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STATE RIGHT’S ADTOCATE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, SEPT. 5, 1833.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOEL CRAWFORD.
“That the principles and construction contended
for by sundry of the State Legislatures. that the Gen.
cral Government is the exclusive jndge ol the ex
tant of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short
of DESPOTISM’ —since the discretion of those
who administer the Government, and n»t the ' ON.
RTITUTION, would be the measure of their pow.
ers—That the several States who formed that in
strument, being sovereign and independent, have
the unquestionable tight to fudge oflbe infraction
and thut a NULLIFICATION? cr tmosksoverf.k.n.
ties, or am, unauthorised acts, done under color oI
that instrument, is tiik RIGHTFUL KEMb.IA.”
Extract f jm Kent. lies, by Tint'. Jefferson ,
•• Rut where powers are assumed which have
not been delegated, a Ni'LMFi atio.v of the net i«
the riuHtfcl rex DVI that every State has a natu
ral right, in cases not within the compact, [casus
non foederis] to nu ufy of their own aitiioritt, at.'
ASSUMPTIONS Or POWER RY OTHERS WITHIN THEIR LIM
ITS — that without this right, they would be under
the. dominion, absolute and unlimited of whomsoev.
cr might exorcise that right ot judgement for them.”
Extract from MSS Resolution by Tim. Jefferson.
The Superior Court of this county adjourned
last Saturday, till the first Monday in November
next. During the term, John Johnson who was
indicted for the murder of a little girl, was found ,
guilty, but recommended to the mercy of the
court. The evidence against him was entirely
circumstantial, and it is presumed this fact was
tiie reason of the recommendation. On the !a.st
day sentence cf death was pronounced upon him,
and Friday the loth day of November fixed as
the time of his execution.
The impolicy oS tUscarding the pre
sent liar lx.
The course of our observations in opposition
to the Ratification of the proceedings of the Con
vention, has at length bruught us to the last and
most important ground, on w hiclt that opposition
is based. We sh ill have it in our power to
show, that this last position we have taken a
cainst the proposed amendment is really the
foundation of our two former onps—to, v. it, the
"inequality of the representation,” and “the in
c ease of burd ns.” Our objections to the suici
dal policy of adopting the white basis of repre
sentation, aro of a two-fold character, first in re
ference to our domestic matters, second —as it re
gards our political relations with the other States
We would promise, however, that a change of
basic, was not contemplated when the Convention
was called together. It was a subject, with which
they were forbidden to medd.e, beciuse the law
clothing them with authority to act, was silent on
the matter. They wcruassetnbled to reduce anu
equalize the representation ace Tiling to the pro
visions of thee uioitMUun tlittaitt ftc '. *vuy -o
jealous were tho Legislature of the abuse ol the
power conferred on tin Contention, that an • tth
was imposed :pon them not to interfere with any
other portion of that instrument. Be that, as n
M.-.y, and laying aside ail motive of a corrupt na
ture that might have mlluenccd the majority ot
that body in proposing s i wild a scheme ol gov
ernment; wc alia;l proceed to consider then
proposition on Ihc ground of its impolicy in re
lation to our domestic matters. 1 lie County ol
Chatham has 11,S6t> Representative population
by the Federal Basis. The county ot W iikiuson
has 5.917, by tiie same ba3is; the county ol
Chatham has three representatives, and the coun
ty of Wilkinson two, this is nearly equal. On
the white Basis, Chatham and Wilkinson will
oxer rise precisely an equal influence in tho Le
gislature, the first [raying 119,465, towards de
fraying the expenses of Legislation whilo the
last pays $361,82. for the same purpose. The
adoption of the white basis therefore increases
the burdens on the people of Chatham county,
and also disturbs the absolute equality of Repre
sentation that exists between these two counties
which we have selected for the illustration cf our
argument.
The county of Richmond has 9.989 Represen
tative population by the Federal Basis, and the
county of Houston lias 7,058 by the same Basis
both are entitled to the same number of Repre
sentatives. Hero there is a slight inequality in
favour of Houston by the Federal Basis -on the
projected Basis, tho difference between the two
counties as to the number of their white popula
tion is I'. 1 ; yet, the county ol Houston will bo en
titled to three representatives, and the county cf
Richmond must be satisfied \v ith two. Ibe a
deptitnef ll owt ite lit sis will be thenfore,
the cause of a monstrous inequality ot Repre
sentation, between these two counties. It will
also increase the burdens imposed upon the peo
ple ot Richmond for they are not only deprives
of their just weight in the Legislature, but are
also made to pay $9,000,f0r that deprivation while
ike county of Houston pays only $3lO for her in
creasad influence and power ■’ ■’
Is it not impolitic then tor a titatc to adopt a
scheme of government that exhibits un '‘ UlK ' C< '
* partiality towards some of its citiiPtt#, a ‘ ,L '
weighs to the earth another portion by unmerited
oppression. The proposition is too plain to re
quire a single word of argument in its lavor ; it
addresses itself directly to the common sense ol
every man in the community, and by its very
plainness coerces tho assent of all. V\e have tu t
said all that might on this branch of tin*
argument, but we feel that w e have said enough
to convinco every onoof ordt'rwjp candor, that tin*
ratification of the proposed amendment produces
s vast inequality in the representation, increase
tho evils, it was intended to remedy, and that the
substitution of tho white Basis tor tho federal
Basis is the source of all this injustice. \V o sent*
now to consider whst effect the change < f basis
will hisc upon (he great bedv of the pr-plc of
GEORGIA TIMES, AXD STATE MIGHTS’ ADVOtATE,
•he State, in reference to their relation with the
tber States. It has been said that the Federal
ratio of representation was conceded as a com
promise to the Southern States. This it true, but
it was a concession founded in reason. And by
this act repudiating a principle at home,which we
re unwilling should be acted on abroad, we are
irtually declaringit an unjust one: It is in fact
inning the hand that is raised against us,and invi
tng a blow, that lias ever been but too ready to
in bestowed. Not only on our own head will the
aufTet fall, net only against our own bosoms, will
he weapon be aimed, but against those who are
.lound to us by the common tie tiiat unites the
whole South in resisting the aggression of Nor
tnern avarice. Il the injury would be confined
to ourselves alone, there is much that could be
urged against its infliction, but when others will
be made the sufferers by our own infatuation, it
is well thut we should pause, before we act. —
Let us consider then before we determine to fix
this incubus on our shoulders;—and if there is
on» solitary advantage to be gained, let it be
Known. It has been said, that the expenses of
the Legislature will be reduced, but we are not
told how tho reduction will operate to our benefit.
True there may be individuals who may profit by
the ratification of the proposed amendment, but
the injury to the State is incalculable. Wchave
-ecu it advanced as an argument that Georgia is
be only Southern State that has retained the Fed
eral Basis in the constitution. This is partly
true. No Georgia is the only Southern State
where the right of suffrage is universal: We
may be mistaken, but vebelievo it to be the only
state intheUnim where every free while citizen is
n tied to a voice in its domestic councils. Those
who have hitherto repudiated the Federal basis
have substituted in its place a representation bas
ed on taxoliontipopulation. In such states a citizen
must own a certain amount es properly, before hu
is entitled to tho right of suffrage. If then the peo
ple of Georgia arealtve to their own interest they
must reject this offspring of corruption and party
management, & stamp upon its miscreated front,
the broad mark r f their own indignant reproba
tion. If they aro awake to tl:8 interests of the
w hole South they will most surely refuse to be
tiie dupes of party intrigue and with the despera
tion of Sampson, hurl down on their own
heads the fabric, although it may egush their
enemies in its fail.
We extract the following from an editorial ar
ticle in the Savannah Republican. It sets forth
in a masterly manner the distinguishing doctrines
of the Troup party, and saving the clause, where
the Editor “is willing to unite in resisting Nulli
cation,” Nullifier as we are, we record our assent
to this Exposition, of its doctrines. We too have
an “unwavering confidence, in the protection
which would be afforded us. by an energetic as
sertion of the sovereign rights of tho States.” It
i g atifying, peculiarly so, to find the Republican
iiuldly breasting the torrent of vituperation with
which all are sought to be overwhelmed, who
daringly maintain and assert tits doctrines, un
der whose banner, Troup once led U3 to victory.
faetc virtutc, es!o /”
Long before tv« ansunvil the editorial tie
lartnn nt of this paper-—even in our boyish
i.s—we r.•member that this t-tate was divi
n:d between two great political Thirties, tv bo
f tm re nitmbt is be considered, were almost
q,tally balanced. In every other respect,
lie inequality . as, in our judgment, sufit
•tinny denneh. fn- f*n.« P»»«y at
Georgia, which has slice ssivoly assnnv-it tw
enties of CHAtvroitn and of Vkoup, seemed
to us to be pro-eminently distinguished by
:ho pair oitstil a,d intuiligciico of those who
•omposeu it, and still more by tho genuine
Republican principles for which it contended.
v\ ium time and circumstances called us to the
icrfortnaucc of the duty which every free nan
nves to his country, we did not hesitate to
uke our place in its ranks—anil when subsc
q tently we became connected with this pa
:er, we endeavored humbly, hut zealously, to
maintain its principles. The principles ol
that party,its well as those pf their adversa
ries, th it rallying under tho banner of Gen.
Cfc-Unt, and since distinguished by his name,
r ceived ample develop! incut in the memora
Me struggle which occurred between Geor
gia and the Federal Government, in relation
to the treaty of the Indian Springs. As Geor
gians, as Americans, as the advocatesot State
Rights, and not less the advocates of Constitu
tional Lnion, with our sisters of the confeder
acy, wc have looked hack with pleasure ami
pride to that animated but peaceful contest
between tnc friends of regulated freedom,
sustaining tho sovereignty of the States, ant!
the advocates of a latitudinarian construction
of the Federal Constitution, striving to en
large the powers of the Confederated Govern
ment. \Ve have looked to it with gratifies
tion, because its result seemed to us calcula
ted to advance the great ptinciplcs of Consti
lutiotial freedom —to manifest that the Sove
reignty of tile States was not a mere theory,
but at» active, salutary, and protective princi
ple, competent to restrain the excesses of
Federal Power, arid thus to give increased
permanency to Constitutional Union. When
subsequently the continued oppressions of the
Federal Government by the imposition oi
taxes which paralized the industry of one por
tion of the American people, to give increased
value to tltc labors of another portion of the
same people, had aroused southern feeling,
wc did not despair. We relied much upon
the returning justice and intelligence ol our
Brethren of the North—but if after a fill
and ample experiment, this should fail us,-we
iind an unwavering confidence in the pro
tection which would be afforded us, by an
energetic assertion of the Sovereign Rights
f fthe State. Our judgment, t erefore, as
w) II as our feelings, responded to the princi
ples which were asserted, and the deteutii
nation which was avowed by the people ol
Georgia, and hv its Executive ami L< gisla
live .'gent. We did not lose our attachment
to the Union, but wo did desire to preserve
in its purity, and to vindicate from vtulaiion,
(>ur Cotistitulioual Charter. Wc have never
icnuicaccd in the mode of relief, which was
orAiwsed and acted upon »y Sol,tl ' Carolina ;
imt we have not been willing to surrender
i he principle of State Sovereignly, and rush at
;,„fv into the arms of the ittlvo ales of ronsnl.
,nation, because some of these who advocated
tho forwf principle bin! propw-d * l roouo r *
asserting it, which to u* soenn and impractica
ble. On U»e contrary, wo fell disposed to
eting with still more tenacity to this vial pnn
■ irdenfo-rFedtrative -f-'>iw, I" |>r«|*.rtn»ti
to the (langurs which beset it. It had now to
eon-end w»IH the active hostility of the ad
vocates of consolidation cheered and anima
ted l»y tiie dissensions which had been pro
duced among its advocates, and to experience
the weakness which results from divided
counsels, and disjointed efforts. We wen
wi ling to unite in resisting the doctrine of
.Nullification. We were ready in any and in
every proper mode to manifest our attachment
(o the Union, but we were not, and we arc not
prepared to yield the principle of State Sove
reignty,or to swallow the doctrines of consol
idation. We have believed and we still be
lieve, that these States are Sovereign. We
do not believe that they have committed the
suicidal act of subjecting that Sovereignty to
rhe discretion of a majority of Congress, even
under the restraint of the Presidential veto,
and the check of the Supreme Court. These
are our principles and we are not therefore
prepared to denounce a3 enemies to tiie U
nion, those who maintain them. We cannot
<io so, unless we should denounce the whole
i’roup party in masse ; for they have avowed
them in every variety of form. They have
done moro—they have acted upon them—
they have successfully used them to restrain
the abuses of Federal power.
For the Georgia Time*,
Total* Excellency Wsbon Ltmipkin:
Sra Imagine not that this public mark of my re
spect proceeds either from my admiration of your
Excellency’s private virtues, or public services. It
is true, there are u few bright trails in your Excel
lency’s character, which in ly become a subject of
remark in the course of the series of letters which
it is my purpose to address you, but the exposition
ot these, will be more for the instruction of your
constituents than for your Excellency’s personal
gratification.
Your Excellency cannot be unapprised, that much
misconception prevails concerning the manner iu
which the government of Georgia lias been admin
istered during the last two years, and much more
has been ascribed to your Excellency’s ability and
management, than the decrees of justice have a
warded—But this is not by any means the fault of
vour Excellency, since you cannot help what frugal
Heaven has denied your Excellency cannot be
answerable either for the bungling efforts of those
auxiliaries, whom you have so justly termed to be
44 few and feeble, and exclusively selfish.”
A mistaken idea prevails, as your Excellency is
doubtless aware concerning the. agency of your Ex
cellency in procuring the Cherokee Lands. Now,
j i 4 ‘ it were goncrully known, that so far from your
Excellency advancing this desirable object, you did
all in your poVC r prevent its consummation ;if it
were known that Wu.T & hill Knowledge of the just
claims of another to the pjtntnendation ol the peo
ple of Georgia, you had perm yourseli to be
lauded as the one entitled to the prai. e bringing
about this acquisition, what would bo the hopes of
your Excellency of being re-elected ? None ! .P e
Trio of the Fldkkal Union, in order to retain their
OFFICES, might attempt to gull the people, your
Excellency’s understrappers might write those
who are receiving the people’s money tor a different
purpose might expend it to aid in your Excellency’s
re-election, but rest assured, an indignant people
would hur-’ your Excellency from your office.
It is my purpose at present to submit to your Ex
cellency, certain questions of grave unport, which
will challenge the undivided attention of your Ex
cellency, These questions, will require speedy and
explicit answers—not from the conductors of the
Federal Union—not from your other feeble auxilia
ries, but under your Excellency’s sign manual.
Did you not say to several members of the Le
gislature, that if they would support you m it, you
would veto the Land Act, and did you not say after
you had signed the bill, that you assented to, rather
than approve it and did not the force of circum
stances drive your Excellency to an external de
ceptive show of approbation while you were silently
aiding in defeating the object ? Was not the Lottery
brought about eariier by one year by the exertions
of other persons known to your Excellency, and
did you n t depreciate their exertions and Buggpst
a time serving course which would have defeated
the object!
Will your Excellency further inform the people
why you did not have the places of Ross, artin,
Adair and Taylor, ihe chief opponents to the trea
ty, wiry -trer, wD-uJorj iu the Cherokee coun
try, reinedu*i itmtw ihat at „,«>» 0 >
Iligiivtasie,lßl7, lliey had reaouned ail claim to any
land among the C'hcrokoea this side oi tho Missis
sipi, in consequence ol obtaining reserves winch they
have since sold ?
In the answers to these questions, il is in your
Excellency’* power.to enlighten the good people
ot Georgia ; and it truly answered, will exhi jit to
tnotii tne novel ami extraordinary spectacle ot
their Cltiel Magistrate, truckling to the powers,
at ilashingtoti; openly acquiescing iitthe wish
es of the people, but secretly endeavoring to pre
vent the gratification of their wishes —it will i“r
tiier exhibit a practical illustration of the sayings
■St. Faul, “be all things to ail men.” But if yqyr
Excellency remains siicnt, alilio’ that silence
may be attributed by some to a becoming dignity
on ihe part-I'your Excellency—yet your Excel
lency .knows that the writer of this knows, that
your silence will be the result of reflections, by
no means creditable to Wilson Lumpkin, as a
man, or tUiisou Lumpkin as a Governor.
Il will be my purpose in our rext, to present
some other matter for the consideration of your
Excellency—of as deep interest as that contained
iu tho foregoing questions.
CHATHAM.
For the Times.
The Georgina and the Fore* liiiL
The Georgian of the 94th August, contains the
following notice:
“ Effects of the Force Bill We mentioned a
few days ago that ordinary Nea Island Cotton
was sold in this market lor 98 cents. This is
owing to the preservation ol the Union by the
Force Bill. NO MUCH FOR THE FORCE
BILL.”
How mnch degrading stupidity is contained in
that sentence we leave our readers to judge lor
themselves. For ourselves we contemn the re
volting sentiment tiiat the bill which was passed
to drench this beautiful and highly favoured land
with blood and carnage. ... to trample in the dust
the liberties of a free people in order to glut the
vengeance of a malignant tyrant... .that the bill
which will ere long bring a hireling army of
myrmidons to cut the throats and desolate the
plantations of innocent and unoffending Geor
gians should be urged to them as a reason why
Sea Island cotton had risen to twenty-eightceuts.
Have our liberties delerioiated so lar that they
may bo purchased by tho rise rfa few cents iu
the pound of Nest Island or I. pland cotton I Does
the sycophantic and time-serving Editor ol the
ticorgian dare to tell the people of Georgia that
they are indebted to their slavery, and degrada
tion fur the rise in cotton 1 The most simple and
unlearned will laugh to scorn this stupid and
slavish notion. These too are the op r.ions ol
Judge Wayne’s Oracle, the man who deserted
his own party, betrayed his State into the hands
bl her enemies and who off red himself to the
Clark party as their leader. These aro the men
who expect to rule this State by the elevation of
a puppet to the office of Governor. These aro the
men into w husu hand* the destiny of Georgia
may he throw n unless the people rise up at once
in their majesty and will it otherwise... .these
are the people who are to defend the rights cf
Georgia and to maintain that proud and elevated
M«nd iiseumed ia 'BS when t ha achieved Her vic-
tory over the domination of Federal Tyranny,
and last of ail these are the men who hum- led the
pride cf Georgia by kneeling at the throne of An
drew Jackson aid Liesing the chains prepared to
hold us in subjection to the general government
if we dare to restst tbo’r disposition of the public
lands within the limits of our State. * *
I he Manifesto ot the Central Committee of
the Union [tarry, makes the precious confea.
sion lor the dominant parry in the Federal
Government, that it the people of tins Dis.
rtet, m the exercise of their rights as free
men, choose to send to Congress, men whose
principles are distasteful to our rulers—that
we sba;l, in consttjneiice, be punished by an
exclusion front an equitable share of the ben
efits of the Union,and shall have no public es
tabllshinents,and no disbursements ol Federal
motley, in this quarter. This allows the es
teem in which tbe purity and justice of the
government is held, even amongst its worship
pers. It ia, besides, an insulting attempt to
purchase the people with their own money—
and shews that the Central Committee have
abandoned the petty bribery at our local elec
tions, for bribery on a grand scale.—lUt if the
Xiil’lfitrs cab get nothing in tile way it ad
vantage, Jas. ic:-, or favor, from \v ashington,
surely tbe personages on tbs Central Commit
tee, though not sent to Congress, have influ
ence witu their powerful allies at Washing
ton and the North. We cull upon them,
therefore, if patriots, as they profess to be,
and solicitous for the interests of Charleston,
to intercede with their leaders out of South
•'aroiina, and have the Naval Depot tst ih
lisiied, Surely they will not refuse this boon
loa community, which they love so mmjli
merely because that .'Community refuses to c
lect them to office. Truly, if the Nava! De
pot is now established, we shall these confi
dants of the administration to be selfish men,
whose good offices to their city and State, are
only to bo bong!it by office—and who come
inloour political market as commission mer
chants for t,V ir Federal employers, to barter
i.idulgencits for vices, li e say, beforehand,
that the plea of occupation, occasioned bv a
ny preparations or solicitations, arising out of
expectations, occasioned by the recall of Mr.
iJicii.vN.vN from Russia, will not be admitted
as excusing the neglect of our local interests
by those whose patriotism is rat Iter Cosmopol
itan than Carolinian.— Chrrlestoi i Mercury.
A Brace of Tyrants. —Two of our most
respectable contemporaries It ve been for
some time past disputing the relative merits
of Don M fgttcl and Don Pedro. There is wc
g ijoc.’ld t.biuk, no choice of them. They have
both cl. sce.aricu >Hto the nethermost depths
of crime. Both arc as selfish, brutal, and
bloody, as liimnn nature ran be. Miguel
has bathed his annals in blood. history
will bean uninterinitted chain of heart rend
ing cruelties. He is a monster who not on
y disgraces a throne—disgraces the ago—but
who would disgrace the guilty crowds of a
penitentiary. His brother is his brother,
tic was driven by a nation ol cowaro.s and
slaves, ftom a throne [of Brazil) which he had
Gained with every crime. His character is
blackened with ail that is loathsome and fear
ful in humanity. It cannot be forgotten tiiat
but a few years since the malediction of the
whole civilized world fell upon him lor kick
ing his young, innocent, and lovely wife, when
in a situation that would have commanded the
respectful attention cf Hottentots. Os such a
monster we can only exclaim with Macduff—
“ Fit to reign!— No! not to lire.”
Such are the brothers now meeting in
mortal strife, to decide w ho shall gratify, upon
the insensate and Oesotted nation which
tderds between them, their voluptuous, hru.
tal, and sanguinary passions. When our
brothers of the National Intelligencer and
Philadelphia Gazette have decided which is
the better man and better monarch, it is to be
hoped that th-y will enlighten the public.
Philadelphia, Acccst IT, 1893.
Hur against our Merchants —The Globe
recently arrived at this port with a valuable
•argo from Canton. The Surveyor of the
Fort alleging that lie had received informa
tion implicating the inanit sto of the ship,
commenced boring into tiie kegs of tea. Tho
consignees, a.ixious to avert the destruction
oftheir property, offered, at their own exnensc,
to have tiie tea removed to the Custom-House,
unpacked and examined. This, however,
was refused. Tile loss consequent on this
proceeding, is twenty per cent, on the val
uabh; cargo. The affair has naturally produ
ced great excitement. Actions have been
commenced against the officers, and a meeting
of merchants, on the subject, is proposed.—
Plata, hull.
Tho cont-'inpt which some of the Jackson
presses affect for the letters of .Major Jack
Downing, is as amusing and ill advised ns
the jealousy whicit they betrayed of Black
Hawk during the President’s Progress. The
(„dian rival could he sent in a different three,
tion, and hurried away to the land of his fa
thers; but Major Jack is mast, r of his own
movements anti positions, and in some sort
uhiquitary : he will be tiie Monsieur Tonson
of the political farce. Cried down he o .nnot
be, read ho will he, ami admired too, by all
the p' ople. We are quite sure that when
his regular narrative of the Progress, and his
occasional epistles supplementary,shall appeal
in a volume embellished with cuts, he null be
soon and long as much in vogue as ever John
Run van lets been. Vive Major Jack ! — Mat.
Gazette.
. The Washington G!ot>e states officially, that
the Convention between the Lmte-d Ntults
and the King of the two Sicilies concluded at
Naples on tiie 14th of October, having
been ratified by the two parlies, tho ratifica.
•ions of the same were duly exchanged in that
capital, by Mr. Augustus Davczac. on the part
■il the. United Stales and the Prince of Cits
stro, the part of the King of the two Sicilies,
on the Bth June, in the present year.
A great Rat'ifcation Meeting. —A meeting
of the Rats was got up a few days ago in Cher
ukoe county, in order to give tone to public
sentiment i.pon this important subject. Wc
understand from a gentleman who attended
the meeting, that it was hvld in a remote
corr rof the county, and not attended by nnv,
who wife not disposed to vote tot ratification,
except a few who turned out toseo wltat was
done by the lUitifiura, and after all the speech
*4, and management of the Rats, they bad only
i majority of ten. There were only fifty two
persons present, sod tho vote stood thirty-one.
Wo pr< suttic the late Grand Jury were not in
nti, nd.mcr. — Written lln aid.
Ftuniii Eperches, (alias) Cart Speeches. —-
A nictnbt r of the fate Convention from one of
the frontier ebltnfii s, in Georgia, w ho is now
n candidate for the legislature in hiseountv,
was at sortie public gathering a few and \ s ago,
and was prompted by bis vanity, to make a
s|>e«f:!i. He mounted a cake cart, called the
attention of bis audience, ant! commenced ii:
the following strain of knock down argu
ment :
“ Fellow Citizens, you elected me to the
Convention ; 1 went down there, ami we
kept irying and Irving, to do something for a
week, and we confd’nt do any tiling, i went
down to inv room, and drew up th. plan, arid
went back and offered it, and it went dovvi
"’ith a small amendment ; 1 voted for il, a:n’
I ildo it again, t am a Union man, and ,
friend to Genera! Jackson, and 1 always*aid,
it ever 1 got a chance at tn.it infernal Aiggci
basis in the constitute n, l w ould tear it out,
and it 1 had hold ot the Federal Cons'itution.
I would tear tho infernal Nigger basis on
of that too.” This bangs Daw Crook tt all
hollow; it he can grin a knot from the sid.
of a tree, whip hi* w eight in w ild cats,dec.
NO RAT.
■B -nk Robhery. —The Mechanic's Bank of
this city was broken into on the night of tin
'9Bth inst. and robbed, by picking the lock of
ihe Teller’s vault, offivetho’jsnnd four hundred
and twenty eight dollars, Ii notes of the
Bank. The Robin rs made great efforts to
pick tiie lock of the Cashier's vault, hut done
no damage to it forth, r than spoiling tin
lock. By an advertisement m this morning’s
paper, it will be seen that a reward of SJOO is
offered for the apprehension and securing of
the robber or robbers, and a proportionate re
ward for tiie recovery of any patt tin rcof.
[Constitutionalist..
The plan of the defence of Ncw-Orlentis
was laid by no less a personage than General
Moreau, during his visit to that city in 1810.
It happened on this wise: General Moreau,
the Hoti. Edward Livingston, and a French
officer of engineers, were returning from an
afternoon's ride in tho neighborhood of the
city, ami passed over the ground that aft r
wards became the scene of the battle. With
the quick eye of a military man of science,
General Moreau observed the advantages pre
senting themselves for defensive military op
erations. Pointing with his hand : ‘There,’
said he, ‘should your city ever lie threatened
by invasion—there is the proper place for
tiie line of del' ncc. Other conversations a*
lo the details followed—and the ride was
ended. General Moreau returned to Europt
and fell in the ranks ol Napoleon's encmis.—
Tne French officer of engineers si tiled in
New-Orlcans. Iu process of time 'New-Or
leans was invaded. A general of energy but
ignorant of taclicks, who had ‘never set a
squadron in the field,’ was sent to the com
mand. Mr. Livingston and tit • French en
gineer volunteered us the aids of Ihe Gent rnl;
the cotivcrsaton with Moreau was recalled—
and at tne instance ot these gentlemen, the
plan ol the defence suggested by the great
French commander, was adopted. The re
sult is known.— N. Y. American.
Nullification in Maine. —The Jackson can
didate tor Governor in Maine, Mr. Dunlap,
the “dyed-in-the-wool” republican, who is to
receive the votes of the Jackson party in that
state, is, it seems, in favor of Nullification !
We did not think any Northern man, on any
Bi<ie, would harbor sitcli a feeling, hut we find
an extract from the Thomas own Journal,
which is a press under the influence of Mr.
Dunlap , containing the following hold and
unjustifiable assertions.
“ The right of a State to withdraw from the
Union in n peaceable and constitutional man
ner is unquestionable, nor has the General
Government any power to oppose it by coer
cive measures.”" “It is idle to talk of the
Constitution establishing a perpetual Union.”
Wlnit Will tiie General say to this?
A wight humourously inclined, went a few
days ago to tiie Washington market in New
York, to purchase some eggs, lie'found n
countryman with a Jiaskct containing the
quantity ho wanted—after agreeing upon the
price, he told the countrymen to fold his
arms, and lie would count them ont of the
basket. He did so, and piled them, .amount
ing to five dozen, up to liis chin; then tolu
him to hold on, tiil he ran home for n;s
change. After waiting till his arins ached
with the load, w ithout a return of his custom
er, he was relieved from his awkward predict*
ment by crying murder.
Irregularity of Clocks. —lt is a well known
fact, that one of the cans- s by which e.gid
day clocks goat times irregularly, and montii
ly clocks whose weights aro much hi uvn r,
uften amounting touot less than thirty pound*,
stop suddenly, proceeds from the uttractim
whuff) takes place between tin ir leaden
weights and the leaden hall of the pendulum,
when they have descended just so low as to
come on n level, and consequently very near
ly in a state of contract with the pendulum
hall.
And hence tiie reason why both these spe
cies of clocks, If the pendulum have not actu
ally stopped, seem gradually, a few days af
terwards, to recover their wonted vigor and
former accuracy ; the attraction diintnishing
as tho distance once mart increases. A..oili
er very simple and common cause of inaccu
racy in pendulum clocks of all kinds, arise
from their mr* hanging exactly pefpediculnr.
A vc.y slight inclination to either side, —.so
slight as to he unobserved by the eye,—tic -
stroys the attract.on of the ball to the true
centre of the area describod by the pendulum
when in motion- Tho artificial and natura 1
impetus ceases lo exist, and the pendulum
naturally drops to a statu o( rest, Attention
to cither exposition will not only save time,
but many dollars ; and very possibly the
time of a very long journey, to call in or eon
suit the Family Physician of this invaluable
piece of Mechanism. —A. 1. Jour, of Com.
“Cork is the must lying country in all Ire
land, Kinsalo is the lymgcsl town in all
Cork ami the dev Ia bigger liar titan Biliy
Magrath shook u trotter in the sweet town ot
Kit sale. Billy was n fisherman by trade, and
sure there was no end to tbe wonders ho was
alwsyscqmiog across in his travels. Mermen
Mermaids and unworn*, were umonyvl the
least of them, not to mention the dying Dutch
man, unit the “ Suy sirpont,” with which lal
ter gentle mail bo hod n more intimate ae
quaitanceship than e ven itto good lolka ol
.Nahant. It happened one day trial being
I capsized in a storm, he mistook the bumps ol
a “fish he saw” for the rock of Dundav* n <
and succnd, and in makings landing,” butso 01 *
to his sorrow discover and that it was’nt the
?am! at nil, b ’t only the tail of the •' murtherin
surpent,” who r.t the same time lifted his
head out of the water about a mile off to have
a squint at him. Bill perceived that there
was only one way to escape, so ho fell to
work for the bare life w ith hisj.ack knife, and
soon left it “ piece of the raw wutlier between
the varment’s head and his tail.’’ This only
enraged him the more, so he turned round to
give chase,Billy, however, stuck to his post
eke a Trojan, till the “ s .rp nt’s” jaws '.vere
opened to swallow Idm, when lie Inoutrlit it
was time to be moving; but the fish was fcliit*
led with passion, hv reason t.f his i st m sued
xtrptnity, tiiat he took no notice; but making
t fe iri'u! charge swallow and hi* own tail, whicu
‘bolted hiti) on tin: spot, much to Billy’s con
tent ami admiration, ho w : “lying in la
vender” in the nook of a rock at the bottom.
Mr. De I.a Mo'tn —l send you sot pgiilica
cation in your Re publican paper, a few words
bile ri from my Political Dictionary.
Ratification—To cheat the l’. nple of
heir Rights. .Minority to govern the Major
ity* To Yazoo the rights ofTVcenien.
Union—A leprous Body. To Bellow e*
ternally, Lumpkin and profitable offices.
Lovn of Georuiw—Political urofermunt
ami ability to retain it. The end will justify
the means.
Nullification—At> Overseer with a long
Con.- kiu, lo lash Ratification of tho Am* nd
inents of Lie Constitution, as proposed by tho
Convention, to tie th, to nullify Bargain and
Sale of 5vJ,000 white Freemen. POKE IT.
[.S’ur. Republican.
From Canton. — Advice* have been received
from Canton, in New York and at Baltimore,
to the sth of April. The most inter, sting i
torn they contain, is intelligence of tke pro
gressive relaxation of tho restricrions imposed
by tho Chinese government upon foreign
trade. Two official documents have been re
cently published by the Governor, respecting
the late voyages of European vessels upon
the eastern coasts of the empire. Tho tone
of these docuibrnts is to greatly altered,
that it is belfeved that tiie. prohibition
to trade elsewhere than at Canton, vv’ll soon
cease to operate. Already many voyages
have been made, and the rapidity with which
they increase, indicate success ;—and if tho
British find them practicable and profitable,
tho Americans will doubtless ere long follow
in their wake.— Fay. ttevil’e Observer.
A man killed with a candle. — An inquest
was held at Ciewer, on Friday las', on the bo
dy of the men, diaries Horn, who was unfor
tunately killed the same morning in the fol
lowing thoughtless manner: It appeared in
. videnee that the poor fellow had been enga
ged the previous evening as an extra waiter
at the Cavalry Barracks, and had returned
home early in the morning with a friend, witli
whom he was laughing and joking. As lie
walked down the vartl a', tho back of his
house, the loaded a gun with powder, and put
into it naif a rushlight, and fired with the in
tention of coveting him with grease. The
poor man instantly dropped down, anil died
in l a than two hours afterwards, trie candle
having passed thro’ his kidneys. He has left
a wife and five small children destitute.
[ London Paper.
SixcrLAß Death. —One day last week a
woman residing in Strawbridge, (Mnss.)in a
si. *e of intoxication, went into ti e cellar c.
her ho we, and stumbling, fell with her fa .e
into a pan ‘'milk, and was suffocated.
...
THE Small Bids of the current Ranks cf this
State will he recsivcd at this office, for tick
ets to any amount.
By order of the Commissioners.
PRYOR WRIGHT. Sec'ty.
Mtlledgf cille St. Lottery.
s>pt. 4 34 —2.
Charles Ixtehuzan,
T*riM. continue the Commission Business
* * in Augusta, and solicits the patronage of
the friends of the lat.- Srm of A. SlaL’uhtkb, Sc
0. I,ASWAN, anti of the planters generally. The
sale nf cotton, and piifChase es goods, will be at
tended to exclusively by himself. Gotten order
ed to he sold rn arriv-J, will meet with prompt
vtentinft, and if directed to- he stored, will iu
tT.vril in a first ra'" Fire Proof Ware-House, and
the usual advances made, if required.
Augusta Aug. 17,l a 3.7. 32 3m
. lFFLiriina fi mruLti
tFoeJjefj Club Mares,
VS r ILI. take place on Tuesday, the 19<h of
7 V November next.
First Day—Mile heats, free for any horse.—
Entrance th'.’S.
Second Deyr-Celt's rare—free fi r aiivGolt
that has not won a race, two iniie beats; entrance
tjgn.
Third Day— Tt —h mile heats, free for any
hi rse, entrance $25.
Fourth Day— F nrtli mile heats, frt e f r any
horse, entrance 25 dollars.
Fifth Day—Mile beats, thr-e best in five, free
for any hor*c, entran -c o dollars.
THE PROPRIETORS.
AbnCti HaJimoNd, Stc'v.
Aug. 7 33-tr
¥f *fsre»£loiise
Aud Commission Fit inc*«,
MACON, Ga.
MNHF, Subscribers will continue the above hue
1 siness the ensuing season, and return their
grateful thanks to those who favored th-m
with their patronage the psst season. They
have taken the Warn Hotter, known as Laiuar’s
I,OVTEII W ASSE-HOITSE,
situated immediately on the river, having a good
wharf attached thereto, and very safe from fire.
For the convenience of their friends residing be
tween the Oeniu’gee and Oconee rivers, they
have taken the large and convenient Ware-House
recently erected by Mr. G. B. Wardiaw, itt
East Macon, which fr..m its peculiar situation, is
rendered quite secure-'frota the danger of fire, and
front whence Cotton will be taken to the wharves
free of charges. Each of the subscribers will re
side in Macon the ensuing season, and promise
their unremitting altcmioii m the interest of tfaosa
who may favor them wjtli their busines* and
confidence. Liberal adv mens will be made ou
pr.xlurc, merchandize ami other properly confi
df and to their cart, and strict attention given lo tlm
filling of orders, rceeivii g and fin warding goods
Ae. 'insurance in the best < , Hires can be effected
at the usual rates when desired.
EV EHARD HAMILTON,
JOHN R. HAYES.
August 29 34 I m.^
fVe tire nnlherhetl l*>
i :u»I;Ht« U »«. S’. MIO’I'T, «-»
rniitllslHto tor Klicritl of Itnldwln
Comity, ut Ific ensuing t lccllon. in
Jnniinry next. August7,lß33.