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REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE ON THE MURDER CASE. We copy the following article on the mur cTer oPCillcy, from the New York Post, from which it will be seen that Mr.. Wise acted a A-ery conspicuous part in the foul deed, not withstanding the attempts of his Whig friends to screen him from the just indignation of the people. . Mr. Wise stands irretrievably condemned by the evidence; and, in my opinion, the Hon. Mr .Menifee is not in a much better position, thou gh the latter did not stand in a similar le- Jation towards poor Cilley. Wise makes an attempt to disconnect himself from the idea of any personal hostility to Gilley, and refers to his recent scene in the House with him as a ■slight misunderstanding, which could not have left any impression on the mind of either; while it is fresh in the memory of nearly the whole House how grossly he insulted and attempted to bully him on the occasion, correcting him self emphatically from the customary form of expression, “of the gentleman from Maine,” to | “the member from Maine;” using the express- j jon in “contempt;” intimating that he could ■ hold no further intercourse with, or place no j further confidence in him. and concluding with the language: “What’s the use of bandying j words with a man who won’t hold himself re- i sponsible for his words?” ; Cilley appears to have understood the mat ter perfectly. No man can doubt that the two j motes of Graves were, written in a bullying > spirit to degrade Cilley, who it is thought, would quail, and to extort an acknowledgement | of Webb’s character as a gentleman. Cilley throughout insisted to his friends that the . hand of Wise was in it, and that it was an at tempt to disgrace him, as a New Englander, who would probably submit to it, saying em phatically “he is my enemy, and he will not let this matter rest, but will urge it on as far as possible,” adding, to the friend who -was disposed to a less severe opinion, “you do not Enow him. I read him through. Ho is a false and black-hearted man, and 1 know he hates me.” Ido not -mention this as being in the evidence but as a fact on which you may rely. It appears to have been the opinion ofCilley’s friends, that it was impossi- Lie that a challenge could be sent in such a case. ; Cilley had a sfron-g apprehension of it from the first note, and a perfect certainty from the second. His behaviour wan very gallant and I noblo throughout. He constantly protested > bis regret at being forced and goaded on into > the affair; that nothing but self defence, for ' the maintainance of his dearest rights and high- , «st duties could make him raise his weapon at •Graves; and on a remark being made to him by a friend that from the lightness of his rifle, it would not probably do more thaw bound at , 'the distance, he replied that it would be so , much the better. I regret to find this partic ular fact not introduced in the evidence. 1 have it from the friend to whom he made the j remark. All, however, concur in bearing les- ; timony to the general disposition evinced by | him, in harmony with it. His last words, be- ’ fore the fatal third shot, as stated by Mr. By- . num, were, on his being informed of the result | of the-negociations, and the demand still insis ted upon “they must thirst for my blood might- ! •/7y.” Mr. Bynum told him to keep cool, and be deliberate;’and when asked by Mr. Wise, -what he meant by that, his reply is; “I feared that he might be agitated, and by speaking to him, that he would be more com posed and would shoot better, having then be- j come perfectly satisfied, in my own mind, that nothing short of his Wood er his disgrace, would satisfy thejnends of Mr. Gravest, and 1 felt iis i though he was about to be innocently sacrifi- ! ced should ho unfortunately full.” The strongest appeals appear to have been I made by all the friends of Gilley to the chai longing side, but without effect. Mr. Wise 1 brought to the field written statements of the concession which would be satisfactory, which were all substantially the same, and the terms of which go to contradict the version ot the affair now put forward. I hey were all equiv alent to a direct or indirect disclaimer of per sonal exception to Webb, and nothing could induce Mr. Wise, supported by Menifee, to waive the fierce determination to insist on that demand. Mr. Schaumburg appealed strongly to them to withdraw the challenge, after the two shots, declaring that he would in that case always bear witness to their honorable conduct. Mr. Menifee drily thinks that *‘a matter of o pinion.” While Mr. Bynum makes the sol emn protest: “I here declare, if this matter is persisted in further find if one or both of these gentlemen shall fall, thC«r blood will rest upon the heads of those who alo.?c have it in their power to prevent it now.” >5 ords never to be forgotten while this dark and bloody affair is remembered. , Mr. Wise’s own statement is dreadiwly hi tai to himself, to his constituents in a toi;e ot mutually artectionate confidence and frankness. Treachery to the generous teeliugs w hich he invoked in an appeal thus made, by falsehood, rank repeated, wilful, mingling with such an appeal as it were in the very same breath, is certainly a fitting climax to the rest of his con duct in this dreadful business. Before concluding I ought to add that Mes srs. Bynum, Duncan, Schaumburg, Jones and Dr. Fall*, appear all in a highly honorable light in the evidence; as men of heart and head. ’The censure of Jones reported by the Committee is evidently a mere matter of form. He was very averse to engaging in the affair, und only yielded to the most urgent requests, Mr. Cilley having already determined upon the acceptance of the chnlbnge, and the terms of the combat. He has, I understand, been v ry much affected by some censures «hi- a have been cast upon his conduct, a * wanting p’n proper firmness and clearness of purpose* i Cilley’s friends are, however, generally per ! fectly satisfied that he could not possibly have j done more, and that to withdraw Cilley from i the ground would have been impossible under 5 the circumstances. MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. We learn from the last .Mississippi papers, ; the returns of 44 counties, by which it appears i that Prentiss, (Whig) is 1885 votes ahead of 1 Davis. (Democrat,) and is 1435 ahead ofClai- I borne, (Democrat;) and that Word, (Whig) is I 1450 ahead ofDavis, and 916 ahead of Clai -1 borne. Twelve counties, which are general ■' ly Van Buren in politics, remain to be heard from, but vote very weak. There seems to ibe no doubt of Prentis’s election. The contest I between Claiborne and Word will probably be i very dose, but it is believed Claiborne will be j elected. From the Richmond Enquirer, 14th inst. ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA. I The returns of our late election ought to he i given with “Errors Excepted.''’ Thus, we ! find that the counties of Alleghany and Nel- I son, which were assigned in our last paper to I the whigs, have duly returned Republican Re- I presentatives. We most cheerfully correct a : nother mistake which was made in our last. ; We stated that “the Whigs have carried the House by at least 10 or 12 majority—perhaps i from 12 to 16. They may even have as great 1 a majority in the next House of Delegates, as |we had in the last.” We would never have, I admitted the last proposition, if we had scann ed’the poll of the last Spring, instead of rely ing upon the vague recollections of a friend. There was no precise test made during the last Legislature; but upon analysing the list of members, we cannot make out that the Whigs could count up more than 49 or 50 Delegates. The highest number would give us at least 34 majority—it was from 34 to 38. Now, the Whig majority in the House can by no possi bility rise to any thing like that maximum. What it may actually be, is, a question which now defies al!-solution. When the smoke of the battle shall have entirely blown away, we shall be able to ascertain the condition of the field of battle. We have lost the House— that! point seems to be certain enough—but we have ginned two Senators —Mallory of Brunswick ( V. B.) in the place of Meade (Whig) —and I Goode of Wheeling in lieu of I’arriot (Whig.) i This last is a now, an unexpected, and a deci ! ded victory. The number of Whig delegates, now cither ; ascertained or estimated with reasonable cer tainty, is G7. The number of Van Buren members, estim- . ated in the same manner, is 54. ; Thus, it is already ascertained, that tho j Whigs will have half the House —but to offset i our majority of twelve in the Senate, and to I tie uson joint ballot, they must carry besides 1 six of the doubtful counties. There are thirteen counties to be heard I I from, in which the results may be set down as j 1 doubtful; viz: Braxton and Lewis—Cabell— ' Fayette and Nicholas—Floyd— one of the' i seats in Harrison— -IMason and Jackson— Mor- ■ gan— Patrick, —Pendleton— Preston— -Ran- i j dolph—Tyler —and Wythe. We think it high-1 • ly probable, that we shall gain the five in Ital ics—and that the chances are in our-favetrr in ’ Floyd and Pendleton. LATE FROM FLORIDA. i By the Revenue Cutter Madison, Capt. How.; ■ aid,from Havana 24th, Key West 28th ult., ■ and Key Biscayne 3d inst. arrived at this port j Sunday last, we learn that Col. Harney of Fort King, having captured a squaw from ’ whom he obtained the necessary intelligence has gone with a detachment of 160 dragoons I and artillery, to attack Sam Jones, who it will jbe remembered was driven to the pass along i the Southern point of Florida about Key Lar go. This expedition left Key Biscayne on Thursday the 3d mst. The latest intelligence at Key Biscayne was I that Aleck Ilajo, the Seminole Chief, who ne- ‘ : gociated with Gen. Jesup, and sarrendered to | him, had been shot with all his immediate fol- j lowers, by order of Sam Jones, the chief of the I Mickasukies. This assassination is said very , much to have exasperated the Seminoles, and we are told that many of them now beg our troops to allow them to remain and assist in exterminating their late allies, Sam Jones and , the Mickasukies. j The naval detachment, lately engaged in 1 Lieut. Powell’s expedition, have gone to Pen-1 sacola to join our squadron fur Vera Cruz.—, This squadron is detached to protectour com-i merce from the consequences of the French; Blockade. Lt. Magruder and his company came on in ‘ the Madison from Key West to Key Biscayne, I . and thence shipped-m the Campbell for Sl Augustine. On Sunday, 22d ult. Governor Tacon left l Havana, being recalled by his government. . He left amid every demonstration of regret ofl the inhabitants of Havana. He appoints Es jielata his successor, under whom, it is thought, the admirable and efficient system of police' introduced by Tacon will be continued, and an orderly and quiet government maintained. ; —Brunswick Advocate. Rapid Travelling. The steam packet Nep. I luce, at this port, did not leave Charleston un .: til after the rail road cars had arrived from ’ Augusta, which left there at 6 o’clock on Sat urday morning, and passengers by. them, on their way to Boston, wilt dine in rioston on; ( Wednesday, and have ten hours in N<w York,) ; making the whole distance from Augusta tol Boston in about 89 hours, (running tiniAl andj , 73 hours to New York. The distance ■ Augusta to Eusua is over 1030 miks. i WESTERN GEORGIAN. Rome, May 29, 1839. I - • ... . . . ■■■ ■ ‘ I The following named gentlemen will act as . Agents for the Western Georgian: Howell Cobb, Esq., of Athens, Georgia, E. M. Johnson, Esq., «f Gainesville, do. 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 Coun-ty, do. Leroy Pattillo, P. M. Monroe, do. Charles Murphey, of Decatur, do. Dr. Hugh Quin, Chattooga, Floyd coun ty, Georgia. John Woods, Esq. Woods Station, Walker County, Georgia. Union Congressional Ticket. ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chaiham. Gen. B. GRAVES, ofNewton. Col. J. S. PATTERSON, of Early. D. C. CAMPBELL, Esq. of Bibb. JUNIUS HILLYER, Esq. of Clark. Hon. HIRAM WARNER, of Meriwether. Hon. ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee. Dr. J. G. McWHORTER, of Richmond. Gen. CHARLES H. NELSON, of Cherokee. The Cherokees® For sometime past, the public mind has been held under the most agonizing suspense, as lo the probable course the Cherokees would pur sue, when tire Government should attempt to I remove them by force to their new homes In the West. The unyielding obstinacy of their Chief John Ross, in withholding his sanction to the treaty, as well as the course ofthe com mon Indians in pursuing their ordinary’ avoca tionn vp to the very day when orders were re ceived from Gen. Scott for their collection and removal, induced the belief that hostility mightt be anticipated, whenever they should be com pelled to emigrate. These apprehensions which were felt every where, have now van ished. The militia companies stationed at this place, and in this vicinity, received their I orders to collect the Indians; and without any delay,and with praiseworthy despatch, on Sun day morning commenced their line of march. , The Indians were at home, and cheerfully o l beyed the orders of the officers, and prepared at once to take up their residence in Fort 1 Means, which was prepared to receive and de , tain them until further orders from Gen. Scott ’ should be received. The Indians finding tha t the time had arrived for their removal, in ma ny instances did not remain on their farms to be carried to tho Fort by the troops, but vol untarily come in, in large numbers. Last night two hundred and fifty Indians slept quiet ly in the Fort—nearly, if not all the Cherokees in this neighborhood. The war with the Cherokees, which the Government has been anxiously providing against for months past, has been terminated in one single day. And, ■ we arc gratified to have it in our power to state, | that this harrassmg question of Cherokee claim to the right of occupancy, will in a very short time be settled forever, and the people of Georgia be relieved of a population that has : prevented the growth of this section of the 1 State. Too much cannot be said in common i dation of the promptitude of Gen. Scott, in this ’ matter. If the officers had delayed their col- lection for one week after right of occupancy f had expired, we believe that it would have en i couraged them in acts of resistance to emigri gration. But both officersand men were im pressed with their duty and responsibility, and | cheerfully performed it. We learn from the Proclamation of the Go vernor, published in one of the North Carolina papers, that the lands in the Western part of that State, acquired by treaty from the Chero kee Indians, will be exposed to sale on the first Tuesday in September next, and continue for three weeks. With pleasure we comply with the request |of the Editor of the Southern Spy, in giving j publicity to the following article, which ap < peared in that print some two weeks since. OVe know the editor to be a firm and undevja- 1 ting friend to the principles and policy of the Union party, & no person who has read his pa per from its commencement to the present time, can fora moment doubt his devotion to ' the interests of the South. In our opin i ion, no man but an abandoned southern Abo ; litioniit, would attempt to palm upon the peo ! pie of Georgia a belief that the Editor favour led their dark designs. But the article speaks I for itself, as follows: We received a few days ago, from a friend in Washington City, the following letter, en. closing the paper adverted to: “Dear Sir, — You will probably be some what surprised -when you find inclosed the “Emancipator,” sent to you by me, yet I am induced to do so because I find that he says you have desired to exchange papers wi-th him. I know nothing about the correctness of this assertion, but must require other testimony than that of the Editor of the Emancipator. [ confidently hope, that tho result will prove that there is no truth in this libellous and fa natical print.” As was rightly conjectured, we were sur prised, nor did our surprise exceed our indig nation at discovering how our feelings were sported with, and our character as a journal ist, at the South, exposed to unmerited obloquy. With such vile papers as tho Emancipatator and its kindred tribe, we have ever sought to j do. So far as they are concerned, our aim I has only been to contrive and act against their infernal plots aimed at our peace and domestic happiness. Tho number of the E mancipator transmitted, bus the following over our vignette; “Emancipator,— ' “Please Exchange.” THE SOUTHERN SPY. “Washington, Ga. March 20.” iTo which is appended tho following, pupor ; ting to be a laconic reply: “We will. We also quote a few para graphs for the sake of introducing you to our northern readers.” Then appear in immediate succession, sev era! advertisments taken from our paper, each relating to the sale of negroes. From this, the inference might be drawn, that we solicited an exchange with the Emancipator, than which nothing is more untrue. But conclusive evidence is here ad duced, that by some means, the Emancipator has been furnished with a copy of the Spy. What wore these means, we are left only te conjecture. In self-justification, and for the iuforma- . J ' tion of friends who may fi:el a concern for us J about this business, wo will simply state cir cumstances so far as they have transpired I within our knowledge. About the Ist of I March last, we received the first No. of the J Emancipator that we had ever seen, contain j ing a request from the publisher that we would exchange with him. For sufficient reasons, we peremptorily refused; which refusal on jour part was made known in the following : manner: —The E. was enclosed in an envoi- I ope, and directed to its publisher in New York, with these words in our own hand writing pasted on tho inside of tho paper. —“The Southrn Spy refuses to exchange. Wo need no light, which you can shed on the dark sub ject.” We believe this was the identical lan guage employed, and our recollection is very ; distinct that the word “refuse,” was under scored. From that period to the present (sa. ving the one just sent by a friend) not a num. - ber of this Abolition paper lias reached us. Nor through our privacy, knowledge, or con sent, has a number of the Southern Spy been sent to tho city of New York, for there we have neither subscribers nor an exchange pa per. We have no means of ascertaining whether the publisher of the fanatical journal surreptitiously obtained a copy of our paper, and adopted this means of avenging himself of an affront previously given. If, us is poe sible, this should boa device of some personal ’or political enemy at the South, practised for I the purpose of doing us an essential injury, we have only to regret the extreme difficulty ‘of ascertaining who tho miscreant is; and of. fer a reward of One Hundred Dollars for his . detection, or furnishing a clue by which we may be enabled to fix upon bis identity, and inflict that punishment lie so richly merits, j If the scoundrel will unmask himself, he shall I bo entitled to a double reward. , An elucidation of this matter can hardly be 'expected from the Emancipator. If an ex planation were attempted, the chances of our jseeing it would be against us, as we are re solved to persevere in our determination not to exchange with that diabolical print, and no number of our paper shall reach that, through our instrumentality. If the publisher lied, when remarking that he had received such a request, it is not presumable that he would I acknowledge it; and if the request was in fact made by some secret enemy of ours, we have li’tle reason to suppose that the publisher would even if in his power, make the requi site disclosure. Our friends will at once perceive the awk. ‘ ward situation in which wo are placed. —Most foully slandered; wc have not at command the means of redress, because the author of the calumny is either unknown or beyond our reach. The reward offered however will be given on obtaining the desired information, and Editors with whom we exchange would confer a favor and do us an act of justice, by publishing these remarks.— Southern Spy. From she Darien Telegraph. GOVERNOR GILMER—PARTY BIAS. When Governor Gilmer was a candidate for< the office he now holds, we opposed him with' * all our might. We did so, because WtyconsidJ cred that no man of mongrel or doubtful poli tics should fill the gubernatorial chair; and t because he was the nominee of a minority of j the freemen of this State. Mr. Gilmer’s o pinion’s on the United States Bank question ’ are not in accordance with the fixed opinion • of the people of Georgia. Mr. Gilmer’s opin- ‘ ions on the doctrine of State Rights please neb ' ther party; he is too much of an Union*man . I for the exclusive State Rights party—4oo much . of a Nullifier for the Union party. How,then did such a man obtain his present elevation? We hesitate not to say, by the agency ol mis- [ representation and calumny; by the defection and treachery of some leading Union men, who permitted their personal antipathies to his opponent, to lead them, ifnot into the ranks of the opposition,-to do the same thing, viz: to ! stay away from the polls. As an instance of , this, we may allude to a certain individual in this county, whoso road to distinction has been , on the shoulders of the Union party, who did not go to the polls on the occasion, but kept back, because Mr. Schley would not use the , influence of his office as Governor, to facilitate the election of the person in question to an of fice ofhonor in the General Councils of tho Union. What sort of patriotism is that? Wliat evidence of Union principles was there? Let , our readers answer. But Governor Gilmer had an oportunity of proving that ho would not bo thb Governor of ’ a party —but the Governor of the State. He ( has not done so. He has shown the greatest ! petulance and littleness of mind during bis ad ministration. No act of his has been ever i tinctured with liberality; and he will descend from his high station without having perform ’ ed a single deed that can be called impartial ' or generous. These are hard words, but we hazard the prophecy. We have spoken of his littleness of mind: now for the proof of it. It is usual for the Bank Reports to be printed in certain papers. They should be published in those of the lar gest circulation. Gov. Schley, when ho came into office, made no alteration in the list of pa . pers which published these reports —the lead ing State Rights papers had the privilege of publishing them, as well as the Union papers. , Gov. Schley rose above party bias, and sent the information required to the public through the best channels. What has Gov. Giltner ’ done? He has restricted the publication to his ’ own pet papers, Unruly admitting the Georgian and Constitutionalist* to copy them, just to keep , up a semblance of fair play. He has depriv ed the leading Union papers ofthe profit of pub. ’ lishing these documents—even tho Standard of Union, the proprietor of which is the State Printer, has been excluded. Tho editor of »L. A . 1 . ... I • .■v.lz.t'tz.vAzl- that paper, however, with Inn usual muepend cnee, has determined to print them, in defiance of the royal ordinance of George R. Gilmer, and look for remuneration to the Legislature. That body will do justice, wo believe; and Mr. Gilmer will be made to appear just ; as small as he should be in the m ilter. Wc are ourselves amongst tho proscribed. We have the satisfaction, however, ot knowing that if Governor Gihror can deprive ui of a little money, he cannot restrict lor a moment our freedom of thought, or of speech; and while we can use these faculties, wc shall not desist from denouncing the poor, ptlifhl motives that, must have actuated that person io his war on tho Union press of lhe State. But he follows in the footsteps of his friend, Mr. Biddle. If he cannot corrupt the press, lie would coerce -it—he would starve it into subjection. We, however, can live without his patronage, and personally care very little about the matter: but we decry the precedent established by Mr. Gilmer. It affords too much scope to a tyrannical Governor who would not fail to abuse it. The only remedy we can see-is to vest the power in the Legis lature, of decreeing what papers shall print the reports. We are jealous of the executive pow. er, when it may fall into such venal hands as Mr. Gilmer’s. *And Federal Union. LATE FROM NEW YORK. By the steam packet New York, Capt J. Spinney, at Charleston, we received by yester day’s mail New York papers of Wednesday afternoon last, and other late northern journals. Extracts we annex. NEW YORK, May 9. Launch. The new ship Gaston, burthen 500 tons, will be launched to morrow (Thurs day) morning at half past nine o’clock, from the yard of Messrs. Smith, Demon- & Com. stock, foot of Fourth street. This ship is inten ded for the old established line of Savannah packers, for which she was expressly built. From the New York Express, 9th inst. Money Market, Tuesday P. M.— Whut is in the wind? ONE MILLION NINE HUND RED THOUSAND DOLLARS, principally in gold this morning went to Philadelphia in tho six o’clock steamboat to the Pennsylvania U. S. Bank. This is not from our banks, and it may be in part from the consignment to Prime, Ward and King, the Barings have seat out from the Bank of England. What has caused this movement, and change of jiolicy, it is not so easy to divine though conjecture is active. The London Morning Chronicle, however, tells us, the Bank of Englund has made peace with Mr. Biddle, and here wc have u clue. Wc are informed, says the American, that the marine insurance companies have resolv ed to take risks in the first class steamers at the rates charged for packet ships. The Roscoe, that sailed yesterday for Liv erpool, had eighteen passengers, which is a' goodly number for a packet. The Great Wes. , , tern that sailed the seventh, had upwards of sc ‘ venty. On the Ist inst. upwards of one httnd«