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one for your particular consideration and benefit. “ Ihe brave vent not their prowess in a storm ot words, they let actions speak for them.” In your letter of the 26th July, recom mending to the notice of the president the report ot your commissioners, you remark that the report “ may indeed be' said to car ry with it its own commentary,” and yet you have taken care to furnish it with an elaborate commentary. It has gone forth doubly armed with its own and vour com- * mentary. Thus armed and shielded at all j {points, it remains forme to approach andi* try its boasted strength. In this necessary!* measure of selt defence, I shall proceed up-;] on the principle indicated in the following!* quotation : “Out of thine own mouth will I ' convict thee.” I 4 From your "documentary evidence” andi' from the report ot your commissioners, it is i* my purpose to prove—lst. That your at-| s tempt to associate your commissioners with | * me was an usurpation, as unwarrantable as| ! it was indecorous. 2d. That their report is * tainted with misrepresentation and perfidy, j I 3d. i’liat the real object of vour commis-jl sioners was ... thwart my efforts to restore}' peace among the Indians, notwithstanding i 1 their professed desire to co-operate with me]' in the developement of truth, and the restu- 1 ration of peace and harmony. 1 It I do not, in my next letter, establish these three points, then will I agree io sub- 1 mit it to the denunciations of your Excellen cy and the whole tribe of your servile news- 1 paper slanderers, during the remaining pe riod of my life. I have the honor to be, EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES Major General Commanding. To his Excellency G. M. Thoup, Governor if of Georgia. Comet-. —The time is now fast approach ing, when the remarkable Comet or Planet, to which the name of Encke has been given, will be again visible to the earth. The at- 1 tention of astronomers has been much at tracted to this singular body by the very near equality of the times of its revolutions round the sun, and by the slow, but contin ual decrease of those times; which last cu rious fact is generally ascribed to the re sistance of the Sun’s atmosphere to the mo tion of the Comet, when in perihelion. The Comet was last in perihelion on the 21st of May, 1822; its periodical time of revolu tion being 2205 days (which will have elap sed on the 3d of September,) we may dai ly expect to see it. Those who are desir ous of a particular account of this inter esting bodv, will find its history in an ele gant article, by the illustrious Bowditch, in a number of the North American Review, printed four or five years since. It is hop ed that due notice will be given of the Com et, as soon as it is observed. American Traveller. 1 11 •" ' Annapolis, August 15. ARRIVAL'OF THK BRITISH MINISTER. Saturday morning discovered the Brit ish frigate Phaeton , Capt. Steuart, of 46 guns, lying at anchor in Annapolis roads, having on board Mr. Vaughan. Minister] Plenipotentiary from the Court of Saint > James, to the United States, At 12 o’clock a salute was exchanged between the Frigate I and Fort Severn, now under the command 1 ot Maj. Bird. On Sunday morning Mr. I Vaughan and his suite landed and proceed ed to Mr. Williamson’S Motel ; where he i was welcomed by General Harwood the 1 Mayor of the city, and by many of the citi- J /.ens of the place. He took an early op- ’ portunity of calling upon Mrs. Murry, i whom he recognized as the mother of Mrs. i Rush, the wife of our late minister to Eng- 1 {land, for whom he expressed an ardent at- J tachment. He likewise called upon Chan- < cel lor Bland and Col. Boyle, and some * others of our citizens. * { At noon, Capt. Steuart and the officer < of the Phseton lauded from the frigate and I partook of a dinner given at Mr. William- t son’s by Mr. Vaughan as a mark of his es- I teem and thanks for their attention during I his voyage. I Yesterday morning, Mr. Vaughan and suite proceeded to the city of Washington, in I a couple of carriages, which were brought in * the frigate, each drawn by four horses, and < driven by postilions ; a relay of horses hav-|i ing been sent on to Magruder’s the evening; before, he must have reached the city in a i few hours. ' i 4 Mr. V is a tall, genteel figure, probably I advanced of middle age, and of very pleas- ' ing manners—he is without family. I The frigate called at Madeira ; on her 1 passage from which, she fell in with the i wreck of the British brig Bragon, bounds i frbm Demarara to Bermuda—the crew and j several passenger were thus providentially saved from watery graves, after being three days exposed to the most imminent dan ger.—Amongst the passengers were two ladies and several children that have land ed here. Relief for Cramp in Ike Stomach. —Mr. Dunham—l have seen the most violent cases of cramp in the stomach immediately reliev ed by drinking freely of warm water, sweet ened with molasses, or coarse brown sugar, when opium, or its various preparations, nor any thing else would give relief to the pati ent. Believing that this hint may probably be the means of relief to someone or more af flicted with the above awful complain', I think it my duty t« make this communica tion. (" Norwich Courier. CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1825. “ I have a letter— -01 such contents as you will wonder at.’* Shakespeare. Another Letter from General Gaines to the Governor of this State, is more ob jectionable in style anil matter than any that has preceded it; and if the General, as he promises, shall continue to favour the public with such specimens of his litera ture and powers of argument, it is impossi ble to discover to what vast profound— -44 sinking from depth to depth”—he will at last fall. Were we not really grieved that a man who, shed his blood in the last war, should thus commit a sort of suicide upon his reputation for judgment, temper and scholarship, we should laugh outright at the awkward efforts at sarcasm, learning and polemical skill, with which this famous e pistle abounds. Indeed, remembering an odd rigmarole with which we were treated some time since about a Judge and a Squire, jwe are half inclined to adopt the curious theory of its author, and exclaim of our General 44 Alack, sirs—the man is mad !” In alt his communications, but in this more particularly, the General falls into what he and his party condemn, as an un pardonable sin in his Excellency’s public correspondence ; —that sin for which they have the modesty to insist that he should be utterly abandoned by the people. 44 Oh” say they 44 he is too violent—his zeal is ex cessive—he is full of acrimony—he does not steal along with the measured step of a diplomatist, but rushes too fiercely upon his purpose—he is not kind and courteous—we want a person of another description to go vern us—one affable—agreeable, tender hearted, amiable and mild—General Clarke for instance”—and yet even with these pre tences, the 44 gall of bitterness” is on their lip* and their pens, and their General—e ver and anon vent to a 44 puoy spite” against the chief magistrate and one of the most distinguished citizens of Georgia. While the writer of the letter which we this day publish was making quotations, it might have been well had he thought on that passage of the most inspired of sermons, which commands the fault-finder to remove the beam before he searches for the mote. With every disposition to treat tenderly a man who has done some s.i.j vice, and who excites commiseration because lie is 44 cul ling his own throat” before the public—we cannot forget that the letter in question is addressed to the chief magistrate of Geor gia, and that however weak in language it offers through him, an insult to every citi zen of the State. If this were merely a private quarrel between Governor Troup and General Gaines—we should not take such a vievy of the subject—but the latter is transacting, as a public functionary, busi ness witn the Executive of Georgia, and tlii intercourse is made the medium thro’ which the Governor’s message —and his opinions in relation to 44 the Federal Government— the Federal Judiciary ■■ State Rights and Yazoo Claims” —are criticised—some of his political principles—which are the po litical principles of a large majority of the State—condemned—the appointment by the Legislature of Commissioners to take testi mony in the Creek nation disapproved, and the Commissioners themselves reviled ; and all this in a tone exceedingly offensive, and which would be arrogant but for its pueriti ty. We ask what right has General Gaines to take sides in the politics of our State— 1 to condemn the message and opinions of the Executive, or the decrees of the Legisla ture ?—He says that he has no authority for such conduct from Mr. Adams, and we are! glad to hear it—but then, he is acting with-j out authority and stands self condemned by his own admission ! —But the General loves the people of Georgia—let him save! himself the trouble—it will but be 44 loves labour lost;” for the people of Georgia mav have the magnanimity to forgive, but they will not forget such treatment. They! know what is due to themselves, and the General must not lay the Dinner at Monti celloas a 44 flattering unction to his soul,” ,and believe (hat while the Representative of ithe whole State is openly abused and insult ed, the citizens of Georgia will every where drown the remembrance of their injuries in flowing bowls, or throng in submissive es corts in his pathway. No—no—a public feast is easily hashed up—it is no evidence of popularity—in most instances, it is a m« re attempt to influence the public mind and cannot be regarded as the sober ex pression of public opinion. VV e have not room for some remarks which we had intended to make upon parti cular passages in the letter, and especially that, which referring to an “unofficial cor respondence” is believed by some of our in telligent friends to convey a challenge to personal and mortal combat. But this would be 44 out heroding herod” and altho’ we do not clearly decypher the General’s meaning, we must for ourselves, think that such an outrage was not within his contem plation. The Gen. has undertaken a large busi ness, Ist. He is to prove that the Legislature in authorising the appointment of commis sioners to take evidence in the Creek nation was guilty of an usurpation! 2dly, That the Commissioners themselves are. base and perfidious; and next, that the object of the: ! Commissioners was to promote discord « among the Indians !—We shall soon be call- i eel upon to believe that white is black and < that the moon is made of Green Cheese ! ' Against the authority of the Legislature and the Governor to appoint the commissioners we cannot conceive of an argument, but i must wait for such as the General’s ingenu ity may afford ; but with respect to the char- 1 acter of the commissioners we make bold to 1 • say it is unimpeachable. These gentlemen 1 • are known to us, and to assail their reputa- , ' tion is as fruitless as the toil of sysyphus— > as impracticable as an effort to arrest with ! a pebble the eternal torrent of Niagara, THE WILLIAM WALLACE. We have been favored with the perusal of t a letter from a passenger in this ship, whose j t wreck we announced in our last, from which , i we collect the following particulars, which 1 may be deemed interesting ; 1 After a favorable run of five days, when s most of the passengers were asleep and 1 others anxiously expecting to hail the Light ■ at Sandy Hook early next morning, the ship 1 suddenly, and unexpectedly was discovered 1 I to be surrounded by breakers, and striking ! , her bottom heavily on the beach at every > surge of the sea. In fifteen minutes from ’ the time of striking the shore, the main and|, miz.cn masts were cut away, and the ship 3 reduced to a complete wreck. The night > was excessively dark and stormy, and the - ship soon bilged and filled fast. At this , ; time the passengers had abandoned all hope f of reaching shore unless by swimming, as ? such was the violence of the surf neither ’of the boats could have lived in it. They, - however suffered themselves to be govern i ed by the Captain’s advice, and remained i by the vessel until daybreak, in a state of J; the utmost anxiety and alarm. It was a j fortunate circumstance that (he ship drove - at high water, as the ebb tide between r five and six in the morning had left the ves : sel sufficiently high on the beach to enable ■ the passengers to wade ashore. After some " search, twenty or thirty miserable looking ■ fishermen were found, who, it is mentioned, ’ live partly by the plunder of such unfurtu i nate beings as are thrown in their way, and . who after much entreaty and many threats, ; and the most abominable extortion, at last t consented to assist the passengers on their t way, by means of an ox cart, as tar as Great , Egg Harbor, where they proceeded as be i tore stated to Philadelphia. The ship lies about five miles north of f the Harbor, and will go to pieces. Captain > ,Joy was engaged in endeavoring to save as -jrnuch as possible of the cargo. ; The cargo of the Win, Wallace, consist s ed of only 30 bales of cotton, and 100 casks -of rice.'— Suv. Georgian, t ' Three days later from England. I New York, August 25. ’ By the ship Courier, Captain Wallace, ' which arrived last evening from Liverpool, . the Editors of the New-York Daily Adver tiser, have received their Liverpool papers ' to the 23d July, London to the 2lst. a Ship ■ ping List of the 21st. and Prices Current ! to the 23d. all inclusive. ’ The heat has been very great in England. In Liverpool the thermometer has stood at j Six hundred persons were sent to Rheitns, |to be pardoned at the Coronation, but two 'jhundred of them perished by suffocation ■.from neglect. 1 Journals in the Spanish language, printed ( [ •» London, are smuggled into Spain and < clandestinely throughout the , 1 country. j ( On the 2d. iust. a violent earthquake was I felt at Algiers. It produced in Algiers no other mischief than great alarm. At some distance its effects were more fatal. The ' town of Belida has been destroyed, and half its inhabitants perished. I Liverpool, July 23. ! They write from Cadiz of an expedition 1 for the Havana being in agitation there. ; Cte following ambiguous phrase announces 1 tins fact: “ There are three large merchant j vessels chartered from this port, and it is said 3000 men will at least embark for Ha “ vanna.” If they only embark, there is lit >,tle mischief. The Colombian privateers ■ are harrassing greatly the Spanish trade in • the Mediterauean. The Cadiz merchants ! 'got inserted in the Diario of Cadiz, a para | graph, intimating that the French ships of war were to protect the Spanish merchants. I he French Consul immediately made it be contradicted. , Paris, July 18. French Funds, 5 percents, 103 45. Liverpool, July 23. Our Cotton market has been exceedingly ■ languid during the whole week, and the pri- * » ces have declined |d. to Id. per lb. in Ame- j r i jean, and jd. to Id. per lb. in Brazil and ’ Egyptian descriptions ; about 1000 Brazil i;and 3000 Egyptian have been taken bv spec ulations; the total sales are 10,200 bags.— ■ The arrivals amount to 15,952 baas. Virginia Claims. —ln addition to the sum I s of g 50,000, heretofore received (and which had been appropriated by the Legislature to i the University of Virginia,) the treasurer of | t the State has received the further sum of , 1 1 K12,580 II cents from the Treasury of the ;j UriitedaS tales, being the whole amount cltum ,ed by Virginia for interest actually paid on money advanced by her for the United States during (he late war.—The sum last received would be added to the Literary Fund. TUB Judge ot the Middle Citcuit will not be a hie to hold the Superior Court, at Colon, bia Court House, next week.— the Clerk will b instructed to adjourn the Court to the Monday following’, when a Judge from ar.ptber Circuit will probably attend, ami due nolice will be giv en to the members of the Bar in this city, 'WICLIbUAai tS a W&M* hate of the firm of tVAY it HAKE It, « Savannah, Gbo, OFFERS his services to his friends and the Public, in the GENERAL, COMMISSION BUSINESS in this place, and solicits their pat ronage. References to Messrs. A. Low & Co. Savannah, Geo G. Breittmayer & Co. Augusta, Geo. dj* The Savannah Republican snd the Geor gian, will please insert the above once a week, for one month, and forward their bills to this office for payment. Augusta. c ent 6, 1825. r 21 3. W. L. & Co, OPPOSITE THE POST-OpriOE, One door south of 224, Uroad Street. Offer on good terms at wholesale or retail, an excellent assortment of ’ groceries. Sentemb.6 2> 21 MADE FROM SOUTHERN TALLOW Just received * A. Gould. September 6 l t 21 PIECES prime 42 inch Hemp Bag. mg, r B 100 Barrels best Philadelphia Whiskey. EOIt SALE R¥ Thomas M‘Gran. 1 September 6 3t 21 JAMES McVWWALL, One door above the Bridge Bank, No. 139, Broad-Street. HAS JUST RECEIVED, From New York, the Ml’ wing v< ty desirable ooiJG, Which will be sold on very reasonable terms fur Cash or approved Paper, BLACK and coloured Gro. De Ta Silks, differ ent patterns, Black figured watered Silks, Do Liventioe and Green Florence do. Black, white mid coloured belt Ribbons, Boliver and La Faye He super Prims, Yellow and Scotch Handano Hdkfa- Super Flagg Handkerchiefs, Washington, Jackson and La Fayette do. Plain and feather edged Ribbons, new and elegant patterns. Black and colon d Horse skin Gloves, Ladies super colored do do Black stripe Denmark satin, do Italian Neck Hdkfs large size, Black Stock, and Cravat stiffeners, Barege and Gauze silk Handkerchiefs, any patterns, Richly embroidered and worked Book Mus lin, new patterns Jaconet and Cambric Muslins, Tamboured, and tucked muslin Robes, Holt's patent wired Cotton in Boxes, Clark’s spool, do Cotton Hose, Tape, &o. &c. And locking daily for a further supply of Goods, j September 2. 8t 20 TiUML LALOX. POUNDS Baltimore cured f'hJTt lIES ot a superior quality, and in prime order, just received and for sale by the subscri ber, in quantities to suit purchasers, at No. 309, Broad-street. * Jacob Moise. —ItBO — 25 Bundles Timothy and Clover HAY. August 26 t 18 Castings and Lagging. ®®(jD® POUNDS English Castings well as cried, 35 Piece. 42 Inch Bagging, Jteceivid on Consignment by William jl. Egan. September 2 2t 20 TO HEN r. A And immediate possession giv en, two large and c nudioua St res, adjoining Hie subscribers, on the up oer part south side of Broad-street, I lice sta f ds are inferior to none in the city for the country trade. William H. Egan. August 19 16 *** Dabney Berry, Esq. is a Candidate to represent the county ot Richmond, in the House of Representatives, at the next Ses -ion of the General Assembly. August 12 td 14 KAN A WAY, F.OM the subscriber on Wednesday last, a large yellow negro man FREDERICK. He .a generally known in the adjoining counties as a tiddler. —He was seen in Sparta on Friday last. , It is believed he will go to Augusta. He may Pave a (urged pass with him, as he can read and write. A suitable rewrrd will be given for Ins appre hension, and cniiti emetu in any Jail in the slate [so that 1 can get h n. , James Camak. j' MMdgeviUe, August 28 21 1 ; SPLENDID SCHEME , | OF THE Augusta Masonic Hall Lottery. HIGHEST PRIZE. | Now Drawing in the City of Augusta, un der the superintendance of S. Hale, 1 (“-*• Slaughter. R. R. Reid, , 1.,' H° LT » T. I. Wray, I J^ WILDK - J Thompson T\\e Second Drawing Will lake place on the ISJih of October next. All the Capital Prizes are still undrawn, con* seque itlv the Wheel i* very rich, SCHEME 1 Prize of 830,000 is 830,000 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 50 Prizes of 100 is 5,000 100 Prizes of 50 is 5,000 5000 Prizes of 10 is 50,000 5175 Prizes, > 12825 Blanks, £ 8 *BO,OOO 18,000 TICKETS at TEN DOLLARS. Lest than two and an half litanies to a Prize. The Prizes only to be Drawn. .dll the Prizes to he floating from the commencement , except the following which will be deposited in the wheel at definite periods, viz ; ON THE FIRST DRAWING I prize of 10,000 & lof 500 id. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 of J,OOO & 1 of 500 3d. I prize of 10,000 & 1 of 5.00 4ih. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 0 f 1,000 gi lof 500 sih. 1 prize ol 10,000 & lof 500 Otli. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 of 1 000 & 1 of 500 7th 1 prize of 10,000 k 1 of 5,000 U 1 of 500 . Bth. 1 prize of 20,000 & I of 1,000 U 2 of 500 9th. 1 prize of 30,000 & 1 of 1,000 Sc 1 of 500 AH Prizes payable thirty days after the com pletion of Hie dra wing’, subject to a deduction of fifteen percent—if not applied fur within twelve months, to be considered a donation to the funds ot the Masonic Hall. IICKEIS and SHARES may be yet had, in a great variety of niimht r» at the original price at BEER S’ LOTTERY OFFICE , No. 241, BROAD S» USB!’, AUGUSTA. Whole Tickets, SlO 00 Halves, 5 00 Quarters, 2 50 Darien money will be received for Tickets, QC T 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 3. 8. Beers, Secretary to the Commissionert. August 23 9 WiV\ Be SoU On Friday 9th inst. By B. PICKET, rWO ready made Coats, sold for expenses of making the same, on account of Benjamin Pierce and Moses Salmon. Win. Glover. September 2 20 C** Mr. Henry H. Field, is au rhnrized to act as Agem for us daring oup ab sence from Augusta. Bidwell & Casey. Julv 15 6 Mr. Luther Camming, will act as my Attorney during my absence from the place. J. M. Hand. May 13 ts 92 We are authorised to an nounce Samuex, Tahveb, Esq. as a Candidate to represent the County of Richmond in the next Legislature, July 19 7 GBORGIA Ulchmond County, Br Isaac IlEiiiiKirr, Clerk of the Court of Or dinary of RichrnontJ county. WHEREAS Jeremiah Winter, has applied for Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of Frederick Winter, deceased, late of said County. Now therefore these are to cke and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to file thrir objections in my office (,'d any they have) within tiie time prescribed by law, otherwise Letters of Administration will be granted to him. Given under my hand and seal of office in the City of Augusta, this 6(h day of Septem ber, A. D. 1825. 21 Isaac Herbert, CVtc. Os the Court of Ordinary, GEORGIA, Hichmond County By Isaac Hkrbebt, Cletk of the Court of Ordi nal y ot If rltmond county. WIJF.REAS Mury Frazer lias applied for L$ ter» of Administiation on tin* Estate an effects ot Robert Frazer late of said county de ceased. Now therefore these are to cite andjadmonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the -aid deceased, to file their objections in my office (it any Uey Have) within the lime prescribed by *aiv, otherwise Letters of Administration w.H be granted to her. Given under my hand and seal of office in the City of Augusta, and County aforesaid, thiy 6lli day of September, 1825. 21 Isaac Herbert, Cl’lc. Os the Court of Ordinary.