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__ r ii f Til'll w? tavi,' e " " ~ —~—- ■■ ■ '■ —— si ' ' * ' * AUGUSTA, GUO., THURSDAY EVEAT-VG, MARCH O, 1837. rScnii-wecklv.l-V«l. l -x.. - ■—-- 1 - 1 — 1— ! * * .mi DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY‘ At No. 201 Broad Sired. TERMS. —Daily paper, Ton Dollars por annum in advance. Semi-weekly paper, at Five Dollars as heretofore in advance, or Six at the end of the year. Weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of the year. ftg , -'■***-*-' —— ll ""' - :=aa S Wednesdays Mnrcli 8. 1837. Col. Julies C. Alford, member of Congress from tills State, arrived in this city last evening, on his way home from Washington City, and took lodgings at the United States Hotel. We lay before our readers to day an account of the Inauguration'of President Van Huron, and also his Inaugural Address, received by the Express Mail this morning, from our Washington City i 1 Correspondent —the length of which excluded I a quantity of other matter prepared for this paper. The remainder of our letter from Washington, I which relates to the adjournment of Congress will be published to-morrow. GEORGIA RAILROAD STOCK. We are informed that a sale of 135 Shares of ■ the Stock of the Georgia Rail Road Company, was made a day or two since, at SBS per share, I for §OS paid in. MECHANICS’ BANK STOCK. The one thousand shares advertised to bo sold at auction yesterday by the Messrs. Jackson's, were disposed of as follows: 33 shares at §3B, premium ; 70 at 28}, H at 28 J, 139 at 29, 130 at 30, 20 at 30}, ICO at 31, 10 at 32, 5 at 32}, ■ 355 at 13,20 at 34, 30 at 35, oat 37, and 10 shares at 39—terms, the premium to bo paid this week, the capital to bo paid within twenty days, with 8 per cent, interest from the Bth March. FROM EUROPE. The packet ship Independence arrived at New York on the 3d instant, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 25th Jan. Wo have toom only for the Commercial intelligence brought ■ by this vessel, which will be found under the pro- H per head.—lt is the opinion of the Captain of the j I. that the ship Eric, about which so much has I been said, is not lost. GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK. K We have not time to publsh the particulars of PI a fire which occurcd in Now York on the 2d inst. H'l he fire originrted in the cellar of a large si x-slorv No. 77 Water street, occupied by Poll cn & Colgate, as a paint store, and was arrested E|Jhy the fire-proof store at the corner of Burling- EP Slip and Front-street, after having destroyed KgS buildings and other property, it is said, to the amount of §200,000, which is supposed to be B nearly covered by insurance. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. “In the midst of life wo are in death.” Mr. 'jdjwjlAbram Hardis, of Beach Island, was returning S«piomc from a visit to his sister, on Tuesday cvcn- Ijing last, when his horse took fright—liecame nn- Mhanßgoablc, and dashed him against a tree with H momentum which immediately terminated his SHBxistcncc. Mr. Hardis was 25 years old and has HBft a wife and one child, together with a numcr ■j SMus circle of friends to lament his untimely loss. SMB- Courier of yesterday. H. [from our correspondent.] THE INAUGURATION. ■ Washington, Saturday, March 4,1837. ■ Today Martin /in Burcn, of New York, was BEBstallcd into the office of President of the United ;;l*ates,a„d Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, in ■ that of Vice President; and the new Senators United States were duly qualified. day was remarkably favorable. The snow of Thursday had given way to bright skies, KHcl a temperate and dry atmosphere. The Senate at 10 o’clock. Ladies who were admitted on introduction of Senators, occupied all the without the bar and in the aisles. The galle wore full to overflowing. The President pro- H called the Senate to order at 11 o’clock, and ,;®Ppn after the Vice President elect made bis ap- leaning on the arm of Senator Grundy. B oath was administered to him immediately by King, who then resigned the Chair, and con- HBtcJ Vice President Johnson to it. The latter Wagm i made a short address expressive ofhis thanks honor conferred on him. The next busi was to administer the oath to the new Scna- Ml, & those members of the old Senate who have mm re-elected. About half past 11, thc'Ministers gB the different Foreign Courts, followed by the BHnllemcn connected with their legations, entered :/ '. lh« Chamber, arrayed in their various and magni- costumes, which contrasted strikingly with republican plainness and simplicity of the AABmators, and their presiding officer. The Lions BEthc day, the President elect and Ex-President, yjfer. made their appearance. They had come jflfca the Palace in the carriage lately presented Jackson, and made from the timbers of Constitution. They were escorted by of Cavalry, and two companies of Infun- and fallowed by an immense concourse of The Ex-President looked pale and cma- Bd. The President elect was calm and com pi as usual. After sitting awhile, the assem iHWtn the Senate chamber proceeded to the East jwrßotrtico of the Capitol, where the oath was ffßtolnisteied to Mr. Van Huron; and he read a printed copy his Inaugural Address, of 1 send you a copy. His ceremony having been finished, the pro went back to the White House, were the ’ held his first levee, and which was [ by an immense assemblage. The faith just now celebrating (heir triumph with a 1 and there is to be, in the evening, one of bulls that have ever been given in Biington. The new President will bo there, old President too, perliaps. Hundreds beautiful and accomplished women who f H^BL C3i<3cd at tIIC metro l’ o,is during this season, i^P lve lustre ‘o ‘be scene by their presence i WgM v : w b°le is to end with a magnificent suppci | 0 HB llich tbe l >r °b |s ' on and luxury are to outdo S'' IWS ° VCr b ° Cn donc in the United States. < for Democracy, and the Democracy’s ' Chief! ; TIIF. CHRONICLE ANU SENTINEL. HtFEITURE OF BANK CHARTERS.” rcccnt number of the Constitutionalist start/ini' doctrine, relative to haul Wmm™’ is put forth > vu '■ *ba‘ when the majorii; |H| ‘lock of any bank in Georgia should hi „ SolJ by ,he ori S* nal stockholders, they being citi zens of Georgia, to citizens of other States, such sale relinquishes to the sovereign power which „ created the corporation, the very act which con * stunted ‘hem a body corporate; and that after ir , SUcba radical change in the organization of a banking corporation, nothing else is to be donc, but a declaration by the sovereign authority, that - thc barter of incorporation Iras been forfeited,and s is t 0 bc considered null and void. Now, it so hap h Pons, that any citizen of the United States, can, d b y ‘bo very charters of our banks, own stock in any, and all of them; and there is no law regu lating thc quantity. The charters simply pro f vide that the directors must own in their own a right, a certain number of shares, and they must s be citizens of the State, Further than this, there ! * s 110 statute law on the subject. I tako it for 1 granted, that a Stale cannot, by an act of its Le . gislature, deprive nn individual, or a corporation, , of their legal and vested rights; and I will ask 1 those who, for party purposes, claim an omnipo tent power for the Legislature, above tho law, and the constitution, how the Legislature of a P State can resume its grants I It will bo for those who maintain a doctrine so destructive to tho ’ peace and welfare of our common country, to 1 show tho principles upon which it rests. It will bo incumbent on them also, to fix thc limits and boundaries ot so startling a. doctrine, and to , show what arc, and what are not, such practices and uses, on the part of our corporations, as to give to the Legislature of Georgia this tremen | dous power of resumption and revocation. Before a corporation can bo deprived of its | charter, it must bo proven in a court of law, that the chartoi has been violated in some of its funda mental provisions; for a charter is legally and technically a contract, as much so as a grant of land, and thc Legislature cannot “ repeal,” or in any manner “alter or impair the rights and privi leges conferred by a charter, against tho consent and without tho default of thc corporation, judi cially ascertained and declared.” It is possible that thc writer of the article in thc Constitutionalist, in his blind devotion to parly, and the powers that were, has forgotten that wc live under a written Constitution, by which tho States of this confederacy arc strictly prohibited from passing laws impairing tho obligations of contracts ; and, he probably docs not know, that the highest judicial tribunal of tho country, upon which, in times like these, every lover of his country’s freedom should look with holy rever ence, has declared, “ that a grant amounts to an extinguishment of tho right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right—that a grant from a State is as much protected by tho operation of t tho Constitution, as a grant from one individual to another, and tho State is as much inhibited from impairing its own contracts to which its is a party, as it is from impairing the obligation]) of contracts between two individuals.” If tho Senior Editor of tho Constitutionalist would carefully examine tho fundamental laws, as well as thc constitution of the country in which , he lives, I think that some of his absurd and tie , struclive opinions would undergo a change for tho bettor; but should they fail to make an im pression on ids mind, and should ho continue (as he has promised) io spread beforo his readers his crude and revolutionary dogmas, he had better adopt at once, as his text and guide, tho declara tion of that distinguished leveller Jack Cade, who, in a fit of patriotic excitement, cried out to his deluded followers, “ away, burn all the re cords of the realm, my mouth shall be the Par liament of England, and henceforward all things shall be in common." SIDNEY. Inaugural Address. Fellow Citizens! The practice of all my predecessors imposes on me an obligation I cheerfully fulfil, to accom pany the first and solemn act of my public trust with an avowal of the principles that will guide me in performing it, and an expression of my feelings on assuming a charge so responsible and vast. In imitating their example, I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors, it is our happiness to behove arc not found on the ex ecutive calendar of any country. Among them, wo recognise tho earliest and firmest pillars of tho republic; those by whom our national indepen dence was first declared; him who, above all o tbers, contributed to establish it on the field of battle ; and those whose expanded intellect and patriotism constructed, improved, and perfected tho inestimable institutions under which wc live. If such men, in the position I now occupy, felt ■ themselves overwhelmed by a sense of 'gratitude ■ for this, the highest of all marks of their country’s ■ confidence, and by a consciousness of their ina . hility adequately to discharge the duties of an of fice so difficult and exalted, how much more must 1 these considerations affect one, who can rely on 1 no sitch claims for favor or forbearance. Unlike . all who have preceded me, tho revolution, that gavojus existence as one people, was achieved at 1 the period of my birth; and while I contemplate ! with grateful reverence that memorable event, I 3 feel that I belong to a later ago, and that I may not expect my countrymen to weigh my actions . with thc same kind and partial hand. f So sensibly, fellow citizens, do those circum ‘ stances press themselves upon mo, that I should f not dare to enter upon my path of duty, did I not f look for the goncrous aid of those who will bo as sociated with me in tho various and co-ordinate branches of the Government; did I not repose, * with unwavering reliance, on tho patriotism, tho - intelligence, and the kindness, ol a people who ~ never yet deserted a public servant honestly la boring in tbolr cause; and, above all, did I not permit myself humbly to hope for the sustaining ' support of an ever-walchful and beneficent Provi s donee. J To tiro confidence and consolation derived from j- these sources, it would bo ungrateful not to add those which spring from our present fortunate condition. Though not altogether exempt from '■ embarrassments that disturb our tranquility at e home and threaten it abroad, yet, in all the atlri g butes of a great, happy, and flourishing people, we stand without a parallel in thc world.—Abroad, wc enjoy the respect, and, with scarcely an exccp a tion, tho friendship of every nation; at home, if while our Government quietly, but efficiently, n performs thc solo legitimate end of political insti ; tutions, in doing the good to tho greatest number, wo present an aggregate of human prosperity s surely not elsewhere to be found. 0 How imperious, then, is the obligation imposed i, upon every citizen, in Iris own sphere of action, ; whether limited or extended, to exert bimsclt in ’ perpetuating a condition of things so singularly ] happy. All the lessons of history and experience 0 must be lost upon us, if wc arc content to trust alone, to the peculiar advantages wc happen to ’ s possess. Position and climate, and the bounteous resources that nature has scattered with so liberal a hand—even thc diffused intelligence and eleva ted character of our people—will avail us nothing if we fail sacredly to uphold those political hi ” stitutions that were wisely and deliberately it formed, with reference !o every circumstance , that could preserve, or might cud : nger, the blc.-s --ings we enjoy. The thoughtful trainers ot our l y 1 constitution legislated for our country as they at j found it. Looking upon it with tire eyes oj ■ statesmen and of patriots, they saw all tho sour , ecs of rapid and wonderful prosperity ; but they L caw also that various habits, opinions, and in stitutions, peculiar to tho various portions of so vast a region, were deeply fixed. Distinct so vereignties were in actual existence whoso cor , dial union was essential to tho welfare and hap piness]of all. Between many of them there was at least to some extent, a real diversity of inter ests, liable to be exaggerated through sinister de signs; they differed in size, in population, in wealth, and in actual and prospective resources and power; they varied in tho character of their industry and staple productions ; and in some existed domestic institutions, which, unwisely disturbed, might endanger tho harmony of tho whole. Most carefully wore all those circum stances weighed, and tho foundations of tho new Government laid upon principle* of reciprocal concession and equitable compromise. Tho jeal ousies which thc smaller States might entertain of tho powor of thc rest wore allnyod by a rule of representation confessedly unequal at (ho time, and designed forever to remain so. A natural fear that the broad scopo of general legislation might bear upon and unwisely control particu lar interests, was counteracted by limits strictly drawn around tho action of the federal authority; and to the people and tho states was loft unimpair ed their sovereign power over thc innumerable subjects embraced in the internal government of a just republic, excepting such only as necessari ly appertain to tho concerns of tho whole confed eracy, or its intercourse, as a united community, with the other nations of tho world. This provident forecast lias boon verified by time. Half a century, teeming with extraordi nary events, and elsewhere producing astonish ing results had passed along; hut on our institu tions it has left no injurious mark. From a •mall community, wc have risen to n people pow erful in numbers and in strength; but with our in crease has gone, hand in hand, tho progress of just principles; tho privileges, civil and religious, of thc humblest individual are still sacredly pro tected at homo; and, while tho valor and forti tude of our people have removed far from us tho slightest apprehension of foreign power, they have not yet induced us, in a single instance, to forget what is right. Our commerce has been extended to tho remotest nations; the value, and even nature, of our productions has been great ly changed; a wide difference has arisen in tho relative wealth and resources of every portion of our country; yot tho spirit of mutual regard and of faithful adherence to existing compacts, has continued to prevail in our councils, and nev er long been absent from our conduct. Wo have learned by experience u fruitful lesson : that nn implicit and undeviating adherence to tho princi ples on which we set out can carry us prosperously onward through all tho conflicts of circumstances, uud the vicissitudes inseparable from tho lapse of years. Tho success that has thus attended our great experiment, is, itself, a sufficient cause for grati tude, on account of tho happiness it has actually confcrcd, and tho example it has anawerahiy gi ven. But to mo, my fellow-citizens, looking forward to thc far-distant future, with ardent pray ers and confiding hopes, this retrospect presents a ground for deeper delight. It imprscsea on my mind a firm belief that tho perpetuity of our in stitutions depends upon ourselves; that, if wo maintain thc principles on which they were es tablished, they are destined to confer their bene fits on countless generations yet to coma; and that America will present to every friend of man kind thc cheering proof, that a popular Govern ment, wisely formed, is wanting in no element of endurance or strength. Fifty years ago, its ra pid failure was boldly predicted. Latent and un controllable causes of dissolution were supposed 1 to exist, even by tho wise and good ; and ’ .it on ly did unfriendly or speculative theorists antici pate for us tho fate of past republics, but tho fears of many an honest patriot overbalanced his san guine hopes. Look back on those forebodings, not hastily, hut reluctantly made, and see how, in every instance, they have completely failed. An imperfect experience, during tho struggles of the revolution, was supposed to warrant a be lief that the people would not bear the taxation requisite to discharge an immense public debt al ready incurred, and to defray tho necessary expen ses of the Government. Tho cost of two wars has been paid, not only without a murmur, but with alacrity. No one is now loft to doubt that every burden will bo cheerfully borno that may be necessary to sustain our civil institutions, or guard our honor or our welfare. Indeed, all ex perience has shown that tho willingness of tho people to contribute to these ends in cases of o raorgency, has uniformly outrun the confidence of their representatives. In tho early stages of thc now Government, when all imposing influence, as they recognised tho unequalled services of tho first President, it was a common sentiment, that tho great weight of his chaiactcr could alone bind the discordant materials of our Government . ogcriicr, and save us from tho violence of contending factions. Since his death nearly forty years arc gone. Par ly exasperation has often been carried to its high est point; tho virtue and tho fortitude of the peo ple have sometimes been greatly tried ; yet our system, purified and enhanced in]value by all it has encountered, still preserves its spirit of free and fearless discussion, blended with unimpaired fraternal feeling. Tho capacity of tho people for self-government, and their willingness from a high sense of duty, and without those exhibitions of coercive power so generally employed in other countries, to sub mit to all needful restraints and exactions of tho municipal law, have also been favorably exempli fied in tho history of the American States. Oc casionally, it is tiue, tho ardor of public senti ment, outrunning the regular progress of tho ju dicial tribunals, or seeking to reach cases not de nounced as criminal by tho existing law, has dis played itself in a manner calculated to give pain to thc friends of free government, and to encour age tho hopes of those who wish for its overthrow. These occurrences, however, have been far less frequent in our country than in any other of equal population on tho globe; and with tho diffusion of intelligence, it may well ho hoped that they will constantly diminish in frequency and vio lence. Thc generous patriotism and sound com mon sense of tho groat mass of our fellow citi zens, will assuredly, in time, produce this result; for as every assumption of illegal power not only wounds thc majesty of tho law, but furnishes a pretext (or abridging the liberties of the people, the latter have the most diroct and permanent in terest in preserving thc great land-marks of social order, and maintaining, on all occasions, the in violability of those constitutional and legal provi sions which they themselves have made. In a supposed unfitness of our institutions for those hostile emergencies, which no country can always avoid, their friends found a fruitful source of apprehension, their enemies of hope. While they foresaw loss promptness of action than in Governments differently formed, they overlooked the far more important consideration, that with us war could never lie the result of individual or irresponsible will, but must boa measure of re dress for injuries sustained, voluntarily resorted to by those who were to bear tho necessary sacri fice, who would consequently feel an individual I interest in the contest, and whoso energy would , bo commensurate with thc difficulties to be cu i countered. Actual events have proved their er r ror; the last war, far from impairing, gave new ; j confidence to our Government; and amid recent II apprehensions of a similar conflict, we saw that r' thc energies of our country would not bo wanting iI m ample season to vindicate its rights. We may 1 j not possess, as wc should riot desire to possess, - the extended and every ready military organiza r | tion of other nations; wc may occasionally suf - ; for in thc outset for tlio want of it; but, among y 1 ourselves, all doubt upon ibis great point has c ceased, while a salutary experience will prevent a contrary opinion from inviting aggression frern it abroad. _ ■ v >ffcitaiii danger wai foretold from the extenri.-l' territory, the multiplication of States, and .. .. " ■ ..’nan rffaeawpnra—i . (ho increase of population. Unr system was sup r posed to bo adapted only to boundaries compara . lively narrow. These liar 1 been ; id. ned beyond i conjecture; the members of our confederacy are already doubled; and the numbers of our people . arc incredibly augmented. Tho ailodgod causes . of danger have long surpassed anticipation, but i none of tho consequences have followed. Tho power and influence of tho republic have risen to a height obvious to all mankind ; respect for its authority was not more apparent at its ancient, than it is at its present limits; new uud inexhaus tible sources of general prosperity have been open ed; tho effects of distance have been averted by tho inventive genius of our people, developed and fostered by tho spirit of our inst'tutions; and tho enlarged varitty and amount of interests, produc tions, and pursuits, have strengthened the chain of mutual (It-pcndence, and formed a circle of mutual boniflts, too apparent over to bo over looked. In justly kslancing tho powers of tho Federal and tstato authorities, difficulties nearly insur mountable n.oao at the outset, arid subsequent collisions were deemed inevitable. Amid there, it was scarcely believed possible that a schomo of government, so complex in construction, could remain uninjured. From time to time embarrass ments have certainly occurred; but how just is tho confidence of future safety imparted by tho knowledge that each in succession Ims boon Impi ly removed. Overlooking partial ms' •mpornry evils ns inseparable from tiro j ..iclicrdj|o opera tion of all human institutions, and looking only to tho general result, every patriot has reason to bo satisfied. While tiro Federal Government has successfully performed its appropriate functions in relation to foreign ofliurs, and concerns evi dently national, that of every Stale has remarka bly improved in protecting and developing local interests and individual welfare; and it tho vibra tions of authority have occasionally tended 100 much towards ono or tho other, it is unquestiona bly certain that the ultimate operation of tho en tire system has boon to strengthen nil ilia exist ing institutions, and to elevate our whole country in prosperity and renown. The last, perhaps tho greatest, of thc prominent sources of discord and disaster supposed to lurk In our political condition, was the institution of do mestic slavery, Our forefathers wore deeply im pressed with the delicacy of Ibis subject, and they treated it with a forbearance so evidently wise, that, in spito of every sinister foreboding, it never, until the present period, disturbed the tranquility of our common country. Such a result is suffi cient evidence of tho justice nnd tho patriotism of their course; it is evidence not to be mistaken,’ that an adherence to it can prevent all embavass went from this, as well as from every other anti cipated causoof difficulty or danger. Have not re cent events made it obvious to tho slightest ro ■ flection, that tho least deviation from tins spirit of forbearance is injurious to every interest, that of humanity included 1 Amidst tho violence of ox cited passions, this generous and fraternal fooling has been sometimes disregarded; and, standing as I do before my countrymen, in this high place ol honor and trust, I cannot refrain from anxious ly invoking my follow citizens never lo*he deaf to its dictates. J’oreciving, before my election, thc deep interest this subject was beginning to excite, 1 believed it a solemn duty fully to make known my sentiments in regard to it; and now, when every motive for misrepresentation lias passed a way, 1 trust that they will be candidly weighed and understood. At least, they will be my stand ard of conduct in tho path before mo. I then de clared that, it ftio desire of those of my country men who were tavorablo to my election was gra . tilled, “I must go into tho Presidential Chair tho inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt on tho part of Congress, to abolish slavery in the DisUi-t e< Columbia, against tiro wishes of the elareholding Stales; and also with a determination equally decided, to resist tho slightest interference with it in tho States where it exists." I submitted also to my follow citizens, with fullness and frankness, tho reasons which led mo to this determination,— Tho result authorises mo to behove, that they Imvo been approved, and arc confided in, by a majority of the people of the United States, including those whom they most immediately affect. It nowjonly remains to add, that no bill conflicting with these views, can ever receive my constitutional sanc tion. These opinions have boon adopted in tho firm belief that they oro in accordance with tho spirit that actuated the venerated fathers of tho re public, and that succeeding experience has prov ed them to he humane, patriotic, expedient, hon orable, and just. If the agitation of this subject was intended to roach the stability of out institu tions, enough has occurred to show that it has signally lailcd; and that in this, ns in every o thor instance, the apprehensions of tho timid and tho hopes of the wicked for tho destruction of our Government, aro again destined to bo disappoin ted. Hero and there, indeed, scenes of danger ous excitement have occurred; terrifying instan ces ol local violence have been witnessed; and a reckless disregard of thc consequences of their conduct has exposed individuals to popular indig nation ; but neither masses of the people, nor sections of tho country, have been swerved from their devotion to tho bond of union, and the prin ciples it has made sacred. It will be ever thus. Such attempts at dangerous agitation may perio dically return, but with each the object will be better understood. That predominating affection for our political system which prevails throughout our territorial limit:;; that calm and enlightened judgment which ultimately governs our people as one vast body ; will always bo at hand to resist and control every efiort, foreign or domestic, which aims, or would lead, to overthrow our institutions. What can bo more gratifying than such a re trospect'as this! Wc look back on obstacles a voidod, and dangers overcome ; on expectations more than realized, and prosperity perfectly secu red. To thc hopes of the hostile, the fears of tho timid, and tho doubts of tho anxious, actual expe rience has given thc conclusive reply. We have seen time gradually dispel every unfavorable fore boding, and our constitution surmount every ad verse circumstance, dreaded at the outset ns be yond control. Present excitement will, at ul! times magnify present dangers; but true philosophy must teach us that none more threatening than the past can remain to be overcome; and we ought, for wo have just reason, to entertain an abiding confidence in llm stability of our institu tions, and an entire conviction that, if adminis tered in the true form, character, and spirit in which they were established, they aro abundant ly adequate to preserve to us and our children the rich blcsssings already derived from them ; to make our beloved land, for a thousand genera tions, that chosen spot where happiness springs from a perfect equality of politic il rights. For myself, therefore, 1 desire to declare, that the principle that will govern me in the high du ly to which my country calls me, is, » rict ad herence to the letter and spirit of tho constitution as il was designed by those who framed it. Look ing back to it as 'a sacred instrument, carefully and not easily framed, remembering that it was throughout a woik of concession and compro mise; viewing it as limited to national objects; re garding it as leaving to the people qnd the Stales all power not explicitly parted with; I shall en deavor to preserve, protect, and defend it, by an xiously referring to its provision for direction in every action. To matter; of domesl'o concern ment which it has intrusted to the Federal Gov ernment, and to such as relate to on i intercourse with foreign nations, I shall zealon f devote my self; beyond those limits f shall never pass. To enter, on this occasion, into a further or more minute exposition of my view* on tho va rious questions of domestic policy, would be as obstrusivo as it is probably unexpected. Before the suffrages ofrny countrymen were conferred upon me, 1 submitted to them, with great preci sion, my opinions on all thc mo-t prominent of these subjects. Those opinion 3 I shall endeavor to carry out with my utmost ability, i Our course offoiii-M policy he ■ Isen so uni l form and intelligible, us to constitute a rule of conduct which leaves little to my Jis -1 cretion, r,n!on# iiciocd, I Were willing to run • counter to (hn lights of experience, nnd the known ■ opinions of my constituents. Wo sedulously 1 cultivate the friendship of all nations, a* the con dition most compatible with our welfare, and the 1 principles of out Government. We decline #lll - ances, as adverse to our peace. We desire com mercial relations on equal terms, being ever wil ling to give a fair equivalent for advantages re ceived. Wo endeavor to conduct our intercourse with openness and sincerity; promptly avowing our objects, and socking to establish that mutual frankness which is as beneficial in the dealings of nations as of wen. Wc havo no disposition, and wo disclaim all fight, to meddle m disputes, wheth er internal or foreign, that may molest other coun tries ; regarding them, in their actual state, as so cial communities, and preserving nstrict neutrali ty in all there controversies. Well knowing the tried valor of our people, and our oxhnustldss re sources, wo neither anticipate not fear any design ed aggression; and, in tho consciousness of our owu just conduct, wo fool a security that wo shall never bo called upon to exert our determination, never to permit on invasion of our rights, without punishment or redress. In approaching, then, in tho presence of my assembled countrymen, to make the solemn prom iso that yot remains, mid to pledge myself that I will faithfully execute tho office lam about to fill, I bring with me a settled purpose to maintain the institutions of my country, which, 1 trust, will atano for the errors I commit. In receiving from tho people tho sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I cannot expect to perform the ardu ous task with equal ability nud success. But, united as I have been in bis counsels, a daily wit ness of his exclusive and unsurpassed devotion to his country’s welfare, agreeing with him in sentiments which his countrymen havo warmly supported, nud permitted to partake largely ofhis confidence, I way hope that somewhat of tho same cheering approbation will be found to attend upon my path. For him, I but express, with my own, the wishes of all—that ho may yet long live to enjoy tho brilliant evening of bis woll-spenl-life; and, lor myself, conscious, of but ono desire, faith fully to servo my country, 1 throw myself, with out fear, on its justice nnd its kindness. Beyond that, I only look to the gracious protection of tho Divine Doing, whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray to look down upon us all. May it bo among tbo dispen sations of bis providence to bless our beloved country with honors nnd with length of days; may her ways bo ways of pleasantness, nud nil her paths bo pence. / From tho Washington Reformer, Feb. 88. THE INAUGURAL. ” II o mutt carry tho South by falling in with its measures, and the North by party machin ery." This observation, attributed to Mr. Van Burcn, will constitute the substance oftbo forth coming Inaugural. So universal is this impress ion, that little ot no interest is manifested on the subject. No one enquires what will Mr. Van ■Burcn say—all seem to have settled down in the opinion that the Inaugural wifi reflect tho past character of the man, and bo all things to nil men—nnd for a reason similar in words, though not in motive, to that given by the Apostle, viz: that ho “may gain some." Wo are so confident of tho purposes of Mr. Van Huron, that wo can not doubt for n moment what will lie the general outline of his address. Ho will be against tho tariff nnd for it— against State tights and for them— against retrenchment and Jnr it— against economy in tho expenditures of Government end for it—against abolition nud for it. Ho will give to tbo South professions to any extent re quired by tho exigencies of the times, while his performances will bo reserved llir another inter est. Mr. 4an Huron has been for many years in public life, nnd bis course of conduct lias been such that both friends nnd foes equally distrust him. As a supple and adroit courtier, intent only on securing his own personal advantage, ho has never found his equal in this country — nnd it argues little to the credit of tho times that such n man could have risen beyond the more appropriate station of a country caucus leader.— Nor could he havo over been smuggled into tbo Chair ol State—for to all intents and purposes such has been tho fact—but for the active iuter forenccjoftho Into General Jackson. He has been actually forced upon tho people, against their will, through thc instrumentality of Executive pa tronage. Holding his station by this evil tenure, nnd surrounded by hungry expectants, ho must find his situation extremely irksome. Tho coun try, too, is divided by great conflicts of opinion nnd of interests, and it will be his chief object so to [dace himself as to secure a position not aetu- - ally hostile to any of them. Ho feels more se cure in tho North than in tho Houth, us his cau cus machinery is in more fucceufut operation in tho one section than in tho other. He will, there fore, lean to tho South in hia word«, while at the same lime ho will endeavor bo to speak and net as to avoid giving offence to the North. Out wardly ho will boa Southern man—inwardly ho will boa Northern man ; and when tho occasion calls for action, ho will bo neither tho one nor the other—at leant, so far an words go. His ruling precept has always boon tliat language wan in tended not to express but to conceal one’s ideas, and ho has acted upon it faithfully over since we knew any thing ofhim. W'it shall, therefore, lake strict note ofhis words. Tho Richmond Enquirer of the 251 h inst. nays ofhim; “Should ho prove recreant to his prin ciples nnd professions, thc Old Dominion will never bo divided. She will go with all her force against his administration, and she will never con sent to his being elected for a second term.” This is a very unnecessary condition—for wo venture to assert not only that ho will not, but that be cannot prove recreant either to his “ prin ciples or his professions.” Lot him go which way ho will, and ho will surely find both his prin ciples and his professions. Wc know of no po litical question, great or small, which has enga ged thc public attention in this country for the last twenty years, in regard to which he would be in danger of "proving recreant to his prin ciples ot professions," whether ho go for or a gainst. So that wc incline to think Mr. Ritchie may cast kit anxieties to thc four winds—his lea der will not prove recreant to his principles or professions, he may depend upon it. Wo havo made these remarks in anticipation of the Inaugural—a lew days will test their accu racy. It is worthy of note with what little inter est men seem to look forward to this address. Tho matter scarcely excites u thought or word. All men of all parties appear to havo taken up the opinion that il. will lie of thc character designated by his expression—“ We must curry the South by falling in with its measures, and the North by party machinery.” Such is the text—and thc commentary will be n faithful exponent. Wo await the prolegomena on Saturday next. STATE RIGHTS MEETING, A mooting ot the Stale Rights Party, of Wal ton county, was held on tho 21st February, in the town of Monroe, for the purpose of appoint ing delegates to attend the contemplated Conven tion, to meet in Miiledguville on thc third Monday in May next, to determine upon a proper individ ual, as a candidate lor the Executive Chiflr at thc ensuing election. Upon motion, Rev. Henry Harden, was called to the chair, and Mr. A. B. Means, to act as Secretary. Unsolved, That we deem it highly important that the Statu Rights party of Georgia, should, at this time, act in concert and unanimity to pro mote the long neglected interest of the Slats. Ilesolved, That we appoint delegates to attend the contemplated Convention in Milledgevillc, to represent and nominate to the good people of Geor gia, a suitable and proper person to (ill lire Execu tive Chair at the ensuing election; that Ibis de legation consi-l of lour discreet persons to fill the Executive Chair :il the ensuing election; that this delegation consist of four discreet perrons, to lie .-elected l.y a coimnitloc, —whereupon the follow ing gentlemen were appointed that committee, —' ■ » II m 1 IWiP.H—HMD 11.1.1■ .ML i viz: L. R. Brewer, Daniel Ramt; .1. C. Pau lette, RoIIEHT MoOI'K, J. W. DICKENS. The Committee, in obedience to the foregoing resolution.-;, reported their selection of thu fol lowing delegation, to represent the State Rights party of Walton county, requesting their punctu al attendance, to wit: Elisha {Henderson, J.T. Svmmks, J. J, Seljian, A. I). Means. The report being assented to, the meeting ad journed. A. B. MEANS, Secretary. From the New York American. THE OUTCAST. »I LT. 0. W. C ATT BN, V. S. Alt YT. They never more may breathe her name, That cherished name of gentle tone; "I’i* blotted out in lines of shame, On every page where once it shone. O I may you never, never know, The startling dream which haunts her rest, Since that sad hour, her conscious brow Was lent to warm a faithless hreast. That brow whoso changing lines were such, As charmed the wond’ring painter's view, At which the master gazing much, Forgot hie easel as he drew ; Tiie loftiest far among the proud, The loveliest still amid the fair— No more shall tempt the glittering crowd, To forge the chains they smil’d to wear. That voice, between whose words of guile, Such ’witching tones of passion rung, That music’s self woitld pause the while, Neglectful of the lute she strung; No longer ’mid the tuneful choir, Shall strive to wake the trembling laj-; Nor lovo nor friendship mord aspire, To sigh beneath its thrilling sway. Vos I looks and words alike are vain, I ho smiles may soothe, A. prayers may win, They cannot break the galling chain, Which binds the victim child of sin. I.iko some frail bark upon the wave, Deserted by the idle air, Not all the power which man may have, (’an burst the spell which keeps it there. Dr. Oeddings of Baltimore has been elected Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Medical Jurisprudence in the College of the State of South Carolina. The institution is now in a highly flourishing condition. The whole number of students is 110, of whom 13 arc from floor gia. Aiisbnoe or mind.—The Memphis Enquirer relates the last notable instance: “ A gentleman bachelor falling into exlacies with a sweet little prattler nestling in its mother’s arms, intending to kiss it, fell to kissing its mother, and was only apprised of his mistake by tile list of the hus band.” 'i be Fife Herald says, that » Deck of sheep were struck blind on the night el the late brilliant display of the Aurora Borealis. They were bled tbo next day, and immediately had the use of their visual organs restored to them. 8o much for star gazing. COMMERCIAIs, UVEIIPOur. COTTON MARKET, JAN. 23 The demand still cimllnues Untiled, but no change in prices lias taken place since Friday last. The sales on ■Saturday were 1200 bags, ami to day 1000 to 2000, including a lew Purnams at 1201. MVERpeot. Markets, Jan. SO. Colton —lncluding the vessels not reported on Fri day evening, the supply arrived up to the close of tins day is 50,000 bags, ebidly American. Recent advices from South Carolina and (loergio slate that the quality of Cotton then arriving from the interior was fulling elf considerably. After some 30,000 more from the United .S'tnlcs have got in there will boa complete cessation lor sumo lime. Os ouiirse, till the recent supply is ready for (ho market, the transaction boro w ill bo very limited. The sound and healthy slate of (ho rotten man ufacture precludes tbo possibility of any decline worthy of notice, particularly iu good and prime qualities of American. Sales mi Saturday 12(H), prin cipally American; Monday, 1500, also chiefly Ame rican; to day,, 1200. HAVRE MARKET, JAN. U. The demands for Colton since the Cth lust, has •revivedanil continued active; Imtnlllningli lie- trans actions have been extensive— there is no improve ment iu price, and holders eontimie to evince lunch anxiety to soil. Uplands are quoted from 1,12 a 1,110 for inferior to middling; 132 a 142 fair to good lair, and 113 a 150 good and fair. Louisiana, 115 a 135; 137 a 150, and 152 a 102; Mobile, 112 a 132 ; 135 a 145, and 14Hn 155; Alabama and Tomiossoo, 110 a J2H ; 130 a 140, and 142 a 147. The sales from the 2d (o Ilia 11th Jan., inclusive, amount to about 0700 bales, of which ‘3(H)U Ameri cans. Marine Intelligence. AnmvEjt ■S’teamsr Richmond, Frazer, Savannah, Merchan dize, tvc.—a, W. M. Rowland,agent and others. Steamer Bcurgia, Craig, Savannah. Merchan dize, Ac,—to E. C'amneld, agent, and others. A'toomor Duncan Mcßae, I’bilbrick, Savannah. MotehuiuJ'zo,ike. —*o I*, ihunioeb,owner end others. JJIiPAIITKI). Sleamir Liberty, King, Charleston. 2(10 hales Cotton. CiiAui.RsTON, March fi.—Arr. ship Victoria, Candler, Liverpool, I9lli Jan; Fr. bark Brando Cordc, Auheit,Caen ; schrs. Marmiom, Hammond, Allaka pas, La; 800. Washington, Amos, New dork; steamers .Vqutli Carolina, Holmes, Norfolk ; Eltiwan, Sussurd, .Savannah, Went to non, brig Son, Brown, New York; Ur. schr Jane, Hudson, Nassau; sclir. Beni. Woodbury, Boston. New York, March 3.—Cleared Ibis day, brig Courier, Smith, Charleston. Arr, Racket ship Independence, Nye, sailed from Liverpool Jim. 251 h. Lout. A CHECK drawn by Cowling & Oardclln on tho Augusta Innurnnro and Hanking Company for ■51338-32, payable to H. Huird in liio fill, and dated Tlh Maridi, J 837. Payment of thcnarnc being .slop l»(.’d at the Hunk, tlio finder will oblige l»y handing it to mo. H. HA I HI). March ft *>i .05 wn, 11. CRANE. fS now opumng a largo assortment of Dry Hood*, which he will sell low ut VVhuhsalo nr Retail, at No. 231 llroud street. March 7 Jm L:m<l for Male. f JIIIH fiiibsciiber offers Tor hu/p tho (blliv.ing Hots X of Lund, which ho will soil low ior tush, or ood paper, viz: Hot 233, .hih district, Ist mention,'Chorokco, do 110 28lh do 3rd do do do 233 12lh do Ist do do do 201 Hih do 3rd do do do 131 Otli do 2d do do do 23a llih do 2d do do d'i 10 J3ih do 2d do do do 038 loth do 2d do do do 007 41 h do Ist do do do 111 I I/tli do 3<l do do do 328 12ih do do dt) do 272 4ill do Houston county, do 170 oth do Carroll county do 470 lOih do Irwin do M. M. DYE, Augusta, Fob. 27.1837. 3tw 18 The Ccorgia Journal ami Cam’ille Pioneer will insert the above three times each week, nnd forward their acroumrrto lliis ofllra. WWIIII IVoit Spring Good*. subacribers are now opening at their «tore f £ ,* under the Globe .Hotel, a general assortment of I- Staple and I‘oncy i 'RV GOODS.. As they were 8 purchased principally with rash, and at auction, they can he sold nt very reduced prices. ' French Prints fancy and mourning; Cambric!* . and Muslin do; some very rich Satin stripe; French Ginghams and Muslins; Shambro’a; a superior of Printed Florence for ladies’ dresses; rich Shally ; n superior article of fancy colored, Gro’s de Nap and Gro’s tie Boston Nilks; do Gro’s de Kino, rich lustre; very heavy Bl’k Italian Fustring, and bio’s de Swiss; blue bl’k Gro’s de Swiss; rich hl’k, blue bl’k, and fancy colored Safins ; plain hl'k India Satins; very rich figured Silks, colored and •dack; Sewing Silks ; satin stripe fig’d Gauze for evening dresses; green, white, and black dot Lodt for veils; a superior article of blue, bl’k, pink «1W while Crape Lace; black Crape, and Crape do Fy on do ; fancy do; black watered Silks ; JockoneC; Mcdim ; Mull and Cambric. Muslins ; printed do : fig’d Mid plain Swiss Muslins ; bared do ; plain and. fig’d Behind Lace ; common do for pavillioiit; Pa vi I linn Gauze; Bishop and Fong Fawn; Finen Catnorirk Handkerchiefs; plain and fig’d hem stitch do; very rich embroidered do; embroidered Capa Scotch and French; Thread Edgings and Insor tings; Cninhrick and Muslin do; Blond footing with an edge; Blond Face; bl’kand col’d Worsted and Silk Edgings; plain colours Sewing Silk Slmwls with Mitin stripes; rich crape Shawls; limey and mourning; rich fancy Jhandkerchiefs; vary rich embroidered Aprons ; rich silk aru| bead Bugs; Hoi scry and Gloves ; Bonnets; palm leaf Huts; summer Stuff; crape Camblets; Bom bazines; black .silk Velvet; Toilet Covers; 8-4 and 10-4 Damask Diaper; cotton do.; b’pjule field and Pongee Handkerchiefs ; Head do : Finer. Cambric; super and common Irish Finen ,* Fjnen Osimburgs ; cotton Shirtings and J* heelings ; Finen do; low priced Prints ; India Rubber Aprons; gum elastic Suspendom; rnissos Hoiserv ; silk and cotton I nd ►re Has; Buttons; Furniture Prints; Fur niture and cambric Dimity; rotten and worsted fringe; cotton Yarn; linen and cotton Tapoii together with a general assortment of Domestic Plaids and Stripes, A e. Am. J’ho above goods will bo sold at wholesale and retail, at prices which cannot ho beat. IVES & GRISWOLD. March I 3t 02 Clerk Wanted. ONE from the country would bo preferred, from eixtec n to eighteen years of ago, with a repu tation. Olliec I*'a. K. IC. & Bft’g Vo* Alliens, Ceb.lif, 1837 fffMll'# Directors have this day declared dividend# -■ on the slock ol the Georgia Rail Road and Banking ('oinpany as iidlows: On nl’ slocks held previous In ihe adoption of the amendment ol the charter, granting bunking privi leges, tmv dollar anil Jifhj cents per share, out of tho fund accruing previous to thill time, from forfeited sleek and interest. I On all stock bold previous to the Into sale on the j I'Jlh January last, two dollars undfjty amts per f MU of the funds arising, up to that day, from discount, in teres t, and premium; making four dull • ars per share on the original stock. 1 On all instalments paid in advance since the regu lar call in October lust, interest, at the rate ol 8 j**r cent, per annum, from I lie day of payment, up to tho P.Mh January last. Which said several sums will be paid ut the Com pany’s Office in Athens, on and after the Ist day. ol March next, to those persons entitled to receive them, or their legal n prosontutivos* By a resolution of tho Board, the surplus, after paying those dividends, is declared to bo the joint property ol all the present stockholders; so that.' henceforth, there may bo no distinction between old and new stuck. By order of the Board JAMES CAMAK,Cashier. , —. Mnrf,|> 4 52 gw I OFFICIAL IhiAWINU 1 Georgia Male Gallery. i Tor the benefit of the Augusta Indep-’t Fire Comp'y 'Mss no y, ton 1837. 1 » 8 1 fi li 7 8 9_ 10 701 38 11. (fa 51 50 68 26 27 ‘ r HEREBY Cliimrv limitin' above numbori n« limy sitmd ore correct, ns taker! from the Man-, ager's certificate ol' lb. drawing of tho Virginia , sirtlo Lottery for Wheeling, Class No. I, (hr 1837,' drawn at Alexandria, Virginia, March 4lh.—Amt w (licit delonnines the fate of all the Ticket, in ilia above Lottery. A. READ, Agent. Match? 54 Georgia Male Lottery. I’OH TilK DK.VF.FIT OF THK Augusta lu lt |L ielcii( Dire Goiiipma y„ Glass No. 10, for 1837. To hr determined In/ the drawing qf the I ’ irginm State Loltrn/Jhr the hem Jit of the Town of Petersburg, Glass No. 2, for 1837. To bo drawn ut Alexandria, Va, on Saturday.' March 1 lib, 1837. . />. s. ouFaulty a co. (‘Successors to Yates & MeJntyrc,; Managers. JUaiIEST PRIZE 30,000 DOLLS. «HA\I) SCIIK.IIE, i PRIZE OF ®8«,«U0 in 830,n0n l 10,000 is 10,000 1 7,000 is 7,000 1 6,(KM in 5,01X1 I 4,000 j. 4/ioq I 3,(KM in 3,000 1«, 165 in 2.105 25 1000 in 25,00(1 60 .700 in 25,(M0 50 200 in 10,000 88 150 is 13,200 03 too |s 0,300 03 80 in 5,040 03 70 in 4.410 03 Oil in 3,780 120 50 in (5,300 120 40 is 5,040 8054 20 is 73,080 23430 10 i. 231,360 278 H purses a mounting to 8172,075 j Yr Tickets SMo—Shares in proportion..^ OSr’fiekols in the above Lolligy run he obtained nl all limes by country dealers, and lln.se who are disposed lu udventure, by sending tiieir order, to’ ilm undersigned, who will give prompt allemion, it addressed to. A. READ, Cnnlraetornnd .State Agent, Augusta, (la March 7 _ 54 .IcHiff’N Chemical Medical GompoiiQul for External Applications, f lIIIE subscribers bavo just received a supply of ■ Jewitl's celebrated Medicines, composing tho following; JewilVs Stimulating Finirncnl for general or local pains, Pit nrisy, Gholic, Asthma, Ate. Jowitt s Finiment for Fever and Fever and Aguo. Jewitl’s Finiment lor Nervous Affections. Jewitl’s Finiment for Cholera Morbus, Am. Jewitl's Finiment for Coughs and Consumptions. Jcwitt’s Finiment fur Rheumatism, Gout, ««j. Jowl I I'm Finimenj lor tho Headache. Jewitl’s Vegtiln I In Cerate, for White Swelling.,' fresh wounds,scald head, <te. •lewiti’s I’ile Salvo for the Files, &c. Jewitl's Teller Salve for Tetters Jew iu'* Diaphoretic Drops for promoting perspi ruliin. . J' will's I'eeloral Tincture fur Diseases of tho Lungs. For sale by CLOUD &■ ROTH WELL- . March 3 51 132 (tread Street. Fell I Gulpli Got ton Seed. I of the above seed, warranted I it'xtXl pure and genuine, just received from N.' Orb ■j ns, and for sale by . . Feb'J 32 <l3tv CKARLEoA.GRL’INEB. IV F.W M/K'KEREL.—2O whole and 20 half 1 . bids. No I; 20 whole mid 2(1 half (Mis. No-2 ; 50 whole bids. No. 3—late caught Mackerel—Amt. received and lor sale by MOISE & COJIEN Jan 10 12 Ur. BALDWIN—Fancy and Staple Dry . floods, at Wholesale, 231 Broad street, Au gusta, Coo. [Jan 3 Ily t B (IN I’LATE, cnrisltmlly on hand and fur sole by i Jan 3 1 it] K. C BALDWIN. virCM SK MANUFACTURING CO. \SI'I’FLV of YARNS & OSNABURGS will,’ in Inlure, lo kepi on hand at Messrs. Charko, MeTuir & <Vs store, Broad S'lrcct, Augusta, Ca.» where Ike former eusloniers ol lha Factory, and tiro Iradegcntiullv are invited lo call. WM. (j. NIMMO, Sec'y & Treasurer. Feb 25 46 >i:T FC gFIF COrrdN SEEI).- 249 sack.' (e nnino IVm dull'CO TTON SEFT), earelul ly solccasl expressly lor ibis Market. Just receivta 1 from New Orleans and for sale hy • •> I RATJIBONE & BAKER.' Jan 27 22 t# it- i ; AaV. ■}iX ?.• - j&Lishf ftsfasA