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SATURDAY EVENING, October 2 1824.
ELECTION.
On Monday next, the 4th of October
tile general election for seven members of
Congress, and for members of the State
lature, takes place throughout Geor
It will olso.be remembered that on
that day the electors will be called upon
to decide whether the power ,of electing
Electors shall remain with the Legis-
Juiureorbft placcdinthe immediate linn s
eft he People—for tliis purpose each vo
ter will endorse on his ticket the word
“ People,” or the word “ Legislature.”
The following gentlemen are candid
ates for CoNcnsss.
E. P. TATTNALL, ofChatham.
ALFRED CUTHBERT, Putnam.
JOHN FORSYTII, of Richmond.
WYLY THOMPSON, of Elbert.
GEORGE CARY, of Columbia.
JAS. MERRIWETHER, ofClarke
CHAS. E. HAYNES, of Ilonock.
The following gentlemen arc candidates
to represent this County in the State Le
4UM.AT0HE.
SENATon,
WILLIAM PAVIES.
MORDECA1 SHEFTALL, Sen,
REPRESENTATIVES,
WILLIAM LAW,
ROBERT W. POOLER.
MORBECA MYERS,
CHARLES M. GOOLSBY,
Only one Senator and three Represen
tatives can be elected.
nuch attention from the government,
the latter lmd dispatched a fleet to the Ta
gus under pretence ot exercising the
French seamen, whereas it had been ns-
rtnined, that tla: ohjt ct ini lew was to aid
the Queen’s party, and create a prepon
derance over British influence. l’ullv a-
wnre of this fact, the English government
lmd issued orders for purchasing nil im
mense quantity of provisions, and other
necessaries for supplying vessels destined
for foreign service, and had transmitted
such instructions to'the out ports ns indi
cated an apprehension at least, that hostil
ities with some one were on the eve of ta
king place. The intelligence by the Way
of Barbadoes, which we have noticed
nbove, is later than our last accounts from
England, and would seem to warrant the
suspicion, thiwMWMt serious existed
betwecnFrance and Portugal, which might
lead to a rupture, and involve Great Brit
ain, who is bound not only from commer
cial policy, but from treaties, to protect
her ancient-ally.—.V York Ev. Post.
A passengor in tha schr. Packet Mar
garet, at Now York from Carthagcna in
forms that a Sptuinish brig, with a round
stern, from Philadelphia for Havana,
with a cargo of flour, was taken into Cnr-
thegenaon tne 13th of August, a prize to
t he Colombian privateer Contella, and con
demned.
Gov. StttiLT/.E, of Pennsylvania, was
costed into Philudelphin outlie 20th ult.
by Gen. Pattersons brigade.
SPAIN.—A letter from Gibaltar of the
13th Aug. received by the Lucinda at
New York, gives some further particulars
of the efforts oTthe Constitutionalists to re
establish liberty in Spain. The following
is an extract: There is every reason to be
lieve that a simultaneous struggle has been
planned throughout Spain, and if in other
quarters they have been ns successful as
at Tarifa, "God take good kind Eduard to
his merry." Tbe Constitntionulists bare
been completely successful tb#e—a
strong body of French marched from Ca
diz to attack them; they suffered them to
advance to the second gate, when they
opened a destructive fire upon them und
«ie
ras is crowded with the wounded French
of that expedition. A boat has been sent
from this garrison to Tarifa, to ascertain
tli- state of affairs there, ayd lias returned
witli the particulars, in every respect glo-
rii .ts to the Constitutional cause. Even
tjic women took an active part against the
French.
“We have accounts from various parts
of Spain, und all combine to show that
great events are following apace; but I
; hull repent hothing to you but what is of
ficial. Wherever the Constitutionalists
go, they triumph completely. The strug
gle isdreudful; for their enemies, us they
observe, expect little mercy; all Spain is
spw in arms, and although the period of
revolt is most unfortunate, (just as they
were about securing the vintage) they
abandon their limited crop for a nobler
harvest—the cry is, “viva la constitution,
death to the Frenchmen”—we are on the
rack of anxiety here and every hour brings
us fresh assurances, that in a short period
liberty will once more wave her banners
over Spain, and Iier enemies be driven be
yond the Pyrennecs. The proclamations
issued from Tarifa are calculated to rouse
every Spaniard; a few only have reached
ua here, but they are Bought after with
nuch avidity that I find it impossible to pro
cure one to send to you. They are ingen-
ipus, not a word is said ^about the king;
L every thing is directed against “ The
A French, the foreign foe, in the very bosom,
and eating out the vitals of Spain.” In
■ Ihe allair ot Madrid, which seemed the
'Signal, a great many French were killed.
If this conveyance is detained a day or
two, 1 will be able to give you some inter
esting particulars; at any rate, my next
will; till then look on Spain as you would
on a volcano, threatening by its inward
thunders an immediate eruption.”
CHARL.' - rON, Sept. 28.
Loss of the schr. S«/V.—The fishing
smack Rainbow, arrived here yesterday,
from a fishing voyage on the coast of Flor
ida, and brings accounts of the loss of the
schr. Swift, Copt. Burger, of this port,
off the Isle of Pines, on the 29th ult<—Tl.-e
Swift sailed from this port on the 8th ult.
with n cargo of Rice, for the West Indies
—touched nt Jamaica, where not finding
a market, she was proceeding to Havana,
when she was lost, os above stated.—The
following is on extinct of a letter from
Captain Burger, dated at Havana, Sept.
U —
“ This will inform you of the loss of
the schooner Swift, off the Isle of Pinos,
on the 29th August, and of the safe arrival
here of myself and crew. We saved no
thing but a little clothing, and suffered
much. I shall to-morrow sail for Balti
more, in hopes of meeting there the schr.
Harvest.”
A letter of a recent date, from Havana,
says—“Our R ice Market is now in n shock
ing state. Our quotations, 833-4, are
with difficulty obtained.”.
We are truly happy to learn, ns we do
by the arrival of the smack Rainbow, from
Cope Florida, that the late destructive
Gale did not extend its effects to the Flor
ida Coast.
The Federal Gazette states that the n-
mount of shipping laden with llottr from
ho principal ports of tho United States,
luring the year ending the 1st Sept. inst.
was as follows, From Boston, 23; New-
York. 63; Philadelphia. 35; Baltimore,
60; and gives as tho eomputationof a Bai
ns merchant, that the vessels from Bal
timore carried 160,000 barrels more than
was shipped from the other threo ports.
The same trade has more than doubled
from the proceeding year.
At tbe Municipal Court of Boston, on
Monday, 13th inst. Br Reuben Harrington
was convicted of the offence of letting out
and accommodating a certain room, for
hire, to one Susan B riant, with intent and
design that it should be used by her for a
Brothel, which room wa’s used by her for
that purpose, and.with liisknowledge, from
the 25th May, to the 1st August last.
The Court instructed the Jury, that al
though a Landlord was nut generally an
swerable inlaw fortlic criminal conduct of
liis tenant; vet that where a Landlord lets
—.i —
tenant shall use it for a criminal purpose,
thereby muking himself a participator, in
the criminal conduct, and deriving a reve
nue from it-^-it was a misdemeanor at com
mon law, punishable as such. It was not
sufficient, that at the lime of the lease the
tenant was a. person of general bad char
acter, nor that the house afterwards be
came a nuisance,—the offence consisted
in the criminal intent at the commence
ment of the contract.
He was fined one hundred and fifty daU
lars with the costs of prosecution*, and if
not paid in ten days, then to be punished
by hard labor in the House of Correction
six months.
PORTUGAL.—Tho Barbadoes papers
which We received at a late hour yesterday
to the 3d inst. inclusive, after mentioning
that the Bey of Algiers had submitted to
the terms proposed by tbe British Admi
ral, mid that the blockading squadron had
been ordered to the Tagus, states that such
Svasthe anxiety to expedite the sailing of
the Ocean of 80 guns, the flagship ofLord
Am.-hus Beauclcrk, she whs towed by
the steam boat out of the harbor of Algiers.
Vc, 'S cmiCc of 84, lately launched at
■ Milford, lmd been put in commission, and
tvr.s also supposed to be destined for the
same service. “This information, (ob-
thc editor of the Barbadian of the
ant,) connected with that which we
i f i om good aut hority, the Ganges and
•’ iu rb being ordered to 'the same station
I l|W squadron from Algiers, excites sus-
pici en that something is browing between
tf’nmee mid Portugal*
In our Inst London papers we observed
:!a' no me of the editors were indulging in
speculations as to the probibi.Iity ofa°re-
TBere were six deaths hv fever m
Charleston, on the 26th inst.; five on the
27th; and seven on the 28th inst. Thirty
two deaths by yellow fever are reported for
the week ending 26th inst.
Six, deaths arc reported by yellow fever
iu Charleston, on the 29th ult.
There is in New York, recently arrived
from England, a lad culled Master Hull-
hard, who cuts with a pair of commoascis-
sors. in the most expeditious manner, ex
act portraits of any person visiting him.
He has cut in the same manner, and now
exhibits them, elegant cuttings of Westmin
ister Abbey, of churches, temples, monu
ments, numerous portraits of well known
faces—all of which are declared good re.
presentations. The most recent finished
piece, says his advertisement, is a portrait
of Gen. La Fayette, encircled with a
wreath, and decorated with appropriate
emblems.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20,
.The old, favorite, iron-sided frigate
Constitution, Com. Macdonough, made a
majestic movement from the Navy Yard
to the North River, on Saturday, under
her three topsails. Wc understand she
will sail for the Mediterranean in a few
days. Her appearance is not exceeded by
any frigate of our Navy, and although she
is 27 yeats old, is perfectly sound.
The contract for clearing the Ohio and
Mississippi riv rshas been taken up by
Mr John Bruce, of Lends county, Kentuc
ky.
It is stated in one of the eastern papers,
that Gen. Barton, well known for his re
volutionary services, and particularly for
his attack upon a British force on Long
Island, is now, and has been for these last
12 years, in jail in Vermont, for heavy bills
of cost.
The Rev. Mr Semmerfielu, preached
in St. George’s Church, Philadelphia, to
19th inst. So great was the crowd in and
about the Church, (saysthc National Gaz
ette) that the reverend gentlcinan was
. . compelled to make his entrance by a book
bostilitiop Ettjsojt*,- in coiise- window. Ladies swooned from thejieat
"• v ■. ■ ,
A Philadelphia paper having requested
information of the name of the vessel in
which Geu. La Fayette first came to this
country, tho Editor of tho Baltimore A-
inericau stales, Unit the nume of the ship
was “ La Bonne Mere," and that the gen
tleman who purchased the vessel for La
Fayette, Mons. F. A. Bo Bois Martin,
now 8-3 years of age, is liviug in Baltimore,
and has been appointed a member of the
ilc I mt at ion to welcome tho General to Bal
timore.
According to reports made to the Brit
ish Parliament, the number of merchant
vessels belonging to that country is 21,542,
manned by 2,606,474 sailors. Tho milita
ry forces in the empire in the tinic of peace,
amount to 320,009 men; the marine enunts
400 vessels of war and transports, and
23,000 sailors.—Tho revenue in time of
peace is near 90 millions sterling, and the
xpenses 77 millions—Tho exports are n-
bout 62 millions, and the imports 44 mil
lions.
It appears from a document published
by the German Journals, that Raisin has
at this moment 950,000 men under arms.
Of this number, 677,500 men nre in ac
tive service; namely, 1st army under gen
eral Sackcn, whoso head quarters arc at
Mohilo, 320,000.; 2d army, under count
de Wittgentein, upon the Pruth, 100,000;
Georgian Army, under geucul Yermolow,
at Tiffis, 60,000; Lithuanian army, whose
head quarters arc nt Wilnn, 80,000; Polj
ish army, head quarters at Warsaw, 80,i
000; the Imperial Guards, under general
On warow, 80,000k Tho disciplined Cos
sacks amount to 7,500 men. There ajc,
moreover, 50,000 men distributed owr
the military colonics established in tic
governments of Novogorod, ChcrSon, atkl
Charkow.
. I it elegant, present.—We had an oppor
tunity of examining at N. S. Prentiss’s
Fancy Store, in Broadway, an elegant spe
cimen of tho ingenuity, skill and taste of
an American mechanic. Itwnsthopor
table writing desk which took tho premi
um at tho Inst 81)4? of tho Mechanic ami
Scientific Institution of this city, and
which had been purchased of Mr. P. by
Gen; Lafayetto, to present to Cnpt. Allyn,
of the ship Cndmus, whoso polite ntten
fibas secured tho esteem and warm friend
ship of our illustrious guest.
The desk is made of the richest mahog-
onvwc ever saw, bordered on the top and
front with rose wood, and indented with
polished brass scollops, inlaid with admi
rable exactness. A highly polished brass
plate on the top hears the inscription,
General Lafayette,
to his excellent friend
Captain Allvn,
August 15th, 1624.
In the inside of the desk, beside the usu
al conveniences, were several secret apart
ments fitted with much ingenuity. The
draw was furnished with a complete dres-
sting case finished in the most costly and
beautiful style, silver shaving box, silver
handed brush, and every material of the
best and most polished order.—Statesman.
The English brig of war Botterell left
the enstorn const a few days since with her
prize, a boat of 12 feet long, laden with 3
cod lines, 5 mackarcl lines, about 39 fish,
and a hailing dish. The crew consisting
ol’onc hoy of 17, one boy of 13, and a grown
sailor, were generously liberated, mul the
British captain with unexampled, inunifi
cencc, restored to them one half gallon jug,
one old cotton handkerchief and n wooden
box.
In no nation in Europe arc their naval
affairs prosecuted with more noiseless peri
severance, and on tile most entensive scale,
than in France.—And we have an instance
before us, that no money is more cheerful
ly provided firm, In a late proceeding in
•the French Cnamber of Bcpiities, on the
budget, it was announced that in 182&
the expenditures of the navy exceeded
the appropriations by no less than four
teen millions of francs; yet the deficiency
was granted, without opposition or debate.
X - • • -U—» <1... -u- 1,00n
expended m additional armaments, and
that they were necessary -to support the
honor of the French flng.
O* Having been unavoidably compelled to
oinit the communication of “ Chatliamile” on
l’hufsday, and as there will be no pnper issued
after to-day, until the election is decided, wc have
felt ourselves hound in fairness, to submit a copy
of it to Mr. Sheftall, that he might have an op
portunlty of replying—Consequently Ids address
follows it.
IVe have also udopted a similar course with re
spect to the controversy between Mr. Brown
and Mr. Pooler, for simiiur reasons, although Mr,
Brown's communication was not received until
\ a late hour liu* evening.—Ed, Rf.p.
Right about.!—The friends of General
Jackson arc so confident of success, that
in the South and AVcst they have no hesi
tation in declaring, thnt Mr Adams is elec
tioneering for the General, and not him
self. There is such u thing as ramming
down a cannon so hard, that in rebound
ing it knocks over the gunner.—Mr Ad
ams will find this out shortly.—Nat. Ado,
Nnn-England.—The- friends of Mr.'
Crawford are so rapidly increasing in Nc w-
Englaml as to afford grounds of serious
alarm to the supporters of Mr Adams. It
is now ascertained that pushing a prefer
ence from sectional views may be soric-
what dangerous; and that some men may
shoot ahead of some men very unexpected
ly. The New-England States cannot
vote for Jackson, and yet ho will have a
greater vote than Adams; they began to
see the necessity of having a democratic
administration, and giving the vote to
Crawford. It will all go well.—ib.
Important.—The papersto the eastward
inform us, that John Quincy Adi ms swam
over the Potonmc and landed quite safe,
though somewhat fatigued, below the Pres
ident’s house.—ib.
At a meeting of the republicans of Rich
mond county, New York, convened for
the nomination of a candidate for assem
bly, and for tho adpointmeut of congres
sional and senatorial conferees, a resolu
tion was unanimously adopted, approving
of the nomination of Messrs. Crawford and
Gallatin.
A letter from Washington states, thnt
“ Messrs. Crawford and Calhoun were,-in
their late excursion to the upper country,
thrown into the same neighbourhood; and
the latter condescended to visit the former.
—It is said the call was returned.”
Wc are not in the hnbit of utteringpre-
dictions, hut we can assure the opposition
that Mr. Crawford will receive a large
majority of the votes in this, district, and
we beg of them to mukc up their minds
not to bo too much disappointed if he
should receive a majority through the
State.—Main Eastern Argus.
To
For IhcSaw,*.^ Republican.
MORDKCAl SHEFTALv;g,. n>
a fallm
l'is cruelty to load a tailing «««”
tbffVni
been opened to a correct view of your case, you
would have no longer have hesitated, but «t qncc
retired from asUuafioii,from which didicult ns it
was to retreat with honor and reputation, honor
ami reputation were ulone to bo hoped for in a re
treat. I suppose that if I find failed to convince
you that you were not entitled to your verdiot of
acquittal, t lmd nt least proved to you upon vour
own shewing, that your cuso was ofvery doubtful
complexion; mul, thnt your own reflection would
have taught you, that tho integrity of a inuu who
seeks the elevated trust of u Senutor in the Generul
Assembly of tho State, should bo like tho honor of
Cesar’s wife, free even from suspicion—I liavo
been disappointed, vanity and impudence,cemen
ted by tho obstinucy of weukness und folly seem to
be your characteristicks. You have, in the most
eonfulcut manner, presented tho evidence of your
own shame to the full guzo of your follow-citizens,
and, unblushingly invited them to examine the un
erring testimony of your frailty. Did you hope
to conceal the impropriety of your conduct in the
boldness with which you could meet it I It is
only the experienced culprit who is bold in iniqui
ty. Did you hope by the inflated bombast of
your style und the violence of your denunciation:),
to confound opposition or disguise the truth 1 81ml-
tow brooks alone make u noise in their passage,
docp rivers roll on in silence. Did you hope -by
your pliillippic against the atrocious offenco of
calumny, and your denunciations of those who lmd
presumed to whisper this transaction, you would
liavo succeeded in diverting the public indignation
from the uccnsiitinn to - the uoeusers ? You lmd
forgotten that detraction was a sin only against
justice, and thnt in this state the truth might be
given in evidence, even upon a crituiiml charge
oi‘libel. When you cun make the public,believe
that injustice has keen done you, then, mid not
till then, you inny expect them to believe that you
have been calumniated.
I take leave of you, Sir, in the language of the
Honiuii Brutus, 1 lament your condition, but you
have brought it upon yourself-; and I cannot help
shewing you to yourself even in this wretched
circumstance. CIIATHAM1TE.
The PostScript um of Chalhamitely Itis friend Tom
Tough.
To MonnKCAi Shcftall, Son
I recollect, when u boy , a saying of my old
grandmother; when she saw tne busily engaged
Tx) the Citizens of Chatham County
Til®.circumstance of my lolantion to rerL
from this county, having been, us 1 am tolTi Va
dnstr ously used for tho purpose of lnfl(m„»M
election °" Monday nexMTfe^thnUtTidue 1 ! 0 Ul
mysclt, mid to tho community, to doclare-tlmt o 0 b®
statement, as it has been made, Is totoll?unf„„ “
dod. Whatever were my views undcrVsiX
tiling* dilluront from those which at present^,,° f
it is now necessary forme to remain an Inhabit.!
of this, my native placo. My private, as w e ii 1
, - ■ , M *> “'‘“or a change of r,.«-
donee for some years at least, if not imnoi.liki
yet totally incompatible witli my interest £ ’a!
- my duty. Respectfully,your obediout WPVn „ 1
WILLIAM DAVIES."
in attempting the accomplishment of seme impos
sibility ; uli, Tommy, you can uot make a whistle
out ol a Hut’s Tui|!!
When I find you giving to tbe world the record
of your shame, und in “your own hand-writin
thinking that this act o*f brazen during, will
continued as an ovidcnce of your innocence—tho
People, like my old Grandmother, know; you cau^
tnako a Whistle out of a Rut’s Tail!!
When ijlicur you say: that ull your witnesses who
could have furnished evidence of tbe rectitude of
your conduct and integrity of design ure dead, and
did not, when liviflg, bring them forwurd, I say
you can't mukc a Whistle out of u Rat’s Tall i!
When one of tho Justices of the Court of Ordi
nary is still living ; ami you do uot call upon him
to testily to your innocence “ and integrity of de
sign”—l think you arc fearful of making u whistle
olnis Tule !!
When I hear of Duke’s testifying to the sank-
of a dying man, who only saysYes! 1” 1 think 1.
is like tlje lly iu the deljd man’s mouth—" there
was life, iu him"—and you can ticVcr make a
whistle out of a Rat’s Tail I!
When [ read your answers to Publicola, I think
it quite us satisfactory as the dying Decks’ Yes I!
and you will neVcrnmke. a whistle of u RutYfail!!
When l hear you say (and the record befonrtlie
People) where is tlie proof of “ morul turpitude"
—a want of ordinary prudence, much more crlini*
nulity—the color of the. Ink, a mere mutter of o-
pinion—the erasure of the date, u mere scratching
out—und that you feel your honor secure iu the
consciousness of your own integrity—I. suy.tuke
him aw ay John, he kicks—he can never make a
Whistle out of liis Talc fTOM TOUGH.
Dublin Road.—A meeting of the sub
scribers to the fund for opening tbe road
to Bublin, took place yesterdnv, when it
was agreed that an appropriation should
be made of a part of said fund towards
defraying the expense of clearing the Mil-
ledgeville road from the obstructions caus
ed by the late gaje. The completion of
the Bublin Road, we understand, will he
delayed about a fortnight beyond the time
anticipated owing to the storm. But little
or no additional expense will be incured
in consequence*—Georgian* ...
A few brief observations upon imr-Tctmiining
part of Mr. Duke's testimony in the case ol | jerk’s
will, and 1 shall leave it and Air. S. to the goort j*> 0 -
ple of Chatham County.
The second part of the 2d Interrogatory pro
pounded to Air. Duke is in these words, “ Do you
not believe thut Derks would ut that time (the
time the will was made) have made his murks to
any puper, whatever might have been its import,
nnon.thc importunity or application of any person
who might have been present." To this Mr. Duke
knsivers, “ I cuniiot judge." I submit it to a-cun-
did people to say, whether n witness who returns
inch nn nnswerto this question, can afford any sa
tisfactory evidence in this case on the' point of
Di-rks’ suiiity 7 Is.it not uu admission on his part
tof his totul incapacity to sneuk on that subject 7
."Would u mini iu (he exercise of his reason have
signed any paper that might have been presented
to him by any person 7 And if Dukes be unable
.to express an opinion upon this question, can lie
affirm that he was in the exercise of his reason^
If he hud been iu possession of his renson, lie would
not Imvc signed such u paper; Duke cunnot judge
whether lie would have done this art or not, there
fore Duke cannot affirm tlmt Derks was in posses
sion of his reason 7 But in his answer to the 6th
Interrogatory, Duke expressly and candidly states,
“ that he will not take it uptm himself to swear
whether Derks was of sound mind or not; und
again declares tlmt the only opinion lie had on
that subject was derived from Derks’ answer,
“Yes." 1 submit, whether uny candid or impar
tial mind cun avow itself satisfied with this testi
mony 7 Duke himself felt in doubt. If this lie
the situation of Duke’stcstiinony.thestateinents of
Dr. Parker, und Messrs. Lewis t oy, which con
firm liis insensibility on the 20th October, stand
almost without contradiction.
You have Imwij, Kir, long in the pursuit
nod prnctice of un honorable profession, l.ut you
seem not yet to have unbilled Its principles of ho
nor. Regardless of the delicacy of your situation,
you contend tlmt you drew in your oven hmul wri
ting tiie will of a man whose cuso was extreme, in
which you were sole legatee, and which, nt your
solicitation, was subsequently executed under flic
chciimstances disclosed l»y tbe evidence. Per
mit me to tell you, tlmt a decent regard to the opi
nions of your fellow men, and a proper value upon
your own reputation would at least have dictated
a course of greater delicacy und prudence. Air.
Poy says, he Was in the lmll at the time you arriv
ed with Duke; why was he not called into the
room 7 why not one word said to him uiiout jiM'iW
or its execution ? why was it tlmt lie knew nothing
of Derks’ having signed any paper? He was un
in mute of his house—let liis own testimony, pro-
claiin the reason. He tells you thnt Derks was a!
thut time insensible, Mr. P. also says, he never
heard Derks speak of liis wish or intention to dis
pose of his property. The truth will not always
bear the light. That delicacy of feeling which you
parted with on that occasion, you appear never to
have recovered. -But the last year you was re
fused a seat in the lower house of the legislature,
by the ndople of this County ; you huve now sud
denly thrust yourself before thnt same people, dc-
mending from them u seat iff the Senate, und in'
opposition to an old, respectable and .intelligent
citizen.. Whut could have been your motive, what
your expectation ? Be nssured, Siv, if the one
was dictated by imprudence and vanity, the other
will end in disappointment und defout, in mortifi
cation and disgrace. There have, indeed been
some grent men w ho having got in tbe wrong thro’
ambition, continued in the wrong through malice.
But us your ambition xccins never to huve konwn
the salutary restraint eitiier of modesty or renson ;
an intelligent people will have sufficient discern
ment so to appreciate you, that your malice will
impart its venom only to yourself.
Oschincs, in his oration against Ctcsius, indig.
nantly exclaims that it is impossible that the heart
which is insensible to tho influences of private vir
tue should be alive to the remoter impulses of pa
triotic feelings; thut private depravity can consist
with public virtuo. The people ofChatham coun
ty will not be unmindful of the truth of the prin
ciple advunced by the eloquent Athenian. They
wd! evince on the 1st Monday in October then-
belief in the salutary precept, a precept equally
applicable to every age, to every country, to
every community of men. I hud permitted my
self to indulge the belief, that when your eye* had
To the inhabitants of Chatham County.
Fellow Citizens.
A consciousness of my own integrity, interrain
gleu with u confident belief,. that my defence
which has been promulgated to the world, had
carried conviction to the minds of honest men—
put nt rest the groundless and base calumnies in
dustrirmsly propagated, * by malevolence, envy
and jealousy—determined me to look down with
the mixed sensntions of. indifference u. ronu-inpt
upon the host of scribblers, tliut of lute have m-
tested the columns of the Pfews-papers. Upon
reflecting tlmt the general ol ectiou is near ut hand,
and thnt “.Cliatiunnifo’’ is about emerging from
hi* natural folds of venom and maJigfiity—intend
ingonee more to force himself on the public, i
step in to seize tho “perishable infamy" of bis mu
lives, and bold them up to a f'rce Peoples re pro
liatiun. Chulhumite sets out witlr“n few brief
observations on Mr. Dukes “testimony" and
draws un inference suited to his inclinations and
feelings—which nre the offspring* of a heart
whose very pulsation is vindictiveness, that
Derks was insane—and goes on, until he is invol
ved in the mazes of his own weakness and folly,
und spy* tlmt the testimony of.three witnesses to
liis “favorite fact” stund utmost without coatrudic
tion. Tliis writer never could have read the tes
timony in the case with any attention, indeed
judging 'from liis erode compositions, winch be
tray the motives, thut influence him, lie is so com.
plelely blinded by disgraceful prejudices, that bis
have denied their appropriate of-
faculties must have denied their appropriate
jice. CUjtlhamite’s remarks upon the will, being
in my own hand writing and Foys statement, at
once presents liis imbecility, and establishes the
truth, thut lie undertakes to wrlie, wlrat he does
not understand—lie speaks of “principles of hon
or” and the pursuit of nn “honorable profession!”
I feel no hesitancy in stating my belief, Hint even
lie mightbe a member of a profession, but us to
ills il iinliihinir thu '‘npInpinIp.R nf ImnnrliPHoonm
imbibing the -‘principles of honor,” lie seems
not yet to have done «o. But FolloV -ritizen",
here I present him to yon utful! lcngth“-hcrc you
canViiscovci- tliis moralit t—this patriot—achuited
by the most dignified und refined sense of honor
—alive to the growing prosperity of un enlighten
ed people—ever willing and ready to sacrifice the
opening bloom of his every prospect upon the al
tar of bis countrys good—ids hostility to me ip,
because I inn a candidate Tor u seut iu the Sennte
in opposition to Wiiliuin Davies.' 1 am an uspi
runt for a seat in the Senate, und us a Citizen of
tliis Republic, well understand the constitution
und laws, that gunrruntce to me rights, too sacred
for the unhallowed combination olfaction to dis-
troy or impair. Ciuithahiite can never possess
consequence sufficient to be a leader, or at the
head of nny junto, yet he is sufficiently insignifi
cant to bo made u tool-—he is prodigul of his olas-
allusions and speaks of honor and reputation
as if lie understands the terms or possesses either.
But lie uppeurs .solicitous thnt 1 should withdraw
from the contest, and dculs in a variety of words,
thnt find their definition in gross impertinence
and folly. “1 take leave” of Chntlimnite fir the
present and by way of concluding tliis address
slate, that I am not supported by secret combina
tions, or upheld und flattered by amalgamating
policy. . Ao fortune with its blandishmentsbreliks
to my view prospects of probable success, nor
strong connections with their influence, point out
the path, to which the accomplishment of my ob
ject might be obtained. .1 stund before tho people
a candidate for their suffrages, having heretofore
served them r.s their Representative.—My politi
cal creed is know-nto them, it has undergone no
change, it was formed from the honest convic
tions of my judgment, and experience bus streng
thened and confirmed it.
Your Fellow Citizen,
MOR. SHEFTALL, Senr.
Poilscripl by Always nutty.
When l hear a fool speak, I.pity his ignorance
He cannot make “ a whistle out of a rats lail.”
When I hear an Ass Bray, I excuse him, he cun
not make “ a whistle out of a rats tail,”
When I hear slunders, I tun certain of False
hood. It may endeavor to persuade, thut a “wliis
tic" can be made out a “rats tall."
[IfifCi ■? v u *•*«••• niuiiiniii^j i LUIIlCIllli
his cowardice, he cunnot make “ a w histle out of
a rats foil."
And when I believe a man has not courage to
demand satisfaction for supposed violated feel
ings, “ 1 suytukc him away John, he kicks, lie cun
never make a whistle out of a rats tail.”
ALWAYS READY
o‘.
AH
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Tothe Electors of Chatham County.
Fellow Citizen*,
I am a Republican of « 1798." I l mV e cv f
been “ consistent" with those good principles iJ
luld prostrate alien and sedition laws.
You are culled on to elect men who will rcn K .
sent your feelings—Men who will uctfor the g ni !
end welfare of the county, and It is hoped men
whose political charaetor is like Caesar’s wifi
oven “ unsuspected 1
fPill you elect a man inh»*<• political treed dim
with the grtul majority of you ? Will youfei]
the man who. it is snul, is about removing from tht
county f I cannot for a moment think, fellow ck
tizens, that you will give your vote* to such s
man, particularly nt tliis crisis. You nil knur
Mordecai Sheftall, sENion, ho has faitlifu|||.
sorved you ns an Alderman, and with great ability
discharged his duty us your llcpresenlalitt Id fo
Legislature of this state. In all the situation,
which he has been placed, you discover nn f Ucr .
gy of character, coupled with Intelligence and
honor. During the lute war he served ns a p r ,,
vale iu a respeetublc volunteer corps of this cite
und like “ tho faithful ccntincl" was ulways nthu
post. In every situation you find him open tni j
candid—plain and unassuming in his muni.s-n-
uud respectful to every citizen, whether iiubiu
or xxalted. Rally then tc the poll* on Mog.
day nest nnd give him such a vote os will cnsur»
to Chathuuieoiiuty the benefits of his talents and
industry. Turn out and lot the watch word Ik
Sheftaj.1. is tho faithful Republican aud ti«
l’oon Man’s Fhienu.
A REPUBLICAN OF “ 1798.',’
•—
To the Inhabitants of Chatham County,
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
1 have on a former occasion told you tbit
Robert W. Pooler hud defrouded me, and that h
substantiate the tame, the evidence was full ad
explicit and not wanting in-character, head nit
charges, then his detente—and apply the evi
dence contained in the Certificates hereunto sii-
nexed. Mr Pooler thinks his defence is triumph-
uut, und that lie stands acquitted—and sr.ys lun
to lie brought before that tribunal which l uu
first so anxious to appear; but I am fearful fiat
lie will very soon reconsider this declaration,and
think it more safe for him to keep before the rii-
lie with Ids fuisc statements and abuses. Tli
man says he relics on his own statements—I rtl
on facts, and the evidence of gentlemen of uiort
respectability than Robert W. Pooler.
I eunuot in justice to myself, reply to tho ntibli
cation which Mr Pooler lias in the last puulia
tion of fills paper laid before you—it is too frmigli
with falsehoods for the notice of any honest cili
zi.-u, and us it has uot been in tho |K>wer of Mi
Pooler to disprove one statement contained i
my late Address to the Citizens of Savannah, i
is uot to be presumed tlmt I will ut tills tiui
attempt to coutradictby my own declarations auj
thing that lie has said while I publish the evident!
of such undoubted character.
Rut us 1 now withhold a part of my cvideucciij
consequence of the Judicial investigation with
which I am threatened, after all tho rantlagoad
challenging that you Imve heard, 1 deem it to be
due. to you, to expluiu a few poiuts in quesliun.
Tbe inun Lorraine, thut you have heard so
much of, and have beard it sold how often he bu
culled on and conversed with me, 1 have never
seen or spoken to in all my life. The bouki of
Brown, Greene k co. show that he commence!
receiving lumber from tliut firm on the lfilli day
Dec. 1810, and continued to receive in small psr-
cels from dav to day, or us lie reauired, until the
10th of the,then ensuing month when on the night
of that day the ever memorable conflugrutioa is
this city took place ; after which, I see no chaig*
against him- Un the 2-lth day of thut mouth vm
shall bo informed from a Report of the 'Jriil
whicii will be published ui’tei i am sued, that .Mr.
Pooler was informed of the umouut of credit fit
en Lorraine from liis guarantee—whut ut tnif
lime,, and has subsequently occurred, relative te
this transaction.
The 2d case. As Mr. Litlo is a stranger to wi
ny of you, yet there are those among you who do
know him to he a respectable gentleman, I iu«k«
a fow brief remarks relative to thut transaction —
At the time that Ml'. Pooler made the pledge to
mo ns contained in the certificate of Mr. Lille
hereunto annexed, my umbrella which tlien
unfurled, protected Mr. Little, Mr. Pooler, end
myself, from the then falling Ruin, u'beu et tbs
same time a worthy young gentleman at presentj
without the limits of this city, was standing by. -
It is due to Mr. Eppingcr, Mr. Burton, end Mi
Wavne, to say that they did not hear this pledge,'
for it was in the street and at some distance from]
each one of these gentlemen. As rcintfiS to the
bnrguiu aud trade for the Horse, 1 hud nothing la
do with it, ft* you shall hereafter be informed ft
respectable testlfiSmy i thfi horse was put in *t
stable but without my knowledge, for 1 wn» id
present, tho’ it was with the knowledge und ip
probation of my young men. When 1 passed Ik
note of Mr. Wuyne’s, il was under stipulated cp-
ditions that it should not be returned to roe—
the only thing thut I did do or say in relation ft
the affair prior to the arrest of Mr. Litic find ft
subsequent appearance before the Justices, «*i
that i informed him, if liis horse had been put in
iny stubie illegally, there was another and a oetta
way to regain him than by violent means. W
I can prove ; and it was in consequence of w
Pooler’s promise to me, tliut I did receive the noli
ugain ; nnd 1 have often since said, oominencift
on the morning of the next day, tlmt if the l- ol j
mine case had have occurred to me, that I wouM
not havo token the verbul promise of Mr. i’o.
nnd after night of the same day Mr. Lltlc r- 1 '- 1 ' “
me, that I hud better tukc Mr. Pooler’s gtumwW
in writing. The renson why I employed
Pooler to bring suit against Lorraine, was fod*
express purpose thut lie slionld bo a witness to in'
failure nnd inability to pny tho debt whipkj'ftt
been given under his guarantee as contain* *
tlie certificates hereunto-annexed, nnd boilsJP
at the same time thut I should not bo liable fort*
cost, provided Lorraine failed to pay—but 1
disappointed.
With this subject, fellow-citizens, I do h<H
that 1 shall never again have occasion to tiawjl
you in the columns of u newspaper—that 1 h #
not charged Mr. Pooler wrongfully, I ^ e0 ,'“f 11 -
dent of your acquiescence—that be stands nrt°
you as tne promulgator of known falsehoods,»
apparent from tlie first to tlie last of his pum 1 j
thins—lienee I have snid, and i do again
tlie expression, that the abuse of Robert VV. **
er, enn injure no honest citizen, neither can W •
benefited by ids nbuse of one who views lui“
unworthy of notice. * ,u
Being now about to disappear frombefom
public nbove my own nume, ahd ns you h#v
u former occasiou, heard it said thnt 1 hays ,,
living ninong you for liino years! and ns fins i ,
first time that I Imve ever been Ijroiiglit min «
terciition with uny of your, citizens—u tom*
marks reverting to the origin of tliis ulliui* ,
'be deemed improper. 'Ac certificate, stnt
affidavit, und subsequent plot which you "S
iienrd so much uboui; form not the ground 1 .
reni cause of Mr. Pooler’s dislike to me- y. *
glnnted in consequence of my not J
ed in tlie wake of Ills political meandering i/S
i an agent whereby ho kos*
ft!
because I huve been t