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•/tlrrrf iscr A' twUHHgenrer j is published on Mondays and Thursdays at V'ivx Dollars per annum, in advance. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates: those sent without a specified number of insertions, will he published until ordered out and charged accordingly. 03* Sales of Laud, by Administrators, Exe cutors, or Guardians, are required, by law, to bt held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the couurt-house in the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. Sales of negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters Testamentary, of Admin istration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this Suite, and at the door of the court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the D htors and Creditors of an Es tate must be published for forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court ol Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published four months. “Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, •“One w ord, when dying, he would wish to biot.” HAPPINESS. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise, it arises in the first place from an enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation ota lew select companions: it loves shade a.iu solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows ; in short feels every thing it wants within itself,and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to bean acrowd, and to draw the cyosof the world upon her. She does not receive any satisfaction from the applauses wnich she gives herselt, but from the admiration which shef .ises in others. £ho flourishes in courts end palaces, theatres a.;d assemblies,and feels the realities of existence but wheushe is looked ujkjii. — Addison, —* a mother's grave. No marvel that poets have chosen home and their native land, as grateful themes of song. In themselves, the words are full of melody; in their associations they form exqui site music. It is a blessed tiling to have a haven ol rest where love lights its beacon and .keeps its vigils to greet the returning wande rer, weary of a c!ie< rless pilgrimage by flood or held. God help those for whom every country wears a foreign aspect—who avert their steps from the dwelling of their fathers banished by the clouds of discord, or the rank weeds of desolation! Pleasant to me, as the face of an early friend, were the broken shores of my country, and the wide opening bay which was in full view before us. The vessel touched at a well know sea-port, where my luggage was consigned to the care of Jona than, who was to make a short stay with a re -1 ition: ns it was hut two days journey to my native village,! proceeded direct and on foot. Spring was in its prime. The morn I started was a rosy as the matin flush of midsummer ; the virgin breath of the meadows and gardens, through which the road meandered,gave light er: ss to the bosom, elasticity to the footstep. The vine branches were shooting forth their i:.Farit foliagn, and orchard after orchard, ever and anon, enriched the breeze with a tide of fragranc-, inspiring, in the fervour of noon day, a voluptuous languor. Gladsome to the eye that expiates-on nature is the matronal beauty of the blossoming appletrce; surpass ingly gladsome was it to me, just landed from the waters in the county of my birth, where 1 iiad from childhood, been encircled by its peaceful glories. The hues of sunset were glowingly interstreaked, varying from the warmest crimson to the tenderest green, and in their wavy irradiations imparted *o the western sky the fanciful resemblance of a su perb ocean-shell. Tjrffd of travel, I came in light of the rustic chapei whore 1 used to go up with our house, to worship. My feet were blistered, my shoes arid with oust. I turned into the cool, grassy-burying ground, to calm the flutter of my spirits; to rest my limbs, and to refresh my soiled apparel, lest a chance en counter with an acquaintance should betray my pedestrian return. The chapel had keen white-washed and repainted, and pecrii.’g throigli its shade of larch and yew, presented a soothing emblem of Christian tranquility. Tune, place, and circumstance, were masters ood. I did not wish to dispel the religi ous MV ■ that solemnised the soul; and from a r- s s'th ss reverence for these who slept be n -th,l refrained from profaning the luxuriant herbage Styj the taint of the highway. I pass ed to a lonely spot where, apart from the rest, beneath a weeping willow, was my mother’s gr we. The shrubs which surrounded it were flourishing—no unseemly weed had permis sion to vegetate there—the birds nestled in tie branches of tho ovsrshadow ing tree, se cure of protection near the remains of her who was meek and merciful to all the crea tures of God. The moss-covered headstone hail been displaced by one of recent construc tion. In addition to the simple consecration to the memory of the departed, it loro the ■inscription of, ‘-Blessed are they who die in the Lord.” I hared my brow, prossed my lip and cheek to the tame of iny parent cut in the cold slab, end prayed that her dove-like spirit ni lit resume its ascendency over mv father, whom, like her I loved, but whom, un likc her, I dreaded. Franklin's Toast. —long after Washing ton’s victories over France and England had mads his name familiar over all Europe, Dr. Franklin chanced to dine with the English and French Ambassadors when, ns nearly as I can reecollectthe words, the following toasts were drank: By tho British Ambassador— England; the sun whose beams enlighten and fructify the remotest corners of the oarth. The French Ambassador glowing with na tional pride, drank, France—the moon, whose mild, steady-, and cheering rays rre the de light of all nations; consoling them in dark ties;, nink mg thc : r dreariness beautiful. Dr. Frarik'in then arose, end with his usual kdigi. Tied simplicity, said, George Washing ton: < .loi.'.nin v. 1 a com:.is ided the Sun and f Moo i to stand slit!, and they obeyed him- THE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER. “ Other employments and arts serve for the e/n --beliiahr ie.nt, but Agriculture is necessary for the support of human life.” THE GARDEN. What can be viewed with more pleasure & satisfaction than a well cultivated garden ? In a variety of handsome compartments on the one hand, arc assembled the choiecst •beauties of blooming nature. Here the hya cinth hangs her silken bells, or the liliics rear their silver pyramids. There stands the neat narcissus, loosely attired in a mantle of snowy lustre, while the splendid ranunculus wears a full trimmed suit of radiant scarlet. Pinks arc rising to enamel the borders—roses are open ing to dress the walks, surrounded on all sides with a profusion of beauteous forms, either la tent in the stalk, or bursting the buds, or blown into full expansion. On the other hand in another place you may see the marygold flowering or the beans in full blossom—in an other, the endive curls her leaves, or tiie let tuce thickens her t.ifts. Cauliflowers shelter their fair complexion under a green umbrella, while the borage dishevels he locks, braids them with native jewels finer than the finest sapphires.—\\ hat colours, what charming col ours arc here ? These so nobly bold, and those delicately languid. What a glow is enkin dled in some ’ what a gloss upon oiln rs ! In one we may see the ruby with her bleeding radiance; in another the sapphire with her sky-tinctured blue? in all such an exquisite richness of dyes, as no other set of paintings in the universe can boast. What fine imi tations are here ? Some assume the monarch’s purple—some look most becoming in the vir gin’s while ; hut black, doleful black, has no admittance. The weeds of mourning would be a manifest indecorum, when nature holds a universal festival. Here stands a warrior clad with crimson ; there sits a magistrate robed in scarlet, and yonder strut** a pretty fellow that seems to have dipped his plumes in the rainbow, and glitters in all the gay colours of that resplendent arch—Some rise into a cu rious cup, or fall into a set of beautiful bells. Some spread themselves in a swelling turf, or crowd into a delicious cluster. In some the predominant stain softens by the gentle dim inutions, till it has even stole away from itself. From the Boston Gazette. WINE. The United States is not a wine drinking nation. Whiskey is the national beverage. Some districts, indeed, indulge in New England and St. Croix rum ; and, in all places, the wealthy toper quail's his brandy, because it costs more money, and tinges the countenance with a rich crimson,—the badge of royalty. But, every where, “ strong drink" is the favorite potation. Anti-intcmperance societies have labored to stay the scourge, and for a time with etiect. Vet we are still the most intemperate people on the face of the earth. The importation of foreign spirits, which in 1828 and 29 had fallen off in a re markable degree, is now, we learn on the in crease. Old habits, checked by the efforts of benevolent societies, are resuming their sway. It is a well known fact, that in all wine growing countries, intemperance is hardly known. In France, Spain Italy and Sicily, win re wine is cheaper than cider is here, the disgusting spectacle of a drunken man is rare ly seen. Our wine bibbers are spirit bib bers; for if they abstain from the use of the “raw material,” (which is rarely the case,) they do, in fact, swallow in every pint of Ma ri ira more than a gill of brandy. So in the Sicily Madeira, Port,Sherry and Lisbon wines the proportion of brandy is nearly as great.— Even Claret, unless imported in bottles, is adulterated with spirits; and that which is imported in bottles, costs too much for a man of moth rate income to purchase. Hence the rich drink spirits in their wines, and the poor are forced to drink spirits because they are cheap, and the light wines are beyond their i.neans. The wine drinker is pursuing the san.'e path as the dram drinker; for, after a lit tle time, strong wine urges the stomach to de mand “strong waters;” all Madeira drinkers are, or will bo, brandy drinkers. A taste for light wine may be easily acquir ed. Let any man whose stomach is not en tirely parboiled by ardent spirits, drink pure claret, summer and winter, lor one year, and he will afterwards prefer it to any other wine. Tiic taste being acquired, he is safe from the contagion of intemperance. To do this, how ever, requires a fortune. The only light wines, imported into the U. States, are Clar et, (of various kinds,) Champaign, Sauterne, and the wines of Germany. Claret is brought into this port in casks from New-York for the “trade.” It is here bottled, and sold at from 3to G dollars per dozen. (’hampaign costs from 9 to S2O per dozen, Sauterne from 4 to $lB per dozen ; and the German w ine from 7 to 814 per dozen. Claret is the cheapest, but he who.drinks it daily, soon finds, that three dollars per dozen is more than a moder ate income can sustain. There is a remedy,which will not only make these wines nearly as cheap as Newark cider, but will do more to reform the people, than all the tracts, all the societies, all the preachers, and all the miseries of intemperance, have,or ever will effect. Take off the duties on light wines —the wines of France, Italy and Ger many. liCt claret, sauterne, burgundy, vin de grave, &ee. Ac. he imported free of duty. Levy the duties from Madeira, Sicily Madei ra, Teneriffe, Fort, Sherry and other strong wines, and from all spirits, foreign and domes tic; so that lie who chooses to drink f/re, may die “felo dc sc” without some benefit to the public. There are many wines, rich, delicate and ; delicious, that are not oven known in this country. There is the Yin de Bell t, atNice, the Oviettn, Lachrima Christi, Castelainare, Pozzuli and Bosoglio wines at Naples ; the Calabrese wine of Palermo; all genuine “nec tar of the gods, which probably have never been imported here. All these wines cost but a trifle—perhaps on an average GO cents a gallon; they can all be imported at a profit, and if once introduced, would be an antidote to that infernal flame, ardent spirits and ardent wines, which is now daily consuming the vi tals of one hall of our population. GRAPE. The experiments (says the Baltimore A inerican,) which have been made in some of the most extensive vineyards at York, £a show that the Madeira and Lisbon grape vines have withstood the severity of the last winter much better than any other species. The fact is mentioned for the information of those who may be disposed tocullivate the vine. Discovery of Indian Corn. —Previously to the settlement of the Puritans in New-Englang they formed parties for the purpose of explo ring the country. Capt. Mites Standi'sit, who was called the “ hero of New England,” com manded one of them, consisting of sixteen men. In their progress they met with seve ral hillocks, supposed by them to be burial places fur the Indians but as they advanced, finding many more, they closely examined them, and discovered that they contained In dian Corn. Being buried in the ear, it ex cited their curiosity, and by some of the party it was thought a valuable acquisition, while others, who ate it in a raw state, did not relish it,and thought it worth little or nothing. They secured, however, some for seed. In the. en suing spring, a Squanto, a friendly Indian, in structed them in the culture of it, and it was probably the means of saving them afterwards from famine. We mention, says the Georgetown Union, of the Bth inst. for the information of our agri cultural friends, the statementof a farmer,that by selecting the best ear of corn that grows on a stalk, the grain will be annually increased. The experiment is certainly worth trying.— It is a well known fact that the quality & quan tity of rice depend much upon tiiejgoodness of the seed; and lately it has been discovered that much difference in the quality of cotton may be produced by a proper selection of the sued. WOMAN. “The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man, the hermit, sigh'd till woman smiled.” it would be a curious inquiry to ascertain the different ways in which women have been estimated in different countries, as well as the various opinions that have been published respecting them. Plato rejoiced that he was not a woman. Swift considered women only a higher species of monkies, and the Turks will not allow them to have any souls. A Greek proverb reckons it as ‘the extreme dis grace of sloth to be governed by a woman;’ and the French, in their Salique law, seem to have recognised this axiom. Amongst the ancient Germans, however, women were in very high estimation. Tacitus informs us, that they were not only treated by their hus bands with the greatest confidence, in their domestic occupations, but were even made partakers of their martial toils. And so far did they carry their respect, that they even believed a certain divinity to reside in the female heart, a belief which was encouraged to such an extent among some of the fiercest of the German tribes, that they permitted women to rule them in the name of the deity. Similar instances may also be mentioned among the ancient Britons, in the persons of Boadicea and Cartismandua; and the same degree of respect continues to be shewn to women by the laws of that country. Woman has been the poet’s favorite theme in all ages and in .all countries, and some of the finest effusions have been in praise of the sex. The following, among the thousand specimens which might be adduced, to justify this remark, we copy from the works of Sir Anston Cokayne, and as they are exceeding ly scarce, it may not be deemed uninteresting to our readers: “I wonder why, by foul-mouth’d men, Women so slander’d be-, Since it doth easily appear They’re better fiir than we ? Why are the graces, every one, Pictured as women be, If not to show that they in grace Do more excel than we ! Why are the liberal sciences Pictured as women be, If not to show that they in them Do more excel than we 1 Why are the virtues, every one. Pictured as women he, It not to show that they in them Do more excel than we 1 Twilight.'—Of all the myriad sources of enjoyment which nature unfolds to man, I know few equal to those elicited by a balmy summer sunset. The jdea is old, hut the reflections it excites are perpetually varying. There is something in this hour, so tender, so truly fraught with simple, yet sublime asso ciations that it belongs rather to heaven than to earth. The curtain that drops down on the physical, also descends on the moral world. The day with its selfish interests, its common-place distractions, has gone by, and the season of intelligence, of imagination, of spirituality, is dawning. Yes, twilight un locks the blandusian fountain of fancy; there as in a mirror, reflecting all tilings in added lovelines, the heart surveys the past; the dead, the absent, the estranged, come throng ing back on memory ; the paradise of inex perience, from which the flaming sword of truth has long since exiled us, rises again in all the pristine beauty of its flowers and ver dure, the very spot where we breathed our first vows of love ; the slender girlish figure, that, gliding like a sylph beside us, listened entranced to that avowal, made in the face of heaven, beneath tho listening evening star; the home that witnessed her decline; the church yard that received her ashes; the grave wherein she now sleeps, dreamless and happy, deaf alike to the syren voice of praise, and the withering sneers of envy—such sweet but solemn Veeollections, sweep in shadowy pomp aoross tiie mind, conjured up by the spells of twilight, as lie waves his enchanted v and over the earth. That quaint old moralist Quarles, in his Enchriridon, gives us the following advice : Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it* blast ; nor too near, lest it burn thee; if thou love it, it disturbs thee; if thou lust after it, it destroys thee ; if virtue company it, it i ri the heart’s paradise; if vice associates with it, it Is the soul’s purgatory; it is the wise man’s lion-fire, and the fool’s furnace. Socrates called beauty a short lived tyran ny; Plato, a privilege of nature : Theophras tus, a silent cheat, Theocritus a delightful prejudice; Carneidas , a solitary kingdom ; Dorritian said, that nothing was more grate ful ; Aristotle affirmed that beauty was bet ter than all the recommendations of the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature ; and Ovid alluding to it, calls it a favor bes towed by the gods. -*CA£>- One of the most beautiful descriptions of retirement is an ode of Charles Cotton, the friend of old Isaac Walton, the famous pisca tor. How balm and quiet a delight It is alone To read, and meditate, and write By none offended, and offending none ; To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at ones own ca; , And pleasing a man's self, none other to and. please. “Collected news “ Of these most brisk and giddy-paeed times.” The King of the Dutch by his decision of the contested boundary line between Maine and Canada has given universal dissatisfac tion. The English think that he has not given them enough, the Americans, that all he has given has been taken from them un justly. He was requested to arbitrate be tween the two boundaries that were proposed, and instead of that lie has drawn a third one ; he was to determine which “highlands” were alluded to in the terms of the negociution, along which the line was to run, whether the highlands which actually, divide rivers, or the small spur which only divides the branch of one river;—-instead thereof, he has run the line through the bed of a river. In our opinion neither party is bound to abide by such a decision, which is contrary to the terms of the assistance requested of that ar bitrator. The parties referred it to him to ex amine and decide which line was the right one, and by that decision were to abide. But for him to have run a third line, is a totally unasked for interference, which transcends the powers intrusted to the royal judge. N. Y. Argus. London , Paris, and Constantinople. —We abstract the following from Mr. F. Lowrie’s new chart. London on the River Thames, is ten miles long, from east to west, and six and a quar ter broad, from north to south, and fifty miles in circumference. Its population is 1,500,000 It contains seventy squares, 8000 streets, 177,000 houses,l46 parishes, as many church es, 82 chapels of Ease, 15 Roman Catholic chapels, 6 Synagogues, 7 Quaker chapels,l63 Dissenters Chapels, 13 theatres, 4 medical colleges, 33 hospitals, 72 banks, besides nu numerous other public institutions. Paris is four and a half miles long, about three and a half broad, and seventeen in cir cumference. It contains 750,000 inhabi tants, 12 may ovalities, 12 palaces, 16 bridges, 27 hospitals, 07 banks, 142 churches and chapels, 80 fountains, 22 markets, 4 mu seums, 9 prisons, and 14 theatres, besides nu merous other public buildings. Constantinople is built on seven hills. On the land side it has a strong wall and triple fortifications, eighteen feet apart; five gates and as many bridges. The fortificat ions on the side of the river are weak and decaying; on this side are sixteen gates. Its circumfe rence is from twelve to fourteen miles.— Its population 550,000 —houses from 40 to 45,000. It has 309 mosques, 25 Greek churches, 130 baths, and 200 palaces and se raglios. The sultan’s palace, said to be the most splendid in Europe, is three miles in circumference. -***>■ The Whale Fishery. —W ithin the last week six ships have arrived at New-Bedford, from whaling cruises to the Pacific and South At lantic Ocean—three of which have brought home 6550 barrels of oil—the remaining three are reported with full cargoes, probably hav ing not less than 2500 barrels ea h, making an aggregate of 14,050 barrels. There are upwards of one hundred ships e mployed in'the whaling business frdm that port, and the num ber is rapidly increasing. The benefits deri ved by that town from this are immense. The tonnage of the port is considerably greater than that of Salem, and next in New England, to Boston. Its pop. ulation has nearly doubled in the last'ten years and it bids fair in a short time to outstrip the other New-England commerce. Its present population is 8000. A great, many new build ings are annually erected and numerous other improvements are actively and constantly go ing forward. This prosperity is the result a lone of the successful pursuit of the M'lialc Fishery. Most heartily do we wish them con tinued increase &z success.— Salem Register. ◄.W The New Pope. —After a long sitting, the conclave at Rome has elected Cardinal Mac ro Capellari to the throne of St. Peter, un der the title of George XVI. The new Pope was horn in 1765, and is therefore, only 65 years of age. As he is younger, of and more robust health, than either of his two predeces sors, he is Jikelv to wear longer the triple crown, I,ike all the recent chiefs of the Cath olic church, he is an Italian, and belonged to a monastic order. lie is said to be an estima ble man, and to be profoundly skilled in the oriental languages. He was in 1826,by Leo. XII. At the caption of a Pope in 182 s , he was the most popular can didate with the people of Rome, but was op posed by the Austrian party, which finally pre vailed: His Holiness has already been com plimented by the French Ambassador, and has, in return, expressed his attachment to Louis Philip, though not like his predecessor Polled “the oldest son of the church.” Navd. —Master Commandant P. F. Vor iiees, is appointed to the command of the l . S. sloop of war John Adams , titling out at Nor folk, for the Mediterranean. The Lieuten ants ordered to her, are Le Comite, (first) Gerry, Nicholas, A. Gordon, and Vail. Master Commandant Cooler is appointed to the command of the U. S. sloop of War Wior ren, fitting for sea at Norfolk. Lieut. Tatnale, it is said, is appointed to the command of the U. S. schooner Grampus. <.N5> Death of Mr. Lloyd. —The New-York Journal o'" the G h inst. says—“ The Hon. James Lloyd, formerly a distinguished mem ber of the Senatorial branch of our National Legislature, from the State of Massachusetts, diea in this city about 10 o’clock last evening. The delicate state of his health having com pelled him to withdraw from public life in 1820, he removed from Boston to Philadel phia, under a hope that the climate of that city would be favorable to his recovery. He was elected to the Senate in 1808, and resigned in 1813. He was again elected in 1622, and resigned in 1826. Though some what advanced in life, his decease will be re garded as a public loss. We understand his disorder was consumption.” His remains were to be taken to Boston for interment. I won't he a Nun /”—An extract of a let ter from Washington, D. C. to the editor of the Episcopal Recorder, in Philadelphia, says “There has been no little excitement in this community within a few days past, arising from the recent elopement of a principal Nun, (Sister Gertrude) from the Nunnery in Georgetown. This event occurred on Thurs day hist. Sister Gertrude was the chief in structress of the Academy in the institution, and upon whom its prosperity chiefly depend ed. The elopement was made in broad day light, and in disguise, and the unhappy vic tim of superstition found a refuge in the fami ly of Gen. Van Ness, the Mayor of the city, whose lady is first cousin of Sister Gertrude. Hitherto she has resisted all entreaties to re turn, and will no doubt continue firm in her purpose.” II emp. —The Hallowell Advocate says—”A few days since we were invited to examine some specimens of American Hemp and cordage exhib ited in this town by Francis. F. Haines of Liver more. The Hemp was grown in Livermore, and prepared by the machine lately erected in that place by that gentleman and others associated with him in the patriotic enterprize. The cordage was also manufactured in a rope-walk connected with the machine. This Hemp was examined by mim bers of our citizens, and tlio parcels denominated No. I, was pronouced by good judges to be equal in all respects to the best Russian Hemp. Mr. H. sold about three tons in this town, for the first qual ity of which he obtained $2lO per ton. American Hemp, though equal to the foreign article, sells at a )ower price, owing to the strong prejudice exis ting in the public mind in favor of whatever is fo reign. “ A gatherer of unconsidered trifles.” >Samuel Hale, Esq.has been rc-elected Mayor of Augusta, and the f owing gentlemen members of the City Council for the ensuing year:—Win. C. Dillon, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Joshua Danforth, Mo ses Rolf, Win. Savage, Robert Barber, Jas. Har per, Edward Thomas, Peter Bennoch. The following gentlemen have been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioners of Insolvency for the District of Georgia:—li. W. Habersham, M. Mvers. R. R Cuvleu. burrow Escape.. —A very singular matter happened at Wilkinson Superior court last week. A gentleman, (as we understand it)a member of the Grand Jury, asked his neighbor for the loan of a dollar. He assen ted, took out his pocket book, and opened it, when the applicant, seeing a dollar note, put his hand into the book, in a familiar way, and took it out. The lender, a short time after wards, having occasion to examine his money missed a hundred dollar bill: From the bor rower’s manner, and from his havingtaken the dollar hill rather too familiarly, lie was sus pected—anu the lender, finally became sat isfied thatlhe SIOO bill had been taken felo niously at the same time that the one dollar bill was taken. The borrower, asserting his innocence, a hill of indictment was preferred against him—the jury returned a true bill— he was expelled from the jury ; and so strong was public feeling against him that he had to go jail for the want of hail. I!e was deserted by every body. There was then no doubt that he would be convicted. In the mean time, another man, who was attending court, heard of the circumstances, and recollected having received what purpor ted to be thirty five dollars, on the same day, from the Lender abovementioned. lie went home and examined the money. Neither himself or his wife being able to read, all that they could determine was that there were three notes, which he had taken as ten dol lars each, and one as five—and that one of the tens was unlike the others. lie brought the money to the court-house the next day handed it to the Solicitor, and explained the circumstance of his having received it the day before. On examination one of the bills supposed to have been paid for ten, turned out to be a hundred hill. The borrower was brought out of jail, relieved from all sus picion of crime, and restored to his rights and privileges as a member of the Grand Jury— and to his standing in society. Georgia Journal. Abduction’—W e learn that on W ednesday last a young man, in the employ rf a Mr.R.W.resi diug with his family about three miles from town, on one of our most publie roads, had a misunder standing with his employer, and very unceremo- I nionsly threatened to perform upon our astonished neighbour ti e operation of throat cutting, which idea being not much relished by him, as one would naturally itnagii e, he escaped through one ofhis hack windows, leaving his wife and family in the house,and made a precipitate retreat to tins city for such assistance as would be necessary to secure the ungrateful guest —which obtaining, he return ed, when lo! the young man had retired, carrying with him not only Mr.YV’s. wife bi t his horses and carriage, a bag of money, a doubled barreled gun ■and his servant girl—since which nothing has been beard ofthem.— Georgian. . Extract of a letter from on officer in the army, dated Cantonment Leavenworth, (320 rules above St. Louis, MissoujjAiOth March 1831, to a genth man in Puilapclphia. “Yesterday an express arrived from the Bluffs, bringing information that Vandcbcrg’s party was attacked by the Black reel Indians, on the Madison fork of the Missouri. The Indians attacked them in camp, at the dawn of light in the morning, and fought all day. At dark the Indians withdrew, and left fort ; kill ed, and a number of horses; the wounded not known, as they were carried off, hut from the appearance of blood supposed to be a Lumber. Mr. andeberg had one killed and two woun ded ; and eleven horsrs killed and fifty wound ed. This information was received through Mr. M’Kcnzie, who is at the Mandan villa ges. No other news from Upper Missouri v. ns received of any importance.” Something remarkable. —There is a man in this county who is now between fifty and six - ty years of age, has always tilled the earth for bis support ; yet never in his life owned one foot oflandor a house. He is remarka ble for his industry and economy, although was never known to have over fifteen or twen ty dollars in cash at one time; yet ids credit is good wherever he is known. Often times with not a cent in his pocket, and not five dollars worth of property, including even his clothes, lie has been heard to declare, that ho would give five hundred dollars, to have the feelings of a poor man half an hour.” The only property he has in the world is an axe a. hoe and plough; he says he keeps a schedule of it about him, and when he dies he is deter mined to die his own executor.— Athenian. PROSPEUIIS ~ OF THE i Auvasfisss, And Agricultural and Mercantile Intelligencer. MY recent relinquishment of a participation in the editorial labors of an old and well established journal, would seem to require but few preliminary remarks, in the proposed under taking, Were it not, that they are usually deman ded by public expectation, and sanctioned by custom. As there is no good reason why this “time-honored observance” should be disregard ed in the present instance, I shall submit an i pit ome of my principles, aadAe course which shall be observed in conducting anew journal. The object of the proposed publication being purely what its title implies, supercedes the necessity of that political commentary which the doctrines of the day have usually demanded; yet, as my former professions are' held with unabated at tachment, and there being no neutral ground, in the conflicting and varied sentiments, which dai ly arise, as to both men and measures—it follows, that I should not only make an exposition of my political tenets, but also, that they should be boldly set forth, and fearlessly defended. I have ever indulged an ardent devotion to Renublican ism, as the term was understood by its advocates in ’9B—a sacred regard to the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and a determined arid fixed hos tility to every thing like constructive or implied powers—an extension of equal justice to ail par ties—that all power is inherent in and derived from the people, as the original source and ulti mate tribunal—the independence and distinct so vereignty of the States, and their confederacy os a Union, under a government limited and actual ly defined in its powers. These are the promi nent articles of iny political faith, arid belie vino in their correctness, shall abide by them in every trial. } Among the many topics of deep interest that agitate the people of all classes, is the exercise of unwarrantable governmental influence on the industry and resources of the country, and the unconstitutional expenditure of the public treas ure to objects of Internal Improvement—measures too frequently destitute of general benefit, and of tentimes marked by a spirit of partiality, selfish ness and injustice. It would be criminal for one “seated on the watch-tower,” and in the exercise of the duties which belong to the Press, to ob serve, with callous iudifference, the causes which have produced, and the effects which have re sulted from the latitudinary construction of the Constitution. The dangerous consequences which may ensue, are already indicated by the excited feelings of the country. lam deeply impressed that wrong lias been done, and evil tolerated yet, with a spirit of forbearance, it would be bet ter for the oppressed to bear their evils whilst they arc tolerable, than “fly to those they know not of.” The present is an era in the history of our miv ernment, distinguished for improvement. The lover of his country beholds it on its “return march” to its original purity and principles. Already has the distinguished head of the gov ernment, said—“T! e successful operation of the federal system can only be preserved by confin ing it to the few and simple, but yet important objects for which it was designed.” This is a guarantee, that the purpose of the present Exe cutive of the Union and his supporters, is an ef fort to restore tho Constitution to its orfo-inal healthy and unimpaired condition. lam happy to accord with the Administration and its friends in the wise and well directed course which ;s pursued by them. The time was, when to dissent from the mea sures of any of the prominent parties of our State, by an attachment to any of the others, or to their thou distinguished organs, implied an hostility and acrimony which frequently had no bounds, and rendered “ Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation ,” an empty and absurd profession. The times and circumstances have now become more congenial to better feelings: the perplexing dilliifulties which have surrounded us—those emanatiiarr abroad, and fostered at home, have subsided” with the acknowledgment of our rights, and the successful accomplishment of nearly all the ends which we have contended for. I can review my past course in relation to State affairs, with cheer ing approbation; my future efforts will be inti mately connected with the past; and it is hoped, without offence to an adverse party. The writer does not believe in the infallibility of man, nor in their perfection as a party; it will therefore be my endeavor to support worthy men, and ap prove such orthodox measures as may emanate from genuine patriotism and unadulterated re publicanism—such measures as will best answer the ends of our free government, and of our State’s interest:—such men as will “defend, the rights of the People, the Sovereignty of the States, and the Constitutional authority of the Union against all encroachments.” It shall be my studious endeavor to render the Intelligencer an Agricultural and Mercantile ve hicle: to effect it, I shall ltasten to possess my self of all the necessary materials which these ample subjects, furnish, to unfold, every species of information which will be thought to instruct, to interest, and to please. It is believed, that the mutual conjunction of interest, between the Mercliant and Planter, cannot tail to render ac ceptable to one, whatever may benefit the other. My efforts shall be used to procure the earliest and most useful mercantile information, and lay it before the public; and it will be my desire to go into Rural Affairs, ami garner the choicest and Lest offerings for my Agricultural readers. MARMADUKE J. SLADE. Macon, January 1, 1831.