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T<o3* na* 8V WTST. A. liriti liß, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. PUBLISHED EVEK/Y THURSDAY, ! At Three Dollars per annum, payable at tthetime of subscribing, or Tiiret: Dollars & Fifty-cents if not paid till the end of the year. No paper will be •discontinued, unless at the , option of t!in publisher, without the settlement of all ar: •wages. Vdver i~i'Ments not exceeding otic square, first insertion, seventy-five cents ; and tor each subsequent insertion, fifty cents, l.ar - ‘Uf ’ti priori!*• ’ c tf'*- Advertising friends are to mark on their advertisements ‘he number of insertions they wish us to yive them—other wise they will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. * * 1 .etters on business must come post punt to insure attention. From the Southern Fanner. Athens, 3th Aug. 1 ref. At a meeting of Delegates in Convention, from various Temperance Societies through the State of Georgia, Ana si is 15. Lo.no ,street was called to the Chair, and John G. Polhill appointed Secretary. The meeting was opened by prayer. The following Delegates produced their credentials, and a large number of them took their seats, to wit : I rom the Gfcene Cos Society —Lovick Pierce, John F. Hillver, E. 11. Wingfield, Absalom Janes, John Mercer, and Thomas G. Janes. Wilkes Co. —Cass"!?. Chandler. Co.— Robert Jones, G. M. Umlcr'vnod. Richmond Cos. —A. 15. Longstreet, S. S. Da vis, J. YV. Davies. ‘lalinfcrro Cos. —Jonathan Davis, A. G. Janes, A. 11. Stevens, Samuel Freeman, L. 15. Mercer. M'Donovsth, (Henry Co.)—F. J. Starr, F. E. Manson, E. Low, 15. C. Baird, A. Stanley. Gwinnett Co. —Jolni S. \\ ilson. Feld .'ton, (Hancock Cos.) —ilalcoin John son, Win. Map, A. E. Reeves. M'lntosh Co. —B. E. I land. Merriwether Co. —W. F. llodnett. Clark Co.—Hoyt, Hillyer, Dearing, Hull, Now ton, Shannon. Bibb Cos. —C. 15. Strong. Cloud Creek, {Oglethorpe Co. —ll. Harts field, 15. Stamps. lichoboth, (Monroe Cos.) —Charles Bussey. Butts Co. — Chamberlain. W Baldwin Cos. —W. Howard, J. G. Polhill. •- •* J„sp ■ ■Co.---R."Cl'Tsbd;Lei, A’--.\iiu.-r Donald. Forsyth, (Monroe Co'.)—A. 11. Chappell. Oglethorpe Cos. —McKinley, Jordan, Don ley. Mt. Zion, (Hancock Cos.) —J. R. Thomas. Putnam Co.—U. T. Shaw. Mt. (Hive, (Columbia Cos.) —R. Gunby, /. Williams. Madison C'o. —Adair. On motion, the Report of the Agent for the State Society, made to the Executive Commit tee, was read, and represented a very encour aging aspect to the friends of reform. ° Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to submit business for the consideration of this body. The Committee appointed are Messrs. Longstreet, Strong, J. Davis, S. S. Davis, Mc- Kinley, Howard, and Hand. Concluded by prayer, and adjourned till 8 o’clock to-morrow morning. 8 o’clock, fi rii aug. 1834. The Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment, and was opened by prayer. The committee on business submitted their report, which, with a few alterations and a niendmeiits, was adopted, as follows; I. R< solved, That the manufacture of alco hol for trade is immoral', and its retail a.t *iie grog-shop, a crime; ty Resolved, That the Temperance efforts of the University of Georgia, reflect high cre dit on our College, and are cheering to the friends of Temperance and Education. 3. Resolved, Thai the several Societies in Georgia be requested to send up to the State Society, at its next meeting in Milledgcville, full accounts of their condition, especially of their age, location and numbers. 4. Resolved, That each County Society be requested to report to the State Society, at its next meeting, the number of licensed retail ers, and the quantity of alcohol yearly sold in their respective counties. 5. Resolved, That the County Societies be requested to report to the State Society at its next meeting, how many insolvent drunkards, how many insolvent temperate men, and how many children of insolvent drunkards, are m their respective counties. fi. Resolved, That all Societies bo recom mended to meet at least quarterly, on the most public occasions possible. 7. Resolved, That all the Societies inGeor gia, whether members of the State Society or not, be requested to report annually to the Convention, the progress of the cause within their bounds for the preceding year. 8. Resolved, That a Committee of three, he Appointed by the President, to issue a circular on the subject of Tempera nce. 9. Resolved, That tb • President appoint a fcornmitt.ee to arrange business for the next Convention, and to nominate three or more. speakers to address that Convention and the public, on the subject of Temperance, giving said speakers six months notice. 10. Resolved, That the State Society bn. recommended to continue the employment ot an Agent in Georgia, and that the several So cieties be requested to aid in his* support. 11. Resolved, That the several Societies of Georgia be urged to send Delegates to an An nual Convention, at Athens, to meet on Mon day before the/rest Wednesday of August, at 3 o'clock. P. M. at the Baptist Church. The Convention then took a recess until < o’clock, P. M. to meet at the Presbyterian Church with the citizens at large. At the appointed hour a very large con course of persons, including many la h l,s . as sembled. The Throne of Grace was address ed, after which Col. J. H. Lumpkin submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the past success, present prospects, and ultimate aim of the Temper ance Reform, should enlist in its support the B ‘ ‘ : L\:g Vy : J? (\ m~, M. , 5 ■ i -■.vs -• “ P Tile l„i„„ Slate, fa the only ti ne ** *■ hMfal and cordial and zealous co-operation of every lover | of his species. i This resolution xvqs supported bv able and eloquent addresses from Messrs. Lumpkin, j Nisbet and Chappell. Encr.utflgcd by the evident signs of pleasure and deep interest and approbation exhibited by the crowded and intelligent assemblage, Mr. \hannon moved that all present, friendly to the Tempi ranee Reform, should rise, ’file question was put, and almost every individual rose, by a simultaneous impulse from their seals, male and female. Resolved , That the proceedings of this Con vention bo signed by tlcPresident end Seere mrv. and be ; mulshed by ml The Gazettes in Georgia, favorable to the cause. * The Convention was then adjourned by A. 13. LONGSTREET, President. J. G. PouiiLL, Sec'ry. (gfp- The Editors of papers throughout the State are respectfully solicited to publish the above, in conformity with the wishes el the Convention. J- G- ”• Lafayette—The Oak of tlac Vil- Inge The correspondent of the Donjon Spectator, writing from Paris, May 31, thus beaiilitully and feelingly announces the death ot 1 .at lyette. Com. Advertiser. Sir: —Have you ever witnessed the destruc tion, the downfall, the death of the oak of the village! —Generations passed away, hut the oak was in its place, The village had anew church, new officers, now governors, new proprietors, now mansions, new owners, new institutions, and even new customs and hab its; but the oak was ever in its place, fit the centre of the village green it spread its luxu riant and refreshing branches; while the young carolled and the gay danced beneath its lo ved shade. “The oak” was the scene of ma ny a festive hour, many a joyous jubilee, many a happy anniversary! Other oaks had been planted,” and had been cut down; other trees had luxuriated and smiled on the villager. — There was but one oak to the village—others were oaks, A *itliors were trees, hut this was the oak ! If a cricket-bat'had to be played, it was under the oak; if a wrestling match bad to be fought, it was under the oak; if two lo vers gave a rendezvous, it was at the oak; it the officers of the parish wished to address the inhabitants, they met under the oak. When the church was pulled down, and Divine wor ship was chanted in the apen air, the oak at once siieitercd the assembly irom the rays of the sun, anu from the si owers of Ireavtui. Thecamfiuates for senatorial honors spoke to the electors, of the spot, and the neighbor hood, under the oak. The little children were left to play under the oak ; and their mo thers or their sisters confided them with a de gree of confidence to his protection—tor he was as a father to the village, and the house hold god of the villagers, in summer time the master of the charity school conducted his lit tle flock on a Saturday to the shade of the oak; and before they separated till the Mon day, from their books and studios, they sung the evening hymn beneath -his branches. In troublesome and warliketirnes, when invasion was spoken of, and foreign foes were feared, the “lovd volunteers” unsed to exercise and drill under “the oak.” And wiien even win ter was most drear and the storm most pitiless, stili the oak raved his venerable head; and the thought that spring would return, and the tree and the green bo once more gay and enli vening', softened the severity ot the hour, and mitigated even the roughness of the blast. The oak was a constant benefactor and a ne ver failing friend. Ollier friends might be faithless—other trees might perish or die— other shades might be destroyed by the inte rested or the powerful; hut “the oak - ’ belong ed to the village —and the hearts of all the vil lage for all times belonged to him. But even the oik was mortal —even the oak was destined to perish; and m ihe midst of a humble tem pest-, \v men desolated this once happy and once prosperous, but now sad desponding vil lage, tiie lightning of the skies descended up on"the oak—tore from it its branches —stuck it even to its roofs, and the oak fell and was no more! So there was no more singing and no more dancing—no more carolling and no more meeting; and the green became deserted; ami u simple monument marked the place where the venerable friend of the village had once stood; and it became deserted, lonely and sad.—And the first days of grief were as the days of weeping of an orphan who rnourn eth over the tomb of her mother,-and as the grief of a widow who is suddenly bereft of her husband, and as the tears of a mother who woepeth over the loss of tier only, her virtu ous, Iter beloved soil. And nocye \vasdry,and no cheek was rosy or Ideal toy; for all fdt the loss of the oak to be the greatest of all losses; and the village was in mourning. Arid to the creditof that village be it said, the mourning was a long mourning, and the tears were ofi slied tears, and the grief was not ot short du ration; and “the oak” is engraved on the hearts, and hangs up in the form of pictures and of paintings, in the cottage of every \ il laa-er, and pieces of brandies, and of the trunk, and of the root, are handed down as precious relics from father to son, and front generation to generation: for it is stili “the oak.” Anil what that oak once was to the village, Lafayette hath been to the people; and not merely to the people of France, but of the whole world. Pretty Good. —Tip was a tippler when we knew him. He was in tho hat.it of lounging about one of the bar-rooms, taking every oppor tunity to get liquor free of expense. It was his peculiar wav, when a glass was mixed, and the back of the “purchaser turned, to dram the glass anl slip slily off. The ostler had called for a glass of brandy, when lip caroe in. He immediately thought ot a trick, and left his brandy upon the bar, while he stepped to the door. On returning, he saw the gloss empty, and exclaimed, “Brandy and opium! enough to kill forty men! Who drank that poison I Jut'! prepared! Tip tras frightened i* stammered he. “ \ou are a dead man, says Brush. “ What shall I do!” said Tip. “Down with a pint of lamp oil, answered Brush— and down went the pint of lamp oil ; and 1 ip not only got over the poison, but the tippung toe. —[Dunstable Telegraph sffi. ypttTArpa v T. ©A, ATJWSf SjL .>f. ;>4> rOLITICAIi. From the Augusta Chronicle. The individuals who compose the State Rights party, do not coincide in nil respects in Their views of the respective pow ers and rights of the Federal and Slate Govern ments. They do not advocate exactly the same doctrines on this subject, foil the contrary, upon many points involving this question, their opinions differ very w tdely. j Neither do they all coincide in their views, I •y’ ■ “ | iii cases of usurpation by the Federal Go vernment, ol powers not dch'g tod, and ofabuscs of powers delegated. Iho modes of redress approved ol and advocated in tins State, and among the State Rights party are well known to be various —ah the members ol that party do not advocate Nul lification tis the proper mode. Our o| pe ncil s arc pcr loci Iy aw are,that only a small portion advocate it, perhaps not more than one fourth ol the party. How then can they, with the least semblance of propriety, call i. the Nullification party 7—How can they al- Indue, that it is toiling to establish the doc trine of'Nullification, when three-fourths of its members do not gt ve it their sanction : Wo will endeavor to state in what views, relative to the respective powers anti rights of the Federal and Stale Governments, the members of the State Rights party do co incide. We also will endeavor to state, w hat doctrines they sanction relative to “the mode and measure ol redress,’’ inca ses of usurpation by the Federal Govern ment, of powers “not delegated to the U. States bv the Constitution.” In the first place, the members of the State Rights parly, and all genuine State Rights men, from the memorable period of*9B, down to the present period, “view the Federal Government ns resulting from j tho compact to which the States are par- -t ties; as limited by the plain sense and in- t tention of the instrument constituting that 1 compact, as no further valid than ‘hey t are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact.” i hey also coincide in the following views: “That tho several S ates composing the l nit’ and Stales ot A inerica, are not limited on the principle ol ■'“.limited submission totlrir General Gm verrimerit; but Mint by compact, under me style and title of a (it nstituliou for the U. States, and amendments thereto, they con stituted a General Government for special purposes: delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary mass of rights to their own self-government; and that whenever the General Government as sumes undelegated powers its acts ;ue uri authoritntivc, void and of no force: that to this compact, each Stale acceded ns a State, and is an integral party: that this Government, created by this compact, was hot made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it self, since that would have made its dis cretion, and not the Constitution, the mea sure of its powers#” So much lor the opinions of the mem bers of the State Rights in ride : >n to respective powers of the Federal and Sta'e Governments. They also believe that in collisions upon this subject, be tween the two contending parties, the S ates on the one side, and the Federal Govern ment on the other —“that as in all cases ol compact, among parties having no com mon judge, each party has an equal right to judge Yor itself, as well of infractions, ns of the mode and measure ol redress.” They moreover believe, “that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exer cise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the States who are parties thereto, have the right, and arc in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the pro gress of the evil, and for maintaining with in their respective limits, tho authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.”. So far, then, the State Rights men have only asserted the rights of a Suite “to in terpose for arresting the progress of the evil,” and “to judge ns well of infractions, n sos the mode and measure of redress.” Naw, we consider that no man is entitled t„ Recalled a State Rights man, who will not go this far with us in-*assorting the rights of the States. If he will do this, whatever else he may advocate or de nounce, he is a Slate Rights man, for he asserts the right most important, and all important, to a St&te —the right of pro tecting her rights. Rut ns physicians sometimes recommend different modes of treatment for the same disease, any one of which would be effectual, so do .State Rights men advo cate different modes of redress, for inju ries to our rights. There may l><-, there are, more remedies than one, and each is guided by his own peculiar views as to which is “the rightful remedy.” M Idle all agree cordially with the following sen timent expressed in’99, by tho Common wealth of Kentucky, “that it considers the Federal Union, upon the terms, and for the purposes specified in the late compact, (the Constitution) as conducive to the lib erty anti'happiness of the several States. That it does now unequivocally declare its attachment to the Union, and to. that com ;i-fr - —ih| v i•. its obvious arid real in tention, and will he among the last to seek its dissolution I —T bat, il those who ad minister the General Government, be per- mittcJ to transgress the limits fixed by tliutjeompnct, by a total disregard to the speeal delegations therein contained, an min’dilation of the State Governments, and fhecreation upon their ruin of a General consolidat ‘d Government, will be the ine vifiiblo consequence. ’1 hat the principle auJ construction contended for by sundry oft he State Legislatures, that tlm General l .vernment is tlm exclusive judge ol the extent ol the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short ot despotism —since‘the dis ’-i* jhe gm'- ernfif V nmr noVthe Constitution, would be the ntasure oflhetr powers. Thattlib Several Matos who formed that instru ment, he’iig Sovereign and Independent, have the mqucstionuhlc right to Judge ol the infraction:” there arc, however, views in soil!? and greet conflicting, even among States ill; lits men, on the question ol the uniinpitii and sovereignly of the States. Hut all will not agree, with equal cor diality. will) the same Commonwealth, “that a I'liillification by those sovereign ties, of eh. unauthorized acts, done under color of t\at instrument is the righful re unify.'’ This was the language of the House o(Representatives ol the Legisla ture ol lv jitiicky, iu a resolution which 1 passed unanimously on the 14th of Nov. 1799. ‘i'lmso men who voted lor it, were licsh from the scenes of the revolution. TiH-.fr - .. love of their liberties, v hio.li induced I hem Intake up arms in their defence still inspired them. Liber ties so dearly bought, were not lobe yield ed without a struggle. The conditions and terms upon which their State had so recently’ entered into the Union, they were intimately acquainted with —it was dis t net I y understood, that unconstitutional acts of the Federal Gover-iinieiit w ere a priori null and void. They considered, tit the very first step of that Ciovemrnen! toward:; usurpation “that a Nullification ol all unauthorized acts, was the rightful re medy.” It may seem surprizing, that these in dividuals, so soon alter tlm organization of the Government, ero she had more than fairly entered upon the path of usur pation,. should have deemed so decisive, a ret) J'.'xs Np'l.ifcytipi.i. uecesyia. in if Tm ring*-.., - t-i. Vet* so says-history- But because tlm members of the Kentucky Legislature in’99 were Nullifies, is no reason whj* the State Rights men of Geor gia, io ’34j;irc. It is perhaps, no reason why they liiould be. But tlm reasons are very urgait why (hey should advocate some efficitnt mode of Slate Interposition. Tlm mode is. not so important as tlm effect to be produced. The experience of our past histoid and particularly ol a few years past, imitates that many, very many such contests still await the advocates of State Rights, as was waged in’9B and ’99; and that ail tlm patriotism, the vigilance, and the Ctmrgy w hich distinguished the memorable period, will be again and n gain required. “Tho price ol liberty is unceasing vigilance,” No people could be better worked oftliis (act, than have been the. ;tie Southern States. Tie gigantic excrescence of a manufacturing system, and the magnificent works of na tional Improvement, established with llieir money, for the benefit of others —the auto cratic Proclamation of the President, de claring the States wholly divested of Sore reignty, and subjected like dependent pro vinces, to one grand government, and their people amalgamated into one indi yis'ible mass rtf subjects—the Force Bill— die bill of blood—the legitimate fruits of the Proclamation—the spectacle of a mili tary hero, with the purse of the Govern ment clenched in one hand, arid waving bis omnipotent sword over subjugated states one little Stale alone, breathing defiance and “resolved to resist aggression come from what quarter it may”—the recent seizure of the public treasure and the in sulting protest tfi the Senate l.y the same ihirim; i. -r—all these are w; ruin;/ . Nor do we despair of their ultimately pro ducing their proper effect. The spirit of Jefferson animates the State Rights parly. It will not cease its,exertions, until it lias secured to the S'ate, the rights it acquired j by the Declaration of Independence; and which it never yielded by ratifying the Federal compact. A WHIG. ‘The. Youth of the Country. —The Char- j lottcsvillc Advocate states the following gratifying fact. “We understand that of the 201 students at the University, during the late, session not. more than 8 or 9 were the apologists ofllie present administration. The youth of the country is sound to the core.” The college sentiment we understand is equally derisive nnd unanimous at William and Mary,) iampderi Sidney, and Randolph Macon, and we do not doubt, at Washing ton Cob-: v.rr. The youth of to-day, fig--;-.i vi l lie the mm o! to-morrow; so that if Despotism and Des potic Principh-s, from the degeneracy of the ’ men of this generation in surrendering their - tiirth right to a military idol, obtain a tem porary ascendant, we may indulge the ns - sura nee, that the principles lor which > Hampden hied in the field, and Russell and ■ Sidney on the scaffold arc vet de-tined to ■I a Morions resurrection. While the youth ‘! of the country are loyal and true, the chains ■ j may bo forged but they can not be fastened. • 1 ’ ! Richmond Whip If* ATOII HI MU. We publish to-day a most interesting letter from Judge limn to the Committee of Klklou Convention in Kentucky. He call tho particular attention of our readers to the contents of Ihe letter. When stteh sentiments are expressed by such a man as Judge limn, n man ngainst whom the most envenomed parly spirit has never \. t lirt-iitlicd tho brentli of slander, it must be time for the patriot to arouse and watch over tho lute of bis country. — Telegraph. Washington, June I*. 1834. Gentlemen : Your very kind invita tion was received, and it would have met inv lieartv concurrence to have mingled with my old friends and constituents at Fill;- ton. But you perceive by the papers that the Congress will not adjourn in time to allow nte the promised pleasure. Ido earnestly desire to see my fellow citizens and constituents and converse w iilt tlmm fiice to face- I believe that by so do itig 1 could give it more impressive state ment of public affairs than I could do by writing. ()ur liberties are endangered. It is time for every Iriend of constitutional liberty, and n government ol laws, to awake and he vigilant. The liberties of a nation are held at the price of eternal watchfulness. The constitution is but on paper —men must give it motion, h!e, and activity. Il tin people are supine, those in power w ill mould the Government to their wishes. I lie ques tion will soon he with rulers not what the constitution is, w hat the good of the great body of the people requires, hut how far the people will bear. Every government in its progress lias had, and ever will have, a tendency lo create an interest separate and distinct between the government ns one party, and the people ns the other party; hi-lw - en office holders and private citizens, between tax payers and tax receivers. The groat body who pay taxes, must watch and keep the few, who receive the taxes Iron t the'Treasury, in salaries, jobs, and con tracts, from extravagance, waste, and ptl airc. Frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is assent ial to the preservation oI liberty This maxim is engrafted into nu- .-J, ■ ‘j-Tlits, and is to he found also in Jtu ‘ ‘iff'i[ : e ■'■avrien.) *.onsti’nti< ns. It is a solemn tfulh impressed-by history and experience. A got ernmenl may Left republic in form, butu despotism in tact. Augustus tusui did not change the forms of the Roman Re public, hut exercised a most despotic pow er over the laws, the liberty, and the prop erty of citizens. ‘J he Senate met as usual, all the officers were elected as formerly, and apparently performed their respective functions. Rut the l-.nipcrorin tact point* and dill every person t” bo returned by the pretended election, lie made lit*’ Senate de pendent on him, and every officer moved and acted by his will and his dictation. — 11. was in practice the government ol lit* 1 will of one man, and he and his successors exercised the most unlimited and arbi trary tyranny. I lie whole body ot the people were nt first oppressed, and after wards corrupted and brought to the most abject slavery. When wo look at tho manifesto of the President read to his Cabinet, the dismiss al ofllie Secretary ofllie Treasury for re fusing to obey the mandate of the Presi dent, the appointment ot a successor too bev that will, the consequent violation ofllie public faith, and the law; the doctrines ol the I’re ident’s protest, and the principles avowed in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the many evasions of the constitutional checks ol the Senate upon I -x - eeutivc appointments, by appointment of persons, rejected l.y the Senate, to other re sponsible offices, and even to the same of fice, nnd l.y withholding tho nominations ofthe high and important officers of de partment. , notwithstandingthc Senate have been in session more than six months, we have good cause to apprehend that the con ■titutional Government adopted by the States, ami the laws made by tho Congress ns a rule of conduct to the officers created by them, are not duly respected. The doctrines of the protest make the whole of ficial corps tho effective administration ol tho Government subject to the control of ihe President, not the laws, and subject to his dictation. Even the custody ot the public money is claimed, nnd in fact and hi prueti'-c enforced l.y the President, as a part of In constitutional function. The power of tho Executive is toengulph every power of the Government. itt ... : 41ml iftlir* rlnp.f.ri nflß I declare in sincerity,thntifthe doctrines of tho protest, mid the acts of the clue! Executive .Magistrate intended to he justi fied by the protest, lie submitted to nnd ac quiesced in, we have not a government of laws, hut a despotic monarchy, tho gov ernment of one man, cloaked under the powers of a Commonwealth. Need I re mind you ofthe many instances in which candidates for the House of Representatives have been proclaimed and supported by all til*; power and influence ofthe Presidents name, and the patronage of tho adminis tration? Have we not seen the samo pow er and influence brought to hear in State elections, fi.rthe purpose of so forming State f, rr|- bit u re- as to support the Chief Magis trate, and elect fo-nators <>f dm U. States to sustain bis measures? Do wo not sec the office holders moving in phalanks? Do we not see conventions held by self-created representatives, and committees organized under tho control of office holders, to man age a national cenvcntion ? Fellow citizens, arise in the majesty ot your power, ho watchful, your liberties are insidiously assailed. The Government established by our ancestors is about to bo converted into an odious tyranny. The power and influence of the Government , is about to he made greater than the rights and influence of the people. The passport to office is tin- indiscriminate support of every act of the President; brawling parti sans are rewarded from the public Tensu ry ; freedom ofopinion is threatened with dismissal from office ; and office holders, Senators, nnd Representatives are taught to expect promotion, according .o their zeal oils support of the most questionable or the more odious acta of tlm administration.—r The Executive inlliionce is brought into contest with the freedom of elections, and with the freedom of inquiry in tho Flails of Congress. The expenditures of the Gov ernment arc increasing to enlarge the pat ronage of the Government; and the pat ronatic of the Government so increased as to he exerted to sustain the President and the receivers ofsalaries, jobs, nnd contracts. The people are to lie governed by their own servants nnd money, by fraud and de ceit. I see in. remedy hut by die people in their primary assemblies, ami at the polls. ‘They must cause their interests and their sentiments to be respected; they must make known that the people aro to be rop n sented ; that representatives are the trus tees nnd agents of the Popple, ami not the servants of the President. I supported General Jackson’s election from the earliest canvass until his first ac tual election. 1 supported him, supposing and believing him to be the representative of certain great principles, which boat the foundation of civil liberty. I have been deceived. I stand upon my principles. Alas! in::n have changed hut principles do not. Believe mo, that, hud it been practicable, consistently with my public duties here, I should have availed myselfof the invitation so kindly and so feelingly addressed to mo. Accept my thanks; and be assured tliut my In-art uilj.be jvifo you e-i the wsat iff appointed for your deliberations. ; ‘ GEORGE M-RIBB. To the Committee of Imitation to the. Maling at Elkton, fife. F. P. BLAIR’S “SPOILS.” From n hasty glance at tho ‘■'Blue Poole” we glean the following items which are set flow n to tho credit of Blair, Editor of tho (ihibe :—- Printing Blank Cornmisssions, Treaties and Circulars, $1,993 17 „ Lawsollst Session of the 22d Congress, 4,503 00 „ Diplomatic Correspondence, including binding and paper, 8,512 03 „ Daws of Congress, 2,903 00 „ Publishing Laws of Congress in newspaper, 500 03 „ For Treasury Department, 5,594 53 „ For Pension Commissioners, 3,808 00 „ War Department, 900 „ Adjutant Ceneml’s Office, 1,281 12 7 "j 48 „ „ 201 03 ” „ 153 00 685 49 „ „ 10 (H) ;; .. 17 oo „ Ordnance Department, •> 00 , Subsistence Department, 183 75 :: :: :: For Navy Department, 142 08 ” „ . „ 25 ~ Navy Register, 809 50 „ Blanks for the Post-Office, 01 25 Advertising Post-Offieo Proposals, 8,443 50 Printing Blanks and Circulars, ■ 3,928 07 $50,091 90 Look ot this, fellow citizens I FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS thrown from the Department at Washington, into the pockets of a political Editor; as Ins reward for sustaining the Protests, Experiments and Corruptions of the Administration ! It is indeed a frightful -sum to be lavished upon one mercenary 1 But what is still worse, large as this sum is, it does not com prise all that was paid to him. J!y the Post Office Report, it is proven that Blair received more than EIGIII II lOUSAND DOLLARS which does not appear in the Blue Book. How much more ho received from other Departments which is not re cortled, we are without the means of ascer taining.— | Albuny Evening Journal. A tried Receipt for Burns. —Keep on hand a saturated solution of alum (four ounces in a quart ot hot water) dip a cotton cloth in this solution and lay it immediately ori the burn. As soon as it shall have be come hot or dry, replace it by another, and thus continue the compress as often as it dries, which it will, at first, do very rapidly. The pain immediately ceases, and in twen ty.four hours under this treatment the wound will be healed, especially if the so- I ut ion he applied before the blisters are form e(|—The astringent and drying quality of the alum completely prevents them. The dr-pest burns, those caused by boiling wa ter, drops of melted metal, phosphorus, gun powder, fulminating powder, &c. have all. ! been cured by this specific.— I •four, d* i Cormatx UsueTtes. sm 8.