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RjiHi wot« (be prophetic visions of this
truly great man, this thorough judge of the.
human bear!—front his knowledge of which,
during the vigor of his intellect, he wits thus
enabled to determine upon the tendency of
human actions. Year after year, since the
delivery of these opinions, have events testi
fied that he spoke as tliough inspired by him
Who
1 “ Touch’d Isaiah's hallowed Ups with fire.”
No doubt the strong and forcible terms in
Which ho delivered hiuisclf, and the high
Character which he had acquired among his
countrymen, retarded for many years tiie
commencement of the system of usurpation,
Which he had foretold. Even his own sus
picions appear to have been lulled by this
procrastination, aided by the infirmities
Which nge spreads over mind and body.(OI)
But about the period of his death, the cor
ner stones of the edifice were laid.
It is known that before the meeting of the
Convention which framed the constitution,
the old Congress udder the confederation,
asked for no more power to enable them to
administer the affairs of the Union, than tiiat
to impose an ad valorem duty of Jive percent,
upon imported goods.(62) Had this befen con
ceded by the states, that convention had ne
ver assembled. But it was not. The only
System in operation for raising a common
revenue, was by requisitions upon the states,
who obeyed them or not, as their conveni
ences or means enabled them. Although
there were other evils well deserving a reme
dy, yet this was the sore one. When at
Inqt the convention did assemble—its ineni
liers came with credentials to amend the old,
and not to make a neto form of government
for the Union. It is admitted, however,
that the states afterwards supported them
In transcending their authority, by adopting
the work of their hands. But in this adop
tion, they manifested a caution k. weaiiness
that leave no doubt of the construction which
they intended should be put upon the pow
er of taxation. The ampin means for the
support of their own sovereignties, they ne
ver intended to relinquish—hut they believ
ed that these means were abundantly afford
ed by internal taxes. They therefore yield
ed all right of revenue arising from ’com
merce without repugnance. Aware, how
ever, that ej:i£en«e*(63)might arise in which
the fund for conimou purposes would be
insuffie.ientfrom this source, they yielded to
the general government a right o’f internal
taxation also. But how did they do it ? In
the same unconditional, undefined and ab
solute. manner in which they had yielded
taxation upon rommerre ? By no menus.
They dearly saw the dangerous, vexations,
and oppressive extent to which such an un
limited power might he urged. They were
willing to encounter burthens and hardships
In the common defence—but when no longer
necessary to be borne on that account, they
•jeem explicitly to have declared, in as plain
terms as it could be done, without doing it in
so many words, that no ideas of grandeur
and imperial greatness, or imaginary dan
gers apparent only to the eyes of would-be-
great men, should prolong their duration.—-
Hence, upon the exercise of this power, they
formed a rule and put a construction, that
dispels all doubt, by declaring that “ Con
gress ought not to lay direct taxes, (or as two
states, Virginia and North Carolina insisted,
“ excises,) but where the money arising frolh
duties and imposts are insufficient for the
public exigencies," nor then, “ until Con
gress shall have made a requisition upon the
states to assess, levy and pay their respective
proportions.(G4) What language could more
clearly shew the jealousy of the states upon
this subject ? What could more plainly de
clare the rule, that taxation on foreign com
merce, (all right to which they had yielded,)
should constitute the “ ordinary revenue" of
the federal government, and that the power of
internal taxation, which was retained as a
source of “ ordinary revenue” for the states,
should Ih> exercised only when the “public
exigencies," that is, some pressing necessity,
some sudden occasion, as war, invasion, in
surrection, calamity, or other circumstance
of general interest, threatning danger to the
whole Union, should require it. “ He that
runs may read” this clear manifestation of
the intentions of the people of the several
states, parties to the federal compact.
The power of taxation was yielded with
more reluctance than any other. It was
giving npthepwrre, without which the sword
was comparatively harmless. It was known
full well, that when any government, or a
separate department of one, possessed un
limited control over both, liberty and nation
al happiness, and individual security were
not only jeopardised, hut destroyed, lienee,
although many were of opinion that the
power over the purse was sufficiently limit-
ed by the constitution itself, the states tlio’t
proper to guard its exercise yet more strict
ly, by the expression of the elear and decid
ed rule before alluded to, in relation to the
manner, and especially to the occasions up
on which it should be exercised. As we
have shewn, beyond that which arose from
imposts and duties, to which the states re-
leased all claim, the general government
were told, that all other species of taxation
must he considered only as “ extraordinary”
sources of revenue, never to bo resorted to
hut when “ the public exigencies” required
it for it was impossible for them not to fore
see that an unlimited power of taxation, in
ternal and external, would produce a degree
of vexation and oppression unknown to any
other government. We invite our reader to
calculate tile innumerable and expensive ob
jects intended to be retained in the care of the
state governments. Let him carry himself
a little forward info future ages, and calcu
late. that increase of expenses necessarily at
tendant upon an increase of population—
then let him add the immense mass of inter
nal expense, always heaped upon a people by
a government constantly striving to attain
an unrivalled height of splendor, and gran
deur, and magnificence, and dignity, and
E owcr, and strength, and God knows what
esidcs, (for when governments once com
mence such a race, their desires arc as gree
dy as the grave, as voracious as death, and
as enlarged as Hell,) and we think he will
turn with horror from the afflicting result to
which his reflections will lead him. He will
behold a great, miserable people. Our fore
fathers were a thinking people. They fought
to shake off the yoke of a government then
► the freest on earth, but which had refined
itself into the exercise of powers, that con
verted a free constitution into a curse. Can
it bo supposed that they intended to con
fer upon their new government, creat
ed by themselves, for their own security
the same powers against the oppressions of
which they had so lately staked “ their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor ?"—
The thought is fraught only with ridicule
From these instrumentrfand the constituti
on itself, we think we are enabled to coun-
4 teract another political, measure, to which
we shall have occasion to advert, in terms
that we shall put ourtelves to no trouble to
make palatable. We mean the use of the
Ppwer of taxation for the encouragement of
manufactures in the United States. Per
haps it may be thought a departure from
our object here to introduce this subject, be
cause it may not lie considered n federal mea
sure, afterwards adopted by the republican
parly. It may he true, thut during the fe
deral administration, it was a point of policy
not deemed worthy of a groat struggle.-—
But ii was early recommended by that great
High Priest of Federalism, Mr. Hamilton—it
was reprobated by Mr. Jefferson, his great
rival, in the first year of his administration—
it is founded in the principle of an extended
and liberal construction of the constitution
as admitted by Mr. Snrgcant, one of its most
zealous advocates, in that part of his speech
outlie Missouri question, which we have al
ready quoted—and it is admitted by Mr.
Baldwin, who next to Matthew Cary, may
he accounted the father of the system, to
lead directly and speedily to another mea
sure, than which noun other that could be
mentioned was more decidedly federal, to
wit, the adoption of a system of internal
taxation. These reasons, with the impor
tance of the subject, we think, will justify us
for embracing it within the scope of our re
marks, in which we promise to he brief up
on it. Wo give this promise more readily,
because the necessity of its discussion (which
we fear would have been but clumsily per
formed by U3, at best) lias been saved by the
labors of some three or four other individu
als, to whose works we can safely reenm
mend our readers. We mean Messrs. Gar
nett and Taylor of Virginia, Mr. Cambrc-
hng of Ncw-V’ork, and the North American
Review,
Our object will be answered by asking,
"’hat is the tendency of the measure ? Sup
pose that there, were in the county of Bald
win two individuals, the one n Planter the
other a Saddler—suppose that from the high
price of cotton, and from the competition in
the saddling business, resulting either from
the importation of saddles, or the very great
number of persons employed in their menu
facture, or any other cause, the planter was
enabled to make one hundred dollars more
per annum from his labor, than the saddler—
What would he said of the- Legislature of
Georgia, were they to pass a law by which
the planter was bound to give the saddler as
much of that g 100 which he had thus earn
ed, as would make the profits of the saddler
equal to his own ? nr reversing the case, that
the. saddler should he bound thus to. contri
butn to the planter? Would not the whole
body he denounced as fools or unjust tyrants
hy every class of persons of whatever trade
or calling? Let us change (lie case some
wliat, and suppose that the saddler was a ci
tizon of Massachusetts, and that Congres;
should pass such a law—Would the justice
of it he changed ? Would the principle be
altered ? Should the law be passed in di
ned terms, we think that the saddlers them
selves would rise in arms against it. If it
should be the case, however, that the sad
dler was really making as great profit as the
planter, and tne object, of the law should he
merely to induce more men to embark in
the saddling business, we doubt whether
niassarre of the law makers would not be
considered too light a punishment. And
yet we honestly declare our belief, that the
new Tariff proposed by Mr. Baldwin and
bis ro-adjutors, (and we shall encounter no
difficulty in proving Mr. Monroo to be one
of them.) will, indirectly, to be sure, produce
the same effect, as certainly, as if enacted in
direct terms. In this task we shall strive to
be very brief, and therefore tho reader need
fear no long and pretendedly learned com
ments. The subject is a plain one, and has
been confused only by reasoning of that
kind.
What is the object of the proposed new
Tariff?
As admitted on all hands, it is the encou
ragement in thr United States of certain ma
lufactnrea of woollen and cotton fabrics, of
glass, of iron, &c. Sir.
Why do they need encouragement ?
Because under the existing laws, foreign
ers ran manufacture the same articles, im
port them info the United States, pay the
duty upon them, which constitutes the reve
nue of government, and then sell them up
on cheaper terms, realising to themselves i
sufficient profit, than the manufacturer in
the United States can afford to sell them at,
with a like profit.
How is tiie object to be effected?
By the passage of a law, (the new Tariff,
by Congress, imposing such an increase of
duty upon the foreign article, as will either
dtogether prohibit the importation of it, or
if afterwards imported, so raise the price, as
that the manufacturer in the United State
ran obtain the exclusive benefit of the mark
et, or sell upon as low terms with a greatr
profit than the foreigner.
And what are the effects of surli a law ?
Its elfectsare 1st, to make the consumer of
the article pay a much higher price for the
article lie need 9 , than herbefore paid, 2dly,
That this excess if price trill be transferred
from the pocket of the consumer, to that of the
manufacturer in the United Slates, which
will make it his interest to continue his fac
tory. And 3dly, As the importation of the
article is by these means prevented, govern
mnnt will of course be cut out of the duty
imposed on the article for revenue, and will
he compe.l!cd to raise the amount tints lost
in some other way, as by direct taxqa* excis
es, kc. which will be an additional burthen
upon the consumer.
Now, is not this precisely the same thing
(though done indirectly,) us if Congress
should pass a law, obliging every body else,
directly to contribute out of tiie profits ol
their labor a certain sum of money, which
hall be given to certain privileged persons
called manufacturers, upon whom our wisea
cre-rulers look with such complacency thi
all other citizens in the community must
quit their lawful business, in order to dra
their water, cut their wood, and tread their
mortar !
The subject might he easily enlarged
and traced to other consequences equally
degrading to the citizen, ami destructive of
the best interests of our free society. AVe
leave this task to others. But we shall take
the liberty, as a part of the people, of boldly
approaching the. federal government, and
asking, “ ifuo warranto ?—by what authori-
“ ly do you do this thing? From what
“ source do you derive your power ? and
“ hy what right do you take from us our
“ money and our properly, tho fruits of our
“ toil and labor, and thus bountifully bestow
“ it on others, whom you may chance to
“ like liettor ? Ilow is it that you can dis-
“ tinguish between the equally free citizens
“ or stales of this Union? If you areautho-
« rised to take a part of our substance and
“ bestow it on your favorite, are you nut e-
« qually authorised to take all r Do yqu
“ pretend to say, that you can do it under
“ the constitutional power of “ imposing
« and collecting duties, imposts and taxes ?”
True, you can do this for the purpose or
“ raising revenue merely—but not for the
“ purpose of filching from us the money we
“ have earned, to give to another man, and
“ ret make us contribute our share of 1 revc ■
“line. What we have engaged lo do, we.
“ are still willing to perform, that is, to con
tribute our just portion of the expenses of
government. By the constitution we gave
you no power over our property, further
than was necessary for this purpose. If
you forcibly take more than is required for
this object, and bestow it gratuitously up
on your favored class, your privileged order,
you are guilty of usurpation, and have for
feited the charter hy which we created you.
Tell us not that you can do it under the
power to “ regulate commeres with fo
reign nations, fzc.” That power was in
tended to make the trade with foreign na
tions uniform throughout the states, giving
to all the equal benefits of its participation
and notto subject one class of individuals,
nr of states to contribute to the comforts
and ease of another by the loss of comfort
and ease to themselves. Can that clause
he tortured to give you the right thus torob
Peterforthe benefit of Paul, who is equally
able to work. With the supportof paupers,
you have nothing to do. It is a business
which belongs to the states. And after
all, can that be called a regulation of com
merce, the-immediate end of which is, to
destroy all commerce f This would he
regulation with a vengeance!” Such
should he the language of plain freemen to
their rulers, and we shall not hesitate to me
it, unless, perchance we shall lie gagged into
silence hy another Sedition laic.—[To be con
tinued.]
rotes.
(GO) There never ten* n “ great national gn
eminent" that was not oppressive to the pen
pie, whatever its form, whether republican
monarchical, nr despotic. This par! ol federal
dities, to our inimls, lias therefore been al
nvsthe most unpardonable.
(fid) John Taylor, of Caroline, has embodied
some admirable reflections upon this subject of
a “ pyeat splendid government." We will, with
the render s leave, quote a part of them. “ It
is true tlmt tho doctrine ol alisntutc lovereign
ty, with its indefinite catalogue of appends
ges, can ndducc in its detcnce many plausi
hie arguments, i* enumerate sundry convent
races which might result, from its unlimited
capacities (o devote both persons and pro
perly to whatever purposes It may think pro
per. What conveniencies may arise from the
absolute subordination appertaining to St, in
war.' Ilow wonderful urc its energies in pu
nishing crimes which will forever elude cs
tahlished laws! How inexhaustible are its
resources for rewarding merit, fostering the
“ arts, and rearing pyramids!" (It is possible
he alluded to oar pensions, our Cumberland
roads, and public buildings, and Mausoleums
and Colleges, and armies, and fortifications;
tec. tec.) “ Limited powers and co-ordinate
“ departments occupied by dependent trustees,
“ are often incompetent to effect ends really
“ good, and nevernhle to perform exp/oitswliicii
“ historians have called magnificent—whilst to
il venignty can enshrine itself in splendor and
“ dazzle the quietism with which it is able to
“ encircle its throne. Such Indeed are (lie nd-
“ vantages arising from a sovereignty in go-
« rcrnmciUs—but to decide whether it is prefer-
<i able to our system of self-government, and a
« division of power, a strict comparison be-
“ tween the whole mass of good and evil, rc-
“ suiting from both forms, ought to lie made.—
" As imperfection is an attribute ot every liu-
“ man contrivance, comparison is the otpy re
source for a judicious preference. In the par
ticular case of property, if we were lo con-
“ fine it to the good and evil derived by nati-
“ ons, from a sovereign or limited power in go-
n vernments over the public purse, a dismal ba-
« lance of evil would render the first principle
“ even hideous, end inspire a horror sufficient
“ to make the loiter, with all its imperfections,
« appear beautiful. Evil is indissolubly at-
“ taclied to good, and therefore the inconveni-
“ enc-s arising from the sovereignty of the peo-
“ pie" (in distinction from the sovereignty of go
vernments,) " lu limited power in governments
“ over persons and property, are by no menus
“ sufficient to establish the expediency of un-
“ dermining these principles,” tec.—Constructi
on Construed, page 76— 7.
(61) It is a liiinentubla trqth, that Mr. Ilenry
died a federalist, and his co-adjutor Mr. Monroe
is likely to follow his example, as well as inu
ny olhers we could name.
(C2) This is true beyond contradiction, as
will lie seen by consulting the Journals of the
old Congress.
(63) Hy which we understand, “pressing ne
cessities, distress, sudden occasions."
(0J) This language is held in the acts of a-
doption of the states of Massachusetts, New.
Hampshire,Hhode.-lslnnd,.New-York, Virginia,
North Cnrolinn.nndSoulh Carolina, being then
a majority of stales in the Union.
tfiot.tU’e magnanimous hero, aud profound
politician—In him we deplore the loss of an
other Washington.
10. James Monroe—The Chief ofn migh
ty Republic—More exalted than kings and
potentates—In him, we repose with confi
dence our political safety ami happiness.
11. Northern, Southern, Eastern ft If'cst-
ern—May they he lost in the more noble ap
pellation of American.
14. Hribcry and Corruption—May the
people consider them equally base and con
temptible, whether exercised by a white
man or a red one.
Id. Public Trusts—May they only lie
conferred on those possessing present quali
fications.
14. “ The end sanctifies the means”—The
foul doctrine of Federalism and Yazooisin—
May the people of Georgia no longer trust
the raon who act on such principles.
15. The elective franchise—The unalien
able right of every citizen.
16. The impartial administration of Jus
tice—-The Governor of a state should not he
the head of a faction.
17. Equality of rights—The first principle
qf a free government.
18. The Apostles of political regeneration
—Tho protestants ot MUtedgevUte—Future
legislators will admire and imitate their il
lustrious example.
19. Internal Improvement—“A thousand
words wont fill a bushel”—nor a thousand
legislative reports, loud as they may be, turn
pike an inch of our roads, or open thu navi
gation of onu foot of our rivers.
20. The Secretary of Ike Treasury—Like
Fabricius, his integrity Is incorruptible.
21. The Judiciary—One of the grand pil
lars which support our political edifice—May
its base be virtue, its shaft wisdom, and its
entablature justice.
22. National Glory—Subservient to nati
onal happiness.
20. The Ex-Presidents of the United States
—May the evening of their day bu ns se
rene as its noon was glorious.
24. The American fair—Their smile9 re
ward the patriot’s toil, and the hero’s valor.
The party dispersed harmoniously at an
early hour, grateful for another return of the
festival sacred to Liberty and Independence.
Among the Volunteer Tosls drank on the
4th July at Savannah are the following:
By Wm. B. Euli.och, Esq.—“ funda
mental Principles"—A recurrence to
(hem is necessary, ns a safeguard against
the dangers of degeneracy, to which all
government* are liable.
By Judge Berrien.—77it Constitution
of the State of Georgia—Renovated by
revision, under the auspices of the peo
ple who ordained it.
New-York, June 27.
We understand tlmt Mr. Forsyth, ambas
sador to Spain, lady and family, will embark
this morning on board the elegant ship l'u-
Thc Bank ofthe United States has de
rlared a dividend of one and a half per
cent, for the last half year. This mea
sure was recommended hy a committee
of the board of directors at Philadelphia
in a report which was submitted to, and
approved by the board. It contains an
estimate of the losses sustained, and of
other charges to be met by the bank
and concludes with sundry resolutions
providing for the extinguishment of
losses, Sic. Sic.—Enquirer.
few days since, in perfect order, and what It
very remarkable it quite meets our expecta
tions in every respect: I cannot find a Leg
horn fiat in any of the shop* equally fine ami
beautiful, i have been requeued to lay it
beforh the Society of Arts, in order to ob
tain a medal for Miss Woodhouse, and which
l have every prospect of getting, althogli it
being a foreign production, must render it
more doubtful, as they reward nalive merit
only by their rules ; yet, the thing is so high
ly meritorious and would he so very impor
tant to this country as a manufacture, f am
quite sure it will be. rewarded.”
FOREIGnTpAPERS.
By two or three arrivals since that of the
Euphrates, we have received our regular
supplies of English papers, and sundry mis
cellaneous Journals. On looking over the
former, we find but few items of any impor
tance, which had before escaped ns. We
have this evening given a sketch of the de
bate upon Sir Francis Hurdett’s motion for
an enquiry into tho Manchester business—
and some article* from the Continent, one of
which gives a more particular account of
the murder of Vinecea, by the Spanish po
pulace, while in prison. Some further arti
cles which we have gleaned, will be given
hereafter. •
Since our last publication of foreign news,
we. have read a good deal in relation to the
reported insurrection nmong the Greeks—
and we are more than ever convinced, that
mt much importance is lo he attached to
their movements. In regard fo the whole
business,there seems lo prevail an equal por
tion of ignorance and bad information. It
absurd to characterise the rebellion in Wal-
lacbia and Moldavia as nn insurrecticn of the
Greeks. It is true that the inhabitants of
those Principalities profess the religion of
the Greek Church, but it would he just as
correct to describe the Irish people as Ho
mans, because they have (be misfortune to
believe the dogmas of the Unman Church.—
'n fact, with perhaps the exeeplion of a few
Officers of the Iluspndar Court there are no'
ksin Moldavia and Wallaehia—none of
that clever and singularly intelligent race,
hose pride is inflamed and resentment ex
aperated against their Mkhommedan op
pressors, by the recollection of the ancient
glory anil pre-eminence of their country.
The continent affords us no prospect of a
j important iie»9 the present season. F.
cry thing has settled down, with the eXcep
tion of Spain and Portugal, into a calm and
sullen despotism, and their rulers seem die
posed to rccul the time when—
A rugged weight, the worst of brutes was
man,
On his own wretched kind he ruthless preyed ;
The strongest still the weakest overran ;
‘n every country mighty robbers swayed
And guile te ruffian luice were all llieir trade.”
Charles John, (Bcrnudottc) of Sweden,
does not nppenr altogether unapprehensive
of the tender mercies of the Holy Alliance.
The people of Norway, our readers will re
collect, nave taken it into their jieads that
they can get along w ithout nobility, and their
Diet passed a resolution for abolishing the
order. But the king has given them to un
derstand, that from the temper which cer
tain great Potentates appear to he in at pre
sent, lie has reason to fear that if thu aboliti
on of titles in Norway is persisted in, it may
furnish the said Potentates with a pretext for
interfering a la JVaplcs with the intemul af
fairs of his Majesty’s government. The re
monstrance of his Majesty appears likely to
have the effect of inducing the temporary
suspension at least of the important innova
tion contemplated by the simple Norwegi
ans N. Y- Spectator. June 80.
fuge in Fiie.rto Cabello, are stated to hat*
returned to their homes.
A letter from Porto Cabello states that—*
“ Morales entered Caraccns on the 26th in
stant, after a smart action with the enemy*
at the Cocuises, in which they lost in killed
and wounded upwards of 800 men—after
taking possession of the capital he immedi
ately marched down to Laguyra, In order not
to allow the enemy time to escape by sea ;
they only amounted to about 500 men, be
longing to Bermudez’s division, who on per
ceiving our approach, made good thfir re
treat, but were pursued by 600 men, and it
was thought they would be cut off.”
A letter, dated Maracaybo, iflth MaJ,
mentions that the Congress was installed aa
the 6th of that month in Rosariro de Cucut*
nd that Senor Narino had been appoint
ed Vice-President, ad interim, of Co.'umM
[comkvnicatko.j
Died in this place, after an illness of It
days, on Saturday, I4tb inst. Mr. Boiomok
Peret, son of Mr. Willis Perry, sen’r. of
Jackson county, in this state.
Extract of a letter written ly a gentleman in
Cooper county, Missouri, dated March 2.
“ Tlu 1 Indians have been doing mischief a
hove here again—they robbed six wagons
on their way to the Council Bluffs, cut their
gearing to pieces, and set their wagons on
the opposite side of the river, and told the
waggoners to make the best of their way
home. The Indians have taken Parmnr, the
man that commanded the party that killed
Indians last spring, and have taken him off.
and it is supposed that they will put him to
some barbarous death.”—[Russtlvilli Mess.
In conformity to previous arrangements,
the Hancock Volunteer Artillery and Dra
goons assembled in Sparta, at an early hour
on the 4tli iust. and having performed vari
ous evolutions, marched to the Methodist
Clmrc!t, at 11 o’clock, a. si. where theyjoiu-
ed the citizens, who bad preceded them.
The Declaration of Independence was
read hy Hopkins II. Halsey, meg. after which,
an eloquent mid patriotic Oration was deli
vered hy Eli H. Baxter, esq. in which the
Orator happily recurred to the causes that
led to the emigration of our fathers to the
American wilderness, and the final separati
on ofthe colonies from the mother country,
and beautifully contrasted Out glorious con
stitution with the ancient and modern go
vernments ofthe old worlifc
From the Church, the assenibly, both ci
vil and military, repaired to the Eagle Ta
vern, where they sat down to an excellent
dinner at three o'clock, at which, Dr. Charles
E. Haynes officiated as President, 12 iiumuel
A. Bailey, esq. as Vice-President.
After the cloth was removed, the follow
ing Toasts were drank, enlivened by marti
al music, the discharge, of cannon, ami con
vivial and national songs.
1. The day we celebrate—The sound of
cannon and the parade of arms, remind us
that we are soldiers assembled around the
standard of our country—Our National In
dependence can never he lust until the day
which created it is forgntle.n.
2. The Declaration of Independence—A
nation’s solemn appeal to arms against the
invasions of arbitrary power—The sacred
charter of our liberties—sanctioned by the
immutable laws of nature, and of God.
3. The Heroes of 76—Fur us. they pledg
ed “ their lives, their fortunes, and their sa
cred honor.”—Illustrious fathers !—Martyr
ed heroes—While our gratitude ascends in
heartfelt strains, to you we turn for exam
pie in “ times (bat try men’s souls.”
4. The immortal Washington—To him we
respond the Bolemn voice of his country—
First in war, first in peace, first ill the Hearts
of his countrymen.
5. The Constitution ofthe United Slates—■
It rose upon the benighted world like the
son upon chans—Our safeguard against con
flicting interests and political disorder.
6. The Union ofthe Slates—May it ho e-
ternnl as Egypt's imperishable monuments.
7. National Character— Only to be erect
ed on purity of principle, and unity ot senti
ment.
8. Slate dependenceand independence—Let
them be regulated by a true and enlightened
construction of our federative compact.
9. Alcxp/ider Hamilton—The fervent pa
It appears hy a report of a committee o
the legislature ofNew-IIampshirc, that there
are twelve incorporated manufacturing com
panics in that state authorized to Hold
i! 678,000 of properly free from taxation
5 583,000 of which is vested in Nail and Iron
Factories—g 20,00.0 in Glass, and the re
muinder, being $ 120,000, principally in Cot
toil.
A committee was appointed tt> inquire in
to the expediency of adopting a system hy
which all the cotton and woollen factories in
the state may he exempted from taxation
so as In place them on ail equal footing with
those that have heretofore been exempted—
and also the expediency of adopting a urii
form system for taxing corporations.
We have heard with much pleasure from
a gentleman of the low country, that th
manufacture of Wijf at Rnnnoake Island
is in n train of improvement and snecesi
which promises at no distant day, to furnisl
our domestic supplies. A French gentle
man accustomed lo the culture ofthe gra|
has made un establishment there, fitsupplit
considerable quantities to the orders of per
sons op the Sound and Rivers. Unlike the
former method of treating that excellent
grape, which we Call the Scuppernong, til
juiee undergoes the process of fermentation
nd is put ihto pipes for the space of a year,
before it is used. A genthunan who ha
purchased a cask oftliat age, says it is totally
unlike the w ine which is commonly sold
from that part ofthe country. We hope to
seethe Abbe Correa’s remark verified, “that
the eastern parts of this Slate area? well
adapted to making Wine as any country i
tfie world.”—Raleigh ttegistcr.
THE WETHERSFIELD BONNET
Hartford, June 26.
At tho last annual exhibition of domest
manufactures ofthe Hartfoid County Agri
cultural Society, it w ill he recollected that
Grass Bonnet was exhibited by the Misses
Woodhouse of Wethersfield, for which tile
received a premium from the society,
was afterwards, purchased by a gentleman
for the sum of 830, and has since been for
warded lo London, where the fineness of its
texture, and the elegance of its colur, have
been universally admired. It is ussertained
that the materials for the manufacture of bon
nets, in imitation of those of Leghorn, are
to be obtained in abundance in this country
which will ultimately supercede the nrcessi
ty of foreign Importation. As an additional
incentive to the ladies of Hartford county
we publish the following extract of a let ter
from a gentleman in London.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London
to hit fnrnd in thu City, dated April 28,1821.
“ I received the Bonnet by the Radi up, a
Sale ot' Fractional Surveys.
T HE undersigned Commissioners will, pur
suant to an act of the Legislature, passed
22d December, 1820, commence the sale of th*
Fractional ftiaveys
In the countiesof Walioti, Gwinnett, Hall, Hab
ersham ami Rabun, at the town of Jefferson, la
Jackson county, on the first Mouday in Aiuwt
nest, and continue the same from day lo oy»
(Sundays excepted,) until the whofeuirssold.
SAMVEL JACKSOA,)
JOHN LOVING, > Comm’m.
r. F. ADRIAN, >
Extract from the act authorising the tale of tha
Fractions.
“ § 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duly of the Commissioners appointed a*
aforesaid, to sell the fraction* ill the counties of
Walton, (iwtnnett, Hall, Habersham U Rabun*
lo commence by offering the lowest number
ed fraction in the lowest numbered district in
the county of W alton, progressing in numeri
cal order, until the whole of the fractions I*
said district is offered for sale—then by offer
ing the lowest numbered fraction in tha next
lowest numbered dctrict iu said county, and
progressing in the same numerical order, until
the w hole are disposed of in said county, conti
nuing ilt observing the same progression through
out (lie different counties, in the order in which
they stand in the aforegoing part of Ibi* icCti-
July 12.
23—3t
Mt. Gabriel W^nn,
W E are aulhohised to Mate, will b« a can
didate for Receiver of Tax Returns «t
the nest election, for Baldwin county.
July 13. 23—2t.
LOST,
A NOTE OF HAND for fifty-fire dollars,
given by William S. Mitchell, to the sub
scriber.
July 17.
D. LYMAN, jun.
28—if.
LAW.*
I OTT WARREN having recently been ad*
J untied to the PRACTICE OF IAW, end
having located bin,self in Dublin, tenders Ilia
piofessional services in the Southern Circuit,
and In Wilkiuson county, of the Ocmulgee Cir
cuit.
July 13,. 23—3t*
Neve-Hampshire Stale Prison.—^Ac
cording to the annual report from this
institution, the labor of the prisoners
after paying off all expences, has yielded
a prolit to the state of £437 38. Their
management of prisoners must be very
different from burs, w here the state is
every year brought 30 or 40,000 dollars
in debt. The Legislature of that state
have passed a resolution appropriating
eight hundred dollars to the use of (he
agricultural societies.—N. Y. Paper.
Preservation of Miat in warm weather.
We are indebted to a friend fur the follow
ing communication, which we expect Will be
acceptable to a number of our t enders. It
is a simple and easy mode of preserving Meat
fresh for several days, during (he warmest
w ealher. He tried it jn succession on two
leg- of veal, which were preserved sweet
and fresh four or five days, and he thinks it
might be longer, if wished for. On gelling
this veal from the market, it Was washed in
about two quarts of water in which a handful
of fine salt had been mixed ; was then placed
on a dish, and set away in a wire sale, in a
cool situation, covered with a clean towel
that had been previously steeped in the salt
and water, before the washing operation com
menced. This leg of veal was dressed the
next day, was washed a second time in fresh
salt and water as before, placed in the safe,
hut not covered with u towel; the third and
fourth da v it was treated exactly in the same
way, an J it was found perfectly sweet and
good, without any sensible taste of salt.
Had the same treatment been continued for
one week, I have little doubt but it would
produce the same effect ;and I see no reason
wliv Ibis treatment should not be alike sue-
ees-ful in preserving beef, mutton and lamb.
If so, the experiment is worth a trial.
[N. Y. Gaz.]
A l'oclcet "Book Found
O N the town commons of Mllledgeville, con
taining upwards of one hundred dollar*
and sundry paper-, supposed to belong to a Mr.
Goolsby. The owner, by describing the same,
can get informetion respeoting it on applying
’|}£Y
July 12 (It)
DANIEL MI'RPfr
of Milledgeville.
Guardian’s bale.
O N the first Tuesday in October next, Will be
sold, at the court-boute iu Eatonton, Put
nam county,
A TRACT OP LAND,
containing 202 1-2 acre*, lying iu said county,
about three miles from the court-house, on tho
Clinton road, and adjoining the lands of Ste
phen VV Harris, esq. and Mr. Thomas White
head—the same being the property of Jeffer
son Zuber, an orphan, ana sold by order of
July 12.
ABRAM ZUBER, Guardian.
23—tds.
C s KORUIA, Baldwin county.
IT Isaac Lester of Cept. Haws' district toled
before Spenter Moore, esq. a Sorrel Mafe, a-
bout 6 or 7 years old, about 14 bands high, with
a small streak in her forehead, the left hind
fo.it white, with a yoke on made of hickory and
dogwood, with two small pins in said yoke,
pointing to her breast—appraised by John Bar
nard and Benjamin Jenkins to seventy dollars,
July Uth, 1821.
THOMAS H. KENAN. Clk.
July 17. 23—3t.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
R ANAWAY from th*
subscriber on the 14th
inst. a very bright mulatto
by the name of
LIGE,
New-York, Julv 8.
FROM TIIE SPANISH MAINE.
By the brig Lady’s Delight, Curracoa pa
pers to the lull ult. are received, which con
firm the former accounts of the capture of
Laguira and Caraccas hy the Royalist*.—
Maracaibo and Corn, it is stated, remained
in possession ofthe Patriots.
Curacoa, June 9.
The arrivals, during the week from Porto
Cabello bring accounts from thence to the
0th inst. It appears that Gen. Morales ar
rived at Valenclc, from Caraccas, on the
evening of.Sunday last, accompanied hy the
regiment of Burgos and the cavalry with
which he entered Caraccas. The Columbi
an forces had advanced as far aa San Carlos,
where it is stated, Bolivar and Paec
Imd formed a junction. No general engage
ment had taken place up to the data of tne
last advices, but the Spaniard* were concen
trating all their forces, and the letters add
that an action was momently expected to
take place, which probably would decide the
fate of the province.
The second battaliou of Valcncie, under
Pereira, waa left in Caraccas to protect the
capital. Lopez is stated to have continued
the pursuit of Bermudee’ division, but no ac
counts had. been received of Ida having been
successfulln arresting its flight.
Most of the emigrant* who lately fled
from Captccas and La Guayrn, and took re-
Whn will probably attempt to pass by the name
ol Elijah Dawkins—about 6 feet 11 inches high,
about 40 years old, large made, and very coarse
featured—when spoken to has a down look—
straight hair and blue eyes, some of liis front
upper teeth rotten out, has a scar on his cheek
occasioned by being branded with the letter 8.
which is quite effaced. It is presumed he wilt
endeavor, from his being so very bright, to im
pose himself on the community for a white man.
lie was formerly engaged in boating, but more
particularly e handy farmer. Had on when be
went off n white lint of n good quality, gray
cunt and pantaloons. The above reward wilt
he paid to any person who will deliver said ne
gro to me, or twenty five dollars if confined in
any jail so I get him.
THOMAS B. STUBBS.
Milledgeville, July >6. 28—if.
STOIVAGF
AND
Comm'ufiion Business.
T HE SUBSCRIBER having taken a lease on
the Ware-House, recently occupied by Hol
combe 4- Tucker, opposite Messrs. Sims A Willi
ams, lata McKinne, & Co. will be thankful to
hi* friends and the public for a share of their
patronage. Every alteution will be paid to lb*
Interest of those who may favor him with tkair
business, whether in receiving or forwarding,
sales, end purchasing of Cotton or Merchaa-
diee. HU Ware-House and Stores are in a
central part of tho city, and a situation secure
from fire. „
' ROBERT MALONE.
Augusta, Jane 1. IQ—tOet.
N INE months after date, appiicatiou will
be made to the Inferior court of Bald
win county for leave to cell the I
belonging to Iverson Smith, l
mas Smith, deceaseds'
SAMUEL GOODALI
January 1,1824