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C'lßtum this lull, atu) iu hapi*y ou'U kritUuig i.xfiu
~-ice extend to the remotest borders of the re
public.
But it is said by mycolleagucs (Mr. Wayne,)
‘and the suggestion lias been made by others,
that wo have no assurance that South Carolina
will repeal her ordinance, or that she will not
nullify the’ tariff law which wo now pass, ns sh
ins thoso at ’2B aoJ ’32, Sir, lot us he candid
with onrselves o:r this occasion. It is indeed
possible that this, may bo the case; but does any
believe it will bet At the intercession of a sister
State the convention by which this ordinance
was passed, have been ordered to re*assemble:
and it is notorious, that the object of this re-as
e;n filing is to suspend the operation of the
ju.iliiiying laws until the close of the next ses
sion of Congress. This, too, let it be remem
bered, was done at a time when all hope ot a
modification of the tariff hy this Congress had
been nearly extinguished. V* itli these facts be
fore us, then, and with the still more striking
fact, that every Senator mid Representative in
Congress from South Carolina, has voted for
this modification, where is the man who can for
a moment indulge a serious apprehension that
that state will attempt to arrest the operation
of the law? If there be a member of this House
who docs really entertain such
1 have some curiosity to know him. It will
certainly entitle him to some distinction which
he should not lose the opportunity of acquiring,
and I will, therefore, pause to see if there be
one who will make the avowal. (3lr. F. here
paused, but no gentleman rising, he proceed
ed.) As I expected —a death like silence! No,
.Sir, there is not an intelligent man here or else
where, who entertains a reasonable doubt that
South Carolina will not acquiesce in the com
promise which has been effected.
13 o, Mr. Speaker, it is further argued that un
its ■we pass the biil now on your table,the modi
fication of the tariff will have tue appearance of
concession—a yielding to the demands of South
Carolina —that it will seem as though th Min
eral Government had been bullied into rnoa urrs.
At the same time, it is admitted that the com
plaints of the South are just, and ought to be re
dressed. Sir, I have been more than astonish
ed at the frequent repetition of this objection du
ring this session. What, Sir, is the legislation
of the American Congress to be governed and
regulated by such fastidiousness? How many a
noble and gallant spirit has met an untimely fate
under the misguidance of these false notions of
honor 1 refusing to make just reparation—to
atone for an injnrv, because a challenge had
l>een given! And yet we to whose hands are con
fided in an eminent degree, the destinies of sis- i
teen millions of people, are prepared to resign
their high and important interests—nay, to stake
the very existence of the Union, upon this delti- j
sivc idea ? Sir, how long before we shall be
able to sink the feelings of the man in the noble
and elevated and enlarged views of the states
man.
Gentlemen tell us, however, that by decisive
measures on the part of the Federal Govern-]
ment, all opposition to its authority will be put
down, and the majesty of the laws vindicated.
How soon we forget the teachings of history and
ox ericnce! What instructive lessons do they give
us a- to the consequences, in national as well as
individual quarrels,ofa course ofrrvnace on one
hand and defiance on the other! Collisions and l
violence have scarcely ever failed to be the re— .
salt. But we are told with a triumphant if net
an unfeeling air, that it will be an easy matter]
to put down South Carolina; that the President
has assured us that the laws shall be executed,
and his character is a sufficient guarantee for the !
redemption of the pledge. All this may be very j
probable. From the accounts we have of popu
lar meetings, and the numerous offers of patri
otic volunteers to enlist in this glorious enterprise,
you have certainly little cause to doubt your
success. But how would you enjoy it,when pur
chased at the expense of the blood of your va
liant chivalrous southern brethren? Who would
rush madlv on to crush even what some consi
der a rebellion, when the lives oi hunareas of our
awn countrymen must be the cost? Sir, I envy
no tnnn his feelings, who can either boast of such
an anticipated victory, or could exult in the bloo
dy achievement.
But do you not run the hazard of provoking
the other southern States to take part with South
Carolina? Much as they disapprove her course,
the originof this controversy is common to them
nil; there m an identity of interest and ni’ op
pression, which is rapidly producing an identity
offeeling. Sir are not the present indications
sufficient to warn gentlemen? Do not the unquiet
state and feverish excitement in many parts of
the southern country,admonish you of what may
follow the first act of violence? Sir, once kindle
this fire in the south,and who shall extinguish it?
Excite the resentment and passions ol'a gallant,
high spirited people, and who shall control them?
Raise the tempest, and who shall allay it, or cal
culate its ravages? Where is the master spirit
that can “ ride on the whirlwind and direct the
storm?” What hand shall chain the billows of
the raging ocean? Believe me, Sir, these are .
jiot the suggestions of an excited imagination, j
Violent and oppressive measures in other conn
fries, have generally resulted in convulsions and
civil wars; and beware that you do not make tho
history of your ewa a mere transcript from the
records.
There are many past occurrences, Mr. Speaker,
to which it is painful to advert; yet I cannot
consent, on this account, to waive an advantage
which one of that character affords. A short
retrospect will bring to our recollection an event
which will fully illustrate the argument I am now
endeavoring to urge. The gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. Carson) yesterday refer
red you to the unpleasant Controversy which
existed in the year 1825, between the General
Government and the State of Georgia. That
controversy, and many of its attendant circum
stances, are fresh in my reeollecton. I well
/remember the unequal contest which, single,
handed and alone, we waged against this Gov
ernment. We not only derived no aid from
our sister States, public opinion throughout
tho whole of them seemed to do against us.
This was, iudeod, “ fearful odds.” It was our
-o.jj} tjarkme, kpivercr. in this important crisis,
to kayo at tire head of our i&xecutive councils
one of thoso choice spirits who seem designed
for great occasions. With a firmness that nev
er faltered, and p resolution that no circum
stances could shake, he took his stand upon
the ramparts of State sovereignty,and resolutely
resisted every attempt on the part ot the 1‘ eder
!n 1 Coverivmnt to interfere with the just rights
<>f'be States, finally, however,the Executive
jof the Union venture i to threaten us with mili
tary power. The olivet was instantaneous—it
i was an electric shock—die feelings which it
; produced spread from the Potomac to the Mis
‘ sissippi.—Tlwu it was that the sympathies of
j our Carolina brethren, who had previously
i given us no countenance, were aroused in our
nehai.% aiul evt ry northern breeze wafted to us
the most cheering assurances,that if an attempt
should be made to execute the threat which had
been uttered, we should not be left to contend
alone against our gigantic adversary. And
can it be matter of wonder now, that Georgia
should manifest a deep interest in tlio fate of
Mouth Carolina! Can she so soon forget this
geuerous sympathy i No Sir, she can never
be unmindful of it, nor ungrateful for it.
; Happily the difficulty was adjusted, and
| the historian has not now to record
i,, letters of blood the result of the mad experi
| rnent.
But, Sir, we have evidence on tins point of a
: still later date. What has been the effect of the
President’s recent proclamation, in which a re
sort to force was intimated ! \\ hat do gentle
men from the South learn from their private let
ters ! What do tile newspapers inform them as
to the state of feeling which has been thus pro
duced? Is it not thus plainly to be foreseen what
must he the r suit of an attempt to control or
subdue one of these Stales by military power ?
But, Mr. Speaker, I am willing to concede
to our adversaries all the advantage in the ar- i
gument by the possibility which they allege I
—that Carolina may not repeal her ordi— ]
| nance. “What then,” say the gentlemen, “are
; not the lads to bo enforced!” To this I answer, j
1 taut the biil reported by the Judiciary Commit- 1
tee, together with the laws already enacted, will
enable the civil authorities to make the effort.
And even if it were certain that they would fail,
t is better that the President should be reduced
to the necessity of convening the new Congress
to devise means lor meeting *he exigency, than
to proceed now to violent measures. Eve ■
though the Federal Government has the power
to crush South Carolina it would be magnani
mous to forbear. Be kind and indulgent to her
waywardness —give her no cause o! further pro
vocation, but bring her back by gentle and con
ciliating means to the path of her duty. And
who is there that would not prefer a triumph thus
peacefully obtained, to one gained at the point of
the bayonet ?
I am free to declare, however, that even if
these means should not succeed, ami there were
no modification of the tariff, I would not, either
no wor hereafter,resort to military force. I would
much rather present to a State, assuming the at
titude of South Carolina, the alternative of sub
mission or secession. I cannot, for a moment
tolerate the idea of subjecting one of these states
to martial law—of governing nnv ;>nrt of tins
great confederacy as a conquered province.
There is something abhorrent to rav feelings in
the suggestion of the bare possibility that the
trial by jury is to be superseded by the sword.
In the first inaugural address of Mr. Jefferson,
the ablest production that ever came from his pen,
(tne Declaration of Independence always ex
cepted,) he expresses the opinion that “ ours is
the strongest Government on earth.” And why,
“Because,” says he it is the only Government,
where, at the call of the law, every man will fly
to the standard of the law.” Yes, Sir, here is
i your reliance for the execution of your laws—it
“is on your people; and to make this reliance sure,
your laws must be so framed and so administer
ed as to obtain for the government their affection
and confidence.
These are the sentiments, substantially, ex
pressed In an extract which I had occasion a
short time since, to read to the House,from a
speech of the late distinguished Mr. Bayard. I
have now to ask the attentionofgentlemen to an
other extract from tho same speech. It will require
no remark from me to point out its application to
the present crisis; indeed it is so very appropri
ate, that I have procured the printed volume
which containstit, lest, if I should quote from me
mory, I might subject myself to the suspicion of
forgery. I will read but a single sentence.—
“Your Government is in the hands of the peo
ple; it has no force but what it derives from
them; and your enforcing laws (mark the expres
sion) are dead letters, when they have ever been
driven to resist your measures.” Sir, I would
that gentlemen may hear and recieve this as
a voice from the tomb of the illustrious dead.
But, Mr. Speaker, I have an argument to urge
against the main provisions of this bill, which ad
dresses itself particularly to those gentlemen who
believe in the unconstitutionaiity of the protec
tive system. This bill is intended to provide for
tho execution of the existing tarifflaws, whether
the proposed modification takes place or not—
which laws have been declared by nearly all the
southern States to be unconstitutional. This I
unuerstood my colleague (Air. Wayne) to admit:
if I am mistaken, he will correct me.
[Air. WAYNE said, lie hud expressly, ad—
minted the protective system to be unconstitu
tional.]
I ara glad that I did not misapprehend my col
league. But it is difficult for me to conceive how
wo can maintain that the tariff’laws are uncon
stitutional, and yet provide the means for enfor
cing them. We are bound by our oaths, and by
the most sacred of duties, to support the Consti
tution; and yet we contribute our aid in passing
laws to violate it. We are told however, that
these tariff’ laws having been passed according to
the forms of the Constitution, we are bound to
provide the means of enforcing them. Sir, I am
too little ofa political casuist to lecture on the
morality of these principles. This subject I shall
leave to gentlemen who are not only more able,
but more disposed to discuss it. For myself I
cannot feel these constitutional or moral obliga
tions prompting me to aid in the execution of un
constitutional laws. I tun aware, Sir, that a
] southern uau acknowledging these obligations,
I and acting accordingly, will recieve the commen
dation and i|iplause ot those who are interested,
j If, under tho influence of these principles, we
I should aid oor tarill’ brethren in carrying their
j protective buys into execution, they would, in
j turn, compliment us upon our generosity and li
| berul views. They might well do so. These
complimentary speeches, like all others cost no
thiii s —whatever profit is made bv them, there
fore, is clear gain. There is no safer investment
than that of compliments—for there is no capital
j required, and there is no hazard, except that of
i losing a character for sincerity —a very trivial
consideration, when compared with the profits of
the speculation. I hope I shall not be consider
ed as exhibiting any thing like indifference to the
good opinions of my political adversaries. Far
from it. No man appreciates more highly or re
ciprocates more tordially their feelings of kind
ness and persond esteem but, I should be un
worthy of those feelings if I were capable of bar
tering away my principles, and the interests of
my constituents, to conciliate them.
I come now, Mr. Speaker, to the considera
tion of that part of the bill before you, which
provides for removing to the U. States courts,
any suit or prosecution commenced in a State
court, against a revenue officer, for an act done
in the discharge of his duty, as prescribed in
law. That some amendments of the existing
laws in cases of this kind, arc necessary, I can
didly admit. 3Vhere an officer is sued in any
State court, for an act required by a law of the
United States, it is a case “ arising under the
laws of the United States” —one of the very cases
to which the judicial power of the United States,
under the Gonstituion extends. The exercise
of this jurisdiction, it seems to me, for many
reasons, ought to be provided for, and that pro
vision is made in the bill reported to this House,
|by the Committee on tire Judiciary. But when
| it is proposed to extend this provision to criminal
prosecutions, I cannot assent to it. It is an at
tempt ti srive the federal judiciary, cognizance
of criminal cases, where a State is a party, for
which there is no warrant in the Constitution.
Having on two former occasions in this House,
expressed my views on this point, I shall not
repeat them now —but content myself with refer
ring gentlemen to the able argument of Mr.
Madison, in the Virginia report of ’9B, and to
the explicit exception to the exercise of this
power in the ratifications ot the Constitution, by
tile conventions of New York and Rhode Island.
I should, indeed, exhibit a specimen of singular
inconsistency, to vote for this provision, after i
so repeatedly denounced the exercise of!
the power by the federal tribunals, as unauthor-’
iz>d—and 1 should be refolding, at tho Skfiie
time, a most severe sentence against the public
authorities of the. State of Georgia, who have not
only expressly denounced the power,but openly
refused submission to it. Sir, were I now to
concede this jurisdiction to the federal courts, I
should expect the ghost of the ill fated Tassels
to haunt the dreams of the midnight hour, —and
to hear his “Mood Crying from the ground”
against tho people of my Stale.
I have much more to say on this important ■
subject, Mr. Speaker, but at this late hour, af- ‘
ter the polite and attentive hearing with which I
have been honored, I cannot so much abuse
the patience of the House, as to trespass much
longer upon it. I was particularly desirous of
adverting to those laws which my colleague
(Mr. Wayne) referred to as precedents for this
bill; but a slight notice of the most prominent
of them must suffice. Sir, it is not the least alar
ming considerations which attend the intro
duction and advocacy of this bill, that the
defence of its most objectionable parts is foun
ded on precedent. My colleague tells us tha* the
provision for clothing the President with the
whole land and naval power of the Union, is bor
rowed from a law passed in the “democratic ad
ministration of Mr. Jefferson.” But docs my
colleague sec no difference between measures
for national defence against foreign powers,
and those for internal government! The law
to which he alludes, was passed for the purpose
of enforcing the embargo, which, if not itself a
war measure, was of a defensive character, and
intended to operate upon England and France,
both of which had committed serious depreda
tions on our commerce. And is it not matter of
history that the discontents of the eastern peo
ple at these restrictive measures, were such
that Mr. Jefferson himself yielded to their re
peal? And yet this is the precedent which we
are to adopt in confiding to the President pow
ers to be exerted in a controversy between the
Federal Government and one ot the States of
the Union. Sir, I repeat that this is the very
circumstance which gives me the deepest con
cern. By this act you establish some mo it
alarming principles, and it is to be a standing
precedent upon your statute book. Seme gen
tlemen arc the more willing to confer these
powers, on account of their confidence in the in
dividual who is to exercise them. Now, I am
quite sure that I have as much confidence in
General Jackson, as I shall have in any one
who may succeed him; nor do I apprehend any
danger to the country from the exer
cise of these extraordinary powers by him;
I do not believe there will bo any necessity for
his executing them at all; but they are powers
which I would vest in no man living. There is
not a worse tule in legislation than that of fra
ming laws with an eye to the individual by
whom they are to be executed. It were always
better to frame them under the idea that they
were ta be administered by officers who would
abuse their powers if they could. Leave as lit
tle to official discretion as -possible. Who
does not perceive the danger to which the
country and its liberties might be exposed un
der the administration of some daring
and ambitious tyrant, clothed with the
authority conferred by this bill ? And should
such an one unfortunately reach the Executive
chair, and desire this authority, he will only
have to recur to “ the democratic administration
of Mr. Jefferson” and the “democratic adminis
tration” of General Jackson, and there are prece
dentsfor as much power as he can wish. Mr,
Speaker my earliest affections, were to the union
of these States, and my latest aspirations shall
be for its continuance, and for the preservution
of our present form of (Zoveximicut, to be a'il- J
ministered in tho spirit and on the principles
which gave birth to both. It is, therefore, that ■
I look with watchful jealousy on any measure
calculated to change its character. Such is the
feeling with which I regard the hill you are
about to pass. Its tendency is to a military
despotism, and improbable-as it may seem to
many, this may be its ultimate termination.
Should this be the melancholy result, I call this
House to witness, that at the’ first step cn this
downward inarch, I have not failed to raise a
warning voice against it.
THE WESTER* HERALD.
AUK ARIA, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1833.
The Inferior Court of this county held its first session
yesterday. We understand the Judges of the Court
arc engaged to-day in looking at some lots, with a view
of determining upon the location of the county site.
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Golden Specimens. —A piece of Gold was found in this
neighborhood a few days since, weighing upwards of ten
dwts.
A piece found last week at the Altuna Mines, by an
Indian boy, which weighed upwards ofthirty dwts.
Another piece found about the same time and place, oy
an Indian girl, said to be a3 large as a hens egg. So anx
ious was the girl to secure her prize, that she run home
with it instantly, and would not permit any person to
weigh it.
‘■
Removal of the Indians. — One of our Subscribers, a na
tive Cherokee, called in the Oliice last week, to get his
paper; a conversation immediately ensued between us in
relation to the course which Georgia has taken with her
Indian population. During the conversation, the native
observed, that he had been raised in Georgia, and that he
could live under her laws,and was willing to do so, unless
Georgia repealed the law which guaranteed to them the
right of occupancy to their improvements; he further sta
ted he did not care for the game, that he seldom ever wen’
in the chase, and that it would suit tho3c who are usually
termed the hunting party to remove; for the game was
nearly destroyed here, and they could not subsist much
longer by that occupation, and that they must remove
somewhere, for General Jackson had permitted Georgia
to go on, until she had went to the expense of surveying
ana occupying the country. It would be unreasonable
now to stop her and force her to undoe what she had
done, that he did not believe the white people settled here
would submit to it.
From the best information wehave been able to gatlic r j
from various sources, we are of opinion that the native
spoke the honest sentiments of a large majority of these
unhappy people, and that if the proper agents would ap
point a time to meet them in their own country, and come
clothed w ith power to allow them their usual expected j
reserves, or to give them a fair remuneration for their im- ]
I provementsin money, that the inducement would he suf
dcient to settle the great question now agitntiag the coun
try, without once having to resort to any thing in tho
shape of nullification on the part of the slate,or the slight
est attcmpl to coerce, under the most odious features of
the enfox pment bill, upon the part of the Union; at least,
it would he well in our opinion, to in ike the experiment,
for we have long since seen that nothing can be effected
with the delegation at Washington City; for these peo
ple have become so jealous of their rights, that they will
not risk them with any one, without throwing around
them, more restrictions than they themselves would wish,
were they personalty present. Much importance too,
is usually attached to the delegation on their anival at the
city, and so much attention paid them during their stay
there, that they become more and more impressed with the
responsibility of their mission. With every delusivo ob
stacle thrown in their way by the northern intermcdling
fanatics, calculated to excite the worst passions ot the hu
man soul, and not having an opportunity of consulting 1
the views and feelings of their constituents, the result has
been, they have returned to their tiomes without attempt
ing to effect any tiling in the shape of a treaty. With a
long taught lesson of New England’s boasted notions of.
humanity, justice and magnanimity, calculated alone to!
mislead the ignorant, and which if not arrested, will prove
destructive of the future happiness and welfare of these
unfortunate people.
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At a Justice’s Court lately held in a neighboring coun
ty, one of the suitors in the vehemence of argument upon
a contested point, unluckily used the term “ vice versa,” .
upon which, ho was severely reprimanded by the presid
ing justice; who told him that he should not throw anyi
such slur upon the Court, and that he would let him know
that a repetition of such profane and vulgar language in
that place, although it was hut a Justice’s Court, would
be considered as a high contempt of its authority, and
moot with its merited punishment.
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The Editors of the Georgia Journal in a notice which
they have been pleased to take of this paper, and “ its lo
cal habitation and name” —remark:
“By the bye, the name of the town (Auraria) is os new to
us as the town itself. The editor speaks of it as classical,
hut we recollect no such name of antiquity. The fault
may be with our bad memory; or perhaps it is merely
formed on a Lutin noun, and may signify a gentle gale of
cool air.”
Our recollection and that of the editors of the Journal
is, we regret to say,at variance. We profess not to bever- ;
sed in ail the classic to re of antiquity, nor to have drawn I
as largely as other men from those classic founts, the i
streams of which have so often feitalizcd the columns of!
other “ Journals.” We must, however, be permitted in
justice to our literary acumen, lor who would not vindicate i
such a claim ? to maintain the position first assumed, .
that the term “ Auraria” is of classic derivation —that it j
is associated with the classic history, of the classic times,;
in whichlhe classic Tacitus himself,a sponser for the term,
lived and wrote. To such authority, we cheerfully bow.
W e belong not to that class known in the literary world,
as“miracleß oflcarning,that point out faults to show their
own discerning,” yet we would state for tho especial
benefit of the Journal, that “ Auraria” in its literal inter
pretation, signifies “ a gold mine” or gold; not Aura, “ a
gentle gale of cool air,” as above intimated. It was with
reference to this particular characteristic of the country,
that the name was first stqj ested, and has subsequently
hcen adopted.
Itoit THE WL4TE N HERALD.
.MV. Editor —l have witnessed with pleaaim
the daily increase of our population in this inte
resting section of country. There is scarcely R
day that passes, without seeing several families
coming into the county, and no doubt exists, that
it will become the most densely settled of any other
county in the State. There are moreover such
a variety of subjects to interest, as well as to
employ attention, that those who are disposedto
enter into any of the useful or pleasing occupa
tions of life, can here find a wide and extended
field for their labors. To young men of energy',
just beginning in the business of life, doubting
and wavering as to what pursuit they shall fol
low, I would say come, fortune is here bestow,
ing her gills, and why may you not he the favor
ed child of the blind goddess. To those enga
ged in the different mechanical arts, it is here
you can find business and employment to engage
the whole of your time and attention, and re
ceive good wages lor your labour. The Geo.
logist and Mineralogist, I would invite to come, for
it is here we possess every variety of soil,together
with almost all the minerals that arc found in nny
’ country consisting of a great many different kinds
of specimens, and found perhaps in more nbun
, dance than can be boasted of in any other sec
tion on tho Globe. Yea, it will require years
fully and fairly to develope the resources of this
country. To the Poet and Painter, I would say
come, it is here that nature sports in her most
wild and romantic gambols, and that it is almost
impossible for any one of refined sensibilities, to
behold our meandering brooks and mountain see
nory,without feelings of pleasure and admiration;
and more especially, when seeing fire in the
mountains at night, which is the most grand and
beautiful spectacle that can tic presented to tho
view. \Ve often behold the liquid flame, exten
ding for miles at a stretch, and in places eleva
ted considerably above the horizon;at others go
ing down to the brink ot some winding stream,
which presented to the eye in its various posi
tions at the same time, and receiving that
enchantment which the distance lends, we arc
at once raised to feelings of the highest kind.—
We might continue to add instances of the am
ple and wide extended interest which present
themselves before us, but it is useless, after all
it is industry, energy nd constant attention that
make the great differences which exist in life,
and without individuals possessing these quali
ties. it is impossible for them to succeed in any
position or situation, in which they may be pla
ced ; with those qualities what may not a man
perform ; even he him-elt, could scarcely have,
believed that it was possible for him to have been
successful in some of those undertakings, which,
by a prudent course of conduct, added to thoso
high virtues, he has been enabled to accomplish
to such an advantage; it is in fact more than
j half the buttle, for a person to believe, and to be
■ lieve firmlv, that he can succeed in any laudable.
1 effort. ‘ OBSERVER.
FOR TfTE WESTERN HERALD.
TO BILLY, THE NUCKOLLSVILLE POET.
I’ve receiv’d your epistle, my dear Cousin Billy,
And tho’ I consider the thing rather silly,
I Yet to Cousin of mine, I ne’er can deny,
To give a few wordsof poetic reply.
Your lines are so smooth, your language so willy,
Not to admire, would be a sad pity.
’Tis tvonderous how well to the subject they suit,
The blossoms are always true signs of the’fruit.
Dame nature knows well, how to bring things to
gether,
And so to adapt them, as to suit one another.
1 say learned Coz, it would be devilish hard,
That the “Chuck-a-luck city” should not have to
bard.
Rome had her Virgil, and answes me freely,
Say, why should not Nuckollsville boast c flier Bum !
Kow well doth the Bard, and the Town suit together,
One surely was made for the use of the other.
All hail! to the Card —letthe Gold diggers know it,
Billy my Cousin, is tho Nuckollsville poet!
Weunderstavd that the Court-house, in Cahawhn, fell
during the session of tho Court lost week; but fortunate
ly the Hon. H. W. Collier, who was the presiding Judge,
suspecting from the appearance of the walls and the wa
ter being around the house, that it might fall, had ad
journed the Court for the purpose of going into a privat- :
1 house, about fifteen minutes before the building whici |
was of brick, tumbled into ruins.— Tuscaloosa Spirit <’
the Jlge.
It is stated in a Philadelphia paper, that Washisigtfl j
Irving is preparing anew Sketch Book, the result of h>
; personal observation of scenes and characters in the west ,J
• There is no writer living, better quallified to do justice tM
: the peculiarities of the west, than “ Geoffrey Crayon.
Gent.” The appearance of such a w ork, from him, wow f l
be hailed with delight by the literary world, both at hoi* .1
cud abroad.
The subjoined jeu d’esprit, from the pen of a Concept- , :
dent, is one of the best tilings of the kind we remanbe |
to have seen :
Some would hang poor M’Duffic for being a nullv,
And others deride him for acting the bully:
But bully or nully he may be lor me,
When the Bank is in danger—no bully like ho !
Raleigh Register.
Long Service. —Judge Holmes, who recently died •” j
Haddam in Connecticut, was a member of the Lcgisk
ture of that State for sixty sessions. The rxinnp
is so rare in the United States, that it merits particular r( ‘
cord.
Sir }Valter Scott. —The Queen of Spain is the only oc 4
of the crowned heads of Continental Europe, who hi ;
hitherto subscribed to the monument to bo erected in i®
mory of Sir Walter Scott.
Miss Fanny Kemble it is said, is engaged to become t
bride, immediately on her return to England.
The Post Office is removed from Grantsviile, Greet
county, to Watson's Grove, and Jesse £l. Watson, 0[
poiteil Poet iVI aster.
A New Post Office has been established at Prattsbc;
Talbot county.
In 1814, a volcanic Island rose in flic sea off tho cot
of Kaintschutka, which is said to be 3000 feet high, a: •
four miles round. Lyell 307. New Islands have be
often thrown up offithe coast of Iceland; nnd on one oca ‘
sion,thc quantity of pumace ejected was so great, lhatb
light spongy stone covered the sea to the distance of 1-; ;
miles, and to such an extent, that ships were impeded
their course. The Island thrown up in 1831, off! 1
coast Sicily, will be in the recollection of every one.
An express arrived here on Saturday, “uS
the intelligence that the Merchant’s and Pis *1
ter’s Bank of Augusta, had failed flat. Whit |l
next V* -1
We see the following handbill just in time ft
the press:— Geo. Journal.
Merchants and Planters Bank —The Dirt
tors are under the painful necessity of infort j
ingthe Public, that the Bank has beencompelljß
to suspend payment. The causes which h* 1
led to this result, are the heavy and eontino’
demands, that have been made for specie, *