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.MHU-tSM, 0'!, NATIONAL ECONOMY
We ;ire In"nly gratified (»itys the
Inngti n City (J i/.etto) to tint the
,i i- kIiIc. no I iufl'ientiiil Journals in nor
■ii.intry taking thu ground of economy
in ! ti lreiichmont, awl emphatically tie-
cliibi j Unit Ihc government must re
duce its expenditures within its income.—.
Tin-system of m.M-nrus in attempted to
he branded by (lit* advocates of a splendid
ad. tistnition, mill of overgrown armies
mi l natives, in “ RadicalismFor our
parts, tve h ave no objection to the term,
ami lively aiknowdedge that nothing hut
Radical reform, and a recurrence to the
Jefli i Ionian policy, can save the charac
ter of the country. Among tho advo
cates ami disciples of this Jeffersonian
policy, who hare alremly taken their
ground, we are proud to recognise the
New Hampshire Falriot, tho Iloston
St desman, the National Advocate and
A nerican of New York, the Democratic
Press and Sentinel of Philadelphia, the
Richmond Enquirer & Lynchburg Press,
together w ith a host of others, equally
aide and influential. These sorely are
gntliriently decisive indications of the
public sentiment. “Now, by St. Paul,
the work goes bravely on” !
Communicated for the Stu. Republican.
The inside of the Medicinal Spring, in
tV ivne county, in this stale, is covered with
a olid coat of petroleum, and the leaves of
trees for a considerable di-tance round, are
also encrusted with a white substance—Its
waters have proved an effectual remedy in
cutaneous and other disorders—'Phis Spring,
was discovered about Ihc year, 1780 ; but
its salutary use has fur a short lime only
been known. Persons who have visited
this and Ihe Indian Springs, say their wa
ters are heterogeneous, valeturdinarians from
the immediate and almost instantaneous re
lief which they have received from its wa
ters. believe it equally as efficacious as the
Saratoga water
ii^COKOEIl.
MILLF.DGKVILLE,Tuksoay, Skptk.mbkii 10.
([y 5 * Tlu* late high-handed measures of
Governor Cl irk, in declaring Ihe office of
Secretary of State vacant, and making a
pew appointment, appears not only to have
excited the surprise and indignation of the
good citizens of this State, and of tho “ Mil-
Jedgeville Editors,” but has attracted the
attention of others, less acquainted with
his character and the whole tenor of bis
official conduct. The editor of the Wash
ington City Gazette, in giving publicity to
the account of his Excellency's “ doings in
(i orgxa” says, “ what a pitiable plight such
a “construction,” by the President (ns the
Governor has given the authority with which
be is invested) would put some of our Exe
cutive officers in, who are now amusing
themselves at tho springs and elsewhere 1”
In our next, we will take a review of the
Governor’s justification under the signa
ture of “ Plain Truth,” and expose its utter
insufficiency for the intended purpose, and
the points in which it is at variance with
matter of fact and correctness.
for Tiir. recorder.
■the. main question arising from a considera
tion of these facts is, “ had a vacancy as con
templated in the 9th see. 2d art. of the constituti
on occurred in the office of the Secretary ol
the State, the words of that section are as fol
lows :—“ When any office shall become vacant
“ by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Guvpr
“ nor shall have the power to fill such vuca.u-
u cy," kc.
Iq examining ami determining the question
proposed, it becomes proper to consider,
1 *t. Tho general powers of the Executive giv
en by the constitution, to enable him to admi-
ni-ter the government.
2d Tho nature and intention of the Secreta
ry «>f Slate’s Office, its connexion and depen
dence oil the Executive—and,
3dly. Whether the duties of the Scrretnry of
State? can he legally performed by Deputy.
The duties required of the Governor, as ex
pressed in his oath of office, in the 5th sec. 2d
mt nf the constitution, arc, to execute faithful
ly the office of Governor of the State of Geor
gia, and to preserve, protect, and defend the
«til state, ami cause justice to lie executed ia
mercy therein, according to the constitution
uu l laws thereof.
The sixth section of the same article of the
■constitution declares him to he Commander in
Chi* f of the Army and Navy of thin State ami
of the Militia thereof. To enable the Execu
tive to perform the several duties above requir
ed, nil the subordinate offices known to the
Constitution were created, and among other-,
that of the Secretary of State. The constituti
on in declaring the above to be the general
duties oft ho Gove’nor, shows, that by the con
F.ilution, he is vested with the several powers
necessary to enable him to discharge those du
ties, Borides these, the Executive is invested
by the constitution with certain other powers,
specifically set forth in the constitution, hut in
their use and application, they also may he not
improperly termed, general powers, such as
lii* power to grant pardons, reprieves, and to
remit sentences, fee. kc.
Tn the office of the Secretary of State, nil the
nets k resolutions of Ihe Legislature are deposit
ed ; all grants for lands within this state arc
umlc out an.1 recorded; commissions for of
ficers, both civil and military are prepared and
recorded; the Great Sea! of the Stale i> there
deposited; the Secretary of Slate is the pr
per officer to furnish copies from the several
records in hi3 office By the ITth see. 2d art
of the ^-institution, the Executive OfficeBit
iifliro of'the Secretary of State are connected—
the words of that section are, “ the Great Seal
u of tho State shall ho deposited in the office of
“ the Secretary of State, and shall not be uffix-
*• H to any instrument of writing, but by or
“ (!*• r ot tiiJ Governor or General Assembly,
In obedience to orders from the Governor,
the Secretary of State prepares commissions.—
T he Sim rotary cannot use the Great Seal in
♦he recess of the Legislature but by order of the
Governor—and yet strange to tell, “the Depu
ty Editor” of the South* rn Recorder will have
it, tint the Governornnd Secretary ol Stale are
two <* officers, separate and independent ol
other, * Wert} it true t ai this Recorder of
absurdities allege*, fir t < • t!,^two nfliepr? arc
.separate and independent ot each other,” then
the Secretary of Slate wonlnl he able, at hi ;
will and pleasure, to stop the proceedings « f tla*
government It wont I then, lie in vain, that
the constitution has declared that the Great
Seat shall not be affixed It) any instrument of
writing, but by order of the Governor. How
idle would it then appear in the irntncr* ol the
constitution, fo have called tin: Governor Com
mander in Chief of the .MTiiiii, it he is not
clothed with authority sufficient to organize
and bring them into the field. How eon they
be called into the field, lint I»v menus of offi
cers duly Comnii.S'ioned ? and how are officers
to be commissioned, if the Secretary of State
should refuse to obey the orders of the Gover
nor? The Governor might then issue an order
to the Secretary of St ate, in a case of emergen
cy ; the Secretary might absent himself from
his office, whether for health,pleasure or profit,
is quite immaterial, or he might flatly refuse to
obey the order, the object of it is defeated—and
thus on the supposition, that the Secretary is
independent of, and not subject to the orders
of the Governor, we readily see how the ad
ministration of lhe government may In* at any
time suspended. The great interest of the peo
ple to lie sacrificed, and for what?-—merely to
gratify the whim, caprice, or pleasure of the Se
cretary of State ;—n strange absurdity indeed!!
The Secretary of State h circled by the re
presentatives of the pooplo—but for whnt ?—
to do the business of ihe people. Yes—and
without any exception ; hi? is better paid for his
services than any officer in the state. During
ttie three last quarters ol the present political
year, commencing on the first Monday in No
vember, 1821, and ending on the first Monday
in August, 1822, the Secret >ry of Statu has, for
services rendered, including his salary, drawn
from the public Treasury, upwards offourthou-
sand dollar*. The fees paid by individuals
during the same time for business done in his of
fice, may be fairly cMiimted nt from three to
five hundred dollars Is it then right or rea
sonable to snv, that it was intended by the con
stitution, that an officer having so imch impor
tant business committed to his charge, nml be
ing so liberally paid by the people for his ser
vice', should attend,or not attend to the duties
of his office, just as might he*t suit his conveni
ence. Surely the people will not quietly con
sent to be gulled nml imposed on in this way.
I will now proceed to consider, “ w hether
tho duties of the Secretary of State can bu le
gally performed by a Deputy.” I conceive they
cannot, for the following reasons :
1st. There is no law or resolution which an
thorizes the appointment of a Deputy Secretary
of State.
2d!y. There is a law, the only fair constructi
on of which, shows, that the Secretary of Stnt“
cannot legally appoint a Deputy. I refer to an
act of the Legislature, passed 15th December,
1810, Clayton’s Digest, page BET— the third sc
tion of which, contains the following words—
All grants, copy grants, testimonial'', or any
“ other document or paper whatsoever, hcrlo-
11 fare, issued out of the Secretary of States 's
“ Office, purporting to he signed by n Deputy
*■ Secretary of State, shall bi held and taken as
“ legal, provided the said paper shall he ascer-
“ tabled to be genuine.” It will at once be
seen, that this act of the Legislature was in
tended for no other purpose, and goes no fur
ther in relation to this subject, Ilian to Ip nhzr
the acts performed by a Deputy Secretary of
StnU previous to the 13th December, 1810.—
From the. intention of the act, and the words
of the third section, the nets of a Deputy Secre
tary of State uppenr to have been considered
illegal before the. passage of the act ; and there*
being nothing in the nci to authorize a Deputy
Secretary of Slate to act thereafter, it follow.;
conclusively, derive no authority from the act
of the loth December, 1810. And furthermore,
since the passage of that act, a Deputy Secre
tary of State lias nut been known as such in
thi< state, nor have 'any known attempts been
made to introduce one, until the present time
3dly. Reasoning from anal gy, we arrive at
the satisfactory conclusion, that the Secretary
f Stnle cannot appoint a Deput), until he is au
thorized t*» do so by the Legislature
The 12th sec. 2d art. of the constitution cre
ates the office of Secretary of State, Trent-urer,
mid Surveyor General Nuiv, by comparing
the different clnunesof the constitution creating
the offices of Judge of the Superior courts,
Justices of the Inferior courts,Solicitors Gene
rat, fnstices of the Peace, Clerks, Sheriffs, &tc
&c.wlth the one creating the office of Secreta
ry of State, it will besocn, that nearly the same
words are used in the creation of them all, and
that in fact, they all exist precisely on the same
principle, to wit—the mere declaration in the
constitution, that “ they shall exist." All of
them existing then, on the same principle, i
follows, flint if the Secretary of State can
without Legislative authority appoint a Depu
ty, a Judge of the Superior courts, or any of
the officers before mentioned, can do the same
thing. It will avail nothing against the force
of this argument, to draw distinctions between
those officers, and call one judicial and another
a ministerial officer. They all ware created at
the -nine moment; they all breathed tin? same
vital principle; and they all owe their being to
the same common parent—the Constitution
All proceedings of the Legislature touching
the subject, from the formation of the c mstitu
tion to the present time, plainly show, that
they did conceive, nml did determine at differ
ent time*, that one of the before mentioned of
ficer' could, without Legislative authority, Ic
gaily appoint a Deputy, or else, why did the
Legislature as lovg ago a.i 1799, antbork
riffs to have “ one or more Deputies?”—See
*10th see. Judiciary law of 1799, Crawford and
Mnrbury's Digesi, page 303—and why did the
Legislature In 1817, deem it expedient and pro
per to authorize clerks to appoint deputies ?—
And now ! ask, whether it is right and reasona
ble to contend, that the Secretary of Stale can,
without an act of the Legislature, legally ap
point a Deputy to discharge the important du
ties of hi 8 office, when it does undeniably ap
pear, Hint even a clerk oould not legally appoint
a Deputy, until permitted to do so by a solemn
act of the Legislature.
Having now considered the subject ns pro
po. e l, nud shown under the third and In t divi
sion of it, that the duties of the .Secretary of
State cannot lie legally performed by Deputy,
and it appearing from the facts, that the Secre
tary was him-elf absent, and it being uncertain
at what time he would return, and moreover,
it being iinpOHsible for the public business to
prng/ess legally, without a Secretary of State,
it follows, that a vacancy, such as contemplat
ed in the constitution had occurred on tin 12th
day of August, 1822. It is admitted that this
vacancy had been occasioned “ otherwise" than
by deat h or resignation—but by whom was it
to tic determined, whether the office was really
vacant ? and what occurrences other than death
or resignation could occasion a vacancy?—The
constitution being silent in regard to these ques
tions, the last one depends then, entirely on the
nature of the office, and tlie circumstances of
the particular caae, and both must, from tin-
necessity of the thing, be determined by the
Executive, and no one else, as he is the only
person authorized to fill the vacancy. Tho
power to determine is incidental to, and united
with the power to fill, and these two powers
must remain united in the same person, until
separated by an alteration of the constitution.
All that ht»s been said on the subject of Mr.
Burch's acting for the Comptroller General, a*
mounts in substance, to nothing. He never
aid undertake to perforin for that officer, any
act which was intended or needful to tie pre
served and thereafter used as evidence. No
law can be found rendering it essential t » the
validity ot a “rant that his name should appear
on it. * Ilis name for several years past, never
ha- been entered on a grant, until since the las?
session of the Legislature—Neither h it requir
ed by law, iu>r is it essential to the vulidits of a
grant that the Treasurer s uatncshould be on it
ThQ law requireg qvery applicant for a Graut
■ j;r.- ii;i Tr,T,i;ry r. givrn s»im t-.-f m-L- If,’ Corrrnmsirtnerr, \yl»> tdfcr.led n front-1 Such r.-ro flip -.Ij-n-t on tlfl* ftorlcn RrilMi vc,s,ds from Ike West fnd'n-S, willfcn
lion, <1.5. Ibuml in to day's paper, Tliis event will
proli .bly niW! a (lill'. riTit diri-rlnm to a (.H-at
portion of the t-oinmi-rri- of tin- IJ. Hiat. s.
; nnu the only reason why th
rer’s name Don if, is, to show (hn Governor
that the fee required by law lias been paid—
f<», that in truth, his name and that of ihc < hntyp-
trnltpr General on grant*, ml Is nothing hi their
validity, nml might be dispensed with entirely,
without injury to the grantee. Not, mi with the
name of the Secret ary of Stale -the act of IS |0,
before referred to, settles the question, if it
"ere not before 'Chled, whether his name on
a grant is essentially necessary to its validity.
But it has been roundly asserted, that atl the
State-House officers have bcm» i;i (be habit nf
acting by deputy, and Anthony l*oi (.'*'• a:u i r,.i-
ward Cnrv, Esqrs. have be.cn name:!, ns indivi
dual*, each having had at different time?*, the
whole weight of the government on his shoul
ders. In the first place, this assertion is false,
in point of fart ;—and in the second, admitting
it to be true—an illegal act committed yester
day, is surely no justification for the commissi
on of the like illegal act to-day. The present
Surveyor General has, at different times, been
in office for nearly twenty years, and he never
did authorize any one to act as Deputy Survey
or General—that .Mr. Porter, Mr Cary, and ci
thers have receipted on grants and entered them
for the Treasurer and Comptroller General,
and done like, duties for them, will not be de
nied. But 1 am well convinced, that no one,
in capacity of Deputy, ever did stand in their
stead, authorized to discharge any, nn 1 every
duty required of them. Did an execution a-
gairjst a defaulting Tax Collector e\ rr issue from
either of those offices signed by a deputy ? If
ever one did, I t'ucry it would puzzle even that
sagacious head of the Recorder, with all his
law and constitution to convince a court that
such execution was legal and valid. Sup
pose the Treasurer and Comptroller wfcrn to
allow a report signed by a deputy to go from
their offices to the Legislature—what would be
lan.guui’o of the Lcgidature to them ? it would
be—
“ Gentlemen, you were elected by us to do
“ business for the people—wo committed to
“ your charge an important trust, not to be
“ transferred, nor assigned to another—your
“ duty is a personal one—we never did autho
“ rize you to do your official duty by deputy—
“ you will therefore be pleased to retire with
out further ceremony. If we cannot find o
i: thers willing to give their personal attention to
t: the business of the public, we will then call
li for you uiul your deptit
Stress is attempted to be laid on a power of
attorney—it is nugatory, nothing more nor less
than an attempt to authorize a Deputy to pci
form acts that wo dd be illegal—thu principal
having no authority by lew to have the duties
of his office performed by Deputy, can convey
no legal power.— Hut for mere argument sake,
we will suppose such a course be pursued—the
Secretary of State, the Treasurer, the Survey
or General, and Comptroller General, nil shall
appoint their deputies, each in vetted with a
power of attorney; one nf these heads of offi
ces sets out to St. Mary s or Augustine to bathe
in suit waters; another to Alabama, on some
land speculation ; another to the City of Wash
ington, or to some salubrious springs in the
mountains for the preservation of his health for
five or six weeks or months, or indeed, during
the term of bis appointment, for if the power of
attorney i? competent for a day, it is for any
time Within the limits of his appointment—the
Governor remains at his post, surrounded, not
by t lie heads of office, the component part of
the Executive Dcpaitment of government, but
by a boat of Deputies or Attornics, who may
be known to him as their qualifications or
not, it was sufficient.that they were such per-
-ons as tlie several officers close to place about
him; and, suppose that lie would submit to act
under such circumstance*, every act of these
deputies wnich might be necessary to be intro
duced as evidence into a Court of Justice, must
he accompanied by an attested copy of the pow
er under which they acted. It would he an idle
waste of time, to enumerate all the absurdities
involved in such an ideal method of executing
the office of Governor.
It is a notorious fact, that with the 12th of
August, a cri-is had arrived, when the Execu
tive administration of the government must
cease for want of the legal co-operation of the
Secretary of State, or the Governor must exor-
rise the authority vested in him by tiie consti
tution. to guard against such a state of things,
by appointing a person to lilt that office,—to
have? suspenaed the government, would have
justly subjected him to censure, greater than all
the abuse so iniquitously poured out against
him, for having discharged bis duty to the pub
lic—and the very same persons, in all probabi
lity. would have taken tlie lead in denunciation
ot him. Among the various misrepresentati
ons and falsehoods in circulation—one is that
the young man Crawford had not been, as they
think, duly served with a copy of the Execu
tive order, appointing Mr. Whitaker; it was
furnished to Mr. Whitaker, and exhibited by him
to Mr. Crawford, who paid no attention to it.
Another stutemont in the* Recorder, is equally
untrue—that is, that .Mr. Crawford informed
the Governor that Col. Hammond was expect
ed home daily ; all the information he gave the
Governor, was, what lias been already staled,
when interrogated to that point, that Colonel
Hammond was expected to icturn about tiic
1st September.
The assertion in the Recorder, that the Go
vernor interfered in behalf of Gen. Newnan in
the late election of Secretary of Stale, is void
of truth—nor did he ever know that Col. Ham
mond was opposed to him ; the assertion that
Mr. Crawford was threatened to bn thrown out
of the house, is equally unfounded in truth
With regard to whnt has been said about the
conduct of other officers, equally erroneous;
it is sufficient to say, that they have not in any
instance impeded the administration of the go
vernment, nor is it known that they have, in a-
ny instance, absented themselves for any time
from their offices without thu approbation of
the Governor, and indeed, from the nature of
the? business of their ofiices, as those remarks
apply to the Comptroller General ami the Trea
surer, there is not that constant, indispensa
ble co-operation with the Executive as with the
office of the Secretary of State. If any persons
have assisted in receipting for foes on giants of
land, or in chequering such receipts, or in mak
ing any entries in their books, such a course,
however iminnte: ial they might deem it, has not
been sanctioned by the Governor—and it i.*
presumed, that no instrument issuing from ei
ther of their offices, liable to be introduced us
testimony in a Court of Justice, nml that any
of their acts therein could effect the validity
thereof, has ever been signed by any person but
themselves. An application was made by Mr.
Clayton to the Governor to sanction the ap
pointment of a person to perform the duties of
lih office—it was refused, and thu T reasurer
told, that he had best perform them himself-—
and thu same remark has been made to Mr.
Bozeman.
Mow the Editors of the Journal have been n-
ble to ascertain that the Governor and Colonel
ll.nnmond were of difieront politics, state and
national, is unknown—it was presumed that
they were pretty much the same. \ltho‘ it is
not known that the Governor ever heard the
opinion of Hammond on politici, for himself,
however, it is well understood, that he is no
man-worshipper, nor doe.s he belong to any
faction.
That the Editors of the two papers in Mil-
ledgeville, «t» notoriously conspicuous for their
hostility to Governor Clark, ami devotion to
his enemies, should have pursued any other,
than the course they have adopted, was not to
bt* expected—to omit an opportunity to heap in
suits anil contumely upon him, whether he had
acted right or wrong, would, it appears, be
deemed by them, a dereliction of duties imperi
ously demanded of iliein ; and although this lan
guage inay appear strong, who that bears in
mind, a recollection of the torrents of .scurri
lous abuse that issued almost incessantly last
year their presses against him* ami the
ly l ii the l imli, will pretend to doubt pie
iectlies' of it. The tendency of their labors
wii* to destroy tbe well earned fame and repu
tation of honorable men, whose faithful servi
ces and sticces'ful efforts bad eminently con
tributed to tin* prosperity of tho state—but
their labors then proved vain ; the good sense
of the people prevailed, and they weie compel
led to drink of the cup of disappointment.—
They now poum -* upon flic case of Hammond,
with the keen avidity of famished Vultures
and in imitation of their brilliant trope of the
lamp, I would say let them go on rejoicing, it
they can rejoice in such a feast, nutil satisfied —
♦bey drop off arid die spontaneous'i; amid th«*
cxtntie. of thvir own perfect repleti
on— lit * 4', fir object is the same, it ha? hereto
fore hern, to mislead the public opinion, to de
ceive the people, and further the views of a fac
tion—hence, among many other things, equal
ly irrelevant to the true merits of the transacti
on under consideration, they would try to cite
and enlist the public sympathy on their side, by
stating that Col. Ilummond was dependant in a
good degree nponthii office for the support of
his family.—II this wustrue, it would prove too
much in the first place, that lie should have
baen more regardful of his Interest, in a proper
and faithful discharge of his public duties—and
tin* second place, that lie had been a very
bad economist.—lie was elected to tliis office in
the year 1H11 ; it is believed by thost? best in
formed on Ihe subject, to have been worth not
less than 5*1000 any year, and more than jJGOOO
per ann. for several years ; b it an average ot
the lowest sum, 53000 a year forcleven years,
would make 5 33,000—if, niter the receipt of
such an amount of money, he is «fill dependant
upon the office for the support of his family in a
good degree, it would amount to a prodigality
in the management of his affairs, which few will
believe.—It is however, altogether irrelevant to
the subject, and merit only to be noticed, to ex
pose the objut t and fallacy of it*< use.
In the Recorder of the 27th in^t. some Law
yer, (n‘o offence is intended to the faculty,) I
only mean some quibbling Lawyer, in the bor
rowed giiib of the Printer, like the Wolf in
sheep's clothing, introduces himself to the pub
lic with a long laraiigo, the pnrantage is imme
diately known by thu sinister features of thu
offspring. He argues, that if the Governor had
the power, it must be general, and not be par-
ticulaiiy used inputting a Secretary of Statu in
to office, and that it must be his duty to go to
every quarter of the state (when necessary) to
put all officers into possession of their offices.—
Now, if his perceptive faculties had not been
deranged, perhaps from the indiscriminate ha
bit ol advocating right and wrong, so far ns to
blind him to truth, and the propriety of a mea
sure, he would at once have seen the distincti
on, and comprehended the reasons for it —That
these offices (spoken of) throughout the State,
are not like the Secretary of State s Office, ono
of the most important of the Executive Depait-
inent of Government, and by its daily co-ope
ration, absolutely necessary to the legal admi
nistration thereof—and further, that the Great
Seal of the State, the Symbol of the Sovereign
ty of the People, the stamp of who h gives vali
dity abroad to the instrument which receives its
impress, is under tho control of the Governor,
no one dare to use it but by the order of the
Governor or General Assembly.
When u Governor is elected, the Great Seal
of the State is confided and delivered into his
haml by the Representatives of the People thro
the President of the Senate, it becomes an at
tribute of his authority; it is conveyed from
his hand to the Secretary of State, to he depo
sited in that office ; then ii the Governor de
cides that a vacancy has occurred Ij- death, re
signation, (or otherwise) in that offict?, and ap
points a person to fill it to prevent a suspension
wfthe Executive government, should he not de
liver that seal to the officer who is to use il by
his order—If so, what then are the grounds of
charges of lawless violence on the part of the
Governor '* It may truly be answered, the ma
lignity of faction. But this writer would have
advised (and naturally enough, as being in his
line of business) a Mandamus ot a QuoVNar-
ranto to be served on Col. Hammond at 8t
Mary’* or St. Augustine, two or three hundred
miles off, the govermneut in the interim to b.*
suspended or stopped—The Governor had no
need to resort to such means to put him in pos
session of the Sen! of the State, which was ai-
ready under his constitutional authority, it was
only necessary to place it under the care of the
person appointed to 1)11 the vacancy of Ham
mond. Althu’ the Governor may iegret the
occurrence of the untoward circumstance which
led to the exercise of his authority in this
instance, he nevertheless has the satisfaction of
feeling a consciousness of thu rectitude of his
intentions, and a full conviction of the correct
ness of the course pursued by him; indeed, it was
the only course left to his discretion, compati
ble with his duty, the station he holds, and the
public good. PL.JIJV TltVTll.
Extract of a Letter from Jh II' , to J. A/
C , Esquire, of .
, August 80, 1C22.
Df.ar Sir—A month ago, and we could,
fondly anticipate that deeds of arms would
not soon again be the theme of future song
—but tljat the more delightful subjects of a-
griculture, oft he arts, Sc of commerce, would
eu ploy the efforts of genius, the most su
blime. As [ have never been cherished b)
the .31 uses, nor even gathered n (lower from
Hyatnpea, what l write you concerning the
present subject, must he endited in humble
prose, save any apt saying of the inspired
13aid. Doubtless, you have heard’ere now,
that the political affairs of this associate n
public have been so violently agitated, as fi
nally to break out in open war. The storm
that was lately gathering, has at length began
to discharge ; and woe be unto this republic,
before we cease to fuel its effects. The \ iri-
nily of the metropolis from about the 12th
to the 20th inst. resembled a scene like that
you witnessed on the environs of some
ten years ago—every thing forebode the
wrinkled front of grim visaged war. On
the morning of the 13th. it was evident, fr
tho movements in the itnyal forces, that an
attack was contemplated: Couriers were
seen passing to and fro rapidly from head
quarters to tin* Field Marshal, who having
heen but lately appointed to that important
post, was thought not to know well how to
array his forces. I c hose my position at
one of the w indows of the great dome upon
the Temple of Mars, that overlooks the se
ven hills of this modern Home, that I might
tlm better see every manccuvre. About ten
o’clock, A. M. his .Majesty, accompanied by
his principal aid, were seen driving at full
gallop across the plain that stretches to tin
smith of the city. You would, for a moment
have thought lh.it Castor and Pollux had
quitted the Stygian shades, and sought the
western world, where to have displayed
their feats of chivalry—so like them did these
illustrious heroes seem. They debouch'd
upon the field, mounted on two elegant white
chargers, that look'd to prance over the earth
contemptuous, as though they were just un
lock’d from the Charriot of Mars himself.
At this moment, there was a death-like still
ness pervaded the forces—the busy minds of
men were contemplating with terror the ha-
vock about to be committed on their fellow
man—the sun, as tho* wistful not to shed
his light upon such foul deeds, was envelop
ed in black rolling clouds ;
“ Thu Owl ‘•hriek'd , the night crow cried abod
ing luckless time ;
Dogs howl’d, and hideous ternpfc.xt*shook dow
trees;
The Raven rook d her in the chimney s top,
And chattering Ties or divepri discojd
I w is anxious to to tbe Chief thatw&stn
lead the opposing force—*>oon In* «icpt forth
to open view, lie si'em’d not to he an A
jax nor Diomede, a Menehins nor Harpc dun,
but bore the mark of sage L iurtes’s son.—
Soon now, Were to bear tho contending
clash, tin* i lang of arms, and the de» p tun’d
thunder ol* m tillery.
I had long since heard much of the re
nowned generalship of his Majesty, and on
this day expected to have seen him lead
the charge and appear in the full blaze of bis
glory. The tosein was sounded, Ihe ban
uuis Wdiu unfurled, and all nature seemed
to bang in dread °'ispcnce, when bis Majes
ty was seen singly relirin* lo bis quarters—
this was a strange movement to mu—rumor
spread instantly that he was about to •*lidi-
cate, but a lew minutes more brought us the
reason. When he surveyed the line of the
rival forces, his nerve forsook him, lie turn
ed to his staff arid said,
“ It will be rather hard
For one so very old us me,
Bruises ami broken pules to see ;
But Jove knows best who rule? us all,
Which Knave shall stand, or which shall foJl-
To stay within yon’ walls I choose,
And be the last to bear bad new*.”
So saying, he immediately dubb’d his prin
cipal aid generalissimo, and retired to hi-
Castle. Tin* change of commanders was
telegraphed through the ranks, new orders
were issued, all was nowTeady, when It en-
fant general offered up this fervent ejaculati
on :
“ Oh mighty Jupiter! that shrouds
Thy dwelling-house in coni black clouds,
Of thy own weaving, great protector,
Grant I may swinge this sad dog Hector,
Without the help, if so thy will is,
Off that same bullying scrub Achilles,”*
Time having been given for this devout ap
plication to reach Mount Olympus, the bu
gle w as heard to re-echo from vale to vale—
the Royal forces were seen filing off upon
the right, k, forming near the Capitoline-bill.
Now was an awful moment—there were
seen thu train bands and mercenary troops
of a chief, whose turbulent and lawless spi
lit knew no bounds—whose ambition could
lotted only by universal sway —and
whose notions of right and wrong were bu
subservient to deep rooted prejudices, che
rished by the nucleus of vice and corrupt!
on, opposed to fir inferior numbers, but ac
tuated by a spirit breathing nought but thr
feelings and principles of long lost hut illus
trious patriot. This was fearful odds. A
minute inure, and the dreadful work was
began—the troops were soon in dost* con
tact—the Republicans cried out victory oi
death, and by a hold mamsuvre, the Royal
ists were dislodged from their strong poaiti
on—confusion ensued; victory now descend
d, entwined with the palm and laurel—
she hovered over the republicans, a chargr
und the enemy was dispersed, a shout and
victory was proclaimed. The Royalists
having been dr ven at all point*, took refuge
behind a small redoubt, when Marshal W.
in great fright, to general spoke thus :
“ Those sturdy rogues to hell will blow iy,
If you don’t run and tell old Sergius,!
How lamentably bud our case is,
Urge him to scamper to our aid,
For on my soul, I in sore ufr&id
Ol that same roaring youthful blade.”
Forthwith tin* Chief sought his Majesty
in his Castle, w here lie found him pensive
and melancholy from the defeat, when tin* |
Chief he saw, he started up, apparently in
great alarm, and said,
4 ‘ Welcome old friend, to me onee dear,
Pray what ihe devil brought you here.”
The message being delivered, his Majesty
said.
“ If ho, these rascals would demolish,
And ni; their hellish race abolish,
The only vvish that I can make him
Is, I pray the devil will take 'em,
For should they know our situation,
Crowded as we are to suffocation,
Where we can neither fight nor run,
They’d smash us every mother s son ;
Nor would the devils one of us spare
To ted thu w orld what fools we were.”
After a short confmence, hi* Majesty,
“ A muddy-pated, thick-brain d Chief,
Whose folly fur exceeds belief,”
Advised another battle.
Trusting to their physical force, the Roy
.•list commenced anotuer attack—a lar„e
body in close column made the onset—th
Republican commander was attacked in (>« i
sou by .Marshal W. and the Royal general
I» —the former in the rear, the latter in his
front : close quarters was now the order ol
battle^ and they fought hand to lurid,
“ And by the assistance of the devil,
Or some old Scots or Lapland witches,
This pair of thiek-skidl'd suns o' ——,
In mighty wrath kept boxing on.”
The youthful hero finding himself beset
with two such foes, threw aside sword and
pistol, and seized his war club, and on the
adversary that fronted him
“ laid about nt such a rate,
As if he meant to break tiis pate ;
But as lii.s jobber-uoul he rap’t,
His stick in twenty pieces snap t.”
Then by a dextrous blow on the crown
with the scabbard of bis swoid, the doughty
chitl’tan was unhorsed—he was soon borne
from the field fainting from loss of blood —
his ally saw this, sounded a retreat, which
once more left the Republicans victors.—
IL*re, Sir, I wish my narrative could end, for
tin* sequel discloses a scene, in comparison
to which hare-faced treason is a virtue.
His Majesty, (for reasons best known to
himself, but was generally believed to be for
the want of tin? first ingredient of a soldier,
had carefully avoided taking any personal
part in either of the battles,) on hearing of the
route, immediately capitulated. A treaty
was entered into, and the republicans did not
make the ?/// possidetis, a eint qua non, but
settled the treaty upon the basis of the status
quo ante In llum. All was thought now to be
calm and safe—tile stern vigilance of war
was relaxed—thu republicans bad each
sought their several homes, save a few of the.
officers who remained about the principal
fortresses. Suddenly his Majesty appeared
at thu head of a large force, and commenced
an indiscriminate slaughter upon all those
who bad lately met bis troops iu honorable
combat. The unavoidable consequence was,
ail the garrisons have fallen into his hands,
and ho now rules with more tyrannical vio
lence than we have hitherto witnessed—and
until the country can assume a ” proper at
titude” to resist such slavish oppression, wi*
may expect still more daring outrage.
ftj 5 * Health of Ntw-york.-i+Th* report of
the board of In ul111 un tin 20ih ult., give# ah
account of rix, and nn the 2tsth. five new cas
es of Yellow Fever. Much alarm ahd con *
fusion has been created from tbe extension
of this disease, A w riter in a Northern pa*
per says, it is “ the genuine Yellow Fever of
the tropics,” that now prevails in Nw-York-
The last Floridian, announces the existence
of thu same kind of fever in Pensacola.—
There had been several death# occasioned
by it.
We are Informed by a gentleman re*
cently from Alabama, that the statement
mentioned in our paper, ln?f week, of “host ili
ties having commenced between the HiR
Warrior anil Mclnto.h, of tin-Crook Nati
on,” is incorrect. That the former ia con*
fined with a malady, of which lie haa b(en
alUicted for roine time, and most f'rububly
it will prove fatal.
ft"?* publi.hing tiie liat of candidntrji
for Congress last week, we unintentionally
omitted (in part of oor impression) tho name
of Col. 'Tottiiall. The omission, however,
was discovered and rectified in the residue.
Lest any misapprehension should arise from
this inadvertence, we republish the listen-
tire—and bog leave to announce, from the
best authority, that Col. Tattnall is, as ho
has ever been, the zealous and devoted ser
vant of his country, and will be grateful to
his fellow-citizens for their suffrages, as a>
representative in the ensuing Congress.
•lOltL ABBOT, of It ilka,
Gt'.ORGE CAItV, of Columbia,
THOM \9 tV. COUU, of Greene,
ALFRED CUTUBERT, of Chatham,
JOHN FORSYTH, of. Richmond,
THOMAS GLASCOCK, do.
JOHN R GOLDING, of Clark,
STEPHEN tv. HARRIS, of Putnam,
CH ARLES E. HAYNES, of Hancock,
EDWARD F. TATTNALL, of Chatham,
WILEY THOMPSON, ef Libert.
Our friends and subscribers in the differ
ent counties, will confer a favor by fm ward
ing us a statement of Ihe result of the electi
on as soon as it is ascertained.
05 5 * " ar p authorized to announce Col.
Sfabobn Jukes, a candidate to represent
this county, in the Senate of our State Legis
lature, at the next election.
The following named gentlemen are can
didates for the Legislature, in this county .
SENATE.
William Searcy, Fsq.
Col. Seahok.n Jones,
William Rouebtso.n.
KF.PHESENTAT1VES.
Dr. Tomlinson Fout,
Col. James C. Watson,
Col. Robert Rcthehford.
- lie here alludes to his Majesty, \cht> had
loaded much what slaughter he would make in Hit
ranks of the enemy, and who afterwards retired,
it is thought through fear.
t d nick name for his Majesty, and out of the
names of Cataline.
WEST-INDIA TRADE.
(Jj® 1 The proclamation of the President,
opening the pijrtj isf the United States tu
Deaths in Millodgeville from the 1st, to the 31st
Au «st. JP22
3 White Mates—Bilious Fever.
1 do. do—Apoplexy
I do Female do.
I Negro man; Bilimt- Fever; from the country
1 White male child d •
I do. do do—Dysentery.
1 Negro do. do.—Atrophy.
1 White Female—Childbed.
1
1
do.
IJ Total.
Child of the above—debility
do—vunn, 1
Stillborn.
MATU.OW I, rUYOR, Tnt.
[COMUUMICATED.]
Dim. in Laurens county, on the 3d inst. Miss
Uni. W Plummer—She was a member of ihe
Presbyterian Church (or many years before her
death
V'uUtm Wagging.
f pieces l i inch Bagging 1 ,
just received and for sale, hy
F. hi 11. A. WOOD.
ptemhei 9. 31—tf
VAWTMWUiVi
u4nd Commission Business.
I IIIF. fub-criber bpgs leave to renew t > hli
friends and tiie public, h*s service?? in the
above line, assuring them, that his personal at
tention shall be devoted to the iuterest of those
who may favor him with business, and his charg
es for salts of cotton made in proportion to the
present low rate of that article. Ili.s Ware
house, Store ,uc. are in order for the recepti
on of cotton and merchandize
ROBERT MALONE.
Augusta, September 1. 31—At.
VITILL BE SOLD, on the lir-.t Tuesday in
v ▼ December next, at the Cortrt*hou«e in
Dublin, La ircus county, agreeable to an order
of the Coirl of Ordinary of said countv, a NE
GRO GIRL, named Frances, about ten years
old, ihe properly of David Foreman, dec’d—•
and abo, one SORREL YAKE, the property
of said deceased. Terms made known on *ho
day. JOHN HAMILTON, Adin’r.
September 3. ids.
\ LL persons having demands against tho es*
. tale of David Foreman, dec’d, arc request#
ed to present them duly proven within tiie funo
prescribed by law, as said estnte isrertainly in
solvent. JOHN HAMILTON, Ad mV.*
Dublin, Sept. 3. 31—Crt.
Administrator’s Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD, at the court-hnuso in
Hancock counly, on ihe fir-l Tuemlay
in December nnxl, between the usimi hours,
one hundred mid eighteen and one fourth ecrgi
of land, in said county, on Dry rrreg, adjoin
ing Benjamin Wilson and others; and one ue-
gro woman nuiued Rose—living the real and
personal estate of TUoinns Kunanks, dcc’d—
pursuant to an order of court, for the benefit of
the heirs. Terms nt Ihe sale
LEMUEL SMITH, Admr.
September 2d, 1822. 31—td,
TVri.NF. months eftnr dale, application will bo
i , made to Ihe honorable Inferior court nf
Baldwin county, for leave lo sell the real e,-
late of F.vnns Long, decen-ed, for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased
NIMROD W. LONG,A lmri
September 4th, 1822 niitm.
I IHE firm of Cnx at Kopmai, have this day
I dissolved co-partnership, by mutual con-
iMay 4, 182!\
jr.ssr. cox,
MOHKIS h'OP.WA.T
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