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Georgia® Statesman. TEH VIS,—S3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY S. MEACHAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN is PUBLISHED EVER! TUESDAY IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. On Waync-Strect, opposite the Eagle Hotel. iCP Terms.... Three Dollars in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months.— No subscription received for has than one year, unless the money is paid in advance, and no paper discontinued till all arrearages on subscription and advertisements are paid. pj, u. Notice of the sales of land and ne groes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guar dians, must be published sixty days previous to the day of sale. . The side of personal property in like man ner must be published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice that application will l»e 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 also be pub lished forty days. All letters directed to the Editor on, business relating to the Office, must be post pad. JEFFERSON & ADAMS. Zebulqn, Aug. 11, 1826. At a meeting of the citizons of Bike county, co vened at the Court House in the Town of Zebulon, on the 11th ult. for the purpose of mak ing suitable arrangements in honor of the deceased patriarchs, THOMAS JEFFERSON and-JOHN ADAMS. Dr Hugh F. Rose, was called to the Chair, and Major John H. Brodnax, appointed Secretary—when the fol lowing Preamtde and Resolutions were submitted and unanimonsiy a dopted. . • Whereas, It has pleased Divine Providence to withdraw from the scene of their earthly triumph, the venerable patriarchs, Thomas Jeffer son and John Adams, under circum stances peculiarly interesting and im pressive : and, whereas, they have conferred signal benefits on their country, the one being the author of the Declaralion of Independence, and the other its most able and eloquent supporter: and wliereas the whole* term of their lives evinces that they were ardent patriots and devoted friends to human liberty. . Therefore, To testify our gratitude for their many public services, and the deep regret with which we, in common with our fellow citizens, feel penetrated for the loss our country has sustained in their death, Be it Resolved, That we will wear crape on the left arm for the space of fifty days, as a testimony of res pect to their memory. Rholved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Presi dent aftd Secretary, and forwarded to the Georgia Journal and States man for publication* HUGH F. ROSE, Pre'st John H. Brodnax, Sec'ry. EULOGIUM DELIVERED ON THE DEATH OF JEFFERSON & ADAMS, Br ALVA WILSON, A CITIZEN OF PIKE COUNTY. We have assembled, fellow-citi zens, to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of two distinguished Fathers of the ‘Republic, Jefferson and Adams the friends and compa triots of Washington, after a pro tracted lif, of usefulness and glory, have at length been gathered to the mighty dead; and a whole nation is clad in the habiliments of mourning. The weeds we wear on this solemn occasion, are not barely the outward trappings of sorrow, which cold in difference assumes in obedience to the requirements of custom ; tht-v are the genuine insignia of that heart felt grief that gratitude breaths forth as the testimony of its respect and admiration for the moral virtues and signal services of the deceased.— Can there be a spectacle of deeper moful interest, than that which our country at this time presents ? A people in tears at the tombs of de parted greatness, is a sight fit for angels to gaze on. Can genius body forth in the form of langange, any eulogium that will speak their praises with a force and energy like this ! In the comparison, the loftiest efforts of eloquence are feeble and powerless. Fancy can coin no imagery within th wide range of nature or of art,, that will so gloriously illustrate their fame. How different the end of these great men, from that of Kings and Scep tnred Etespots! They sink to the grave unhououred and unwept, and are by the side of parasites who bask in the sunshine of their smiles and fatten on their bounty; and remem brance dwells on their memory only to invoke imprecations and curses on their names. Like them, those we mourn, once held the reigns of em pire and controlled the destinies of a mighty State; but the power they wielded was exerted solely for their country’s good: that country res pected and honoured them in life, and now bedews their hearse with the tears of sorry and regret. Her. the rulers of tuitions might learn u lesson of true glory. They might learn how far the fame of manfully asserting the just and uualienable rights of human nature exceeds the bloodstained trophies lawless ambi tion exerts upon the prostrated liber ty and ruined happiness of man. At t he tombs of Quincy and Monticello, they would feel how vain, amkworth- Icss arc the pageantries of royalty, when compared with the love and esteem of happy and admiring mill ions. Such are the sublime lessons which the lives and deaths of Jef ferson and Adams might teach the Princes and Potentates of the earth. The event which has assembled us together, fellow-citizens, would at any time have been deeply affecting to the American people—But the astonishing coincidences that have marked its consummation, impart to it an Interest and sublimity which has no parallel in the annals of the wurld —On the proudest day of their glory, when the loud paeans of liberty rung from one end of their country to the other; when their names hung on a thousand tongues, and their patriotic services were exultingly recounted in the grateful hearing of twelve millions of freemen, amid the celebra tions, the rejoicings, the bonfires and illuminations, one of them half a cen tury before, predicted what would mark that day in ajl future ages, they left the sound of their earthly tri umph, and rejoined the spirits of Washington, of Franklin, of Warren, and of the host of Patriots who had preceeded them, in the realmsofrest. What a glorious transit from life to immortality—lt will look in after times like the fabled fictions of the ancient muse. Such a dea h was alone wanting to complete the mea sure of their fame. It is now full Nothing can tarnish or affect it. It is perfectly beyond the reach of time and accident. Nothing has ever hap pened like it, nor probably ever wil! again. It will stand isolated and alone on the page of, history—tht wonder of the present and of future dimes. May we not look upon an event so out of the ordinary channel of chances, so perfectly unique, as a Heaven directed omen, presaging good to our country ? The fourth day of July will now be still more memorable and interesting. The joy and exultation to wh ch it has here tofore given birth, will be tempered and chastened by a sentiment of sad ness that will hallow it in the estima tion of freemen to the latest posteri ty. With it, their names are made completely identified, and whilst the blessings it commemorates are cher ished and preserved, will be honored and remembered by their country men. , The sketch that I shall be able to present you my audieuc , of the lives and characters of these Patriots and Statesmen, will be meagre and im perfect indeed. The pen of a Plu tarch is alone fit to write their eulo gium. The world would then pos sess a picture that might bear a com parison with the portraitures of the most distinguished sages of antiquity. Yes : our Jefferson and Adams are not inferior to the first of Grecians and of Romans in the proudest days of those Republics. They possessed all the constituents of genuine great ness, lofty patriotism, inflexible inte grity, daring resolution, and minds as solid as they were brilliant. Their virtues and talents would in any day have enabled them lo attain the high est station in society. They seem to have been born the benefactors, not only of their own but of mankind at large - and the political principles they promulgated to the world, will, in the progress and ful ness of time, redeem and disenthrall them from the powers and principali ties that now oppress and trample them under foot. What have not those principles already effected ? They have swept away the lawful ness of the feudal institutions, and revealed the legitimate foundations of civil government —They have dis sipated the slugglish calm of Des potism in which the human faculties had so long slumbered, and made men every where sei.sihle of the rank nature intended them to occupy in the scale of creation—They have prostrated the factilious distinctions of birth, iu which pride had entrench ed itself, and demonstrated that all men by nature are equal. Such are some of the glorious results they have been instrumental in producing —results that are rapidly changing the whole law of society, and pre paring man for the attainment of that moral and intellecl ual elevation which Deity designed him to reach. But however proud we may be of the wide extended sphere of their use fulness and fame, it is the services !hey rendered their own country, to which the mind on this occasion most naturally directs its contemplation. !u them, we shall find ample br indulging the warmest gratitud< and admiration. In the incipient Hse tibi erunC sites, pacisque iinpouere morem, pareere subject is et debc Ware superbos. — Virgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1826. stages of that contest which finally eventuated in the dismemberment of these States from the British Empire; though scarcely entered on the thres hold of manhood, they manifested that devoted attachment to the prin ciples of liberty, and gave promise of those splendid talents that crowned their maturer years They boldly asserted the rights of the Colonists, and no less boldly denounced the in justice and oppression of the British Parliament. Their manly opposition to the measures of the crown at this early period, rendered them obnox ous to royal vengeance; Sbme of them was debarred a seat in the Pro vincial Assembly. They watched the fluctuating policy of the mother country, with the most fearful appre hensions that she was meditating the destruction of trans-atlantic freedom; and when they saw her openly avow ing her tyrannical designs and trans porting her armed slaves to our shores, they exerted all their ener gies, and all their talents to enkindle a common feeling of determined, and indignant resistance. Adams was a member of the first Continental Con gress : the most able and efficient of that august body—he was soon joined by Jefferson, his illustrious compeer, who seconded his exertions with an ability and patriotic ardour equal to his own. They were, my audience, the master spirits of the Revolution: the one fanned its flames iu the North —the other in the South. Next to the immortal Washington, America is most deeply indebted to them.— Whilst he had her armies in the bat tle-field, they directed and infused her national councils; they Animated their countrymen by their example and their eloquence, and nerved them with resolution to strike for political liberty. In that memorable transaction that forever dissolved our allegiance to the British Crown ; Adams and Jef ferson acted a glorious and distin guished part.—ls not the first movers of that daring measure, they were its most strenuous and eloquent advo cates. —They were the two first nam ed on the committee appointed to draft the D duration of Independ ence, and the sub-committee by whom that duty was performed :—and if the glory of penning that sacred instru ment be exclusively ascribed to the one, we must give to the other an equal share of honor, for the zeal and ability with which he urged and pressed its adoption upon Congr ss. In support of the oaths they had taken, they, and their fellow-actors in that grand and imposing scene, pledged “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors;” and had Britain triumphed in the sanguinary strugle, they would have been the first victims tyranny would have im molated on her blood-stained altars. To be fully sensible of the moral firmness they displayed, contemplate lor a moment the condition of the colonies at that alarming period— want, disease, apd the sword, had reduced the armed patriots, who breasted the storm of tyranny, to a feeble remnant —destitute of all the necessary munitions of war, victory -eemed to have winged a retDrolcss flight from the standards of liberty, ami many of her ardent Votaries looked upon the contest as hopeless, and in anticipation, already deplored tii bondage of their country.—Des potism exulted o’er the fell ruins she had made, and fondly dreamed of thrones and scepters in the vast regions of the west —In that gloomy hour, unawed by the dangers that surrounded them, and seeiug, as it were, with a prophetic eye, through the mist of the present, tne bright ness of the future; they fearlessly pro claimed their country's freedom.— History furnishes no examples ot sub l.mer heroism, nor of more disniter ested self-devotion. The conse quences that flowed from the De claration of Independence, were felt then, and are no>v seen in our unex ampled prosperity and glory. Dis solving the bonds of colonial depend ence, it exhibited our countrymen battling for national existence. It gave new impulse to their xertions, and fired their bosoms with a more daring and resistless valor; and final ly, by the alliances it enabled them to contract with foreign states, gained us a name and a place among the ifee and independent nations of the earth.—Had the public services of Jefferson & Adams, terminated here, they might'justly have been consid er and the founders of American lib erty, and their names would have been ranked with a Gustavus Vas'-a, a Brutus and a Tell—but hapily they lived to increase the weight of our obligations, and if possible, the bright ness of their own home. During the whole course of the re volution, they were zealously and actively employed in stimulating flic exertions of their fellow-citizens, am! in devising means to sustain thcr country in the unequal strugglu.-t- For seven years, to the entire might of their private fortunes, they de voted their time and talents to one department or another of the public service.—Whilst Jefferson was aid ing in the National Councils or kindl ing by his eloquence the inextin guishable fires of liberty—Adams was sent by Congress as ou>- public agent to several of the *Europca» Courts. The address and ability with which he executed his trust, raised the American character a broad, and was instrumental in pro curing powerful assistance and sup port to our Cause/' He was likewise one of the commissioners who, at the close of the war, signed the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain which contained the formal recognition of our independence. I have thus brief ly sk tched some of the prominent ac*s of the departed sages in those times that emphatically tried the soul. The picture is imperfect in deed, but 1 trust it contains some sades of moral greatness which, should -siake us proud th - original were our countrymen —its defects vour memories can supply ; for their virtues and their deeds of glory are graven on your hearts—on their na tive states, Adams and Jefferson conferred signal benefits. The one wasinstruinental in giving to Massa chusetts a Constitstion, replete with (he soundest maxims of political wis dom, adapted to the genius of the wants of a free people—the other abolished the form of aristocracy which had taken root in Virginia, whilst she constituted a British Pro vince ; revised and perfected the theory of her Civil Code, and what was mere, dissolved that unholy con nection between Church and State, which corrupts Religion—makes her th’* pander of power —Ilis act of toleration is a lasting monument of the just and liberal which haye ever marked the course of this en lightened statesman.—Though not members of the Convention tha% formed the Federal Constitution their wisdom and experience were appeal ed to, and aided iu that glorious work. It was established on the principles contained in the Declara tion of Independence, the only just basis of political power Under that Constitution, Adims was the first Vice-President, and during the whole Administration of Washington, his bosom frlfcnd, and politicalgcounsellcr. Jefferson was likewise called to the Cabinet, and presided over the De partment of State In arranging and -ettling the various relations of our 20vernmdnt, with Foreign Powers, his pen was ably and successfully employed. His diplomatic writings have been considered models for this species of composition and vindicat ed the genius of his country from the calumnies with which some of the European Philosophers had as sailed it no less triumphantly than his notes on Virginia. After having hold the second office of State, both of them awarding to priority of age were at length elevated to the Pre sidency.—Their Messages to the Na tional Legislature, breathed the most irdent patriotism anil anxious solici tude for their country’s welfare, and ire fraught with enlarged and com orehensive views of its true intent ->nd policy, it must be conceived that ihey committed some political errors whilst they held the reins of Govern ment ; for to err is human ; from which neither the greatest nor the best are wholly exempt : but we may boldly say, that their errors whatever they were, sprung from the imperfection of the human intellect, and not from any want of honesty or purity of motive. They botig exhibited talents and capacities for government, which have not been surpassed by any of those distinguish ed men who have succeeded them ; and their administrations on the whole were eminently advantageous to their country. The firmness with which the one resisted the haughty and imperious demands of France, and the extrication he was instru mental in effecting of our commer cial relations with that "power, from those burdens which she made the price of her alliance in the revolu tion, and the acquisition of Louisiana by the other, greatly overbalance all their errors, and entitle them to our warmest gratitude. View them from earliest dawn of manhood, through all the multiplied public trusts they held, up to the Chief Magistracy, and you will see them constantly dis charging their various duties with a zeal and ability and uprightness o', intention, worthy of (he best days of Republican Rome. Power did not intoxicate them with its charms, nor seduce them from that dignified sim plicity which constitutes the beauty and majesty of genuine greatness.— In the record of their lives, the fu ture patriot and statesman will find ♦he brightest example for imitation : there they may read a page that wi.l purify and elevate their aspersions for glory, and te« ch them that lasting honor can only l»e purchased by acts of service and beneficience to man. Follow them in their retirement to the shades of private life, and you will see them displaying the most examptary virtues, and amiable in all the relations of society.—They lived among their fellow-citizens like the ancient Patriarchs, honored for their wisdom, revered for their integri ty and cmulat and for their fame. They were the patrons of learning, of genius, philosophy, and themselves their noblest ornaments. They con stantly manifested their love and attachment to the institutions of their country—and the last pray ers they breathed were offered up for its prosperity and glory. Such fellow-citizens, were John Ad ams and Thomas Jefferson, the foun ders of our liberty, the boast of two centuries, the pride of human nature. Their death is indeed a national ca lamity—but like the primal curse it is almost softened into mercy by the sublime conincidence which marked it.—They died on their own great day, which fifty years ago, they made glorious—but now have con secrated forever. The genius of Columbia long weep o’er their graves, but her grief, like the memo ry of joys that are gone, will not be entirely uumingled with pleasure.— Let the hope of their country sound loud their praise, but let the notes of a orrow mingle with the strains. FOREIGN. FROM BRAZIL. ' New Yokk, S pt. 6. The barque Elizabeth. Captain Clark, arrived last evening, sailed from Rio Janerio, July 19th. The Cyans remained in port, expecting a relief? Iv* ssel from the United States. TJib Boston sloop of war, had sailed —The British line of battle ship Wellesly; frigates The tis, Adonis, and Britdm and four French frigates and ,two corvettes, were in port. The Buenos Ayre squadron under admiral Brown, whs driven into the above place. Seve ral vessels had been sent into Mon tevideo for attempting to force the blockade, among the number, brig Leonidas, Bartlette, of Boston, from China ; ship, Jane, of London, and other American and British vessels. The prize vessels were expected at Rio from Montevideo. Captain Bartlette, was at the latter place at the last accounts. The imperial cor tes of Brazil, would close (heir ses sion on the 6th September. The Portuguese 84 gun ship John 6th. had arrived from Lisbon, with a great treasure, said to be six millions ster ling in gold, and the crown jewels.— The Infant of Portugal, was a pas sengerwho came to offer his homage to the emperor. A frigate of 48 guns was to be launched at Rioon the 6th, of September. Among the passengers in the Eliz abeth, are Commodore Jewett, of the Brazillian navy, and Mr. De Lima, consul general frt m Brazil. GREECE. Accounts from Zante to June 30 had reached Paris. Lord Cochrane was expected immediately in the Ar chipelago. The Archibishop of Pa tras, Germanus, the Count Mefaxas, and the persons of the greatest influ ence, who directed the insurrection of the Hellenist are at the head of the Greek government. Col. Fab vier had a charte blanche, to act as he may think most conducive to the pub lic service. They had succeeded in procuring him 35,000 piastres for the payment of his regiment, clothing for which had been furnished by the (Greek committee at Paris. It was reported in London on the 26th July, on the authority ofa Greek naval officer, arrived from Hydra, o ver land bearer of despatches to the Greek Committee, that Trippolizza had been retaken from the Turks by storm, in which the Egyptians lost a great number of men. Admiral Miaulis had destroyed two Turkish frigates in the Dardanelles.—The of ficer also states that since the estab lishment of the new government al fairs have taken a very favorable turn ; and Admiral Maulis is waiting with his fleet to join that of Lord Cochrane, whose approach has cau sed great joy, and the Greeks are de termined to die or conquer. *The ship owners of Hydra have created a special fund of five millions piastres, to be applied to the defence of their island ; all their vessels are armed and completely equipped for service. Napoli is furnished with provisions for eight months, arid the committer of the Hellenists are invited to di rect (o this important place such succors as they may ho able to sup ply for the occasion. The citadel of Athens has provisions for a yeai. That ofCormth is .n a complete state of defence. Morien lbasia iS the ,rcat object of anxiety tc the Greek I government Mr wk fOR $4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. NO. 40....V0L. I. The ship Emilie had sailed fri m Marseilles tor Napoli, with filly young Frenchmen going to fight the Greek cause. GREECE. It is stated that the squadron of Lord C chrane will have an increase of a 74 gun ship, and it is thought that his force will be fully aide to meet that of the Turks. He ap pears thus far to have behaved very handsomely,’*' and we hope that he will render his name immortal by his successes over the barbarians. The Greeks do not appear any thing like being subdued—but as resolute and active as ever. They are re ceiving handsome supplies from va rious quarters. Their fleet in readi ess to act, consists 130 of vessels of all sorts. MEXICA? NAVY- We have the following narrative from a N Orleans paper. Wc hear tily wish the Mexican navy to he well manned, but proceedings like those stated cannot be tolerated. They shew, however, the pressing importance of haring a treaty with the new republic, in which cases of this sort shall be provided for. The distinction too, that seems to have been made as to “native Americans,” partakes too much of that practice of Great Britain which we resisted at the cannon’s mouth. We will not acknowledge a right in any foreign power to overhaul our vessels, and pronounce upon the citizenship of their crews, in any manner soever. The flag, the “ star spangled banner,” designates their character, and no one will be allow and to question it. This is a subject on which every A mcrican has made up his mind, and on which the administration isentire- Iv decided. Seduction is hardly less injurious than impressment, in cases like that of the " Nun,” being in open violation of the rights of our merchants to the services of persons employed to navigate their Vessels. “On the arrival of the Nun at Vera Cruz, it was made known to the crew that the Mexican service was in want of able bodied seamen, for the national service, &.that a bounty of S2O would be given, and sl4 per month, pay—two months pay advanc ed. This knowledge communicated to the crew, soon made them disobe dient, and before the cargo was dis charged, throe refused lo do dnty. Application was made to the consul, who advised the imprisonment of the refractory hands, until the Nun was ready to sail. The advice was pur sued, and the three men committed. “In a few days it was found that two of the three were rel ased, (not being native Americans) and had en tercd the Mexican service, on board a frigate. Shortly aftqrthiswere ship ped on board the frigate, they came on board the Nun, with a naval officer, and the officer demanded their wages Payment, and as wo think, properly, was refused, the seamen having vio lated their -shipping articles, and the applicants retired. “On the day the Nun was to sail, the remaining man in prison was tak en out, being a native (American) and at the moment he was stepping into the boat, he was asked by a re cruiting officer, if he did uot desire to enter the Mexican service ? On answering affirmatively, ho was tak en from the officers of the Nun, and went on board the frigate. “About the time the Nun was get ting undi r way, an officer from tho frigate came and desired the master to go on board. The master being on shore, and the owner not willing to go, the mate was permitted to ac company the officer, to know what was required. The mate was detain ed. On the master’s coming on board, and finding that the mate was on board the frigate, he went to seek after him, rowed by two men. When he reached the frigate, he was inform ed that his mate and two men would be detained, until tjie wages of the three Americans who had deserted and entered the Mexican service, were paid. Expostulation was vam. The captain offered to remain as an hostage, provided they would permit the mate and mefi to go on board. “This was agreed to—and after much altercation it was determined that the captain should go on shore, to the American consul, to have the affair adjusted. The consul agree ing in opinion with capt. Davis, ad vised against a compromise, and-the guard was about to conduct capt. D. again to tho frigate, when exercising the freedom of an American, he step ped into a boat, in defiance of threats was rowed on board the Nun, and got under way, leaving the three men in the Mexican service. “Wo*are gratified to learn that the conduct of the consul was such as became his station, and only lament that his inclination to do good,, was ot supported by ability to carry that intention into effect."