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THE MACON GEORGIA T ELEfiR APII.
TIIK.'V a*k .HE WOT TO BRINK..
Tim. not of all the happme**,
The pleasure! of the aoul,
Tell not to me y.Mir boasted joys,
Afforded by.the bowl;
1*1 rather far you'd tender not
The sparklingrup to me,
Kor while you drink your flowing wine,
Oli! leave the Spring to me.
Tin
pur
rold Spring, with water
Haw oft I’ve drank of thee;
I’ll drink again, for better far,.
Thou art, than wine for me;
Then drink your brandy, wine and gin,
Hut keep your cup to thee,
You all may boast your pleasures o'er,
H ut gi ve the Spring to me.
riii
Let
cold water songs and shout,
conquer or let's die;
For while I live, 1 will be free,
•And temperate I’ll die.’
My think is from the clear cold Spring,
To every body fi ee.
Then n§k me not to drink yourw«ne.
Hut leave the Spring for me.
Away, away, I will not drink,
So say no more to me ;
I’ll not partake your 'ruddy wine/
Nor join your revelry;
All that I ask, in this my life,
Is to contented be ;
It docs not lie in drinking rum.—
Come, taste the Spring with me.
rered,
id it is
Rich Extract*
The following fine specimen of whig sagac
they lambaste folks every day afterwards. And then don't
they ketch it! Oh ! no. As for the school-masters, all the
old vrimmen come out and call them the hardest lot o'
names; and as for the sinators, and congressmen, and pres
idnits, and so forth, don’t they git it from political old wo-
men ? Oh ! switcliel! what a lot o* names ! lieros ami ty-
rants, and false hearted patriots; and riereants and miscre
ants ; and villins and swinglers ; with other names lew te
dious to mention, as the auoshuneer sed, when he was ask
ed for a catalogue of the vartnea.”
“You are right; vou are right, indeed.” 1 an
■■ abuse is certainly heaped upon every public man,
a great and crying evil. Pray heaven it may not shake my
country to fragments, and leave her once mighty name to
be the play thing nf On getfulness !"
« Well, you air iskiti on. at a great rate. X declare, and
eenmosl about nothin at all. As tor the nbusin, it does a
man nation sight o good. It fixes his llint the right way.
The more vou abuse a man. previdin he don't turn right
round and abuse you, the better it is for him. People air
apt to examine,and if a man's bad. and you say lie’s a leetle
werser, tlieir sympathy gels riz^and they vote for him.
Why. when Deacon Jones wanien to go to the legislator, he
rue old Sal Slocum, and aha was a whole team in the slim-
derin line, ten dollars to go roenu and call him names. She
arned her money tew, mind, I tell you. Well,people had
never liearn tell o’the deacon afore, and they begin to in
quire about him. Some folks said it was a tarnal shame
that sich an old git-out should abuse an honest man, and lie
oughter be sustained, and they voted for him. Others agin ^
sed he must he a man of con. equence. or his enemies pecls of the country are considered; and even
would’nt find out Sich means to b agyard him, and nicy VO. r . . J . /
ted for him. And the deacon's private friends, without dis
tinction of party, got riled at hearin him slanged about in
this way. anil they voted for him. Atwixt ’em all, he got an
* ' ‘ otes, and was elected jest as slick as a -ck,-,!—
1*re.idem Tyler’s Northern Tour.
President Tyler is expected to reach Pliila- j
From the Federal Union.
Democratic State Cenvention
M1LLEOGEVILLE. Jest:
DEM O C R A <’ y
THE YANKEE SKaZKZSSH.
nr Caleb clambake.
Whatever skeptic could inquire for.
For er'ry why he hat! a wherefore#
Butler't Hudibras.
Very fond I am of steam-boats and stage-coaches. Not
altogether on account of any inherent love for them, but
from two adventures which happened to ine; the first,while
travelling on the former—the last while inside the latter of
these conveyances. That which occurred on board the
steam-boat being uncommonly short, shall have precedence;
it is necessary to a coriect understanding of my second, or
I should not tell it.
It fell out that, •nee upon a day, I embarked on board
one of these smoky crafts that ply daily between Burlington
and Philadelphia. It furthermore fell out, that after having
accomplished my business, I was returning, when lo ! on
reaching the city, before our boat could be fastened to the
wharf, a young damsel, who was standing too near the un
guarded aide of the boat, fell overboard. A sudden im
pulse, whether of chivalry or of madness, I know not which,
animating my bosom, I leaped into the river, and with the
assistance of a strong arm and a stronger rope, the one end
of which was thrown toward me, the damsel was rescued.
I saw no more than one thing, namely, that the maiden, de-
npitathefiriffht, was very comely and fair to look upon; af
ter assuring myself af which, I made the be.‘tof my way for
ike shore, fearing that if I stayed I might be annoyed with
thanks, and the admiring looks of all the little boys in the
neighborhood of the scene. By good fortune I escaped al
most unnoticed ; but not unaccompanied. The grateful and
earnest gaze of the rescued girl was with me atill. and an
angel in the shape of bright blue eyes appeared to accom
pany me wheresoever I went. Yet though I made divers
inquiries, and sought by every means to discover her resi
dence, nevertheless I found it to be impossible, and was
about to give up in despair, when by chance it happened
that I was forced to lake a journey into the interior of our
lot o' votes, and was elected jest as slick asa whistle.
Arter the 'lection some people come to him and said he
had’nt oughter stand old tfal’s lies, and he’d better, now lie
was elected, have her up before the court for libeliin. The
deacon had like to snicker right out, but he put on a long
face, and talked away a spell shout his imprenaUe honesty,
that only shone brighter for such rubbin. and talk of that
kind, until every hotly left him, convinced he was the most
suflerin patriot in all natur.”
I laHOed beirtily at the anecdote, and said, "I should
like to near the political experience of the deacon as reci
ted by himself. I would make a saleable volume of it.”
•* Oh ! ho!” exclaimed the engineer, in a tone of triumph,
•'you’re an author, air you? Jest os like as not now, you’ve
been takin me off the hull time, but I rayther guess you
wont find nothin what aint creditable.”
•' I should hope not,” I replied.
" Notverv likely, on so short an acquaintance,” said he,
in reply, 44 though you might tew. Surveyin character on
being newly presented to your view, is like exavinin a sta
tue or pictur at a distance. When you get near it, apparent
beauties are defects, and those which were apparently de
fects. air arter all beauties.”
" Well, said I, "you are a shrewd fellow truly, and I
think your opinions axe exceedingly correct.”
"None of your flattery, if you please, mister,” said my
more fjr tlie country in producing the true I Navy Yard in Philadelphia at 2 1-2 P. M-
remedy for its disasters, than any thing else The boat has been provided with ordnance and
that can be done. The remedy which »lie case music. On its passage up the river, saluies
requires, is confidence. Restore confidence,' will be fired at Marcus Hook and other inter-
and you reinstate prosperity; conquer the ad- ; mediate points. On its arrival at the Navy
Esn..
; House
darin*
nistra.tion, and you restore confidence.”—
Col. Preston’s icech, 1S40.
The Promise.—“ Elect Gen. Harrison,
and confidence will immediately revive; cred
it will be restored ; active business will return;
and prices of products will rise.”—Henry Clay’s
Speech, July, 1S40.
The Fulfilment.—“ The nation is suffer
ing; distress and ruin are seen on every side;
gloom pervades every breast, when the pros-
the light of hope seems almost extinguished.’
—Hartford Courant, March 11, 1843.
It was on the fourth of November, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred—no matter when, that I found my-
self u pasafluger in the mail coach which plied daily be
tween Duncan's Island and Millerstown. It was a cold,
drizly morning when I started. The sun was just rising, or
was about to rise, for it was his proper time, though he nad
bidden ins round, rosy face in a dense fog, as a lazy man
would conceal his own in the bed clothes. The coacn was
n vehicle which was certainly not Troy built, by a great
deal, but was infinitely better than the cattle that was lo
draw it along the roa 1. They absolutely defied descrip
tion. The iafler of the two. whose age was somewhere in
the neighborhood of a quarter of a century, was a raw-boned
animal, blind in one eve, and wearing a coat as rough and
raggru as n sailor’s Flushing jacket. His companion in
bondage, was a little, short, plump brute, just released from
bis collage, who had n >t assumed the gravity of age, and
accordingly frisked and jumped in his traces, to the great
annoyance of his elder and more staid neighbor. The har
ness which bound them to the vehicle, was of that kind
which requires careful handling, and bo small degree of
magnanimity on its own part, to prevent it from falling into
nieces. Yet, despite the bad appearance things presented,
\ was obliged to suffer it, for I could find no belief convey
ance.
I was not alone. Another individual was with me. oo
whose countenance, manners, and habiliments, was written
the word 'Yankee!’ He was a tall, spare man, with a
piercing eye, and a restless set of features. His apparel,
which wasevidently the work of a country tailor, consisted
of a ront, short-skirted, and garnished with flat, round brass
buttons ; a vest, the capacious pockets of which were stuff
ed to-repletion ; and a pair of • Oh ! no, we never mention
them,’ which being too short for their owner, were coaxed
toward the feet by means of narrow leatheyi straps. His
terminations downwards were cased in a pair of cowhide
l|QOts, well cleaned and greased ; while the upper extremi
ty wore a thin mss* of short cut. much combed and well
sicked hair, over which was the smallest kind of-a small
hat. < |
Discovering evidence in my companion's restlessness of
•ns-desire to speak. I leaned back on my seat and waited
nnticfitly till it should please him to open the conversation.
1 did riot wait long. Hitching himself onward, till his half-
disjointed frame was directly opposite to mine, he first look
ed out of the coach window, and tbon peered into my face
"A dreadful nice country on our left,” said he, "mister—
mister—Oh ! I've heard your name, but forgoi it”—and lie
looked as though he expected us to reveal our patronymic.
“No mattei about names,” war my answer, “it is too
chnmpoigne here to please me.”
" Tew shampain ! oh! yes! Well, I like a tee totaller,
though I take a leetle of the stuff' n.ysclf. I wish I could
dew without it, that’s a fact, but it d >n’t hurt no one, a little
jest in moderation. Perhaps you like the land jest afore us
“ No !” was my reply, " it is too rocky.”
“ Tew rocky ! well, 1 admire to hear you talk, I dew,”
ejaculated my fellow-passenger. * You're jeat about as
hard to please ns my aunt Jerushy, and she was an awful
crooked critter, that’s n fact. You never heard on her, I
•pose ? She’s of the Cummins of our parts.’* I signified
my ignorance of h is aunt by a shake of the bead, when be
prOt'ccded. “ I’M jest up ami tell you all about it. We
had an awful cross <log, and his na i»e was Jupiter, but we
ulwnya called him Jape. Oh ! he was such a tarnation
cross dog. Well, one night somebody or other tried to get
in our house that hadn't oughter, and Jupe kicked an nn
awful racket, and kept it np the b«J] night. The hull bilin
on us ctmld'ni c* t a wink of sleep. Next mornra aunt Je-
roshy went out to him, and she did give him the niost all fi
red lickin you ever did see. ‘I’ll lira you, said she, 'to
keep up sich a noise the hull time, you pesky, troublesome
critter. You make a noise for nothin agin—that’s all’—and
then rhe walke 1 it.to him agin llkt a thousand o’ brick.
The dog kinder sorter understood ker, for next night lie
slept as sound us a rock, and i* walked some tarnal ugly
chap, and clapped his pickers and st^aiers on almost every
thing he could find. Next mornin folk* were up, bright
and airly, and there was a mess M be sure. Oh ! Jehu
Jones! now aunt did splutter. ‘Thit good-fbr-not bin dog
of ourn,’ sed she, 'aiat worth hi* keep, the lazy, sleepy
critter.’ * Sr*ez the to me, 4 go and lick the brute like
all natur.’ It did tickle me a fear, mind I tell vou, and I
burnt right out Inflin I gue«s I’d <i better snickered ia my
sleeve though, for she fetched me sich a lick on the chops.
- What do you mean, you impuder? scamp,* said alie, rale
riled, ' what dew you mean by this laflin, go, dew what I
tell you, or I’ll skin you within an inch of yoar life.’ I shet
up nbmit the quickest. Now, you’re jest such an awful
critter i\$ aunt Jcrushy, there aint nopleasiu on you noway
you <*an fix it.”
Nut liking to rest under this imputation, I told mv row-
pinion that 1 liked neither ground that was too level, nor
that which was too rough,preferring, as in all other things,
a just medium.
" I >ny, squire,” resumed he, " you aint a lawyer. I
5pose ?” I shook my head aud smiled. '-Oh ! you’re not
a doctor, nor a minister, nor a school-master, perhaps V*
" Neither,” I replied.
" Oh * I reel you aint an injinceror a can a.*. I contractor,
air you?”
• Neither of these, iny friend,’ was the response,
” Then,” said he, while his countenance bore all the
mark* of baffled curiosity. " what on airtli air you ?’*
"A man of leisure,” replied I, hesitating a little—“ and
now—permit nic to return the question: “what are you ?”
~ Me ! oh !—why I’m an injincer on the State works down
to Columby.”
“ Then \ imagine you are a violent politician,” said I.
“Then 1 rather guess you are mistaken,“ responded the
engineer, *• dnru politics! Kvery body talks of politics,
nml the hull countrv ia in a great burry to change their ru-
enmpanion, while a cunning smile mantled over his features.
•' Hut, hallo ! here I am near home,” and as lie uttered the
last words the coach stopped. " N*w,” he exclaimed, turn
ing to me, ' you appear to be a clever chap, and as you aim
in no great liurry, I should calculate, suppose you stay at
my house a few days. I’ve got a couple of fiistrate horses,
and you Ban ride over to Millarstown.jest whenever you’re
a mind ter. Oh ! come along,” seeing I hesitated, " I see
what you’re a thinkin about, don’t mind our short acquain
tance, you’re jest as welcome as the Governor, come along,’*
and before I could decide to refuse or not, he dragged me
out of the stage.
•• Needs must when the yankee engineer drives/’
said I to myself; and comforted with this pithy apothegm,
I bade the driver assist me in taking down my baggage.
This done,my new acquaintance requested me to be tol
erable patient, as his own conveyance would be there short
ly. And truly enough he spake, for in a few moments, a
country light wagon, driven by a young negro, made its ap
pearance.
"Now, Joe.” said the engineer, “lift these trunks into
the wagon. Get in, sir. Mister—Mister”
" Clambake,” sakl I, supplying the word.
"Mister Clambake,” continued lie, ** and we’ll soon get
to home.” Obeying his request, I found myself couveyed
at a rattling pace towards bis domicil.
During the way, toy entertainer commenced discoursing
on divers topics, aud among the rest, mankind engaged bis
attention.
" The women are curious critters, that’s a fact. Joe, cut
long sorrel will you. There’s somethin about ’em, I don’t
know what it is, that's a peg above anything the masters of
natur can produce. My darter Mary, for instance, she left
me the wildest country gal in all natur. I sent her to Hos
ting to school, for four years and better. In the meanwhile,
I moved down to this place, for I got it mighty cheap, and as
I obtained a situation on the improvements, I thought it was
a first rate chance. Home she come lately, and she was al
tered amazin. Of course, as I’m a father of hern, I think a
little more of her than any body else, but there was a great
many said last Sunday, she was the prettiest gal, and the
most like a lady, of any in church.. Bet jest look at that or
chard. It’s next to mine ; and now observe the difference
atween the two. My. trees is almost breakin down with
fruit, and them sickly things aint got nothin on to speak of.”
" Your neighbor is unfortunate,” I rejoined.
"Unfortunate! no sich thing. He don’t bestow enough
labor on nothin about bis place. He liaint got elbow grease
enough for manure. Look at Ins bouse, why it’s enamost
a tumblin down. I'll tell you the upshot of the matter, his
folks don't rise before seven, while mine eat their breakfast
at early candle-li*jlit.”
Our conversation w-as now suspended, by the stoppage of
the coach before the door of a substantial stone house, near
which stood a spacious barn and stable.
" Now, git out,” said he, "and we’ll jest be in time for
dinner. Joe will attend to the baggage.”
We passed up a short avenue, and I saw upon the porch
of the house two ladies, one old and the other young, who
rushed forward to greet my companion. He bestowed a
hearty kiss on the lips of the youngest, and turning round,
introduced me. I stammered—would have spoke—Hut
was unable, for it was my divinity of the steam-boat. She
was as confused at first as myself, but at length observed to
her father,
" This is the gentleman who preserved me from drown
ing. and of whom you have heard me speak.”
" What!” exclaimed the astonished parent, "you air the
chap air you, that saved my darter 7 Give us your hand.
Darnation seize me,” Said lie, at the same time inflicting a
tremendous shake ucon my right arm, "if you shall leave
here for a month. Come in. come in, all hands. Wife,
you’ve got dinner ready?” and receiving an affirmative nn-
swer, lie led us into the house.
And so ended my second adventure, which began in a
mage coach, and terminated in a farm-house.
" But,” exclaims some astonished and angry reider, "are
you not going to tell us of your interview with the lady?
Did you not make love to her ? Were you accepted ? Did
you marry her? Come enlighten us.”
Dear reader, if you be a gentleman, it is none of your
concern, and so I make free to tell you. But perchance the
inquirer may be a lady, and then I must be civil. Now, t«
save a world of trouble, and a great deal of unnecessary
ink-spilling, I present the following announcement, which I
cut, some two years since, out of a country paper;
" Married, on the 10th inst. by the Rev. Escalus Takem-
well. Caleb Clambake, Esq., of Philadelphia, to the amiable
and accomplished Miss Mary Sherman, only daughter cf
Iclmbod Sherman, Rsq., of this county, and formerly of
Willingford, Connecticut.”
A miraculous tale is going the rounds of the
papers, under the head of “ A remarkable
man.” It is an account which a man gives of
himself; about his being 23 years in the ar
mies of Napoleon; and fighting 200 battles;
living on bark and horseflesh; and being so
thirsty in the deserts of Africa, that ho tore
Yard the President and suit will land under a
national salute, and be met by the committee.
Thence a procession of open barouches, &c.;
with the Mayor, military, &c., will proceed to
the President’s quarters at the United States
Hotel.
On arriving at bis quarters, the President
will be received by another committee.
On Saturday morning, at 10 o’clock, the
President will receive the salutations of the
Mayor, the city authorities, and his fellow
citizens generally, at the Hail of Independence,
and will leave the city at four o’clock on Sat
urday afternoon for Trenton.
He will spend the Sabbath at Princeton,
with Capt. Stockton, of the Navy.—N. Y.
Jour. Com. 9th inst.
Bunker Hill Cclebrntion aiul Boston
Hospitality.
, , A resolution is before the Common Council
open Ins veins, and .quenched h.s thirst with , of Boston( (which is gaid vyin ccrtainly pass,)
appropriating $3000 for a proper reception of ^ ^
the military corps that may visit Poston from 1 rights, or disparage
. tv r I rptrnrdnil na urni
his own blood ! &c., &c.
We doubt iftbere is one word of truth in his
story! He resided in Washington City some
years ago, and held an appointment in the
Post Office Department. He went by the
cognomen of Count Lehmanousky; and was
pretty much the butt of the society in which he
mingled, and swilled punch at a rapid rate,
although he now says lie never “ drank a drop
of spirituous liquor in his life”! which he gives
as a reason for the health he enjoys at 70
years of age.
He is now a Temperance Lecta rer, and
would not really suffer in a comparison with
Munchausen, who has the credit of being the
greatest story teller ever known. The news
papers appear to believe Lehmanousky’s whole
story, as it is so extensively copied. Great
people, these temperane lecturers. We advise
them to stick to the truth; it is “ stranger than
fiction ;” and will go much further to accom
plish the end in view.—North Carolinian
l^ctter Writer*.
The following is a very capital burlesque of
the Washington letter writers. We find it in
theNcw-York American:
Now let me tell you of an evont that may let
in some light upon coming events. 1 was at
dinner the other day where all the magnates
at Washington were present, including the
President and Mr. Webster. All eyes and
ears were turned to them, and every act aud
movement closely watched. The President
seemed to partake very plentifully of rice; a
knowing chap near me gave me a jog, and says
ho, ‘Mark that—the President goes Calhoun !’
Piesently he touched a decanter, and looking
around caught the eye of Mr. Webster, who in
turn touched his decanter, and without any
parliculnr announcement, they filled up their
glasses, and with a silent nod drank wine to*
gether. Here I gave my neighbor a jog back
again—“ Down East,” says I, “ Is not over
looked.”
There was one thing puzzled both of us,
and that was this—the President asked Mr.
Webster, if he should help him, (Mr. Webster)
to a mutton chop, and he Mr. Webster shook
his head. * Is there any thing near me, says
the President, I can help you to?’ ‘Nothing,
sir,’says Mr. W.; *1 have dined.’ ‘Now,* says
my next neighbor, with another jog, ‘as Mr.
Webster has dined, I suppose he will leave the
table.’ But not a bit of it; he sat there quiet
ly chatting with all about him, and discussed
the qualities of Carolina rice, Down East Tim
ber, and Virginia Honey Dew, until the whole
company forgot all about ‘dirty politics.’
Now you will see; by the above that one fact
is clearly demonstrated, and that is, that Mil
ler’s conflagration and ‘ Webster’s retirement’
both hang on the tablo of the same comet.
But my next will give you all the particulars.
—Nous Vcrrons.
On motion of Hon. J
Fort was appointed Pre
Sanford, ami D. I’. Ellis
On motion of Joseph
Resolved, That the rules ad
resentatives for its governme;
last Legislature, be adopted
Convention.
On motion of Joseph Day, Esq., i- was
Resolved, That a committee of twenty-one he appointed
by the President, to take into consideration the propriety
of submitting to the people of Georgia the name of a .suita
ble person to be supported as a candidate for the Presiden
cy of the United States.
Whereupon, the President appointed Messrs. Day,
Cobb, Hudson, McAfee. A. Welborn,Sturgis. Guieu, Will-
cox, Kendall, L. S. Brown, Daniel.'Cohen, Varner, Spal
ding. Kenan, Neal of Pike, Black, Wiggins, Hill of Wal
ton, Kelly, ami Burney, that committee*
The Convention adjourned until nine o'clock to morrow
morning.
• TUESDAY, June 6,1813.
Mr. Day of Jones, from the committee of twenty-one to
whom was referred the resolution relative to the propriety
of submitting to the people of Georgia the name of some
suitable person as a candidate for President of the United
States, made the following report, which was taken up and 1
agreed to, to wit; . . .
The committee of twenty-one, to whom was referred the j
resolution requiring them to consider the propriety of re- j
commending some suitable candidate for the office of Presi- j
dent of the United States, beg leave to report;
That in the present crisis of the affairs of the Democratic
party, it is extremely important "that some one from among
the number of distinguished names now before tue public,
as candidates for the Presidency, should be selected as the
choice of the Democracy of Georgia. By this action we
expressly disclaim ajiy intention either to prejudge the
merits of any one of these who may
yS A < O A':
I’l t-JNDAY nOKXIXC,, JI’AF •>„
— ■ — 'Ma.
Cotlou lUarkct.
Very little Colton is now remaining
Ware-Houses, and not much corning in f ro
country. Prices tire same as heretofore.
The Whig Co
- - . zp., he regarded as worthy to become the standard of the bear-
Other places, on occasion of the gicnt ^ er.of the party in the great contest which is now approach-
Hill Celebration. The Boston Courier says : j ing. It
The Dinnek—The Committee of Arrange
ments of the Bunker Hill Monument Associa-
t'onhavo resolved to nave acollation instead of
dinner, at Faneiul Flail, on the afternoon of the
ISth, at which the Presidentofthe United States
and the other guests of the Society will be
present. The Hall will be appropriately dec
orated. The price of tickets is fixed at $3
each.
invention met at Milledgevill.
terday- The Whigs, taking warning bv th/'^
of harmony among the Democrats, will have ***
thing arranged at their grand sanhedrim i Qc . '
pie order. There will be no divisions therc-1-
at all! They put the proper estimate unn .
value of office—and they know full well tliey c
not obtain it without harmony—even if then * ■
that the Democracy of Georgia had noi alii-’ '•
their worldly wisdom.
Hiller AalidpaMd.
In the Antiquarion Library at Worcester,
there is an elaborate essay of 166 pages, print
ed in London in 1724, “ upon Scripture prophe
cy wherein it is endeavored to explain the three
periods contained in the 12th chapter of Dan
iel, with arguments to maxe it probable that the
first period expired in the year 1718, that the
second will occur in 1790.” There is a great
mass of learning and research in this work,
and though written a hundred and twenty years
ago, it exhausts all the topics now resorted to
by the advocates of the modern advent. Noth
ing can be more satisfactory than the proofs
contained in this book that the naughty world
ought to have come to an end in 1790; but it
obstinately held on, and grievously disappoint
ed the saints of that day.—Boston Post.
%
nn.i ihoh ill country ia in n .rent hurry lo t’liMig
lorn, ns il they ever .uoiiej Ly ,ui li awopping.”
“ And do they nottg inquired I.
i tlie ruuwer, “they hare to gire
Hiller.
* The Midnight Cry” announces that Miller,
the destruction prophet, remains very ill, and
it thought there is but a faint chance of his
recovery. The excitement created by ibis
man, great as it was, seems to have complete
ly passed away. No more is heard of nightly
watchings or of ascension robes ; and yet not
withstanding the explosion of Mdlerism, it is
only necessary for some other “ prophet”
.equally bold to show himself to secure the
same degress of success.—There is nothing so
popular as humbug of this sort.—Pennsylva
nian.
Jlcxicna f inlemuiljr.
The sum of 8270,000 brought by the United
States brig of war Dolphin, is not, as has been
generally supposed, a part of the principal of
the indemnity, awarded to American citizens by
the mixed commission which sat at Washing
ton in 1S40 aud 1S41. It is tlie interest on me
whole amount paid ujr to the first of April. On
the 30 th July, one twentieth of the whole award,
with interest at the rate of eight per cent, per
annum, falls due, and the same amount will
be paid every three months until the debt be li
quidated—the period of five years stipulated
for its entire payment. The whole amount of
the indemnity is $1,016,000.
There can be no question that the Treasury
Certificates on the Indemnity Bonds are fully
worth the amount on their face.
Mr. Southall goes immediately to- Washing
ton, and after a brief stay, in the capital, will
again embark for Mexico, whence he is expec
ted to return again in August with the second
instalment.—N. O. lice.
A Rarel Baticry.
On the corner of Gteenwich and Liberty
streets, there is a model of a battery, which is
of a novel and destructive character. It is
erected in a circular form, ond presenting four
tier of guns. The plan of the battery is, in
deed, similar to any other of that form. The
important difference consists in the manner by
which its armament is brought to bear upon an
object. For this purpose it is made to revolve
upon its centre, and if this revolution is per
formed in one minute and the armament com
prises a hundred guns, each one of them may
in that period of time be discharged at the ob
ject. In no other way can so great a number
of guns be brought to bear upon an object in so
short a time.
It is designed to put this in practice by erect
ing a circular fort of fifty or a hundred feet in
diameter, of plates of wrought iron. By means
of steam power underground, which shall cause
it to revolve on its centre, all tlie guns of this
fort wiil be brought to bear at each revolution
on a given object. The practicability of the
plan remains to be tested, and the most impor
tant point would be to produce easy, uniform
and rapid revolutions of so large a mass, though
it would be smaller and less frail than some
structures moved by mechanics at the present
day.—N. Y. Post.
I,alcst from Campcachy.
The Grecian sailed from Sisal on the 29th
ult. A passenger with whom we have conver
sed, informs us that two of the Campcachy
armed schooners had arrived there before he
left, and informed that no other engagement
had taken place between Com. Moore and the
Mexicans, but it was believed the latter, were
preparing to make an attack on the Commo
dore. A part of the Mexican troops who sur-
rendered and were to be sent to Tampico, bad
been transported from Telchack to Lerma, and
were employed against Campeachy. About
500 of them were retained as prisoners, and
had been marched into the interior.A. O.
Bulletin.
I 7Hi .F titic.
The anniversary of tlie glorious. Baule of Boat,, r
did not pass off entirely unhrnored, by the citizen,
“' Volunteer Corps paraded and fired sslnieL
that same “old cannon,’’ that has shouted so joyoul
y u» the great conteat which is now approach- great occasions ever since the loundim- of our ri,. 3
= . ‘he .common practice of the pafty to proclaim j u thrqat as usual. ° '
uieir choice, and has already been done in some ot the most „
oemocratic States of the Union. And our dilliculty is not J -Speaking of Bunker Hill, it is estimated in the IW
in findin^a candidate to fill the high office of President of papers, that not less than 50,000 persons would b- ^
these United States, bat in selecting one from amidst the i... c j... , , . . T 1 **'
host of worthies that fill the ranks of the democratic party.
Nor can we suppose that bur selection can cause any heart
burning, or bitterness of feeling in the breast of any honest
democrat. A distinguished Grecian who had been defeat
ed for office rejoiced that his country had others more
worthy than himself; and such,' we are assured, will be the
teelings of- the candidates for the Presidency, and of their
respective friends; to-avoid, then, distraetions, and to con
centrate our energies, it is right and proper tbatwe should
select our favorite.—Georgia should not be silent, when her
sisters of the Confederacy are proclaiming their wishes, she
should not be supine whilst others are active.
Be it therefore Resolved, That John Caldwell Calhoun
is the first choice of the Democracy of Georgia, from among
the several candidates for the office of President of the
United States.
Resolved, That we approve of the plan of holding a Na
tional Democratic Convention in tlie city of Baltimore, ir
May 1844, and recommend that each State be represented
in said convention by a number of delegates equal to the
vote to which it is entitled in the Electoral Coliege, to be
elected or appointed at such times, and such manner, as tlie
democracy of the respective States may select.
.Resolved, That we recommend that the manner ofvoting
in said convention shquld be per capita, so as to assimilate
its action to that of the Electoral College.
Resolved, That Edward J. Black, DavidT. Baity, Wal
ter T. Colquitt, Solomon Cohen, Howell Cobb. Mark A.
Cooper, Francis H. Cone, John H. Howard, John Lamar,
and Charles Spalding, havingbeeu nominated as delegah
Bank of
According to an act of the last legislature arr.cn
charter, the Bank of Hawkinsville has been remoi
Hawkinsville to Macon, and re-organized by the
.M _ _ _ mentof the following persons as directors- John B»»k
to said national convention, by the democratic members of { Thomas 3utler H . H. Tarver, Joshua G. Moore W ' -
the last Legislature, are hereby reappointed and instructed 1 '»uun
to cast their votes for the nomination of John C. Calhoun, Gunn, In. Graves, and R. Co
for the office of President of the United States; nnd -Should
on the spot, last Saturday, to attend the celebration in i
of the Battle, and tlie finishing of the .Monument, y
least conspicuous among the visitors, would be Daniel
ster, who was to deliver an Oration—and the Pres : v
of the U. S. attended by his Cabinet, who were to f •
The Monument, it will b‘e recollected, has just been t>
pleted—has been some 18 or 20 years building—and i,s
feet high. The corner stone was laid by Gen. La Ft
during his visit to this country, in 1824-0.
Correction.
The Savannah Georgian should have credited the To
graph and not tlie Federal Union, With “BeauliesofWi
gery.” We have no objection to cotemporaries ar>
themselves of our labors and researches,-but we mat-
mur tu their passing them to the credit ofthe debtor: it sj ,
too much of Nick Biddle’s improved system of doubt'e
tries.
Mr. Van Du
throughout thi
ITIurtsu Vau BuiTii.
laid to be, by the whig
and
;nis of!
Was i:
t Van Bure
te when he
hv
'Tlie Cabinet.
The Madisonian says, the Honorable J. C.
Spencer and Honorable Charles A. Wioklitle
accompanied the President to Baltimore, nru]
will proceed with him to Boston. The Hon.
A. P. Upshur and lion. J. M. Porter will, it is
muse your own ex- | understood, join the President’s suit in Phila-
In coarse no
much boot."
Tliry have, my friend,’’ sold I.
■ni. e phrase .to give too much boot, 1sit tliev gain some- , . -
. burthens the public—that prince of I delphia, arid also accompany him to Bunker
*i'y»—-ore always lighter after tlie
iccetiiion of new ru-
srliosl-i
Hill.
■' Oh ! \.'s, certainly, they're jest lik
"y don't lick the boys at fust, and f . ,
,ji: t »S .ini I .til anil ».■ mu k as sugar-house molasses, hint
..y wuit tiil tlieir dander gets riz at somethin, then they lay
tot Jjke all iiatui and so arter g.ttin theii listid once in.
The Snndsvieh Island AlTnir.
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas, in wri
ting' from one ofthe Sandwicli Islands, gives
the following account of the alleged insult by
Lord George Paulet, of the British ship Carys-
fort:
According to custom, the French and Ameri- est in ihesucce
can Consuls went on board to pay their visit I J® a ® er -‘ 1 ,! ie 1 / uct * v ’’, e
ol ceremony* but instead ol being received in *
a civil manner by bis lordship, as the represen
tatives of friendly nations at peace with Great
Britain, they were grossly insulted on the quur-; Gen. Jackson’s
ter deck of the Carysfort, never asked below lfiae. was
into the cabin, saluted, or any mark of respect JI i83o"wiis r0n * V ° te W *'
shown to them; his lordship assigning as a I
reason, that they had insulted Queen Victoria, ! n ' a > B ; ;ren , s v<
m not acknowledgingfeimpson as Consul; they 1
replied, that they had nothing at all to do with
the appointment of Mr. Simpson; that it was
a question to bo settled only between the Gov
ernment of these Islands, and that of her Maj
esty* and ilu-y had yet to learn that it was any His vote for
part of their duty to tlieir respective Govern-!
ments to interfere with the appointment of for- Mr. Van Bu
eign Consuls- Mr. Dudvid, tlie French Con- ; His vote for re-election
sul. is a very high-spirited man, and told his i T ,
' , , J . . ° 1 , . , . , Increased vote m 4 vears
lordship, on his own deck, that lie did not come I i n thus making the abov
on board to be insulted, but that the ufl'uir should *
To mine in the Streets.
Procure a lieayy tarifiTiaw from Congress.
Nothing more is necessary. Tlie grass will
spring spontaneously and vigorously in the
streets of all the Southern cities, towns, and
villages. This mode of the culture of grass
was tried in 1828. And tlie grass flourished
in the streets of all the Southern markets, to an
astonishing extent. But the compromise act
effectually blighted the hopes of the southern
town and city bay makers. In those days Mr.
Clay was looked upon as a great enemy to the
grass growing business, on account of his in
troducing his famous compromise bill. But he
has made his peace with those who wish grass
to grow in our southern streets, by backing out
from his compromising pledge. And there is
no doubt he now wishes us to raise fine crops
of grass in all our streets and public squares.
And if the town or city should happen to bo lo
cated on an unkind soil forgrass, then he would
like for a few weeds to occupy its place.
Tho above rec : pe will insure a certain crop.
It is hoped the Southern Cultivator, and in
deed, every paper in tlie Union that is friendly
to the agricultural interest will publish it; and i
let all tho farmers be informed on this imjjor- !
taut subject Dahlonegu Times. 1 ---i 1
j have
afiy vacancy occur in the body of delegates, the remainde
may at any time fill said vacancy.
Resolved, That we will abide by the decision of said Na
tional Convention.
Resolved, That the Secretary prepare copies of the a.
bove to be signed by the President and countersigned by
the Secretary of this Convention, and forward the same to
each of the above named delegated.
Several.amendments and substitutes were oflered nnd re.
jected.
The question on agreeineto the report was taken by
yeas and nay3, and decided in the affirmative—yeas 101,
nays 63. • > ^
The Convention proceeded to nominate, by ballot, a
candidate for Governor, and the Honorable MARK A.
COOPER, haring Received amnjority of all the votes given
in, was duly nominated.
On motion of Mr. Hudson,of Putnam,
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the
chair, to inform the Hon. Mark A. Cooper that he has been
nominated by this Conrentionjthe candidate of the Demo
cratic party, ro be voted for at tlie election for Governor of
this State, in October next, and announce his acceptance of
eai 1 nomination to the public.
Whereupon, the President appointed Messrs. Hudson.
Gray. Stroud, Barkley, and Jones of Mu.;eogee, that com
mittee.
The Convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.
^ ’ Two o’clock, p. v.
TheConvention met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, of Chatham,
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the
Chair, from the members of the Convention, v to"prepare an
address to ilie people of Georgia, upon the present position
and principles of the Democratic party ofthe State.
Tne President 'appointed Messrs. Jackson, Day, Daniel,
Hudson, and Cohen, that committee.
On motion of Dr. Burney, of Monroe,
Resolved, That this Convention having nominated the
lion. MARK A. COOPER, as their candidate for the
next Gubernatorial Chair, will proceed forthwith, to
nominate a candidate to fill his vacancy in Congress.
Whereupen, Col. .TAMES H. S TARK, of the county of
Butts.was duly nominated.
On motion of Mr. Cline, of Pike,
Resolved, That a committee of three he appointed, to in
form Col. Jas. H. S tark, of his coronation.
The committee named were, Messrs. Cline, Dillon, and
Burney. .
On motion of the Hon. Joseph Sturgis, of Muscogee, it
jlected President,
Joii.v Rawls has bee
Moore, Cashier.
Their Bills of all kinds are redeemed with specie c: rj
equivalent, at tho Bank in this city, or their cilice in So
nab.
Tlie late Democratic Cotivcntlcn.
We have at last, not at length, received the offi
cial Report ofthe proceedings of this body, and;
meagre and confused one it appears to be. Tin
Delegates present, according to the roll publish?,
in the Federal Union, amounted to 197—out o
this number, Mr. Calhoun was nominated by t
inajojity of five—hut the votes, nominating Mr.
Cooper, exceeded the number of Delegates on ih
roll, and if actually given in,, would present Mr.
Calhoun to the people a 3 the.noiuineeof the minor-
ty of the Convention. This anomalous anti coma-
dictory mode of proceeding, has puzzled usnots
little,and completely puts to flight theoru’inarvnt
of computation, by which such things are us::! ■
measured. If such were the proceedings of tbs
Convention—and we have no other data to gown
us, but the information received from 3Ii!ledgeviSe
we cannot conceive how either ofthe gentlemen
who have been tendered a nomination, can accept
the honor conferred upon them.
In our next, we will give our reasons for what we
now say. The integrity of the if reat Democrat
Parly must be preserved, no waiter what the sac
rifice.
that
• the
Resolved, That a committee of eleven, one to
from each Judicial Circuit, of the State, be app«
j the Chair, for the purpose of supplying any v;u-a;
may occur, in tlie present tdele£ration in Congre
nominations made by this Convention.
The President appointed the following individuals that
committee :
Fv
the c
Ea
Any one would suppose, after reading the arJ-
cle in the last Messenger, headed “Nullify::
Democrats,” that the whole 'Whig Party wasEt’
gee, it , tie better than an army of Swiss mercennriw-
t-iken I working for their pay, or the plunder and spoils cf
ted by j victory—and that it was a matter of inditlerenceB
them, on which side they fought, provided they
were on the strong side, so that tlie rewards..
fice were likely to follow. If the Messen^r wri-
m tlie Chattahoochee Circuit, Hon. Joseph S.urgis.of ter meant to convey this impression, we are sure J
only of Mur 1
Circuit, A. B. Fannin, of the county of Cha-
Northern Circuit. S. Fouche, of die county of Taliaferro.
Middle Circuit. B. C. Guieu. of the county nf Richmond.
Weetera Circuit, William L. Mitchell, of the county of
Flint Cite
Ocmulgee
Cherokee
Lumpkin.
Wilcox, of th
ndall, ofthe county
s Gray,
tit. David
Circuit, J
Circuit, John M. McAfee, of the county of
.sterr
On motion Mr. "
Resolvtd, That
e thanks of the C
inner in which ht
On mo
Resole
' Mr.
Tin
tie, ot Lass.
Ion. Tomlinson Ft
rition, for tho al>
( resided over its t
Hard, of Washing
jeretary, Fred. H.
Ellis, have the th-
and di:
liberations.
d to
itied
Or
publications
lively inter-
c party, an “ unpopular
low, tell u different tale,
larity of the good man of the
cn that, notwithstanding the
cter, the democratic strength
re fully elicited at the Bolls
t wat run in 1840.
was elected in
T!
Resolved
die Editors o
lushing the
gratuitously.
On motion
_ Resolved,
'or publication, s
he m*v t
their duti
Mr. Cohc:
at this Co
etii
•ir thanks
tt'tiess in f
'Ed
Mr. Va
Vt
i he wtt3 elected
ote over Jackson’s
ite for re-election in 1839, wt
Burcn’svote for re-election in 1310, \
C50.943
n Buren’s vote over Jar
I Againi Let us see the relit
! the first terms of the adtni
-Mr. Van Bureti inspired tlie
Gen. Jacks
tion, was
112,616
l,lorVI03
! £
; not b
h which
l
630.9 (3
1 A
. tho
The Cooventic
FRED. If It
1). P. Elms.
Not E.—Rejet
■taiin;rs. "'Ti
rt of the co
T’J’y amen
ird j. n:
- Preside
s la term
■d sit
TOMLINSON FORT, Pre
3Rn Q Secretaries
5 .
t matter, and motions not r.
Hitter of t\v
erofthe Co
:d list of tin
ty-o
at ti e t
ablicati
Tlu‘ Ore gon Couuci-y.
number of tlie London Times says
’ter.
nice to tl
four ye:
te at hi.
be represented to ltis own Government, and
mated solely !>,
, Buren.—Pltbeiai,
The Hon. H. S. Legnre remains at his post I that the insult should be returned, and, after j n p r .,„
negotiations
quietly and steadily proceeding in Lon
don ; and we have no doubt that in another
year the Ministers will be able to lay before
the nation as satisfactory a settlement of the
northwestern as they have already done ofthe
northeastern boundary oftl:.e United States.—
, \. 1 . Jour. Com.
does his party injusrice, and is not a true Whig-
| tor though tho character might suit a great minioct
i among them, we cannot believe it would sui: all
| In laet, we knot/: many among them, too j- '■■■■
too unaspiring, to he saddled with tho ungcneroW
calumny. If he Iocs not mean this, what d'-f-•>
mean, when he taxes all who leave the Wid
ranks, as doing so for the sake of office, and insi;:-'
ales that others would do so, could they he sutvJ
an cilice ly it ?
We incline to the opinion, that the article
question, though appearing as editorial in the Ms -
sttnger, was not written by a Whig. We ran f:
guess, it was written by some ambitious IJemocri’.
who has been laboring a long time in the can*
and the more he thirsts for his reward, the nt -
he finds it is claims overlooked. lie is now jtroha-
bly endeavoring to break down his own part) , h'
’ j sowing the seeds of dissension among them, u-
trying to create a schism between the old l
s men and ffie P'11111 iTiers—thinking, doth tless,
. in the new shuffle ofthe cards, in the new orgrr-
dent. | zation of parties that might grow out of it, ht
uoo.l to * But the thing wont work. There is no -ea;."- 9 ’
t ot the , between the quondam Union men and Ni'.liiti.
fpiei! to ! Both branches of tlie Ueorgia Democracy, a !' sa
>' " : "'t | doning their ultraism, met, by a patriotic co:Ji’ ri
" l ’ | mise of feeling, on the middle ground, anil forme
ja Union more strong and durable, titan before - ■
i isted in the original elements.
It is altogether a mistake, that the honors o: - •
s territory . p ce ar g monopolized bv the Nullifiers. The i' ;; -
ent Governor, all the Judges, anil nearly ever)
er officer elected by the Democrats, arc old b n:i "
men. Besides Colquitt, Cooper, and Black, ' , ‘ 1 "
other Nullifier, nt of the hundreds anti thon.'s’- -
that have joined the Democratic standard, •
ceived office at the hands ofthe partv, or even A-
-—the important Diplomatic Correspondence of i some other very vehement language, left the ,
the Government requiring his constant attend- ship. Our Consul was not quite so strong in
atice at the capital.
I his remarks
after tlie sclioid system, perfected i
tt operiiti.ni fourteen yet rj. although tho
kingdom had increased three tier cent, t'ac
paupers and crimitittls had Iccrcmcd. :
other Strike.—A girl employe,! at c.ne of tht I
' . .t week took a stout r:.
drubbtng’to one of the overseers, wh-
Ti
ll!