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wise, to silence n part of the enemy’s artillery. It! will at least eitalilc those ol' u> who have been in the j renieui. to e’!<re 1 ■s in Iron!, and 'ended as we are our friinils in the w ill he .j.. the post nl honor will lie soon as-i colleairncs, and that, freed from llie an- Irout of the enga; by our nd\ i Vsifi i rear. We liopi signed to our noyanre of missiles from a fra ud at ids hack, he may have the glory of the victory. He :oks you “who 1 am?" and answers his own question In saying, 1 am one against whom the voire of condemnation is j gone forth ; that my constituents have not believed i me, and w ill not believe me again,” He states truly, i 'go the Speaker of the House of Delegatt s. in part, but, yoa hav e been told before, is not entitled j to the credit of giving you the first iuforuiati' n. He would not have repeated it, but to purchase to himselfj a momentarv gratification, which, being abstained ^ from, would have done his heart and his head more j Credit. That my coiistiiuents have not believed use, [ is admitted, but for that they there shall he a loss, it is their f——mbbbwwm*—aw— 1 ■ i ■—i' nn RESIGNATION OF GOVERNOR GILMER. j by this department, with as much propriety and as 1 The Speaker submitted the following comniunica- j utnple discretion as those with which you are invested tiou from the Governor of the Commonwealth, which j c:,n (, niploped by yourselves, i he act of I ongres.s w:i< read : ' of 1793 requires that a demand for fugitives from justice shall be made on the Goveri o Excct tiyr l)i r\i: i Mi:\T, ) { March 20, 18-fI. 5 Silt:—Enclosed is a communication, which yon ! are respectfully requested to submit to the House of ! Delegates. i Your oh’t. serv’t. THOMAS W. GILMER. Executive Department, ) March 20, 1841. $ most libera! icpiiblicnn theory and with the strictest the eonstitution. And tint is sufficient. As to '| 0 1’ esitJeiit’s vii ws may In; in regard to certain topic, |j l;<t tale and divide the country—the disputes with I'hijihniil Jb the General Assembly of l irginia. I have received and most respectfully considered Legislature of this State any more authority to retali- are not to blame. If! the proceedings of the General Assembly in refer- ale on them for his delinquencies than this depnrt- Tiiev are in pursuit once to an order of titis department, declining for the incut has to require that he shall do justice before he ol a State. j Our own Constitution requires the Governor <d' this . State to condeet all intercourse with other and For-; eign States. The question then arises whether the : Executive ol this Slate, in its intercourse with other! j States, has atiy discretion, within the acknowledged ; | sphere of its duties, or whether it is a mere pas>ive in istnnnenf, hound absolutely and unconditionally to re-' 1 gard a mutmd and reciprocal contract, the total disro- : gard of which, on the part ol'another Slate, has ren dered such extreme measures of precaution, necessary (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN N DRAIN ANO N. in your own estimation. Are the citizens of New j York more culpable than their Governor, or has the liiionism, tilt 1 public lane,, would have I ( i-n impcrtiiien; whatever they to intiodure them may l.i ' Mr ‘ /" ZU 'WMk h- ■ ; si.vy 1 FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 2. Kop: of their own happiiies and simiil pur rsue it iq their j present to surrender a fugitive from justice on the de exact it; that he shall obey the Constitution and Laws own wav. They should effect it i*v agents of their 1 mand of the Governor of Ne»’York. While it is a which were designed to regulate our intercourse be- own choosing. It would have been unwise in them source of unaffected regret to mo that any difference'' fore he insists on their fulfilment by this State? The to have w ho dill !t is not for me to decide wisely in selecting one who has m> policy i’C attempted to effect their object by an agent °f opinion should exist between the Departments of our Federal Constitution prescribes certain plain rides, i|fcred from them as to the course to be adopted. s Government, on subjects of so much delicacy and im- which were intended to apply to all the States. New whether they have acted ! I i0rli *tme :t» those involved in the present unfortunate York has denied that these nd FOR GOVERNOR. Charles j. McDonald. “GOVERNOR GILMER OF VIRGINIA.” The course which Governor Gilmer has taken in regard to the controversy with New York, affords a specimen oi moral courage and official independence, worthy of a monument. of ids own relations between our own State and the State of Ne or remedies are ap plicable to Virginia, and vet insists that Virginia shall hi 1 ,,lto 'hi- m ess. His hu,inc,, is to execute the laws of Congress in gard to those atul allolhci matters of interest to the His peculiar notions ou those topics are worth no m,, are entitled to no more con,iileratiou, than those of any ,,,'j individual equally well-informed, aud of equal imntag. j-weity. \Vc commend him for letting these things alone .. we should have commended him more if he had said : about the cuircncy. and especially if lie had made f e „, references to .Mr. Jefferson. Jf General Harrison hone-t | intends, as we have no doubt he does, to reform many ( ,f _ . ahu,es introduced into the administration by his iu,» j, llri| : diato predecessors—which abuses are the practical ofleer, .Mr. J< llerson's doctrines—we advise him, (for even ha a right to offer him ad vice) to forget Mr. Jefferson as quip,, possible. We do not know of a single eictjitioncl ert , General Jackson or Mr. Van Ilmen, which wasimta ; earning out in practice what.Mr. J< ffersou justified in i| t( ,,. v and would have performed, if he had been hold enou^l, : meet the public indignation, which he foresaw such au tempt would provoke. We should have been better pleased with the addr. the Fre.-ident had omitted all—yes, all—that lie has j tl duerd about Greece and l« me, and 8w ilzm laud, am! other am ieut or modeni goveinim c.ts and commies, , \, : our own. There aic two columns of tins superfluous V, Iittt ever light it may he viewed by others, it or—not ol a character to amuse opposiiion or to eueoura; • touching their happiness, that lie may not vield, for j York, I am anxious to believe that the agents of the j extern! them to her. Her demand is made on the ; cisely w ith meets our most decided approbation; and accords pre- otir notion- ol State rights, and Stale tin* honor of serving them, nm loo rigidly, lo prevent if meeting between him his “ an.ritiary yower in esse tint'/it < f the Pofomae" \ 1(1 a U. Whether they “will (lisleHere" me or not, I have never stooped to inquire, imr do 1 now. So lon g as the duties of a. station assigned to me by diem require *«e to declare what l know, and testify to wliat I see, I shall not a»k whether 1 shall he believed. It is my part to state truth—theirs to believe or disbelieve. Neither can l ever consent to remodel or mystify the truth, for the credit of being “ believed.” My coll* age says, “bis is wholly the antagonist position to mine in politics.” 1 am only surprised at the candid avowal on diis floor, (i he said it twelve months ago, my surprise would have proceeded from another cause. Rut bow v it we are autaironi-Is f I, it ill reference to otic v iews ol government ? The principles of Mr. Jefferson, put forih bv our party in 1S33? 1 apprehend ft is; and 1 hope lie will deal as candidly with all his constituents as he lias with wie. | stilt hold l<> them, and act on them. If lie is which lie holds ^people o! \ irginia diller only as lo the means of prolec- j Executive of Virginia, and on this department de- dependence, and reflects honor upon the late chief ling rights w hicli are, or ought to lie, equally dear volvcs the responsibility of deciding w hcthcr the bur- Tiiuugh llic duties of the Stales, with regard ( dens only of the Federal compact as to this question to the surrender of fugitives from justice have devolv- are to be borne by V irginia, while the benefits are to ed under the (. onstitiitioii ami Laws of the Union, on be enjoyed exclusively by New York. The consti- have not been denied, j that they are imposed New \ oi k as on \ it - the Executive Dej lartinenls of their Governments, tutional obligations of Virgi and though in the language ofour Suite Constitution, “die Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Depart- It has been assumed, however, bv an authority, as binding on prejudice, or to provoke ridicule; hut. to use a conum,,, phi use Judged in l>y the lie .d and shoulders, in exce bad taste—enforcing nothing, illustrating nothin", prc vi nothin". As a Ho run/ con.position, we confess we are -an disappointed with the address. It is no better than „„„ other public documents, with which our Whig friends ha made themselves merry. And this, we apprehend, is tl,. consequence I the President’s willingness to follow a mo- - pernicious example, ami make tin address that should equa lie no better that a surrender of her sov ereign rights, iu length the addresses of Id, predecessors. If he had S ai.| magistrate of the “old Dominion.” That \ irginia should yield to the demands of New York, at the very moment when the latter is setting 'ter just claims at defiance, would in our judgment, munis shall he separate and distinct, so that neither ! giniu; and it has been announced that th y will he exercise the powers properly belonging to «iiher of 'complied with on our part, when they are ackunwl- the dili of Vii ers, still the opinion f the General Assembly mia, is entitled to the utmost respect and edged on Iter’s. Is lh< ginia aIon<* to “aeinties r.xecuiive e,” when ! department of \ ir- ■ the ijeqislature ol consideration 1»die ti\e agents are her ('once! Executive appointed because bv the the Execn- the Stati 1 have denounced nrqnies< eiice The Federal ( 'oiistituiion rjslatiire. tints mneh, it is maintained that, with the ; States. Laeb ol tliese Stalt exceptions recogui'/.! cl in our constitution, each de-; control ol that ( onstitution, partinent ofour Government is responsible within the sphere ol its powers, only to the people. As 1 am nn dde to concur with the General Assem bly in their opinion as to the duties ol tills Depart ment on the present occasion, 1 may be excused I a com i Ills vny antagonist, he has become of them since we were elected. \\ In in 18.39, we agreed also in measim s. bv an abandonment M ust, lor assigning ,e came here i -seeniet I f we now dil- t on. fer, he has changed, purpose to oppose the kpecially did we big partv mid llu i gree in the measures, Rink, tarili’, internal improvement, national debt, etc. Huw is i< he now is mv antagonist ? 'Fiie act that lie elmse Harrison, and I \ an Rumi, did not us so, since b\ the former lie expected to accomplish the same which I proposed through the taller. lie was told before making that dcrhirntioii, that il the Whig Administration policy should prove what he once thought, and w hat a State KiRi!-- \ irginia nn tu ber, [Mr. Mallory,j a Whig, stiil thought ; I, for one, should sustain it as freely as I bad Mr. \ an Ru- ren’s. This (lillerencc, therefore, ran never make n- antagonists; and I can now a-mre him, that if he i> sincere iu liis profession of “strict construction,” the State Rights principles of’98, in his opposition to a j |dv, for tin United States Rank, protective tariff, internal im provements, and a piddie (it'.’t in time oi peace ; 1 will consent not to yield these i:,°a<ures and princi ples either to be “ Ir lin'iV at home or lo conciliate “rt /tower in esse not III of the I'afonnte. ’ He will find it impossible to be antagonistic;!! to me, unless there can be an antagonist w ho is not an opponent. What 1 have wilucsssd at this place, sir, reminds me forcibly of a remark once made to me by one of Georgia’s most gifted sons, mnv no more—one who was eminently distinguished lor the clearness ol ids conceptions, the brevity and force of bis language, the eloquence of ids manner, the power ol his intel lect, ad the ctinchisiveness of his reasoning—one w ho, during a protracted service here, stood conspicuous j for his zeuh his ardent devotion to, and con-i-tent sup- : port of, the ll« publican policy: 1 mean the late Thomas W. Gobi). Speaking ol this city, this Gov- ! eminent and their influences, during one of those mo some ol the reasons which have t?» me to indicate the course ol Executive ac- Reforc I had the honor lo hold my present sta tion, -t resolution was adopted by the General Assem bly of \ irginia iu these words: “That the course I'lirsiied by the Executive ol New York (in reference to a demaul ol the surrender ol take ! three fugitives from justice.) cannot be acquiesced in, and if sanctioned bv the Slate and persisted in, it will become the solemn dutv of V irginia to adopt the most decisive and cliicicut measures for the protection of the property of her citizens, and the mointainance of rights which she cannot and will no', under any cir- treason f let !u tween rights beyond die bile its rcmedii s are de signed to he, and must of necessity be, mutmd or im- a\ailing, ii the obligations of the constitution arc set at defiance by one State as to another, the injured Slate must either submit to the wrong, appeal to the constitutional arbiter, or seek by its own inherent power to obtain redress. It i; apprehended that few persons will lie found m \ irginia, who will advocate submission to the wrong which lias been perpetrated mi diis Stale by the Gov ernor of New York. This Department has already communicated to the (h-m-ral Assembly its v iens a.s to the powers of the Federal Government in i» fi renee to this controversy, but it is not within the •scope of Executive auihuiity to am to that government and lie rep r ntaliv es of the ‘ people have not thought proper to do so. You have preferred to rely >n the resomci s within the reach ol ; your department; you have brought those resources 1 to bear on tiic wli.de State of New York, and tin- De- ; partmeut lias only' Mi pended its eompliance with a : demand ol t! e Governor of New V <>rk, acknovvledg'- iugits validity, until that oliiecr shall think proper to comply with a precisely similar demand long since | made ou behalf <>f \ irginia. Are the icpresentativi s ol the people of V irginia alone lo complain ol this? The Governor of New V ork eannol complain, because lie is informed that the rights of his Stale will be respected, vv hen he re spects those of \ irginia. The people ol New V ork, ! to whom their Governor is responsible, may ask him how long justice shall he withheld from them, since it ! cumstances surrender or abandon.” I»\ another resolution I was requested to renew a correspondence with the Governor ol New V ork on the subject ol a demand bv mv predecessor, with which the Governor ol New York hint relusv d to e.om- nrrender of three persons charged with hav ing feloiiiou-ly carried away u slave, the proper!v ol a citizen ol this Commonwealth. I was further n- quested to invite the attention of other slave-holding Stall s to tin: subject, and to invoke their co-operation iu redressing the wrongs to which our Stale, was ex posed by liiciilu-al nl the Governor of New \ ork to surrender these fugitives from justice. The cones-i is in his power, at any moment, to entitle them to that pondence w liicli ensued with the Governor of New which he withholds from the people ol Virginia, iu J t ,yk aud with the slave-holding States, and its re- ! ad the relations ol life, the demands ol justice are niutii- and a palpable degradation ol the high character vvhici she has heretofore, so proudly maintained; and so far, as our feeble efforts are concerned, they shall he used to sustain Governor Gilmer. It is time the abolitionists should he made to feel aud know, tiu.t our rights of property, and our insti tutions are to be respected, and to teach them to con form to the golden precept, of doing unto others, as they would have others to do unto them. Let Governor Seward surrender the negro stealers and kidnappers of his own State, who have been ma rauding' upon the people ol \ irginia, anti offending against In t laws, and then let him require ot her Exe cutive, the dt livery ol fugitives from the criminal ju*- lice of New \ ork, and they vv ill he promptly given up. Lul while he protects those miscreants ftom the pun ishment due to their crimes—while he takes mum him-ell to declare that negro stealing is not even a criminal oficucr, the people of \ irg inia should not only i t lust: to comply with his mandate, bat should be pre pared “to stand by t!n ir arm I lie people of \ irginia, and tut; South, will sus tain Govtrnor Gilmer, in this act of Roman lirimuss. See Ids communication in nnotla r page. “Wit:» shall dec:ihe, when Doctors disagree?” Never have we seen the Inaugural Address (J Fre.-i■ leut Harri.-on, so unmen iliillv handled, and so nothin;: lint what was pcrimiuit lo tin* ore a -.ion, w il twill ttuupriii" any rhetorica. ilota'ishcs, h" .uild have "iven u, lew grains (.('wheat, without these five bushels of eh;. I til. alter all, as there are some hunjirv enough to (Veil . chalk it w as jn-rhaj>s a >ao\i.lent (lisjM.-iticm in tlteold t eral that induced him to In: ni-is so liberal a supply id il... .tv- V»e are satisfied with the smail quae; «'he:t|» nmii! ol vv In at. :i"M.-;ii a.tilrcss e ; they will Jia I vvi shall he con ins /' t.ihtiiij used |{(>s|ini (.'otiri Courier is the mouthpiece of Mr ported I larri'O i w it!i« all i*; lairiv aceustd of doing him i: suits i..‘Ve ! eeii commmiieated to llie General As'ciii- hlv . j'i.e wlitd w agency of ihL Department in con nexion with t!ii.' controversy since 1 have been charg ed with its high and 1k.:‘diaide trust has consisted in executing the requests an.'! pursuing the line ol policy'marked out !<V the Legislai.'9'c. Tiie Governor ol New Y<uk lias pc'-’stcd in tint course of utter and wanton disregard ol i.hcobhga- lions of the c nslilution, vvhit li the last Legi .attiie le^iared would not only justify hut demand .from In nit ills ol freedom in conversation, when he was wont '"'bile the most decisive and efficient measures ot .'h - (ii to relax into a familiarity of expression, peculiar himself, lie concluded bv saving: we send Republicans to Washington, aud they conn back Federalists,” fence. W bile the Governor of New York alone could ! «• Rv 'Imt, Mark . be regarded as responsible for that course, and vv bile mittcu . ! • ... ... fault of V ,."”inia that our relations with New 3 d to these embarrassments. Ev ery al; and is it only in the intercourse of States that thi- rule is to he disregarded? If the aggressions of one State on the lights of another, are not to affect die claims of the offending State ia pret isely similar ca ses, when lliev are preferred in the forum of the State which lias been injured, nctpiii'sceiiccs, on our part, will only encourage the perpetration of vv rung and op pression on die part of others. If die instance' of fla grant disregard of constitutional obligations which has occurrt d on the part of New York does not affect her ,!> liiands on \ irginia, it may be enquired how often o.'pmcc is to la' repeated before we can be per- to hc.'dl-ito in our .submission? It is not the k REMEDY FOR SCALDS. liV a t itv.s'iri v 1 have so often seen to the newspapers, and at out OF Fit 11. \ phi fit l A • emedics for human ills given c consigned to oldiv ion, that 1 have for a great while hesitat d to pres remedy to the public. For fourteen years I have prescribed it, and witnessed it< t fleet'. I deliberately say from fourteen years experience, that no disease or injiiry to the human system has a more certain remedy than this, for the most distressing of all injuries, that of scalds and burns. The relief is almost instantane ous; from a minute to a hall'an hour will usually find full relief from pain. No matter what the extent of a hope remained that it would lit' repudiated by hi State, 1 urge on your consideration the most pacific have been subject.'' ; and conciliatory measures. Rut when it became ap parent that the course which the Governor of New York had thus persisted in, had been, in the language jot the Genera! Assembly, “sanctioned” by the Le- 1 gislatwe cl Ids State at its present session, i concur red in the conclusion winch had been anticipated and cut liii' j declared by our ow n Legislature, that it became “the solemn duty of \ irginia to adopt the most deci-ive and efficient measures for the protection of the property over those ol this State, and while I lion oi lier citizens, and the niainteuaiuc of l ights which no demand of the Governor of Now \ m could not and would not, under any circumstances I surrendered or abandoned.” expedient lias been to iu vain, bv different departments of our GoverniY.' , -‘ n b 1 *' CI * ^'‘ s "I tilings. The State of New Vo,'.'" !•»> l*'-i'M If beyond the pale of the (’onstiiulion; 11 1 compe tent for her Executive to restore the relation.'- "h.V'l 1 once existed again at its pit asm c. As the (-hit ! At irate of \ irginia, i have not been willing to acknowl edge any superiority in the demands of New \ ork this station, ’ . v. ill be re spected until it is conceded that \ irginia is entitled (o at least an equal measure of justice and rasped w iili ts it lias lieen by the Editor of the and when it L emisidered that the liiouthtiii't’e of Mr. \\ ebster, and sup- energies, it cannot be _;t-lift,' ; but as we are dbpnsod to give our readers an epportunit v to form a • correct judgment upon the merits of the address, we > shall publish the remarks of the Courier, it being' the leading I lari ismi paper in .Massachusetts, and llr>seoD tiic Southern Recorder, as occupying; the same rank in Georgia. If the Courier is eom^tin the view which it takes of the Frcsidcnts Inaugural, the country’ lias lieen much mistaken, and vv ill be sadly disappointed, in re- j gard to the qualifications of the President, for the ! high station in which he lias been placed—while on ' die other hand, il the opinions oi the Recorder are not i erroneous, lie will make a />tf. si hie chief magistrate. As to which i~. light, and w hi di is wrong, we mu-t leave to time and the people ; but if we were called oil to decide tilt: matter, our \ i nliel would be in favor of : the Courier, from the Let, that, that print and Gen. Harrison have lieen so long in political fellowship as : old i-i.sbioned federali-t-, w idle a similar association between him and the Recorder, L not yet of a years duration. Inasmuch however, as it is a family affair, i they must settle it among themselves. In the mean time, we would ask the Recorder, what it thinks of the advice of its co-laborer, tiie Courier, to Gen. Harrison, “ to FORtiET Mr. Jeffer son as t/tticii as pos.dhlcr” And ol the following dec laration—“ We do not know of a siey/e e.en/t/iotiaf tie! ol Gen. Jackson, or .Mr. van Ruren, which was i ioiR i\ic r? he'.- in R.’{•<■;■«!•; r i i!I: i\.\i'(;n:.\L Me l.'ive 1 .ijt a wtatl to s:ij of the in- Pre.-videiit I tarrisoti. Il i-, lit ton' llie j'l'itji tiic appMijn■jaic verifier in n iaiinn to ir. ai lent Willi U. \\ <• enliuot, flow ever. rt U aio troni expie tun' pie !>ta e at leaniaig. that even onr (qqiniK'iUs. »«» far a tie; eiec inn ol (fen. iiarrhoii was eoiu'enietl. at least nim. ot ilieni, for w liotn we entertain noitiln;: !>nt resnectliil te<! ings. have not In mated to express ili-'ir tier.'led ajiproliaii. ; ol this first (Mjtdic act of the present President. We trus that the general course ol tiie present adiniaistiatiou im. i-'ieet with tiie .same approliaumi and support. itnt fhe press o| our (ijq>oneiUs have, a- usual, taken i ; the cry of d: hi e, aud h: e se::e; of old. in The absence of pretence for o 1»j: 'linns, they ask. can siiy giui! ciiiik; out t <»aii!eo? Iri- hard to do vvbii those whose principle seen, to he. a di'icraiinatioa to he displeased, cause or no can- 'A woiii.i a-!. i f These eaiidit! geiiilencn. if they do not ag • wilfi (icii. ifarii'-on in liis expo-lire of the dangerous an initiation of Executive power : are they no! pleased wi'li g. titanlv reeouinieiiihuiou tor their iimitalioti, even in tus or. hands? Ho They not agree with iiiin. in believing that ti, 81 ale an! ho ri lii's are in dsnger of la log ova rsliadow ed i ■ v il, • federal niiihori: v ; and are t!i. y not w i)!i his i-"e..i tiieudatiou to m; iain t!,e States ? Are they not gratified , tlx.' serein and derisive reproof of abolitionism, uho h proves to he dr-uuiie tif ail right, eoiisututiuiial or mtiertvi 1 ,'<» I hey not fee! that (ten. I iarrison is doing patriotic si-rvii . hatever llu v mnv say—w hen he disclaims and disprove-, ; eou--tirntion.il elaim. on die part of llie Kxeentive to ! . -iilt:ed a •lit agree with hin tin* people and tliei purposes? Do They object to hi- d< press? Do tltev olj'i't To his pnt.i w hile i ffiee-hohii'i's shall u.it prosriu part of the legislatuie ? Ho dry deter'initiation to forbid the money dices to pros’!!uted to cleetiont !■ for an intlepi-; • deter tn'nation. tlieir lo'w < r to in , election! oriug. li:rv -ha t l>e i frage, i \ n ag'iiii-l imnseif, w to he held ovri il.t in ? Put w terrogalories ! ti is useless. iidcfii'iiileiit in illr right of sn 1 ilfiout the peilTtlues of renio\ • In s.lion!,! vve eotuinae our in \\ e do not expect appioim- tion from th press opposed to 'be admioistraiion. Tor a tiling: and vve Tire almost willing to add. that as we do i expect, we as hide wish lor am notes of approval fu them. 1 jglit on., g nlletnen, and iniieb good may it do v (Q-'- Our II the penisal of th delivered iu the ply lo Ahoiitioi I.v juliucau retuifi's will nc gratified TstK ccii til’t.ie Hon. Mark A. Com Congress (>! the Lmt il States, in n- Whig, (ii i.iimrs, of Ohio, publishi tills duvtiatier. cab angii igf tint slimi: find a response in every true Southern heart, it not one of the It a^l evils attendant upon M. big; surer- t.hat sucii liien as Mr. Cooper are driven iVom ti (Jonneiis of the nation. Soutl.ern rigli's require “n Cliampions iu their defence. Exeejiting. the isi*i pendent Ailiml, the I'cniainder of t!ie Georgia t!> 1 gation peem to be the tat re apologist.- of i edera! Vv ,i nii-jnde. AIONEA ! MONEY!!! bills of the Monroe Rail Road, and Georgm it Air. Jt not a mere carrying out iii practice, son justified in tin orvf” » t"*: really begin to be troubled at ti so .situation of i|,e oor .old man, fur what can be more antiov ing than to t,J expi.'s-d to the cross fire of ones friends? g up the vuni >;m V. it ree< ivi il at this olfic subscription.- ami at!\ei lisiugr mild ot.h rw din The Slate of Virginia had been committed as to New York. Il would have been to me a source of her course in this controversy', and by the Legislative inexpressible satisfaction, if, in this view of mv official authority before I had the honor to be connected with duty, I had been sustained by the Legislature. I am llie Executive Department. Events have occurred i very' sensible of the ill consequences resulting from the burn, even if all the skin is removed fiv.ni the body The first knowledge I had of it was the almost mi- | which in tiie estimation of the General Assembly, jus-! dissensions in the councils of our State, on suchsub- raculous cure of a little boy, who fell into a half bogs- lifted them in denying to the citizens of New York jects. It cannot lie It dis< tii.-ed that interests are head of boiling water, prepared for scalding bristles, rights and privileges within our limits which are eu- involved in this controversy which are never iu dan- from swine. The entire person aud limbs ofthe body ! joyed by the citizens of every other State, and iu im- ger while \ irginintaus are united in their defence so as to scald posing restrictions on the citizens of New York in : vv hich, ou the other band, are exposed to extreme peril lies, nearly all ! their intercourse with Virginia which are imposetl on by oflr divisions. I may have formed an erroneous abtlo- | the < itizens of no other State, liy an act of very rc liis lower ex- j cent date you have undertaken, as one ofthe co-ordi- i views tieinities! In this deplorable condition, literally flay-■ Date departments of this government lo interdict the | On a question of such moment, I am not w filing to till ed alive, vv ith scalding; waler, the remedy wa-prompt- commerce and intercourse, of citizens of New York j struct the action of the Genera] Assemblv bv mv ill ation, mitii pib v »i- with this State, except under severe restrictions. You : dividual judgement. It i- now apparent that what- v {q,” j . ^ passed under fisc water op to tiie chin the whole neck. Ou removing bis r!< the skin followed from his neck, hands, b men, aud almost every bit of skin Inn estimate of those interests, or entertained mistaken to the high responsibilities of my station. Iv applied, as a momentary ap| ciuns should arrive. T«o eminent ph\-ici.uis soon j have applied these terms indiscriminately' to the inno-i ever of force the po-ition of this department may have came, and on learning the extent of the scald, pro- ; cent aud the guilty, and proclaimed that every citizen possessed has been impaired, il not destroyed. The nounccd ji ;i certainly fatal case, and directed the ol New \ ork should he held responsible to a certain General Assembly have done me no more than jus- bov lo remain with the remedy over him until lie i extent lor the refusal of the Governor of that Slate to ; lice in believing that my course has been prompted by slioultldie. In six weeks lie was reported quite well, j surrender fugitives from justice who had been cousti- ; proper motives. 1 shall rejoice if the course which with scarcely a scar on auv part of Ids person or limbs. ! tuiionallv and legally demanded. The act of the i you have indicated will attain the ends which vve m;i- Tlie remedy increases iu value from the fact that under present session, “To prevent citizens of New York tnally desire; and w hile my own conscientious convie- Thus while tiit-A' ‘ !1 die South, arc crai address for all that is c.V»ste and classical in litera ture, and as a riff (V currii i«> politics, Ids Northern brethren are bestow ing upon u a vt‘thering vain of ridicule and carcasm—and warning i.’?*»» “ Air. Jefferson as quick as possible ;” and tunfss he possesses the faculty of serving two masters, ana not ing upon two di-tiriet aud opposite setts of opinions at the same time, he mast either yield to the one or the other, or be pulled in two, in tiic scramble. This is just the predicament in which vve expected to find Gen. Harrison, in the emit of his election. The Northern federalists supported him because they know him to be opposed to the principles of Air. Jefferson, and llie Southern vvliigs, as they alleged, on account oi his adherence to those principles ; and as to winch will control the course of his administration, there rests no doubt noon our mind. His Excelh nev G !v notified that the a nee iu ii; f it v oi >v. Me! bum!-1, ha.- been t*fi:< 'i,n-t,7 /V;; lias mad-.' its apje Jarien. Recorder, and decic or vouselve It is from carrying slaves out of this coiuiuonvvealth, and tions of dutv to the State will not allow me to con- j to prevent the escape of persons charged with the ' form the action of this department to the views you commission of any crime,” lias been deemed on your have expressed, I beg leave to resign lo the General part a measure of necessary defence or precaution, warranted by the refusal of the Governor of New York to acknowledge and perform his constitution; almost any circumstances it may be obtained as follows; Take soul from a chimney where wood is burned, mb it line, and mix one part soot to three parts, or nearly so, of hog’s lard, fredi butter, or any kind ol grease, that is not salted, spread xbi- on linen or mus lin. or any cotton cloth tor easier or more pci fret ad aptation. If in very extensive burns or scalds, the cloth should be torn into strips before putting over the scald. Let the remedy be freely and fully ap plied, so as to perfectly cover all the burned part.— No other application is required until tl e patient is j all legitimate means, has not been questioned; and un well, except to apply fresh applications ofthe soot less it is conceived that all the powers and all the re and lard, b^c. In steamboat explosions, llii.- all cases be at once applied, and d done, in b'e lives will be saved. aJlevi-itt d. Assembly, as I now do most respectfully, the office of Governor or Chief Alagistrate of\ irginia, in order to afford piu an opportunity of selecting an individual obligations to this State. Y mi have thereby attempt- who will concur in the measure which yon have re ed to control the action ofthe Legislative department commended. In thus dissolving the official ties which of the Government of that State. Your authority as. have connected us, I cannot forbear to express to tin- one of the co-ordinate departments ol the Govern- [ General Assembly, and through them to the people of meut, aud your duly to protect the Commonwealth by ) V irginia, the profound sense of gratitude which I shall always cherish in remembrance of the unmerited distinction which their confidence bestowed on me. ! am y our fellow citizen, THOMAS \V. GILMER. m ! a va.-t amount ptinsiJjiliiies of our State Governments has been en- can in nearly trusted to the Legislative branch, it will not be denied iniv valua- that toe Executive also has duties to perform and re- of s suffering spoiisibijities to meet within the sphere of its powers, ! Sweet or (lin e Oil i-a certain cure i and that these may he employed for the public safety ' a rattlesnake. Apply it internally am for tiie bite oi nd exlefulailv. From llu: Boston Courier. THE IN AI (HU AI, ADDRESS. \Y<‘ have not riven to our readers, according lo the laslnon of the day. an elaborate analysis of tiie Inaugural Address ot President liainson—|)resiuninK that every body will read i% and having read if, will know w iiat it contains, without our undertaking the office of a guide, or taking the trouble to place a label on each separate paragraph. Vv e know not which are most offensive to common sense— the il-natured aud unseasonably vituperative comments of the (Hofte, tiie Host and oilier opposiiion p-iuts—or the sicki u- i nr. loathsome xv to j ;ha nev of some of the Whig journals. One class of cotnmentatois can find nothing in llie Address hut vv lint is contrary it* the constitution, non-committal, hypo critical, pompous, vain, ami ambiguous : the other finds it-, highest hopes satisfied, aud from the rnaguilieent s'vie in which i.s admiration is expressed, leaves its readers no room to suppose that a mind merely human can ever reach lo the sublime conception which originated the address. \\ ith all due deference to the supei tor sagacity ot both these patties, and with that modesty which becomes a di-svnter from tits dec)ccs and dogmas of opj o-:;:" cousise.s, we think a little differently from both, and, ;t the fetzard t>: • x eornmunieation, venture to -.ay s'*. 8<> f ir us ti*e avow ais ttl f/nw tjilts wi re iecess.irv or pt*q»cr t-u the occasiou, the Frcseicnt has >aid cnotigii l<* satisly fits most tpieru his oppo- ut'uU tl a! he ur-aa, to'admini-tef tin. . v- ainw ut <-t. ti: ; ‘TINKERING VfiTH THE (T'RRENGY/ TllC “ \V«>t Li> NOT IF V. i: CO! i ll." party, talk- ! so tnncli last vear, about the Dt inticrais “ tniki :• big witli the iitnem y ,” that it may not be amiss t shew ?o the peojfle, tiic lniscrahle effects of their <>'• ' “ tini'xcrii. as practically illnstraier! by their cour of legislaii- n, at tbe last session. The rc-iinipii 0 " ff specie paymmis; tiie cony- quent prostration ot' ;:.iany ol the Rank—Uu> tuition, derangement, anti tiVpretialion ol the <e- rtney, are all well known to all this was not sufficient to incrca-o accumulate the burden which tnousands w< under, they want one step luitiur :;i the L'jateh 1 * ! formation. Ry the third section of the “ act to comfit ip several Ranks cd' this State, to redeem their hah::;' i in specie, ice. it is provided a~ follows : 8ec. 3. And bt it f trlh’r tiiililie ; but a ‘the distri"- ; ye ! b said, That the fiifis of such def.'.u'tin; !>e received in payiiitut of any •llhartl:) a ie Rank or Ranks. s!, i!| - - ir due or dues mm f tik, except those ot n iiail he receivable on.;. : payable to the 8 Treasury of the 8tate or ( *-ut; Central Rank ol Ceorgia. wtuc payment of taxes and other (- Central Rank-’ Extract from the minutes. Under the operation of this law. we ask the risen reformers to tell the people, where they a <i<t lit in is to pay their taxes, and to meet their n tinn and discounts in the Central Rank ? A ( of the Ranks have suspended, and those that not, and stiil redeem their notes in specie, will have taken iu their c'u cuiatiou, and cannot more, m tiie present state of liiiugs, ami n.iic’ Tax j) ivor, and the debtor the I entral !* in-- procure her bill?, what i he to do r 'I’iie time is do e at Icaei, wlru the operai tin, law will be stndhly it.it iu G <>rgi t ; v >'b ■ people will lie it U lo wiidie .mdl-r another l :! “ screw, wrenched d< wn tqain tnem oy the kw-i. of •' ii xKill-VN \M' Ul'-Fc-F-.M '