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Instinct CISS3 hii th» state of Georgia applied,
as Mr. Jefferson calls it, this rigiitfcl beme.
Mav 1 again respectfully ask your meeting,
“ what are its sentiments in regard” to Govern
or Troup's political principles ? lie says, “ what-j
ever a state does in its sovereign capacity, will
be right.” Actingupon this principle, in l ft 2s,
vhen the general government attempted to an
nuli the old, by what was called the new trea.y,
he solemnly declared it should not bo done, sta
ted boldly that he “ would employ ail the limit
cd means in his power to prevent it,” and order
ed the Hancock troop of horse to hold them
selves in readiness. What stronger “ revolu
tionary tendency ” con hi any measures exhibit?
But this was not all, the Secretary of War or
dered troops into the Oa'ion to overawe the state,
listen, while perhaps the blood will curdle with
indignation, at General Game’s despatch to that
officer : “ Col. Chambers (said he) with five
companies of the first, and Major Donoho, with
f u ar companies of the fourth regiment of infant
ry, have taken the positions assigned them, viz.
the former at Marshall’s Ferry, Flint river, and
the latter at Princeton, Chattahoochee, with in
s' ructions corresponding with yours of the 21st
of last month.” Did this alarm Governor Troup?
Let me bring to your recollection that patriot’s
reply to Mr. Adams: “ The legislature of Geor
gia, will, at its first mee’ing, be advised to he
,,ist any effort which may be made to wrest,
from the state the territory acquired by that
treaty, and no matter by what authority that ef
fort be made, if the legislature fail to vindi
cate that right, the responsibility will be theirs,
nor mine.”
What became of the now treaty ? Georgia
nullified it. She resisted the authority of the
general government because its act was uncon
stitutional, and being in the right, though force
was not only threatened, but arrayed, she tri
umphed, and ’lieold treaty was sustained. So,
the federal troops marched to Flint river, and
then marched back again. This is one
act of nullification. I understand that the only
objection to nullification is, it has a tendency to
revolution and bloodshed, and to bring the fede
ral government into contempt. What could so
effectually produce all these events a? the C£iSe:
1 have just mentioned I
The second instance was the case of Tassels.
A mandate was sent from the Supremo Court of
the United States, to suspend his execution un ii
he could be heard before that Court on a writ of
error. What said the legislature?
•• Resolved, That the Governor and every otker officer*
0 f thi« state disregard any and eve ry mandate and process
that has been or shall be served upon him or them, pro
ceeding Irom the supreme court of the United Stales, for
the purpose of arresting any of the criminal laws of this
flute.’’
‘'Resolved, That the Governor, with all the force and
means placed at Ins command, resist and repel any and
every invasion from whatever quarter, upon the adminis-
I nation ofthe criminal laws of this state.”
•V’v.t language can be stronger? And do not
the resolutions imply the probability ofa conflict,
that the state might have to battle it with the:
General Government? But when the constitu
tioii.il ri-gilts ofa state are violated, wlmt other
aiterua ive is left ? We read from the lessons of :
| the Rovolu ion that the motto of our forefathers
I was liberty or death , and so far, I am proud to !
| sav, the conduct of Georgia has evinced to the iI
world a noble vindication of the maxim.
In reference to the third instance, I must l>cg
| leave again to reiterate the enquiry to your
| meeting, 41 what are its sentiments in regard” to .
I the political course of Governor Lumpkin ? For
I whatever may be their objections to that of Go-’j
: vernor Troup, so far as relates to these doctrines,
he has been fully supported by the present Gov- |
; ernor. At the last session of the legislature, ,
[ Governor Lumpkin communicated to that body,
that be had received two citations commanding
the state of Georgia to appear iu the supreme ’
I • ourt, to show cause why the judgments render
| .(I in our state court against Worcester and But
ler, should not be set aside. What said the Gov-
I nor on hat occasion ? That which ought to com
maud admiration of every friend of state rights.
“ Any at empt (said he) to infringe the evident
I right of the state to govern the entire population ;
| widen its territorial limbs, and to punish all of
j fences committed against its laws, within those
1 1 limits, (due regard being had to the cases ex
pressly excepted by the constitution of the U.
•'States.) would be the usurpation of a power never
gran'ed bv the states.” And what waste be the j
rein * v in such cases of usurpation I Hearken
to th Governor: “Such aft attempt, udic never ;
| nude, will challenge the most determined rests
lance, and if persevered in, will evidently eventu-
I ate in the annihilation ofour beloved country.”
But was this all he said ? No ! The best evi- ,
[ cl, nee of lbs principles yet remains, and is in ex
| act accordance with that of Governor Troup :
“In exercising (continued ho) the authority of j
I that department of the Government which de- |
| voives on me, 1 will DISREGARD ALL UN
UONSTI'TUTIONAL REQUISITIONS OF
whatever character or origin j
THEY MAY faE, an>l to the best of my ability, j
will protect and defend the rights of the State, ,
j and use the means afforded me, to maintain its
laws and constitution.” These are principles
j every wav worthv of a statesman, and such as
I every man should he proud, rrtHch less afraid, to
avow. Bat Jet us murk the issue of this mission-
I ary case, mid here I must ask again, “ what are
| the sentiments of your meeting in regard” to
s 'he Missionaries ? When I affirmed in Congress,
’hat “ before the Missionaries would be taken
Loin tiie Penitentiary by virtue of the decision
of the supreme court, Georgia would become a
howling wilderness,” a letter from the city ot
Augusta, the place where your meeting was
hold, informed the Editor of the National Intel- j
igencer, that I did not speak the sentiments of
'fie people of Georgia. Now I had every reason j
I ■>) suppose be formed his opinion upon the views 1
■'l his neighbors, if he spoke the truth ; and it j
s o, the political opinions of that city arc at vari
ance with the rest of the good people of Georgia,
for the information thus given by the Augusta |
letter lias, in all its parts, been wholly uucon- ,
I I firmed. And this induced me to fear that there
I might be an interest in that flourishing city, not
I altogether in unison with the good southern feol-
I | mg of the rest of the state. Be this as it may,.
I | the decision of the supreme court has been mdli.
II /■■/, or the matter is now thrown upon the gene- 1
I i ral government to take its course. It it xields,
I the authority of that government has been held
I | in perfect contepipt and rendered null and void.
I | Dit proceeds, then all the consequences ol revo-
I > lulionnry action, and the effusion of blood , so
I | much dreaded, in relation to the taviif, mus. be
I the inevitable result. ,
I Ibis decision purports to be founded upon tne
I | intercourse law passed by Congress in ISO 3, to
I regulate trade with the Indians, and also upon
I | the solemn Treaties of the United states, dc
■ dared bv the constitution tc be the supreme
I the land. Now it is resisted by the State ol
I Georgia, upon the ground that the law and the
I Treaties are unconstitutional.'
I Ml hat is the plain A: fair inference to be drawn
l| from this case ? If a state can rightfully resist a
I law which has not only gone through the usual
I forms of legislation, sanctioned by the Execu-
I hve a»4legislative brandies of government,*
but has been pronounced cons'ilutional bv the
highest Judicial power, ’hat is, passed all the
guards that can give the stamp and au'horny of
ij i aw j surely there can be but little cause to dread
j a similar opposition to the tariff act founded upon
;i an equally flagrant usurpation. But we are bid
they are not similar cases. Let us examine this
point. r s he intercourse lure is founded upon that
power in the constitution, which gives o Con
gress the right to regut de commerce with the
Indian Tribes. The tariff act is said to rest up
on the right to regulate commerce with foreign
notions. Now mark, both of these powers are
found side by side, in the 8:h section of the Ist
article of the federal constitution. Sup|»ose both
laws, for the first ime, had been passed at the
last Congress. The first, containing a provis
ion that the Cherokee nation of Indians within
the limits of Georgia, was an independent nation,,
and not subject to the laws of Georgia. The
second, containing a provision that the people of
Georgia should pay a fax to the northern capi
talists to protect their manufactures. What
would Georgia do with the first, law ? Need I
answer that she lias already nullified precisely
such a law, in the present intercourse law, and
the decision founded thereon. If then she would
nullify the first law, can there be a sensible dis-i
Terence, in point of effect or principle, between
that and the last ? It is said their difference is in
their consequences, the first applies to a single
state, tlic other to all the states : and pray what
has one sovereign s'ate to do with tlm rights of
other sovereign states in their separate capaci
ties ? It is not recollected that one state has:
nothing to do with another, only in the stipulated
articles that have confederated them together,!
and so soon as the confederated government;
passes a law out of these articles, each state I
throws itself upon its original separate rights, ;
and may employ whatever moans it pleases Io ;
prevent the operation of that law, or if it chooses;
it may submit to its authority. The other statesJj
may desire the protective system, indeed morej!
than two thirds clamor for it. Can this be any j
good reason why Georgia shall submit to it ?
j Suppose alt the other spates, like Louisiana j
land Kentucky, should be bought up and become |
1 reconciled to the lute act, can it be ’
."I that Ge<yrgtn must become so too ? Does it not
occur to every mind that there can be no possi- j
ble difference be’ween robbing the states, by
piece meal, of their cous Rational rights, or do
hig it in one general attack upon the whole sis
terhood ! The reasoning that would attempt to
make a difference will establish this position. If
• a ruffian attacks a single individual, he mustre
pel him immediately, but if he attacks him m
company with twenty-three others, sixteen of
whom. afcc willing to be robbed, and the other
seven doubting whether they will fight or sub
mit, he must wait until they make up their
i minds ! From such logic I beg leave most heart
ily to, dissent. All infractions of the constitution
ijare alike, whether tney bo great or small, so say i
jail divines in reference to the moral law: the
progress of the mischief may be different, but
jibe final result will be the same. The beautiful }j
igreen field mav be as effectually destroyed bv j
■ •e , •J •
the admission of its. despoilers at a single gap,
|as if they laid rushed upon its luxuriance from
■ la prog rated broadside.
j The fourth case, strange as it may appear, is !
!actually going on, almost unnoticed, at the pro-1
sent, time, and though silently, yet as certainly!
Tus. the other three. I allude to the survey and;
occupation of the Cherokee nation. Thousands 1
j who are no\\ decrying the term nullification, are!
perfectly willing that it should not be arrested ini
the case referred to, and perhaps like the threat;
in your third resolution, would vote against any;
I man who should be opposed to its success. The
, last legislature authorised a survey and disposi-;
'tion of this whole country, and I understand tlic.j
;survey is made, the commissioners are convcn-;
cd, preparation is making for the lottery, the'j
drawing is to commence in October next, and in,
all probability the possession of the lands will.
pass from the Indians before the close ol the j
year. Now what becomes of the treaties that'
J . .
have guarantied this very territory to its pre-ji
sen 4 inhabitants ? The constitution of the Uni-i
; ted States declares all treaties to be the supreme
law of the land, any thing in the cons.itution'
and laws of the states, to the contrary notwith- 1
standing. The violation of a treaty of on in-'
voives a nation in war, and but for the weak-;
ness of this nation, such might have been the
i consequences of this proceeding on the part of
Georgia.
! Can it be possible that this will not be called,
a plain, and palpable, ease of nullification!
The matter is too clear ; concerning it there
icon be no manner of doubt. And although as
an individual, I can not agree that it is right, <
vet under my doctrine, based upon the opinions
of Mr. Jefferson, that a state has the right to
judge for itself, as well ot infractions (ol the j
j compact) as of the mode and measure of re-j
dress,” and the state having pronounced these
treaties unconstitutional, and therefore null, &i
I vein, if she is invaded by the general govern-jj
ment, I go to support her decision “ right
wrong,” for my first allegiance is due to the state |
of Georgia. This is my kind of nullification:;
will your meeting do this ? It they will, there is!
no difference of opinion between us; it they i
will not, I leave the people of Georgia to judge;
which doctrine suits their notions oi patriotism
best. Now what case can tend to blood and re-|<
volution stronger than this ? And yet Ido not;
believe that this, or any other case, will ever'
produce such a result. The thing is unreason-1
able. No oppressive and unconstitutional law
can be enforced against a sovereign state. It is
a free agent in a mere voluntary confederation
which is wholly unnecessary to its internal mu
nicipal regulation. Having gone into the uni
on for external objects, the moment these arc,
j lost, and an attempt is made to rob her of her;
j inherent rights, the same free agency that made!
ithe compact can dissolve if, nay it would become;
!so by reason of the fraud of the opposite party, j
Force is out of the question. Four times has
I Georgia tried this matter, and just as certain as.
ifate four times she will have proved it. And it,
'she will try it the fifth time, she will meet with jj
'the same-success, for no man can believe that;|
when the alternative is presented to the general |
government to give up the Union, or to cut the s
throats of her citizens to pamper the wealth of ,
it a priviledged order, that the choice will occa-y
jsion even an instant’s hesitation.
In all cases of usurped or assumed powers, j
1 Mr. Jefferson’s doctrine maintain three things : i
i Ist. That nullification is the rightful remedy.
1 2d. That it is a natural right.
i 3d. That “ every state,” of its 44 own au-|
thoritv,” has a right to “ nullify within its own
*- ? °
limits.” I;
Upon this last it may be necessary to say but .
ia word. A s’ate entitled to “ judge lor itself.
as well of infractions, as the mode and measure :
of redress,” cannot part with its sovereignty j
b without becoming dependent) to any other
state, so as to make that other the judge of its
violated riffhts. A submission of tins kind im- '
> plies an obligation to abide by the award, and
such a course every body must perceive re
quires a state to give up its own-judgment & ,
the decision of one who,may not have hart die i
iisame interest at stake, or any thing like a p:o-; ;
/
;j| per knowledge of the bearings of that interest.
• ’ Wha 4 would have been ’he cons quence if Gey,
f’ Troup had waited till he should have submitred
I the case of the old and new treaty to a conven
i tion of southern states, or if Governor Lump
-1 kin had done the same thing in relation to the
> missionaries or the survey of the Cherokee na
tion ? Think you not the decision would have
been against us ? And- what security lias any
state against any other result, when she Trusts
. her sovereign powers to an arbitration ? I sub
scribe most unequivocally to the doctrine con
tained in. the above throe points, and conse
quently I am for a convention of the people of
the s*ate to determine the best method of remov
■ ing the burthens imposed by this unconstitution
al, usurped, and unjust law, and whatever that
method may be, I feel bound to submit to it.
If however you would ask me what my plan
would be, if I were in that convention, I am rea
dy to give it, though I should he willing to yield
it for any other, which the prudence and good
sense of that convention might detail. I would
declare the law unconstitutional, and therefore
''■ null and void. That 1 would notify the general
; government of this fact, and that if the law was
not repealed, or modified, so as to lay a reve
nue duty only, which should be adequate to the
just wants of the government, on or before the
last day of the first session of the next Con
gress, that is to say, in the year 1834, and if,
j further, it should attempt to enforce the law as-j
‘j ter that time, thus un repealed or unmodified,!
within the limits of Georgia, this state would;
Ibe no longer a member of the Union. This is
my mode of resistance, but I am free to confess,!
| that I am prepared for any and all other modes j
that will ri Jus of the oppression. We have,
tried begging till I am tired—wo have tried re-!
monstrating till I am disgusted—we have tried!
jj reasoning till I am disheartened —we have tried !
I threatening till I am ashamed, and all this has
JI been going on for the last twelve years, till the;
! advocates of the system, hardened and confirm
j ed in their encroachments, declare it is fixed As |
|forever settled. Now 1 urn for resistance, and.
j never to cease till we strangle the monster, or-jj
i get out of reach of its mischief. L
These, gentlemen, are my “ sentiments in re-
I gard to nullification,” and though they may Hit- j
j for from yours, yet if I know my own heart, I
I have not a solitary wish to disturb one single
: view you may have upon this subject, and I re
joice that this feeling of mine fully sustains me
in the,declaration, that I entertain no spirit of
proscription against any one who differs from
me in opinion. As your meeting, by your re
solutions, was intended to influence the approach
; ing elections, I must beg leave to enter an ap
peal from your tribunal to the much higher!
court of that of the good people of Georgia,l
and to them the balance of my remarks will be ■
addressed.
in some public character or other, I haven
served you for twenty-five years, and though I
may not have satisfied you, 1 know I have never
deceived you. I hope I have given sufficient
| proof that the love of office has not induced me
j to shape my opinions to conciliate popular favor.
I am proud oi' your confidence, Rut y©u could
not desire me to possess it. at the expense of my
independence. If in my late service I have ad-!
vanced opinions on the floor of Congress you!
do not approve, or I have misrepresented your
sentiments to your oppressors, you ought to turn j
me out. Undeceive them as quick as it is
your power to do so, and I have no dffiibt they j
will greatly rejoice at. i,t. It will be an act a-;
like due to their superior discernment of your |
views, as well as to yo-ur own sincerity, and it
will be certainly a just, though a severe rebuke
to my want of-fidelity. But let me pray you;
not to be deceived by the mere force of words.;
You cannot be made to believe that Congress
has any thing to do with nullification, or that!
i your liberties are in danger from the docti-mc j
in that body. Depend upon it, whenever a vote;
shall be taken in Congress to nullify the tariff’!
system, it would well behoove you to have asj
many nullifters there as possible. Vcm owe it;
to your understandings to make this enquiry,!
“ what possible harm can a nullifier do us in H
Congress”] Perhaps, of all the places in the;
world it is the one where he could do the lea.st;
harm ; and if even Congress should attempt to
force the tarffT upon the South by arms, it is
the one which might be able to do the most good. I
At least there would be more dependence upon;
bis vote to withhold the necessary supplies, than;
upon that of an auti-nullifier. It. is only at
home you have to dread him, if there be need;
for dread at all. But you may rely upon it, I
there is nothing in that name, hostile to your li-[
berty, which originated with the greatest friend!
I liberty has ever bad on this side of the Atlan- j
jticocefui. Though a constant effort is made to;
throw around the word nullification the greatest j
possible odiuhi, and to render it another name!
for treason, yet did not Mr. Jefferson so con
ceive it. It was employed to rid ourselves
of the unconstitutional acts of Great-Britain ;
jit was recommended by this immortal sage
.to subvert the tyranny ot the sedition law ; «
lit has been successfully practised in our own
! state, and I affirm that many other cases can be
adduced from other states. It means, it can
mean nothing more than, disobedience to arbitra
ry and oppressive laws, and in that sense is there
a man among you longer prepared to obey an
, edict that exacts half the fruits of your labour,
and forces from your honest ploughman such aj
slavish contribution as that every furrow which
he runs, under the scorching beams of a sum
mer’s sun, yield’s its produce to a northern na
bob ? Who is there that-is not willing to wage
an interminable war against an extortion that
subjects you, your property and your posterity,
to a tribute limited only by an interest that has
been deaf to reason, dead to sympathy, blind to|
justice, and bent only upon the full fruition of;
its unholy desires ? Would to God you could|
have personally witnessed the late deliberations
of Congress. I tell you by all that is holy in L
heaven, that this protective system is dictated
' by the manufacturers themselves, that they at-;
tend by committees, and agents, aroundthe halls;
■of Congress, for the purpose ot giving ins'ruc-,
ij tions to members of Congress, as to what must!
1; be taxed, what must be free, and what must be;
' the quantity of the burthens. I tell you in the;
I same sacred manner, that members of Congress (
jj rise from their places, and deliberately drawing
fi from their desks letters received from their
! manufacturing constituents, will read out their
demands for an increase of taxes, and they are
as deliberately granted, against the ardent and
; repeated remonstrances of your protesting re
presentatives. I tell you solemnly, that it is not
an uncommon thing for those members, friendly
j! to the manufacturers, to fix the rate of duty on
! one dav, and then change it to a higher amount
:'on the next day, at the mere instigation of man- j
: ufacturing agents. I tell you that they assert
on the floor of Congress, that the protective sys
tem shall never be repealed, & give as a reason
ij t [ Klt j- W as imposed by the south, that the nation
■ is now pledged to continue it, that the manufac- ;
turers have two hundred millions of money in-.,
vested in the business, that to take off the sys- j
tem would bankrupt the capitalists, blast the '
; prospects of the farmers, btfggar the operatives j
ij i u the Factories, and, in fine, reduce the manu-J
*
ijtW'lurlnsr districts to communities of paupers
••id ra her than submit to such a state ofthings
I th.-y s v tht-v are willing to dissolve the Union
They present Ihe alternative that YOU 01
THEY must submit, and they most solemnly rL
dare they shall not. What hope have you front
a prospect so gloomy, if you can believe my
testimony ? And if in charity you may yet flat
ter yourselves that, I am deceived, if my delu
sion is honest, can you blame me for my earnest
ness in the cause ? Have I not as much at stake
as you have 7 Have I not the same country?
Have I not a home and a family among you,
whose ail is periled ns well as yours ? Nay,
more: have I net an interest, different from
1 yours, the greatest monied interest I possess in
!the world, protected, in common with other
jmonopolies, by this very system ? Had 1 not
! reason to believe that I had, in an enlarged de-
Igree, acquired vour kind indulgence and in
icreased confidence? Could I not have returned
home, and by a silent, selfish course, enjoyed
|my property and popularity free from the dan
ger of losing cither, if I had been disposed to
consider these as the only objects worth regard,
jor the chief rewards of a generous and confiding
people ? Under circumstances like these, mine
iindeed must boa fatal infatuation, but only ac
;cord to me, what before heaven is true, an hon
jest intention, and you may take back your trust
| to-morrow. I will yield if without a murmur,
and the consolation shall be mine, that I can
i live under any government that you can, and
| will have closed a political life free from the re
proaches of conscience.
A. S. CLAYTON.
To tltc Anti-Tariff' Men of Georgia, South-
Carolina and Alabama.
You are respectfully, but earnestly solicited to
attend a public dinner to be given by the citizens
of Muscogee County, on Thursday, the 13th day
of September next. The object in view, is to as
semble as many of our fellow-citizens ofthis and
the adjoining States as can conveniently attend,
to take into consideration the burthens and op
pressions under which the Southern States are
suffering in consequence of the misnamed “ Ame
rican System. The aspect of public affairs, indi
cates most clearly, that an important crisis is at
hand, which requires a free and full expression
of public sentiment and unity of action, with re
gard to those topics which mostly interest the
people of the South. We have to contend against
insulting and oppressive usurpations of the Gen
eral Government, and to check its tendency to
consolidation ; that we may contend wisely and
successfully, the combined wisdom of the South
should be made known by a free interchange of
opinions in devising the “ mode and measure of
redress.”
It is fully conceded on all hands, (at least in
the South and by Southern men,) that a Tariff
of protection is rx c o xsxirr tioxal . If it is uq
constitutional, it is no law —it. is a dead letter—in
plain language, it is null axd void. Hence we
must infer, that we are not bound by its opera,
tions.—Many of our most distinguished politicians
of South-Garodna, Alabama and Georgia, hav
ing signified their acceptance of special invita
tions to attend cur meeting, we now invite every
free citizen of the South, who hold the like views, |
together with all such as have not investigated!
the subject, so as io have formed opposite con
clusions, to assemble with us, to hear counsel, in
terchange sentiments and opinions, that there
may be an unity and concert of action, in cast
ing off those burthens which impoverish and
enslave us—“ wdiich are subversive of the cou
sfkution, and violative of our, rights, and hence
destructive io our liberties.”
James W. Fannin, Ji. John Milton,
Nicholas Howard, Allen Lawhnn,
James Wadsworth, Algernon S. Clifton,
E. B. W. Spivey, James 1. Bert helot,
Charles L. Bass, 7f,>»»« r.eiv •-.,
Committee on behalf of the Edw. Fen: herston.
Grand Jury. James Bel have,
fV H. Harper.
Committee on behalf of he Citizens.
The newspapers in South-Caroling Alabama,
and Georgia, friendly to the cause, will please
give the above one insertion.
CO ?f
AUGUSTA MARKET, September 7„ 1832.
COTTON, 8 a 9
CORN, 60 a 65, retailing 75.
SALT, 62 J, a 75
BACON, 7 a 9,
HAMS, 10
MOLASSES, N. Orleans, none.
West India, 34 a 40
WHISKEY, in Hhds., 39 a 41
in his., 40 a 45
BUM, Jamaica, 120 a 150
N. E. 43 a 45
GIN, Holland, 112 a 150
Northern, 45 a 50
BRANDY, French, 162 a 200
Bordeaux, 125 a 150
Imitation, 65 a 70
Apple, 45 a 50
Peach, 87 a 100
WINES, Teneriffe, 110 a 125
L. P. Teneriffe, 125 a 173
Malaga, 62 a 70
Port, 200 to 250
Madeira, 350 to 450
PORTER, best London, 375 doz.
Pint bottles, 250
SUGAR, St. Croix, best quality, 10 a 12
N. Orleans, 8 a 9
Loaf, 17 1-2 a 20
COFFEE, 14 a 16 |
COTTON BAGGING, Scotch, 1G a 20 j
Kentucky, 23 a 05 ,
American, 22 a 24 '
FLOUR, Canal, 9, scarce
Georgia, 54 a 7A
BAR IRON, Assorted, 5
CASTINGS; Afnerican, 5
STEEL, Gernian, 16
‘' Blister’d 8 a 9
NAILS, Assorted, 7 a 7 1-2
LEAD, 7 1-2
SHOT, bag, 200
SOAP, Northern, 8 a 9
CANDLES, Northern, none
Georgia, 15
Sperm, 36
GUN-POWDER, Dupont’s, 7
TEA, Hyson, 105 a 115
Gunpowder, 150
Do in canie ters, 350 a 375
RAISINS, Muscatel, 450
FISK, Mackerel, No 3, 450
2, 650
1, 800
NEW-ORLEANS, August 25, 1332.
Colton. —Arrived since the 17th inst. of Louisiana
and Mississippi 10 bales. Cleared in the same tiniq,
for Liverpool 4255, Cowes, &.c. 28, New-York227,
Boston, 277, Philadelphia 219 ; together 5006 : making'
a redaction in stock of 3996, and leaving on hand, in-j
elusive of all on ship-board not cleared on the 231 inst. |
a stock of 10,654 bales. Since our last remarks, little j
of moment has taken place; our quotations now. as.
then, are nominal. Os the small business doing, we no
tice particulafly a sale of 150 bales Mississippi at 10
cents’; 600 bales Alabama, (a mixed lot) at 64, and 300
bales Tennessee at 81 cents per lb. Until the market j
opens again, we shall dispense with quotations according;
to the Liverpool classification, and rely mainly on speci- j
sic transaction ; quotations by ‘ classification cannot be
otherwise than nominal.
MONTGOMERY, September 1.
The Cotton crop in this section of the State, has suf
fered severely from the late excessive rain?. The rains,
have produced the rust in some of the sandy as well r.s
the prairie lands. We understand that the Colton is
much injured by the rust in Jones and other counties of
Georgia. The same disease prevails to a considerable
extent in some parts of South-Carolina. Fifteen davs
ago, ar.d our crop was uncommmonly good. From pre
sent indications, it will be below the usual crop. ■ '
MARINE NEWS,
I SEPTEMBER 6.—Arrived, steamboat Savannah,
: Lyon, Savannah 59 hours, with tow boat. No. 7. To
•Agent Steam Boat Company. Barber & Blair. E.Wood,
M. Ros”, jr. T. L Wray, Webster, Parmelee A: Co. Dor
tic (ScLafitte, \V. Robertson, L. Reed & Co. Bostwick
& Baird, B. W. Force. Rathhone & Holland, G. A.
‘Walker, 1.. Dwclle, J. K. Kilburn, -Musgrove & Bustin,
Rev. W. Chamberlain, J. C. Ellsworth, J. Procter, L.
A. B utler, E. Bondi not, W. Holland, and Rev. D. S.
But rick.
i| CHARLESTON, Sept. J.—Arr. ship Wjr.7 Dravton,
I Halsey, New-York 6 days ; steam boat Caiotama, Lew.
is, Augusta. Passengers, Mrs. Black and two children,
’ Judge Reid, Ac.
SEPT. 3—Arr. brie James Moiifoc, Xcv.-York ; sch.
Jonathan Lucas, Baltimore.
are authorized to announce
HENRY MEALING- Esq. a
gjftemiijjggT candidate for re-election, to a seat in
the Senatorial Branch in the State Legislature, on the
first Monday in October next.
July 24 ' 11
-j - WE are authorized to announce
Gen. VALENTINE WALKER, as a
I candidate for the Senate of Georgia, for
HichmomTcoinity, at the election in October next,
July 20 10
«7T ■> WE are authorized to announce
EDWARD J. BLACK, Esq. a Caitdi
i<vpmijgjgo date to Represent the County of Rich
jmond in the Representative Branch of the State Lc
-1 gislature at the ensuing election in October next.
| July 21 • 10
The Undersigned refers all
persons having business with him, to
liis Assignees and Agents, the Hon.
J. P. King and George W. Craw
!• ford and James ML aws, Esqs.
j Several of his cases have been placed in the hands of
1 Gentlemen who will give the proper notice to the par.
j ties concerned ; his professional business generally, he
leaves to the care of Andrew J. Miller and William
C. Micou, Esqs.
ROB’T RAYMOND REID,
j Augusta, Aug. 24, 1532 2m 20
TO RENT;
| famjL The WOODEN STORE, next but
one bcj.ow the Bridge Bank Building; and
j| DWELLING in the rear now occupied
Jggiagggtby Messrs. Barber &. Blair. Apply to
J. W. WILDE,
j) Sept. 4 fit 24
_____
JwtA, Two comfortable DWELLINGS,
i with basement stories of brick, situate on
| J and near Mrs. Gardner’s, for
j jwqsßlaßL terms apply to Win. Moody, Esq. possession
'may be had at any time.
GREENE B. MARSHALL.
September 4 tO 23 j
| TO KEN T. !
! Three TENEMENTS, on Broad-
Street, near the Market, suited for DWEL- j
I iMgl Bg LIN GS and STORES.
i The DWELLING HOUSE on Telfuir-Street, !
occupied bv Mr. Cosav.—Apply to
SAMUEL HALE.
September 4 4t 23
TO li ENT, 7:7 ~~
From the Ist of October next, four
Tenements in Mrs. Graves’range of wood
jl * J Buildings Nos. 50,52,54. and 56, on the j
soiith side of Broad-street, atid nearly oppo-;
| si{e the Bridge-Bank. The Tenements consist, each, of
i a Store on Broad-street, a small Dwelling above, and
back buildings. Apply to
A. SLAUGHTER & C. LABUZAN,
Agents for Mrs. Mary Graves.
September 4 10t 23
I Toium, " I
j. From the first of October next, (
JWL A GROCERY STORE, No. 351, j
I firm M occupied by Win. &, H. Bryson.—Also, store i
! igp| 349, with a Dwelling above containing!
U. B. CLARKE.
August 28 4t t 21
TO RENT,
FROM THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT,
Jbmfß The DWELLING HOUSE at pre-!
wisent occupied by the subscriber, in the lower!
I !*Sj|iSftppan of Rcvnold-streot.—For particulars en-!
! 4eMsa!Jmmiirß of ' GEORGE DUNBAR.
August 31 3t f 22
TO RENT, “f
FROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER NEXT,
A neat two story DWELLING, on
the south side of Broad-streef, a few doors 1
l!!S!0raf below the market. Inquire of
MARY LEEDS.
August 14 ts 16
® ; _______ 1
TO RENT, OR LEASE,
The HOUES .and LOT, on the cor.!
) ncr of Green and Mackintosh streets, at
present occupied by Mr. W. C. Micou.
i The DWELLING and Lo7' adjoining the above, on
the north side. Possession first of October next. In-!
j quire of WM. P. RATHBONE. [:
: August 14 4t t 17
; Dwellings anti Stores to Kent,
1 AMONG THE NUMBER,
A-A THE DWELLING .and STORE |
I Tmrnßtmm occupied by Mrs. Berry and Mr. Rowland—
! (j JJJjfflgi the two STORES next above Mr. Barrett’s
Drug Store, with the Dwelling above.
— also —
THE DWELLING near the Plan
ter ’ s U° te h occupied by Mr.Vanzant—toge
i:ther with the Fire Proof STORE, now oc
! enpied by Messrs. G. W. Butler &. Co.
aIso—OTHER STORES.
Possession given the Ist October next. —apply to
E. F. CAMPBELL,
i June 19 IwtO 1
i NOTICE.
• months after date, application will be made
j jS. to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Columbia'
county, while sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to
i sell 100 acres of land, lyi ;g in Columbia county on;
i Keg creek, joining Crump and Foster, for the benefit of
Charles and William Bealle, minors of William L.
I Beatlie, deceased. V» M. JONES, Guardian, j
■ ancj adm’r. on the estate us W. L. Bealle, dee’d. j
1 Sept 4 lm4ni 24
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ST’ OUR months after date, application will be made
3“ to the Court of Ordinary of Burke county, for
i leave to sell four Negro.-s belonging to the Estate of-
William Royals, for tiie benefit of the ixcirs of said de
ceased.
WILLIAM C. BATES,
Adm’r. de bonis non with the will annexed.
September 4, 1832 Ln4m ill !
AMERICAN PARRER.
Bai.tuiore, August 24, 1533,
CONTENTS OF Tfo. 24, VOL. 14.
Editorial; Aracacha; A fine Calf; Mnngel Wurzel ;
; Green Corn; Chick Peas ; The Blood Carrot—Posts
] for Fences —Account of an Agricultural Excursion, Un
! dertaken during the Spring of 1832, by John D. L: garc,
Esq. Editor of the Southern Agriculturalist, continued—
On the Present state of Agriculture—Gen. Humphrey’s l
Advice to Young Farmers—Turnips, to secure them
from the Fly—Letter from the Hon. Rufus MTntire on
Cheat —Why Wholesome Mushrooms differ from other
I Fungi—Remarks by An American Farmer on an En
' glish Work entitled America, with Extracts from the
same-—Some notice of the Aracacha, and of the Lauda
ble Efforts made to Introduce into the United States, by
One of the Trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural
Society—Experiments on the Insect called the Chry
someja Vitivora—Letter from John C. Robertspn, Esq.
on Blind Staggers in Horses and Hugs—Receipts for
Preserving American Citron, and Common Water
melon Rinds—Oil from Sunflower Seeds —Prices Cur
rent of Country Produce in the New-York and Balti-,
’more Markets.—Advertisements.
AUCTION SALE. i
« VjT,?/.f
THIS DAY, at 14 o'clock,-will,be sold
-2 pipes COGNAC BRANDY
1 do Holland Gin
10 bbls. Mackerel
30 coils Bale Rope
5 qr. casks Sweet Malaga Wine
4 do. do. french Madeira do.
G small do. Shrub
Tobacco, Soap, sets Dry Measures,
Bedsteads, Chairs, Feather Beds,
1 pair Cart Wheels, See.
AI.SO, WITHIN DOORS,
A G ENERAL ASSOR TMENT OF
STAPLE & FAIVCY DKY GOODS.
' Terms at sale. Sept. 7
Four Prizes of 10 f (H)0 Dollars.
TICKETS ONLY FIVE DOLLARS.
’! By Wednesday's Moil will be received the drawing of the
.VfWVI'OJMf
CONSOL I DATED LOTTERY,
CL iSS No. 31, for 183?, * ' "
FOUR PRIZES OP
h 10,000 DOLLARS.
Whole Ticket $5, Half $2 30 t Quarter $1 23.
0" Prizes sold and cashed at BEERS’ Fortunate.
| LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 211 Broad-strect.
O’Address \VM, P. BEERS. ’
i September 7 It
RUNES HOLT,
%|£ ILL continue the practice of Law, in Gwinnett,
* \ and in the counties of Walton, Hall, and Chcft)-
; kec, of the Western, and Coweta, DeKalb., Campbell,
| Carroll, and Heard, of the Chattahoochee circuits.
1 Laxerenceville, August 31 4f. 24
Farmers’ Bank of Cliatlalioociiee, \
| Columbus, 29th August, 1832 \
n Jf ESOLVED, That an additional installment of.
twenty per cenl.be required to be paid on the
Stock of this Bank, on or before the first Monday iq
November next.
By order of the Board of Directors,
I EDWARD CARY, Cashtet*
September 7 3t 24
|
Burke Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in October next, at the
Court House door, in the town of Wayncsborough,
Burke County, witliip the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, viz.
80 acres oak and hickory LAND, more or
less, adjoining the lands of Amos Wiggins and others.
Also, one tract, containing (30) thirty acres adjoining
lands of Dr. Edward Hughes and others. Levied upon
as the property of James Polhill to satisfy a fi. ta. from
the Superior Court, at the instance of Low, Taylor &
Co. vs Janies Polhill.
ALSO,
210 acres of pine LAND. Levied upon as
the property of Samuel Greeaway to satisfy the - taxes
due for the year 1831.
ALSO,
51 2 acres oak and hickory LAND. Levied
upon as the property of Isaac D. Walls to satisfy his
taxes due for the year 1831.
THOS. S. BURKE, Sheriff.
Sept. 7 24
Gnardian’s Sale. ,
Pursuant to an order of the Honorable the Inferior
1 Court of Columbia County,'when sitting for ordinary
purposes, will be sold at Columbia Court House on
the first Tuesday in December next, between the usiv
al hours, -
One negro fellow named HENRY, about 40
years of age ; to be sold lor the benefit of Charles and
William B.fcallo, orphans of William L. Bealle, dec’d.
Terms cash. WM. JONES, Guardian.
Sept. 7 24
Brought to Waynesboro’ Jail, 1 ~
4 NEGRO MAN, who says bis nariie is SAM, and
that he belongs t 6 William Hardwick, livingnear
Columbia, South-Car'olina. He is about thirty years of
age, 5 feet sor 6 inches high. No particular mark, cx.
cepting one of his front teeth is out. The owner is re
quested to come forward, prove property, pay charges,
and take him away. THOS. S. BURKE, Jailor.
Sept. 7 w 24
PROPOSALS
For publishing in the town of Milledgeville , Get.
(During the ensuing session of the Legislature.)
The Journal
Os the Proceedings of the Legislature of Geti.
•find History of the Times,
BY M. D. J. SLADE, OF MACON, Ga.
“ Lege totum, sci vis srire Mum." —“ Read all, if yot'
would know all.” *'
r mm
THE people of Georgia are much in want of a me.
dium of intelligence which will promptly transmit
to them the “ Proceedings-” of their Legislature. We
are not only generally, but individually concerned in all •
acts of legislation, because these acta involve personal
as well as jiolitical rights, between which there ex
ists a most intimate connexion. It is the interest then,
of every man in the community to be timely acquainted
with the action of our representatives upon these rights.
This is a desideratum —to supply which the Journal is
intended. At the present we labor under much incon
venience for the want of it. For near, and sometimes
more than three months after the expiration of the Sea,
sion, the Laws of the State, with a few exceptions, arsy
ns a “ scaled Book” to the great mass of the people; and
frequently, such are the injurious effects produced by
this delay, that men have been known, who, in obe-'
dience to a preceding, have actually violated a subse
quent law which had been reversed or modified—nos
knowing that a new had been submitted for an old law.
In addition to the entire proceedings of the Legisla
ture, the Journal and History, will contain the gener
al intelligence of the day, and its interest will be in
creased by faithful reports of the transactions of thd
important Redress Convention of Georgia, which con
templates sitting in Milledgevillc, the ensuing session.
'/’he Debates in the Convention, as well as those in the
Legislature, will be regularly and correctly reported?
fur which purpose arrangements are making with a ca-,
pable and experienced .Stenographer.
The Journal and History of the Times, will be pub.'
lished daily, and the Legislative and Conventional Pro-*
ceedings of each day laid in extenso before the public on
the subsequent, morning, and immediately transmitted
to any pan of the ’ State to which the paper may be or
dered.
The large and interesting mass of information which
this Publication will contain, and the great expense
which must be incurred to carry it into operation will
require a liberal patronage, and such a patronage the
editor himself will bo extended to him.
It is unnecessary to enlarge on the convenience and
important utility of such a publication to members of the
Legislature, in enabling them to ascertain immediately
the precise state of any measure in which they are in
terested and to keep their constituents advised of the
progress of public business, without the abstraction of
time and attention from their special duties, expended,
in letter writing. 7 , j
Terms. — The Journal and History of the Times will
be publised daily with a new type, by machinery, to be
expressly procured for the purpose and on good paper,'
and will be put to subscribers at the price of Five Dol
lars per session, payable on the reception of the first
number.
I]~f* Those to whom subscription lists will be sent arc
respectfully asked to lend their exertions and influence
to the undertaking, and to make a return of any subscri
bers which may he obtained, by the lOt/t day of Octo
her. They are particularly requested to do so, that tho
Editor may be enabled to make the proper
and to furnish promptly the first numbers to each sub
scriber. ,
>l. D. J. SLADfi
Will continue to publish the Macon Advertiser, as
heretofore ; and assures his patrons and the public that
so far from the interference or conflict of the above pub
lication with the interest and management of the Ad,‘
vertiser, that he d signs and believes that the fotmer.
will greatly improve the latter. The Advertiser shajl
lacklbr none of that attention, which the editor flatteye
himself has entitled it to the kind and cheering patron
age which has been so liberally extended to it.
The Advertiser will continue to be published weekly
in the summer and tri-weekly in the winter, at the
price of Five Dollars per annum, payable in advance.
XJ* The fraternity are" respectfully asked to publish
the above, which, as heretofore, will be reciprocated ,
and to each paper a eppy of the Journal will be regular
ly and gr-ipilitously sen s.
’ September 4, 1832.
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