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ol' this most inevitable state of tilings, we may
be saved, and the present time is always ihe
niost seasonable tor Join-good. If any tiring
j> desirable at this particular juncture, it is
that we should adopt some great interest in
which all can join cordially. By it much of
the party animosity, hatred and most intern
trate discussions, may be softened and tor
.rotten. By it men intended by their situa
tion and co-citizenship to be friends, will re
cover a grt't deal of that friendly and char-
i —a!?io feeling towards each other, which
o i ( <r!it never to have been impaired. The
p r ese nt unfortunate excitement by an ae
hnowledgedly sligiit difference of opinion,
niav, ina great measure, be allayed by the
adoption of some such plan as is here enrnest-
j v and most sincerely recommended, and to
vhich no reasonable man can have any solid
objection.
It may be that I ought to apologize for
thus iadiscretly intruding upon you with
my view and wishes; but lam not without
some personal interest iu the matter; I have
hved among you many years and 1 hone to
o('nd a few more. Only a few more it can
be at best, and I should like, before I go, to
witness in Soutb-Carohna, at least the pros
p.,et of its durable prosperity.
After the deli very of the 4th of July Ora
tion at Quincy by Ex-President Adams, the
company repaired to the festive board. The
President of the Day called upon Mr. Adams
for a toast, when ho arose and made the fol
lowing address:
1' -lends, NcigHers and Fellow-townsmen—\ will
now take leave of you for the present —and before
parting from you wish to add a few, a very few
•‘more last words” to the many, which you have
already heard from me this day, with so much
iudidger.ee —They are—first, to thank you r.eartily
lor that indulgence, and then to propose a toast in
honor of the primitive mother of New-England—
Eiay i add—the primitive mother of those princi
ples, which havs made this day, a day of glory
end of joy !— The Plymouth Colony. T* that
Colony oar native town did not originally belong:
Vat I see around me more than one of those who
number among their sires the fortunate youth
from the Mayflower, who first alighted upon the
Hock. The Legislature of this Commonwealth
have seen fit to link you in political association
with the District of Plymouth.; and to that asso
ciation I am indebted for the honor of having beon
selected as their and your Representative in the
Councils tithe Union—an honour the more pre
cioufin my estimation, because it was a sponta
neous and unexpected testimonial of confidence
from that, which, above ai! other lands, i am en
titled to call “my own native land.” Upon this
•lay 1 cannot forget Plymouth and her history—
-1 cannot forget trie Mayflower, and the social
compact of her Pilgrims. 1 propose you for a
toast—
“ The Root struck from the seed cf the May
flower, and the plant ascending from it—saluta
ry—fruitful—perennial—It shad rise to heaven,
and overspread the earth.”
JPottlicai,
From “ the Globe,” of July 25.
We lay before our readers, to-day, Mr.
Bcrrien’3 address to the Public. We wi|i
tc-view it deliberately, and show from a mass
of circumstances, in addition to Cos!. Juhn
s:s,,’s positive testimony, that the charge
which Messrs. Berrien, Branch, and Ingham,
r;ow urge against the President, is utterly un
founded. VVe will show from its contradic
ti in of a well-known fact, susceptible of the
cl -arest proof, that Mr. Ingham’s statement is
eeniia!!y incorrect; and that not withstand
ng Messrs. Berrien, Branch, and Ingham,
tkc interested parties, who make this evi
dence, unite in saying it is taken from notes
inude at the time by Mr. Ingham, and that in
t.ieir “repeated co-srersations” they concur*
ted in its details, yet, that it furnishes in it
se.i a clue, from which we will prove that it
is not a true record. We will show, more
,:ver i fiat it stands contradicted, not only by
la ■ impartial witness who communicated be
tvee.i the President and these parties, hut
*d- > by the knowledge of all those near the
resident, and acquainted with his views,
there is *ne thing somewhat remarkable
in relation to this transaction, to which we
"euld call public attention. It is, that these
Parties should hat e slept over circumstances
°i such f awakening interest to the American
peojHc,' far more than eighteen months!!—
V p ”°t th* s incl'nation to conceal this long
ce.ay in doing public justice, have prompted
.nghainto give his record the date of
’V 1,1 Linnary 1 831, when, if, as Mr. Br-
T " sa . VE > “t os notes were taken nt the
1 ‘ an, l shown to kirn shortly after” the
would have been January 1830 ?
rilOTi WASHINGTON GLOBE.
Jlr. Berrien having answered our lust letter
'i 011 appeal to the public, we do not clroose
,0 permit him to escape reply by ebang
i r <g liia address. We arc prepared to meet
llln he fere that tribunal, or before any other
"Inch he may choose to carry his appeal.
’ seemsthat he had been preparing for some
,Hlu „ to make an issue with some antagonist,
a '' frying chosen his man, wc think he has
1,0 n ß'id to dismiss him.
I j ll 3 ls ! tcr to Col. Johnson, dated the 7th
after his resignation, lie says—
‘ > v.itaout imputing tome the alleged want
| I'.moav in the Cabinet, my retirement is
Hiul on the ground of the President’s mere
if 1 ' So ,f' M 08 lum concerned, it is well.—
<ia not dispute his right to exercise that as
t ".? n * * ' mt for the sake of my child*
R ill not submit to t!ie continued mis
o! l ' la public Journals.”—
(iovi I,!,rna ! has disturbed thisqites
ti,g p r )' at H thlic Journal has asserted that
j> ; [' ,SI J' nt nought to iinposo on Messrs,
ei sii n ’ ,ra,lt : b and Ingham, the condition
as < j l ‘; mitt ' n S their family affairs to his control,
their continuance in their etn
iim 1' M '''bat public Journal, after hav
lik> ,e clamor of the malign influ
ii,„ ’' p - died on Col. Johnson to prove
T,W r ! ,0,,s ‘t made? Wus it not the
s eain ti ** ’ ***? 11 not given again and
giv ea , 10 '!? r3 ' on which Mr. Berrien liovv
Atid lot ° , of the Cabinet?
which ; , Us asit w bo prompted that press,
f- j s to be the organ of tho disaf
portion of th e late Cabinet? The
ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENT ER.
prompters w6r<l Mh sen. Berrien and Wham,
ilmy were closeted repeatedly with thus Ed
itor wiiile engaged in propagating their ver
transaction, and preparing the
puhhe mind for the reception of their ow n ac
count o it. lie was continually admonish
ing Mu public by the signs of hi.; Telegraph,
that these gentlemen would presently come
out to make good the charge which he was
so so.icttons to establish against the Presi
dent. 1 hey have at last come out to make
good, by their own evidence, their own uccu
aat.on, which they themselves preferred
through their organ, the Telegraph. They
arc the plaintiffs in this case—the Editor of
the Telegraph their attorney, and Col. John
j-0.0 was the witness upon whose testimony
they were to recover damages— upon his evi
dence they have been non-suited!! And what
next ?
Mr. Berrien now takes the case out of the
hands of his attorney, Mr. Green, undertakes
.0 fiie ins own declaration, and plead his own
cause in the opposition columns of the lend
ing < lay newspaper, and by a most unjusti
fiable stratagem, brings in his late partners,
Messrs. Branch and Ingham, as witnesses to
defeat their own evidence by impcaching the
veracity of tne individual’s testimony whom
they have called as a witness; one whom
they admitted to be a common friend, impar
tial and disinterested—immediately and per
sonaily conversant with ail the circumstances
—intimate with tie. private views entertained
by the President on the subj. ct, and the urn
pire whoso successfully interposed to settle
the difficulties and reconcile the disagree
ing members of the Cabinet. After theTel
egrr.ph had reiterated the statement so fre
quently, and vouched it. by intimating that
tiis allegations would be sustained by the
tiireo Ex-Secretaries, he then ventured to
point to a member of Congress, c having
i- re s3od the demand on these gentlemen bv
the authority of the President. It is not ini
probable that the managers of this business,
persuaded themselves that the formadable ar
ray of three to one, would prevent Col. John
son from disavowing tne agency imputed to
him. Mr. Berrien himself endeavored to de
feat the effect of the contradict’on in the
Globe, by ins.sting that it was unauthorised;
at the moment that he attempted to impeach 1
the veracity of the Editor of this print for
making his statement, contradicting in the
name of Col. Johnson, the assertion of tiie
Telegraph in relation to that gentleman, Mr.
Berrien had in his own hands a letter from
1 01. Johnson, which justified, in the utmost
latitude, the declaration on our side. In that
letter Col. Johnson says:
“The Telegraph lias alluded to some com
munication made to you by a member of Con
gress, authorized by the President—the sub
stance of which is, that the President wished
to coerce a social intercourse between yc-ur
families and Mrs. Eaton, I see the Globe
denies it. I have thought it barely possible
that the allusion could be made tome, be
cause fl had ever communicated such a::
idea, i should have done the most palpable,
gross, and wanton injustice to the President;
for he disclaimed, on all occasions, any right,
or desire, or intention, to regulate the private
or social intercourse of his Cabinet. The
President had been induced to believe that a
part of his Cabinet had entered into a deep
laid scheme to drive Major Eaton from bis
Cabinet, and of this he complained. I did
believe it. and as the mutual friend of a!i
concerned, I proposed that I should have the
opportunity to converse with that portion of
his Cabinet before lie had an interview with
them, and he acquiesced—and the interview
which I had with you, resulted, as 1 under
stood, in a better understanding, and in fact 1
considered it a reconciliation. Whatever
came from me, upon the subject of a social in
tercourse, was the suggestion of my solicitude
to resß .a harmony among friends.”
And what do they bring to repel this vol
untary, explicit, and impartial testimony of
the only disinterested witness produced?
Nothing but their own unsupported assertions,
if wc may be allowed to call that an assertion
of a charge which does in effect absolutely
disprove it, as originally made. The charge
asputforth in the Telegraph, June 1831,un
der the eve of some of those who have now
stepped forward to assume the responsibility,
is thus specified: “He,” the President, “put
lits own fame, the interests of the country,
and the republican party upon a desperate at
tempt to control the private intercourse of
society.”
How is tho charge sustained? Do either of
the individuals, who have now become visi
ble as the authors of this charge, venture to
assert that the President ever pretended to
assert a right to control the private inter
course of society ? Let us see.
Mr. Bfbrien says, ill his letter to Major
Eaton, that the President “ disclaimed any
disposition to press such a requisition .”
Mr. Ingham says, “•/ considered the Presi
dent as having entirely waived the demand
made through Col. Johnson .”
Mr. Branch’s declaration, upon this sub
ject, in his letter to Mr. Berrien, is withheld
by the latter. He only gives the scrap, in
which he savs, his “recollections of the inter
view (with Col. Johnson) will most abund
antly corroborate yours.” As Mr. Berrien
has not thought fit to give Mr. Branch’s ac
count of the interview with the President, we
have reason to infer that it docs not •*abund
antly corroborate ” all that Messrs. Ingham
and Berrien have said in that particular. We
call on Mr. Berrien to say what that letter
contains, as it regards the Presidents decla
ration upon this subject. But in the ab
sence of Mr. Branch’s averment, how stands
the affair? Both Mr. Ingham and Mr. Ber
rien are compelled to say, the one “that tne
President disclaimed the disposition to press'
the requisition,” the other, that he
waived the demand made through Col. John
sou,” while Col. Johnson himself declares, in
his letter to these gentlemen, that “if I had
ever communicated such an idea , I shown
hare done the most palpable, cross and
wanton injustice to the President, for he
disclaimed, on all occasions, any right, or
desire, or intention, to regulate the social
intercourse of his Cabinet .” Prom this uni
ted testimony it appears that upon tne only
occasion when the President dismissed tins
matter,personally, with Messrs. Berrien and
Ingham, he. lie “disclaimed and • waived"l
such a requisition ; —and Col. Johnson says,
that to him, “he disclaimed, on all occasions,
any right or desire to regulate the private or
social intercourse o f his Cabinet.”
HUM.-. ---i—t i ■■■lll—
■horn tne Mereunt.lt Advert iter oJ'Ju ly
LATE FROM EUROPE.
Ti e Packet ship President, Capt. 11. L.
Chv uplin, arrived last evening from London,
and Portsmouth, having left the latter port on
oa tfie iiOtli ult. Air. IVlcLane, late Aiinister
to England, with his lady, family and servants
have arrived in this ship.
Capt. Champlain has favored us with Lon
don papers to the evening of the 18th of June,
and a Portsmouth paper of the 20th. They
contain no news of importance.
The new Parliament assembled on the 14th
and was engaged in swearing in the members
up to tiie 18th. The lit. Hon. Charles Man
ners Sutton was re-elected Speaker of the
Commons witiiout opposition. 'The formal
opening by a speech of the King, was to take
piace on the 21st. Lord John Russell, and
Air. Stanley, are made Cabinet ministers.
It is said the stamp duty on newspapers is to
be further reduced.
It does not appear that any further move
have taken place in Poland. The Lieu
tenant General in Chief of the Polish army
• "is addressed an affecting proclamation to the
Liusuanians. 'file Poles express themselves
ui this document determined to persev re to
the last in the contest in which they are en
gaged.
Don Pedro, the Ex-Emperor of Brazil, with
his Empress and suite, arrived at Cherbourg
in the British frigate Volage, on the 13th
June. lie had despatched his chamberlain
to Breast, where the Queen of Portugal would
lie landed Irom the French frigate Seine, to
conduct her to Caen whence the family would
proceed to Paris.
The two landers have arrived in England
from Africa by way of Ilio Janerio.
Mr. Siddons died in London, on the 12th
ultimo.
Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte, second
-'O.i of Louis Bnonapate, h?.s arrived in Lon
don, and is sUying with his mother, Ilorten
sia, Duchess of St. Lue, formerly Queen of
Holland—Also, Achillc-s Murat, son of Murat,
is in town, and these eminent foreigners paid
yesterday a visit to Earl Gray.
The Earls of Fingall and Seftcn, Lord Kin
na:rd, and Mr. Agar Ellis, have been created
Barons, of the United Kingdom. The title
ol the latter is Baron Dover.
Brussels, June 15.—Information, will have
by this lime, no doubt reached you, that hos
tilities have commenced between the Dutch
and Belgians at Lillo. Truing been accus
tomed to skirmishes of t:iis kind between the
outpoGa, the government attachment attached
no importance to it, but, I :ini sorry to inform
you that the state of Antwerp has now e
oome seriously grave, it appears that the
King of Holland, anxious to create a dissen
tion in Belgium, even at the risk of hostilities,
is using his influence and money, and through
iiis emissaries, agitating the question- of the
union of ILJgisun to France, hoping thus to
create a general Avar. Indeed, so far has this
system proceeded, that a provisional govern
ment is secretly organized in Antwerp, and it
is expected vgiSl publicly declare itself within
seven or eight days. Our Regent is dread
fully alarmed, ami the minister of war left:
this morning for Antwerp, to use his influ
ence and popularity with the troops, but with-!
out success; for Ai. Charles Jtogier, the late
ly new installed Governor, allhough possess
ing much energy, will, it is feared, net be a
ble to maintain his place. —Morning Herald.
RUSSIA AND POLAND.
Brussels, June 12.—The private letters re
ceived from Vienna are well calculated to re
animate the hopes of tbs heroic Polish nation.
They all agree in stating that the army is in
the best condition, and eagerly desirous of
another contest with the enemy. It appears
that the Russian army had, previously to the
last battle, been excited by the false news that
the Emperor Nicholas had arrived incog, and
that, roused to enthusiasm by the idea of his
presence, the Guards fought with unaccustom
ed bravery. Warsaw, however, has recover
ed from its consternation, and 100,000 brave
Poles, determined to conquer or die, await
the Russians in the memorable plains of Praga.
ENGLAND.
It appears from the list of the members of
the present House of Commons, that one hun
dred and fifty new Members have been return
ed, who did not sit in the House the last Par
liament.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
June 14.—Sales to day, about 1500 bags,
with a heavy market. 15th—sales 2500,
without any change in last week’s currency.
16tb—sales 2000, without any change in
prices.
[From the Augusta Chronicle.]
The New England Character Vindicated.
“I would suppose him to be a New-Euglander.”
One of Mr. McDuffie's Constituents •
Mr. Editor: Who is a New-Englander?
I will answer the question. He is a descend
ant of the Pilgrims who preferred derfth to
bondage : w ho, for the sake of civil and reli
gious liberty, left the splendid abodes of slave
ry, braved tbe dangersof t' a ocean, and fix
ed their residence among the savages in the
wilderness. These same pilgrims, under the
auspices of liberty, patiently endured every
privation, and triumphed over evfry danger.
They wrested the tomahawk from the hand of
its cruel possessor, and turned die wilderness
into fruitful fields.
Who is a New-Englander ? One who has
been taught, from his infancy, the strictest
rules of morality and religion; vigilantly to
guard his own, and equally to respect the
rights of others; —through his own enterprise
and industry, he seeks independence; he
cultivates his farm with his own hands, and
lives by tbe sweat of his face ; he is free and
happy—doubly happy, in the freedom and
happiness of all around him.
\\ lio is a New-Englander ? Ask at home,
who lias introduced the arts and sciences a
niongst you ? Who has raised and decora
ted the lofty temples that adorn your city ?
Who has enriched .t, by filling its stores with
the produce and manufactures of every coun
try ? You may find him in your schools, a
cadcmics, and colieges, teaching ‘the young
j ideas how to shoot ;’hc adorns your pulpit and
gives dignity to your bar and your bench.
Who is a New-Englander ? Ask those who
have attempted to invade his soil; or abridge
his liberty. }ou inayread his name in capi
tals upon the monuments of Lexington and
Bunker’s Hill, where he voluntarily shed his
blood in tiie defence of his country and his
country’s rights ; where the life of his enemy
paid the price of his presumption. Ask Bur
goyne, who faced him at Saratoga, and those
who eng ged him on the Lakes of the North:
ask the bravest of the sons of the “fast anchor
ed Isle ot the Ocean,” who had the honor to
meet him in “mortal combat upon the bosom
of the vasty deep.” They, without derogat
ing from their own honor, will point you to
their scars, extol his bravery, and applaud
his humanity.
The very name is associated with ever;
thing great and venerable, in industry and
enterprize; in arts and sciences ; in civil and
religious liberty'. It is a birthright, of which
every man who possesses it, may justly be
proud; and, in any other country but the
“one of Mr. McDuffie’s constituents,” instead
of considering it a term of reproach, would
give no small part of his inheritance to pos
sess it.
MACONS
Tuesday, August 9, 1831.
“CiJaßaTfTs H E R J*
A smaii, hut handsome and Useful Boat, draw
ing but 18 inches water, cognominated the “Clara
Fisher,” and owned by Messrs. Day & Burrs,
of this place, left our wharf yesterday, with 200
bales of Cotton, on her first voyage for Darien.—
The moderate draft, and neat and agile form of
Clara, renders her peculiarly suited to the sum
mer navigation of our river. The ease with which
she skims the water, and her good “ bottom,”
guarantees that she will abundantly remunerate
her enterprising owners.
HAIL UOAI> MEETING VS MACON.
Me solicit cur fellow citizens, in town
and eountrv, not to forget that a meeting will be
held at the Couit House in this place, on Satur
day next, preparatory to the general Convention
which will take place at Eatonton in September
next. As the meeting involves a subject not
only deeply important to the prosperity of this
county, hut also of vital interest to the general
welfare of the State, we hope, and have no doubt,
it will he numerously attended.
We some time since took occasion to recom
mend to the contemplated meeting the following
gentlemen; as eminently qualified to represent
this county in the Convention :
OLIVER H. PRINCE, Esq.
The Hon. H. G. LAMAR.
\\ e again beg leave to present them Vo the at
tention of the meeting. The deep solicitude
which they feel for the prosperity of the town and
country, cs well as for the interests cf the State
at large, united to their general intelligence and
weight cf character, e.uaot fail to render them
able auxiliaries in a great work, the accomplish
ment of which may now be considered as near at
hand.
FJiviM ATHENS,
The seat t>i science—the resort of the Literati
' and fashionables, and where political and partisan
| measures are first organized and acted—we say,
| from Athens, we have yet had no authentic and
1 detailed particulars, either relative to the Com
mencement, or to any of those acts of political fi
nesse which usually issue forth from the Caucus
es of that place. All that we learn, is,that a pub
lic ■'meting Was held, for the purpose of sending
Delegates to the Anti-Tariff Convention, to be
held in Phi Jelphia, at which the lion. Wm. H.
Crawford, presided ; and after confirming the
nomiuatioi-, which was made in Savannah, of J.
McPherson Berrien, Dr. John Cumming, Wm.
Gaston, Robert Habersham and Alexander Tel
fair the following gentlemen, were added to the
five above named, as additional delegates :
Joel Crawford, of Hancock ; Seaborn Jones,
Columbus; James 11. Cooper, Glynn; Wm.
Cumming, Augusta; Eli S. Shorter, Eaton ton :
William JI. Torrance, Milledgeville ; M. B.
j Lamar, Columbus, and of .
From our earliest acquaintance in this Slate
the Commencement at Athens has been looked to
as an important event and assemblage, apart from
the real object,-—that of the University. The
“great men,” and “would be” wise and “most
excellent counsellors” have usually met there from
various parts cf the State, and consulted—desig
nated, and confirmed the nomination of such in
dividuals for high honors, as seemed to combine
popularity, principles, and qualifications. To
this mode of introducing candidates, and of ac
quiring practical and interchanging views of their
standing, and cf public feeling, throughout the
state, the most skeptical and querulous could not
demur, if such things were done, (openly and a
bove-board) —as a public act, for the benefitef ibe
people. It is against conclave assemblages
‘yclept caucuses, (in which, frequently, too much
selfishness and ambition, is traced,) that the
people complain—they are tenacious of their
rights ami privileges, and so sure as they become
so, their remedy is direct-—an opposition to cau
cuses and a recurrence to the ballot box.
It appears from tbe last Athens paper, that Mr.
Lumpkin was nominated thereby the Clark Trus
tees, at their meeting at that place, on business of
the College, during last spring, and that he was
very reluctantly brought out —contrary to bis own
wishes; but that he had either to acquiesce in the
call of his friends, or they would desert him.
W can remember well, when cur folk, used
to have caucuses, (and probably do yet) what a
clamor was raised about them & what opprobrium
was cast by all other parties upon what was then
called the Crawford or Radical party, and which
we think was then composed, and is yet compos
ed of the truly Jeflersonian Republicans of the
country. The epithet of Caucus ! King Caucus !
was then held out by our opponents, a a very
black thing—a fiend from almost. But,
by some magic influence, tbe horrid monster,-Iras
assumed a nobler and more virtuous aspect—and
in new hands, that has now become pleasing and
lovely, which in old hands and former times, was
impugned and scouted at!
THE PENNSYLVANIA PROTEST.
This document which “thundered so loudly in
the distance,” and which was called by the Co
alitionists the “withdrawal of the original support
ers of (Jan. Jackson, in Pennsylvania,” has at
length made its appearance. From the very seri
ous and imposing manner in w hich its contem
plated publication was previously announced, we
held ourself prepared to encounter an oppo
sition noless formidable than the great Democra
cy itself of the land of “brotherly love,” —but
“the mountain has labored and brought forth”
—six white mire, viz: Nathan Jones, John M.
Taylor, James Thaekara, Stephen Simpson , Win.
Hewitt and Henry S. Hughes. Simpson is well
known to the public as a political writer of the
most factious and infamous character—the names
of the other individuals have not the same notorie
ty ; hut they will soon render them as infamously
conspicuous as that of their coadjutor, if they con
tinue with him the association much longer.—
Simpson some time ago published a paper in Phil
adelphia; got up with a view not of honorably sup
porting the present Administration, but of insinua
ting himself into office. The virulent, vulgar, and
abusive course which he pursued, disgusted the
truly political friends of Andrew Jackson, and did
more to injure than piomote the cause which Simp
son had insidiously espoused. The consequence
was, their patronage was w ithdrawn from him,
and his paper sunk. Stung by this disappoint
ment, lie has now come out with five others, and
in a strain of the mock heroic, declares his and
their secession from the ranks of the Preside;;:,
and “charges him with a total abandonment of the
principles which lie avowed and the promises
which he made prior to his election.” !—How un
fortunate.
Iu the name of tl*e Republican party, we thank
Messrs. Simpson &Cos. for their secession. The
support of such men can never be advantageous or
honorable to any party. Tho attempt too, of the
Coalition party is any thing hut fair. They have
sttempted to impose upon the American People,
the recantation of thesesix men, obscure and un
influential as they are, as “a withdrawal of the
original supporters from the ranks of Andrew
Jackson’s friends”—when it is well known to ev
ery pblitieal tyro, that his original supporters in
Pennsylvania, were composed of a large in jority
ofher citizens, who nominated him both in con
vention and in each branch of her State Legisla
ture, and which was spontaneously supported at
the polls, by the overwhelming voice of the people.
FOREIGN.
The foreign intelligence in the Advertiser of
this evening is tsvodays lator than thatpunlished in
our last. Skrzynecki’s movement on Praga after
the battle of Ostrolenka, appeal's to be as we sta
ted, not a retreat, but a manoeuvre to effect ulteri
or operations, and to avoid a general engagement
as fir as circumstances would permit, until tbe re
volted provinces became bettor organized. This
has been in an important degreeaccoroplished, for
by tbe battle of OsUolenka, Diebitscli lias beau
so far diverted, as to enable Scrzynecki to make a
passage for bis brave associate Chlaptrwski to
place himself at the head of the insurgents of Li
fiiuaci. No farther movements had been made.
Scrzynecki is said to be still at Praga, where he
lias increase.' hia force to an army of 100,0tl0 men.
Charleston, August 1.
On .Saturday afternoon, the Locomotive Engine
P est Point, underwent a trial of speed, y/ilh the
barrier car and four cars for passengers, on the
Rail Road:
_ There worn 117 passengers, of which number
56 were Ladios, in the four cars, and 9 persons on
the engine, with C bales Cotton on the barrier car,
and the trip to tbe Four Miie House, 2;] miles
from tbe starling]! .int, was completed in 11 min
tutes, when the cars were slopped 2 minutes to oil
the axles—and lhe2j mites to the Fork of Dor
chester Road was completed in 8 minutes.
The safety which has bean insured by the in
troduction of the barrier car, and the improvements
in tbe formation of the (lunch of the wheels, which
welearn, was made by one of the young mechan
ics of ibis city, (Mr. J. D. Pctseh) steam engi
neer iu the Company’s service, will no doubt e?i
cit a portion of patronage. In the ensuing week
we hope to be able to announce to the stock
holders the opening of 11 miles in continuation
from the City. The new Steam Car works ad
mirably, and the safety valve being out of the
reach of any parson on the engine, will doubtless
contribute to the prevention of accidents in future.
The work is in active progress along the line of
Rond, and we learu that many of the Contractors
between Cypress and Edisto have already com
pleted considerable portions of their work. That
nearest town i3, and will be in continued progress
notwithstanding the warmth of the weather.™
Courier.
Com mum'** Miens.
For tfie Aflrertiicr
CONVENTION OF TEACHERS.
Gentlemen :—This subject has been before
the public for some time, and the plan has met
with general approbation. We, no doubt, will
be sustained by the people in carrying it into ef
fect. It cannot be otherwise, lor the public good
is the object; and conventions seem to be tiie or
der of the day, throughout the Uuion, in all im
portant matters of public policy, about which it is
necessary first to obtain the views, and senti
ments, proor con. of the people. It is tho mode,
they have adopted to bring themselves, their rep
resentatives and the administration of their polit
ical affairs,back to first principles. And I have
no doubt it w ill continue to be the mode, by which
they will improve or correct the good or had ten
denciracf their various, federal, state, political,
ecclesiastical and literary institutions —Therefore
we need neither be afraid nor ashamed to hold a
convention on the affairs of our profession. Pop
ular knowledge is as important, ns canals, rail
ways, manufactures, commerce and governments,
for it must precede them nil.
Having premised this much, we beg leave tore
quest tbe teachers of all grades, eminent and ob
scure, learned and unlearned, to attend on the
day ol tbe general election in October next, and
in the way heretofore specified, elect a delegate to
represent each county in the state in a convention
which shad sit in Macon, on the third Monday of
December following. And 1 think it would be no
ways harmful, if thepeople themselves would join
the teachers in the election of such delegate, es
pecially if in any county, the teachers neglefct to
ut'eud. The measure would be still more popu
lar, republican and authoritative.
1 would farther suggest, that every delegate c
lect, in order to act uuderstandingly and efi&ctual
ly in convention, should qualify himself, by the
acquisition of accurate knowledge of the school
statistics of his county, viz :—the number ol
pupils, males and iemales, and age, the course of
studies, and number of teachers in cacli school,
and the method ofinstruclion pursued; the price ol
tuition in each branch—tho genctal ability and
willingness of the citizens to send and pay for the
schooling ol their children ; at what rate teachers
can board, or support their families in town or
country; the amount of the posr school fund re-!
reived by each county, and the number ofchildre .
schooled then by—v. - ther this fund be faithful’ i
applied, and in what manner teachers render bi l i
for the days of attendance, or at the same of pew
scholars, the length ;..ul time in the y ; ir, of v i •;>
tion, mode of discipline; if the schools are often
visited by parents, or Trustees, and minutely ex
amined in tho course of studies ; at what* rai -
pupils can be hoarded, and school and class!)
and stationary procured,school houses, furr.itur. .
climate and water, good or bed, &c. Ac. A spe
cific report on all these items should he made by
each delegate, out of which the convention cocid
make a general report to tho public.
Delegates can have their necessary expert#"
paid, it required, by voluntary contributions ei
their constitutcnts.
I hope my brethren will indulge mo in J.us o’,
trudiug myself on their notice., as my only obje< t
is to reduce the plan of a convention to a practli L *
realization. F. D. CUMMIN’S, Teaehe .
Editors are requested tv publish th above gr ■
tuitously till the matt election.
COMj.'l'Ki GATED.
Application will be made to the next Le -
gislature to incorporate a company, with
"Capital stock of one lundr-d thousand Jr
l.irs, to be called the “ Altamaha and o:mi *
gee Steam Boat. Company
The object of which will be, to provide i
suitable number ol st- am and tow bont->
modeled to fit the navigation of flic Ocnai
gee, at least eight months in the year, as !ii
as Hawkinsvillo, at the foot of the shoals, an ’
to ascend to Macon as opportunities may o •
ft;r in wet seasons, after that part of the rive'
is improved us it ought to be, from the shoal *
to Macon. These improved boats, with a
improvement in the navigation, at a trifh
expense, will be able to co-operate with tl
Brunswick Rail-Road Company, and fa
tale the transportation of produce and good •
wares ad merchandise, to and from the s
b.' .rd. in less time and for less money tluri
any Rail-Road or Canal, which can be con •
stmeted from the same point of the inferior
to any other point of the sea coast what sorer
The Ocmulgee and Altamaha will not r -
down in every six or seven years and sink a
capital stock o! one million of dollars at roc'
■rotting, nor will the Brunswick Rail-Roi •
decay short of 40 or 50 years, being compil
ed of Live Oik and Cypress.
I li.s is the kind of internal imnrovcmci.''
which the citizens cf Macon and of the ecu
tral and tv-storn counties ought to turn the
attention and hearty co-dperfition, if tlir
would promote their own best interest ar-:
prevent a powerful rival from springing up i
a few years and diverting the trade from thc ; -
flourishing and growing Town in Bib>
county. PR AC PICA L ENTERPRIZE.
When one million of dollars will b
required to construct a pine wood Ilail-Roa :
of 200 miles, by its meanders to avoid swanv;; ••
and high hills, winch will rot down eery shf
or seven years and sink the capital stock,
with a view of competing against the on
hundred and sixty thousand dollars, it per.
durable materials and rivers, together With tl
far superior port, it must be a bad business to#
the stoekh J.dera,
for SALE,
JFamilif of AVgrocs.
ONE prime field and axe hnnd, 40 years of agri
one negro woman, a house and field servant *
aged about 35 years, one boy age J about 1 1 roar s;
one .ri.l about 8 years; one boy about C years; and,-
one girl about three yc irs old.
Also,
The towelling Istnrsc,
At present occupied by Alexander Bryan, net**
the Presbyterian Church ; and
The Store Mom HP,
Recently occupied by Alexander Bryan, on Cher-'
ry Street; this Store House is large and WcIN
constructed for business. Alsc,
A small Store Elfue*?,
adjoining, fittod up for a small business.
The aboveftmntioned property will bo sold oii
a credit of six months.
If not sold before the Ist Tuesday in Septctf *
ber nqxt,, the above property vill then be offeri -
at public sale upon the abovementioned terms.
Enquire of PRINCE At POE.
Macon, August 8, 1831. 81—tds
MJtPS OFJhICOA :
WILL be printed at tbe Advertiser Office 5--
a few days, on fine paper, and coloured.- "
Some few will be put on Rollers, and in frame -
Those who wish them in cither way, will signlx’ ’
tho same, immediately, as none will be framed c.’
with Rollers, unless ordered.
M. D. J. SLADE.
Macon, August 9, 1831. 32
CtoJUtLE# COUdPEE,
cabinet & roßxrri’aE kastpac"rtritrr- -
HAS purchased of Mr. Wm. It. Brown, b •
entire suck cf materials, and interest, in tlr-’
Cabinet Business, and being prepared to cxecoO'
all kinds of work in hia profession, respectfully*
solicits the patronage of tho eitizuns of Macon-,*
and the public generally. , ,
lie has removed the Shop to Mr. PhilpotV
house, near the Market-house. All kinds of tun?-*
ing, &c. will continue to be executed, at tic 4 ’
Lathe, formerly uaad by Mr. Brown, on Bridi >■
Street. Aug. 8. 32-tf.'
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