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j CO VSTITU TIOIVALIST.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1825.
While our enemies have been prodigal
zf, of abuse towards Governor Troup, and
I have elevated his opponent General Clarke
* to the stars, we have disdained to follow an
example which is dictated by elcctioneer
ing rage, unrestrained by good feeling or
correct principle. We have never contend
ed that our favorite Candidate was godlike
and above all imputation of error—but we
1 insist, and we trust with truth, that he. is a
f Patriot, a man of extensive information and
a gentleman, and sustaining this character,|
we ask if he is not more worthy of the pat
ronage of the good people of the State than
Gen. Clarke ? We may be told of the
skirmishes of the latter with the Indians,
v < and we know how far a little military fame
will go towards acquiring popularity in
these peace-loving times. To have heardj
the whizzing of a few bullets on the field
of battle, bestows often-times instantane
ously, more renown than a whole life of
philosophical or patriotic virtue can acquire.
Yet we would not decry the merit of the
aoldier, but only claim for others an equal
share of praise when they equally or more
deserve it. If Clarke fought the Indians
for us, has not Troup been, in even a supe
| j rior degree, serviceable to the country, in
the high stations and important offices to
which he has so often been called by his dis
cerning fellow-citizens. But there are o
ther points of contrast which claim atten
tion. General Clarke, it has been assert
ed, and we have not seen it denied, was
concerned in the Yazoo speculation.—Go
vernor Troup has been the active and vigi
lant opponent of that widely spread and
shameful fraud. Gen. Clarke when in
office, was lavish of the public money.
Gov. Troup has been sparing and economi
cal. Gov. Troup whatever may be the vio
lence of his zeal writes his own messages!
and letters, and we are informed by those 1
who know the extent of Gen. Clarke’s li
terary attainments, that his public docu
ments from “ the Book” down to his Le
gislative messages, are by another hand than
his own. However, upon this latter we lay
no stress—not to have received an educa
tion is a misfortune rather than a fault—
but caeteris paribus, if all things else were
equal between Clarke and Troup, and
the latter being possessed of better talents]
should be preferred for an office, requiring!
the constant exercise of high attainments.'
We know that the clamor is loud against
the Governor’s intemperate zeal as it is
called ; but will any man remember the!
manner in which the doors of the Secreta-)
ry of States’ office were shut in the face of;
Hammond, and then have brass enough up
on his forehead to preach to us about the
mild and modest virtues of Gen. Clarke.
We might extend our article but we have
no gratification in pursuing the comparison,!
nor indeed is there a necessity. The elec-i
<,tion ot Troup is looked upon as certain by
those who have better jugdment in this mat
ter, than ourselves.
fOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Mr. Bunge,
CAN any one of your nu
merous readers according to the principles
of the Constitution, and established prac
tice of the Government of the United States
maintain the proposition, that it is compe
tent for the chief magistrate of a State, to
inteidiet an officer of the General Govern
ment from communicating in his official ca
pacity v/hh the Executive Department of
such State?— -As that proposition has been
/ at Wilkes Superior Court, by a
member of each branch of the National Le
gislature, it seems to be matter worthy of
the consideration of the people.
BURKE.
FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Mr. Editor,
. has long been a maxim a
mong the ignorant, and such as are deter
mined to remain so, that newspaper discus
sion on subjects not connected with the
public weal, has a tendency to disturb the
tranquihty of society, without remunerat
es valuabie information or
lasting benefits. To such bigots as enter
tai.n tb ' s opinion, [ beg leave to
PENDLPTIm ls r major Gener al S Edm U nd
PENDLETON Games, addressed (and
perhaps sent—l dont know) to Governor
Troup, bearing date the i6th Augusi inst.
and published in the newspapers. 1 would
refer them to this letter for much valuable
information. For, without it, how should
•we ever have known that Governor Troup
5 was not a German Prince ? What other
authority have we, which goes to establish
. the fact that Gen. Edmund PENDLETON
Gaines is not a Turk? And what is still
. more important that he is a native of Vir
ginia ; that he has been adopted by Ten
nessee, and that he is really— yes, posilive
[ ly an officer of the United States, and more
yet, that Georgia ; aye, even the State of
1 Georgia is one of these United States ?
: Who among your whole race of ignoramus
i es, could have learned all (his in any other
way ? No one, I venture to assert, but for
General Gaines’ excessive generosity, you'
never could have obtained this invaluable
information. The General in the plenitude
i of his liberal charity intimates too thgt the
, Constitution of the United States was forro
t ed and adopted in the year 1787, and in the
month of September too—dins might long
have remained a profound secret but for the
>]letter in question. Upon the whole, that
letter abounds with so much information,
, historical, biographical and political, that I
( am constrained to suggest the propriety of
' having it neatly printed on strong paper and
’ a large type, and stuck up in lieu of the
i fringed napkins under every Comb-case in
i the State of Georgia, whereby our children
ijmay not only become acquainted with all
ithe important matters, therein contained,
but with fact that the General’s given name
■ (thank to the prophetic foresight of Ids dad
F dy) is EDMUND PENDLETON ! !
, The writer of this article is not a citizen
,of Georgia—but a traveller—a looker-on ;
' and has no anxiety on the subject of its pub
• lication. He sends it, with much indiffer
! ence as to its fate.
} Augusta, 27th Aug. 1825.
FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
I _
• Mr. Editor,
THEY say that the Guvenor,
. as what used to be lected by the Gineral
Sembly, is to be lected this year by (he pe
ple, and I beleve its about making a grate
fuss up with us. We poor men without
5 much edecation dont know what to do.
. Some big men say that we ought to vote for
. Clark, becase he has been knowing to the
. ways of the Ingins all his life, and Troup
dont know how to work era ; and they say
Troup is mad, for one Bowen altho’ he was
. a smart man and could write fine things was
. mad and nobody knowd it for a long time.
One old man up with us says it will be a
i much longer time before they know that
h Troup is mad. And I thought this old man
i 1 pined era up prutty closely in some things ;
for, says he you dont remember all things,
you forgit that Clark give away more than
twemy thousand dollers of your money
without any thority—that he was peached
by the Gineral Sembly for taking away Cur
nel Hammons office from him ami giving it
to one of his frens. You forgit that in one
year Troup spent forty odd thousand dol
lers less of the contiguous fund than Clark
! did. You forgit that he knowed so little
I bout the law as to pint a member of the Le
gislator to an office of profit, and that he
. was a large buyer of Yaszu lands. Then he
’(axed em if they knowed any thing bout
Troup. Do you know, says he, that he is
• j the man that got up in Congeress and urged
em to pay you for fighting the Ingins many
(years ago, and has constantly tried to make
jem give you lands which you ought to have ;
Jhad long ago, and which you paid fur mure
than a hundred times. Do you find fait with
a man becase he defends you and your in
trust ? This, Mr. Printur, put me in a kind
of a quondara and so I thought 1 wood send '
to cousen Tom anti git the papers and read
j lor myself, but I cudent find every thing in
,Lis papers. One Mr. Lowndes is writing:
a good deal bout the lection, but mamma 1
says he pant be any kin to one Lowndes she ]
usd to hear talk of in South-Calina, for he '
was said to be a very fine man and had good 1
principels. Cousen Tom says if I will git
your paper we will swop so that I can hear
both sides and you will please to send it; 11
and more espeshelly, as I wish to know if 1
1 shall vote for a man that may bite me next! 1
winter when I go to Milledgeville town to 1
i take out my grant. 1
TIMOTHY TIGHT. 1
, 1
j A Reward of &200 is offered by the Go- ,
’ vernour for the apprehension of William i
Cu*eton, of Hancock county, who has Hed
jifrom justice, having committed an aggravat- L
1 ed murder upon the body of John Pullen.;
1 Cureton is 20 or 22 years old, 5 feel 8 in-|i
1 dies high, full eyes and face, dark com- I
j. plected, and has a down cast look. j
' >»■' i
Another distinguished Hero of the Revo-; 1
lution—a most firm and enbghtened States-]'
man, a Patriot beyond suspicion and with- 1
out reproach—the model throughout his life, I
whether public or private, of a pure and| !
virtuous citizen and magistrate—the wise 1
associate of the ancestors of our liberty, the s
bright and immortal example of all ingenu- 1
’ ous youth who would identify their names
with their country’s home and happiness,
' CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCK
’ NEY, is no more. Our feelings on this 1
melancholy event restrain us from speaking '
( further. Courier.
I
1 It is asserted as a fact, that the Dutch flag |
■ displayed from die vessel wltich brought outj|
the Dutch minister, is the first national Dutch 1 '
fl.«g, exhibited in New-Yurk, since it was ,
: struck 150 years ago, when the colony! s
of New Amsterdam was ceded to Great!]
Britain. L
Eight daysVater from Europe.
I
r New-Yqrk, August 20.
i Just after we had put our postscript to
press last evening, the Pacific, Capt, S. M.tx
, well, arrived from Liverpool, bringing Lon
, don papers of the 14th, and Liverpool of the
16th, together with shipping Lists, Prices
‘ Current, &c. —The Cotton Market had soine
| what improved.
The Liverpool Cotton Market had began
to revive, but in consequence of immense
, importations the last few days but fi w sales
' could be made at the prices asked. The ar
! rivals in one day from the United States
’ were 21,000 bales, and from the Brazils,
' 9,ooo—in all 30,000 bales.
At Havre, the Market had again become
dull; but it was expected the demand would
[ be increased, in consequence of the plague
, haying broken out at Alexandria, Egypt,
[ which would operate against imports front
i that country.
There is nothing of much interest or im
portance in the papers by these arrivals, ex
[ cepting, perhaps the new? from the Greeks,
and in respect of that, the account-’ are so
contradictory a d uncertain, that we can
forna no positive opinion of our own. The
! French papers contain little else than ac
’ counts of the daily movement of the royal
family, nobility. &c. &c. In England, the
Parliament having adjourned, and the Sum
mer Assizes commenced, the papers are
chiefly devoted to law reports. VVe have
carefully examined, however a great mass of
Paris and London papers, and gleaned there
from, condensed and arranged under suitable
heads, such items, of all descriptions, as wei
supposed would be most likely to interest or
amuse the reader.
Some difficulty has taken place at Cadiz,
between a French vessel stationed off the har
bor to enforce a quarantine regulations, and
the British frigate Active, which, unless ex
plained, it is supposed may give rise to many
embarrassing occurrences. The Active had
on board the Portuguese minister M. Pereira,
to the Dey of Algiers, and a son of Sir Ben
jamin Bloomfield.
“ The Envoy paid over to the Dey 64,000
dollars. His Highness expressed himself
satisfied, and the ancient relations of friend
ship were renewed between the two govern
ments, when the Portuguese Consul was
permitted to land, and to assume his diplo
matic functions. When the Active arrived
in the bay of Cadiz, she was hailed by a
French brig of war, which is stationed at the
mouth of the bay, to enforce the quarantine
laws ; the commander of the frigate replied,
that he was coming into a Spanish port, he
would recognize no flag but that of the Span
ish nation.—A mutual explanation took
place, and the boat belonging to the Board
of Health, was immediately despatched to
put the usual questions to the frigate, when
they were informed that she had come from
Algiers. Though having remained Gibraltar
seven days, and at the same time producing
a clean bill of health, yet a question arose as
to the propriety ot her being admitted to
pratique. An extraordinary Board of Health
assembled at 3 o’clock, to decide this impor
tant matter: President, the Commander-in-
Chief of the French forces. The French in
terest at the Board was against her being
admitted unless she passed her usual quar
antine; but the Spaniards felt so pleased
when they were informed that the British
Commander would not acknowledge the
French flag, that they all voted that she
should be allowed pratique. Her boats were
consequently permitted to come on shore on
Sunday morning about 7 o’clock, after re
maining 24 hours in quarantine ground.
“ On the Tuesday following the pracket
from England arrived off Cadiz, having a
passage of ten days. She was brought to by
the French brig about 7 o’clock in the eve
ning, in the quarantine ground, to wait the
arrival of the health officers; the moment
the commanding officer of the Active saw
her enter the Bay, he manned his boat and
went alongside of the packet, to know what
assistance he could render her, or if she re
quired any, at the same time offering to put
on shore immediately the mails, and to pro
vide her with such necessaries as she might
stand in need of. When the Captain of the
French brig saw the Active’s boat along side
| the packet, he sent an impertinent message to
know “ who had the temerity to board the
packet without his orders.” The answer re
turned was, that “ The Commanding Officer
lof his Britannic Majesty’s frigate Active,
[agreeably to, ami in conformity with, Ad
jmiralty orders, dared to board his Majesty’s
[packet, and would every other English ves
sel which should enter the Buy of Cadiz du
ring her stay there, whether it should or
should not be agreeable to the French Com
mander.”
Liverpool, July 16, 1825.
We have experienced considerable flue- ,
tuation in our Cotton Market of late, but i
the tendency has again been downwards.
In the early part of last week the demand
seemed entirely suspended, and on Thurs
day the 7th inst. some hundred bags of Up- ]
lands were forced off at a decline of 2ld
per lb. from the prsvious nominal currency.
This great reduction excited the attention
of both speculators and the trade, and con
sideraole business would have been done on (
Friday at these prices if holders had met the [
demand. The demand however increased,
and the sales effected on Saturday and
Monday last were generally at an advance
of Id upon the depressed sales of Thursday
the 7th. As is usually the case, we hud not
much doing on Tuesday last, but the arri
vals from the United States were particular
ly numerous and deterred the trade on
Wednesday, from making any purchases
of consequence, although many of them had
come purposely to lay in a stock. The
market was remarkably quiet on Thursday,
but there was more doing yesterday at prices
* about 3 under those of Monday, and there
s is again a little belter feeling in the market,
which we hope may lead to some advance.
The total sales of this week amount to 10,-
\ 050 bags, viz. 5930 American, 3625 Bra
* ills, 100 Demerara, 385 Egyptian, and 20
’ Surats. Os the American, there were 4200
Uplands, at lOd to 14d; 1500 Orleans, at
5 I2j to 15; 120 Tennessees and 100 Sea
' Islands. The import this week has been
s heavy, viz. 35,618 bags, consistingof 24,480
j American, 10,274 Brazils, and 864 West
1 Indies.
i
’ London, July 12th.
Colton. —The market is again in a state
of inactivity, no transaction worthy of no
tice has took place during the week. Our
'quotations, therefore, are nominal. The E.
*l. Company have declared for sale on the
1 29th inst. prompt 28th October next, 3400
[ bis. Bengal, when it is anticipated that the
' quantity remaining in first hands, compris-
I ing about 5000 Surat and a few Madras
jwill be added. The imports last week were
' 1457 bis. The sales consisted of 60 bags.
Upland Ordinary 11 5-8; 20 Bourbon in
' bond fair 15; 300 bis. Surat, ordinary to
r f a ‘ r T’d to 85 ; 200 bis. Bengal ordinary to
middling 7 to 74d. — To-day the market is
firm; about 400 Surats, good to fair, sold at
| Rice. —One sale consisting of 862 bags E.
I. sold as follows ;—Bengal yellow 16s 6d ;
Patna yellow 16s 6d to 17s, fine white 23s 5
’:ot Carolina little on hand, and only partial
| purchases making.
ißarnefc,
[ On Saturday evening last, by the Rev. E. Swiney, Mr.
ARCHIBALD RAMSEY, to Mm SARAH COOHLAAI, both
, of this place.
[ At Withersville, Soulh-Carolina, on the I Jth inst. the RevM.
JOHN S. CAPERS.
Will lie 550Vvl
AV iTJJXPi'UDiSa
On Friday 9th inst.
By B. PICQVIBT,
rWO ready made Coals, sold for expense* ol
making the same, on account of benjamin p
Fierce and Moses Salmon. p
Wm. Glover. »
September 2 20
One door above the Bridge Bank, No. 139,
Broad - Street.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
Froti New Yt rK ill- *' lli whip very desirable
G ooWs> .
Which will be sold on very reasonable terms lor s
Cash or approved Paper.
BLACK and coloured Gro. De Ta Silks, differ .
ent patterns,
lllack figured watered Silks,
On. Liventine and Green Florence do.
lllack, white and coloured belt Ribbons, c
Boliver and La Fayette super Prims, I?
Yellow and Scroll Bandana ildkls- I
Super Flagg Handkerchiefs, i:
Washington, Jackson and La Fayette do. I
Plain and Feather edged Ribbons, new and <1
elegant patterns. V
Black and colored Horse skin Gloves,
Ladies super colored do do
Black stripe Denmark satin. „
do Italian Neck Ildkls large size, u
Black Stock, and Cravat stiffeners, j,
Barege and Gauze silk Handkerchiefs, any j
patterns.
Richly embroidered and worked Book Mus
lin, new patterns
Jaconet and Cambric Muslins, 91
Tamboured, and nicked muslin Robes, h
Holt’s patent wired Cotton in Boxes, 6
Clark’s spool, do 0
Cotton Hose, Tape, &c. &c.
And looking daily for a funner supply of Hands.
September 2. 8t 20 h
Castings and Bagging. s
POUNDS English Castings well S
assorted,
35 Pieces 42 inch Bugging,
Received on Consignment by '
William H. Egan. 1
September 2 2t 20 v
Engine 5.
Jj HIIK Members are particularly notified to at- *
tend at their Engine House TOMORROW '
l 5 o’clock P. If, precisely.
Wm. H. Egan, Lieut.
September 2 it 20
*** We are authorised to say,
that Gen. W W. MowToosiKiir, is a candidate lo ,
represent the County of Richmond, in (lie Senate.
Angus' 2fi 18
- VV e are authorized to any, that
Janes VV. Merriiikth, E-.q- is a Candidate tor
Receiver of lax Returns, at the ensuing Elec *
tion. &
August 5 12 al
U
*** Dabney Berry, Esq. is a
Candidate to rep-esent the c maty of Richmond, vl
in the II -use of Representatives, at the next Ses
bion of the General Assembly,
August 12 td U
J SPEEJVDID scheme, ,
■ . OK THE
i Augusta Masonic Hall Lottery.
: Si®*®®®
I HIGHEST PRIZE.
; Aai» Drawing in the City of Augusta, un
, der the superintendance of
iS. Hale, 1 f A - Slaughter,
R. R. lil'.lD, U m „,, S! ioneJ J V * ) Y ' “° LT *
T. I, Wray. I ] J. W. Wilde,
' ’J (_B. D. Thompson
i T\\fc ftfccoud Drawing
Will take place on the J'2th of October next,
i Cie Capital Prizes are still undrawn, COP*
, sequenlly the Wheel is very rid*.
SCHEME
1 Prize of 830,000 is gSO.OOO
1 Prize of 20,000 is 20,000
4 Prizes of 10,000 is 40,000
4 Prizes of 5,000 is 20,000
5 Prizes of 1,000 is 5,000
10 Prizes of 500 is 5,000
30 Prizes of 100 is 5,000
100 Prizes of 50 is 5,000
5000 Prizes of 10 is 50,000
51 75 Prizes, ? „
12825 Blanks, J 8 180,000
18,000 TICKETS at TEN DOLLABS.
Lest than two ami an half Blanks to a Brize,
The Prizes only to lie Drawn.
All the Prizes to hefaatimr from the commencement,
except the following, which will he deposited in
the wheel at definite periods, viz ;
ON THE KIHS P DRAWING
1 prize of JO,OOO 8t Iqf 500
2d. 1 prize of '5,000 t 1 of 1,000 & I of 500
3d. I prize of 10,000 & 1 of 5.00
4th. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 of 1,000 & I of 500
Sth. I prize of 10,000 & lof 500
6th. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 of 1 000 & lof 500
7ih, 1 prize of 10,000 & 1 of 5,000 St 1 of 500
Bth. 1 prize of 20,000 Sc 1 of 1,000 St 2 of 500
Oth. 1 prize of 30,000 St I of 1,000 St lof 500
All Prize* payable thirty days after the com
pletion of the dra wing 1 , subject to a deduction of
fifteen per cent—if not applied for wi'hin twelve
months, to be considered a donation to the funds
of the Masonic Hall.
TICKETS and SHARES may be yet had, in
a great variety of numbers at the original price at
BEERS’ LOTTERY OFFICE,
No. 241, BRtUU STREET, AUGUSTA.
Whole Tickets, 810 00
Halves, 5 00
Quarters, % 50
Darien money will he received for Tickets.
(O’ Orders for Tickets and Shares from any
part of the United Slates, enclosing the Cash,
post paid, will meet the same prompt attention,
as on personal application, if addressed to
J. 8. Beers,
Secretary to the Commissioners,
August 23 9
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in October
next, at the Court-House door in Waynesbor.
ough, Burke County, within sale hours ;
363 Acres of Land, adjoining
Gauds of John R. Moore and others, levied on as
the property of Michael Wiggins, deceased, to
satisfy Sundry fi.fis. from a Justices Court, in
favour of N- Lamed, ys. the administrators of
Michael Wiggins, decea-ed, pointed out by John
Roberts and levied on by A. tiara, cunstab'e.
ALSO
Two Negroes, viz : Lin and her
child, levied on as die property of 'Michael Wig.
gins, deceased, to satisfy sundry Executions from
tne Superior Court and Justices of said county,
in favour of Ar'hur Bell, James Anderson and
Lequeux ami Polhiil, Executors of P. Cotton,
deceaa-.d, against the Adn.inis: rat ora 0 f Michael
Wiggins, deceased.
—ai«o —
Three Horses, levied on as the
property of George U Kay, to satisfy ni Execu
tion from the Superior Court of Burke County,
in favour of Augustus 3 Jones, pointed out by
defendant,
—ALSO—
-100 Acres of Land, more or less,
idjnimng Lands oi Thomas Cr< z or and others,
levied on as the properly of Alexander Cr zier,
deceased, 10 satisfy sundry Ext cutions in favour
ts J. Carpenter Ik Co.
—ALSO—
*IOO Acres of Pine Land, adjoin
ing Lands of John Brinson and o.bers, 'evi. d on
as the property of Stiring Wallace, deceased, to
satisfy an Execution in favour of Wm. West
Guardian of Elizabeth Sapp, vs. Administrator o
S. Brinson, deceased.
also—
One Negro Man named Nelson,
levied on as the property of Robert E. Brodnax,
to satisfy sundry ft. fas. from a Justices Court of
Burke County, in favour of James Anderson,
vs, Stephen W. Blount and Robert B. Brodnax.
A I,MI
One four wheel Carriage, levied
oil as the property of Stephen W. Blount, to sa
tisfy an Execution in favour of David Taylor, junr.
against Andrew B. Sturges and Stephen W.
Blount.
Jno. T. Forth, s. b. c.
August 27, 1825 20
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in November
next, at the Market House, in the city of Au
gusta, between the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing Negroes to wit :
(Charles Gilbert) a man, Nancy
a woman, Gabriel, William, boys, Jinny, a woman
k her five children, Biddy, Phoebe, Alfred, Sarah,
imi Ann Eliza, levied on as the property of A.
Ithudes, to satisfy a fi. fa. on the foreclosure
A a mortgage in favor of Anderson Watkins,
'9. 1 a d A. Rhodes.
Peter F. Boisclair,
Sheriff, H. C.
September 1 5Q