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sauces Gertrude to submit to a separation that cos's thi in both si ch suffering. Had ConrtlniH wntten r«e such a letter. I posi tively believe, that with all my fonduestl for society aud desire tor admiration. 1 would have been silty enough to volunteer my at feuifcntee during his expedition, But Ger trnde, notwithstanding her romance, Ini' the e icrgv to tat.e swell a step 1 somethin s lear dial even the united skill of tny an..t ami tuyself, will fad in its intention; for th mall obedient in every t ring else to her mother's slightest wish. < iertrmle cannot lie persuaded nr forced into discarding Eugene or encouraging another. She is to be piti ed, toil I sometimes do pity :.tr, butt tie re collection of uy u.i-iiece still attempt to cap tivate C'lUrtland, collies h ieU as an incentive to a perseverance which will give me a <ri tnniih over hint. ■ iertrinle must decide speedily. tor the missionary leaves to-inor i >iv. Kveu 't site 'lioiil : • • t now r.-ir.iet } : v ,ws I li i-'C nrucli daring iiis absence, from c ntiimed entreaties and her own want of firmness. To Ve defeated new, tor the second lime, by Eugene, would be inor’i v i j indeed, while to succeed, wi! gt.itily .lie '■irking dislike that is excited by thoughts of 1 i it iv in passed me by to love one iik** Ger t Me.” Some i lea of Helen’s character, may be g it'-,, red Imm tiiese soechnei so' her t o i de it>.d eor: s;>on te '•(?, t oogh -lie was too haoituallv iiisinceie to i ve and a I her fe dings even ttisnch t itercntt.se. 11 i 9 ntie, rath fr • .an beautiful, wnti I liliuiiit powers and a imat I manners Heleu po es>ed exact* 1 ihe tra"' .viichare cdetilated to pio nee at first, a I :v. ralde in press ~n it. mu ;e y: woe ileein r know ieda-* ot In r i.ispositiuii alino:’ always erased liie ii li- r and gentler jud ri in ut. \V oere lit Inn wislied to please, s e rirelv filled; aid this sort ut success had civen lu r a rehatice on her atuaim s. wlm h made iuddleience to ill in at client e s.u* eo dd not parilnl. Toward those she disliked —and their name was Legion u* w is h right! and satirical; ft.’ "illi natural lv rptick porceptio is. siie exerted the u”en ytah o tal lit of tinning into ridicule all w ho fell ntiller Hie Inin of her displeasure. Gay, spirited and confitl nt Heidi's mind was well fitted to control Imr cousin; for Ger tru ie though superior in amiability, was generally deficient in the energy and sell possession which distinguished In r compan ion. The origin of Helen's 'feelings for Eugene. her letter has confessed, and amid her liveliness and pretended indifference, we may. perhaps, trace even yet some slight hidden lingering of the tenth rm ss that once marked her opinion of the mfsfinnary. But if such were the fact, there was little noble or refined in asenlitnent whose disappointment urged her to sacrifice all the earthly happi ness ol a being like Court!and To be continued. REASONS FOR TURNING LOAFER. Among the. many which are el fectual in urging a man to turn loafer, the following may be named as a few of (lie most powerful: 1. You are never bothered wiili tailor’s or bootmakers’ bills. 2. Poor relations ’re a kind of folk that don’t make frequent calls upon your purse. 3- You have no work to do, and may lounge the stree’s and store boxes to your heart’s content. 4- You are never in danger of being roused from a smmd sleep, with **Joe get up, your breakfast is waiting, for von.'’ 5. You ran no Imz-irJ of being knocked down fur y >ur money. 6. You are free fro n the constraints ol fashionable etiquette. 7. You have no fear of getting corns on your to”s from new hoots. 8. You are never obliged to take your “<u/e opener" or ''phlegm colter'' at your own expense. 9. You aie never likel» to be denounced by the rabble as a purse proud aristoc rat. 10. V ott enjoy the disf-nction, universal ly accorded, of being a public man. A SHORT SE R MON—IIO\V TO M AKE MONEY. Do vott complain that yon have nothing to bargain with. “Tom” you say, “h is a far n, Harry has a thousand dollars, but i have nothing.” 1 say to you !ookat your hands, and tell me what they me worth- Would you take one thousand dollars lor them, or for the use • f them throughout your life ? If you ran make hall a dollar a day with them, would it not he a bad bar gain for that sum is the interest of more than two thousand dollars; so that if you are industrious and ll.arry is lazv, you are more than twice rich as he island when you can do man’s work, and make a dollar a day. you are four times as rich, and are fairly worth four thnusaml dollars Money au t land, therefore are not the only capital with which a man can begin the world. It he has good health and is industrious cvr tlie poorest boy in our country has some thing to trade upon ; and if he be he-i<! • well educated, ad have skill in any kind o. work, and i Id to this, moral habits and re ligious principl s, so that his employers may trust and place confidence in hint, lie miv then be said to set out with a hand some cavitul, and certainly his as pood chance of becoming in’e.iert lent and res ptmaVe, an 1 per taps rich, as a”y man in tilt coun rv. “Every in in s the maker o his ovv i fortune.” All depends upon the jri /bt nrin.eip «s, a: Ii iev are these: ‘l. 13: in l t.t' 'us: Ch ne an I skill are your npit.il. 2 Be Sr- *»• Wliaiev -r it be, liv* within your inemm*. 3. li“ Pr-i dent Id tv not what you can do wihi it 4. Pe s o'u'e: Let your eeonotny be a ways of to lav. no' ,i to morrow. 5. /. Conten'i l '■,/ Tni'i’l'u': \ clieer’ol sp,r to ik's IV) ir !i it ami sleep saeet, and a ai tn.id ji y—all ni winch is niucli bet tor i it in l.iiiiijj 7irfi COLOSKL CKOCKKTT. The foil »wn»4 nnjir dtable sinry is given iti a letter from llmiy Springs to a gviitie unii of Wiii’eli.tg. dated jjd u!t. “it i> »tat and that Col. Dm i Crockett t • yet aiivc. and ii .'.l xi.-o work hi*!' hi tin •■"mi Tnern were two men, who a-ei kr« »ti to b » in the battle nl Alamo, |».,s-od • thru 'lemjiiiis a lew d.iVs ago. wi.o s,n they cs-np“ I from ill mines in ies- •!. and that Cr ictiett was cert only there —the i in ’ti are known oy some of the et u t,-, ! ■ »Meni;),iis, ta be m ti bi r's'.ee* «*>»-•>\ ; : tse.se 'men went from lliie-. cbu*ty, Ten bssre. T:iee» is cre.it excitement In Memphis about ♦t. it will app>- in a tew days, aod it it is the case, there will t>e at least ten thousand troops from Tennessee, Volunteer in less th an two weeks. I atri -determined to go.” . of \hnil-— A yoime Isitt in li —■ - at*, came homA-Yrnm p ri'V' ton other eventne, ami left Iter hors**at the u «ar af her father's house, walking herself l > the s'a'de and taking i'ne horse's place in 100 tah. rt.ae did not dis'on-r her mistake Itfe'.h*. ®*let to rutt her town, •" ilji.mi Post , THE MIRROR fcTt.'C--? NT) ■ \ .-'M. A bfl; sSrJln Katurtlay, Kept. 98, C Hliih For President, GEORGE M. TROUP. JVo Ratification. For Governor , t; harli> 55ou«:ia:?:tv FOR THE LEGISLATURE. SEX A TE. LOVERD BRYAN. i: e r n es e xta tj jes. AVI LLI \R D BOYNTON, JOHN WEST, JOSEPH WOOD. THE COMBAT THICKENS. As the demon approaches, the political excitement increases, ami while our oppo nents are on the alert, up should t:ot sleep upon our posts. We therefore, call upon the friends of State Rights iu Stewart to be ready for the contest. Our opponents have heeu driven to the last resort, and w ill now make a desperate struggle Chagrined and mortified at their late defeats? they are at tempting to play some ol the magician’s pranks upon us. To effect their ti signs they have nominated as a candidate for the Legislature, one who once seemed to glory ii acting with us in endeavoring to sustain me rights oi ihe States and the liberties ol the people ; one whom, twelve n onths ago, had he been nominated by the State Right* party, they would have abused and villified to a greater extent than any other man who could have been nominated, and one whom, tw o months ago, they most -cordially despis ed ; but now, they profess to have forgiven and forgotten, and hug him to their bosoms with all the feelings of parental affection.— They have thus made a desperate effort to save themselves from sinking forever, they will find, however, their dependence as use less to them as the straw that floats upon the bosom of the deep is unavailing to the man who grasps it in the tgi ny of despair. State Rights men of Stewait, we warn vou to beware of the snare that is set to eu rap you. Your opponents, finding them selves foiled in every attempt to divide your iauks, and thereby be enabled to conquer you the more easily, have succeeded in draw ing from your ranks a man who once you should have delighted to honor, and now you are called upon to support hurt because of services rendered the country. But we would inquire how long since th u y became so patriotic? Have they forgotten that im mediately after the close of tire war, and al. most before the sw<*rd was returned to the scabbard, or the bayonet of the soldier dry with the blood of the savage, and his servi ces fresh in tire minds of all, that a compro mise ticket was nominated for the pu’pose of reconciling the feelings of the two con tending parties iu the county, and that the very titan upon whose services they harp so much now, was nominated as the State Rights candidate, and they actually refused to agree to a compromise or support him, because they had the ascendancy, and he was not then of their principles? Then how disgusting and sickening to hear them talk now about his military services? Surelv, they must h ive become quite parriotic of late, or else, they consider St te Rights men great fools to he gulled and led astray-by such hypocritical slang. It is true, Maj. Stel! once advocated the doctrines we support; he once stoo l side iv side with us in battling for the rights, sovereignty and independence of the States; but now he has allied himself with our op ponents tin I doing battle in their ranks; he has renounced his former faith and sworn allegiance to the cause efthc enemy. Then trust him not; support him tot; but let Rmse whom he has heretofore villified and a btise<!. li e til glory alone of advocating Ins cause, and let each and every State Rights inn appear at th i polls with “NO RATI ’ICATION; BRYAN; BOYNTON, ‘YEST an I WOOD,” emblazoned upon air ti ki ts, and Stewart is safe. A CASE. The Columbus Enquirer has the follow ing : A CASE. If, during the Revolution of ’7C an Ame rican ( ittzeu.'on the eve of an important tile, had been seen going over to the ranks of tin. em my until all his arms and cnuuitipn—h he had be* n u-ked the cause it ms movement and its extern—if he had reput'd, “Gentlemen, 1 am suit the friend of >»ur enterprise—l agree wth you in prin ciple—l do uot eompromit a single oue of my long cherished opinio: s—and yet I go t> the enemy—l cariy with nte niy friends —toy arms— my all, aud will endaavor to efeuL you if 1 can’ —what would have been said ol him l Whose arm would first have been raised to chastise him for desertion, if not lor tnrniug traitor to the caftse he had espoused 1 Such is the condition of a former friend of the State Rights Party ; and is thjere a •man-of that party wiu» will ui/t exe t him-- to secure his defeat ? Is there one who wfll not ue'e all fair-god .honorable means to toil hint in his ‘purposes,'and to' triumph over the party with which he acts ? We presume this is intended as a sly c „t and thrust (and a pretty We, n one it is,) at our old irieml Thutnaa ami its inuendoes are correct, it discloses a fact that we were not befoie aware of; viz: that the above named gentlemen is giving his influence and support to (lie Van Buieu ticket it) Muscogee county, in opposition to a regularly nominated ticket of the State RiMi s party. Now we knew that he was running as a candidate on the Van Bureti icket, but we thought it was solely on ac count of iiis high prejudices against the objects of a certain memorial winch has reee it 1 y Deen circulated through the country, that lie desired to be a member of the next Assembly ; and that lie consented to run with flic understanding expressed “that he couiproinitted none of his forme principles.” So at least we understood hi publication in the Sentinel & Herald. But how comes it, t ilt lie is en le tvouring t< and 'fea' the States Rights candidates, if lit still considers himself a member of that party ? We believe they have announced themselves in opposition to the memorial, or nt least have declared their belief in the. inexpediency of ah legislation o.i the sub ject. In what respect then does lie differ irom them, and upon what grounds does he oppose them; can it lie possible thithe is a deserter to the enemy ? What, the mail who has “fought through thick and thin.” iti defence of his opinions, he who was re.i tly to shoulder his musket and rush to the rescue, when South Carolina was about to be invaded by the minions of Federal power, he who gloried in being called a nullifier. when there were but few in Georgia who acknowledged the doctrine, he who has al ways been a strong and heretofore consistent advocate ol State Rights and State Rmne dies, has he deserted tlie camp? Proli I’udor it cannot be ; some ignis 'atu ns ri leading him on; ilia magici eta's wind has been about him ; lie has heeu caught in the meshes of that political net, from which there is no escape without an abandonment of principle But whether the act be vol untary or no, we would fain hope that he may meet with an overwhelming defeat ; for surely no State Right man will vote for liim under the circumstances, aud Van Bu re n men must be put to a desperate shift, if they tan swallow him ou an empty stom ach. FOh THE MIRKOIt. TO THE PEOPLE OF STEWART COUNTY. Fkli.ow Citizens.—One who feels a tleep interest lor I lie success of correct prin ciples, and who has lor many years been ati anxious spectator of ihe events that have transpired in the political world, begs leave to offer for your candid consideration, a few thoughts, the res’ It of much reflection, in relation to the sevetal questions, which you will soon be called upon in your capacity of voters to decide. I am wholly unaccits tomed to writing for the public eye, and would not now presume to add my feeble" efforts, for the promotion of the good cause, to those of the able advocates whose argu ments constantly appear in the columns of the Mirror, were it not that 1 feel, that an issue has been made up between the friends of liberty on the one side, and the friends of despotism on the other, and that unr suf fering country “ expects etery man to do his duty" iu the approaching election. 1 can not therefore remain silent; not that I am anxious to obtrude tny opinions upon others but that by calm discussion, the attention of those, who have as yet taken but little time or pains to investigate the several subjects before them, may be directed to their impor tance. Our government. Fellow Citizens, is but an experiment, and that experiment may fail, and onr bright visions of liberty be ail dispelled, unless we study well the natura ol our duties, and remain true to the glo rious principles upon which that government was originally based. When we first com menced oi.r career as a nation, under the guidance of a constitution as perfect as hu man wisdom could make it, we were com paratively a pure people; party spirit, and worse still, party servility, had not spread its baleful influence over the land, our rulers were considered our public servants, and a close watch was kept upon all their a itions ; out government was adr inistered upon an economical and strictly republican plan, and our whole people rejoiced in the possession of more rational liberty, than.fell to the lot of any other nation. Since then however, many serious and important charges have come over the aspect of affairs. The Ship of Stale is no longer the same beautiful and bonynnt vessel that she was, when her im motttl builders fits! lantiched her upon the ocean of time. Her halcyon day is past. The worm of corruption lias driven his deadly fangs into the very vitals of her hull. Het tiuibeis ate weakened. 1 ler fastenings are corroded and the glorious fra me- wo ik is falling asunder. We have seen her combat with the rude breath and terrific fire of Heaven, and witnessed Iter triumph over the wrathful wave. We have seen her buffeting nobly, and brushing away danger, like the strong man contending against childhood. The tempest of passion lias oft, indeed, menaced destruction, hut wisdom lias come to her aid and,* v and (,< r Th e aid is again necessary to calm the troubled breasts ol the anxious mariners, to sub lue the violence of their greatest foe, the -p it ol par tv, and guide the gallant ship securely to her destined harbour. To abandon this figurative mode of speak ing, onr country lnvnk s the patriotic to advance to her <1 fence and rescue Iter from the perils that hang around her; she summons the good to appear in the panoply of their virtue, ate 1 present for her protec tion that celestial bulwaik which is ever im pugnable. Perhapssite never before bad so much occasion for our services. We live in extraordinary times, and peculiar l )- extrauidinary circumstances at the present moment demand our a'tention. As 1 before remarked, cor government has undergone, within a few years, many very material changes indeed, if we credit thm doc trines of the day, it has been completely revolutionized, and Its organization ha* as sumed a novel, and hitherto unthougf, ~r basis. Not only is this perceptible 'in relations which tire now suppose,j . V 1 ® between the aevcr.il States of our conVder acy. relations which as n . by the partiznns of the admits, ration irci S of,be wihi. f.us to • V e .. ,no9t opponents of Jef ’ W every department of thr eov‘ ornmont iivdf,in„ n vati,.ns have beet, »!!*& out. mulch must tv> speedily rectified, nr we will ere lung find ourselves under t , e vn.r ol a despotism, from which tlicrs will be no tiv?itos of escape, but tUrtjugL anarchy *nd revolution. The evidence of these 'ruths, may be found in the establishment of the pernicious doctrines contained in thi Proclamation ol ’32, as the h ading princi ples of the government; it may be found in the debasement of the act, by which the re cords of the L mted Slates’ Senate were mut.laled and disgraced.; it may be found in the meddlesome intctfeience of office hol ders with the tree elections of the people; it mav tie found in the unhallowed UNION OF THE PURSE AND THE SWORD ; it may be found in the rich rewards winch Eftecntive patronage metes out :o those win are most active in the service of the Presi dent, and his frie tls; it is found in the fact that corruption and villi my are net only per nitted to .-talk unpunished through the land, nit are actually encouraged aud rewarded ; t is found in the faithlessness of our public igents at \Vathin<Hon, from the President down to the kitchen scullion ; it is found iu he w js'eful and extravagant expenditures of he people's money, and the immense de falcations constantly occtiiring among the agents of the Government ; it is found in die fact iHat the chief Magistrate of the United States acknowledges himself, ill his acts and speeches, to he the President of a party; it is found in the degeneracy of public morals, which 1 hold have been great ly coriupted by the examples of dishonesty, set before the people, by great men in power; in short, it is found in the thousand and one encroachments of Executive power and the consequent diminution of the rights and liberty of the people. Upon a candid examination, vou will find, Fellow Citizens, that our la’ely boasted government is hastening to decay, faster than did the Republic ol Rome, or anv of ttiose short-lived nations upon whose his tory, Ilium fait is written iu characters of fine. It was once fondly hoped that the suc cess of our glorious experiment would put to shame the my rmidons of despotism in the old world, hut our recent experience leads us to doubt wliethei it will not end in ottr own confusion without something can sliovtlv lie done to stop the torrent of corruption, which is fast overwhelming the laid with its turbid waves. Already the jeers and taunts ofourenenues /n Europe ar > beginning to be heard, and well do they found their suspi cions of a coming catastrophe among us, for every mimeriiig of the thufider cloud is becoming louder and loudc*, and the lurid lightnings are beginiug to flash more dis tinctly along our horizon. It behoves us then, to look well to th ' positions we oc cupy. Patriotism, and a thousand other considerations call upon us to examine well, whether we are not lending our aid to that misrule, which has ; heady cast •• premature blight upon our prosperity aud threatens to convert our free institutions into so manv engines of despotism to oppress us. The detes'able doctrines of Federalism and Con solodation are to lie made instruments of our country’s ruin; these are the doctrines o the President and his party, who are striving to possess themselves of all the pow er in order that .heir principles mav he successfully put into practice. How then, can an honest and reflecting man. w ho claims to be a republican and a disciple of the .lef feraonian School, lend his support in any manner to measures that are calculated ’o do so much mischief? How ran he “lav the fiattt ring unction to his soul,” that lie is ac ting the part of a lailufnl and patriotic citi zen, while he is bending his energies to ad vance the interests of a natty whose leaders entertain such ahomirnib c principles ? How can lip be honest in his profession of repub lican sentiments and yet support a Federal ist for a high and important office? Fel low Citizens, who among you will stand out, and declare yourselves in favour of Federal ism and Corisolodaiion, and all their con comitant evils? Few of you 1 presume would acknowledge the heresy ; how comes it then, that so many ol you are found in the ranks ol a patty whose leaders and principal men are labouring to establish those doc trines? How let me ask you, in good faith, can you vote for an avowed Federalist for Governor of your State? It is in vain you may tell u-. that you are patriotic, that you are republicans, that you love your country, that you are friends to the rights of the States, so long as you are found in the ranks 1 ol Federalism, and giving your support to its candidates. If 1 have not already wearied you, I now propose, as I promised in the beginning, to touch upon some of the topics upon which you are called to exercise your right of suf t'rage on the first Monday in October, now, near at hand. The general questions have been so fully discussed in the various pacers of the day, that 1 deem it unnecessary to trouble you with a recapitulation of the ar guments, or with the vain attempt to offer new ones. In reference to the proposed amendments to the Constitution, l believe it is unanimous!)' couCdrttt!, that the measure will meet with prompt condemnation. That s just a. it ought to be. It is a piece of political juggling on the part of an ajotity o the Convention, and ought not to be rati fied. in relation to the election for Govern or, 1 have no additional argument to < fi'er, and would only urge one remark. If every man in Georgia who professes lobe a repub lican, would in accordance with hi* princi ples vote for the Republican, in preference to the Federal candidate, Judge Dougherty would beat Judge .McDonald forty thousand votes. 1 now come down to the election for Sen ator and Repicsentatives from Stewart coun ty to the next Legislature, and I ask a mo ments attention, to what I say. It is not iny wish to canvass the claims or merits of the several candidates who present themselves before you for these offices, nor do I de sign to do so; living amongst you and hemg personally known to most ol you, I presume their qualification anil merits have already been made the subject of vour attention. Os the two rival candidates for the Senate, one is an individual against w hom, grave and serious charges have been preferred, and who, after two years prepi ration, h..s signal ly failed to explain or defend them. He is a man of the nio-t consummate vanity, and y et possesse not the very first qualification for the office to which he presuiiiingly a-pires. He is moreover a supporter of Federalists and Federal measures, and is therefore a Federalist himself, if he has aey principles at all. which I think excecdmgiy doubtful. Iris moral cowardice fe such, that lie would make but a poor ehamnion for his country rights were assailed, fits name ~j CATCHING. His oPPo ue t*’. is a man ol different mould. Posses sing an origin ii and thinking mind, he has added a deep insight into human naiure, to au accurate knowledge of men and things; and though he was not bred to the profession ol speech-making, he knows how to express himself iu clear and forcible language, anil with due effect upon his audience. His firmness apd moral honesty have never been doubted, and his consistent advocacy of ti e cause of Constitution abet State Rights, be siie.ik him '>u unwavering friend to his coun try mil tier institutions. His name is LOV bH l> BRY AN. He isthe mau most wor thy of your tmppoii. Os tue candidates ffir the Representative Branch on the Union or Van Buren ticket, i uneofthem GARDL AND STATHAM, is unknown to me; 1 have been informed however by his neighbours, that he is a r ay clever sort of a person, and about as much fit for a Legislator, as my horse is for i a shoeblack. With the others, JAMES! S. LUNSFORD, and THOMAS J. S i'ELL ,1 happen to be somewhat better j acquainte I. The first wears a preacher's coat, the second is a turncoat. How tar the | sacred garb of the former, is honored by its , wearer, Ido not pretend to say; I wish he were not a preacher, in order that 1 mialil speak more plainly than l do. Suffice it to say, his principles are dangerous to our con federacy. The other is a man, with whose memory , l would de.il lightly . He was one that stood high in the regard of his friends and acquaintance-, tor lie was a soldier, and possessed many manly virtues. But alas! the tempter came, and our (riend, now no more our friend, fell 'i victim to his wiles. His untimely exit, it was feared, would leave a chasm iu the rauks of the Stats Rights party, that could not soon be filled ; but no, his tergeversation seemed to be so sudden and complete, aud its object so well and so generally understood, that it is thought no State Rights man will give him a vote, and but lew Union men, who have any regard for consistency. Men who change their principles in anticipation of receiving an office, are sometimes disappointed in their calculations. The State Rights candidates, \VIL LIARD BOYNTON, JOHN WEST and JOSEPH WOOD, are just such men as tlie County can depend on, for a faithful representation in the Legislature. If merit, and talent, and correct principles, and high minded Independence, will entitle a ticket to confidence and support, these gentlemen will certainly be chosen, to represent the county of Stewart in the next General As sembly. In conclusion, Fellow Citizens, allow me to say, that the best and most valuable citi zens of a Republic, are those who are most judicious in the exercise of their suffrages. Our government is diseased, and skilful physicians are needed to resuscitate its al most exhausted powers. How shall we an swer to our consciences and to posterity, if the patient should perish through our neg ligencr, or want of faith in the performance of our high duties. MADISON. For the Georgia Mirror. Messrs Editors : J have not ttoubled you in some time, and would not, even now, were it uot for ti e purpose of requesting you to publish the defence, if defence it eau In* called, of the notorious Dr. SEYMOUR CATCHING, in reply to the charges brought against him by myself las; year. I wish you to give it publicity, b--cause the community have not had au opportunity of seeing it,as it was printed in handbills, which have either been most shamefully concealed by the gentleman himself, or his friends, or there must have been but very few printed ; ami, for fear you may uot have teen one yourselves, i send you a copy which came into my possession quit accidentally, and l have carefully preserved it ever since, for the purpose of giving it as much notoriety as possible. Another tea on why I wish you to insert it in your paper is, that I want no bettorevi deuce than this precious nonsensical pro duction, to prove the most important char ges alledged against him last year by me, to be true. First, that ite refused to serve in the ten day’s campaign, and preferred going home to make corn. As to the $1 50 per bushel for which lie intended to sell the corn, 1 ca:e nothing, as every body knows that a man who did not have soul enough to defend his country in the hour of danger ami peril, would sell corn, or airy thing else that iio had to those who did protect and defend it, for just as much as he could get, it it were four, aye, ten times the actu al worth ol the commodity. Yes, such a man could hear the soldier's widow cry, and see his orphan children perish with linngei without administering to tin ir necessities. Though, wore it necessary, I could obtain the certificates of two respectable gent lemon to prove that he did say he would sell his corn at the above named price. But he says “it was my misfortune, and I may say, good fortune too, to happen in a conversation with Alexander Burnell,” &e. Now, 1 should like to know what is meant by ” misfortune and “ pood fortune," as us ed by the gentleman. Did li'is “misfortune ’ consist in saying things to Mr. Burnett of which he was afterwards ashamed and anx mus to deny, but dare not ? 1 should rather suppose it was, as he raved, rented and vo ctlerate hke a mad man iast year, and pro nounced every thing written by me in rcla ttou to himself, “a pack o (damned lies," and therefore, because he could not sustain this declaration befoie Mr. Burnett’s face it was his *• misfortune ’ to happen in a conversation w.tli him ; and 1 presume it was his “ good fret unt" becat se Mr. B. did not hear "him ®‘'y * le would Sell his corn when made at •?s 00 per bushel, it he can derive any consolation from this “ good fortune ,” he is welcome to it for me. But alter being cumpel'ed to acknowledge that he was opposed to the ten day’s s rvi ces, it is really amusing to hear what he calls Ills “stated reasons.” but if stated at the time, it must have been all to himself, as no one can be found who did hear them— unfortunately lor the Doctor’s veracity, it> n Mr. Burnett, to whom the conversation was directed, “did not recollect them.” But what were his stated reasons? Read them, admit that lie did state them and that »• ve i y man in the county heard them, and w .-.at do they amouut to ? Simply this, that he cared nothing at all what became of the section ot country bordering upon the river so Lumpkin was guarded and his immediate interest protected, that he might stay at home to nr, ke corn. Supi ose every one had been of his way of thinking, or his ar guments prevailed, and every man wait in Lumpkin for the savages to attack that place, aud pray, what would have become of the people and tHeir property, between Lumpkin and the river, and all those living bayoud the rtach of such protection? It was bad enough, at best, blit had every man acted in the way he wished aud advised, and followed the example tie set the savages would have prowled through the country, complete master sos the soil, scattering death and devast; tion through the land, to au extent a thousand times more terrible, if possible, than what did actually take place. And>ct this man, Dt. Catching, expects tiie support of those whom he world thus have left exposed to danger and death. It is somewhat diverting to see how this fellow “flies off the handle,” when he gets tired of the subject. What lias the nomina tion, (I should like to know,) of the Union party of 1837, to do with the charges pre- I'erted against him by me ? Nothing, liter ally nothing. But lor the purpose of ex cit.ng the sympathies of his party in his be ha f, lie must tell haw he has been treated by his political opp< neats—how they wished to put him down by a compromise ticket, .■ml how, when foil' and in that attempt, every remark that escaped bus lips during the In dian disturbances should be and proven upon him, and that too, when h e had emphatically pronounced them *•itamntd hesf but when promulgated weie •*partially polished with truth !/ / ’ Avery cat din ad mission tru y, for a man to make in Ins saber ! senses, wheu endeavoring to cleat a wav char, ecs he had prononnee ' false at and unfounded. Why certainly the Dr. don’t belong to the . Temperance Society ? ! He iheo notices the charges brought a j gainst him, one for refusing to give medical aid to a wounded soldier. Mr. Yv'iniberlv th : other for acting in a cowardly, ungenile manly and aristocratic manner in a difficulty with a gentleman whom he insulted on the camp ground and who after wards demanded ol him satisfaction, which lie refused to give in an honorable, gentlemanly way, o» in any other manner. On these points 1 do not care to dwell, as they are not material to the lyCTin subject of difference between the D r aud myself. I will remark, however, that the facts stated bv me in relation to the un feeling and unprofessional cruise pursued by Dr. Catching towards Mr. Wimberly,? obtained from the gentleman who attended him, and from Mr. W. himself, who stated what he had heard his friends say ; and, did I deem it necessary, 1 could obtain the cer tificates of each, corresponding with what I then stated, with perhaps the exception of the offer of SSO, in which I was mistaken. I might, also, if I thought proper, writes cer tificate myself, and slate i; to he theirs’ with out placing their names to it, and presume it would be equally as satisfactory as the one that appears in Lis defence with an “&c.” at the end of it. By the bye, I should like to know wiiat is contained in that “&c.” it is not, certainly, any thine of which the T) r . is ashamed ? Cant be surely. As to his difficulty with Mr. Avera.so nia ny of the citizens ot Lumpkin witnessed it an I know the misrepresentation he has pla ced u |ion the whole affair that it would be noiisencical for me to notice it any further. But there is another charge w liich the Dr. has forgotten to notice about which he swelled, pi fled and fumed mightily last year. He certainly did not forget it on" purpose? lie could not have done that, I know. I al lude to the dictatorial and bombastic manner in which he addressed a certain Union inau, for the purpose of frightening him into bis support. It may not be amiss to repeat his words, and call for an explanation—they are these; "If you put down Dr. Catth n<r you put down the Union party , as 1 tola the Troop party m Putnam, ichen Xultif cation .jhst came about, gentlemen you go down, and J see toil." This is the kind of language used by the gentleman to secure tin support of his party ; it now remains to be seen if they will pocket the insult, and support Lira for fear that his threat may lie put in execu tion ; or treat him with that contempt every man should receive who pushes himself up on a party, PAN HANDLE, CITIZENS OF STEWART. 1 deem it no less a duty to myself, than an act of expect' and courtesy low arils the citizens of this county, to make some ex* planatory response to the sundij cb.iics preferred against myself, during the last year, through the Georgia Minor. First : It is alleged that 1 stood as ot e of the opponents to doing service tlurit g our Indian disturbances in ibis county. Let us examine this. It appeals that Dr. Jones raised a company for the purpose of entering upon acam| aign of ton day* leueth, with the intention, it I.COO tin ii could be raised from this and contiguous comities, of marching against the Indians in Alabama. As to service by myself, or the people of Stewart, or any county in Georgia, I could not, nor expressed any oopositiou. But only onposd the plan of conducting that cam paign, and to the port on of country which it was directed. My oppositoti to the plan was founded as I thought, upon veiy |.!ai»- sihle reasons, which w ere as follows -. la pressed it as my opinion to Dr. Jones and others, that it might be fraught with ii! con sequences, and quite dangerous to the sntcy of the remnant of our citizens, to bo de prived ol so many, for foreign service ; and should there be the number raised Irotti this county desired, it could be bnt impoli tic and nnclintiiaLlc to leave onr frontiers unguarded, a.id our citizens without any defence, s .vo only a detachment of about 30 men, to guard Lumpkin. It was my misfortune, aud 1 may say, my good for tune too, to happen in conversation with Alexander Burnett, anil gave him the reasons above stated, for my opposition to the plan ol the ten days campaign, and he says tiiat l remarked that I would not serve it. that campaign, but would go 1 ouic and make corn. The Union l’arty of this county, in 1837, nominated myscll as their candidate tor the Senate. After a great deal of in genious political management by some of the St .te Rigli's Party, they, during Capt. Galbea Mathis’ absence, concluded to get nti a compromise ticket, and proposed to Capt. Ball, that the Uni >n Party should Itav a meeting and keep me down, and ihat they would pot down Capt. Mathis, and run Bryant for Senate and Capt. Ball lor the House. This was opposed by Capt. Bali. The reason was that they only wished to bring tlie lu o pai ties together. Their first plan, fellow-citizens, you see did uot succeed. The next was to rt mem ber every rentalk that escaped my lips du ring our Indian disturbances, and brought forward Mr. Burnett to prove that I should say, that 1 would not serve with Dr. Jones in the ten days campaign, but would go home and make corn to sell the people, at 150 cts. per bushel. This Mr. Burnett, to his credit, denied, and 'old that ail he heard me say, was that I would uot serve in that campaign, but would go home and make corn. But unluckily, Mr. Burnett | did not remember my stated reasons. In 1838, 1 was again nominated by niy party, and my opponents being unable to defeat my el ction the year previous, wiib lies partially polished with truth, cunie forwaid in 1838, with the old charge and two new ones. The first was, that l woiild not give medical aid to Robert Wimberly when he was wounded, though 1 was offered SSO. This misrepresentation I thought beyond • lie conception of men, and will only give the certificate of Tomlinson Fort, to check its progress, as follows: “Ido certify that I carried Wimbeily to Stapleton’s, and on my way, 1 met Doct. Catching, with otlict company, and reques ted him to return to Stapleton’s and give Wimberly ir.edical aid; he did so, acd gave him ail the attention as I thought was usual iii such cases, and heard no person offer him any money to stay with him.— Doct. Catching then passed on to the bat tle ground,” Ac. &c. Jf deemed necessary, J could get sundry certificates corrobora ting with the above, and further shewing, that 1 returned on the evening, and gavo him other medical aid. My next misfortune was to be engaged m a street quarrel with William Av< ra, which arose from a 11 tty charge of his father against myse'f, anti l in a passion observed, that his ta her told a lie. • William Aver* claimod satisfaction lor mo obsetvations, sod