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THE EXILE OF SCIO.-
t [Jttr.acted from “ Letter* from the Levant So.
I,” in the July No. of the New iAta-hlv Ma?-
arine “J
“ The following; day a strong head wind
detained ns till evening, beating through
the Straits of Scio, and alternately tack
ing from its wooded coast to Chcsme and
f •Lia Minor. This beautiful arm of the
sea, once celebrated as the scene of the
defeat of Antiochus, has in later days
been rendered doubly interesting by the
struggles of Greece. It was at Chesme
that in 1778 the Russian Admifel Orlow
li destroyed the Ottoman fleet, and it was
in this same strait that in 1822 the modern
i Fhemistocles consigned to destruction the
: author of the Scioto massacre. The view
1 on either shore was splendidly beautiful ;
j .but on both, the associations of memory
cast a feeling of disgust over every object.
We could not look, on the verdant hills
»>f Scio without a shuddering recollection
of t ie slaughter tint had so lately stained
them ; whilst the opposite and equally
beautiful coast was alike detestable as the
,h-me of its perpetrators. But whilst to
; s tlie scene was any thing but a pleasing
one, there was one individual on board
our vessel to whom the sight of this devo
ted Island served to summon up the most j
heart-rendering reflections. This was a i
young Greek lady of twenty-two or twen- j
tv-three vears of age, a-native of the island, |
a witness to its massacre, and a destitute i
exile in consequence of the murder of her |
•"until v. Shewas now on her way with us !
to Smyrna, in order to place herselt un- |
tier the protection of a distant relative, j
whom she hoped, though faintly, to find
still surviving. She sat all day upon the
dock, watching with wistful e ves the shore
of ner native island ; at every approach
which our vessel made towards it, she
seemed straining to recognize some scene
that had once been familiar, or perhaps
some now deserted home that had once
Von the shelter of her friends ; and when
<#n the opposite tack, we aga n neared
the Turkish coast, sae turned her back
upon its hated hills to watch the lotreat-
jug shores of her desolated horn" 1 . I had
not been aware of her being on board, as
her natural retiring habits had prevented
her appearing upon deck daring the early
part of the voyage; but as she drew near
Scio, feeling seemed to overcome educa
tion and prejudice, and she sat all the (Jay
beneath the awning to satiate herself with
gazing and with recollection.
Towards evening, we drew near the ru
ined town, built on the sen shore, at tbo
foot of a wooded hill, which had been the
site ofthe ancientcjty of Scio. Itshouses
seemed all roofless and deserted, whilst
the numerous groups of tali and gracelul
cypresses which rose amidst them contras
ted sadly with the surrounding desolation.
All was solitude and silence : wo could not
descry a single living creature ou the
beach ; whilst from the shattered fortress
on the shore, the blood-red flag of Maho
med waved in crimson pride above the
scene of its late barbarous trumph. At
sunset the wind changed ; we passed the
•flohnadores and Ipsara, and rounding the
promontory of Erythrae, entered thf-bay
of Smyrna. As we caught the last glimpse
of the ruinsv of Scio, the unfortunate lady j f
pointed out the remains of a bouse to the
North ofthe town, which had been her
f niter’s ; it was now imuins an.das clear
ly as we could discern, appeared to be of
1 irge dimensions, and situated on one
of the most picturesque points of Scio.—
Her name she said was Kalerdji, aud her
fuller had been one oftho commissioners
fir collecting the revenue of the Sultan
from the gum-mastic of the Island. On
the breaking out of the revolution in the
Morea, s'rong apprehensions of a similiar
revolt in Scio were entertained in the Di
van, and a number of the most distinguish
ed Greeks of the island were selected to
he sent to Constantinople as hostages for
the loyalty of the remainder; amongst
these were her father aud her only bro
ther ; herself, her mother, and two cider
sisters being left alone in Scio. Tranquil
ity continued undisturbed in the island for
mote than a year ; though the accounts
oftho reiterated successes of the Moreats
were daily stirring up the energies of the
inhabitants, whose turbulence was only
suppressed by the immediate dread of the
Turkish Garrison in the Genoese fortress
on the beach, the only strong hold in Scio.
One evening, however, a squadron of
three vessels, manned with Samians, en
tered rhe harbor, attacked the unsuspect
ing garrison, and aided by the lowest rab
ble of the town, succeeded in despatching
the guard and taking possession of the fort
ress. But the deed was done without cal
culation, and could be productive of uo
beneficial result; the fort was untenable,
and on the almost immediate arrival of the
Ottoman Fleet, a capitulation without a
blow ensued. The news brought by the
hostile armament was of the iustant exe
cution of ho ill fated hostages the mo
ment the accounts of the revolt hud reach
ed the Porte. Overwhelmed with grief
for the 1 >js of their only 3nd dearly belov
ed protectors, the family of Kalerdji spent
the few imerventing days in vain but po-
ign ant regret, and, in the exclusion of their
be; eh mansion knew nothing of what was
pasting at tlie town ; where whilst tlte
Greeks were occupied in supplications
and submissions to the Pacha, and the
tVoro the arrfval of ibe Turkish Admiral
that the family of the wretched bfcing who
lived to tell the tale, descried fhe flames
that rose from the burning mansions of
their friends, and heard in the calm silence
of twilight, the distant death-scream of
their butchered townsmen ; whilst a few
flying wretches, close pursued by their
deny that us first magistracy *s a reward
appropriate to the services, or to the cha
racter and qualifications of biro for whom
it is asked.
Of General Jackson, the citizens of
Richmond here assembled think as they
have always thought, and with a respect
which his unreasonable desire to fill an
mx
infm iate murderers, told them but too tru- J office for which he has neither the neces-
ly of their impending fate. As one ofthe
most important in the valley, their family
was almost the first marked out for mur
der; and ere they had a moment to think
of precaution, a party of Turkish soldiers
beset tho house, which afforded but few
resources for refuge or concealment.—
From a place of imperfect security, the
distracted Plirosine was an involuntary
witness to the murder of her miserable
sisters, aggravated by every insult and in
dignity suggested by brutality and crime,
whilst her frantic mother was stabbed up
on the lifeless corpses oflier violated off
spring. Satiated with plunder, the mon
sters left the house in search of further vic
tims, whilst she crept from her hiding place
to take a last farewell of her butchered
p irent, and fly fur refuge to the moun
tains.
She had scarcely dropped a tear over
the immolated remains of all that was dear
to tier, and made a step towards the door,
when she perceived a fresh party of dem
ons already at flic threshold. Too late
to regain her place of refuge, death, with
all its aggravated horrors seemed now in
evitable, till on the moment she adopted
an expedient. She flew towards the heap
of slaughter, smeared herself witii the still
oozing blood of her mother, and falling
on her face beside her, she lay motionless
as death. The Turks eutered tho apart
ment, but finding their errand anticipated,
were again departing, when one of then#
observing a brilliant sparkling on the fin
ger of Plirosine returned to secure it. He
lifted the apparently lifeless hand, and at
tempted to draw it off; it had, however,
been worn too long, too dearly worn: it
was thh gift of Iter affianced husband, end
had tarried till it was now only to be with
drawn from the finger by an effort. The
Turk, however, made but quick work :
after in vain tw isting her delicate hand in
every direction tr> accomplish his purpose,
he drew a knife from his girdle, aiui com
menced slicing off the flesh from the fin
ger. This was the last s^ene she c'ould
remember.
It was midnight when she awoke, from
the swoon into which her agony aud her
efforts to conceal it had thrown her ; and
she lay cold and benumbed, surrounded by
the new clotted streams of her last loved
friends. Necessity now qrmed her with
energy ; no time was left for considera
tion, aud day would soon be breaking.—
She rose, and still faint with terror and
the loss of blood, flew to a spot where the
valuables of the house had been secured ;
disposing of the most portable about her
person, she took her aufy’ to the mountains.
She pointed cut to us tte cliff where she
had long lain concealed, and the distant
track by which she had gained it, through
a path at every step impeded bv the dead
or dying remains of her countrymen. By
the time she imagined the tide of terror
h id flowed past, when she no longer ob
served from her lofty I'efuge the.dai1y pur
suits and murder, of the immolated Sciots,
and when she saw the Ottoman fleet sail
from the harbor beneath its crimson pen
non, now doubtly tinged with blood, she
descended with her fugitive companions,
to the opposite shore of the island.
Here, after waiting for many a tedious
day, she succeeded in getting od board of
au Austrian vessel the master of which en
gaged to land her at Hydra, in return for
the quantity ofjewels and gold she had
been able to preserve. She reached the
island in safety, where she now remained
for neatly two years; but finding or fan
cying her various benefactors to be weary
of their charge, she was now going to
seek, even in the land of her enemies, a
relative who had been living at Smyrna,
but whom she knew not if-she should still
find surviving or fallen by the sabre of the
common enemy.
Her tale was told with the calm c >mpe-
sure of oft repeated and long contempla
ted grief; she shed no tear in its ralation ;
she scarcely heaved asigh over her sot row;
she seemed, young as she was, to have al
ready made her alliance with misery. She
had now, site said, but one hope left; and
if that should fail, she had only death to
look to.”
—eCO—
The following is au extract from the
preamble to the Resolutions, adopted at
Richmond Virginia, by the friends of tho
administration. It is worth reading.
“ A contest is fiercely waged for the
Chief Magistracy of the Union in which
the former criteria of party are in a great
measure absorbed or reduced to subordi
nate importance, and over which personal
and local antipathies, or partialities, have
sary experience, nor the appropriate ta
lents, has not forfeited. Greater indeed
should they have esteemed him—more
dearly would he have been cherished in
their recollections, had he been found to
unite the moderation of Cincinnatus with
his devotion to the laws and protection of
his country—and honored among his coun
trymen as the first in war, been contented to
live on the inexhaustible fund of gratitude
and affection treasured tip for him in the
hearts of the people. But though their
State Erfllstaturr.
IN SENATE.
Monday Nov. 12.
On motion of Mr. Clayton of Clark—
Resolved, That the committee on the
State of the Republic be instructed to in
quire into thi right and propriety of ap
propriating money from the public trea
sury of the U. States, by Congress, for the
support ofthe Colonization Society, and
to report to this Legislature whatever may
be expedient in relation to said subject.
Mr. Davies called up the following re
solution, which was read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Senatots and Re
presentatives of this State in the Congress
of the United States, be requested to use
their exertions to procure the passage of
an act of Congress providing for copying
the documents & papers iu the plantation
though the introduction of his name in the
canvass has flooded the country with the
waters of bitterness—though they have
perceived him with unutterable regret,
descend from his high dignity to mingle in
person in that contest, waged for his ele
vation—they continue to feel undiminish
ed confidence in his love of country.—
With equal frankness and sincerity they
disclaim all partizan attachment to John
Quincy Adams. They are free to declare
that he is not unexceptionble in their eyes,
and if they are zealous for his re-election
and prepared to promote it by all honora
ble and constitutional means in their pow
er, that zeal originates in a higher source
than individual partiality, or personal at
tachment. They have seen the whole
course of Itis administration stuiously mis
represented, his most careful language
perverted, his character and feelings, and
those of his Cabinet, most wantonly and
intemperately assailed. These things
have not failed to arouse tiiat sympathy,
which the observation of injustice always
awakens in generous minds ; but on the
other band, that sympathy has not blind
ed them to errors in his Administration,
nor can it extort from them the acknowl
edgment that he is free from objection.—
But thus much they profess to believe ;
that he is pure and upright in his inten
tion—patriotic, however mistaken—-pa
tient, faithful, and laborious in the dis
charge of his public duties—blameless and
irreproachable in private life. Arrived
at an advanced stage of life, and having
received from llis countiy ttie most re
peated and the highest testimonials of her
confidence, it is impossible to believe that
lie cherishes in his heart disaffection to her
institutions, or that he can have any other
wish than to perpetuate that form of go
vernment under which lie has been trusted
and advanced to the highest dignities.—
With these favorable conceptions of his
public and private character, they are de
termined to support him with Zeal—a zeal
yet not inspired on his account, but that of
tlte Republic.
On the character of the opposition
which has been waged against the existing
administration, the citizens of Richmond,
here assembled, cannot forbear to express
their disapprobation. Commencing be
fore the administration was fairly organis
ed, and before the first message ofthe
President had disclosed the principles up
on which he proposed to conduct his ad
ministration, evidence was thus given,
that the determination to assail it was in
dependent of the character it might as
sume. This conclusion is strengthened
by surveying the political characters of
many most actively engaged in the oppo
sition ; and the citizens of Richmond can
not but feel suspicious of the change they
propose to bring them, when, to effect it,
they have sacrificed their own consisten
cy, and reversed the principles of public
conduct upon which they had up to that
time acted. They cannot approve the
personal and vindictive spirit in which the
opposition has been conducted, and they
distrust the soundness of a cause which
relies for success upon disgracing the cha
racters of its prominent adversaries.—-
They discredit the charges of bargain and
corruption preferred against the President
and Secretary of State, and deprecate the
existence of a spirit in the country, which
in dereliction of benevolence and Chris
tian charity, ascribes an action to the
worst Sc most dishonorable motive which
could produce it. In the vote of Mr.
Clay for Mr. Adams, they see nothing but
his selection of one of two alternatives
from which ho was compelled by his pub
lic duty to select, and the choice was that
universally approved in Virginia at the
time, and most conformable to the princi
ples of his public life, to his previous sen
timents in relation to the two individuals,
and to the general fitness of things.
In the selection of Mr. Clayas Secreta
ry of State, they recognize the Presi
dent’s concurrence with that general
sentiment which assigned Mr.. Clay a
distinguished, if not the first rank among
American Statesmen in active life. In
a predominating influence. The State of j hisacceptaMCe 0 f the appointment, they
principles imperiously call upon them to ! 0 g' Jce> an( ] other public offices in England,
oppose his success to the uttermost—| relating to the early history of Geogria.
Virginia is made a party to this ignoble
strife, and her vote is confidently claimed
for Gen. Jackson. The members of this
meeting dissent, in common with a large
portion of the citizens of the state, from
this claim. They cannot but deprecate
the election of General Jackson as omi
nous of the decay of that spirit by which
alone our institutions can be upheld and
plainly perceive the advantage he has giv
en his enemies in bringing his motives
under suspicion, but no indication what
ever, of the reality of the alleged bargain
arid corruption. They cannat consent for
character to be held by so frail a tenure,
that reputations identified for twenty years
with the history of the country, shall be
overthrown by insidious deductions from
perpetuated. Under these impressions aCt j ons explicable upon honest and patri-
-V i n 1 I k r. # fit O 1 T /N > 1 fy IS t f O Cl! A f ! _ ■ - 1
Turks in l.dse protestations of forgiveness
and amnesty, the troops ofthe Sultan dis
embarked at the fortress^ At length the
preparations for slaughter were completed,
iifid the work of death commenced.
I; was on f he evening of the third day
they feci that they ought not to be silent,
and that their opinions should be proniul- !
gated firmly aud distinctly, after the exam
ple of others ofoheir fellow-citizens, and
to aid their influence. While they ear
nestly dissent from the supporters of
Jacks in, they question not the purity of
their motives; while they presage the
most pernicious effects from his election,
they indulge no fear that he will wage
war on the liberties of his country—-While
they allow his claims on the gratitude of
his country for his military services, (tar
nished as they have been by acts of vio
lence,) and readily accord to him all the
rewards that patriotism could justly claim,
and a generous caitntry sa(gly grajif, they
otic grounds, or by the passionate denun
ciations of disappointed men—In these
charges reflecting upon the character of
the Country as much as upon the distin
guished individuals themselves, they re
peat their utter disbelief; a disbelief cor
roborated by every successive attempt to
establish them.”
The party opposed to the National
Administration, forty years since, was
thus hit off by Fisher Ames—“ One
hungry cricket will make more noise in
the field than a hundred ruminating oxen,”
In allusion to the present opposition the
Portsmouth Times remarks—“The smal
lest boy carries t.he biggest fiddle.”
13V Mr. Hicks—To make the decision
of the Superior courts of this Slate final
and conclusive in all cases of divorces.
Bv Mr. Ezzard—To repeal so much of
the militia laws now in force in this State,
as requires the senior officer present at all
courts of enquiry, to preside.
Mr. Coffee laid on the table the follow
ing resolution :
‘Resolved, That a committee on the part
of the Seaate be appointed, to join such
n;vm i ev as is already appointed from
the House of Representatives, for the pur
pose of iayittg out a new county out of the
counties of Gwinnett, Walton, Newton,
and DeKalb.
Tuesday, NoV. 13.
A communication was received from
the Governor, informing the Senate that
the Surveyor General had on oaih pre
sented to the Executive Department infor
mation of errors having been committed
in the survey of the first district ol the 2d
section of tlie territory embraced by the
Treaty of the Indian Springs, and submit
ted the subject for its consideration.
Notices for leave to report bills, viz :
By Mr. McDougaid—To create two
additional military brigades, and one divis
ion of militia.
By Mr. Sellers—For the relief of per
sons in certain cases who have purchased
any part of the States interest in lots which
have beet; condemned as fraudulently
drawn within the counties of Bibb, Hous
ton, Crawford, Monroe, Upson, Pike,
Henry, Fayette, DeKalb and Newton.
The Senate concurred with the House
in the resolution to have erected over the
remains ofthe late Win. W. Baker, am. *■
nuinent commemorative of the respect
and esteem o‘f the Legislature for him.—
HOUSE CF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday Nov. 12.
The Notices of yesterday were called
up and committees were appointed.
NOTICES.
Mr. Daily—To authorise the Justices of
toe Inferior Court of Burke to appoint a
clerk for the land court of that county.
Mr. Habersham—To aid on certain
conditions! lie Savannah,Ogeechee, 6c Ai-
atamaha Canal Company, in opening a
canal from the Ogeechee river to the Al-
aramaha, &c.
Mr. Jourdan, of Jasper—To dispose of
(lie fractions lyiug in the late acquired ter
ritory. ^
Mr. Day—to raise a tax for 1S28.
Mr. McDowell—To amend the act of
1316, appointing commissioners to keep
open Savannah river for the pas^ige offish,
and other purposes.
The following message was received
from the Governor:
Exccntwc Department, )
Nov. 12, 1827. (
The 8th sec. of the 3d art. of the con
stitution provides that within five years af
ter the adoption of the constitution the
body of our law civil and criminal, shall be
revised, digested and arrayed under
proper heads, and promulgated in such
manner as the Legislature may direct.—
To carry into effect this sec. of the con
stitution, an act xvas passed by the gen
eral assembly ou the 6th December, 1799.
Other acts having relation to (he subject
have been subsequently passed. One, the
act of the 12th Dec. 1809, is of perma
nent operation, and requires the com
pilation and publication of the laws of eve
ry ten years, at the successive termina
tions of that period of time. Different di
gests, nctw in commou use, throughout the
State, have been compiled and published
under authority of these acts. The terms
used in these acts, and the contents of the
several digests published, which have been
approved as if properly executed accor
ding to the intentions of the several. Le
gislatures, by whom the acts were passed,
demonstrate, that the part of the consti
tution quoted, was construed to apply to
the enactments of the provincial assem
blies, and to those of the general assembly
since tlte Revolution only. In some of
the acts especially provisions appear to
have been considered necessary for the
insertion into the Digests of a few impor
tant English Statutes. The intention of
the framers of the Constitution appears
to the Executive to have been of a high
er charracter. With perfect respect to
those who have acted on a different opin
ion, the authors ofthe Constitution, obvi
ously contemplated the revision of the Di
gest. ^arrangements of the written &. un
written law ofthe State, arid the publica
tion of the whole in the most useful form.
The term's “ body of our law civil and
criminal,” are general and comprehend
within theirscope, the common law,equal
ly with the Statute. Indeed, should it be
thought necessary to make a distinction
between them, the body of our law, civil
and criminal, must be taken to be exclu
sively applicable to the common law, as
the trunk from which the Statute law has
branched forth, It is now possible to ful
fil the intentions ofthe Constitution with
in the time prescribed ; but its obligation
upon us is not impaired by the lapse of
time, nor by the errors, the omissions,
tance ofthe contempUM work, and in
extensive utility, if performed with en
lightened labor, are deliberately excluded
from a communication intended to invite
the attention of the general assembly, to
the single question of constitutional ob
ligation.
Signed, JOHN FORSYTH.
Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The notices of yesterday were taken up
and committees appointed.
The housa took up and agreed to tlte
following resolution:
Resolved, That the Commissioners
appointed to superintend the navigation of
the Chattahoochee river, be, and they are
hereby authorised and empowered to in
vest any part of or portion of the money
heretofore appropriated for improving
the navigation of said river, that the ymay
deem necessary expedient, in the purchase
of slaves Provided, That the said slaves
when purchased, shall I c and temain the
property the of State, and shall Ire actually
employed and kept in the service of the
State in such manner, and under such
circumstances as the said Commissioners
may deem expedient and proper.
A resolution was agreed to requiring
the Comptroller General to publish the
list of pedlars in a newspaper at Macon,
in addition to those already named.
The following message was received
from the Governor :
Executive Department, )
November, 12, 1827. J
Information given on oath has been pre
sented at this department, by the Survey
or General, by which it appears that er
rors have been committed in the surveys
of the land lying in the 1st dist. of the 2d.
sec. of the territory embraced by the
treaty of the Indian Springs. The ex
tent of these errors cannot be ascertained
by the testimony exhibited. With a view
to obtain more accurate information, as
in justice to the person accused, he has
been petmittted to examine the papers,
and to make such observations upon them
as a regard to truth and his own character
required. A letter addressed by him to
the Executive, admits the existence, but
does not shew the extent of the errors
committed. Grants for lands in this dis
trict and section have been issued, appli
cations are hourly made for others, and
they must be issued to all who have a right
tinder the existing laws to apply for them.
Very great confusion may arise, and injus
tice to the State, or to individuals, may
be the consequence ofthe errors commit
ted, if proper steps are not taken to ascer
tain the precise character and extent, and
to correct them. It being the province i
of tho General Assembly to punish the ;
surveyor, if the error has been the result I
fact is proven. How did the trade go
Charleston ? Did it go their by itself w
did it go there by the art and labor of man 1
I merely make these few remarks, for I
have some leisure, And as for, tho van
ity of doing a great work for the public
for the purpose of obtaining a great name,
I am pretty well cured. The*e things
gratify vauity, out do not fill the belly
nor clothe the hack. And here I will il
lustrate it. Look a: the BRIDGE
BANK—grand in its appearance—solid in
its construction, and useful to its owners.
It is a Palace—it is for three Banks—it
is for three Dwellings—it is fur three
Stores. Reflect on the mind of the Buil
der ! But who is he that reaps ? Look
at the Bridge—it expands from shore t
shore, from State to State—in water and
in air-—a high way by day and by night
in ebb and in flood—majestic in its ap
pearance—fine in its construction, and
beneficial to its owners. Reflect on the
mind ofthe Builder! But who ishe that
reaps 1 Look at the wharf—a founda
tion for the Commerce of thousands! by
land and by water—solid in its foundation
and a gain to its owners—it shines forth
from the floods like the sun from the
clouds to its former grandeur. Reflect or
the mind of the Builder ? But who is he
that reaps l Look at the town !— n j,ji] ar
to a State—a home for thousands. Re
flect on the mind of the Builder! B u ;
who is he that reaps 1 Look at the Cit
ies, keys to the States—-abounding in
wealth—threatened with destruction.—
Reflect on the mind of the man ! But who
is he that reaps 1 A half a century have
I labored for Name and for fame—the
other half I shall go for MONEY,
Respectfullv yours, fee.
' HENRY SHULTZ.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1827.
Our election on Saturday for a member of
Congress, in place of Mr. Forsyth, exci
ted very little interest, as Mr. Wilde hod
no opposition. Tlte following is said to
be the result of the State House elections
at Milledgeville Hines Holt, Treasur
er; Thacker B. Howard, Comptroller
General; EverarJ Hamilton. Secretary
of State; Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor
General. The late occupants bein^all
ousted.
ewe-
The call for a meeting of the citizens ad ‘
of corrupt moliver, and to provide, by j vertised in our last paper to take place at
proper enactments, for the prevention j the City Hall, on Saturday evening was
of all inturv of the State or to individuals:;, _____ „ . ’ ’
which may be apprehended from that er-j , . ’’ n ° P rc P ar ® ,,un
ror, if th'e result of unavoidable circum- j n ^ aoe 111 l h e R a *' * or the reception ofthe
stances nr accidental omissions, the whole J citizens, and r.o person attended to explain
subject is submitted, without further com- i the object for which the meeting was call-
ment, to their consideration. , I e j we h a d
Signed, JOHN FORSYTH.
The act of the last session, to amend ; - „ . 1 . , ,
the 7th sec. 2d art. ofthe constitution, | a Cn !r , Cl ' esca P e our recollection^
was read the third time, and on the ques- j an< ^ we probably never have tlic't
tion of its passage, the Yeas were 67,Nays j of it again, if we had not been waited cL-
no interest in thfc pur
chase or sale of Cotton, the called meet---
by a deputation from the citizens assent
bled at the Hall, for an explanation of tho
circumstance. We immediately attend'
ed the meeting and explained the matter',
and imperfect as our explanation most
have been from the sudden surprise ere.;-'
ted by such an application, we believe we
were sufficiently understood to do away
any impression, if any existed, that we
had any improper agency in thus triflin?
with the public attention. To do
ourselves justice with those who wero not
present, We subjoin shortly the explana
tion of the affair, with the name of the in
dividual who brought the notice to o'er
office, that if he is guilty of a deliberate'
49.
So the bill was lost for want of a consti
tutional majority.
Wednesday, Nov. 14.
On motion of Mr. Burnside, the house
reconsidered so much of the journal of
yesterday as relates to the rejection ofthe
bill to alter and amend the 7th sec.
To remove the seat of government.
Mr. Bevan—To establish 3 public li
brary at the Seat of Government.
Mr. Burnside—To establish a board of
public Works.
Mr. Howard, of Baldwin laid on the ta
ble a resolution to appropriate money for
the enlargement of the State House, icc.
The IIousv went into Committee ofthe
whole on the bill, to pardon Ludwell
Watts, Mr. Hull of Clark in the Chair.—
Mr. II. reported the bill 10 the House ...
without amendment. The House took ! 11 ‘“ )n S with tae public leisuie, he may
up the report, and the bill was read tho f have some reason to regret the past and
3d time and passed—Yeas 70, Nays 40. f amend the future.
| The person who brought the advertise-
j ment to our office, was Mr. — Houghton,
j After looking over the notice, and asking
i who was to pay for its insertion, we en-
Dear Sir, I send you two papers, the I quire d w hat was the business to be done
one contains my Memorial to the last Le- | _ .. , , . , , , ,
1 , J . . , : at the meeting, and behvtntr that lie had
gislature; the other contains the exports; e - A ld 1
and increase in the Trade of Savannah the , ot influence enough in the market to
last year; which increase in one year | originate 6c perfect any extensive scheme,
say 1827, appears to be 45980 bales of ; we asked who were the instigators and
Cotton. This is as to one item in my j.
■ , T , ,. actors in the business. He mentioned to
Memorial. I he second is, the role Boats 1 ,
do the business on the Savannah River ! us the name of a very respectable gentle,
and the Steam Boats lay on the Sand i man, well known to us, and stated that the
Banks. The third is Savannah gets the J object was to prevent the purchase of
Trade instead of Charleston. \\ hat did Cotton out of town, representing the prac-
FRUM THE EDGEFIELD IIIVE.
Edgefield Prison, Nov. 17, 182?.
Mr. Editor,
I say in my Memorial ? And what are
the facts; read and reflect. It was laugh
ed at and called prediction. Prediction,
indeed 1 I merely said, '•icfuit has been
may be again.' That was my prediction
if it is called prediction; for I have known
the River in its present situation for years
iu succession. I proposed to the Legis
lature at its last Session, that if they would
put in mv hands .$65,000, with that sum I
could and would secure in a certain degree
the trade on the Savannah River to this
State and would make it permanent. And
if life and health had permitted would
have proven it at this very time. But the
Legislature callefl it giving me a large
sum of money—I should call it giving me
auastdeal of work for their good. I con
fess that I would hav« been fool enough
to take it, so they had not paid me for
what I had done ; but they were not wise
enough to give it. The very simple idea
will yet prevail in saying Commerce is
like water, it will find its own level.
—So it will left to itself, and so, if you
plant Corn or Cottou will it grow left
to itself. And why do you nurse it 1
A simpleton can answer that, by saying,
to make it grow better. And will a wiser
the inadvertencies of those who have pre- man than I say that the same rule will
ceded 115. Reflections on t|je vast impor- i not. ^pply tb Conuner-cs 1 Farther, this
tice of meeting wagons 5 or 6 miles out
of town and making such arrangements
with waggoners as finally secured the Cot
ton to the applicant or his employer, as
hurtful not only to the business, but to
the reputation ofthe city- These enquis.
ries were made for our own information,
and not from the sligi^st suspicion that a
deception was intended to be practiced
upon us. We looked 01/ Mr. Houghton
as the mere messenger from some influen
tial purchasers, as the bearer of a notice
for some public purpose, to the office.
We repeat that we are satisfied no in
dividual in this community in which
we have been so long well known, '•nter-
tains a belief tfiat we had any the slight
est intention of trifling with the public, on
whose favorable, not to say good, opinio**
we have long depended in our p/ofessionai
capacity. Accident has lendered th«
continuance of that good opinion more
extensively necessary to i*s by increasing
our relative duties; and to have yielded
our connivance to the practice of so pirtfu*
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