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State, and beneficial to their interests, harp been signally defeated. Not withstand'!):, all the pretences set up before the flection of discaiding mere party purposes iu the periorui.nice of ttie iui|>oriaiit duties de volving on tins body—notwithstanding the general desire of the people that such should be the character of the Convention as plainly indicated by the elections, yet we regret to say that it was very soon obvi ous in the most casual Otis'* ver, that the majority no sooner realiz 'd tiiat they were the majority, than they determined to make it tell, in its effects on the political parties and power in the State. Such was even, in some instances, opeuiv avowed in the Conveniio 5 And ni cotJfomr ty with such res dill ions, ill: people iiave nuly to cast their eyes over the arrangement of the Sen atoiial districts proposed, tc feel assured that these objeetj have been carried out in all their enormity. By the best calculation that c an now be arrived, at, the State [lights party will be probably placed in the Sen ate of from eight to ten, and in the House in a certain minority—probably of 20—but to what extent we cannot yet tell. Naw, the people have only to reflect on the fact, that by the elections of the two last years, the Governor’s election and the Congressional election, both by a general vote of the people of the State; and the last Senatorial elections, by a vote of the in lividual counties, the Suite Mights party is prove.l to be a majority es the people of the S'dt.e, —a:i 1 then to reflect that by this par ty arrangem mt, this m ijority of the pen pic is thrown into almost hopeless minority ii the Legislature—to feel that this Con vention !tis struck ad • ally blow at the ve rv first principleofll >. >idi • ii Govern.nent —. ivert.ir i.ug the primary principle of our institutions, by ordaining that to subserve party purposes. Tin; miSoritv of the ffopl:. SHALL oovkkn aSd coSthol the >1 iJORU-y OF THE PEOPLE —THAT Til E FEW shall GO.'EKifon the ham - . The very’dis tiuguisliiug characteristic, and essence of Ants tocrac v. N r vas’ his minstrious outrage cotnmif ted because the same reduction could not be more equally effected. By way of ilius tntion, let us t; ke an example : It will ne seen that the majority have tied together the counties of Troup and Harris as one district, and Meriwe h'raud Talbot as an other. Now it is only necessary to cast our eyes on the map of the State to perceive that the counties thus tied together, are most inconveniently united. Mountains, even,separate them, it w s proposed to remedy the evil by making the more na tural union of the Counties of Troup and Meriwether, on the one hand and Harr s and Talbot on the other, the intercourse be tween which districts would have been ea sy and uninterrupted. Yet notwithstan ding tic overwhelming majority created for the minority party til the people by the general arrangement, as this proposal might operate to give the State Rights party a chance of carrying these districts in the Senate, still leaving tiie iniuorty in the de cided majority in that body, and iu the Legislature, and notwithstanding the al iito-H absolute necessity for such a change iu order to suit the convenience of 'he peo ple ol the districts created, yet the aristo cratic principle was unavailing; party strength wmi lbe slightly effected, and the proposal was rejected. Thi s is the actin.i of the People's Convention, to reduce the Legist it tire upon far and impartial principles! This istke jrs t ice of the minor - tt/ party of the. Suite, who by the tiro easy ci i li i y of the people, have been pemitled lo Jorri the. i a ijardy in the recent Convention It intis! not be understood that we include iu our condemnation, those of the State 11 gilts party who finally voted in favor ol this measure : it was not the child ot t'l hr love ; be it understood, that they voted tor it, not because it was what they would h. wished, but because it ivas the b'st t iev could obtain from the unyielding par ty selfishness of our political opponents to effect the great object desired by the peo ple. For tliis attempt to subvert our gov ernment in its lit udamcutal principle, that of the m ijority governing—for this attempt to fasten tiie very essence of Ari .tocrncy upon the free people of Georgia, tlint the lew shall rule the many—for all this, the Union I) n ic’iiry of Georgia, have to ac count to the free and enlightened people of Georgia, and in their hands « e most cheer fully leave them. Although the Union Party has thus stri ven to defeat the Reduction desired by the people, by making the measure so unequal i’id unjust in its operation on the polit cttl parties of the State ; and notwithstan ding the entire i, jualityof representation i. vdt, as it is left bv this measure, it behooves "in Inends to weigh tha matte* - «•;,!. ilelib cration, before they decide upon th dr course iu reference to it. A smaller Legislature ii so essential, both on the score of econo my and ol wholesome legislation, that much will be boruc, both ofinjnstice and inconveni ence rather than • hat these objects slum I dnot be effected. t ftcr due deliber ation, will no doubt do in the premises what is right—and with them We cheerfully leave the measure. * We leave the subject lor the present, but shad continue its discussion iti subsequent p ipers, fur there is puite a sufficiency remain ing untold, both to interest and astonish the reflecting. The Directors of the Western Bark of Georgia, met on Monday last, and be fore t o’clock on Tuesday evening following, had committed to tlie flames, upwarls of two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars of their redeemed Bills. Forty thousand dollars of their issues are still in circulation, which they are determined to redeem as soon as possible. The Bank, we are in formed, by those who are most conversant with its affairs, is a'together solvent; anti will again resume bussiucss in some short time. The Directors meet on the 1 Hth of the ensuing month. lVestern Georgian. There is a fanner Boston who keeps one hundred and fifty hogs on the produce of his farm, which contains six acres of land, of which ho tills only about one half. He does it by feeding them with potatoes, mangel-witrtz'd. cabbages, yellow turnips, apples, squashes, pumpkins, ail of which are boiled in a big kettle set in an arch, and a little corn and other tueal mixed in the mess. His hog pens furnish abun dant manure and keep his land v ry rich. Every farmer in Maine ought to cultivate an acre or more of rut.i baga for his sheep, half aa acre of mangel-wurtzel for his cows and as many potatoes as convenient. It seems to be a prevailing opinion that though cooked food i« far the best for liogs, it is < i forslnep. Cows we, know prefer boiled pata oes to raw ones, and they probably do them the most good; besides a cow can no more be cho.tkcd with a boiled potatoe, than von can choak a dog with butter.—Kieti tucky Journal. Germvi Literature.—lt is calculated that there are ten millions of volumes annually printed in Germany—and there arc upwards 0f59,C0Q authors of one or more books. THE MIRROR Bg(P j, (BiW June I, IHIil, B'or Governor , C II AU LES DOUGH I : RTI . The last number of the Columbus Sen tinel and Herald contains a severe and very unjust criticism upon the 'ecture of Maj. J. S. Lewis, read before the Columbus Lyce um, and published in pamphlet form in that city. We are surprised at the manner in which this production has been reviewed: a tone of harshness and illiberal feeling per vades every line of the reviewer's article, and, without stopping to scan the merits of the production, lie puts upon it the sweep ing endorsement of puerility and bombast. It is always easier to criticise the productions of another’s mind, than it is to equal or ex cel it in composition. We have not seen the lecture of Maj. Lewis, but we have long been acquainted with his literary abilities, and have readwhh delight many of the masterly and finished creations of his mind ; we cannot, there fore believe the opinion so unceremoniously pronounced by the Sentinel, to be correct, without stronger reasons than can be found in the hasty, partial and unfair criticism, if criticism it can be called, which the editoig have been pleased to bestow upon Maj. Lew is’ pamphlet. Thurston the counterfeiter, who was sen tenced to the Penitentiary for seven years, at the last term of the Superior Court in Muscogee Cos. has escaped from the guard sent to conduct him to the place of punish ment. It is not surprising that he should have made his escape from the guard , as, we learn it consisted of a solitary old man on foot. A reward of two hundred dollars is ofl’e red for the apprehension of the scoun drel. MURDER .' We received a letter yesterday fnom a friend in Lagrange Troup Cos. Ga. stating that a murder had been committed near Ferguson’s store in that County a few days ago, by a man of the name of Gili'er, on the body of another named Lindsey. Such events, however, can hardly be considered news in Troup County. The murderer has escaped. EUROPEAN NEWS. The hostile relations which the several European powers nave, for a long time past, sustained towards each other, have been hap pily changed into a more peaceable charac ter, and our gloomy forebodings of the ap proacliing horrors of a general war, and the consequent breaking up of the fountains of civil and religious order throughout the world, have all been dispelled. The balance of power has long been a source from which was anxiously apprehended a terrible strug gle between tlie kingdoms of Eastern and Western Europe. Russia, with her sixty in it 1 ions of Cossacks, has been gradually ad ding territory after tertitory to her already stupendous aulk, stretching the bounds of her dominion in every direction, swallowing up whole kingdoms in her devouring march, and threatening ultimately to control thedes titties of the Eastern hemisphere. Unfor tunate Poland has long since fallen a victim to her rapacity, an,) the lemportzlng policy .' of England, and her once proud name, scarcely finds a place upon the chart of na tions. Hungary and Turkey have succes sively trembled before the approaches of the imperial army, and the Mediterranean, the future key to the wealth and luxuries of the East, like tlie Euxine and the Baltic, would soon have been swept alone by Russian fleets. During the enactment of these na tional scenes Frarce and England, naturally hostile towards each other, have suspended their feelings of rivalry, and looked with anx ious apprehension and jealousy upon the si lent but continued encroaches of their pow erful neighbor. One more step on the part of Russia towards blocking up the trade of the East, would have been the signal for a universal struggle among the kingdoms of Europe. Affairs have stood in this critical position for several years, but we rejoice to see, by late arrivals from that quarter, that the cause of this unhappy condition of affairs has been removed by courteous diplomacy, and tlie clouds which have so long been ga thering in portentous masses upon the po litical horizon, have all been scattered to the w inds of heaven. The prospect forja univer sal peace is more cheering than it has been for vears, and we hail it w'.th peculiar pleas ure. Spain alone is still distracted by her civil and bloody wars, and no hope of peace or quiet cau ever be entertained, until one or the other party is exterminated. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY. • The good old days of feats and tourna ments, are about to dawn again in England, as will be seen by the subjoined extract from the Liverpool correspondence of the New York Evening Star. With the chivalric feats of former times, we should be glad to w itness a return of that high tone of honor and morality, that per. vaded all classes, and characterized that age of the world. It is true we do not care to see the institution of Knighthood, and the pomp and pageantry of Knightly feats re* established, or the standard of military skill tnd prowess erecte - * on the ruins of civil oi. Jer, but it would, indeed, be a glorious con summation, to oe enabled to hail, iu these degenerate days, the revival of that high souled geneiosity and legard for truth ami justice which glowed in the bosoms of the Knights and troubadours of the thirteenth century. “The devotion of the patriot, the ardor of the warrior, the warmth of the lov er, the fidelity of the friend, the loyal’y and truth of the man of honor” sleep not, it is true, in the graves of Charlemagne and Bay ard, but the spirit is wanting ; the motives >f human action derive a tinge and coloring Voin the universal selfishness of the times, and men are no longer guided on to high ind honorable deeds, and led to build up itn >erishab!e monuments of fame, by an innate ove of virtue, and regard for the eternal principles of justice. We are not among those who sigh over the degeneracy ofthe times, and lament the age in which we have fallen, but we do feel that many of the ennobling traits of our an cestors have been buried with them, and that the frankness, honesty, and lovers truth for truth's sake alone, that governed anil anima ted them in their intercourse with one ano ther, shine not so conspicuously among the ruling principles of their posterity at the present moment. Asp I ended tournament will be held in September, at Eglintonn Castle, in Ayrshire, Scotland, by the young and gal lant Archbald William Montgomerie, thir teenth Earl of Elingtoun. This nobleman’ is not 27, and has a dozen estates with cas tle on them. The idea, is to have a reg ular tilt with real armor, after the inodes of our ancestors. The courtly pageant will be a splendid one. The Earl will have as his guests hundreds of his friends, including the gallantry aud beauty of both sexes, and the highest ranks. r l here will be a week’s‘passage of Anns.' Three days will be devoted to tilting, or charging wiih the long and cumbrous lance used 300 years ago. There will be 30 knights, with their esquires (two to each,) and pages. There will be hawking and hunting, feasting and fan y balls—-all, iu fact that can receive the “good old times!” The most beautiful women of our aristocracy will be prescut aud with ‘thsir eyes Rain influence and adjudge the.* The thirty knigltts are in training—for the armor is uo trifle to those unaccus tomed to its weight. ’ Those known to have given a pledge to ‘hold the field against all challengers,’ are the Duke i»l Beaufort, (a married man. but none the more knight for that,) the Marquis of Waterford, Hhsboro', Lord forester Lord Mfreri Paget, lion. Major Hinniker, Hon. Captain Maynard, Hon. C* Forester, Sir F. Johnstone. Captains Fiiirbe, La tube, Houston, Ac. Several ‘Knights’ will appear as strangers, ami (challenging the field or particular opponents) will not be known until the tilt is about commencing. As this will be by for the most splendid shew held in this country since the time of Elizabeth, I shall take care and give yon occasional information about it and a full account when it conies off. The Steamer “GREAT WESTERN,” it is said, went ahead in fine style at the laie ConvttQUon, Having in ttyiv one (lUQdrtd and eighty smaller craft, all heavily laden with political chicanery and party prejudice. The squadron was safely conducted into port, on the I6tb hist. It is not stated, how. ever, whether the catgo will be received, or not, by the consignees, it having been as certained'that the articles on board are spu rious, and not such as the invoice and bills of lading call for. After having practiced such a cheat, it is not presumed that these same vessels will ever again be employed in tlie public service. The “Great Western,” at least ought to be put in stocks, and the rest laid up in ordinary. That Buzzard, who has charge of the Post Office in Lumpkin, says, “birds of a feather will flock together.” We should like to know the size of the flock with which he associates. THOMAS H. BENTON. The following portrait ol the Missouri Senator it from the Second number of the National Magazine and Republican Review published at Washington .City. While it professes to oe only a “characteristic out line’,’it is certainly as close and correct a delinintioD of the character of this profound demagogue as we have ever met with. Af ter speaking of Mr. Clay and the noble and commanding position which he occupies in the Senateand before the eyes of the Amer ican people, the author thus introduces the amiable Senator from Missouri: On the opposite side of the Senate, with a quizzing glass, through whicn lie does not look, and pamphlets and public doc uments piled up around his desk, in all the consequential array of type and ink doc umentaiy erudition, our eye falls upon the square formed figure of Thomas Hart Ben ton, of Missouri. For years he lias sat ill that same seat, a sort of fixture in tlie Sen ate, that nothing can remove—an excres cence upon its dignity, that fate itself, in a freak, seems determined to uphold. Mr. Benton is a singular character, and deserves frem the attitude he holds to the destiny of the country, a particular notice at our hands. We approach tjie discussien with other feelings than those of pleasure. It is not as a party man that we shall undertake his likeness. He is in the ferocious am bition that stirs within him, any thing but a special party man, iu the strict subservient sense of that term. At limes he bows his head meekly to the cunning influences of party dictation ; but never for one moment does the arrow-thought of his w islirs bend to any other object than its original flight. tJis ambition has developed itself more within the last few years, and possibly it never would have assumed a practical shape, had it not been for events that we shall hastily euumcrafe. He had originally formed to himself the dream of the Pre sidency, but it is impossible that he then could have set his aim distinctly and unwa veringly upon it. No Lucifer that ever fell knows his own character better than this gentleman., H e knew .his want of moral in fluence, and he could not disguise from others the features of his soul. To come out openly from the madhouse of his de sires, would have set the public vigilance upon him. He would never have been sus ■cted ol virtue, but bunted as a maniac usurper. But lie waited amid the large herd of demogogues, contented with the idea that iiis heart had been magnanimous enough to aspire to a lofty place. His industry, extraordinary and hercu lean, came, unknown to him, to his aid. Under its heavy bauuer lie walked the Con gressional Library, and book after book was devoured not lo benefit tbe broad bright insti tutions of his country, but to minister to the passions of ilie gloomy Senator. Loaded with a massol contused knowledge, his mind took possession of various departments, and claimed dominion over the abstruse stier ce of political economy. Nothing was digested, nothing clear and wise, but like the documents that surrounded, and still surround, ins u’c.k, the folios of the duode cimos, and the learning of the old records, were mingled in confused and babel incon sistency in his brant. Men wondered at the stock ot bis knowledge, but none r ver could feel warmed by the effulgence of Ills infor mation. His reading. Ins deep and mighty studies, were but the effects of a morbid ap petite, unregulated by any definite good ob ject. While tints loaded with the weight of his collections, staggering iike Silenus. under the .vines of many vineyards, the election "I General Jackson took place. Mr. Ben lon was startled from the indefinite to the definite. A remarkable event had happened : a man without his talents was master of the very point w here lie had fixed his eye, and he at once perceived that, as one Mahomet had succeedeed, perhaps a Sebastian! Sevi might accomplish the same glory. Then com menced the hardening of every feeling; then the iron grew more compact and solid in his heart; then lie threw aside the Con stitution—threw aside every bright star of national interest ‘hat shamed him bv its effulgence, aud he stopped into tbe arena, armed in the mantle of an unsparing and unflinching selfishness. He studied howto impose himself, in the shape of a Colossus, upon the people—he tried every scheme of subserviency to the god whom they had set up; he blackened the fair page of con stitutional history ; he outraged the sanctity of the national annals; and reckless in mis chief, with a pertinacity that was worthy of a holy cause, he endeavored to engraft a pecuniary system upon the country, entirely at variance with its interests. He made his gold currency plan the firm first stepping stoue to power. About this period of his life, Mr. Van Boren become, by a combination of the most wonderful circumstances, Chief Mag istrate. Once more the spirit was aroused iu Mr- Benton—lie again witnessed the sub lime accident that had made General Jack son President, and now, he fixes his pale eye upon the lofty seal until the blood rushes to his head, his body expands, his eytgs reel, and wlr!> a hysterical shudder of J the head, he poises himself iu h’S c?*air to | stare the gorgeous heaven of iris hope that | glitters before him. Reader, it is of that high place that he is now thinking, as ho sits, with his face flushed aud his eye thick, before us at this moment. He has just risen to address the Vice President. He pulls the sides of his coat down to his hips—-fixes his shirt-collar— raises his quizzing glass, that little emblem of his schemes, that are bordered and cir cled by a golden vision, :nd with a voice nasal and harsh, he calls upon the President for his undivided attention. If there ever was an unamiable gentleman in this world, it is yonder Senator, who, with sullen and monontoous tones, inveighs against the trulls or ami »|iliiiieis tils oft-be fore-splintered lance, againsi tlie dust cov ered flock of sheep. He appeaas to be in a violent rage. Who has provoked him l who roused the slumbering agony of post poned ambition ? who goaded the lion from his tranquil rest ? No one! Scared by a chimera, he has sprung upon the floor, and is indulging j» invectives and declarations, as bi'ter iiPtheir Source ?s they are harm less in their effect. We heart! Mr. Wise the other night, in hi« analytic speech upon Stvartwout’s de falcation, utter what we hone may be no true prophecy, about Mr. Benton. He was speaking, among other things, of tiie Sub- Treasnry, aud of Mr. Button’s favorite project, and to which he sealed, under his own sign manual, his latest hope. “Sir,” said Mr. Wise, “I understand that parties are so organized in this house that you ex pect to pass the Sub-Treasury. Let that measure be forced ■through a jaded and wearied Congress, and you sfcal at once and forever the destiny of this country. Let tb»> bill pass, and the result will bo tbo re election of Mr. Van Buren, and then will co.lie riie gloomiest day of all, that dreaded event, pregnant with ruin and desolation, the election of Thomas Hart Benton. We responded in our heart, “Heaven forbid !” and had the virtuous people of the country heard that conditional prophecy ol Mr. Wise, they would have joined us in that response. In person, Mr. Benton is about five feet eleven inches—upwards of sixty years of age , livid complexion when his face is i“ repose—long nose, the Lavatar organ of despotism—-sharp-pointed chin-—light hair —small grey eyes, full of disguise—-aud body thick and powerfully made. He is extremely awkward in his manner, and in all liis gestures ; his voice is peculiar ly unpleasannt. Mr. Benton has a peculiar way of avoiding the appearance of listening to the speeche> of Mr. Clay. There is no man on earth that he hates so intensely as Mr. Clay ; and when that gentleman is on the floor, pour ing out his sarcastic sentences, Mr. Benton takes up a newspaper and pretends to read ; a very shallow shaft, for we have watched hint, and for an hour he has kept his eye on .a single column. His ear was taking in every word that fell from Mr. Clay, whom he bad not the magnanimity to treat with even parliamentary politeness ;*tha tcheapest act Congrissional civility. As Mr. Clay is the representative of the philosophical, the spirited, honorable, the industry, and bold independence of the West, so Mr. Benton !is the representative of a peculiar class of adventures who, aliens to this coun try by birth, flock to the regions of the West, and make, it. in too many cases, the scene of their national broils aDd combats. Further than this we will not run the odious parallel. Upon the would-be great man, Mr. Niles, of Connecticut, the writer is still more se vere. lie has dipped his pen in gall, and writes with unsparing bitterness and sarcasm. Tbe picture is wrought out in striking and forcible colours, and possessed the merit of being a perfect copy of the original. Tbe “game” is thus introduced: I almost fancy that 1 hear pins drop from ladies bodices, as the Ajax of his party, san dy-haired Niles of Connecticut, picker of wafers, rises to wink at the Vice President. ' Mr. Niles has been suspected, (Mr. John M. Niles, we slmulu hat** said,) oi being a thorough going parly man. \v e must con fess our UiaUihiy to deny this common be lief, ne'er having w<messed anything like iu- J dependence of parly in ibis i coo wind orator ami statesman s uce his enhance uj uu tlie patience of the American Senate. “Who is that small man standing now before Mr. Browu of North Carolina, and who Las just arisen ?’* exclaimed so.ne one iu the gallery. “Who! That little man with yelltw plush hair, combed back like 'die hair of a medal face, with doughy flesh that seems as if kueeding had been a process of centuries upon that Indian wrinkled, parchment coun tenance, uot to leave out the eye. the curious, t 1 e solemn, the oysterie, the plumb-colored eye, that looks up from beneath fat wrinkles, by anatomists called lids, and with neck cloth as if an enraged cook had bound up the august Senator in his clothes of office; black roat, black vest and black ui.mention- I ables; is that the individual you allude to I” “Yes sir.” “Why then,” said we, gazing upon the object of s« much rational, not na tional curiosity, “that, yes, that individual revels in the selfi-li luxuiy of being called Air Ndes, Senator from Connecticut.”— “Hid you ever bear Mr Niles speak ?” ask ed we of our excited companion. “No, ne ver, on my honor.” You amaze me, but you have beard of his speaking ?’’ “Never, I assure you, sir.” “You are quizzing me, sir, you surely have heard of the great Mr. Niles'speeches.” “Ah, yes, I do remember that lately I was in a trunk factory ” “Ah!” interrupted we, “enough—we un derstand- they were packing up his speech es to send to Europe—really capital, a most famous way ol lauding Our public characters in these trunk makers—they do, indeed, put a lock and key on the thoughts of greatness, preserving them for the silent cdntemplation of over awed posterity and trunk-picks.”— Our friend did not hear us, for he was listen ing lo the very gentleman himself, the volu ble Senator, tbe “vox et prteterin nihil.” It seems that Mr. Clay had said something ra ther severe, aud as Nr. Niles was leaning liis classic head upon his classic hand, in all the graeeofsentimental politico pecuuire contem plation, the shall of his wit struck just between tbe ribs of magnanimous old Connecticut. With a bound and a spring, like a lion from bis lair, turned the chivalroi s man, and pick ed up from the box before him a pen: he then looked knowingly at the Vice Presi dent, as much as to say. “look to it bottle holder;” and then, as he pulled his valuable hody up by the flaps of his breeches pockets, he popped out a sentence remarkable for cogent simplicity and brief dignity: “Mr. President! —Sir—Mr. President J"—pick ing nna Wafer and looking it full in its red face, ‘ Ivonwrnbie gentleman from Keri tucky, Mr. President, has made an attack upon the Administration, Mr. President,; and 1 feel myself bound to reply,” ice. ice. He may be bound to reply, but mercy take the party that depend upon Mr. Niles for a rescue. In attitude <o the party to which he belongs, yes, belongs is the word, lie is rather an im portant character; he is willing to go and fWtme. carry feteli, to Si’ owl vv^e, » neces sary, and to do anything tliai .? necessary lor j the good of a Jacobinical party. We feel for Mr. Niles’ situation : there is something melancholy—heart-rend in?—tear producin'?, in the fact that he is the most unhappy of human beings—the most per fect martyr to the liberty of speech, that ev er drew his breath between meat-cutting teeth. Why is ouryellow lock’d friend me lancholy ? Is it because he lias never been nominated by a temperance meeting, or an abolition society, or a .Sunday school class, for the Presidency ?—or is it because the Whig press make it a pninr to <itfnek Che unarmed and helpless gentleman, whose par liamentary hands are tied by parliamentary rules? Is it because he sometimes finds himself a little fatigued alter an argument against Mr. Clay or the eloquent and admi rable Preston ! is it because bis buckwheat cakes were not as light as they are Down Yeast?-- or is it because Mr. Niles has not as yet shaken hands with “mine ancient Pistol,” from the Sail licks (rather the Mor ris licks) of AiissPitri ? No! none of these evils weigh at this moment £6 heavily upon the mind of our worthy friend. The/’? cf lie cannot call the previous question! ‘There is Cushman,’ communes our Niles, ‘he can keep those infernal Whigs silent when lie pleasei—glorious prerogative of bold, liber al hearted Cushman, to pop his head up like a gag machine, and in automatical voice, to call for the “Previous Question.” Mr. Niles is thoroughly and despotieally a partisan ; he glories in the privilege of po litical Stubbornness ; he models himself af ter the animal of Balam, even when he .-poiiks j he is, in good truth, a very curious, piqstcftl still itiss'ni—ntbripatinn; anom aly ; a positive affirmation of what he is in fact, and a direct negative of what he would appear to be. Mr. Niles has added another lam'd to his already heavy chaplet. He has, in a spirit peculiar to the present self-styled democra cy, made an attack upon the press. He has declared himself its antagonist, and though we liave made this attack the subject of a particular paper, ‘the Senate and the Press,’ we cannot but cuter here the protest of a press against the sublime denunciations of this accidental great man. Have we, in this country come to the crisis, when the press shall be denounced by such men as Mr. Niles? are they to be allowed to trample upon its lightning, and to clash their trem bling aud withered arms around the neck of ts eagle ? Will tlie philosophic spirit of Republicanism stand coldly by and witness he aspersions of worthless men, cast so un sparingly upon its chiefest agent ? In times to come, if these attacks are permitted, the liberty of the press will be subjected to law framed bv men who fear its chastening arm and not by those who reverence its protect ing attributes. The contemptible habit, so rife among our Congressional debaters, of abusing the American press, should be met at once aud stopped upon the threshold. We, of the press, who have in one way or other contributed to their fame, without whom they might speak forever, but never afterwards hone to win the memory of other times, or the admiration of other nations, are strong enough to strangle the serpent. Let such men as this Mr. Niles be subjected to tbe strictest scrutiny ; let all his public acts be watched ; and let ali his moral de linquencies be lashed, until in the dust and ashes of our vengeance, he shall admit that the free press of a free people, is not to be abused by such as he. Yankee. Shoes.-— The way they shovel shoes together iu Lynn and some other places, down east,’ >s any thing but the tight way. The Boston Transcript tells the story of a negro somewhere at the South, who had sported a pair of of Yankee made brogans. ‘Whar dese shoes cum from Mass.a?’said Coffee. ‘They grow on trees down east,’ replied the inassa, ‘Well,’ said Cuff, ‘I guess dey pick ‘era fore tun ripe.’ i j The corporation o< Little Falls, on the f a | pi.cation ol tlie (be | riocipal «iiiz*o« el botb political part.es have it»oi«eo eniLtr I to luciut i oi pLiu.ua siLgle gieceiy suL.a ■ then limits. _ _ “U 'JIVT. This is a return Irequeutly made ; in tho Southern and boulbsesleiu Stales, on tbo wiiu in the i.ahds ot the ShciiU auti is an abbreviation tor ••Gone to 'liras.” i'ourtli of J uly. The citizens of Florence and vicin ity, are requested to meet at the iudepen dent Church, on Monday next, at 5 o’clock P. M. for the purpose of uiakiug arrange ments for celebrating the approaching Au nivt rsary of American ludej endence. MANY CITIZENS. June 1,1839. (£/“ Tbe Rev. Mr. Tally will deliver a Temperance Seimoo, in this place, tomor row morning it 11 o’clock, 'llie Irieudsof Temperance and others are respect!uily so licited to attend. _June J, 1839.- licitnions A'otice. The Rev. 1 . Fowler, of the Methodist Protestant denomination, will preach in this place on Friday, 7th June uext, at caudle lig t i.i the Ind-pendent Church. Sfi tt ari Sheriff' sales. IHL be . old belore tbe Court House v ? door in the town ol Lumpkin, St, w art county, on the first Tuesday in JULY next, Between the usual hours of sale, the following property, lo wit: Lot of Land, No 21)7, in the 19th district “f Shevvait county, taken as the piopeity of Fain, to s.uLfy a Fi Fa issued our of a justices court of Uaber-ham county, in fa vor ot Charles J. Thompson and others. Also, No. 72, in the 3rd district of Stew art county, taken as the property of Lawson Bowers, to satis'y a Fi Fa issued out of a justice's court of Habersham county, in fa vor of Charles J. Thompson and others. Also, the west half of No. 199, iu the 33d district ol Stewart county, taken as the pro perty of Simeon Massy, to satisfy sundry " Fi Fas issued out of a justice s court, of said county, iu favor of James McGuire aud others. Also, No. 128, in the 22d, district of said county, taken the property of Lewis Russ to satisfy sundry Ft Fas issued out of a jus tice’s court of Stewart county, in favor of Dempsey Hall and others. Also, No. 118, in the 22d district of said county, taken as the property of Lemon r> Morgan, to fu r as issued out of Sumter superior court, in favor of Rol.hin* & Conner and others. Also. No. 48, in the 22d district of Stew art, tvken as the property of Wayne W. Kilands, to satisfy a Fi Fa. issued out of Stewart superior court in favor of W. Sc H. Boynton vs said Eilands. Also, No. 185, in the 18th district, taken as the pro| city of L. W. Hill, to satisfv sun dry Fi Fas issued out of a justice’s court of Stewart county, in favor of William Taylor and others. Also, a negro man by the name of Bird, aken as the property of William Pall, to ali Fa issued out of the superior court of Twiggs county, iu favor of Joseph King. Also, the lot of Land where John L. Wil son now lives. No. not recodectcd ; also, his interest in No, 214, in the 23d district of Stewart county, both taken as the property of John L Wilson, to satisfy a Fi Fa issu ed outol the superior court of Stewart coun ty in favor of Stewart Sc Fontaine vs said Wilson. Also, Nos 43, 55 and 73, all in the 18tli district of Stewart county, taken as the pro perty ol Robert Hatcher to satisfy several Fi Fas issued out of Stewart superior court, in favor ol W illittni E. Collier and others. Also, two hundred dollars in small notes signed by 11. M. Haws, and endorsed by Tai mau C. Pickett, taken as the property; ’of Tsiiman C. Pickett, to satisfy two Fi Ft-s. one issned from the inferior and the other from the superior court of Sumter countv, inlavor of William E. Collier and Hartwell H. Sims. The above it; mod notes ate clue the 25thof December next. Lot ol Land, No. 53, in the 18th district of Stew at f county, levied on as thp propeity of Jai.’.cs S. Lunsford, to satisfy a Fi, Fa. issued froni a justice's court of Stewart county in I'avOr 61 £• E. Crocker and others, One mare 7 years old. and two cows and calves, levied on as the property of John Lantern, to satisfy a Fi Fa issued from Stew art superiot court in favor of Sampson B. Strickland vs said Lantern. Lot No. 183. in flic 23d district of Stew art county, also, No. 144, in the 19th distriet, both taken as the property nf Wiley S. Whitehead, to satisfy sundry Fi Fas issued out ui-cj....:-. -<>f Stewart county, in lavorof George T. Marshall and others. Also, the south half of lot No. 2, in square letter A. lying between the store house of Cain and Wrightaud the Lumpkin Hotel, taken as the property of William Shields to satisfy a Fi Fa issued out of the inferior court of Stewart county, in f-vor of Miller, Ripley Sc Cos. M. M- FLEMING, Sheriff. May 21, 1839. 7 ~MARSHAL’S SALE.* WILL be sold, on Saturday the 15th inst. in the town of Florence, one Grey Mule, about four years old, owner not known, taken up while running at large in the streets of Florence, and sold to defray the expenses of keeping and impounding.— Terms, cash. JOHN P. HARVEY, Marshal June 1,1839. ililiiiiiiifdrnfor’s Sale. WILL be sold agreeably to an Older of the Inferior Court of Sumter county, when sitting for ordinary purposes on the first Tuesday in August next, between the usual hours of sale before rhe Court House itoor of siad county. One acre of Land in tlie North East cor ner of lot of Land 175 iu the 27th district of originally Lee now Sumter county, whereon William 11. Pegg uow lives. Also a lot in the Town of Danville, in Sumter county No. not recollected. Terms made Isnow n on the day of sale. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of S. M. Pcgg, de ceased. WILLIAM PF.GO, ) SAMUEL G. PEGG, \ Ad " May 20 1833 7 " ' ' WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday »n JULY next, at the court house door in town of Americus, under an order of the Honorable the Inferior court of the county of Sumter, while sitting for ordinary purpos er, lot of land No. 357, in the 28th district, of formerly Lee, now Sumter county—sold as the property of John B. Cannon, deceas ed for the benefit of the heirs and creditors, of said deceased. HENRY DYKES, Adm’r. April 4th 1839, ~ Blank Died*, , FOR SALE AT THIS OFfIOS. . :