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The .Athenian
FOR TIIr. ATHENIAN’*
THE INDIAN QUESTION.—NO. III.
" On argument alone my faitli is built t
Hruflon puraiifd is faith, ami tir.pursuc.l
U lu>rc proof invite*. Mi* reason then no more.”
The ulile nnd ndniimhlo opinion of Judge
Chuton ir.thecasoof the '• State v». Canatoo,"
U «■<) toll. *<> perfect, ami conclusive, in re-
"nrd lo Italian ri lilt, that nil else llnil ran he
„J,„) upon the suiljt.i l is nlmosl surplusage.
That oiiiuion may cost his oflirn, hm it will
i'st.,1 loli for him n rharaefer of rniieli inure
valor llm the office itself. It will stnml ns a
i.i. ,i ; . monument of judicial rcrtilmle and
oljil:• v, which will ottl weigh every ennstdera-
lion derivable from the present de-ire In pan
der lor llie public, and gain popularity, at the
ojtpt use ofjudgmenl and integrity. The Go-
veruor mav direct the gnartl to disohey and
disregard that decision, (and ifl were his ene
my I would ask him to do nothin); inorn im
proper) and yet it will he regarded,even if not
obeyed, as evidence of substantial Irulli arid
;iii/ice, so long us those virtues shnll continue
to operate upon or influence mankind.
In the discussion of this interesting ques
tion which involves the rights of nil aboriginal
and orrat inaccuracies in the transaction of' «WJ »>* ptini.hed for hi. guilt forthwith. Would it < money spent, arm our right* nod privilege*
uubl.c business bv most of the Agents. The notb.,i 3 ht fornur or that of some other trampled under I hv a few malignant and
iosses in West Tennessee, will he at leasti .W-bnlil,... State, to dr.n.ml him of the aov.rnor of prejudiced office-seekers.
860 000 probably more. 'Hm loss m East > M*«adm*ell«, as so ..(Tender ogam.t our law.? and j wlv.it wav is the time spent by those
ution of what may be saved trom the ™ " , ", , j »>y our ««v. . .. cu.m.g ..
Ihink to purposes of Inlornal Improve- ' country now guarantee the right of demanding .itch or- convention, that we might have the members
1 ; fender, as criminal., by the chief inagi>*ra!e of one .reduced, and thereby save the amount of nio-
Si.-ite of that of another, a* in some other cases, it j n( ,y iEat is unnecessarily spent in paying
ahnuM be immediately exercised; if net, they should be j tliOSC members, who would undoubtedly he
j of more service to their country at thoir hoe
jimd plough; and by this means improve our
roads and educate the poor, See.? No ! 1 will
Public Meeting —The citizens of Athens j"" > ou bnw !, | is * imP U 11 is “P 1 '" 1
assembled on Monday morning, necnrd.ng to I"' quarrelling about parties, keeping up a con-
amended as to accomplish that object.
COMMUNICATED.
previous appointment, in the College chapel, i"» unl d "““ rbo,,{,,! L ;'«' 8ln " ,ro ;
fur the purpose of adopting the best means | >»S ‘hc«r duties only so far as would please
f promoting the interest of the town, will, r~ j their constituents, of each individual county,
■ . " . . . . 1 in l.iailrf inn criui *• e ti 1111 111 -.1 ft I f 111 r» Itriflflf*.
Jt J* Our foreign now* to-day, and nuked the mot-t
of our rrernt oecounl*, present tin? affairs of Poland in
a nvMt disastrous light. Intestine commotion*, civil
brills,ami lilnody assassination*, usurp the place of
harmony and patriotism in that unhappy country; and
all this mis ry 13 reserved fr.r a lime of dm most im
minent danger, when affairs sre in their most
nation, and tho duties of ft great nnd civilized j critical state, and when all the ei.cu!H*H of determined
state, in the application of tnornl principles to liraverv nnd unity f.fnci
ffiose duties nnd rights, this “poor Ghoul”! invading power,
dong not nsk or expert the public to relv on j b?nad which ha?
hm opinions nlone. His ohject is only to col- j sons, to acquire the hi
Into the opinions of tho grent men who Imve |
written upon tho subject, whose ehnracters, | sen
nnd scientific nnd literary attainments, linvo , h°t’
commanded nnd merited the attention nnd re
spect of tho Christian world, nnd lo furnish tho
public with those authorities which defy con
tradiction or refutation, upon which the judg
ment of the writer h \s been formed and deter
mined.
That the Indians arc entitled to rights of
Home kind or other, cannot now ho consider
ed ns n question open for discussion. It would
he u.isiin.r tmio and thought, to argue with
who deny such a self-evident propost-
It is •* res judicata,” in regard to which
the principle hid down hy nn nufhor of ;
und -ot tfd merit—*• that what )»n« been r^go.)
l^irlyd « id.*d hv a competent tribunal with
regard to too same subject, nnd the s-irn-
cause of dispute, ar.d hetwc* n the same par-
tie-. i r diose succeeding to their rights, and!
in r«*»jicci to the some character.shall l»»* r.»n- ’
clu regarded ns true/* 2Pe*4it**r p -01
Tne nature and extent turn *•? Indian ‘
foe ill. civil and p«.hfw;il. will be deduced and
col e« ted fr».rn the following sources and oti-!
:kori* •»*. ^
1 From 1 i*torir;.! notices and records. ; f
tigo- j ' P
th
tii
irr-d to rej>r] lb
forluuutf Poland • the nohb
freely *1 u:d by Ihy patriot
ig.s of liberty, may have hret
wasted, mv, worse than lost, by the ungenerous ills-
ms of iby misguided fartionists Vet would •
' at harmony may even now b>; restored, jealou-
firs crape, and the citizens of tint once hippy king*
tie in, bv the force of combined exerti-m, extricate them,
pelves fr«v?i the tlireatening dangers which suiroviil
—<K>--
Murderer ThAvn.—By the tact Alahiinc Journal,
learn that Kldndge Duke, the m i i w !»•> murdered Clai-
horne nrrn on the 4th of Job fas?, at.d for whose np-
prebensi'in various rewards were o0c r cJ, (among ihetr
one I: mdrrd dollars in ibis paper by a brother of th»
deceased in l. iwrenceville,) was faken on the 10th oil.
i » Dale county, Alabama The eirciimstauces of the
irrrs: were ihcse : The lodge and S.dii ilor of the Ci •
:uu etoppest at a bou«*' to %•" dinner, their l»or-
tver.Makeri by Poke. The l-dge. alh-r a sho-l
irnt*. 'cci*« *nfd the murderer, and i»n , iied»a*fly >»*izeJ
a»»<l with th*» help • f t <e S*»lici f or, saceectied in
recti’him. TH»-y ca r ried him nlmut leu it’ts, and (
i aav** hi-n in custody to a enup^e of men, r*l»tiqui sti*
m2 t<* them the reward, h\ whan ho wu conveyed to
usca!o* sa Jad.
•hui.’ier in t\< Dr-tm*. — W’e !*a-I h>pcdthit the
4*- Cabinet dissolution had b*.tore t|>is beta produc
v . f confr versv enough to satisf/ those of itJ parti
gatd to the e9tahli*hmoiit of a graitmiur school,
tho rogulalion of it.i police, notl to ntentonal-
ize the Legislature tu form an election precinct
therein.
On motion of Stephens Thomas, Esq. se
conded by A. Hull, Esq. Dr. Nisbel was cal
led to the chair, and on motion of Air. E. L.
Newton, seconded by Dr. Tinsley, Junius
Hillyer was appointed secretary.
Air. A. Hull, then moved that a enmmitteo
of three lie appointed lo present to tho Trus
tees a suitablo memorial, respectfully solici
ting the re-cslalilUlimcnt of the grammar
school, and that in sa d memorial, the Trus
tees bn requested to lit tho salary of the
teacher, uud to secure him in the payment
thereof, and also to change the location of the
building to a vacant lot, between Airs. Jones
nnd Air. Shaw. The committee appointed to
prepare the above memorial, were Hull, Dear-
tog, and Tinsley.
Dr. Tinsley, as tho organ of the town com
missioners, presented a petition drafted by
nisclvcs, ami moved lb.it the same be scut
by the meeting to the l.egi-la arc, requesting
an enlargement of the powers of the corpora
tion, so as to remedy the evils therein expres-
Oii motion of l)r. Tinsley, it was re
solved, that n committee ofllireo lm appointed
request the Legislature by memorial to
form un eleetioii precinct in the town of
Athens. The committee appointed to pre
pare the last mentioned memorial, were Dr.
Tinslo', Mi i . L. Newt.■»,and Alr.Thnmaa.
J V.ilES NI SUE I', Chairman.
JUNIUS III ELY EH, Secretary.
--•Sat
in building some county-plantation bridge,
incorporating a church occasionally, nnd to
cap the climax, they assume the power of dis
puting tho authority of the Almighty, and se- acting its influence.”
parale man and wife. Through this medium
they contrive to got to Al illedgevtllc, and make
it an object of speculation.
This, Mr. Editor, is the true situation of
our state at this unhappy peri ul. growing al
together mil of the name of “T110UP and
CLARK.”
A FOE TO PARTIES.
Nor is it less a subject of regret that nm u
tf-nlhs of the pauperism in the eastern ciii es ‘
arises from intemperance. F- there m> renie-
dy for this alarming evil, who h cuts .iff su
many citizens in early life, and brings s 0
much sorrow and misery on innocent familu st
f answer that there is. Pnss a law proh hit.
ing the county court from granting to any mie
a license to retail spirituous liquors, unless im
he ii mail of known character for hone-tv,
whose business is that of an innkeeper, with
suitablo accommodations for travellers ; a .d
punish with severity those who violate ’he
law. Little hesitation should befell inad.ipt.
ing this course, especially as it is well It,,own
that diunkeriness, theft, rubbery, gambling
nnd minder, generally luiv, their origin ir, iho
grog shops of our towns and villages. When
we see the wise and the virtuous every where
uniting their influence for the suppression of
intemperance, and when wo consider its do.
struclive effect upon the peace and morals of
society, i< is surely our duly to aid in counter-
” Frr mJudirhl decision*, and
th- Ir
•a Fr->m the doctrines of approved jiui-ts
and p MwisIm; and,
•1 From llm admission* nnd n< know IimIo*
mi nt- cntitatnud in treaties and ncootiat'ons
\vi»h tin* Indian* and with other power*.
W lien many men. at different limes nnd rdn-
Counanimously affirm the same tiling for
tri ’.li it ought to bo ascribed to sonic univer-
sul ennso. Tho science of morality is formed
ot sorb material*. When lliereforo iho peo
ple of Georgia find that every where, and in ) cobii
nil t.mes, except ill Georgia, tin? testimony of
»PP«
COAIMVXICATKD.
PUJIIU l.I.riNG.
At a mrctinjr brld in Clarkesvillo by a mspcctablc
..juiber of the citixens oi'llubvrshuin county, pursuant
I to public notice on the 15‘!t October, 1831. r \Iaj. Ed-
l *i ward Williams «as called to the Chair, an«l Eldm S.
At anxir.n* t«*r pub!u atu ntu n, and having | fiarklay. Esq. nominated Secretary, and consented to
t doubt that the people cen^rallv, had ex* •‘trve.
The meeting beiri^r cjrffar.iztd, Mr,Thomas I». Coop
er explained the object of the meeting to be for tlic pur
pose of taking into consideration the present situation
of the Unicoi Turnpike Iioad, und devising means for
the per* | having it put in a heller condition for travelling. After
t tir, the law being read incorporating said r<.u«l, no then
u I submitted the followingrcsoluti^i which was unani-
in the Pcmlletoii resenffrr - f the lfltb j m(l(lll | v tdopted.
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint some tit and
proper persons as a Committee lo draft a petition lo
perienced a surf* it, we considered t
••nded, <-r a* 1 nst on lh« verge of te
je« ms that Maj. Eatonb* lute uddr**** tia
aiiotlicreliiun»)ioii inlhi.* petticoat waifa
son of.lohn C, CaUmnii. The address of that genth
controversy ax
nation, lint it
ix ,-allcd forth
•ill. Mi. Calhoundrnirn that hin family wan prevent
edfrom nsyrialiug with Mrs. Eaton hv political eon , .
.iilvratiun.; h- .louic* that Mr««.. Berrien «n.| Uraurb j ,I|C of Georgia ..citing forth tho preen.
, .. ! state the Unicoi Purnpikc Rond; tho impel tnnee of
are Ins political friends; und lie denit s n'so I lint his]
a good road where said Unicoi Kond now runs,and pray-
fiieuda had a meeting to expel Maj. Entnn from the ing »lie Legislature to devise some menus for thi
The charges that he attempted to exercise ' provoment of the same. The Coin'iiiltec to draft paid
ln.l in the formation ..niie Cobinet, or f, in. 1 P_ l ' l .'. ,i " n *• Brn . w ”.- E«q._Mei..ra. F.,l«n,.l
Phib tujthrrs. SMettnrn, I/islonatlt. Orators, fluence it. patronage, ami that tin mailn n. j rff.rt to i "(in^otioii h u'.. //rro/rr.l/l'lmM'ifR meotiiig bo a
Civilians and Divines, Imve been univnr-ullv
conslninly opposed to tlioir present notions in
regard to the propriety and jitstien of tlieir
conduct towurds the Cherokee Indians, ought
they not to hesitate, to pause, and In doubt I it i npooid. Tiiero seen
upon tho question ! esperi.illy when they so ny between iliia asarrlin
well know tin. powerful motives ami iudueo-
merris whirh are almost compelling them to
think nnd lo do wrong ; when they are so
fully aware of tho disturbing influences which
the hopn nud expectation of becoming the
owners of vnlunhlo gold mines to tin. lottery
which is to he made of the Indian lands, will
Have upon the host organized minds, and llm
purest hearts !
Individuals ore bound to lie honest; tlieir oh-
luMtinns to do right, are not changed or di
minished when they net in n collective or na
tion'll rapacity. C'hnnerllor Kent says, “ ,vc
ought not to separate the srieti. e of puhlie law
from that of ethics, nor to encourage tho dun-
gotons suggestion, that governments tiro not
as strictly hound by tho obligations of truth,
justice nnd humanity, in relation to other pow
ers, as they are in tho management of tlieir
own local concerns. States, or bodies politic
are tu ho considered ns moral persons, having
a puhlie will, cupalde and free lo do right nnd
wrong, inasmuch ns they are collections of in-
siieitlttah, each of whom carries with him into
the service of the community, tho some bind
ing luiv of morality and religion, which ought
to control his conduct in privnto lifo; nnd we
have the authority of tbo lawyers of antiquity,
nnd some of the first masters in the modern
school of public Inw, for placing the moral o6-
ligation of nations, nnd of individuals on simi
lar grounds, ami for considering individual
and national morality ns pntls ofm>o, and the
same science.”
THE GHOST OF POWHATAN.
Tennessee.—An extra from tho Nashville
Republican, contains the Messago of Govern
or f 'arrnll to the Legislature of Tennessee
He stales that the joint enmmitteo appointed
Co examine into tho affairs of the ''tale llnnk,
discovered that the officer* of the principal in
stitution at Nushvillo, were defaulters lo a
largo amount. Neurly 8'JOO.OOO have been
obtained from the Cashier nnd Clerk ; hilt it
i« to ho feared thul there i* still a considera
ble sum in dufauli. When the precise amount
is ascertained, it is supposed that tho sorori
ties ol the Cashier will he disposed lo eetllo
on equitable terms. The losses sustained a:
the branches or agencies, are suppos, ,1 u, |,o
Stiii gicnier than tl the pimripa! Hank. The
jvpnn ul the Commissioner* exhibit* exien-
dve insolvencies on tho part of tho dobiors,
lil'ht
embarrass tlir administration in tho Senate ho pro* journrd until Monday cvrmnp AtcamJli
flounces lobe uflrrlvuntrue, lie sa\s lie hail contri* committee present tlieir petition to tli**
tion of said meeting. Being no other lot
meeting adjournmI.
..I
billed nil i i his |xm cr to the surer** of General Jack- I
son’s election, and felt to the full, the obligation which
ns to be some want of liarmo-
>u and one contained in Mr.
Calhoun’* first publication of tho “ correspondence,”
• hat between Mr. Adams and Gt-n. Jackson
EDWARD WILLIAMS, Chairman.
F.LIIIU S. BARKLAV. Secretary.
Pursuant to an adjournad en clinp, a respec»nblc
numbe r of the c itizens ou t »» Cln.kesvdle in the (.onil
j house on Monday evening 17th in*t. Mai. E. »* illiui-i*
the chairman, being nhscuit, C.«pt. John L. Richonbi"
ho was perfectly neutral. Wo presume, how ever, | wn „ nominated to fill -he Chair, and took his neat a—
his tact iu explaining matters were lie lo e xercise it, cordinglv. AOer the uectiug w*a* cafied to order, i w
b •" »|.p«r straight tu bull.*, like us .fj^»~ H£d £
ninilemto conccpliuns. In ijin inai'i, we regard tiis ml*
drc... n. a mnnty and lempernto production, but vc
wish it may be the last that appears on cither side.
, —
" The Liberator."—\ publication hearing tin. title,
liss for some time post been issued weekly from nil ob
scure press in Boston, with the name i f one Edward
i-Inyd liurnson altochcd us Iho editor. The origin of
Iho lule excitement anil inftnrroction. in various pari s of
iho Soutlieru country, nmy undouhlodly he traced lo
tlm circulation and influence of l'<is psruioioni periodi
cal, uidod by the notorious Walker pamphlol. Tim
author of tho latter is s.iid to hi a negro; of I hat of Ihc
former wo presume but little is known, nor is it neces
sary—Ilia work wool a even where, if we except n low
bigottcil fanatics, iviili tlie execration it ineriln—hut u
brief notice of Ihc public life and character ul this mull,
may not tie wliofl. uninteresting to Iho uinjmity of
ter a free discussion, w as nn motion ad iptcd, there be
ing hill three dissenting «..tes.
On motion it mis Resolved, Thai Eh- rider Fain, B.
F. Fallon, Isnne N Mnrclned, Mnj. K Williams, t ie
inmil Qiiilliun, K'mrti.- n Carr, James Allen, he n Coin*
<iiittee lo Jirocore petilir>uer., (luost ot whom acted.)
It wna further i.esulseil. That tile Senator amt It' pr
scn : atives of 1 >is r. unti, lie requested to ns- their ex
ert ions in the Legislature to promote am! forward the
improvement and completion oftho (Jnicm Hoad.
It being then Resolved, llinl the proceedings of the
two meetings be published) iho meeting adjourned
sine die. .
.lull I.. RICHARDSON, Chairman.
I.I.IHC S. BARKI.AV, Secretary.
-<K>—
Tennessee.—The legislature of this state
met at Nashville nn the I9lh of September,
and organized, by tho choice of Burchett
Douglass, lor Speaker of tho Senate, and of
Frederick W. Huliug, lor Speaker of the
House of Representatives. On the same day.
Governor Carroll transmitted Ins message lo
both branches of the legislature. The follow
ing extract from that message, relates lo the
Penitentiary lately erected.-Georgia Journal.
“ For many years I huve advocated the
Penitentiary system from a full conviction that
it afforded the best means not only of gradua
ting punishment according to tlm mn r nitiide
of crime, hut also of reforming the guilty.
Tltecircimistuncos which dnvclope themselves
nn the trial of an individual charged with a
criminal offence, nflbrd an opportunity of judg
ing of his depravity, and the time of his im
prisonment can be determined by the jury ac
cordingly. Not so under tho old law. The
guilty, whether a young and pliuut offender,
or un old and hardened transgressor, was
aiiku subject to the punishment ot tho whip
ping post nud the branding iron. >Vill such
cruelly piuduee reformation? Is it not much
more reasonable to expect that the uiifiirto-
natc victim of the law, feeling his degraded
condition, will go forth armed with a spirit of
revenge, determined to commit new outrages
upon that community by whose laws he has
been rendered infamous ? If reformation can
be produced it is most reasonable to expect it
tinder the influence oftho penitentiary system.
The violator of the law of his countrv is shut
op within tho wulls of a prison—secluded from
a knowledge of passing events, obliged to la
bor throughout the day, without an opportuni
ty of holding converse with his fellow convicts,
nnd when his daily labor is over, is locked up
in u cell, with no other companion Ilian his, , - , ...
biblc nnd his o»n thoughts. Surely m his bc ,' ,l,n *« * ' P" v «lely circulate H-»
The late Grand Duke Constantine. III*
Imperial Highness was the oldest son of i|, 0
unhappy Emperor Paul, and was horn ATay g
1779, consequently he completed his 52dyear
about the period of his dissolution. Tho
Grand Duke was, therefore, considerably ||, c
senior of the reigning Emperor, who is only
in his 35th yeur. His Highness formed a ma
trimonial nllintico, in 1796, with the Prinre**
Julia of Saxo Coburg, sister of the reigning
Duke of Saxe Coluirg, her Roy.il Highness
the Dutchess of Kent, nnd his Majesty |,eo-
paid I. King of the Belgians This union
however, did not turn out as happy as was rj!
peeled, and the marriage was dissolved ig
Alarcli, 1830, in order to enable the Grand
Duke lo unite himself to the Countess of
Grodzinks, who, upon her nuptials, was crea
ted by the Emperor Alexander, Princess of
Lowrez. Prior to the Polish Revolution. ;he
Grand Duke chiefly residod nt Warsaw, hav
ing been selected lo fill the duties of King’s
representatives in Poland, in the autumn of
1825—Diebitseh proceeded to Warsaw to
notify to his Highness the dissolution of the
Emperor Alexander, nnd his consequent ac
cession to the throne of the Czars. The
“ Passer of tho Balkan” returned tn a short
time to St. Petersburg, with letters from [lie
Grand Duke, expressive of his resolution to
take the first Oath of allegiance to Ids brother
Nicholas as Autocrat of all ho Russi isstiiercby
confirming tho solemn renunciation vvb e'n ha
had made on the 24 h ot .T.inuury, 1S>2 Tho
character attributed lo the Viceroy of P had
was that of a despot oftho most arbitrary .md
unbending school.
The Liberator. — A paper bearing Ih'-' title
is [Ul!) It shed hv a Mr. Garrison of Bu.-uui. It
adven'es a general emancipation ol die hu
man rare, and one of its lending objects is lo
interfere with our domestic noneern*. Tho
Fredericksburg 'Va.) Arena notices it thus :
“ Wo do not believe the paper nlluderi <r> Is
circulated through the mail. No Post 'Lis
ter in the Southern Country would deliver
j the numbers should there be found a man bar-
! dy enough lo avow himself a sub*< •nbar. If
retirement lie will reflect on the follies of his
past ill-spent life—it reformation do not fol
low, he will nt loasl he making some alone,
incut tu the community lie has injured by lu-
boring for Ills support, nud however uugover-
uuhln and refractory his disposition may bc,
be will lie prevented Irom the commission of
crime doting Ins confinement.
*' It cannot Im oxpci led that the expense of
the iiNtitmiiin, for some lime to come, will be
assure them their calling is a dangerous ono.
Bo they white or black if detected, we ennnut-
promise t “in n fair trial, or even the forms of
law, they will at once he sacrificed lo public
indignation.”
I’lie sentiments of the Arena will meet with
n welcome response from all enlightened ecu.
Him that would attempt to sow the seeds of
insurrection among our black population,
otild he viewed in no better light than a mur*
.. -11 v defray ed by the labor of the convict* ; j d * r « r or » PUl-throM, and shoiffd be deprived
but' when the vvo.kshnpH are completed and " f ,he Pulton of law. Tho stake ami tin
•.ti.nr improvement, ate made, the prisoners ^pgot those relies of the barbarous ages,
will nil ho eonsliin'ly employed in some me
rliNuicul emplaym> nt, which will produce a
profit on iheir labor. When their number is
increased to thirty fivo or forty, if well mana
ged, the prison will bo no longer a charge on
the state Ii is believed that its clear gain
will cover the -alary of officers, and all other
contingent disbursements. Tins conclusion
■s sustained by the experience of all well con
ducted penitentiaries. The proceeds of tlm
labor ol the average number of nhont one hun
dred nnd liliy prisoners at Moathersfield, Con-
m client, exceed tlm whole expense of tlieir
support, including the salary of tho officers,
J more than five thousand dollars a year. At
would Im too good a destiny for such a san
guinary fiend.—Planters’ Gazette.
COMMUNICATED
.Mr. F.ditor,—Tho present situation of 0 „ r j BtiDimor.-. (or the Inst seven years, the aver-
sta’" is truly degrading ; and every reflecting ! u »f p I” 0 ' 1 ' ot lhe penitentiary has been upwards
individual in tins enlightened community, who * cn *housand dollars annually. Other m-
Wc have received from Albany n No. of a
paper which is published in that city, ned has
reached its 6th No. It is styled llm African
Sontincl—Its principles and purposes arc in
famous. They arc belter suited to as.-assuis
nnd incendiaries, than tn Christians nnd breth
ren. AVe are happy lo see the strong terms
iu winch tho Albany Argus denounces it os an
“ incendiary publication.”
Wo Ijavo also before us a No. of Garrison’s
“Boston Liberator.” It is worse than ws
had expected to sen it—It is a congenial print
tn the Albany Sentinel. We understand, that
neither of the pnpers is taken at this P. Office.
There are two copies occasionally received
reader., lie appeared, few year, up" a. a thampion 1 will investigate the subject in a rioht and car.- '• present the same favorable results, j at this Post Office, of a similar pnner ptihlish-
of the l.mpeianee rau.e, and piibli.heil a paper in Beu- j did manner, eon observe why, and how it is j !1,ld ,!lerc every reason to believe thul weed in the District of Columbia—It is a fire-
"iugioii, (VI.) *t;led, Ifwo rrei Heel aright, tl.e "be ,'su. In ever) country, Within Iho scope of
niu. of Temperance.” It. re he remained a few months, j human intclleet, where pohtira! parlies or po
und then shifted his quaiter* we believe to Bcstnu, |u„ a| creeds are established, and supported
wherehe waa ensnp*d ina similar |uirsiiit,auhvei|iieni!v I as they arc in our stale, you will must tnevi-
lie published, temper a,.re journal m Baltimore-the |ab , scc n ,„ lt | aild religious liberties abused,
lM ' we h " ,r '' on ’""’ , ’ 0 ' V0V ‘ r ’ P , . rv “ u » 10 hi * |J,< - »i ’ while the community at large will suffer from
prorsnee, was lint nt- was cottnne«l in jail tor debt,
and the bitterest invective was pourrd out upon what
was termed by him and several of tho editorial fraterni
ty, hi* heartless creditor. Whether he was finally re
leased by the charity of hi* friend*, the retention* of
his creditors, or the hetiefit of an insolvent net, w e are
unable to say; unfortunately, ho was set at liheily from
some cause, lie possesses some talent ns a writer,
but Ins imasinalion always carries him heyord lhe
hounds of reason. Even w hen engaged in u laudable
pursuit, and devoting all Ins cni rijirs lo the supression
of intemperance, ii wn believed by many that li* labor
ed under a di«oa>e of iln* mind rl«>s«-ly allied lo utter
insanity, lie was never an advantage.to any cause
where reason or argument was necessary lo bei xercif-
ed i tia appeals were to the feelings, ami those r.fthe
wild* at ami moft extravagant kind. We would not
believe him capable of committing a cold blooded mur
der, yet he wtclda Ins pen to bring about ac* net of blood
nnd earnoce, and it would not surprise us were lie even
b**vor to i.icuicate |>er*oiiali v, the same docti ines
• he oi w advocates. I irane lie evidently is. nnd a tit
• « .hjeet t-. u t».»d-!ious nr lunatic .isyluoi; ycl such a
I man ixdaogcrcusto the paace of this coumiu .it) , and
may soon calculate on *iinilur advunln^es. J brand, which ought not lo be permitted i-» bo
Even now, at the commeneemeiU of its opera- j circulated—It ought to be known wheD r at
lintia, the prison is less expensivo to the stale, * any of the Post Offices of Viruinia* ihta “ Ge*
tha^wns our old system of criminal Inw. A , nius,” &*\ 19 taken.—Richmond Compiler.
few years ago I addressed letters lo the clerks . i ——— ■ ■■ — ■■—■■■■■■ —m
of (he countv und circuit courts, requesting an * rft 7
account of the expense of Hie confinement of L-l— 1 _»
criminals in tho county jail* after conviction. jj v ,h e packet ship Birmingham, D ipt, liar-
The result ol my inquiry was, that it was lit- ,j S| London papers to Sept. 8th, and Liver*
iln short of twu'vo thousand dollars a year, pool t-• the 9lh. inclusive, were received ac
From this charge wo are now enlitely rehev- j ,h e offir.-ofthe New York Jourtinl Commerce,
ed. The present criminal rode maybe de-1 London, Sept. S. —At length the Reform
lective; if so the power ol correcting it is Bill has pus cl the Committee. Tho report
with you. lit conclusion, 1 must be permit- | 4 , n brought up on Tuesday next, when
the huiatigues and broils resulting from this li
berty-destroying principle.
There tuo two political parties established
in this state, generally known by the term,
“ Troup and Clark” parties ; and these parlies
both profess to have different views on the
manner of riilui” and managing our slate af
fairs lo the best advantage, and winch would , — — — - i --- .- ■ —
ultimately result in tho welfare of the stale, I ,p< * ,n .* *. P cll|,n ntiary system has the debate upon tho general measures will bc
and the happiness of her citizens. How cun
it possibly be tho case, that both are right,
slid that both entertain correct views of the
subject 1 This cannot he, experience lias
taught every one, and any one, who actually
pusseees common sense, that there never has,
nor ever will exist any thing connected unit
tho affairs of man, which doe* not have an
nexed lo it two ways, right and wrong ; con
sequently both of thee lending parlies cannot
he correct; and tho natural inference to be
drawn, i<, that while they tiro ki’;n up m.il
nurtured b; ihc citizens nf Georgia
been adopted in this state, by the represents renewed,
live- of the people that nn ardent hope is en- Various are the conjectures ns to the length
tertnined that it will answer all tho purposes and difficulty of the ordeal which it h»s yet t»
of usefulness that were predicted by its friends; pa*., |, e f. „ t . iiu mil |, c j U wa> . r p .
and that those who have been heretofore hon- p ,. r i| llllSH . |,„. „ e lhjh ' K lhe hopo 0 f ,h. . or-
esily opposed to it, will, now that it is in ope- ruptionisU vvt.l'be.disappointed in this respect,
ration, he disposed to givo it n lair trial, and dm princ ple having been already diseus-ed
not assail or abandon it, until we have a clear OVPr and over, and the limit of human patience
maniiestafion of its inutility. I having necessarily some sort of reference to
** It is a source of mrlanclmlv regret that the shnnne«s of h imao life. Tho report of
three fourths nf iho unhappy inmates of pris- the Committee wus ordered to he taken into
«>?»* a» ku'*nicilgc that l.n: !«•> Imp us<i of ar* nii*itlt r;iti«in on Fnosiinv. Sppt. 13th.
ti. '.t ,-ni ■»* h is (tin r . iwo ol’tl.a p*«iii*iin *M«,n ('.i|it. Rt.l.ton, tit I r hrt|» Nn” v.iiirh
wi'l become injudicious ami inefficient, our | ot the cnihes lor which they wero convtciccL, arrived q{ this port trom Lisbon lain night.
