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«l Jfc N. POETRY. "•ui ly and grace. Watapf ikaMkroU*««"• sasSfc25?£j5^;tigws r . There IIaspirit, ■ ft?*!-*" and . In lb# mb, which give aridfiwa of the aftra# poetical taleai#." "It U seldom bad*) that wibwi opportunity of eommaad- L iMawapasilio** nfiha young with No maah sla- cJii*. W# tr« told tbit lady la aotmoredk- thtf*l*b?-l for her literary a'talnm-nts, thin for her airs still attraction*. Wa ilull ba pleased to bear Umbra tgala." __ ▼ERSES ON A PAINTING BY II.IRATIO MACCULLOCH, E#q., R. 8. A.-"CASTLE CAMPBELL." "TkiCaiilaof Gloom, In th* Valoof Sorro*." No vandirlnf ray to li<hl tho (loom That brood* abnv.- thy crumbling wall, Tho very sad ws* of lira tomb Haags o’ei it like a fuut-r.il pall. Darkly iho cloud* on high are spread— Darkly tho river iweejn b-low— Aad each pala flnworot b-nd* its bead Down to tho oarth in silent wuo. All tnuTolau han|> the aspen leaf, And not a sound disturb* ri>? air Bnttho tomnltnous vide* of Grief, Or low and plainlivo wail of Cara * And gating on the scene, 1 feel III sadnon o'er my spirit creep. And loo( to boar the thunder peal Arooie It from iu death like sleep! Not thus wort thou when la«r f stood Within tho shadow i.f thv towors I No (loom was in thy solitude, No dowy tears were on thy flowers, ft was a radiant summer day Tbit smiled upon this wooded dell, And on thy heights, an worn and fray, Tho (lorinns sun light fell t Twasaglad scone! lira song nf binls From ovary tree the gala was bringing, And with gay laughter and light words Tby echoes loud wore ringing; Above no bong tho hoccb.treo's shade, Tbrongb wh ich lha od.aous brersea play'd. And ahow'd bluo glimpse* of iho sky Smiling In doodles* purity. And when the day with arrowy speed, To fla bright close at length had come, I flan* me on the nur.brown steed— (Waiting lo liesr me lo (tint home, Whose veil nf rose*, as 1 write, Rises all softly on my sight—) Oh I yet my memory can rerall The flashing eve, thulxiundiug tread,' Though dim, nnd cold, nnd nevreleis nil, And number'd with tho silent dead | Ob! flaat of font and fair of form. Than peerless onr. I see lire now At when the glow of life was warm In those proud veins, whore fiery flow Cold death lias ftnten—hill or plain, 8ball never te# tby like again! • • • • • • My life baa been a tunny path, Nohfbud has stain'd Its joyous tinura, N«r vengeftil storms arisnn in wrath To mar its fair, nnwithei'd floweis; And when I look upon tho past, It l« not with the drosty thought That the bright haio round it cast, Can lingo no more my fu'urok|i£ Bet Memory of such scenes ran pv * A glory to the roming years, And Hope's benignant star revive To cheer us through tills world of tears t Than weloome aught thatbrlngs to view The fair and faded past anew, And in the fairy world of art Brings (rack such vision* to the heart, Of bourn whose awlft nnd shadowy gleam Was rapid ns ilia lightning's Iwani— And makes us tal that cold decay Can never chase their bloom awny! Kiinhnrgh,QOlh March, 1039. I. A. 8. 9From the N. Y. Kerning Peaf, Jolf ft. We are glad that Mr. Van Huron introduced the •uliiert of the Independent treasury In Ms remarks el Castle (Isrden. Nm'lhxt te required clearer elect* datioe, or more conclusive arguaaent lima be has given toil In pravtons dUrstssioea, huttaea|4we the affected hsllel of certain wldg'prit t*. tbit lha euafl* drnca of its friends In its absolute necessity and perfect |u«uce was dimineblirg. It is utter folly to suppose tlmt reasonable men would arek to withdraw their aeppurt from a measure whlrh is every day furnishing additional proof of its propriety, and gaining new advocatest and none but those of the shallowest minds, Of most culpable rrrdutily. would either make nr believe the assertion. If the measure had been a mere transient rapedient, urged to prop a falling party, and not In th* midst of a tempest of opposition—if it had bAeo a schema to conciliate popular prejudice, and not one upon which tho dee* time* ..fan administration eni lb# vital principles of the Constitution were staked, ilia charge to • lilch we advert would have been at least plausible. As it is, a mote ludicrous rote of self deception, at a more sorry instance of falsehood cannot be re id* ilv eoncrivrd, * The truth it that tho plan of an Independent Treasury i« hocuming more important iu the estim ation of clrar sigh'ed mnn the more it is resolved and debated. It is r-c-mi pended let #♦» many cunsi* derations of wisdom sli.it the wonder is that it an not long since adopted as the settled poliey of ihe go- vernment. Tlincluinora which it ut first provoked are pas-log away—the alum awakened by adroit nddretes to pnv .te interest has subsided—the false •e.r*-niuf of partisans is exposed, whilst lira clear InduSItnhln principle# upon which it rest* are woi king firmer convictions in lilt* mindsul ilsfiiutids, nr.il winning a giadual but cariain M|j>robation from it* fues. As in all novel question* or moment, hns'iliry retakes Into indiffeience, and indifference is sprnlily followed by positive and warm nppruvdl. Whnl In eflirctetlu*!* this inuasme pioposn f To seporxle the government from a branch of business exposed lo constant fluctuation and corrupt abu,e, to ronfinr its action to its legilmn'o functions, to f irnservo the operations uflMuo within thnir projrar iiiiiuds, to withhold the public money from tho possession of slid legally constiimod agents of tin* people. Nothing in lids should cache tho fear* of person* disposed to engage in the rirerpii*e* of commerce on the fair field of competition. If any of these cannot .be aurtuinod without foreign bid it is the inevitable HT'Jct of causes with which no (over* meat can rightly nr harmlessly interfere. The In terests of evrry other branch of trade demand thnl all nnsuund *|rarnhti"ti# should he insluutly amen* tied or suspended. They aro of tho nuttiro of urif- itic plants wliirh thrive only by call acting the lifn blood of mnn* vigorous growths. Trade reaches the highest p dm of prosperity in the nhsciirn of legislutive control. It is then com* milted to its uwn Indfiicailoiil sugnrity uml force. It is liable to no vicissitudes r»vo thore which I'* ovidence ordain* to dteck ever* or confine the restless imptil-*'* of human dei'ro within the strict limit* of ifciiludo nod justice. @9* &SR* tltl#"’ wo atraami bearing the ai)uvu rm.t • *. ‘ Vstl# af Dolor, In which Cattle tump- A SWEET POETESS. Wa hav* from lime to limit copied into nur col umns from English nows|»a|ier*, articles of poetry Bom the pan at Elisa Cook. la our view, aba i# the «MM foccesaful contril'Utor tn the London period!* nil since the day# of Air*. I Tinian*. Much of her composition la beautiful, and all |Nissesiea merit.— Wa lutyoln one oftlia latest specimens. It is touch- lag a»d melancholy, end lest nhilesophiral than ae«ld be dealrad, but it is n«venh«-lo»t jdaintiie and STANZAS, Tba wild lies and the butteifly, ' Am bright and happy things to see) Living beneath a tumm r sky And nestling in an orange tree. The eagle, monarch of the roekt, Snare nobly In hia lonely flight, 'Mid lightning streams and thunder thocks, Tba bird of freedom, strength and m ! ght. The graceful chamois bounding leaps Wmcs ether sleae would pause and t!uiak| He epeae the gulf, he elimlia the »t^p«, And sports upon the topmost brink. Bleet things of earth, tho bright, tlm bravo, la lands af serfdom still the free, Tel Ml one privilege ye heva U eeegkter coveted by me. Bet I have heard an eastern tala Of creature* patient, mild and fair, Whose faith la never known to fail TO) BMW give more than brain should bear. Then meekly proud. Its head la Imw'd, With wrong and suffering oppress'd. To breathe its gentle Hie away, And sink at oeee in death and rest. TU« ll the privilege I'd ask, When throbbing puls* and aching brow Beuoy bow sadly dark the task The seal may have to learn Mow. Obf I bare lived through many an haur That bads my writhing spirit cry — "Oho me the Lama's fabled power, Bmb, break, my heart, and let me die." ELIZA COOK. Ne " Jrk (- v - •/•) Ftmliocl. THE PEDLAR AND THE TORTOISE. ArABLRI-un TIIB ABOLITIONISTS. A traveller, one simvnur's day, Spied, as he tolled ulnng-hle way, A busy pedlar by a hedge QSttnf his dull knife-blade an edge Thee, rolling up his sleeve*, Intent Upon his work, he downward bent Towards a poor tortoise by him laid, Aod la Iu vitals plunged in# blades “Hell!"cried the travelter, as the gore Spaa from tba opened veins—"No more!" -^•Leok'ye, my flood," lha pedlar said, . "Tba oreature Is by nd means dead. "My aim Is mercy t you know well "The thing is prisoned in this shell. "Toghro it freedom I endeavor, "Wbtee thu* Its bony bonds 1 sever." *s»"f toodom I" tho other answered soon, "Xt pay* full dearly for tho boon! "U'siUil and borne yon cast aside”— *“iaa bo spoke the torteise died. (GT We copy tlm following from llio N. Y. Kra, ufilieflih ln*t. . JOHN C. CALHOUN. We liuve received a copy of tlm roply of Mr. Cut* hunt), loan iuvitiiiiun from lliu Coiniuiltmi of Ar rangements, lo deliver tlm Fourth of July Oretiun in thisci y:— Fort llil.t., June 12th. !83!i. Clitnilemen,—1 have been Imimiml by your nute of tlm 'J. p )ili of May, (receivi'il tlm Dili Inst.) infin til ing me that d -legn ct of tlm l)nm>iciaiic Kcpubii* ran parly, from ilm several Wants of your city ha.l selected nm to deliver ihe oration at lira approach ing anniversary of Independence. 1 scknowliulgo uitb gratitude lira honor of being sclertrd by so numerous xml respectable a portion of my fallow rbisen* in a distant section of tin* Un ion on *ue|i nn oerasion, and am duly aensiblo of the obligation which it iinp"se<| but tlm grout d.a- tmien nml iny 'noiticrmia uml imlispentihle engugu- munis tender it utterly itnpu-aiblelormo to accept. Among other grounds to wlikli you lutve nllu-lvd, t Ml have referred to tlm part I Imve recently Li on in the Senate, a* o.w of the causes nf that fu< vnrnhln niiinlun towards mu which Ims led to tlm Intended imnor tbul 1 am reluctantly compelled lo decline. l*«s< sisit me to a-sy, in taking tbe po*i«lnn tn which you refer, there went dnlicu'ilet of lira m sal formiduhln rhamclur in tlm wuy, but lind lira sense . fduty uuder wt.iab 1 acted. The cur rency was n«s new queslio.-i with me. For many year* it had ln*en lira *ubiect of my reflection, and lira sourea of deep iiiliiiiiude, and I bud made up my mind' wimnllm lime urrived, tlmt would furor it on lira aiieniion oftli-coumry a id govertinmni, as to the part 1 would i*l*o if lltcii oil lira stag? of action. Tlra derangement to which our poitnlry is sub* jeot Is not accidental. It is inherent In lira system itsalf, and ia soils of every effort lo correct it u i'l grow from had Iu worm, till some great and radi cal change i* rlT-cieil. In tlm meauiime, lira com munity l« destined to pass ihrougb -ceiras of ditflnil- tyand danger gre iter tiinu any heretofore experien ced, unless lira people sin u>d be timely nroused lo apply an efficient ivmedy to lira growing dmxdcrs I hold it nlmoft impossible, tnat ibeie should be any stnln uf things mure cuiruptiiig to morals, muredunguious to frre in«tliutlon«, or morn purely?* ingio industry, than an unnrrt-sits, varillatlog cur* renev, under the control af private cupidity, «uch as ours mi and I am amnaed, that the wealihy capi* tali-I*, wh-»»e property exist* In stock* and securi ties, nre not lira fii ft to aeo it uml take the ularm. They ought to see tint the gains from tho irregular working of *ncli a sy*rem must Ira but momentary and fallncinu-; end must Ira followod by a aimni, If permitted to progress, which will sculler such ac quisitions u« leaves before u tomudo. In taking my stand against tho system, no paitial or local consid erations governed me. 1 siiaxl up lor what 1 lion- •stly nn l sincerely believed to Ira lira morality, the freedom and prosperity nfilio country, ariuntrd by enmity to nn class ui-snetion, but believing that 1 was acting the part of a true friend of nil those who ears* profiting by it for tha moment, as well as of those who for lira time were Its victim*. Whether in th>* I wus mistaken, I nm content to lenve tn linra and experience to decide. Tims far 1 have seen nothing lo shake my opinion, but much in confirm it much to animate mn to perse verance in thernursn I have taken, till an rir-ctual remedy is applied to this among the most danger* i'll* evil* that can hrfil the country For the very kind manner in which you have iMnniunicared tho wi-lras nf ihoe* you represent, oo will nleasr accept tny sincere acknowledgment*, e.tnnot but Ira highly gr.it fled to learn, ihm many of my old friends in your grout metropolis have' not forgotten me, nml 1 do assure you that few tbiog* would "fiord me more p’r.i*uro than would au op* portunity to renew myat-quaintanro wiib them, a* wrllastd form it with those tnoro reeuul friend* whose approbation I have Irani so fortunate as to gain, In the try ing scenes through which I have more recently pas-ed. Though circumstances will not permit me to nr* cent tho hanor prnflVred, and to be present at y.-ur cerabration, it will not, I trust,Ira rousidoro.1 an in trusion to otloi the foilowing sentim- nt:*- '* Equality, in ila br >*de*t *en*e, nf rights and privileges between citizen and cititea, p>.r»uii and purxuti, one portion of tho country nnd anoth -r, lira drop nnd s did foundation of mir polilieul fs. brict preservw (bat. anj all is »afo—.iratroy it, and the whola would rush iraadloug to tliodu.u'* To RirlNnl J. Smith, Stsvcn R. Hvrris.andO.M. Duqg* hci ty, Esqr*. / OT Tha following letter shows that Mr. W*»- stf.R has move*! o(Ttlra track. Who will follow suit, lo maka way for Mr. CLAf 1 Frees the Beeto%,Altai. WITHDRAWAL OF MR WEBSTER- To vita I'mrLi nr Mamacnbiktis. It is known thnl my name ha* Iraen presented to lira public, liv a meeting of memlier* of lira Iragisla- loro of the State, a* a candidate for tlra office of I'resident ot the t'mlfd Milrt, at lira ecsumg elec tion. As it has been eaprete.1 that a convention would Ira hidden in lira autumn of lids year, com- t »*e*l of delegates fnuti the several statr*. I Hava itherto tboogb: proper not 11 anticipate, in any •ay, tha result of that convention. Hut 1 ant now out of the country, am lo return, probably, much earlier than tlra period fixed for the minting nf the convention, and do not know what event* may oc cur. in tlra meantime, which, if I were at borne, might demand immediate attention from me. I de sire, moreover, lo act no part which may tend to prevent a cordial and effective union among those, whose object, 1 tnut. Is to maintain, unimpaired, lb? constitution of lha countiy.and to uphold all Is groat intvresU, by a wire, piudeul and patriotic ad ministration of lira Government. There considerations have induced mo to with* dmw my namu a* a candidate for lira office uf Presi dent at lira next election. DANIEL WEBSTER London, June IQ, 1839. From the Wmhinulon Olohe, THE EXPRESS OF WIIIGGKRY. Matter Uko-iks, of lira Express, i* lira best repre sentative of Whig* extant* Indeed, so scntioln l* tba* party, which iive* on drlutinn.of lira value <d lliitfiibriculot of tlioir fortune*, tlmt !»•* has Irani ru th" editor of ut leaal three of th lr piessea f-«r three cities, vis: the National Intel.igencer, Hultunore I’uui-.t, and New Y«nk Express. Ho wraka up tlm idiiur.als of tho lari into letters for iho two first. This man of all work fui Whlggery has given an example of the great WH< faculty, which should eluvato loin nlaive Webb, Noah, and Benn.tt, hi* New York rnmpalitur*, and far ubovo nil Ida ri val* in liio url in all thautlicr Atluisticcilioe, wlwto the Ked--ral arti-l* have lirouglit lira game of bum- bug t*. riot high- at perfection. There l», however, no humbug in the sample we now present. • li is what vv-rj d Ira railed in court limd swearing. Hear Matter UltouKt nato lip* fart* in regard to tlra President's reception, and contrast bis tetimuny with that uf oilier Whig wri ters—very unwilling witnesses: Master llRootts of tlra Express! " The reception was tlra most frigid wo uver saw uf any public in." Mr, HaI.k *-f ihe Journal of Commcrc*-: " Altra gntlss-r tlra affair wei.l olT in cxcelb-nt stvle, and we nro sure thu President must have l-nen qjpro iliuti satisfied with his ruceptinn, It was su. h u recop- lioa as was due to thu Cld f Magistrate of aixieeti millions of peo| I-*.'' Mast* r llitiMiKs —It wa* understood before he enme here, that lie wished to keep clear of the Loco Ktrau* of lira l’ntk, nn l bu In th-cust uly of lira Silk Stocking Loco Focoa of the Parlors uud aalirans." Colonel Store.—"Tlra I’rosideai then rode up Uroadwuy, pit-ceded by tlm troops, surrounded by ft lends, anil followed by a long |irecession of cat 11- iiges, lunsitmiui, and foutnraii ” Master IIhixiks : " Thecavalradu was little morn than •* large conqiaiiy .»f troop*." Mr. IIai.kl” Tlra sight of o*tr Immense turn out ycstcnluy was oira upon which a tyrant might look and stir tip hi* wnitli. Tlirru were lira rich ami the pxir, coaches, cart*, horses, nnd footmen, arrange*I helter skelter on each si*lc of Broadway for a long distance.” Mnsier Ilnoiixs: " Of coorso the Whig* had no thing to do with it, except in their ulhcial capatii- li a a* military nran *«r u* civic officer*. The men who uunlly welcome a Chief Magistrate were not tla-re. The clas* of men wlra gave tlieir hands to Gen. Jackson even were not there." Mr. IIA1.KI—" Tha inililicul opponents of tho Presid- lit were dUposeu to pay hint respect on uc count of his slnti-n, iff r no other itaom. " In lira crowd were hi* political friend* and ene mies, both alike respi-ctlul lothn Chief Magistrate whom lira Majority had chosen The whole sconu was calculated to uxcllu tlra highest hopes for a Government of lira pe*qdc.” vwwf* the m real would you ask I « written in ties bootless task VwWattljr ueasa to paddle, I with others' rights may medd'e. CLEON. EetbaobDirart Health —Wequsitio* whoth- —*- - -*7 la the wrebl which exhibita a more raa frees fatal dries*e*,tlua lha town Ala Georgia, la thia town together - pupttlatod emtutry around, emhta* rai-JLr 7 ' 000 Inboblianis, there were in 2i3**** rf ,May, four deaths, three of which were S5JS.?**"; euMcm.iii Mt .hii.i,A|iei V«*-lX>-A«k.-N.O. Rm. !~B> MU.. OX •5hCS«- The o'- but not final wwaad, cteyof New York, where ire have been ea boas#. Mml» De< M.inlr* ," ,r I*** kreper for msay year* t and we cooedre ourselves ffi%jo-£ba .rib. CT The ,V. Y, Xrw Era of the 6ih, makes the following remarks on an Injurious report mad? by the Star against the Editor:— DASTARDLY RESORT. The eight or ten daily opposition* being unable *J*cope in (air a.gumeut and discussion with this tho only democratic ro-wnlng paper in this city, have frequently represented that ila editor is an English man by bmb. who bat no feelings n-*r principle* in emnmoQ writh the American people. The Star of Wednesday again betook itself to thisdasunlly re- aort, notwithstanding that wa have repeatedly core rectad the misreprescntatiun. Uefuriiug to our ac- ewM, **fthy President’s reception, it say*— " The New Ere of this morning contains a royal account of tha c«emooies,y*ri'ten by an Kndiah- tyle «>f«n English Fd I tor's do- tail oft Queon'a coronation, nr a King', Gslt to lulUtmu. Jrm draiocmc, *qj Aowrinu, (M- i-pW “ pwtldfuu, 1. |U Our « .u.” *»« <w , m ) imliUc.l comluct. Of our Amt>rir.n nMl-lly wo can in,Mnl INSTINCT. Col. Sthnx, of tho Cntnmendnl Advertiser, from hi* propensity to royn'ise every tiling having an “V®**impressed by liighiinalitles.gives tlra follow ing arcouhioi ttragmsTtremueraiMr tti-puy. "Thu President then n-uJ up Unradway, pre ceded by the tr-xips, surrounded ny friends, uud fol Inn od by n lung i rocesshm of carriages, hortonien, ami loot men. Ilo wa* inuunttd on u fine hla-k charger, w hich from hi* pnxs.1 ami noble eaniage, wo *li(Nild Indd to Ira of deckled Whig Mood. Tlra Providonl redo with n royal air, and managed Ids stand like u o tvnlivr. In truth Ira is ns good n manager of horses a* Ira is of men—and so that they are well billed, wlran well hooted nod spurred, Ira ride* Imili to adoiirati n. Broadway was well thronged for tlra occasion, nnd tlra window* of lira liutisc* worn filled. In the vicinity of lira Pink, tlra crowd wits great, and lira scene q'lilo imioiutcd." Tlra hurra, it seems, was •* proud uml noble," hence the Colonel : nfvrs Ira wn* of" decided Whig b!oo<l." Tlra President " mnuag<'*l this steed like a ca'nlier," nnd therefore "Ira riide with n royal ttir." Certainly he who rides the Whig* " booted and spurred” nine Ira royal. Their wh-*le scheme nf politic* tend* totltis end —Fi t. Kj* Wo tledicuio tlra following in the Ab ditinn. 1st* ofConiM-ciicut, nnd the regions round uboui:— From the Xrw //-teca Herald. Ftrir Years Afro.—In ilrara degenerate days it la •uinctiiiras useful tu review the past, and com- nnre tlin pieiotit with nur former stnln A friend lias hanjed u* a filo of tlm •• New Haven Qasitte, md Coni'cctirut MiT^rine/'fiir tho yesrl8Hr, |*ul>- Ii,lied by Jori-th M-igs, Innn'-. ly Profi-«snr of M i- ihematict in Yale College, which cniil.. T n a gre.it many cut Intis rembil*cencc>. Antniig nthers wn ubsurvo the following:— "TO BE SOLD. " A healthy, ‘irons a*el aet'..-e, Negro Hoy.nh.iut 11 vear* of age. Inq-dro of t.ie Printer." • TO UK HANGED, " A likely young N- gto, nbnnt 18 year* of age. He I* linngrd fur n-t foil', but fi-r want • f employ, and to preserve him ftom rite greater evil of being sold ms a slav.- fnrbf-.” A COUNTRY OF LAWS! It is revolting tn rend paragraph* like the follow ing. When will the homicide—the manslayer n- celvn his deserts? When will tlra tuqjosty of lira law bo respected a* it should t Iratt. the murderer of Cant. Usher. pa**ed through the city yesterday no hi* way to Texa*. Ho made no aeoret of the affair, but publicly ex hibited tlra cnrldnn with which he shot him, and also nno of tho two bullets ho had cast for the purpose, lie m> armed with a brace of pistols, two bowl* knives and a carbine. Ilo imy do very well for Texas, but a man that would call another to hi* dmir at midnight, and murder him in cold blond, would never make a good member of society Lett stated that it waa not fur the part he took in burning in the Caroline, that ha »hm him, but f->r a personal imuit.—Rockrtfcr J'zilj Son* HutiRiCARE.—A pamphlet of a very interesting character hx* l*'e!y becu pub.isbed hi Englan-I.on tlrasuhic.t nf lira greet ha* rirane which vrs* exn#- r'enced in Greet Britainet* I t--lvml oo the7ili a *y ot'Jsnuiry , 1 R.t*>; it is by Wibiam Thompson. It *oi-m* iluit duiji'gth- limricaue, no bird was able to lo-rp the wing, end immense unmle-r* of various icin.lv wore killed. Aftrr ill- hurricane a great m *- ny seabirds, principally -t-irniy |-etrel,eeic found, living and deud, in ma-y parts uf th? interior of Ireland. S i many of ilu-su wiogod strangers were never foonl eslrare in that country sinra the mrir- cry nf man. Ki«h were a'Huluieiy blown uu> ot'ihe water, au-l thrown upon the Und.high and dry, to tho distance o f too or three yinht etui thlt happen ed on tho sea shore, and on thu bordors of the latge lak-'s in ilia interior. It tret »tat d by Robert Hill, of Dublin, a gentle- m.tn of Croat re*je«cubili|y,*hat aft-r the hurricane, tho d- ad bislie* of ro-tk* r*» the na-nber of33.0 *0 (as cor * a matter "f curiosity tin* number wa* reckoned by tomeboys) were picked up on the shores of a take some miles in rxtent, and with extensive rookeries on its b -rders, iu the country of Westmeath! and that in the $xma locality, number* of perch were thrown to anma distance into the fishl. Dean Vie. nolle*.on whoso property lhecireumtteacaocurrr«l, confirm* thia rxtraonliaary statement—aad submit* to the iavpettioa of visitors a mote than ardiaary strong psnnrl of a new window shutter, which wa* driven in and broken through by a rook dashed against it on tha nlght.in question, lit further men- luxte that some of tha perch were ftmed so far as fifteen j^anl* from the mlga af tba lake.—Belee EDITORIAL CUURTWY. Tha Editat af tha ft- Aan«tiae Seme tells lha Editor af tha FMda HtroH in Me hat papw that ha "/ir#.** REDUCTION rtlNVENTION—MR. 8PIUN- CIER’fl J'l-AN. The following shall Ira lira I bird Raritan of the Ant Ankle of the Caaatltmwn of the 8iata of Oeor- fie. T Ira ffenate *b .|| he rfi-e'td «enu dly nn (he first .Monday in OcIoInt, and shall bo composed of one member from each of the fony-sla Souatmai Di*- trict* following t I. Chstham and Eflln(h*m. 3. herrirn and Burke. 3. IIk-hmnnd nod Columbia. f Liet-*dn and Wilke*. ft. Elbrrt and M**ii-ou. 0. Ilalwrslraoi and Lumpkin. 7. ('ntofi and Habnn. 8. Forayih and Hall. ff. J*rk*onend Fr.-nklin. It). Clark and Uglethoipe. II. Ur>erwand l’ut**m. I'J. Talinfi-rru and Wanra. 13. llam-iM'k and Baldwin. 14. Wiuld igtonand Jcffiiraon. I ft. F.m tnucl and Moi.igomery. 16. Ilolhich and Bry *n. 17. Taiti.all and Lib-ny. IH. Mrlumrii and Glynn. Iff. (.’' inden and Wayne. 30. Wsreaml L-iwmba. 31. Telfair and Appl.ng, 22. Lauren* and Wilkinson. 33. I’uli.ki and Twi^g 4 . 9-1. Ilibli and (.'rawfoiil. 3ft, J-tm-s and Jn-p* r. 36. Ho t* and Monria*, 37. Morgan sod Wbioni. 28 Nowmn and ll.-nry. . 2ff. DnKalh nml Gwinuetl. 30. Gilmer arm Murray, 31. Cass and Cb*rok<-e. 32. Cobb and C’ampt«e3. 33. Cnwem and Fayette. 3- 1. Moiriwi-lherand Talbot. 3ft. I'iku nnd b'psnn. 36. Ilouvtonan-I Mi*mi. 37. Doo!yan.| Irwin. 3H. Th-onns mid Dera'ur. 30, Bauer and Early. 40. Lee and Snuiier. 41. Rarrdnlpli mi d Stewart. 42. M'i«cog*-eund Marion. 43. Harris anil Troop,' 4- 1. Heuid and Carroll. 4>. rauldiug and Floyd. 46. Chattooga, Walker eral Dado. Aral whenever Irar. afie tlra le-gislaturo shall lay ofTuin| establi-h a new county, it "trail bo added to tho must contigunu- S -uatoiiul District. ' Tbe following sliitll In- tlra Sovr-nth Sertion of tho First Article uf lira Cunviitutionof lira State of Georgia : Tlra I In.iso of Representatives shall Im composed of month -r* from till the countlos which now nro or here after may ho Inc! nled wi.hln this Slate, urrord- ing to their respective numbe.* of free white per* *on«,i|itr rnumi ration lobemole accnrling to lire Inst census. Enchroutry curitiiining five tliousan-l inhnbi:unto ngreonhly lo the foregoing plan of enu- meratinn, shall bo entitled to two mem'-ei* ; eight thou«anil, to throe memle-rv, nnd no county -11111 have in ire than three memlrars, but each comity ahall have n.ie mornin-r. When lira next Stall-Cen- -ti* is taken, the Inn onuntlos hnvhig tho hlghosl nun bornf free while inhabitants nhove eight tho-i- » nd al.nil s-nch Ira enliil d to tbr■•*» memle r* i lira twenty two rn intir* having lh-» highest iiumU-r of fren whi'ehihahitnnl* nhove five llinurand nml un der lira first ten, sliall havn two tirainl or* atch, nnd ■ ha hnlnnro of >ho ciiuini-t, one each, making, uc- conling to tbe la*i census, 135 member*, Chmham 3, DeK-ilbS, GwinnJlt 3, Henry 3, Jackson 3, Mrr- riwether 3, Slusrogr-n 3, Newton 3, Tnlb»t3 Troup 3, Uihli 2, Cavil 2, Cnhh 2, C'mvi-ln 2, F.ilrait 2, Franklin 2, II -n-t ot 2.II -H2, llmri*2, lluherslnm 2, Jasper 2. Lumpkin 2, Monroe 2, 1'ike 2. Pot- nan* 3, Rielimoml 2, Sir wart 2, Up—n 2, Wnllm 2, Wiirion2, Warinnglon 2, nod oucli of lira re maining co.ratios onu mem'..i'o,ich. Af It SYMSGEH'S SPEECH. Mr. Prrsiiixm—lb leg -in.iccuv'o.no-l to ad- press putilic a*«oml'!ras, it c-ti!.| n- t b-r expect-il that 1 *hoiit(l niteUsv nny display in such u body ns ili’ i, composed as it is nf the most *plendi-d taVnts .he Stuto nffinds—ftnin (jai'i-mt-n filling iho most cx- abed *t *ti.oi« in lira republic, down to tho pbiinesi farmer*. The duly which I owe my constituents compel# mi- to nit>-mpt to nvdtu known my uidn- Ions, and Is* deserlhv, a* well us I can. wlnt nllcr- at.ion* will suit my coostitiieoi*, nnd th" whole p- >- pie ol me oiHic; ket-,-...- >i-r*tny m v.ew the c-ju .- ixatioo of lira rep f entn : om, lin ed up -n llioso pri.rain'es tint are thu Mmi.gih mid sopport of uur repuhfioan institution. No nu-mhorof this Cunvc linn c -nrxp--ct to obtni-i an slt'-in'inn in lha p* ofn-pivsi-, t iii-'n ilial shall ci.nra up lo bis la-au ideal. I>u - s!i.niM enciMira *e a spirit of compromise, by consulting tbe various interest-* that aro Imre ru- presonted, pruducinc lira gn ulest mirauni of guild, w th tin-li-tiRt possildu evil. Wo sliould n o bring with n* in Erase walls ou* pm isan f<v! : .ig.;but rv- my thing like partisan rancor and p.-ejndice *houl.l at once he discarded, nnd our only aniMiion n-id Ifuvh-oihlbotuad rocothu imoiost of ih-> peo ple uf Georgia, and fl cliaracier and high stand- ing of the State nn-mgnui sister* *-f the confi-den- rj. In the aitersiim.s to be made, we *ln Id at b ast try to nuke llnon with n vie * to their pcrni.i- imncy, nml not to s-ir-ot n ii-ioptirnry uml transient ndvujiMg'-j ft/i jho m'k r ilium nude hy ui, if they should mritt with the ipprobalnet of the |icop|-.wil| continue in all probability, iu be tlra constitution • f ill? State to tbe burst griraruiinut itn'css tint - mid tho operation of thoumoiidmuntmn Iu, should prove unequal ami ojipressivo upon port! on* of our Stair. And even this ine-iu iliiy mus, Ite *o gross a* to la- insupportable, or the |-r.-ple will submit to it ratlrar than risk a(hnn;o si-j. nlonvnrelhcy ofaheraiixn* in thu organic Inw of li.o land. The Inw p issi-d hy the last Legislature,calling nn the people to elect deh-gates to ract in coaventiou at tins time, to make certain alterations in t'ra con stitution, has prescribed miuaili, wh cli we have Li ken, nnd which oath proscribes nur drain* ns follows —"Wo solemnly awt-nr that we will not attempt to add to or tsk-t from lira cti ivtiroii.m, or attempt tn change or alter any oih- r section, c -.use, or article oft!.(t eonstit-ition of lira SLitoof G. o.gia, utliur thin thoso touching tlm representation in thollnuu- ral Asst-nildy ihi-iiof/'Atc. Ji:c. 1 con-id rail else • xerpt tho oath contain *d in this law, «n aisutnp- tion on th«* p *rt of tho Lcgislat-o e winch pas -e.l u; I co s| lent presumr.tion on their part tu say how the alti-ratiun alum Id Ira made, fa; it U wore current •list tli.-y "hon'd rec--mm> nd, why tut m ike tin- nl- t rati.-ns ihem-elves. 1 so c-uisoli-.X’d it when lira tvII was on it* p-*s*age, and altli-»ugh an enihu*ix"t in favor uf reduction, I could mil give ilmy support, on account ofh* recommend *liotis| for Hlihuugli I knew it •hoold ha«u no Idading efi\*ct nn auy of tho si-."gates, Irayoial lira «atd> tboy took, yut 1 feared it might bo con»id. r. *1 by s-nn-t go »d men, who might view it differently from what I did, lo be binding In nil its recotntnenduiinn*! ihereluro 1 re- siaed it* passage in tlio Senate, and propore i'tu •triku from the scvoaih secti-m lira last clause of said »<ction—my motuot to str.ko out was von-d down. The reason* Assigned by sevoial *vn*t..r> for opposing thi* motion to strike oui, was ihi«,thuy d>d not consider any p irtion of thu lew of bind! get- ffeary, rxrrpt the o srti, on the delegates to bo #;ic - rd; ai.J having little time to Ira >sact tba l.utinc** (it being the U*t evening of tho sossion.) And while th-v *dmi'red uud ugreed with ore, iliat lira free people, and ill-* • only, mo ths only true ba>i* of representation in a i* publican form of Govern ment, yet they would adopt the law i« its prevent »h *pe, rather th*n lias nd the fiidoi** uf a neudment in lira iilhur branch id' lira G -nrnil A.-s-mbly at Hint la o hour! believing us *U:*y did, Hint ibe icducliuu •■ftheGeucral Ass-rand* was imponant.an.i lira law rolling the convention l-r tli *t pmpiw wa*essen tial to effect that object. This opinion. I well recol lect, was expressed hy the h-jnnra'no Se.tutui ftom Ch.ali.itii, w li wo county ha* a larger block pujiuia* ti -n than any other io tlra S are, which expression is m.-re honorable to bimthiu » »:at'raofbr.**s or mar- b.c w«.u -I Ira if raised in Ins nativv city to roinmem- monue Id* virtues. For thu individual who cou.d lake ground in fa-or of principle, agsinvt the biassH'hi* interest and lira infl n-..cc oft-du.-ati--n i* *n-ro w.olhy *>f eo nm -m -ratira* than any tt.iogelsc. The ritixrns of lbs County that 1 in put bsve the honm to rcpre-cnl, Imv* iuarki.d uni I -r nra the lino of duty, which, I am happy tore-, tn-oorj. with my awn view'.undali thslwlilc powets tha I posses*, ho dsv.ortlto ilrair *atrrc,*., and <n lururera ae rtf tireir prim iplc*. At the last ter n of our Superi or Cum i, the grand jury took into coireldtratiun the objects of lira prose ui conremiou, sm| after iho most full and fits interchange of view., ilray gmctu their r.-prc**niaiiv«t* the following instrucuon*: ‘'Amoog the ms: y ab**or!»ingquutkm# which agiuta our litical buru-ia, ll-nt whichisnaw oftlio must press ing importam oin its con* qaem-estutho section of ilw country In which to resile, is tho alteration* which may be mad* b» the ri>n«iituti..a by tbs con- vrntioa which is to motion .bs first Monday ta next month. Wt ptrcalve that tha I- gi-latuio in piss ing n law tu requoat thtpraiplo of dm dilf.-rtniroun- llta af ihUttAW tu eb-ot m mb«rs to meet in said itioa, fiavt aiimnpts-la dhna'loa wNUDsea Wt |-sis without g»vi vgit our daciiad dUappr* Ution. In tht* b'll «rt find a t'aase which status that * the cinirntion *11*11 not muddle with lha Fedarnl Ba- *1*. N»w we lin'd that in nur State representation ihutu |, no <uh?r democratic rapubliran basis than tha white bari-t and that whila we Iralwvn that lira Senate should Ira formed "pon territory, by putting twociHintie* together, without respm't t'» thulium* Imfs «f die Inhabitants, welmlinvn tint tliolluu-unf Bi-p esefitativr# *liould be bv*« I upon population, tni that pnj-ulaMo'itbe free white popu ati-oi «»fth-- c.ig ta ,; andal b-.ugliwe iralicvo it of hiiiu-ntu im- por anre that tliare should tu n very considerable re- dnrtiun nf tho numlx-r of lupresnnlntlvut yet wo Iralirve lira prineipl* on winch tho torluetioa it unde, is of more importance to us than the qu unity .if i; and thut ifit be allowed lohemsdn upon the nrincipleoflha Fedenl basis, that wo will It i insdedrawersnf wotur mid Irwert of wood for ru# mom Wi-altliy neighbor* *'f thu mbldk' | ,, » r * "f lira Si* e.J.\ «l**a we knowibit all^peraoBS who pro- *»■#« un Imited |Hiwer will at a -nte timeu*e it wrong fully, we call upon our fellowcitiien*"I llioupcraii.- Iiy mid of the wire* qm«* region In join u*, nnd to b ivet'iii white bad* • tiabli-lrad by ilii* eonvcutioii} aud ill (I a Irere there i» «••> doubt ol' their member* going fir tho while biaiv, H at lit y Iriva meeting* and inatrnet llc-ni. A«d wo hereby ie-pm#t our del- ega’es lo it p all th -lr per omul exertions tn have the reducii -n m-i.le in the ropro-entative hr mrh, upon the while had*, while wr pledge ,eife.ve-if the al teration i« m* lo opo-t lluii bts s ru take all lawful nienn* in nur p iwer hove the ('Iteration ratified lwfi.ro the £ ample. But ahoidd it ho int-lo upon '•*" Federal b»»i., we p'e Ixe ourralves lo u-e ull lira lawful eterre .,.* wliirli lira God of Heaven ha* given nnwrr t »o-e. t • d feat if* ril-ficalio..." | wi" ro-e tI-? therenso-# which proves to m<- tlntllieiopreo-nlHlionsI oubl b? hitaeil ill tlm H* usi' of Rep;c-cnti.lives, upon the white htvlcnd of Fed- cnl lra«i«. In lira fir*t p'«- e, 1 b--lievo tint expe rience *l(on].|Inve omra iulbiunco with u«. We trad stnve* he'd us -urh in elnvi-n Slut--* of lira Uuiuo. in none of which, except ilo- Stales of Georgia uud North (.'are-lii'H. nre ll*--y put in the scale in rurei'-g ruptereatation, ns je roois. lo one or more they arc caleu'aied in the scale a* pro|Kity, which 1 coo nnd to lx- the only li^ht in which ilray should he viewed in our Smio nff'uirs. Wo find xevcrnl of iler-e State* have within n lew yenis past rcito'd -I- b-d il»eircoo*iil-uh*ns nod trill those -laves me i.o: co-in'r--d in thr t.dde *i'll i| ( .- free whit- |rapul .ti o, to raise icpr s -iiiniioli -ipcn; we fiml nil tlra cou-li- tiitiuus fin in-d in ilia south nnd west, undsouih- we*i of u«, u i'll all the fight# of expero-nco ai d lira ioiprovcneoi* of tho uge to point out llo ir course, and lo Improve (ipoothe examples ol niin-r* whohave gone before, with many citu-n# of our own Georgia iu their tmiivuiuinii* io fruitio tlioir con- si initio.h not one of tiiem lutve thi* feature in them —Tlieso thieg* *h-Mild make u* doubt—even were we iu favor ol liiivchiovo in out const.lotion— of itsb ing comici; lor w-c mn t uckn -wli-dge tho ngo I* ipriug on to iinprovd in nvi-ry thing—uml that thi*,our wr»MM lo-in.«phero, ha* udvauced wuh hasty vide*in all kind* -f improvements and not the least among tlrani r* lira science of »nver.incut. Yon will perceivn by n glance nl the ronatitutious nf tin- eleven slave holding Stun-* that this iirivtu- eristic feature is ill none ol them but two. Then us far a* the experience of ntiicra i* eow-cined, wo linvo it in favor tifdi«j-en*irtg wi:ii thi- fiaturein our c«n«iitoiioii Nov* 1 -vill ny t-r shew it* nrivto- ciniic uml uneipitil In-uring, nnd indeed oppre-sion, over *orno pai.« of lira Slut-:—vvbilu it giv -s to tho«e c..un'ic* where slave* mo ounK-r *u«, n-lvau- lag.-* river those pan* w here llM-yart-sparra, which are unti-rnpuhlii nn; and a* such, republicans should rise sun rinr to sordid interest uml give uji ilm un do- advantage which tli-y p i«*es* without u sir ig- pie, an.l shew ill -ttlreyun- n-ally what they would have lira world believe 1i„ Ira—democruiic io- publican*. Oil tli-rie uv r whom interest and puw «<■ Inivu mure iiffluinii'e thm lova of Sims*, I do not hope to linve nny influence, but upon three who have the good uf ilrair S'ut-- in view, I h-qra to make some oh«ervaihin* lint wi.I attract ilrair at- feiirioo. Tle-ro nro fioty couniie* in lira Stuto whit'll hy lira I «t conriH iiivu urah a im-m'rar in lira lloore of Uep.(-#e.iimivtfi mo.e, by inking im- ’ nw-huh* nf lira sfov-r im„ it * .-.rmputaron, ilisa 'ray wAuiJ otlrarwire bate. A large majority uf ih-iso counties lie in-vbitt i* termed tlra Iduck belt, through lira mi-ld u of too State from the Siivuim -h river to tlx-Cb'iMahoncliei| which nivouiugo of i my rne-nl ers gives tiiem a m ijority in tkat Hou*o wlt-rend lolUftr rri-ing revet, ra or appropriatin- nioney "hull or.giiiMlu n* will plainly appear hy re formin'tn lira iTi itl in-licit-nnd rixtm-mli secliun of tlrafl.(ii*lltu'ion. Ifany gcntleinun of iIris body will lake tin: n.Hible to rxa-win . bow the money of iho State Im* Ihvu A|-propria.,-.l t b-r will lind that u lias gomi a*tbi*m*j.oiiy ha* d muit-d, with but low cxcetiiions Lank ut tlm lot- rani improvements uf iIk-Siu'o rnu.b-iiltiin*t entirely io bun-ill tlio sec tion* of lb.- Suite w hb-li ba* ltd* ndvamago uf re presentation, nnd it tlrarr In*la-ena-ivtiling do..e io uoy niher counties, it ho. Ihk ii Iracuuse it was ac-uafi ly to bo dnmi in j-ul tlra iinpiovomcot through, li- bi-i'cll lira blank belt. Tlra people io •Ira si-mionof I her runny io wlikli I live litv.* been treatr-d like alien*. No p m uf the treasure of tho Suite In* been expend J nm mg os, and mulling d.mofnr mir Irannlit.—Thore is now in progress, ill tile Stain's expense, tlirougli IliuC'ierukeo uouutie n woik iif iinm-ura imp .iiauc<- to iho State, parti- rulaily In tlra Idark hi', winch miy Ira ibruwn op to it* a* Irani:* done l -r onr •-•pueint benefr; but let nienss.-rt (list who w-ni'il u*e tliis urgouii-nt tiiiii it would m-vt-rhuv-hu.-n atti-iupted hut iltat it was to furni'h th'- hi irk (raft njili prnvi-ions at a cheup rale—to pic if io ilrair power to iai*o more cotton —In purchase r.ore nr-giiras to m k« more cofion, Ate., to make- tl.e rich ri.-li. rj nml lira peopluolTlio roumles from Troup county, wht-ro liivnd aiuiis should In-1he erinli-lo be ihiwiI cum? in com|>cii- •i-n with >lra rich va'ley* of lira w est from wlrare bren.l sinff-rrm. Ire drliv.-red in Macon and in this place, by thirty per ci-m. clranpcr tliim they ennb? from lira county In which l live, nnd on'equal terms with the sain? nriiely in lira t.'lierokeo ciwintie*. This is intemal improvement* for u* with a ven geance. Yet although ouPpenpb-saw- nil thuM-evil cnnseipicncex to themselves, t vn*t see llram ulmost to n mnn, ridnj above local nnd aollish pivjmlic.es, ami voting larp\ indeed, I may say. inimonse sup plies, to make this very road w lirah is to iniur llram individually, hot which they hn|ra and Ix-liuvro will bo a source of wealth to tlra State of Georgia — Look nt lira work done on th? rivers uml roads. You w-i!l find it don? in tho-e parts of the State hav ing this edvantace, when the most inconsi Icrald? I»rm-?iti avk.il for other parts, nre d-nied All b'. I* for nppr.'printing money must originate in thnt Mouse, having this udvunln ;e, nnd if they do not Iw-nrfii tint s?ction'ulorra. tlu-y die than*. Look at tlra bill lt*t sass*on to rem ivo the ob«iroction» to navigation in tho Ch-it'nhoochec river, from U'rst Point on to tho main tract of the Western nnd At lanta? Ifiiiiimd, In DcK'dh county, thrown nut with- out scarcely' giving it nny riraaidenition nl all, al- tlxMijh it was to mnneettwo railroads ami tohrnetu a largo part of tho State in which section there were hut few slave*. And afterward* oven the piiiful sum of five iliousn id dollar* were refused to to ho appropriated lo employ a competent Engi neer t'Ptnxko a survey, and report *•> lira next Ira- gi"!sinre th-- prarricalii iiy of removing tlra obstruc tions ti a navignti >n upon thnt river, nml tho ox- pen* is thereof. And this, too, hocauso it did not im-neiliatoJy benefit lira hlnek belt—and because the members in thrt se-tion «f ths State, which wn*t>» he benofiteJ, would not vote for tho S ate’* credit being given fur million* for itnpn voments, the re- veimo to lie derived from whlrh whs not ta enrich the treasury of the State, hut to put into the p-c- Let* of incorporated .?->mp tnies composed at first, perhaps, of onr own rit z?n«, b-it which companies in a short time would have consi-ted mo*tly, if nut entirely, ufforcigm-rs, who would iftho L-gnlatur. lnd agreed to endnrao the bonds of tlm coinpnnirr, hare enjoyed th ? h.-neftt, and lira State wind 1 hare had the d-.-ht to p y. Till* is the r?n»on why the po *p!e in th? part of tho State in which 1 reside,have fared so badly; nnd it will continue so m long as this inequality in re- pre*entvi<»n remain*. Tho great tnjustico i* nre felt a!<in? in the distribution of the fund* of the State f.rr internal improvctno'il, but in what is of tnoro vital impor'nnco to us, n diarriminution ha* even been made in iho education of tho youth of die co-intv. In pare 2ft, of Prince'* Digrst, you will find there, under t o h?ad «.f Academic * and Fr.v School r, a part of an act passed Doia-mbcr 24th, 1832, entitled" An not to provido for tho morn eqiinl distribution of tho Academic fund among the several r-runtie* of the Stitc," section l»t, tho academic food* berenftcr to l-cdirtrihotcd among th? several counties of thi* State, shall *-e distributed in proportion to the roprot?ntntlvo population nf cncb county agreeably to lb" last conrus returned to tbe Executive office. Here-we have an evidence that tho*? who have power will sometimes use it wrong fully. Herr i* a declaration that the ncu lemic fund istulio horenfter distributed—not equally among thorn who should enjoy it—but necnrd.ng to th? re- preranLaiivc population which include* threedifths of all perron* uf color add.il to tha free white in habitants, although sour law* matw it penal for any person whatever to educate a slave Wh*t an In- conslstanev is here shown! And will aay gentle- BtAA OR this floor ooaurnd that this is right ? Vttu long you haw tha power, ftom lima to tima^uch U«t At Ud* »ift be passed. Let u* |»*rk a littlafurtler, and we shall fttxl this kind of distinction oxisis I Mother thing* besides th* two before mentioned By reference to rrincei new Digrst page 76, at lha top, you w ill find tlra fol lowing t "Tlra Directors »»f th? said Hank (m an- ing tbe Central Bank iff Georgia, the property of tlra whole State) shall hereafter di tribute their lir.itta ns niunlly o*practicable among thucitir.cn* of thi* Slat? having d'.e regard lathe populali-n of lit * dilfi-n-tit riMiniies. on the basis fixed by the 7tli sec tion of tlra 1st article oi^l lie cwnstiluii-n." Here svo linve It again, tint llto*o who hivo (rower will use It wruiigfiilly. What is thut 7th stetion of the 1st article of tlra constitution ? Hire it is: "The IIinim* of ||.-|ires'*nlativrs *ImII Ira cunpo-cd of members from all lira counti s which now are, or may herraft< r ho included within th * State, accord ing to tha rosiuvlivu iiunihcr* of IVoo whit? jut- *iiiisand including thrre-fdlbs of oil |x*oplo of col or." !!• ru it i* in all its naked dcfoimity! That thrci-fifihs of all tha |ieop!e of color slinll Ira count ed n« wh te persons iu lira distribution of money by I ho Central Ilnnk—nhhongh, if the auditors of thut Bank wen- to loan lo out- of those people uf color, any part "f tho Ion is of tlx- State d<*po«iti*d in tho CYntrol Bank to Ira lent out by them, the Governor would dismiss than forthwith. Wo find that this nttix of distribution has bei?u followed up In thu In ms made by this bank from tlmt time to this. I will show sotiM of its inequalities. The county which I have ih<- honor in prat to .represent, had by tliacuosu* of ftf3l, n white popalnti m of 3,067, which entitled her to n rejitvsentutlnn of two mein* Iht- in tlio ll-U"0of Representnlivcs. The county of(S:ynn lnd a white pojrublissn of 622, but by roi-.othig three fifths of tlx? |x-rsont of color, her ro- pro.sen tut ive |>opiilutii>n was incren*cd to three thou- amid thirty ultra, which outiilcd her to ns iniiiiy meiiiU?i * at tlm county of Carroll; oud her six hun dred nndtwi-i.ty two wh Ip iidiabilnntr drew of tit*" dUtril.ulioii made in tie? summer of 1836, of tin* eighth dislrihuliou of the t.Vntnd Bunk, $1,973$ whilo Cur.'oll, with n white pupululiuii of throo ilioiisaiid uud -sixty seven, drew at thu tnma distri bution. $2,133. Here is n gross nml puIjMl.le in- eipiriity, pre-r-nting llii* unjust slur ot thin"*. A county, with onc-tifil. nf tlra free wliito hihuhiiuuts mijoying equal right uud importance iu both hi'mi- eh •* uf tin- Gi'tii-rid Assi-iiiiiiy, withoixrirl'livolitnp* tin- strength, and dmwinir from, tin? (Vntml it ink within a sniiill fraction uf tlra same amount uf tris»- iM-y distrilniti-dh^tho Suite to its ci l/uns. Wln-ru is tin? rop'iblirnti tlmt will Ixihlly pod foiirlcssly do- chiri* in tin- face of tlra pi-op'r, that lids is just or r-ijuimble. 1 mn well inure that tho advocate* of tlra Federal Icisi* will urge thnt lira owners ot* slaves liavo to puy tuxt-s for them, and thnt on ac- cuuut of thnl tiixutiou they ought to cqjny grcntvr advanta-’es. To thi* argument I would reply, iliut the fta-e white people of tho Stale, who have no slaves, or but few, are required to reuder personal services to the State nnd the United Suites, wlih-h fur overhiihtot'os nny udviiiilm-L-s derived from the incteaM'd uiiionnt of taxes paid into tho Treasury by tlra large slaveholder*. I- it necessary for me to infoim thi* i-iilightcped Imdy, in what there «-r- dci-s consist ? Who i* it thnl fornix tlra shield nnd upport of tho country when threutvtied hy hivu- tion I Who I* it that arrests tlra midnight ad vances of tho savage Indian f It is the free white people of yixir State—tho hewers ol wood nml drawers of water, that f tiii your nutimiul strength in time of poi'im, nnd your hulwoik of defouco in linra id iavnsioii. Ye*, 1 a*«r-rt it without the fear of contradiction, thnt lira |xxir w hite men of tlra country, aad thore atone, nre relied on in time -f dnngcrto form n barrier in inroads of nn uppniach- ing enmity. The wealthy slaveholder* remain nt homo to protect tlu-ir fumilie* from that very *p ( i cii-s of pnqM-rty which tlrav now dcriro an xilvnn lagi: from in Mir State n-pre-entation, wliirli | bold- |y andfcnrli-s«!y affirm tlmt they mi"ht not. And llicliuvo mid uni prepurud lo sti to, thut if Iho d' *i- collies lx- gtvit, thu troop* from lira up country will, in many instance*, insti-ud • f marching to iih-i-i the foreign (la-, have tn Ira iii’loriou*ly stationed in tome of tho riitintu-s, in the neighborhood of some of ili.■ largo p' inters, toIti-cp hi Hohji-ct'.on this vory S|K-cicii of property. It will come to lids—and I woo'd n'qseifully ask, is n whit? m in'* life In one purl of lira Slate lobe risked and hnar.lr.l for the protection of a wealthy planter'* property in nno- ilrar pint of tlm Smto 1 This Federal basis will not answer any va’iiahlc nr ju»t purpose in Mir own Stale nfi*.iir«. It w-ll no doubt be urged by tlx; friend* and uilvocnti'* of tlm Fedi-rul basis, that should it be dietitili«-«l hy us in our State cmisiltutiuii, it would nllcrl nor interests and rights else where, to wit: in the geoerul govern- oh nr A mi.iiwni'i rv-lle, lion will noivirrae nny tin- pirjodWil mind tint wo tra-il apprelx-nd no injury (rom that quurtcr. Thi* L'liion will nmtimra to exist no longer than it is to the advantage of tie different parts of which ii i« rompum-d; and it is iny siixvr* ib-sin* that those advantages may I .« for all t : in* to coma. I have feu red its dissolution much less limn many of my friends. The staple article nf pruihic.iiim in the south and sniiili west, is cotton; which nt ill'* linra nod I'm n nnmlx-r of years, lias furnished tli- medium d ex-*lniige Is lsirn this country nml Knglurd. and for lira mo-t part with the continent of Kurrono. This article of cotton would not ho produced if we w ro in depend en tirely upon the while population. Tims wo soo that slave lulxrr i« necessary to promote tlx- p.rr*- (rarity of this ro.-.tim-ut, as well us to n.-guiute the nmii'-tirry nff ifi* of Enropo, By tho Inlmf’of our xhives wo givo employment to nil tlra northern and i-nstem .Stales | nnd half the population would sink into pauperism nnd want, were it not for the rm- plnyirx-ni ths-y derive in making fabric# out of the cotton ioihIi- by thus? slaves, wbo-e nutnbi-r being amiiiii-d, nml which numbi'r wn nro byngrccmani.nl" 1-wvd lo use three-filths to add to our whites to in- enure our n-|tre*cnr<iion in Congrvs*. This pro duction nf rurion d d not exist at the time this com pact was entered into, hut it was considered that the smith wax giving up to tho north, othrr ad vantages equivalent to this. And now, the immense wealth nnd prn*j»erity furni .licfirira n.irth by the South, nnd lira facility of obtaining exchange upon Europe, and in fact with the nnrirc eivili/i-rl world, ten time* nvorbnlnnccd this cunccasion niuJo by the (•-ople nf tlm nortli to us, ut the formation of our nn- tionul compact. 8-likewise in o-ir own S-ate tlra military nml civil servicr* renden d by the fire white people of the up country, nnd th? protection nnd sermiiy afforded to the planters of tlra black holt, far overbalances the nnimiut • f money arising from taxes p r'd upon this s|rccies of property. By the major portion of iho |ranplo of tire United Slate*, sbi'cry Ira* been repudiated, nnd eonsidi-red u c.mve to tlra people ummig whom it exists. Iiul I mn of n different npiumn, and think, with an emi nent stotesmnn of South Carolina, tlmt it •* a bless- ioghihtoih? whites and lo th? blaiks, wherever it exists. Where there I* n slave population, we find the frun white inhabitant inspired with n more lofty patriotism nnd high toned chivalry. They nre cipwMo of conceiving without bring tr•mmc.l'il c ith cfleminate imheeility; nn«l they always execute with f.-nrh-s* intrepidity. The mlvantagn of having slaves to htlmr for tlioir benefit, nlfnrd# llram lei sure nnd opportunity to fit themselves for im.-ful- ness tnthi-ir rimniry; and what tlra poor whit? man I* to tlrecnuntrv in tlra field, th'-re wealthy men and slaveholder* nre in the rcunrih But w-hilo the poor mnn n* d Ills dangerous and arduous services ure Inst in oblivion, the statesman enjoy* iho ho- nor* nnd emnl-i-ncnt’* of high official m'ion while lie lives, and live* in the grateful recollr-e i<>n of id* eorntrr in all timeto com?. Having these impor- t-mr advantages th- y ought not to require lira addi tional inihrancc which three-fifths of the ldavl; popu lation w .ti'd give th-.-m, os a hod* of r -preser.tn- •ion in the councils of ihe State. Slavery Is also u lr!?ssing t" lira necroes tlram-elves. In their nxt vo land, Africa, they have ever I een chnineteriscrl hy the most savage a -ts of harh oi y t un.l not unfix- quentlv tlrav exhibited their cannibal di-jMisition*. preyin’ n;sin th?ir ownspeera*. Th?irdegnad>iti in in the bomr- of their nnce-t nr I, has ever h-’en c-m- p'ete, nnd they show little k-M capacity for enjoy- mont than the wild bea-ts of ih'-ir own deserts, in thi^rountry, too, where slavery :m* her n abolished, we *.’p them uniformly the veriest pauper* of tire la id, the victim* of intaxiealion and every vici-ni* habit—no dispodtion to improve their conditi -n or cultivate unv nf their moral faculties, or enlarge their capacities for enjoyment. But where slavery exist* they are only required to IsW for their own support and that of their owner*. An l, fur tlra most part, they are well tod, clad, happy and cunteritsd, mueit better off— iuimmsurahly m->w hippy, than th? laborer# of tlra north md tire npervive* of Eng- l.ind, who are compelled to labor e-ch day from twelve to fourteen hours, with hut a few minutes in termission. I will cease this comparison. Propartv I# able to protect itself rail hoot tbe e.aisiamie required by tha Federal beria. Tlra possession of wea'th, which in thi* country consist* mostly in real estat# and no- groes, gives tn the owners sif it already too much ad- vantace ovar llx»re that do not own nagroaa or own but few nf thorn. And tins feature, beside* being anri-republican, should be stiiekan out, lo make nor governmant more permanent. For how can I r«s- main In pearnand ixsconieulnd, who Inve no slaves, whan a msn who owes one hundred shall bav# sla ty-one tin*** the impoiunoa la thia foreremeaf. Ia relslag repsBEEistaUwB. a bars whm I katel No. Mr. PrMldaRt, this (aatura nUI out, muaiBot ba left to slain nur • scutcheon#; strikt this out, tad ?ta#a the proparty qnaliflratbm for ymir governor, and you will come amour a» maybe to the idea ( have iifrepubliraiiLm. Thore two fraturrs shraild re main no loo;er than tlwji enald be law fully temoted. Remote th? nrra by the arti*n of this CMtveniiuo, and the oilier as anon thereafter a* prnciicablf.— The nicnmeiit ilntl lira taxes nre mostly paid by tha •Uveh'd lers, is more fpceiou* than solid. Indeed, ilo-y are taxed, but so nre tbe poor white matq and tlra tax-* for a iiumlrai of re r* past InsteaJ ol baiag put into tho treasure of ihe Slata and distributed equally f«r rite benefit of all pari*, ha* Iraen retain er! in rnrh frmn'y in w-hirh it *»• raised. Within mv r.-cnlVeri-'n I’he urm.iint roised from lira salt of land. i|re‘piof>er*y ..rihe wh-ileSiale, nt putticulsrly th- sltive hold- rs, has Iraen the principal snuteefrom whence nur Stale coffers liavo Iraen supplied.— There is something to the mind nf th® frera whila man revo ting, in having tho census of himself and his w bill- family taken, nnd then to have it overlra!- nneed by hi* neighbor's negroest nnd tht' they should I'U euk'iiluted hi tin- amici ng'dirtl him and hla chil dren, when it would Ira nothing more than swelling lira itifl'raiKV of the wralriry slave holders, and hav- in? Ids ik-ii's nnd inn rest at tlra mercy ol thUcIa*# nf tlra eouiiii itii*y. Lit! me entreat lira advocutc* of thi* |ii-nillnr bnris, tn pause before they tcsulva tirfnalr-n it down upon u-t f rl-e assured we cannot, nnd will not, submit to it—and noihingbmdevotion toils- land of our hir'li, nml nur ftatern.il relations and Iriiiriiit-M that fins attendedu-duiing tho whofo nf our part liirtniy, which prevent t us nt unco from throwing i (I tliis gullieg yoke of injurtice and op- p e.tioti, wlfrh is r-ow within tlra sc-'jra of ourpow- und ability. I .ft it no? Ira said that we hav? gona .... lliu* fin uudpm»|rared. And why not conrinue on in lira Minin way 1 I irnswor—w-plmve paid tribute enough; !i'nlus tin sr-uriiorn pooplo were t.nwilling to (mv f-'riy •-••« of evrry hundred, to iiplmhl lira unequal lariff wliirli had Iraen fastened upon nr—lira advocate* of lira firen white papulatiun, ii* u basis of repri senintinn, nro tint willing to give r concede that -iwSy out of every hundred of the negro. « of nor more wealthy neighbors, should ba ro uitiil mt n-i r-nr free white rbildrer-. Ask not f-r wlint you ougjji tint tnhnvr, for lenr In time your , i-xurbhuul ileiimnns may bo lesrannd, and you be not allowed even wlint you origin in reason 'olia-0. Let ni? u«k tlra uduwite* of lira Fr d--rnl basis, why se't-ci llii* kind of pm|x-rty and put it against the white population, (fi-r we ennnot consider negroes its perron* hut n* prnporiy only,) why tint put in siiM-k in trad--, Bank «-nrk, Arc. f Why have pro* perty r. torscuteil a' ail I Have not the rich Influ ence nnd power enough in society and in the govern ment, Iiy tlio urate force of wenltii f Will the great body nfilm people, stilt add to thi* power end influ- once by giving them representation upon pro(rarty in their General Assembly? No, God forbid tliat lira Legfstuture of Georgia should ever again be com posed of memt- -rs representing iragrira* instead of freo nran. No.ilcprml upon it, thu only truo basia* • uf iepiililii-nii repri si'iiiiition is freo white cilixens, and the soil and territory on which ilray reside; for th- poor man ha* land, and live* on lend, as well as lira rieh mnn; nnd no milttcrlinw poor this land may h—it is III* Imme; and tlio cnhln nn it is his castle. These, and hi* lilrarty, is nil lie has. They arudesr to him—and they alone should be represented in the council of his Stare. Mr. l’rurident,—I liavo submitted to this conven tion n pin nf red url Ion, although plain nnd simple, in accordance with the view* of tlra people of Geor gia, redur-1? the number of the popular brunch of V our Lcgis’ot are, to nno hundred and thirty five at pic out. nnd sulijirat to increns? only from tho fore innlimi nf new- cuuiitii'*. Tha Si-uutu to consist only of for.y six members raised from the same number of Senatorial districts, and not subject to any future increase; tlra new countk-s wlran formed hereafter, to Ira nttuclrail to contiguous districtn nlrcndy form ed. '1 hia will iniike thu number of tho Legislature upon joint bollix, umouiilto one hundred and eighty one tiH-mlrar*. which will Ira suflWk-ntly numerous for all iIm- niirp 'ses of Iragi.dation, and too lirge to I e nlfiTtn i by hrilxiry, nr nny other corrupting In- fljpuci*. It will save tu tin- Stuto nhnut forty iTiou- suiul dollars iiu-uml'yt lira laws will Ira mudo with more delilrantifon, mi l let better adapted to tho waits mxl w'slu-s uf lira country $ member# will be tnoro niti-ntive teriralr duties, I'm tlra responsibility upon ilium, will lie iniuradinto nnd pri-sring. Tlio a'oilon of |egi«!ntor w ill Ira more lionnnihle, and tlm people under llx-su circumUatrccs, will Ira able to rr-nimuml the services nf their nm-t influential nnd tnli-utcil ritiit-ti*. These nnd n innltltud- of other reu- sons, iicliintud me iniulvnuiitingthe plunthal I Imvo lira honor to submit; uml I hope that this plan, or somethin* embracing the same principles, may be adopted nnd wlran submitted to the people may re ceive tlm sunctinn oftheh- npprobuthui. Tho fnll-iwing, from lira Loi.irvilli- Journal hot been p-il.|i>hed in most nf lira Western |»aper#:— "Tits Chaulestor ilxii.noad fuojkct at an END.—A highly respri-iiililegumli'miiii nf this oily, recently from booth Ciirolinn, informs us ihm C'ul. Blan.li'ij, lira 1’rcridei't of tin- Chirlvsl-m Huilrond Bank, slated to him iliut lie ImiI given up all idea of pushing tlra Railron I farther than Columbia, tlio capiml nl 8'intli Ciirolina. Tlw Colonel si id ihit lira Stale uffinorgin hud put under com rant n Hni|. loud from Aih.-ns, Georgia; to Knoxville, Tr-nn., which, inrannexi-or with tin- UrilnuJ now marl^ coiupl.'inl,from Allans to Aiun's, an.l with Ibo' Bud ■ (nil from Angtixtn lo Chirk non, wontd^open n Huilrond comniuidi-alloii from Knoxville to Chur- ir-slon. 'J'be Cohmel thought Hi it It would bequito rdinilmis ro h:ivo two Kail-medr from Charleston to Knoxville. South Carolina alruud-ins her pro ject, but "ho claims tha credit uf huviiig spuircd Georgia into tlw grout enterprise; nnd thu is nona the li-.* satisfied with having a communication with Kn*t Tennessee, that is made w ith lira money of a rival State. Inf rente of the growth of Cotton.—In tho yenr 1791 the amount nf roiton exported from tho I’nitcil S-atcs wn* 183,316 Ih* i in 1793 it was not quite 1,900 00<l lbs ; in 1802 it wax 27.501,075 lbs.; in 1819 it was 87,997,l»1ft Ih*.; in 1820 it wn» 127,800,132 Ih*.; in 1830 it was 298.450,120 Ih*. The amount exported in 1838 was upwards of 639.00i1.000 I'm. ; lr living for Immn consumption 93,1103,0011 IIm. ; th*- whole crop, tu round niimner*, beingestiuniteil nt 737,009,000 Ifi*. which, nt four teen c?rnt* per pound, would Ira worth more than one hundred million* nf dnllur*. This is a greater amn-iiil than ever wa* produced from all the gold and silver mines in th*? whole world in one year. From a Into F.ne.Hth paper. The nt.r.«MXG* nr Civilization.—In our Aus* t*a!a*inn iraw*. wr hive given very full details of a .t-ial arSydney for a crinw. the atrocity of which wVl render it scarcely credible. A set of white miscreant*, eleven in number, mniw svago than tho untutored brings whom they immitwith that epi- tlrat, appear tn have carrrail oil’ twenty-eight natives, nran, women, nnd childrcd. from a station, where these native* were not intruder*, having been per mitted to remain thore, being nn friendly terms with thu white*, and tn have butchered them, young and old. in cold hlteal, " without,” at the Attorney General stated, •• any probable cause or provoca tion to pallia'? the nttr -•'ion* crime.” The ni"jf creatures, who were camp- d randy for the night,, were fir-t driven into a hut: them they wero (un resistingly) tied, and brought out, crying for help and merer: " the mothers ami children were cry- ‘.ig. and thu little o?c* thut could not walk.” They npp?ar to have been fastened in a string, nnd their murderer* on horseback, drew them on. "One Mark wa* handenfli’d t their hinda were all tici with tlra (Nilm* to each other; the rope was a very long one. They nil complained of being obliged to. go, the blggoit hoys were tied, nnd those who could nntVilk were carried Iiy the jin#; the women who rsrrii-d th- children were tied " Tho scene of sa crifice wa* about half n mite off A large fire wa*- mode, mid the bodio* were buim. • It would havn been supposed thnl such ir*»rinie would have deprived th? perpetrators ofev/.i cam- limn svinparii}; but no, ilray were defended by coun sel, th- expen«e being defrayed by on association illegally form-d for the purpose of defending all who may be charged with crimes resulting from nny collision with the natives. A rumor tn that effect wa* mentioned >>y the Atmrocy General, and nAa of the witnesses f-r the defence, the mister of one of thu prisoners, admitted that he wa* a subscriber to the d'-funro of tho nran. It is almost nrodltts tn say that the prisoners wero aquilted.-—Atialie Journal. Note.—Yat the En-!i«h nrwspatrars, and tevt- ralofthe English politician* in I’arlinment,Brecon- slnnt.'y taunting the United State* for it* treatment' of the Indians? Would it not bo well to pull tho beam first out oftbeir owu eyes; to look first at borne f end to reflect first whether they aro roc throwing stones from glass houses l—Qlobe. Honor to Ihe Bren Dead!—Me}. Beaj. Ro- main", of this city, on* i-f-mr ol-i#*t ririsraa,ba» beeoiR# by aucrinn prircU**' proprietor of lire Nuute.ltum al U» WsNbout, which conulas tho remains nf tlreen thou tend American victim* U> »b# borrura of tba British Jersey Prisoo Shlp^— Tbaa* rema'nt were Interrod msay yaar* tine*, u4 ibe groaoN* long naglsced are now to b# appro- pfiawly (nmm«Bird.—Xew Yerk Star