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man of their own party, unless t : ey will
take hint who shall be designated L«y a
caucus, neither elected by, nor responsi
ble- to litem ? We cannot believe it.
Concluded next wee!:.
POIiXTICiyL
FroT) the Boston Morning Post.
tJencml Jacksoa nnd Jud?e Unit’s flue of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
4uu- at length triumphed over
partizausitip,! The nation has vindica
ted the fame of one of its bravest defen
ders. The line of one thousand dollars,
so spitefully imposed by a partial judge
upon the hero of New Orleans, has at
'length been remitted by the highest au
thority of the Union. And now the great
patriot of tiie Hermitage will travel life’s
tiejffnward journey cheered bv the refle
trQn that his country has officially wiped
off the stain that it officially stamped uj>-
oh him as the people wiped it off, un
officially, the very hoitrol its imjKtsitiou!
How now stands the intrepid warrior ?
liow now stands the malignant judge.
Yve have been icd by the passage- of
the recent law to some reminiscences
<Mnnected with tiiis remarkable tr. nsac
tion. This tine was imposed by Judge
Hall at Now Orleans, on the 31st of
March r ISIS. The pretext for it was
Gen. Jackson’s alleged opposition to the
execution of a writ of habeas corpus
issued for the release of a person impris
oned for a breach of martial law, pro*-
claimed in New Orleans while the Brit
ish tvere threatening the city. ’1 he cir
cumstances connected with tile trial v < re
peculiar. The writ having been served
on the general; he presented Imu.-eit to
the court, Mare It 27. l’lie ru nor that
the trial was to owe on atf; .ct- tl crowds
of grateful people whom the laurelled
victor bad delivered from the horrors.of
British piilage; and as.lie entered lh>
door of the court house, tie y broke out
into enthusiastic and reivated cheers.
.fitdgo Hall, terrified at the consequences
his own malignity were likely to draw
upon hurt, remarked “ it Was impossible
to proceed with that kind of interruption,”
and was about to adjourn the court.—
General Jackson, then presented his de
fence in ipritiii". The latter then said
— l,s Sir, 1 pledge iny life there shall be
no interruption on my part.” The judge
then ordered him peremptorily to sit
down. “ I will, my dear sir,” replied
the general. Mr. Dick, the attorney then
opened the cause on the part of the pro
secution, and while proceeding with his
address against Jackson, the latter begged
leave of the court permission to with
draw, under pretext of his lady’s indis
pos.tion. This was granted. Mr. Dick
then went on, objecting to the reading of
the general’s defence. Major Reed, bid
ward Livingston, Mr. Duncan, and Maj.
Davezac, aid-de-camps to the general,
presented themselves as counsel todefeud
his cause. Major Reed presented Jack
sou’s defence, which was again objected
to by Mr. Dick. Mr. Livingston then
argued in support of the defence, and he
was succeeded by Mr. Duncan ; they
were then replied to by the opposite
counsel. The judge decided to admit
tiie defence so far as it relatedtothe legal
points, but debarred the reading of the
parts relating to the necessities of the
tithes, ifcc. Major Reed went on to read a
portion, when the judge stepped him
peremptorily declaring the paper should
not he read. The court then adjourned.
Tiio nest day the jtitltfe appeared with
uri elaborate opinion, touching the read
ing of the defence. The counsel foi the
genera! urged with zeal the constitutional
right to introduce it: the opposing coun
sel again replied. Hut the judge persist
ed in his opinion, in spite of the elo
quence of such counsel as Edward Liv
ingston. After long arguments, pro. and
coil-, the court adjourned tinti' eleven o’-
clock the next day. On the 29th day of
March, Wednesday, the court decided
that tiie line should he imposed ; hut,
after argument, adjourned again tinti 1
Friday. On this day, March 31, says a
contemporary account, ‘‘General .lack
son walked into the court house with
admirable composure, and exemplary re
spect for the high authority that had
called him thither.” He on this day dis
pensed with 1h.3 a-si -taiiceof his conns >l.
Ho approached the* dodge with a paper
in his hand. Judge 1 lull then asked him
to respond to certain iutortbgatories.
The general replied that Hi ' would not
.answer them,’ saying - Sir, my and ■ tie
in this accusation has been o lie red, ■•ofl
you have d-Mlied its ad .v is ion : yon hav
refused me ail opportunity of * p nn>
diy tfloive*, and the necessity fur the
.-i.fiy.fi.m of martial law in rr clMng an
invading toe then, after ft!lading to the
fegftl technicalities of the case, he said
I was then with these brave fellows
in ar ns (refwring to the surrounding
Crowd)—you wire not, sir.” [Judge
Hall went out of the city when the Brit
ish were near it, and did not return until
after the vi< tory of the Bth.] The judge
llic.u proceeded to read anopinion, “fitted
out to cap this climax of ingratitude.”—
The general interrupted him, calmly
saying—“’Sir, slat'- facts, and confine
ymvself to them, since my and •fence is and
figs b£C’.i precluded : let not censure con
stitute a part of t!s: s sought for punish
ment.” The judge replied—“ It is deli
cacy, General, that l speak of your name
aud character. I coat idor you the savior
of the country, Lut for your contempt of
civil authority, or to that effect, you will
pay a line of $1000.” General Jackson
here inlerruptol the judge, by filling a
check for that sum on the bank, and
h mded it to the marshal, which was re
ce.ved la discharge, lie then retired.
We give the thrilling scene that en
sued in the words of a letter written on
the spot, and on the day this ungrateful
sentence was passed
44 At the door he—General Jackson—
wn3 received amidst the acclamations of
ciclaiming popnhice with which the
I streets and avenues were ft!led, of all
nations and colors. A coach awaited
him at tlie door of the court house, into
which he was carried and seated, the
shafts and handles of which were eagerly
seized by the people. In this way he
was precipitated through the streets to
the French coffee house, amidst the
shouts of rive la General Jackson, and
denunciations of liis prosecutors; thence
to the American coffee house, when the
general addressed the crowd as follows.
Fellow-citizens and soldiers: Behold
your general under whom, but a few
days ago, you occupied the tented field,
braving all the privations and dangers
in repelling and defeating your country’s
exterior enemies, under the rules and
discipline of the camp, so indispensable
to the hope of victory; rules which were
predicated upon the necessity and which
met the approbation of every patriot.—
lb hold hint now bending under a speci
ous pretext of redressing your country’s
civii authority, which though wrought
through prejudice, he scorns to deny or
oppose, but cheerfully submits to what i>
indicted on him now that the difficulties
under which we groaned are removed,
and the discipline of the camp summons
yon no more to arms. It is the highest
duty and pride of all good men to pay
the just tributeof respect to the guardian
of our civil liberties. Remember titi
last charge, as in a few days 1 expect to
leave you ; it may serve as a lesson to
yourselves and posterity.”
Major Daw zacthen gave the substance
of these remarks in French, when lie
was conducted to the coach and again
drawn to his quarters, followed by the
multitude, echoing vice la General
Jackson !
One tiling further remains to be stated,
the manner in which the people wiped
out his fine of one thousand doi ais.—
\V<» must give this, too, in the life-like
account of the times; we find it in an
other letter, written on the s|mt, and on
the day of the imposition of the fine.—
This letter, dated New Orleans, March
31, says—
“At the mere suggestion of the meas
ure, a subscription was opened, limited to
one dollar each person, for the purpose of
paying the fine ; before three o’clock the
whole sum was raised in this small wry,
hut if the limitation to one dollar each
had not been adopted, it would have I ren
raised in two minutes. The business
was so handsomely managed, that the
general’s check on the bank was not to
be entered up, but the money was placed
to the marshal’s credit, without the gen
eral’s knowing any thing of the transac
tions-”
Though the money was tendered, the
general declined to receive it, but reques
ted that it might be applied to the relief
of the widows and orphans of the brave
men who had fallen in defending the city
from the invading foe !
Such are some of the reminiscences
connected with this celebrated fine.—
Andrew Jackson’s character is now plac
ed, in this respect, in its true position.—
May he, yet many years, be a living wit
ness of the gratitude of the people lie
loves so well. The meridian of his
career has been one of brilliant success,
both as a patriot defending his country,
and as a statesman stamping upon it
right political action ; and now the even
ing of his days is illuminated by the un
dying hulo of a Christian’s life.
Mr. Stiles nnd Mr. Stephens.
We insert the rhort speech of Mr.
Stiles, in relation to the position of Mr.
Stephenson his scat in Congress. “ Pity
and a great pity” it is, that Georgia has
to witness such a scene. Poor Stephens.
Last year his letter writers and editors
made a giant of him, folding his enemies
together, and tumbling this Mr. Stiles in
to the mire. The field is before other
witnesses now. The giant turns out a
pigmy; the pigmy a giant. “ Alas poor
Yorick.”—l\ Union.
The following is a brief sketch from
the Report of the Globe of the argument
of Mr. Stiles.
M. C. J. Ingersoll proposed to amend 1
the amendment of Mr. G. Davis, offered
on a former day, by substituting in lieu
thereof the following ; that the members
returned to tins House from the Slates
of New Hampshire, Georgia, Missouri
and Mississippi, are entitled to hold their
seats.
Mr. Stiles (who had yielded the floor
temporarily to Mr. Ingersoli, to permit
him to offer his amendment) next add res*
! ed the House. The course of argument
pursued by the gentleman who had pre
■' ded hi n [Mr. G. Davis] rendered it ne
| ■ •••ary for him to recur to the history of
| ;IV formation of this government, and the
, adoption of the constitution. Mr. S. en-
tered upon a review of the circumstances
attending the adoption of the federal con
titution, showing that the Congress of
the United States derived its pi wer from
the people under that constitution, and
that the people were the source of ail
power which Congress possessed.
Mr. S. referred to the remark ot Ins
colleague, [Mr. Stephens] that he belie
ved the second section o f the appoint
ment act to he constitutional, and that
the meiniicrs elected under the general
ticket system, were illegally ea cted, and
not entitled to their seats ; but, that con
sidering the House, and not himself, the
constitutional judge of the returns, ejec
tions, and qualifications of its members,
he had chosen to take his seat, and to
vote, though he did not consider himself
constitutionally elected. \\ hat he objec
ted to was, that while his colleague dis
claimed his right to his seat he exercised
the privileges of a member by sitting and
voting in that House, and receiving the
emoluments of his office. His colleague
had said this was a matter for the jtidg
• ment of the House ; but he must lie per
! milted to tell Inin that he had mistaken
i the tribunal. Ills position involved a
qnc.tiou not to be decided in that House,
but in foro aonscientioe, before which
tribunal he arraigned him, and charged
him with two high offences which liis
legal knowledge would enable him to
under>tand the nature and heniousness
of—with taking that which lie knew h<
had no right to; and, in bis own lan
guage, not the color of a title; and in
the next place, as an interference with a
legislative body without a right to a seat
in it, was against the constitution, he
charged him with an offence arising out
of a violation of that instrument which
he had sworn to support.
Mr. Stephens, on leave being given to
explain, said that matters of conscience
were to be determined individually, each
man for himself. The gentleman had
no rig*ht to judge of his (Mr. S.’s) consci
ence; and he would scorn to judge of
the gentleman’s.
Mr. Stiles said that he did not judge of
the gentleman’s conscience—God forbid
that he should. With the very words
on his lips, that he had no right to his
seat there, he took the oath, and invoked
the name of the Supreme Being to sup
fmrt him in the truth. Before high
Heaven he vowed to support the Consti
tution of the United States, and then
took a seat in the House to which he de
clared he was not constitutionally elect
ed. Without presuming to be the gen
tleman’s judge, he would dismiss him;
and, with its much solemnity and feeling
as a judge pronouncing sentence on a
criminal, he would say to him, “May
the Lord God Almighty have mercy on
your soul.” Mr. S. then went on with
the legal constitutional part of his argu
ment, which lie continued till the Chair
announced the expiration of his hour.
Mr. I’oislen.
This gentleman abets much dignity
irid self-respect, and claims for himself
more than an ordinary share of honesty
and candor. He is, nevertheless, a pet
tifogging politician, and is of necessity
often driven to a system of special plead
ing, totally destructive of his character
as a statesman. We will call to notice
an instance of this, which was exhibited
in the Senate on the Ist instant. His
coheage (Mr. Colquitt) presented resolu
tions wiiich were passed by the last le
gislature of the State of Georgia, appro
ving Mr Berrien’s course in the Se nate.
Upon doing so, he gave a history of the
circumstances which had given rise to
their adoption, and compared the last
with the resolutions passed by the prece
ding legislatures of that State. He re
ferred to the resolutions of 1841, and
said the legislature of that session acted
upon the invitation given by Mr. Berrien
and his friends, published at the close of
the extra session of Congress; that in
that address they invoked legislative ac
tion, and called upon the State legisla
tures to exert their constitutional power
to carry out the public will. Mr. Col
quitt did not profess to give the exact
words of the address, but to exhibit the
reasons which influenced the legislature
of 1841 to pass resolutions expressing
their dissent from the measures advoca
ted in the Whig address. In reply, Mr.
Berrien denies emphatically that he ever
invoked the State legislatures, but that he
appealed to the people ; and proudly
proclaimed that he made it publickly
known, belore his election to the Senate
that he should not regard legislative in
struction. Did not every Senator who
heard him, in reply to his colleague,
take it for granted that Mr. Colquitt was
mistaken in saying that Mr. Berrien and
bis friends invoked any action upon the
part of the State legislatures? Did not
every Senator understand that he could
not have invoked the legislatures, because
lie denied now, and before bis election,
that they had any right to interfere in na
tional po;i ics? 11 is remarks, we think,
admit of no mistake as to their meant; g ;
and in order that the country may know
how much respeet is due to his preten
sions for candor and honesty, we call at
tention to an extract which we make
from the address to which Mr. Colquitt
allud and, pub ished by Mr. Berrien and
his friends in September, 1841. After
setting forth what had been done at the
extra session. and giving a motto to the
whigs, they say:
“Rallying under that banner, let us
appeal to that people whose patriotic ex
ertions led to victory in the late glorious
struggle. Let vs invoke the action of
\ the legislative councils of the sovereign
; ;States of this t ; ion. Instructed by
their ilium diate constituents, let them
ascertain amt express the public will in
relation to these great questions ; ami
especially let them, within their respec
tive constitutional spheres, exert them-
selves to give it effect.”
Comment upon this language is cer
tainly superfluous. He not only recog
mses the right oflegislative action upon
the great national questions, but invokes
their action upon them. The legisla
tures are called upon to “ ascert in anti
express the public will in relation to
these griut questions’,” they are asked
i to exe:t themselves to give that will el
feet ; and yet Mr. Berrien denies i vo
icing the legislatures ; says he appealed
to the people, and not to the legislature;
and and nies that the legislature had any
right to scrutinize his conduct upon these
gn at questions. In reviewing Mr. Ber
rien’s political history*, we are satisfied
that nothing but his plausibility, his ca
pability of turning a corner o advantage,
lias ever enabled him to hold any distiu
guished political position. He commen
ced his i«) itical career a federalist, and
acquired the name of “Jack Frigate,” by
reason of his op[»osition to the war. He
has boxed every point of the political
compass, betraying alike principles and
men, as best suited his own selfish pur
poses. He professed to stand, during
many years, in uncompromising hostili
ty to all the political doctrines of Henry
Clay. Tiie “ American system” he has
exposrnl and abused in written addresses,
public speeches, and colloquial inter-
course, until no part of the Union could
tie ignorant of his position. He black
balled Mr. Clay in 1824, when nomina
ted for Secretary of State by Mr. Adams,
thereby deciding that he was not worthy
to be Secretary of State; and now Mr.
Berrien is the willing champion of Mr.
Clay, and the advocate of the “ American
system.”— Globe.
From the Pennsylvanian 21-t inst.
The Maryland Election.
Seems to hav thrown the friends of
Mr. Clay in this quarter, into a state of
spasmodic delight, which shows hotv in
secure they felt before and in eed how
insecure they feel now, when they en
deavored to make so much capital from
-o small a basts. One would think that
they had never been under fire and that
the war is new to them altogether, when
they shout so loudly over me of those
uncertain skirmishes of outposts, which
while they serve to bring on the general
action,afford no indication of the result.
But what, after all, is this victory in Ma
ryland, which causes the coon to frisk?
The state was gerrymandered by the
whig Legislature expressly, no doubt, to
effect this result, in order that the whig
Chapmans might have some sort of a
crow to begin with. “Why,” says the
Baltimore Republican, very justly,‘should
there he surprise at what has occurred,
when we saw the cards stocked which
won the game?”
And again granting for the moment
that we do !o e Maryland at the Presi
dential election, we only lose what we
never had, if it may be so expressed
Our opponents have always carried that
state in the Presidential contest; and
as the N. Y. Evening Post pertinently
remarks.
“There is no cause for th ■ whigs to
exult, inasmuch as it indicates no ex
traordinary good to keep what they have
always had ; and there is no reason why
the democrats should l>e disappointed,
because they have not obtained what
they never had la-fore and what they
had no right to expect now.”
The hurrah over Maryland then is
rather a small business, and the zeal
with which it is kept up furnishes strong
evidence that the adherents of Harry of
the West, notwithstanding the assumed
confidence with which they are endea
voring to open the campaign, are by no
means as comfortable about their ow.i
strength as they assume to be and ns they
desired the world to believe. The game,
as we have air adv had occasion to re
mark, is “Brag”—brag about everything.
Is nothing new, however. Our oppo
nents invariably have these ecstasies as
a preliminary to their general defeat, as
all may remember who are familiar with
political results for ’he last twelve or fif
teen years. They are al ways overthrow
ing Andrew Jackson for instance, just as
they say they are overwhelming us now,
and very wisely shouted victory belore
the great battle, as they had but little
chance to do so afterwards.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
From the Madisonian 21st inst.
Leave of Mr. Fox— I’r seutation ot Mr
Packenhnm.
At one o’clock to-day the ceremony of
taking official leave, on the part of Mr.
Fox, late Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the British
Government at Washington, and of the
presentation of the Kt. Hon. Sir Rich
ard Packf.nh am, the new Envoy and
Minister, took place in the President’s re
ception room. 'l'lie President was at
tended by the members of his cabinet,
and Sir Richard by the gentlemen attach
ed to the Mission.
'The following is the
ADDRESS OF MR. FOX.
In presenting you this letter from ffie
Queen my Sovereign, terminating my
diplomatic functions as Her Majesty’s
Representative in the United States, it
becomes a welcome part of my duty to
express to you the sense I entertain of
the kindness and courtesy which I have
uniformly experienced both from your
self and from those who have preceded
you in the high office of President of the
Republic.
It always been my wish, as it has been
my duty to labor for the preservation of
peace, and for the establishment of a du
rahie national friendship between the
two countries; aad whilst it has more
than once fallen to my lot, during the
period of my service here, to treat with
the United States of matters that invol
ved very serious difference of opinion, I
am happy in bearing testimony to the
fact, that those controversies have been
conducted on the part of the United
States, as I hope that they have also been
on my part, in the temperate ad res|>ect
ful form which befits the official rep
resentatatives of powerfull and enlight
ened nations.
In taking my official leave of you, Mr.
President, i hope you will allow me to
add the assurance of the sineere interest
that I shall always feel for your own
personal happiness and welfare.
t ie president's reply.
It gives me great pleasure in this, our
last official interview, to say that, during
your residence here, you have sedulously
cultivated the friendly relations which
subsist between the two Governments,
and that your official intercourse has
been highly agreeable to this Govern
ment. W bile t cannot but regret the
termination ot your mission, it is yet a
source of much satisfaction to believe
that you are to be succeeded by one who
will bring with him the same friendly
dispositions which you have always
manifested.
Ia bidding you adieu, I can only wish
you a safe return to your native land, and
many superadded days of health and
happiness.
»ir. fackenham’s a ddr: ss.
I have the honor to place in your Ex
cellency’s hands the letter of the Queen,
my Sovereign, accrediting me as Her
Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary to the United
States.
Your Excellency is already aware of
Her Majesty's earnest desire to cultivate
and maintain the most friendly under
standing with this country.
Permit me, sir, to take this opportuni
ty of assuring you, that it will be the ob
ject of highest ambition so to conduct
my intercourse with your Excellency’s
Government, as to contribute,’in as far as
in me may lie, to the fulfilment of Her
Majesty’s friendly intentions towards the
Government and People of the United
States.
the president's REPLY TO MR. PACK
ENHAM.
It affords me great pleasure to receive
the assurances which you give me of the
friendly dispositions of her Britannic
Majesty towards the Government and j
the People of the United States. And
I indu'ge the hope that your residence
near this Government may be attended
by the establishment, on a firmer basis,
of the relations of amity and peace which
so happily exist between the two coun
tries, 1 n'so trust, sir, that you will find
you residence here every way personally
agreeable to you. I give you the assur
ance that nothing on nty part shall be
wanting to make it so.
Itela choly Casualty.
A voting man by the name of Pinck
ney Hill, lost his life in Troup count),
on the 3d inst. under the following mel
ancholy circumstances. It appears he
went out on a limiting excursion, and
not returning’ when expected, a party
went in pursuit of him. After searching
some time, they discovered a large poplar
tree, measuring some two feet in diame
ter, which had recently been felled, and
under it they found one of the legs of the
unfortunate young man. The leg, when
found, had the appearance of having had
the bones entirely mashed, and to have
had the flesh cut by some sharp instru
ment. The party continued their search
for the body, and about eighty yards from
the place al»ove named, found it. A large
knife was found in one of his pockets,
upon which was a quantity of blood
leaving no doubt in the minds of those
who saw him, but what he had himself
taken the knife from his pocket, cut the
skin and flesh that held the leg together,
and had placed the knife back in his
pocket—leaving a portion of his leg un
der the tree, lie then, no doubt pulled
himself by the bushes and u:.der\vood to
the place where he was found : although
a marsh intervened between the two
places, no trace of his passage thiougb it
could be traced.
Mr. Hill was a young man about 18
years of age, and of good moral character
and industrious habits. —JSav. Geo.
Decision in the Girard Cits-.
We understand from Washington that
the United States Supreme Court have
decided on the Girard Will case in favor
of the City of Philadelphia, and against
the heirs of Girard This decision up
sets all the arguments of Mr. Webster.
The Broth is.
When the Russians in the year 1809,
conquered Finland, there lived in the
city of Wasa, two brothers, one the judge
of the court of justice, the other a mer
chant, who, when the residents of the
city were compelled to swear an oath of
fidelity to the Emperior of Russias, alone
and steadfastly refused it.
“We have sworn an oath of fidelity to
the King of Sweden, and unless he him
self releases us from it, we cannot swear
obedience to another ruler,” remained
their constant answer to all persuasions,
rs well friendly as threatening. Pro
voked by thts obstinacy and fearing the
example which would he given by it, the
Russians threw the stiffnecked brothers
into prison and threatoned them with
death. Their answer remained always
the same, to the increasing severity and
multiplied threats of the Russians. At
length the sentence of death was an
nounced to them as well as that, on a
fixed day, they were to be conducted out
to the Gallows-hill, and there be execut
ed as criminals, in case their obduracy
did not give way'and they took the re
quired oath. ‘Rather,” replied the judge,
in the name of both, ‘will we die, than
become perjured.’
“At this answer a powerful hand
struck the speaker on the shoulder. It
was the Cossack who kept watch over
the brothers, and now exclaimed with a
kindling glance, ‘Dobra kamernd’ (‘bravo
comrade!’)
“The Russian authorities spoke other
wise, and on the appointed day permitted
the brothers to be carried out to the place
of execution. They were sentenced to
be hanged; but yet once more at this last
hour, and for the last time, pardon was
offered them if they would but con
sent to that which was required from
them.
‘ No!’ replied they, ‘hang, hang! We
are brought hither not lor s|>eech ma
king hut to be hanged.’
“This steadfastness softened the hearts
of the Russians. Admiration took place
of severity, and they rewarded the fidel
ity and courage of the brothers with
magnanimity. They presented them
not merely with life, but sent them free
and safely over to Sweden, to the people
and to the King to whom they had lieen
true to the death. The King of Sweden
elevated them to the rank of nobles, and
after this they lived greatly esteemed in
the capital of Sweden to a great age.”,
, Miss Bremer.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1844.
We are requested to state that Dr. Cot
ting, the State Geologist, is in town for
the purpose of disposing of his valuable
“Essay on the soils and available ma
nures of the State of Georgia, and that
our citizens have now an opportunity of
purchasing this important work.
Our R- presrntatives in ( on-ress
We have been gratified to notice the
high character which has been already
attained by the democratic portion of our
delegation in Congress. Our younger
members have particularly distinguished
themselves and acquired lasting reputa
tions as vigilant and able defenders of
republican principles and the Constitu
tional rights of the South. Upon the
two great questions which almost exclu
sively occupied Congress since the begin
ning of the present session, they have
assumed the true —the democratic—the
Constitutional position and maintained it
with great firmness and ability. The
republican party have reason to be proud
of their able representation on the floor of
Congress. And grateful for the zeal, the
eloquence, the ability, and the energy
which they have displayed in the defence
of our dearest rights and principles. Os
Colquitt and Black it is only necessary
to observe, that they have nobly main
tained their well-earned reputations.—
We admire that generous warmth which
cannot keen cool , when the vital and
constitutional rights of the South are in
vaded by open foes, or abandoned by
treacherous friends. We tender our.
humble meed of approbation to Col
iii itt, Black, Cobb, Styles, Lump
kin, and 11 \ ralson. Nor should Col.
Chappell, the worthy representative
from our own section, although a politi
cal opponent be forgotten. We have ob
served with pleasure the manly and in
dependent course pursued by him in re
gard to the question of admitting the
members elected by the general ticket
System. We observe with pleasure that
(Job Chappell has not quite sunk the old
State Rights men and Nullifier
into the Clay Whig, in spite of some
sharp raps over the knuckles from the
Savannah Republican and others. It
was once our pride and pleasure to do
battle side by side with the Cob, for the
identical principles involved in this case.
Awful and Ilrartrcinli s Inte licence.
It is with feelings of no ordinary char
acter that we announce to our readers
the death of the Honora! le Abel P. Up
siivr of Va. Secretary of State, the Hon
orable T homas W. Gilmer, of Va., Sec
retary of War, the Honorable Virgil
Maxcv, Minister to the Hague, Commo
dore Kennox of the Navy arid Mr.
Gardner of New York, by the explo
sion of one of Captain Stockston’s enor
mous guns.
For Mr. Upshur and Mr. Gilmer we
grieve as for the loss of two great men
snatched from the scene of their useful
ness in the might nnd prime of intellec
tual strength and vigor. We are indebt
ed to the courtesy of the Southern Miscel
lany for a slip containing the mournful
intelligence.
Office Southern Miscellany, (
Madison, Sunday March 3, 1844. )
MOST AWFI'I, and LAMENTABLE.
CAT ASTRO Pit li.
Instantaneous death of Hon. Abel P -
Upsher, Secretary of ar, Hon.
Tho ras IT. Gilmer, Sec cla
ry of the .Xavy, Commo
dore Ken non, lion.
Virgil Maxcy, Hon. Mr.
Gordner, and others, by the
explosion of one of Stockton's guns ! I
We hasten to lay before our readers
the particulars of the heart-rending ca
tastrophe announced above, as communi
cated to us thbnigh the columns of , * ie
“National Intelligencer” of Thursday
last, received by this morning’s mail:
“In the whoe course of our lives it
has never fallen to our lot to announce
to our readers a more shocking calamity
—shocking in all its circumstances and
concomitants—than that which occurred
on board the United Slates Ship Prince
ton, yesterday afternoon, whilst under
way, in the river Potomac, fourteen of
fifteen miles below this city.
*• Yesterday was a day appointed, by
the courtesy and hospitality of < “P 1,
Stockton, Commander of the Princeton,
for receiving as visitors to his fine ship
(lying at Alexandria) a great number of
guests, with their lamilies, liberally a n< *
numerously invited to spend the day 011
board. The day most favorable, WH*
company was large and brilliant, ol bo 1 "
sexes; not less probably in number than
four hundred, among whom were th*
President of the United States, the Heads
of the several Departments, and the* l
lamilies. At a |>roper hour, after the ar
rival of the expected guests, the vessel
got under way and proceeded down the