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—His whole and fine sideboard of sWA
rer plate, and large and solid gold
cup, with many others, presented to
him by the King of England; large
quantities of costly silk, satins, fine
cloths, very valuable silk Lambas of
Madagescar, sc. The missionaries
say, that the expense of the funeral
could not have been less than sixty
thousand pounds sterling.
South African Adv.
CABINET.
0 A RHEA TON AUG. 22. 1*29,
Km——
The Washington News, in
taking notice of Mr. Gil er
and Mr. Crawford as candi
dates in opposition to each oth
er for Governor, says,
“Wc consider the result no
ways doubtful, and without in
tending to detract from the
merit of Mr. Crawford, feel
satisfied that Mr. Gilmer will
be called to office by a major
ity of al least fifteen thousan
votes. In this circuit, (Han
cock excepted) he will receivi
an almost unanimous vo'e.”
Wc have always considered’
the ‘'Xi;\vs” good authority
but it certainly is out of it
•
reckoning when it says tha
“Gilmer will receive an almost
unanimous vote *n this circuit
(Hancock excepted. ’) We as
sure the Editor of that paper,
“without intending to detract
from tire merit of Mr. Gilmer/’
/
(and weave serious ins aij mg it)
that Crawford will receive, in
the countv of Warren an o
*
verwhelming majority; So that
if the calculation of the News,
of 5 5,000 majority in the state
be as erroneous as it is for the
County of Warren, the major
ity for Crawford will he incal
culable. We are not enemies
of Mr. Gilmer but we must sav
that his opposition to Mr.
Crawford is uncalled for, and
to show that we are not singu
lar in this belief, we insert the
following from the Columbus
Enquirer Augusta Constitu
tionalist—the two ablest and
most independent papers be
longing to the party.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
GOVERNORS ELECTION.
We cannot refrain from ex
pressing the great surprise we
experienced on reading the
announciation of Mr. Gilmer
as a candidate for Governor in
opposition to Mr. Crawford.
What good end is proposed to
be gained by such a movement
wc cannot possibly conceive,
hut it requires very little pen
etration to discover that much
evil may and will result. The
high character which Mr.
Crawford has always sustained
for abilities, political consistent
cy.and unbending integrity, in
duced the belief that he would
be elected without any oppo
sition—at least from our own
party. We did not believe
that there was a patriot in the
republican ranks, who merely
for the gratification of the love
of office would enter the field
against him, when it was so
apparent that no good could
accrue to the country from the
contest. And least of all did
we expect to find such opposi- j
sition in Mr. Gilmer. We
have looked upon him, not as
an ambitious aspirant, hut a
man, capable of making pri
vate sacrifices of feeling, rath
er than create unnecessary di
vision and excitement in the
party to which he is attached.
And we are still unwilling to
be convinced that we placed
an undue estimate upon his vir
iues—we cannot believe that
he was brought forward with
his own consent. ‘S he nomi
nation must have been made
without his knowledge—it is
he work of an arbitrary Junto at
Mhens, who arrogate to them
selves ‘the prerogative of put
i tg up or pulling down whom
soever they please. Their fa
vor is to be won by subservien
cy and their proscription by in
. ! tv. But wc think they
• *
are mistaken in their man,
when they hope In make a tool
of Mr. Gilmer, for the purpose
of defeating a patriot whose
worth has brought him under
their Ban. Mr,, Gilmer can
not fail to see, that opposition
to Mr. Crawford is uncalled for
by the times, and may produce
a return of all that rancour and
bitterness of factious warfare,
out of which we have just e
merged; and perceiving this he
will no doubt, unhesitatingly
decline such an unseasonable
Contest. Our confidence in
hfs patriotism will not allow us
to believe him capable of run
ning against his friend, whom
he knows to be in every respect
qualified for and worthy of the
office for which public senti
ment has designed him. We
j anxiously wait to hear some
thing further concerning the
matter.
From the Constitutionalist *.
We may be wrong—but we cannot
help thinking the nomination of Mr
Gilmer for Governor exceedingly
injudicious. So far from there bring
any reasonable objection to Joel
Crawford, it should have afforded
pleasure to every member of the Troup
party to hail him as a Candidate, and
to promote bis views to the utmost.
There is not in Georgia a purer or
more intelligent man—and bow the
public good is to be promoted by set
ting up opposition to him, we cannot
divine The policy appears to us to
be suicidal and ominous of a change
in parties by no means favourable to
that, which now enjoys the ascenden
cy. Let it not be said our apprehen
sions are idle and that after the elec
tion, ail will unite as before, to guide
affairs in a smooth and easy current.
We will not believe it. Those who
sow tears cannot reap gladness—those
who plant disunion will never produce
the fruits of concord and peace.
We should have spoken just in the
same way if Mr, Gilmer had been the
Candidate and Mr. Crawford had
been put in nomination to oppose him—
much as we value both these gentle-
I men, who place a higher estimate up
on the public interest , which is to he
promoted by keeping things as they
are, rather than by throwing them in
to a state of fearful change and disor
der. Civil strife is ever to be eschew
ed f whether it shall occur in families,
; neighborhoods, parties or nations, and
j those Who take upon themselves to fan
1 the spark into a blaze instead of tramp
ling upon it and putting it out —those
persons assume a fearful responsibili
ty, and run the risk of being them
selves destroyed in the flames they
raise.
We have repeatedly asked where
was the necessity of putting up anoth
er C ndid Ate? and ‘\e have received
n < satisfactory reply, if the step was
taken from mere personal preference
if was not vv.eil or kindly done by pro
fessors of the same political faith.
Every body knows that Mr. Craw
ford possesses both cap ity and dis
position to make an impartial and
.hie Governor—a capacity and dispo
sition entir Jy eq ..I with Mr. Gil
mers, and incited v-ith an) public
mams that, we know of. With such a
Candidate, avowed b. fore the people,
prudence situnid have struggled suc
cessfully against f ling, no matter
how war n or amiubP , in favour of
another.— HVhowewr. the motive was
anew organization o< things — vve still
more deplore it ant vve | redo t that
under such views our Republican
majority—wc cat e nut how it is calf and
whether by the name of Crawford or
Troup-*- will ‘soon rest in q tietness,
and may adopt for its own, the well
known epitaph—•• l was well — l would
be belter — and-—here lorn.*’
For our own part, vve esteem both
the Candidates—vve perfet* Mr. Craw
ford, because he first avowed himself,
and we can perceive no reason Whatcv
ler why the House ofhis friends should
{ be divided arid a hostile banner raised
| against him. We leave the issue in
the hands of providence,-and hope that
this new trouble will not result inju
riously to those who constitute a
party to which vve shall continue to
cling although it sii II suffer total
wreck, and only a single plank be left
within our feeble grasp.
[COMMUNICATED FOR THE UECORDF.It."I
To the Editors of the Recorder;
Gentlemen—The preservation of
our public institutions demands
strict adherence to the principles
upon Which they are established.
Those principles do not admit con
cealment, management, or intrigue.
Whenever unwarrantable means are
resorted to, in order to promote some
political scheme, our public institu
tions are injured in their most vital
parts. Mr George R. Gilmer has
been nominated by a number of gen
tlemen, who, it is reported, met in
Athens, either as a convention of the
people, a caucus, or an AMPHYC
TIONIC COUNCIL. As they have
taken upon themselves to nominate
and point out a Governor for the
good people of Georgia, their names
should he known that this good peo
ple may be enabled to ascertain what
degree of confidence can be placed in
the assumption of the power they
have exercised, and what degree of
respect can be paid to the person
nominated, for his acquiescence in
such a nomination. 1 feel assured
that they cannot refuse to let their
names be known. They cannot be
ashamed of the nomination they have
made. Should they refuse, I shall
certainly take upon myself to publish,
among those who were present, the
names that have come to my knowl
edge,
\Vith regard to Mr. Gilmer, per
sonally, to whom 1 would have no
objection, as a Representative or Sen
ator in Congress, or Governor of
Georgia, 1 shall say, that it is a re
publican principle, from which I shall
never depart, to vote for no man who
has not declared himself a candidate.
There is nothing so degrading to a
people as to give their votes for a man
j who is not a candidate, but who pre
sumptuously declares that he would
serve if elected. If it is (lie individ
ual who confers a favor on the pen*,
pie, when elected under such circum
stances, I shall admit that my princi
ple is anti republican. But if it is
the people who confer a favor by c
lecting that individual to an office,
my principle is sound and should he
followed. 1 will, therefore, ask Mr.
Gilmer, with due respect, whether he
is a candidate for Representative in
Congress, or w hether be is a candi
date for lhe office of Governor of
Georgia? lie shall not he considered
a candidate by me , if his answer is
not Categoric al.
MY NAME IS LEGION.
About. 3 o’clock on the morning of
the I4fli inst. fire was discovered in
the belfry of the Eagle Tavern, situ
ated on Keymold-street. The hour
being very late, it was some time be
fore (he lodgers discovered the peril of
their situation, and consequently Use
flann-s had progressed considerably
over the roof of the boose before sufi
< rent assistance could he obtained.
The west end of the ‘building being
old and rotten, afforded every facility
to the progress of the fire, and when
the engines arrived it was two late to
save the Tavern from desti urtion, for
it was already enveloped in flames.
The houses attached to the main
building were all destroyed with the
exception of tin* Ice-House, the Sta
bles, and the Rotunda, which were
saved by the intervention of the en
n> s a; fi axe nrfen, who Were active
■ \r-r> the occasion. The destruction
I p nperty would have far ex< ceded
hat v Inch actually look place, had it
not been for'{lie intrepid exertion of a
gentleman of our city, who averted
tit'* flames by spreading, and keeping
wet woollen stuffs, and clothes upon
the end of the building owned by John
Bones, Esq. If this house had burnt,
the fire must have crossed over to
Broad-Street, and occasioned much
loss end distress.
No doubt is entertained of the fire
being‘designedly set to the House; arid
vve understand investigations are go
ing on which vve hope may eventuate
in the discovery of the incendiary.
The Tavern and furniture were in
sured—to what amount vve are unable
io say, but sufficient vve have heard to
cover the loss. Suspicion has hither
to, however, fastened upon no partic
ular individual, but the late attempt to
fire the Cotton in the adjoining Ware
house with the distraction of the Ea. r ,
gle itself, should place our citizens
upon their guard. We cannot be too
vv atc 1 1 fu I .—Co list i tutio nalis t.
TO THE CITIZENS OF ALA
BAMA AND GEORGIA.
We, the chiefs and head men of
the Creek Nation have very recently
understood that much-alarm and ex
citement have b*en produced in va
rious parts of your country; we learn
that it is reported among your citi
zens that the Creek Nation is becom
ing hostile and unfriendly to the citi
zens of said States; and we learn that
much uneasiness is manifested on ac
count of it. Ail this we are extreme
ly sorry to hear; and vve take this
method to inform the people general
ly, that there are no such views i \
contemplation among the people off
the Creek Nation; and the report has
been gotton up, by somemalicious per
sons to excite the feelings of the waits
people against ns; perhaps for t ieir
personal advantage; and perhaps t<
arouse the feelings of the U. States,
for the purpose of forcing us, contra
ry to our will, from the land of o k
great forefathers, which has been our
j inheritance from generation to gen
eration for time immemorial.
Independent of all moral right anl
! moral law, by which vve hold th *
same, the Government of the United
States has, by a solemn treaty, male
and entered into at the city of Wa-v'i...
ington, by all the constituted autjfi r .
ities of both nations, acknowledged*,
j recognized, and guaranteed tb ike