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and three of infantry is the minimum force re
quired for the Northern and Eastern I rentier.
He also estimates that at least 10 000 men are
required for the defence of the country, exclu
sive of the Western I-rontiei.
Correspondence of the Macon Telegraph.
Washington, I). G., ?
ALare/c 8, ? 838. $
'Phe late tragedv which has resulted in the
death of poor Cilley, continues to be the main
topic of conversation, and the select committee
raised to investigate it are kno vn to be pursu
ing their labours with commen Jable diligence,
bciir" in session every morning at 10 o clock.
The°statement of Webb, and the murderous;
-wretches by whom he was accompanied, has
only added fuel to the general indignation. By j
izhat statement, they admit their fell purpose to ;
murder Cilley; first, by three of them, “all’
■nroperly armed'’ going to his room and break->
3ng in upon him, while he was unprepared for |
resistance and no friend near him, compelling >
Jim then and there to fight Webb, with Webb’s
own pistols, in the presence of Webb’s two
friends; or, on his refusal, to maim him; or, if
-they failed of either of these methods, to en
deavor to find him on the ground, and then and
there, while standing defenceless, to shoot him
down, and lastly, to murder him, if he had kil
led or even wounded, “injured’’ is the word,
Graves. This is the substance of the admis
sion of these blood. thirsty wretches,, which
they have sent forth to the world in vindic?.!. : ° n
Webb.
Was Wise in concert with them in all this?
Did he anticipate the melee the others design
ed on the ground? The question is a dreadful
one: but why, contrary to the written stipula
tions, did he take a second rifle on the ground?
Why too, in violation of the same written stip
ulation?, did he take two other friends of
Graves there, and two of the most athletic men
of the Kentucky delegation? These areques
tions presenting themselves with irresistible
force after Webb’s statement that a melee on
the ground was determined upon it the parties
could have been found. Ibe faither this
whole business is dived into the more mystery
appears in it. And yet the whigs of the south
and west strive to make a party matter ol it,
as far as they dare, by rallying their party for
ces to stave off all investigation into the facts
of this outrage upon the laws of God and man,
this admitted and obvious deviation from even
all the barbarous principles and precedent
practices of duelling. _ 1
From the great facilities of communication, (
the north is, as it were, in sound ol the federal
city, and the best indication of the general fee- '
ling prevailing in that section is to bo seen by ,
the”votes oh this subject No northern fede
ralist dared record his name against the prop
osilion of enquiry, or against sustaining its sub
«eq lent proceedings; and that they knew well
the feeling at home, is proven by the many
public meetings held, and petitions signed urg
ing upon the house to order the enquiry. One
or two memorials have been presented already,
signed by men of all parties, in which they
speak of it as “an attrocious murder,” but Mr.
Adams had to move a suspension of the rules
and take the vote by ayes and noes, ere he
could get leave to offer them. Ihe whole
south and west “whigs,” voted against giving
the old man an opportunity to present them,
though the latter arc nearly all avowedly in
favor of the right of petition on slavery and
the slave trade in this district, and openly de
clared their conviction of the expediency and
(propriety of the immediate abolition of both.
For the course poor Gilley took on the Semi
nole appropriation bill, in which he severely
rebuked the miserable sympathies of the red
race as of a kindred spint with those who lov
ed a race still darker, both impelled by a want
x.f proper love for their own, brought down the
hatred and enmity of those disorganizers upon
his head, and the event shows that those who
have no sympathies for their own kindred
while living, will not respect even the solemn
mid sacred obligations of the sepulchre. All.
these men continue to vote for stifling an en
quiry into the .causes of Cilley s death and
make it a party question. .
'Webb’s friends now say that the duel might
have been prevented if M r.Bentomfe M r.Duncan
had no! insisted upon Cilley s fighting. Tins
is another resort of the party to get their or
gan, their Ap* Telethon, Webb, out ofthe o-
Siam, and throw it upon others TAe whole is
a gross ami
has met the charge o'er bis own signature,
and it appears that he never saw Mr. Ci ley
but once in his life, at the commencement ot
the session, that he was in an ear ° n “ e
town talk ofthe rumored duel; n«* 50 “ r r . om s
being present nt Cilley’s experiment f 1
ns alledged, and pronouncing hisopin.’ on i
it, Mr. B. avers that he has not seen . n , ri /\
fired for twenty years. So much for |
hes, I have it from the best authority, tha
the allegations in respect to Dr. Duncan, are|
equally destitute of truth.
A select committee of the Senate, on an in
vestigation ofthe ridiculous corruption case,!
out of which the above unfortunate tragedy,
grew, are sitting daily; but the evidence given I
in so far, is beneath contempt.
The only appropriation bill yet passed by the
house is the pension bill, and the civil list bill |
is still under discussion in committee of the;
whole, and is likely to remain there for some
lime to come. Mr. Bell has given notice of a
general proposition, to move ns an am< ndment
to this bill, for a redaction ofthe salaries of all
the officers of the government of one half or
25 percent. This is designed as a blow at the
Independent Treasury bill, by enlisting the
officeholders against it, as the amendment
concludes with a proviso that the reduction
be made only in the event of that bill passing.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The Natchez Free Trader ofthe 10th iust.
says: “A report from the United Slates En
gineer Department, states that the number of
snags taken out of the mouths of this river du
ring the year 1887, amounted to about 1894.
The Engineer deems the expense of the clos
! ing all the mouths but one, or making a ship
’ canal too expensive. Every snag pulled up
i by the steamer employed costs now sl3, the
price advancing as the snags diminish. These
j peculiar obstructions could be avoided, if the
caving banks were cleared of al! timber, of
j which there have been felled this year 18,141
: trees. The wash of the serpentine current
causes the caving of the banks.
| j " - Nf-inSS—
i WESTERN GEORGIAN
i—— . ■
Some, April 7, 1838,
’ The following named gentlemenwill act as
I Agents for the Western Georgian:
Howell Cobb, Esq., of Athens, Georgia.
E. M. Johnson, Esq., ®f Gainesville, de.
S. Ripley, Esq., of Jefferson, do.
A. Erwin, Esq., of Cumming, do.
John S. Bell, Esq., of Spring Place, do.
R. M. Aycock, Esq., of La Fayette, do.
Turman Walthall, Esq., of Cedar Town,
Paulding County, do.
Leroy’ Pattillo, P. M. Monroe, do.
Charles Murphey, of Decatur, do.
Western Bank of Georgia.
Rumours have gone out to a very consider
able extent, prejudicial to the interests of this
institution, as well as of the community in
which it is located. It originated, we under
stand in Macon, and was immediately borne
to Augusta; and forthwith —the brokers and
bankers becoming alarmed —the bills of the
“Western Bank” sunk to some ten per cent,
below par. We doubt the genuineness of this
alarm. To purchase these bills at ten per
cent, below par, and have nothing more to do
but to present them at the Bank’s counter in
this place, and recieve the full amount which
thej r call for, in the bills of other Banks as
par all over the State, is certainly a very pret
ty little operation; and no doubt the prospec 1
of doing this, holds out such inducements as
would readily overcome any little scruples
which greedy capitalists might for a moment
entertain, at the idea of creating a false alarm
which would end in paying them so well and
so quickly. We refer the reader to a state
ment published in to-day’s paper, showing the
present condition ofthe “Western Bank.”
lt is true that the people have become very
incredulous as to the truth of “Bank reports,”
even on oath. It is a pretty general opinion
that the law requiring these reports is in many
instances, most shameluily evaded. The Wes
tern Bank, however, we must be permitted to
hint, has no neighbors and allies in the same
town, who can accommodate her with specie
pro tempore, in order to enable her President
and Cashier to swallow the necessary oath,
and then be accommodated in their turn for
the same purposes. In conclusion wc feel it
a duty to the people who hold the bills of this
Bank, to warn them against being induced to
part with them below par.
We acknowledge tho receipt of a letter from
tho Hon. W. C. Dawson, accompanied by
three packages of a now kind of Wheat. Mr.
Dawson informs us that this Wheat was
brought by Com. Kennedy of U. S. Navy from
South America, and given to tho Hon. Wm.
Preston of South Carolina, from whom ho ob.
tained it. Itisof three different kinds—the
first five, the second six, the third seven headed.
It is also represented as spring wheat, and ma
ny ofthe best farmers in this county, after a
I close inspection, pronounce it the best wheat
I grain they have ever seen. We have dispos
j ed of this donation of Mr. Dawson, in such a
manner as we believe will insure a successful
neriment, if it is suited toour soil and clin-i
--cx t
ate.
Coil regional.
On the 10th Mr. Buchanan submit-
ted a memorial of a citizen of Philadelphia, on
the subject of the currency, proposing a plan
for a National Bank. The stoc.’ r to be owned
by the different States in to their
representation; the draughts to be endorsed by
the States, and become the currency of the
'country; the capita! to consist at first of
000,000, afterwards to be increased to SlcO,-
000,000, and after that to be increased at the
rate of 2 per cent, per annum.
It was ordered to be printed, and referred <.o
the committee on finance.
Wu have conversed with P. Reagan, Fsq., ‘
one of the Cherokee Enrolling Agents, who;
i
has just returned from a second tour among
the Indians, for the purpose of enrolling the
names of those Cheiokees who wish to emi
grate. Out of at least 3000, whom he has visi
ted, he succeeded in obtaining only 30 Indians
willing to go to Arkansas.
These are facts worthy ofthe people’s atten
tion, especially in the Cherokee Circuit.
Murder.
The reported murder of Dr. Cady is false.
It first appeared in the “Georgia Pioneer,”
and subsequently contradicted by the same
print. We noticed in the first outset of the
report, that the doctor had advertised himself,
professionally, in the Tennessee Journal.—
His friends have no reason to fear for the safe
ty of Dr. Cady, at least at the time specified.
Wetumpka and Coosa Bail Road.
The Rev. J. D. Williams, President of the
Wetumpka and Coosa Rail Road Company, re
cently on a visit to this place, informs us that
every preparation is making by the company
to complete the road as soon as possible. A
company, we understand, has been formed in
this county, who will take one thousand shares
[*•<? believed that such arrangements have
been .made sV'th some of the Alabama Banks, ;
as will ensure the coiProul of the necessary
funds. The practicability of constructing this
road is beyond doubt. The region through
which it will run is extremely favorable, and
the distance short—not exceeding fifty.five l
miles.
The advantages icsulting from this Road,
to the citizens of this section, cannot bo ques
tioned.
The Western and Atlantic Rail Road must,
in any event, cross the Oostenaulla River at
some point above this place. It will be see >,
therefore, that though now we occupy an ob
scure part of the territory ol Georgia, yet,
when the Wetumpka and Coosa Rail Road,
and the Western and Atlantic Rail Road shall
have been completed, the citizens of this sec
tion will have the double benefit of a direct
market with the Gulph, as well as the Atlan- ■
tic ports. ,
We have noticed many instances in which j
large dividends have been declared upon the ;
stock of Rail Roads, but we venture the asser- '
tion, that no Rail Road stock will be found I
more valuable than that of Wetumpka and (
Coosa Rail Road.
Books arc now open in this place to receive
subscriptions for stock, on which five per cent. I
only will be required at the time of subscrip-1
tion; and only ten per cent, afterwards during |
the present year.
It is understood here from the report of a
gentleman ofthe name of Joiner, that difficul
ties have already occurred at the agency,
(Calhoun,) in relation to the removal of those
Cherokees who had enrolled for immediate em
igration. The report states that out of a large
number who had reported themselves at the|
Agency as beneficiaries of the treaty, and rea-|
dy to go West, but one hundred and fifty could .
be found, when the Steamboat was ready to
leave the wharf —the rest had all abscond
ed. The report goes further, and states that
Gen. N. Smith, Superintendent of Cherokee
Removal, had determined to discharge all the
Enrolling Agents but the one at Calhoun, and
require the building of a Fort at the Agency,
to secure those Indians who should be brought
in by the troops and enrolled by this Agent,,
when the time for their removal arrives. We
know not whether these reports are entitled to |
credit: we shall learn by next week, and give!
our readers the facts.
From the Southern Recorder.
CHEROKEE AFFAIRS.
Having on a former occasion troubled our
j cotemporary of the Augusta Constitutionalist,
| in pointing out the misgovernment of what had
been done by the late Executive in relation to
this matter, we take greatly more pleasure in
calling his attention to the very efficient and
proper course of the present able Executive of
the State, in relation to the same matter. We
say “efficient” —for the dispositions which our
Governor has brought about, without entailing
an enormous and unnecessary expense on the
I State, or unnecessarily harrassing our citizens,
will wc presume be deemed amply efficient by
his opponents themselves: and we add in re
gard to his action “proper,” because he has
I brought his efficiency to Lear just at the prop.
‘er and suitable umment. Through the cor
*rc*pondcncc with the War Department, and
the clear exposition of what both justice find i
policy demanded, Col. Lindsay has, we under
stand, been entrusted with authority to cad
from the several States of Georgia, Tennessee,
and North Carolina, any force he may deem
necessary, for the entire quiet of the Cherokee
country, and the peaceful removal of the Che
rokees at the proper period in May next.
Eleven companies have been called from
Georgia, nine of which have been organized,
received their orders, and we presume are ere
this at their appropriate stations in the Chero
kee territory. Os these companies two are
from Gwinnett, commanded by captains Gar
many and Tuggle, two from Hall, commanded
by Captains Buffington and Dorsey, one from
Franklin, commanded by Captain Bond, from
Walton one, commanded by Captain Means,
from Habersham one, commanded by Captain
Cleveland, with two others, commanded by
Captains Derrick and Faris. Two other com
panies, we understand, will in a few days fol
low those already in service.
These eleven companies will constitute ths
quota to be furnished by Georgia. About the
same time, Tennessee and North Carolina will
have under similar requisitions, their several
quotas in the field. These, with the force now
under the command of Col. Lindsay, say some
six or eight hundred men, ought surely to be
quite enough for all tfipohjects in view, both as
it regards the removal of the Indians, and qui
eting all apprehensions on the part of our citi
zens, in regard to them. With the white pop
ulation of the Cherokee counties, under these
arrangements, there cannot possibly bo any
reason for apprehension, in the minds of even
the most timid. Now we ask our cotempora
ry, if this is not the right way to do things?
No blustering, no imposing upon the State hun
dreds of thousands of expense, in short no elec
tioneering in the business; but the calm, quiet,
energetic action of the Executive ol a sover
eign State, requiring the Federal Government
to perform its duty, (a duty altogether and
wholly her own,) at the proper time and in the
proper way. We think our cotemporary must
in candor, most heartily answer our query as-
—
We have obtained the permission of the Go
vernor to publish the subjoined letter from the
War Department together with the extract
from the letter of the Cherokee Superintend
ent. We trust the solicitude expressed by the
Federal Administration on the subject referred
to may add to the efficiency of the Executive
Proclamation, which Mill be found in this day’s
paper.
Department of War, )
March 6th, 1838. $
Sir—l have the honor to invite your Excel
lency’s attention to the accompanying extract
from a letter from Gen. Smith, Superintendent
of the Cherokee emigration, dated 14th ultimo.
The time fixed in the last treaty for the remo
val of these Indians, is so rapidly approaching,
and its peaceable and prompt accomplishment
is so important to them and to our own coun
try, that I respectfully request, that all the
means that can be legally employed may be
applied, to prevent the alleged practices,which
cannot fail to delay so desirable a result, and
that the government may have aid of your of
ficial co-operation.
Very respectfully your ob’t serv’t.
J. R. POINSETT.
His Excellency George R. Gilmer,
Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, Ga.
Extract of a letter of Gen. Nathaniel Smith,
Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated Ohero
keo Agency East, February 14th, 1838:
“The course that many of the whites pursue
in the Cherokee Country, has also a tendency
to prevent emigration and to bring on difficul
ties with the Indians. They are in the habit
of selling every thing which they can induce
them to buy, and not attempt to collect until
the Indian enrolls —then they arrest and liar
rass them in an outrageous manner.”
A PROCLAMATION.
Georgia:
By GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
of this State, and of the Militia thereof:
Whereas information has been received at
this Department, that frequent trespasses are
committed upon the occupant rights ofthe In
dians in this State, and that many of them, af
ter enrolling for emigration, are prevented
from removing to the country provided for
them in the West, by vexatious arrests;
And whereas such conduct is in violation of
the laws, the principles of justice and humani
ty—highly injurious to the prosperity of the
State, by preventing the speedy departure of
the Indians from its territory, and may bring
upon the people of the Cherokee counties evils
ofthe greatest magnitude—
I have therefore thought proper to issue this
my proclamation, requiring the agents for the
protection of the Cherokees, and all civil and
military officers, to use their authority in seen
ring to the Indians the quiet enjoyment of their;
houses and fields until the 23d of May next, i
and their peaceable and unobstructed removal
from the State, so far as may be permitted by
the laws, upon their enrolling for emigration;'
and calling upon all good citizens ofthe Cher
okee country, as they regard their own secur-<
tty nnd the preservation of their property, to,
aid in effecting these objects.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my •
®hand, and caused the great seal of j
the State to be affixed at the Cap-1
itoL in Milledgeville, this seven-’
teentfi day of March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight, and of the sixty-second year of
* American Independence.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
B_v the Governor.
Wjr. A. Tennille, Secretary of State.
From iLe Augusta ConstiiutiunalUt,
We copy from the Southern Recorder ar.
article on our “Cherokee Affairs, together with
the proclamation of Gov. Gilmer, for the in
formation it conveys respecting the measures
taken for the protection ofthe Cherokee coun
ties, and for the purpose of expressing our ap
probation of “the very efficient and proper
course ofthe present Executive of the State,
in relation to the same matter.” But, while
we approve the course of Gov. Gilmer, wo
must be permitted to observe to the editors of
the Recorder, that this very course is a most
complete justification and vindication of tho
course which Gov. Schley intended to pursue,
and which he would have pursued if re-elected
to the Chief-magistracy of the State. The cd
itorsof the Recorder say, that now is the pro
per time. We say, that the organization of a
military corps, when intended by Gov. Schley,
was the proper time, because it would havo
apprised the Cherokee Indians, that the people
of Georgia were determined to require the ex
ecution of the treaty of 1835, by the total em
igration ofthe Cherokee Indians from the ter
ritory of the State in May 1838, and becauso
Ross and his party would have been convinced
of the futility of further resistance to emigra
tion. We firmly believe, that if such n corps
had been organized last year, the Indians
would have peaceably removed to the west.
The editors of the Recorder say, that in tho
course of Gov. Gilmer, there is “no imposi ig
upon the State hundred of thousands of ex
pense.” What expense was imposed upon tha
'SUte by the course of Gov. Schley?
FRANCE AND HAYTI.
An arrival at New York from Port au
Prince, brings information of the settlement of"
the difficulties between Hayti and France, rel
ative to the payment ofthe subsidy by the for
mer, under former stipulations. The Presi
dent of the Island, Doyer, had issued a procla
mation to that effect.—Aug. Consriiulionalist.
From tho New York Herald, March 21.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM ENG
LAND.
I’he packet Ship Roscoe, Capt. Delano, ar.
rived at an early hour this morning, when our
morning edition had been all nearly worked
off. She brings three days Liter from Liver
pool, and we have by her files of London pa
pers to the 23d, and Liverpool to the 24th Fe
ruafy.
We have muiffi pleasure in calling atten
tion lb the murk of reipect offered by tho citi
zens of London to the people of the United
States, io the person of their representative in
Englaird, Mr. Stevenson. These proceedings
will he perused with Jcfep interest, as affording
a sure conviction that the inestimable bles
sings of peace will be preserved to both coun
tries, and that tho madness of a lew despera
does, will not embroil two great nations in the
horrorsmill mutual losses of a sanguinary ami
vindictive war. A public testimonial of this
nature has not we believe, before been offered
by the city of London to any foreign minister,
and the importance of the measure can bo es
timated by the juncture of affairs in which it
has taken place There is a deep and grati
fying meun ng in it, which will set all minds at
rest, and bind the nations together in a still
stronger tic of respect arid affection, cemented
by mutual interest.
The following are the proceedings:
Sir J. Duke (Chairman ofthe committee np
pointed to communicate tho resolutions of the
last Court for conferring the freedom of Lon
don on the American Minister) reported that
the deputation had waited on Mr. Stevenson,
arid presented him with a copy of the resolu
tions with the following address:—
“Sir—We, as members of tho Court of Lord
Mayor, Eldermen, and Commons of the city
of London, have been deputed to communicate
to you, that at a Court held on the 16th inst.,
it was unanimously agreed to confer upon you
the freedom of our ancient city, by the accom
panying resolutions, which we have the honor
to place in your hands. Perhaps you will al
low us, the deputation, to express the high sat
isfaction wc feel in being honored to wait up
on you on this occasion, and the pleasure it
affords us to state our entire concurrence in
tho sentiments embodied in the resolutions of
the Court which were the result of a requisi
tion to tho Lord Mayor, signed Ly no-less than
15 aidermen and 83 commoners in a few hours.
It is our anxious hope that you may long
bo spared to adorn and benefit your native
country by your virtues and services, and that
you may long live to witness that which wo
feel confident is neare.'t your heart —an in
crease ofthe prosperity and friendship which
now happily subsist between the U. States of
America and this empire, on terms of honor
and advantage to both countries.
To which address Mr. Stevenson made tho
following reply:
Gentlemen, I receive with deep sensibility
these proceedings ofthe Court of Lord Mayor,
I Aldermen and Commons ofthe City of London,
conferring upon me the freedom of their city
as a mark of respect for my public and private
I character- Entertaining as Ido a high and
just sense of so distinguished an honor, 1 need
not say how gratified I should have been to
have had in my power to accept it in the man.
j ner proposed. This, however, lam not at li
berty to do under the constitution and usages
of my country, and the rules prescribed for the
government of its diplomatic functionaries in
, their intercourse with foreign nations. In de- ;
dining, therefore, as I respectfully do, the
freedom of your ancient and renowned city, I )
pray you, gentlemen, to assure the Common .
Council and freemen of London, that I am not \
less deeply and gratefully sensible of the dis. ■
tinguished honor which they have been pleas,
ed to offer me, enhanced, as it is, by the me-