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to an obscure inn, called “The r I hree
Swan s,” twelve or fifteen miles on
the road towards New-York. It
was about nine o’clock ol the same
evening, that a carriage, driving ra
pidly past the aforementioned inn,
and wheeling into the stable yard,
stopped in tha rear ol the building ;
and Squire Wildling, who had been
waiting its arrival, rushed to the
door of the vehicle, and endeavoring
to open it, began to speak, in a soo
thing tone, to its inmate :
“ Mistress of my soul'.” he cried,
as he fumbled at the handle of the
door, “ forgive the rashness I have
been guilty of. and believe me, that
nothing but the ardent passion that
burns within my bosom, could have
caused me to give you a moment s
uneasiness.—Curse the latch ' (said
he, in an under tone) —“ My Ide- —
(come here, Tom, and open this in
fernal door) —is at your disposal, my
honor, fortune —every thing ---*
At this moment, Tom, by a vio
lent jerk, forced open the unyielding
door ; and the inmate of the carriage,
anxious to escape, springing quickly
out, black Dinah, in her ball-dress,
was enfolded in the arms of Vv dd
ling.
“ Why, master roared she, “an t
you ashamed of yourself! let me go!
let r e go!—if lis black, you sha’n’t
play such pranks wi’ me ! —you is a
pretty while man, an’t you ?—but
I’ll go rigid down to York, and tell
old master of you —that’s what 1
will!”
Wildling, petrified by astonish
ment,-did comply with the wench’s
request, and let her go —and it is c
ven thought, from the quick back
ward movement that she made, till,
■finable any longer to retain her equi
librium, she, falling, seated herself in
the soft mud in the stable-yard—that
his disgust communicated itself to
his actions, and that he gave her a
slight retrograde momentum.
“ Torn, you rascal!” roared his
master, as soon as he recovered the
usse of speech, “ u hat, in the name
of all the fiends, docs this mean ? ’
“ I know nothing more about it
than you do yourself, sir, answered
the servant ; “ I ’beyed the order to
the letter, sir ”
“Y<m did, with a vengeance!”
muttered the di-appointed squire
Then perceiving that some of the in
mates of the house were drawing
near the spot, attracted by (lie noise,
he spoke in a low tone to Tom, hand
ing him, at the same time, a bank
note from his pocket-book, to be di
vided between him and Dinah, on
condition that they did not open their
lips to any one about the events ol
the night. Such a promise was ea
sily made, but not so easily complied
with ; and not many weeks«had gone
bv; when Tom's ludicrous- mistake
became the common theme of con
versation and laughter, in that part
of the country.
On a pleasant evening, in the ear
ly part of November, nearly two
months after this aflaw transpired,
as William and Sally, now jo.ned in
marriage, were walking arm and
aim, through a grassy lane, intend
ing to ramble down to their old (ryst
in_-plact, a servant in livery rode up
to them, and, respectfully touching
his fiat, inquired it lie addressed him
self to Mr. William Thornton. On
being answered in the affirmative,
he handed him a h tier. It ran thus '
Nf.w-York, Oct. 2, 18120.
Sir—l have ihe satisfaction to an
nounce to vou, that the unfinished
invention ot your late friend, Mr.
th iirmely, has recently been sold,
under n.y direction, to an ingenious
mechanist ol this city, tor seven hun
dred and twenty dollars; Ir m which
sum 1 have deducted three hundred
dollars, (that being half the amount
ofmr. Schemely s note, with vour
endorsement, which 1 herein enclose
to you) and the balance I have di
rect d to be deposited, subject to
your order, m the hank at t' .
Having been informed that the <n
dorscnieni was an act of mere friend
ship, on vour part. 1 cannot consent
that you should lose any larger sum
I have lately heard of a disgrace
ful affair, in which my --on was con
cerned, while spending the warm
weal in r m vour part of the country .
mid can only express my pleasure
that his dishonorable intentions were
overrul d. The rid tile which has
attached to him in consequence of
the termination of his base de-ign, 1
am much in hopes will have a salu
tary uitlui nee on the rest of hi- life :
should that be the case, we ail -hall
have great occasion to bless the
MIS 1 IM.
I am your obedient servant,
Sol OMOS Y\ U 01 IXG.
Front the New Y ork American.
fzi/igMiige.- —M e mav well
snv that a crisis is approaching.—
There can be no noubt that tin qm -
tion w ill soon be tried in Canada,
whether our representative govern
ni nt is to exist er to be extinguish
ed. An awful anil tremendous cri
sis approaches, not only for Lower
Canada, but for Upper Canada, New
Brun-wick Nova Scotia, and it wdi
extend itself to Jamaica
It is now announced by the Que
bec .Mercury of the 27th mst an of
ficial paper —that as often as tb< j
people of this province —the free-:
holders and land-holders ot tins coun J
trv, return into the a--embly. gentle i
/Ocn who hftve| a he’d cn their c*n I
fidencc, and who will not surrender
to the executive the uncontrolled
dominion over the taxes, ot their
constituents, and consequently who
will not give up all their influence
and power in the constitution, the
government will turn them out: yes
fellow citizens the expression in the
government paper is—will turn them
out — mind that fellow citizens —and
if vou are not fit to be trampled into
the mire by tyrants and clerk-archics,
what sensations will it excite?
The Mercury of the same date,
conducted by official men, announces
another project, which equally with
the tyrannical exercise of the prero
gative will annihilate our constitu
tion.
Unless the House of assembly
surrender the Taxes of the country
to the Executive, and consequently
place the whole country and all its
concerns at the mercy of the Execu
tive, the Legislative Council, the
majority of which receives a large
amount of the public monies at pleas
ure of the King and Governor, will
in future pass no money Bill for any
object. Charities, Improvements,
or others, will harass, punish, and in
jure the country; and the Governor,
following precisely the doctrines ot
Charles 1., of England is to take,
according to his discretion and pleas
ure, out of the funds of the country
whatever be pleases.
These arc the projects announced
in an official paper. Let the Coun
try not disregard them: last session
th ir practice commenced. Now if
the country is not roused by those
official declarations, it is the basest,
the vilest Country on the Globe—it
is below Naples or Spain in wisdom
or spirit But what is to be done?
All that the Constitution and the
Laws allow, while the Constitution
and the Laws exist. Establish Con
stitutional Committees in every Par
ish and County; establish a Central
Committee; form Resolutions and
Address to the King and the Mouse
of Common ; and as the Principles
with which we are menaced may be
brought to bear against other Colo
nics, and in time, Commissioners to
the House of Assembly in each
(a/zim/iaa Spectator.
Extract of a letter received in this city,
per ship Alexander, at Philadelphia,
dated.
“LIVERPOOL, March 9. —The
Barnet, from New Orleans for Glas
gow, has been wrecked near Belfast.
The Ocean, from Charleston, the
Enterprize from New Y< rk, and sev
eral other vessels, names unknown,
jare also reported to be lost The
Cotton Market to dav has been tol
erably steady, ami a fair business do
ing; about 2.9(10 bale- hare been
s<dd, 900 ofwh ch are Uplands, at
F.ropcan J\'excs.~ \\ e find nothing
in cur files of English and French
papers by the Liverpool and Haver
packets which gives intelligence ot
interest not received by the Colum,
bin from London; hut there is a mas
of miscellaneous news from the cons
tinent, and notices of local events
and much readable matter, which
we shall prepare at l< isure. Affairs
in Portugal are by no mean- settl'd,
neither is it apparent that the rebel
are utterly discomfited; thev hare
been defeated in several actions, but
they seem to rally with fresh -pi t!.
Tin- must arise from facilities ai
torded by Spam, and by the jealou-v
entertained towards (heir Engh-li
friend-. The- priests take an open
stand against the charter, and seem
to be flush ot money. The Queen
secludes herself, and is in constant
tear of being poisoned She drink
no water hut such as has been three
days under her own lock and kev.
and then only alter seeing its effect ;
on the servant who attends her du- '
ring that time. The rest ot her per- I
sonal economy is the same. Yet, l
from the treasures which she com-1
mauds, and the faithful conns Hors I
whom -he consults at midnight, she'
i- enabled to bu-v In rs If with the
destruction ol the new repre-enta-i
live sy-tem not oulv on (he imrlhern •
and ill-cuarded verges of Tras-os- 1
Monte- and Galicia, but in the c.ipi-1
tai. under the very nose of the Ex-!
ecutive, though supported with allj
the aid- ot Eugh-h force-, and tiiel
prudence ot the diplomatic corps.— '
It wa- di-covt red that a company ol '
the 9th cavalry were prepare g to
desert, and upon their -eizure it wa
found that Hu y were furnished with
an ukno t wanton abundance of mon
ey and equipments.
Sir H Clinton commander of the
Biitisii and Portuguese forces'seems
to be popular, but the Portuguese
utterly retuse being commanded by
Marshal Berrestord. The revolution
i- by no mean- ended.
We have another tact to state,
which places the morality and taste i
of royalty in an entire new light.
1 he Prince de Pucklar MuskanJ
ot PiU-sia. who married a daughter]
of (he late 1 rince de il .ia.let.berg ha- 1
uuweed n.s u-i/e ter the purpose of i
marrying the < x-queen of*Havti,i
widow of Christophe The Ami n-1
cans w ho have v isib d Port-au-Prmcc i
m her time, will ren ember that she!
is a tat. greasy wench, as black as j
(lie ace ot spades, and one who would
find it difficult to get a ] lace a- .
co< k in tin- c.ty. much lor roval ’
taste.
Lol Gu-tnr or- ex keg ofs?we |
GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY MAY J. (827.
den, arrived at Leipsic a few days
since, by ajdiligencc. Having taken
an outside place, and the weather
being extremely severe, his hands
were frost-bitten. He alighted at a
small inn, wh re he lives in the most
plain manner, it must not be infer
red, that because the X king was
frost-bitten that he is in poverty. —
lie prefers plain mode of living, but
has doubtless from Sweden an al
lowance sufficient for all his wants.
If the great naval force at sea from
Egypt, only shares the fate of pre
ceding expeditions, the Greeks have
nothing to apprehend. They have
great confidence that the Turks will
never again obtain possession of their
country. The French and English
ministers ?.t the Porte have repre
sented to the Reis Effendi that it is
the general wi-h of the Christian
powers to have }>eace.
Eleven thousand yards of cotton
cloth (most of which is printed for
calicoes) is manufactured daily at the
Merrimack Company’s Mills, Mass.
Fires in canton.— By the ship Nau
tilus, at Boston we learn that there
has been two fires at Canton. The
first took place in October, and de
stroyed from 4 to 500 houses ut the
French Folly. The second was in
November in about the same place
where there was a fire some years
since, and consumed 700 houses.—
No American or English property
was destroyed.
.? squall.— During the heavy blow
on Friday morning, a small periauger
belonging to Haverstraw, wasthrown
on her beam ends in Westchestc
bay, and rendered unmangeable.—
i \ boat with lour men, iia-tened to
relief, and on arriving where she lay,
found that a worr.au and child had
been rescued from the cabin, and ail
on board safe. lb
The Baltimore American thus no
tices the Fair that has been held by
the ladies of that city for the bene
fit of the Greeks. The idea was
happy and characteristic, as the re
sult seem- to have been gratifying.
r l'hc Fair.—— Though we pique our
-i Ives on having reached those years
when gewgaws lose some oftheir val
ue even io the most eager spirit,
ur philosophy was fairly upset yes
terday by the brilliant display of tri-
Iles to which the plastic hands of our
ladies had lent elegance and grace
The fragile fans, the transparent
-crecns; the pincushions fit to be
touched only by the (air hands (hat
made them; card racks enveloped
in Howers, and up borne on the wme
of buttertli s. re-plendent as th» far
tan ed blue ones ofCachemire; pen
wipers that W’e would no more think
of soiling wit h our grev-goc.se quill,
than of wiping it on the hem ot’ a
lady ’s robe; music, flowers, and od
our-; flower vasses of feathers, bask
ets chrvstals, slippers small enough
for Cinderella, or easy enough to
soothe the uneasiness of the most
arthritic toe;” all, < i u <> the prices,
were ot the highest order, and, bv
the Mida- touch of the fair vender-,
were in the course of the mornina
transmuted into gold. No wonder !
for like the tinv slippersol th< French
man, thev seemed ail to have been
made, as thev were sold, “in a mo
ment <J’entliu.-iasm.’ The beauti
ful saloon at the Ma-onic Hall, not
diverted from its purpose as a tem
ie ot charitv. wa- embelished, how
ever, bv more lov< Iv priestesses than
i ver official d in its u vstenous pr<-
emets before.
To be serious, however—-the dis
play of beautiful trifles exhibited to
gre.it advantage the invention and
taste of the fair artificers, themselves
the greatest attraction ot the scene
The throng wa- great, and too good-1
humored on such an < ccasion, not i
to be liberal; and the fancy iner- 1
chandise is in a (air way to undergo ■
a farther transformation into large I
stores of food and raiment tor the I
objects of the charitv. th aimeu ,
n reived being about ! . N. ar
h tie w |.o]e stock disaj pt . r d w ith
almost as n in h rapidity as the rain
bow tints, from which their gay col
r- -t < liifd to Lav been borrowed
'l'lh Oratorio eetting up, with the
same charitable intent, will present
a -till more refined attraction.. The !
choicest music is in preparation, and
all the amatuer talent of the city in
framing, under the direction ot the:
ot the best professional -kill. V> e
do not doubt but the earne-tne-- ot (
our fair friends m tin- matter, who,
have been its first mover-, and sole ;
conductors, w ill be re-ponded to on I
tin- second occasion, as well I y the
ta-te a- the liberality of our large
musical public.
,V. E
Pcnnsmzavia. Falsehood is c oori
ilet cted. and when once exposed,
recoils oil the inventors. The Adams
presses declared that at the late
caucus of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture only thirly-fixe members wert '
present The Intelligencer. Journal ■
and other coalition presses shouted
tor joy. Gen Ogle has written t<
Gol. Binns to correct the small er-j
ror. The General -av- there were I
r’gA'yq/ii i' democratic rcp'jhlicattoni ;
•'ear,' and several more w.rtj
' rning up to the meeting when it j
htrke up. I’entis'- lvama is like a
: i k on the question —not to be'
rnorH, I?’ V F - !
da at
Statesman
MONDAY MAY 7, 1827.
Our Governor.—W'e are now happily able
to declare positively, that Col. Duncan G.
Campbell will be a candidate for the office of
GOVERNOR of GEORGIA, at the next
Election.
In common with the great mass of the peo
ple of this State, it gratifies us not a little to
perceive that, by this announcement, we now
have, with the will, an opportunity, of invest
ing that long abused office with the people’s
choice. The moral power which is to bring
this about, is invincible. Justice, Grati
tude, and ACKNOWLEDGED MERIT, form its
attributes. The deep-working energy oftbeir
influence upon the elective franchise of the
freemen of Georgia, will, we trust, be strong,
united, and irresistible. The auspicious mo
ment lias arrived when the friends of social or
der, religion and liberty, may once again
moor their political ark, so long “tempest-toss
ed,” under the shadow of their own vine.—
With the dawn of prospects so propitious —of
results so triumphant. let every man awake,
and approve himself the friend ofa Milder
Administration.
We have admired at the facility with which
some men can shift their principles ; and
what is still more admirable, these changlings
manifest as much indifference of public opin
ion, as a gentleman would in changing his ri
ding dress, for one more suitable for the draw
ing room. When men can shift their princi
ples .s easy ar. they change their garim nts
when they condemn tomorrow what they ad
vocated to-day, and the day after caress and
applaud what they scorned and villificd yes
t< rday—such men we believe arc dangerou
in society—they are ripe for intrigue, and
prepared for any scene of corruption which
I chance may throw in their way We justify
ourselves in making these remarks, and in
applying them to some of our citizens, and to
some of our public presses, by stating the
facts, that since 1815, these men and these
presses have been th l loudest, and most un
wearied, in condemning the Hartford Con
rention as a traiti on" assemblage, the tendency
of which was destructive to Ihe happiness and
union of our country. YVe are not the de
fenders of this celebrated convention, but w<
would ask, how stands it in comparison with
some of the leading features of the adminis
tration of Ins Excellency, G. M. I roup ? YY e
hardly need advert to his Excellency's be
seeching appeal to the citizens of Georgia,
to stand by their arms" — for what reason
wire Ihe citizi ns besought io stand by tin ir
arms ? to repel invasion, or suppress insur
rection ? No, it was to resist the authority
delegated by the States in the F deral com
pact to the Genera) Government. Neither
need w advert io the “ Report ofthe Commit
tee on the state of the R< public,’' proposing a
division of the States by observing “ C/mt the
limtr is come, or is r qri.lly approachinc:, when
la Slates from Virginia to Georgia, from Mis
souri to Louisiana, must confederate, and as
one man, say to the Lnion, we will no longei
submit our retained rights to the snivelling in
sinuations o Lad men on the floor of Congress.
Our consttiiitional rights to the dark and strain
ed constructicns of designing men upon judicial
Benches.'' — neith r need we advert to the
fact, that in 1827, ihe sixth cud st venth di
vi-ions of G< or- i i Militia were marsiialled,
and held in momentary readiness for the
field, and the muniti. ns of »Y ar j 1 tctu in con
venient situ .fions for thi ir use. It may b<
a.-kt d i r what purposi these dnisi .ms of Mili
tia were ordered to be held in leadin ss, to
euppres insurrection, or repel invasion ? YY •
mtn er No— but to resist the » xecution oft: •
laws of the t nited States. It may also be
asked what course was pursued by those per
sonsand those presseson this ccasion, which
so often cri.out treason to th* Hartford
Conv( ntion, were tip y alarmed at th< sc tn a
sonable proceedings, said they aught against
them ? YV < answer no,.they were the unwea
ried advocatt s of the u :o!c plan.
In 1.--21, these chant ■ able men and ehan-•
in,: pr< s, pi nr» i fjrth a torrent of abuse on
Gt neral Ax r t:e w la t ksox 1 bev - tid he v,
a r,' .ha. he u-ed “j; ;esve,’‘ —that
' l pi. lit) ’vs wire ■;/ no considt ration
irith 1 in," t.a "he was nrraiad again'! ti i
Smili.e ':i Mates," — ti a' "/os mind was weak,
X’ioiint in his t’ npir," and th :t this wcakn
and violence riuemtd him to begin a work
of I nmn iy W'd i ju-'ict,"— he v. as r.-pr< sent
ed . s l.einu inccrmpiti .it to comprthrnd the
meer. '-'g of the plaini ‘ -eras," — that Lis elec
tion would 1 ‘ jtop'ird.ze ike free institutions oj
oitr c< .'.try.''—' < was accused r f threatening
to maim sevt ral membe r< off zn .-s by “ci t.
ting oiT their iters." — Im was s,.d to be “tn.
ti’- ■< dm led to a : cppre's.re syst< • ) taxu-
' —that “ ’vppcrteTS n~t. r a~. -repub- i
li.-ans," — he was accused of" aticays
the uitthoritu Vtstcd in him."— he was r illed
“ .< i■ r. i. • I s’.'i. j-I vi it i.-iih th- i'i
cilities of power." Y\ ncn t. .e<< renters mid
“ ex iausu d the argument,'’ and emptied their
store- .ouse of epi', bet s to cap the climax, and
fix 11< rnal s*i_;ma on the man of u horn Jt ffer.
son said “ Hcxor and gratitude to the
MAX WHO I!\- IILI.F.D THE. MEAS! RE OF Hl
< ot xtrt's c.lort," they published the follow
ing
“ YY’c now tive what is conclusive—Gen.
J’s. own v ords. In Mav last, Mr. Pa’terson
of Philadelphia, nn d a grass bonnet of
domestic manufacture to Mrs. J. The Gen.
in . is I* tier, acknowledg’ng the receipt ol it,
usrs th fo.lo. 1 ing language ‘l■ on the
s.iccf ss cf our manufactun s, as t e handmaid
of agriculture and commerce, depends, in a
sre .t measure, the independence of oui coun
try."
*• There wos c time," s..’.s t:.e Georgia!
Journal, “u-n<n b .■: tlemai was nzer. 1 . i
. ends oj .'dr. (r. - rd,
■ '■ ;:r. ■:t ■. j
Yes, they * . Ith r votes were given
to sickly j rtizan, and t i A n Buren!
\\ cn arc we I belies ti.cse m<
- i
their slanderous tongues and presses were ar
rayed against him ? or in 1827, when he i s
their favorite ? Has General Jackson ever
changed his political course ? has that weak
mind which they accused him of, been strength
ened by declining years ?—YA’e presume the
General remains the same unchangeable Pat
riot, and the bold and fearless defender of the
rights and soil of his country. I'he aberra
tions of the Troup party aie entirely attribu
table to themselves.—We will attempt hereaf
ter, to show that the Hon. John Forsyth’
around whose standard they are now rallying,
has been a leading spirit in their v ascillating
policy.
A Dinner was given to John of Roanoak on
the 13th iilt. by the inhabitants of Prince Ed
ward County, on the occasion of the festival
of bis late election to Congress ; but the mas
ter of assemblies was not there —he was pre
vented from attending by ill health—the toast
and the bowl went heavily round, and oftheir
speeches we have heard nothing.
Ths arrival of Y’an Buren in Virginia is
thus noticed. “The little D' tchman and his
tail, are speedily expected in this quarter, from
\ixsflying trip to South Carolina and Geor
gia.” It is supposed he has got matters well
nigh completed to make a President for the
people—such an otie too, as he can warrant;
and should there be any doubt or difficulty in
the case we verrily believe he would sooner
serve himself, than that is country and friends
should be dettitute.
The Richmond YV'iiig, in remarking upon
tin- influence which New Y ork is seeking to
wield in the political contest for the next Pre
sidency observes that “To detach her from
Adams, Clinton is to be brought into the field
at the eleventh hour, and that if lie should b e
brought forward and supported by his State,
he almost necessary effect would be to defeat
the election by the people —when the House of
Representatives having the game in their own
hands, might elect Clinton or Jackson, as
they might be prompted.” Now our opinion
may not be worth m yet we are fully per
suaded that Dcwit Clinton’s influence will ra
ther aid, than oppose the General's election'
MAPS.—The del.iv which has attended the
receipt of the Maps ofthe YY’estern Teriitory,
as advertised, is unaccountable, as it was un
looked fur. Three weeks since, one dozen of
them was received as specimens, with a letter
of assurance that the whole ol the remainder
would be transmitted by the next mails.—
rhey have as yet failed to come, though daily
expected. By the first mail after their arri
val, all who have ordered, shall receive them.
Absconded from the House and Employment
of the Subscriber, a Youth named Miiton Par
adise Smi'h —• henvise, called Milton P.
Smith, indinted to the Subscriber as an Ap
prentice, or workman to the Printing business
bll he was twenty-ore years old, which will be
on the 28th day of December, 1830.
The object of this .Advertisement is to offer
a R< ward of Ont Dollar ! to any person who
will return the said Milton P. Smith, sound in
body, and with that .Moral Honesty which
ii! compel him to perform the stipulations of
his indenture: —as also, to forbid any person
from employing, ’ arboring, or trusting said
Youth in any 'v ay or niann- r whatever, as the
just and equitable provisions ofthe law will be
< ' forced . gainst all who harbor, trust, or em
ploy him after this date.
S. Meacham.
May 30, 1827.
1 should not have republished the above ad
vertisement, had it not been for the falsehood
of the following, which I have copied from (he
['ain ’t of May Ist.
To all whom it may coticcrn.
Y’, h< reas, Silas Mnnrharn, one of the repu
ted Editors ofthe '«• ■..•<.»,■. Statesman —has on
the 30th of April, 18k.7, inserted in th< Statas
man of that date an .Advertisement respecting
mv son Milton I* Smith: stating that In is
an indented Apprentice to him, and that he
has absconded.
j ! ' This is therefore to inform, the pub
lic That mv son Milton P is not an iadentrd
-‘Jpprenti. e to the said Silas Mcacb im or any
other man, nd that he his not vlbscondcd, but
i« with m< in Milh dgevdie, and that he quit
working, at the pr» -< nt for S. Meacham,
principallv because the said Meacham did no’
Pay him his wages.
Mishacl Smith.
April 30th, 1827.
To shew what amount of credence is to be
placed on the veracity of Mishael Smith, I
submit the following C rtificatcs from Col. S
lb ckwcll, ami Mai. YY m V. Hansel, each
holding honorable station'- in society, and ali'sc
eminent Lawyers.
Mu i edgf.mlle, May 2d, 1827.
Dr. S. M eac ham,
Sir—Tisc instrument in writing signed by
yourself anti Milton P. '-mith, and Mishael
SmitL. his natural guardian and father, and
Land'd to im , «i' l ’he inquiry, "bat sort of
an in'Tiiment the law would consider it, and
■-hat are vour . ht< u: hr it. is hermvith re
turned tovou. — lam of the opinion that it is
an Indi attire, binding the said Milton P.
Sini'l. as an apprcn'lce to tbe printin' business
unh! he is ivv nty-one years old —and that by
it, vou h--,e acquired all the rights over his
services which usu llv appertain to the rela
tion of instructor and apprentice.
Respectfully,
S. ROCKWELL.
Mit i.edgbville, 3th May, 1827.
Dr. S. Meacham,
Sir— 1 have examined ‘i.e ag-eement which
vou -übmitted to me t is morn nz. be'c.een
yctir’elf and Milton P. Smith, and to which
the father and natural mmrdian of Smith has
annex'd is assent in writing—although the
reptr maybe, in som* measure, variant from
the ordinary form of Indenture®, yet I
am of opinion, that in '.uLstanrt, and accord
ing to what app ar- bv the pa; er itself, to b '
been the intention ofthe parties a' the time
of the execution of th» in«’ruuient the same i
cr.n receive but one I'gi‘imate construction,
and that must be, that it i° an Indenture, by
which the usual relations existing in law be
tween mast' r and servant are crest"!.
Your«. Rc«peetfullv.
YYrn. Y- HANSELL.
The ohq.man contradicts himself, by saying
'hat r.i« son has not absconded me, and
in be - ti. sentence acknowledge* ti;at he
has left rrv employment, .-.nd is with
him->’.fin M i Hedge'ill'. I have done with
Mi-bocl Smith; unless pcradv enture if his
srci :« retain'd in bis emp’oyment we may
'a reafu r me't in a Court of Justice.) the pu’. -
i:c will juc’g oi the truth of what be has. or
miv hereafter say in bis cun name, or ■ y an '
: t d'. .'. n
ML YU LAM.
Volume li.
An abridgement of a classical lout’
to Troup and -Muscogee Ce/nntics:
Continued.
Chap. IV.
ARGUMENT
Reflections on Society continued —Religion
and Government revolutionable by science
—Native grandeur and beauty of religion
degraded only in the hands of man —her
prospects of a. better day —indicated in the
structure of mind, in that of inorganic Na"
ture —universal propensit) of man to wor
ship a Deity —departure from—Thomas
ton —a beautiful water-fall—the land of
sleep—Union of Music, love and fire.
Bat the light of the understanding
is on the advance —a morning in
down upon the human soul, and it is
reasonable the day will come, when
science arrayed in her proper ommp- y
otcnce will revolutionise the world—•
demolish the seats of its justice, and
the code of its laws—fling back into
nonentity all the forms and fashions
of its religion, which now prevail,
and bury m one lone tomb, the crimes
and abuses of Kings, and the tetters
and mis ries ofthe subjected.
Religion honored and honorable
in Heaven, —bowing her graceful
form continually al the fool of the
throne ofthe great Uncreated, —re-
ceiving his benignant smile, can
not, it is impossible, cannot always
worry it out in the ‘filthy shred’s and
dishabille of this world, —yielding to
the whims and P r judices of men, —
moulding herself to their transient
forms,—kneeling abjectly and sup
plicatively at their ‘brief authority.’
—O ! l tis impossible, earth zvas not
made for her knee, but Heaven !— And
yet she bows to i s prescriptions,
fringes to its power, wears the dress
ui its Milliners, galants, leads in the
front of its honors, coquets its time,
dances with its revolutions plays up
to its pomps;—‘tis impossible, her
soverignty destined to empire must
be burn. The capaciousness and re
sources of our globe, and the envel
oping firmament bespeak it; such
prodigious effects of creative enVr
gy cannot always lie in waste, disuse,
abuse, but must participate in the
general interest, and active economy
of the Universe. Earth’s religion is
in disproportion to the grandeur and
majesty of earth's workmanship
Laboring under a desperate cacopho
nia she stutters in pronouncing to
her Creator, the balk hijah, she sends
up to salute his throne is too feeble
to be heard amid those beautiful
symphonies, which rise simultaneous
ly clear and shrill and converge there
from all her sisters orbited in the
musical astral sphere—-from those,
which coast the frontier ot nature, to
those, which move next the Cheru
i'iin, against winch echoes perpetual
ly their congregated harmony
Must not all nature respond to tho
Creator’s perfee!ions, and in his so
cial conversation, send up a voice to
meet his voice. Science ’must dig
her way through the blue walls of tho
heavens, and Man's immortality, dim
ly seen in reason’s argument, must
pour fresh through, to giv< earth her
lull me.isure of con-onant harmony.
The thing is possible--the whole
nnirerse moves, gravitates round
: c central point, and in conitnuai ef
‘ort directs all its energies there’,—
Man is a part, and must do the same.
Rea on must be scept '.cd over pas
sion, and the Deity, a fossi’ must be
/.ng up out ol the grave, where past
religions had burn <1 him and brought
in sight ol Man, and lie will worship,
-—worship will be the rushing irres
i-t ble impulse of hr soul, lor it is
the cemeiit, which unites all created
intelligence, and fastens it to the
Creator's bosom
1 would not be understood to say
ail existing religious are false ; far,
far fr m it, but that they could bo
b' tt' r that nature’’ wb< ie frame be
-pcak and indicates it. Religion
spontaneously gushes from Man’s
heart, as the fountains from the earth,
and accordingly as hr understanding
is enlightened, he worships a vissiblo
or an invissible Deity.
The powers of his mind properly ■
•infolded, and two public institutions ■
would be all he requiers a Church H
ami a seminary, m both ot which hcH
woul ■ avc a deep interest. ItouthH
'-horn be taught the Creator in theß
sij’- me organization and mechanism!
of the natural world, where they!
would befx LI Lin tLrougli tLc medi-!
um of hr mtelligencc and power,!
which requires a seminary, in the!
church they *houM no taught the Sa-!
cred Siriptures, a matchless sys-!
' ni of philosophy, in truth pure and!
uriadultcrate, addressed.
kindness and love by the great Fa-B
(her of.Mankind, to his children.—-B
Thus both institutions would be op-H
' rative to the same end, and educa-H
, .on, what it aught. The
who Ins -tudicu with success ' nlj!
the cold frame of nature,
withhold his ewe and adoration IroaH;
the Supreme Beintr; they must
’rom his Lea-t witfi irrref able
•i'Aitv. the highest and matures; '
fort- of his soui’s capability.
I beg the r aders par i< n for w rit
ing what bel'jngs in common to
' O’lntreis. an I that he '.'.hi
1 promised to put oown not
V. (Hit I saw, but V. hat 1 felt. |H
Leav.ng Thoma-ton. we passed
a'jd a m "t b< a itiful v.
Hr ;■■■ f r . ited the
'•'•a'.’-, T'-llccl
piu-m.tic
'.'l the s-;a - -.nr.
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