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■tsb goiTSTiTr-pioNAiis-r. BY P. O. GUIEU. jjJ’TKRiMS. —For the Semi-Weekly Paper, (published every Tuesday and Friday morning,) FIVE DOLLARS per a n ~ «um—and for the Weekly, THREE DOLLARS, all payable in advance. fcjr ADVERTISEMENTS arc inserted weekly for 624 cents per square ; semi-weekly G 24 cents for the first, and 43} for each subsequent monthly for $1 per square for each insertion. For yearly private arrangements are to be made. Postage must bi paid on letters of business. f Frorg idit Southern Banner.] L Athens, 27th June, 1633. To the Editors of < V Southern Banner ; Gentlemen— YoiW ill confer a favor on me by pub lishing the enclosed tier to the Editor of the Chero. kee Intelligencer. c Very respectfully yours, THOMAS F. FOSTER. Athens, 27th June, 1833. To the Editor of the Cherokee Intelligencer: g IR it was not until my arrival at this place that I met with your paper of the Bth inst. in which you repnb. lished a letter from Benj. F. Curry, to the Editors of the Federal Union explanatory o» one which he had previ oualy written from Washington, on the subject of the negotiations with the Cherokee Delegation. You ac company the publication of this letter with some re marks, which in justice to myself. I cannot suffer to pass unnoticed. In the remarks alluded to, speaking of the “breaking tip of the arrangements for a treaty with the Cherokecs,” you say, “ Mr. Curry acquits Mr. Lamar of any participancy in this foul business : this gives us much satisfaction; but not so with Mr. Foster ; he says Mr. Foster in his denial goes too far, and leaves the impression that Mr. Foster is included in the imputa tions contained in his first letter.—Between these two persons there is an issue formed that is full of interest. The people have a right to know, and will know all the particulars of this business. Ready to cast censure wherever it belongs, we suspend further remarks un til further informed.” This is the first intimation I have had that there was understood to be “an issue formed” between Mr. Curry and myself, as to any “ participancy in this foul busi ness.” If you will read this second letter of Mr. Curry, with a candid eye, you will discover that his allega tion that I h id “gone too far.” was in answer to the opin ion expressed by me, that my colleagues were equally innocent with myself of the imputation contained in his first letter—an allegation, by the way, in support of which he has offered no evidence. But I intend to leave nothing to doubt or misapprehension in this matter—and seeing the construction you have placed on Mr. Cur ry’s expressions, and the “impression” which is made on your mind, and which you have doubtless made on the minds of others, that I nm included in the “imputa tions contained in his first letter,” I will now tender “an issue,” which, if Mr. Curry or his Agents, Official or vn-Oficinl, will join, shall be submitted to that tribunal to which I acknowledged myself specially responsible —a tribunal whose justice neither party can doubt, and whose judgment the innocent certainly cannot dread —l mean the People of Georgia. To make the issue then direct—to leave no ground for cavil or shuffling, or special pleading, I aver, with out qualification or equivocation, that I had not either directly, or indirectly, anv “participancy” or agency whatever, in “ breaking up the arrangements for a trea ty with the Cherokoes” last winter, or at anv other time —and I challenge the world to produce evidence of one single actor expression of mine, which even malignity itself can torture into a remote tendency to interrupt, or interfere with, the negotiation which were pending with the Cherokee Delegation. This declaration, I hope, will he considered explicit and perfectly intelligible, and I insist that my accusers shall meet it in the same direct, unequivocal imnner. I agree perfectly with you that “ the people have a right to know,” and I hope they “will know, all the par . ticalars of this business”—not only the evidence on which this charge was made, but the manner in which it was conveyed to the public; and would to Heaven the secret motives which prompted its publication and its in dustrious circulation, could also be laid bare to an hon est and intelligent community. The public will require no apology from me for ob trading myself upon their notice. The charge which has been made against me- is one which deeply affects my political integrity, and I should be wanting in respect for myself, as well as for those whose confidence I have enjoyed, were I not to repel the aspersion. If I have been guilty of the conduct imputed tome—if I have been faithless, and treacherous to the great interests of the State which have been committed, in part, to me, I have forfeited the confidence, and deserve the indigna tion, of those generous and too partial constituents, who have honored me with such an important trust. If, on the contrary, the charge is ascertained to be unfounded, I leave to honorable feeling to make up the award which is due to the motives, and conduct of my prosecutors. I cannot withhold the tribute so justly due to the as surance given in your editorial, that you are “ready to cast censure wherever it belongs,” and your determina lion to suspend “ further remarks until further inform cd.” Herein you have evinced a spirit and an independ ence worthy of a free press; and you have onlv to be guided by such principles to ensure the success and in fluence of your infant Journal. Holding myself always amenable for my public conduct to an impartial press, I invite your strictest scrutiny into the truth of the “ im putations” to which I have been alluding—perfectly willing to incur your severest “ censures,” if they arc true. If, however, they are false, I shall confidently expect you to bestow your “censure whae it belongs .” Your readers have a right to calculate that you will en deavor to ascertain “all the particulars of this business,” and they will no doubt look with interest for the disclo sures which your investigations may bring to light. Very respectfully, sir. Your obedient servant, THOMAS F. FOSTER. N. B.—As the foregoing relates to a matter of public interest. Editors of Newspapers in this State may aid the people in learning “ all the particulars” connected with it, and will do an act of justice to the writer, by repub lishing this letter. T. F. F. [From the Southern Banner.] Cultivation of Grasses. —When the price of cotton was treble what it now is, when our lands were new and yielded that valuable production in rich abundance, it was thought, perhaps incorrectly even then, that the arts of husbandry of less pretensions—the minor pursuits of Agriculture—were too insignificant seriouly to be nam ed, much less to receive any actual attention. The great reduction which in a few years has taken place in the market value of our staple commodity, lias, com bined with other causes, gradually drawn the notice of the planter to those branches of agriculture hitherto neglected— to the cultivation of those useful and neccs sary productions, which the high prices of cotton form erly enah'ed ns to purchase. The necessity which has driven our planters to vary their system of farming, will ultimately, wo have little doubt, essentially contribute to their independence, if not to their actual wealth ; hu* to make the change advantageous, all the new channels of improvement which present themselves should he explored with spirit and energy. He who holds back in any good cause, when reasonable hopes of success are held out to him. until the experience of others shall ha re placed it hevond a doubt, loses by his apathy that most valuable reward which generally attends promptness and enterprise. He was born a day too late—is always behind the geniu* of the age in which he lives—a mere hanger on upon society, without contributing an iota to the mass of its information, and profiting little bv its dis. coveries. In short, he is only one among the supernu meraries on the stage of action, whose presence can be dispensed without any material derangement to the parts enacted on it. Th esc reflections were occasioned by a visit a few davs since, to the farm of one of our respected and in telligent friends in this neighborhood. We were for. cibly struck with the regularity, and order, and neat ness which reigned over every department we visited —comfort was blended with economy; convenience with utility. It is not our purpose now to notice partic ularly the improvements we witnessed—improvements but little known and appreciated still less— but to call the attention of our readers to a very useful but much neglected branch of Agriculture— the cultivation of grasses. In this department, our friend has made sev. era! experiments, most, if not all. of which, have been crowded with entire success.—We were shown a fine field of red clover, mixed with timothy, which would yield, we should judge, two tons to the acre at a single cutting. Those grasses combined, constitute during the winter season, probably, the best food for cattle with which we are acquainted. They are also valuable for horses. Four or five acres of millet, in a thriving condition, and a small field of lucerne grass were also shown ns.—Our friend has also an excellent pasture ol white clover intermixed with the native grass, which together, he informed us. furnish abundant food nearlv the whole year round. It is very nutricious for milch cows ; also for sheep. The value ot a fine dairy is not easily calculated ; every one admits its importance; but it can never be ch ained without paying some attention to the food we give our cows. Clover, either red or white, is easily culti voted and either furnishes an ample store of nutriment of that peculiar kind, which fills the udder of the cow with its sweetest and richest beverage. That the cul tivation of grasses, successfully, is practicable, we can not doubt for a moment; that it is profitable, we have the experience of our friend above mentioned, and we doubt not many others, to prove ; and we trust that soon we shall see our farmers generally, engaging in it. [From the N. Y. Conr. Enquirer Extra, June 30.] FOUR DATS LATER FROM ENGLAND. Our news schooner Eclipse arrived in town this morning, with London papers to the evening of the 22d May, brought by the packet ship Philadelphia, Capt. Champlin. The question of the expediency of the British Com Laws had been again discussed in the House of Com mons, and although it resulted in retaining all their ob jectionable features for the present, it is evident, we think, that some alteration in them will eventually be made. The London Courier says on this subject— “lt would appear from the observations o f Lord Al thorp in the House of Commons last night, that Minis ters are not agreed cither as to the expediency of main taining the protective corn duties to their present extent, or as to the mode of imposing duties on the importation of foreign corn. Earl Ripon in the House of Lords on Tuesday, distinctly declared his opinion in favor of a ■ protective corn duty; and his declaration has been gen erally received throughout the counlrv as an intimation • i of the intention of the Cabinet not to deprive the agricul . turnl interest of the protection which the present system . affords to them. Lord Althorp last night expressed his i doubts whether the present system of Corn Laws did > afford any such great advantage to the landed interest. > From the general tenor of his Lordship’s observations, it is impossible not to come to the conclusion that Lord i Althorp is inclined to a sort of free trade in corn ; and ; the principal reason of his opposition to an enquiry into ? the operation of the present system of corn laws, is, as his Lordship stated, the unfitness of the time for such i an enquiry.” • The Cotton Duties Redaction Bill had passed both > Houses and received the Royal assent. i It will he seen from our report of the London market that serious apprehensions are entertained of a great scarcity of food in the British East Indies, and that it 3 has alreadv affected the prices of Rice. A letter from v Bombay, 29th November, says,—“We have had so lit tle rain this year, especially in the Deccan, that grain , and forage have risen in price greatly, so much so, that in Poonah and other places, the native troops have plun i- dered several of the principal grain dealers. These / disturbances have occasioned considerable trouble, s The natives (the poorer classes) wish Government to f fix a rate for grain, which probably will be done. A e common labourer’s pay in the Deccan is from three to il four rupees a month —a Sepoy is seven. Grain is now . selling at rupees a maund, equal to about 2Slbs. En e ghsh.” a Mr. E. J. Littleton, member of the House of Com mons for the southern division of Staffordshire, has i been anpointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, r On the subject of Negro Emancipation, a question be -1 ing put in the House of Commons, to ministers. Lord e Althorp said that he was glad of an opportunity to state, I that ministers were determined to persevere with the I question with all possible despatch. The accounts from Ireland represents the state of the i public mind of that country as perfectly tranquil, i- The great meeting of the Political Union of Birmin r gham, called by Mr. Attwood, had passed over without y any disturbance; Mr. O’Connell was present. Some strong resolutions were passed condemning the course c pursued by Ministers, and recommending the repeal of e the Legislative Union with Ireland. y The most important intelligence on foreign affairs is r that relative to the Dutch and Belgian question. It h would appear that the King of Holland has, at last *, agreed to an indefinite armistice. An official announce, d ment of this event, has, it is true, not yet appeared, still :, the positive tone in which the London papers speak of if, leave little reasons to doubt that it has actually taken a place. On Portuguese affairs the London Courier says : We i are inclined to speak with great caution of the contest t now going on in Portugal between the army of the Queen ; of Portugal and the army of Don Miguel; and we should hesitate to spread reports which might either create un. necessary alarm, or inspire delusive confidence in re spect to the success of the expedition of the Duke of Braganza. i We may confidently say, however, from private com i mnnications which we have received, that the cause of t the Queen of Portugal has not yet presented so favorable ; an appearance as it does at this moment. We cannot at i present enter into details, the publicity of which might i tend to mar the very success so ardently desired by all the f friends of constitutional liberty throughout Europe ; but [ we can state the fact, that brighter prospects are now opening to view rand that a very short time may show > that the silent measures of General Solignac and of the i friends of Donna Maria will produce highly important , and favorable results. i PORTUGAL. London, 20th May.—Letters have been received this . morning from Oporto, of the 13th instant, which are of i a decidedly favorable nature. A regiment of Miguel’s cavalryis stated to huv 3 gone over to the constitutional party on the 18th ; and the troops which were sent to Figuera to put down the insurrection rising in favor of i Donna Maria, the accounts of which was brought by the last convevance, have, it is positively stated, refused to i act against them, and subsequently declared in favor of [ of their cause. Great preparations were being made in Oporto for an attack on the enemy’s troops, which was r expected shortly to be made. Provisions were much ; more plentiful, and the difficulties of landing greatly de r creased. ’ “An extract of a letter from Oporto dated the 6th, . has been posted at Lloyd’s, which states that on the Ist ’ inst. Admiral Sartorious was reinstated, and that he had . sailed with the fleet to Vigo for provisions.” HOLLAND. London, May 20.—We have abstained, for some time past, from referring to the idle and contradictory rumors relative to the settlement of the Dutch and Bclgic ques. j tion. We can now state, however, that the King of Hoi j land has agreed to an indefinite armistice, and to the free i navigation of the Scheldt; so to continue during the con. . sequent negociations for a definite treaty of peace be tween the separated countries. The signing of this preliminary convention, however, is for the moment delayed, in consequence of the desire of Great Britain i and France to receive the unqualified adhesion ol King 1 William, not only as King of Holland, but as Duke of t Luxembourg. For this purpose a communication will ? be transmitted to-morrow to the Dutch Government, by f M. Dedel, the Dutch Plenipotentiary at the British Court ; and we are glad to say that there exists no doubt > of a satisfactory reply, which may be expected within i fen days or a fortnight. TURKEY. . London, May 21. i German papers received this morning bring accounts . from Constantinople to the 24th April, which state that . :he Egyptian army had not retrograded, but continued 5 encamped at Koniah, and that the treaty between the Sul -1 tan and Mehemet Ali was as far from being concluded as > ever. The increase of the Russian force at Constanti * nople. it was conjectured, would render the Sultan less i than ever willing to cede possession of Adana to .Mehe ; met, which appears to be the main point of dispute. Count Orloff, the commander-in-chief of the Russian > forces in Turkey, had arrived at Constantinople. It is ; to be observed, however, that the advices from Constan t tinople contained in the Aflegcmein Zeitung are dated s 28th April, and represent the dispute between the Porte i and the Pacha of Egypt to be still expected to be arrang > ed without recourse to hostilities, a Belgrade, May 4.—1 forgot in my yesterday’s letter . to mention that Count Orloff, Adjutant General to the Emperor of Russia, had arrived at Constantinople. He ? is said to be invested with extraordinary powers, to act a as circumstances may require, with promptness and de cision, as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces in r Turkey. Belgrade, May 5. We have received by express accounts from Constanti . nople to the 24th April. They state that the Egyptian 1 army still remains in its positions at Koniah, and will not ; quit them till Ibrahim has received fresh instructions . from his father, which may, perhaps, authorise him to s give up the claim to Adana, or till the Porte shall have 1 desisted from its opposition to the cession ot this district, i Ibrahim, it is reported, has declared himself to this ef f feet; and great anxiety was felt at Constantinople to learn which of the two would take place. It was even a affirmed that Ibrahim had said that he entertained no e hope that his father would make any turther concession, d as, at the instance of the European Powers, every thing e hud been done on his part for the restoration ot peace, g and ihe accession of the Porte could be considered e as hut a very small indemnity for the efforts he had made, e However, as it is considered as certain at Constantinople g that Ibrahim willnot advance, no farther uneasiness was o manifested by the inhabitants : meantime, the Russians >f had received fresh reinforcement by sea, and on the oth h rr hand the speedy appearance of a French fleet in the v’ Dardanelles was announced, for the alleged purpose of h hindering the Russians from acting offensively. This circumstance, if true, but of the authenticity of which we ; doubt, would give reason t > fear for the preservation of i. the peace of Europe: at least, it might again cause infin e ite embarrassment in the affairs of the East. A’® fit AJ TI ESDAY MORXIXG, JULY 9, 1833. We have recently received letters from personal and political friends, intimating their surprise at our silence respecting the approaching election for the office of governor, and requesting an expression of our opinion upon that subject. We have received also letters from individuals who style themselves republicans and con sistent Troup men. and who call upon us to assist the party, to which they say they belong, in electing Major Joel Crawford ; insinuating at the same time that we might suffer should we take a course contrary to the one expected from us by what they designate as the true re publican party. We have given to the contents of those letters, that consideration and reflection which the im portance of the subject, at the present juncture of our local affairs, demanded, though, at the first perusal of the views expressed in those letters, we found that they could not operate the least change in the opinion we had previously formed, of the attitude and views of the political parties in Georgia, and induce us to deviate one step from the course we had determined to pursue in , the contest for the gubernatorial chair. To understand the opinion we had previously formed, and to clearly perceive the course we have determined to pursue, we i beg our readers to pc ruse the following remarks with i calmness and good temper, and with a moderate allow, i ance of liberal feelings towards us, with regard to the l position which we have occupied, and which we have | thought judicious to maintain throughout, during the con- j test to which the doctrine of nullification gave rise. It was not our intention to have remained silent upon the question of the election for the office of governor, be cause our mind was made up about it sometime ago.— But we were waiting for certain developments, which we had been led to be ieve were forthcoming, and which were to place that election on other grounds than those upon which it now stands. As those developments have not been made, and as those who do not know’ us might believe, on artful misrepresentations, that we could shrink from a public expression of our opinion, delay cannot any longer be proper & necessary; we, therefore, as in duty bound, give our opinion upon the subject in question, apologizing at the same time for the length rs our remarks ; but the subject required elaboration, and illustrations were indispensable. In our political course we have steadily had in view principles; and we have zealously supported only those principles which we conscientiously believed weie cor rect, essentially democratic, and, if followed, would ne c cssarily promote the peace and happiness of the coun try, and establish on a solid foundation, those liberties without which peace and happiness cannot be obtained and enjoyed. In supporting such principles, we could not support men for public offices, who had not given sufficient guarantees that, in the discharge of their offi cial duties, the same principles would be their constant guide. We had, therefore, to support principles and men. If we believed our principles correct and sound, and conducive to the public welfare, it would have been a flagrant breach of the trust reposed in us by our sub scribers, if we had supported men who entertained ad verse principles, and a different view’ of public policy.— It is then with pride we say, that we have never sup ported men for office, who did not coincide with us in principles. It is then with pride we say also, that we have been consistent in our political course, and that, in the political vicissitudes and changes which have taken place for some years past, not a charge can be alleged against us, of having deviated from the course we traced for ourselves, when we began to take an active part in the politics of the country. With these principles, as well as the rules naturally deduced from them, and en. tertaining the feelings we have just described, to all which must be superadded a fixed determination to bo rigidly guided by them, we joined the republican, or, as it was then designated in Georgia, the Crawford, or, subsequently, the Troup party. We admit that, considering the inferiority of our abil ities, the foreign origin of our birth, and the want of for tune and relations, we could not add much weight to the political standing of the republican party in Georgia, nor extend much farther the influence which that party already possessed. But events and experience have taught us to believe, that the independence and disinter estedness with which we supported the principles and men of the republican party, made many kind and indul gent political friends forget our want of abilities and per sonal influence, and to remember only our zeal in the service of the good, cause. We have on more than one occasion received, certainly unsolicited by us, the appro, bationof men distinguished alike for integrity, talents, and public services. Our ambition lias been to deserve this approbation ; and when given, it was the only re ward we have ever received for our political labors ; and this, we say it in sincerity, was the reward we ex pected and we were seeking: we had no other preten sion ; because we had not the vanity to believe that we could aspire to any higher distinction than that of a citi zsn of this great republic. No one can accuse us of having made the poor services it has been in our power to render to the republican party, subservient to any de sire for office and wealth ; those services, however inef ficient they nfay have turned out to be, were disinterest, ed ; and as such they should be acknowledged by those who know us, or who have paid any attention to the po litical events in Georgia. Until we removed to this city, and took the manage, ment of this paper, the republican or Troup party re mained unbroken. No cause for dissatisfaction or disu nion had manifested itself. [See Note.] Tiie members of the party appeared sincere and zealous in the support of the federal administration. No innovation in the principles of the party was then apprehended, which might disturb the harmony then existing among all the members of the party; though a few—a very few then— prominent members had evinced a leaning towards the new and dangerous doctrine of nullification. We were firmly persuaded, when we began our editorial course in Augusta, that every thing would go on smooth. Iv, and that we would have had only to follow the course we had hitherto pursued in the management ot the sev. eral papers we have had under our control. We so ex pressed ourselves in our prospectus, and in letters which we wrote at the time to many of our political friends.— In our conversations with friends and opponents, we gave it as our decided opinion, that the principles of the republican or Troup party we re too correct and sound, to be injured by the attempts of their opponents to lessen them in the estimation of the people, as w’ell as by the attempts to amalgamate with them the political heresies which had just then been started in South Carolina, and the party too firmly established, to be broken and dis heartened, by the unexpected success which the adverse party had lately obtained in Georgia. We had prepared ourselves for a contest with our opponents in the elec tion of members for the Congress of the United States ; and we anticipated a complete victory in that election, and in all the elections which were to follow, either by the legislature or by the people. Our expectations, as sanguine as they possibly could be, were frustrated, and all our anticipations dissipated by a political storm which unexpectedly arose. Union and harmony departed from our ranks; the original principles of our party were dis regarded ; combinations with men who had til! then op posed with zeal and talent the ascendency of the repub lican party, were made ; and associations with disting uished citizens of another state, who had always shewn themselves the bitter enemies of Georgia, were formed. In short, the doctrine of nullification dissevered the ties which united the members of the Troup party together. By the introduction of this dangerous doctrine a con struction, new and unprecedented, was given to the prin ciples hitherto maintained by the republicans in Geor gia: State rights were made to consist in opposing the lavs of Congress with the sword, no matter whether those laws were or not enacted agreeably to the delegated powers of the federal government, if a state had de clared them to be unconstitutional. State rights were < made to mean the power in a single state of the union, 1 to disregard those laws of Congress; to disobey them J with scorn; to prevent t eir execution in the state by main force ; and yet to be entitled to the protection which the federal government was able to extend hi any of the states forming the union. The introduction of this doc trine not only changed completely the original, constitu tional and republican principles of the party to which we had till then adhered, but threatened, if not arrested in time, to throw the state into a political ferment and convulsion, and to produce desolation and ruin among a peaceable and happy people. In such an emergency, what were we to do—how were we to act ? On the one hand, we saw a few of the most distinguished of the party to which we belonged,—infected with this doctrine of nullification, and deluded by the artifice of the most consummate political sophist that this country has ever produced,—attempting to disseminate this doctrine, and endeavoring to make proselytes. On the other hand, ; we considered the danger imminent, and the consequen ces to be apprehended from a foothold being given to that doctrine in Georgia, destructive of social order, de structive of the union, and destructive of the liberties i i we were enjoying, in peace, in comfort, and in high ex ( pectations for additional favors from a kind and watchful Providence. Under such circumstances, could we re j main neutral and passive. No ? We had received an j asylum in this favored country ; we had found in it what i could not be f«und elsewhere—peace and liberty ; we ! had been hospitably treated by its citizens; we had | become their equal ; and when more than 25 years ago we swore to obey and respect the laws of the coun try, and to support the federal constitution, we pledged our faith to perform what that oath required from us.— And could we see, without shrinking with dismay, the repeated attempts made to subvert the institutions which we had solemnly sworn to maintain ? Could we be pas sive, when direct opposition was organized against the laws and the constitution which we had pledged our faith to obey and respect, to maintain and defend ? Be cause the few who had been infected with this doctrine of nullification, belonged to the Troup party, were we to palliate the offence they were committing against the laws and the constitution? We would have been rccre ant to the party to which we belonged, and ii would have been a flagrant act of ingratitude to the country of our adoption, if we had not raised our voice, however feeble it was, against the innovations attempted to be intro, duced into our system of local and federal governments. We did raise our voice against the doctrine of nullifi fication; we gave a sincere and cardial assistance to those distinguished and patriotic citizens who took a conspicuous and efficient part in endeavoring to arrest the progress of delusion, anarchy, and civil war. And because wc did give that sincere and cordial assistance, we have been accused of having abandoned our party, and of heving joined another party in Georgia ! But why arc we accused ? Why is it that some of our polit ical friends have expressed an opinion so inconsistent with facts, as that we were not as firm in our principles of slate rights as formerly? Because those friends have themselves changed their principles, and wished to give another direction to the policy of the Troup par ty, than the one that it had uniformly followed, were we bound to imitate them ? If we were so bound, we do not know the rule of ethics which enjoined such an ob ligation. Besides, we cannot believe that it would have been a gratification to those friends, to see us the blind followers of a few ambitious, cunning and hypocritical individuals, who, with high-sounding words, such as sovereignty of the state, despotism of the north over the south, bloody tyranny of Andrew Jackson, and the consolidating edicts of the Supreme Court of the United States, have deluded many of our citizens, thrown dis cord among us, and attempted to revolutionize the state, that, in the convulsion they wished to produce, they might have an opportunity of obtaining those high offi ces for which, otherwise, they could not receive the suffrage of the people. We did raise our voice against the innovations, and against the men who were attempt ing to introduce them among us. How and why did %ve raise our vcyce in the manner we did ? Be cause of our sincere and honest conviction, that the best interests of Georgia and of the whole country, required it from us; and because we were urged on to it, by men in whom we had the utmost con fidence, and who had no interest to subserve, but the interest of the country, no ambitious views to ac complish, but to serve their fellow-citizens, and no office to obtain, because they sought none. We were urged on by men who, in several instances, wrote to us, en. treating ns to persevere in the course we had taken, and to assist in destroying the hydra nullification. We com plied with their wishes and entreaties, because they corresponded with our own views. But will it be believ ed that, among those who wrote to us, approving our course, and the stand we had taken against nullification, and urging us on to persevere, can be found a few, who have since arrayed themselves against us, joined the nullifiers, and expressed opinions inimical to the course we had taken from the beginning of the contest? In those letters Mr. Calhoun is condemned in the most ex plicit and severe manner ; in them the doctrine of nul lification is considered as highly dangerous and ruinous to the public institutions of the country: and yet, these very men have since co-operated in giving countenance in Georgia to the doctrine of nullification ; they have delivered speeches in favour of that doctrine, and de nounced those who have arrayed themselves against the doctrine, and whom they urged to press forward with energy and perseverance in repelling the introduc tion of such a dangerous political heresy into our own State. Not only they delivered speeches in favour of nullification, and against the course pursued by the friends of the Union, but some of them withdrew from the list of our subscribers, and had the imprudence to write to us that they did so, because our principles did not suit them : forgetting that we had in our possession letters which would doubtless prove them to be defici ent in political consistency. [To be concluded in our next.] Note. —lt is, however, proper to observe, that an e vent occurred in 1829, which disturbed the peace and harmony of the party, created feelings of animosity and ill will in the breast of some leading members of it, and the effects of which have contributed, very possi bly, to throw the Troup party in confusion, and to has ten the disunion which the attempt to introduce nullifica tion among us, has in part accomplished. We allude to the contest for the office of Governor between Messrs. Crawford and Gilmer. In that contest we gave an hon est and zealous support to the former gentleman, and we condemned the policy of starting the latter in oppo sition. Both were distinguished members of the party, and both entitled to the confidence of the people and their suffrage. But under existing circumstances, noth ing could have been more impolitic than the plan pur sued by a portion of the Troup party, and the personal friends of Mr. Gilmer, for it was well known that a large majority of the party were disposed to support Mr. Crawford. If there had been much difference be tween those two gentlemen, in point of standing in the party, and devotion to the best interests ot Georgia, some reasons could have been assigned by the respec tive friends of the candidates for starting them. But both had strong claims on the suffrage of the people. Mr. Gilmer had zealously, ably and perseveringly de fended the cause of Georgia in Congress ; and the oth er had in our State Legislature, manifested such a per fect acquaintance with the resources ot the state, and her means for internal improvements, and exhibited such wisdom and such correct principles, as connected with the general policy best calculated to advance the prosperity of his own state, that by voting for either, the people could not make an improper choice ; and certainly no complaint can be made against the adminis tration of Mr. Gilmer. But it is for this very reason, that no bad choice could be made, by voting for either. that it was impolitic to start both at the same time, be cause both had personal friends, who no doubt were anxious to see them elected ; and this anxiety, increas ed by opposition, must have produced, as it did, bad feelings, ill will, and dissatisfaction. The evil conse. quences of this election have not been ruinous to the party ; but they have left traces which cannot be obli terated ; they will show themselves at times; and we have no doubt in our minds, that the manner that elec tion was carried on at the time, was remembered last year, when every individual had to take a stand for or against the doctrine of nullification. Cholera at Amelia Island. The Savannah papers of the 3d July, contained a re port that this disease had made its appearance at Ame lia Island. The papers of a subsequent date are silent upon the subject. Steam Packet David Brown. The Charleston papers up to the 6th inst. make no mention-of the arrival of this boat. The Patriot of the sth inst. says—“ The steam packet David Brown had not arrived at 3r. m. It is not improbable the cause of her detention may be the relief of those vessels reported a shore and dismasted off Hatteras, by the brig Stranger, Hull, arrived at this port on the Ist inst. from Baltimore. A gentleman of this city enables us to give the follow ing additional information of the David Brown, which he received in a letter from Charleston, dated last Saturday: “A schooner has just arrived from Wilmington, with the passengers of the David Brown, who report that she pul into Wilmington on Tuesday evening, in consequence of the steam not condensing well, the boilers leaking a lit tle, and there being a strong head wind. But all well.” PLOI'R. The Yorkville (S.C.) Patriot, oflast Thursday, says that Flour was in great demand there, and commanded high prices. In the Camden Journal of last Saturday, the article is quoted at §6 to 8 per barrel, and Wheat §1 per bushel. MAIXE. A state Convention of the Democratic Republicans of Maine, was, on the 26th oflast month held at Augusta, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the party for the office of Governor, It seems that 271 delegates attended. The Hon. Robert P. Dunlap, of the county of Brunswick, was nominated ; he received 185 votes, and the Hon. S. E. Smith, the present incumbent 79 7 scattering. Branch of the Charleston Kail Road, At a numerous and respectable meetingof the citizens of Columbia, S, C. held on the Ist inst. for the purpose of considering the practicability and expediency of a Rail Road from that place, to intersect with the Charles ton Rail Road, resolutions were adopted that it was highly expedient to establish a Rail Road from Collim bia to some point of intersection with the Charleston line; and that a committee be appointed to confer with the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Rail Road Company, to ascertain whether the Company propose to establish a branch to Columbia ; and if so, when ? and if not, on what terms they would co-operate with stock holders, in the proposed line from Columbia. BAX KS IX M: W-H aM PS HIKE. According to a report made to the legislature of that state, now in session, it appears that, on the first Mon day of May last, there were 22 banks in operation, with a capital of .*52,271,308. The debts due to them a monnted to §3,390,826; the amount of specie in the vaults was §464,571 ; the amount of deposits §361,860 ; and the amount of bills in circulation, §1,238,643. CHOLERA. A gentleman of this city has received a letter from New-Orleans, dated June 25, in which it is stated that this dreadful disease had almost disappeared at that place, and recommends the following remedy as an in fallible cure. The same gentleman states that a lady was attacked with the disease, and became in a very short time as cold as marble, with cramps in the sto mach, &c. She resorted to this remedy, which had the effect of restoring heat to the body and perspiration, and arresting the farther progress of the cholera. Five servants of this lady were also attacked and cured with this simple remedy : Camomile tea, and tea made with laurel leaves, of the kind employed in cooking, one or two leaves, for each cup, and infused in boiling water. These two kinds of tea, to be taken alternately, and by adding to them from one to two spoonfuls of the best Cologne water. Ether may be added also, to stop vomiting. Frictions are to be made with this tea, and as hot as it can be borne ; and flannel dipped in the tea should be applied to those parts of the body where cramps are felt. The patient should be well covered, until heat and perspiration are re-established, and when this is ef fected, care should be taken that it be not suppressed too suddenly : it should gradually pass off. Miscellaneous Items. The Savannah Board of Health report the death of 3 persons in that city during the week ending 2d inst. The Charleston Board of Health report the deaths of ten persons in that city during the weekending 30th ult. one white and 9 black persons. The New-York City Inspector reports the death of 83 persons in that city during the week ending 22d ult. Lord Teynham, a peer of Great Britain, was recent, ly convicted, in the Court of King’s Bench, together with a man named Dorland, for a conspiracy to cheat a a young man out of fourteen hundred pounds, under a promise to procure him a situation in the Treasury office. The Greenville Mountaineer states tiiat by a recent census taken, the Incorporation of that village contains 865 inhabitants, 5 taverns, 9 stores, 4 carriage makers, 3 blacksmiths, 2 saddlers, 2 cabinet makers,2 silversmiths, 3 shoemakers, 3 tailors, 2 tinners, 1 baker, 1 barber, and a number of carpenters, with but very few lawyers and doctors, and very little business for them to do, which fact alone is sufficient proof of the health and prosperity of the village. It is stated that ninety six boats passed, in one day, through one of the locks of the Delaware Canal, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Concealing sickness on board of vessels, or giving false answers on that head, are, by the Quarantine laws of Quebec, declared to be felony. Penalty, death with out benefit of clergy. The South American States owe the English lenders §110,000,000, and are in no hurry to repay the amount. Cork Matrass. —A matrass made of Cork was lately exhibited at the City Hall, Boston, made by Henry Knapp, of that city. It is supposed to be superior to the matrasses of hair or feathers. It is a non-Conduc tor of heat and all kinds of contagion. Phrenology. —lt is stated that when the late Dr. Spurhzei.m visited Hartford, Conn, he pointed out the two men who were leaders in the late conspiracy and murder there, as very bad criminals. Flies —lt is stated that flies will not light on cattle, oil ed over with a sponge. Fish or flaxseed oil may answer. Tanner’s oil has been used with success. The Cumberland Civilian states that the amount of donations received in aid of the sufferers by the late fire in that town, is a little over §15,000. Baltimore con tributed more than one third of the whole amount. Charles X. is about to quit Prague, with all his suite, and to take up his residence in the castle of Eckenburg, near Gratz, in Styria. We have seen, [says the Salibury, (N. C.) Journal] a counterfeit one dollar note of the Bank of the State of South Carolina. The note is badly executed, and easy to detect. The engraving is miserably defective —the letters irregular and disproportionate, one error in the orthography, in the word promise, which is spelt with out the E—“ promt's .” There arrived at Ihe Quarantine ground, New-York, on the 24th and 25th ult. 1,922 passengers from foreign ports. [COMMUNICATED.] Celebration of the 4th of July at Waynes* ' borough, Ga. The 58th Anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated in a becoming manner by the citizens off Waynesborough, and its vicinity. The day was ushered in by a salute of 13 guns, and by hoisting the “star ! spangled banner.” At 12 o’clock, the citizens nssem- I bled at Mrs. Sturges’, where a procession was formed, under the command of Maj. G. W. Evans, marshal of the day, which, with the Orator and Reader, proceeded to the Presbyterian Church. After an earnest and ap. propriate prayer by the Rev. John J. Triggs, the Decla ration of Independence was read by H. V. Wooten, Esq. preceded by a brief but eloquent and pertinent ad dress. An able Oration, replete with patriotism and devotion to state rights, was then eloquently delivered by William J. Patterson, Esq. Alter tiro ceremonies were concluded, a number of the citizens returned to Mrs. Sturges’, and at 2 o’clock sat down to a sumptuous dinner. The greatest order and harmony prevailed, and the company retired at an early hour. The following toasts were drank*on the occasion, 1. The day—lt will be honored to the latest posteri. ty by every friend of the rights of man, and stand a per petual beacon to warn all tyrants of thb rock on which they must be wrecked. # 2. The heroes of ’76—Though their bodies moulder in the dust, gratitude for their services is deeply eng*, von on everv freeman’s heart. * 3. The memory of Washington. 4. Tiie memory of Thus. JeflVrson—His fame will endure while liberty has a home or a votary. 5. The President of the United States. 6. The Governor of Georgia. 7. The Union—All fears for its safety are vain, so long as its blessings and its burthens are equally distri buted. 8. Thfe resolution? of ’9B—The political faith of our fathers: we will adhere to their doctrines through evil : as well as through good report. 9. Our faithful representatives in Congress—Neither the frowns of power nor the lures of ambition, could pre. vail upon them to sacrifice the interest of the South. We know their worth and we will sustain them. 10. George M. Troup—A patriot “ without fear and without reproach.” We delight to honor him. (9 j cheers.) " 11. The memory of John Randolph of Roanoke—An | orator, a statesman, and a patriot. He has left behind him few equals, and no superiors. 12. A standing army—ln republics as in monarchies, ever ready to enforce the decrees of power at the point of the bayonet. 13. The fair— “ Who ran curiously behold The smoothness and the sheen of beauties cheek, I Nor feel the heart ran never aft grow cold.” 3 cheers. VOLUNTEERS. By Maj. A. Pemberton, President of the day. The much abused word Nullification—The only safe resort against an unprincipled majority in the councils of the general government. By Maj. George W. Evans, Vice President of the day. The doctrines of the President’s proclamation—Alike dangerous and inconsistent with the genius of republi canism. In avoiding the imaginary Scylla of Nnllifica tion. let us not plunge headlong into the Charybdis of Consolidation. By William J. Patterson, Esq. Orator of the day. The enforcing bill—Unwarranted by the provisions of the constitution, subversive of the rights of the .States, and particularly obnoxious to the people of the south. Let the people rise up in the power of their might, and blot it from their statute book. By H. V. Wooten, Esq. Reader. The memory of . Dr. Southworth Harlow —An able representative, anil incorruptible republican, and an honest man. The me-l mory of such a man will long be cherished by his lellowß citizens. ’ By Dr. J. P. Garvin. Ireland—Though clouds and i darkness overshadow her. the dawn of a glorious day f approaches, when she shall take that equal station I among the nations of the earth, to which “ the laws of I nature and nature’s God entitle her.” By James W. Jones. If the spirit winch actuated 1 our fathers of the revolution could be revived in us, their . degenerate descendants, we should he as ready to repel ' principles of consolidation, as they to throw off foreign , oppression. By B. D. Hill. Hon. A. 8. Clayton—The able advo. cate of the rights of Georgia—such a representative , does honor to his constituents. j By Win. S. C. Morris. George M. Troup—His aer- J vices should never be forgotten by the republicans in * Georgia. By B. H. Gray. The memory of Robert J. Turn hull—Tiie pure patriot, the dauntless defender of truth, the powerful champion of human liberty—Carolina holds I his ashes, but his fame belongs to mankind. j By Thos. S. Burke. Gov. Lumpkin—He cannot apes } Troup: as well might a farthing candle strive to ape the • brightness and glory of the sun. By Maj. Edgar Girlick. Maj. Joel Crawford—lf ex perience in public affairs, decision of character, intellec tual endowments, and a devotion to the best interests of his native State, have claims upon the people of Geor gia, he will succeed our present governor. By Capt. A. 11. Roe. South Carolina—Until she is crushed, liberty and state rights are not an empty name. By Col. Wm. W. Davies. Gov. Hayne, of South Ca rolina—the fearless advocate of southern rights and southern interests. By Robert J. Patterson. The late Convention—a corrupt coalition, who for party advancement sacrificed the best interests of the State. By Capt. Drury Corker. Tiie lion. John Forsyth, and James M. Wayne—the undivided supporters of the bloody, alias force bill. May it be the means of forcing them into political damnation. By James Shurley. Nullification—The sovereign re medy for the states, when aggrieved by an oppressive and unconstitutional law. Bv Robert Holmes Taylor. The fair—Their loveli- | ness is only equalled by their excellence. i By Wm. Stringer. LnFayette—He has a title to our gratitude that can never he erased. By N. L- Sturges. John M. Berrien —Distinguished at the bar as an orator, and in the councils of his coun try ns a statesman. i Bv Joseph S. Reynolds. Executive clemency—un authorized by the signs of the times, should send his ex- ” cellency to the peaceful shades of private life. By B. Bowie. Andrew Jackson, the hero of Newt Orleans—His name and fame is immortal. The Orator and Reader having retired, the following!:, toasts were drank: The Orator of the day—a gentleman and a republican I The Reader of the Declaration of Independence—Taji lensed and patriotic. The President of the day having retired : The President of the day—An honest man and con sistent republican—He is entitled to the confidence di the people of Burke. Attempt to commit Suicide. —A female about twenty years of nge, whose name is Eliza Mount, attempted to Commit suicide yesterday morning by throwing herself* j from the wharf at the foot of chamber st. into the Hud son River. Being observed at tiie time of the occur rence, the captain of a neighboring vessel immediately | jumped in and rescued her. Manifesting a determina-f tion to repeat the attempt, it was deemed advisable tot place it beyond her power, by removing her to the polices office, which was accordingly done, where she again iJ expressed a desire to be indulged in her wish to destroy “ herself. If After the particulars of the attempt to drown herstj' I had been communicated to the magistrate, she was or- V dered for the present, to he committed to prison. Irom | representations at the office, which her appearance j strongly confirmed, she was laboring, at the time, under * a strong feeling of remorse at her ill-spent life : being a victim, it is said, of wickedness and folly. Habituated also to inebriety, there is little ground to hope upon her liberation, that her subsequent conduct will partake eith er of repentance or reformation. — N. Y. Courier. Singular Suicides.— The Pittsburg Advocate says— In a leUer received by a gentleman in this city, we learn the following facts, which occurred in the neighborhood of Little Beaver, in this state. The letter states that “a very singular case, or more properly cases, of suicide took place in this neighborhood within a short time back. A woman, whose name I do not now recollect, hung her self with a hank of yarn—her sister, about two weeks after, followed her example, with the same hank—and two or three days since another sister did the same. The fourth is now kept closely confined, her friends fear ing she may commit a similar act. “Last fall one of the same family hung herself, ma king in all four who have been the means of their own deaths, none of which can be accounted for even by, their most intimate friends. They bore excellent char-i acters, lived in the midst of plenty, and to all appear-1 ances weie living happily. Crops. —The grass crop in this vicinity, [says thf Worcester rEgis,) will be rather light. Spring grain looks generally in a very flourishing state, corn appear* tolerably thrifty, potatoes rather better than is common i for the season of the year, fruit will be quite plentiful Winter rye is light this season.