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JUDICIAL. rOR THE ATHENIAN. GEORGIA. DK KALB COUNTY. Pc Kalb Superior Cowl, .flpril Term, 1831. T«r. State, ) rs. > Indictment fur Murder. U'ltUAM CnoiTDE*. > THE CASE. A( the last Superior Court of De Knll> Co. a man by the name of William Crowder was in<lirtcd for the murder of his wife nnd child, and among n number of fnels that appeared in evidence, nnd which satisfied the jury of his p„j|l, the following seemed to be the most prominent. The prisoner had been employed in the ca pacity of nn overseer, and lived near the house of his employer. About ten o’clock nt night in May Inst, his employer awoke nnd lienrd the rearing of fire. He sprung from lus bed, and upon reaching the door, discovered the pris oner's house in flames. lie called up two or three of his negroes nnd hurried to the place ; when arrived there, hearing no noise nnd find ing every thing perfectly still, except the noise of ilio burning, the negroes became alarmed and begged their master to return, intimating that there was some had design in the appear ances. lie. however remained, and after walk ing round the house, the roof of which was just filling in, he heard a whistle at some short distance. Listening for a moment, it was re peated. This greatly increased the alarm of the negroes, nnd they again urged their mas ter In return ; but being a resolute and firm man, he immediately storied in the direction of the noise, which was ngnin repeated. The ground, towards the place of the sound, was a long slope, nnd he had fancied it proceeded from the opposite hill. Fixing his eye and ear upon that point, lie was moving thither, when all at once he came, suddenly upon the object from which it issued. It was the prisoner ly ing on the ground, who with much difficulty tamed himself upon his left arm nnd hand.— He found his throat cut and bleeding, nnd was Very hloodv from the neck downwards. lie asked the prisoner who had served him so? He could not or did nol speak, hut held up his right lintid, giving it at the same time a sudden turn or two upon Iho wrist. He then asked him where his family was? lie waved his hand towards the house. “Are they burnt up?” lie nodded assent with his head. The witness then sent Ins negroes, nnd went him- Sell lo summon the surrounding neighbors.— M’hen lhey reiurued they look the prisoner bud to (ho house, nnd upon examining him. they found the windpipe cut about half in two, but the prisoner, by pressing up the orifice with his hand, could speak so as to ho under stood. There being use foi nn axe, ho was usked where his was ? He replied that in the cveuieg lie had used It in splitting light w ood, and placed it under the corner of the house. sionnlelv fond of his wife and child, and that j when this case is subjected to the scrutiny of amidst nil his misfortunes he wanted her to live the law, nnd the truer arbitrament of its belter with him, and was wretched in the extreme judgment, that san e shame is turned into whenever .«be left him, nnd could never rest cowardice, that pity into er'Hty, nnd that love until he could procure her return. There were into revenge. The motives lending lo this other circumstances nnd confessions, which icatastrophe are of die most singular, ns well seemed to leave no doubt of his guilt; and ns inexplicable chancier; and the facts that accordingly the jury were not out more than | define its bloody outline, being too unnatural ten minutes heforo they returned a verdict ofifnr reality, present a scene of horror which in GUILTY. ’ the distance of receding nnd tiding events. 77« remarks of Judge CD1 YTOM, previews to passing I will pass into the region of fiction, and will sentence upon the prisoner, published by the request e,J the■ finally belong to the tales of fancy. Per. I It has been elsewhere justly said, that “if The unfortunate prisoner is brought up (0,0110 man had any how slain another, if an ad- reccivc sentence of death for the crime ofiversary had killed his opposer, ora woman murder. It is usual, ns well as profitable, to occasioned the death of her enemy, even these employ such nn occasion in reflections that j criminals would have been capitally punished, arc calculated lo awaken, either in thu bosom ! But, wlmt must he the character of that crime, of the criminal ortho minds of the community, | where it is perpetrated upon a w’omati and in- a sense of Iho deep misfortune ever attendant upon crime. Four times, within five month fant : the first confiding, the other helpless Where that woman is a mother and that infant ad none ever can so entire- leases to have been directed by a principle | opportunity 0 disclaim any conncc.io™ever w,„.; )|ie t , iW vol wbich will bc commcncedon , ]c rce of my feelings. The I every way opposed to the feelings ol hatred ! 1 that cab .shine,it or it. proprietor. Our friends are j ^ |# u M m #n en , , solemn scene bespeaks a j A principle which ho had resolved at one nmc, j respectfully advised in been their guard, and place , pril) „, d in „, c f orm „f other public journal., and;,. Mf not alarming, at least should he his ruling passion in death, and .their names on the subser.pt.on hat of no paper, unt,.1. led d t0 t tll0 >aII1 . principle, heretofore ad- h w hich nothing hut death should control. I ilicy ore well assured who are its proprietor*, and what voca(cd The lWM have I been compelled to perform this most' her child ? where that mother and infant are painful duty; nnd I can say, in great truth, j the wife and child of the murderer, and where no case has so seriously'assailed the firmness | that murderer disclaims all malice, and pro- due to my office, and none ever can so entire iy overcome the force frequency of this condition of society, if not alarming of so distressing an import, ns to claim and deserve all the aid nnd all the influence be longing to every moral nnd legal institution, tending lo remove from the social structure such a fatal infirmity. The lesson which this tragedy conveys, is such as to arrest the wild est impulses of passion, to sotten the strongest cravings o( malice, nnd to disarm the most ob durate purpose of its revenge. He who now hears the story of the prisoner’s crime, nnd beholds the last consequences of his guilt, just about to inflict the.finishing blow to his ruin, and docs nol feel his whole heart shrinking from the wayward courses of vice, must soon er or later full a victim lo the same shame nnd confusion with which it is his misfortune to he so signally overwhelmed. From a long course of observation, made from a station where human depravity is for- •ver passing under every possible variety, my Athens. May 10,1831. Caution.—'Vc have received undoubted inlorinn- tion trom Habersham and Hall counties, that ia I ]j CV c that they would cheerfully acquiesce in any rca- cable or not, is beyond oar ken ; w« ore, however, ft* vorably impressed with regard to its utility. The od j, ous system of holding our follow men in bondage,.. in days gone by forced upon us, notwithstanding t; ie remonstrances of the founders and early pillars of out Stale ; and it does not now become us to yield t n , conscientious misgivings that any of our philanthropic brethren in oilier Slates may feel for us, when their ow n interests are not concerned, by at once abandon- ing our principal source of present profit or subsistence The gradual abolition of slavery, however, we think cu;r-be ellectcd without detcrioraling from the wealth of the Southern States to any ruinoue, or hardly i„j u . rinns extent, and wc have confidence in the humanity and patriotism of the Southrrn people, enough to be- obtaining subscribers fur the proposed ^ewspaptr at i f0 nable plan that can be fixed upon fur that purpose. Gainesville, the name of the editor of this paper lias been used ns connected with that establishment; nnd that several of our friends in those counliesbave been induced in consequence to place their name, upon the subscription nothing of the motives that influenced any person to make these representations; their contemptible littic ness will he apparent to every one—but we take Ibis — *8f— “ The Irishman and Southern Democrat.”—Tin- valua ble weekly paper Das now been published nearly two , , _ . ... . , , , ... years in Charleston, 8. C. bv William S. Plain and ,1. list .it the Gainesville Advertiser^, ,»e say . . , - ‘ , n "' 1 d «- i voted, as its prospectus avows, lo ‘‘Irish Diicnilnal- ! menl nnd the intrgrily of the American Union.” The principles on which it was established have been ably whatever with i 8nrl fr,i,,lf " llv «“PPorted during the past two years, - have mentioned these things, bv no means to ; principles it advocates; and especially would we can iissniJ or harrow up your feelings, hut lo re- j lion them against listening lo any attempts, from mind vou that if these objects were so dear to j whatever quarter they may come, to deceive ll.cm into - ‘ -■ *' > a belief that by subscribing to the Advertiser they are patronizing the editor of the Athenian. Case nf William Crotcder.—We recommend to the vou that the idea nf leaving or losing them be came intolerable to you, how much should you he eoncerucd in being prepared to meet them, where the miserable inquietudes of hu man life, that so disastrously robbed you of them here, will never again fhfturb that pos- session of them which certainly awaits your repentant supplications. In a few week- the end which you sought to put to your own existence, will he inevita- l»ly nccompli.slicd I’)’ ,norc Sl,rc an ^ 8 tcady arm nf the law, nnd you will have to meet the vnrv wife and child you have so suddenly hur ried from time, and on account of whom, doubtless, you have undergone the keenest sufferings. " You may yet meet those dear ob- of future experience, that whenever the moral powers and rapacities of the mind shall have been well understood, most of its aberrations from duty will ho found lo soring from some remote misdirection of principle in tender years, and which never loses its bias until it breaks out into some overt act of folly or crime. The mind is a fruitful .soil, as true to the grain, he it good or bad, cast upon its field, as is the faithful earth lo llm great va riety of seeds committed lo its bosom.— Then, of what infinite importance is the busi ness of moral inslruelinn—of suitably cultiva ting the youthful intellect ! Laws, though salutary in ridding society of the offender, can Sctueh ivns made for it nt that plnee, hut it was I do him no good after Ins principles are fixed ; not found. He wns then asked where his ra-j this is the priceless work of othnr ngcncies, rid must tie employed from the moment the mind has received the settled coniietion that fjee.s ofyourmisfortunc.these innocent victims by fur the greatest number oferimos have Ihoir of your infatuation, these unconscious instru- ..rigin in a most criminal defect of early cdu- rncnls of ygur -infamy, „mt 0 . c iro«mat»n«.. ration. I will venture the opinion, and safely that may change your despair into hope, your depend fur its confirmation upon the findings grief into smiles, and your despondency into 5ior was? He said it was in his trunk, which stood by the fool of the lied. The bodies of the wife and ehild wore now perceived in two separate bundles, through the intervals of the burning logs of the house. After the flames had somewhat subsided, an attempt was made to gel them out. The bed upon yvhirh they had laid was nearly consumed to ashes, but Iron) tho clothing, feathers nnd straw about it, they were plainly distinguishable from the pur- roumling ashes; mid it had fallen, together with the bodies, to the ground, with its outlines distinctly marked. The child wns lying on Iho edgo near the wall, the mother in the mid dle. A razor blade lay near tho bond of the child, and nn axe near their feet, all within the print o( the bed as before described. The hin ges nnd lock of Iho trunk were found near the foot, where ho stated it was standing. His knife, shut, was found noar Iho head, but nut- sidu of tho print, ns though his clothing had keen hung on one of the bedstead posts, nnd after burning, dropt their contonts immediate ly by (lint corner. Tho prisoner wns found with u different wnislcontnnd pantaloons from those he had on tho evening before, nnd they Were quilo clean. In accounting for his situ ation, he ststed ho wob asleep, and the first thing lie knew, sumo person had placed their hand over his eyes and suddenly cut his throat, uad then emptied a strnw bed over him, to which fire was instantly communicated, nod amidst the flumos ho jumped up, snatched lliu waistcoat nnd puntnloons linnging near him, which he throw over and around Ills head, nnd fled tn the place where he wns found Tlioro was the nppearnneo of straw about lus hair, and he wns smartly burnt in one or two places. Upon getting out the bodies, Iho child wns found wrapped up very carefully, first in cotton bats about its body, nnd then three sets of clothing. The skin was nol burnt, or hut very littic, nnd its throat was cut. The mother was also wrapped up in certain clothing, hut wns much burnt stid disfigured, particularly about the head, breast nnd turns. The bones of her head separated, and n lurge clot of ' blood wne discovered among her brains, into which they appeared to be sticking,in it cook ed slate. It seemed that he lived a miserable life with his wile, on account of the passion of jealousy, mind is prepared to receive the slightest impres sions. It Ims been the peculiar and anxious cure of the age, bv all those honovolent insti tutions which can improve the moral frame of society, so to train and direct the rising gen eration, ns to divert it from those vicious hab itudes found adverse to its peaco, into which, by nature and practice, it is prono to full, and which never fail lo terminate in disasters close ly allied to those which the present scone ex hibits. If, thon, their object is to nvert misery so tragic, misforluno so touching, and delin quency so destroying, how ought every good man to encourage tho eflbrts, and strengthen tho hnnds, of those that are engaged in such nn invnlunhlo labor; and to increase and dif fuse the means designed to accomplish an ob ject fraught with such unspeakable blessings to society. Tho Into unusual prevalence of crimo, of a character so miihgnnnl, call* for the serious and combined exertion ofull those concerned in its suppression, cither ns private citizens, public functionaries, or ministers of divine truth. The present ease is one (tint must stir up into lively emotion all those gen erous aflcctions that have been so much dis played nnd exercised in disseminating the prin- ciplcs of vir'no and religion, and upon which mainly depends the amelioration of the moral condition of iho people. To the unfortunate prisoner I hove but a few remarks to make, and these are far from being intended to reproach his calamity. Tho plainest history of his ease, is too strong for Ihr most unregulated credulity. The testimo ny would seem to warrant this belief, that no- Hinted by the miserable passion of joalousy. nnd giving a rein to the most unbridled re venge, he has dashed out the brains of his wife, out the throat of Ins infant child, attempt ed his own life, and burnt down his duelling over the mangled bodies of his murdered family. 't'here is presented in this rase some of the most amazing and complicated feuturcs of horror and despair, that perhaps ever resulted from a mind overcome by that consuming pns- sinn lo which allusion Ims just been made. It seems no man Imd a more ardent attach ment to Ida family, nnd though ho lived in a stale of successive miseries, and an ever shift- joy. But this can only he effected by seizing, and that without delay, those consolations which Christianity is forevor tendering to eve ry shade and degree of human delinquency. The outspread nnd extended arms of mercy, as known through the proffers of our holy reli gion, are co-extcnsivo with the widest range of guilt. It cannot he too great for its charity ; it cannot bo too broad for its benevolence ; it cannot he loo deep for its power, loo dis trustful for its sincerity, nor too dejected for its solace. As you have hut a short time to live, and must live out that brief remnant ut terly excluded from every hope of forgiveness horo, let mo beseech you, by all your hopes of future happiness,bv ally our wishes to embrace once more your wife and child, by every con sideration which can induce you to have the slain nf murder washed from your hands, seek to he forgiven, where it will not only he full ami free, hut whole it will come crowned with the most mimixed nnd enduring repose. Destruction of the Penitentiary by Fire.— On Monday night last, a few minutes after 9 o’clock, fire was discovered to issue from the roof of the work-shops forming part of tho Penitentiary F.difice. nnd in spite of all Iho ex ertions of those having charge of the Inslitu- iis will be S3,00 per annum in ad. vancc, or S3,50 iT not paid within fix months from the time ot subscribing. On the subject of the election of President, a clause in the prospectus fur the third volume is as follows : “ As regards the ensuing Presidential election, symptoms by no means equivocal,have already tisgun to manifest themselves, tn the utter discomfiture of pecial attention nnd perusal ofourreaders,the remark, i ? i6r > i' rc ' lo “ s P r0 6. n .° 818 - N°r ,,oea “ .squire any re. • . 1 r . . . . Mined sagacity to discover their proximate cause— ol Judge Clayton in passing sentence of death on this j j flC / 50n j, a «, |j a( j the firmness nnd consistency to frown unhappy criminal, which appear in this paper, accom- j on the machinations to which we have already advert- panying a summary of the evidence given on the trial, j ed, and hence, some of those that rang the loudest The case is one of uncommon occurrence, and calculo-! nnlcw of praise, are beginning to wail their feeble cries, . c V j* t -.-m, nt tiio I to fulminate their coarsest anathemas. Tocillthis ted to excite m every b-jsom feelings of l.orroi at the [ only polilical (Jefcct j on| werc a feeble phrase: in our enormity of the net committed, mingled with pity for j opinion it involves a much more serious charge of gross the blind infatuation which induced it. The prisoner! moral delinquency, for it must puzzle even nullification appears to have been driven by his misfortunes and j sophistry itself to point out the vast discrepances be- , , . . air a- „ • „,i i,« t'veen Jackson the idolized, and Jackson the forsaken! Ins love, into a mental alienation, in which «'a‘c ">| In wh , t h „ he fallen short of the glorious antieipa- committed his deeds of blood. Revolting aB are the • impressions which this act stamps upon our hearts, and fiendish as must be the motive that prompted to its commission, there are still some extenuating cir* uumatancoa connected with tho en«o. that nro not of ten met with in developments of murderous transac tions. The remarks of Judge Clayton were eloquent, feeling and appropriate. They exhibited to the pris oner the true nature of his crime—plain, but free from useless reproach, and tending (we hope effectually) to call his attention to view it also in its true light, so that the foulness of bis sin should he so deeply impressed on his mind, that he would quickly flv to the only tri bunal where he ran hope for forgiveness. We hope they will he read, if for no other reason than the in fluence they may exercise on the minds of those who are invested with the care of children. They show the vast importance ofjudicious instruction in early years, and paint in vivid colors, tho disappointment, and cha grin, and wretchedness, and crime, that must almost inevitably follow when this task is performed with a careless or injudicious hand. Changes oj the ( abinel.—Since our last publication nothing definite has been received as to the successors of tho present Cabinet; though newspapers arid letter writers have been very busy with speculations. Rumor has indeed said that Mr. Livingston has already been appointed,and accepted the office of Secretary of.Stot hut this information though it may he correct, is not tions, of which these very men were the vouchers and praclaimers? What duty has he neglected! What responsibilities has he evaded ? What recent occur rences have cast their darkening shadows over a life of unparalleled -devotedness, nnd incalculable public services?—For ourselves, ns wc were among the first to support, wnarc now confirmed in our confidence in the man, by the very measures that have entailed the displeasure of his opponents ; nnd if any possible eon tingency could induce us to swerve from our fidelity, it would most assuredly he of a more important, charac ter than n personal difference with Mr. Calliour, with which the public have, properly, nothing at all to do. ,r Execution of the Pirates.—Gibbs and Wansley, two of the mutineers on board the brig Vineyard, were execu ted upon FJIis’ Island, in the harbor of v cw York, on tlic22d ult. agreeably to sentence. Shortly before hi? death Gibbs confessed that his real name was James D. Jeffers, that lie is a native of Newport, R. I. and that he first went losca in the brig Brutus from that port in 1S1G. He states that his confession, os first published, is correct, with the exception of that part which re lates to his going to sea in the Hornet and Chesapeake, lie gives as a reason for this false statement, that his real name, could have been ascertained, hod he con fessed that he fir«* went to sen in the Brutu9, and he was anxious to prevent his friends from being visited with the stigma that his crimes would cast upon them. VVe understand he has made a full confession of all I the accomplices, aiders and abettors in his piracies, I which when published it is snid “ will astound the people official. and thcroforo"cannot ba'impliciliy'Vcl’ied on! 1 V <Af * nali f n " » .,.p|K,.rf tl.at .ovoral ci-izon. nf I thft Unitnd Slates, vvlio now ptand fair in p-.iblir esti mation. !iave boon connected with him. The gcn'Ie- man who had the information in hip posprspior was to Reports have been recently circulated that Mr. Liv ingston was once a defaulter to the government. On this subject, a Washington correspondent of the Rich mond Knqnircr, in detailing a conversation had with tho President, remarks that ihc story ip . uliroly niisun- lion, uitled hv the ritizetis of the town, the j derstood. lie says that Mr. Livingston Ims documents flame spread rapidly to the main building, and ' in liis possession to prove that not one cent of the the wholo wns burnt, together with tlm wood- ‘ money licwascharged uitli having taken, ever cumo en house in the yard, nnd the county Jail, ; into his hands, hut was collected by his Deputies and about fiO yards off. The county Court-house ! Agents, and squandered by them when lie was *icti in was saved with much difficulty, nnd although j bed—Notwithstanding this, the money has long since the wind wns light, the file caught some hou-1 been paid by him, and his accounts closed with the Tor (he existence of which there appeared, un-Jing scene of wretchedness, yet never was the fotInnately, loo much reasnu. They bad par- j firmness of lus regard, the constancy of Ids teti frequently, am! on one occasion, he had j kindness, or the tenderness of hut affcelinn, •tteninted her life with a razor. He had j shaken or impaired for the partner of hi* ho-' ses nt tho distnnrc of three hundred yards. The light of this great conflagration was dis tinctly seen at Ealontnn, twenty mile? from this place. None of the prisoners escaped, or were burnt—nil the bonks and pnpers of the Institution were saved. The loss in manu factured articles, raw materials, tools, &c. may amount to eight nr ten thousand dollars. Temporary arrangements are making for the shelter of the convicts, who are kept nt labor within the high brick wall that cticompnssed the building, nnd secured at night by being hand-cuffed and strictly guarded. In a short time a part of ihc cells, the construction of which wns directed by the Inst Legislature, will ho in readiness for their reception. The buildings destroyed cost the Stale, we believe, upwards of an hundred thousand dol lars, hut the construction was very had, and if the system of punishing crimes bv Penitentia ry imprisonment slmll he persevered in. of government. It has now been reduced to a certainty, or at least a strong probability, that Judge White will be called to the charge of the W’sr Department. This w ill no doubt be a popular appointment—indeed, some of Gen. Jackson's friends werc anxious to have him appointed Secretary of Stato. The other two Secretaryships were not tilled up at our last dates; several candidate: arc named for the offices. Mr. Buchanan ot Pcnnsyl vania, and Mr. P. P. Barbour of Virginia, are spoken of tn succeed Mr. Berrien as Attorney General. From this it would appear that he hasrcsigncd.yctw carcdis posed to doubt that such an event lias taken place, as he was nol in W ashington at the time the other resig nations look place, nnd has not been since. Mr. Van Burcn, it is rumoured, will go as Minister lo F.ngland— Major Eaton to Russia in place of John Randolph— the other members of the Cabinet wilt probably retire to private life, unless they arc called by the people lo stations of public trust. Notwithstanding the opportunity given by these re which there ntav ho some doubt, the demoli-1 8i 8»» ,io n» ^forthc enemies ofthe administration lo cry ^ .1 weakness! weakness!” and the momentary dis- lion ofan edifice so unsuitable to the purpose, will .scarcely be a public loss. It is not doubt- momentary satisfaction 11 has probably occasioned in a portion of 1 , ... , ,l * I the republican ranks, wc believe it is in the power of ed but the fire was communicated by some off D - A ’ . . . ’ , . . . J the President lo collect around him such mm as will ne convicts—as yet, however, jio discovery ..1 ... -" u 1 j . ... * . * * put to rest the exulting tone ofthe onpo^t bn* men has been made that will fix it on any ono of! L h „. 1«. have proceeded immediately to Washington, to ' akc the tacts known to the President. Wc shall look with anxiety lo the result. Rhoile Island.—Jl. II. Arnold, Esq. has been elected Governor of this Sta’e, by a large majority over Gover nor Fenner, the successful candidate for thirteen years. Tribute of Respect.—The inhabitants of Savannah have complimented our distinguished fellow citizen Hon. J. JSI Berrien, with a public dinner, which tvatf to have been given in that city on the 4th inst. —<®>— William P. Dural, of Florida, is appointed by the President to be Governor for another term in and over that territory. , uluu 7 7 ,,, V , . on a 7 whose superior talents and unbending integrity will thorn. In tho general confusion and anxiety \ iervc l0 , trmgthtnt cvcn , norc ,v„ nth * c / bincli the pillars of our gnvernment, a;,d the confidence of to secure the convicts, n prisoner in the conn ly Jail, of the name of Wilkinson, charged with the robbery of the public mail, of which lie Imd been the carrier, made lus escape.— Southern Recorder. the people in its President, a jt d restore harmony lo the council? of the nation. •tiongly intimated that he could not and would not live in such a state of torment, and that he would kill hia child rather than it should he raised by hia wife’s father, to whom, in the countenanre and protection of hi* daughter in her misconduct, he had attributed much of hi* misfortunes. For about three weeks before the murder, they had lived in an unusual slate of turmoil and confusion, and in that time he iiad been bea’on by the man whom he suspect ed and believed lo be the cau«/ of his injury. It wns further io testimony that be was pas- om and their unhappy offspring. In analy zing this deed, one i* constrained to say that the mind of its author was given up lo the sport nf every pnsMion, nnd that they wielded their inexorable influence under every diversi ty of wanton caprice. To his own imagination, doubtless, the act has been justified from tho softer pnssions of shame, pity nnd despair. From shame, he struck nt his own existence; from pity, lie de stroyed his child ; and from hopeless and un requited love, he murdered his wife _ Gradual Molition of Slavery -In a late Lexington, It is rumored at Richmond that John Ran- *?' „ P * P "’ nolic<: " P r0 P'> !ili <> n for the foundation dolpli comes home from Europe determined r nm ”"8 sllve hn,, l e r9, tr> cflect the gradual to make war on the administration; that iie is 1 1? p * ,lon of * ltv "‘ ' l ‘ !ne,, '*>' names, satisfied the appointment lo Russia was given! ««■"* •« b" to emancipate the to bribe or disgrace him; that as a redjcmitig COm ' ng ecn l er l a,,on 88 88 “ be done with- measure he will decline the outfit of nine thou- J 01 " " ,8, ‘ >rlal dc,r,m *nt «> the interests of slave hold- sand dollars; #n d that under his auspices, the ! ° r, ' 1 “ ,va d ,° ' h8 ' ,hc "y s,cm "f 8 ' 8 vcry is Calhoun standard is to ho ratsed. Johnny is ! .To ' '' oun "’' b8,8 "« il8 no doubt bravo enough to fight the devil I •d»"' 8 S«. «nd that therefore Hi. our .merest to dis- JUabama.—At a public dinner given by the citizens of Montgomery tn the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, a member to Congress from South Alabama, the following toasts werc drank. They display much good sonse, patriotism, and courtesy. The lion. Geo. M. Troup, IT. States’ Se nator from Georgia—Honest and patriotic, his principles know no compromise. lie has gained for himself an immortal fame, and pos terity will rank him among the first of the sons ofthe south. George. R. Gilmer, Governor of the State of Georgia—Deserving of the gratitude of ere- vy true Republican for his late decisive con duct towards the Supremo Court—an illustri ous commentary upon the principles of the Resolutions of ’93. ^ The Agriculture' interests of the Country--. Constituting the virtue, the intelligence, the strength of a people, let us carefully guard thorn against the withering effects of Manu facturing Power.—Macon Mcertiser. United States Bank.—The New York E. Post publishes an extract of a letter from an American gentleman residing in London, on- der'the date nfFeb. 5th, from which we learn that the capitalists of Europe nro alarmed at tho prospect before them, and deposits to an immense amount have been placed nt the dis posal of the Bank of the United States, sub ject to their drafts. There was much specu lation as to the amount of money thus trans ferred, but tho writer names no supposed amount. The principal London bankers nt* T . . ? " or j penso with that portion of our population hv some such would ImrHh ""hl'niic Idm'f'or'a chamn; n 8en96 | ? r8<iu81 P’oce* 8 »• will not stiddeaty or csscnnsHv in-1 amount. J lie prmctpni lionuon oamters nt- general. Unless he lake care his name^vih "T*" 0 ' V ! lh ,h< i * rrar, P cmM1,s of our plant or*, oi other* | trilmto the great export of specie from I'ng- a seronH i i nvnnnoed .1 ! whose principal dependence now is upon slave labor, I land lo this country, to the confidence in the nudun-' GoorS Sn.v of i - b8 « been .a, iou. the. some officii mode ' United States Bank, which ho say. is now ife—but a nCW ! I,c doviscd and Ci " ied inl ° •**». «o nccoa.pl.xh .hi.' cc-r.amiv greater than in the Bank of England, tfc-but | cognomen Macon Telegraph, j ot)jPC( . whether the one proposed i, the most prsev- -Sac. Republican.
