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MLSCELL VNi :OUS.
From the Ann York TracelUr,
littractsfrom /A* Diary of mr Physician.
THE FLSilEKMAN.
When 1 have passed tlirongh the Fish Mar
mot fif St. Catharine, had seen the speckled
Train, thesfreaked I):«ss,'Jor the Shad, often,
ffnd of.on huve I thought, iip\V many life have
hccu devoured by nieit c;l share, and how ma-
n0np.tii's huvo 'Heeh swaiiowaiJ by fish at sou..
Muring orl this interesting* and .philosophical
point, olid dark evening in November, 1 was
abruptly accosted by a little urtfliiu, with—'Oh!
D ’ttor, corns with me, Doctor!' I suppose ho
knew I whs a Doctor by my spectacles. ..All'
Doctors two alike in spectacles, grace looks
and same other physical appearances.
‘I do not.intend to deny the accuracy of your
portrait, my friend,’ said I, ‘but pray, as 1 am
a Doctor, what is y/Kur business .with my pro
fession 1’ ~ '
‘Oh! Doctor, my father ii-very sick;—will
von not come t» him? We almost fear lie wii
become insane!’ . ' ' *
As there is no time to be lost in such cases,
I hastened on with my conductor to the inval
id’s chamber. At the door I met liis wife,
who told me her husband was'a fisherman—
that ho was usually in excellent-health, but not
then—that ever since one day in last summer,
when he joined a A'Chgwdcr party,' and foil a
sleep after dinner on tiie sands, ho had been
•so uneasy and so full of pain, that ho had cn
joyod nuitiicr sleep nor rest ever since.
•Pray, what arc Ids symptoms?’
‘IIo scums to waste away daily and hourly
in spite of all the nourishment ho takes, for his
appetite is insatiable. I began to fancy he was
troubled with worms.’
‘Worms, my dear lady, if lie continues so,
he’s iikaly to become the diet of worms.' ,
‘So I thought, Doctor; but I didn’t know
how to cook' them’.’
‘Minium’—
‘Will you walk i;i and see bitty Doctor?’
The poor man lay stretched upon his bed,
with the implements of his trade about him.
Ilis window curtains were Ginned of his super-
aauutcd nets, whilst a disabled boat hook formed
the curtain rod bn which they hung. Ills Li
brary was a solitary volume of Izu.uk Walton,
while brokeil lines, rusted hooks, served ns
decora.ions for his mantel piece.
‘Hoiv long is It since you were first taken
ill?’
•Some two months and upwards.’
‘Had you taken any tiling likely to disagree
with you V'
•None ; I ate only fish—and what should a
man'eat but fish? Isn’t it the best food .in the
'vorld ?’ /- _
‘Did you take nothing after dinner?'
‘1 took nothing but sleep !, I laid down on
tho warm sand, with a rock for my pillow, and
fell into a sound and dreaming sleep.
given it, and with some degree of trouble and j house of Mr. Savrc at a very early hour pick-
danger, I drew out a huge fat Eel, ol" which erf Up a bundle of dotbia* faefori '
tiiere can bo but one opinion concerning hs lje
iugthc identical rcdlizaJon of his Serpent swal
lowing dream, while he "slept open mouthed, on
the sands cf the Sound. .When tuiliciently rc-
c wared to know what had occurred, though on the" floor, "iviiSdi To"traced “to‘ihe
his door,
which had probably been' dropped by the pris
oner, wle ch Jed him to examie more particular
ly, when .going to the barn, lie found a light
still horning in the lantern, and the blood up-
stili dncouscious of its good qr ill—ho ruiher
raved than called out.
‘What have ydti done with it? .give it me
back—give it me back.”
.His frantic exclamations to have it restored
to its jtfrijrin*! p!-*co, though it displeased,, did
not surprise mo ; 1 Iniyp known some, who, af
ter having a hugp wen removed from their
her.ds, never could tool reconciled* to its ab
sconce, but stopped their liaiyls four inches,
nearly, before they rcachccUhcir head, expect
ing there to touch the accustomed promonto-
ry. ' .
‘Givo it me again,’ exclaimed the poor suf
ferer—‘you shall not take it from me. I will,
I will have it!’.
I turned over in tny.mj/id -a)l the" alterna
tives that presented themselves:—to refuse
him might drive <him iuto madness—to ^com
ply would have been to doom him to the fate
I had taken sucli pains to save him from;—
what was to he done ? but one plan remained—
I immediately bade his wife kill and prepare
the Eel for cooking—she did so—the tisli was
TRIAL OF CLOUGH.
2’o the Euilois of the Philadelphia Gazette.
Mount Holly, X. J. May SO.
nicely broiled, and when he rnvedfor it again j a! ^j^ IS 1,1 Jl bus
it was given him:—he eagerly devoured it with q UeiICC of ,| ie a'.moachiug tri<ll „
heap; in slightly turning oft’ which the bodies
of Mr. Sa vro and his wife were discovered as
before stated.
The jewels of Miss Sayre were picked up
on the r«>:ul near the Bottle Hilt, either thrown
away or accidently dropped by the murderer
in his flight;
It has since transpired from the confession
of the Swede, that the horse threw him on the
road and escaped. The horse has since been
found, and near the place where it is supposed
lie was thrown, a small hag containing sonic
gold coin, which" it is presumed was left there
at the time of his fall. Our informant saw
him ironed,, in possession of the Sheriff, on his
wav tfr (ho prised, at Alorrisiowii.
Mr. Sayre was formerly pi respectable mer
From the Pennsylvanian.
DEATH OF JOHN RANDOLPH ESQ.
OF ROANOAKE.
li John Randolph of lloanoaJce is no more,
lie died yesterday about twelve o’clock, at the
City Hote 1 . The excitement in Chesnut street,
when the melancholy fact became known, can
be imagined—not described.
‘‘Thus has departed at the advanced age of
sixty-one years, one of tiie most extraordinary
men that perhaps ever appeared in the world.
Whatever feelings, whatever enmities, whatev
er hostilities, and whatever prejudices may
have existed towards him when living, they are
all buried in the same grave in which his ashes
will be consigned to their long repose. The
generation that survives and all that’follow will
only remember bis excellencies, for lie bad ma
ny—his virtues, and they were not few—his
unrivalled genius—his unequalled eloquence—
his wit, .fhat-neveF ifeaiiicd but in the most
Uriljirmt light—and his learning; that irradiated
his' whole converse, society, -and intercourse.
Ho -was a statesmua—a philosopher—a phy-
pect—it was indeed the last throw of the die—
but it was a throw into eternity—not to Eng
land. We have all to travel the same journey,
and make the same throw. \\ ith John Ran
dolph dies the wizard power that wielded the
political imagination ot Virginia.
chant of the citv of New York, of the firm qf. lanthropist—>i»oi of the dav—not of party—but
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Sayre & Toler.
the extremist gusto—became quiet where he
had lately been so disturbed—and thus was
this poor sufferingWretch relieved for his mis
ery, and his valuable life preserved—with a
h'ooJi
tie
story, iu conse
nt' Joel Clough,
n ’sx.
t)9 .‘U/ V,-t-ad-V-afc,
the state which it is
chisc. were the
same thi
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, iUNfc 12. 1833..
for mankind—for after ages. It is a remark
able coincidence that his soul should take its
last flight in the same city in which he made his
first debut in the councils of his country. „
“Mr. Randolph became a member of the
House of Representatives abdiit the time when
Mr. Jefferson carno into power. He was then
voting man, but■ his appearance was cfveii
lor the inucdor ft Sirs. Hamilton, at Bordeutown.'. nmre juvenile than his years* • It is related of
DOMESTIC.
I
dreuni’t that a serpent came creeping along the
sand, and as I lay with my month open, I
might perchance have beeu snoring, crept down
my throat, and it seems to have remained with
mo ever since. Oil! that horrible serpent?
1 feel him twisting and twining about within
me, even now! Oh, for some mud, sonm'mud—
I want sumo mud ?’ *
‘Oil! dear Doctor’—said the poor wife—r‘he
is always crying out thus for mud!—don’t you
think it an odd sort of appetite, Doctor 1’
‘Is it not a very delicate one!’
*My poor man has always been so very fond
of fish that ho seemed to live upon it; do you
think it likely*, Doctor, that the bits of fish have
joined together again inside?’
‘Joined together !—let me sec—a thought
has just struck me—ho slept on the 1 sand von
say?’
‘lie did, Doctor.’
‘And has complained ever since of something
that disturbs his system?’
‘Yds Doctor!'
‘Can lie swallow a very large pill ?’
’Oil! yes indeed—his swallow is as large as
aft Ostrich!’
“Tis well—I have-now some hopes.’
It has often occurred to mo iii practice, that
tho very simplest is the most efficacious mode.
Alexander’s surgery in the case of the Gordian
Knot, has always impressed tpo with a partial
ity for natural opararions—and I accordingly
resolved on my plan in this affair by the very
plainest and mast simple method.
‘Give mo something to cat—something to
oat,’ exclaimed tho poor sufferer. I shall die
of hunger I feel tho gnawing here—boro—
Intro—oh ! my—o!i—oh—oh !’
The poor creature seemed inclined to be de
lirious—and as I required perfect composure
oa his part, for the operation I contemplated,
it became necessary to administer an opiate,
1 sulDcieutly potent to lull, but not destroy Ids
p.icoplionsHBfe^
I had previously noted that there were in the
room all the implements of the invalid’s trade,
whether it was in the wholesale way of business,
or in the retail of oinuscinfeht—from the load
ed sein to tho cork float and line.
Tho patient slept—or at least appeared com
posed.
Thoro was a small earthurn jar containing
genlles and other-ivonris known to, and used
by all anglers—with ono of these I baited a
email hook—then took some now bread—made
an incrustation with h round the hook, and
worm, and covered the whole with flour, that
should the poor creature have any. objections
to my plan of operation, he might be deceived
with the idea that he was only swallowing an
ordinary bolus,
Tha thi aline being fastened, and all things
prepared, I roused him just sufficiently to make
him swallow what he thought was merely a
pill,-and than watched with the most painful
anxiety its descent to tho level of its intended
operations.
With tho end of the line , twined
li:i r, 1 stood observing i
Y:tr nth^o anxiety th n tile most t
An.'Vr w itchos to tickle a fruit.
. nv uifive uid e.ccit <1 <
that I doubted iievcrth
. pr-r- ia led m \ It mov< d again—a little bot-
t r, but very f ii.t< still I stoo l over his open
tnwthxvitli sucli can? ns if^iwrrc my own life
&»• ?*»->, ! to save. It moved a<air>—
evjrf pofpoMy than beforo,—again—Jgai^and
ogTifo, Joti? 1 drew iaW part of tho line, as
tJ»O Jgh-so®c^sh-ha 1 Liken llw'tnit, then strove
40 dive away With i*. J i-ently dreW up mv
—it followed the impulse my hand hmj
round. my
ry motion-, with
iroiteh bred
Prom the New York Courier, May 13.
HORRID MURDER.
Tiie bodies of Samuel Sayre, Esq. and his
wife, who resided abon.*, a miie east of Morris
town, N. J., were ftymd about six o’clock, yes
terday mornine, buried beneath a heap of nia-
nuro in the harn yard ; and upon examination
ol the pvenffses, the colored servant woman
was rjso found dead in her bed in the attic ato-
of tho dwelling house, Mr. and Mrs.
Sayre had evidently bean ki led i; the biru, by
meins of a hatchat, which wisfo.i il with con
siderable blood upon it, there also being blood
upon the barn floor, which was traced to the
manure heap, where their .bodies were found
covere 1 up—their bodies being shockingly .cut
and mangled; Tiie servant woman had appa*t
rently been stabbed with some sharp pointed
instrument in the sidu of the bead, about tiie
temple, while laying asleep.' These constitu
ted a!! tha inmates of the house at the time of
die murder, with the exception of a Swiss labor
er, who had been employed by Mr. Sayre about
three weeks previously ; and not being found
about the premises at tho time the bodies were
dicovered, suspicion was immediately excited
that they had been murdered with a via*v to
plunder the house, and that the Swede labor
er was the monster who perpetrated the hor
rid crime.
Upon the examination of tho premises, their
suspicions were more than confirmed, when
they ascertained that the desks and drawers
had been broken open and rifled, and a favor
ite horse o! Mr. Sayre missing from the stable.
Infurmntion ol the murder was immediately
conveyed to Morristown, when fife whole of
that peaceful yillaga was thrown into conster
nation at the unexpected intelligence, and hun
dreds instantly volunteered to scoured the
country in pursuit of tho perpetrator—hand
hills were also struck off and circulated de
tailing tho murder and describing the person
of the laborer, several of which reached this ci
ty yesterday forenoon and were placed in the
hands of the police officers. Ho was pursued
jon the road towards this city, by Mr. Liidiow,
‘the sheriff of Morris county, and we are happy
to learn, was arrested about two o’clock in the
afternoon at a small tavern midway between
New Ark .and Jersey City, somctimfcs called
til- half way House, but more.generally known
as the “Musqnito Tavern.” When arrested,
a new suit of wearing apparel, belonging to
Mr. Sayre was found on his person, including
his hat, in which the owner’s name was written,
together with his gold watch and a considera
ble quantity of silver, which had been taken
out of the house. .
The person apprehended, whose name we
have oScn unable to learn, as we are informed
by a relative cf Mr. Sayre, had been only in
Ins employ about three weeks. He had been
seen qt Morristown as late as 9 o’clock on
Saturday night, and from the circumstanco of
Mr. Sayre, when found, having his boots oft;
which it was his usual custom to take off and
substitute slippers, after the labors of tho day,
it is presumable that ho was waiting up for
liis lah'irei' and was murdered immediately
upon his return home.
What cir'-umsiaiiccs lod Mr. Sayre to go to
th° barn, of course can* only, be known to the
perpetrator of the murder; but there is reason
Uu Tuesday the Grand Jury met, received their
charge from Chief Justice Horn blower, ami at
o the same afternoon came into court with a true
j bill against Clough. l!o was immediately taken
u ; from tho prison, to the court house, attended by
au immense concourse ol’straugers and citizens,
and placed at the bar. The indictment was read
to him by John White Attorney General for the
State, alter which the usnaljrjuestiph was inked
as to in* gujli or innocence, to winch he replied in
a faint voice, scarcely audible to half of those
present, “1 aiu not guilty.” The Court House,
as you way Well suppose," was crowded to suffo-
• auou liy those whom curiosity had drawn to the
spot. Clough w as dressed in a shit of deep black
loo well befitting his most unhappy situation , liis
appearance was pale and emaciatetl, no doubt
the co.iseq ieiice "of sleepless nights and .equally
hapless Hay s, yet his w hole demeanor during the
short time lie appeared iu court, was remarkably
proper, being modest,, yet manly, and free from
any trepidation whatever.
This unhappy vouug man w'as oulytwenty
eight years oiJ iu September last. lip. was bom
at Unity,.Cheshire county, New Hampshire, and
tis i a:n assured by those who ought to be well ac-
qnuiuted wilbliiip, frouiliis infancy down to his
present awful positidu, he has sustained a char
acter so free from blemish of any kind, that an o-
vt-rwheiniiug testimony to that cilvet will be e.\*
hibited to the jury. -
The'prisoner lure a mother living ia Orleans
county, Now York, upw sixty sis years old, iu a
very icebic aud iitiinh condition. A one of ids rc
latioiu are here to ait*‘ud the trial, as I under
stand he iias particularly desired tljoni not.to
come, exci-pi u be such whose testimony it was
desirable to obtain". Witnesses have.been suui-
moued 'froth several of the eastern states, many
from Easton, i’t-ua. aud othcis from great distan
ces. Nearly thirty will appear ou behalf of
Clough; for the prosecution uo ouc knows how
many, uolcss it be the prosecuting officers' them
selves, as the prisoner has not been furnished
with U licit of those who are to appear against
him, the liws of New Jersey uui affording such a
cheap and reasonable boon to any prisouvr ex
cept on his trial fur treason. The trial wilt Begin
by the selection of a jury tm Frjday. morning at
it) o’clock, and cannot bo concluded ,in much
less time tiiau four or five days. 1 am asstt:etL
that some unexpected testimony, calculated to.
interest tho public mind iu tl.c highest degree,
will bo drawn out in iho course of the investiga
tion.
•Mrs. Hamilton, tho victim, was about twenty
seven yearn old wheu killed. Sshe was the wid
ow of Dr. ilamiltou of Bar-Jcsitdivu, a practi
tioner of deserved respectability ju point oi" chir-
acter and talents, and brother to* a leading mem
ber of the New Jersey Bar. .She was also cou-
uecte'd with several most worthy families in your
city. TlioVe who were personally acquainted
with her reJccscnt-her as having possessed, ip a
superior decree, those gentle and indescribable
attractions of the sex, which will upaii and fas
cinate the heart—charms which, alas, too fre
quently entail misery ou their possessors aud tlicii
slaves. * . t
S Messrs. I- aac HazlcliufSt, and D. P. Brow n,
Esqrs. of Philadelphia, arc counsel for Clon-ii;
and (ho prosecution iiavo engaged, in .addition to
the Attorney Gcncinl, Samuel L. Southard, Esq.
aud Mr. Scott, of New Brunswick.
lor supposiug that his long delay induced Mrs.
Sayre to follow, as she was found with her
bonnet on, evidently murdered in tho same
place and in the same manner. They w*cre
both estimable people, nn;l formerly resided in
this city, whe're Mr. Sayre was much esteemed
as an honorable and respectable merchant.—
lie 'removed*to Morrisfown about eight or ten
years siuce, where his amenity of manners and
[probity of conduct secured for him tho respect
anti esteem of all who knew him.’ lie was a-
bout sixty years of age, and* his wife, who had
been suffering for several yearsTiurfcr a hard
ness of hearing, probably five or eight yearj
younger- They.have, left two children,’hot!/
of whom arc females now grown up, and fortu
nately from home at dip time of the melancho
ly occurrence, the younger having temporarily
left her parents only a few’days before, to at
tend the funeral of a deceased relative.' , •
The circumstances attending tho murder
It tunned to in i >ced a suspicion »hnt tho person nrrested,
11 , K - —- , faintly i who was jpnmediately taken toNew-arkjail, was
less what the last had j aided by an accomplice. It is also said, that
f!** horse Which had been taken from the sta-
bli? 1ms not yet been found, although a rumor, -
wav kt rircnlailoTf last' evening that a persoin ,no1 ’
!ia;l bec» arrcsteJ in Bergen woeds, with a
h'.iree supposed to be the oi»o in question. It
is more than probable however that the mur
der was effected by the prisoner, unaided by
any other person.
* 0«o of the neighbors happening to puss the
E READFUL ACCIDENT.
We copy tho following distressing portjcnlars
from tJicNe'v Orleans Courier:of ;he ".3th ult:—
Loss of the Steamer Lioness*—The steamer
Lioness, CapL Cockcrcllc, on her passage from
this place to Nachhochcs, tvns entirely destroy
ed by fire on the lUth inst. Sever.-tl live3 were
lost, Mint* whom \yas the Ron. Josirdi S. John
son, U. S. l&caator irom Cf:: - : “tkte," I*“ n E. D.
White, a Representative iu Congress, was badly
wounded. The tollowiug is the account of the
sad disaster, which tvas furnished to tin* editor of
the Bulletin, by the Clerk, who arrived here this
morning ia the steamer Huron.
.Tfib’steamboat Lioness, Wok L. CpckercHe
master, on ffer pass^tgc • frocT New Orleans to
Nafchitcches, to’ok'fiVe tvhen about 49antes above
Alexandria, on Red River, aud was entirely con
sumed* The lives of 15 or 16/individuals were
lost, and as many others were, more or less woun
ded. It occurred abouta o’clock iu the morning
of May 19, when but few bad left their berth?,
which accouiitsiu part for so many deaths.
lloiv the lire originated is, uot known; it is
supposed, however, to have been communicated
either by sparks from the furnace being drawn
down tli'c hatch, w"liich was open to get out a lot
of way freight, or. through the ho'6. for the fly
wheel of the engine, or.clsc from a sparkdrf the
candle used by the mate and men in the bold get
ting up freight which, being lodged in a crate, of
straw, or'cll. or other iiinterial, kindled so rapidly
as to defy their exertions to extinguish it, and iu
(fttempfing which they lost their lives, not hiiqjbfj
them getting out to give the alarm, or afterwards
to account forthe misfortune.
The boat and cargo went down near the mid
dle of the river, and arc entirely lost.
Much credit is duo to the iuh'nhit.iiits near the
spot, and at 1‘laisaince for th**ir kindness and hos
pitality to the wounded, and for their prompt as
sistance in saving those who were struggling for
life in the cur.-cut,for their kindness and hospital-
tv to the wounded, and- for their liberality and
friendship to .till the strangers thrown destitute a-
them, aud to the crew of the lost boat.
T. W. TWITCH ELL, Clerk,
jiao Orlta.i5, onboard S- 11. Huron May S4.
P. ts.—The melancholy disaster above occur
red from gunpowder, which blew up tho boat
froin tile fire iu the hold.
The stenth'toar.Huron, has arrivcnLiviih the
surviving passengers of the Lioness.
lilai that on being questioi.’ed by the. speaker
about his age. he replied in liis peculiar tone;
“ask my constituents.” Ho had been,' while
a young man, a warm politician at the Virrgin-
ia ,Court Houses and. hustings, and We remem
ber to have he »rd |him once give an account
of his visit to Poughkeepsie, to hoar tliede-
btrtss in fRc convention of New York, called
together to deliberate on accepting the con
stitution of 1787. •„ h y.J.
“Mr. Randolph took the republican side of
the question on his appearance -in Congress.
He at once attained u high rank as ; a deba
ter, and was appointed- Chairman to tiie most
important conimmiftee of writ's and means,
lie continued in this position for several years,
gave evidence of talent and originality, hut
occasionally showed au eccentricity that grad-
n,ally-cooled the admiration and friendship, of
Mr. Jefferson. * * * • s
“Mr. Randolph was, we believe, one of the
managers who conducted tho • proceedings in
relation.to Burr—-but we forget at this moment
tho exact complexion of Ins participation.
“It was during the second presidency of Mr.
Xefiurson, that Mr. Randolph withdrew his sup
port entirely froni that patriot’s administration.
Of this event Jie" was in the habit cf saying^
“when Mr. Jefferson made war on my tobacco;
1 made war on him.” He opposed the non-in-
tcrcoursc and embargo laws, and took the same
exceptions fo tliosc measures which New Eng
land did. ; , '
“During the whole of Mr. Madison’S admin
istration, and part of Mr. Monroe’s 3Ir. Ran
dolph eputiftued in opposition to the adminis
tration.. II is speeches were partly on record—
hut their spirit and beauty-no pen can record-
lie was .warmly opposed-to the late war, and
made many eloquent bursts against that popu
lar measure;
“On the chartering of the present United
States Bunk, he made a speech of great origin
ality in hostility to all banks. Ilis favorite ex
pression was, that the Constitution was a
“hard money Constitution”—but Congress was
making it “a paper money Constitution.”
. “Ilis last appearance in. Congress was dur
ing tiie sessions of 1828,29. The first session,
previous to the election of Gen. Jackson, he
used to speak every other day. We heard
him on almost every occasion ; and although
fie tfafs always erratic, he was always facinat-
ing—sometimes eloquent—never without point
—and occasionally beautiful, and severe to an
extreme degree. .
“Mr; Ran .olpii’s beau ideal of country was
“Old Virginia”—“good Old Virginia,—liis
patriotism was the love of the hills, the streams,
the rivers, the vales, and the blue mountains
Of bis loved Virginia. He has done more to
make Oiij “Old Dominion” tho idol the pride,
the whole world to Virginians, than all their
other public men put together. Virginia was
to liiur a sentiment—a feeling—a passion-—-n
mistress—a*lover—all that lie cared for,--and
all that he valued in life. Horses, society',
foreign travel and adventure occasionally call
ed forth his attention and his resources—but
all these occupations were merely interludes to
tho great drama of Virginian ascendency, which
perpetually haunted his imagination, and some
times reached his heart. There was no man
that could wield the popular enthusiasm of the
“Old Dominion” with tho wizard power that
John Randolph could. He was indeed capri
cious as a lover, and so was his mistress—but
on great emergencies they were always found
locked in each other’s arms. Ilis influence o-
ver his immediate constituents was unbounded.
“Do you intend to come to Congress again ?”
asked a gentlman of his immediate predecessor,
Judgo Bouldin. “I can’t tell—it depends
whether Mr. Randolph wants to run or not.”
“But wc must close this brio*’sketch of the
character _ of John Randolph ; a man that,
“take him for all in all,” shall not look upon
his like again during the present cen/ury. He
belongs not to the useful class of leading spirits;
Ilis region was mind—imagination—ornament
—eloquent. His intercourse in private socie
ty was fascinating as his public speaking. Be
was, however, taciturn and loquacious by fits
and starts. A full and accurate history of his
life and character would make one of the most
fascinating books that ever appeared on this
side of the atiantic.
“We understand that his remains will he
sent back to the forefathers. The Hon. John
S. Barbour of Virginia attended him in his dy
ing moments, and took measutes to have those
melancholy rites performed which the sad c-
ven:\cajk*d forth. The Hon. L. \V. Tazewell
is, we. believe, also here, or was here a day or
two age". A" couple.of hours before his death,
he talked and said lie felt as well as usual—
liis health - had, in fact, recovered. lie wrote
to Virginia for the pedigree of a horse. It
was but the flickering flame* blazin-. up for a
TIIE SEASON.
Very warm, uot to say hot weather, has suc
ceeded tho heavy rains early in May; the ther
mometer ranging at times as high as 91.
The season continues about as healthy as ordi
narily. The Scarlet Fever which prevailed to
sonie extent five or six Weeks ago, has entirely
disappeared in this state as far ds we can learn,
except in one or two neighborhoods; Some ca
ses of bowel complaint have occurred within the
circle' of oun-correspondence, but few have ter
minated fatally.
Wheat crops, notwithstanding the injury by
rust, are tolerable. Oats and com are promis
ing.- Cotton, n good deal injured by the rains of
last month. Vegetables are plenty, aud earlier
tlian usual. We u ere shown several fine roast
ing cars on tile,4th. Frui t begins to come iu.
P. S. ;V fine rain was bad on Sunday; aud
the air siuce has been more comfortable.
now attempted to di;^,
rere the laws- abolished ; or which is nJ
ing, were there no ollicers to carry t jj ’*
iuto effect ? It wouid be in the same sium^
was before oitr.laws wercextcudedorcrit— a *’
dezvous for outlaws and desperatloesofev Cl -. rei1 '
lor and nation. This of itself is a stron^ -^ C °*
nient in favor of giving every county, htnr
sparse its population maybe, au equal
in the Senate. It is expedient to have the ^
ritory organized into counties; and it i s Ue ° ^ Cf '
ry for the protection of all, that the rights of ea t
should be protected. a
We have sccn,ipublished in the .Recorder, aud
republished in other Anti-RodiuMtou'nevrspapers,
sundry tables contrasting several of the Senatori
al Districts, as respects tho number of voters, the
number of representative population,- ahd the
fiumber of free white persons—by which it ap?
pears, that grqat jucq/t i'iity exists in the numeri
cal strength of the districts; aud au attempt is
thereby made, to throw odiufti Upon the Conven
tion as the authors of such inequality.
’That the Senate, under the proposed amend
ments, will represeut the people in ibe aggregate
equally, is not couteuded for by any one. The
Senate of this state, like that of tiie United States
has always represented cotmmmitics, or corpo
rate bodied, and not people: The smallest
couqjy in the state having the same influence iu
the Seitato as tiie largest. As, in the U. St Se
nate the .little, stato of Dele ware has as many
votes as the great* state of-Ncw York. Whether
this plan is the most equitable that could bo a
dopted we shall not undertake to say. v It- is.the
plan that has beeu sanctioned by the fathers of
tho government, has been found convenient in
practice, and has become familiar aud popular
by usage. So’it -will be seen that whuff ver errors
the territorial basis, as it is called, may have,
they cannot be attributed to the late Convention.
In putting two.sqqntjcq together .to form a dist
rict, without, regard to size or population, they ac
ted upon the principle long established and ap
proved, that every comity great or small,, rich or
poor, should stnnd upon tho same footing ic the
Senate.
This plan may have its inconveniences, but it
also has its advantages. Evc-y county has a
good deal of local business, which cannot he so
well understood by a member residing out of the
c.ouuty. Every county-has ils Academy, and
every Senator is a member of the Sennlus Aca-
demicus. Non if four or five counties were for
med into a district, and ilicsc counties 40 or 60
miles square, what time would a Senator have
between his election aud his meetiug at the Cap
itol, to asccriain the wishes of Ins constituents,
much less the siuiatiou of the schools amt acade
mies, jn his.district, whic/l he is obliged to’com-
municate to flic legislature ? v
The people iu their aggregate capacity have
little to do iu the legislature. It is as communi
ties, corporations, or counties, that they feel the
most interest. They vote by counties, aud by
cofintiesthey wish to be represented..
Even the plan proposed by the minority,'""adop
ted tho same principal of territorial basis, only*
differing from that of tho majority in the she of
the districts—it providing for putting t/iree coun
ties together, instead of two.
Though the District composed of ITnll and
Jackson may have a larger population, or pay a
greater tax than tho district composed of Ware
and Lowndes, yet ia point of territory the Tatter
district ii the largest. And as it is impossible to
have the districts precisely equal every way, let
the disadvantage one labors under in one respect
be made up by its advantages in another respect.
Though Morgan atid Putn-un have a representa
tive population of I2,S96, it is compacted upon a
territory of only’ about fifty square miles. While
Ware aud Lowndes with which they are coutras-
tc:T, have a • representative population of 3,492,
scattered oVcr a territory of444 square 'miles!
-THE GOVERNOR.
The Georgia Journal slays: :* >•
“The present Governor has bcerf very i en rff,|
dealt with. One reason why thp pl-esses or "
ed to him have been so light and sparin'* i„ ! ,f [’
animadversions,.nay he a reluctance iu fault f\'
ding, at a-time teni when it could do uo .i’
thCre being uo other candidate, and the pc V’
therefore having no choice. Whatever may
beeu the cause of this forbearance it has n*ibtJ‘
for want of occasions. There is uo scircitvolt
materials for criticism.” ’ ■ °"
This is nil very kind in thp opposk-fcu prcs< c .
forwhich kindness his excellency is 159 doubt a.
bitn'datitiy grati fill. Now, with due rduect,
should argue, that if there has been “no search,
of materials f»r criticism,” there has also been ,*
lack of disposition to use them. Aud from; 1
great ado that is made upon small occasion^ R ,
should opine that more palpable ones were war.
ting. If the Gbvernor has been dealt lenient!,
with by his opponents, pray who are dealt hard!,
with? The kind of leniency they have showi
is that which the hyena shows lori^rds a join* of
mutton.. .Its spirit may he seen hi the files
most of the opposition papers. But what nut
bc'considered outrageous iff one, maybe geatle-
manly in another. The Fox boasted of his | ea .
ieney, iu permitting tho Stork to withdraw/,<;
i neck from between his jaws, where she had mth
to feniove'fhe hoiicthat was sticking in bis throat
• - . REDUCTION. ■: :
Oar opjionents long evinced a flfimingzeal j ;
tho cause of reduction. Besides puinerousejj.
tdrials, aud other newspaper dhchssious, il :?T
made a great parade- iw county nfc^tings, in sp.
pointing a central.com.mhtee and in getting up.
nfOde best-suited to their own views. Theyap-
■ peared’ to think, that power was iu ‘their bands
to lie used atrheir pleasure, and for their tenefit;
fergetting th.it thy; w hole people must be consul
ted, and that their plans would be rejected, tin-
less approved by a lii'ajority of the whole people.
Exulting in" the ‘belief, that they bad" ranged
themselves on tiie popular side, they fSproatbeil
us with backwardness .in the cause, and iosiuna
ted, that we were secretly opposed to._r«*doetira.
Burilie scene is now’ chauged. A convention of
delegates., fairly* elected by the people, has beet
held; tejs schemas rtf."our oppoucuts have bctu
rejected; tlieif favorite projects liave hrouglt l»
them no accessioiis offpoftulariiy, or power; and
in the bitterness of'tfn-ir ijisapp'ointincut, they
censure, aun deffmmqe, ajid. revile the majority oi
the delegates of liie people. When, with heal-
long-zeal, aud tis the exclusive fiieuds^f^eilcc-
tion! they were ilcmauding a couvenU ’h,.they
shonliMi ivc eonsi.lered, that in such a body they
■night fii d themselves iu a minority, and sh-Tuld
have prepared their miijfls to render a deceutre
spect to ilie will of the majority. Should a n:i-
joritv of'the people sanction *he scheme reera-
mended to them by a majority of their delegate!,
will our opponents revile the pcffplo also ? IT3
they be content with uo reduction, unless oa
tern^ which they in ay be permitted to preserve
to tho people ?
We »Iso, cari'jestlv desired a reduction iu tits
inemhers of the Legislature^ but we apprehemi-
ed. that any attemottn aceotnplish this interest
ehanete, would throw opposing prfjndte,
aud feelings, and wishes, and interests, into tic
lent conflict with each other: and fear of tiieuc-
happy.disseniiotis which might thus be generate!
to agitate our Slate, at a period‘fit which buss
already too much embroiled; chucked the aski:
we ipiglit have felt in the. call of a convention-—
3Ve confess with gratitude, "that 'our fears bwt
tot been realized"to auv great extent. A fef
number of tlte delegates, aware of tho iWrctt
character of the difficult duty whu-h shcyh.nl nu-
•ort-ikeu, brought to the discharge of the aru’ntw
and responsible task, minds fortified raid dera
ted by the virtues of candor and forbearance—
I’hev were not so visTouarv as to aim tit theoicte
cal-perfection, Where it Was not attainable; tfiet
shunned the foilv of driving any abstract priw>
"■ to riu iilcouveuhni’f, or injurious'" cxtresic.
th virtuous feelings, and strong practical
use, they have matured a se-bome of redncM
opted, in its modifications fo .the diversified^"
•o.sts of the different pnrmnf the Stale;
to rin iiicouveoienf, or injurious extre* 11 '
with virtuous feelings', and strong practical gow
sense, they have matured a scheme of redocMi
ad
tcrest. I
wlrieh. w;e believe,” dill he approved by a tot 1
majority of the people. Tins - plan reoiires w
expense of legislation more, than one tliirJ.
is founded on principles of generous conee 5 ’ 1 '
atid magnanimous forbearance on the part of t
strong, of enlightened justice, and of pure h
m'ocrncy. It vicfds fin southern principle, i-'** 57 '
arils rip southern interests.
An examination of the objections which - ! ’
been urged against this system will show, t--
thoy are eutirciy destitute of solidity.—Fed 11®*"
CWaro" and Lowndes, 4-14 qs
£Mor^atymfd Pututim 5U ‘
5 Appling arid Tattnall 171
i V *
1 senator,
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1
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1 *»
1
1
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Monroe aud CraWfSro" fj6
j Irwin and Telfair 234
^ Baldwin and Jones . 5-1
J Decatur aud Thomas 162,
I Richmond & Columbia
And so of many other Districts. jVIiat they
warn in population, they make up in territory.—
The country is still new, and is daily increasing
in population. It is asked, why should pine
trees; swamps or.nriero territory without inhabit
auts be represented in the senate ? True, Why
should they. No one contends that they should-
But it is ueces-ary. for the safety of the state, that
moment,, only to he succeeded by a long and ’he situation of swamps ami pine barrens should
lasting night in this world. “I, um going;”; he known, that laws should lie extended o-
s tid lie to a gentleman of this city jlie other! ver theth, and that they should be defended a
day,.Hi am going to‘England—’tis the last gainst foreign and domestic foes. What would
throw of the d:e.” He was right in one res- j be the situation of a largo portion of that part of
The question which will present itself tot-
consideration of this people in October nciV’
not whether the proposed amendments to *
constitution are tiie best which could po* 5 '
be devised ; but whether the chatjgcs dirc fit ."
to be made by the convention are really anic r,J ',
ments ; whether fife constitution so altf rc “
will be hetter than the nistrument as it
stands. Tliis is the. true qtiestion before
people, and this is the light in which the
ject should be considered. And taking up
subject in this "view, wr- do not think that ^
temperate and considerate can come to anv'O^
or conclusion, than that the proposed ^
tions should be ratified. Of what did the P .,
pie complain and what did they wish reit> r! ‘ ,f ^
1st. They complained of a too numerous rep
resejitation, an unwieldy legislature, an '‘ '
heavy expenditure oft!:e public treasure
sequent thereon. And how, and t.> xvhst r
tent, are these evils remedied, in the an ’ r
ments? Why* the senate has been reduce;*
-half, the house in round numbers, about
third ; a very extensive and important r c “^
tion we should imagine, and one whif 1 ^
lessen tho expenses of tide legislature at h a -^
that proportion, bcsicjps promoting a - rf
dispatch of business and a further ecou* 11 '
time. Are not these tlien important nin ^
merits, and tire they not worth secunn? „
although the principle may not have jf
ried as far as many could have w:sl:ei, . ^
fee convention have made any prog 1 * 1 - 51