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The Vork-’Onec B»T*
Every body, says t!iai sterling old periodical, the
luiickerbockeT, “every body has seen or heard the
• Mislotoe Bough.’ that Radcliffian story in song,
of a bride who hod hid herself in an oak chest
(which closed with a spring,) on the night of her
marriage, and who was seen no more, until years
had rolled by, when her skeleton; in its bridal gear,
was accidentally discovered in the living tomb,
which she had sought in merriment. There is n
rapiial parody on this very Germanic tale, entitled ■
* The Vork-’Qose Boy,’ which is set to the same
music, and sung with a particularly lugubrious and
‘dving full’ in the chorus. It would create a soul
unfits the ribs of death, to hear it • executed' in the
voice sod with the instrumentation of a certain
friend of the ‘Old Kniek's,’ who, in rendering it,
preserved the original pathos and irresistible cock-
nevism, to a charm. The last verse brought tears
to our eyes.”—-V. O. Tropic.
THE VORIC-’OUSE BOY.
The greet coats hung in the vork-'onse ball.
The vite 'ata shone on the vite-vashed vail;
And the pju-jers all were blithe and gay,
A kec.dn’ their Christinas' 'olidav;
Veil the Master he cried, vith a savage leer,
•• You'll all get soup for your Christmas’ cheer!
Oh 1 the vork-’ouse boy!
Oh! the vork-’ouse boy!
At length all ov os to bed vas sent:
But a boy vas a mis.-in'—in search ve vent!
Ve sought li:m above and ve sought him below,
And ve sought him with faces of grief and vo!
Ve sought in each corner, each kettle, each pot!
In the vater-butl looked—but found him not!
And vecks rolled on, and ve all were told
T1 a> the vork-’onse boy had been Burked aud sold!
, Oh ! the vor’t-’ouse boy !
Oh 1 the vork-'ouse boy!
Slut ven the soup coppers repair did need.
The coppei-smith came and there he seed
A dollop of hones lie grixxling there,
' In the leg of the trowsers the boy did vear!
To gain his fill the lad did stoop,
And dreadful to tell—he vas biled into soup!
And ve all ov us said, and ve said it vith sneers,
Tbst he vas pushed in by the overseers!
Oh ! the vork-’euse boy!
Oh! tlie vnrk-’ouse boy!
From the Ohio Statesman.
Henry Clay.
The history of Henry Clay is a living illus
tration of the truili of a remark attributed to
him, that “truth is omnipotent and pubhc
jusiice certain.” Entering Congress as a Sen
ator at the age of 29 years, as appears by a bi
ography recently published, in his first act, that
of swearing to support the Constitution, he
committed perjury, for the sacred instrument
■expressly declares all persons ineligible to the
station until they arrive at the age of 30. Mr.
Qay, then commenced his public life by viola
ting the Constitution ofhis country, and now,
though years have passed by, he is reaping the
reward of that crime by the gaadings and up-
braidings of a guilty conscience, and devoured
by feelings of blastedambition.
Possessed of oratical powers but rarely ex
celled, Mr. Clay might have been, by accident
a great man, though he never could have bc-
■come a great statesman. His feelings towards
those whom he supposed stood in his way, were
too malignant, and his ambition too towering,
to make him a safe ruler, and hence—to use
the pointed words of the late Charles Hammond
he sunk into the **vindictive demagogue.”
Upon his entering into public life, Mr. Clay
found the Democratic party firmly established,
ns lie thought, in power, ai d hence lie joined
them. He was elected Speaker of the House
of Representatives in Congress, through their
mistaken partiality, and that very moment, ns
John Randolph said, he “fixed his eye on the
Presidency,” and began a system of intrigue
and corruption, of which a parallel can scarce
ly be found in the Intrigues for the same object
by Aaron Burr. Principles which he had long
professed to cherish ns the apple ofhis eye,
were discarded for that cant term of hypocrites
and demagogues, expediency, and the stern as-
serter of democratic truths became the fickle,
faithless time server. Unwilling to believe
tint one who, during the late war, stood by
his country and battled against the Federalists
in her behalf, could he so black a Iraitor to
principles professed, lie was not discarded as
he should have boen.
The first fair opening which Mr. Clay saw
for the Presidency was during the campaign
previous to the election in lS24,andlic became
Ji candidate. Fearing Mr. Adames strength
more than that of Gen. Jackson or Mr. Craw,
ford, he commenced a series of anonymous at
tacks upon him, and in reference to the Treaty
•of Ghent, where Adams and Clay, together
with Mr.* Ru-dl, were members on ihe part
of the United States, Mr. Clay charged Adams
•with an attempt to bailer away the navigation
of the Mississippi to the Briiisli for the right of
fishing on the banks of Newfoundland. This
.charge Mr. Adams,over bis own signature, re
pelled in imhenant terms, and Mr. Clay in re
ply pledged himself to prove iis truth at some
future dav. That future day has never yet ar
rived. and Henry Clay stands before the
American people in the humiliating altitude of
a branded liar. Tne election of 1842, ns is
•well known, went into the House of Represen
tatives, and Gen. Jackson, Messrs. Adams and
Crawford were returned to the House as can
didates. Ilmry Clay not receiving votesenough
to entitle him to that distinction. The events
of that election are too well known, and too
deeply graven on the hearts of the true Ameri
can people, to need recapitulation here. By a
foul alliance between the “puritan and the
■llackhg”—bv a collation between the “bran
ded liar” and the man who wishes to “barter
away the navigation of the Mississippi” by
bargain and sale between C lay and Adams,
Gen. Jackson, though the first choice of the
peoole, was robbed of his rights, and Juhn Q.
Adams, aided and assisted by Henry Clay, was
chosen President, and then rewarded Clay by
making him Secretary of State. Their power
lasted but 4 years. An indignant people-righ
ted the wrong, and Gen. Jackson was elect'd
in 1S2S, and again in 1S32, and the latter time
by an overwhelming majority over Henry Clay.
That election ended the political prospects of
this arch intriguer. #
The mass of the Federal Wli'ff party fear to
trust hirn with power. He has, at one time,
advocated, and then opposed nil their cbeiish-
,«ti.principles, and although in 1836, and again
in 1840, a few faint huzzas were raised for
Clay, yet the nominating convention coolly
passed bv his claims. They now again raise
« shout for the “Sage of Ashland,” but he will
be n"ain.dooracd to disappointment. He has
done their dirty work, and they have paid him
for it, by allowing bim to run for President
when no earthly chance existed for bis election.
Th* treason they loved, while they despwed
the traitor. Having retired to the shades of j
Ashland, he stands a living monument of the |
truth of the remark attributed to him in the
commencement of ibis article. H's life has ex
hibited but one scene after another of “amln-1
tion which o’crlcaped itself.”
Henry Clay is politically dead.—Living, he
has failed to benefit his country or mankind,
and when he passes from this to another world,
an impartial history of his life would prove of
service by pointing out to the rising generation,
that in pubhc ns well as private life.no man
can succeed who refuses to take virtue atu.
truth as his guide. Henry Clay neglected to
do so. and like Lucifer be has fallen never .to
rise again.
Such is the character of the Federal Whig
candidate for the Presidency.
From the Athens Banner.
Sew Convention-
We publish below, a call for a meeting of
our friends in Madison county, to consider the
expediency of holding a Convention in Novem
ber, the better to ascertain the wishes of <?ur
party in reference to tho next presidential elec
tion.’ We have also received notice ofa simi
lar meeting, to be held at the court-house in
Crawford county, on the 15th inst. 'Ve have
"iven some reflection to this movement, and
the more we think upou it, the more fearful we
arc that it may distract the party, and tend
to weaken us at the October election. If there
could be a general acquiescence in it, and the
vote of Georgia on the Presidential question
be left open until November, there would be
much greater probability of united and har
monious nction upon the State nominations,
than may be looked lor under present circum
stances. But we fear this would not be the
case; and we would therefore respectfully sug
gest to our friends the propriety of waiving
tlie agitation ofthis subject, at least for the pres
ent. " We have in tlie field an active foe.
Encouraged as they are by the dissatisfaction
which it is idle to deny exists in our ranks, they
will make a bold, and vigorous, and .confiden
push for victory. Shall we yield it to them ?
'Ve hope n»t. ’ We are strong enough, if uni
ted to withstand their attacks, and to overcome
them. How shall we best secure the necessary
union ! By laboring to repair the breach al
ready existing, and doing nothing to widen it.
Hud not the friendaofMr. Calhoun persisted in
forcing his nomination in our late Convention,
all would have been well. But they would not
be warned, and if we are defeated it will be
owing solely to that ill-advised nomination. For
one, however, we are disposed to acquiesce.
We obtained what was most important—an un
conditional pledge to abide the decision ol a
National Convention—and with this we are sa
tisfied , because we see no prospect, just now
of doing better. If, as we believe Mr. VAN
BUREN is tlie first choice of a majority of
the Democrats of Georg'a, it is right tbal they
should make it known; but there will be time
enough to do this after the October election.—
To ag tate it now, may do harm, by exciting
opposition, though if all could agree to hold a-
nother Convention, it would do good; for all
would then unite in the elec ion of Governor
and other officers, fully believing that a body
authorised to make a nomination, would truly
represent the public will. But this we can hard
ly expect, and at all events, it is delicate
ground to touoh upon.
We must not suffer any disappointment on
this subject, to relax our efforts in the Demo
cratic cause. Principles are of more impor
tance to us than mere personal preferences, and
to carry them out we must unite upon ihe men
who have been selected as our candidates. It
would be unjust, too to our candidates for Gov-
ernor and Congress, to make tlmm feel the
weight of our disappointment as to the Presi
dential nomination. They have been selected
by a body admitted to be competent for the pur
pose, and are therefore entitled to our support.
Wc should also remember that any act which
may lessen their chances of success, weakens
our cause.
Let us be prudent, but at the same time ac
tive, united aud energetic, and we have nothing
to fear.
Dentil of si Hero of ’T6.
•Captain Joseph Cleaveland, of Oswego,
New York, was one of tlie survivors of Bunker
Hill, who repaired to Boston to participate in
the late celebration. He was by tlto side of
the first man killed in the battle, receiving his
death by a cannon ball fired from'the Glasgow
frigate. Capt. C. was a Connecticut volunteer.
He served through the war, and having a vig
orous constitution, and find ng himself strong
and lus'y at ninety, could not forego the desire
of celebrating the completion of the monument
to the glorious band who fell -on the 17lh ol
June, 1775. The d >y after the celebration, Iip
wa< attacked by influenza, «f which he died at
the house ofa friend in Charlestown yesterday
1 morning. So says the New York Commercial
! Advertiser of the 1st tost.
The Boston Atlas says—Capt. Cleaveland
was horn in Canterbury, Ct. Dec. 3d, 1 to*.
He volunteered his services in the Army of
freedom, immediately after hearing of the bat
tle of Lexington, and entered that Army at
Cambridge. Ho was engaged as a soldier in
the Battle of Bunker Hill, and received an en-
s gn’s commission soon after. Reserved through
the whole war—was in nearly all the promi
nent actions—and closed Ids military career at
Yorktown, at the captured Cornwallis. H<*
was present when the Corner Stnne of the Ban
ker Hill Monument was laid, June 17th, 1825,
and was recognized by La Fayette—who, on
petccivinghim,exclaimed—“My God! there
is Capt. Cleaveland.”
This venerable old relic of the Revolution
travelled a journey of nearly 500 miles, in the
dim twilight of his worn out life, as a pilgrim
to the shrine ofhis early id jlatry.
Cool Water.
The following simple mode of making water
almost as cold as ice is from the Philadelphia
^•Let the Jar, Pitcher or Vessel used for
Water be surrounded with one or more folds
of coarse cotton to be-constantly wet. Ihe
evaporation of the water will carry offtlie heat
from the inside and reduce it to the freezing
point. In India and other tropical regions
where Ice ennnet be procured »h s, is common.
Let every Mechanic °r Lal*>rer have at nil
place of employment two pitchers thus provi
ded and with lids or covers; the one to contain
•water lor drinking, the other f-r evaporation,
and he can always have a supply of cold wa
ter in warm weather. Any person can test
bv dipping a finger in the water and holding it
in the air on a warm day; after doing this three
or four times, he will find his finger uncomfor
tably cold.
Tlie two Bosids*
The Central Rail Road is fast progressing
to its terminus. The work has now nearly
reached the city of Macon, from whence the
Monroe road proceeds to Marthasville, in De
Kalb county, which is intersected at that place
l,v the erreat Stale Road, which is to terminate
Justice and Brown.
" r e learn from a leUer dated, Americas, Ju
ly 2d, that the noted Col. Dempsey Justice and
his aid, Archy Brown were arrested on the 23d
ult. in Coffee county, Ala. and are now salely
lodged in Marion jail, Twiggs county.
They were brought buck to Amencus after
,,V Ihe great State Road, wments auJ ^ £„ owing facts, gleaned from
will rSre'i: length upwards of 400 |
miles, making it the most extensive structure andBrown a con-
in the Union. What can be more cheering o * rab , e reward if th . y wou ld rescue the pri-
,i,e citizens of Georgia, thao^mng.her public while on the way to the Penitentiary,
works surpassing that of any other ajster iey „<r re ed t0 do. They left for that
States. We have not words to «tKght feeding the morning
goodI that is denyedfrom thesejjj JjH £ p( £ which the guard left Americas with the
ny advantages attending.themerchant adfa > They came buck on the following
mer, from Savannah to Chattanooga. There , and reported “that Justice shot Gudg. r,”
is also, an Other great ndvantageMend.ng, to ’ d P 5t „ the big guard , and Archy
thefurther use of these roads. There is now
in contemplation, (and in fact the road has been
let out to contractors,) o branch road commen-
thc little guard.” In consideration of so praise
worthy an attempt, Harrison give them S18 to
let out to contractors,) a branch f oaa eommen- ^ nflhe St3 , ° Ti , e y are now
cmg at a point, five miles west of Catsvtl , y • ^ ^ [hdr reward| and it is to be
and extending to Rome. Thbre.heroadtn- P ^ ^ ithie3 of Jurors nor
, te w C S 3 STaiThia,5| BiSSihTSde the influence of feed Lawyers will save them
o°f North’Alabama, East and 'Vest Tennessee, from the punishment which they so richly mei-
With this opening,Savannah is destined to be, it.—Albany Courier.
DEMOCRAC v.
one of the brightest gems of the Soul b.
It is not to be presumed, that after laying
before the public the advantages derived from
the long train of Rail Roads from Savannah to
Chattanooga; that our state has not another,
that is almost equal in length to the above na
I.aud Grants.
The applications for Grants to Lands, drawn
in the several Lottteries of the State, are quite
numerous; some 6 or 7 thousand Lots have been
=- , . , , applied lor, which are yet to be passed through
that is almost equal in length to the above na- ^ U offices _ and i etters aro s ,iH coming in, in-
med one. 'I his is the Georgia Rail Road, lea- . , f . a ffi dav : t prescribed by law,
ding from Augusta to Marthasville, in DeKalb
county. This road is destined to be of great
use to Georgia, which has already been tested
closing the fees and affidavit prescribed by law,
requesting grants; but those who neglected to
make the applications before or on the first of
use to Georgia, which has already been tested. Cill)not get their grants. In many in-
The advantages which we have already desert- ^ w j, hin m f r know ledge, the parties sen-
bed, as attending the Central and Monroe Kai for , s have bet .„ t()0 | ate i„ doing so,
ways, tins road, is in every wise an equal anJ s their |. lll( j ; s reV erted to the State. A large
and their land is reverted to the State. A large
number of lots, at least 15 or 20 thousand have
reverted, and will he sold under the law of tne
last session.—Federal Union.
Go for a. Change.
When the federalists wanted every body to
‘•Go for Tyler therefore.
Without a why or wherefore,"
It was because they wanted “a change,”
they said. “It could’nt be any worse, and
might be better.” Well they got a “change.”
but titev are notsatsfied; and would like to
•‘change” back again, now. Phis shows what
an inconsistent tribe they are. I hey once
were readvt oproscribe every tin n who would -
nt vote for Mr. Tyler; now they are abusing
every body that is disposed to treat him with
civility! Well—what next!
Great Fire.
About one quarter of Fall River (Mas3.)
village was destroyed by fire on Sunday last.
More than two hundred buildings were burn
ed Amouff ihem were thr< e churches, the
lid INVITATION, we suuiiosu wc eu. /iinuiig iiichi nin V- y >
It is about the coolest piece of Methodist, Freewill, Baptist and Universalis,
, I miu-n tirft lnti c Bill'
sharer; as the Cherokee country, and the grea
ter portion of East Tennessee, now have the
greater part of their freightage done on tins
track. The Charleston and Hamburg road
intersects with the Georgia road at Augusta,
which inak'-s it an advantage, both to Georgia
and South Carolina. With these advantages
the farmers and merchants, will both be bene
fited, not only a few, but all, from the Moun
tains < f Cherokee, to the sea board.—Dahlon-
ega Times.
Dr. C- IV. Appleton.
We copy tli e following article from the Lan
caster (Penn.) Sentinel ol the 4th inst. W#
are pleased to see that the unblushing viHain is
likelv to receive the punishment be so richly
merits.
Coni Impudence ! f
“DR. C. W. APPLETON.”
flJ^A little before 1 o’clock on Saturday last,
we received through the Post office, and mar
ked ‘-in haste,” the following very polite and
friendly card and invitation, we suppose we
mustteimit.
impudence we ever knew to come from an ac
complished Villain! In order that ihe public
inuy lose none of its beauties, we will copy it
as near as type can do. Here it is:
Lancaster. July 1st, 1843.
Robert W. Middleton. Esq.
Sir :
It appears from
your Anti Masonic Sheet published some two
weeks since that you were very anxious to
know the where..bouts of “ofthat pretty Boy
Dr. Appleton;” for your information ns well
post office, custom house, two hotels, Fnl
River bai k and L'«r«ns’s Institution—loss es
timated from $>200,000 to 500,000.
Country Editors.
A Country Editor is in general a wretched
devil—a pitiable spectacle of bipe t. is a
I packhorse, a scape-goat, a factotum. He does
every body’s business, and “by virtue of liis
office,” is ex|iected to know every thing and
doeveiy tiling. He is abused—Lughed ar,
and sometimes thrashe I. He 1 vesbv “his wits”
Dr. Appleton;" lor your .morn,a...... -we., , at that . Nobody cares for
as the benefitof an outraged community (as you (( . m an(J > generil | yt ,, e c . ir ,, s f „ r nobody,
seem to imagine) I would mformyou that 1 ann ^ fi hu , > fd , ow> nnd bis fd!ow fi g l, t8 bin,
nown, town and ean beaeen atthe puWic H| ,^ f ., r removed f f0in the “great routes,”
house of Mr. Ebertnan (sign * and publishes stale news. Nobody ever lays
and Square) ami as Brothers of the same oidei ) ks his .., ab le;” and the Arts never
it is vour dutv (according to the obligations ta
ken)* to call and see me, and ascertain all the
facts *n relation to this unpleasant affair ol
which ,t appears I stood charged hi ffire an en- jj"'-V Often Tie is a lawyer wf
lightened public time not being practice-soim-times a doctor .in-d
make a short stay in town my time not being |
mv own. outs, &c.
y C. W. APPLETON.
In the name signed above, our read rs will
recognise that of the cool, black-hearted ingrate
published in this paper the first of May last, as
having destroyed the pence of whole families,
ruined and disgraced several ami .hie women,
outraged the sacted cause of Temperance, nnd
polluted the sanctuary of the Most High ! He
profanely calls us “Brother !” Why the De
vil himself would blush to own suchn “brother”
as tlie outcast ingiate! this living., walking
monument of all that is beastly, develish abom
inable. Why be has ventured into this com
munity, we cannot conjecture—unless it he that
the goading of a guilty consience has forced him
into the hands of Just ce 1
(tT^P. S. The “Dr”aays above that ms
“lime is not Itis own.” This is true, lor direct
ly after the above was penned, Constable
Hughes informed us that lie had placed him in
tlie Jail of the County as n “Fugitive frnm Jus-
ticc from Borden town, New-Jersey.” "
therefore, “take our time,” in visiting the “Dr. ’
The “news” has been sent on to the Governor
of New-Jersey.
Tlie Sandwich Islands.
Mr.Fox, the British Mmi-ter, has addressed
a note to tlie Hon. A. P. Upstnir, acting Se
cretary of Stnte, declaring, by the direction of
the Earl of Aberdeen, that the occupation of
the Sandwich Islands was an act entirely un
authorized by the British Government—-that it
had already announced its determination to
recogn'ze the independence of those Islands,
under their present Chief, and to that deter
mination her Britannic Majesty’s Government
intends to adhere.— Charleston Transcript.
Another Warning.
In Lanmlon on Fridav afternoon the 23d
inst. a ltuf named Dani. 1 Lakeman, aged about
12 years, sportingly ; point«*d a loaded musket
ut~Isabella jennison, a little girl about'3 years
bid, daughter of Mr. (Levi Jennison. Whilst
thus pointed the gun was discharged, and the
contents of the gun lodged in the left breast of
tlie little girl, who expired in a few minutes.
e N. H. Patriot.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
From the Minutes of the different Con r eren-
ecs of the Methodist Episcopal Church, just
■published, it appears tlmt the whole number ol
members in the United States, is 1,063,951. in
Texas, 3.73S. and in Liberia, 836 ; total, 1,-
06S.526. The increase last year was 154,624;
sent him their i'first offerings” to obtam a puff.
His occupations are manifold—his avocations
innumerable; but lie hardly ever “can make
th-
of
the Baltic, are shortly to
in these United States.
ment, these people prefer
I tltodox doctri; es to tl^e
an increase, we believe, unparalleled in the Berlin. I here are men
history of tins or any other religious denomina
tion in modern times. There are those vet
living, who joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church when the whole body of its members
was but fifty thousand, or le<s than one-third of
the increase during t' e last vear. 1 lie " es-
levan Methodists number only about twice as
many in the Island of Gieat Britain, as the ad
ditions made last-year to the Methodist Epis
copal Church iu America.—
practice-
slaughter. He writes paragraphs ; rea Is “ex
change” papers; duns for subscriptions ; makes
up tlie rnnils; sweeps the offic \ and “totes’
water. He uses the pompons pronoun plural
in his editorials, in sp ; te of winch, in most ca
ses, he is a very singular creature. In short,
with starvation in front, and some angry man’s
boot in the rear, as it is most frequently the
case with him, tie lias a wretched time of it,
and is, cx reincccsitate, a miserable fellow!
East Alabamian.
Mr. Van Buren in New Hampshire.—Tlie
New Humpshiie Legislature, on the evening of
the 29th ult. passed resolutions in convention,
declaring, by an almost unanimous vote, Mar-
tin Van Buren to bo the cho’ce of tlie Demo
cracy of that State, and recommending him for
the Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
A Galvanized Steamer.—Besides the sloop
of war that has been ordered to be built at
Washington Navy Yard, we understand prep
arations are making also for the building an
iron man of war steamer. She is to be galvan
ised. We have not understood what is to be
her size—small though, we hope.
Army Sy Navy Chron.
A Lift.—Tlie Washington correspondent
nf the Baltimore Sun, writes as follows:—Mr.
John Dade, the warden oTthe Penitentiary of
this county, has received information from Lord
Ashburton, through the hands of the President,
that he is now the Marquis of Townsend, with
an income of <£G0,000 per annum. Mr. Dade
is a genuine old Virginia gentleman, and will
know exactly how to enjoy so fine an income.
A curious fact.—The Indians are said to
tame wild horses by breathing smartly into
their nostrils. The Buff.lo calf, hid in the
prairie grass, too weak to follow the herd,
when the hunter had breathed furiously into
his nostrils will follow him into camp like a
puppy. The other day we had a young Dur-
natn calf hid or left by its mother in a distant
pasture. When found it was wild and retrea
ted- we caught it and breathe I into i's nostrils;
after the secconfl attempt it followed us to the
barn like a dug.—Gloucester Telegraph.
Emigrants.—About thirty thousand old Lu
theran subjects of Prussia, from the borders of
--nr and settle
gious move-
•ood old or-
liilosophyof
rge fortunes
among them; old Germ n > men, whose
pedigrees date back to the i! nth century.
They will make excel tern farmers,
and are to settle in Wist
JIACOIV
TUESDAY MOR1VINO, JULY 18, IS43.
FOR GOVERNOR,
MARK A. COOPER.
Hon. Mark A. Cooper.
This gentleman having accepted his nomination
as a candidate for the office of Governor, we place
ins name at the head of our paper, confident that
he will receive tlie united support of the Democra
cy of Georgia, and be elevated to the high siation
which he is so well qualified to occupy and orna
ment.
We have not yet received Mr. Stark’s accep
tance; but as soon as we do, it will also allord us
great pleasure to present officially to the people,
the name of that abie, worthy, and sterling Demo
crat.
It must be confessed, that, at first, we consider
ed the nominations of the Convention irregular, and
so expressed ourselves. But subsequent explana
tions have removed our objections, so far, at least,
as regards the nominations of the Gubernatorial and
Congressional candidates. We shall, therefore,
yield them our hearty and ardent support; and feel
proud that we have an opportunity of saying so, on
the very day that we announce the splendid tri
umph of principle that has been achieved in Louis
iana, and which emblazons the arms of Democracy
with an unfading halo of glory.
Chapter of'Accidents
Morton N. Burch, Jr. an interesting and pro
mising lad, aged about 12 years, son of M. N.
Burch, Esq., of this city, was drowned on Saturday
afiernoon last, while bathing in the Ocmulgee, op
posite this city. His body was recovered soon af
ter the accident, and great exertions made to resus-
cilate-him, but in vain.
A valuable negro boy, belonging to Mr. Wm. G.
Macon, of this city, fell from a horse into the river,
on Thursday last, and was drowned.
Jerry, a negro man, the property of Mrs. D. B.
Butler, of this city, was killed in a Well in Houston
county.on Saturday last. On descending the " ell,
he found that the fixed air was about to suffocate
him, when he called to be drawn up. In the as
cent, he fell back and was killed.
“Pin,
Fire caused by a Bu
Boston was set on fire
focus formed by the ra'
trated through a bull’s e
roof. The building wa
.—A store in
rsduy, by the
sun. cunceti-
wiudow in the
Tlie Female College Commcnccmeut,
Ofthiscity, took place last week. Tlie examina
tions and theses we understand were highly satis
factory and gratifying, reflecting equal credit upon
the Professors as well as their Pupils. The Insti
tution appears at present to be in a flourishing con
dition, and daily becoming more popular.
We regret our avocations did not permit our at
tending the exercises, and the consequent meagre
report we are able to give of them—but trust iliat
deficiency will be promptly supplied by the Visi
ting Committee, to whom the task more proper'y
belongs.
Saraannh and Mncom,
By the (almost) completion of the Central Rail-
Road, are now become door neighbors. The Iron
is laid to within three miles of Macon, where a
temporary Depot is being constructed, to which
point, in a few clays, the Cars will regularly run.
The first Locomotive, on a sort of pioneer exclu
sion. came up on Thursday morniDg last, with a
small freight of Iron for the Road. Several trips
have been made since; but we understand the ‘ pro
gramme* of the arrivals nnd departures will not be
advertised, until after this week, when itis expect
ed the Depot will be in readiness, and the necessa
ry Agents appointed.
Owing to some misunderstanding, the Locomo
tive was not expected till 4, P. M. of that day—
and the crowd of persons who went out at that hour,
to hail its arrival, were considerably disappointed.
Though they did not meet the Cars, they met the
spirited contractors, (Messrs. Collins and Alexan
der, to whom the Road and its friends are under so
many obligations.) with a lot of fresh ice and le
mons, and other “ fixins,” to which ample justice
was done: and the crowd all returned in a very
good humor.
When, some 12 or 15 years ago, the Old Tele
graph first ventured modestly to suggest to his Sa
vannah friends, nnd the Slate at large, that the only
means'of preserving the existence of the mother
city and a seaport to Georgia, was by opening a
vein from the young daughter, (Macon.) by means
ofa Rail-Road—the idea fell so coldly upon the
public ear, that we then hardly dreamed of seeing
tlie thing commenced, much less finished, before the
Old Telegraph, and its whole train, should be run
off the track. But so it is. The Old Telegraph
has lived to see the work commenced and done—
the Road we may say is finished. And, from the
hour the first shovel-full of earth was thrown from
the track, tlie prosperity of Savannah took a new
growth. A better feeling has sprung up between
the seaboard and the back country—each sees that
their inteiests are mutual and indivisible—that one’s
cannot be abandoned, without paralyzing the other’s.
The City of Oglethorpe has, consequently, grown
in popularity, as well as in wealth nnd population—
until her prosperity is looked upon as the cherished
pride of every corner of the State. So mote it ever
be.
Another Rattle of jYewOrh
Loulainnn Safe, and Democracy TriQ^,
“ Now let the kettle to the trumpet spea’u
The trumpet to tlie cannoneir without.
The cannon to tlie” bright and azure “]j A
For see, DEMOCRACY'S victorious.
From the New Orleans papers we ate p
learn, that complete returns from three ofiu '
Congressional Districts in Louisiana .■
• ’ P'3ce ■
election of the Democratic candidate, ftl es ,
dell, Dawson, and Labranch, beyond d
the Fourth District, also, it is said, there
lie question of the election of the De:nocr a -\
didate.
The glorious and important result of t}, ls t .
tion, will be most sensibly and favorably f e n•
South and West—indeed, we may say,^,.
the whole Union; for it drives the last naii
political coffin of Henry Clay. When w e
that the great exertions made by his friend; ’
personally by himself, in Louisiana, ind.,.
part of the present year, .and the splendid
of Protection, held out to tlie Planters, to briW
to his support, have been indignantly and
ieally rebuked, the mind is irresistibly led’
conclusion, that Henty Clay is a decayed a-; .
ken-down politician, into whose hands the A».
can people will not trust the nigh des'i:,i(. s
Government. In his desperate efforts tor-;.,
dispersed aril shattered ranks in Louisiana,
gination might hear him shout to his discos'
followers, in the agony of defeat:
11 Redeem my pennon—charge amain!
Cry. Harry, to the Rescue !—vain—
No flag of mine shall e’er again.
Victoric as float o’er battle plain.”
The New mirror.
No. 14 of this interesting and valuable weekly
paper, of 16 pages, and a beautiful steel engraving,
has come to hand. The receipt of it affords us
much pleasure. The Mirror is one among the
most pleasing and elegant publications of which
our country can boast. It must be seen nnd read,
to be properly appreciated. We agree wilh its
editors, that “ Three dollars cannot buy so much of
literary and pictorial value, in any other shape.”
Tlie Minor is printed in New York, at three dol
lars per annum—N. P. Willis and Gen. George
P. Morris, Editors.
Chenp Travelling.
The price of passage in the splendid Steamers,
between New York and Albany—a distance of 155
miles—is 25 cents.
Spirited and Patriotic Etc**olutiom,
On the 1st inst. a meeting of the Slate f/-
Party of Oglethorpe county, “opppsed toaf
tective Tariff and to the election of the Hoo.He*
Clay to the Presidency,” was heidattheC -
House, in Lexington. On motion of Dr. Jar,
Sims, Lewis J. Dupree was appointed Chairs
and John Crawford, Esq. Secreiary. A Coor.
tee of five was then appointed by the Chair,tajj
resolutions, expressive of the opinions of tl*c«
in;;—ihe Committee consisted of Dr. Jaiwtt
Sims, Capt. Henry P. Hill. Dr.RobertB.Is
Alexander A. Allen, Esq., and Capt. Tboml
Andrews, who, having retired for a short fur*.-
turned wnh a series of Resolutions, fiom which
extract the following; which are truly demoai
and most admirably suited to the times, partied*
ly when we consider the quarter from wheat
emanate:
Resolved, That the construction of the ConstiMiat
Mr. Clay ud the party to which he belongs, uk*i fra*
people the security for their liberties, intendedtobepm
'dec) by our forefathers in the for,nation of lhegorenrc
and is especially dangerous to slaveholders, who him
other security for the peaceful enjnymeat nf their proper
against the legislation of a prejudiced majority.
Resolved. That the assumption of the debts of the fas
b7 the eenerai Government—the establif’nmen-ofiUo
States Bank, and other measureaolakindredcbanewa
vneated by the Whigs, would tend to g’ve to ti e -
Government.-an increased pnwr of controllio-the ■
pendent action of the states, and the popula r will ai-iah
gfnttw responsibility of the President and the oeohni
Congress to their constituents, and thereby tike that
People and the States their control over theopentiai'
the government, indispensable to its faithful adaiaunts
Rcso've-1. That the protective tariff system irap.oH
us by the efforts of Henry Clay, tomes one-thirii nt i!:r::
illation to pa V two-thirds of the revenue, acdvi:-.'*-
time diminishes the price of tl'ieir produrtions in f
bets, where they tnus; he old—and enchancesttr p ’
what they must buy at home, for the purpose of irr-rii.
the profits of the lalMir of the two-thirds, who pisses
third of the revenue—that the system is unjust an 1 pra
in its operation, oppressive in its effect and against tie?:
and letter of the Constitution—that it lessens general w
tends to produce civil discord, and take from the coun-ns
best security from continued peace, by obstructing tan
tension of a’mutually beneficial commerce with forc.cn
bona. . , ,1
Resolved, Thar the distribution of the proceedin'
sales of the public lands among the states, appmpmic-i-
rna-!s and i ana is within the ritmes. nn.uu lor.zed j':'
tions for pensions, increased appropriations forthertc sir
objects of government; and a large public debt. f»rori;e:>
sures of public policy with Henry Clay and bis frienis,!-
but parts of the protective system, as large expentar'i'
cur* Inch duties.
Resolved. That Henry Clay’s violent oppositiont»t
measures of Gen.Jacltson’s administration, for ti»t •'■
of the Indians from the State of Georgia, his abate offiu
cia for her action on that subject, forbids Gcorgit U-'t?'
him for the Presidency. . ....
Resolved. That Henry Clay’s denunciation in u': ’
of Slavery, (as it exists with us.) “ns the darkest *>« •*
its ‘the country.) mantle.'” adds to the evidence, driv; •
his American system, that he seeks to re made I*tew’
by sacrificing our interests to Northern manufacture:: - I
our cinracterto g-vity their prejudice* _ . .
Resulted. That the nomination of Henry Clay for
dent, bv the Convention in MiltedgeviHe, in ItWA-aW*
authorised by the people of Georgia, and is s'ccc. ar -^' j
on the ur ic i history of th* free tra 1-pir.y, met I
rail i; bv the si' 1 ’; : -ire c-f -u.isiake. ’ le w . 1
as a de-ort. u . f the long cherished prinfp.es "t ' I
The thiee Inst Resolutions are peculiarly s| |
eel, patriotic, and well-timed ; and a hearty J
should be responded to them, by every niKt’
man. and child in the State.
Let it be remembered, that this is Ex-Go’c |
Gilmer’s county, or at least, the county in «
lie resides—and when we reflect that that; 1 ’
man has denounced, in no measured terms, t I
litieal course of the Whig Editors in Gcortm- |
that the above meeting is solely styled a S*
Rights Party meeting, we are irresistibly -- |
tlie conclusion, that it was called, and tnus ■■
been composed bv a large number of the "■ ••
1840. Indeed, it furnishes evidence, in f 0 ™
scicntia, that such was the Diet. 'Ve the:^ I
hail it as a bright augury of what is to come. * I
people of Georgia are a confiding ami enlir- ! - j
people—but when they find that their ronf' |
has been abused and their interests sacrificed-.
as the vollied lightning will they correct i« :
ror, and almost as destructive as its scathing i: --1
es, will be tho sharp punishment which tne.' I
inflict upon the heads of the promise-breakers 'I
have wantonly violated the trust so generous-.'
posed in them.
Old Nick Run 2Ind. v
Nicholas Biddle, it is said, has actus- :
come iosnne. If the departed, are ever P crnl "|._
revisit this earth, surely the spirits of hushan' ^ |
fathers, have been hovering about “A^
haunting the sage of that establishment, f l .
inghis noon-day walks, and disturbing I>i3tU iJ
slumbers—seeking to avenge the wrnnp
widow and orphan, whom the living navel 1 '
What human being could hear up under a
in addition to (lie gnawings of a guilty cotisc-^
But who has any sympathetic tears to shed 0 ' 1
fate of a monste r who has thus revelled 011 '
squandered, the only means left for the subj
of tlie helpless, the innocent, and confiding, a ^
them penny less, on tlie cold charities nf a^
unfeeling world, while he himself revels i» u '
and extravagance.
From the Madisonian. j
We are authorized to announce diat the Ca ir j^ rJ '|
merits have at length beeu completed, and rh“
nieuts are placed under the administration ol tn
tinned gentlemen : fa .„,
Hon. Abel P Upshur. Secretary ...
Hon. J. 0. Spencer. Secretary ot the irea i
Hon. J. M. Porter, Secretary “f War-
Hon. David Hess haw, Secretary or the .
Hott. C.A. WlCKLtrEE, Postm&ster Gene .
Hon. John Nelson. Attorney General-