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AlontoN, June W, \*&.
—, yy e have been some time past
• .uilv expectation of receiving a
Lpiv of paper Which We ordered (ac
\.a\L to all human calculation)tune
“ oUff |ffor it to have been here some
time ago. If it does not.arrive in time
t * r o to press next week, we shall be
obliged to publish The .Messenger on
.. s ,^ a |l sheet of inferior paper. N e
are in hopes this mortitying circuin-
Hnce will be spared us, but it una
uiitlable, we hope our readers will ex
cuse it.
We have heretofore abstained from
any remarks on the subject of the
Presidency :—First, because, as we
l, ave before hinted, we thought the
subject had been prematurely discus*
se ,j_ ;V ii i second, because we had not
determined to introduce our senti
ments on this subject into the paper.
‘Pl,ere are at this time no less than
five candidates conspicuously present
ed to the people of the United States
lor the Presidency; bat none of them
seem to be particular marks for perse
cution but Wm. H. Crawford. Per
haps the reason of this is, that there is
no other candidate whose principles
are known * he those of undeviating
republicanism, who is thought to stand
an equal chance of success.
We have seen a coinrnunicktion in
the Richmond Enquirer of the 23d
alt. under the signature of “ Wythe,”
in which there is a sufficiency of fic
tion and misrepresentation to satisfy
every unprejudiced mind that is ac
quainted with the circumstances, id
the real cast of this writer. The lol
lowing is an extract of this artful pro
duction.
“ The [Gen. Clarke’s] pamphlet
was printed in 1819, about the time
that General C. was first elected
Governor; and was again emphatically
tried on its merits, as has been stated,
in 1821—when Gcri. C. was a second
time elected to that office. On the
latter occasion the question distinct
ly put to every voter at the coun
ty polls, by the partisans of the guber
natorial candidates, was this : —‘ are
you for Clark as Governor of Craw
ford as President?" —with the sug
gestion that Georgia would perhaps
never give a President to the Un
ion unless Crawford were the man. —
Whether state pride will, in 1824,
overcome the powerful impression
made against Mr. Crawlord, by the
pamphlet in question, and give him a
majority of suffrages in Georgia, re
mains to be seen. The Enquirer how
ever, already assumes the affirmative
—possibly on the principle often found
successful in elections — bp the asser
tion of strength, strength is gained .”
We ire happy that the Editor’s of
the Enquirer had it in their power to
throw some real light on the subject,
and confute most of this wiley wri
ter’s assertions. One assertion, how
ever, that is altogether unfounded, is
passed “ unnoticed” by these editors ;
viz,, tile “question,” “are you for
Clark as Governor, or Crawford as
President r with the suggestion that
Georgia would perhaps never give a
President to the ITniou, unless Craw
lord were the man.”
This is unfounded in fact. VY e at
tended hut one county to be sure, on
that day ; but we attended that one
strictly, and we never heard such a
question, or any question the least si
milar to it, till we saw it in Wythe's
communication. ‘/’he minds of the
people were sounded as to whether
they were ‘ for Clark or 7Vo up as Go
vernor,’ but Crawford’s name was not
mentioned in our hearing, nor do we
believe it was in this state. The peo
ple of Georgia, except what few are
opposed to Crawford, and not all of
Ciein, do not at all associate the ideas
ot Crawford’s and Clark’s success :
they view the men as distinct charac
ters, and their promotion as distinct
matters. We do not consider that
they luive any the most distant re la*
1 ion to each other.
it is folly for SVythe to hold out the
o ca to the people of \ irginia, that
Crawford will not he supported in
Georgia. For as the before-mention
ed Editor's have remarked this “State
ls unequivocally for him.”
The Hessian Fly is said to be ma
ting alarming ravages with the wheat
l J* Virginia and Maryland. Many
Judds, which a few weeks since were in
u 1 penalise, have been so far destroy
, l * ,; d cattle have been turned into
them.
com m a:; ic.ii'V.D.
“ Scours lilce thee make human mil li re
shine.”
Mr. Robert-n —ln the last Mil
ledgeville papers, 1 met with the fol
lowing advertisement :
“ Spurting Intelligence. —There w ill
he a MAIN OP COCKS fought in
Sparta, commencing on the 2.1 July
next, and will continue three days,
by the parties who formerly fought
in this place.”
There are various ways of celebra
ting our National Jubilee, in different
parts ol the country—some more and
some less commendable, according to
to the impressions they are calculated
to make on the public mind, correspon
ding with the occasion. It is a receiv- j
ed opinion that the exercises should be
such as are calculated to carry ouri
imaginations back to the scenes of re I
volution in which our lathers were en
gaged—to bring to our minds the field
of battle as they saw it—to feel the
same fire of patriotism they felt—-to
inspire a pure and lofty feeling of do*,
votion to our country, above every con
sideration of individual interest or i
ambition. If such should he our feel- ;
ings, it only remains to be inquired, m i
what way they can be inspired mostl
rationally.
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fly the notice l have quoted, it will j
be seen that the occasion is to be lion-’
ored (in Sparta) by the rare sport of a
Chicken t ight J By some the proprie
ty of the tiling may he doubted, —by
others it maybe looked upon as a mere
unmeaning amusement. Hut, Mr.
Editor, here isjust the thing we want;
—a tiling that comes home at once fa
miliarly to the senses, file battle of
tivo chickens at this time cannot but)
carry the bcholdei back to such glon-!
oils events as those ol Saratoga and
Yorktown i Here is a pit, which (with
out the distempered brain of a Don
Quixote) the mind at once can convert
into a field of battle, —and two chick
ens, which (wit.li a tittle stretch of the
imagination,) become contending ar
mies—and the sight of blood to fire
tiie patriotic spirit with all the great
ideas of what our lathers saw the re
alty. Mere too is a fallen enemy, over
winch we may exult, or display all our
magnanimity and nobility of soul.
There is not only the common inter
est of a chicken fight attached to the
one of which 1 am speaking, and its
appropriateness to the occasion ; but
it commences two days previous to
tbe celebration of our country’s birth
day, in order, as may reasonably be
supposed, to have tbe feelings of the
multitude wrought up to a proper
pitch by the third. What a patriotic
place must this modern Sparta be on
thatday! Surely every breast must be
scorched by its own heat! These can
not be “ degenerate days’” when man
kind are making such noble displays
of humanity and refinement—when
their very sports evince such an ele
vation of soul !
A circumstance attending this af
fair, and not the least to be admired,
is that of sending proper notice of it
abroad to the world in the papers. —
Other parts of our country, less ad
vanced in the variety o! refined amuse
ments (if not too proud to be imita
tors,) will thereby learn of us, and en
vy our present privileges. -It is not
only in the celebration of our Nation
al Festival that we can rejoice ; but in
other improvements, equally commen
dable, wc are fast coming up to tbe re
finements of Europe. In horse-racing,
N. York has proclaimed itself “against
the world” and we are already flat
tered by the compliment, from Eng
lishmen, that almost as good “ Free
and-Easy's” are held in our large ci
ties as in London. It is true that the
minds of the people are not yet pre
pared for public boxing matches to
amuse the ladies—-were this the case,
we would mat look up to the old woi Id
as our superiors in privileges and re
sorts tot amusement,—but stand their
equals at the goal of perfection.
Until this be the fact, most of all in
our wide, wide country, we envy these
Spa it tans ! CO-CENSOK.
A bill has passed the Legislature
of Connecticut establishing another
College in that state, to he located in
the city of Hartford, and known by
the name of “ Washington College.’’
Yale College has long been one ol the
best (we believe second only in point
of numbeis, and in every other respect
equal to any) in the U. States—and
no better reason can be given for the
institution of another in its vicinity
than that it recognizes the creed of a
sect, —or rather that its Professor ol
Divinity is a Presbyterian. * We do
not know how the matter can be rem
edied by this new College unless its
officers have no religion at all.
Three young men have started from
Indiana on an expedition to the Rus
sian settlement on the Pacific Ocean,
following the northern boundary line
of the U. States. They intend to
pass the coining winter at the Scotch
settlement near Green Bay. Their
object is to obtain topographical in
formation.
At a late session of the U. S. Cir
cuit court, held at Portland, (Maine,)
a revolutioary soldier was convicted
of obtaining a pension by a false rep
resentation of the property lie posses
sed. It appeared that he held the lease
of a farm during his life ; upon which
fact he was found guilty.—He was
sentenced to stand one hour in the
pillory, to pay a line, of ten dollars,
and be imprisoned sixty days.
By the Upper Canada Herald, we
learn that a disturbance of a serious
nature took place on Grindstone Isl
and, in the St. Lawrence, which has
heretofore been in possession of the
British. The commissioners under
the Treaty of Ghent, decided it to
belong to die United States ; and our
government published the order, which
is considered final and conclusive ; but
as tbe British government had not ra
tified and proclaimed it, the Canadi
ans do not consider it binding : and
accordingly continued to cut arid raft
timber from the Island. The Ameri
can owner, who derived his title from
the State of New-York, had a civil
process served. Ihe deputy-shcrift
was resisted and beaten. A detach
ment of militia was called out, and
several of the party who resisted the
deputy-sheriff, were taken prisoners
to \V atertown gaol. Conn. Sent.
A severe contest has lately taken
place between the lion. Ward Chip
man and the lion. Christopher Billopp,
for tiie presidency of the Province of
New-Brunswick, each claiming the
right of governing—the latter issued a
proclamation declaring all acts of the
former illegal, &c.—-after which Mr.
Chipman published another proclama
tion, declaring all the proceedings of
Mr. Billopp null and void, and prohi
biting the printing or publishing ill
any manner or form whatsoever, any
instrument, document, act or deed,
whatever, appertaining to the admin
istration of the government, without
being previously sanctioned by him,
as legal head of the province, and call
ing upon the people to govern them
selves accordingly.
The late disturbance in Harvard
College has caused the dismissal of
about 50 members of tbe senior class.
It is said to have arisen from the vio
lent excesses committed by the larger
part of that class in pursuing their re
sentment towards an individual class
mate.
Subscriptions for the stock of a Gas
Light company have Leon opened in
New-York. It is contemplated to
light the whole city.
Rutland, Vermont, May 7.
ff inter in Alay. —After a month ol
mild and pleasant weather, it has put
on the appearance ot winter. It has
been snowing on the highlands tor a
dav or two and it is said to be now
about five inches deep. This, howev
er, argues little against the prospects
of agriculture and fruit, the ensuing
season, unless the weather should con
tinue thus severe for a considerable
length of time, although the Iruit trees
and vegetation will not be so early as
was anticipated.
A son of Murat, late king of Naples,
has arrived in N. York from Hamburg.
Extract of a letter from an officer on
board commodore Porter’s squadron to
a gentleman in this city, dated En
campment at Allen Town, I hompson’s
Island, May 10, 18-23:—“ I am just
returned from a week’s cruise on the
Coast of Cuba; the several divisions
of the squadron on the cruise have
taken two piratical vessels, burnt sev
eral not worth bringing here, and have
destroyed many establishments on
the coast—not a single piracy lias been
committed since our arrival in those
seas ; indeed we consider it entirely
suppressed and viglancewc hope will
keep it so.”— Phil. Oaz.
Washington, May 28.
A Colombian national schooner lias
arrived at New-York from Laguira,
having on board Ilis Excellency Senor
Jose Maria Salazar, Minister from the
Republic of Colombia to the l . States,
and suite ; and also Senor Leandro
Palaceos, Consul General.
It is rendered certain, by informa
tion received from Capt. Smith, that in
the action oil’ Porto Cavello, on the
30th ult. the only Colombian vessels
captured were the Maria hrancisca
and Carobobo. One ot them had only
13 guns, and the other was partly dis
masted at the time of the action
There was great slaughter on board.—
At the commencement of the action the
two ships had 300 men, and but 150
when they were taken. Com. Daniels
was not killed, as was reported here.—
He was, however, slightly wounded.—
Capt. S. also states, that negotiations
were going on at Porto Cavello, for an
exchange of prisoners captured, which
would probably be successful.
The London Morning Chronicle of
the 21st April states, that a regular
auxiliary force is to be raised by indi
vidual means in England, for the ser
vice of Spain, to amount to 10,000
men, and to he selected lrom veteran
disbanded soldiers.
We would caution the public against
notes of the Bank of the state of Geor
gia, of the denomination of twenty
dollars—which are altered from those
of live by piecing them, as has been
done with Darien notes, and erasing
the word ‘ five,’ in the bodv of the
bill. One of these was yesterday of
fered at the bank and crossed.
Sav. Georgian.
From the National Advocate.
THE NEW-YORK RACES.
Yesterday, according to appoint
ment, the great match race took place,
on tike t nion Course, Long Island,
and was won, after a close contest, by
Eclipse. The Southern horse entered
against him is called Henry, and is
owned, we understand, in \ liginia,
and is a colt of most surprising swift
ness. Henry took the first heat by a
half length, when the rider of Eclipse
was changed, and Purdy, whose skill
and address are so well known, was
substituted and the other two heats
were won, the bottom of Eclipse pro
ving superior to that of his antagonist.
The time occupied was nearly as fol
lows :
Ist heat run in 7 minutes 38 seconds.
2d do 7 49
3d do 8 20
Henry is a sorrel, nearly of the
same colour of Eclipse, and, though
not familiar with running, lie came
very near taking the purse ; and it
was admitted on the ground that the
neatness, management, and address of
Purdy his perfect knowledge of
Eclipse and what lie could do, contri
buted mainly to the success of the
day.
YVe never saw greater interest ex
cited. Upwards of 50,000 people
must have been on the course, and a
thousand carriages and horses of va
rious deserptions—the road was lite
i rally lined with them. Thus ends
this great match, and we trust not to
be again renewed. However neces
j sary it may be to improve the breed of
: horses by these occasional matches
and trials of Speed, we cannot ap
prove of the great amount of stake,
upwards of lao,ooo dollars must have
been lost on this occasion. Besides,
these contests of North against South,
lay the foundation of sectional jeal
ousies, and create a spirit of rivalry
when there should be union. The
horses of Virgingia, Carolina, and
Long Island are still the horses of the
country. A number of the most re
spectablc and esteemed citizens of the
\ Soutli were seen on the course, and
1 every thing appears to have been con
ducted with great fairness.
After the first day’s race, a trotting
match took place, three mile heats for
1000 dollars, which was won by a
Pennsylvania horse, beating two com
petitors, in the shortest trotting time i
we ever heard of. The second heat j
was performed in 9 minutes and 4 se- j
conds.
The third day’s race was between
the Vermont horse Cock ot the Rock,
and the Virginia mare Betsey Rich- ’
aids, for 1000 dollars, and was won by
tbe latter.
FIREBALL,
Invented by Air. Hawkins of Phila
delphia.
“The object of this invention is
to place our navy on an equal foot
ing (without addition to the num
ber of vessels) with the strongest
maritime nation now in existence.
For this purpose, we construct a
ball, hollow within,and with grooves
all around its external surface,
which is partly charged with pow
der that is insulated, and the re
mainder of the cavity or space with
in, is filled with a liquified compo
sition, which, when cold, becomes
hard. The grooves, on the outside
are filled with the same composi
tion, so that the surface of the ball
becomes smooth. The inside charge
passes through a small aperture left
for that purpose, in which is insert
ed a fuse, that regulates the explo
sion of the bail to any given number
of seconds or minutes, that may be
required. ‘The fuse must come in
contact with the powder with which
the piece, from which the ball is to
be thrown, is charg d —which will
cause the fuse to be set on fire, and
the composition, on the outside, at
the same time ignited. The ball
will be in a complete blaze of fire at
the’ time of leaving tiie muzzle o k
the cannon. In passing through
the rigging or sails of a ship, it is
morally suite to set fire to them, as
well from the stream of fire, which
will issue from the aperture within,
as from the composition in the
grooves on the external surlace of
the ball. If it penetrates the hull,
it is equally sure of firing the ship
—all attempts to extinguish it by
water will he unavailing, as it burns
as freely under water as in the at
mosphere ; and while the attention
of the crew is called to extinguish
the flames, the ball explodes and
deals out destruction in all direc
tions. Sailors will therefore he
cautious in exposing themselves a
second time, within the reach of one
of these inflammable balls, and a
few shots, well directed, will en
velope a ship in a total conflagra
tion. I should recommend, after
firing a few broadsides, that one
half or two thirds of the balls should
be charged with the composition
alone, which burns witli such an in
tense heat, before it becomes ex
hausted, that it not only leaves the
ball red, but white hot.
T his mode of warfare would he
so awfill in its consequences, that
five sail of the line armed on this
plan, would destroy the largest fleet
that ever floated, equipped in the
ordinary manner.
[The inventor complains that the
President, !kc. did not answer his
offer of the above discovery.]
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Governer Wolcott of Connecti
cut, in his message at the opening
of the present session of the legis
lature of that State, makes the fol
lowing remarks on a subject of
very great importance to the com
munity, not only of that State but,
of all the States—
“ I consider the law of the last
session, authorizing limited part
nerships, as highly valuable, but to
extend and secure the advantages
which it is adapted to produce, it is
necesary to prevent partail assign
ments of property intended to de
feat the claims of bona fide creditors.
This practice has been introduced
by a recent habit of considering the
endorsers of accomodation notes as
j entitled to honorary preference oter
other creditors, lean percieveno
foundation in reason or in justice
why such preferences should be
allowed. All loans are voluntary*
and can he secured by specific liens
at the time they are made, with
which the parties ought to remain
satisfied ; in any event they never
ought to secure partial and unequal
advantages above other and fre
quently more meritorious creditors,
I also deem it proper and necessary *
that the wages of labor, and the
direct relations between tenants
and land owners, mechanics and
! the improvers of real property, and
1 between all persons and the agents
[and factors they employ, should be
1 protected against secret assign
ments and attachments to defeat
their rights,-and I have no doubt
that this may be done, without
introducing new and dangerons
principles, and with advantage to
every other interest.”
(U° On the 4th July next, at half
past 10 o’clock A. M. an oration will
he delivered at the Fort, by CharLbb
J. McDonald Esq. The citizens will
then repair to a dinner prepared for
them on the public square in the town
of Macon.
li'T* The Rev. Moses Matthews will
preach at Mr. Thomas Tatom’s on
Sunday the 22d inst.
NOTICE.
A N Election will be held on the
% 23d inst. at the house of John
Keener, for a Major to command the
Battalliori, consisting of Capt. Ingra
ham’*, Kid ridge’s and Rutland’s com
panies.
C. W. RAINES, j. i. c.
1). LAWSON, j. i. o.
June 1,1823. 13
Notice.
\N Election will be belt! at the
house ofMaj.Jolin Keener, (Ma
con, )on Monday the 26th* day of June
next, for a Justice of the Inferior
Court, to fill the vacancy of Davenport
Lawson, resigned.
Tahply Holt, J. I. C. B. C.
C. W. Rains, J. I. C. B. C.
May 24, 1823. 11
* This advertisement has heretofore
been incorrectly inserted “ 23d” in
stead of 20th.