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ji not beyond* tb e points of your bayonets. And what „i have done ? Extinguished one star of the eoustel u!iin and made South Carolina t* l "* ' u Like the lost Pleiad seen no more bolotv.” r f o re gentlemen decide against conciliation nnd in favor . • w3r , will they review the history of our struggle °• h the mother country 1 If they will, and are not struck H named bv the coincidences, they are beyond the power hellebore. ’ Let me turn their attention to the page before 0,(1 j, contains His Majesty’s most gracious speech to 51f ' |i oUS es of Parliament, on Wednesday, Nov. 30,1774. -Mv Lords and gentlemen. It gives me much concern, • tl'am obliged, at the opening of this Parliament, to in • you that a most daring spirit of resistance snd disobe lor®, t , t 0 rhe law still unhappily prevais in the province of ** , s „ch u rett9 Bay, and has, in divers parts of it, broke forth Mi fresh violence of a very criminal nature. Tb.ese proteed- B « have been countenanced ami encouraged in other of my *r j fg) an d unwarrantable attempts have been made to ob eol° ,|,’ e commerce of this kingdom, by unlawful combina ' , 1 have taken such measures, and given such orders, '' [ indeed the most proper and effectual for carrying into the laws which were passed in the last session of eJ \te Parliament, for the protection and security of the '’Bißttee ofmy subjects, and for tlie restoring and preserv 'Tueace, order, and good government in the province of Massachusetts Cay; and you may depend upon my firm and • adfast resolution to withstand every attempt to weaken o 7 supreme authority of this Legislature over all the I 'Vuiotis of my Crown ; the maintenance of which, I con dr as essential to the dignity, the safety, and the welfare a the hfitsh empire; assuring myself, that while I act upon principles, 1 shall never fail to receive your assistance u\[v lords and gentlemen. Let me particularly recom end to you, at this time, to proceed with temper in yourde- Kkrations,and with unanimity in your resolutions. Let B jjpic, in every part of my dominions, he taught, by ■oiirciatuplc, to have a due reverence for the laws aud a ■ of the blessings of our excellent constitution Key may be assured that, on my part, 1 have nothing so Kuch at heart, as the real prosperity, and lasting happiness If all iny subjects.' ’ , |,Sir.said Mr. \V. I intend to excite no additional odium |?mst the memory of George 111. In our declaration of Bependence be was. indeed described as a “prince, whose Kr'eter was marked by every act which limy define a ty |n.” But lie Ins gone to account. 11 is latter years it had lesscl Providence to visit with the heaviest calamity that Ku befall a human being. WiihAis shade, therefore, h« larrcd not. There was probably some office form—a stand ■j original—iijion which all such intrnsnents were made. ■There was another curious coincidence, which might be. Infor less perfect, according to the exterior which was Eton contemplated call for certain papers. “An odd ■ilnt happened, which served to revive, with double forcu ■ tlieill temperand animosity that hail long subsisted be ■fttihe Executive partof the goverumentand the people Biifirovincc of Massachusetts B«y. This was the acci- Bio.l discovery am! publiratien of a number of confidential Bttrj which had been written during the course of the un ■npy disputes with the mother, country, by the then Gover |r and deputy Covcrnor of that colony, to persons in power |d of office iii England. The letters contained a very u.l -y ta lile representation of the state of affairs, tlie temper |j disposition of the people, and the views of their leaders ■that province: and tended to show not only the necessity ■tic most coercive measures, hut even a very considerable ■u-e of the constitution, and system of government,; was ■esirv to secure the obedience of the colony.” ■‘•Those letters, indeed, were in part confidential and pri ■e, bin tlie people of the colony insisted that they were e ■fniiy intended to influence the conduct of government, Hi must therefore he shown to such persons as had an inlcr ■in preserving their priviiedges. Upon the death of a ■ ain whose possession these letters then happened they, by some means which are not - nown, fell into Hkmls of the agent for the colony of Massachusetts Bay, H»immediately transmitted them to the Assembly of that Bunco, which was then sitting at Boston. The imligua- H:i,u animosity which lliese letters excited on the one ■c.and the coiilusioii on the other, neither need nor admit Hkscription.f Hex exact a is mpnnion-piece would nppearfor this picture, ■(which Cod forbid 1) the correspondence of the govern ■nt with certain individuals in Soutn-Carolina should be Hiiisii' l. He hoped it never would he. He deprecated ■t publication ns fraught with infinite mischief. Other points of resemblance were to he found in the his ■ of those times. ■ The Minister after having moved that the King’s tnes- Ht,of tiie Tilt March, should he read, opened his plan for ■ sistoretion of peace, order, justice and commerce in the ■ssachusetts Bay. ■ifterstating his opinions, and arguing their correctness, ■ .',buster proceeded : “ It would be proper therefore, to H away from Boston the privilege of a port until his Ma ■y should be satisfied in these particulars, and publicly ■are iu council, on a proper certificate of the good belia ■tof the town, dial lie was so satisfied. Until this should ■pet. the custom-house officers, who were now not sale in ■tini. or sale no longer than w Idle they neglect their duly, ■dil be removed to fc-alem, where they might exercise ■ functions.” ■.pea these arguments, leave was given to bring in the co ■uieii flostuit pun b.lh, which will serve as a model for any port kill it may he necessary to prepare, and tlie in opposition and support of which are so applicable, by consulting the reports they find their own in those of LorJ North, his partisans, or tiis oppo- with one exception--a little hotter English. Lord example, is reported to have said, “1 hope that ■ tc'.wiii not, in any shape, require a military force to put The rest of the colonies will not take fire at ■ I'l' per punishment inflicted on those who have disobey authority. We shall then he nearly in a situation all lenient measures will he at an cad, if they do. Hut, ■ (> exert ourselves now with firmness and intrepidity, it is they will submit to onr authority. If the conse ■i lce -' I their not obeying this act are likely to produce re those consequences belong to them, and not to us ; act ir hat we have broughtou, hut what they alone have 51 Me are only answerable that our measures are Let uscontinue to proceed with firmness, c VnJ resolution, which, if pursued, will certainly pro- obedience and respect to the lawsofthiscouu aw tlie security of the trade of its people, which Isoar wish lor.” >ll know, said Mr. W. that the bill passed. If such a ■ «»ms to us, that coincidence at least, will, I trust, he t0 ! 1!s passage, history informs us, that “ several gentle b *llO had voted for it were nevertheless of opinion that tetnno of a conciliatory nature should attend litis meas e severity, and might give greater efficacy to it. That •ament, whilst it resented the outrages of the American ace, ought not to he too willing to irritate the sober part P*e colonies,” I motion w a g accordingly made fora repeal of the tea du- The debate upon the policy of the repeal at was long and earnest; the party for the p strooly urging experience, which they insisted was in f " or - That tiie attempt to tax America had inflamed, L Sp had quieted, and tic new taxes had inflamed it a fr. I,e Itt'od effect of rigor would depend on a tincture L J' J lenity might render the rigor unnecessary.— F, itrefore, earnestly pressed the repeal of the noxious E’ a proper method of restoring tranquility. How r theft The ministry said, “a repeal Lj ll,le Wo "' < i s'' o "’ such a degree of wavering and lu ll Th’’ i) the good effects of the rigorous leof *** l>ar ! ia *n««t ought to show that it would relax l j '“just rights, but enforce them in a practical way ; L,;;' 15 provided with means of compelling obedience L tf lf this tax was repealed, what answer is to R, t' "nen they demand the repeal of the duty on wine. I 'founds the motion was negatived. After the Pttei t rl came 'he hill for the “better regulating go- t e ' 111 'l |e province of Massachusetts Bay.” Both j^ i ,,J riora l J l° raws were before them. They were doubt ■ tn acts for all lovers of strong government ; butpo- K a , IU * C holder than the British ministry, would put Kent' s .Ho would not go through with them. Gen- Kd ,K IOUS '* eft ff lne * °f coercion, might perhaps have r, *] v” c ' au,e h y clause. In bringing forward that Kro °L , * llavore< i the House of Commons with a dis- e P"*** commilalu*. Then came the bill for | ;in -"''nistraticu of justice in Massachusetts Bay.— ■ *«uU x * Urn *®* 1 hints to an Amerieac Draco.— ■Co]r n 'i S**itered up no doubt, it was on that hill rre " as en, thled to make his proud boast : P utty tk' 8 Vl |l encc A lnßr i ( ' a at the hazard of my P.' It\, i ''' resist your phrenr.y at the same rtsk e “Tr n ’ to °’ S» v ° I*l® memorable hut fruitless F -'Vf.i it,. ' aow ‘he vast superiority of your disciplined ■kt l< ‘,P rov * n <’i»U: hut beware how you supply the F inline by cVsportriion.” ■Mo ■t !u ff sn| l ‘■•orrespondence of Thomas Jefferson, vol. I f ■ «r kh'h Pttcmher, IH.'J, to \V. B. Giles Sir, said Mr. W . the fatal dilemma of Si. n , actly that presented to the South : “ resist . ,’a ex your throat; submit and we will tax you ** Wl cut fConrliiiledmifuurth p „„ r , Onr ambition live ttarier . quttl lai^ 'if* , A/ ASD STATE RIGHT’S ADVOCATE. MILLEDGEVILLE, APRIL 17, 1833. THE FRISTER’S tom M e love to see the blooming rose lit all its beauty dress’d: We love to hear onr friends disclose Tlie emotions of their breast. W c love to ere a ship arrive, Well laden to our shore— W e love to gee our neighbors thrive- - And love to bless the poor. W e love to see domestic life W ith uninterrupted joys— W e love to see a youthful wife Not pleased with trifling toys. W e love all these—yet far above AH that we ever said. We love-—what every Printer loves, To have Subscriptions paid. Iteturnii «f Delegate) Elected to the Reduction Convention, which con venes in Millcdgpville on the first Monday in May next: Baldwin, Park, Fort, Jourdan. Bibh, (’one, Ellis, Bartlett. Burke, E vans, Byne, Lawsuit, Pemberton. Butts, Lindsey, Hendrick, Speak. Bryan, Bacon, Starr. Bullock, (’one, Denmark. Carroll, Springer, Bowen, Adair. Cherokee, Taitc, Lumpkin. Chatham, J. M Wayne,.Jackson, Daniel,Charlton Columbia, Lamar, Crawford, Ramsey, McCraven. Crawford, Crowell, Montford, Garrett. Camden, Clark, Ward, Mclntosh. Cass, Erwin, Espy. Campbell, Irwin, McCoy, Thompson. Clark, Payne, Ilall, Ligon, Jirdinc. Coweta, Kenan, Griffin, Thompson. Dooly, Key, Roberts. DeKalb, Murphey, Mays, Dobbs and Ezzard. Dacatur, Rav, Sims, Moore. Effingham, Powers, Waldhour, Elbert, White, Oliver, Tate, Thompson. Early, Wilson, Huson. Franklin, Anderson, Martin, Farmer, Morris, Forsvth, Sams, Martin, Floyd, J. Hemphill, P. W. Hemphill. Gilmer, Quillian, Bramlctt. Gwinnett, Park, Worthy, Strickland, Williams, Brewster. Glynn, Stewart, King, Cooper Greene, Porter, 1-owis, Foster. Dawson. Hall, Underwood, Sims, Garrison, Clark, Wilson. Hancock, Crawford, Sayre. Ilolscy, Terrell. Harris, Barnes, Wellborn, Jones. Heard, Water, Lcvingston. Habersham, Wolford, Chastain, Holcombe, Blair. Henry, Clark, Sellers, Johnson, Bond. Houston, Wellborn, Kelly, Lawson, Morgan. Irwin, Slone, Walker. Jackson, Thomas, Bowen, Singleton, Story. Jefferson, Holt, Connelly, Wigham. Jones, Moughon, Grav, Lowther, Jourdan. Jasper, Crane, Freeman, Jourdan, Hill. Laurens, Blackshear, McCall, Allen. Liberty, Waldhour, West, Flemming. Lumpkin, Parker, Matthews. Lee, Lewis Bond, Holliday. Lowndes, Knight, Smith. Madison, Adair, Groves, Pittman. Meriwether,Tignor, Hall, Kendall. Monroe, Pope, Wootan, Watson—2 tied. Morgan, Stokes, Wittick, Jones, Ncs'oit. Muscogee, Camp, Watson, Iverson. Mclntosh, Hand, Dunham, Wood. Montgomery, Bryan, Mcßae. Xewton, jLuckie, Perry, Trammel, Crawford. Oglethorpe, Crawford, Gilmer, Cox, Young. Pike, Adams, Neale, Maugham. Pulaski, Bracewell, Dennard, Taylor. Paulding, Walthall, Mcßride. Putnam, Branham, Hudson, Cooper, Chambers. Randolph, Hamilton, Henderson. Richmond, V. \V r alker. J. P. King, Carter, Gould. Rabun, Paris, Moseley, Coflee. Scriven, Green, B. Greene, Jones. Stewart, Smith, Distnukcs. Sumpter, Houghton, Little. Talbot, Flemming, Riley, Powell. Ttoup, Hamilton, Fannin, Bailey. Twiggs, Crocker, Welch, Fort. Taliaferro, Janes, Thompson, Johnson. Tattnall, Smith, Bruton. Telfair, Rogers, Wilcox. Thomas, Blackshear, Scarborough, Mclntyre. Upson, Stiirgcs, Cox, Nolan. Union, Greer, Chastain. Walton, Gresham, Park, Harris, Willingham. Warren, Lockhart, Dennis, Hill, Ryan. Washington, Sessions, Brown, Tennillc, Soltlcv. Wayne; Harris, Robison. Wilkes, Wootan, Hay, Andrews, Kendrick. Wilkinson, Hall, Beall, Jones. Spirit of proscription does not yet sleep. Every week some new victim is crushed beneath its uplifted arm. The malignant demon prowls thro’ the Union, like the roaring lion, seeking whom he mav devour. A venerable o'd man, who has devoted his whole life to the public service, has been removed from tlie P. Q. of New Ark in New Jersey, upon “political grounds.” Every tlnng good and virtuous is sacrificed to the whims and freaks of the modern Juggernaut, who rules the nation with an iron sceptre nt W ashingfon. IV day of judgment, wc tru«t, is not for oil Jaducu') body GwA The burning of the Treasury Building at Wash ington City has Occasioned great loss to individual* as well as to the government. The extent of inju ry is not yet known. An investigation is now go ing on to ferret out if possible, the incendiary. It is supposed to have been destroyed by design, and the tools ol the President have Dascly As ungenerously charged the conflagration upon the friends of the U• 8. Bank. The destruction of this building with the derangement and loss of the papers belonging to the department will prolong the time of the anticipa ted changes in the President’s Cabinet, and keep up a regular pit-a-pat in the bosoms of those expectants who have advanced their claims and have received tor answer, that they shall be considered. Will not Senator Forsyth die the death of the anxious and doubting ? The President had better ease him of hts fears, or he will be consumed by his impatience to have the glorious rays of office shed upon him. It appears that the President has made the burn ing of the Treasury Building a pretest for drawing round his Palace a body-guard of aimed soldiery. Would not this Continent have echoed and re-echoed with the bootings of indignation against any other President, hut Jackson, who would have dared to offer such an affront to American Liberty and Free dom. It is worse than tyrannical thus to insult the independent feelings and proud spirits of American Citizens. We are not yet slaves in reality, if Gen. Jackson would wish to make us so. lie is a faithful imitator of C;;*sar iu every act of his life where he has been favored with the opportunity and as far as his dull, meager intellect could enable him to under stand the history of the character of that artful, craf ty and fell tyrant. Our readers all recollect the correspondence between Jenet and Jackson upon the presentation by the former to the latt«r of a med al, which was found in France aud supposed to have belonged to Julius Ctesar. Tiie admiration of Jack son for Cmsar’s character too plainly indicated his ambition to be called a second “Ctesar”and to have his fame. Hu is likely to acquire a more infamous one. With the ambition of a Ca:sar lie has not the talents of a Lepidus. He lias made a false estimate of the character of Ca.-sar. He has not perceived that he had in view by his own aggrandizement the extension and magnificence of the Roman Empire. He wished to acquire power peaceably —by the con sent i/ the people. Jackson would take our liberties from us by force and make us slaves, whether we would or not. Thus we gee, that the character of Ctesar is far more enviable than that of Jackson. Tlie shade ol a great name. The grandson ot Mr. Jefferson has been zealous ly employed in undoing every tiling that his grand father accomplished for his country. His relation ship to tl.at distinguished statesman and the fact of his having been reared in the same house with him had much w light in influencing public opinion a broad as to die views and principles of Mr. Jeffer son, but none, it seems, at home. He was elected last year front the County of Albermarle (the resi dence of his grandfather, when alive) to the Legis lature of Virginia; but since his attempt to misrep resent his doctrines, so long entertained and so ably defended by him to the day of his death, his degene rate scion has permisson to stay at home. With all the influence whiclifamily, station and office could command, the patriotic and republican citizens of Albermarle could not be persuaded or bought to ele vate such a man under circumstances of degrada tion which were so manifest. The Richmond Whig and Times speak exulting- Iv of the many triumphs which tlie State Rights doc trines have had over the rank growth of Federalism. The elections in that State are not over, but as far as they have been heard from, they are cheering in deed. It is the general belief that John Robertson will be elected over the late Speaker. If that prove to be the case. Mr. Stevenson’s cake is dough. He can not get office, if he does not stand well at home. That is tlie Van liuren touchstone. Unpopular at home, unpopular at Washington. The late Speak er was fully alive to this hurtful policy to the dis appointed, for in his speech at Hanover Court-house we are informed, he rained down showers of tears. Wore they tears of repentance. 7No lWi would have taken one to the gates of Heaven. They were tears, such as the crocodile sheds. If he can be beat, there is some hoj»e for the “old dominion” yet. THE WJSBnGTO.V SPY. The writer of the letters from Washington over that signature is true to the character of the “Spy.” Nothing seems to have escaped his wakeful vigi lance and prying temper. Every'thing that trans pires at the Palace is treasured up and faithfully re ported to the American people He deserves tlie thanks and gratitude of his country-men for the authentic report of the machinations and intrigues which have been formed in that corrupt city to des poil the people of their liberties. Unless the ex treme caution and calculating disposition of the Pres ident’s “little Pet” should hinder their accouchment we may very soon look for the product of the plots which are forming against some “ old favorites” of the President. The Spy confidently asserts that anew paper is to be established at Richmond by Mr. Rives a relative of the Swiss Senator of Vir ginia, to take the place of the Enquirer, and that he knows Blafr is to be displaced. "> should rejoice aLjhcse changes, not that we favor Jacksomsm or any thing that is scented with it, but that we hate hireling apostates, and two more degraded than Ritchie and Blair never lived. But that is not all. He tells some strange news about our grinning, cringing, bowing and unprinci pled Senator John Forsyth. It seems to be decided that .Mr. Livingston is to go to France, hut it is hard to tell who shall fill his place. There are many as pirants for the office. Mr. Van liuren is said to favor Mr. McLane’s pretensions. Mr. Rives wants it, and Mr. Forsyth has begged for it. This appears to be the state of the case, but how it will be deci ded, time alone can determine. There are several pretenders for the Treasury, and lot it be given to whom it may, the President is likely to make seve ral enemies. The finger of Van Burcn directs ev ery movement about the Palace. He is now a reg ular inmate and sits by the side of the old Hero and feed* him out ofa golden spoon. The old fellow has got very childish lately nnd swears, he will catch Van by his red whiskers and throw him into the gutter below the Palace, if he does not manage things so as to keep Calhoun down. tlr. IVllde’t Speecli. We have commenced this week the publication of the speeches of the Georgia Delegation upon the the Tariff*and Force Bill. Our readers will lie am ply repaid for time and trouble spent in the pe rusal of Mr. Wildeki s|oech. They doubtless will not feel its force as scnably as Uio* they had heard it when it was delivered. Mr. Wilde is one of the most eloquent and fiuirted orator* of the leoothern Country. Keep OmL Tlie Editor of the Southern Danner a mortally, gravelled because we called him “a sheep” m wolves’ cloatliing. We can not believe that the Editor entertained the opinion that we thought he was in reality a “sheep.” He surely has better sense. He must have known that it was a figure of speech. When we wrote the article at which the Editor of the Banner is so much nettled, we dis claimed any intention of disresjiect. Did he then leel the force of our remarks so sensibly as to loose his equanimity of temper,? We are sorry for this. We have a tolerably good opiuicn of this Editor, notwithstanding he has been so uncourteous as to tell us we have no manners. We shall certainly take lessons in good manners from those two ele gant and accomplished gentlemen who have teth ered the Banner, ar.d then we will ask another tilt or two with its debonair and mild Editor. The Editor of the Banner does not know the ex tent of our stock of arguments on haiid. IFc do not make a great show of them unless we have some customers of the first quality. Let some such make a call on us, and we will lay before them a splendid assortment. If the Editor of the Banner would only pay us a visit, we would even conde scend to show him what we have in our store-house; and he will please to recollect that we only com menced trade a short time since, and therefore our supply is more scanty than it will be. We are not exactly a “ fighting Attic,” but we reckon we could manage to screw our courage up to the sticking point, when called out. But we much prefer talk ing. writing or running to fighting. But pen us up pretty close and we do not know what we might do. JUe do not wish to have the gauntlet thrown down by the Editor of lhc Banner, and we will at once disclaim all intention of disrespect to that courtly and polite gentleman in our remarks, at which he takes exception. IFe have no objection to submitting tlie decision of all matters to the “public opinion” of the Stute, but not to the people of the U. S. as constituting one people. John Taylor spoke of the “public opin ion” of his own State; as a Sovereign rower, and we defy the sophistry of tlie Banner to make his language mean any thing else. The Editor of tlie Banner chills us the “young Samuel” and John Taylor the “1 ligh Priest,” and says when we learn but a moiety of his manners he will meet us again. As we are young there is some room for improve ment, but we fear the age of the Editor of the Ban ner renders him incorrigible. He however consi der it Fas cst ab hoste doceri and we shall improve the lesson. Vale ! Yale ! Vale ! The Mwuurcby Paper. The organ of the monarchy party in Georgia will continue to make the grossest and most daring mis representations to the people. It is a faithless sen tinel and the people should displace it for its treach ery. It tolls the peojilo of Georgia that the clause in the Force Bill, which is said uud believed to have been penned by Mr. Wirt, does not authorize the President to use force to cany into execution the decrees of the Supreme Coutt, and that tlie only part looking to the employment of the military*, will cease at tiie expiration of twelve months. fUe all know that the el tuse empowering the Presi dent to use force in a particular case (that of Caro lina) was limited to twelve months. But the sec tion which embraces the Georgia controversy was made perpetual, and tliat section does empower the President to put down by force all opposition to the execution of the decrees of the Supreme Court. Have not the people of Georgia seen the bill and read it and judged of its provisions for themselves? Have they not discovered its warlike aspect? But say the Editors of this Federal paper, the Supreme Court can not entertain a suit at the in stance of tlie Indians, because, forsooth, they can not lie parties to a suit in tlie Supreme Court of the U. S. Tliis may be, and doubtless is the opinion of the Editors of this paper and every other Geor gian, but does it follow therefore that the Court is of tlie same opinion? The Judges of the Court must decide this matter for themselves and the President, if they decree against Georgia, dare not refuse to call out armed power to carry their judg ment into execution. Let not the people ofGeorgia hug tlie delusion that they will not, under any cir eamttances, be made victims to tlie sanguinary provisions of the Force Bill. “The price ol liberty is eternal vigilance.” ('inane Equalled. The battle of Koaiah between the Turks and Egyptians is the bloodiest upon record, oxccpt that fought at Cannae between the Romans and the Carthagenians, if indeed the carnage docs not exceed that of antiquity. * Tlie spot where the bat tle was fought i6 said to resemble the battle ground of C«nnae, and the leader of the Egyptian forces is thought to have displayed quite as much skill in his maneuvering to entrap the Turks in the same manner as did the renowned Ilanuibal the fiery and incautious Roman. We can not think how ever that the modern victory is equal in glory to the ancient, since the Egyptian general had the ad vantage of this vary battle to enlighten his military genius. The first was an original conception, die second may have been a mere copy. [](jr* “Imthovisatou” has keen received, but too late for this weeks publication. It shall appear in out next. From the Xationol Intelligencer. A Serious Disaster! WASHINGTON, Monday, April L We are sorry to have to announce that the Public Building East of the President’s Square, occupied as th* Treasury Department, was consumed by Fire yester day morning, between two o’clock and (nnrise. The fire wastiist discovered in the room adjoining (hit of the Chief Clerk of the Department, usually known among the Clerks and olhi r Officers by the nflme of .Mr. Laugh’-.; Room. It is not known w heter the Fire origin*.te4 in the floor or the ceiling of the room, the wf.Oic being in a blaze before any one approached it; but no doubt ap pears to be entertained that the Fir* wm accidental. The whole room was on fire before the alarm was given, even the watch walking the pavement in front of the Branch Bank (near the spot) perceived nothing of tlie fire, (the building of the State Department interposing.) Every exertion was made, as the people gathered to t lie (pot, finding that it would be in vain to attempt saving the building, to toscurc the book* and papers of the several offices. A great ileal was saved by the Clerks and other citizens, considering the circumstances. It is hoped, indeed, that few liooks cr papers of much con (cqence are destroyed. All the hooks and papers on the ground floor arc br ie ved to have been saved (in great disorder of course) aud all those in the third story were destroyed. Os the books and paper* iu the apartments of the second ftoey, much (he greater part were saved. Thooliictrs on the first floor, the books of which are twt'ed, wets tho* if the Register of the Ttoetury, Tt assurer, ud tW first Auditor. On fhs second floor, nearly all the books of the First Comptroller, whose of fica occupied the greater number of the rooms, were saved, and a part of those belonging to the office oi the Secretary of tho Treasury, in these immediate apart ments the lire was first discovered. Os the offices connected with the Treasury Depart ment, several the most extensive, are kept in uiiier buildings than that destroyed aud are of course entirely safe, viz. those ot tlie Scco.iJ Comptroller, t-ecoab Third, Fourth, and Fifth Auditors, aud the Solicitor of the Treasury. The papers destroyed wefe many ol the-a obsolele, and almost all ofa date pric*r to 1S;!0. The uieusl impor tant papers destroyed were perhaps the correspondence cf the Head of the Treasury Department which was kept iu the room wherein the' fire originated. When the Fire was first discovered, it was the dead hour of the night, and tho whole popelAun of the city was so deep buried in sleep, that a comparatively small number arrived early on the ground. Very soon after the first cry of Fire was scarcely uttered, at half past two o’clock, the keeper of the Orphan Asylum hell caught and repeated the alarm ; whence it happened that tne persons first at tlte Fire, next to the immediate neigh bors, were roused by that bell, and had half a mile to run before they arrived at it. To save the building, however, when once on Fire, would, under any circum stances, have been impossible, so inflammable was its structure, as well as its contents. No one can look at the smoking ruins, without a sensation of astonishment at the fatuity and utter im protidcncc with which Looks and papers of such vast consequence have been so long trusted to any other than fire-proof building. The few scattered vaulted rooms in tlie building entirely escaped the flames; and had the whole building been similarly constructed, the fir* could not have.occurrcd; or if, through extreme careless ness, it had occurred, would have been confined to the room iu which it originated. Where was tlie watchman of the building? is a natural question. He was, vve hear, sick at home; and the youth who substituted him was so sound asleep that he was perhaps only saved from being burnt alive by those who broke open the doors and rous ed him. Hud he been over so wide awake, however, unless he had happened to inspect the particulr room where the fire begun, the alarm from outside might have been his first nocking. We are glad to observe that creditable exertions wero made by the proper officers yesterday to Collect and se cure tho scattered books ami papsrs, so that by 2 o’clock in the day they were safely housed. • fSarrictl, On the 1 lib inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sanilent, Colonel E. B. PAItK, of Milledgeville, to Miss FRANCKS X. REDD, of Green Corin’, Geo. IN addition to Iris former Stock, is receiving from New-York, a fresh snpjilv of SPRING AND 'FANCY Which he uiM sell on accommodating terms. Ha invites his friends and the public to an examination of them ; and solicits a continuance ol patronage. Treasury Department, * Milltdgeeillc, nth April 1833. AGAJN it becomes my painlul duty to inform tax collec tors, and other public officers ofll*e failure of another Hank, viz : the Merchants and Rian tors Dank of Augusts ; and to notify them that its Bills will not ks rstwivSd at this Office in payment of taxes due lUs State, ot iu tks fulfilment of any contracts ofwhich the State ai.iy ba » parry. JOHN WILLIAMS. T«easurer. Tho papers throughout tiie .Slate are rcqsuslsd to give tho above two insertions and forward their acoonato for payment. THE STAKE OFf'ICE At Peek A B rlfongii I.inc cj Stages, stops at TBATIJLLEft’S IMTV, (BY JAMES MAISKY,) One hundred vdrds South-East of tho Court-house, Lexinatoiii C. THE house is large, with many bed rooms, and every atten tion will he directed to the comfort and Satisfaction of pas sengers and others, who are inritsti to stop at the above cstair y|hment. April 15. •h’cffroes for Sale* THE subscriber has received, in addition to his former lot, a gang of Tl>irty-fiv« prime joints HegTOcs making in all, about Sixty ; among which are field hands, house servants, plough boys, pastry cooks, washers and Lon ers, conelimen, seamstresses, mechanics, Hie. and two EN GINEERS ; which he offers for rale at moderate prices. ROBERT BOYCE. Hamburg, April 1 3 3t (jj* The Georgia Times, nnd Alabama Journal, will pleas* give the above threeinsertions each, and scad their accounts immediately to this office for payment. ——Aug. Citno.vuT.i.. The TnMvHsr'* TJHE Subscriber mspcctfmlv inform- the ’’reev v nf,r >1 >'* that *V has opened a Rol > F OF ENTERTAIN MENT st Leather’s Ford, on the t’hestatne .River; this place is as healthy a sittiatioh ns any in the up c.< entry ; it is fifteen miles from Gainesville, and tour ' d•' from Auraria, Lumpkin county, audit centra! situstivi in the Siurounded with curiosities, both natc.nl and artificial, well calculated to cheer the spirits of the weary, > r e; .rage tlie attention of those in pursuit of pleasure. His House is large and commodious, with suitable rooms for tin accom modation of all Families or private persons that tie. v think proper to call on him. His.table will be furnished with the liest the country affords, his bar supplied with choice Li quors; liis stables with plenty of pro vender, and no exer tions will be spared on his part to comfort the Traveller at Home. WILLIAM RAGAN. April 17 1 i-* 4 $&&&&&£ .I.ru STOJVB CVTTMJIG. THE subscriber, late of (’hnrleston. has opened a MAR BLE YARD on the South side of llroad Street, a little above the upper market, and a few doors above the Richmond Hotel, whsre he uill keep constantly on band, an excellent assortment of New-York and Italian Marble, suitable for Fire and Chimney Pieces, Tombs and Monuments, and will att»ad to all orders in his line of business, in as good style, and ns cheap, as they can be done elsew here. Persons wishing good work done in his line, yvifl please call and examine for themselves. By strict attention to bu siness, he hopes to obtain a share of public patronage. JAMES L*. AUTO PE. Augusta, April 13 1 I -C Huron THIS thorough bred Race horse will be exhib ited in Milledgeville during the Races, and will visit that place TWO DAYS at a time throughout the season at tlie proper intervals. He may be seen at Mr. Matt's Stable. Dr lv VLB was sired by Arab, who was out of Bet Bounce by the u nowned Sir Archy ; DeKalb’s dam was sired by the celebrated Virginian; Grand Dam Prudentia l>v Shy lock;*" dam Celia by Wildair ; g p g dam Lady Boling broke by imported Pantaloon; (see Turi Register, vol. 3rd i), 4*8,) m Those who wish to behold one of natures most happy ef forts ... the-hapuof a pure blooded Rare Horse, are invtted to do so. Particulars cat. „ \\ M. MOT I f MilledgtTii!*. April 17 ****** Tbs napers io MUUifcsvifle will give this two insertions I ted loud their ncconnt* tis r«vin*nt t j \V. M.