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E AFITTE,
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A SAW.
(Continuedfrom our last )
I /eturned home. But rny perturbed
imagination forbad iny res'; and when at
Jast feverish anxiety overcame my senses
and I slumbered for a few momouls, my.
terrific visions were far more intolerable
than the walking reality. The image of
the lovely Mary flitted before me; but
impassable gulfs seporated me fox ever
from her; while the beautiful and weep
ing Annette, with dishevelled hair and
disordered dress, seemed to reproach me
with something of which I was umble
to form the most distant idea.
Morning at last arrived, and the break,
fast table with the cheering influence and
delightful company of Alary, soon dis
pelled these unpleasant impressions and
restored the usual elacticity of my spit its.
‘Well, Muntimer, you had a pleasant
Visit yesterday,’ said Mary, as, at*er
breakfast, we took our customary walk in
the garden and seated ourselves beneath
a cluster of orange trees, ‘your counten.
once showed the impressions made on
jour heart.*
‘lf my countenance was a true index
to my feelings? I answered,‘l must havo
looked frightfully, for my impressions
since yesterday have been none of the
most delightful kind.’
‘I cannot say the same,’ replied Mary,
laughing, ‘for I have fairly obtained a
new lover; one too who thinks he com
bines in his own person all the excellen
ce. ol h'u sex, and who would not hesi
tate to blow out the brains of any one
who should dare to hint that he was mis
taken in his estimate of himsell: —Yes
George has at length stooped so low as
to tell Mary Morntoo he loves her!‘
‘lf that is the case,’ I answered, in the
Same careless manner, 'I may as well
give up my pretentions at once, and the
sooner I leave Charleston for the north
the better?
‘You have spoken the truth? said Ma
ry—her countenance at once assuming
the utmost seriousness; She sooner you
leave Chatleston the better—danger tnay
attend you here—perhaps misery to us
both?
‘Mary,’ said I, seizing her hand, ‘for
heaven’s sake explain yourself; suspense
is worse than certainty?
‘I have for some time? continued she
•seen to what point his attentions weie
directed, and my object in leaving you
with Miss Hanson when I was sent for
yesterday, was to give him an opportuni
ty to throw in his declaration, as the law
yers call it, if he chose, and, by at once
letting him know his case was hopeless,
put an end to ihe foimalities of such a
euttor?
•I know?said he, that you can have no
po.s'Ole objection to me, but perhaps you
ere already piepossessed in favour of
aomo other person; perhaps that .beggai !y
Spec ilator from the north has been tam
pering with your heart, and insinuating
himself into your good graces, but who
ever he may be, he w.ll eie long repeat
his interference?
‘Mr. H ansoo,’ 1 answered, ‘you are
ferv much mistaken if you suppose that
ihrea’s or dictation can produce any effect
on ihe mind of M oy Mormon except it
be contemm for their author: —-My heart
is as yet my own, but when I see fit to
best; W that with my affection on any in
dividual, I shall do so without consider
ing myself accoumablo to you or any oth
er person, my dear parents excepted?
‘Y rn appear so well when angry,’ an
swered George, ‘that I am sorry to leavo
yotq vet before I go I must assure you
that I shall bear no rival in my luvj to
you?
‘So saying, he left the room, and I feel
Confident,’ continued Mary,‘that evil a
tvaits v< u if you remain in this place:
Remember you are under my directions,
and I command you to depait for the
north immediately—yes, to-d ty, if possi
ble; —that fellow would not hesitate to
Sacrifice y<«u to his passions?
‘And is it you, Mary, that Commands
me to leave you? Is it you that would
bid me forsake the society of the only
person that can mak“ life tolerable? Is
it you that would interpose a distance be
tween us th t’ might forever prevent our
union? and all because a blustering braga
docio threatens. No, let me perish first,
I fear him not!’
‘You talk like a boy? said Mary, smil
ing, ‘I am no; so willing to part with y .u
a® you seem t ; suppose,& it is to prevent
aseperation, which I,of all others, should
most dread, that I have laid my com
ttands upon you; and you will obey—l
bnow voo will —and live tor happiness tfc
, MwAMiuy!*
‘Bewitching gii I,’ I replied, ‘you shall
be obeyed, ho wever painful your requests
—bn hmk not >hat I cau absent myself
Jong from you; I shall soon return, be the
aonsequences what they mav?
’’Vhen yon recetvo <ny (nave/ said the
the lovely creature, ‘when I have fairly
disposed of George—not before; —reuiein
ber, not till you have my leave; if you do,
it is at your peril.’
‘At that moment a servant arrived with
a request for me to return to tho house,
as a gentleman wished to speak with me,
I accompanied him, and at the door was
met bv Mr. Mornton, who informed me
that Mr. Hanson had called to see me,
and was 'hen in my room, whi her 1 re
paired and found George in waiting. Ihe
cold and insolent manner with which he
received, my salutation; the changeable
ness of Ins countenance, and the snake
like glance of his eyes, intimated plainly
the tempest of the passion w ithin.
‘I concluded after you left us last eve
ning,’ said he, to pay my compliments to
you in person, this morning. I presume
we shall remain uninterrupted.’
‘Certainly, sir, if you wish.’
‘I do,’ lie replied, and I stepped to the
door and turned thekey.
‘Now,’ said he, ‘I demand without cir
cumlocution or periphrasis, the reason of
your attempting to ingratiate yourself in
to the afTec ions of Miss Morntoti, when
you must have known her engagements to
me, and especially after you had pledged
yourself to my sistor.
‘Your language,’ i replied, ‘is extraor
dinary and so .unbecoming a gentleman,
that unless you state on what authority
you Drake the demand,you will excuse me
if I take no further notice edit or you,
except to show you the door where the
cool air might benefit you by producing
a return of your reason ’
‘I will lei you know,’ said he,his co in
tcnance pale with rage, ‘before I leave
you that lam not to bo uifl'd with. I
demand the satisfaction of a gentleman
for the imposition you have practised on
my sister, and are now afempting to re
act on Miss Mornion.’
‘if your sister has given you informa
tion that has led you to ibis conduct she
has grossly belied both mo and herself.
1, however, do not believe a syllable of
it respecting hei; and so far as Miss
Moi num is concorned, she is at baud and
can speak for herseif?
1 moved towards the dour, when he
sprung from his seat; placed his back to
the dooi; drew a pistol from Ins pocket,
and swore tremendously th it but ono of
us should leave the room aiivo.
*Z dispise you and your threat?,’ said
Z, ‘and would leavo the room this mo
meot in spite of you, were it not that I
have no wish to injure you, and Ido not
intend to give you the cnanco of murder
ing me?
‘/need no',’ said he, 'tho information
of any one to assist me in detecting yom
villainy; and no one knows my inten
tion of giving it the chastisement it de
serves. Your impudent coolness shall a.,
vail you nothing; you havo affronted me
in such a manner that nothing but blood
can efface iho stain; you have stepped be
tween me and happiness, and when /
thought that I had secured Miss Mormon,
instead of meeting a roiuru of my love,
/found you,misctoanl as you are, had in
terfered, and Z received nothing but cold
incivility and reproach!’
‘Your epithets, of which you ara so
liberal? Z replied, ‘you had better reserve
in order to apply where they are more
needed; and as to tho satisfaction you re
quire, you can havo all that tho law will
give, and that is ail that you will get from
me; Z have no intention of setting ntysoii
up as a mark for oveiy co ward to shoot
‘Hell and furies!’ exclaimed he, gnash
ing his teeth with rage; ‘do you think to
escape me in ibis tuannei? No, Miss Morn
ton is too high a prize for me jo art with
thus easily. I again repeat '.hat both of
us leave not this room alive; here is a pair
of pistols—take your choice, and defend
yourself, or, by the powers above! you
shall feel the contents of the o'her?
I was unarmed—my ptsto.s which lay !
in the drawer were unloaded, and ho had i
so much the maniac in his actions, that I I
thought it prudent to accept the weapon ;
offered, but with a determination to use it ;
only in se : f defence. He cocked the pis- ?
tol himself, as no handed it to me, and I
had walked part of the distance across
the room, to assume my sear, when hap
peitiog tnca't my eye towards him, I per
ceived him to be in the act of ft ing.
‘Stop!’ said I, as I faced him, and al- i
most, involuntarily ptesented my pistol. ■
H” fired; the ball slightly giazed the :
side of my head, and lodged in llio wall
of 'he chamber. Perceiving that he had I
not accompl sited bis purpose, and mad i
with desperation, he threw his pistol with '
all his might i. my head. It struck my l
right arm near my shoulder, and gave it ;
so violent a blow that the pistol which I
still heM in my hand, was discharged; the
ball passed tht ' ugh his heart! and he drop
ped dead upon the fluor. I flew to him;
raised him tip: placed him on the sofa,
and unlocking the door called for help.—
The report ofthe pistols had alarmed the i
family, and I was met at the stair-case by :
Mr. Mornton, Mary and several ser- '
vants.
‘For God’s sake, Mortimer,’ said Mr. i
Mornton, ‘what is the matter?—You are i
as pale as death!’
‘Follow me? was tny answer, pointing
to the open door, ‘and you will see tor ’
i yourselves?
“The struggles of death had ceasod
' .then we on ered the chamber; but the
fl >or was swimmingwith blood, in (he
midst of which lay the pistols he had in
tended should accomplish his murderous
purp tie, while his right hand still grasp
ed thn dagger he had convulsively seizod
a the moment of falling. I briefly recount,
j ed the circumstances that led to the ren
counter and its fatal termination, and re
quested M r . Mornton to givo me his ad
vice respecting the line of decision, let it
he what it might.
‘Mortimer? answered Mr. Mornton, ‘Z
believe you to be, innocent, and that this
mao has met the fate ho intended for
yourself; but can you establish your inno
cence? Your daclaratioa will avail noth-
ing; his friends aro powerful, you are |
comparatively a stranger; the penalty of I
the law will overtake you unless you pre- I
vent it by an instantaneous flight. Most
sincerely do I regret this unhappy occur
rence, since it leaves but the alternative
of flight, or disgraceful death! A vessel
of mine has left the wharf this morning
but will not pass the bar till you can reach
if; —it is bound to Havanna— from that
place you can reach New York without
difficulty,—-or should circumstances ren
der it possible for you to appear in this ,
place in safety, most gladly would we wel ,
come voo to our mansion You will de
cide immediately; I wid myself make the
necessary arrangements for seeing you on
board ihe vessel if yon choose —there you
will be in safety; if otherwise*
I looked at M iry—she understood my
meaning.
‘FI v, Moi timer,* said the lovely gi?,
'fly, fly!—would to heaven I could fly
with you! preserve a life dear io others as
yourself; this storm will blow over and
we will vet be happy! Znnoceuce in this
case will avail you nothing—you will find
your enemies powerful ail’d imolacab.e!
‘Mary,’ said I, as I clasped her con
vulsively in my arms, ‘I go because you
command, because you desire it; but i
feel as though I should subject myself to
a living death by a separation from you:
Farewell 1 and whatever may happen,
remember that Moi timer is yours and
yours alone ■’
I carried he fain ing girl in my arms
i ■ tier chamber, again pressed her to my
bo- >tn, again kissed her snowy forehead,
tor • mvsr-lf from her, and in company
with Mr. Mornton hastened to tho wharf.
‘This gentleman,’ said Mr. Mornton to
a number of boatmen who were standing
at tho wharf, ‘wishes to get on board the
Speedwell before she passes the bar;
name your price, and htizz.a for the oars.’
‘We would willingly obliige you, sir,’
answered one of them but it is plainly
impossible. Father Neptune bimsr It,
could riot work a boat against this swell!’
‘Zt must be done,’ said Mr. Mormon*
‘Zt cannot bo done,’ answered the o
ther.
‘Zt will bo done,’ replied Mr. Mornton,
‘remember you make your own terms,’
taking as he spoke, a handful of silver dol
lars from his pocket.
‘Those fellows look tempting to your
oais, lads? but if we take three times the
usual fees you will not think it unreason
able; we cannot afford to run the risque
of becoming food for sharks in such a sea
as 'his for nothing.’
‘Here is four times the usual amount,;
Away as if for life or death,’ said Mi:
Mornton.
J pressed Mr. M irnton’s hand; entreat
ed him io neglect no exertion in myfavour,
and sprung into the boat which immediate
ly poshed off.
‘Mr. Morntoo is quite flush with his
cash this morning,’ said the m ister of the
boat, ‘but be knows his object; some spec
ula ions to add to his already overgrown
fortune.’
‘When George gets Mary it will go as
fast as it comes,’ answered his compan
ion.
‘George dosen’t catch the finest girl in
Charleston so easy, 4 replied theothei; ‘J
heard >no of the clerks at the warehouse
say this morning that a young mer
chant from the north was all tlto toast
now, and if that is tho case you may de
pend George’s hopes are all aback?
‘Head to the starboard!’ exclaimed the
mister, at that moment a wave struck us
and halffilled tho boat with water; bale
away lads! one m >re such a wave as that
and we shall bo drinking grog in Charon’s
ferrv boat!’
We, however, reached the Speedwell
in safety at tho instant they wero getting
under way, and Z bid sad adieu to the
place where was concentrated all my
hopes and all my fears, and Z retired to
tlie cabin reflecting that I was separated
from Mary, perhaps forever ! !
Our voyage was*prosperous until we
arrived at Key West,when we were hail
ed bv a small black looking schooner,
bearing the Spanish colours, and ordered
to send our papers on board. Some little
delay occurred, and a shot was fired at us
which passep between our masts, without,
however, doing any injury. Tho mate
went on board with the papers, but was
instantly seized and stabbed to the heart,
while the rest of the boat’s crew attemp
ted to save themselves by jumping over
board, with ilia hope of reaching the
Speedwell by swimming. But one reach
ed us as repeated volleys of musketry
were fired at them from the pirate, and
they sank forever; while the waves weie
crimsoned with their blood. It was a
dead calm at the time, and two boats fill
ed with ferocious looking wretches, had
left tho vessel evidently with the intention
of boarding us; and they suuceeded after
a desperate conflict, in which they lost
nearly uno half their crew. When they
it last reached the deck, we Were instant
ly • verpowered; but what was the fate of
the vessel 1 knew not, as I was knocked
down at the termination of the conflict,
and remained senseless for several horns.
When f recovered I found myself on
board the pirate, with several of the gang
standing around ine, and to my inquiries
what had become es (he Speedwell and
crew, only one answer was given.; ‘We
sent them to h-!l together,for their obstin
ate resistance, and you would have been
there too, had we not owing to the confu
sin of the moment and your being cover
ed with blood, mistaken you for our lieu
tenant, and brought you on board before
we discovered our error; but cheer up,
you are now safe—for d-n it, if, bad as
we are, we would murder any body in cold
blood, but when our blood is up look to
the consequences?
The vessel, with tho plunder, was tak
en in among the Keys which line the
coast of Cub i, on one of which these vil
lians had an establishment; where myself,
a tew of the crew, and a part of thearma
. meet ot the vessel were landed, while she
1 proceeded to Havanna to dispose the
plunder of the Speedwell. Day after day,
and month after month passed away, and
no information whatever was received of
the vessel which had left us in that deso
late and hopeless condition. My com
panions became raving, and it required
the exertion of all the influence I possessd
h> keep (hem from murdering each other.
Nor were my sensations much more a
greeable than those of my companions.—
I reflected almost to madness on the opin
ion that must be formed of me by my in
dulgem uncle in New-York, and my a
dored Mary and her benevolent father
in Charleston. There was no possibility
of escaping from this place, as there was
not wood enough on the island to con
struct a raft which would float a man ac
cross the waters which separated us from
the main land.
After «e had remained nearly half a
year, and after every project of escapo
had failed, a boat which had drifted Irmn
some wreck during a storm had struck
up''ii the island, and its appearance was
h-iiled with rapture by myself and my
companions. In this we coasted Cuba
and arrived io safety at Havanna. Here
Z found tl’.e seaman who had taken caro
of me when on board the piratical vessel
suffering under the effects of the wound Z
received in defending the Speed well.---
From him I learned that the piratical ves
sel, immediately on her arrival at Havan
na, was seized, on the complaint of a
British agent, for an attack upon one of
his majesty’s vessels, and in consequence
had with her crew been sent to Jamaica
for tri.il. Thev were found guilt v of the
most barbarous crimes, and every man of
them executed. He was himself fortu
nately on shore at the time of the seizure,
and by that means escaped. 1 had learn
ed from my companions that the crew of
the Speedwell were every one destroyed,
and after taking out such articles as were
deemed most valuable, she was scuttled &.
sunk. O nee at Havana, my resolutions were
soon formed and a favourable opportuni
ty occuriing, 1 detet mined to repair im
mediately to Charleston, in defiance of
i every danger. The image of the lovely
Mary, pale and weeping as when she bid
ime faicwell, haunted my imagination
' whet Iter sleeping or waking. I had suf
fered so much during my residence a
! mongst tho mm asses of Cuba, and my
comp ! exion had by constant exposme be
! come so sunburnt that I was confident,
i should secrecy be- necessary ou my arri-
• val, I stood in little danger of detection.
; But be th it as it would, there was no dan
'ger I would not have cheerfully encoun
j tercd to have listened to the sweet accents
■ and enjoyed the deligliful company of
I Mary, I left Havanna and reached
' Chaileston in safety;—'he vessel anchor
ied in the Bav, and with a palpitating heart
• I proceeded in the boat for the city.—Zt
I was dusk when /presented myself at the
j door of Mr. Mornion’s residence, and
with a faltering hand knocked f<> admit
tance.
Tho door was opened bv the same set
vant who attended when I had before re
sided with Mr. Mornton. I was shown
j into the sam room where I had often sat,
but on inquiry for Mr. Murton, I was in
formed that he was out on business, but
would return in an hour. I (old the ser
' vant I would wait his arrival; took a vol
ume which was lying there, and seated
myself with apparent composure. Eve
ry thing in the room reminded me of her
t I wished to see; a beautiful full length
I portrait of her was suspended over the
man de piece, and on opening the book
the first thing that met my eyes were the
following lines in the well known hand
writing of Mary:
“Ah why delays the wish'd return?—Forgive
me,
O, forgive me, Montimer! but joys i+eferr’il
Makes my heart sick, and hope with all its pow
ers,
! Can scarce suppress the anguish of my bosom!—
But peace each murmur, fate itself may strive.
But cannot sever, thy faithful heart from mine?'
The agoney of suspense was intolera
ble; Z lunged to inquire fir Mary, but
prudence forbid. I perceived that the
servant had entirely forgotten me, and I
waited with impatience the arrival of Mr.
• Motnton. I walked tin? room; I listen
ed to every step with the hope of catcli-
' ing the sound of the light and fairy foot-
■ fall of the lovely Mary. The hour passed
■ away and Mr. Mornton arrived. I spoke;
he knew my voice instantly, and seized
, me by the hand.
i ‘Good heavens ! Mortimer, can it be
' you/’exclaimed Mr. Mornton, ‘or is it
i only an illusion to mock my senses and
' aggravate my misfortune?’
‘Z is no illusion-—Z am your own Mor
timer? Z replied; ---‘Ol where is Mary?
for heaven’s sake let mo see hei; let me
fly to her?
( To be continued.)
—-•Q»
"I he following sentiments, not less elevated
than just, we copy
From the Pennsylvania Intelligencer.
“MY NATIVE Li AND.”
“Lives there a man with soul so dead
As never to himsef has said,
This is my own, my native land.”
The Chronicle quotes the above beau
tiful lines containing the most elevated
sentiment of patriotism, and applies it to
justify that sectional principle which treats
as foreigners the citizens of our sister
States. Such .an application is the par
ent of disunion. What is our
Land f" Is it the domicil of our fathers,
the Town, tho Village, or City, the pla
ces in which we were born? Shall the
citizens of Delaware only be allowed to
I call Delaware their “ native land ?” Is
I the native land of Pensylvianians boun
ded by the limits of tho State ? No “
native land" is “our country, our whole
country.” It is the land consecrated by
the blood of patriots, poured out upon the
battle fields of the Revolution, from Mas
sachusetts to Georgia. It is the land
for which Warren, Montgomery and
Mercer died, and Washington, Greene,
and Lincoln fought. It ts the land of
free institutions and union, extending as (
far as the bafinor of stars and stripes '
waves upon the land. Hallowed indeed
are the places of our birth—they a
waken the pleasing recollections of
childhood, but they should never degene
rate into a clannish illiberality, which nar- I
rows the love ot coun'ry to a single spot. ■
Our “native land" is the Union—with
out the Union we should blush for our own :
“native laud" Let it never be said, that
within the bounthidies of this Republic j
“Lands intersected by a
Narrow Frith, abhor each other—Moo-ntains
Interposed make enemies of nations,
Which had else like kindred drops been mingled 1
Into one.”
Cunning of a Cobbler. — The husband
of an old I. dy in Buckingbumshiro died
without making his will, for the want of
which verv necessary precaution, his es
tate would have passed a#ay from his wid
ow, had she not resorted to the following
expedient toavert the loss ofthe property.
She concealed the death of her husband
and prevailed upon an old cobbler, her
neighbor, who was in person some what like
the deceased, to go to bed at her house
and personate him, in width character,
it was agreed he should dictate* An at
torney was sent to draw up the writings ;
andthe widow,who began to ask questions
t>f her pretended husband, calculated to
elicit the answers she desired. The cob
bler, groaning aloud, feebly answered, ‘I
intend to leave you half of my estate, and
1 think the poor old shoemaker who lives
opp isi e, is deserving the odier half, for
he has always been a good neighbour?—
The widow was thunder struck at re
ceiving a reply so different from that she
expected, but date not negative the cob
bler’s will, for fear of losing 'ho whole
ofthe properly, whilst he laughed in his
sleeve, and divided the ft uits of the pro
ject intended f>r her sole benefit.
AUGUSTA. ~
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4.
AND
Zt
A severe shock of an Earthquake was
felt in Richmond, Vir. on the 27th tilt.
The London papers of the 291 h July
announce the death of Mr. WilberFurce.
Mr. Hackett, the Comedian, has re
turned from Europe. We should like to
see him play Maj. Jack Downing. Can
none of our play-w riters get up apiece,
with the Maj. for the hero ? It would be
as easy as the effort, which gave us Col.
Nimrod Wildfire.
New Colton. — A bale of piitne new Cotton
(says the Columbus Democrat of the 31st n't.)
was brought to this maket on Thursday morn
ing last and purchased by Mr Geo. W. Dilling
ham at twenty five cents, and another in the
evening was puchased by Messrs. Harper
Lewis at twenty five and a quarter cents. “These
are the highest prices given anywheie, that we
have heard from, this season.
During the last ten days or two wet ks (says
the Greenville S. C. Mountaineer of the 31st.)
the weather has been remarkably cool for the
time of year. The mornings and evenings have
been so cold that winter clothing and fttes were
comfortable. We understand that the Cotton
crop in the upper and middle Districts never
looked more promising. The crop of corn on
upland is commonly fine: on the bottoms it has
been greatly injured by freshets-
The cotton crops in this part of our State
(says Che Montgomery Ala. Journal of the 31st)
are suffering excessively for the want of rain.—
We have heard of the planters, that
their crops have in no instance during the pres
ent year, needed rain so much as at this time.
Mr Jefferson in 1833, it* a letter to Judge
Johnson, thus wrote*.
“Bit the Chief Justice says ‘there
must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere?
True, there must ; but does that prove it
iis either parly? The ultimate at biter is
‘ the people of the Un ion assembled by their
■ deputies in Convention, at tho call of
Congress, or of two thirds of the States.
Let them decide,” &c.
Antoine Le Blanc, whose trial has re
cently taken place in Morristown, N. J.
for the murder of Samuel Sayre, wife and
servant, was found guilty on tho 21st ult.
1 and sentenced to be hung on the 6th inst.
Immediately after sentence was pro
nounced, Le Blanc confessed his guilt.
Tho brig Belvidera, arrived at the port
of Alexandria from Liverpool, brought o.
ver from Holland four grey hounds, with
■ a litter of whelps—the hounds being a
' present for tho Piesident of the United
I States, from Mr. Davezac. They are
beautiiul animals.
A Cheshire farmer was lately asked by
the minister, how it was, that when he
preached, the farmer always fell asleep,
but when a sttangor preached, he was all
attention. The farmer replied—” Why,
sir, when ye preaches, I know aw’s right;
but when a stranger comes, I canna trust
him, and so I keeps a good look out.”
JAWBREAKERS.You must be phlebotomised,'
said a pompous physician to a poor invalid.“ I
can’t. I can’t, indeed replied the sick man.“ I
tell you, von must be bled!” cried sir Pompous,
to which the other rejoined—“ Well you may, do
that; but as for the other thing, I’m sure I could
■ not bear it.”
We can toll as good a story as that—
and of (lie same description. t \ Doctor
E. now or late of the county of Herkimer
excelled all the quacks we ever heard of,
in applyi-ng technical bard words to the
most simple cases that occured in the walks
of his profession. The good quiet peo
ple of German Flats were ut'erly astoun
ded with his volubility, and the rivers of
(earing that where ever flowing spontane
ously from his lips. On one occasion
Dr. VV ■ ..,30 eminent physician from a
neighbortug (owe vris called upon to sit
with him in consultation upon thecas© ofe
patient. After the examination w as fin
ished, Dr. E. inquired —‘Prav Sir, what
do you think of wur patient ? What course
would you pursue?—“Why,” replied Dr.
\V -,“lhe case is a very plain one. 1
should, rcsoi tio phlebotomy at once. -
“Well,so I was thinking,” says Dr E—;
“but really, Doctor, I l—l hav nt got
anv in my saddle'bags. If you have
brought any along, won’t you lend me a
little?”
Choking the Nullijiei s. A gentleman
called ata huxter woman’s stand in Broad
Street, the other day to buy a measme ot
first roe peaches, to treat a com; any ot
milltfieis, whom he expected to dine with
him. The woman enquired whether they
were real nullificrs, and on being answered
that they weie, she begged permission to
recommend to him in lieu of the peacho?.-
some first rate choak pea's.
FoR THE GEORGIA CODRIER.
RATIFICATION.
sro. i.
Doctor Georgia Cox.-iertiße
been the channel through which much of ’ tite
argument and reasoning for .and against the
’ proceedings and recommendations ot be Con
vention which assembled at JVlilledgeVi . • .u the
month of May last, has p issed, ami I th<-efo e
; the more willingly seek a publication of f f v
i numbers, on the sut ject of what is fair. 1 • y
I termed “ Ratification,” in its columns I’eg ri
j by premising, that, 1 have litt'e hope of »r.tic •
cing by my remarks ihe Vote to be made on < s
question, but I llatter myself iuat I can at <“ st
j show the subject up in such’a lieht, that these i.t'
j its f riends who have not reflected deeply <:n ti e
! matter and who ma • chance to read these pages,
i shall feel the more confident in the strengt i of
j their views and in the uprightness of their cause.
' Another thing there is, which influences my
communication : It is confidently asserted by
i most ofthose who oppose the measures lerom-
I mended by the lute Convention, that party spirit
! alone dictated them that patty aggrandiU’incnt
! was the prime consideration which operated their
I passage iu the Convention, and that p. ty action
■ alone will sustain them. With the causes which
influenced a majority of the Convei'tior.. I have
j nothing to do ; but lam ambitious of shewing t<»
I the world, that there can be voters in the 'U te
; who stippott the measures upon pri ip i a’.o- c.
and that these nieasmes hare sufficient ’ntrin'io
I merit in themselves to xvarrant support, indeptn
i dent of all party considerations. 1 belong to
! neither of the political patties of the State* so
| far at least, as the wearing oflirtry is concerned.
With the hackneyed party distinctions 'I
: “ Clatk” and “ Troup,” I have neith-.r lot n r
parcel in poim of political interest, and therefor e
share more of their party rancor anti prep; .
I am aware that this declaration may do m no
credit with the mass of iny readers ara i* tb- 1
good people of Georgia, who have been s •*
wont to array themselves in the babiliin*i
pai ty opposition, and with whom the ‘zl.it t :>lst
ofcreed basin substance almost evert.ven
“Under which Ku g, BiZinian? Spimk or
die.” Perhaps such credit is not due me and
the people are right. However this may be, the
declaration at least, in the absence of proof to
the contrary, will go to shew, that my so t.mi tils
: as expressed ir. these numbers are <t:>infl nmCed
by the motives, which are said by some, to have
I governed th so who voted for toe rm asurr s of
the Convention, and those who have since by ar
gument advocated and supported them ; a >d al
so if truth should any where attach to ray cc
: maiks. to free that truth from all such suspicion
| as persons are prone to feel ia regarding tha
I sentiments of a partisan.
| Without fat ther prefatory r atter, then, ( will
; proceed to arrange w< at I have to say in favof
of Ratification, into two general divisions. X
j propose to discuss—
j Ist. The propriety and benefit of reduction in
the number of Representatives in our State Le
gislature and the character of tbue reduction
measures recommended by the Cut. Veiitlon.
2d. The propriety of abolishing the plan by
wliicli three-filths ot the black population togeth
er with 'he whole whitopopiilation are reckoned
as the basis of representation ; in other words,
of abolishing wbat is called the " fed Ta! basis”
ami of establishing in its stead the “white basis.”
First— Of the propriety and tit nr fit of redttc
ing the nutnliei of our State Legislators and ot
the character of that i eauction, which the Con
veution proposes. It is unnecessary for me .' e>e
to go into proofs of the propriety and benefit
of reduction* as these are admitted by alt
parties, and were declared in the call which
i gave bit th *o the Convention. It i’s; f-
I ficient for me tinder this head to shew, tlrnt the
I plan of reduction recomtnended by t >e cor.ven
| lion be incoi porated into the Constitution it will
I remedy certain grievances nod ills in the poli
j tical compact of cur state, of which we have been
: long complaining—and for the redress < f which
the convention was called—Rem .vea certain
* porti ,n or the whole of them; thereby ’oafying
I out to n proper and perhaps practicable extent
those principles of political economy, on which
every people should operate and proceed in the
formation or regulation of their social compact.
The evils of which own have complained and
which the late convention was called to redress,
in whole or in part, were first: Ti e too gr- at eX-
I pense incurred by the s>t“tein the payments an«
I uually made to the tnembi rs of the Senate and
l House of Representatives; Secondly, the too
! grea t number of these legislator; and thirdly;
j the inequality of representation. The people
■ know by facts, observation and universal con
j sent, that, there is in our state ns in the
j world more ignorance than knowledge,
? that there are more persons unversed it j
the science of legislation and of governinen
i than acquainted with it, and consequently tbc
I greater the number of persons associated here
i or elsewhere for the purpose of Legislation, the
I greater the quantum of ignorance found amongst
i them and the less that of knowledge, and c con
i rerso, the smaller the number of Legislators, the.
I greater the sum of intelligence, ard the less that
iof ignorance. To this is added the reflection,
: that the larger a body is, the mere unwieldly is
; it, and the more incapable of energy and action;
I and the reverse. Now to these iloctrines there
' are extremes as to till others, and in carrying
; them out practically, the pait of wisdom is to
preserve the proper medium. This the people
. in establishing their administration can only do
! by giving to each portion of the State, as laid off
[ into counties, a representation in the national
| council, anil fixing the whole number of Repre-
I sentatives at the lowest possible number, by
l which due regard may be had to population.—
I Now’ these views of the subject are aS simple as
! they are just and correct, and these views the
! people seem to have taken in their general de
mand for a Convention, and with these views for
their guide, the members of the Convention seem
to have acted in the passage of their recommen
dations. In accordance with established laws
and with republican and democratic principles
the Convention recommend, that every county
in the State should have at least one Repreteu
tative in the lower house. The Reduction there,
then, can only be made from the members of
those counties, which are entitled by ratio of
population to more than one Legislator in that
house. In the Senate, the convention propose
that the number, and consequently the expence
ofpay ment for services, should be reduced about
one half— while the Representative baste there
,remains as it was before, and justly so at »e
may hereafter shew.
AN tNDEPEWDWNT,