would expose me and swear that * ba J andt *
tempted tUooanutactufviulet.ee onher.j
I was thunderstruck. Sue then rang a bell,
and two females (wife in ■»» »e»en.bled
g,a.:troses,) made their appearance, and
gave mu to understand they prr.v
all she had .aid, and advised me to tu .We
some arrangement, with the woman that de
coyed m° to the house, that unless I did »<>
- ■ ■ • •- -* ■!,» ■ <niefate th it poor Mol
gao did; being engaged in puo.io u—t
and well aware that scandal can blight the
prospects of auy man, l accordingly gave
the wretches all the money I had, amounting
in all to about $56,50, for they even insist
ed upon having what louse change l had
in my pocEets;oue of them, insisted on hav
ing my watch, to this I strongly objected,
and after a consultation between the trio,
they concluded not to take it; they accord
ingly placed a handkerchief over my eyes,
led me out of the house and through sev
eral streets nnd turnings, then left me; when
• one I took the bandage off my' eyes and
found myself standing in West street, with
in ten feet of the river. What llicir inten
tion was in placing me in that situation can
easily bo imagined.
I hopo tho above statement of facts may
gervo as a lesson to young gentlemen fond
of adventures and errantry—for I assure
you it shall to your humble servant.
St7B9CRIBF.It
The Philos phy of Sleep. — One would
suppose that sleep had more to do with
con ciettce than philosophy. A sonnd sleep
er must either be a very honest man or a
hardened villain. Mr Macnish, a physi
cian of Glasgow, has lately published a
work wliorein he investigates the philoso
phy of sleep. liis work is divided into
thirteeo chapters—the Introduction —the
sensorial power—sloep in general, which
is we suppose the absonce of watchfullness
—tho iiso of sleep, which is probably to re
fresh the weary and to allow silent people
to exercise •some of their organs by snoring
the sleep of Plants, which must bo very
stupid business—Dreaming—Management
of Dreaming—Prothetic Powers of Dream
ing—Night Mare —Day Mare—sleepwalk
ing-sleep talking—sloeplessness—sleep
from cold—walking dreams—Revery—
Abstraction—Drowsiness-protracted sleep
Trance—Death—sleep of the sou!—Conor
nl management of sleep. The foreign Jour
nals say that the author is quite animated on
this sleepy subject.
|r*!A young girl who loves, believes that all
the world is ignorant of her passion ; she
throws over her eyes the veil which she
has thrown over her heart. But, when it
is lifted by some cherishing hand, the se
cret inquietudes of passion suddenly burst
their bounds, and the soothing overflowings
of conHidence succeed the reserve nnd l
mystery with which the oppressed heart
bad enveloped its feelings.—
Bcrnadin St. Purr re
Pretty IVoman. —“Of all other views
a m n may, in nine, grow tired; but in the
Cotmtenaee of w. men there is a variety
which sets weariness at defiance.’* The
divine right of beauty, says Junius, is the
only divine light an Englishman can ac
knowledge, and a pretty woman the only
tyrant he is not authorised to resist.
FROM THE GLOBE.
YOUNG NAPOLEON.
Among the very interesting items of in
telligence, received from Revolutionury
Europe within the last four months, I have
■ought in vain for a notice of Young Napo
leon, uuiil the preseut week, when I found
the following.
“Vienna, Nov. 11.
His Majesty, the Emperior, has given to
the Duke of Reichstadt, Major in the In
fantry Regiment of Solins, the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel in the Nassau Regi
ment oflnfantry, in a garrison at Brun.
Young N ipoteon is about nineteen years
t>ld, and has received a general education,
worthy of his high destiny. His military
studies have boon directed by the Arch-
Duke Charles, of Austria, one of the most
accomplished tacticians and soldiers of the
age—who had the honor, more than ortce,
to acknowledge the supremacy ol the elder
Napoleon—and who, under that Great
Captain, received some of the lessons
which be has recently communicated to
this yoath, in whose favor Napoleon abdi
cated the resplendent diadem of France.
It must be evident to avory reflecting
mind, that if Europe should be involved in
war, and Young Napoleon should exhibit
traits in the field worthy of his Sire, no
thing can prevent his accession to tho
throne of France, but a total change in the
French people; He is, therefore, a pecu
liar object in t\je great political horizon ;
and it is possible that France may demand
liis services, aud friendship of Austria, be
fore the lapse of another year.
The revolution, in July last, furnishes
ample reason for this opinion. No prom
ter led tne French people to carry their
wishes into effect ou that occasion. Not a
member of the cham'crs that called the
reigning King to power, shed a drop of his
blood io achieving the dethronement of
Charles. The whole struggle was com
menced, conducted, and perfected by the
people.
It is consequently unreasonable to sup
ine that another Bourbon will succeed the
prosb.t. onless he can command the afflic
tions of r>„ the people by stronger claims
thin (hose “legitimacy ”
Tho attachmeirwjf the French people for
N ■ poison’s family , t.«, been confessed by
the present King, in the 6. cre e which ban
ishes them from their cnnntry. an{ j j„ t |, e
selection of the old friends of the Empe
ror for the most important offices. L to.
guage cnuld not express this conviction
at.ire clearly than these acts. Time will
prove that this opinion rests on a substau
tie' basis.
A few months before the overthrow of
Charles, the following appeared in a cul
lection poems ly Messieurs Mery and
Uciihtleiuy. Although the work wassup
[ pressed. It is believed that many copies o
this pustular pocia emulated, and
that its influence mas manifested in the
I-lie revvlotion. It was published in s-me
of our papers last winter, and may gratify j
the cunosty of your readers, even at Hie j
day. ADA *
s. appear from the follow i-ig ex
tract of a letter from Amsterdam, dated
21s’ Nov. that tile Dutch spirit is reviving
among the modern Hollanders. T Irere is
no people wh » can quote in their history
moro splendid examples of a noble public
spilii than the Dutch.
You cun have no idea of the good spirit
which prev»i!s hero in support ot tho Gov
enmeni. Young men of the most respec
table families, and married men too, join
tho army daily, and the Contributions which
are received from all quartets show a dis
position on th* pail of the inhabitants t
pleilge 'heir foituncs and their lives in the
good cause. There was a collection made
tho other day for the support of the fami
lies of indigent militia, when 126 000 flor
ins were collected here, 60,000 ill Rotter
dam, besides, the donations which are
made of money, horses, clothing, blankets
Sec. are immense Many Merchants give
from 500 to 3000 fl iiis—public officers
relinquish their s Jarirs pensioners send
in the amount of one, two, three, and four
years, pensions, a widow lady equipped at
her own expense thirty soldiers —some
gentlemen furnish from one to threo horse
men, equipped with horses and appurten
ances, providing for them until p< uc takes
place. In short, the instances of patriot
ism and public spirit exhibited Lv the
Hutch, surpass every thing of the kind
that we have heard of in modem times.
Upwards of 1200 yoong men of the most
respectable families in the city, and so io
proportion throughout the kingdom, like
wise the students of the universities, arc
now doing doty in the garrisons as com
mon soldiers.
“Contrasted with these remarks of pat
riotism, look at the Belgians plundenng
each other, with the cry of Liberty and
Equality’. About a week ago there was
a collection made in Brussel for the re
lief of tho wounded ; it produced about
500 francs ”
Earthquake. — A letter from Porto Ca
bello dated 25th Nov. to a gentleman in
Boston speaks of the Earthquake, experi
enced on the 25:h of that month, as the
most sovere on that had been known in
that quarter for many yeais, though no
material damage was done. It occurred
between one and two o’clock in the morn
ing. Men women and children ran into
| the streets nuked, nnd surrounded the chur
ches, which were thrown open to them,
and so great was the excitement that many
people were afraid to steep in tbeir own
houses on the follwiug night. The le ter
states that for three or four evenings after
the cartnquake, “grand catholic proces
sions, bearing Christ aud tho Vagin Miry,
proceeded through the strees of Porto Bel
lo, imploring morcy.” It wasthuugt somi
of the towns on the coast had suffered se
verely.
Charleston Mercury, Jan■ 25.
President Cooper is well known as the loader
of tho “ State Eights emit Null fir at ion party ” in
Boutli Carolina. His politics arc well kiioah to
most of our readers Tho following letter gives
some account of his religion. And it will be found
true in this, as in most other cased, that when a
, man is altogether wrong in principle, upon one
subjoct, that ho will seldom be found wholy wright
upon others.
From the Charleston Observer.
GEN. BLAIR AND DR. COOPER.
The Camden Journal, of Jan. 15th con
tains a letter from Geu. James Blair, one
of our Representatives jo Congress, touch
ing a certain “document,'* said to be writ
ten by Thos. Cooper, President of the
South Carolina College. We copy it with
out comment, together with the re marks of
the E litor of tho Journal.
We publish tho following letter at thn
request of the gentlemac to whom it was
addressed. We know nothing further of the
authorship of the pimphlet remarked upon,
thin what we gather from the letter itself.
We have read that pamphlet, however, and
are perfectly satisfied of its character It
is the most impudent tissue of blasphemies,
since Tom Paine’s “Age of Reason.’’—
Ed. Camden Jour.
“Washington Citv 17th Dec. 1830.
Ree. Reuben Tucker , —
Dear Sir — l enclose you a sophistical,
perhaps 1 should say, blasphemous docu
uient, writteu, as I am informed by Thom
as Cooper, President of the South Caroli
na College, signed A Layman.
I am perfectly at a loss to conjecture the
object of Dr. Cooper, in writing such a
piece, unless it be to raise a quarrel with
the people of South Carolina, in order to
furnish himself with a pretext for running
away, and leaving them—for surely it
would be a bad comment on tho morality
of South Carolina, that any mart should a
vow and publish such docilities; and yet be
sustained and cherished by that community.
I am myself, opposed to the suspension
of the mail on the Sabbath—not because I
fear such a measure would load to “an un
ion of Church and State,’’ but because I
think the transportation of the mail on
Sunday and every other day, absolutely ne
cessary to a prompt and sife administration
of the Government. But to decry the
pleaching of the Gospel’ and ridicule pub
lic worship requires a degree of hardyltood,
impiety und misanthropy, that I had hoped
no man in Sonth Carolina could entertain.
I am glad that lie is not a native of out
country from whom such sentiments have
einii-ated. He denies that we have any
scriptural authority for public prayer. Bui
how sintuis the fact ? Let any one read S .
Mark XI cltap. and 17th v.; St. Luke \1
1-22— 40; the Acts of the Apostles 1-24
HI -I —IV-31 ; and they will find u»i on
ly aniplo authority for poblic prayer, but
find that it is tßCglrt ami injdioil, as a duty.
by Christ and bis disciples both in precept
and example. No d* übt m iry othsr i- ei ol
Scripture can be quotl and .is poa.-itive author
ity for the prac ice, but it is quite unneces
sary to search them out.
Because our Lord condemned and repu
diated all ostentatious and hypociiical pray— |
er in public, such as was icsorted to by the
Pharisees with eieat insincerity, merely “to
he seen of men,** and to i/n, ose upon thein
becbusc,d sny, Christ censtn and this kind
of base hy poet icy, Dr Cooper lakes it for
granted thel be forbids “putbc prayer, both
"bv his words and by bis practice.'
This, to say the least of »♦, •» a suange re
sult, and one to which no man if common
sense, and common honesty, can cc*.e af*
iter reading the Scr.quics.
I sincerely believe there is a Divine re
ality in the Christian Religion”— I wish
1 tins belief to acquire strength daily if pos
i sibli; that I may at last die in it without
1 doubt or waveriitg.
1 therefore, for one, thank no man for
' attempting to shake our f.iitli in the Divine
j authenticity ofChiistianity, or in the eflica
jcv of public pi oyer and preaching. Nor
j cars i regard him as a good citizen, or pat.
*, riotic man, that would do so. Admitting
j the whole theory <d site Cin ist inn religion
I io be fibulous and fictitious, all must agree
{ that it tnrms an excellent system ol moral
ity, and constitulesphe strongest cement of
civilized society. Very few* even of the
few who profess to be governed by a Bouse
of honor, are restrained by its rules. The
laws of human enactment aie, for the most
pari, easily evaded; and was it not for the
dread of hereafter, —the apprehensions ol
a future reckoning, most men would be
deoils incarnate
But I am not so vain, or so arrogant, ns
to volunteer a defence of public prayer aud
preaching, if these huly practices kneed a
champion to protect them from tire unhal
lowed attacks of Infidelity, a much abler
ono will be found in you, and other minis
ters of the Gospel. I merely wish to pro
test againsf such sacri'ege, and to disclaim
the poltpy of fostering, in the besom of out
community a man capable of such profanity.
Yet it seems that such a man is cherished
and patroniardby our State Legislature.
He is placed at the head of our College,
and charged with the instruction of ou
youth. He prsidesover and controlls an
institution, that virtually governs the State.
He,forsooth, most dictate the politics and
policy of Sou'h Carolina, cotroll her most
important elections add shape her destiny
I believe his unwaian'able iutmferance
and tampering in the late int igues by
which Judge Smith's re election to the
S mte os the United States, was defeated,
is no secret to any body
I will only add, further, that if he is to
he continued in his present situation, anri
permited to go on instiling heterod, x ideas,
and infidel doctrines into the minds of his
pupils, South Carolina (’to say nothing of
political consequences,) may soon claim
the palm from Itevolutionary Prance, on
the score of infidelity and atheism.
I remain dear sir, your friend and hum
ble servant, JAMES BLAIR."
The next President. — Resolutions were
introduced into both branches of the Leg
islature approving the general course of
oolicy pursued by the present Administra
tion and recommending Qeneral Jackson
to the people of the United Stairs as a can
didate for re-election Those submitted
m the House of Com lions, were adopted,
and gent to the Sen t>», f*r concurrence,
bus were there laid noon the table. Those
presentod in the Senate were passed, after
striking out that part n bicll recommends
the President for re-election. When they
came to the House of Commons, that part
tva* re-instated and the Resolutions were
again returned for the concurrence of the
Senate. After the debate, they witli the
amendment were laid upon the table mid
were not again taken up. Tima determin
ed course of the Senate has excited no lit
tle surprise, and even indignation amongst
the thorough going Jacksouians. We ure
at a loss to account for it, knowing as we
do, that a largo majority of the Senate are
professionally, the friends of General Jack
son. Whether it be considered as imply
ing a want of confidence in the President
that a majoriiy would not pledge them
selves to vote for him, or to be taken as the
expression of a doubt whether he will be a
candidate for re-election, the fact is cer
tain, that the disposition of these resolutions
has given great satisfaction to tho Hero
ites. On the last day of the session, Messrs
R, D. Spaight, Askew, Montgomery, Ward
Skinner, Kerr and Hawkins presented a
wretten protest against the decision of a
majority of the Senate. M*. Hinton of
Beauforr, presented a separate one of sim
lar character, and botli wore entered upon
the Journal.
The New-York Journal of Commerce
thus remarks on the corrcsponence of Mr.
M’Lane with the Biitsb Government:
Whoever reads it, will he convinced that
iho negotiation whs conducted by our Min
ister with pre-eminent ability. Theto is
a vein of sincerity running thro* ids com
munications, which was admirably ealeu
lated to secure tho confidence of the Bri
tish Government, aud coupled with the
weight of reasoning and facts which he
presented must have produced a doep int
pression where it was most desired. But
it is obvious to our minds, notwithstanding
this, that the negotiation would have been
utterly fruitless, but for the Act of Congress,
passed near the close of last session, au
thorizing the President to open our ports
to British vessels from the Colonies, when
ever he shoud receive satisfactory evidence
that the Act would be rectprtn ated by the i
British Gnveinenent. This friendly over
ture on the pari of the American Congress I
(suggested no doubt by Mr: M’Laue hi n- ;
self,) removed the obstacles to the success ]
of the negotiation which had amen front!
a feeling of wounded ptide,—and the rest
was easy.
nil-: DEMOCRAT)
COLUMBUS, SATURDAY, JAM. 3!\ K'l- j
The Steamer Georgian, Capt. B.itt, left tho 1
place, line day, fur Apilachicoli Bay, with a full ,
freight cotton.
We agree with our brotlte editors of the Fn-.
quirer that party identity \r not lost. I'ulho ,
opinion is jet divided upon P.inriph; hot that
the landmarks of party aro the same now as m
1825, we believe to be not entirely the fact. At
that time tho main question was, dark, or Troup
Now It is The Constitution against Nullification,
Union or Disunion. It is true that many individ
uals who opposed each other on the former occa
sion, front principle, are still opposed to each oth
er; and the fact may bo very naturally acc >unl
ed f,.-. Gov Troup Slaving been on the former
occasion inimical to the union oflhe States, and
no v in closo communion of counsel with the nul-
fifiers, it has f .flowed as a necessary consequence
that all his old partisans who Understood his pri-i
ciples and agreed with him, still attach thorn,.
selves to his party. Cut it is net entirely so. A
mong the old Troup party wero many true patri
ots and sincere friends of the tinion. These latter 1
are not disposed to follow any set of leaders lie
yound the boundaries of devoted patiiotism ;
They do not sanction the doctrine of Nullifica
tion; and some have joined the Union party; oth.
ers though they do not support Troup in his
Nullifying principles, yet retain their former pro
ferepcos for men. From these circumstances, wa
believe has aiiscu tho lata schism, (for fdiia:
there undoubtedly is) in tho old Troup parly.—
The Nullifiers, we believe, generally follow Gi 1 .
incr; while the more consistent State Rights
men, the old Radicals, the Crawforditcs of’22,
are rallying round Haynes. And judging from
the stuff they are made of, we think Gilmer much
more like'y to back out than he is. More espe
cially when the public voico indicates that the
former has lost the confidence of a great majority
of his party.
That Mr. Lumpkin is feared as tho competitor
of either, or both, is evident. Wo feel ourselves
fully authorised in saying, however, that ho will
be a candidate, notwithstanding tho high eulogi
ums which havo been passed on his prudence.
FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
CIIIF.F JUSTICE MARSHALL.
Mb. Editor —-Ambition is said to be the vice
of great minds. I have often found it to bo the
curao of little ones. Tho Tortoise who would
fain soar, by mounting on tho wings of the Engle,
and met with destruction for his presumption; and
Phoebus who undertook to reign the fiery cours
ers of the Sun—were both the dupes and the vic
tims of ambition. But this distinction may be
drawn; tho great and the noble seek for gloty in
deeds of virtuous exaltation and lofty daring.—
The moan court fame in the paths of infamy
and disg ace. Heroes have wrestled for
immortality by oonquei ing worlds and founding
empires; and history informs us of one individual
who sought destinction by firing a templo
While therefore, l would not utterly denounce
ambition, since it may be entertained by tire high
and the noble, as well as the low spi iled and
grovelling; yet history and experience—the voice
of the past, and a regard for the future—all warn
us to look well to the means by which it sec ks its
gratification. Where it kindles up a spirit of
virtuous emulation, an i breaks forth in acts of
benevolence and philanthrophy—let it be honored;
it bears a redeeming quality; and although, not
wholly pure, yet it has much to recommend it to
our admiration, if not to our reverence and re
gard But where ambition seeks to attain its
ends, by acts of wanton injustice, by an utter con.
tempt of tho principles of honor and honesty, hy
outraging the decencies of life, and trampling
under foot those affections which bind society to
gether— language has few terms in which we
may express our loathing ad disgust. The o,
Mr. Editor, 1 am awaro, aro but trite and com
mon place remarks; and I only repeat them fur
the purpose of enforcing some observations which
I am about to offer, upon the performance of a
writer who appeard in tho Enquirer of the 22d
inst. under the signature of “Sidney." His ob
ject appears to be the attainment of notorioty;
he has Undertaken so write himself into notice, St
howover succe-sful ho may be in tho accomplish
ment of his hopes, I cannot but pause for a mo
ment, to reflect upon the peculiarity of the servi-
ccs upon which ho is content to rest his fame.—
Has ho come forward as tho champion of suffer
ing innocence, ot prostrate virtue, or injured
truth? Has he basod his merits upon the utility
of his sorvicos, or his zeal in the defence of im
portant principles ? No, none of this. But ho
has sought to become famous by a puny attempt
to wound tho reputation of a venerable relict of
the revolution; by a weak effort to gather tho
public odium around the name of a patriot whoso
youthful vigor was exerted for the achievement of
tho liberties of his country, and wliese whole life
has been devoted to her services; by ondeav.oring
to throw the foul slimo of calummy over the grey
hairs of a sage whose learning,wisdom tV integrity
has shed imperishable lustre over the reputation
of his country. And in this, has ho sought to be
come famous. Surely he hath placed himself u
pon “a bad eminence.”
I shall not condescend to noticio tho faults
which arc merely liter ary; the empty and in
inflatcd stylo; the long periods of labored dnlness
j where woidsaro piled oil words, without a clua
i to detect their meaning; nor shall I slop to no icu
| tho egotistical vanity which induced the writer to
I harness himself for the combat as the champion
of a slate, and the conceited and affected familia
rity with which ho “Sirs” tho honorable Chief
Justice, of the Supremo Court of the U. States;
as if ho imagined that his hoadiess arrows could
over reach a tut got so much above him. All this I
i shall leave to his admirers—if any Ihore be—who
' cannot fail to sneer at tho weakuoss which iudu
| cod the pigmy to conceit him* If a giant, and to
1 imagine that ho was raising a storm m the ocean,
when in fact he was merely troubling the water
in a tea-pot. Tho manner is too full of the ri
diculous to csitnpo tho observation of tho mos|
cursory reader, I shall therefore confine my so It
to th % subject matter of his essay; to his statements
and tho nonsense which ho iniondod should puss,
f t arguments. Not that I bsdrrr, either ono
the other is calculated to do the least Larin The
reputation of Chief Justice Marshal ir, too fi m ) v
established to bo at all affected by such ill directed
sallies. His learning, talents, and probity. hn- P
: been acknowledged by the whole nation, fc- more
. than thirty years, and his legal decisions ere rr.
Ispected wherevor tho English language is epoken
And the plainness, tho republican simpficßv of
! his manners,form so striking a trait in his oh.a
1 amor, that an assertion to the contrary wo-t!.l ,nl -
create a smile of derision. He is known to l-;*
republican in principle and practico. The at
tack therefore of Sidney, is not calculated to af
fect, either the peace or the reputation of the
great jurist. And Imay presume, that if per
chance it should ever moot his eye, it would
excite about tho same spirit of rcsoit.nen,. in
1 his bosom as did the fly which buzzed about the
[nose of Uncle Toby. “Get the gone poor devil.
! (said ho to that insect, as ho took him carefully
, botweon his thumb and finger, nnd thrust him
i through tho window,) why should 1 harm thee!'’
1 conic now to the ostensible cause of thb> a: •
tack by Sidney, on ono of the most valuable nn<
useful men of the country; one who has dont
moro towards maturing and perfecting our civ*
instut ions, than almost any man living. It is be*
'cause Ta sells, an Indian condemned to death
under the laws of this State, sued out of thf
Court of the United States, a writ of error,
; for the purpose of trying before that court, the
constitutionality of tho law under which he wau
comdemnod to suffor. Such writs on application,
issue as » matter of courso; and it is euggcs'-ct,
by the Editors of the National Intoliigcncrr, tha:
it might hare been issued by the Clerk, without
even the knowledge of the Judge. This is the
head and front of his offending. Now whether
Judgo Marshal would have substained the writ
when it came up for trial, is another question.—
He might or he might not. My o-.vn opinion is,
he would not; from doctrines which lie has hereto
fore laid dawn, I bolievo he would have affirmed
the constitutionlity of the laws of Georgia Bui
the doctrine that a Stale cannot bo made a parly
in a case in the Suproino Court, is n now and pre
• posterotia ono. Tho law books are full of sucl,
cases; and tho Constitution expressly provides for
them. See Art. 11l Sec. 2d, where it says, “The
judicial power shall extend to all cases in iaw $•
equity arising under this constitution, Ac. (Ve
to controversies between two or more Statos, and
citizens of another state.” Here it may be seec
is full authority derived from tho Constitution
of the U. States, to which tho officers of Georirix
have sworn obedionce, to make a state a party
in a suit before tho Supremo Court But it ts
said by Sidnoy, that the Constitution has beer,
amended so as expressly to take away this pow
er; suchis not tho fact. By Art. 11,
ments, it is provided that no Htato, shall be sued
by a citizen of another State, or a foreigner
(‘This amendment however, does not affect con
troversies between two or more states, or be.
tween a stato and fireign states, or suits brought
by a state against citizens of a different state.’ -•
j Vide Sarger.-l's Constitutional Law, p 15.
It has remained for Sidney to discover that
Judge Marshal is no lawyer; that bo whoso !ega_
. knowledge has hitherto benn a themo-of eulogv,
; even in foreign countries, is ignorant of the pri.
| ciples of common law! Wonderful. dismVcrv.
I The knowledge of this writer is undoubted'
j profound; he has sounded all tho debtha of lea.
nlng, and is entirely’ ft to pass jiidtrcincnt upe„
the pretentions ul'guiul uien; and he has no deni;
carefully examined tho acquirements of Jud-ro
Marshal and is fully aide to appreciate them, lit
has weighed him in the balance, and found hiu.
wanting The fame therefore of tiio Judge is
cut up by tho ro .ls It is highly probable that ho
will at once resign his seat on the bonch, nnd give
place to a moro erudite man—this very iiidi.cy
perhaps! What a glorious anticipation!
Sidney has also discovered in the Judge the
most glaring inconsistency! “Witness says lie
the clashing of llie cu =e of M'Culiock vs the state
of Maryland, with tho lute case oftho Providence
Bank, vs Billings.” Now the acumen of this wri
ter is undoubtedly great. Ho probably knows
what a decision is, and may perhaps bu able to
read one through without blundoringover moro
than half the words. His opinion therefore is
a matter of tho highest importance. I however
have compared the two casus, and cannot see the
leastdiscrepancy; 1 assert positively there is none.
But Sidney is a lawyer, a critic and a genius, and
what could the production of the cases themselves ■
avail against his naked affirmation
Jadge Marshal was also seen by Sidney ia the
V irginia Convention advocating the cause of ar*
istocracy against the people. It i« wonderful
what extraordinary lights genius is enabled to
shed upon the intellects of men. How singular
is it that from among tho hosts of watchful
politicians, who guard the liberties of old Virgin
ia, none should have detected the alterations ot
the Judge, hut the giflod ISidney Wondoffu’
indeed is tho prerogative of genius. Sidney abb
perceives ti striking similarity lie tween thocondi
tion of the Chief Juatico nnd that of a king--
Whether it lie troin the pomp and circumstance
which surrounds his honor, or from some occult
and mysterious affinity which common minds cars
not develops, lamat a loss to determine Inti:
viduals of a common stamp, who have had an ep
portunity of becoming acquainted with Judge
Marshall, have pronounced him a man remarks
ble for his plain and simple habits, his utter dis.
regard of ©very thing like show and parade, and
during Ins whole life, devotedly attached to rrv
publican principles. He is stated to have been
the intimate friend of Washington, and the eulo
gist of his administration, and t e champion of
liberty in its purest forms. But alas, alas, ho*
the world is given to lying!
OT.D VIRGINIA
THE GOI.D DIGGERS.
From the IVusing ton AtwsofJan 22.
Extract of n letter from Col C'hts 11. Arison to a
gentleman in Washington , Wilkes counta, date*
Gainsrille, January 18 lcltl.
“Dear Sir, — lu haste, 1 inform y<>t\ that
>n yesterday we had warm work at Liatheis
Ford. A detachment [ f sin State Gum ill
under my command, was conducting eleven
prisouets, when we were atuuked by about
»ixty men, wlki used every thing bin gnus.
We charged on them and dUpseted tv..;y
one of them, without damage to my non.
One ol the assailants teceived thlce m:v< to
•ayonei wounds, fioni which his recuvujt
i* considered doCutful.
