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M \t rl ‘V KIl > V W All,
joinou 1 ieuV?. r S! ViWBWh. colled forilio sub.
extract from the columns of the National In
leHi/oncer, ol .yesterday. The call embraced
this miter, but excluded the brief answer of
the Secretary ot War. Why was this?
The immediate appearance in the newspapers
of General Jet)tip's views in regard to the war,
separated from those of the Department
makes it plain, that it was designed to impress
the belief on the public that General JuriUp’s
■uggestions were Hcqnicscod in by ihaSecre
ttry of War. Knowing the deep interest
which the country lecls in this subject, we
have felt it a duty to obtain from the Depart
ment tbo reply to General Jesup, that the
principles ami policy on which the Govern
ment has acted, in relation to the Scmmoles,
may be fully and fairly understood. For
this purpose wo submit the letter of the Sec
retary of War to General Jesup, of July last,
while preparations for the campaign were
making, and Uni in reply to General Jesup’s
last communication, which appears isolated
in the Intelligencer. From both, it will be
seen that the General, so far from having re
ceived encouragement to fl itter the Semi
noles, that they ooubl conquer a peaceable
possession ot any portion of the country
they have coded to the United Stales for
more than an equivalent, had every reason
-to know that such an idea was inadmissible,
and certainly, wo think, after the first coni,
•inunicaiiun of July, ought never to have been
repeated.
The position of the Seminolos is, ol all the
tribes tho most dangerous totho neighboring
•States and Territories. The country, acces
sible on ell sides from tho sea, opens tin:
way to foreign enemies to send arms, ammu
nition, and instigators, m tho midst ot thin
warlike and daring tribe. On the oilier
hand, to us, when assailed, they are almost
inaccessible; retreating to their jungles, like
tigers, alter their sanguinary incursions
aniog the plantations, they would fiilu securi
ty not only for themselves, but tor the
recruits ond allies of a darker complexion,
■whom experience shows they are prompt to
■draw o£T from settlements, and well know
how to employ.
VV e understand that Genera!Jackson fore
saw ull these mischiefs in the present pnsi -
lion of the Heminoles; unit when ho con.
qured ilium, and they proposed to emigrate,
lie strongly urged their removal as the policy
which Air Muinue should adopt.
Copy of a Idler from the Bneuutarv of
WAR to Muj. Gen. J usui*, dated
Wau Dkpartmknt, July V!r>, IHJJ7.
Sir; Asyou have in several ot - your letters
expressed an opinion ol the impossibility ol
removing the Heminolos, and a doubt of the
, policy and propriety of persevering in that
measure, it becomes necessary to explain to
you the views of the Executive on lbut sub
ject. It is true that the Seminolos dwell in
an inhospitable and do idly donate, and occu
py inaccessible swamps and morasses, wh cb
are not susceptible ot' cultivation or improve,
luent by the whites. Still, their further conti
nuance there was found to be incompatible
with the puaco and security of the citizens ol
flio United .Stales who inhabit Florida, as well
■as with their own preservation and indepen
dence; it became, iherufoie, the duly of the
Government to carry out liie same policy
with regard to tho Bnmmoles, which it had I
adopted in iis treatment of Ilio other Indian
tribes east ot the Alississippi—remove lliein
to the Abundant and leililo country beyond
that river, 1 or to withdraw the settlers (rum
East Florida, and protect the western part of
that Territory by a cordon of posts and troop.)
Every consideration of sound policy required 1
them to adopt the former alternative; and, in
pursuance of tins decision, the treaty of 1
Fuyno’s Landing was concluded. Three 1
years were allowed the Indians to prepare 1
L for their removal; and this term was Inrtlior 1
’ extended, and every indulgence (hut they as- 1
ked promptly and kindly granted, until it was
made inunilo.il that they oul not intend to lul
)il their treaty obligations, and it became the
imperative duly of tho Executive to compel
them to do si. As soon us this determination
ot tho Government was made known to them,
they broke oul into open hostility; and, ta
king advantage ol the unpro eeted stale of the '
frontier, carried lire and sword into the while
selll unenis, committing the most horrible ern- 1 1
cities and excesses, Itistrue, that in the) 1
•contest which ensued they have displayed in 1
an eminent degree, me savage virtues of con- 1
slancy and courage; mid that-, aided by thn
•climate, and the nature of the country, they 1
have so fur successfully defended themselves 1
against superior forces, directed by brave and 1
skilful otlicers; but the conduct and courage ■
•ot the enemy do not alter the nature of tbo 1
war, nor dimmish our obligation to subdue 1
•lliem, and to compel them to tultil their en- (
gageißoirt*. To abandon the settled policy I 1
of the Government because the Seminoles 1 1
have proved themselves to be good warriors, ! *
and rely for the protection of our frontiers up- j 1
on the faith ol treaties with a people who have 1
given such repealed proofs ot treachery, would 1
be unwise and impolitic. Wo cannot desist <
from prosecuting this war until the Seminolos 1 *
consent to remove from Florida, without an
abandonment of the only measures which can ; *
preserve tho independence, unit even oxh- '
tence, of the Indian tribes, and inviting the j 1
reaibLttDce or utl w(k> now rciuuui c.is! , *
of the Mississippi. To withdraw our forces j :
now, would betray great weakness, ami not
only tarnish the Honor of our arms, but vio
late the sacred obligations of the Government
ot tiro United S.ates, to protect the persons;'
and property of the ciliz ms of Florida from i
the savage aggressions of the Indians. lam I
persuaded that tins obligation can bo (ulliiled I
without seeking to exterm mite the Bcminoles, j
and am gratiliod, to find, that, after having bad 1
time for further examination and reflection,
you coincide in this opinion. In consequence
of the earnest desire expressed in your letter
to the Adjutant General, ot lho5;lt of June
last, to be relieved from the command of the
army of Florida, this Department assented to
your wishes and you were informed that, you
might withdraw from the army, and return to
your appropriate duties at Washington, pro
vided, on tiic receipt of that .permission, you
still desired to do so. The uncertainty of
■your retaining the command, rendered it un
necessary to correspond with you on the sub
ject of tbo preparations for the next campaign;
hut finding, -from your letter of the Bth of Ju
ly, to the Commanding General of the army
of the United States, that you are now de
sirous to remain and conduct the next cam
paign, which you believe may be <lono in a
manner to -ensure success, 1 will enter into the
subject folly, and-iirturm you of the incisures
wh-ch have been taken hero already, and ot
those which ais deemed advisable to adopt,
as well in tho prosecution-ot the preparations
for opening tho campaign, as for the conduct
of the war. In giving j,hc views ot the Do
pmmoitl on tins subject, it is not rnea nt to
confine your operations in the field, but more,
ty U point out the general principles on which
those ought .1 It" ( I'M. lii-Iril, leaving nil the »
details to your ■ >ii i.«l di>crei>on; \\ uc ■<
aided by ilie kiiu vli il-fi: ynii li:ivo a "
quired ol iho country will le.ul, no doubt, to
tu r rtfrff,Trf,{{Wh* 'At m 1 ». . a !?. d '!. Bllcct ‘ SH '
The recruiting service has been very true
cessful, ami the regiments serving and to curve
in Florida will have their lull complement;
and n iti intended to ask authority from Con*
ureas, in September, to increase the tompi
niea to one hundred men; so that then: will
ho sufficient time to carry out that measure be
fore the period arrives for opening the cam
paign. With the present establishment, by
sending the whole of the First infan'ry, four
companies of the Second infantry, three com
panies of the Second regiment of dragoons,
and a sufficient number of recruits to till the
companies to their establishment, there will
then ho thirty six companies of artillery, of
fifty each, making one thousand eight hun
dred'; thirty two companies of infantry of fifty
one thousand six hundred; and leu com
panies of dragoons of seventy each, seven
hundred; making in all four thousand one
hundred men, which will be in Florida by Oc
tober next; and if the contemplated measure
of augmenting the army meets with the ap
probation of Congress, the companies can be
. increased, mid the army of Florida carried up
to uovert ilumsund live hundred men. Mea
sures have been taken loohinin the ludim
force you have recommended, and it is hoped
that ono thousand warriors will heat Tampa
. in time to eo-operate with the regulars at the
i commencement of the campaign; say two
hundred Delawares, four hundred Hhawnces,
. one hundred Macs and Foxes, one hundred
i Kickapoos, and two hundred Choctaws ; ma
, king, in all, onelhuusand warriors. With re
. sped to the rnililin, it would appear preterit
_ bio to have them brought into the field from
diflerenl sections of the country, m comps
r riles, andpiiot to organize them into separate
t regiments, hut attach them ns light Infantry
, companies to those already organ zml. The
„ stuff of iho militia is exceedingly expensive
. and cumbrous, and might very well bo dispen
j sed with. Ills thought totally inexpedient
! to employ mounted mil it in on tins service.
Experience lias prove' 1 that description of
j force to be more expensive Ilian efficient, and
f will place under your command us many
coini.'unies of the lid regiment of cavalry ‘as
you niaj’ deem requisite.
Your suggestions with regard to the useful
, ness of spy companies, meets the approbation
’ ol'lhe Department, and lias been already ac
ted upon. Measures have been laken lo en
gage the doss ol people designated, and, on
1 your jiart, you may adopt such as you think
proper to increase this description of force.
Measures are being adopts I for establish
ing rapid and certain communications be
tween this Department and the seal of war.
: A lino of steam packets is already in success
’> ful operation between Washington and Lbar-
Icteton, leaving tins place on Friday and roa
( clung t.'lmrlcsion on 'be following Monday;
when a sea stoamur imj' he desp uchcd loiliu
( >St. Johns, and return in ti n. fordm departure
uftho packet un the following V'iday. Ibis
vessel reaches Washington again .oil Monday,
, so that ten days will sulficu to corm.T'u’'icatc
with tho forces under your command. L
proposed to make Jacksonville the principa 1
depot tor the operations outlie eastern side
of I ho peninsula; and you will give immediate
orders for the erection of sufficient sloi ehoii-
I sen for ilini purpose, sending a competent i di
cer to make a judicious selection of tho site,
which ought, if possible, to he on the liver
bank, so as to avoid the expense and delay of
land transportation. From this point, forage
provisions, and all things required for the use
ot the army, can bo conveyed by btcanic.s to
any place on die St. Johns where they may
bo wanted, to the nearest u».J most i oinmo- 1
dious point whence to commence land en
rage. In order lo ensure the success ol these '
operations, it will bo necessary to engage
the requisite number of steamboats for this (
seivice; and the Department desires to be
fully inturmud on that subject, m order that
it may decide whether to continue the con- |
tract or to purchase boats. And here il may
bo well to remark, that sea vessels ought to ,
he employed for transportation between Ncv
Orleans mid Tampa, and between the Eastern
ports mid Jacksonville, and the use of steam
ers confined lo the rivers. It will lie we 110
have on the eastern and western rivers, in
add lion to the baiges which you already leave,
a number of flat-boitomcu boats to push up
the shallow streams, and tu serve for lighters
in Iho event of the steamers grounding.
Whatever land transportation you may re
quire will be furnished by the proper dep irt
nicnt. Light two horses wagons, diawn by
mules, cue the best. And here let me advise
you not to burden yourself with two many
horses, either for cavalry or transportation;
it is extremely difficult to subsist them in the
country you arc to operate in, and, when too
numerous, instead ot facilitating, they retard
the movements of an army I observe in the
plan of campaign submitted to tho Depart
ment, in your let er of lath June, you call for
nine hundred and fifty cavalry; this appears
to bo too great, a number to subsist in Flori
da, but, if they are deemed essentially nec'S
s.iry, they shall be furnished of regulars. The
immense loss of horses by the militia, and
the enormous expense incurred by tho em
ployment of that description ot troops, have
determined the Department rather lo bring
into the field tho whole disposable force ol
the regular cavalry, than to make any draughts
for mounted volunteers.
In the entire absence of topographical
knowledge of the country which is the thea
tre of your operations, 1 can not give an opin
ion ofllio plan of ram pa go you propose to
follow. It his appeared to me that, hitherto,
the base ol your operations has been confin
ed too iiuieii lo a lino parallel to the coast,
and that, if tho nature of the country would
permit, it m ght bo better toeslabliah it across
the peninsula; but of tins I will defer a posit
ive opinion until 1 receive cop es ot the res
ults of the several reconnoissunces you have
caused lately to bo made. 1 beg t hat you will
communicate frequently with the Department
and as much as possible in detail, so that there
may bo no defect nor tardiness in sending
forward the supplies you nay require, or oth
erwise co-operating with you in making the
necessary arrangements and preparations for
a vigorous prosecution of tho campaign, ns
soon ns the season will permit it to be corns
me need without risk to the troops.
The period ought lo be determined by exs
penenco of the climate. In all our Southern
countries with which Jam-acquainted the Fall
of the year is tho most sickly; nod to coins
1 menco active operations in the lower parts of
, Caro ma nr Georgia before tho Ist November
unless there should be a frost curlier in the
I season, would bo attended wiih certain dis*
c.ve, and occasion the. destruction of one half
s ' of the army. It the troops are assembled in
t October, it appears to me tune enough; but I
wid be glad to hoar further from you on (fiat
j subject.
J. R. POINSETT.
To Moj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup,
('nmmamHng in Florida,
\ Copy of a teller from Major (Jen.S%BVP to the
Secretary of \Vau, dated
1 Head Quarter?, Aumv of the £
Fort Jupiter Feb. 11,1838. \
\ Sir ; 1 reported to toe Adjutant General
i on .the 9th instant, the operations of tins tli
j vision of'the army south of Ihi/t post to that
clalo, and the arrangement which I had made
ed with the chiefs Tnskcegcc and Ilallek Ha
go. The arrangement ia, that they are to
earths in with their families and people, and
arc to await the docisioiy of the President
whether they shall remain in the country or
not. I promised to recomnend that they be
permitted to remain, and that a portion of
i this Territory be assigned to them as their
residence.
Before presenting rny vows on that, subject
■ and redeeming my pledge to the Indians it
I may be proper for me to stale my own posi
tion in regard to the question ot emigration,
so that in wlmt I shall my tn relation to tire
Sominules, my views in regard to the general
principle may not he mistaken. Believing,
an 1 do, that the Indians cannot, under our
i Constitution, hove a separate political exist
• ence within an independent State of this Un
i ion, without the consent of the Slate, I believe
that it is duo to the Slates in which they arc
; congregated in large bodies, to remove them
i whenever they are pressed upon by the while
• population, and their lands become necessary
i to the agricultural wants of the communi-
I ty. And I hold that Congress, mid not the
i Indians, are to determine the proper lime for,
; their removal. We, in our Federal capacity
j owe the Indians protection; not that prolee
, lion secured to our own citizens by the equal
i operation of our laws, fur that in their coiidt
- turn would bo merely nominal protection ;
- but we owe them, in tutor individual and col
- lective capacity, that protection which the
i parent owes to the child, or the guardian to
the ward ; and to secure them that protection;
■ we must elate them beyond the operation of
r State laws. With the fullest conviction,
j therefore, not only of the policy, but of the
t justice and humanity of tho measure, 1 am in
favor of their outi u emigration ; and I have
I supported that policy under (our successive
. Administrations. But I believe wo should
f not apply the principle until the while popu
-1 lalion are in contact with; or inlerm.ogled
r among them. The state ot'things at which I
i consider their removal imperative, actually
existed when the tribes inhabiting Ohio. Indi
. ami, ll.inuis, Missouri, Mississippi, and South
i .Alabama, were sent lo the West: that slate
• of things actually exists in relation to the
• Chcrokees in Tennessee, North Alabama,
and Georgia; and, regardless of Ihu oppusi,
: tion made to the measure, they sln.uld be at
. once removed.
In regard to the Scminoles, we have com
. milted the error of attempting to remote them
. when their lands were not required for ngn
culiuriil purposes; when they were not in the
way ot the while inhabitants; and when the
greater portion of their country was an uuox
; plorcd wilderness, of the interior of which wo
■ areas ignorant as «f the intei ior of China,
■ Wo exhibit, in onr present contest, Lite first
; instance, perhaps, since tho commencement
ot authentic history of a nation employing an
j army to ex. lore a country, (lor vvu can do
little more than explore i:,j or attempting to
j remove a hand of savages Irorn one unexplor
ed wilderness to another.
.V a soldier, it is my duty, I am aware, not to
common.* BP OII |I|U P'd'cy of tno Government,
bm to cairy >t 0111 *" accordance with my instruc
tions. J nave faithfully to do so; but
the prospect of ' na , til,ff 1,10 T r ir l
son aI) I u time is any \.U.'’S j’ul nattering. My
decided opinion is, ilia', >uo M ss immediate emi
gration bo abandoned, the Wu 1 continue tor
years to co oe, and at accurr| ulaling
expense, li is not then well worth,’ l **° !-<! iiou»
consideration of an enlightened Go vei'inicnt,
whether, even if the wilderness we arc ire, urging
could be inhabited by the white man, (whfcii ,t '
not the fuel,) the object we are contending for '
would bo worth the cost! I certainly do not
think it would; indeed, I do not consider the
country south of (Jbickasa Hatch worth the me
dicines wo shall expend in driving the Indians
from it.
If 1 were permitted, and it is wi h great diffi
dence 1 venture to make the suggestion, 1 would
allow them to remain, and would assign them
the country west of the Kissimmee, Okee, Cho
bce, and Panai Ukce, and east of Pease creek,
south, to tho extreme of Florida. That would
salisfy them; end they might bold it on tho ex
press condition that they should forfeit their right
to it, it they should either commit depredations
upon the white inhabitants, or pass the bounda
ries a-sigued to them without the written permis
sion of l bo military commander or agent.
By placing an agency, and authorizing trading
homes on (Jharlotl's harbor, they could be soon
concentrated; and stationing a competent milita
ry force there and at Tampa Bay, they might
icadily rocontrollcd, and, if neccs.-ary, removed
from the couniry, should they become trouble
some, or fail to fulfil their engagements. I re
spectfully recommend tiro measure to your con
sideration and that of the President, as (ho only
means of terminating, immediately, a most disas
trous war, and leaving tho troops disposable for
oilier service. 1 desire a decision as soon as your
convenience will permit, as, by the middle of
April, at lartliost, the troops must he withdrawn
I rein all the posts in the interior, to preserve thoir
lives
Should it be determined to remove the Indians
by force, audio continue the war until they sub
mit unconditionally, I desire Ural the communi
cation bo confidential, and that ibe matter be
considered ns confidential at Washington, in or
der that I may have information of it before it
can be communicated by letter writers to others*
for there can bo but little doubt of their Hying to j
the swamps again and renewing the war, should j
the decision be to remove them.
If it be determined that tho Indians nowin
Florida remain, it would bo better that those who
are at New Orleans and Charleston, with the ex
ception of one or two of the chiefs, tie sent to lire
West; their force would thus be divided and
weakened, and many of tire relations of those
sent West might soon be induced to follow.
This communication will he delivered to you
by my aid-de-camp, Idem Linnard, a highly va
luable officer, whom I earnestly recommend to
your favorable consideration and attention.
1 have the honor to bo- most respectfully, your
obedient servant, TH. S. JESUP.
Major General commanding.
Tho Hon .I it Poixsktt,
Secretary of War. Washington cilv.
Copy of a letter from tho Secretary of War to
Maj. Gen -lesup, dated
Defautmkxt or War,
March 1, 1838.
Sin: f have the honor to acknowledge tho re
ceipt of your communication of the 14 th of Feb
. tuary, which was delivered to rne by your aid
de-camp, 'Lieutenant Linnard. The" subject of
it is one of deep interest, ami I have given to
the most diligent and respectful consideration.
1 lathe present stage of our relations witiit
Indian* residing within the Stales ami Territo
ries oast of tho Mississippi, including the Semi
noles, it is useless to recur to the principles and
motives which induce the Government to deter
mine their removal to the 'West. The aels of
the Executive, and the laws of Congress, evince
ads ennitiaUen to carry out the measure, and it
is to be regarded as the tetiled policy of the i
country. In pursuance of this policy, the trusty |l
of Payne’s Landing was made with the Semi- j 1
notes, and the character of the officer employed 1
on the part of the Government, is a guaranty of j j
the perfectly fair manner in which that negotia- \ I
lion was conducted and concluded. Whether | i
the Government ought not to have waited juntil i
the Semiuoles were pressed upon hy the whitu | j
population, and their lands become necessary to |
the agricultural wants of the community isj not a ,
question for the Executive now to consider. The ]
treaty has been ratified, and is the law of the
land, and the constitutional duty of the Presi- ,
dent requires that he should cause it to he cxccu- .
led. I cannot, therefore, authorize any arrange
ment with the Semiuoles by which they will be
permitted to remain, or assign them any portion
of the Territory of Florida as their future resi
dence.
Tire Department indulged the hope, that with | '
1 the extensive means placed at your disposal, the i 1
war, hy a vigorous effort, might bo brought to a 1
close this campaign. If, however, you are of
opinion that, fiom the nature of the country, and , 1
the character of the enemy, such a result is inis i
practicable, and that it is advisable to make a i
temporary arrangement with the Seminole a, by
which the safety of the settlements and tho posts \
will ho secured thionghout the summer, you are j
jat liberty to do so. In that event, you will es- j
I Inblish posts at Tampa, and on (he Eastern
! -Shore, and wherever else they arc, in your opi-
I ninn, necessary to preserve the peace of the
1 country, and I would suggest the propriety of I
j leaving On), Zadoc Taylor, of the first infantry, I
in command of therti. In moving north with S
j your forces, you may make similar arrangements !
I j wiih tho other bands. I doom it, however, of I
: great importance that every exertion should he j
’ i made to chastise the marauding Indians who I
1 have committed depredations upon the inhahi. I
tants of the people of Middle Florida. I beg i
; you will address yourself to Col James Gadsden I
' for information on this subject; and yon may* if |
I you think proper, yield to his suggestion of leas
1 ving a hat ulion fur tho protection of tho people
i in that neighborhood. It is hoped, however, that
■ you will be aide to pul it out of the power of
i these Indians to do any further mischief. They
; out to be captured or destroyed. As soon ns, in
J your opinion, it can be done with safely, yon
1 will reduce your force of mounted men from
■ Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee,
1 Very respectfully,
1 Your must obedient servant.
J. K. POINSETT.
. Mtij. Gen. Trios. S. Jr.suc.
i Cotntl’g. Army of the South, Fort Jupiter, Flos
, rida.
|j CllltdiNlCLK AND SKNTINKL.
1 'yfajcTlfSTA" ~
Thursday Moruilig, Alarclx 29.
! q'Jj' The Express Mail from tho North failed
yesterday rnonting.
Wo call the attention of but city readers to the
; following resolution of the Council, for the pur- I
| pose of ascertaining the wishes of the voters on
1 the subject of [laying the Mayor a salary. We
understand it is contemplated by the Council
to revise all tbc Ordinances now in force for the
government of llie City, and the resolution below
has been passed for the purpose of taking (he
sense of the city, on the question of a Salaried
Mayoralty, with a view to fcrialilo the Council to
reorganize tho office of Mayor in compliance
with the wishes of tho citizens.
The question is one of great importance to the
City, and we therefore throw open our columns
I to a calm discussion of it by (hose who desire to
tako up tho subject.
Unsolved, That at the next election for Mayor
and Members ol Council, the voters he requested
to endorse on their tickets "Salary” or ‘‘No
tary,” it in favor of or against allowing a Salary to
the Mayor of tho City; and that a Tally Sheet of
I such votes he kept and returned hy the managers j
t\‘he election, to the City Council.
A * rlIC cxliacl from the Minutes of Council
i the 3d day of March, and published by or
der ' GEO. M. WALKER, Clerk.
Stecie.—Abo, ,l 5'25,° 00 in gold and silver,
. , , . , ‘,p' sloop Opera, which ar.
were hi ought out hy w. 11
, , ,v , • c 33d, from Matamo
nved at New Orleans on tu
ta*. No news of importance hj >era ’
Specie lias taken a sudden rise in j
leans, and now commands sevon.per cent j >fenl,
Meeting in llubeishuiu. '
At a meeting held in Clarkcsvillo, on the 18th
of March, 1838, Col. S A. Wales was appointed | *
Chairman, and I, F E Dugas, Secretary.
When upon motion of Richard W ildhershatm ,
Esq., it was ] d
Resolved, That the citizens of Habersham , ’j
county do nominate Delegates to represent them
at the meeting of Merchants and others, lobe
7 1 fi
held in the City of Augusta on the first Monday I
in April next, *
On motion of Col. Benj. P Patten, it was
Resolved, That those Delegates bo John K. )
Mathews, L C Dugas, Geo, K Jessup, and John j '
Milledge, Esqrs. i ;
SAME. A. WALES, Ch’n.
1, F E Dugas, Secretary.
Mahvland Ranks.—By the report of the
committee of tho Lcgiature of the Batfksand tho
currency, it appears that Ihsßanks of the State 1 ;
possesses at this timefour hundrec and twenty
I three thousand dollars of sjiccie moreLhan they ,
, did at the period of suspension.
From the N. Y. Express, March 23.
MON Elf MA.HKEI.—CITV NEWS. j
| TnuKsiiA v, P. M.— Within the last two weeks
1 the banks in this city have curtailed their dis
j counts about Half a million of dollars. This !
1 course of procociling is one that gives universal [
! dissalisfacu on.—The mercantile community
have been snowed up within the last year in a
manner altogether unprecedented, and n is only ;
wonderful that so many merchants have been I
enabled to sustain themselves. Jt is exceedingly i
to herogreted that the hanks piusue the course j
they have, and continue tu do. The hanks can
hardly expect to retain the merchants or the
public as their friends in their efforts to return to
specie payments, unless they pursue a more lib
eral course of conduct. When” a resumption of
specie payments took place after tho late war, it
was brought about by a free expansion of loans,
by making money matters easy, and rbus by a
restoration of public confidence. Many of our
banks arc not, however chargeable with this nar
row policy. The Merchants, New York, Me
chanies, and Commercial Banks, with some
otheis; have stood by their customers, have ran,
fined their loans to their dealers, and have not
violated their trusts hy using their fund is in disc
routi ing (Southern Exchanges, anil thereby
having the public to an enormous extent. There
1 is a great desire on the part of the public to re j
i turn lo a sound currency, hut this must not ho
done by ruining lhe merchants. There is no
expectation that any hank south of the Potomac
will resume for months lo come, and thus the
Exchanges which aee now sobad, will probably
be woisc. Every possible effort should therefore
be made to he as indulgent as possible, so ns l
o
enable those who have funds at the South to got
their funds home with as little sacrifice as possi- ft
ble.
Our hotels are now well filled wtlh stran
gers, and large additions are made lo the num
ber by the daily arrival of steamboats. The
supplies of goods are abundant, and noiwith- g
standing the prostration of credit, and the I
great want of confidence, yet those who ask
tor credit are mostly entitled to it, and our
merchants would readily meet them. The
barrier, however, to all sales, is the state ol
Exchanges. Our merchants require either p
that the notes shall be made payable in this ci- f
ty, or if taken payable at a distance, the pur
chaser shall pay the difference in Exchange,
so as to make the payment at par here. Thi»
rate of Exchange is now frightful, viz: on
Mississippi 25 per cent., Tennessee nearly
as much. Alabama 17, and other places pro
portionally bad—that prudent men who mean
to pay their debts dard not make engagements
under such circumstances; and the conse
quence is, that an immense amount of goods
that would otherwise be sold, will remain on '
hand. This is a state of things Zhat cannot 1
be endured. Bad as mercantile matters have
been for ilie last year, they are inconceivably
worse now than ever.
The subject of receiving Safely Fund Notes
by all the Hanks is one of deep interest. The
bills of the Uanlts throughout New England
are m ordinary times received by every Bank
i to the incalculable benefit and convenience of
the inhabitants of that Section of country.
! The consequence is, that there is no differ
| ence of Exchanges between one town, or
: Stale and another. This is all done by kee
ping balances in the Boston Banks, and this
1 precludes the necessity of keeping quantities
■ of specie in any other place than Boston.
The Banks in this city have never received
all the Safety Fund Bana Notes until reqni
| red to do “o by a law of the State passed last
I year. That Law will expire in May next and
j ought to be revived. The Banks in this city
run no hazard, as the Safely Fund is now
i about six hundred thousand dollars, a sum
! greater than any Bank can keep in circula
tion. The Bunks have the power to make
the same arrangements as are made in Bos
ton, and the bills of any Bank would then be
received in all parts of the Slate, and out of
it even, they would have wide circulation, ow
ing to this fact. Exchanges would then be
wholly regulated, so that in this State, there
would be no differences, and between this and
Now England they would not exceed J to 2
percent. The /faults in this city must he
the gainers, as they would enjoy a grealer de
posit, and Ihe country banks would be amply
paid by the increased credit, and consequent
increased circulation.
Exchange on England to-day is exceeding
ly dull—fi} premium is the rate asked, but, as
already very considerable sums of British Gos
verhifleut Bills are In the market and large
sums of'Southern Bills, buyers hold off under
lmi impression that the rate will decline lo
; six if not lower-
com'me rci al.
Cotton.— Our markoi for this article has
been a litilc more animated for the lust week
than it has been for some time past, although
ve have no advance lo notice; the sales during
the week have been very heavy at prices ranging
from 7 a cis, the demand for the better qual
ities is more than the quantity offering can sup
ply.
GitocKiitr.s.—Business with the interior con
tinues dull, and as our stocks arc not heavier
than the trade calls lor, most articles are gelling
at lair prices. Two large parcels of West India
Molasses have boon sold from the wharf at 35 a
37} cents cash.
Exchaxoe—Can ho had at all our Banks at
! the following rales: fur Checks at Sight, New
York, 7 per cent prem; Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Boston, 5 por cent; Charleston, 4 per cent;
United Slates Bank Notes are dull sales at from
3 a 4 per cent prom,! Charleston Bank Bills 3
per cent, the the following Banks are not
received at our Banks in payment or on depo
site, and are bought by our brokers at the follow
ing rates: Planters and Mechanics at Columbus,
lj percent dis.; Monroe Kail Hoad at Macon,
2} per cent dis.; Oegmulgee at Macon, 1 per
cent dis; Western Bank at Romo, 10 a 12} per
cent dis.
JHAUINU INTELLIGENCE.
“ T - 'ON, March 23, —Arrived Hr barques
C H AHLI-.rl Liverpool; Cutler, Lasscil, St .logo
Abercremby, 1. 1 * "n, Liverpool; Danish brig Thor
dvCobo; Mary, I, w oyl;lirig Acorn, iiuWcs, Fliila
valrt, Grombiu g, Live.i'f ’
dolphin. -11, Philadelphia: Alpha,
Cleared, brigs Kb-"nor, Wilson, Now Vorli.
Thomas, Havana; ichr Kxtra, brown, New York;
Went lo sea, Ul, brig Jlo«> , ne; steam packet
srbr James Harbour, tinker. Hall.m
/fusion, Ivy, Wilmington,
■ ■■■IIMMIIIHIII,
DIEM ... „ ns
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Milpukd C’u , w '
wife of Mr. Sterling Combs, ol Jackson cou’nL *
in the G4lh year of her age. |
The friends anil acquaintances of Mi-» Comb.*
are inviied to attend her funeral this morning at
10 o’clock, at the residence of Dr Joseph A Eve.
Undies’ Working Society.
CrT’Tho “Ladies Working Society of the Pres
byterian Chinch in Augusta,” will hold a Fair
at the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday, the 3d dav of
April next, when a number of usefuland fashionj
ble articles of their own manufacture will he
exhibited for sale.
Tire Society was formed for the purpose of
general benevolence, as may be percctved by the
following extract from its Constitution :
“The object of this Society shall be, to afford
relict to llie sick poor oflho city of Augusta, and
; its immediate vicinity; and lo promote ns far as
' practicable, the education, morals and physical
comfort of indigent children within the same
I limits, especially by co operating with the Board
i of Directors of the \ugusla Free School, in sus
| tabling and carrying forward such plans for the
| improvement of the Female Department of said
school as they may deem expedient, and proper
to adopt.”
1 he purpose et the Society being to do good
to the sick, tiro suffering anil Ihe helpless, who,
in their immediate vicinity may need their assis
tance, they have little doubt that their object will
so commend itself lo Ihe community, as to secure
to their efforts a liberal patronage, especially as
in tire pleasant trafic it invites; both buyer and
seller aro co-operating in the important cause rs
benevolence, March 8.
UCF We are authorised to say that WinYW
HOLT will not be a candidate at the approach
ing election for member of Council,
ROBERTSON declines being a can
didate lor n seat in the next Council.
[ f T MteJ t 0 sav lhnt THOMAS
RICHARDS declines being a candidate for ’
Council in V\ ard No 3. 1
Mr Jones— Please announce the following ■
gentlemen as candidates for Council in Ward
No. 4.
ANDREW J. MILLER
L. P. DUGAS.
C. B. HITT,
J’lcafic announce the following, ticket for
Members of Council for ward No. 3.
T. RICHARDS,
A. G. BULL,
W. G.NIMMO.
Mu. Jones—Please announce the following
gentlemen as candidates for Council in Ward
No. 4.
A. J. MILLER,
L. P. DUGAS,
C. B. HITT.
Mu- Jones—Please announce the following
gentlemen as candidates for members of Council
for Ward No. 2, at the approaching election :
B. H. WARREN,
ROBERT BARBER,
S. M. THOMPSON.
Mr Editor—Please insert the following
icket for Aldermen, for the 2d Ward, and oblige
Manx Voters.
B H WARREN,T
A CUMMING, C Aldermen.
JOHN BONES. 3
Mr. Jones : Please insert the following ticket
for Mayor and Alderman for the 4ili Ward, and
oblige Mam Voters.
Fon Mato it.
SAMUEL HALE.
For Members or Council.
C. B. HITT,
L. P. DUGAS,
JOHN HILL.
Mn. JonkS— Please announce the following
gentlemen as candidate for Mayor an I members
of Council—members to represent Ward No. 3,
and oblige Manx Voters.
FOR MAYOR,
Samuel hale.
FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL,
W. W HOLT.
THOMAS RICHARDS,
ISAAC MOISE.
CMr Jones, will please announce the follow
ing gentleman as candidates for members o
Council for Ward No 4, at llic ensuing electioii
WM P DBARMOND,
CHAS. B, HITT,
JOHN HILL.
(£/■ The following gentlemen will be sup
ported for members of Council for Ward No.',,
by Manx Voters,
B. B. KIRTLAND,
F. H. COOK,
A. G. BULL.
Please announce the following gentlemens
Candidates for Ward No. 3, at the approacfcfiig
Election in April next,
B. VV. FORCE,
B. B. KIRTLAND.
QTj” The following gentlemen will ser\4i»
members of Council in Ward No. l,if clSed
on the first Monday in April next: ! /
PHILIP CRUMP, > T
R. F. BUSH,
MITCHELL NELSON.
Mr. Jones, we should lip gratified to be fe e
seated in Council by the following genllcmoa.ir
A. CUMMING,
MARTIN M. DYE,
JOHN BONES,
and hope they will suffer lllcif names id bem«
nounccd as candidates at the appioachiog elector.
Manx Voters of 2d Win.
Mr. Jones—Please announce the folkirng
gentlemen as candidafcs for Council in ti»ir«t
Ward at the approaching eicctlon in April;
GAREV F. PARISH,
Philip cßijmP;
william e. jackson. |
OTICE.— Will be sold on the first 'fipilay
in Muy next, at the Court House door jfaK'.ir
ronton, Warren county, within the usual tmen id I
sale, two hundred and twenty-eight n'crdjftliiik
and hickory land, whereon IVilliam IViltMamv
lift fl, levied upon as the property, o,( Willlnwi’ild
er, to satisfy “a fi fa. in Invor of Joriii 0; IVjppfic
IVilliam Wilder and -Solomon Wilder. ■;
J.V». HALL, Uop.
March 29, 183*.
~WSTEW
WILL bo sold on the first Tuesday dthlnr
next, between the usual hours of itei, the
following property, to wit;
One hall of a bouse and lot known as |j»Eiigls
Tavern, in ibo town of VV at renten, levied om« the
property of Stephen Blount, to sniislyja fi. fa.Aiavor
oi ESaw Brooks vs. Stephen Blount-japriperty
pointed on: by I'laihtitTg Attorney
A/fo, one hundred and twenty acres cf lapitmllio
waters dfCiirson's creek adjoining lands l of Henry t
Hight, and others, levied Ofi as ihepropojKif Ara- 'J
bro.se Heath, to saiisfy sundry fi. las, nkveruf
Charles Wilder, nod others, vs said Atubfca'fVnlli,
Timothy VV Lite, and John Wright, fi. Aka.taming
from a Justice’s Court, Uist. No. lGst3fs,p.‘rty
pointed out by the defendant. Levyjmi;.! unit
relumed to me by a Constable;
JEREM IAH PERRYMAN,Sh’fI■
iVlarcli 29j 1838. id
_ NUW GOODS? ft' *
WILLIAM H. CRANK is now racjwig hi"
spring and summer supply of-Ruy and
Staple Dry Goods, consisting oi a grcafeßiiHly ol
new and fashionable articles, which hav«kr. pur
chased at rcduied prices, and will be soldla small
advance for cash or approved paper. N<*a3l Broad
street, next door above the Georgia |j|i>i Road
Building. _ Ath 28. _
LEARY & Co’s. HAT WAUE.9uojl.fc
1 No. 3 Broad street, and 1 A pjr llmjfu
I Broadway, New York. mbseri
bers, lor several years pastjlijve had
many and urgent solicitnli,>B4supply
orders at wholesale, and .1 been
obliged, almost uniformly, to decline, in oqti»*juence
of the demand at retail licing as much, or 1 ih*many 1
instances more, than they could meet. ■
1 lo establishing a branch sales room oc the Aster
it became necessary to enlarge tl nit finish- M
ing establishment, and in doing so ihey lave made 1 ’i
such orfngr ments as will enable them to supply tu & <i
n /united eiisut orders at wholesale. t 'fi
q., I t 'ir sales must in a measure be limited in con-9 5
ficquenC' 1 ’ ot l beir determination to adber* strictly i 0 Ik 4
the princi le heretofore pursued, of keepiigno steef ■ i
nticad which r< ‘K" lutlnu has been on«fm<mn# 0 ■ S
givingthein tn° Advantage over the larjn andi-m M ,
portable lioness, in being in advance wi|li the 4li U \
ions, having no olu' t,,c 1 K ‘her M
from anticipating rlie wishes of tire fashionable pul m
lie for a change when cni. le ,°J; . ■
Each and every liat will . 1 ' nbisfiedHprossiy f
their rerail tmdv, and orders C* "holepif will ■'
taken front them, without any sjdoctiwi. except a
sizes. By this means the retail deai!.‘ ,r
the lull benefit of our facilities and /«Ttioi"''| I ■
bringing ioru-ard tile latest and raos PPpI^ 1 1 9
fashions. I -
Having attained their celebr ty no® ov by /hr* F 9
nisbing a superior article at a rodui-eA pro, but by I fl
a strict uilherence to a system pecuin to II B
solves and novel in this country, thejjiwildiivoiil f H
any thing in makiug this arrangcradSnt shwuid L£jms
interfere with tlml systeu .
idling but one quality of hats, fip)f h" great* 1 H
part of our customers being connrwiJrri of
article, whose nice discrimination nan - toot lb
least defect in iis quality, beauty, djt.xiem! ch» r W
acter for true taste, we propose supply:'; that P 3,:
ol the wholesale dealers with an
lor their most particular
take orders for hats varying in qnaßtyr
tiiose retailed by ns at the rime the oii is recci^
For the information oftliose '
!'° reputation of ilieir establishnier thev ann
the following editorial remarks ftoßihc
Morning Herald ; - W
‘•Tlie progress which the A
"everal branches of mannl'actiir,AMßßßBßßt
A tew years
nili'.l Stales
and
'■•ninny A great ebangc lias ■' '
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