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GEORGIA - LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE.
Monday, Nov. 2
After going through the election for of
ficers, the Senate adjourned to 10 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Notices for committees to report bills.
Mr. McAllister, to amend the 29th sec
tion of an act, entitled an act, for ordering
and governing slaves in this Province,
and for establishing a jurisdiction for the
trial ofofTences committed by such slaves
and other persons therein mentioned, and
to prevent the inveigling and carrying a
way slaves from their masters, owners, or
employers, passed 10th May, 17/0.
Mr. Chastain: To reduce the fees on
grants in the laud and gold lotteries.
Mr. Steelman: To regulate Sheriff’s
■ales in this State.
Mr. Gordon: 'l’o prevent the circula
tion of Bank bills under the denomination
of ten dollars.
Mr Bivins: To authorise the recovery
of all sums under fifty dollars in the justi
ces courts of this State.
Mr. Hardin: 'l’o sell all the Bank
etock owned by the State.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
The President announced the following
Committe, viz:
On Privileges and Elections. Messrs.
Saffold, Reese, Gordon, Steelman, and Sta
pleton
On Petitions: Messrs. Swain, Newman,
Leggett, Cowart and Obarr.
On Enrollment: Messrs. Cone, Hemp
hill, Kellum, Brown and Taylor.
On Engrossed Journals: Messrs. La
mar, Gibson, Floyd and
Wood of Heard.
Thvrsday, Nov. 5.
Bills reported and read first time.
Mr. McAllister: The bill passed at the
last session fortheestablishment of a court
of errors.
Mr. Sellers. To add a part of Newton
to Henry county.
Mr. Little: To amend the Constitution
in relation to the oath of the members of
the Legislature.
Friday, Nov. 6.
Thi* day was occupied in elections, the
result of which we have published.
From th* Conmtutionalitt.
Saturday, Nov. 7.
The following standing committees
wereannounced:
On Finance . Messrs. Wood of Mcln
tosh, Reese, Nesbit, Powell, King, of
Glynn, Faris, Gordon, Patterson, Mitch
ell, Harris, Dunagan, Blackmon and Al
ford.
On Printing: Messrs. Walker, Liddle,
Rutherford, Baber. Gibson, Sellers, Pow
ers, Sentell, Saffold, Holoway, Holmes,
Hemmingway and Hines
OntheCential Bank : Messrs Murray,
Wood of Mclntosh, Dawson. Hepburn,
Mosely, Hemphill, Gonder, Little, VVald
hawer, Clayton, Wallhall, Crowell, and
Floyd.
On the Penitentiary: Messrs. Freeman,
Baker, Avery, Smith, Echols of Coweta,
McAfee, Nelms, Hutchings, King of
Fayette, White, Cochran, McCall, and
Surrency.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Nov. 2.
This day was occupied in the election
of officers.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Mr. Gorden of Chatham, introduced in-
Btanter a bill to incorporate the Central
Rail Road, and Banking Company ofj
Georgia, which was read, and 200 copies
ordered to be printed.
Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Mr. Shick gave notice for the appoint-]
ment of a Committee to report a Bill to
amend the Act to prevent the circulation!
of Bills under the denomination of five]
dollars.
Mr. Flournoy: To abolish the punish-i
ment of death in this State, for all crimes
except Treason.
Mr. Epsy: To grant all the lands in
the late gold and land Lotteries.
Mr. Holcombe: To reduce the number
of the Inferior Court to one, instead of
five.
Mr Fleming: To alter and amend the
Constitution, so as to reduce an 1 equalize
the representation in the General Assem
bly.
Mr. Meriwether: For the encourage
ment of Volunteer Companies.
Mr. Chandler: For the call of a Con
vention to reduce the representation.
Mr. Kenan, reported instanter, a Bill
to incorporate Oglethorpe University, at
Midway, Baldwin county.
Thursday, Nov. 5.
Several Bills were read a second time !
and referred to a committee of the whole
House.
Bills reported and read first time.
Mr. Kelly: To amend the Charier of!
the Bank of Hawkinsville.
Mr. Chandler: To provide for the call
of a Convention, &c.
Mr. Davis of Elbert, gave notice, for
the appointment of a Committee to report i
a bill, to compel each county to pay their
Senators and Representatives.
, Mr. Kenan: To incorporate the Bank
Georgia, to be located at Milledgeville.
Saturday, Nov 7.
The following committees were an
nounced.
On the state of the Republic, Messrs.
Bates, Floyd, Early, Clayton, Kennon,
Rogers, Robinson of Jasper, Adair, Hub
bard, Johnson, Drane, Bolton, and Hill of
Jasper.
On Finance, Messrs Bruney, Flour
noy, Johnson, Stroud, Rambo, Bradford,
Wrightof Columbia, Smith of Habersham,
Pitman, Blackshear, Sanford, Loyal, and
McDonald.
On the Judiciary, Messrs. Meriwether,
Gordon of Chatham, Hill of Jasper, Mil
len, Harris of Putman, Kenan, Shaw,
Clayton, Lewis of Jones, Chandler, Bai
ley,Blake of Sc riven, Petit, McKinley,
Lumpkin. Dougherty, Kelly of Houston
and Floyd.
On the Military, Messrs. Wood, Vin
son, Robinson of Washington, Bivins,
Howell, Hines, Ezzard, Van Landing
ham, Bates, Mitchell, Murphy, Tarver,
Wilder, Porter, Holcombe, Ash, Davis
of Elbert, Kase, Coffee, Harris of Newton,
Harrison, of Franklin, Henry, and Hil
liard.
On the Penitentiary, Messrs. Burns,
Burton, King, Curry, Harkness, Stanley,
Baker, Towns, Jeffries, Hall, Bird, Tur
ner, Nightingale, Wilkinson, McCurry,
McCoy, Diamond, Allen and Harris of
Washington.
On Public Education and Free Schools,
Messrs. Hudson, Dobbs, Luckie, Ingram,
Reynolds, Penticost, Gieen, Colbert, At
taway, Clark of Camden, Phillips, Read,
Peddy, and Cassells.
On Internal Improvements, Messrs.
Gordon of Chatham, James, Bonner,
Moore of Clark, Lawshe. Welborn, Lew
is of Troup, Espy, Stallings, Kelly of Ra
bun, Dart, Flewellen, Harris of Warren,
Camp of Randolph, Moore of Talliaferro,
Smith, of Hancock, Maysand Hamilton,
On Banks, Messrs Dunham, Calhoun,
Tarver, Wright of Lincoln, Shick,
Brown, Waldhauer, Rhodes, Hunter,
Hudson, Bracewell, Newsom, Jordan,
McAfee, and Schley.
On Petitions, Messrs. Earley, Ward,
McArthur,. Young, Carson, McCray,
Hatton, Hays, Bryson, Drew, and Wil
Hams.
On Privileges and Elections, Messrs.
Strickland, Flournoy. Burney, Craft, Lan
drum, of Fayette, Rivers, Yopp, Rogers,
Robson, Engram, Burke, and Burnett,
On Printing, Messrs. Millen Gordon of
Monroe, Strickland, Beck, Hatcher, Lock
hart, Dennard, Sharp, Solomon, Bowen,
Landrum of Oglethorpe, Camp of Henry,
and Tarver.
On Enrolement, Messrs. Brown, Black
of Monroe, Candlert, Collier, Dismukes,
Davis, of Union, Flemming, Whitefield,
Mclntyre, Smith of Coweta, Gunby and
White.
To Examine Journals, Messrs. Gray,
Barror, Massingale, Bryrant, Hill of
Walton, Clark of Hall, Foard, Duncan,
Martin, Harrison of Carroll, and Leon
ard.
In the House, to-day Mr. Schley, gave
notice that he would move for the appoint
ment of a committee to prepare and report
a bill to increase the capital stock of the
Bank of Augusta, and establish offices of
discount and deposite of the same; also
for the appointment of a committee to pre
pare and report a bill to increase the cap
ital stock of the M chanics Bank of Au
gusta.
Mr. Schley offered a petition of the
Trustees of the Medical College of Geor
gia. After explaining its contents he mo
ved for its reference to a special commit
tee, which motion was agreed to, and the
speaker appointed Messrs. Schley,Rhodes,
Gordon of Chatham, Gunby and Millen,
the Committee.
Mr. Schley also introduced a petition
of the Trustees under the will of John
Campbell, to vest certain property in John
Campbell Alien, and William Campbell,
who ares aliens. He moved the subject
be referred to a special committee. The
motion was agreed to, and Messrs. Schley,
Stallings, and Harris of Washington, ap
pointed the committee.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
Difficulty with France —Some
of the Eastern papers, most likely to be
well informed on the subject, express an
apprehension that we may yet be involv
ed in hostilities with France. It would,
indeed, be a singular spectacle to see two
powerful nations wagering war (likely
from its nature to be interminable) on a
point of etiquette. At the present moment,
it maybe a matter of cu rious historical re
reminiscence, that this is not the first oc
casion on which the French Government
has fired at the language of a President’s
Message, and demanded an explanation of
what appeared offensive.
All will remember that Charles Cotes-!
worth Pinckney, John Marshall, and El-1
birdge Gerry, were appointed by the elder I
Adams, Commissioners to seek redress
for the spoliations on our commerce. In
their despatch to the American Secretary
of State, dated Paris, 2d March, 1798, (see
Wait’s State Papers, vol, iv. page 84,)
they speak of an interview with the;
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, (Tai-1
leyrand.) in which the latter remarked, |
“that the Directory bad been extremely :
wounded by the last speech of General
Washington made to Congress, and by
the firstand last speech of Mr. Adams.
That explanations of the speeches were ex
pected and required of us.”
In a formal communication addressed
by the Commissioners to Talleyrand it is
said, (p. 126,) “ You complain o p the
speech of the President made to Congress
in May last. It denounces, you say, the
Executive Directory as seeking to propa
gate anarchy and division in the United
States.—The Constitution imposes on the
President the important duty that he shall,
from time to tirne, give to the Congress
information of the state of the Union, it
having been deemed proper, tec.” The
Commissioners then proceed to state to
Talleyrand the circumstances which led
to that Message. They refer to a very bitter
and abusive speech, which had been utter
ed by the President of the Directory, and
thus proceed : “When this speech thus ad
dressed directly to the Government and the
people of the U. S. in the face of Europe,
and of the world, came to be considered
in connexion with other measures, &c.,
it could not fail to make on the Ame
rican mind a deep and serious impress
ion,’ &-c. After citing the obnoxious par
agraph of the President’s Message, our
Commissioners add: “It is hoped that
this communication will be viewed in its
true light, that it will no longer be consid
ered as a denunciation of the Executive
Directory, but as the statement of an all
important fact by one Department of the
American Government to another, the
making of which was enjoined by duties
of the highest obligation.”
A correspondent of the London Morn
ing Herald, under date of Paris, Sept. 8,
says : “ I have long ceased to refer to the
dispute between this Government and that
of the United States of America, respec
ting the indemnity of 25 millions. I now
pledge myself, however, that it has anew
become an object of solicitude, if not alarm,
at the Tuilleries. Gen. Jackson will not,
it seems, give anything which the most
liberal interpretation could characterize
as an explanation or apology.”
From the New York Times.
MICHIGAN.
We call the attention of our readers to
the following article on the subject of
this new state, for such she claims
to be. If our correspondent chits cor
rectly the ordinance of ’B7, (and we
have every confidence in his correct
ness;) if seems to us that the right of
Michigan to form a state government and
to be admitted into the union is clear and
indisputable. She will be admitted at all
events; foreven if legislation on the part
of Congress isnecessary, it certainly will
be in favor ofadding a new and powerful
state to the confederacy, a state the popu
lation of which is not surpassed by that of
any other state in the union,for virtue, in
telligence, and rnturprize. The article
is from the pen of a gentleman who has
taken an active part in the preparatory
steps for organizinga state constitution for
Micigan, and it may be received as com
ing from one intimately acquainted with
the subject.
Messrs. Editors. — During a brief so
journ in your city, I have been frequent
ly interrogated as to the course which the
people of Michigan will pursue, in relation
to the formation of a State Government,
and also as to the policy and justness of
themeasures already adopted.Findingthat
little is known of our rights or our views,
I have deemed it pertinent to explain both,
and ask of your sense ofjustice, as well as
personal frendship, a place in your col
umns.
If Ido not err, there has been no Slate
admitted into the Union since Missouri
claimed and received that proud privil
lege. Consequently it is now more than
ten years since the public-mind has been
agitated,or since our politicians have giv
en their attention, to the questions which
will now arise. In fact, though new States
have been frequently added to the assem
bled sovereignties, still it is a matter in
which precedents are little to be relied
on. There are now three Territories rea
dy and willingto become States, but with
rights and privileges entirely dissimilar.
Without discussing the situation of either
Arkansas or Florida, I will make a few
passing remarks in relation to Michigan.
The people of the latter Territory, do
not seek a boon or ask a privilege; they de
mand a right, which has been solemly and
duly guaranteed to them; the right, under
centain contingencies, of becoming aState,
and casting aside the trappings and
appendages ofcolonial vassallage. Do not
look upon the citizens of Michigan as pre
sumptuous or grasping; they have, as I
have said rights, tffld coming as they’ do
from New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, they inherit a spirit
which will induce them to seek those
rights in no abject or wavering manner.
In the ordinace of'B7,which is thexMag
na Charta of Michigan, there is a clause
which cedes to the Union certain territo
ry, on stipulated conditions. Virginia
made the cession, and the United States
promised a compliance with the terms.
Either in that ordinance, or one passed in
relation thereto, at a subsequent period,
it is written, that when the territory, lying
between the lakes Michigan and Huron
and bounded north and south, as io the
present territory, shall contain 60,000 in
habitants, the people thereof shall form a
State Government and be admitted into the
Union. A census was taken a year since
and 87,000 was found to be the popu
lation, now increased to fifteen hundred
thousand.
The Legislative Council passed a law
districting the territory, and calling a
State Convention. The Convention was
duly held,a Constitution adopted, an ordi
nance passed regulating the transmutation
from a Territorial to a state Government,
and providing for such other contingen
cies as might occur. An election has
bet n accordingly held, a Governor, Legis
lature and Representation to Congressdu
ly elected, and the Constitution ratified.
On to first Monday of November next,
the Legislature will meet; the Governor
be inagurated, Senators to the United
States Senate elected, and then an ad
journment till the first Monday or Tues
day in January. It is expected that the
Secretary and acting Governor will go to
Green Bay, the place at which the Terri
torial Legislative Council, which has
been elected only by those counties in the
Territory lying west of Lake Michigan,
are to convene They expect their Sena
tors and Rtpres- ntutives to proceed to
i claim their seats in be
half of the St./.e of Michigin. I wish
here to be clearly understood, Michigan
claims to become a State, by a solemn
compact long since entered into, the com
pliance with the conditions on the part of
Congress oftheUnited Statesis imperative
and cannot be made a question either party
or local disposition. She does not ask a
law, for that already exists, and she will
contend for the right of it, if after mature
consideration she shall find herself oppos
ed by Congress. If rejected, the Legis
lature oftheState must call a new Conven
tion,giving till a new expression and form
of the fundamental law can be made, under
the ordinance adopted with the Constitu
tion.
Thus, then, you will see the ground up
on which Michigan now stands, and the
course she will pursue, and by an exami
nation of the case it will be found that she
seeks noting but what is right, and which
by the acts of the Congress of the Union,
she is entitled,
From the Richmond Enquirer.
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON.
Dear Sir —ln compliance with your
request, I cheerfully supply you with a
conversation I once had with Mr. Jefferson,
when he was Secretary of State to Presi
dent Washington. On his return home
from the seat of Government, immediate
ly after the attempt of Genet to involve
this country in the war with the French
against Great Britian, I went to see him,
being then on very neighborly, friendly,
and intimate terms with him. My first
and anxious enquiry was about the Ge*
net nff ir. He informed me that he hoped
and believed it was all settled and set right
—“But for the wisdom and firmness of
that great and good man at the head of our
affairs,” he added, “it would have been
far otherwise; a very serious affair to this
country.”
Having heard it suggested by the friends
of Washington, that Mr. Jefferson had a
very high opinion of his military, but not
his political capacities, I immediately
seized upon these expressionsjand do you,
I eagerly asked, think my beloved Gener
al a great statesman? He replied unhes
itatingly and most emphatically, I do con
sider him the greatest that ever lived. He
has three traits that make him decidedly
so. Ist; he is the most deliberately cautious
ofallmenin making up an opinion,which
those who dislike and do not know him,
construe, very erroneously into dulness.
Secondly; When he thus deliberately forms
an opinion, it is the best that the nature of
the case will admit of; and thirdly; He is
the last man upon the earth to be tamper
ed with and shaken from what he thinks
right and his duty to adhere to and prose
cute, by party intriguesand personal mo
tives,” This was so just, so strong and so
inimitable a picture of my beloved Chief,
and that by one whom that Chief had sin
gled out from the whole world (though
then abroad) as his right hand aid in ad
ministering the Government of his ditin
guished choice, that 1 immediately stor
ed it up in my memory, never to be forgot
ten while I was this side of the grave.
But the same distinguished eulogist
has given us, in one of the volumes of his
writings, a full length picture of the char
acter oflhe great and good Washingtion,
based upon the same just and solid pedes
tals which will be an imperisiable honor
to his own head and heart.
Having once had the honor of being a
part of that great commander’s military
family, and enjoyed his friendship and
confidential correspondence to the end of
his life, I cannot but feel the truth of eve
ry thing that can be said in his favor and
that tends to keep his memory alive and
before the world forever. Thus knowing
and feeling I have no objection to your
using this short and hasty communication
in any way you may think it will be oflhe
least service.
Very respectfully, yours.
JOHN NICHOLAS.
A. Curiosity.—We have received
from a friend the petrified tooth of a shark,
which was recently discovered by an ac
cidental excavation of the bank of York
River. The animal to which it belonged,
judging from a comparison of the teeth of
the largest sharks of the present day with
the one before us, must have been thirty
or forty feet in length, and otherwise
large in proportion. The tooth is perfect;
the edges are serrated, and its enamel is
as brilliant and beautiful as if it had just
been taken from its native head The
root ofthe tooth is also entire. The length
of the tooth from the root to the point is 6
inches, and the widest part 4 inches. The
mass of the tooth resembles in weight and
appearance so much iron. We find the i
weight to be 12 1-2 ounces.
We have conversed with several intel - :
ligent sea captains, who have looked ma
ny a fierce monster in the face, and are |
well skilled in the wonders of the ocean, !
and learn from them that the tooth is as- j
suredly’ that of a shark, and of a size ut
terly unknown in modern times. The
subject of this paragraph is, then, another
proof, added to the ten thousand already
existing, of the inferiority of the size of
modern animals when compared with
their antideluvian race, or, to speak more
strictly, ofthe fact, that certain large ani
mals that formerly existed are not to be
found in modern times.— Norfolk Beacon.
"The water that flows from a spring
does not congeal in winter ; and those sen
timents of friendship which flow from the
heart, cannot be frozen by’ adversity.”
Curious Punishnent.—lt is stated
that a number of Mississippi Lynchera
recently caught a fellow, named William
Earl, and after striping him stark-naked
and laying him upon the ground, took a
large tom-cat by the tail and draged the
animal to and fro upon his back, until it
was so well scratched that he will hardly
need to have it scratched again for a
twelve-mouth.
AUGUSTA,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11.
Georgia Legislature. — We have received no
thing direct from Milledgeville since our last.
In another column will be found so much of the
proceedings as are of general interest, up to
Saturday, the7ih inst.
Nctc York Evangelist is the title of a paper
received at this office by yesterday’s mail. It
is published in the citv of New Yoik, by S. R"
Benedict if- Co. and edited by the Rev. Joshua
Leavitt. !• rom its title we supposed it a mes
senger of peace and good will, and, as we
laid it aside till “ a more convenient season,”
we were not aware of its character till we saw’
a notice of the receipt of a number of the same
in the Constitutionalist of this morning. It is
indeed a wolf in sheep’s clothing— it has stolen
the livery of the court of heaven to serve the I
devil in—it comes to us in the name of peace
while its contents are calculated to produce the
greatest imaginable evil. It contains what is
called the proceedings of the Utica Convention,
which could scarcely be read in the time occu
pied by the sitting of the convention, before the
entrance of the committee of citizens, much
less acted upon. In this account of the doings
of the convention may be found the cause of this
paper’s finding its way to the South. We would
not be surprised to learn that it has been gener
ally received by editors in the Southern cities.
The account of the proceedings here published
is doubtless intended to be caught up, and han
dled, by the disaffected politicins oflhe South.
We have seen numerous articles in the North
ern papers alleging that despatches from the
French government had been forwarded from
New York to Washington City by express on
the arrival, of the packet ship France. The
Globe of the 4th inst. says, no despatches have
been received at Washington by express,
or otherwise.
We learn from the Cassville Pioneer that the
proposals made to the Cherokees by the United
States Government have met with a final rejec
tion. The two parlies met lately in council at
Red Clay, agreeably to the proposal previously
made by Ross, to confer on the possibility of
so modifying the proposed treaty as to meet the
conflicting views of the parties. Although the
treaty and all its provisions was rejected, the
parties have so far united as to appoint a dele
gation, composed of Ross and Ridge men, to
meet and confer with the U. S. Commissioners,
at some place yet to be designated. The Pion
eer adds. —“ We leave to others to say, whether
this course of Ross is or is not finesse. But it
us that he wishes to gain time, and
therebj see, what regulations our present Leg
islature will adopt tow'ard the lands now occu
pied by the Cherokees, within the limits of this
State.
If the present Legislature should not provide
for granting, indiscriminately, all the lands in
the Cherokee country, it is more than probable
that he will still continue to reject the most lib
eral offers of the General Government. But if
the States of Tennessee and Georgia will adopt
proper measures, there can be no doubt, but
that they will be forced to accept arrangements
for their speedy removal west oflhe Mississippi
river. Let Georgia grant all her lands, and
Tennessee prevent their removal thither, and the
result is obvious.
South Carolina Rail Road. ---During the
month of October, 3,012 Passengers were con
veyed upon the Rail Road, and 6,847 bales of
Cotton received in Charleston. The receipts
of the Company for the same time amounted to
$36,462 26, independent of the Mail.— Con.
United Slates Bank.— The Philadelphia In
quirer, says—“ We learn that the Bank of the
United States has sold its banking establish
ment in Cincinnati, and the whole of its branch
in St. Louis, to the Commercial Bank of Cin
cinnati. It has also sold the current debt due
the Branch in Cincinnati, to the Lafayette Bank,
and its suspended debt to the Cincinnati Trust
Company.”
Prisoners Escaped.— The Cassville (Ga.)
Pioneer, says:—“All the prisoners confined in
our Jail made their escape on Monday night
last, with the exception of one, who was too se
curely ironed to be released from his fetters,
with all the assistance that could be given by
his fellow prisoners. Three of the number
were sentenced to the Penitentiary at our last
Superior Court, for theft. It is much to be re
gretted that the Keeper of the Penitentiary had
not sent for them before they made their escape
from prison.”
Twenty-seven volunteers embarked from
Mobile on the 2d inst. for Texas, under charge
of Mr. Reid, to aid the colonists in their strug
gle against Santa Anna.
France and the United Stales. — The Alexan
dria Gazette of Monday the 2d inst. says:—“lt
is currently reported that the Secretary of the
Navy, has within a few days, made no conceal
ment of his opinion that the recent difficulties
with France will eventuate in a serious collis
ion between the United States and that coun
try.”
We understand, (says the Boston Statesman,)
that W. Parker, Esq., has been appointed Chief
Engineer of the East Florida Rail Road, and
will proceed immediately with his assistants to
examine and survey tin srveral routes. The
President ofthe Company, S. S. Lewis, Esq.
accompanied by several gentlemen of the direc
tory will also visit the territory in a short time,
and the work it is expected, will be in active
progess in t,e course ofthe winter. When this
line of inteicourse is completed, the time be
tween New "iork and New Orleans will not ex
ceed six and a halfdays.
The Georgia Journal lias the following, ap
, pended to the result of the Governor’s election
in Pennsylvania:
“We wonder if any of them (the Van Boren
presses) recollect that New York’s favorite son,
and their favorite candidate, Martin Nan Bu
ren, was also a minority Governor ? Do they
remember that he tell upwards of 3,000 votes
short of having a majority in his own State ?”
He who has forgotten this fact must have a
bad memory indeed, or have eschewed all Whig
journals of that day. Does the Journal remem
ber what those with whom it is now in fellow
ship said on the subject ? But it appears by
Whig syferin that twelve thousand is a trifle,
compared with three.
The largest Pumpkin we have ever heard of,
is now exhibiting in Philadelphia. It was rais
ed in Bucks county, measures six feet ten in
ches in circumference,and weighs one hundred’
and fifty-seven pounds!
The Synod of the Presbyterian Church,
which met at York, (Penn.) on the 4 28th ult. was
composed of 132 Ministers and 113 Elders, to
tal, 245. This is said to be the largest Synod
ever convened in this country.
The Cincinnati Whig, states that returns
have been received from all the Senatorial dis-4
tricts in Ohio, by which it is ascertained
there will be 19 Van Buren men and 17 Whigs
in that body.
There seems to be no end to schemes for the
investment of Capital. There appears be one
on a large scale on foot at present among the
Northern cities —that of establishing a Commer-
I cial city near the seat of government. The
'Globe contains the following:
We understand that there is some scheme of
establishing a commercial city on the shores of
the Potomac, opposite Washington, where the’
deep water is said to render it accessible for
large vessels. We have heard it said thatNeW
York capital would be invested in this underta
king andthatii is designed to meet the trade
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at this point
and carry it out by tow boats, employed regular
; ly in taking vessels to sea in place of pilot
i boats.”
United States Bank —Since the
late election in Pennsylvania, the stock
of the United States Bank has risen two
or three per cent., probably under and im
pression that the mother bank will be re
chartered by the Legislature of that State,
with authority to establish branches in
such other States as may give consent,
through their respective Legislatures.
Precisely what is the chance of such a
recharter, we do not pretend to know. If,
however, it is effected, it must be done in
part by Van Buren votes, for although in
the lower House there is a Whig majority
of 44, yet in the Senate there is a Van Bu
ren majority ofs. We have no doubt but
an attempt will be made to secure a re
charter from the State Legislature at its
approaching session; and should the bank:
offer a liberal bonus, as it doubtless will,
and can well afford to, we should not be
surprised if the application should be suc
cessful. Pennsylvania wants money to
carry on and complete her magnificient
system of internal improvements, and her
legislators will probably think this an ea
sy mode of obtaining it.—A’. K Journal
of Commerce.
Garrison s “Liberator” made its ap
i pearance as usual, but nobody seems to
known where Garrison is himself. One
Burleigh it seems acts as locum lenens to
that wretch during his heglra. This Bur
leigffi, we take to be the genius who mar
ried Prudence Crandall, the young lady
whose black and white propensities were
legislated out of Connecticut a year or
two since. He has commenced hisedito
rial career quite characteristically; hav
-1 ing, as we learn from the Boston Trans
• cript, uttered two falsehoods—known to
be such; in the first paragraph of his sheet.’
It is very lamentable that our soil should.
,be polluted by these miserables and our
communities be torn to pieces and victimis*
ied by their rnad impudence. And the ve
ry moment too, that they drive a peacea
ble people from their forbearance—when
they provoke society into violence—
I moment do we hear the hue and cry of’
I "persecution” raised in their favor! We
have no patience with the maudlin sensi
bility exercised towards them. They drive'
] our communities into improprieties by i
their own unendurable impudence, and
then call for commisseration from the ve
ry people whose peace and quieness theyi
Lave disturbed. ’I hey set towns and vil
lages in an uproar and expect the
;.n s to pity the prime movers, when the
popular exasperation drives thetu into
their skulking places. But such is hu-’
man nature and always will be we sup-
pose. The villian who expirates a mur
der upon the gallows, always becomes a
saint about the time he is hanged.— N. Y.
Cour, and Enq.
A Good Joke—A correspondent at
Charlestown informs us that an amusing
occurrence took place in that twon on Sat
urday. A mechanic had been employed
by a sportsman to make him some decoy
ducks] which, when finished, were placed
on the top of a three story building in the
rear of Main street, for the purpose of dry
ing the paint. Very early in the morning
a citizen discovered them through the fog,
and supposing them to be genuine, resolv
ed to have some of them for his dinner.—
He accordingly borrowed a gun, which he
loaded very heavily, and having station
a friend near by, on the ground, with a
musket ready cocked to bring down such
as escaped on the wing, he went up thro*
the scuttle of an adjoining house and fired
in the midst of them. —He was thunder
struck to find noneofthem moved.and had
about made up his mind that he had killed
them all so dead that they could not even
flap their wings, when a loud and hearty
leugh burst from the bystanders, wffio
had collected to witness and enjoy the joke
informed him he had made a'slight mis
take.—Boston Post.
A y oung girl at Cincinnati, recently
stabbed a negro fellow to the heart, who
attempted to take liberties with her per
son - z- T h ?. S is no countr y for Desdamonas
and Othellos.
A schoolmaster in the state of Ohio has
recently been indicted for bigaway. hav
ing, it is said, twelve wives living. We
agree perfectly with a morning paper,
that there is no doubt the schoolmaster
has been abroad.
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