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GeorffiaS Statesman. > TERMS,—«3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY s. meacham. THE OSOR&IA STATESMAN Is published every Tuesday in Millcdgcvillc, Opposite the State-House Square. :c -p Terms.... Three Dollars ill advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months.— Vo subscription received for less than one vear unless the money is paid in advance, -nd no paper discontinued till all arrearages on subscription and advertisements are pa-d. jsj g —Notice of the sales of land and ne roes bv Administrators, Executors, or Guar dians, must be published sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sale of personal property in like man ner must be published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published nine months. • Notice that application has been made for Letters of Administration, must alsq be pub lished forty days. * t * All letter directed to the Editor, on business relating to the Office, must be post paid. Mii.lepcevii.le, July 4, 1826. Col. S. Rockwell, Sir —Permit us through this medium to under you our thanks, for your eloquent and patriotic Oration, delivered this day, and to equestacopy of it for publication. We also avail ourselves of this opportunity to offer our acknowledgements for your cheer •'u! acquiescence in our wishes, at the time we waited" on you with the invitation to become our Orator, when so very few days were al lowed you for preparation. We are respectfully, Yours, L. ATKISON, WM. TRIPLETT, B. HEPBURN, JOSEPH WASHBURN, JOHN BOZEMAN. MiLLEDGEViIIe, July 6th 1826. Gentlemen —Your polite note of yesterday, requeuing a copy of the Oration which I had the honor to deliver on the fiftieth anniversary of our Independence, for publication, I have duly received. A copy is herewith furnished. I beg you will overlook the numerous imperfections it, contains, which I am persuaded you will do, when you consider that it was written and memorised only a few days previous to its de livery, amid frequent interruptions by profes "sVoSiWCLL. To the Committee of Arrangement. Fellow Citizens, Conrtrynicnqnd Friends, The task of addressing you this day was undertaken, the duties ot this station were assumed, with feel ings which belong to- him who knows full well the arduousness of the one, and the responsibilities attendant up on the other. If there be any cir cumstance calculated to add to the weight of this task, or encrease these responsibilities, it is the maniiesta tion of an acrimonious political feel ing pervading this community, which IUI UIU>I au Ulllvil of jnu tluo i*» commemoration of our country’s birth. It is true, that “the sources of congeniality lie deep,” and are not at all times fathomable ; it is equally true that there exist certain antipa thies, to which it is sometimes diffi cult to affix proper appellations. But why may not the holy remembra- ce of bye-gone times; of the sufferings of the departed patriots and out country’s defenders, awakened by the annual return of this day, remain sacred and unprofaned by the nox ious breathings of party discord ! Why may we not as ‘one family’ as semble round the altar of liberty ; and for at least one day forget ur local divisions ? Why may we uot be stow our annual offerings. united, ot. our country’s shrine, and breathe out aspirations jointly, for the increase of our country’s prosperity, unchecked by party feelings, uncontroled by the spirit of contention and unmingled with domestic strife I Why! ! be cause there is a baleful intolerant spirit abroad,ever active, ever sleep less, ever present; which has too often identified an honest difference of opinion on political subjects, with personal hostility, converting politi cal adversaries into personal toes : to its influence is to be ascribed our party turmoils, and the existence of those rancorous feelings and discord ant opinions hitherto witnessed; in the utterance of which, the common courtesies of social life arc forgotten, and the presiding deities of the fes t ivc board disregarded; rendering an harmonious intercourse and a friend ly interchange of each other’s senti ments, on any occasion, entirely hope less. Acquiescing then, in the ne cessity thus imposed by the reigning violence of party spirit, we have as sembled here to offer the freeman’s annual tribute, and to minister at the freeman’s altar; where the sentiments of our hearts may be mingled togetti er, undisturbed by the murmurings of party discontents. If there be any here who expect that this hour will be devoted to party 'criminations, or that I will urg an acquiescence in the new, or chuunt a requiem of the manes of the old Treaty, their expectations will be disappointed. Such topics are alike foreign to the purpose of this assem blage, and unsuited to the solemnity of this occasion. Is not the torch of party discord already sufficiently lighted ? Does not the flame of party feuds burn with sufficient fervour. Must the celebration of our country’s* jubilee be indeed subjected to their influence, ard controled by the war ring passions enkindled by their vi olence 1 Be it so. I trust we have assembled together for a far differ ent purpose ; to hear the oft told story of our country’s wrongs rehear sed ; to listen to the venerated coun sels of our Washington, and treasure up his parting admonitions; to con template the struggle of our ances tors in the sacred cause of human liberty; to swell the anthem of our country’s triumph, of our coutry’s glory. > Be it so. Let others woj ship at the shrine of party idolatry, I have no ambition to follow their example. Be mine the more ac ceptable occupation of retracing the glorious achievements of the cham pions of freedom ; of recounting the deeds of heroic valor; of contem plating the noble fabric of our Inde pendence, reared upon the basis of civil and religious liberty, and of dwelling for a brief moment upon the beneficial effects of our confederat'ive system, and the momentous import ance of our holy Union. These on the fiftieth anniversary of our coun try’s existence, methinks are topics of peculiar, of striking propriety. The experience of half a century must have convinced mankind of the utility of our republican institutions; and that we are capable of self gov ernment. What a lesson for the rot ten monarchies of the old world. What a redeeming example for the people of the other hemisphere. The dawning of that auspicious day when our ancestors unfurled the banner of freedom, and resolved on liberty or death ; when an insulted and outraged people shook off the manacles of colonial dependence,and assumed among “the nations of the earth the station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God enti tle them ;” while it gave anew era to the political world, and taught monarchy a salutary lesson, which no subsequent disaster, it is believed, will induce it to forget. It also ush ered forth an experiment in govern ment, long before derided, as the vi sionary scheme of some political en thusiast ; but the lapse of fifty years has proved its expedience as well as its durability!! How glorious must be the reflection for those who love their country, that this derided ex periment should have become the monument of moral justice and in tellectual freedom. In the inter- IDprlioti* hmo, (cuijitsts illlli commotions have not agitated and distracted the European world 1 What thrones and sceptres have not been swept away I What kingdoms and empires, have not been entomb ed in the all destroying vortex of revolutions? Yet amid all po litical convulsions, our country’s pro gressive march to greatness has been unimpeded. And !o! “the expected hour is on the wing, With every joy the (light of years can bring; The spit ndid scenes the muse shall dare dis play, And unbarn ages view the ripened day.” Committee of Arangm’t. In contemplating this important era of our nation’s existence, and dwelling upon the interesting super v ning events, the mind is irresista bly led to the sacred convocation of those choice spirits, selected for their illustrious virtues; who were about to deliberate upon a momen tous question ; in the determination of which, the civil destinies of un born millions were involved. Uner ring wisdom, breathed through all their proceedings—the Goddess of Liberty hovered over their delibera tions, and the genius of America pre sided in their councils : but ere the plan of resistance was matured ; ere the black catalogue of their grievan ces had been ushcicd forth the death cry on Bunker’s summit, borne on the blast, announced to the as sembled sages the fall of a hero. It came freighted with a nation's sor row*, “to whet their almost blunted purpose ;” to urge them “ To edge the keen sword and wing the un erring ball.” Yes, generous, noble Warren! thou didst pour thy life’s last stream upon thy native sod, for thy country’s safe ty. Thy fall was glorious ; and glo riously lias it been revenged. Often has the ‘ cold sod, where thy patriot honors rest” been watered with “af fection’s tailing tear.” The storied marble will tell the passing where oar warrior lies, “And echoing liberty resounds thy name, Thou first martyr in her cause and heii of deathless fame.” Being reduced lo the alternative ot choosing an unconditional submis sion to the requisitions of tyranny, or resistance by arms—the spirit of patriotism did not long deliberates in the choice. Collecting their uni ted energies; believing their cause to be just, their union perfect, the il lustrious sages Yippealed to heaven, “for the rectitude of their intentions.” and piously sought the blessing ol Hae tibienint artes, pacisque imponerc morem, et debellare superbos.—Virgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JULY* 18, 1826. twe Most High upon their enterprise. With spirits cheered by the hopes of the Christian patriot, and with hearts fortified with the animating reflec tion that heaven smiled upon their efforts, they proclaimed the manifes to of their country’s wrongs, and sol emnly declared that “these united coloutes arc and of right ought to be free and independent States.” A listening world heard the declaration, and applauding millions approved the high decree. Can we, mj counirymen, sufficient ly admire this signal instance of hu man fortitude in our patriotic ances tors ; who thus, in the darkest hour that their country ever knew, dared to proclaim that country’s freedom. It indeed required man gifted with more than common qualities, and in cited by more than ordinary impulses,, thus to cast defiance in the teeth of their oppressors, amid all the horrors of a civil war, hitherto waged, to pro cure only a redress of grievances from an angry Monarch; but now persevered in for a nobler purpose, for an high* r boon —separation and independence. The contest with fo reign and domestic foes, and their savage allies, quartered in our towns, and occupying our strong plac' S; ynt undismayed, pledging their ‘lives, their fortunes & their sacred honor;” thus animating each other ; rousing the droopibg spirit of resistance; guiding the noble impulses of their countrymen; tempering their cour age and inciting them to deeds of glory. • “See the bold heroes, mark their glorious way, Arm’d for the fight and blazing oil the day, Their eager sivords unsated carnage blend, And ghastly deaths their raging course at tend.” They fought not for conquests; nor for plunder, The conflict was for freedom—the prize was nobly won. * “The astonish’d foes maintain the fight no more, Fierce on their rear our rushing host im pend, Their falling legions dye tlie fields with gor^, ‘Till dusky eve their better hope descend * Thro’ fav’ring darkness fly the broken train, Steal trembling to their Ships and hide be hind the Main.” But few and scattering are the surviving heroes of that eventful struggle. Many of those, alas ! who' sustained the sinking fortunes of their country, now sleep with their patri otic chief, in its protecting bosom; while some of the few* who have yet survived the lapse of time, are nur sinpr their woimJo in die: uecrepitufle of age and honorable poverty; wit nessing the full enjoyment of those blessings by their posterity, which were purchased with their blood; 'yet denied an humble pittance from the national coffers, dhich would “rock the cradle of reposing age,” comfort their declining years, and smooth their passage to the tomb. Where is the griping miser; \where the avaricious w retch so lost to’every noble and manly impulse, that would refuse to extend relief to the hum ble mendicant upon his charity ? Yet a nation of freemen, with anexhaust- less exchequer, refuses to relieve the wants of its hoary headed bene factors. Did they pause, did they hesitate w hen danger approached ? Did they repulse the frantic entrea ties ofthe matrons of your iand.when the relentless tomahawk was raised against the* unoffending heads of help less innocence ; when the yell ofthe painted savage burst upon the soli tude of midnight to “disturb the sleep ofthe cradle ;” or when the flaming torch of the incendiary conflagrated the dwellings of your fathers?No! they rushed to the conflict ;• they toiled ; they bled ; they gallantly conquered ! Yes, I repeat it, year after year your national councils, the guardians of your national treasure have been urged in vain, to discharge a debt of gratitude; to relieve the wants of that little band of surviving patriots, who sacrificed all for liberty and for you. Ye Gods ! Such glaring injus tice should be written on the blue arch of heaven, in characters of sparkling brilliance, proclaiming to the Universe the ingratitude of our Rulers. But the spirit which sus tained them amid the carnage ol the battlefield ; the ft titude which sbed its influence <sver them, through the sufferings of a seven years’ war, for bid them to use the language of com plaint. Although subjected to all the “privations of poverty, its wants, its cares and its humiliations.” yet they utter no reproaches against their country. Ye venerable defen ders of my native land! Ye have beheld the sun of your country rising m blood, and obscured by the dark douds of war ; ye have lived to be hold its meridian, in cloudless splen dour ; yet ye have not been permit ted to bask in its rays ye have seen the tree of liberty planted by your care; nurtured by your att ntion ; watered by your tears, grow and flourish; yet ye have not been su! sered to re«t beneath its shade ; ye have beheld the early companion of your immortal leader, after forty years of absence, returning to you again, to receive ycur last embrace, and exchange the last farewell; yet aot even to him, in that holy hour of fond recollection and thrilling feei ng. did ye recount the story of your wrongs! Ye matchless men! Such examples of patient suffering; of un complaining fortitude, will ere long »rouse the slumbering gratitude of your country, or cry to Heaven “ trump< t tongued” for justice. So long as the principles of liberty are cherished ; so long as virtue is regarded or patriotism has a name; S o lqpg will these things live in live ly remfeniherance.-r-Aud when these aged relics of our country’s heroism, shall cease to be numbered among the living—as soon they must—when an opportunity no longer offers to dis play a nations gratitude; then the neglect of their claims, the injustice they have experienced their unre quited services w ill be deeply en graven upon the public mind. An thems may indeed swell to the pas sing breeze, requiems may be chaunt ed round their graves—the Cypress and the laurel may shade their rest ing place—the tears of gratitude may water their tombs—and the na tions sorrow may be displayed in all theemnty pageantry of priblir mourn ing—but a stain will settle upon the national escutcheon. It was determined in the councils of infinite wisdom, that the torch of liberty, which had guided our ances tors through the perils of the revo lution, should blaze on other shores, and shed its light on other climes. The country of the great and good Fayette, being long oppressed by the hand of despotic power, at length re solved to rear the standard of free dom. ‘ The Godess of Liberty when first she appeared upon the shores of France, was pure and immaculate as a ministering angel,’ but, alas ! her banner was soon dipped in blood— dark clouds rested on her horizon, and over the fair scene, which an hbavenly host might have regarded with approbation ; fell faction spread his dominion Her cause was w rest ed from the protecting guardianship of Fayette, Brissotand Condorset— by the ruthless violence of a Danton, of a Marat, and of a Robespiere, and soon it became “ A stench in the nostrils of Heaven.” and now they hug their chains in all tlic of irredeemable bondage. —Not so with the land of the Gree cian Bard and the countrymen of Leonidas. They too, after groani ing for centuries under the iron gripe of thpir turbaned oppressors, sought relief in the arms of a revolution. The Greecian cause is one of the most noble that ever attracted the attention, or awakened the sympa thies of the human race; the smile of Hfeaven never beamed upon a more holy struggle. Wonderful people! ages yet unborn will dwell with as tonishment on the story of vour a chievements; your Honiers will again dwell with rapture upon your valor ours deeds, and light their epic fires at those inextinguishable lamps which burn in “ the toaibs of oriential gen ius;” while the deepest execrations will pursue the blood-stained authors ofthe horrible enormities committed in the isle Scio. Have you not beheld the painful anxieties awakened in this republic by the protracted strug gle of Missolonghi—its doubtful fate and the lingering sufferings of its he roic defenders. Have you not felt the throb of public emotion at the self devotion of that little Grecian hand—Nay, “ for every drop of “ Grecian blood drawn by the Moslem “ Scimelar, does not a correspond “ ing drop start to the surface of ev “ cry American vein struggling to “ burst from its internal confines to “ revenge the outrage upon human “ liberty The noble defenders of Western Greece—the gallant con querors of the Egyptian host, have encircl and the Grecian name with a halo of glory as brilliant and as ever lasting as the celestial orb of day ; Iheir martyrdom on that dread day, when the turbaned Ibrahim fell* have redeemed the Grecian charac ter from the degradation which had rest -d upon it far centuries, of vol untary slavery; and when their dy ing companions yielded their lasi breath in freedoms cause, atteudim Seraphs bore their souls to Leaver, for, “Oh! if tb« .'<■ be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds, dear ’Tis the bet libation liberty liras a, From the heart tiiat bleeds, and breaks in her cause!”. The spirit of liberty is not indigitious to any country; like a reck dashed upon the troubled ocean, it forms its circles, “ round succeeding round, + \\ hen this was written it was believed lirorn accounts received for authentic sources, that hie fi*rtrc*r of Missoiuugui n&e safe, and ihal ihf Turkish commander bad fallen —but si Irsequeut accounts seem to contradict tins glorious new*.—ed. *t each wider than the former.” It w.ii this spirit that roused the energies ol a Bolivar, and a Riego; conducted the one to conquest, and taught the o ther liow to die. It was this spirit that sent the youthful Jackson to the revolutionary field. It pillowed the head of the Hero of Orleans, nerv ed his arm when he struck the blow tor freedom ; under its influence he preserved the farest portion of the West from the vandalism of the en emy; he became the conqueror of the conquerors of Europe, and the se cond saviour of his country. If at any future period,, some ambitious Cassar should rise up to sap the foun dations ol this republic, or attempt to weaken the attachment to our sa cred Union, I trust, this spirit wili be found animating each patriot breast, and ready to support the noble fa bric, or be buried beneath its ruins. You have heard the parting admo nitions of him, who never deceived you; you have listened to the in structing lessons of your Washing ton; you have witnessed his trembling anxieties for your welfare—urging you by your hope of happiness to “ regard the Union as the palladium of your tranquility at home ; of your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity, and even of that liberty which you so highly prize.” Let his last words sink deep in your hearts. And where is the recreant wretefr who has enjoyed the bless ings of our federative system, and experienced the protection of our happy Constitution—who would not stand by the on.c and die by the o thcr. Kind heaven, 1 hope, has not so far “ blotted us out of its favor able rememberance” as to abandon us to the frightful destiny ; —yet ho who would seriously meditate the destruction of this fair fabric,’erected with so much labor, and cemented with the richest blood of our country —may deceive ns by honnied ac- cents—he may amuse us with his pretended patriotism—he may claim to he one of the sons of our generous soil—he may have man’s form ; but believe me, his professing patriotism is assumed—and “be sure on’t, at his birth, some demon thurst kind natures hand aside ere she had pour ed her balm within his bosom,” or humanised his character, and under what ever specious pretext he may attempt the treason, he will merit, should receive the bitterest execra tions, and the severest punishment which can be inflicted by his injured country. Our free institutions were receiv ed from the hands of our fathers, let us preserve them with scrupulous care—cherish them and hand them down unimpaired to our posterity, and let us inculcate the same senti ments in our children ; then influenc ed by these considerations, and zeal ously mindful of the benedictions of the immortal Washington ; political tempests may rage ; the battlements of liberty may rock to their founda tions, but its temple will remain sc cure—and our glorious republic be come indistructable. Thrice happy country! may the public virtues of thy Washingtons, thy Joffersons and thy Jacksons, con tinue to shed their influence over ti;y children—may they be enabled to hail each succeeding anniversary of this day, with all the ardour of the true born sons of thy slumbering pa triots; and may thy high destiny he the GLORY OF EARTH AND PRIDE OF HEAVEN. Mu. Gallatin — A sketch of the life of Albert Gallatin is published in the “ National Intelligencer.” The follow ind dates may be uscfultosome of our readers, when speaking about him. He was born at Geneva, 29th Jan. —l76l—and is descended from a noble family. In 1779, he complet ed his education at Geneva, and, early in 1780, departed for the U. States, landing at Boston on the 14th July, 1780: and, as a volunteer, im mediately joined a body of Ameri can troops, and furnished funds for the support of them. In 1783 he was appointed profl ssorofth Frencn language at Harvard college In 1784 he purchased lands in Virgl.ua, and became a citizen of the Uni: and States, ih that state in 1785. Ih.v:,. ; removed to Pennsylvania, he was elected a member of the convention to revise the Constitution of tr.i state in 1789, a member of th«-legis lature in 1790, and in 1794, a m m-\ her of the senate of the United Star*' ■- The senate, howe'v r by a majority of one vote, all the federal party voting against Mr. G declared nan intelligible, on the plea ot his not haviug been a sufficient length of time a citizen of the United Stale**. As soon as the decision of the senate was know, as was simultaneously elected.a member of the legislature of Penn*ylvania for Fayette county, anil a member of the house of repre- [OR $4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. NO. 31....V0L. I. sentatives of the United States for Washington county, (where he had never resided ) He took bis seat iu the last mentioned body in 1795, and remained therein a most active and efficient leader ofthe republican par tv, until 1801 ; when, on Mr. Jeffer son’s election to the presidency be was made secretary of the treasury : he fulfilled the arduous duties attach ed' to this department for twelve years, with distinguished reputation and ability In 1813 he w r as appoint ed, with Messrs. Adams and Bayard, to proceed to Russia to negotiate with Great Britain, under the media' tion of tho emperor —but, as he had not yet resigned his place of secretary of the treasury, the senate refused to confirm the appointment He soon after resigned his secretaryship, and was then appointed, together fatk Messrs. Adams and Clay, to proceed to Ghent, where the treaty of peace hetw r een us and Great Britain was signed In 1816 he was appointed minister to France, and resigned in 1823 and returned home. In the present year, he was appointed nnn ifter to G. B. Kilts Register. News of the Sea Serpent. —Captain Iloldredge, ofthe Silas Richards, has sent us the following extraordinary account for publication, accompani ed by a representation in pencil of tho monster seen, which is precisely of the form of the Sea Serpent, which so often visited the neighborhood ot Boston. Captain Holdredgc, as well as many other respectable gentle men, are ready to Verify the state ment with their oath, if necessary : To the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser. Dear Sir : If you should deem the following statement worthy ol in sertion in your valuable journal, the veracity of it can be attested by she undersign a nd: Ship Silas Richards, tth June, I®2G, ) I.at. 41, 30, Long. 67, 82. J While standing by the starboard bow, looking at the unruffled surface of the-ocean, about 7 o’clock, P. M. I perceived a sudden perturbation of the water, and iinmediatefy on that, an object presented itself with its head above the water about four feet, resembling the above figure, which position it retained for nearly a minute, when he returned it to the surface, and kept approaching a breast of the vessel, at a distance of about fifty yards. I immediately called the passengers on deck, sev eral of whom observed it for tho space of eight minutes, as it glided along slowly and undauntedly past the ship, at the rate of about three miles an hour Its color was a dark dingy black, with protuberances sim ilar to the above sketch ; its visible length appeared about sixty feel, arid its circumference ten feet. Front former accounts which have been given of such a monster, and which have never been credited, this ex actly corresponds,.and I have no doubt but it is one of those species called Sea Serpent, It made con siderable wake in the water in its progress. I remain your obedient servant, HENRY HOLDREDGE, Copt. Jonh Guuby, of New Kent Road, has obtained a patent for a process by w hich a certain material is prepared, and rendered a suitable substitute for leather. It consists of 1 part com mon glue size in a state of jelly, 4 parts fat boiled linseed oil, half a part lamp black, 1 part ground white lead, 1 part ground pipe clay, and 2 parts ground litharge. After simmering half an hour, the composition will be ready to apply to the cloth w4»**fc is intended to render Impenetrable to water. Xu-. Lately at half past 9 o’clock in the evening, the inhabitants of Cromer, Norfolk county, (England,) were sur prised at seeing several lights on the top of the church steeple, and many others on the chimneys of some of the houses situated on the clift. On attentively viewing them, it was dis covered that they were the kind of lights sometimes seen at sea, on ships’ rfiu3ts and yards, called “ Corpus Sanctus.” They were seen during a -treng gale at N. W. accompanied with a considerable fall of snow, and o;c ' them was remarked passing te-ouch the air towards the steeple. hi en.observed by some expe rienced seamen, that they arc never ! • n but during a storm, and if high op on the masts or yards, foretell ■:<■[ wether ; but if on the deck or m ♦he scuppers, portend a furious gale. The cause of these luminous appear ai -.es does not seem to have been clearly ascertained Ohio. —Six steam boats and seven schooners arrived at tho port of Cleveland, during a late week, aud t.iis appears to lie about the usual we* kly amount of arrivals and depar tures.---Kiles