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P lDCJ ,7fVour‘actual righis, until you accept tl. e terras
you oui v'j J bv us . You know too, ge: jtlemen,
ofconci ><• ^ important office in the State— iVe have
<h r vpmor (but we don’t thank you for making : aim one)
'siate-House officers, eight Judges, an Attorney
r ml and seven Solicitors, besides, Bank Directors,
Commissioners, &c. &c-too tedious to mentio «. Now
‘lg. nir „e have so many offices and so much power, we
hink it as much as vou ought to ask to have lto*o College
Trustees when there are seventeen in the Board. When
vo i refleettoo <>n the astonishing magnanimity'of* “Troup
Board" in electing two Clark men to such influential sta
tions when there” were only three vacancies to fill—we
think yoa ought to be perfectly satisfied with V:he immense
sacrifices made on our part. When you reflect too that
Duncan G. Campbell, one of your party, did more for the
interests of the College than all the rest put tagether, as he
was a Clark man, you ought to feel that you would all
lie willing to lay down all pretensions to othe r offices, and
lake these two responsible stations in full a.nd ample sat
isfaction for all the trifling offices mentioned above tr»
the possession of oar party. Wenever you do so, we will
forgive and forget—confident that every e(Fort for the
„ with the power of sustaining it-we intend to keep course, was expedient and necessary. And if they shJI tilia, that it ought to be continued a parly engine J B ]
nejr W ' -f»*z riehis. until you accept ti. t terms go on with tins important reform, chance the Collet frrim should he succeed in destroying that odious cha“ oterUtic
of the instituiion,and the Troup party abandon it as sug
gested by justitia, the public miy still find it flourish it no
worse appointments are made' than those of Messrs.
Schley and Fort. For what purpose Justitia has singled
nut the latter gentleman as an object for his splenetic ef
fusion, 1 cannot conjecture—It may be disappointment—
lie may suppose himself better qualified for tlie appoint
ment thou the gentleman of whom be complains; he may
have cevoted the distinction his imagination ascribes to it:
and this may be the real cause of his lugubrious com
plaints. It may be the trustees have done the institution
injustice by preferring the Doctor to him. But of this,
every man must be his own judge. For one, it is my be
lief, that the institution could not h ive been as much ben-
efitted ly the selection of any other man in the State; Jus-
titias’ and his sapient editors’ opinion to the contrary not
withstanding. PLAIN TRUTH.
{COMMUNICATED]
THE DEVIL WITH A NEW CLOAK ON.
Can it be possible that an enlightened peo
pie can be duped and bhnded by exposing tills
tnonster naked in the first instance, and then
throwing around him a wardrobe that is alto
gether comely and telling them that it is total
ly a different personage? 1 would ask the peo
ple how long has it been, siuce they were re
quested to endorse upon their tickets ' Conven
tion or no Convention ” Did they tfot then de
cidedly show that they did not want a Con
vention. And now, by some designing men
they are called upon to endorse upon their
tickets, “Reduction or no Reduction." Now I
would ask the individuals who devised this
new scheme, what is the difference in the two
propositions. The former was a plain and di-
go ou with tins important reform, change the College from
a school of party politics to one for (he acquisition of sci
ence and useful knowledge, and make it wuat the framers
of the Constitution intended, the University of Georgia,
then indeed will these trustees have done more for tht
good of the institution, than all who have gone before
them, and acquire a title to be enrolled in its chronicles
as patriotic men willing to face the responsibility of res
cuing a sinking institution from the strangling embraces
of its friends. And if, as i? insinuated by this writer,
Governor Gilmer is the author of this commencement of
a great reform, he too will have acquired a title to the
gratitude of the people. But Justitia is not only dissat
isfied wi h the policy of the course pursued. If the trus
tees had consulted him, and left out Dr. Fort, he would
have suffered less from the innovation. With Judge
Schley beseems to be well enough satisfied; but the ap
pointment of I)r. Fort fills him with the horrors. It is
manifestly the object of this writer to drive Dr. Fort
from the board. If lie knows the man he would thus in
timidate, he must have studied his character to little pur
pose. He has not faced the Lion, to be frightened at the
Jackal!. I trust he will accept of that appointment and
honor and prosperity of the State will be untied (in us and j take the stand he is entitled to in the deliberations of the
Schley and Fort) and prosperous!!”—Here is an “Olive j board of trustees. And should lie stand by the interests
Branch"\ior jou, loaded wi li peace and plenty—equal at j of the institution, and acquire influence enough to banish
Ir.ist to friend Matthew’s second edition—from which i from the College all suspicion of a party character; insti
tute a rigid economy and limit its disbursements to its re
venues, hs too will have deserved well of his country.
I could wish it were proper for this communication to
close here. But this writer in the warmth of his feelings,
our friends of the North and South reap the fruit—crack
them—and throw us—two—and the shells!
We intended to have pursued this subject farther—but
reflecting that these sacrifices may be designed merely as
the first fruits of goad things to come
we will stop here— ; has Lunched his boat into a sen of personal controversy*
and say with Mr? Ritchie—ics shell see—and govern our- I advise him before he does so again, to be sure of his
selves accordingly. fac s. They ar important things to men in his situation.
Accordingly.
FROM TilE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
v-; : appointment by a Troup board, of two
<*euiiemen oft he Clark party as Trustees of
vnr University, is lauded in certain quarters as
nn example of liberality and magnanimity,
which will go very far to extinguish party spir
it. With all our heart do we hope the expe
riment may succeed—we had much rather see
Georgians divided upon great constitutional
questions, than upon petty grounds of dispute
—grounds shifting with every current of the
political waters—now deep sunk by so&e tur
bulent wave, new elevated a.b0V6 the surface,
by the changeful influences of wind and flood
We have always desired to obliterate the di--
^tinctions of local politics—from thr limes when
♦there arose an outcry against William H.
'Crawford, George M Troup, and (tie Trea
ty which inu?t always be associated with the
List mentioned name -from those times—even
to the present da7- Earnestly and repeatedly
ai'd we call upon our adversaries to aid us in
elevating to the Presidency one of the wisest
of Georgia’s sons anti a firm Republican of
the old school—but our adversaries were “deaf
as the a Her” to our rail—they were friend-*
of Gen. Clark, and they could not support Mr.
Crawford. We claimed a support from all
parties for Troup and the Treaty upon the ur
gent pleas of St.<te Rights—State Honor, and
State Interests—our opponents did not see I .he
matter in the same light with ourselves and
still clung to the Clark banner; a banner
which even at this hour, lauats proudly over a
compact partv—while the flag of the Troup
ers is somewhat I *rn and run] d although it
yCt essays to flutter over ranks n- t entirely un
broken/ We say nomiog of th" exercise of
power in 1825. when a ! l terms of concihafi >ri
were rejected and a wide proscription was it>
Uij>e«l—mar.v and many have been the over-
D ' y
\ ures and efforts—vain and unavailing—to pro
duce the results that are expected to flow
from the late elections ir: tin Board of Trus
tees at Athens. If these shall prove success
ful, and Georgia becomes what she ought lo
be, true to herself-—loyal to the Union, hut yet
vigilant ,-s to her own rights—the patron of
merit and wisdom—renowned tor her liberali
ty, sagacity and unanimous councds—» j very
patriot will Lave reason to bless the last Com
mencement when tne Olive Branch was again
extended and at la^t accepted. We have
f-anklv expressed obr wishes, and with equal
sincerity wc Confess they are not ummogied
with apprehensions, Experience teaches cau
tion and circumspection ;—we must tin wary
If there shall he found a sincere determm-
ahen on the part of our antagonists to bury in
oblivion past feuds and close the temple of Ja
na* upon party warfare—we shall joyfully as
sist in promoting what we have ail alung de-
seed to accomplish, it partics—exchi’-ivciy
Georgian are still to exist—vi e prefer the Craw-
Til or Troup, and Clark designations to all
0 v» <cr!=, and shall continue to call upon that
p ar py to which we belong to protect and pre-
ns' If by all the legi imate means within
i’s ' * iswer. If wc arc “io be friends”—wc will i
- and forget— confident that every effoit \
honor and prosperity of the State will
d and prosperous, but we can never
consent to a mere truce or temporary amnesty,
t he obiec t of which may he to subserve partic-
i:lar mtei or individuals We shall soon
pee what oi ^‘ ct I ho peace offering will produce,
•md what tu .*n our politics will take, and will b*
iroverned act Singly
He arserts that Di. Fort “has dime ail hecouM to para
lize the efforts of the Government of Georgia to obtain
redress from the Federal Government for the wrongs she
had suffered, and to prevent the republican principles of
the Jeffersonian school from acquiring the ascendancy in
the State.” And again, he is charged with “antipathy to
Franklin College, and consequently to public education,,
and to the people acquiring knowledge and ability to iiis* net Call for a Convention, the latter a mediate
tinguish between right and wrong ’*
It is known that Dr Fort did not approve of the means
resorted to by Governor Troup to acquire the Indian
lands. Mi.der mtins had h®tn equally successful in the
.tanas of Go?er** r Qaik; an( j t 0 them it is known he
^ gate the hearty concurrence. The confusion pro-
‘ udlea by the old and new treaties as they were called
was the offspring of the weak counsels and weaker ad
ministration ol Mr. Ad mis. Whoever heard that Dr.
Fort advised the annulment of the old treaty? No one.
—It is true, that when the new treaty was entered into
at Washington, postponing the acquisition ef the Coun
try a few months, and came out with Mr. Adams’ bully
ing letter, Dr. Fort did not approve the manner in widen
Gov. Troup met the Ciisis. Gov. Troup however, suc
ceeded, Liriy frightened Mr. Adams out of the field, and
got possession of the territory a few months sooner by
Ids boldness. It lacks a great deal of being yet proven
that this was the best course to be pursued. And Geor
gia has jet to struggle against the powerful prejudices
raised against her on that occasion. There is no doubt
in my mind, that the present difficulties in the removal of
the Cherokee*, are greatly augmented by this course.—
As ,o that contest having any thing to do with Jeffersonian
politics, il is known that Dr. Fort did not approve of the
violence ol Gov. Troup less than Mr. Jefferson did, and
this his published letters will shew. 1 desire the reader to
understand. that this communication is not intended as a
full answer to Justitia. If that part of his piece which
relates to the Troup candidate at the file Governor’s elec-
tion with all its insinuations, allusions, an i discoveries,
be worthy of a reply, it must be derived from some ether
so.r e; i shall not touch it.
But I shall not quit the subject without sdveiting to
some cf his round assertions and groundless charges.—
VY ithout the least regard to truth and decency, this writer
cha g-s Dr. Fort with a “known antipathy to Franklin
College, and consequently to public education, and to the
people acquiring knowledge and ability to distinguish be
tween right ami wrong.” Again—he says, Dr. Fort has,
while in the legislature, taken a i decided and repeated
stand” against the College. To these may Lc added the
gratuitous editorial endorsement which precedes this far
rago of crimination. Mr. Grr.ntland thinks Dr. Fort “a
man of strong mind, without many ef the advantages of
early education, the advantages of which he does not pro
bably appreciate as highly as they deserve.” Now, a-
the next Legislature? Do you not know he has always
placed himself in the front of the buttle wheii your rights
have been trampled on, and when your opponents would
take away the last of your privileges, has be not breasted
the storm? If there is aught of praise or censure, iu the
conduct of the Court he is fully willing to bear his pro
portion, but the other members w ill not thank their calum
niators for such representations of neutrality. How un
fortunate for our opponents that they have raised this hue
and cry about party proscription. Ebt for this the public
would not have known that in selecting Jurors in 1828,
when the majority of the population in this county were
on our side, but our opponents ruled the Court, they had
the modesty to take but three Troup men to one of the
opposite side. Nor would it have been known that m&
ny worthy Troup ir.en were then rejected for their luke
warmness and their places filled with those of purer stamp.
Was there no talents among th" Clark party at that peri
od? Alas their talents were viewed with the nuked eye,
and thoseoflheiropponents, with a modern microscope.
I have not taken up my pen to defend the conduct cf oui
present Court. It needs no defence—hut when charges
of coiruption-aind partiality, w ithout a shadow of support;
are palm d upon the people, it is time for honest men to
come boldly forward, and declare the truth. I trust that
our citizens will be true lo their county and to themselves,
and that none of the Jisciples of Cooper, Hayne and Ha
milton, will have the honor of representing them in the
next Legislature. CATAHOOCHEE.
call lor the same. F r how would it be possi
ble to reduce the representiitii n without cal
ling a Convention. If the mere expression of
the people could change the Constitution in
that particular regard then there could be
no impropriety or danger in voting for a re
duction But a Reduction is not the object of
the Instigators. They have other mischief on
hand. If the people can be duped by this
metamorphosis, and a majority of them were
to endorse upon their tickets “Reduction
then they would have a fine field for argument.
They would contend th.it the people called for
a change in the Constitution, and that it was
absolutely necessary that a Convention should
he called to effect this great end, (when we
clearly perceive that by the vote of the people
heretofore, they absolutely abhor a Conven
tion.) But what evil might not result from a
Convention? Let the Convention once be
called, and the people (to use a common-place
expression) may whistle for their rights. Un
der the present state of party feeling the Con
stitutionof the State would be wrecked from the
fir-t to the last article. It might be so chang
ed as to elect the Governor, Senators, and Re
presentatives in Congress, Judges of the Su
perior Courts and Solicitors' General fi r life,
and perhaps adopt a part of the old Constitu
tion of Virginia, that a man should not be al
lowed the right of suffrage unless he owned
iu his own right a certain quantity of the soil
Are we then amid all these dangers to re
ceive the monster with open arms, because a
Senator from Putnam county has expended so
much to clothe him in the beautiful garb of
Reduction? Take care then, if he is clothed
in purple and fine iinnen he is the Devil still—
these writers elljr not the least reasons far these illiberal , tliercfore touch not, haDdle not, the unclean
opinions and false accusations, it aught he thought that a j f i^ )rirr
flat denial and suitable recrimination would answer them :
as they deserve. But we aie not left to such a resource; ;
J orgiv »
tor tiit
be unite
To the Editor oj
Sir—Fc*v things
a newspaper contra*
The people have been t
thry are satiated, and s
ten merit, to.al neglect,
feel that I ought to apcA
3 our paper for this article.
A w’uler over tile sign ah 1
the Recorder of the 21st t
terms the appointon i t
Fort is Trustees of the Li
♦writer who appears to consid;
Bian, but a gr. at jud^e £> ! ‘ t,u
fersoniia School, is displeased
[communicated ]
the Federal Union—
ere more stale and unprofitable than
».:sy be twee • anonymous •'liter-'.—
■» oft n served with sueti dishes that
vh ariiclt s mtet wli.it ihey -o of-
Attprcliending this treatment, I
Yisu for icquesting a plu.ee in
Dr. Fort has served in the Legislature many years, and i
hate taken the trouble to trace him through bio public
conduct towards the College. I have not gone back fui-
ther than 1821, not hiving been able tn procure the Jour-
n ds of the y-ers he served txiore that time. But I have
found enough for my purpose. In L82l, an act was pass
ed to proii le fjr the perui..ncnt endowment of the Univer
sity, and to appropriate monies for a new Collegiate edi
lice. This bill passed the House of Representatives on
the 27th November—the yeas and,nays not recorded—
Uutuii the next day, an attempt was made to reconsider
it, whirl; if successful, wouluhave inevitably destroyed it:
arid this motion failed but by a single vote—Dr. Fort vo
ting ..gainst the reconsideration, with the friends of the
College, I think it proper to be thus particular with re
gird to tins vote, as the bill saved by it, is unquestionably
by far the most important and beneficial measure ever u-
dopted for tne College. It upproprian d funds from which
to raise $25,000 to build a new College, and secure to
the ins ilutioii an unfailing annual revenue of $8,000 or
upwards (>ee Journals, p. 105.) much for Dr.
! Fort’s d: cideu hostility to tne College. But let us see how
j far lie has shewn Lis desire to keep the people in ignor
ance. Col. Campbell, whose zeal in the cuuse of every
> species of learning was untiring, and who having paid the
( debt of natuic is u u longer in the way of Justilia’s Troup
' candidate, end consequently entitled to u mite of Lis
praise, introduced the iicXtyear (1822) a bill to establish
•‘a pub.ic scat of learning in this State for the education
of females.” Dr. Furt voted with the mover in favor of
this bill. (See Journals, page 198 )
In this same year (1822) we find Dr. Fort originating
the m ist lmpoi tanl scheme of public education ever pro
pos'd to the people of Georgia. This proposition was
one for the establishment of common schools throughout
tins State. Tins law which was unfortunately lost iu the
Senate, was proposed and reported t» the House by Dr.
Fort, and passed by a handsome m jority—Col. Camp
bell voting with him in this instance as lie had voted with
the Colonel iu the preceding. (See Journal, pages 51,
!U5, 2<J5, 206 and 297.) This bill which was but ttie be
ginning of the invaluable system of common schools now
spreading rapidly over the United States, was based on
the taxing power of the government operating on the pro
ductive property of the people. Its moral was—that ed
ucation is a public concern, ought io he free to all, and
based on the property of the people, and would h ive yicld-
thing
A word to the voters of what these big men
call the poor counties, and I am done. In dc
hating upon this question in the Senate, the
last session of the Legislature, a gentleman
from Morgan county, declared that he would
sooner represent one of the Rotten Boroughs
in England than to represent one of those poor
counties. Thus you may discover in what es
timation yon are held by these big men. and
fake the alarm Vote against the Reduction—
thereby you will vote against a Convention
A VOTER.
To the Citizens oj Gwinnett county.
Fellow-Citizens—1 had flattered myself that party
spit it was on the mb, arid the horrid din of Troup and
Clark was gradually subsiding, especially in this quarter
where the gold fever seems absorbing every other interest,
but I regret that recent events have changed my opinion.
There are restless ambitious spirits among us, whose ele
ment is the whirlwind, and whose moltn is “better reign
ia hell than serve in heaven.”—The prospect of a defeat
at the approaching election has filled them with alarm
and they are now making one desperate dying effort to
rally Iheir forces. If we go to a Justices’ Court we will
there find them sneaking into the corners of fences and
behind log houses, spreading th^ir poison among the ig
uorant and unwary. They tell them—V\ kai? Why that
the Inferior Court of this county, being composed of a
majority of Clark men, have, by an assumption of power,
met together—laid their sacrilegious hands upon the
Grand Jury Box, ejected the names of all those worthy
Troup men who bud served iheir county- so long and so
faithfully, and tilled their places with their unworthy op
ponents. Who would suppose such impositions would
be swallowed?—Must we admit there are many in the
county too ignorant to think and act. for themselves, and
readily take what, is dealt out by their dictators as the
ruft of their conduct? Yes, and theie are many who
knmvinfly and wilfully believe a lie—who will garble
statements and |*ei vert facts to suit their own views till
even conscience never reaches them.
JKiih shame I confess that any of our citizens are so
ignorant a9 riot to know that the law requires the incm-
e of Juslitia has appeared in
slant, and denounces iu se
if Judge Schley and Dr.
. \ersity of Georgia. This
• Lim'clf not only a Troup
i ciiiicai cree-i of the Jet-
at the ippointm nt of fivo
“This kind of
bers ef the Inferior Court, t gather with the Clerk and
td an annual sum of seventy or eighty thousand dollars, ' Sheriff', lo meet biennially to select suitable persons to
* ithout adding a cent to the burthens of the people.— | serae .is Grand Jurors—yet rumor says that men have been
Ann more, it wouid have diverted from the treasury that * cn our Grand Jury, who were ignorant of this provision
horde which hu3 since form-d the Central Bank. Dr. j of the law, and who are now fomenting discord among
Clurfc trustees of rtc ,*»
concesstju/ 1 lie asserts, “»iU d ,° H.wt Joeslie
i rrisMtint Are we ti > h'* lord that the Uuiver-
Stvof Lor^U belongs to the T; oup wrty, and th it faith | malevolence of this “Juslitia?” Can he see any reason
in kbe tenet/of any political part v fon as a ntcuss try q-j.il- j lor the contrast attempted between Col. Campbell^ and
Fuit having suggested in argument, ihatsuch a mass of
capital ..(.-cumulating in the treasury would teud to some
demoralizing end. Had this bill passed the Senate, I
am fully persuaded this day would have seen Georgia dis
pensing public iiiatraetiou to at least thirty thousand chil
dren, who are now in part cut off from efficient means of
intellectual cultivation.
Can the reader have rcaJ this far without seeing the
ificalion to a trustee of this Institution f I» Hoot known
at J a Colic* u is in fGued for by Uie
Dr Fort, hut that the one is dead and the other alive? Is
it necessary to say any tiling more to such a writer, hut to
i urn him over to his own conscience, if indeed he has any?
words may be necessary.—
through the most important
^ stn porleu? too noi me '•miu iu. u measures which ua*c c»ci ucen proposed in the State tor
luum-y 13 ll ^yphy then is it thoug ht strange ilrat two of! public instruction; we have found him uniform, consist-
ffioLwJ ta'L^in.cYio I by 'ho dUlrar.uM.it
of these vast sums? F ir I aver tihat the inone.v paid by
the State for the support of Frank'in College, I'-ts hem
liberal if not profuse, when the number of y .uth instruct
ed is taken into consideration. But this question L us no
thin- to do with the controversy. The fact that the sc
ent, and active in the support of every one of them. In
1825 the last year he served, we find from the Journals,
that yet another attempt was made to amend the law for
the permanent endowment of this institution. And here
again we find him voting with itsfrienus. On one occa
sion only do wc find biui voting against a measure appa-
trust es of Franklin College were of one po.'iti- rently desired b.v ihe trustees of the College. Tbalinea-
verueen * , — , gjjj j sure W;18 a „ abortive attempt made to procure an appro-
e-ilmrtvto the exclusion of another nearly equal, amd
some hne superior in number, is proof positive that tins
institution has been managed with party views far party
purposes. And this is the management which a tnan as-
sumiiw the name of Justitia, desires to render perpetual
Every one will admit, that the University has thus far
met with a cold reception amongst the people; and that its
success has not equalled the expectation of its friends -
What may have caused this result, will of course be a
question variously answered. I believe that the man
agement ‘*o reluctantly given up by Justitu, is the
principal cause of this failure; and that this departure by
the Uuatfics from was cohered the established
' priation lo build a house Jbr the President. A thousand
reasons for this vote might be offered without supposing
hostility lo tiie College. He might for one, think Uic ve
ry liberal salary of the President competent for every rea
sonable purpose of convenience and enjoyment. But if
Dr. Fort extended a liberal band to the College at Ath*
ens, Irt it be remembered that he shrunk from no proper
occasion, public or private, to express his sentiments free
ly on its management. Its party character he steadily
denounced, and often pointed out those causes of unpopu
the people by asserting that this selection was a meie
exercise of power. As to the charge that the Troup men
have all been stricken from the list of jurors, so far from
it that thty still possess a majority in that body, and that
the court has evidenced a liberality of feeling which cer
tainly did not characterize those who made the former se
lections. ’Tis true changes have been made. The court
did not deem it necessary to take the old list as a stand
ard, or rely on the judgment of lueir predecessors in of
fice. They chose to exeicise their own. The present
list, 1 am informed, was selected from the tax book, which
every candid citizen will admit, was the proper mode of
doing justice to all. But, say they, you have rejected
some of our most worthy men, such as ministers of the gos
pel, &c. True, there were some Preachers and Post-Mas
ters who would have made honcst&eapable Jurors, whose
names were not put on the list—hut was it not well known
Unit they had generally claimed un exemption under the
protection of tne law, and is it essential to the prosperity
of the county of Gwinnett that there should be honorary
members among the Grand Jurors?—Would it be fair or
impartial to give auy set of men the right of serving or
declining, according us it suited their own views and feel
ings? There were others whose names were rejected,
for what (I presume) the Couit considered “good cause,”
and the Court is sustained in their opinion by a large
majority of the county. And who are those who are thus
active in circulating these vile slanders upon the authorities
of this county? Are they not prominent characters of the
Troup party? at least they think themselves such, but the
people nine times out often, have told them they were mis
taken.
Fellow-Citizens—Do you know why all this exertion
to mislead}ou in regard to the transactions of the Inferi
or Court? Do you not know that a member of that Court,
FROM THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
We have heard it observer!, that insidious
exertions are making against Mr. Lumpkin,
and that the probability was. that he would be
left out c-f the next Congress The first we
have good reason to b lieve is true; but we
cannot believe that these exertions will suc
ceed, we cannot believe that his election wdl
be defeated. The people surely cannot be so
unmindful of his claims upon their confidence
and their gratitude The active part he has
taken in sustaining the interests of the South
aud the rights of this State in all the confro-
versv with the General Government and re
specting the Indians, cannot certainly be over
looked.
We ha ve heard no reason assigned for vot
ing against Mr. L. only that he is a Clark naan,
audit being a general rule with many to vote
for none such on any occasion. It is also in
sidiously surmised, that he will lose many of
his old supportors from the erroneous idea that
he has changed sides! This assertion though
false, iscircuiated with a good deal of industry,
and if not timely arrested, w ill do Mr. L more
injury than any thing ehc. True Mr. L dif
fers with some of his Clark friends, and a-
greeswith many Troupers on some points of
National policy: this is 7 not at all to be won
dered at, where questions arise embracing such
an unlimited range of construction. But Mr.
Lumpkin has not changed sides: it i9 absurd
to imagine any such thing. Why should he
do so? Why should he at this late hour, and
at this stage of the game, abandon the party
and the principles he has supported, and that
have supported him to join the opposite side?
What could he gain by such a somerset?—
Would the other party take him up? By no
means: he could gain nothing by such a ma-
neuvre, while he would risk every thing that
he already has; his own party would abandon
him, and the other party would laugh at him
for his follv. An insinuation of this sort, how
ever, is in circulation, and has been for some
time; but we have thought it too ridiculous to
need contradiction, and have never noticed it,
until it is beginning to be believed. We hope
those who have lent their influence in circula
ting this unfounded report, will now have the
magnanimity to contradict it and acknowledge
their error.
Unanimity of views and feelingi on every
question cannot be expected A man may
differ from some of the leading men of a party
without incurring the imputation of having
changed sides
The policy pursued by Mr. Lumpkin we be
lieve to have been an honest one, and one that
will ultimately prevail.
Information Wanted—If any person in Al
abama, or elsewhere, knows any thing of the
death of a man whose name was Thomas San
derson Hufly, who is believed to have deceas
ed some where in Alabama, between two and
three years ago, and will communicate the
same to Rev Dr. E. S. Ely of Philadelphia,
they will much oblige a relative of the deceas
ed, and serve the cause of humanity. Editors
in the South who will copy this notice gratis,
will merit the gratitude of the subscriber
MARTHA CALVER.
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To Correspondents.—“A GEORCiAN”has been receiv
ed, and shall appear in our next—seveml other communi
cations from esteemed friends have also been rectived,
hut the quantity of matter already on hand compels us to
def r the pub ication of them— they shall receive attention
as soon us practicable.
—ecgoo—
It may be proper for us to call the attention of our rea
ders to the fate oi YVm. Hollingsworth who perished
in a well near the State-House in this town, on Wednes
day last. He fell a sacrifice in attempting to descend
into a well containing carbonic acid gas. W e understand
that the presence of tne gas had been ascertained but that
'.he deceased being a well-digger determined to risk the
descent, l aving agreed on u signal to he given to the hands
who b t Irim down in case he should find himself unable to
remain below. Before he had reached the bottom be
gave the signal, and the hands commenced the process of
raising him to the surface, but he fell from the rope (no
doubt io a state of asphyxia) before he reached the top.
He was with some difficully withdrawn from the well, his
head so extensively fractured as to have caused instant
death independent of the suffocation. It seems vain
to publish cases of this kind, the serious warnings tbev
give do not reach the unlettered and inattentive persons
most likely to suffer in this way, we should however thank
any one qualified for the task to furnish us with a short
account of the best method of freeing wells from this fatal
gas. It might be the means of saving some from this dan
ger, and could not be otherwise than valuable as a matter
of information.
XHAHBIEZ).
In Hertford, Fuia> ♦>, county, on Sunday Ike 22d ulf<
by John buzeman. Esq , Caai/xL B. Wens, Esq. 10
to cs. CTNfflix GAHifcf.tr,.
DIED.
In this place, on M ednesiUy last, Th, mas D ver, son
oi Pijor and Margaret W right, aged 4 years 9 months
and IA days. This boy was-generally beloved, Lad made
conside rable progress in his education, and gave promice
of possessing every virtue that could elevate and ai’.oru tiie
human character ere the “sihrer cord was loosened.”
Let bis affi'icted parents const le themsdves, for th*ir flow
er was not plucked, but transplanted by a Fathers hand,
to thegardni if Par idis:*, there to bloum .‘on ver
TPLAMTkMB.
THE subscriber (late uf thi firm of Da*
vis a’ Cater of this place) begs leave to
infe r in' his friends and Planters generally.
l!ta‘ Jia ving declined the Grocery bush.es*
here, will give hi-cni.ru undivided attention to the
Selling’ of Cot/on
from W ^"Ps, or otherw ise, at 25 CENTS TUS.
SALS and will buy ;t/iv article .Mere.' at the ..r, . st
Mark* 1 prices FREE OF COMMISSIONS. He p’e g-
es a prompt compliance with instructions and slric at
tention to the Planters interest. H. VY. C.ViER.
Jlugusta, August 14. 1 S'JO 7 7us
Administrator’s Sale.
1YTILL be soid. at the place nt* holding Court in
*T county of Randolph, cn the first Tuesday iu Jan
uary next, witiiin the usual hours cf sale.
Lot o! LAND. No. 95, in the 32d district ct
originally Lee, now Randolph county—said land sold by
an oider of ihe honorable Inferior Court »>I Newton corn
ty, while sitting for ordinary purposes, a* the p. opeity cfc
William Lane, sen. deceased.
ALLEN LANF, .frfm-j
Sept, mber 4 9 9*
Administrator’s Sale.
jurt-house
the
'S’W^ILL be sold, at the court-house in
W v Greenville, Meriwether county, on the first
tcivn of
lies-
uay in December next, within the usual hours of sale,
Lot of LAND, No 158, in the 8ih iL-trirt
of originally Troup now Meriv ether county—said I i d
sold by an order of the honorable Inferior Court of Nrw-
ton county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, as the pro-
oerty of W illiam Lane, se n. di ceased.
ALLEN LANE, A ':nV.
September 4 9 9t
GWIK27ETT SALES.
On the first Tuesday in OCTOBI
B
next.
EFORE the court-house door in the town < f Law*
renceville, Gwinnett county, within the legal hums,
will be sold, the following PROPERTY, to wit:
One sorrel MARE, about nine years old—levied on as
the property l{ John McDade, to salisfy a fi fa. fn ni
Gwinnett Inferior Court in favor of John P. Hutchins, vs
Franklin McDade ami John McDade, security; property
pointed out by plaintiff.
One hundred and thirty-five acres of LAND, mere or
less, in the fifth district Gwinnett county, being part 1 f
lot No. 282 — as the property ©fTimothy Swindle; al?o,
lot of LAND No 233, (in said fifth di-trici) containing
-wo hundred and fifty acres, more or less—as the proper
ty of William Whorton, pointed ou* by James Wardian,
levied on to satisfy tbieC fi. fas. issued from a Justices’
Court, all in favor of Hudson H. Allen, against Time'I y
Swindle and William Whorton principals, Washington
Swindle indorsee, and Joshua Estes security on stay 01
execution; levies made and returned Ao me by David Ab
bot, constable.
Sept 4 WILLIAM BREWSTER, D. Sheriff.
PULASKI SALES.
On the first Tuesday in OCTOBER next,
B EFORE the court-house door in the loan of Hart
ford, Pulaski county, within the legal h urs of
sale, will be sold, the following PfiOPERTY, to wit:
Three LOTS of pine LAND, in the twentieth dfeti irt
of Wilkinson how Pulaski county, each lot containing
202J acres, more or less, one lot No. 3t6, the other two
adjoining the widow McRae and others. Three FRAC
TIONS on the W est side of the Ocmulgee river, lying ir;
the 8lh district of originally Dooly now Pulaski count},
opposite Stephen Mitchell, and known as tbe Walnut
Ridge; tbe other two adjoining below, extending dun•
the river to the Indian Bluff'—the numbers of the abrv-
iands not known—all levied 011 as the property of Hirai
Atkinson, to satisfy a fi. fa. from tbe Supeiior Court, n
favor of Hrzekiah Lord, vs Hiram Atkinson and Wash
ington Laukister, security on appeal; the above proper!;
pointed out by aid Laukister.
Two hundred and fifty acres of pine LAND, more ci
less, in the 21st district uf Wilkinson now Pulaski count] .
number not known, the place whereon Briani Biady nov
li\A;s—levi d on as the property oi Elisb- Farneil, to sat
isfy a fi. fa. from the Superior Court in favor ef C.iivin
Pratt, vs Wesley Yarbrough, adni’r. of Elisha FarntU, tic-
ceased; pointed out by \\m. Pratt—the widow’s dowt.
excepted.
Two hundred two and a half acres of LAND, number
not known, lying in the 20th district of Wilkinson now
Pulaski county, the place whereon William YVinborn new
lives—levied on as the property of Josial: Winborn U.
satisfy a fi. fit. from a Justices’ Court in favor of L*. »i •
Wood, vs Josiuh Winborn; properly pointed out by tl 1
defendant, levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Sept 4
ALEX. DENNARD, Sher-Jp.
larity which have finally induced the trustees to change against whom all this ire and gall is directed, now stands
thejr ground, lie will, it is hoped, never agree wilt Jus. | before you as a promicset candidate to represent ycu ia
The following contains a full list of the Candidates for
Congress, so lar as we have seen them officially announc
ed.
EDWARD F. TATNALL of Chatham,
WILSON LUMPKIN of Walton,
DANIEL NEWNAN of Henry,
THOMAS U. r CHARLTON of Chatham,
JAMES M. WAYNE of Chatham,
RICHARD II. WILDE of Richmond,
JOHN BILLUPS of Oglethorpe,
WILEY THOMPSON of Elbert,
THOMAS FOSTER of Greene,
SEATON GRANTLANI) of Baldwin,
CHARLES E. HAYNES of Hancock,
ROGER L. GAMBLE of Jefferson,
HENRY G. LAMAR of Bibb,
REUBEN C. SHORTER of Jasper.
10 s * Fourteen Candidates—Severn to be elected.
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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates in Baldwin county.
For senate—Gen. JAMES C. WaTSON,
JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq.
For house rep.—Maj. BURTON HEPBURN,
Duct. TOMLINSON FORT,
JAMES C. CALHOUN, Esq.
JOHN HOWARD* Eso
HABEASHALI SALES.
On the first Tuesday in OCTOBER next,
ILL be sold, i.i the town of Clarksville, Haber
erbham county, within the lawful hours of sale,
the following PROPERTY, to wit:
One tract of LAND, containing 174J acres, on the Wi-
ers of Broad river in said county, adjoining lands of Will
iam Spoons, and others—levied on as tiw propeity ri*
iThomas Flanagan—Als), LOT No. 21, in the 1 Oib dis
trict of ilaberslwm county, levied on as the property of
Benjamin Chastain, to satisfy a fi. in favor of William
Beil and A. M. Perryman, surviving copai tuers of Dudb
Jones, & Co. for the use of P. R. Jones, defendant, vs-
Tliomns Flanagan and Benjamin Chastain, securities." “
One brown MARE, about 11 ycqrs old —levied on as
the property of Robert W. P. Moore, to .satisfy a fi. fa.
vs said Moore and Augustus W Randolph, in favor or
James Owmly.
One cow and calf, the standing crop cf com, supposed
to be lOor I2aeres, one lot No. 127, in the 12ih district
of said county, 2 feather be* 3 and bedsteads, 4 sheets ami
2 quilts, 1 pine chest, 1 large pot, 1 oven and lid, 1 fry
ing pan, 1 spinning wheel, 1 jug, 1 locking glass, 1 pin.
tible, 2 small piggins, 1 tin bucket, 1 coffee miff ana cof
feepot, 1 tin trunk, 1 pitcbei-j i0 plates, 2 pewter ditto, O
spoons, 5 knives and 3 forks, 1 pot trummell—ail taken
as the property of Jesse Anderson, to satisfy four fi. fas.
vs said Anderson, one in favor ofC&leby Crane, vs saui
Anderson and k. M. Norris securiiy, one in favor oi'
William H. Steelman, vs'John Andn -cn ai d Jesse Ar.
derson, one other in favor Wiley Nichols, vs Jesse Ander
son and John Anderson, and one other in favor of Vincent
Hamilton, vs said Jesse Anderson.
All the right, title and interest to LOT No. 99, in tfci
first district of Habersham county—levied on os the pro
perty of Alfred R. Jarvis, to satisfy two fi. fas. one fron*
Burke Superior Court in favor of Mathew Jones, die oth
er from Burke Superior Court in fiivor of W illiam R. Calu
well, both vs said Jarvis.
Sept 4 A. MAULDIN, D. Sheriff.
NEWTON SALES.
On the first Tuesday in OCTOBER next,
W ILL BE SOLD, in the town of Covington, Newton
county, between tbe usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing PROPERTY*, to wit:
One negro MAN, by the name of Jesse—levied on a?
the property of George Watson, to satisfy a fi. fa. in fe
tor of James Daniel, vs George Ruff and George Watson,
and sundry other fi. fas. in my hands vs. said Geore*--
JVatson; levy made and returned by a eonstabk—the-
property sold under the incumbrance of tbe present yeai '^
Lire. JOSEPH WATTERS, Sheriff.
Sept 4 9
F OUR months after d*te application will be made t»
the honorable the Court of Ordinary of Pu»as : i
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave v
sell Lot No. 293, in the 5th district of Troup comity
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
FRANKLIN
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