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THIS PROSPECTUS accompanies the 10th Num bar of the “ Georgun.” It was began under cucuni stances of difficulty and doubt, which none but those who have attempted a similar adventure, can correct !y appreciate. Rut gratitude to our Patrons, compels ue to say, that the success of our paper has been more than commensurate with our most fttnguino anticipa tions. Intending to devote the whole of our attention •and energies to if, we trust to render it more accepta. Ido to the public in future. As soon as our patronage •shall Warrant it, tho “ Georgian” will be enlarged from a Supor.Roy«l to an Imperial Sheet. esgeaaßMaßeesags l .. u. .■■■■”— ■ FLORIDA. From the Savannah Georgian. 'rhe extracts of letters which follow are published for general information. Extract from a letter, tinted “Camp 1 milk from Fort Jupiter, E. F. February 11, 1838. “We encamped here at noonday, having had a march of 28 miles 8. and back, since wo left fort Jupiter last Monday. “You have no doubt heard that a white flag hud been sent out on our 3d days march south, upon tho representation of an Indian negro with us, that the Indians were very ! anxious for an opportunity to come in, that he i knew they wanted peace and were tired of , war. At tho time appointed for the return of; tho negro, ho appeared with the flag, having i scon tbo Indians, and who requested him to say to Gen. Jesup, that they wished very ' much to speak to him, and appointed a time and place for a meeting. At noon of the Bth, Gen. Jesup with his staff repaired to the place with the flag. The Indians, about 40 in number, wore already waiting, headed by a noble looking young Seminole chief, Ha. lek-hajo. The talk lasted until nearly sun set. Nothing definite was settled. The con. fcrcnce was resumed next morning, and was continued until lor 3in tho afternoon. It terminated more favorably. To-ke-goe, their chief, (of tho Seniinoles,) agrees to come in with the warriors, women and children to Fort Jupiter by tho 20th inst. and to emigrate to the west, but begs, that they nmv be allowed to remain on any portion ot this territory, and which they say the white man cannot in. habit. Gen. Jesup, has agreed to use his in fluence with the President, to allow them to occupy a portion of South Florida under cer tain conditions. The country is not occupia. We by a white population. It is very low, and half of it south of this for three or four month* under water. The Seminole* will be satisfied with it, and why not rather they to occupy it than not to have it occupied at all? (Sen. Jesup'* conduct throughout the cam paign is worthy of all praise. The arrange ment he has made with tho Seminoles, is one Related by good judgment, sound policy, and j humanity; it was the best in my judgment that could have succeeded. The impractica bility of catching the Indians is a settled mat ter, under three or four campaigns; and even if we could accomplish it, the loss of blood and treasure on our side would be immense. The truth is, the country is so peculiarly ad apted to their mode of warfare, that every victory we gain, is a tenfold loss to that of the enemy. At one battle on the 25th ult. on the Lo-cha-hatchce, our whole loss in kill ed was eleven, and wounded twenty.seven,— while the Indian loss was only one killed, and three wounded. This is about the propor tion in all-” Extract from a letter from Camp near f ort Jupiter, E. F., February 1.1, 1838. “The sth of this month, we left bore, and pursued the Indians in a south-westerly di rection 27 miles. The country is almost covered with swamps and marshes; a patch of palmetto intervening every two or three hundred yards, making ground enough to pitch an occasional camp. We took but 14 wagons, and carried the most of our provis ions on packed mules. On the evening of the Gth our scouts reported Indians in the neighborhood, and the next morning marched in pursuit with the almost positive expectation of having a fight. Our guides told General Jesup that if he would send out a white flag the Indians would surrender. The General thought proper to try the experiment and it succeeded very well—about 50 or 60 warri ors made their appearance, all painted in the most grotesque fashion, ready for battle. They were posted in a dense cypress swamp, surrounded by water and mud, waist deep. Had the white flag been ten minutes later, Ma .for Ashley (the advanced guard) would have caught a severe fire. The Indians at first said they were willing to do any thing for Gen. Jesup; they even offered to join the for ces and fight the Micasuckios, but afterwards declined doing that against those who had fought for them. The Indians expressed themselves wearied and tired of fighting, they stated that their women and children had suf. sored a great deal, having been driven more than 200 miles; they moreover say that we have taken all their cattle, and a great many of their ponies—the result was a treaty of surrender. The Indians, (Tos-ke-gee's gang of Seniinoles) arc to be at the old battle ground by the I9th of this month with all their women and children. Gen. Jesup prom ised them to write to the President, and to get him to allow them to remain in some por tion of the territory, this, though was not a stipulation of the treaty. Poor creatures, it would bo humane to put them in another country; at least, so one would think, for ve rily there is not an acre of ground between this and Fort Taylor worth two blades of grass. You may rest assured these Indians are not to be whipped in one fight or two fights, nay nor in a dozen, they will never put themselves in a situation to be caught.” Extract from a letter dated Fort Jupiter, Feb. 12, 1838. “On our getting 28 miles southwest of this, wo came near the Indians, (say 200.) They were just going to fire; —a black man begged to go with a flag, saying he knew the Indians would give up* We halted, —a flag was sent, —out camo 40. A council or parley was hold with Tus-ke-gee, and a sub-chief. The General required them to come in, Arc. They talked ns usual, —plead to suspend hostilities, &c. The General told them at last, he would like to write to the President that his rod peo ple were before him, and if they came so near to his camp that he could say so in truth, he would try to get him to allow them to stop in the country, south 288. They said that they would go into the hammock and consult. They did so, and in twenty minutes closed with tho terms. They are now to come and encamp 4 miles off, with all their people in ten days, (Feb. 20th.) In half an. hour af ter our conference we had 2G of the warriors in our camp, begging for brend and corn, and more particularly tobacco. We all saw that we bad gone through hammocks, bogs, ponds, scrubs, and swamps that were frightful, and that if we could bring these out of tho laby rinth by a flag, on good terms, it would have a happy result, and such an one, too, as would satisfy all these people, and, no doubt, our i government.” The Jamaica Affrexticm System.-From our file of Jamaica papers to the 31st of Jan uary, it appears that the new system works but indifferently. Labor and industry seem to be at a stand, and the insolence of the blacks encouraged by tho agitators and hu. inanity mongers is becoming insuflerable. “Tho apprentices,” says tho Kingston Chronicle, “are treated by the special magis trates and by their orders, as spoiled children. They are petted, humored, encouraged in idleness and waste of time, and taught to ex pect indulgences which their masters cannot aflbrd to give them gratis, and when denied these indulgences they are encouraged in the W isdom, Justice, and Moderation. ROME, FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 14, 1838- belief that they arc ill treated and imposed on. Their children are idle and profligate, acqui ring no one good habit whatever, disdaining all agricultural labor and again encouraged in such feelings, we suppose, by command or on account of instructions.” This is doubtless a true picture ar far as it goes, but if We are to judge from the general spirit of the Island press, it conveys but fee bly an idea of the miserable failure of the experiment, the abuses to which it opens the avenue and the terrible revolts which may be expected, and which have indeed already be gun to manifest themselves. The catalogue of crime in Jamaica is daily swelled with the most horrible outrages constantly committed by the pampered blacks. We extract the following from the Chronicle of January 10. •‘That ‘idleness is the root of all evil’ is made manifest every Court by the fearful increase of crime. In days when masters had the power of stimulating their laborers so industry and good order, the black catalogue of iniqui ty which now stains our quarterly’ calender was seldom to be seen; for, be it remem bered, it is not trivial offences, subject merely to domestic punishment, but heinous crimes which are brought under the cogni. zance of the court—crimes which wore al ways visited w ith condign punishment, such as murder, burglary, cattle stealing, rape.” The feelings of the more respectable por tion of the people of Jamaica seem highly excited by the infringement on their rights and safety, brought about by the wolves in sheep's clothing, whose business it is to preach philanthropy and collect from the “ragged man his penny, and from the starving man his half penny.” One would suppose that the present unsettled state of Jamaica, and the wretched government of St. Domingo, would be a sufficient proof of the impolicy and ab surdity of abolition. To reasonable men it is, but to the hypocrite, or the wild enthusiast who casts aside the dictates of reason and common sense, every thing would fail to car ry conviction. Hie degree of insolence and arrogance to which the blacks are excited by the misplaced -sympathies and artful contrivances of these philanthropic individuals, would seem almost incredible to those who had not seen the ef fects of abolition meetings, and Emancipation Societies, in our own Northern and Eastern States. The apprentices in Jamaica nre too pround to work, and not ashamed to beg or steal; their minds insusceptible of education, are ex cited to brutal ferocity, and impelled to acts of violence to obtain the gratifications which are alone capable of affording them enjoy ment. Tho restraints of tho law uro in a great measure taken off from them, who must ne cessarily stand most in need of its wholesome authority. Indeed, there is every prospect of the blacks soon gaining the upper hand in her majesty’s West India possessions, and as. fording to those good soul.* who love their fol low beings best, as they approach in form and mind to the beasts of the field, the triumph of seeing their less esteemed white brethren yielding to the authority of Sambo, Qambo, and Quash. [N. Y. Eve. Star.] THE SUB-TREASURY RILL—FINALE IN THE SENATE. . Wc arc now to announce the result of the ‘ protracted struggle in the Senate on the great ' question of divorcing tho Government from the banks, —the political, from the money pow. er. It gives us, we confess, some pain to do this, for it is much more agreeable to be the ; messenger of glad, than of evil tidings. But ; as faithful chroniclers, we must take, and tell ; things as they are. The following abstract of the proceedings !of the Senate on Saturday last will put the : reader in possession of the facts and circum -1 stances connected with the final vote. ; After the ordinary business of the day was ! disposed of, the Senate resumed the consider ation of the bill. Mr. Southard rose and ad dressed the Senate at some length, and with much vehemence, in reply to some remarks of his colleague, Gen. Wall, the day before, in reference to his relations to the existing parties which divide the State of New Jersey —and especially in regard to lhe doctrine of instructions. Ho was replied to by General Wall, and the account between them being settled, Mr. W bite, of Tennessee, took the floor and s}X>ke until about 6 o'clock, in opposition to the bill —as a measure alike unconstitution al, inexpedient and dangerous. When he concluded, Mr. King moved to amend the 23d section ,of the bill. —(the section which provides for the ultimate receipt of gold and silver only in payment of the public dues, by limiting, grad ually, tho receipt of bank notes,) so as to place the beginning of this gradual progress •in 1839 instead of 1938; or in other words, simply postponing the operation of the spe ’de policy, for one year. This amendment ; was carried as follows: \ eas—Messrs. Brown, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of Kentucky, Clay, ton, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Knight, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, Merrick, Mouton, Nicholas, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Prentiss, Preston, Roane, Robbins, Robbin son, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, of Indiana, Sou thard, Strange, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Wall, White, Williams, Wright, Young—42. Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benton, Crittenden, Davis, Morris, Smith, of Contiec- I ticut, Spence, Webster—9. The question then recurred on Mr. Cuth- I bert’s motion made some days before, to strike out the entire 23rd section, so as to divest ' the bill altogether of the specie feature, as it i has been called, and let in the reception of ; banknotes, underj|the general provisions of : April 1817. This being regarded as the main point in issue, the Nationals rallied in support of the motion, and it was carried in the affirmative. Yeas —Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Da vis, Fulton, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Mer rick, Morris, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, of Indiana, Southard Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Wall, Webster,' White, William*.—3l. Nays.—Messrd. Allen, Benton, Brown, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Smith of Conn,, Strange, Trotter,l Walker, Wright, Young-—2l. Mr. Tipton moved to insert a clause, con taining a positive requisition that the Govern ment shall receive in all public dues the notes of specie paying banks. [This amendment having a special reference to tho specie cir cular of July 1837, and intending to repeal jt *J An earnest discussion followed on this a mendment, by Messrs. Rives and Tipton in favor of it, and by Messrs. Benton, Sevier, Roane, and Walker, in opposition. The amendment was lost, as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Bayard, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Ruggles, Smith, of Inda., Southard, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster, White—22. Nays—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Buc hanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Ful ton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith, of Connec ticut, Strange, Trotter, Walker, Wall, Will iams, Wright, Young—3o. Mr. Webster, having made a few introduc tory remarks, moved to amend tho bill by a requisition that no distinction should be made or exist hereafter between the different bran ches of the revenue, as to the money or me dium in which the debts or dues of the Gov ernment should be paid or discharged. Mr. Benton opposed this amendment with great vehemence. Mr. Webster modified his amendment s® as to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing any general order [as the specie circular'] making a discrimination as to the funds or medium in which debts to the U. States should be paid. Messrs. Calhoun, Wall, and Benton spoke against the amendment as modified, and Mes srs. Webster, Walker, and King, in its favor. Mr. Benton moved to amend the amend ment, by requiring that there should not be any difference between the times and terms of credit, and of payment, for customs and for public lands. Mr. Young offered, as a substitute for this, . which Mr. Benton accepted, a proviso that all the public dues should be received in cash or otherwise, in the same medium and manner as payments at the time may be required for the public lands, (thus placing the customs on the same footing with the payments for the public lands, whatever that may be.) This amendment, after a brief debate, was lost as follows: Ycas-Messrs. Benton, Linn, Morris, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Smith, of Connecticut, Young—B. Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Brown, Buc hanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Da vis, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Knight, i Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, Merrick, Mouton, ■ Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Roane, ! Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith ■ of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Strange, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Wall, i Webster, White, Williams, Wright-J I. The question recurring on Mr. Webster's amendment, forbidding discrimination in the kind of money or medium to be received in paying Government dues, it was decided in , the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Bayard, Brown, Buchanan, Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of Kentucky, Clay* ton,'Crittenden, Davis, Fulton, Grundy, King, Knight, Lyon, McKean, Merrick, Mouton, Nicholas. Norvell, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, t Roane, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, /Smith, of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Swift, Vol. I. NO 13. Tallmadge, Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Web ster, White Yo^ng—37. Nays-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin, Morris, Niles, Pierce, Smith, ot Conn., Strange, Wall, Wright-14. ’I he question then came up on the engross ment of tb.e bill for a third reading. This being tho last question. Mr. Calhoun rose and briefly assigned bis reasons for voting against the bill in its present shape. His speech, which attracted very general interest, will be found in another column; and the rea der’s attention is especially directed to it in order to a full understanding of the charac ter of the bill in its present shape. As soon as he had concluded, the question was taken on the engrossment, and carried by the fol lowing vote: Yeas-Mcssrs Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay, of Alabama, Cuthbert, Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Se vier, Smith, of Connecticut, Strange, Trotter Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright, Young,— 27. Nays-Messrs Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Da vis, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nich olas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Rug gles, (Smith of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster, White— -25. On Monday, (yesterday,) the bill was called up, read a third time, nnd passed by the same vote,—every member being in his place. Such is the result— and we announce it with the most profound regret. We had hoped that, after years of darkness, tho day was at length dawning upon us-, and that a great and glorious reform in our National Government was at hand. Stimulated by this hope,-and looking only and earnestly to this object, wo had, with a full knowledge of tho responsi bility,—with a clear perception of the delica cy and difficulties of our position, given to this leading measure of the Administration our most hearty and cordial support. 'Pho great, the distinguished statesman of Virginia, Mr. Tazwell, speaking of the bill, is said to have declared that it was “THE FIRST MEASURE SINGE 1798 THAT BREA THED THE PURE SP h IT OR THE OLD JEFFERSONIAN Jh TRINES, AND MADE HIM BREATHE FREER AND DEEPER. Another distinguished gentleman from the same State, for many years past an active and powerful opponent of tho adminis tration, writing to me on the same subject, ob. served, “Zs has more of the true spirit of ’9B than any measure since our time. Igo with you heart and hand-" Many other similar testimonials in its favor have been received from every quarter of the Union, and in de spite of the pressure and the panic, tho bill was making its way, nnd rallying to its sup port, the strongest heads and soundest hearts in every State. We looked forward with un mingled joy to its speedy triumph;—and tho promised restoration of the good old times. It lopped off the source of Executive patron age,—it vindicated the Constitution—it right ed the government, and placed it upon its true basis—it contained the elements to purify tho diseased currency of tho country,—and last and greatest of all, it dissolved at onco and forever the fatal—the corrupting, the disas trous connection between the POLITICAL POWER, and the MONEY POWER. Freighted with all these blessings, and fail ing;—failing at the moment of victory;—it would be affectation in us to say that wo do not feci disappointed. But saying this, we say all. We do not despair—we WILL NOT DISPAIR.—This is a question which will never again sleep for an instant while this Government lasts. It is a question which ad dresses itself, not to the principles and attach ments of every Republican only, but to the bu siness and bosom of every man in tho Union, whose fortunes are not linked with the money power of the country. The bill has failed in I the Senate, (for as it is we cannot recognize it > as the same,) but it has failed against tho • wishes of its friends. Many who voted for i it, did so with the greatest reluctance, and un ! der the hope, (delusive, we think,) that they would gain something. Deeply did they la* ! ment, however, the necessity of securing un ion at such a price. And we are pursuaded, the more they reflect upon it, the more plain ly they will perceive that they have conceded too much. The bill, as it is, so far from bcu efitting the local banks, but strengthens tbo i hands of Mr. Biddle’s bank, to their injury. It will afford no relief, though to this end chiefly, was the concession made. And white it thus fails to advance the objects contempla ted, it opens the door to many of tho mischiefs against which it was originally intended to g :ard. It does not divorce the poZ/tzcnZ from the money power—it does not recognize the currency of the Constitution—it does not car ry out the principles and the policy avowed in the President’s messages. Let not the friends of the bill suppose that we use these terms upbraidingly or reproach ! fully. We would employ the language of ad