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he never kra ilo? it daV r titii keep dodgin', here W thar, same like ful badihat, when a poor feller’* jis ft«Ud tauVlriickon, 1 wm'ptsfrt# a gstoinc to put out from these cta&n**. to them •"* tf, r sriakiu*tracks frum them diggins, tie- .ther. . : .'V ; .. »•' ' We warnt so entirely backed out tho’, as you. m*>ught s’posc; as it warnt long afire we started agin. One mdrnio’jisl as the crows ’gun to toiler, we set off for llic, matter mile to a big canc brake, lots 6* Ingins an’ other varmi Bein' a-* how ilia flight roun* us, an* ntakin* sich ad' ..... i. .v; knowin nothin’ ’bout in lotlier country, awfu bad. It ’minds roc o’ ole Spixisnn wa yuse t-> keep our school when I war. chicken; he’d a sight o’ lamin’, an* ’< read dean throng!: the psaltnslcr, an never rest a bit. He’d a power o! , what had j kiioWledge o* the scriptur, too; ha pinints hi it j he, that same ole Spinson. One da lw lerin’ *ii! hecutne over to dad's, an* let fly a fev I* sich ado, jo* tHe savins an* Joins, what’s in t yim’d aittoughl ole Nick war. tioVin .i: >od took, ineetin* ’tnong'Vm, I an’ Bill jist tlio’t j That’s what war the case with n we'd take a peep at 'em. to see if thar you see 1 couldn’t knuckle, bein’ belle i peep at 'em. to see U thar j you’ies 1 couldi warnt a chance lo gin ’em a scar, — ! h->wj|l war tied to a tree, an’ as ft thinkia’as how, turn ’bout war far: Ratin', I reckon I beat ole Ac play—an* slip hack to camp agin. i holler, a fastin’, fer 1 hadn’t eat a bi When we got thar we seed lets o,! from the time I left camps. 'em, crcepiu’ long sale o’ the cane j didn’t treat Bill Scroggins n brake, eemn ist ktvered tvith plunder.; nor me, as tha gin him a sh- Wc trailed in Iliad’em, crcepin* Jong, | bad savins: • Yali V * Chah V * Wh< then hidin’, anti then creopiif agin, to • e !» what all war, I s’posc, •you wiiii get a chance to shoot. Well, who dog !’ and, * 1*11 skin you alive, a should? Jist say ole Nick, -nnd he’s I eat out your gizzard!’ an’lhclike.- tharl While we war a lookin’ arter j Bill »gun to think, right down serus them what Ivor ahead, a camp meet- j it; hut ilia didn’t gin *im no chain*.* in* o’ ’em cropc up on us frum totlter j the ontnaneriy niggers ! f een, aii* afore wc knowd, ’bout a do- j rale ugly slieop eatin* posoui face In ten kivered us. | pins crope up a hind a saplin’ wha I seed the jig war up with me, an* Bill war tied to, an’ let ’mi have so I thought I’d make a dyin’ sarinent to ’em afore tha skdpt me : * No\y dont!’ says I. 'you wouldn’t kill & feller cretur afore he says his prayers would you ? Jist wait a ininu, mis ter Ingin, an’ let’s havo a bit o’ a chat afore wc fight.’ • Yah !’ says one o* ’em what war on my back. • I’ll gin you a far shake,’ says I ; 'a rale gintpman’s chance fer your skelp, if you’ll let me go. We’ll have it far.’ • Yali l* • Now, gin me hands room, an’ I'll gin you a tussle, if that’s what you' arter.’ •Boof • If you’ll jist say 'greed, I kin lick you an’ gin you two to one.’ • Car I* • Well, dang your buttons, aint you gwoine to do the clean thing to a fel ler cretur? Its onnatral, mister In gin,—its onhooman to keep a tod so tarnation tight down here, jist clcr the ring a bit an* ’gin a fresh.’ • Cha-tock-i-is* !’ says he, sorter snappish. • Well now, dont he arter boxin a body afore he’s dead,’ says I, sorter holin’ in my gab. • Wi-ga-husf !’ says he. • An* if she gins me a bus * sajrs I • I’ll gin her a lew o’your rale Geor< - gy colawlioppers. None o* your bu- s i,’ 'bout me, you ugly, yallcr skin ras cal 1' Arter that, one o’ ’em, what had Bill Scroggins, gin a whoop, an* then wc heerd (other gang whoop, an* then tha all whoop’d, ’(ill you’d a thought the heavens an' yarth war comm' together, au* when all got to driyin’ ahead, sich a fuss never war. heerd since frum that what was made when the big waters swallerd Noa*s Yark. N«w 1 felt sorter curi’s, an’ sorter not curi’s nether, hut a sorter all uverish- „ v ness ; twarnt so confounded genteel fer a pack o’ yaller devils to keep sich a fuss over pris’ners. o* war; nor twarnt so alfircd nice o’ ’em, nether, to bang us so unroarcifu) ; fer arter V * tha’d tied us to a tree, tha ’gun to cut sich capers os war never seed afore or arterwards; gi’in us a pop, now an’ then, with their liom’ny beters, by way ^ o’ 'mcmbrancc, I reckon. Now, tha nccd’nt adone tliat, fer you see, we never fergitted it, but flunked up that ar same game agin, arterwards, ; them. ‘ .When we come to thar carap—r them same what we war watchin, we seed lots o* pris’ners, gals an’ chil dern. Now, when I seed them same siltin’bar foot, bar-head, an* eenmos’ neked as they cotne- in the worl’. iny - dander ris, an’ I jist felt snappish, sor- ?■’>*. ter rathv like. • Hello !* says j$ * Mister Ingin, if you dont let me loose from this 'ere tree, I'll lick you every one, an’ skelp ;' you ’cause I kin !’ * V \ - *.; /. ',* Isa !’t says a big swamp jacket. • Well, say jist what you want; but I say, if you'll gin ine a far shake, 1 wont hurt you. Jist let loose these ’’ , *ere paws, will you V The whole nation ’gun to laugh, an* ' v;r bein' as how, 1 didnt know what war thar ncr* scrape, nor what -tha war ^ ' laughin’ arter. • Goto «ho 4***1 J’sayal. ; i; - L v 4 Twarnt long afore the cretnrs . r, ■T’guhtoatir. Tha’d t wos’ ripstaver- ; ^ ous feller ‘raong ’em what actid sorter off’cer like,'* the same what war right smack, with his hatchet on side o' his head, air* he didn’t kick ver agin fer 1 the matter o’ a year ter wc went home to the ole folks, an then, lie jist crope ’bout like a dyiii shote what aint bed a bite o’ corn fc: a month. ‘Now that’s wat I calls downrigli ’sasinaliun,’ says I, sciu’ as how Bii warn! possible to keep himself. ‘N> that's rale niggerish, that, to knock feller cretur on the head, an’ not git *im s chance to help ’imself. Y< a you—you imps o’ satin.’ •Chali! chali!’ says a 'oinan. When I Itctrd that ar, an’ how Bill Scroggins war * chali d,’ ’gun to think I war a gone sucker, an 1 Ink a peep at the gals, au’ the chil dern, to tell ’em good by tc, an’ a word to the ole horse; but as * duln* sec none o’ ’em a coinin’, I sorte; thought tha war afeared, an’ let oil agin. • See here, mister Ingin,' says I you don’t let me loose from this tree. I’ll gin you a Mud Creek liugfe it, when I does git loose, an’ if y dont know what’s that, jist hands oil while, an’ gin me a far chance—on at a time, and no foul play, show you the skientifick, a alfirec Georgy Squeeze, jist now ify< you ugly scritch owls !’ • Cars !’ says the matter o’ a dozei o' *enl. ‘An you yellei- Un-lcathcrs/say I, 4 if you dont treat a pri«’ner o’ wa. arter a generouser way, you'd bcttei never come down into our parts, or you’ll never see these ’ere diggins a- gin, I’ll tell you that you tarnal devils.’ • Car,’ says all o* ’em \f. Yes,' says I, *an’ you’ll be arter playin' s«»me o* your polly whoppers long o’ them ’ar gals, but you dont horses. Jist one o’ you touch ’em if you dar, an’ the way I'll gin you a side donailer with these ere cornstealers o’ mine, wont be slow ; I’ll make you thrnk a 6treak o’ lightnin’ ’d run thru you.’ •Ester, flog ’imj,’ says the big swamp-jacket, an’ then a she-Ingin let in with a whole tree top. Yon see this ’ere cyp what’s shut up like a coon in. cold weather, well, that ar imp o’ satin jist jobbed it out, ’cause I seed the gals from that side. • Wake Snakes,’ says 1. ‘ Hello here, what you doin’, you ugly var mint I whoep-e ! git out o’ my moon shine.’ • Ester, put it hard, too.’* says the big Ingin, agin. • Keep your gab to yourself,’ says I, • you ripstaverous coward, keep your perlarver back; jist gin me hands room, an* I kin lick a camp meetin’o’ you.’ Arter that ar she devil got done threshin’ o’ me, she let ia oh the gals ; but I reckon she didn’t heat ’em long, fer you see, some o’ our boys, what’d miss’d us. ’d come o huntin’ us, an’ ar- tcr tha’d foun’ us, an’ seed what } I APRIL 0,1841. Bsath of €r32L Harrison. A gentleman who passed through thb those at ■lace on Wednesday, brought the pain- of the President’s death. We no Northern papers, and fear Jere tiller, his fsmil 1 :«1 of J)r. May w (all in.! Dr. Wc. physician. Subsequently, ihe c eiled in. This morning. Dr lington, of Georgetown, wc sioii. The family of the Gci nd great Uneasiness ’he^cj'Jlhl.r Jen^ifw rry hi •l lhe diS4»r<ler. T- iod in the disease.— cly he realized. Public affairs are in led and unsettled state, and all the inftue i-n Harrison’s popularity is wanting in jority of the people, v. ure indeed th and the deadliest foe* ; t intetests. If he should free institutions, head of affairs obtained tf.eir present situation, (since all power enienates from'the people, and the ru- selccted by them.) he would be oxt is too true. The following to ld that, it is the result of party count < f the Generals illness is from feeling and patty discipline, aiul that a \\ ashington correspondent of the f ew intriguing office seekers produced Charleston courier, under date of April a lj this. The last administration too, he would be told was removed in a similar way by prejudice and misrepresenta- l; that it was so pure that no reason able man could find fault with it—that all their measures were wise and saluta ry, but that notwithstanding all this, the pdople had. imbibed a foolish prejudice •&?«***. •*« ««» be,iuvcd * h “ Since tlie above i .i.« auu>o *v M ,<i type, Wehave *<. \ informed that a slip from the fenced by selfish mouves. tl’.oy used the public revenues to sub serve their own interests, and Vetuin the p«»wer they. had ,acquired. Moreover ho tvouid-bo told, that those who voted r the present national administration, adtao confidence in their talents, in- egrfty or fitness for office, but w -- '-—SSSBZBi - - . .[COMMUNICATED.) > PUBLIC MEETING. In accordance with previous notice,' a. numerous meeting of the citizens of Clarke county, Ga., convened in the Court House at Watkinsville, and was hrgauizeil by calling- Major Tuomas Mitchell to the Chair and appointing A. M. J \ckson Secretary. Col. N. C Barnett in a few brief remark's explain ed the objects of the meeting to be to take into consideration the embarrassed condition of the country, the deranged state of the currency, and to cousult up on the best means of relief. Where upon, Charles Dougherty, Esq. arose, and in an able address, presented his views as to the measures most likely to regulate the currency and to relieve the people from their present embarrass ments. On motion of G. B. Hay good, Esq. the Chairman appointed a committee of seven to draft resolutions expressi the sense of the meeting. The follow- gentlercen composed that commit tee, viz : G. B. Hay good, Esq., Col. J. •lobe Office was received in town Wednesday, which confirms the uc »ected and melancholy intelligence.—- Placed at the head of this natiou by the v’oice of the people—selected for the xurity of his character, the firmnesses iis purpose, and his devotion to the pub ic weal, we had hoped that General Harrison would be spared to carry out hose measures so large a majority of lie nation wished, struck him ere he had hardly time to njoy the flattering distinction, and justify it by new services, and he has eft us, wo devoutly hope, to repose the bosom of hU father and his God,’ How afflicting will be the tidings to his wife, whose heart broken by the rer< loss of a beloved son, stood but little •.iced of this last calamity, to fill the neasure of her grief? But if it be true hat some relief is obtained from seeing hose around us sympathise ii *i*w, let her cast her looks around heT, md she will witness a nation mourniug he loss it has sustained. She will see leplore with her the loss of the in vithont Teproach, of the enlightened itizen, the brave soldier, and the jorruptible and upright statesman. Now what conclusion would any one, •hoshouhl believe the above represen tations, draw from them ? Must bo A.ul too woll is it ehti led to the "ap pellation 1 AVitb what arbitraiy tyranny it'.rules human actions,' swnyiug and moulding them tax its will! How it absorbs; eugrqsses, all the kindlier feel ings; wfrturnature.bluntsits sympathies, rules and governs input councils, shapes our laws^is the impelling forefc of all moral motive power, is the household goil of the prince and the peasant, the mighty as well as the humble of this earth. Evcu the mild precepts of Christianity cannot he disseminated but by its conseut and co-operatiou—its ‘omnipotent’ influence is made to-enter largely into the composition of modern devotion—it has ingrafted into the sys- . and made its ostentatious use a part and portion of it. It is an omnipotent j monarch '. an elective one, inasmuch as by the consent and co-oparution of socie ty and individuals for ages, it has gone oil in the creation of artificial wants, binding and fettering to its will—creat ing necessity of its presence and influ ence, and increasing its potency. It is a legitimate monarch ; for it governs by common consent. If it has not reali zed the dream of the alchymist. and turned'all things to itself in substance, it has done more; il lias made itself >sary aed indispensable to all things A LITTLE SINGULAR. On the afiernoon of the 23d of last month, the largo tavern, kept by Mr. Hurry Lampkin, in the village of Port Byron, was destroyed by fire—loss said to be about $1,500, mostly insured. Ar rangements had been made, we learn, for selling, the premises—the writings drawn, and all things prepared for the signatures; but, just as these weq^to be attached, it was found the pen was poor; anti, while this was undergoing the renovating process, the alarm of fire was heard, which was seen bursting through the roof.d the building ali^ut to be sold; and thus the amount of the insurance is placed beyond the reach of The Auburn Journal considers -ircumstauce a very important hint for all mauner of persons never to sign a paper excepting with a good pen! A COSTLY MISSION. Mr. Hawes, of Congress, shows in a late article in the National Intelligen cer, that the Mission to Spain lias cost the United States, from 23d Sept. 1825 to 21st Dec. 1836, being 7 years nod 3 three months, the enormous sum of SI 41,785 06; orthe rate of just 20,000 a year! During the wh le period, Mr. Van Ness drew his salary, at the rate of 89,000 a year, with enormous charges for contingencies, though he was recall the 1st of Oct. 1835, and though arrv niul VW ......— i _■ not'tbink that a largo majority of the people are totally unfit to have any voice iti the administration of public affairs, or the selection of public officers. That they were incapable of knowing or pro filing their own best interests, and therefore ought to submit to the gui- But" 'death"^ha»j f»cebf the„pp° 3 itien^party, who out of mere kindness and good feeling to wards them, and comparison for their degraded situation, would consent to govern them ? Even so—but all will not do, and every day adds additional testimony to the fact, that the confidence of the people in their new administra tion is increasing with the most rapid strftles, while the best inventions, and most plausible misrepresentations of the faction opposed to them, are viewed with additional suspicion and augmen ted distrust; so true it is, that falsehood and'detraction cannot long ‘ffburish, under the most skillful manage ment, or in the most congenial soil. H. Lowe, Col. N. C. Barnett, Rev. J. i j„ f orin , ;rt better ages of the N. Glettn, Jamas Caraak, James C. mind, knowledge, virtue, poised ther Branch, and Harris Thurman, EsqrsJ selves upon their merits, and claimed _ The committee having retired fur a short] 1-art oft he realm—Jemamle.l j Mr. Bair* and Mr. Eatoi. .veto uSh , as a right, that distinctions, tl they ex- paid, successfully, outfits and sal.irl^o reported the following resoltttton.j iste ,, 3 l lnula ^ basei | U|1I)n themselves; I for the same period of a year and .hr" but humanity willed it otherwise—will-! months after the recall of Van Ness ed that the * Omnipotent Dollar* should < Notwithstanding the enormous sum re- be the touch-stone of distinction, the i ceived (98.60S 31.) Mr. Van Ness Aristocrat—and mind, knowledge and j claims a balance due him of S,2,100, irtue its tributary vassals- But bold ! whilst Mr. Forsyth contends that he h Col. John H. Lowe, dissenting to the 1st, 2d, 4th and 6tli, and Harris Thur man, Esq. dissenting to the 1st, 2d anJ 4th. 1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting it is 'the duty of all per sons who have any regard to the ulti mate good of the community, to give full credit, and inspire, as far as possi-. ble, general confidence in the Banking Institutions of the Country, and as a means, of expressing that confidence they should, without hesitation receive ,t par value, the currency issued by the luthority of the State through the Cen tral Bank. 2. Resolved further. That we have en tire confidence in the ultimate solvency of the suspended Banks in this State, and that the embarrassed condition of Country required that the Banks sh:>uld not t ike iti their outer circula tion, as that would have deprived the country of almost the entire paper cir culation to be bad, and therefore, we 38tly recommend all persous to re- > at par, the bills of the said institu- TIIE NEXT CONGRESS. Fifteen states havo chosen their rep resentatives to the next CongretSs—& tho other eleven, Rhode Island, Con necticut and Virginia elect in April.— An extra session of the Maryland Legis lature is called on the 24th instant, when a la\V for a special election will probably bo passed. The Governors ofKentucky and Indiana are authorized to call speci al election Four of the other five states, Illinois, Tennessee, North Caro lina.and Alabama, hold their elections in August. The remaining state. Mis sissippi, hold its election in November. Unless authority is invested tn the G01 vemors of these last named five states to provide for a special election, the legislatures must be convened, or the states go unrepresented. A vacancy occurs in the twenty-sixth district of New-York, lately represented by Mr. Granger, and the legislature will, no doubt, oTdeT a special election .to fill it. In Massachusetts the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Lincoln ia to be filled. ■ : ’ VIRGINIA. By the resignation of the Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Pat ton is left to perform the duties of chief magtorzte ad interim. The first official of that geutleman has been to issue his warrant for surrender of Robert F. Curry, the fugitive from justice in this State, the surrender of whom was refu Bed by Gov. Gilmer. The Richmond Whig states that Gov. Patten has enclosed tho warrant of Gov. Seward in a brief letter, con taining a strong and decided retnon- strtftice against the conduct of the Gov ernor and. Legislature of New Yotk at to-fugitives from justice and fugitive slaves, with an earnest but respectful spfibEd tQ them to arrest the unhappy and- dangerous collisions which must /n&ub from a perseverance in their shults upon the rights of the State of inia and the other Southern States. OUR POLITICAL DUTIES. The Boston Atlas inculcates sound political views in relation -to the new Administration, and the duties of its Bill an me war in, an seed the gals, j “ Nothing;” rays the editor, and .tHe children, Zick Pudscn let | CSIl ^ more easily den.dn«niS^i| ■*a cen if i■*will Laur\ ftia itiivJ’ at that Big login, when the whole yarth war kivered with the dead an sheered crcturs. • E«*-hsr-jo—-a towm n f —Creek Lanj spokesman. He war ’bout as high a chap as ever you seed, bein’ as bow six foot five warnt a ’ginnin’ fer »iin ; - / you’d «thought a feller (nought a lit ' - r > on the top o* his head an’ a seed clean > - , oul creation.. --■A- thunderin’ chap > • that same ; he wardrest with -a red ' hankcher. roun* his head, an* a red ? v V cloth roun’ his body, with a bagnet stuck in’t fer a sword. " Eve .war prpbasadously skeered j-V ' : • "Wton hie come to us, an’ ontyin’ iis, ,., tok us down to a alfired rakish lookin' . place; side o* a big swamp. But it - warnt;so bad arter all, fer the vie- mints jist only gin us a kiveror two o’ • dtickm's in the mud, an’'rubbed.,-u» v jdeio afpre tha-war gwoine 1 to cook i —'T '* us,an’.bein’ as tow we .warnt soal- fired gnd o’.our swim min’scrape, an* •. a ■, dkhtXJet on aogenteel *boat it, Aether thalet inonus with a caution. -.Now . I ’gun to think 'the-time *!d^jcuih fer ^ J^ktostand uolo his rack afore the r«*e« SAVANNAH March 30. From Florida.—We yesterday re ceived the St. AngUstine Nett* of Friday last# forwarded per steamer Wm. Gas ton, CapL Gairriv. . Extracts follows : Glorious if True—Intelligence has been received. here, that 400 Indians, men, and women, and children, among them 60 warriors, have been shipped for the Wear, by Gen. Arraistead: Also, that Hospitahka has gone into tol. Worth, at Fort Cumming, with two hundred of hia people, and signified his willingness to emigrate. The chief was supposed tor be tbs last who would give op. : Sam Jones is still out; bit hopes are entertained, that the surrender of Hospitahlda wil, bring him,in. He was one of the principals at tho Caloosabat- chie massacre, and has co-operated with Sam, Jones in retaining, until'lately; un disturbed possession bf me Everglades, , a.. .;■« f • -harmless Irishir an was eating as apple pie- with some quinces iuJit—*ar- ralr dear honCy’ said-he, “if a few of these^ quinces - give such flavor, how an apple- ’pie taste made of .all t/• --- -- • - -■ 1 . y:—■ ■ . AFFECTIONATE. ’My dear^, yon are not the woman I that we can, if wo 1 will, keep the . gov ernment of our country in the hands of honest, capable and faithful public ser vants, unless it be tbe certainty of^oul inability to do so, if w.e.now ncgiecl the imperative and vitsL duty of ^feill preserving the sfrictcst discipline and vigilance among the Democracy of nnmbers. And nothings can/;.well- be ftnagined more criminally ormote vttc C'ly remiss in proper regard to / oi country, than this, to ''allow bad men and bad measures again to obtain. ’ ascendancy, when we have the powe prevent it, and yet omit'td avail selves of it. The duties of the_ Dei era tic party are many But the greatest is iuvol\ to preserve their present loss of that involves, of ne inability to discharge any of to the country. It is as an act of ;'self-preservation^ and as means of being ahle to benefit the na- tion, to restore it is as far as from the mischief and bad effects of past mai-administration' and to'shield it ~ future evils. It*can be easily secuf but it can be much more .easily' perhaps never-to .be regained.’* M Hen. Henrt Clat. has so far re< J *■*- m . to be ahl*. to - Amonget other measures adopted by Mrii r Van Buren’s Administration throw odium upon-that of Gen. Harri son, was the discontinuance of several iraportaht mail routes on the ihird of March. Amongihe rest, that leading from this place to Madison, via VVat- kinsville, Farmington and Salem, which post offices if we are informed rightly, no mails are received. We trust that no time will be lost in laying the' before the Department. COMMUNICATED. -Mf*. Editor.—-The following puzzle, (which, as the novel writeis say, is foun ded bn fact,) may interest some of your • w. ,sCv;#iooey- • Friend .lonce. had' ••-in both I Bet great store: ** a an I Isat'my > and took his note therefo Task’d mr ** St. nonnht h Task’d my ^ Sv nonght but words I got, •* my of 1 lost my •“ for sue him I would not. “ my & If 1 hnd ;■ ** should ask for it again, * “ my &. m *-* • myt I’d keep ■ “ might plead for i . ' _A HARRISON HCTORY. y°A New'Orieans correspondent of the Baltimore American' writes —‘You may Remember the contested election of Gre gory Byrne, which had been sent back So the people for a now election. Tbe contest 'took place yesterday, and Mr. * ds been awfully beaten by the of his sect, Mr. Jorda, (Whig) This-is popular justice. I* 1 :' JI7GS. TBe jng is the most singular utensil; pail, tumbler, ordecanter may be raised and yon majf satisfy yourself by optica] -proof that the thing is clean; but the ; bas a little hole in the top, and the i is all darkness. No eye pene- , no^ hand moves over the surface, * Ban it only by putting in wa fit up, and pouring it out es clean, you judgt fed in purifying the • Hence the jug is he human'heart. No mortal eye jhitq_ its recesses, but you this is granting too much. Obedient and subservient as have been all things else, Mind, Knowledge, against fearful odds, yet disputes tho dominion; claims a precedence over the god of man's idolatry—and is supported in its claims by a few cboice spirits, who dare advo cate the supremacy of the highest attri bute of out nature, over tbe * Omnipotent Dollar,' who dare, in the very teeth of ‘tyrant custom, worship mind instead of - mammoth ; and protest in the language of an independent mind, **Tl:e wealth is but, the guinea’s stomp ; The man’s the maw for a’ lhat and a' that But these are but few—the mass are loyal subjects, who will allow the ‘om nipotent dollar' to gild villany, dignify folly, and setve as a talisman to pass its possessors along through life, in tho high road destined alone for intrinsic merit. So wags the world ! wealth however acquired, by means fair or foul, is worshipped—worth is neglected— and so it will continue to be, while sor did gain is tho great stimulant of human acticn, until knowledge, learning, mind, and virtuo, have broken the sceptre and vanished that which ‘bestrides the world like a Collosus*—the 1 Omnipotent Dol lar !’ :rpaid S26.41S 41. Iti idling The Le : journed enllh < 3. Resolved, That the present embar ssed condition of tbe country calls loudly for all the forbearance and in dulgence which tho creditor class have iu their power to extend to the deb r class. 4. Resolved further, That the contin uance of specie payments by any Banks the State is, in the opinion of this meeting, greatly prejudicial to the gen- ■al interest of the country, and therefore earnestly recommend that all the Banks in this State do suspend spe- payments until another crop cat put into market. 5. Resolved, That wo earnestly re commend to our fellow citizens that they practice the most rigid economy and use the most untiring itidustiy in their business, believing confidently that | by this course, in another year most of - ... . . . - . . . the embarrassments under which the I <‘Pf ak; "g agamst time-the. period ntry ia now laboring, will, under the blessingofProvidence.be * v “* ,,n ' ,n gislaturc of Virginia has ad- sinc die, and left the Common- without a Governor, tbe proposi- going into the election of a suc- ) Governor Gilmer having been laid on the table. The resignation l>e- ing entirely unlocked for, tho members had left the Legislature in great num bers for tlieir homes, and the absentees •ere most numerous among the Whigs; > that but for this postponement of the . anotlTer year most of 1 proposition, obtained by the Whig. 6. Resolved, That our fellow citizens of the several counties of this State, be quested to take this subject into con sideration, and pass 6uch resolutions thereupon as the crisis may seem to re quire. 7. Resolved, That the editors of this State friendly to these views, bo reques ted to publish these resolutions. The resolutions being read, G. B. Haygood, Esq., in an eloquent and mentative oddrec: which were with great unanimity passed. On motion, tbe meeting adjourned. THOMAS MITCHELL, Chairman. Asa M. Jackson, Secretary. fixed upon by joint resolution—loco Fo- coism would have elected a Governor their own kidney. Citizen Ritchie, of the Enquirer, puts himself into an im mense pheeze in being thus disappoint ed in the hope of foisting tit a chief ma gistrate of the State, by a palpable fraud upon the people. Every body else, vve believe, will rejoice that Virginia has made such an escape. HISTORY. What a gloomy page will he that ;ed their adoption, | which the History of tbe last four years is* recorded ! Gen. Jackson (toasted, on the -1th of March 1837, that, he left us, a “ great people, prosperous and happy.” Though not altogether true, this was true to some extent, particular ly if we compare our condition then with condition now. But the seeds MURDER AND CONVICTION. On the 2d of March, ultimo, Nathan Taunton was murdered iu the town of Lanier, Macon county, by Robert T. Downing Thedifficulty between them was of a trivial character. A few words passed respecting a tot of fifty cents, which one of them had made on a game called ‘Fox and Geese,’ when Downing drew a pistol and shot Taunton through the lower part of the head, of which he died instantly. The trial of Downing came on before Judge Taylor, at the regular term of tho Superior Court for Macon county, which resulted iu his conviction of the crime of murder. He was sentenced to to hung on the 21st May next. Tho case was ably managed on botlitJfdes by seve ral attorneys, and strong dibits were made by the prisoner's counsel, to post pone the trial till the next term. The reason advanced were deemed insuffici ent by the judge, and such a course sub versive of the ends of justice. The jury who sat upon the case, were amotig^to most respectablecitizensof the coudKf; and we believe that there is uo dis ent- ing voice in the community there the r was coir mitted. but that they one justice by their verdict; and to hoped that the example which will afford, will not to this ( lost, where such an example (it is .gene rally admitted) has long toon ueedbd. Downing has been committed to jail in this city for safe keeping.— Macon Mes senger. IMPORTANT DECISION. An importan decision was made a few days since before a Van Buren court in Philadelphia, respecting the forfeiture of the charter of tho United States Bank °f Pennsylvania, as a consequence of its suspension of specie payments. Tho penalty of forfeiture was claimed under resolutions passed by the Legislature since the charter of the Bank—the char ter prescribing the penalty of refusing specie to hill holders, (a payment of 124 per cent, interest.) It was decided to to an ex post facto provision, to which the Bank had never assented, and with out which, she could not to bound bv «*. A law of the last Legislature of this State, on the same subject, no doubt will share the same toe when tested iu a similar manner.—Macon Messenger. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. We should make it a principle to ox- of fellowship to every if j tend the hand AV4P1PP nrTTWITTlTTi disease had been sown broadcast, and man who discharges faithfully his du- AVARICE OUTWITTED. bitterh.ve beet, the fruit, W el,»v« since ties and mnimnin. good nrder-whe 1 he case of John Eyre. Esq., who, reaped.—In what other country was it j manifests a deep interest in the welfare though wrrth upwards of *£30 000, was ever known, that no less than three sev- | of general society—whose deportment convicted at the Old Baily, and senten- ern l suspicions «>f specie payments took is upright, whose mind is intelligent, place place within four years? One wi-hout stopping to inquire whether he _r “ “is enough for a score of swings a hammer or draws a thread.— have been afflicted with There is nothing so distant from all *>at- three ; and each successive effort at the ural claim as the reluctant, the backward transportation, for stealing elev quires of common writing paper, was such rendered more memorable, by the op- j y ea , portunity which w ( tu .„i » n ro ...... v , aill , oa lllclolutini „ me nacmrare peach the integrity of Lord Mansfield, j extrication has but plunged the strug- sympathy—the for ced smile—the check- who was supposed to have erred .nad- ! g i in! j vlct i m , „f ,b e -• espmntents.” cd convocation—the hesilateing com- mining him to bail. An aueedi related of Mr. Eyre, which sli expiriments,” • cd conversation—the hesitateing c deeper in the rare,—Why? Why is pliauco, which the yvelloff aie too apt it that the Banks cannot resume success- to manifest those a little down, with striking manner, the depiavity of the hu-.j fully / Because it has pleased the gov- wham, tn comparrison of intellect and man heart, and may help to account fiir | ernment of the country to throw obsta- principles of virtue, they frequently sink the meanness of the crime of which he j c j es ; n the way. Because the dominant tuto insignificance.—Daniel Webster. Rtnnd convicted An uncle of his. a I 1.-.. «... • stood convicted An uncle of his, a p arty has been excited by gentleman of considerable property, | pl ace s to wage a fatal war against the “i* *. “ " C ' e ~ prosperity of the country. Because made his will in favor of a clergym; who was his intimate friend, and com mitted it, unknown to the rest of his fam ily, to the custody of the div tie. How ever, not long before his death, having altered his mind with regard to the dis posal of his wealth, he made another will, in which he left the clergyman on ly <£500, leaving the bulk of his large fortune to go to his nephew and heir-at- law, Mr. Eyre. Soon after the old gentleman’s death, Mr. Eye rumaging over his drawers, found this last will, and perceiving the legacy of «£500, in it for the clergyman, without any hesitation or scruple of con science, put it in the fire, and took pos session of the whole eff cts, in conse quence of bis uncle’s being supposed to have died intestate. The clergyman coming to town soon after, and inquiring into' tbe circumstances of bis old friend’s death, asked if he had made any will be fore he diecl ? On being answered by Mr. Eyre in the negative, the clergy- very coolly put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out the former will, which had toen committed to his care, which Mr. Eyre had beqnethed him the whole of his fortune, amounting to several thousand pounds, excepting a legacy of <£500 to his nephew. PRETTY GOOD. A correspondent of the Spirit of the if the Banking system, travels. f IT ** '* ’’ ppealed Times tells a capital story of Western He and his companions rode tell, have appealed to t'>e baser passi< of ignorant men, and excited thorn to de-truction instead of reform. How many men who were wealthy on the 4th of March 1837, are .bankrupt on the 4th of March 1641: How many families who were livingin comfortthen, feel the pinch of want now ! How ma ny men who were then deemed honest, | have become, under the wide, spread depravation of morals, seif-banished de faulters and peculators! Thousands, thousands ! not only in the great marts of commerce, where such things -will sometimes, happen, but in' the villages and neighborhoods of the country. In stead of calculating upon a- gain from their labors, men now thitik themselves for unate-if they can close a year as well off as they^togan it. What ahgloomy page, we repeat, will be .that in which the history of the last four years is recorded! The National Intelligencer is aut boris. ed from an official.source, to announce General Hamilton’s success in negotiat ing in France the loan for Texas. ~~ m - tertainment’ chalked on a board over the door. They asked if they could have dintier. ‘No—they had no bread, no meat, no potatoes, no nothiug.’ Well, they could take the horses and give them something. ‘No—they had no hay, no corn, nofodderofanysort.’ The travel lers astonished at the limited means up on which they had opened a public house, asked. ‘Why, how So you dod* .‘Pretty well. I thank ye—lmw do you do?’ was the quick and unatural answer. _ RECEIPTS. Cotpulent persons desirous of regain ing their shape, should apply to some newspaper establishment lor the ofi^£ of collector. They will run the fat^ff long before their station becomes a sine- Flower of brimstone and molasses taken inwardly is an invaluable remedy fortheso who have an itch for office. Sausages staffed with ted flannel and horse meat are an economicrl article for a young couple just going to housekeep- ng. .. V •> ..