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WILLUU E. JONES. AUGUSTA, GEO., SATURDAY MORNING J|i\r ut i«**«
! JUNE 10, IhSh. |Trx-grcckly.]--Vol. 11.-No. 79
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. ,
A.UOTSTA. 1
Friday Momlnft, Juno 15- |
Loss of the Steamer Muscogee. (
The steamer Muscogee, of Columbus, Ga., |
Capt. H. W. Van Vechten, late in the service of i
the United States, was wrecked in a gale of wind i
and went down about 40 miles to the northward (
of Cape Florida, on the 23d ult. On her pas- (
sage from Indiana River to Apalachicola.
The captain and crew, on the third day of the ]
gale, were obliged to take to the long boat, and 1
after being exposed for four days, without provi
sions or water, on a coast infested with hostile ,
savages, were picked up by the steamer Giraffe- i
The Muscogee was owned in Columbus, and 1
not _ ,
Saturday evening the 7lh inst., steam packet; 1
Neptune, Pennoyer, 59 hours from Charleston
spoke steam Packet New York, for Charleston, (
20 miles south of Sandy Hook, at half past 8 P. ,
M. This is the shortest passage ever made be
tween New York, and Charleston.
The Richmond Inquirer states, on authority,
that tho bank, of dim clly are prepared, and will i
resume specie payments, as soon as the banks of 1
Baltimore have commenced, or will commence
the same dajj I
The Directors of the Mint reports to the Trca- 1
sury Department the following statement of the 1
whole amount of coinage done at the mint du- 1
ring the month of May:
Denomination. Value. No. of pieces.
Half Eagles, 192,295 00 39,059
Quarter Eagles, 21,972 50 8789
Half Dollars, 174,000 00 348,000
Quarter Dollars, 49,000 00 196.000
Dimes, 62,500 00 625,000
Half Dimes, 20,500 00 5.90,000 '
Cents, 8,785 00 878,500 1
Totals, $538,052 50 2,625,348 '
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We learn from a gentleman who lives at the |
Suwannee Springs, says the Tallahassee Watch- 1
Jnan, of the 9ih, that but a short time since a '
man hunting some fifteen or twenty miles from
the Springs, saw some Indians and hastily pro- ,
cccded to the Springs to apprise the people of
their danger. A small party was soon formed t
and went in pursuit of the Indians; upon ap- 1
preaching a large hammock they were fired upon, j
one man was killed and five very seriously woun- f
ded. As the force was small and the Indians '
were protected by tho hammock, it was thought
advisable not to hazard a charge. We have not 1
heard from the neighborhood of the Springs since
the above intelligence : we trust however, that s
there is a sharp look out kept. f
t
j Custom house frauds. i
■ The first case of the seizure of Cloths by ihc !
officers of the New York Custom house, came on c
for trial in the U. S. District Court, in that city,
on Tuesday, the sth, and resulted in the ,
condemnation of upwards of $20,000 worth, the r
quality of which is said to he equal to any ever I
imported. 1
The new trial of Richard H. White, charged i t
with setting fire to ihc Treasury I uildiiig.-, in I
1533, commenced at Washington on the sth inst. '
The following is a copy of ihe Idler, left by
the unfortunate J. W. Miller, who pul an end to
his existence in this city on Monday week, ad
dressed lo the public.
“Augusta, Ga. June 4, 1838.
All yc young men, do not destroy yourselves
with Gambling; if you do, you will destroy your
mind, credit and character. You will never be
happy in this world, and you will always feel
miserable whilst you are on this earth. There is
always away to make a living without Gam
bling.—ln the year 1830, I first gambled, and I
have been miserable ever since. O yo friends,
lake warning from this. Good bye.
Vour most humble.
J. W. MILLER.
From our Corresptndfint.
Washington, June 11th, 1838.
The Globe of Friday evening last contains a
sketch of Thursday’s debate in the Senate,on the’
bill making appropriations for suppressing Indian
hostilities, which is a striking example of that
systematic misrepresentation to which every
member of Congress, who docs not bow his neck
to the yoke of ihe Executive, is subjected in the
columns of the official paper. The Globe’s ac. L
count was designed to give the impression that
Mr. Pueston opened a debate in reference to the
Cherokee Indians, and the Executive’s proceed
ings with respect to them, and called up Mr.
Lumpkin in reply: and the impression is
strengthened by Mr. Lumpkin having given his
reported speech the appearance of being entirely
in answer to Mr. Pueston,
Mr. Pueston has addressed a note to the edi
tor of the Intelligencer, correcting this misrepre.
sentation. The course of the debate was this :
Mr. Pueston made some remarks on the Florida
war, without the slightest allusion to Georgia
affairs. Mr. Lumpkin followed, making no re
ference whatever to Mr. Pukston’s speech, but
going at once and exclusively into a discussion
of the correspondence between John Ross and
the Executive, stating that his object was to dis
abuse the public mind from some erroneous
impressions in regard to it, and declared that the
Exe ; utive of the United States had the authority
of Governor Gilmer for the course he had pursued.
Mr. Pueston replied to this, and contended
that the proceedings of the Executive were
impolitic, and calculated to embarrass Governor
Gilmer and General Scott, and to impede the
execution of the Treaty. He contended, further,
in opposition to Mr. Lumpkin, that Governor
Gilmer did not authorise the extension of the
ime of the removal of the Indians for Ivjo years,
Sic. Sic. Sic.
Gov. Lumpkin replied to these remarks, and
so the debate proceeded. Os Gov. Lumpkin’s
first speech, which opened the whole ground,
and led to the debate, there is no mention in the
Globe.
These two circumstances, which Mr. Preston
says induced him to notice this misrepresenting
of the Globe :
Ist. The Globe, published on the evenintr oj
Ihe debate, contained the extracts from Governor
Gilmer’s letters, which had been read by Mr.
Lumpkin, in the course of his speech on that
day. I
ifdly. Mr. Lumpkin’s speed), as published in
Ihe Globe, manifestly prepared by him, leaves the ,
impression that all ho said on the subject of the
Cherokces had been elicited by Mr. Preston's
remarks, whereas Mr. T-i-umu* procoJtJ that
gentleman, and brought on the discussion.
Knowing as Ido that pains have been taken
to fill Georgia with copies of this particular num
ber of the Globe, for the purposes of par y, I
thought proper at once, to correct some of Us er
rors, and set the matter right.
As to the Globe’s aracks on Mr. Pueston and
Governor Giemeu, the Southern people will treat
them with the scorn and contempt they deserve.
In the House of Representatives to day, Mr.
Puentiss of Mississippi introduced a resolution
setting forth that Congress has no right to inter
fere with the laws of Stales fixing the time and
places of election,am! »h,aUho resolution by which j
the election of Mississippi in November last, was
set aside; ought to be rescinded. It lies over one
day, and was ordered lo be printed.
Mr. Boon made an ineffectual attempt to call
up a resolution fixing a day for the adjournment
of Congress.
A resolution was adopted instructing the Com
mittee on Military Affairs to consider the expedi
ency of taking immediate stops for the erection
of fortifications along our Northern Frontier.
Also a resolution directing the Judiciary Com
mittee to examine the laws relating to piracy on
our inland lakes and other waters.
On motion of Mr. Menkeep a resolution was
adopted, calling on the President for all informa
tion he may possess relative to the attack on the
American steam boat Telegraph, in the British
waters, and the destruction of the British Steam
boat Sir Robert Peel, in the American waters,
with the correspondence that has taken place, be
tween our Government, and the British Authori
ties on the subject.
And also any information ho may possess re
lative to lho concentration and Governments of
British military forces on the frontier.
The motion to reconsider the vote by whicli
the Bill making appropriations for pulling down
the New Treasury Building, and erecting a fire
proof building for the General Post Office, was
laid on the table, came up : And the House re
solved to reconsider : and the question recurring
on laying on the table was negatived.
The question was then put, on concurring with
the Committee in their amendment providing for
the erection of a plain fire proof building on the
present site, in a style corresponding to that of
the other Departments, and limiting the whole
expense lo $150,000.
A loose and desultory discussion arose, after
which another motion was made lo lay the bill
on the tabic : and was carried.
The House then took up several bills relating
to Ihe District of Columbia : and spent the re
mainder of the day on them.
In the Senate to*day, the resolution offered by
Mr. Lyon, last week calling on the President for
further information respecting the disturbances
on the Northern Frontier came up in its order.
Mr. Talemarce remarked, that until more
time should be given to the Executive authority
of the two countries, to settle thq Frontier Diffi,
cullies between them, any information on the
subject would not probably bo acted on by Con
gress; and the call for it would tend to inflame
the public mind. It could do no good, and might
do much mischief; he therefore moved that t)ie re*
solution bo laid ot the table, which was done ac
cordingly.
On motion of Mr. Fueton, of Arkansas, it was
resolved that the Secretary of War, lie requested
lo communicate to the Senate any information he
may possess relative to recent man ifes aliens nfa
hostile disposition on the part of any Indian tribes
bordering upon the State of Arkansas.
On motion of Mr. Linn, the Bill to encourage
the introduction and promote the culture of Tro,
pical Plants in the United States, was considered,
and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
After the reception of a few private petitions in
Senate, on motion of Judge White, went irtlotht
consideration of the Indian Treaties, in Exccutivi
Session, and was engaged with them during tin
remainder of the day. M.
The substance of GEN. HAMILTON’S re
mark's in the Senate of South Carolina, o>
the Resolutions of the House of Representa
tive! respecting the Suh-Treasun/ : Mai
31, 1838.
Alter the reading of the Gen. Ha
millon rose and said that he could not hut regre
the introduction of the topic now presented so
the consideration of the Senate. They had con
vetted to consider one subject, and that of tin
deepest and most afi'ecling inlerost. He had ho
ped all others would have been avoided ; at leas
such as were in the smallest degree calculated U
mar that concord and harmony in which they hat
consummated the noble benefaction by wind
S mlh Carolina had succoured her metropolis
desolated by a calamity so signal and ovcrwhel
ming. This wise and generous office discharged
ho had likewise hoped that they would have beer
permitted to return to their homes with nom
other than those feelings towards each other which
belong to this enlarged benevolence, so munifn
cently performed. liut it seemed this privilege
was to be denied them. They were, at the very
last moment of the session, to bo distracted and
divided. They were to return io their families
with feelings of alienation and distrust towards
each other, by the introduction of esanetially a
party topic; and what is worse, in the form of a
pious crusade against the consciences of a highly
respectable portion of our members in Congress.
!Sir,said Gen. H., South Carolina is too small
a family in this great community of Slates, to be
divided; more especially on a subject of such
doubtful policy as the Sub-Treasury scheme.
The time is coming when from the condition of
public opinion elsewhere on a topic of deep and
irrepressible public interest, we shall not only re
quire a wise and considerate sagacity, invincible
fortitude, and high moral courage, but, above all,
united counsels, the icsult of not only the best
political but the most cordial social relations.
Can we not allow our State one moment of re
pose 1 Must she pass the verge of one agitation
merely to bo hurried into another I Can she ne
ver breathe for one instant in the temperate zone?
We have just come out of one internal contest
which shook South Carolina to its centre,
i hanks be to God, the crisis was passed without
a convulsion or fraternal bloodshed ; and I trust
lam not extravagant in the hope that these in
ternal differences arc buried in the ocean beneath
that wave on which the Halcyon rests her dow
ny bosom in token of tranquility and peace.
Surely vve have enough in the opening pros
pects of our country, to occupy the public spirit
and enterprize of our people. Is not the pathway
which we are making to scale the Allegany, and
by the seeming annihilation of space to form our
commercial connexions with the West, sufficient
to employ our energy 1 Can wc not find a su.
per-abundant excitement in the effort we are mu
king to establish our right of way across the
ocean, and thus to bring back the exchangeable
value ol the fruit of our own industry 1 Must
we seek in an untried experiment—at best of
doubtlul Import, a mere theory in finance—to
concentrate and consolidate party spirit, and give
to its inevitable consequences all the malignity
and intolerance which belong to an insane fana
ticism 1 . i . ,
I have said thus much (said Gen. H.j to in
culcate the councils of peace. I mean, in confor
mity with such a feeling, to submit a motion for
the postponement of tlio whole subject to tile
next session. Tills is the most —yea, it is more
than I hope to obtain. I know that those rcso
lutions on your table come ex cathedra , from the
mintage of a preliminary Caucus. It was per
haps politic that the, manacles and thumb screws
for a portion of our delegation in Congress should
have been forged in the shop before they were
brought into this assembly. Deliberation was
fatal to them. In a clear lield and with a fair
fight they could not have sustained the battery of
discussion for one moment; at least before an un-
Irammeled jury, ofsuch men as once served South
Carolina.
I submit the motion of postponement, because
in all probability ills the only one on which, from
the late hour of the night and the necessity of my
immediate departure from this place, I shall he
able to record my distinct and inflexible opposi
lion to the whole subject before you.
It is, however, time that I should now say a
word or two on the Resolutions themselves.
The iirst resolution asserts as a fact what I do
not know and do not believe—that the Sub
Treasury scheme has found favor with a ma
jority of the people of this stale. 1 believe this to
boa more naked inference. Until Mr. Calhoun
consented to become the foster father of this
Treasury offspring, there were not ten individuals
in the sta'o with whom the unpromising bantling
obtained countenance. Even the very papers
and politicians that now hug the ungainly urchin
to their bosoms, spit upon its puling infancy,
when it seemed to be hanging in all the unecr'
tainlica of existence on the exhausted dugs of its
legitimate parents. It is true that Mr. Calhoun
was able to work the conversion in November
last of about one hundred and twenty live citizens
of this state, who happened to be respectable
members of the Legislature ; and that, too, with
a miraculous suddenness almost equal to that of
the mighty apostle on bis journey to Damascus.
It may be that these hundred and twenty-five
gentlemen have made about enough converts to
serve as an echo to their own voiac, but that the
great body of our people havo considered ibis
subject Ido not believe. It is a subject eminently
uninviting and distasteful, except to minds fa
miliar with financial details. I admit that among
our politicians there is a vast majority in favor ol
the Sub Treasury ; and that strenuous efforts arc
making to form and consolidate a parly on this
question. And I further admit that it may be
about as convenient a one for proscription as can
be designed. Nor do I pretend to say that a
majority of the people may not, by the force of
party discipline, • with proper appliances to boot,’
bo brought to sustain this measure extraordinary
as it may seem. A few clap traps and cant
phrases will often accomplish what the profound
est philosophy can not effect. ‘ The emancipation
of the South from the commercial thraldom of the
North,’and ‘a direct trade with Europe,’from
the flexible lips of a cunning demagogue, will
work wonders; and many honest and deluded
subjects will scarcely give themselves time to ask
how locking up gold and silver in huge Cyclo
pean safes, with a correspondent issue in their
stead of irredeemable continental paper money,
can accomplish this purpose. They will take
the prophecy on trust, until defeat has put the
humbug to ight, or an explosion has brought it
to the comfortable position at which it now
rests—an Independent Treasury perfectly
bankrupt.
At present the people of South Carolina have
regarded the Sub Treasury scheme with about as
much indifference as they have the popular hum
bugs of Animal Magnetism and Phrenology. I
am quite sure they arc equally prepared to sanc
tion our instructing our Senators and Reproscntai
fives to vote for the Exploring Expedition— a
measure of far more innocent responsibility,
which cannot involve the beggary of our people
| and the corruption of our public servants
ihe category, therefore, in this resolution I
'c cannot vote tor without violating my own sense
ic ot veracity.
Let me now say a word on the second resolu.
?- I101 '—“io most piegnant of all,which, hy a cuo
n J? ln 5 device, insinuates an instruction to the re
i- metory members of Congress. At least it enun
,y ciales a fearful admonition.
'2 he resolution is in these words. “ Rewired
a- in die opinion of this Legislature the policy
ot mdieated in those resolutions [that is, the resolu
jr lions approving the sub treasury] is essential to
t- the .test inteiusts of the country; and that amj
le public in-vant who refuses to pieman the same,
j- pursues a course injurious to the welfare and pros
st l‘°W of the Slate.”
to 1 his resolution, Sir, is certainly very modest
id and unpretending. The Legislature has a clear
;h and incontestiblc right to express its opinion that
S| the sub treasury is a measure essential to the best
I. intciests of the country, and that all who dilVur
J, io opinion with them arc pursuing a course iuju.
n rious to its wcUaroaud prosperity. 13ul arc not
ie our members of Congress equally entitled to their
h opinion! Audit it happens to bo precisely tlic
U converse of this dogma, may tficy not solace their
;e consciences wilh the belief flidt in point of fact
y they »re pursuing a coarse best calculated to pro
j mole the prosperity and welfare of the country
s when they oppose the sub treasury scheme! Is
,s not this opinion precisely as broad as it is long!
a And it is narrowed down at last into, sir, your
a opinion; and my opinion, and any hody’sopinion;
y and the declaration sinks into a neutrality about,
t. as absurd is it is harmless. I admit it contains
II a threat; but in this point of view it is not so po,
e Ccntial as to be beyond all human toleration. A
li scarecrow it unquestionably is, but such an onu
as old Muzzleton in the cornfield, that rcspcc able
f personage who has stood for so many years in,
j the same spot, bloated with his straw and dead
. feathers, whom the very rooks may eye wilh per
u feet safely.
I, Si r > those who concocted these resolutions are
I perfectly aware that South Carolina repudiates
the doctrine of instruction. It has never lound
. favour in her eyes. 'J’he example which has
, been cited of the instructions sent to our dclega.
. tion to oppose the tariff, do not apply. They
I were intended to strengthen, not to weaken, our
t delegation; to give them confidence in (heir
. course; not to violate their consciences; because
I ihcy were known to concur with the unanimous
l opinions ol nearly our whole people on that toi
. pic. The cll’ort before us is certainly the first
, settled design to instruct, and hy indirection to
. reach the conscience of a rcfaclory member.
I do not propose, sir, at this lime, to discuss
the doctrine of instruction. I must however, us
t sumo the privilege of saying that according to
r my humble view the exercise of this doctrine itt
-1 volvcs as gross an usurpation and fallacy in politi
■ cal ethics as can well be conceived.
; In the first place, the constitution gives us the
right to elect, but gives us no right to depose, our
1 Senators—the very end and scope of tho exercise
, of the right of instruction. If it was designed'
, that we should exercise this formidable powc, it
I ought to have been given hy an exploits grant in
f the constitution; otherwise its assumption must
3 bo usurpation.
e 2l is ti lallacy, because it proceeds likewise on
y the modest assumption that we arc better inforui
,- ed on the subject on which the member of the.
National Congress is to exercise his judgment and
. conscience, than himself—although specially
. within his constitutional jurisdiction and compo
r loncc; and for the exercise of his Pee and unbi
,, assed suffrage he is responsible to (dud and his
. country.
J his is not all. The practice itself is calculu.
; l 3° work an entire change in our system of
government, by substituting the legislation of our
Wtale legislatures for the legislation of Congress.
Does the constitution make our members of Con
gress our sieves 1 No. The venom of faction,
; disgusting arrogance, and the conceits of over
weening vanity, may attempt to force them to
• be so.
II those objections hold in the abstract against
t the right ol instruction,what force do they acquire
when applied to the present occasion and to the
j persons against whom the Resolutions on your
, table are levelled.
I It is known that one of our Senators and it is
3 believed that three of our Representatives in
- Congress arc opposed to the Sub-Treasury
scheme. It is rumored that this project is at its
i j uat B» e P. and that it has been intimated that un
less these mein hers can he made to violate their
, consciences and vote lor the measure, it must
, perish ; for as it is in a minority of the people of
. the Union, no hope of its passage can bo cnlcr
i tuined except the deed be now done, and done
\ 9‘t‘ck 3-
i I.ikc good liege subjects wo are therefore sum
. moned to the scaffold to witness the infliction of
the actual cautery or the rack, in case of non com
i plianco qn the part of our public agents-
I.et in a now pause to ask whether this ignoble
tyranny is worthy of the ancient repute of South
Carolina ] Where is the chivalry that once
graced her renown] Where the magnanimity
and confidence with which she has always treat
cd her public servants ]—a confidence which was
the nurse of manly sentiment, inflexible indepen- i
deuce, and of a public virtue that scorned all temp
lalion, save the inducement to serve her wilh ,
■ honesty, fidelity, and truth. Alas, they are all ,
giving way to a spirit of vulgar Loco Focoism, ,
in the promotion of which tho first essential '
slop is to violate all that belongs to the pride anti |
honor of such servants as South Carolina once j
had. It is true, we have had precedents (rum .
other stales quoted foron.r imitation and instruc- .
lion. They are no authority, sir, in South Car
olina. Lot those States, if they will, practice
their despotism, but let thorn keep it to tcmselvcs. J
We will have none of it. At least I know I
speak for these who arc beyond the reach of my 1
voice, whs when the temporary delusions of this *
question have passed, will visit with their deepest '
reprobation this attempt to violate the freedom J
■ ol opinion and the sacred right ol conscience.
1 know not, sir, how that portion of our dele,
gallon against whom it js aimed, will receive this
compulsory process. Whether they will consent J
to surrender their,judgement to save what they ’
believe to be a pernicious and unwise project, 1
from distruclion. I trust they will let the vagrant '
die, whether he, expires from inanition or a vio- J
lent death; whether he dies in a ditch, or gives up
the ghost secundcm iirlem after the most approv
ed phlebotomy of the doctors. I hope they will '
refuse to serve even on tho Coroners inquest— 1
and maintain throughout what belongs to tho *
courage of a Southern gentleman, who fears, f
next to his God, a violation of his own honor and
sense of propriety.
I.et me tell them, in a voice loud enough I J
trust through the press at least to bo heard, that '
public confidence is not to be purchased in South 1
Carolina by subserviency, but by independence;
not by timidity, but by fearlessness. Let them
do what they regard to bo right. If public duty, 1
Ins any other rule than Ibis, I can only say, sit, '
that we have read to precious little purpose the
memorials which those who have gone before us |
in the State have bequeathed for our instruction. I
It is understood that these resolutions arc espe
1 daily levelled at one of onr Senators. V'ou can
) not mistake rue, sir, I allude to Mr. Preston.
; Professing, as 1 do, a grout personal regatd and
•
respect for this gentleman, it is known that my
relations with his colleague are far more in'imate.
I have ventured to differ with Mr. Calhoun, and
to think him wrong on the question which now
agitates the country, without affecting in the
slightest degree the relations to which I refer
and which it will be both my pride and pleasure
to cultivate, in despite of the proscription with
which those who claim now to he his exclusive
friends may visit my honest difference of opin
ion with one to whom I have been personally
and politically devoted for the last ten years.'
Hut these considerations shall not prevent my
doing justice to his colleague. Why, then, I ask
is he selected lor the sacrifice! Does ho not
stand precisely where he did when ho was war
ring against the overshadowing despotism of Gen.
Jackson’s administration! If it was right and
consistent to oppose that administration, is it the
less so to ho found in the ranks of opposition to
his successor’s, whose first claim to puidic conli..
deuce was the annunciation that he would lollow
in the footsteps of his illustrious prototype! Is
not this very Sab Treasury system lire sequel of,
(ion. Jackson’s despotic grasp to take the public
treasure ol tho country into the hands of the Ex.
ceutive! Does not Mr. I’rcston stand precisely
where he did when he was theolrjectof the high
est public favour at home! It is true, that with
perhaps a less stern and enlightened forecast, he.
could not emulate the boldness of his colleague
in quilting his old allies at tho very moment ol
approaching victory, lost victory to his party
should bo worse than defeat. Hut tins fidelity to
old friends with whom he had long battled, is
surely not an object of moral reprobation. It is
at best but n weakness, which in the estimate of
some will bo quite as amiable, if not ns respecta.
ble, us that enlarged sagacity which looks at poli
tics with the same coolness with which it would
regard a theory in metaphysics. t
11 I am not mistaken, sir, Mr. Preston, on the
occasion when Mr. heigh of Virginia received
tho instructions by which that Commonwealth
was pleased to instruct him out of his seal, initio
rated very distinctly that ho was no convert to
the doctrine. 1 hope that rny memory has ser
ved me right, and that while Mr. Preston is pic
pared to treat the communication which ho will
doubtless receive from our presiding officer with
the most perfect respect, ho will at the same time
he .prepared to maintain his own independence,
and the rights which belong to him ns a Senator
representing the people of this State in their so
vereiga capacity.
I must confess there is something in the situa
tion ol this gentleman which commands both my
sympathy and consideration. Although he was
educated, married, and has lived among us almost
from his childhood, yet ho is, in one sense of the
word, a stranger; but a stranger whom wc have
honored, because he was worthy of being hono
red. He is a native ol another Stale. 1 ask my
self, ii his colleague stood in his place would
this threat he hurled,at his head! And I ask my
self whether it becomes tho oldmnd long appro,
v«d hospitality of South Carolina—that senti
ment which is the very religion of our hearth
stones—thus to treat one who possesses the stron
gest claims to our protection and csleem—one
who lias thrown afresh halo around the genius
of our own State—the vigor, the power, the
beauty ol whose eloquence, and lofty public spi
: rit, have ridded an attractive grace to a moral
worth which renders his character free from all
suspicion or reproach.
Men of the Stale Eights party, are you pre
pared to sacrifice a man who in the hour of peril
stood by you with unfaltering courage and devoo
lion,and threw his whole sou) into your contest,
and gnvnlo it the unsurpassed treasures of a ge
nius and elocution rich, various, and resplendent?
I know, sir, it has been said by some that Mr.
Preston is a friend and perhaps an adherent of
Mr. Clay. This may or may not bo true; hut 1
would ask bow long is it since, oven if he should
prefer the champion of the West to Mr. Van Du
ron, such a preference is to be visited not alone
with censure but positive punishment! Hus our
Stqtß.sJid, by the easy gradations of an increasing
love, into the arms of the Administration! Do
members acknowledge “the soft impeachment!”
Things have strangely altered. Not six months
since, I was the object if not of denunciation ut
least of distrust, because I was suspected of a 100
friendly regard for the present Chief Magistrate—
and this because 1- bed never condescended to
abu-o him, but uniformly treated him with the
consideration his kindness to mo personally de
served at my hands. And now, forsooth, 1 am
charged with a devotion to Mr. Clay, because, I
presume, from a similar motive of self respect I
am disposed to carry a civil longue in my bead in
relation to both gentlemen. Sir, ns I do rot mean
to take the bounty, i am resolved not to - nlist for
the vyar. I have therefore heard with inexpresst-1
blc surprise that a secret combination of the old
leaders is on foot in this Slate to give its vole to
Mr. Clay. I know not who the Guy Faux of
this conspiracy is; but so fur as so humble an in
dividual us myself is concerned, 1 know the path
which leads to rny own independence and happi
ness; that is to my own home and the duties of
my home. Ido not emulate the renown of any
Guy Warwick. I
It is the last time I ever expect to hear the
sound of rny voice in this Hall. I have been, \
for the last sixteen years of rny life, in various ,
stations in tho service of South Carolina. This i
reflection only augments the sense of the obliga- i
lions I owe her. I am gratified that on this •
last night of my service tho opportunity has been
afforded mo of lifting up my voice in defence of ,
public liberty and private right.
Get me, then, again conjure you, that upon a \
subject so utterly worthless us how the poor
lucre of this government is to he deposited, you |
do not distract and divide our people, recently so ,
thoroughly and cordially united. Permit us to I
return home in peace and good will. If the do t
vouring clement has scattered desolations in its
track, and sent the broad glare of its disastrous \
light into the very concave of the heavens, under i
the blessing of God we have decreed that the fair '
structures shall rise from their ashes with reno- !
valed beauty, and the cherished metropolis of ’
us all again lie the abode of cheerful industry and '
manly enterprise, if, however, this privilege is
denied to us—if I stand alone with my friend t
from Sumter, I trust I shall be found to stand, in 1
that lust act of my public life, in that position 1
which comports best with all that belongs to the !
authentic public sense, public principles, and
public honor, of South Carolina,
MARRIED,
On the fith inst. by the Rev. John I’,. Dawson, i
Dr. Jesse M. Vabon to Miss Lucy M. Reuse, both t
of Madison, Ga.
DIED,
Os congestive fever, in Wriglitsboro, Ga. on the
morr log of the Hth inst. Mark A. Candi.er, in
the fifteenth yonr of Ids nge He was n kind a nil
obedient child, lender and affectionate brother, anil
a sincere friend to nil around him. Such was Ins
placid disposition, that to know him, was to love
him. i
Death steals along with silent trend,
Found oflcnesl. in what least we dread,
Frowns in tin: storm with angry brow (
And in llit sun -hinc strikes flit blow
nr i mn —niwi in —iiiiriiiiwwSir--V --•*•***“■
DOCT. EVANS’ MEDICINE: Djspep
sin mikl riypoclioiidriitciMii—lnterest
ing ease.—Mr. Win. Salmon, Green st, above 3rd,
Philadelphia, afflicted fur several years vviih tlio
following distressing symptoms; sickness ol llio
»timmc.li, headache. dizziness, palpitation of llio
heart, impiiircd appclllo, snmotinies m id and pu
trescont eructation, coldness and w ol.ness of llio
extreme) its, emaciation and general debility,dis
tnrlmd rest, a sense of pressure and bent at llio
stomach after eating, night mute, groat msnlsl
despondency, severe Hying pains in tin (dost, buck
. and sides, cosliveness, involuntary sighing and
weeping, languor and lassitude upon the least ex
ercise. Mr Enlmon had applied to the most emi
nent physicians, b h-i considered it beyond the
power of medicine to instore him to health; howe
ver, as his alllictions had reduced him to a very
deplorable condition, and having been recommen
ded by n relative of bis to make a trial of Dr Win.
Evans' rnedieine, bo with difficulty repaired to
the office and procured a package, to which ho
says, lie is indebted for Ins restoration to life,
health and friends, lie is now enjoying all the
blessings of perfect henllb. Kvans’ Medicine or
sale only by ANTONY & HAINES,
»pril 80 332 liman street
moke conclusive i>;.oorsof tim
111 extraordinary efficacy of Dr. MM/. EVAN'S
rrMirntnl CAMOMH.Emd A!‘ hit I[.NT ANTI
IitLIOIJS TII.LS , in alleviating afflicted mini
kind.—Hubert Cameron, 101 lloivcry, N. V. lbs
ease, Chronic Dysentery, nr Bloody Klnx. Symp
toms, unusual (latnlency oftlio bowels, severe grip
ing, frequent inclination to go to stool, tenesmus,
loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, frequency of
pulse, and n frequent discharge of a fiend Kind of
matter mixed with blood, great debility, sense of
burning bent, with an intolerable bearing down of
the pails. Mr. Cameron is enjoying perfect health,
and returned his sincere thanks fur I lie groat benefit
bo Imd received. Will. KVANS.
To James Dickson, 30 Co.nliill, Hostou,
Agent for the sale of Dr. Kvans’ Camomile Pills:
t Lowell, November 15, 183(5.
Dear Sir—Knowing by experience Dial every
reference that the afflicted, receive of the beneficial
results of medicines, 1 cheerfully offer mine to the
public, in behalf of Dr. Win. Evans' Camomile
Pills. I have been afflicted lor the last ten years,
with distress in the head and chest, often so had
as to deprive me of sleep lor three or four nights iq
siicee ision, but have nover found relief by any of
my friends' prescriptions, until my wife saw the
advertisement in the paper ; when she persuaded
me to send for seme, which I did, mid obtained two
boxes and bottles, which resulted in almost com
pletely restoring me to health, although 1 have not
entirely finished them. Should you consider this
any benefit to yourself, or the public, you have my
cheerful permission to publish it
Yours, respectfully,
THOMAS K. COODIIII K,Conlral-Ht
The above mentioned Pills nru lor sale only by
ANTONY & HAINES,
mar 33 Solo Agents for Augusta, Ga.
, A GREAT HAIMJAInT
f DAI IE subscriber being determined to emigrate to
.1. tbn west, olli-rs lor sale Ins valuable I next of
land, containing three thousand acres, situate
and lying in Jackson county, Ga.mi Die Mulberry
l-'ork ol Oconee river, the residence immediately on
the ling mountain and main Alabama road,rations
oilier roads intersecting at the same place, viz ; the
Milledgovillo road lending to M inn's Kerry, on
Chattahoochee, Hurricane Shoal road, leading to
Carnosvillo and South Carolina. Great part ol tho
above land is red mulatto land, of superior quality ;
■ 100 acres of rich river low grounds; about BUO acres
. cleared, great part fresh anil in good repair, abound
ing with siipo’b springs, well improved, with a con
venient framed dwelling house, two story high, on
a most splendid eminence; an excellent Colton
1 and Threshing machinery, and all other necessary
out houses. No place is batter calculated for pub
lic business of any kind, in the up country. Scvn
rai convenient settlements on the promises, not in
terfering with each other The whole can bo pur
chased Ibr nine thousand dollars, one third in, ad
vance,'he b Dinned in two annual payments, which
is not more limn two thirds ol the real value
Likely young negroes will bo taken nl their value,
april 13 vv.'tm UAUHISUN TJWIIMONU.
GEORGIA LIME IVOKKS,
rnllE subscribers respectfully inform the pub-
A lie that limy have commenced ihc
manufactory of LIME near Jucksonborough, in
Seri von county, Ga. They have extensive qimr
riesof Limestone, which is considered byprofns
snr J K Colling, Smlc Geologist, to whom the
proprietors arc indebted Inr the in/brrrnlion
which induced them to embark in Die undertaking,
to be of the very purest kind. They have conse
quently erected large and substantial Kilns in
the most approved manner, and procured men
from the North who are perfectly acquainted w ith
tho business. A portion of the Lime is now in
market and lias Mean pronounced by the principal
builders in the neighborhood of Augusta, and
others, to boos excellent quality. 'The subscri
bers lake pleasure in inyjiing those who take on
interest in the ilovelopemetil of tho internal resonr
ces of Georgia, to examine it, being convinced that
tho whole Dulled Sinus cannot produce a more
beautiful article.
They have now a quantity on hand, w Inch they
will deliver at the mouth of Drier Creek on tlw;
Savannah river, or at Augusta. Having extensive
preparations in progress, they expect to ho ablo
during the next winter and spring to supply or
ders to a very large amount; and they have every
reason to believe that they will entitle lliemsolvis
io the favor and patronage of the public hy pro
ducing u cheaper and better article at borne than
■ ini be found abroad.
Orders will be received My D Kirkpatrick & Co.
or My Tims L Smith at Augusta, or Jneksonhoro’.
CORNELIUS & SMITH,
may 7 itawdif-wtf
miIEOLOGICAE CONTUOV ERBY.
JL The Uov. Alexander Campbell of Virginia, so
celebrated on account of bis controversy with Mr.
Owen, on llio irnlliof the Christian religion, and
subsequently with Bishop I’urcell, on the Catholic,
question, Inis been endeavoring to establish the dog
ma ol ENDLESS 111.1.1, I OUM t.jNTS, in con
troversy with Kev. Dolphin Skinner, of Utica, N. Y'
This discussion will appear i-nliie in the columns of
Dio 44 Evangelical Univorsalist,” a quarto
weekly shei I, published in Macon, Geo, by Gregory,
Andrew s & Hull, at 83 per annum for a single
copy—Bb lor two copies, and 820 (or ten copies.—
Those who riAiti', read both sides ol ibis important
question would do well to subscribe for Die Journal
containing the Debate. Orders respectfully solici
ted by tbc proprietors, altlie llniversalisl Book and
I’rinting Establishment, corner of-lib and .Mulberry
streets, and nearly opposite the Host Office, Macon.
Another recent test ol the ,iiniivaUcd
virtues of Dr. Win. Evans’ Medicines...
Dyrpfpoia — 'Tinyear* standing —Mr. J. McKenzie,
whs afflicted with the above complaint for ten
years, which ineapaciatod with him at intervals, for
six years, in attending to bis business, restored In
perfect health, under tho salutary treatment of Dr,
Win. Evans.
The principal symptoms were, a sense of disten
sion and oppression after eating, distressing pain in
the pilot the stomach, nausea, impaired appetite
giddiness, palpitation of the heart, great debility
and emaciation, depression of spirits, disturbed
rest, sometimes a billions vomiting ants pain in Die
right side, an extreme degree of langour and faint
ness, any endeavor to pursue bis business causing
immediate oxaustion and weariness.
" Mr. McKenzie is daily attending bis business,
and none of llio above symptoms have recurred *
since ho used tho above medicine Ho is now a
strong and licrltby man. He resorted to myriads
ol remedies, but they werenll ineffectual.
Forks ale by ANIONV & HAIAES
march H Solo agents (or Augusta, Geo
it A \A W V V from tho house of
rAYrax Bradley Kimbrough, in Green county,
on llio3olb April, a large hay horse,
(ffiwoll formed, black inline and tail,
I' 'paces well; no mark* recollected.-.
Any person finding and delivering the
said horse to me at Dio Glurdee Gross Hoads, Put
nam county,shall receive twenty dollars, or nnyiii
formation respecting him will bo Dmnkfullv re
ceived; some person mav have cut off tins mane on 1
tail surer he lull. BEVERLY B. ‘■LAUGHTER,
may 33 4lw