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v-O IT. ? ll Yti*3ae, sh.iHb? yhe till?'? regiment; tii; ment of cavalry now-attached to th.4 tilth ?rig-He. shall hi the fifth regiment ; r lit* nasai of c iv.itrv n.^w attached to tin ^\rh bn ;ule, shall b ? the sixilfre-rimeui : f-u> vr?1' ^tvr!t of cavalry dow attache t to the ninth ?v. iu ;'ie. sh til he the ninth-regiment : the regie :nruz of r jvifn? -npw attached to the tenth br.- i !?, shall he the tenth regiment; and that w'ii^never ;i $ uTic i<nt number of troops shall haw bo? a raise I in the. fonith brigade to con stitute according to law a regiment- of eavalrv, such regiment shall he the fourth regiment: ?rhenever a sufficient number of froops shall htve been niised IS the seventh brigade fo -~ constitute a according to law. such ^regiment shall H"e"^he seventh regiment; ahl raf. whenever a sufficient number of troops sin 11 tc^h^tve been raised in the eighth bri^a-fe to cou ?t<*titutea regiment according to^law, such e^tegincut shalf be the eighth regiment. Ssc. 21. And be ft further enacted, Tint S^the number, desisrnaficm and" rank of the cav regiments aforesnlfcshall "be aB l remain * ^permanent; an F whenever eitlfer^of the re^i Fy. meats aforesaid shall be dissolved and tf-n.ew ? regiment raised;m~ifs ^steadi -such new regrf ?-' meat shall tnkVand h^e t^s ^uni^er, desig ^ nation and .rail!c of the ^gim?hf^ .dksolv'ed; Sac. 22* A ad be it farther -enacted, 'Flint >the regiments of cavalry in this State be, and v tjiey are berebyarfafrged and constituted into ades of cavalry, hrthsmanner following; isJo say, the first auKeco ad' regrments ; constitute the first brigade: the fifth sixth regimenEs shall constitute the third 3e; the ninth aud tenth regiments shaif ._.;ituTe thefifth brigade ; and ^Senever the aurth regiment shall have been organized ac ' ting to lav/ r the third and fourth regiments [{.constitute the second br^ade; and never the seventh and eigltdl regiments ihave been organized accoraifig to law, iki?f seventh and eighth, regiments shall fcftfMtitttte the fourth-brf< M^pPP Ssc. 23. That. the thirdregirasntof cav f and the troops now organized"!!* the r:h. seveuth and eighth infantry brigades*, lain attached to said infantry brigades-as (?^provided by law, nntii fxiliy ofgaaiss^d^s trirel by the twentieth section of tbifc ajftr Tec. 34. An J be it further enacted, That* be the duty of the Major Gerieraisf r rrtbe passiug of this act, to issue their f?ler to the colonels of the cavalry regiments fa th sir respective divisions, to advertise ?Td an election for a brigade of cavalry* _ : -their respective divisions; and whfefr-' either of the second and fourth brigades fcSvalry shall have been organized as re Jtl j>y the 22d section of this act, the ma RBtcra! commanding the division in which >brigad?raay be organized, shall forth order an election for a brigadier general ^ inunaud such brigade. ; . Sec. 25. And be it further enactedv* That dR^tf(??ibr brigadier generals of cavalry ilibe orlerei, advertised, held and conduct now proyide&f0r the electing and commis . stoning of brigadier generals of infantry . Sec- 26. And be it farther enacted,. That ?- <?!>? same ineligibility to the office of briga ? ; 4fer general of cavalry, and the same qualifi r ^tion tnthe voters for such office, shall be re , quired as now provided bylawforthe ofice of a 7.j|^gadier generalof infantry : provided that on ^^pcer of the iafintry or artillery shall be el i "gfble td the office or entitled to. vote for briga ^ 4ier general of cavalry, and no officer of cav ahy, in any organized brigade of cavalry, shall v eligible to the office or entitled to vote for ^r^adief general of infantry. ^ 'Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That ^ffereafter whea either of the regiments com posing a brigade of cavalry shall he reduced, frelow the' number of troops required I>y law t<s. constitute a regiment, and shall not recruit tofttck number within twelve months affer' notise to the commandiug officer ofs^chreg :^. ii*ent from the major geueral of the division ~?B. which-such regiment was raised,, or from v tJ? commander-in-chief, then and in that case ^ such brigade shall be dissolved, the commis sion of the brigadter general of su?h brigade of cavalry vacated, and the regiment,- sq.uad rons or troop3 still in existence within the limits of sueh -brigade, be altached to the in fiintry brigades a$ now provided by law. Sec. 28. That a troop .of cavalry shaJf hcreafi^r consist of $urty-six men ra^iik^atHf" four sergeants, one captain, two lieu ^tehants and one cornet ; and if any troop bow raised, shall not within twelve months contain the number of rank and file, and the V sergeants and officers herein required, such - ' troop shall be dissolved by the major general. \of the division to which such troop is jT tached; and if at any subsequent iusp^ any troop of cavalry row raisecf or hr~ to be raised, shall not contain twen] ^ -rank and file, and the sergeants ; : ^required by law, and shall not! same within six months after no tt^ p .its' ranks given to the command^ .-troop, then such troop shall be di **5.' See. 29. And be it further er^ the cavair y shall continue, to encaS brigades of i man try as now required by: Jaw :. and it shall 15e the duty of the brj^lier v generals o.fcavalry to attend the embmpme"u;.$ the cavalry of their respective brigaddi,.ahd -- superiatead and instruct them in the drULex ? ?rciss and manoeuvres of cavalry ; pS&ii&d, that no brigadier general of cavalry shali^as sume or exercise any command or aulMrity ''" over the infantrv or artillery ofsuchWtjauip -BlClv. ,? . ; .. 1 | ..Sec. ZO. And be it further enacted, That :<yjlooels of cavalry shall, after the passin^>f Jthis act, drill each troop in their respective ' ments once in every two year^, and^tfiat^ cnaAt colonels and majors of^c^falrv, *^so drill each troop in their r,e^peetive ,, drtms tfnce ia every twelve months. y ~^Szc. an And be it/further enacted, , That ^any collision or dispute shall arise between the cavalry and infantry artnsof service, witli .in any division of this State, ;in which shall .1 r: ? j _ 1?; sion, to hear and'determihe the case, and Bis - decision shall be conclusive. And provided -ra ny such collision shall occur in a brigade of S. -Wantrv in which the cavalry shall not be. or-; ganized into a brigade, the same shall be tried /and determined by the Brigadier-General of "iaeh brigade, and his decision shall be con ' elusive ? reserving to the parties the right of appesJ in the former case to the commander i*i chieC latter case to the Major General of the division. Sec. 32. Beit further enacted, That the ' Hilton Head company, in the 12th Regiment, exempted from attending battalion and regimental musters. Thk Great Expunger. ? It is stated in the Lexington (Ky.) Intelligencer that the tk great Expunger," Col. Thomas Humbug Kenton, wended his way home., "solitary and alone;" and it tells us, upon the authority of followed after him, that at eiiery public house on the line of his travels, where, his name was registers 1, black lints v. ere dr. iwn around, and '' ilcj?(?i*'etl hy order of :)? !>?> irth .-N- of this II writren a< ross it ! Tii.' } ? i lament ofnn:ikin:l upon that foul act oi desecration an I idolatry is already bc ginuin^ to utter its condemnatory voice; and wo he to the aspiring politician whose name is associated with that dark deed, in the 're motest manner. It will be forever as a mill -tone around his neck, to check his upward (light. LEGIST, ATT RE OF GEORGIA. HE PORT Oj the Committes on the State of the Republic. MiLLEDGEYILLE, Dec. 26. The joint Committee on the state of the Republic, to which was refered so much of the Governor's message as relates to his cor respondence with the Governor of Maine ; f which correspondence was occasioned by the ? secret- :and felonious abduction, from the Citjuaf ^Sayannah, of a negro slave, na'med 'Attieus, the. property .of James and Henry; Svas&s^by l)a|fier-Thilbrook and -Edward KeBet^u, citizens of the state of Maine, and fugitives from justice ; together with the ac | cdmpaoyi.i^ documents, to wit : the affidavit of . lames: Sagus, one of the owners of said "slave ; the warrant of the magistrate, and the ^ retur_n,oJf the officers thereon ; the consequent ; defnaud of th? Executive of Georgia, upon j the.Executivc of Maine, for the delivery of j said. fugitives to the agent ofih^ state of Geor f gia* in'order that they might "be made amen-' able to the violated laws of the State ; and the refusal of the Governor of Maine to comply with j .said deuia n < 1 , .R ep o rt ? !Ph<it said Committee have fully reviewed att tire circumstances attending said demand and refusal? that in the opinion of said Com mittee, .the Governor of Maine has signally failed to show any good and sufficient cause to justify him in refusing to comply with the just and, reasonable demand of the Executive. 3^tj&eprgia*; but that, o n ' the- -contrary, the ? of the Governor of Maine containsarf r_ euts, unanswerable arguments, which puld at once have caused that officer, if' at Imposed to compiv with tlie requisitions ^^jonstitution otthe United States; by "ag the sacred duties which it impos M }o preserve that; courfesy wiiich should ever subsist "between the sister States of this Union, upon any and every sub ject, however triflingit might be in its nature^ but more particularly upon quest! ous Of such grave import as the one now under Consider ation, to have caused said fugitives to be ar rested, and the necessary notice of such arrest . - j" --- ? r 'r^ ... . given to the Governor of Georgia, so ? that f . ' i ^ v they might be made, to answer the cnarges "preferred against tKem?and if innocent, to vindicate theirlunocence ; ifguilty, to endure the. just punishment of their crimes. , : The refusal i? Governor Dtfnlaprofcarring at^a period when the minds, of the people of the South are justly excited, and their feel } ings most wanto nlv outraged, by. the machi khattions of certain fanatics of the North, who seem determined,, in defiance of sound policy, and the dictates of honest patriotism, and of every principle of natural and cotistitutional law, to keep up an excitement in relation to a certain species of property, with" which no interference* firprn any quarter : whatsoever* will be-- per&ftte^r-a property guarantied to them by the Constitution of the - United StatesV and without which" guarantee this Union never would have been formed? aj? pears, in the opinion of your Committee, if not like a disposition on the part of the Gov ernor of Maine, to foster and encourage said . fanatics in their unholy crusade against I Southern rights, and which, if persisted in, must inevitably lead to a speedy dissolution ofthe UmoB, at least, like an inclination to irink at their proceedings, by screening Their,, miserable .agents, who alone carry" their doc prices into practi-cal effect, by wanton depre dations, upon our property, from the justice The reasoning of his Excellency of Maine, ' iu his letter of refusal., to the demand of the G.ov*ern.or of Georgia, - is, iu the opinion of -jjag^'.Committee, entirely, fallacious', and " p of the true question at issued' The it of the owner of the stolen slave, di-f charges that "the fugitives did, "on or . JLM . the fourth day of May, eighteen Hun dred and thirty-seven, feloniously envejTgle^ 1r take and carry away, without the limits le State of Georgta,.a certain negro slave ed Attic us, the property ofdeporient and brother-;" , and further states, 'that the p.Jfc&ls?, as depon^t i^i^o%ied and be -ves, a felony under the laws of Georgia ;3; j-it^Qovernor Dunlap affects to consider thai: ,Jie belief of the deponent, that' the act com mitted was a felony under the laws of Geor gia, was not sufficient to authorize him to 'deliver the fugitives to the agent of the Stale. | Upon this part of his Excellency *s most so phistical letter, your committee cannot fail to speak in terms other than those of the most unqualified reprobation. The fugitives were directly and positively charged With having, feloniously. enve.igled, stolen, taken, \ and : carried away a negro slave"; with having,' ! afterTibe commission - f said felony, fled from fthe State; and that they we re believed at ~tii?; ti;u.e to,. be within the .limits of the State of , JVCjiine, : ; Ts it for one moment to be'presum 1 ed that the Governor of the State of Maine was not aware- that larceny is made, by the laws of every State in> the Union, felony: :;tialess, indeed, it may not so be by those of Maine.! ,/The State, indeed, m'ay have, in tender ..mercy to thieves and incendiaries, ^ deci^recTit otherwise ; but this your commit tee does not, anc} cannot believe. AVhelher, ho wever, '.felony or notj.by the laws of Maine, ~ is. it not a crimeT.lt is So declared by the. penal code of-^th estate of Georgia, which fact was- communjfeated to. the Governpr^df jSIajae, by the Governor of Georgia. Has, -:thettvthe^Governor.o.f>Maine done tjiat,whi"chl -not only common courtesy, but justice^ poli cy, patriotism, and imperative. duty, required him to pcrforui ? Has $ev .complied wilfi.the" steru- requisitions of t he- C p"us,t it uti o n'b f the r JLT nited States, .whicH he has swoi n to support and . defend 1 . 'No ! but he has disregarded afiija violated'all. .. "v, / . " V "" , The Act, of Congress, passed F ebruary 12, c ?2793, "respecting fugitives from justice, uind persons escaping from the services of their, masters"*? ;an act passed in. furtherance of the second section of the^ fourth article of the Constitution, whicli; says, "a person charged in any State with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shafl, on demand of the Executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to beremoved | to the State having jurisdiction of the crimed ? expressly and peremptorily declares, "that ; whenever the Executive authority of any State in the Union, or of either of the Ter ritories northwest or south of the river Ohio, j shall demand any person as a fugitive from justice, of the Executive authority of any such State or territory, to which such per son shall have fled, and shall moreover pro "* . 1 duce the copy of nn indictment found, or an 1 affidavit made, In-fore a magistrate of any State or Territory, as aforesaid, charging the person so demanded with having commit ted treason, felony or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Ma gistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged fled, it shall be the duty of the Executive authority of the State or Territory to which such person shall have fled, to cause him or Tier to be arrested and secured, and notice of the ar rest to be given to the Executive authority making such d:mand, or to the agent of such authority appoiuted to receive the fu gitive, and to cause the fugitive to be de i livered to such agent, when he shall appear | and further provides, that if "no such agent shall appear within six months from the time of such arrest, the prisoner may be dis charged," cVc. Now, by referring to the document hereunto annexed, it will appear ? |hat every requisition of the above recited strictly complied with by the Kxecu -ti ve b^tjeo rgia. But the Governor of Maine, anxious desire to find an excuse for hotVdoiug his duty, says, so far as lie has "received any information relative to Phil^ brook and Kelleran," their visit to Georgia "was in the course of their ordinary busi ,-ness as mariners; their vessel being" at the South, they navigated it homeward by the usual route, : and in the usual time. They ? had stated'homes to which they openly re turned ; at those homes they took up their residence ; and conducted their affairs with out concealment, and in all respeets con formably to the usages of innocent and un suspecting citizens. Whether such a course of conduct is to "be a fleeing from justice within the meaning of the act of Congress, and whether men so conducting are to be -viewed as 'fugitives,' may present a question -of some importance," which he does not deem it necessary Tor him to decide. _Tru Jy, a most wise conclusion- But. the Gover nor of Maine seems- to clainffit a matter right for him to'depend upon information ?whiclx he received for refusing to deliver Hhe fugitives; information* perhaps false, Against a positive oath. * ' * Surely, then, your. Committee, speaking in^feeKaif' of the . people of -Georgia, if not the jewtire South, may, be permitted also, to. rely upon information which they have re ceived, -for reasons (independent ofVthose already given) why they should have, been delivered. The vessel of the fugitives le(t; it-appears, the port of Savannah, in the Usual manner, she- pursued the usual '/track, that of the broad ocean, (the only one she could possibly pursue,) to reach her port of, desti nation ; she arrived in the usual 'time, and, as the Governor of Maine would have us beiieve, '?they took ' up their residence" at their usual homes. Op the other hand, your Committee is informed upon good" authority, that when the owner who went in pursuit of the stolen slave, arrived at the port to which the fugitives .fled, to wit, their homes, they themselves* could not be found, although their vessel was lying in the port ; the slave they did find, concealed in a barn, and that when the party who arrested him were about leaving with the recovered property, they were pelted by the populace, and the owner with difficulty escaped from the fury of the ~mob. v - ?v But it is unnecessary to dilate farther. All the facts of the case -show conclusively that the Governor of Maine, if not disposed at the time of the demand to comply with it, for want of information, should have done so on the reception of Governor Schley's second letter. - To that letter, no reply, so far as your, Committee is informed, has ever been received. Compelled, therefore, from all these circumstances, to believe that the con stituted anrhorities of Maine do not mean to ccompJy with' the laws and Constitution of the country, but in total - disregard of both, *to treat with contempt the demand of Geor gia, all that rsmains for our committee to perform, is,, to suggest; the remedy. This is indeed a delicate, and a difficult task. -''We cannot close our ports against the vessels -of Elaine. We cannot ; declare a noh-inter c. purse with her citizens. , Either .coursfe would be unconstitutional. - To seize upon the persons of her citizens as hostages, or to ?levy upon their property found in our State, by way of reprisal, would also be unconstitu tional ; hut if not, it would be unjust, ^.be cause it would be punishing the Luuocent for the guilty. What," then, ought to be done ? Resort to the vlthrta ratio ! This, in. the- language of Governor Schley,' "can moVbe/iesorted tp^without a violation of tlic CeHerat. compact-;" and Jong, long may it be, ?befure the States of this Union shall be in volved i'n civil conflict. But knowing that thisndreadful alternative must inevitably be "ultimately resorted to, as a matter of sell defence. by-the people of the South, in case th?unhallowed example of the Governor of Elaine be followed by the authorities of the other States of the North, and "willing to prove to "the world by our "forbearance, our reverence for the Constitution? a' v forbear ance which, it is hoped, will hereafter in sure us justice ? your Co mnittee, although strongly disposed to recommend the passage of .a law imposing a quarantine upon all ves sels cowing Into our waters from the State ?pf Maine, in4 Consequence of viewing the 'doctrine of abolition as a moral and political pestilence, which if not checked, will spread devastation and ruin over the land. it therefore unanimously resolved, by the' .Senate and Ho.use of Representatives of Georgig.,; in General Assembly , met, That the refusal on the part of the. Governor of ?the S&e of Maine,. to deliver upon de mand of Vthe GlP yernQr of this State, ? Daniel PhiJ&rook. aad?Kclwai'd Kelleran, who stand - cba^edtfith the<;onrinission of acrime against State, and have. fled . there from, 'is not only -dangerous to the ' rights' of the people of^Georgia, but;. clearly and di rectly in Violation of the plain, letter of the :;Cdnsfifatipn of the .United States ; which is. in-thejollowing wonls.tO wit : "A person treason, -felony or vBtficferaine; who sl\a}l^ee<from Justice, and demand of j the State j frtf i)v^yiuchr h e fl ed , be delivered up to he i -i^movetfto theStaie having jurisdiction of! 'the vcni'rtei,.fV" - ? v ? Be it further Resolved, That the State of Georgia, and each of the other members of thp Confederacy, by the adoption of the "Federal Constitution, became a party there to, no less for the better protection of her own than the common rights and interests of all ? and When these ends cease to bo attained by the faithlessness of any to the constitu tional engagement, she is no longer bound by any obligations to the common compact ; and it then becomes not only her right, but her duty, paramount to all others, to seek and provide protection for her own people, in her own way. Be it further Resolved, That as soon as a bill of- indictment shall be found true, in the J Superior Courtpf Chatlaam county, against j the said Darnel Philhrook and Edward Kelle rkn,-. for the offence aforesaid, the Executive of .Georgia be requested to make upon the Executive of Maine, a second demand for the persons of ihe said fugitives, predicated upon said bill of indictment, and accompa nied by such other evidence as is contem plated by the act of Congress in such cases made and provided. Be it further Resolved, That should the Executive of the State of Maine refuse to comply with such second dejnnnd, the Exe cutive of Georgia be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Executive of each Slate of the Union, to be presented I to their several Legislatures, and also a copy to the President of the United States, and to our Senators and Representatives in Con gress, to be laid before that body. And should the Legislature of Maine, at its ses sion next after the said resolutions shall have beeu forwarded to the Executive of that State, neglect to redress the grievances here inbefore set forth, it shall be the duty of the Executive of Georgia to aunounce the same by proclamation, and call upon the people of the several counties, on a day to be named in said proclamation, to elect under like re strictions and regulations ay in the election of* members of the Legislatures, a number of delegates equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which they are- enti tled in the General Assembly, to meet in Convention, on a day to be fixed in said pro clamation, at the seat of Government, to take into consideration the State of the Commonwealth of Georgia, and to devise the course of her future policy, and provide all necessary safeguards for protection of the' rights of her people. From the National Intclligrnccr , of JDrc. 23. ? .Washington, Dec. 21, 1837. Messrs. Gales & Seaton : On my way to this place, 1 saw, for the first time, at Peters burg, Virginia, in the Intelligencer of that place the following article, which 1 would be obliged to you to insert in your paper to-mor row^ or next day, with my remarks, that foK low; v* . v<. ? ?- ?. ^ - ^ ' " v With respect, ... ?>& " 'C- ; - ' ' * j. e. calhoun. ? Mr. Calhoun's late summerset/ it Would seem, was as sudden as it was unexpected.- ? We invite, attention to the following appar ently well authenticated facts, which we find narrated in the last Salisbury (N. .G.) Watch": man. ? Lynch. Virg.y,y . il We made some remarks not long . since on the\awfeward predicament in 'which, Mr. Calhoun hadplaced many of his admire r^-by * the sub-Treasury sche>ne. There are many gen tie menwho say - they heard . Mr. Cai=v houn^enounee that scheme as he went on.fo Washington. city last August. At Charlotte, in particular, the judge then holding the sbl^ perior court, with several gentlemen of fhe bar, also, a: number of intelligent citizens of, Charlotte, called on Mr...CalWunt aridtfiey concur" in saytng that he thendisapproved of th^sub- Treasury plan: that he spokefre^ ly. and unreservedly on the^ subject^, and at: considerable length. These gentlemen, had mentioned Mr. Calhoun's conversation before his change of opinion was ever " spoken of, and when that was first suggested, some of his friends denied the fact, and adverted to this interview to disprove what was then re garded as a most pitiful slander. " But this is not the 'only sudden turn over of Mr. Calhoun's. His vote to withhold the. 4th instalment of the surplus revenue from the States was more pointedly inconsistent with his recent opiuions. .On the same trip to Washington,, in company with several members of the House of Representatives, he deprecated the proposal in the most emphatic terms, and declared that the opposition ought to iusist on the execution ol the deposite law if we hud' to take the money in rags. 31 r. Thompson; of South Carolina, and Mr. A. H. Shepperd, of our own State', heard him make this declaration frequently, and if any one doubts it, he can not only get the testimony of these gentlemen, but that of several private individuals, who are near at hand, but who are averse to have their uamcs drawn into a political controversy unless it be necessary. So that Mr. Calhoun has not only placed his friends in an - awkward predicament, but himself in a still more awkward one. It has been a rule with me, from which I have rarely departed, to pass in silence the misrepresentations, to which 1 have been sub ject, in, the discharge of my public duties; leaving it to my alter conduct to stamp the charge of falsehood on tliem- The above I regard as forming an exception to the rule. The reference to time, place, and persons, and its obvious intention to impeach my mo tives in the part I took -at the late extra ses sion, make it necessary that I should notice it. . Silence might imply an acquiescence in. its truth. ' , , ; I am charged with holding conversation oh my way to Washington j incousistent.with-. my course in relation to the currency and the fourth instalment under the deposite act, with the . express view of fixing on me a change of opinion after my arrival here, with, all the imputations to which such a sudden" change would justly expose me. I lcpel the charge directly and fully. I never .uttered a sentence on my way here, or at any time, in consistent with my course in relation to. eith er subject. ? ?*; In regard to the first, my course may be comprised under the four heads: opposition to a national bank ; opposition to a re-union with the -State ..banks ; support of a tota] se paration of Sfate and banks, and the-support of ^reorganization of the Treasury Depart ment, .^oasio enable it to perform the duties which the separation necessarily devolved on ir, br what is ; usually called t h e-sub -Treasury. It impossible for me to remember, or to repeat, all that I said at Charlotte. . I arrived there in the,-stage late in the evening, and many, of the respectable citizens called on | me. The conversation was free, and turned ! on the. subjects for which it was supposed j Congress was iballed. But I do know,* that I could not have said .any thing, fairly under i stood, inconsistent with my course on the currency. I had made up my iniud un changeably before I left homo against a na tional bank, and a re-union with the State, banks, and for a separation of Government and banks, and, of course, the re-organization of the Treasury, or tljo sub-Treasury, as several , of my friend? know, and, among others, Mr. Mcpullie, who will excuse me for using l)is name to put down all cavil, where so much industry has been employed to misrepresent me. Having made up my mind thus far, in conformity to principles long entertained and publicly expressed in debate on the removal of the deposites, it is impossible that 1 could have been guilty of the folly or profligacy of saying any thiug to the contrary, and which I should be compell ed to contradict by my acts -in a short time. As to my alleged denunciation ofthe sub Treasury, I have only to say, that I have al ways regarded i{ merely as the consequence of tti'e separation of the Government and the bauks? H mere question of detail, the merit of which must be determined by the partic ular plnn proposed ; and, as such, have attri buted but little importance to it. cither in j delate or conversation. I had no conception, in conversing ircely with gentlemen who sought my opinion, that what I said should be made the subject of newspaper remarks; but since it has, I release all present, as far as I am concerned, from the implied obligations, which regulate the laws of social intercourse in such cases among gentlemen, and without the obser- | ! vance of which conversation must lose all its 1 freedom and pleasure. They have my lull assent to state all [said : not a word of which, if fairly understood, will he found in conflict with my course. I repel the charge of inconsistency, as to the fo'irth instalment, with equal directness. It turi >'d out that there was no available sur plus in the Treasury; and that, instead of depositing money with the States, we had ton borrow to meet the current expenses. The alternative presented in the Senate was be tween the postponement of the fourth instnl- | ment or borrowing money. to make thedepos ite. I voted lor the former, and could not have done otherwise, without a gross Contra diction of all my principles, and the whole of my past course in relation to the subject. -j . But it seems that , Gen. Thompson, of South Carolina, and Mr. A. H. Shepperd, of North Carolina, are relied on to make out this charge. It is not for me to say how far they have authorized^thcir names to be used; on the occasiou. _ They can speak for them selves, if they should think proper, and they afc hereby released from every obligation, as far as 1 am concerned, that might impose silence, and at liberty to" state all I said on this or any other subject. I have no appre hension that either will assert that, in voting to postpone the fourth instalment rather than to borrow money to meet it, I acted inconsis tently with any thing 1 said. Ilad there been an available surplus beyond the probable ex penses of the. Government, I would have been among the' forerftost to insist on the deposite, hut as there vVas none, I would be' the last to 'borrow. for that purpose. -. ... J 'f-JAs ah act of justice, I must request the editors who- .- have .republished the article to publish these remarks: - f ; * ?/ CAL HOUN* " '? From the same,- t)ec. 25/ V" ' '? Messrs. Gales & Beaton ;* Inyourpaper of this morning the Hon. John C?. Ca^ houn animadverts on ^n article first pub lished in the Watchman of Salisbury; ~Nortlj ^Carolina, in which my name,, that of r?eii? Thompson and Mr. Calhoun's are men tioned. As I understand- the. publication, [ both the Editor and Mr. Calhoun used my name as. connected with that portion of Calhoun's conversation which is alleged to have taken :place in regard to the tyithhold'* ing the fourth instalment, under the deposit^ act-of 1830,^ and it is, in reference. tQ^h?| alone I suppose that Mr. Calhoun us^.jl^ following expressions ; w'BuV'it seemsMfia? den. Thompson, of South Carolina, and Mr. A. K. Shepperd, of North Carolina", are re-, lied on to make out this charge. It is riot for -me to say how far they "have authorized their names to be used bn the occasion.-r They can speak, for themselves, .-if^they should think proper, and they are -Hereby, released from every obligation, as far as. Iain concerned, that might impose, silence, and-; are at liberty to state what I said on this or any other occasion." A conversation which^ I held with Mr. Calhoun a few .days sino^ might have enabled him to say how lar I.lwd authorized my name to be used on the occa-. sion.> I then informed him that I had no authority for .the publication, but tjrat 1_ supposed the ne'wspapejr statement ^m.ade. fron^whatj: had some time, since" srr\id tortile, editor-; touching the matter'" of his ^publica tion ; thai I had written to the editor, ..com plaining of this unexpected use of my name, ? and regretting the publication. The statement of the. conversation., how ever, as contained in the. Watchman, is, ac cording to * my recollection, (sustained by, that of Gen. Thompson, of South Carolina, and Gen. Carter, of Tennessee,) substantially correct. v ? y. > ? v-. - In a conversation upon the subject of the repeal or postponement of the fourth .install ment, Mr.'Calhoim said, we must hold on.t(i.. it we must have the^ money il ive liave take ittfn- bank rags. ^ V J - \ How far this " conversation is inconsistent, with Mr. Calhoun's subsequent course is jfdt: for me to. inquire or determine. In speaking" of this stage conversation, which oecufrcgb between public men, on?a subject of greifF; public interest, ? and which they weretheir 'going to consider, I am wholly unconscious, of violating any rule of propriety designed to.; regulate our social intercourse, especially as it has never been my purpose oi' intention to question the purity of Mr. Calhoun's^ mo-c ?tives of action on this subject, but rather tb^ express my regret and surprise at the course-, which he has felt himself bound to- pursue, } and which I was; not , prepared to anticipate. Under the impulse of, this feeling, I was ad duced, at the morriffnt of Mr. -Calhoun's te^ marks in iavOr.- of postponing- the fourth ij| stalment, to mention to a member of,ui? Hoiise of Representatives the substance:^ this conversation. J doubt not that he; ttofr, collects it. t * A. H. SHEPPERD.^ Dec. 23, 1$37.~ I- _ In arii article from the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, 'in the Intelligencer of this morning, ^Ir." .Calhoun says: ^ "But it seems that General Thompson, of South Carolina, and Mr. A.? II Sheppard, of North Carolina, are lelied Ion to make out the charge. It is not for me to say how far they have authorized their, names to be used on this occasjon. fhe* can speak forthemselves if they should think proper, and they are hereby released from every' obligation, so far as l am concerned, that might impose silence, and are at liberty to state what 1 said on tins or any other oc casion." , The doubt which this passage may be con strued to intimate, as to my lending my name fo the publication of Mr- Calhoun's conver-. sation, I have reason to believe does not exist in the mind of Mr. Calhoun, as he had been informed how the matter found its way into the North Carolina newspaper m which it first appeared- If he had entertained any such doubts, they would have been removed bv a direct application to |UP? : The statenuut of Mr- Shepperd shows that 1 had not the slightest agency, direct or, ndrect, in the matter. But my 1?:' inff been used both by Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Shepperd, and being directly ca led ou hy.; tlie latter it is proper that I should say that ny recollection of the conversation .entirely rni.icides With that of Mr. Shepperd. coincides. wu ? , ^ THOMPSON, Jr...** Washiugtox, 23d Dec., 1837. Sin : I have read the statement which yott submitted to me of a conversation, in which ' Mr. Calhoun participated, and which occur* * red on our way .from Greensborough, N. C. to this place, to attend the extra session Congress. And in conformity withydurT*^^ quest that I should state whether --Im marks therein attributed to Mr. CalhohhTin relation to the repeal of the fourth instal inent, correspond with iny recollection of,.^?j them, I have to say that' tney^fS' in eyciry^r essential particular.. V '^:r. ! in this 1 have, the more confidence^ b?*V ^ cause we conversed of it shortly afterwards ** and because, when I learned, after the meet? ^0 ing of Congress, that Mr. Calhoun had ex- ^ pressed himself in favor of a'repeal of that -v* J instalment, I was surprised, and so expressed myseU^ojfl^aiKi others. , respectfully, <Scc. ' - ? wr i? r W. B. CARTER. V Hon. Mt. SiiEprKRtr.' " 'J- 1 ' Prom tic same, I)ec&t. v V : 't** ? < Washington, Dec. '26, 1837. "V ,? ^tessrs. Gales & Seaton; The, 'siateru^ racuts.of Mr. j$ hep per?, Gen. Thompson ^$3 apd Gen. Garter, render a/ew remarks ne- \i cessary on my part. * > ~ ?:*? rf:-' **?' *>J I nYeferring to- the two former, in mer . communication, 1 did not suppose that J^j either of them had authorized the article Which called forth my rfcmrirkS ;~rior had it" any iiltention td ^ound th6ir ;feelingsT^ My 'Jj object was 7ob ring Ugflni fs&ti, with' th<? ^ view to put down effectually the rhai^a ^inconsistency if) referej^c^ttM mf y course on the fourth instalment at-the extra session, with the vilej insinuations" as rowniy*^ motive. *'i-v7 ? ? ."*v -We have now a.. full s t^i^en t^pT^e^ vei'sation, according to the recollection off ^ those present, and it turns-out^ask-t-ielt tident. it would, that "in [ t the fourth. inst;dmcnf,rather/ money to ^ ^ " witiiflay.t ^ ^ onwfaich i-actttdwas 3,Qqutingency>'Iwt* con.- ^ ?teiriplated in -Jtiie ? conversation, , ,and ? son which, of ..course, -it did Uotturn. Asto-the^ fo ittih instalment,, fwastb'en, am n^gr^ and Wqr hsivejj^n, in latfi&ni ; ^eciiting ^"ctr ^ iaccorcfing'lo its true- intent antxf purpose .-rr-JJP We^all icnow. itfr object wa^o-;get^q|earf??3j?| ySfSSif fa iW of withdi &-S'j fa i.y, "??" believed t< patronage" ^ildcorruptfon," tdepositesafei^th^u -those bj :^e?^ed u^&xecflttTHhtiract" |5far as my v^e jTjay.go; available'' surplus beyond tl XW&bTt facing IfTfilfc' ^andr tfte^ XIIJ^U 15/ , V.U Uivl ^^^retfefce, ivlf^thdr _ I SeveraF!df my fiidftds % in*T | Mzk* dmgta.oii ^^sl . ? . _^tJo^oT;i!_ BtiV fu States; and th is /was -the^grounckir.tooi^jn debate on tfee poStponeinent; of- the "fourth" I ^'tarnlen^;%acl^r 'Jotfi^e ^ wouW^liidee5^ % - have. been . inconsistent -in n^,^pyTfflt^ u'- .1 i0Ue Qr ^4iu4^i n^)r^^Vowt^^D^e^ep^ tj ^ I wo^nnUjave' hesitated a moment to ob 1 itera tc . t h e -a ctf ro m, the statute book. 1\k; ag^T ; dangerotii^S r^st^ta fo^er^ni'artLS T-,TteitheX' affinneST^s "nor denied the truth *oP- the statement^as to^ the a! leged Conyefsation^ alid confi ri^ Vnyself^ siuiply to repeiiing.thSrcjiarge of incjgjjsi?t ' ? > r .tt ^ i _ '7-'* j iji^ v^uvcocuiuu* <; u(iu on uupvj^ivi# w? haying conversed on th^ ^lyecVon' here, but whether it was. in the stage, oron^4*3 tbe.steamboat, or^ in some^public iioiise^ o rj with' whom, or what J said, ! had no recollect 4 io n \ but qf o n e th ing I wsS perfectly couft^j dent> tliat J ^could^ not haye; said .an/;.thingi?i, fa i rlyun d e r s t o o d ,i neb dsj8 t e n tsw i ^h'v w hat?r jfe did, as^hat rested on fixed principles,:}""'^' established. in,iny mind, and oii wlijch r^t-^, 6|)en|y'-coin in it ted in. report, aud.^^pR^^j comptaih uot^bftt it is deeply to be regret' tvi'_ i : ? i .;? ; Si2E. - ted, ..that ,c}asuii|_ con jeisatio h^f%hi cl> a^e so?^ easy: f o^bfe,; mfsn ndersto od^ sh o u Id ^nd their*/ way into public journals, tit-places those jTuLiic^He in an a'wkvv^rd situation.;* If they * are reserved,: they expose 'JhemseTves to'the i\ i ?; puta tidn.nf jnijiro^.r Unot Lv?>; y add e.onverse jTi eeiy, diey are iiable to he inisrep- ? Vr'escnted*.^ I ask, as an act of fustic e^, that those who' .inay publish thcTstaleinents to-*yJnch this.jrc-; cx ? c~ -u-k.1 j . * ' t. ? 1 . i mm** TffBl pf^iMion o^the OrrfiinaryVtlie Slaves" of tb?: JE^^t'htate of the late- Professor" Nott will b? soIiT .be(drc ihe- Court H?use in Columbia, pn the ft m Monday in February next-^^ They consist of an ex ccclient 'i'ailor; four Carpenters ami -?on apprentice^ several house seryants^nnd others, ^-v*" slsS) -Torrrio r^SKl^L^jOnfe.' fourth cash. -and the -ba] w ill be required."- % J.Deg. 25, 1837. \V. .F. Pi S4Cg?CKfc . ^jMusie Teacher WTanieii^ _ AMUSiC TEACHER is. wanted immediately u^iS? Mrs. Martin's Feamle^Scmia&ry, as an ass^- ^v-S aiit UriWiss Oupny. who lias charge xtf ihifl;-1? mcnt. Applications hiadc to IHrs. Af ARTfN, bia, S. C. tr- "? ;<**.%&&?? Columbia, Jan. 6, 1833.' * ' ...' > l^|jgg Equily, "- ?' rr'-: v RICHLAND, STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA-i John I>oraas ' ' v - ' VS. '* r ^ . Marv Myddteton, A dm x. and heir of W I MvdHleiori. Foreclose Mortgage. part or parcel of^ Land lying and beinr in J and Stale aforesaid, on the east side~oft.be in^from Columbia ^tothe. It ice Creek Springs, con-*" taming. forty acres, more or less i the said lorty acre* being part ofa tract of one hundred acret, conveyed b^Jo.hn^Lomas to Wm.J. Myddleton, the I It h June, Terms of sale ore ? cash sufficient to pay the e of sou and expenses of sale, and the balance on credit of one .year, with interest, the purchaser give bond and security ; the titles to be made and' delivered till tbe purchase money is paid ; and if. paid when due, t he ,j) remises to be resold at the' of the former purchased ' Itv, * * ^ *-f -V ^