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gratitude?) (lie Constituiioo was at length zens adopted in each and every one of the States. Wuat a Moral Revolution then ensued!— Order emerged from chaos, Light sprang out oi Darkness, National Dishonor gave way to Na tional Fame, and misery and poverty were suc ceeded by active enterprize, successiul indus try, and goueral prosperity. Forty-two years Itava since passed by in the most troublous a of modern times. The civi ized world has been conversed, kingdoms and republics have tottered to their fall, and many of the fairest regions of the Earth have been drenched with blood, impiously poured forth in civil strife; while our favored country has njoyed one un intcruptcd tranquility, offering an Asylum to the persecuted and afflicted of every land, ad vancing with steady step in the arts', literature improvement, wealth nndp pulation,.exhibiting a glorious proof of the capacity of man for self- government, aud presenting to the eye ol the philanthropist,a spectacle on which it coulddwell witli ever new delight. True it is, tiiat our in ternal peace was onco threatened by insur rectionary movements in some of the Western counties in Pennsylvania; but the wisdom of the National Executive, and the prompt patri otism of our citizen soldiers, put down the In- sturrcction—and put it dowm without the shed ding of one drop ol blood. True it is, tiiat tlie struggles of contending parties on questions of In ternal and external Policy have been not on ly animated aud ardent, but even violent and excessive yet the spirit of our free Institutions has been preserved inviolate; the will ot tho majority expressed under the sanctions and in the lornis of the Constitutions, settled all con troversies; the bands of fraternal affection re mained unsevored; and these very conflicts, like the storms wetcli pass harmlessly over our heads, have purified and invigorated our polit ical atmosphere. Public credit, once so de pressed tiiat it could not command a dollar to meet the most urgent demands of justice, has arisen to au eminence and attained a stability, which leaves literally nothing to be wished fon Tho entire Revolutionary Debt, and the debt incurred in the course of the short and only war we have since had, are paid off, or on tho very eve of extinction, and before another year passes by wo shall exhibit a spectacle; almost unknown among civilized governments at this day, of a People who owe nothing.— Our commerce is spread over every sea—no foreign standard usurps authority in our land— and not only command the free navigation of the Mississippi, but nre the undisputed propri etors of tho immense regions through which that flood rolls its waters to tho Ocean. Once so low there was none to do us reverence, and now there is no Potentate, no Prince nor Peo ple which docs uot respect our rights or is in different to our friendship. The American name is now a passport of honor in every land, and the American Flag—the s^nie old stripes which our veteran soldiers followed through many a long day of doubt'and danger—is now the proud emblem of American glory, and in sures security and protection to all over whom it waves its folds.' . . . And we are invited to forego these blessings, and to joopard this Constitution for soiuo un known, some hypothetical state of greater per fection. My friends, the man who can talk calmly of the secession of one of the States oi this Confederacy, and of a dismemberment of this Union, has a stouter heart and firmer nerves than I lay claim to. It is impossible to contemplate iho possibility ofonr being biokcn up into petty sovereignties^ and the shameful and detestable consequences which would prob ably follow, without horror. All former sym- pathics forgotten “of joint counsels and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and suc cesses”—no further interests or property in tho contest of Bunker’s Il ill or King’s Moun tain, of Trenton, Guilford, or Eutaw, in the triumphs of Saratoga' and York Town, and in the victories on the Bro id Blue Water, of Truxton, Preble, Hull, Decatur and Blakely —annoying each other with vexations regula tions of trade by sea and land, or desolating each other with border wars, tlie result of jeal ous rivalries, exasperated by foroigli in'rigues —keeping up expansive and oppressive milita ry establishments; and, like the miserable re publics ofSoutb America, too imbecile to ob tain respect abroad or enf rcc obedience at home, the alternate sport and plunder of rapa cious chieftains—a mork, a mark, and a scorn for tho foes of freedom throughout tho world, falling at length a prey to despots and oligarchs within our borders, or sinking into the state of humble allies to foreign protectors, and submis sive slaves to foreign masters! When the children of Israel had acquired possession of the land long promised to their Fathers, and Fnl rested from their wanderings, and from tho wars round about them, their venerable leader assembled the tribes at Shechem, and addresses them thus:—“If it seems evil to you to servo tho Lord, choose yo this day whom yc will serve—whether the Gods which your lathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or tho Gods ol the Aineritcs in whose land ye dwell.” Fellow citizens, a similar question, for less important indeed, but still a similar and a momentous question, is put to us. Our answer, 1 trust is ready. We will not serve tlie dominion which our fathers served beyond the ocean, for we have long since tried nn 1 renounced it. Neither will wc serve tho new political idols of nullificati >n, secession end disunion—they command not onr rever ence, and attract not our affections. Each and even- of us like the Patriarch of old is ready to exclaim—For me and my house, wo will cleave to our glorious Union, to our time-tried Constitution, to our country and its institutions as they arc. But it may well be asked, have not our brethren of South Carolina, have not the Peo ple of this State, grave and well founded caus es of complaint against th.- tariff system of tlie General Government—tiiat system of extrav agant encouragement to Manufactures, to tho detriment of the other purstiits of industry ?— And are not these of a kind to justify vigorous efforts at redress? Be it so. What is the pro- civi? extent and pressure of these mischiefs, I stop not to inquire. They have unquestiona bly l.ecn grosslyand ridiculously’ exaggerated —out still I admit them to be mischiefs—if y ou plea*", serious mischiefs. Such certainly L (lie general sentiment of the Southern sec tion of tne U. States, and such the deliberate every section of tlie Union. But! unpretending as they always are, and indispos what then ? M ast itny remedy which is prapos- ed to obtrude themselves upon public notice ed he adopted,uowevi r empirical or desperate 11 have, under a strong sense of duty, so general May not the proffered cure be worse than the disease 1 Do you expect a condition exempt from every inconvenience, and are we to re sort to revolution whenever this extravagant expectation is disappointed, and we cannot have all things as we wish, and as we believe they ought to be. If, as individuals, wc are conscious of frequodt departures in our own conduct the course which our best interests demand, can we hope that, as a conirtiumly, wc shall never blunder ? Do ire exnect that there are to be errors in legislation, no devia- ations from true policy ?—Wc have erred be fore, often and seriously erred. What were then our remedies ? What wo then ascer tained to bo eflicatious, time, fair discussion, and enlightened public opinion, may be now safely trusted in, in tho confidence that the}’ will accomplisu for us the same results. There is a redeeming spirit in a well-informed, ly come forward to declare their unshaken ad ho «ion to the integrity of our great confederated Republic. They may .disapprove the Tariff much, but they love the Union more. -They differ—and it is the privelege of freemen differ, and their duty firmly and constsitutiori- ally to declare this difference—on several ques lions ef great National importance, They may not concur in the selection of those to whom they would confide the management of teir national concerns. But when that “unity of government which’constitutes Americans one People” is endangered—when peril menaces “that main Pillar in the edifice oflndependence the support of tranquility atJiome, of Peace a- broad, of Safety, Prosperity and Liberty,” then all differences are laid aside aud forgotten Then.they come forward as.one man. Then they have but one voice, (and from the bottom of my heart, and in tho sincerity of my soul, well-meaning and free people; kept together join with) and that voice is, the Country the lit/ nn ortiriAnt c.n’i.'tl t.rjiilli/flliiin. whirl). 1111- i Wllrtln riniintpv mirl n.itliinir huf fli*» Pnnntrvv less you exasperate their passions to the des truction of their judgment, is safe—not indeed to save them from error—but to rescue them from the consequences of errors before they become^ fatal. If we can shew this system to be; as wc ullege, unequal, unjust and impol itic; arid a taxation of-the many for the ad vantage of the few; an oppressive impost oil Gl-old lottery Frizes, drawn up to Apnl 15. Bibb—E Griffin 546 2 3; W II Gregory 703" i 3; S Lodifer. &53 12 1; John Parks 1162 14 1 U L \. light 4077 2 4; G 11 Taylor 31“ 22; Win A Kitputnck 430.17 3; KobtJ Carter 619.19 2, Titos J lVJ’CJeskey 26ii 17 2; W 11 Cay 8i9-4 1; any thing like this case, it were a a libel on Csm.odOlo X; Wui Wilder &1 5 HA Brady the American People, aud a tfedsori against 295 3 3; Duuou Inviu J212173; John Davis 545 WipubBcari principles, to doubt the result. Wc must riot be surprised that our arguments have not operated instantaneous conviction for not only may they h ive been less concltt sive than partial estimate represents them but they may have been urged with an appearance of arrogance and dogmatism, with an assump tioa of superior intelligence, which renders plain people indisposed to allow them due weight; Of liaVe been accompanied with avow ed distrust of the honesty of their purpose, which must render a just and self-respecting people in dignam pad un wiling to be convinced. Some of oar most admired efforts may nave been’oo can ed forcommon apprehension, andleadingto such practical results; as to awaken a suspicion that there must be some fallacy in the elaborate lo gic: and above all, too many of the attempts to operate conviction, have been rendered worse than ineffectual by a tone of invective and of menace, never to be used towards free men. Time too, must be allowed for the cor rection of erroneous notions of public policy that have been long and extensively entertain ed, and it is especially incumbent or. us—the Southern section of the United States—-to al low time for the correction of those errors on the subject of Protecting Duties, which bu* for our most distinguished politicians, probably never would have influenced the action of the Government. Nor is this reliance on our old and accustomed remedies, and this hope of re lief from them, warranted solely by past expe rience. They are justified by the demonstra tions of the day. Already have Important and beneficial alterations been made in the system of which we complain, not onty affording im mediate relief, but indicative of a favorable change in public sentiment. At this moment, and with these prospects, to' rash from iricon vcniericc into Revolution; to tty from tempo rary ill to l isting ruin; would seenr to mo not guilt only, but maduess, Resolved then, as we are to abide by our Union, whatever desperate and regretted course may bo taken by others, and prepared to announce that determination to tlie other States of the Confederacy. I trust tha't we shall forbear from even intimating an opinion of tlie measures proper to be adopted in this emergency by those who are appointed to take care that the republic shall sustain no detriment. Tlie crisis is one which eminently demands all their prudence, moderation and firmness. It is for them to view the whole ground, to weigh well the dangers of rashness, on the one hand, and of pusilanimity on the other; and to unite conciliation with dignity, forbearance with de cision, and affection for .the citizen with the su premacy of the Law. It would be rash in us to obtrude on them onr crude suggestions. Theirs is the right to judge and the power to act, and it were unjust to presume tiiat they will be re creants to their duty'. Nor let it be supposed that this declaration of our sentiments, to which if is hoped that our resolutions" \v 11 be confined, is without-its use. Did I think so, no consideration could have tempted me, retired is I am, and as I hope to remain, from political strife to join with you in this meeting, much 1 -ss to accept of the station to which your partiality has called me. It is among the innumerable advantages of our fed eral associatiori;‘that the tribunal of public o- pinion is extended tlirouehoiit pur land.’ _ Free communities are unavoidably exposed t5 strong occasional excitements, and it is fortunate when th se excitements rage in one State, that those around, to which the fever has hot yet been communicated, can, in a tone—not of authority nor dictation but of the most friendly and fra ternal affection—intimato error, and warn gainst mischief. It cannot well be but that our excited brethren—(for brethren they yet are, and brethren I pray they tdby long remain) —even in tho midst of that fever hy which they are misled, may bo induced to pause. iri their career, when they perceive that their neighbors, who think and feel with them on the subject of their discontents, utterly reject the course to which they threaten to resort. It may bring oh reflection, may win them over to more "enient councils, and may gradually, and al most imperceptibly influence them to a prefer ence of more temperate measures They now regard themselves as 'eading the van in a con flict fora common cause, confident of the anim ating cheers of those for whom they have seize I tlm post of danger, and sure, if there be need, of being sustained by the more efficient support of their associates. It is right to undeceive them and when the delusion is disp died, pas sion may yicrid to the sway of reason and may yet be right. It is due also, to the Councils of the Nation, placed as they are, in a situations responsible, that they should accurately know tl.e despotism of North Carolina at this critical moment. it* 2, Tiias » Lewis 37 18 2; G Davis 41 i-7 2; Philip Thomas 233 1 4; Japthu Chumbles 484 J 4: C Butler of Twiggs 1166 2 2; J A Gisint 493 13 4; 3coU Cray 714 4 3; Thus Moseley J80 18 Bulls—S Walker 170 102; Jas O-Pcoplesorp 1927 4 I; J M D iioml 38 164; riamucl B King iubti lit i; D Siougi'tiiil 69 1 4; Jacob F Mayo 635 1 3; John F tines ! 135 J; 1’ Potter 91220 3; J Liltwicks orps 758 12 1; Jas Sumuers633132; l> Jackson 6oU 12 1; S Edwards 583 2 3; ftlar- tha Stephens w 7c5 5 1; A A Conger637 17 2. Canipuitl—N a thl fluff 301 17 it; Tandy Hardy I0a6 2 1; J 11 fiiichamib iOl 152; Aluihias Bates 55 20 3; J llulliugtoii 234 17 2. CoiDtla—Joliu P Henry 302 13 In; Jas Rey nolds 472 2 1; S Rowland 548 2 4; Rich Sewell 834 20 3; 1 Harris 962 1J l; Geo Harris 383 17 2; S t'earinun 1238 19 3; T J G Clark 28 3 1; Francis Pend w 923 162; Wm G Ryan 4G0.15 1; Thos M’Cieudou 47217 3; S Wyatt 117 152; D Howard 226 4 3; J English 41(117 2. Crawford—J Cuiverhorse 186 4 3; Geo Par mer 2U4 1 4; A Merritt 498 2 3; Jas M Harper 248 2 1; E Folsom 51 15 1; Jas M’Ncsse 1U00 io 2; Jos Floy 1040 17 3; 11 Smith 865 21 3; J Halcber443h3; David Files 1077 J2 J; Jacob Futtge827 4 1; Thos lluwdi 888 182; Thomas Aiu^ou 739 3 2; il Pervis 321 19 2; E Most . 529 16 4; F llaniisou 624 31; Thos W Glover oo0 i 2; S 6nderwood, w 201 4 I; 43 Coiriuian Uer 774 6 l, Jas Motion 515 2 4. ■t'uyette—Cuas Whaley 146 16 2; Abel Ham mack Oo3 1 4; Jas L Head 792 21 2; Win Luns ford 2/7 12; Jos Caveuder 135 4 3: T J Niclioh 3o9 20 3; J ilaufea sr 1140 2 I; Billie Akin 703 3 4; W ui Gilliland sr 097 17 3; S Bland 998 3 1; if Lritteuden orp 1002 2 4; J KindaU 490 13 1 Jas Kirkley 034 3 2; J Elder 1250 2 2; It Bar row 186 3 I; Jas Hunter 410 1(32; A W Moulde 44 Id 2. Henry—E W Lackey 3 3 2; E Smith 771 5 1 E Crawt'ord 50 J 2; li Collins 959 18 2; Wm IVeever 723 19 3; A Shepherd 615 3 2; James Airier 204 15 2; B B Buhanou 216 17 2; Win Pickins459 1 2; Elix Edwards w 432 3; If liud- umu 375 2 J; E Tatum 855 4 3; II Nichols 684 i8 2; \\ in II VVyau 69D 4' 1; L Morgan 1199 18 3; J Pittman 735 3 4; R Sappington sr 182 2 3; iv Chance 799 18 2; It W toniitii 702 2 1; Sami PeCK 9 15 1; Thos N Harris 1132 4 J; John S Hunt 905 111; Sami Jloore 533.14 1; P Smith 5-321 3; A Farrar J4->21 3; Jesse Johnson 469 tl 1; It Sappulgton’sr It of f 340 2 1; C Stewart 9082 4; J liusiaiu 79315 2; 1 Carter of Butts loo 21 3; J iiaruett 280 16 4; Jos Inglish 447 J Thus Fincher 634 5 1; Rabt Long 1106 14 I Basset Pate 395 1 4; Jas Ozburu 29 i I; Wni BeckOoa 14 J; J S Mitchell 414 111;.E .M Cal laway 601 3 3; Johii Connell. 55 131; J It In gram 02521; 1 P Wyatt 136 4 1: P 12. J;tcks_on lOou Zl 2; Jieuj Turner 485 15 2; Wm Dodson 275 15.1; E Davis 569 3 4; J T Bcstniu 76 18 2; i»euj Stegall 758 213; John Morris22 3 2; Robt Burniveli 33115 2. H-'.tiilon—lesae Al xon93l 20 3; Daniel Clarks orps 73921 2; J Murray 375 4 1;. P Thompson 84 1/3; .ii limm 17 3; N Scarborough 425 J Taylor iOo9 5 I; A Simpson 976 15 2; Tuos Hammock 998 17 2; S Peacock orp333 17 3; Enoch itigoy 752 20 3; S Chanife 972 3 3; Wright aim!ms 348 4 1; Thomas Allcu 740 2 2. Junes—E Ormstiy 505 14 1; C Whitman 594 3 2; N Morns 37o 1 3 W Jouuiau 312 16 2j Wm S Jones «07 2 2; H Bentley 399 14 1; R fMoiv 11 O Neats orps 862 2 4; U Moore 1273 3 3; J F bridges 8GJ 17 3; G W Gill 1045 11 1; D .isv’an 92 3 1; J Barron w 552 45 2; Mark Cobb 525 19 2; L ivheelus537 5 i; Jas W Alsohrooks 769 16 2; Gitlis Wright 626 51; Beimet Bell 239 2.4; John James ooU 18 3; Johii M’Brydes oqis 467 , -4 1; Alien M’Acai 968152; Wm T Woodall 675 2 2- li Dui can 1205 3 4; U Mauldin w 944 21 3; L Blanks I0o6421. Monroe—Wm Harmon 527" 3 1; E Staridlcy. 372 Id 2; W ui M Kenny 787 3 4; E I’eun sr J@34 2 3; T W illiams 530 1 4; S Denis 952 19 2; W Title 11136 152; Junes Uoss 1076 3 3: Elisha D Britt 888 4 3; Wm Pairiilge jr26i)32; W S Pago 605 22; W Hilliard 334'3 I; W'm Straffing* 1015 21 3; 11 H Bewles338 1 4; H Greer 693 21 2; 3 J Brewer 2692 2; Kieuder Huntyv 333 1 1; Wal ker Fitis 495 1 4; J Moigau 442 5 If If Pogul 460 2 4; John Uidle 475 4 3; Wm Stephens 291 16 2; Robt Taylor 1062 2 3; G It Harper 10492 3; Kotit Tucker jr 655 42 1; Durdnn Hill 180'21 3; A Siniui 445 1 4; Solomon Seat 1263 21 3: Win Stallings 373 I 2; L Buckner 561 J; A Pon -=5» '§gsr > ^jji 53L ^ GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24, 1833: Yesterday lieiug the Anniversary of tho Macon Volunteers, ivas celebrated by that fine corps hi an appropriate maimer The Company parade and wcut through various evolutions; and au Address was delivered {>$ Lieut. Se\ mour on .the occasion. In tlie evening a splendid Ball was given at tho Central Hotel, ia honor of the day. By the farlSre of ouoof the Banks in Augusta, it wiy be conjectured, tiiat it is not altogether in the location of a hanking institution oil which its success or failuredepeuds—but that a loo^e Way of doing business, at Augusta as well as at other places, cannot ofteii succeed. What the loss will be by this failure, cannot wo suppose, be known. W'e have hc'irg various opinions with respect lo the amount of the bills out—ilia most common one is, that it enuuot be less than $' 0“,- 00U! We trust, those planters aud others who woro induced by misrepresentations to withdraw their business ffrfai liucon aud go ‘.‘where the money was good,” will not any longer neglect the advantages of this market. We have reason to believe, the Banks at present doing business in Macon, are in a£ solvent a condition as any in the State. “The News.” priuted at Washington iu this State, comes to us this week considerably enlarg ed. and ih 5 uew dress. The enterprising editor deserves the patronage which it is hoped ho will receive. THE GEORGIA REMEDY.—W r e call yhe attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mess.s. D. R. Perry & Co. iff this paper; Ttie*e enterprising gentlemen have resorted to the true Georgia principle, wherewith to coupteract the Tariff policy. Instead of “biting the fie," with which the North is endeavoring to rasp us into toothpicks, they have taken it into their hands, and are using it to their own advantage. Had Georgia adopted the remedy sooner, sire would have now bceu immensely better oil—thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars (hat go au nualiytothe North for nil sorts of notions, would have beeu retained at home—our farms and plan latiuns would riot have been worn out for nothing —our villages instead of being iu a state of decay aud depopulation, would have been improving- cotton would be \\ orth making, and laud worth cultivating.—as produce would fiud a ready mar ket. But unfortunately fertile country, it suited the views of Southern politicinus to bile tuc file rather than to work with it—aud, if they hav, broken their teeth iu the trial, they have uonc to thank but themselves. They may attempt to connect the counties into districts in such a manner as to increase the strength of «>ue party.-aud to diminish that of tlie other, in the legislature. But a party which, ill arranging the representation, should bo governed by the ambition io acquire or To preserve au ^ascen dancy in the state, w ould lie guilty of injustice toward its opponent; and of a breach ol trust to- wards-tbe people. If, iu order to reduce the numbers of the legislature, it shall bo. found tie cessary to divide the state into district", lo be composed of two or-inore counties, it is due to tho people, tiiat this now organization should lie so made, as lo secure to them the most t onveu- ieut, fair, and full representation, which shall becompntibie witli the reduced size ol the gener al assembly. A different course, wiitcft should look merely to the advantage .of a particular par ty, migl't gratify.heated partizaus; but it. would bo disapproved by the more discreet, and virtu ous citizens. ..... . * 'There is reason to believe, that the Lnion par ty will have a Jtihjority iu the • convention ; aud we think tbrii we may bo peniutlcd to congratu late tlw country on this fortunate eveut. 'That party has shown so much public virtjte; it has been so prompt to discard its most popular mem bers, when they ceased to act on the principles which it approves; ithasbean so candid aud lib eral iu its Support of those of its opponents, whose public acts it has behoved to be wish and patriotic; it lias so fearlessly perilled its own in terests, in its uohle struggle to preserve tlie coun try from the daggers of disunion ; that we arc sure it will make a disinterested-and virtuous use of tao power which it snail wield in the conven tion. W"c are coutldeiit that it will continue to act on the same print-jples; and that, regardless of their own peculiar interests, its members will enter on the great work of reduction, with ,i strict, and houqrable impartiality, aud with a swadlast purpose to render et-en handed justice lo evtJry portion of the people. .May harmony preside iu their councils! Anti may their doffberatious be so directed, as to advance the prosperity of the State l—Fed. Union. The Merchants’ & Planters’ Bank of this place stopped payment on Saturday last. The copse qneuces of this to the holders of its bills, cannot now be accurately kUo.wri. Several sums have since been sold at 50 crints on a dollar; bu' the affairs of the Bank are not yet sufficiently known to determine whether the purchaser or the seller has the best bargain, so far as speculation is con cerned. Those who kuy.the bills to pay their own notes in Bank, will.probably make more than those who sell such as they-liad received iu the regular eoursc of Uade. The Bank it is thought will witit,1 up and make a final close of its busi ness.—Augusta Gazette„ A Post Office is established at Flat Shoals, Pike couiity, of which Johii Carswell Esq. is Post Master. - .. - FOR THE GEORGIA TEIiEGRATH. Mr. Editor—As the Convention of the State of Georgia is soon lo meet, public attention is beginning to be turued towards it aud its antici pated iriovetntuts. 'The first thing tltoy will have to do, will be to elect a Tresidc-m; and as this is a responsible station, and one of great impor tance to the operations of the Convention,, and at tho same time one very laborious to till, if is proper that a man every way qualified should be selected. Judge Crawford has been spoken of for this office; but with all the respect which his great talents and euiiueut public services entitle him to, 1 would ass if it would riot he requiring too much of Air. Crawford, at fits advanced age, to desire him to discharge the laborious duties of President of tho Convention ? All tho honor tho otlico could confer, would add uulhiug to ihe fauic of Judge Crawford—attd the ardu- oirsness of the duties might seriously impair his health. Permit me therefore to suggest the name of Judge Wayne, for ttiat office. No one c.m be better qualified ilian he, either as respects phy&i- al or nieulal abilities; aud 1 venture to say, the election of no one would give more satisfaction to the people. , TALBOT. We understand ihpt tho late fresh ip our river has done more damage oil the plantations below this place, than was ever done by any previous fresh ever re.eollec’ed. Our friends iti Beach island have be Ml great sufferers; some most val uable lands have beeu so cut up aud covered with sand, as almost entirely, to ruin thf.m. We are sorry to say that from the conversations we have had with some of the planters there, that the in jury they have sustained has been extensively se rious aud unparallelled. ib CHOLERA IN.HAVANA. New Orleans April 5. By the arrival yesterday of-the Clement in seven days from Havana, wc have frightful accounts of the ravages of thh Cholera. Letters vary In stating tho extent of the. mortality— Some rating it at SOIfeand others at 600, TOO, and 800 per day! These accounts however, shocking as they are, do not exh.bif a destruc tion of (V|inian fife in Havana, equal io tho loss in this qity during the late prevalence of the cholera here.—We mean, in proportion to the number of inhabitants; New Orleans, at- the time alluded to, contained a population of not more than 40,000, and lost 300 per day 5—Ha vana contains, (city and suburbs) 180,4100, and loses 600 or 800 per day—the proportion here was much greater. RE TUB NS of the late elections to the r vention, as far as yet received. ° A/ding—Quinns, Studifmt. Baldwin—Park, Fort, Jourdau. Bibb—Cone. Bartlett. Ellis. Bryan—Bacon, Starr. Bullock—Cone, Denmark. Burke Kv:iiis, Byne, Lawson, Butts—Lindsey, Hendricks. Speak lJU ’ Camden—Clark. Ward. M’lntosh. ’ Cuss—Irwin. Espy. Campbell—Irwin, McCoy. Thompson. Carroll—fepnnger, Bowen, Af'air. Chatham—Wayne, Jackson, Daniel, Chari^ Cheroace—latte. Lumpkin. " ° a ‘ Clarke—Paine, Hull, Ligon. Genrdine Columbia—Lamar, Crawford, Itanuev M Craven. .. Coiwtn—rKenan, Griffin, Thompson. Crawford—Crowell, Montfort, Garrett. JDelvulb—Murphy, Mays, Dobbs, Ezzai-d Decatur-Ray. Sims, Moore. Dooly—Key, Roberts. Early— Vilson, Huson. Effingham—Powers, Waldbanr. El’wrt—White, Oliver. T--te, Thon.psia. Emanud—Swain. 1 aniel. Forsyth—riams, Martin. Floyd—lames Hemphill. P v \V. -Hemphill Franlclin—Anderson, Martin, Farmer, Alorr- Gilmcr—Quillian, Bnmlstr. Glynn—Stewart, King, Cooper. Greene—Porter, Lewis, Foster, Dawson. Gwinnett—Park, Worthy, .Strickland, Williams Habersham—Wofford, Chastain, Holcombe .-'Blair. Hall—-Underwood, Sims’, Garrison, Clnrkt Wilson, y , Hjincoch— Crawford, Sayre, Holsey, Terrel!. Harris—Barnes, Wellborn, Jones. * Heard—Wafer, Livingstone. Henry—Clark, Sellers, Johnson, Bond. Houston—Wellborn, Felly, Lawson, A!or»an. Irwin—Slone, \\ aiker. Jackson—Thomas, Bowen, Singleton, Sion. Jasper—S. Crane, Freeman, R. Jourdan. £ Y. Hill. .1 eferson—Holt, Connelly, Wigfcnm. Junes—Moughon, Gray, Loivtfier, Jourdao. Laurens—iiisekshear. McCall, Allen. L.ee—Lewis Hbitai A. Holliday. • Liberty—Walthour, Flemming, West. Loicndes—Knight, Smith. Lumpkin—Ala this, Parker. Madison—Adair, Groves, Pittman. Meriwether—Tignor, Hall, Kendall. McIntosh—Hand, Dunham, Hood. Monroe—Pope, 1 AVootau, Watson.--3 others tie. Montgomery— Bryan, McKea. Morgan—Stokes. \\ ittic-h, Jones, Nisbit. Muscogee—Watson, Camp, Iverson. Newton—Buckie, Perry, 'Trammel, Crawford, Oglethorpe—Crawford, Gdiner, Cox, Youu*. Paulding—U all! all, McBride. Pike—Adams, Neal, Mangum. Fuftia&K—Brace well; Denuard, Taylor. Putnam—Branham, Hudson, Cooper, Cham bers. ’ Rc.bun—Faris, Mosely, Coffee. BandoIplF— II a tn i I to n Henderson. Richmond—V. W aiker, J. T. King, Carter, Gould. •• Scrivtn—'f hos. Green, B- .Gret-n, Jones. isiewu't—Smith Disrqui-es. Sumter —Houghton, Little. .. .. B Taliaferro—Janes. Thompson, Johnson. Tattnall—Smith, Brew;ton. Talbot—Fleming, Ki!ey r Powell. Telfair—Rogers. Wilcox. Thnmds—Bl-u-kshcar, Scarborough, 51‘Iuiire. Troup—Hambletoii, Fannin, Bailey. Twiggs—Crocker, Welsh, Fort. Union—Grier, Chastain. Upeon -rSlurxes. Cox, Nolan. Wdltori—(Jrt.-hatn, Park, IIarris;AVeitingham. IVarren—Lockhart, Dennis,'Hill. Ryan. Washington Sessions, Brown, Tennille, ...Sctiley. Wayne—Harris, Robertson. Wilkes—rWootan. flay, Andrews, Kendrick. Wilkinson—Hall, Beall, Jones. opinion ol ipany ol the most intelligent citi-| for one I rejoice that the People of tin's State, tier 945 2 2; Chas Bassey 1165192; Sami Wil kin's 621 21 2; J Wootan 5741J i; Nathan Jones 494 4 |; Thos A Pratt 1233 11 l- G M‘Coys orp3 / 14 33; Geo G Wait 572 2 J; 'E Aliluer w Pike eo 125 l .J| Joel Norris227 4 1; Geo Turner 113 19 3; Jacktfon FlieJdt 23-1 14 1; Larkin Wil- son214 1 3; Jits Bentley 882 21 3; J Dmm 843 11 1; H Vaughan 264 3 4; II Begarley 832 1 4; J Brown Jd37 47 2; Wm A Samuells 8S6 2 2. Pike—It Beasley 1134 5 I; M Madddx 79 13 u, Kutliy Bums tv 724 .17 2; Jas Thornton 1144 5 I; it Bennett tv 76 21 2; 1> M‘Cfeudeu 9B5 14 1; \V llostei'558 15 2; 11 Williford 703 19 3; J Harper 779 3; G 11 Crenshaw 446 18 2; Geo •V Ham in ell 861 2 3; W J Milner 468 1 2; Thos Thrower 350 17 2; II Lassiter 1100 152; Wilson Coats 499 12 1; J Petirsou 206 13 I, P M‘Killer 748 2t> 3; J Buffington 201* 16 2. T AKES ihe least offensive methud in his power, to inform his friends and the public ;a he is obliged to discontinue giving credit.— i.io,e in hisd ht are requeued to make ptiytncut. April 24 30 34 JOHN SMITH. REDUCTION CONVENTION.—Returns of tho elections of delegates have been received from so largo a number of counties, as to give tho assurance, that the people ol the state will bo fully represented.iu tlie approaching conven tion ; and the n’ecplo have rcasou to look with deep interest to tho result of tfieir. deliberations, '"we may rely on the indications of -public ojrin- ■un a strong majority of these .representatives wiff.coucur iu the belief that each branch af the general assembly, as at present organized, is top numerous; nut perhaps .here.wilt be some dif ficulty and disseiitfon'm determining on the plau of reduction, lit arranging, this delicate subject, among the virtuous aud ami disinterested, there is ground for difference < f opinion ; and the per sonal, local, and party interests connected null it, will present many temptations to do wrong.— •Borne member* of tlie Convention ambitious of public honors, may feelpuclmed to oppose every plan, which wotdd seem to diminish their chances of obtuiuipg hereafter a seal iu ihe legislature ; while others, too partial, perhaps, to tlie wishes of the counties' which they may represent, too studious, perhaps, jjf popularity among tlieir im mediate constituents, may be disposed to resist every scheme which shall uot leave to their coun ties a certain, independent representation m each branch of the legislature. But whatever maybe tile opinions or inclinations of a portibu of the members on these points, a.(Majority of the dele- ales will feel, that individual arid uud local iu VIRGINIA. The elections in Virginia havetume'* on the right of Secession, not as a Constitution'll, but a Revolutionary right. Tin* Constitutioius assu med to be a compact by those who thus admit the right of withdrawing from it to be extra constitutional ami to justify war on the seceding Stste, but they couple with this admission the denial that the penalties of treason are incurred, if the attempt to secede should fail, by tlie cit izens of the seceding State. The controversy which would thence arise, it is taken for grant ed, to be like* an ordinary w r between iudepen- destt nations arising out of a bl each of contract. This modification of the doctrine that a State libs’ tho constitutional. right to secede, sets out with fin apparent denial of (hat right, but brings us back to tlie vetyri principle which includes all tlio.^iipstanti/il mischiefs, of that doctrine— to wit: That-the Constitution has no more binding obligation than an ordinary treaty, and docs - not establish a government. If then, the United States should be engaged in a wa'f with France or England, and in the midst of such war, South Carolina of any other State should secede, “adhering to the enemies of the Union, and giving them aid and comfort,” this would not be treason, although it is con ceded that the States have entered into a compact by which they have agreed to efine ' tf-cason United GEORGIA AND TIIE CHEROKEE?. Prom the Washington t.lobe. Air. Chester it seems, hasjfiuught fit to respoml to the iiu.mymbus falsehood which has received countenance from the nullifying press, in Geor gia, the object of which is to get up a belief tiiat the Cfierokees will now revive their pretentions, nmlcr the hope of obtaining a sanction from them through the powers conferred by the late Collec tion Bill. The expectation that the Executive will exert power iu contravention of his own inter pretation of the Constitution aud his oath to sup port it, is uot less preposterous, than the reports are false, which are circulated with regard to th* coursez>f:lhe Attorney who managed the cases cf the Missionaries and some others connected with the Cherokee question. The aim of the Georgia uullifiers, in conjuring up false alarms on this subject, is to produce an excitement and obtain political effect from.it, throwing tho State into 'ho h inds of the agitators, ;is has bceu the case i South Carolina. From the 'Cincinnati Daily Gazelle. Mr: Hammond: A friend has put into my hands the New York Courier & Enquirer, of the iUth March, containing a leuer from “The Spy iu Washington,” in which is this paragraph:— “As soon as this bid of abominations had be* come a law, Mr. Chester, the attorney of the CAcrokt ts, p.fceived that it afforded to his clients aud his friends, the means of bringing their case before the Supreme Court. He immediately, ss stated in my former letter, notified the VVarMiu- i->ter, that the character of their negociation inuJ be chanced. Ho said that the holds which she A letter frdrff Washington City relates the following anecdote. Mr. Clay is often sportive and amusing. Tlie terests ought uot to be preferred to the public wel fare. 'These errors to *hicli we have referred, will be the errors of a minority ; aud they may therefore be overruled. Although they may cause dissension add embarrassment, they canuot tri umph. But there ia h more formidable danger to be feared. In an assembly convened for the pur pose of distributing political power, the majority will be exposed to a strong temptation to grasp it unjust advantages to themselves. They may tope, by a dextrous arrangement of the coun ties, to increase and perpetuate their power.— Cheroktes claimed, were worth twenty millions ol dollars; but that they would transfer them for to bo “adhering to tho enemies of tlie I1|l ffi° lls - ft is understood, that the gover*- Statcs, giving them attf arid comfort.” ] “ent b^o offered them mortlhnn half this sum \r si ^ • • • i• • *, -< woicn tooT irave.iefused to accept, preferioz Verily.these Virginians are in politics the Dun an|)L .„ ho the Su e Court for a decis.oS on Scotuses of tne age.—Southern Pat, tot. their case. TJie Cherokees have left this city without concluding a treaty. Previous to lbs passage of this law, a treaty mfeht have been formed, and the Indian title to the contested lands extinguished for a small amount.’* . , . ,, - Although a matter of little importance to my- otlier day, during tho debate on the Revenue . self personally 1 am unwilling that my ««* Collection Bill, Mr. Wilkins, whose hair is gray, ' should be connected with a statement so entirely and whose person is slender,said ‘he was young groundless. The.only matter in tho above itw and stout, and deemed now the best time to tation in which the “Spy” seems to have been for tunate enough to gain correct information is t‘ ie fact that the “Cherokees had left the city with out concluding a treaty.” 1 am not, aud hav# not been, the Attorney of the Cherokees, except in defending some two or three of ibeir ciliscu. 3 * who were brought to Lawrenceviiie, Geo. uinlet tu-rest. I was the attorney of the Missionari** Messrs. Worcester and Butler, and not of «b» Cherokee nation—though certainly the rights ft the Cherokees were involved in tlie issue m 3 ”® up between the 8;ate pf Georgia and my cliepty I dt(| not, and cannot now perceive ihat xrbai the “Spy” calls the “Enforcing Bill,” gives to t! |fl Cherokees any new means of bringing ihfir cost before the Supreme t ourt( 1 gave no notice arinfo ,k nation to “the War Minister,” ',‘that the chsract ter of their negotiation must be changed, *P ! none was pending or expected, whpn 1 was t# the city. Wtien the Bill passed, T was on , way to my residence in this place. Nor did 1 i er say or dream, that the lands ofthe CherobeM j were worth ••twenty millions oi doll irs,” or h® 1 j that stun, nor do 1 belieye and i have abuoda T | settle the spirit. of nullification. He did not wish to leave if to posterity—and was willing to share his part ol’the clanger.’ Soon after he attempted to read a part of the South Carolina Ordinance, but. his’ eve-sight not being very good lie apologised lor the omission. Mr. Clay in a low voice, but heard all over the Cham ber, immediately taking offhis spectacle's, said with an arch look,, take these my young friend.’ The effect was ludicrous. Every body laugh d, and Mr. Wilkins enjoyed the joke as well as the rest of us.” William Fitzwilliam, Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the richest men in England, dit-d on the 11th ol I-eh. last, in the eighty-filth year ol his age. He is succeeded bv his eldest son Lord Milton, who has been, for several years, one ol the Whig leaders in the House ot Commons, HM