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Jailr for several weelts, but, finally, T !
lu ail iciish fo\ them, And l am now
to a >ty at a loss for amusement. I
ha>e been to examine the criminal
docket, and as 1 find there is no one
chained with a capitol office, and as
the dog law is nearly out of date, 1 look
forward without knowledge wnen to
expect an innocent and rational picas*
ti c. Ib• *of von to publish all the
and. hs ilia nas take p : ace, as I would
rtu miss a funeial oi any t'onsidera
tion. “ IM SPECTRE.
tOMMDXJCATKD FO TUB NATIONAL IN TEL LI
OKNCKR.
To the Citizens of the United States , whether
Farmers, Planters , -Mechanics, Munufuctu- 1
res, .Merchants, or tinders, -without distinc
tion of section, puny, profession, or occupa
tion.
Fellow Citizens: You are all deeply in
terested in the welfare of our common conn- !
try—ami therefore the following memorial,!
w h involves considerations of vital impor-1
ta e • toe na ‘on is respectfully'Submit
ted ‘in mnsideialion of all rinse* of society
without distinction. Should us contents l>e
f found tobecoirect.it is recommended to;
call town and county meetings in your seve-t
ral states, to lake the subject into considera
tion; and have the memorial circulated i
for general signature, and presented to your
respective state legislatures at their ensuing
sessions. This will elicit a mass of valuable
intornaion, and fully ascertain the extent to
which the complaints of depression so feel
ingly uttered in various memorials and peti
tions, and likewise in Congress by Mr. Cart
er. Mr, Mr. Macon, Mr. Randolph,
M . Clay, Mr. Garnet, Mr. Webster, and otli
e- lumbers, are founded-if founded, 10 what
the depression is owing and whether we
arc > sink down hopelessly under it. as so
m v fatalists, without any effort at amelior
a >r"Whethi*rthe energies of a great na
. ,!>plied through its proper organ, the
g n .; legislature, be not competent to af
ford ret es.
HAMILTON. I
‘T ‘he > Timbers of the Senate and IToase of
it y'i sentatives of the Slate of ■
Tiii? nem >riul of the subscroers, inhabitants
of tile said slate
W;io beg leave respectfully to submit to
y>) ir serious consideration the following im
portant facts:
T ns countrv possesses advantages nattnr
l, moral, and political, never exceeded, per
haps -ve iin K hi say, never equalled, in any
Otoer nation, ancient or modern.
J. It has a most extensive seacoast, stud
dc I with capacious harbors, and every
vemence for the most fertilizing foreign com
merce.
2. It is intersected by some of the most j
magnificent ers in the world, affording
every possible facility for internal trade.
3 Our soil aooiind| wiin iron ore andj
coal, ‘wo of ‘tie most important of the fossil
pr .and ictions of nature.
4. Os cotton, the most valuable raw mate
rial in he world, next 10 iron, we produce
r c ii Eu
. : . an ill ■ ty to
/urld.
iavea
V iuv - , apse silk,
fla\, nemp, wool, hides, anil skins, to supply
our utmost wants.
7. We enjoy water power to a boundless
extent.
8. Fertile lands may be purchased here
in fee simple, for less than the tithes paid in
many parts f Great Britain and Ireland, or
the poor rates paid in the former country.
9 Our population is hardy, enterprising,
energetic, and intelligent.
10 ‘V wholly free from the bur
den efti tits anti excises—ami dittos', from
taxes.
11. Nine-tenths of our farmers and plan
ters own the lands they cultivate.
12. We have almost every variety of soil
anti climate.
13. Our government is among the most
unexpensive in the civilized world, regard .
being had to our population.
14. We enjoy liberty to an extent that
cannot be exceeded.
15. There are none of the galling res-,
traints upon industry or talent here, which
prevail in most parts of Europe. Every man ,
may practise any wheie, whatever trade, oc- j
cupation, or professien, he pleases.
IS. Our national debt is less, inpropor-j
tion to our resources and population, than
that of any other nation in the civilized wmi Id
mu neing above nine dollars per hea l—only
two-if in of the annual revenue of G eat Hri
taiu, and only about four-fifths of her excise.
17. We have ample space for all ihe dis-,
tressed and oppressed of’ Europe, who are
pant ugforan opportunity to corne to this
country of freedom.
Blest with these and other numerous and
very important advantages, we ought to eu
jov i degree of prosperity never exeeded in
tin* world. But it is a melancholy and pal
pable truth, that almost every branch of in
dustry languishes. We beg leave to enifcite
ra*’ .n detail some of the leading features of
tin situation of our countrv, v'hmh we shall
do is concisely as possible, As some of ‘he
facts of the following statement have been
Co.c overted, yve deern it necessary to estab
lisli hem by what we hope cannot but be
regarded as amply adequate testimony.
1. From the excess ofihe productions of
forming, an£ the pernicious exclusion from
the ports of Europe of our bread-stuffs, on
which depends the prosperity of so large a
portion of our population, probably 6 or 7,
000.000, ‘he prices have sunk so loyv, at a
distance from the seaboard, as not to remu
nerate the farmer for the labor and capital he
employs in cultivation. Corn and oats are
sold at T2J a 20 cents per bushel in various •
par's, and Hour at g 2 2.5 per barrel. Near
ly ail the other productions of farming, and
those of horticulture, are sold at equally re
duced prices. y
“The farmer of the grain growing states
“will tel! Von, that HE H AS LARGE AN
\M7\I, SURPUJSSES OF GRAIN, AND
“THAT HE IS DOOMED YEAR AFTER
“YEAR I'tJ SEE RO T AND PERISH ON
“His HANDS; that it is to no purpose that >
“he applies himself to the diligent cultiva- j
“♦ion of a fruitful soil, that each return of an- j
I’ ■ : t £ou*#/''i/tooverfl<>wing, with
but that it is all useless, nay,
: as -.!■scicss to him: for ins we!l-stor-i
! “ed bafns stand continually before his eyes, I
“us tormenting memorials of his labor* frustra
"led, and the bounty of his fields most ci'uelly
“watted He may represent hij''labors as
“equalling, m their fertility and vexatious
“disappointment, the fabled toils of Sisy
phus. THE DEPLORABLE ACCURA
CY OF **UCH A PICTURE WILL NOT |
“HE DISPUTED.”— Speech of Mr. Carter ,’
Member of Congressfrom South Carolina, Feb.
20, 1824.
“ There is, al this tune, and there lias been
“for several years, an over supply of the pro
“ducts of agriculture —they have glutted the
“markets of the world. The want of a foreign
“ market has not been supplied ot home,- for our
“own producers have mere in a far great
“er ratio than our consumers, and the conse
quences have been, in this part of'the coun
“trv, A UNIVERSAL DEPRESSION OF
! “PRICES, DEPRECIATION OF THE
“VALUE OF LAND, A SLUGGISH
“CIRCULATION, GENERAL EIBAR
“RASSMEN I', FREQUENT SHERIFFS,
SALES, AND RUIN.” Memorial of the Far
. tuers of Rensselaer County in the Stale of Aero
j Fork.
I “The farmers have successive crops ot
“grain perishing in their bams and barnyards,
for want of a market.” — Mr. Clay's speech,
p. 4.
2. In like manner, through the supera
| bundance of the productions of cotton and
I tobacco, ad the markets of Europe are glu'-
j ted with them, and” the prices reduced so
: low as to place the planters in the same state
of depression as the farmers.
“The postration of their foreign markets |
“has spread over the face of the South a gene- j
“rul pervading gloom, IN ALL I’ll Al’ UK— 1
“GION WHICH STRETCHES ITSELF
“FROM THE SHORES OF THE PO TO- j
“M VC TO THE GULF OF VI EX ICO. .there
“all the arts of nivk zsd life Once triumphed,
“THE AUVI OF INDUSTRY IS NOW P.V- j
“RALYSKD. Large .mil t npl ex ales, nice j
“the seats of opulence, 10/uch supported tiieic
“ proprietors in affluence and coufort. ARE
“NOW THROWN OV T TO WASTE AND
“DECAY.” — Speech of Mr. Carter of S. Ca
rolina.
“ Tobacco-is very unsaleable, and lower
“than we have ever before known ii. The
“eeports Jrom the U. States have so overwhelm
"ed. every market in Europe, that there is übso
"lutely no outlet for exportation /; o/n this conn-’
“try, and no prospect of the stock in bund being
“consumedin it. We have upwards of 31.000
“hogsheads in Britain and Ireland, whilst ihe
“consumption does not exceed fourteen
“thousand hogsheads! The stock on ‘he con
tinent is estimated at forty-four thous nd—
“m iking a total s'oekin Europe of 75.000
“hogsheads, being 10,000 more than one
“year’s consumtion! Under such circums an
odes, immediaie improvement in this article
“would appear impossible.”— Cur-wen & Ha
gerty. Liverpool, Dec. 31,182.).
i 3. Navigation isal a low ebb. Freights
| scarcely, if at ail, remunerate the ship-own
| ers.
“Look at the rate of frieghts. Where they
I “ever lower, or even so lo w? I ask gentlemen
“who knows wntetlier the harbor of Charles
ton and me river ot Savannah be not crow -
‘■ded with ships, seeking employment, andfin
“ding none? 1 yvould ask tiie g\W lemen from
“asew Orleans, it tlieir magnificent Mississip
“pi do not exhibit for furlongs a forest ot
“masts? The condition of the shipping in
“iciest is not that of those who arc insisting
“on high profiis, or struggling for monopoly
“ —full that of men content with the smallest
“earnings, awl anxious for thier bread.”-— Mr
Webster's speech, p. 42.
4. Commerce is in a state of equal de
pression. There is scracdy a port in Eu
rope to which our flour, cotton, tobacco, tar,
turpentines, or staves, caii ne shipped with
any prospect of profit, or even escape from
loss.
“Commerce has confessedly suffered more
“than any other branch of industry, by the
“events o / recent years. It has borne its di*-
“aslers patiently, IT 14 NOW .lU.bT
“CREEPING INTO LIFE.” —Memorial of
“the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Feb.
26, 1824,
“The mercantile embarrassments of the coun
try for some years past have been so seriously
felt by pergons of nil ranks in society, and
j THE MISERIES OF POVERTY HAVE
INVADED THE FIRESIDES OF -d) MA
, NY OF Ot, U RESPECTABLE Cl IIZEN i,
that it could scarcely be expecteci tha, an
institution, yvliose prosperity is dependent
upon ilie punctuality of its customers, should
be exempt from its portion'ofihe calamities
which have been so sensibly fell by the yvliole
community.” Memorial of the Directors of
the Philude phia Dank to the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, dated Feb. 20, 1823.
5. Our flour and cotton are fiom 15 t 025
per cent, cheaper in the markets of Great
Britain than in New-York, Philadelphia, or
Baltimore. On lie 15th of Sept, the prices
i ot cotton and Hour at Liverpool w ere as fol
low: Cents. Cents.
Up’d. 738. to B$.A which, flo7-8/012 5-8
N. OrPs.Bid.toll. lexch.at j 131-i6i1678
Alai). & f 9 per m ]
I’eiuPe 7i. toSJd.J the US.
American Hour was at 20 s. to 22 5. which,
at the same exchange, netted go 87i a g 4
20.
6. Real estate lias fallen almost universal
ly throughout the whole country on an ave
rage at hast 35 per cent, within a few years.
Hundreds of estates, on which one, two, or
three instalments were paid, have been sold
for the balance, and in many cases have not
: produced that balance; tbeir proprietors
’ have been thus reduced to penury. In some
cases, patrimonial estates, which had descen
ded from father to son for a century, have
been sold to pay the balances due on lands
purchased within the last ten years.
“ Property of all kinds is depreciated beyond
S* example. A feeling of gloomy despondence is
“beginning to prevail every -where in the lower
“country. ESTATES ARE SACRIFICED
“TO FAY THE LAST INSTALMENTS
“ON THE BONDS GIVEN FORTHE PUR
CHASE MONEY. NOBODY SEEMS DIS
POSED TO BUY. WIIAT EVERY BODY
“IS ANXIOUS TO SELL AT ANY PRICE.”
| “ Charleston Memorial, Feb. 9, 1824.
7. The distress and impoverishment of
the Western country obliged Congress in
1821 to allow the purchasers of public lands,
who owed the government $21,908-099, to j
relinquish them if they judged proper.
1 S.Tliisrelmquishmenttook place to the am-j
onnt of 2,132,881 acres, and the value of g 7 ,!
I 981,940 —above eighteen months’ interest of
the national debt. On g 6,257.480 of the ba-,
lance due, the credit was prolonged to eight I
i \ ears. *
I 9. This calamitous state of affairs also ob
liged Congress to reduce the public lands
from a credit price of g 2 to a cash price of
125 cents, being a reduction of about half a
dollar per acre.
10. This reduction, which nothing but
the distress and impoverishment of the Wes
! tern country could have4*endered necessary
1 impaired the national resources to the am
ount probably of about 150,000,000. It
1 further reduced the value of all the lands
which Congress had previously sold, and
which had been bona fide paid for, amount
ing~to many millions of acres, to the great in
i jury of hundreds of citizens.
; 11. Ihe value of poperty of every kind is
subject to more fluctuation in the United
. States than in almost any other country in the
i world.
! 1 12. Emmigration into our country, which
might be a source of incalculable advantage
is almost entirely suspended. Os the emmi
grants who arrive, a considerable proportion
return to their native countries, disgusted
and dispirited, which operates to deter oth
ers from venturing to our shore*. Thus are
we pnobably deprived annually of accessions
to our population, 30,000 persons with all
their wealth, talents and industry, a large
proportion of whom would furnish a valua
ble market to.the farmer for raw materials,
and for the bread stuffs rejected by Europe.
13. Pauperism has greatly increased a
moug.us. In the city of New-York, there
are 955 g paupers of whom one-sixth are per
manent. In Pnladelphia there are 4000, of
whom 1500 are permanent. In the state of
| New York, there are 23,111 paupers, of
■ whom 6896 are permanent. In our cities
great numbers of persons, able and willing
to work, but unable to procure employment
| are, in winter: reduced to a degrading de
pendancefor support on soup houses and
aims. ‘
1 14. Parents in our cities, who have sons
I growing up, are straitened to find occupa
tions or professions for them.
15. In a country capable ,of supporting
one Hundred times its present population,
almost every class is crowded, from the in
accurate distribution of the labor and indus
try ol society —there ueing too many farmers
too many cotton and tobaco planters, too
many manufacturers generally too many law.
yers, too many doctors, too many merchants
too many clerks, &c. &c.
16. Our wealthy citizens find it difficult
to employ their capitals to advantage, ex
cept in speculations in the funds.
17. Our sinking fund, on which so much
depc,(dance was placed for the extinction of
the national-debt, has been absorbedj and is
scarcely ever noticed at present.
18. During six-years of profound peace,
with superabundant harvests, and wholy
free from any great natural calamity, we
have reduced our national debt only §lO,-
oi)o,ooo,although our expenses have been
racied within the narrowest limits.
19. In consequence of the failure of the
revenue in the years 1821 and 1822, we
were obliged to borrow §8,000,000.
( "To be continued. J
THE WEST.
Jixtract from the JTaskaskta (IUi.J Advo
’ cate
In our Western clime, where we breathe
uie air of independence; wlu-re we are not
subject to the caprice of custum, or the res
traints of dandyism, so far from degenera
ting, we are daily progressing, in the career
of ali that is manly and noble.
What are the vocations and amusements
;f Hie inhabitants of tiie West? They are
ali of the manly kind. The chief employ
ment is that ot agriculture, which is the mosi
ancient and the most honorable that ever
embraced the attention ol man. besides,there
is some: hing more elevated and sublime in it
that can attach to any other vocation. Every
year he beholds a little creation of his own;
every year lie can gratify the visual organ
with the view of gramfields, orchards, and
pastures, where in horses and cattle are gra
zing—he has but to stretch forth his hand,
and, as if by magic, cultivation puts forth her
beauties and enchantments.
But wiist do Ins amusements consist of?
Not of pulhug on a pair of bever gloves,
seizing a silver headed cane ornamented
with a profusion of tassels, and strutting on
the pavements with precise and formal step.
No ne a sumes the hunting dress of buck
skin, ami, with rifle and dog, explores the
leoessof the forest, ranges the extensive
prairies m pursuit of the panther, the bear,
the wolf, the .leer or the turkey—and, when
night overtakes Inm, he if neither alarmed
• r uneasy, in a moment a blazing fire is
kindled, that cheers the forest and disper
ses the gloom of night—a slice of venison is
then roasted before it, and a plentiful sup
per is then enjoyed, which is rendered deli
cious by a keen appetite. He then sireches
himself before the fire, and reposes soundly
till the morning dawns, unless, perchance he
is disturbed by the howl of the roving wolf
allured by the odour of his venison, or the
scream ol the solitary panther, breaking on
“the night’s dull ear,” which is to him as mu
sic—he instantly grasps the deadly rifle: and
it is well if they do not pay dear for their
unmannerly visit.
A journey is not here preceded by a long
routine of shaking bands, sighs, tears, &c.
five minutes are sufficient to prepare for a
journey to Santa Fe, California, or the Pa
cific Ocean. Such are the hardy inhabi
tants of the Forest- Such are the children
efthe West.
THE OLD MAID.
To the Editor of the Dw fries and Galloway
Courier.
Dear Mr. Editor—Many indeed are the
mortifications and calamities which our per
secuted and harmless cast suffer from an
unfeeling world. I therefore, with a firm
ness not peculiar to us in general, stand
forth as an assertor of our cause—not with
the intention of holding up to admiration
our good qualities, or blazing forth all our
virtues, but merely to show how many false
prejudices are apt to be attached to our
name —in the hope of obtaining in future
that rank in society which has been so
unjustly .denied us. We daily see all oth
er kinds of public grievences trumpeted
forth to the world—and why may not we
claim some small corner to utter our public
notes of woe? 1 therefore hope, Mr. Editor
the few following remarks will meet with a
place in your excellent paper,
i Yours very sincerely,
I Eliza Goodwill,
One of the Club of Old Maitfs aiut extra
ordinary Member of the Blue slocking
Society.
“Contentment walks
The sunny glade and feels ah inward bliss
Spring o’er the mind, beyond the power of
kings
To purchase.”— Thompson.
I An Old Maid is a term which is applied
to that class of females, who have either thro’
; a just modesty never been able to attract
that part of creation, nominated man, or who,
by a noble resolution, almost amounting to
heroic perfection, have renounced the ma
ny pleasing seductions of the world, and in
the sweet bowers of retirement have led a
life of peaceful serenity, smiling at the fol
, lies of men: and shedding a tear of sympathy
| and feeling over the misfortunes of those
i whose enjoyments have been embittered by
the chilling hand of adversity. And there
is another kind, namely, those wham the
world has misused, and who, disguised with
the happiness and prosperity of others, by
an unnatural dislike of beholding all happy
but themselves, have shut their eyes to man
and man’s/ii/ae smile. The world has un
justly included these three kinds under one
general head, without the least division or
distinction, and it is thus that by the miscon
duct Os one or two of our number, a general
slur has been cast upon the whole.
The reproachful term ill nutured has al
ways been applied to us, and we have been
told, that owing to that bad quality ycleped
bad temper, we could never enjoy one hour
of uninterrupted felicity. With one voice
we deny this—and we can assure the public
that the case is quite different. We have
had our days oi pleasure, we have Jjad our
days of bliss—we have perhaps sketched
scenes, which in themselves were little hea
vens. Once we were young—perhaps then
the fairest prospects dawned upon us in all
theglqw of fanciful illusion—perilap our;
morning sun shone upon us in all the splen
dor of his majesty, without one cloud inter
vening to dim with its darkening colour our
future prospects. Our mirrors told us that
in the view of the world we made no despi
cable figure—our eyes, our cheeks, our fi
gures, we have been informed, were what
might be called handsome—how then can it,
be called handsome —bow then can it be said j
wc have enjoy fed no happiness. Yet we
must confesss with humility, that all our j
boasted charms availed us nothing—else we ’
would not thus have been left “to blush un
seen, and waste our sweetness on the desert
air.” Though the world may say that no
ray of hope now gleams upon us—that we
enjoy not the endearing appellation o t spouse
yet we can assure it we possess the dear
comforts of liberty—yes, thank heaven, we
are free—“free as the lark that sings us to
repose ” And more—we have the comfort
oi saying to ourselves that while there is
life, there is hope. Well may those beauti- 1
ful lines of Gray be applied tc us, when he :
says—
“ Along the cool sequestered vale of life,
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
’ How cart an unfeeling world blame us? liovv
can it say we are ill natured—how can it say |
we are evil dispositioued, when thus our sim
ple and harmless lives are made known?
We perhap# have our failngs—but who has
not their failings? If the disappointments ,
of life have really soured our dispositions— i
why then we must blame the disappoint
ments of life for it. But yet sour as others
may esteem us, do they imagine that our
bosoms are steeled against the miseries of
mankind? Do they suppose that we posses
ses not those fine fellings, nor eier expe- ■
rience those tender emotions, which are the .
genuine offspring of true benevolence? Yes,
we have feelings: if a tale of woe thrill in |
our ears, can we not weep? tan we not
likewise rejoice at the happiness of a friend j
—can we not forgive an injury—can we not |
he pleasant—nay some times entertaining?
Pity, forgive, and smile upon the wrongs of
the “Peon. Old Maid.”
Goodwill Hall 27 th July 1824.
rrzzess
INCREASE OF LONDON.
So great is the rage for building in every
direction round this immense city, that buil
ders are frequently obliged to wad three or
four weeks for bricks, and the strife and ea
gerness to obtain them is such that in many
instances, from being removed from the
kilns red-hot, the carts in which they have
been stowed have taken fire. Already have
most of the villages round London been
nearly united to it—thus along the whole
r6ad to Greenwich (almost six miles) there
is scarcely an interval between the rows of
houses —the same may be said of those lead-,
mg to Vaux-hall Kensington, Bnxton, Clap
ham, &c, in that* direction. On the other
side of the river, Chelsea forms a portion of
the great city , and in a few months Fulham
and Hammersmith bid fair to be united to it.
In the North-west, North, and North-east of
London, equal progress to an union are
made, for Hayswaier, Kilburn, Hampstead,
Highgate, Hackney, and blackwall may be
called portions of it—all the intermediate
space being filled up by Streets, squares,
Crescents, Terraces, &c. thickly planted
with new churches, ornamented with spires
and domes, and steeples of every possible
shape. The Duke of Bedford’s estate, com
mencing at the bottom of Southampton
atreet, Strand, and runuing in a direct and
uninterrupted line to the Southampton
Arms, near Kentish and Camden town, a
distance of at least three Miles, including al
ready Blooms bury, Bedford, Russel, Tavis
tock, and Euston squares —several others
are in progress. The other great proprie
tors, whose estates in the neighborhood of
London are now covered with houses, are
Earl Grosvenor, and Mr. Portman. Those
of the former, extending from Oxford to
Chelsea—those o> the latter, including a
great portion of the Parish of Mary le Bone.
Lord Grosvenor’s rental is said to be at pre
sent 420,0001 per annum. Mr. Portman’s
property will, it is est imated, in a few years
be worth eleven millions sterling!—and
these are the people amongst whom y our
squires and middlemen, and other absentees
come over to make a dash?
Formerly the mere Irish residents in Lon
don werej*with very few exceptions, of the
poorest class—and being gregarious be
yond all comparison, were found huddled
together in St. Giles’s. The London Irish of
the present day form at least a fifth of the
population, and comprise within that pro
portion 100,000 men capable .of bearing
arms. They are no longer confined to the
classic ground already mentioned, nor are
they exclusively of the laboring classes.—
The Irish laborers consider it better , B
pent up in a watch box in London t jfl
hours together, compelled to wear a,^ 1 ®
mous grert coat, high shoes, thick stop? J
to carry a stick, proclaim the hour— aii 3B
for 17s. 6d. a weex—or, perhaps t o b e J®
pelted to shovel sand from one ship imj 1 ®)
other —carry bricks, mortar, and slat,.*®;
tett or twelve hours a day fora similar .'B
try compensation, where there are i ltlt ®.’
bare feet, brow-beating police, insure,! 1 ™
ai ts, tithe-proctors, squires, orangen, en
absentee landlords, it is said that U, tr ’ ® >
200,000 born Irish now in Scotland, and,®*
50,000 of them are settled in Glasgow
neighborhood. * ®]
♦ 1
Presidential election. ‘Whatever urn®
the result of the ensuing election ot J® *
dent of the U. States, as to the person 3 *
may be preferred to the office— great fl
permanent good will probably grow ol ®.
the various incidents and proceedings®
have taken place, or shall occur, in then®
gress of the contest; for the peoples -®
must be opened as well to a defect i n
constitution, as to the violences that n„j® ",
committed through “combinations”
sons, drumming up parties to favor their® i
individual aggrandizement. As totiiel®*
l have no doubt that public opinion is®
clearly settled; and that, if the pol. i c „®
cessity shall hereafter exist for it at ail,.® *
sidential nominations will not be maue®i
members of congress that authorizes per*®]
to attend a caucus for the purpose, | t ®
taik about acting in their personal cat®*
ties as mueh as we please; and in regar® |
the former the preservation of ttic pubh®
fetv will shew that an amendment is®
peusable, to promote uniformity in the ft® 8
tion of electors, and cause the choice uj-M p
to depend o.nlv on the suffrages of the , },. ; ®f|
freely given at the polls. Ihe rigm ,®,
proposition, whether regained in asnatt®!
or constitutional character, cannot ,<>
liied. It is self-evident that the p®£
ongln to have direct .nfluence m ®
choice of their chief magistrate, and, i|®
violations ol their rights in Peiisvlvti
1800, in New Jersey in 1818, anti in
York in 1824, do not rouse tuem to ac
jthey would not believe the sainted \V.ishi®<
! ton, “though he rose from toe
sure them liiat the great fundamental :.®I
jciples oi‘ our institutions were trampled®”
on: tor in each of those cases, the acts,®
themselves and shew thaic®
tain persons, few in number, have uc.Cij®!
the public will, and bargained away ®
votes of the several states, to bring ali®
the election of a president that the pcoi®
i would not iiave chosen. This is pusititj®
j true —else why not let the people vote?
In .he article signed “A Mary la, der 0 ®
i Very strong ground is taken. A.inm®
i the right to take it—and desperate dmea®
| require desperate remedies—a resort to®
: must needs be regretted ny every good in®
and the bare posibil.ty that such a thing <®
occur, should induce us all to think vert®
riously about providing a remedy for !m®
I elections, even if that vhich is now dost®
! hand shall pass over w ithout any of nit®
terrible consequences which must heap,!®
bended in a tree government, wheuevt®
: shall appear to be the design, and intern®
; to defeat the will of the many, and imps®
! a chief magistrate on the people witli®
: their cons.A. —jYties Register. , *
STATUARY COBLER. j
In an old church, in the town of Truro,®
. Cornwall, there is a large massive momm®
which is erected to the memory of John®
’ bel ts, Esq. who died in 16z4. It was on®
nally decorated with several figures, ami®
j vingfallen into decay, was, a few yearssn®
j repaired by Miss H——of Landradick, a®
1 Cendant of the family. When it was finish®
1 the mason presented an account, of uh®
the following is a literal copy:— ®
“To putting one nev, toot on Mi.Jo®
Roberts, and mending the other.-1
“putting seven new buttons to his coal,®
anew string to his britches, knees-®
“two new feet to his wife Phillis, ruendi®
her eyes, and putting anew nosegi®
in her hand— I
“two new hands and a nose-gay to thee®
tain, ‘ i
“two new hands to his wife, and puttin®
new cuff to her gown, b
“making and fixing two new wings®
Time’s shoulders, making a newgr®
toe, and mending the handle of®
sy the, putting anew blade to do. ■
To altering the appearance of Death. B
All of which items are severally drawno®
and balanced by pounds, shillings and pen®
The widow of the ex-emperor Iturl®
arrived here yesterday with her two d®
ren, a priest and two servants, from Ban®
ria, where she landed from the schr. Uni®
States, capt. Fitch, from Soto la Mari®
whence they sailed on the 16th ultimo. 1®
Mexican congress had ordered the inn®
diate departure of Mrs. Jturbide and so®
for Columbia, where she was to reside to®
joy the pension allowed her, But as she®
not wish to go to Columbia, she prefer®
embarking on board the schr. United Sti®
via this place for Baltimore—but the sch®
ner having mistaken Baralaria for theß®
xe, hoisted the pilots signal, and Lieuten®
Cunningham: who commands that station®
went on board, ahd tendered his services®
convey her to town, which she accepted#™*
landed at Barataria on the 30th inst. T®
nephew of Iturbide and a priest who hadfw®
lowed him, proceeded in the schr. for Hr®
ana, and thence to Baltimore. We unde®
stand that Mrs. Iturbide intends proceed®
to Baltimore through the interior. 1
N O. Argut. Jm
Georgia — M'lntosh county I
WHEREAS, Anson Kimberly, esq. Vi
plies for letters of administration ®
the estate and effects ot Mathew Leona®
late of said county dec. I
These are, therefore, to cite and adm®
ish all and singular the kindred and credit®
of the said dec. to file their objections, I
any they have, in my office, on or beforetwl
sth Dec. next, otherwise letters of admin l, ‘|
tration will be granted the applicant. I
Given under my hand and seal the sth
vember, 1824, and 48th year of American in’l
dependance. J. SAWYFR.I
Notice.
THE Darien Sabbath School will’ be
opened on Sunday morning next *■
nine o’clock, at the Church. The chi
are all invited to attend. nov 9^*