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ry of the building, immediately under that of
fice, We cannot say which statement is cor
rect. If the latter be ♦rue, there can be no
doubt that it was the work of an incendiary.
We believe the most of the papers on the
two first stories of the General Post Office De
partment have been saved; but all those in
the third story; being the greater portion of the
papers belonging to the Department, and a
mongst them ten or twelve thousand unsettled
accounts of Postmasters for the quarter ending
on the Ist October list, are destroyed.
The fire did not extend to any of the neigh
boring buildings.
soutnmt
Athens, Ga. Saturday, December 24, 1836.
Col. Julius c. Alford, of Troup
County. is announced as the Candidate of the
White Party in Georgia, to fill the vacancy in
the present session of Congress, produced by
the resignation of George W» B. Towns.
'We are indebted to the Hon. C» E. Haynes,
; for a copy, in pamphlet form, of‘he President s
Message.
The Hon. Eli S. Shorter, died of Bdious
Pleurisy, on 'the 12th inst. at bis residence in
Columbus.
From Milledgeville we learn that our Le
gislature has passed the bills for the organiza -
tion of the Court for the correction of Errors,
and the appropriation es 410.000 dollars of the
Surplus Revenue to the building the main
trunk of the great Western Rail Road, as con
templated by the Rail Road Convention re
cently assembled at Macon. This is indeed
a season for rejoicing in Georgia, and the pas
sage of these two bills afford abundant cause
for it. We had intended giving our views
more at length in to-day’s paper upon both
these important subjects, but have had to gl ve
place to other matter —consequently we must
defer it, and content ourselves with congratu
lating our readers upon the prospect of two
vital changes in our affairs.
The Court for the correction of Errors with
all its objections, forms and important leature
in the administration of the laws in Georgia.
And the Rail Road Bill, limited as is the ap
propriation, has laid the corner stone upon
which will be reared one of the noblest super
structures in internal improvement, of this or
any former age. Its advantages to Georgia
are incalculable, and for her future commer
cial greatness produced as it will be in a great
degree by this great enterprize, she will owe
a debt of gratitude to that gifted, but much abu
sed Statesman, JOHN C. CALHOUN, which
she can never repay.
CONGRESS.
This body
lar period—
, rgmuzed , ’ . “?
' I’ Vp _jj^?zA, 4 ■'«
est had
among all parties
Cabinet. Mr. Benton has given notice of his
intention to introduce his humbug expunging
resolutions again.
Among the arrivals at the seat of Govern
ment; we notice that of Col. R. M. Johnson j
and his family. To what table his family are ;
admitted in the Hotels of the City, the corres
pondents of the Journals of the day have not
said.
VIRGINIA.
This State has given her electoral vote to ,
Martin Van Buren and XV m. Smith of Alaba-|
ma, by which vote the election of Vice Presi- |
dent will devolve on the Senate— consequent- ■
)y the choice will have to be made from the
two highest candidates, Grainger and John
son, which leaves little doubt that Johnson
will be elected. . j
We shall now see how far the democratic
Senators from Anti-Johnson States will earn
outtheir boasted principles of obeying instruc
tions-
Thc president’ s * UejiKli*
From all we can gather, there is little doubt j
that if he has not already fallen a victim to his |
disease, he cannot probably survive till his term ,
of office expires.
Gov. Mc»uff le.
We invite the attention of our readers to the
farewell address of this highly gifted states
man in this days’s paper, before the Legisla
ture of S. Carolina—comment is unnecessary.
We are permitted to publish the subjoined
letter, to shew the very felicitous consequence
of our Legislature having passed the law, (as
we understand) for constructing the Rossville
Rail Road. 11 will be seen that the most prompt
measures are in progress to form a connection
with it on the part of the Hiwassee Company,
so that both works will be going on together;
and we understand that the Georgia Rail Com.
panv intend, as soon as possible, to continue
their road to the lower point of the Rossville
jruad, thus completing, at an early period, a rail
roar' communication between tke Western and
Southern States, a desideratum long and aux
ously sought, and constituting the grandest on.
terprize that animates the age;
“Knoxville, Dec. 7th 1836.
Mr. William Dearing:
Sir-.— l have recently returned from the
Noith, where I succeeded in obtaining the ser
vices of an Engineer for the Hiwassee Rail
Road, who, with his corps, will be in this place
in ten or twelve days, ready to commence op
erations immediately.
The Legislature of our State having granted
us the right of way to that portion of our road
which was within the limits of the Cherokee
nation, it is adviseable that our survey and lo
cation be completed there before the country
be sectioned off preparatory to its being dispo
sed of. We therefore, expect to Commence
our survey at the line of your State, 3«d I take
leave to suggest the propriety of your engineer
uniting with ours in the selection of some place
or point, mutually advantagious for the junc
tion of the two roads.
I shall also be pleased to have some speci
fic declaration, from your company, as to your
intention ofextending your road to and un'itim*
with us, as on this express understanding mu st
depend, as you will readily perceive, the pros
ecution of our work.
I expect to be in Athens. Tenn, jn ten or
twelve days, at a meeting of our Board, and
should be pleased to hear from you there, on
the above mentioned subject*
Very Respectfully your Ob’t Serv’t.
S. D. JACOBS, Pres’t.
Hiwassee R. Road Co."
The Knickerbocker.
The December No. which closes the eighth
volume of this highlv interesting periodical is
on our Table; affordiig its usual quantity of
original and selected matter. To say of the
work that it is good, is indeed faint praise; but
when we say that it is one of the best works of
the kind, now published in the United States;
we detract not from the merits of others, nor
place too high an estimate on this.
We will not say that it is a reproach upon the
Literary taste of the citizens of Athens, that
only one number of tbs work finds its way to
this office, nevertheless we are not sure that
we could successful!’ defend them against
such an imputation.
The January number will commence a new
volume:—if there shotld be any who desire
the work, after an examination of some of its
numbers, which can b.i had on application at
our office; we shall be pleased to forward
their names.
The contents of tin Inst No. will be found
in another part of to day’s paper.
A Miscellaneous 'filter.
A young man of decent appearance calling
hisj iama Stroud, who says he resides in Greeue
Cd., Geo. M’as taken up in our Town yester
day charged with having stolen a gold Watch
from the Messrs. Lords—when in searching
him a pair of pantaloons, fur cap, knife and
ring, were found i® his possession, which he
,’rad succeeded in purloining froth our Mer
ch'ints.
port the southern whig.
Mr. Jones:—l perceive that many of the
States, and Georgia among the rest, protest
against any further accumulation and distribu
tion of the surplus revenue ofthe General Gov
ernment, If this disclai mer refer to the taxes
which that government has a right to impose,
it is just and proper, but if tl. e proceeds of the
public lands are included, the (States are yield,
ing a right which is not justified by any con
sideration of propriety or sound policy. I be
lieve it a position not difficult to establish, that,
the proceeds ofthe public landi, (at least that
portion of them north-west of the Ohio river,
ceded by the State of Virginia in the year ’B4,
before the adoption of the Federal Constitu
tion, to the States then held together by the ar
ticles of cmnfederation,) belong to the respec.
tive States and not in their federal character—
I believe further that the General Government
is a Trustee of this fund for the benefit of the
several States, and if it were suable in a Court
of Equity it could be made, not only to divide
the present amount of money in hand, derived
j from the sales in that Territory, but to account
' for all sums expended in behalf of the Federal
To sustain these views I offer
evidence and only request that
' as pending in a Court
fiak u' • : .&fr|Jfcfcbeing Plaintiffs, and the
ilh-ii. iPiiihmt.
articles of confederation :
adopted on the 9th day of July 1778. and from ; ‘
them the following clauses, to wit, ‘ Each j <
State shall maintain its own delegates in a !
meeting of the States [Congress] and while {.
they act as members of the committee of the
States” [in the recess of Congress]. Again, i
“all charges of war. a id all other expenses that j
shall be incurred for the common defence, or
general welfare, and allowed by the United
States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed
out of a common Treasury, which shall be sup
plied by the several States in proportion to the
value of all land within each State, granted to,
or surveyed for, any person, as such land and
the buildings and improvements thereon shall
be estimatsd, according to such mode as the
United States in Congress assembled shall,
from time to time, direct and appoint. The
taxes for paying tiiat proportion shall be laid
and levied by the authority and direction of
the Legislatures of the several States within
I the time agreed upon by the United States in
; Congress assembled.” I quote these clauses
i for two p.irposes, Ist to shew that, under the
■ articles of confederation, the States in their in.
' dividual capacity supported the Federal ov.
j ernment and that it had no other resources or
I means of support —2d (the use of which will
■ be seen hereafter) to shew the rate or measure
of the charges and expenses of each State.
I next present the Articles of cession exe
cuted on the Ist of March liß4 between tne
Slate of Virginia on the one part, and the Con
gress of the United States, under the articles
of confederation, on the other.
Ist. The State of Virginia authorized cer
tain commissioners (which was done under
their handsand seals) “to convey, transfer, as
sign and make over unto the United States in
Congress assembled, FOR THE BENEFIT
OF SAID STATES, VIRGINIA INCLU
SIVE, all right, title, and claim, as well of
soil as ofjurisdiction, which the said common,
wealth hath to the territory or tract of country
within the limits of the Virginia charter, sit
uate lying and being to the North-west of the
river Ohio to, and for, the USES and purposes,
and on the conditions of the said recited act.”
Now, 2d, one of the uses and
the said recited act is in the
viz. “that all the lands
so ceded to the
for, or
cd .’ ■• f ,
officers t' ' •
shall I* for
the US® ■. , ~/h <>f >he Uni
ted ■ i ‘ shul! beCo “ le ’
members®’ ’ csv™ ederid
Ztiince of twL_ ,- , • inclusive,
according proportions
of the expenditure,
and shall be faithfully and bona Ji de disposed
of for that purpose, and f> r n 0 other LSE or
PURPOSE wAatsoeeer.”
Cai' ' vor< J s be t,lore explicit? I said the
General Gov. errt,nent 'vas u 'lkustee for the
States. Here are tn? legal .md techmeal words
that not only imply but absolutely create a T, us.
1 grant to the United States m p on ß r^ ss
seinbled for the use. and btwfd of saic * d '
(myself included,) so said Virginia. *
it was intended for the United “ 1
confederated character, it was only necessary |
to stop at the words “United States” and the
rest followed as a matter of course, but when
Virginia takes the pains specially to include
herself, and particularly specifies the measure
and manner of division, we can be at no loss
to arrive at her intention to distribute the ‘‘com
mon fund,” (once all her own,) amo ig her
sister States, especially if we bear in mind, as
already cited, that each State pad to furnish
her quota of money to defray the “charges and
expenses” of the Federal GoVefntnent.
The then Federal Government could have no
funds; or in the language of the Articles, no
“CortirtjWn Treasury” but in the way provided
by that instrument. It was to be “supplied
by the Several Stales" and it may be boldly af
firmed that no othelr method can be found in
that compact.
But there is a view of this question which is
perfectly conclusive; suppose the States had
remained under the articles of confederation
and had never adopted the present Federal
Constitution, what would have become of the
proceeds of the poblic land thus ceded by Vir
ginia? What would the oi l Congress, having
no powers to raise revenue, and no right to
use or retain money but in away specially
provided in tile charter of their authority, have
done with the money arising from the sales? i
How could it have evaded this unequivocal I
clause in the Contract made with V irginia
to wit, “the lands thus ceded shall be consider
ed as a common fund, for the use and benefit oi
such of the United States as have become, or
shall become, members of the confederation or
federal alliance ofthe said States, Virginia in
clusive, according to their usual respective pro
portions of the general charge and expenditure
and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed
of for that purpose and for no other use or pur
pose whatsoever”? Does not every one per
ceive that the Federal Government would have
been compelled, it it acted faithfully, to pay
over to the States their respective shares oi
the proceeds of the lands as they were “dis
posed of for the use and benifit of said States,
Virginia inclusive”? It is no good objection to
say the States would have had to pay it back
to the Federal Government, that might or might
not have been the case, there might have been
a surplus then as there is now. The Federa]
Government was largely indebted to some of
the States and that, at least, had to be exhaust
ed in the way of supplies from the creditor
State, before her dividend of the land proceeds
couid be touched. But apart from these consid
erations it was the “terms of the bond” and it
was obliged to be complied with.
This view of the subject is obliged to settle
the case, unless the change of government, or
in other words the adoption of the Federal
Constitution has conferred upon the present
Government a title to these lands and their
proceeds paramount to the one above shewn
to exist in the States —If so, let it be shewn,
it is incumbent upon the defendant to produce
his grant. Let him shew the instrument by
winch the right has passed out of the States,
and vested in himself. We might safely con
clude the cause here, under the utmost confi
dence, that no deed can be shewn which re
vokes the articles of cession made by Virgin
ia, the title under which the States rightfully
claim, but Plaintiffs can shew that they have
been extremely mindful of this interest, for in
the Constitution agreed to in September ’B9,
| nearly six years after the Virginia cession
) which changed the government, or rather abro-
I gated the Articles of confederation, they ex
i presslv provide these saving clauses, to wit,
i “all debts contracted, and
i into, before the adoption
shall be as valid against thcsßM|Vß|miH
der this constitution, as under the confederal |
lion.” 6th Art. Again, m the 4th article, it -
is declared, “that Congress shall have power |
to dispose of, and make all needful rules and J
regulations respecting the territory or other j
property belonging to the United States; and\
nothing in this constitution shall be so construed ,
as to prejudice any claims of the United Slates,
or of any particular State." Nothing can be
plainer, and to shew that this is net a strained
construction of the instruments from which
it is attempted to deduce the right of the States
to the public lands, North-west of the river
Ohio, let us see what President Jackson has
said in his veto of Mr. Clay’s land bill, one a
mong the few of his State papers that he has
not recalled or explained away, one that has
the singular merit of being uncontradicted by
any other. His remarks were made in refer
ence to that provision in the Bill which de
signed tc give 12 1-2 per cent, out of the nett
proceeds to the new States and are as follow;
“What more need be said to demonstrate its
objectionable character, than that it is indirect
and undisguised violation of the pledge given
by Congress tc the States, before a single ces
sion was made; that it abrogates the condi
tion upon which some of the States come into
the Union; and that it sets at naught the terms
of cession spread upon the face of every grant
under which the title to that portion of the
public lands is held by the Federal Govern
merit”? Again, he says, alluding to the deeds
s fjiessioti; “The Constitution of the United
not delegate to Congress the power
’ ‘ tliesc compacts. On the contrary,
• ' that nothing in it ‘shall be con.
' any claims of the United
any particular State,’ it virtually
that those compacts shall remain uti
touched by the legislative power, which shall
only make all ‘needful rules ‘and regulations’
for carrying them into effect.
Now, however, things arc changed, because
he wants to reduce the surplus revenue he te
commends in his Lite message, to diminish the
price of the public lands and to dispose ot them
only to actual settlers. This will be a fraud
upon the States and ought to be resisted as
well as all attempts to give any portion ofthe
lands or their proceeds, over and above their
rightful share, to any of the new States. Con
gress has already violated the Virginia Com
pact by the vast cessions of land for various
purposes, made to the new States as well as
a donation to them of large sums of money
arising from their sale. An immediate stop
s[l9U]d be put to such a frithlcss disposition of
ssufhtrn iti®♦
| that “common fund,” so generously reserved
by Virginia for the “use and benefit" of the
whole of her sister States. I candidly admit
that the States should lay no claims to any
other lands or their proceeds than those deriv
ed from the sales North-west of the Ohio river,
for although other states, and paiticularly
Georgia, have made similar cessions and al
most in exact terms, yet as they were made
subsequent to the adoption ofthe Federal Con
stitution, I think the question, by reason there
of, Is very materially varied. If however we
can get what justly belongs to us it will be
enough for all useful purpoes. The vast a
mouuts which have accrued for the last forty
years, since the adoption ofthe Federal Con
stitution, in which the government had ample
power to raise means for its support independ
ent of the land fund, will greatly lesson the
qualms of conscience which some seem to have
about taking any part of the surplus revenue,
and protesting that such another dose must
not be put before them. Surely, since that
time there can be no excuse either to use or
withhold the land revenue from the States.
For my part. I believe, we have not obtained
our own by many millions, and although, in
the distribution no v about to be made, there is
part of it docs not rightfully belong to the
I States, because it is revenue from other sour
i ces than that of land sales, yet there is enough
behind, which we ought to have, that will
compensate for the gratuity, if it be so consid
ered, ten times over—Let us come to a fair set
tlement, and we may and ought to refund
whatever is receiver over and above a fair di
vision of the proceeds ofthe public lands, un
der the solemn compact ofthe State of Virgin
ia. This is our right. In this there is no
degradation, no senile dependence on that
government, and, poiselng ourselves upon our
jqst rights we should exact their strict obser
vance. A. S. CLAYTON.
FOR THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
COMMUNICATION—No. 2.
Mr. Editor, —In continuing my remarks on
the important subject of Internal Improve
meets, I would offer, as a leading motive of
interest in this communication, the Law of
Self-Preservation.
The Great Endower of the facilities of
man lias given him natures, passions and ap
petites suitable to his sphere in the scale of
his existence; and in the moderate use and
indulgence of which his happiness is advan
ced. One of the most prominent character
istics of the nature of man is, to aspire, and in
his aspirations he is only accomplishing the
objects s f his creation, so long as he contin
ues in the sphere circumscribed by a wise
Providence, as the theatre of his actions. But
the history of man proves that he is unfortu
nately prone to usurp the rights of his fellows:
“Aspiring to be Gods the Angels fell,
Aspiring to be Angels men rebel”—
Hence the necessity, as all experience has
shown, of precautionary measures of defence
and self-preservation by man against man;
State against State; and Kingdom against
Kingdom. The long and bloody list of mur
derers and incendiaries from Cain to the pre
sent day, the convulsions of States and fail of
Kingdoms and Empires, all abundantly prove
tins. His passions unrestrained like a dread
ful hurricane in its irresistable force, despoils
Ihe forest of its beauty, the field of its harvest,
and the city'of its splendor. Or like the ter
rifled tempest which arousing the anger of the
Ocean against the beauteous ship and de
fenceless Crew', until the one becomes a sad
wreck of human ingenuity, and the other a
lifeless mass in the bosom of a watery grave
His appetites the motives to animal gratifica
tion, and the great auxiliaries through which
under proper restrictions is made up a large
amount of humin happiness, are often indulg
ed in a beastly extravagance, and become the
of many of the miseries of life.
• 'T* man taxes his iageaui
jMMPstrength,and usurps the rights
WBB|Famer. Against all these impetuous •
streams which coutiuu.dly flow fr tn man’s j
corrupt nature, passions and appetites, flowing |
in constant hostility to the undermining of con. I
stituiional charters, it is our duty and interest j
to prepare by all the means of a prudential and
wisu policy.
As in the economy of a Just Providence it
is declared that all men are the objects of his
peculiar’care, and as in the dispensations there
of till share in his bounty, so the facts ofex
perie.nce admonish us that caution and vigi
fence should guard our rights and preserve our
heritage. —Li the absence of these, virtue and
innocence have often fallen victims io the hand
of the assassin, and confidence betrayed by the
cupidity of avarice and the tieachery of ambi
tion. Hud these gifts of nature always been in
in exercise, our records would not have beetfso
often stained by the expositions of frauds and
murders, a id Coustitutio al government would
have been saved the mortification of cringing
to lawless power, nor have been so often crush
ed by the iron sceptre of despotism. Had
Rome guarded her rights and brought her
latent powers into action, she never would
have known a Nero. Had America have
slumbered on w hen assailed by foreign oppres
sion, she never would have sung tne song of
Political Redemption. And Georgia might
have been chained in commercial bondage,
bit for the prudence and vigilance of her sons.
Tober own resources is she indebted for her
present condition, and on them should she re
pose for still greater eminence on the scale of
sovereign States.
As the principle of liberty -is so deeply im
bued in the moral constitution of every Geor
gian, and justly held to be above all price, let
us look to ourselves for tne means of maintain
ing that independence of which we boast.—
We may be the more disposed to this when we ■
remember that an abstract right is of very lit-1
tie value in a world of such beings as above
described, unless we have the means of main
taining that right. Metaphysiciansand Jurists
tn our struggle for Independence, would have
presented with all their reason and eloquence
a very feeble barrier to the progress of an in
suiting and tyranic foe. In vain did they plead
their right to representation. In vain their |
rights to all the privileges of citizenship and loy
al subjects were urged upon the consideration
of a lawless King and parliament. An enemy
must be met with weapons of warfare similar
to his own, reason presents a contemptible
breastwork to the cupidity of avarice, and right
is laughed 16 scorn before an invading Army.
Georgia in a conflict for her established pre
rogatives may not court the smiles of perfidi
ous friendships, crouch to the ambition of a
neighbour, nor yield a servile obedience to the
nod of a tyrant. Providence has placed at her
disposal the means of self-preservation, and
given for her command the high grounds of
independence. If she brings them into re
quisition she may enjoy tn peace the blessings'
of civilization and wealth, in war confidencej
and safetv, through her implements ot defence, I
facilities often isportation, and articles of sub- |
sisteiicc. No mountain i'l Georgia so high 1
but may be overcome by art and industry, >
water so perilous but tiiay be safely navigated,
while her plains afford every facility for the
construction of Rail Roads bv which her citi
zens may fly as with the swiftness of thepvind,
from east to west and from north to south, —
happy in peace confident and safe in war.
Such are the means which Georgia presents
to her sons for her self preservation and ag
grandisement. She is now calling on us in a
voice not to be misunderstood to seize the fa
vourable opportunity of defending her from
her foes, in sustaining her institutions, and pre
serving untarnished her escutcheon, our chil
dren claim it as their right at our hands, and
ali nature teams with ten thousand allure
ments in courting us to undertake the great
work of internal improvement.
Besides the considerations of a pecuniary
nature which thi subject holds out to our
view, there are others not less powerful in
their operations, and more laudable in their
ends. Where is the Georgian who dares not
covet the enviable character of a benefactor of
his race? and for posterity to lisp in grateful
rememberance the noble deeds of his achieve
ment ? Does the fame of the scholar prompt
the student to incessant toil and study, and to
trim th« midnight lamp in lighting him to tke
goal of his ambition ? The renown ofihe wir
rio' - constrain men to forego the labours and
fatigues of the Camp, in exchange for the ease
and comforts of home? To encounter the
dangers and commotions of the battle field in
lieu ofthe quietude and enjoyments of private
life ? The applause of slaughtering thousands,
to the virtuous iqnocency of domestic employ
ment? Does the marriner launch upon the
watery Main and brook the terrors of the
storm? Treat with contempt his native land
in quest of foreign gold ? and all these share
so largely in the applause of a perverted and
giddy world? While the virtuous citizen am
bitious ofhis country’s good, and the meliora
tion of the Condition ofhis fellow-man, is view
ed with the Contempt of littleness, and treated
with the scorn of the ignoble 1 Such a state
of things may exist in a land where virtue is
made to crouch to vice, and meritdroops at the
feet of iniquity, but in Georgia wetrust the
citizen engaged in the promotion ofhis coun
try’s weal, will ever maintain an elevated sta
tion, as well m the councils of the State as in
the grateful recollections of an impartail pos
terity. An Al|exander,a Caesar, and a Napo
leon were lauded in their day tor their butchery
of thousands, but posterity looks back with
horror and indignation on their fiendish ambi
tion, while we cherish the names of an Archi
medes, a Cincinnatus and a Clinton.
A Friend of Internal Improvement,
Farewell Address of Governor McDuffie. |
Delivered Before the Legislature of South
Carolina, Dec. 12, 1836
Fellow. Citizens but a few moments
will elapse before I shall retire, in all human
probability, forever, from the stage upon which
I have so long acted in the service of South
Carolina, I cannot permit the occasion to
to pass without attempting to give some feeble
uttera ice to the emotions it has so irrepressi
bly excited iu my bosom. In what manner
I have acted the part which has been assign
ed to me in the great drama of public affairs,
and in some of the most eventful scenes of that
drama, it is not my province to determine.
It is all that I can desire, and more than I
can hope, that the favorable opinion for which
I am now indebted to the partiality and kind
ness of my fellow-citizens, may be ra.ified by
the more stern and impartial judgment which
posterity will pronounce upon my character
and conduct. One thing I may be permitted
to say, I trust without arrogance; that in all
the stations to which I have been summon,
ed; in all the exciting and engrossing scenes
in which I have been called upon tn act; ?nd
amidst all those allurments which habituallv
beset the path of a public man; in no solitary
instance has any selfish purpose of interest
or ambition operated for one singe moment
to break the intensity and singleness of my
devotion to the interests, the honour and the
glory of South Carolina. I n the self-devoting
idolatry of my heart. South Carolina has had
no rival.
But whilst I claim to have brought these
undefiled, but humble offerings to her alter, I
am at the same time deeply sensible that all
these, and ten times more, would be but a poor
and inadequate return for the manifold proofs
of her generous and unfailing confidence, by
which I have been uniformly sustained in all
the trials and in all the vicissitudes through
which it has been my fortune to pass.
Whatever may have been the exclusive,
ness of my devotion, and whatever estimate
partiality may have placed upon my services
I still owe her a debt of eternal gratitude, the re
cord of which is deeply inscribed my on heart,
snd which neither time, nor change,nor chance
shall ever obliterate. Wherever 1 may go;
into whatever distant regions of the earth
my destiny may carry me—my heart will
he with you, and my prayers will be directed,
with an Unerring polarity, to the home of
my affections; and the laud of my allegiance.
And if—which may Heaven forbid—it should
so happen, that in the rapid progress of those
inauspicious events which are even now cast
i ig their ill-boding shadows before them South
Carolina should be constrained to summon
all her chivalry to the defence, of her house
hold gods and domestic alters; yielding a
prompt obedience to the sacred call, I will
fly to her glorious standard, “swift as the
tempest travels o’er the Waste of mighty
wateis,” prepared and resolved, in common
with every true and patriotic son of her’s to
defend and preserve her institutions and lib
erties, ot perish in their ruins.
And now sir,, [to the Governor elect,] it
remains that I surrender into your charge
the ensigns of the high trust, to which you
have been summoned. I trust, sir, you re
ceived them untarnished from my hands.—l
am sure you will transmit them untarnished
to the hands of your successor.
Fellow-citizens, with my most ardent and
devout prayers tor your prosperity, individually
and collectively, I bid you farewell.
OBITUARY.
DlED—Near Jefferson, Jackson County,
of Congestive fever, on Wednesday evening,
the 21st instant, MARY T., daughter of Maj.
George and Louesa Shaw, aged 10 years and
11 months.
In the choice of his victims, Death, too of
ten alas! selects those on whom the cherished
hopes and fond anticipations of parental fond
ness loves to dwell. And, if we may he per
mitted to judge ffom what we have seen the
subject of this notice was the favorite, in a
wood degree, of those affectionate parents from
whom, God in his providence has been plea
sed to call her. To love those who possess
amiability of disposition, mildness of temper,
and benevolence of heart, is characteristic of
human nature; and as Mary possessed these
qualities in a degree unusual to one of her age.
she was beloved by all acquainted with her.
With the bereaved parents the community,
generally, deeply sympathise. G.
Two Apprentices,
WILL be taken at this office. Boys
from the country will be preferred.
Contents ci tlie Knickerbocker.
December. 1836 —Vol. viii. No. 6.
Original Rafters.— American Poety. The
<)ld Man’s Lament; by Miss Emma C. Em
bury; Original Passages in the Life ofthe
celebrated Sir. William Phips. Sonnet. Th<-
Privateer: by the author of ‘Ahe Escape.
‘ Jack Marlinspike’s Yarn,’ etc., L’Orienl: a
Fragment. The Portico. (Number Four.)
M oni i‘ T ht and the Spirit. By Greenville Mei
len, Esq" The Ordinary Man : being a Series
of Incidents, Incidental or rather Indigenous
m Indigenes- A Winter Scsne. The Glory
"j of .ho World, by Ni-H.L.
Bc'MleJjNew ..'orsey. Warfare of Mwgu Am
Zeal upon Science. Lines scratched on her
Looking-glass, by <i‘Young Ladv m iter teens
‘ Oh ' Mourn not for the Beautiful I by J B
bar, Esq. Morality of Childhood. The Dead:
by Miss Maryjtnne Browne, (England.) At
ria, or the Coman Wife Two 3ml-Boat Ex
cursions: by the author of ‘ Life m Florid?..
The Summer Ducks of Florida. Ihe Ri'-ei
St. Johns’s and its Deceptive Islands, lhe
Spectre-Ship-Live-Oak Cutters. Law Courts
in the Woods. Negroes in the SotVh, and the
Mistaken Notions respecting their Condition.
Scenery ofthe St. John’s. A H rd Customer.
Musquitoes. Amelia Island. Thunder-Storm
at Sea. An Unexpected Encounter. A Cool
Scoundrel. ‘Orson’ Encounters a Rattle
snake, His final Capture. Indian Prescrip
tions. Love’s Welcome, A Visit to Jerusa
lem : by an Officer of the Untied S’ares’ Navy.
(Number Que.) Emotions <ci Visiting the
Holy Land. Appearance of the Country.
Ramah in Gilead. Journey toward Jerusalem,
Entrance into the Cityofthe Great King. Vis
it to Mount Calvary. The Holy Sepulchre.
The Holy Well. Journey to the Mount of
Olives. The Pool of Siloam. Sepulchre of
the Virgin Maty, Visit to the Garden of
Gethsemane. Ode; by William B. Tappan,
Esq. Philadelphia. Odds and Ends. From
the Port-folio of a Penny-a-Lincr. (Number
Seven.) A Love-Passage. Pleasure-Travel
ling. The Penny-a-Liner visits the Home of
his Childhood. The Old Homestead. Asso
ciations of Youth. A Reunion of Elderly Lo
vers. Canai-boat Travelling. The Pearit-a-
Liner returns to New-York. Scenes of the
City. The Rich Poor Man. Ao ill-used
Gentleman. Caught at Last. Letters ofLu
cious M. Pis<>, from Palmyra, to his friend
Marcus Curtins, at Rome: now first translated
and published. (Number Eight.) Faded
Blossoms: (An Extract.)
Literary Notices.— -Meliichampe, a Legend
ofthe Santee: by W. Gilmme Simnds, Esq.
The Fairy Book. Reynolds’ Address on the
subject of the Surveying and Exploring Expe
dition, Protestant Jesuitism; by a Protestant.
Paulding’s‘Tales ofthe Good Woman.’ Ed
itors Table
The Drama.— l, Miss Grove. 2. Mr.
Dowtoa. 3. Mr. Power. 4. Augusta.
Editors Drawer.— Reply to ‘ New-York and
Ne v England.’ Oniithichnites Gigunteus, Re.
divivus. Desultory Thoughts, Scene in a
Wood. Reason atld Revelation. Work for
American Colleges.
Literary Record. —Address by Mr. James
L. Homer, Boston. Spark’s Library of Amer
ican Biography. Frascati’s, or Scenes in Pa
ris. Andrew the Savoyard, by Paul De Kock.
Papers ofthe Pickwick Club. Autumn Leaves.
Remarks on the Four Gospels, by Rev, Mr.
FurnesS, Philadelphia. Holmes’Poems. The
American Nun. Harry O’Reardon, by Mrs.
S. C. Hail. The Rambler ia Mexico. East
and West. The Desultory Man. Harvar
diana. Notice to Correspondents and Readers
Bank Slate ot' Georgia, ?
Branch at. Athens, Dec. 16, 1836. )
NOTICE is hereby given that a reduction i
of 10 per cent, on the original amount j
will be required on all notes running and fall
ing due at this Bank on and after the Ist of
February next. i
A9BLRI HULL. Cashier,
D c. 24.—34—3 t
REHOBOTHVILLE ACADEMIES.
FfflHE Trusti es of these Institutions have I
J- the pleasure ot announcing to the public,
tnat they have engaged the services of the Rev.
H. Pendergrass in the Male, and Mrs. Lucio- ‘
da A. Lowry in the Female department, whose
experience and success tn the art of teaching
heretofore, entitle them to a liberal patronage. ;
Ihe Schools will commence on Monday the
ninth ot January next, under good regulations.
Board can be had chcan at respectable houses
in the Village and its vicinity.
By order of the Board of Trustees;
LITTLEBERRY BOSTWICK, Sec. !
Dec. 24,-34—2t
The Southern Recorder and Federal Union,
Milledgeville, and the S rnthern Whig and B m
ner, Athens, will please give the above two in
sertions, and forward their accounts to me at
Rehobothvijle tor payment.
GUY SMITH, Treas’r.
HF lhe Citizens of SaL ar s <l
its vicinity, respectfully recommend Thomas
Overby, Esq. as a Candidate for a member ot'
the Inferior Court of Clark county, at the ap
proaching election in January next.
Dec. 17,—33—t1J
Daniel Ilajor, Kmj. isTiv-
Spectfully recommended to the voters of Clark
county as a proper person to be chosen a mem
ber of the Inferior Court, at the approaching
election.
Dec. 17-33—tlJ
[CJ 3 Wc art* authorised io an
nounce the name of Mr. Bedford Langford, as a
Candidate forJudge of the Inferior Court at the
ensuing election.
Nov. 26,-30
AND
FOR sale by 8. TENNEY & Co, corner
of Broad Street and College Avenue.
Nov s—s7—tit .
Administrator’s Sale..
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Fe ■
bruary next, at the Court-house in the j
town of Watkinsville, Clark county, the likely !
famous young Jack Nero, upon a credit of twelve
months, as the property of Joel Williams, late ot i
Alabama deceased.
WILLIAM WEATHERLY, Adm’r
Salem. Dee. 10—32—tds
INCREASE OF CAPITAL.
3000 Shares SlockGa. Kail Road * Banking
Company; for Sale.
ON Thursday the 19th of January next, at
11 o’clock, A. M. the Board of Direc
tors of the Georgia Raji Road and Banking
Company will offer, at Auction, at their Bank
ing House in Augusta, the privilege ot sub
scribing for
Two Thousand Shares
of the Stock of said Company.
O.i the same day and at the same hour, will |
be exposed to sale at the Company’s Banki n' •
House at Athens, the privilege of subscribi..g
for
One Thousand Shares
ofthe Stock of said Company.
Purchasers will be required to pay down i
Sixty fmr Dollars per Share, and the subse.
quOnl instalments as they may be called for.
By order ofthe Board.
JAS. CAMAK,Cash.
QsjC- 10—32—wtds
J. F. Setze & Co.
HAVE recently received from Dfi*is, the fat
lowing desk atrleand fashionable GOODS*
viz :
4-4 light and dark Calicoes, ift great vsriHjr
patterns and warranted not to ted* in wssfcibg
9-8 hoeee servants extra fine Madras Hdkfd
. do , du do Cototiflte do
gentJemen’s fancy CrdVxtt
inple chain plain and rich figured filiks, ®eW
»<yle, ol the fol.jwing color St Fawn, Bottle
and Grass Gi* r>, Lilac, Violet, Lavender,
Slate, Light and Dark, Brown, Sea Green, Jet
and Blue Black, Light and Dark Grey, Blue
an Lead J
Bik I lorentine Silk for gentlemen's Vests
larooout d ecoupe, a beautiful article for Ladies
evening Dresses.
Ladies white an black sflk Hosiery
Black and wlnte bilk Socks
Ladies and gentlemen’s H. S. and Buckskin
Gloves
I Short and long Pic Nic and Kidskln do
5-4 Jet black Bombazin, some extra ffrte (cheap,
er than any offered by them before)
Artificial Flowers and Wreaths
Splendid Ball and Wedding dresses, differenft
i*rom those offered last year
New style Belts to suit each dress
Silk Oh Cloth
Black Gros de Swiss
Do Italian Lutestriiigs
Do and colored Satins
Do do fancy Silk Shawls
Thibet wove Shawls
Rich belt Ribbous, assorted colors
Linen Towels with el’d borders
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, assorted quail:
ties
Florence Silks
Taffeta iiibhctns, frefo No. 6 to 22
Satin do do do
Black Girard Ribbon
Silk Braid, all colors
Black and white Blond Edgings
"super embroidered Muslin Capes
Black Mateom Cravats
Do Loye Shawls and Veils
Rich Gauze Cap Ribbon
Gumelastic Suspenders
Also from New York.
3-4,4-4 5-4 brown Shirting and Sheeting
Black Carpeting
Plaided Satinetts
Cassimeres
New York .Mill Shirtings
Embroidered Cambrics
Fancy Dark Prints
Diack and Lavender Prints
Rossetms, a new and fashionable article M
dresses _ M ■.
Extra fine stxiped and checked Swiss Muslin
Do do plain do dfl
; Assorted Vest Patterns
Scotch worked Capes and Collars (sonlto extra
rich)
I Low priced Green and Printed floor Baize
j White Jeanes
i White Canton Flannel
! 4-3 and 6-4 Bed Tick
j Crash,for Toweling ..
Fancy Gilt Buttons tor Children’s Clothing
A good assortment ot Thread Lace, Footing and
! Edgings
! Assorted Bobinet Footing and Edgings
i Ladies superior Silk Stockings and Gloves
I Drab and Brown Satinetts
' Russia Diaper, Green Bombazetts
Black Smciiew Silk for Ladks Aprons
A fair assortment of Scolloped and Inserting
I Trimmings
' Linen Collars, black Bombasin Stocks
I Ladies black and fancy col'd Merino Hose
Open worked White and Brown Cotton Hose
Do do do colored do do
Scarlet, Yellow and Green quality binding
Knitting Cotton
Fur Capes ofthe following description:
Petit Gris Capes
. Spotted do do
! Do do with ends
Siberian Squirrel Capes
Do do Tippetts
Chinchilla do
Black Geaet do
Spotted and Grey Capes for Misses and children
i Carpet Binding
i Green Flannel
White and col’d Bed Lace
• 4-4 Furniture Dimity
6-4 lo.v priced and sup’r Cotton Cambric*
4-4 rich f'gnred and sprig’d Bobinet Lace*
j White, black, brown and slate corded Dresses
I Quilted Sk.rts
I White and black worsted half bos.
| Assortsd sizes Mieses white and fancy colored
hose
Men’s lamb’s wool and Vigonia long hose, com.
very tine,
‘ Lad'es’ embroidered cottongloves.
j Mohair caps
India Rubber aprons
4-4 star thule lace
■ Ringlets, all colors
The f ollowing are nmc on the way and expetied
daily: •
Superior English long cloth
Scarlet Merino flannel
• Sup’r. Oxford merino satinet
i 5 4 Italian lutestrings
I Bird’s-eye diaper
Boys’ dark and light silk pocket handkerchiefs
iiernam; Chally, and Thibet merino shawls
' Sup’r. black watered beltribboiis
Ladies’ black H S gloves
■ Corsetts from No. 1 to 12
Assorted flax thread, Kentucky jeanes dowlas
j Ir.sh linen sheetings
French and English merino cloth
j Mull muslins
; Rogi ■ T patent White flannel
i Crimson and plain white pongee handkerchief*
j Bonnet ribbons, black Italian crape
{ Damask napkins
! Sup’r. Wilton hearth rugs
i 5-4 brown sheetings, &c. &.
i Dec. 3.—3l—tf
Executor’s Sale*
W r ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
Febuary next,at the Court House in Che
rokee Co., Lot of Land No. 1134, third District
and second Section, formerly Cherokee now
Forsyth, containing 40 Acres; sold as part of
the real estate of John Osborn of Clark county
deceased. Sold agreeable to the last will of said
dec'd.
ISMA W. WOOLDRIDGE, > ,
. NICHOLAS OSBORN,
Dee. 10,—32—tds
~AN ELECTItm,
IN obedience to a writ of Election tons direct,
ed, by his Excellency the Governor of*Geor
gia, an Election will be' held on the first Mon
day in January next, at the Conrt House in the
town of Watkinsville, and at the various pre
cints m th> County of Clark, for a Representa
tive Irom Georgia to the present Coitgress of
the i nited States, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of the Honorable G. W. B.
1 owns.
ISMA W. WOOLDRIDGE, i. i. c.
JOHN H. LOWE Sen’r. i. t. c.
WILLI AM DICKEN, j. t. e.
ELIZUR L. NEWTON, j i. c.
WILLIAM STROUD, j. I. c.
Dec. 17,—33—te
Pocket-Book Lost!
LOST by the subscriber tn the Road leading
from the Georgia Factory through Lexing
ton on Long Creek, a large Calf-skm Pocket-
Book, containing Five hundred ahd five Dollar*
one filly and twenty dollar bill Oil the MeeW»-
ie’s Bank, one twenty dollar bill on the p«rien
Bank, the other bills not recollected; s.' l -'*’
bills of goods purchased in AuguscA®’ l
& I. T. Heard, and McKee at Kewsdafe,’
other papers not recollected... . . ,
Any person finding arid iWiverirMfsttns roca
et-Book and contents to" 1 ® * n Dot .° f
give me information 1
liberally rewarded. jaMESWOOD.
Dec. 17.-33-4*
ORIGINAL OIL PAINITIXOS. ft
A BRILLIANT bbllection of Original Da
Paintings, fl-orti
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