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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
