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X •• J. si FEDERAL UNION. DOMESTIC. From the Globe. Further correspondence between the President «uid Mr. Ingham. Washington, June 23, 1831. Sir—I received your letter of-the 21st, at 9 o'- <sh>ck on the 22d, through the City Post Office, charging several officers of the Government with a conspiracy to assassinate you. They were imme diately furifished by me with a copy of your letter; and I herewith enclose, for your information,.co pies of the replies which they"have given, denying the charges.preferred against them by you. A co py of my letter is also enclosed. 4 am, very respectfully, Your obedient Servant. (Signed) ANDREW JACKSON. U- D. Ingham, Es<l • P. S. I would ha ye preferred that this matter should have been examined into, face to face, and for that purpose sent my messenger tor you, but was informed you liad left the City at 4 o’clock, A. M. A. J. New-Hope-, June 30th, 1831. The President of the United States. Sir: 1 had the honor to receive, by way of Doyles town, your letter of the 23d inst, with its j to the fact,'that his station affords him no oppor tunity of making his opinions officially known; and that lie has been restrained from communicating them informally to the public, by a feeling ot delica cy, and apprehension tliat it might be considered an improper intrusion; and not Irom a desire to leave his sentiments doubtful. We respect such feelings, but believe there are pccasions on which they ought to yield to liigher considerations, and that such is the present. We are gratified to learn from a quarter entitled to credit, that this is probably the impression of the Vice-President himself; and that, yielding to what appears to be tlie wish of the public, and in the candour due to bis own character, he will place ‘his sentiments before the public without reserve, in reflerence to the subject which has caused these remarks.—Pendleton Messenger. From the Baltimore Republican. GENERAL BERNARD. W T e are informed that this gentleman, who re cently returned to this country, from a visit to France, has finally determined upon quitting the American service, and dedicating the remainder of his life, to that -of his native land. Much as we must regret this resolution, it is impossi ble not to admire the spirit in which it has been [adopted. A friend who knows him intimately, and enclosures, viz: copies of a circular letter from you j appreciates his great acquirements and unobtrusive 'to the acting Secretary of War, Treasurer of the j merits justly, has furnished us with the following United States, Register and Second Auditor of the | proper comments. Treasury, and of their respective answers—the co- ■ “General Bernard.—W 7 ith feelings of sincere py of your circular being in print; the others I had f regret, inspired by profound admiration of his also seen in the newspapers some days before your j great talents, and respect for his individual charac- (etter reached me. j ter, we announce the resL nation of this distinguish- In your letter to me above referred to, you speak ‘ ed officer, in the persuasion that the critical situa- of my having charged several officers ot the gov- tion of his native land, places him under the moral eriiment with a conspiracy, and state that they have : obligation to offer her his services. The labours of denied the charges preferred against them by me. General Bernard, since he came to America, bav‘e 1 must be permitted to say, that I have noi charged been so strictly scientific, and his appearance and those officers with any specific offence in the form manners so miid and unpretending, that some may Suggested by you. 1 have stated, that the late Se- not have duly valued them,—like treasure in the ■creiary of War and acting Secretary of War were field of the husbandman, which is passed by and lying in wait for the purpose of making an assault not fuily appreciated, until about to be removed be- upon me on my way to the office, as I believed, with yond the reach of its unconscious owner, an intent to assassinate. I also stated that a gro-. During the war, and before our Engineer De- cery store between my lodgings and the office, and partment had attau c f the organization and effi- the rooms of the Treasurer and Register, were al- ciency it has since acquired, we were rnadeto pav- fernately occupied by them as places of rendezvous and to bleed severely, for the want of national de- While so employed. I further stated, that the Trea-j fences scientifically arranged an l consirucied, ac- surer, Register, and Second Auditor were in their cording to the various and profound principles, company. I also stated that the principal persons ; which enter into every good system of defence a* thus engaged, viz: Eaton and Randolph, with a. gainst foreign invasion. In fact we had com para- recruited force, threatened an assault on the dwel- tively no experience in military engineering, and it ling I resided in, the same night, until a late hour, j was judged to he of tiie last importance, to procure and 1 now state that this threatening was continu- ; an office, of enlarged views, from that corps of the ed until a late hour on the following night. The : French army, by whose almost miraculous agency, officers who have denied the charge as framed by I its victorious Eagles had been displayed over all you, admit having been in company with Mr. Ea-; Europe. ton during the time referred to, but they deny hav- j General Bernard, was designated to our Minister ing been in his company the whole time; this was ■ at Paris, as an officer whose talents whilst still a never intended to have been alleged by me. The-youth, had attracted the infallible penetration of admissions, equivocations, and palpable reservations of Napoleon, who afterwards owed to his genius in in their letters, are abundant proof of all the mate- engineering, the defence of points of vital irnpor- *ia! facts alleged by me, so far as they are concern-! tance, against awful means of assault? as well as ed; but if any doubt remains, it should be observed, | the ways for conducting his army in its most rapid that iny letter of the 21st was addressed to you es- j and overwhelming movements. On one occasion, pecially as Chief Magistrate of the District of Co-j when ordered by the Emperor to throw a bridge iumbia, in which capacity your power must be am- over a river, to pass the army, in the shortest possi- ple to direct the proper officer of the Government tn institute a legal investigation of this transaction, before a tribunal having power to examine and com pel the attendance of witnesses. Whenever this .shall be done, I will, without delay, return to the seat of government, and render all the aid in mv r wer, to such officer, in the discharge of his duty. must, however^be distinctly understood, that the investigation shall begin with the principals, and t^lore I furnish a list of the witnesses, that an as surance of protection shall be given to those who hold offices, that they shall suffer no injury in con sequence of giving testimony. This has become necessary, by reason of the declaration of Mr.Evans, tihe brother-in-law of Mr. Eaton, that the “Presi dent would turn every clerk out of office, who took my part in this business,” and of other facts which fypve since come to my knowledge. Although I do not assume that this declaration was authorized ^ you, yet it is indispensable to justice, that no ap prehension of this nature should rest on the minds of the witnesses. I have ‘he honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant. S. D. INGHAM. It Was the general belief, that no fighting would take place. The Indians, seeing themselves en compassed by so large a force, it was thought, would stipulate for the best terms they could obtain, and then retire from the ground. The steamboat Enterprize leaves here to day with additional troops, and supplies for the army. Gov. Reynolds accompanies the Illinois Militia —the command of which is given to Major Gen eral Duncan*—A. Star. The Lexington Observer of July, 2, has this Postscript. It will be observed that it is contradicted a't the bottom. HIGHLY IMPORTANT 1! INDIAN HOSTIL ITIES. The following is extracted from a letter written by Mr. David Cassel, of Jacksonville (III.) to Mr. Michael Cough, of this place. It will appear from it, that the Indian disturbances are likely to result in something more serious than has been anticipated. The writer of the letter'is a gentleman of high re spectability, and the information it contains* may be relied upon as correct. Rock River is situated 150 miles above Jacksonville: “Jacksonville, (111.) June 20. “Yesterday an express passed thro’ this place from Genera! Gaines, who had gone on in advance against the hostile Indians on Rock River, with 500 regular troops, Staling that he had been DEFEAT ED with the loss of THREE HUNDRED OF HIS MEN, and HIMSELF WOUNDED.— Our Governor has gone on with 1500 mounted Vol unteers, and has sent back for 3,000 more from this State, Indiana and Missouri. We tear there will be much loss of time and lives.” fr3“After a part of our papers had been printed off and distributed, the above report of the defeat of Gen. Gaines, has been contradicted. We hope the report may turn out to be groundless. FEDERAL UNION. AIILLEDGE\ 1LLE, JULY 28, 18 1. OCIffBi.R. ■ L'lG'1luN. FOR GOVERNOR, WILSON LUMFKIN. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Candidates to represent Baldicin county. FOR THE SENATE, JAMES C. WATSON. FOR THE HOUSE, EZEKIEL E. PARK, WILLIAM W. CARNES. Washington, July 7, 1831. Sir: The President, on his return to-day, from f.lj£ Rip Raps, has received your letter of the 30th uk. In reply to your renewed call upon him, “as Chief Magistrate of the District of Columbia,” I am directed to inform you, that he does not con sider the fact of certain officers “having been in company with Maj. Eaton,” during office hours, and in their offices, where it is their duty to be, and where every individual has a right to go, as sup porting the charge that those offices were used “as places of rendezvous” by a party lying in wait to assassinate you; nor as constituting “probable epuse” to justify the subjection of citizens of fair character, all solemnly denying your imputations, to arraignment before a Court ol criminal jurisdic tion: That if “a legal investigation of this transac tion, before a tribunal having power to examine and compel the attendance of witnesses” be, by you, ileemed necessary, he assures you of adequate pro tection in the City of Washington, where you have flie right, as prosecutor before the grand jury, to present the supposed offenders, or to summon them before any magistrate of the District: Also, that «an assurance of protection shah be given to those FROM THE ATHENIAN. THE RESULT OF EXPERIMENTS MADE WITH SOME SPECIMENS OF CLAY. Mr. Shaw.—Having in possession several kinds of Clay, I was induced the other day to make some experiments with them to test their relative value. Mv collection consisted of a specimen from Colum bia County, one from Habersham county, and one from Carroll county, Georgia, with a specimen from Alabama, and one from J\ew-York. I ground a small parcel of each to a fine paste, and submitted them separately to a white heat in a furnace. On doing which, the specimen Irom Co lumbia county, Georgia, was found capable of pro ducing the purest and finest kind ol China Hare. Tiie specimens fiom Habersham and Carroll coun ties, and also the one from New-York, I found would produce very good Staffords hire, or what goes by the name of Liverpool porcelain ware.— The specimen from Alabama, was very fine clay, but was injured in its color by the presence of iron, which enters into its composition. The valuable specimen from Columbia county, Geo. is called Kaolin, {thepurest porcelain clay) in mineralogy. It is lound on Green Briar creek near the road side, leading from Washington, Wilkes county, to Augusta via Ravsviile. Its deposit is said to be very extensive and abundant. This lo- r , . ru.-.» i p<»*>i- j cality ot'Kaolin is onliv 18 or 20 miles N. W. frqm ble time, he announced its completion at the end ot i Augusta. I find professor Cleveland, in his valua- three days. The Emperor was incredulous, and I p| e work on mineralogy, gives the following locality was only convinced by a personal inspection by of KaoU ^ « In Georgia, it is found about 30 miles lamp-light. On a subsequent occasion, the r reach ; jy \\ r . from Augusta. It resembles the Kaolin of army, in retreat, destroyed tne same bridge, and it. jj m0 g CS /j n France,) except that its siliceous par- is said to have required t.ie pursuing aunv ol ad j q C HS arP mi ich finer and scarcelv visible, its colors the Allies, three weeks to re-construct it. j are said to be white and red. (Lit. S? Philos. Re- General Bernard accepted toe invitation of our i p er f Vm The color oftbe specimen tested bv Government, but his only from tne arc loves or | nie, was a fine white. Whether the locality of Ka- the Department of Engineers, that an adequate j Q ^j n on Green Briar Creek, he tlie same alluded to conception can he formed of the extent and vast > foregoing extract, I am not able to say: but importance ot his surveys, plans and estimates lor i j q highly probable tliat the Kaolin of which roads and public works, civil and mmlar*. i il '-J mv piece was a specimen, will be found equal in sickly coasts ot the Avuintic and tne fastnesses ot j q ua |gy t 0 an y j n the world. Professor Cleveland the Western wilds, the mountains of the Allegany, and the marshes ot Orleans, have been traversed by him and his able associates, with an eye to facilit ate internal commerce: and to cheapen national de- mentions but five or six Realms in the United States, besides the one in Georgia. Dr. Ramsey,an a soo -t biographical sketch giv- . _ 1 - „ , , /»• , i en of Dr. Alexander Garden of Charleston, in the fence. Except Ins illustrious and a tuched frieac, ■ volume of his history of South Carolina, has in- General Lafayette, perhaps no man livmjr has seen , scrtc(t the f n !:, nvin „ statement: “To extend his United States as General Bernard. somuen of the Uniton mates as oenerar cernaru. j /j) Tne time of his resitl mco amongst us, has been ; ^ an unbroken period, of ardent, conscientious, but quiet and efficient service; and s’uoi Id the great plans which he has designed, and will leave behind him, for strengthening and defending the Union of. Garden’s) knowledge in Natural History, he ■ accompanied James Glenn, Gov. of S. Carolina in j the year 1755, when he penetrated into the Indian country, and formed a treaty with the Cherokees in their mountains. In this expedition, Dr. Garden , _ .. , , ... , discovered an earth, which, upon a fair trial bv the these States, be consummated, they will serve m Ins j Mart y c1 urcrs at Worcester in Great Britain; was absence as monuments of glory to the name of a! To tlw fillcst porcelain that was ever one, who was esteemed and admired through all vi-| imiJw . tod q. om Im]in> Unfortunately, no precise cissitudes of party, and w.io never etrnyed l,lC j knowledge can be had of ihe spot where this valu- east vanity ot his own superior endowments;* ble earth was found. Hitherto no advantage has resulted from this discovery, though noldouff exists of its reality and importance.”—Ramsey's History General Bernard will carry with him, a more inti mate knowledge of our country, and its institutions, than any European living, save one, and though he j 0 f South Caroline. knows wy!l how to discriminate between the duties j Whether the Kaolin or porcelain clay, discover- j of the soldier and tae partisan, ive are sure that he i frr J))-. Garden during Gov. Glenn’s expedi- j will never be the willing instrument of despotism.' tion, be the same with Professor Cleveland’s local- Tlie advocates and administrators of any govern- J q y? or t }, at on Green Briar Creek, I am not able to ' ment, essentia'!*/ free, are but too fortunate, when , qptermine: though I conceive it quite possible, as 1 they can employ such men. j Columbia County, in 1755 if not actually inhabited . j by the Cherokee Indians, must have bordered very Department of State, Washington,Sth July, 1831. The following information has been officially re ceive!:, and is published lor tlie interest of Com merce generally: Consulate of the United States, Point-a Pder, Island of Gamlalonpe, 12th May, 4831. “I have the honor to inform you that the Gov ernor of this Island has opened the Ports 1o the I or- closely on their territory, and we are n t informed I what particular route Gov. Glenn pursued. Of ! one thing, however, I fuel satisfied, that •whether i th - locality on Green Briar he tlie same tliat Dr. Gar hn discovered or not, it will he found altogeth er equal to the specimen he sent to Europe. , It has for a long time Wen known that the best Chinese ware is manufactured from Kaolin, which is mostly aluminous earth. But ihe Kaolin from eign Commerce ty for any misconduct which the investigation may tmfold. The President directs me to inform you, that should any persons connectediwith the Government, be found implicated in having formed part of “a recruited force,” to engage in hostilities of any kind within the precincts of the Departments, or elsewhere within the District of Columbia; or in having armed and associated together, to the dis turbance and alarm of its peaceful citizens, he will £el it his duty, in addition to the penalties of the law, forthwith to dismiss the offenders from the public service. He directs me further, Sir, and in concision, to state that, from the enquiry he has made, your charges to that effect against the Act ing Secretary of War, and others, do not appear to be founded in fact; and that he cannot but as- <jribe them to a reliance on false statements or Vague surmises, or to tlie workings of an over-ex ited imagination. 1 ana, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, N. P. TRIST. |?amtjil D. Ingham, Esq. Pm/Iahton, Bucks county, Pentu MR* CALHOUN. We observe that the opinions of the Vice-Presi- dent, in refference to what is called “nullification,” are a subject of much speculation, and that some of the public journals have called on him to explain what they are. We are satisfied that there has been on his part, no attempt to conceal or disguise his sentiments, on thk ? or any other subject infer- fsting to the public: and that whatever doubts may be felt in relation to them in any quarter, have pat originated in airy act of H?, but may be traced Columbia county, seems to he so finely united with first of June next, to the J silex in its composition, as to render nnv addition Petunze, for manufacturing it into porct lain veare,, unnecessary. I Ware almost as good as that from China, is now ' of Sugars, with no other export duty hut whatis j manufactured pretty extensively in France, and* paid by the French commerce. I take the liberty • especially at Sevres, where the ware made is more j to enclose herein, the newspapers in which that law j beautiful than any in Europe. | has been published.” It ri not probable that the facts I have given, can j be of any immediate utility; but I concluded, that i it would he Well for their existence to lie generally | known, tliat In the event any French porcelain manufacturer should he disposed hereafter to con duct his trade in orr country, he will readily know where to obtain the very best material in the great est abundance. Respectfully yours. A. JONES. From Paulson’s {T’/i'uMphiaj Advertiser. A visit to Rittenhouse Square, and then to Wash ington Square, will convince any one of the effica cy of tobacco water, in destroying caterpillars and i insects. The former is almost stripped of its foliage, while the latter not only retains its full por tion of leaves, but these are of a deep healthy hue- The Gardener, Mr. Gillespie, was engaged, this morning, in the operation of throwing that infusion, by a hand engine, upon the trees opposite the Pres byterian Church, and by that means brought down innumerable caterpillars, many of which dropped dead, and few survived over fifteen minutes. The expergnent is cheap, and could not fail to be useful ly employed in orchards, fruit and flower gardens. One hundred weight of tobacco stems, costing but three dollars, will make enough liquor for eve ry infested tree in the whole square, and a few hun dred weight will be sufficient for the season. For a mere trifle, every gentleman who values the trees before his house, or in his garden, may nave them protected and invigorated by tliis simple applica tion. C. St. Locis, June 28. The Indian disturbance—Our latest news from Rock Island is, that about 1500 of the mounted militia of Illinois, were within twenty miles of tliat station on Thursday last: that the regular troops were in garrison, aw r aiting their arrival, and that thea Hie natter weald be brought to as iasue.— [COMMUNICATED FOR THE ATHENIAN.] Jackson County, July 12, 1831. Mr. Share—Sir: As you were good enough sometime ago to notice in your paper bv twelve pound turnips, you may if you please notice my equally productive wheat. I sowed on tlie 15th of October last, three quarts of a beautiful white, wheat, which has been very recently introducedin- to our state, and on the 15th of June following, I cut it, and have since thrashed, cleaned, and meas ured seventeen and a half bushels of its net product; ! one bushel of which, weighed 68 pounds. From this experiment, I have not the smallest doubt but what I can cause the same kind of wheat to yield ten bushels per quart. Is this not enough, Sir, to convince every planter that he cultivates too much land. I am very respectful! v, yours, &c. JOSEPH 3. SINGLETON. A sppcimen of the wheat mentioned above, may be seen at this office* En.. Ath. THE GOLD MINES.—As the Gold Mines in the Cherokee country, are an exceedingly valuable pari of the domain of the State, the people should scrutinize, with watchful foresight, and intense anx iety, the policy pursued by the government, for their appropriation or distribution. It is now ut terly improbable, that, during the present year, the Cherokee lands will be disposed of, under the lot tery act of eighteen hundred and thirty: and that act, in all its provisions, will be open to amendment, or repeal, by the next Legislature: and will he sub ject to the direct and open, and to the indirect and secret, influence of the Executive. The number of gold mines, on the lands at pre sent occupied by the Cherokees, is unascertained, and the amount of wealth hidden in the bosoms of these mines, is conjectural: but it is known, that their number is large, and that they contain a vast store of the precious metal. Without pretending i to make a close calculation, we think our informa- j tion authorizes us safely to say, that there are at j least one thousand gold mines, in the Cherokee coun- try. As our citizens are generally aware of the value of these mines, and of their existence over a large portion of this region, it is probable that, it they are disposed of by lottery, very lew of them will be sold by the fortunate drawers, unless for high prices. Jn some instances, individuals may, by. speculation, become the owners of several mines: while on the other hand, it will often happen, tnat single mines will be held in partnership, by several persons. If these mines shall be distributed by lot tery, agreeably to the provisions of the act of "eigh teen hundred and thirty, we believe we are safe in calculating, that they will he held by al least one j thousand individuals, or heads of families. j What a delightful picture of comfort, and com- j petence, and wealth, is here presented! \Y ho are to he these favored children of fortune? On .he lot tery system, they will be the children of tne State. On this fair plan* for the equal distribution of the ample and splendid patrimony of the people, no ci- tizen, no child of a citizen, will be excluded on ac count of his obscurity, or of his poverty, or of his indebtedness. It will carry jov and prosperity into the mansions of want and sorrow. One man, pos sessing, perhaps, a lew slaves, and a wasted tract of land, tods hard through the year, to obtain a scantv subsistence for his family. If the seasons are adverse, even tliis he is unable to accomplish: he is in constant danger of being stripped of his little estate, to satisfy the claims of creditors. Ano ther, who has no estate, by incessant labour as an overseer or mechanic, by a life of constant sell-de nial and hardship, by submitting to a depi ivation of almost all the pleasures which gladden existence, is barely able to keep his head above water, and to procure the necessaries of life. Another, in conse quence of misfortune, perhaps of imprudence, is weighed down by debts which he is unable to pav; has lost the equal rights of a freeman; and in the land of liberty, isenduringa most humiliating bond age. To such men, (and there are many such,) a lottery of gold mines, is like the joyous return of the year of jubilee to the ancient Jews; it carries to the saddened heart, the hope of redemption from poverty and degradation. Let one of these men draw a gold mine, and the cloud of misfortune is instahtly dispelled; and a cheering sun shines upon the path, which leads him to independence, and comfort, and wealth, and honors. Governor G !- mer seems to believe, tliat such a change in his con dition, would be his misfortune: that “prodigality is the usual result of riches suddenly and easily ob tained.” We should regard it, as a most joyful re volution in the fortunes of a poor man, or of anv man, who is possessed of only a small estate. By this revolution, by this fortunate draw, his debts are paid, Iris anxieties are banished, his independ ence is established; comforts springup around him, as if bv the power of magic; his wife, no longer compelled to waste herstrengh, and to destrov her constitution, in laborious drudgery, may now enjoy the comforts and pleasures of life; his"children, no longer doomed to grow up in ignorance, may now receive the benefits of an enlarged education; and the husband and the father, while he daily regales his eyes, with the beautiful and splendid sight of the precious*nineral, that he is extracting from the bowels of the earth, has the solid satisfaction, of seeing and feeling, that he is rapidly building up a fortune for his family. Such, under a lottery of the gold mines, is the new-born happiness, that would enlighten the dwel lings, and cheer the hearts, of a thousand families in Georgia; a happiness not to be confined to any one class of our people, but which will be scattered, with a bountiful broad-cast, over the whole popula tion! The interests of the government should never be separated from the interests of the citizen: and the best mode of building up public institutions, is, first to establish, on solid foundations, the prosperity of the people. But what is the policy recommended by Govern or Gilmer? He would dry up, at the fountain, all these abundant sources of individual prosperity; he would not permit this flood of illimitable wealth, to be poured into the laps of a happy people; this glorious, golden stream must be emptied into the vaults ot tlie State House; this noble river, whose waters, if not confined, might spread life, and glee, and happiness over the land, is, by a forced channel, to be disembogued into theocean—Cen tral Bank. So great value is contained in a small space, that the facility of concealment, and the richness of the prize, hold out very strong temptations to embez zlcment, in working the mines: and the most watch ful private owner finds it almost impossible to pro tect his golden wealth from incessant spoliations. If the government should retain to itself, an extend ed region, abounding in this precious metal, w*ho can set bounds to the vast and endless embezzle ments, that would follow? It would require an ar my of overseers, and other salaried agents, to se cure the State mines, and the extracted mineral, from the hands of the plunderer. And who will guaranty the integrity of all these overseers, and * We do not entirely approve of the plan of dis tribution that has been adopted; as we believe, that *>me classes of persons are improperly excluded from a draw. other agents? Who 5s to watch them so closely, to prevent fraud and embezzlement? The wealth, which' would thus be slipped into tlie hands of a portion of the people, would be the temptation ta dishonesty, and the reward of its per pet i-lion. According to an existing law of tlie State, all of its superfluous wealth is to be poared into the Cen tral Bank—and then mark! how -unequal would be the distribution of those incalculable treasures, which are the equal right, and the joint property, of all the l -eople cfftlre State. From tlie regulations of the Cen* tral Bank, from the very nature of banks, it rt suits, that none can obtaiii loans, butthose who are able to offer moneyed indorsers; and these regulations fur ther require, that the borrower shall exhibit vai> ous vouchers, from clerks and other officers, to shew that he is a man of property. Exceptions will sometimes be made, from favoritism, or from mis take; but in general, he who is poor, and necessi tous, and distressed, will in vain apply for a loan of a small part of that wealth, of which he is, by right* a part oicner. His rich neighbour may borrow from this bank, at six per cent, to lend to him at twenty- five per cent. When his property is exposed to sale, under the hammer of the Sheriff, he may see . it purchased- by his rich neighbour, with money drawn from the'Central Bank—from that fund, to which he has an equal rfoht, but in which he is afe lowed no share, because ne is poor. An ocean—Central Bank, filled to overflowing, by a vast flood of gold from the mines, would cre^ ate a prodigious increase to the patronage of the government. It would give to the governor, tlie means of exercising, thro 5 bank directors appoint ted by him, a corrupting and dangerous influence in every county of the State. In hundreds, pes* haps thousands of instances, it would enable the governor and,his agents, to silence the opposition, and to corftroul the votes, , of the debtors of the bank, and those necessitous persons, whose distress- es might be relieved by a timely loan. What a field is hereby opened, for bribery, direct and indi rect! Who can calculate the subserviency to power, and political apostacy, which it would produce? We are far from believing, that Gov. Gilmer waa influenced by any other than patriotic motives, in recommending that the gold mines should be reser ved to the State: but his recommendation would better become a prime minister of the debased, and debasing despotism of Spain, than a chief magis>» trate of republican Georgia: it is unfriendly to tlie • private happiness of the people, and is repleto with danger to their political liberties. The Text of the Journal, and its After.- thought.—It seems, that we have stimulated the genius of our neighbours of the Journal: Tliat wc have excited them to a defence, more plausible than the impotent attempt, which we exposed in a pre ceding number. But this shifting of the ground, this new defence, appears to us, to be an after thought. It will not bear examination; and it con firms tlie charge which we made. In language somewhat at variance with the delicacy and deco rum, of which the Journal vaunts, it abuses us for garbling and misrepresenting its statements. This charge we meet with promptitude; for we despise the low artifice, of misrepresenting an opponent: and we shall never intentionally be guilty of the fact. We fairly stated, what we sincerely believed to be, the meaning of the Journal: we were great* Iv surprized at the charge of misrepresentation: .and after a careful re-exaraination of the Text, we still conscientiously believe, that in our article refer red to, we have given the plain, simple, and obvi? ous import of its language. As a parallel to tlie manner in which we have quoted the Text of the Journal, our neighbours put together two passages, taken from different parts of the Bible, and on subjects having no connection with each other. The passages are, “Judas went and hanged himself—go thou, and do likewise.** They say, that our mode of quoting the Text is, as if, from that other passage, “the fool hath said fo in his heart, there is no God,” we should expunge the first member; and thus prove from the Scrip tures, that there is no God. That our readers may judge, whether we have garbled, or misrepresented the Text, we now give it, entire. ]from the JOFRVAt.J GOVERNOR^ ELECTION. “At no time, since the independence of this count rf, has the choice of public officers been of such importance. •o the prosperity of Georgia, and will exercise such an in fluence in the march of tlie government, Morover, in ‘lie -•lioice of public officers, at the present crisis, are involv ed the political principles which hav.* guided the govern ment in the administration of public affairs, since the year 1799. It is evident that a struggle now exists between, democratic and federal principles; between the consolida^ :on of the States, and the independence and sovereignty f the States; between free governments, based off tho genuine principles of democracy, and an aristocracy who are"endeavouring to subvert the federal and Stare govern ments, as they now exist, tliat they might establish one. more energetic, and in which those at the h* ad .f it will : 'e certain of holding power by another ta ■ t< hat- tbft will of the p& pie. In this struggle, the wealthy, the of fice-holders and office-hunters, the manufacturers, and the priviled'gedclasses, are battling on one side, while the per* pie—the hard working classes, on the other, are endea; voring to preserve the public institutions of the country from violation and even from total destruction. Is it"not important that we should have public officers who will go with the people in opposition to capitalists, manufac turers, bank stock holders and office hunters? Is it not iraa port ant that we should have men in public offices who will “die in th* last diteff’ before they witness the trir umph of princip’es which must subvert the government of the country, and liberties of the people? These remarks are applicable to the United States, and to foe State of Georgia, at the present time. For these thirty years past this Sta .e has been struggling for her most essential rights with the federal government—By the energy of those into whose hands the executive de partment of the government was confided, and by tlio proper measure adopted by the legislature, the State ha* the prospect of having all her grievances redressed, ail her rights acknowledged, and all her just demands upon die federal government complied with and finally settled. Is it not important to have at the head of our executive department, a man who will bring to a happy issue thos* desirable objects? Besides, the principles which a ma jority of the people profess, have to oe- maintained in their ascendency and pttrity. The principles of demoo* racy, tlie principles which placed Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson, in the presidential chair, have to be supported. And they will not be supported, if wo choose for chief magistrate of die State, a man who may be opposed to those principles; who does not acknowb edge the independence and sovereignty of the Stated Can we be triumphant in the struggle, if we choose a * man for Governor, who believes in the constitutionality of the tariff of 1828; who believes the power of internal improvement by the federal government to have been ir» cidentally granted by the federal constitution; and whe believes that the Cherokees have certain sovereign rights independent of the State of Georgia? At this crisis we must have men at the head of our fed eral ar.d State governments who, from the time they fust entered a political life, have been consistent, undeviating, firm, and rigid, in their principles—in their honesty, and and in their attachment to the public institutions of the country. No changeling will suit the times; no timid politician can defend and maintain the rights of the State, invaded, as they have been, by the federal government^ no political weathercock can be the ardent advocate or the principles of’98; no friend of Mr. Calhoun, and id. latitudinarian principles, can wage a successful wa»" agai st the capitalists and manufacturers of the north, j against the coalesced powers of Clay, Adams, Webster, 1 and Calhoun; aUd against the advocates of restriction* and prohibition, scattered over all the States. And no man who follows the track of Mr. Calhoun, and wishes him to be President of the United States, instead of An drew Jucksoti, is fit to be the Governor of a republican State, and can contribute in rescuing the South front] the oppression under which she is laboring at the preset?! time. p f These remarks, however desolutory they may be, fro©] tbe textw* stag«t *•«* «N*]rs «y** to