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i con m i I I C. VOL. 2. AUGUSTA, GEO. MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1827. FUBI.ISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, AT 2 O’CLOCK. P. "Sfl. UMr Howard’s Brick Buildings. opposite Mr. Cummings' Law Buildings. M'Intosh Street. DIRECTIONS. Sales of T.and and Negron, by Administrators, Execn- , 0 ,. or Guardians, are required, bv law, to be held on tlie first Tueeday in the month, betw een the hours of ten in the ’orenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house of the county in which the property is situate.—Notice of r j icf e s des must he Riven in a public gazette SIXTY days previous toth day of sale. * Notice* of the sale of personal propertv must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must be hashed for FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or ff, ar y for levac to sell laud, must be published for FOUR months. FROM TIIE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. No. IX, No apology was due from Ma jor Eaton. His voluntary appearance before ihe pub lic was anticipated. It was known he w ould be found whenever duty called. The misconception of the real point in issue before the country, is not more re- ma: liable, than he facts suggested, the principles assumed, and the arguments predicated on them. It will require on apology from me, if 1 shew that the feebleness of the defence cannot be re ferred to the want of ability in 'he advocate, but to tho.se intrinsic causes that uo weight of character or force of talents ■can resist. The question was. Did General Jack s' m tell Beverly that propositions had been made to ban by Mr. Clay’s friends, which he indignantly rejected ? It is not denied. Then Major Eaton, with singular satisfaction, says, “ that, between Mr. Buchanan’s statement and mv own, and General Jackson's, 1 can discern unes sential or material difference.” Does Major Eaton attempt to say that either of them justify the declaration that he made to Beverly ? Mr. Buchanan expressly denies that anv proposition was made by him. Now, if there is pesfert accord in the statements of Mr. Buchanan, Major Eaton, and General Jackson, what fol lows? Why, that they must also deny what he has denied. 11 G.-nernl Jackson had, when applied to bv Beverly, with becoming frankness, said, that wlrat he had told him was the mere cm elusions of his own mind, and in- ftrends derived from a conversation with one of i,is own friends, there the difficulty Would have ended. But lie savs, “ your •inquiries relative to the proposition of bargain, ma le through 31 r. Clay's friends t < so,nr. of mine, concerning the sheri Pie- ■sidmnial election, were answered freely and frankly at the time.” Did anv one doubt, w ho read it, that it was intended to vouch fir the statement of B°verlv, that propositions had been made? To this, Mr. Clay gave a derisive and indignant •denial. VVliat then was the issue? the Truth of the charge, whether a proposition of any kind had been made to General' Jackson hv Mr. Clavorhis friends. Four months after the dale of Beverly’s Viler which had been widely circulated in chan nels where no counter evidence could pe.tch, and lorty-i wo days from his letter to Beveriv, General Jackson, with Mr. Clay’s deni d before him, comes before ♦he public, with these remarkable, expres sions : “ Still 1 have not said, no- do 1 now say, that the proposal made to me was with the privily and consent of Mr. Clay ; nor either have I said that his friends in Congress made pronositions to (lie (hat fie idea was derived from con clusions and inferences ; and concludes, “ that I may possibly have d ne Mr. Clay injustice.” What a falling off! And af ter (his had rankled in the public mind for lour months, lie leaves Mr. Clay to ac quit himself. Then comes M 1 . Buchanan who declares that lie was the friend of Geneial Jackson, and actuated only bv an anxious desire to serve his interest; <h;*t he was not the political friend of Mr. Clay ; that lie had made no proposal from him or an v one else. Now Major Eaton comes, who savs it was the mere impres sion on the General’s mind, nothing more ?” and that it was not asserted that VI . Bu chanan came from Mr. Clay ; and then, with the greatest composure and address, says, there is no material difference among ns ; it is only verbal; we are all agreed.— How frank 1 and how ingenuous ! So fir as this goes, I acknowledge the argu ment. But do they adroit or deny the Statement of Beveri v, that a corrupt pro position was made ? Mr. Buchanan says uo. If you are in accord, you must say no also, and that is all that was required ; i and I will not stop to point out the d.s- crepancies iti the three statements—I have higher objects. Major Eaton has involved Mr. Bucha nan deeper in this intrigue than he was betore. General Jackson had involved him in making a corrupt proposi tion, and of being the chief agent in an in- ^T'gue. Mr. Buchanan could only escape the sacrifice, by deriving that fact. And with the most amiable sentiments, which does not permit him to doubt his truth or integrity, Major F.aton now accuses him openly ot saying, that Gen. Jackson should say who he would make Secretary of State, and requested him to go to him with that proposition. Wliat was the ob ject of this? I hat he might carry this message back to Mr. Clay or his friends. That message would have been the most gross and corrupt offer that could Lave bep.’i made. That is the very crime they are laboring to establish on Mr. Adams.— He repeats distinctly, what the General had charged, and what he (Buchanani had denied, to wit: that lie ought to fight Them with their own weapons.’ 4 ’ Upon tXis Buchanan, and I leave ihern to reconcile this, as they have the other points. But it was thought that this was too rank a proposition, and Mr. Buchanan said 44 if, then, he will say he will not appoint Mr. Adams, that will do." Do for what ? Do for who? Mr. Clay, no doubt. Was not this holding out hopes, true or false, to Mr. Clay? Mr. Buchanan goi the an swer lie expected—availed himself of it, but it would not do. Major Eaton says, that he/e?', a that Mr. Burhanan was ac ting on the ground of anxious solicitude for the success of the General,” (and who can doubt it ?) “and, from a desire that nothing of stratagem and management should interpose to • prevent the election of one fur whom he felt more titan com mon interest (and who can doubt it?) 44 that he considered, in his zeal, he felt it to he right to defend the citadel against unlooked for assault, and believed conse quently, ihat the c-nemv should be met with their own weapons.” (And who can doubt it ? According to this system of morals, ev ery thing is fair in politics ; the end jus tifies the means. I saw by anticipation, vhere this rnus' en 1 ; l knew whore Mr. Buchanan would be left. He has been, under a odd and heartless affectation of virtue and purity, offered up as a sacrifice. They have attempted to fix this on him, in order by some remote relation, to con nect it with Mr. Clay. Spare me from mv friends; my enemies have put me oil my guard. Not only was it said that Mr. Adams would be Secretary of State, if the Ge neral was elected, but, it was published in the newapapers that he would fill the first office ; and if he, Mr. Adams, did not ac cept, Mr. Clinton would be made Secre tary of state ; and yet, if it is suggested ; or hinted that Mr. Clay may pmbal ly be ! offered the same place, it is immediately magnified into a most corrupt proposition. Why would they trace one t umor to Mr. Adams, and not the other to Gen. Jack- son—or admit both innocent? Was the appointment of these gentlemen calculated to have no effect on their friends? Had Mr. Clinton no friends from New York or Ohio? And was it not calculated to reconcile the North and Middle States to Gen. Jackson’s election ? But it is as im possible to prevent the circulation of these rumors, as it is to prevent the friends and partisans of the candidates from taking, and arguing, and electioneering with each other. They must be great novices in human affairs, who suppose that no argu ments, no suggestions, no hopes, were held out to the Western members. Can they believe that they messed together, and met every day for two months, and that everv man was hermetically sealed, and that Mr. Adams, arid his friends, and Mr. r 'lay, and l,is friends were all cor rupt, but not a man in ihe Jackson ranks ? The desired connecting Mr. Clays avowal with Gen. Jackson,s repulse of Mr. Buchanan’s proposition, rendered it necessary to fix the date of the annunci ation of his opinion immediately after, and within two days of, the conversation.— But that would make the annunciation of Mr. Clay’s opinion too soon, because it is now said the meeting did not take plare until the 22d. In order to reconcile this ii is attempted to fix the time of the con- versatio* much later—willing to make Mr Buchanan wrong, to make the facts square. But it happens that he has fixed the date precisely ; and besides, Mr. Marklcv was so anxious about the consummation of ibis intrigue, that he was absent from Wash ington, and attending his courts, during the greatest part of January—so that Ma jor Eaton is mistaken about the date as the General is about the two days after— so that the medicine did not operate so soon, owing, no doubt, to Mr. Markley’s absence. 1 have heretofore shewn and the fact will be exhibited in the due time and put beyond the reach of cavil, that Clay never had a moment’s doubt in the choice of President; that he was restrain ed from motives of duty to the House over which he presided—of delicacy to the ri val c. udidates—of deference for his colW gues—of propriety to himself—from mak ing known his sentiments. Novel and em barrassing questions might arise in the House during the election, which it would he his duty to decide. Extraordinary in- tluence might, and would, be attributed to the disclosure of his opinionis, which he desired to avoid. He would have expo sed himself so open assault, by both the offended parties, and to just reproach for the premature discovery of his sentiments. ! Besides, he would not have escaped the charges which he he foresaw, of intrigue and cabal, and of scarifying at the shrine of his criminal and selfish ambition. Abovetbe 14th of January, the friends j of Gen. Jackson obtained the columns of ( the Washington*Gazette and addressed 1 themselves openly to Mr. Clay, under the signatures of Corbo, Hermies, &c. I beg leave to cop^ one of the paragraphs touch ing this point ; the authority will not be denied : 44 I take occasion to notice some injuri- 44 ous attacks upon Mr. Clay, which ap- 44 peared in distant papers, and very pos- 44 sibly written here, to produce that effect 44 by excitement, which they intended to “ promulge as premeditation—(by whom 44 written ?) Those people who cwumni- 44 ate Mr. Clay, by imputing to him sin- 44 ister and disingenuous views and private 44 combinations, would be as violent, and “ with more plausibility, had Mr. Clay “ been so indiscreet as to put himself into “ a situation, which would expose him to “ the charge of using his influerice as Speaker, in favor of any one candidate “ brought into conclave, questions may “ arise in the course of the preleminary “ transactions, wh : ch would expose him to , “the charge • f partiality, if he were to avow j “ any choice himself. This single point j “ I think sufficiently satisfactory as to the j 11 course Mr Clay has pursued.” Now j Major Ea’on inquires, “ Whv the neces- i sity of a silence so long and so rigidly f preserved ?” Letters caluminating Mr. Clay, had al-j readv (14 h January) appeared in distant pap-rs ; but it is said the meeting, when the treason was consummated, did not take place until the 22d. But when it was ne cessary to he fair and smooth, and Mr. Clav behaves with a proper sense of the decorum due to his station, uow that reserve has become criminal. These calnmni >ns letters must have been written in December. Were his opinions then known? Then he is inno cent of this long silence. If his opinions were not known, why calumniate him. if it was, not to intimidate and overawe him— to operate upon his declaration through his fears ? The same writer proceeds in a manner ; most plausible *o present the case. Thus, “ “ It can only be an illusion, that could “render it supportable, That Mr. Crawford | “ could be taken up by the ties in the i “House; And the very appearance of! 44 supporting a desperate cause, often j “ leads to suspicion. u Ifch however , “ groundless, never fail to injure those who ! “ countenance or admit it.” He then ; “proceeded with an air of great confi-' “ dence ; “ There can he no question ! 44 now, as to the issue. I h ive no doubt of j 44 Mr Clay’s ultimate determination. I i “ have never had the least doubt he pre- ? “ ferred Jackson so anv other candidate. “ In such circumstances, (he savs) it is “ very plain ihu the Slates of Illinois, [ “ Indiana, and Missouri, will follow the j “ same path.” (Tliev were now willing j these States should follow Mr. Clay if he j voted for the General. But, on the 20 b, this same writer ran j hold no longer. He savs, “ What is niost j “ remarkable, is the silence the reserve, | “ the mystery, ihe distance observable be tween men in public and private. No “ one speaks, no one argues.” “ How is “this extraordinary, mysterious stdlene«s and taciturnity to he accounted for?” Wilde the question remained in donb',and 'hev believed Mr. Clav would vote, with them thev addressed him all kinds of ar- gumen's—but it began through some channels to loak nut thru ho preferred Mr Adams. Then he sakd 41 I h >ve he-wd “ there is an intrigue”— 11 a precnrsei of a s'orm.” On the 20: h, {'the mnofng is fixed on the 22d.) if is fiir her “ smid, 14 It is alleged that under his influence, a ma- “ lot number of the Representative'- from “ Ken’ucky have gone ’".m the same “ views but still the writer doubts. T shall proceed in mv next *o shew, from Major Eaton’s statement, that Gen. Jack- son could, under uo citcumstanes even with the influence of Mr. Clav, have been elected. I am astonished, with his candor and knowledge ofthe farts, that he should still maintain that there was a pos sibility. Major Eaton has given up the question. I shall expose the speciousness and falsity ofthe principle with regard to the effect of pluralities, by which such erro neous and dangerous doctrinps have been imposed on the people, and shall exhibit the errors of fact and argument by which he has attempted to dispense w th all other evidence. HAMPDEN. WE S TERN HO TEL, AT THE CORNER OF CENTRE kND GREEN STREETS, AUG f Yt HE Subscriber lias returned to bis Old Stand, the WESTERN HOTEL, in Augusta, JL will entertain his old Customers and other friends, who may be pleased to give I patronage. B. MIMS ft?* An extensive Wagon Yard is attached to the Westen tel; and the street from the end ofthe Bridge leads directly to it. October 15 46 EAGLE TAVERI CXff YC&SfltfOLDS-STiirfiEX, AUGUSTA. rjniJE SUBSCRIBERS respectfully tender their grateful acknowledgments for the libi 1 lounge hitherto conferred upon them, take this opportunity of informing their triendi public, that their establishment having been considerably enlarged, and undergone man sive repairs anil improvements during the iatt summer, fbey flatter themselves that it will i ble them to vender every possible comfort, convenience and satisfaction, to all who may be to lavor them with their company. iSL. Linnaean Botanic Garden, Flushing, Long Island, \YM. PRINCE, Proprietor. R B. HAVILAND k Co. will receive orders • for Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Flower ing Shrubs and Plants, Hyacinth-, Green House Shrubbery. Grapes, 6ic. kc. O’ Catalogues mas be seen on application to , , , , R. B. H. kCo. £oiiH (h.ere ore two witnesses agaiug.t Mr., “ or aaother. The question beings, Oct. 25’ 4$ 3m A meeting of the Carpen ters and Masons of this Ci ty, is requested at the Citv Hall, on THURSDAY EVENING, the 1st November, at 7 o’clock, on business of importance to their interests. A MECHANIC. Oct. 26 49 3t We are authorised to announce RICHARD HENRY WILDE, Esq. a candidate for Representative to Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned bv the resignation of the Honorable ■ohn Forsyth. Oct. 25 49 td 0?’ The Miliedgeville and Savannah STAGE OFFICE kept ai die EAGLE TAVERN. In addition to tliekJove mentioned improvements, we will have ready by the first day of i an elegant NEW STABLE, on Bay-street, just above the Bridge, convenient to the river, ai ble of holding Two Hundred Horses, with a vacant adjoining Lot for their exercise. Dro find charge.- as reasonable as at anv similar establishment in the city. FIELDS KENNED EDMUND BUGG. 34 t Augusta, September 3, 1827. HATS Sf SHOES. m. -4- subscriber would inform his friends and ; public generally, that he has just recei- rrvHE A the ved, by late arrivals from New York, a large as sortment of HATS—viz: Gentlemen's Beaver, Black and Drab, Fine and Coarse Casters, do do. FiiiP and Coarse Roreins do do. Men’s and Bovs’ fine and coarse Wool Hate, Youths’ Hats’ Black and Drab, Children’s Hats. Fur te Hair Seal h Cloth Caps Morocco Caps, kc. kc. Also, a large assortment of Gentlemen’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes, Gentlemen’s fine Boots, kc. kc. All of which .-e is disposed to sell on the most reasonable terms for Cash or City Acceptances. J. Barry. Oct. 25 49 tf Next Lotteries. Dismal Swamp Canal Lottery, Was drawu on the 24th insf. and the Drawing j will he received on Wednesday 31st inst. j HIGHEST PRIZE $15,000, WITH PRIZES OF BOARDING. A few Gentlemen can 'llEpSS be accommodated with Board, at the house recently occupied by Capt Berry, op posite the Upper Market, south side Broad-street. October 2a 49 4t 3000 Dollars, 1500 Dollars, 2000 Dollars, 1600 Dollars, 1500 Dollars, 1196 Dollars, 4 of 1000 Dolls. 5 5 5 10 500 Dolls. 400 Dolls. 300 Dolls. 200 Dolls. &.C. «fec. Wells Kibbe W OULD invite their friends and the public in general, to call and examine their NEW GOODS, which they have received this day. and they are ready to make any article of gen teel dress. P• S. Five first rate Journeymen Tailors will find steady employment and punctual pay, by applying as above. W.fcK. Oct. 25 49 tf Tickets $5, Halves $2 50, Quarters §1 25. To be drawn in Washington City on the 31st October, and the Drawing will be received on Wednesday 7lh November, Grand Consolidated Lottery, FIRST CLASS. HIGHEST PRJZE $20,000, With many other rich Prizes, such a3 Prize of $5000 2500 2000 1500 1080 1000 N. B.MOORJ No. 202 Broad-Street, Offers for Sale the following Articles, CHOICEST? HZftTDi For the use of Families, on reasonable TEAS. Gunpowder, Imperial, Powchong, So Hyson, Youug 'yson COFFEE. Jamaica, Cuba, Old Java CHOCOLATE. Boston No. 1. SUGARS. Treble Refined Loaf, Double do. do., do. do., Lump., White Havana do., Bn maica do., Muscovado SPICES. Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Black Pepp r(ground,) do. do. (whole,) C Pepper, Pimento, Jamaica Ginger. WINES. White Spark Champaiga, Old Madeira,! Sicily Madeira, MalagaSherrv, Teneriffe, Old Port. SPIRITS. Old Cognac Brandy. Bordeaux do., F Gin, Jamaica Hum, Peach Brandy, Monor and Irish Whiskey, Northern do MALT LIQUORS. London Brown Stout, do. do. Porter. CHEESE. Double Gioster, Northern. LIQUEURS. Creme de Noyeau, Parfait Amour, Crr Canelle, Anuisctte Suifin, Huile de Rose. FRUITS. Muscatel Raisins French Prunes.Turke; Zante Currants, Fr. Soft Slieli Almonds. PICKLES. French Olives, do. Capers, Walnuts, C Gherkins, Mangoes. FISH. Salmon, Mess Shad, Mackerel, Nos. 1, i GROCERIES. Sounds and Tonga s, Smoked Beef, Tongues, Pickled do. Butter Crackers, Wat F inest Salad Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Cir. Best London Mustard, Spanish Segars, Demijohns, Wine Bottles, by the 10 20 400 200 100 i Tickets $6. Halves $3, Quarters $1 50. APPLY AT BEEES’ Fortunate Lottery Office, No. 241, Broad-Street Oct. 25 5 Prizes of $600 Corks. 5 500 Porter do., Cavendish Tobacco, Lorallard do.. Rappee and Mucaboy Snuff. Sprn. Ca White Soap. Brown do., Windsor do., P Starch, Superfine Four. White Beaus, E . Split Peas, Fine Table Salt, Saltpetre. Fca 4rc. &.C. I Sugar Molasses, Walnut Ketchup, Ci I bbls. and boxes, kc. kc. kc. A Fresh Supply of the above articles o I River, expected in a few days. O’ All Orders from the Country execu the shortest notice. Oct. 18 47 tl JOB PRINTING, Neatly executed at tiffs lJ Office October Blank Checks on Bauk of Augiuta, for sale at 43 INSTINCT PRINT