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I’' ' I • '/cr; Men r.niii.j Nov. Jl.
■ /•'< tt Liter from London .
IL arrival last night of the packet
ship Sylvatius .1 Mikins, Captain AUyn,
from Liverpo d, w< ■ ucl* ahe sailed on the
il li October, »h<• IS liinrs of the M tcui'ili
Advertiser haved received their r gulm file,
ol London papers to tlie lOdi, and Livc.ip'>ol
to thu 11th October, all iaclu -ive ; together
With L >ndon Snipping Lists of Salurd \y the
Bth. Our accounts from London, via Hive,
were to halt past 6 o’clock of the morning of
the Bth ; and (his arrival lias pul ns in p.,
ressiun of dates thence, twi days 1, er.
Nothing was talked of hot the late of thej
ilelonn Bill—it seems to have b "mi the ail
engrossing topic, as lar as the result was
known in the Kingdom—and it i; id spread
with telegraphic speed —meeting were called
in various places in Lmiilod, Liverpool,
at which, as well as private ct.cles, (he
firmness >f the King v/is applauded of the
ministers approved, and full reliance placed
in their abi'ify and integrity.
Ihe loss of the Bill has been deeply ami
sincerely regretted by every friend of the
country—seme of the paners in our posses
sion, ate d'C-sml in in turning in conse
quence— no serious ac's of violence had
been committed, but fears were entertained,j
that the persons and property of those Beers;
who voted in the majority, may not be ex-!
pec toil bv the populace. We liav ■ not yet
heard how Sou land or Ireland received the J
intelligM.ee. Ij
From ihe Lmdon Observer of 10th Oct.
we copy the f Bowing arlic ct (
'‘Speculation is busy on the line of conduct (
which will be pursued by Knl Grey, We |
believe that, up to the m on nt we are writ- ,
ing, Enl Ob ey has determined out to resign; ,
end that, encouraged by the 11 mse ol Loin- r
mans, and the voices f he majority of the £
people, lie will make an eflT.ri io carry Ins
bill by colling to die Upp. r li mse a nutnoer
of the eldest sons ol i's present tn mberg | (
who sre supnrteis ol din bill, bo that the |,
n mv ides will he gradually absorbed by the■
ancient ai Moaracy --by raising some of the’j
inoie distinguished commands to the peer-' e
nge with limited remainders—-and by
ing a small portion >d th- Irish and Scotch
nobles to seats in the IJ■« : ish Legislature. |
If the consent of his M j st y he obtained [
to these expedients, and here is no reason t
at present to suppose that it will be. with (
held, a new bill will b; for hvi h pissed ,
through the Commons ami sent up to the |
Lords, with a certain prospect that, sfei ,
some reasonable modifications, it wid re- (
ceivo 'he s sent of every portion of th • Le {
gidilute. It) (he mi I st of ihcsu double and (
difficulties, the people keen the even tenor ,
ol their wiy, and though a deep sense of re- ,
gret appears to prevail, nun a single case
ol tumult has occurred.
Me. Wilmer of Liverpool, in consequence
of having received a short supply < I the 1
latest L mdoti papers, has gent us he (01-! 1
lowing particulars of the stale of pu >ic *
fei'ling in the m>' ropolis, gleaned from h>-j *
papers of the 10 h October, t"ge ; her with j
accounts from I) by and Chester, which]
follow ;
“ No'hing can exceed the indignant feel -j.
ing which was manifested on Saturday, on
throwing out (he Reform Bill in the II nisei
id Lords. Ksrly in the day, thougli th»;
weather wis 'onip s n us, groups were. cgl-|
lected on the Exchange and at every cor-I
tier, to collect such pai molars as they c"u!d
ol wh it all considered a common calamity,
and the publication ol the morning papers
being extremely late, owing to the hope at
which the division Cook place, the shops ol
the news venders were beset by appli
can's long after the usual period, and to
a degree wholly unprecedented.
On the Royal Kxchmge, every cornet
was occupied by knots ol poll icians ques
tioning each other, and forming conj -c
--lures on (lie consequences of this even :
n,,, st ol (hem at a loss for any mode of
retrieving the wrong done to the people of
N i gland. \V r e heard many of them who
! id important private avocations to attend
to, confess themselves wholly unfit, through
the distress of mind under which they la
'.mured, to answer any claims of that na
ture.
The Reform memb-rs of the House* of
Commons met on Siturday to the numb'ri
of SOU. although the e ill was so sudden, and'
agreed to propose the following resolutions!
this evening;
“ kliat it is expedient to declare their
unaltered a d umliminishcd adherence to
the groat measure of reform.
• 1 hat it i- then determined purpose to
nfand by and support the. Ki g\s Minister
in the present crisis of aft'iirs.”
Accounts received m Livcipml hst even
ing (10 )In in »Mby, represented senou
dHturbinc.es to h ive taken pl ac > in that
town, on the receipt ot the intelligence of
’he bill having been Ihf.urn i.u ; the popu
lace, it is added, vented their fir ae-ainx
(he inhabitants, w cse sen'iiii> ms wn
known to be a' variance with public opin
ion, by attacking their dweih gs, breaki n
their windows, ike. when the popu aco pro
coed to the „aol, and libera d ti>e vv ml
of the prisoners, both debtors and criminals
The news ol me defeat of the Reform
■near are p>educed the same powerful senes
ion in Civs er, as in o her pm s of the em
pire, where il arrived on Sunday ab ut noon.
I lie inhtibi ants i n oiediatelj assembled anil
iiTsantvd a requi-i ion to the Mayor the
ime day, (Su ..lav) req • sti g him'(o call
‘ mc ;' 1 '"- Ht 'he earli.st in men , to address
kt King dp toe all übiuibing topic. Tin.
■ ifoprcsciitativeg ol the ci’y hive also ad
| trussed loiters to their censtituenls, ro
:<|Uestii.g (lu in to exhibi* firmness and unit
i; to the present alarming crist-,”
,] LONDON Out. 3.
r ' q^ l - Vin Tjiiren, the Minister from (hi
Unit' d Slates, h d on audi Mice of the Q ieer
•! " d' liv r Ims ctedenlials, and was mug
I' gr.ii i .ml v received
■j LiVKupoor, Cotton Maiikui’, Out. If)
Ih“ sites on Sa.unlay vv re about 250 C
, bags, at steady piiceo. I’o day only 1 20(
I bags have been sold, and the market dull,
.■•wing in some measure to Ihu Lie ol the
lldorm Bill,
d Livehpool Cohn M inr.KT, Oct. 10.
flie .supplies ol new Wticai during the
jia.-t week have been inucli less • xmiisive
'han nrevious'y, ami the demand has con
b' u f ‘d good at an advatice of 3d to 3d per
TO hs. () i K. i.lay scarcely a sam.de re
!m lined unsold : old Wheat and American
vb'ur have been radter more inquired for,
but without any in value. In
:‘k-.n (Join >s more, in request.
From I/ik (Ivirgin Journal.
W c are requested to publish >h ■ lollowing
extiact from the N;w York Observ. i, and
the accompanying remarks ;
From the New York Observer.
“JUDGEULAViUN.
Judge Clayton qu’Vis the B.ble, in sup
port es the doctrines ol passive obedience in
support of the duty ol Cluis or s o submit
to human governments in all cases whaievci!
We cun find no other meaning in th it parti
of lrta remarks in which he icp led to lie plea)
of the Missionaries, The state of Georgia
lia I passed a law requiring all wb te men
residing in the Cherokee territory, to lake
the oath of allegiance. !'he M io aiies
refused to take this oath, on the groundo of
conscientious scruples. They buiieved that
Georgia h;a<l no right of jurisdiction in the
Cherokee Territory; and that an oath of al
legiance wou I be an oa lrto support her in
her usurpa ion. Il >w does Judge Cuiyton
reply to this plea? Ha contends tha> the
Missionaries, notwithstanding ilnir consci
entious conviction that the power claimed
by Georgia is an usurpation (for if he does 1
not mean this, he means nothr g nthe pur
pose) are suit bound on Christian principles
to take the oath. He says hi limy Wit
requires us “to submit ourselves to every
ordinance of man, for the Lord’s s..k Uiai
it et j'ins upon the ci iz. o “m k >p he
K'.ig’s (State’s) comma itnent;” tha l it
rects "to iunder u„io - fißsar, 'he ti.i gs tliai
are ( ar’s,” that it dec ares, "wii -oev r
re-is h the power, le isu-th the orilin-rice
of God,” and finally he com s ou, with ins
doctrine fully and explicitly in the following
sentence:
11 11 ,T, .y mind, and 1 wcul 1 feign believe,
to every dispassionate man, there is no go <1
teason (or running upon the severe penalty
of ho law, and' fuoli-hly defying rs conse
q teiiccs. I cannot be excused upm any
principle of sound religion or a rational and
discreet desire Co Serve the c<iu*e of pig y,
for surely 'bat religion which tequnes us "to
.render n ihu'e to whom tribute h due; cus
i'oin to whom custom; fear to whom (e.n;
honor to whom honoi,” never could demimd
jsuch resistance to laws of 'be land, ae woubl
j incur in the delinquent a forfeiture of all .he
|?i joy tricots of liberty, and impose i■ > heir
iSte.id ali the hardsoips of an ignominious
slavery.”
We are surprised diet any man in this
1 country calli g himself a Coristian, and es
pecially any man bidding the sta'ion of a
I Judge, shou.d manifest such ignorance of the
genius of Christianity and of the whole tenor
t of the Bible, a- Judge Clayton discover* in
his application of the text quoted above,
NVe presume 'hat there are a few Saiday
. Scholars io Geoigia certainly tiiere are few
children of ten years of age, in this part of
; he country, who cannot shew Judge Clay-
Ij'.on ihat he has totally niis'akeu the mean -
I ing of these pass ges; and that the Bib'e a
1 bounds with example , of holy men, who not
I only made “sm lite i.fanc* to laws of the.
( land,” as incurred ' the forfeiture of all the
enjoyments of freedom, arid imposed all the
. hardships of an ignominious sia’ery,” but
jwho resisted even in the face of d ath in ns
r, most horrid forms. V. hy were Shadrach
i Meshach and Abednego thrown into th
I 'burning fiery furnace ? Because they refua tl
. to obey a law of Nebuchadnezzar their Kmg,
.Why was Daniel thrown into the den ol
;lions ; B 'cause he close to pay more res
. pect to the dictates of his own conscience
Milan to the decree of King Darius. Why
, was Peter and other Aims les b aten and im
. prisoned at Jerusalem ? Because they icfu
l-ed to obey the law requiring them not t<
J-p>'nk or teach in the name of Jesus, Why
.■did Pool endure b inds ami imprisonm m,
nd every stilLring whit h the malice of Jew
I i Gen i.’ could iullic. f Because he w«ultl
p h ) Cod ra her than nian---b causehe cared
.more lor tm 1 souls and the rig its of the pen
il >,e than for the laws of Kmg-. But we med
-|t>ot multiply cases. K'ery man who has
itc'ad Ins Hibie k .invn that il is nothii g bu
j commendation fur men, who. lik U nu. es
tti and Bmler, for conscience sake, thron
> themselves between the tvrant anil this \ic
n t:m.
I ,uc rclig,ion lias always been the unyicl
di g liiend of liberty and ju-'ice, and i
t. Judge Clayton was ignorant ol the example
i' which we have quoted lum Holy Writ, h.
i ought at least to have b en sufficiently ac
d q'iainted with modern history to know tha
s all which is most valued in Bn ish and A
i; merioau freedom, was 'v . n from tyrants b'
r/ifn who imbibed their principles of action
0 ifnorn he holy volume. Even she infidel
1 j!l -me admits that England is indibed to
ner liberty, in a great degree, to the sutfi-
I'ttgs of the Puritans in the dungeon and a
n Mie stake, and every American school-boy
n .knows tha‘ the liber y of t.ds we-'ern world
> (originated in Ihe refusal of a Christian peo
iple to obey the in a nil a os of u-.urp d power,
jWe arc acquainted with no sect of chrisli
Oiflns who do not admit the tight of men to re
u’-tst tyranny and usurpation, when it can bt
hjdone iieaceably; and it the people of Geor
'■(gia are disposed to incorpora e into their re
jligion the slavish doctrines of Judge. Cla
yton, vve rejoice to know, 'hat in the Mission
e irjes now in their Peni entiary, they have
e met wi'h men who befer u ders'aud their
du'y to God and their Country.”
' REMARKS.
No man has had a more embarrassing task
11 'o perform than myself, on the subject of
• our Iii(1 ion relations. The whole weight of
tlie question, in its Judicial character, has
exclusively fallen upon me, and such has
b en the peculiar versatility of the public
dnind, 1 have been unab e to manage the
r case to us entire satisfaction. When my
1 decisions pleased my own State they gave
-great of!-nee abroad, and there was no a
buse under which my character and feelings
were no* doomed to pass. When of an op
, no*! 1 e eff -ct, then, any where but my own
, land, they were the subject of all praise, l ,
My decisions in lie cases of St mceil anui
i I' ssels; my addresses so the Grand Jury||
jof Clark and to the Missions-b s; all going!'
j'o sustain the authority of G • igia, over the 1
Cherokee nation, and which have actually I ]
seitled (ha ques'i >n beyond all further dif-|'
ficulty, were received with great appmba- *
lion at home, and while they have b e i for-j *
gotten there, they seem to be r< collected! 1
elsewhere with a view to assail, ai-d, if possi- !
ble, complete the ruin of a fair imputation,l.
it was fond y "believed, htul been honestly J
acquired, in a long cou-se of public
I hese remarks have been drawn from me bv S
tlie severe stnc-uiug upon my conduct, irij <
relation to the Missionaries, found in 'he a-!*
b v-- extract from dm " New-York Observ '
sr,” a religious paper, or rather 1 should saytj
one professing to be such. To make them 1
the in re conspire us they s-e he.d d *
‘■Jt DUE CLAY iON,” and commence by 4
s'a i g to., Ju-lg Clayton quote-* ilm Hi -1 1
b'« in support oi ti e doctrine of passive o-‘ l
bedieuce- in support of the duly u Chris j
tians ‘o submit -u ham-in giver, .nur-i* in all
Cusps whatever ! W ' can find other mean- '
ing ,n ffut psn -«f his remarks in which nej"
replies ,o the plet i f he Missionaries.” Can !
it he possible that this is a sincere declara-l
turn ? Can it be po-s b e that this ass ion 4
hi. iimii U j, ‘, e standard of
pel (ru n and 'h re me.i-urel according to !
the csod iur, kindness and charity of its 1 *
meek & peaceful temper ? Is this the "geni-l*
us if christiani-j” and he.uue spirit oi the;'
B ble as understood and practised in the re i 6
lined and enlightened city of New-Yoi k ? |fj *
so, may w« of the S.uth bo deliver- d fiom 1
such chnstiani y. Bui iuchsiiiy to the good 5
people of that place, 8 conceive it to belong 1 *
alone to the somce from which it ap ings '
and can never provoke the envy of any *
bos in at peace with either God or m.n,
I must say the Editors have said what '
t they dii not believe They do not behevei 1
that I quoted the “ Bible in support of the '
i doc’rine «-f passive obedience ” They do*
jnnt believe tlia> 1 quoted it “in suppo, I
} of the duty of Christiana to submit to hij
. man guvernmeiMS in all rases whatever.” ■■ 1
». I’hey do not believe they can find “ no:*
, o'her meaning in my remaiks.” They know',
r my references are truly quoted, they k iowi
i they ire to be touml in thti B'b e, ih know
, ! hey must have some meaning or they would
y norm 'fiat sac-ed volume. What mean
v ing tbcii is to bs attached to those scrip
f turf* f Os what lesson do they convey ?
. They surely are designed for some ibje’c .
. Nothing in the holy Bbe is useless. rer
, haps I shah b> told they are intended in
, iiistiuct Christians, as well as all others, to
e b - ob dienl to the lawful audio Ty of gov
P eri merit, in all civil matters. This is’-.r
e ciselv ’heobjec lor which they wt-ie quoted
(|1 he Editors say • the State of Georgia had'
s passed a law i.q ii mg all white men resid
img in fheCh-r .kee ferrit-ry to take-thc
,- omh of allegiance, flu- Missionaries re
,1 fused intake this oath on tie ground of con
~ scientinus scruples.” Now heie is min
a correct and cons quently an unfair state
ment, and all reasoning founded upon ft is,
e of course, errone, us.. The. State of Geor'
v gia required no such 'hi g. ft wished to
remove ali disaffected ivhite men f hid the
I. Nation, on theground that they were s imu
„ lating the Indians m a very disobedient
course s f conduct towards the tawlul au
• thorny of the St-ite. That they must do
I •«"» "f two tilings, either leave he nation
j or given the usual pledge of frielity to the
d 'government, in doing wiiaf thousands have
do, via: : swear to support theConstitu I
,1 jtion of tin State. If they could not do this,!
s what scruples of conscience could they hav
, in leaving a territory tha' did not lielong to
..them? The law was directly to all white
lV 1 men, not to the Missionaries alone, not to
ci'it -ns of other Sta'es only, but to our own
citizens, indeed every white man found on
, the territory. Precisely such a law as the:
1 E itod S'a’es had frequently passed to pre-j
1 y en' whin-men from going among the In
dians. My quotation* are uext presented!
after arranging, in no modest terms ,
: my ignorance ol the Bible, they state, •- the J
Bible abjunds with rx.imp'es of holy men,'
l \who not only made such resistance to the*
•y /»wj of the land as incurred the forfeiture
n of freedom, but who resisted even in tii
1 (ace of death in i's most honid forms'
I'hry i.s.v •• why were Shudruch Meshm.
- and Abednegn thrown into the burning Her
‘furnace f” And theu answer the questioi
) | hemselves *• because they refused to obe'
ij a law of Nebuihadnczsar theii K-ng ” Ani
-■ is 1 his a specimen ot Northern theology
, Sun-ly it must b; (hat which belong t
|" Sunday scholars,” boys of ten years old
Pi ay let me ask what was that law ? Di>
it relate to CIVIL MATTERS f Was i
i law wholly addressed to their civil du
lies, in common with the rest of the people
unconnected with their religion or the right!
of conscience? They knuVv if was not,
• And si wi h heir other examples of Diniel
■ in the den of lions and the persecutions ol
Peter. Paul, and the other Apostles, they
full well know that their resis'-ince was u
laws that attempted to control their religion,
But will they .aay that the case of the Mia
: sionarieg is parallel to the cases put by
, them ? Will they be so disingenuous as tr
. say here is no distinction be ween laws re
gulating human onduc , in a temporal point
ot vow, and laws regulating conscience t
Was ‘here any ihmg in the Georgia law
that iovadid the religion of any on. ? Is
there one syllable in that law on the subject
ol religious worship, or direct how persons
shall demean themselves in the excicise of
the inestimable right of Conscienae ? No-
{ thing ! And I boldly say it, not a text ern
be found authorising the resistance of a
j municipal regulation (unless the whole peo
I pie choose to altei or abolish their govern
mem) where that regulation consults- alone,
the civil policy of the land. Our bl.ssed
Swiour himselt died for the sake ol con
science, but, even he directed P>-u*r to res
pect an ui just law, pa»Bed by the proper
authorities, and pay a tribute improperly
exac ed, lest we should offend them ”
Mat xxi 2 7. Who di es not perceive the
justness of the distinction between laws re
gulating the actions of men in a state of civil
society, for the benefit ol their temporal
concerns, and those laws which s ek to
control the thoughts and conduct ot men
us between (hemselves and 'heir God 1 Hu-j
man laws have nothing to do witn the lat-'
ter, but the moment you allow a man tn
obay -ir disobey the former according to his
scruples ot conscience, the moment you
tm ke every man a judge of the law as il
comports with his religi us belief, I should
nke to see the -ngenoi y (hat cou d frame a
Gw hit would not affect the lender con
science of some one or other bent upon f n e
eoinmissiun of he enme ir was designed to
pievent. Think ym there is a man in the
Penitentiary who would not fsl;- ;j-,« KHllie
phi,i, it it v/ero available, i n the case of the
; ..*sion»;ics, aud follow h -mou fiom that
prison with as good and equal a r ight to Ins
discharge upon every pi mciple of even hand
ed justice f There is not a murderer who
C'U'd not train his conscience so cry mr
shame upon the law that could take the life
of » min for the mere indulgence of his na
tural passions. N■■ one more sincerely re
g r o s (he delusion of the Missionaries and
its latal conseqm nces to their peace, than I
do, or would more che rfully have avoided
th- p iuful part 1 h.d to bear in their case,
it such could have been done consistent with
duty. But when it is rpmemb.Ted that
then’* was a fate of hen own seeking, and
mine was a task from which I dare not
shrink, it dots s cm to me a much Us* char
ity than that inquired by holy writ, would
have -pared my feelings. This, at least, is
my religion and though it may not be a*
learned y i nus* ir is as hene valent as
leveu that of .he NEW YOHK. OB ERV
BR. A S. CLAY i ON.
UNNATURAL MARRIAGE.
The Philadelphia Ch-unie’e publishes the
followii'g under the shove title :—.
“Rumour, with her hundred and one
tongues, h-3 been exceedingly induslrious,
for (he last week, upon a very singular cir
cumstance. being no other than that of a
man, residi- g in Nor'h Second-streei, here
tofore considered a h'gldy respectable cili
an, and the father of two or three grown up
children, having married his own sister ! and
in a comparatively short time subsequent tc
ihe death of h<s first wife.
“ The exci;*ment produced by so extra
ordinary an act, seems extensively to per
vade all classes, and several societies (c
which he belongs, have made arrangements
for expelling him immediately. Report con
Silently asserts that warrants have beet.
i»*ued tor their apprehension, by the city
authorities, that he absconded and has no
been taken; and that the woman after hnv
mg had 3 hearing, was bound over to !h<
Mayor’s Court, in the sum of one thouseni
dollars.”
NUTJKJbi.
IN con f ormi(y to a Brodumsuon of the Gove-i
Jnor, »n Election will be hold MONO ty t (
12th day of I) cember n xt, at die d fTcrout pie
, :-;8 for holding Elections, in the county of Itich
m >nd, for a Ilcppiscntr :ve to (iongre-i-j, to til
! he vacancy oerssioned by the resignation of the
'lonorsh e h ildor r.cMPKiw.
Valentine Walker, j. i. c. h. c.
Absalom llbodes, j. i. c. k. c.
Holland McTyre, j. i. c. u. c.
November 18 Hi 44.
LAW IS OTIC B.
undersigned have formed a Ooparineiship
M. in tlie Practice of the I,AW, under the firm
la id style of Jexkirs !k Hch-cs. The ttfiaoe wi 1
I »c a ways open in Augusia and they v ill Praciict
j n at) the counties of the Uidd e Distr ct.
Charles J. Jenkins,
Philip H. Echols.
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01 Jvl-jartiatK ' "-■ > - .<v« n f ■
”j CONtn'ITUTiONAIASTr I
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7 . AUGUSTA: \
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7 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 183*7 *
?: WE are grieved to state that an extensive Jt ii a
'" has just taken place in this city. It began on Wed
• neaday morning last, about one o’clock, and was
* nut subdued finally until neat'day light. Its ori
11 gin is supposed to have been in the store at the
| corner of Broad and Jackson-streets, opposite the
Globe Huiel, and in which no person was sleeping ;
, | how or in what manner the fire was at fust kindled
I j we have not been able to learn, or even to eonjeo
,| lure. Tile flames fora long while seemed to bafHs
y ' >he efforts made to contioul them, and at one lime
o * vast conflagration was threatened—they ma ic
j. thoir way up broad-street from the corner wt have
i- mentioned, through the property of Messrs, Kerrs
y & Graham, Air. Jolm Carmichael & General Moitt
-0 gomery, to a wooden Cabinet store, where their
■" progress was arrested j and in the other direction
if from tlie corner, they passed along Ellis-»treet s
? through several small buildings to me stables of
v Mr. shannon, and the old house formerly used as c
S Theatre, wlnca were consumed, and then crossing'
1 the street, seized upon AJr. Dickerson's dwelling,
pnus placing the thick .y bellied ujuares be ow
where Hie buildings are entirely of wood, in muni
j ne,lt pwil. A’ determined movement however,,
j reflecting gteat credit upon those who were most
pioanneutia it—amorg whom were Messrs, lap
per- M'lvtr— Subul— j}jorrism, Wright, Harper
Ihattune, and others, wliose names we have not
i learned extinguished the fire on Mr, flicker
. son's iio is , when most of the roof was in a Jigfu
- b.sze, and put an end to us ravages in that quar.sr
', “ le amount of loss we cannot pretend to state with
( certainty—but we are -sorry to h ear that much of
ihe properly destroyed, was not insured. We be
’ lieve no fives were h-st—but the distress always go.
I visible in cases of extensive conflagration, was most
I manliesi, exciting Hit- »ympailiy and tfic exertions
i oi lho,e Whose hearts feel for the woes of thuis
, fellow-beings.
I We subjoin a schedule of the Houses destroyed!
and their tenants-marking at the same time thoa®
i whose property was insured: On Broad street—
> several Houses belonging to Kerrs & Graham, antg
1 .nsured. The tenants of there buildings were—,
' B McKeen, insured—V. Crepue, Uaniel D 11, R„
P Speiman—W W. Montgomery’* brick build
ing, occupied by A. f’arsons aad A. Boggs, ae
j * dwelling— insured— R. 8. Hafilsmd, insured—
) Kerrs. Oraham & Hope, insured—Mrs. £ieinare*E
ini A. H- femher'on. -
We arc sorry to Seam that the losses of the Cko*
t nicle Office, though not total, are very severe-**
: To these we must add that Mr. Currie auxientd a*
( verily by the loss of Ikia OuuA-Gtiuijiuy .
On Jackson street, opposite the Globe, (whiolj
• was often in much danger,) Mr. Carries* residence
and Bathing House were consumed—the Siablac
‘ and o her buildings of Mr. Shannon on the same
s'reet were insured—and so was the house of Mr.
Dickinson, which was alnsosi miraculously saved,,
* but suffvied partial injury.
j 1 Mr. Cosby’s Cabinet shop, on Ellis atp eß , W(c3
entirely destroyed
j Fortunately for the city—the night was remark--
! ably calm.
J ’ It is bu fair towards Mr. Lumpkin to say, tha«
. ‘he message which we copy below, though it delta
] general remarks, and does not give a lucid view.
, of tll e subject—is yet firm and comprehensive,
l{ vy e are sure the Constitution of the United Btate a '
, never in’ended to give to the Superior Court any*
- power over the criminal Law of the States i aril
apart from other weighty considerations, the ah.ur*
dity into which every attempt tc exercise such «,
power must inevi'ably run is a proof that it has
8 no origin in the most wise and cautious of all instru
ments. Notwithstanding the great outcry about
ea Writ of Error in the Tassels case and the promise
i, of mighty things to be accomplished by “ the most;
■ distinguished Bench in the world”—the Culprit
a j perished on the scaffold under the law he had of
- j fended, be.ore the Court was able to look even in-*
jto the record of his condemnation ! In these cases
[Jjof Worcester and Butler—we will suppose the
1 |Court to decide in tlieir favor and order their libera*
0 lion—to whom will the order be directed—and let
it be directed to wfhom it may—can it ever been*
[forced? These are questions worthy the exercise
Jof all the foresight of Messrs, If'irt & Sergeant-*
3 ! worthy the laborious consideration of the Supreme
,_jßench, All the orders, decrees and fulminations
ii °f ‘fie court will not open the gates of the t’eniten
y tiaryj—decision upon decision may be accumulated
it jin behalf of the convicts—they will doubtless make
r - - some stir in the political world, and be very edify
a jing to those who would increase Ihe powers of the
tl j Federal Government, and cut down those of the
! States—but Worcester and Butler will all the while
- be reaping (he just reward of their contumacy and
j their crime—they will be turning the great wheel
'■|or laboring for the benefit of their fellow-citizens,
A, i until their sentence shall hat e expired by its own
i- |limitation. It may be said that if bolts and bars do
1- 1 not give way to peaceful orders —they may be se
!(" jvered by force. We would say as little as possible
upon such a subject as this—but to what arm can
idle Court delegate strength enough to execute ite
mandate ’—Every U. Slates civil officer in the Slate
would throw up his commission—and from a mil'ita
- jrv array there can never be danger so long as the
lUnien holds togeteer—which we would fain hope
P J will be forever I How weak and powerless is the
j Supreme Court when it attempts to grasp 8 power
e which the Constitution does not give ! !
Exvcotite Drpan-rysxT, 5
MilledgcvUlt, Nov. 25, 1831. 5
1 To the Senate and House of Representatives-
I submit to the Genera! Assembly, for itscoasirfe