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we do not intend our paper to be the
instrument of any faction or party
h(lt .. o pen to all and influenced by
none/’ communications not corres
pondin'! with our sentiments will often 1
find room ill it, that our readers may
“ hear the argument on both sides, and
then judge.” We publish one to-day
from ‘‘A citizen of Bibb county,” on
a subject that we thought long since
exhausted. It was the subject of news
paper discussion for some months —
then of judicial investigation : it un
derwent a thorough examination be
fore a committee ; and finally (we
thought) ended in a legislative vote of
censure. We hope the writer will be
satisfied with having his views of it,
in the present communication, laid be
fore the public, and that here it may
rest-
FOURTH OF JULY.
The 47th anniversary of our coun
try’s Independence was celebrated by
the citizens of this place and Macon
on Friday last. At dawn of day a sa
lute of three guns was fired. At 11
o’clock they attended in the block
house at the Fort, where the Declara
tion of Independence was read by J.
P. Booth Esq. and an appropriate and
elegant oration delivered by C. J. Mc-
Donald, Esq. The citizens then re
paired to Macon, where a dinner had
been prepared for them in an arbour
on the public square. Dr. JBird was
appointed President, and R. Coleman,
Esq. Vice President for the day. Al
ter the cloth had been removed, the
following toasts were drank accompa
nied by a national salute.
1. The day ice celebrate.
2. The Patriots of our Revolution. —
Their example worthy the imitation of
all, engaged in emancipating man from
the shackles of either superstition or
despotism.
S. The memory of Washington.
4. The President of the U. States. —
A Patriot in principle—consistent in
conduct—the honor and prosperity of
the nation his principal object.
5. The surviving Presidents of the
United States.—A grateful country will
never forget their services.
6. The remaining Soldiers of the
Revolution. —Peace ami honor to their
grey hairs: In every heart may they
find gratitude, and fheir last feeble
steps never lack support.
7. Yturbide. —May the fate of every
American Emperor be that of her first.
8. Jtgricultrre , —The most ancient
honorable, and independent avocation
of men.
9. La Fayette, and other foreign he
roes of our Revolution. —May the gra
titude due to them never cease glow in
the bosoms of the American people.
10. The State of Georgia. —Rich in
resources, with genius to direct.
11. The Minions of the Holy Alli
ance— the invaders of Spain. —With
them, may the hope of return never be
realized.
12. Our Navy. —lt has taught the
nations of the earth the respect due to
Ireemen.
13. The Fair Se.r. —The loveliest
work of Heaven—the greatest comfort
on earth—their smiles constitute both
the hope and reward of all our exer
tions.
It gives os pleasure in closing this
notice to mention a Juvenile Celebra
tion of the youth of this place and its
vicinity. An appropriate address ot
Considerable length was delivered by
one ot them, at the house of M r. Wells,
iu a manner that would have done hon
our to riper age. They partook ot a
dinner, after which a regular set of
toasts were drank, and a number of
volunteers. Throughout the day their
conduct was highly creditable. We
cannot but approve the principle of
Youth, thus early, acting parts calcu
lated to raise their minds above their
years, and inspire them with senti
ments ol patriotism and love ol country.
COMMUNICATED.
Mr. Robertson —After the bicker
ings and party animosities excited
by a late act of the Executive of
this State have measurably subsi
ded, I hope it will be permitted me
to show how far that act is in con
formity with precedents fixed at an
early period of our government. —
I shall call your attention to a ques-
tion decided before the origin of
those parties, under the banners ol
which, the people have since enlist
ed themselves. It will be seen in
Marshal’s Life of Washington, vol.
3, page 196. “In organizing the
Department of the Executive (says
the writer) the question in what
manner the high officers who filled
them, should be removable, came
on to be discussed. Believing that
toe decision of this question would
materially inlluence the character
ol the new government, the mem
bers supported their respective opi
nions with a degree of earnestness
proportioned to the importance they
attributed to the measure. 11l the
committee of the whole house on
the bill to establish an Executive
Department to be denominated the
“ Department of Foreign Affairs
(now know n as the Department of
State.) “ Mr. White moved to
strike out the clause which declared
the Secretary to he removeable by
the President, thfc power ot removal
when no express provision existed,
was, he said, in the nature of things
incidental to that of appointment.
And as the Senate was by the con
stitution associated with the Presi
dent in making appointments, that
body must in the same degree par
ticipate in the power of removing
them from office.” This motion was
supported and argued at length by
Mr. White the mover, Mr. Smith,
Mr. Page, Mr. Stone, and Mr. jack
son. The amendment was opposed
bv arguments drawn both from the
constitution and general conveni
ence. On that part of the consti
tution which rests the Executive
power in the President they relied j
principally for the support of the
position. “No power, it was said,
would be more completely execu
tive in its nature than the removal
from office.” After an ardent dis
cussion for many days, (says the
writer) adivision of the whole house
was had when the motion was lost,
thirty-four to twenty. Notwith
standing the motion to strike out
was lost it was yet considered by
the house that their understanding
of the constitution on this important
point had rot been explicitly con
veyed. For, to grant this power to
the President by the Legislature
implied also a right to withhold it.
To express more fully the sense of
the house on this subject, a motion
was made to alter the clause so as
clearly to imply the power of remo
val to be in the President with no
tice from the mover that if he should
succeed in this, he would move to
strike out the words in the bill which
had been the subject matter of de
bate. This motion was seconded
by Mr. Madison, and both amend
ments, says the writer, passed into
a law, and has ever been consider
ed as a full expression of the sense
of the Legislature on this important
point of the American Constitution.
In the argument on this question it
was contended and so admitted by
the decision of the house that this
right in the President was absolute
ly necessary for the support of exe
cutive authority. This precedent,
as I stated before xvas fixed in the
first Congress, after the formation
of the American Government. It
was decided after mature delibe
ration in a Congress composed of
the intelligence from all the states.
It was the result of a thorough con
viction of its necessity on the minds
of men the most conspicuous for
their virtue, wisdom, and patriot
ism, the mutual conclusion of men,
whose services in the revolutionary
war, rendered them dear to the
American people.
It is also to be recollected that at
the time this decision was had, to
wit, in the year eighty nine the Ame
rican Congress was entirely tree
from those party feelings which have
since distracted and divided the
people of these states. Under this
right conceded to the President as
a necessary appendage of executive
authority, Timothy Pickering was
dismissed from the office of Secre
tary of State by President Adams
and John Armstrong from the De
partment of War by President Ma
dison.
A Citizen of Bibb County.
COMM UNI GATED.
Mr. Editor —1 hope it will not be
charged entirely to ill nature it I
should for once notice a subject in as
summary a way as it deserves; and
as (I believe) your readers will wish
to see it treated. Already has satire
spent its shafts on it without effect,
and it may be (for the same reasons)
the lot of exhausted patience to boast
of as iiitle success. I have for some i
time noticed the numbers of a writer i
in your paper under the signature of i
* Censor,' 1 and must candidly confess ;
that I have been wishing him to desist
from the first; but so long as an occa
sional column was merely thrown away
upon him, I passed over it with litllc
anxiety.—But the last number (exerci
sing all possible charity) I must say has (
brought matters to worse than this. —
The best have been bad enough, but
lor this, I defy any newspaper reader
to find a match in all his researches.
It appears to me, Sir, that Mr. Ten
sor has exhibited a great want of judg
ment in three particulars: First, In his
very injudicious choice of a subject:
Second, In pursuing that subject to a
very improper extreme : And third,
When Critic & Cos. and Simon Jick
daw had gained a complete victory l
over him, that he did not discover it. 1
This last particular I strongly sus
pected when l had read his first and
second numbers, and since his last has
come out, l am in no astonishment at,
his former want of discernment. A
man who will deal out nonsense bv the
column about ‘apple-dumplings,’ ‘ an-,
cles,’ and ‘jack-boots’—and talk of,
exposing, &c. can hardley be expect
ed to know when he is beaten in aeon
test, or how to apply wholesome cor-]
rection. 1 pity more than blame the
man, because ; think be knows no bet
ter. In hopes, however, that his “ weak
and washy Hood of xvords” is exhaust- ’
ed, 1 wiil say no more.
lam yours, &c. CIVIS. j
I
This day’s mail brings us Liverpool
dates to the irtli May, Bayonne to
the Bth, and Cadiz to the 3d. There
has not been any fighting since our last
dates. It is the calculation of the
Duke of Angouleme to arrive at Mad
rid on the 23d. The Spanish armies
are organizing with spirit, and, no
doubt will soon be able to contend
with effect against the invaders.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The follow ing extracts from Dover
ernor Eustis’ Speech to the Legisla- 1
ture of Massachusetts, will show in j
what estimation a majority of the peo- j
pie of that state hold the conduct of I
their rulers during the late war with!
Great Britain. We recommend it to.
our readers as worthy their perusal,:
and doing honor to the heart and tal
ents of the republican of Y 6 who pen
ned it.
The change of political sentiment
evinced in the elections of the present]
year, forms anew era in the history of:
this commonwealth. By the lree suf
frages of her enlightened and indepen
dent citizens, this ancient and respec
table state is restored to the confidence
of her sister states, and to lierj ust in-]
i fiuence in the national councils.
! The long continued oposition to the
! federal government, but more especial
j ly to the measures pursued in this state :
I during the eventful and critical period
j of the late war, the withholding from
the General Government, the constitu
tional means ot defence—the paraliz
ing influence exercised over the agents
ofthat government, which occasioned
double sacrifice of life and treasure:
while the citizens of other states were
exerting their utmost energies against
a common enemy.when a gallant army
and navy w r ere covering themselves,
with glory, retrieving, and establish
ing on an imperishable basis the na
tional character on the ocean and on
the land—at this portentious crisis]
when our liberties and independence
were at hazard —an unhallowed spirit
of party was permitted to prevail over
the vital interests of the country —an
authorised combination was formed,
and meetings held in a neighbouring
state, which, whatever may have been
the professed object, had the certain
effect of encouraging the enemy, ot
discouraging and impairing the means
and resources ol the country, and of
alienating the minds ot the citizens
from that “unity of government,”
which, in the emphatic language of
Washington, “ constitutes us one peo
ple, is the main pillar in the edifice ot
our real independence, the support of
our tranquility at home, our peace
abroad, of our prosperity, of that very
liberty which we so highly prize.”—
These measures and this course had
cast a reproach on the good name ot
the State, which is now disavowed and
removed. Massachusetts is at length
restored to the American family. Her
character is redeemed in the estima
tion of the patriots of our own coun
try, and of every Statesman in Eu
rope. The rising generation, who
could have no agency in this disloyal
course, appear to have taken an hon
orable and an earnerst interest in its
disavowal.
That this is a just cause of joy and
congratulation, will be admitted by
all honest and independent minds, to
whatever political party they may
have been attached, by every one who
takes an interest in the reputation of
bis native state, who appreciates the
virtue of his ancestors, who traces in
the history of our glorious revolution,
the dear bought fame of their descend
ants, and w-ho values the precious le
gacy which they have transmitted to
posterity.”
It is stated in the Augustine Her
ald of the 7th inst. that the Florida
Indians will meet Commissioners
on the part of the U. States in the
vicinity of that city on the sth of
September next, with the view of
concluding a treaty of amity arid li
mits. Some satisfactory arrange
ment is expected to he made with
the Indian tribes who wander ovef
that territory, by which they will
he located within prescribed bounds
sufficient for their purpose, anti
which will assure to white settlers
greater security against the intru
sion or hostility of the savages.
A meeting of the citizens of Ca
hawba, was held on the 18th ult. for
the purpose of taking into consi
deration the propriety of connect
ing the waters of the Tennessee and
Mobile rivers, by a Canal.
Stivannah Rep.
The Planters of Baldwin County
in this state, contemplate the for
mation of an Agricultural Society,
for which purpose a meeting was to
I be held. \Ye hope the example
, may be followed in every county in
j the state ; the benefits of associa-
J lions of the kind, wherever formed
have been incalculable.
OF THE MISSISIPri.
A etter from Natchez of the 15th
ult. states “ that all the hopes of the
Louisiana planters arc destroyed.
The lowlands are all under water :
and, with but here and there a
high ridge, this immeuse stream
presents a,breadth of thirty miles.
Immense crevices are bursting the
levees below, which strike terror
i into the planters all along the coast.
| The overflow, it is apprehended,
! will be as great as in 1815. Crops
j are pretty generally abandoned.—
j The destruction among the cattle,
1 the deer, and the inhabitants of
! the forest generally, will be great. —
As the water approaches, they take
refuge upon the highest points
they can find, until, surrounded
and famished, they sink down and
(perish. Families flying from this
; irre si stable evil, present a inelan
! cboly sight.”
From New Orleans. —Accounts
from New Orleans of the Ist ult.
(state that the waters of the Missis
sippi continue high and had broken
through the levee in several places.
1 The cotton market was brisk, but
• without any improvements in price.
Freights were declining.
A letter from Baton Rouge, of
the 13th May, says—“ There are
five crevasses or breaches in the
Levee, through which the Missis
sippi pours at a rapid rate, to the
destruction of the farms on which
they are, and it is feared of those j
adjoining. The swamps must soon
become filled, and a general over
flo w take place, at the surface is by
! several feet higher than the low
‘lands bordering on the Missisippi,;
from which are made the greatest
part of the exports of this state.”
Sav. Georgian.
It is calculated that one thousand
persons at least have been thrown
out of employ by the burning of the
steam saw mill at Darien.
The U. S. mail has lately been rob
bed by a Postmaster at Sinking Spring,
Ohio. He has been arrested, and is
now in prison.
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COTTON.
Nexv-York, June 14.
Cotton has risen so rapidly within
the two last days, that it is impossible
for us to give accurate questions.—
Sales were made yesterday at an ad
vance of 15, 20, and in some instances,
30 per cent on the sales of last week.
There is very little upland to be had
at less than 12 cents, while the chief
sales of the two last days were at 12.]
a 13(1, and a very considerable sale ol
Upland was made at 15 cts. Holders
1 of Louisiana are stiff’, at 16 al 7 cents.
Savannah, June 21.
The stock of cotton on hand for sale
* is reduced so much, that the transac
tions during the past week have been
very limited. Prime Uplands have
been sold at 14 ; other qualities at pi o
1 portionate prices.
Vomul,
V SADDLE and BRlDLE—apply
at this office,
July 7. 16
GiWespie Blvdsonst
1 h)
HAVE just received, and are now
opening at the corner of Bridge
aud Mulberry-streets, (Shorter’s build
ing) a general assortment of
V)v\ Goods, Hurd-Ware
Sadie vy, Shoes, Wats, Bon
nets, Patent Medicines,
Crockery, Glass-Ware, and
Groceries.
All direct from New York and Charles
ton, which they offer for sale.
Macon, 7th July. 16 — ts.
cqu.N you s.\u,.
HE subscriber has, at the Ichuc
? conn a bridge, on the Federal
road in bibb county, Corn for sale at;
75 cents per bushel.
L. LAWSHE.
July 7. 16
JVOTiCK.
\LL persons are forwaned from
tradii g for five Notes of Hand,
given by me to Daniel N. Halstsd, one
for sixty three dollars and fifty cents,
and four others for twenty five dollars,
each and all made payable to Daniel
N. Halsted or bearer ,—I believe dated
sometime in the mouth of March or
April last, and made payable on or be
fore the 25 th of December next. As
the consideration for which they were
given lias failed, aud I anr determined
not to pay them.
CHARLES MAGNAN.
June 27, 1823. 3w16
A*oV\ce.
NINE months after date, applica
tion will be. made to the honorable.
Inferior Court of Twiggs county,
when sitting for ordinary purposes,
for leave to sell one tract of land con
taining two hundred and eleven acres,
more or less, lying in the county of
JFashington, near Sandersville being
the property of Josiah Vasscr, deceas
ed, late of Twiggs county.
If lULIAM PERRY, Adm'r
dt bonis von.
July 7, 182(5 . 1 GmOin
*Y l/ist\ Lelte rs
O EMAININGPin the Post office at
Fort-Hawkins, Ist July, 1823.
James W.AlstoneS L
Mrs.NancyAlstoneJames Loyd
Henry Audolpli John Loving, esq.
B. Benjamin Lamar
Jas. R. Burnett John Lamar
Henry Bell John Lambeth
Eli Bennett M
Alfred Belden William Myrick.
J. &, E. Bennett Pleasant Moon
Brvan Bedingfield Miss Martha Me*
William Brooks Donald
Mack Berryman James Moore
Tarply Bows Win. Meloy
Rich’d Bosworth Pr. R. Matthews
Sar’l VV. Butler Miss Ann R./M.
Jeremiah Busby McKenzie
C. Robert McHuray
David B. CullersonSam’l .Montgomery
Peter Castleberry James Matys
■ James T. Corey John McCall
Nathan Carter Miss Eliz. Mallett
Clerk of the Court Mitchell Moasshon
of Houston co. Win. L. Mcßee
James Clarke Mr. Matthews
Capt. Noel Calson N^
i Miss Nancy Dent Shepherd Norman
/Jesse Dunn Dread Newson
John Davis, esq. Ebenezer Nelson
Aaron Davis Miss Mary Owens
Alveu Floyd Abraham Posey
Lewis Foy, esq. James Potter
> William Fish R
King Farmer 2 Robert E. M. Ro-
Thoinas Flewellin bertson .
G Solomon Robertson
Peter B. Green Benj’n Russell 3
Rob’t H. Goldthat-James Russell
tie Paley Raban
Robert Green Geo. A. Rodgers
John Griffin Mrs Nancy Ren-
Jolin Graver free
H. James 11. Rodgers
Rev. Geo. Hill 3 S
David Hill Desair Steward
Dr. James Horn James Gray Shin-
Alien Hall holser
Wm. T. lluttent Henry Sapp
James Henry 3 Willey Starling
Jesse Harper Wm. Simmons
John Hudgeons Harrison Smith
Joseph Harper F.
■ Mrs. Jane Holmes John Thomas
Wm. 11. Hughes 2 Wm. I). Tucker
John Higgs Nathan Townton
Thomas Ham
I V
Rob’t M. Ingram James Visage
Justice of Inferior JY
court of Craw-Jacob We aver
ford county Joseph Williams
James Jessop 2 Wm. JFillbourn2
David Jiles Cha’s fThitehurst
Alex’r Jounnagan Daniel If hatley.
Miss Laura John- sen. 2
stone Y.W. ft at ley
K Martin JPhatley
H. King John Hood ward
Tho. F. King 2 Dempsey Jr hiddon
Letters not called for within three
months will be sent to the Geneial
Post Office. . „ „ __
N. W. WELLS, P.Jf
July 1. 1G