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From the Sentinel. THE SUPREME COURT. No. 5. Having poin'ed out some general advantages which would result from I the plan of a supreme Court which has j hmi i sib nitted, I proceed to notice th >se which stand in immediate con nexion with the details ofthe system. AuJ first, of THE CHIEF JUSTICE. He is to be appointed by the Governor- Because he is the most important officer of th Court; and it is more probable th it lie will be ’veil chosen by one, than by in tny. The Governor, in electing the Chief Justice, would surely remem b..-r, that be was choosing an officer, who was to preside long alter his own term of office would expire—an officer under whom he himself might have to pr ictice. and for whose faults he alone would be responsible. Under all these influences, it would be wonderful if he did not make a good chi.ice, if not the very best. But at fifty-eight, the Chief Justice’s t'-rm of office expires; and theii, the Governor may lose his power of ap pointment upon the petition of two thirds of both branches of the General Assembly; why not permit him to ap point at the expiration of the term, as at the begining? I aoiwer: 'That ir will l'”p pen that the Chief Justice wdl become incompetent to the duties of his office at the age: anti if he be an able officer, he should not be removed at that period. But whatever might be his abilities, the Governor would be almost certain to remove i.im. The choice would be be fore him of reappointing the incumbent for three years, or of appointing some fivorile, for fifteen, twenty or thirty years perhaps. In such a posture, it is easy to foresee how he would act. Remembering, that before the three years expired, himselfmight be remov ed from office, he would seize the op. portunity of promoting his favorite, before it should be ever lost to him. O.i the las’ night of President Adams’ term of office, he labored until twelve o’clock at night, filling up commissions for officers whom e wished to get in before he went out. On the other hand, if the Governor should be moved by sympathy or friendship to reappoint the Chief Justice, he would do so, how ever incompetent that officer may have become. But two thirds of both branches of the General Assembly, would readily concur in a petition to re-appoint a Chief Justice of distinguished talents and worth; and it would be next to impossible to draw such a petition from the favor or sympathy of so large a body, in behalf of a Judge who was unfit for his place. But if the Gov ernor is bound to re-appoint upon the application of two-thirds of the Legis lature, why notgive the re-election to them diretly? I answer, because this would make it the duty of them to aetjin the matter; and then they might be put to the disa greeable necessity of voting out the Chief Justice. If the Assembly were obliged to pass upon the merits of the Chief Justice; great exert ons and strong appeals might be ma le to them, -wfilCh by possibility might move them to re appoint an unfit officer, whereas if they were not constrained to act in one way or the other, it is not likely that they would be induced, first to move, and then to move wrongly. It is almost, as true in morals as in phy sics, that it is much easier to change the course of an active body, than it is to overcome its vis inertia, and give it an oblique direction too. No gentler way ot getting nd of a respected but worn out officer, than that of letting him drop silently down the declivity which was marked out to him in the beginning as the end of his career. The Governor is inhabited from choosing the Chief Justice from among his relatives and immediate connexions. This, it may be said, will, at all times exclude the first men in the country from the highest scat on the Bench. Hardly ever. But let it be admitted: t iey would not be excluded from the bench, if foreclosed from its highest place. The Senate might place them on a lofty seat, and the House of Rep. resentatives might place them in the Court; and in either event, the country would have the full benefit of their talents. But it would be far belter to forego the advantages which might occur, o ice in a century, from allow ing the Governor unrestrained power in choosing the Chief Justice, than to expose him to the strong temptation of making a lofty post a money-making or living-making business, to his kin. The Chief Justice’s term of office expires at fifty.eight; the shortest pe riod ever fixed upon, where the term has been measured by the years of the incumbent. True, because, it sometimes happens that from other causes than age, a judge becomes unfit for the bench. But.let it be remembered, that under our system, the Chief Justice does not necessarily go out of office at that age. He may be, and doubtless will be, if he remain worthy, continued twenty or thirty years longer in office. But afier that age, his elections come round so rapidly, that he may be removed almost as soon as the first symptoms of decay in his intellect are discovera ble. A. B. LONGSTREET. At Moscow, on the 4th of August, the famous bell the largest and hand somest in the world, was raised from the ground, where it has long lain. It was cast in 1733, by order of the Em press Anne, by Michael Motoren, a Russian metal founder. Its height is 21 feet; its diameter, 23 feet; its weight, 12,000 poods, 480,000 lbs. (432,000 lbs. English weight.) The beauty of the form, the bas reliefs with which it is adorned; the value of the metal, witch is a composition of gold, silver, ami copper, render it remarkable as xh >wing the advanced state of the art of casting in metal in Russia at that early period. It was raised by a very ingenious contrivance of M. Montfer ra id, and is placed for the present on a pedestal.— Hamburgh paper. COTTON WOOL. The English Journalists, Reviewers, and other writers, almost, always call -cotton, cotton wool. Do they think that it grows on the backs of American sheep? Daily Advertiser. _ _ ~ i' A SPEECH FROM JOHN C. ! U.thh nT” | We copy into our paper to-day, from the ' Pendleton (S. C.) Messenger, the speech de- ; livered by Mr. Calhoun, at the dinner recent- : ly given him and General Waody Thompson', | of the U.S. House ot Representatives, by the ! citzens of the Pendleton District. We call the attention ot the reader to this luminous j speech. It contains facts for the people, not I only of the South, but of the whole Union J These facts relate to the effect of the tariff' — j the operation of the compromise bill—and the ( state of the abolition question. Perhaps Mr. j Calhoun (and it is natural that he should) takes too much credit to the Nullification of South Carolina, in bringing about the present un precedented prosperity of the South. We are not and never have been ot his school of poli tics tn this particular; still we do not doubt that South Carolina did much by the course she took, towards the present prosperity which is now participated m by all the southern States. But it was a dangerous r tnedy, and ought never to be again resorted to, as we believe. But laying this old and now happily settled : matter aside, we consider every thing which : comes from John C. Calhoun worthy of at- I . tention. One ofth? three greatest men—Clay, < Webster, and Calhoun. —now living m this ! [ or anv other country, or, as we believe. who . ever have lived, since th:: days of inspiration, ' j we have always admired his giant intellect, ■ his penetrating, unequalled forecast, htssi icer itv, and his spotless, mrchequered moral cliar- ■ acter. His speech on this occasion, like till ■ tbe speeches of that great mister-spirit, speaks , for itself. He proves that the compromise, which the Van Buren leaders of the spoils : parly threaten to lay violent hands upon in the , hope of‘‘tickling, the South thereby, notwith . standing Mr. Secretary Woodbury declares, ; in his letter to Dr. Waterhouse that all the i surplus will ba wanted by 1842, has saved for the southern States $27,000,000 annually! : which accounts for the fast growing prosperity of the South. We again call the reader’s at tention to this speech.— Mobile Advertiser. From the Sentinel. Madness and Desperation. , The result of the late election has convinced the friends of Van Buren that his chance is indeed desperate, to obtain the Electoral vote * of Georgia, and they arc now making their death struggle, with a madness and despera- I tion unparalelled in the political contests ot Georgia. Look at the columns of their pa pers; they teem with misrepresentations the most flagrant, and falsehoods the most foul. Look at tile columns of the Constitutionalist of j. the 18f.li inst., and the Standard of the Union, for the proof of this assertion The Constitutionalist says: “The Whigs and Nullifiers are willing to give their votes ’ for Gen. Harrison and Mr. White, who are friends of the Bank of the United States.” The Nullifiers do not support Gen. Il.trri son; he is not our man—he is not in the con | test in Georgia at all, and we are not willing |to give our votes for him. That Judge White : is a friend of the Bank of the United States, is i \ false, false, false! Nothing but the most reck less disregard fortruth could ever hive justified such an assertion! There is not a single act of his life that will warrant it! But why mouthe about the Bank? Can the Van Burcnites talk and think of nothing b it the Batik! The Bank is dead; its charter has expired, its day is passed; its destiny is fulfilled, and why then do the Van Buren party eternally gabble about a thing not in existence? We can tell the peo ’ pie. The Bank was unpopular in the South during its existence; and they think to fright en the people into the support of Van Buren, 1 by dragging forth the dry bones of the dead > monster to the public gaze, and then stretching t their own mouths, and flaring their own eyes as >f frightened half to death, they bawl out, ’ “behold the Bank,” “look at the Monster,” ' “there’s Nick Biddle,” “down with Biddle.” ’ “down with the Bank,” “huzza for Jackson!” i All this terrifying clamor arid ferocious war cry t is made over the dead carcass, for the purpose of keeping up a morbid excitement, fur the ’ benefit of Mr. Van Buren, a man who, in the graphic language of a Tennessee toast, “can not stand long enough upon his own merits to be knocked down.” And will the people suf fer themselves to be deluded into the support ' of such a man by such means? Are they ’ numsculls, doltsand blockheads? No! Again ’ the Constitutionalist says: “And why do we support Mr. Van Buren'? ’ Because he is opposed to a protective tariff, to j a system of internal improvement; to the Bank \ of the United States, and bank monopolies, and because he would oppose any measure tending to interfere with the institution of slavery in ’ the South. Mr. Van Buren believes that the federal government possesses no constitutional power to meddle with slavery in the States, , and he believes that slavery cannot be abolish ed in the District of Columbia, without the con sent of the slave-holding States, if even the federal government had the power. > “It Mr. WLite or General Harrison had de [. dared that they entertained opinions similar to those of Mr. Van Buren’s we would not be so ’ much opposed to those gentlemen.” ‘ Have truth and sincerity departed this world? and have ignorance and blind credulity taken possession of it, that men will make such as sertions with th>' hope of finding believers? Van Buren opposed to the Tariff! Why he absolutely voted for every Tariff ever impos ed by Congress since 1824—the “ bill of aboin -1 inations and all,” in 1828! “'Opposed to inter ’ nal improvement"! Why he vo ed forthe Cum t berland Road, with its toll gates, and for eve ry measure of internal improvement of a popu ‘ lar character ever proposed! “Opposed to the 1 Bank"! Yes, after it had become unpopular; before that time he petitioned for oue of its I branches to be located at Albany! Has he not I declared his belief in the constitutional power oi Congress to abolish slavery in the District * of Columbia? And yet the Constitutionalist says, that if White or Harrison entertained similar views on these subjects, to those of Van Buren, that the Editors would not “be so much opnosed to them”! Now, admitting that Van ’ Buren is opposed to the tariff, to the bank, and ’ to internal improvemen.s, we ask wherein does t he differ from Judge White? The Judge is opposed to them all, and on the subject of Abo lition the Constitutionalist certainly will not have the assurance to say that Van Buren’s opinions are preferable to his! White is op ’ posed to abolition, and stands above Van Buren . in denying the right of Congress to touch the f i question any where, not even in the District. I Was there ever before such palpaple misrep ’ resentation and bare-faced inconsistency as ’ this paraded before the world in a public news- * paper under the guise of truth and dignity? Never! But the Constitutionalist again says: “But we are convinced that, should either Mr. White or Gen. Harrison be chosen to be Pres ident of the United States, a course of policy II would be pursued, which would place the Union in imminent peril. The surplus reven ue'Would be employed in corrup ingthe people of the States; and increase the surplus, duties i, on imposts would have to be increased. The 11 fiscal operations of the country would be u.i --< der the control of the Bank of the United a States. A system of internal improvement would ba carried into effect io the States. And the question of Abolition would become one of the leading measures of the administra tion.” •‘Ange’s of grace and ministers of peace defend us”! Abolition “one of th£ leading measures of White's administration" !!! j “Reason hast thou quit, the h-.tu.ds of men, and ! fled to brutish beasts”? Truth, . u.cerity,dis j cretion, character and common smise, are ye j all thus staked upon the desperate “hazard ol the die,” to be lost forever to th • world, u i [ less Van Buren be elected? Is .Mr. Guieu . mad, that he raves thus? Is he crazed, that ■he speaks thus as one, who having no land -1 mark in the realms of truth, whither to direct I his footsteps, falls into the bogs and mires oi j error and falsehood? Or has tbe prospect ot Van Buren’s defeat confound d his senses, bewildered his judgment, and brought him to the last stages of madness, desperation, and blindness to public censure. We know not which most to admire, the weakness which could be brought to believe what Mr. Guieu says he is “convinced" of, the presumption which supposes it can dupe others mtn a like opinion, or the hardihood which can lace a world in saving that the aboiiiion of slavery will be “one of the leading meastires’’of White s ; or Harrison’s, should either of tli< tn be elect- ; ed! And such things, too. asserted by a friend !of Van Buren’s! Yes, by a supporter ol the ’ man who voted to restrict slavery in Missouri land Florida, who now professes to b-lmve, ! “with the lights before hint,” til it Congress ■ has a right to abolish slavery in the District, ol I Columbia, and who, to cap the climax ot po | litical perfection, voted to allow free negroes I the right of suffrage. Such reckless asser tions, ho.vever little they may become a res pectable press, are certainly Well worthy of the black cause which they are intended to subserve. CONSIDERATIONS. To those who think of the publie interest when they give their votes in the appr etching ■ ! Presidential election, we commend the follow -1 ing brief article from the Boston Atlas, It is a • concise and impartial statement of the consid erations involved in the issue. We as', very man to read and reflect upon it. Surely mint ought, injustice to themselves and the country, | to have some other object than the mere eleva -1 tion of A. or B. to an office so responsible as that of the Chief Magistrate of tbe United ' ! States. We put it to th': plain farm ers of the ' j country every where to say, whether the mut ! i ters urged in this calm appeal to their judg ments are not entitled to some weight? It is ■ j not enough so- them to mean th it which is j right—they ought to investigate and do what iis right. These considerations are not. ficti- ' i tious—they are drawn from the records of I our public history—and ought to address them selves to the understandings and serious con- i sideration of every honest friend of Mr. Van Buren, as well as to his opponents, — V- S, 1 Telegraph. t The Young Men of Boston. Opposed to the present national administra tion—-to Executive Interference in Elec tions —to Executive DICTAT ION OF THE SUC- ■ CESsoßsnip—to Executive war upon the Judi ciary akd the Senate—to Executive coN- ’ trol of the Currency—to a league of the ’ ( Executive banks—to the accumulation of all ■ the people’s specie in the hands of the Gov- I eminent —to the assumption of Legislative ; Power by the Executive Departments, as • i in the violent removal of the deposites, a. id the ■ recent illegal Treasury Circular—to Post Of ’ fice Espionage and Judicature—-to the in fringement of the LiiU|^m^MHM- u '. Press— ■ to all projects for Public Money— to the 1 Records—to the ~ which ’ have struck at Chl vania, and ’ at Laws and Constitutions in Maryland:— Friendly to an Economical Reform of > Expenditures—to a just Distribution of ’ the Proceeds of the Public Lands—to an ; immediate distribution of the Surplus . Revenue—to State Sovereignty, and the , Senate of the Union, as the ciiadel and strong hold of State Rights—to Internal Im provements—to the restoration of the co-or dinate branches ol the Government to their le gitimate and constitutional agencies—the ’ maintenance of our Faith with the Indian j Tribes—a just observance of our Neutral ' Relations—the limitation of Executive Power—and the curtailment of Executive ; Patronage:— And, for all these reasons, opposed to the ' elevation o/\Martin Van Buren to the Presi dency of the United States.— Are requested to assemble in the Lecture ' Room of the Masonic Temple, on Tuesd. v ■ evening, the eighteenth instant, at half-past 7 o’clock, to take measures for a thorough organi > zation of the district. i From the Richmond Whig I _ , NEGKO SUFFRAGE. It is a notorious fact that in the State of New York Negroes exercise all the privileges ot vo- > ters —it is not less notorious that Mr, Van Bu ren was instrumental in ccitferri. g this privi- • lege on the gemmen of color. Now, it is well > known that Arthur Tappan and his confede- > rates are men of great wealth —plenty of mo ney and an overflowing zeal. Suppose, then, ? that Fappan & Co. should desire to see one of t t hei r ebony favorites on the fl<>or of Congress - what is to prevent them from purchasing a ? tract of land large enough for a colony, and set : tliug it with such a number of negroes as to - control the elections of a Congressional Uis- - trict? There is nothing in the State Consti- - tutiou of New-York to prevent such a state of - things. Mr. Van Buren, let it be borne in - mind,assisted in the holy work of permitting - negroes to vote—he it was who voted tor the e motion to strike out the word “ white,” thus al ; lowing every negro possessed of $250 the pri s vilege of voting. Some few years hence will t doubtless witness an Othello on the floor of r Congress proclaiming universal emancipation t and universal amalgamation ! There an: sim t j ilar instances on record. In the Bahama J ! Islands, such has been the progress of the prin t ! ciple Mr. Van Buren helped to introduce into i | New-York, that already the House of Assem- t | bly is filled with negro members, who sit and 1 | vote, cheek by jowl, with their former mas s ters ! We ask what is to prevent such a state s of things in this country ? If a Congressional . District of the State of New-York should elect t a negro Representative, and he should present s his certificate, what is to prevent him from . taking his seat? Will Mr. Ritchie tell us? i Are the Southern members of Congress pre e pared for this ? Least of all, ar ? they willing . to undergo a midnight session in the month of - August with a Cuffee at their elbow—ther s mometer ranging perhaps 106 ? We can an . swer for Virginia—Perhaps Colonel U. M. ? Johnson of the Great Crossings, would have : no objection, as habit is said to be second na . tore —but the Representatives if the Old Do . minion would tire in an instance like unto this. , But to be serious—People of the South, will 3 you bestow your suffrages on one who has aided - in bringing about a state of things which all ad -3 mit may come to pass? Will you vote for s Practical Amalgamationisl ? If you do, rest ■ assured the time will not be distant when the . African race will claim admittance in the Halls I of Legislation, Mr. Vati Buren is an avowed t District Abolitionist, and in favor ofnegro suf , fragc—Col. Johnson is an Amalgamationisl, ; and consequently very tender towards the OU t €V W VI is ♦ * Dusky Sally.” and the African race in gene- j ral. is such a ticket, as the one headed Van | Bnrc.i and Johnson, entitled to your respect ! >V e opine not. NO AMALGAMATIONIYJ'- From the Baltimore Chronicle, a s’j'et a tui n« dsscsasm’k We published :i few davs ago an article Irorn th- N-w \ork Daily Advertiser, ctiiirgi.-ig n lawver in that state, who was just setting out in fits profession, with having persuaded an , luiiiest. bat less intelligent Dutch neighbor, who . was embarrassed in his pecuniary matters, to make over all his property to him by the con- . session of judgment or otherwise, when not a j cent was due, so that he might, by thus creat- . i :g a nominal debt, got clear ot his creditors, [ und.-r the two third act; and telling him that ■ subsequently he could h ive his property res-j tored to him, on pavrneut to the said lawyer of ,i sufficient sum for bis part in the transaction. The propertv was made over, and tbe iniqui tous scheme consummated, and when the poor misled Dutchman applied for a settlement he was threatened by his law verTHAT if ever he j MENTIONED THE SUBJECT AGAIN HE WOULD j PUT HIM IN THE State’s PRISON FOR PER- Ji RY. 'l’lii.s is the charge; and the Advertiser offers to prove lit it Till ' LAW'YER .'tLiRII X V A N BUREN, and to furnish “namesanddates and circumstances," if it be deemed necessary by the editor of th : N. Y. Evening Post, (a Van Buren paper.) and a pledge given that il it be proven to be true, the editor ot the Post will not support Mr. Vmi Buren tor th l : Presi dency. The Post hesitates to give the pledge, | and the Advertiser again reiteratt s the charge, and says: “ We renew our offer to the editor of the Evening Post, to furnish him with the name ot' lhe MEAN and INFAMOUS PETTIFOG GING Presidential candidate WHO PER JURED HIMSELF! and suborned another to commit (unintentionally) perjury—who bv this means DEFR Al? DEL) ILLS NEIGH BOR OF HIS GOOD N AME AM) OF IDS PROPER L Y, and who the t THREATENED to have him INDICTED if he uttered a cotn j plaint. But, the pledge in return we require ' must b:? a substantiality--somt thing which is i tangible—something which amounts to more than the Post’s “ quivalerit”—semething more j reliable than the Editor’s committal against ! Banks—something more than his violated faith i given to the Loco Focos.ntid something that is more definite than a PROMISE TO DO any time between now and the end of eternity.— . Vv henever such a pledge is given, we promise . to change th ; politics ofthePostin a day, and produce a metamorphosis as great, though not more palpable, as that which this former Loco Foco ovgao has undergone withn a few weeks. YEA or NAY we repeat, Mr. Editor? In the mean time, we will say to our Whig friends that, we arc INFLUENCED BY NO FEAR, FAVOR or AFFECTION forthe Presidential pettifogger.—Our silence on the subject of the names arises front the respect we entertain forthe living witnesses of the IN FAMOUS TRANSACTION, and because j we will not drag a circle of the sufferer’s triends j b -fore the public, unless in our opinion the common goot 1 DEM AN DS ll’ at our hands!! ! And still the Post evades he question, thus ( evidencing its fear that the charge is true, and yet lacking the independent honesty to de nounce a man who would be guilty ot such a crime.” We hope, for the sake of humanity, that the charge is not true, or that it may be softened in some of its more important features, and yet it would appear by the following extract from the Advertiser, that it is not now for the first time published, but th.it heretofore Mr. > A’an Buren has been successful tn preventing • its general propagation: ■ “For our friends at a distance we will say, f that in making the statement of the case of the '■MEAN, MISERABLE PETTIFOGGER. U who first PERJURED HIMSELF. DE FRAUDED HIS NEIGHBOR OF HIS I I PROPERTY, and then of bis good NAME, • I we did not mei n to have it understood that we ■ are or Were the SOLE depositories of the ■ i knowledge of the case. Neither would we ' have them infer that it is NEW. It is almost : as old as the history of the rise and progress of ■ the INTRIGUER referred to, and in this city, i and Columbia county, it is almost as well : known as the Magician himself. Under these ' friends of Mr. Van Bur such a charge think of supportii’arz ~ From the People " AN ASTOUNIMNG FACT! Col. R. M. Johnson a Pensioner upon the Gov ernment ever since the last War! It is a fact but very little known,yet never theless true, and easily proven, that Col RI CH ARD M. JOHNSON, the Van Buren cattdid . ate for the Vice Presidency, IS AND HAS . I BEEN, FOR MORE 'TUAN TWENTY . YEARS, A PENSIONER UPON THE I AMERICAN GOVERNMENT and he has . atiuuallv received a PENSON of SIX HUN . DRED' AND FORTY DOLLARS. This , we have upon the authority of a distinguished f gentlemen of Kentucky, formerly a member of • Jongress and a conspicious supporter of Gen. i Jackson. There is no mistake about it. Our . informant, having heard the fact stated bv an- > other member of’ Congress, was incredulous, . and went to the Pension Office himself, anil . saw the entry upon the books of the office, f; and we think he said it bears date from the i sth Oct., 1813, twenty-three years, at $640 per ; year, makingthe stiugsum of‘sl4, 720. The : money is regularly paid in Washington City, . it, place of Kentucky, for the purpose of disguise ■ as our informant says there are but very few I people of Kentucky who know any thing of the f case. i Comment is almost unnecessary. Colonel - Johnson is a candidate for the second office in i the Government. He is said to be the weal . thiest matt in Kentucky and has received more ’ money from the public treasury than anv man . living or dead. He is now receiving about I twenty thousand dollars for his humbag Cnoc . taw Academy, under various Indian treaties : wherein sections have beeu inserted through 1 his influence, atid for his special benefit. It l is sail! that while Gov. Barbour (a relation of t Col. J.) was Secretary of War. there was t scarcely an Indian treaty made, that did not ? contain some provision for granting sums of . money annually to Johnson’s Choctaw Acad ; emy, which is kept on his farm at the Great f Cross’igs, and is the greatest deception ever . practiced upon the poor natives. Richard M. . Johnson with his professed patriotism and hit . manity, is one ot the mo.-.t sordid and avaricious > men tn the United States. The fact heru . stated is sufficient to prove, it, if no other exist . ed. While hundreds of the poor soldiers of . the last war have been cheated out of their I pensions, and never received a cent, in laud or I monev. Col. Johnson is to this day rcc.-iv ing . $640 per years, and is worth, it is said, a ■ MILLION of dollars. Let the people judge ; how worthy he is of their suffrages. : Now gentlemen of the Van Buren press a.- i tempt no denial of this disgraceful matter in i til you have applied to lhe Globe itself t’>r the facts. Ami we hope the National iutelligcn- , ccr and U. S. 'Telegraph will also ascertain the whole truth of the c tse. , Ei't.ract. from an article from the U. S. Tel. j “ Perish the Colonies, rather than sacrifrce one iota of our principles!’’ was the cry of Robespierre and Les Amis des Noirs, when the ( news of the disastrous events of the St. Dornin ;go insurrection reached Paris. They were i glutted with n hellish joy when they heard that th :tr “principles" had been consecrated by | ; th.: innocent blood of women and children, — ■ aitii that ih'.iir triumph had been Secured amidst 1 scenes of inexpressible horror. We will not ! sav that a like spirit animates those who are tin listing themselves forward, uncalled and un desired, with the same title on their foreheads, j and tlu: same principles in their mouths. But j it is due to the great interests involved, that those who are m<,st deeply concerned in the | subject, should be kept well informed of the I current of events. i It was declared by Mr. King, of New York. J i i 1820, o t the floor of the Senate, “ that slave j ry in these United States, inpioint of law and ' right, did not exist, and could not exist, under j the nature of our free form oj government, and j that the Supreme Court of the United Stales { would so declare it.” These principles were, in substance, embodied by Mr. Van Buren and his friends, in the Legislature of New York, in lhe form of instructions, and transmitted to Mr. King as a warranty for his opinions and conduct. Mr. 'Tallmadge also, at that time, in ' ill ■ liaise of’ Represo. tatives, and now we be j Here, a Senator from New York, openlj via- | ! dtcated the views of Messrs. King and Van | ’I BureD,and declared in his place on the floor, : that “slavery was incomputable with rejniblican j [ form of government," and that Missouri, there- I : fore, ought not to be admitted into the Union, ■ but upon an express prohibition of slavery, in- | I sorted in her constitution. Upon this, Gen. ■Harrison, at that time a representative for i Ohio, stepped forward, and in a strain of man. • ly eloquence and feeling, vindicated the inter- ■ ests and the institution of the slaveholding ’ States, and drove back the advocates of Messrs. King and Van Buren, behind their entrench- ■ ments’of morbid philanthropy. They dared no? > reply on constitutional grounds. We thank ’ hint for it, though we are no partisan of bis, • yet we thank him for it. He did justice to the - character of the South—to men who were as j t noble, and as true, and as generous and brave, ■ as those “ precious vessels"— those ‘dear saints,' whose stomachs sickened at the sight of a black man in bondage, but grew of better tone when the color changed to white. jFloritia. The Schooner George Miry Capt. W il lis, arrived yesterday from Jacksonville. — . we have received the Jacksonville Courier of I the 13th inst. from which we have copied lhe i following: Jacksonville Oct. 13 We hear partly from rumor but mostly from undoubted authority, that the detachments ot - Tennessee troops have killed straggling In dians to the number of fourteen. It is to be hoped that the report and general impression are true—that even the swamps and hammocks ) , ! of Florida afford no sate refuge for the Indian, j : from the bold and brave Tennesseeans. Should | this campaign close lhe war, as every friend i jof Florida devoutly wishes, those men will return to their own State their triends and ] homes, wearing the laurels of glory. 1 At the date of our latest intelligence, Gov. ! Call was still at Fort Drane—and report says |he is short of provisions and forage. Sup- I plies must soon reach him. It is supposed he will soon bo on the Ouithlacoochy and that ! supplies will be brought up that river. Forage ■ ! lias ere now reached Volusia, and Maj. Pierce, with his command, has undoubtedly joined • I the Governor. A gentleman of the Army in ' 1 a letter to Col. Dell, this place, to whose , politeness we are indebted tor a perusal, thus ’ j speaks of Maj. Pierce. , I “He is a tine fellow —going ahead—taking all the responsibility to aid Gov. Gall \Yith for- ; ' age, 4‘C. without waiting, as somg o(tlie rest do. for a special order for he . expends.” ~ . The same writer says the question of com . tnand between General Jesup and G°v. CaN is settled. Gen. Jesup doesnot claim it, but J offers to take any comman the Governor gives him the command of his own regulars, 800 tn [( number and j the now ' fir®) i m at tbe i ■ N’<>. Uli!. 'I Cher- I I “^phe' doubtless concentrated their forces, and probably they are in council consulting whether to yield or fight till the last ’ man of them is slain. ’ From the past winter and the Seminole character, we can hardly ■ anticipate any other alternative than that they - will, in oneway or another continue the war fare. ; Extract front a letter to the editor, dated, ' i “MICANOPY, Oct Bth 1836. “We arrived here yesterday together with . Maj. Pierce and about 100 regulars. We | met 100 ot’Gov. Cail’s volunteers under Col. f! Cuthbert, at Sautaffee as an additional escort ! or to hurry on provisions to the Governor, w ho r with 1700 men, lately arrived at Fort Drane, probably on tin- 3d. 'l’hey left this place on the sth and about 20 miles on towards Santat i tee, at Danters place, they surprised and killed four Indians. The house is situated about 100 • rods from the road, and feeling themselves r perfectly secure from observation, w’ere cook- ■ ing and preparing a meal, but the smoke let the secret out and the volunteers surrounded e them. They all run and attempted to bteak z through the line but were shot down making 3 no resistance. I was at the house yesterday and Billy (Omartla’s cousin) was along. 1 lie examined the dead bodies and is of the i opinion tha . they were Creeks —lie says no Seminole evergoes from home so poorly dress- : ed as these were, one of whom was naked t l, We expect to leave to-night for Governor t Call’s head quarters, and from thence we do . not vet know. 3 “The Indians have dug up almost every i thing which the troops buried on leaving this t place in the summer; and even Lieut. \\ hey-." f lock’s grave was yesterday found opetiLjg^.. 3 arrival? 'They had dug to the cotli t it unmolested when they dtscoveredv* I’ a grave.” , t We learn (says the Georgetown i- tan) that the President has ordered a CoiirtSr 1 nqiurv. the consist of Major Generals Brady . and Alkitison, members; and Capt. Samuel 3 Cooper, as Judge Advocate and Recorder; to t be held at Frederick, Maryland, as soon as the . -state oflhe service will permit; of which the t President of lhe Board will be the Judge, to r investigate the causes of the failure of the i- campaign in Florida under Genaral Scott and » General Gaines, and of the delay in prosecu i ting the campaign against the Creek Indians ■ ' tn Alabama. — Columbus Sentinel. Jim Henry— This notorious I ndian was ur . 1 raigued before the Superior Court now sitting ■ tn Russell county, Ala. for depredations com . , nutted in that county; but on application stic- ■ ; cccded in having Ins case removed to Mont-' | gotnery county. — Republcan Herald. soutUfvn Alliens, <»a. Saturday, October 29, 1836. FOR PRESIDENT. STU O-XI ?■„ WUTT: ]. for VICE -PRESID EUT. JOlirif TFltli iA. WHITE FJLECTOSEAJL TICKET. DR. AMBROSE BABER, of Bibb, COL. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. COL. GIBSON CLARK, of Henry, COL. HOWELL COBB, of Houston, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe, DR. THOMAS HAMILTON. ofCass, CHARLTON HINES, ESQ. of Liberty, WILLIAM W. HOLT. ESQ. of Richmond. DAVID MERIWETHER, ESQ. of Jasper. GEN. EZEKIEL WI MBERLY, of Twiggs, THOMAS STOCKS, ESQ., ofGreene. FOR CONGRESS. (f. f, i: ?\. c/( ©, n)2vw-soi\r, ; In the piece of poetry in the last Whig, from the pen of our much esteemed correspondent “KATE,” in the 3rd line Ist verse, for “E’eryet i j my heartconferr’dlove’s power;” read “E’eryet i my heart confessed love’s power.” •‘THE ATHENIAN.” Gentlemen holding subscription papers for the “Athenian,” will please forward them to William L. Mitchell, Esq. of Athens, one of the editors, as it is desired to commence the work as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is obtained. We h.. ve been requested to notice that the ex- ■ amination of the Sparta Female Academy, will Commence on the 7th November, and close on the 10th. Southern Literary Journal. The October number of this work in conse quence of the indisposition of the Editor and j operatives, did not reach us until within a few I days. It has, however, lost but little, it any, of: its usual interest. The contents will be found in another part of to-day’s paper. We publish to-day another original piece of: j poetry signed “Kate,” to which we invite the : I particular attention of those who are fond of j that kind of composition. This and the piece I published in our last are from the pen of a young j female of rare genius and of a highly cultivated : mind. We know there is nothing so deceptive as ' taste when exercised in reference to the merits | of poetical effusions, but if we are not greatly deceived, (and we confess we are no poet.) i j there have seldom appeared, among the fugi- | ! tive contributions to a news-paper, productions I of more real worth and possessing in so felici tons a manner all those characteristics ofchaste, i finished and feeling poetry. There is a plaintiveness in its tone that is |>e-J culiarly touching. There is allusion that awaken mournful yet pleasiti The style is simple yet ' it is rich without without conceit. Xotlj^T 3 ed. Graphic m its &■; in its figures. A vades the mind, and a souened pity warms the heart of the writer. These have been success fully managed to produce the keen and unquiet emotions which invariably stir within us a lively ! sense of cruel and wanton injury. We believe these pieces want nothing but the | name of some distinguished Author, some tried and acknowledged reputation, to secure for them the same favorable run which so justly marked the essays of Mrs. Hernans, if not the enviable popularity of the “ Summer Rose.” We publish to-day a complete list oflhe late election from all the Counties—as well as the members elect therefrom. The following ueorgn qj c j a ] icturns for each candidate: 48448 Tou ' ns - 29599 Tl"- C ’ 29570 Haynes, 29490 antland, 29343 Owens, 29337 Jabez Jackson, HQ'2'2l Holsey. 29228 *l)awson, 28994 *Alford, 28805 *Colquett, 28677 *Habersham, 28557 Coffee. 28544 *King, 25458 *Nesbit, 28419 *J. W. Jackson, 28363 *Biack, 28347 R. »I. JOHNSON. The following article frjm the Louisville Jour nal, we lay before our readers, that they may not be unadvised of the true situation which the Van Buren candidate for the Vice Presidency, , has maintained in society. The editor it seems has taken some pains to be advised of the ac tual state of things; and after obtaining the in- ; formation, has spread it befoie his readers.— ; Comment, it would seem, upon so flagrant an outrage upon virtue and morals, would be un necessary, before an intelligent, virtuous and moral community. We would, however, pre mise, adopting the mode of argument to which the Southern Banner resorts,in relation to Judge White—that these charges base, black, and dam ning as they are, have been promulgated imme diately under the observation of Col. Johnson and his friends, and they have not dared to de ny their truth, consequently they may be con sidered true to the letter. People of Georgia—can you with these things staring you in the face, go to the polls on the first Monday in November, and give your suf frage to Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky, who has openly married his own slave! Can you with till your boasted love of morals—your re gard for virtue—your zeal in the promotion ot' refinement in society, consent to stain your ~,’ter of your State, by giving -' . ii yon say to . - <l<’sti- . . ‘’ • liveliest -.lace , 'I reflect; ask your % be willing to intro* ■■ \ ' ~ circles, a man would not, (.and we vet&b. not) can it be possible tv • ."*l.; cmg such a man in so eletß qt But we will add no morL ' | on the intelligent, moral, nWK. citizens of Georgia to savetrfv UtfcTe from the ignomy and disgrace which would result from giving the electoral vote to R. M. Johnson. If these are so blinded by their devotion to party as to forget all those obligations which are due to themselves, to virtue, to morals and to socie ty, as to support him, we will only exclaim “0 ' temporal O mores!”—and entertain our own opinions of their professions. True State oi tlie Case. We have received several letters Irom abroad, enquiring whether Col. R. M. Johnson actual ly married the mother of bis yellow children, or merely lived with her iu “a state of nature.” Having obtained tbe necessary information upon the subj :ct‘, we can give a correct re sponse to the question. The C d. lived for some years with his wo man out of a state of wedlock, during which time she had several children. At length; while he was at Washington city, officiating as a member of Congress, she become religious ly inclined, and made application totheChurch for admission as a member. The church re jected her application on account of her in decent and unlawful connection with Col John son, and informed h?r, that she could not be received as long as that connectic n subsisted. On the Colonel’s return home, she laid the whole matter before him, and strongly urged him either to make her his wife or to permit her to discontinue ail intercourse with him. Thus situated, he appealed to a clergyman to join them in the estate of matrimony. The clergyman, knowing such a union to be for bidden, under heavy penalties, by the law of the land, refused to give his aid in the performance of the ceremony. The Colonel, unwilling to be thus baffled, invited several of his neighbors to his house, and among the rest ti notorious priest in the vicinity of the Great Crossings; and. when all were assembled, he and his wo? man stood up befoie them, each holding a prayerbook, and went through the marriage (ceremony. The ( hurchwas then satisfied, that she was to all intents and purposes Col. Johnson’s wife. Accordingly they received her as a member of their body, and she con tinued in full communion until the time of her death. The near approach ofthe first Monday in No vember,admonishes us that ’.ve should urgeuport the people the importance of turning out and ex ercising with that manliness which character izes tin American Citizen their privilege on that eventful occasion. It is a day of deep and absorbing interest to? every citizen ol the Southern States, and its re sults may be fraught with tin most gratifying or disastrous consequences to our institutions. How important then is it that you should be stow your suffrage as Freemen? Go to the polls Georgians untrammelled by party, uncon | ’rolled by demagogues, untutored by party train ers and give j our votes to him who in your es timation deserves it at your hands When you have thus acted you will have discharged your duty to jourselves, to your Country .and your ' children, and nothing short of this will relieve from the paramount obligations due to each. I VA e have said we were admonished to urge the people out—yes the whole people—of all j ages and conditions who are entitled to a vote.— And in this we are sincere. Il Georgia is to be ; slid the slave to a blind and degrading partv in | fluence, we are willing to witness the sacrifice j mortifying as it may be to a native son. If she , is doomed to support in obedience to the will of j a majority of the people for offices in ■ amalgamator (of which we have no doubt,) we shall had it as one of their noblest deeds Werepeat-Goto the polls Citizens of Geor gia and in the exercise of that dearest of all privileges ' ( “Be just and fear not, Let all the ends thou aims’t at, Be thy Country’s.” Internal Improrrmen,. luder this head we propose to indict a few remarks to the friends of Internal improvement tn Georgia, connected with their vote on the first Monday itt November next. It i s a s ac , well known to all who are at all conversant with the subject, that to carry out the present splen did projects of Rail Roads &c. contemplated in Georgta, that a system of liberal and enlarged views is not only necessary for their aecom phsement; but it is equally well known that the w n n °n he State government must be had, as aSS . ISt:II ? Ce ofthe atitseon roul. lhe policy heretofore adopted in rela tion to the funds ofthe State, leave no hope even to the most sanguine, that any monied aid can be had from the Legislature of Georgia, un- Icssitbe that which shall be obtained through the Distribution Bill o f the last Congress. This is a position which none will deny. Conse quemly it becomes the duty of even- friend of internal improvement, to examine wdl the feel- ' All admit the hostility of Mr. Van Buren & his immediate party m Congress to this measure and when they discovered how ineffectual their eflorts were to defeat the Bd! itself, their derni r I 'ißsage ot other bills, w hich would by ’their drafts upon the 1 reasury wholly extinguish the surplus contemplated to be distributed Which would have as effectually defeated the objects of the distnbution Bill, as though they had carried a major.ty against it m both branches cf the II yt should Marlin Van Buren enceeed in Ins I e tction, he will not only render powerless, if possible, the bill already passed; but he will most , certainly arrest the passage of any future bill, : contemplating a distribution of the surplus rev enue. B ould it not then, we ask be prudent, as you feel deeply interested in this great work tog.ve your vote to an individual, who will take pleasure in distributing among the States,this immense surplus; which will be annually gath ering m the Treasury; to be appropriated as they shall deem fit! With the aid of what the present bdl contemplate j to distribute, already m tbe Treasury mid w Wt will be collected over and above the necessary expenditures of the ■Jlpvernniet t. until the'•ustoms are reduced to Revenue standard; the friends of internal im 'hp m-ement in Georgia and the other States, complete with proper energy and individ y J enterprize, everWvork which the Philan ffifopist, the Statesman or the Commercial man desire. H e these suggestions to efery friend ot ititefial improvement in Geor ti»a, and with will leave the subject for IRheir deliberate refection. Tllf: ELECTIONS. The late elections in Pennsy Ivania for the Le gislature and members of Congress from that State, have resulted unfavorably to the whig cause, The Van Buren party have succeeded in electing a majority both in the Legislature and Congress; but it is said that their majorities arc greatly diminished front those of last year, and the whigs seem to have cause of exultation, ra-