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SHERIFFS, CLERKS, and other public officers, will have 25 per cent deducted in their favor. THE LATE GEN. DAVID ADAMS. Os Jasper County. Was born inthe Waxhaws,in SouthCar olina.on the 28th of January, 1766; he was the son of James Adams, being ol poor pa rentage, and the opportunities of educa tion bad at that period, it being just before the war of the revolution, consequently he received no education except what was obtained by his own exertions with the aid of his highly gifted mind. He served a campaign in the latter part ofthe revolu tion, in the lower part of South Carolina, under Gen. Henderson, against the Brit ish and lories. After the successful term ination of that war, his fatlier removed and settled on Shoulderbone Creek, in the State of Georgia.—The Creek Indians at that time were a powerful nation of savages; a war of extermination existed between them and the white settlers of the frontiers of this State. The attacks ofthe creeks were so frequent,and wereso mark ed by the extinction of whole families,that the inhabitants of of every neighborhood were compelled to build and live in forts, From which they sought private opportuni ties of cultivating their farms, often at the j expense of their lives,the savages frequent [ ly waylaying their farms and murdering their laborers: a practice in which they I were so often successful. The younger Adams now’ came forward in defence of his country, with a zeal that gained the confidence of his fellow citizens; he was elected a major ofthe militia, and was en gaged in an arduous warfare of scouts for ten years. The aggressions of the Creeks became so frequent, that it was determin ed to check them, by retaliating upon them by marching into their country, and at tacking their towns. Accordingly a com pany of men was raised for that purpose, colonel Melton was the commander. They commenced their inarch into the Indian country by following the recent trail of a party of savages who had murde rd a party of whites. Their march led them across the Ocmulgee rivers, and thence to the Chatlahoochie; on reaching the latter stream it was late at night; they heard the crowing of fowls on the opposite bank, and found many indications of there being an Indian town on the opposite bank of' the stream. A difficulty arose in conse- ■ quence of their not being able to find the ford which led across the stream, and knowing that if they did not succeed in crossing the river during the night, they would be discovered by the savages, who if not taken by surprise would prove too strong for their weak force. It was pro posed to retreat; this measure was strenu ously opposed by Major Adams, who pro posed to Col. Melton to swim the river with him, and they would examine the sit nation of the town, and endeavor to ascer tain the ford; the entrance of which they could not discover on the east bank of the stream. The proposition was refused,and a young man by the name of William Hill, proposed to accompany him, which proposition was accepted; accordingly they went to swimming of the stream which was of considerable width at this place, on reaching the middle of which, maj. Adams, being in advance Hill observ ed that he exhausted and would drowned, i Major Adams returned to his assistance. Hill in his struggles caught him around . the body in such a manner as prevented ■ him from exerting himself, consequently they repeatedly went down to the bottom I and no doubt would have drowned in that condition, if the current had not drifted them against a rock, whose surface was elevated above the water; on their gaining of which, major Adams left Hill, and pro ceeded on his enterprise. On reaching the opposite shore, and examining the stream below, where he had swam it, he ascertained the ford. Being unwilling to return without some information rela tive to the situation of the town, he pro ceeded to the village with no other wea pons than a couple of pebbles, which he took from the stream. On entering the village a most profound silence pievailed which induced him to think the savages had discovered them and fled, on advanc ing to the doors of the Wigwams, or In dian huts, he ascertained that the doors were fastened on the inside, and could dis tinctlyhear the Indians snore within. Ha ving satisfied himself that the Indians had not fled, and wishing to take back some proof of his really having been in the village, he took from the corner ofthe hut an old English drum. On seeing a pon ey, the thought struck him that he would ride him across .the ford of the river; he ad vanced taking hold ofhis bell collar, the poney probably being asleep was aroused by this action; he suddenly broke loose from his grasp and ran off The noise, which he made, aroused the dogs of the village who immediately pursued Major Adams to the river; which he reached in safety, though hard pressed by the dogs having jumped down a considerable bluff into the stream, he swam to a snag which protruded above the water; endeavored to distinguish as well as the dull moon shine would admit of, whether he was pursued by the savages,he supposing them to have been aroused by the noise of the dogs. On making no disco varies, he returned ' to the troops on the east bank ofthe river, land piloted them across the ford. They j were paraded in an old field in front of the village, and even charged into the [town at the break of day. The surprise was complete; numbers of the savages I were killed and a considerable number of prisoners made. The above mentioned place is now distinguished by the name [ofthe Burnt Village. Major Adams was [elected Brigadier General by the legisla ture o( Georgia, and subsequently a Ma jor General. He was appointed to the command of an expedition in the late war against the towns on the Tallapoosa river, by the Gov. of this St ite, Having commen ced his march with three hundred volun teers to the above mentioned towns, Gen. Floyd being in the lower part ofthe nation with the army under his command, hear ing of the expedition under General A dams, and knowing that the savages had evacuated their towns and embodied in the Horse Shoe, and consequently were too strong for such a force as that coin i manded by General Adams, detached a troop of Horse to intercept him and turn him back; unfortunately he was too far ad vanced, and the troop could not overtake him. On arriving at the town opposite or a little above the bend distinguished by the name of Horse Shoe, he found it deser ted by the Indians, who bad r tired within their fortifications in the Horse Shoe out of which they marched upand paraded in con siderable numbers, on the opposite side of the riverand fired upon the volunteers in the town with little or no effect having sligh tly wounded one man. It was found not practicable to cross the river,it being very much swollen by the recent rain and in deed,it was highly necessary to commence a retreat, having burnt the village, and destroyed what provisions the Indians had not removed to their fortifications within the bend of the river, he retired a short distance and encamped for the night. The savages were prowling around his encamp ment during the night, endeavoring no doubt, to ascertain the number of the vol unteers. The}’ were frequently fired upon by the sentinels. General Adams wisely suffered no fires to be kindled du ring the night, which was remarkably cold; to this circumstance, and his judi cious manoeuvres, by which he concealed the number ofthe volunteers from the In dians, may be attributed his not being at tacked and defeated by the powerful force ofthe savages, then in his immediate neigh borhood. When we recollect that it was but two weeks after this time that General Jackson marched against this place with fifteen hundred Tennesseans, and six hun dred friendly Indians, and was met and repulsed by them at the Muck fa creek,the escape of General Adams with his small detachment was truly miraculous. General Adams held various appoint ments under the State Government, all of which he discharged with fidelity and a bility; he was a commissioner on the part ofthe State,when the lands laying between the Ocmulgec and Flint rivers were ob tained; and no doubt, it was owing to his knowledgeofthe Indian character,and his influence with the Chief M’lntosh, that the successful termination of that treaty may be attributed, to the success of which he contributed a considerable amount out of his own priva’e funds, to that Chief. General Adams wasalwaysa favorite with his fellow citizens, he was a distinguished member ofthe Legislature, for upwards of twenty five years; was often Speaker of the House of Representatives. In con sequence of his various services to the State the legislature of Georgia proposed to name one ofthe new counties after him. He being a member at that time opposed it under a belief, that it would have been thought .0 have been named, for John A darns, he being a violent enemy to the fed eral principles of that distinguished states man. It might be truly said of General Adams, that he was an honest man, which is said to be the noblest work of God. SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS, Delivered fifteen minutes before signing the De claration of Independence. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. It is true indeed, that in the begin ning we aimed not at independence—but there is a divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and blinded to her own interest for our own good, she has obstinately per sisted, until independence is now within qur grasp; we have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why then should we defer the declaration? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country, or its liberties, or the safety of his own life, or his own hon or? Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed and predestined objects of pun ishmentand vengeance? Cut off from all hope of royal clemency—what are you? What can you be while the power of En gland remains—but outlaws? If we postpone independence, do we mean o carry on or give up the war? Do we mean to submit to the measures of Parlia ment, Boston port bill, and all? Do we mean to consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powderand our country and its rights trodden in the dust ? I know we do not mean to submit. Do we intend to violate that most solemn obligation ev er entered into by men—that plighting before God of our sacred honor to Wash ington, when putting him forth to incur the dangers of war, as well as the politi cal hazards of the times, we promised to adhere to him, in every extremity, with our fortunes and our lives ? I know there is not a man here who would not rather s ® e i* S enera l conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle ofthat plighted faith to fall to the ground. For myself, havingtwelve months ago, in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed com- mander of the forces, raised or to be raised for defence of American Liberty, may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I waver or hesitate in the support I gave him. The war then must go on, we must fight it through—and if the war must go on, why put off the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? Thatmea ure will strengthen us—it will give us character abroad —the nations will then treat with us, which they can never do while we acknowledge ourselves subjects in arms against our sovereign. Nay, 1 maintain that England herself will soon er treat for peace with us on the footing of independence, than consent, by repealing her acts, to acknowledge that her whole conduct towards us has been a course of injustice and oppression. The former she would regard as the result of fortune, the latter she would feel as her own deep disgrace Why then—why then, sir, do we not as soon as possible, change this from a civil to a national war! And since we must fight it through, why not put ourselves into a state to enjoy all the bene fits ol victory, if we gain the victory? It we fail it can be no worse for us—but we shall not fail—the cause will raise up arms—thecause will create navies. The people —the people—if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry them selves gloriously through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found, I know the people of these co.onies, and I know that resistance to British aggressions is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated. Every colony, indeed, has expressed its willingness to follow’, if we but take the lead. Sir, the declaration will inspire the people with increased courage. Instead of a long and bloody war, for restoration of privileges, for redress of grievances, for chartered immunties held under a British King, set b. fore them the glorious object of entire independence, and it will breathe into them anew the breath of life. Read the declaiation at the head of the army; every sword will be drawn from its scab bard, and the solemn vow uttered to main tain it, or perish on the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit—religion will approve it, and the lovers ol religious lib erty will cling around it, resolved to stand or fall with it, Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there—let them hear it who heard the first roar ofthe enemy’s cannon; let them see it w ho saw’ their brothers and their sons fail on the field of Bunker Hill; end in the streets of Lexington and Con cord, and the very walls will cry out in its support. Sir, 1 know’ the uncertainty of human affairs; but 1 see, clearly through this day’s busines-; you and 1 may rue it, wc may not live to the time when this dec laration shall be in de good, we may die, colonists, die slaves—die, it may be, igno miniously, ai.d on the scaffold. Be it so —be it so—if it be the pleasure of heaven that my country shall require the poor of fering of my lile, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while I do live, le me have a country, or at least the hope of a coun ry, and a free country. — But w hatever is t.ur fate, be assured this declaration will stand; it may cost treasure; and it may cost b'.ood, but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom ofthe present, 1 see the brightness of the future, as the sun in lhe heaven. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day: when we are in.our graves, our children, will hon or it; they will celebrate it with thanks givings, with festivities, with bonfires and illuminations. Qn its annual return, they will shed tears; not of agony and distress, but of exultation, gratitude, and of joy. Sir, betore God, I believe the hour is come; my judgemect appioves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that 1 hope for in this life, I am now’ ready here to stake upon it; and leave off’as I be gan, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the declaration ; it is my living sentiment; and by the blessing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment—lndepend ence now, and Independence for ever! ! ! From the Richmond Enquirer. THE PISTOL MISSING FIRE! No wonder—no wonder, that Duff Green and his affiliated nullifiers should feel such chargrin at the Proceedings of the New York Meeting. He expected to carry on a very handsome game through the Fanatics. The Anti-Slavery Society was the last card he was about to play—every means was to be put into re quisition—and a new Panic, was to be played off upon the South, like the Bank Panic which was played off last year. But lo! the meetingin New York has disappointed their schemes Mad and mischievous as the Fanatics are, the citizens of the South in New-York have pronounced, that they are not as strong and pernicious as they were about to be painted. The Factious poli ticians are thus thrown all aback. They are “discouraged.”—Why “need they wield their pens, or raise their voices,” when men, who have as much interest in the subject as Duff Green or our discreet contemporary —who are upon the scene of action—with the whole ground before them—acquainted with the people of the North, come forward, as they have done, upon their high responsibility, to bear tes timony to the truth. No wonder, these modest Nullifiers of the Press are raving and ranting, at their defeat. No wonder that the public mind is pausing, before it joins their unhallowed designs—pausing at least, until they are certain of the dan ger of abolition—pausing until they can obtain possession of the facts. The Peo ple will not venture their most precious treasures upon the reports of an Anti-Slave ry Committee, on the asseitions of reckless Editors. The former has beeen pronoun ced by an enlightened citizen of Massa chusetts to be exaggerated and false. Let those who have watched the Telegraph and Whig trust their assertions at their own peril. The affiliated press of the Telegraph, which would raise the flag of Disunion sooner than submit to the election of Van Buren, is showing its disappointment in another form. It is crying out Thief up on its opponents; venting its passion upon them—and inwardly digesting the venom of its disappointment. Much was expec ted by a fete knowingones, from the move ments upon this matter —but the pistol missed fire. 'J he press unmasked their designs. The meeting of the Capitol fell into the hands of the Party—The devel opments ofthe N. York Meeting startled and alarmed them—and the Card which they expected to play with such effect,and to win the game, is likely to turn up a blank. —The People at leest will pause, wait for facts—and act as becomes them. They will eschew the Factious, as well as the Fanatics. From the Boston Atlas. "Bostonians! Let your Voice, be heard of as Old.— The news which has poured in upon us from the South is of fearful im port. One State has been threatened by a war of the most horrible character. A diabolical plot of the blacks, for an indis criminate slaughter of the whites, was dis covered only a few days before the period fixed upon it for its explosion. “In all the slave-holding States, there is an excitement, which has an alarming as pect, in relation to certain fanatical associ ations in the North. In the capital of Virginia, a public meeting has been call ed, to counteract the painful influence, which is apprehended, from the principles and measures of the infatuated abolition ists. The public papers of the State are filled with appeals to the citizens of Mas sachusetts. With generous magnanimi ty, a confidence is expressed in their intel ligence, patriotism and honor, which they are bound to verify by immediate action. They are called upon in a manner, which commands attention, to pronounce their opinion, in relation to a subject, of vital importance to the stability of the Union. Will they forfeit the exalted character which they have ever maintained, by a si lence, which would not only indicate de generacy, but would amount to moral treason? “When our fathers entered into that solemn compact, which is contained in the Constitution of the Republic, it was well known, that it was a sine qua non, with the citizens of the South, that a clause should be inserted pleading the non-inter ference of the North in the possession of their slaves; and it was understood that without such a clause, no national char ter could have been formed. They have, thus far, reposed implicit confidence in our disposition, to maintain inviolate, the rights thus secured. But from the numerous meetings which have been held in New-England, and especially in Boston, by a few deluded people, for the express purpose of organizing a faction hostile to the South, a general alarm has been created. They consider that an at tempt is in agitation not only to render them odious, but to put in imminent peril their property and lives. “Will the citizens of Boston permit an estimate of their characters to be formed from the incoherent ravings of foreign vagabonds, who have the effrontery to land upon our shores and promulgate doctrines, which must inevitably produce insurrection and devastation? Shall Bos ton become the fortress,from behind which the pretended Apostles ol the African race shall preach a sanguinary crusade, and hurl the torches of rebellion into the other extremity of the Union? If they are true and zealous champions of the faith they proclaim, and are really emulous to merit the character of martyrs, why do they not go to Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans to evince their sincerity, instead of skulking in the security of distance from the dangers of their imaginary du ties? Here they can achieve nothing but evil; for, if successful in making prose lytes, to the fullest extent of their wishes, it would not ameliorate the condition of the slave; while the destruction of the Republic would be the inevitable conse quence. Shall we not rather imitate the spirit of our fathers, when they marched shoulder to shoulder with the patriots of the South, during the war of the revolu tion—when they united with them to form the national constitution—when with them they plighted their sacred honor and their lives to maintain it inviolate? •Let there be a MEETING call ed forthwith, in Faneuil Hall, and let the Websters, and Otises, and Adamses, j and Storys, and Spragues, and Austins, and Choates, and Everetts, be invited to attend, to vindicate the fair fame of our[ city. Let a manifesto go forth declaratory of our sentiments, as to the rights of the South, and our abhorrence of the conduct of those combinations, which, under the name of philantropy, are encouraging the worst ol all possible calamities, which can befal a nation, a Civil and a Ser vile War. “The spirit of our fathers call upon us to act promptly, with frankness, sincerity, and dignity, on an occasion so momentous. Shall we be found derelict in duty, then, at ati ee like this? No, never. We are bound by every principle of public law, of religion, of humanity and of plighted ho nor, to speak in a voice that shall give full assurance of a full determination, to abide, at all hazards, by the Constitu tion —come what may—now and forever. The South expects it, and we will show them that their reliance is well-founded.” FOUR months after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the one lourth of an undivided Tract of Land, lying and beign in the county of Henry, and known as lot No. 247 in the 12th district, sold as the property ofßo bert W. Bugg, a minor. A. RHODES, Guardian aptil 24 m4m 49 AUGUSTA/ ~ ' FRIDAY, AUGU S V 7 , 183 f. “ You assert that if any conflict shall occur between the State and General Governments ‘ each party has the right to Judge for itself.’ I confess I am at a loss to know how such a proposition should be treated. No climax of ; political heresies can be imagined, in which this might not fairly claim the most prominent place. It resolves the Government at once into the elements of physical force, and intro duces us directly into anarchy and blood.— There is not a single power delegated to the General Government, which it would not be In the power of every State Government so destroy, under the authority of this licentious principle.” GEORGE M’DUFFIE. FOR GOVERNOR' ———— WILLIAM SCHLEY. FOR CONGRESS, JABEZ JACKSON. JESSE F. CLEVELAND. Since our last publication, several gentlemen, whose names are not on the Post Master’s list, have spoken to us in relation to the suspicions we have expressed with regard to the manner in which ifiany incendiaxy publications reach their particular destination. They expressed surprise, that they were so well-known at the North, that these papers should be addressed to them, not only with all the honors, Colonel, Major, Doctor, Esquire, &c., to which they were entitled, but with every individual letter in their particular names in full and accurately. Some of these gentlemen affected no false mod est}’ in thinking themselves too humble and ob scure to have attracted such particular notice at the distance of one thousand miles from the place of their nativity. How, they asked, could our names have been got with such accuracy, or even got at all, without some improper agency, such as we have charged? Au gusta has no Directory, nor has Richmond county. How then, it may well be enquired, are our citizens, some of them without any of those attributes which establish public, notoriety, so well known at the factories of these infamous missiles, that when they are hurled from their magazines at the North, they reach the distant object at which they are thrown, with such ama zing accuracy I How comes'that object seen, or - known at all I We say again, it is through the agency of Southern factionists, at whose doors we have lodged the charge, with a plau sibility, if not certainty of demonstration, that makes them tremble at their baseness A correspondent says, that our charge has the strongerpresumption, from admitting it as a fact, that more Union men have received these in cendiary publications than Nullifiers. If the latter have tools engaged in blowing up the ex citement, they would be most likely, being sure of their otou men, to throw the fire brand among those, who were endeavoring to still the tempest and deaden its echoes. We would naturally, therefore, he says, expect to find most of those papers received by Union men. Be the fact 'either way, our suspicion is not weakened by its determination; In another article, it will be seen how little the Post Master could be likely to know of the relative numbers of the recipi ents. We now know, that his statement is greatly deficient, in that respect. “ Dr. McWhorter : Sir— My attention has been called to a por tion of your Editorial remarks of 31st July to which I had not before particularly adverted. You say wc have investigated this matter and “with a single exception; in this county, have found those receiving them (abolition papers) all Nullifiers.” As the inference might naturally arise from this expression that the investigation ma'le was by enquiry at the Post Office and as no such enquiry was made by you, I would thank you to make this explanation. At the same time, as you have been misinformed as to the fact, it will be no more than justice to correct the statement itself. The address of Incendiary papers, so far as it has been observed in the Post Office, has given no reason to suppose that they are sent to one party more than another. The most usual form of address is to the Clergyman al “ Clergyman ” and the denomination printed, the place written. The only instances that have been noticed for some time in this office of abolition papers addressed to individuals by name, have occurred within two or three weeks. No list of the names was preserved, but those which I enclose are recollected. The number was not inorc than 12 or 15, of which the enclo sed list are ten. Among those, if lam cor rectly informed,you will find„only three who are known to be nullifiers. W. C. MICOU, P. M." We continue the Post Master’s letter in our paper to-day, that our inferences may be seen to be fair. We had not time, in our last, to draw all, of which the subject was capable.— Many may think, that the Post Office was the first place to which we should have gone in our investigation. But we knew better. We had well judged of the difficulties to have been encountered there. The Post Master might have justly refused us the information sought, as having no right to require, and he, under ra ther an obligation, from official delicacy, to re fuse it. We also knew, as it turned out to be, that the Post Master would have but a very im perfect recollection of the individuals to w’hom these publications were sent. Those, who re ceive them in the South, are not subsetibers to them; of course the Post Master keeps no list of their names, as he' is officially bound to do, in the cases ot those, who are regular subscri bers to other periodicals. Besides, great quan tities ot these publications may have passed through this office without his knowledge, di rected to other offices; and even here, many of our citizens might have received packages ot them without the Post Master’s notice ; for packages of newspapers, with the names of the persons, to whom they are addressed, on them, are given out unopened, and large quantities of the incendiary pieces put up in newspaper style, ' may have been thus mistaken for a very differ ent kind of newspaper. And this, no doubt, i was the Post Master’s meaning, where he says, “ The address of incendiary papers, so far as it has been observed in the Post Office." But, that few, in proportion to some other places, were re ceived here, we were satisfied before the Post Master’s testimony to that fact,and the majority of those individuals, “addressedby name,” on the envelope of a single copy, may have been mis taken. and in all probability were mistaken, for very different politicians. But, be they Nulli- fiers or Union inert, we readily acquit those, whose names we have, one and all, of any im proper participation in, or knowledge of the criminal acts of those tools, to whom we have alluded. ♦ Another circumstance; whieh may reconcile the apparent difference between the result as I stated by the Post Mister; and the result as shewn by our enquiries, is this: The Union men mostly returned the papers to the office, while the Nullificis, proud of such means to ex cite prejudice and create agitation; circulated their contents by reading them, to every body who would listen. Thus, we could hear of their reception of such curiosities, while others with silent indignation posted them back whence they came. Indeed we have been tendered, by some ol these factionists themselves, the high privilege of seeing, or hearing these infamous pieces, as the choicest morsels that could be offer ed to good taste, and whieh they preserved with more care than they do their Bibles. How often too, within our knowledge, have they attempted to impose on the honest ignorance of the com mon citizen in the country, by reading to him such stuff, accompanied with their Nullification commentaries! That we have detected and ex-* posed their insidious artifices to accomplish their treasonable purposes, is no longer doubt ed—they know and feel it too. We leave them,* for the present, to the public indignation, while! we proceed to suggest some regular remedy for the evil which has been the subject of our denunciation. Congress alone can pass a general law on this, or any other subject, operating on all the States. We do not see at once, what may be the neces sary reqcisitions of such a law—perhaps, it may be sufficient to order the titles of all periodicals endorsed on their envelopes with their direction, so that the Post Masters may see at a glance, what kind of materials they are throwing into the bosom of society, rendering it unlawful and punishable by suitable penalties for the Post Master to give out packets without such endorse ments, and penal also in the publishers to falsi ty the titles either on the envelopes or elsewhere The States, besides, may, as some of them do now, enact laws suitable to their emergencies, proscribing the circulation, by any body, of pub lications dangerous to the public safety and le pose, rendering the Post Master liable, as a citi zen of the State, for a breach of its laws in al lowing prohibited publications to pass through his hands for distribution in the‘Stale. Each State may prohibit what it pleases, and publish at home what it pleases, the Press there being perfectly free to publish any thing under the laws and its accountability to them. For instance, Massachusetts may publish in Massachusetts what she pleases, and may prohibit from Geor gia any publication she pleases. Let Georgia have the same privileges. One State cannot complain—has no right to complain, concern ing what another publishes, provided it is kept at home, and is not sent abroad to disturb the peace and tranquility of other States. In some such way as this, may the evil we deprecate be remedied by general consent, in perfect confor mity to the C onstitution and laws and thegener al welfare of the whole. This is only a crude outline, is given as Such, to awaken reflection and finally lead to the best digested system of measures for the prevention of the evil, of which we complain. Wc find the City engaged this forenoon in reading an address To the Public, in pamphlet form, by the Rev. Wm. Moderwel. The following appointments were yesterday made by the Board of Directors of the Bank of Augusta:—William A. Kain, Book Keeper; Samuel C. Willson, Collection Clerk; George W. Morgan, Assistant Book Keeper. The last Mail at Charleston by the steam boat was found to be without any incendiary matter. Did the Committee there keep any account ofthe direction and destination of the packages which were destroyed ? A passenger in the last Western Stage states, that as he passed through Alabama, he under stood, that Judge Crawford, of that State, had shota Music Teacher dead, for improper liber ties taken with his daughter, while engaged in giving her lessons on the Piano. The celebrated Wm. Cobbett, died at his farm in Surry, on the 18th June, in the 75th year of his age. The Charleston Boaid of Health report the deaths of fifteen persons in that city, during the week ending Ist inst.—lo whites and 5 blacks. Exchange for the Live:pool packet ofthe Ist inst. was sold at New-York, at Os a 10. The King of France has given his assent to the Indemnity Bill in the shape in which it had passed the Chambers. The menagerie of New York lost another rhinoceros, which died suddenly; and in travel ling, one of the Bengal tigers got out and mount ed the top of the cage, and they were obliged to shoot him. The revenue upon which Arkansas calculates in the event of her being admitted into the con federacy, is three millions of taxable lands, salt springs, lead mines, and per centage on the sale of public lands. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Committee of 21 in Charleston, on sth inst. appointed lo lake this matter into hand. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to. communicate to the Citizens the arrangement made with the Post Master, that no Seditious I Pamphlets shall leave his office until the Civil I Tribunals of the City are informed upon the : subject, and that they be authorized in the name and behalf of the Citizens of Charleston, to ac company the Mail from the Steam Boat which is expected to arrive this nignt or to-morrow, to the Post Office, and to make the necessary arrangements with the Post Master to prevent the distribution of the Seditious Pamphlets which may at any time be received by the Mail. The Committee consist of:— GEN. R. Y. HAYNE, JOHN ROBINSON, Esq. CHARLES EDMONDSTON, Esq. H. A. DESAUSSURE, Esq. Capt. JAMES ROBERTSON, Capt. JAMES LYNAH, EDWARD R. LAURENS, Esq. When the steam packet Win. Gibbons, Capt. Wright, arrived the Sub-Committee oi citizens promptly entered upon the discharge of the du ty assigned to them, as related in the preceding resolution.
