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ting on the Treasury aide of the House when
the report was celled up ou the 4th ot March,
immedmtely rose, bowed to the House, e^p
retired, lie aflerwards passed through Liver
pool, on hrs way to Ireland, where he is gone
to support the interest of his brother in the
election for Clare.
Mr. Barrett publisher of the Pilot newspa
per“m Dublin, has been arrested on the charge
of the Attorney General, for publishing a se
ditious libel on the Government, in his paper
of the 28th Feb.—and the Editor of the Car-
low Morning Post was served in a similar man-
The latter is said
on which an j to be at the instance of the Bishop ofElphin.
Much distress is said to exist in Ireland, and
some violence committed.
» a struggle between Iho parlies, -i —- -- -o ... . , , . , ,
* uuiry cannot he alarmed at it. However, oer, for having published m Journal, a libel
.. citixens. no ought not to exaggerate i on the Established church.
.© evil The day before that
. >easiite act disturbed peoplo’s minds, great
i: luouihty prevailed. If on that day the situ- n . , n; «
-[hmJoI tVbru.fy ha.l been cornered with Ike | Mr. C Wynn has resigned the office of Sec
* :tnation ot October, it would have been found j retary at War, which is to be conferred ou Mr.
ihat order was reestablished, liberty protected, j Hobliouse.
iinJ most of the difficulties consequent on the
Involution of July happily surmounted. 1 he ; HIGHLY IMPORTANl FROM EUROPE,
inly difficulty always present, and not yet ?olv-j ft[ nnc ly War in Poland—Change of the Min'
'■ r|—that of peace or war—would have seem- ; ^ j n France—Progress of Reform in Eng
i I then, as it does now, the most serious.— \l an j m
Hut in the midst of the deplorable scenes
which that cere mony caused, Paris itselt was
11.it disturbed, for all the pleasures of the sea
son were followed with the greatest security,
♦>nd the people whom a foolish bravado had ex-
u.'perated, dispersed at the hear’appearance
f the National Guard. However, though
tracquility is now completely returned, 1 allow
that the situation is difficult, serious, and the
uneasiness profound. The question is to
know w ho is to blame for it, and what would
r.e the remedy, whether the fault is in the
government in its want of unity and action,
cr itt the situation, which is stronger than
men ?
If it is the government, a remedy for. our
£ivits must be immediately sought, in a change
<J men; if in the situation, we must submit,
unite together to conquer I he difficulties, and.
ih(,ve all not exaggerate the danger, for fear
of discouraging the good ciUzons.
J6
From the Charleston Courier—April 19.
DAYS LATER FROM LIVERPOOL,
And Very Important From Poland
We have been favored by a commercial
friend, with the Liverpool Journal, of the 12i,h
< f March, sent up by the Captain of the ship
l'ecumsch, which passed the Bar yesterday,
bound from that port for Savannah.
THE FALL OF WARSAW, after a des
perate but unavailing struggle oji thepart of
the unfortunate Poles, is the intelligence of
most absorbing interest contained in this Liver
pool paper.
A very large public meeting was held in
Jjiverpool, on the 5th March, at which Reso
lutions were passed, tendering to Ministers
the support of the people of that town in the
arduous struggle in which they were engaged,
against the factions of the country.
The people of London and vicinity, and
those of Manchester and Birmingham, the lat
ter to the number of 30 000, had assembled
.for (he same purpose. It is also raid (hat meet
ir>gs were about to be held in every consider*
able place throughout the country.
The Liverpool paper we have, does not con
fain any thing relative to the new duty on cot-
Con. We presume the subject had been settled
.and that the amount and the manner, of levy
ing the duly, was previously reported.
Parliamentary Reform—After a protracted
debate of 7 nights, leave was given to bring
in the Reform Bill, and with three dissenting
votes only, it was read the first time. A speech
made by Mr. O’Connell, in tl*e course of this
debate, is highly spoken of in the Liverpool
Journal. It says the * Agitator has redeemed
himself in the estimation of the British public ;
i*nd it would be unfair, since we did uot hesi
tate to censure, to refuse his conduct, at the
present moment, the praise which the mem
bers of Parliament and the London press have
so justly bestowed on it."
We have given a short abstract of this de
flate on the five last n ghts of its consideration;
but the paper not containing the opening
speech of Lord John Russell, the precise ex*
tent of the reformed proposed is not known.
The closing speech of Lord R. however, in
which he replies to the various objections
made in the course of the debate, throws some
light upon the subject.
In reference to this debate, it is remarked
in the paper before us, that Parliamentary Or
ators seem, on this occasion, to have been
superabundant—yet there were, with the ex
ception of Lord John Russell’s, but two real.
Jf good speeches, those of Mr. Macaulcy and
Mr. O’Connell.
By the ministerial plan of reiorm, Lancashire
will obtaio an addition of eight new members.
p«d will lose three of its old ones. In tinure
Newton will return no members, and Clitheroe
The packet ship Hibernia, at N; York from
Liverpool, in the short passage.ot twenty four
days, brings advices to the 21st March, ueariy
one month later than our previous dates.
From Poland it will he seen that the Rus-
siai.shad reached the Vistula, 4* thrown some
squadrons of troops, and a large corps of Cos
sacks acoss the river after much severe fight
ing. There se* ms to have been a succession
of battles from the 17th to the 25fh February,
inclusive in (he neighborhood of Warsaw, but
the main b.ttlle was (ought before Praga ou the
14th and 25th in which the Russians, after an
obstinate and very bloody conflict, were v«c
torious Hostilities were renewed on the 26ili
ult. ou which day, and on the 27tb, twere was
much hard fighting, with considerable loss on
both sides. The Pules behaved as gallantly
as id tire previous affair, but being unequal in
number to their adversaries they were at
leugth cempelled to give way. Determined
however, to make their retreat in as good or
der as possible thr*y set fire to Praga, in order
to interrupt for a time the advance of the Rus
sians. Praga was thus destroyed.
Subsequently to those dales, it is very diffi
cult to ascertain what was the true situation of
affairs. Early on the 8th of March, intelli
gence *vas received iu Pans by express, an-
nouficing that Or. the 28;b, the municipal uu
thorities of Warsaw, finding themselves no
longer protected bv their brave army, and be
ing unable, from the nature of the city, to pre
vent the entry of the Russians, held a meeting,
at which it was resolved to surrender at discre
tion. They waited upon the Russian com
ntandcr, to signify their submission; and the
Russian troops immediately entered the cap tai
And yet nut withstanding I he positive terms
of these accounts, it would seem that the Pol
ish capital had nut fallen, so late as the second
of March, and it is added that General Die
bitsch had been obliged to alter his plans and
that he will not try bis fortune by attack ng
Warsaw, but intends to surround and reduce it
by famine. There is moreover among the
somewhat confused German accounts which
will be found below, an account of tbank^giv
ing in Warsaw, for the results of their opera
lions, thus far, so that Warsaw clearly had not
fallen, although the brave hut union unate
Poles, after their principal officers had fallen
«it Praga were driven back across the Vsstu
la, and the Russian commander was px poi g
forthwith to invest the capital.
The Polish official accounts admit a loss oi
9000 men put hors du combat, in these engage
met.Is, and that the wounded in the hospitals
amount to 3900. In regard to their preced.
mg battles, the most authentic and trust wor
thy reports state the casualties of the Poles it*
the different engagements ai Dohre, L flf, hoc
Millowsnow, to he about GOO killed, 1 400
wound* d, 250 missing, and and o e six poun
der Tlwt of the Russians m the same affairs,
800 killed 1700 wounded and 300 missing —
Thu temporary advantages gained by General
Dwerniki over Gen rat Geismor, at Piok, and
a few days later at Narawickoo the left hank,
did not prevent the Russians from pursuit g
their forward movements- They were, in laci,
simple affairs ot Cosseks, n which these sava
ges lost a considerable number of men, and
upon the two occasions seven small cannon oi
Lite calibre of one and ‘ wo pound:-.
THE NETHERLANDS.
The King of Holland has formally acceded
to the terms of the separation adjusted by the
allied Ministers m London, and a British fleet
has b* en ordered for »he Scheldt to enforce
the terms agreed to by the Great power*- for
the settlement of I he. disputes net ween II->1
land &. Belgium. The sailing of this armament
w ill very probably involve Engiaud in a dis
pute with France—the last nation with which
6. Vice Admiral dc Rigny, to be Minister of
Marine, in the room of Count d’ArgoUl.
All these ordinances are dated Paris, March
13, and were pablishcd in an extraordinary Sop
plement to the Mot^iteur, at 8 o'clock the same
evening. The first countersigned by M. Se-
bastiani, the Minister fi r Foreign Affairs ; the
others by M. Casimer Perrier.
There was a mob in Paris on the 19tb which
attacked the Hotel of the Russian Ambassador,
amid the cries ot “ Down with the Russians!”
and “The Poles forever!” broke bis windows,
and then bent their steps towards the Cham
ber of Deputies (be Members of which they
assailed with insulting and seditious annuncia
tions. J
An almost general war in Europe, however,
appears now inevitable, and there is too much
reason to fear that Eriglaud will be involved in
the vortex.
-Austria is determined to put down the revo
lution in Italy, and Metteroich is said to have
threatened that if France interposes, the Aus
trian Cabinet will support the claim of young
Napoleon to the throne of his father. But the
war party in France gathers strength every day.
There are reports of an extensive insurrec
tion in Spam, hut the accounts hitherto receiv
ed caunot be relied upon.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The result of (be reform bill may be thus
briefly staled : the present number of mem
bers of the House of Commons is 659—of
these 168 are to be disfranchised, leaving 490
The total number of additional members from
London, the hrge towns and counties in Eng
land, from Scotland, and from Ireland, is esti
mated at 105—making the whole number of
members of the House of Commons 565 a de
crease of 53. The right of Suffrage will be
extended to at least 590,000 persons who do
out now possess it.
Cotton.—The new duty on Cotton is fixed
at 5-8 of a peony per lb., to take effect on and
after the 5ih of April.
It is stated in a London paper, that Sir Walter
Scott is dangerously ill.
Italy—Reports were in circulation in Paris
on the 13th and 14th March, that Rome had
(alien into the hands of the insurgents, but
"ubsequent advices contradict Hie rumor.
The Austrian troops it is stated, were march
mg into Italy, and were about to enter the
dutchv of Modena.
will only return one instead of two. The j£ n g| ari( j ought now to seek a quarrel
to
members added, will be two for the county,
two for Manchester, and one each for Black
burn, Warrington, Bolton &. Stockport Y«»ik
•hire will be deprived of nine members, and gain
eight. Cornwall will obtain two additional
County members, and he deprived of about
thirty representatives of Boroughs. Wiltshire
will fare pretty much in the same manner.
Cheshire will lose none and gam four.
The Duke of Norfolk has made an emphat
ic declaration in the House of Lords, in favor
of Reform, as brought forward by Ministers.
He said he rejoiced that such a measure had
been brought forward; and that he would re
jotce still more if it should be passed into a
law. lie said men of rank and property may
be assured, that rank and property ace never
•o safe as when their existence demands no
sacrifice of the rights and properties of oth
ers.
Lord Brougham, on the 8th of March,
brought forward bis motion in the House oi
Lords, on the promised Chancery Reforms.
He is said to have spoken to almost empty
benches, a* on the same night the Ring visited
Drury tape Theatre, which was crowded.
The Reporter of the Atlas, insists that those
who attended (be House of Lords had the ud
vantage of the Ring and the public at the thea
tre. The speech is represented as a most bril
liant effort,
A committee of the H of commons on the
Clare e e< ion, reported Mr..O’Gorman Mahon
Apt duly electgd. That gentleman, who was su*
The Belgian nation hs.ve h-eferi a Regent
to administer the Government until they shall
have madi- choice of a sovereign who is wit
ling to wear the crown. M Surlet oe Clio
kier Vice President of the National Congress,
aqd a man of great popularity, has been raised,
to thisoflice. lie was installed with great so*
lemnity on the 25th of February.
FRANCE. — Change of Ministry.
Another change hat* taken pine* in ti*e French
Ministry , the former having retired, it is satd,
in consequence of a disagreement of opinion
with the King on the question of Austrian in
lerveution in Italy, in which his intentions
were more pacific than hog* ot n.s advisers.
The following is a list of rb& new cabinet:
Paris, March 14.
The official part of the Moinuur contains six
Royal oidinances, appointing the new Minis
ters:
1. M. Casimir Perrier, Secretary of State for
(he Interior, and President oi the Council of
Ministers.
2. Baron Louis, to be Minister of France, in
the room of M. Labile, whose resignation is
accepted.
3. M Barthe, to be keeper of the Sea!, Mm-
ibter of Justice, and President of the Council
of State.
4. Count de Montallivet, to be Minister of
Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Affairs, in
the room of M Bart he.
6. Count TArgout, to bo Minister of Com
merce and Public Works,
An Earthquake.—The Pekin Gazettes of
June 26lh an t 294^ announce officially the oc-
edrrmee of mest destructive earthauakes
few days before, on the frontiers ot Peche
and Honan Provinces. In Tay-mirg-Fou. on
the south of Pekin Provinces, and Tcbang te
t'ou, on the oorth of Ho-nah Province, was the
region of the earthquake, which overthrew the
walls of towns, public offices, prisons, and pri
vate houses The distance Irom east to west
and from north to south, is about 200 English
miles. The shocks continued several days.
About a dozen towns and cities were involv
ed in this awful catastrophe, and the emperor
•s said to have shed tears, not only of com
miserution, but also of anticipation as the oc
currence not being more than two hundred
mites from the throne, is thought to be terribly
ominous.
The Gazette which notices the earthquake,
remark.*, at the same time, the destructive ef
fect of the hail storm which occurred in Chiog
<mg* fou latitude 38 20 North, and the r.eigh
horhood; and also of an inundation, or flood,
which occasioned great mischief somewhere
between the regtou of the earthquake and that
of the had storm. The belief in Canton, is, that
from 500 000 to 1 000 000 of human beings
must have polished by ihese natural calamities
The scene ofthese events is ab ut 200 or 300
miles from the Gulf of Chih-le, and trum the
Eastern Ocean commonly called the Yellow
Sea Taynimg-fou is about 60 miles north cf
* he Yellow River
Canton, Sept. 6—It is reported that tberr
has been a very destructive inundation from the
?=e», in one of the eastern districts of Canton,
Hwuy rbow-foo. About a Ihousaud houses &
ihop8 have been swfept away; and it is suppos
ed that uw many as five thousand persons have
been drowned.
Canton, Sept 18 —This city was visited on
ibo night oi the 18th instant, hy the. to us, un
common ph< tu-menon of «n earthquake, the
shot ks w|**-,h continued about six or seven se
conds, producing in that time about the same
number of regular oscillate ns or horizontal
movements, in a direction trem North to South
and vice versa.
Church Reform.—A very animated debate
took p ace n the British House of Lords on the
evening oi l*Vb. 10th, relative to church tithes,
uon-residence oi clergy, &c It would .seem
from the number of petitions which are pour
mg mto Parliament on this subject, that the
people of England are growing weary of the
:»hu.-e** which so extensively prevail in this de
partment of :l<e yiuHic service There is need
enough of reform both tor the sake of the
church and the tax prayers Religion never
fluuris-hed,—that religion we mean, which wili
stand the lest of the trial day,—vclien its fid-
lowers reposed on beds of roses; when its min r
istera either possessed oi desired a superahun
dance of the good things of this life; when the
pulpit was coveted as a medium of earthly ag
grandizement, wealth, or any other thing what
ever, save an honest desire to promote the best
interests of mtu.
We have before us a statement, from which
it appears that the clergy of England and Ire*
land (meaning those of t he established church)
receive annually 8,896,000/ from 6,000,000
hearers, while the cieigy of all the Christian
world besides receive only 8 852,000/, from
198,000,000 hearers ! .A petition recently pre
sented to his Majesty from clergymen in So
mersetshire, states, “that whilst the average
income of the Bishops is ten thousand pounds
a year, io addition togreat patronage, there are
nearly three thousand Curates whose stipend
is less than 90/ Vyear. anti more than four huu
d red of whom receive less than 50/. a year.
That, whirst certain offices of D< ans, Canons,
Prebends, &c. not Found iu Scripture, and un»
known to the ancient Christian Church but
which are of Popish origin, and considered
useless by almost all persons, and are receiv
ing annually many thousand a year from the
funds of iho Church for no adequate service,
thtere are many of tbe working elergy reduced
to abject poverty, obliged to subsist on ctianty,
and even to receive the cast off clothes of
their compassionate neighbors." And in res
pect to non reside nee, Lord King remarked in
Parliament on the occasion above referred to,
that in 1813, as appeared from official returns,
'there were only 4.182 residents, out ot 10,
558 clergymen."
The amount of tithes belonging to livings
in the gift of the Crown, the Bishops, and the
Ecclesiastical Corporations, is estimatell by an
English writer at 81,250.000/; and of tithes
belonging to livings in the gift *f indivduals
at 48,000.000/ Total tithes 129,250000/.
Estates in England 30,000,000, pounds; in Ire
land, 18,200,000 Total value of Church pro
perty in England and Ireland, 177,450,0001.
—JV. Y. Journal of Commerce.
(From the National Intelligencer, April 14 )
The resolution for some time past before the
Legislature of Neiv York, adverse to the Bank
of the United States, were finally adopted by
the lo ver House on Saturday last, by a consid
erable majority. Party tactics in the-State of
New-York, it would seem, remain all powerful.
There is reason to hope, however, that King
Caucus will not be able much longer to Com
maud King Numbers, even there, or coutioue
to control the councils of that great State by
a principle, if principle it m*iy be called, which
can, even iq matters of the greatest moment to
the public weal, set at defiance the lessons ot
experience, and the plainest dictates of reason
and patriotism. The New-York Commercial
Advertiser of Monday, in announcing the pas
sage of the resolutions, makes the following
pregnant statement:
“This result is understood, was not produced
untd after a resort to the all-powerfil caucus
-machinery, which we learn was set a going on
Friday night. On Saturday this op* ration was
followed by direct pariy appeals upon the floor
of the House. This caucus was called by the
Regency, and the screws weie put upon all
liege Van Burenues. Ther** has, therefore,
been some misconc'-ption in this city, as to the
rumored change in the tael ice of the Secretary
of State—because his vassals in Albany would
never run counter to his instructions. We
have to repeat what we have said before in re
spect to the New York delegation; with a sin
gle exception, they have in this instance refus
ed to betray the interests of their constituents
at the dictation of party. The Gazette informs
us that one of our delegates (Mr. Selden,) told
some of the wire workers, that his oath of of
fice and his duty lo his constituents, were para
amount to any party consideration. Had all
the members of the L*gi»lature been equally
conscientious, the resolutions would uot have
passed.”
It is added, that a Mr. Otis, of the New-
York Legislature, stated in his place. th.Uthe
U. S. B.k k had effored to bribe the Editors
ot New York papers to aid in preventing the
passage of the resolutions above mentioned,
but refuse u to name the parties. Several of
the Editors have pronounced the charge en
tirely false, and defied Mr. Otis to prove it.
(From the Jouni^i of Humanity.)
Intemperance - Pauperism, and Crime.—
According to a Report of the Superu.ind
ents of the Washington county (N. Y,) Poor
House, out of 322 persons received into that
house since its establishment. 290 were sent
(hero ia consequence of their own intempe
rance, or that of others.
According to a statement made by Col. Hoff
man, nineteen twentieths of ihe inmates of the
Montgomery county (N. Y ) Poor House, owe
their situation to intemperance
The keeper of Ogdeosburg (N Y) Jail
states, that seven eighths of the criminals, and
three fourths of the debtors imprisoned there,
>>re mtempetate persons.
Ot the first 690 children sent to the New
York House of Refuge after its establishment,
401 wore known to be children ofiutemperate
parents.
In two districts in Upper Canada, 38 out of
44 inquests held by the coroners, were in esses
of death caused by intemperance.
The keeper of the Ohio Penitentiary, in his
report to the Legislature of that State, Dec.
1829, says, that ot the 133 prisoners under his
care, 36 only claim* d to be temperate men.
The sheriff o( Washington county, Pa. stated
last year, that out ot 24 committals, 21 were
caused by intemperance.
In Litchfield county, Ct , the proportion of
criminals who are intemperate, is 35 out of 39.
The following facts respecting the Baltimore
Alms House are stated on the authority of the
R v. Dr. Edwards, who visited that institution
for the purpose of inquiring into the influence
of intemperance on pauperism in that cil>:—
‘ There were admitted from May 1829 to May
1830, 1.136 persons viz.—temperate adults,
15—children of temperate parents, 11—adults
whose habits are not known, 22—children, the
habits of whose parents are not known, 12—
intemperate adults, 968—children of intempe
rate parents, 108; total-*- victims of intern pa
ranee, 1 076—temperate persons and parsons
not known to be victims of intemperance, 60!”
Dr. Pope, physician to the Oneida county
(N Y ) Poor House, states that out of 253
paupers received siace its erection (which is
receut) 246 were brought there, directly or in
directly, by the use ot ardeut spirits.
It is stated in the Albany Argus as the result
of an examination of reports lately received
from the different counties of the State* of
New York, that could the use of ardent spirits
he prevented the Poor Houses would soon be
without tenants.
Such are a Jew of the numerous facts now
before us, illustrating the connexion between
intemperance, pauperism, and crime,
We will only add the following paragraph
from the American Almanac for 1831:
“ In the* 4th section of his Treatise on State
Prison. Punishments, 4*0., (published the
Journal of humanity, Noy. 25, 1829) Samuel
M. Hopkins, Esq , who has paid great attention
to the subject, and enjoyed uncommon adyan
tages for investigating it, for a series of years,
gives a variety of facts, and estimates, from
which he infers that the annual pecuniary loss
?o the people of the United States by crime, is
$8 700,000,—occasioned by 15,000 criminals,
11 000 of whom are.at large. In another pa
per, furnished by the same gentlemen lo the
Executive Committee of the New York State
Temperance Society, facts are stated, from
which it is inferred that at least 37 parts out
of 54 of the above sum—or $5 911 168—must
he charged to the account of intemperance —
And from a similar investigation respecting
pauperism, m the same paper, Mr Hopkins
concludes that intemperance must be Charged
with at least $2 534,000a year on that account.
These estimates, it should be noticed, show
only the annual expense of criminals and pau-
pers after they had become such in consequence of
the u*e of ardent spirits "
MZLLSDOETILU:
THURSDAY, APRIL. 28, 1831;
GREAT CHANGES.
It will be seen by our columns ibat tbe whole Cabinet
at Washington City has resigned, except tbe Attorn-y
General, u ftau now in Georgia. Wbal's tbe matter non ?
The Foreign news will also be found of great interest.
We leave our readers to make their oivu (onuiaiits on
all these strange aunts.
OUK NEXT GOVERNOR.
Some of tbe Troup Presses seem to feel great anxiety
anti uneasiness on ibis subject. The idea that Mr.
Luuraiu, may stitibe a candidate seems lo trouble tiuo»
prodigiously. On this subject our former impressions
remain unaltered. We know no principle by which a
servont *>f the people is lo be precluded front yielding his
nssen to tbe will of his constituents, whenever their wilt
is sofficienlly ascertained—much less do we know any
principle which will prevent him ftm^bangit g his own
views with a change of circumsMpks. When Mr.
Lumpkin wrote lo the Editor of the Chronicle from Wash
ington, it is evident tha' he did not know the extent of
the wishes of his friends on the subject of his running for
*he government. In the Federal Union of tbe 22d Fib-
ruary, we remarked, in allusion to that letter—-we do
not btileve that what lie (Mr. Lumpkin) has said to Mr.
Pemberton prcciu.tes him from becoming a candidnte,
should (be voice of his friends hereafter require it of luiu.
We do know that from various parts of the- State most un
equivocal expressions of opinion have been made in Mr.
Lumpkin’s favor. .Should be, after bis return home, hud
(hat his friends generally desire him to be a Candidate, we
should conceive him to be entirely at liberty to yield to
their solicitation.”
Such is sfill our opinion. We feel every coofidence
that Mr. Lumpkin’s name would be more acceptab e by
far to a majority of the people, than either of the present
Candidates.
There are periods in the lives of most public men when
their services are more important to the community than
at any other. That period we believe has arrived, with
Mr. Lumpkin. Therefore, we cannot but think, (to use
his own language) that, ''abiding obligations to all those
kind frauds who have sustained him through a long course
of public service” now loudly call upon him to yield to the
w isbes of a majority of the people of Georgia.
The American Press.—When we reflect on tbe innu
merable blessings bestowed by an indulgent Providence
upon our happy land, bow ardeut should bo our thunks,
givings to God for his infinite goodness toward us. A-
mong ihe choicest of these h>essiugs is the universal free
dom of opiniou and the unrestrained freedom of the press,
except so far as lo preserve our characters from 'll.j
tongue of tbe slanderer. VVe have bee n struck for soma
time past not only with Hie number of newspapers and
other periodicals, that have sprung into being, but partieu-
arlj with tbe fact that many vf the old established pnper*
bave been recently fitted up with new types and apparatus.
This is particularly tire case in Georgia. Alatosi every
paper in tbe State now uppe-ars in a new dress. A letter
juat received at our establish men', from a respectable house
in New York, states, that ihe dt rn .inl for type dui.ng the
past winter has been so great, tint it would require three
weeks to complete our order for a new establishment of
that.article. We mmol conceive ofevid. nee more clear
to establish the growing prosperity of our country—tho
attachment of our people to their free institutions—and
the increased thirst fur knowledge and intellectual im
provement. Nor is proof no re c rnciusive required to
show a corresponding pro?perity in the various depart
ments ef industry? And yet we are a in'irmuring people!
While Europe is deluged in blood—while oppressed mil
lions are struggling there to .throw off the yoke of despo
tism, that trammels the mind and restrains the pursuit oi
industry and happiness into channels that carry wealth
and honor only toward thf thrones that oppress them, we*
’sitting tieneat hour own vines & fi^trees,’* litr rally “having
none to make us afraid,” are quarreling wiili each olhn t
True, it is as yet, a war of words—uud Heaven grant we
may continue a logucracy, so fur as these contests are
concerned. But does not gratitude to tbe Author of all
good require, that amid these countless blessingi, we
should rather look to the cultivation of those kindly feel
ings and affections which shall prepare us to “live in
peaee with all men,” and to honor tbe “Giver ol every
good and every perfect gift,” than to embroil the passions
of the various sections of our wide and happy country, the
one against the othei?
Thb Macon Advertiser and Agriculture *rd
Commercial Intelligencer, published by .Murmmluke
J. Slade, Jttacon, Gtorgin.
This paper has been received at our office. It is an
ample sheet, filled with interesting and instructive mat
ter, well got up, in type, ornaments, &c. entirely new
presenting one of tha largest Newspapers published io
Georgia.
A writer in the M.icon Telegraph thinks it inconsistent
with Judge McDonald’s dignity not to have seen the Re
port cuticeruirig tbe Macon Bunk before it reached tho
House. It is prop*, r to state that the error originated with
ourselves. We should have said, that he had uot seen it
before it was submitted lo the Joint Committee by tho
sub committee. It is also due to Judgs McDonald to say
that the publication was not made at his request. It is au
unimportant matter at most, whether he saw it or not.—
We do not conceive his dignity to be at ail implicated in
the matter. Our only object ivas to state that be teas uot
the author of the Report.
When we gave room to the first Essay on the Divinity
of the Saviuur, we had no expectation of engaging our
columns in a religious controversy. We could nut how
ever decline the reply of Replicator. In today’s paper we
have two other essays. We must beg our respected cor
respondents to release us from the controversy. Though
thus far it has besn conducted in an excellent spirit on
both sides, we apprehend that it will swell out to loo greet
length. And as neither will probably convince the ether,
wo “commend them all to God and the word wtf bio grace
which is able to make them wise to salvation.”
rOR THE FEDERAL ONION.
Mr. Editor—Having noticed in yoor paper of last
week, some remarks upon tho subject of the Divinity oi
Cm ist, over tbe signature of “Replicator,” and belttvwg
that the tendency of controversy when conducted in a
proper spirit is lo elicit truth, I have thought proper to re*
plj.
Replicator observes in his first argument that **the ani-1
ty of God was tbe proud and distinguishing tenet of the
Jews, and to have brought them over lo a belief of too
Trinity would have required many explanations and repe
titions of that doctrine.” Anyone who wiii examine tbe
history of the Saviour of men, will perceive that this doc
trine was repeatedly taught and preached to the Jews by
him, that it was insisted on as much, and in language u
lucid, as any other tenet belonging to the Christian Faith
and it was the promulgation of this doctrine which so mud
enraged the Jews, and incensed them against the bles
sed Redeemer. And it is evident too that tbe Jews on-
[ derstood him in this way, John 10th cb. 30th and 33d vs. I
“I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took op stooesl
again to stone him, Jesus answered them, many good?
works havej shewn you from ray Father; for which oi
those works 36 ye stone me. The Jews answered hit
saying, for a good work we stone thee not; but for bla
phe my, and because that thou, being a mao, makest thy
self God.” Needs there any comment here? How ill)
does this quotation agree with the assertion of Replicator,
that the “history of the early ministry affords no trie*
of t his doetripe being taught.” And it * ill not «vail sol
thing to say that the Jews did not believe bis assertion!,
for there were many other doctrines taught them whicl
they rejected, and to which they ever were incredulous.-