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Tim iTIcsscng:<*r.
When the Messenger lias answered ns cate-
oricallv, why it lias not published the letters Of
g s .Governor Hammond in reply to Clarksott f
ihe abolitionist, on the subject of Southern sla
very, or weal the real grounds of objection are
with its northern allies, to the annexation of
Xes» s - we will answer its call upon us ns to
pliat Mr.McAllister did say in his speech at the
j n ji„n Springs. Will the Messenger respond!
]f it will, we promise the editor in nil sincerity
to answer his call positively and directly with
out anv equivocation or reservation whatever.
Edlitoriu! Change.
prom the notice below, it will be seen that
( ho Federal Union has changed hands.—
Messrs. Patk &: Rogers having disposed of tueir
interest in that establishment to Messrs. Camp-
jjgU Johnson. In taking leave of the former
editors of that paper, wo feel ns if we were
purlins with tried and valued friends, by whose
instruction we have been edified, and with
whose company we had been delighted. In
their bands the Federal Union has done “yeo
man’s” service in the cause of Republican prin
ciples. and in whatever direction the sugges
tions of their own judgments may lead them in
their retirement from the watch-tower of the
Democratic citadel at the Capitol they will be
followed by the greatful recollections of the De
tnocracy of Georgia, and their sincere and
heartfelt wishes for ttieir success and happiness
in whatever situation it may please Providence
to cast their lots.
THEFEDFRAL union has changed hands-
The piesent number ■•loses the connection of Park k
Rot!cite with the editorial department of this paper. This
important post will be filled by Col. D. C. Campbell, of
Bibb, Hid H. V. Johnson Esq., of Baldwin. Out readers
need not he told that these gentlemen bring them all the
rciiuiilies for their new p sition.
The nataral desire of our patrons to be made acquainted
with tire effect this change will produce on the course of the
federal Union, will be gratified by the perusal of their an
nouncement. which will be found below. The politics of
the piper will remain unchanged ; its influence will be giv
Ten to the support of the men and measures of the demo-
cratic party. We have full faili. that it will go forward
with the teal and ability which a great cause demands.—
It will act a part worthy -f those l» whose charge it is con
fided, aad of those who contend for the permanent inteiests
of this gre« *"'1 glorious Republic.
The Federal Union, guided by our unpretending abili
ties, has been a principal agent in sustaining the [rower of
the Democratic party in Georgia. That great party is now
fully organized, and'has strength to conlroll the destinies
of our erne. Our zeal in its support, and our ardent de
lire fir its success remiin unabated. To those rvho have
so long eztended to us their confidence and patronage, we
have no language too strong for the expression of our own
grateful feelings, and take leave of them by expressing our
droit; desire that the- will ex end an equal support to our
•accessors.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The parting words of Messrs Park i Rogers, to the
friends and patrons uf the Federal Union announce that the
Editorial charge of this journal, ha» passed into the bands
nf die undersigned. We trust we assume our new position
hef ire ihe pub ic, under a proper sense of the moral, so
cial. and political responsibilities which devolve upon us —
Preferring rather to be judged by uur acts, than by our
professions, we sh ill not multiply words, in introducing
ourselves to the pub'ie.
To the friends ant patrons of this journal, it is due that
«re should say. that every effort will be used on our part,
in entitle it to their coutinued confidence and favor.
To the Democratic party, it is due that we should pledge
ourselves w the zealous advocacy of its political creed, as
rsno'iodrd by the Baltimore Convention, in May, 184a.—
We do this, not .as an act nf blind devotion to party, but
under the conscientious conviction, that the ascendency of
those principles is essential to ihe prosperity, glory and
pcraiinency of our Republican instilutions.
To our brethren of the Press, we tender onr kind saluta
tions. and bespeak in return for what we promise, the beor-
isg a id courtesy nf genltrmen in the conduct of the dis-
russtons into which we shall be necessarily drawn.
To the public at large, it belmyves ns to give the most
unqualified assurance, timt ibis journal shall never be made
fie vehicle of personal abuse and detraction : that its wiio’e
inductive, however small shall be wielded in behalf of
pu »!ic morality : that it will not keep siten-e. when vice and
itceatiotisriess ore to bj rebuked, nor w’thlinjd rs thunders
when violations oflaw and order, nre to be denounced.
Here we rest our coufidtnt hope for public patronage
and support. D. C. CAMPBELL,
If. V. JOHNSON.
Of the tv*w editors. Col. D. C. Campbell and
Col. II. V Jolt .son. ii is scarcely necessary for
ns to speak. Hotli of these gentlemen already
fill a large space in the public eye, and nre
well known to the Democracy of Georgia; both
of them arc imbued with the purest principles
hotii in morals and politics; b >th of them pos
sesses tai-'iits of a high order ; both of ihem
are ardently dovnted to the principles, one ai d
all, of the Republican p >rty; and what is more,
both of them are liberal, courteous, a id his*li
ra! tided gentlemen, and we tire sure that the
Federal Union in their hands will ; ot only
render efficient service in the cause ofonr prin
ciples and country, but be an active auxihaiy
in tiie promotion of \vh»tever may redound to
the glory of the State, or the welfare and
honor of its ci'izens.
I t ill" hands of these gentlemen, the pub
lic and press have a sure gUdranty that the
Feder.d Union, under their control, will be
conducted with ability, dignity and courtesy.—
The character of the gentleman will never be
sunk into that of the wrangling partiza t, nor
degraded by recriminations or gross personali
ties in their discussions with others. To the
new Editors wo extend the right hand of cor
diality, and while we hid them welcome to the
field of their labors, we wish them in everyway
the greatest success in their new undertaking.
We call the reader's atte iiion to the com
munication from tho Constitutionalist, published
in to tiny's paper signed ‘-Piney Woods.”
Democratic Nlomlitstlions.
The Columbus Times of Wednesday last,
aays:
We Imve just time before going to press, to
announce tu.'t the Democratic Convention of
this county have nom.natcd for the Legislature,
James R. Jones, and Nathaniel G. Curist-
MAB.
The Convention also recommended FcrtliE
Ingram Esq. of Harris ns a candidate for Sen
ator, subject to the wishes of the Democracy of
Harris.
We have no room for comment. Tiie tick
et is a good one—an available one—-and an
c/tcl-nble one. Let us go ahead and “ put it
through.”
Mulder.
We arc informed that a negro woman was
•tturdi-red bv the overseer of Col. H. G. Lamar,
al bis plantation in this county, on Monday evc-
n ‘ng last. From all that we can learn of tho
circumstances, tbo net was comrritte?! from ve-
ty slight cause. The woman was stabbed se
verely with a knife in the left breast, and her
skull fractured by n blow with a rock, of which
*bc died immediately. The name of the over-
seer is Thomas Freeman, who has been arrest-
d and is now in jail in this city, fully commit-
* e d for murder. Should the case prove as it
nas been represented, lire severest penalty of
jne law -should be enforced.—Macon Messenger,
7 *« instant.
•‘Call out your strongest Wen.**
Such was the language of a democratic pa
per, the Tarborotigh Free Press, addressed to
the Republicans of the old North State, upon
the eve of the selection of Democratic candi
dates for Congress, at the election which took
place in that State on Thursday Inst. Better
advice could be conveyed in a more terse, en
ergetic, or even eloquent style; and as it is
equally applicable to tiie republicans of Geor
gia at this time in reference to their candidate
for tho next Legislature, we adress it to our
friends in this St-ite. The issues bafore the
people of Georgia at present are rife with the
greatest consequences to every citizen. She
wants men in her councils at homo, as weil ns
at Washington, who arc alive to the feelings
and sympathies of their own bright homes—
men who vnll cling to and support h-r in the
trying crisis which is approaching, ngn.nst eve
ry odds. In the language of the young and
chivabic Carolinian, she wants “men of stout
hearts and strong arms; men who will plant
themselves on the battlements of the constitu
tion and laws, and Imng the banner of Southern
rights “on the outer wall.” Ami wish hint we
say to the republicans of Georgia, ‘ call out
your strongest men."
“ * Call out your strongest men’—avc, say
me—‘Call out your strongest men’—iDnmen-
tous questions are agitating the country—the
times and tiie age are rife with great issues.—
The paramount question of all, which like
Aaron’s rod swallows up all others—a ques
tion involving the interests and happiness of
thousands and tens of thousands of the present
and future generations—is now pressing itself
on the American mind; we mean the annexa
tion of Texas —the rcstoiaiion of the ‘lost Ple
iad’ to the brilliant constellation of confedera
ted States which t rong this glorious Union.
It is a question as broad as liberty itself, because
ii involves the issue wiiethermir nappy form of
government shall extend its blessings. For
ourselves, we would open out arms, as our na
tional bird expands its wings, to embrace the
continent, (if it were compatible with the in’er-
ests of our own dear country.) Nor does this
issue stand alone. Other great questions are
coming up for adjud cation. Tho great ques
tion of the Tariff—that is, whether any other
branch of industry shall be taxed for the hene-
fi of the manufacturers, must he decided in ihe
next two years. These are n deed momen
tous issues, and, therefore, we say with Mr.
Riichit —* Call out your strongest men.'
*• Ai the root of both these issues lies the
abolition oj slavery—here is the rub. Let us
not deceive ourselves about tins. The Feder
al sis may cry peace, peace, hut there is no
peace. The war is actually begun. Day uf
ter day are the alioliiiouis.s knocking at the
door of ihe Capitol with their insane pel.lions.
How unceasing are their titbits, and how fra
tricidal their attempt to l ing the funeral knell
of this glorious Union. We say that aboli
tionism is treason, a grow ing and most danger
ous treason. Wc want men from the South,
who can support her in Ibis dang- rous cii.si-—
men of clout hearts and strong arms—men who
will plant themselves on the battlements of the
Constitution, ami hang the banner of Southern
i iglits on the “outer wall,” We say, then,
again, “ Call out your strongest mtn."
[ If Texas be lust to us, we shall owe it to
the wild influe mo of insane Abolitionism—
and if abolitionism can work out this im
mense mischief, and arrest this great bles
sing, where is the stopping point to its des-
ola'ing fury? Wlto shall say to it, ‘-Thus
fur shall thou go, and no fa-ther”? The vic
tory will stimulate them to newassauhs an<1
prepare us for new cn icessi->ns—tint I push
ed beyond the point of forbeara cc, ib e
pillars of the Un on themselves m -y bu sha
ken and shattered to piec- s. ]
“ Again, ’tis manifest that n powerful tip-
position is forming against the Young Demo
crat, whom the people havo called to the Pres
idency. We snoiild tie blind to tiie signs <-f the
times, if we did not open oureyes to their start
ling truth. Look at Massachusetts ! the hot
bed of treason and bastard federalism—even
before Mr. Polk lias put on the robes of office,
she has sent Daniel Webster to make war up
on his administration. Look at Delaware !
look at Maryland! Thus it appears mat a con
certed effort is making on the part of the Fed
eralists to crush u man, whom the people have
honored with the highest office in their gift.—
To counteract these exertions, we say again
and again, •Call out t/our strongest men.'"
Sale of the Moiiroc lSailioad.
In accordance with this terms of the decree
made at the last term of the Superior Court for
tiiis county, the Monroe Railroad, with all its
fiauchises, fixtures, incidents, &c., was sold sit
public outcry by the commissioners appo nted,
at tiie Court House in ibis city on Tuesday
last, and was knocked down to Jerry Cowles,
Esq., at the sum of $155,100.
Democratic County Convention.
At a meeting of Delegates from the various districts of
the County, convened »t the Court-House on Friday last,
on motion. Tbos Ring Es |., was called to the Chair,
and G. M. Logan Esq., requested to act as Secretary. The
following delegates were in attendcnce:
Warrior Dist. 56 HA Dist.
J. Wilder, J. G. Coleman,
James Hoy, G. M. Logan,
J. Miller, W. H. Macarthy.
Iiul'andi Dist. 716th Put.
L. R. Jok-WP, J* **• Green,
i hl F. Horne.
H. BaTetd, W r «:
Ilazzard Pint.
T. Barker, *-• « Cook,
B. May, H. Finney,
J. Asbury, >V. U. Harris.
Howards Dist.
T. Maitbers,
T. N. King,
J. Aycock.
On motion, the meeting proceeded to balloting, which re
sulted in the choice of Paxi'EI. AI. Strong Esq., and Maj,
J AM ES W. AllMSTROSG, ...
On motion, these gentlemen were declared to be the
unanimous choire of the Convention.
On motion of Gen. Wm. G. Smith, a committee of three
was appointed to inform these gentleman of their nomination
as candidates for th* House of llepresrntatives.
The Chair appointed as that com uiltee. hen. . h.
Smith T. Matthews,andB. May, Esq’rs Onmation.
Resolved, That the nomination ol County Officers be
pnsipo-ied until the first Tuesday in November, and that
the same be made by delegates from the several Captain s
jjistricts in the County. \
On motion, the meeting then anj.virned.
THOMAS KING. Chairman.
fj FO RGE M. LogaS. Secreiary-
The letters of Maj. Arm-trong, and S. M. Strong, Esq in
reply to the committee appointed at the county convention,
were handed in too late for publication into day s paper :
we will give thejn in our next.
Vermont and Georgia.
We clip me following editorial from the
“Frankfort Commonwealth;” a Whig paper:
‘The Whigs of Georgia, in convention as
sembled, nominated George W. Craw lord for
re-elect'on as Governor; anil a like convention
in Vermont nominated William Slade for re-
election as Governor of that State. The whig
spirit, north and south, still burns with uuquen-
ched and unquenchable ardor- The Wings of
the U- io i are bound together upon well defined
principles, which they never can surrender
while they continue to love tl-eir country.”
As Gov. Crawford lias not been in a pc sit ion
nr found the proper lime to define those princi
ples, to whom are we to look—to Judge Ber
rien, or to Gov. Slade? Or shall we look to
the last Whig Convention ii Vermont, that
nominated the notorious W-biam Slade for re-
election. Am mg oilier principles they decla
red, whs eternal hostility to annexation, upon
the distinct ground of their abhorrence of and
hostility to slavery. How d -Sightful it must he
to the lugli minded and i itclligent Wings of
Georgia to be tol 1 that they are hound to the
Whigs of Vermont “upon well defined princi
ples which they never cun surrender.”—Consti
tutionalist.
We have received in the course of the past
few weeks two or throe advertisements running
ns follows: “Whereas my wife has
forsaken me without jus; cause or provocation ;
this is to forwarn ail persons from trusting her
on my account; and I especially forbid her
being harbored or taken in by any person with
out my consent, ns I shall enforce the law in all
such cases.” O.icc for all, we take this occa
sion to inform all such advertisers that in future
when they seek to make public their own shame,
they must find some other medium th in this
paper, through winch to communicate it. IVc
will not publish any such advertisements.
Gov. Crawford nu enemy ot the Poor
Mail
The following article front the Savannah
Georgian will show the sympathies of Gov.
Crawford with that class of bis fellow citizens
A few years since an effort was made to
amend the incorporation laws of Augusta,
by some of the modern Lycurguses of the
Whig party in that city among whom was bis
“financial” excellency, so us to prevent all
poor men from voting at city elections unless
they held a certain amount of city property, (a
thousand dollars was the qualification proposed^
if we are not mistaken). At the same time
they were icquired to pay taxes as other citi
zens, while they were tube debarred from ex
ercising the highest privilege of free men—a
voice in the stlcclion of their rulers. Such teas the
liimous ‘alien laws’ proposed by the City Coun-
cilof Augusta. Such was the odious amendment
advocated liy Mr. Crawford- The charges
are made by the Savannah Georgi>n, and es
tablished by its correspondents. lt<ad the ar
ticle b low, fellow citizens, and decide for your
schc-'.
Mr. Milhr - The. Editor of the. Republican
and his small Eotatoc Correspondents.
But the other day, we wort- wait'd «"i by n
gentleman of this ciiy, wth a communication
from Mr. M lb r of Augusta, denying th>- state
ment made by O', and oar c-irrejqioadent * A
Then Reside .t of Aug st i,” relative to the
part tak> n try bis Exc Henry in th« “ Alge-
ii e Controversy” at Aogu-ta which resulted,
in his Exct-llencv’s election to the Legislature
notwithstanding his know • popularity, by «
majority of some twenty two votes over the
only nefeated Democratic candidate, when the
Whig majority in the County was ever Three
Hundred?
This letter, we informed the gentleman
we should publish as soon as we could get one
to nucl from Augus'a. But that di I not *‘ suit
his purpose-*.” We supposed so at the time.
If we had published Mr. Mill-r’s statement
in-stanter, it would have had all the effect look
ed tor; it would have bee extensively coped
hy the Whig press of the State as coming from
“the Democratic ortjan” of this city, in which
the charge was made, and anything that we
migbt say or prove, wool i be passed over un
noticed by them, and thus 'heir readers would
take for granted was true, Mr. Miller’s denial.
But gentlemen- we are too old to bo caught
with such chaff—we have seen the same sort
of a game played before, and if you succeed in
plavins it again, it shall not be through our
instrumentality. The Day of “ Coonism" has
passed by. and the people, the sovereign peo
ple, are b?ginning to pass hy the Coons, also.
They b-giu to discover that assertions are
easily made and now look to facts, and when
witnesses are to he examined, they like disin
terested witnessess, not those connected in the
plot.
The old saying is a true one—“Truth is
mighty and wil 1 prevail”—and as we know
we have truth on our side, we give below, the
letter or Mr. Miller to us. Here it is:
Avgusta, July 22J, 1845.
WM. H. Bulloch. Esq !
Pear Sir :—My attention lias been called to some re
cent editorials in your paper, in relation to certain acts of
Governor Crawford and others, including myself, upon
which vou base against Governor C. the chari-e of being
opposed to free suffrage. 1 lake it for grained vou would
do no cnr intentional injustice, and therefore address you
on the subject. The act of 1841. authorizing the election
of a Board of Aldermen in Augusts, commonly called “ the
Algerine law.*' was passed irilhtntl the knoictedge nf. or
any consultation icith Mr Crawford ; and when he was
first informed of its provisions, he expressed his opposi
tion toil BKCAUSK OF ITS RESTRICTIONS UPON the RIGHT
OF SUFFKAG*. He never advocated this law. and was in
favoi of its being repealed, before lie came bea candidate for
the Legislatuie in 1842 His opinions werewell known
long before the election, and in the House of Represent
lives he prncurred the passage of the law abolishing the
Board of Aldermen.
You will oblige me by the publication of this communi
cation lit your paper, or'by such other notice of the subject
as will makr Governor Crawford s true position known to
your readers.
Very respeotfully,
Your obedient servant.
ANDREW J. MILLER
Now wc wish our readers to bear in tnind
all we have said oil this subject. I hey must
recollect thnt when this Algerine Law was
passed, his Excellency had retired to private
life—that after its odious features were made
known, to strengthen the whig ticket, one of
the country members were dropped, and hU
Excellency from his great personal popularity
substitoted'in .’.'is place—tboy must also recol-
feet that when this took place his Excellency
was it great favorite with llm Whig party of
Richmond, and always headed ttieir ticket—it
must also be recollected, that at this time the
Whig majority in the county was over three
hundred ; and it must not be forgotten, that
George W. Crawford was the only Whig elec
ted to the lower h"US<* that year—and t at he
beat the only defi sited Demociat about twen
ty two votes ! Now aft'-r b ariug it* nnnd
Mr.- Miller s assertions, and the above f cts,
which cannot bojdenied is it any way probable,
is it possible, that the. whig party of Richmond
would have cut Ids Excellency at the ballot box,
bad his skii-its been clean ! Had he been what
Mr. Miller represents him, would they not have
rallied on him to a man, to make their con-
detonation of Miller nnd Jenkins more severe
i and pointed !
But here is a letter, roce'ved by us in nn-
i swer to otto addressed, making enquiries, in
nrffer to refreshen our memory, and refute Mr.
Miller's statement, which comes from a source
of as much credit, as the honorable Senator
from Richmond. II* is a gentleman that stands
as h'glt as the next in .‘lie city of Augusta, whose
assertions are never made, without good loun-
dition. He gives, verbatim some of the Ian-
gu >ge used by his excelle cy on the stomp,
which we well recollect, and which neither Mr.
Miller nor the Editor of the Republican can
contra diet, if th y «ero on the ground—the
former gentleman we know was. We wish
the reader would pay p iricular a te ition to
this letter, and if the Editor of tliii Repu'd e n
does not begin to Jccl the rope tighten we will re
load our Paixhun, and play him out a little
more of it.
“ Augusta. July 27. 1845.
“Dear Sir— Tiie surprise you express at the stalemeni
in regard to Mi. Crawford's relation to the "Algerine Law,”
is very natural, for you, ns well ns hundreds herz know
that it is not true. Mr Crawford opposed to ihe 'Algerine
Law !’ while he openly,in a public speech at Bell Air, de
fended it on the ground that men were unequal every
where ; some tall.others short—some strong others weak—
some fat, others lean—so-ne smart others dull. &e. Why,
said lie,should they not be unequal at the llallol Pox?—
Ha scarcely spoke five minutes before the En-ineer rung
his bell calling off to the Rail Road for their homes, the
greatesr portion of his audience. He therefore deferred
concluding his speech till another opportunity, which nr-
eurred a few days afterwards, at the toot of tiie snnd hills.
He then al'.uded to the unfinished stale of his r-marks at
Hell Air. from the cause stated, and after recapitulating
what he then said, finished the enumeration of our natural
inequalities : asking if we were thus unequal every where
thus uneqal every where else, what was the wonder, if we
should be made s- in onr political relations 7 Where was
the bagaboo of onp man being allowed to vote, and another
not? One was rich the other poor, or at least not worth
the‘Algerine Law’requisition of Si,000—was it any very
astonishing discrimination between the two, thus unequal..
that one should be allowed the elective fracclme the other
refused 7 At Connor's, afterwards, finding that he had
rather too generously determined to sink or swim with his
friends. Miller nnd Jenkins, lie announced that he should
afterwards paddle his own canoe.' light on his own hook."
He stain perceived that he had been barking up tiie wrong
tree.” He was too keen a jocky, not to perceive tliat such
extra weight would cripple any nag on onr turf. He
discovered such general : ndignatinn against this, oul blot
on the Legislation of Georgia, that he suddenly beenne
dumb on this subject, and 1 think he did tint once, in any
nf his subsequent stump speeches, again ever alluded to it
This however, might have beenoicing to the task heap
pa rently set himself of repeating oq every occasion, Phil.
Thurmond’s story of the animat with his tail where his
head might to he, and which in November he repeated
again for the QOih time to his political frienis in the Repre
sentative chamber in Milledgeville.
• Geo W. Crawford‘never advocated the Algerine Law.'
and ‘procured in the House of Representatives the passage
of the law! abolishing it!’ The laatlialfnf this admirable
sentence would serin to he a kind of reason assigned for the
truth of the first. Will Mr. Milter deny that he himself ad
vocated the ‘Algerine Law?’ yet before the Senators took
their seats, after the organization of that bodv. the verv first
tiling done.was a proposition in doe form, by Mr. Miller,
t nbolis'i the'Algerine Lnwl’ Because Mr. Miller intro
duced such repeat in the Senate, does lie intend to argue, as
lie seems to do in Mr. Crawford's esse, that Ac did not ndvn
cate the 'Algerine Law?’ Mr Crawford, lie says, had it
repealed in the House? Y"u know there never were a set
.■r fellows in such a hurry to get clear of any dirty thing on
earth, as were these Whtgs of the ‘Algerine Law' in Rich
mond county After the general election, at the first meet
mg of the City Council, the regular order of business was
not fully announce a, I efore one of the members jumped up
with a hand full nf papers, out of which he was some time
hunr.ngthe right one. fearing lest some nf ns should gel the
start of him. ‘ His proposal whs for Counril to petition the
Legislature to repeal t.ie "Algerine Law.’ Every Whig
at the Council Board hung his head, and he himself looked
as if he had stolen a sheep. A richer scene was never wit
nessed. The Democratic membersintended no such move
ment. They had prepared that dose for their opponents,
and intended they should take it. whether it made them
sick or not. Crawford and Miller were only taking it in
broken doses, when they moved the repeal of t'-e obnoxious
law in their respective branches of the Legislature. So
nausenting was this to Miller, that I have heard the sickness
with which he was immediat ely taken, ascribed to this cause.
Crawfol-d's stamach was not so weak. He bad taken, too,
less of the physic. ^ ours. Ac. ’
After tiie perusal of tiie above, the reader,
we think, will naturally come to the conclusion,
that there was‘‘something rotten in Denmark,”
nofwi’hstmuling the assertions of Mr. Miller and
tlie Editor of ih« Republican, to the contrary.
Tiie testimony we offer is, ns we said before,
from one of the most respectable citizens of Au-
rr-istu—Mr. Miller’s equal in every respect,
and ccording to Gov. Crawford’s measurement,
in many, far his superior. We suppress his
name, only because ue is not ambitious to fig-
tire in the newspapers. But should Ids name
he wanting to add wi ig’ t to the evidence, if
the Repaid-can will publish Ids letter, he may
select anv three gentlemen, Whigs if he please,
who are at all acquainted with the citizens of
Augusta, and if they do not give a cl .ar certi
ficate of Ins standing, we will withdraw our re
quest. But should it he in favor, (it cannot he
otherwise, for the gentleman is too well and fa
vorably known,) nil we ask of the Republican,
is the publication of ibis letter, with his commit
tee’s certificate attached to it.
COMtitiSIULtlEN f 1VEEK.
' 7’i* onr last interview.—Otemcnlhe*.
Oh ! the days that ice have seen.—Shetton.
A friend at Athens has kindly furnished us
with the subjoined list of the Jnnior and Senior
classes of Franklin College ; and the following
order of exercises on commencement day.
JUNSOli CILASS.
order of exercises.
PRAYER.
MUSIC.
Misapplication of Genius.
GEO. M. TROUP HURT, r. k. s., Russell Co. Ala.
Our Country—its past progress and future destiny.
JAMES G. COLLIER, d. s Augusta. Ga.
The adaptation of means to the end.
SAM’L J. BAILEY. ». s.. Barnwell Dist S C.
Influence of the Legal Profession in the U. States.
WM. ALPHEU8 LOFTON, r. K. s. Elbert County.
Variety of Impression* from Individual Characters.
THO’S ALEXANDER HOYT, d. s„ Athens.
Party Spirit.
WM. GASTON DELONY. p. k. s.Cait*len county.
Decision of (Jharactvr.
JAMES WHITFIELD WARREN, d. s. Columbus.
The importance of correct principles.
JOHN RENNIE BLAKE. I'.K.s., Abbeville Dist. S. C.
Presentation of Medals & Address to the two
Sophomore Prize Orators.
SENIOR CLASS:
ORDER OF THE DAT.
PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT.
MU8IC.
THOMAS G. TOND. n.s , Columbus. Ga. ■iud Honor.
LATIN SALUTATORY.
Oglethorpe—The Soldier, The Statesman, Ihe Union-
tit i nput.
ALONZO A. F. HILL. r. K. s.. Athens. 3d Honor.
‘‘ It is the duty nf every citizen, though he may have but
one day to'live. to devote that day to the good of his
country.”—1Z. Gerry.
II. R. J. LONG. D. s , Madison Co.
Choice of Pursuite.
WILLIAM A. DUNN, D.s. Columbia Co. (Excused.)
WM. LOUIS JONES, r. K. s.. Liberty Co. 1st Honor.
The old age of the Scholar.
THOMAS B. PHINIZY.d.s. Augusta.
The Intellect.
ROBERT R. HOWARD, d. a. Columbus.
The Palladium of our Liberties,
J. ABBOT BILLUPS.d s. Athens.
• Desultory Thoughts on leaving College.
CHARLES B. KING, r. K. s.. Roswell, Cobb Co 3d Honor.
Self-Mastery—•‘Men at times are masters of their
fatcT-SuiK-
GEORGE C. WHATLEY. D.s. Paulding Co. 1st Honor.
The Southern Statesman. Valedictory.
EDWARD P. PALMER, t\ K. s„ Colletou Dist. S. C.
1st Honor. Valedictory.
degrees conferred upon the above and the follow-
ING MEMBERS OF THE CLASS:
WILLIAM ASHLEY. Telfair Co.
V\ 1LLIAM CAllR. Athens.
JOSEPH T ELSTON. Talladega Co. Ala.
NATHANIEL J. WAY. Liberty Co.
WILLIAM T. BAILEY. Barnwell Dist. S.C.
Address cf the President to the Ciass.
i Tiie Sabbatt! Hells.
“T he following sentiments that «ill commend
themselves to the admirn'ion ol the render, arc
. from Doug'ass Jcrrold's Magazine, one of the
j most popular of the English periodical. The
• n r tic'e from which the extract is made is entitled
i St. James and St. Giles.”
“‘There’s some'h'ng beautiful in theclmrcli
bells, don’t You think so, .lent?’ asked Cnpstiek.
in a subdue ! tone. ‘Beaut f d and hopeful!
they talk to h'glt nuti low, rch and p nr, ;n the
Sitnj voice; there’s is sou d in ’em that should
scare pride, nod envy, end m- an ness of nil
i sorts from the heart of man: that should make
[ hint look upon the world with k nd forgiving
j eves; that should irake the earth itself seem
| 'o him, at lea^t f.ir a time, a holy place. Yes.
' Jem, diere’s a whole sermon in the very sound
j of tiie church-bills, if we only have the ears to
rightly understand it. There's a preacher i t
every belfry, Jem, that cri s, ‘Poor, weary,
struggling, fighting creatures—poor human
tilings! take test, be quiet. Forget your vani
ties, your folhes, your week-day craft, vonr
heartburnings! And you, ye humble vessels,
gilt and painted, believe the iron longue tliat
tells ye that for all your g'IJittg, -til your colors,
ve are of the same Adam’s earth with the beg
gar at vour gates. ‘Come away, come,’ cries
the church hell, ‘and learn to he humid •, learn- I
ing that, however daubed and stuck about with ;
j*'wels, you are hut gr tve clay ! Come, Dives, j
come, and be taught all your glory, as you
wear it, is not half so beautiful in tie eye of
Heaven ns the sores of uncomplaining Laza
rus ! And ye poor creatures, livid and faint,
stinted nnd crushed hy the pride and hardness
of the world—come, cotnc,' cries the bell, with
the voice of an angel, ‘come and learn what is
laid up for ve ; and, learning, take heart and
walk among tho wickednesses, the cruelties of
the world, calmly as Daniel walked among the-
lions.’ Here Capstjck, flushed and excited,
wrought beyond himself, suddenly paused.—
Jem stared, astoni-hed. hut said no word. And
then Capstick, with calm manner, said, ‘Jem,
is there a finer sight than a stream of human
creatures passing from n Christian church V ’
Elections in August.—The elections take
place in seven States, as follows:
N. Carolina, Aug. 7. Legislature and 0. M. C.
Tennessee, “ 7. Gov. Ltg. and 11 “
Kentucky, “ 4. Legislature
Indiana, “ 4. “ and 10 “
Alabama, “ 4. “ and 7 “
Missouri, “ 4. “
Illinois, “ 4. “
These will complete the dictions for the
27th Congress, in all the States except Ma y-
land (6) which votes in October, and Mississip
pi (i) in November. The S ates of Maine,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, have one
member of Congress each to elect to supply
vacancies in the delegations.
FrcscittaUoii ofn Flag.
The Crawford Guards is a beautiful company of vol
unteer cavalry, numbering about forty-five privates, all fine
looking young men, well mounted, and in neat nmfonn.—
T-e Cmtipanv is commanded by David M. Causey. Esq., j
who.is a young man of energy and considerable military j
mind. The other officers are young men equally endowed: j
the officers are an honor to the company and the county; J
and the privates are an honor to the officers and to the name |
of volunteers. This company is of recent organization.—
The first effort fur its formation was made but about three
months since, and now each officer and private is in neat
uniform.* *
Such has been the rapid progress of the company in tac
tics and other neetssary improvements, that the ladies of
Knoxville and c utity p-epared n most beautiful stand of
colors ; and on Saturday, the 26th .1 uly, the company yvas
paraded on foot and formed in open column of subdivisions,
fronting Mr Carson’s hotel—at this moment Miss Elizabeth
E. Worsham advanced from the large assemblage of the
fair, and to the front of the company, bearing the flag.—
When she had approached near, site addressed llte compa
ny in a modest, yet linn and unfaltering manner, which has
added new laurels to her already much esteemed charmctet.
She spoke as follows :
Gentlemen *»f the Crawford Guards—Permit me in be
half of the ladies of Knoxville and the adjacent country, to
present to you this Banner. It has been wrought Dy their
own hands, and it affords them plensure to bestow it on a
band they deem every way worthy to appreciate its worth :
our only wish is that tl.e stars and stripes that are upon its
fo!ds may never be ensanguined on the battle field, in de
fence of our common country i but should necessity decree
otherwise we feel assured that the gallant hand to whom it
is presented is well worthy to maintain its honor—for ei
ther in civil commotion nr in the dark hours of foreign ag
gression, our surest defence is the true hearts of a citizen
soldiery; and while we are a free people we shall never
look to the gallantry and the devotion of the cause of our
safety, but with unfaulting confidence. Let your motto be
Libertas cl nutate Po/tin»
When Miss Worsham had concluded her remarks. Cnp-
tain Causey, the commander of the Company, received the
beautiful flag, and for himsell nnd company, returned thanks
as follows, (which was done in a bold, yet mooesl and quae
eloquent manner.)
Madam : I advance to receive at your fair hands the battti.
ful Banner presented; I receive it in the name nnd behalf of
the Crawford Guards, and return to you nn-l the ladies of
Knoxville, and the adjacent country oar kindest and most
sincere thanks; nnd would ask. madam, when it was that
heroine patriotism failed to'animate, to buoy up, and stimu
late the soldier; when did it fail to make even the veriest of
cowards lake up erau, and defend their rights! We may
take a retrospective view of their arts, even to the very
foundation of our liberties; and from that lime down to the
present moment, and we find that in the darkest hours ol
tribulation, tbe fait hand lias been a help-mate. ^ ea. when
our country was plunged in blood, when war and carnage
pervaded the land, even amid the terrible din of battle,
when death was upon the countenance of every American
citizen, then, even then, we find them stable and steadfast;
and a' all times and under every circumstance ready to
lend a hand in defence of their beloved country, so tar cs
their fair and delicate person and constitution would allow.
Then, madam, you have intrusted the work of your fair
hand, and of those whom you represent, to a hand, though
few- in number, that wi 1 maintain its honor, and tiie honor
of its donors: \re pledge ourielves to you, madam, to keep
it sacred. Surely madam, it is the last thing lor which we
wish, that is to have occarion to hear the beautiful emblem
to the battle-field : should it he needful, should kings, prin
ces, or savage foes invade our beloved country, we then
shall be found in her defence; should the dark and lowering
clouds of war burst upon us, and mighty powers invade our
happy land, then it is that the workmanship of yoor fair
hands shall be p anted upon the battlemenla ol our country;
then it is that this beautiful banner shall float in triumph,
and iu honor of the fair ladies of Crawford : then it is that
this hand of young and valiant soldiers: those brilliant eyes
shall took to those stars and stripes, and remember the
pledge which they, this day, make to you. Yes, then it is!
otnid the roar of thunder, and clash nf steel, they will, as
did our forefathers, tnstntain it proudly: madam, we come
to the solemn pledge. V'O long as this arm has a vibrating
pulse, those eyes shall see, or this heart shall beat, this
banner sliali never he sullied or dishonored. I pledge on
the part of iny soldiers, that so long as these hearts' blood
runs waitn. it-shall be maintained; and until the last one
shall he still and silent in death.it shall float triumphantly.
Soldiers, do I pledge aright for you 7 1>*. yes, yes, yes,
was the unanimous cry.
Then. 1 ha"e the sacred pledge from all. that thisceauti-
ful banner shall live with them, atal shall only die when
they are dead. .
The company will soon (it is hoped) receive their arms
Will the young men of the other coutities imitate the exain-
n e set l>\ tiie Crawford gourds 7
v A SrECTATOR.
Prococtltngs in i’rnn ford Comity.
In honor of the memory <f General Andrew Jackson.
Last Saturday, the 26th ult. in pursnauee of the appoint
ment of the Committee of Arrangements, the citizens of our
countv assembled for tbe purpose cf rendering tueir last
tribute of respect to the illusirious dead, beldnin lias been
introduced in our midst duch a pervading and spontaneous
exhibition of popular sympathy. The request that a general
suspension of business should take pi.ee Irom 7 o'clock A.
M.. until ii o'clock P. M., was universally regarded in ihe
*At^9 o'clock the Church bell commenced lolling, at 10 o’
clock the Crawford Volunteer Cavalry and a large concourse
of citizens assembled on the Court House equate, where the
procession was formed and marched v* the HaptrM “jP? 1
bv Leroy Hicks, Ksq.. Marshal of the day. assisted by Tdo-
mas Champion, Ksq.. in the following,order*
The Crawford Volunteer Cavalry,
The Colonel and his Sufi.
The Orator nnd officiating Clergy,
The Clergy generally.
SclJiers who served under General Jackson,
Judges of the Inferior Court.
Members of the Masonic Lodges.
Citizens generally.
Tho Church and Tulpit being previously decorated in
morning. UDun the arrival of the procession, the ltev.
Westley Smith of the Methodist Episcopal Church offered
up a solemn and impressive prayer The orator nf the day,
Thomas C. Howard. Esq., then rose and delivered an ora
tion which was well worthy the occasion. At the close of
he address, the audience was dismissed with an appropriate
benediction from the Clergyman whoopened the ceremonies.
GEORGE Ii. HUNTER.
Chairman Committee of Arrangements.
BEJVJJfIST.T* BELL,
WARE H'JT.SB AM) (OMiNSlilN ilERCHA.W,
EAST MACON,
ih • Onti-aS Hail licntl
Store jt.d W ar^-
upied by it
vices t > Planters* and others and will
promptly alien i to ihe receiving ui Cotton
ai.d Merchandize entrustedio bisc-irt.
Also will give //:• prr*o*at aueminn to pellirr Cn::*n.of
other produce, finirg orders i^rgo .tls, and shipping Cc tr
: ) bnvsinnab, Charleston, or New York.
Hoping liii best exertions w:i give sfiuaTaciion to ai* w’-
ifiitv favor hitn with their busings.
Mucon, Angus! 12. lS-jr*. . 46 if
HAVING ieii
House, formerly
WOT 1C;
r havii
THKauWs?,
!«<*k of Job,s J. .lones consisting
. . , v \v -'V-' riajres. Harness. Sndt’les, Cart in:
' H n.f-s Trimming*. .Ve. &«*.. !
•-j5W.3WV.Jj] t i inform ihe public ibar he wi'I
tins lo suit the lio*e>, he is i>re:
til out the
I t
iace d
nri 1
MlMmjjjKjf build or repair Carnap '* • •
ijltp in a neat and workmanlike m ei t*r ,w rv
J\ dared prices. A share of puiro'fiu j
(LsJ respectful!v solicited.
II. P. WESTCOTT.
At ihf* itind formerly occupied by John J. J a.r<
Aiurnst 12.1815. 4c; if
To Kent.
rjnilE Stote m the corner of Tbi d and Mulberry streets,
fa opposite the Floyd House. Po'se-sio n given first of
October next. M. THOMSON.
Matron, August 12, I8f>. •**> tf
RASAWAYi
FROM the siib.teribcr.livingncr Jackson. Bulls
county, on the eveuintr of tile 3d of this month, my
negro boy MOSE : he is nf dark enmplexi •». utli-
..2.7i r er slender built, nbcut six feet high, weighs- about
140 pounds. From circumstances which 1 am ir. posse,sVn
of since said boy left, 1 ain induced to believe that he may
Invr been decoy I'd off by some white man if so a liberal re-
ward will be given for tbe thief with sufficient proof to con
vict him- Any information ol said negro will he thankfully
received and all expenses that mnv occur will he paid.
JOHN B. HARKKKSs.
August !2, 184a. 46 3t
l>ooly 4’ofilpostrtl XberitP, Snlr.
1IT]I,L he said before tbe Court House door in the
? V town of Vienna Dooly county between the usual
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in September next, the
following property to-wit:
Also lot ot land No. 324. in the 12th district ofsaidtonn-
tv of Dooly, ievied on as the property of Samuel Storey, to
satisfy a fi. la.in favor of James II. Ford, adminis rater, vs.
Samuel Storey.
YOUNG T. OUTLAW. Sheriff.
August 10, 1345. 46
E3nii«iou E*oslpoitciI Sheriff Hairs.
W ILL be sold on tin first Tuesday iu September next,
before tne Court House door in llte town Perry, in
the usuh 1 hours of sale, the followin'.’ property, to wit:
Lot of Land whereon Charles M. McCoy now resides,
the number not known, in the 5th District of Houston comi
ty. aujoiuitig Wi liain Smith nnd others, and one b'ark
horse, and a stock of cattle consisting of tbnut twen.y or
twen y-five head a part of which are running at large.—
Five Thousand pounds Seed Cotton more or less.—
All levied on ns the property of Charles M. McCoy, to sat
isfy a H fa from Houston Superior Court in favor of Wil
liam Smith, Senr. vs the said Charles M. McCoy.
WILLIAM HERRINGTON, Sh ff.
Augnst 12. I345. -1G
N OTXI'K.—Alt persons indebted to the estate of Dan
iel Sanders late of Crawford county, deceased, are no
tified to come forward and make in.inedialo payment, and
those having claims against said estate, are required to pre
sent their demands properly authenticated, within the time
required hy law.
MARY SANDERS, ndm'x.
JAMES M. DUPREE. aJm’nr.
Atigiist 12. 1845. 46 5t
Valuable S'roperty Tot- Sale.
THE subscriber oflers for sale the following va!ua-
—re1 hie lands lying in thecounty of Bibo, viz: His pljnta
lion on the Tobesofseecreek. Onthis plantation are valuable
saw and grist milts in good repair with sufficient water pow
er for a factory, and about S miles distant .from Macon.—
There are 2200 acres of land iu the tract, the greater part
of it well timbered with pine. nuk. poplar, Jcc. tic'. There
are four or five hundred acres of cleared land adapted to the
culture of corn, cotton, nnd small grain: with this place I
wou'd sell mules, cattle, hogs, and a sufficiency ef com and
fodder for the supply of the place the next year.
The plantation whereon Aaron Ltsset, Esq., lives, on the
Icheconnee creek, containing with the wood lands connected
with it. a little upwards of three bondred acres. This is a val
uable place, and persons desirous of purchasing a plantation
of that size wouid do well to examine. It is situated about
eleven utiles from Macon to the ieft of tbe road leading to
Perry.
About five hundred act es of land two miles from town,
adjoining the lands of Charles H. litre. Esq., ami extending
along the Monroe Roil Road, fiir more than a mile 1 in
eludes the uld Steam Saw Mill. A part-of the laud is well
timbened, and there ore several beautiful building cites on
it, surpassed by none to the uelgiiliortiood; and convenient
to the Vineville School, and sufficiently near to the Female
College for the purchaser to avail himself of the advat.it j.es
of that admirable institution.
One hunired and forty seven acres of Ormulgee Coheir:,
apjo nlng li r lands of Mr. Leroy Napier and the Hese -ve
with about Sity a- res cleared and under good fence. Thi.-.
is a most convenient place for a gentleman residing in the
citv who wishes to cultivate a small farm and supply himself
with fire-wood. Ac. Ac.
One hundred and sixty-five arres of land, with but little
cleared, and well timbered with oak anil hickory bnunrien cn
one side by the Ocmulgee river, embracing a valuable shoal.
With this place nr separate from it, will he sold the place
formerly Owned by Solomon Humphries, which has a iter.t
dwelling and convenient nut houses.
Tbe whole or any part of the above property will I e scl.i
on liberal terms. Apply to the subscriber in Marion or
Col. A. P- Powers in Macon.
CHARLES J MeDONALP.
August 12, 1S45. 46 frt ^
Adzcinistratot’a Sole.
A GREEABLYtnnnorderofibe Interior Court" f Do. ly
/* county, whiie sitting as a court of ordinary, wiii be sold
before the court-house door in the town of Vienna on ibe
first Tuesday in October next, lot of land, number 85, in the
9tb District of Dooly county, sold as the property ol Wil
liam II. Andrews, deceased, for the benefit ofllie heirs amt
creditors of said estate.
THOS. B. DONNELLY, admot.
NANCY ANDREWS, ndm’x
August 12,18-15, 46 tds
EORGIA Dooly Con uly.—Whereas Jacob J.Sweare
V?T engeti. administrator and Frondes Haddock, adminis-
stratrix on the estate of Charles Haddock, late of said coun
ty deceased, has made application to tne for letters of dis
mission from the administration of said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish at I and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased. 10 be and ap
pear at my office, within thetiincprescribed by law. to shew
cause, il any they have, why said letters should not be grant
ed. Given under my hand, tiiis 6th August. 1845.
' PLEASANT II. KEY, c. c. e.
August 12. 1845. 46
[U7*We are authorized to announce WILLIAM C-
KENNEDY, as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Re*
urns for Bibb county, at tbe election in January next.
NEW DRUG sfORE.
rilHE subscriber having bought out the Apothecary Em
_1 tahli&hment formerly occupied by James Bailey,
on Mulberry street, will carry on the business at *he jam©
plnee. . ' . , ...
He respectfully solicits of his old friends and H r public
a share of their custom. -M. BAKTLETT.
Aug. 5—45—tf.
Ex ra t f.cmilie CIRTCLIR of the .Etna Insurance
Company, listed Hartford, July 1515
Dear Sir": You may be solicitous ,n know how we are
affected bv the fire in New York, on the morn.ng nf Sa:ur-
dav the 19th inst. We have a list of nil our insurance, in
tiie burnt district: and we have the pleasure of muting that
llte amount is surh that we' can meet every claim ns soon ns
presented. If any of our customers Mio.ild tcei interested
to inauire,you now have the ability to answer
Signed 8. L. LOO.'IIc.cec
The undersigned, agents for the above Company . continue
to take risks agaitt6t loss or damage by fire c- Heretofore.
REA A COTTON. Agents.
Macon, Aug. 5-11.
For sale,
* FINE large Bay Horse* **ork* well in harness, and
fine under saddje, for t sale bjr
GLOltOh* PA\NE.
Miicnn. August 5th 1845, Ab if
O 1
N Sunday pight, 3d inst.. frt in the stable of the sub
scriber living <ni the mid Irom Macon to Col-tub s, a
large roarie horse about eight years old, stttallea-s no marks
recollected excepting some small seats on she backbone
made by the saddle; old shoes on the forefeel; also stolen
at the same time an old saddle pretty much worn', has been
mended on the hind part with black leather: aud also a bri
dle. A suitable reward will be given lor the apprehension
tf the thief mid the recover'- of the property.
JOHN BAILEY.
B-dlev’s-Milts. Bibb county.
Aug. 5—45—tf.
KOTICK.
f xt H E undersigned has removed to the county ol Twigcs,
J. an I will respond to nil suits that may be brought n-
gainst her either on her ow n account nr as nduiinisttatrix
on the estate ofThomas Lowe,, deceased, in thecounty of
Twiggs, and notin the county of Jones, her former placeot
residence. All persons interested " ill lake
Aug. 5—It
ELLEN-T linvii-
orbits ISiacote.
1 A Ann POUNDS Hai.,s. Si.oul.lets and bides,
I () (JOU 7.000 Shoulders and Sides. tW.ro
H aeon i For sale by
D * C ' CHARLES CAMPBELL A
July 23, :S45. <4 rt