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STATESMAN.
MILLEDOEVILLE, J-**- -*«
following remarkable paragraph is
• fUUI an EUiitorial article in a late Athens
» : P tr : • i
“We earnestly invite the serious consuler
ion of the community, to the alarmint con
•duences which seem to be impending over
iifFair, in which Crowell, Clark, Andrews,
7 Gaines, have had such a mischievous
„ en(V . The People will now open their
£ :in d discover, we trust, wlio are their
• . friends. We are not merely about to
L o ur Lands by the machinations of the
Jove mentioned persons, hut our State is to
e stripped of her rights,degraded in eharac-
Er aß d, over her violated privileges, the Gen
r.i'l Government makes one more stride to
isolate power.”
Poor, ill-fated Georgia ! Will no argument
vail with the General Government in herhe
[,lf ? Will no eloquence move it '! Has neith
r the dignity of her claims, the bitterness of
erwrongs, nor the pathos of !ar complaints,
io poWer to charm her paternal authority into
ac t of justice ? Alas ! it is in vain to
staud by her arms for how can one put a
housaud to (light! Woful dilemma —where
either conciliation nor force can avail to
V line her abuse, or redress her multiplied
m-vinces. Docs the world, accomplice-like,
,ok so coldly on, that it will not delegate
jiae power to save her ere she perish, —be-
tlie “Genera! Government make one more
;ridc to absolute power over the violat'd
rivileges of Georgia!” Could not the
sod L‘layette, in the last extremity, be
revoilcd on to return once more, to rcs
ue a member of his beloved confederacy,
om a brink of such cngulphing ruin ? Alas,
».it he should leave us at this extremity !
low deep his heart would have yearned,
,1 ids grey locks shook in sorrow, to have
die'd Georgia “stripped of her rights and
paraded in character.”
Cut this is hyperbole —and the extract
hick precedes it, mere fustian. What ob
it of good policy requires the fabrication
id currency of this unfair coloring of facts ?
he object is unholy, that cannot be sustain
||iy unvarnished truth • and they who think
■ act otherwise, seek not the general good,
•i sum: thing i Ise. Tluuv is a false coloring
the observations above alluded to, that is
i ohvio ,s to escape the apprehension of any
telligent, honest mind ; but which, if suf
rul to puss without notice, might mislead
c unwary into those deceptive toils which
iis article mischievously spreads for them.
Here is more stated than is known to be
lie; and though it bear on its fee its own
nr Give of fully and miuvi.'p si itbli'-i.. vet
“acquires some claim to refutation, from
in aridity with which it i- copied into the
her Journals of th day, which, like those
ho iniselutn ously cch > the cry of fire, can,
lenvartls, take shelter under the ayow
lc error of a false alarm, even when
tj bcliewd it to be such. It is not now
rv strange, that party zeal should e»
’ rite itself into a repetition of what i '
ost unreasonable and untrue, concerning
eu whose good name is envied, and their
ll.u-ncc feared.
Why is General John Clark coupled with
"OmII, Andrews, and Gaines, as leagued in
iichinations "gainst the Treaty, “to lose our
mis, strip the State of her rights, and '!<-
ldc her character 1” Who does not with
ty and cont< uipt, see through the guise
kich is thrown over, to conceal the object
this ■‘tit rat ut. Whoso credulous, to ho
ve it is now- made and echoed from the (he
ir of sober reason, and not designedly to
tact, an odium to the high estimation of hie
or,icter ?
It is a trick of the wa'rv Lawyer, sometimes
exhibit hLs opponent in the language and
biuiie of uisri-sp et or insult, to th 'jealousy
’ the imbecile judge, in older to procure a
if-f.ioring sentence ::g inst hi- opponent.
The same smart trick, and the same end,
: I" liove, is aim* and at, ic the unfounded and
mbustfc complaints of the Athens paper
out Claris and the G ivt .1 (iovcrnmuit ;
1 ■‘l! to deceive and impose upon the credu
-13 rad less informed portion of commu
u, that th ;■ may extort from them a si n
-1 of condemnation against th. ; r political
poiitnt. This is the construction we put
o« this article ; am! this the position w.
"apv mi relation to it. Its phraseology was
"ii,l in lago’s school, and like him,
*s oi the high <!, iu;~ of virtue, 11 aims to
'*>' the wormwood of j. ai.msy ; nd distrust
l '< tirise bosoms where the best aliecticni
! due.
Th, Report of the Treasurer of the Unite 1
is by this time 111 fore the public, and it
anint for the general voice of the nation, to
euounci* upon its e.xccll uri. , or its defects,
a flourishing condition of our finances,
and 'heir brightening features in
r q ' tin , may well elicit an expression of
ini' I exultation, since it is our lot, in
s important particular, to stand on an cm:.
far exalted above tie. proudest king
:ns of Europe, or of the world.
V ibani-i Journal of t l .,' Lltli instant,
• that “ this paper will h* reafter be pttb
"hla Elx-nezer I). Washburn, Fsq.. win
,l;; ' the proprietor and who, in h liand
"p 1 htorial introduction, assures ids ps
ns i “ that with a change of editors, there
; at a change of politics. The present ad
nistration of the General Gove rnmcnt,’>
stlie Journal, “ as well as that nf our own
it l ', meets with our decided approbation,
“ "hi receive whatever slender support w e
1 'fiord, until we find some substantial ren
ts for changing our opinion.”
I here lias h cn “ something like a revolu-
n > * n the late appointment of Directors
the Branch Hank of Darien, in this place ;
'.ill be seen in our columns.
\ report has bn n in circulation for four or
1 days past, that the House of Represcnta
in Congress, had rejected the late
1 ty with the Indians.
‘ ms report, we believe to be premature,
have received Washington papers to
Uth instant, which make no mention that
1 President bad made any communication
Congress on the"subject.
I* hi Governor’s health has so fur improved
!o k'-' alle to ride out.
Congress.
Washington, JaD. 6, 1826.
In Senate, a report was received
from the Secretary of War, in com
pliance with a resolution of the Se
nate, for information about the dis
bursement of the appropriation of
last session, for removing the impe
diments in the navigation of the Ohio
anil Mississippi llivers ; ami notice
was given hv Mr. Johnston, ofLous.
of his intention to ask leave, on Mon
day, to introduce a hill to authorize
a survey of the route threugh which
the contemplated Canal in Florida
is proposed to lie laid out, and to as
certain the practicability and expense
of a ship channel. A memorial was
presented by Mr. Hayne, from the
Legislative Council of the Territory,
on the same subject. The bill to
provide for the seizure and sale of
property illegally imported, was
read the third time and passed. The
resolutions offered yesterday were
all adopted, and two bills passed to
be engrossed—the bill supplementa
ry to an act to perfect certain loca
tions and sales of pu! tick lands in
M issous i, and the bill to secure pub
lic money in the hands of Clerks of
Courts, Attorneys, Marshals, and
their Deputies. The bill supple
mentary to the act for enrolling and
licensing vessels engaged in the
coasting trade, underwent some dis
cussion, and was postponed to Mon
day. The other business was of lit
tle public importance.
In the House of Representatives,
a hill was reported from the Judicia
ry Committee, by Mr. Webster, bet
ter to provide for taking evidence in
the Courts of the United States ;
and another from the Committee on
Military Affairs, by Mr. Hamilton, to
introduce a ue.vv organization into
the Quartermaster General’s Depart
ment. The resolution offered yes
terday by Mr. Forsyth, of Georgia,
asking lor information on the subject
of the treaty with the Florida Indians,
and their present situation, was
agreed to ; but the resolution offer
ed by the same member, relative to a
change in one of the rules of the
House,was withdrawn.—A resolution,
moved by Mr. Verplanck, of N. V.,
was adopted, instructing the Com
mittee on the Judiciary to inquire
into the expediency of regulating, bv
a general and uuiibrni law, the rate
and rule of damages upon Bills of
Hxcltungre drawn upon foreign coun
tries, and between the several States.
A resolution was also adopted cn
motion of Mr. Eastman, of N. Hamp
shire, on the subject of a bill to pro
vide that in all decisions of the Su
preme Court, involving constitution
al principles, a majority of the Judg
es in commission shall be necessary
Resolutions were also agreed to, on
motion of Mr. Tattnall, of Georgia;
relative to the establishment of a Na
vy Yard on (he St. Mary’s River
on motion of Mr. White, of Florida,
relative to an apprppri.J ion to com
plete the military road from Pensaco
la to St. Augustine, and from St. Ma
ry’* to Tampa Bay; together with a
variety of other-'. A resolution rva
laid on the table by Mr, Cocke, of
Tennessee, calling for the amount
of expenses incurred by the recent
Naval Courts Martial, kc. A joint
resolution was read, on motion of
Mr. Cundict, of New Jersey, to sup
ply the Academy ai West Point with
a copy of the public documents. A
report was received from the Treas
ury Department, with the amount of
appropriations required for the year
1626, amounting to $9,157,725 02.
The discussion on the Judicial Biff
was resumed in the Committee of
the whole, when several attempts
to amend t he hill were made without
effect. Mr. Drayton, of S. C. spoke
as to the general principles; and Mr.
Mercer, (who lias the floor to-day,)
moved to strikeout the first section
of the bill.
Washington, Jan. 10.
In the a hill was introduc
ed hy \!r. Van Buren, from the Judi
ciary Committee, “ further to amend
the Judicial System of the United
States,” which he accompanied with
a few appropriate remarks relative
to the importance of the subject.
The provisions of the bill are similar
to that reported in the House of Re
presentative*. ’file same Commit
tee reported the hill “prescribing
the mode of commencing-, proK-cu
ting, and deciding controversities
between States,” without am-nd
ment, hut with the expression of
their opinion that it ought not to pass.
Avery importantand interesting Ro
port was made by Mr. Lloyd, of Mass.
Chairman of the Committee on Com
merce, concerning the abolition of
the discriminating duties on tonnage
and impost, accompanied by a bill
for that purpose. Mr. Johnston, of
Lou. brought in a bill about the sur
veys, plans and estimates, for as
certaining the practicability of the
Florida Canal, and Mr. Noble offer
ed a resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Koads and Canals to au
thorize the President to cause the
necessary surveys, plans, and estim
ates to he mode, tor uniting the wa
ters of the Wabash with Lake Mich
igau, and the Waters ofthe Ohio with
the Wabash and its branches. The
hill to provide for the security of
public money in the hands of Clerks
of Courts, Attorneys, Marshals, and
their Deputies, had it.; third reading,
aud passed. The bill supplementa
ry to an act to perfect the locations
and sales of public lands in Missouri
was laid on the table until some doc
uments relative to the subject could
be obtained from the Genera! Land
Office.
lu the House of Representatives,
the resolution offered by Mr. Cook
on Friday, calling for information in
relation to the survey and laying- out
of the road from the right bank of
the Ohio to Missouri, was agreed to.
Resolutions were also agreed to, of
fered by Mr. Newton, of Virginia,
instructing the Commute on Com
merce to inquire into the expediency
of building a vessel to ply between
and supply the light house-son the
coast of Florida; on motion of Mr-
Stcphenson of Penn, as to a further
appropriation for deponing th*
channel leading to the harbor cu
Presque Isle ; on motion of Wright
of Ohio, on the subject of a more
general, and permanent, and les ex
pensive, publication of the laws of
(he United States, and the reports
of the decisions of the Supreme
Court: on motion of Mr. Moore of
Alabama, relative to a post road
from Huntsville to Tuscaloosa ; and
on motion of Mr. Pearce of Rhode
Island, relative to ilie building of a
custom-house in Newport, Rhode Is
land. A resolution was laid on the
table, by Mr. P. Adams, of New York,
asking for information from the Trea
sury in relation to the persons who
had received compensation under
the act of last session appropriating
$250,000 to pay lor property des
troyed by the enemy during Ihc late
war. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, mov
ed to amend the rules of tin llou-<-
by authorizing the Speaker to admit
Stenographers, not exceeding tinee,
in front of the Clerk’s desk. A com
munication (rum the Treasury was
recived, (with some other communi
cations ol minor importance,) giving
a statement ol the tonnage of the U.
States, which will be found in our
proceedings.
YY ashingtox, Jan. 11.
In (he Senate, the resolution offer
ed yesterday by Mr Noble, provid
ing fur a survey of the prop -.-J ca
nal route to connect the waters of
the river Wabash with Lake Michi
gan, and also with the Ohio, was ta
ken up and adopted, after a few ob
servations from Mr. N. on the sub
ject. The bill for a survey oi the
country in Florida, for the proposed
canal and ship channel across the
Peninsula, was referred to the con
sideration o: IheOomnuttce onßoads
and Canals, Mr. Johnston submitting
some explanatory remarks relative
to ilie two routes which have been
designated. '1 he Mills relating to
the Judiciary System were postpon
ed ar) d made tho order of the <ku
■or Wednesday next. The bill t<
permit Anna Dubord to bring hack
certain slaves into the state of Lou
i-nna, from the Island of Cuba, had
its third reading, and passed. Mr.
\.tn Duron, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported a hill to annul the
territorial law oj the government of
Florida, in relation to wrecks on the
coat.
In the House of Representatives
the disaussion un the Judicial Bill
was yesterday resumed, Mr. Buchan
an having concluded the observa
tions which he commenced the day
before, and Mr. MangJin having ta
ken the floor in opposition to the
bill Ihe amendment offered by
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, to the rules
of the House, was laid on the tabic.
Sever. , resolutions were adopted,
among which were—one offered by
Mr. Edwards, (N. C.) on the sub
ject ot equalizing the Compensation
to Deputy Post Masters; one by
Mr. Owen, (Alabama,) on tlie sub
ject of giving the assent of Congress
to an act of the Legislature of Ala
bama to improve the navigation of
the bay and harbour of Mobile ; and
one by Mr. White, (Florida,) in re
lation to the sale of lands at Tallahas
see, lor the purpose of erecting pub
lic buildings ; and on the expedien
cy °i granting to the Territory the
buildings at St. Marks A resolu
tion introduced by Mr. YYickliffe, of
Kentucky, for a Committc to decide
Oh the expediency of imposing a tax
on boats and vessels navigating tiie
Mississippi, ter the support of the
sick and infirm in Louisville Hospi
tal, was laid on the t. hie.
BANK OF THE U. STATES.
January .‘hi, 1820*.
THE following named gentlemen
have been appointed by the Presi
dent ofthe United States to he Di
rectors ot the Bank for the ensuing
year:
N. Biddle, Manuel Eyre, of Phil.
Joseph W. Patters ,r», of Md. Victor
Dupont, of Del. Campbell P. White,
ofN. York.
And at an election held by the
Stockholders of the Bank ofthe Uni
ted States, at the Bank House, on
the 2d and 3d instants, the following
gentlemen were chosen Directors tor
the ensuing year:
Samuel Wethecbill, James C. Fisher,
Lewis Ctnpier, Horse*: Binncy,
Paul Berk, Jr. Daniel VV. Coxc,
John A. Brow n, John Bohlen,
Cadwaiader Facing, Jr. Henry Pratt,
Thomas I Cope, William M I!vane,
Silas VV. 'V< ;r, ' Y
John Pctter, of South Carolina.
Robert Gilmer of Maryland.
George lluthnan, of Maryland.
Daniel C. Verplanck, of New York.
Bcnj. W. Crowninshield of Mass.
David Scare, oi Mass.
And at a meeting of the Board on
the evening of the Ad inst. Nicholas
Biddle, Esq. was unanimously re
flected President of the institution
lor the ensuing vear.
JOHN ANDREWS.
Assistant Cashier
January 3, 1226 .
The North Carolina Legislature
adjourned on Wednesday, after a
session of 45 days, in which were pas
sed C 6 arts of a general nature, and
114 for local objects. A resolution
was passed requesting the Represen
tatives and Senators in Congress to
use their influence to have returned
to tho State $19,940, paid to Ihe In
dians for reservations sold by her in
the several sales she has made et
the t herokee lands, ceded to her by
the United States ; and to obtain an
extinguishment of the Cherokee ti
tles to the lands still held by them in
the state. Among the public acts
which we have not before noticed,
are an act to cede Oak Island to the
United States, for the erection of a
fortification at the mouth of Cape
Fear river—to alter the time of the
meeting of the General Assembly to
the last Monday in December—to
cede to the United States a tract of
land calk and Rogue Banks.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
After sitting fifty-five days, the
General Assembly have brought
their session to a close. They ud
juurneJ this afternoon at half past
two o’clock. In number the acts,
etc. amount to 167 ; and (hough we
us -like the aspect and bearing of se
veral transac-lions, no doubt can be
indulged in relation to the beneficial
tendency of others.— Press.
Tennessee. —ln the year 1780, a
'mall colony of about 40 families,
under the direction oi"James Robert
-on, crossed the mountains, and pass
ing through a wilderness of3oo miles,
settled on Cumberland river, and
founded the town of Nashville. In
178 .*, the Legislature oi" North-Ca
rolina appointed commissioners to ex
plore the western part of the State,
and to report to the succeeding Lc
g.datuic which part was most suita
ble for the bounty lands promised to
the officers and soldiers of the con
tinental line. According to their re
commendation, the Legislature, in
1783, laid off a tract of land on the
Cumberland river, for the discharge
of the military bounties. This dis
trict included the infant coiouy at
Nashville, a small tract having beer,
allotted to each of the settlers. In
1795, the inhabitants of this district,
feeling sensibly the inconvenience of
a government *o remote as that in
the capitol of Nbrtli-Carolina, en
deavored to form an independent one
to which they intended to give the
name oi “ the .State of Franklin,”
but differing among themselves, the
scheme was abandoned fi r a time.
!n 1709, the Legislature of Norih-
Carolinu passed an act ceding the
territory to the United States, on
certain conditions. Congress ac
cepted the session, and provid'd for
its government, by an act under the
title oi “the territory of the United
States South of the Ohio.” On the
Cth of June, 1791, the President ap
pointed YV illiutn Blount Governor of
the territory, which office lie held
during the continuance of the terri
torial government. Six years after
wards Tennessee was admitted as a
sovereign State into the Union.—
DARIEN BANK.
The following gentlemen were,on
the 11 tli January inst elected bv the
mother Branch, Directors of the Mil
ledgeville Branch, for the ensuing
year :
*John Clark, Littleton Aikison,
Parish Carter, Thomas Ford,
*R- J- Nichols, *Tlioinas Baxter,
*Sand. Rockwell, *Tomlinson Fort.
•' New Directors.
On the same day Joseph Wash
burn, Esq. was elected Cashier in
the place of P. J. Jaill tt, deed.
The failure of the Philadelphia
Mail, to arrive at Baltimore, on Sun
day evening, we are informed, was
owing to the darkness* of the night.
I he log- was so douse, that with the
aid of the carriage lamps, the hor
ses could not be seen by the driver.
In endeavoring to progress, the
stage was overturned and received
some injury, as did one or two ofthe
passengers, in attempting to find his
way on foot, was precipitated down
a precipice six or eight feet-. With
all the exertions that could he used,
by both passengers and drivers, the
horses could not he kept in the road,
and ;! was found impracticable to
proceed. There were but four pas
sengers in the stage.
The above mail was brought to
this City on Monday night. It should
have arrived on Monday morning.
It is probable the .delay of the
mail yesterday is Attributable to the
some cause.
The Post-master at Baltimore
wrote at S o’clock P M. yesterday,
that, the fog was so dense ns to have
tlie appearance of. night. 'Phis mail
arrived about five o’clock P. M. It
should have received at eleven.
We understand that the Post-mas
ter General, owing to the above de
to make a thorough examination of
the efforts used ; and with special
instructions to see- that no obstacle
shall stop the progress of the mail,
which human exertions can over
come.
The project of connecting the wa
ters oftiie Tennessee and Alabama
is said to have caused great akjrm in
New-Orleans, in consequence of the
anticipated loss of the trade of that
city
Freni the National Journal.
We copy tho following interesting
letter, which we find in the Peters
burg Intelligencer; and which, we
presume, will be read with satisfac
tion by the • microtis friends, not on
ly of Gen. Lafavettk, but cf the
gallant young officers who are the
subjects of his just euiogy:
Extract froth un Officer vftlte .hncri-
CunjXavy,to one of the editors cf
this paper, dated,
U. S. Frigate Bkakjovvine, f
Gibraltar, JSi'ov. 15, 1825. (
Dkaii Sin:::: After considerable de
lay, owing to the general monotony
of our cruize heretofore, 1 avail mv
self of the opportunity afforded by a
brig on the eve of sailing, to compri
with the promise I made you in
Washington. Unfortunately, our
trip across the atlantic was most
boisterous; consequently, sea-sick
ness, and frequently attacks of the
gout, occasioned by the dampness of
the weather, deprived us of many
opportunities of conversing with the
General, which we would otherwise
have enjoyed. Suffici nt were af
forded, however, to enhance the
opinion of his goodness and a liabili
ty we previously entertained. Oiv
leaving {lie ship, we presented an
address, of w hich the enclosure to
this is a copy; and to which he repli
ed verbally, as follows:
“ Mv df.ar vocng Kiur.NDs:—I am
unable to express niv feelings to
wards you. Before 1 had the picas?
uro oi" your acquaintance, 1 car, id
ered it an honon to belong to the U
nited fchsites’ Navy—since then, my
knowledge o i you as individuals, lias
added to my admiration oft lie chival
ry oi your profession, and rendered
sanguine my expectations of its fu
ture aebi* cements. Your country
has reason to be proud of you. I
part from you witii regret —but
should your duties or inclinations
oring you again to France, remem
ber that La Grange is the home of
every American. Farewell,”
1 have pul this reply here becaus<*
oi its brevity. 11 is manner was
most affectionate The tear in
eye, and the almost convulsive grasp
ot his haiid, were silent, but most ex
pressive tokens ol the feelings of the
man.
YY e cl.d not anchor off Havre
hut, immediately alter tlie depart
ure ot the General and suite, Capi.
Morris and the-passengers left the
ship, we made sail, mid proceeded
for this our then intended place of
and atinaticn. You have doubtless
heard, ere tlu«, ui our having en
countered a gyle oi wind in the chan
nel. which eventually compelled us
to boar away jor Cowes. YVc avail
ed ourselves of the fortnight we lay
there wind-bound, to caulk the ship
out-side, and liil up the remainder ot
our water. Cowes is an open road
stead, protected r.nly to the South
ward and Westward by the Lie of
Wight, of which it forms the princi
pal port, aml to the Northward bv
the coii't of Hampshire. The lovui
of Cowes,s>tu«fed at ihem<4ilhoftiie
nominal river Medina, and on a day
lull i-iur, is contracted in it* size, with
narrow dirty streets, and low irregu
lar buildings.
Southampton, on • the opposite
shore, in the county of Hampshire,
and situate.! on Southampton river,
I is, on the contrary, the moat beauti
! tui town l ever beheld. It has broad
paved streets, running at right an
gles, aud handsome brick and stuc
coed buildings, with a ton n hail in
the centre, built a century back,
arching over the principal rtreets.—
R has Cathedral, a College, an in
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb, and
an Orphan Asylum. It also contains
a Military Academy, combining class
es of Cadets for the Arinv and Na-
vy, an extensive Corn Magazine and
Poor House, and about 28,000 in
habitants. Portsmouth is an exten
sive town, co’ t ring an immense
space of ground, and c ombining in
its general term the separate terms
of Portsmouth, Pursea, and Gosport,
containing in all from CO to 70,000
inhabitants, it is celebrated for its
Dock yards, which we wore ungen
erously refused permission to visit.
I say ungenerously, Localise we af
forded the English officers every fa
cility they could desire, and certain
ly more tlun they expected, in mak
ing any observations and taking any
dimensions they plcn-e-d. They were
themselves ashamed of it, and alleg
ed in exculpation, the paltry plea,
“ that permission could not he grant
ed without the ofthe Admi
ralty,” when the Board were down
and sailed round us. We were per
mitted, however, to visit the ship
ping, among them tire Victory, Lord
Nelson's flag ship, at flic battle off
Trafalgar amt were gratified with a
view ofthe spot where he foil, and
the apartment in which he expired.—
The limits ofthe paper compels me
to retrench. *Dn our passage to this
ph-.ce w» foil in with the Engli-h
ship Venus, Water-logged audaban
oned, aud that morning taken jK*
session, for the purpose of tow ing
in, by the English ship Apollo We
here found the North Carolina, Con
stitution, and Erie, and will sail in a
lew ’days for winter quarters at Port
Mahon (island of Minorca.) The
Ontario is cruising in the Archipela
go—we will relieve her in the spring,
and contemplate visiting Alexandria
and Constantinople. 1 remain yours,
Lc.
ADDRESS.
Gf.x. Lafayette :::iThe under
signed Midshipmen of this ship, beg
leave, with sentiments of the most
filial veneration, to approach you, to
tender our grateful acknowledgments
lor the affability of demeanor, aid
the soothing paternal interest you
have invariably evinced towards us
during our late association ; and, as
much as regret for your loss will al
low us to be sincere, to congratulate
you on your safe return to your na
tive land; where, we trust, in the
bosom ol your family, and ainid the
circle of your frieu.L, you will enjoy
that tranquility which the retrospect
of a well-spent life, of a life so hon
orably us-riul, so variously heroic,
and so redeeming to human nature,
may be supposed to confer.
Encomium has been variously and
happily applied and exhausted; so
much so, that any attempt would
prove more repetition, and appear
trite and unseasonable. Permit us,
however, to say, that a career such
as yours, is an anq .e refutation of
the doctrine of modern degeneracy.
He alone of antiquity who could
forget his private vvron;*- iu the ca
lamities of his country, and from
banishment hasten to the aid of his
oppressors, can be compared to Him
of modern times, who a Ibreigner by
birth and education, a stranger to
the language, manners, and propen
sities of an inf>nt people struggling
in a cause apparently desperate, and
for an object by all, save the inspir
ed, deemed visionary—rallied to
their standard—lavishing blood and
treasure in its defence—pledging life,
character, and fortune, in the result
Such sacrifices are the demonstra
tions of heroism —such principles as
actuate them the peculiar atributes
of the disinterested patriot, tho citi
zen of the world, the benefactor of
mankind.
Devoid alike of the inclination and
capacity to d< tain you by a parade
of sentiment, as unmeaning probably
as verbose, we will net, in condu-
K’ti, prove so regardless of your
comfort, as to state that the i.iea of
eparation conveys that cf unalloyed
regret 1 lie immediate prosper)s
ot a home and its chjoyr, units that
await you, in no small degree allevi
ates the sen-m of deprivation w c
should otherwise sustain.
Wishing you health, prosperilv.
and that peace which a heart such
as yours can appreciate, we bid you
a sincere, all cf ion,He, and heartfelt
adieu—confidently trusting that the
Brandywine’s trip to France max
not prove the hist act in the drama
of a Nation’s Gratitude.
1 ” ilii .m F. Lj nch, R. L. Pa *■*.
I>l M. Maquc, (j. M. Bachc,
i.J ones L. Lordlier, Solomon D. Kell
Samuel Barron, John B. Cutting,
John \\ . Goy, Andrew Irwin
Will. Ogden, V,in. H. Irving
Gary Hansford, Mat. F. Maury’
D. W . Porter, John VViitb, "
Henry Hoti, Lewi.; Ogden,
John A. Davis, Henry Mifflin,
Uucey Johns, Wm. Radford,
I as. '.V. Marshall, Ezra T. Doug’ulv.
llaiTy Ingersoll, '
U. S. brigate Brandwinc )
Off Havre, Get. 6(h, 1825. \
(1) i he three firsl names were on
the committee—the remainder were
afterwards placed, at the request of
General Lafayette, “for the names
of sftl his young friends.” This was
the intended original, but for the
above reason the commenccmeni
was altered.
, Th *' N»Hh West and Hudson Bay
bur Company, at Montreal, under
the control of M’Gillivarys, Thajn k.
Cos. have stopped payment for $350
000.-—.\ at. Jo urn.
The Sum.iMF.! poetaster in the United
ststes I itcrarv Gazette, thus commences u
sonnet to Daniel Websti r.
“ Immortal man ! '.vhose eloquence outstrip.*
Rome’s, Athen’s, England’s, ancient, mod
ern,all.”
Some time since a writer* in the Licii
mond Ertqlrer, said, Mr. Tazewell, one oftiie
Senators of the United States, from Vir- inia
had ° ’
“A mind
As pure as ether, and.as vast as infinitude.”
(Phil. Gaz.]
*YVe believe, sajs Niles’ R gist r, it was a
speaker in the Legislature that used these
ills, if not wicked wools. But both the Yan
kee Bard and Virginia Statesman, lime fallen
f r J ort of a famous Mr. Corrry, who wrote
* n ” Ou. on General Washington,” beginning
tin:..— 6
“ He their armies took, their generals cap
tive led—
Having surrounded their camp with roaring
cannon, he made them abominably
afraid.”
The above reminds us of a couplet in Bod
man’-' celebrated Poem.
“ Eternal stre ,ins of ravishment
From me the fountain are forth sent.”
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Be it resolved by the Members ofthe South
Carolina Confi rmee, in their annual session,
That they entertain a most grateful sense of
the hospitality of tin- citizens of Milb-dge
vilte to them, during their long and arduous
sitting; and that they will ever feel bound to
pray the Great Head of the Church, to sanc
tify to them, collectively and individually,
their humble ministrations among them.
Signed,
WM. M. KENNEDY, Secretary.
Millcdgeville, 20th Jail. 1026.