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coNSTira no v vlist. 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