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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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