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ciples; though decisive he isl courteous in
the exercise of his faith- By the mem
bers fthe Legislature who were opposed
to him, he was particularly esteemed for
the bland, courteous, and parliamentary
course he pursued—though oppo ed to us
in many instances, his opposition as he
professed, was founded on principle. —
He did not unblushingly step forth as the
opponent of the measure on the venial
ground that it originatated with, or was
sup>*orted by the Clark party. A reason
thatshouldoperate much in Mr. Crawford's
favor, and recommend him to ou< consul*
ation is. that he is opposed by such men
as Seaborn Jones, Warren Jonrdan, and
Henry Branham—onp of these gentlemen
he had particularly offended, by repudiat
ing one of his political bantlings.
It will be recollected, that a protest
against the Tariff was parsed at the last ses
sion of the Legislature—this eradite lucru
bration sprung from the prolific brain of
Warren Jnurdan: To consider this pro
duction with any thing like critical acu-’
men, would make a school-boy, were fie
the author of it, hide his diminished head.
Mr. Crawford considered it as a State
paper, disgraceful to the good sense of
(etrislafive body, and a a measure of poli
cy, quix tic & inoperative—This was me
to be passed over; the literary and poiiti< -
al ability of Warren Jmu'Jmi was ijues
tioned—With the other two gentlemen,
arid those of like calibre Mr Crawford i>
no favorite; he is not ultra enough for’
them; he is sometimes tolerant enough t
think that Something good may come ou.
ofGallilee.’ On many occasions during
the the last session, he advocated claim
coming through the medium of Clark
members, and voted for su h claim oi
the ground of justice and equity —Hm
vv. s a dereliction not to be tolerated, and
the* gentlemen immediately condemned
him tocnventiy. Mr. Crawford is a mm
of good practical sense—he is nt> orator
‘as Brutus, but a plain blunt man.’ H
has served the State with credit in its
councils &i in the field. With many of you
he has been a coadjutor in the army and in
the legislature and with that flippancy of
tongue and impudence of address, which
distinguishes some of our would be-great
men, he is well known to you as one of the
most worthy amongst his party. On the
other hand, we cannot with any con
sistency support Mr. Gilmer—lt is bad
enough to be driven to the shift of choos
ing from our opponent; but to bow our
heads meekly and tamely to the yoke; to
add servility to defeat is too humditating.
Mr. Gilmer comes before us as the Caucus
Candidate-—Yes; King Cork us is abroad,
(the monster which we as a party, have
always eschewed ) That Mr G. and elect
ed, will be the governor of a party and not
of ihe State, is evident from the know
ledge we have of his impetuosity and
domineering character* He is the Mag
nus Ap 110 of such ultra-radicals as we
have mentioned —he concentrates within
himself all the feelings and characteristics
which have made many of the Tr up men
so offensive to us. He is regarded as a
radical, unrelenting party*ram, and there
fore will not do for us. There is another
question in which we are interested, not
only as members of a party, but as citi
zens of the state. Is Mr. Gilmer a fit
and proper person for the discharge of the
duties of governor? Has he given while
engagud in public life, any earnest of his
qualifications? Has he not rather shown
himself to be a man entirely under the do
minion of his passions, and one who will
not brook legitimate control? —He has
written long essays to convince us of ab
v surdity of a lav made by the constituted
authorities of the State, and with which he
had heretofore complied. He had viola
ted this law. and gloried ill so doing. He j
has condemned the governor for enforcing i
this law—a duty which he was compelled
Cos do under all the obligations of an oath.
Will Mr. G. if chosen the Executive of
the state reserve to himself the right of
deciding upon the propriety of its laws?
Is it politic? Is it prudent? Is it sale to
commit the high functions of the office to
such hands? It is left for you to say. if j
you will vote for Mr. Gilmer iu obedi- j
. ence to the command of a self constituted
and arbitrary junto.
TALBOT.
MYSTERIOUS STORY f
The follow it.g story as related by
den. HOIIIOII4 in the winter of 1816
17, one evening *t Sir Sidney Smith's
in Paris. The General stated that he
had it from Marshal Junot, Duke of
AbanteSfWh was Governor of Paris
at the time it happened, and must,
therefore, necessarily have been well]
acquainted with all the circumstances
attending it.
In the year 1805, as a poor mason
was returning one evening from his
daily labours, he was met in an ob.
scure street in Paris by a well dressed
man, whose face he never remember
ed to have seen before, but who stop
ped him, and enquired of him to what
trade he belonged. On being answer
ed ho was a mason, the man said, that
if he would wall up a certain niche
which would be shown to him', lie
should receive as his reward 50 louis
dors. The stranger added, that he
must submit to have his eyes covered,
and to be carried in that state for a
considerable distance. To all this
the mason readily consented, partly
from curiosity and partly from the
greatness of the reward offered to him
for so inconsiderable a work. The
-stranger immediately placed a band
age over his eycs,‘& having led him by
(he hand for a few paces, they came to
the spot where a carriage wsi ted for
them, into which they both got, and i
drove rapidly off. They soon got out
of Paris, —at least so the mason con*
)*•( turn), from the noise of the wheels
toing over the stones having ceased
\fter having proceeded thus for abou
two hours, the rattling of the stones
■eturinMl, and they seemed to the to
on to have entered another tow ,
-hortly after which they slopped, an.
the mas'.it was taken out of the car
riage, and led through several pass
ges. and up a flight of stairs* till the
came to a place wherere he heard ti
sound of voices.
Here his eyes were uncovered, am
he found himself in a large room, tli
walls, roof, and floor of which wer*
entirely hung with black cloth, ex
eepting a niche on ©ne side, which was
left open. By the side of it were pL.
red a considerable quantity of stoneo
and mortar, together with all the tools
necessary for the work upon which
the mason was to be employed.
There were also several men in’
the room, whose faces were covereo
with masks. One of these came up
to the mason, and addressing himself
to him, said, ‘Here are the fifty loots
d’ors which were promised you; and
there is only one condition t<i be ex
acted from you, which is, that yon
must never mention to auy person
what you may see or hear in this
place,’ This the mason promised;
and at this instant another man, vrh
was algo masked, entered the room,
and demanded if all was ready. Upon
being answered in the affirmative, he
went out, and returned again in a few
minutes with two other men, both
masked, one of whom, from the. white
ness of his hair, the mason supposed
to be an old man.
These three dragged in with them a
very beautiful young woman, with her
hair dishevelled and her whole appear
ance betokening greater disorder.
They pushed her with great violence
into the niche into which they at length
suci eeded in forcing her, notwith
standing her struggles and resistance.
During this time she never ceased al
ternately uttering dreadful screams, &
crying for mercy in a most piteous
manner. Once she got loose from
her persecutors, and immediately
prostrated herself at the feet of the
old man, aod embracing his knees,
be ought him to kill her at once, and
; and not to let her suffer a cruel aud
lingering death, but all in vain.
When the three men had at last forc
ed her into the niche, they held iier
there, and commanded the mason to
commence his work, andwall her up.
Upon witnessing this dreadful scene
the mason fell on his knees, and en
treated to be permitted to depart,
without being accessory to this act
of cruelty. The men however told
him that this was impossible. They
menaced him, if he refused to per
form his promise, with instant death;
whereas, on the other hand, if he
complied, they said he should receive
lan additional fifty lotiis-d’ors when
Ihe had completed his Work.
! This united threat and promise had’
such an effect upon the mason, that he
instantly did as he was commanded,
and at last walled up the poor victim,
so as to render escape impossible. She
was then left to perish by slow degrees
without light or sustenance*
When the mason had finished, he
received the fifty additional louis
d<ors; his eyes were again covered,
he was led through various passage*
as on his arrival; and finally put into
the carriage, which drove off rapidly
as before. When he was again taken
out of it, his eyes were uncovered,
and he found himself standiug on the
exact spot in Paris where fie first met
the stranger. The same man now
stood beside him, aud addressing him,
desired him not to stir from the place
where he then was for five minutes,
after which he was at liberty to return
home; adding, that he wa9 a dead
man if he moved before the time pre
scribed, lie then lef; him; and the
•nas in having waited the five minutes;
proceeded staight to the police officers
to whom he told his story; and they
carried him immediately to the Duke
if Abrantes. Thu Duke at first im
nagined his account to be an inven
tion; but upon his producing the
purse containing the hundred lous
d‘ors he w*s 1 <>mpe.lled to believe it.
The strictest scan h was imincdi
'eiy made in anil ab ut Paris for the
discovery of the perpetrators of this
in-id murder; but in vain—The Em
veror Napoleon immediately interest
'd himself in it, & special orders were
■ ssu dby hini to the officers of the po-1
liecc, to leave no means untried to at
ain their object. Many houses were
searched, in the hope <>f finding some
place which had been lately walled u.p,
and which answered to the account
given by the mason. —but uotwith-:
standing all these endeavours, nothing
further h s ever transpired respecting
this dreadful mystery.
t The principle features of this singu
lar story were dr.matiz and, with good es
feet, about twelve months ago, at one of
the Minor Theatres, under the title of
“The Mason of Budi; bu: the s -ene and
the catastrophe were entirety changed.
J Gencal Hul>>n is mother oi’Madame
Moreau, widow of the General of \>&
name.
A US rX
O 1 ln Jtj i *
ivauu t: vm v v \9, 1 w 29.
We recommend to our
Troup friends an attentive pe
rusal of a piece on our first
page under the signature of
Georgia, from the Journal,
’tis fraught with good sense and
argument. We also recom
mend to our Clark friends an
attentive perusal of the piece
under the signature of Talbot.
from the Statesman, the lead
ing Clark paper, which says,
that Tis from the pen of hlpolit
ical friend. Qj* Read and re
flect.
Extract of a letter , Dated,
Waynesobro’, Bth Sept. 1829.
“I expect you have very probably
heard that Gilmer would receive a
majority of the votes in Burke, but it
is a misrepresentation, the reverse is
the fact. 1 had an opportunity of
seeing a large number of the influen
tial individuals of the county here
yesterday, five sixths of whom are
friendly to Crawford’s election; and it
is the impression of some of them,
that Crawford’s majority in the coun
ty will he two to one. I have receiv
edJinformßtion to be relied on from all
the counties in this Circuit (except
the counties of Emanuel,. Tattnall,
and Montgomery,) which gives Craw
ford majorities in each, and some of
them large ones. If Crawford’s pros
pects in other seotions of the State be
as good as in this, I think little dc.ub
can remain us his election.”
Constitntionalast.
GEORG Li GOLD.
We saw a few days since, a piece
of this precious metal, brought to this
place by Mr. C, J. Thompson of Hab
ersham County. It was found upon
Ia plantation near Clarksville, and
by weight was worth £2l 40. It was
;exhibeted here in the State in which
it was found and appeared perfectly
free of the least extraneous substance,
Georgia Courier:
An election for President and DL
rectors of the Columbus Bank , took
[dace on Monday the 3 1st ult. Sea
born Jones was chosen President,
arid Mr. A. B. Davis, at present,
Clerk in the State Bank at .Milledge,
viile. Cashier.
St ahr on .Tones ,
J.. S. Calhoun ,
L. IV. Hudson, |
John Jtrtchell , }> Directors.
Hampton Smith, j
Daniel M* Donga'd, j
S. TC Hodges. J ,;
The Bank is expend to go into
operation this tall—p api in a few
weeks.
Macon Messenger.
We Invite the attention of our read-,
irs to the following charge touching
The functions and duties of Grand Ju
rors in relation to criminal matters,,
delivered by the Hon. Wrh. H. Craw-*
ford, at the session of the Superior
Court in Wilkes County, in the term
>f August last past.
Mr. Foreman, and Gentlemen of th@
Grand J ury,
f t was not until the presentments of
Uo’ Grand Jury of Lincoln County
were read, that l was apprised that
Grand Juries were under the impre9-
ion that they had not the right to in
quire into, and prevent any offence
which had occurred previous to their
being empanneiled. My surprize, was
increased upon learning that this con
struction of their powers and duties
were, fonnded upon the opinion of one
of my predecessors in office.—lt is
true, that the laws does not expressly
settle the question; but I think an an
alysis |of the oath which you
have just, taken, will go far to con
vince this Grand Jury, that their au
thority is nor limited to the time they
are empunnelled and acting as an or
ganized body. The first member of
that oath is “Tom shall dilligently en
quire and true presentment of all
such matters and tilings as shall be
given YU IN CHARGE.” This mem
ber of the oath, relating t the charge
of the court, and such hills of indict
ment as may be prepared by the law
officer of the State, may at the first
glance be supposed to have no influ
ence upon the question; bur, as the
court, in giving matters in charge to
the Grand Jury, and the law officer in
preparing Bills of Indictment, are not
restrained by any laps of time, it is
difficult to conceive any good reason
for restricting the inquiries of Grand
Jurors to offences which are commit
ted after they are empannelled. The
second and third members of the oath
have no bearing upon the question.
The fourth member of the oath is
“But you shall present all
THINGS, AS THEY COME TO YOUR
KNOWLEDGE—BO HELP YOU God”
In this member of the oath, the obliga
tion to present, is as comprehensive *ns
the English language can make it,
and it contains no restriction as to
time. In this free and happy country
there is no police officer emphatically
so called, and God forbid there ever
should be. Grand Jurors are the on
ly censorial bodies known to the laws.
It would be extremely injurious to the
being of society if the power of Grand
Juries should be improperly restrain
ed. If the Court understands the
policy of the laws of this State, ir in
tends to subject every portion of time
and luiman action to the censorship of
Grand Juries, If this oppinion be