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TIUE OEMOCSriT
IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN
tOLUMBUS (GEORGIA,
BY
C. E. BARTLETT St It. BLATTER,
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er Four Dollars at the end/if tlie year. I; is
expected Jhat all application for subscription
from a distance, will be accompanied Aiith the
money,
Advertisements will be Inserted at reasonable
rales. Sales of land and negroes, by adminis
trators, executors or guardian*, are required by
law to be he'd on the fust tuesdav in the montli.
between the hours of 10 „ clock in the 'f >renoon
$3 in the afternoon, at Iho court house of the
County in which the property is situalefl. .Notice
oftheso sales must be given in a public Gazette
Sixty days previous to the day of sale.
Notice of the sale of personal property must
be givei in a like manner forty Jays previous to
lie day of sale.
N /tice to debtors A- creditors of an estate must
be published forty days
Notice that all application will be made to the
erurt of ordinan for leave to sell land must be
published four months.
UJJiiilUa-' 8 on business must he Post paid to
insure attention
[!./"'■' e are authorised to announce J()||N VI
PATRICK as a candidate for fax Collector of
Ma cogee county, at tile ensuing January elec
tion
Feb. • 0. tde
iLr v\ e me nnUiorisod t ». announce G. W.
DILL! Altl) ns a candidate for Clerk of the Snp
rior Court of Muscogee county ,at the next. Jan
ary election. Feb I*2. tde.
~ jiEjvh v n. 'W:it&iro.xT
ATTORNEY AT I,AW.
1 2AS located himself in Tallintton, &
••"“■will prac ice Law in the neighboring coun
ties vv3rn.
Talbot ton, May Cl 131
XAW NOTICE—J. T. Camp aid John
-JSchley, have rotated themselves together
in the practico of law, in Columbus. One of thorn
will attend all the Courts in the Chatahooclie
circuit Letters upon business will be addressed
to •-'amp «& Schi.ry— J. T. Camp will continue
to practice law in tho courts of Alabama in con
nection with David Goliglitlv Esq.
j T. CAMP
JOHN SCHLEY.
Feb. 12th, 1831. 13 _ ts
JOUN _ TAYLOR^
A TTORNE Y A T l.\ W.
Will practice in the several counties of Mus
cogee, Randolph, Stewart, lee Marion.
Talbot, Harris, Meri-voather, amr Troup, in tiro
Cbataliooe.hee Circuit: and in the Counties of
Thomas, Decatur, Early, Baker, and Dooly, in
the Southern C remit
Me tnav he found, when not in attendance on
tile civcuitt-at his room at Mr. Dillard’s Tavern
pi Columbus Fob 12th No. 13 ts o.
Willis 5
CARROLL SHERIFF'S SALE.
WM/ ILL be sold on (lie first Tuesday in
» f June next in the Town of Carrollton
Carroll county, between tho usual hours of
gale, the following Property, to-wit.
Lot of Land No 113 in the 7th district Car
roll county, levied upon as the property of Will
iam Morgan, to satisfy a Ji fa. issued from Jas
per Superior Court in favor of John liill vs. said
William Morgan.
Lot of Land No. 53 in the second district Car
roll county levied upon as the property <>f Sam
uel Wade, to iatisfy two small fi. fas. issued j
from a Justice’s Court in Warm, county, in fa- 1
vorof James Story vs. said Wade; levied and j
returned to me by a Constable.
lIENRY CURTISS, D.Shff :
4J-S0 XT THE SAME TIME & PLACE TV ILL EE SOLO, j
Lot of Land No 35 in the sth District, Car-!
roll county, levied on as the property of John !
Burke, t,» satisfy a fi. ft. issued from Fayette
"Superior Court in favor of Edward Quin vs.
said Burke.
THOMAS BONER, D. Sheriff.
May 7, 1831.
~ TALBOT SUF.KIFi' ’H SALEM.
Ti I LL be sold on tlie first Tuesday
” '* in June next in the town of Talbotton,
Talbot county between the usual hours of sale,
the following property to wit •
Three Negroes as follows, Dicey a negro girl
Seventeen years old, Isaac a boy fourteen years
old,and Gincy a girl ten yea a eld, all levied on
ns the property of John Ouslay, to satisfy a fifa
from Putnam Superior conn infivorot Hector
T. Goodwin against John M. Cl area insse As
bury and John Ouslay.
One Negro woman named Hannah and her
child, levied on as the pmporty of Pleasant
J awson to satisfy four small fi fas from a Jusli
cos court in '1 altmt county in favoi of Joseph
Loyd and sundry other litas in my hand against
said Lawson, levy made and relumed to me by
a. constable.
JAMES P. PORTI3, Sheriff
Ann! 23th 1830.
MEIUH ETHER SALKS.
ii’UL 15E SOLD on tlicfirst Tues-
W Y in Jnrc next at the Court House in
Greenville. Mcrnwetlicr c*unty, between the
usual boors of sale, the following juopcrly, viz;
Lot of Land, 2t'2 I-2 acres, more or less,be
inor No. one hundred and seventy-two (172) in
• lie second (2) district originally Troup now
Merrivvcthcr county, levied on ns the property
of Thomas Taunt, to satisfy three executions
from a Justices court ot Richmond county in
favor of Win Glover »* others; levy made and
returned by a constable. _
HUGH LOCKETT, Shflf.
May 7 183 T.
ADMIMSTRATOR’K KALE.
ITfIU, BE SOLD to the highest bidder,on
\ r I’uhlick Squure in the town of Talhotton,
in Talbot county, on the 20th day of April next,
(Wednesday) the following property to wit ;
4,800 feet hewed timber. 15.877 feet joist
sleeper sand scantling, 2425 feet dressed do.
112 loot mall scantling, <1505 loot of plank,2Bß
feet of sheeting, a lot ot shingles to be /000, .!
work benches, 14 window frames, 111 partly fin
ished, 8 saw benches, 5 poles and a few loads
sand, some stone and stone work, constituting
the foundation of the court-house and a perch
or two of the Jail 4 Iron grates, a small quan
tity nf bar iron, and about thirty bushels lime
All the property of the deceased, constituting a
part of tho materials and preparations for the
court house and Jail in said county —Terms
at sale. JOHN N. BIRCH, Adm>.
ofC C. Iliich deceased
March 7, 1831 25 A
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--tod hbcrahtv will enable us to carry those pro
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pert ..1 l mugs, mal the relative position
whtc.i tv« harm voluntarily placed ourselves,
would seem to demand a cor responding energy
and cnle,prise on our part;.—f., r we cannot con
,r"“ " ur s- Ives Hint a crisis is approaching
veiy tapidly —it it has not already arrived—
when every advocate for good older, and tl*>
im t or" v Os Tins U.M must be bold in
avowing, and /.onions in propagating tho trie
do.eh.mes of i'*c tconstitution. Tin, enemy is
ra* ymg bis lorces. nud augmeiitiiig Ids mo.ii s
ol annoyance—.tho most powerful engines Uia;
talent, ingenuity, or low cunning can brim/ to
hear arc, or he levelled at tlm veil
er.ible fabric <W>r institutions— and however
feeble our vtForls, they must not be wanting to
"resist the foe.” With this view, wo piupo.se
enlarging no, sheet, and giving to it the “form
and pressure ” ol tho ordinary vehicles of infor
mation. The circle of our exchanges too, has
her n considerably extended, and assistance lias
been secured in the Editorial department. VVe
promise our readers a large accession of origin
al and an immediate tiansler of such selected
matter, as may bear on the great internals of
which we profess ourselves the advocates;—in
short, we arc desirous of establishing anew irra
in the history ot the “Irishman y Democrat ”
and respectfully solicit the co-operation o oui
friends.
A renewal of our political professions may be
considered as somewhat gratuitous at this nen
od of our career; hut such is the general Louie
r< esrmsnt of parties, such Iho open tergivorsa
tion, or contemptible tnmmieg, which 'chmac
toiizc and disgrace the period m winch vve live,
that the honest Journalist owes it to himself, nJ
less tlian to his patrons, to recur frequently to
first principles, in accoidanco with this con
viction, wo now avow our full determination to
abide tile issue ol those principles which actua
ted us in the outset— lrish ■ tsentheaement,
and he Integrity or the Americas Union'
Every thing hostile to the first, we stand sol
emnly and irrevocably pledged to encounter,
whenever contempt or a less excuseable feeline
w*]l permit us to do so; whatever militates a*
g !l 'nit 'lie last—no matter whence it proceed,
or under w hat specious exterior it may be dis
gui-ved, he it open suggestion, Nullification, or
Hartford, or any other Convention—as Anreri
can-eitizens,as men, ns ihe revelers of W ash
ington and ilia last precious legacy, we shall fill
up our v dees, “trumpet-tongued, against its
deep dunnia'mn!’’ Opposed us wo are, and have
ever been to the Tariff, internal Improvements,
and ihe whole hostel kindred abominations, we
shall neve* cease to oppose them with constitu
tional weapons; hut that policy which would
tear down a magnificent eiiifioo, reared at in
calculable cost and labor, and sacrifice, be
causo its lutler tenants muy have appropriated
it to other uses than were originally designed
is indicative ot such w-anton folly, or reckless
umbition, uu lol.ai o us 110 eauice tnaweeß im
plied acquiescence and unqualified reprobation.
W th such measures and tJioir niUhora, wo can
hold neither council nor couunmiiun. We view
them as destructive to the very last degree, of
every tiling estimable or sacred in our political
existence; and comparatively insignificant as
we may seem, if our friends are net wanting to
themselves and us, we may vet oppose a formi
dable barrier to the march of ruin To this end,
our columns will he open, and we earnestly en
treat the contributions ot all friends of the U
nion. “It >n;sr bf. preserved,” has already
been vafttd from a quarter, whose warning
tones are at once the summons to exertion, and
the harbingers of conquest, i ,et us not be un
mindful of tlie call.
As rogards the ensuing Presidential election,
symptoms by no means equivocal, have already
begun to manifest themselves, to the utlter dis
comfiture of every previous prognosis Nor
does u require any rctiued sagacity to discover
their proximate cause— Jackson lias had the
firmness and consistency to frown on the mach
inaiions to which we have already adverted eV
hence, some of those that rang the loudest notes
of praise, are beginning to wail 1 heir feeble
cries, or to fulminate their coarsest anathemas
To call this only political defection, were a fee
ble phrase: in our opinion it involves a much
more serious charge of gross moral delinquen
cy, for it must puzzle even nullification sophis
try itself to point on the vast lii.-crepancies
between Jackson the idolized, mid Jirkson the
forsaken! In what has he fallen short ol the
glorious anticipations, of which these very' men
were the vnuc irr and prordairners? What du
ty has he neglected? What responsibilities has
he evaded? What recent occurrences have cast
their darkening shadow- over a life of unparal
lelled dovoteduoss, and incalculable public ser
vices?—For ourselves as we were among tho first
so 5up,...,i ue are nnw col |jjnuod in our confi
and lice in the iTi.i, m, |jj 0 V ery measures that
have entailed the dispo () f |,j„ opponents;
and if auv possible, contingency co,.<a induce u>
to swerve from our fidelity, it would most assu
. redly be of n vore important character than a
personal difference with Mr Calhoun, w ith
which the public have, "properly, nothing at all
to do. Andrew Jackson wo now proclaim to be
our first, our last, our only, and we shall yet live,
t we trust, to add, our successful Candidate!
Let. his friends come forth boldly: the season is
| early, but not too oorly to counteract the subtle
} schemes, the Machiavelian artifices of his cne
j rnies: and while we offer every facility which
• our columns cau a fiord, we pledge ourselves to
j jto hand in hand with them in whatever may
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| jXI) SUI THE!:* DEMOCRAT," in its now
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B .Shares of tho Stock of the Fanners Rank
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BAHKLY MARTIN. 5
* MOSES HITT. >■ Com'rs.
HEN.!. !». TAHYF.R. >
Cnhmb'is. M>> 7.1831.
M ATI f E >IA'FIC AI ixsTltl "ME NTS
For sale bv
L. J. DAVIES & Cos.
March 10 ‘23 ts
W|Bt I ILL A v EO i s*.
LON LION I olk if. *
A TALE Os I.OVE A.\U ROfil'ERY.
Miss Jthar.na SuVican stated that,
pome ago, she emigrated from
j iVerry the Gr. St Agiator’s own country,
i and‘-walked’ all the way to London. She
obtained a place, w hich turned her in
the magnificent sum of one shilling per
"ce., ; tins she exchanged in a little time
lot an advance of sixpence on the w eek’s
income, and subsequently advanced still
higher ui the world, for she got employed
m.t milk walk, at 3,«. 6d. i\o one observ
ed her good fortune more than Johanna
Mulhvan, lor, instead of sporting new
gowns for earnings, Johanna carefully
deposited them, sixpence by sixpence, lii
tlie vamp of an old sfpeking, which had
journeyed with her from the Reeks—ami
ben she met Tim Oleeson, about six
months ago, she had aecumuiated “by
hard screwing,” no less *han£lo. Tim
was“ reared in the next dooreVto johun
hii Smhvun, &-,oi course, slie w’as~*‘mi<»ti
tv” happy at meeting him; Tim tins
‘ltnnJitt ’liappy too. They talked of Kerry
and tin- Keiks, —of the fairs and putro.
‘J*s—nl 5 —nl ihe kance after Mass on Sundays,
where Tim shone the darling of the girls]
mtiil at length they talked themselvs'into
hive HI downright earnest. Johanna ac
quainted Tun of the little kuulbaurha she
had in the stocking, and Tim was most
anxious to get married at once : But Miss
Johanna Sullivan had foresight, and told
Tun *i would be much better to wait a Lit;
and lor fear ot accidents she determined
°u putting the koulbaurha m the Savings’
Bank, and none seemed a more fitting a
gi’iit to employ upon the occasion than
Tim Gleeson; —and to Tim accordingly
she entrusted the money for that purpose.
Tim 1 nought her back*a book, in which
the deposit, as he alleged, was duly en
tered; am), the “ schoolmaster” not be
ing in Kerry in the juvenile days of Jo
hamia Sullivan, she was fain to take Tim’s
word of honour that all was right. Li a
fortnight after she give him a further sum
ot £3 Ills, to add to the £10; aud the
whole,-Tim assured her, was entered in
her own name. A few days ago, Johan
na, having half a sovreign, and Tim not
being in the wav, hied flic bank to fund
it, w hen, to her inexpressible horror, she
found that Tim Gleeson, her own cash la
ma chrce, had not only vested the money
in his own name, instead of hcr’s but, af
ter it bad been in a few days, drew
it all Qi;t, got drunk with tlie money, and
was still getting drunk mti, ,i ..
stance which fully accounted for his kee
ping out of Johanna’s presence.
“Well, Mr. Gleeson,” demanded the
magistrate “what have you to say to this
scandalous affair ?”—Vhy, you see, your
Vorslnp,” replied Tim Gleeson, “Johan
ny ;m’ 1 at firsht wur goin’ to marry; hut
vve thought tlie money war’nt enough,
and so Joliamiy ranted me to go hv my -
self aud sind for her nexht year; but I
vud’nt lave Johanny upon no accownt,
tin’ thin we’ greed to get married at
vunsht; an, I drew the money out for that.
But 1 got drunk, bad luck to it, an* losjbt
the money, an’ my place into the bargain,
barriu’two pounds, which 1 giv’ her back,
an’ sl»e greed to give me twleye months to
pay the remainder.”
- Johanny ndmitied Tim’s statement to
bo all H ite ; and she was willing “bokays
she vud’nt do Tim no harm.”
“Would it be possible, ” asked Mr. >
Grffitb, “to arrange the matter amicably
by getting-married at once !’—Miss Jolian
na Sullivan hung her head and hluslitd.
“I’ve no objection, if Tim is grecnble to it/
“You hear what site says,” cxcluin#d !
Mr. Griffith to Tim, “ she is willing to j
forgive yon if you marry her.”—Tim Glee- \
son scratched the dexter side of his sin- j
ciput.—‘Faith,’ responed he, ‘I don’t know '
your Honour, but ’twould he the pleas- :
antest vav of settling it.’ An’ I’ll pay the
Priest,’ cried Johanny, ‘out of tho two
m:
u '-'i are too good-natured a girl, ‘ob
served , lr. *.■I. ‘and deserve a better
return than Mr. Giei,.. vmu ]sut
he must certainly make out me .. _
riase money himself’
Tim’s brother pledged himself to raise
£2 in the course of the day.
‘And I’ll keep the warrant open till 1
hear von are married,’ added the magis
trate.
‘To the Priest they then hurried;’ Jo
hanna’s countenance expressive of the
pleasure she felt at the unexpected issue
of her difference with Tim Gleeson.
The Hunter and Rattlesnake. —Oil one
of my hunting excursions abroad on a tine
uiorniugT-it was ju“t at this time of the
vear—l was accompanied by my wife. It
was a beautiful morning. The sunshine
was warm blit the atmosphere was per
fectly clear; and a line breeze from the
northwest shook the bright green leaves
which now clothed to profusion the wrea
thing branches above us. I le.lt my com
panion a short time in pursuit of game;—
and in climbing a rugged ledge of rocks
interspersed with shrubs and dwarfish
trees, I was startled by a quick grating
rattle. I looked forward. Oil the edge
of a loosened rock Jay a large rattlesnake,
coiling himself, as if i’or the deadly spring,
j He was within a few feet of ine, and I
paused for an instant to survey him. I
I know not why, but I stood still, and looli-
|< and at the deadly serpent w ith a strange
, leeliiig o» curiosity. Suddenly he mi
•mrk "e i < "' l 11 from his
&ii and raising las head,
h\< and his bright fiery eye directly
n - V " ' M " chilling and imlescVdtaMe
scns:it; , in totally different from any thin.*
W ever before experienced, followed
«h s movement. ot t!,e serpent; hut I stood
Nti I, and gazed steatliiy and earnestly, for
at hat moment them was a visible change
to the reptile. Uls form seemed to grow-,
linger and Ins colors brighter. Jlis body I
moved with a slow, almost imperceptible I
motion towards me, and a low hum of j
mis..; came from Inin—or, at least, it
M.imded in my ear—a strange sweet mel
ody, taint as that which melts from the
tburnt of the humming-bird. Then the
tints ol his body deepened, changed ami
ghnvetl, hke the changes of a beautiful I
kall i e.csrope greet,, purple, gold, until I
"j ,ol the serpent entirely, and saw !
only wild and curiously woven'circles of
strange colors, quivering around, like an
atmosphere of rainbows, I seemed in
1e * ,,|ltre ol a great prison—a w ork! of
mysterious colors— and the tints varied A
< n veiled and lighted up again around
mi—and the low music went on without
ceasing, until my brain reeled: and fear,
<*r Lie first time, enme like a shadow o
v r me. The new sensation gained upon
•»* rapidly, and I could feel the cold sw eat
gudungtrom my l,m»-. ] had no certain-
H ot danger in my mind—nodefinite idea
ol peril—all w as vague and clouded, like
tb< unaccountable terrors of a dream
ana, yet my limbs shook, and 1 fancied I
emit! feel the blood suffering with cold as
it passed along my veins. 1 would have
g.ve* worlds to have been able to tear my
selt from tlie spot—l even attempted to
do so, hilt the 1 Hilly obeyed not tJIC im
pulseof the mind—not a muscle stirred;
and I.stood still ns if my foot had grown
to th< solid rock, with the infernal music
ol tie tempter in my ear, and the baleful
doloiings of his enchantment before me.
Suddenly ;i new Sound came on my ear
—it vas a human voice—but it seemed
straitjr* and awful. Again—again-—but
I stirred not: and then a white form plun
ged before me, and grasped my arm.
The lorrihle spell was at once broken.
The strange colors passed from before
my vision. The Rattlesnake was coiling
at my feet with glowing eyes and Uplifted
Rings.and my wife clinging in terror upon
me. The next instant the serpent threw
himself upon us. My wife was the vic
tim! The fatal fangs pierced deeply into
her band i *--*-* *-.c au-miv. ns
sne staggered backward from me, told rue
the dreadful truth.
Then i was a feeling of madness came
upon me; and when 1 saw the foul ser
pent steqkng away from his work of death
reckless of danger, 1 sprang forward and
crushed binj under mv feet, grinding him
to pieces upon the rock. The ffrom-- «'*j
my w in , now recaneft me iu her side, and
to the horrible reality of her situation.
There w as a dark, livid spot on her hand;
arid it deepened into blackness as I led
her away. We were tit a considerable
distance from any dwelling; and after
wandcrinsr for a short time, the pain of
her wound became insupportable, and
she swooned away in ray arms. Weak
and exhausted as 1 was. I had vet strength
enough remaining to carry her to the
nearest rivulet, and bathe her lnow in the
coo! water. She partially recovered, and
sat down upon the bank, while I snppor
j ted her head upon my bosom. Hour al
ter hour passed away, and none came
near us—and there—alone, in the great
w ilderness, I watched over her, and pray-
I ed with her—and she died.
f.egends of New-England.
Axf.cdote of Sutter.
Shutor travelling in the Brighton* stage ;
wilii four ladies, one very warm day, the j
party wore thrown into the utmost con-1
sternation by the coach suddenly stop-!
ping to receive a sixth passenger, who
was a perfect Falstaff in appearance.
The ladies expressed their sorrow to Shut-;
or at this additional incumbrance; but lie
w ith a smile, desired them to take comlort
‘"'V he would soon remove the niiiti-inonii- !
tain. av. wltcn the unpleasant, i
intruder bad taken KCa t, and the coach :
was once more moving, »•*,,, er Wlt ji much ;
gravity asked one of (lie ladies i.»* .„ o ti V e !
for visiting Brighton? She replied her phy
sician had ordered her to bathe for a de
pression of spirits. He turned to her
next neighbor, and repeated his inquries:
she was nervous : the third billions—all
had some complaint of which the se*n w as
a cure. When all had told the history of
tliejr disorders, the humorist heaving « {
tremendious sigh, exclaimed, “All your!
complaints together are nothing to mine:
—thev are nothing—Oh no ! mine is.
dreadful but to think of.” “Good God,
sir,” exclaimed the fat passenger w;th as
tonishment. “what is your complaint?
you lock exceedingly well” “Oh, sir, re
plied Shuter,“ looks are deceitful. You
must know, three days ago, 1 had the
misfortune to be hit by a mad do**, for
w hich I am as von observed looking well,
vet tho lit takes me in a moment, when I
bark like a dog, and endeavor to bite ev
ery one near me. ’
“Ford have mercy on u~. ejaculated
the fat traveller, in u tone that was meant
to lieu whisper: “lint, «r you—you ar.
j not in earnest —you,”
i “ Bow ' wow!wow ‘
VOL,. 1 --ifo.
“ f oaclinian ! coachman !! li, ,
me out.” ‘
“ A.,vv your honor, what’s the im.ttei?”
I• • ' jnaddog ,s the matler—hydropl.o
-ta .> the matter-open the door-tin* de
vil is the matter !”
®°w" ! wow ! wow !”
< )pen the door; never mind the steps.—
j There, thank God, J om ollt ,. pSe nt
a tty-let those who like it, ride inside—
I il mount the bo* ; the Lord be praised
; or my escape!” Accordingly he con
turned on the outside of the coach lor the
remainder of the journey, much to the
satisfaction of the comedian and his com
panions, who were merrv at his expense;
he former, every nowand then, regaling
Imn with a sonorous Bow ! wow ! wow!
j />r. Johnson's account of a Xnrspnpcr.
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!
lately from the press. Ido really
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Liberty is stamped legibly upon its pa
ges, and even the fold is marked with
freedom. l)o you want to know how your
country thrives? 1 point you to the press!
I here you shall find a piece, perhaps,
mirier tin- head of Legislative l Are von
fond of miscellany? Look there! * AVhat
book can liirnisli such good accounts of
"mintry.—such wonderful, such extra
ordinary accounts ot murder, roi-i ~ ~c _
calents, marriages, frolics, anecdotes ol*
our Irish, Lngiish and Indian brethren,
ami many other such things—such good
as well as bad accounts, from tin Rus
sians, French, Turks, Dutch Ac. Under
all these considerations, who is therein
this l >j.<t ot freedom, itmi will not anend
to an object so worthy of their regard.”
Mr. Jefferson's Opinion. —“ Tim basis
jof our government,” says that and stin
| guished apostle ot’ liberty, in ji letter to
! Fol. Carrington, dated 1787,’ “t e r:, the
j opinion ot the people, the very first object
j should be to keep that right; and n re jt
i left to me to decide, whether w e should
have a government or newspapers .. thonit
a government, 1 should not hesttate a
moment to prefer the Intter. Buts should
menu that every man should receive tho o
papers and lie capable of reading tin in.
1 am convinced that those societies (ns
the Indians) which live without govern
ment, enjoy in die general mass, an mfi.
I nit. ly greater degree of happiness, than
those who liv e under the European Gov
pimon is in the place of law, and restrains
morals as powerfully as laws ever did tiny
w here.—Among the latter, under tin pre
tence of governing, they have divided
their nations into two classes, wolves and
sheep. Ido not exaggerme, this is a triio
C Ah
spirit of our people , and hep a lire their
attention. If once they become inatten
tive to tlie public affairs, you and I, and
Congress and Assemblies, Judges and
Governors, shall become Wolves.”
Front erth nr on (Mess ) tetle.
TnrMoiuinN Delusion. —Mr, Judd—
I noticed a few Weeks since lit your.paper
a brief account of a sect or gang, who in
this vicinity fire called Mormonitcs. The
public mind is awake in this region ; go
w here w e will w e hear little except Mor
nionism. I presume there are not less
than sor GOO of these deluded ben gs in
the towns north and west of this. They
have in the town north of thi* what is cal
led the “big family.” where no one snvs
that aught of tlic things that he possesses
is his ow n : they have all things common:
There are many who were once respec
table and intelligent, who are now follow
ing these wretched impostors—these pre
tended prophets, Joseph Smith, Jr. author
of the new revelation, is now head man in
this big family. He pretends that be goes
! to the Lord occasionally for advice, and
they think, yea they knout they have all
their orders from head quarters, even from
! tin Lord Almighty, through the mouth of
his prophet. Jo pretends to east out devils,
Ito give the Holy Ghost by laying on of
hands, to heal the sick, Ac. He lias 10
years’translating to do; he looks in h
{ 'small stone be has, and there reads the
l will of the Lord and writes it for the good
of Ids: fellow men : he can read a person’*
heat* By looking in his sass- Some lie
in trances a day or two and visit the un
known regions in the mean time; some
| are taken with a fit of terrible shaking
j which they say is the power of the Holy
; Ghost.
I attended one of their meetings about
two weeks ago : woman was taken shak
ing who was not a Moran n o m and she
has shook the greater part of the time
since ; she is not inclined to join them
yet —says she feels no different in her
mind from what she did before, Would
you bolive me if I should tell you that
inetliodist ministers, and some baptist and
prcsbvterians have joined them! Such is
the fact,yes sir, they have been down thro*
the ice in the mill pond and their sms are
all washed away and they are clothed
with self-righteousness ns with a garment.
One half has not been told, hut I must
dose. A. PRESBYTERIAN.
Chester, Geauga,Co. Ohio, Feh.22,1831.
. A Toi'chino AriT.At.. —lt is related of
i Mr. Moore (brother of the General) who