tiie views j of this, or that man, either high in political pie- ! ferment, or bourn down by the weight of oppes- j siiin Our cost, is that of an honest and faithful ! sentinel; our object, the good of our country, re- j ganlless of personal interest. This being the case, ! we cannot do otherwise than -.round the alarm, > whenever we discover a movement which we he- I lieve calculated to deceived be honest citizen and ! destroy the harmony of {hose, who. if let alone, i would euj >v the confidence of each other, and bv 1 their united efforts secure the permanency of those principles which we hold as genuinely re- ( publican, —the land marks of which, have so > clearly been established by that devoted and uu sliukcn patriot, GEORGE AI. TROUP.— iidilor iVeus.] is a list of tlte different States whose have nominated General Jackson for re-election to the Presidency with the number of the electoral votes to which they are at present entitled. Under tne coining a<i portionment the northern and western states will gain a considerable increase, while the eastern states will only retain their present vote, and the southern ami Qiiddle states have less votes than they now have. New York, N-Carolina, 15 Pennsylvania, 28 Alabama, 5 j New Hampshire, * 8 Indiana, 5 Maine, 9 liliuoijty *3 Georgia, 9 90 90 | IIS The New York Courier adds tlte spates of Vir ginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and (Mis souri—2ll votes in all. House o f Representatives, ) Washington, Feb. stli 1831. j Messrs. Fell vV De Lu Motto: Gentlemen— Yesterday and the j day before, there was some angry • debate uj>on Mr. Mallery's bill to re peal the hill of the last year, reduc ing the duty upon Salt.—To day vve put an end to it by laying the hill on the table by a vote of 145 to 41—S<* much for the first effort of Taritfism | to recover lost giound. tram the £ T . States’ Telegraph. W e lay before our readers to-day, i the correct deuce between ihePre^ sjdent nini \i< e-Presideut, ou the subject of the deliberations of the cabinet, prefaced by a short address to the People of the United States, oti the Seminole war, which has been the subject of so much specu lation for the last few weeks. A hope that the causes which led to a difference between these distin guished officers would he satisfacto rily explained, has prevented us jfrorn noticing the many erroneous idistoited representations of the af itair, and which have rendered this ! publication unavoidable. We have j now, for the first time, read tho do jciiincnt, which we have done with much attention, and doubt not that Mr. Calhoun’s vindication will he perfectly satisfactory to those to whom it is addressed. Having for years given a zealous and honest support to these distin guished individuals and to the party of which they arc such prominent members, vve, in common with that | large portion of our fellow-citizens who hear the same political relation to both, fee! a deep /egret at this difference between them. In pro portion to this regret must be the’ indignation against all who have been the plotters and movers in re-! ’ tiling this almost forgotten subject, j and exciting a controversy wlncli 1 could be of no possible advantage jto the country, nor to any one ex cept thecontriversthcmselvcs. They undoubtedly anticipated their per sonal advantage in tlte affair; hut if we do not greatly mistake, they have incurred a weight of responsibility from which therd can he no escape. We say plotters and contrivers ; for it is impossible to read the cor respondence without a thorough con viction that the subject was revived for political purposes. The correspondence above alluded to is concluded with the following let ter : Q. ~>Tr. Cafhovv lo Mr. CrrAcford, returning his letter of 2d October, 1830. Fort Hill, Ocf. 30, 1830. Hut: Tire last mat! brought me your letter of the 2nd instant, hut post marked ihe 23d which I here with return. I cannot condescend to correspond with you on the subject to which it rotors. The controversy is not with you, hut General Jackson. You, from the first, assumed the charact er oi the informer. Under that cha racter only can I know you, which of course precludes ail communica tion between us in relation tt> the controversy, except through Gener al Jackson. Regarding you in the light I do, you may rest assured that no abuse on your* part, however coarse, nor charges against me, however false, can possibly provoke jme to raise you to the level of a principal, by substituting you in the I place ot General Jackson in the cor t icspcuidence. Should you, liowcv ■ fef, submit to the degiadation of ihe position which you have thus volun tarily taken, and will send this or tiny other statement to Gcr-.. Jack sou, and induce him to make it the subject of any further communica tion to me, as confirming in his o pituon ofyonr former statement, or weakening my refutation, I will he prepared, by the most demonstra tive proof, drawn from the paper it self, to show such pal-jmhle errors in your present statement as to destroy all confidence in your assertions; leaving it, however, to those who have the best means of judging, to determine whether the want of truth he owiitfj to a decayed memory or some other cause. Having been taught by the past the necessity of taking all possible precaution where I have any thing to do with you, I deem it prudent not to deprive myself of the advan tage which yoyr paper affords me, and have accordingly taken a copy, as a precautionary measure. I am, &c. J. C. CALHOUN. tY. If. Ct cu> ford, Esq. Melancholy Accident. —On Friday last, a party of gentlemen were on an excursion for deer, about nine mijes from Purysburjr, (S. C.) Mr. Rich ard Winkler composed one of the party, and had taken a stand, wait ing for the app oach of deer, which the dogs were then in pursuit of, in a ditch ta the depth of his waist, ami while in this situation a young la.i tiamed John Cooper, a resident o* this city, who was also in tbewootb in search of game, but unacquaiute of any party being out, discovered a moiioo in the bushes tvbich he took for a turkey, and fired—ami uiouro* tul tr. relate, it proved to he the un fortunate gentleman above named, who was so severely wounded, that he survivied but a few minutes after. The deceased lias left a wife and se veral children, also nmpy relatives to bemoan his untimely cad. Sait. Republican. The court of Appeals of S. 0.. de* eided unanimously in favor of the Constitutionality of the act of the last Legislature, imposing a tax of one per cent, on tho dividends of the Rank of the United States. Present Judges D. Johnson , O’Neale and Ha rper. ——A ugusr.a (’o y t ier. Spring Goods. The Subscribers arc now receiving their supply of SPRING DRY GOODS. CONSISTING of a large and general assortment, which they offer at low prices. JOHN EDGAR. & Cos. Aiurnsta, Ga. Fob. 24, 1831. 36-6tJ Athens Factory. THE subscriber having been ap** pointed an Agent to the above Factory, respectfully informs tho public that n constant supply of spun cotton yarns” manufactured at the same, will he kept for sale at hia store iiPWftshingtou, at the Factory (trices; which it is believed will he sufficiently low to justify the planter in purchasing his supply of cither, or both the articles, rather than attempt to make them at home. JOSEPH YV. ROBINSON. February 22d, 1831. 3G—tf. Administrators Sales. PURSUANT to an order of Rio honorable the Inferior court of Elbert county while sitting for ordi nary purposes, will he sold at Elbert court house on the first Tuesday in May next, the following property to wit ; one tract of land adjoining Thomas Penn. Claiborne Snndidgc and others, in said corn, y containing ~|| acres tnoic or less. ALSO, One tract in said county ad joining Wiley Wall, Giilv Alston unit others Detaining dsf acres more or less. ALSO, All the interest which Johrl A. Heard had in T&Jfr &% acres more or less; adjoining Willis Wall, E. 11. Bowen and others All sold’ as the propei ty of the late Gen. John A. Heard for the benefit of the cre ditors. TI lotiias J. Heard, > , ,* Singleton W. Allen. 3 rs Feb. 23d, 1831. 36—rn2m. W” J LL be sold on the 9th of Jfr pril next, at the lute resi dence of William Hudson, deceased, late of Elben county, a part of the Perishable Property of said dcc’d. consisting of Horse** Cattle, Sheep <fec. ALSO, House-hold and kitchen fur niture, and one set of hlacksmith tools, &c. DAVID HUDSON, adm'f; February 17th, 1831. Bft tds. PERSONS indebted to the tate of William Hudson, dec ld.. late of Elbert county, are requested to make immediate payment: and all those having demands against said estate, are required to presertt diem propei ly authenticated within tfie lime prescribed by law, or this notice will be plead in bar against their recover}'. DAVID HUDSON, adm'r. February 17th, 1831. 36—fir. GEORGIA—WiIkes County. WHEREAS Charles W. Gresham applies to me for letters of adininU **. t.mi on the estate of'lsaac Langdi n and J hese are therefore to cit y suintnm; .-•nri oisli all and singular the knotted and credit* r of de.eased,to be and appeal at tny o i.er i .it.- in the time prescribed hy Imr, to si w a-’-se (if any they havejwity letters -l ould i'-e granted. Given buwii a> oiLc t.’is So . 5.h day of Ir'ebruat jofiXfi. rv3<r. s. c o. FOLK months afterdate, ap plication wilt ‘.e i.iHile u> the Hon ■r:,b : '‘ the in ferior Court p* E ! bert county while silting fV>• Oidinary purp s *s tor leave to sell ihe bahuci of tiien groes bciygiug to the estate of the lat£ i.ieit, Ji.lt t A. Head. th ceased. Thomas J. Heard, ) > Singleton W. Allen > J February 23, 1831.
