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AUGUSTA. I
FRIDAY, SRPTEMHER 9, 1825. !
It seems that the semi-official declara- |
tiun of General Clark’s opinions, by his 1
advocate “ Truth,” who speaks as one hav
ing authority, and who, public rumour says,
is a gentleman of (he long robe, known to
be in the General’s confidence, is not con
sidered sufficient. We have now the Gen-j
end’s political confession of faith under his!
own hand. It is a little remarkable it!
should have been made so late, and some-|
thing singular likewise that the General 1
should differ on this subject from his prin-1
cipal partisans including his own newspa-l
per ; we say his own, because, in the course'
of judicial proceedings, he has sworn that
it belongs to him.
is, °
The General has not condescended to
inform us of the grounds on which he de
fends the treaty which General Gaines and
Mr. Andrews consider as tainted with fraud,
and which we are told was not made by a
fiftieth part of the Creek nation. The po
sitions assumed by his advocate Truth,
are substantially, that the treaty however
obtained, once made cannot be revoked or
annulled. No matter whether made by
those who had authority to make it or not.
This is a distinct expression of opinion.
However absurd; it is at least tangible.
But when we are told that a person is a
friend to a treaty which is assailed by his
own partisans on a variety of grounds, and
those on which he supports it, are not a
vowed, we must be pardoned, for withhold
ing our confidence in such friendship.
Every thing that has been done by Gen.
Gaines, Mr. Andrews and Mr. Adams,
s met with the warm approbation of Gen.
ark’s partisans, and as tar as we can learn,
the General himself. Yet what have
jy done which does not tend to bring the
;aty into disrepute and ultimately to an
lit ? We will renew this subject again :
present wc have not time to comment on
it requires. We present our readers by
neral Clark’s request, with his continu
ation, and reserve for another occasion,
• intended examination of it.
FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Some remarks have been lately made re
i' ve to the talents and literary attain
nts ol General Clark, in which we arc
vely informed, that he writes a very
d letter, and is really a man of some
ius. We are also informed that “ Gen.
rk would nut suller his messages to be
mul by any one but himself.’* If the|
al acceptation of the word “ to pen” bej
correct, it is probable that Gen. Clark did
pen his own messages. But did he compose
them? They have been veiy generally as
cribed to a distinguished individual, whom,
from mere gratitude for so signal a favor
many of the Clark party have endeavored,
and are still endeavouring to blast by “ foul
mouthed slander.” His letters of which we
have lately heard so much, are certainly no
great evidences of his excellence in episto
lary composition. Some are now in the
•possession of individuals of this communi
ty, which evince neither profound judg
ment, nor correct tasie.
That he possesses some talent, will not
be denied ; but in what instance has it ever
been displayed to the world r That he is
possessed ot great suavity of manners, we
refer to his conduct in the case of Ham
mond for proof. That he has a heart
which feels sensibly for the distresses of
Jiis fellow-creatures, the convicts, whom he
has pardoned and turned loose upon socie
ty, to the great comfort of their families,
and joy of their frienus, can testify. That
he is a brave man and has seen some “ skir
mishing.” his “ affairs of honor” plainly
demonstrate. But do all these qualifica
tions add one tittle to his claims upon the
neople ? Surely not. Let us hear no more
of Gen. Clark’s literary attainments, if
he was not nyire fortunate than most per
sons educated in Georgia during his juven
ile days, it is more than probable that his
fi tends have not much cause for boasting.
At that period, one who could read a pirne
vyithout stopping to spell more than halt
the words, was thought to be possessed of
an excellent education, and one who could
learn in* tC “““ W “ ° rie(l Up 38 3 ,,f
Gen. Clark’s deficiency in point of edu
cat.on is not imputed to him as a fault
tar from it—we consider it rather as his
misfortune. But we cannot consent to see
him held up by his friends as a man of ge-
J- "* h d “‘ l f, ll “ Ciltlon . when •< those who know
S “ C " “
A letter from G W f .
at Montpelier, stales thkt
day) for France. ° September, (tins
Sav. Geo.
To Wvc T*co\t\o of Georgia. '
C
1 he present state of public feeling in this 5
State, and the many slanders and misrepre
sentations circulated both secretly and in *
the newspapers, to mislead the public mind *
in rega-d to myself, appears to demand !
from me a statement of facts, which may
enable those who may wish to judge fairly,
to decide for themselves.
The grounds at present taken against me
are: that I was opposed to the -making the
late treaty with the Creeks, and that f now
wish it annulled ; that I urn one of those
who corrupted the Legislature to procure
(the passage of the act commonly called the
jYazoo act ; —and that 1 some years since,
ishot the effigy of Gen. Washington,
j Either of these charges established would
render my pretensions to the office of Gov
ernor a daring piesumption ; yet they are;
jsuch as to admit of but little other refuta- j
it ion than a flat denial. To me, they appear!
to require nothing more. They are each
and every one of them, not only untrue, j
bui base and malignant fabrications.
, Nothing could be more unfounded than,
the charge of opposition to the late treaty
bio man has ever understood from me, ei
ther by expression or otherwise, that I was:
> opposed to the making of the treaty, or that!
ijl at any time wished it annulled. On the
contrary, 1 have been uniformly in favor of
our getting possession of the whole of the
’ j lands within the limits of the State as spee
'jdily as possible. Yet lam not oneof those
■ who believe we have any right to meddle
'with the lands acquired by the late treaty,
without the consent of the General Govern-)
ment and of the Indians, until September,:
• 1826, when our right to take possession of
them is unquestionable, And notwithstan
i ding all that may have been said or proved j
, on this subject, I have no doubt but it a'
j proper course is pursued towards the Gen-j
era! Government and the Indians, the trea
ty, so far at least as Georgia is concerned,
- will be maintained and enforced.
With regard to the Yazoo fraud : The 1
limit set to this production renders it im-,
possible to notice all that lias been said a
-1 gainst me on this subject. Let it suffice to'
• remark, that since that transaction my name 1
, has been often belore the people as a caq-j
; didate for office. By my adversaries this
» charge has been neither forgotten or neglec-l
ted, but wielded with all the force which!
' subtility ot purpose & malignity of heart;
: could devise;—yet the support I have re-1
t ceived, proves the unimpaired confidence of
f the people, at the time when the public ex
citement on this subject was at its height.
I his was not only shewn in my being re-!
> peatedly elected a member of the Legisla-j
ture by the old and respectable county of
Wilkes, hut in the year 1796, I was elected)
a Major General by the very Legislature
who ordered the Yazoo records to be burn
cd. Nor was this the only instance in those
) times in which I received proofs of thecun
- fidence of the Legislature.—During the ad
ministration ot Governor James Jackson, I
: was by a law of the State associated with
\hini, Abraham Baldwin, and others, as one
lot the Trustees of the University of Geor
gia. Other instances might be mentioned
bto shew, that when tiie circumstances of this
■ | transaction were most regarded and best!
! understood, the people did not deny me!
their confidence. I was not a member of
1 the Yazoo Legislature, nor was I there tain ,
peeing with the members to procure the pas
sage of the law ; and I appeal to the can-!
dor of my fellow citizens, whether it is not'
: now unjust to urge a charge so often de
-1 dared to be false by their suffrages.
The nefarious charge of my havin<r shot
‘ at the effigy of General Washington? is the
most contemptible attempt at imposition
■ that I ever heard of. I was not in Wash
ington when the act was committed, but at'
tmy then resilience ten miles off. Many of
' the old and respectable inhabitants of
’ Wilkes know it to be an infamous fabrica
! tion. This report, like the others, is gotten
■ up by a set of miscreants for electioneer
ing purposes.
h I omitted to mention a report which I
! am informed by several letters is in circu
lation, that Gen. Gaines, Col. Crowell, Maj.
• Andrews, and myself, are combined for the
1 purpose of procuring the annulment of the
treaty. This, like the other reports alrea
dy noticed, is not only unfounded, but is
■ also a base and malicious fabrication. Al
-5 though I have called on these gentlemen
' when they have been in Milledgeville, I ne
f ver heard either of them express an opin
- ion that the treaty ought to be, or would be,
- annulled.
i This much, fellow-citizens, I have tho’tl
• due you on these subjects, and I regret that!
J the course pursued by those opposed to me,
f should have made it necessary to sav this
f much in self-defence. My experience for-
I bids the hope thai the invention of my oppo
f sers lias gone to its extent; but I flatter
myself their fabrications will hereafter be
- received for no more than they are worth.
JOHN CLARK,
s if'oodvi/le, Ist Sept. 1825.
’ The Crops.—A letter from Beaufort in the!
i Charleston papers, states that the Cotton
plants in many places are literally deprived
of their fruit added to which, the Caterpil
lar had commenced its destructive ravages.
J We regret to add that a letter from St. i
1 Mary’s now before us, dated on the 27th i
• ult. notices the ravages of the same destruc
-5 five insect. We extract from it the follow- I
ing—“ We have had continued and heavy ]
rains for some time past; in consequence of |
which, the Caterpillar is destroying the
crops of cotton in succession—many of the
crops in Florida ire totally destroyed.—
They are now sweeping Mr.' V plants-1
tion. Another Held in the neighborhood isi
full of them ; and twenty acres belonging toj
another individual have been destroyed.
They are rapidly progressing.”
[■tfau. Georgian.
A gentleman web known in Augusta, issu
ed many years ag ~ in hondoi,. a iland-
Bill of which the following is a copy.
\V e give it as a literary curiosity :
A Gentleman is to be spoken with on
the Subject of the OCCUL T SCIENCES, ]
or on any other Topic of Religious and Mo~ \
ml Knowledge, including Political, by tile|
respectable of either Sex. ' 1
Money is no object but as tli» weakness
lof mankind renders it so. As Reciprocity
;is the Essence of every Covenant, so, it j
jmust be of this. And the objects of Re-!
jciprocity must, in a business of the highest 1
(consequence, be such as the Contracting
Parties most highly value. The PROPt)”,
SER, who now speaks to the Public, will j
j not, at present, pm a name on that Tiling i
I valuable to him, which he offers in exchange ;
but as Money is the most valuable object
(among Mankind at large, they, who come
to him, will not hesitate at a sacrifice of it!
' for general good. The quantity sacrificed
will be in the knowledge of the Donor a- 1
lone, as a private Recipient will be provided. |
It is intended to be enforced by this
mean, and expected to be remembered, that
this System is of Morality not of Sel*;
jfishness, but of Society. As the Behavi
our only of those who assemble, will be(
discernible, and their Contribution un- 1
known, it follows, that the behaviour of
jeachto the other, cannot be regulated by
'criteria drawn from the last,
j As Questions will be answered in Astro
> a nd in other Arts and Sciences drawn
therefrom*, as well as for many other rea-,
jsons, it will be proper to have variety of
1 Rooms for general and particular Compa
ny s and this will be done as soon as there
[is variety of Company. In these Rooms
too, there will be gradually provided ap
propriated Libraries, that the Assembly
| may study as well as talk ; and Persons in
clined may work.—The Ancient Schools
(of Philosophy in Greece are the model.
| the Company will be select; buttheSe-i
;lection will be the Director’s, who is also
i the Proposer. To prevent Repetition on
similar heads, this Association is planned
to be an absolute Monarchy in all Regula
tions; yet, a Republic in Community. It
[follows, that all Royally-conferred, all Mo
j ney-conterred, ail Popularly-conferred,
Rank, will melt, on entering the Assembly,
into one mass from which will rise a new
and beautiful arrangement, under the eye
of the Director and conformed to the
Genius of the Place and System,
Every Person will apply, for Admission,
to the President, who will issue proper
and appropriate Tickets to each individual
of either Sex, of different colours, different
designs, different mottoes, Sfc.
Every one should be genteelly or neatlv
dressed, according to their respective cir
cumstances ; —if negligently, not with gross
ior unseemly negligence ; if systematically,
i not with stiffness ; preserving ease in their
own mind and manner, and not hazarding
ithe loss of it in any candid beholder. Fan” l
cy Dresses, or peculiar stiles of Dress, may
often be used with good reason, as corres
pondent with the internal of the Wearer;
but certainly never without good reason.
!This Caution will attend those, who like to
appear splendidly—it will he presumed to
originate from a splendid interior ; more
specifically, in the article to which the sub
ject, thus externally splendid, corresponds.
ONE CANON
To be ever kept in view, throughout eve
ry department of Knowledge, whether in
vestigating, concluding, or debating—is
thus deduced : r
■■ We know h„i hi? Man is a partial, or not per
yarl. ” BIBLE. fect> Being>
tjtuicquia recipittir, 1 \V liatsoevei is predicated
recipilur ad moduin I of Him, inust be predi
recipients. | , i i* ii' ■ >
J cated oi linn, as lie is.
~ „ } Therefore—llls Know
“if any Man think # t i • • r . , .
he knows unv thing I ledge is imperfect, his
bVbu ( Conceptions are par
) tial.
COROLLARY.
Nf.veh he coarniKMT bu! in GOD— llu ai.d
IIIS WISDOM be.ng “ without
“Partiality ’s tl'a/k bfum Him .and then b<
Pmifkct”—intire nr sucere. Dim.u.
j further Ideas, Rules, and Ordinances,
may be seen or known by applying to Me.
* As Amusement: Not as Truth, POSITIVE Truth,
that term remaining with GOD ALONE)hut ns I,adders to ar
rive at as Experiments, under supreme Direction, to ascertain
—as Mirrors properly placed, to relied—as Telescopes to clear
—eras alaguihers to enlarge— Truth,.
Camden, August 27,
Lamentable Occurrence.— On Wednes
day morning last, information was received
in this town of the death of Mr. John Adam
son. A Jury til inquest was immediately em
paiinelled to inquire into the cause: And
,ihe following appears to be the substance of
the verdict:—Upon examination, a lamr
bole was discovered in the right side, be
tween the seventh and eighth rib, supposed
to have been occasioned by the discharge of
a gun, charged with buck shot—the head al
so exhibited wounds apparently inflicted by
the breech and cock of a gun". Thu Jury '
have been unable to attach (be crime to any
particular person, butar» left under the im
presaiflfl, tljat the gun • as fired bv Mr 1
Lewis Ciples: He (Mr. Ciples) having been
seen armed with a d'tilde birrel gun, in tii
j neighborhood where the deed was perpelr
Ued, a short time before the reports of
'gun were heard.-Why, how, and by who.
(this outrage was committed, time wi
determine. The case now rests betwee
him and his God.
Between the hours of 10 and 11 o’clm
last evening, Mrs. , and niece of t.i.
Bowery, having retired for the night to the.
room in the third story, were alarmed by the
failing in of a sash of their window, which
looks over an alley that separates (he bund
ling from the adjoining. Mrs. raising her
(head, discovered to her no small consterna
tion, through the indistinctness of star light,
I a strange man sitting very composedly by
the window. The first exclamation of alarm
awoke the man, who, until then, was not
j conscious that he had left his own room, by
forcing himself at the extreme peril of his
life through the narrow appertqre of his
window obliquely across the alley, into the
window of his fair neighbour’s apartment.
(The difficulty and hazard of the venture was
j greatly increased, by the windows not being
opposite cadi other: their distance could
not be less than sor 6 feet; and the hei'dit
from the pavement not less than forty. The
man on perceiving the danger he had’so pro
videntially escaped and his present dilemma,
'seemed quite us much dismayed as the la
!dies. From his own accounts it appears,
that having prepared himself for bed, he sat <
down by his window to enjoy the refreshing
;breeze of*eveuing, when lo ! Smnnus cover
ed him with poppies, and he recollected no
thing more, until awoke as before noticed.
I A gentleman being called, who fortunate- '
ly lodged in an apartment adjoining the la
dies soon relieved them from the unwelcome
(intrusion of the nocturnal visiter, by show
ing him the way to the street door.
N. Y. American,
• selected!
On a Lady who died in consequence of a
Sunstroke.
i IN the bright purity of youth
Her spirit passed, the ordenlgiven—
Like Diamond scorn’d the fires of earth,
But vanished in the beam to Heaven.
\ s3* We im,st declin. to ins. rl the Unsay of BDRKK, whose
political views are whully inconsistent with our own. The
question propounded by him was published from courtesy alone,
.and that it has not been answered is owing perhaps to the little
difficulty there would he in affording the proper reply.
*V* We re requested to state
tliat lamf.s Mnui'iiv, K q, is a Candidate (or u
. -eat in die Representative Branch of the Slate
L gislaturp »t the ensuing l election,
Sentember 9 g 2
D RENT.
MTHE Store next door but one
below ihe Bridge Dank o.uldmgg
lut ly occupied by Mr Wabubuiin
and ihe Store and Dwelling a tew
doors above the Planters* Hotel, lately occupied
by Mr. HiiNUv Campbell.
H not Rented before the at October, they
will on dial day be Rented a. Auction. No.es
with approved security for the rent, payable
quarterly, will be requir ’d. Vo- terms anply to
11. U. Wilde or
Fraser & iiowdre.
September 9. 8t 22
TO BE RENTED
On a (i ail ding Lease,
THREE Lots, fronting Walk
er and Watkins Streets, opposite to
the Catholic Parsonage Utilise. Tin 1
■HHMBi l.ots adjoin oaclt other and will he
let separately cr all together, as mav be desired
w. W. Holt.
Sentcmber 9. 22
N otice
A LL persons having demands against the Hs- '
t\. ate of loun .lovKS, late of Columbia Coun
ty deceased, are requested to hand them in pro '
perly alt s'ed agreeably to law, and those indcbl- '
. d Iff said Lit ale, are requested lo make imine- 1
hale payment to the Kxicutors, ;
, Isaac Willingham, } ;
Cornelius Jones, C I
Thomas Willingham, S t
Saptemb- r 6, 1825 t>, K ‘
THE FOLLOWING
ifIAKkS,
OF THE MO.ST APPROVED FORMS,
May be hud at this Office,
—TO wit :
\f ARIUAGK Licences, do. Bonds Adminia-
I .*■ ’fation do. Letters Testamentary, d.>, r
(.oar iansliip, do. nl Administration, d«. of An
p.aiHement, do. Dismissoiy, Uecogma rnces, Sub
l)<Ena», Hills of Sale, Powers O Attorney. Blank
Deeds ..j Conveyance, SberiH’s Tales, Retail i,,
.•ence- Putr jon’s U. c.opts, Mortgages. A, pren
tices Indentures, &c. See. 1
September 9
''■'•llh Judge ot Rk Middle Circuit will not be
A able lo hold the Superior Conn, at Colum
ma Court House, next week.—l he Clerk trol b.
instructed to adjourn llie Court lo Ihe Monday
tollowing, when a Judge irom another Oircnn
wilt probably attend, and due notice will be o-iv
en to the memners ol the Bar in this city
September 6.
kvn a vv at
■ X rAn UO =^ V, ;*‘ AN b y tut of ADI-
X*. CiAIL. She has probably gone directly D.
Vngusla, as she Has lived there two or thret
i ears, and is peculiarly fond of a town life Sh. i
doubtless wel, known in Augus-a , she is shorn f
twenty-four years old, common height rather I
spate made, speaks very fluently, is bold and giv- n
en to almost every vice practised in u city. \vim w
ever wII secure her, and give notice to the sub
sender at Columbia Court House, shall he liber it
ally rewarded.
Hervpy Ball. I
September 7, IBJS
' • VENDUE.
!'his Morning without llessrve^
A I TEN O’OI.OCK,
ft. T?ICQATET,
'VI 1.1, IIK SOl.n UKVUUK HIS STORK.
' vfNK Pipe superior Gin,
5 Krg.i Chewing Tobacco,
4 liigi Popper,
4 Kegs Silt [> -ire,
6 d i !■ 1.1, Sujap,
8 Bags C vllee,
8 Hu reels Gin,
1 Pipe Brandy,
A lot of I liquid Blacking*
Sundry art clen «t Furniture.
ALSO
A Uorse and (Eg
With a viriety of other articles too *edioui to
mention,
Sepieii.be, 9 T ""“ " “>•
wm in-, »ou
i\lii]!lPasDS? 3
THIS IMF,
ft} ft.
rtyo ready made Coats, s. Id for expenses of
making the same, on account of Benjamin
Pierce and Moses Salmon.
ft r m. Glover.
September 9 20
iT W. L. SUILWO-Va & Co,
OPPOSITE THE PQST-QFFXOE,
One door south of 224, Uroad Street.
OlTer on good terms at wholesale or retail, an
excellent assortment of
GROCERIES.
Septembei 6 dl
i3asUwgs uutV. ftaggiug.
POUNDS English Castings well
uKaoned,
35 P/ece 42 inch Bagging’,
Jicceivnl on ('onaignmen t by
William Jl. Egan.
September 2 2t 2y
PIECES prime 42 inch Hemp Bp
mg, ~ •>'
100 Barrels best Philadelphia Whiskp- i,(
koh balk nr ~
Thomas M'Gran.
September 6 g t
jfSßSfk Anti possession giv
lUTK en l l *. u a| ,d wnmoilioua St. res,
adjoining the subscribers, on the up
i>er i art south aide, if Broad-street.
• m J s are interior to none in the cuv for
< lie country trade. 1
William E Egan.
August 19 -j
*** Dabney Berry, Esq. is a
Candidate to represent dm o muy oi Richmond,
in the House ot Uepresentsiivts, at the next Sea
sion of the General Assembly.
August 12 td U
& A'Jlr. Henry H, Field, is an
rliorized to uct as Agunl fur us during our Mb-
Hence from Augusta,
Bid well & Casey.
July 15 6
£>’ We are authorised to an
nounce Samukl I aii vmi, Kscj. ». a Candidate to
represent ;he County ol Richmond in the next '
Legislature,
July 19 7
& CA.BII ! OdStl » !
UP UK snbx ibtr uflers for sale his PLANTA
*- TION, within 3 12 miles of Augusti, con.
taining about 300 Acres, (known as ihc Turknett
i rad) it is so well known, that it hardly needs a
.description, it is one of the best timbered tracts
in Georgia, ,s to the fertility of the soil, the pre
sent crop (although it has been a very bad crop
ye ary w mid bo die host recommendation—it has
a FISHERY that three Svins can work without
interfering, and are as profitable Fisheries as any
on the river, *ud < f a good fiso s-aann would
bring a profit of from three to (our thousand
dollars—its Timber cousins principally of White
Oak, Hickory, Poplar, Maple and a great variety
of other kinds. It is so convenient to town, as
to ban) two cui-ds of wood per day, and at the
low price of g 4 per cord, would he a profitable
business, and there is no doubt but with 'll” grow
ing importance of Augusta, that it will bee .me
more valuable. The entire tract may be puichas
c t and cu .ruin. about 600 acres of which the
I above is the undivided half, with in >st excellent
wa' cr, which is rare on river land.
Good Barns and a new Gin-House, 40 by 18,
with good sbeads, Overseers House, and all lie
ns ary buildings.—There is about 200 acres
clear* d, and if properly cultivated, will bring 40
bushels Corn per acre, and 1000 lbs. seed Cotton
—it is presumed no person will purchase without
■xarainiog, Plantation tools, stock of all kinds.
Corn and Fodder, and also Mules may be had
with it. 1 would invite Capitalists who wish to
vest their funds to pr 4i; and safety, to examine
fur themselves, it is the first lime the entire tract
has been idlbrcd, and I think I c n say without
contradiction, that there has never come into
market such a Tract of Land, combining so many
advantages and conveniences—it is nut subject to
freshets. Apply to
John S. Coombs or
Daniel Savage.
September 2 3t r 20
RAN AWAY,
the subscriber on Wednesday last, a
J- large yell iw negro man FREDERICK. He
is generally known in the adjoining counties as it
fiddler. —He was seen in Sparta on Friday last.
It is believed he will go to Augusta. He ms y
have a forged pass with him, as be can read and
write.
A suitable reward will be given for his appre
hension, and confinement in any Jail in the state
io that 1 can get him.
James Camak,
MilleHgeville, August 28 21