Newspaper Page Text
the military carrying guns, with ugly
long tilings called bayonets at the end
of them -*ei c permitted to arrange for
themselves. And so you have been ac
cused by the Ceritinel Editor of disor
ganizing principles. Don Bravo Fus
tinno Bom bast ico, icc. Sic. humbly ac- j
knowledges his error, and to gratify
yonr Juntuship, will say, your princi
ples are organizing principles, leaving
the din aflo.it upon the wide world, un
less you should choose to appropriate it
to grace yourselves. With the hope
of being forgiven for past offences and
a determination to deserve favor, the
Knight ot tlie most noble order of the
Quids, See. is the Junta’s, with due con
sideration and timid respect.
'1 he Mirror gentry, it seems, having
been long enough ” amused with my
labored productions,” begin now to take
them in high dudgeon, and their pro
fessions to the contrary notwithstand
ing, are seen,
“ To kick and bounce and ivincc,
As thu they were beside their sense.”
Indeed, fi om their ” iin partial afi/t cal , ’ ’
which, as it appears under the Editorial
head, mid without a signature, can only
Le attributed to the Junta, it would
Seem that they have not only taken leave
of decency and common sei.se, (if ever
they had .m>) but have also set honor
and truth at defiance. The following
Classically beautiful expressions abound
throughout the dying speech of the
hump Junta: —” Down cast eyes of
deadly malignity,” “ worthless c . ->s,”
ik scurrilous attack—blackguard—prof
ligate and unprincipled—slander, ca
lumny or lying,” Ike. Set:. Leaving them
“ to wallow in Iheirown filth,” it is on
ly necessary to notice their very cun
ning attempt to fix upon the Centinel
the charge of Federalism, thinking no
doubt it this could >e done, they should
effect the ruin of an individual whose
only crime is an honest attempt to share
the patronage of a generousaiulenlight
ened people. The baseness of this
conduct needs no comment; those who I
know me, know that if I was a Fede
ralist, I possess too much of what is a
stranger to tlie bosoms of the Hump
Jnßta, Independence, to conceal or deny
it. 1 hose who do not know me, arc
referred to the columns of this paper,
since it became my property. They
wiii there find, I trust, the principles of
an American He publican, cf a free
man y who sees with his own eyes, who
pins not his faith upon the sleeve <»f
another, and who scorns to be the tool
or toad-eater of any man or set of nfcen
whatever. They will find the Editor a
warm admirer of Mr. Madison’s ad
ministration as far as it has progressed ;
a steady supporter, as far as his feeble
abilities will go, of genuine republican
ism; an enemy < f that detestable doc
trine, that “ king can do no wrong,”
and an eternal foe to that system of
“ man-ivorship," which some so much
admire. He will ever canvass with
freedom the conduct of our rulers, and
when he supports, it shall be measures ,
aud not men.
Thehe is a report in circulation, that
an information in the nature of a Qua
Warranto, was about to have been filed
by Doctor OUapod at the meeting of
the City Council on Saturday last, thro’
the *********, m shew, by what
authority Mr. Bull-calf held the office
of Secretary to the Supreme Junta of
Augusta, and whether he was legally
qualified to exercise the functions ot
that distinguished place.
The grounds are said to have been,
Ist. Because his daddy holds a lucra
tive office under government; and it
would be anti-republican for more than
one of a family at a time to feast upon
the “ Loaves and Fishes and this to
avoid famine.
2d. i’hat as the society must meet in
secret conclave , and carry on their pro
ceedings in the dark, it would be dan
gerous to have a calf in office; as that
animal being naturally prone to bellow
ing might thereby alarm the public and
discover the object of their meetings.
To avoid the enquiry, ’tis said, Mr.
Bull-caf resigned, and retired for the
summer and tall seasons to New-Eng
lanil, on a visit to his daddy an A mammy.
-t is expected lie will return, however,
?n time to eat his Chi istmus Pies with
his dear brothers in this city ; and Dr.
Ollapod, at whose instance tlie same j
was instituted, has been appointed to
succeed him. I lie ex-secretary will
not, therefore, hereafter be noticed—-
but honorable mention may occasional
ly be made of the incomparable exer
tions ot his sublime and inimitable suc
cessor.
“ One of the Junta” appears disposed
'o !>e extremely warm and personal in
his observations. This member of u a
private society of gentlemen," having
withdrawn himself from the “ body,”
for the purpose of attacking me in his
own proper person, man to man, is in
formed, that every wish to gratify him
is felt, upon one condition.—He knows
me; 1 know him not—-” Do you take
i me, good Sir, do you take ?” Because
all the proofs of the disorganizing prin
ciples of your club arc not yet disclos
ed, is it evidence that they will not be?
ASSASSIN AT lON.
The Editor of this paper has been
apprised that he is threatened with as
sassination by u certain member of the
Junta, who has shone conspicuous in
Tragedy. He therefore informs him,
as well as all others whom it may con
cern, that although he will never volun
tarily commit acts of violence ; yet he
will promptly repel and punish the
base coward who dare make such an
attempt (if lie has sufficient notice) in
the most exemplary manner.
CONSPIUAC* !!!
1 hat the Centinel Editor is and ever
has been a republican, since of suffici
ent age to think on politics, no man,
who knows him will doubt. The edi
torial Junta of the Mirror alone say oth
erwise. They are now called on to
say, whether they have not associated
for the purpose of exclusively support
ing the Mirror press, in order to crush
the Chronicle as well us the Centinel,
and to further the views of u party se
cretly opposed to Mr. .Madison, and die
measures of Mr. Jefferson? Be cauti
ous how you answer this question.
WE re-publish in to-day’s paper,
an interesting article dated London,
231,1 May—from which it would appear,
that the agreement entered into, be
tween this government and Mr. Ers
kine, was not such as the British gov
i rnment would approve of. This infor
mation, it seems, conn s bv the way of
Nassau, which certainly'adds nothing
to warrant a belief in it. We do not
believe this inteiligenee founded in fact;
because we are disposed to accredit tlie
official act of a respectable minister
sooner than place confidence in a com
mon news-paper paragragh. Yet should
it eventually appear to have been foun
ded m truth, join in the univer
sal execration that ought ever to await
such faithlessness, such perfidy, auc h
turpitude; and trust, the government
of our country will take an attitude, suf
ficiently dignified, to meet the crisis,
and repel the aggressions that may
strike at her sovereignty.
I’ or the Centinel.
lo Che I.dilor of the Columbian Centinel.
Sir,
NO man will presume to cen
sure a society founded for the promo
tion ol literature ; but what true repub
lican can approve of one formed only
<br political purposes? Is not a
society inconsistent with the genius of
our government, which is free and elec
tive ? Whatever prejudices its elections
abridges its.freedom. Observation has
long confirmed that political socie
ties have their origin in political divi
sions, and that their aim is not to in
struct and enlighten, but to support an
individual, a sect or party. In our coun
try, they aie always partisans, and not
republicans, and as far as their influ
ence prevails, injure the cause of free
dom. They take upon themselves not
only to discuss the rights, but decide
tor the community. By their intrigues
they often succe> d in deceiving and
misleading the people, who, when suf
fered to act without prejudice or parti
ality seldom act incorrectly. If these
remarks be true, whicn I shall leave to
the reader to decide, what honest man,
what friend to his country would con
sent to beemie a member of a society,
cither profoundly ignorant, or devoid of
principles ? 1 hat tiic proprietors of the
Mirror of the 'Times have become dupes
to the Illumined Junta in Augusta, and
have suffered their columns to be blot
ted with their billingsgate, must be im
pute-tl to their youth and inexperience,
which I ahull suffer to shield them from
the seventy of reflection. But, I hope,
tiny will retrieve the false step, which
| t‘ lc y h'-‘Ve taken, and immediately dis
solve the connexion, which they have
so unfortunately formed on the com
mencement of their professional busi
ness. I can assure the young men,
that tlie/ will never reap from it
honor or profit. It will often lead them
into disputes without being able to de- i
fend them. The members of the Junta j
have never conversed with the Muses,!
nor drank at the Fyrenian fount. Their j
abilities, which their own eulogist pro :
nounces but common, can never make
a paper literary, or promote its circula
tion. The four last scribblers in the
Mirror, have given a specimen of
the talents of the Junta. They have
not produced one brilliant idea, nor a
well turned period. Their stile is mis
erably languid and diffuse. A want of
judgment in all their quotations is evi
dently manifest, and their low invec
tives, personalities and pitiful attempts
at wit are disgusting in the extreme.
If the author ol the editorial piece in
that paper succeeds no better at the
bar than he has in that composition,
his fortune will indeed he as “humble"
as his talents, when youth will no longer
plead his excuse, lie has toiled to re
fute what was never advanced, and
challenged proofs for accusations that
were never made. To his ignorance
I am willing to impute the illiberal
charge of plagiary, and trust that his
candor will oblige him to confess it, or
quote the author, the page and the sen
tence. lam happy that Falsehood, in
the disguise of Impartial Truth , alias,
the learned son of aEsculapius has made
his visit to me without being called,
that I may, not like his patients in gen
eral, have to complain of the **xorhi
| tance of his charges. I shall make him
| no further compensation than to return
, him my thanks. He may place his ac
count to the debit of the Junta, and
! when by his emetics, cathartics, vene
section, baths, and blisters, he lu.s
cleansed them from the foul distemper
| of deism, they will, nr, doubt, cheerfully
discharge bis demands. He has alrea
i dy pronounced them sound (a little
j mental derangement excepted) but to
j tins, they have longbeen too confident of
I their disease to subscribe, and tinlesso
' | be discovers more slid! and sagacity in j
'j bis piofcssion, 1 will venture to say, 1
’ they will never n,,.ka him a member of
, their society. He has alleged that 1 j
ant infested with the disease >f plagiary
! I hope that lie will biing forward good
pi authorities to subst ntiate the fact,
least be should incut the appellation of ;
a quack. It lit should find any difficulty
', in making good what he has alleged, l
; would recommend him to the very in
genious gentleman of the bur , who
penned the last editori .1 paragraph in
the Mirror, for information—-Neither
ol whom I shall feel myself bound fur
ther to notice, until they hav« fully sa
tisfied myself and the public on that
head. CAVE 80.
COMMUNICATED.
Qwt're....lF dogs are assassinated by
order of Council, what will become of
the “ Junta-boys" ? QUIZ. j
CURT lUS is received and cannot j
appear for want of room; but will be j
attended to in our next.
ERRATUM.
In the la o t Minor; for Impartial j
Truth, read Impartial Nonsense.
MARRIED, on the Qth inst. at I.ou- j
isville, by Thomas Hancock , Esq. Mr. i
George IV. Wheeler, Vo- Editor of the
Louisville Gazette, to. Miss Rebecca
Gilliam , youngest daughter of Mr,
William Giltium, ull of LJJerson county,
DIED, a few days since, at Cam
bridge, S. C. afer a short illness, Mr.
Thomas LEviHGsroN, regretted by all
those who hud the pleasure of his ac
quaintance.
I HAVE lately removed to
this place, and shall for the future con- j
tinue my Practice in this District, and
in Barnwell, as well as in the courts of
Equity of Orangeburg and Ninety-Six
Districts, and in Columbia County and j
also in Richmond County, Georgia, j
when the Carolina courts do not inter- i
sere.—Mr. William Jones, at Colum- i
. bia Court-house, and Mr. James R. j
Vince, at Barnwell, keep my offices at
those places respectively ; and that at
J own Creek is still kept up, where ap
plications personal, or by letter, by
mail will be attended to. On special
cases 1 will attend any other coui ts con
venient, not clashing with the above-
For information of my clients and oth
ers, the above courts meet as under:
Barnwell, the 3d Mondays in Octo
ber and March.
Edgefield, the 4th Mondays in those
months.
Columbia County, Georgia, the 4th J
( Mondays of August and February.
Tiie court of Equity, at Orangeburg
| the Ist Mondays in February and June.
! Tire court of Equity, at Abbeville,
I for Ninety-Six District, on the 2d Mon
-1 days in bebruary and June.
) 'I he Constitutional court, and the!
• court of Appeals in Equity, at Colum- j
1 bia, South-Carolina, on the 2d Tuesday |
! next after the 4th Mondays in Octaber !
and March in each year.
1 hose Clients who still are, and oih
tM’s who may be disposed to place c- n
fiUence in iiu-, shall not find it ill bes
towed.
____ Charles Onorlu in.
bum
j 11 tiesign to injure my reputation, that
I was ant write! man helm c 1 came
IVom the state of Maryland. the | lace
c,r my nativity, and that I have leit a
, wife living there. This report has
, been propagated in so clandestine, a
manner that the real author of the it -
; port is unknown to nu- ; it has been in
circulation, I am informed, for several
months past—when 1 vv. s first apprised
, < f it, I viewed it with indifference ; but
l il llas teccnliy obi. i considerable
i eui rent y, sir much, that I feel it a du
ty' incumbent on me, in justification of
my feelings and character, to pronounce
and prove it a base fabrication. I in
| vile the author of this report to come
forward, ami provj me guilty of the
charge ; I call on him to jm tify his as
sertion, that if l am gtii iy I may meet
I indignant i:owns oi the communi
ty. I do conceive that, any man who
j would elope IV mi his wife, and attempt
j to palm himself on society as a single
man, must be a villian , he must be
t nun ly destitute of honor, probity and.
morality ; he is lost to society, ami as
sumes the charm ttr of u c- assassin of
viitue. To accuse am. n, who is in
nocent of a clu.rge of this sort, is ca
luu.ny and wanton defamation of cha
iaetti , and uii .cessation, il true, is
caicciLted to detract from the nn lit of
,t rncn t.f tire fairest standing, and io
fix forever, the stamp of public cei.sure
on him.
. As a stranger in the state of Geor
gia, and one who contemplates a resi
oenee in the state, I beg the indulgence
of publishing the following affidavits,
with tiie above observations, to counter
act u malignant report.
LEVIN OWENS.
July 29, 1809.
i IHIS DAY personally ap
peared before me, Seavren I<uke, and
being duly quali ed saitb, thav he hatfi
known Levin Owens from eighteen
| years of age till the present time, ex-
I Ct l >l •seven months absence in the
j >’ eai ' 1306; and he further saith, that
Ino nevet heaid, knew, or had reason t-j
j believe, that the said Owens had a
wife. Qualified before me this 22d
June, 1899.
Abel Anslev, J. P.
hia
Seavren Puke,
mark .
No. 2.
PERSONALLY came before
ine Jonathan Owens, who being duly
sworndeposetli and saith, that he- hath
t been intimately acquainted with Levin
Owens hum Ins infancy to the present
bmc ; both during- his resilience in the
state of .Maryland, and the state of
Ceoigia, and also came with him from
Maryland to the state cf Georgia ; and
that he never Kiit-w, nor heard, or be
iieved, that the s.id Levin Owens was
eve-r married.
Svvotn to before ine this 21st day of
| July, 1809. 1
A’ix.l Anslev, J. P.