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MR. CLAY AND TUP, ABOLITIONISTS.
I know not that I sxcr had my indignation
more highly excited than il was upon rending
the report of Mr. Clay’# conduct in relation to
the ahnli'ion petitions. Ido lint believe that 'he
Bntilh hat a more decided, or h more dangerous
enemy in Congress than this man. I ahould
judge from hi* deporlinenl, h r twenty year*
pait, that tin liigbeet aim, i*. lo promote seclion
nl diffeisnees, in or. leu that he mny have the
honor of allaying timai. I ahould have the
more reaped for him, il in engendering atrife he
would occasionally change vide*. Not ao, how
ever, with him. lln i« always on the aide of the
eppreaaor, until he finda (he oppressed will en
dure no longer, and then he, take* a wonderful
yearning for the Union, atepa *th hetween the
contending panic*, compromise* the matter,
and then walks off with the honor of having
aavod the Union. Just *>i',d lie in re hit ion to
the tariff; and just ao i* ha doing in lelaljon to
thoalavu queation. lie riaea in Ins place In the
Senate, and very gravely demand* of Northern
anil K.iihin inomhera, whether the petitioning
ap tit ol the uholitioniata was nut greatly on the ,
ilicreuae, whether it Was not confined exclusive. I
ly to the District ol I oiluinli; i. un i whether the j
increase was not uae;(liable, in eonie fneaaoic, lo
the manner in which then' petition* had hem
tientcd hy tho hist ( onyi'rss. Mo i* levpxindi t ■
loin llie airinimlivo of course; and then he cun
clutlca ll at emigre** niu*l he noire respectful lo
theao pelinon* or they will multiply until they
•r.dangcr tln> Union, and tharefoie, to restore
peace and preservo tho I nion, he propose* In
make them a purl of the regular htn.iness of con
gross, and lo hand them over to the standing
committee of the District of Columbia, Now 1 ,
put It lo the candor of every holiest uhotili oni st , -
(1 will not any toui/ivtn) whether such conduct t
is not calculated lo diivo tho people of the south |
to desperation? The witnesses invoked against
u* are the servants, the auxiliaries, mid abettors 1
of our persecutors—the testimony, was lo mat
ter* with which every school hoy in tho eountiy !
wa« familiar, and the conclusion, the most ex- I
Iravagantf Unnatural and preposterous that ever
wo* deduced from premises, hy a* man of corn- I
•non sense. Reader, look at tho altitude of Mr.
Clay at this lima, in connexion with the history
of abolitionism for the three past years. Tho
Abolitionists hnvu not held their meetings in a
teloacl. J'hey have made no secret el their aim,
or of their principles. They aim at universal
emancipation, nod I hoy do il from u sense of re
ligioua duty. This is the honest truth , C the
matter; and nothing that congress has done, nr 1
cun do, can attest their increase or puralizo their '
efforts. Have they net avowed nt nil times and j
in all places that they mean lo drive slavery |
from the United States? Have they not flooded j
the southern •tales with their papers and their |
pamphlets? Can you pick up a school hook (
without seeing their disorganizing ptincipleg in
one form or another insidiously winked up in jt? |
1* not the slavery of the south the theme ol their j
ceaseless obloquy, satire, anil invective? Did
they not rommenco their operations hv tin at
tack of the institution of which Mr. Clay is the
head and boast—the Union!/..itjnn society* he- t
cause that soeiely was for transporting the slave
loa land id freedom, while they were tin eOmnei
pating hiniJin the land of h.s liitth? Do they not ;
tell U* that Texas shall not coma into the un
ton because I'c.ras tolerates slttvci r/. —That no i
territory should he admitted into the union us a j
alate Iml mi condition nf its abolishing slavery ;
within it* limits? Are they not carrying their i
restriction* into all the churches, and insulting 1
the layman and the Christian slave-holder every
where? And with all these laets staling him in
tlie face, will Mr. (.’lay gel up in the Senate and
a»k whether these iiiecndiuiiea aim at any thing
more than the abolition of slavery in the District
Columbia? And whether their increase is not
owing to the discourtesy nf Congress! Now. if
Mi. Clay wisbc: tojoin this hopeful gang, whv
Jet him do il; but their j* no necessity for his
pretending to he an ediot, us an apology for lit*
Joining them. How very conclusive low was the
testimony upon which he made up his mind to
yield to their demands! Three or four members
from tho I,astern states and one from New Jor- j
*ey, answer his question* in
(taking special cure, by the way, to skip the see- '
ond) and this is oviden e so satisfactory lo Mr. 1
Clay's mind that he forthwith espouses tho •
cause es tho abolitionists. Tray what could ■
these three or four witnesses know nf the matter [
more than he know himself! Were they let
into the secret motives o( the petitioners, even
from their own stales! And what the motives nr
influence of the petitioners from those .‘tales,
compared with the whole number! About half
the petitioner! are women, and Mr. Olay on
qulrera of the Northern son alms whether these
ladies, or some ol them, have not been prompted
to their course by ti e belief that the last Con-
S’i'eti had jnteifcrod w ith a high constitutional
right—the tight nf petition? For these ladies
certain senators undertake to answer, and Mr.
Cloy is perfectly satisfied. Wto believes that
these women tver thought about the constitu
tional right of pe t ton! Every body knows why
the abolitionists havo increased. In their war
upon the south, they pul nothing at hazard but
llie I nion; and they believe, and with some
reason, that the Bmilhmt Buies cannot
ho goaded or kicked out oi tire Union.—
ll is our peace that is disturbed, our pro
petty that is to he sactiftcid, one throats that
are lo he cut. One may well he chat liable w hen
he gives from another’s purse. Hut llie great
cause of their increase is, the congeniality of thei r
sentiments, with die prevailing opinions ol man
kind, itt the present age. I* il moruelous that
.Imericant should he zealous champions of lib
erty ? Who rejoices more than the Suiilhfrn
people, at the overthrow of despotism in all
quarters of the globe ? Hut wo never think of
enler.og lh« dominions of the despot for the pur
pose of reforming his government, or exciting his
subjects to revolt—much loss do we think ol he..
Reaching a stronger power, in violation of solemn
treaties or compacts, to usurp his authority, nod
proclaim freedom to his vassals Here ts the
damning sin of the aboliiioijists. Their princi
pies are good enough ; (an 1 henn their rapid
diffusion,) liul lo put throe prineij Its in practice,
they arc violating engagement* cemented will,
the lilond of their fathers, encouraging nsurpation.
slirring' up civil war, invading plicate iioh(s, in
termeddling with foreign governments, and cov
ering their designs with hypocrisy and falsehood.
They are therefore, not unaptly termed fanatic*■
The truth is not in them, when they nay that
their aims emend no farlho - than the District of j
Columbia, and that their zest has been fired hy |
(he conduct of Congress towards them: end all :
this Mr. Clay very well knows. In view of all 1
these things, I venture to predict, that their la'
hors will end in their own ruin, not ours. I esn
find nowhere within the lids of the hilde, where
curses are denounced upon the slave holder; on
the, contrary, I find there, much lo encourage him
if ho fai*hfully perform the duller of a master,
hut I find the sacred volnn.n replete with die
heaviest denunciations against opposers of the
powers that he, authors of strife and sedition,
hypocrites, revilers, slanderers, and all the cata.
login- of sins width (ho abolitionists arc commil
j ting, in order to accomplish their benevolent pur
poses.
Mr flay having selected his witnesses, ami ,
put the answers which he wi-hed, into their
i mouths, l.y the form of li la ipjesti uis, concludes |
' that the licet way lo pre -rve peace, is to bring ,
t .‘ongress to the terms o( the ale htioni* is. \V hen
■•o is told, (hut it will never do lo yield one inch
to these, despctadoea, because f very concession
will only encourage them lo new exactions—he
replies —"if you do not yield, their numbers will
bo increased. 1 ' When be is told that they have
no light lo annoy Congress with such petitions
as these : he replies—“hut r/icy think they have
a right, and they will become more desperate and
unyio ding, if Congress docs not treat their opin- |
mns with becalming respect 1” When he is told 1
that the whole Wou h thinks dillcreirlly : lie re i
plies—"l do not go for any particular section o 1 j
the country, hut for the whole country.” V\ hen
he ia told, that the Houlhern States will secede
from the Union, if this ceaseless war upon their
Conslilulional rights, he pushed much farther:
he replies—"l wi ll we had a rule id the Senate,
| that made it penal in tiny member, to speak of
disunion.” And when he is asked what he prom
ises the country, from indulging these modern \
j crusaders i he says—“that he will thereby sepa. j
rule the abolitionists, (rum the mere champions
1 ol the right of petition,”—that is, ho will hav e j
j ihe satisfaction ol knowing the sheep from the 1
1 goals; and the country will have ail the security
which is to ho derived from tins knowledge. Now
how this logic hills upon the car of others, I do
not know ; but it sends boiling through my veins
every drop of my Southern blood. I’tuy, what
claims have the abolitionists to his special re
gards ! In Cod’s name, will not Mr. Clay go for
a section, when ho sees a regular, systematic, tin
disguised attack, upon the property and the Con- i
slituiionnl rights ol that section I Are all the
distinctions of right and wrong, guilt and inno
cence, to be lost sight of in view of the Union 1
...
! Is this a conflict, ill which meekness, forbearance
♦
I patience, and submission, arc becoming virtues
.in the Botith I Asking nothing but peace, dis.
nulling nobody, defending nothing hut our nc.
I know lodged rights, and with every tiling that we |
J hold dear, periled by a blind and reckless fanali- |
cism, arc we to ho insulted with strictures upon .
sectional attachments, and lectures upon love the
Union'! I can conceive of nothing better calcu
lated lo enkindle burning indignation in tho ;
breast of u high minded, honorable man, than tho
I conduct of Mr. Clay in this matter. It is precise, |
1 ly like that of the man who gives the lash lo his
unoffending brother, and with every blow ex
claims, “Do not ho angry, do not talk of resist- 1
anco, or I shall become more uncompromising— i
j teiuerabcr too, that wo aro brothers, and should 1
cling together with fraternal alTeetion—talk not
of your individual pains ; think of the whole fain- {
ily ; all the members of which, who reside in ray
| habitation, think I have a right lo flog you, and
I will unite with me in chastising you, if you dis-
I pule this tight.” Beautiful doctiinc this to come
i from one of the first men in the nation.
Hut, Mr. Clay thinks, a calm and temperate
report of a committee, w ".rid appease tho nboli
| ironists. So Mr. Pinckney thought; and he gave
j them a culm and temperate report; and the eon
! sequence has boon, that they have doubled in
: number, and quadrupled in insolence, lint who
cares, whether they are appeased or not ! who
that Ima a spark of spiiit would yield the thou■ i
| sundlh part of an inch lo appease them! By tak
ing a hold and decided stand against them at once,
!we may, at least, save our character; for they are
never lo be appeased. I would thcrelorc, imme
diately mark out the line to which I would per"
m l them to come—and I would do nothing - to
i repel them (torn it, or to encourage them to it. I
would sav, that tho moment slavery was abolish
ed in the District of Columbia, 1 would dissolve
the Union; and having formed my resolution,
1 would calmly wait the hour for putting it in
execution. .Something of this kind the tSoulh
must do, and that ijuickly or she is inevita
bly ruined. If the people of tho North knew
; the utmost limit of our forbearance, they
would he extremely cautious in approaching
it. If tho people of the South knew it, they
would be prepared lo move in one body as
soon as was approached. But as things are
progressing a dissolution ol the I nion is inevita
ble ; and it is to come under circumstances alto
gether prejudicial to the South, lire. Noith
knows our love of the Union, and she counts
i largely upon our weakness, and our loars; with
every concession therefore she will he encoura
ged to demand more until at last one and anolh
i or stale will break off, amidst disputes and wrang
ling about their temerity, and all will be disorder j
| and confusion. Let the Southern States then j
1 declare through their primary or legislative as
sembles, or both, (hat they will quit the Union,
; the%ntnenl that slavery is abolished in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and then let the Southern del
egates in Congress be silent in regard to the aboli
tion petitions : If any thing tan save the Union
ibis will. But if tho Southern people do nor
wish to court their own distraction, let them
throw off their apathy, arid begin to bestir them
selves in their own defence. SOITIIKON
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CITRoSriCLH AND SK.Tfl\Kf‘.
itFewr/M
Thursday Morning <1 an \.
Our Weekly subscribers Till matter
jin their paper thin week than usual This is ow
inn m ihe’bis* of three <?hv« in the romornl of our
offline. They will «»ill, however, have ns much
i as is generally given in most of tin Weekly pa.
! pers of the Shale.
liy the Express Mail this morning we received
but two slips Ironi the North and two fro n the
South. Nothing of great interest was to be found
in cither.
The resolutions of Mr, Calhoun introduced in
to the IJ. H. Senate a few days since,will be found
in this mornings paper. Willi the positions
laid down in these resolution* wo agree, general
ly—perhaps there is not one to which we dis-
Mill; hut we still doubt that any pi dual good
can lie obtained by their introduction and discus
sion. If we remember right, they fa’, forth pret
ty much the same doctrines as Were maintained
; in Mr. Pincknfy’s Report and resolutions, and yet
, we see that the adoption of the lattur lias dune
j hut little good in putting down the i.lioluionists
, lly the introduction of these Mr.
Calhoun at once throws wide open, the door to
thu discussion of slavery in the nbs! not; and lie
has so intermingled political theories vit'.i dcclar.
; aiions of eur domestic rights, that i we ver cor
rect he may he in both, yet they cann I fail to ex
cite unprofitable and angev discus.i in, upon a
subject which ought not to be cliac’i o< l (it nil.
Mr. Morris of Ohio, has introduce! a counter
i set ol rcsolul'ons, maintaining tho richt of Con
; gross to abolish Slavery in the District of Colum
-1 bia and thu Territories, mid intends 11 call them
I tip whenever Mr. Calhoun’s arc taken up. Thus
the whole question is opened, and wc arc confi
j dent no good can conic of it. Congress might
j just as we!) discuss the memorials of the aboli
tionists, ns to discuss resolutions which open the
name field for debate, which tho tmmu'dals them
selves would open. Wo shall publish Mr. Mor
ris’s resolutions as soon as received,
Tnr. Huxkrlt Cask. — The- Standard of
Union of the 2d in-1. says, that this case •which.
\ has produced so much excitement in the couiry
of Jones, for more than a twelvemonth peat, was
] decided last week, by tbo Superior Court, in the
conviction of (lie person representing himself to
be Uiinkley, upon mi indictment for cheating
and swindling, who has been sentenced to hard
luboi in the Penitentiary for five years.
1 lie claimed under the name of Jesse L. Dunk-
Icy, a large estate in Julies county; was immedi
j ately recognized as an imposter—indicted as
j Elijah Earlier, and fully identified as such, by
many citizens of Gwinnett county, where he had
I resided for a number of years.
[Wc should like to see this imposter, if impos
l ler ho ho. Wc were at College with Jesse L.
j Hunkley, and think wo would recollect him well
enough to recognize him. Wo have soon more
than one of our old College-mutes who have
; conversed with Durbar, os he is proven hi be, who
i believe him to be the genuine Jesse I, Hunkley.
It is a curious ulluir, take it all in all,. Tho
i Federal Union promises to publish the testimony
in the, ease, which will no doubt he highly inter
esting'] — Ed. Citron. & Sent.
SEMINOLE INDIANS.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday morning
says: “The Steamer Poinsett, Oapt. Stratton, arri
; ved nt this port on Monday last, from St. Angus
live, having on hoard the following Chiefs) —Mi.
I canopy, Osceola, Cloud, King Philip, Ooahajo,
lit! Warriors, 8” Women and Children—all of
which were landed at Sullivan's Island, and con
' fined in Fort Moultrie.
The same paper says:—An Extract of a letter
received in this city from St. Augustine, without
dale, says that a skirmish had taken place at Char,
lotto’s llarlior, between a parly of Indian* and 8
officers of the 2d Regt. Dragoons, and 30 men,
in which, (i Indians were killed and 9 taken pris
oners. One of tho officers was dangerously
wounded.
The Secretary of the Navy says, their is a lav
nor Naval Force now in cimmission Ilian wo |
1 °
have'had at any time since tho late war with
Great Britain. The number of Captains in the
Navy now amounts to fifty, <>l Commodores fifty,
■ Lieutenants two hundred and eighty, Surgeons,
fifty, and Assistant Surgeons sixty—a larger num
her of the latter is still required.
The proposed improvements in the Navy Yard j
| at Pensacola are entrusted by the Navy Depart- |
1 mem to Col. Totten, by whom we trust. the tc- j
quisite duties will besalislacto i y performed.
From the Southern Whig.
GEORGIA KAIL KOAjj.
Permit mo through your paper, t 0 make the
following facts known, in relation l 0 ibis enter- :
prise; j
The Road is now finished, and in success.ul
operation tor more than 50 miles Ito:n Augusta;
with a travel of more than fifty passengsm per
day.
Mr. Hiram Wilson, with a spirit of accommo
dation which docs him great credit, has four horse
post coaches from the head of tho Rail Road to
Athens and Gainesville, by the way of \V ashing
ton; and another line by the way of Gieensbo
rougb, Dr. Poullain’s bridge, Watkinsville, and
to Athens ; so that thcio is now a daily lino j
from Athens to intersect tho Rail Road. Tho
i Rail Road will also afi'ord great facility to travel
' lers on horse back, or in private carriages, by
i travelling in this way, until they intersect the
1 Ran Road. lh.’v can leave their horses at the,,
I head of the Road and have them well kept until
tlicif return, The common road from the up-
I country through Crawfordville, is generally very
| level and firm. Travellers by this ionic, will
| save labor and expense and gam lime, with the
I pleasure of a ride on the best Road in evety re- |
j sped, In the Fulled Slates.
I The Kail Road is daily progressing, and will
i bo entirely completed to Crawlurdvilie, in li:iie 1
I more than a month.
I also learn, that considerable quantities of
1 Colton ate lei' at the bead of tho Road and at ;
j Warrenton, to be forwarded by the Kail Rond to
i Augusta; and wc arc glad to know that agents!
j are prompt and ready to attend to (be receiving
and forwarding by this speedy conveyance.
The public arc apprised that 8500 shares of
this slock will be * tiered for sale on Tuesday, (
9t* January. I will only state, two more facts: |
Those who purchase them will have the Rea l ’■ j
help the Bank to g,ve them dividends, The oili
er \. that llie original Stockholders have had pi id
lo them, in tlio shape ol dividends, 8 per cent,
per annum on their whole investment in this
enterprise ; and of com he, come to the conclusion
that m>w is the time to invest.
e vr, THVV KNOWS
Appor VTMUXTS KT TIM' (iOTF.H Non. —Tho.
li. Htuhba, I’, V, De.l.iunev, and Tiros. Foard,
Directors of Ihe Central Dank.
Thus. \V, Alexander, principal keeper of the
Penitentiary.
B A. White, Charles J. Payne, Em
mor Diiles. Inspectors of the Penitentiary.
Dr. Thomas f. Greene, Physician to the Pen
itcnliary.
Jacob T. Choate, Bonj F. Denso, Jesse Joiner,
A. 11. McNeil, Assistant keepers of the Penitcn
j liary.
Isaac T. Cushing, sen. Military storekeeper at
Milled i»eville.
F. M. Stone, Military storekeeper, Havanrtah.
Anthony Newsom, capt. Slate Hou»e Goard.
From lit* Charleston Mercury, Jan. I,
FROM FLORIDA.
'I he steamer Charleston, Capt. Hehhard, arriv
ed yesterday front Bake Monroe. Wo are in
debted to Gapt. 11. for the (Allowing information:
Gen. Jeaup was at Bake Harney on the 25th
: ult. The steamer Ockmulgee, Capt. Blanken
ship, left Savannah for St. Augustine, on Thurs
day last, lor the purpose of transporting the In- j
than Chiefs, now confined at that place, to ca-lle 1
Pinckney, in this harhpr.
\\ c copy the billowing intelligence from the
tit, Augustine Herald, of tite 23 I ul*. received !»y
yesterday’s mail: —
i he pros peels ot the close ot the Seminole war
«rc dim and gloomy. The army moved from
Fort Mellon oil Saturday las., and advanced ten
mi’es, when it was interrupted hy a hammock
eight miles wide, through which a roi . v.had lo bo |
cut. The main body of Indians is Vaid to ho
about 75 miles south of Fort Mellon, ami-making
their way South. \
Orders have been received from Gen. As sup,
we understand, for the rent aval oi all the lieh.ms
now in the- Fort to Charleston. We have been
informed that when the order was eommuiihated
to them it was received with a very had gran,
050 Alabama volunteers crossed the St. JuhAa
river at Picolata yesterday. They will proceed
immediately to the souih, scorning the country’,
thoroughly on their route. \
Trie Sell. Agues, Houston went ashore on the\
north breaker ot Mosquito 8.0 on Wednesday 1
I last. It is doubtful whether ,1 e can he got off.
iMre had knocked off her false keel and lost both I
anchors, and lies at the mercy of the winds and
WU vcii,
Iffß CABHOUNhs REsoi UTIONB.
Unsolved, 'J’hat in the ndoption of the Fedcr'
al Coiislilution, t l.e States adopting the same, ac
led severally, as free, independent, and sovereign
Suites : and that each, for itself, hy its own volun
tary assent, enterul the Union with the view to
its increased security against all dangers, demes
ne as well as foreign, and the more | c. sect and se
cure enjoy muni of Its advantages, n ilurnl, p diti
cal and social.
Unsolved, That in delegating a portion of their
powers, lo he exercised hy the Federal Govern
ment, the States retained, severally, the exclusive
and soluright over their own domestic instilu
lions and police, and are alone responsible for
them, and that any intermeddling of any one or
more Slates, or a combination of their citizens,
with the domestic institutions and police of the
others, on any ground, or under any pretext what
ever, political moral, or religious, with the view
to their alteration, or subversion, hi an assump
tion of superiority not warranted hy the Co isli
lutton, insulting to the Slates interfered with, eli
ding to endanger their domestic pence mid iqny.
quilily; subversive of tbe objects for which the
Constitution wa; formed, and hy necessary con
sequence, tending to weaken and destroy tbe
Union itself.
He so tv ml. That this Government was institu
ted and adopted hy the several Stales of this
Union ns a common agent, in order lo carry into
effect the powers which they had delegated hy
the Constitution for their mutual security and
prosperity; and that, in fulfilment of this high
and sacred trust, this Government is bound so lo
exercise its powers as to give, ns far ns may he
practicable, increased stability and security to the
domestic institutions of the States that compose
the Union; and that it is the s Icinn duty of the
Government to resist all attempts hy one portion
; of the Union l« use it as an instrument lo attack
the domestic institutions of another, or to weaken
or destroy such institutions, instead of strength
ening and upholding them, as it is in duly bound
to do.
/iesolvcrl, That domestic slavery, as it exists
in the Southern and Western Stales of this
j Union, composes an important part of their do
j inestic institutions, inherited from their ancestors,
| and existing ul the adoption of the Constitution
hy which it is recognised as constituting an es
-1 scnlial element in the distribution of its powers
] among the States, and that no change of opinion,
or feeling, on lire part of the other Slates of the
I Union in relation to it, can justify them or their
citizens in open and systoma ic attacks thereon,
j with the view lo its overthrow; and that all such
attacks are in manifest violation of tile mutual
; and solemn pledge lo protect and defend each
j other, given hy trio Stales, respectively, mienler
| iug into the Constitutional compact, wbfkh form
ed the Union, and as such is a manifest breach of
faith, and a violation of the most solemn obliga
tions, moral and religious.
Resolved, That the intermeddling of any
State or Slates, or their citizens, to abolish slave-
I ry in this District, or any of the Territories, on
I the ground,or under the pretext, that it is inf.
| moral or sinful, or the passage of any actor meas
ure of Congress, with that view, would lie a
direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of
all the Slave-holding Slates.
Resolved, That the union of these States rests
I on an equality of rights and advantages among
its members; and lliat whatever destroys that
! equality tends to destroy the Union itseli; and
that ii is the solemn daty of all, and more especi
ally of this body, which represents the Slates in
their corporate capacity to resist all attempts lo
discriminate between the Slates in extending the
benefits of the Government to the several portions
! of the union; and that to refuse to extend to the
Southern and W'eslern States any advantage
which would tend to strengthen, or render them
more secure, or increase their limits or population
i by the annexation of new territory or S : lies, on
the. assumption or under the pretext that tho
institution of slavery, ns it exists among them
, is immoral or sinful or otherwise obnoxious,
would ho contrary to that equality of rights and
advantages which the Constitution was intended
sto secure alike to all the members of the Union,
and would, in effect, dialranchise, the slaveholding
Stales, withholding from them the advantages,
■ while il subjected them to the burthens, of the
| Government
From the N. O. Courier Dcc'l'J.
B.vTKsr fiiom Tr.x vs.— By the fast running
steam packet Columbia, Captain Wright, from
Galveston, we have the Houston Telegraph of rhe
1 litli instant.
A treaty of peace had been concluded between
I ;ho Tonkowas Indians arid the Texians.
A battle had been fought near the head waters
ot .ho Trinity, between a parly of eighteen ran
gers under the command of Lieutenants Van
Uenlhuysen and Miles and about 150 Indians.
Tho rangers alter a desperate light wore compel),
ed to retreat.
! The Legislature ofTcxas have passed an act
for the purchase of the steam ship Pulaski for the
Nasy. Shecairka twelve eighteen pounders and 1
live hundred men.
'J he death of Lieutenant A. H. Miles, f irmedy
of Richmond Va., is announced in the Houston i
Telegraph. I
< exaa continues healthy, prosperous and hap- i
f»y, because “great glorious and free.” * i
t Latkst from Matamohas.—We learn trom .
Captain Wolf, of the schr Lodi, from Mat arnoras, |
whence »ho sailed on the 19th instant, that no
troops had been sent against Texas; that u body ,
of one thousand troops had left that place, for the i j
purpose of cherking the depredations committed
by the Camanchoaon the inhabitants, either by )
killing llt-tn, or robbing them of their horses sod ,
cattle. Only eight hundred soldiers remained in ■
Mat arnoras.
Nothing bad transpired in regard to the schoon- ;
er Liheity, The probability is that the vessel, j
pas-engers, ar;<] arc lust.
TheOamancha, with $150,000 specie, for our
merchants, said in company with the Lodi, and
may hourly he looked for.
Suicide—A watchmaker, of the name ofll.
Mignon, a native of Lyons, in France, cammitted j ‘
suicide, this morning, by shooting !l ; ll nself. The '
cause which led to this act is said to be of a p e . |
ettniary nature. A writ it appears, Bad liccnissu- [ '
etl to j til him litis morning, and rather than suller I •
| this, he perpetrated the rash deed.
What a commentary upon the law, which im-
prisons a man because of his misfortunes, and do. *
privßg him of all chance of retrieving his losses,
making him, indeed, a bankrupt even in hope! | 1
I ito deceased is rc-ti; c-cincd to have been an in
dustrious man. Ih.or fellow, for hi- rpt'nph there
might truly ho written—
“My debts arc paid and I am at rest!’, a
Fr'tn the N. V. Daily Express, Dec 30. c
MONEY MARKET-CITY NEWS. '
Friday, P. M.
Tiro course most of the Banks are taking will
tie n ive the country of any circulating medium. I
Hardly a Bank iu the city will pay out its own
hills, hut iu most ca-cs certify checks. The Stale
Bank oilers.to pay checks in Commercial Hank
of Btiilalo hills, which arc not received by the
Bank of America at till. The whole currency of „
lire city is in hills of die New England Banks, d
ot:d throughout the Stale it is pretty much the
same. If the Banks at the East had adopted the
course our Banks have, of getting in their notes .
levcry man now in the community that is in debt i
Vvould have of necessity to break. In the p
EVcsent condition of the city Banks, it is of no t
\\nseqtiencc whether they pay tpecie for their
|V-(eA ur ml, llreie are so few of their hills in cir- -
I \ l ,'t|oAi that it would lie no relief to the public.
I tfhen they pay their deposiles in specie, then i
'V-' *fio will he benefited, inasmuch as the ( ,
EaAVmnks as well as our own can commence f
'J 1(; 'J he Eastern Bunks have mil
lion ■ deposits litre, which they rely onto
rl| cetM|, ■roles, anil which if they are to he de
piivcMt' ltli,. hour of need, will be a prodigious
hards®'* *
i Bulk of Maryland 1 a ; declared a
tlividenl Ithrce and a ball per cent for the last
six moniol
lynlhe N. 1. Com. Ailv, Dec. 30.
f't’itci rY~American gold, 3 a 3J premium; ,*
hall dollar), 3 a 3A do; five franc ]iicces, 97 cents
asked.
Tueasu iy Notes,—} a ‘ discount; sales of
$5,500 at the latter rate.
The WhtXtof Illinois arc determined to -
[mat the worlTl in celebrating the New York 0
victory. On ascertain night m January, they °
are to sot the Prairie on fire—a tract
800 miles .♦vvVyl 90 wide. The flames ate
to he kindl"Jp*Wt at both extremi- .
■I 1 . y.-vad..‘! •. iP.olin; Jt will lie the most jrlori
<us Maze ever lit ■ tvin honor of the Goddess 6
of Liberty. —[jnuf 'llr Journal.
Jt is an actual tH i j;Ji remarkable fact, that
•be Van Cincinnati, at the Inst
ba’l election, anminteii themselves for sale
at the head of their tri.-ito.l tickets and named t ,
their price. They bath'd their tickets—“ Pork j
leu '■ents a pound Tyi',
Now that Mr pen’s own State,
county, and town, #~fli cast him off. we ;
think he might lihFnFa title from one of Bui- j
wev’s novels and (■allYmull “The Disown- o
ED.” —III ' p
r-Vt:r»erAyrv.w^ (|l ||i |'H f <HH|I Ifljl A
bask SteTORT, p
——4 * ()
State of the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Com. t<
patty s Branch U Aujusta, on Wednesday Sl
3rd January,lB3L
Amount of property Tamed by
. this Bank, viz: I
Promissory Notes, [hi of Ex
change. Uoi-1 Esjh, Sir 551,125 07 '
■ Balances due by ot» hunks
mid agents, K 101,262 20 1!)
Specie in vaults, ■ 141,372 15 : 1
Notes of other (-2,965 20-1,337 15 | J
Total amount owtllry litis branch, $850,721 12 j''
Arnmmtdue by thisttitk, lr
• viz; 10 persons hnWig its
notes being amt iirfleiilaijon, 28(3,310 a
Balances dire to othoimnks, 9,7)7 23 i 11
Due to Depositors, , 42,700 01 ”
Total amount duoiy this Bank, 338,757 24 Il i
’ Surplus owned by thifihnk 1
alter paying all itrtftlila
Undivided prolits, viz : j’ 1
Discounts 1 11,257 55
Income from Bail Roatjf <).To.) 62-20,367 18 i ls
Capitol stock, ! 500,001) 00 j ll
1 \ 859,742 42 | (j’
JW. WILDE, Cashier. j"
Maiinc "
( - ~~ i n r ~ sr
r ril AUUvSTO\, d on Saturday, New
’ ship UoclitsttT, Cvvt ns, H»f Me.; brig: iViolus, Day,
t Salem; schrs Sophia,U nusiii Norfolk; Pheobe Mar
-1 caret, Letds, Richmond, V c . r
* Cleared, ships Georgians, -own, Antwerp; Superb, *U
Gotchell, Liverpool; line ler A ervanles, 5 Kendrick, «h
1 ' Rostou; sic polan e Sun Jose, jol. Havana; schr Mary ca
*. p tt.m, Smith I’hiiadelphia; and Frauieis; Mi.,
ctcs, M. Augustine. J . n
U ent to st-a on Saturday; nil Icnbelln, Luk hart, 1
s Nassau, N. P.; Medium : t s T ey. Smyrna; U S ru
v venue cult »r Chniuph ‘1 • ' 1
i Wait to 8 a yesterday.shi \ ( 1 «>' l or, -f.vannah;
J lines ship ervant s, ship Perry, g
l Hamilton, New Vo.k : s!up kausas. I.dmons, bf. S
Thomas; Hr schr Thos !3n> ■huwe.ara. m-Ih* Ava- j ni
lanche Moore, Baltimore; steam North Carolina, p( ;
i HeyuulcU. Wiliu npton* \
Jan. 3.-Arr on Monday, ship T«nUezu:ai, Smith, i '
Liverpool; Jlr ship I ndy H '"' do.: but? Johu
7 G. Ca houn; Havan ; bnc: ”
.Matwizasi brig Arabia... Gimlm Orums: -«l.m. I
1 Charlv*, Hkh, Bangor. (\le-i '-.vlipslM Iw.ct- u.L. t.; sa
in*. \ tslerda', schr- 1 1 xa*. M. .%■»». t »t. .id : „!
1 steam pic-kit Wrn. B.a--. ow Sa-uiy.iii ; p.
, stennit-r Augusta, Wiik., Agl? 1 "- -, J,
, Cfil.Krbarqu-La Cl Hall.iT Ilatrep. chr ’
’ t a»p an, Swaaty, st. Aug'-snc. \ ■ .
> Went t s- a on Monday. ■* ' s Comuty,rm. WV n. ca
: Liverpool; rioi-tue-e, It. 1 1 -■ H “re; sir LtilCj
quell , Wingood Imli - u')g Ka.ii.1,.1 - t;iu.;
sehrs. B -aufoit, Philips, s' mnali; Kfruira liog t , I
Turner, do. It
f MAISI#!D. je;
1 ' On Tuesday morni- last, by the Rev vt. lit
' Barry, Mr. Atcinr. L. 8.0me.01 Mobile, to Mil
Sahaii A. Anukuson, i . hi-e-;i_v. \
(L/’ A meeting of the lifhmoud County aox
’ iharv Temperance Socii) M ill be held in the . |
Meliiodi-t Church on W -Jnesday evening next \ *
1 at 7 o’clock, Jo receive llviße’l'ori of the Com ' 1
mitleo appointed to cotif "Jih the Total Ab.-ti- , n
nonce Society on the sc f t °f a union of the L,
j two Societie’s. It:
J J4»3 11
II
rj - -, 01 ILL. .An mcct’mj as the
I’evj Uwnem in the ‘ first Presbyterian Church in
Augusta,” will be held on Saturday next, Gilr inst, j
in the Church at 3 o'clock P. M. The object of
thcmeeling is, to consider a resolution which was
Itiiil upon the table at the last meeting in relation 1
‘to thejarchate of an Organ for the Church:
The Pows belonging to the Trust, will be of
lered lor Sale or Jleut at the same time, and will
be disposed of to the higho t bidder.
No preference ran be given to former occu
pants; unless they are willing to give as much i
lor their pews ns they will bring ai public outcry-
A meeting of the Trustees, is requested to be
held at the Lecture Hoorn on Friday afternoon
at .J o clock, to elect a Chairman, ctecrelary and
i reasurer, (.olleclor and Sexton—persons Josh-
ing the 100 latter ■ ffiecs. ate requested to hand \
in their applications to me, previous to the meet- j
ing- WM, POE, Sec’y Pro-tern '
3 4t ~1 1
~AUQUSTA BENEVOLENT'SOCIETY.' * I
Committees appointed for the present month. i
Committee, Division JVo. I.—Mr. P. H. |
Manlz, Mr. John Knight, Mrs. Nancy Junes, Mrs. -
Thomas Gardner. . M
Committee, Division 2.—Doc!. Paul F. I
Lve, Mr. M. M. Brown, As.-s. Elizabeth Cole, I |
Mrs. Anna Mand Stoy. I
Committee, Division .V«. 3.—Mr. Porter
Fleming, Mr. Marlin Wilcox, Mrs. Barna Me I
Kmne, Mis. Ann Berryhill.
All cases ol sickness and distress please report f,
t 0 ' len ’- M. M. BROWN, Suc'v Pro tern. }l
nee, Z‘Z l m 299 # '■*
The ConstantiuiialUt will please copy this. A
OC/* Taken iroin a house near the Post Olilco
a double case Gold Patent Lever WATCH was
chased edges—maker’s name, Roht. Hoskoli Li f
vorpool number 25,800. A liberal reward will (
bo_ given to the person that will return it to this
o.oce. VVatchmakcrs and others are requested
to stop It should it he offered for sale.
November 14 if
Augnsfa guards. 1
A S Si‘9 li, ’« of ‘ he Augusta Guards J
v* il. boheU I Jus ICvening at 7 o’clock. A 4 f
general artedanon is requested, ond the quarterly f./»
(luj'.s will be paid in by onKn* of iho Copt.
W ■ Jl 2 L - ili Sc-:y. m
Wharfi- t
(VOTiCE —An. election for a President ami se- V i
r I I ‘rectors, hr the present year, will ho ,
lir-l.) ftl this oflice «n I ussday, the Dih’mst., hetween
the hours of y ami 2 o'clock,
Jjll 1 ~- t JOHN SHARPS, Treat.
Notice.
q JEUSO.VS who wish their negroes to live apart
iloin thom, or.hin* ihuir lime, will make appli- I
cation.to the City Council, on Saturday next, for I
Licenses. By order. GEO. M WALKER
jm I— 3t— 2 Clerk.. |j
For: Sale.
| /f SHARPS Rank of Augusta Stock, '
A-i 24 do State Rank do
-H do Steam Beat Company do
Apply iff A. J, MILLER. 1
Jan 4 _ _ fit 4 M
Wanted. #t
Aii O' ERSEI,R, who isasinglo man,to lako I®#'
a. a. charge ol a Plantation in Alabama. None Kll
neon apply tint sin’ll as ran produce first rate testi*
mentals o( character. Apply to Kft
Jan 4 —lt 2 IV M. J. HOWARD. JM
Flirptiolosy. I
IVS R OLCUIT is at the Globe, and will con- H
if A vincc any gentleman who may cull on him, ■
id the truth ami practical uliiily of the science, and jm
of his skill and ability to teach it. I
Jaa 1 It* 2 B|
To Uciil. I
House and Garden known as Vtrclcry’s I
JL (situated one mile from Augusta.) Pusses- ■
sion given immediately. Apply to I
Jim ■)—3t 2 CJIAS. H. KENNO.V. M
Aiew ftßissic, I
and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. I
JLSI RECEIVED a large supply ol popular
and fashionable Mt/SJO. Alsn, first rainC/ui- U
tars, I lines \ minis, Ar. for sale at A. Ivuii ttfiiN's ,1
Music Store, No 247, Broad street. fl
iL/'ihano Portcs tuned and repaired. 1 I
Jim 1 & 9
VcssJ riSo4jiai»3»s. f I
■ASK. WILBER, the celebrated Ventriloquist, ,1
J-* “- who lias elbibitod in llie principal Museums I
ot the United States, (with general applause,) res- I
pr.eiliilly announces to the ladies and gentlemen of I
Augusta, His intention of giving a di.-play of’ ofl
powers at the Musonie Hall, on Saturday Evening,
lith inst, wiih an amusing afterpiece liy ibo ■■elelirn- I
led learned Dog APOLLO To conclijJ tviih a I
song and music. Pickets 50 ets, children under 12 H
years of ago, half price. H
DO"for particulars, see bills of the day I
Jau 4 U* i ■
coMfousn svucpok pink hoot. I
' | dll, subscribers have succeeded in preparing a ■?
* compound syrup ol Fink Hoot, which willed- f /
aiitofas definite prescription as the powdered root. lu
i tie dose ol Pink Root, known as one tth tiesf
vermifuges is, 10 to 20 grams, and double Ib ■; , 9
quantity in inlusi.n is necessary to the same effeet
Bill tins syrup eon nins, a concentrate decoct on,
nineb stronger than the infusion, amounting Inal- 1
inosl the wliolo \ irtucs of the substance:
One tenspoonful of this svrnp eonlains the con- I
unitrafed decoction ol 20grains within a small frae- H
Jon, which may be considered ai least, equal to the H
ninium dose of ilie substance which is iu grains
:v\o ipospoonfuls. 20 grains and so on. A slight laxa- V
,iv» power is given by combining in the virtues of B
■linbarb and senna. I H
It is not certain that any uniform antidote lathe
iccasional nei vine effects of Pink Root is knbwnt ■
ant (lie best antidotal power hitherto ascerained,nr
siolochia, serpentana is combined in duo proper- |H
It should by remembered that no vormifugo is un
brmly succc.-tful, even win * warms ars known to
’epresenlv file tijjicianal iillusion is too uenk— W
•ontnmingonlj the lea ol’sea on and a hilt to fifteen V
qrnins to the do k e, whi' h equals, (it the selection of , j
heront be well made,) only three mid a quarter to
even am. a Jiaflj' grains of the substance
tor ibis syrupj i lie best specimens only, nave been
'elected wilh gfeUtraro and me syrup on use, lias
)eeu liaund to jidS.esj, in a very convenient form for . ,
idminietration to children, all the uniformity ofpnw
;r ns a vcrnufngeS, itli lbe root in substance, or tlia
ull powers of it irrtinfusion or decoction. The dqso .
hould be repeated fkjireo times a day, or in utgout
ascs every two or iHlree hours. ‘ I
A constant suppiyfal ways on hand at Apothecary
fall, 232 Broad NlreU
. * ANTONY* HAINES. ,
Jan 4 | 2
E v ‘ r| no of u decreei,ii Chancery, in
- nor Court of Colura\na county, whcreirTSnu- ml
nous ( rawfijrd, adn irusirtSL, r with the will anneif- ■
; d > “• Jessoy W infrey, deceasSoof, is eoniplain« n b and M'
lnme-8 Cartledge, adminisiralor our the estaiool Ad
mi Walker, itccosaod. a net rot, -o u'eiem!a?ti,-., •
vili h© BrtW, aT< o’nmirna Court House, on Ihe li,-/l W
1 uesday in .March next, between the usual I.jiii/of
;aie, eleven negroes, consisting ol imu, women tm.i If
■hildren, to wit, Wallace, Argyle, Dorati, bat!;-, I
busy, Mary, young Fanny, Jinny, Milly apd clul.l ■
[ ulia, and David, a hoy. Sold as llio pr 4 rty of ■
he cslatoof Mis. Julia Wood, decease* Terms iH
ash. GABRIEL JONES, adm’r. »
Jan 4 wtd 2* Cf Julia W’pod, deceased. B
LAOLJI months after date, application will he B
•J made to the Honorable Inferior Court nt Jcffcr- IB
on county, when sitting tor Ordinary purpose, for <B
cine to sell the‘Real "Estate of the lalo Nathan H
irosscl, dec'd ofsaid couniv H
NATHAN BRASSEL.adm-5 B
jan I—;n4t 2 With the will Baft
Ba!iw Police. |SI
\V. J. V'ASO\-<Lntc of Geortriiin K|
1 1. AS removed to iho City of New Orleans; lor K'l
St Ihe purpose of devoting himself to the jirac- tom
ce f LA)\ . , |4
ti FEKENCES—CoI. T. F Foster, Colguett, /M
■ i tli * /■.chills, A. HA rrappoll, //on W t. Daw- Q
,c t lon. John P. King. Muj E B. Beall, Angus- PV
1 1. \ o.; .’filler Ripley* Co Charleston, |H
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