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) p <*-( (7 ;VS Yi '/") if<O'j n olj III! li'il . )' j -t- ft# WM& VOL. VII. No 229] Three dollars per annum.) PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL HAMMOND, NORTH BROAD-STREET, f Half in advance. CONDITIONS OP THE Columbian CentirieL ! 1. The Columbian centinel will be pub lished ever>’Saturday, on a demi paper, of an excellent quality, and on a good type, of this is a specimen. 2 Th'-js terms of subscription will be Three Dollars per annum, one half to be paid at the time of subscribing, and the baltance at the expiration of the year 3-No subscription w til Ire received for a less term than six months, and all subscribers papers will be continued from year to year, unless ordered to the reverse at the expira tion of the year, or six nioiuhs 4. Advertisements will be charged six'v three cents per square for the first publica tion, and forty-two for each succeeding, and in the same proportion for those of greater length. 5. No paper will be discontinued until all ar rr vrages are paid. fCT 9 All letters to the editor must be post paid, or they will not be taken up. mus*h «aivßE'»-*iW‘wc!i2iai From the Charleston Times. CONCLUSION Os Dr. Fitzgerald’s Communication. THE subject was this. It had been for some time debated, what form of government should be substituted for the present, in case of the success of the Grand Ex pedition. Some supposed that the Russian Emperor would be very much disposed to reserve tlie decision of this question to himself; others suspected that the Grand Master, Burr, would take cure to stipulate for himself, to have at least a veto upon this ques tion ; some endeavored to dazzle us with the glories of a great Em pire, one and indivisible; others were for promoting divisibility to .infinity, that every one might share m tiie loaves and fishes. As to the present form of govern ment, every individual was a gainst retaining the least vestige of it, because it held out so little encouragement of the pecuniary sort, to those who devoted their time and talents to its service, which every man in the Society wul resolved to .do to the govern ment which they should them selves establish—at length, after much discussion, the History of South-Carolina made its appear ance, and there they found that a limited monarchy was full as good as,a representative government, and it was by a large majoi ity, de cided, that they should have a li mitecl monarchy. They accord ingly proceeded to ballot; but, upon opening the poll, it was found that every individual had voted for himself. It was in vain to hope to get over this difficulty; there was nobody to argue against it; on the contrary, they to a man, contended that it w as strictly cor rect, decent, and dignified, and cited a precedent of a certain Chief Magistrate that was, who had done it more than once, and never blushed at it. The difficul ty was increased, bv a communi cation from New-York, inform ing us, that the very same thing had occurred there, and it was re solved to send on an Envoy to I J ,| consult with the respectable] branch of that state, on this deli- i cate question. He was accord- ! ingly despatched, and it was at j length agreed upon, that it should ’ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. :be decided by lot. But as the i monarch elect might not be in the | most unquestionable safety, even : from his own associates, without the protection of a military iorce, the decision is deferred until the arrival of the Russian army. Although I felt apprehensive that this extraordinary exertion might fatigue my patient, yet the necessity of the ease urged me to J O propose to him one more ques tion, lor it was evident, that only whilst under ihe influence of ap prehension, could 1 expect any information from him. Six months of such company as he had been in, w ould have corrupt ed St. Dunstan. I therefore pro ceeded as follows : Doctor —There is one thing. Sir, which appears to me utterly unaccountable—why, const lur ing. your extensive foreign con nections, you should have totally » »' excluded foreigners front your Society. Patient —That question, Sir, created a great deal of discussion. It is impossible for me to recol lect all that was said on the occa sion; but I remember among ma ny other things, by some it was contended, that if we were once to let foreigners into our secrets, there would be no keeping them out of the Society; wc should be overwhelmed with an inundation of them. Others thought that they could not safely be trusted with the important concerns that the Society had in hand; that there might arise little local jeal ousies and disgust, that would prove fatal to our great purposes; that our Society should, if possi ble, be as pure and unmixed, as that of Eden, and equally dispos ed to participate in one common fate. But there were many who contended that it was wholly in consistent with the greatest good, to deprive any description of men of the important privileges of their institution. At length arose a member, equally distinguished for good sense, good humor, and good living—he was one who spoke seldom, because he had to rise; and never made long speech es, because he had to stand. If you will hand me that pocket book, I will give you his speech verbatim, for I took it in short hand. ‘ ‘ Sir, I am a man of few wo- ds, and shall therefore come at once to the point. lam for shutting the door, Sir, against all of them; every mother’s son of a foreigner in creation; not one of them should cross the threshold of that door, Sir; French, Dutch, Scotch, English or Irish—l am not for having the confusion of Babel a mong us. “ But to consider thepn sepa rately. As to the French, I need say but little; they are seldom disposed to thrust themselves in to societies, uninvited. As far j as I am acquainted with them, they j generally observe towards us, ' that decency and deference which ] distinguishes the man of breed j ing, when welcomed to your hos ’ pitality. As to the Dutch, or ra ther Germans, they cannot he so unreasonable as to complain, for they have set us the example ; but independent of that, the cha racteristic habits of that people, their sober, sound understanding, and attachment to peace and or der, leave us nothing to appre hend from them. With regard to the Scotch and English, they have generally too good an opin ion of themselves, to feel at all chagrined at such an exclusion; they have at all times a sovereign remedy against care, in a glass of wine to the health of their crazy old King, or the salvation of those sailing castles, so formidable to our commerce. But, Sir, they have no more reason for com plaint, than the Germans have— are we not excluded from the pa tronage of their great saints, St. Andrew and St. George? Is not every man excluded, in fact, who is not prepared to give a foreign Sever i«’n orecedencc to the Go- O 1 vernment of his own country ? I allude to a well known practice in their national societies, in the or der of their toasts. I come now to the Irish, and they require to be handled gently. If I had been born in Ireland, Sir, I would have been there still; whether under ground or above ground, is not so clear. But I would never have quit, unless I brought the whole Island with me ; or if obliged to chuse between flight and a halter, I would linger within arms reach of her, as it were ready to seize the first opportunity of devoting myself to her depressed fortunes Sir, should we succeed in our great undertaking, I hope our next attempt will be made in Ireland. I would rescue the isl and from oppression, Sir, if it were only by transporting the people from the island. Let them come among us, Sir; we have land enough, and they are welcome, a thousand times wel come to it. Oh ! Sir, I should glory in getting between that oppressed people and their op pressor, and that shall be, when they settle that people behind us” —(here a gentleman interrupted the orator, to enquire whether he was not really born in Ireland) — but he proceeded— “l do apprehend that there will' be great pains taken to per suade them, that they have been very barbarously treated ; and as they are a people who would, at any time, rather fight than think, I expect that many of them will be made to believe it. Too gen erous for suspicion, they are unwilling to distrust those who approach them with professions of friendship; and with a large portion of blarny, and many pretty things said of their coun try and their countrymen, it is very possible their resentment may be ex sited. B\tt let their passion subside, and we may safely trust to the influence of their returning good sense. In fact, they have as little reason for taking umbrage at tills rule of exclusion, as the Germans, or any other nation. They have a SATL*RD YY, NOVEMBER 11, I^o9 Society, to winch, to be sure, men of all nations are admitted; but for whose benefit? for that of Irishmen, exclusively. Here then is an example set, of that national discrimination, for which lam contending. It is visiona ry to contend, that that institu tion is on a more liberal footing, vrtiich holds out to you only the privilege of paying your money, not for your own benefit, or that of persons of your own nation, but of Irishmen exclusively. We have heard much said about in fraction of privilege. It is truly astonishing that any man could Hive contended, that this rule vi olates any fight o>' privilege of another; but still more so, lhat they should hope to find three men in the community such idi ots as to believe it. What right oi others is invaded by this rule? Are foreigners restricted from do ing the same thing that natives have done? May they not form Societies, from which the native m;ry be excluded. They can do it, and have done it; and are therefore on the most absolute footing of equality with them in this respect. Let the m form these countervailing Sock Acs; let the natives be excluded horn them ; and if there is a. man among them who will murmur at it, 1 know him not.” There was much more to the same effect, in this eloquent speech ; but as it was now late, I prescribed for my patient, at d took my leave for the night, that I might hasten to communicate to you my discovery. Pseudo Fitzgerald. I Stop Thief! Stolen FROM the stable of the subscriber, on the night of the 20tb ultimo, a dark brown horse, about fifteen h.mds high, spare made, and about eight years old, a blaze on the forehead, sever.l white spots on the weathers, occasion ed by the saddle, both hind feet while, a natural trotter, rides and draws with great spirit. A reward of TWENTY DOLLARS, with all reasonable charg es* will he paid for the horse alone, and TEN DOLLARS for apprehending the lliiet BENJAMIN HALL. September 2. 8 Sportsmen, pay up. SUCH subscribers to the Augusta Jor key Club and Cherokee Ponds, South-Carolina, races, as.have neglect ed to pay up their respective subscrip tions for the last races at those places, are informed for the last time, that unless they come forward and make payments by the first day of October next, they will positively be sued for the s-uiie without any discrimination of persons whatever. Thu subscription lists of die above Clubs are placed in the bands of Mr. Benjamin Pierce, the City Marshal of Augusta, for collec tion—He is authorised to receive pay ments and give receipts to such as may avail themselves of this notice ; as wall as to c< licet by law all sums that may remain due alter the above time has expired. September 2. .