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by THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR. VOL. VII. 1J rpHE Cassvii-le Standard, is m or X published every *riday.—Of B Wee, north-east corner of the pub fgmJr lie squuro.—-Terms, Tiro Dollars JEm/M a-year if paid in advance, two and a half after three months, or three dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontianed anti all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. ’ Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at tier square (Twelve lines,) for the first inserUnn *ud 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usua not marked will be published •until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on tmsiness vuist be pre-paia, and . •dressed to the Proprietor. gusinessi Siteclott). intrusted to their carem any of the coufities ot the Cherokee or Blue Circuits. *l. J. oww iford will give particular attention to the conce rting of all claims and debts, and will s l >:lre no Jiams to.put clients in speedy posses Mon^ thur tsonce. | 1_ EW, CHASTAIN, Aftornfyi't Law, Mi ---• gantoiv, <sra. —Practices m all the conn ties of the Cherokee circuit. _ TAWB vdle, Geo. 1 r.itteics n mh 4 . A) her ok ee circuit. 15. houn, Geo-Practice tu ■the Cherokee circuit. r K H T YTUM. Attorney at Laic , Trenton, . (j-, —Business entrusted toh:scare'n an\ <,f the counties of the Clicrokeec.rcud will meet with prompt attention. ov ’ “ _ WEIL, Attorney at Lair, Canton, Geer-1 gia. Business entrusted to his care in j anr f theeounties of the Blue Bdge circuit, will S with faithful attention. Feb iO, 1555. ( A J. FAIN, Attorney at Lair, Calhoun, Ga. T. Will practice in all the counties of the Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be paid to the collecting business. mh • - tit T WOFFORD, Attorney at Laic, Cass- YV ville, Ga, -Practices in all the counties of the Chcn>ki’“ circuit, and will attend fa. dul ly to all business entrusted to lus cure. Office east o t the court hems.’- ail S HOOPER & RICE, Attorney nt Laic, Cass v lie, Ge<*.—Practice in the counties of C ISS, Cobb. Ch itt log i. Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade Fiovd, Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, XV alk- j or and Whitfield. John 11. Rice will, as here tofore, continue to give his personal and almost exclusive attention to the collecting business.; apri! 2‘\ IS‘">4. H L. HA RBOUR, Attorney at Law, Atlan \ . ta, Georgia,—Will practice w the differ ent Courts of Fult m and contiguous counties. Particular attention given to the execution ot Interrogatories, and draughting legal ments. Claims in the c.tv of Atlanta will bt promptly attended to. OOfice in the Holland Ji .use. up stairs.—Entrance first door above ’WV.tiuv & Hunt. Feb lft, ao—ly f \ 1,. UI'SII AW, Dealer, in Dry Goods, Uru* VT • ceries, hardware, cutlery, saddlery, hats, mid cips, boots and shoes, iron, nails, kc., at ■Black’* old stand, west of tlie public square, Uissv.lle, Ga. WIKI,!-; & WIKLK, Dealers in Dry Goods, (Groceries, &c. Ac. South west corner | .of Public Square, Carters Ville, (m. Jan. id, 1854. JI. (’ A K RENTER, Dealer in fancy, stupl • and domestic dry jqoods, cojlee, moe lasses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erw.n’s old stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1. TW. HOOPER A CO., Dealers in Staple and • Finer Goods, Groceries, Iron, 11 its, Caps, Hoots and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the l!r;ck store, Cassville, Ga. Feb 2, 1854. HIRSCHBERG A DAYIDSON, Ci**eille, Ga. —Manufacturers of clothing, and deal ers in Roots, Shoes, Ilats, Caps, Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry, Wholesale and Retail, at Patton’s olb stand Cassrrile, Ga. June 23 1854. IOCKETT & SPELLINGS, Factors and j General Commission Merchant*, will attend strictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud Selling everything sent to our address. sept 9 —dm* DOIT. D. 11. ZUBER, Reform Pliyeician Would most respectfully inform the cit q izens of Adairsvilie and surrounding country, that lie is now prepared to treat forms of diseases upon the soundest Phy siological principles yet known ; his rtm cdial agents are all of the safest kind, and chief ly Botanical. march 30, 1854 —ly WM. M. PEEPLES, Dealer iu Dry Goods Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,, Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal houn, Ga. May 5, 1854. —ly G. COURTENAY, A CO. No. 3, Broad • Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Books, . Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and Newspapers. The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman - ces, Ac., in the Southern country. Near the Post Office. mh 1G : S. G. COURTENAY. W. A. COURTENAY. H\ ATT McBUUNEY A CO., Direct Im porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign mid Domestic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hayne Street., Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 1855—49—1 y •-OELLING off at Cost for Cash, As the under <kj signed is closing up the business of the firm •of Leake & Howard, he has determined to I -sell off at .cost for cash. Come all that want good bargain* and come ’ quick or you will miss them. Cartersvilie, Dec I—ts W. W. LEAKE. WT ARD & BIJ K GUABD . Augusta Ga., ▼ V would inform their friends and the pub lic generally, th-t anticipating a change in their 1 business, the com s ig ’season, they are disposed to make lurge'ionc ssions from their former low i-ecales of prices, in urder to reduce their stock to the!lowest possible point. The attention of wholesale dealers as well as customers, is res pectfully solicited. Augusta, Dec 22 1) ARR A McKENZIE.-factors and Cotnims ,, , slon Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries, noduce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta, r , R t a , r , tlc ' llar attention given to consignments of iii!. 1 , Grain > Bacon . and all kkwk ofProduce. ’ aug. IT-ly. MCKXNSIEE. subscri eute orders for ans kfnd* oft™ 6 ’ chine work, and all nerinf f G -" g8 ’, or orders may relv upon ft nng ll,m Wlth for Siish-bliuda .’„d at his Car Establishment. 3 ‘Lm ? ded m ■Copper, Brass and Iron Casting. 1 1 for ° and June SO, rsA WI * SHIP ’ BLANKS AT THE STANDARD^OFFICE! m warn imiMi. D 0 b e Hi 3 e Snf) e ot 3 . CARRIAGE and Buggv Making Establish ment at Cartersville Cass county Georgia, WE would solicit a continuance o r Vj? the patronage heretofore enjoyed.- We are doing good work, and at reasonable pr ;es. We keep on hand a good selection > stock, and have employed a fine assortment o rstrute Mechanics, who know what they ai bout, We warrant our work not to fail. Gi’ is a call before purchasing elsewhere. Oi. motto is Honesty and Industry. JONES & GREENWOOD. Cartersville, Ga., July 8, 1854. NEW Tailoring establishment, at Cartersvi'le Georgia, Shop at S. H. i atiUo’s old stand. tThe subscriber hits lately opened in the town of Cartersville a New Tai lohino Establishment, where lie is pre pared to do any work in his line in the best and fashionable manner. He guar antees all vroiK turned out of his shop to fit in I the most unexceptionable manner. Particulnr- I Iv attention oaid to cutting and fitting jobs for ladies. lie iwpectfully solic.ta a fevir trial, as he is confident of success. SILAS O’SIIIELDS. sept 9—ly rpO FARMERS AM) PLANTERS. A. & J. X L. Hill, are now receiving a superior lot of Negro Shoes, Negro Blankets and Kersevs, Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Trunks, &c., for the fall and winter trade, which they are offering Low for Cash, or on short time. ‘ Farmers or others wishing to pu-chase such articles will do well to give us a call and examine prices, for we will have them on hand and intend to sell. All that we ask is that you will call and examine for yourselves, east of the court house. Cassvitle, Oct 27 Vt EORGE VOGT’S Piano and PppSfißVX Music Store, No. 148 Arch 1 J J j- J^''re L JthHadelphki. Constantly on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Musi cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu sic, Ac. &c. Voot’s Pianos are pronounced superior to all others in sweetness, power and beauty of tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons wishing a Piano of the first class and undoubt ed excellence, at a very moderate price, will do well to give them a trial. sept, I—l1 —1 ’VJ'OTI CE TO LANDOWNERS! The under- LN signed having removed from Albany to Troupville, Lowndes comity, Ga. Will in addition to the practice of Law examine and report the value of land in the counties of Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and Irwin. He will, when requested, examine Lands personally, and give full information as to - due, location and probability of immediate saL. Having no connection whatever with land speculation be will engige to act as agent, in me sale or purchase of lands, in any of the aforesaid comities for a fee often per cent, up on the amount received or paid out, His char ges for examining land will be five dollars per i lot, for lands in the 12th district, of Lowndes, in ! all the other districts, he will charge ten dol lars. Additional will be charged for an exami nation of title upon record. EPHRTAM H. PLATT, Attorney at Law, Troupville, Lowndes Go. Ga. Nov 17—ly PIANOS, SHEET MUSIC, dc. dr. rstg—y THE undersigned is. pre- Mj3Sjß=mr pared to furnish Vogt’s Piano*, at short notice, 8 and 0,1 as s terms as ‘ j they can be had anywhere at the South. These in struments are warranted to bo equal in point of tone, durability and workmanship, to any man •ufactured in the world. Every Piano warranted for five years. Any instrument failing to meet the expectations of the purchaser, may be re turned at any time within six months, and an other will be given in its stead. Having a brother (a Professor of Music) in Philadelphia, who selects every Piano sent, out, purchasers may rest assured that none but perfect instru meats, in- e-rery respect, will be sold. A large lot of Sheet Music, of the latest and most fashionable issues, constantly on hand and for sale at Publisher’s prices. WM. SCIIERZER, Professor of Music in Cassville Dec. 8, 1854 —ly Female College. ~jf-pHTNIZY A CLAYTON, Ware fZtimMm House and Commission Mer- Augusta, Ga. —Continue.the business in all its branches, aud will give their personal attention to the sale of COTTON and other produce. Cash advances made when | required. Ragging, Rope, and family supplies purchased at the lowest market rates. Com mission for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale, auglS OLD SOLDIERS.—Ry a recent Act of JL Congress, all persons who have served in any War since 1790, are entitled to 160 acres of Land—and those who have received Warrants for a less number, are entitled to a, sufficient number of acres to make that, amount.. The undersigned will attend to the collection of such claims. WM. T. WOFFORD. Cassville, mh B—ts8 —ts TO MERCHANTS AND PHYSICIANS!!— Atlanta Drug Store. — The Subscriber hav ing purchased the whole interest in the above establishment, respectfully offers to the Mer chants and Physicians of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, a large and well selected assortment of pure Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass, Surgical and Dental Ap paratuses, Medicinal Liquors, Fancy Goods, such as Soaps, Colognes and Lubin’s Extracts, at wholesale or retail, as low as can be purchas ed in any city South. We invite persons visiting Atlanta to call and see—we charge nothing for showing, and would be glad to exhibit our Goods to all. , H. A. RAMSAV. Atlanta, Ga. mh 15—6 m *** Dahlonega Signal, Cherokee Advocate, Cedar Town Republican, Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican, Dalton Times, Rome Southerner, West Point Beacon, LaGrange Reporter, New nan Banner, Griffin Union, will copy twice a month for six months, and forward accounts. Agency at Washington.—ThemT dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims against the United States, before Congress, be fore Commissioners, and before all the Public Departments, and especially claims for bounty land under the act of Congress just passed, pen back-pay, half-pay, adjustment of amounts A** 1 "* officers, settlement of post uias i c,, “ tr . a ? tors accounts, and every other rS' r, " K ‘ he prompt and efficient ser vices of an attorney or agent. pJLr^'r£? Ce of '*”® nt y years at the seat of the Federal Government, with a thorough and fa rm . ir acquaintance svinh all the routine of the public businessi at the-different offices, added to Ins free access to commit the ablest legal advi sers .f needed, justifies fee subscriber fn pledg ing the fullest satisfaction and utmost disputeh to those who may entrust their business to his care. Being well known to the great* portion of the citizens of n ashington, as well as to many gentlemen who- have been members of both louses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice’ by special references. A full power of attorney should accompany all cases. Communications must be pre-paid in all cases. Fees regulated by nature and extent of the business, but al ways moderate. H. C. SPALDING, Attorney. Washington, D. C. mh I(s— - MORE LEFT of those cbeup Double- Barrel Guns!! at LEVY’S CHEAP CASH STORE. 8 Iqlflillj Tfctospqper—Debated to futiowl qi)d State politics, Pet-apse, the Iql’te, loteip und domestic ftetos, &c. CASS VILLE, GA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1855. Cjinire HJillo&ll. Down in yonder shadowed valley, Where the death tide’s waters roll, Where dark phantoms ever dally With the fleeting, fainting soul: Where the hymn of death is waking, In the gloom with measured swell; Thither went our heart strings breaking, Little, loving Willie Bell. Chorus —Gentle Willie, darling Willie: llow we loved thee none can tell; Thou bast left us, and forever, Little loving Willie Bell. All the spring time played he gladly, With tus sunbeams from the sky— In the summer watched he sadly, All the spring flowers fade and die. And he wandered by the brook side, Where the gushing waters fell— Where the angels sang at night tide, Music low to Willie Bell. But, when summer blossoms faded, And the autumn leaves flew by; When the gentle buds were shaded By the snow wreaths from on high; Then a voice came down from Heaven, Like the waves in winding shell, And an angel.crown was given To the brow of Willie Bell. Folded they his hands of whiteness, O’er the marble lifeless breast; While sweet strains from harps of brightness Welcomed him to heavenly rest. And the eyes of blue were closing O’er the cheek where death damps fell, While in dreamless sleep reposing tVas.the form of Willie Bell. Down within the grassy meadow Down within the silent vale, Where at even comes the shadow Os the moonbeams, still and pale; There, upon the earth's cold bosom, ’Mid the snow flakes as they fell, Laid we our bright summer blossom, Lov’d in death,-sweet Willie Bell. iDripnl JjmiDrllrtte. Written expressly for the Cassville Standard. Xfyfcee Soifoi) jpote.* LINK THE FIRST. FRIENDSHIP: OR TIIE MYSTERIOUS GOVERNESS. BY MISS C. \V. BARBER. CHAPTER XII. THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY. It rains. What lady loves a rainy day? Brainard. The morning dawned dark and clou dy. The air was full of nest and fine drops of rain. I opened my eyes, and raised myself, to look out at the threat ening sky, The teacher was standing hv the little looking glass, half dressed. “ No going home to-diy,” I said, throwing myself back upon the pillow ; “how unfortunate, as we are all packed up, ready to start!” “ Oh. yes,” said the governess, “we shall go, lam sure. Make haste, Claude, and dress. The breakfast bell will ring directly, and you will not be ready. Mr. Alston will not, I am sure, let a little mist and a few dark clouds put a stop to our journey. I am putting on my traveling dress, at any rate.” “ But you ought not to go out, if the day is inclement,” I said. “The rain, moreover, will not do grandfather’s gou tv foot any good. I don’t believe he will consent to start.” My words made the girl very uneasy. She went to the window and raised the sash, aud looked long and earnestly at the skv. “ I cannot stay here, - ’ she said, “ even if it rains in torrents. Claude, please go when \ou are dressed and ask your grandmother if we are not going. Tell her that I for one shall not mind the rain —that iam very anxious to start. The carriage is close and tight; we shall all keep very dry and comfortable. I do not think we need to stop for the rain.” But I had not completed my toilet when grandmother came and tapped at the door. “ We are going, are we uot, Mrs. Alston \ ’ was the teacher’s first saluta tion. “ Really Ellen ! the weather is too bad,” said my grandmother, “Mr. Alston sent me to see what you thought about it though. If you are very anxious to get away, and are not afraid of the damp atmosphere, he will order the carriage, but it will be very disagreeable travel ling.” “ 0 do go! do go! Mrs. Alston !” said the teacher nervously—“do go! I cannot stay here another day. Tell Mr. Alston that the rain will not hurt me iu the least. Tell him that if he will start, lie shall have my very best woolen shawl to wrap his foot in, and if he gets worse when we get back to Oakland, I will take care of him like his own child, and Dr. Olcutt’s very best medical skill’ shall be brought into requisition. Tell him that I am very anxious to go.” Mv grandmother smiled doubtfully.— “ We, who are in the carriage can do vert well,” she said, “but Frederick is intending to gO too, and lie is on horse back. I don’t think it best for him to go, even if we conclude to start. He can follow on, when the weather gets bet ter.” The teacher looked as if she disap proved of this arrangement. “ Can’t he ride in the carriage too, Mrs. Alston ? Our party would be in w>inplete without him. I had rather ride almost any way than [n leave one of our party behind.” Well, well,^child, when ypp,get your 1 head set on any thing, I see that you *Gopy right secured. ’ , “PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.” nre very determined. I will go back and see what Mr. Alston says about it. and moreover send for Frederick and consult with him. lie could ride in the carriage, l suppose, but we shall be greatly crowd ed.” So saying, grandmother turned towards the door. “ Mis. Alston !” “ What child, what ? Have you con cluded that we had best not go.” “ O no ! I was only going to ask you to let Mary bring my breakfast up to me here. I don’t feel like facing all of those strange people this morning. I shall need all of mv strength for my journey. If she is not busy, please let her bring me a cup of coffee aud a bat tercake.” “ Certainly !” said the old lady, “ and pray child, do eat as much as you can. I hope the riding will improve your ap petite. I was sorry that Frederick didn't kill that, bird, as he promised to do yes terday—but we shall soon be at Oak land, I hope, where birds abound, and where there is a cook that knows how to dress them. But Mr. Alston is wait ing to hear the result of our conference arid I will go.” It was decided that, nnpropitious as the clouds looked, the journey should be undertaken, and at half past eight the carnage was driven to the door. Cons in Fred was on the steps when we de scended. muffled up in his military great coat. The Doctor, Mrs. Bates and Fan ny, had all congregated upon the porch, to accompany us to the carriage and bid us good by. “ I am sorry you are going,” said the Doctor, “I wanted that horse Mi. Al ston, before you left.” “ And the day is 3o bad !” said Mrs. Bates. “I was surprised when I learn ed that you had'really decided to start.” “ I wanted to stay fur one,” said Fred, laughing. “I wanted to have another game of chess. Miss Fanny. This rainy day would have been a glorious time for it. But as the Antiquary, Mr. Old bock said, after having quarreled with his friend Sir Arthur, about the deriva tion of a word, “ No man should presume to sav in the morning, this shall he a day of happiness .” “Very true,” said the belle, “Mr. Old luick was a wise man, but if you and the ladies will come back here next summer I we* will see on whose standard victory perches. But don’t practice all the time between now and then, I beseech you, if you do, I will not enter the lists against you, but will wear with great self compla cency the laurels which I have already won, and boast about them, too, eveiy w lie re.” “ W on’t you come and stay with us awhile at Oakland ?” said my grandmoth er. “We should all be very glad indeed to see you.” “ f,” said Miss Church stepping for ward to the belle’s side, and speaking in a hurried voice, “ owe you many thanks for your kindness to me. Rest assured that if it is ever in my power, I shall be hap py to repay, in any way that I can, my obligation to you.” “ You are quite welcome,’’ said Fanny, “to anv little trifling service which I may have rendered. But. you are vert’ pale—unable I fear to commence a jour ney or. such a daik day as this. Papa scolded, as physicians will scold, when he heard of your imprudence. But I hope we shall all meet here again next summer.” I hope we shall,” said Fred. “ But it is beginning to rain harder than ever. Miss Church, shall 1 sec you to the car riage ! 1 Good bve, doctor, good bye, Mrs. Bates good bye* Miss Fanny,” and the handsome fellow led the invalid down the wet steps, and helped tier into the carriage. She was closely veiled, and did not at first see the step. She stum bled, and had to raise her veil before she could mount. As she was sinking into her seat she looked down on the outside of the carriage, and there, with his strange cap slouched down as usual over his brow and his brawny arms folded across his breast, stood Newt Wo!born, staring ber full in the face. She uttered a slight shriek and drew her veil hastily down. But. it was too late. The mute’s curiosity I plainly saw was fully satisfied. He turned and stalk ed away-with gigantic strides. “I was sorry for one thing,” said Fred after we had alt settled ourselves down and had started, “ I was sorry that I did not get to say good bye to Maroon. I couldn’t find him anywhere. I went to his room but his servant didn’t know his whereabouts.” “ llumph !” said my grandfather. “I didn’t like that fellow’s looks much.” “ Neither did I at first,” said Fred “but- I concluded before I left that I had mis-| taken his character and that he was a right clever fellow. I was witJi him all day yesterday, and found out.a great deal about him. He is a lawyer—a man eminent too in his profession, and of shrewd practical common sense.” “ He has a strange wav of showing his common sense,” said my grandfather.— “ I should think his sense very uncom mon on one subject at least. What does ho suppose that pretv Fanny Bates wants’ with him and his seven flax-headed ‘responsibilities! Gome, come, Fred, you are ou the wrong track this time.” Fred laughed again. “ Did you nev er see a wise man, grandfather, play the j fool, after Cupid, the sly little god, bad I let fly at him an arrow or two ? If you I have not, you have been blind all your life for the sight is far from a rare one.” j “ But you maintained one day cousin i Fred,” I said “ that it was Miss Fancy’s j money Mr. Maroon was after—that he 1 was not so deeply in love with her as he ( professed to le.” “I believe I did clatter away, one day at the table, some such nonsense as that, just for the sake of hearing myself taik, Claude, but as I before told you, 1 mistook bis character. Mr. Maroon is an Odd Fellow—a very worthy man, aud I feel the greatest friendship for him.” “ Well, that is more than I feel,” said my grandfather, warming into a passion, “for that rascally proprietor there—that ohleegmg fellow who keeps the worst house I ever patronized, and charges the most abominable prices I ever heard of. When 1 was settling with him, yesterday I had a great mind to kick him out of his own house. If my toe hadn’t been so bad I believe I should have done it. I am sure I should have been applauded by all who ever had any dealings with him.” “ O hush I” said mv grandmother, “don’t get violent, Mr. Alston. We are away from there now-, and needn't go back again unless we choose to do so.” “ But his house is a vile imposition upon the public,” iny grandfather answer ed. “ lli?gets monev under false pre tences —he pretends to keep a house of entertainment. The place isn’t fit to stable Nance in. ’ “ I never! Mr. Alston when you do get started bow yo go on ! The bouse is not a good one —we all know that, but you talk about the man too harsh ly. He has to make a living some way.” “A living?” said my grandfather, in dignantly. “He's rich now—rich as a Jew. He and his father together, I learn, cheated a very worthy lady, a few years ago, out of all her paternal inheri tance, and she died, although she had been raised in great affluence, in penuiy and want. If it had not been for the Odd Fellows, she must have suffered on her dying bed. I had the information from Doctor Bates, who detests him as heartilv as anybody.” “ Why does he come there, summer after summer and patronize him ask ed Fred. “ Fanny said I think that this is the third summer they have been there.” Because lie owes him, and he can’t get his monev any other way without going to law for it,” said my grandfath er, “ I had my information from his ow n lips. Mark my words, that Carlyle is a rascal.” A Vindication Os the lion. Augustin S. Clayton , a gainst the aspersions of George R. Gilmer , as contained in his Sketche of Georgia. To the People of Georgia. The reputation of your public men, who have served you in the council or the field is a common heritage, and I claim the privilege of vindicating the character of one whose memory is cher ished with affection, and whose virtues are a never-failing source of admiration. In the exercise of this right 1 feel that I am doing justice alike to the living and the dead. 1 scorn to plead the sanctified immunities of the grave ; 1 ask no indul gence to the feelings of those who survive. I challenge the strictest scrutiny into his every act, whether official or private ; I appeal to his colomporaries at the bar or in the councils of the nation, to speak out, if they know anv thing which a taches to his fame, and I call up the re cords to protect the consistency of his character and the integrity of his life. 1 have had placed in my hands a book entitled “ Sketches of some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Chero kees, and the Author,”by George R. Gil mer, containing, among other things, a wilful, wanton, and malignant attack up on the character and integrity of Judge Clayton. It is my purpose in this vin dication to show the meanness of the as sassin and the misrepresentations to which he has resorted. As to the book I have but little to say! and if the au thor had confined himself to telling that his wife “ gave him a salutation worth more than all the shaking of hands and plaudits which he had received from the listeners and lookers on” when he miide a speech with which he himself was very much pleased ; or how “ Mr. Adams took occasion to speak of him in the most flattering terms, when he took out his great-grandfather's watch, and held it lip to the Speaker, and bowed out of the hall of the House of Representatives,” and announced that his right of representing the “people of Georgia had terminated ; or of the “ mocking biH that flew against his window” when everybody thought he was going to die ; or to the collection, of minerals, Indian pipes, idols, amulets, lands, and arrow-heads” which adorns his domicil—it would have passed as the innocent garrulity of an old man without the benefit of experience. But as ho has thought proper to assail and impugn the motivos of others, lie must bear the consequences which truth and justice exact in their defence. His attack upon Judge Clay top is three-fpld t first, his intelligence as a law yer i second, ho endeavors to create the TWO DOLL,AIIS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE. impression that, in his judical character, when the controversy between the Clier -1 okess and the State of Georgia was be 'ing discussed, he favored the General i Government, and not the State; and ‘• thirdly, he insinuates that his mind was i influenced to this course by the relation ’ ship which existed between him and Mr. Wirt, who was the attorney of the Clier lokees before the Supreme Court of. the United States. As t.o the first, I have no disposition to discuss in this contro versy other than incidental: with regard to the last two, I will show to the satis faction of every honest man their utter and complete futility. To have a proper understanding of the points, it will be well to state that, while Mr. Gilmer was governor of Geor gia, he received some time in the* month of June 1830, a letter from Win. Win, informing him that “the Cherokee na tion had consulted him professional Iv as to their rights under their various trea ties with the United States, anil, among other questions, whether the State of Georgia had a right to extend her laws com pi naively into their nation; and suggesting to his excellency that “ the decision may be expedited by making a case by consent, if that gpturse should suit the views of the State of Georgia.” The governor declined, without, express ing much indignation or . exhibiting much courtesy , the proposition, which lie thought proceeded from dishonorable motives. That I may do him justice, 1 give his own words; “No one knows better than yourself that tho .governor would grossly violate his duty and ex ceed his authority by"complying with such a suggestion, and that* both the letter aim the spirit of the powers con ferred by the Constitution upon the Su preme Court forbid its adjudging such a case.” All this happened in 1830; in 1854, the same year with the publication of Barn urn’s Biography bis biography ap pears, and informs us that he “ never felt so indignant as he did upon reading Mr. Wirt’s letter.” To understand why, lie gives the following reasons, page 354 of his book: “Mr. Wirt’s first wife was mv kins woman, the daughter of Dr. George Gil mer of A1 hennarle the brother ot* mv grandfather. Mr. Wirt was poor, un known, and undistinguished, when Dr. Gilmer took him into his house, gave him his daughter, and introduced him into-the society of his friends—then the best in that part of the country of his residence. Soon after the death of his first wife, Mr. Wirt removed to -'Rich mood, and then to Norfolk, and was in danger of being utterly ruined by dissi pation, when he again prospered bv mar rying the daughter of Col. Gamble, of Richmond, my wife’s first cousin.— My wife lived with Mr. Wirt's fam ily in Richmond when she was a little girl going to school. Mr. Wirt had been so great a favorite with my own family friends, that he was named for his executor by my grandfather Gilmer. His niece, a young lady who had resided ; with him during the life of his first wife, was, after Dr. Gilmer’s death, taken into his house by his wife's father, Mr. Grat tan, with whom she remained until her marriage with Mr. Dabney Minor. All these circumstances induced me to be lieve that Mr. Wirt expected that his age, high standing and intimate relation ship with my family friends, would in duce me to do at his request what J would refuse to another. A fee of twen ty thousand dollars was certainly a very urgent inducement to every means of success.” I pass over the fact that while he con sidered a dit honorable proposition had been made to him upon the,presumption that they were of the same family, and that he never felt so indignant in his life at receiving the letter, not one word of indignation is expressed in his answer. I refer to this passage in his biography to show how low that man’s mind must be who would suspect that Mr. Wirt was governed by such considerations in ma king the proposition he did. There had been nothing in the past history of Mr. Wirt’s life to excite the least suspicion of dishonor; the guilt might have been somewhere else. “ All things appear yel low to the jaundiced eye.” About twenty days after Mr. Wirt’s letter was received, Mr. Gilmer address ed a letter to the lion. Augustin S. Clay ton, who was then judge of the western circuit, informing him that lie had re ceived a formal notice from a very dis tinguished lawyer of Maryland that he whs counsel for the Cherokee Indians, and giving the contents of Mr. Wirt's let ter, without mentioning his name. This letter is found in his hook, page 356, and, strange to say, he omits to publish Judge O.’s answer. My distance from Georgia prevents me from giving the same; t ho’ I am able to supply what I have no doubt was tue purport of it from anoth er document. Ho informs the judge in said letter, dated July 6th, 1830, that “I am induced to write thus freely and ful ly, because it is understood in Washing ton city that you are desirous that the Federal court should assume the juris diction of determining the extent of the right of the State to govern its Indian population and then continues in his book: “Judge Clayton, to whom this letter was addressed, was related by marriage to Mr. Wirt in several ways, and bis association with Mr. Wirt and his family very intimate.” In this letter, and tho subsequent statement, there are two misrepresentations on which to build his calumny; first, that lie, Judge Clayton, was desirous of submit ting the question to the adjudication of the Federal court; and secondly, that his association with Mr. Wirt and fam ily were very intimate. No man in Geor gia I assert without the fear of success ful contradiction, can point to a syllable ever written, or a word ever uttered, that Judge Clayton ever desired any such thing. All his writings prove the con trary ; perhaps ho man in Georgia ever contended more strenuously for the rights of the States, or was more jealous of the assumptions of the Federal Government. As to his intimacy with Mr. Wirt’s fam ily, mv recollection is, that up to this time lie had never seen any member of it, including Mr. Wirt himself. In his Atticus he had animadverted with some severity upon lus conduct; besides, he was the warm persona! and political friend of Mr. Crawford in the controver sy with Mr. Calhoun, wherein Mr. Wirt was on the other side; and in an article published in the Georgia Journal ot A pril 21st. 1831, signed A. IL, lie spoke of Mr. Wirt in such manner, as one of the witnesses against Mr. Crawford, as to show that his associations with him and his family could not have been inti mate. But why this reference to the relationship of Mr. Wirt in this connec tion ? Does he intend to insinuate that his judicial decisions were biased by auy such consideration ? He can mean noth ing else ; and none but a low, mean, de based heart alone could have justified such a conclusion. Let us see how far the charge of a do sire on the part of Judge Clayton to sub mit the question to the arbitrament of the supreme court is sustained by the records. In August following this let ter, in a charge to the grand jury of Clark county, he holds this language : “ Besides the fact offic’ally announced in the council of the Indians lately as sembled, I have received information from the exeentive branch of this Gov ernment, that counsel have been em ployed by the Cherokee nation to raise for the adjudication of tho Supreme Court of the United States the question, ‘wheth er the State has a right to pass laws for the government of the Indians residing wtihin its limits.’ Now, without inten ding the least disrespect to that court, to whose constitutional authority this and all other State courts will I hope, cheerfully submit, this question can nev er go from a court in which I preside until the people of the State yield it, ei ther from a conviction of error, ascer tained by their own tribunals, or the more awful sense of their weakness to retain it: and it is useless to disguise the matter—to this issue the question must come, if the State is true to itself.” A* i gain, in another part of the same charge, he savs; “So long, however as the law remains unrepealed, the country has my solemn pledge that it shall be faithfully aud impartially administered, so far as lam concerned. I only require the aid of public opinion, and the arm of the ex ecutive authority, and no court on earth besides our own shall ever be troubled with this question.” llow malicious then is the allegation, and how badly sustained by the records. I will venture to say that not a contem porary of Judge Clayton heard that ho djsired to let this queston go before the Supreme Court of the United States; and from the low insinuation, that he was influenced by bis relationship with Mr. \\ irt, lam justified in believing that it originated in the brain of George R. Gilmer. Again at page 388 of this biography, we have a repetition of the calumny : “ By a clause of the law all agents of the United States were exempted from its operation. The judge of one of the circuits which included the/.Cherokee territory, the relative of Mr. Wirt imag ined that he had read somewhere that missionaries among the Oherokces were agents of the Government. lie dis charged several missionaries who were brought before him upon a writ of habe as corpus, upon bis own assumption thnt missionaries were agents of the United States Government, and therefore exempt by law from arrest.’’ lie has again to resort to misrepresen tation to keep up the calumny, without the sagacity this time to perceive that the decision was prejudicial to the inter est of his relative ; for if the missiona ries were discharged the ease could not go to the supreme oourt; and unless it went to thesupremecourt Mr Wirt would not get the fee of twentv tho ‘sand dollars which Mr. Gilmer in his book says “ was certainly a very urgent inducement to every means of success.” One would suppose, from bis assertion, | that the missionary was the agent of the ! Government, without any evidence to w j tablish the fact. At the March term of | Gwinnett superior oourt, 183l,^Worces* J ter and others were brought before the court upon a habeas corpus, charged with violating the law of Georgia which prevented all white persons from residing within the limits ot the Cherokee nation without taking an oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. It is useless to quote more of the opinion of the court than is necessary to show that there was evi- ISTO. 7.