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From the Mobile Commercial Register.
Our city, for a couple of days, has been
the theatre of extraordinary and exciting
events. The whole population has been
thrown into a state of feverish anxiety,
alternating with fear and indignation,—
a large part of them has been actively em
ployed in summary efforts to arrest the
parties to a daring and singular conspir
acy, which was developed yesterday mor
ning, and to extract from the principal
offenders, confessions which might lead
to a recovery of a child, which had been
seized and carried into the woods, as a
hostage for the success of the boldest and
most heartless and desperate attempt at
extortion, ever heard of in this community.
The details involve the family relations
of a respectable physician, which we
do not feel it our privilege to make more
public than they are already in the
knowledge of every inhabitant of Mo
bile. The facts, so far as we think it
right to repeat them, are as follows, and
few will deny that they form a case of
hardened villainy, of which, happily for
the world, the examples are few.
The gentleman in question, a French
man by birth, is in the possession of a
very considerable fortune, and the father
of an infant boy, of 5 years of age. fie
has also several brothers, who came to
this couitry a number of years ago.—
What are their ideas of his obligation
towards them, we do not know, —buttheir
conduct, or at least that of two of them, in
the present case, shows a resolution to
despoil him of a large part of his fortune
at once. Their plan was bold and bloody
in determination, and insolent almost be
yond belief, in the exorbitance of its ex
actions. On Monday evening, day before
yesterday, one of them stole the infant
child, and carried it off into the woods.
Notice was then given to the father by
letter, that unless the sum of thirty
thousand dollars should be furnished
within a certain time, the child should be
murdered, and the murderer did not in
tend to escape, but would commit suicide.
Another brother remained in town to re
ceive the price of the child’s life. It is a
proof of the estimate formed in the com
munity, of the desperate and profligate
character of this man, that after this was
made known, in the manner we shall pre
sently speak of, no one doubted that he
was capable of executing his threat, atro
cious and diabolical as it was. So thought
too the unhappy father, for he took in
stant measures for complying with the
extortion as speedily as possible,—and so
little did he expect, that any thing but the
money would save his child’s life, that he
took no counsel, and had he possessed the
whole sum in cash, to pay at once, it is
probable that the conspiracy would have
completely succeeded. He, however, had
eighteen thousand dollars or thereabouts,
in bank, and undertook earlj r next mor
ning to borrow the ballance. To one of
those to whom he applied, he revealed the
cause of his distress. He could have ob
tained on his credit, almost any amount
in reasonable time, —but the urgency of
his feelings, the consciousness of what he
felt to be the dangerous position of his
child, and the terrible agony of its mother,
whose life was endangered by the excess
of her fears, pressed him to close with the
terms of the ruffians without an instant's
delay, and he, in a short time, made de
posites in the Bank of Mobile, to within
eighteen hundred dollars of the sum.—
The agent, to whom the receipt of the
sum had been entrusted, had already re
ceived his check for thirty thousand dol
lars, and was awaiting for the amount to
be made good. Impatient to receive it,
he went out and obtained from his brother
the necessary funds, and returned to re
ceive the check on New Orleans for
the whole thirty thousand dollars, that
being the mode for payment, for which
he had stipulated. Thus far villainy
appeared successful, but, in the mean
time, events out of doors changed its
prospects. Rumors were- abroad con
cerning the transaction. A vague im
pression was created in the Bank that
there was something wrong in the trans
action. The last sum brought in, con
sisted of specie altogether or a large part
of it. While it was counted the person
was recognised, and an account brought
to the Mansion House, that the Bank was
then paying the check in specie. There,
a fire company was assembled, who had
just returned from a fire, and were then
discussing what was proper to do. They
were in the act of despatching a deputa
tion to prevent the father from acceding
to the terms, and had resolved to sally out
and arrest the ruffian conspirator, and
search for the child. On hearing that
the conspirators were so near accomplish
ing their object, they turned out en mass,
and a committee of them instantly pro
ceeded to the Bank, and arrested the vil
lain at the counter. He was armed fully
but made no resistance. Two other bro
thers supposed, we know not how cor-
Sly, to be partners in the iniquity, were
ed immediate]}’ after, and underwent
rict and efficient, though somewhat
extra official examination. " All this oc
curred by about 12 o’clock. The stub
bornness of the principal offender at last
gave way. His connexion with the plot
was soon established, and at last a lull ad
mission of the conspiracy was obtained,
but it was a long time before he could be
brought to aid in the discovery oft he place
where the child was kept. He told va
rious stories, and seemed apprehensive
that on the intelligence of the failure to :
get the money, or an attempt to arrest him,
the other ruffian who had the custody of
the little hostage, would, in a fit of despe
ration, destroy it and himself. The streets,
and especially Conti street, in the neigh
borhood of the Guard House, were, du
ring all this time, thronged with a most
excited multitude, and on every corner
was a knot of eager questioners. '1 here
were hundreds ready to scour the country I
in every direction. At last it was de-.
termined to send a committee of citizens •
to a place which the prisoner had pointed ,
out.
The steamer Don Juan was according-;
ly put into requisition. Even after they |
had embarked, the unwillingness of the
culprit to lead to the right spot, was j
shown by his giving them a wrong di- ■
rection. They had proceeded in that for
a considerable distance across the bay, j
before he became c nviuced that there
was no safety for him but the truth. He
then made an engagement of some kind,
as we hear it reported, but without learn
ing the particulars, led the party to an
island about fifteen miles above the city,
on the Mobile river, where the child was
given up, unharmed and in good spirits,
and was this morning delivered to his
parents. What transpired at the island,
we do not know ; neither of the brothers
returned with the expedition, and the de
light at the recovering of the infant, is so
strong in the community that the desire
of punishing those, who have punished,
themselves by exile and infamy, is not
strongly experienced among us.
Nothing has transpired to connect the
others who were arrested, with these two
in the transaction. They will probably •
be discharged.
From Horse Shoe Roberson.
MARY 'MUSGROVE.
‘•The apartment into which the travel
lers were introduced was one of large di
mentions, conspicuous for its huge kitch-'
en like fire place, and ample chim
ney. The floor consisting of broad plank
was so much warped as in several places
to show the ground through the w chinks.
The furniture was of the rudest form and
most homely materials. Three or four ri
fles were suspended from the walls, to
gether with some trapping implements
and various skins of such wild animals of
prey and game as abounded in the woods
of this region: these were associated with
the antlers oflhe buck, powderhorns,hun
ting pouches and a few articles of cloth
ing—the whole array giving to the room
that air of woodland life which denotes the
the habitation of a hunter, and which so
distinctly characterizes the dwellings of
our frontier population.
“Amongst other articles of household
use, was a large spinning wheel which
was placed near the door; and beside it
stood the dame who had at first chal
lenged the visitors. She was a woman
who could scarcely be said to have reach
ed the middle period of life, although her
wan and somewhat haggard features and
surly, discontented expression of face,
might well induce an observer to attribute
more years to her worldly account than
she had actually seen. The presence of
a rough and untidy cradle, and some five
or six children,the majority of whom might
be below three feet in stature, served in
some degree to show the care worn and
joyless countenance of the hostess, When
Buller and his companion were ushered
by Lynch into her presence, she gave
them no other welcome than a slight nod
of the head, and continued to ply her task
at the wheel with unremitted assidui
ty-
In another corner of the room sat a
smart lookingyoung girl who at this mo
ment was engaged in carding wool. She
was a sylvan Hebe, just verging upon
womanhood, with a round active and
graceful figure which was adorned with
that zealous attention to neatness and be
coming ornament that, in every station of
life to a certain extent,distinguishes those
ofthesex who aregifted with beauty. Her
cheek had the rich bloom of high health,
a full round blue eye seemed habitually to
laugh with pleasure: and the same trick of
a happy temperament had stamped its
mark upon the lines of her mouth. Her
accost was altogether different from that
ofthe mistress oflhe house;she arose from
her work immediately upon the entrance
of the strangers, courtesied with a modest
and silent reserve, and then proceeded to
gather up the rolls of carded wool at her
feet and to dispose of them in a chest near
at hand.
***** # # #
‘We have nothing but corn bread in the
house,’ —said Mary, in a low tone to her
kinswoman; perhaps the gentlemen, (here
she. directed her eye for the fiftieth time
to Butler) expected to get wheat. Had 1
not belter pull some roasting ears from the i
garden and prepare them? they will not be I
amiss with our milk and butter.’
‘Bless you, my dear,’ —said Butler,
thrown completely off his guard, and I
showing movegallantry than belonged to
the station he affected? “Give yourself
no trouble on our account; we can eat any :
thing. I delight in corn cakes, and will'
do ample justice to this savoury venison
Pray do not concern yourself for us.’
‘lt is as easy as running to the garden,’
- said Mary, in a sweet and almost laugh- i
mg tone— i
‘ 1 hat’s farther, farther, my dear,’ —re-
plied Butler,—‘than 1 choose you should •
iun at this time of night. It is dark, myi
pretty girl.’ J ‘
Giacioiu-I returned Mary with natur
al emotion, ,do youthink i am afraid to
go as far as the garden in the dark? we
have no witches or fairies in our hills to .
hurt us; and il we had,l know how to keep )
them away.”
‘And how might that be? . I
‘By saying my prayers, sir. My father |
taught me, before my head was as high as
of yon chair and he told me they
would protect me from all sorts of harm,
il I only said them in right earnest. And
I hear many old folks who ought to know
say the same thing.
‘Your father taught you wisely, replied
Butler;-prayer will guard you up against
many ills and chiefly against ourselves.
But against the harm that others may do
us, we should not forget that prudence is
also a safeguard. Ii is always well to a
void a dangerous path.
But, for all that said-the maiden smil
ing,—‘l am not afraid to so as far as the
garden,
‘lf you mean to get the corn,’ interrupt
ed Mrs. Adair, in no very kindly tone, —
you had as well go without all this talk.
I warrant if you listen to every man who
thinks it worthwhile to jabber in your ear,
you will find harm enough without going
far to seek it.
‘I thought it was only civil to speak when
I was spoken to,’ —replied Mary with an
air of mortification.—‘But I will be gone
this moment:’—and with these words the
girl went forth upon her errand.
« * * * * *
‘You do not live here, I think I havo
gathered,—but only on a visit?’—was the
remark addressed to the maiden.
No,sir,it is thirty long miles by the short
est road,from this to my father’s house; —
Mrs. Adair is my mother’s sister, and that
makes her my aunt, you know, sir.’
‘And your father’s name?’
‘Allen Musgrove;—he has a mill on the
Ennoree.’
‘You are the miller’s daughter, then.
Well that’s a pretty title. I suppose they
call you so?-’
‘The men sometimes call me,—replied
Mary, rising to her feet and leaning care
lessly against one of the upright timbers
that supported the porch, the miller’s pret
ly daughter, but the women call me Mary
Musgrove:’—
‘Faith, my dear, the men come nearer
to the truth than the women.’
‘l'hey say not,’ —replied the maiden—
‘l have heard, and sometimes [ have read
in good books—-that you must’nt believe
the men.’
And why should you not?’
T don’t well know why not, —returned
the girl doubtingly,—‘but I am young,and
may be, I shall find it out by and by.’
‘God forbid,’ —said Butler, —‘that you
should ever gain that experience. But
there are many toils spread for the feet of
innocence in this world—and it is well to
have a discreet eye and good friends.’
‘I am seventeen, sir,’ —replied Mary,
come next month and—thougn I have tra
velled backwards and forwards fromhere
to Ennoree, and once to Camden,which
you know, sir is a good deal of this
world to see, I never knew any body that
that thought harm of me. But I don’t
dispute that there are men to be afraid of
and some that nobody could like. And
I yet 1 think a good man may be told by his
' face.’
‘Are you sure of that?’
‘Yes. My father is a good man and every
f onesays you may see it in his looks.”
‘1 should like to know your father, —
said Butler.
‘lam sure, he would be glad to know
you, sir,’
Now, my pretty miller’s daughter, why
do you think so?’
‘Because you are a gentleman,—replied
the girl, courtesying,—‘for all your home
spun clothes.’
I ‘Ha!—pray how have you found that
! ‘1 on talk differently from our people,
j sir. Your words or your voice—l can’t
rightly tell which—are softer than 1 have
t been used to hear. And you don’t look,
! and wald and behave as if homespun had
; been all you ever wore.’
And is that all?’
“ You stop to consider, as if you were
| studying what would please other people;
• and you do not step so heavy, sir; —and
you do not swear; and you do not seem
to like to give trouble—l can’t tl ink, sir,
that you have been always used to such as
are hereabouts. And then there’s anoth
■ er reason, sir,’ —added the maiden, almost
in a whisper.
‘What is that?’—asked Butler smiling.
‘ Why, sir, when you stooped down to
! pick up your fork that fell from the table,
1 saw a blue ribbon round your neck, and
a beautiful gold picture hanging to it.
' ‘ For heaven’s sake, my dear,’ —ex-
: claimed Butler, startled by the disclosure
, of the maiden’s suspicion, which was so
naturally accounted for, —‘keep this to
yourself,—and the time may come when
1 shall be able to reward your fidelity, [f
you have any good will towards me,—as
1 hope you have, —tell nobody what you
have seen.’
‘Never fear me returned the maid,—‘l
would not let on to any one in this house
for the world. lam lor general Wash
ington and the congress—which is more
than I think the people here are.’
‘lndeed!—muttered But er, thoughtful
ly, and scarce above his breath. What
side does your father take, Mary?’
‘Aly father is an old man, sir. And he
reads his Bible, and eveiy night before we
go to bed, he prays aloud befo e us all—
-1 mean all that belongs to his house—for
quiet once more and peace —And almost
all the people around us are Tories, and
w-c are afraid of our lives if we dont say
whatever they say.’
‘Alas! that’s the misfortune of many
more than your father’s household. But
how comes it that you are a friend of gen-!
eral Washington?’
‘Oh, sir,’ —‘1 think he is our friend:— :
and then he is agoodnian. And I have
better reason still to be on his,’ —added the
maiden tremulously with her head avert
ed.
‘What reason, my good girl?’
‘John Ramsey, sir,’
Indeed—a very cogent reason, I doubt
not,my pretty maid of the mill. And how
does this reason operate?’
‘We have a liking, sir,’ she. replied bash
fully, but with innocent frankness: —‘he is
for Washington—and we are to be mar
ried when the war isover.’
‘Truly, that is a most excellent reason !
who is John Ramsey!’
‘He is a trooper, sir,—and out with
Gen, Sumpter. We don’t see him often
now—for he is afraid to come home, ex
cepting when the Tories are away.’
‘These Tories are very troublesome,
Mary; said Butler laughing, they annoy |
us all, on our side of the question. But
love John Ramsey, my dear, and don’t be j
ashamed of it; for I’ll warrant he is a brave j
fellow, and deserves a pretty girl with a j
true heart, for his love to his country. ■
From the Maine Wesleyan Journal.
MAINE CONFERENCE.
Resolutions on Slavery.
The committee on slavery repc.rttd the fol
lowing resolutions, which were adopted,
most of them unanimously, and all of them
with a great degree of unanimity. Want
of time precludes some remarks which
we should be glad to make on this sub
ject.
Resolved, 1. That in the language of
our Discipline, “ we are as much as ev
er convinced of the great evil of slavery.”
and earnestly desire its universal “extir
pation.”
2. That, although, as men and as
Christians, ne take a deep and lively in
terest in the welfare of our fellow beings
of the whole human race, yet, in our judg
ment, as citizens of the United States, re
siding in non-slaveholding states, we are
not responsible, politically or morally, for
the existence or the continuance of slavery
in the slaveholding states: each of the
United Slates, agreeably to the principles
which constitute the compact of union be
ing, in this respect, as completely inde
pendent of and foreign to each other as
any European or other foreign govern
ment.
3. That, believing, as we do, that con
gress itself has no jurisdiction over this
subject within the several states, we deem
it incompatible with our duty as peaceable
and orderly citizens, directly or indirectly
by public agitation or otherwise, to excite
that body to assume any such jurisdiction
in regard to it, which could not but tend
—in our apprehension —-to the disastrous
results of a dissolution of the union of the
States, if not to a civil or servile war; in
volving, all human probability, the greater
oppression, if not the extensive extirpa
tion of the slaves themselves, and of that
portion also ofthe free colored population
which is mingled among them.
4. That, as ministers of a Church ex
tending throughout the United States and
territories, and united in one communion
under onecominon Discipline, we cannot
feel ourselves at liberty to denounce as
grossly wicked and immoral any portion
of our common Church, so long as they
conform, in the judgement of the regular,
Church authorities, to that Discipline
by which we have solemnly and mu
tually pledged ourselves to be governed,
and the provisions of which the General
Conference (our highest ecclesiasticalju-
; dicatory) judges consistent with Christian
i and ministerial character and profession.
5. That we Will gladly co-operate in
any peaceable and practicable measures
consistent with our sense of duty as above
expressed, for the benefit ofthe whole col
oured race; and especially for the reli
gious and moral instruction both of slaves
and ofthe free colored population, for the
support of missions among them, (and also
of schools whenever admissible under ex
isting local laws,) for the ultimate extirpa
tion of slavery both from the Church and
the country, and for the civilization and
evangelization ofthe entire continent of
Africa, as well for the benefit of Africa it
self as lor all such descendants of Africans
as may be liberated here and choose to
return to that land of their fathers.
6. That as ministers of the sanctuary,
and especially ofthe Methodist Episcopal
i Church, it is our solemn duty, and our
solemn promise at the holy altar, especial
ly so many us as have been ordained el
ders, to maintain and set forward, as
much as lielh in us, quietness, peace, and
love among all Christian people, and es
pecially among them that are or shall be
committed to our charge; and that “we
will so do, the Lord being our helper.”
7. That a copy ofthe above be forward
ed for publication in the Maine Wesleyan
Journal, and in the Christian Advocate
■ and Journal. O. Beale, Sec.
Political Abolitionists.— A part from a
i few miserable and misguided religious
■ fanatics in some of the Northern cities,
' we have South of Mason’s and Dixon’s
line, a set of political desperadoes, who
are trying to work up, the railing fanati
cism of the former to a point, that will
; alarm the people of the South, into the be
lief that a general feeling exists in the
; Northern States, favorable to the immedi
j ate emancipation of the slave property in
the South. The objects of DufF Green
and his associates in this work of deceit,
is to bring it to operate in forwarding the
views of those who are for disolving the
| Union, and forming a Southern confed
eracy, if it will not aid the grand designs I
of dissolving the Union, it may serve a
nother political turn; so far as the next
Presidency, is concerned it is intended to
have a prejudicial influence on the pros
pects of Mr. Van Buren, but in this as in
most of their schemes they are destined to
meet with a signal rebuke, at the hands
of the people.-- N. C. Journal.
The Catskill Recorder thus alludes to
the parlies litigant in the recent “breach
of promise” case of Barnard vs. Gaul:
“Upon that ofthe lady, it would be j
discourteous in us, (bachelor that we arc,)
to indulge in those comments which natu
rally suggest themselves. But as no
such forbearance is due to the plaintiff,
who has sought for the correspondence
this publicity, and has voluntarily spread
upon the records of the court the evidence
of his own puppyism, we do not hesitate to
pronounce him a calculating, trafficking,
mean spirited libel upon manhood, and
altogether unworthy of the hand of any
female who has a heart. We should like
to see him cheated into a matrimonial con
nexion with Ann Royal, or the Witch of
Fife. It is astonishing that a jury could
have been brought to feel any sympathy
for one so soulless. Mr. Jordan! it is the
greatest triumph you ever achieved over
j natural antipathies. Our wonder is, not
j that the lady should have broken any en-
I gagement with such a man—but that she
could ever have made it. To all that is
gentle and warm hearted, he is as repul
sive as an opposite polarity. He and his
once betrothed were in all points unlike,
and ill suited to each other; the same star
presided not at their nativity. % Her cap
rice, (for we will not digrrify it with the
name of love) has in if something natural
—womanly; but like the northern light, its
brightest corruscations only show how
pale and cold and passionless, is the icy
waste upon which it shines.”
From the Southern Banner.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
This is, a~ is generally known to most
of the citizens of this State who take an
interest in literary matters, the week of
the annual commencement of the College
at this place. We have, of course, neither
time nor room at present to give any thing
more than a cursory notice of those exer
cises which have taken place.
On Sunday the commencement sermon
was preached to a very crowded, and we
may say (if such a term might be used in
speaking of a congregation) brilliant au
dience, by the Rev. Charles W. Howard
of Milledgeville. We shall at present
decline speaking of the admirable perfor
mance of Mr. Howard—to do it any thing
like justice would require more time than
we now have at our disposal
The Board of Trustees met as usual on
Monday.
On Tuesday the exhibition of the Junior
orators took place in the following order:
H. Morrow, P. K. S.—Literary retire
ment a state of true felicity.
S. W. Harris, D. S.—“Go ahead.”
J. Jones, P. K. S.—Slavery as it exists
in the United Stales.
J. M. Vason, D. S.—National Com
merce.
A.O. Bacon, P. K. S — {Affirmative} )
J. C. Wilkins, P. K. S.— {Negative}
Should indiscriminate irnigration be pro
hibited by the United States?
A. J. Cook, D. S.—The nineteenth cen
tury.
J. V. Harris, D. S.—lnfluence of party
spirit and personal views on Science.
W. H. Lee, P. K. S.—Female charac
ter and influence,
B. C. Yancey, P. K. S.—The influ
ence of popular opinion on men of genius.
M. Williams, D. S.—The literary in
stitutions of Georgia claim the undivided
support of her citizens.
In the afternoon o, the same day an ad
dress was delivered before the “Alumni
Society of Franklin College,” by. Win.
C. Dawson, Esq. of Greensboro’. Our
friend Dawson must excuse us for saying,
that we should have been much better
pleased with his “literary rail road,” if he
had not raised on it for transportation, a
commodity (political party allusion) which
should be considered on all such occasions
as a contraband article.
On Wednesday (commencement day)
addresses were delivered by the following
young gentlemen, a portion of the gradua
ting class:
C. W. West, P. K. S.—2nd Honor—
j Salutatory.
C. W. Long, D. S.—3rd Honor—(Sub
ject assigned.) Mental Science.
S. M. Strong, D. S.—To doubt, is the
first step in Philosophy.
D. H. Janes, P. K. S, —Social affections
necessary to individual happiness.
W. G. Smith, D. S.—American Poli
tics and Literature.
G. M. Troup, P. K. S.—Rights of pro
perty.
J. A. Wingfield, D. S.—“ Not. that we
read too much, but that we think too lit
tle.”
W. R. Branham, D. S.--4th Honor—
(Subject assigned,) Mental Science. (Spe
cial subject,) Qui fit Maecenas, ut nemo
D. Finley, P. K S. ? Ist Honor.—
F. S. Bartow, P. K. S. Valedictory.
Before the address of the President to
the graduating class, the degree of Bache
! lor of Arts was conferred on the following
: gentlemen:
Francis S. Bartow, Savannah.
Walter R. Branham, Eatonton.
| John D. Diomatari, Ipsara, Greece.
David Finley, Wilkes county.
Robert Iverson, Columbus.
David Janes, Taliaferro county.
Crawford W. Long, Madison county.
Erasmus L. Ragan, Greenville.
William G. Smith, Jones county.
■ Samuel M. Strong, Macon.
James D. Thomas, Athens.
John J. A. Thomas, Mclntosh county.
George M. Troup, Laurens county.
I Charles W. W 7 est, Liberty county.
John H. Whitehead, Burke county.
I Junius Wingfield, Greensboro’.
| Grafton D. W T oodbridge, Savannah.
To-day the Oration before the two lite
rary societies of the College will be deli
vered by Daniel Chandler, Esq. of Wash
ington, Wilkes county.
Twenty-eight new students have been
examined and received into the institution.
Os thetransactionsofthe Board of Trus
tees, but little has as yet transpired. They
have, we understand, much to their credit,
raised the salaries ofthe Professors S2OO
—appropriated SIOOO for increase of the
College Library, and a liberal sum for ad |
ditional supplies of Maps, Globes, Ac. i
AUGUSTA,
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1 833.
“ 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 cau 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
Genera! Government, which it would not be
in the power ot every State Government to
destroy, under the authority of this licentious
principle.” GEORGE M’DUFFIE.
FOR GOVERNOR, •
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
FOR CONGRESS,
JABEZ JACKSON.
JESSE F. CLEVELAND.
Having set some enquiries on foot elsewhere,
we, on Saturday, made the following enquiries
oi the Post Master here, who has been, before
this, an uncalted participant in the discussion.
As he has come out a volunteer in the cause of
the Nullifiers, and lent at least an equivocating
connivance to the Chronicle to invalidate the
lorce of our suspicions, evidencing, that we
should not have been deterred by any consider
ations asising from his official delicacy, we
Lave thought we had now r a right to all his tes--
timony. The other enquiries we have institu-'
ted, go to the fountain head. Now the Nidli
fiers, finding the pistol would snap, have come
out so hot against the Abolitionists and their pro
ductions, thus deceiving their good allies, we
have some hope, the latter will feel resentment
enough io return the joke, and furnish us with a
kuowledge of thatnnagical apparatus (far above
any of Mr. Van Buren’s inventions) by which
obscure individual in Richmond county, and
elsewhere, become suddenly so well-known
1000 miles off, that sot only their sirwames, but
every initial of their given names are accurate
ly endorsed, with all their honors, down to Se
nior and Junior, regularly annexed. We intend
to see the bottom of the well. They say truth
lies thete, snug and cool. Let the guilty look
out. We give them fair warning. More than
we have determined to probe this affair. We
have clues already to some startling develope
meats. Let those, who receive and distribute
these productions take care, in future, Post
Masters and all. We consider a Post Master
fat from being privileged, from his office, know
ingly, to distribute such moral poison through
the community.
Augusta, Aug. 8, 1835.
Dear Sir:
As you have volunteered in the discussion
before the public, and waived the official deli
cacy, by which I had supposed you governed,
I now have a right to enquire,
Ist. In saying, that the only instances noticed,
for some time, of Abolition papers addressed to
individuals by name, have occurred within two
or three weeks, did you mean t» convey the idea
that, some time ago, packages had been sent to
the office, the individual papers unaddressed ?
2d. Was it not the manner of the enquiry—
the way in which the information was asked by
the Chronicle, that induced you to imagine that
I intended to insinuate my information was ob
tained from the Post Office 1
3d. Is there any thing, and what, erroneous
in my remarks on the distribution of newspaper
packages 1
4th. How do you explain this occurrence 1—•
Since my remarks on newspaper distribution,
the foreman has informed me, that on two occa
sions, after bringing the papers from the Post
Office, he found among them, loose and undirect
ed, two abolition publications, one a copy of
“ Human Rights.” He put them out of the way,
and probably but for this discussion, I should
never have known any thing of them. How
came an undirected publication of that, or any
other sort, in my box 1
sth. Since your letter, have you remembered
any other recipients? I have the names of two
individuals, who have received packages, one
of whom has acknowledged, I am told, as much
as that he sent his portion to Madison county,
Georgia ?
Your attention to these enquiries will oblige
me before 10 o’clock on Monday.
“.Da. McWhorter :
Sir— My attention was first called to the pas
sage in your Editorial remarks of 31st July,
respecting the persons by whom Abolition pa
pers were received, by the enquiry from the
Chronicle Office. My own opinion and that of
several friends, whom I consulted, upon refcr
ing to the passage,was, that the inference might
fairly arise from it (whether intended or not)
that the investigation alluded to, was made by
enquiring at the Post Office. As 1 could not,
even by my silence, suffer the Office to rest un
der the imputation, that information—incorrect
in itself—and reflecting invidiously upon a por
tion of ottr fellow citizens, had been derived
from it, I felt it my duty to offer you the com
munication published in your Wednesday’s pa
per. I was further prompted to this course by
the belief that in a question so exciting, every
thing calculated to divide or distract the public
sentiment, was most unfortunate, and that it
was my duty as a citizen, having in my power
the necessary information, to correct what I
looked upon as a mis-apprehension—calculated
to produce division. In doing so, I did not in
tend to volunteer in a public discussion—or to
j waive any official delicacy by which IJought to
have been governed—nor am I now sensible of
i having done either the one or the other. Ido
not therefore recognize your right to ask a com
munication for the public—although I am ready
at all times to give to proper inquiries, for the
satisfaction of any individual, an immediate re
ply-
Being however, desirous of preventing any
further mis-apprehension, relative to a subject
of importance and interest, I cheerfully waive
the right to be silent—which the style and tenor
of your note would otherwise prompt me to ex
ercise—and now proceed to answer your inqui
ries.
To the Ist. I did not mean to convey the
idea, that some time ago, parcels had been sent
to this office, the individual papers unad
dressed.The expression “individuals byname,”
was intended to distinguish such papers, from
those addressed to individuals by profession, of
fice or occupation. No papers of the character
referred to, not addressed, either on the paper
or its envelope, have been rccei ved here.