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‘C, iu v>u. i.iiu.ij we neve. can tell to a mile
<;r tiv.i wii; . the s'.z * »>f ony o’ jiic estates may
l»c —!)j: 1 eiieve it’s about seventy-five acres
«t I: t!, I sides the fbur lakes and the river.’
‘8. . nty-five—Thousand did yc say?’ cx-
cJ‘- icd Jack, q ito overcome by liis good for
tune ; ‘and I hope ytr family’s well, ma’am,
lljw did ye iuvq aller brothers and sisters.’
’x tutr-.iit’ i;ot ony broth is, and my sisters
nre preitv well, 1 tunnk vou.’
*An’ I’m very glad to hear that. Do ye hap
pen to know what my name is? I nni John O-
farreil, Esquire; of Ballynantora, in the coun
ty cf On I why, of 0 very ancient family—and,
what do ye think of the name, nta’am.’
‘0,1 it just seems a very pretty name.’
‘Do y* rarily think so? An’how would yc
like to have it yourself?’
‘I think it would just do as well as onv oth
er.’
‘Ocb then, mv dear Miss Scrae, yon’r just
the sort oferatur I wanted, I’ve a post-chaise
at the door.’
‘Indeed !’
‘Yes, indeed, my charmer, and a pair of pis
tols in it too.’
‘Indeed?’ again replied the lady, looking
very conscious all the time.
‘Ave! and a sweetheart in this ball-room
was a distiller, am! the ,ast a lawyer: am! both
were weak, insignificant ntep the tools of Sam
uel Adams, the good confederate aud correspon
dent of the hoary traitor Franklin.
lu another letter dated the day after, address
ed to Col. Warren, of Plymouth, then .at Water
town. President of (he Provincial Congress ot
Massachusetts, he displayed lhe harbarity of hi:
disposition by asking linn, ‘-Will your new le
gislative and execiuivc feel bold or 11 resolute ?—
Will your judicial, hang, and'whip, aud fine and
imprison, without scruple?” it is to this advice
that he alludes, when he mentions the Refugees,
in the inclosed lctti-r from Amsterdam; he was
for stopping their career by banging them bit
the spot, without favor or affection: If thermal)
should live till the close of the rebellion, and be
found iu America no good subject frill lament,
if he should meet with that fate, which he so
strenuously prescribed for others. The public
will not be surprised, that with respect to the re
fugees from America, there should he such a
coincidence of opinion between certain s; ccclii-
fiers, and a rebel Ambassador. Neither will
they be surprised that this than should regret his
rebel confederate Laurens: prognosticate the
ruin ot his couutry : promise his rebel friends the
assistance of Russia, and money from the Dutch;
abuse the British ministry: talk of sumptuary
I'aws • to restrain superfluities irr ditss where
there is not even a sufficiency of the most ordi
nary clothiug—and of paying the whole of their
Rimy expenses iu a manner that would not he
back window. With wouderful dexterity he lea-
pul over the different w alls, woodpiles and high
1 dices that obstructed bis progress, and was soon
farther tuan “speaking distance” froiij ihe tailor’s
•hup and his tailored rags. The holiest shop
keeper begat) III w onder ai bis delay, and'pre
ceded to the, room where he had left his cus
tomer; hot in 1 'the bird had (town, afid left not a
wreck behiila,” save his threadbare breeched
no very profitable exchange fot the new stiif-
lie in vain looked ’(trough the window for l/ie
rascal, or peeped in bis otvu unjoining yards,
ami (bill) made up his mind tbai be might as well
>et down' the customer and clothes usi.“auiong
the missing.”—.After disposing of the Absentees,
ho very naturally and mechanically proceeded
to ransack (lie pockets of tho trowsers which
were left, where ku soon found a pocket-book,
forgotten, doubtless, by the gentleman iu bis
basic to procure the spoils ; upon opening which
POLITICAL.
Negro representation.
If negro representation in the State legisla
ture were now, for the first time, aud as a new
project, proposed to the people, they w’ould
promptly reject it, as an unjust, unreasonable,
gbSurd, and insulting scheme; and its advo
cates would not escape without strong marks
ol popular displeasure. In the infancy of the
State, without much examination, and without
any just reason, it was tamely copied from the
federal constitution. Men of the present gen
eration have gtwyn up.under it; their partial
ity for it has beeii ope of the ignorant prejudi
ces of their ehildhcf’p’d ; finding it in the con
stitution t of tlie State, they have rested; sa
tisfied that it \vas founded on >corl"ect,priqjiiples
his glad eyes were greeted by the cheering sight ant ] have patiently acquiesced-in it' without e«
Of die hank notes: When he unrolled them, he amining its justness, or adaptation to the debit
counted ten dollars—three dollars more them the ocr!ltic character of our government. . tint tl.'o
garments irt r<- tenrfit which the unfortunate rogue
run of with.—Albany Evening Journal.
that will go off with mo to Gretna Green this felt, by a few duties add excises.
moment.
‘Dear me—and whn is the happy leddy?’
‘An’who the clivil should it be, but just yet"
own self, Miss Sibilia M’Scrae?’
‘Mo sir!’ said the lady, endeavoring to blush
‘nra you serious? Ye should na trille wit a
young lass’s Ibclings.*
•The clivil take all trifles of the sort—I am
serious, my darling, and I’ll prove it—will ye
go off with it:c this instant?’
Had wo no better wait till we’ve had the
slipper, sir? Ye know we’ve paid for’t in the
sicker/- •
‘Kuitli, nit’there’s some sinse in that; and
will ye be ready the moment after?’
The lady blushed, ami looked her consent,
Jack was in raptures all the time of sup- I * ts boundary hue to within four miles of Affia
nt a couutry
where jitiper money lias gone tb tv reck, and
wher.g solid coin is not to he seen.
Heart tvcll is evidently a fictitious name : it
behooves government to look after him, if the
fete of Colonel Dc La iUotte Ifas not already
frightened bint away.—Adams using thb word
stipend Ivltfcn writing of the salary they ihtrnd
for another of our traitors here, Would Slfnost
incline one to think, that the person on whom
their iiiouby Is to be so well laid out; is it clergy -
man. j '
The letter to Dr. Wiilierlpooh, is frofn Hamp
ton Falls, in the province of New Hampshire,
and allude to the defection of twenty townships
wliieh have joined the Hampshire Grants, now
called the State of Vermont, Ethan AtHi, who
commands in tho ne w erected State, has thrown
off the yoke of the refce! Congress, has extended
jtar, meditating on tho four lakes and the riv*
•“i", ond seventy-five thousand acres of land.
-.Supper at last was ended, and a new dance
formed. Jack, who had by no means neglec
ted either the champaign or bis partner, whis
pered into her oar, ‘Arc vo all riddy now, my
sweet Sibilia? the horses must he tired wail
ing ?
♦Wool, state ye insist upon’t I’m all ready
enough—only my shawl is in the loddy’s rob
bing room.’
We will only say ill at Jack gives the lodv a
shawl value eighty guineas belonging to anoth
er person; that tho couple are pursued not by
raging brothers, inveterate fathers, and concil
iating uncles, hot by two constables with a
warrant—that the lady turns out to be a Scotch
governess, and that Jack escapes matrimony.
Th.! concluding sentence of this article, where
1 hi-ymr.rg guests press the Colonel to relate
bis own hive aflhir is “Colonel O’hooney sigh
ed and shook his litfad”-which in our opinion
- is aliens? -euphonious,- and gives as much
scope to the imagination of the reader as the
celebrated line—
“Major M’PJicrson heaved a sigh."”
From the Yew York Gtrulfc.
OLD TIMES.
A friend has placed in our hands a British- pe
riodical, embmeiug till the events of the Air.'eri-
catr War, (luring the year 1781, from which we
intend to make occasional extracts. The first
ni'tielo, wliirb caught our eye was tho following,
entitled ■ fl'.ofl Intercepted Letters," and is an in
• non to a letter from John Adams, dated
at Amsterdam, Dec. 15, 178(1, addressed to
Thomas Cushing of Massachusetts, then mem
ber to Congress, setting-in Philadelphia, togeth
er with -se.varni orifcrs from distinguished natri-
dts of ihe reyouitfon, “ouf of the rebel mail ta
ken tho ‘29ftt of March, 1781 A* whose names
and chandlers arc given' in the paragraph be
low, signed “A Refugee.” It is dell to call to
rniiid' what Was said by the British press,iu tlioso
da} . , of nr! purest patriots, men who had the
epurag'.-.io pipject, aim the pcrsevcreitce to con
duct and consummate the most brilliant revolu
tion that tho world ovor saw. Tt is amusing ni-
doed in these days, to hear of the illustrious AiT-
trtns. that “lie - has read Tristram Shaudy, and
nffecti, awkwardly enough, a smartness, which
does r.ot at all correspond with his personal fig
ure, or natural dullness/” that, “taking-to the
law and politics, ha-, spoiled and able ploughman
or porter, although the trade of n. butcher would
have a ttter suited the bloody turn of his mind 1”
—tho very man, that three'yfiafs after this was
penned, was introduced .to the court of St. James
vs Ambassador of the United Sta:"< of Ameri
ca ; to whom, George tho Third,-on his introduc
tion ns surbi paid the highest compliments ; to
whom li said Itc was the last sovereign in Eu%
-rope that b id recognized tho indepcncncc of
America, and ;vhb would he the last to infriuge
it—to hear Thomas rudiing mid Iloliert Treat
Puino called —wienk insignificant men, the tools
c Samuel Adalriji the confederate and corres
pondent of liiat hnanf traitor Franklin-”
The letter of John Adams, alluded to by the
tty, has invited all oppressed Americans to Ver
mont, declared they shall he exempt from tax
es, and shall not be called onto take tip aims
agailtst the King of Britain for three years. In
consequence of tills declaration thousands are
llockitig to him from all die New England
States. Allen is frequently at Albany, where ho
has great interest; he is forming magazines at
Skcueshorough, and buys up all the provis
ions in the country nronrnl him, for which lie
pays in good English guineas. Congress either
dare not, or cannot oppose their measures,
which arc evidently directed in favor of Govern
ment. If General Roberson, at New York,
those to be communicative, hr could give the
best account of Allen’s designs. Allen was
loug a prisoner at New York.
. Samuel Huntington the new President of the
rebel Congress, is tho sou of a farther. lie
was bred to the law, aud was poor at tlto break
ing out of the rebellion, but being gifted with a
smooth tongue, aud being insinuating and de
ceitful, has become popular, and probably rich,
by fleedag his deluded constituents.
William Cooper was formerly Town Clerk of
Bcstou, aud is one of the greatest knaves and
most inveterate rebels iu New England, lie is
a.very hot headed man, and constantly urged
the most violent measures. He was prompted
secretly by his brother, the Rev. Samuel Coop
er, alto tltoi/gb a minister of peace, and to nil
outward appearance, a meek and heavenly man
yet was one of the chief instruments iu stirring
up ihe people td take arms.. Hancock and ma
ny of^ (ho ringleaders iu the rebellion, were his
parishioners. When the Boston rioters made
their coiT’ccrted" attack on the Custom House, to
plunder the money cfreSt; in March 177U, the bell
of this Reverend rogue’s tfhuVdb was the signal
which summoned them to' ihe assuhlt.
Oliver Wolcott is a Ctumccticti'i matf", nfid son
of a late Governor, was sheriff of the coihtiy of
Litchfield, but now a getfciai. lie is n moder
ate aud civil man, of republican principles, at
tached to Cougress, aud ail cuetny to Kings.
A REFUGEE.
Oppugnancy lo Physic.—A comical sort of
a newspaper editor “down cast.” rejects an
offer of a druggist \o niL chisc his druys ftiul
medicines; it rid take his pay out o’ the shop.—
He says lie b ill take nearely dll sorls of pro
duce in jlayhirnr for ,papers add advertising",
“such as pabsq{|)S, wbodeti combs! old cumhs,
old clothes, cold victuals; &c. but lie wont bike
physic/”
, . L> ■■■ ■ - t •.
We have just learned that a Mr. tinnay—late
ly from Libt-Hh," and missionary cy :he coloniza
tion society—preached, in this town, cm Sunday
iiight last"; a colonization sennon-rrlUe first, we her
litrve, ever ventured in this State. We are told,
by a spectator, that tbt* audifence of blucks wp»
uncommonly farfce. Th'e sermon was f . hi the
Pfesltytcriaii -cakreh—jmder w.ltosc patronage
he Was brought forward, dr by vvliom introduced
itilo the pulpit, wc have not ascertained. We
shall, however, inform ourselves accurately of
every thing belonging to a movement so new
and threateifiiig as we regard this to be.—Colum
bia Tel.
spirit of inquiry has been lately awakened; and
slave representation is manifestly shown to he
a partial, unjust, and aristocratic scheme.
If we will examine the motives for introduc
ing if, on a small scale, we shall be able more
dearly to discriminate its genuine character.—
Suppose that seven individuals, living in tho
midst of lawless, rapacious, and violent men,
agree! With each other to form a society for
their mutiinl protection, and common benefit.
One owns ten negroes; another owns a tract
of good land; another owns a goldmine.; an
other o\Vns a comfortable house; another o^tps
a factory; another owns a store of valuable
merchandize; and the last owns no property,
hut is able, and willing to labour., aqd fight for
the socicly. To prevent alterations among
themselves to ensure liarmonv and concert, 1 xhhst prevail over the other lor a longer 0
and co-operation iu resisting -their common en- 8 ‘»® rtc «‘ u,nc - * l er6a P 5 ^rs. Pmy. d,irtsioi, r.
Before we proceed, we assert, that we shall
shew t^ the satisfaction of every unprejudiced
mind, |,(iai. Mr. Jifi’ersou Was opposed both to
nullification aud secession, and that iu the stor
my period of 1798 wheu A separation of the l
uiou wag contemplated by, solne of the distin
guished men of the South, lie stood firm!) agains
the. measure.
lu a letter written to John Taylor of Virginia
iu J798, Mr. Jefferson says, “Mr. New shown
me your letter on the subject of the patent,
which gave me an opportunity ofobserviug wild
you said as to the effect, with you, of public
proceedings, and that it was not uuwise now to
estimate the separate mass of Virginia aud North
Carolina, with a view to their separate existence.
Is is true that we are completely under the sad
dle of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and that
they ride us very hard, cruelly insulting our
feelings, at well sis exhausting our strength and
subsistence &o.” Here tlieli is a pirture of the
state oj affairs in 1798, by .which it is seen that
thesou\h was writhing under the saddle of two
states,, her leclings'insulted, and her snbsistance
cxha'a ifnt. Jf Mr. Jefferson was either in favor
of iiltiliiicaliou or secession, the crisis be alluded
to, called Iciidly upon hint for the practical ap
plication of iiis doctrines, and so much do wc be
lieve in the integrity and firmness of -Mr, Jeffer
son, to adopt every measure which he believed
best calculated to promoto the Interest of his
country, that had he entertained such Opinions,
they would, have been carried into practical ope
ration. t
But what docs he propose, or how far does he
o with those who were then contemplating a
severance of the Union? Not 0110 step. After
going 011 in the same letter, to state further the
oppresiions under which we then labored, ho re
marks, “Be this as it may’.iu every free aud de
liberating society, there m'jst, from the nature of
qvqji, lie opposite parties, and violent disseti-
tiorj:, ainl discords : and one of these, for the most
theu be a question whether they | la a ,
have construe ted their railroad, overt - er
•avoralde ground,'(running more w th ni0r «
•»d hills than across themf) to some
Hcor.ee or the' Oakmulgee. i\i ; „, ou ' ° n
few years liecome as good an outlet, or b?» ' n a
lie central part of the State, as Au-usta | f ° r
asier and far cheaper to go with the curr,., ' H
he rivers than against them theu, or acres h
i he Eatbnton gentlemen may burn tlwirVc
in the railroad fire, aud be compelled f
o cool them in the 'waters of the
Oakmulgee. 11
of
to.,
ereatte-^
runes
nd
critics, it is necessary that they should settle
the principles on which their society shall he
governed, and determine what pre the obliga
tions. the rights, and the privileges of each.—r
Sixjvf the members arc willing that, they shall
.all iriept as equals ; and have equal authority
in making the necessary regulations, and an e-
qual participation in the benefits of tbp society:
lmt this fair scheme is very offensive to the
nepfo. owner, who raises a loud elnmourngamsf
its injil^tice, . lie demands that three fifths of
EARTHQUAKE.
A concttssion of tho Eartlt was felt iu this
City on Tuesday morning, at half after 6 o’
clock. It appeared to us a in >rc remarkable
phenomenon than any of the Earthquakes which
took plttce in the memorable year of IS11.
Tho houses were violently shaken; and doors,
windows and all pendent bodies experienced a
considerable vibration. . It was accompanied
by a loud rumbling noise; which was justly
compared by a little girl to the sound of the
Omnibus, as it rattled down our streets. It
was less than a minute in duration—and it ap
peared to us to move from North.East to South
West.
In the course of the same day, it was re
ported that the coal pits of Mr. Brown," (late
Barr and Anderson’s) near Dover Mills, abbut
2b mflt-s above riiirf. City’, bad caved in and de
stroyed" 40 of fite laborers. But, as tAunl, the
facts were friuch exaggerated. There has been
no excavation of die pit. The earthquake in
deed produced a violent concussion and ribkte,
resembling it is said a torrent df water tumb-
Rrfugc*’’’ i« one of great interest to tuc enusc l , down ' V jth irresistible iinpbtuosltv. The
u iuc.i 1 ic t iiu i.c in-. \>uc t M n ® , !8 , J8 CI ’ ai!l | negroes in the pit were so much alai^iicd, by
want of room only compels us to ontit it.
. (OCBXXi l>TlinCEPTKD I.KTTr.llS.
Tho following letter from Joint Adams, the
. jlclir.-l Ambassador at Amsterdam, was found on
hoard the prize brigantine Cabot, carried into
h
Adam* was originally
Christopher’s. Thi
l t,* the law, mad is a native of t ic province d; U ])j n o out bis own brains, and killing another
Massachusetts, 111 Nov England; he was
horn at Braintree, n village JO mites south, or
rath;;" south cast of Boston. I-u person, he is a
clumsy middle size man: and according tb all
npjpe.irancCi by taking to the law and politics
fias spoiled ami able ploughman or porter, though
r'le trade of a butcher wniiid have better suited
the OJnpiiv bent of his mind. He has- read Tris-
"«r.a*n‘ rffi.mdjr, and affects, awkwardly enough,
a sisnrtuc«s which doc- not at all correspond
citlipr wiih his pprsoual figure, or with Ins nat
ural claims*. What has tended to distinguish
him among ihe rc'icls is, the c.igerHcs* with
which ho urged the t:i!;itjg up arm*, and his con
tinned ma igi.-uy towards all the triends of peace
.and the nniiher cmuitry. For these excellent
qtuilitios he was ch •■•'■n a deiegato from Massa-
<-.‘itt«eits to tho fir..r Cz>ngres>. When at J'bila-
rfnlphbi.l soveraJ of !:.< lettars to his friends in
New- England iu>- iu* reepted in the mail, a
the pe«t courier .< .s cr->°'ing JVnragnnsel ferry
In one ofjtiiem, dated July 24th 1775, and- ad
drreied'to wife, Mis. Abigail Adam*. If
tells her 1 wavnf’secret, “that no mortoJjtnh
«ou!d > , i* 1 the fidgets, ihe wh'ftis, die capric
-t 1 ' ■ vanity,’tlie superstition, and the.irilalijlii
1 :■ 2 rom^dreiats oh their ’journey fr.g.-i Ni n
England to Phihdelr«bi*. v • Thesr compatriot
v—re- 'J .• >hi;s< JjJnshiog, tic pcrsrtM .lo.ivJio-
.. , , h y,
it that they rushed in a body to the shaft to:'
mako their escape. One of thdtfi seiied hold
of the rope of an ascending buck^f^-tmt at'the
height of 80 or 100 feet, his strength failed
him, and he was precipitated to the bottom—
of the laborers upon whom he fell.
We should not be surprised to learn that the
earthquake has penetrated beyond our moun
tains.—The Frederic].shurg Herald, says, it
was felt there about half past G o’clock—and
was the “severest shock remembered’ ever to
have been felt in that place”—-that its duration
was from 10 :<* 15 seconds—and its course
front West to Ess’.—The Alexandria Gazette
speaks of it as' being “a slight shock,” and of
short duration, and asocciirri:igathalfp"’St6o’-
clock.
BLACK HAWK AND IIIS PARTY AT
HOME*,
The editor^ of tlie New-Vorlc Daily Adver
tiser have been favoured with the following
letter trout an intelligent Correspondent, da
ted . ,,, . , ; • . . •
Fort Armstrong (Upper Mississippi,) 1.
August 5th, 1853. /
The whole suite arrived here a fe)v day.4
since loaded with' assumed dignity and costly
presents.
Ke-o-kuck’s band speedily followed to wel
come.their brothers, a grand council assem
bled among whom was jmysclf to witness the
dfilfverance of the Hawk to his nation. The
council opened with the address of the Presi
dent to Black' Hawk, in .vliirh he is informed
that ift future he was to yieldsupremacy to his
inferior, Ke-n-ku«*k, the white man’s friend.
The old chief rose in violent agitation, de
nied that the President had told him so, and
that lie would not be advised by any body,
that lie wanted what he said to be told to tlie
President, and that he in person would have
said so in Washington, but that liis interpreter
could not sufficiently* make kpoWri liis -views.
The Colonel made to him a speech stating
that by Iiis own,tfeaty', neither him or Hi-pc-pie
could for the future head a band," anil that, by
that treaty, Ke-o-kuck was placed Itead of tlie
Sac Nation, &r. Kc-o-kuck with beuavo-
lence spoke awhile to the Hawk; then addres
sed the Council, begged nothing might be re
membered of what the Hawk had said, that | the seventh, tl)e’ poolr member, adds for him-
he was too old to sav any* thing good, that he self, that he cost the societv neither -trouble
was answerable tor bis good behaviour; the I nor expense In protectine property for him,
poor old'Chief recalled his words, aud I do j while ho is obliged to perform frequent labours
not kno’.V that my sympathies were ever more j for the benefit of the company: that he is ro-
hxcitcd, than iu witnessing his expiring Strug* j qnired to lose his time, and to hazard his life,
sic for freedom—nothing hut Ids advanced age jp keeping" the nenroes in subjection, and com-
and want of military power will prevent him j pcHiiur them to work for their master; that
from mahitigaiiothci'effort. The Kc-o-kncks’
hand gave us a splendid dnnre, but the Hawks’
party were either too dejected or too sullen to
participate, in the festivities. ,
That you may tell the eood citizens' of New
York, these Indians would willingly get up a-
nothcr wnr. in order to make another visit tf?
the East and return loaded with’ presents and
almost satiated with attention." ,
Fort Armstrong, A. M. 5th .i’J’g. 1833.
C OTTOM jgaqfjgF
Augusta Cotton Market, Sept. 4 ^
011 hand, ou the 3ist ult. P49bales.
the .new crop have been received, of wliTh
came in yesterday. 'J he principal sni ts V ,
cotton, since our last report, have been in ^
151 a J6£, and of new, at 18j a i«q.
counts of the growing crop are very uuf a v 0 )!^
and coutinunllv becoming moie so.’ In:.
,1 , * ■ . . »*as muci
apeclen by the severe rains, and since, rnucj,
«? by the present drought.’ tr '
. Charleston Au;un 30
Codon.—A lot of 4Jtales Nciy
of fine quqlitv sold yesterday at 18 cents ti
first parcel thijt h;is yet sold for shipment!
A letter from j^jverpqo], dated July ^4
the following “I was tola t'-.at (or fine l ; X
was ollercd aqd refused.” •
“LIVERPOOL, July is,
“Annexed is a duplicate of our respects I
15tit inst. and our Circular o-f tlie same dai
The demand for Cotton continued brisk the,
lowing days, and upwards of 12,000 tiules sc i
at prices fully as high as on the 10th iustact
and of course higher than any previous pr no j'
of tlie season.—.Today' thr demand fas ‘tea
comparatively, limited, and only about
hales have sold. .
“But the business ha?, been at full pricsk
Perhaps this, party
necessary to iuduco each to watch and relate. . 1 cn 1 1 1 . ",
to the people tha proebedibgs of the.«nher. Hut ! a ^S° 1,a |f s P]'' 11 ? Uplands haw*
if on a temporary superiority of the one party, | lO^d. * lie market bxtretsjely firm. ’
other is to resort to a. sri*sion of the Union,
th
no federal government can .ever cx’^t.”
Can any rational man read this and call Mr.
Jeffcrsou a nuliifier or secessionist? But we may
he atiswcrpil, that the illusitiq of Mr. Jeffcrsou
was dinetteil to temporary cv,i!s, and not to perr
maheiil anil settled eppressiou: ne rejoin,-there
is,uo sucli tiling as permanent legislation , ib a re
publican government. Majorities cauuot become
permanent so long as that great political regen
hi* slaves shall be represented, as members of j eratortlie UAL LOT BOX is left tree, aod'in^ this
the societv, in orpantzing its government, and
regulpting all of its interests. With this, de
mand the others inditrnnntly refuse, to comply
declaring that they will not permit slaves to
make laws for the government of freemen.—
To this .thti slave owner promptly replies, that
tlipy have misunderstood his proposal: that it
was not his wish, that liis necroes should regu
late the business of tlie society, or sieze the
IsOttors and emoluments which mi?ht result
from its establishment: and he modestly de
clares, that be. demands that three fifths of his
negroes may bp considered as members of the
society, only* for his advantage: that their
rights might enure to his benefit; he only
wishes to have six votes in right of his negroes,
and one in his own right, against the six votes
of the other six members, in regulating the bu
siness of tho societv, and enioying its honors
and advantages. This explanation is, far from
reconciling tlie other members to his . sqlfijh
proposal. They reioin, that the negroes.are.
not members of the society, and ran have no
rights in it; that they nre only the property* of
the owner, and ran confer on him no more
rights, than tho land of one, the gold mine of
another, the house of apother, the factory of
another, or tho merchandize of another: and
wc arc fully sustained by jtbe living example of
our own Republic, lienee it is, as affirmed by
Mr. Jcfi'ysbn upon another occasion, “that error
ofopiuiou may be tolerated, where rcSsou is
leit free to combat it.”
The history our government is so full cl evi
dence in confirmation of our views that we need
ouly allude to it tbi. Satisfy every unprejudiced
miml. . The. majority which saddled us with the
alien and sedition laws; the stpifip act and direct
taxes under the administration oR<be. elder Ad
ams ; oppressive aud alarming as were its meas
ures, ami proud aud iusolentasit was..is .now on
ly remembered to be-exeernted... .Without vio
lence, without bloodshed—without nullification
or secession, it fell like Bngon, by the quiet op
eration of public opinion. The younger Adnins
has since; yielded up the ghost to the pine power,
and many of the unconstitutional riieasures set
on foot by built, are fast yielding to the success
ful conflict of reason over “error of .Opinion.”—
The doctrine of internal Improvctricuts Jiv tlie
federal government has received its mortal stall
and the Bank of the "Uuited States is goin
dow'p to, the vtrirab of tho Capulets. Even the
tariff itself has been going d»wn hill siuce 1829
syi’fi is now in a galloping consumption, notwith
standing the nostrum applied to it last session
J>v Doctors - Clay and Calhoun; indcc-d Mr.
Clays speech upon the compromise Bill may
well be considered.the funeral sermon of the pro
tective system—for Iie ^xp.t'ossly declares thattlic
nyxt Congress will coyiajn.a majority against it J
A.tiil where docs this majority come from 1 From
nullification or secession l No it comes, from the
people—it sprang from thepnrp breath of public
opinion peaceably expressed through the BAL
LOT BOX. . ..
But let us trace AIr. Jeffcrsou a".little,, farther.
He tells us, “If to rid ourselves of tha present
rule of Massachusetts aud Connecticut, wo
when the company >s attacked by its enemies, j break the Union, will the evil stop there? ^ Sup-
lie has ta 'fight its battles, leaving .liis needy , P ose the New England state* alone-cut off, will
wife and children to hardship, and .want, while om-nntnreshe changed ? Are we not men stiH
,i . - ' 1, 1 • to theboutb of that, and wiih all the passions of
the i-lavp-owner remains at borne, to vntrn bis , . , , ,, „ ■ ,
. ... 11 men? Immediate y, wc s ha I see a Pennsylvania
negroes, and to eniov his ease; that lie per
forms as much service for the society, as the
slave owner, and will not consent to hi treat
ed ps an : nferior.
To these just representations the skive ewn-
j er can giv.e. no direct reply’; but not willing
j to resign liis ambitions hopes, he makes a last
{£/*» Yv'd have already infi.rmVd ottr readers desperate eflmrto acquire the asrendenev.—
1 Ho passionately, declares to tlie other members
of the completion of the Rail R^Ttd betwoen
this [dace arid Blakely cn the Rosrnoake.—
The arrangements lor carrying the main South
ern Mail and Passengers are now in full ope
ration. As this road has become a very i:n-
pb?tant link in the chain of communication -be
tween the North and the South, wo,have obtain
ed from a friend, for the information of travel
lers, tho following statcriient of its advaritages:
“The Mail ami PasMUtgers are now traus-
p'orted, by aid of the Raif Road, between Pe
tersburg and Fayetteville, in36 hours—distuned
'219 miles—from this town to Baltimore, by the
way ofNorfolkl by’ Steamboats, in' 28 hours;
by the wav of Washington, in 32 hours; from
Baltimore to Philadelphia, in 9 hourk; making
the whole time taken in travelling from Fay
etteville, N.’C. through Petersburg to Phila
delphia, but 7S?li<lhrs—and such is the arhingc-
mout of the line,’ that -the passengers arc
not.disturbed of tlieir re?t but one night.—The
road from Blakciv to Fayetteville," is known
to he one of the lies? In the fifoitthfirn Stales,
and tlie horses and cobrh’es first rale. We are
not aware" that any/route ol’ : commuifitation
from the South to the North, presents as'niany
comforts and conveniences^) the traveller as
the above.”,—Petcrshurg-(-Va.) Inti?.
follow UR
for*;
er j-
■Samuel.* Adam!
A Biter Bitten—A few days ago, as otic of
tl*e Merchant Tailors in market si. was p-4ticiit!y
waiting the calls of customers, a robust; ’ honest
looking fellow, stepped into the shop, who look
ed as as though ho needed an outfit, bis linhili-
meats bring rather the worse of wear. After the
..oiul inquiries a> to prices, &c.‘ he concluded to
r.!r out with a new suit. He doffed hi*
'<1 e" it.oad vest, and very soon found substi-
. ir tbeju tuinu*; the various sanVplwrspreh'd
,.u keforo tnm by the accominodauug l ■
i. viog found pantaloons that pleased jam, he
v.-.lked iuto tlie backroom to see whether they
. • ere of sufficient length airidbreadthi" Whirh' be-
% tho cnee, he"very unceremoniously kicked
pud Robert Treat fntr.e. The fir>T of these jfaia old one* out of t!» way aod juada for the (pear the top.—Csi. h' E n 1'
Casualty.—Yesterday afto'rhori'n,"tiire!’ meh
by tlie names of Williams, Whi’fktti and Judge',
being out oil a fishing .expedition below Gov^
emor's Island saw a skiff with a large sail, op-
set about half a mile distant. Tlierfc was a matt
011 board,’ but whether more than" one, they
could not distinguish: They proceeded, to the
spot with air possible baste, at great hazard—
the wind beuTg very high—but before they ar
rived, the sltiff and man, or men, had'sunk.
They found an oar and ruddder afloat, wltirli
they picked Ufs and a cask filled, they supposed
with some kind of liquid, but on account of tin
roughness of ti-.c waves, did not attempt to tak
it on hoard, 'fliey conjectured the skiff w
from the country. The blade of the oar is pain 1
ted black, and the,handle, inside of the row-lock. ;
green. “The rudder is black, w ith a white stripe
of the society, flint lu* has no confidence in
their honesty ; that lie believes they now are,
or will lreroafter become a pack of rogues ;
that be'suspects fbov now entertain, or will
hereafter form a design to rob him of his ne
groes. or to make them useless to him; and he
demands that they shall give bint a double
share of power, to enable him to defeat their
schemes of villany. To these offensive re
marks it is difficult to return a cairn reply;
but they assure him, that his suspicion is not
less unjust, and unreasonable, than it is insult
ing; that ♦bey all expect to own negroes as
soon as it is. convenient to purchase them
that'thev will make no regulations injurious to
that species of property, and that it shall bo as
safe as any other property in the society. For
good laws, and a correct administration of
them, like every other member, he must de
pend on the justice, and tlie enlightened self-
interest of the society.' IIo shall, have equal
protection to his property, equal power, and
equal privileges with the other members of the
community : but lie may not be indulged in a-
r.v invidious distinction, or unjust superiority
over them. . .. • •
Tliis is a fair illustration of tlie scheme of ne
gro representation. We know that a Very
large proportion of slave-otVners in the State,
;trc honorable, and patriotic' men, and arc ex
empt from tlie designs and principles of the
s|uye-bwner, whom we have here pourtrayed;
but these are the sentiments which have
prompted, and kept up, the demand forneero-
represontation. The demand is unjust,tinrea-*
suitable, absurd, and insulting; and those who
make it, will be •fortunate, if they eseape the
hatred of a high-minded peoplr, on whom they
.ire attempting to trample.:—Fed. Union.
MR. JEFFERSON AND TIIE XULLIFIERS
A* the nmne of this illust.-ious statesman Is
still held up as the author of nullification, we
cannot perform a hotter act to the public, nor
hi his character, than to lay before our readers,
.liis opinion* upon -the subject, of all measures
cunsyl
and a Virginia party arise in tho residuary con
federacy, and the public mind will lie distracted
with the same party spirit. What a game too
wil^otie.party,have iu their hands, by eternally
threirit.eniug the other, that miless they do so
and so, they will joiu their northern neighbor-—
If we red,ncAour Union to Virginia and North
Carolina, immediately the conflict will be es
tablished between the. representatives of these
two s’atcs, aud they will end by breaking into
their simple iiailrV’. .■*
Here then is Mr. Jcifersoh’s {Hun exposition of
his nullification and secession, bv. which it is con
clusively shewn, that 410 man living or dead does
now, or ever has entertained a stronger attach
ment to the Union of the states, or who has ap
prehended aud foretold in language so clear and
unequivocal, the terrible consequences of a sep
aration of the States. ,
Again he says, “Seeing therefore, that an as
sociation of men who .will not quarrel with .one
another is a thing which never yet existed, from
♦he greatest confederacy of nations down to a-
Town meeting or a. vestry; seeing that we must-
fftivc somebody to quarrel with, I had rather
’. keep our New England associates for that pur-
pose, than to sec our bickerings transferred to oth
ers. Incoqclfisjpn he says, “If the gnmo runs
sometimes "against iis at home, we must have pa-
tjenco till luck turns, and the;:i we shall have.an
opportunity of winning hack the principles we
have lost.”
We have not time at present to extend the
subject nor do we deem it necessary; for wc
have proven so clearly, 'hat tlie'idea of nullifica
tion and secession as ptty/ l maintained, never en
tered into tho mind of Mr. Jefferson, *hat “ho
who runs may read.”—Standard of Union.
From the Georgia Journal.
I am truly glad to sec the public spijat of the
Eatouton gentlemen upon the Railroad system :
hut from the Central location iu the State, J
would, if I were authorized to do so, advise them
to—hold—hold back a little until they mayjiave
time to see how the investment part of the en
terprise for best or worst, may terminate with the
Stockholders, in the long run: They, . being
more in the centre, may hereafter find a bet
ter and cheaper way lo get their produce to the
sea, than by way /of Augusta. They ought, to
count the cost well and look before they leap, or
they Pfiay hereafter they feel a bitter 1 disappoint
ment in the great expenditure of money which
they will require to Augusta. That section ot
the State ought not to loo»e sight, altogether, of
the Oconee and Oakmulgec. $2,000,1)00 may
he required to build a solid railroad trom Ea
ton tin to Augusta—heavy excavations, embank
incuts, stone bridges aud inclined pbmes will
be required on thatroute, and by (he time it was
, July 19.
„_“The demand for Cotton jins been limited a
day, and tho sales arc only about 8000 bales,
and tit full prices, with a very ft fan .market—
About 500 lialcs Sea Island tire ,p!f. red ,'bv
stjctiph jooay. but only about 170 brl;:s sold ai
previtnyt ratqs.'-—tin 1 sale rv.iyit heavy, Lot sab-
seqnently some* business has been done is jin
description at rather better terms than tb.st'f.
“July 2ft,,
■ “The sales of Cotton today, are from in
5000 hales, at very full prices. The desad
was extremely brisk yesterday, and tlie prttr.
ceding day 20 to 25,000 bales sold at a i»
ther advance t of id per lb. Some Up lax
brought 11 a ll£, and some prime Orleans Ifi
“July 23.
Tim excitement and speculation in our Col
ton Market has not abated; and since our Cir
cular of lolh inst. prices have further improved
id. a <§d. per lb. T.hersales for the week, cod
ed 19th inst.'were 30*900:bnle^of which 9,000
were Upland at 8J to .- lOi; 3G50 Orleans u
9 to 11Y; 7050 Alabama and Mobile at 8f »
.10d, and 720 Sea Island at 13^ to 21d per lb.
The demand was brisk in the'tfarlv part of the
week but moderate towards the close, and the,
advance during the week was barely -hi per it;
the improvement in prices is chiefly, in tlie k 1
two days, about 72,000 bales having, chaigci j
hands yesterday,' and the business frila| eb-
timnted at about 10,000 bales. Tits pit
weight of the transactions is oil speculation.-
both dealers and-consumers arc finyii? n
-re-selling in jl.iis market extensively; &»n6
Upland has sold at 11 1-Sd; 150 bales Flori
da Cotton (called Upland) at* 1.1 J, and 250
bales prime- Orlea.113 have today .bronchi
shilling perjb. About 500 bales -of Sea :•
and were offered by auction 19tb inst. Lmte:'
170 sold at scarcely as good prices as the pt
■.yious private business. Thera lms l.rv.w
been some demand since and at rather bigbe
ratps, and holders are very firm. .
■The Weather being rather unsettled ks
caused some little improvement, in 1 nr f '
Market, and sour Flour in bond is sewnaj
held sit SOs/fliouph there do not appear lo t-'
lutyefs above 19s. per bbl. Fresh sweet FI r
dull at 27s. The growing crops from pa-
prospects, promise to be rather below time r
hove an average. Nothing doing in liir ~
About 4000’hhls, new Turpentine have Uct
sold, the last few days at 11s 2 to l\s .4, yc
cent, chiefly at the fprnicr ] rice. TL de
mand for the Tobacco, continuing gcod, s»
some speculative purchases of Stemmed
been made at an advance of per Jh
Cotton, Upland,9to llj; OrleansOJtoiy
Alabama 9 to 10i; S.'Inland 13Jto 22; Sttf
ed do. 9 to 12i; Flouri, free, per bb). 30-
32s.; in bond, 19s a" 27s; Rice, in bond, f*
cwt 16s to ISs 6; Cloversecd, 5Cs a t '
Quercitron Bark, 9s a 9s 6; Turpentine, *'■'
6 a 11s 3; Tar 13s a 13s 6.1; ToL-.rr
ginia leaf,3 a 5; Stemmed 3J a 5i; Ki -* v
leaf, 3 to 4d; Stemmed SJ a 5;{.
Yours resnectfullv,
W. & J. BROWN & CO.
P. S.—24th Joij-
.,The demand for Cotton has been comj
tively moderate today, and only about 1
bales have sold. 50 bale's of Upland - ■
brought .llj, hut on the whole the
prices of v&Terday are Larch’ maintained^
" “July*.
‘‘Tiie deyr r.'nu for Cotton has been 1 ■
today, and only about 2000 bales sold 3"
er lower prices, -bough there is notnwd’P*
sing in the market.”.
hep***
s opinion* upon -fno sunjegt. ot ait measures^ ne required on tnatroute, ana oy me time it wn» or tw
rttlirig td adissolatioii of tbe Unioa, "^1 done, and tbe money iuvolved in stock; it mi^bt (th?.
Tic C.olton Speculalion.—Me have b- ^
formed of various largti jums cf money
made, within the last ten days, hy'the "■"
unexpeg’tpd rise in this staple article-
stance. as it did not occur here, wem*/ "'tic.
mitted To relate. A New .Orleans nict . ,
largely concerned in the cotton tta<lc. hapi^
to he in New York, the notion took h.m "
atrip to Liverpool, to which he was m ^ >
induced .more by tho superior accommoda ( .
the New York packets, than from any *-?
sine-s.- He had no sooner landed in l*n .1^
than lie made himself in a few days P e /. ftO*
miliar With the state of the Cotton ♦ ■
This knowledge, i niled to his acquaiiit1
the ma'rket in this country, stitisfnd
rise was about to take place in
proceeded to employ an agent, who P
on his account a very larr,e ainonat °* a ill
Before even the bills eo’.ild be made ^
cotton delivered to him, the rise w P*' ^
no' agitate* t'Lis market, suddenly 1,1 tl ,f>
and so gierit' was the advance fn in 1 *p r ,f
that-iu o,;o week, the sagacious ■ '
merchant resold his coUjUi-withott j, afivstf I
obliged even to pay Ptfli ra e e ^ i r ^
of TWO Hl r r»i’HEO -T*OttSANt>