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TOR T1IK OK.OROIA TELKORAPH.
JUDGE WHITE’S SOLILOQUY.
Whene’er I turn my eye? 10 view
The friends that I’m surrounded with,
1 gay.o upon a motley crew
Of pio-bald wit's and foderals blue,
Such as before l never knew
The footstool earth abounded with.
Avaunt ! ye winking, blinking squad
Of Green-eyed, Nollies. Duff-tailed apes;
I’d soouer lie beneath the sod
Ot meanest dirt that e’er was trod,
Than to be crowned the supreme God
Of all such “questionable, hapes.”
lint shall I speak my mind out full,
Or wait till time a hit is spent 1
Oh hush ! ah hark ! and only pull
Over their eyes a little wool:
Why should I care what kind of tool
Is used to make me President!
ECHO.
| guns being so long silent dtiring :f certain perm
of the battle was i wing to the scarcity M powdet
and to a report that was brought me. tlr t tip
\ enemy’s troops were landed between the ‘ dvnnct
i guard and th • Fort. It wns ( ^tipot: 'hi- inform-'*
■ tioti that 1 ordered the guns to cease firing, or i<
* fire very slow upon the shipping: that v
i might reserve our powder for the musketry. t>
defend ourselves against an at! tek • ! the Ian
I forces. There cannot be a doubt hut that if we
! had had as much powder as we could have
j expended lhat the meti-of-war mus* either have
struck their colors or been sunk t because they
I could not retreat, the wind and tide being against
| them ; and if they bad proceeded up to town, they
j would have been in a much worse sitin*!i>n.
I The action went on. hut tliev eould nr .<• no
impression on our Fort, built as it was of P >
I motto logs, and filled in with earth , the merlons
! lGfeet thick, and high enough to cove * the men
j from the fire of the troops ; the men we had killed
a fid wounded received their shots mostly through
the embrasures. At ono titno3 or 4 of the ships
broad sides struck the Fort at the same instant,
which gave the weslous such a trenx r that it was
i apprehensive, a few more such would tumble
them down. During the action, three of the men
of-war, in attcmpliug to go round to our western
curtain, got entangled together; the Sphynx 1 st
her bowsprit, the Syren cleared Iter-elf without
any damage but the Actaeon frigate went ashore
on the middle ground shoal; her crew set her on
fire and deserted her. she soon blew up. and from
FOR THE GltOROtA TELEGRAPH.
To the would-be pacts of the Georgia Messenger.
“Out on your noiso ye blasted wight,
That break my slumbers ilka night
Gtiudin your tunes for very spite
Through thick and thin 1
Ye’d make n Christian swear outright
To hear your din.
Pure yo must ho some sinontie’s ghost,
Let loose from Pandemoniuiu’scoast,
Anc of attld Clooite’s mucklc host,
An’ yelpin choir,
Sic a’ he keeps to skclp an’ roast
Wi’ brinutnne fire.
Did ye but ken the pangs I feel,
Whilst listening to your cursed squeal,
Ye wad nno grind auiihcr psal
Sa harsh and deep,
Hut gang in pitie to the dei!,
Ami let me sleep.
There is nne music in your din,
Nac. sic a discord ye begin,
* Yc jar the very winnows in,
Wi’ tortured lutie;
If murder he a deadly sin,
Ye’ll rue it soon.
To please the de’il attld Orpheus play'd,
And for his wifei’ fid,Itin paid.
On Dolphin’s tail Ariou rade,
Tho billows strjppin,
Boitb drew the oaks from hill and glade,
Jly dint o’ pipit).
Hut ye wad do things greater still.
Your noise wad drown a water-mill,
Ye’d scaro the woods and split the hill,
Sao great your power,
Ami ony mortal wight ye’d kill
In half nil hour
If pilgrimage to holy shrine.
Wad stap your unco’ gra*io whine,
Or souse yo in the lied sea’s brine,
For aye to sleep.
Right soon I’d make the penance mine
And think it citeap.
But if ye heed nor prayer nor spell.
And winna s»ap that croakin yell,
For a’ poor bard can sing or tell,
Or ony boon—■
I’ll try what brick-bats can avail
To cltauge your tuno.”
JONATHAN.
the explosion, issued a grand pillar of stnoke, of the abduction were not generally and fairly
wh : "ch immediately exposed itself a* the top. and known until about 11 o clock in the morning ol
to appearance, formed the figure of a palmetto
tree.
Ilad these three ships effected their purpose they
would have enfiladed us in such a manner, as to
have driven us from our guns. It being a very
lint day, we were served along the platform with
grog in fire buckets, (and I never had a more a
greealdo draught than that whicti l took out of
one of those buckets at the time.) It may be ve
I ty easily conceived what heat and thirst a man
must feel in this climate, being, on a platform on
tho 2Slh June, amidst 20 or 30 heavy pieces of
cannon, in ono continual blaze and roar, and
I clouds of smoke curling over his head for hours
J together : it was a very honorable situation, nut a
j very unpleasant one.
j During tiro action, thousands of ourfellow citiz-
| ens weie looking on with anxious hopes and feirs,
some of whom had their fathers brothers and
J husbands in the battlo whose hearts must have
been pierced at every broad side. After some
| time our flag was shot away ; their hopes were
I then gone, & they gave up all for lost! supposing
! that we had struck onr flag, and had given up the
j Fort. Sergeant Jasper perceiving that the fl -g
was shot away, ami had fallen without the Fort
jumped from one of the embrasures, brought it
up through a heavy fire, fixed it on a sponge staff
and planted it upon the ramparts again. Our
flag onco more waving in tho air. revived the
drooping spirits of our friends, and they continued
looking on. till night had closed the sceueand hid
us from their view ; there only remained the
appearance of a heavy storm with continual
Hashes and peals like thuuder. At night when
wo catnj to slow firing, (the ammunition being
nearly gone.) wo could very distinctly hear the
shot strike the ships. The enemy at length gave
up the contest, the ships slipped their cables, and
dropped down with the tide out of the reach of
our gups.. When the firing had ceased, onr
friends, for a time, were again in an unhappy
suspense, not knowing our fate, till they received
an account hy a despatch boat, which was sent to
town, to acquaint them that the euemies ships had
retired, and that wc were victorious.
From the London Metropolitan.
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
W‘o pnrtcd in silence, wo partod hy night)
On the banka of that lonely river.
Where tho fragrant limes thoir boughs unite,—
We mol—and w« parted forever.
The night-birds sung, ami the stars above,
Told many a touching story.
Of friends long passed to the kindom of lovo,
Wltero the soul wears the nuutlc of glory.
Wc parted in silence our cheiks were wet,
l\ nh tears that were past controlling;
We vowed we could never—no never forget.
And those vows at the time were consoling,
But tho lips that echoed tho vow ofmine,
Are cold as that lonely river;
And that eye, tho beautiful spirit’s shriuc,
Has shrouded its fires forever
And now on the midnight sky 1 look,
And m v heart grows full to weeping;
Each star is to me as a scaled book.
Some tale of that loved one keeping.
We parted in silence, wo parted in tear?.
On the banks of the lonely river;
But thoodor in bloom of those bygone years.
Shall hang round its waters forever.
From the Baltimore American.
CULTURE OF TEA.
We fiud in the last number of the Westminster
Review, the fullest and most interesting account
-ve have ever met with, of the nature and culture
of tea, a commodity which forms the chief bond
of connexion between theEmpi.c of China, with
| its population of three hundred and fifty millions,
j and the rest of the world.
The tea plant is a bushy evergreen shrub, and
: if permitted to attain its natural size, will grow
j to the height of 12 feet. In botany it constitutes
I by itself a distinct genus, of which there is but a
siuglo species, the plants yielding the different
• kinds of black and green teas being in reality no
i more than permanent varieties, the result of long
[ culture. The plant has been cultivated in Chiu-.
■ from time immemorial. The latitudes in which
it thrives best are from 23 to 30 North. Like the
I vine, it is cultivated on the sides of hills, in
i preference to plaitts. It is raised from the seed.
and yields its first crop in from two to litre
| years. When the best teas are raised, the plant
I is carefully pruned, and prevented from attaining
] a height exceeding two or three feet. The
j production of good tea depends upon soil, locality.
I and season, fully as much as that of g< id wine.
i Like it, too, the produce varies accord ng t> the
j care with which the crop is collected and piep r-
; ed for use. From the same plant are common!'
: taken, in each season four crops, which is another
| can?e of variety in tea as it appears in the
; market. The youugcr the leaves, the higher i--
thc flavor. The earliest crop is taken in thp
I beginning of Spring and the last in August,
i The growth of teas of sufficiently high flavor to
I keep for a considerable time and fit in conseqrttce
for exportation was for .a long time confined in tw«
BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE.
From Moultrie's memoir of the Revolution, in S.
Carolina and Georgia.
Ou the morning oftlie 28th June 1776,1 paid a
visit to our advance Guard, threo miles to the
eastward of the Fort. While I was there I saw j provinces—Fokien, which yielded black tea—
a number of the enemy’s boats at the hack of I Kmognau, which yielded green'tea. Of ate
Long Island, as if they intended a descent on vears, owing to tho great demand for teas in
•>ur advanced post; at" the same time I saw the j Europe and America, the culture has extended
Men of \V r ar loose their topsails. I hurried back to three additional provinces. The nvo original
to the Fori as fast as possible ; When I gotlhero, j provinces, however, produce the best ; the wors*
tho ships were already tinder sail; I immediately 1 comes from thodtstrictof Woping, in ( xntnn.—
ordered tho long roll to beat, and Officers and In China, contrary to the usage of the other
met; to their boasts.—We bad scarcely maimed ! great despotisms of Asia, the soil if private prop-
our gun* when the following ships of War ennte ; erty, A' is very minutely subdivided. 1 lie leave 9
sailing up, as if in confidence of victory- Tho|®fiho tea plant tire picked hy the cultivator’s
ships were the Bristol, of 50 gun ~
quantity is consum’d in great Britain than in i kicking one of them opeu somo shots were ex-1 eveufeebler than his first rematks. He was t
n.. rest of Europe 4nd America. As to the j chauged ; the consequence of which was tha* vinced of his failure, and gave the most painful
•»ll tii . rest ol Europe
ipicstiou whether China will be able to supply
av great quantity tu proportion to the increased
■ ‘e i and. the writer in the Westminster thinks
.here is no doubt but they will. The culture,
hich was extended from 1 to two provinces to
, | European demands, can lie extended to ma-
y others. The lit ml on which the tea is cultivat
ed consists ofbiils and mountains of no remarkable
ieitilitj. and not suited for the production of
orn. Of these, notwithstanding the highly
cultivated stale'of the plains and vaitoysof Ghiua
there is much unoccupied.
The effect* o» tea upon the human frame are
hose of a vert gentle stimulant, producing an
exhilaration of spirits. It is to this atone that it
owe s its general adoption. Tim diversity iu the
flavor of the different varieties, is probably full
as great as in the different varieties of wine. The
Chinese themselves, and the oriental nations gen
erally, hardly consume any thing but black
tea.' The English consume one part of green to
lour parts ol black. Thy. Americans, on the con
trary, consume two parts ol green to one of black..
consequence
the doctor was killed upon the spot; and one of
the inmates of the house, a person named Col-
lum. or, as we have heard since, Helmas, was so
wounded as to have been totally insensible to the
subsequent punishment inflicted on his body,
whilst suspended with the rest upon the gallows
Three more individuals were taken in the house
dication of the conviction. There was a con
strained effort at flourishing, but it was tht vain
effort of the uufledged bird to fly ; a great deal of
stammering and a very incoherent statement of
some further rcasouings closed his speech. Ou
sittingdown the Reverend geuilemen made a ve
ry ludicrious mistake. There was eensiderable
OUTRAGEOUS ABDUCTION OF A CHILD.
Mobile, July 30, 1835.
This community have perhaps never been more
excited oi outraged than it was the day before yes
terday by the intelligence that a child of oue of our
cilizeus," Dr. Gesuard, had been carried off, anu
that too bv an own brother. Tito circumstances
that day. About that time an alarm of fire had
been given, which bad called out the several fire
companies, and a considerable number of the
citizens i f the place. The fire which caused the
alarm was easily and suddenly extinguished. In
formation was 'hen communicated to otic of the
fire companies that a child of Dr Gesnard five or
six years of age had been stolen by oue of his
(Dr. G—’s) brothers—that this inhuman depre
dator h;d left intelligence behind in a letter, with
another brother, that for thirty thousand dollars
the child would be restored to its parents, aud
unless this ransom should be paid they should no
ver see it more, it is further slated that the ag
onised father had consented to redeem bis hoy in
the manner proposed, first having offered $15,000,
which was refused, & that the brother who was
actiug as mediator was at that moment at the Mo
bile Bank receiving a part of the ransom money.
The company to which these facts were made
known immediately repaired in a body to tho
Bank, seized the brother they found there & bore
him away to a place of secret confinement for ex
amination. This one seenrred, it was next re
solved to make sure of two other brothers, who if
uot actually in the plot, it was feared would com
municate intelligence of the movements that were
going ou to the man lhat was absent with the.
child, and thus thwart .ill furtbet%fforts for its
recovery. The citizens of the place had by this
time become generally informed of the facts and
the excitement which was very great had be
come universal. In a -hurt time aud atshort in
tervals the other two brothers were found
aud taken into custody. In the meantime such
measures had becu taken with the first that w as
seized as extorted from him a confession of his
knowledge of the hiding place of tho absent bro
ther tad child. Ho solemnly promised on con
dition of his life’s being spared him be would use
all the means in liis power to rescue the child alive,
which he believed could be done by allowing the
brother who had borne him off to escape also
with his life, after surrendering up the child; al-
tho’ he had been assured if ho brought any other
.person with him, the life of the boy would be
sacrificed on the instant.
The necessary arrangements was soon made for
the pursuit, but by this time the populace, exas
perated at the unnatural act of barbarity which
had been committed, had assembled in such
great number* around the city prison, manifesting
too, such a spirit of vengeance and indignation
it the outrage, that it was considered unsafe-to
.ake the individual, who had promised to. act as
their guide, out from his confinement until the'
crowd could be dispersed. As the first step to
accomplish this end, the City Troop and the
Guards, who had been called out shortly after tne
excitement began were dismissed, and the assem
bled citizens were requested, by the commander
of the cavalry company, iu an audible voice, to
go immediately to their homes aud leave all
farther proceedings to a party of citizens that had
taken tbemalter for the present into their own
bands. The request was complied with, though
not without some apparent reluctauce. While
the crowd was dispersing, in prosecuting of the
plan proposed the Don’Juan, asmallow-boatthat
runs remarkably still, was chartered, and got in
readiness for the expedition. Just after nightfall,
the party w*th their guide embarked ou tho boat
nid left the city, for tho place designated, which
was some fifteen or twenty miles up the Mobile
river.
Ye*terday morning at suurise the boat return
ed—and joyful to relate! with the stolen child—in
safety! The joy of the parents ; especially tho
fnth—r. w ho was awaiting anxiously the return of
the boat, can be better imagined than painted.
As the boat readied the wharf.the child was held
up to ;h: view ol the father when iu the rapture
of his feelings ho fell on his knees and gave thanks
to God. To tlto*e wht^bncl witnessed his agony
the day previous, this scene of a father, embrac
ing his lost boy. was really affecting beyond all
description Whether the brother that acted as
mediator and guide on this occasion, and the one
who committed this strange and atrocious theft
were allowed to escape, or what was or is to be
their fa-c, is more than we cau fully ascertain.—
Certain it is, they were not brought to the city by
the return boat and we understand they were
permitted to goat large on condition of their leav
ing the country to return no more.
the bar-keeper called Dutch Bill, Mr. Samuel hissiug at the time, accompanied with some faint
Smith, and Mr. McCall. North who had previ- ‘ L ’
ously quitted it, aud was endeavoring to make
his escape by water, was arrested about a mile
from the city and brought back; his hands were
tied behind him. and be was obliged to walk with
the rest who had been similarly bound—each hav
ing a rope around his neck, which was freqent-
ly jerked so violently as nearly to choke them!—
In this manner they were conducted to the scaf
fold and executed. The unfortunate sufferers
presented such a horrible appeareuce that the
passers-by were, moved even to tears!—Some
of them endeavored to interfere but were threat
ened with a similar punishment and obliged to
desist.
These unfortunate men claimed to the last the
privilege of American citizens—the trial by jury,
and professed themselves willing to submit to any
thing their country would legally inflict upon
them, but we are sorry to say their petition was
in vain! The black musicians were ordered to
strike up, and the voices of the suppliants were
drowned by the fife and drum. Air. or
dered them to play Yankee Doodle, a tune which
we believe, has never been so prostituted before
—and we trust will never be again. The un
happy sufferers frequently implored a drink of
water, but they were refused !
The company consisted of 30 or 40 persons,
commanded hy Capt Baumgnrd. aud armed by
the United States for a very different purpose,
that of protecting their fellow citizens, and raaiu-
ing the supremacy of the laws.
Such conduct would disgrace Algiers, aud
could have hardly occurred in a barbarous
state.
The wife of one of the sufferers, half distract
ed at the cruel treatment and murder of her hus
band, trembling for her owu safety, in tears beg
ged permission to inter her husband’s body—it
was refused! She was afterwards compelled to
fly, with her orphan child iu an open skiff for her
personal security.
Tho same fate was threatened to any person
who should dare to cut down the bodies before
the expiration of the tweuty four-hours. At 11
o’clock the next day, they were cut down and
thrown together iutoa hole which had been dug
near the gallows, without coffins or any other
preparations, except a box into which ono of them
was put.
Thus euded the disgusting and horrible oc
currence. We understand that the magistrates
attempted to interfere, but were cautioned at
their peril nollointermeddlo iu the affair.
What, in the name of all that is good—asked
the Philadelphia Commercial Herald—are we
coming to? Is ours a government of laws, are
they laws to be silenced and defied by lawless
mobs and brutal barbarians. What must the na
tions of Europe think of of us and ofour country?
of us who boast that our land is tho home of the
free and the asylum of tho oppressed—where
“every man may sit under his own vino and fig-
tree, and none shall molest or make afraid !”—
Can we longer boast that ours is the land of lib
erty ? No, rather must we sav, and we do it with
shame, ’tis a laud of anarchy and licentiousness,
and the arm of civil authority is paralyzed and
nerveless.
PROCLAMATION.
By H. G. Runnels Governor of the Slate of
Mississippi.
Whereas it has been represented to the Ex
ecutive, that there is a band of lawless, base,
villanous white men travelling the country, en
deavoring to get up an insurrection amoug our
slaves: And whereas, it has been further rep
resented to the Executive, that disclosures had
been made by those concerned, well calculated
to excite the most serious apprehensions that a
widely extended conspiracy is on foot, calculated
to produce an alarm, and to call forth the vigi-
leuce and etiergy of our people.
Ido, therefore, issue this Proclamation, exhort
ing all good citizens, and commanding the offi
cers, both civil aud military, to use the most un
tiring vigilance to suppress all such insurrection
ary movements, and to apprehend all such sus
picious pet sobs, and doliver them over to the
proper authorities, that they may be brought
to condign punishment. To which end I espe
cially call on the members of the Board of Police
of each county and district, to exert the authority
given to them hy an act of the Legislature of the
25th of December, 1833, of organizing in their
respective beats active and efficient patroles. I
repeat the importance aud necessity of much
vigilance in all quarters of the State; and, should
it become necessary, I do hereby order the Quar
ter Master General, & each of tho assistant Quar
ter Master Generals; to deliver the arms of tho
State, into the hands of the People for their de
fence, taking the receipts of responsible persons
for the same and at the same time having due re
gard to tho proper distribution according to tho
exigonctos of the case.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set
[Seal] my hand and caused the great seal of the
State to be hereunto affixed, at Jackson,
July 13,1835. H. G. RUNNELS.
By the Governor:
David Dickson, Secretary of State.
Commodore
Sir P. Parker; the Experiment of 50; the
Active 28. th - Solltay 28, the Syren of 28 the
Acttcou 28 (he Sphynx 23, tho Friendship
56. As soon as they came within reach of our
guns wo began to lire ; they were quickly abreast
of tlie Fort, let go their Anchors with Springs
upon their cables, and begun their attack most
furiously nbout 10 o’clock, A. M.
The Thunder-Bomb had the beds of her
mortars soon disabled : she threw her shells itt a
very good direction, most of them foil within the
Fort, but we had a morass in tho middle, that
swallowed them up instantly, and those that fell
in the sand end about tho Fort, were immediately
buried, so that very few of them burst amongst
us. At one time, tho Commodore’s ship-swung
round with Iter stern to the Fort, which drew the
fire of nil the guns that would bear upon her; wc
supposed ho had bad the springs of her cables cut
away. The words passed along the platform by
officers and men were, “mind the Commodore,
mind tiio two fifty gun ships.” Most all the
attention was paid to the two fifty gun ships,
especially the Commodore, who 1 dare say. was
not at all obliged to us for our particular attention
to him ; the list of kilted and wounded on board
these two ships confirms what 1 say. The
Bristol having 74 men killed and wounded and
Experiment .87. Never did men fight more
•bravely, aud never were men more cool; their
Daly distress was the want of powder; we had
net tnoro thau 28 rounds for 26 guns. 18 and
26 pounders, when we begun the action ; aud a
little after, 500 pounds from town anti 200pouu<ls
from n neliv. lying at the back of the Fort, The
family, and conveyed at onco in a fresh state to
the market, where they are purchased hy a parti
cular class of dealers, who dry them under a shed
and in this imperfect state of preparation, dispose
of them to a second and higher class of trailer*,
who sort the teas according to their qualities, and
after completing the proeessof manufacture, pack
them in chests. The tea arrives in <’aiiton about
the
THE VICK-BURG TRAGEDY.
The Louisiana Advertiser gives the particulars,
iu an authentic shape, of the horrid outrage late
ly committed at Vicksburg, Miss, and which pre
sents the transaction in a more odious light even
than the former account. It is as follow* :
Some difficulty arose at the public dinner giv-
n in celehr lion of the 4th of July, as too often
middle of October, and the business period of happens on similar occasions, between Mr. Fish-
j the trade exists from that tunc to the end of
j December. The traders iu green tea amount in
I number to nbont four hundred ; the dealers in
black tea are lcs* numerous bat more wealthy.—
They accompany their chests, carried tnos’ly hy
porters from distances of several bun red mile* to
Canton. In Cfluioit the sorts quoted forexport do
uot exceed fifteen in number—about eight of
which arc black and six green—the prices vatying
from twelve to sixty cents per pound.
la regard to the consumption of tea in different
countries, the writer remarks that all the nations
of Asia east of Siam and Camhqja, are wh.it may
be termed habitual aud immemorial consumers of
tea. With the Chinese the teapot is iu coustant
requisition, from morning tiil night, with persons
of both sexes, of all ages and all condition:..
They use it always withoutmilk, and frequently
without sugar. Supposing—what b a very rea
sonable supposition, that each inhabitant on an
average drinks twice a» much as each inhabitant
of Great Britain, the annual consumption iu China
would be half a million of tons.
The use of tea in Europe commenced about 1
hundred and eighty five years ago ; and in this
time the consumption has raised from a nameless
fraction to nearly thirteen thousand tons. Agre-
who belonged to the volunteer company, and
: Mr. Francis Colder. From words they proceed
ed to blow* Mr. < haviug drawn a knife upon
j bis opponent, the company, taking the part of
tlit ir comrade, seized him, bound him to a tree,
and inflicted thirty two lashes ou his person !
Not considering this sufficient, they tarred and
feathered him. alleging that ho was a gambler ;
h.- entreated them to shoot him rather than dis
grace him in that manner, and begged them not
to let the tar fall into bis eyes as they poured it
over his head : but rh. person he addressed, in
stead of complying u;'h iris request struck him
violently with a stick across the eyes! He was
then released, nml ordered to quit the city in 24
hati rs.
The u^xt day they went forth armed in milita
ry array, to puP, down, tear out. and demolish
every thing appertaining to gambling, aud to tim
and feaihtr tty one wito should oppose them !
law or no law. Some wished to protect their
property, but their hearts failed them when they
saw the state of < xeitemettt of the volunteers.—
One at length had determined to stay in Mr.
North's bouse to protect himsetffrom Iming tnrred
and to secure the house an<l grocery from'destruc-
trnn. Up fastened the door*, btjt Dr, Bod ley's 1
COLONIZATION vs. ABOLITION.
Extract of a letter from a cltrgymati of Boston,
to a friend in this city.
Boston, July IS, 1835.
It may seem obtrusive forme, after so slight
an acquaintance, to address to you a letter;' but
a late occurrence in our city, in which you can
not but feel an interest, induces me to incur the
risk of the charge. The occurrence to which l
allude, is the public debate held last night in Ju
lian Hall, between the Rev. Messrs. Gurley aud
May, on the merit of the Colonization Society.
The Rev. Mr. Gurley was challenged in this de
bate by his Anti-Slavery antagonist. The reso
lution discussed was not known to hirn until the
parties met on the stage of the Hall. Its import
was, lhat the Colonization Society did not de-
setve the patronage of the public, because it sanc
tioned and taught in its authorised writings, doc
trines that were nnchristaih, inhuman, tfcc. Arc.
The Anti-Slavery party admitted that the cham
pion was as good a oue as they could produce
or could wish, being a man of kuown ability, of
great candour, unquestionable piety, and less of
a declaimer, aud more of a logician, than Thomp
son, who treated his audience with so much
srhoid-boy declamation, aud so little argument
in a former discussion- Great interest was excit
ed by the public advertisements of the meeting, the
Hall was jammed at an early hour, ami it is prob
able that hundreds went away for the want of
seats. Mr. May commcnred the debate. He
spoke at length of the charges specified iu the
resolution, and read from numerous documents
to establish them. Mr. Guriey iu his reply, an
swered the charges most triumphantly- The
audience could not resist the conviction &. though
a request had been giveu that there should bo no
expression of feeling ou the part of the assembly,
involuntary thunders of applause burst forth at
frequent intervals, and the hissing showed a con-
scioasuc'53 of defeat. The rejoinder of May was
cheeriug. Before the latter had entirely closed
Gurley rose to reply when thunders, of applause
broke from the audience to bail him, but which
his antagonist thought were designed for himself,
and rising again he requested his friends to re
strain tho expression of their interest and allow
his opponent to proceed !
1 will not attempt to describe to you Gurley’s
teply lest you suspect me enthusiastic. Suffice
it to say, that those who have heard him repeat
edly, declare that they never heard him acquit
himself so nobly before. He was evidently con
scious that he had got the mastery. He moved a-
long. perfectly at home, deliberately attacking
and scattering iu ruins every position of his an
tagonist. The enlarged grasp and powerful
sweeos of thought, the dignified candour, and the
sound logical argumentation with which he dis
cus?ed the question, excited the admiration of
all, even eueuties, Tbqoverwhclmiug applause,
compared with the faint hissing with which he
was heard, show the state of feeling in this com
munity respecting this great subject; numbers
who went to the meeting undecided have been
convinced of the folly of the Anti Slavery
movements. And itis confidently believed that
the continuance of the debate wilt materially in
jure the Abolitionists. The house rung with : 'p
pfause for a long interval after Gurley too* hi*
seat. The debate to be resumed again next
Monday evening. All that is necessary in this
city is an efficient agent, and the Colonization
will carry.with it the whole power of tiie public (
sentiment. The intelligent & influential portion
of’our citizens almost universally are opposed to
the Abolitionists.—A T . Y. Times
Extract of a letter to a gentleman of this city, dated
Boston, July 21,1835.
I intimated in my last that the debate bent een
Gurley and May was to be resumed again last
evening. The bouse was crowded at :tn early
hour, the defeat of the last occasion having alarm
ed the Abolitionists and roused them to extraor
dinary efforts to rally. May commenced the de
bate. He flagged very painful throughout his
speech. He is a man of much apparent candor,
but uot sufficient moral fortitude to bear such a
responsibility. Almost every shade of depresscd
and chagrined feeling flits over his countenance
while speaking. Gurley, it was generally allow
ed, rose even above his former power, and was
treated with frequent and most enthusiastic cheer
ing. May's second speech was most painfully
embarrassed. It was evident to most casual ob
server that he actually did not knotc ichat to say
He hesitated, stammered, turned pale, asked how
long it was before his time was up. if it had unt
expired, and finally rounded off some kind of a
closiug sentence, and took his seat. I am con
scious that 1 tell the truth, when I say. that it w as
the sincere desire .of Colonizationists themselves,
that he should do better than he did. The au
dience seemed affected with pity for the embar
rassed state of his feelings. Gurley then answer
ed with his usual mastery, and was carrying the
audience along iu thunders of applause, when
Gen. Thomson, who was on the stage, chargrilled
at the failure of his cause, and the triumphant
success of Gurley, rose up, impassioned, and de
manded to be heard, when such an expression of
indignation broke from the audience as never
was witnessed before in this city. “Down with
him !” “Down with him!” “Out with him!” &c
rung iu thunders. He tried to persist, hut the audi
ence rose en masse from their seats, like an oce : i
thrown into tumult, aud silenced him, so that hr
had to resume his seat. I he expression of feel
ing was tremendous ; but who will say it was not
just? Tie debate had Ween arranged between the
antagonists, and what right had gentlemen to inter
rupt its order? Such a glorious expression of the
true sentiments of this ccmtnunity on this great
question will have its effect. The Abolitionists
seemed astounded ; they had not dreamed that
there was remaining yet so much opposition of
opiuiou in this goodly city. Gurley sat down
with long continued and overwhelming applause.
May rose again, though it was near eleven o’clock
at which many Colonizationists, disgusted in his
former efforts retired. He seemed to be roused n
little by his failure, to make a stronger effort, aud
succeeded better, a* far as fluency of speech is
concerned. Three fourths of his remarks refer
red altogether to constitutionality of the right of
discussing the subject of slavery—a poiut never
questioned by his antagonist. His remarks were
however, delivered with less embarrassmen
than before, and tho abolitionists cheered him at
(he close. Gurley, arose to reply, and though
very late, the audience continued patiently to
hoar until lie got through. He was cheered at
frequent intervals, and sat down at near midnight
amid the most irrepressible shouts of applaose.
The resolution accusing the Colonization Society
was then read for the decisions of the audience.
After several attempts to ascertain the vote, ow
mg to the coufusionfofthe audieuce'retiring, it was
moved uot to take it. But it is confidently be
lieved that notwithstanding many of the Coloni
zationists bad retire 1 'at the commeucetn-nt of
May's third speech, the resolution wott'd ha ve
been lost by a large majority. Titus close-! 'lie
occasion of the most unexampled interest The
indication of public opinion which it furnishes,
will be hailed by all good and judicious men.—Jb
•ntously ;
ci’izeus io be prudent while they are prompt- X-
we confidently believe that the people <,(
north will see the necessity of themselves ime r e
dieting the continuance of the nefarious measur "
of the abolitionists. s
The following resolution was
dopted by the committee of 21.
Resolved, That a committee he appointed to
communicate to the citizens the arran-'eme
made with the Postmaster, that no seili[j 0us
pamphlets shall leave his office untill the civil !r j
bunals of the city are informed upon the subject
and that they be authorised in the name muibe'
hall'of the citizens of Charleston, to accompapy
the mail front the steam Pont which
ls expected
From the Charleston Courier Aug. 5.
COMMITTEE OF CITIZEN' 1 .
A meeting of the committee of *81. appointed
by.the citizens on Monday, was held yesterday,
at 12 o’clock, l’hev made an arrangement with
the Postmaster that no seditious pamphlets, or o-
ther incendiary publications, shall be issued or
forwarded from the Postoffic'o in this city, and
appointed a sub-committee to take proper meas
ures to effect that object. The prompt and en
ergetic manner in which the committee have pro
ceeded. the high character and standing of tin-
gentlemen who compose it, and the perfect confi
dence reposed in the entire co-operation of the
Postmaster in any measure which may concern
the safety of the community, should quiet the np
prehensions of our citizens, and induce every in
dividual to give their countenance and supnort
to the constituted authority.
Iu preventing the evil which now threatens the
people of the South, it should be the object of
to arrive this night or tomorrow, to the Postofg ce
and to make the necessary arrangements wii|j
the Postmaster to prevent the distribution of the
seditious pamphlets which may at any iim e he
received by the Mail.
The committee consists of: Gen. fi, y
Hayue, John Robinson. Esq., Chirlts Eduious-'
ton, H. A. Desassure, Esq., Capt. James Robert
son, Capt. James Lyuah, Edward R. Laurens
Esq.
ATHENS. Aug. 6.
On Sunday the commencement sermon was
preached to a very crowded, and vre may say (if
such a term might be used in speaking of a coq.
gregation) brilliant audience, by tho Rev. Charles
\Y Howard of Milledgeville. We shall -it pres
ent decline speaking of the admirable perforin,
auce of Mr How ard—to do it any tiling like jus
tice would require more time than we now have
at our disposal.
The board of Trustees met as usual on Mon
day-
On Tuesday the exhibition of tbe Junior ora-
tois took place in the following order:
JL Morrow. P. K. S.—Literary retirement a
stato of true felicity.
S. W Harris. D S.—“Go ahead.”
J. Jones. P. K. S.—Slavery as it exists in the
United States.
J. M. Y’ason, D. S—National Commerce.
A. O. Bacon. P. K. S. (Affirmative■) )
J. C. Wilkins, P. K S. (Negative.) $ snou,l ‘
iudiscrimintae imigration be prohibited by the
United States J
A. J. Cook. I). S.—Tbe nineteenth century.
J. V. lla-ris. D. S-—Influence of party spirit
and personal views on Science,
W. 11 Lee, P- K. S.—Female character and
influence.
B. C. Yancey, P. K. S.— The influence of pop
ular opinion on men of genius.
M. Williams, D. S.—The literary institutions
of Georgia claim the undivided support of her
citizens.
In tbe afternoon of the same day an sddress
was delivered before the “Alumni Society of
Franklin College,” by William C. Dawson, Esq.
of Greensboro’. Our friend Dawson must ex
cuse us for saving, that we should have been
much better pleased with his “literary rail road,”
if he had not raised on it for transportation^
commodity (political party allusion) which should
be considered on all such occasions as a contra
band article.
On A\ ednesday (commencementday) address
es were delivered by the following young g utle-
meu, a portion.of the graduating class:
C. \\. West, P. K. S.—2ud Honor. Saluta
tory.
l). W. Long. D- S.—3d Honor. (Subject as
signed.) -Mental Science.
S. M. Strong, D. S.—T < doubt is the first step
of Philosophy.
D- 11 Janes, P. K. S Social affections ne
cessary to individual happiness.
W. G. Smith, I). S. American Politics and
Literature.
(J. M. Troup, P K. S. Rights of property.
J. A. Wingfield. D. S- ‘‘Not that we read too
much, hut that we think too little."
W. R. Branham, D. S. 4th Honor. (Subject
assigned,) Mental Science. (Special subject.)
Qui fit Maecenas, ut nemo.
D. -’iuloy, P. K. S. ) 1st Honor. Vale-
F. S. Bartow, P K. S. y dictory.
Before the address of the President to the giad-
Mating class, the degree of Bachelor of Arts was
conferred on the followinug gentlemen:
Francis S. artaw Savannah.
Walter It Braubam, Eatonum-
John D. Diomatari, Ipsara, Greece.
David Finley, \\ ilkes county.
Robert Iverson, Columbus
DavidJanes, Telliafcrro to.
Crawford W. Long, Madison < o.
Erasmus L. Ragan, Greenville.
William G. Smith, Jones county
Samu.1M. Strong, • Macon.
JairosD.'Thomas. Athens.
John J. A. Th -mas, McIntosh to.
George M. Troup, Laurens Co.
Charles W. West, Liberty Co.
Junius Wingfield, Greensboro.’
Crafton D. Woodbridge. Savannah.
To-day tho Orator before the two literary so
cieties of fhe College-will be deliveted by Daniel
Chandler. Esq. of Washington, Wilkes ccuuty-
Twenty-eight new tetndents have been exam
ined and received into the institution.
Of the transaction of the board of T r ustccs,
but little has yet transpired. They have, we un
derstand. mueh to their credit, raised the salaries
of the Professors $200—appropriated i jr
increase of the College Library, and a liberaisum
for additional supplies of .Maps, Globes, &c.
OILO AND MICHIGAN-
Another Flurry—We weie io!d officially by t - 4
Ohio Journal a few days since, that all a PP‘ e
(tension of a forcible collision between the pur
ties was at an end. and were given to underst 30 ^
that the whole affair of the Boundary was arrJ “
ged for the present to the satisfaction of
corned. We perceive however, from l eIl ^“,
>lie Times, dated Detroit July 18th and -
that a spice of the old leaven still remains-
Deputy Sheriff ny the name of Wood, horn
roe. Miehigau having been commissioned a
the 12th, to arrest on a civil process, a youue
named Stickney, residing at Toledo, ' n 1 h-ita»
pitted territory, was notified hy the latter,' ‘
sure as he laid" hands on him, he (Stickney).
stab him with adirk. lie did lay bauds on
Stickney was as bad as bis word. The* 1 ^
tered the left side, but striking the rib. it w-- 5 ^
1'iiscd the < ouud would not prove tnortao
Express w as immediately sent to Aeun? .’y^.
nor Mason, fiv whose orders the Sheritt " *
roe Cooutv took a posse of aboutSOo ainif*
and proceeded to Tole<lo, for tlie’arrest o 1 * ■
nev- Oil the tippearence of this f° r *-’ e ! ^ ^
ctpal part of the male population (led ‘ irl
Maumee river; but they succeeded 1,1 jr <r i]ia n
Major Stickney. the father of the ofy tlUI ’ r 0 f
our citizens to avoid the adoption of violent mea
sures, unless the necessity of the case require ir. \ who stabbed Wood. Mr.
Let the infatuated abolitionist? see that there is Bissel & Mr Kay, who i
no human prospect of the success of their uiiIk,Iv
schemes. Let the American people know that
to countenance the designs of these ruthless vio
lators of our vested rights, is but to assist in de
molishing tbe government of their choice, the fair
fabric of which every American is proud, ^'he
southern * people are united to a man on this
question. They will exhibit to their northern
brethren the grand tnora! spectacle of an injured
and insulted community, vising up in their might
and w ith a coolness and deliberation that can on- state oi uuugs. •*>»" - . g 01R
ly be equalled by their determination, warning j possible to predict—.V. I Journa oj
their adversaries of tho danger they provoke, I hi*f‘ rn
should they advance another step iu this forbid- 1 The celebrated Wm. Gobbet -ben ‘.,|, a-
den path. j in Surrv, Eng. on the 18th Juno, in t 10
We repeat that it ber.-omes necessary for our i of his age.
bargee ■■■ — -, ff0
aider and a bettor of Stickney, anil 0 '"^ . *
others, anti have lodged them iu the ou - „ ; hf
No resistance w as offered, but after rro-^ ", |er .
river the people of Toledo, fired u P°JV,,'Toi
ilPs posseo, though without effoit. 1 ll j - j, the
people say that the judgments upon w ^
process was served by Wood, did not ,<r , u ,-e-
actions of debt, but vexatious suits eon
from alleged slander, and other ca ? aC ' - e seOt
about ' i3 iiti*
How- the matter will
for the purpose of bringitt
state of things.