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dicing agency, it i enough for us to
M CC with cordiality the sentiment oi our
f religion, that he is a mercilul man who ‘
f \. rs the condition of his fellow man hap
f V, l ia that in w. ich Providence has placed
4 * \Ve rest upon this principle, we en
to act upon it, and whenever the proofs
U ‘ 1 ' l c-ineeritv are required, we will coin
faro the conditL of our sla* with that of
he laboring class of any country under Hea
ven. our ov. n not excepted.
But vve are told with all the sanctity of pie
... hallowed voice, that the thunders of Hea
' . - wrath will fall upon s, if our benevo
lence be extended no farther than the com-
Portable subsistence of our slaves; we must
smd them to Africa, and then, (hear it, ye
;.; aveß who have tasted the sweets oi African
t-ondasje) ‘-What a shout in heaven, when the
1 ■ t surly slave owner shall smile like a hit•
,,j hpl'tT upon ins fellow city , and sha! Is a y
iofumover whose bodies he had fastened
chains alone laight break—say to
them go to<your land in peace and take this
the hire of your sad labors with you ! ! !” A
beautiful Picture indeed, tlie splendid phan
tuuof the Genius of Liberty, Africa describ
ed as ttfc’land of freedom, the happy clime
w r rc the finer feelings of the emancipated
slave tlinl l with joy, and his precious
liberty he no longer jeopardized by cruel des
pot j' Are there indeed no “surly slave own
*r,s nfAirica! No chains of bondage, no tra
tic of human beings in that blessed land of
freedom ? We appeal to the more wretched
slaves recently brought to the Indies, nay, we
would bring our appeal nearer home—we
would ask some of the votaries of Coliniza
tioryat what price and from whom did they
purchase the slaves which were sold to our fa
thers'? We would respectfully ask them, we
would respectfully ask Mr. Maffitt, if in that
happy country only, the smile of a human be
ing does indeed cheer the heart of his fellow
clay ? For ourselves, we can devise but a sol
itary excuse for his reckless declamation.—
A stranger in the iandmf slavery—arj emigrant
from Ireland, where the peasantry pine in oil
the penury of human wretchedness—a resi
dent of the North, where freemen are doomed
to brook the frowns and oft times the curses
of their masters, and a routine of drudgery to
which our most at>jecf slaves are utter stran
gers, he has been borne on the pinions of his
fancy quite above the elements of honest con
trast. The possibility of a slave owner cher
ishing the feelings of philanthropy could not
be conceived, and for such a monster to smile
upon his poor slave, to converse with him as a
being who has a soul, to counsel him as a son,
to treat him as a member of the family of his
master, these facts were quite beneath the
compass of his pious flight—at least, they
could form but a meagre figure for the bril-
liancyofhis glorious anniversary. Had he
been with us in the happier days of our pil
grimage, was he even now in the fields which
have recently been opened to our Missionary
labourers, we would show him such a picture
as would meet the flights of his fancy, in all
its holiest enthusiasm. We would point him
to his “ surly slave owner," and not only smi
ling like a human being upon the poor victim
of his avarice, but nowed at the same altar and
supplicating Heaven’s mercies in his behalf.
He should hear those poor objects of his bow
els tenderest compassion, ascribing praise &.
glory to God for the dispensation of his Prov
idence which brought them from the country,
whither he would have them return. Ife
should see hundreds and thousands of them
engaged in the holy exercise of religion, and
their masters seeking the means of adding to
their spiritual enjoyments. Would he put a
stop to this blessed work of grace? Would he
close the doors which have just been opened
lor the preaching of the Gospel to these long
neglected members of the human family? In
the name and in the character of a Methodist
Minister, would he bid those who are still in
darkness, believe, that such blessings await
them only in Alrica?—that the Minister who
would tell them of the poorer class of free
men in other countries and bid them learn
what “godliness with contentment ” means, is
an object unworthy of their confidence, that
Heaven’s curse rests upon his head, because
ue too is called “master ?” When the man of
God is directing their thoughts to those passa
gesol Holy V\ rit, which relate to their moral
obligations to their owners, when he bids them
learn that the servant who knoweth his mas
ter s will and doth it not, “shall be beaten
v :th many stripes,” that God indeed is angry
uith such servants, and their masters do no
more offend him by punishing them for their
transgressions, than for inflicting the like
punishment on their children—would he say
to them, believe him not, it is but a figurative
speech, without reference to the duties of ser
vants ! —lf this be the fact, prove it. When
indeed, was the blessed Saviour of men so
unwise as to employ unmeaning, idle phrases,
to enforce the most solemn and sacred obli
gations ?—\\ bile all the moral energies of
tue Missionary’s soul are exerted in promo
ting the happiness of that people, when he
bids them murmur not at the dispensation of
rov idence to their race, that bondage at least
rom the days of Moses lias been entailed up
on them and their posterity for merciful pur
poses—while he draws the comparison of their
■ ondition with that of millions pining in want
md bids them remember the injunction of
tae apostle, ‘■‘Let as many servants as arc tin
ier the yoke count their own masters worthy of
■'ll honor, that the name of God and his doc
'cine be not blasphemed ” by acts of disobedi
"nee and rebellion—must he be told that
such sentiments are in direct opposition to
"the genius and spirit of piety,” that the
, to which the apostle refers, has no re
•■renec whatever to the bondage of slaves,
Ito the condition of hired servants? We
' lor the proof of such declarations. Wc
, what is the nature and measure of that
'be" 1 which rests upon the neck of freemen?
1 why if this passage has no reference to
condition of the slave is suoh a distinction
e in the original words which are transla-
Ma’tcr, in this verse, in Luke xii. and 47
r’ lers-—the former Dc.tj>ofaft , riieaning
lly a 1 Jesuit, the latter Kuriox'—n. Lord,
And in what strange -Yoke of
cipatcd bondage was Oncsii'nus bound,
i it was meet for the great apostle of the
tiles to employ the -best feeding of his
ip. appeasing tbe of I’hilcmon his
*U_ S^^ ** AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENT^#?
enough for us to Master, from whose „ — — ‘ Xit 1 IJIiUIUIka
Master, from wiioscservice he had wickedlv
absconded r
We have no objections to Colinization So
cieties nor to anniversary speeches on the
great and benevolent objects they embrace
but we object most cordially to the w retched
caricatures whick they exhibit to the public
We cannot forget that the meetings which
gave birth to cue of the darkest plots cf mur
der that ever was devised, were opened an ,j
closed with prayer to the Almighty God. The
citizens of Camden, S. C. well remember it
and they will bear testimony to the fact that
such philippics and essays as we have now be
fore us, were the chief instruments which ef
fected the destruction of those poor d< luded
s-ouls who were suspended on the gallows.—
1 hey had cherished the thought that their’s
was the cruel bondage of the ancient people
ot God, and the same omnipotent asm would
miraculously deliver them, though their hands
should be stained with the blood of the inno
cent. Such sentiments, sustained by the au
thority- oi Heaven’s Ministers of Peace, have
exerted a baneful influence on their minds,
and kept them from the means ol‘better in
struction. 1 liousands ol them have long
been deprived of the privileges of the Gospel,
and now that a great and effectual door iso
pened for their present and future happiness,
shall it be closed by the holy hand of Priest
hood ! God forbid it—We hail the present era
as the happiest inall the history of Methodism.
It reflects honor and benevolence on those
who have greeted our Missionaries at the
doors of their negro houses, and promises
Heaven’s mercies on masters and slaves.—
May the blessed work advance in the name &
strength of the God of mercy.
jamahs?,
Tuesday, June .5, 1831.
Ur. Ambrose Haber,
We are authorised to say, is a candidate to repre
sent this County in the Senatorial branch of the
next Legislature ; and we are also authorised to
announce
Tarpley Holt, Esq.
For the Representative branch, at the ensuing e
lection.
We are also requested to inform the public, that
Solomon Ciroro, Esq.
A candidate for the Representative branch in our
next Legislature.
SLAVERY.
We recommend to our readers the article on
“ Slavery.” It is from the Christian Repertory
of this place—and does honor to the head as well
as heart, of the pious and enlightened editor.
RAIL KOAI>S.
A writer in the Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer,
commenting upon the utility of Rail Roads, makes
the following assertions:
“The discoveries of the Cape of Good Hope,
of the Mariner’s Compass, or of Steam, will
not in their results equal the Rail Road Sys
tem. In the Southern States, where every
town has been placed on asickly site, because
near to a stream, this system will remove
them, and the distance to great ports being
lessened, will tend to the absorption of lesser
harbours and the removal of the upper tow ns
to healthy and plentiful spots. The moun
tains will be brought near to the sea board,
and the coastingtrade will vanish.”
The time is not distant, when the States which
have neglected to patronise this system of internal
improvement, will sensibly feel the injury they
have inflicted upon themselves. There are, it is
true, some of our intelligent capitalists, sufficient
ly alive to the importance of this subject—hut, it
seems that there are but few to be found, enter
taining corresponding views. The object appears
to them of too much magnitude ; and their fears
for a successful result, deters them from embark
ing in the enterprise, notwithstanding they have
before them the most indubitable evidences of its
great advantages. \\ hat has already been the
consequence of this temporising and procrastina
ting policy ? Why, that much of our capital,
which ought to be employed at home, is sent a
broad to sustain similar establishments. The pro
fits arisng from investments in Rail Road stock,
have already attracted the attention of several of
our discriminating capitalists, Zf drawn from the
South large sums of money, which should have
gone to the encouragement of our own resources.
How long shall vve continue in this “penny-wise
and pound foolish” appropriation of our funds 1
COTTON.
The merchants of Augusta say —that “ in con
sequence of the great loss in weight of Cotton
they are subject to, at this season of the year, by
purchasing Cotton at the original weight, which
was weighed during the autumn and winter,”
they are determined not to purchase hereafter,
“ directly or indirectly, any Cotton which was
stored previous to the Ist of May, without having
the same re-weighed and marked.”
This is a judicious regulation. The weight of
new Cotton never holds out. It arises, probably’,
from the evaporation of the oil which is imparted
to the down by the seed. We have heard of an
instance of a bale of cotton that had lain in a ware
house some four or five years, which lost, upon a
re-weigh, between thirty and forty pounds.
POKKIGN.
The extracts which we make from to-day’s
mail, although they do not contain any addition
al information of the belligerent movements of
Russia and Poland, are, notwithstanding of a
highly interesting character.
Poland’s chivalry (wc do not use the word in a
Quixotic sense) bus attracted the admiration of
Europe. It is said, and the course of events seem
tojustify the statement, that “ the powers who were
parties to the treaty of Vienna , will not perm t Rus
sia to incorporate Poland with her own dominions .”
Laus Deo !
Campbell’s patriotic lament, that
“Hope, for a season, hade the world farewell,
“ And Freedom shriek'd as Koskiusko fell!” —
may now be changed for a more inspiriting ex
clamation :
’“Hope for a season” mounts on eagle wings,
An 1 hail, 1 hail! she proudly sings.
Education*
It gratifies us to present our readers with the
’oliowing letter from our townsman, Mr. F. D.
Cumming, addressed to the Principal of the Fe
male Institute, near Milledgeville:
Macon, Geo, June 1,1831.
Rev. tin. Brown. Principal of the Female Institute
Scuttslorough.
Fb-AR Six—l was much gratified to see a pow
erlui reinforcement of the plan of a Convention of
Teachers ot Georgia, in a communication from
your pen, in the Georgia Journal, which has since
been republished in other papers, with a full ap
probation ol the measure. I believe it meets, or
w.il meet, the cordial concurrence of the public
at large.
As t,o the best, simplest, and most practicable
mode of constituting the convention, you and oth
ers will find my suggestions in a communication
in the Macon Telegraph, dated 11th Deccember
ult. The one there pointed out, is based on a
principle dear to the American people, both in
Church and State. The principle of elective rep
lesentation &, enters into the conduct of all our
public concerns; and which, with duedeferwice
I deem better than that proposed bv yourself, viz.
by private correspondence of teachers with the
Rev’d Mr. Reman, or myself.
In my communication of that date and paper, 1
proposed that the teachers of every county in the
Seite, should attend on the day of the next gene
ral election, at the respective court-houses, and in
the usual way, vote for one or two, as their rep.
resentatives, and a certificate from the presiding
officers of the election, would entitle the elect to
a seat in the Convention.
In addition to this I specified a number of ob
jects for its consideration, and by it, to be carried
into effect; for a knowledge of which, permit me
to refer you, and others interested, to the same
article.
After saying this much to you, it, is not my in
tention to add any thing more, in a public way on
the subject.
1 hare the honour to he Sir, with due res
pect, your ob’t and humble Servant.
F. U. CUMMINS.
That there exists a great necessity for such an
organization of our common Schools, as may ren
der them more subservient than they now are, to
the great purposes of Education, is, we believe,
at last, generally recognized as a well established
fact. Admitting this, which all of us must do, it
would then appear that the adoption of some sys
tem calculated to bring about a reformation in our
Rudimental Schools, is alt that is now wanting
for the successful prosecution of the end and aim
of Education. To effect this, we must, in the
first, instance, adopt some measure to bring about
concert of action— and no plan yet suggested, is so
applicable to the purpose as the one proposed by
Mr. Cummins. His repreeentative plan of a Con
vention is not only in full harmony with our poli
tical institutions, but it is also in accordance with
the aspirations of genius, and the dignity of let
ters—because, like patriotism, they require an un
restricted representation. They should be as close
ly and firmly united as the Siamese twins. Per
sonal liberty would not be as useful, or as attrac
tive as mental liberty, if the one could be consi
dered apart from the other—forthe shackles which
are put upon the mind weigh heavier than those
which arc placed upon the body. Such reflections
induce us to the belief, that the project of Mr. C.
is the best that could be suggested, and it is one
which we hope may be adopted; even if it did not
come, as it does come addressed to us, from a man
of genius and erudition.
There was a Convention held at Utica, New
\ ork, in January last, for the purpose of accom
plishing an object similar to the one which the li
terary patriotism of Mr. Cummins has elicited.
As it details in a very particular and critical man
ner, the causes which lead to the loose and unre
flecting courses which mark our elementary
schools, we think we may subserve the good
cause by presenting our readers with the following
extracts, from the Introductory address of the
Convention,
It says—
“The grand sources of deficiency in educa
tion by common schools, in the opinion of the
Convention, are these: ’
The poverty of qualification in the teach
ers, with their frequent change.
The short space in the year during which
the schools are generally taught.
The great aumbers of scholars, with a va
riety of studies nssigned to one teacher.
The absence of mental cultivation.
The deficiency of qualified teachers arises
not so much from the dearth of persons ca
pable of instructing in common schools, as
from the inadequacy of the pittance afforded
them by the parents of their pupils. Not
withstanding the very liberal provisions of the
state, it is lamentably true, that few branches
of industrious pursuit are so badly rewarded
as the honorable employment of instructing
our youth; and that teacher is most eagerly
sought after who will teach at the cheapest
rate —not in the most successful manner.
The poor advantages still remaining are
rendered still poorer by the great number of
scholars imposed upon the same teacher, and
the brevity of theTcrm allotted to their en
joyment, many ol the schools being closed six
and even nine months in the year. The same
miserable and mistaken economy prevents the
construction of school houses upon proper mo
dels, and the provisions of suitable books and
other apparatus of instruction.
Tiie wisdom of our legislators, indeed,
foresaw some of these evils, and interposed
what they intended as checks, in the institu
tion of Inspectors of common schools and
Trustees of school districts. These officers
being elective, it was naturally supposed that
parents would use their suffrages to secure
the welfare of their children. Experience
has too plainly demonstrated the mistake.—
It is unfortunately true, that our citizens will
contend for the lowest offices of power ande
inolumcnt, while those which affect the intel
ligence ol their children and the basis of fix
ture liberty, receive but little regard. Even
should either of the offices he filled by one
earnestly desirous of securing knowledge for
the children of his constituents, he is baffled
by determined opposition, or removed to make
way for one who will estimate pence above
wisdom. lienee, those whose duty’it is to in
quire info the qualifications of the teachers
themselves; and the future controllers of tin
state are left to gather their scanty instruc
tion from the illiterate wanderers whom ne
cessity has driven to an employment rendered
disreputable ad degrading by the neglect ol
those whom every argument should exhort to
its honor aud reward.”
“ Few branches of industrious pursuit are so
badly rewardrd as the honorable employment of
instructing our youth.” This is a truth which
must strike the most careless observer. We have
long reflected upon it, with painful sensations—
because it is degrading to the literary character
of our sta‘e. The Convention but incidentally
alludes to it—but it is one which should arrest our
serious consideration. Parents are too much in
the habit of patronising Teachers who w ill do the
work of education for their children at the cheapest
rate. This introduces literary empiricism and
gives a warrant to every clod-hopping pedagogue
to set up a school, if he can only spell B-A-K-E-R,
without miss ng a letter, or pronounce “ tripping
ly on the tongue,” Chro-non-ho-ton-thol-o-gos,
alter the tenth trial. This rage for cheap teach
ers, is not only injurious and mortifying to many
a sound scholar, but it is really detrimental to the
best interests of society. We do most conscien
tiously believe, that if we couhl apportion to dif
ferent causes the quantity of moral depravity
which they create, we might put down to the credit
of this one , at Fast one-fourth of the whole amount,
W e feel an animated interest in this subject,
and would pursue it farther—but, at the present,
our limits will not permit us. We cannot how
ever refrain fromclosiag this article with the elo
quent and energetic peroration of the Utica Ad
dress. It says:
“The Convention earnestly implore their
fellow-citizens to exert themselves in a cause
so sacred, the cause of their children and their
country, the cause ot education. Fears are
no longer idle, or remonstrances unnecessa
ry. That common education is deplorably
neglected, is no longer a matter of rational
doubt. They, therefore, implore their Le
gislators to interpose their wisdom and au
thority. They call upon the rich to pity and
relieve the intellectual wants of the poor, else
the tenure of property will be weak before the
illiterate herd of necessitous men. They call
upon the poor to exert themselves for the ed
ucation of their children, else they will be for
ced to bear the yoke and burdens of those
whose knowledge is power. They call upon
the philanthropist and political economist, to
assist in dissipating that darkness in which
pauperism and crime are ever bred. They
call upon the patriot to repair and establish
the foundations of our national security, even
the virtue aud intelligence of the many. Per
mit ignorance to overshadow the land, the
people to remain untaught in the nature of
their institutions, and our hopes of freedom
will fade like a beautiful but baseless vision!
The people will bow at the nod of the aspir
ing and insidious demagogue; the fair por
tions ot our Union become the stake of the
j gambler, or the prize of the gladiator, and the
fear of the dying patriot be ours: That even
we may survive the liberties of our country.”
mr. ingham’s letter.
This is anothor triumphant vindication of the
purity of Andrew Jackson’s principles. His re
nown as a great military chieftain, and his claims
to the character of a distinguished patriot, none
will dispute—none dare dispute. But this it not
all. He displays the skill of the politician, with
out any of his intrigue—and bailies and prostrates
his adversaries by his good sense, and the moral
weight of his patriotism. We are not given to
adulation :
“We would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Nor Jove for his power to thunder”—
But we will do justice to civic virtue wherever
we see it so conspicuously displayed—so pure,
and so free from the alloy of all selfish conside
rations. Andrew Jackson more strongly resem
bles the picture which Shakspeare drew of Hen
ry V. than did Henry himself:
♦‘Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs,
You would say, it hath been all-in-all his study;
List his discourse of war, and you shall hear
A fearful battle rendered you in music :
Turn him to any course of policy,
The Gordian knot of it lie will unloose,
Familiar as his garter.”
For the Macon Advertiser.
“ How now ? whose mare’s dead ? what’s the
matter I”— Falstaff,
“These be good humors indeed.”— Pistol.
“Once on a time,” —so sung a bard of old,
And so sing 1 altho’ the time is nearer,
Of that which happen’d which I will have told
E’er long, if any one would hear a
Short story of some recent “ downs and ups,”
Of those w hose deeds have dubb’d them Knights
of Cups. —
Two gentlemen, (God save the mark !) I mean
, Two worthy men who call themselves as much
As gentlemen, o’ercharg’d with bile or spleen,
Fell out—the argument whereon is such
That I, lest I should get a name for ill,
Must not disclose, but say they had a quarrel.
Now quarrels are but things which very often
Happen, and, that which very odd is,
They frequent are the causes which do soften
Our brutal nature —eke our brutal bodies—
VV hich latter do require, so doth precept say
Some exercise like this, to cure dyspepsa.
W ell, I have said tlmv quarrel’d, and presume
All will infer —(and no doubt they are right
W here people quarrel if one don’t succumb,
It often so turns out) —they had a fight !
Which differs, almost any body knows.
| From quarreling, as much as words from blows.
I From swords or pistols chance kept them aloof—
| Or else how dire the consequence had been,
j How dread for those who felt in their behoof!—
| And shield and helmet chose they both of Tin !
j VV hich on experiment they no doubt found,
j Produced concussions of a jingling sound !
' No damage was on either side sustained,
1 Altho’ some very naughty names were call’d
By one who told the other he was pained
To my he was the and d’st man that crawl’d,
On this—(’twas sacrilege!) his makers stool;
To which the other answer’d—“you’re a fool !”
And so the matter ended, with a break
In that which they call'd friendship, and the one
Advised his quondam sojourner to “take
Up his bed and walk,” which spoilt the l'un
He'd promised to himself, and so his quarters
He’s taken up upon the W orld's wide waters.
LOTHARIO.
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I'ockct ITfapsi of'dcorgi.’i,
By Greene & Wellborn,
JUST received, and for sale, price Two Dol
lars, by M. P. J. SLADE.
May 27 10*
M 2 ft this morning's • Wait.
[From the Richmond Enquirer , 20 th inst. j
Ncgociations with France. —lt is said, that
the French Commissioners assert the confor
mity of the Berlin and Milan Decrees with
the Laws of Nations! —and report favorably
on other cases, amounting only to two or three
millions.
V. e should deeply regret such a result on
every account. It would be an act of gross
injustice to our plundered merchants—and
from whose hand does the blow come ? Not
from the Bourbons, but from the regenerated
Government of France—ln all their negotia
tions with Mr. Gallatin in Paris, the Bour
bons never denied, that the Claims were fair
ly due.' They never justified the decrees of
Bonaparte. As well as wc recollect, they
never disavowed any responsibility for his
acts. But they principally relied on their
poverty, vfcc. &c.—And now, when a more
liberal Government is established among
them; when it ought to be supported, on the
principles of just ice and good faith, we are to
be fput off with a frivilous pretence, that
sonic of tlie grossest outrages, which were ev
er perpetrated against a neutral Nation, are
consistent with the Laws of Nations,—The
character of France—the free and just princi
ples on which alone her Government can be
supported—the deep sympathy Which we
have felt in her recent stnggles—tho attach
ment of our Countrymen, and the justice of
their Claims,should have inspired iier Com
missioners with juster spirit.—We hope it is
not yet too late to repair their errors—and
that her Government will lose no time in re
viewing thoir decision, and in doingjustice
to our Citizens.
TIIE POLISH QUESTION.
M e have been permitted to copy the fol
lowing extract from a letter received from a
privutc, but highly authentic source in Eng
land. The intimation it contains respecting
the intentions of Russa is important and is
riot, given without grounds.
“I am very much pressed for time, and
therefore in lieu of my speculations enclose
you a letter sent, me last night from one of the
most respectable and intelligent men in the
city. Great hopes are now entertained for
the Poles. They will at least get time; —time
will give them the chance of events, and c
vents of groat import are soon to happen.--
Russia will now, I think, make terms under
the counsels of her. Allies. It is understood
that the project of incorporating Poland with
her empire has been abandoned, and that the
stipulations of the treaties of Vienna will be
nominally at least respected.”
The following is the letter mentionod in
the above extract:
London, 13th April, 1831.
My dear Sir, —The private letters received
to day from Memel, state that the Custom
house otficcrs and part of the Garrison of Po
lagen, the frontier town of Russia, lying on
the Baltic, had arrived at Memel, having es
caped with great difficulty from the people,
who were in open rebellion in all that part of
Courland lying between Riga ana Memel
The Prussian authorities are stpted to have
supplied the soldiers with arms and ammuni
tions, and an attempt had been made to re
take Polagen, but it failed- At Milteu, two
posts from Riga, the Magistrates had been put
to death and a provisional government estab
lished. Polagen is the depot for all the stores
&e. for the Russian Army in Poland, as such
is of vast importance, and to which this rebel
lion is in rear of the Russian army oa the di
rect road to St. Petcrsburgh.
All the couriers and mails were slopped at
Memel, as it was deemed unsafe to let them
attempt to pass thro’ the rebellious district,
nor have we any letters from any place north
of Memel, which shows that the communica
tion with Russia by that route is completely
cutoff.— N. Y. Eve. Post.
—-
Warsaw, April 2. —The Bulletin of our
General will have communicated to you our
glorious success of the day before yesterday.
Our men fought like lions ; our General flew
from post to post, from rank to rank, direct
ting, animating, and encouraging. This is a
glorious triumph ? I have your book, and I
j treasure its lines. The barbarian has indeed
! felt
“The might that slumbers in a peasant's arm.”
O! could you have seen our heroes—could
you have seen the burning zeal with which
the recruit hurried ou with the old soldier—
and even the half recovered wounded of our
great previous achievement—how they hur
ried to the field, you would have said, this
people cannot die the death of slaves—they
were not born l'or eternal bondage.
We are tired of appealing to the Great
Powers who were parties to the treaty of Vi
enna. They give us sympathy : well our next
treaty shall be inscribed in letters of blood
upon the field of battle—the condition is our
country’s freedom.; we shall achieve it our
selves, and single handed if we can ; if not
—well, then—wc know how to perish?
The pursuit is still hot, but we have not
the prompt transport which gives wings to an
army: men can run for a day and night, as
ours have done, fighting and struggling, but
physical exhaustion will impose power, and
vve cannot accomplish every thing. Our coun
try has every where risen, andDiebitsoh w ill
find assailants in every village* Lithuania is
striking her blow, and the march through Po
j land is not the passing of the Balkan—he will
not have leisure enough fertile use of his rich
Turkish pipe and perfumed tobacco—nor
even for his brandy punch.
Our Gcncrallissiino, Skrzynccki, is like
Napoleon ; what a general he has shown him
self? With a handful cf men he hits over
thrown whole Muscovite masses— 3B,ooo
Poles have beater, back 100,000 Russians,
who congregated their masses under the walls
of Warsaw ; and now 23,800 men are chasing
and prostrating twice their number at the
point of the bayonet, from fortified positions,
; deemed inipregiiablc without hoary, artillery. !
Do not believe What the Berlin papers
ot the humanity of our invaders— the barb**
r theßi tend t*torture. I ( ], -
clare to you, upon my honor, that I have seen
on the skirts of fields of contest; wounded
Poles, whose eyes were torn out, merely I>
cause they had resisted like herbes. W omen
have been, on the Muscovite line of march,
brutally violated and carried oil’—\vh< 1 • fam
ilies have been dispersed, au 1 . . , ■ >
into Russia under base pretences. They sow
horror and devastation wherever thev shew
themselves. They have even taken away a
lady from Pulaway, from the very apartment
of tho Princess Czartorvski.
Heavens! see if it is possible to get us arms
the campaign is only begun—no fear now f r
a coup de main upon Warsaw. Wc do n t
want men rr money, or addressos, or compli
ments. W e delight to hear of the affection
oiour friends in Paris and fxmdon ; but this is
not the season for indulging in affectionate
personal recollections. Wc must delay all
these until tranquil times ; the assistance we
want is what I have mentioned. Can any
thing be done in this way towards Cracow ?—L
We shall pay fully for any thing of this kind,
and he who gives us a musket lights with us,
he isol our ranks. Let freemen, then, lend
us this helping hand. Show this to our friend
the General, if he has not set out.
I shall write again by the next post. A pri
vate hand will pass this on through Breslaw
its a lady’s. Our cause deserves the bene
diction of that sex, .who love all generous
sympathies. Don’t believe in the reports pf
new treaties; we shall make none. Poland
raises her proud head now, or sinks for ever.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, May 24.—Edward Livings
ton, of the State of Louisiana, Secretary of
State, in the place of Martin Van Ruren, re
signed.
Levi Woodbury, of tho State of New Hamp
shire, Secretary of the Navy, in the place of
John Branch, resigned.
The office of the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, which has become vacant by the resigna
tion of Samuel D. Ingham, has been offered
Louis McLane, of Delaware, at present En
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotenti
ary of the United States to Great Britain.
Messrs. Livingston and Woodbury have en
tered upon the duties of their respective de
partments. Mr. Ingham, we understand,
will remain in the Treasury Department un
til sonic unfinished business, upon which he
is engaged, is completed. Hugh Lawson
White, of Tennessee, who, on the 9th ult.
was offered the appointment of Secretary of
War, in the placed’John 11. Eaton, resigned,
has declined accepting it. We understand
that the vacancy in that. Department will be
forthwith supplied, and that in the meantime
its duties will be performed by Mr. Eaton.
JrnoF. VV iutc.
Wcnrc sorry to understand that he lias do.
dined the appointment of Secretary of War.
It is said, that his letter to the President
reached Washington on Friday last—and tbs*,
he assigns, in the most touching manner, his
reasons for declining. The domestic afllic.
tionsof this worthy man have been severe, al
most beyond example. They have proved
upon his spirits, and stripped public life of
all its attractions. He has lost, in rapid suc
cession, nine children, and lately his beloved
wife. His onlyjremaining child (Mrs. Arm
strong) is now threatened with the same com
plaint, which has proved so fatal to his fajnilv.
Every generous heart will sympathize in his
feelings-—while wo lament the loss of so pure
and accomplished a man to the Councils of his
Country .-—Rich mond Enquirer •
PuitAUET riHA, May 25.—The following
letter from Mr. Ingham to a friend has been
handed to us for publication. The intense
curiosity which prevails to ascertain the cau
ses which produced the breaking up of th*
late Cabinet renders all authentic matters
connected with it of general interest. Mr.
Ingham it seems distinctly repudiates the ex
istence of any want of official harmony among
the heads of department.— Sentinel.
Washington, 6th May, 1831.
Dear Sir —l learn with some surprise from
your enquiries, as well as those of others, tin r
an impression has been made on the pub! o'
mind to a considerable extent, that the Cal, -
net was so much embarrassed bv the dissen
sions of its members as to render it incapable
of trannacting llie public business. Yo; mn\
be assured, that there is not the slig 1 '
truth in such a rumor. The official :i t< r
couvse of the Heads of Departments withes'!!
other and with the President has never, to
my knowledge, been interrupted for a mo
ment, nor lias any difference of opinioi as tr
the measures of the government divided fits
cabinet in a single instance, so far as l reed
lect,according to the line of separation now si
generally ascribed in the public papers,
am very respectfully, yours.
S. D. INGIIAM.
Rrportrd death of David Crockett. —A gen
; tleman who arrived day before yesterday i
, Florence, front the Western District, stuv
that David Crockett, was shot while dtlivci
ing an electioneering speech, a short tin
before he left, by a person against w horn
was speaking. The particulars attendir
his death, we have been unable to learn, i
whether it be true, vve cannot say, but such ■
the rumor. — Florence Gazette.
From the Augusta Constitutin' “.I
Liberality.! —ln a late Bail ccs- ...j
from the Court of Common Pleas, ■ -j
seen the following return : “Defends:;* " r r j
ted and brought to Plaintiff, who fcrgri j
debt— pavs the cost —and lends the L'- .1
ant money to pav his expenses home to 'j
lucky.”
mwmtm J— HI —n n ‘ *
rasa
OFFERS himself as a Candidate for the Sll
riffality of Bibb County, at the ensuing chi
tion. He pledges himself to his friends th . t iul
induced to do so more from an earnest Uesb oJ
receive the emoluments arising I rom the cfffl
than from the reason assigned by most cm!
dates, (to wit) the importunity of friends. 1
YOUNG JOHNSTON!
Juno 1, 1831.- G—td(i