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conveying a personal insult, I have this re
ply: that no man, without provocation
vviitiU have chosen the arena of tlie House,
mid profaned its walls for such a purpose,
or to give vent to his private malice, who
was not a knave by nature, and a poltroon at
h -art. And I take this method of making
this reply, because I do not choose to select
th efloor of the House as the proper pi ice
for personal altercations. 1 did not come
here for that purpose. And in so doing, 1
feel that I should not less degrade myself,
than offer an unpardonable indignity to tlint
high minded and honorable constituency,
whose representative I am. And if any
apology be due for the language used, even
in this place, 1 can only say, iri extenuation
of my error, (if such it be.) that l was
taught in that ‘ code of morals’ in which * I
was educated,’ that ‘ a fool should be an
swered according to bis folly and my in
stinct tells me that blackguards sometimes
should be treated in a similar way.”
Since the above was in type, we have re
ceived the following Circular fioin Mr.
Stephens, which speaks for itself:
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Fellow-Citizens —I have just seen a pa
per, purporting to bp addressed to you by
•* Mr. Stiles,” one of your Representatives
in Congress, in reply to the note accompa
nying my speech in the House upon the
constitutionality nnd val dily of the second
section of the last apportionment act. It
was, doubtless, neither the wish or expecta
tion of the author of this most singular
communication that it should pass without
notice, as, in that event, the merits of “his
vindication” could not be so thoroughly un
dcrs’ood or duly appreciated. Ami as he
intimates on intention of “ leaving me the
sole master of that bloodless field, wherein
■a war of words’is” to be ‘‘the only con
flict,” I will tint disappoint him so far as to
permit him to retiie from that field without
a somewhat formal discharge.
He very much mistakes the object of my
note, if lie flatters himself with the belief
that it was, in any way, intended as an
” appeal to the public for satisfaction for any
1 private griefs ” inflicted by him.
I should, indeed, think that I had sustain
ed a “ loss of position,” if 1 imagined that
my” honor,” either in niv own or your es
timation, could ever he reached, much less
“assailed,” from any such source.
As 1 would kick a cur growling in my
way, or crush a viper hissing at my feet, so
1 intruded, and so I am persuaded you, un
derstood, the answer given to him in that
note —” ct tnccuni sic semper balatrp.”
There is hut one part of his address I
shall notice, and that only for the purpose
of illustrating the character of the whole.
He says if himself, “ ! and <1 occupy mv
hour upon the subject stated, ami, in the
course of my temaiks, commented upon
the inconsistencies of Mr. Stephens’ opin
ions and conduct. If my allusion to him ;
had been deemed offensive at the time it :
was uttered, he had the opportunity to re- j
pel it, or explain, as I repeatedly yielded to
him the floor for either purpose. He was
furnished, with another oppoifunity on the
succeeding morning, when lie arose to cor
rect such parts of the repotter’s account of
mv teinaiks as he deemed erroneous. On
neither of those occasions did he make any
such effort .”
Now. how could nnv man, who had any
regard for his character or evei presumed to
intimate that he was a gentleman, have made
any such assertion? When evei y person pres
ent in the House knows perfectly well with
what scorn his remarks were repelled at the
time ? And next morning, when attention
was called to language wit ci) lie was repie
seuted u a report to have attributed to me,
w licit 1 had never used, he disavowed if ;
but, notwithstanding that public disavowal,
the same has since been substantially re
peated in the speech which lie has published.
The days have been, when, to be a gen
tleman, implied the possession of some of
the nobler traits of cmiracter, amongst oth
ers, virtue, honor, truth ami integrity; but
that member seems to have selected a model
fur the measurement of his own standard of
“gentlemanly ” conduct,distinguished tatiier
for an entire absence than the possession of
these qualities. It is not my province to as
sign him his *• position,” or place amongst
men. That, indeed, would he as unnecessa
ry as profitless a job for any one to under
take. His character has hut to he exhibited,
and left t<> itsell, and, 1 ke many things in
nature, it will soon sink to its own proper
level.
The minds of some, Irowever, may not be
free trotn doubt, whether his blunders and
impel feet ions, and even moral obliquities,
should not rather, in pity . ho attributed to a
natural weakness ot intellect, stimulate*! by
an overweening vanity, than to any great
malignity of purpose. In either alternative,
to chaiaeteiize them at this time, as they
otherwise would deserve, could not escape
the censure of pursuing with vindictiveness
a retreating and a harmless foe. Under
such circumstances, I should he bound to re
strain “ my vengeance,” “ tardy,’ as it may
be, if I felt any. There is a point in hu
man degradation to which even contempt
cannot descend, und at which the harsher
feelings of resentment naturally yield to the
gentler impulses of coinrnisseration. But
“ 1 come to busy Ciasar, not to praise him.
Yours, respectfully,
A. H. STEPHENS.
Washington, D. C. March 5, 1841.
The shoe makers of Linn have formed a
Clay Club. They have hammered loco foco
principles upon the lap-stone of truth, and
find them rotten. Tiie following is one of
their resolutions:
Resolved, That we aro not only Faneutl
Hall Whigs—Mn *a> husetts Whigs—butout
and o*t Clay Whigs; that we go for the
“ mill Boy of the Slashes at the same time
we shall, os we evei have done, stick to Hon
est John to the last, and wax stronger and
stronger, until the rips in our government
are sowed up, und the currency of the na
tion, and the protection *- industry, are
pegged together in u workmanlike manner.
We go for him because we have examined
him, and know him to he muster of the craft
—and in caao of accident, or absence of the j
Boss, the Jutirt will tt” got fbesack.
CHEERING POLITICAL NEWS.
“ Welcome the strains tliut around us is prating,
Fraught with a music to Freemen so dear,
Who but will join it, the glad truth revealing,
1 hat our victory's sure, our triumph is near t”
I he political intelligence from every sec
tion of the Union is nf the most cheeiing
character—so much so, indeed, that we
cannot forego the gratification of republish,
ing the following summary, which vve find
in the ‘‘National Intelligencer” of Monday
last :
The following is an extract of a letter to
the Editors from a Whig member of the
last Congress in the interior of the State of
New-York, dated Match 4:
I have only lime to say to you that the
Whig fires are reviving in this northern
clime ; that the paralysis is being dispelled ;
and that I have great confidence in the be
lief that the ides es November next will
show that Henry Clay is the first choice of
the people of the Empire State.”
Victory in Troy. —The election of mu
nicipal officers for the city of Troy, held
last week, resulted in a complete triumph
for the Whigs, Gurdnn Corning, the pres
ent Mayor, being re-elected by nearly four
hundred majority, when last year his ma
jor ity was under two hundred.
Western New- York. —Advices from Erie,
Monroe, Cattaraugus ct-ine in cheetingly,
and serve to dissipate the sli>lit fug which
arose from Utica. The Rochester Demo
crat of Wednesday announces “ Monroe as
true to the steel ! Sixteen out of twenty
three Supervisors ! Gain off iur since
last year ! Whig majority on Mayor SSG !”
The city of Buffalo is wholly redeemed,
and resumes her rank among the Whig
cities of the Union, having given a majori
ty of 214 votes for the Whig candidate fin
Mayor.
’1 lie Whigs of Boston had a glorious
Ciay Ball in Fancuil Hall on Monday eve
ning last. The Hall was fancifully deema
ted with banners, flags, and tanspatencies,
. and at one end of the saloon was a full-
J length pornaitof Henry Clay, over which
! hung an eagle, bearing in his beak a scroll
upon which appropriate mottoes were in
scribed. A full length portrait of Danniel
Webster graced the other end of the saloon,
and beneath each of the transparencies
were written extiacts of the speeches of
Henry Clay, applicable to the subject of
the painting. It was a scene of joyous rev
elry, worthy, in its beauty and the rich de
light it afforded, of the good Whigs of Bos
ton.
Hill Charter, Esq , of Charles City coun
ty. Vitginia, received the unanimous nomi
nation of the Whig Convention which as
sembled in Williamsburg on Tuesday last,
as the Whig candidate fin Congiess in the
district lately represented by Mr. Wise.
William L. Gnggin has b-en nominated,
; and lias accepted the nomination, as the
I Whig candidate for the vacancy caused in j
j the representation in Congress from Virgin
ia by the resignation of Mr. Gi rner.
At a noble gathering of the people at the
Waveiley Hotel, in the city of Mobile, on
the 28th ultimo, the Hon. Charles Fenton
Mercer, formerly for a long period a num
ber of Congress fiotn Virginia, being tem
po) aiilv in the city, addressed the meeting
by invitation.
In Missouri, the Whigs are rallying in all
tlie.ir strength. The St. Louis “ Repuhli
can,” of the Ist instant, enumerates twen
ty-two county meetings which have been held
within the last month for object of the
year’s political campaign, besides various
meetings for the formation of C lay Clubs,
&c. Truly, this dors look like work, (re
mnikes the “ Intelligencer,”) and a deter
mination to do all that men can do for the
regeneration * and M issnuri; and we commend i
a like activity and perseverencc to the
Whigs of other States.
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Patriot, Statesman and Orator.
OUlt PAPER.
One number mo r e will complete the se
cond volume of the “Southern Miscellany.”
The first number of the third volume will
he published on Friday morning, the 29th
instant. The success which has attended
our efforts to establish our paper, and the
very liberal patronage which has been ex
tended to the first and second volumes, has
stimulated us to renewed exertions to make
the forthcoming volume still more attract
ive, and, consequently, more worthy of the
patronage und support oftlu* reading public.
We shall avoid making promises which may
he beyond our ability to perform ; but we
assure out friends, that if they have been
satisfied with the past, they shall have no
cause for being displeased with our third
year’s lalxirs. We have long since expres
sed n wish to Improve the typographical
8 (D -If li* 10 25 IBtbtL APITq
appearance of the “ Miscellany,” but have
nr/, as yet. felt warranted in incurring the
heavy expense of purchasing new mateiials.
We hope that our friends—our Whig
friends especially—and all others friendly
to our enterprise, will make Rome slight
exertion to extend its circulation. Let each
of bur present subsetihers obtain, and remit
to us, the name (and money) of another, otid
we shall at once be placed in possession of
sufficient means to make the necessary pur
chase of materials, and to secure permanent
and valuable assistance in the literary and
political departments of the paper. If our
subscribers kne - *’ half the pleasure it afford
ed us to write anew netnc, with e credit of
$2 50, in our subscription hook, we feel
assured that many of them would send us
the names of a dozen at least.
Of* Many of our subscribers are indebt
ed *.o us—some 82 50, others 85 —for sub
scription. Will they be kind enough to re
mit the several amounts of their indebted
ness immediately ?
“old harry” IN COLUMBUS.
The Columbus “ Enquirer” of Wednes
day last, gives a most graphic desciiption of
the arrival and reception of the Great Ameri
can Statesman in that city. He arrived
there on Monday, the 11th instant, at 12
o’clock. “Six beautiful creams, harnessed
ton spier.did coach, conveyed him to the
Clay Club room, where the crowd vvas al
ready assembled. Passing through the
loom crowded with the fair, Mr. Clay took
a station on a platform in front, where lie
vvas introduced to the distinguished men and
public officers present. Col. Hines Holt
then arose, and in an eloquent and chaste
address introduced the former ‘ mill boy of
the slashes,’ to the thousands around hint
and bade him thrice welcome to the sunny
soil of Georgia. The reply of the great
Orator of the Union was worthy of the man
that made it. We shall say nothing more
of the address or reply, having a promise
of them for publication in our next.”
It is estimated that between three and
four thousand persons, including many la
dies, were present on the occasion.
Mr. Clay left Columbus yesteiday morn
ing, on bis route to Macon, where it is ex
peeled lie will arrive at 4 o’c'ock to morrow
afternoon. Our Committee have for seve
al days been anxiously expecting a letter
from him : should he determine to take our
town in his route, (und we sincerely hope he
may,) we will take the eailiest oppoitu
nitv to acquaint our distant readers of the
fact, by the issue of ait extra.
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.
We learn front the Columbus papers, re
ceived last niylit that the Phanix Tank of
that eity closed doors on Monday last. Its
bills are now worth little or nothing. The
“ Enquirer” remarks: “It is the custom
when things if this sort happen, to visit the
whole blame on the citizens of this place-
Now, we wish it distinctly understood that
the owners and managers of this concern
were strangers and adventurers, hardly
known to one man in ten among us, and
having no c uicerti with this people, except
whatjtas transpired. Such as may suffer,
therefore, will know from whom their ,
wrongs have arisen.” We learn, that the
several Banks of Augusta have lost some
thing like 260,000 by this failure.
Johnston's garden.
Wc are pleased to learn that this delight
ful spot is at present undergoing a thorough
improvement, under the superintendence
of Mr. Knas, a skillful Horticulturist—to
whom, in common with our citizens, it has
been gr anted for as< l ies of years, by our
liberal and public spirited tow nsman, Lance
lot Johnston, Esq., as a place of public re
sort. We shall hereafter speak of the Gar
den, and improvements, mote at length.
HON. JOHN C. CALHOUN.
This gentleman was, on the 6th in
stant, nominated to the Senate hy the Pres
ident of the United States to fill the office of
Secretaty of State, vice Hor.. Abel P. Up
sher deceased, and before the Senate ad
journed for the day, the nomination was
unanimously confiimed. It is no', as yet,
known whether Mr. Calhoun will accept the
appointment, hut it is to be hoped that he
wiil : it is an appointment well calculated
to “ flatter an honest pride in him”—and no
one doubts his ability to discharge its itn
pnitanl duties with honor to himself and to
his country.
GENERAL BERTRAND.
A recent at rival fioin Europe, (says the
“National Intelligence!’’) brings intelli
gence of the death of the good and greatly
esteemed General Bertrand. He died at
Cha eaurettx, on the Ist ultimo, H<‘tiri
Gratien Bertrand, Count, General of divi
sion, Aid-de-Camp of Napoleon, Giatul
Marshal <>f the Palace, &c. Sic., early distin
guished himself in the engineer corps, and
in ISO 4 hud given such evidence of his abil
ity, thut from that time he served near the
person of Napoleon, particularly at the fat
tie of Aosterlitz, where he was the Em
peror's Aid-dc-Camp. He anil his family
shared the last residence of the ex-Emper
or in his exile, mul his fidelity to his fallen
chief is one of the brighest features in bit
admirable character.
Wrt’O MEETINGS.
We had determined to give a synopsis of
the different meetings, having for their ob
ject a thorough} organization for the coming
Presidential campaign, as they took place,
hut we find it impossible to keep up with
the rapid movements of our friends in dif
ferent parts of the State. We shall, there
fore. content ourself with noticing such
only as may be held in our own vicinity.—
It would require a sheet twice as large ns
ours to give the proceedings of these ns
semb'ages— to say nothing of oilier politi
cal matter which ought to go befote the
people—to enable us to give an idea of the
spirit which animates the people of our
.State. The signs of the times are indeed
propitious, and we entreat our friends to
“go ahead!”
“southern literary messenger.
The third number of volume ten (for
March) of this excellent periodical has been
for several days upon our table. As usual,
it contains many valuable articles, both ot
prose and poetry. Mr. Minor, the able
editor of the “Messenger,” recently paid
out State a visit, with the view of extend
ing his subscription—and we are gratified
to learn that he found “ many generous
friends, with hearts glowing with true South
ern ardor,” who contributed much to the
” pleasure and profit” of his trip. Success
to lie “Messenger:” may its paying suh
cribers never number less than ten thou
sand.
NEW-YORK “SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.”
We neglected last week to make mention
of the reduction in the price of subscription
to this superb paper. It lias just entered
upon its fourteenth volume—an excellent
time for subscribing, hy-the-bv—and is
now furnished to suhscribets at fire instead
of ten dollars per annum, in advance.
THE “WHIG RIFLE.”
The editors of the Columbus “ Enquirer”
have issued a prospectus for publishing a
small paper, bearing the above title, to he
issued weekly fmm that office, (commenc
ing the Ist of April and ending the Ist of
November.) under the auspices of the
i “ Muscogee Clay Club.” Price, One Dob
lar in advance. We admite the spirit of
these Columbus*’ Coons.” May their” Ri
fle” never “ flash in the pan !”
07* No. 2 of Harpet’s magnificent Pic
torial Family Bible has been received. Our
friends wishing to procure the Nos. as they
are issued from the press, would do well to
ouler them through Mr. S. A. Holmes, of
Augusta.
Q7* A double Extra (No. 11) from the
” New Mirror” Office—containing the
“ Irish Melodies anil Sacred Songs of Thom
as Moore"—lias been received.
DISINTERESTED PATRIOTISM.
It is really “ excruciating” to read some
of the many appeals which are’ now being
made by certain political editors, urging
the “ iiuboiight uncorruptible” yeomanry of
the country to step out boldly and sub
set ibefor their respective papers ! But the
following, which we extract fmm a leading
Whig paper of our own State, “takes the
rag off the bush” for downright, open and
unmanly begging —anil nil for the love of
“ Whig principles and Whig measures!”—
We are “ poor” ourself—very poor—but
we shall never descend to such means to
better our condition in fife, so long as we
remain tt the head of a public journal.—
When we find it necessary to make our liv
ing by begging, we'll quit work entirely.—
Here is the extract alluded to : read it
Whigs, and say which do you think was up
peimost in the writer's mind while penning
it—the “ love of Whig principles and
Whig measures,” or the love of the Al
mighty Dollar ?
“To accomplish this very desirable ob
ject, Whigs and members of Clay Clubs,
much depends on your efforts. If you will
loose your purse strings, mill lend your aid
in giving circulation to the paper, our pur
pose of placing every voter itr possession
of the true merits of the great cause we
advocatp, will be obtained. Will you do
this I Will yon in every county and neigh
borhooil, form Clubs, and order “the
to lie placed in the hands of every
voter, who can and will read its contents?
A few dollars from each of those rs you who
are able to contribute, will justify us in send
ing several hundred papers into every county
in the South. Onourpait, we are willing
to toil on audio struggle manfully for the
triumph of the great principles of the Whig
party, nnd for the triumphant success of
that distinguished Statesman and patri
ot, Henry Ci.ay. Bot we ate unable—
we are too poor—to incur the expense of
sending forth such a paper, unaided hy
those who will stand shoulder to shoulder
with us iri this great struggle. Whigs, we
appeal to you by virtue of our common broth
erhood and association in this cause—wc in
voke you by all the ties which bind you and
us, to the same great p rrty—wc conjure you
by your ardent deration and love of Whig
principles and Whig measures, to stand by
us in this effort —to foster and aid us in this
enh-rprise”
OT** VVe understand that during the ses
sion of the Superior Court, ill this place,
last week, Judge Cone sentenced an Irish
man (whose name we have not learned) to
tt four ysat'a sit in the Penitentiary, fur
petit Urcvtiy.
“ CLAY CLl'B OP PUTNAM COUNTY.”
At an adjourned meeting of the Whig
parly of Putnam county, held in. Eaton
lon, on the 2d i net ant. a Club hearing the
above name was organized by the adoption
<>f a suitable Constitution, and the election
of the following officers:
President —Hon. James A. Meriwether.
Vice Presidents —Samuel A. Wales, Joel
Walker, J. D. Deomitaii, Nathaniel Sad
ler, John T. Mathis, Isaac R. Waller, Sam
uel Pearson, R. A. Land, K. Little, Witt.
Alexander, John A. Coghurn, Alexander
Reid. E. Callaway, VV, T. Sammons, W.
D. Terrell, Esqs.
Corresponding Secretary —Col. John M.
Ashurst.
Recording Secretary —J. A. Wingfield.
Trcasvrcr —William T. Young.
That Mr. Van Btireti will he the next
President of this Union there ’ every indi
cation. Few men were ever d.'signaled as
candidates ofa party with such spontaneous
expressions of personal regard, or with a
greater degree of popular enthusiasm, than
he has been in the present instance.— Galla
tin ( Tenn.J Union.
ft’? s’That 5 ’That fellow is mistaken, surely.—
We had no idea that there was any “degree
of popular enthusiasm” connected with lo
cofocoiam nt this time—and as to the “ ex
pressions of petsonul regard” for Mr.
Van Buren, hy the people, being “ spon
taneous,” we take the liberty of pronounc
ing it a—fih 1
ft? 5 * The following is the specrh of Hen
ry Clay, to the Whigs of Louisiana, at
New-Orleans, on the 22d ultimo :
” You call for a speech fiom me, my fel
low-citizens ; it is not proppr that I should
make a speech, and 1 will not male a speech.
But this 1 may say to you : you are engag
ed in a good cause—an holiest cause—a
glorious ennse; the principles which yon
are advocating tend to the advancement of
the prospe ity of the Republic, aritl I will
tell you that from oil quarters —from the far
thest corners of Maine to the extremes/ points
of Louisiana—the signs <f the times m e pro
pitious, and not a speele obscures the horizon.
Go on then! Go ahead!”
ANOTHER CALAMITY !
We learn from the New Orlenns “ Trop
ic” of the 3d instant, that a most distressing
calamity, resulting from a collision between
two steam-hoot-', occurred on the Miss ssip
pi river on the morning of Friday, the Ist
instant. The boats were the De Soto and
the Buckeye—the latter was ascending the
river, and such was the violence of the col
lision that she sank to her hurricane deck in
less than five minutes. The De Soto was
hut litt'e injured. There were upwards of
three hundred souls on hoard of the injured
hoar, of which tiumbet between sixty and
eighty are estimated to have been lost !
The scene at the lime of the accident is de
scribed as heart rending beyond and scription.
oTlte weather during the greater part
of the present week has been quite inclem
ent.
ft/ 5 ” The Yankees are at their tiicks
again. Fine rolls of tallow butter, plated
with the genuine article, have recently Weil
detected in the New London (Conn.) mar
ket.
Off” The Legislature of the State of
Michigan have passed a very seveie law
against seduction and licentiousness—the
penalty being imprisonment in the State
prison for three and five years.
Gilmotir, who was arrest
ed in New Yotk, and sent to Scotland to
he tried for the murder of her husband,
lias been found ” not guilty.” The pica nf
insanity was not put forth on her trial.—
The jury, aftet having heard the evidence
on its merits, returned a verdict of *’ tint
proven.”
(£/“* Horace Walpole, in one of his let
ters. tells a story of a young highwayman
who was offered his life after condemnation
if he would consent to have his leg cut oil’,
that anew styptic might he tried. •• What!”
replied he, “ and go limping to the devil at
last! No, no ; I’ll bed and first!”—and
he was hanged.
CC/” The rumor of Judge Pnrtcr’n hav
ing left Mr. Clay a largo legacy is ei muc
ous. He left him hi* breastpin, but nothing
more.
05 s * A western paper of a recent date snvs
—“ The weather continues soft and muddy,
and unless some change takes place, we
think the canals will he open in a few days.”
Soft and muihhj weather, we believe, is
something new.
M © M IE Y
EXCHANGE.
(CORRECTED WEEKLY FROM THE AI'GVSTA TABLES )
Angus'n Insurant* and Banking Company, i par.
B ink ol Aiigimta, t : : ii pur.
Ilmncli B uilt ol the Slute of Georgia, at Augusta, pur.
Bank i>f Brunswick, :<:>:> par.
Gfiagia Bail Rnmi nnd Banking Company, t par.
Mechanic's Bank of Augusta, t ii i jmr.
Bank of S'. Marys. t ■ | ■ t i pur.
Bank of Milletlgeville, ii t i ■ par.
Bank nf tin- Siuti! ol Georgia,si Savannah, i par.
Brunclies of ditto, i . ii i par.
Agency of ditto, nt Greensboro', ii pur.
Commercial Bank, at Macon, ii ii par.
VI urine and Eire Insurance Bank, Sevnnneh, • par.
Branch of tinio, t Mucon, i pur.
Plainer*’ Rank, at Severn ah, ■ ■ ■ ■ pur.
Central Bank of Georgia, ■ ii 3 a 4 die.
Central K. It. St. B’k’g Coinp'y, Savannah, a7 d'
Hank n) llewkiuavillo. ii t 9 <l>a
Pfennig Bunk f GoliiwHua, i broke
All o'ltar Banka in <ha Stats not nuoted.
Ajabsma N*e. i • • aI * die
BenthCeraline Bask*, • i t i par
OCT The RevC Mr.-Bxowivsojr, (Uni verso list J ..will
preach in the Male Academy in Mad'son, on the Slat,
it being the fifth Sunday in March, at fl o'clock, a.m.
The citizens nre respectfully inyitcd-to attend-.
“, l ii
Superior Court—March Term.
THE Grand .furors, charged with their responsible
x dunes, rcspectlully submit the following Present
menu:
They have examined the proceedings in the case of
Fooiiesi recently held ttpdn ihe body of Sim, a slave,
belonging to Dr. James L. Horne, and approve their
proceedings, and confirm the verdict of ihe Jurors who
a cl# cl on fhc occasion.
They have exnni'ned the Bmks of the Clerk of the
hupppiur and Inferior Courts, and fit and them neatly and
correctly kepi. (vviilt one or two exceptions, which
ha ve been explained satisfactorily.) making a fair and
101 l exhibit of Records, Remit Licences, Es-'ravs, Tax
ee Received. Fine and Forfeitures, with the disposition
of ihe same.
The Rooks cf the County Treasurer were also ex
amined. and found to correspond with orders and
vouchers pawed for payment. For die information of
onr citizens generally e annex a synopsis of the in
demedness of ihe c unty :
Dimwit le hnluli'ies amount to 94,900 00
($1,500 of th:s nmouiit wns borrowed by the ‘ “
Honorable Inferior Court from the Bros-
Sell fund (or lire purchase of Negtoes to
labor on H e larni Bunched to the Poor
House.) Considering these in he worth
the sum pr.irl for them, it leaves $3,000 to
be provided for.
Our income durinp the past year was 1,289 90
Our expenses, during the sortie lime, 1,250 GO
Leaving not nnid out, 38 $0
We proceed to shew the cause of osr indebted ness t
The cost ot ihe Court House, JO,OOO 00
The cost of ihe Jail, 4,000 00
mi. . , , 14 000 00
J here was raised, from taxation, oa a Jail and Couri
House fund, 8,000 00
And from sale of the town commons, in lots, 4,300 00
12 300 00
Leaving the County in debt, about 1,7u0 00
Yte find heavy charges, and payments, in Jnil and
oilier expenses--for irisiat ce, ihe detection, tritl and
conviction of ihe Norths and thrir accomplires.coM
Ihe Cm.my ah.,„, 6CO doliais. The Commissioners
haul lice Clerk of the Inferior Court lor his trouble its
loaning nod managing the Jml fund, charges for print
ing and stnionerv, about 400 dollars : the eypensenof
ihe Poor House.for the )ear 18 3, about 470 dollars’
re pairs and expenses on ihe numerous Budges in oor
l CIU'IJ, dtc. All of which nuking if |.|i inly appear
that reiveixt three and lour thousand dollars must be
raised hv our 'nizi ns in e noble emr age nts, the Honor*
ohle li fermr Conri. to carry on, w i ll luetiee to ail con
e erneet, the nsml nffnits ef onr community.
Under a lull belief lint the citizens ot Morgan coun
ty will sustain us in laudably projecting a course Ns
disci,urge emr tndelue el ness, we leccmmeiid to the
I lorn ruble Inferior Court to levy an eX'ra tax effort*,
five per eeni upon li e nnu unt of ti e State inx, w hich
will rnt.e oliout menu one hundred and sixty dollars.
1 Ins amount, added to n rgid economy, will reduce
our liabilities during ti e present year so much, that a
fUf'i ee ding year may not requite a heavy tax to dil
charge our indebtedness altogether.
When tl esc tilings rr fully accomplished, our coun
ty ill fully shew lirceliis, the causes and results of nil
• bis taxation, viz: one of Ihe best and must conveni
ent Conn Houses in the Stale—a Jail of the best kind,
and one of the safe s’ in the late, and an Asylom for
tt e poor ot our Ceiunlv, nlw ays open for the distressed
and ne< dy—furnishing tl em with a permanent home,
wim all the conilortnhle neeessarie sos ife.
W._ have duly examinee! the 1’ s .'vent list, ns return
re (IV one Tax Collector, Thornns V Allen, Esq., and
allow him the S'.in of tlnr’y- five do'lnrs and a xty-eight
con’s. He has attended to the duties of nis office with
due- vigilence.
j Onr at emion has been direcied to the late Law of
! *’" r S a'e lor Educating Ihe poor children in this Mate,
I requiring the co oiermjon ot our l.oe’y and that of the
] Iloiurtib'e Inferior Court. Wc cot.eider this one if
I tie nu si impeirinni acts for lip welfare ot posterity
which has Ie n pns.ed for severnl years Experience
lias proven ilia! mitigation i'sell is hut ot bi le benefit
nnliss accompanied with Education ly the school
maMer. We trust the lime is not far dr-iant when
there shall not lie found a solitary individual who can
not read nnd write.
Cur pres< nt pecuniary embarrassments as a county
forbids i in front recommending as much for this pur
pose: an we should e.o were we oihee wise unrated ; but
we cheerfully commence the system by requesting our
Horn ruble Infetior Court to le vv no extra tux upon the
Suite tax of five pe rcent., whieh omeiui", added te.the
State appropriable. will et able us to make a begin
ning in this landah e en'erpiise.
We regret that so many case* of riot, assault and
bt'iteiV, with oilier |iuhl c grievances, have been pre
sented to nur notice. We mist that hereafter, the cH*
tz< ns nf our county will learn that peace and gexid or
der are pri'feinlle to personal violen. e and a lawless
imertcrcltre with the righia of e.rhcrs ; therein bring
ing upon the mselves certain disgrace and an ignomta
loos punishment.
We render to His Honor. Judge Cone, our noknowL
Cfltnients for I is legal shifty, and impariinliiy in the
ae'nt ni-trii'inii ol the Law in its puriy and for his cn
ertvintlie siippii.fton ot nil inuvn'ions upon the peace
and go. and oreier nfaocie y. Hi de- such a Judicial nd
mitiistrstion civil liberty wi’l be a I leasing in any peo
ple. We would also snv to the Sedu itor-General ol our
Citeuit, Col J M. Amicrnt, that his courtesy, vigi
lante nnd p< rrevernnee deserves nur commendation.
We re quest that our Presentments he published in
the “Southern .Miscellany.”
JOHN B. WALKER, Foreman.
PETER TV. WALTON. DANIEL tfcH,
NATHAN MANSEY, WILLIAM STALLINGS,
CHARLES WIIITINO, BENJAMIN HARRIS.
THOMAS J. Blit KEY, THADDFCS B. REES,
JOHN STOVALL, BALDWIN COPELAND,
JOHN RorSttN, EDMt’ND WALKER,
ROItEKT HARRIS, JAMES T. FINNIR,
REI’BEN J. BL'TT, JOHN fl. PONDER,
MATTHEW HESTER. L. BOSTWICK,
LUMPKIN J. GARRETT, JOSEPH P. FENICK,
JAMES It. ARNOLD
On motion n| John M Ashtirst, Solicitor-General,
Oreirred that the “hove Presentments l>e published in
conformity with the requii entente of the Grand Jury.
True extract fiom the minutes.
, JOHN C. REES. Clerk,
march 15 IwSl
NEW ~
Whole-sale and Retail Drugstore.
A ALEXANDER, Pen., Wh ‘lesaie aitd Retail
Druggist, Culi.ege Ave.vue, Athens, Geoxuu,
ofTers toe sa'e a large and exensivc assuiiinriit of Drugs,
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Win do w-G lass,
Paint Bruslii a. Perfumeries and Druggist's Glass ware,
w huh he w ill sell nt p-ices ns low as can be purchased
in Charleston or Augtisto ; and being engaged in the
liviroßTArtoN of Ciiem'cals and Miotcmts. it will tie
ndvitn'ageotis to Pbysa ians. Merchsins and others,
who wish to be supplied with Genuine Medicines and
Drugs to purchase their supplies from the subscriber—
nnd all articles purchn-ed at his establishment are de
livered free of expense in Madison. Orders by mail
promptly nt'ended to.
march 15 lms!
Jerusalem Artichokes.
DERSONS w ishing to purchase can now lie supplied
1 on application to the undersigned Price, 150 per
bushel J. H. WILLY:
tnsrrh 15 35l
Good Thing*.
A FINE lot of Henderson’s <Sc Floyd’s No. 1 Flour
J*- Lot of New Bucou—Hums, Sides k Shoulders,
2 barrels superior Lard
1 h'irrcl Fresh Shud
Mercer Potatoes
With a general assortment of Fiesh Groceries
For s i|e low by JOHN ROBSON Gt CO.
mure It 15 51
Administrnfor’s Sale.
WILL he sold on the first Tuesday in April next,
” before theConrt House doorin the town of Mad
ison, within the legal hours nl sale, the following Ns
grm* of the e-'n'e ol Louis MeGitire.lute of said coun
ty. deceased, to wit: Mathew, Elli, John and Martin,
nten; Marion nnd Bird, t.iys; Martha, Mary, Billie,
women, and Betsey, I, nisa and Pi nth, girls, and a
email one, nmne tint recollected. Sold under ad sc res
of ths Superior Court of said noumy. Al*", toms beds,
tuldes, Ac. Teims cash
CARTER SHEPHERD.
Adm'r do bonis non cum tsMimemosnnexo.
mar.h 15 51
THE eo-fwiruiersltip hereiotbr* existing between the
■l uudersig cd, under the name and sit leaf A. I*.
llujt A Cos, hu been dissolved by mtmitd e.wppM.
XMb Is, IMi 1 fcalf