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THLE i«7% S i'l l I 'T2 o.\ X L IST. St r UJ'SKMJ X ni\Y€E. O rEJIMS—F«r dke w r,i-week!y paper, published!;. r ‘.*-ry i licfilay ~u-l Iriirxy i:«-r. •.<■, j;tr atuiuri •;' an! lor !:■ ov< tk 1\- o. :it r -.v'-**:*. i;i rs: v -*i ■’r. < AD\ KU’i I>KM KNTS u:r i mi v. .-ck!v for G 2 i-*i ' ;•< r ft.j.-'.r ; s-uni-we*.'.! 62 1.2 < ntn for the :tsi, ami 43 3-4 font? tor c. • h quem insertion . m**af •!yft r 1, O’J ;•. - ; r fur tar a • rfJ.n, ibr yearV a !v(rt ; ,*:iii. n?s jmvute :.rr . ; 3 < ; in. to bi m ie. A tis made cn die adverti - r.r ~{ nub;: ■ < fllr u J Po.-l ('•<• in ;j* bo pui'l on of I; :>;n s?. i -m y. rjf.’C’fa «cS.o; J -w—j«r.,wjrv»rjrji n t hom:i:a. / . j.v; //<? U , ~tr, i Da Uj July 2. The Indian or Asiatic Cholera, \v!:i h wrs f ■.ay,vu two or thro-; jynars : hy the g . .{ m:i. v oity of t’x. ■ c'limnuni y to have a a exisv-n.-e, : :.u : Ufcoo,;: in i*a progm-s? ah object of f-arful eugros >:ng inter* st, even with those who.- • r .lO 1 rii’.s never pass bcycnd the narrow circled'l !; me. li first began to attract attention hto j v. he a it was known to have pen tra-e 1 into lies- I : u Its appearance in Engl; ;id, and more lab - j • i's Instructive ravage; in Paris, changed at- ! b ation into some :!i:n g approach! rt r to alarm. I Tie Atlantic, however, was regar led hy man v a; an impas.* able harrier lo tit? «!!;>??:$•.•. But tha* h.;iri t has fail J to protect ns, au ! now ; that the Cholera is know n to be jest at our doors, ! < v- ry thing relating to it is invest d with n..w j m * r< at. 'Pins remarkable dis-ar-T r. whi •!» in the space of less tli 11 bit-mi v vvs has sve nt oil’ mere' • i than i ski v :u/.t.io\.s of the human race, which i has mas ered ever;, variety of climate, has pas-*- I • 1 mountains, an ! .swept nv- r seres, j raving e- j o a 1 11 v fatal amid tho Laming Kinds of .\rabia, 1 an 1 on the frozen shores of the V. die S- a, tir.st 1 inidc id appear;in t}. • nienth of Angus*, !, Idi7, at Jcssoro, a consider;.Me ci v about one ! hundred miles to the of (Alien*ta, | where it swept off one t ■at li of the in!, thi tan's. . pr ! id in : from village to villag< ■, and d ■st roy. in? ihons nds ->f th- ponul.i'ion, it reached Cal- 4 , A | < p.r.-t earlv in S. ntember. 1 suo.i spread over j fill {’ algal an ! 1.»<.-gau to dhluse its .If in every \ s direction. .(. I’•.*!lowing the e; arse of ilic G mges toward ( the west, i* visited in succession the* cities and 1 villages on t!i<; hank and along the branches of , that river. 'Dio famous ci y of Benares lost i t. 1,00.0 people, or about one in f>rty of its in- ! • habitants, !. icicuow, Agra, l)eli»i, <e I thootli- ! #»r cities 01 the Cjipcr Ganges wore visited and ravaged in like manner. On tlie Uth of Xo- v ember the cholera reached dm army under the I comman! of the Marquis of Hasting', encamp, i ed at .Mundc’.iah, Guhholporo and Saugor of the j s mthern brandies of the Ganges, and out of;; IS ()(>o men, more than half perished within theh. first Iwrive days. Thence it passed td the banks |. of the .Nerbuddah, an l-liaviag visi'e 1 the c.le- i brated cities of Aurun rabafi e.nd Peonah it ar- j v? | | rived at Bombay in September, ISIS, cue year jj after its first appearance at Calcutta., Iti progress south was equally rapid. It j spread progw ssiv -!v al mg the whole Coroman- j d l coast, and arrived at Madras, in October, i*M S. I 'rom Malras, it (extended to the utter- . most extremity of flic peninsula, and in the mouth of January, passed over lo Cevlon. . While the Cholera was ravaging Ceylon, the ( Topaz frigate left tin* island for Port Louis in j Mauritius, otherwise culled the isle of Franco. jVariag the voyage the cholera broke out a in nig her crew, of whom many died. Shear- ( rived at Mauritius the 2‘Jlh of October, ISli). j At the time of her arrival there wore no cases j of (lie disord'T on board, nevertheh.-ss ’ vridiiu : three weeks after the convalescents were land- , p.i, the cholera attacked the inhabitants of Port , Louts. Its virulence was sueh that heal hy j and robust persons were sci/.e 1 in the streets, I j ;md fell deed almost at the instant of attack. , 'ldie mortality is stated by Mr, Combicholme, | pn eve witness, as amounting to 120,00!) in the -’oours • of* six weeks, or nearly one fourth of the t population. But Sir Bob. . t Farqnhar, the go- I vemor, s atcil it in Parliament as only 7000, <>r i. nearly one twelfth. As Mauritius is distant L from C'*ylou near 1000 leagues, here was an early proof how iuoTec’ual a barrier is the o- j Ceen to this remarkable disorder. As soon as the cholera was know n to he in , Maurhius, baron Millers, the governor of the ( Ju ighUouring Isle of Bourbon, established the . strictest quarantine regulations. But in spite of this precaution a smuggling vessel from Man- 1 ritius contrived ’0 land a cargo cf slaves at .St. Dennis in the Isle of Bourbon. Eight of. these ( slaves soon ilicd of the cholera. Tiiis was a! signal for the inhabitants to quit the spot. The j, governor instantly established a double military j cordon to prevent communication with the into.*-j, rlor of the country. The result of these pre cautions was, that dun individuals only were at tacked, ITS of whom died. ; A few months after the cholera had appear ed at Calcutta, it spread along the east, coast of i ( the Bay of B; ngal ami entered Arracan in IMP. y From thence it extended inn the peninsula of ( Malacca. It was very fatal in Siam, fc 40,000 ( people are said to have died of the disorder in Bancok its capital, la 1820, it passed over in- ( to Java mi l soon spread into the in'erior of the islan 1. It re-appeared in Java in 182 ’. when it swept on* 100,000 of the inhabitants, and on this occasion I*, spread to Celtics, A inboy na and other islemds of the Eastern Arcbijielngo. Co chin Chin a and Tonquin were att-.cked by it in 1820, and in December of tb.e same year the cholera entered China, an 1 began to rage at Can. ton. Earlv in 1821, the disease reached Pekin, in spit •of the most minute precautions 011 the ’ part of the magistrates, an t in this and the two fallowing years, the mortality of Xankin and Pekin was sueh. that the public treasury was oblhmd to furnish finds to bury the dead. Such was the progress of the cholera towards the eas*. The disorder, as we have already mentioned, had reached Bombay, in 18!*X This city was rc-a tacked by it in 1821, and iu July of the same year, the town of Muscat, at the eastern extremity of Arnica, nearly opposite Bombay, and clos. lv c nviccfod with it by commercial in torcou"se, was \ isiied by the cholera, which m-oved verv fatal to the inhabitants. About tb.e same time it appeared on the coasts of the Persian Gulf; and having obtained a. foot in gin the Persian territory, it extended to 81ii vaz, and from thence, following the great thor ough-fires, it spread lo Yezd, Ispahan, and Ta breoz, and from hence into Armenia. Bassora, at the bead of the Persian Gulf, an Ottoman town, containing 60,000 inhabitants, and a great mart of trade, wes attacked soon after the disorder appeared on the shores of the gulf. Iu fourteen days, 15,(K>0 of its inhabitants wore swept away. From Bassora it was carried up the Euphrates and Tigris, to Bagdad, where 4 : j.s said to have dcstr iy od one thirl of the in- 1 habitant;. 1. pas up fi • riven* bey n I Bag dad, but scorn* i to die away at the approach of the winter. But in the spring of 18g2 it broke’ Out afresh in the neighbourhood of the Tigris A Euphrates, and extending towards Syria, in July' | it reached Mosul, and passing thro’ Dicrbckir, & 1 along ilic route of the caravans, in the beginning of November, amvedat Aleppo. In 1823, Ah , tioch was aftii- ted, and the cholera ?pro:ul thro’ Pales in - and. r. vage i several of the cities on the! Asiatic coa.s* v. it of the .Mediterranean ; This ■sum*.: year the tiisorder spread tlirougii Armenia, 'an i in the month of September reached the Bus sian city ofAstrachan, at the mouth of the Vfoi ga. It first appeared in the marine hospital ; from S* pl. 22u to OctoDir 4th, 144 died tlu rc, diving about two thirds of those attacks*l. E;icr gone measures wore taken by the authorities to :-‘on th<- progress of the discuss*; it however con i I C 7 i.imd lo show itself until arrested by The win •• r. The following summer it did not re-nppear. From 182i3 to 1830, the cholera seems not to diave gr< a’dy extended i s dominions, though it .frequently r visited tlie countries of Adiich it was julready in possession. From 1817 to 1830, fal len ta was attacked fourte* -a times, or once a year. !—Madras ifn 1 times, Bombay twelve times, and itli..; Indian cities generally were frequently re -1 visit d.—The same was the case with the cities of China, Persia and Syria. In it appeared in Ispahan, the capful of Persia, and residence of the king, which the 1 earn vans had been forbidden to enter, and which I had hitherto escaped the visitation of the disease. At the approach of winter it df daway ; but the n- xt summer it re-appeared in those provinces of Persia* north of Teheran, which border on the southern coast of;he Caspian Pea. It soon spread into the adjacent provinces of Georgia, and in! jJt.lv it n’-appeared in As rachan, where it was; | Icuifi' d to ex rt a much more extensive influ-1 j( nee than on its firmer appearance. In fen days: 11,220 individuals were attacked, of whom one| j third died. It was found impossible to confine; the disorder to the neighbourhood ofAstrachan. It seemed to have acquired new powers of difTu- 1 don, an I, following i s destructive course along 1 die Wolga, at die inou hos which Astraclmn is si mated, it penetrated into the heart of Russia., It raged very extensively among the Don Cos-j sacks, successively attacked the capitals of the; several provinces on the south of Moscow, and* rc.vbed that city cn the 10th of Sept, having! passe I over the country from Astradian, a dks.l tance of 900 miles, in three mon’hs. The most; energetic measures wore immediately taken at I ■> # • ’•losco\v to oppose the disorder. 'The city was divided into forty-seven department which werej effectually separated by barriers and guards, j Os a population of 300,t‘00, over 8,000 were as-j feclc ! by the disorder, of whom more tliau one! aalt die! 1. Tlio disorder continued lo spread through! Russia, and in 1831, was carried by the Russian | armies in 0 Poland, where most of the villages and cities were atiee'ed by it. It soon alter readied the shores of the Baltic, and attacked Biga; and not long afterwards appeared ati Dantzic. Notwithstanding every precaution, O m/ l ?! and a very rigid system of quarantine, the I cholera in the month of June, reached St. Peters-1 7 « burg. The population is about equal to that oft .Moscow, and oft this population 7,102 were at tacked, and 3,520 died. The cholera passed from Poland into Prussia, and soon attacked Berlin, Hamburg, and oiherj of the German cities, hut did not cross the river Rhine. The most energetic measures were ta ken throughout Germany to oppose the disorder, and i s ravages were not very extensive, in the mean time, the disorder penetrated from Syria into Asia Minor, and reaching Smyrna in Octo ber, it proved very destructive there; and hav ing passtai the year before, from Astrachan to the sea oftAsoph, it spread along the shores of the Black Sea dll it reached the mouth oft the Danube. It ascended the Danube, ravaging' Hungary on fts way, and before winter arrived ; at Vienna. Constantinople was attacked about the same time. As the winter advanced, the disorder seemedi to die away ou the continent oft Europe, when if j unexpectedly appeared at Sunderland, on thej eastern coast of England, whence it lias spread; to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London. Os all the conn-ides which it has visited, England seems to have suffered the least from this disorder ; but it is not improbable that it may break out there a fresh, as the summer conies on, and with in-j creasing virulence. From England it has pass-! ed to Ireland, and in the meantime it has appear-j ed suddenly and with great severity at Paris, j But the detail of its operation in Britain & France! are well known to all. IF it be true that it has; crossed the Atlantic, and appeared in the Cana-j das, (which it seems hardly possible to doubt,) it: will most probably spread over the continent of America, and thus complete the circuit of the Globe. The Board of Health of the city of Albany,! in their report of July 5, states, “ that all thej deaths reported have occurred amongst persons' of irregular habits, or where there were other ’circumstances to account for the fatality of the disease. There have been several cases of mild Cholera, usual at the season, as represented by the physicians, all tending to show that the dis ease now prevailing, is mild, in character, and manageable iu persons of regular habits.” Extract* from the Report of the Comu.it tec of tin Phifuicfpkia fMedicul Society, appointed to inresi/gate the subject cf Cholera. The classes of society most liable to Epidem ic Ch flora, may bo designated under the live 1 following heads. 1. The indigent inhabitants, of low, damp, and ill ventilated por'ions of cities, and particu larly those who suffer from a deficiency of food and clothing, or whose diet is composed, in great part, or entirely, of indigestible articles, and those containing but little nutriment, or possess ed of unwholesome properties. The aged and inlinnof this class have been among the princi pal sufferers from Cholera. 2. Persons habitually addicted to the use of spirituous or other intoxicating drinks, has been especially liable to attacks of the disease. Drunkards, and the debauched of every class. t have been among 'the chief sufferers, wherever the Epidemic has prevailed, and those who sank the most rapidly under an attack. 3. Individuals exposed to wet, or to damp and cool air. particularly during the night, and especially when badly or insufficiently clothed, exhausted by fatiguing employments, orcxercia s, by want of sleep, long fasting, in temperance, or other debilitating causes, have seldom escaped the disease. Exposure whilst sleeping, or during a state of intoxication, to the open air, has always proved peculiarly dan ver mis. 4. Valetudinarians, or persons with broken (down constitutions, particularly those subject tc ’’affections of the stomach and bowels, arc pecu-i ’ liarly liable to the attacks of Cholera. 5. Trftwo under the influence cl fear, intense, anxiety, grief, ami other depressing passions, have boon enumerated by nearly all the writers : on Epidemic Cholera, as among the most pro :‘l deposed to the disease. The baneful influence of the causes was exhibited, not only in ren -1 ‘ during those who indulged in tnem nwesas : i ceptiole to an at acic, he. by --* 1 ..iduaS'iig i ltlu- violence of its symptoms, and accelerating its i’hid termination. W.KSIVPOIUtT AtIDEaY. .7.7 r ... .? ,/ r.,» io<7. I'/!/:.I ISC Oeor*l-.1 xfOh'lOl (J -> • : ■ l ' -l-Ot. '1 .: LKTTEK TO TKK EDITORS, DA Til I) ,j WEST POINT, June IG, 1532. •'j 6V d. V/.-.v>n. —The examination has closed, and a| the cat lets have gone into encampment, where .!• tin v.v.'ill remain ibr the remainder oi lias, aiui p! tin; wliolo oi’ the ensuing two mouths. Hero :;jthey aio instructed thoroughly' and minutely in ;||a)l the details of camp police- —each individual •!! haviuir, in bis turn, to discharge the lowest uu ![ ties of the soldier an 1 thy highest du iesofan ! officer, so far as relates to the police ot an en djcampiiicnt. I have visited them frequently — ilj and a hap pier s tof fed lows 1 never saw. V» hen li not engaged on duty they assemble m groups on r.jtho beaut;!ul green on which their tears arc :j( pit.died, and spend their hours of relaxation in j|conversation, dancing, &c, All, however, is .li couducttrd with the utmost decorum and order — ‘li an infiuctiou of any of the rules in relation to ;!jthes.* matters lit-lug punished promptly and se •' ver. ly. j 1 believe I promised to give you some account Jiofthe course of stu.lv pursued at tins establish * * . I ment —I proceed now to redeem that promise, j ij Fo be admit!cn.l as a cadet, the candidate must be ;juble to read and write well, andtoporibrm with i I facility and accuracy the various operations of i j • * -» . 1 ij the iour groan ! rules of Arithmetic —of redne-i ; tion, of simple and compound proposition and of, j! vulgar and decimal fractions. lie must be not 1 ■< h as than four ihet nine inches in height—not do- • I | # r p i j formed —nor afflicted with any disease o; in- ; jfirmity which would render him unfit for the i|military service—and must not bring with him! ;|<rt the time of presanting himself any disorder of; an infectious or immoral character. Hu must he | fourteen years old, and not more than twenty-1 I; two. Having complied with these conditions, tiie : candidate is admitted:—then commences a j course of the severesi discipline I have ever seen j pursued. It embraces the following particulars : I. Infantry ladies and Military Police. i Tin’s includes the drill of the soldier, company, • and battalion, the evolutions of the line, the man j ual exercise and manoeuvres of Light Infantry ; and Riflemen, together with the police of camp' i and garrison. 11. Mothanntics cronprchending. Algebra from the fundamental operations to! the solution of equations of the 3d degree, ratios,! i infinite series, and figurate numbers, and loga- j | rithnis. I Geometry, plane and solid—construction of j j determinate geometrical equations. Trigonometry, plane and spherical: spheric al projections ; analytical investigation oftrigo. nomotriiai formula; and the construction of ta bles. j Mensuration, of planes and solids; land sur veying; trigonometrical surveying; heights and, distances : use of instruments. Descriptive Geometry, graphic illustration and : soludon of problems in solid geometry, and appli-j cation of this method to spheres and conic sec- 1 tions. The theory A use of linear perspective, shades and shadows, i Construction and analysis of linear and super- ! i ficiul loci; particularly fur equations of the first, j and second order. Direct and inverse method of fluxions ; their! application to maxima and minima; drawing of j j tangents ; rectification of curves; radii of cur- 1 | vutures, quadratures, cubatureS, Ac. 111. r J'kc French Language. i French Grammar; reading French with a 1 i correct pronunciation; and translating English 1 ! into French, and French into English. IV. Vravelag. j The elements of the human figure : landscape | with the pencil : shading and finishing land-1 j scapes in India Ink: elements of topography! ; with the pen, pencil, India ink, and colors. V. Natural and Experimental Philosophy. | Statics, viz. The equilibrium of forces ; com : position and decomposition offerees; centre of: j gravity ; strength and stress of materials ; ele i rnentary machines; nature and effects offric , lion. Dynamics- —-Laws of uniform and variable ; rectilinear motion ; falling bodies ; principles of j curvilinear motion ; motion of projectiles in va- 1 cuo ; and in a resisting medium ; centra! forces:! • laws of the planetary motions ; vibration of the f pendulum; percussion; rotatory motion ; laws j of the motion of a system. jj Hydrostatic*; Principles of equilibrium and ■ij pressure of fluids; stability and oscillation of j floating bodies; specific gravity; properties of : incompressible and elastic fluids; theory and practice oi oaromctric measurements : theory 1 of pumps. Hijdrodyn-jniics- —Theory of efllulent fluids : estimate of the force, motion, and resistance of : fluids ; application of mechanics to the con > struct ion of machines. The phenomena of Electricity, Galvanism, . Magnetism, Llectio magnetism, and Light, with the const ruction and use of instruments necessa j ry to illustrate their principles. Astronomy—The solar system : the earth J and its motions, and seasons ; problems on tiie ji adobes ; parallax; refraction ; procession ; nu p tation and aberration ; the sun and construe ji tion of tables for his apparent motions: caien .l der ; equation of time; secular variations in p the elements of the sun’s motions : moon’s mo tions : eclipses: tides: motions of the planets, 1 and of comets : spherics applied to astronomy : f use of instruments and tables ; calculations for j time, latitude, longitude and true meridian. .; VI. Chemistry and Mineralogy. .j Theory and practice of chemical analysis, r and the examination of vegetable and animal v productions : application of chemistry to agri culture. fanning, dying, bleaching, gilding, py r> rotechning, Ac. i i i , Classification and description of mineral sub 'l s an cos ; structure cud classification of rocks ; i, analysis and uses of minerals; view of the dis . to vent systems of geology and mineralogy : and e| an account of the mineralogy and ecology of ;tj the United States, e- VII. Artillery. Description ot the different kinds and parts of j artillery, gun carriages, caissons, artillerists, PJ implements, military projectiles : exercise of the all field piece, and of mortars, howitzers, garrison fi and sea-coast ariins; iaanctuvrcs of a division! j;of artillery : mechanical manoeuvres. _ , I M Theory" of gunnery ; target practice with the gun, howitzer and mortar. : , Making all kinds of musket, rifle, pistol, can , non, and” howitzer cartridges ; preparation ot . strun, pra{»e and caimlstcr sliot, priming tubes, dfusees, slow and quick match, portfire, rockets,! .;|carcasses, lire balls ; light balls, and incendia-j ry composition : loading .shells and grenaucs :■ ■ casting musket bails ; pun mg up stores for traits-. uurta:i-m ; loading caissons, and manner of prov j!nig powder. _ „ VHL Engineering inid th' Science op I rar. The propel tics, preparation alia use oi ma-i ‘dials, brick, stone and wood ; elementary parts ! of buildings; composition and distribution oi i; buildings : art of construction, i Laving out and cous'ructing roads : diiler-; , j cuts Utads of stone ; iron and wooden brio .res : : ohst-tclcs io navigation in rivers and their rente-. . .Iks: cons'ruction of canals : economy of canal | • rransportutioii. I K.a.it■rua.'js, their survey, location, and con-, distraction, economy of rail-road transportation.! dl Con*’ruction of urdficuil, and irjiiu’ovement of natural harbor ;. . | Field For.ific.Tion in oil i s details. ! Permanent Forlificathni, according to Car-; iinoataicues svstem —-at'uck and d jtenco of thoj d same, Ac. Ac. Com post iiuu and organization of armies ? or-; id dor of battle; castfametation ; operations oi as ,campaign ; principles of strategy, Ac. LX. Rhetoric and Moral Sp Political Science. | :! Grammar; rise and progress, structure ami | Slpliilosophy of language ; invention and progress' !jof the art of writing; s’ylc ; composition; eio jjcutioii; his ory of eloquence, poetry, Ac. !i investigation of the principles oi human 1 ■j knowledge and belief; lav.s of evidence, espe llcially of moral evidence ; nature and grounds; I '. . . <J djof virtue, and moral obligation; evidences ol ;! revelation as applicable to illustrate, confirm, 1 ■ land cn orce the precepts of law, and religion of, ! I nature : divisions and dentils of practical ethics,! ■!comprising the rights ami duties of men in their ij several private relations to God, themselves, and; done another. i Origin and foundation of civil society, and of; ■.j the political and civil rights and dudes of man- 1 iikind ; principles of civil liberty : different forms lof civil government, with their objects ; mode; of administration ; tendencies and effects; go-! vernmenr and constitutional jurisprudence of tiie j United States: haw of nations. X. The use of the Sicord. Fencing with the small sword, cut and thrust, and broad sword ; sword exercise of cavalry. j 7 •'I Fhe course is finished in 4 years—and the assignment of time and study is as follows. First year —Duties of private soldier ; French ; i Algebra ; Geometry; Trigonometry; Applica- , tion ol’ Algebra to Geometry ; Mensuration. | Second year —School of the company, and i duties of corporals ; first part of the course of , j artillery; French and Mathematics; first part ; i of the course of Drawing. Third year-** School of Bat-alien ; duties of ! sergeants ; 2d part of the course of artillery ;!i I remainder of the course of drawing ; Natural 1 ! Philosophy; Ist and 2 J parts of the course of:. chemistry. Fourth near —Evolutions of the line ; duties i of Orderly Sergeants and commissioned officers ; ; .o-_ # 7 j 3 J part of the course of artillery ; Mineralogy j and Geology; Engineering and the Science of ! War ; Rhetoric, and moral and political sci- : I ence ; use of the sword. ! The preceding account I have abridged from j j the “ Rules and Regulations” of the Academy. I 1 & # » j It is rather dry, but must be interesting to those,; who take an interest in the subject of Educa-tj j tion. Look at the scanty pre-requisites for ad-1 j [i mission—then at the course prescribed—next,l ; j attend an examination of these young men—jj j! and you will agree with me, that they have found!i i out the great secret of performing a very great i deal in a very little time —and that most efficu ! I ently. ' Extract from the address of the Republican i ! of the State of New. York to the Convention held atj !j Baltimore, for the purpose of nominating a candidate!; j for the office of Vice President of the United States, j and prepared by them, in compliance with the recoin- I I mendation of said Convention. I i The objections to the course of General Jack- ! .son in relation to tjiis question are all founded]! !on bis refusal to interfere with the exercise of a I jjarisdiciion-claiined by tiie State of Georgia over | ‘ij certain tribes of Indians within her territorial j ! limits, lie has not been called on to act in any j oilier manner; nor is it pretended that the duty i of acting in any other manner has yet devolved jj !on him. lie has avowed an opinion in favor ofj! j the right of Georgia to the jurisdiction which ji ' she claims : and in this opinion he has been I ! virtually sustained bv both houses of Congress, 1 ' —O 7 • . through an adoption of the measures recoin*j! j mended by him with a view to relieve the tribes'; j|from the authority which they have culled in'j ij question, and to provide for their removal to ai! ' iregion where they may enjoy forever, under the'! A protection and guaranty of the United States, j ithc separate sovereignty which thev claim to - 1 • . o •/ •/ I exercise v. hhin the limits of a sovereign State. 1 i # c? II This question is to bo discussed and determined, I not according to any abstract theory, but on the: A practical principles which have grown out of the| • necessities of their condition. We are well, | aware of the industrious efforts which have been , | made to give a false bias to the judgment of a the people by artful appeals to their sympathies, . 1 bv misrepresentations of the intellectual condi |J • i ! + tion of the Indian tribes, and of their qualifica i! j tions for self-government : we are aware, too, ; j that while the on posit ion have seized on it as a ii,, A J ■ political question, attempts have been made to •|| connect the sanctions of religion with the cause —attempts, assisted by the misguided zeal of i others, who by openly opposing themselves to • • ihe execution of the laws of the State, within the: , limits of which they had fixed their abode, and by submitting to the penalty annexed to the of ;• ; fence, have doubtless, by a natural misconcep j tion, regarded the example presented in their 1 punishment as hallowed by a species of martyr-1 J dom for conscience sake. But all these efforts' 1: have been without effect. It was obvious to'. . ; reflect, whether sympathy is due to those who . j may remove'all cause for sympathy by a peace ful submission to the laws of the State, within . which they have chosen their abode; whether; :! the spirit and precepts of Christianity, which en . join a submission to the municipal authorities, 1| did not in this case enjoin a choice between such f a submission or a removal; whether any pur pose of philanthropy can be answered by la boring to strengthen resolutions which threat-: f en, if persisted in, to involve contending com. , inanities in bloodshed and desolation ; whether ? the duties of citizenship are not violated by en s couraging the Indian tribes to r Wt the proffer-' jicd mediation of the general g<w eminent and re- [ i fusc to remove, when such results arc within: l i tiie range of probability ? These inquiries have j been aiiswered by the people, as all questions; are answered by them, according to trie dictates' ’!of reason, good sense and an enlightened hu iinanity : and it is maniU st that the persons al iuded" to stand, in the eyes of the nation, as; I j martyrs to a political, and not a religious fiiith.i ji While there is every reason to believe luc| Indians themselves, abandoning tncti ban adw-; 5.,-rs. will peaceably remove beyond our limns,: j:and carry with them a repugnance to the iuflu-j jj cnees of civilization, which, if not unconqucra-j | bio, may with be:tor prosp-ects oi success corn-! jimand the labors of the true Fiends ot p!iilan-j ’ thropv in tlieir now abode: v.e deep I .} regie?, ij that the ciibrts, to which we have bo loro ad-j verted., to frustrate the benevolent designs oi: ! 1 the general government, should have received,, even by indirection, the slightest countenance ji from the laic decision of the Supreme Court. ' The evil does not lie s*o much in the apprehen sion of any practical result to grow out of tucf •'principle involved in it, as from the doubt into: which the accuracy of the determinations ot the: t’ hi chest judicial tribunal in the U nite»l Stales is, j.iu danger of being drawn by a decision which,; ii- is believed, will not satisfy the judgment ol those who shall narrowly investigate all the grounds on which it rcs's. Independently oil : the controversy in respect to the right oi Geor i gia to extend her laws over the Cherokces, the j lease presented a prior and most important ques f]tion, never before decided, viz; whether the j Supreme Court of the United States possesses j ! appellate jurisdiction in criminal cas -s common-! |eed and decided iti the State courts? The ju-j jjdicial act of 1789, under which it has been ex-| ijercised, does not confer any such jurisdiction in | • ! I terms ; and yet it can hardly be doubted ihatj jif the framers of that law had intended to j ' j invest the Supreme Court with an authority soj ' transcendent, thev would have said so in expli-L j 7 : . . 1 jjcit language. This will be rendered tiie more h !I probable when we consider that two of thejj ;jStates, (Now-York and Rhodc-Island,) had then:; irecently declared in tlieir solemn ratifica-j! dtions of the Constitution, that “ the judicial;, gpower of the United States, in cases in which j ! a State may he a party, does not extend to j 1 criminal prosecutions ;” and that some of the j most distinguished advocates of the Constitution j ! united in this construction. Under these cir j cums*anccs it is much to be regretted that the 1 learned and venerable Chief Justice should have •omit’edto discuss this great question, especially las the cause had onlv been argued on one side. i •' c t | ! The existence of such a jurisdiction in thcSu-j promo Court is the very ground work cl the j jj whole proceeding; and it is the more to bo re-j dgretted therefore, that its existence was assum-1 jed by him, but not established. We will notij id well upon the numerous, we had almost said : I fatal, objections to the exercise of such a juris- • j diction, its relation to the reserved rights of the j jj States and the people, and i's connection with | ijthc doctrines of unlimited construction, against | j which the Republican party in the United j 1 1 I V »•* 1 ' ! j States have been so long and so steadfastly ar- : | rayed. It was, at all events, due, to, the coun try and to the tribunal by which the decision i | was pronounced, that the question should have ; been fully discussed by the presiding judge. And we can not forbear to remark that a deci sion, resting upon grounds which may perhaps be shown to bo untenable, we might add, which j ; lias by a powerful cotemporaneous exposition | been shown to be untenable on the points dis- J, I cussed, will not carry with it that strong con- \‘ 7 » O jviction, which should always accompany the do- | terminations of a tribunal of so high authority, j j Wo have alluded to this decision, not for the pur j pose of arraigning the motives of the judges, ! ; but because, from the manner in which tlio dc- ! jcision was urged upon the court by panizan ’ ! journals ; from the positions occupied by tiie ) i two eminent counsel who procured it, one a can-); ididate for the presidency an I the other for thoj! | vice-presidency of tiie United States ; and above 1 4 jail from the unwearied efforts made by ourn* i political opponents through the names and rejm-jq : tation of the judges to assail the President and j i his advisers ; the whole matter has become soi l j intimately connected with the political discus. isions of the day that it could not, on she present || ! occasion, well be overlooked. Independently!! ] lof these considerations we can not but regard j < I the decision itself as a new instance of the as-| ! sumption, by a department of the genera! gov-j ! ernmeff, under circumstances well calculaledij] jto excite distrust and apprehension, of a doubt-! ] ji’ul power; a power, too, of the greatest nmgni-|| tude anil delicacy ; and we have felt it our duty|, films briefly to invite to it the attention of ourjj j constituents. ij To the people of the Stale.of New-York this!) ;! question derives addditional importance from llicjj [! fact that the decision of the Supreme Court has; ifilie effect of annulling all the agreements or!J !'treaties, made under the authority of the State! ij with the Indian tribes formerly within our lini-l fits, for the extinguishment of their title to the! !lands, which, by virtue of those agreements,! jj became public property, and a large portion of, ' which has, by transfer, become the properly! j! of individuals. If the principle of the decision! Jwcre capable of being carried into execution, j i s effect therefore, would bo to revive, within; ! our territorial limits, six sovereign nations, to-, : tally independent of the authority of the State,!, i and to restore to the rude hands of its former I j : possessors a vast region of country, long since' reclaimed from barbarism, and now teeming |' with wealth, intelligence and the richest fruits of civilized life. COAGU KSSIOXA Ij . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thurs Dav, July 5, 1832. REWtHT Upon Mr. Staxbery’s Resolution respecting the ; alleged fraud in furnishing Indian Rations. Mr. Dravtox, from the select Committee up on Mr. Sianberv’s resolution, made the follow-i! ing REPORT : j The select Committee, appointed by a rcsolu i| tion of the House of Representatives, “to en ' quire whether all attempt was made by the late ii Secretary of War, John H, Eaton, fraudulent !ly to give to Samuel Houston or any other per son or persons concerned with Samuel Houston, a contract for supplying rations to such Indians' as might emigrate to their lands west of Arkan sas and Missouri, and whether said Houston ‘made a fraudulent attempt to obtain sail con j tract; and that the said Committee he further j instructed to enquire whether the President of the United States had any knowledge of such j ! attempted fraud, and whether he disapproved or j ■ approved of the same, and that the Committee j ■ have power to send for persons and papers.”—■ • ! Report That, in pursuance of the duties devolv- i .' ed unon them, they have examined various pa- ! P [M/Kr? Mild Ciocumonts MU‘J <X ii UiifjtrT O L “in relation to the subject, contained in the ns | hit ion, and that, after bestowing upon the sain,., j their deliberate attention, they are oi opinion, | that the foregoing w ritten and verbid evidence furnishes no proof, oitner that ** Joint i 1. Baton, late Secretary of War, ever attempted fraudu. ‘dcntlv to give to Samuel Houston, or any otln.r i : iH-vsoii or persons concerned with Samite! Heus. j: t<m, a contract for supplying rations to such In. ■ clans as might emigrate to their 1: n s m-ca ( ,f : Arkansas and. Missouri, or that Samuel Houston 1 * l ever made a fraudulent attempt lo obtain said ! contract.” The Committee therefore recoui. ’ mend the adoption of the following resolutions: I, Resolved, That John H. Eaton, the late Se j cretnry of War, and Samuel Houston, do stand r entire ly acquitted, in the judgment of this ! lons--, from all imputation of fraud, cither comniitvl or attempted to be committed by them, or bv oi. thcr of them, on any matter relating to or con. nceted with the premises. Resolved, That all tile evidence which was '• submitted to the Committee, together with th i journal of their proceedings, be annexed to. am; | recorded with, tins Report, i Mr. Stamikiiv oili-red a counter-report, si-. ... ; i'd by himself and 1. C. Bates, expressing a ((if. I ilrcnt ophnon from that stated in the report of tho majority of the Committee. ! Mr. Ivnii;:, another member of the Commit, fee, said he dissented from the views expressed in both reports,.and presented a report contain, ing his own opinion upon the evidence laid be. [fore the Committee. Mix Dkaytox ’moved that the Journal of the Committee, the evidence submitted to them, and the several reports be laid on the t,.ble A* print ed—which was agreed to. | - - /\ >1 P'SN *• ?‘A t'> | \ - v -1 ; v.'is * I bvA i t 'S'B‘CS s>A’'V, JTSfJL V 17, 1 MT*. | ' FOR PRESIDENT, JACKSON, VICE-PRESI DENT, 3IAKTIA VA.\ SSI KEAa MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, | lIiCAHA HR A.MI All of Putnam, A IXi USTI S S* €’I,A 1 TOX. «/< i T3IUMAH IT SMBTESJ, of Ore™, HOiiilH Sj t U UHiiJT Os Jefferson-, ( £120124 41'? 11. UU.ytDU, of Ogletkorjpn CilAUSziiS IT lIAV.XIvS, of ilunettes. £EA BORA JON ES, of Muscogee, J US EH M. WAVXE, of Chatham, isIUIAIiD 11, IVHR-E, of Richmond. ID- M. I». LAM AR, Esq. of Muscogee County, ir i i candidate for the Representative Branch of Congress, a ■ the election in October next. I T /i r c-7 !7 PC a-w< - -*t * >.'r &J, d> 2, -ih VjL* • I Our rcaiiortiv.il! fin Ain our columns, an extract from i the Address of the delegates of New-York to the 15 ,■!. jtimore Convention, respecting the decision of the Sa. i o Jprcmo- Court in the case of the Missionaries. Not only I New. York should feel deeply interested in this decision, but also all llie staff s which have made treaties with the | Indians formerly residing within their respective territo. i ries, for the purchase of their hinds. POST OFFICES IST GEOB.CIA. la a list of the Post Offices established in the Unite ) .Status since the Ist April, 1831, to Ist July, 1832, au ,j published by order of the Post Office Department, wo find that the following Post Offices in Georgia, have been established, discontinued, or changed. ESTABLISHED. Baker County, Mulinia Hancock County, Warren’s Burke do. St. Clair Mount Bryan do. Orange Grove Harris do. Dowdell’s Mills Cherokee .»alien,llarnage- Jackson do. Cunningham’s ville Store Do. Talking Hock Jones do. Hockey Mount Do. Vann’s Valley Lee do. Surnterville Do. Alatnona Marion do. ILorrv Columbia County, Walker’s Do. do. Uchee Vilhigi ( owefca do. Watson’s Meriwether do. Fanner’s Do. do. Werc’s Store Monroe do. Brownsville Crawford do. Echoconny Morgan do. Evansville Do. llammackGrove Do do. Fair Play Di.-K.db do. Cross Keys Newton do. Zachry’s a'b.V Do. do. Latimer’s store Do. do. Bindley Do. do. Clair Creek Oglethorpe do. Sims town Do. ibr. Poolesvillc Putnam do. Clopton’s Mill Franklin do.'Whitten’s store Eabmi do. Jones’Ford Gwinnett do. Cain’s Stewart do. linden’s Hall Du. do. t\ arsaw Do. do. Big Swamp Do. do. Sanfordville Talbot do. Daviston’s Do. do. Sweet Water Do. do. Belloview Habersham do. Loudsviilc Do. dn. Pleasant Hi!" Hall do. New 1 eru M tikes do. Tyrone- Do, do. Guiley’s CHANGED. ( ampboll County, Pumpkintown to Rivertown Newton do. ( toss Roads to Sheffield. 1 ike do. Humes’ Store to Bartlesville • - Stewart do. King’s Bluff to Milton. Tattnall do. Mattox to Matlocks. 1 wiggs do. Turuto’*-<S7ooe to Tarversvilfc. DISCONTINUED. Bryan Co. Jonhs’ Bridge Hancock Co. Sylvan II I! Elbert do. ScaJsville Muscogee, Hickory Grow Fayette do. Strother’s Mill Putnam do. Fair Grove I l ipiklia do. I arm Washington do. Ilicklius CIIOiSRA. A\ c- publish a brief sketch of the commencement and extension of this malignant disorder. The following ar ticle we copy from the Federal Union of last Thursday. The attention ol the City Council of Augusta is respect, fully called to it. CHOLER A.—Wc beg leave to call the attention of ”• our town authorities to the excellent communication from the Augusta Chronicle of the 7th, and we ask them T not only to peruse, but to art upon the important “sag- ( gesiton." \> e have been blest with an uncommon de gree of health for several years post, and we therefore | .-eem to presume too much upon the protection of Pro. | vidcncc without any precautions on our part. But the ( negligent have no authority tor such presumptions. We *i do not know that we neccf apprehend much from the cho I Jera. It has not, as yet, extended itself to the southern | states of Europe, and we may share the same exenr * .-in. Betas in a warm climate, it may conic. J Aral wc ought to be prepared. Whether we have that M I awful scourge or not, a vigilant Board of Health might j| ;do great good. It the civil authorities, and the citizens | at large, would look at the state oi some portions of our * : town, they would find abundant employment for an ii - I ; uustrious scavenger. We can look from the windows t? 1 'our office, and see matter enough so give fever to tin i ; neighbourhood—and wc have no doubt, that the few leases we have, might bo diminished by constant and j . proper vigilance. The situation of our town is such, ‘ i that certain portions of it become natural reservoirs far ' I the causes of disease. If the corporation have not ii;e i ’authority, we hope the citizens will meet and confer ii 1 on them. . A SUGGESTION. —As there is no public Board c: i| Health existing in Augusta, would it not be well for th* ( | ■ City Council to constitute one ? Such an institution wouk vj ;seem to us highly useful, at ail times: and more ev-’ A ; daily, should the Cholera threaten to visit us. A B°^ r |. •of Health could, probably, point out many cause' 3 /; A ,disease, with the best method for their removal; whu”* I ‘might escape the notice of the City Count >k At least, •• | would be expected, that such a Board would be more etu p , ciently vigilant in guarding the public health, that? otiie ‘ “jtt j men could be. The Board might consist of a certain n " 171 ' ; 1 her of Physicians, and others, living in the different ward' These would sooner discover offensive causes of dis- | ease, and could enforce their removal, and enjoin a j : stricter observance of general cleanlin-ass, so promotive I of good health.' MEDICUS*