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‘]' t ,W Jfirt . EUN J i fciliALD, A Ur. iiUA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBERS*, IS3A. 7= We are authoriinl to anounce the rami’ of Maj JOEL CR AW Ft >RD, of Hancock county, tor Governor tithe ensui g Election. Fair play. —V.’c publish in this days paper the taw re- man a moment of general elections, ano re quest its stuct inforcemcnt in our approaching election for us or against us, its observance by those who super intend or manage the elections at the various precinc ts in this country is at that we have a right to require, and without it, neither party should they be found in the mi nority w ill be satisfied. -:2 KSR ■- The Mote-. Telegraph rs. iim ernar Lumpkin. —The Ma con Telegraph, a pa|ier which lias been warmly support ing Governor Lumpkin during his administration, seems Rt last to have discovered what we expected the Editor had long since found out, for we are acquainted with the gentleman and always believed him a man of some de cemment, and we arc glad to find that lie possesses too a share of political honesty, for however devoted he may be to the Gov. as a man, ho lias conic out boldly against the Governors Change Bill Law, and says that the idea of the laws giving silver change a more extensive circu lation is preposterous, and it will be recollected that the charge is onlv against Governor Lumpkin for this w*as his ow n idea, and one of his ow n reasons for recommend ing the passage of such a law to the legislature. Well done Doctor, we believe your position correct and your reasoning good upon this subject, and we join you in your appeal to the next legislature to repeal the law, rren lhc t; : i Gar. Lumpkin did recommend its We find it deeply effects the ii terests of the poor people who are not able to sand to banks for specie whenever they may want it, and who are unnb'.s to lay up the change bills and do without the use of them until they can send them. —.-aor .Vaj. Crawford. —We had expected before this time, that tile political enemies of this gentleman, would have given some reasons for their opposition to him, for the office for which he is a candidate. We did not believe there was a man in Georgia, in this day of political fer mentation, that could have come forward for the highest office within the gift of tin people, whose conduct through lif., uad been such that would have stood the test ol the most ecruliniieing investigation before his political ene mies, and against whom so little would have been urged, and against whom so little has been said as against Cra wford. during an eight months struggle which will soon be terminated, tie is known to be a Jeflbrsonian Repub lican; an open advocate for the reserved rights of the stat s; an independent, bold and unflinching supporter ot the rights of individuals as well as communities, and one in whose hands his bitterest enemies has not, will not, nor cannot deny, thcadministrationofthc Government woulu be p. rf.-ctly safe, and one too if elected that will not so fir degrade the dignity oftlie state, as to stoop to the so licilatioi of potty apjiointments from the general Govern ment to promote the interest of the party to which he is attached, un ike tile p.escnt incumlient ha will not send out his regular lists containing the names of applicants for tee appointment of Post masters with his Excellency’s roco un ndution, he will not insult the people by turning loose upon society the convicts of the penitentiary until they have made legal atonement for the violation of your laws. He will not openly and w ilfully violate the consii tu’ion and laws of your country by makeing appointment expressly forbidden in those laws, and in that constitution, lie will 1 never be found flinching from any call from any branch of the general Government, he will not be for nullification to day and against it tomorrow, he will not come out for Ratification now, and oppose it hereafter, ho will not change his course so often but that the most ordinary mariner may at all times know where to find him, and wliatis better than'all, we believe frotnourknow ledge of his decision of character that lie will be unlike Governor Lumpkin in an other particular, we believe that if he docs not*’ apc Troup” as the Gov. has promised he will not do, that his administration will so far ape that of Traups that he will never shrink from responsibilities, when it has to be done at the disgrace of the state, and a prostration of those sacred rights oftlie people, which under our form of Government, are under the care, and management, of their chief magistrate, whose duty it is to preserve them, fearless of consequences no matter how sought, or how attempted to be taken from him, by any power on earth, save that of the sovereign people. —: fK>a ZWL WESTERN HERALD. Fayetteville, Sept. 18, 1533. Mr. Editor. —The Superior Court being in session here, we have from persons in atten dance from many parts of the state, news of the most encouraging character. Ratification is as-dead as a door nail, and the people, ready and willing, to relieve the “ Superintendent of the Mighty Workshop” ofhis vast carts. They have found out that his “ qualifications are in deed, like his agents er helps, “ ft-.v, feeble ond wholly selfish.” In the ease < f Vann against Bishop, tryed at Murray Superior Court, three weeks ago, the validity of one ©film Go vernor’s Grants come in question, about which rumours have'been afloat, and Judge Vndcr vood is said to have given Lumpkin a most awful skinning, and the Grant was by the Codrt and Jury set aside. This has effected his po pularity very much. Indeed it appears that he has turned and turned, until the people are tired of him, and have resolved to help him make his last turn on the first Monday in October next, cut of office. The people have also futind out that the re publican candidate, his opponent Maj. Craw fordjs the same consistent, patriotic Joel Craw ford, who in 1813, relinquished his ease and coinfort at heme, and pecuniary interest, and volunteered his service* as a private soldier in the Baldwin Troup; who was elected on the march hy his fellow soldiers Lieutenant, and on account of his qualifications, was shortly after wards by General Floyd, made his aid; who fchortly after, was at Auiousee, seen among the bravest auJ foremost, in front of tho battle - okmgkislifo an:! ad. in the p<r.he of his country. They recollect that in tbathard taught t battle he had his horse shot under him; and again at Calebio, when our army was attacked by superior numbers at the dead ol night most furiously, and the brave wete falling last and thick on every hand, they remember that Maj. Crawford was again in the midst ot danger and death, ably, fearlessly and bravely in the prompt and faithful discharge of all the duties ol a sol dier and able officer; where, tn the hottest ol the action, his horse was again shot dead from un der him. They have alsj learnt, that he is :r.e same republican who subsequently, served them so faithfully in Congress and in the Senate of Georgia, and are determined lo reward him, and thereby benelit themselves, by voting for liinii and elevating him to the office of their Governor; and whether we consider his past services as tit qualifications, no man would bet ter sustain the great interests of the state. The people have also found out that the Governor’s friends, and those who go to* Ratification, and the Northern Federalists, are mighty thick; and that they wish to abolish the Federal basis, that they may free the black slaves, that they may the more readily make white slaves. They know that white labourers in the slave states, gets double as high wages as they do in the pretended free states, andean no longer be gul led. They say that the poorest mans vote, now counts as much as the richest in the state, and they are satisfied. In a word, the people are becoming as well informed as to their own interest, as those who keep up such a cry about tree white men, and are through design of no good, pretendedlv so very much concerned about poor men’s interests. Freemen whether poor or rich, are sick of all that sort of stuff, and are resolved not to ratify proceedings that give 40,000 persons, (he power to controul and rule 60,000 l'ree white men. Besides, they believe that the late Convention did not do what they sent them to Milledgevilie to do, that have made our constitution worse instead of better. That they have not upon just and equitable principles, cither reduced or equalized their representation, and hence they say, huzza—huzza for No Ra tification, and for Crawford for Governor. TORM THE RECORDER. Mr. Lumpkin’s Public Services. Mr. Lumpkin himself and some of his friends have injudiciously stirred the question of his public services. We are told forsooth by them, that he made some speech in Congress, (Where is ittobc found? Who else knows any thing about it ?) m 1826 or 27 for enrolling speech that the original idea of getting the Indians to emigrate, came. Very original indeed! considering that the very same idea was mentioned in the treatv ! made with the Cherokees in 1817—see the 3d ; article of the treaty; and the very same thing was recommended by President Monroe, in IS24—see his message to Congress. What an ingenious man Mr. Lumpkin was, to find out a thing which was known before! And what an ingenious man to claim for himself; and suffer his friends to claim for him the hon ours of others! See his namby-pamby dough faced letter to the northern men, in reply to their impertinent interference with the missionaries —and see the Federal Union some 3 weeks since. We are also told of the Governor’s suc cess with the Cherokees. What succcs? Are ! the Indians gone? Are they going? Think you, people of Georgia, if Troup had been Gov ernor the last two years, that a single Cherokee would now be in the State? Think you, if we had had even any man of talent and energy in the Executive, though not equal to Troup, that Ross would now be in the nation, controuling the Indians and preventing them from enrolling and going off? Who believes it ? Then see the reason why the Cherokees arc not gone. Ross and his adherents know of what stuff the “measureable obsolete” Governor of Geor gia is made—and if Mr. Lumpkin is re-elected, good-bye to all prespccts of the indians going off—Mark this, all you who have drawn lots with Indian improvements, or near whose lots Indians live. The very knowledge oftlie fact —the very name of the thing —tiiat a Troup or a Crawford was Governor, would do more with : John Ross and the Cherokees than all of Lump kin’s nets for a twelve months So much for the imprudent mention of Mr. Lumpkin’s, public services,imprudent, because it provokes examination. New let us see how it stands : Mr Lumpkin’s public services, against Mr. Lumpkin’s public disservices. The people of Georgia little think that to him, for one, they aie indebted for the whole of the abominable Tariff system that fruitful cause of so much trouble and distress in the whole Southern country for the last 17 years—and of so much ill blood and turbulence) with Nullifi cation to boot) in South Carolina. If Mr. Lumpkin was the influential man in Congress, which he and his friends would have us to° bel ieve, certainly his weight must have been felt on the Tariff question as much as on the Indian question—of course, for it’s a bad rule which won t work both ways. Now'every one knows that the Tariff act ot 1816—the very act which introduced the odious minimum dutieson cotton —was the father of the family—the father of all the subsequent “ bills of abomination,” the Ta riffs of 1824, 1828, 1832, for these are nothing but the progeny of that parent. Will it be said by|Mr. Lumpkin that this act was to raise neces sary revenue for the government ? Why, it was expressly avowed by the maker of the bill of 1816, in his speech upon it, that his object was to give the manufacturers “permanent encour agement,” to place them “ beyond the reach of contingency.”—This was his language : and Mr. Lumpkin heard that speech. llow stood the vote of Georgia? Let us see. We then had 5 members. For the Tariff —'\ ii.son Lumpkin, £ a !'-. il.-John Forsyth, Thomas Telfair, R. 11. Wilde. A lato number of the Federal Union vouches for his Excellency, that he is in favor of Ratifi cation. We were both surprised and amused ! at the manner in which this announcement is made. Surely the Governor’s versatility of ’ opinion drives hi.3 advocates into some singular I positions. One would lmvo thought the I cd eral Union would feel mortification enough in announcing tins opinion of the Governor’s in the face of thc avoVal he recently made—and which they dare ‘not deny—-that the Convention plan w as one ofgricvbus injustice and inequality. It would reflecting mind, that the Federal Union woflM have had its hands full, to harmonize these most strikingly conflicting sentiments. But as if deteimined to show off (he Governor upon the very pinnacle of contia dietions, they must inform their readers, that the Governor is as much in fevor of Ratification, notwithstanding his sense ot its injustice and iuequalitv, as he is opposed to Nullification, which he so ably advocated in his annual mes sage. In the one case he says, “the proposed amendment is unjnst and unequal; yet I am a decided advocate of its ratification.” In the other, he observes, “when burdens become insufferable, the lime , the mode and the measure of redress, are questions which must be deter mined by those who feel themselves aggrieved;” vet I am “decidedly opposed” to the “mystical doctrine,’’that “the time, the mode and the measure of redress must be determined by those who feel themselves aggrieved.” But we, per haps, ought to be the last to mourn over the many quandaries, into which his Excellency’s Proteus-like opinion must necessarily drive our neighbors; it is perhaps enough, that we point them out for the amusement of our readers.— We have done. To those of party, misled by false sugges- { tions, or laboring undet unfounded fears, who under the new cognomen ol Union ’1 roup men, believe it behooves them to oppose the Troup candidate for Governor, we would sav: be not deceived by the interested arguments of those who have abandoned their faith, or the idle fancies of those who see objects of terror when ever they look upon their ow’n shadows; be not, we ash you, thus deceived, to an abandonment of tour faith, and treason to the good old cause. The great body of your brethren, no matter what the difference of their speculative views, have rallied: determined that come what may, they can never forsake the good cause to which they have been all their lives devoted, and that if the republican cause must be overthrown in Georgia, the latnl catastrophe shall not be laid at their doors. The cause of Georgia may, for aught you know, be in your hands; will you, for reasons which w ill not bear scrutiny, betray that cause into the hands of those, against whose principles you have from infancy contended? You will not—you cannot. You will not forsake the old standard, but be found with the rest of your brethren on the first Monday in October. At a large and respectable meeting of the peo ple of Gwinnett county, assembled at Johnston’s Store on Yellow River on the sth inst. at which John White, Esq. acted as Chairman, and James C. Martin, Sec. of the late Conven tion, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted by a majority of four lo one: Whereas the people of this county, together with the people of the other counties of this State, feeling the grievous inequality of the representation in the State Legislature, and long sensible of the manv and great evils resulting from tho unwieldy number of the Legislature, did elect and send delegates to a Convention, which was held at Milledgevilie on the Ist Monday in May last, for the purpose of equalizing and reducing the representation: and for as much as the delegates forming that Con vention, failed to answer the end for which they were convened; and for as much as they did travel out oftlie rule of conduct prescribed for them by the known will of the people, and also by an act ofthc Legislature of 1832 It is therefore, by us Resolved, That we do most sincerely disapprove of the proceedings of said Convention as subversive of the best interests of this section of the State, and dis tructive of that equality of representation so genial to the existence of a republican govern ment. Resolved, That we will do all in our power to arrest tho evil, by endorsing on our tickets “NO RATIFICATION.” Pull ahead my hearties! —The good ship Georgia, has proved herself thus far, an excel lent seaboat; and we doubt not, will ride out the j October gale as well as that fine old shipwright, I Oglethorpe, vho laid her keel, could himself | have wished.—She may sometimes lurch a little i and ship a sea,but she never fills nor founders; she always rights again. Some few ofher offi cers who have never got their sea legs on, and know little ofhertrime; and less of navigation, in these latitudes—some of the Clarko—Lump ko—Ratico—Proclamation men, may indeed be washed overboard, oi may “ drop oft',” as she rolls and pitches; but they are so “ few and fee ble” that the old seamen say they can well en ongh be spared. Better hands can be shipped in their stead at the port now just ahead. We are standing on the starboard, that is, the right tack, & have a fine breeze abaftthe beam, blow ing fresher and fresher; ail hands are piped to quaiters, and every man ready to his duty. We shall soon get out of the Lumpkin fogs; we shall leave the Consolidation keys, Cape Coal ition, and the Ratification breakers well to the leeward.’ Keeping the helm hard- -a—wea ther, we shall make the head lands of State lights, and sail into Port Constitution all stand ing, in handsome style a little past mcredian on the 7th of next month. So says our log book. Accounts from various quatters arc indeed most cheering. “All looks well,” says one. “We are booming on,” says another. “ The old Rat” [Ratification,] hasgotthedispepsy,(or dropsy we can’t make out which, from the crumpt manuscript,) and will kick after 7th of next month. A little working man iu his working deaths if we may so infer from his lit tle soiled letter on a leaf of a blank hook, tells us it is a tight race between Lumpkin and Rati fication. “We can’t tell here,” savs he, “which runs down hill fastest.” How can they distinguish, wo would ask, as they are running ; together. They all seem to hold in Col. Crock ett's injunction, “go aboard for every written and verbal accounts indicates high spirits and a determined purpose to rave the-State; and above all, they evince that ready alacrity and cheerful confidence which is the surest plcdgo of success. Let then, all hands take hold and give—not a long pull; matters are now in so good a way that a long pull is not needed; but a short pull, a strong pull, and, especially, u pull all together. VYc are perfectly willing that our adversaries should set this all down an idle boast; indeed we would prefer they should do so, if they will favor us with a postscript on the tenth of October. A gentleman of very general acquaintance, just from an extensive summer tour through the upper counties, whose judgment and means ot correct infoi matron are equal to any in the State, sends the most gratifying intelligence. He says,“ the prospects are far better than I had even hoped. An united action will carry -our candidate for Governor, a majority of both branches of the Legislature, and reject the pro posed amendments. I hardly need to say lam in high spirits.” Law of Elections, —The following arc the regulations to be observed at elections, agreea bly to the law of 1799, the law passed at the last session of the legislature, and the law alter ing the mode of electing the governor of the State. We have been very paiticular in draw ing this sketch of the laws now in force ; we re commend it, therefore, to the particular atten tion of those who, will be called on to preside at the elections, because mistakes in receiving the votes, in recording them, in counting them, and in making returns of those who have been elected, may produce difficulties and unpleasant results, and may prevent the will of the people from being properly attended to, and from hav ing its effective weight. By carefully following the intent and meaning of the law, all difficulties will be avoided. The polls are to be opened at 7 o’clock in the morning, and closed at 6 o’clock in the eve ning. At the court-house of every county, contra distinguished from election districts, three or more magistrates, not being candidates, arc to preside. These three magistrates are author ized to appoint three clerks, whose duty it shall be to keep three rolls. By the act of 1824, it was the duty of all tax collectors to attend at I elections, with a list of persons who had not l paid all legal taxes for the preceding year, such persons not being entitled to vote; but this act was repealed in 1826, though the oath that all legal taxes have been paid may be required by the presiding magistrates. The Sheriff, or his deputy, is required to attend at such elections. One justice of the Inferior Court, or one jus tice of the Peace, and two Freeholders, or tjvo of the Justices and one Freeholder, are to su- j perintend th. elections in each and every elec- | tion district established in any of the counties of the State. The Freeholders will have to take the following oath: D I, A. 8., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I am a freeholder, resident in this country of , that 1 will faithfully superintend this day’s election, and make a just and true return thereof, according to law, and to the best of my ability, so help me God.” The Supcrintendants, or a majority of them, of the district elections, are to receive and count the votes, at the places designated by law for holding elections; they a e to keep a fair state ment ofthe polls. For this purpose they are authorized to appoint, like the magistrates at the court house, three clerks, who shall keep three separate rolls. The day after the election, one or more ofthe Superintendants of each election district, will meet at the court-house of their respective coun ties, and there, with the Superintendants at the court-house,* will count, the votes, compare, and add together, the returns, produced from the several election districts, after which they will return and certify to the Governor the result of the elections for that county. The returns of the several election districts, made by Free holders, are to be signed by them as such. When there is any doubt about the legality of any vote offered at any election, the Superin tendents are to administer the following oaths, viz:— “ L A. 8., do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be) that I have attained to the age of twenty one years, have paid all legal taxes which have been required of me, and which I have had an opportunity of paying, agieeaoly to law, have resided six months within the county, and that I am a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant ofthis State.” “I, A. 8., do slemnly swear (or affirm,) that I have not this day voted at any election, held at any place, in this State, for governor, members of congress, electors of President and Vice President, members of the legislature, or county officers, so help me God.” The names of all those who shall have taken suck oaths, are to be filed in the clerk of the Inferior Court. At the election districts the duties of the Sheriff or his deputy, to be performed by any constable, or any other person appointed by the Superintendents. The law of the last session provides punish ment for the violation of the election laws. The magistrate or freeholder who shall carry the returns of an election district to the court house is to be allowed the sum $3. The two justices of the Peace, in the district where elections are held, are to carry tho elect ion laws into effect. ELECTION OF GOVERNOR. Particular attention is to be paid to the returns of the election for Governor, which are to be sealed op separately from all other returns, by the presiding magistrates, at the court house of each county after the returns have been received from the election districts, counted compared, and added; and said returns to be directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and transmitted to the Governor, or the person exercising the duties of governor for the time being. The returns of the election for Governor arc to be transmitted to the Governor by mail, as soon after the election as practicable; but in j some counties where no mail pcsscs to the i seat of government within seven davg after the! elections are determined* it shall fie the dulv the Superintendents to transmit the returns ] special messenger whose services are to t! compensated by the Governor. ** In transmitting the returns, care should t taken that they be all promptly signed as thrl * requires, by the freeholders and magistJ* together with a certificate from the magistral tliut tho freeholders, pievious to their ente ’ upon duty, took the oath prescribed by The returns from the magistrates at the c house must embrace, hei>id es the returns of iL votes taken there, a general result oftlie cl e ’ ions held in the county at the several elect’ districts, signed by those magistrates, and th° 3 in that form transmitted to the Governor, j? form oftlie return is very simplest rcml ‘ only a little attention to the law to prevent i mistakes.— From the-.Montgomery.Journal . Reports (so well authenticated that tl„, seems to be no room for doubt,) have reaefo this place, that it is the intention of the n o ye meat, to remove all the white settlers from [l Creek Lands, and that a sufficient force y been sent on for that purpose. It will be that a meeting hns been held in this place, a anticipation of such a proceeding, with the tie* of giving expression to public sentiment m,, that subject. Wc were happy to perceive Z the meeting was composed of citizens gcnerallv without any reference to party distinction; The best possible spirit prevailed, and *> have every assurance, whencverlhe govcrnir,™ shall venture upon any course of proceeding,J directly in contravention of thfe rights of o® citizens and the laws and sovereignty of osr State, that every man “ will do his duty.” ]]', forbear to make any other comments atthistime further than to remark, that the Presidentm his estimate of the spirit and intelligence of Alabama, must do them great injustice, ifh supposes for a moment, that they could unde any possible state ofthings submit to a measure, so lawless and tyrannical in its character, i? this would bo. We would not he understood on an occasion ; of so much seriousness and importance to utter a menace : But wc hazzanj nothing in saying that whenever a usurpation so high-handed, and so -dangerous to our libertin shall be attempted, it will be ’met with the mos determined resistance. Northern Markets. —The late New-Yuil papers inform us, that never has there beena large a business done in the city of New-Yoi particularly in Dry Goods, as during the weci ending on the 7th inst. A much larger nurakt of customers were there than usual, and it mi remarked that they never paid up as well. Tk sales of one house that week, Was s7o,Oft The rise of the great stable Cotton, togethn with a lucrative foreign trade, had made tvtry branch of business comparatively flourishing. The week had been a most active one in moa of the leading articles, such as Flour, Ashe Sugars, Spirits, Coffee,'&c. With some exerp tions, most articles had advanced. Owing to the limited stock at market, Colli* Bagging was selling at improved rates; heat; Scotch at 22, and American at 20 cents. Domestic Goods were in demand, both fa export and home consumption. Dry Goods, of nearly all descriptions were a most active request, and the stock hardly ade quatc’to the demand. The advance in England had had a carresponding effect there. Canton and Italian goods were all in demand. YY ith respect to money matters, the Ne* York papers state, that the agitation which pre vailed relative to the removal of the public depo sits, had, it had been said caused the C. & Bank to refrain from discounting on the deposit! as a precautionary measure. A pressure f money had been experienced in Wall-streetfer two weeks past, but that pressure had not lea general. There was no call for specie to k sent out of the country ; on the contrary it cm tinned to flow into it. By the late account! from Now-York, a better feeling in the moot’ market, had shown itself.— Constitutionalist. Gold Coi ‘■.ige. —A correspondent offal Commercial Herald, under the signature ofi “Philadelphia Merchant,” says: “Our gold coins are underrated 5 per cent that is, the legal value is four percent, less to the real value, and in consequence they cannot circulate here; hut are exported to Europe whenever exchange rises above $4,62 perpomd sterling ; hut if they were rated according I* the approximate relative value of gold to silver, they would not be exported to England wil exchange lmd risen to $4,81 or $4,82 p pound sterling, (about 8 1-4 or 8 1-2 per cent premium.) “The expense of coining gold is a inert bagatelle , and unworthy of consideration, com pared with the advantage of procuring so southern gold finders a market for their produce, but still would it not be more advantageous h the country to give such a value to our g® coins as would give them a chance to be circu lated ? Would it not be a most desirable tbis, to have coins of the denomination of halfenp ($5,) quarto do.’(s2, 50,) and eight do.(sr 25,) in circulation? Then the paper trash ( less value than $5, which is a disgrace to * commercial community, and increases muci the danger to be apprehended from count®’ feiting,) would be abolished, and onr cunci': would be kept in a compartively sound sK healthy condition.—Every man of in the country would rejoice at the abstract** of notes of less value than five dollars, and! substitution of coin in their place. This besides being of such importance i a keeping currency sound, be a great spur to the mdw of our southern gold miners—they M,ou ’ a larger market for their produce, and* 0 * 11 of course extend their works.” The Cholera. — Missouri —Tho St (Mo.) Republican of August 27, say ß ’ , Cholera has entirely ceased in that cityt bilious and other diseases are becoming l ": frequent. Not a single case of Cholera occurred during the preceding week, disease had disappeared from mostottbo’ 0