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FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
Dr. MclVhorter —The following lines wire
written by a worthy old soldier of .par Revolu
tion, residing in the upper end of Columbia
county, and who is now eighty years of age ;
will you give them a place in your patriotic pa.
per, the CouiieT?
" Uncle Sam's soar Jonathan, to the soils of South
Carolina. • ,f '
Ye sons of the South, now in dreadful confusion.
JHarrassM aod distracted by shameful delusion.
Attend tn my counsel, aod seem not to be
taught
3By one who (or your liberty often has fought.
The star spangled banner ye-intend to disgrace,.
And the old British lion set up in its plade:
Yes, this ‘st believ’d, is your steadfast intentions,
. Ab! this is the result of ailyoar conventions'
But y oar twelve thousend troops—so alarming
« host!
And all your volunteers, which so vainly ye
bpaSt,
With an arsenal all.fill’d with the greatest of
care,
All, all will be slaughter’d if ye fierce on a war.
The Union, ‘tis plain ye intend to dissolve,
And our Jackson renounce both now &. forever,
But well has besaid'in hisJnte Proclamation,
That he’d firmly enforce the lawrof the nation.*
Oh, then take my advice, set disunion at rest,
Xet Peace be the mottto that shall reign in your
breast.
But if ve succeed in wild schemes of secession,
Your downfall will add to your wretched trans
gression.
America’s millions would rush to the cause,
?u support pf old Jackson, our Union and laws.
Yes, the star- spangl’d banner o’er legions
would wave,
Their liberties, their laws and their uoiou to.
save.
From the Pt nsy It a min u
ApyEKTISEMENT EXTRAOR
DiNARY.
rent Bargains.— Henry Clay, of
Kentucky, being about to wind up his
J *Auiei icau System”busi»ess, which he has
pursued for the last ten years, begs leave
t<» give notice to all Northern deallers—*
to the manufacturers in New England, <s•
the tar iff people in Pennsylvania,— to all
candidate* for the Presidency, that from
this date op to the 4h of March next,
great bargains may be expected at his
rooms, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washing
ton city. He has op hand the following
articles; <
20 very elegant American system coat
patterns—-not much used.
15 onuff bc*xes, from Massachusetts
marked H. C. [We/a bent. Linguist*
differ about these initials. Some sav
it means Hartford Convention—others
ifeory CJay.] 100,000 votes in New Y.
*•— 1,01 much used. The sovereign State
of Rhode Island, with the cotton facto
ries, pretty girls, and the appurtenances
thereunto belonging.
The sovereign Staid of Delaware, with or
without the contingeut claim upon the
7 counties of Mary laud.
15 Northern newspaper editors will be
put very low for cash, us it is rather
a perishable article.
-Mr. Robert Walsh. Jr. of Philadelpia—
this article not warranted however.
A beautiful firo-shovel, made in Philadel
phia,
"30 Speeches on the American System.
A valuable claim upon the sovereign
State of Massachusetts— contested,
however,bv oue Daniel Webster,Coun
teller at Law.
11 oiokidh Niles, and.two thirds of Mary
land.
249 political, leaders in Pennsylvania—
but no votes, bor any party worth
speaking of*
Several elegant card tables, with ivery
counters, &c.—these will net be sold
till the 3lh of Marcb next, as they are
in considerable use at present.
A variety of other articles in the same
line, cheap for cash.
As the seller is desirous to wind up his
•business enttrely,Weeffers the above on the'
most moderate terms, with a credit for
good endorsers, approved by the United
States Bank. He will have no objection
to take in exchange, rice,cotton, or heal
thy negroes.
ALSO
J«rn C. Calhoun, of South Carolina,
bogs leave to advise the public that being
about to close his nullification business
for the present, having entered into a
copartnership with that excellent
broker of Kentucky (Henry Clay,) he
offers for sale the toilowiflg valuable stock
intrude, at low rates for cash or good
endorsed bills, approved by the United
State* Bank.
J3,0#0 stand of arms, well finished and
mounted—now in South Carolina.
1,000 rouuds of ball cartridges, excellent
“peaceable remedies.”
3,000 blue cockades, with the palmetto
button.
1,000 do without the button.
Spittte* of artillery, under the charge of
Gen. Hamilton.
20,000 VAliant volunteer, captains,majors
and colonels included. [This article
will be sold in regiments, companies,or
squads.]
400 letters on nullification— *a genuine
article*
A small consignment of rice to ihe Ha
vana. A return <>f sugar has been made
for this aiticle- I —now in bond in Charles
ton.
The sovereignty of South Carolina, now
held iu the pocket of Gen. Hamilton,
the leader in the Circus sports.
The sovereign State Convention of South
Qarolitta, also in Gen. Hamilton's
breeches pocket.
A batch of-Salamanders, such as General
Miller, Poindexter, Sfc.
These articles are all warianted genu
ine. The seller is about entering into a
negotiation for them with certain Massa
clruseits men, Geohge Blake, Alex. H.
Everett, &c.-&c., who ace expected to
set up business on their own account in
this line of business in a short time. Pur”
chasers fiom Pennsylvania,therefore,"had
belter apply eariy. Applicatiarw'by let
ter will bo received through the United
States Bank or any of its branches. God
save the sovereign -state of'Sooth Caroli
na.
From the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian.
A FANCY BALL.
‘•Trip it au the light fan tns tic to^,”
The prosent season has been'uncom
monly gay and brilliant. The Kembles
and the Italian Opera have thrown tile
and vivacity into every rank of society,
More wit has gashed and bon inois been
prepared, anno domino 1832, than ever
were known in tire memory of man—we
say nothing of woman, because site is all
j&ays so young as to temember nought.
Mutches and matt iages—flirtations and
flounces, have been as "plenty as black
birds."
it WBS but the other evening, ihat a
most splendid Fancy Ball was given in a
certain sireet, which fully equalled, if it
did nut surpass, the famous balls of N.
York and Baltimore. Preparations had
been making for a room wus
cleared out—beds and beddiug put up in
the garrets —the window* washed clean
and tidy—the floors chalked with serpents
and salamanders, the musicians engaged,
and elegant cards issued to several hun
dred fashionables of'both sexes. It was
a most agreeable affair, and w ill "be chron
icaled in the fashionable National'Gazette
with several columns of poetical prose, in
the course of the present week. Several
of the characters were well supported und
well hit off.
A young lady personated the chamctei of
a F ench peasant girl to admiration. Her
fiiin eyes—rosy checks—and rm-pttn
pomt figure made s rd havoc among a jiwic
ie of banditti who fell up
on the eatablesliko so many savages.
A Greek fl..wer girl was full of arch
ness and smiles.—Site captivated a Turk
and made him transgress the i oleos the
Koian, by drinking a glass of champaign?
with her. He seemd to sin with remark
able willing g' nee.
The irresistible Dandine also paraded
the rooms, and said some bright things in
a species of Fiench patois to a few beau
tiful Quaker girls. The grave fat bet
stepped up with his broad brim, and led
the exquisite te (be door. The Quaker
girls, sought consolation in (he blanc
mange and oysters.
Maty Queen of Scotts, and Joanna
Queen of Naples, made quite a jitjure—
the one sung a mountain ditty, and the o
therafine Italian cavatina. Their healths
were drank by a couple of Gorman Hus
sars in bumpers of Sherry.
A Swiss peasant girl attracted univer
sal attention.— Her beautiful figure and.
expressive countenance were much ad
mired. She was arch, witty, and severe
by turns. She sung a Tyrolese air, and
talked of native mountains admirably.
An English Admiia! was riddled by her
across one of the tabie ; s. The admiral
called for a glass of grog, and said he felt
better after it.
These are only a few of the many ex
quisitely imagined characters who figuted
through the rooms. Cotidinns and waltzes
were the order of the evening The sup*
per tables were rich and elegant—all
were delighted, and several matches are
expected to be the result of this night’s
champaign. Another Fancy Ball, on a
more enlarged plan, is talked of. Go on
and prosper.
From the Macon Telagraph, March 6.
TREMENDOUS GALE.
A storm or hurricane,mote violent than
has been known since the settlement of
the country, passed over this place en
Friday last. Altera good deal of rain,
accompanied by thunder and lightning,
the wind about S r. m. commenced rising
in the North west end soon increased to
a perfect hurricane. Trees, fences and
chimneys were blown down in all parts of
the town,and many buildings were injured
in the country the damage done by the
gale was if possible worse thau in town.
We have heaid of a great many gin
°* ,s * s B odout buildings being prostrated;
and the blowing down of trees and sweep
mg away of fices is beyond calculating
or belief. All the roads to the west -«f
this are blocked up by the fallen trees, A
nt mast be some time before thoe can be
cleared out to enable people to come to
market.
A number of lives have been lost, and
many persons seriously injured,the partic
ulars of which we have not been able to
obtain.
A young lad, son of John C. Johnson,
who was riding on the edge of the com
mon, waj everiaken by the storm and
both him and his horse killed by the fal
ling of a tree.
MELANCHOLY CASUALTY-
On the night afier the gale, owing, to
the jjreat fulness of the stream, the East
«rn stage in crossing Walnut creek, was
washed below the ford into swimming wa
ter and upset, when, shocking to relate,
one of the passengers (Mr. Charles Wil
liam Washington, merchunt of this place)
and three of the horses were drowned '.
The stage and mails were recovered the
next morning; and in the afternoon, a
short distance below the ford, the body
of Mr. Washington was found, bis remains
were brought to town, and were on Mon
day evening followed to the grave by his
aged parents and •« long train of weeping
relatives and friends.
Macon, March 6.
Cotton Market.— Since the gale of
Friday, but little Cotton has come iD, &
business is neailv at a stand. Wo quote
sales from wagons at 7 a 9j- Selections
from warehouses 9 a 10.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The following it Mr. Clay’s Bill as amended
and passed to a third reading.
A BILL to modify the act of the four
teenth of July, one thousand eight,
hundred and thirty-two, and all other
acts imposing duties on imports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That,
from and after the thirty-first day of
December one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three, in all cases where du
ties are tm nosed on foreign imports by
tl%e a«t of the fourteenth day of ‘July,
one thousand eight bundled and thitiy
two, entitled '* Ap act to alter and tittieod
the several acts imposing duties on im
ports,” or by any other act, shall exceed
20 per centum on the valuo thereof, one
tenth part of such excess shall be de
ducted ; from and after the thirty-first
day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty five, another tenth
part thereof shall'be deducted; from and
and after the thirty first day nf -Decem
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven, another tenth part thereof
shall be deducted ; from and after the
thirty-first day of December, one thou
sand eight hundred and ihirtV-nine, ano
ther tenth part thereof shall be deducted ;
and from and after the thirty-first day el
December, one thousand eight bundled
and forty-one, one- half of the residue of
such excess shall be deducted ; and from
and after the thirteenth day of June, one
t house nd eight hundred and forty two, j
the other half thereof shall be deducted.
Sec. 2, And be it lurihor enacted, that
So much of the second section of the act
•*f the fourteenth of duly aforesaid, as
fixes tint rate of duty on ail milled and
fulled cloth, known by the name of
plains, kerseys, ot Kendal cottons, of
which wool is the only tna'erial, the value
whereof does not exceed thirty live cents
a square yard, at five per centtfm ad
valorem, shall be, and the sumo is here
by, tepeuled. And the said articles shall
be subject to the same duty of-fifty per
centum, as is provided by the said se
cond section for other manufactures of
wool ; which duty shall he liable to the
same deductions as nre prescribed'by the
first section of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it fit ther enacted,
'bur, until -be thirteenth day of Juno, one
thousand eight hundred and totty-two,the
duties imposed by existing laws, ns modi
fied byshi act, shall remain and contin
ue to be collected. And from and after
the day last aforesaid, all dudes upon im
ports shall be collected in teadv money ;j
and all credits now allowed by law, in
the payment *»f duties, shall be, aud'heie
by ate, abolished ; mid such duties shall
be laid for the purpose of raising such
revemi* as may be necessary to an econo
mical administration of the Government ;
and from and after the day last aforesaid,
the duties required to be paid by law on
goods, wares, and merchandise, shall be
assessed upon the value thereof at the
port where the same shall be entered,
under such regulatiens as may he pro
scribed by laws.
Sec- 4. And be it further enacted,
that, in addition to the articles now ex
empted by the act of the fourteenth of
July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, and the existing laws from
the payment of duties, the following ar
tides imported from and after the thirty
first day of Decemhet, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three, and until
the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and foity-twn, shall also
be admitted to entry, free from duty;
to wit : bleached and unbleached linens,
table linen, linen napkins, and linen
cambrics, and worsted stuff goods, shawls,
and other manufactures of silk and worst
ed, manufactures of silk or of which silk
shall be the component material of chief
value, coming from this side of the Cape
of Good Hope, except sewing silk.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that,
from and after the said thirtieth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, the following articles shall be
admitted to entry, free from duty, to wit :
indigo, quicksilver, sulphur, crude, sal•
petre, grindstones,refined borax, enmry,
opium, tin in plates and sheets, gum Ara
bic, gum Senegal, Inc dye, madder, mad
der roofs, nuts and hcnies used in dy
ing, saffron, turnericwoad or pkslel, aloes,
ambergris, burgundy, pitch, cochineal
camomile flowers, coriander seed, cat
sup, chalk, coculus indices, horn plates,
for lanterns, ox horns and tips, India
rubber, manufactured ivory, juniper ber.
ries, musk, nuts of all kinds, oil of juni
per, manufacture j rattans and reed torr
toise shell, .tin foil, shellac, vegetables,
used principally in dying and composing
dyes, weld, and all articles employed
chiefly for dyeing, except.alum, copperas,
bichromate of potash, prussiate of potash,
chromate of potash, and nitrate of load,
«qua fortis Sc tartaric acids, Sc all imports
°* which the first »ectionvof this act may
operate, and all articles now admitted to
entry free of duty, or paying a less rate of
uty t tan twenty per centum ad valorem
before the said thirtieth day of June, ope
thousand, eight hundred and forty-iwa,
from and after that day atay be admitted
to entry subject to such duty not exceed
iug twenty per centum ad valtxem, as
Aba 11 be provided" for by law."
Sec. fi. And be it further enacted.
That so much of the act of the foot teem h
day of July, 1832, or of any other act,
as is inconsistent with this act, shall be,
and tlie .-ameed is hereby, repeal :Provi
ded, That nothing herein contained shall
be St) construed as to prevent the pas
sage, prior or subsequent to the said thir-.
tietb day of June, 1842, of any act or J
acts, From tiriie t« time, that may be tie
cessary to detect, pteveni or punish eva
lions of the duties on imports imposed by
law; n<>r to prevent the passage of any
act prior to the thirtienth day of June,
1842, in the contingency either of ex
cess or deficiency of revenue, altering
the rate of duties on articles which, by
the af’oiesaid act of fotnteenih day of Ju
ly, 1832, are subject to a less rate ofdtt
ty than twenty per centum ad valorem,
in such manner as not to exceed that
rate, and so as to adjust the revenue to
either of (he said contingencies.
Compliment to A etc England.
The following beautiful compliment to
New England was pronounced by the
Hon. William B. Sheppaid t(f Nonh
Carolina, in the course <fa speech de
livered io the U. Sfc. House of Repre
sentatives :
*• Did l believe it essential to the pros
perity or welfare of die Southern Slates,
that the matiufixctoi icsof the North should
be levelled with the dust, it would bean
unpleasant duty 'to vote a benefit to my
self, which would be the entire ruin of
another. A few summers ago, labile fly
ing from the demon of ill health, 1 visited
New England, I tound her towns and vil
lages ciuwded with an industrious and en
terprising population, her hills & valleys
redolent with Iteahli, prosperity and con
teiitment; every mind seemed to he in
tent, every hand was occupied; the world
does not contain a more flourishing com
munity. There the advantages of educa
tion are extended tn the poorest indivfdu
al in society, and that society receives.it*
remuneration in his sober, industrious and
economical habits. If the divine Plato
were alive, lie would no longer draw upon
his imagination lor a specimen of a per
fect republic; he wouhJ there-find a com
inonily, in which the humblest individual
had the same voice with hi* m»t« wealthy
neighbor, in laying the public bat dens fur
the public welfare. I asked myself if it
were possible that the prosperity of this
people could he the hot-bed production
of an artificial system, or rather if it were
not the result of a long continued toH, t .f
an industry that never tired, of an econo
my that never slept. I looked upon the
scene around me with no feelings of mur
muring disconte.it; l felt the mote ie
juiccrd that it Was a pSrt of my Country.
From the Richmond IV/ii g, Fib, Hi
THE TARIFF.
A sensible and well informed writer in
the Pennsylvania Inquirer, predicts that
at the cud of the nine and a half years
when accoiding to Mr. Clay’s bill, 20 per
cent will be levied indiscriminately upon
impm ts, rhe South will move for an in
creased the Tariff. The South in his
opinion, will not be a'ble to sustain herself
without protection, against the cotton com
petition of Brazil and Texas, but more
especially the deep interns' which all the
Southern States have in Louisiana’s rais
ing sugar and the insufficiency of 20 per
cent as protection lb that article,, will pm
duce a call for further protection. The
Southern States have a compound inter
est in Louisiana’s appropriating her soil
and capital tosugai; first in the market
thus cieated for smplus slaves, who with
out it, would with their rapid multiplica
tion, soon overstock the country and be
come a dreg and intolerable burthen; and
secondly, in being freed ftom her rivalry
in cotton and rice. He does not adduce
these views in opposition to a ptesem ad
justment of the Taiiff on principles satis
factory to the South, of which he is in ta
vor.
We have always believed that the South
labored under a profound delusion in re
• gard to the operation of the Tariff upon it.
I and have never doubled that the d<y
would come when that delusion would van
ish. Lot us however have the nearest
possible appioach to unrestricted trade,
without laying'manufactures in ruins, and
resorting todiiect taxation for the support
of Government. Let us try it, that if it fail
: in relealizsing the sanguine hopes of the
! South, all sections of the Union may then
j co'operate in a return to protection. Le:
us try all, and hold fast to (lie best.
Would it do! be a singular thing to see
in ten years from this time, Virginia and
South Carolina asking protection, and the'
North having by that time withdrawn
much of its capital from manufactures op.
posing it f One such revolution has al
ready been witnessed, and another seems
to us not without the bounds of probabili
ty. :
From the Albany Evening Journal.
It is remarkable, that df the persons
who crossed With Morgan into Canada,
only one (Edward Gidditis) survives. Mr.
Hague, who was in the boat holding a load
ed pistol at Morgan’s breast, died of a
cancer. Col. Kiog died suddenly apon
hearing that Ell Bruce had testi
mony is which he was implicated. Elisha
Adams died suddenly from an apoplectic
shuck.. Poor Bruce died of Cholera.-
And Garside is killed by a full from
a horse. Burage Smith, who went with
Morgan to the fort, but who did not cross
the river, died us yellow fever at New
Orleaus.
A Challcgr fur SIO,OOO. —The friends
of Julia by Bertrand, dam Transport, oy
Virginias, full brother |to Bertrand, jr.
now the .property of Col, JAtffß B.
HicHarpson, propose to run her against
any horse in the United States, four mile
heats, over the'Washington course, on
the Monday preceding the next regular
South-Carolina Jockey Club races, in
February neit.for thojabove sum of $lO,-
000. The rules of the said Club to gov
ern the race, and tbe Judges of the Club
to decide the same. Julia is now three,
and will run as a four year old. This
challenge to be accepted, and the horse
named by letter to John B. Irving. Esq.
it) Charleston, ors or before the first day
of June next, and the stakes to be depos
ited with the Tieasurer of the Club, on
Saturday preceding the race. Half for
feit.
We recommended the following extract
from the Richmond whig, to the especial
attention of the Nullified —‘HVhere ate
the slanderers of Henry Clay now? "Will
they at length confess the injury they
have done him, and tharhe has achieved
an action which deserves to be ranked
with the expulsion of the Gauls by Cam**
illus, from the streets of Rome! His
friends now ask of his enemies to give him
praise; they must be silent, lest' they be
suspected of demanding rewards for his
patriotism, instead of being animated by
gratitude for his services.”
AUGUSTA-
Fin DAY, MARCR 1832.
A passenger in the Stage IXst night states that
the Revenue. Collection Bill had passed the
Hons.'of R t resentatives by an overwhelming
majority. The vole stood, Ye«s 149—Nays 48.
The some Gentleman also stales, that Mr.'Clay's
B‘ll bad also passed in the Senate.
——. a- ■.
The old Trade again. We Jtrd two night’s
without a newsp ipsi mail on the northern line.
Oar threat to “ stand by our arms" in future,
bas made no alteration in the roads--they are as
bad as ever. At this moment, such coustant
failures are particularly vexatious. We cannot
give the important results, which all expect
with joyful anticipation.
Mr. John Randolph is in Washington City. He
has with him horses enough to start an Express
—a pack ot hounds, and dags of all sorts, and a
retinue of negroes, with Juha at their head.
Nullification whether or not I —The Nullifiers
of South Carolina siy. the-y wiil give up Nullifi
cation ns respects the Tariff, but that their Con
vention next week, u-itl nullify the Collection
liill, if it lias passed. We are disposed to wish
(hem many long and much merrier days than
they have enjoyed Their future career cannot
injure the country. They see too plainly what
kind of a spuit tales these United States.
'the distribution ot the
Representatives, on the final passage, of the Ta
riff Bti<, is as follows:
Tor the lit!l Maine, New Hampshire, Mary
land, Virginia, North Catolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana;—
16 States. Against the Bill—Vermont, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Mis
souri ; Stales. The vote of New Yot'k stood
il for the bill, and 21 against it; Pennsylvania,
4 Cor, and 21 against the b»H; Ohio, 7 for, and
5 against the bill
The votes on the passage of the bill of 1832, ,
stood as follows:
For the bill— M»inc, New Hampshire. New
Yoik, Pennsylvania, Maryland Virginia, Noith
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Kentuc
ky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri;
id Slates, unanimous, and a majority of the re
presentations. Against the bill—Massachusetts,
Vcrm.nrt, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana; 8
States, New Jersey divided.
In the Virginia House o( Delegates, 27th. till,
a bill parked allowing (jJISOGO « year for fire
years to the Colonization Society. A ryder was
add«'<t to the original bill bnphe motion of Mr.
Brown, of Petersburg, restricting the operation
to the removal of such free people of colour, at
are already eju tm ip ited. The annual appro
prialion is to be banded over to the Colonisation
Society, by » board constituted of the Governor,
the Lieut. Governor, and Auditors,,wilb such
precautions as may secure the faithful applica
tion of the fund to the purpose intended
Mission to France.—lt has been for some time
a s- ttled point ol putdic belief, (sny* the New
Votk American) that the Secretary ofbtnte, Mr
Livingston, was to be the successor ol Mr. Rives
at the Court ot France. It seenig, however, by
recent accounts front Washington, that no Min
ister is to he sent, and that Lea vitt Harris, long
Consul General at bt. Petersburg, Jias been nom
inated to the Senate as Charge d* Affaires to
France.
Our Washington letter (says the Char.
Courier) to-day contains the unpleasant
iiKelligunce that the new tariff bill has
been menaced by anew danger—the op
position in the House to the passage of
the new Revenue Collection Bill, being
iikely, if successful, to cause the rejection
of the Bill of Compromise .in the Senate.
It is reported that Mr. Ctay intends, at
the expiration of the present session, to
resign his seat in the Senate, and retire
to private life. This report is corrobo
rated by the concluding remarks of his
last speech, in which he says, that—“lf
Congress would pass this bill, he would
willingly retire to his home, to the groves
of Ashland, where he could find a fidelity \
and an affection which he had not always
found in public life*'
for tub GEORGIA COURIER.
INSCRIPTION
On Ike outside of the Bell of the Glasgow Cathe
dral.
“ In the year of Gr ice 15S>4, Marcus Knox, a
Merchant in Glasgow, zealous for the interest of
the reformed Religion, caused me to be fabrica
ted in Holtitml, for the use es bis fellow citi
zens in Glasgow, and placed me with solemnity
in the Tower of their Cathedral.—My function
wag announced by the impression on my bosom
-* * come ihit ye tpay learn Holy Doctrine,*-*
and I was taught to proclaim the hours of dh
heeded time.— One hundred and ninety-five
years had I proclaimed these awful warnings
when 1 was broken by the hands of unskilful and
inconsiderate men.— ln the year 1760, I was cast
into the Furnace, refunded at London, and was
again returned to my sacred vocation. ,
Reader: i hou atso shalt know, a resurrection:
may it he unto eternal life.
, Thomas Mxaen Spctif^JLondnn.
REPORT
Oftke Board of Managers of the Augusta Colo
‘aixation Society ; presented at the Society’s
first Anniversary, held on Tuesday Evening
thafith of March, 1833.
A review of the operations of the Au
gusta Colonization Society since its ori
gin, on the I lth of January, 1882, is cal
culated to excite in the bosom of its
frieods, the nJ'fSt sanguine expectations of
future usefulness. Its founders were ac
tuated by the desire of extending to the
State of Georgia, and more particularly
to that section, of it in which their lot has
been cast, the benefits of an enterprise
which, more than ten years of successful
experiment,‘has proved to be as practica
blc as it was beneficial to alt the parties,
whose interests were affected by its op-
free negro population
which, with their own consent, we pro
pose to colonize on the western coast of
Africa, labour, now under many legal dis
abilities ; tbe object of which evidently
is, to prevent an increase of their num
bers, and to cause as many of them as
possible, to depait beyond our borders.
Without calling in question the wisdom
of this policy, admitting for the argument
sake, rhai il is 'highly judicious; still, we
apprehend, its action would prove mo.e
acceptable to the just.and humaue, if in
connection with it some regard was eviu
ced for the future welfare of those whom
it is our desire, by this policy, to discatd.
We are anxious, it seems to deprive this
part of *onr population of their homes;
to induce them to seek else whet e, an as
ylum; though it does not appear that there
exists any ft here among civilized nations
a community who ate at all willing to re
ceive them: uoue who will extend to
them a hospitable greeting, or exchange
for our suspicious glances, a more ‘heart
soothing recognition. Let it not be said,
that, in the northeru and eastern States,
oua free negroes might find a home and
happiness. The severity of their climate,
the competition for employment among
their labouring classes, and the conse
quent superior sagacity of the northern
opeiative, ptecludea such an idea. But
were these impediments removed, islhero
ought in the social situation of the north
ern States to entice the southern ftee ne
groes within their borders 1 The law of
toleration may exist there, but the situa
tion of people of color in those Siatcs,
precludes them from mingling with the
white population upon a footing of any
other equality than that of mere law.—
There dues not exist a spot in all this
wide and expensive country, whete the
free negro can avoid feeling himself us
a being belonging, in the white man's
opinion, to a degraded caste.
The Augusta Colonization Society has
confined its operations, principally, to the
collection and dissemination of informs*
lion in regard, first,to the past operations
and present condition of the Parent So
ciety; and secondly, to ihe actual state
and future prospects of tho colony at Li
beria. Such information as we have al
ready obtained, embracing the first head
of our enquiry, has been cornmunicdted
to the public through the medium of a
pi ivate tract. This communication has
been well received, and has produced a
result decidedly favorable to our cause.
In regard to the secoud object of en
quiry, a providential opportunity was
presented, early in the past winter, for a
satisfactory solution of every difficulty re
lating to this part of our subject. Many
and authentic documents had been placed
in our possession by the kindness of (life
early and steadfast friends of colonizatinj),
and particularly by the corresponding Sc*
cretaiy of.tlio Parent Sociejy. But
although satisfactory Jo ourselves, and
containing evidence quite sufficient fur
the unprejudiced, were not entirely com
petent to meet and answer the various re
ports, which have been industriously cir*
culated by some of oar opponents. “These
fine site wings” it was said, “have been
manufactured for the occasion,” “The
good has been highly exaggerated, the
bad kept out tof view.” “There is no
candour to be looked for in the official
communications of enthusiasts.” Under
these ciicumsiauces, we deemed it highly
impoitant to give to our follow citizens a
report from an eye witness, sent ft out a
mnngst themselves; one, intelligent and
entirely unprejudiced. It pleased the
great Superintendent of all good ahterpri
j.ses, to raise op such an individual at the
1 Very moment we began to feel the impor
tance of the missiott; and likewise, to pre*
pare a way for his visit to the Colony.-
Mr. Thomas Hobby, a young gentle
man advantageously known to this com
munity, volunteered his services; and hav
ing been duly commissioned as our special
agent, sailed in tire Barque Hercules from
i Savannah, for Liberia, on the 9>h day of
! last December. In a few weeks, we an
ticipate the pledtfure of hearing of the safe
arrival of this vessel at Liberia, and of
receiving such information as our agent
may have collected. These are now «ur
anticipations, but it should not be forgot
ten, that between our shores and those of
Africa, are to be found many perils; and
that along the latter, there hovers a dan
gerous enemy to the constitution of the
white stranger. But our young friend is
in the hands of the Almighty Ruler of
land and ocean, who will not watch over
him less faithfully, because of the reli
ance thus manifested in Divine power
and goodness.
Early in the month of November in
formation was received from the Parent
Society, of an intended expedition to Li
beria, to sail from the port of Savannah ;
and we were requested to offer, to all
proper applicants, a passage to Africa ;
free, to such as wore unable to defray
their expenses. On the S'b of Decease -
ber, 1832, the Barque Hercules, Captain
Longcope, sailed from Savannah for Li
beria, with 180 Colonists ; that is to say,
145 from Charleston, ll from other parts
of South-Carolina, 9 ftoro Savannah, and
neighborhood, 4 from St. Aogustine, and
11 from Augusta. We found with re
gret, but few of our free coloured pebplt