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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. - g"'"-—.... . "J 1 - ■'■JgJgLß 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