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sgyyglisg^ I'riiiay, * **• 8 " * 5 8 * hist page. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ..An Indian Death Song” and “The Faded Violet” in our next. OCR CORRESPONDENT “ Q*” We can only answer the interrogatories of our correspondent Q. by saying, that as we are not in the Cabinet of Secrets, we cannot say what has been the determination of Mr. Lumpkin. A itho we do not profess to be of the ‘ knowing ones, we can say, however, from the creditable authority of the Augusta Constitutionalist, contained m the fol lowin-r paragraph, that it is more than probable , t N i’ r . l. will canvass the ensuing gubernatorial election* And, if he does so, we can also say, that it is in violation of an unequivocal expres sion to the contrary. [ Mr. Lumpkin, as a politician, has certainly the 1 • ile(re of “amending his writ ” as often as he ■ teases— but whether such capriciousness is cha f-cteristic of an enlightened and independent Fstatesman, is a different .question which we leave L others to determine. We are not led to this remark from any apprehension that Mr. L a can didacy will interfere with either of the gentlemen who are now before the people. On the contra J we conscientiously believe, that a retirement from his present station, with a view to tlwf Chiei Magistracy of Georgia, would only result m the abandonment of an honorable post, which he now tills with the approbation ohll parties, for a con tingency, w hich it seems to us, he cannot possi bly realize. . - .. \Ve cannot longer doubt that Mr. Lumpkin will be a candidate for Governor, we have infor mation that convinces us of the fact, and we are assured he will be warmly supported by the Clark party. It well behoves Messrs. Gilmer A Haynes to think of these tilings.” HR. RANDOLPH. The ridiculous statements of the opposition pa pers, in relation to the conduct of this gentleman, whilst at the Court of St. Petersburg, are finally contradicted and put to rest by the letter of our ex cellent and amiable countryman, Washington Irvin, published in the Advertiser of to-day.— From a personal acquaintance with Mr. Randolph we not only felt convinced that he had been shame fully calumniated, but that there were few men, if any, who w ere better qualified to represent the patriotic character and simple dignity of the Ame rican Republic. He stands too high to be suc cessfully assailed by the petty slanders of the Press. CONTROVERSIAL. Tn our last number wo regaled our readefs a£ well as ourself, with many of the good things that were said of us, by our cotemporaries. After l -amg indulged in this innocent gratification of our vanity, and sought repose upon our pillow, we enjoyed a sound and sweet slumber, arising no doubt, from the satisfaction we felt in the pub lic approbation which so flatteringly smiled upon us. Such things have a wonderous tendency to tranquilize the mind, and make one very much in love w ith one’s-self. “ But who can tell what a day may bring forth.” Yesterday morning after consulting ©ur toilet with more complacency than usual, we hied to the Post-Office w ith buoyant utep and front erect—received oun budget of let ters and papers, and conned them over with fill th’e self-importance of a three-tailed Bashaw. But imagine, reader, if you can, pur astonishment, af ter having opened and read the communication of friend Robertson, w hich we present you in ano ther part of our paper. Had we been a Catholic Priest, a Bull of F.xcommunication, thundered frdm the Papal Chair, could not have astounded us more. However, after a little reflection, and lecollecting the old maxim, that “ lie who at tempts to please every body will please no body” we recovered our usual philosophy, and conclud ed we would give Mr. Robertson a hearing. Now, then, seriously to the subject. It will be recollected, that iti our fourth number, we publish ed some strictures from a northern paper, severe ly reprehending the ridiculous and intolerant course which has been pursued, and is still pursu ing, by the Sunday School Missionaries for the. Valley of the Mississippi. The strictures allud-: ed to, were published by request; but let it be un-! dorstood that in making this aektiov. ledgment, we j do not disown similar feelings and sentiments. : By their own admission, the object of the Mis sionaries appears to be, not to establish Sunday Schools in the Valley of the Mississippi for any ■intrinsic advantages which may abstractedly grow out of them, but for the purpose of preventing the introduction of the Catholic Religion in that weal thy and interesting section of our country. This evidences a spirit equally selfish and illiberal, un constitutional and intolerant. It is an intolerant <t:id unconstitutional spirit, because it is a bare-fac ed and shameful attempt to make public benefac tions subservient to sectarian popularity and ecclesi ostkal prejudices , and is therefore an indirect vio lation of one of the most beautiful features in our 1 appy constitution; which secures to evory man an unrestricted exercise of his conscience—and, because, if any other mean is used to establish a religious creed, other than that which'coines from ■ I he Word of Truth, it is, to say the least of it, an \ '-ct of pious fraud and moral circumvention. It is a selfish and illiberal spirit f because ii leaves its own resources untouched, and moving out of its proper sphere of action, goes to remote places, and attempts to put under contribution the purses if people whoso charities are generally insuff.ei -1 at to supply the wants of their own community. And this is j}one for the purpose of fostering for* ' *gn instituting, strengthening Christian Tarty ’m, and bc'dizzening a few'splendid paupers, a idle the poor and illiterate of our immediate cir '..e are left to suffer all the mental and physical ’.is consequent upon their unprotected situation. * iiese, and similar reasons, together with the rc •l' cst, induced us to give publicity to the stric-, ;r “* beaded. “ Urtatiaeticrt Politic." THE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGIUCLLTLitAIi AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER. Before we conclude, we are forced to say, that there is a bitter and acrimonious feeling prevailing throughout the communication, which we fear, was engendered under a feverish excitement of sectarian zeal, and u liieh, in moments of more dis passionate observation, we hope, would not have been indulged in. To stigmatise the Catholic Clergy, as savages and infidels , in this enlightened era of Christian toleration, evinces too much of an uubrotherly spirit—even such an one as would support or enforce its doctrines by the faggot and the stake. Phe Catholics can boast cf a cler gy as learned, as eloquent, as eminent, and (as far as we know,) as pious, as that of any other reli gious denomination—& however others may dif fer from them in some of their opinions and cere monios, yet they are still as much entitled to the respectful attention of the community as are the opinions and ceremonies of any—even those who hug themselves in the belief of an exclusive or thodoxy. It is not to be presumed from what we have here said, that we are opposed to Sunday Schools or to any other institution, which aims at improv ing the morals of the vici< us, or relieving the dis tresses of the poor and needy—much less is it to be understood that we would question fora mo ment, the tenets, or offend by a single remark, the peculiar formalities of any one of the numerous sects which have sprung from the bosom of the Christian Church. We have too much tolerance to indulge in the one, and too much charity, we hope, to decry the other. But we cannot remain silent when we see the beneficence of a kind hearted community which should go to the support of our own household, wrested from them by cun ning and interested appeals to their humanity— neither shall we Tefrain from speaking out when we see one denomination of Christians publicly endeavoring to put another down, by interesting the people in ecclesiastical squabbles, or embroil ing them in a sacerdotal warfare. If this consti tutes infidelity, be it so. SOUTHERN REVIEW. U e have received the April number of this va luable periodical. The following are its contents: 1. Byron’s Letters and Journals. 2. Beranger’s Poems. 3. The Life and Times of Daniel De Foe. 4. Murat’s Letters on the United States. 5. History of the Fine Arts. 6. Steam-Engine and Rail-Roads. 7. The Siamese Twins. 8. Irving’s Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. 9. The Family Library. The most interesting article contained in this V # number, is the Review of Col. Murat’s ‘ Letters.’ This wofk, so far as our information extends, has not been either translated or published in this country. Judging from the extracts with which the Review in its commentary, has furnished us, we should cal! it a rapid, but faithful and neatly executed sketch of the manners, habits, and ge nius, both civil and political, of various sections bf ouredunfry.’ In analysing our character, the author exhibits that discriminating nicety which marks the. man of profound observation. The common place jargon of the fashionable tourist, which delights in colloquies of chamber-maids, scullions, and hackney coachmen—which revels in the memorandum and memoranda of converses tionez in Coffee-houses and Reading Rooms, are not to be' found in this interesting volume. It soars above such literary frippery, and strikes at once into the business of real life, and into the component parts of human character, displaying at one and the same time, its vices and vir tues, its beauties and deformities. The first extract We shall make is graphic e nough. It is a bold outline portraiture of our Eastern brethren—and let them not be offended, if the author notices rather sharply some of their little peculiarities—for the censure is more than counterbalanced by the complimentary manner in which he speaks of their morals, education, and enterprise. He says: “ The character of the people is very remarka ble, and cannot be compared to that of any other on earth. The most gigantic enterprises do not alarm them, nor arc they disgusted by any details; they carry them on with a spirit of order and mi nuteness altogether their own. The men seem born to calculate pence and farthings, but by this they rise to a calculation by millions, without losing any thing of the exactness of their ordinal views. # • • • Their capitol, Boston, nevertheless, abounds in men of letters: it Is the Athens of the Union, and was the cradle of liberty, producing many of her most zealous defenders, as well iu the cabinet as in the field. Education is there much more dif fused than in any other part of the world what soever. In fine, they have all tlie constituents of greatness, if they could only elevate their views apd abandon that sordid spirit of detail which fol lows them every nil A re. You may always disco ver a Yankee by the cunning way in which he asks questions about which he knows; and by the evasive manner in which he answers questions, without even affirming any tiling. It is tlierethe commercial interest hasher seat, though for some years past they have turn >d their views towards manufacture*, with the success which foilowall they undertake. The country, is well poopled and well cultivated; und the capital employed in ag riculture is as great as that which is- absorbed in commerce.” For the present, we shall close this article by another extract. It relates to a subject which has been much misrepresented both at home and abroad—occasionally by ignorant tourists, but more frequently by false philanthropists and dis honest politicians. We allude to the general condition of our domestic population. Before we in troduce this extract, we beg the reader to feeol- 1 lcct, that Col. Murat is himself, an extensive planter; that he is from actual observation, fami liar not only with the slaves in the Southern and Western States, but equally so with the condition of the Operatives, both in the Northern and East ern states, as well as in Europe. We appeal to any man of observation and unbiassed partialities, for tho critical correctness of his statement*. He observes: “In all countries and in nil times a great i majority of tin human race is condemned to live by manual labor, and I have no doubt, that this portion of society is happier and mefe useful in a state ol slavery than other wise. Compare the condition of our negroes well clad, w ell fed, with no care for to-mor ro<v, no anxiety about they families - compare it, Ido not say with the degraded race of free negroes and mulattoes pressed down with the burdens of freedom wtthout its advantages, but with the white operatives of Europe, working twice or thrice a much, and they and their families alu ays on the eve of dying with hunger. Ido not hesitate to say that our ne groes are happier, not only than the workers of the manufacturing towns of England, but even than the peasantry generally throughout Europe. Do you reply to me that the idea alone of liberty counterbalances the privations and inquietudes to which this same liberty gives birth ? I will answer you that this is true for you and me ; but a certain degree of education, and a certain energy of moral life, are indispensable to the enjoyment of the no ble idea of liberty. Take an Austrian,Hun garian or Bohemian peasant, transport him to America, and tell him that he is free. The first Sunday we will find no one to waltz with him; he will curse the country, her lib erty and her elections, and will prefer to re turn to his Schatz, his Vervalter, his Wirth- Haus and his Roborth. On the other hand, the idea of an obligation to recognize a supe rior, would render one of our squatters wretch ed if you carried him to Europe, even if you gave him every advantage imaginable. They, who by destroying the feudal system in Aus tra, supposed they were ameliorating the con dition of the peasant, deceived themselves egregiously if they did not begin by enlight ening him. This change of condition would be necessary to him, for he could not live happy and feel hia moral degradation. This is pretty much the case with the free negroes and mulattoes in some parts of the United States. But our slaves are happy, and do not desire any change. Whatever is said to the contrary, the negro is indisputably of an in ferior race of men to the white, and appar ently incapable of the same intellectual en joyment. Why have they remained savages from the beginning of the world to the pres sent day ? Why do they relapse into sav ageism as soon as they are left to themselves, as has taken place at this very moment in Ilayti? Their happiness is limited to the hap piness of the animal, and that they enjoy more freely as slaves than they would as free men or savages. This picture, doubtless, docs not not agree with that painted by Mr. Wilberforce and his saints. What! you will exclaim, can a negro be happy underthe lash of a driver, constantly liable to sec himself sep arated from his family, or to witness their dis honour through the libertinism of a master or overseer? All this is pathos misplaced. I hire a white workman ; he breaks open the door of my store-house, robs me, is discovered and condemned to work on the public high way, by which he is disgraced for life, and loses the little morality and honesty which re mained ; his misery is perhaps aggravated by that of* his family to whose support his labour was necessary. Let one of my negroes do as much ; he is whipped, and mends his manners. Corporeal pain once over he perceives no oth er bad consequence, and his innocent chil dren are not punished for the fault of their la ther. Whatever may be said, cruel punish ments are not practised, for they would be contrary to the interest of the master. If a workman whom I hire does not work, I send him away ; but I cannot do this with my ne groes, ami lam obliged to make them work by corporeal punishment. In large planta tions, where several hundred negroes are col lected, discipline and police rules, more or less rigorous, are necessary, or every thing would soon be destroyed or stolen. As to their separation from their families, it is first necessary that they should have one. Gener ally they attach themselves to one wife and re tain her; but they are exceedingly prone to change ; they who are religious get married, it is true, at church; but as often as they change their wives they do so again; and I have known them receive the sacrament a dozen times, and have as many wives living, inch of whom has as many husbands. Al though their masters try to encourage mar riage by allowing a great many little advanta ges to the contracting parties; it is rare that a negro marries on the plantation where he lives; he loves better to go among his neighbors. “A well regulated plantation is, in fact, a very interesting spoctacle ; every thing pros pers there, and goes on in perfect order*— Each negro has a house; in general they arc placed in a regular order ;he has his poultry and his pigs; he raises vegetables which lie sells. At sun-rise the sound of a horn calls him to his work; cacli has his task proportion ed to his strength an 1 his skill. Commonly this task is finished by three or four o’clock in the afternoon ; at noon the work is broken oil by dinner, the task done, no further service is required of him; he cultivates his garden, or hires himself to his master for extra work, or visits his wife or mistress on the neighbor ing plantation. On Sunday morning he puts on his best clothes and goes to the barn to re ceive his weekly rations; lie passes the day as he pleases, often in dancing. The driver has only to give them their tasks in the morning, and see that they are finished in the evening. The master takes a ride on horseback over the fields and give 9 his general orders; all this is regulated like a regiment; and I have seen six months glide away withont having even to scold. Nevertheless, from time to time quarrels and thefts arc to ho punished.” We shall continue our extracts. 'rtie Governor has issued his Proclamation, of fering a reward of S2OO for the apprehension of Joseph Bellovho recently escaped from the Jail of Mclntosh county, where he had been confined on a charge of murdering Matthew Sapp. Miseries of a Rich Man —Who is dogged in the streets and knocked down at midnight ? The Rich man’s. Whose house is broken into at midnight 7 The Rich man’s. Who has his pockets cut out, and his coat spoiled in a crowd ? The rich man ? Who is in doubt whether the people are laughing at him in their sleeves when they are eating his din ner ? The rich man. Who adds to his trou ble by every story which he adds to his house ? The rich man—for the higlier he ascends tho colder is the atmosphere. A bank breaks, and who suffers ? The rich stockholder and depositor. War blows his lntrn, and who trembles ? Death approaches, and who fears to look Him in the face 1 Why the rich man, and yet all the world envies the rich. De-' pend upon it, the length of your face will al ways be proportioned to the length of your purse. If you live in a two story house, be thankful, and not covet the loftier•. mansion of your neighbor. You but dishonor yourself, and insult your destiny, by fruiting aud re pining.—Boston Courier. Tor the Macon Advertiser. Not long since there was manifested a strong disposition by certain politicians, no doubt to further their own party views, to bring forward the Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, as a candidate for the Executive office of Geor gia. For reasons satisfactory to the people, lie declined the relinquishment of his present station, for the gratification of such views.— It is understood that he has again and again declared his wish to remain in Congress. But it has been whispered, that the recently partly self-created Trustees of Franklin Col lege, at their late meeting at Athens, nomi nated him as a Clark candidate for the Exe cutive Chair, and told him in language not to be misunderstood, that, unless he consented, he would be ABAftDONDED by them and their perty —that, he finally did consent, but for a certain reason it was resolved, that THAT fact should hot- be announced at that time and place. We, the people, rely upon the knowing one’s, (the Editor's,) who set up to enlighten us, for information. Some of your brethren, <Vho extolled Mr. Lumpkin’s to the skies, for the disinterested patriotism evinced by his declining the farmer call, have some itching to have him now the tool of their party. There is some apprehension that there was a certain assemblage of the new Trus tees, which formed a body known by a very hard, (and to some heretofore) terrific name. Wc know there was a KING, and some ap prehend there was a CAUCUS* And to avoid the talismanic effect of the presence of His Majesty, Kinc Caucus, upon the popu larity of their measures, the announcement of the result of their decrees, was postponed to a more politic time ami place. Ido not pre tend that such is the fact. Indeed, Fhad rather it should turn out that Mr. Lumpkin, acting upon principle, adhered to his deter* urination as expressed in his published letter, for which he was justly applauded by botli parties. But,* Mr. Editor, pu lie curiosity is on tip-toe, and wc look to the Press for in formation. Far the Macon Advertiser , - Mr. Slade, 5 In your paper flf the 29th April is a piece which you have headed Ecclesiastica I Poli tics : and which seems to have been originally published in a Rahway, New Jersey Paper. Jam not surprised that men are to be found in Ncw-Jersy—nor should I be surprised if men were to be found in Georgia, so desti tute of benevolent feelings as to render them capable of such a production. lam not sur prised, sir, that men are to be found ready to embrace the sentiment that if the people of the Valley of the Mississippi prefer being Roman Catholics,it is notour business to in terfere. The sentiment that if they (or any other people) prefer being Infidels, it is not our business or our. province to interfere— that if they prefer being Savages, it is not our business to interfere. For by parity of reas oning the writer might as well say one of them as the other. But lam surprised, sir, that you should have given your sanction to such sentiments by giving them publication. If tho column in your paper that contained the article had been cut out and handed to me for perusal, with a statement of the fact from whence the slip was taken, I should have re pelled the charge as a slanderous attempt to saddle you with Infidelity. But finding it in the “Intelligencer” with your own proper name attached to it, 1 was obliged to acknow ledge it as a piece of your own selection* 1 think, sir, that you cannot be ignorant of the fact that all the Sabbath Schools in the Uni ted States, in connexion with the American School Union, (which alone is making the ef fort to supply the Valley of the Mississippi) are conducted upon a plan, and with the sole view, to give light to the minds of the rising generation without in the least biasing their minds in favor of, or against, any of the Ortho dox Denominations. If so, I cannot see how you can justify yourself in giving pub.icity to the slang of every anti-religious Writer who chooses to scribble Iris opinions aud his false hoods against Sunday Schools, and Bible,Mis sionary, and Tract Scieties. If you have better reasons for doing so than I am aware of, I shall be glad to see them. Yours Respectfully* M. ROBERTSON. Rank of ( lintßslioorlisv. I N pursuance of the Charter, Books ofSubserip . tion for 200 Shares of the Stock of the Farm er's Bank of C'nattahoochie, will be opened in this place, at the Court-House, on the first Monday in June, at 10 o’clock, A. M. J. T. LAMAR, A J. r. ROWLAND, CCom’rs. J. S. CHILDERS, S Macon, May 13, 183*. £MM i'KI.WIAG Of every dencrijtHon, <A/ Me -AM^r/ijcr The Eagle Phatnix Hotel has its third sto ry ready for the roof. The erection of this gigantic building lias been delayed from the difficulty of getting brick.* We perceive preparations are making nearly opposite the Hotel to build three brick Stores. Those old Rookeries just below Sibley As Morrison's corner are about being pulled down by Robt. A. Reid, Esq. to make room for more credit able dwellings. There will not be the same building going on this summer that there was the last; tho’ some good houses will be erect ed. Directly adjoining the Eagle and Phoe nix on the West, Mr. George R. Rountree is building a brick Store and Dwelling* John P. King, Esq. is completing a handsome house adjoining the large brick building of Mrs. Gordon, so long occupied by Mr. Car ter as a Drug Store ; and on the Northeast corner of Broad and Center Streets, Mr. Hale is building two large Stores out of the Stone, &c. that composed the old Jail. Mr. Grei ner, also, below the market and nearly oppo site the beautiful house of Col. Gould, erect ed last year, is huiiding ail elegant private dwelling on the former site of Dr. Barney’s house. Besides, Messrs. Musgrove Ai Bus tin on their old site are building an exten sive Fire-Proof Ware-House and Stores.—- We understand also, that Mr. Campbell will build tfiia summer, for Messrs. Slaughter Labuzan, where they are at present situated, an xtensiv - Fire-Proof Ware House, in this city, not excelled for thedurabilitv,cxtent and safety by any in the Union.—-Auu. Corn. “ Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights.* COTTON.—We still quote as our last, 3 to 8; though selections of prime will command BJ. From Liverpool we have no later accounts than Ist April. The Savannah and Charleston markets remain as quoted in our last. Our river is yet low, though beatable with light craft. Freights are, nominally, $2 25, to $2 75. Pori of Tlat*on. _____ Boat. Planter, P. R. Young & Sons, owners, from Darien, with full cargo of merchandize to sundries. William Penn, Mr. Blair of Twiggs, owner, full cargo salt to B. N. Griffin. DEPARTED, Boat Stranger, Day& Butts, owners—soo bags Planter, P. R. Young & Sons, owners—4oo bags cotton. iFj&taiaa <swiiuiaisrJb FOR MAY 18 1831. ARTICLES. | | PRICES. Axes,.. eaeh $1 25 2 50 Bacon, .* lb. 8 @ 9 Beeswax, lb. £0 Butter lb. IBj 20 Candles, Georgia.... lb. 15 @ 17 “ Sperm, lb. 80 35 Castings lb. 7 Coffee....* lb. 15 lfi Corn Meal. bush 75 87J Cotton, lb. 5 @ 8 Cotton Bagging yard Nominal. Domestics, Shirtings yard 8 10 “ Shirtings, bleach’d yard 9 ® 13 “ Sheeting, j brown, yard 10 (ttj IS j Fish, Maekarcl, No l, bbl. 10 00 “ “ 3, bbl. 9 00 “ “ 3, bbl. 7 00 Flour, Northern, bbl. 10 00 “ Domestic, bbl. 700 Fruit, Raisins, bunch, box 4 00 @ 4 30 “ “ Muscatel box 3 50 “ Lemons, hun. 400 “ Prunes, * lb. Scarce. “ A1m0nd5....... lb. 15 @ 20 “ Figs lb. 15 @ 20 Fodder..... hun. 100 @1 25 Grain, Wheat bush 1 UK) “ Corn '. bush 62$ (gj 75 “ Oats bush 50 “ Rye, bush Nominal. “ Beans-.... .. bush None. “ Peas, bush 1 0(5 Glass, Windowßxlo 50 ft 450 *- “ 10x12 50 ft 500 “ l2xlB 50 ft 800 Gunpowder ....... * keg 750 I Hides lb. None Iron, Swedes lb. 5J “ Square lb. 6J “ Sheet lb. 11 “ Hoop lb. 11 Lead, Bar, lb. 8 Lard lb. 9 ® 10 Lime, Thomaston,. ••• cask None. “ Rock,.. cask 400 Slack cask 250 Lumber, Plank, yM 12 00 •* Scantling.. t> M 12 00 ** Timbers... sq ft 3 “ Shingles... M 200 Molasses, gal 40 @ 50 Oils, Linseed...... gal 125 @1 37J “ Sperm, ... v. * gal 1 12V 125 Osnaburgs, yard 10 Paints, Red Lead... lb 20 25 “ White Lead . keg 350@4 00 •* Olive lb 8 @ 15 “ Litharge ib 21) © 25 . “ Whiting, ... lb GJ 10 Potatoes, Irish, .•... bush 75 “ Sweet,.. . bush 60 Pork, ........... bbl 15 00 @IG 00 Plaister Pari3, .. . . ton 12 00 Paper, Letter ream 350 @6 “ Foolscap.... ream 200 @,5 Rice*.... hun. Scarce. Salt, Liverpool,.... bush 100 Salt Petre . * lb 15 @ 25 Spanish Sugars, .... P M 20 00 Shot, keg 200 a 225 Spices, Cassia, lb 37 “ Ginger,.... lb 15 “ Pepper,.... lb 22 “ Pimento.... lb 28 Spirits, Brandy Cog. gal 175 @2 95 “ “ Apple . gal 47 5O “ Peach. gal 90 100 “ Rum, St. Croix gal 150 © 1 G2j “ “ Jamaica. gal 175 “ N. E. . . gal 55 “ Gin, Holland... gal 140 @I 50 “ “ Country, . gal 55 “ Whiskey gal 50 “ Cordials,....* hot 75 Steel, German,.... Ib “ American.... lb 12J SuGAfts, St. Croft,. . lb 10 (qb 13 “ New Orleans, . lb 9 11 L0af.....*.. lb 20 a 25 “ Lump........ lb 18 Tallow lb 8 Trace Chains, ..... pair G2i @ 1 00 Tobacco, lb 1G u 25 Tea lb. 2 00 W i nes, Madeira,.... gal 400 (3J, 500 “ Tcneriflb,. .. gal 175 a2 50 “ Malaga,.,.. gal 75 a 87£ “ Port ...... gal 2GO “ Georgia, .. . gal 2 i>o Weeding Uoes, .. . . each s7j a 50 lly thin morning •tletif. “ We come, we *ve hasten'd.” BANK STATE OF GEORGIA.—On the 2d instant the following gentlemen were re* elected Directors of this institution, for the ensuing year, on the part of the Stockholder*. John Stevens, Frederick Dcnsler , Thomas Butler, William Taylor, Joseph Jackson. Joseph B. Herbert. And the following gentlemen were clecte*i by the Legislature at the last session, Direc tors on the part of the State i W. 11. Bulloch. Mordccai Myers, Ceorgc Schley , A. B. Fannin. The resignation of Mr. Berrieh, Attorney General of the U. States, is spoken of in tho newspapers as an event which has actually ta ken place, and two or three persons arc nani* ed as likely to succeed him. We hope he has not resigned, or if he has, that his resignation will not be accepted, unless he should partic ularly desire it. To find an individual pos sessing his legal acquirements, industry, and fitness, in every respect, for the important station he fills, would not be an easy matter* As it is understood that the Attorney Gener al has kept aloof from the bickerings in which some of the members of the Cabinet, were en gaged, we arc at a loss to discover the reason if any there be, why he should retire from of fice—or how the public interest could be pro moted by a change. Wc shall therefore be slow to believe, until conclusive evidence to the contfary shall appear, that Mr. Berrien will not continue to fill the office of Attorney General.— Mill. Recorder . . The Creek Indians in Alabama, near the borders of this State, arc represented to us by a gentleman from their neighborhood, as be ing in a most pitiable state, little short of star vat ion. They made scarcely any corn last year, and have no better prospects of a crop for the present one. They derive a misera ble and precarious subsistence from eating wild roots, the inner bark of trees, and steal ing cattle and hogs from the white settlers on tiie frontier. Many of these people declare they had enlisted to emigrate wesfwartliy, and therefore made no provision forthe future, re lying on the promise of the government to have them removed at tho public expense, and subsisted at their new homes until they could make a crop. Relief should be afford ed to these people by Government, if by a change of its policy, in determining not t% send away any more emigrants nntil the whole tribe should consent to remove, their present distress has been producod or aggra vated ; and this we have reason to believe is flic fact. It is impossible for a small rem nant to coefce the balance of the tribe, and if the faith of the government has been irt any way pledged to these people, of should they have been misled by its acts, common humanity, if not strict justice, would plead in their behalf.— lb. The Clerks in the War Department have ad dressed the following letter to Mr. EaTon on his resignation: , Detartment o‘t War, ) April 20 1881. < Dear Sm: with emotions of unfeigned re grot, we have learned that you are about to retire from this Department. The relation we have sustained to each other, will tlierio* e soon be dissolved. Permit us (in v iew of this anticipated sep* aration) to say, that your uniform acts of kind ness*your bland and courteous deportment, in all our intercourse with you, both private and official, have made a deep impression upon our hearts, and that, in your retirement from the onerous and important duties you have been called upon to discharge, as the head of this Department, you will carry with you our best wishes for your present and eternal hap piness. An advertisement has appealed in this, and in most of the newspapers in South-Carolina and Georgia, for some weeks past, hearing tho enticing caption, “ Monev ! Money !! Money !!!” and having the nethermost end thereof bedraggled with Geo. W. Everett, of 33, Philadelphia. To the original adver tisement, by which so many of us have been duped, was attached a request that the news papers in South-Carolina aud Georgia, would publish the same for one month, and forward their accounts. Needing the precious metals orthoir ragged representatives, more than wo loy e, value, or honor either, we ac.oOrdingly dif] ‘ forward’ our * account’ to a friend in Philadelphia, asking of him the favor to pre sent and collect it. It now becomes a duty to put our friends and the public on their guard by advertising this advertiser of money, as a pretty particular villain and * pickled rascal.’ Read what follows from the r< ply of the gentleman to whom we sent our bill top collection, and say if it is not even so. * “ The only remuneration I can promise you, is, the pleasure of advertising said man as a miscre ant and impostor. He is not tobefonnd, and this is the endorsing which your bill must re ceive, non e.st inventus. On calling at the place 1 learned that about twenty bills from disappoint ed editors had been sent in, and met the same fate. You have then-fore the comfort which arises fumr oompauy in affliction.” IluricvJt .idvcrt . es The Cameleon. —A paper his been issue i at Chnrlottsvillc, Ya. bearing the above tith , edited by a Committee of the Students of tho Virginia University at that place, fr is said to display much spirit anti talent, as a paper printed at such a place and with such editors could liardly fail to do. We wish such a tiring could be done at our University ; for there are few better modts of improving tho mind of a young man pursuing fiterary stu dies, than the opportunity of writing,to w hich the establishment of s ich a paper, at a such a place, would lie a constant excitement. The great match race for SIO,OOO, be. twocn (Ldiah and “'I he Bonnets of Blue.” took place ou the : #oth May, at 1 o'clock P.M.