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The Athenian.
FOR THE ATHENIAN.
THF. WAV THEY no THINGS IN ATHENS
To ft Friend in Ihe Country,—A on ask mo
lo give you my opinion of the Athenians
From the exhibition ot'lhoir conduct and mon
gers ilwil has romo under my observation sinro
tov arrival, I have not found a very favorable
on ’,.. This, however, may bo nllribuled to my
..riioranco of the world, ils people and its
wavs. Perhaps I shall belter know in what
polil -ncBS consists, offer I liavo for a while
Thrown off my country manners and dress, fnr-
«n>!len I ho freedom and friendships of simple
st-,-tried rustics, and been initialed into all the
forms and ceremonies of polished life. Let
too fell you what I saw n few days ago ; it was
Sunday ; nnd whon I heard the bell ring, I
•started to meeting ; when I went into church,
f was surprised to see the men sitting to the
right and left of tho pulpit, and tho women in
dm middle of Ihe house, just in front of tho
preacher! AVhat surprised mo still more, was,
Henceforth | r t v.a not hi biunded with the o| iihet In
tlioM who tremble at the name of tho doctrine, and I which
, i profess to adrnirc the principle a of that man w hom j is rcce
we claim as our political prototype.
Mortality at l.itcria.- By the schooner Frcdonic, From lha ConaulutionalisL
<1 at Sah.ni, Ms. nntlic 4th oil.intelligences It is averred bv t'tie Chronicle that M,
hat on the lirsl of April, sixty-three of the Lumpkin does r.'-t belong to the Troup pa r i v
Athens, July 5,1831.
Destruction of the Capitol at Halt if'It North Carolina.—
! We regret to say llial intelligence has been received of
the destruction «»t’tliis splendid edifice by fire on Tue.s*
! day morning the 21st nit. We regret it not only for
the pecuniary logs sustained, but lor the loss of one of
the best specimens of modern sculpture in the world,
which participated in tho destruction. We allude to
the statute of Washington executed in Italy a few
ymra since by Canovu, unJ which the patriotic citizen 3
eighty-five emigrants to Liberia who went nut in the j It becomen n matter tlw»n of curious enquiry—
Volandt a in December, last, have died. The mispla- J to what party tloe.s lie belong ? Is he an avow.
ced benevolence of the Colonization Society is sink- ed Clark man /—it*he a Calhoun man ?—is ht
gly unfortunate for the poor blacks, for it has been
ascertained that about one half of the number sent
out meet with a speedy death. Thus their benevolent
objects have been utterly defeated, while those they
intended to benefit, they huve indirectly destroyed.
• Another Disaster.—The Cincinnati Commercial Ad
vertiser states that a melancholy accident occurred to
To Cvrrcspondents.—We owe an apology to several i of that state purchased at great expense, and placed in j the elegant Steam boat Brandywine on her passage up
ofour literary contributors, for negligence in not at- j ihe rotunda of the capital. It was by one w
ah earlier date, • knowledge*! to be the greatest sculptor of his age, and ! at: el thirty lives were lost
of this disticfsii
tending to thiir communications
ho is ao | the river from New-Orh ans—the boat was blown up
No particulars are given
(lie multiplicity ofdtiths attendant upon editorial life, j it was said to be an unrivalled specimen o his art.
ust ho our excuse for former inattention—in future,! The following account of the fire is from the Star of
we shall endeavor to he more prompt
those favors.
Accl'stci B. Lonustreet, Esq. has been appointed j
by the Phi Kappa Society in Franklin College, to deli
ver the annual oration before the Phi Kappa and Do
inosth.enmn Societies at Commencement, and wixare
disposing of! the 22d .Im
brful Calamity.—It i
That mi tho rtid of cacli seat next the niido, | inforinc.1, has accepted tho oppointment.
snt our person in such a manner tlmt I coni.. , —<sts>—
not get into nnv of the po.vs; hardly knowing
«Iuit to do, I walked on down the nislo till I
llioiighl every body was looking a! my liomc-
ypmi -nil, and listening to my heavy Ircatl, nnd
.'aughoig at my awkward gait. And ihon tho
idea -truck me that people allowed I wanted
>h«w mvself. And then I squeezed by a
large fa I man and sat down. I had not been
long seated, when iny attention was attracted
bv the approaching f.iotstrps of about half a do
ze- persons coming down the aisle ; they were
Georgia University.— Information has been received
that the lirv. Stephen Olin has accepted the Professor
ship of Ethics and Belles Leltres, conferred on Inm at
tho last meeting of tho Board of Trustees of Franklin
College.
—
Georgia Commissioners.—The Courier at Tallahassee,
1 Florida, of the 23d nil. says, that the Commissioners
appointed to run the dividing line between that Terri
tory nnd this State, were in Tallahassee on the 21st.
ith indescribable emotions
t that wo announce this awful catastrophe,
sday morning about seven o’clock, the build
ing was discovered to he on fire Ivy Ihe smoke
which issued from the room on the west side. The
alarm was immediately given, and our citizens hasten*
ed (o the fatal spot with a hope of extinguishing the
(tames. But it was soon discovered to bo imp.actica
hie, and the exertions of all hands were then directed
to tile objects of saving Ihe papers in the different of
fices, and defending tho other public buildings in the
square. In this tfiey were happily successful; but,
most unfortunately, I lie whole Slate Library was de
stroyed. The house having been newly covered w ith
zinc, it was perhaps half un tiour after the smoko was
discovered, betoro the fire was seen on the outsuicjbut
til a few minutes after it burst through the reof, the
spreading flame covered the top of the house; after
which the top began rapidly to break in, nnd by 9
o’clock the walls alone of that ouco beautiful edifice,
which was justly the pride of the Stele, und adrnira
tion ofull who have visited our city, were, to lie seen,
with the rolling smoke and curling flames gushing in
terrific volumes through every door and window, and
ie and cnverless walls. Great con-
After it thorough examination of the river St. Mary’s,
all voi.ng bucks dressed in their best, and : t |, r y have fixed upon the middle branch as the princi-
1,Hiking their prettiest; Ihe heels of some of | pl i one- They traced it to Lake Randolph, otherw
Sc r sqisrc teed bents made the whole house ] C a||,.,l Ocean Pond, and Mr. Thomas, the survey
* "2 i£a.n. The pumps of others made a »li- , vag at the last accounts, running a line from that Lake j andfr-iitless; and this monument, reared by the grate
e ng reuse like that of a person skilling on the j i 0 the junction of the Flint and Challalmucliec rivers, ful and patriotic citizens of North Carolina, in honor
ire. They though’ (and they may have judged 1 ti, c object of ihe Commissioners in visiting Tallshas
gv—that ther made a considerable im- sec, was to procure supplies in advance,
ps*-sron upon Ihe ladies; and here again l j _-jp._
**■* ; '•;> 3,1 ' 00k sea ( ,s on ! he l \° n :' fourth cj July.—The fifly-firth anniversary of Amcri-
l.pn*pnal€ to . o leilia es , t icy ia< Independence was celebrated in this ’own y eater-! u enveloped in dark volumes of smoke and curling
t5w * ***} 3ef ** onli! the ladies bernmo . % i, y ll|C n9M al mode of military assemblages, firing , sheet* of taHttDToze; ami when the dome fell in, the
crj-a ar.d wirif ot tnem stood a mmuto or ! * * t -ir „;, lp f .\.inrU A M head and arms wero broken off, and o great proportion
T„ tvveo-atdge. scats and vet «h M . was SM '.owhen J'”f caleimuion; and i,
moved. V* ell,think* I to myself,
ilil userpnse^ at any thing those spnrks
dk ■- ’ I'i? k At them a little more closely,
at the top of it
pal one. They traced ii to Take Kandolpli, otherwise I "nr was manifested for the preservation of the Statue
H n i ... i m. ti „„ | o( ll a.liiugton, winch stood in the centre of the rotun-
" or, i | a , ftni | an c (p irl was made to save it ; hut it was vain
of fin: father of oiu country, at an expense of about
$30,000, and which was said to be the finest piece of
sculpture in the wuld, was abandoned ill despair to
abate the fate of the superstructure which it had so
long giaeed. After tho house was fill -d with flames,
tho siafute presenlc.il an awful aspect, bring alternate-
claratmn of Independence w as read by Mr. T. witness of the
rands amidst the general ruins, a melancholy
Moore, and an eloquent oration delivered by Me J.
■ If Harris, before llicir respective societies and the
as. l i ef *then I go out I may enquire x»'iiero J c j,j zclla generally. Arter these exorcises were closed,
.fancy i.fcarthlv things.
giad to slate, however, (fiat the elegant full length
porlrnil of Washington, which hung nearlheSpeaker’s
Chair in the Commons I lull, was saved. Alt the fur-
nil lire, with every tiling ehe, save the pnprrs in the
company re-assembled ut the Baptist Chinch, I Comptroller’s office, Ihe office of the Clerk of the Su
preme Court, and tile oflic* s of lltu Clerks of the two
Houses ol tlic Legislature, was consumed.”
Ttser were raised, for surely they never moved
im iti. higher circles nflilb. Lpon examina-I lv | 1( , rc if,,. Declaration of Independence was read by
■Sjnn, 1 -;nv tll.1t some of them liked long flees J (> E.le'ardl, ami an appropriate oration deli-
ond -'••me broad fares ; some wanted low lore- j V( , rc j | 1V lir:t (>. It. Houghton, ofllie Georgia Guards,
hen.’- mid some high ones. I found this out ; rhc m it'ii arv . wiih-sevcral citizens,.then repaired to a
in tins w n . somo of them had Combed down beautiful grove near Mrs. Meriwether's. Hole a din [ <kis Bank, has been made to a company in Mtcon and
tin ir locks sleek over their temples, others ran | m . r , va s served up bv Mr. Moreland in liar best style. Cliailesion, at, as ihe Macon popers inform us, n pre-
tin ir lingers through theirs, so ns to make i ardent spirits, nor even wine, were made use of on nu'nm of Iwenty-Jite thousand dollars.
them standout in a horizontal direction just 1 1 |, 0 occasion ; tho toasts, however, wore apirii-cd and I represented lo be men of wealth
Dank of Macon.—A transfer of the principal stock of
Tho company are
Tho transfer will
5Ter the ear; one process made the face look j patriotic, and tho • vonin j passed off in ll.c greatest j undoubtedly have the client lo restore the confidence
We shall publish the toaBt next week. j °^ lc |*' , W*c in that institution,
i anniversaty of the Sunday School insti- —
tchrated by flic schools in Athens und vi-1 tt'iUiam Jasper H'ili.insvn, charged with rubbing tli
mama Jay. .1 pnceeoiun, consisting all Uniunl Slates' Mail, and who unfortunately escaped
hundred and fifty scholars and filly teach-j during 1 lie laic conflagration of the Penitentiary and
./ail, has been retaken and loged in the Augusta Jail.
»Vttc root 0JJie.es.—At Rocky Mount, Jones county,
in this state, a new Post office has been established—
John IV. McGehee, F.Sq. Post Master.
Another at Brownsville, Monroe county, Samuel T.
Beecher, Esq. Post Master.
Another at C. M. Norwood’s, culled Pleasant Hill,
three miles from Marshall’s I’erry, in Talbot county.
Another at Franklin, Heard county, of which Wil
liam T. Williamson, Esq. is appointed Post Master.
• oilier made it look broad. That some
“re rr-d low forehead., was evident from
i3j.tr ■■■.is being combed smooth over tlmt part
CH -r#e- tc-vJ, so a. to bid.- a great /.art of it ;
T-f-J t.Vri others wanted high foreheads, was
<- - / cudectfrom tnr-ir turning their h.iir
b cm such a manner as lo show (fie whole
Oi ■".? forehead. In I e latter class, the pas-.
* ti to excel was very strung ; at least. I judge |
to. ’rum '.bis fret : Seeing tlmt tint angles of
ial-nt 'as they are rnilcd) had something very
peculiar about them, sueli ns the acuteness of
the angles and itieir extreme fairness, ns
though the sun had never shined on them, or
tiie breeze ever reached them ; I was forced
to examine them more minutely, when I found
that these same angles of talent were made,
t)..’ by nature, nor by hard study, but (will you
’believe il) by the barber; yes, I am positive it
was by tho barber ; for I could see that Ihe
hair w as beginning to grow out again. Well
thinks I to mysolf, these Athenians nro nil in
genious people, wiser far than tho Athenians , .. ...
so much renowned in history for .heir wisdom »y ^h.ch the rsgh«3
and learning. Hoiv utterly groundless is the
assertion, that the hill of science is sleep and
rugged, and ds assent ditlicult nnd discoura
ging. 1 he “ royal road to geometry is
dengtli found,” and men can bo erudite und
profound if they only understand the uso of
the razor, straps, and brush. As to my indi-
yidml opinion, however, 1 think that persons
ao anxious to pass for men of talents, had bet
ter take a little less pains with Ihe outside
and bestow n little more labour upon the in
side of the forehead ; and then public cxpcc-
tation would ho realized, and they would be
xvhal at present they only seem to ho ; men of
talents and information. MONITOR.
eeiected ron the Athenian.
TO M ♦ ♦ • *.
G«, muse f and to M»**» fly,
A”5* wil h 'hee beat iliii tender sin!..
Tell her ’li* honest, free from art,
A ul act* in concert with my heart.
i-r i. c nor l>own " *be while,
rwdl lake the nmblinec of a smile;
But II unkind, she (corn* il—swear
Twill melt that moment to a tear.
Fly muse! and let the fair one know
Thai she ran fix ntv weal or wo.
Array’d in beauty’* lovelieat bl.mm—
L*n stamp my bliss nr seal my doom;
tell her siie wrong’d—am! e’en when bent
Irpon retenge. I griev’d, hut now repent;
i r j " n " f * 10 kingdom* I prefer,
And I could *lways gaze on her.
H*#tc, h»*te, my mu*c! once more intiude,
And a sk her if she deem’d me rude,
Ask if that sweet engaging brow,
To every lover's always ao—
Perilsp* that youthful bosom yet.
Hath no endearing object met.
Ah, me t what transports he must prove,
"li° ’raptur’d wins her virgin love ?
VVInlu life’s trsuscendant morn is vours,
XX tale beauty blooms and youth endures,
A ttiousand awstns will hourly kneel
And what tliet fancy, sweat they feel;
For me unskill’d, unus’il to plead,
My '.Iimlde vetse may ill succaed,
Vei M“** to my lines attend,
And in t lover, mark the friend. c.
It ia no inconxiderabU. part of wisdom to
Unow how much of ao aril ought to be lolenticd.
ab )Ut tlin-
e;», was formed at 12 oMtuk u( ffio Affl/ioJisf, and
pr'»ctcd»d to tho PrralKtoriun C’lmrcli, at whiili place
tlie c.xcrciHt rt wort’ held. Two hymns, written express
ly for tlie occasion, wore suny hv the teachers and
scholars, anti address* s wcruilelivcicd by tho Uov. Mr.
Stanley, and Kev. Mr. Shannon. A cold collation was
given in the College Chapel. Dio exercises through'
out were very appropriate, and those who witnessed
them came away extremely gratified.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.—The politicians
of the pus c >)l day, whether tariff or anti-tariff, consoli
datinnisls or State Rights men, «laiin, almofct c.xclu
sivcly, to the disciples of Jeirerson; and thus, by some
sort of political legrrdeinuin, that great patriot and
statesman is made to he, at the same time an advocate
for « Hvstcut of protecting duties and of uatiotiul inter
uf tho slates
arc buried beneath the oppressions of the general go
vernment; a supporter of State rights, os understood
by Siniih and Drayton, ami the Troup party in Georgia j
and the originator amt promoter of the doctrine of nul
iilication, as advocated by somo of the leading politi
ciam of South Carolina. In all this there seems to be
great inconsistency, for it is impossible that Mr. Jel-
feison could have given his absent to doctrines so op
posite— we cannot, therefore, all prefer a legitimate
claim to tire appellation of JefTwsonian Republicans
The Kcntuckv resolutions, which ire well known to
have emanated from the pen of Mr. Jefferson,are claim'
cd by our friends in Smith Carolina as the foundation
of their favorite doctrine, or perhaps we should say,
*' confirmation strong’* ol the truth ot it; while in this
State, we do not conceive that they countenance that
doctrine as a constitutional measure. Wo have, for
the convenience of such of our readers as take an in
tercst in these matters, republished them to day, to
gether with an abstract of those of Virginia, written
by that vcnertblo patriot James Madison, as given in
the Charleston Mercury. Those resolutions, as we
understand it, were in the form of a protest againstcer-
tain oppressive acts of Congress, (except that which
relates to the members of the Virginia Legislature, se
curing their persons from arrest and imprisonment,)
and contended for Ihe principle that the States had a
right to render those acts null and void ; ut the same
time soliciting the co-operation of their sister states to
effect the work. This right was not advocated as
guaranteed by our Constitution, and it is therefore pro
per to suppose it was based on the original sovereignty
of the States, which never had, ami never can be ut-
terly parted with. This was .Mr. Jefferson’s doctime.
The nulliticrs of South Carolina insist that iho interpo-
sition of a single state to arrest the progress of a law
Affairs of the Cabinet.—Tho Globe says that Major
Eaton ceased to act as Secretary of War on ihe I8lh
Juno; and that Dr. Randolph, the Chief Clerk in the
War Office, is appointed Acting Secretary in the inte
rim. Ti»e Telegraph also gives intelligence that Mr.
Ingham has left tho Treasury Department—if is not
known here who supplies his place. Judge White, ii
is confidently a.-sarted by some newspapers,will accept
lire War Department, and enter upon its duties short
ly. Mr. Berrien is believed to have resigned —some
say ho w as dismissed. We have nothing official, how-
ever, on the subject.
Trouble in Washington.—The last mails brought us a
correspondence which took place during the last month
between Mr. Ingham and Major Euton, two of the
members of the late Cabinet. Tlu* aflair is of a private
nature exclusively, and we see no pretext that could
bo used to make its publication necessary. For the
honor of both gentlemen we hope it was not with their
sanction. Of itself, it reflects no credit on either party,
and its publication will Imt increase the censure which
should justly be passed upon all sue!) proceedings.
Mr. Can Ruren.— U is now reduced to a certainty
that this gentleman has rrceivcJ the appointment of
Minister to the Court of St. James, and will shortly
embark for England. Charier- Butler, Esq. late Post
Master .at Geneva, N» w York, will,it is said, accompa
ny .Mr. V. B. as secretary of Legation.
-<3£~
Skrzynecki.—The true pronunciation of the name of
this truly distinguished Polu>h commander, has been a
subject of much inquiry amon£ those who have read
ol his valorous deeds. A native Pole has given the
following in the Philadelphia Inquirer.— 44 Skrsi-net:-
ky." This is not much of an improvement, for ihe
name given in the Inquirer is almost as unpronounceable
a3 the original itself.
uffuir.
COMMUNICATKU. #
Mr. Shatc.—I send yon some of my selected glean
ings for publication, if you think proper to publish them.
The subject will ho continued in several numbers.
Young men arc frequently in want of on index to di
rect their reading, and these publications are therefore
not unuseful, and may he acrcp-tahlo to those of your
town, who are so busily engaged in climbing the steep
ascent towards the hill of science and learning
The course of studies it might br most advantageous for
young men to pursue.—The imagination is to be cultiva
ted in education, more than tho dry accumulation of
science and natural facts. The noblest part of man is
his moral nature; and morality principally depends,
agreeably to the admirable maxim of Jems, upon our
putting ourselves in the place of atuHhcr, feeling his
feelings, and apprehending his desires; in a word,
44 doing toothers as we would wish to be done unto A
Another thing that is a great and most essential aid
to our cultivating moral sentiment, will consist in stu-
dying the best models, und figuring to ourselves the
most excellent tilings of w hich human naturo*i* capa
ble. To this purpose, there is nothing so valuable as
the histories of Greece and Rome. There arc certain
cold blooded reasoners that say, that the ancients were
in nothing better than ourselves, that their stature of
mind was no taller, and their fee ling in nothing more
elevated, and that human nature in all ages a: d conn
tries is the same. This may be doubted. But if it is
so, certainly ancient history, is the bravest and sublim
es! fiction that ever it ever entered into the mind of
rnan to create. No poets, or romance writers, or sto
ry-tellers, have ever been able to feign such models of
ail erect, and generous, nnd public spirited, and self
possessing mind, as arc to be found in Livy and Diotiy
stuiof UaTicarnassus. If the story be a falsehood, the
emotions, and never to be destroyed impressions it pro
duces arc real: and ihe man who has n« t been imbued
with these talcs in his earliest youth, can never be so
noble a ere attire, as the. man with whom they have
made a part of his education, stands a chance to be.
To study the (.’reek and Roman history, it were un
doubtedly best to read it in their own historians. To
do tins, we must have a competent mastery of the
Greek and Latin languages. But it would be a dange
rous delusion to put ofltlm study long, under the idea
that a few years hence, wn will read these things in tho
originals. The story is told with a decent portion of
congenial feeling in Uollin’s ancient history, and Ver
tex's revolution of Rome. Plutarch's lives, and a trans
laiion of Dionysius's Antiquities, should also be read.
Milford for the history ol Greece; and Hooke for tlmt of
Rome, arc writers of much critical judgment. But
Hooke has a baleful scepticism about, und pernicious
lust to dispute the virtues of illustrious men—and Mib
ford is almost frantic with the love of despotism and op
pression. Middleton's life of Cicero, and Blackwell's
court of Augustus, are books written in the right spirit.
Thucydides, Sal!ust,.Livy and Tacitus, should, if possi
ble, be read in the genuine language in which these
glorious men have dollied their thoughts. Of these,
there are also excellent translations—of Thucydides by
Smith—of Sallust, by Stewart—of Licy by Baker—ol
Tacitus b^lHprphy, which may ho read with great
pleasure and advantage. For although flic classical
student should anxiously guard aguinst the habit of
generally reading translations, yet it is but rcasonabl
to be supposed that those who have devoted years to
the critical investigation of a particular author, have
attained a more accurate knowledge of his meaning,
than could bcacouired by even the very attentive con*
sideration oftnitnls engaged in a variety of other pur
suits. It would therefore be irrational, because one
has a torch, to refuse the light of the sun. Whoever
recollects how nuicn Shakspeare enlarged the treasure
of his uctivc mind, by information deduced from these
secondary sources, will at once perceive that an excel
lent, as well as an idle use may be made of translated
classic?.
S U M M A R Y.
a Nullilier?—Wlia* ia tie ?—Surely 39 lie t
cnildldate for office we hate a right to know
under what flag he marches nnd front what
ranks he hails. If it shall he said hu is. of act
party—we have only to reply with un ai.ti, r .t
philosopher—where there ere two parties m a
state, il is decidedly wrong to remain neutei
and to refuse to sido with either. If he bn „f
the Clark parly—the Troupers cannot suppmt
him. If he belong to the Troup parly let u,
know it—and let us know rIso, how he stand,
affected towards Mr. Calhoun and the Nullj.
tiers. We positively declare that wo have n 0
onnnty personal or otherwise to Mr. Lumpkin
and tve desire lo know if he be one of u s | JC .
foro wo decide upon tho vote we shall give at
tho coming election. The Chronicle intimates
that Mr. L. is not of Ihe Trovpera—because
tho Clarkers support him—hut (his reasoning
is not satisfactory ; the Clark party supported
Mr. (Jilmer agninsl Joel (,'rawlbrd—was Mr.
G. therefore of the Clark pnrly ?
We are told our ftiotids nro dialracttd, and
that they have destroyed themselves by an
overweening love of office. Well, this is true
enough. Tho Troop party has boon broken
to pieces by the ambition of individuals; Imt
does it iio in tho mouth of the Clark men to
upbraid us ? What are they, wo mean the
Clark party—struggling for? Office ! Office!)
They desire, ns they did in IS’25, to fasten
themselves upon till the offices in the State,
and while the beam is in their own eye—they
triumphantly point out tho moto in ours.
Look nt home—gentlemen—and bo less se
vere in your censures !
IIow did Mr. Lumpkin become a ciindi.
date?—Report says, and wo have not seen it
contradicted—that ho was nominated by u
Caucus nt Athens ; a Caucus composed of the
Clark members of Ihe Board of Trustees.
Now, we do not intend in our old days, in re
pudiate doctrines fur which wo have always
contended. A f attens is tho meeting of 1.
number of individuals w ho recommend to their
party a certain measure to be adopted, nr u
certain person to be chosen for office. There
enn he no objection to a meeting of this kind
ut Athens or elsewhere—but it seems lo us—
if the Clark men, who have alw ays cried aloud
against Caucusscs have become enamoured
of them, the fact should be known, and if it bo
indeed true tlmt Air. L. is the nominee of a
trans. Cauctia—wo consider tlmt so far our principles
have triumphed—and wo do not despair of
convincing the Clark parly—one of these days
—that wc urtt not only right in tho matter of
Caucusses—but in all tho principles which
huve governed the Troup party in its political
course.
But uppropoa of this Caucus ut Athens—
what were our friends the Troup members of
the board about, when this nomination fur Co-
vernor was made beforo their eyes ( Why
did they not interpose in some shape or other
nnd if nothing else could ho done get tip 11
Caucus of their own ! Perhaps wo shall lie
told tlmt most of the Clnrk members and but
low of our friends attended the session of the
Trustees. If (his bo so—wc cart only siiy—
for sliatnc—gentlemen—never let your anta
gonists get the belter of you in the performance
of a duty !
If it shall turn out upon investigation tlmt
Mr. Lumpkin is a Clark man—wo trust either
Mr. Gilmer or Mr. Ihiyoes will decline, nnd
let the strength of the two parties be once
tignitt fuirlv tested.
The Crept.—From all quarters wo have bail accounts
of the cotton crop. In North Carolina there is evory
reason to believe that there will not be half a crop of
cotton. On the contrary, the corn crop is likely tube
larger than usual, for most plnutrrs in this Slntc, as tvs
learn, have ploughed up portions of their cotton crops
ami planted with corn. The price of grain is »t pre
sent very good; hut nothing but war in Europe can
sustain the present prices any length of time.—.Veto-
hern Spectator.
Paulding's Motel.—TI10 Dutchman's Fireside, has
hern published l>> Iho Harpers in New York in two
volumes, und will form ills 3d and-Ith minibus of their
nratly got up Novelists Library. Wc aro anxious to
peep into it, — Curclinn Guz.
Mud Dogs have caused much alarm recently in the
city of New York, and s severe law has passed the
City Council, offering u rewnrd for killing all dogs found
running ut largo, and inflicting a heavy penalty upon
their owners.—lb.
A public dinner has hern tendered to the honorable
Martin Van Boron, by the citizens of New Yoik,which
lias been declined.—lb.
Thirty New Steam Boats are stated to be now build
ing between Louisville and Pittsburg, on the Ohio. A
gratifying evidence of the increase of business on the
Western n aters,—lb.
It is remarked by the New York Evening Post, that
the privilege of holding forth on the approaching anni
versary of Independence, seems lobe taken out of the
hands oftlic young men who monopolized it a few years
since. Mr. Adams, late President of tho l'. States, is
to deliver an oration at Quincy, and Mr. Burges one
at Providence.—Char. Cour.
Grapes.—A vine in the farm of John Willis, Oxford,
Virginia, was found upon counting, to support the en
ormous number uf ticenty-ftic thousand, one hundred and
ten bunches ofGrapcs—one third, or nearly half of them
being double bunches. The vine is now in its seventh
year. The statement is certified by affidavit.- lb.
The Loudon papers slate that Talleyrand has mort-
Intcrnal Improve,., nt. Tho Savannah
Georgian introduces several articles which
appeared in other papers of the Stale, on inn
expediency nnd necessity of ensv communica
tions between the upper parts of tho Georgia
and Savannah, with some excellent remarks-
IVo huve room for tho following extract, to
which wn call the attention of the counties in
terested in the construction of rail roads be
tween tinvnnnali nnd this section of the rstat0
—Georgia Journal.
“ IVc would suggest (a mode approved
whenever mentioned,) nn immediate meeting,
before further departures to thu north, for the
purpose of appointing a committee of gentle
men who intend spending the summer at
home, who shall open n correspondence with
tho most influential nnd deeply interested in.
Macon, Milledgevillo, and tho adjoining comp
ties, respecting iho best and most popular
plan of artificial communication between thur
section of country and our own city, not lo
sing sight, however, of tho canal alreudy tin,
ished or that contemplated to the Alatumnha.
And meetings may be simultaneously held at
those places interested, and committees be al
so appointed to ascertain public sentiment,
and to confer us to tho species of work most
proper to secure (he desired object. Much
information may thus be gained respecting tho
co-operation and extent of aid wo may calcu
late lo receive from that section of country,,
und ot course, alter an estimate of our owr.
means, ascertain to what extent und in vvliat
way the stale should ho asked to contribute.
As soon ns a plan is fully digested and appro-
• • a , | • rsiEFFim ISIS v-4 e in fill. — Il u piutiia mat lilt; *V II 1C
t " P T'r ° r . ' ,n P ,ird !> *««»• amount of tolls taken on the canals ia the State of N.
teed by the roiutitution, und therein they differ with
him. The Truup party has been frequently charged
with being identified with the doctrine of nullification,
and the charge ha* been a* frequently denied, and our
principle* explained. Still it Ims been reiterated, and
by those, too, who claim to be the exclusive supporter*
o! the principle* of Jefferson. Having now shown
whit those principle* are on the subject of nullification,
we have only to remark that our* i* the doctrine there-
m act otth. Wc pretend not to have improved upon
it. but take it a* it stands. If principles like these make
the chanrr JIk* ll,cn " e P* ea ‘l to j individually more prosperous, and less complaint would
1,10 t! * ar ^ olher *** rapst brg t* be excused.! be h«trdcfn*t:*nr! 90'
six=,u w. ta ifirr«atf 2 TV M 'rr1 m ,e ‘ co *
this looks like a suspicion ..n his part, that Francois by 1 1 e ko l . orwur <t‘-’d to tile counties before metl-
hternal Improvement.—\% appears that tho wh ile j "° mc ™» f lnt'hj'heri in hergovernment. The inert'.! '"‘"cti. for tho purpose of allowing their repre-
! .
York during the month of .May last, is tie. hundeed and
twenty thou.and/our hundred and ninety one dollars. These
canals were bcHt l.v the Stale,npr/n its own resources,
without any aid from tho General Government, and
have perltaps added more to its wealth, and prosperity,
than all other causes combined. Were other Stale*
to follow the example of New-York, and with a liberal
hind expend a p d ,t of their revenue in facilitating the
means ot transportation within their own* territory,
without asking assistance from the General Govern
ment which they have no right lo gynt, they would be
gageestnavfind their security rather slim one of these seniaiives time to prepare themselves for its
a ^" support. Meanwhile the subject should be
discussed among ourselves, with visitors from
the up-country, m the newspapers, and parti
cularly let such of our citizens as may spend
the summer in Ihe interior, use their best ef
forts in obtaining supporters to this importune
object.”
Twelve marriages were recently celebrated in Ches
terfield county, (Va.) in Ihe short space of six weeks.
One person did the whole work. Il is reported that
he got the dyspepsia from the unusual quantity of wed
ding cake and wine he managed.
Nathaniel Barker has been elected Cashier of the
Branch Bank, of the State of Georgia, at Macon, in the
place of Jacob Wilcox, Esq. resigned.
M. Fisher, of Vienna, has discovered a new proceis
of Bleaching Straw. Instead of smoking il with sul
phur, as heretofore, he sleeps it in muriatic arid satu
rated with potash. The straw bl.ached by this pro
cess, never grouj veil .w, ad is equally whale- besides
tlrjtit acqinr-j a great flczibil:*--
From tli* Charleston Mercury.
VIRGINIA NULLIFICATION,
1st. Btj the Resolutions of December, 1798,
—On tlin 21st day of December 1793—tha
‘’Legislature of Virginia, having determined la