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£1 thens May X7j 1-831.
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same day the earns justice issued a writ of Habeas
Corpus, added to wliiclt was an order to XV. S. ns fol
lows : * Vou are hereby authorised to lodge the said
girl X' iunev, or Jane, for safe keeping, in the common
jail of Richmond county, in ease there shall be nn>
tlonger of (ier removal, by fraud or force, from your
i nimiiarisrsiromo."'r—.’ ,
Derides losing payment (or publishing the fellow’s
advertisement, tve are minus Fitly Cents postage on
ihc two letters, to and from Philadelphia. him.”
Candidate for Gorernor.—'The Augusta Constitution
alist of May 10th, gives us the information that Mr.
— , ,, Lumpkin will without doubt he a candidate for the gob-
custody.” Agreeably to the mandate of the wr, \N. ch|jr „ lhe nrxt election. The editor says,
S. appeared before some ofthe Ji.alicea o Itlic nfertor I Informatinn tha , convinces us of the fact,
the 24th Oct. 1829, and stated that the wo-
Court, on me *»».« oti. .w.w, ...... — |
man wna left in bis possession by Mr. S. by whom she «" par , y „ RelyinB a3 wc |, aV e d on e on Mr.
• arc assured that lie will lie warmly supported
Mdaacholy JceiJent.—We are under the painful nc-
cessuy of recording an unfortunate accident which oc-
fiiir-d ill this town laat week, and which resulted in
r ie death of Mr. Thomas W. Grant, son of the late
William Grant of Wilkes county. The circumstances
that led to this melancholy event are as follows: Do
ling the last week a number of hands have been cm-
i-hivcd in taking down the walls of the College edifice , ... ,
recently burnt; and their plan has been to undermine • mained until the 31st May, 1830, when she pe i ion i
was hired—that J. N. Pliilpot w as attempting
her away by force, claiming her as his slave—and (bat
the said W. S. believed she was free-born. She was or
dered to jail for safe keeping, and the further consider
ation of tlio writ postponed until the 2d of Nov. when
Philpni appeared by bis counsel and resisted tin whole
proceedings; but she was again ordered back to jail
••until fnhn N. Pliilpot, or whoever else claimed her,
should give bond and good security in SIOOO, to pro.
dure her when required by the Court." Here she re-
•lodge Holt in her own name, for a Habeas Corpus,
” that her ease might be investigated, and justice
done." On her appearance, Pliilpot also again appear
ed, and resisted the proceedings as before. The Judge
having decided that the question of freedom could not
be tried on the Habeas Corpus, but that, under this
writ, .he Court might pass an order for the protection
of persons of color, the woman withdrew her petition
-.d was again consigned to jail, where she probably
fctely retreated from the place where they were stand- now remains.
portions cf the walls, and pull or push them over, uu
Tuesday last, the workmen, having neatly completed
under mining one ofthe partition walls, left it onrl went
. to dinner. Several persons were collected, anxious t"
witness He fall, and one or two ol the young men pres
ent commenced removing bricks for that purpose. In
filing, it unexpectedly started a portion of the front
wa'I. wlnrb fell in the direction of tbo trpcctalrirs.—
J Inse w ho considered themselves in danger, iinmcdi-
iug, b it Mr. Grant, cither unconscious of what was
passing around him, or from some other cause, did not
move until a portion of the falling bricks was within a
very few feet of him. He was then observed to make
•n eir.rt to rise, but belore lie bad time to regain his
feet, be was literally- buried beneath the hideous mass,
and died almost instantly. No blame can bo reason
ably attached to any ono for this most disastrous oc
currence. Tho deceased was about fifteen years of
age ; be was a member of the Grammar School, and
during the fow months of bis residence here, bad en
listed lhe friendship of a large number of his scqnain-
Unci-S. He was possessed of an amiable disposition,
wa> modestly retiring in his manners, uncommonly
oxcmplary itt his deportment, and attentive to his stu
dies. ilia friends and fellow students will feel deeply
tthc loss they have sustained.
Coif of John AT. Philpot.—U is perhaps known to
most of our readers that John N. Fhilpot, n citizen of
Augusta, lias been confined in the jail nf Itichmond
county tor nearly a year, and is still in “ durancevile,”
without lhe prospect of release, lot on alleged con
tempt of Court, in mokingan evasive return to a writ
of Habeas Corpus, before His Honor Judge Holt. The
subject linving attracted great interest nmongllie peo
ple, particularly in the neighborhood ol Augusta, we
deem it a duty In give our readers a summary of the
farts connected with the ease, as far as wo arc able to
do it from the contradictory statements that have nl-
ready appeared.
It appears from the decision of Judge Holt, that a
writ of llnbcsa Corpus was issued by a Justice of the
Inferior Ooutl, nnd served on Pliilpot, on the Kith Oc-
tuber, 1929, “ requiring him to bring up the body of n
Negro boy James, said to lie free and illegally detained
in.bin custody." On I tie 17th, tha writ wav -calntned
before Judge Ilotl, by Pliilpot, 11 who did not produce
the hoy, but prayed for time to do so, staling tlint be
had him in Beach Island, and that if allowed until Sa-
i md»y following, would make a full and perfect return
by producing tho hoy." Time having been granted,
nil I the Judge being absent,proceedings were deferred
until the 2d November, when Pliilpot averred that the
boy * «r«j not in bis possession or custody at the time
said writ was served upon him, nor bad lie been in his
custody or possession since the service of said writ,
mid that it is not in Ilia power tn produce said boy."
This return was considered by the Judge artful and
evasive; and being taken in connexion with an at
tempt of Pliilpot to take poescssion of the mother of
the boy, who, on intimation oflier freedom, Imd fled
<o a n lighbor’s bouse w here she was protected, was not
•received. Front somo cause not explained, no further
steps were taken until the May term ofthe Superior
Court following, when the guardian of the boy Jstncs
having "prayed for an attachment against Pliilpot, he
offered an affidavit which would hsvc been deemed a
full and sufficient return, if/I had been ofleredat the time
lus admission was made, and before his return was
filed," but the Court, believing it H at bound to consider
the admission of Pliilpot ta conclusive against him, or
dered bun to be attached until Janies should be produ
ced. Ala subsequent session ofthe Court, a motion
was made to discharge Fhilpot, on the grounds,—
" first, Because the lime for which he is to be im
prisoned being indefinite and unlimited, tho order ie
illegal snd should he set aside; and Secondly, Because
by affidavits filed, he has purged himself of his con
tempt.” The motion was refused, on the ground that
I’liilpot’s imprisonment is not unlitriited, because it will
cease when the boy is produced; and that h* b ** no *
purged himself of contempt by the simple disclaimer ut
intention to offer it, for (says the Judge) ‘ ,b ® 0 * ,,1
looks to the act itself." !« was contended the.
riulpot’e admission was not ■ return to t awn,
that therefore he should not be concluded by it. In
answer, the Judge observe* " I* <• "“*■ he “dm,, ‘on
does no, con.ti.ute a formal re“>‘"’ b “>‘ h » '"'’P 1 *"
end cbcumstanccs of the aJmiesio", .tamp .1 with the
seat oftrulh, and being made to the Court in connex
ion with the cnic, and to affect cannot
be disregarded, but must beconcluded by Tins,,
the substance of tl.e caw « embraced m the decision
of JudMC Holt—from tho nimules of the reporter, and
other sources, we btvcgletned the following additional
information:
•• Sometime in the yesr 1829, intelligence reached
Auguste, that a negro woman by the name oI Winney,
olios Jane, and her son, James, then in the possession
ofR. M., were free. Upon receiving this intelligence,
It M. returned the Negroes to John N. Fhilpot,
from whom he hid recently purchased them. Philpat
had purchased them from a stronger, and had been in
the undisturbed possession of them for about seven
years. Soon after they were re-delivered to Philpot,
the woman found her way to the premises of IV. S.
where Fhilpot found her, and required her to go home
with him, which she refused to do, and ho was pro
ceeding to force her away, when W. 8, interposed,and
with the threatening ofa drawn sword, compelled him
to desist and leave the premises.”—On the 18th Octo
ber 18*9, affidavit being made before one ofthe Justi-
cesof the Inferior Court, that ih«* aforesaid woman was
believed to be free, and that there wsa danger of her
being forcibly taken from Richmond county and e,nsla*
ted, the Justice oddressed an order to the Jailor, rt-
It oppearathat the petition in hchalfof the nrgroboy,
on the lfit'n of October, wnsutisupported by affidavit. As
it relates to the admission tlmt the hoy was on Beach
Island, Philpot and his counsel disagree w ith the Court,
both asserting that no such acknowledgement was
made. The counsel rays that Philpot informed him
he had sold the boy, but supposed he could obtain him
again, and accordingly, after mnking an unsuccessful
eflbrtto set aside the writ, time wasasked hythecoun-
set until Saturday to produce the hoy. A day or two
before, or on the day of Philpot’s commitment to jail,
his counsel stated 44 that to the best of his knowledge
and belief there was no design of equivocation, either
on the part of Philpot or his counsel, in drawing up the
affidavits.” Philpot also filed o second affidavit, in
which he swore, 44 that the boy was not in his power,
custody or possession, when the writ was served, nor
was he at that time in his custody or possession. lie
admitted that he was, at one time, under the impress
ion that he could produce him, hut in this he had been
disappointed, and found it impossible to do so, 1 ’ &c.
From affidavits made at different subsequent sessions
of the Court, it was shown that William Cary purchas
ed the hoy of Philpot between the 6th mid 13th of Oc
tober, 1829, 44 that since he had obtained possession of
him, he Imd not been in the possession, po’.^cr or cus
tody of Philpot”—that in the latter part of May ho sold
the hoy to a Mr. Finley, who the next day set out with
him for Missouri, and on his way told him to a man by
the name of Dooly, in Kentucky. Philpot, also, at
the Inst November term, made out a third affidavit, in
which ho icpcatcd what he had already sworn to, and
added, 44 tlmt he never, directly or indirectly, in the
whole course of the proceedings against him, intended
any contempt of the Court.”
The case was subsequently argued before Judge La*
mnr, in Ihc progress of which one of the counsel obser
vrr) •• ihat be bad no doubi Judge Hole had believed,
that it was in Pliilpot’* power to produce the boy; but,
whatever might have been the out door reports, he
was satisfied that it never had been in his power,since
the writ was served. Judge Holt observed, that the
Court had not boon influenced by out-door reports—
tlmt he had been influenced, entirely by the relation
which Philpot sustained to the court and the boy—
14 and (continued his Honor,) his conduct to the moth
er—his attempting to take her away by force, without
her consent. This was the chief consideration that
operated on the mind of the court.” Judge Lamar dis
sented from the opinion of Judgo Holt, and held that
the alleged contempt of Philpot had been sufficiently
purged hv his affidavits, especially as they were corro
borated by the affidavits of other persons, and that
“ he ought to be discharged from further imprison
ment.” Judge Crawford was also applied to or a o-
cision on the case, who coincided with Judge ° *• u
concludes with these words: 11 Upon the w »o c un
tlmt Philpot ought to remain attached until he produce,
tho boy, or .how. th.t it i. impoee.ble to produce him.”
Thu. the matter rest, with the Court-Philpot and
the Negro woman being *t,ll in M, wd the boy pro
b»bly in Kentucky.
going on in
Lumpkin’s prudence, we had supposed tlmt no solici
tations, however urgent, could induce him to become
a candidate for this office. We arc well aw are that all
sorts of entreaties have been made use of to mould him
to the wishes of his party; he lias been expostulated
with again and a" a in, and even threatened with the de
sertion of some of his present supporters, should lie
{continue to resist their importunities; hut notwithstan
ding all this, and the enunciation above, wc arc still
slow of belief that such is indeed the fact. If, howev
er, it should ultimately appear that he lias yielded his
better judgment to the supplications of a few zealous
partr/ans, it only remains for the true friends of Mr.
Gilmer to rally to his support—let them rise in their
might, end put down all such opposition. It can easi
ly be done, and if they make hut a slight united effort,
they will be successful.
—5B?’—
Barbarity of Don Miguel.—This lawless and blood-
shedding usurper, than whom in this age of the world
a greater does not exist, has lately given to his coun
trymen and the world, another horrible specimen of his
outbreaking atrocities. By a letter from Lisbon under
dote of March 18th, it appears that seven respectable,
and probably innocent inhabitants of that city, were
arraigned before the Judges, charged with some sup
posed crime, of whom a majority declared (hat 11 there
waa not any evidence made out of crime for which they
ought to suffer death." To this decision Don Miguel
returned for answer that "they were Constitutionalists,
and should sufferAccordingly, notwithstanding the
entreaties of some of Ihc most influential of the nobili
ty, for a pardon or even a respite, their execution took
place on the ICtli, and wae conducted in a most barba
rous manner. They were first strangled with small
cords, their heads then severed from their bodies, and
lastly they wero all thrown together—and burnt I—
Surely it wovt*L wot be wrong, with this exhibition of
the horrors ofa despotic government before our eyes,
to pray that the spirit of revolution may continue to
progress with rapid and unwavering strides, until its
every vestige shall be annihilated.
An animated discussion is now
lhe Newspapers, however, one part con-
rending that FMIpol *>» vin 8 »>'own b >' affidavit that it
was impossible to produce tho boy, lie ought to be dis
charged from imprisonment by the decision of Judge
Crawford; and the other that he has not proved that it
impossible to produce him; and also, that if Phil-
,>ot wye discharged, all hope would be lost of ascer
taining the right ofthe buy to his freedom, and tlmt he
would inevitably be left to hopeless elavely. We bad
intended to make some remarks on this important
eaie, but having devoted eo large a space in giving its
history, we shall defer them until a better opportunity
i. afforded. We have endeavored to give the facts ini-
partially, and from these our readers will be able to
draw correct conclusions.
George IF. Evsritt, a quondam Money.Lender.— It will
be seen by the following from the Hancock Advertiser,
tlmt ourself ee well as our brother editors end publish'
ere in this State have been moot cgtegiou.ly imposed on
by the aforesaid G. W. Kverilt. As wc have given
publicity to his advertisement, and thereby deceived
some of our rcsdcri perhaps, we deem it a duly wc
owe them and the public, to mike hie rascality known.
Read the following;
“ An Advertisement has appeared in this, mid
most of the Newspapers in South Carolina and Gcor-
gm, for some week, past, hearing the enticing caption
‘Money! Money! ! Money.' ! "and having the neth
ermost end thereof bedraggled with, GKO. W. F.VF.-
ItlTT, of Philadelphia. To (he original advertisement
by which eo many ol us have been duped, was attach.
etl n request that Ihc newspapers in S. C. and
Geo,gia would publish the same for one month, and
forward their accounts. Needing the precious mil.Is,
nr their rigged representatives, more than wc lovcj
value or honor either; we accordingly did * forward'
our account to a friend in riii'adclpbia, asking of him
the favor to present and collect it. It now becomes a
d «*y P u ® wur friends and Ihf- public on their piiard by
advertising this advertiser of Money as a pretty parti-
cular •rillnn and- pickled rascal.’ Head what follows,
!?U ,h * I'PlJ ofthe gentleman to whom wc aent our
, w collection, and eay it it is not even ao.
I he only remuneration that I can promise you, is.
Dinner to Mr. Berrien.—In conformity to previous
arrangements, sn uncommonly numerous company of
the oldest and most respectable citizens of Savannah,
assembled on the 4th inst. and participated in a splen
did dinner given to Mr. Berrien atthc. Exchange. Dr.
John Cumming, Judge Jones, and W. B. Bulloch, Esq.
presided. Tho festivities were conducted with tlieut
most harmony and good feeling; a great number of
toasts and sentiments were delivered, and all divested
of the violent invective too apt to display itself in such
assemblages. After three or four toasts had been giv
en, the President rose and remarked, that as the terms
of Mr. Berrien's acceptsnec of their invitation, forbade
a reference to hie public services, he would, without al
luding to the "fair.honor of his career in the Forum, on
the Bench, in the Senate, and in the Cabinet,” only
tender him their friendly salutations. He then gave
the following i _
<< Our Guest—We esteem him tor his virtues—we
honor him for his services."
Mr Berrien then rose, and in nearly the following
words, responded to the observations from the chair,
and the aentiments o! Ihc company:
I thank you very cordially, gentlemen, for
Ibis expression of your kindness. I could not
be insensible lo tho npprobntion of so respect
able nn assemblage of any portion of my fel
low citizens; but such a reception from this
community, leaves me without tho power ad
equately lo express my grateful sense of the
honor which it confers. It brings with it,
however, the cheering conviction, that I am
in the midst of those, to whom I may safely
confide the interpretation of my feelings. Ac
cept, then, gentlemen, the simplo acknowl
edgements of my gratiludo, for this tenewed
manifestation of your unvarying kindness.
I should vainly attempt to express to you my
feelings on this occasion, but your own hearts
will hear me wilness, and I cheerfully submit
myself to their testimony
Returning after an absence which has seem
ed to me to be a protracted ono, to this cher
ished spot, which is endeared to us oil, by a
thousand recollections, I have tho gratifica
tion to sec, in this assembly, many of those
who have boon my companions in the journey
of lifo. I meet you, iherefore, will; no ordi
nary emotion, and wiih little qualification for
the discharge of tho duly which your kind
ness, and the customs of lhe festive board,
have devolved upon me. The stranger who
visits our city, contemplates i! as the abode of
hospitably, and tho home of tho domestic vir
tues; nnd leaving it, carries with him a lively
remembrnnee of the intelligence and the cour
tesy which constitute the charm of its social
intercourse. But to me, it presents itself with
all those awakening recollections which are
connected with the idea of home—of youthful
friendships, und the graver associations of mn-
Hirer yents; with the cherished remembrance
of the best nnd happiest portion of my life—of
bright and sunny hours, which aro destined
never to return.
I wish I could have found you, gentlemen,
in the enjoyment oftliot prosperity, which the
natural advantages of our location, nnd the
inielligrnce nnd enterprise of our citizens, on-
title us to claim. There was a time, when
the success of our agricultural, nnd the con
sequent prosperily of our commercial opera
tions, gave animation to overy thing around us
—when the busy bum of commerce was heard
in our streets, and its fruits wero exhibited in
tbe rapid improvement of our city—tvben here,
ns well ns elsewhere, all the comforts and en
joyments of life, were placed within the reach
of individual exertion. Why does this state
the Iiiuixiuuni CXCIIIUII. VV iiy uues inis state
and imposter. lft.aouoEi“j! wEt ° f ibi.ig, no longer exist in the same degree
endorsing winch your bill must receive, *Y<m etl inren•! 09 * ,cre l°fore ? “ tiy !• that stillness now
Kuul* l,ng i* lUe P ,acc * 1 ,e » rn « d ihtt about P c rvades those places, w hieh in times pasta
twenty bills from disappointed editors had been sent in, i tyere the scenes of bustle and nctivitv 1
Whence comes it, that the best exertions of
the planter, and the most intelligent efforts of
the merchant, fail to receive the rewards which
heretofore awaited them ?
1 will not do violence lo the social feeling,
to which this occasion is devoted, by the dis
cussion of a much agitated and highly agitat
ing question, which is connected with this
subject. I purposely limit myself to the on-'
qnjrv, whether some of the evils which tve suf
fer may not have resulted from our failure to
beep pace with the changes which have oc
curred elsewhere, and especially in the other
states of the Union? Extending our view to
the states at large, whether wo have not re
lied too much on the value of our products,
and the natural advantages of our position;
and looking rather lo our past prosperity, than
to those unwelcome indications which mena
ced its continuance, have remained lo a cer
tain degree stationary, while others have been
advancing in the career of internal improve
ment ? I do not disguise from myself the fact,
that the change in our condition, has been
greatly influenced by causes over which tve
could exercise no controljby the altered politi
cal nnd commercial state ofthe other portions
of the world. Constituting a part of the great
family of nations, wc cannot be insensible to
that whic'.i materially affects its other mem
bers; for thnt law of his nature which ordains
that man shall be a social being, forbids that,
either as an individual or ns a member of so
ciety, he should be wholly independent of his
fellow men.
Still it may be worth the enquiry, whether
all which we have lost can be justly imputed
to this cause? and especially, whether some
thing may not be regained by intelligent and
unremitted exertions to facilitate our interior
communications, and to improve the ocean in
let, on which we are so advantageously pos
ted ? When the great staple product of our
State commanded three limes the price which
can now he obtained for it, the difficulties of
communication were overcome, because tbe
value of the article compensated the labor und
expense, which were necessary to the accom
plishment of tliis object. Our storehouses
wero then filled with the fruits of our agricul
ture; and here, also, were sought, as an almost
necessary consequence, those supplies which
our citizens derived from the skill and indus
try of other nations. Our city was then the
great mart of the agricultural productions ol
our state, as well as of those foreign supplies
which then reached us, in no inconsiderable
quantity, by direct importation. But this is
unhappily a picture of bv-gone timesja state of
things which we can scarcely expect to see
realized again, in all its former extent. I he
condition ofthe world nffords little prospect of
any material advance in the market value of
our principal staple. Apart, then, from such
improvements in agriculture, as may reduce
the cost of production, its value to the produ
cer is chiefly to he increased, by facilitating,
nnd thereby diminishing the expense of its
transportation to an eligible market. Else
where this truth has been felt and acted upon,
and we are in no inconsiderable degree, the
victims of the diversion, which it lias already
occasioned. Does it become us, I speak of
our follow citizens throughout the stale, to
await in hstless inactivity, the consummation
of this result ?
It is now several years ago, since a distin
guished engineer, who Imd been engaged in
making surveys in various parts of the Union,
pronounced this port to be the appropriate At
lantic outlet of the Southern nnd South wes
tern States, and the truth of this opinion, would
ere this have been demonstrated, if the requi
site exertions Imd been made, to improve those
interior communications, which nre sugges
ted by the natural advantages of our posilion.
Such nn operation, however, in Ihc extent
which ought to he given to it, belongs empha
tically lo the Slate, because the capiial which
it would require, transcends the resources of
our city, and because also, tbe benefits which
it would confer, would be co-cxtensivo with
the whole line of communication. May we
not hope tlmt this subject will find favor in the
councils of our state, and that some portion of
the ample fund, which must ere long bo placed
at our disposal, will be set apart for purposes
of internal improvement. Whoever shall suc
ceed in awakening the attention of tho Legis
lature to this vitally important subject, nnd
shall have the good fortune to effect a success
ful result, will deserve to he ranked among
the benefactors ofthe ngc, and will justly ac
quire to himseif an enviable place in the esteem
and affections of our people.
I hope 1 shall not bo considered to Imvo
given lo these remarks a character unsuitc-d to
the occasion of our nsspmblnge, if discarding
every partizan feeling, I indulge myself in ad
verting for a moment, to somo considerations
connected with our political condition. In this
viow, wo have abundant cnusc of thankfulness
to the author of all good, for the bounties
which he has bestowed upon us, and even
around this festive hoard, it becomes us reve
rently to acknowledge our gratitude for the
blessings wc enjoy. In the agitations of the
old world which seem to ho destined to unset
tle the institutions of ng®s—to hurl the titled
monarch from his throne, and in (heir una
voidable consequences, to carry dismay and
desolation into the cottage ofthe peasant, we
have a striking illustralioh of the wisdom,
which guided the councils ofthe founders of
this Republic. It is impossible not to remark
how completely the first half century of our
political existence, has demonstrated tho fal
lacy of interior theories of government. The
maxims which they inculcated, denounced the
freedom of our institutions, as fatal to their
permanency. Tho recognition of the sovereign
ty of the people—the principles that govern
ment is a trust, for tho benefit of those who
created it—and that all granted power is revo
cable at the will of the people, by whom it
was conferred, were supposed to constitute
the evidences of our weakness. Our experi
ence has proved that thev-nre the. source# of
our sfrength. A struggle of three days, (ms
sufficed to precipitate a monarch from a throne
surrounded by the instruments of hjs power
who were impotent to resist the shock. An
other, and yet another, has been called to
prove the divine origin of his right to rule, by
the exhibition of phystcnl ability to subdue the
multitude who have questioned it. Every
where the march of free principles is onward
—and they will advance in quick pace to the
consummation of their object. Meanwhile the
American Republic, resting on the firm basis
ofthe sovereignty of tho people, is alike se
cure from internal commotion, nnd from ex
ternal assault. Differences of opinion will exist
and conflicting interests will arise in our widely
extended empire, but the principle of mutual
concession,which gave birth to our fundament
tal charter, will reconcile these jarring pre
tensions—and Ihc profound attachment ofthe
people to the government of their choice, will
rebuke the spirit of discord, wherever it may
arise. In one sentiment we nre nil agreed it
is that which inculcates as a primary duty, the
preservation of our Union of these free, sove
reign nnd independent states. The organic
law which proclaims it, is a precious memorial
of the wisdom of our fathers, and the assur
ance of its permanency, is in the affections of
a free and enlightened people. No where is
this sentiment more strongly felt, than by (hose
to whom I have the honor to address myself.
It is indeed the cherished feeling ofthe south.
Vigilant in the assertion of the rights of state
sovereignty, the people of (Jeorgia have ever
been prompt to rally around the General Go
vernment, in vindication of its claim to the
full exercise of its whole constitutional author
ity. They nre ready too, I assure myself,
however much on this subject they may have
been misrepresented, to meet the conflicting
pretensions of tlieir brothers, who differ front
them, in that spirit of just and mutual conces
sion, in which the Union of these states had
its origin, and to which alone, we can look for
its preservation. TIappilv, to this source, we
may look, with unwavering confidence. An
enlightened public opinion which constitutes
the moral and efficient strength of our Go
vernment, will still perpetuate the bond of our
Union, coercing obedience to tho legitimate
mandates of authority, while it exercises also,
a salutary restraint upon rulers—checking the
arrogance of power, and rebuking its excess.
I congratulate you gentlemen, on the pros-
pcct which is afforded liv recent events ofthe
favorable adjustment of our Indian relations.
As citizens of Georgia, wc have a deep inter
est in tho correct solution of this difficult and
embarrassing question. It is not merely that
a valuable portion of our domain, is withheld
from our occupancy, by the remnant of a tribe
which still lingers within our chartered limits.
The pretensions which have been asserted in
their behalf, nre in direct conflict with our
sovereignty—nnd in the bent of the controver
sy, which they have engendered, we have been
subjected to imputations aliko unworthy of
our character as a people—and revolting ;.a
our individual feelings. The illusion in which
these prejudices originated, is however rapid
ly passing away. The prejudices of our bre
thren are subsiding, nnd all that remains to se
cure the favorable award of public opinion is,
that we should cxerciso our acknowledged
rights, with the moderation and in the spirit
of benevolence, which it becomes us lo exhi
bit to the feeble remnant of a once great and
powerful, thnugh savage people.
For the accomplishment of what has been
alrendy attained, in relation to this vitally im
portant interest, I need not tcM you how much
you are indebted to the zeal nnd intelligence
of your representatives in the national legisla
ture, to the steady vigilance with which Ihey
have vindicated your rights. Nor are you
without the full measure of obligation, to the
chief of that department, to which (his branch
of tho public service is particularly confided,
for the fidelity and firmness with which be h»«
discharged this important trust. But honor
to whom honor is due. It is to the distin
guished individual, who presides over the in
terests of this Republic—to his own correct
and thorough knowledge of this w hole subject
—in its origin, nnd progress—in nil its hear
ings, nnd in all its details—to his unwnvcring
determination not lo surrender his own correct
views, to the suggestions of n false and mis
guided humanity—to his just estimate of the
rights of tha States, nnd to the paternal care
which watches over the rights, ns mainly es
sential to the perpetuity of that Union, which
mu9t be preserved—it is to him that you arc
chiefly indebted for the gratifying prospect
which is now presented to your view.
I will not, however, gentlemen, prolong this
trespass upon your lime j but before I sit down,
will ask leave to offer you this sentiment:
The City of .Savannah—The liberal nnd en
lightened policy of the State, seconding the
intelligence nnd enterprise of her citizens, wiM
yet restore her commercial prosperity.
S U M M A R Y.
Hail Storm.—Our city was visited, at sunset on Fri
day evening, by one of the most severe Hail Storms
ever witnessed by its inhabitants—lasting about three
quarters of an hour, and descending, with the utmost
violence, in particles nearly at large as pigeon’s eggs.
—.lug. Chronicle.
We had in this place and the neighborhood, on Sal-
tirday evening last, a considerable fall of hail. * *
A gentleman who lives in EIbcrton, and of whose ve
racity no doubt can be entertained, informs us that the
hail which fell there was in many instances of the size
of a goose egg—that lie measured one piece which was
eight inches in circumference, and saw othera about the
same size.—Southern Recorder, Moy 12.
Southern Review.—Wc take pleasure in mentioning
to our readers that this valuable work was to have been
re-issued from the press at Charleston on Monday last.
It is spoken of in the Mercury in high commendation
of its general ability and teste.—Sar. Rep. 4th inst.
Two or three of the late skipwreeka on the coast of
State, and obliged most of our planters to rrpfebJ, '3
also attributed to the same cause.—itid.\
A child in Msiylsnd nearly died lately, Crons eating
the kernels of Apricots, which contain Prussic Acid.