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to UnfOTTT width b* Mill •nnrtaint for
to** who.* fi*h'» and f*eH.r|r* hs hus nun'
•trrared; uitd it'a>s hi.lanfuaja may I* ren
dered inn. brief. Haiti Engl lab ibaaiOan-
lletnen, be quiet aod •>« calm; meet u* wilt j
mi nrcnmcnr*, an*l cn*r mi iih ,.u reproaches,
(ha Prcll'lrnt nnlil Im> gratified, brffluw jr* i*
tin.nii'ulatr; anil yon inn« lie «t initialized,
because you have olfendcd Itiin. We mm
bewurnwhat harsh and unscrupulous, W
ascua* ua, Sir wears ven much cached; liu
this la (he law lime we will ihuin ocdif law-
teas violence against you; nil ahull be. bailee-
forth, just foe anil peace.
1 Should be gratified (o know tlial (he Hen
atur fimn Pennsylvania has that (siwer uvsi
(he psilitinnl elenieius which he seems In
rlnim, in giving us Ibis strong sesiiriiuci of
(heir fniora quiet. Would (hut «« could re
ly upon hit promise, nr hit prediction; Inn
no, he is deceived. Tlirwe wim have aban
doned (he aiamlanl of the Constitution and
(lie law rnnnut. when they clnms". rear it a-
gain, and rally .the luma around it, and calm
ihi-ir fears, and reanimate (heir mmfidennr.
They cannot lay their hands upon tha inaii-
tntirintof their eoonlrv, anil pull down and
' destroy, until they themselves shall be satis
fied, and than hidlhn work of mischief cense.
When Ilia ocean is lushed Into a rage, on
matter who are theapirltsof ti.e storm, fltey
cannot any toil •• Ihna fat shall thou go. and
tiofarther; and here shall thy proud waves
beetaynd." No. he is deceived; mire are
other powers in motion below end around
him which he wista nnt nf ami whose, might
he ean neither direct nor resist. I have
stood upon the borders of litis mighty ocean,
and noted the precursors of the coming storm,
t hove heanl the moan of the waves in the
eavems of the deep; ami seen the upheaving
ofthe billowe, which will rite, and rage, and
rota, as a foam from Iheir rrest, him nml
those who are now hie uust and his strength.
Mr. President, I euvv not the triumph ot
him who baa pressed forward these rcaolu-
liana, against the opinion*, and the feeling*,
and the consciences of those whom he has
found means to cumpnl to thiir support—res
olutions which ha hat urged on with passions
fierce, vindicative, furious. Still less do I
envy the condition of ihoeo wim ere compel
led io go ooward, against all those feelings
and motives which slnnilil direct- the actions
ofthe legislator anil tha man. Why do I see
omnntl n,e in many pals feature* and down-
east ayes. unless it he that repentance and
rantors gn linnd in-hnnil with the perpetra
tion ofthe deed 7 I had rather aland with
the minority; yea, 1 wopld rnihei, a thousand
time# eland linns, powerless hut conscience-
flee, than to wield tha strength of an empire,
on the hard eondilioos on wltiah it it placed
in their hands.
But this arena !• passing, and will anon
have passed not to be recalled—the deed ie
to bo done, and you and tre must submit our
•eta to an enlightened Public, wltos* judge
ment will be a foretaats of the jadgmain id
posterity. Tnthaaa I bow with submission
and hnpe. but not with unwavering confi
dence ofthe luture. The fame of those who
have joined in this struggle for the Conailtu
TUB MOB IB BBW IOBB,
TIJs event involves weightier consider*-
non* than the ruin of one or two individual*
r tha tiestiuclion of a few hundred barrels
if flour. Il is symptomatic of the temper ol
lie time*—it is indicative of the radical
iveakneaa in the mgauiaation of Northern
Society—and it tend* to demonstrate to the
reflecting mind that Ituth, which lime is has
tening to demonstrate to the conviction ol
every mind, that an tiuniixrd democracy it
incompatible with order nml law, soil wills
the safely of projoiciy Slid the lives of indi
viduals. The eturvaiiun*bud licentiousoesa,
necessarily engendered by large masses not
i-umpulleiito labour, cannot oe restrained by
mere ordinances and edicts. The musket
nml bayonet are necessary In keep the tnoh
io awe. and to protect capital from that en
trenchment which labor i* ever making on
its rights. The history nf Europe exempli
ll-laration ; and the
h* firmness, datoba. a Moo. and sleepless
vigilance on tba part of lb* alavsholding
Comment is unoacesatry.
Ealslfh Icar.
THE ENQUIRER,
ColumbuB:
Thursday Meraiaf. March 9,1S37.
flea the truth of thl^^
Irrquem mobs in the MSli, where they have
free white slave*, instead of black, show the
impotcncy of the strong arm of the low In
tleleod itself without the aid of a regular
standing force. Ami to that dread alterna
tive will thn mnre orderly, and wealthy of
the North be cntnpnllad to resort at Inst, or
surrendet themselves and their property to
the discretion of a reckless mobccracy.
The people of tha South are free nf any
auch apprehensions. Their laborers are
slave*, without politicil privileges, and nev
er threaten the well-being of acciety. We
never hear of nny illegal combination* here,
by the labouring data to reduce the price of
provisions—«ve never hear of starvation a-
ninng our slaves, degraded and wretched
though they be, according to (be represen-
iHiions of Northern philanthropy. They are
wall-fed, contenled and happy, nnd aa a
class form an enviable contrast with tha mis
erable being* called workies in the free
Slats*. They are'useful and profitable
members ofthe body politic, fill the station
lor which they ware designed, are orderly
and submissive, and neither molest thtm-
selves nor Iheir matter* with ambitious aspi
rations and agrarian practice*.
Every day’e experience of the working
of the free slave system at the North, should
but endear more and more to tha people of
ANri-SCHLeV-Pl'BI-IC MEETING.
Tha citizrdto Stewart county, who have
just caase (oppose tha re-election of Will
iam Sthley, aa Governor of this Slate, and
who are opposed to him, will nnet in Lump
kin on the first Mooday in April nrxt, there
innominate delegates to a Convention, to
be holJen io Milledgeville, on the third Mon
day io May next, whose duly it shall be lo
place before the people of Stewart, some
candidate, mnre worthy of their aupport, and
whn has done them lest i njuslice, one who
hse never called her bravest men emeards.
ANTI-SCHLEY.
ITAaf ha, become of the Mailt 1 No papers
firm Washington City or farther North, io
fitc nr six days; consequently we can give
nothing of the late doings of Congress. We
used to get a paper occasionally—but since
Van ha* been President they have entirely
stopped. Would it not be well for our neigh-
bore and ourselves to make up a poney purse,
and employ a dray lo go on every week and
bring the news?
the Smith, their own peculiarly fortunate
They are
domestic iesijtutinn*. • They are worthy uf
being cheii.lred with tha tendered care.—
They couilitute a barrier to the levelling,
mobneratic spirit ofthe age;—they are ele
vated above the operation of those baneful
causes which have wrought a disregard of
law and euneequent subversion of liberty in
all other free govern meet* ;—and they will
prove in tiata the only sure preservative uf
our repr-aentative Republican system.
Richmond Whig.
tlmi depends upon the (Inal success of onnsti-
i{ gnvernme
St in
dure; if the clouds that overaliailnw its proa
r icta pass away, and it be restored to what
nace was, in all lie freshness and beauty,
ovary thing that we ttntild daeire for ourselves
•ltd narcnnntry ia attained. But if we still
■mv* On in the downward course ; if the ca
taract only b* passed, and w* are to glide on
in (he eutooth hut rapid current into the gulf,
in plitch wahaveheea lending, and are nev
er to return, the struggles will be referred lo
heraaltar aa scenes in wliioh the country wa*
disturbed by violent and factious spirits, and
tha names of than who ttnnd for the Consti
tution amid these stormy acenea, will be men
tioned only with censure gud reproach. Ho
It haa been in limes pest. When the Iasi
Opatk of Roman liberty was extinguished,
soda monarch's court and council occupied
the (brum and the Scant* chamber; when
no voice but that of Augustus we heard, and
no power but his was known, the vans! Hat-
lerera of hia court vied with each other in
heaping praise no him, and censure and re
proach no those firm spirits who Hood liir
their country to the lull, anil were at last bu
rled in ha ruins. Conor, by bis power and
elentancy, hud subjugated a world; all bill the
dark uncf unbending soul of Cato. In an e-
Vent such as this (which Heaven avert,) let
tho little band to which it i* my pride lo lie-
long share in (lie reproach aa they share in
the spirii of llie last of the Human.’—that
Spirit which arornslo bow before any earthly
power, aava that uf their country' and its
law*,
A I.asAcr —The following noble senti
ment occured in the will of Col. Geo. Ma-
•ott, of Virginia, a man distinguished before
the revolution for his patriotism and chival
ry. Such was tha spirit of onr fathers
They believed that the noblast inheritance
they could transmit to iheir children, was a
nitanchlet* zeal in the eauae of liberty and
their edmiiry. How ha* this inheritance
been siewerdrd 7
“I recommend it lo my anna, from my own
experience in life, to prefer the happiness
of independence and a private station in the
troubles and veaalinn* of public businei*;
but if either (licit own inolitiatlnnaor the ne-
cesiliie* of the times should engage them in
public * flairs, I charge them on a father's
Mussing, never to let the motive* of private
Interest nr ambition induce them to betrsv,
am the terrors of poverty and disgrace, or
the fear of danger or of'death, deter them
from asserting the liberty of their country,
and endeavoring to transmit to posterity those
sacred right* to which themtelvea were
horn."-
Mark the diflorehce between the achievers
nf our liberty, aod the degenerate scions of
that noble aiock. Times are sadly changed
indeed. Political atmnepherea, like natural
one*, grow at timet very sultry and oppres
sive—neidier being at all endurable, unlit a
thunderstorm purges away its corruption.
Fssniylrsnis SssllssL
r RENTICIA NA.
Are the journals »( the Senate actually or
only typically expunged? lx a thing actual
ly expunged hy being merely encircled with
black? It Col. Johnson expunged whenev
er Ilia wife throws her arms aruuud hitu?
ExroRCTtiiR theSkcono.—Not satisfied
with following Bentun lo li|rck line Semite
Records, Mr. Riveahas commenced expung
ing Itlmtelf, expunging hi* own word* and
apesclica. Tho Telegraph charge* him, on
the authority of the Reporter for the Intelli
gencer, with having stricken out a postage
Rout the notes of Ins speech, aa handed him
by tit* said Re|iorter. Il was a pnatuge con
taining a purtiou of hit Abolition sentimenta,
•ud coinciding with the report nf them giv
en in ilia Telegraph. The Globe forthwith
copied I lie report of ilia Intelligencer, and af
ter tliie expunging nrocew, uaril it to In make
It aeettt that Mr. Ilirxs heil been n itrepre-
•euted by tha Ttlegrafih. Ho by the magic
nf eapuuction, Mr. Ktvia it in held mis lan
guage lo the people of the Snlitli, in print,
and another Inncuage, vitamer. to the Abo
litionists ia Ike Semite, where the people can
not bear. The ball ia rolling, winch Bln-
roa '•military and alone, set in motion."—
Tiis Gfo6e'rrepi>it mutt he the only authori
ty heiealiei—for it would seem from a late
remark of the Richmond Enquirer on the
President's sauev letter to Mi. Calhoun,
that more credit is utinchi-d in some quarters
to the testimony of the Globe, Hi an lo that of
even Administration Sitnurort, li<r the Knijui
er thinks Mr. Calhoun, did at fi>*t accuse
the Presidenl.'atthe Globe reported, though
Messrs. Walser anil Gsunik declare tlrat
Mr. Calhoun did net accuse the Prcsidrm.
Will die Enquirer mnke an apnreach to c-
qnal justice now, anti take the reporter’* evi
dence ugniusi Mr. Rivks, though Mr. It tvr*
don not eonireilirt t lie charge ol tliie gaibliog
of his own speech.
The time for expunging the congression
al jnurnsls was well chosen. The principle
of morel fitness perhaps required, that the
riennte should sink itself to the lowest deg
radation in order loprepote itself to be pro-
aided over by the husband of a nagro wo
man.
Qy* The trial of the notorious R. M. Whit
ney, for an alleged contempt of the House of
Representatives, lias been soddenly hushed
up, and the perjured traitor allowed to go hie
way without rebuke or reprimand. We can
scarcely blame ‘ the party' for letting the af
fair (aka the turn it did. Gen. Jackson entire
that Whitney should go unhurt, and how
dared hia atrikeri io the Houie assert their
own rights, by disobeying the master's man
date! Reuben has, at this moment, more
power than both House* of Congreaa put to
gather. Thing! will be lo at first; and likely
get worse, after a while.
ST. JOSEPH—THE RAII- ROAR.
Wk understand that the "Lake Wimico
and Sl.-Joteph't Company,” hove concluded
a contract, with Maj. Bcnj. Chairs ofTalla
jtassee, for constructing a Rail Road from the
City of fit. Joseph, to the Tennessee Bluff
on the Apalachicola River. This BlulT is
seventy five milea from the Bay of Apa
iacliicola and entirely above the narrows.
Devils Elbow, and all the dangerous naviga
tion of that River. The road is to be fin
ished and ready for the transportation uf pro
duce, merchandize and passengers by the
first of January 1839.
From the character of Moj. Chairet, who
has contracted to build this road, there can
be no doubt of its completion, in an able and
iabstamia! manner. He haa capital, char
acter, credit and tnierprite, sufficient to
command all necessary meant for such an
undertaking, and (raving put his hand to the
plough, will not likelv look hack. When the
work it done, the contest now going on be
tween the rival cilia, will in ell probakilit v
wax warmer Ilian heretofore. Appaluchico
la ia hard to heat, (that is if friend Bari lot telle
tba truth, and whoever disputed his word ?)
but when this road ia finished, it must and
will give to her rival greater facilities ihr the
transportation uf merchandize, produce, Sic.
than either plate has heretofore possessed.
Wo learn from the I't-i.nsv!vsnis Inquirer
and Courier, ihui Mr. McKean, one of the
The election of a Vice President ofthe U-
nited Steles was lo have taken place in the
Senato on Wednesday. Sukey's husband
whs no doubt the successful candidate.
The Ball in Motion,—Mr. Samuel A,
Ball i> advertised aa having escaped from
jail in Savannah.
The Eastern Mercury carries the joke too
fnr. It cnlls R. M. Whitney ''good end
great." Dues it mean good at lying and
great at stealing?
Whitney end Renton will go together till
death.— iVmoitf Patriot.
And we are very confident that they will
go together afterwards.
Thn administration editors pretend, that
the General Post office was set on firs " by
rccidcrit.” Those, who are best acquainted
with Mr. Van Buran’s genealogy, say, that
lie wa* an ”accident." Do our opponent*
meaus lo say, that the Post office was set
un fire bv Aim.
THE CREEK I Ml I A NS.
The remnant of this troublesome tribe, (ex
cept the warriors that went to Florida,) have
been collected together, and will lo day take
their departure to the far West. They goby
land to Montgomery, where boats are in read
iness to receive and trans|iort them to some
point beyond the Mississippi River.
The only apprehension that ia now felt is
that Geo. Jrsup, who seems always to re
spect the feelings of the Indiana, more than
he does tha safety of (he whites, will suflcr
those that accotupauied him in his Seminole
expedition, to return through the nation a-
gain. They are pretendly friendly, it is true,
but the settlers have stiflered enough of late
from friendly Indians, lo make them dread a
visit from this company. The Secretary at
War haa been petitioned to send the warriors
to Mobile, or some point near there, where
they can meet and accompany their families
to Arkansas. From the following extract of
a letter which haa been shewn ns, written by
the Hon. D H. Lewis to one of his cotisliiu
ents at Toskegee, it appears that the Secre
tary hat consulted the feelings of the citi
xons, and ordered them lo be sent round hy
Mobile, as requested
“It girds me pleasure to add, that your sugges-
It, Ilia propriety of receiving the Indian
"Among the American ladies at Madrid,
Mrs. Eutun is very dibtioguiehed in her way.
Bonos Courtsr.
Anil whal way i* thatT
It was said two or throe years ngo, that a
tingle frown o! I'resideni Jackson had friglil-
»Hld- France into submission. Why don't
lie frown at the Seminole. 1
riors who were in Florida, at sn oiicampmt-til near
Mobile, or at some other point, so thut they might
nut again be brought hock into the notion, tvs* act
ed on by
The Sun says, that "Amos Kendall's bo
som is a hell.If that'* a fact, we can at
ienst say lor Amos, that his heart it in the
vigiit place.
Abolition—n/:EP anh HANS—The facts
rliieh wc arc about to relate are well cal-
[-tllatetl tu open (he eyes ami ear*, and arouse
Jackson Sruators Irom Pcniisylvunia. has j the vigilance of Southern penplt. It will
wrill* u e loiter to the Legislature, expressing 1 scarcely ho believed by those wim rely upon
hi* disapprobation of the exputigiug prucee- ■ the Van Hureti organs litr their information,
ding. I(e tiaics ihat he was prevented bv I that the legislative body nf any State would
ill tieahli from being in his aaal| when llic I give up their ball lo tile fanatics lor the pur-
suta was takatt, ihai had he been present, lie
should have voted against it, bclieviug it tin-
coiisliiutiunal to deface or alter the Journal
ofthe Ciri,aic, lie also Males, that lie te-
gagtls the resolution nf the Situate of 1 KM
■a cunsiliuiuniah
Till* decisive at.d fatly condcimialitin of
•lie Expunged, by tine of ilm most unex
ceptionable of the administration uarlv, is
prugthclic of llw deep detestation which at no
distant day awuitsthui ignominious crew,
who have shown thrmaclvt s if, klrss ofih.-i,
dignity, their ouili*. ami the lilirtiit-a of the
people. When a more lieeliului public ti-
pinion shall prevail, it will bo ns difficult to
fi.i! an advocate of expunging the record* if
iherouniiy, as il is new to find a Truy ol
the Itevolmtou. The feneration will n*
eut oil', unJ dial without remedy—no man
w ill have me liardinuse to avow- himself an
abettor id Kenton.
pose of holding their meeting*, and carrying
on llirirwicked designs against tire constitu
tional rights ofthe citizen* of tire South; yet,
sirntigc us it tnay appear, it is neverihrlet*
true that this has been dons by the House nf
RcprrscniniivFS nf Massachusetts; and the
Anii-Slivery Society of that State, held
their eouunl meeting in titcir hall on the
flfitli ultimo. Mott than ibis, the infamous
abolition emissary, Denser, who was arrest
ed atifl lynched in Nashville last summer,
was permitted to deliver an incendiary ad
dress from the Sptaktr’t chair, to an Audi
ence nl more lAu* At* thousand persons!!!!
This ia not alb \Ve have seen a letter from
Huston, from a high source, which impart*
m these facts, sfuiuling as they are in tlteni-
*i tvea, n chnrneier of anil tiee;icr importance,
li* language is, after detailing an account til
these niocccilirg*. (J^"l am afraid to tell
you all 1 think and all I know on this tub
Tne Inter ol' Mr. McKean being very Iject; but hy omt by it must come out lo the
pointed end uurxpectotl. created quite a teti-
•“tinit lor the tiiuc, among Ilia democracy at
the Peiiiuylvania Legislature. They.how-
•vrr, afiti utuch debate, tint ruiiiiei£ oot to
perptraMriloifunn infamy, refused to let
Iks b it*, ep^a, J uurilll |, i,v a vote ul
I* M.
•ukwead at vt»
astounding of die Smith!"
Here is evidence strong und clear, of whnl
we have long heiicvetl, and uf which we I
ed on by Ihs department as you proposed, sail was
smhodied in the orders lo Cspt. P*ge."
Mr. Simms, of Russel County, we are
informed has been diepatebrd, hy Cap!
Page, to meet the Indians on their return
from Florida, and carry the Secretary's order
into effect. Jessup may nevertheless, in the
kindness of his heart, disobey the order and
lake the responsibility of sending them back
through the nation. Should he dosa. and be
nflerwards called to a Court Martial for diso
bedience, il might not be well for him to pass
(lie ruined settlements in Alabama.
Some years sioce. Dr. Tomlinson Fort, a
vowed and maintained the stnitling doctrine
that the General Government had the right
if it v ishotf, to sell a sovereign State of the
Confederacy to the l urks. This year, John
A. Cuthbert advanced the no less dangerous
doclriuo that Congress hss the Constitutional
power to abolish slavery in the district of
Columbia. Well what if they did? No
thing particular, except that these ftro wor
thies arc now- at the head of the Van Ruren
party in Georgia and dictate to that parly,
every move that is tnadc, every opinion that
is acted on by its members. Who of that
party dares to tliittk nr act contrary to the o*
pillions of these mighty tueti in their political
Isrtiul I Even William the conqueror, high
in office at he it, is said to crook the preg
nant hinges of hi* will, to the nod and beck
of the all-powerful Doctor. Go ahead, bays :
if such men as Van Bureo, Fort, Cuthbert
and Schley, can't lead you to destruction,
the way is vastly narrower than w# had im
agined-
(£/» Philander R. Brood, wiio was lately
cquvicted in the United States Court, at Mu
TRS TIXM.
Last Batarday aluaatl the AJmloIttratlon
afAxDBKtr Jackson. W* are glad of it,
not that wa believe Ida successor a bailer
tnao than himself; not that we believe Mr.
Van Burcn will lie less disposed than hit pre
decessor to step in his pride of place beyond
the prescribed boundaries of the constitution,
but because we kouw be will not dare to tit,
what President Jackson could do, and did
do, with perfect impuoiiy. The Hero fell
that hit military asplniia had dazzled the
eye* of hi* eounltymen, and drawn around
him those strange affection* which cling
with more desperation to the object of iheir
worehip, aa that object deports from the path
of ordinary men; he knew that hit power had
gathered around him all the elements uf syc
ophancy and manworship that are necessf ry
to pamper the pride and Teed the vanity of
vaulting ambition; and knowing this, and
that Done of hi* truckling minions would
venture a complaint, whatever might be the
ezteot of hit outrages, he flapped boldly,
fearleatly over the constitution and laws,
end left these minions the appropriate task of
defending hit conduct before the American
people. Such a man never want* defender*.
Demagogues discover the weak points in his
character, and, having made the discovery,
bend alltheir efforts to please hint in order
to advance themselves. Is he ambitious,
they struggle to promote his views; ia he ma-
ligoaot ia hi* hatred, they feed hit viler pas
sions and cache the demon within him t is
he jealouaofrivalry, they join in the work
of killing ofT competitors and clearing the
way for hi* advancement: doe* ha wish by
one tiering stride roefl'rcl a particular object,
forbiden alike by Inw or justice, they point
him to the people for justification and aid in
convincing tha people that the enormity
wa* strictly within the sphere nf his official
duties, Thus is a ruler situated who has
been deified by the flattery of hi* servile
countrymen, acd thus was situated Andrew
Jackton
But different, far different is the condition
of his appointed successor. He has about
him none of the military glory that dazzles
and bewilders his countrymen, none ofthe
great civic virtues, that made Cato greater
in the council than ever Ctcsar was in
field, noneol that redeeming honesty, whicj
more than supplies the want of high intell
Ural qualifications. Destitute of all these
things, and possessing the •mil and charac
ter once very truly awardod him by the edi
tor of the Federal Union, he haa no strung
hold upon the love of ihe people, and they
have none on the affectiuns of hit Ireart.—
They koow hiiti to be a cool, calculating, po
litical knave, thrown into power hy the pop
ulatiry of General Jackson, and he knows
lhat when Jackson is gone to the Hermitage
that an immense portion of that populerily
will go with him. Undersuch circumstanc
es, il is reasonable lo «uppnse that Van Bu
rcn will ecarcely dare to follow in the foot
steps of hit predecessor. Hut will he be
less dangerous on that account. Will not
the whole force and power of hit sly and cun
ning nature be mingled in bis official con
duct, and exercised lo corrupt the people ?—
Can the mere fact of holding a high office
change Ihe original nature of the incumbent
and make him aa honest politician, who
through life has been the tool end minion,
tho parasite and pander, the federalist and
republicsn, (be friend of the Smith and the
district abolitionist, as it suited his interest!
never, we repeal it never
But he is now tha President of a once free
people, and wa are gravely told by his parti
sans to judge his administration by his acts.
It was by this rule we judged his pretentions
and claims to the Presidency. Looking
back through the whole coutse of his wind
ing and dodging political life, and regarding
the means by which he mads his way lo
power as subversive of the principles ofthe
government, and tending ultimately to mon
archy. we fought, feebly to he aure, hut zeal
ously, to prevent his elevation. In this good
fight the people of Georgia joined, and so far
as they wore concerned glunnusly triumphed
They are now told to review (heir decision aud
see if they were not mistaken in their judge
ment; that Van poeaibly is not as bad as they
supposed him; togivo him a fair chance and
he may peradventure be an honest man afier
all. It wont do. When a fellow is only col
nred in the yarn, the stnin may possibly be
washed out; but when he is died in ilia wool
it would the multitudinous seas incordine to
wash the red one while. Judge him by hi
acts! Review your decision and see if you
were not in error!! Yes, he shall be judged
as he has hertufora been, and the decissiuo, in
Georgia, will Iso the same. The Rnguo has
broken into the public crib, and we must now
wait patiently to see whether he steals the
corn! If he is prevented hy honest men from
doing re, then As is honest loo-, if he is caught
with the seek upon his bark, then he is a
burglar. This is (he lugic of his friends, end
this will he the measure uf his honesty.
SoHETUINh Btsano*—Our earlier im
pressions in relation to the II. 8. Mail, led us
to think any thing put into it, was as secure
asllte cash io a miter's coffer. And we are
hard lo be |>*fFU«(le(l yet but it ought to be
to. It teems however, we were wofully de
ceived. The constant lideof cnnpluint from
out subscribers, which pours in upon us al
most from every quarter, convinces us that
there it something miserably union this side
tifDennratk. Some of our Patrons write
that they receive their papersarry irregular
ly some, not half—nnd others, none fortveeks
ant? months! It seems tu be the general tin-
| essioti llrnt the fault lire with the tlt-parl-
ment. Wetln nnt plead exemption from er
ror; bill we feel tore tile reason why no pa
pers ate received at stirt.e offices fur weeks,
and then come 4 or 5, at once, is not at our
office. It must he in the carelessness, utl-
fuiihfulnets or. incompetency ul Pian-Mas-
ters. The remedy we thiuk lies with the
people. Il it Ihe legal privilege, and Ihe
consequent duty ofthe eitiaens among whom
ia i Post-Office to have just inch a Post-
Alatier aa they choose; anti they ought to see
to it that every Poet-Office is filled with
a competent, end faithful Pott Mnstei. Till
the people do this, we have little hnpe of
beuer doings in the Department.
The above is copied from the Christian
Index, a paper devoted entirely to the dis
semination of religions intelligence, end
which ought, on lhat accnuui if uo other, to
claim soma exemption from the common late
of leas tarred aod leta valuable publications.
Amos and his "hirelings" it would seem,
however, are no reepectort of persona m
spirit of proscription sod mlam.n.gem.nL > J* ^'g u^r.
Scarcely a paper metis our cya iliai iW« nut
contain aoma note of beipleM and hopcirM
complaint. From one end of the unimj to
(be oilier, a deep and nniveraal murmcr is
heard, condemning (he shameful conduct of
the Puai Ollier department, and asking that
relief which an injured people have a tig’t
to demand. Newspapers are detained, let
ters remain on the way until they are worn
out; the whole extended system uf communi
cation is well nigh destroyed. What good does
do to complain ? *»en. Jackton has said
that the department is ably and faithfully
managed; and who of ua, particularly of the
whole hog us, will not believe his word a*
gainst the combined testimony of the world,
or even against the evidence ofour own senses
The editor of the Index supposes that the
people can correct the evil. Not so. The
power they once possessed has been surren
dered to their Mastkbs at Washington city.
Amos Kendall cares no more for the opinion
of the people than does the Emperor ofltua-
sia. They are alike independent of control,
andean play their tricks before high Heav
en with equal impunity. There was a time
when an agent of the government would
have been arraigned before the tribunal of
public opinion, and if condemned, would
have been doomed to ignominy and disgrace.
Not to now. Prove on agent dishonest, nnd
you but fix him the firmer in the affections of
hit master; show that he wrongs the people,
abuses his trust, disgraces the country, and
you give him a life ettutd in the oflica hi
holds. What good then, we ask again, docs
it do to complain? Will those in power lis
ten to the suffering* of the people? They
care not for these sufferings, so long at they
can enjoy the spoilt of victory.
tattd In tbafr coarea by tha aataa malign*rtf
on OF. ft ron !ftTEItME.Tr. J Boytod uftha TexhtH Na*f lo Oapt. Pton*.
Tba procession will form iu tha street near-j of the achr. Louisiana, tha day aha sailed
The Hon. Judah Dana, one of Benton’s
little expungers, has been expunged from the
Senate, by the legislature of Maine. This
s too bad. Judah, though a great fool, was
entitled to better treatment for his whole hog-
ism, if nothiog else. “The knight* of the
black lines,’* will have a rough road to trav
el, and many of them before ihe rollivg round
of five short years will go the way of Diruai
Sic tumsit &c.
Ui. The Committee of A rrangemeuts. j
2d. Pull bearers.
3x1. Relations of the dccd*s as mourners* I
4ih. The Clergy.
5th. The Military.
6th. The Judge* and Officers of Courts.
7th. The Corporate authorities of the
Town.
8th. The Citizens*
The procession to march around the Pub
lic Hqmire and euter the enciosuie at tue
East side.
The Pall Bearers under directi.m of the
committee of Arrangements, to receive the
remains at the East door ofthe Court liounc
and proceed to the Vault.
The remains to be deposited, the Com
mittee to take station on the rigbr, the Pall
Bearers on the left, and the mourner* and
Clergy on the West side ofthe Vaults, the
Military to approach the East end of the
Vault.
The Military to he formed and ordered hy
Ca| t. Garmony into Plator us. The rounds
fired in honor of each, as follows, (to wit.)
1st. Cupt. Winn, 5—2d. Ensign Lacy 3
—3d. Orderly's Martin nnd Bates, 2 each—
Privates Tate, R. Holland, J. Holland, Al
len, Peden nnd Sima, 1 each.
The Vault to be filled nnd covered up.—
The procession will then disperse.
The committee* recommend the appoint
ment of a Marshall, with power to appoint
deputies, to regulate the procession, and
have agreed open Dr. Thomas W. Alexan
der as a suitable person.
On die 17th of February, the remains
were interred in conformity with the above
arrangements. There were a great many
citizens attended to witness the solemn cer-
emoniesk A suitable monument will be
;eeted a* soon as it can b6 done.
Pm«v* Caballo ib* 23rd day of Ftbruaiv
1837. 7
M^ect<
s
the
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m;
NOBLY DONE*
citizens of Gwinnett County have re
moved the remains of their brave volunteer*,
who fell in the bloody fight at “ Shepherd's
field,” and intered them at Lawrenceville.—
The proceedings below in reference to Iheir
removal, will be read with melancholy inter
est, and will call back the mind ofthe reader
to that sanguinary struggle in which these
fearless soldier* perished by savage hands.—
It was right to gather them from their scatter
ed and solitary graves in the wilderness, and
entomb them near their homes, where fiiends
could look upon their resting placet, and re
member their private worth and public ser
vices. There is something in it too calculat
ed to warm the generous feelings of others,
who, as they look upon the monument erect
ed to the memory of the dead, are assured
that should they fall in battle their names
will not be forgotton. The contemplation of
such honors inspires t^youth of the land to
deeds of deathless fame, arouses the patriot
ism of every soldier, and nerves his heart in
tba deadly conflict, with more than mortal
courage. Let the Monument then rise over
their bones, and let the world know that
though ingratitude may be the peculiar sin of
Republics, no such sin lies at the door of the
citizens of Gwinnett.
At a meeting of a portion of the citizens nf
Gwinnett county, on the 7th inst. tho com
mitteu appointed a*, a previous meeting for
that purpose, made the C Ilo'winc report :—
The committee appointed for that pur
pose, beg leave to report that they appointed
Capt. H. Garmony, Ensign M. T. Hamil
ton nnd private Tiro’s. Hunt nnd Elias
Greene, to bring the remains of Ensign J S.
Lacy, Orderly Harg’t. Ja’s. 0. Martin arid
private J. A. V, Tate, Robt. T. Holland,
James H. Holland, James M. Allen, Henry
W. Peden nnd William M. Sim*, who fell
in the battle of Shepherd's Plantation, on
the 9th June last, and who belonged to Capt.
Garmony’s company—lhat the remains
have been carefully dbsiatered, placed in cof
fins and boxes, have been brought to this
place, and are now in a room of the court
house, ready for interment.
Your committee respectfully recommend
that they be interred near the north west
corner of the court house yard, aud that a
suitable monument be erected to comintmo-
ritte them for their gallantry and bravery.—
To this end, your commttteo recommend
the adoption of the following Resolutions.
Resolved, That the remains ofthe said de
ceased's bo interred on Friday the 17th inst.
iri the north west corner of the court house
yard, at the hour of one o'clock, P. M. with
military honnrs and that a suitable monu
ment be erected in a convenient time to their
memory. Afier this report was read, Col.
N. L. Hutchins offered the following os an
amendment lo the report, Sic,
And whereasoiir townsman, Capt. James
C. Winn, at the fits! call to arms, flew to
From the Chftr|rston Courier, Marsh 1
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA.
Tne schooner Pollt, Capt. Felker, arriv
ed yesterday from Jacksonville. We learn
from Capt. F. that Gen. Jessup had sent m
Gary’s Ferry for 400 horses to renew the
campaign, the Chiefs having not come in ac
cording to agreement, and that the steamer
Forrester had been despatched to Savannah
on Sunday Inst.
\Ve lenrn also by a passenger in the schr.
S. S. Mills, from St. Augustine; that intelli
gence had been received at that place, stilt
ing, lhat hostilities were to have commenc
ed on Saturday last, 25th pit.
We further learn from Capt. Southwick,
of the schr. S. S. Mills, that two of General
llermundcz's negroes that were captured a-
bout twelve months ago by the Indians, had
made their escape and arrived at St. Augus
tine on Saturday last, 25th ult., who state
that about 400 Indian warriors were concen
trated near Pilatkakabath of Phillip’s gang,
and that Abram had gone In lo Gen. Jesnp
nnd given himself up, where he intended to
remain: and there were a large number of
In.dians about Mnequito.
In addition to the ubove, we have received
the following from our correspondent at St.
Augustine.
St. AUGULTINE, Fob. 27, 1837.
Tiif. war not ended ye r.—On Satur
day night last, information was received from
Geo. Jessup's Comp at Dade’s Battle Ground
and we regret to state, lhat it is far from
cheering. It is stated, that the Indians have
held no talk, norhAvethe chiefs returned os
they agreeed to. Gen. Jesup w-as to wait
until Saturday, when he would recommence
hostilities. About one hundred Indians had
been in the Camp, and Abram and ethers
were alliwed free ingress and egress.
On.Sfliurdny night last, Gen. Hermandez's
two negroes, Aleck nnd Stephen, who were
taken by the Indians in May last, returned,
having effected their escape on horseback.—
We have not seen them, but we learn that
We nre indebted to Mr. Kidd for the fol
lowing extract «»f n letter dnieil,
VEVA CRUZ, Feb. Sih. 1837.
My letter of the 22d tilt, informed you that
the Mexican fleet of4 brigs and 2 schooners
were tinder soiling orders. They oil
under way by the morning ofthe 3rd. On*
of the brigs bound to Matamoras lias arms
and ammunition on board, which were
brought from England fnr the troops.
There is is a private vessel out to meet
nnd convey Honta Ana to Sisnl, in the event
of an attempt by his enemies lo prevent bit
landing.
The Bustnmenta party is on the ascen
dant; the revolution in Cheapas is still gain
ing ground: indeed, Gen. Gutierrez never
laid down his arms since she succession of
the actual usurping Government.
Fresh Hostilities.—Again hove the
cries of the defenceless citizens of the new
counties leached our ears, and the horrid
yell of the fiendlike savage has burst foith in
our immediate neighborhood. When will
the excitements upon this subject cease wivWl
onr citizens, and when shall we hear no*I
more the whoop of ihe snvogu triumph over
the ertrpse of the unsuspecting" while roan.
We are informed, that n few days siucs, a
party of the citizens of Macon county, were
limning in the neighborhood of Cubuhatchee
when they were fired at by some Indian*!
concealed in the swamp, and one of ihe
izen*, a Mr. Green, was killed. We ore .
informed that every Indian has been ord* .
to leave the nation, and that there are t
about 1800 at Mount Meigs under guard,
til they can be removed from the country
Ala Jouts
IMobukr.—A murder was committer
U jjsnn county on Sunday lam, U|«m tire I •
ul'Mr. Hiram Smoot, !,y three individual^
hy tire name of Isaac, Henry and Malslrmj
While, who were the hrulhers-in-law
Smoot. It appear* that n short lime since.l
Smoot had married the sister ofthe Whites,!
and that nn animosity had existed agaiusr
him in consequence of it—that on Saturday
previous to the murder, one or two of them
hod attacked him while at work on hia plan
tation, but v/cre rather worsted in the en
counter. On Sunday, 8moot and his wife
went lo the house of their brother-in-law bv
the name of Baker, w here he was followed
by the While*, and suddenly attacked in lire
yard, nnd knocked down with a slick and nf-
terword* struck on the head with a reck. He
pot up end went into the house, where ho
was ajiaiu attacked hy the Whites nml bea
ten until rescued by his wife. He lived hot
a short time alierwnrds. A blow he received
from a rock on the temple is supposed to
Iraxc caused his derrlh. Isaac and Alelslrar
White were arrested during the night, and
nre now in custody—and as the Superior
Conn is sitting, it is pyibahlo they will meet
a speedy reward for lireir nrime.
Macon Mouenfer.
they.state that there is a great deal ol dis-
•ention in the nation. The Chiefs are
wil
ling to give up, but the young warriors
averse to it; that th«y have plenty of ammu
nition; that Phillip's tribe at Top-koliky have
not becu disturbed, and that they have a
force of more than 400 fighting men ! That
in the attack upon the brest work at Lake
Monroe they lostonC killed nnd three wound
ed, and that the party did not know of the
armistice. A report prevails among them
that Gen. Jesup in holding out the oiler of a
talk, intends to get them, hand cull them,
and ship them off, and this has prevented
their attending. Many ofthem are now go
ing South with their families. These Ne
groes ate to be examined in relation to the
correspondence.which line been carried tin
with ihe nrgroe* in lUwn, nnd much interest
ing information is expected to be obtained
from them. They ore in prison.
Fatal rencoujutrk.—A rencouniretook
place in the streets of our village on Friday
last, beetween Caster Green of this place aud
Dempsey Sturdivant uf this county, in which
the latter was killed by being shot with a
pistol. As the matter has created much ex
citement, aiid will have shortly to underga
a judicial investigation, we refrain from giv~
ing any further particulars.
Green has been committed to Jail to a-
wait his trial io April next.
Vole® of Sumter.
Dreadful accident.—Two young men
by the name of Trnvothan, went out on
Sunday last, to kill a deer which they saw
at feed. One of them stumbled, and in fall
ing his gun went off; lodging the whole of ft*
contents in the body of his brother, produ
cing his instant death. vote® of 8umt®r.
1
Anecdote.—A Vermonter lately arrived
in Detroit, and having concluded to remain
here, offered his horse for sale. He took the
animal up to the public stand, and afier des
cribing hi* qualities in the most glowing
terms, concluded the recommendation by
saying that •* he could drive him so far in
one day that it would lake two days to get
him back again !” Detroit s^cutor.
TA6LI0N I.—A London critic thus de
scribes Tuglioni:—*‘She seems to float an I-
ris in the filrnly light—a dove’s wing might
hear her dp—a gossamer cloud of summer
would not fade beneath Iter; nnd when she
did tiTuch the stage it was with an acriol and
lingering motion, like a humming bird, with
it* purple wing wiunowing the air, as it
tinketh down in the golden bosom of tho
flowers where it sleepeih ”
have orteu vrarowi our rea.lere. that there ia j «*«• a"lin* *ud shelling the In- Q, wa pjp.r., Commercial and political. Ri-
<H ihe North a wide end dee;, nod secret eur- dime to rub the Mail aud murder rhe |rameu
rent rutimag nguiriM tire Smith; the dcrlst- 1 f' n - h»x h.-l a reprieve of »ixtv day. grant- j 'igloos •» <i irreligious and literary. a I fall
rug inAueouf of which can nulv be resist*] i«d hioi. by the Prvttdent ofthcl mted Stute*. | trader the same withering ban, aud are er-
Fqom th« Tallahasac Watchan, of March 1.
Late from the Army.—,An express ar
rived late last evening from Fort Dade, by
which we nre enabled to furnish our readers
with news from the army. We are not per
mitted, it is true, to announce, as wo had
hoped lost week, that tho whole hostile bands
nre on the march to tho countries assigned
them, or that Osceola has surrendered, as
several ofthe prints have erroneously assert
cd; but wo are happy in being able lo lay
before our friends, intelligence from authen
tic sources, of n cheering character.
It will be recollected that the 18lh ult. was
the dav fixed upon by Gen. Jessup to hold
n “ talk” with the chiefs. The day arrived,
and Jessup was on the spot according to op-'
point men t, but was onlv met bV Abram, and
eight or ten Indians and negroes. They sta
ted that Jumper was sick, that They hud not
heotrt from Micanopy, and did not know
where the chiefs were or why they did not
appear. On the 19th, some more Indians
wiih n sub chief oflittle nole, came in with
The ivanderi.no Riper again.—By
Iasi accounts this incomprehensible mon wa*
playing his bagpipes to crowded houses at
Lexington, Ky.
... *. r . . . the same story* On the 20th, another party
ihb M*isi*nce ofthe Tc.ians, who were vrar- Ion-iveJ, ant! trialed that Alligator aud the
Cloud were on their way, and that Mumm
ing. for Liberty and Independence against
their oppressors* and his early companion,
Anthony Bates, who went with him to share
his perils and fight in the same holy cause
aud sharo (he same sad fate, were both in
humanly butched iu culd blood, in Fanniu’s
devoted band.
And whereas by their bravery ami devo
tion lolhe causo they had espoused—the first
was promoted too Captain and the latter to
Orderly, in a very short time after they en
tered the service, and served with honor lo
themselves aud usefulness to the cause, un
til they were taken, bravely fighting, audi
py had sent his talkby ail ludian who would
arrive the next day.
In the mean time, the suspicious conduct
of the Indians, induced our ineu to have every
thing in readiness fur an immediate move
ment upon their strong holds in case of de
ception. On *.he 2*2(1. however, the chiefs
arrived, accompanied by a large number of
wurriors. Their arrival was announced as
usual, by a white flag, and they were met
by one of the tieuerat’s aids, and Maj. Gra
ham. The names of the Chiefs wliunrrivcd
nre—Abram* Ho-la loo-ohy, Alligator, The
cold blood butchered, by a savage band of QIJ Bla «rk Cl.sud. ami several other import-
Mcxu-aus by order uf tlrc.r still mure savage I, characu , TiRe M„il among tire rest,
commander. Therefor. They are to have a general talk no the
Resolve.!, I hat Lap., James C. « ■»" 24th tfbut IhHcJiltrub, iaaeuterwinad tlial
and Orderly Sarg I. Anthony Bat.,, »Mre r, hey woul j occe(le 10 lhc lertm stipulated,
° ,her '“’"'"'"‘ an/peace'be rest,,red. Hu la-njo-chy,
the honors bestowed
able inscriptions, be engrsyad upon the mon-. inlel|i or p„ wc „,
umeni, to be erected tu the public squtire.! °
which amendment was adopted, and then
both Preamble aud Resolutions were unan
imously adopted.
On motion of Cel. N. L. Hutchins, a com
mittee, consisting of himsell, Cain. II. Gar-
niony, Lieut. M. T. Hamilton, T. \V. Alex
No
i.Jer; Col. II. P. Thomas, A. R. Smith,
HEAD Qt'ARTF.RN, )
Camp Indepriutt'nrc. Feb, ltilh, 18-17/- )
Reports from San Antonio.—General
S. A. Johnson, commanding Texian army
received communications from Col. Suquin
at Bexar, that no received information that
J. B. Trippe, F**q. John 3. Wilson, Wra.
Montgomery, Cqpt. George Reid, were ap
pointed to take order for the interment.
And on motion of T. W. Alexander, a
committee, consisting of himseil, J. \Y.
Thompson, M. Crawford and Win. Gonloa,
to prepare a vault for this pur|»ose. The
meeting then adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock
on Friday the I7th inst.
The committee apfMiinled for that purpose,
beg leave to report the following order, for
the interment of the remains of Ensign La-
cy, Orderly Martin, privates Tate, R. T.
the town wu* tu have been surprised aud ta
ken on the night ofthe 16th, by R partv of
Mexican cavalry from six to eight hundred
s>rung, and that some ofthe principle men
ol Bexar were to combine with them. Se
quin instantly made prisoners of several of
rouse pertMHiagcs, and look up •" , ® 4, »
march for head queurtei*. where he wu* ex
pected to arrive on the 18th in*t. Gnr ar
my is strong, iu High spit its, uud anxious io
cm nun ter the foe.
It lias al*o been reported lhat the Mexican
army had, or was about crossing the Rio
Grande. A number of prisoners arc iu oui j
A Physician.—The following beautiful
extract is taken from Tales of a Physician, a
work recently re-published in thiscountry.
* There is scarcely a profession in which
the sympathies of its professors are more
painfully excited than lhat of the medical
practitioner. How often i* he called to tho
bed of sickness, and that too, in a family, (ho
members of which are drawn together by the
closest bonds of love. How painful is it to
meet the enquiring gaze of attached friends,
or j-clatives directed towards him in quest of
that coimlation, that assurance of safety.,
which he is not to give. And how rnelnrr-
choly is it to behold the Inst ray of hop-*
which had lingered upon the face of affec
tion, giving place to the dork cloud of des
pair. And when all is over—when the bit-
ternc6S of death hath passed from the dc id to
the living, from the departed to the be
reaved—hark to that shriek ol agony—' 1 at
convulsive sob, that bitter groan—wrung
from the heart'* core, which bespeak* the.
utter proslraiiou of the spirii beueath die
blow !
There, cold in the embrace of death lies
the honored husbaud of a heart-broken wife,
her fits! her only love! Or, it may be ,
young wife of a distracted husband, lh«
biide of a year, the mother of on hour. »nd
by her periia ( /8, the blighted fruit of her
love—the bud by the blossom, aud both are
withered.
Practical Sarcasm. One <4 the mist
ingenious practical Hatcusm* ever tnudo use
of. was that ofiho late Rev. Robert Hull, ad
dressed to a clergyman who had obtained a
lucrative living afier a change of religious o-
pinions. Mr. ilall, pressed him hard npen
die question <.f church reform. The , ende-
man's constaut answer to the arguments ad
dressed to him, wu*, “I can’t sec it,” ••Iduo’l *
see il,” “I cau’i see it at
At last Mr. Hall took a letter' faun h : s
pocket, and wrote on the back of il with a
pencil, in small letters, the word God.
“Do you see that ?
“Yes.”
He then covered it with a piece nf Gold.
“Do vou see it now?”
“No.”
“I must with yon good morn it g. sir.’*
said Hull, and left him in hi* rnedau >u«.
Vague* r** or Color.—A native *f dm
laud oi jHMjiiofi am) bon. asked a ncighbo? if
lie had ever seen a red blackberry? “T- Lie
Mire I Have,” said Pal, "all blues-tames
are red when they are green.”
Hl'illaud. J.'Hullend. Alltu Peden aud Sima .caui;i who state they are deoanei* liotn the I ■ ulJ fi *«
nnd in Irotim uf Copt. Winn ami Orderly j Mexican, fort it ic .opposethey ure spits. j Cre-liran hat sold lire pat.nt nel
lUiet. ' N. B. The obove wa* bunded by Capt
The pile driviui* machine, now employe?
on ihe Naslivilie Railway, drives two )mLi
5 feet long; aud saws them offleve , in tv<
iconds.
of hit
many thoinocred rifle foi £300,000.