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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1825.
That dangerous doctrines upon the sub
ject of shivery, have been advanced since
Mr. Adams’ election to the Presidency, and
that they continue to be advanced cannot
be doubted. We some time ago took oc- •
casion to say that the Missouri Question i
was not dead but asleep, and we are more
than ever confirmed in that opinion. The
politicians who influenced by craft or fana- !
ticism, attempted to interfere with south
ern rights when our younger sister was ad- [
mitted into the confederation, have not giv-j
en up either their principles or their views,
and they but wait a favorable moment to
urge the one and to attempt the accom
plishment of the other. That the more cir
cumspect will come boldly out and acknow
ledge their object, is not to be believed, be
-i cause it being a subject of great delicacy, '
they would by doing so, put us upon our
guard, and defeat their own purposes.
They will cautiously march to the attack
under the watchwords of equality, humani
ty and even religion. There will however
be found some indiscreet underlings who
will ffom time to time prate loudly and
make known the designs of their more cun
ning and silent coadjutors, and one of these
has recently given his opinions to the world
in the pages of the National Intelligencer.;
| We extract a portion of the Essay that our
readers may perceive what opinions are a
broad, and we add too, that they are not for
the first time expressed. In truth, they are
not original with this Essayist but were o
penly avowed in the debates in Congress
upon the Missouri Restriction, and by none
more zealously advocated than by the pre
sent minister to the Court of St. James to
whom it will be remembered the late Mr.
Pinkney made a triumphant reply:
" 1 cannot Conceive how jou can imagine that there is a sen
tence in the Constitution which sanctions slavery in any shape
nr color—in instrument drawn specially by the wisest and best
men of the :i£e, to guarantee human rights and human liberty
or how you can assert that “ Congress never can, under any cir
cumstances, touch the condition of slavery in the several States.
No pretence of an atiiendpient to the Constitution c.»n confer the
moral power, without which the legal power would he vot et
preterea nihil. Congress might as readily obtain power in that
way, to make all th> inhabitants of Ncw-Vork, or .Ohio, (or any
other State,) slaves as it could to make all the inhabitants of
Carolina or
the poor African!
f v No, gentlemen, if these be your serious opinions, you are total
ly mistak-n about the Constitution, and il» provisions for making;
amendments when the public good shall demand them.
I’.te Declaration of Independence, which is the foundation on
which the Constitution itself rests, has declared to all the world,
that “We hold these truths to be self-cvidept: that all men
arc created equal, and lln.t they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights; that among; thcce are life, li
berty an-i the pursuit of happiness.” This is the first and lea
ding principle of our serial compact; any deviation from it may
perhaps be justified as expedient, hut never can be justified as
right.
The only parts of the Constitution which I can find that would
in any decree countenance negro slavery in the United Slates,
are these :
yjrt. Ist. Sec. 9. “ The migration or importation ofsuvh per
sons as any of the Slates now existing shall think proper to ad
mit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808 ;
but .i tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not ex
ceeding ten dollars for each person. w Alio,
Jlrt. 10. “the powers not delegated to the United Stales by
the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the Slates respectively, or to the People.”
I do not think my candid reasoner will pretend to say, that
there is any thing in these paragraphs, like a direct acknowledg
ment of the principle of n<'gro slavery. The most that can be
said in favor of such an acknowledgment is, that it maybe t?n
vVed : but this is a subject for the Supreme Court to decide.
However, there cannot he a doubt of the power and right of the
people of the United States to amend tLe Constitution in this, or
in any other respect, when the good of the country requires it.
As regards the views of the President on this subject, I doubt
whether they be* known to any one hut himself. But as he has
sworn to support the Constitution, you may rely .on it he will fear,
lessly do so. whether it do or do not agree with popul-’^opinion.
We ask fur what purpose aft/’these
wretched sophisms thrown out. Is it mere
ly to gratify an idle disposition to write
a;#! print, or for the purpose of deluding
the public mind and preparing it for some
grand measure of the future? We have no
sickly sensibility upon this subject. We
believe that our rights are identical with
the Constitution, ami that the one cannot
be harmed without injury to the other.
We believe that these rights are in strict
accordance with humanity, for we know
that the condition of our slaves is for the
most part happier than that of the white!
servant or the free men of color of the
northern states. We are sure, that sooner|
or later the wioked and the misguided will
attempt, as they have heretofore attempted,
to sfljtain some legislative enactment— what l
we cannot distinctly foresee—in relation!
to this matter. We should then, be prepar
ed to resist the effort whenevei it is made ;
and we are sure there is wisdom and virtue
.enough in the nation to render all such
machinations abortive. We shall be in
sulted and harrassed, but the Constitution
will be eventually preserved from violation,
and the victory will be ours.
“We doubt not that at a future day'
wist: will be numbered among the valuable
products of Georgia ßecorder.
Several citizens of this stale have made
good wine; and in some of the Counties,
best adapted by soil ami situation to that
cultivation, much attention has lately been
given to vines both exotic and indigenous—
all th.it is wanted is information and if some
skilful person —Mr. M'Cau., for instance—
would communicate, in a short pamphlet
and a clear style, the most proper method
of treating the Grape in this climate, ft om
the first planting of the vine to the corking
up ot the wine in bottles for use—a irreat
and lasting benefit might be conferred upon
the community. We have not forgotten
Mr. M'C’s labors but the treatise of which
we speak should consist of a number ot
Rules, or directions briefly and plainly ex
pressed and filed to the comprehension of
every one.
The trial of the seven young men for the
alleged murder of D. R. Lambert, termina
ted on the 24th ult. Their counsel were
Messrs. Scott, Price, Antlion, Wilkins and
'Emmett; the counsel for the State, 11.
(Maxwell, District Attorney, who alone sus
tained the whole of talent opposed to him.
After a charge from Judge Ed wards, which
occupied about an hour and a half in the
delivery, the jury retired at 11 o’clock at
night. The Court continued in session till
after 12 o’clock, when, the jury being stilt !
out, and the judges much exhausted, ad-|
journed, with orders to be summoned wheii-|
ever the jury should agree. About 2, the
jury having agreed, the judges were sent!
for, and on tlieir coming into Court, the'
following verdict was delivered by the Fore-1
i man— not guilty of murder, but guilty of
I manslaughter. The jury, however, “ ear-1
nestly recommended the prisoners to the
mercy of the Court, on account of their :
tender years, and the respectability of their!
parents.” Their sentence will not be pro-1
non need until the close of the Court. The
i punishment of the crime of manslaughter
jin the State of New York is imprisonment!
|in the State Prison for a term not less than
.’3, nor exceeding 14 years.
Seven hundred Irish emigrants arrived
at Montreal, on the 16th June, sent out by
• the British government. They were not
permitted to enter the town, but proceed-1
, ed immediately to Lachine, to be conveyed
by water to their destination in Upper
' Canada. So large a body of emigrants, ob
’ serves a Montreal paper, may easily be sup
i posed to present a motley appearance ;
, but it is matter of great satisfaction that
so numerous a class of destitute persons are
brought to the country under the superin
tendence of government.
The New-York Gazette says:—“ We
, haye seen a letter from Richmond of the 19th
; ult. detailing the particulars of one of the
boldest mercantile swindling transactions
■ we ever heard of. The three persons eu
gaged have acquired about 50,000 dollars'
’ during their short career, and came very near
realizing 100,000, Several merchants in
, this city have suffered. At a proper time we
; shall give the names and other particulars.
In the meantime the transactions of persons
' whose initials are W.W. li. Dr. H. & E. B.
1 B. & some others connected with them, ought
; to excite the attention of men of business.
The Livingston Code. — The Code of Civil
Law prepared for the State of Louisiana by
Mr. Edward Livingston, having been placed
in the hands of all the magistrates and other
officers of the State, was publicly and formal
ly promulgated at New Orleans on the 20th
of May to go into effect in one month from
that date, ami accordingly it became the law
of the State on Monday last, the 20th inst*
Louisiana thus enjoys the honour of having
made the first effective movement in the
work of legal reform, and was fortunate in
possessing a citizen so well qualified to ful
fil the important design which the Legisla
ture of the Stale had the wisdom to adopt
and preserve in. [Waf. Int.
Cotton. —By a statement recently made
by persons who have the means of ascer
taining, the stock of Cotton in this market,
exclusive of what is on shipboard, is about’
twenty thousand bales but a few weeks
since the stock exceeded fifty thousand.
N. Y. Daily Adv.
The widow of the unfortunate Iturbide
arrived at New-York on the 24th ult. from
Baltimore, via Philadelphia, in the steam
boat Thistle, and has taken lodgings at
| Villegrand’s, Park-place. This lady ex
pects the arrival at that port of four of her
children from Liverpool,
MELANCHOLY.
i There cannot now be a reasonable doubt
of th loss of the packet Sally Havens,
which sailed from Philadelphia on the 29tn
ult. for Wilmington in this State. We un
derstand that a letter has been received in
town from Mr. Patton of Philadelphia, the
owner, stating that boxes directed to a gen
tleman of this place, which were shipped on
board the Sally Havens, have been picked
up at sea. We learn that Mr Benjamin
H. Talbot, formerly of Providence, R. I.
but lately of this place and Wilmington,
| who had been to Philadelphia to supply
I himself with printing materials for the pur
pose of publishing a paper in Wilmington was
on his return in the Sally Havens, accom
panied by two Journeymen Printers, whose
names we have no' heard, and that a youth,
brother to Mr. Patterson, Editor of the Fay
etteville Sentinel was olso on board, on his
way to this place. Neither vessel, crew,
nor passengers have been heard from since
they sailed. AH must have perished in the
late destructive gale. —• Fayetteville Obser. I
Mr. B UNCE, I
Will it not be as well for
those persons, who so streneously oppose
the late Indian Treaty from principle, to
abstain from giving in their names tor draws
in the ensuing Land Lottery r There is an
old proverb some.vhere about the theif and
the receiver of stolen goods, which >t would
be well for these conscientious worthies to ,
. recollect. i
FOU THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, 1
1
A FEW days ago whilst walking in a 1
certain street for exercise and aingsement, 1
there happened to be going on at a distance <
something so remarkable that for my life I 1
could not make it out. There was a small'
house in which there was almost continually <
some person entering or from which they ll
were making their exit. At first it ran in *
my head that there might be some show ex
hibiting, that from its novelty had occasion- £
ed a great stir among the curious; but a'
few moments reflection convinced me that 1
this could not be fbe case, for the house was, l
’too small to answer such a purpose. Whatj
jcould it mean? Nothing repiarkable had!
[been mentioned in the newspapers—notone ■
ol my acquaintances had ever mentioned in. >
jpiy presence the arrival of any new thing in j 1
■ the city—.yet there must be something iu the 1
I wind, and lam determined to see it out I
' thinks Ito myself. Still maintaining myj.
j station, it appeared to me that this was pro-jl
bably the office of a Physician, and all these,!
persons were calling to get advice and medi- |
■cine for themselves and their friends; but i
■ this opinion was no sooner adopted than
abandoned; for the fact was notorious that i
the city was too healthy to warrant the be- |
lief that anyone Physician could have such
an extensive practice. Having failed in
this conjecture to account satisfactorily for
this singular phenomenon, and my curiosity
becoming still morp tormenting, 1 said thus
to myself ; who knows bqt this is a Law Os
, lice, and all these people are the clients of
'some lucky Lawyer? but a little reasoning
within my own mind soon destroyed this
impression ; for it was unreasonable to sup
pose that one man could be kept continually
busy, whilst all the rest of bis professional
;i brethren were comparatively doing nothing.
;! Having for the third time taken up an opin
s ion, and for a third time reasoned myself
. out of it, I begun almost to despair of ever
being able to satisfy my curiosity, now al
most too much excited to be borne. How
. ever my imagination, which is never idle,
i soon impressed me with the belief that this
. was the store of some poor Merchant that
( for fear of having his goods sold ffy the
sheriff, had come to a resolution of offering
j, great bargains to tv.e public, and that alt
- those persons were buying of him; but this
i notion like all those that had proceeded it
. was destined like them to submit to flic
. overpowering hand of reason ; for no one
i seemed to bring out any thing like Merchan
, dise, which must have been the case if such
[ was selling within.
Finding that this method of investigating
the subject promised nothing but disappoint-
I ment, I determined to abandon it and adopt
r some other ; so accordingly, i made it cou-
I venient to pass and repass by the door of this
. mysterious establishment. This like the
rest of my schemes failed completely, tor the
house was so full that it was a matter of
( impossibility to see wljat wap going on
within. Weary of walking and undeter
mined what course to pursue, 1 stroll
. ed on towards home, fully persuaded that
J all farther attempts were useless, and hop
ing to find some member of the family
able to give me a li'tle information on the
subject. After arriving there, and giving
an account of my walk, with a description of
the house, it was with some degree of disap
pointment that I learned none of them had
ever heard of such aplarte. Night had now |
1 arrived and being weary fiom over exercise
both of body and mind, it became necessary
, for me to go to bed, which I accordingly did,
but there was no sleep for me ; the occur- •
rences of the day were too firmly fixed upon .
my mind to allow that earthly blessing to '
have any effect; so that I was forced to
keep awake for several hours. Presently
the town clock struck nine, every stroke of
which seemed to ring through my very soul,
at this time in\ head commenced aching,
as it to increase my torments, and continu
ed tor the greater part of the night. At ten
o’clock, being exceedingly restless, I got up,
put on my clothes, and commenced walk
ing up anil down the room, at this I con- .
tiuued for at least two hours, .when 1 found <
that my headache increased rather than di
minished in degiee. I took thirty drops of
Laudanum, that in the course of an hour re
lieved my pain arid caused mu to sink into a
quiet repose, from which 1 arose in the morn
ing much refreshed.
The first thing I did after grttingup
in the inoriii g, was to go to this won- 1
derful place and satisfy my curiosity. O
reader ! Header! what do you suppose it
was? I’h.it which 1 hail fancied to be a
Show House, a Doctors Office, a Lawyers
Office, and a Merchants Store, turned out to
be a GRGG SHOP ; and the persons that
were taken for patients, clients, &c. turned
out to be the followers of Bacchus mere
dram drinkers.
AN OBSERVER.
Col. White, it is ascertained, has been ,
duly elected a Delegate to Congress from
Florida. The result of the poll is stated to I
be, for Col. White, 725; Col. Gadsden,
! 530 ; Gen. Hernandez, 402 votes.
Georgetown, (S. C.) July 1.
An unfortunate affair occurred near Col.
li. F. Hunt’s plantation, on the 29th ult.
between Mr. Wells, a Deputy Sheriff, and
Mr. Herrington, Gen. Carr’s overseer, which
terminated in the death of the latter. Mr.
" ells was, we understand, taking some
negroes to jail, which were levied on under
an execution, while Mr. Herrington met
him with a loaded gun, trying at the same
time to persuade the negroes to disperse, or
turn back to the plantation. Some alterca
tion took place between them, and both
dismounted from their horses, and the for
mer discharged his gun, containing thirty
eight buck-shot, at the breast of Mr. H.
who instantly died A Jury of Inquest
was yesterday held over the body of the. de- :
ceased, and brought |n a verdict of* wilful
murder. Three other gentlemen were pres
ent at the time.— Gazette.
fhere were six deaths among flie negroes,
at Kinloch’s and Middleton’s plantations
yesterday, by the whooping cough. This
disease prevails more in (his vicinity than ,
was ever known before.— lbid.
-ftOO-
Oi/sters. —The town of Newbern, in
North Carolina, contained, at the last census,
3663 souls. |t has been ascertained, by ac
tual measurement and enumeration, that the
quantity of Oystehs consumed in that town
from the Ist of October last to the Ist of
June, was nine thousand eight hundred and
forty bushels—or about 2| bushels of Oysters
for every man, woman, and child, in the
place. They must be dear-lovers of shell
fish. [_Xat. Jut.
The writer of the Hamburg “ Reminiscences,” having
become personal in bis remarks, it is proper that his name
should be lodged with the publisher before the second number
is inserted.
ATTENTION !
La Fayette Riflemen ! I
ATTEND h Meeting of your Corps THIS
V EVENING, at seven o’clock precisely, at the
Company's Room, C-itv Hall.
JBy order of CufH Or.n well.
B. F. Bush, Sec’ry.
Lafayette Heflemen.
J.dv 8 It 4
CJ* The Justices of the Inferior
Court, will, on Monday the IStii inat. proceed to
ippoint two persona to receive the names of per
sons. entitled to draws in the contemplated Land
l-oitery—one for the city,and one for the enun*
’ry. Persons wishing the appointment will make
application to the undersigned.
James M‘Claws, f'hrk.
Jnlv 8 4
& The Hoard of Directors of the
tinrusia Free School Society, will mtel on SA
UIU)\Y next, in the Lecture Room, at II o’-
ctock, A. U.
R. A. Reid,
Secretary pi n 'Vein.
Inly R It 4
TOR KNT,
And possession given on the 1 st. October. ’
THAT Dwelling House and
Lot at preseni occu oed by Major
M’Gran on Reynoh -street.
The two small Dwelling Houses
fronting .the City Hall, and a', present occupied by
Mr. M'Cary and Roulmm.
ALSO
Three Stores with Dwelling Hou
s-satlach d,'in U idge Row.— Apply to M. W.
‘.Vsrren, or Wrn. G. Nontno, who are Duly author-
Led to act for me, during oiy absence.
B H. Warren.
•In lv 8 2’ 4
~7~ rouor, ! ~
'.ah I The Brick Store next .to the
corn t on Uroad and Vl’liTosh-Streets, at present
ccupled by Mr. S ith Three or four Count
ing Houses or Offices on M’lntosh-Street. Two
or three Stores near Mr. Malones' Mouse
■id town, and the Dwelling on Reynold-Street,
where Mrs. Longstre t noyv lives. Possession
can be hud (lest October next.
Hugh Nesbitt.
■lnly 8 4
t ~TO RENT.
From the first of October next,
THE STORE in tiie brick tenement, at
present •ccupiecl by Mr. lioberi H. Musgrove.
APPLY TO
Robert F. Foe.
Julv 8. 4
jjfa The Store and Dwelling
louse in Broad-street, opposite the Planters’
Hotel, at present occupied by A. Gould.
A Dwelling House on Reynold
treet, opposite th r Episcopal Church, at pre
sent occupied by Moses Hoff, jur.r.
-'ALSO—
A new and very comfortable
Dwelling on Reynold-slreei, immediately in the h
arotour store. Possession to be g.ven theft'
first of October .next, ! i
Hall & Hardin. I
July 8 8t A
head quarters,
Ist Brigade id Division, Georgia Militia.
4th Jult, 1825.
ALONZO B. BIGELOW In- been appointed
Brigade inspector, will the rank of' Major;
Edward J, Hardin. Aid-de-Camp, witu the rank of
•-•Hpta'ait j and Robert D. Ware, Brigade Quarter
Master, with rank if Captain, according to which
■-versl ranks, they will be obeyed and respected
hy all officers and privates who may be subject to
heir command.
By order of
Rritratlier General Wm. W. Holt.
Edward J. Hardin, Aid de camp.
' _J*_ 4
FOR SALE.
AIRACT OK LaND lying in Baldwin Coun*
. ■ <y. formerly Wilkinson, No. 184, containing
20.’ 1-2 Acres belonging to the Estate of the late
Lewis M'Cny, deceased, and sold for the benefit
I the Heirs of said Estate.—Kor terms &c,—
Apply to
George W, M’Coy.
Augusta, July 8. 1825 4t 4
I' During my absence from the
State, John VV. Uctnulds, Esq. will act as my
Attorney.
A. Pemberton.
Burke County, June 24, 1825. 4t 3
Lorn for Sale.
From 1000 to 3000 Bushels Prime
(DdNBn a
For Sale by the Subscriber , at No. 341,
BUOAI).STREET, AUGUSTA.
John Dillon.
.Toly 5. 3
Ij' ITHER together or separately, a second hand
i CARRIAGE, and pair of hard-ome BAY
HORSES.
R. H. Wilde.
July s fit 3
iV uiicc.
AKI ER the 14th insi. the Si earn-Boat Company
. will discontinue to pay any drayages on Cot
ton, from the Ware-Mouses in Augusta, or Ham
burg, and wish their friends and customers to un
derstand, that they have no other place to receive
produce and merchandize, hut at the wharf.
By order o*‘ ‘he Hoard of Dm cfors
William Gaylord, Agent.
I July 5 4 3
i <Ck
No. 164 Broad Street,
little. this VieceWed
A LAH6K ASSOft'I MENT OF
SUMMER OEOIHHSTG,
which will be disposed of low, for cash.
May 20 94
MASONIC HALL LOTTERY
yjni!E Board of Commissioners have the pleasure
JL .f announcing to the public, that from the
large sales of tickets up to this lime, and the in
creasing demand for them, they are enabled de
finitively to fix a day for the commencement of the
Lottery—and to give the most positive assurances
of its being carried fully into effect. The first
drawing will POSIIIVELY take til ce on the
15th ol* August next,
Persons wishing to adventure are advised to pur
chase without delay as an advance in the price of
tickets is highly probable. Dealers in Lottery
tickets in this and other States will be supplied
on advantageous terms by making application to
die Board of Commissioners through their Sec
retary,
J. as. Beers,
Secretary to the Board of Commissioners.
June 17 102
make"HAS I E
Tohwy >four Tickets in the
AUGUSTA
Masonic Hall Lottery.
The first drawing of this highly approved
UiTTEiVt
will positively take place on the
FIFTEENTH OF AUGUST NEXT.
A'l' -which lime will commence the distribution of the
following valuable presents :
1 Prize of 30,000 Dolls.
1 Prize of 20,000 Dolls.
4 Prizes of 10,000 Dolls.
4 Prizes of £,OOO Dolls.
5 Prizes of 1,000 Dolls.
10 Prizes of 600 Doils.
50 Prizes of 100 Dolls.
5000 Prizes of 10 Dolls.
WHOLE TICKETS. gio
HALVES. 5
QUARTERS, 250
Eighths, 125,
For sale in the greatest possible variety of num
bers at the Commissioners office,
Xo. *241, hromi Street.
Where orders for PICKETS post paid enclosing
the cash will he promptly attended to, if addressed
to
J. 8. Beers,
Secretary to the Commissioners,
N. B —Darien Hills -will be received at bar for
riCKRTS. 1
.lone 17 iq2
Nli li(J E.
A LI. persons indebted to the est at# of Jons Ca.
itemi;us, deceased, are r< quested to make
immediate payment to the subscriber, and those
having claims agaoist the said estate, are required
10 present them duly attested in the form and
vithin the time prescribed hv law.
K.u hard If Wilde, Adm’r,
June IT" jO3