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nnv wav tamper with him, t is the duty of
B „ch juror to inform the Court or District
Attorney of it, and communicate ihe nature
of such suggesti hm or.a iempts to bias or in
fluence him in the discharge of his duties. Ii
js proper for many reasons, some of which
most he evident to the jury,to avoid all con
versation on thesuhj ct, in order that, in the
beautiful taniru-'oe of the law, they may stand
indifferent as tliey stand in sworn. Ami any
attempt to create influence ol any kind on
the mind of a juror, should he immediately
noticed, and the Attorney informed of it. I
trust, however, that no such attempt will he
made.
The Court then proceeded with Jhe cau
ses on tlie civil calander.
From the Trudi Te.ler. Wet. 2.
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The death of Lord Sydenham seems to have
let loose ail the evil spirits on the borders or
Canada. The last exploit of our nobie neigh
bours has been the kidnapping and abduction
of an American citizen while within our bor
ders. The de-aiis of the case as they have
reached us from the vicinity where the vio
lence was perpetrated, are in some points con
traJi r orv; but all agrde mainly that our ter
ritory has once more been invaded, without
Jaivrni cause of war, by an armed bandit from
the opposite shore, and that the destined vic
tim, Coi. Grogan, was violently seized while
helpless in bed, manacled and forcibly dragged
from his friend’s domicile. We have neither
time nor taste for splitting straws, and we
therefore look upon inis barbarian enterprise
as clearly indicative tiiat numerous gangs
of marauders are wickedly and with malice
aforethought, bent on a systematic disturbance
of the tranquility of the United States. Don’t
talk to us a.iout the British Government rep
resented by sixteen thousand bayonets in the
Canadas, not being implicated with those des
peradoes—non-prevention in this case is abso
lute eneouragemen 1 . Bat it we are to believe
the Montreal Gazette, this second edition of
the Caroline affiir was planned and executed
under martial authority. Our contemporary
says:
“The notorious Crogan, whose name, coup
led with different cases of incendiarism on the
frontier, is doubtless familiar to our readers,
was yesterday brought to this ci in the
charge of a party of the Queen’s Light Dra
goons, and safely lodged in jail.”
We presume’ this is insultingly pretended
as a set off against the case ot McLeod, but
these is not a single analagous point in the
two cases. McLeod came into our neutral
territory and murdered one ot our fellow-citi
zens—Col. Crogar is taken from that neutral
country into a foreign province, where rebel
lion is rife. McLeod will be tried according
to laws recognized by ail civilized nations in
cases of homicide, but Col. Grogan is in ihe
hands of kidnappers, who will make but a
short step from marauding to murdering. To
show our readers the monstrous lalsehoods
which are invented, and the loul libels which
are penned and promulgated in Canada, we
subjoin the following extract from that incen
diary print, the Niagara Chronicle, Upper
Canada
“Emissaries from the ‘patriots,’ who are
leagued together in the adjoining republic for
the purpose of robbing and murdering the in
habitants of Canada, have rent ntly visited this
District.
“Their errand was, to get persons to enrol
their names as ready to embark in aov move
ment which might be undertaken against ihe
province, and they solicited such as they
though- might be depended upon to attend a
‘patriotic’ convention about to be held at Man
chester, N. Y. These emissaries stated that
they had in the republic upwards of ten thou
sand men, well armed, and ready for operations
at a moment’s notice: that although they
could not quite depend upon open support
from the Federal Government, they couid cal
culate upon its covert assistance; that the
‘patriotic’ cause was now headed by Col. j
Johnson, Vice President of the United I
Sta'es,) and a Mr. Scott, (nephew of the pre- |
—ui’ ili U. 13. Army, I
who, it Will be remembered, used to hob-nob |
with his brother, Gsn. Van at
Buffalo;) and, furthermore, that this force,
well organized, furnished with a vast number
of pieces of ordnance, and continually increas
ing, a demonstration would shortly be made
which would astonish the world.”
A more clumsy, but malicious attempt at
recrimination than that we never beheld. But
’tis no use concealing the truth in this matter.
The Canadians know well ‘ho disease lies in
the polypus kind ot government in Great Brit
ain, one of whose langs has extended to the
Canadas. The Canadians themselves must
uproot this deadly branch of the central mala
dy. What on earth was ever more preposter
ous than the attempted union of the two Pro
vinces, except as seperaie states, moving in
plandtary order under one Federal Govern
ment. Bad enough to be enslaved at home,
under the domination of a cruel aristocracy ;
bad enough to be insulted by changes of men
from Wings to Tones, and then lrom Tories
back agai nto Whigs, without anyameliora
tien of grievances; bad enough all this, but
to witness by hourly experience the contrast
between oppression and freedom—between a
people under military suhjectiun, and a people
who are Lords of themselves, with a river on
ly dividing the two territories—ail thus is e
nougli to make men despera e, a id despera
tion makes them outlaws and demoniac dis
turbers of oar ha py liepublic. Vou cannot
open Lord Durham’s report, without finding
in every page sufficient evidences of bad gov
ernment, which has preduced a race of sava
ges. Open his book at page 130. and yon will
fancy you are reading one of the “Grievances”
of down-trodden Ireland, lie describes an
election under the murderous abominations of
Orangeism. The Assembly presented an ad.
dress to Sir Francis Head, begging** i'hat his
Excellency would be pleased to inform the
House whether the Government of the Pro
vince had taken, or determined to take, any
steps to prevent or discourage the formation
or con’inuance of such societies.” To this
address, McLeod’s commander, Sir Francis
Head, made the following reply : “The Gov
eminent of this Province has neither taken,
nor has it determined to take any steps to pre
vent or discourage the formation or continu
ance of such societies.” Are not this address
an.! reply sufficient proof that tlie Government
policy is to keep the Canadas in a disturbed
state, and thereby provoke a border warfare !
!>:■ e British Government mean to make the
Canadas a peaceful and nourishing country, it
would not send harpies atnor-g them to eat up
their substance. It would not send adventur
ers among them; but would place in the high
est offices natives whose characters would oe
a guarantee for their Patriotism. No—lus
common-sense policy won’t do. Whatwoul.
then become of the “Brilliant Bastards” ti
of royalty and the left handed descendants o!
the most profligate and sensual aristocracy
that ever disgraced human nature. One oi
the oris, rings of licentiousness is sent to one
colony and one to another, and all lor the same
object—o prowl about, not like lions, but like
wolves, seeking whom they may devour. The
practice of bo; h Whigs and Tories in this mat
ter is precisely the same. When Peel was ir.
office, in 1835. lie was about to send Lord Can
ternary as Governor-General of Canada.—
Why ! Because he had just been maiie a
pauper-peer, and it was convenient to be pro
tected from his creditors. Melbourne on suc
ceeding Peel sent a leash of whiglings, and
on the principle ot that proverb which says,
“too many cooks spoil the broth,” this trio o
hangers on contributed to stir up a civil war
Durham came. He was the plague of the
cabinet of which ins father-in-law, * ord Grey,
was the premier, and for this cause only he
was sent out of the way to the court of Bus
si ;, and afterwards for the same reason he as
£ uuied a mimic majesty among the p!aiu re-
publicans in Canada. Military law, wielded
by Colbourne, succeeded the monarch’cal dis
position if Durham, and then Poulet Thomp
son, who had served his clerkship under Hus
kisson, was sent out with a bribe in one hand
ind a scourge in the other to ea joie or compel
in union of opposing elements. W hat but
anarchy could by possibility result fiom ail
this which is mere specimen, embracing only
a perioc of about six years of what h is been
he practice ever since the Canadas were
ursed by the colonization schemes of Great
Britain. And now when this anarchy prevails
—when the Canadians are divided into two
classes —the favorites and the outcasts —now
when half the community are driven to be
starved at home or to become buccaneers
abroad —now, forsooth, we are told by some
hireling newspaper at Niagara, Upper Cana
da, that emssaries from this republic are
about to rob and murder the inhabitants of
Canada! But ibir.rloward Douglass is coining
to set ail to rights! Driven from the gov
ernorship of the lonian Islands for his tyrani
cal whiggerv under Melbourne, he is now
coining to America to be instrumental in forc
ing ihe Canadians to yield to the bad passions
of the newly converted Tory Stanley, Secre
tary of State for the Colonies. No, no, what
ever rebellions have taken piace, or may here
after take place in the Canadas, have arisen
and will arise from'causes inherent in, and m
separable from, a vicious system of govern
meat, and we cannot help thinking that the
recent proclamation of the President of the
United States is a state paper that never
should have emanated from a chief magistrate
of these United Sta'es. Where did Mr. Ty
ler procuae his evidence from! From tho
lacquey, we presume, or the British minister
at Washington! Would Andrew Jackson
have issued such a document as that at once
calumniating American citizens and prostrat
ing himself at the feet of Canadian barbarian !
llovv unconsislent is Mv Tyler—one day lie
manfully adopts Jacksou’s principles and prac
tice in respect of vetoing a British Bank Bill,
and another day he pusillanimously proclaims
American citizens to be secret incendiaries.
This is a sad relapse, and one to be deplored
by every sound hearted American, natj\e or
adopted.
From certain symptoms, we think Canadian
affairs will become a frequent topic between
us and our ‘ eaders.
THE TIMES.
■ xv - ■ b&.. /
Tiie union of the states and the sovereignty of .he states
COLUMBUS; OC POBEIt 14, 1841
From the Enquirer of yesterday.
COTTON. Bales
Receipts for week ending October 9 • 174
On hand previously - - - 413—592
Shipments, - - - - 29
On hand, ------ 363
Prices vary from 6 to 7j cents per pound.
ELECTION KETURNS.
Returns have been received from eighty
counties in which Governor McDonald has a
majority of 3,325. ihe remaining counties
to be heard from gave McDonald, in 1839, a
majority of 718 over Dougherty.
The following counties have, at the election
jus! terminated, given majorities to the D. ni
ocraiic candidate for Governor—viz—Biker,
Baldwin, B.bb, Bulloch, Butts, Campbell,
Camden, Carroll, Cass, Chattooga, Cherokee-
Cobb, Coweta, Crawford, Di Kalb, Dooly,
Early, Fayette, Forsyth, Floyd, Franklin
Gibner, Gwinnett. Hail, Heard, Henry, Hous
ton Jackson Jasper, Jones, Lumpkin,Madison
Mclntosh, Meriwethe , Monroe, Muscogee,
Murray, Paulding, Bike, Pulaski, Randolph,
Scriven, Stewart, Twiggs, Walker, Walton*
W avne, and \S ilkinson.
Mr. Dawson lias majorities in Bivan,
Burke, Chatham, Claike, Columbia, Decatur,
Effingham, Eibert, Glynn, Greene, Han
cock, Harris. Jetlerson, Laurens, Lee, Liberty,
Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Morgan, Newton,
Putnam, Richmond, Sumter, Talbot, laha
ferro,TalnaP, Troup, Upson, VV arren, W ash
ington, and Wilkes.
The following counties are yet to be heard
from—Appling, Dade. Emanuel, Habersham,
Irwin, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oglelhoi pc,
Rabun, Telfair, Thomas, Union, and Ware.
In our next paper, we shall give a table of
ihe votes for Governor, containing the vole
of McDonald and Dougherty in 1839—as
well as the vote given ai the election on the
4ili of this month, when we shall be af|e pro
bably to give the Return of every county.
The Federal Union of the 1 i ii inst. says
that .Messrs. Nisbet and Alford have resigned
their seals in Congress.
New Secretary or War. —lt is stated,
and no doubt correctly, that John C. Spen
cer, of New York, lias received the appoint
ment ol Secretary of War.
Mr. Sj x'lirer has three excellent recommen
dations for the post —he has no very enviable
popularity with bis own party in the Slate o!
New Yoik; is the most odious man to lus po
litical opponents in ‘hat State; and is, besides,
the identical ind viduai who introduced the
Missouri Restriction into the House of Rep
res ntatives; ihatis, to exclude Missouri from
the Union, unless she exclude 1 slavery from
tier limits. Tins is John C. Spencer.
Late Foreign News. —The Steamer Aca.
dia arrived at Boston, br tigs Liverpool and ues
of the 19sh September. V\ e find nothing of
interest in the Foreign accounts.
Cotton bad been in greater demand, and a
slight advance had taken place. At the time
tie Steamer sailed the demand had abated,
and prices remained vety much as at last
dates.
Os political news there is none.
An attempt had been made to assassinate
one of the sous of Louis Phillippe, in France,
which had failed.
Maj. John il. Howard and Josephus
Echols, desile to receive proposals for build
ing a Dim across the Chattahoochee river,
opposite Frank Sin street.
Life in London —We place in to-day’s
piper, an account of the most magnificent
and extensive Gaming House in the woild,
Crockford’s ir; Loudon. It is taken from a late
and popular work entitled the “Great Metrop
olis,” written by Mr. Grant, the author oi
“Random Recollect ions of the House ofLords
and Commons,” and several other works of
considerable celebrity.
We have inserted likewise*, an interesting
account ol'a visit to Sir Walter Scott, at his
seat of Abbot tsfosd, in Scotland. I** motiti
previous to his death, by the Ex-Minister of
Marine ol Charles the Tenth, the exiled Mon
a ch of France, who was then residing neai
Edinburg.
Opinion of Lord Brougham respecting
a National Bank. —The advocates of a
National Bank in t e United States, are di
rected to the remarks of Lord Brougham, in
another part of this paper, respecting the
dangerous monopoly of the Bank of England.
THE RECENT ELECTION AND ITS RE
SULT.
Neither party were prepared, we presume,
for the decisive and triumphant result wit
nessed in the elections for Governor and
members of tho Legislature, on the 4th of
this month. The Democratic party, although
aware of increasing strength, caused by the
unpopularity of the leading measures of the
Whigs, as developed in the late extra session
of Congress, and by the utter failure, and in
deed inability, of the victorious party to fulfil
even a tithe of tiie pledges made previous to
the late election, yet had no idea of the extent
and intensity of the defection. Entertaining
sanguine hopes of securing the Legislature,
there were yet serious doubts whether Gov.
| McDonald, with all hjs personal popularity,
j and his deep devotion to the interests of the
! people of the State, would be able to breast
j the torrent which, during the last year, swept
j every thing before it, and left scarcely a ves
i tige of the party which, in 1839, haa elevated
| him to the Chief Magistracy of Georgia. His
; opponent was*known to be a gent leman of ex
tensive personal popularity, and to be able to
bring out the full strength of the Whig
p irtv, and whh the majority which that parly
j had last year, it seemed to be perfect folly to
hope for, much less to expect, the re-election
of the present incumbent. The result then,
which secures not only a Democratic Legisla
ture, but a Governor oi the same political
stamp, affords the most conclusive evidence of
the deep and settled change in public opinion,
and of its utter aversion to that system ol
measures which are sought to be carried out
by the whig party proper.
Whig Journals in this Stale may attribute
the defeat (Waterloo defeat as they are pleas
ed to term it,) of their p rty to local causes—
to mere ephemeral catch-traps of their oppo
nents—but they will ere long discover.that it
had its origin in causes deeper and tar more
important—in that tendency to discard all the
ancient and approved political doctrines of the
South, essential to its preservation and pros
perity, which is but too visible in the recent
movements of Congress, and in political de
velopements throughout the country. Men ol
intelligence and of strong party predilections,
heretofore unwavering in their adherence to
the men and measures of the Stare Rights
party of Georgia, have, in the recent struggle,
absented themselves from the polls—or mani
fested the most perfect uxhiierence; or yielded,
from a sense of duty, a reluctant support to the
caud.dates of the democracy. We hear almost
daily, from every section of the State, reports
of the dissatisfaction of prominent mem
bers of the State Rights party —of their open
and undisguised opposition to the leading mea
sures of the Whigs—and of their determina
tion to withdraw from, if they cannot avert the
downward career of their party.
The ensuing Legislature has a difficult and
delicate task before it—and we hope its delib
erations will be such as to answer the expecta
tions ol the people, and promote the public in
lere.-.ts. Nothing should be done, nor should
aught be left undone, which may endanger the
permanency of the victory just achieved, and
secure all those benefits which wili flow soon
er or later from tho st rict observance of the
true principles of the Constitution.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Baker — Holmes; Tift.
Baldwin—Kenan : Grieve, Thomas.
Bibb — Reynolds: Fur low, Powers, Hailey.
Bryan — Sanford ; Butler.
Buiioch — Cone ; Denmark.
Burke—Harris; Roya’e, Morris Cox.
Butts — Hendricks: Lindsey, McDaniel.
Camden — Smith; Atkinson, Clark.
Carrol — Beall; Espy, Head.
’ Cass— Hamilton; Patton, Hudgins.
Chatham—Snider : Bartow, Ciark, Preston,
Barnard^
Chattooga— Beavers ;
Cherokee— Keith ; Hinder, Brooks.
Ciark—Vincent: Hall, Moore, Stroud.
Cobb—A nderson; Johnson, Green.
Columbia—Avcriy ; Tankersly, Burt, Wink
frey.
Coweta— Smith ; Dyer, Lee, Carter.
Decatur—Crawford; Chester, Peabody.
Dekalb— Diamond; Murphey, Balenger and
Palmer
Dooly — Farna'd; Gritman, Leary.
Early— Speight ; Wilson, Sheffield.
Elfingham—Powers ; Mngahagan.
Elbert—Johnson : Harris, Rucker, Patterson.
Fayette— lHJJiin; Brown, Robinson.
Fioyd— Smith, Harden, Hemphill.
Forsyth— Dupree: Green, Thompson-
Frankl.n Marris ; Knox, Anderson, Milchel.
Greene—Stocks ; Daniel, Thornton, Crediic.
Gilmer — Chastain ; Prick.
Glynn —Scarlet; .Moore.
Gwinnett — Blackman: Reed, Simmons, Pitt
man.
liaii— Dunagan: Hardrage, Roberts, Thomp
son.
Hancock—Turner ; Lawrence, Birdsong,
Coleman.
Harris—Redding ; Bryan, Echols, Whatley.
Heard— Favor: Watson, Johnson.
Henry — Johnson; Varner, Coker. Malone.
Houston — Rudd: Kelly, Hunter, Ktilen.
Jackson— Mays: Jarret, Chandler, * Daniel.
Jasper— Broddus: Jordan, Robinson, Wyatt.
Jones—Goddard: Blount, Franks, G>7.
Laurens—Wright; Robinson, Guy fend, Ash
ley.
Lee—Jones: Foard-
Liberty—Walthour: W. S. BakSr, E. An j
drews.
Lincoln—Moore; Hardy, Ilagerman.
Lumpkin— McAj'e, Crane, ilibbrls.
Macon —Young: He Kingston, Crocker.
Mad Ison— Culbertson: B ul'uch, Pit man.
Marion—Bivins; McKinney, ilcher
Mclntosh— Spalding: Jgxfils, Baggs.
Meriwether — Render: Reeces, ‘Cowles, Pari;.
Monroe — Redding: tt’Neal, Lesseur, Coch
ran Floyd.
Morgan—Foster: SafTold, Mann, Nolend*
Murray— Bishop; Morris, Carroll.
Muscogee— McDougald : Watson , Howard
Colquitt, Leonard.
Newton—Williamson : Clark, Hardman,
Sims.
Oglethorpe—Crawford; Winn, McWorther,
Lumpkin.
Paulding— Shippe: Ledbetter,
Pike— Prior : Woodworth, Eppinger, Green,
Pulaski — McCormick; McDiijJie, Hamilton,
Putnam —Tie in Senate, Harrison, Ward,l
Farrar.
Randolph— Graces : Smith, Hughes.
Richmond— Miller: Jenkins, Tarver, Walker.
Scriven— Black; Mouhre, Conner.
8-ewart— Robison: Pitts, Rogers, Mitchell.
falbot—Mahone : Dixon, Leonard, Burk.
Talliaffero—Harris: Mattox, Anthony.
Tattnall—Collins ; Bruten. ‘
Troup—Culbertsor, Chivers, Cu‘right, John
son, Philips.
Twiggs — Pearsonl Reynolds, Fitzpatrick.
Upson—Collier: .Yeadows, Williams, Smith.
Walton— Echo!:-, \>U, Stroud, Mlt-h> //.
V\ arren—Harris/May, Durden, Wilson.
Washington— Safold; Fish, Long, Warthon.
Wayne —Bryan • Raider son.
V ilkes— H ill is; Brown, Wooten, Holliday.
Wilkinson —Rii ts; Hatcher, Rozar,
Tlpse in italics are Democrats.
Hon. John H>rsvth. — We have, at the
request oi Mr. Thweatt, insetted Lis Card,
together with the correspondence in reference
to the pubiicathn of the communication in
this paper, of the 23 J ultimo.
Mr. Tiiiveatt is m error in supposing Mr.
Forsyth to he the au’hor ol” the communica
tion-in question. It was written by a gentle
man in Washington City, who, on seeing the
strictures of the Georgia Journal, and the
ieiter of its Washington correspondent, un
dertook to poi all the (acts mi such form as
would present the matter understandingly to
the Public, Mr. Forsyth hail nothing to do
with the production of the paper— hut earned
its publication to be made, and holds hintst If
responsible for any personal reflections it may
contain.
Columbus. Oct. 13, 1841.
Mr. Van Nesr :
As an act of justice, I must ask you to in
sert the accompanying “Card” and correspon
! deuce, in your paper. As you published the
! attack upon me, on ihe 23d ult. I think 1 wili
not he asking more than justice, to solicit,
also, the publication of mv reply contained in
the Georgia Journal of the 5Ji, in your paper,
at the earliest period, convenient.
Kesji’ly \our ob’i servant,
PETERSON THWEATT,jr.
A CARD.—TO THE PUBLIC.
Having beei assailed in a most gross, ma
lignant, and unwarrantable manner, in the
Columbus Tilues of the 23J September, in an
article without a name, but defensive of tiie
Hon. John Forsyth, against certain charges
which certain Commissioners made ogams..
tiiat gentleman, and which were communica
ted to the people of Georgia, in a letter of
mine, from Washington City, dated on the
lGdi July last, &. after having presented all tiie
lacts before the public, without alluding to
the epithets so liberally bestowed upon me,
and feeling that. I had been basely traduced
by some friend of Mr. Forsyth, I, came to this
place for the purpose of asking the name oi
the author, and seeking that satisfaction which
1 conceived was ‘due me. In pursuance of
that object, the following correspondence en
sued :
COPY.
Columbus, October 8, 1841.
James Van Ness.E q. Li.i.oi .Columbus Tunes :
Sir—llav ug sepu an article in your paper
of the ’234 September, 1841, in defence of Mr.
Forsyth, in which the author has thought prop
er to assail rue personally, in a manner that I
am not disposed to submit to—l now call upon
you for the name of the author of the article
alluded to, with the view of holding him per
sonally accountable to mo, for the outrage thus
committed. Respectfully,
P. Til WE ATT, jr.
N. B. My friend Col. Gwen Thomas will
hand you tins.
Columbus October 8, 1841.
Sir : In reply to your demand tor the au
thor of a communication which appeared in
the Coltqnhus Times, oflhe23J uit. 1 have
instate that tiie gentleman who handed me
the communication tor publication, who js not
the author of it, nor responsible (hr its con
tents, is now absent from this City; that lie
will re turn, 1 am informed, on to-morrow or
tiie next day, and fit:*t immediately on his re
turn, 1 p'cdge myself to furnish you with a
responsible mime..
i p;tier n> consult inn previously to re
plying iormaliy to your demand ; and as ihe
tune is so short, I hope the delay will not be
objected to by you.
Yvur very oh’: servant,
JAMES VAN NESS.
To Peterson Th treat t., jr.
James Van Ness, Esq :
Sir : Youia of this date, in reply to mine,
demanding- die name oft lie writer ol the ar
ticle that assailed me so g ossly and person
ali.v in your paper of the 23.1 September, was
handed to me by Col. Thomas. As you ask
ibr delay, lor r a sons given in your note, and
as von have pledged yourself to furnish me
with a responsible name, as the author, I mu
perfectly willing toai ihe matter shall rail jin
as it is, for one or two days.
R.-ji.cifuliy, p. THWEATT, jr.
Favor of Colonel Thomas.
On Monday morning the 11 di, Col. Thom
as called upon Mi. Van Ness, and the fol'uvy
ing note was received :
Culumi us, October 11, 1841.
Sir : In reply to your note of the bill inst.
asking the name of the author of the com
munication, in winch your name is mentioned,
that appeared in the Columbus Times, of ihe
23d ult. I have to inlbim you that said com
munication was transmitted lrom Washing
ton City, by ihe Hop. John Forsyth, and ai
his request insetted in the Tunes, and that
he holds himself responsible lor any personal
reflections it may contain.
Your very ol*'i s<-rva> t.
JAM tis! VAN NESS.
To P. Thweatt, jr.
It will be seen, by the last note from Air.
Van Ness, that. I am precluded from carrying
out the determination expressed in my first
note, for the author turns out to be no other
than the Hon. John Forsyth, himself. Mr. For
syth’s age, all will conceive, would render it
highly improper tor me to call upon hnn. lie
won id have the right to refuse me gatlsfac
tion, it lie thought proper. Had 1 known that
Mr. Forsyth was the author*, 1 slimed never
have thought for a moment, of demanding per-,
sonal satisfaction of him. iiis missiles cast at
me, would have been noticed in an entirely
different manner ; tor knowing him to be the
author, l could have obtained (and can now
obtain) all tbA satisfaction 1 desired, through
mv paper. Had 1 supposed that tiie honorable
gentleman was the author, that supposition
j would have been in direct contradiction to ihe
i language of the article, which, in addition to
| the prose bestowed upon “the Hon. John .
Forsyth,*’ the writer asked if I, or my as-oci-;
1 aip friend, were “ so simple as to expect that
the distinguished object oi ihe slander, would
sloop to def end his character from such missi -
les, east by such hands,” &e.
So', having proceeded in tins matter as far
j as he conceives ins friends and the public will
j justify him, the undersigned closes this arti
i cle with the remark, that, at his leisure, and
J in ins editorial capacity, he will take the liber
| ty of criticising the honorable gentleman’s pro
.duction iu such a way and in sucita manner
as lie may deem most proper.
PEftiksoN THWEATT, jr.
Columbus, October 13, 1841.
A resident ot Stewart lias called and re
quested us to insert a communication, which
wiH be found in ih;s paper, in answer to some
remarks of the Enquirer of yesterday, res
peeling the issues presented to the people of
Stewart county, in the election on the 4th in
stant :
For ihe Times.
The Enquirer of yesterday states that in
many counties, loca causes were brought to
operate against then —that in Stewart, it
seems to nave been raagined by some, ihat
if the democrat were strong enough i;i the
next Legislature, a branch of the Central
Bank might be coavetJenily focatcd at Lump
kin, for the special benefit of such as suppor
ted the Democratic ticket. I sav ye immor
tal champions of truth, from whence came
your information ? Dal you hear the wai ls
whistle it, dr cIJ you dream it? The people
of Stewart, we are certain, did not expect
such a tiling, and we hate to see von accu
sing your whig friends of being so light in
the upper story, when they are weekly re
ceiving the paper ol such renowned, talented
edito s, as those ol the* E quirer.
Your defeat in Siewari, as .well as every
where else, is chic fly attributed to the simple
tact that you have openly deserted the p"ti
ciple- practiced by you in by-gone days. \ on
have laid aside your doctrines of 1825 & 32,
and are crying aloud for a United Slates
Bank, of any character, together wit i h- s
i concomitants, a high tariff and internal im
! piMvemems. You have meted with the north*
1 ern lederahsis, in many odious measures, and
to which you have heretofore been opposed,
and are glorying in the charity possessed by
your leaders, in making twenty-five thousand
dollar appropriations to wealthy w dows. —
We lim v tin t drowning men will catch at
straws, but all vve ask, is, that when you fell
the pub! c a talc, you will adhere to truth. —
Ted us what von think of the course pursued
hv 1 lie mar* whom you were ihe first to nom
inate lor the Vice Presidency.
A voter OF STEWART,
Arrest of Grogan.— The Burlington
Seiiliiiei insists that the arrest of this individu
al was effected within the limits of the State
of Vermont, 4 ndies on the American side of
the line, by a party ol'l2 British s Idiers, I’uLv
armed, who crossed over to At burgh, in three
wagons, According to this journal, Grogan
was taken from the house of his brother in
law, a Mr. Brown, after the com uission of
some null ages. We fervently hope that there
is no I’onndution for the representation of Ihe
Sentinel. It'true, one circumstance might be
pleaded in extenuation. Grogan is known
to have been conn c ed with the firing of
buildings on tiie frontier during the b te rebel
lions, lie lias for sometime past been resi
ding with his family at Lockporl, in 1 lit State
of New York, and bis re-appearance upon
the scene of his former outrages, most pro
bably, inspired apprehensions of a renewal of
the injuries to which innocent families <vn the
frontier had been exposed.— Montreal Times.
From the ‘lVninerancr Banner.
TEMPERANGE CONVENTION.
The Jones County TYmtierame Society, to ihe va
rious Temperance Snci-ties and friends of Tern
p ran :e in the Slate of Georgia— Greeting :
Respected Friends:—For several months
past, in our regular monthly meetings, we
have had under consideration the subject of a
Convention of he friends of Temperance,
with a view to the formation of a State Socie
ty, or in some other way promoting the cause
to the best advantage. The utility and im
portance of such a meeting, you will readily
perceive and cheerfully admit. \Ye consider
it desirable it should be held at. as early a day
as practicable. The evils of Intemperance
need to be checked without, delay. Whatev
er may be done for the thousands of inebriates
in our State, must be done soon. Besides,
there are many who are rapidly sinking into
habits of drinking and drunkenness, with
whom our efforts may be more successful now
th.au at some future period. Thousands of
drunkards in other States have been reformed
within a year past—and hundreds of thous
ands have been induced to abandon the use o’
all intoxicating drinks, who, a few years ago,
seemed to be in the highway to ruin. Htnv
many inebriates in Georgia may be reclaimed
—how many in trie way of destruction may
be turned into paths or sobriety, if all those
friendly to the cause of Temperance and good
order could be roused to act prudently, zeal
ously and unitedly in this matter!
Belie vmg that a general meeting of the
friends from all parts of the State would have
a tendency to promote this great and good on
ject, we take the liberty of suggesting that
such a meeting be bed in Mdiedgevilie, to
commence the 31 Tuesday in November next,
to continue as long as may be found necessa
ry. Though we make this suggestion, we
beg leave io add, that it a majority shall prefer
any oilier time and place, we will cheerfully
yield, and meet the frie. ds of ha cause any
where in the. S- ate, and at anv time.
w c respectfuliy invite ail Temperance So
cieties to call meetings on the subject as soon
as may suit their convenience. Where So
cieties do not exist, we hope friends will con*
fer together. And let us hear from you all
through the Temperance Banner, or other
wise, as you think proper, with as little delay
as may he necessary.
In behalf oi’ the Jones county Temperance
Socle!y, We are respectfully yours,
John Fitts,
Peter Grower,
Tloratio Bowen,
Wat. Lowtiier,
J. 11. Campbell,
Committee.
Clilffon. Ga. Sept, f I, 1841.
All papers, both political and religious, in
the S ate, are very respectfully requested to
give the above a few insertions.
Outrage on the Canada frontier. —The
following extract is taken i'rotn the St. Albans
(Vt.) Messenger, in relation to the arrest and
imprisonment, ol an American citizen. For
the sake of Victoria and her subjects, we hope
it is not correct:
“Just as pur paper is going to press, we
learn that the most brutal outrage was com
mitted night before last in Alburgh. The
substance of which is, twelve loyal subjects
of Victoria came over the line, two
miles and a half, into the town of Aiburgh,
and arrested Cos!. Crogan by force—bound
him in chains, and took him to niontrea], where
;he is doubtless ere this lodged in jail. The
! information we have from a well known ac
quaintance who saw him in chains at Missis
! quoi Bay, yesterday morning. This act, we
trust, will be inquired into by our government
without delay.”
Georgia -Toe last accounts throw great
don bis on tie prospects of Diwson. The
Savannah Republican however is determined
to make the most of v.hal victory 1 here is,
and speaks ‘ trumpet tongued” toward Wash
ington in this wise :
‘Let Piesidtni Tyler see in the expression
of 60S voters of Chatham County an une
quivocal demon-Hraiion in favor of a Nation
al Bank and a sound currency
We itope the Picsulent wi i take this inf \j
very serious consideration; for i! these “60SJ
voters in Chatham” she dd inform a junction’
with the 52 Whigs of Charleston, am) come
down u, on him m a bodv, they would make
ihe ground about Washington very une.a-v.
We advise him to call out the M tine and Ins
diana brigades. —Charleston Mercury.
The Great Forger arrested at last.
All our readers, no doubt, recollect the whole
sale forgeries, that bv means of bills of lading
and pseudo drafts have so fleeced our mer
chants in many of the largest commercial
cities. The perpetrator of these rascalities
evinced consummate cunning and ability, and
has been pursued from Maine to Louis.aua and
back by the police without success. Only a
few days ago fie made a firm in New Vork,
it. will be reme.rrrbered, suffer to the tune of
•11123,000, and a firm ia this city to a similar
amount.
Well, this adroit rogue, it is said, has been
at length arrested. He was caught in Phila
lelphia last Friday night by officer Lowndes,
of the New York police, and what is betlei
slid, forty thousand dollars of the stolen mon
ey found on his person ! This will be good
news to tfie losers. He was conveyed to
New York. We hope the villain may swing
—as well as all fluaric ers of die same morai
calibre.—Phil. Spirit of the Times,
The following account of Crockford’s in v
London —the largest Gaming House in the j
World, is from a work, published in 1837,
entitled the “Great Metropolis.”
Who has not heard ot Crockmrd’s : Every
body lias heard of it, and every one knows ;
that it is a great gambling establishment; but 1
that is the extent of the public’s knowledge !■
on the subject. The fact is, that the parties
bv whom it is supported, as weil as the pro
prietor himself, take every means in their •
power to keep everybody eise but themselves
m ignorance of it.
Crock lord’s is the largest gaming establish
ment in the metropolis; pernaps it is the larg
est in the world. r l he house is situated on
ihe right hand side of Si. James’s Street, ji j
few vurds oil'Piccadilly. It was nuiu m r’ -o,
at tile enormous expense of newly 60,01X1/.;,
while the furnishing of it cost 3 >,DUU/. more,
making altogether a sum not much snort ot
100,000/. It is a very large and very hand
some house, externally ; but no one by seeing
it from ‘he outside can have any conception,
of the-splendor which il exhibits withm. — ;
There is nothing like it, in the latter respect,
m London. No one, I believe, not even those j
accustomed to visit the mansions of the aris
tocracy', ever entered the su!> n for tl e first
time, without being dazzled with the splendor
which surrounded him- A friend and my sell
lately went throughout the whole of it; and
for some moments, on entering the saloon, vve
stood confounded by the scene. If is a large,
spacious room, irom fifty to sixty iect in length, ;
and from twenty to twenty-five in breadth.
On each side ‘ace two mirrors in magnificent
frames. The plate alone of each of the lour •
cost nearly one hundred guineas. From a |
glance of the eye, I slum and take their dimen
sions to be about sixteen feet by eight, i'hy
waifs and ceding of the saloon are most rich
ly ornamented by carved work, beautifully
gilt. The bottoms of the chairs are all stuffed
with down, while the carpenter part of the
work is of that unique description which ren- •
ders it impossible lor me to describe it. The j
principal table has the appearance of being j
cut out of a solid piece of wood : a piece of
more richly carved work, all gilt except the
top or surface, 1 have never seen. The
. chandeliers are magmficent, and when lighted
up with sperm-oil. the only thing used, they !
produce an effect of which it. is impossible to
convey an idea. On the let hand, as you
enter the saloon, is the card room ; much
smaller, but also splendidly fitted up. On the
right hand, at the op. unite or Si. James’s end
ol the saloon, is the hazard room, with ail the
paraphernalia of gaming. It is not large, be
ing only about twenty ieet in length by four
: teen in breadth. There is adm.ss on to the
’ hazard room from the saloon by- a large doi r,
1 winch in its massy appe. rauee arid the hard
’ ness oi the wood oi w inch it is made, remi ue i
me of that of a prison ; it is also a piece of su
perior workmanship, with the ornamented
part, of it richly gift. Branching off from the
hazard room, is the supper room fertilise who
gamble. Judging from the number of chiirs
around the tabie, which seemed as if they had
been occupied ihe previous night, there must
have been fourteen persons on that occasion
at. the hazard table; for none but these who
play at hazard are allowed io sup in that par
ticular room I; is. together with ihe hazard
room, fitted up in a slyie ol magnificence
corresponding with the splendor of i.ue older
parts of the house. The suppers are . most
sumptuous, and are laid out in a style rarely
equalled in the houses of any of our nobility.
1 hey are all given gratis by Mr. Crock bird.
Super!) suppers are also given in the saloon,
without any charge, Io those of the members
of the club who choose to partake of them. 1
was at a loss for sometime to know how Mr.
Crock ford could afford to run the risk of about
750 subscribers, which is the number of mem
bers, supping at h:s expense, while they orfiy
pay twenty guineas entrance money each,
and ten guineas yearly, subscription. 1 had
tiie matter, however, soon explained to me
With regard to those who emer the hazard
r oin, 1 saw at once tiie policy of plying ; hem
with the choicest wines, ami wi.ii a suiiLneiii
quantify of them, because vvh m “ ho ‘.vine’*
in, tiie wit,” according to the old proverb, is
sme to be “out;” and men are then, o.
course, in the best of all possible condruing to
risk their money, and to play, ton, j;i sucli ;
way as is most likely to result in ihoir losing
it. The superb suppers, as Count D’Orsay
calls them, which Crockferd g.ves >o such
persons are, therefore, not thrown away.—
When the .affair of the sumptuous suppers m
the saloon to those who, at the tjme, have no
intention of playing ;.t hazard, was exp’ai. ed
to me, the whole tiling appeared equally intel
ligible. 1 hose of the members uha have set
their faces against gambling, very seldom
partake of those suppers ; they have a coffee
room down stairs, where they can order any
refreshment they pie.se, which is furnished
to them at reasonable prices, as in other clubs:
those who are not opposed to gambling from
principle, but are not non and gamblers, so,no
tunes partake of those supper--, and so nmunes
theydo not. It rejoices Mr. Crock.,: s heart
when ho hears they do: it is an excellent!
omen. “A superb supper,” with a liberal
* apply of the choicest wines which London
can afford, often inspires a disposition to gam
ble when n tiling else will. Nightly obser
vation lias taught Mr. Crockloni that the
transition from the supper in the saloon to
the hazard room, is as natural as is the tran
sition from the hitter t<> utter ruin. But there
are other “ uses” of the suppers m the saloon.
There are a certain number of persons called
“Greeks,” or “Spiders,” attached to the es
tabhvhment, ostensibly mein ers of the club,
but without a penny in she world,—who are
found to be eminently serviceable to the
“concern.” Is it asked, “In what, way!”
Why, m catching fiats, or, to use their own
phraseology, “in bringing pigeons in to fie
plucked.” ‘These persons must, of course, be
well treated ; and as a supper at home is a
rare thing wi ll them, one at Ciockford’s is so
much the greater object Besides, the work
of catching fiats is but half finished when the
latter are brought into the house. B'fibre it
can be completed, they must bo made to par
take of tiie sumptuous supper, and to drink
liberally of tiie “delicious wines.” When
they enter the house they have, not, perhaps,
the slightest intention of throwing a singie
dice, or, at anv rate of risking m*re than a
mere trifle. They arc pressed by those who
“took them in ” .o partake of the “refresh
ments,” as they are called. Weil, it appe ,•■.*
to them that-refreshment is not a bad thing
after all; they accordingly begin with the
: supper, and end with the hazard table. The
j moment they sit down to the refreshments,
I but not till tlieu, the flats are considered as
fairly caught. When a pigeon is caught,
however, ir is very unusual to pluck him tie*
first few nights. They allow lum to go on
, winning some nights in succession. In th,.-
the hedges have two objects in view : the one
is to give him a keener appetite ior play, and
the other is, that in the interim they contr ve
by indirect means, either to elicit fr. in himself,
or to obtain information from someone else,
as to the full extent of his resources. They j
regulate their movements accordingly. It
matters not though he he not well sappfled
with “ the ready if ins prospect of “by and
by” succeeding to a large fortune be undenia
bly good, Croekford’s b ink is at his service to
nearly the full amount—supposing it were
50,001)/.—of what he is understood to be cer
tain of succeeding to. In this way many
young noblemen plunge themselves over head
and ears in what are called debts of honor,
before they succeed to expectancies : and,
consequently, when they do so succeed, thev
are, in point of fact, as poor as they were be
fore. Some years ago Los C paid down
100,000/. on “his coming of age, for debts of
honor lie had con; ranted at Crock ford’s.
Crock ford’s cook is the celebrated ‘lons.
Oude. His salary is a thousand guineas per
annum. There is another cook uiKbr him
with a yearly salary of five hundred gisir.iWdfc
M. Oude seldom superintends the culinary
process himself; lie only does so when the
ihike of Argyle, or any other distinguished
member of tiie club, requests him to do it*
’l’.,at the wines are of the choicest sort, and
that there is variety enough to suit every di
versity of taste, will at once be inferred from
the fact, that the cellar out of which the house
is supplied, and which is kept by Crock lord’s
son. contains a stock which is valued at 70,-
000/. *• There’s a cellar for you J”—any of
ihe Irish .Members oi Parliament would ex
claim. .1 la ; e y went through the whole of it.
[- begins under W lilis’s Rooms, St. James’s
s’.recy and extends as far back as Braham’s
new Theatre. It measures 285 feet in length-
When 1 was in it, Mr. Crockibrd, junior,
mentioned to me, that ihe number of bottles
of wine, which I sit v shelved before me, inde
pendently of innumerable hogsheads, was
503.030 ! 1 thm. hi of l ord Holland's story
about ihe American, who, after he had made
:fi 3 party of friends drink an incredible quan
tify of wine, took them to see the heap of
\ black Lotties they had emptied. His lord
i ship says they were all surprised to such
j a quantify of bottles under any circumstances*
—but especially w hen they recollected lint
j they hud emptied them aii: what woulu they
have thought had they been taken to Crock
ford’s cei.ar, and seen, as 1 did, 300,000 bottles
at once. Poor Sheridan would have been in
eetases with the sight, especially as they
were all full.
Some idea may be formed of the extent of
Crock lord's establishment, and of the style in
which.-t is kept up, when I mention that no
fewer than th.rty-tliree se vants art constant
ly employed in it. There is one set of waiters
i r the day, and another for the night. They
are decorated in the r.chest livery, and live in
excellent style. They are amazingly polite
t> those who frequent the place, in other
words, they perfectly understand then - busi
ness. They contribute their quota, with the
splendor ot ihe place, the sumptuous suppers,
and ihe delicious wines, to help on the flats
on their way to ruin. Little does the unlucky
wight ol “a pigeon” think when he first en
ters the pandemonium, and is dazzled with
‘he magnificence around him, that all the
splendor he witnesses is kept up at Ins ex
pense, and the expense of other simpletons
hke himself.
On iho ground floor, detached from the
reading room, there is another apartment,
smaller t. an ‘hat up stairs, for playing hazard.
This lower room is used during the parlia
mentary recess, the number of gamblers in
town tieing then much less ; or should it be
wanted dm mg ihe time the houses are sitting,
owing to an unusual muster of the gamblers,
it is then thrown open. The one up stairs is
always shut duing the legislative recess.
I he hour at which t lie hazard room is
thrown open is eleven o’clock, and ihe dice is
in immediate requisition. Mr. Crockford
mmselt a! that moment takes his station in
a corner of the room, before a little desk:
from that he never stirs until the playing is
over. He acts on such occasions as Lis own
clerk. No person belonging to the* establish-*
merit is allowed, in any circumstances, or
under any pretext, to enter the room while
tiie gambiers are at v ork. There is a Mr.
Page, wiio acts as “inspector,” or groom
porter, while the games are going on in the
hazaid room ; but he is in the confidence of
most of the noblemen and gentlemen who fre
quent that pari oi tiie house; and though pa and
for his serv ices—some say at lire p. iucjly rate
of fifty guineas per week —he can hardly bj
said to be one oi Mr. Crock ford’s servants.
The inspector, or groom-porter, or over
looker, —fur he sometimes goes by one name,
and sometimes by another, — sits on an eleva
ted chair at the centre of the table, facing Mr.
Grockford, and looks like a little king on Ins
tnrone. With a small piece of stick, forming
a miniature representation of a hay ra L e, he
pinks to him Ihe money, which someone, act
ing for Mr. t ‘rockford, fits won ; or pushes it
.uwards any o'her party who may have been
successful m ihe game, lie also audibly de
clares the result of the game. In short, lie is
i sort oi mas er of the ceremonies, taking al
ways care that the dice lie not allowed to be
idle.
Beside Mr Crockford is “ the bank,” which
every poor simpleton is made believe, by those
“knowing ones ” who decoy him in, that he
will be fortunate enough to break before lie
rises from bis seat, but to whose stability he
finds, before he quits the house, lie has essen
tially contributed.
1 have mentioned that she hour for throwing
open the hazard room is eleven o’clock. Per
sons are allowed io enter the house until two
in the morning, and may commence playing
at any time uuul then. The doors areal! then
.-hot ; but though no one is admitted after that
hour, t lose wiio have been previously in the
house are not obliged to leave it They are
a lowed to remain as long as they please ; and
many of them do remain till four or five
o’clock. It was only in the beginning of
August last, that some parties were so com
pletely spell-bound by the game at which they
had been play mg, that they never rose off
ilie.r seats from the time they sat down at
e.'ev on or twelve at night, until eight in the
morning.
On one part of the table, in each of she
hazard rooms, are the words, “Odds for,” and
on another, “ Otids against,” worked into the
green cloth by which the tables are covered.
1 thought, when 1 saw the words, with what
opposite emotions must they be viewed by him
whose all, perhaps, is at stake, —-just as the
former or latter apply to his playing ! Jn the
former case, you see hope visibly impressed on
his countenance : m the hitler case you wit
ness in it the workings of a feeling approxima
ting lo desperation.
In Crock ford’s, very large sums are played
for with use cards ; but it is at the hazard table,
when the game is French hazard, that the
work of plunder is carried on on tiie most ex
fen:-,ve scale. There, to use gambling phrase
ology, the “pigeon is plucked.” And to get
;hc* fi.it prevailed on to throw down the cards,
and repair to Ihe hazard ro< in, is the great,
though concealed object of those in the inter
est in the house. A few h urs, most proba
bly, will do the work in t-e latter place. The
slakes are usually high: he loses, perhaps,
a fourth part of Ins fortune in less than an
hour: he “ tables” another fourth—be loses
•again. He becomes desperate: in the deliri
um, or madness (for that is iiie proper word)
oi the momoiß, he determines on risking his
all at one throw. Tiie dice turn up—his alf
is lost : he who a few hours before was a rich
man, is now a begg- r. The sums which
young thoughtless noblemen lose at Crock
ford’s in one night, are sometimes incrediblv
large, Seven years ago one pigeon was
plucked in a few hours, to the tune of 60,0002.
—the stakes were 10,00 b/. It is only three
years since Lord C , the graudson of
a i aged noble Karl, lost 00,000/. in one nighty
•fine winner was a noble Marquis, of sporting
notoriety, who, according to report, was at that
t ‘no, if not now, a part proprietor of the esta
blishment. Losses of 5,000/., 7,000/., and,
10,0007., in one night, are i>y no means uncom
mon when a rich flat is caught.
There is one feature in Crock ford’s, which
distinguishes it from all oilier gaming houses
in t;.e metropolis. I alluue to the circum
s‘anco of ail the members, or strangers intro
duced by the members, playing against the
house or bank. This, however, is only in the
hazard room. In the card room, they may
o. her pny against each other, or against the
!>, , just as they think fit. W hat is meant
by ihe house, or bank, s Mr. Crockf'mal bin..-
s '“, represented by the iris nectar or sous v
other filend ; for he never handles a < ar<l it
throws a die personally. A- stated,
he has enough in hand in aiie Jmg to the rr
s ilts, and looking after money m .iters. Tim
club was formed on the pr.uc pie of not al
lowing any two member.-, or aav two