News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844, December 03, 1840, Image 2

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.•rntd the mountainous orgia possesses more min es than any other'ofthe United & that almost every mineral in the •u will be found within her borders.— .den of science are looking to Georgia for the full developement of her resources— surely every enlightened citizen of this fa vored State, must be, will be, ready to en courage and to patronise a thorough inves tigation. Botany and natural history of the State are also contemplated in the instruction.— These are attended to and will appear in the consolidated report of the survey of the whole State. A young lady has volunteered her ser vices to make a collection of all the differ ed species ofthe plants found in Georgia, to arrange and classify the same in an Her- Barium for the State. The work as far as she has gone, is for inspection at the Geolo gical office. I have experienced great inconvenience in the want of some vehicle to convey bag gage, specimens, Ac. as my barouche is only sufficient for the various instruments necessary in the prosecution of the survey. A thermometrical register has been kept ever since I commenced the survey—the daily and monthly mean heat,, eourses of winds, weather, Sic., accurately noted, to gether withvevery place wh’re the observa tions are made. It was my intention to have commenced my operations at the place 1 left last year, and to have carried up my western section to the State line, from the Pine Mountain in Harris, but after consulting some of the members from these counties in the last session of the Legislature, I was advised not to attempt it until March or April, on account of the badness of the roads in the winter season in those parts. Not wishing to remain idle, I commenced the transverse section line of the State at the falls on Sa vannah river near Augusta, and traversed the same one hundred miles to the lower part of Jones county, noting every thing relative to the Geological formation, and making a drawing of the same. This is one of themostimportantlir.es in a Geological or Agricultural sense that can be made in the survey, as it passes on the edge of the primitive and secondary strata, and through the intermediate rocks, or transition if there be any such, and divides the two great re gions of the State. It passes through Rich mond, part of Columbia, Warren, Hancock, Baldwin, Jones, Bibb, part of Morgan, /Crawford, Talbot, part of Harris and Mus / cogee. It divides the two great belts which / pass from Virginia through North and South Carolina, and Georgia, in a west south-west direction. On the south of it is the great shell lime and marl formation, together with the sand. Both possess peculiar advantages in an agricul tural view. The lower is best calculated for the growing of cotton—the upper for that of grain. It was my intention to have carried this line through to the Chattahoo chee, and then to have proceeded northwest \ through the frontier counties to the State )line, which 1 should have completed by the f first of July if no accident had occurred ; but the rainy season commenced on the 14th of March and continued so long and violent that it was impracticable to proceed. I re turned to Warren county, and explored it in every part as the weather would permit. My progress was daily interrupted by rain and the rise of the water which detained me in the county nearly two months. War ren is situated directly on the edge of the primitive and secondary regions, and em braeessome ofboth ; of course it comprises a great variety of soils- The northern part is a thin sandy soil, and is what is termed siliceous —it is immediately above the lime formation, and some traces of argillaceous and shell marl are found on the extremes of Brier creek and Rocky Comfort. These are branches from the great formation, which passes through Jefferson and Wash ington. They might be profitably applied to the sandy land in the vicinity, but no ac count is made of them at present. The fact is, the planters in this region have yet to learn the science of Agriculture and the spirit of enterprise. The rocks in the low er part of Warren, at the falls on Sweet Water are granite and gneiss, the- upper part of which is decomposed into a coarse sandstone. There is some very fine gran ite for building in this part of the county, it is fine grained and may be cleaved into blocks of almos. any dimensions. There are several tracts of excellent land in the lower part of Warren, but in general it is poor. The creeks *nd branches are bordered with excellent alii'vial soils, but at present there is but little attention paid to clearing and ditching them. “The In dian ponds and Newsom’s ponds,” nine and a half mile southeast from Warrenton, con tain a tract 6f good land, a deep deposite of vegetable and animal matter, wholly de composed. The surrounding land is fer ruginous, of a dark chocolate color, having nearly equal proportions of sand and clay with a small portion of lime and iron. They are the best lands in the south-east part of the county and will average about one thousand acres. There is a bed of iron ore of an inferior quality on Brier creek about two miles N. W. from the falls. It will not yield more than eighteen per cent, of pure iron. Near Warrenton the land changes. It improves in quality; a belt of fine ferrugin ous sand and clay passes a little below Warrenton south west through the county, on which there is some of the first rate pro ductive land. This increases in fertility as it spreads out north and west increasing in fineness and in its argillaceous nature, until it passes into the ferro argillaceous and green sand formation” on the branches of Little River. The upper and western part of the county, taken as a whole, is the best and most productive land. It has a substratum of feldspathic gneiss, with veins of sienite and hornblende slate which de composing form the most productive soils. In purchasing land in this ctmnty to the view of a settlement, the sub-soil and sub stratum should beexamined.forasall earths ara the result of the decomposition of cer tain rocks, the composition of those rocks will determine the soil. If the substratum be siliceous granite or fine grained gneiss, or grey sand stone, the soil there, at first productive, will soon be exhausted under the common mode of culture ; it will be coarse, siliceous and gravelly. If the sub stratum be feldspathic gneiss, or sienite, *or hornblende slate, and this jointed or broken into shingles, the soil is deep ferro argilla-” ceous and permanent, and in this part of the State generally contains beds of green sand, which is more fertilizing than marl or lime by reason ofthepotassa which it con tains. Hence no man can be a successful agriculturalist without some knowledge of the principles of Geology and Mineralogy. Few minerals of value except iron could be discovered in this county. I collected a few specimens for the cabinet, of different kinds; I shall not have space to describe them here, I confine myself wholly to econ omical Geology in this report. I reserve the scientific part for the consolidated re port of the'whole State, when every geolo gical feature in each county will be respectively treated. Every part has been minutely described in my journal, as well as drawings of peculiar sections which is free to your excellency’s inspection and disposal. It is not, I presume, expected that I can do more, in this report, conersey as it must be, tyan describe the general fea tures of the ground which I have traversed the present season. After making a minute examination of every part! of the county of Warren, l made preparations to proceed to the western sec tion of the State. But on my arrival at Sparta, an unprecedented flood swept off the bridges and so damaged the roads, that I found it impracticable to proceed 1 at that time ; I therefore concluded to examine a section of counties on the east side of the Oconee river, from Washington to Union. Hancock, like Warren, is situated on the primitive and secondary regions, and like that, comprises a part of both. The land of the south part is more ferruginous, and there are many fertile tracts, but there is much land that is hardly worth cultivat ing, and that which has been cultivated is washed and denuded of its soil. Beds of argillaceous marl of an excellent quality are deposited on Buffalo creek, and might be obtained in sufficient quantity to reno vate the land in the vicinity. The land lies well; has a good sub-soil and needs only enterprise to restore it to its primitive fertility. Hancock abounds in excellent granite, and in a great many parts it rises to the sur face and may be quarried without much difficulty. The upper part of the county is feldspathic gneiss with veins and dykes of sienite, green stone, Sic. The soil in the vicinity of Sparta, altho’ the hills are denuded, is strong,. and under proper management, would be very fertile. The sub-soil, wbichv in most places, is near the surface, is ferro argillaceous of a deep red color, and when exposed for any length of time, is perfectly pulverulent, and be comes, when dressed with manure, highly productive. There are traces of green sand in all the sub-soil of the ferro argillaceous formations in this county. The soil at Pow elton is of the same kind, and although much exhausted by bad management, still possesses a good foundation, and might be easily reclaimed by agricultural skill.— Brown liginte is found embeded in blue mi caceous sand and clay, twenty-seven feet below the surface, at a place six miles south of Sparta. It has been considered by some as bituminous coal, and they have inferred that there was a bed of coal, contiguous to it; but there are no signs of such a treasure near the place, and the geological position will not justify such an inference. There is no shale or slate to be found, and the red sand stone is not of that kind which consti tutes the coal formation. Calcaneous and argillaceous marl is in abund .nee on the line of the county, about six miles west of the Ogeechee shoals, and in a proper state for manure. A large bed of iron ore is on the east side of Buffalo. It will yield from thirty to for ty per cent, of pure iron. There is another large bed near Sheffield’s ferry, twelve miles west by north of Sparta ; this last is the most valuable, and may be procured in any quantity. The largest tract of good land south of Sparta in the county, is on Buffalo creek. Most of the land on the creek and its branches is first rate for corn or cotton, and is as good as can be found in any of the south-eastern counties. In addition, there are inexhaustible beds of argillaceous marl in the lower part which might be advanta geously applied as a manure. Few coun ties are so favorably situated for the exer cise of a spirit of agricultural ente'rprizeas Hancock. On one side there are numer ous beds of marl, on the other, beds of what is technical ly termed green sand, and with soils to which they are peculiarly appro priate. It see ms as though nature design ed this solely for an agricultural district with the best soil ana’ sub-soil in the world. She places at the disposal of the proprietors the most potent mineral manures ever yet applied to land. I believe that a spirit of improvement is beginning to h? elicited and soon we shall see Hancock resume its pristine fertility. They need only infor mation regarding their soils, and so/ue knowledge of the true principles and prac tice of agriculture to render I?er whole county what it has been, ami probably much of it more productive. Some of the best land in the county is on Shoulder Bone creek and its branches, ex tending from near the county fine to its junction with the Oconee. The land near the mouth is rolling, and in fact the surface is rolling throughout like'whole length of the creek, but there are no hills of much elevation, most of them have been in an high state of fertility, but by bad manage ment, they have been denuded of their prop er soil. There is however an excellent subsoil remaining of the ferro-argillaceous variety containing in its composition the silicated protoxide of iron and pot-ash, which, when prevented from washing, will soon recover its fertility. Many of the en terprising farmers in the upper part of the county, are making experiments to reclaim if possible, their exhausted lands, and they have in part succeeded. The plan is to hor izontalize, as it is called, both by ditching and ploughing. If properly managed, the land is effectually secured from the effects ofthe most washing rains, as the past sea son has proved. Washing is a greater evil in ferro argillaceous land than in any other where there is a deep pulverulent sub soil and beds of green sand—such is the land in Mt. Zion and vicinity. The ditch es must be made so as to suit the contour of the ground, and at a distance from each other corresponding with the declivity. If the hill be steep, they must be in the same proportion nearer each other. If the sur face of the hill be irregular, the ditches must be made so as to correspond with the irregularity ; that is, the curves passing the ridges must deviate more from a straight course. All the ditches must communi cate with a marginal ditch sufficiently deep to receive all the water of the hori zontal ditches. Two deep furrows with a plough is generally sufficient for all com mon fields. The most hilly land in this county that is cultivated, will not require ditches nearer than fifty feet, but they should be parallel to each other, and the , ploughed furrows should also be parallel. The earth from the ditches should form an embankment on their lower margins. If these ditches be properly constructed, and their curves made to correspond with the undulations ofthe surface, the soil between them will be effectually guarded against washing. In most fields they need not be more than one foot in depth, and two in width, provided the earth taken from the ditch be made an embankment. These ditches being nearly horizontal, serve in a degree to irrigate the soil and thus rapidly to increase its fertility. Should this meth od be generally adopted by the planters of the upper part of Hancock, the lands in one or two years would assume an entirely dif ferent appearance and their produce would be, doubled. There is a locality of steatite, or soap stone, on Shoulder-bone creek, nine miles north-west from Sparta; it is soft, easily cut or sawed, and might be useful for chim nies. A belt of the green sand formation passes through the upper part of the county, which renders this land valuable. I find on an alysis, that this contains from 14 to 15 per cent, of potassa. This is what, in a geological sense, is called the upper greensand, and differs somewhat from that in south-western Georgia, which is the lower. It is however, equally valuable as a manure. For these lands, it is considered preferable to plaister of paris, lime, or marl. The belt is narrow, but it may be found 1 in detached beds on almost every plantation that contains the ferro argilla ceous earth. The farmers who wish to make Haneeck their permanent residence, would find; it for their interest to seach for it. The situation of green sand in Shoulder bone is nearly a mile wide, but it is found occasionally six or eight miles below. It is found on an average about 8 feet from the surface. An excavation was made in to 1 the stratum to the depth of ten feet with out getting through it. The quality im proves with the depth. I analized a speci men taken from the lower part of this stra tum—in one hundred parts were the follow ing—silicated protoxide of iron, 22. Potassa, 10.5 Lime, a trace The land in the lower part of Green county is granitic except near the creeks and branches, where it is ferruginous. The substratum is a coarse gneiss and the sur face is strewed with fragmentary rocks of gneiss and granite, with large boulders of the latter weighing several tons. The sur faces of all the rocks exposed to the weath er, are in a state of decomposition, but as they contain no great quantity of feldspar they afford but little clay to the soil. The south-western corner of the county near the river, and on Richland creek, especially, is very fine productive land. It is ferro ar gillaceous and contains beds of green sand of a good quality for manure. Richland creek is within the ferro argillaceous and green sand formation, and is bordered by good land for most of its course. The great ferro argillaceous belt enters the county at the north-east, and passes in a west south west course through it. The town of Greensborough is situated on it. In .this formation green sand is deposited, although it is occasionally found thirty miles above, though not in general of so rich a quality. The formation in Green will average about five miles in width. This contains the best land in the county taken as a whole. ‘ But there are large tracts of excellent lantj,’ in all parts of the county. And the citizens are determined to improve it. An agricul tural spirit and zeal pervades the whole county. They are an highly intelligent, moral & enterprising class of citizens, and they seem determined that Green shall not be behind her sisters in agricultural im provement. Above and below the ferro argillaceous belt the soil alternates, first a belt of grey siliceous earth and the ferruginous sand and clay, both of them run parallel with the ferro argillaceous, and although fertile at first they are sooner exhausted than the la'ter, unless constantly manured. There are no minerals of much conse quence, except the green sand, to be found in the counJv. There are some beds of iron ore, but it is not rich in metal. There is also a vein of the’ gold formation on the land of Robert Newsom in quartz rock. It appears to belong to the vein in Lincoln, but ! doubt its being valuable. I have ob tained some very fine cabinet specimens of minerals from this county, a description of which must be reserved for the general re port. There is a tract of excellent land in the fork of the Oconee and Apalachee. A ridge divides the waters of each, on both sides of which may be found as good land as any in the county. Clark county taken generally is not equal to Green in point of fertility, although there are many tracts of excellent fertile land. But there does not appear to be that spirit of imptovement in this county as in Green. Whether this can be attributed to the quality of the soil, or to the want of ag ricultural skill, I am unable to‘determine, for as a county, the citizens are as intelli gent and industrious as those of any other county in the State. The best land in the county is on the east side of the north Oco nee, here are beds of green sand of a very excellent quality. It is found in small quan tities as far as Watkinsville. There are several beds of iron ore in different parts of the county. There is a bed of Potters clay on Barber’s creek, twelve miles from Ath ens. The substratum of most of the coun ty is gneiss. A dyke of fine’ grained gran ite constitutes the upper falls on the Jack son line. This passes into sienite and horn blende rocks on one side, and micaceous gneiss on the other. I have collected spe cimens of various minerals in the county, but this is not the place to describe them. Jackson, taken as a whole, is an excel , lent county of land, situated as it were, at the base ofthe mountains, the natural con clusion would be, that it was a fertile tract of land. I have particularly examined ev ery part, and I am free to say that I consid er it to be superior on an average, to the counties of Walton, Clark, or Gwinnett. A great part of it is a fine ferruginous sand and clay. The substratum is feldspathic gneiss with green -Stone and sienite, and where these rocks are found we may be sure of good soil. It is favorably situated with regard to water. Besides numerous creeks und branches, three rivers pass through it, making large tracts of deep al luvial grounds. The ridges between the streams and the extreme north-west have a ‘thin siliceous soil. The table land on Hall line, though level, is poor and gravelly. It is one thousand and seventy-eight feet a bove the level of the Ocean. There are beds of good iron ore in almost every part, and the streams afford excellent sites for the erection of furnaces for smelt ing, mills, &c. I have thus given your Excellency an ep itome of my survey as far as I have pro ceeded ; more than two thousand square miles have been explo.ed the present sea son, amidst a daily interruption by rain and consequent destruction of roads and bridges; more than half the time I have been de tained by the weather. Double the num ber of counties would have been explored in common seasons. Should the weather continue favorable, I shall probably com plete the survey of Hall and Lumpkin by the first of November. I have labored ev ery day that the weather would permit, without indulging myself with a recess, as has been usual in the heat of summer, and hope that my exertions will meet your Ex cellency’s approbation and that ofthe Hon able Legislature. In conclusion, I beg leave to present your Excellency with a few remarks on the benefits of a geological survey to Agricul ture. 1. The Planter or Farmer knowing from experiment and observation, the soils which are best fitted for the growing of particular crops, should ascertain what the rocks are in any particular district, and whether they are such as are likely to produce by their disintegration rich and abundant crops. If the rocks are entirely siliceous, he ought to add clay and carbonate of lime; or marl, if it be argillaceous, will answer the purpose of both, in due proportions in order to effect a proper admixture. If there is too much clay in the soil supplied by the subjacent strata, in consequence of which the soil is wet, cold and other ways unfavorable, then he should correct the soil by the addition of sand. 2. The agriculturist, if he knows the for mation of a county, the character of which he is not otherwise acquainted with, is en abled to select that part which is most like ly to yield a fertile soil. And the same remark which applies to a person who is about to commence farming operations in an unknown district, applies also to the case of a person purchasing a plantation. If he is desirous of having land capable of producing fertile crops and a permanent soil, he will prefer the feldspathic gneiss and limestone districts, and avoid the gran itic and grey sand-stone. If he wishes for rich grazing land, he will prefer the trap hills and sienite. This information is pe culiarly important in the middle and north ern sections of Georgia, where no other means exist of discovering previously the productiveness of the land. 3. Nothing is so important to a farmer as a knowledge of the causes of the wet ness and dryness in a soil, and the means which he should adopt to correct the excess of either. Some of his crops may bear or require a dryer soil than others ; and if he knows the nature ofthe rocks which occur in different parts of it where the water will escape of itself through the subjacent stra ta, and those where he may supply the means ofdrainage, which nature has denied. At the same time he is enabled to select those parts of the soil, which by their dry ness or moisture, are best adapted to partie ular crops. 4. A knowledge ofthe position of partic ular strata, enables the farmer to obtain a supply of water when he requires it, and therefore, saves him much trouble and ex pense in searching or digging for it. For ifhe makes himself acquainted with the nature, direction and dips of the rocks, he can tell to a certainty, in what direction the water which filtered through the soil will run and where it will burst out in the form of a spring. 5. To agriculturists and especially plan ters in the middle and southern parts of Georgia particularly, and even 49 the citi zens of the whole State who are desirous ofimproving their lands, and wish to be ac quainted with valuable mineral resources, with which their lands abound, a thorough geological and agricultural survey of the State is of the utmost importance. It will develope stores of mineral manure with which this State abounds, direct the mode of application and designate the soils to which they are peculiarly udapt]^H||lfß the trouble and expense of exper!DHH which very few at present are perform. 6. A knowledge of places where gor j building materials for roads, bridges, and el lings, Ac., may be found and quarried is of vast importance to a civilized community. But without some acquaintance with the nature and positions of rocks in a district, it is impossible to discover, unless by acci dent, the particular spots where suitable stone can be found, and to what depth it must be sought. By following the princi ples of Geology, a person may not only know the species of rock that exists one hundred feet or more below the surface, but the depth that he would have to ex cavate to arrive at it, without the expense of digging, even though there may be dif ferent strata of rock above. These princi ples, geology points out with mathematical accuracy, and they are adopted in every geological survey. These are some of the advantages which would result to agricul turists by judicious geological and agricul tural surveys. It is hoped these remarks will be received as they are intended, not as elicited by interested pecuniary motives, but by a sincere desire that the citizens of my favorite adopted State may duly appre ciate the importance of the great enterprise undertaken with-a single eye. to their good and the interest,.of science, and prosecuted, with unremitting labor, privations and dis. appointments to the present time ; but I do not despair. By the blessing of Heaven, I can accomplish the task. I have the honor to beyour Excellency’s Most obedient and very Humble servant, JOHN RUGGLES COTTING, State Geologist. NEWS AND GAZETTE. principles and. men. WASHINGTON, GA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1840. To Correspondents. Upon examination of the poetical compo sition ofour friend G., we have thought it most advisable, not to publish it. There are many sparks of true poety in it, but we think the author would succeed much bet ter in prose articles after a little practice. We call the attention of the public, to the sales of valuable property in this place, on the first Tuesdays, of January and Febru ary. Capitalists will find it to their inter est to attend these sales. Judge Colquitt, has resigned his seat in Congress. The House ofßepresentatives, have pas sed a Bill, appointing the first day of Feb ruary next, as the day for the resumption of specie payments, by the Banks of this State. It is probably already known to most of our readers,that the difficulty in the Senate, in relation to the choice of a U. S. Senator, is for the present put to rest, by the Van Buren portion of that body, consenting to take no action upon their offensive proposi tion, to lay the resolution appointing a day for the election of a United States Senator, on the table, for the balance of the session. The effect of that proposition, if carried, would have been, that no election for Sen ator could have been had during the pres ent session, and that the minority, only, of the people of Georgia, would have been rep resented in the Senate ofthe United States. To prevem this, the Whig portion of the State Senate, had no other alternative, than to vacate their seats, they being temporari ly in the minority, on account of the ab sence ofsofiie HdfHson Senators; but yet representing, as they did a large majority ofthe people of Georgia, their duty to their constituents called upon them to use this only means, to preVeht the many, from be ing defrauded by the few. This is no new frick of the Loco-Focos. They have practised it successfully once before in Virginia. But we had hoped there was sincerity enough in their profes sions of Democracy here, to keep them from using so base an artifice to defraud the people of their rights. But this event proves the truth of what has often been said of their protestations of love for the “ dear people,” that like the kiss of Judas, they were used only to betray. But the day, when their senseless clamors and whining entreaties for the peoples’ fa vor, were taken for Gospel, has passed, and we may look upon these attempts, to defeat the popular will as the last efforts of an ex piring faction. The attempt to defeat the election of a Senator,will doubtless be renewed; and it is incumbent on all true republicans, to do their utmost to prevent them from carrying out their base purpose. More especially do the state of things in the Legislature, and other circumstances, call upon the people the State Si-inM| , mg it ‘iniproba ‘ i'.! f -T. “, Milledgeville, until the session, A learning the emergency solutely required the presence of a Senator from Wilkes, with a noble disregard of seif, worthy of all praise, immediately resigned his seat,“'and requested that another * “jood Harrison man and true” might be elected to fill his place. Anew election has been ordered by the Governor; and the Justices ofthe Inferior Court, upon whom the duty of fixing the day devolved, have pj-omptly ordered it to take place on “MONDAY NEXT, the 7t4i inst.” as Will be seen by their advertisement. Seldom has it fallen to the people of any one county, to decide in so,important a mat ter. Wilkes,- by thiSi.Election, will,place the Harrison party ift-Cn undoubted majori ty in the State’Seijati;’told to the citizens of Wilkes, it i&given to Setermiife, tvhctHer a majority es p*ople of Georgia shall rule, or their rights be taken away by the •tricks of an artful minority ; On them, in effect, has devolved the choice of a United States Senator, and every one who respects our free institutions, should use his best ex ertions imthis election. /. • - 1 ‘■ /- South Carolina Senator. —‘Mr. Calhoum’s term of office expires on the 4th of Ma<r C h next.’ It is supposed he will not be a can didate for re-election.. Robbing the Grave. V. We understand the Van Buren men this county, are attempting to raise the dead carcase ofthe liquor petition out of its grave, for the purpose of electioneering against our candidate for Senator. Filthy work, to be sure, and all to no purpose; the people are not to be deluded again by ’ that stale humbug. By the way, are not these loco focos pretty fellows, to bellow so loudly a gainst the humbug of “hard cider,” and then attempt to ride into office on the whis key humbug. Come out to the polls, Harrison men, and we will beat the can didate they have started, badly. By calculations lately made in England, 1 upon the comparative safety of Rail Road, and Stage Coach travelling, the pre- J ponderance of safety, in favor of the first o- I ,ver the latter, has been found to be as six- X teen to one- This proportion may hot the satire in the United ’ States, when tile Roads are not so carefully built and man aged, but there can be little doubt that the chances of safety are much in favor of Rail Roods. From Milledgeville. ■ . Milledoeville, Nov. 28, 1840. Dear Sir, —We are again quiet here.— The.outrageous attempt of the Van Buren Senatpffi.to defeat the voice of the people of Georgia, has failed, and they have been forced by the general indignation of the county, to recede from their position, and reluctantly to yield submission to the pop. ular will. How shall they escape the with ering contempt, and condemnation of every honest man in Georgia? They cannot es cape it. They in vain attempted to control a majority of the people by falsehood, de ceit and fraud; having failed,they have the baseness to try to avail themselves of the absence of Senators, from providential caus es, to cheat the people out of-the benefits of their splendid victory over a Vicious aiid corrupt government. You perceive that Guieu, of the Constitutionalist, defends the conduct of the Van Buren Senators. But he has fallen so low in public estimation, from his free usei of “sling, slander, base assertions, and hhsu'pj>ort£d charges,” that his defence cannc£ norip jure his for enemies he- cannot have ; no man of common sense'Would take the trouble to ddSpise him. Praise or hi ante therefore, from such", a source, must be equally indifferent to friend or opponent.— By the,way, it is a nice question vwhere the boot lay, when the “Constitutionalist” was substituted for the ‘ ‘lndependent Press.”— What would be the case made out by the Van Buren Senators, if they had tie auda city to address the insulted people- of Geor gia. It would be thislt is true, that on the first Monday ih October, you elected a majority of both branches of the General Assembly against us. It is true, confirmed that verdict by a terrific voice,on the first Monday in November, and declar ed that seven of us are misrepresenting you, by supporting Van Buren, and\ ‘ .policyj of his.friends, (that number of couSutShav ing gone fcr Harrison, in November, which went’fdf'Van in October.) It is true on the contrary, that the “sober second thought” of the people, sustained every one of our op ponents in November. But by the provi dence of God, we accidentally got into a i majority, by the absence of a number of Harrison Senators; we claim the right of using that majority, to defeat the popular