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, • Georgia® Statesman. TERMS, —$3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY BURRITT & MEACHAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN Is published weekly at the Seat of Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months. N. B. Sales of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law, to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the court house of the county in w hich the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette SIXT V days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for NINE MONTHS. All Letters must bf. POST PAID. WEEKLY JILMANAC. Days of ? © I © ©S © (I the * Ris. | Sets. Dec. N. Slow, rises. Week. H MH MD M SM SH M Tuesday. 25 5.25 6.3513. 6.16 -2. 6 KUO Wedn’dy 26 5.24 6.3613.25.45 2.1711.30 Thursd’y 27 5.23 6.3713.45. 1 2.27 morn Friday 28 5.22 6.3814. 4. 3 2.37 0.16 Saturday 29 5.21 6.3914.22.52 2.46 1. 2 Sunday 30 5.20 6.40 14.41.27 2.55 1.43 Monday 1 5.19 6.41 14.59.47 3.3 2. 7 <[ ’s Last Quarter 28th day 7h 33m A. M. AFFLICTION AND RESIGNATION. They who love to turn aside front the bustle of the world, and look in to the retired nooks and corn rs, where the humbler actors in the great drama of life are performing their allotted parts, may not be dis pleased with the little story which 1 am about to relate. Its events are few and short, but I do not despair of imparting a portion of the chas tened and serious pleasure, produced in my own mind, by a simple and un obtrusive scene of patient suffering and pious resignation. I w T as on a visit to my friend E****g, the loved and honored pas tor of the little village of D . Attracted by the fragrance of a clo ver-field, opposite my window, I went out, towards the close of an after noon in July, to breathe the pure air more freely, and indulge, as I best can in a solitary walk, the train of my own reflections. I turned into a winding by-path, which gradually rising, brought me to the summit of a little eminence, commanding the view of a broad and transparent lake. It was near sunset, and all the western sky was Hushed with the de parting day. The moon was also faintly visible, and to the eye of fan cy, seemed waiting patiently for the time when the heavens should be left to her sole regency. Seated on a low, grassy mound, I leaned against the great elm that overshadowed it, that I might revel, undisturbed, in the luxury of the scene. But one human habitation was near, and that so near, that 1 should have hisitated to remain, if an air of deep stillness about the place, had not led me to suppose the family, in this busy sea son of a farmer’s life, were probably engaged in their field-work. I had turned my dazzled syes from the splendor of the retiring sun, and was about to enter the cottage for a glass of cool water, when I heard a low voice, the solemn, religious tone of which, inspired me w ith such an in distinct feeling of-awe, that I paus ed at the threshold, and the scene which presented itself in an adjoin ing apartment checked my progress entirely. A young girl, evidently in the last stages of Consumption, lay on a bed, the light curtains of which were widly withdrawn, for the free admission of air. By her side, with thin, but smoothly combed white locks, stood an old man, holding her hand in his, and uttering over her his feeble benediction. As I was a bout to rctir- , respecting the sanctity of private affliction, a middle-aged woman, of a remarkably sweet and quiet demeanor, came out from the sick room, and obliged me to ex plain the cause of my visit. She was pale, and seemed laboring with a heavy sorrow ; but meekness and re signation were in her accents, and even a faint smile was on her lip, when she motioned me to rest upon the little bench behind me, with the assurence that I should not be deem ed intrusive. The young girl, she told me, was her daughter; and 1 inquired if she were past all hope. “ All in this world, sir was the re ply, “ but the Lord hath given her counsel, and her hope is with him.” As she said this, the weak voic< ol the invalid called her away. The face of the dying girl, though pale and emaciated, was touched with a lovely serenity, that made one almost envy her quiet happiness. “ Mother I am dying," I heard her say ; “do not leave me now, for this night I shall not be with you.” Her two sisters, one a dark-eyed, blooming Waiden. the other a pretty growing creature of fourteen, now entered to gether. They had been absent on «ome domestic concerns; for the poor may not be idle, even in their greatest affliction. They went up softly to the bed-side—and I saw how difficult it is for the young and tender to command their emotions like those of maturer years, whose spirits, repeated calamity has sub dued ; for while the dying Mary passed her feeble hand affectionately over the golden clusters of hair that shaded the innocent face of the youngest, the poor little girl’s heart too lull, and she sobbed aloud. Calmness was restored, however, when Mary said, “ let me see you all, for my hour is at hand :’’ and as they gathered, around her, she re quested them to sing a hymn. There was a moment’s silence ; and then with trembling voices that became steadier as they proceeded, the two sisters sung : Be hushed —be hushed the rising sigh! ’Tis God afflicts—we ask not why, The voice of mercy, ever nigh In darkest hour, Bids e’en the tear in sorrow’s eye Confess her power. Father, we feel thy goodness still, Wliate’er the cup thy hand shall fill— Tho’ pain and woe the spirit chill, Tlio’ one by one Our fondest hopes decay— thy will, Not ours, be done. Teach us thy mandate to revere. Wean the weak soul from things too dear; And if still rise the struggling tear At thy decree, Oh, let the spirit, wearied here, Find rest with thee. I shall never forget their suppressed and gentle voices: sweet, so clear, yet low, as if they feared to alarm the flitting spirit. While they sung, the happy Mary looked upward, and her soft eyes seemed blest with a celestial vision. As the last note died on their lips, a form darken ed the entrance. it w r as F****g, come in this season of sorrow to of fer them comfort and sympathy. Al though they spake not, he knew that he was welcome; and when Mary asked him to pray with her, the prayer was short bat impressive. No additional excitement was pro duced. He did not seek to display his own power, by operating upon their feelings; and when he had done, it was evident that they had received consolation from him. But an alteration had taken place in the features of Mary: her hands were clasped ; she look and at her mother, and a smile came over her face like a soft spirit hovering to take her in to heaven. Her features became rigid—the smile passed away—and w ith it, the innocent soul had fled. As F****g and myself proceeded slowly homeward, he told me the fa ther of Mary had died about a year back, of a lingering consumption; and, as she, throughout bis sickness, had been his constant nurse, her sis ters being too young, and her mother an invalid, there W’as little doubt that the unwearied attention which, by night and day, she had bestowed upon him, had ripened the seeds of a disease, probably hereditary, into this early and fatal maturity. When I remarked on the calmness and re signation of the mother, which had particularly struck me, “it is but an evidence,” said my friend, “ of the {lower of our blessed religion which carries with it the fulfilment, as well as the promise of comfort to its vo taries. Mary’s mother has met with many trials; and is so inured to dis appointment, that she projects few schemes of earthly felicity. She holds her children, like every other earthly blessing, merely as in trust, so be cheerfully rendered up when called for by Him who gave them ; and she has but little faith in the sta bility of any happiness which does not directly emanate from a religious source Indeed, as wc advance in life, do we not all feel ourselves drawing nearer to the same conclu sion ? ‘ Hope st ill leads on,’ it is true, but we follow her with a slower and a surer step, as we grow older ; and become suspicious other allurements, because we cannot live one day with out seeing something of their fal lacy.” From the Connecticut Herald. Antigua, March sth, 1826. “ A most distressing and inclan chollv shipwreck occurred near this island the past week, attended with such circumstances as seem almost incredible, and we can only say, that, for the wisest purposes, though often to us inscrutable, the Lord has done it. “ About four weeks -since, there was a yearly general meeting at St. Kitts, of the Methodist Missionaries from the neighboring islands: from this place went the Rev. Mr. White, w ife, three children and servant; Rev. Mr. Hilliar, Rev. Mr. Oake, Rev. Mr. Jones, wife and infant child. They left St. Kitts a few days since, to return to this island, having ad ded tolheir number Mr—^_anoLh^ rise tibieruntartes, pacisquc imponere morem, parcere subjectia et debeiiare auperbos.—Virgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 182 G. er missionary, and his wife. The vessel in which they embarked, call ed at Montserat; the number of the mission family, at that time, amount ing to thirteen souls, as above, in cluding one servant. At Montserat, their friends advised them to*leave the vessel in which they were, (b - ing a dull sailer,) and go on board the mail boat Maria, then ready to sail for this island They did so ; and a young lady also took passage with Ahem. The schooner which they left, arrived here seasonably, and brought the baggage of the mis sion family, which they did not think best to take out, the ordinary pas sage being only a few hours. Some alarm (after the schooner’s arrival) was felt for the safety of the mad boat; but as the wind was very high, it was supposed that*she had probably lost some of her sails, and put back. On Friday, P. M. the 3d inst. however, word was brought to town, that part of the wreck was see'n on the Weymouth,* with two persons on it. Two or three boats immediately went down to her, and found it to be the wreck of the mail boat Maria, and the only survivor of twenty-one souls was Mrs. Jones, in a state of insensibility. It appears that she had been placed by the cap tain (Whitney) between the bow sprit bitts, where she could not wash away. She was in her night dress only, with her husband’s cloak or coat on, and a sailor’s cap on her head. The body of captain Whit ney (and the only one found) was ly ing near the wreck. He was buried yesterday. He had not been dead, probably, more than an hour, as he was seen on the bow-sprit about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Jones, it is hoped, is slowly recovering, and so far restored to her recollection, as to say, that she know r s all the cir cumstances of the wreck ; but the doctors forbid her being questioned at present. The following circum stances, however, have been com municated by her:--The vessel struck on the reef, in the night. Three or four days had elapsed when she was taken off. Mr. White, his wife three children, and servant, were all swept away together, clinging to each o ther ; Mr. Ililliar attempted to swim to Sandy island, and was drowned in her sight; her infant was w ashed a way from her arms; her husband died on her lap, the night before she was taken off, and was washed away. As returning recollection opens to her the horrors of the scene she has witnessed, I am told she often ex claims, “ O, captain Whitney, why wny did he save me !” She must in deed, be an unhappy, lonely woman; and time can never efface from her remembrance this mournful event. She is undoubtedly most to be pitied, for we have reason to indulge the hope, that her kind friends are in heaven—that the scenes of Wey mouth shoal were but a passage to the heaven of bliss. Dark, deep, and misterious, are the ways of a righteous and unerring Providence ! With wond r and astonishment, we behold a delicate, slender woman, of twenty years, for four days without sustenance, exposed to the inclem ency of the weather, supported— while hardy seamen were dying a round her, and finally, the sole sur vivor of twenty-one persons! We see, in a few short hours, the whole mission family of this island, called from their earthly labors, but to re ceive, as we trust a heavenly re ward : but who can stay his hand ? or who shall say to the Supreme Go vernor of the Universe, w hat doest thou? Shall not the judge of all the earth do right ? * A shoal, about four miles from the harbor, and, only half a mile from a small island, called Sandy island. From the Missouri Advocate New route to the Pacific Ocean, by Gen. William 11. Ashly, during his late Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. The General Government having under consideration the propriety of establishing a military post at some point within our Territorial limits, on the coast of the Pacific, the pres ent, is perhaps, the most apropriatc time to communicate any informa tion, which may in the least tend to facilitate the consumation of a meas ure, in our opinion, of so much na tional importance. Heretofore, those great barriers of nature, the Rocky Mountains, have been called up in judgement againsk the practicability of establishing'^ 1 ! communication between this point and the Pacific Ocean. But the great Author of Nature, in his wisdom, has prepared, and individual enterprise discovered, that so “broad and easy is the way,” that thousands may trav el it in safety, without meeting with any obstruction deserving the name The route proposed, after leaving St. Louis and passing generally on the North side of the Missouri River strikes the river Platte a short dis tance above its junction with the Missouri; then pursues the waters of the Platte to their sources, and in continuation, crosses the head wa ters of what Gen Ashley believes to be the Rio Colorada of the West, and strikes, for the first time, a ridge or single connecting chain of moun tains, running from North to South. This, however, presents no difficulty, as a wide gap is found apparently prepared for the purpose of a pas sage. After passing this gap, the route proposed falls directly on a river, called by Gen. Ashley, the Bu enaventura, and runs with that river to the Paciic Ocean. The face of the country, in the gen eral, is a continuation of high, rug gedt and b; rren mountains; the sum mits of which arc either with pui»quaking-asp?or cedar; or in fact, almost entirely destitute of vegetation Other parts are hilly and undulating; and the valleys and table lands, (except on the herders of water-courses, which are more or less timbered with cotton-wood and willows,) are destitute of wood; but this indispensable article is substitu ted by an herb, called by the hunters, wild sage, which grows from one to five feet high, and is found in great abundance in most parts of the country. Soil. —The sterility of the country, generally, is almost incredible. That part of it, however, bounded by the three principal ranges of mountains, and watered by the sources of the supposed Buenaventura is less sterile; yet the proportion of arable land, even within those limits, is compara tively small; and no district of the country visited by Gen. Ashley, or of which he obtained satisfactory infor mation, offers inducements to civi lized people, sufficient to justify an expectation of permanent settle ments. Rivers. —The river visited by Gen. Ashley, and which he believes to be the Rio Colorado of the West, is at about fifty miles from its most North ern source, eighty yards wide. At this point, Gen. A. embarked and de scened the river, which gradually in creased in w idth to one hundred and eighty yards. In passing through the mountains, the channel is con tracted to fifty or sixty yards, and so much obstructed by rocks as to make its descent extremely dangerous, and its ascent impracticable. After de scending this river about 400 miles, Gen. A. shaped bis course North wardly, and fell upon what he sup posed to be the sources of the Bu enaventura ; and represents those branches as bold streams, from 20 to 50 yards wide, forming a junction a few miles below where he crossed them, and then empties into a large lake, (called Grand Lake,) repre sented by the Indians as being 40 or 50 miles ivide, and 60 or 70 miles long. This information is strength ened by that of tho white hunters, who have explored parts of the Lake. The Indians represent, that at the extreme West end of this Lake, a large river flows out, and runs in a Westwardly direction. * Gen. Ashley when on those waters, at first thought it probably they were the sources of the Multnomah ; but the account given by the Indians, supported by the opinion of some men belonging to the Hudson Bay Company, confirms him in the belief, that they are the head waters of the river represented as the Buenaven tura. To the North and North-West from Grand Lake, the country is re presented as abounding in salt. The Indians, West of the moun tains, are remarkably wall disposed towards the citizens of the United States; the Eutaws and Flat-heads are particularly so, and express a great wish that the Americans should visit them frequently. SUPREME COURT. The Supreme Court terminated its annual session on Tuesday of last week, after an incessant occupation of more than six weeks; during which time, (says the National In telligencer) out of an hundred and ninety caes on the docket, the court was able to dispose of only forty-nine, leaving three-fourths of the docket untouched. It cannot be denied af ter these repeated evidences of the fact, that the laws are not adminis tered, under the present organiza i {ion of the courts of the United States, ' is promptly or efficaciously as they . ought to be. Among decisions had, was one of great interest to the people of Mary land, as to claims for quit rents by the heirs of lord Baltimore, which it was decided were relinquished and extinguished by certain acts of the British parliament in 178 U CONGRESS. Friday, April 7. In the Senate yesterday, a bill was introduced by Mr. Benton, to author ise the President of the U. States to sell certain land, the property of the United States, in the State of Mis souri. The bill lbr removing ob structions in, and deepening the chan nel of, the harbor of Mobile, was or dered to a third reading. After a few minutes spent in re ceiving reports of Committees, the House of Representatives, yesterday went into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, when the subject of the Mission to Panama was again taken up for consideration. The Committee was then addressed by Messrs. Brent, of Louisiana, and Buckner, of Kentucky, in favor of the Mission; and by Messrs. Rives, of Virginia, and Hamilton, of South- Caroiina, against it. Some resolu tions were offered by Mr. Markley, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the Message of Mr. Monroe. Mr. Hamilton will resume his re marksto day, unlessthe House should take up private business, which has the priority. Mr. Woodbury, from the commit tee on Finance, reported the fol lowing bill: “ A bill repealing in part, the duty on imported salt. Sf.c. 1. Re it enacted, 4*c. That, for the term of one year from and af ter the 31st day of December next, the duty imposed and collected on salt, imported from any foreign port or place into the United States, shall be fifteen cents per bushel, and no more ; that, from and after the 31st. day of December, A. D. 1827, the duty imposed and collected, such salt shall be ten cents per bushel, and no more ; that, in calculating said duty, every fifty-six pounds of salt shall be computed as equal to one bushel, and that said duty shall be collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations as exist for the col lection of the present duty on im ported salt.” The bill was read and passed to a second rending. Mr. Smith, from the committee on Finance, to whom so much of the President’s message, as relates to the subject, was referred, reported the following bill; “ A bill to reduce the duties here tofore levied on certain articles. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate 4’ House rs Representatives, of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the 31st day of December, 1826, in lieu of the du ties imposed by law on the importa tion of the articles hereinafter men tioned, there shall be levied, collect ed, and paid, the following duties, that is to say : On Coffee -3 cts. per lb. On Tea, as follows : Imperial anil Gun powder - 35 do Hyson, Young Ily son, a.id Cfiulan 25 do All other Green Teas, and Black Teas of all kinds 15 do On Wines, to wit: Madeira, Burgundy Champaign and Tokay - 50 cts. per gal. Marsalla, or Sicily Madeira, Sherry, St. Lucar, Pico, Fayal, Lisbon, Oporto, and all other Wine of Portugal - 30 do Teneriffe and Mal- Sr aga - - 20 do All other Wines, • when imported, otherwise, than in bottles or cas es - - 12 do Claret, and other wines not enu merated, when imported in bot tles or cases 35 do Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted. That, the teas and wines which may he in deposite in the Public Ware houses, on the said 31st December, next, shall be subject to no higher duty that will be payable on teas and wines of similar duty than will be payable on teas and wines of simi lar denominations in the preceding section. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That, the duties on all wines and spi rituous liquors, which may on the passage of this act be in deposite, or may hereafter be deposited in the Public Warehouses, shall be levied and paid on the number of gallons only ivliich may be in the casks at the time the same shall be legally withdrawn from tho place of depos ite. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, [OR *4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. [NO XIX’—VOL. I. dcr the same regulations, as the present duties laid on the said artic les imported into the United States, and with the same right of draw back as is now allowed on the same articles ” The bill was read and passed to a second rending. The engrossed bill “ for removing obstructions, & deepening the chan nel of the harbor of Mobile;” the engrossed bill “ for removing ob structions in tfte river Savannah;” and the bill “granting the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in Florida ;" were severally read the third time, passed and sent to the House; the two for mer for concurrence. The resolution submitted yester day by Mr. Johnson, of Lou. w as tak en up and agreed to. The Senate proceeded, according to the order of the day, to the con sideration of the bill from the House of Representatives, “ further to a mend the Judicial System of the U. States.” The Senate Commitiee on the Ju diciary, to which the hill was refer red, reported a substitute for the second section of the bill. This sec tion of the hill, as it came, from the House, is, in substance, as follows: “ That the seventh Judicial Cir cuit of the United States shall, here after consist of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ; and Kentuckey and Missou ri shall form an eighth Circuit, Ten nessee and Alabama a ninth Circuit, and Louisiana and Mississippi a tenth Circuit ; and the Justice of the Su preme Court now assigned or alloted to the seventh circuit, shall, until the next term of the Supreme court, and until anew assignment or allot ment shall be made by said court, fce assigned to the eighth circuit; and the three additional Justices, whose appointment is provided for by this act, shall be severally assigned by the President of the United States to the said seventh, ninth, and tenth circuits, until the next term of the Supreme court, when it shall be the duty of the Justices thereof to assignor allot themselves to the several Judicial circuits of the United States, and to make record thereof according to law.” The substitute for this section, recommended by the Committee of the Senate, is as follows : “ That the seventh Judicial Cir cuit of the United States shall here after consist of Ohio and Kentuckey; and that Indiana, Illinois, and Missou ri, shall form the eighth Circuit; Tennessee anil Alabama shall form the ninth Circuit ; and Mississippi and Louisiana shall form the tenth Circuit; and the Justice of the Su preme Court appointed for each of said seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth Circuits shall reside there in.” Mr. Van Buren (Chairman of the Judiciary Committee) rose, and en tered into a general view of the de fects of the Judiciary system, which require a remedy: the inconveniences suffered by a portion.of the Union in consequence of these defects ; the necessity of extending the system, and tho expediency of extending it in the manner and the degree pro posed by this bill, kc. kc. Mr. Ruggles, of Ohio,'followed in opposition to the amendment, and in favor of th»' bill, as it came lrom the other House ; and it was opposed al so by Mr. Harrison. The amendment was supported by Messers, Rowan, Noble, Kane, and Benton, each at considerable length, and Mr. Randolph also advocated the amendment, and addressed tho Senate in a speech of more than two hours’ duration. The question was then taken on agreeing to the amendment, and car ried by the following vote : YEAS.—Messrs. Barton, Benton, Berrien, Bouligny,Branch, Chandler, Chase, Clavton, Cobb, Dickerson, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay, Hayne, Hendricks, Holmes, Kane, King, Ma con, Marks, Noble, Randolph, Rob bins, Rowan, Smith, Tazewell, Tho mas, Van Buren, White, Willey, Williams, Woodburrv —32. NAYS.—Messrs. Harrison, John son, of Ky. Ruggles, Sanford—4. Mr. Rowan then moved further to amend the bill, by adding thereto the following sections: “4. And be it further enacted. That the Supreme Court shall, in no in stance, decide that the Constitution of any state or any provision thereof, or the law of any state, or any law of Congress, or any part or portion thereof, or of cither or any of them, is invalid or void, by reason of any supposed collision between them, or any part or portion of them, ot any or cither of them, and the Con stitution of the United States, or any article, section, or clause thereof, unless at least seven of the Justices