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'• honorable applied to a profession, the
followers ol which, professing every thing
that is noble and independent, torture
right into wrong, and wrong into right,
otid who, under the influence of motives,
the most sordid and narrow, attain ends
the most unjust ami oppressive, by means
tlie most base and l'’or
lienvns sake, let the- mockery attendant
upon such a profession cease; ct the it ire
of the barristers be fixed like that of any
Other trade, (it its parallel for plunder can
be found) and give them the right to sue
for that without which they will not, and
by a rule of their own, dare not work. In
return for this, let them be sued by their
employers if they neglect their duty; let
those who hold the brief receive the fee;
we shall then have no absentees; the fear
ol’losing his guinea or two will ensure the
advocate's punctuality more effectually
than that ol losing the cause of his heart
broken client.
notes by anotiieuhand.
1. This is literally true, hut figurative
ly a falsehood. They give altornics credit,
send in their bills us regvdivi-ly u« bilkers,
and dun the dilatory without remotse, not
in person, but by proxy. Their lean, hun
gry cadaverous clerks do most certainly,
so far as words go. “ demand and sue for
fees.” It may not be generally known,
that by the singular machinery of the pro
fessional barrister’s clerk is paid not by
his master’s clients. If, with a briefi you
give a barrister a guinea, you must give
his boy half-crown. The clerk, therefore
has a good excuse for dunning, without
aspersing the sublime dignity, the lofty ele
vation above all pecuniary motives or a
desire—of his ravenous master. He, the
clerk, “ is so short of the needful, having a
no salary, that he is really compelled to
get in his half-crowns,’"hut if these be offer
ed him—he recoils with horror from the
hare idea of such a thing, he could not pos
sibly take them without their respective
appendiges—the guinea*! it would lie
very irregular. In a lawyer’s bill the bar
rister is always mentioned -in connection
with his clcri;—“ for to Mr. l'ipps and
clerk “ retainer to Serjeant Sawdust and
clerk," Ac. Ac They arc inseparable
as regards money matters ; they form a
firm-in which the interest of the clerk is an
eight—they are Castor a.id Pollux—the
Siamese Twins, or, to give a better simili
tude—the beggar and his dog. It is im
pertinent to paint over anv door in Lin
coln’s Inn, the name of only one of its oc
cupants; whv not stick to the truth and
write up, “.Mr. Searjeant Simpleton and
Clerk —or otherwise as the case may
be? J
2. lean answer this question:—only
on tlie two or three occasions per
annum, of a poor devil of a suitor being
allowed to figure in far mu pauperis ;—two
or three cases being distributed among the
whole profession. It cannot, however,
be denied that men at the bar, who are
not overburtheued with business, do some
times omit to put a brief down in the bill—
if their client be an attorney who regular
ly employs them, if the action has been
brought with a view to obtain atonement
for some piece of villainy perpetrated by
such an attorney, and if “ his learned
friend” fail by forensic fraud to skreen
him from the consequences. But in cases
where all these postulates are present
should the attorney—hoping by such rash
ness, to give the advocate an additional
stimulus —have handed over the fee bofbre
liand, however disastrous the event of the
trial may prove—he never sees a farthing
of his coin again. Barristers never ref and
—“it would be irregular.” If you throw
a sovereign into the sea—there is some
chance of your finding it in the stomach of
a casual codfish, bought by you at Billings
gate for a crown, but nothing ever returns
from the charybdisofa counsellor’s mar.
Orpheus rc-passcd the the Styx, but those
who practise “in the Courts below,” differ
from those who plead “in the Courts a
bove-” the learned brothers of Rhadaman
thus—arc merely infernal.
POLITICAL.
New AouKjOct. 17.
Henry Clay - . —Previous to Mr. Clay’s ar
rival, the committee of arrangement had ta
ken, for ins accommodations, the apartments
occupied by Gen. Jackson, during his late
visit to this city. At eleven o’clock yester
day morning Mr. Clay, accompanied by the
committee, proceeded to the Govcrnoi’s
room, in the City llall, which had been ap
propriated, by the Corporation to his use.
He was there met by the Mayor of the city,
who introduced a number of gentlemen.
During the day, a vast concourse of citizens,
members of tile Chamber of Commerce and
others, proceeded in a body, from the Ex.
change to the Hall, to pay their respects to
this distinguished visitor. The Grand Jury
also waited upon him. Mr. Clay remained
in the Governor’s room until 3 o’clock, when
he retired, accompanied by the committee, a
portion of whom dined with him.
In the evening Air. Clay visited the Mer
cantile Library. There lie was received in
the Director’s room and then conducted into
the reading room, where he replied in his u
suul happy manner to an appropriate address
made to him on behalf of the Association.
While there, he received an invitation to vis
it ihe Mechanics’ Library, whither hu also
repaired.
If it were possible that any tiling could add
infamy to the already mfimous character of
that common slanderer of all that is honorable
i.t the countjy, the Washington Globe, it
would be tile following notice of Mr. Clay’s
Visit to ibis section of the country. It is well
known, that with the 1 exception of a snort vis
it to lilts' city on official busine-s ill I?) .17, Mr.
Clay has Hot been east of I‘eiiiisy Ivauiu since
1818! //o outlined coming last summer,
because he was a candidate lor the Presiden
cy, and now when lib complies with the ur
gent solicitation of his !• ieinls, and ventures
Visit the most populous ar.e' flourishing sec
tion of this great Jt< public, he m thus as
sailed by tin- common libeller ol (he Globe,
who lives, move*, and has his being upon the
psttOMSgr of the government! Is it not a re
flwetiou upon our e-.uiitry timtu hircling thus
pni! • -/ ’ - . übi i,. jM‘rni.tte<i to a< I
sail ail who arc respectable in the country,
and yet continue to be the “organ of the ad
ministration?”
[From the Globe of Monday.]
“.Vfr. (.lay ami (lie llattk Divan.
Mr. Clay, it seems, has gone to Philadel
phia. ills visit had been expected curlier,
and the Hank presses announced his progress
some time before it commenced, Such was
the anxiety of his patron, the Hank, to avail
itself of his council in the painful circum
stances into which he had brought it. It is
well known that Messrs. Clay anil Sergeant,
ami their friends of the Haltiinorc National
Republican Convention, made it a sine qua
non with the Bank managers,that they should
demand a charter, and enlist for the election
eering campaign, the price of the future
support of the National Republican party.
.Mr. Biddle heartily engaged in the alliance
and (lashed into the war, purse in hand. He
lias at last shared the fate of his confederates,
Messrs. Clay and Sergeant. The public purse
is taken from thisjtriumviratc, as far as the
deposites are concerned, and the worthy pa
pers are now holding a Divan at Philadelphia,
to concert measures to revenge their disgrace,’
as there is little hope of retrieving their af
fairs. it is a praise-worthy solicitude which
has brought Mr. Clay, at this moment, when
the Hank is in cjctremis. lie can give con
solation, if he cannot succor.”
I’he best rebuke that could he given this
insolent slanderer, is lobe found in the unan
imous vole of our Jackson Common Council,
placing the Governor’s Room at the service
ol Mr. Clay during his stay in the city. Ii
is in these words :
“I’he Hoard of Aldermen being informed
I hat our distinguished fellow citizen the Hon.
i/enry Clay, would shortly make a visit of
some days to tiiis city, it was unanimously
Resolved, That the Governor’s Room in the
City /fall he tendered to Mr. Clav for his use
while in tlie city, and that the Clerk of the
Common Council transmit to Mr. Clay a co
py of this resolution.”
In addition to this our fellow citizens gen
erally, without distinction of pa.tv, vie with
each other in demonstrating their respect for
this distinguished statesman, whose name is
honorably and inseparably connected with
tlie most trying periods in the history of our
country.— Cuur. and Enq.
From the Alabama Journal.
A large and respectable meeting of the
citizens of Macon and the ajacenl counties,
was held at Hirdsvillc, in Macon countv on
the —lst ult., for the purpose of taking into
consideration the recent assumptions of pow
er on the part ot the Feilerul Government
within the limits ol the sovereign State of
Alabama, (sovereign for all the pur [loses of
local jurisdiction and their attempts to force
the same at the point of the bayonet. A
strong argument with slaves, hut not believed
in by freeman.
The meeting was organized bv appointed
Laid IF. Harris, Chairman, and Allen C.
Stillman, Secretary. A committee of five
was appointed to prepare a re[iort to the
meeting on the affairs referred to their con
sidcration. The follo.ving gentlemen com
posed the committee : Bird Fitzpatrick, John
W. Hinson, Joseph Fields, James Courson,
sen. and William Dick; who after retirin''
and due consultation, returned and reported
the following preamble and resolutions, which
after being severally taken up and consider
ed, were unanimously adopted by acclama
tion.
Whereas, the acts of the legislature of Al
abama extending the jurisdiction of the State
over the Creek Nation, organizing the gov
eminent of the same, and dividing it into
counties, is an acknowledgement of the right
of the citizens of the State to settle on the
unappropriated lands of the same, and enti
tles them to all the
common to the citizens of the State. And
further, that the Federal authorities have ac
knowledged our right to settle here by the
letter of the Secretary of War in answer to
our delegation in Congress. Thercfare, we
arc not to he considered as a hand of lawless
intruders, to be evicted from our possessions,
reclaimed by tlie severest toils a:,d privations
from the forest, by any olHecr, at the point of
tlie bayonet; for we have intruded on no im
provement of the Indians, nor appropriated
any things of their., to our use.
Resolved t'hat we acknowledged no local
jurisdiction but tlie State of Alabama, and
deny the right of the Federal authorities to
interfere with us in any manner whatever as
respects our settling in the Creek Nation
And as citizens of the sovereign State of Ala
bama, wc claim its protection and appeal to
its tribunals against Federal usurpations.
Resolved, That it comports not with the
dignity and character of the sovereign State
of Alabama to sillier its laws to he trampled
on, its citizens murdered, six of its counties
depopulated, and thousands of families turned
houseless, homeless wanderers on the cold
charity of the world, by an armed force
clothed with a little brief authority from the
Executive of the United States.
Resolved, That we respond to the senti
ments of the Governor of this State, in his
letter to the Secretary of War, and receive it
as a pledge that the rights of the State will
lie supported.
Resolved, That wc requnst the counties of
the Creek Nation to appoint delegates to
meet at the house of Gen. Thomas S. Wood
ward, in Macon county, on the third Monday
in October next, to consult on such measures
as are connected with the general welfare of
the settlers in the Creek Nation.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
meeting, that certain individuals holding ap
pointments under the Federal Government,
and a few men residing among the Indians,
have exerted an unfriendly inllucncc on the
minds of the Chiefs against settlers, in order
to promote their views of speculation ; and
but for their influence so exerted, the citizens
would not have been complained against.
LAIRD W. HARRIS, Cba’n
Allen C. Stillman, Sec'rv.
Amendment of the Constitution.
We have read with attention and entire
approbation, tlie article which we republish
from the ‘United Staes Telegraph’ on the
subject of amending the Constitution, so as to
secure the election of the President to the
people. We join, with the Telegraph m the
hope that ail parties will join, us they ought,
in supporting the measure proposed :
It will lie remetuliered that Gen. Jackson,
when lie first came into office, and before he
had fully tasted lliu sweets of power, and
discovered that “Ihe people”might he man
aged ao us to allow him oi become “the got -
GEORGIA TIMES AND STATE RIGHTS’ ADVOCATE*
eminent,” himself recommended that the
President should not be re-eligible. lie af
terwards, it is true, flew into a towering rage
on Mr. McDuffie’s proposing to carry bis own
proposal into effect, so as to prevent bis se
cond election. But now that he lias made
his rule conveniently stretch to as to cover
his second term, it is to be hoped he will
not for his successor’s sake, prevent its be
coining absolute ; and though there are rn
tnors th a t lie lias declared he will hold on un
til death, unless secure of a successor of his
own appointment, we find that tile collar
press is also calling for an amendment of the
Constitution, giving the election to the peo
ple. We shrewdly suspect, however, that
they will not heartily support a plan so fair as
that which we publish. But, as one if them
savs, “.Von* verrons—Charleston iMrr.
Col. Drayton in 1828. —This gentleman
who, in ’32, voted for a bill to repeal the
Constitution, and crush a sovereign State of
the Union, held, hut four years before that,
rhe following language : “When the Govern
ment is guilty of usurpation or abuse if |mw
er—(for abuse of [lower may be as intolerable
as the usurpation of it) manifesting a system
of lawlessness and tyranny, not only are we
justifiable in casting it off, but we should be
traitors to ourselves, if we did not.”—Again:
“The riglit'nf a State to withdraw from the IJ
ninn, is unquestionable. The people ofevery
State are sovereign : sovereignty is supreme:
it can only lie limited by itself. The people
did not relinquish it, when they granted cer
tain portions of power, lor certain purposes,
to tlie Government of the United States; they
never parted with the sovereign right to de
cide in what cases they might annul an exis
ting, and create another Government—that
right was unalienable. (S. Review : Georgia
Controversy.) What will the political friends
of the Colonel—the collar press, say to this?
He admits the right to secede whilst they
deny it. lie admits the absolute sovereign
ty of the States, they contend for a “quali
lied” sovereignty. Yet is not the Col. one
of their oracles !— Char. Eve. Post.
(ks~The western weekly Review, which
we have before noticed for its candour arid
ability, contains the following paragraph, n
is an avowed Federal print ; yet character
ized by more liberality than any we know.
It deserves much credit for its independent
anil honorable course ; particularly .is it is
located in Tennessee. But to the paragraph:
The editor of the Lynchburg Virginian, a
zealous anti administration paper, talks a
bout the l’rocrustian process which lie says
has been made use of to torture nullification
out of tlie Resolutions of ’9B. Procrustian
process lutlge ! if indeed such process has
been used at all, it has been bv those timid,
time serving presses, and politicians, who
are afraid of tlie honest truth, and anxiously
for the preservation of their partizan interests,
arc endeavoriug by bold assertion alone, to
induce a belief that these resolutions, con
tain no such heresy as that of that of nullifi
cation. Rut they cannot do it. The resolu
tion expressly declares that Nullification is
the righful remedy. The damning record is
written in characters too legible to be mis
understood, and too deep ever to he educed
or forgotten.
Trouble in the Wigwam. —The Al
bany Regency is in convulsions. It
seems that Gov. Marey, is a man of quite
as much tact as Mr. Van Buren, und infi
nitely his superior in talents, has turned
his back upon the Regency, and thrown
himself into tlie arms of the people, oince
his elevation to tlie Governorship of New
York, this gentleman has obtained a pop
ularity almost canal to that which I?e
xv:« oiruion once enjoyed—and he is now
supposed to be a stronger man with the e
lectois of that State than Mr. Vtm Buren.
Well may the latter say of his rebellious
general—
" High reaching Buckingham grows [circumspect.’'
He may serve the Vice President as
Mchemct Ali of Egypt has served Sultan
Mahmoud. If Gov. Marey ‘cuts' the Re
gency, he cuts the throat political of Mar
tin Van Buren. Aud so we say to Win.
L. Marcv—
‘Hail to (lice, thane of Cawdor,
Greater than all, by the all hail hereafter!’
We have for some time expected that
someone of Mr. Van Burcn's long headed
‘Regents’ would get the power of the
State of New York into his own hands,
aad set up for himself. And now—
‘The hour has come! and the MAN'!’
[Winchester Republican.
Ameiuhncnts to the Constitution. —The plan
for amending tbs Constitution of the United
States, relative to the election of President
and Vice-President promised not many weeks
ago by tlie United States Telegraph, appear
ed in that paper of Ist instant; and will lie
found in our columns to-day. It proposes “to
dispense with all superfluous machinery ;”
to abrogate the electoral college ; to substi
tute the |iupular voice, preserving the relative
weight of the States and of tlie people ; and
to limit the term of service to five years. By
this amendment, the dangers of an election
by the House of Representatives will be en
tirely nqoidcd. by sending back the election
to the puoplc until they shall have made a
choice for themselves. On the second trial,
however, they will be required to decide be
tween the highest candidates.
This plan, we are assured by the Tele
graph, is the work of a distinguished \ irgini
an,anda Democrat of the Jeffersonian school,
one, who, in days of trial, lias always stood up
for popular rights and popular privileges.—
The Evening Star says it will be presented to
Congress by Mr. Bibb of Kentucky.
[Raleigh filar.
The Massachusetts National Republican
Convention, assembled at V otcesler, have
unanimously nominated the Hon. John Davis,
at present and for many years a distinguish
ed member of Congress, a candidate fur the
office of Governor of the Commonwealth,
and Samuel T. Armstrong, Esq. (or Lieuten
ant Governor. Should this nomination suc
ceed, the delegation of the State will lose
what may almost he called it right arm in
Congress. This wo know is high ptaise ;
and win’ll it is considered what greataUhtics
■h it Delegation will still possess, A may be
'I clued extravagant ; but il is not C Then:
me few individuals, we are sure, whose Jos*.
I rout Congress would be more re g! MsdWl
tlie good and the lofiv minded of all parties. ]
1 Sal. hi.
FOREIGN.
[From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, Oct. Hi.]
EATEST FKO.n El ROPE.
By the arrival of the packet ship John Jay,
Capt. Glover, we have received London pa
pers of the evening of the Dili of Septcmhei
and Liverpool of Saturday tlie 7 th. The John
jay, sailed on Sunday the Bth.
The young Queen Donna Maria was expec
ted in England, after having been allowed to
traverse France, though traveling in her own
name, without the slightest attention on the
part of the government. This neglect is still
attributed by some, to her refusal to marry
the second son of Louis Philippe, in conse
quence of having fixed her affections on tcc
Duke of Lenchtenbcrg, her mothcr-in law’s
brother. It is stated in a Havre [taper that
the Duke had repaired to that place incogni
to for the purpose of meeting his sister and
Donna Maria, but that an order was sent him
to quit Havre immediately. Another journal,
however, states that he was living in the
same hotel with the Queen w ithout meeting
any difficulty from the Government.
Be tiiis as it may, it is not improbable that
the King of the French was desirous to pro
mote an alliance between Donna Maria and
his son. In the position he now stands, it
would be a desirable event, inasmuch as it
would strengthen Inin on Ins throne and flat
ter the pride of the French people ; but on
the other hand, it is equally probable, that
England would not have looked at a connex
with pleasure, which would no doubt result
in weakening the ties which have so long
connected her with Portugal, and enabled
her to exercise a paramount influence over
the politics of that country.
The papers arc filled with afflicting details
of the effects of a most violent gale on tlie
coast of England and France, Belgium ami
Holland, on the 31st Aug. and Sept. Be
sides the convict ship, the Amphitritc, of
whose loss we are already informed, and by
which 100 female convicts perished, an En
glish East Indiana loaded with indigo, and a
Dutch vessel with 600 hogsheads of sugar,
have been also lost, with numerous coas
ting vessels, steamers, &c. In short, the de
struction of life aud properly appears to have
been immense. Advices from Ostend have
been received in London, which stated that
an American vessel, outward bound, had been
lost off Dunkirk, with 180 passengeis, all of
whom had perished.
It appears it is proposed to ship the Polish
refugees in Galucia and in Switzerland cither
to England or to America and several hun
dreds of them are stated to have been already
sent to Trieste, ready for embarkation. The
affairs ofSwitzcrland remain unsettled ; ar.d
the Legislative Council of Neufchatol was a
bout to petition the King of Prussia to sepa
rate that Canton from the Confederation.
LONDON, Sept. 6.
Tlie public will tie grateful to learn that
the first accounts received from the West In
dies, since the arrival there of the resolu
tions of the House of Commons respecting
the slavery question, are favorable. It was
yesterday mentioned in our city article, that
papers had been received from Jatnacia up
to the 20th July, in which the satisfaction of
that island at the amended, or altered minis
terial plan, was loudly expressed. In the
Antigua//eralil of the 80th July, the editor
expresses his own delight, and that of all class
es of the inhabitants of that colony at the plan
in general. It is, curious that the only point
on which a “shadow of dissatisfaction” has
been expressed, is the apprenticeship provi-
sion.
T„*. of LiERItY. — File Garde
National of Marseilles of the ‘27th >i!t. says—
“ The Countess de Lucheti-Palli lias left Na
ples for Rome, whence she will continue her
journey to Prague, via Florence and Massa,
where the Ducal Palace has been prepared
for her reception. The steam packet which
brought this intelligence had on board 24
chests with baggage belonging to the Princess,
which were consigned to the care of the Ne
apolitan Consul at Leghorn.”
French Volunteers for Portugal. —A great
number of officers, not in active service, have
lately applied to the minister of w ar in France
for leave to enter the service of Don Pedro;
their petition is said to have been favorably
received.
LONDON, Sept. 6.
The Madrid Gazette of the 27th ult. lias
come also by express from Paris ; it states
that by a decree dated Combra, the 15th ult.
Don Miguel bail confided to M. de Bourmont
the Portfolio of tlie Ministry of War until the
recovery of the Count St. I-orenzo. The in
telligence from Lisbon received by this
channel is not of a later date than the 18th.
King Ferdinand, at the latest dates, was
still alive, but on a near approach to the
grave. Tlie political intrigues heretofore ad
verted to, continued in full operation-
There is no announcement of the recogni
tion of Donna Maria, as Queen of Portugal,
by the Government of France, although that
measure was hourly expected.
A report had prevailed in London that Don
Miguel had retired into Spain, and that his
army was broken up ; it was believed howev
er that it was fabricated for stockjobbing pur
poses.
British House of Peers. —The Marquis ol
Westminster has given notice, that early in
the session of Parliament lie will move the*
rescinding of the standing order of tho House
ol Lords which empowers Peers to vote by
proxy. The reason assigned for this proceed
ing is, that the Bill for the Emancipation of
the Jews was lost by proxies, not by the votes
of those who were present in the House, on
the the throw ingout of that measure.
The assumed right of Peers to legislate hj
proxy is certainly a monstrous absurdity.—
That votes of members who may be in tlie
remote parts of the kingdom, or be absent
abroad, anil of course ignorant of what is go
ing on in Parliament, shall lie used by party
men to effect their purposes, and have the
same weight with the host and most talented
members of that body, who have heard the
arguments, pro and con, must be a great
evil, and cannot be too soon abolished.
Aid. lnleligcnccr.
-I nnr Rod Rood. —H was only very late
ly suggested hi some of the papers, that a
Rail mad from Richmond to Potomac Creek,
would he very desirable; and we find by t!i*-
last Richmond Compiler, that a subscription
ii at once taken tip, and a sulliicionl
Stna rais' and to make nil immediate survey ol
tbetidP!eligible route, before the meeting ol
Legislature, when it is expected
| that an application w til be load■ tor a r|, f ,
ter to cariv the plan into effect
THE TIMES.
U
44 That the principles and cunstruction contended
for by sundry ol the State Legislatures, that the Gen.
eral Government is the exclusive judge of the ex
tent of the powers delegated to it, atop nothing short
of DESPOTISM—suite the discretion of those
who administer the Government, and n#t the t (IN
STITUTION, would be the measure of their pow
ers—That llie several States who formed that in
strument, being sovereign and independent, have •
the unquestionable riylit to judge oi the infraction— j
and that a NULLIFICATION bvtiio»*sovkrkigw-J
tils, op ali. unauthorised arts, done under color of
that instrument, is tiik RIGHTFUL REMEDY.”
Extract from Knit . Res. by 'JV.os. Jefferson,
** Hut where powers are assumed wi.'ch have
not been delegated, a Ntllifi ation of INC act is
the RiaHTn’L ur.ii i>y : that every State lias a natu
ral right, in cases not within the compact, [casus
non fu'dvris] to nui lifv of their own authority, all
ASSUMIT’OXS OK POWKR BY OTHERS WITHIN THEIR LIM
ITS —tln»*. without this right, they would be under
the dominion, absolute and unlimited of whomsoev
er might exercise that right of judgement for them.”
Ext rc~J from MS Resolution by 7 7ios. Jefferson.
We are informed on the authority of *• a Subscri
ber” from Hall Coifnfy, that Messrs. Worcester and
Butler are about establishing a Press at New
Echota, and that the materials are already on their
way from Augusta to that place.
Tl!f;i!:\".
The Milledgevillo Theatre re-opened on Mon
day Evening last, under the management of Mr,
Sol. Smith, with the Comedy of the Soldier’s
Dai-outer. As far as we were able to judge*
the parts were well cast; and barring some few
inaccuracies, and a little awkwardness, (probably
the embarrassment of a first appearance,) the
w hole went oIT well. The company which the
enterprising manager has with him now, as far as
our slight acquaintance with them extends, ap
pears to he a very effective one; and wo have no
doubt they will receive from a discerning public
the patronage they merit.
The Southern presses have been loud in their
denunciations of the fanatiscism of Garrison and
his associates. They sufficiently expressed the
opinion of the whole South,in regard to thoefficaey
of the measures adopted and advocated by such
men. It is unnecessary therefore for us to say
more. We would observe however, in passing
that there are none who held the movers of this
lately projected scheme of Emancipation in more
thorough and ineffable contempt than ourselves-
Aside from their insolent presumption in eonceiv
ing that their advice is necessary to the due ad
ministration of this government; their impertinent
intermeddling in the concerns of private property
is calculated to excite our ridicule ; unprincipled
and bigoted as they aro in their conduct, we foe|
ourselves constrained to pity thfdr delusion, even
while smile we at thpir impotence. As for
Garrison the sanctified apostle of fanaticism, we
would award hint our indignation if lie were no l
already beneath our conic njyt. It is for this very
reason that we have been qt w illing to render ou r
columns the vehicle by which he might attain the
notoriety lie covets so intensely, We are satisfi
ed that he should rest contented with the smal]
modicum of glory be has already obtained, con
scious that his fame is as unenviable as that of the
barbarian who fired Diana’s Temple. Intrinsi
cally insignificant however as lie is, he might by
fmarsiumiy uu seine iut?«nlc e. and UUOyS
himself up amid his fatigues with the fancied
nobleness of his acts.
“ The power to hurt is no such noble thing,
A toad may poison and a reptile sting.”
We do not believe however, that the spirit by
which this silly enthusiast is actuated is at al]
general among cur brethren of the north; and if
we were convinced that so unwarrantable an in.
terferencein our domestic affairs was about to be
practised, would it become us to act as if wo fear
ed thebiow, & therefore gasconade with ourthreuts
of annihilation if they dare to strike? Does it
become Georgia, whose pride and glory it has al"
ways been that she has acted in the conception
and execution of her Stale policy with the rapid-
ity of thought, that her measures have been car
ried through, w hile others were deliberating, does
it become her to play the braggart and vapor a"
bout the course she will pursue ? No. The
whole machinery of public abolition meeting and
constitution making which has been so lately ex
hibited in Ncxv-York, we can laugh at amide.
spise; but w hen these ill digested and unorganis
ed attempts of a handful of fanatics shall be di
rected and arrayed by the arm of n* wer ; when
Congress, shall find in the Constitution, [or
decree it to be there,] a clause permitting them to
destroy our property; we shall find no dilficulty
in having the obnoxious act of usurpation prompt
ly and effectually nullified.
The Public Hepatite* .... At a meeting of the
South Carolina Bank held yesterday, the projfc'S
al of “ the Government” that they should re
ceive the public Deposits for this City, was con
sidered, and unanimously rejected. We are in
formed, that on the conditions required, it is not
probable that any Bank in our City will take
them.
J.lndent Coin In the process of boring for
water in Portsmouth, (Va.) recently, a piece of
silver coin about the size of a ninepence, was
brought up by the auger, from the depth of g(>
Get. It wasof an oval form, varying, materially
in thickness; on one side is the figure of an In
dian chief, with a spear in his right hand—on the
reverse, the head of a woman, surrounded by a
wreath. Ii is so much worn that neither tliodale
nor inscription can be made out, except the word
“priucipiib” in the latter.
. 1 reason fur adjourning Parlimcnl The
London Sun, speaking < f the adjournment of
Parliament, says that “ the fact is as we vtatud
some w eeks ago, that the approach of partridge
- hooting is assigned for disposing of all business,
some way or other. For several days past, temp
tations, almost irresistible, have been held out 111
tho newspapers for an early prorogation. Para
graph aft* r paragraph lias blazoned forth the fine
state of tin* moors, the number of birds, &c.;
ami ilia consequence will he, that by the end of
the week there will not be above lid or <Oine'.ii-|
l*ers of the House of Commons in town.” The)
National interests neglected fur the [ leasure of!
shooting [i Bridges !
Tiik Head mas ok Ui.iinr, A
king' i Mr. ' i * a i. v* :.*ttlfe&3M
■ ‘ : /. *
lion hinges upon the assemblage of visitor. T
lee ted every 3 years at Vevay, during the |L'° j
vintage, to witness the half pagan, half Chn”. ° f
ceremonies of festivities which take place ix
in the celebration of the various bounties
lure. The author has turned to the finest accoa!l
the circumstances arising out of this roctu ““'
and has exceeded even himself in the oven.
ering interest with which he has invested
markable scenes of bis at*'ry. * re "
New Fashion Hie Atlas says fi.,1,;
“ a Wt,, “ l H* >’<“ who ever dreamed I,?,
she would put canes into the ladies’ hands t
so ius, -pon honor.” Two of our fashioiuU
ladies exhibited themselves yesterday i„ ly j
ington street, with their little slicks, which.i "
nourished with becoming grace. Oe„tl e £f
must look out in future and always eivelad '
ihe inside of the walk, or they may smart f or p
Vermont.,,, The Legislature of Vermont
at Montpelier oh the tHtth. The organizauL r
the House and t)i* Canvass of the" votes ° f
lhat the Anti-masonic Governor, I.t CoV" 0 "
Treasurer and Councillors, are all elected tT’
Legislature, too, to judge by the choice of Snoot
er, is Anli-masomc, John Smith, the candidal
that parly, being elected oo the first ballot b.i
majority ot leur votes out of in, 1 • a
A Fuel.— A friend lias just returned from
Montreal, where lie purchased a beautiful
broad-cloth coat for S2B. The same co.it
Richmond would have cost him 815. s w {
are tlie beauties of our Tariff System. s*icb
the real and infamous exactions’it imposes up.
on the Consumers in the U. States.
[Rich. E:yj,
The run made by Mr. Blair , Editor of th u
Globe, upon the Branch of the United States
Bank, at Washington, for the enormous sum
of tiro thousand dollars , reminds u s of the
anecdote of the English sailor, who, coniine
into possession of a£s note, of the’Bank of
England,and inflated with the idea of ownin'*
such a treasure, marched with all the impor.
tunco of conscious superiority, into the state,
ly edifice, and throwing it on the counter,
said to the (ffhceys—“ I here, bins? your eyes,
cash lhat if you can !" — Rat. Register.
“ Who reads an American Bookl”
Dwight’s System of Theology has passed
through thirty editions in England. Here
we unfortunately depreciate the works of our
own citizens to aggrandize those of foreign
ers: in England, no work is held in greater
esteem there than Dwight’s System— in
lexicography, no work is more esteemed than
W ebster’s—and in mathematics, none is so
approved as Bouditch’s Laplace.
Cooper’s new novel, The Headsman, has
been published in London now about tvro
months. He lias got about 1,000 guineas
from his puldi.-liers there, and about $»,000
from Ins publishers in this city: and indeed,
for most of his lute works, he has received
tho same amount. Our authors have a mani
fest advantage in their privilege to secure a
copyright in England.—iV. Y. Taper.
A Miracle. —About the beginning of last
week, a deaf and dumb printer presented
himself at our office, askingcharity by writing
and by signs. We asked him if he would
w ork, lio signified his assent most readily
and willingly, and accordingly took his sta
tion at the case.—For several days he worked
very faithfully, with all the imperturbable
gravity of an Eastern Brahmin,keeping pencil
and paper by his side for the purpose of wri
ting down the very few wants and wishes,
w hicli he deemed it necessary to conininiii
cate. Indeed, he seldom **c.tc any thing
out --money” and “copy,” and his rigid fea
tures seemed to have never relaxed into a
smile, or gathered into a frown. On Satur
day last, one of his co-optrators jogged him
with bis elbow, and by signs drew his atten
tion to St me matter which lie had in his hand.
Johnny was taken by surprise, ami to the as
tonishment of every one in the office, ctird
out in a most audible and distinct tone, “(li/
yes, that's Jot."
One simultaneous roar from foreman, ji-urs,
devil, pressmen and all,succeeded : hut John
ny not in the least disconccrned, turned
round to his case, and began to pick up type
with the same tuff xible gravity as before,as
if it was no concern of his. Ever since this
miraculous restoration to speech, he has bad
the free use of his tongue, and on being
jeered about it, his laconic reply was,“l
couldn’t bear, and where was the use of talk
ing.”—Easton Cent inti.
Slate Slight’s and Free Trade Alma
nac, for IS3l*
In our paper of to-day will he found *icom
munication in relation to Almanacs, which u
worthy of attention, and a notice by Mr. Oust'*
of the Constitutionalist, of the Georgia An
maiuic, printed by him. Without tlisparagc
incnt to the latter—which is far more worthy
of Southern patronage, than the Almanacs o
the North—we beg leave earnestly to recom
mend to onr State Rights friends, the J | ie
Rights and Free Trade Almanac, printc l ' I
Mr. A. E. Millkk, of Charleston; whicfc
independently of the excellent and niostvau
able information it furnishes in relation <• I
State Rights, is, considering the price*sizts I
and correctness cf its information by far I
cheapest production of the kind now pu I
lishod. Its price is the same as that 0 I
common Almanacs generally—its sr-G -s I
ty pages or upwards—and its typograp ] >c I
execution and appearance, excellent, am 11 I
surpassed by lhat of any of the b- ’ I
priced Almanaos. It gives two I
formation to each month of the ' I
with the Equation of 'J'iinc, Lunar l llllL , I
Daysoi the month and week, Sunsri*- I
set, xVc. Ac. as usual, and the other," 1 I
days of the month and week. Iu nl,| r ' I
Events, Maxims, original and select- 1 * ' I
—also, extensive and valuable historical ” I
statistical information, some ot 11 • ■
and dillieult to be found elsewhere, *•> I
authentic and unquestionnhlo no 11 I
Rights n nil Norereignty of the Slaics, ■
are inestimable to the people, aim I
of the country, from the means tlicv ■
to every one, of forming lor hints l > ■
and correct judgment in relation ■
Rights, and boldly and firndy I
against all oppositions however mgcii ■
powerful. A true Stale Rights I
lh .se data always at hand, however j ■
im.nl, or limited his infonnatiniij. ,| ■
r* sp: els, may safely detect un*l ,J I
j -uhile mlricacies ami sophistries' s ~{■
ism ; sot the great articles and l’ r ..L, « I
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