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WILLIAM MITCHEL,
Secretary.
Oct. 30 4
FORT GAINES HERALD,
AMD COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
BY M SMITH, A Cos.
I very rapid increase of population in the
I ii surrounding country— the beautiful and lioal-
I thy situation of Fort Gaines, as well as its in-
I creasing commercial importance, on so fine a river
—with the facilities thereby of obtaining by quick
I despatch, commercial and other news, from New
I Orleans and the Northern Forts, and even from
Europe, by the arrival of vessels at the Appalach
iccla Bay—were amongst the circumstances to
i: duce a determination, upon the location of a
press, as the place. As also, the facilities afforded
by mail conveyance, pirect from Washington city
an! the Northern Forts, generally—as w ell as in
different directions into every part of Georgia,
Florida and Alabama.
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Inlcligonce-Politica! discussion ofintcrosting sup
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general interest, of the Georgia and Alabama Le
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the United 6'tatos. -Also a commercial register,
of the current puces, of Foreign and Domestic
.produce; at New Or,cans. Mobile, Appalftchicola
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of injured innocence, of wounded reputation, of
insulted justice, and the “ rights of man.”
The Editors will remark, that they highly approve
of tire policy if the President of tho United States
relative to the Union generally,' but particulaily
U the South Also of that of the Governor, of
Georgia, and iho present measures of the ruling
pwty-
J. KEIS i ER
Tailor,
{> ESPECTFULLY Informs the citizens of
Columbus and its vicinity, and his former
c'stomers from Millcdgovillc parlicu.arly, that
lie has located himseifin this place. His arrange
ment s are such that he will always be in posses
sion of the latest, fashioi s, anti those who may
favor him with their orders will have their work
done with the utmost neatness and dispatch. His
shop is on Crawford street two doors below 111
Post Office
Columbus Nov PI c 5
A I* Manly Sc T. M. Harris,
HAVE just received from New- York and are
now opening on Front Sired, a general as
sortment of
Drags, Medicines, _ Paints, Oils, Dye-
Stuffs, S,'C'
which they offer for sale upon the most accom
modating terms. They do ijn in a few weeks
oiling in their new building on broad street,
two doors above Stewart Se Fountain » brie.-,
building, where a general supply oflhe»e articles
Way at all times be found-
They have in their employ a firs, rate l ainter,
from NewYork, Mr. Lewis, and will have it in
their power to have painting of all descriptions
dene upon good terms.
Jmiuury 15 14
Harvey hall,
C CONTINUES the inannfactnro of Tin \V nro
' at lus old its ml, and has on hand a well »i’P
pin»y stock, with a variety of
JAPANNED BLOCK TIN & rEWTEPv
WARE,
J'.t* received from New York; among which aro
.splendid
Coffee and Pea Urns,
’ilafait lialancts. Scales iY lLt ighls,
l* H e invites tlio attention of country u.ercliuts
IcrCng assured that lie can givo thorn a j good
wtriaws as they can in any rnrt rvf tho atate.
4aji 15. . }-i
THE OfiMOCIAT.
MISCELLANEOUS AND LITERARY.
Ges. JaCKSON and Mn. CALHOUN.
Tne Washington correspondent 0 f (| lo
United States Gazette, in a | fc t, tr
dated 20;L ult. discloses the following:—
4 You and your readers have heard a great
deal concerning the approach of a rupture
between Gen. Jackson and Mr. Calhoun,
or between friends of those iudivuals. Bui
• you may uot yet have been enlightened as
t to the ground on winch these statements
have been made. Very lately the facts
j have leaked out from so maty quarters, that
.it cm be no longer eousideied as any
bieach ol goiulcnunly confidence or cour
tesy, to put the.n more prominently before
jibe world. Liming the last winter, there
was a co Id tiers on dm part of General Jack
sou towards Mi. Calhoun, which was traced
, to an impression on the mind of the former,
1 tint die latter, while a member of Mr.
Moure’s cabiuet, had actively and evtrgei
ically labouied io iuduc« the rest of the cab
inet, to acquiesce in a proposition to bung
General Jackson to answer before a Court
Martial for his conduct in the Seminole
war. As Soou as it was discovered that
this circumstance had reached General
Jackson the fiends of Mr. C itliouu busied
in i emoviug it to the best of their ability.
It is said that a correspondence was open
ed perhaps by Mr. Calhoun himself, with
Mr. Monroe, with a view lo explain a
way the impression,either by direcly con
tradic'iug tho statement, or putting it in
some for>ii that would exlinueratc Mr (Jal*
houn, who is understood to have denied
the tact. Something was thus drawn from
Mr. Mouroo, which for the time satisfi
ed General Jaekson. But after the close
ol tiie session, something occurred to re
vive tho suspicions of the General, aud a
correspondence with Mr. Crawford took
place, and also, as far as I am informed,
with Mr. Calhoun. The result of this
correspondence has been the establishment
of Gen. Jackson’s entire conviction, of
the fact that Mr. Cal houn did urge in the
cabinet of Mr Monroe, the course with
which he had been charged. If tho fuel
had not been denied by Mr Calhoun, I
oo not know that any censure would have
pioperly cast upon V\ m; because the rea
sotinb'e ii ferente o ust be, that he acted
under a solemn sense of duty, ntui with a
v i”w lo the public interest. But it is dent
al of the fact, which ir ost, if proved before
before the world, place Mr. Ca* houn in uu
unenviable attitude; because it most pre
sent hi in ns willm-, for the sa-e ~f retailing
the influence of one who might aid his po
litical Views to snriendcr ins c Inrad ter for
liono-, firmness, tied vef ahy M . Calhoun
lias always enjoyed the reptnatuin of a high
minded man, wise would not st"op to mean
ness; but let tins statement wiuch is now
undermining his fame, and working
bis dtst'uction, be borne out, and I do
r.ot think that he cou'd ever rise again in
the public estimation:— It is pobatde that
the facts will soon escape in a more formal
and authentic shap". *
Postsciipt from Liverpool of the 9 b
Dec. the day tho p icket sailed, speaks of
the disturbances amongst the operatives at
Manchester, as calculated to injure the
Cottoit market vero inuteriaily.
A letter hum a merchant in London, to
his corr< ‘pof)d-nt in Charleston, received
by the Jux I ay, -ays— ‘ By die separation
of Holland asm Belgian, the latter cannot
trade any more to Battuvia &e where their
great market was for tiie sale of cottOD
goods; consequently tin* Ghent manufactur
ers are halt ruined. You cannot expect
much demand for cotton, therefore, from
tiie Nieiheilands.”
Hansome Man.—Our readers arc aware ;
that ti<ive!|ors in Europe are obliged to;
obtain pasports, which give an accurate i
description of their personal appearance. — j
An English traveller had ins passport te-!
turned to him at Muyence while h< was at
dinner. On rising from the table he look .
up the bill of fire by mistake folded it up ;
carefully, and left his passport quietly to- ■
posing on the 'able to astonish the hist
hungiy mill) that might examine for the
purpose ol selectu k from the good tilings
of mine host. Off lie went to Cologne,
w-hero the Prussian police edbeer tit the
gate demanded Sit Robert's papets; and
oil teceivitig the substituted document, pm
giesstvely satisfied linuseif of the identity
i f tho party by what Htwpi.ttk for the wn
tnn description oi him—*C ill’s In ad —V< s,
—‘Bullock’s tongut’ Rig’s chnrks Sow’s
e us.* Risiht—‘Hand of I*, rk.’— Yes.—
‘B ai’s Ham’ Romp of Beef, — Leg rs
mutton—All ight. ‘S uff and hear'’— 1
dare say Fried liver’—Beuu in India,
I suppose, Runic wine, Burgundy Cham
pagne, I’ort wine, I’oiter, Curacca Cog
! nine’ Oil! these lust are only tho gee lc
! man’s travelling effects, and concern the
' t>o« ill. Drive on!” The‘been in Lidia
1 suppose,’ is a glorious inference.
On a recent examination in England be
fore a Bunch ot Magistrates, “t * ,na "
and his w f , suspected ot being concerned
in setting tin* t>* one or more of the h ires
that have lately been demolished in some
of the excited counties, the Lady was asked
, if her husband had not diat k a very to
■ llammamry toast at the puplie house, she
; replied in ti e negative, >ui admitted that
j shr had. At the request of tho Magisitr.ite,
■ she repealed the toast; it w s, as lollows:
Ye God above, send down yew love,
i VVuh'ffior is vherp as sickles,
‘ To cut the throats ! gentles >ki-,
Who rci) ti e poor of vituals.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1831.
A boy who bau been brought up in a log
house in Ohio, which of course was not
much encumbered widi useless furniture,
day sent on an errand to a neigh
bnr « house, where several articles c.f more
fashionable furniture baa just been received
from “die East ward,” and among other
things a looking glass which was suspeaded
opposite thu door The boy had never
before seen his own face and w heti on qn
teiing the house the fiist object which pie
sented itself was a dirty looking fi.ee sur
rounded by long, yellow, shaggy hair &■-, :
he was so alfiighied that w ithout ceremony .
he ran heme as fast as his legs could carry
him, exclaiming— “ Daddy, daddy, Ive '
seen the devil !” Salem Oaz.
A home thrust.-*- Some years since, one
of our Supreme Judges was piivately re
primanding an Attorney for bringing sever
al small suits into the court over which he
presided; remarking that it would have
beeu much better fur both parlies i'll each
case had tie persuaded his clients to an ar
b:ti..tioo of some two or three honest men.
“Please your honor ” replied the lawyer,
“we did uot choose to trouble honest men
with them. ’
Not long since one of tho sons of Hiber
nia, havieg taken 100 much of his favorite
beverage, had the misfortune lo lose bis
hat; on being asked how he lost it, he re
plied—“by the holy post, I don't see how
1 should lose it at all, when my name was
in tho bottom of it!”
A house occupied by a couple of Irish
oien, took fire white they were absent to
get their fnvouiite driuk, and on being told
so one of them that Ins In use was binning
down, he replied, “ by St. Patrick tiiatcant
be so, for Mic aud I, have got tho key in
our pockets.”
Vicissitude* of life. —Baja/.t t tho proud empe*
vor of the Turks; being taken prisoner by Tamer*
lane a Tartarian emperor, was bound in chains of
gold, and usod as a footstool in mounting his horse-
And when Tamerlane ate meat, he made Bajazet
gather the crumbs under his table, and oat them
for his food.
Cleaninus from late European Pa
pers RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE.
Tribute of resptet to Don Miguel. —
The London Times gives us the follow ing
sketch of an eulogy upon the character and
"X plotts of Don Miguel, contained in the
Oporto Courier of Sept. 29th, which leaves
every other attempt at Royal Battery, with
in our recollection far behind.
The blasphemous sycophant tells fits fel
low slaves that Don Miguel I. is "one of
the heroes of the throno ami of religion
whom Divine Piovidtnce has created for
the happiness of mankind, — that lie is the
likeness of Heaven, —that he is formed ac
cording to God's own heart, and inttusteti
with the Portuguese septre by his incom
prehensible wisdom.” In thp whole of tins
disgusting paragraph the writer never for
gets t’ie zeal of Miguel in support of the
church. We are told that "His Majesty’s
name shall pass fiom generation to genera
tion to the most remote posterity as a Mon
arch who is a defender of the church, ol her
doctrine, of her dogmas, and of her faith.'’
Hence it is added, “the House of the Lord
could not host a more zealous Maccubeous,
nor the sword r.f justice a more perfect Sol
omon.” After suuclt a sample of idola
trous fudge our readers might perhaps have
been satisfied to remain ignorant of the
striking poitvs of resemblance between the
little tyrant of Portugal and the Archangel
Michael. But the Opotto Courier is 100
impressive on this topic to be entirely disre
garded It is well known that ALguol is
the same name in Portuguese as the Eng
lish Michael; and that Don Miguel is thus
a namesake of tho Archangel, called by
Milton.
Michael, of celestial armies Prince. —
But hmv does he rcst nible that fust ofse
lapltsl The following is the parallel:—
“The Archangel Michael destroyed in
Heaven the rebelion of those proud spirits
who disputed the soercignty of God, and
Miguel destroys on earth the impious spir
its who dispute the existeoso us the same
divinity. The Archangel Michael was the
messenger of G< and his invincible Gen
era!—and the suppot ter oi harmony and
peace in dm celestial court. Our Lord
Don Miguel adores in spirit and in troth,
the infimtiy pci feci spirit. The bksphe
mies of his impious and rebelion# enemies
no more distuib the serenity of his Majes
ty Don Miguel, than the blasphemies of
Lucifer disturb the eternal of the glory cf
tin,- Archangel.*'
The force of folly can no further go.
common sense of mu English reader to ex- ,
p,.ct hia cuuimn to u«.y more of such
trash, out as we have alluded to the sub
ject, in testimony of tho extreme ignorance
[ of the Portuguese rabble to whom the »p
--l u i! is made wo may as well finish with the
Hiuiiisit of ti limpets with which it con
cludes. The day celebrated was Saint
Michael’s Day ( the name-day of Don Ms
guel) which is thus apostrophised: —“O
great and glorious day for the church ! O
a; eat and g'orioes day for the kingdom !
We hail thee and render thee due homage,
i because thou retrit.dest u? of a mysterious
| name, —a name which stiik<*s terror into,
bell, and is the joy of the jo**,”” 11
which we. can never pronounce without de*
light, as that of our Sovereign,— * namo
which can not be repeated w ithout recalling
■ iIC valient Axel angel whom onr Sovereign
iiititah s.”
From the Winter's Wreath.
THE sKY LEADERS.
Much of the strong * x> iiemei.t fi It on
beholding a chain of lolly mountains,
rises from i!:e cuiiv clion, born upon out
hearts by annuls of all longues and people,
that on lauds such as these, ilip foot of the
i.Wider has seldom tested, and has uevii
long taint'd. We view these g g >utic ram
paits overall tins known world, as limits,
placed by the Cieator, to the uurulv arobi
: lion of man. W herever they are tiieir un
| cieut heads, they are proud in the recotded
defeats of leadets, whose fame “hath filled
tiie etuis of the euri'ft, ’ <4 in by a mere
iiutidiiil of peasantry dwelling amongst
And on hearing of the subjugation of a
mountainous county, wn feel as though the
Warder of God’s lints had been so uufaith
ful So often, from the pass of Thermo
pylae to the heights of Mogarien, hero the
brave proved their own bills to be impreg
nable, that no tale af overwhelming num
bers will counteract the fouling th u nrouu*
laiu-land, so won, has been betrayed be the
cowardice, of the inhabitants. Oi this
cowardice, histouy uufujtunately gives us
some proofs. But these f«w instances of
weakness and treachery only serve to give
the force of sting contrast to “the bright
examples” of multitudes of higher and no
bler spirits T ne-e reflections apply more
especially to Norway (or in tee old writing
Norrow.iy) ilis sit Lt if itietradiiion which
now awakens them ; and which often rouses
the warm Norse blood, when told by son e
of the older peasants of the crowders
round a cottage health, > n a long winter’s
evening
In l(jl2, there was a war between Nor
roway and Sweden, distinguished from a
massed' the forgotten conflicts, almost per
petually raging between these rival aud
neighboring countries, by the tragic Cate of
Siticlaii’g body of Scottish allies—celebra
ted, as many of our readers will remember,
in a fire Norwegian ballad. It is well
known that the Sects landed on the west
const of Norway to join their allies tho
Swedes, went along ti e only volley-pass
loaning to Sweden, and weie'arnihilated in
■ ” w VV v Ilf UKII V civ.unilUillUlCU 111
the deep dofiie of Gulbrausdale by the pea
santry. At the time when they should
have arrived nt Sweden, a body of Swe
des encamped in Jemptlami, resolved to
meet their allies, of whoso movements they
bud intelligence; and escort t! ton over the
fiontier, crossing l>y the bill passes, end u
tiiting with the Scots on the other side.—
TSU bund, lo whoso fortunes wo attach
ouistlvus, nuinbeicd but three hundred
warriors; but they were tin) very flower of
Sweden, They resolved to penetrate the
ban ie'F at the most inaccessible point; be
lieving that the Norse would collect in the
southern cour try, whero they were opposed
by a Swedish army, and rest secure in the
deep snows, which rendered the bills im
passible for tire defence of their meuutain
frontier.
So they came says the legendary story,
to the foot of the wild pass of Rudeu; a
spot fated tube dangerous te tiie Swedes,
and since strotvn with the frozeu ellipses of
the hosts of Labarre and Zoega, who per
ished there. Their company filled the few
cottages of the small hamlet, on the Swe
dish sides of the harrier; where they ar
rived oai ly in the day. They tvere eager
in their inquiries for a guide, being resolv
ed to pass the hill ere night; least tidings
should reach the Norseman of their ap
proaching foes. But all then search prov
ed fruitless. Many of tho Swedes of the
village bad been over these mountains; but
none were on thu spot possessing that firm
confidence derived from certainty of know
ledge, and from conscious intrepidity, which
cuuUl ulono moko them sucuiu or Willing
guides in an expedition of so much peril A
importance. At last, old Sweyne Koping,
the keeper of the little inn which was the
Swedes* head quarters, shouted with the joy
of him who has at once hit upon the happy
solution of a difficulty. “By the bear !”
cried he, “could none of you think of the
only man in Jemptland fit for this enter
prise; and he here ou the spot all the wbilot
'Vhett isderi Lindens,’’
A hundred voices echoed the eager quos
tion; and the lenders were told, to their
regret, that they ntusl wait perforce, till the
morrow, for the only man able or willing
to guide them. Lindens had gone forth u
pon a journey, and would not return that
day.
‘Well said' Eric Von Dilisi the chief of
the Swedish detachment, ‘tbeie is no help
for it. To day we uni t depend upon the
kind intertaninicnt of our host.-; hut bt>
w..re, my brave men all, hfewarc of deep
horns of ale or meed. Remember,’ point
ing to the tugged peeks.glittering in tho
snow—‘Remember, fliat all who vvouhl
sirep beyond those to-morrow, will need
firm bands and i'ee eyes. A'-u good -wey
i,e’ (addressing the inn-keeper «Ih> “as
tliH chief permit of the hamlet 1 ‘look well
that no sound if out coming mai lt these
Norse sluggards. There may bo some
here who for their country s salety, «ou!o
cross the hills this night with wanting.
hi HMf tlic 111 “ , * § ••
•Thou art right, by Mayhems freedom!
ettnd the host, ‘lice sits AH Str.vonger:
he knows these hills letter than h.s own >
hunting pouch, and would Hunk Hale of
carrying to his country men. I■ «*»• s '” r y*
ho confined, «urnu»g j l ’ -' ,f « v ' ri 7 1
c;ieve to make an old friend a prisoner,
I but you mu*'t "bide here in tome keeping
; until onr men are well lorw&rded,
1 ‘I caro net if I shy here to night and
forever,’ replied the Norseman. Luc now
looked for the first time upon the speaker,
confessed tint ho had never beheld a
VOLUME FIRST NUMBER 15
fiuet looking man. In the prime of the
b au'.y of northern st e g h, Alf Stavrnger
** '■» remarkable for a cast off» atures bear
ngtr.ii> sol a higher mind than can «fun
be discerned in the clnn Ini losty fac> sos
his coiiiinymeii.
4 Docs the valley-marksman speak thu V
said the host. ‘Aye,’answered the youth
‘when you are tlnnst forth from tlm fiit-iJe,
you can hut seek another roof. If )eu,
own laud cast you out, yon are fain to clifg
to the stranger—the enemy!’
‘Has Elmuii’s father been .ougl:?’ inqui
red S w«y ne.
‘Name him noi!’ replied tho young pent
sent angrily. ‘They have heaped refusal
and insult upon n>e, let them look for their
return! 4 Aye, Skiaint Harder may one
day wish I bad wed his daugbter-roy name
>ball yet be fearfully known thrughnnt Nur
roway. Swede, I will myself guide your
troop this night over the Tydel. Trust me
fully, and you shall be placed tomorrow
beyond those white peaks. 4
* lie will have a fearful passage first,*
said an old peasant, 'lliete is no moon now
and it will be pilch daik long ere you cross
the Naero.’
4 The night is to ijs as the nonn day/
cried a spirited young soldier; ‘for yoor
crags we fear them not, were they as high
ns the blue heavens. Our life has been a
mougst rocks, and in our own land we are
called the Sky Leapers!’ ‘ I will trust the
young Nurseoian,’ continued their chief,
4 wounded pride, and slighted love, may
well make a man hat the laud that has spur
ned him, were it his own a hundred times.'
As the day was fast wearing over, small
times was lost in preparation. Each man
carried with him his fir skates, to be used
n lion, after climbing the rough ascent, they
wound along those narrow and difficult
pathos which skirt the face of the cliffs,
crossing the mountains. Their guide told
them that he should lead them when it gtew
dork, by lighted torches, procured aud used
ns he should afterwards shew them.
During their slippery and rugged journey,
Alf and his followers could not help alter-
nately admiring the spirit coolness end ac«
tivity shewn by each party in scaling th*
dangerous recks; and they felt insensibly
drawn one to another, by that natural,
though unutterod friendship, which binds
together the brave and high-souled. SuH
few words were passed between them,
though many of the Swedes spoke Norse
wall, and Alf knew Swedish as throughly
ns his own tongue. On both sides were
hosts of feelings which led them to com
mune with their own thoughts in silence.
After some hours of hard and successful
climbing they halted, at the close of the
day, for a few momenta on tho snowy sum
mit of a ridge which they had just aseended,
to fasten on their skates. They had now
to traverse the long aud slippery defiles so
peculiar to Norway, where the path runs
upon narrow ledges of rock, at swfsl height
winding abruptly in and out along tltw rug
ged face of the bills. Hero they farmed
tin single file, aud liter guide, taking the
lead of the column, kindled, by rapid fric*
non, one of the pine branches, of which
eaclt had, by his order, gathered in abun
danco on their way. ye said in a few
brief and energetic words, “that here must
they tempt the fate of all who would con
quer Norway—unless they chose to return:
now were they really to win the proud
name of the Sky Leapers. 44 lie bade
them move along rapidly and steadily, fol
lowing close the light ol his torch. Every
man was to bear a blazing pine, kindled
from his; and thni, each pressing close on
the lightbefore him, the track would not
be lost in the abrupt turns and windings.
He placed the coolest and most active in
«l>o roar- that they might (•>»•“ I'gLly —^
skilfully ovor the snow, roughened by the
tracks of their leaders, and keep the line
of lights, which was their only hope of
safety, compact and unsevered.
What a change from toilsome climbing
which had wearied the most elastic limbs,
and tried the roost enduring spirit. Tbry
fl<'tv over the narrow slippery paths, m>«r
in a long straight narrow course of trees,
now losl and then emerging in the sharp
turnings of tho cliffs. The danger of tho
Naotoe, which makes Hie native^
shudder at the giddy narow path anff »- ,ul
depths, were half unseen in the d”*"®**’
and all nnfeared by these
darted exu’tingly, like through
the keen breeze of the s * Binra
.l.rupl; aiiJ " im.Ued ..»«»
T'r ' J Vh.« Sm"reon.i»g ,1... 'o
b, ,h. joining light
lorn at turning, 1* s,iw ■> ; { sec
of,heir torched, the countenance of A»
turned back „ward, the long of flytng
stars, with a troubled end sorrowful look--
To encourage him, ho «.ed m
te4.ve n &y°t»pes.* iol.ow
ihee !’ ‘Old’ shouted back the gu,do with
a ci y tbat echoed through the w hole band,
and quickened their lightning sperd -
Their torch now flew along «n ono
unbroken stream of sue, »«•> a Wl,d d f. a '*
scream arose, marking the
after light dropped in the da.k
Tim depth was so terrible that all sound of
U, was P unheard. 80l that c.y teachod
r the las, of the .inking line. » nd ‘‘“V*
s ,,u A'“r.-5- ‘""vr: 1 ; 'z
;
* ,i, o i r brief journeying togeth. r, and had
r, iheynot come e. h.s country . mvaders
a ho would have loved them a* b,o hu. f