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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