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Hr In itltnt Ion* Imv flonrlshod under your nur
(nri'. hh 1 I ? Not i ie College—It litu grown by
yon' neglect. Yob ought) however) to be
Looked, lliul yon i|i,| not dissent to the bill for
i p mminonl eintmvmeiit.
\ .ellirii policy has prevailed, cabal nnd in-
trigne h i* succeeded, and itnte pride Ins been
root,lied tinder your lulinmUtrulinn of I ho go-
\ .Ti) )'v it II it there is a redeeming spirit In
the I'-ople, which mot, ere long breuk the
i/etl, by which they have been so Iona; hound*
'•"•I ' o.ler unto C'lesar, the things which ure
Civ sum.
Ve Gods, u iimh amaze ine,
A ni tii ot s icli u feeble! temper should
Hot t!ie start of the m ljestic world,
And bear the palm alone. BRUTUS.
♦ Those !(■’: 1 doubt t!it applicability of that
icord, may supply with a more suitable one.
tbit.,,liming no npprelirnsintt of ii-jury, Hind i purl, nliic.lt is not mure iiutlientir, ikut.t
o ih I'tri 1 , i! pnnsible, t„ do real injury lo the I tiny -, it came tn ||u> ears of tile counsel
fsiivvnior, '• although I
To the E-lilors of the Southern Recorder.
Having observed, accompanying a pieee
•fa your p iper, and the Journal of the 17th
jted., to which tliu name of “ Thomas II
Crawford” is subjoined, a statement of Mr.
Clayton, in which, nltlio’ the principal facts
is not denied, viz : Tint the Governor ask
ed him if lie knew of any law or resolution
of the Legislature, authorizing the Secretary
of State to appoint a Deputy, and In which
he replied, “ he did notstill, on perusa
it struck me, as being in some minor part
e.ulars, at variance, with a pre\ ulus statement
in relation to the same subjects—curiosity,
therefore, prompted me to enquire of his
Excellency, what were the particulars of the
eonveisation alluded to by George It. Clay-
tori, Ksq.—“ he replied, that he never asked
Mr. Clayton when Col. Hammond was
parted hack, nor did Mr. Clayton mention
Marhury's licing wounded, nr of any per
on' aciing for him as Deputy Secretary of
t.11r-. 'i'his enquiry was made of Mr. lhize-
niaa, and he mentioned M ulmry’s lieing
wounded, and 'hat lie had a Deputy Serrc-
tarv. In regard to the circumstance of Mr.
Ci iy ton’s applying to the Governor to sane-
ti his appointing a person to do his busi
ness as Treasurer, he said he had a distinct
r'i'ollection;it having struck him when made,
with some surprise, and that he bad often
tho’t nfit since, it > ■ is not correctly stated by
M 1 ’. Clayton, and that the application was
made sinee the State I? ink was moved
out of the State-House, h Mr Peter F Jaillet
was Cashier of theDiricn Hank. On the
first reading of Mr. Clayton’s statement, the
Executive observed, tie was unable tn say
the precise time at which the application
was made, tho’, he well recollected, it was
after the State Bank was removed out of
the St ate House, fi Jaillet appointed (' isliier
of the Darien Bank—lie however, now says,
with positive certainty, it was within tw o or
three days after he and Mr. Clayton crossed
Fishing creek together in a very ticklish
craft or canoe, in time of the l ist great fresh
et. The application was m ade at the foot
of the stair-case in the passage of the State-
II .use—neither Secretaries, nor any other
persons were present—the person Mr. Clay
ton mentioned as wishing to appoint, was Mr
Peter F. Jaillet. C ishier of the I) mien Bank,
i i this plan— Air. Cary’s name was not men
tioned lay Mr. Clayton to the Executive at
imenmr, '■ allium : h I am under no „p ae
henswn that tin injury intended trill l,r real
lied. ’ JVvvertln l< - , it was expected that
every enemy of tile Governor would now
.1""* in It«o cry raised by their leaders, and
that all means at id methods would he used
against him. I unah-i sland that the course
pointed out to them by Socrates, nltlio’ ffif-
Icnuit from their own first opinion, is adopt
ed-great deference seems to he paj | to the
opinion of this unknown, invisible sort of
tub-ruler of a faction, whose name they are
solicitous to invclnpe in as much nn.lery, as.
that of his countryman, the author of Wa-
verly, but not for precisely the same rea
sons—what dire circumstances preclude his
boldly leading the ranks which lie thus eon-
trouts by his counsel, and sharing the honors
of the field ? hut the time is not yet arrived,
and much must he done first. 1'further un
derstand, that a dinner was given to the Se
cretary of the Treasury, at Athens, on the
I fitll ult., at which Judge CI iyton acted as
Vice-President; that, at Morgan county Su
perior court, which was on the first week in
September, it was told that the question of
the constitutionality of grants signed by Mr.
Whitaker, as Secretary of State, would he
decided by Judge Clayton, and that he would
decide against them—this looks like a pre-
eonconeerted plan—hut whether the Secre
tary of the Treasury had any thing to do in it,
I will not undertake to say. 'I’he point in
regard to the grants signed by the new Se
cretary of State was made at Habersham,
the fourth week in August, to he decided at
Hall—hut the opinion of the Court was de
ed, not at Halli
til d, or any other time, for the purpose of ob
taining his approbation to his doing husi
for him as Treasurer—the application
refused, (as has been before stated) and Mr.
Ci iyton informed, that he had Lest ilo hi
own h i .’wests with some remarks,urging why
he should do so, concluding however, with
saving, if it was to be done by another, it had
better lie Mr. Cary. This application for
appointing Mr. Jaillet, was the more particil
1 lily impressed on the mind and recollecti
on of the Executive, from the circumstance
of Mr. Cary being the brother-in-law of Mr.
Clayton, a lid from his having frequently at
tended to liis business as Treasurer, without
the sanction of the Executive, or even an ap
plication ever having been made by Mr.
Clayton for it.” Now, it appears, that be
cause the Governor barely tolerated in some
instances, a common practice, which had
been pursued previous to his filling the Ex
ecutive Department, a practice which, altho’
lie did not approve, but believed, indeed
knew, so far as it had extended under his
administration, could be no public: detri
ment, but a convenient indulgence to the
Treasurer—this indulgence in suffering Mr.
Cary, bis brother-in law, occasionally, mere
ly to receipt for money paid on grants, af
fording him thereby time to attend, in some
measure, to the affairs of his other appoint
ment of President of the State Bank, as well
ss his private affairs, has thus been arrayed
against the Governor, and sedulously urged
i i conversations by Mr. Clayton with many
individuals, as a parallel case with the con
duct of the late Secretary of State—as well
might a mole hill be compared to a mountain.
Mr. Clayton in his statement, speaks of ffis-
ingunuity—whether his own conduct in this
affair does not strongly' savour of Hull, as
well as some little ingratitude, the public
in iy determine. Whenever ho, or any o-
flitre* ofiieer connected with the Executive
Department shall see fit, by their miscon
duct, to make out a case parallel with that of
Hammond, and the Governor fails to per
form Ilia duly, it will then he sufficient time
to argue his inconsistency, caprice, partiali
ty, prejudice, or whatever improper motives
a’party at this time find convenient to their
electioneering purposes lo ascribe to him.
some of the futile, reiterated asserti
ons in the. insolent publication above rulcr-
edto, it may not he amiss to make a remark
or two—and in the first place, as lar as res
pects what is is said as to the information ot
James Bozeman, Esq., it is sufficient to state
the fact, that the statement signed 11 Plain
Truth,” was shown to him previous to publi
cation, and he said it was correctly stated.—
The reassertion, that lie, young Crawford,
informed the Governor that Hammond was
daily expected,-is contradicted by his own
statement, of a letter in the Journal from
Hammond, dated lflth July, saying, lie
would he at home about the 1*1 of Se.ptcm-
bar. Touching Crnw|ir*ff’s certificate—The
disingenuous conduct of Mr Clayton towards
the Governor upon a former subject of im
portance to the state, and in which, from the
office he holds, he should have felt full
much interest, although lie might vainly ap-
pVrhend less responsibility—might have war
ranted til- Governor, without any very mi
charitable stretch to have (from the circum
stances stated in 11 Plain Truth”) suspected
that Mr. Clayton might have advised young
Crawford tr> the course he. pursued. Craw
ford's certificate even, it will he observed,
isnot so constructed a3 to deny the fact. He
does not say that Air. Clayton did not ad
vise him, but, that it was not by bis advice
o* recommendation, hut that of an Attorney,
he proceeded on ; and it is even ditlicult to
believe that any Lawyer, who had a regard
for his reputation, would have advised thi-
young man to proceed against a positive or
der of tlie Executive—why is this advi
sers name not given to tlie public? Indeed,
it may be fairly inferred, that Air. Clayton
was less prompted to enter the lists, from a
desire to defend himself against imaginary
imputations Si impiessioiiifrom w hich he aff-
livereil, not at Hull court, agreeably to ap
pointmenl, but at Jackson court, the second
week in September, and that opinion was
nppla, ided or approved of, as is understood,
by the Grand Jury of the said Jackson conn
ty. There appears in this whole transaction
from beginning to end, something singular ;
that it should lie known from Athens ns ear
ly as Morgan court, that Judge Clarion
would decide upon the question, and that it
should lie known before it was made, what
the decision would he—that the point was
made at Habersham court, to be decided at
Hall court, and that this ready-made, cot
and dried derision, should have been finally
leliveied, not at Hall court,agreeably to ap
pointment, hut at Jackson court. Is it pos
sible that the Judge was feeling about thro
the counties for a Grand Jury most likely t"
respond favorably tn his derision ? nr, were
his views to bring his opinion immediately
before the people, believing it would have a
hearing on the friends of the Governor:!) the
approaching general election ’ Ert them who
know, answer—I do not. The subject, how •
ever, in many points, affords important mat
ter for consideration—an expression of the
result of my own for the present, shall he
confined to a single point—and that is, that
I consider the practice of the Secretary of
the Treasury, in fatting about through ma
ny of the counties, immediately preceding
the general election, as wholly unworthy of
him, and a prostitution of the high character
which he professes to sustain. It lias been
useful to him,however, on this occasion, as
it. enabled him to hold a long ronferrence
at Columbia, with his old friend, the late A-
gent of Indian Affairs. And while it occu
played ill the case, that there w
till hauee at Alilledgevillr about t he Secret try
who had signed the instrument. Then tip
on slight argument, ami willmul the pioiltie-
tun) of milliMiily by the counsel or by Ihu
court, a constitutional question of liigli im
port, involving public cimvr.iiiriire. arid indi
vidual light, i* forthii ith decided—I’ll ven
ture to say, that it is the first time that tiny
Judge has set aside so solemn an instrument
as a Grant, when it purported to possess llic.
legil requisites. The ••Powers that he,”
are always respected, and their ads consi
dered as valid until the contrary is made to
appear by competent authority. That a
Judge presiding in a distant county, in the
trial of .a question of a fraudulent draw pos
sesses this competency to decide the con
stitutionality of an officers appointment, and
to nullify ins acta, no jurist will insist. Vet
this has been dime, and the “ People have
a right lo expect from their representatives
a determined resistance”—ns well might the
court have set aside tin* Grant for the land
on which Jackson Court-House is situated,
on the alleged ground that the soldier whose
bounty warrant was there located, never
rendered service—that the Surveyor was
not duly qualified—that the chain carriers
were nnt sworn—that the Surveyor Gene
ral had never recorded the plat—that the
Secretary of State had not given hood—or
that the Governor Wits an a lien. If (he. court
will permit grants to he impeached for these,
or for any other causes upon mere motion,
and will take public rumor or newspaper re
port as evidence of the fact, the State may
he considered .as an unlocated territory, and
reported to the Legial.iLu e io he disposed of
by Lottery. Thus far as to the right of de
cision.—1 will now direct a few wolds lo
the decision itself.
The opinion proceeds upon twn grounds.
1st. What vacancies the constitution intend
ed the Executive should fill.—2d. How far
an office might he discharged by deputy.—
The last ground involved no difficulty—It
ever was a question except with these who
acknowledged no guide but prejudice, and
who were, determined to prrsi t even against
their own convictions. It will not now, 1
presume, he contended that the Secretary of
State can act by deputy and find his justifi-
c*ati*»n (vrn in the Fee /till Thu first ground
(hen, seems lo he the only one deserving
notice. In discussing this, the court looks in
the intention of the law givers, and the im
port ami signification of words—Both rules
are confessedly just and safe, hot the first,
as applied to the present question is its vague
and indefinite, as the clause of the conslitu
lion il stiff. In the construction of a remedi
al statute, the Judge’s task is more easy.—
By considering the old law. the mischief and
the remedy, the intention becomes obvious.
But tn constitutions, no such rules apply—
their provisions are general, and unfort unati
Iy, their expressions sometimes indefinit
and always left to the construction, and
sound discretion of those who are appointed
to execute them. Our constitution in dislri
buting its powers, gives to the E.xecutivi
the authority of filling •' any office which
shall become vacant by death, resignation or
otherwise.” In the present instance, the
vacancy happened "otherwise” than by
ratofc nflnc office, and the powers with
which he is clothed, superintends the whole.'
The must prominent ol his powers, is tilt'
mu which we are discussing ; the light tul
declare and fill vacancies. I have said, that j
these vacancies may happen by abuser, non- j
PT\TE OF GEORGIA
J.'y Ills tdcrcltenry inns C r c ;r, fiurrrnt r i id
' Commander in ChiifoJ tin . if my and Amy
of litis Suite, mill of Hit Militia thereof.
"Vl/TIf'.REAS, I have receiv, d otlielal infor-
Vv illation ef n murder having been
user, Sic. Altho' I do not belong to the ho-' milted on the, •»!Ii inst. in a .hocking and man-
i-i.)11- manner, on the b uly ol I-.me dp.oi, l.dc
non,hie profession ol the law, yet I will not
betray such indifference In public opinion as J of lljo county of Lincoln, in this
the Judge Inis done, by gii ing n long (horsi-11' " 1 " the ' eedict ,,| (in; Iaquc.-u In-Id
on without any authority to support it.— body of 'aid l«a«c Span,
llis reliance is upon the ingenuity of bis ar-1 murder was perpeiralcd l.y
ud the
gumenl—mine upon common
strength of authority. I have, therefore,
taken a honk or tw o IVom a Lawyer's nHire,
where 1 read the opinion of my Lord Cuke,
that offices may lie “ forfeited by abuser,
non-user, arid refusal”—ti Bacon’s Abridge
ment, 312—" That w hen an office concerns
the administration of Justice nr the Com
mon weal 111, the officer, ex-officio, ought to at
tend without demand or request, and that by
non attendance or non-user, the office is for
feited.” That “ non-attendance is a good
cause of the forfeiture, of the office of’Re
corder,” I Salk, d.'ii, 3 Mod. 1 Hi, Dyer I hi.
His honor will please excuse my imperti
nence in medling with law hooks,hut',1 really
thought I should not he treating the public
with :i “ becoming decorum” lo lay my spe
culations before them, without some autho
rity, particularly as I had no Grand Jury
presentment to hack me.
lo tile opinion, a question is put to (lie
“ candor of every sober judgment,” w Let litre'
the Legislature would impeach, remove, or
cren non-elect an officer who hud been gull
ty of no other offence than visiting the sea
board. The most effectual test would he for
the Judge to make the experiment himself,
at the commencement of his Judicial Circuit
—let him absent himself for six weeks, and
then see whether the Legislature would not
relieve, guard,and place a more faithful sen
tinel at his post.
I shall say no more at present. I regret
that there was occasion for saying so much,
and that thesubjeet were not in belter bauds.
But finding the opinion prematurely ohtruff-
I upon the public, I consider it every man’s
privilege, and most men’s duty to expose it.
A- the Executive Department nfthe govern
inent is made the subject of inquisitorial
scrutiny, the judicial, can claim no exemp
li. ' A FRIEND TOTHl’Tll.
The Hon. Judge M'Leak. of Ohio, has
been appointed Commissioner of the Ge
neral Lund Office, in the place ol Ale.
Meigs, deceased.
Wn.r.iAM E. IIavne, E?q. was elected
on the 16th inst. President of the Branch
Bank of the State of South Carolina, a 1
Columbia.
Iftrillli of Xtw-Yurk.—Eleven eases of
yellow fever wen' reported by the. Board of
Health on the 1 till inst. Oil tile 12th, three
cases ol yellow and one of bilious malignant
fever, and on the. 1311), four cases of yellow
fever were reported. The disease is ad
vam ing to the upper part of the city with ai
accelerated pace.
• iqiiesl
, it nppi
B.YV1U H. YMIK,
tv «n* dim! ?.
>k* ; tie t M.tg,
w ho it in i eprest’nt«*d lias stiun: find lium justice
Now, in order Hint tlu* said Uavid S York may
he brought to ju^tin*, I have: ilimight proper to
i'Mie this my i’HOCLAM ATION, her. liy ollVr-
itig a reward ot OA’F* IIL.YiJHLI) on ! FIFTY
DULLriliS, (o an v person or person-' who may
apprehend and deliver the said David S V**rk
to the Sheriff of the county aforesaid. And I
do moreover charge and require all officers,
civil and military, lo he vigilant in endeavor
ing to apprehend the said David S York, if to
be found in this slate.
Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of
the Slate, Ht the Slate House in M ill edge-
vilie, tin* ‘Jdth S ptember, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-two, and of the Indepen
dence ol the United states of America, the
forty-seventh.
JOHN CLARK.
Hy Hit Governor:
SIMON YVIUTAKDR,
Secretary of State.
ITT In addition to the above reward, a sub*
script ion of I'W O IIUNDRKD DOLLARS is
deposited with the subscriber, which will he.
paid to the person or persons who may appre
hend and deliver the .‘aid David S. York to the
Jailor or Sheriff of Lincoln countv.
1‘EfEU LAMAR
September 20, 1822.
Uui Ul S. York is about 25 years old, 5 feet ft
or seven iur.liefl high, light hair, blue eyes, red
beard) talks freely, fond of gambling, aud veiy
forward in his general deportment.
October 1. It
to me, l will express my abhorrence at the | «>r resignation. ^ But says the opinion
assemblage, for electioneering
«rs
Judges, Genetals, Preachers and United
States Post Masters,* at thn seat of go
vernment, whenever appointments are lo
lie made hy the Legislature. Such assem
blage, the shameful fi unwarrantable prac
tices as were used last fission, immaterial on
which side nr in whose behalf, are incompa
tible with the freedom of election, and an in
sult to the dignity of members. 1 could
give the names of individuals, anil instances
of their contemptible conduct, hut will for
bear, under the hope, that the like will not
occur again.
A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
£1 st September, 1C22.
* As the public may he surprised that a Post-
Master appears in the list, I give his name—L-
lea.iur Early, I’ost-.Aliuler at Savannah.
Oil the 13th of August last, after I had
been placed in possession of the Secretary
of State’s Office, l observed to Mr. Craw
ford, that I wished to continue him as a
clerk—-lie then replied, that he did not know
what to do. I then told him, if his mind
was not made up, I would indulge him
a short time lo think on it, hut that the bu
siness of the office must go oil. Air. Craw
ford then went out of the office, observing
to me, that lie would return in u short time,
and let me. know; after a while, Air. Craw
ford returned, and told me that he could
not accept—that he had taken legal ad'ice,
and that he must hold on to the office. Ami
I do further state, th*at I was in the Secreta
ry of State’s office on the 13th of August
last, when the Governor was, and I have no
hesitation in saying, that he did not invite
Air. Crawford to continue with me in the
office, but he remarked, that he expected I
would continue him—nor did the Governor
threaten to throw him out of the State-
House. SIMON WHITAKER.
21st September, ltl22.
I was in the Secretary of State’s Office
when Thomas II. Crawford came in,on the
13th August last, and I heard liiin tell Mr
Whitaker, that he could not accept (a*. I
understood him) a clerkship under Air. AV Hi -
taker, as Secretary of State, and that lie had
got legal advice to hold on to the office.
A. B. BECKHAM.
21st September, 1822.
1ST OF I,LIT!.Its remaining in Hie Post
Office, Millejgeville, Geo. on the first of
October, 1K22.
.'I — lolin M. Allen, Wiley Armstionp, Wil
iam Atkin-, John Anthony, William A-kew,
I-*,. Elizabeth Alton, Daniel Andrew s.
[1.—1). W. Boudet, Jessy Berry, Dr. Ferdi
nand Bostick, Robert Baldwin, Francis I. lien-
mi, 2; .1 Iin Rolinger, Thomas Bass, W Blua-
Imrd, John F Brmvii, l.-lmm C. Brow n, J. E
Blackburn, Richard .At. lie.ver, Mark Brown,
Thomas G. Bell, James M. Browner, I ones
wner, J inn s L Browner, Dr. James ii ••in-
in, olios Brown, James Burney, Andrew
Both, John H ow,,, Joan B Brown, Wiliam
Barren, Simon Brook-, Unue Barnett, Cot
Blunt, Dr. Wil-on Bird, I.e : net Burke t, Jnhn
Bruntty, James Bryant, David Bowen, G il I io:
Burk, lfs.iio- B w kin
C — lolin Carrington, Lands Clerk, Davi
Cnopei Dreivi Clark, facoh \V ( p-
G Cbnndler, liosea AV. Clark, 2 ; sterling
ha el. William Clary. i ,lin Cnllrey, toscpli
„ ..I in H.Curvie, Pin neu C yn.Thom -
C'ustellow. tin,a , <11 C Un it. D. lid Cobb,
-him: C, peJund, Isaac T. Cushing, Martin S.
Carson. Hubert Came?
Since the foregoing was written, the celn-
hrnted “ Opinion” of Judge Clayton has nr
rived, accompanied by its patron, the pre
sentment of the. Grand Jury of Jackson
county. They arc twins conceived at A-
thens and brought forth at Jeffers®!!. It
seems the birth of these bantlings was nnt
expected until Hall court, their prematurity,
accounts fur their weakness.—Hot as they
are relied on, as a “ firm and independent
resistance” lo encroachment, I ivi I treat them
with that “ becoming decorum,” due to the
depart mint, from which they come. Can
dor, however, compels me to acknowledge,
that I do this more from courtesy, than
from a conviction of right.
I would first inquire, what “encroach
inent” is intended to be resisted, or how hi?
honor happened to consider it necessary
that he should throw himself into this sup
posed'breach of the Constitution. He lias
powers, to lie sure, of a high judicial charac
ter, but they are as well defined and as
strictly limited 113 the powers of any other
department of the Government; and I con
sider that his will be a difficult task, who
undertakes to defend, the propriety of ma
king the decision which the Judge has pro
nounced. It seems that a grant was tend
it must happen as though hy dentil
signation, else it. is no vacancy. Here the
court violates one of its ow n rules, and tor
lures the word “ otherwise” sn as to “ pro-
duce a meaning different form its obvious
import.” The framers of the constitution
knew that offices were necessary, and Unit
the government must tie conducted hy
gents—They knew also that these offices
were liable to become vacant by death, re
signation, removal, disability, almser, non
user, and hy a great variety of other casual
ties which could not he foreseen or enumer
ated, and which could not he provided for
in any way sn convenient, as hy lefening the
exigency io the discretion of the Executive.
We find the reference made accordingly,
and so made, ns to vest the power, not only
a( filling, but of declaring vacancies also.—
Against a capricious exercise of these pow
ers, tile constitution lias sufficiently guarded
by the responsibilities which it lias imposed.
The idea .-f limiting Executive, discretion in
this regard could never have occurred. If it
had, the limitation was easy and unambigu
ous. The section might have been, “That
the. Governor shall have power to fill vacan
cies which may happen by death, resigna
tion or t hn like cause. ” This would have
been a nearer approach to precision, but tin-
design of the instrument would not have
hern furthered, or the rights of the officers
Gutter protected. Executive construction,
and Executive discretion, would at last Inn
defined the. rule, and in these there is safe
ty. The danger, if any, is nn the side of loo
much forbearance. So high an office as the
Executive of a free Stale would never jet
pardize the tenure of his own appointment
liy an act of pusillanimity Inwards a subal
tern—for “ what profiteth .t a man to gain
“ the whole world and loose his own soul ?”
—The word “otherwise,"then, I consider as
free, from any limiting or controling influence
of tile words “ death” or “resignation.”—
There is another clause in the Gonstitution
which is in strict analogy with the one we
are examining. I I is the amendment of 181 it
tothe4lh. see, of the 2d. Article, providing,
that, “In ease of the death, resignation or
disability of the Governor” the President of
the Senate shall do the duties,” kc.—Noiv
wlnit amounts to a “ disability,” and who
shall judge ol'it ? It stands upon the same
footing with the world “ otherwise,” in the
previous article, and is to be construed in the
same way. For example—suppose the
Governor should leine his office, “ on a visit”
to Augustine, hut with the intention to re
turn twelve months hence, having however
given onb of his secretaries a power of at-
rney.
The Court says, “ that time nor distance
cannot alter the principle.” it is known to
the President of tiie Senate that this absence
has commenced, and how long it will last—
That grants ought to issue nt the average,of
ten per day—That convictions have tak
place, and that pardons nr reprieves are to
he applied for in favor of life. Would t"
exigencies amount to a “ disability,” and
would the President enter upon the functi
ons of the office ? What timid, cringing Pre
sident would stand back, or where is the.
community of freemen so prejudiced, as not
to sustain and protect him. Hut says the
“ opinion,” resort to impeachment, to an ac
tion on the bond. Such sophistry may he
consoling to the offending officer, but it af
fords inadequate redress to an injured and
insulted community !
The officers composing the Executive
branch ofthe government,(I mean the State-
[C0MMUMCATF.il ]
Oar town is clothed m mourning—our coun
try resounds with the voice of lamentation —
Uunr.Kr Rutherford is no more! The poor-
man’s friend lias been eul off' in the prime of his
manhood!—industrious active Si ardent in his
pursuits, success attended llis footstep—-For
tune, with a liberal hand, rewarded llisnXei tinni
—kind and liberal himself, her gifts were gene
roii.l. Bestowed on the ncecssilim? fit meritori
ous.—On him the needy never called in vain far
aid, nor the oppressed for assistance.—Zealous
ill his professional pursuits, he was esteemed
respected, anil possessed the unbounded confi
dence of tils clients; ntfectionate in private hie
lie was beloved nil adored—llis heart void of
guile, lie w as mi open opponent—a warm t
devoted friend. Though llis years were fi
liis usefulness was extensive—mid tlio'e yc..
were truly happy. Blessed with a beloved
wife, who adored him, and children, on whom
they ffoaled with fond affection. But who ran
L o her lo'S—xvliut language describe her for
lorn ami desolate situation.—He Who cheered
her smile—who chased away the momentary
sigh, D I Ol t lo her torevor—no morn slmll
hear his BpjHOticliing step—nor lii-r heart
leap with delight nt the gladdening sound of hi
voice—.Mas ! he D gone—amt who shall in
trude on her sorrows, or dan* to oiler consola
tion for her loss? “ Time, with healing o
wings,” shall south her agonized feelings ; bu
it is the “ light above, which alone can re
move” the load of anguish and despair.
0 nature, dear nature, how potent thou
The pnngsthou cxcit’st in her agonized heart
Philosophy hardly will own ;
Tho’ reason instructs, that the God who had
given
Her husband Imlh tn’en, to hi; bosom in Heaven
Yet feeling, laments thut he's gone."
Dikd, in tliis place, on the 29th ult. after
short and severe attack of the bilious fever, M
.mam Pr.HKtKs, a native of Connection
hut of late, a resident of this place, and a gen
tleman much esteemed and respected by liisac
quaiutances.
[COM MUNI CAT I I) ]
Dim, at Mount Pleasant, Baldwin county
Gl*o... on tlu* Pith inst. Mr. J\c»»d A.mmmxin,
of Chesterfield, New-Hampshire, in the 2dd
year of his age. Tlu*. excellence of this young
man's character, and tic* modesty of liis
portment during nearly I ti*'* years residence
in this slate, had secured him the friendship
and esteem of a numero is and respectable ac
quaintaiice, who deeply regret his I »«•*:.
Printers of newspapers in Philaddyhia and
A'ew-llanipshire, ore requested to pubii-h this
notice in their respective papers, that the re
lations and friends ofthe deceased may receive
the afflicting intelligence.
tUu tV-vyr.ro ittul V uCh vv.
WILLIAM III V J xs,
1 J AS just ii m-ivi-il irum .'>• w-Vin k, » ), , n J
3 S soniD nssuitmunt of Hun
Ir ry, viz:—Buck knivi*. unit lu
ifi* ; J'nli-ln it Im ullcd, rin.; IV
('ll ; I'lK-krt ,ln J SpiiiiK Buck d',,, G, ri'inn il
i -' •( '*< - I plain- ii mis, ('inirii, nml iBiuBli') fr,,m
I 1-2 to 2 l-2im ln*s; nm i.et HtnJ imn-lii e cilia-
?' l*i mast ""cl : Ferim-r do.; cat -t.-ol Slip up.
-IlcHt" i Gupbimrd hicks , Dc k do. ; Pml do ,
line Film", rill ; Bpringnnd lunitilci do.; three
hull knob lock-; bcult s spring, from ii in night
inclios ; snliil patent “ Slini-tiridijc" 1 lummri
mull amt ( ast -rii-el Diuwh e knive- . G noil
'(rew s, n--ortrd ; Parliament liingi*.-; But Hit,.
, I to in d 1-2 to 6 Indies; Coiiqin-s saw?;
mail amt Cast steel Handsaws ; Gust steel
I’annel rin ; Mill saws, from (it,, ri 1-2 leet ,
Iron ?q lure* ; Brass Candlestick?, gentlemen s
Drawing cases.
September 2J. * 31—31,
Cotton \\ arc House,
Upper end S>uth side Broad Stri id. Augusta.
WILLIAM II. EGAN,
3>F.(iS leave to acquaint his friends and the
» } public, that the above is in cumplelc or
der for the reception of produce. '
The security bom fire, which its peculiar st-
nation irilorri?, nnd the convenience arising
from its immediate neighborhood lo that part
of the town win re (he principle portion ol the
Cotton is now sold, render it a de?irnble place
for the planters to deposit their predate. Li.
heral advances made.
September 10.
3-1— r,t.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
\TTn.L l»! sold, outlie first Tuesday in No-
V T veinber next, in the town i,f Dublin,
Laurens county, between the ii-ual hours of
sale, the following property, to w t
One hay Stndiiur e, taken a? the property of
Jonas ti. Spivey, to satisfy a (i fa in favor of
Wilkumn and others.
Also—One Negro man Bob, taken a? the
properly of lohn Smith 1 sart iy a fi (a in fax „r
ot Baldwin Fluker aud o-r.?.
Wan lot of land, tn!. ns the property of
Peter Timm-,», No. 252, ilie 2(ith distrii-t,ori-
g-natly Gilkinsim, now luren? county, to sn*
tisfy a fi fa inf vnr of h M. Waters) ’
Alsu one Ii If lot ol I ol in the 1st rii«t. No.
208, and one fraction, adjoining the squat- -. n-
riginnlly Wilkinson, n- iv La eon tv, ta
ken as the property! Jori miah Urant:y". no-
ceased, to satisfy sundry fi h,s in favor I
Monroe, ndm'iostrator de hi- u m , ; ... .1
Ragins, dec d F Ki. •_ ...
Septcmber28, 13 ’2.
WILL UK BO
I ¥71N t - usu* : : n irs,
t i day in Novi*ul. r « ex?.
■ !i: c t
I) -
rv D
Race
i I>
pi D
t v. 2
John l) »wn A r, Hi*n
> Iyer, Mrs. Lucinda D.
'is. James Darby, Tii >
ham
i. L *,vi* Eihredge, Pu
LOT
p:op :ty • L >> tel *C..?
•1 execution f mu J i
Hen y B rhou j i —
to me by u co -laL u.
v: l j. fc;.
September 21.
c .. t, the p i
Srt'd c t\ .
LAND, No. 2 ; i0,
"in com l\, taken n t te
' t i mt'i'fy a i n- Ure
101111 in favor T
•do :■ d relurnt J
LI Sti ff
ff/ 3 Ge are mill, irized to announce M.uiri ?
Tiiiimas, a candidate for Receiver of Tax Be
turns for Baldwin county, at the ensuing elec
tion. October _1 :tl (■
. NOTICE.
T HE COft.Vand cun MILLS of tho Suli
scrihur near town, are now in operation
SEABORN JONES.
Milledircvlllc, Sept. 30, 1822. 3 I—if
House officers,) ure provided with com
tent salaries or compensation, and that of
the Secretary of State nearly equal to all the
others together. Their duties are defined, j drcii-^iold fijr the benefit of
100 Dollars Reward.
T .1 SCAPED a (Counterfeiter) on Friday tin
U 27th inst. J. C. SCOTT, alias M. J. HOW
ELL, a man about six feet k one inch high, i-f
thin visage, Roman nozt*, wbiniug voice,of <D«rk
complexion, blue Eyes, nnd short black Him*;
upwards of 80 >ears of nge—claims t*> he from
New-York, a l*ai ntcr by trade, a convict from
Chatham County : he eluded the vigilance of the
guard, bv blacking and passing him-ch out as a
man ox Colour, during a rain on that day. The
above reward will be paid for his apprehension
and delivery at this plaee
HIILIP COOK, P. K
Peritentiary, 30th Sept 1822. B-l—At.
E.—Jar ne-.Ed:iK
iencc i.dw,
J-’.-Mn poll} Farr.nr, ’Vm Fionru. y. 7 ;
Peter F. Flogrnoy, David Frazer, iion. Judge
Frierso .
(i—Dr Samuel Greenlee,Horatio Gat. r? Dr.
John Gorman, Samuel P Gih«on, llonry Gel,
Bonjamin Gilder leve, Pliebe G ddin, l lioina-
John Ganey, Benjamin Green, < lenm li
Gordon, Wilie Grooms, John (’ C. Gunn, Hi
ram Goldin.
//.—Benjamin Hill, Tos^ph Hu l.ihM i. “'■i
Eleanor II. Howard, 2 ; lohn H iro, Ric-h 1
Harvey, Joseph K Hand, Henry H Holcomb,
Robert llollev. Win. B. Hester, ll u.rvHna ,
Barrel llall, Alfred U.ml-D M: l Marv Holly
Thomas E. llincs, Tapi in Holt. Is me I i‘d l, Res
S. K. Ilodg . James Holman, II. C Hutcheson,
2; John Hill U. Co., \lhers Ha ri«, Har
rison, Rev. Whitman C Hill, Henry S. Hardi g.
./—Ji,h;i Jolley, Green B Jackson,
Johnson, Win. Johnson, Mrs A. G Johnson.
Ambrose Jones, Edie Jones, Win Jelks, \\ ul
ler S. Jenkins, John June-. Henry L. Jone«.
/ v —Mrs. Eliza Kenan, Vladhia Keen, Rich
ard Keeling, Thomas King, Thomas H. Kenan.
L—John Lanag.in* Ji»hn Lewi«, John Lem
gan. Miss Levenah Lnncford, lohn Lautoii,
Clia’s Landram, David Lovett, 2 ; Asa Leach,
l)ani l Lyman, 2; Laurence .N. Thompson.
M.—Samuel McDonald, Elizabeth Miller,
John Mitch II, Mis. Betsey McWurrey, Morri«
Martin, Thomas L. MeEntine, Win. Minor Hob*
“on Morgar , Mack. McC’arty, Needham Mi
*2 ; Robert McGinty, Win. McKenney, George
Micklejohn, 2 ; James Montgomery, 2 ; James
vlagec, David J. Murrell, John. !l Mamlerson,
Neil Moses, Lewis M dier, Mrs. Jane McKen
ny, Mary Moore, John Myrick. Wrn.A. Mas-
well, A. II Moon, Thotnaa McKcev« r, C’aU*l*
Miller. Benjamin Mawry, Henry Morn , Good
win Myrick.
JY—Peter Northern, 2 ; Stephen Norton,
Thomas Napier, Thomas Neely.
O — John 0.1 or.
/>—Allen B. Powell, Jehu D. Parker, 2,
John Parker, Mrs.Sarah Peters, Pobadore.
Edmund 1) Perkins, James P. P. eMon, James
Pool, Thomas Payne, Thomas S. Parham, Mar
low Prior, Marlin Patmore, Henry Pm ker, John
Pocket, 2; John Phillips, Huidi Proudfoot, 2j
George Pentecost, Jane P dndexter.
jl—James Rousseau, John M. Roper, 2 ;
George Rny, Robert Rutherford, 7 : A. S. Ru
therford, Mrs. Eliza J. Rutherford. Mrs. Ca'ha
line Rpgan, Joseph Russell, Wiley Riddle, Mar
tin Russell.
.S'.—Tlios. G. Sanford, 2; Benjamin Sanford,
Frederick Sims, George D. Sharp, Mrs. Sarah
, Snow, 2; Simeon L. Stephen®, Jesse Sanford,
Win. Scurlock, Robert J. Smith, Daniel Scur*
lock, Mi-s Judith Sims, 2 ; Cornelius ^ehroe-
der, Jose pit Sims, Joel Stephcrson, W . B Shel
ton, Edward Sill, Allen Sims, James F. Slntti r,
Jnines E. Slatter, 2; John Sovvel, Joseph Stan
ford
T.—Henry C. Turner, Adam Tapley, John
Thomason, William Tailor, John Ticknor,
Martin Thomas, Joseph Thorn, 6 *, Rev. Vilen
Turner, Benjamin Tolberd,O.W Tommee,2;
John Turner.
// .— Mrs. Emanuel Wand, Elisha Whitney,
2; Hand'd Williamson, Nicholas B. Williams,
Georgo B. Walton, Alexander Watson, Richard
B Wingate, Willi- Woles, Eli Warnoeh, John
Wood, John Wright, Rev. Mason I. Weem-,2*,
Samuel L- Webb, Win Wiggins, Fruncis Willi*
Y.—Henry Young, Willis Yates.
(LJ" Persons w ho call for letters in tlie above
list, will please Pay they are advertised
THUS. M BII.IUFOUD, P. M
Post Office, October J
vs ILL EE SOE.
On the Just Cue.,nay ui December ....
N Dublin Laurens*county, ALLTHF. V
t ESTATE at .lolin Q. Underwooil, dec'ii-
- i i •( ..i - t .'ii- hi, reditoi •
crent, uiaac (?i ivn an the i.nv .-t ?aii*.
JU.iN .1 L'.xDEilG'OOD, Adm'i
Oc'"l)cr 1. Us.
notice.
V G UK!’A BLE L lo.ffnrof tho h'»n*
oi'iiblo the nil" off) tinnry for tli«
county of Jones, WILE BE OLD, i.i tho.
Town of Ciint.m, on the lir?t To relay i:i
next. hi'Uveen t! ; e usual ilOttl'S uf
s., ’ T .VF, nr THIRTEEN’
» cry Likely Negroes,
lielonging t - rii ofJamesBe .int.tlc-
■ e ,*eil, (among is an excellent black*
mitli)—u,r the h. f (lie heirs nml cre
ditors of sniff estate.— rash.
THOM.V? 11:1. i: ).V. Ex’nr.
September 25 t—td?
NUTtCK.
V LL persons are bereby cautioned ngn’nst
trading for a Note of Hand given bv • .*-
self to Mr. Owen Tyler, made payable . n\
or bearer, for two Hundred Dollar*, dat< • l
July 1822, ami due on or before the loth i i-
uaiy 182d. Said note was given for payment
for square of Land IN . 92, in the 8th district
of formerly Henry
d he gave
now Nt a ton conn
GREEABLE to an order from the honorn-
4 C3REI
J\ hie t
of Morgan, will lie sold, on the third flay of
December next, in the town of Madison, in said
ed in evidence, possessing, in appearance, all and they enter into express contract to di*
the legal requisites of such instruments.— | charge them—the public have a right to
15ut from public rumor ? or newspaper ro- their services, and the Governor, from the
ounty, a Negro Woman (Ann,) and two chil
Thomas C a
which bin
• t-s, a id a-< tint
sold under an <
Owen Tyler, l ;
ie u
a. it.* !an
I 'idgrm
a 1 *iot tli
lond to make rn
! is ftilvertiscd t<
.it H Caii.st (he
n *fore pav lie t
September 2?, 182*2
TEX DO!,EARS KEWAIU).
R I N VVVAY fill I the subscriber nb.-ut tho
till of Join" last, a negro woman nanieff
I, Y i) J A,
from '_’ff lo-5 years ufit. rstlier yellow coin,
piectecl, small muds, Ins a down lookuh.ni
spoken to—sin- emrieil away with her a N<>rlh>
i-rn cotton truck, blue ami white, iinff other
clothing—?he was in Washington, in G ilt,, a
county, in company witli Dr. Brown's anil .Mr.
Holding's fellows, un their way lo Virginia —
Brown’s hoy was caught, and the others got a-
way.—Brown’* hoy says they will try to get to
Virginia, (i-ilding's hoy ra-ne from there—.?ho
mny p s- lily lie I u knm r.hnut Angu tn. 'I he
above re a nr.I, u I nil reason ride expeuces will
he paid to any person who will deliver her to
the suli-erilicr, living in Mo-t rcllo, Jasper
county, or lodged in any-ah- tail, ol pother
again. GEORGE STOVALL.
fi j ’ The Editorof the Augusta Ailrertiser, Co.
luinhiu, (S. (’ ) stale I ills !e, aril It'csteru Ca~
nliniitn, Snlishiiry, (N. C ) will please give the
above two nr three insertions in their respec
tive papers, and forward their accounts for
payment. G. S.
Monticello, Goo. Sept 21. 31—-2t
GEORGIA—Putnam Superior Court, September
Term, 1822.
Anthony T. Giuvf.s, \
.\lii.TON CnorEU, and f n ;, corery Rf .
.M.vktha Evans, V ,, e J fani ,injunction.
PoKTERIUld V.VRNFR J
r appearing to the Court that Lot Porter,
one of the Respondents in the above hill of
complaint, reside* uut of the Stale of Georgia
it is ordered, that service therein he perfto te,
upon the said Pcrter, by a publication of this
rule once a mouth for six months, in oue of the
public Gazettes of this state
A true extract taken from the minute?, this
\W\.Wv\U.\DL
V FEW HO I 111) AIlS cun lie arrnm-
. modified with board in a central part
of the town, on reasonable terms, For in-?
formation, apply L Mr. Jacob Bnrroiv.
September -2.L .‘id—tf
x\*V,\Y VUW U.
- amF. St’BSC-RIliERS have just received a
1 quantity ol NEW FLOL'K, and will con
tinue to keep for sate, a regular supply of that
•article thro igli the sea-on.
ALSO—IN STORE,
50 ki*i;s While Leafl,
2000 lbs. Choice Bacon.
i:.& II. A WOOD
Spptembor 23. B;V—if.
John A. Hanson, orphans of Thomas W -iRbi-t oj Jt j ay 0 f Sepleojber, 1H22.
;on. John \V. IUVNSdN, Card. 1 JDUN I. SMITH, Cl It.
September 3, 1822, IH—tds'^ QctobQr U inOm,
JUST PUJJEISIIED,
. hul for sale at the MiUcdgcville lduuk Stare,
Thomas’ Domestice Mediciue, bv D. llusuck.
M D.
Lights and Shadows ofSeottisli Life ;
Renegade, from the French of M. Le Vi.-ccr.tc
D Arlincourt;
Advice to Voting Mothers In the tnnnnprm(r t
of Herself and Infant, by a inemilef of tire
Royal Coll, go of Surgeons.
(il.NNN ft CL’U 119
Scptcabex 17, 4j