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“ Tell inc, vizier,” so the monarch not long alter
w>rd< addressed his sage adviser, “tell me how is it
that I, a poor friendless stranger, have been made a
great king, and let me know when this mummery is
' t.r end ?”
“ Mighty suit tn,” said the vizier, “all the inhabi
tants <»f the island, whom thou takest tor men, are on
ly spirits.” Tee king shuddered under his royal
robes, but »aid nothing, and the vizier proceeded.
“ W* are, however alway* under the government of a
mortal, who is sent ns Goin time to time, by the great'
Lord of all, to rn'r over us. As soon ns he lands
among u<, h* is point’' ! out as our bttur® ruler, and
w.- are t dd. at ti e s mie time, how long be is to wear
the crown. Tfis, however, is never told t'ttr sultan
until the appointed time comes, when he is to lay
down his dignity. When th it time comes, he is sud
denly dethroned, dressed in a coarse and unsightly
garment, and carried away to a barren desert island.”
The -tU tan trcmldid once more from head to foot,
and .t,.ked it uis predecessor bad been told, like him,
what a sad fate awaited them.
‘ Thev were all told of it,” said the wi«e vizier,
“ b t th y made no good use of their knowledge.
Thoy e j yed the pleasure of the moment, without
thinking of the future. 3<» the time for their dethrone
ment came upon them before they h id made the slight
est preparation for rendering their future life hs the
desert island an agreeable one.”
“Why, can that be done ?” asked the astonished
sultan.
“ Surely it can," wis the answer. “No one hin
ders thee from now at this very moment, beginning
to plant a colony on the barren island, which is to be
thy future h ibitation. If thou doest this, rts barren
ness will be changed to beauty, thou wilt be joyfully
received when thou goes to dwell upon it, and never
regret the splendour thou hast left behind thee. But
hasten, hasten, if such is thy intention ! Feeble man
is master of the present moment only, the coming
one belongs to destiny."
The prudent Sultan did not, like his predecessors,
turn a deaf car to the warning voire of his good
vizier; without loss of time he sent a large number
of his best and most valuable subjects to the desert
island, and commanded cl em to prepare a pleasant
retreat Ibr him against his coming. Therefore, when
he was dethroned, and forced, as others had been, to
vi-it the abode of ban nness, he found it fertile and
pleasant to look upon, and full of blooming flowers
and wcet fragrance; and there he lived for ever in
• hrerfulness an I peace, for he knew that this was his
final restiiig-plai e, and that he had no further change
or iccident to fear. And here my tale endelh,” said
the vizier, and was silent.
“ And what is the meaning of all this," said the
cdlip’i, impudently, “v. hat is the hidden meaning of
thy long-winded story? It contains, I suppose, some
useful moral reflecti on ; but, if it does, it is so care
fully concealed that I cannot find it. Speak more
clearly I”
“ Know then,” said the vizier, “ the rich and be
nevolent man is God; the slave, to whom he gave
freedom, a newly-born mortal; the island on which
he lands, which he at first thought uninhabited, the
world; his advisers, wisdom; the line of his govern
ment. his life; and the barren island to which he is
banished, the after world. The colonists he is per
mitted to send into it, to beautify it, are the good
works that he performs in this life, and the careless
rulers are those who get drunk with the pleasure of
this life, without thinking on that which is to come.
And now, commander of the faithful, suffer me likewise
to point out the application of my story. Duringthi
period of the government, thou hast sent mnny colo
nists before thee to make green the face of the desert
island which is the appointed resting-place, but all the
labour limy have performed will be in vain, if thou
shouldst take the life of a true and faithful servant f
a trifling matter. Forgive him, even as thou honest
in God that he will one day forgive thee!”
This bold remonstrance induced the caliph to lay
aside his anger and pardon his innocent servant.
A gpulicman who lately built a honse was show
in it to a ftiend, ami with great glee was pointing
out ail its various accommodations. “My dear sir”
interrupted the other, “have yon made the staircase
w ide enough to bring down your coffin?”
An old lady 'ntrly told her household that she
should t e obliged to get another tooth brush into the
family, w -he bad taken so many boarders that one
nos not enough for the whole concern.
A l td having got into the parlor with some of the
neithlmr - < Lil n n a-rl kicked up a dti'-t among the
rtch Itirnitnre, Ins father gave him a whipping, ami
then a-ketl him how he relished his playing.
"I like the play very well,” said he, “but the af
ter-piece is intolerable.”
“Halloa Snooks, what’s the matter with yon to
‘‘l’ve got the bank fever." “What’s that ?”
“t’ h . , one empty pocket and another with nothing in
it!”
An Jnvitalitm.— Say, nigga, cum and hah de plea
se eob a dinin widyotir mot humble serbent won’t
you heli!”
“Wy, look here, Sam—l’ge not partidar in mv
sosias .tins —b« I wi-h to know fu? before I vail mysef
ob your perlite imptimashun, whar you had vour
10ifj,..,.” 3
“No difference, nigger, whar I lodge. J don’t
az you to sl*ep wid me—but only to eat dinner in a
grreable sociumbility,”
The United States G izette, contains the following
queer advertisement:—“A legitimate gentleman
wishing to retire, would be willing to become the son
of a person having no male offspring.”
Agreeable Mistake.—K man in St. Louis, recen
tly presented a che< k for $45 to the teller of the Bank
<>f Missouri, and received instead $4,500. On ma
king the mistake known to the teller, lie received the
lie direct, and was told it was all right.
A Polite Town.— Charles IL, on passing through
Bodwi , is said to have observed that this was the
pohte.t town he had ev< r seen, as one half ofthe houses
appeared to bowing, and the other half uncovered.
A Cicnws.- -Bulwcr, in his new play “The Lady
<»f Lyon-,” gives the following definition of a genius;
“A man who can do every thing in life except any
tiling that’s useful."
A Limerick (Ireland) paper mentions that destitution
au'l distress prevails in that place to so great an extent,
that it was feared the hungry population would break
into stores, in search of something to satisfy their appe
tites.
From flit Southern Banner.
MOKE MLSKEPRE>EM'A 1 ION. •
We bad occasi in in our last, to notice the disingenu
ous attack made by the Whig press upon Judge M< Don
ald, for his vole in il:o Tassels case, and to show that that
vote when properly understood, must receive the sanction
of the considerate of all parties. W e regret to be under
the necessity of again correcting the misrepresentations
oi our opponents upon another subject, and of showing
their tolly and recklessness in charging Judge McDonald
with being a T niff man. In proof of this charge, an e.x
--' tract from the Journal of the House of Representatives
of 1830, is brought forward, where an amendment to the
resolutions offered by Mr. Towns was proposed, by in
serting in one of the resolutions, the word “ unconstitu
tional,’’—Judge Mi Donald voted against this amendment,
and upon this foundation the Columbus Enquirer chare’ s
him with openly aduncating th' constitut onality of a
Tarif, "and its consequent train of miseries to thr pt o
pie.” That a tariff for revenue is < onslitntronal no man |
in his senses denies, and that the tariff of 1828, professed
on its *ace and in its title to be a tariff firr revenue, all who
are acquainted with the subji cl know. Hence u was
technically in cmrlbrmitv with the constitution, and was
only pronounced tin 'onstitiitional hvanv one, because, tin
der the cover of a granted power, it sought to accomplish
»n object unwarranted bv the spirit of that sacred instru
ment. There were many as decided opponents trf the
tariff of 1828 as the editors ofthe Enquirer thems’lves,
who c mid not declare it unconstitutional, w ithout qualify
ing the expression so as tr» make it apply to the •■vi<l, n
intentinn, rather than the words of the act. fv. n thr
cclebra'cd protest, adopted by our L"!’i'l itore m 1828,
only went so far as to declare this law “decctuive in i'»
title,” and “unconstitutional in its well known objects”—
recognizing, of course, iis literal, its technical cun-ritu- !
tionality. That Judge McDonald should hesitate, thr n,
in introducing this word where it must and would have
been taken in its broadest, unlimited signification, is not
tn be wondered at ; particularly when it is remembered
that he was willing to give, and did give, as decided an
expression of hostility to the tariff, as any member on
that floor.
The following resolutions had been adopted bv the
Senate, and were before the House for their concur rence.
To procure joint, authoritative action, he was ready to
vote for them without alteration or amendment; and
their language is certainly clear enough to define the
position of their supporters to be any thing but frierullv
to a tariff w hich should bring a “train of miseries to the
people.” Read them.
“Whereas the period has arrived when an open and
frank expression of the sentiments rd' the people, ma\
correct erroneous impressions abroad, and remove the
delusions of either corrupt or visionary men at home as
to the strong and predominant feelings ofthe citizens of
Georgia :
And whereas, recent events in an adjoining State, and
the expression of opinions in ouqawn, go far to threaten
the peace and happiness of our beloved country ; which
intention is too distinctly marked to he mistaken, in such
an emergency, every good citizen is bound to rally around
our National Government, which has heretofore shed
such a lustre over our political, moral and civil associa
tions, as to attract the admiration of the world. At
such a momentous period then, the people of Georgia do
not hesitate to avow, through tb.e present Legislature, a
firm adherence to the principles expressed in the follow
ing resolutions. *
Ist. lie it therefore resolved by the. Senate and House
o f Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is soltmnly r< solved by the same,
That as the present Federal Constitution is the acknow
ledged bond of union be tween these United States, w ith
a view therefore to make it forever permanent, and to
avoid all causes of dissention and complaint, it is essential
that the national Govt foment in the exercise of its func
tions should strictly adhere to a literal construction of
that instrument, and carefully avoid the assumption o f
any power not clearly given.
2d lie it resolved, 1 hat though Congress may legiti
mately raise a revenue for the support of government;
yet in doing so, a just and prudent discretion ought to he
•exercised, constantly keeping in view a fair and just
equalization of the hurthens imposed amongst tire several
States. We find, however, that this principle has been
disregarded in the existing Tariff of 1828. This law,
unjust in its conception, Iras also been nartial in its oper
ation, and its baneful pressure is still continued, on the
vital interests ofthe South. Hitherto the people of this
State, with their accustomed patriotism, have yielded
obedience to it; but the time has at last arrived’ w hen,
in the spirit of equity and moderatiow, their interests
should be regarded and their wishes respected. They
therefore, now, in the most emphatic terms, demand its
modification, at.d better adaptation to the interests ofthe
whole.
3d. Re it resolved. That Georgia, in common with the
Southern States, is fully sensible ofthe importance of an
early and final extinguishment of the national debt, be
cause when that period arrives the call for revenue will
only be in proportion to the immediate wants ofthe gov
ernmen*. Thus a prolific source of discord will he re
moved, and the blessings of harmony and good will again
pervade the whole.— she prr sent legislature view thi*
result with profound solicit e, ami be? have to pre.-,
its accomplishment on the present national administra
tion.
4th. it resolved.'Vbut as there are copflr ting opin
ions as well as atr avowed hostility of the people, apaiiiv.
the assumption, by Congress, to applv the national n
sources to the purposes niiscdh d “Imerual Improve
mem, this Legislature cannot forbear expressing thei'
disapprobation ot any such appropriations, umil tlir
Constitution of the I’nited Stati s is so amended as ex
plicitly to give the power claimed.
sth. Re it resolved, I hai the people of Georgia view
with deep and increasing solicitude, tire frequent ami open
expression of opinions unfriendly to the < orrtitmar.ee o
our present happy union ; and they cannot now retrm
from declaring it as their firm and solemn belief that tin
preservation of the present General Governim-m as ha-erf
on the Fer/crrtZ Constifulioti, is the reckon wiii< h on
future safety rests; and that on the < omirmance ol thi
confederation, not only depends the present, but the fu
ture existence and happiness of these United States. Not
can this prim iple be too highly < lierished amongst our citi
zens. his firmly believed that disunion, will bring in its
train, discord, misery, and civil war. And finally, that
the people of this Stale, will deem those unworthy of
their confidence, and their worst enemies, who seek to sow
among themthe seeds of disunion, and in reduce the bane
ful doctrines of notification.
fi'b. Resolved, I hat the people of Georgia, by their
representatives now in session, view with deep and in
creasing solicitude, the re-election of Andrew- Ja< k-on to
the Presidency of the United States, avowing an open
and frank devotedness of feeling to his limited construc
tion of the Federal Constitution, and to the measures of
his administration generally : and that the people of Geor
gia cordially approve of the late policy pursued bv the
G’-neral Government in relation to the Cherokee Indians
in trying to effect their removal west ol the Mississippi.
7th. And be it further resolved, That the people of
Georgia disapprove of the political opinions of John
Quincy Adams, as expresst d in liis luaugor.il Arbiters.”
These resolution* opposing the Tariff, opposing the i
authority of Congress “to apply the national resources to >
the purposes miscalled Internal Improvement,” advoca
ting a limited “cor struction ofthe constitution,” and dis
approving of the “political opinions of John Quincv
Adams, that prince of abolition f deralists—were cordi
ally voted for by Judge McDonald, and as cordially votefl
against by Judge Dougherty. Were we to adqp t
mode of reasoning made use of by the Whies, we should
charge Judge Dougherty with being a tariff man, a nation
al internal rmprovement man, and a John Quincv Adam, ,
man, because he voted against tire resolutions. But he •
" CS< c bec ’" se 11,e,8 others before the House I
which ha preferred, and Jndge McD.nald voted for these i
because as a whole he preferred them toothers.—The I
opinions of men in such cases are not always to be gather- I
ed by wlmt they vole against, hut bv what they vote for; |
arid notwillistaiiding the re r arks made in a previous part
of this article, relative to the unconstitiitionality of the
tariff, we cannot regard Judge McDonald’s vote on the
proposed ameiidiin nt as convevitig any positive informa
tion as ro his views on the general question. But the
Senate resolutions are cle <r and explicit, and they furnish
as strong proof his devotion to the interest of the State
ami the iiitr grity ol the Uuiott, as any reasonable man
could desire.
The species of warfare adopted by <iur opponents can
not benefit them. Garbled and perverted extracts from
the Jotirt als, accompanied by false inferences and un
worthy charge*, have been so often paraded before the
people, that they have wis’ ly become cautious as to the
itmounl ol credit which should be giver) them. We could
adopt a similar course towards Judge Doughertv, arid
make him out to have voted every wav but the right one;
iin we sr orn an employ merit of this kind. If our candi
date cannot suct r ed upon a fair presentation of his claims
to popular support, without our perverting the actions,
misrepresenting the motives er vilifying the character of
bis competitor, we must submit to defeat, which we trir-l
we.shall be able to do with becoming resignation. On
ibis score, however, we have no fears; for salisfi. d of the
met it ol our candidate ami the correctness of our piinci
ph s, we cannot rlo iin but both will be iriumphant.
THE ItEGI l. vTOK.
Fbe Ijnited States Bank is fast verging towards that
point of dis< redit al r-i icb when it rnn’e arrives, its pow
er to perpett ate miscltief will be n.*iiirabz< d. Its stock,
muwitlistamlint; all the stratagems and devices of frit nds
a give it an artificial and fn titious value, hassuddt n'y fal
len le while other stocks have gradnallv iizen. Its
post notes thrown into the niaikr-l for the purpose of pro
curing funds t t ship to Europe, are publii h s'ld at 18
tn r <'<'iit below their par valm , ami a general mistrust of
the soundoess of the bank pervades the mercantile world.
A hat will lie tlie i esiilt of ihis state of things ? Its brain h
oi tills city, the Mei< bants’ Bank, may tender some assis
tance to the imtoi tunam insti'iitioii bv issuing a few mill
ions more of five dollar checks - if the community will
onh take them and keep them, and promise not to send
them io Pliilaiii Iphia to he exchanged for specie : for the
mother hank knows by bitter experience that her power
to issue that kind of spurious paper ami make it circulate
through lite wt st and s iutli, has passt d aivav. The late
expel iment of tin- same kind, about wliich theie wa. so
much foolish boasting and vaunting in the Bee, proved
most unlucky, ami turned out to he one of the principal
• auses of the embarrassments of the bank. ’I he conti i
vers of that scheme fondly imagioed that, as of old. those
checks would remain in circulation, and the lew which
would come upon them for payment, would be brought iir
small quaiili'u s or one at a time. Contrary to this anti
cipation, they have been calli <1 upon for pay inent of near
ly th? whole amount in the course ol a few weeks.
Tire post notes have taken the place of lhr.se five dol
lar clivr ks, and rb< y have proved at< mporaty lesource
for raising the wind. But this mode of iliaining the east
ern cities of l.ieir spe< ie is not borne so patiently as rhe
check system was toleialed here. The directors of the
local banks in New-York have remonstlated with the ma
nagers of the United States Bank in as firm a tone as
they dared to assume, and some of the federal papers,
echoieg the complaints of their patrons, the merchants
and bankers, speak out w ith a plainness and an energy
which form a remaikalde contrast to their former setvility.
'Fhe New \oik Journal of Commerce has generally pur
sued an independent course in relation to the huge and
iffischievotis monied power of the U. S. Bank, and on the
present occasion it is consistent w ith itself. Tl e subprin
ed article is copied from that paper. The Journal of
Commerce is decidedly federal in its politics. But some
other papers in New York, have recently spoken a hingmagc
which would expose them to the maledictions of their
party, were the bank in the same high and palmy state,
which five or six years ago extolled the hosanas anti gen
uflexions of these apostates, who turn their backs upon it
in its present declining condition.
If the banksol New Orleans have any thing to offer as
a quid pro quo, the present would be a nice oppottunity for
them tn obtain the fulfilment of the premise made them by’
the president of tin- United States Bank to furnish them
with a fi w’ uiil'ions of dollars in his notes to serve as a
circulating medium in Louisiana. The article could be
bad cheap, and is in some demand here. The quid pro
quo, one would suppose, might readily be found in checks
drawn on New Yolk batiks by the officers of
Bank, payable seventy-five days after dale, acceptance
wared.
We crave forgiveness from those gentlemen for suggest
ing this hint, which to persons of such remarkable ingenu
ity io finance as they are acknowledged by the whole world
to be, may appear likw presumption. But we are not alone
to filame in offeiing this opinion, for it is a preltv general
rema k among men of business that the checks of the City
Bank payable in Ncw-Yoik seventy-five dav s afterdate,-
acceptance waved, would he a very'fair equ valent for pa
per of the United United Mats Bank.— A. O. Lou.
Prnm the .V V Journal nJ*commf rce.
The gurac regulat .it. — Post notes —Our brethren
• 4 liila li Iphi.i have been much inclined to iharge us
I with hostility to their city, because we have animadver-
■e.l tree'y upon the doings of some of (lit if public iustilti
lions. We would like to know what the Philadelphia
ttpers would think it the post notes of New York banks
weir forced upon their market at such enormous rates of
in erest that all the loose nionry of their city was absorb
’d, so that bitsineix Philad* Iphtans could get no m >n< y at
«ny tate. Ami what would titer s.iv if tlie money so
•mriowed in Philadelphia. were made list 1 of to disturb
heir aff-irs still mor -by d< nianding it in coin from their
’inks? Smelv there would be no bound to the cry of
iil>< i ilitv and ungenerous warfaie upon the interests ■>!
Pili adelpliia ! But m> mauler for that. W’e do not
are to com ( lain in any such way merely as New
\ <;rker«.
But we do corn, l-iin as citizens against the prrpetiia
tioe of a sv stem of bank borrowing so exceedingly haz
ardous. Ihe fiii ard Batik and lite Bink of the United
States are the institutions whose post notes have been
sold most abundantly in this quarter. For three reais
lie post mite system has been pursued bv the last inen
'ioned institution, and pressed with constahdy increas
ing earnestness, until (he niaiket is dogged with its
mites, in all sums and at all times. Wholesale or retail
t borrows every thing, and “the smallest favors ate
thankfully teceived.” Yet this everlasting borrowers
which, like the horse leech, never cries enough, lias
balances tn draw in specie, and has drawn this week
abotit .‘J'iOO,(!()(). We f ln d no fault with thawing specie
fur any purpose, provided the fair movements of business
prompt it. Nor in fact are we disposed to find fault
with this feature 01 the business, much, at all. But we
<lo protest once more against a system so monstrously
wrong in hanking, as that the backs, the proptu money
lenders, should change their occupation and turn to the
tegular system of mammoth borrowing. It takes wav
the foundations from under the fabric of currency, and/
titles them on top. It cannot bethat affairs are safe in'
such a position.
Pho United States Bank for sixty or ninety days past
•as supplied all demands f. r exchange on England. It
las so i several oiillions of bills at least. What funds
t it se oills have been Iran n against for such very large
amounts, seeing that American stocks have ceased to
sell, we do not understand; nor do we suppose that the
bank will think it verv essential that we should. And
why, now, the same bank, or its most intimate compa
nion, is shipping great amounts of gold to England, and
is still drawing bills at a heavy loss, compared with the
gold when it gets out, we are equally at loss to under
stand. But perhaps the United ♦itatrs Bank has under
taken to prop up the Bank of England and help cotton 1
•o keep ■■ittral price. Perhaps it w lending rts
energies to support the government of England against
the Chartists. It is constantly making gr< at sacrifices
at somebody’s expense, ami for somebody’s benefit
neither of which somelu dy’s can exactly be found ;
but still, so long as grand views of mercantile be nevo
lence are oarried out and accomplished, who cares for
newspaper scribblers? What do they know about
inaney ?
STATE RIGHTS AND UNITED STATES RIGHTS.
® fva i) .7
THE TttL'E ISM'B.
Slv.dl ours he a (iOTEI{S.ME.X'I' Uh' THU
ora GOP hillfr MJW oh’ Ti E PEOPLE? Shall u
■h'Jve u COS >TI t I TIOSAt. 7 it I. -t M P.Y. or <:n U \
COSSTITI TIOSAI. \STIO.\AL /< i.\ K ? Shallot
have a CONsTITI TIOISAL t I h.l l.Et J ofooi.n AM
SILVKK or one Os HIHEIHEM Al Li PAI fl:? ."htl
wt hi; under the despotism ;f a MOS I Eli f P,IS I (>CR At 1
«r under the safeguards of a I KEE < (>.X>7 /Tl TIOK ?
ashiirg’oti', < hronicle.
TUESDAY MORNING, <)( TOBER 1, 1839.
DEMOCRAT iO TICK FT.
FOl; Pb’FSIDEXT.
VAft RI’KEIV.
FOR VICE pi! |> HH'.N'r.
J O II IW F<> RS Y T IJ.
Ft'R GOVERNOR,
CHARLES J. McDOWALD.
“THERE IS A TIME FOR ALL THINGS.”
And i:< n is the time lor eve*y Democrat to work for him
self and his comitrr.
It is less than one short week to the election—an election
in >< hicli zreat and fundamental principles are involved.
I he ground upon w Inch parties have c mt.-ned in Georgia,
tor a scries of years, is now charißcd. Th t party w hich
from thirty tw >. has fought tilidei the haulier rtf State Itigh s.
ha* shifted its flag, arid is »u rg’d uinlcr the broad and cx
pinisivo ensign ol ll’hig. amt leagued with the opposition
which has been organized throughout the Union, to the ureas
ures of the present republican arlministiatioii. Ev, n Mr.
Glay, the fajierof that very tariff which seven years ago.
shook the Union to its centre, and was upon the verge of pre
cipitating South Carolina and Georgia into an open rupture
with the General Government, aheady finds farm- with ma
try who then denounced him as their worst enemy, and “has
many ami w arm friends in Georgia.”
J he energy and success of onr democratic friends should
stimulate them to the most vigorous activity, and victory is
ccitaiu.
'Die Whig cause is overturned in the Union. The combi
nation is broken up. Clay, Webster, Harrison and their file
leaders, w ith al! their abominable heresies of federalism,
bankism, abolitionism, tariffism and gag laws, arc sprawling
oil their backs. Bixteen States of the confederacy have de
clared for the administration, ami four more will as cettainly
esme in. Ihe measures of Martin Van Buren, have eleva
ted him to an enviable popularity, and the democracy art
rally iug around him in every quarter of the I iiion. with a
force which nothing can resist, and Georgia will do likewise,
and show her devotion to a Northern President w ith South
ern feelings and principles.
Let next Monday announce to our confederates and the
world, that Georgia will stand by the constitution. That
she will support the man who maintains the sovereignty of
the States, arid denies to the General Govermneiit the exer
cise of any power not specifically delegated by the constitu
tion.—The man who opposes n National Bank, a protective
tariff—internal improvements by Congress, and abolition in
every form, and who supports the great measure of delive
rance and liberty, as contemplated in a total divorce of the
government from the Banks. And such a man too, is
CHARLES J. McDONALD. the mail of the people.
STILL BETTER.
From intelligence of the most satisfactory ch'iacter, re
ceived within a few days past, and from various quarters of
the State, we are authorised to congratulate the Democracy,
upon the splendid prospects of tlnir candidate for Governor.
Judge McDonald is going ahead. His party friends ate
rallying around him with a unanimity scarcely ever < quailed
in the State—while many her tofore opposed to him tn poli
tics wi’l support him in preference to living thrown in o the
ranks of Henry Clay ami the whigs. ami wh favorable
•ollie measures of the pre-ent administration of the G, nerd
Giivrtuiiient; ami nothin" is w tiling bi t a general turn out
• n the day to rentier sti <-cs. certain
IT’d 5 0 GO.
M e have it from a source on which we implicijy rclv, that
Mr. Josiah Fl uiy <1 <1 not vote the Van Bunn ticket al
die last Presidential F.leciion.
It set ms that he did not vote in h's own county (Putnam)
and we would thank those who have been so anxious lo Io
cate him in the Union ranks, io tell us in what county he vo.
ted ?
Being fully satisfied that Mr F did not vote the Van l!u
ren ticket, wo chal.enge ill >se w;i,i have m ule die assertion,
to prove it.
TUB TAMSLL?. CASE.
There has been so much » id ah ut the 'Passels case, and
so much abuse has been poured upon Judge McDonald for
the vote he gave upon that question, ami that too, fur the
puipose of turning it to the account of h : s opponent Judge
Dougherty, that it becomes pit per that the people should
know the ground occupied by Judge Dougherty upon that
occasion.
The Tassels case transpired in 1830. Judge Di.ughertJ
was that year a member of the House of Representative.-,
as the Journals will show.
At page 243 of the Journal just mentioned, you will find
his vote reemded. in favor of atnhorisiug the President to ar-1
rest the Staie in the exercise of her sovereign rights, and to !
prevent the survey of her own territory with the militmy'
force of the United States: ami at png • 251, you will find,
his vote recorded against the passage of the bill to survey and
distribute the Cheiokee countrv.
But in looking into the proceedings upon the Tassel”
case, behold the name of Judge Dougherty is not recorded.
I his mighty champion of Stale Kights, was not there when '
the lug came, or his name would he found on the one side |
or the other. We have no idea of seeing men dodge tout hi
questions.
We give the names of .those who voted for the resolutions,
and leave the people to judge. (See same Journal page 440.
Those who voted in the afliimative, are Arkin, Atkinson.
Barr, Beall of Twi gs, Black, Black-heat, Bowen. Brown.
Bryan, Burns, l.'alhouti. Carnes, Cleveland, Cone. Curry of
Washington. Dickson, Drew. Fannin, Fintrie, Flewelle«
Graybill. Gross, llainptoti, Hardee. Harrington, Hatcher,
llayms, Hazzard, Hodges, Holland. Holt, Hopkins, Hudson
ot Putnam. Irwin, .leukins. Jones ol Junes. Jones of Liberty
Jones of I hornas, Jones of Warren, Kellum. Kelly. Leonard,
Lester. Lot g, Lovett, Maun, M’Clemlotr. M Coy. M ‘Craven.
M N- :il of Newton, Neal of Wilkinson, Northeiu, Oli
ver, Pear mail. Price, Reeves, Reid. Robertson. Robson.
Rutherford, Ryan. Simmons, Suclliugs. Tavlur. Tirrell.
Terry, Thompson, Tuwuseud, Tutle, Woitmau. Williams.
Winn. Young.
And so it appears that if Judge McDonald voted against
the resolutions. Judge Dougherty did not vote for them. Si*
of oue. and half a <loz u of the other.
People should not hollow before they get out of the wood-*.
HEALTH OF AUGUSTA.
We publish the following melancholy list fiom the last
Georgia Constitutionalist, with emotions of heart felt
sorrow.
The visitation upon our sister city has been awful in
deed, ami it is a source of deep regret to learn that the
scourge still continues with urrdiminislied malignitv.
In the midst of so much calamity, tl e noble rondui t of
the City Council reflects the highest honor upon that bodi,
and the untiring devotion of the Mayor, to iffe destitute
and afflicted of all classes of the community over whiclt
he presides, will long endear him to his fellow citizen*.
The weather still continues unfavorable to the Health
of our city. VV e have been a long time without rai> , aad
at present there is very little prospect. The river contin
ues low—in fact lower than in the remembrance of our
oldest inhabitants. Drays traverse it without anv nan
ger, the water not going over the hubs of the wheels, un
til within two or three yards of the Hamburg shot).
As regards the sickness, our report of yesterday ex
hibits a fair showing, but the fever still rages in the r i’y.
and is more scatlerr d than at any rime previous!' noticed.
To our absent friends we will still say, keep away—aii’l
they may rest assured we will inforiii them of trie earliest
moment, when they can return with safety.
In our last reports we noticed the deaths of one hun
dred and twenty six persons by fever—since then we
have to report the following, among them the names <3
some of out most useful and enterprising citizens, vix:
George King, Rr-Sl.ici,-.
Wm. Rankin, ••
John Riley, (Tailor,) “
|lsa;t'- Hmiglikiik, “
D miel McMurphy, ••
Mis. Catherine Cashman, “
Mrs. Eliza Mmrtitz, Resident.
Mrs. Margate! war, “
{Dr. Millon Antonv, Resident.
Caropficld, “
I\noth<-r child ot Asa Smith, “
Robert Dilhm, ••
jlohn B. Guedron, “
Daniel Roman, “
Wm. Roundtree, “
Miss Frances E. Turman, “
Vic.or Crepu, “
Miss G. Turman, (10 years old,) “
Morgan Couvart, tink’n, believed. New York.
Jeremiah P. Mori is, (in prison,) Georgia.
Dervin's son, (8 years old,) Restdent.
Richard Deimont, In land.
Edward Deaver, Maryland.
JWiii. I utt, Res dent.
JF. Biodget, (a child,) “
Irwin L. Hood, Wilkes, G i.
JWm. Pautoti, Resident,
jjohn J. Shear, “
W in. Morris, . “
Mrs. Crbsley, «•
Johnathan Dunn, England.
And 6 negroes.
| Hied out of the city.
MAYOR’S OFFICE. I
Augusta, Sept. 25th, 1539. J
The Mayor of this city ackiiow ledges the re< e.pt id unn
thousand dollars, from the City Council of Savannah,
through Robert M. Charlton, Mayor of that city, “to alle
viate the distresses of the sick poor” of Augusta,
A. CUMMING, Mayor.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Thursday, Sept. 19—12 M.
The Board report the deaths of seven white persons
in town, and one in the country, from/ever, and two ne
groes from old age.
Friday, Sept. 20—12 M.
Theboard repoit the deaths of one adult m the « ilv,
and two adults and one child tn the countrv, d.i<i>ig tlie
last twenty-four hours.
Saturday, Sept. 21—12 M.
The board report the deaths oi three white pinions
ami one negro Irotn lever, in the city, and one while pet
son in the country, from the same disease, duiing the last
twenty-lour hours.
Sunday, Sept. 22—12 M.
The Board report the deaths o. three adult wniie per
sons, two cnit ren, aid one person of color, from h-ver,
■ lining the last twenty-four hours also an infatH, a few
day s old, from constitutional weakness.
Monday, Sept. 23—12 M.
The boaid report the deaths of two persons in the citv,
one adult and one infant in the country, ftoin fever; and
one negro woman in town from old age. *
Tuesday, Sept. 24—12 M.
The board repnrt three deaths in the citv and two in
die country from fever, one from apoplexv, anil one ne
gro titan of infiamation of the bowels, duiing <lh.- U»F
twenty-four hours.
Wednesdey, Sept. 25 l2 M.
The boaid report that but one death has uccuiedfimu
fi ver, during the last twenty-four hours.
A negro gil died on Situnlav, in Columbia county,,
having been removed fiom ihe city, but the fact was not
known until to dav.
A. CUMMING, Mayor.
S. M. Thompson, Sec’y.
/■'or the St-indird of Union.
Mr. Editor: —1 find in a communication in the R--cnr
dcr of the 10th inst. over the signature of “Om- of you.”
! it is stated that “al the last Session of the L> gisbitm <•,
I Mr. Speakt r Day, presented (as the writer is inf rmn ) a
1 peti-inn forwarded from Harris county, on the same suli
-Iji ct” meitiin.'tlie licence law ; which information i. un
true ; if the wiitet had taken the trouble to examine the
Journals of tiie I louse of Representatives, he would have
found at page 122, that Mr. Pryor and not Mr. Speaker
Dav, presented the petition from Harris county to alter
the license law.
As various efforts have been made to misrepresent me,
on the subject, of the petitions now being circulated through
the country, I will state once for all. that while no man
would bo more gratified than myself, to witness a uiiiver
sal reformation in the morals of the people, I am decided
ly. and unequivocally opposed to any legislation on the
subject ..of ” Temperance.”
JOSEPH DAY.