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from the advent of our Saviour-beginning with the then existing Jewish hierarchy— L w n to the present time,has been the nu.se nf Knotty and superstition, and the parent r li/t,. rrl'nnous persecution which has dis ia ed tkc annals of our speedes; the fruit -1,, soul ce of tyranny on the one hand, and r , and corruption on the other. Tli def its baneful influence, the Church has been made a of political pow pr and ambition, and Christianity itself, from be in o’ the great and paramount object of an •mmortal existence, has ucen degraded to a 1 bordinate means of terrestial and tempo ran; distinction. These, then, are the ends which Republicanism proposes to itself: no exterminating war,but that of roason against force ; no destruction, but that of tyranny ; no division, but of lights; no supremacy, but that of principle; and the prevailing ten dency of our institutions is, to place the common enjoyments of life within the reach of all- . . ... _ . The Christian Religion is a powerful miarantee for public morals. Greece and Rome had not this powerful restraint. Its code of morals is perfect —its sanctions are as powerful as it is possible for the imagin ation to conceive ; it is never satisfied with the improvement of its disciples—it will nev er cease to make converts until it embraces the universal race of man. The Christian Religion not merely preserves our morals from*corruption, and’ gives them a decided mid continuous impulse towards improve ment, but it tends directly to the institution of Democracy. Make men just and they must he democratic. What will become of usuipation and force, corruption and fraud, as Christianity takes its march overthe earth? It respects no abuses, however ancient—it sanctions nothing but what is wise and good; it abhors the corruption, extravagance and vanity of courts; it imbues men deeply with the fear of God—and those who fear God aie inaccessible to any other fear; it fills us with a sense of the absolute equality of the species; it teaches us to respect nothing so much as principle ; it inspires the most dig nified independence. It is truly democratic in its author. Our Saviour himself came from the common people; born in a man ger ! The son of a Carpenter—of a Mechan ic! It was democratic in its apostles ; they were fishermen, poor, ignorant tyid despis ed ! It, in this, as in other particulars, ex presses its preference for the poor. The Christian Religion is emphatically a religion for the people. It impregnates the masses with something better than humani ty. What a religion for the many ! what a basis for popular government! how eleva ted and how substantial the hopes of the friend of popular rights, when he feels that the progress of human liberty must keep pace with the progress of Christianity, and of Christian illumination, (we mean by hu man liberty the liberty of our common coun try—the liberty of conscience, for which our fathers fought and bled—the suppression of which caused them to flee from their mother that the cause of man —the cause of Democratic Repulican liberty—is thus identified with the cause of God ! Paul, the Apostle, in his advice to Timo thy, Ist epistle, sth chapter, when speaking of Church government, says, “ I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality .” This is the partic ular popular principle governing our civil and political institutions; the military school, for instance, at West Point—a perfect mod el of impartiality —the rich and the poor, the small and the great (the great in wealth,) all, all are under the same impartial government —the same rule of action administered to all. Our academies and seminaries, colle ges and theological institutions of learning, are all marked for their strict adherence to justice, democratic republican government, and impartiality, in its administration. This is the declaration of one of our distinguish ed statesmen, while advocating a certain popular measure in Congress : “ If no oth er hand,” said he, “ can save it, I will call upon the people to come to its rescue .” And we are told by an eminent historian, and experience also teaches, that the voice of the people is the voice of God : and where do we find that voice literally laid bare to the eye of our undeistanding—to the im partial eye of conscience ? In the Biisle * B. Savannah, Georgia. For the “ Southern Miscellany.” ADrunkardreformed. —The only instance I have ever known of a confirmed dram drinker giving the practice up, was Mr. S—, who once drank to such an excess that he fell into a stupor, in which he continued for many hours without any visible signs of life, and was thought to be dead. He was stretched out accordingly; a cabinet-maker being summoned to measure the body for a coffin, and the funeral ordered to take place the next morning. An old woman who watched by the corpse had fallen asleep, but was awakened by a noise resembling sneez mg; she jumped up, and perceived the bo dy stirring its hands. Her fright and as tonishment may be imagined ; and sallying forth, she alarmed the whole family. The doctor who had been sent for was still in the house, and found the dead man come to life. Restoratives were administered, and he was putin a warm bed, where he slept off the fumes of his debauch, without any knowl edge of what had occurred. He was so horrified, however, on being told how near ly he escaped being buried alive, that he made a resolution to drink no more. The doctor recommended a gradual abolition; and in six months his daily dose was reduc edfrom a quart to a wine-glassful which was soon followed by total abstinence. His health was perfectly restored. Seven years after he met the man who had made his cof ftn. This fellow was a wag, and sort of licensed character. Addressing the Squire, he said, “ Major, you have, I dare say, seen, ln your time, many a strange sight; but saw you ever before, an account for your coffin, due seven years, and not paid yet ?” and, at the same time, thrust the bill into his hand. The Proposal. —Miss M , a young heiress of considerable personal attractions, chanced to be seated, at a dinnor party, next to a gentleman remarkable in the fashiona ble circles for the brilliancy of his wit, and who had long made one in the train of her admirers. The conversation turning on the uncertainty of life, “ I mean to insure mine,” said the young lady archly, “in the hope.” “ In the hope of what ?” said the ad mirer; ‘ a single life is hardly worth insur ing ; I propose we should insure our lives together, and, if you have no objections, I should prefer the alliance.” PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE VERY LOW PRICE OF TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM —ONE DOL LAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIX MONTHS ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. MADISON, GEO : Saturday, September 17, 1842. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. We are not disposed to permit the discussion of theolo gical or even abstruce metaphysical subjects in the “ Miscellany.” We have admitted the reply of “Ed gar” to our correspondent “Harrington,” but shall decline the publication of any further articles on the subject, from either, unless of very moderate length indeed. We have been compelled to omit the Greensboro’ cor respondence. We will endeavor to find room for it at some future time. We have noobjection to admitting occasional morccaus of fugitive doggerel, when we have nothing better; but while we are “in pocket,” as our preseut number indicates, we have no use for the lines cl the writer who boasts— “ I’d rather be a wagoner a* whipping up my team Than to be upon the rail road a gwine by steam.’’ Every one to their taste, say we—but let us go by steam every time. “ The Sentiments of ” and “An Acrostic,” are declined. “The Hard Labor Poetry” is laid on the table for the present. We trust we may soon hear from our friend, C., again. His “Lines to a pressed Violet,” in our present num ber, are what we esteem true poetry. lie may look for a letter from us soon. Is that against the Pest Office Regulations, Mr. P. M. 7 tt'r’ The Rev. George W. Petrie, we are requested to say, u-ill preach in the Presbyte rian Church To-Morrow( Sunday) Adorning, at ten o'clock. “NEW FEATURE.” At the suggestion of several of our friends and correspondents, we have resolved to is sue—so soon as a sufficient number of sub scribers are received to warrant the under taking—a handsome quarto sheet, arranged for binding. The. new publication will be conducted after the manner of the “ Augusta Mirror” —with such improvements as our experi ence may suggest. It will be printed on good, fair paper, and new type —such as that now employed in printing the “ Miscellany” —and will be issued weekly, at the very low price of $2 50 per annum, in advance.— Many of the former contributors to the “ Mirror” will give it the aid of their pens, and every exertion will be made to render it, not only the cheapest, but equal to the best literary weekly in the country. We desire to commence the publication of our quarto, on or about the Ist of January, and we hope our friends throughout the South, who feel disposed to encourage the establishment of a cheap, independent Sout hern literary journal, will interest themselves in its behalf, and give us the result of their labors between this date and the first of De cember next. The work will have a hand some engraved head, and shall not be sur passed externally or internally in any of the requisites of a spirited literary periodical.— We do not promise to illustrate, or illumin ate Georgia, or the South, but we have some things in the way of pictures in progress, which we trust will add to the interest of our work. 05 s * Will those with whom we exchange do us the favor to allude to our project ? GEORGIA SCENES. We have the very great satisfaction of presenting to the readers of the “ Miscella ny,” a sketch from the distinguished author of “ Georgia Scenes, Incidents, &c.” which we doubt not will be read with peculiar zest by all into whose hands our present issue may fall. The description of the “Kentuck Major” is in Judge Longstreet’s happiest style ; and we will venture to assert that there is not another pen in the country that could have made so much risible capital out of the simple circumstance of an ugly old man and woman, and a pretty girl, taking a family snooze in the cars: and who but the historian of the famous “Ned Brace” could, with so little effort, have made such use of the Frenchman’s aversion to snoring?— But in just such a picture as this, lies the writer’s particular forte. Boz may excell him in the over-wrought limning of artificial characters, but even lie must give way to the Judge when real flesh and blood is on the stage —nor hope to cope with him in that peculiar dramatic effect which is so promi nent a feature in all his happiest achieve ments. The reader of this sketch becomes a passenger in the cars, without paying for acd irrti' m it it mus ©isa* && p , his ticket—enjoys the rich domestic scene— laughs himself into a glorious good humor— and is only sensible of his whereabouts when, at the end, he reflects that he lias no bag gage aboard to be lost. We are the more proud of the treat which we are enabled to afford our readers in “A Night in the Cara,” because it is purely a good will offering to us from the distinguish ed author. We hope and trust that the same kindly partiality which has induced him to make this donation to our paper, will prompt him to a continuance of his highly esteemed favors. In this hope we know we have the hearty concurrence of our numer ous readers. MADISON MARKET. Our Cotton market has been quite anni mated the latter part of ibis week—the re ceipts have been heavier, and business is as suming a lively aspect. 317 bales of Cot ton have been received at the Rail Road Depot, to forward to Augusta, since our last report. About 100 bales have been sold in this place, during the same time, at the fol lowing prices: 30 bales at 6£ to 7—50 at 7J — 20 at 7J. Our market closes firm, at 7£, round, and 7J square bales. This quo tation is upon new Cottons which are unusu ally fine. • Several wagon loads of Cotton have ar rived from the Western Counties—such as traded heretofore at Macon and Columbus —this season. Our currency is the best in the State. Specie paying bills are paid out freelyfor Cotton,and an advance of thirty per cent, on Central money. Planters will find it to their interest to trade with us. Our quotations for leading articles, are— Salt $1 per bushel; Iron 6toGJ ; Bagging, 18 to 23 ; Sugar, Bto 11; Coffee, 12 to 13£; Molasses, Flour, 6 j to 7 ; Corn 40 ; Cora Meal, 40 ; Bale Rope, 8 ter 13J ; Rice, ; Factoiy Bagging, 18; Bacon 6J to 7; Lard, 7to 8 ; Cast Steel, 25 ; German Steel, 17 ; Blister, (American,) 12; Blister, (English,) 10; Powder, $8; Shot $2 50; Lead, 9. DEATH OP MRS. TYLER, The papers contain an account of the death of the President’s wife, who died at Washington, on Saturday, the 10th instant. The “ National Intelligencer” pays the fol lowing just tribute to the memory of the deceased— *•’ This most estimable lady was, in life, more truly than we can represent her in words, a Wife, a Mother, and a Christian —loving and confiding to her husband— gentle and affectionate to her children—kind and charitable to the needy and the afflicted. Deeply impressed in early life by her high ly respected and pious parents with tffe truthful and heavenly doctrines of the meek Jesus, in all her actions, with whatever sphere in life connected, self was forgotten by her, and the good of others alone re membered, which won for her wherever she was known the love and esteem of all. The pure spirit which animated her to such vir tuous and exemplary deeds, fled to the bo som of its God at eight o’clock on Saturday night.” Mrs. Tyler is said to have suffered several years from a severe attack of paralysis. She was 51 years of age. In the course ofa very high seasoned puff of the “ Knickerbocker,” the umbug of the “ Horion,” says “ In this connection we may as well al lude to the notion that seems to be prevalent —and to which some have rather enviously given expression, that the Orion is an imita tion of the Knickerbocker—a notion which, although we deem it quite complimentary, is notwithstanding somewhat less true than it seems. * * In our type and arrange ments we have more points of difference from our elegant contemporary than are generally found to exist between two dis tinct magazines of the other style. To a likeness to the Knickerbocker in beautiful white paper and fine typography, we cheer fully plead guilty. But in our general fea tures and plans we disclaim any imitation— we copy no contemporary. To our neigh bors we are certainly very “ unlike,” upon which we greatly felicitate ourself and our readers.—We design to maintain a unique appearance,” &c. This sounds oddly in the ears of those who have heard the editor boast his inten tion to copy after the “ Knickerbocker,” even in the arrangement of his paragraphs, size of type, and other minute particulars. But we are abundantly prepared to concede the editor’s assertion that it is only in these material matters that the resemblance can be traced—there is nothing in the etherial spirit—the soul of thetwo works-—that bears any affinity to each other. They are as like in external appearance as the diamond and the paste imitation, and approach about as near each other in point of intrinsic value. The one is an excellent Northern magazine —American in tone and spirit—and is edit ed by a gentleman of acknowledged genius, notwithstanding his slight obliquity of vision when looking into certain subjects—an ac credited lion of the magazine press. The other is athrippenny pamphlet, printed—so says the editor, under an injunction “of secre cy—at the north, published at the south, and edited by a petty sonneteer whose only re semblance to the beast of his country is but skin-deep, through which his ears, like those of his fabulous prototype, will show them selves. His appearance in the eyes ofa discerning public is really “ unique.” 05 s * Merchants and business men who desire the circulation of their advertisements in the upper and middle counties, will find the “Miscellany” a desirable medium. THE FAMILY COMPANION, For August, was received at our office a day or two since. As heretofore it is well sustained by able contributors, and were it in worthier hands we could wish it well.— Cousin Betsy opens her literary court with a sort of mad-dog speech about ourself, but we have long since learned to adopt the maxim of her neighborhood which declares “her tongue no slander.” The number contained another edition of “the Card,” upon which we learn our postmaster has exacted letter postage, as also for the pamph let containing it, in compliance with the post office law; which having been refused by the subscribers, the numbers will be sent back, and letter postage required of the publisher. We know nothing of the Post-Office Law, and do not exactly see the justice of pre venting a publisher from enclosing a bill or printed card to his patrons; but we are of opinion that if all the postmasters tbro’ whose offices the “ Companion” is sent to our old subscribers, adopt the same course, the Griffins will pay dearly for the issue of their libelous publication against us. Insult to the President. —At the dinner giving to Lord Ashburton, in New York, when the health of “ The Prisident of the United States” was proposed, not an indivi dual rose from the table; but when the “ Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” was given, the whole company rose simultaneously, and the ban quetting ball rung with acclamations. The large bulk of the company consisted of what are called “ The Merchant Princes of the Commercial Emporium.” Avery small portion of the New York press notices the insult.— Transcript. So we go —so much for patriotism and national honor! This is only one of a thousand instances in which the servile spir it of the Northern aristocracy is daily mani fested. But what else can we expect from a city where every foreign rope-dancer or vulgar danscuse, or mock duke, or debauch ed earl, or marquis or count is feted and flat tered—where the press is mainly under the controll of renagade foreigners, and where the stern manliness of character which char acterised our forefathers has long since de generated into the soft effimenency arid pliant sycophancy of European fashionable life. We have not lived long in the world, but we have lived long enough to lament over our national degeneracy. The day has gone by when the ‘spirit of patriotism and republicanism warmed every heart from the lowest to the highest. It has become vulgar to be patriotic, and one is only held to be a gentleman who can claimtheacquain tance of some titled nobleman, who can pay 20 dollars to fete a prince, or as many more to see Fanny Elsler’s legs. We see in the papers and hear much more in con versation about the health of the Queen, her prospects in the family way, and the health of Prince Albert, than of any of our own statesmen or revolutionary patriots. Every arrival from England informs us of the health and habits of all the nobility, and a little paragraph about her Majesty the Queen sneezing three times at precisely twenty-three minutes past four, in the morn ing, upon which his gracious highness, the Prince, repeated distinctly “ God bless your Majesty,” three times without any body tell ing him, or some equally important domes tic occurrence, in the royal family, will go the rounds of half the papers in the Union, while the announcement of “ another revolu tionary hero gone,” made in the village’ pa per where he died, will meet with the re sponse, perhaps, from a few, of “ bless him, let him go,” and there is the end of him. The last sear leaves are dropping from our liberty tree, and we trample them under foot while we gaze with admiration upon the gaudy trappings, and hear with delight the sounding titles, over which they triamph ed in the greenness of their youth. Shame upon the degeneracy of the age! Shame upon the recreant sons of such noble sires. Well for their patriotic hearts that few are left to witness the disgraceful servility of such an act, as the one recorded above. John Tyler is President of the United States, and as such is more worthy the hom age of a free people than all the Queens in Christendom. {£"?* We have received fromMr. Ilolmea. of the Literary Depot, at Augusta, the New World edition of “ The Life and Pub lic Services of Henry Clay.” The history of Mr. Clay is contained in one double num ber of the New World, and is accompanied by a wood engraving, representing the dis tinguished statesman seated in his study. The likeness is not good—rather a carica ture than otherwise. We have not yet had leisure to give the work a perusal, and can not speak of its merits. We presume it will be generally read, as it lias been pub lished under the sanction and approval of thetwoNew York Whig Committees. Mr. H. is in the regular receipt of all tho cheap editions of popular works which he sells at very inconsiderable prices. (C7 ** Dr. Richard D. Arnold, has been elected Mayor of the city of Savannah, by the new board of Aldermen. NARROW ESCAPE. A negro man belonging to Rev. E. L. Wittich, of odr town, having set about cleansing bis master’s well, was about to descend into it by the bucket when the rope to which it was attached slipped, precipita ting him to the bottom, a distance of thirty five feet, without his receiving any serious iu jufy. The well is very narrow, has a rock bottom, and is walled with stone tq near the top. We venture he could not perform the same feat again without the breakage of a few bones, at least. (Cfo J. Brown says, the table of the Washington Hall, in Macon, is the most bountifully piovided table in the State, for they have a whole Bullock there, every day. The one they had when he was there, he says, was remarkably fat, which was ac counted for by bis having a Stubblefield all to himself. (t/ 3 One hundred and fifteen banks have failed in the United States since IS4I. The “Trade Register” contains a list of them, with the amount of capital, circulation and specie of each. The capital ot the whole of them is stated at $132,362,389 —circula* tion $43,320,554 —amount’ of specie on hand $10,288,571. (t/ 5 * The Crescent City mentions'the ar rival of two hundred'strangers ‘from the Northern cities, whom it very properly terms victimsfor the disease. How deplora ble must be the condition of the poor labor ers at the North, when they are driven to seek employment, in New Orleans, at this season of the year. They fly from starva tion to become the victims of fever. The editor of the Crescent City says, “if they escape the disease with which our City is at present afflicted, which is not probable, they will find no labor to earn a livelihood, as the city is, and has been for some months past, filled with mechanics and laborers out of employment. To these able bodied young men with the rose of health upon their cheeks, we would say goto the West.” 05 s ” “ What upon earth” is the editor of the “ Lynchburg Virginian” doing with the Pennsylvania Coat-of-arms at the head of of his columns ? We believe he has as good right to tlie motto, “ virtue, liberty and in dependence” as any other Jiriight of the quill in Christendom, but that’s no reason why he should hoist the banner^ - the key stone State in tho Old Dominion. We won der Admiral Ritchie permits it. TO THE PUBLIC ! It has been truly remarked by someone, that a single departure from truth entails the necessity for many falsehoods—that one lie is the father of many more. I wms never more forcibly struck with the truth of this assertion than on the perusal of the addi tional paragraphs which Mrs. Griffin’s man has appended to his “ Card”—an enlarged and improved edition of which he Iras just sent out to my former patrons, enveloped with the “ Companion” for August. This edition was not intended for the Macon pub lic, where its falsehoods are hut too well known, but, as I understand, lias been print ed secretly, for circulation among the sub scribers to the “ Mirror,” whom he hopes to retain to his work. By the kindness of one of them I am enabled to give his appendix; “All who have seen Ml*. Thompson’s re ply to the above, will perceive he has not disproved any of the statements I have made—but that he admits the grossest act ftf meanness charged against him—that of indirectly making an attack upon his asso ciate. “The certificate of his Augusta physician cannot change the meaning of the extract I take from his letter, and all that it proves is, that lie made an engagement to render ser vices he was not capable of performing.— His assertion that lie informed me he was in ill health, is unqualifiedly false—he never wrote any such letter; if he did, why does he not produce my letter in reply, which lie says he has in Augusta ? Strange he has not proved a point so important, when it was so easily done!” Os the first paragraph I have but a word to say : It is oftentimes easier to utter false hood than to refute it. This man, of whom it has been so justly said that he deals in de ceit, and is so versed in falsehood that the truth comes halting from his tongue—this wholesale vilifier, has put forth a parade of statements as little akin to truth as his char acter is to that of an honest man—to these statements I have opposed my denial—l have refuted them by the same character of evidence with which they are sustained.— Our antagonist assertions are before the pub lic, and all that 1 have to regret is, that we are not equally known to those who may pass judgment in the premises. Os the latter paragraph, which contains as unblushing a falsehood as was ever utter ed by craven hypocrite, I have more to say, and that those who are willing to grant me their patience through a brief -bearing, may understand the deep villainy of the man with whom ithas been my misfortune to deal, I will explain the secret cause which has im pelled him to put forth this blackest false hood of them all. When our matters of difficulty were submitted to arbitration—l stated to the gentlemen present that one let ter, which 1 had written to Griffin,and the one most important fora proper understanding of our contract had not begn produced,and that I did not pretend to have all of Mr.Griflin’s, as 1 believed some of them hail been left in Augusta in the hurry of my departure. I .attached no Importance to his letters, but in sisted that 1 mid written him one in which 1 not only stated explicitly what I was able and willing to perform, but what I could not, giving os a reason mv iiifirmbeulth. I furth er stated that I bail acted strictly in con formity to the stipulations of that letter near ly up to that time, a period of five months, without one wosd of complaint from Crrifftn. This circumstance was considered by hie, and I believe all the arbitrators-—l know it Was by two of them—as evidence that lie had received that letter. His treachery wts too glaring—he felt the deep searching of every honest eye in the room—and he could not rest under it. Shortly after he took one of the gentlemen aside and represented to him, that I had said something about a letter of his of the 10th, which 1 had in Augusta. Restless to remove the foul suspicion that rested upon him, and to divert the minds of those who knew any thing of the matter away.from the subject, lie spoke frequently of this letter of the 10th. I finally asked him wliut of ibis letter of the 10th ? what importance bad I attached to it—and why was be harping upon it? He said I bad al leged that it was-in answer to the letter of mine, winch I charged him with having sup pressed. I immediately pronounced his as sertion false—that I had made no such statement —that I had no recollection of any particular letter of his, and defied him to bring either of the arbitrators, or any one else, to whom I had made such a declara tion. 1 heard nothing more directly from him about the letter of the 10th, until I saw the paragraph above quoted, which makes its appearanee more than a month after he had issued his first tissue of falsehoods against me. Why was not this pitiful subterfuge, •his conscience-smitten lie contained in his first publication ? A few words more, and I have done. As well might one battle with the four winds of heaven—as well pursue the wandering ignisfiatuus, as attempt to vindicate himself from the foul-mouthed slanders of a mail who resorts to truth only when it will serve his purpose better than falsehood. I have no defence against such a man, save such ns may be supplied by common sense son. I beg tlie reader will pause a moment before he gives credence to his statement, and reflect whether it does not bear some re semblance to those tales of fiction which lark the merit of plausibility. He says that the certificate of Dr. Eve only proves that I “ made an engagement to render services that I was not capable of performing.”— Now were 1 to adopt his moral ethics, I might, probably, with the little share of com mon sense I lay claim to, engage to deliver property for money in hand paid, to pay mo ny at a stated time for goods [delivered, to perform certain acts for certain considera tions already realized, without any intention of doing so, for then I would be safe, and would profit by my own breach of faith; hut 1 cannot think that any will do my good sense so much injustice, whatever theiropin ion of my veracity or honesty, to suppose that I would surrender up all interest in my publication, remove myself and family to Macon, to enter upon the performance of duties which I was conscious I could not perform, when 1 must have been equally conscious that the uon-perfonnance of them would at once release the other party from all obligation, and deprive me of all the ad vantages sought to be thrived by the ar rangement. Such a supposition is preposter ous in the extreme, and could only be urged by one w hose mind, unswayed by truth, has lost its balance. Equally absurd is the ly ing climax to his catalogue of falsehoods. He says that 1 say I have a letter in Augus ta in reply to his. When did Isay so? to whom did I say it ? No such assertion is con tained in my former publication—nor was it made to the arbitrators. If I made such an assertion, what was my object Jh doing so? To vilify and slander Griffin, of course.— This being my purpose, would I not have made the statement to someone of my friends, with whom I spoke much more of tfie mat ter than I did with him, or to the arbitrators, of the public, in cider that it might have the desired eflect—bis injury ? It is but rea sonable to suppose I would. Certainly it would have been a harmless lie to have told him so, and no one else. Now I defy him to bring any respectable man in Macon, who who will say I ever uttered such a word in his hearing! And if he will make affidavit to the fact that I ever made such statement to himself, or any one else—l will then he convinced that if his assertions are not as good as the truth, it is not because they are not welt stuck to. I crave thetpardon of the readers of the “ Miscellany,” who have already been trou bled too much with this affair. Those who have suffered calumny will excuse the feel ing which has prompted me to say thus much ; those who have not w ill, I trust, for give the liberty I have taken with their pa tience, when I assure them, that I have no other medium through which to meet a man, who, not content with deeply wronging me, seeks to rob me of all that he has left me— my character. W. T. THOMPSON. AWEBTTOIEMI&Cm, YVani-llouse and Commission Bu siness, Broad street, Avgusta, Georgia. WM. A. BEALL & CO. INFORM their friends, and the public generally, that * they continue ihe alove business, at iheir fire nrocf ware-ho!y?n Br.nd strte',(P rnierly occupied by Kcc3 Si Benll)-wdl receive and forward Goods of every des cription, collect Drafts, Notes, Bills or Acceptances, anil liope by strict attention to business, to merit a con tinuance and extension ofnatronage. VJ~ John Robson & Cos., Grocery Merchants, at Madison, will net as our agents. September 17. 31nt2S. Groceries and Dry-Goods. THE arc now daily receiving fresh supplies of Bagging ” of all the usual widths, some two pounds to tho yard. Also large and full supplies of Manilla and Hemp Rope for baling, Bagging Twine, Sic. A gen eral assortment of handsome Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, and Spool Thread, Bleached and unbleached Homespuns; 30 Cases of Slues, finely assorted. We have a most superior lot of Ladies’ Walking Shoes and Slippers. Our Goods are all for sale at the lowest cash pnees. Call and look. JOHN ROBSON &, Cos. Sept. 17, 1812. Executor’s Sale. WILL be sold, on Wednesday, the 10th day of No ” vember next, at tire Court Ilonse, in Madisc n, Mor gnn County, all the real and personal property belong ing f> the estate of James Hanson, deceased, late of said Countv, consisting of Thirteen Negroes, men, wo men nod ohilJren. Land, Household end Kitchen Fur niture, Slock, Crop, Sic. Sic. The sale is made by con seat of the lega'ees. Term* made known on the day of sale. JAMES HANSON. JOHN II ANSON. Sept. 10,1312. Excelllois. ->