About Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1831)
. .iously expressed, that he had been misinform- •d a? to the combination and conspiracy. I in formed him of your unequivocal amt positive de- ,|i„| of the fact, and communicated every thing uieh transpired between us calculated to satisfy his mind on the subject. It tvas this report o( m ;,, e that gave him satisfaction, and changed his feeling* and determination—not his ground as you 'have supposed ; with me he had no ground to change. lie had assumed none except {but which I linve stated ; nor did I ever make use of such an expression to you that he hud changed his ground. is true that I informed you that the Presi dent tvas'very much excited, but I do not now re- , ollect the precise language used to convey iny idea of that excitement. I presume vou had the advantage of your private memoranda when you w y l compared him to a roaring Lion. You attribute to me another declaration which [ never made—thnt on our way to Mr. Berrien’s I stated that the President had informed me that he would invite Mr. Branch, Mr. Berrien, and .•ourself, to meet him on the next Friday, when i ie would inform you of his determination in the presence of Dr. lily. I never received or commu- nioated such an idea. > The paragraph is substantially collect when (hut partin reference to Dr. Ely is expunged. It is true, in some of our various conversations, the name of Dr. Ely was mentioned,but in connec- tion with another part of the subject. The Presi dent informed me that when the rumors against Maj. F.nton and his family had been opened to hi,,', hy Dr. Ely, he had invited the accusers to make good their charges, and that they had failed —this is the substance of tlint part of our conver sation in which Dr. Ely’s name was mentioned. Again, you say I called at your house about fi o’ clock, when we walked to Mr. Berrien's. The fact is, that you called for me at my lodgings a that his wife left hint two or three years since, in consequence of his inhuman treatment of herself, since which time, his sister lias hud charge of his family. Ilis wife left with him two children, which lie frequently abused in a most shameful manner—his sister feared to remonstrate with him, lest she should fall a victim to his ungovernable temper, upon which he placed no restraint. On Saturday morn ing last, he took his oldest child to his room fur the purpose of punishing it—nothing seri ous however, was apprehended hy tho family, until the child was heard to utter the most piercing cries, upon which Miss Torry went fh the door of the room, but finding it locked, returned without gaining admittance. VVliat took place in the family from this time until the following morning, we are not able to state. As usual, Torry on Monday morning opened his store and commenced business, first having directed one of his hired men to go for a friend of his, who lived a short dis tance off, stating that he wanted him to assist him, bat in what he did not say. The man, from what he had seen and heard during the preceding day, suspected all was not right, and instead of doing as directed, he commu nicated his suspicion to a neighbor, who went immediately to Tony's house, and on inqui ry, learned that the door of the room where the child was last heard, was still locked ; he immediately broke open the door. What a spectacle presented itself! The wails of the room were besmeared with blood!—In the bed lay the lifeless corpse of the child; its head literally bruised to bout that time, by a previous appointment. This 1 pieces—the skull bone was broken in, and one. is a mistake in a matter of fact of no great iinpor- ■ t .y C ,, one . which from marks 0*11 the face, had lance, except to show how eas.lv we forget. II; s< i; (l “ nlll ,/„ v/w we thus diner in mailers of fact, bow much more liable to differ as to words ; and still more asto the evidently been kicked out. Torry, we learn, lias been safely lodged in time, manner and circumstances in w liich these | { l |e jail at Canandaigua, where he will be left, 0 f ours—to see such waste ami havoc, such strife words have been introduced, and still more ailo j until his trial, a prey to the gnawings ot a and fuss whdre peace anJ plenty's always bee iy we presume to the peculiar state of the at mosphere at the time. Credulity and super stition iu times past viewed every phenome non of this kind as an omen of good or evil; but in this more enlightened age we at tribute to natural causes those singular ap pearances of the Heavenly bodies, for which Philosophy cannot satisfactorily account. —:ooooo:— We have been requested to publish, as ad monitory to candidates, so much of the oath prescribed to members of the Legislature as relates to treats, canvassing, <Jkc. It is as fol lows : “ I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case my be,) that I have not obtained my electi on by bribery, treats, canvassing, or other undue or unlawful means, used by myself, or others by my desire or approbation, for that purpose ; and tbai I consider myself constitutionally qualified as a Senator or Representative,’’ &.o. &c. —:ooo0:— Mr. Calhoun's friends in the City of New- York held a meeting on the Uth inst., the re sult of which was his nomination for President. This will he followed up by other nominations to the same effect, unless his late publica tion should discourage the Vice-President's friends. —:oooo:— ron tiie nEcoitm.n. THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES ! A Dialogue upon the present alarming crisis of oar Stale Administration—wherein the cause therefor is most clearly exhibited, and a sovereign remedy most deferentially suggested. Traveller—Out upon my stars, were cYer such times seen afore! Fanner— Times friend I Where and what? Traveller—Why right here in this good old Slate saya, since the institution of ceils for the con finement of the convicts separately at night, the re-commits are few, and fur the last year none. There have been discharged from the Peni tentiary here at die expiration of their senten ces 1£4 convicts, and M3 have been pardoned by the Executive ; out of the number thus discharged, 272, only six are now there for a second olfence. I ask Becc.aria or any one else, what has become of the 2G0 that,have been discharged ? Have they quit the State'! force; without leaving the Union; still remain ing a member of llio Union; subject to all its laws, but the one nullified, ami partuking of all its benefits. 7. lie thinks the present Tariff unjust, uncon stitutional and oppressive. 8. He thinks that the payment of the National Debt is the crisis; that tho South will take no steps for self-redress, until it is ascertained that the Tariff will not be accommodated to mere reve nue pupoacs, the debt being paid off. t). He thinks the approaching session of Con none have been reformed), which shews con- j„... i„tiie midst of the crisis, elusively that the certainty ot punishment by j ]o. He does not expressly define his remedy if confinement in the Penitentiary lias more ter- j the Tariff is persisted in, hut we cofljeeiurc it to ). he annulment of tho law by jury or Convention. ror to the vicious, than the gallows or whip ping-post, with the chances of escape for the want of prosecution, &e. When the Penitentiary first went into ope ration, the commitment for the first four years were 159 convicts, for the last four years there has been committed 113, making a difference in thijjast four years of 40 less than the first four y&rs, although the State has increased in pop^ktion more than ouc half; does not this sh^Hhat the Penitentiary has some ter rors on tlifl^mls of the vicious, knowing that if they viol^B^ic laws of (lie land that a resi dence in thl^feiitcntiary for r. term of years is their certai^™" 11. He is indisposed to resort tc any remedy by state authority ut present; until it is seen it the early extinction of the national debt will not lead to 11 modification of the Tariff. 12. Hu is a friend to manufacturers, and dispos ed to give them all possible incidental protection. A late Londonjiaper announces the settle ment of the claims of our m^chants on the French government:—Our readers will recol lect, that under Napoleon’s Berlin and Milan decrees, several vessels, the property of sub jects of tho United States, were seized by the French, and burnt, or condemned as prizes, between the years 13CGstnd 1812. For these As Bcccaria^^Brdestroying the Penitent!-1 outrages the American Government, through 1 if I understand him, he Mr.Wr ary establishmciT is against sanguiiiMFpunishmcnt, 1 trust that he will favor tho public with a code of crimi nal laws, thnt will have a decided effect to pro vent crimes and to reform the viciou objection to the Penitentiary is on the anion, its Consul General in France, demanded reparation of the French Govern ment, but, notwithstanding the energetic per severance of Mr. Warden, Napoleon p'rotract- liis | v( | the negotiation until his own downfall.— round l The application was renewed on the accession -Village Chronicle. THE RECORDER. zuEix.E.xisaxtviZrX.s: > 1 do say, intolerable Farmer—Who’s b lie friend, who's tie ? Traveller What, don't know him I You suffer ing in common, such monstrous evils and don’t know where they come from I ! Pressed to the last gasp and hav'nt yet found out whose hand it is that chokes you I!! Shame upon such igno rance. Don't you know George It. Gilmer, the Governor, and the man who has been tho root, We understand that at the late sitting of the spring and foundation of the most serious troubles! the burth'en to the county v\ here the persons conceded to thorn ; we cannot descend to their level. Besides their “ by authority” asseverations of what has no foundation In truth, and the wilful misrepresentation of matters of fact, which we have proved on them, these men have tlier chance ? Farmer—Why, I’ve heard so. Traveller—Well, it’s all as natrally true as thnt we arc now talking. And besides, if it had’nt been for Gilmer's being Governor, depend upon it, the Penitentiary never would have been burnt down! Now I say it, mid it's no use to look wild —for I can tell you os matter of fuct, that Jim Gripes’ father and Gilmer's futlicr once had n quarrel; and Gilmer's father indicted Gripes’ for ling-stealing mid proved it upon him ;—which put the Gripes’ down so completely that not long since poor honest Jim was indicted and taken up for a invented another mode of falsification, which similar crime ; and Gilmer’s parly being so strong consists in the insinuation of a tiling that is on tirelv false, and which they know to be so.— Of this, innumerable instances will be found, in the Federal Union. We copy the follow* g from their last number as a specimen : '< Do you remember, when you were elec tioneering for Congress last summer, that one of your old subscibers who quit you for the Recor der’s abuse of Jackson—upon your telling him, you were then and always had been the friend ot Jackson—turned off and replied—Mister, you did not use to chat that ivayV’ On reading this query, any one not acquaint- d wiih these veracious little men would sup-1 pose that something of this kind had actually in ttio county and the old scrape of Jim’s father being fresh in mind, Jim was sentenced to the Penitentiary—when I heard lie swore by all that impiously express the hop is not inconsistent with the precepts of the religion they profess—and who are in the con stant habit of violating at least one of the Commandments, but nevertheless go regularly to Church, :.nd trust that they are good Cliristi- j of what you’ve spoken, yet ns the Devil said when 1 he sheared the hog “ there’s a prodigious cry and So good-bye Farmer—(Solus)—Ah* my sorry friend, you talk good electioneering talk for them who don’t know any the better—lint I take the newspapers of both sides, and although I linve rend nhout most Tlic getting of our cotton to the best mar ket at the cheapest possible rate, becomes an object of increased concern, in proportion as the article declines in price. A dollar the hunt)ret) weight for transportation to A Savannah was but little felt when th but little wool." REPORTER. —::oo;:—~ To the Editors of the Recorder; | near!y cn h cc „ s nre Gentlemen If I understand the wnter o- [ (|u> c ' nvicts S separateIv at n j gllt . the precise meaning the speaker wishes to convey guilty conscience 10 the hearer I Having thought it important to memorandum our conversation, would it not linve given additi onal proof of your friendship mid confidence, and would it not linve been an art of justice to me, to have furnished me with it, (so far us l was con cerned,) that I might have corrected, if neccssa j ry, any erroneous impressions which my conver- j THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1831. rations may have nnulc-upon you ? The witness ■ in court is often misunderstood by lawyers and ; „ jury, and. is often called upon to correct the mis- • Superior Court in Walton county, Judge Georgia lias felt for these many and long years ? take and to explain his meaning; &yo« have gain- [ Clayton delivered an opinion, the substance ! Fanner—Yes, I know Governor Gilmer, ed little, in your desire to be accurate, so far as I! 0 f which, as well as our informant could un- , 'IW/rd/fr—Well, don’t you know that if it iun concerned, by failing to present me with your J ,| P r St . mi i ;» rhU nffant • Tint th#.! ' ,5ul nt for fum we would have got the Che- private memoranda; and if now furnished, I dare i r ‘. n | rokee laud last winter; and don’t you know too, ihink that I might put a different construefion up- Cherokee Indians have the nght notw.th- on your own notes. ! standing the act of the last session, to dig gold Again ; you are incorrect in supposing that I °. n land: in their occupancy, informed you that the President rei/uested me to , *"9 • converse with you and your colleagues. Il was i Convicted ot repeated falsehoods, from my own proposition ; and in this you will find I j which they can find no means ol escape, the u:n supported by Mr. Berrien. Nor did 1 ever! hirelings .of the Federal-Clark press have rc- iy that your families had not returned the call ot j sorted to the only alternative left them,—the ilrs. Eaton; and that jf they would leave the first L. . card and open a formal Intercourse in thnt way, the President would be satisfied. Such an idea never entered my mind; for I never did know the precise manner in which the social non-intercourse existed between your families, wbet her cards had ever passed from either or not; nud sure I am, that (lie President and myself never had any con versation 011 the subject. From first to Inst my efforts were put forth to reconcile the parties con cerned; they were for the time being successful. I Imve never claimed any merit foi\u lint I did t I felt happy, however, that I was in any way instru mental in prolonging the political relations which have since been severed, lii which I have had no agency, and which I deeply regretted. Having tints acted, to my great mortification I find myself ('rugged before the public to vindicate myself a- gaiust sentiments and conversations imputed to me by a part of those friends, without the upper- tujiity of explaining to them their misapprehensi on of what I did say.’ Without adverting to any further inaccuracies of your letter and statement, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ob’l serv’t, R’H. M. JOHNSON. ITon. Samuel D. Ingham. —toooooo:— COL. JOHNSON TO MR. BERRIEN. The following copy of a letter form Col. John son to Mr. Bkuihen has been forw arded ±0 us tor publication by Col. Jounson :—Eat. Jnt. Oakland, [Ky.] July 20th, 1831. Dear Sir : Your favor of the 7th instant hns been received. I find that you understood me to say, that the President would ut least expect the invitation of Mrs. Eaton when you gave large and general parties. The President never did direct ly or indirectly express or intimate such an expec tation. lie informed me that lie had been induc ed to believe that a part of his cabinet had enter- ed into a combination to drive Maj. Eaton from it, by excluding him and his family from society; that he had been also informed that the successive parties to which you allude was n link in the chain t that attempts had been made even upon foreign Ministers to exclude Maj-Euton and his family from their parties ; that such a state of tilings gave him great distress; that he was determined at all hazards to have harmony in his cabinet. He then read a paper containing the principles upon which lie intended to act. in my conversation w ith you, I referred to this paper. No doubt it is now in existence. It disclaimed nil inten lion, on the part of the President, to regulate, in any manner whatever, the private or social inter course of the members of his cabinet. As a mu tual friend I called upon you, and as a peace ma ker, my object was to make the above communi cation in the most delicate manner possible.— During our conversations, in the anxiety of iny heart to serve my friend and my country, it was I alone, upon my own responsibilily, who made the suggestion or proposition, or rather inquiry, whether you coukl not, at those large and promis cuous parties, invite Maj. Eaton arid his family.— From the total social non-intercourse of the mem bers of the cnbinet, the want of hurtnony was in ferred, more than from any other circumstance ; end my desire was to remedy that evil hy the sug gestion or inquiry which I made. It would have been an absolute, unqualified, and total misrepre sentation of bis views, if I had represented the President as making any such demand. You will therefore perceive that you have falleiLinto the mistake of supposing that I attributed tofiim what was the spontaneous, sole & independent sugges tion of my own mind. I have bud no agency in bringing any part of our conversation before the public. Inin happy in the recollection that my vol untary exertions to restore harmony to ancient friendship, for tho time being, was not unavailing, by conversations & mutual explanations, between same of tho parties, and that I have bad no agen cy in producing the recent separation. Having now corrected your misapprehension of what I did say iu my endeavors to prevent the disunion of my bosom friends, I feel as if I bad -perform ed uimtherfsacred duty. I have done it prompt ly. and in the same spirit of peace and friendship. I have confined my remarks to an explanation of what 1 said myself. This is done to avoid any unpleasant collision which too frequently arises a- mong the best of friends and moat honorable men when efforts are made to detail private conversa tions. I am, dear sir, yours, respectfully, n R. M. JOHNSON. Ivin. J. BTaeplierson Berrien. —:000a;— MOST SHOCKING MURDER. On Monday last, J. P. Torry, merchant, of Naples, Ontario co. N.Y. wub apprehended, bx- amined, and committed for trial, on a charge °f having murdered liis sun, an interesting lit* tie boy, about six years old. The circum stances connected with this murder, are, we presume, without a parallel in the record of crimes. We have uot been able to obtain a minute detail of facts concerning tho nefari ous deed, but the following, so far as they go, we believe are correct. We will firsf, in order that our readers may ihrtn some idea of Terry's character, state As some mode of punishment must be resort ed to, perhaps he intends to make every jail kept—and all loo tiie sorry doings of one man is, 1 in the counties a Penitentiary, by confitiin that it lias failed to keep people honest.— of Louis XVTIL, and continued to be pressed the violators of the laws of the l in'd for a cer tain time, in the respective county jails ; should that plan be adopted, what effect will it have on the morals of the criminals nud of the inhabitants of the neighborhood of the jails, to see men incarcerated in a jail as objects for the curious to gaze at, and the idle to amuse j OOO sterling, themselves at thejr cxpencc, to say nothing of the Government of Charles X., and again renewed tinder that oT Louis Phillippe. This long pending negotiation lias at length been brought to a close. The French Government lias agreed to pay as tin indemnity to the sub jects of the United Slates, for their loss of property above mentioned, 25,000,000 francs, exactly one million sterling. The original sum claimed was G0,000,000 francs—£ 2,100,- BY His Excellency blEORGE K. GILMEHyOo- vernor and Commander in Chief of the Anns and jYnry of this State, and of the Militia thereof. A VROCXtAMATXOnr. W HEREAS I have received official infor mation from the 3heriff of the county qf Columbia, lit this State, that HARVEY OLVI- STF.AD and THOMAS HOLDER, who were confined iu the Jail of said county, the first earn ed on n charge for borne-stealing, and the othet for passing counterfeit money, did oh the night of the loth inst., make their escape from said Jail-*, I have therefore thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, offering a reward of TWO HU.NV DRED DOLLARS to any person or persons \vho shall apprehend and deliver to the Sheriff of the said county of Columbia, tho aforesaid Harvey Olmstead amt Thomas Holder, or One Hundred Dollars for the delivery of either of them to said Sheriff— and I do hereby charge and requiro all officers, civil and military, of this^tate to aid and assist in the apprehending and securing the afore said persons, that they inayjie brought to trial for the crimes with which thejTare charged. Given tinder my band and tho Great Seal of the Slnte, at the State-House iu Milledgevilli" this SJ3d day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aifd thir ty-one. and of American Independence the fifty-sixth. GEORGE R. GILMER. By the Governor: Everard Hamilton, Sec'ry of State. HARVEY OLMSTEAD is 30 or 35 years of age, of ordinary stature and round shouldered; has a large beard, durk skin, grey eyes and down look. THOMAS HOLDER is about the same age ns Olsmstead, about five feet high and very straig lit) and has light blue eyes. August 25 31 ft ~~rmNimistTiAB.Y. H AVING rebuilt the Wnrk-shjips since the late fire, we are now ready to resume inn ny of Jllie usual branched of business followed here. We ImVejON HAND, a variety of Coach, Gig, Jersey and XVagon Harness, well made and of good materials, a Jersey Wag on and a Sulky, 0 Mahogany Slde-boerd, Bureau' nUd Sofa, Cribs, Pine Slabs. Folding Tables. Fancy arid Windsor Chairs, Clock Reels, and a variety of Cedar Vessels, Cotton Gins, Fine and Coarse Shoes, Boots made to measure, fAiioRinrfi criminals are convicted per annum as watt scut to the Penitentiary for the last year, say 28, and that they were to be confiued in the res- that if it had’nt been for him, every body that e- P^tive jails for one year only, the cost for ver did draw in any of the Lund Lotteries of onr j maintaining one prisoner per day is 17 cents, State heretofore, would have been entitled to uno- as allowed by law, which will amount to $ 171 are confined—Admit that the same number of Gen. IIkutkasd, on offering himself as a can- r „, - .00000. - .! done with neatness and dispatch, at low prices jfi)r l lie following extract Irom tho address ol rmu ip onog 1* ic 55 per year—28 prisoners nt g 171 55 each, is $4804 40—this sum is to come out of the pockets of the people through their county of fices, for the maintenance of the profligate.— If the confinement of those that had infringed tho laws, after sentence was passed upon them, was to be placed in the county jails, and the respective counties had to bear the expense of maintaining the criminals, the consequence would be, that the county offices would be slack in prosecuting the offenders, that the county might be relieved from the burthen of supporting the persons after conviction, which would have a tendency to encourage crimes. I most cordially agree with Beetaria, that is good and bad, lie would have revenge and see ! ^ ,e subject of reinstating the 1 cmtentiary and that Gilmer suffered for it—and I'm now told that continuing the system, ought to be dispassion- Jim Gripes set fire to the Penitentiary purely to atcly discussed, both in and out of the I.egis- affoet Gov. Gilmer’s administration I j lature, and that all the lights should be thrown Farmer—Oh, my friend— | on the subject that can be obtained. If I am Traveller—O, don’t tell me" Ob,my friend”— not mistaken, Beccaria labors under a mistake l lellyou ("at such are facts, and they ain t near when he says that solitary confinement has all. IVliy, Sir, so enormous are tins man Oil- b (rie[| ' f<)r „ io( , of ' 7 tcn ; p , i]a . mcr s offences, thnt in token of Heaven 3 displea-j , , Jt .. , 0 .. J J sure the sun has been shining blue; and we hnv’nt 1 a . , s ^ ai , • Solitary confinement had ann-shine strong enough to dry our fodder! 1 , | or violating (lie rules and regulations of the Now are ,yen willing and prepared to suffer such ! institutions has been rcsorled to in most of disadvantages for the sake of any one man’s sins ? | the Penitentiaries, as a punishment for the vio- "itrmcr—Why. Mister, mv friend I— _ j hition of their rules, fee.; and in Virginia, so have a knowledge of. The new Penitentiary in Philadelphia, and the one in Pittsburg, is upon the plan of solitary confinement altoge ther; the one in Philadelphia has not a suffi ciency of cells finished to do away with the old Penitentiary in Walnut street, where the con victs arc confined in numbers in one room.— In the- State of New-York, the prisons at Sing Sing and at Auburn are not yet finished, but d to confine Admitting .1 .1 . /* • • t .1 i Hil- LUIH ILIA ML IJiII ctiCI > ill ar tho ver the signature of J>eccari;i in he Southern .. . , „ |V , . • , v., , * x> i *la st.u* . u- i • . • , that ten years had elapsed ugusta Recorder of the Uth inst., Ins object is to . . . •> , 1 , us sta- show that the Penitentiary ought to be put „ * . n . T r ,,„ ’• ed since separate cell . „ ........ I cannot agree with - I 3IM-MV llltu lil(J l euilGllliary ought to tie put *, , , re ■ 7 ,• , .. , r . nr t,. .1,1 i i re : . Beccaria that ten years is a sufficient tune to ole was wirtli Irom 15 to 25 cents; but the down, because it lias has not had the effect to i . - , , , . . 1 . , , ,.. r . . . i , !» • i . test the principle, as but lew of the most ease is now widely different. Wagonage and prevent crimes. 1 would ask Beccaria wlnt - ' “ - boating are nearly as high as ever, while cot- mode of punishment has been adopted by any toil lias diminished in value one half or two ! nation or body of people, that has bail that thirds. It is quite natural then that our plan- j effect, or that of lessening crimes ? If neither ters should endeavor to better their condition , the certainty of confinement in the Penitenti- by getting transportation at a cheaper rate.— | ary fora number of years, or the gallows with But how is this to be accomplished/ Rail- the aid of the pillory, the whipping-post, erop- Roads are the order of the day, and the idea-, ping, &.C. cannot prevent crime, what mode of which has been suggested of extending into punishment will ? Crimes will continue and the interior of this Stale the one thnt is now constructing between Charleston and Angus ta, or of making one from Savannah to Mil- ledgcville and Macon, is worthy of mature con sideration. But the expense of liail-Roads of the cheapest kind, is great, and those made of wood cannot be very durable. It is proba ble therefore that those parts of tho State which are in the vicinity of rivers capable of being navigated by boats carrying several hun dred bales of cotton, will find these highways formed by nature, convenient and useful, not withstanding the greater popularity of Rail- Roads. It is an object worthy of enquiry whether much may not be done, by judiciously combined arrangements, and with but a mode rate expenditure of capital, to facilitate and cheapen transportation on the Altamaha, Oc- nutlgee and Oconee rivers. This it is thought might be effected by having Steam boats of the proper size and construction to run from Savannah to llawkinsville on the Ocmnlgee, and to Dublin or some other point on the O- conee river, where they would be met by the pole-boats from Macon and Milledgeville, which can get along our narrow rivers, where steam-boats cannot make good progress, much better than they can stem the bold cur rent of the Altamaha. This we think would be a great improvement, and it is perfectly* within our means. The Rail-Road would be better, if it were made, but we view its success as by no means certain. The meeting proposed to be held at Eaton- ton in the course of next month, to deliberate on matters connected with Internal Improve ment, has been approved of, by the appoint ment of Delegates from Savannah, Augusta, and other places. Our county and town are deeply interested in tho subjects to be con sidered at that meeting, and it is hoped that we shall not fail to send Delegates to it. —:oooo:-—_ Tho very unusual appearance of fhe Sun, on the evening of the 13th inst., which did not pass unobserved here, although not before no ticed in our paper, has excited attention as far North as Washington City. The dimness t of the great luminary and its bluish cast are at tributed to different causes, but most rational- ciousof the convicts time will have expired in ten years from the completion of the cells, ad mitting none to be received until the comple tion of the cells, as the reception into the l’e- tentiary is half yearly, and the probability is that more than half of the convicts that have’ been received in the Penitentiary there, have not served out their sentence. I have alrea . dy shewn from the number that had been dis- ncrease upon society, until intemperance a id f ... , , . . , 1 „ i,i i i i i „ ,i . charged Irom the Auburn prison up to 1828, gambling are abolished, which are the two .' . i . V i ? i „ - c.u , r i , i 112 out ct 100 are represented as rctormed. fruitful sources of them, and rum vouch cause [ .. r • i r . i .... • i Mv time will not admit of my answering the jails of our country arc filled with criminals. n J . e ,, , • t -ii i , J , ,, , . 'Beccaria more fully at present. I am in I will endeavor to shew Beccaria, and the ,, 1 , , c public, that in the State of Georgia with the [ '\°i )es s - at,3 ^ ,n S a "J f ‘ l,e ¥ P e .°P 1 ® nf Penitentiary, whose police has been wretched- 1 Borgia before the meeting of the Legislature i. i", ,i . , V • i from information expected from the different ly managed heretofore, that crimes have dimi-1 „ .. . *. . ,, . . , .. • l i -.1 ■ .i u. . ... . Penitentiaries, that since the introduction of ntshed within the State with an increased po- , ’ r , .... „ ■ , , , .. . .i u i , K cel sfortheconfinenientoltbeconvictssepa- pulation, since the Penitentiary has been in o-1 - - ' - peration. And although Beccaria asks with a j degree of triumph, whether a solitary instance rately at night, and a strict attention by the offi ccrs who have charge of the convicts, that no c c . - i r I communication is kept up between them in of reformation lias been produced on those |...... „.!i., _„r. didate to the electoral college of Chatcnuroux, shows the constant reference made by the friends of freedom, elsewhere, to the example j of the United States.—Nat. Int. The question of an hereditary peerage, and some other points which have latterly been a- gitated, sufficiently prove that there can be no safety for France, except in the establish ment of public liberty, and the economy of the public money. But 1 fear not to say, that the electors have lost sight of the most impor tant question, a question which should take tho lead of all others, and without which it is ■impossible to reason usefully upon the means of establishing any government in modern times, among an undebased people. That question is—the unlimited liberty of the press, which is the foundation, the palladium of free dom. The liberty which the British possess of printing, publishing, and circulating what they please, lias alone secured the revolution of 1(188, and caused that island to> resist the vices of its old aristocracy. It is the liberty of the press which has secured the indepen dence of the United States. In that vast coun try they are said to possess two thousand news; pavers, as well as two thousand villages,” KENTUCKY ELECTIONS. The returns have not yet arrived in such on "unquestionable shape,” as to exclude speculation and to establish the results. The Frankfort Com mentator Extra of the Cth inst. declares, that I)a vis [Clay] is no doubt elected over Daniel (Jack- son]—Marshall [C.j over Coleman [J ]—Allan [G\] over Shannon [J.]—Lcti:hcr[C.] over Gur- rard [C.]—Tompkins [C.] over Ynticey [J]— and Chilton [C\] over Hawes [J.]—And that the following Jacksonians nre. elected, viz: R. M. Johnson without opposition.—Lcebrapte. over Ford [C.]—Adair over Kincaid [C.]—Wickliffe over 1'hruston [C.] and that Lyon’s [J.] district is not heard from. On the other band, the Washington Globe pub lishes n letter from Lexington, Kentucky, of Ail- trust Silt, which states thnt tho Jurkson party have elected Johnson, Daniel I.ecompte, Wickliffe, Adair, fiaither and l.yon—7 Jackson to 5 Clay. Both parties seem to be better Hgrecd ns to'the complexion of the Slate Legislature, viz: thnt a majority is probably returned, of members friend ly to Mr. Clay—and of coarse, that n Clay Sena tor of (lie U. S. will bo elected in place of Mr. Rowan—Uichmond Compiler. —;ooooo;— There was shewn us yesterday by Mr. Wil liam 15. Shelton of Habersham, a piece of Gold found a few days since ort Lot No. 35, in the Uth District of Habersham, owned by him self, which weighed severs hundred and twen ty dwts. The gold is thickly embedded iti a rock, and the loss on the whole, it is estimat ed, may he about ten dwts. On the same day and the day following, eight hands found ele ven hundred and seventeen dwts. This proves to be the most productive of any mine which has yet becu discovered in Habersham.Athe nian. —;ooooo:— Mantum, in Monticelln, on Sunday the 3E*t of July, by the Itev. Mr. Patterson, Benjamin F. Ward, Esq. to Miss Sarah M., eldest daughter of Col. Fleming Jordan, nil of that place. Married, at Spartu, on Thursday, 11th inst. by liis lion. James B. Raiisonc, Ai.into M. Horton, Esq. to Miss Rebecca Holmes, all of this place. - mm that have been confined within the Penitentia ry, I feel confident from the information ob tained, that there are several persons now in the State of Georgia, who have been confined in the Penitentiary, that are considered good citizens ; and if the same pains had been tak en to ascertain the fact, as has been iu the State of New-York, I have but little doubt that a uuniber would be recorded as having been reformed. From the report of the Inspectors of the Auburn Prison in the State of N. York for the year 1828, there had been discharged from that prison 100 convicts, 112 of whom are described as decidedly steady and indus trious, or very greatly improved , 12 as some what reformed ; 2 as not much improved ; 4 with respect to whom nothing very particular was known, but nothing • unfavorable ; 2 as rathe^suspicious characters ; 2 as deranged, and 2G as decidedly bad. From the old State Prison of New-York, where numbers of convicts were crowded in rooms at night without any discrimination as to age or crimes, in 20 years there were dis charged from that prison 3997 persons ; of this number 494 were committed a second time, and 01 for a third or more times. At the Au burn Prison for 1820, there were committed 133 convicts, four only of the number forb se cond time and none for a third or more times; the small number of re-commitment at the Au burn Prison is attributed to the effects of con fining the convicts separately at night, and a close attention of the officers to see that the convicts attend to their work, and are not suf fered to mix together in the hours of the day. The Keeper of llic Penitentiary in Virginia the day time, that not only reformation lias taken place in a number of the convicts dis charged, but that crimes (except in largo and populous cities) have diminished. A Friend to the Penitentiary System. . -■•#•«- Wc understand Mr. Calhoun (says the Rich mond Whig,) to maintain these propositions— 1. That the principle now contended for by S. Carolina, (which is called by others, Nullificati on) was at the bottom of the contest between the Republicans and Federalists, and victoriously sup ported by the former. 2. That the General Government is exclusively a compact among separate sovereignties and com munities, to which the American People as a whole, were not parties ; thus rejecting Mi. Madi son’s theory, that the whole People were parties (as in the election of President -and Reprcsenla lives to Congress) in one aspect; the States as se parate sovereignties in other respects. 8. That these separate communities fer sover eignties necessarily have the right, each for itself, to judge whether the compact is violated, and (hat upon this right alone, does security for liberty and against usurpation, depend. 4. He rejects the arbitrament of the Supreme Court, as having no political jurisdiction, and us being compelled from its constitution, to speak the wishes and opinions of the majority, and all other arbitrament, other than that of each State for itself. 5. lie maintains that there must be in all free Governments, a protection for each great separate interest—that oach separate interest, has the right to {protect itself—that in questions bearing upon this great separate interest, the majority derives no right from being the majority, 6. lie maintains the peacefulness and efficacy, of this power of self-protection; consequently, that a, State uiny josort to nullification, wuLout [communicated.] De r larled this life, on the 26th July, ut bis re- sidence in Baldwin county, Jesse Doles, Sen’r, iu his BOtli year, u soldier of the Revolution, and f r between forty-five nnd fifty years bad been a worthy member of the Methodist Church ; and it is believed by his most intimate acquaintances, enjoyed “ a good hope through grace.” So be lived and so lie died, the straight forward honest mun, the humble Christian. The mortal pang is past, The Christian’s gone at Inst, To share the holy joys above Of everlasting love. August PHILIP COOK. I*. K. 32 3t WILL JU» SOLD, A T the late re»idencq f of Daniel Williams, dJ* ceased, on Monday the 10th day of October All tin? Perishable Property of said deceased, consisting of horses, bogs, callle and sheep, corn and fodder, beds, household ami kitchen furniture, with many other articles too te dious to mention. Terms made known on life duv of sale. NATHANIEL DAY, ) . THOS. T. TOWNS. J Ad,c August 13 tiN A GREEABLE loan order of the Inferior court of the county of Laurens, while sitting for ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tue»> day in November next, in the town of Columbus; Muscogee comity, ONE LOT OF LAND, In the 9ih district of said county of Muscogee No. 228, (two hundred.und twenty-six,) it being n part of the real estatrt ’bf Jqsinli Ilorn, deceased^ late of Laurens county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs nnd those concerned. Terms Blade known on the day of sale, a CHARLES S. GUYTON, Adm'n August IS Id's N OTICE.—Ail persons are cautioned against trading for two promissory notes given by the subscriber to Jerentlah Atlums, about the last of July ult., nnd both due on the 25th of Decern., her next, one of which is for eighteen hundred pounds of seed cotton, the other for thirty-five bushels of corn. The consideration for which the above notes were given bus wholly failed, and 1 am determined not to pay them unless compelled to do so by the law. ‘ JOHN MIMS. Wilkinson ooqnty, August ID, It GEORGIA, Taliaferro coqnty. W HEREAS Nathaniel Day nnd Thqmas T. Towns apply for letters of administration on the estate of Daniel Williams, late of said coun ty, deceased: These are therefore to cite andfndmonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to lie and appear ut my office within tin- time prescribed by law, to shew cimse, (if any (hey nave,) why said lelters of administration should not bo granted. Given under my band at office, this I5th day of August, 1831. HENRY PERKINS, c. c. O'. August 23 11 GEORGIA, Thomas’County;* W HEREAS Morris Gidcus applies to mefur letters of administration on (he estate of Benjamin Gidens. late of this county, deceased: These lire therefore to cite and admonish <i!l and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to he and appear at my office within the time prescribed bylaw, to shew cause (ifpny they can,) why said lelters should not he grant, ed. Given under inv hand, this fith August, 1831. , neill McKinnon, c . c. 0 . W August 25 ~ ~ * “notice. * W AS brought to the Jail in Dublin, Laarens county, on the 5th inst., a Negro Girl nam ed LUCY, ubout 15 years old, slender built and very dark complexion ; says she belongs to a Mr. Mitchell, a negro speculator. She cays she left him about two weeks ago, near Trammell’s Fet> ry, on the Oconee river. CHARLES S. GUYTON, Jailqr; August 11 Stt 3t JpOUlt months after date, application will he We arc requested by Mr. Jos. Johnson, of Twiggs county, to publish the following toast, as drank by him at the' late celebration of the 4lh of July at Tarvers- ville : Atulrclr Jackson—While in his presidency may he ever remain firm at his post; maintain peacu wilh ho nor or declare war with energy. It DR. or. 3. BOSWDXX. H AVING determined to settle permanently Iu Eatonton, of fers liis Professional Services to the people of Putnam, in the vari ous-branches of bis profession. t August 18 30 2t ff GEORGIA, Telfair county. T OLLED before Henry II. Brickell, Esii. of Capt. Woot- on's District, by Barnabas Livings ton, ONE BRIGHT SORREL HORSEj about 11 years old, 14 bands high, Sax mane and tail, three white feet, some white in liis forehead, shod on his fore feet— appraised at $ 40, by Henderson Frier and Hen ry Slaughter, theOth of Juty, 1831. N. PARRAMOBE. C. I. C. August 13 "X 3t* made to the. Inferior court of Telfair county, when sitting as n Court of Ordinary-, for leave to sell the real estate and negroes of Samuel Boyd, deceased, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient * to satisfy the creditors of said deceased. JAMES BOYD, ) JAMES J. SCARBOROUGH, SAdm’ra CHARLES J. 8IIELTON,- S August SO, 1831 ' 4m GEORGIA, Gwinnett county. W HEREAS Charles T.Thornton applies for lelters of administration on the estate of Thomas Monroe, late of said cOunty, deceased: And whereas Stephen Horton np'plies for letter* of administration on the estate of Jeremiah Mor ton, lute ofsuid county, deceased: These are therefore to cite ami admonish all and singular the kindred and_ creditors of said deceas- ed, to be altd appear at my office within thtMimo « prescribed by law, and shew rinse, (if anjt'thev can) why said letters should not be granted.— Given under my hand, tills 20th August. 1831. W.M. MALTUlJh Cl,’k c. o. ip GEORGIA, Newton County^jjpF W HEREAS Stephen Noleh applies for let* ters of administration, upon jko estate of. James Nesbit, late of said county, deceased ; This is therefore to cite and admonish alt amF singular die kindred and creditors of said H,-- , ceased, to be and uppear at njy office within V I time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if t they can,) why said letters should not be granl I Given under my bond, this 19lli August, 1831. j f L. HOPKINS, c. e.|§ August ffi>- ~ -tj August 25 GEORGIA, Gwinnett county. D U. S. WEENS tolls before William Holland, Esq. in tfte 406lh District Georgia Militia, A Sorrel Horse, all his feet white, and a white spot on bis ri h* flank, loth August, 1831, WM MALTME, C. INC. August 25 * - Si ; * ; Sf
