Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

insupportable weight upon the delicate sedsi bilitip/ofthe duellist, and convert his bosom into a type of hell? We have no hesitation in assert” ing that they are generally such as ought not to ruffle the spirit of a man; and they are indebted for their ififluence to the resentful temper of (he duellist. Rtvenge is his boasted principle of ac tion, and to pess over an insult, or to forgive an injury, is deemed spiritless and base. In a civil ized and Christian community, one plain course, and only one,is pointed out fora rational man to pursue under the infliction of injuries, whether they come from the hand of a pretended friend, or an open enemy. If these injuries are such as have a corresponding remedy in the law of the land, we may apply to this tribunal for redress; if they are of such a character as the wisdom of ages has not embraced within the statutes of re tributive justice, then we have nothing to do but to bear them with the composure which philoso phy inculcates, or to forgive them with the heav en-born charity which the Gospel inspires. Tho’ it may be casting pearls before swine, we cannot forbear asking professed duellists whether there be nos a moral sublimity in such passages as these —“ Recompense io no man evil for evil” —Avenge not yourselves ; but rather give place unto wrath.” But it is often gravely asserted, that a man's reputation will be covered with indelible dis grace if he refuse, in certain circumstances , to give or accept a challenge. Would to heav en that declining to fight were the blackest spdt on the character of ...the duellist ! But in whose estimation will his character suffer ? In the estimation of those only, who, like himself, have adopted the maxim, that “he is a Scoun drel who refuses to be a murderer and we trust thatsuch men are far from constituting the most numerous or the most reputable class of the community. The advocates of duelling la bour under a grand deception in their estimate of the different traits of the human character. They build their reputation Solely upon courage , while forbearance, the forgiveness of injuries, and that magnanimity which sustains its possessor under unmerited sufferings and abuse, are treated with contempt. But did these men never reflect, that bulls and tigers are not deficient in cdurage ; and that when this quality is employed only in deeds ofcarnage and violence', it is at best a brutal trait. Indeed duelling is far from being an infallible test of courage. The fear of reproach has often been the prevailing motive under the operation of which challenges have been both given and accepted ; and many a combattanl has marched to the spot of rencounter, with the affected stride and .front of Achilles, while the dastardly spirit of a coward was lurking in his heart. It requires less genuine courage to brave dangers or even to face death, when wafted along by the current of popular maxims, than to maintain our integrity and follow our consciences in opposition to the powerful and bewitching influence of example and opinion. Could she naked heart be seen, it would be found, that most men are too cowardly not to fight. Neither does duelling give that reparation o"f in juries which it demands. If dur characters were intrinsically bad before, the blood which has been effused in single combat, has not washed them white ; —the,death of an antagonist can in no sense repair the mischeife which we have suffered from his slander, or detract owe tittle from the truth which he has uttered. That reputation is not so deeply concerned in this business as to compel a man to violate the laws of heaven and earth, by fighting a duel, may be proved by an appeal to well known facts. Those who have had the magnanimity to pass over an insult, or to refuse a challenge when giv en, have ever been applauded by the virtuous and t!*e good. Compared with their enraged oppo nents, they have shone as benignant stars among baleful meteors.’ What man of sober thought, of deep,.reflection, and of elevated feelings has failed to admire and applaud the reply of Gen. Mer cer to the challenge of Gen. Mason. He clos es his note communicating his refusal to fight, in these rational and dignified terms; —“ Asa man , and more especially as a Virginian , I ought not to accept of your challenge ; as a Christian l can not.” Did the magnanimous Mercer forfeit the good opinion of his countrymen, and prove him self to be a dastard and a scoundrel, by his decis ion of character and superiority to vulgar preju dice, on this occasion ? Far from it. He still lives, and is honoured—is now a distinguished member of Congress, while his furious adversary hat; long since rtceived the blow of death from the hands of one as desperate as himself. But this is not a solitary example. Others have pur sued the same course, and have received the awards of equal glory. The world, as had as it is, has never failed duly to appreciate such acts of towering virtue ;and sometimes this sublimity of feeling has produced a happy effect upon the less cool and more precipitate antagonist. A celebra ted literary, character in Europe, received from an’ exasperated acquaintance, a letter conclu ding with these words“ 1 have a life at your service, if you dare to take it.” The following reply was immediately made : “ You say you have a life at my service, if J dare take it—l must confess to you, I dare nof.Jake it—l thank my God I have not the courage to take it. But though 1 own lam afraid to deprive you of life ; yet, sir, permit me to as sure you, that lam equally thankful to the Al mighty Being, for mercifully bestowing on me sufficient resolution, if attacked, to defend my o w.” This unexpected reply had the desired effect, and the affair was amicably adjusted. The intrepid Viscount de Tiirenne, when a young of ficer, received twelve challenges during the siege of a fortified town. These challenges he put in his pocket without farther notice. Soon after, he was commanded upon a desperate attack on a part of the enemy’s fortifications—upon which he dispatched a note to each of the challengers, informing them that “ be had received their pa pers, which he deferred answering till a proper occasion offered both them and himself to exert their counrage for the King’s service ; that, be ing ordered to assault the enemy’s works the next day* %e desired their company, when they ould have an opportunity of signalising theif! own bravery, and of being witnesses of his.”— We leave our readers to compare the character aad, conduct of this man with that of his challen gers, and to make their own deductions. A challenge was, by a certain gentleman, accepted on condition that his adversary should breakfast, with him at his house the next morning before they repaired to the field. After breakfast, and when the family had retired without the least in timation of the object of the visit, the challenger inquired of the other if he was now ready to at tend ? “ No, sir,” said he, “ not till we are more on a par ; that amiable woman, and those six loveljcchildren who just now breakfasted with us, depend, under on my life for sub sistence ; and till you can stake something equal in my estimation, to the welfare of seven persons dearer to me than the apple of my eye, 1 cannst think we are equally matched.” “ We are nos indeed replied the other, giving him his hand. These persons from this moment became firmer friends than before. These examples will be undervalued and des pised by those only who are blind to genuine dig nity of character, and who take a savage delight in scenes of mischief and of blood. The General Conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church, closed its session in Augusta, on the 28th ult. Some particulars of the meeting, and the stations of the several preachers in the connexion will be found on the preceding page. The Russian Govemonr of Kampscatka ha 9 addressed a note to our Missionaries at the Sand wich Islands, assuring them that wherever the name of Alexander is acknowledged, protection would be afforded to American Missionaries. Rage for Novel Reading. —When the Pirate, (anew novel by the author of Waverly) was re ceived in New-York from Philadelphia, “ the rush of the reading World,” says the Com. Advertiser, “ was tremendous. Every volume, and there were several hundred, was taken per force in a few minutes.” A proportionate “ rush” seems to have taken place on the arrival of the work in Savannah. General Intelligence. FOREIGN. Londnn papers to the 23d of January have been received at Charleston. They are said to contain very little political news. At the last dates the probability of a war between Russia and Turkey had rather in creased. The London Sun of Jan. 19, al luding to this subject, says, “ The British ! government has abandoned all hope of pre serving peace.” The Greeks continue their successes. No material change had taken place in the Cotton market at Liverpool. In our paper of this week will be found two letters from Smyrna, which present a melancholy picture of the sate of affairs in that quarter of the Turkish empire. It will be seen that the butchery of the Greek population is not confined to those provin ces in which the standard of revolt has been unfurled, but has extended to Asia, where the Greeks have not, as yet, pre sumed to oppose the authority of the Otto man 9cepLe. The resistance of their brethren in Europe, however, has called down upon the heads of these innocent peo ple the hloady sword of Turkish vengeance, and they are slaughtered with as little formality or pity as the beasts of the. field or the fowls of the air. We wonder not that our countryman, Mr. Fisk, by whom one of the letters we allude to was written, and who is providentially a resident in that region of blood and outrage, should draw so forcible a contrast between the scenes around him, and the peaceful land of bis nativity. “ i can scarcely fancy myself,” says he, “ in the same world, or among the same race of beings.” leave the abode of learning and rational freedom—where the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak, are equally protected by laws of their own enactment—where every good citizen can enjoy the fruits of his labour ; without molestation, and noo but the guil- ’ ty have cause to fear—where the -crwii doctrines of the Bihle. strengthening and j adorning the natural ligaments of society, i are promulgated in their purity, and by thousands made the rule of faith and prac tice; —to leave such a country, and go into a dark corner of the earth, where igno rance, tyranny, superstition and vice, in their most disgusting and appalling forms, hold an undisputed empire.—where the in nocent and the guilty are alike exposed to the bow-string or the knife — where murder is perpetrated at noon-day, without the fear bf punishment, as though it were the ordiuary business of man—to make such an exchange must indeed create sensations which it would be difficult to suppress, though almost beyond the power of lan guage adequately to describe. A letter from Smyrna, under date of Nov. 26, received in Baltimore, states that nothing hut the presence of the French vessels of war in the harbour, and the en-! ergetick conduct of the French consul, has saved thousand of the Greek population of the city from massacre. By this humane interposition, a great number of intended victims fiad be.eu enabled to elude the clutches of the mnrderoos Turk, and to escape to a place of refuge. The same letter also says : w The Greeks have now got over the worst of it—their affairs in the Morea are prosperous, and they are masters of the Archipslago. Should Rossia declare war, the Turks must march out of Europe.” In such an event, how ever, it was apprehended tint no Christian could reside in Smyrna. Accounts of a still latqr date, jreceived by an arrival from France, inform, that on the 11th December, the Turks, rendered furious by some recent defeat in Europe, renewed their massacres, and 250 Greeks were sacrificed during the day ! Prepara tions were making, it is also said, for fur ther butchery ! At a vast distance from these horrid scenes of worse than savage barbarity, and surrounded by the blessings of civil and re ligious liberty, we can scarcely believe that a portion of our earth where the light of Revelation once shone, has become the theatre of such wanton cruelty, such merciless oppression, as has been recently exhibited within the circle of Mahometan dominion. Who can read the details of these te.'rifick barbarities without adopting the sentiment so finely expressed by the benevolent Cowper : “ There js no flesh in man’s obdurate heart, It does not feel for man—the uatural bond Ofbrotherhood is severed as the flax, That falls asunder at the touch of fire.” We cannot believe that this state of things will long continue ; the cup of Turk ish abomination seems to be now full—and the vengeance of insulted Heaven wiil not always sleep. The storm which is destin ed to sweep away, “ with the besom of destruction,” the blood-stained fabrick of Mahometan power, may have already burst upon it, and the agents of a just but dreadful retribution may be at this moment employed in the fearful work of meting out to the cruel and vindictive followers of the great impostor, the same measure of vengeance which they have so lpng been inflicting upon the unfortunate victims of their remorseless hate. At no period since the fall of Bonaparte, has the political aspect of Europe assumed an appearance so portentous as at tbe present moment. The consequences of a war between Russia and Turkey, (which has probably ere this commenced) defy the [ calculations of human sagacity; and the jealousies, the hopes and the fears of the surrounding nations appear to be in the most lively and violent exercise. The final catastrophe is in the bosom of God. The Greek General Anastase Peronas, has addressed a Report to the Chiefs of the Peloponesus, dated Thermopylae, Sept. 6, 1821, giving the particulars of a victory obtained by the troops under his com mand over the united forces of three Pachas “ in the very passage where Leon idas sealed with his Wood the liberties of his country.” The Turks, determined on forcing the Greek position, fought with the greatest obstinacy ; but were finally repul sed, leaving the ground covered with their Jaad ; and 100 provision wagons, 7 pieces of cannon, 17 colours, and a great number of horses, fell into the tends es their ene mies. The Pacha Abtil Mahomed, in a Procla mation addressed to the inhabitants of Thessalonica, calls upon all faithful Mus stilmen, between the ages of 16 and 60, to take up arms against the Greeks, promising in the name of the Prophet, “ the ineffable delights of heaven,” to all such as fall in battle. I “ Musauimen, fly to arma. Obey the will of God ; crush entirely those rebels ; over whom our brother Juseuf has already 1 got so great a victory, that the gates of hell ■ have been in some sort forced. But great enorts are sun required in order to humble the?' 1 spirits of darkness. Brethren have repaired to our assistance from foreign parts, whom I am to command in like man ner with yourselves. Some millions will yet repair to us, if the days of trial should should continue for any time. Masselmen, let us fulfill our duty with exactness ; our strength ie in God, by virtue of our Proph et, whose designs the Lord himself deigns always to accomplish.” CONGRESS. The Senate have conourred with the House, in adopting 40,000 as the ratio of representation under the new census. The Bill was returned to the House for concur rence in an amendment allowing to Alaba ma three representatives, if the result of the yet unfinished returns should entitle her to them. The consideration of the proposed amend ment of the constitution, to limit the num ber of Representatives to two hundred, was postponed, on Tuesday, to that day fort night. In the House, the Bankrupt bill has bees discussed every day of the past week, and probably will occupy yet more time. The result cannot be foretold, yet we believe it to be the more compuon opinion, that it will be rejected. The annual military pppronrihtion bill has passed through a committee of the! whole, but has not yet been finally acted on j by the House- One provision of this Dill appropriates $75,000 to the purchase of American woollens, during the year This is honourable encouragement to an important branch of national industry. Columbian Star, 23 d ult. Lord Cochrane. —A vessel has arrived in Ire land, having 300,000 dollars, exclusive of silver bars, on board for account of lord Cochrane.— This is said to be the second importation lor his account, a vessel having lately arrived at Plym outh with a quantity of silver estimated at 100, 000 pounds sterling. At the same time that we have these accounts it appears by the news from Chili that under pretence of not having money enough to pay his sailors, this notable lord went in the ships O’Higgins and Esmeralda, and forci bly took possesion of 5 or 600,000 dollars, which had been embarked on board the ship L’An coa in consequence of the’march of the Spanish royal army from Calloa.’ The O’Higgins was af terwards lost in a gale, and the noble adventu rer has sent to England for a diving bell to” pluck the drowned” specie from the deep. It would be a pity that “ the dark unfathomned caves of ocean” should rob this ” distinguished charac ter” of his precious sports. The Virginia legislature gave a dinner on the 9th inst. at Richmond, to Messrs. Clay and Bibb, the Kentucky commissioners. The table being adorned by a Bibb and Tucker, no wonder its guests animated by champaine were in a punning humour. Mr. Clay gave for a toast—-The state of Virgin ia—“ the ancient dominion.” Mr. Madison—The patriots ofSouth America. Mr. Thompson—The soul of Virginia, and the Clay of Kentucky! Mr. Madison—The bosom us Virginia and the Bibb of Kentucky! Col. Tucker —James Madison, late president of the United States. In their toasts on state rights, the company seemed disposed to ” drink up Esil,” by the avid ity with which they were multiplied. Wash. Gas. A man who resides at Rockway, on LoDg-Is land, lately hung his wife, for what reason we are not told. She was discovered while in this situation, by a family who resided in the same house with them, cut down, and after consider erable exertion was resuscitated ; to next day, it is said, the husband compromised the affair with his wife, by purchasing a crape dressfor her ! Intemperance. —A man in the town of War wick, (N. J.) on the 2d inst. who had been to mill with a hand sled, in returning to his home, fell in the road iri the snow, and was found next morning, lying with his face downwards, with the fatal bottle in his pocket. Another. —Ambrose Crane, of Goshen, N. Y. having procured a pint of high wine, got heartily drunk, rolled in bed, and was found dead next morning. j And yet another. —The body of a man named Tremble, was found on the Newark Turnpike, on the 9th inst. He had left Newark in the eve ning, in company with another person, for Eliza bethtown, both in a state of intoxication. His companion finding that he did not proceed as fast i as he wished, left him, and he was found next morning frozen to death. Why will men put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their hrains—and life with them. [Georgian. A New-Orleans paper of Jauuaijr 17, say-a we are sorry to learn that several wealthy plant ers of respectable standing, have been arrested by the Marshal, and brought to town on a charge of smuggling African Negroes into the country. Ib. Tarborough , Feb. 23, 1822. Mr. Editor, —With much pleasure the Com missioners of the town of Tarborough have it in their power to state, that thp Small Pox has en tirely subsided. Not a case of the disease exists at this time in the county, that comes within the knowledge of the Board of Commissioners. JOSEPH BELL, Chairman of the B’d of Com’rs. Raleigh Star. The price of Cotton at Huntsville, Alabama, on the Ist of February, was fron, 12 to 13 cents. Indian Dance. —The correspondent of the Phil adelphia Franklin Gazette, writes from Washing ton, under date of the 9th ult. as follows: “ Our city has been all agog to day, in attend- ; ance on an Indian dance, which took place in the front of the President’s house. Half the male , citizens of Washington were theve, and no small | portion of about noon till near three o’clock.’ The novelty of j the thing attracted the crowd, and the festivity | having been previously announced, the inhabi-: tants were prepared early in the day to attend i (he savage amusement. London, Jan. 3. New York papers arrived yesterday to the 6th j ■lt. from which we have made extracts in another | part of ur paper. The question, w.ho i* to fill the President’s Chair at the approaching election, is already agitated in the United States. Mr. Crawford and Mr. Adams are the two candidates, who stem to have the best chance, and from thje : movements observable ■t .= ttjiccnu & .cat stir will be made in favour ui the former. Extraordinary despatch.—On the afternoon of the 3d, and morning of the 4th ins*. eight thousand j three hundred and jifty-five letters were received ; at our post-office, by foreign vessels; between | four and five thousand were for distant parts; j and the whole of which were forwarded by 2 ■ o’clock, on the afternoon of the 4th. The gen tlemen belonging to the post-office, were busily employed in assorting, marking, &c. the whole of the night of the 3d.—JV. Y. Com. Mo. ■— Notice. “IWrOW in Hancock County Jail, J an African NEGRO man, about 35 years old, by the name of [ Kiar; says that lie tiglongß to a annMn man by the name of Berry Sinkfield, of Washington County. The owner is requested to come and prove property, pay charges, and take him away- J. W. SCOTT, Sbff. March 7th, 1822. Notice, A LL persons are cautioned against trading for A a NOTE OF HAND given by the sub scriber lo James McDowell, of Kentucky, for one hundred and sixty-seven dpllare, dated the 21st day of April, 1021, and made payable {be 25th of December the same year; as the consid eration for wbifcb said note was given having fail ed, l am determined on not paying it unless com pelled by law. RICHARD Powslton, March 5,18^3. I Sale; WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May next, between the usual hours of sale, at the Court-House in Madison County, the follow ing property, to wit : One Negro woman by the name of Anky, taken as the property of J ohn Richard son and Richardson Handcock, by virtue of an execution on the foreclosure of a mortgage in fa vour of John Montgomery— property pointed out in the mortgage. Conditions, cash: WILLIAM L. GRIFFETH, Shff. Feb. 26, 1822. GLOBE TAVERN^ AND SAVANNAH AND WESTERN STAGE OFFICE -AUGUSTA. W. SHAJYJYOJV, A RESPECTFULLY acquaints his friends and the publick that his house has undergone a thorough repair,and that it will afford to boarders and travellers a reception as comfortable as any oth er establishment of the kind in the Southern States. The Globe is situated on Broad Street in the very centre of the city and offers peculiar advan tages to the planter, and to men of business gene rally. His stables are furnished with the best of prov ender, and with faithful and attentive hostlers. He only solicits from the publick that proportion of patronage which bis attention to business and to the comfort of bis customers may entitle him to. Augusta, October 13, 1821. 2SUjf FURTHER NOTICE. THE subscriber informs his friends and the ‘pub- - ick, that his READING ROOM is just arranged, and that his Bar is much more convenient; and on account of changing the situation of the latter, he is better able to pro vide for the accommodation of his customers, and can safely promise them that as far as bis means and ability to comply with his wishes can go, he will attend to the comfort and convenience of every guest who may honour him with-a call. The Savannah and Washington Sta ges put upet the GLOBE. W. SHANNON. Dec. 20. . 30 GEORGIA, \ SUPERIOUR COURT, Hancock County. \ October Term, 1821. Present, His Honour Judge Dooly. UPON the petition of William Ball nud Dixon Hall, executors of the last wilt and testa ment of Dixon Hall, late of the county of Mont gomery, in the state of Alabama, shewing to this Court that Richard Gregoiy, of said county of Hancock, mortgaged to Dixon Hall,-deceased, a certain tract or parcel of land lying in Hancock County aforesaid, fully described iu said petition and mortgaged deed to secure the payment of the sum of twenty-five hundred dollar* by two instal ments, which said mortgaged deed was dated the sixth day of October, eighteen hundred and eigh teen, and it appearing to the court that both in stalments have long since been due, and that there is still due on said mortgage the sum of nineteen hundred dollars together with the inter est : On motion of Sophos Staples, attorney for petitioners, Ordered, that the said Richard Greg ory pay into Court, to the Clerk of this Court or to the petitioners, the sum of nineteen hundred dollars tugether with the interest due thereon, on or before the next October term of this Court, or that his equity of redemption in snid mortgaged premtses-fte forever thereafter foreclosed, and an execution Issue in due form, and such other pro ceedings be thereupon had as are provided in such cases by statute : and that a copy of this Rule be served on the defendant or published according to law. A true extract from the minutes this 25th day of October, 1821. * PHIL. L. SIMMS , Clerk. 21ml2in Elbert Superiour Coi/kit, ) September Term, 1821, V Present , his Honour John M. Dooley, Judge. ON reading and filing the petition of Olivet Whyte by Nathan C. Sayre, his agent and attorney, stating that Shaler Hillyer, late of the county of Wilkes, deceased, in consideration as well of the sum of one hundred dollars to him paid by the said petitioner, as for the better secur ing the payment of a certain promissory note sign ; ed by the said Shaler Hillyer, payable to thepeli : tioner on the first day of January next after the , date thereof, for eight thousand dollars with in terest from and after the first day of November ! then next ensuing the date thereof, did on the ; twenty-ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, exeente a certain indenture 1 of mortgage, therein conveying to the said peti -1 tioner among divers other tracts and parcels of , land, two certain lots of land situate and being in the county of Elbert and described in said inden ture as those (wo lots of land ia Petersburg known in the plot of said town by the numbers 28 and 67, together with all the improvements and ap purtenances thereunto belonging: aud shewing further that the time limited for the payment of the said sum of money has long siDce elapsed, and, that the said sum of eight thousand dollar.- of hi? principal deht, together with large arrearages a interest still remains due and unpaid : and pra v : /g for a rule for the foreclosure of the Equity of Re demption of,in and to the said mortgaged properly, and that the same may be sold Sic. / ; „ U £ .Vzf? rJ V“li’ -o"of Nathan C.lSayre. |ib behalf of the said Oliver r —J ! the said principal and the mWest accrued t.> | accrue thereon, together with the cost of this ! proceeding be paid into this court within twelve months from this time, the court will give judg- I meat for the amount which may be found to he j due on said mortgage, end will order the property ! described and conveyed in said mortgage to be i sold in such manner as is prescribed in cases of execution, in older that all equity of redemption 01, in and to the said property may be barred and foreclosed pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. And it is further Ordered, that this Rule be pub lished in one of the publick gazettes of this state at least once in every month until the time herein appointed for the payment of said money, or be served on the mortgagor or his special agent at least six mouths previous to the time the said money is directed to be paid, A true copy from the Minutes , .*< WILLIAM U. BOWEN , Clerk. Septembers, 1821. 15m 12rt* NINE months after date application will be made to the hosotirable the Inferiour Court of Hancock countj* whep sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all the real estate of William Taylor deceased, for the’ benefit of tb heirs and creditors of said deceased. Jacquelin Petenon . Adm. Feb’y. 21, ’622. feb m9m NINE months after date, application will be made to the honourable the Inferiour Court of Greene County, when sitting for'ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell two or more sections of the tract of land owned by the heirs of Peter Ear* ly deceased, for the benefit of said heirs. THE GUARDIAN, jati. 19, 1822, 34